Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-03-08
Governor. :. Board Of Control
Appointments Confirmed.
Terminal Elevator and Com
mission Bill Passed at Last
Moment.

Bismarck, Mar. 3.-At midnight
last night the fifteenth Legislative
assembly came to close, but it re-
quired some two hours after IL
O'Clock to engross the bills, and dur
ing the interval members of the leg
islature INDUCED in the usual good
natured stunts, incident to the clos
ing hours of the legislature. There
were no disgraceful scenes but mem
bers felt relieved at the end of the
long session and there was much hi
larity and joshing of members OF
both houses in good natured way.
Following the. adjournment large
number of members left on special
train waiting at the Northern Paci-
flc station for Fargo and eastern
points. Governor Frazier remained
up to witness the closing hours, dur
ing which much important work, in
conference committees, was accom-
plished.
The Senators presented Lieuten-
ant Governor Kraabel with a group
! picture of the senate members, and
the house presented Speaker How
ard Wood with q similar picture of
the house. Rep. O'Connor Of Grand
Forks, in presenting the picture
praised the rulings of the presiding
onicer Of the house, which he said
had been fair, and that Speaker
Wood deserved much credit as such
officer. a. q
The Board of Control Confirmed.
Among ths. last acts Of the senate
was ne ronnrmatio OF thesapp pointa
ments Of Governor Frazier on, the
board Of control. The new appoin-
tees sent in Thursday are Simon J..
Nagel of Morton County to serve
from July l, 1917, to July 1, 1923,
and Berndt Anderson of Ramsey
county. 4, ON June IS, 1917. to July
1891. e
They succeed Sylvan L. Olson and
r. s. Lewis of Fargo, chairman Of
the board.
The appointments were confirmed.
after Chairman Lewis appeared be-
fore the senators in executive ses-
sion. 1t is said that he stated he
would Willingly resign. on the date
held b. the Attorney General as the
end Of, his term of Office.
Provides for Terminal Elevator.
After the long fight against the;
project of erecting terminal elevators
favored BY the Non-Partisan league,
q conference of the senate 4 and
house, two hours before adjourn
ment, resulted in the passage ,of sem
ate bill No. 81, providing for the ap-
pointment Of q committee to locate
and erect such elevator or elevators.
The bill was amended several times
before the old guard and the Nom
partisans could get together.
The bill provides that the COVER
nor, attorney general and state
treasurer and one citizen from each
congressional district and one. from
the state at large, to be appointed
BY the governor shall form the COM
mission. An appropriation Of $780,
900, including the terminal elevator
fund, which amounts to over $780,
900, was provided. nm
The bill provides that terminal
elevators. ,one or more. can be con-
structed inside or outside the state.
The result was q compromise be-
tween the plan Of the 3Non-partisan
League as outlined in house bill a.
providing for the state to finance the
elevator and other projects by guar
anteeing bonds, and the plan pro-
posed BY the senate. AS there is
now no provision on the constitu-
tion to permit bonding for this pur-
pose the. League members sought
through House Bill ~ to revise the
constitution so as to make this plan
Of action possible.
The senate majority objected to
this plan and killed house bill ~.
The Bill which passed last night raises
the money for terminal elevators BY
direct taxation. There Is now $780,
900 Already available which hassbeen
raised IN years past under the ter
ssmIinal elevator tar levy Of 1-s Of q