The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1909-03-04

edulZe anu arrange Tor tne selection
and purchase of site not to exceed
l6O acres In extent. An appropriation
Of $4,000 is made for the expenses
involved. A new seed bill has passed
requiring the testing and labelling of
seeds and an appropriation is made
for that purpose Another appropria.
tion is made for chemical tests and
the milling values of wheat. The VIII
'tston sub-expertment station gets an
| appropriation to enable 1t to pay the
government irrigation acre tax.
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The anti-pass bill has passed the
house by vote that failed to pass
the emergency clause. The bill now
goes to the senate, where It Is likely
to pass in some form The senate
may add an emergency clause to the
bill and return 1t to the house, 80
that II finally passed 1t will take eff.
feet Immediately. The sentiment for
the anti-pass is not especially strong
In either house, but both parties are
pledged to it In their platforms.
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The drug permit bill was the center
Of interest in the two houses during
the week. The prohibitionists of the
state do not favor the Macarthur bill
to abolish druggists permits alto.
gether and place the sale of liquor
only upon prescriptions of physicians
The physicians Of the state are gen.
orally opposed to this bill. as they
claim it would reduce the standard
| Of the medical profession and subject
its members to many undesired i'm
porslnities for prescriptions" R. NJ.
Pollock OF Fargo, who appeared be-
fore the committee, favors the Nc.
Crea bill in the house, which aims to
place the granting of permits under
the supervision of district judges and
to make the present law more effec.
tive. Peculiarly enough the represen.
tatives OF the druggists of the state
appeared before the committee and
urged the Macarthur bill for the repeal
of the present permit law, claiming it
degraded the business of pharmacy
and that it's provisions or those of the
McCrea bill would have no terrors
for the disreputablc druggists who de-
sired to evade the law. No bill on the
subject has passed vet, although the
Macarthur bill will come up in the SEN
ate in a day or two and the vote Oh it
Is apt to be close.
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The primary election fight has end
ed by the killing of the White bill.
which proposed convention for the
nomination of state officers with a
referendum to the people in case of
minority dissatisfaction. The bill was
reported from the elections commit
tee with majority and minority re-
ports and was killed, the action re.
considered and finally killed again and
1t is not likely that any material
changes will be made in the present
primary election law. The advocates
of the change included representatives
of both political factions, but the sen.
tfment that return to the convention
system even in part meant a surren
der of some of the rights of the peo.
pie themselves was strong among
many of the representatives, major
The senate has Killed a number of
election bills and voted to kill the
bill to reduce the percentage neces-
sary to gain nomination from a
party from 80 to Is per cent. This is
a Democratic measure and was after.
ward referred again to the elections
committee.
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The mechanics lien law was lne
subject of some excitement in the
! senate when it's recall from the house
was obtained by Senator Crane. Sen
ator Purcell, who introduced the bill,
bitterly condemned it's recall and fl
nally succeeded in sending it back
to the house. The bill makes it nee
essary for limbermen to keep a sep
arate account of materials furnished
for building in order to obtain a lien
and limits the amount of the lien to
the amount Of the original contract
for the building.
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The elevator bill, which makes It a
crime to discriminate in the purchase
price of grain by elevators in the
state, has passed the house and is in
the senate. The bill was bitterly
fought on the floor of the house and
in committee on the ground that it
would work an injustice to grain Duy.
ers and to the fe-...ers themselves by
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