Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-01-15

the military reservation near Devils
Lake. In this connection the writer
knows of his own personal knowledge
that improvements are necessary. The
parade ground is rough, uneven and
hilly, the roads are bad and liberal
appropriation is necessary for the
improving of these military grounds.
Grain Commission.
Chapter 1923 of the laws of 1907 au-
thorizes the governor to appoint a
grain commission to investigate and
report on the feasibility of the state
buying, leasing or building an ele-
vator to be used as a terminal ele-
vator for the use and benefit of the
people of the state and to investigate
also end report on the methods of in
spection of grain and dockage Of
grain, the expense of cleaning grain,
the disposition Of screenings and ap-
rroximate value. By virtue of this
law A. R. Thompson, NJ. o. Hall and
z. D. Washburn were duly appointed
and have made to this Office an ex-
haustive report. which will be pub
lished and duly submitted to you for
such action as you deem proper.
In this report the commission rec
ommends the leasing of terminal ele-
vators at Minneapolis and at the Head
of the Lakes, instead Of purchasing
or building. This recommendation is
made for the reason that leasing is
much cheaper than buying or building
and if the experiment was not sue
cessful the loss would be less to the
state.
You will find also in the report the
statement that Minnesota passed .
law authorizing the purchase of a site
and the construction of an elevator
to be operated by the state through
the railroad and warehouse commits
sion and that the supreme court Of
Minnesota afterwards held the law
unconstitutional. It is suggested that
such law might be also unconstitu-
tional in this state.
have examined this subject for the
purpose of ascertaining whether you
can, by legislation. authorize tho pur-
chase and construction or leasing Of
an elevator in Minnesota and Wiscon-
sin and, in my opinion, such law
would be in conflict with section 1856
of the constitution Of our state.
Experiment Stations.
We have, in connection with the
Agricultural college and under its SUI
pervision, experiment stations at
Edgeley, Williston, Langdon and Dick
inson, each established for the same
purpose; and each should receive the
same treatment from the legislative
assembly. At the present time there
is an annual appropriation Of $4,000
for the support of the Edgeley sta
ton, an annual appropriation of $4,000
for the Williston station and no an
nual appropriations for the stations at
Langdon and Dickinson. The Williston
station has special member Of the
board of trustees, while the Langdon
station has trustee having the same
power as the other trustees Of the
Agricultural college. The law in re-
lation to the same should be com
piled and amended so that there
would be but one law for all. II one
station is given member Of the
board of trustees each station should
be given member with the same
power. The annual appropriation for
each should be the same; but as each
station is part and under the con.
troll of the Agricultural college the
appropriation necessary for the main
tenance of each might be added ia
the appropriation for the Agricultural
college and expended under the super.
vision of the board of trustees of the
Agricultural college, including the
trustees of each station.
Game and Fish.
In my message to the Tenth legis
lative assembly I called attention tc
the necessity of legislation for thu
protection of game and recommended
the abolition of spring shooting. Nortl
Dakota is the natural home and the
natural breeding ground of geese and
ducks and the spring shooting drives
them away from their nests and Out
of the country and if game is decreas
ing in this state it is because the laws
are insufficient for its protection.
There is some question about thu
authority of the game warden to &C
as fish commissioner. The game law,
should be revised and amended 8,
that it will. appear plainly that th,
game warden, or some officer, has au
thority to act also as fish commits
sioner.
Little attention has been paid to tn,
propagation of fish in this state an.
yet there are enough fresh and dec
cold water lakes in the Turtle noun
tains to supply not only the gam
fish for the game fisher but to suppl,
fish as a food for the entire state.