The Dickinson press., 1897-02-13

addressed the senate on osteopathy.
Haggart's bill allowing graduates of
that school to practice in the state was
passed. Plain introduced memorial
TO congress for permission to the state
to sell land at IS per acre instead>Of
$40.
The Prolibitionists seem to bc on
the alert and they are daily filing a
large number of petitions against re-
submission. The attorney general
filed an opinion that the office Of SUPER
intenlent OF irrigation and forestry
was still in effect. Notwithstanding the
fact that the law was omitted from
the revised codes. Hawks house bill
prohibiting foot hall was indefinitely
postponed. Richards introduced Il res
olution sympathiZins with l'ennsyl
vania OH account of the burning of the
state house.
Bismarck. n. d., Feb. .. - Senator
Green introduced hill for tho taxa
ton of express companies. 1t is un-
derstood that he will follow this up
with hill taxing sleeping car COM
panies. State Treasurer Nichols re-
ported to the legislature that the
amount of cash in the treasury Jan. 20
was $324.G5l5,. OF this Stil,772 was in
suspended banks. as follows: Citizens
National. Fargo, S47.SO1: Grand Forks
National. $9.712; Second National.
Grand Forks, $s.124; First National,
MinOt. S.. 1913. The treasurer states
that each bank has given security for
double the amount of deposit: that lie
has examined the securities given by
tho suspended banks and finds that the
state will lose nothing.
Bcl(lon introduced resolution in :he
house sympathizing With the Cuban
cause. and calling upon tho United
States government to Interfere in be-
half Of the struggling patriots. The
house passed the senate hill providing
that all sheep brought into the state
must be Clipped by inspectors before
being allowed 10 Craze. The following
house bills passed: Providing for Il
wolf bounty of $3: regulating the entry
to liens on crops.
| Senate bills intrOluced: Valentine,
| requiring chattlc mortgage sales to be
m:de by the sheriff: also regulating tho
| fees OF register of deeds; Clark. pro-
| Justice courts: McCanna. providing for
a board of barber examiners (slme MS
the bill killed in the lo,lse,; Kourke,
establishing the limit and defining the
law of presumptive evidence. Hawk,
in introduces in the house Il bill which
combines the best features of the pres.
ent election laws of Wisconsin and
Michigan.
Bismarck. y. d.. Feb. 1O.-l'he house
committee OH temperance reported q
resolution providing for the appoint
ment of a committee consisting of Hur
ley. Murphy, Colby. Towle and Aas II
investigate into the reasons and causes
inducing or permitting open violations
Of law regarding the sale of intOXicat
ing liquors, gambling and other Grim
inal Offenscs in Bismarck. and whether
city and county officials are directly OF
indirectly interested in such violations
as reported and alleged. Mctiinnis O
Stutsman moved to table the resolution
which motion was lost, 16 to 4G. Hank
insOn offered an amendment that tn,
resolution should include all cOuntie,
in the state. Hurley and Colby Op
posed the amendment and HnnkinsOl
and Cole supported it in short speeches
Cole said that public opinion wa'
against the enforcement of the pr0llibi
ton law, and incidentally gave tin
state enforcement league some no
shot. The amendment was lost. 40 t
90. Those who voted against the resO
luton were: Baker. Carlin. Cole, Eb
biglausen, Erickson. Hammond. Hank
illSOn. krOoger. LEM, Mc(;innis, l'cO
pies. Porter. All the others voted We:
except Guinall. excused The friend
of prohibition state that the vote show
their strength to he double that of tin
resublnissiOnists, and that there is III
possible chance of Il resubmissiOn bill
passing the house.
KrOOgcr introduced n bill in the liOlls
providing for the taxation of sleeping
car companies. The governor approved
bills providing Il stenOgrapler for th
supreme court; providing special terms
of the court and for the repeal of tht
Russian thistle law. The senate passet
Williams resolution regarding North
ern Pacific taxes; also house bills pro
vitling for the taxation of insuranc,
companies and fixing the date Of com
menccnent of the term of county audi
tors. The senate killed the hill pro
viding that counties pay the cost o
transportation of insane.
| Senate bills intrOdllced: Dunlop, rc
pealing the law creating office Of oi
inspector: Haggart, appr0priating 81,
600 for advertising school lands TO
sale; Enger, increasing the representa-
tiOn Of the Sixteenth legislative Ills
trict to one senator and three repre-
sentatives; Green. describing 0bliga
tions of herders and drOvers of d0
mcstic animals. House bills introduced
Ebbighausen, providing that no coun
ty officer in the state shall hold offic
for more than two consecutive terms
Duncan, providing for the investmen
Of the permanent school fund: Will
iams of Trail, regulating common car
riers and defining the duties of com
misslOners of railroads and providing
for the control Of common carriers il
the state; Dougherty. repeating the Law
creating state agent for tho proven
ton of cruelty to animals.
State Young Mems Christian AxsOci.
alton Convention, Fargo, N. ID.
The state committee arc making eX
tensive preparations for the annua
convention which is to be held in argt
Feb. 1921, beginning Thursday even
ing at 7:3O, with a song service. FOL
lowed by an address of welcome by
Mayor johnson and President Lyon
these to be followed by a stereopticoI
lecture by l.. w. Messer, secretary OF
the Young Mems Christian association
of Chicago. The following days. Fri
day and Saturday, are crowded full OF
good things for all who attend. There
will be reception rendered the visiting
delegates on Friday evening, the 18th
from $50 to 7:3O, in the rooms of tho
Y. NJ. c. A., by the young peoples's so
cieties. The junior class Of the Y. NJ
G. A. will give gymnasium exhibition
on Thursday evening Thursday even
ing at 5 O'Clock. There will be three
games Of basket ball between the diff
fcrent Y. NJ. c. A. teams Of the state
for the state championship medal, wor
last year by the Fargo team.
Free entertainment will be provided
Co., r,;ci%;rrr rlnloDo n,,I q tn nj