Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-09

addition to this the office expenses O
the Adjutant Generals Office, the Ref
erence Library, the Board o. Control ant
the Tax Commission have been an added
drain on the general fund for Capito
maintenance, while the appropriation FOL
this purpose has remained the same.
recommend an increase in the appropria'
ton for Capitol maintenance.
Under Section 1868 Of the Revised
Codes OF 1906 the sum OF 100000 was ap'
%propriated from the Capitol Building
Fund to build the present state street cal
line. The Capitol Building Fund is
fund created from the sale OF public
lands granted to the state by Section |:
OF the Enabling Act, for the purpose Of
erecting public buildings at the Capitol
for legislative, executive and judicial pur'
poses; and Section II Of the Enabling
Act granted to the state fifty thousand
acres for public buildings at the Capital
The appropriation Of this money from
this fund for the purpose OF building q
street car line was a diversion of this
fund through which we might lose the
entire grant of land. and the state is in
duty bound to return to this fund, by q
direct appropriation. the 100000 so mis-
appropriated. This. subject is discussed
at leHRln Ill Vie tClO IlcSsd6C AOuAAu ~
page $40 Of the Session Laws of 1911.
Chambers
Under the law passed by the legisla-
ture in 1907. indemnifying owners for
horses killed by order of the state veteri-
narians on account of having the disease
of CHAMBERS. there are on file in the State
Auditors office a large number of bills,
aggregating more than $4,000. from own
ers claiming indemnity under such law,
and ] recommend an appropriation suf-
ficient to pay such claims.
Diaries
The success Of an agricultural state
depends upon the diversity Of it's agri-
cultural Industries. and the dairy Is not
only most profitable. but at the same
time Is the cause of much diversity in
crops and in conservation of soil. The
Superintendent of the Dairy Department
is having some difficulty on account OF
the low long distance express rates to
central points in other states, making
it difficult to operate creameries at a
fair profit in the state; n he asks for
a Sufficient appropriation to meet the in
creased and increasing demands upon
the department for competent instruc-
tors in silo construction, to furnish by
lecture or otherwise the information the
farming communities demand on dairy
matters to prevent if possible the opera
ton Of outside purchasers of cream in
this state who are operating to the dis
advantage of local. creamericS by rea
son of low long distance express rates
to central points in other states, to en-
courage and instruct farmers in the es-
adjustment Of cooperative
and assist in cooperative breeding asso-
Citations, and to take over the entire in
spection Of milk at dairy points, placing
+he responsibility for healthy milk in tho
first instance upon the state. He furtll-
4 er recommends. that the administrators
of the law for the extension of tuber-
culosis among cattle he placed in the
hands Of the Live Stock Sanitary Board.
The Military Reservation.
The Military Reservation near Devils
Lake is a valuable tract OF land con-
tanning 1900 acres. much Of it timber. 1t
has received very little attention from
the state in the way of improvements
The War Department has designated 1t
as one Of the permanent Mobilization
camps for the mobilization Of troops in
time of war, and requested a Military
Map thereof, which was prepared by the
State Engineer and sent to Washington.
I would recommend an nnual appro-
%priation Of not less than $500 for main.
%tenance, and saary sufficient to a Q
custodian who should reside there. There
are thousands of dollars. worth of mil.
itary stores and government and state
property stored in the Quartermaster's
Built. M, which If destroyed would en-
tail great financial los sto the state. The
roads traversing' the RESERVATION. partic.
ularly that leading to the rife rang
should be improved. the dead and dow
timber removed and the undefbrusf
cleared upto lessen danger from fire. The
butts at the rifle n should be evtend'
ed to accommodate twelve targets ant
a ranse house built behind the butts II
storage of targets and range material. a
lQuartermaster's Building was COMPETED
last year under an appropriation made 3!
the legislature. 1t is constructed c. stone
with n metal roof and is practically fire
proof. All camp property and equippagt
was transferred to it from the old build
ing, properly marked and arranged II
compartments for each battalion and car
be issued rapidly and without confusion
bath house was erected, equipped Will
shower baths. for use Of officers ant
linen. Additional closets should be pro-
vided for the battalion, Of regular troops
which participate in the annual cncamp'
lments. Two field crematories were con.
structed at a safe distance from ant
of easy access to the camp. which dis
pose Of all garbabe and eNcetera. a.
artestin well and elevated tank insures
la sufficient supply Of good water. Al
officers mess hall is Il necessity, the OH
structure being entirely inadequate. a
.lnew building could be constructed at al
estimated cost of about $500. The IA
t %cilities fer handling troops and supple:
: at encampments entails great loss o
time and expenullure of funds for team
Transportation by reason of the miitar!
RI siding two miles from the camp. Th'
train. ! would advise that an arrange
t ment be made with the Great Northern
Railway for a spur rae from Pelican
I Point along the beach to terminate below
the bluff, near the Quartermaster's build
ing. This would facilitate the loading
! of supplies and embarking Of troops an
lessen the expense Of team transpOrta
: ton. ~
= War Veterans Of the Spanish ArnericaI
War;.
1t is now nearly fifteen years since til
; First North Dakota Volunteer 1nfantr
Regiment left the state for foreign scrv
! ice in the Philippine Islands in the Span
ish-American war. They gave tlei
country and their state eighteen month
of hard service, and made q record no
excelled by any other orge nization in til
a field. som of them lost THERE lives 1
the service IF their country. North Da
g lota is the only state that has not pre-
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