The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-09

the protection of game Spring shoot
ing has tendency to drive birds out
of the country. Game is not good at
that time of the year, and the killing
of one bird at that season of the year
would be aqual to the killing of several
in the fall.
Quite a number of the counties in
the state increased the
Jurisdiction OF County Courts.
And the practice at the county court,
with increased jurisdiction, provides
that an appeal may be taken from the
county court TO the district court. If
the appeal he to the district court it is
taken in the same manner as an appeal
from the justice court. If the appeal
be to the supreme court it is taken
in the same manner as if taken from
the district court. This practice does
not relieve the district court from the
work intended, and at the same time
it entities everyone to two jury trials.
II defendant is convicted in the
trict court and there have his case
tried anew on the facts, and before
another jury. The party losing a civil
action before a jury in the same court
can appeal to the district court, and
there have his case tried anew before
another jury. This is no relief to the
district court, and is an increased eX-
pense to the county. The judge of the
county court with increased jurisdic-
ton must be lawyer. He is govern
ed by all the rules in the trial of civil
and criminal actions in his court that
govern the judges in the district court.
He instrucrs the jury on the law, and
il he does not err there is no reason
why a defendant should have another
trial on the facts. | therefore recon-
mend that section 1922 Of the Revised
Code of 1906 be amended so as to pro-
vide for appeal from the county court
direct to the supreme court. This will
relieve the district court of much work
and will save the counties with in
creased jurisdiction q great deal of
expense.
School Fund.
The monies realized from the sale Of
school lands have increased enOrm-
ously, and under the constitution of the
law the same may be invested in first
mortgages on real estate not exceed
ing Cne-third the value of the land.
This | regard as the best possible in
yestment and best possible security,
and | believe that the loanins OF the
school fund upon real estate under the
foregoing limitation ought to be en-
courageG ! am informed however, by
farmers who have made application
for loans that there was so much red
tape" ami so much delay that they
were obliged to abandon the loan and
borrow the money from the banks and
loan agents. The law in this respect
ought to be simplfied in such a way
as to make the state safe and at the
same time enable the borrower to pre-
cure his loan without unnecessary de-
lay, to the end that this school fund
may be put to work accommodating in
terest and at the same time assisting
the pioneer in building up and devel-
Oping the state.
Drainage.
The conditions prevailing in the Red
River Valley for the past several years
require of us at this time some addi-
tional legislation on the subject of
drainage. l know that the representa-
tives from that district have been
studying the question for years and
are well informed as to the means
necessary to procure proper drain
age and as to the laws necessary
to enable them to secure the means.
The people of Red River Valley
are most interested in this sub
ject than in any other portion Of
the state, and while whatever law is
passed upon the subject must be a
general one, think the representatives
from other portions of the state should
in fairness 10 the representatives from
the valley, assist them in every
way to secure such drainage law
as will meet the emergency in
that norton of the state and