Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-02-21

companies. BY Simpson - Licensing
grain warehouses. By Palmer-Antt.
tipping bill; prohibiting sleeping and
dining car porters from receiving tips
and makes ii Il misdemeanor to give or
receive them. BY misunderstanding
public grain warehouses.
The senate bill limiting railroad
employees work to sixteen hours was
passed.
The house Friday had another live
~ time over the initiative and refer
endum bill, which was supposed by its
opponents to be decently dead and
only awaiting burial The matter
came up on a motion by Sorley Of
Grand Forks to reconsider the vote of
Friday. Stevens of Bmrleigh moved
that this motion be indefinitely post
poned, which was lost. and Sorley's
motion carried. Considerable inef-
fective talk followed and finally An
derson of Ramsey moved to amend by
striking out all in the bill which per-
tanned 10 referring 10 the people
amendments to the constitution. this
with the idea that 1t would obviate
the objections of the prohibitionists.
AT last the bill was made the special
order for tomorrow afternoon. when
it will have fair chance OF passing,
though II great fight will be put up
against it by those who desire only
the provisions for constitutional
amendments. hoping through this
means to get the liquor question again
before the voters. The senate bill re-
lating to paving in cities. and of more
particular interest to Grand Forks
and Fargo, was passed.
Twenty-sevcn bills We're introduced
in the house to-day. many of them
carrying more or less appropriation.
Among them were Peake's banking
bill. providing for increasing the mi
nimum capital of state banks from
$4,000 to $4,000. hanks already in
corporated to increase their capital
before Jan. I. 1909
Chapman. for an irrigation and dry
farming experiment station at Willis
ton, with $4,000 appropriation.
Burgum, changing county seats.
Thoreson, giving a lien against
thleshing machines for labor.
Rose, authorizing the railroad COM
missioners to declare forfeited the
charter of any railroad company
which secures the removal of case
pending against it in the district
ho Iy,,itod Ckokn,
Geildt. violating contracts in some
cases between railroad and cattle
shippers. where the latter has failed
to read the conditions of shipping re-
ceipt.
Tcfsrud, regulating lobbyists and
providing fines; creating Office of le-
gislative statistician, with a salary of
$4,000.
Hannawalt. making states attor-
neys game wardens.
Steem, for creation of funds In
banks to secure deposits.
The senate session was brief. 1t
was thought the debate on the MAJOR
ity and minority reports on the anti
pass and passenger fare bills would
be the feature. but the senator's evil
IDENTIFY were not ready for it, as a mo-
ton to adjourn was made and carried
when the matter was reached.
Representative Streeter has been
collecting statistics regarding the
question whether or not prohibition
is effective in stopping the consump-
ton of liquor, In this state traffic in
liquor is absolutely prohibited, while
in South Dakota county option pre-
wallis to a certain extent. Yet from
the collector of internal revenue, Mr..
Streeter has learned that 1,46 5tax re-
ceipts to liquor dealers have been is
sued in South Dakota. while in this
state 1903 receipts We're issued, and
the collector estimates that there are
about 100 other persons in. the state
selling liquor who have not been To-
! Gated.