The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1911-02-24

,een carried to the new hotel. All th
,oores In Northwest are yet occupie,
and will be until the end Of the SEES
sion. It is said 1t will then be abandon
cd and the N. p. railroad. which owns
1t. will turn it into q warehouse.
The Trimbie insurance bill met de
feat in the senate after spirited dis
cussi0n. This required insurance com.
panies to invest in North Dakota Is
per cent Of the policy money received
in the state. The insurance COM
panies fought the bill hard.
It looked like q joke, but 1t nearly
proved something better than a joke
did that bill Of Stranahan's. giving
each member of the legislature $500
for expenses. It was recommended for
passage by committee of the whole,
and was killed when it came up for
final passage.
Ac AOUSc dLI1U Seudlc dtc uOS vCAS
we'll agreed on what kind of an anti
pass measure should be enacted. The
senate passed stringent law. framed
something after the manner of the
federal law, and the house bill that
has passed that body, just limits men,
hers of the Legislature and public serv-
ants and politicians from accepting
passes.
\ bill asking for an appropriation OF
$4,000 to aid the establishment of Il
fair, to be known as the Missouri
Slope fair, has been introduced In the
house. There is feeling that this
is the initial move to again capture
the state fair, which now alternates
between Fargo and Grand Forks. Tue
latter cities are watching the bill with
especial interest.
Another new county has been formed
1t is known as Stevenson. The case
has been in the courts since 1908, but
last week Auditor Meyers of Mclean
county certified to the secretary OF
state that the election to divide Nc
Lean county had carried by the vote
once appointed as commissioners of the
new county Alexander Miller of Max.
Edward Hanlon of Blackwater ana
Fritz Giffey of Garrison. The new.
county is organized out of the north
western portion Of Mclean county, and
it is likely Garrison will be named as
the county seat The county boaru
has the authority to name the county
officials, who will hold until the next
general election.
The division of Billings county is
still a matter for the courts to lie.
termine. A vote was taken last Year
to make the northern portion Golden
Valley and the southern portion Slope,
and both propositions carried. The
cases are now being tried in district
court at Dickinson, with Judge Tenn
pleton of Grand Forks sitting in the
place of Judge Crawford.
Easy sailing for the eleventh judi
cial district was found in the assem-
bly,. The bill as passed created a new
judicial district out Of Williams, Nc
Kenzie and Mountrail counties, with
the district chambers at Williston.
Frank Fisk of Williston appears to be
district.
The medical bill as amended stands
a good show of passing both houses.
1t has passed the senate and the cons
mittee of the house will recommend it
for passage. The medical fraternity
made a hard fight to limit the practice
of the osteopaths, but the latter found
an able champion in DR.. Sanders of
Grand Forks, who has been on the
ground since the beginning of the ses-
sion. The osteopaths will be more
than mere rub doctors,' as the bill
in it's original form sought to imply.
There is keen interest in the forth.
coming appointments to be made py
Governor Burke. Perhaps the warm.
est contest centers around the state
oil inspectorship, which Office has been
held for four years now by T. a.
Wilson of Bathgate. Mr.. Wilson has
strong endorsements for the position
again, but has on his trail for the same
position such able men as Brockhofr
of Grand Forks, Nelson of Cando and
Stenvik of Minot. w. O'Gorman OF
Grand Forks is opposing w. NJ. An
Gerson for the hotel inspectorship,
while Oliver Knudson, bank examiner,
is meeting with no opposition. The
governor is keeping his peace on ap-
pointments and his closest friends can
not tell what he will do. Former Sen
ator Macarthur is here settling up some
bills of the past campaign, and he
says he is no nearer the governor on
appointments than anyone else. Nc
Arthur is chairman Of the democratic
state central committee.
No more bills will be introduced in
either house without getting unani-
nous consent. Over 600 bills are in
and it will give the legislature all they
can do to clean up the work on hand
in the few days that are left. The
session comes to an end on March 3.
After much heralding. the four-year
term for governor and state officials
has come into the Legislature in the
form of the three Doyle bills.