The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1909-01-21

Both branches of the legislature
convened Wednesday after a weeks
recess. The house adjourned out of
respect to Arne B. Hougan of Grand
Forks county, who died during the
past year.
aumber of new bills. Lieut.. Gov.
Lewis named the senate committees
The following are the chairmen:
Education, Talcott; election, Palmer;
appropriations, Lamoure; railroads,
Gilbert; state affairs. Crane; public
lands, Martin; ways and means, Mo-
vius; agriculture, Pain; warehouse,
grain and grain grading, Mclean;
counties. Rice; engrossing, Koffel;
banks, Pierce; cities, Kennedy; In
dian affairs, Neil; statistics, Al
bright; federal relations, Stevens;
insurance, Simpson; public health,
Luetz; public printing, Albright;
temperance, Strom; mines and miner
ais, Ramsett; rules, Mcdonald; i'm
migration, Steel Of Ward; highways,
Welo; drainage, Cashel; apportion-
ment, Steel of Ward; corporations,
Purcell; military affairs, Baker;
women suffrage, diversion; game, Kof-
fel; public buildings, Anderson; edu-
cational institutions, Davis; penal in
situations, WEIGH.
The house committees and chair
men were named by Speaker Burdy:
Mileage, Sorlie; judiciary, Skulason;
ways and means, Sorlie; railroads,
White; appropriations, Putnam: en-
grossment, Crawford; enrolment,
Linde; education, Ployhar; elections,
johnson of Bottineau; cities, Knee
land; corporations, Chatfield; agri-
culture. Duncan; public printing,
streeter; irrigation, Thompson; in
surance. Honey; labor, Law; immi-
grafton, Nelson of Steele; apportion-
ment. Plath; schools and public
lands, Gibbons; public health, Shells;
military affairs, Frame; grain, Knox;
temperance, Garden; highways, Dib-
ley; supplies, Anderson; forestry,
Thorson; debt, McCrea; manufac-
turers, Sinkler; taxes, Steen; coal
lands, Young; live stock, Cunning
ham; banking, Wolbert; federal rela-
,tion. futile; revision of journal,
Doyle; game, Hale; drainage, Luck;
rules, Daker.
Senator Gilbert of Cass county in
troduced bill into the senate pro-
viding for an appropriation of $780,
900 for new buildings, equipment and
Improvements at the North Dakota
A. G..
The bill provides for the following
division Of this proposed appropria-
ton:
For building and equipping a dairy
and dairy laboratory and q dairy
barn, $4,000.
For a veterinary laboratory and
veterinary barn, 100000.
Apparatus for engineering depart
ment, $4,000.
Building cement walks, $4,000.
Building combination girls dormi-
tory and domestic science department
and equipping the same, $4,000.
Building and equipping boys dor
mitory.
Building and equipping a horticul-
tural department, $4,000.
Dynamos and fixtures to furnish
light and power.
A current resolution was introduced
into both the house and the senate
asking for a Joint committee of nine
members, four from the house and
five from the senate to investigate
the charge Of concerning the state
penitentiary. This committee is to in
vestigate both Warden Hellstrom and
Warden Vouchers administrations.
This resolution was referred to the
committees on state affairs in both
houses.
Representative White of Trail coun-
ty got in on the ground floor with a
primary law bill. It is in the main
the same as two years ago with some
slight changes.
Representative Schulz of Minot in
troduced a bill for the service o. no.
tice upon the occupants of land in
case of real estate mortgage fore
closures by advertisement.
This budget covers the estimated
expense for the maintenance of the
capitol building, the executive man
sion, the public offices in the capitol
building and for improvements.
The total estimate amounts to $751;
900.
1t is signed by Gov. Burke, Secre-
tary of State Blaisdell and State Au-
ditor Brightbill,
Tribute was paid by the legislature
Thursday to the memory of John Mil
Ter of Duluth, former governor of the
state, who died recently, and E. C. d.
Shortridge, another governor of the
state, who died several months ago.
Senator Purcell presented resolu-
ton for the appointment of joint
committee to draft appropriate resolu-
lions, and addressed the senate in
eulogy of the two departed governors,
and the senate then adjourned as
mark Of respect.