Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-01-29

read, Your committee further reports
that the board Of control Of game and
fish commission has so far failed to sub
nit any report whatever" but there were
O number who thought that it referred
to the. board Of control and the fish and
game commission.
Senator Esnglnnd has introduced "A bill
in the senate which proposes to rid the
people of certain parts of the state from
paying excessive telegraph tolls to sta
lions located on n different line from
their home city. At the present time q
message sent from Kenmare In Ward
county to Sherbrooke, thirty miles away,
is sent to Minneapolis and then back to
Sherbrooke and toll of one dollar collect
ed for the minimum amount Of words.
This message II 1t was sent to sone
connecting town in the state Of North
Dakota and then sent to Sherbrooke
would command a toll Of only fifty
cents. There Is every chance that the
bin will pass and become a law.
Senator Ellington Of Steele county has
introduced a sOcialistic measure which,
If it becomes a law, will create state
bonding department in the office Of the
state bank examiner. and will supply
their county officers. Two years ago n
law was enacted requiring county officers
to furnish surety bonds and the rates for
premiums advanced to a high sum-. For
instance, where. It cost a county like
BurIeigh $500 for premiums before, an
der the law now in force last year it
cost this county. so they say $500.
Counties everywhere are kicking on this
exhorbitant fee. and Senator Ellingson
has reason to believe that his bill will
be popular enough to pass both branch
es without much opposition.
halls Tuesday afternoon was Hon. Z. L.
Cole Of Fargo. Mr.. Cole is a prominent
hotel proprietor at Fargo and at one
time was a member Of the house. He has
a large number OF friends in Bismarck
and always receives a royal welcome in
the capital city.
The completes on appropriations Of
the present assembly have something to
contend with II they keep the demand
for appropriations within the evenu of
the state. Up to Monday night the ap-
asked for in bills introduced
at that time amounted to $2,152. 7O4. go.
and according to figures from the state
all there will be to spare for APP
after the expense of run
ming the state capitol departments is TAX !
en- out will be $1.740,0o0. and there is
about ten days yet in which appropriation
bills under the rules may vet be intro
duced. , ... p ~s
The first twenty days Of the assembly
ended. with Monday and that day was
for the members and employees.
In counting up the cost Of the present
assembly so far it is estimated that the
will reach approximately s45, 900
in the way Of per diem and mileage for
members N employees. printing, post
age supplies and other necessaries that
60 with a Legislative session. and only
Dne bill has become q law. The print
Ing alone amounted to over $4,000 for
the first 20 days., according to q COM !
the governor sent to the SEN
ate Monday. Now that the cost of the
legislature is being counted up it is be-
ieved that Senator Overson's bill pro-
viding for legislative clerical work to be
done by contract will pass without prac-
tically any opposition in either branch.
It would be q great saving to the state
would mean more efficient service.
Another one of the newspaper boys
who succeeded in connecting with the
legislative payroll was f. J.. Morris, who |
has charge of commercial collections for
Times Herald Publishing company,
Grand Forks. Mr.. Morris is assistant
bill clerk in the senate. 1t has been six
since he last visited Bismarck and
he says that he finds q great improve.
ment in the city. He spoke OF the city's
fine cement walks: the brilliant white
the great improvement In the bus
mess and residence districts OF the cap
talGcity within the past six years. and
the excellent hotels and their unsur-
passed service. Y