Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1903-02-05
MEsTOWN, NORTH

where three bottles and .one-half OF
beer were captured Saturday night.
The rooms were closed by an injunc-
tiOn and notice of a hearing to show
cause why the premises should not be
released have been served. The raid
| is said to have a good deal of politics
behind it. The Registers are said to
have been sore because they were not
invited into the peace conference and
are said to blame Ed. Patterson be-
cause they were not let in on the deal.
The fact that Patterson's was the
only place mOlested is held by some
to justify this view of the affair.
The amount of beer taken from the
500 depot was not as large as has
been stated. There was about $3.50
worth seized.
Besides acting on the BaSsanella
case the pardon board took action in
number of other cases. The sem
tence OF Patrick Rush, alias William
Harris, convicted in Billings county
for breaking into saloon and steal
ing some liquor was committed from
years to 2 years and months. John
Van Schravenck and John r.. Nc
Donald had their citizenship restored.
Louis E. Perry also had his citizen
ship restored. William Pertius, SEN
fenced from Grand Forks county to
eight and One-half years in the peni-
tentiary for highway robbery made
application for pardon and the appli-
cation was laid over. John Regan,
also of Grand Forks county, made
application for pardon, but he was
too late in filing the same for con-
Si1aratiOn at thic mootinr
Last night the republican senators
met in caucus and discussed the pri-
mary election bills that have been
introduced in the house and senate.
There is said to have been a wide
difference of opinion. Some favored
the Sharpe bill. others thought the
Davis measure to be better and there
were some who believed that nothing
would be gained by the enactment Of
a primary election law at this time
and that it would be better to wait
until the success of the same had
been more fully shown by other states.
Primary election was the only matter
under discussion at the meeting last
night. Adjournment was taken to
next Monday night when the matter
will be more fully discussed.
The house passed house bill No. /,
relating to taxation. House bill No.
II, providing for the relief Of James
McKechnie, of Battery A, Lisbon,
who lost an arm while firing a salute;
house bill No. 20, relating to the
state militia; house bill No. 35, re-
lating to education; house bill No.
35, relating to the registration of ap-
prentices in pharmacy; house bill No.
81, relating to the qualifications Of
registered assistants in pharmacy;
house bill No. 45, to exempt volunteer
tiremen from the payment of poll tax; ;
house bin No. 81, providing for the
payment of salaries to register Of
deeds and their deputies and fixing
the number and compensation of such
deputies; house bill No. 63, providing
that grain in elevators, warehouses
and granaries may be taxed at fixed
rate; house bill No. 73, changing the
name of the school for the deaf and
dumb.
The house by vote of Is to l de-
cided against the bill fixing the mini
mum price at which school lands may
be closed, at S. per acre instead of $40.
For time it seemed as though the
bill regulating the salaries of register
OF deeds and assistants would share
a like fate, and after many nays had
been recorded Mr.. Van Arnam of
Richland asked to have chance to
explain the bill. He stated that in
the eastern portion of the state there
had been a great amount of work for
registers of deeds and the result was
that they could not keep up with the
recording, the amount of salary for
help being limited by law. The bill
now under consideration took off the
limit and made it so that sufficient
help could be secured to keep the
work up. Mr.. Van Arnam explained
the matter at length and when he got
through there was rush to get votes
changed from nay to aye. But few
retained their original position re-
garding the bill and it was passed by
a large majority. AS heretofore the
Office of register Of deeds will continue
to be selfsupporting.