The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-01-29

of agriculture to consider DR.. Ladd's
findings in establishing the grain
standards under the federal grain
standards act. 1t has already passed
the house, and when returned from the
committee SATURDAY afternoon, was
made a special order for today.
Labor Bills Are In.
The three most important bills in
which organized labor of North Da-
kota is interested. have been intro
duced in the house. and one or more
are expected to be returned from the
committees this week, provided there
is no recess.
Adolph Bowman of Fargo, repre-
senting the labor interests, has secur~
ed the approval of the Nonpartisan
league caucus of the minimum wage
and hours for women act, the state in
surance guaranty or workmen's COM
pensation. and the child labor act.
Saturday.
Senate Mixes on Chicken Act.
Senator Lindstrom's act cutting
down the open season and reducing
the bag limit of prairie chickens, killed
by the senate Friday afternoon, has
taken new life on motion to recon-
slider, passed by the senate Saturday
afternoon.
Senator Lindstrom's bill was killed
Friday after it had once been passed.
1t is expected that the senate COM
mittee on game and fish, to which 1t
was referred, will redraft the bill.
The house now also has before 1T a
new game and fish bill of vital i'm
portance. being the measure sponsor
ed by the Nonpartisan hackers to
abolish the present game warden sys-
tenn, and it also changes the seasons,
bag limit, prohibits the use Of dogs in
hunting prairie chickens, etc.
The bill was introduced Saturday,
and was referred to the committee on
game and fish.
Rate Bureau Bill In.
With the senate's rejection Of Sem
ator Martins bill for the creation OF
state control of fire insurance rates,
comes the Nonpartisan league meas
ure to accomplish that end, introduced
in the house Saturday by Represen-
tatives Christensen and Magnuson.
The fire insurance rate problem has
been a big one for the last two. as
semblies, and in 1915 it was the GEN.
ter of a particularly hot battle.
Senator Martins bill was not salts
factory to the league forces. as in
troduced by him early in the session,
and the fact that a new bill has been
placed under way, with assurance that
it will pass the house by reason of the
INonpartisan caucus approval. =.
Ladd's Bill Is In.
The measure urged by DR.. x. +.
Ladd of the agricultural college for the
control of the patent medicine in
dustry, was introduced Saturday by
Representative Bailey. 1t contemplates
the establishment of board to direct
the work, with DR.. Ladd, as state pure
food commissioner, the executive Of
| ficer of the board.
Registration of all patent medicines,
oF Fol- oHU iSi nj
products, are features Of the bill, ana
the board proposed to handle the work
would be made up Of the pure food
| commissioner, who would be secre-
tary; the attorney general, secretary
of state board Of pharmacy, a mem
Der of the medical profession, to De
appointed by the governor for term
of four years. E..
This measure also has the approVai
Of the Nonpartisan caucus.
Railroad Bills Pass.
Three railroad bills have been pass
| ed by the senate, being bills Nos. 59,
so and 81. No. 50 relates to the reports
of railroad companies; No. go AMENDS
the socalled caboose act, while NO. o1
gives the state rail commission ths
Ipower to permit the construction OF
distractions closer to the tops Of rail-
road cars than now permitted, sucn
permission to be granted by the boaro'
however, in cases of absolute neces-
sity.
The house on Saturday afternoon
again turned down the proposed pup
lication of the debate on H. B. No. A..
Representative Hendrickson asked
that the house do so, and when Rep
Iresentative Hoghaug of Ramsey coun-.
ty moved that the debate be printed
in the publicity pamphlet Hendrick
son charged bad faith on the part OF
the Ramsey delegate.
Hendrickson brought a general at
tack on himself when he persisted IN
This position-and when Representa-
| tive Patterson said something about
records in previous legislative assem-
blies. Hendrickson told the house ne
wasn't ashamed of his record at any
stage of the game. In fact, he was
rather proud of it, he told the mouse,
and he called attention to the ract
that he was elected by Burke ana III
vide county folks with ma?orly %
900 over the Nonpartisan candidate as
ample evidence of honiN approval.
But the house will not print the de-
hate. stenographic report or Which
was taken by court stenographers
employed by minority members or the
house. after the house had turned
down proposal to engage the stenos-
rapherS. ~ =, h,,
Wiley. proposing the establishment OF
an AGRICULTURAL school near Mandan;
| it passed H. B. No, 50, abolishing the
Itax sale and providing Tor the 1or-
fe;ture To the county of property, on
which taxes are unpaid; passed II. b.
No. 28, granting cities the right t 70
construct and operate heating plants,
and which now requires only the gov
ernor's signature to become law; It
passed II. B. No. As, prohibiting the
negotiation of note received IN pay
ment for life insurance, until plru
| ing receipt has been issued the pohcy
buyer. or a medical examination maze.
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