The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-01-31
warm FIGHT FOR
DIVISION Of THE
FIFTH DISTRICT
Real Contest Is the City to Be
Favored With the Court
Chambers
DAVIS BILL DOES NOT refer
TO SUNDAY BASEBALL GAMES
Only Includes Memorial Day-Bank.
ing Committees Working Together
on the Mcdowell Bill For the I'm.
provement Of Banking Methods.

on the Mcdowell Bill For the I'm.
provement Of Banking Methods.
Bismarck, n. D.. Jan. 31.-The
business OF the legislature is begin
bills that will receive serious atten-
tion being worked over in the COM
mittees and the others finding their
commonly called indefinite pohtpone-
ment.
That the legislative Investigation
into the affairs Of the board Of school
and university lands Is not entirely
feasible but that the work would re-
quire expert accountants and consid-
cradle time, is the burden of the re-
port that was made this afternoon by
the minority of the house state af-
fairs committee. The majority favors
indefinite postponement.
This morning the treasury investi-
cation committee held a meeting de-
voting almost the entire time to the
Bickford administration.
Senator Plain introduced a concur
rent resolution today aending the con-
stitution so as to allow the construc-
tion of the state terminal elevators
within the state, being in line with
the bill passed by the senate yester-
day for out of the state terminals.
The senate refused to concur In the
amendment providing for the recess
by almost unanimous vote.
Majority and minority reports were
received in. the house on the bill
compelling the railroads to use elec-
trio headlights. The minority favor
the passage Of the bill.
Judicial Scrap Is On.
Division of the Fifth judicial dis
trict, which It appeared some time
ago would meet up with obstacles,
has reached that point. There are
now four bills in the house bearing
upon the boundaries Of the Fifth dis
trict, two Of these being introduced
by Mr.. Default Of Stutsman and two
OF them by Mr.. Ployhar Of Barnes.
In his bill Mr.. Ployhar takes Nc
1ntosh county from the present
Fourth district to make up one of
his districts, which Mr.. Default
seeks to annex Sheridan county from
the Sixth judicial district to make
one Of his new proposed districts
complete.
Under the terms of the Ployhar
measures jamestown and Valley City
would have the chambers, while in
the Default bills jamestown and
Darlington are favored localities.
The Default bill would place Barnes
and Stutsman county In the same
district.
Maintainance Cost Less.
Arguments favorable to the passage
OF the Burnett bill under which the
railroads are compelled to maintain
stations where the annual business
totals $4,000 were made in the house
yesterday afternoon on the plea that
the new telephone plan of handling
the company's business, heretofore
handled by telegraph, makes the cost
OF maintenance much less, as one
man can do all the work Heretofore
in the small towns 1t has required a
man capable Of pounding the key to
hold down the station master posi-
ttons, but with the new systems in
stalled it is declared that economy in
the maintenance of the stations will
result.
No Dissenting Votes.
There was not a dissenting vote in
the legislative assembly Of the state
yesterday afternoon when the reso-
luton asking the North Dakota men,
bers Of congress to oppose the adop-
tion of the Canadian reciprocity COM
pact was adopted. When the resolu-
tion was returned to the house from
the senate, with the report that the
upper body had concurred In the
same. the announcement was greeted
by a round of handclapping from the
representatives.
Sentiment against the Canadian
reciprocity measure. 30 far as the
members Of the assembly is concern
ed, Is unanimous. There has been a
great deal of discussion among the
legislators on the proposed pact, and
they are unanimous against It.
misunderstood Davis Bill.
Some Misunderstanding seems to
prevail in the state over the contents
Of the Senator Davis bill relating to
baseball game. and number of the
members Of the assembly have re-
ceived petitions as a result of this
Misunderstanding. The bill does not
relate to Sunday baseball in any re-
spect. but only regulates ball games
on Memorial day by declaring that no
games Of baseball shall be played be-
fore 2 o'clock of that day. The in
tent Of the measure is quite evident,
being the abolishment Of any forms
OF amusement during hours that are
usually given over to services for the
honored dead.
Widens the Scope.
Under the terms of the Dean cleo
tion bill, reported out in the house
for passage yesterday, tho ninety-day
feature that Is contained in the pres
ont Bacon law. Is also made ap-