Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-11

State-OWned terminal eleValOfUs
flour mills, packing houses, cold secr.
age plants, hail insurance. ETC.. in or
der to secure such wcuId require q
constitutional convention.
Changing the time for taxes to be-
come delinquent so that half would
fall on the first Of March and half on
the first of December. with penalty
Of 8 per cent.
Contract rate Of interest at 8 per
cent.
That state take advantage Of federal
aid bill for good roads.
Establishing minimum wages Tor
women and children and regulating
hours; machinery safeguarded and
compensation act for workmen, also
labor bureau.
A civil service act for appotntive
officers.
Put inspection Of oils under pure
food commissioner.
Put inspection of hotels in every
respect under pure food commissioner.
Adjustment of fire marshal and to
place his duties with insurance COM
missioner.
More authority for tax commission
and that they be included in the state
board Of equalizati,<
Liberal appropriations for expert
mental work with clays and ignite.
Better laws on drainage.
Recommends careful consideration
of budget and favors putting state In
situations on best possible basis.
Make state superintendent of public
instruction a member Of the board OF
regents and giving him more author-
ity.
The establishment Of an orphans
home.
Emergency appropriations for certain
departments.
legislative and state offices.
Wants work Of legislature pusheo
rapidly and concluded in good time;
later, il advisable, will call legislature
together again.
, After the addresses were competed
the senate retired to its chamber where
after a few preliminary acts. 1t ad-
journed to Wednesday. The house also
adjourned likewise.
Routine Work Starts Slowly.
Work on the Introduction OF bills mas
been somewhat retarded.
The first to be introduced In the SEN
ate was presented by Senator McCar-
ten of Sargent county, and provided
for the adoption of the Torrens system
wherein the state guarantees title to
lands. The bill is very lengthy and
seems to meet with general approval.
When the bill was introduced there
were no employees in the senate and y
was necessary for the secetary OF the
senate to carry it in his pocket till 9
bill clerk could be secured. The clerk
was appointed on the following day.
House Committees.
Temperance-Sydney F. Smith. J. A
Harris, John Nathan. F. A. Hoare'
Everson, r. A. Lathrop and p. q.
Hansen.
Delayed Bills-J. H. Sinclair. L. p
Wiley, M. A., Hoghaug, Dana Wright
and A. A. Leiderbach.
Charitable Institutions-E. A. Bow
man, Martin Larson Of Ransom, Porter
Kimball, E. w. Everson and John
Weber.
Railroads.&c.. F. Dupuis. E. E. Cole
N. e. Whipple, G. w. Mcdonald. Fay
Harding, Martin Larson Of Ransom. F.
McManus, ]. N. Kunkel and staale
Hendrickson.
Forestry-Roy B. Weld, F. q. Martz
Frank Riba, l.. H. Larson Of Stutsman,
and Joseph Renauld.
Drainage and Irri&ation-A. G. Stor-
start, Fred Eckert, R. A. Lathrop, ]. ].
O'Connor Of Pembina, Alex Ferguson,
M. Larson Of Cass, and NJ. q. Myhre.
Rules-H. A. Mackoff. R. L. Fraser
Robert Byrne, c. p. Peterson, ]. G,
Miller, ]. F. T. O'Connor, e. A. Bow
man, e. E. Cole, and Staale Hendrick-
Education-Burl Carr, James Harris
John Weber, c. w. Mcdonald, A. s.
Marshall. p H. Kelley, George Laird
F. J. Haines, Albert Olson, Albert G.
Moen and John C. Miller.
Election and Election Privileges-A
NJ. Hogan, Sydney F. Smith, Fred Minis
Andrew Achsendahl, A. L. Maxwell. G.
l. Christensen, N. E. Whipple. Chris
Banking@L. D. Bailey, J. E. Erb. C.
A. Ward, b. g. Tenneson, M. g. Myhre
A. M. Hagan, M. s. Lang, Porter Kim
ball, w ]. Church. s. E. organs and
Paul Meyers.