The Dickinson press., 1917-02-17

voted for IN good faith on the ground
that on the basis Of the present as
sessed valuation Of taxable property
in the state, with a one-half-mill tai
levy 1t would require a period oi
twenty-nine years to raise $5.00O,000
the amount required to establish such
institutions, to which must be added
four years in which to get the law In
operation, which would bring the time
up to 1850 before such industries
would begin to materialize. In addi'
ton to that reason the league mem.
bers opposed the method Of financing
that is by direct taxation. They con.
tend that the proper way is by issuing
utility bonds, endorsed by the state
paying interest and principal Of such
bonds out of the earnings Of the con
Germs.
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The legislative assembly set a new
and unprecedented example Thursday
afternoon when it passed a concurrent
resolution calling a joint session OF
the two houses and all the state off.
Gals to hear representatives Of the
American Society of Equity and the
Equity Cooperative exchange discuss
the purposes and aims of these or.
CARNATIONS. The joint session con.
vened at 8 o'clock and adjourned at
6 o'clock. Those who addressed the
joint assembly were J. M. Anderson,
president of the Equity exchange; M.
P. Johnson, president of the state
union Of the American Society Of Equi.
~; M. v. Body, secretary of the state
union Of the Equity, and L. P. Straube
Of Chicago, representing the Aperican
Cooperative association.
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A measure which progressives be.
lieve will go far to elevate politics
to a higher plane is house bill No. II,
which passed the house by a vote of
70 for, 10 against and 81 not voting.
This is a bill providing for the non.
partisan nomination and election of
members of the legislative assembly
and all elective state and county off.
GERS. The bill was introduced by
Speaker Wood and Anthony Walton
and will now go to the senate, where
it is expected to be slaughtered.
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House bill No. 1872, carrying an ap-
preparation of $4,000 and providing
for the establishment of an employ.
ment bureau, was recommended by
the committee of the whole for pas
sage and to pass the house. This bill
is intended to help solve the problem
Of labor distribution during the har-
vest and threshing seasons in this
state.
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House bill No. $50, establishing a
hospital for the insane at Garrison,
has a good chance to pass the house.
Representative Fraser is smaking a
strong fight for the measure. "It
must be-" remarked a local humorist,
"that everybody in this state is going
crazy" when he heard a. bill read; In
trcduced by Representative Lathrop,
establishing a second hospital for the
insane at Lamoure.
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Two bills have been introduced by
Mr.. Lathrop providing for the ap-
pointment of inspectors for grain ele-
vators and for the bonding Of said
elevators. He contends that the ele-
vators in which farmers deposit thou
sands of bushels of grain should be as
carefully inspected and regulated as
the banks in which the farmers de-
post their money.
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House bill No. 262, introduced by
Representatives Strom, Duquis and
Moen, provides that the governor shall
appoint a commission of three for a
term of three years to be known as
the North Dakota inspection board.
This board is to survey the handling,
weighing and storing of grain and
seed within the state. The board must
annually establish grades for all
grains subject to state inspection and
known as North Dakota grades.
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The railroad brotherhoods had their
inning when the senate passed a bill
requiring all public service corpora
tons to pay their employees at least
one in fifteen days. The bill passed
by a vote of "a to 49,: An effort was
made some days ago to kill the bill
by Indefinitely %postponing it, but the