Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-14
OFFICIAL PAPER OF RAMSEY COUNTY.

Will d ldHNy Cu pay uOuSe ieul anu i've In even q COn1IOfCdOle|
city gets over $50 per month, and from that up to $1so per month
according to ability, than the clerks and deputies in our court
house: There is no reason why Ramsey county should not pay a
and clerks, and we feel that the wages they were receiving before
much rne Think THINK of hiri Sus a ee cemp ef@n boo book 9ef mpn and w aeeon n3ae a toG
puttinghim under bonds to the county and asking him to work and
support his family for $85 a month.
+ba ahf 6a MG1t y F Rakota a Supreme 1sa court recently s;r t cited to appear before
snde h eou Was a f hafgo en edl ;nor,i charging Inn HIM with with ; &C a1a2t of court;
read the case of the State Of North Dakota, 149 n. W. 965, opinion
the dissenting opinion by Judge Bruce, concurred in by Judge
Burke. Judge Fisk in the majority opinion reverses the judgment
would " contend etss adj aiding a" and a6etting eH Woaid j jastify " a eoaSic tho la unger
the law" etc. Then we turn to the dissenting opinion Of Judge
Bruce and find the following language: "t seems to me to be the
summit of absurdity to say that one may furnish the means and
1 In eth aer R Ropdss J L gS1n Fisk, a G asiSa and s snS Ef mot hold De that hafl9 no G 1aS
would contend that under the facts in the case the defenadnt was
to be the summit of absurdity to say he is not guilty. Thus it ap-
pears to us that we have a majority of the court charging the
majority by charging them with having reached the summit of
absurdity, We presume that the Fargo editor in question would
! Last evening Moike, the janitor, broke into print through the
action action in making him court house janitor. Undoubtedly Moike
deems it:quits an honor to mop the floors and clean the spittoons
Tor the republican office holders who hold forth at the court house.
FOR pity sake cit him have his job and hold it in peace. The demo
de%n, 9 and t RsS4 fnsay n inee svsFyt hi 3sn fG9m 5 limited s* STATS SfStS; % .a;ftdsa
cleaner" at the court house at $65 per. Moike claims to have been
makes we would have believed him if he had said id that at IL lo nas n" e
hundred years. And during all these thirty years he has climbed
! he can content himself with Juggling %cuspidors. Should he live
| i het Re thirty years more and advance himself as rapidly as he has
vet Moike have his job; we don't know of anyone who is better
4 fitted for the position. He makes a good flunky for the republican
! office holders.
In the selection of Rono F. Hunt as president of our Commercial
= GIub tor the coming year, we feel that a wise choice was made.
Mr: Hunt is one of our rising young business men, and one who
selected are all men of ability, and we believe that the whole set
Of Gf officials %s4 will work. in harmony and for the upbuilding of the club:
safe and economical manner and a final report shows a balance in
ldur1ng the past year. And besides this considerable money has
been paid out for old bills which were incurred by a former ad-
city and we hope to see this one grow and prosper, as we believe
That 1t Will under the management of the newly elected officers.
make room for the new ones are deserving of much credit for the
Away affairs have been manager during the past year.
fhe matter of amending our state hail insurance law is already
Up before the legislature and we hope and trust that this matter
will receive the proper attention. We believe that this law should
he 50 amended that it would be compulsory to insure with the
4fktate. Every farmer should have some hail protection and the
cheapest way to get itis to levy a small tax on all tillable land. If
,.Eould get reliable hail protection on their crops at a very small
cost, compared with the price they pay now: During the past TWEEN:
Insurance on crops, over and above what has been returned for
sbsses. This money might just as well be kept at home among the
farmers. We hope to see the legislature formulate and enact a
compulsory state hail insurance law before it adjourns.
+ We notice that some of the state papers have made the state
+npent that A. M. Christensen, the newly elected member of our
Supreme Court, was not going to take his seat in that body until
all business had been cleaned up, and that about all the cases in
that body had been disposed of. Just why this statement should
be made we can hardly see. We have it from reliable information
that the Supreme Court of this state is about 200 cases behind,
and that if there were no new ones to come in it would take the
court about two years to catch up. One firm of attorneys in this
city states that they have twelve cases up before this court,
believe that if the matter is thoroughly looked up that instead Of
being practically caught up with their work, our Supreme Court
isbadly behind.
# the House of Representatives at Bismarck is composed Of as