The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-03-04
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
AMBIGUOUS ATTITUDE OF THE
TEMPERANCE FORCES.
House Committee Decides Favorably
on Bill Prohibiting Liquor
Advertising.

on Bill Prohibiting Liquor
Advertising.
Bismarck, Feb. 18.-Governor
Burke's pet scheme to be given power
to remove state, county and munich
pal officers won't pass the legislature
not this one. Today the house
committee on the whole put the Sor-
lie MISUNDERSTANDING the COVER
nor's views on this question-to sleep.
There vas a considerable difference
of opinion among the insurgents in
the house on the question, and the
vote to kill was . large one. Some
of the prohibition advocates urged the,
passage of the measure in the inter-
ests OF enforcement OF the prohibition
law. Skulason Of Grand Forks was
a strong opponent OF the measure,
contending that it was an abridge-
ment of the rights of the people for
local se1f-goyernment.
Fair Bills Slaughtered.
In the committee Of the whole the
bills for the location of the state fair
at Jamestown and Devils Lake were
chloroformed. There was little cere-
mony at the o%bsequies. The bills
were introduced to split up the
strength of Fargo-and having served
their purpose they had no supporters.
State Senator Bessesen wants to
create a new judicial district the
Eleventh-of parts of the Third, Fifth
and Sixth. This would be located in
the center of the state and include
Wells, Foster, Eddy and other coun-
ties. 1t would take at least one coun-
ty, presumably Steele, off the Third
district, which has its headquarters
in Fargo.
Bismarck, Feb. 19.-In the house
Hale's game. and fish bill, after being
f%avorably reported with slight amend.
ments by the game committee, was
re-referred to the committee on the
whole. S. B. 81 and H. B. IL were
sent to conference committees. S..
B. 9 was sent to the temperance COM
mittee.
Bismarck-There will be no more
drug permits in North Dakota-if the
measure of Senator Macarthur for
their abolition meets with the same
favor all the way through that it has
so far received. The sena,e commit
tee on temperance has reported the
bill favorably and it's supporters in
sist it will pass the senate without
difficulty.
Bismarck, Feb. pa preliminary
report of the joint legislative commit
tee. appointed to investigate the state
penitentiary, was made to both
branches of the legislature today.
This report contains no charges of
fraud, but condemns stheslack Of prop
er business methods and shows the
situation is so %bee1ouded that it is
difficult to tell whether there is any
truth in the charges Of fraud or not.
The system Of bookkeeping is most
severely condemned, especially in con-
nection with the Irvine plant and the
brickyard. The committee says the
bookkeeping has been vague "un,
scientific" incomplete and otherwise
Inadequate"
In some cases the records of the
Irvine plant do not correspond with
those of the Office of the state treas.
urer and state auditor.
On the sale of brick no proper &C.
count of the number of bricks sold to
other than state institutions has been
kept. The records merely show
amounts paid for brick and credits
from outside purchasers.
In connection with the prison farm
the books do not show how much
grain was raised, how much was used
outside parties.
The committee announced it would
be able to report on all of the four.
teen charges against the former man
agements Of the state pen-except the
fourteenth, regarding rebates-before
the legislative adjournment. This re
lates to rebates on Irvine and discrim.
;inations in selling prices.
The only recommendation made in
the preliminary report is for a better
system of bookkeeping. Z,
Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 24.-The sen.
ate committee has completed it's la,
'bor on the appropriation bills and finds
that the measures asked for a total
of $2,030,306. AS recommended to pass
by the committee the amount was GU,
down to $1,,377,074. These figures are
a slight increase over those of the last
Legislature.
The appropriations committee this
afternoon made the following recon.
m~endations, which were passed under
a suspension of the rules and the mat
ter will go ITO the house-after the
house acts, all differences in amounts
will then be sent to conference:
g. Asked. Received.
Insane asylum, for
new buildings. ..$184,250 s126, 050
Insane asylum, main
tenance ......... $4,000 10000
Feeble minded insti-