The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-08
CITIES May RECEIVE
RIGHT TO REGULATE
height OF BUILDINGS
Box Elder Creek and Wahpeton
Bridge Bill Sent to
Governor

Any North Dakota cities which are
suffering from growing pains will
have an opportunity to effect q cure
under the terms Of bill passed by
the state senate Thursday and sent
to the governor. It permits city
council and commissions to control
the height of buildings and other de-
tails incident to city development.
Two appropriations for bridges al
so we're sent to the governor by the
senate. One was for $4,000 to help
construct a bridge across Box Elder
creek in the southwestern corner OF
the state and one was for $4,000 to
help pay the cost Of bridge over the
Bots de Sioux river at Wahpeton.
Three bills were passed to validate
various acts Of the state highway
commission and measure appro-
priating $500 to pay the expenses Of
the committee which investigated the
state mill and elevator was passed
without question.
A proposal to enact law whereby
the parents of so children between
the ages of four and six years could
force a school board to establish
kindergarten for them, encountered
barrage of objection and was beaten
6 to ~
steel Opens Battle
Alfred Steele. Stutsman county.
opened the battle by explaining that
the bill was not killed in the commit
tee OF education out of courtesy to
its author and a group Of women who
had appeared In it's behalf. Educators
differ on the value of the kinder
garten work, he said. and In some
places enactment of the law might
force school boards to abandon some
work they already are doing to
finance kindergartens. The major
ity of the education committee did not
favor the bill. he said. since kin
dergartens may be established now.
when so people can bind the action
of thousands it is going too far" he
said
Ole Ettcatad, McHenry county, said
the bill did not require the signatures
of so persons but the signatures of
parents or guardians of so children.
He asked what would happen if the
head of all orphans home decided to
petition for kindergarten.
w. E. Matthaei, Wells county, said
it would not work out we'll in his dis
trict since the parents Of children liv-
ing in towns could force the parents
of country children to pay for kin
dergartens which would be Of no use
to them. This fact. he said, made
the bill class legislation.
w. G. Forbes. Richland county,
said he felt no bill increasing taxes
should be passed unleA recommend
cd by the committee which conSid-
cred it,
1'.oyhar Speaks Again
Not a voice was raised in defense.
Frank Ployhar, Barnes county, its
sponsor, said he knew it would be USE
less to say anything. -
The administration bill providing
for commission to manage the state
mill and elevator came from the
house today and was sent to the state
affairs committee.
The bill to provide fund for the
erection Of new capitol building was
sent TO the appropriations committee.
The senate today refused to concur
in house amends to bill regarding
the collection of taxes on personal. \
property and 1t was sent to a confer
ence committee composed of Senators.
Frank Hyland, Ramsey county; Her.
man Thorson. Adams county and Ole
Ettestad. McHenry county. and Rep
rcscntatives L. l.. Twichell, Cass coun-
ty; I. w. STANDBY. Steele county, and
Herman Butt. Mountrail county.
The house put its shoulder to the
wheel Thursday and tackled the long
and tedious Omnibus bill" in the
committee of the whole. It took the
"a pages of the bill. which budgets
the executive, legislative and judicial
Of the state government
and the public schools, item for item.
Attempt to hurry action on the
measure was halted by L. L. Twich-
ell, CasS county.
This is an important BILL" Twich-
ell said. 1T appropriates large sum
of money and the house should go
through Il carefully SO that changes