The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-22


ginning to feel the effect of the ex-
traordinary session. Many visitors
will be here for the opening session,
and the State Council OF Defense
will meet on the opening day to map
out its legislative program.
The big initial expense of the
session will be an item of $500 for
the mileage of members. The total
expense will depend on the amount
of help hired and the length of the
session. State Auditor Kositzlky be-
lieves IL the legislature remains I'M
session not more than week that
$4,000 will cover the cost.
Important committee chairman
ships in the house are held by II. A.
Mackoff, rules; c. F. Dupuis, rail-
roads; Otto Dettler, agriculture; A.
Walton, appropriations; L. d. Bailey,
banking; A. M. Hagen, elections and
election privileges; F. Z. Kurtz,
military affairs; L. d. Wiley, ways
and means; F. E. Lazier,. federal re-
lations; George Reishus, highways;
A. @. Divet, judiciary; Paul Ravens,
labor; G. I. Christensen, public debt;
@. Patterson, state public utilities;
G.. J. Brown, school and public lands;
Walter ]. Maddox, state affairs;
Sydney f. Smith, temperance; +. w.
Mees, taxes and tax laws; L. IL
Stair, grain grading and warehouses.
Senate committees which may be
active in the special session are
headed as follows: Woman suffrage,
ways and means, Jacob
son; warehouse and grain grading,
InnnnnA1 fCzwa4z..
eide is the second man on this com
temperance, Putnam; taxes
and tax laws, Allen; state affairs, |
Hyland; agriculture, Kirkeide; ap-
preparations, Gibbons; banks and
banking, Kretschmar; counties, |
Pendray; elections, GronvoId; feder-
al relations, Hamilton; insurance, |
Paulson; judiciary, Mcbride; live
stock, Englund; military affairs, |
Heckle; public lands, Young; rail !
roads, Mclean; rules, Carey.
Governor Frazier has held it will |
not be necessary to employ any
clerical help, believing that the vari- |
Gus departments at the capitol can |
supply all the clerks and stenog-
raphers needed for the brief session |
which he anticipates. If the COVER |
two days time will be saved the.
it is claimed.
Thomas Anders of Werner, al
of the Dunn county board
Of commissioners, is here for the |
session. Mr.. Anders is confident that
Dunn county will need no outside /
aid, and he doubts whether it will be
necessary for the county to bond. "A
majority of our farmers have plenty
Of seed" said Mr.. Anders. TN the
southwestern section of the county
there may be some who have no
seed, but their neighbors are in a
position to supply them. Our banks
and merchants are in good shape,
and l do not see any situation now
that we cannot easily take care Of"
Dorr Carroll of Minot, is chair
nan, DR.. Victor ]. LaRose of Bis
narck, vice chairman, and F. OIL
of Bismarck, secretary of
he defense council. It's executive
consists of Prof. c. B.
WaldrOn of the Agricultural college,
IN agriculture; Dean Z. S. Babcock
II the university, on mining and en-
DOrr H. Carroll of Minot
IN legal affairs; w. r. kellogg of The
Jamestown Alert, on publicity; DR..
Y. H. Stickney Of Dickinson, onlI
nance; A. w. Bowman, labor; Al
3. Dill, commercial economy; DIR. III.
". Wheeler. health, sanitation and
Red Cross relief; +. o. Hellstrom,
organization; G. +. Dupuis,
transportation; Mary barrow Wei
lie, Zomen's organization; DR.. II. r.
Brush Of the university, education,
md William g. Ownes, explosives.
The average North Dakota farm
oday contains $40 acres, says MIR.
Iagan, while the county bonding actl
vas framed with the 160-acre home
tead in mind. Not only must the
mount of seed which can be furn-
shed any single farmer be prac-
ically doubled, it is claimed, but the
ct must be so altered As to take
are Of renters, especially those who
ease on a crop payment plan, and
Who cannot furnish a lien on the
and as securely for seed warrants.
The state board of regents may
six the restoration to its appropri-t
ton of $500 of a biennial item
( $1,000 for travelling expenses of
1embers which was deleted by Gov
rnor Frazier when he was pairing
last spring.
]. r. Waters, state bank examiner