Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-01
(By the Night Waterman. F,

foS"S VIGIL l0lIACA 1AO-
ticeable by their absence SO far this
season. The title Of the uniform
egg" bill. which was brought into the
house a few days ago, caused some
,mirth. but on examination the meas
ure was found to be better than the
title would indicate, being designed
to protect the buying public from the
purchase of too aged "hen fruit" and
not to regulate the size Of egg which
the hen should lay.
Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury
Will be the formula for address in
North Dakota If s. B. AZ, introduced
by Senator Lederbach 10 passed as
the chances are it will be. 1t simply
strikes out the word male" from the
present law regarding. qualifications
OF jurors. thus making women eligible.
A large number of ONE of the state
are pushing the measure. One of the
exemptions granted for jury service in
the present law is to members of any
regularly organized fire company, but
against the qualifications of any Of
the women otherwise qualified to
serve.
Publishers Of the state will be in
terested in s. B. as, introduced by
Senator P. o. Thorson Of Grand Forks.
1t is a re-enactment Of the present
public printing law in that it changes
the price that may be paid for paper
for state printing work. Under the
present law, the state will only allow
10 cents q pound for the best bond"
paper, which al present cannot be
bought for less than IS cents a pound.
In Mr. Thorson's bill the price is
raised to IS cents a pound, and it is
probable that a fight will be made to
get that figure raised. Price sched-
ules on other supplies and printing
are practically doubled. This Is mere
ly keeping pace with the great in
crease Of costs in the printing bust
ness which has taken place during
the last year or two.
Representative J. F. Elmer of Nor
ton county lives a short distance out
side the town Of Hebron and the
suburban territory is included in the
Hebron school district and pays for
the maintenance Of the city, schools.
Two rural schools are outside of the
city limits and must be maintained.
So Mr.. Elmer. has introduced H. B.
76, which would amend the present
statutes so that upon petition Of three
fourths of the electors residing in the
school district, which is not actually
within the city limits, "a separate
school district may be established.
There are plenty Of laws allowing
cities to increase their district area,
and to take in the country territory
but none to let us set out. That's
what we expect to get by this bill,'
said Mr.. Elmer.
Senate Bill 49,, which extends the
powers of the state inspector to a
marked extent and gives him two ad-
ditional deputies, may have tough
Shedding in the house. The state in
spector is under the authority of the
attorney general and the two Offices
are now held respectively by Harry
Dunbar and William Lemke. There
is a pretty strong feeling among the
independents that the proposed in
crease in the personnel and powers
Of the department will give Mr..
Lemke and Mr.. Dunbar rather an un-
rivaled opportunity to build up a po-
ntical machine, and there is no par
ticular desire on the part of the indie
pendents to assist in such an enter
prise. In addition to his there is a
pretty general feeling from the town
and city representatives that the IL
censing power should be returned to
VAC "%VA ~ AAAACkly 4cSlCus
North Dakota service men are not
asking the state to pay them SIS for
each month spent in. the service and
also interest on the amount due for
the time they have to wait for their
compensation. This was the. attitude
taken by the legislative committee of
the American Legion at whose request
the measure calling for the payment
of interest was killed. In its place H.
B. So was introduced into the house
by eight former service men. 1t mere
ly raises the levy for the payment
Of the compensation from t~hree-quar-
tiers of a mill to one mill, and remove
restrictions as to the use Of the mon
ey. This will probably be one Of the
first bills to pass both houses Of the
legislature.
House Bill So, brought in by s. W.
Johnson, Lacquer, of Steele county,
carries an appropriation of 5000, 0oO
for the maintenance of the state i'm
migration department for the next
two years. AS vas predicted some
time ago this measure was brough,
separately in the house instead of
forming a part of the regular budget
bill which was introduced by the SEN
ate appropriations committee. Its
passage seems more than doubtful
This Is to be an economy session Il
possible, and there has always beer
considerable doubt, to put it mildly, in
the minds Of many people If the state
immigration department was worth
the money put into 1t, except, per-
haps. for political propaganda pur-
poses. This doubt may help to ex.
plain the report that DIR. j. H. Worst
now immigration commissioner, il
trying to get his old job as president
OF the state agricultural college back
again.
Speaking OF the agricultural college
and its president, there has been
rumor here during the last day o,
two following the resignation Of DR.
Eff. SLAdd, that the place; might be
given the RELUCTANT" Neil C. Mac.
donald. It is hardly believed, how.
ever, that the board of administration
would deliberately outrage public sen.
timent in the state to such an extent
as t appoint him. It has been re.
kported, however, that Neil. has beer
at Harvard for some time past hunt
ing for q degree that would make him
eligible for appointment as president
ofaone Of the higher state institutions
Of learning.
incidentally, the. Recommendation
Esof the board Of administration that
four state schools be discontinued hal
given rise to q whole crop Of specula-
|, tons. some OF which may become Ger.
taInties during the next few weeks
and may prove to be of rather q start: