The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-01-18

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ass features % " includedi ~ % new
state constitution, aecoYdinr Is led.
thg law. maker, are StattaSs aSSoNWitRllsrIlhip
~ public utilities, state sinsuSrGSc 81.
,1J5mptton Of farm improvements from
taxation, ,rni1IAg a the bend limit,
noDpefftasanis state and county elec.
ttcns, simpifed system of sagkending
fp 94e!lg.ls! and sRssfbapi5 nor. ~ {
sressive Initiative and refersndum
provisions. BIT je.. . FTa.
Woman suffrage forces III the stats
III It sSea 5aaasSS1aa resllt Of tho sinltroduc-
ton Of the N0npartIsan leagues pro.
pao9sesAdd new tcpnat{tJntlon With no pro-
vision for equal rights. Farthsrmore,
the suffragists wiii'haye to do with
out ,thssomcIai backing of the Nonpar-
tisant league In puAhing an equal sut-
frage amendment bill through the
house, iiass the league cancus has re-
fused to act in the matter, either for
Of against the bill.
The second attempt Of j. c. R., the
maj OF mystery. to legally establish
himself DC the son and heir OF J.. II.
Caldwell, wealthy mncher 81 near
Taylor. this state, failed last Friday
when District Judge w. Il Nuessle
abruptly stopped the trial and dismis.
sed the suit, declaring J. CIR, an inn
poster. Two points emphasized by the
defense were the difference in the
size of shoes worn by Jay Allen Cald.
well, the missing son, and by the
Claimant and the entire divergence III
the dental record Of filings, III the
teeth OF, young Caldwell when he dis
appeared in 1906 and those Of ]. c. r.
Another controversy over office
holding in this state, which may rival
in its intensity the recent supreme
court Justice fight, was forecast in
the submittal to the senate Of five
appointments for the board of uniyer-
sity regents, when only two Of the Of
icers' terms have expired, by Govern
or Lynn j. Frazier. The governor con
tends all of the members on the board
are holding their 4ofaaes Illegally and
he recommends the confirmation Of
his appointees to constitute an en-.
tirely. new board. The governors
appointees are: p. +. Totten, Bow.
man; w. G. Brown, Fargo; Rev. c. E.
vermilia, Valley City; Roscoe Beagle,
Adams, and Robert Muir, Towner.
Two hundred representative. live
stock men from all parts Of the state
are expected to attend the annual
convention Of the state live stock as
sociation. at BismarckzJan "a and Is
Sneakers on.the rogrsma ARE Harry q
Krum..s AAnerieau
Yorkshire club; E. tWaHardingsssecre
tary$ Of the American Sh0rthern as
ISOLATION; Alex Macdonald, president
Of the state association; Dr.. Carl w
Gray, division of animal husbandry
University Of Minnesota; !. i
Thompson, secretary Of the North Da
kota stallion enrolment board; Johr
N. sHagan, commissioner Of agricul
\ ture Of North Dakota;s w. n. Peters
animal husbandry, state experimental
station; II. III. Kildee,, chief depart
mentso of dairying, minnesota ulniver
sity, and J.eH. Shepperp,. vice director