Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1903-01-22

will be looked into thoroughly. The
matter has already been brought to
the attention Of the house, resolu-
tion having been introduced by Rep
resentative Peterson of Towner, just
before a recess was taken, consider
alton being deferred.
The question as to who is managing
the resubmission campaign interests
no one seems to know and it is prob
able that the resubmission forces will
not be organized until later in the
session.
The Florence Crittenton Circle Of
this city has decided to ask the legis-
lature to raise the age of consent
from 16 to Is years. At the home in
this city an unfortunate is being
cared for with her infant, said to be
the first child born in the institution.
The woman is over twenty, however,
so the present agitation has nothing
to do with her case.
Another bill Of interest which will
be introduced and an effort made to
pass, will be one regulating the prac-
tice of optemetry. Optometry is de-
fined as the employment Of subjective
and objective mechanical means to
determine accomodative and refract-
i've states Of the eye and the scope of
its fractions. Thebill to regulate the
practice provides for the creation of
a board of five members to be called
the North Dakota board Of examiners
in Optometry, the term Of each of said
officers to be for three years. Every
person who desires to practice optom-
etry shall pass an examination before
the board, the fee at the beginning
of the examination to be $40 and S. is
to be paid when certificate is de-
llivered. Those residing in the state
and already practicing optometry
shall file an affidavit setting forth the
facts within six months after the law
shall take effect. 1t is further pro-
vided that the act shall not apply to
physicians or surgeons or persons SELL
ing spectacles OF eyeglasses, without
assuming skill in adoption to the eye,
or students practicing under regu-
lar optician.
With the returning lawmakers the
past few DAYS were numerous friends,
who desire to be placed in fairly
lucrative situations during the rest
of the session. 1t is feared that more
have been called than will be chosen,
from the present outlook.
Jerome Parks, who is to be the
judiciary committees clerk, has ar
rived to assume his duties. Mr..
Parks is successful attorney located
at Wimbledon and is well qualified
for the position, rather dict1iult one.
Miss Smith of Fargo has arrived,
accompanied by her aunt, Mrs. Wey-
man, and will be the judiciary COM
mittee's stenographer.
Bismarck. n. D., Jan. 2l.-Special
Correspondence: At the conference
between the Joint committee of the
house and senate. the gentlemen rep
reSenting the West Superior board of
trade, the commissioner of agriculture
and the attorney general, it was de-
cided that the proposition of the West
Superior board Of trade was a good
one. A bill will be drafted by the
board of trade and submitted to the
joint committee for approval and if
satisfactory, will be introduced in the
legislature. A bill along similar lines
will be introduced in the Wisconsin
legislature, now in session in Madison
The proposed bill will create COM
mission to oversee the inspection of
grain and grading Of same at West
Superior. The commission will con-
sist of one member to be appointed
by the governor of North Dakota and
approved by the governor of Wiscon-
sin, and two men to be appointed by
the governor of Wisconsin. 1t is stip-
ulated that the men appointed shall
be familiar with the grading of grain
and inspection of same. This COM
mission shall have power to appoint
deputy inspectors and shall have full
control of the grading and inspection
of grain at West Superior.
The fact that senator was to be
voted on in the house and senate yes
terday afternoon brought out the
largest number Of spectators of any
day during the session so far. The
proceedings in both bodies were not
exciting and the voting was soon over.
In the senate Senator Hansbrough
received the entire republican vote,
Max Wipperman, of Richland, re-
ceived five votes and Cashel of Walsh
county received one vOte-that of Mr..
Wipperman. In the house eighty-six
votes were cast for Hansbrough,
twelve for Wipperman and two were
absent.