Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1915-03-18
GOV. HANNA SIGNS
NUMEROUS BILLS
Mothers Pension and School
Bills Are Approved.

BISMARCK, Marcn IL AnOtner
day has passed and Governor Hanna
has not attached his veto to any of
the measures passed by the four
teenth legislative assembly. Twen-
|ty-one bills were signed during the
day and there still remains great
number to receive the consideration
of the chief executive.
House bills signed were numbers
|213, 2S7, 119, 239, 335, 345, All,
47S, 8, 264, 463, 49S and 800. The
senate bills to receive the 20. K" of
Governor Hanna were 201, 1877, 2s4,
|279, 264, 2S3, 100 and 216.
Among the more important of the
house bills sent over was No. 213,
which provides for the free kinder
gartens in public schools.
No. 119 is Lathrop's Mothers Pen
sion Act. This is one of the laws
over which there was considerable
discussion, but which was finally
passed in both houses by an almost
unanimous vote.
No. AL provides that a tuition
shall be charged for pupils attending
the model grade or high school
which is conducted in connection with
any of the higher educational insti-
|tutions.
No. 47S provides for the repeal of
the educational institution mill tax.
No. 264 provides that high school
diplomas shall be accepted as teach
ers' certificates for second-grade
elementary work. ....
No. 498 relates to the powers of
the board of emergency and gives
them contingent fund of $4,000.
No. 800 carries large number of
amendments to the present game
laws and is about what was recon-
mended by the state game and fish
commission. There are no increases
lin salaries allowed under the new
| bill and .the open, seasons were not
changed. The limit of bags for ducks
is reduced to Is from rs and other
minor changes made.
National Guard.
The National Guard annual con-
vention will be held this year at Graf
ton and the Office of the adjutant
general has announced the dates as
March 80 and 81. There is a good
deal of important business to be
transacted at the meeting this year.
The matter of the annual encamp-
|ment will come up for discussion and
whether or not an effort to get the
trip to San Francisco will be made is
to be settled at this time.
State Engineer Bliss and party
have gone to Medora, where the mat
ter of building bridge across the
Little Missouri river is to be looked
into. The party will make sounlings
for foundations and a report as to the
cost and set of specifications will be
completed soon after the party re-
turn.
The trial of H. H. Frankel, who is
charged with burning his clothing
store at Goodrich, came up today in
district court at McClusky. Frankel
was arrested last June as result OF
the activities of the fire marshal's
department and it is stated that there
|is some very convincing evidence to
be produced at the trial.
Coal Mine on Fire.
County Auditor Kelly of Adams
county phoned to the state land de-
partment that one of the old coal
mines near Haynes was on fire and
asked what should be done. Mr.. Kel-
ly stated that the flames were soar
ing into the air for height OF OF
over q hundred feet at times. Some
settlers near the mine are fearful
that they will lose their homes, as
the heat from the fire is very intense.
The origin of the fire is wrapped in
mystery, there having never been
signs of a fire there in the past. The
mine is on state-owned land.
Popular Edition of Session Laws.
In the Office of Secretary of State
Thomas Hall the work of getting out
the popular edition of the Session
Laws is progressing rapidly and they
will be ready for delivery before the
end of the present month. They will
|be on sale by every auditor or may be
secured from the secretary of state
by sending IS cents. the extra nickel
being for postage. The work Of bind
ing the books cannot be started until
the governor has signed the last bill
and he has until fifteen days after the
adjournment to do that.
The Mandan Indians. 200 years
|ago. fought their children corn cul-: