Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-01-15


Il sor4 the liston tation and mo an
4 aual appropriat ions for the stat ions at
ss!,angdon and ckinson. he Nv illiston
1 station has q special member Of the
board of trustees. while the Langdon
station has 81 trustee having the same
! power as 1 the other trustees of the
Agricultural college. The law In re-
Itations To the same should be COM
!, piled and amend led so that there
would be hut one law for all ii. II one
station AS given sas member Of the
board of trustees each station should
fbeg given nember with the same
power. The annual appropriation for
each should be- the same but as each
lstation is q part and under the con-
Itrol 3tof the Ayr cultural college the
ppropriation8 q ecessary for the main
tenAnce OF each might be adj ed to
the appropria for the Agricult
college and expende sunde Ter the super
vision Of the board OF trustees Of the
Agrictl ltural college, Including the
trustees of each station. ?:s n
Game and Fish. !, .s.s5 %
In my message to the Tenth Iegis-
latiYe assembly i called attention to
1.-THE necessity Of legislation for the
iprote elton Of game and commended
the abolition Of spring shooting. North
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 il game is decreas-
Ing In this state it is because the laws
fare insufficient for its protection.
r. There is some question about the:
authority Of the game warden to act
as fish commits ner. I The game laws
should be revised and amended so
that it will appear plainly that the,
game warden, or some officer, has au-
thority to act also. as fish commits
sioner. >f.I IL
Little attention has been paid to the
propagation Of fish IN this state and
tyet there are enough fresh and deep
cold water lakes in the Turtle noun
tains i to supply not only the game:
| fish for the game fisher but to supply
/ fish as a#food for the entire state. ~
recommend a reasonable appropria-
ton to establish fish hatchery at
Fish lake, in the Turtle mountains,
and also one at Devils Lake. s S#5s
5 Legislative Extravaganza. S s
The legislature has always5been OK:
travagant In employing unnecessary
clerks and employees. This was early
. 400 1Hxrk 31n :s.S
means OF providing against this ex-s
travagance a. law was. passed by
which all enrolling and engrossing
was done BY contrac An the greater
part Of the work for the clerical force
was in the enrolling and engrossing
Of the bills 1t was thought that If this
was done under contract It would al
most dispense with the necessity of
clerks in the Legislature and, while
the enrolling and engrossing has since:
been let BY contract, the number Of
legislative clerks and employees has
seemed to increase. & ;s5.ss:5ss Ill #
Z In the last 4; legislative assembly
there were thirty.six more employees
.sst, ne house than the law permitted!
'aSs cehfty-six more employees in the
Sd ate than the law allowed; making
altoget her eighty employees In the sens
ate and sixty-fiye d employees; In the
house. The legislature has not only
been extrayagant III the employment
OF clerks, hut IT. has by resolution In
creased the pay of clerks and favored
oficers and has BY resolution given
away state property Sf ;ss},.s
You are here as repre- entatives ef
I the people, who have reposed a sacred
! trust In you, and have no legal OF
moral right to give away the properly
or the money Of the state as a gift Cor
B In IA spirit OF good Fellowship. You
I are entitled to have necessary and
competent clerks to facilitate business
and the clerks are entitled to fairand
I Just remuneration for their services.
% a this extravaganza comes
through spirit of good felloWship.
/ ikhout wrongful intent and from
b force of custom that has prevailed
n for many ysars call your attention
D to- 1T now. S at the threshold OF your
( duties, 50 that you may be on, your
guard against this pernicious euston
Sthrough out the session IS no kind,
ness to young men Or young women
to put them on the payroll unless
there ii some thing for them to do. Il
only encourages them I'd live by their
Wits instead of by honest endeayor.
Assessment of Propsrty
IN my message % the Tenth iagis
B IatiYe assembly a called attention 10
law providing that all property
should Be assessed at It's actual value
and the custom Of assessors through.
out the state assessing property at
/ only ID per cent off HI value and some
TOT the disadvantages that result there
from namely on account of the Low
assessment the rate 4is necessarily
high, which II a bad recommend ation
TO the immigr and 10 the investor
from other states. and on account %
the low asse ssnent cities are often
4 hanpered and gornetinaes preyentsd
from having modern conyeniencss on
q osas,yxf ~ 1taf n A.