The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1909-02-11
proper police regulation, and the bill
passed almost unanimously.


help out the state revenues. by decid-
ing that counties can be required to
pay 30 much per capita for their in.
sane at the state hospital. Under this
law something like $150,000 has been
collected by the state and is available
as part Of the state revenue. An
adverse decision would have meant
the necessity of raising this much
more by taxation.
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Representative McCrea has the dis.
tinction Of having the first bill passed
both by house and senate. This was
House Bill Is and provides for the de.
posting Of county sinking funds at
interest.
A Joint session of the house and
senate was held the latter part Of the
week to hear addresses on tuberculo.
sis by DR.. Ruediger, state bacteriol.
oeist. and DR.. Grassok, state health
omcer. The question Of q state tuber.
culosis sanitarium 10 before the legis.
lature but may fail for lack of SUM-
cient funds with which to meet all
demands.
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The end of the legal phases of the
celebrated Poole-Peake adjutant gen
eralship controversy came the latter
part OF the week when the supreme
court handed down it's decision in thu
application for writ of prohibition to
restrain the courtmartial that is try.
ing Poole. The court denied the ap
plication for a writ, holding that the
courtmartfal was not an inferior court
In the meaning of the law and that
consequently the upper court was not
authorized to enter an order restrain.
Ing It's proceedings. The application
for a writ of quo warranto to test the
right of Colonel Peake to hold the Of
flee OF adjutant general as against
Poole's claims was also denied and
this decision of the court confirms
Peake in the Office to which he was
named by the governor. The court.
martial will be resumed, unless some
order should be entered by the gov.
ernor dtsmtssing it. It is not known
yet what action may be taken. The
courtmarttal cannot visit any punish
ment except Of military nature, such
as dismissal from the service, in case
they should find the charges Justified.
1t may be that now that the contro.
versy over the adjutant generalship is
settled the whole matter will be
dropped.
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The initiative and referendum will
not down. Tha skulason bill, which
provided for the referendum without
reference to constitutional amend.
ments. was killed by the house com.
mittee of the whole and later a motion
was made and carried for a reconsid.
Grafton. There was vigorous debate
In the house on the Skulason bill and
the committee, by a narrow majority
OF one vote. voted for its indefinite
postponement. In this aid was rem.
dered by the members who had SUD.
ported the Ueland bill, but wanted
everything included in the referendum
OF nothing. A new senate referendum
bill has been introduced and the mat.
ter is still alive, although further
away than 1t seemed at the opening Of
the session.
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Owners of rural and other telephone
lines In the state are interested in the
Macarthur bill that gives the railroad
commissioners power to flx maximum
telephone rates and to enforce con.
Meeting rates. The bill also gives
authority over telegraph rates and
would. II passed, confer highly impor.
tant powers upon the commissioners
of railroads. The bill is in the state
affairs committee Of the senate and
there is likely to be an Interesting
discussion whom it comes up for con.
alteration, which will probably be
some time this week. A bill to pro,
hibit discrimination In price by ele.
vators in the buying Of grain is also
enlivening interest. A new anti-pass
bill has been presented in the senate,
the house bill not having been re.
ported yet. There has not been so
much anti-pass talk for the past few
weeks; but It is believed probable
some anti-pass bill will be enacted.
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The state fair proposition has not
yet reached focus. There are sev-
eral fair bills in and as soon as they
are. reported there will be fireworks.
The members from Grand Forks are
seeking to line up enough members to
kill any proposed amendment of the
present law and to leave the state
fair as It now is, divided alternately
between Fargo and Grand Forks. The
fair proposition enters into q good
many matters of legislation. Fargo
and the friends Of Cass county would
like to see the establishment Of the
fair at Fargo made permanent, but
there will be bitter opposition on the
part Of Grand Forks to any such plan.
Another murderers neck was spared
Friday night when notice was served
upon the warden Of the state peniten.
tiary of an appeal taken in the case
Of Joe Peltier, a Bottineau county
murderer, whose execution date was
fixed for Feb. s. Peltier was saved
by only few hours and the gallows
upon which he was to be executed had
been erected at the state penitentiary
and everything was In readiness for
his execution. The appeal to the su.
preme court acts as q stay Of execu.
tion and will put the case over until
49, a. L.