Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-02-12
STATE CAPITOL RUN

| Today was a holiday at the CAPT
| toll. It was holiday In so far az
the pubic business of the various de-
t partments was concerned. However,
most of the clerks and deputies were
, at their desks this morning and
were thankful for an opportunity to
get congested matters cleaned up.
There was no car running up the
hill today and the reporter gives the
! dope from the state house as 1t was
taken from a birds eye view.
Down in the first Office of the base
ment from the car door we could see
that Tom Hall, secretary of the rail-
way commission, had left his desk
long enough to 60 across the river to
look after his farm in Mercer county,
but Jim Little, the rate expert, has
just returned from Mandan, where he
held a conference with President
Stutsman Of the commission relative
to the new classification Of rates the
railroads threatened to put In effect
February 18th. Mr.. Little thinks the
new rate will effect this state mater
tally and, If the law will permit, It IL
certainty they will not let the rail-
roads put the increase into effect.
Further up the nall Curator Fish
in the historical rooms was pouring
through the pages Of the old Capital
house hotel register which was left
with the society by the Marsh fam
lily. The register is dated back in
1874, and contains the names Of such
guests as Generals Custer and Reno,
and other cavalrymen who came here
in pioneer days to fight the Indians.
Mr.. Fish is preparing a story reia-
tive to this old hotel register which
he promises will appear in the Trib-
une in a few days now. He has
spent considerable time in preparing
the narrative and says it will be Of
great interest to readers all over the
state.
The adjutant generals department
was going through reports received
from different branches of the state
guard. Major Steedman vas sorting
mail and looking up records to make
reply to an old time state volunteer
to tell him whether or not he was en-
titled to a pension. Sergt. Cacciola
was directing Shipping Clerk Bloom
to send another pair Of shoes 10 the
company, and another bu.
gle to Grafton. Sergt. Major BILLY"
Harris was oiling his typewriter and
wiping his stencil machine ready to
issue orders for the whole guard to
70 to Mexico on a minutes notice.
Superintendent Slattery and his as
sistants we're putting the finishing
touches in renovating State Engineer
Atkinson's offices. and when Tim gets
back from the northern part Of the
state, where he has been shouting
about good roads, he will find his as
sistants draw maps and plats back
in the same old office, but with the
improved greatly.
The board of control had plenty be-
fore them. Henry Tatley is down IN
Chicago having his eyes treated and
DR.. Robertson took hike to his home
in Rolette county for few days, but
Judge Carmody and Secretary Brandt
spent the morning in going over the
salary and expense reports OF
some of the institutions.
The library commission found few
tasks also this morning. Mrs. Bud
long was telling over the telephone
some club down at Monango how to
start a town library. Miss McPhee
was hunting up enough books to send
a box Of reading matter to q school
house in the. Turtle mountains, and
liver Acker was adding the finishing
touches to a compilation of laws on
cnild labor.
Governor Burke was in his office
gathering from the newspapers
clipped accounts of the Burke clubs
over the country, and Pat Byrne was
still correcting typographical errors In
the history of Burleigh county which
he will soon have ready for the read
ing public. ."/.
In the secretary of states ONCE
John Andrews I. and Billy : Anderson
were checking the number q automo-
bile tags and mailing out . few delayed
notary commissions, and State Printer
Behounek was explaining to some
printer that = piecs Of state