The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-01-26

house while a like amount ID asked
for sidewalks and general repair
work. Increased water. supply ID
asked for that purpose, while $1,5O0
is asked for the installation OF a
steam laundry.
Women Become Active.
Women Of the state seem to have
suddenly become intensely active in
their support Of women suffrage
judging by the number of letters
members Of the assembly have been
receiving In the last few days. Since
the action by the senate in bringing
the measure that proposes suffrage
to the women there has been active
work done In favor, Of tho passage Of
the bill which ID ct the present time
In the hands Of tho elections commit
tee.
The probabilities are that the bill
will again come out Of that committee
with q majority and minority report
and the fight will then be thrown onto
the floor Of the senate.
Must Attend Special Schools.
Compulsory attendance at certain
schools established either by the fed
eral government, or the state is pro-
posed by Senator Welch Of Burleigh
county in a bill that he has intro
duced. 1t provides that parents or
guardians of any children between
the ages Of 5 and 18 years who are
entitled to admissiq TO such schools,
whether the scho& q on reserva-
tions or not, must aNa except on
the judgment Of the supN, As-dent of
any such school to the EN- 1T at
tendance Is not advisable be- %4cs Of
the mental condition of q chifN> %
a child is actually or necessarily o.
ployed in labor to support his parent
or guardian, then the superintendent
may excuse such child from attending
such special schools.
1t is made the duty Of the superin-
tendents of such schools to investi-
gate all cases where complaint has
been lodged of non attendance, and
II the parent or guardian still refuses
to send the child to the school, then
such parent or guardian is laid liable
to criminal action. It is made the
duty Of the states attorney of each
county to prosecute such cases as
may arise In the respective counties.
Would Accomplish Purpose.
House bill No. "a, Indefinitely post
poned, was the measure that was in
troduced at the suggestion of Prof.
e. f. Ladd Of the state pure food de-
partment and was aimed particularly
at peddlers dealing in patent medi-
cines. In q statement recently given
out Commissioner Ladd declared that
great harm had been done to the peo-
pie Of the state through the sale of
such patent medicines, and that fraud
had been practfced in securing sigma
lures to orders for such medicines
which afterwards turned out to be
nothing more or less than promissory
notes.
/ Had the bill hi question been passeh
It would have provided for a county
license In each county that .suoh q
tpeddler proposed doing business, And
the amount was made 80 high as to
make such license almost 'prohibitive
Through this method Prof. Ladd had
hoped to drive the patent medicine
salesman from the 0tate. It is de-
clared that the present pure drug
laws are not broad enough to cover
this particular field Of action. %
No Free Liquor.
Representative Peart, in house bill
No. ia, would do away with the dis
tribution Of liquor in any form at any
public sale or gathering. A fine and
Jail sentence, the same as is provided
for violations Of the prohibition law
when sales are made, 10 prescribed.
Representative Peart declared, in
an emergency clause attached to his
bill, that the present laws do not
cover the situation clearly enough.
Senator Welsh introduced a bill to-
day asking $174.O00 for the state
penitentiary. In the house an effort
will be made today to kill house bill
1Q7 in reference to sheriff's fees for
failure to collect delinquent taxes. It
is probable that resolution provid-
ing for a recess from February / to
February will be introduced.