Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-01-31


Another cincher to prohibition lar'
Is sought in bill to allow any person
on information and belief to secure a
search warrant for any building sus-
pected of storing intoxicating liquors.
Hemingson introduced still another
bill to regulate the railroads. pro.
hibiting passes and making a 1-2-cent
Cat fare.
An echo of the recent convention of
retail merchants was heard in the
house Wednesday when Il memorial
was read asking the repeal Of the law
for the inspection of weights and
measures on the ground that it was
needless expense and failed TO accom-
plish the end sought, asked an amend
ment to the garnishee law to more
effectually provide means for the col
lection of bills, and making the wife
equally responsible with the husband
Tor household necessities.
Evans, the certified member of the
house from Stark, retains his seat by
a unanimous vote. ]. +. Phelan OF
Dickinson contested on the ground OF
the illegality Of the vote cast at Le-
high. The proposition to establish A
state printing plant at the peniten-
.iary was laid on the table.
A resolution to adjourn from Friday
to Tuesday met with defeat in the
house, as members on the branch
lines said it would be useless for them
to try to get home, and there was no
pressing call for vacation anyway
until the weather made trip home a
more likely possibility.
The senate outdid all records by the
introduction of thirty-four bills. The
most important were: Resolutions for
the investigation by the legislature OF
the alleged coal trust; inquiry as to
whether state coal lands could be sold
in violation of the constitution, or
whether the constitution prohibited
the sale; asking the opinion of the at.
torney general; to secure sufficiency
of state treasurer's bond; improve.
ments at the Mayville normal school
to cost $4,000; regulation of fran.
chise by cities; registration i'll cities
of 1000; granting cites Of ancient
Mandan Indian villages to the state
historical society; apportionment
bills by Steele and Regan; abolishing
preparatory courses at the state uni
versity; 100000 for new buildings at
the agricultural college; $4,000 for
engineering building and mechanical
laboratories at the agricultural col
lege; $4,000 for science school: state
equalization board to consist Of one
member from each county, to be elect
ed: raising the salary of district
| judges to 81 900 and giving $500 year
for personal expense money (this bill
has been regular feature of sessions
for years. but has always been defeat,
ed); $4,000 for Dickinson expert
mental station; anti-cigarette bill;
normal school for Washburn; $4,000
for school of forestry; regulation OF
the sale of seeds and tests at agricul'
tural college; 100000 for institute OF
feeble-minded; creating the office OF
temperance commissioner at salary
| OIL SE,UUV iJC1 SCdl gnu appOAAeAASAS NJ
| deputies (tfis has been on the boards
every session AMI may pass at this
session.: agricultural experiment sta'
ton at Langdon, with $4,000 attach
ment: maximum railroad fare Of IL
cents, with no passes for state officials
or legislators.
The contest case of E. D. Washburn
against Senator Crane Of Cooperstown
for the latter's seat was the piece de
resistance in the senate Thursday
that body sitting in committee, of the
whole. Two hours were devoted to
hearing the testimony and then an ad
journment was taken until Friday
morning. The contestant alleges that
had not sample ballot, which was I'M
lawful, been counted for Crane and
similar ballot for Washburn thrown
out the contestant would have been
elected. The contestant claims other
Irregularities which, If taken cogniz
ance of, would have elected him. The
case will probably last until Saturday
| BY request the attorney general rem
dered an opinion to the senate that all