Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1909-02-11


commercial club, committee Of
which is at the state capital to Sc
| cure the location of an experimental
station.
The investigation of the peniten-
tiary accounts is under headway by
the joint committee of the legisla-
ture. A firm Of expert accountants
of Minneapolis are at work upon the
books and Powers Bros. of Fargo,
contractors. are making estimates of
the cost of all the buildings and other
improvements erected since state
hood. There are bills before the leg
islature for money to renew the elec-
trio wiring at the state ::penitentiary
and $1,000 for repairing the outer
wall.
The North Dakota Press associa-
tion will meet in Bismarck February
18th, and will present its views and
recommendations to the legislature
In behalf Of the newspaper publishers
of the state.
There is a widespread interest
thruout the state to make the man.
ner of violating the prohibition law
in the sale Of liquors thru druggists
permits, and various other means,
less easy and general.
The Commercial Club of Bismarck
entertained the county commission
ers and county auditors at recep.
tion and banquet.
In the court martial proceedings
today all members Of the court were
present in the hearing of the Poole
case. Capt. Murphy was the first
witness on the stand, and testified
to his carrying out the governors
orders and that when he was in
Poole's room on the llth, serving
an order from the governor he
saw nothing of any records. Capt.
Armstrong was the next witness
testifying along the same lines and
that Poole had 'phoned him the
night of the 11th of Jaunary saying
that he had permission from the
court to take charge of the Office,
and intended to do so; also that he
had not seen any records in Poole's
room at that time or afterwards.
Gen. Hildreth is trying to prove that
Poole took the records from the
Office between December 18th land
3Oth for the purpose Of keeping
them. Hildreth maintained that
the adjutant general had no right to
do so, and was expecting to prove
that the records had been put back
in the adjutant generals Office since
the court martial had made the
charge of removing the records on or
after January l1th.
The house members who went t.
Mandan to attend the dedication Of
the new reform school building, en-
joyed the occasion. The name of
the school is recommended to be
changed from the North Dakota Re.
form School to the North Dakota
Training School. Gov. Burke deliv-
cred an address, also Speaker Bur-
dick. The various parts of the in.
stitution were visited and everyone
was:pleased with the we'll kept con-
dition of the school.
There are two bills introduced in
the legislature for the protection Of
fish and game. Fl. B. No. l56 intro.
duced by Mr.. Hale of Grand Forks
county creates the Offices of state dis
trict game and fish warden, provides
for deputies and board Of control, in.
Guiding state fish commissioner,
and defines their duties and powers.
All other game and fish legislation
on the statute books will be repealed
if No. 1855 becomes q law. 1t leaves
the open season for chickens and
ducks from September 1st as hereto
fore, but provides an appropriation
so that the game wardens can get
into the field and protect the game
before the season opens. The bill is
generally approved by the sports
men of the state. 1t prohibits all
spring shooting.
FIRE LOSS At LEnR.
The town Of Lehr on the 500 had q
fire Thursday morning last which