Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-03-04
PAGE THREE

railroad commissioners; the reports
of conditions of counties and of in
dividual banks, except in cases where
irregularities have been discovered,
from the report of the public Exam
liner: the accumulated election returns
from statehood from the report of the
secretary of state and some twenty
minor officers are limited to twenty
pages of printed matter in their re.
ports. Finally, providing that it shall
be a misdemeanor for any officer,
board or institution to create a de.
1iciency without the written approval
of the governor. Mr.. Gable has la
bored most diligently and effectively
to discover the Weak points in ouI
system of disbursins public money
and to correct them.
Good roads got it's q@uietus in the
hous Wednesday. The senate had
already passed a bill which would nc
doubt have much improved the pres
ent conditions, but it was not favor.
ably received by the farmer element
"a ti' o'A til' al lIEN ptl DIS pie
scented there by the committee on
highways and applies only to coun.
ties not organized into civil town.
ships, that is, to Yankton county east
of the river. 1t is a fairly good road
measure within its limitations Of APP.
%plication. This leaves the present con
ditions practically unchanged in the
state generally. Friends of good
roads hope that under this bin Yank
Tor will within a few years present
such an object lesson to the remain.
der of the state as to insure the adop
ton OF statewide good roads legisla
ton.
Di)lon's bills regulating the officers
and employees OF the Legislature anc
requiring the entirc clerical force IL
pass a competitive examination, that
bills be ~engrossed and enrolled by eX
pert typeWriters and that the lone
hand permanent journals of the re
speative houses he dispensed with
have become laws. i'm effect they
shonld secure much better service and
save a very large sum OF money now
paid for useless clerks and employees
IT. is argued that the hill regulating
the officers and employees is u%nconsti
tntional, but ii tirat be true no le2is
'a'uiH VIII %" i'N'iE 10 care 10 lest
'il" matter AS IL Is tflc members VIII
NE plote1'Ntl li"ii INC "lWd4S GlCAl
pressure upon them Tor slnecures.
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The general aunronriatimns hin Will
carry about $1.&@l.Uon Tor the lw,
years. or 100000 more than ever bt.
fore. Most OF the excess is in tn,
maintenance oil the institutions The
total appropriations of the session il,.
Guiding the capitol. VIII aggregate
about 50 .O00. about Sl00O 900 great
or than at the last session.
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o+ad a,+ 90 H. e.an1;,m na~
tioa =, cn,+h ,.l ''7 -
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sion of the Milwaukee runs ontirelv
through it and a tier of townships
along the south side and about TWENTY
townships i'll the west end will he
opened to settlement this wear There
is quite :. large population of Indian
citizens and a good many white PEG.
pie already i'm the county the latter
being chiefly at the stations along the
Milwaukee
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