Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1913-01-02


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Ine,e sserls 10 te genera sen.i-
ment arosghou. tae SAFE ;ha. me
wor- u ihe eg.> azure 9, tie com
mig session should be large. N ,re
nature g. necessary srnersirnerss .o
the many important ard rosei AIS
TIA. have been passed al the pre-
sious sessions of ate Years No leg
isla.iye body can formulate irnrors-
an. measures that are pe.fecs from
the beginning There are se,era
amendments which experience tas
shown 10 be necessary In ,n- W.
election lsw. The scnac. ans.
and o,he. measures .talcn a.-ot vast
importance 70 Noysh Dakota
Ii is certain tia. till taSed On
the Kansas Blue Sky statute viii
be Introduced and viii pass. This
measure * intended 20 do away with
the free advertising and selling o..
securities in corporations in other
words 10 make transactions Of this
character as open To the light II
day as the blue sky Many thous-
ands Ct dollars are taken from the
peopie q the state every year by
the promoters Of wildcat COMPANIES
who are s.indlers in eseyy sense Of
the term. and VINO DO not expect re-
turns TO come from the properties :
which hey advertise ard for Hhch
they canvass the people. The idea
is that the state shall regulate the
sale Of stocks and bonds within its
borders, and no corporation, firm
or Individual shall be allowed TO do
business in bonds and stocks in
North Dakota until the proper
state officer or commission mas been
shown By lndisputable proof that
their business is on the square, and
that there is real and sufficient value
back ii the mine CT other property
the shares or bonds OF which are
sought 10 he put upon the market.
A owe, the state there is grow
ing Interest in the matter Of road
Improvement. Statistics gathered
b the government ard by the
different states show that thousands
upon thousands Of dollars are lost
each year In the items Of wasted
horsepower. smaller loads and in
Ju1y 70 running gear by reason Of
the bad roads for whl.h most parts
of the United States are noted. Ey-
cry year there is more interest
shown in this problem, ard there is
not legislative body that will be in
session this winter that viii not have
before il something in the way of
good yoads legislation. The present
spasmodic and unorganized method
Ut road improvement in most states
is relic Of the old. old times, and
has made little improvement since
the days Of the family spinning
wheel and the domestic candle-mold
1t is time that in all states road
work vas put on a business basis.
At present the roads are worked
without ans regard to the relation
that such work in one place has to
work on the same road in another
place, perhaps but short distance
away, and, frequently, the work
done IL really more of an injury than
a help to the highway so dcctored. =
There Is enough mensy spent for So
called road work in this state
every year 10 give US good roads in
a few wears we're K expended on
business basis and under direction
OF Some authority that would lay
out the work with due regard al
least to the matters Of drainage,
cuiverts and grading 1t is to be
hoped that an advance along these
lines viii be accomplished by the
coming session of the legislature.
Inc question of woman suffrage
Is always with US. II will come up
at the session which convenes at Bis
marck the 1th Of January. The
word male is in the constitution.
So. should the coming session favor
ably consider it, il Will have to pass
the succeeding session before it can
be submitted to the people. The
vote OF the legislature to submit to
the people will probably be favor
able. Certainly no old member who
has heretofore advocated the resub-
mission Of other questions to the
people can fairly or consistently say
that II is not safe to trust this or
any other question 10 the voters