The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1909-02-18
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growth and development Of the state
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The supreme court handed down a
decision the middle of the week deny
ing the writ of prohibition and also
the writ of quo warranto asked for
In the Po0le-Peake case. The effect |
of this decision was to permit the
courtmartial that was trying Poole to !
proceed and 1t concluded its labors
and handed its findings to the gov.
ernor. The defense put in no testi. |
mony, relying merely on the testimony
Of the prosecuting witnesses to show
that Poole had not been guilty Of con-
duct as charged by the governor. The
findinge have not been made public.
but rumors are that they ind Poole |
guilty Of part Of the specifications.
The penalty must be fixed by the
court and approved by the governor
and no official statement has been
given out as to what the result Of the
courtmartial 10. A result Of the court
martial. rumpus was the recalling of
Captain Armstrong. . regular army
officer on the retired list, from his po-
sition as military secretary.
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The state fair proposition has occu.
pied good share Of attention Of the
members during the week and all of
the state fair bills have now been re.
fcrred to the committee of the whole
house. There are bills locating a state
fair at Devils Lake. jamestown and
other places. but the main contention
In the matter is as to the final loca-
tion Of the state fair now on wheels
at either Fargo or Grand Forks. The
Fargo representatives have a bill to
locate the fair permanently at Fargo
after 1910 and this is being bitterly
opposed by the Grand Forks people
and their friends. Grand Forks claims
vested rights In its institution and
that the agreement made four years
ago for an alternating fair was made
IN good faith and should not be vio-
lated at this time. The matter will
probably he out of the way as far as
the house is concerned in few days.
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The recommendation of the rail-
road commissioners for additional leg.
islation have been referred to the at
torney general of the state by the rail-
road committee Of the senate with a
request that bills be drawn covering
the recommendations of the commits.
sion. A Joint meeting Of the house
and senate railroad committees was
held the first of the week to consider
matters of railroad legislation and
thie meeting was addressed by the
representatives Of the various roads
and by representatives Of the en-
ployes. The bill that was chiefly op-
posed by the railroad companies is
that limiting the length OF the freight
train to thirty-five cars and requiring
full crew Of six men. The state
ment was made that such bill would
largely increase the expense of oper-
alton and that statistics showed that
few employees met with accidents from
rear end collisions. The representa-.
tives Of the employees argued that the
bill was in the interest Of the lives
and safety of the employees. The bill
was finally reported out Of the senate
committee increasing the train length
to forty cars and permitting q train
leaving a division point with less than
forty cars to increase its length to
forty cars by picking up loads at In
termediate~ stations. The "dink'' ca
boose bill, prohibiting the use Of the
small four.wheeled cabooses, was
passed by the house.
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Appropriate exercises were held by
. joint assembly of the two houses on
Feb. II to commemorate the birthday
Of Abraham Lincoln. A souvenir pro.
gramme was prepared for distribution
to the school children Of the entire
state, embodying Lincoln's Gettysburg
address. J. H. Worst Of the State Az.
ricultural college made the address Of
the day and there was appropriate
music and other features.
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seedsmen of the state are interest
ed in pure seed bill which has been
reported back to the senate with a
majority and minority report. The
bill provides for the labelling Of un
clean seed and is designed by the
State Agricultural college to prevent
the dissemination Of weed seeds
through false labelling Of seeds. The
seedsmen Of the state oppose some
provisions of the bill and claim that
1t would require all farmers delivering
grain to label every sack Of grain al
nnclean. It seems likely, however
that some such legislation as this
bill proposes will be enacted by the
Legislative assembly.
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| The house has finally passed the
bill providing for the location Of .
state normal school at Minot and Il
is up to tile senate to say whether &
constitutional amendment permitting
the people to decide whether the state
have another normal school is sub
mitted to the people at the next gen
eral election. There is another bill II
tn wipe out the present normal schoo
at Mayville. The Velva and Bismarcl
normal school bills were disposed ol
by the house by an indefinite post
ponement.
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