Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-03-13
MEMORIAL HISTORY
BUILDING FOR n. D.
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GETS ENDORS EM|IENT'

11OOPle Farm enjoying q
Rest; Big Measures Un-
signed.
Bismarck, N. d., March lit (Spe-
.cial With Senate Bill 81, the om-
nibus appropriation measure; Senate
Bill 157, the Brinton newspaper mon
opoly act, and whole flock of other
bills regulating public printing and
various other matters, totaling 3S in
all, yet to be signed. Governor
Frazier has gone back to his farm at
Hoople for a few days rest. Incl
dentally he will also see to it that
the farm work for spring is properly
put under way. The governor isn't
overlooking any bets, and he fears
that it may be some time before he
can again SOW wheat at an assured
price of some $2.06 per bushel.
Senate Bill .64 carries appropria-
tions aggregating $4,100.000. The
governor hasn't done much more
than look over this BILL as yet. Two
years ago he took a long look and
pared the omnibus bill down some
half million dollars. If he does like
wise this year-and 1t is predicted
that with appropriations going
slightly over the s9,000,000 mark
for the ensuing biennium, he is very
likely to;-a number of educational
and penal and charitable institu-
tions stand to lose coveted new
buildings and other extras. The
governor. however. is said to have
given his word that hes will not be
SO unkind to the Dickinson normal
as he was two years ago, when he
vetoed all of its building appropria-
tions. al
Newspaper Bills In Doubt.
The Brinton newspaper bills are
raising so much of stir thruout the
state that there is bare possibility
that the governor may withhold his
approval. There are nine Of these
bills, and to date Mr. Frazier has not
signed one Of them. 5#3 ,s..
Observation-Disclosures to the state
house Thursday and he has until the
following Monday, Is days following
the adjournment Of the session, to
sign the last bills and file them with
the secretary of state.
Approves History Building.
The most important measure ap-
proved by the governor during the
last few days is House Bill 121, in
troduced by Mcdonnell. and appro-
priating from the capitol building
fund 100000 for. the erection OF a
memorial history building, dedicated
to the honor Of North Dakota's 30,-
900 fighters in the world s war, and
to contain, also, a memorial to the
late Col. Theodore Roosevelt.
This is to be a four-story structure
erected on the statehouse grounds
and to be surrounded by a memorial
grove of native trees; each Of which
will bear a bronze plate dedicated
to the memory Of a North Dakotan
who fell in the-world war. an. a
The building proper is to house
the state museum and historical IL
brary, the supreme court and law IL
5brary and various other departments
and commissions. which are crampedi
for room at the capitol. So far as
possible the structure is to be erected
with convict labor from prison-made
birck. s... ssss ~ II. II
New Holiday. y
81 Columbus day, Oct. IA, is added
to North Dakota's list Of legal holi-
days in House Bill IS, fathered by
j. F.. 7. OsConnor Of Grand Forks
1T was filed by the governor satur-ii
day. Thirty-five other states have.
made Columbus day, or Discovery
day, q legal holiday. (. s515s
The governor has also approved
Senate Bill 113 which makes Ut o.
felony to refuse the use Of any pubs
lie building to any organization that
desires to hold meeting there, pro
sviding such building Is not. already
engaged on the date requested. This.
bill was sintroduc BY Senator Leid-
zerbach and is designed to- take care
OF alleged instances in which towns
or village refused the use Of their
halls for Nonpartisan league, n meet
sings.
Senate Bill 212, approved by the.
governor. authorizes county commits
'sionss to levy not more than $1,000
for the erection % mi memorials to sol-S
1diers. House Bill q 477. ! the league ex-4
else tax bill 4 PROVE ding for the taxa
tion Of shares and bond issues Of
corporations, has been signed, as has
House Bill SO. auth orizing and regu-
lattng the exchang &c Sof reciprocal in-
.ter-insurance contracts B; House Bill
$50 !: relating to the redemDt Dtton OF
land sold for taxes; louise Bill 1 10,
relating To the Great tion ot the states
.highway commi issionss Senate Bill 81.
defining prostitutio on seante Bill
,;lsl5 apnropriat ting ,$6 0, 600 Tor the
North Dakotaa natl ional guard and
senat Bill 10 3. anti horiz zing citiesato
purcha hasss and Sopsra ate plants for the