The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 4, 1917, Page 2

SEAT Dow “Committee Appointments An- nounced by Lieutenant-Gov- ernor This Afternoon M'CARTEN HAS HONOR OF INTRODUCING FIRST BILL “Measure Providing for Modified! Torrens System - Offered Yesterday Goes in The senate this afternoon got down to its real grind, with the announce- ment by Lieutenant-Governor Kraa- bel. of his committee appointments, and with the reception of the first Dill for the session. Senator Richard McCarten of Cogs- well, member from the Thirteenth district, has the honor of having in- troduced Senate Bill No. 1 for the Fifteenth general assembly. His pro- posed measure provides for a modi- fication of the Torrens system of reg- istering titles and transferring lands. It is understood that hold-over mem- bers of the senate, who have previ- ously threshed out this proposition. are in favor of an optional measure which will permit the state to gradu- ‘ally grow into a complete Torrens * system of land transfers. Senator Albert Stenino probably will be the author of a bill along similar lines, and it is probable that a committee Dill based upon tboth of these offer- ings will be reported out early in the session. ‘McLean Has First Choice. First choice of the senate seats for the session fell to Henry McLean of Hannah, member from the Bight- eenth. This honor was accorded to Senator McLean as the oldest mem- ver in point of service of the upper house. The Cavalier statesman has represented his district in the senate for 18 years. Senator A. S. Gibbens “of Towner, 14 years a member of the _ State. legislature, also drew an @x;}, cellent ‘seat, on the aisle in the very % front row. F * Want Supplies. On wotion of Senator Maddock, the president yesterday named ‘Senator Heckel a committee of one to ascer- tain the whereabouts and the how about of senate supplies for the ses- sion. The governor's message transmit ting the eighth ibiehnial report of the pardon: board was received. and the Teport was referred to the committee on state affairs. Chairman Gibbens of the commit- mployment asked leave to de- is“report until this afternoon. The second matter to concern the sénate this afternoon was a concur- gent: resolution approved by the 14th general assembly providing for thé levy of a general state tax with which to create a state hail insurance fund. The concurrent resolution provided that with the approval of the present general assemb!y the proper amend- ment is to be submitted to the people at the next general election The resolution was introduced by Senator Thoreson from Barnes coun- ty, after referring it to the committee of the judicia The senate resolved itself into an executi ion to con- sider a sealed message from the gov- ernor. The list of employes as sub- mitted by the committee on employ- ment. was approved without disap- proval. A resolution was adopted pro- viding a salary for certain clerks. who Bad not previously been provided for. Campaigner-Lobbyist. Steven Hagan. the first born of Com- missioner of Agriculture and Labor John N. Hagan. proved an excellent campaigner during the months his dad i ing a big vote for the November election, and he is now de- veloping into an excellent lobbyist Master Steven. who is nine, with his younger brother. John. Jr. aged sev- en, will resume his studies as a pupil im the Bismarck schools next Monday. Just now, however, he has nothing to do but to make the most of his privi- lege of meeting folks. which he is en- joying to the utmost. The Hagans have leased the Register cottage at the corner of First and Rosser, soon to be vacated br Joseph Breslow. soe 8 To Become Real Barrister. When John C. Lowe, probably the best known court reporter in the northwest, opens his law offices in Minot next March he will have achiev- bye the ambition of a lifetime. Mr. fe, who has served ex-Justices Goss uaa Burke of the supreme court as re- porter, and who ia now engaged in a similar capacity with Judge Leighton in the Eighth district. took up short- hand back in 1888, as a boy on a Nebraska farm. Later he taught in an ‘Othaha business college, following up ‘with six. years in New York City. where he completed a course in the Jaw school of the University of New Yark. He came to North Dakota in with the intention of opening law in Minot. When he reached the Magic City he found North Dakota Jaw radically different from the New *York.articie, and efter seizing: up the situation he fell back upon his busi- ness college experience and establish- commercial school. A year later Apecame curt reporter for the )district, which post he has held for 12 etic sa He has just withdrawn ftteta-the race for:clerk-of-the-supreme court, With a view to devoting himself henceforth to his ideal, which is the making of a crackerjack lawyer, Mr. Lowe does a little farming on the side, owning a likely patch near Van Hook, from which he sold $3,700 worth of flax last fall, es Goes to Oregon. N.S. Jewett, for the past two years deputy to County Treasurer W. J. Prater, left this week for Eugene, Ore., where he will make his home. Mr. Jewett has made a very competent county servant, and the best wishes of the court house bunch go with him to his new field. ‘ * Big Clock Strikes. The tension became too much for the big clock in the house chamber yesterday and it went on a strike, “Billy” Laist, upon removing the clock’s hands from its tace, decided that nothing shop would remedy the trouble, and the innards and the hands of the re- creant time-piece were not on hand to be sworn in yesterday afternoon. Inasmuch as the clock is asked to work only two months out of each 24, Mr. Laist is quite incensed by its per- formance, or, rather, its failure to per- form. ** Becomes Real Barrister. James Morris of Bordulac, who re- cently passed his exams at Fargo, is the first barrister to be commissioned by the supreme court this year. Mr. Morris was admitted Tuesday and was issued his legal authority to prac tice upon any clients who may sub- mit themselves. * 3 One of The Pioneers. Very few of the capital visitors this week have done any earlier pioneering in statesmanship than Major J. Hamilton of Grand Forks. The major served as secretary of the first consti- tutional convention, and in the early days of statehood he missed few leg.-. islative sessions, Since 1903, how- ever, he has been absent from North Dakota in his capacity of doorkeeper for the United States senate. 8 8 * * Specially Decorated. Chief Custodian William Laist has bestowed an unusual amount of care on the decoration of the legislative floor for the present session, Huge flags are draped back of the speak- er’s desk in the house and the lieuten- ant governor’s chair in the senate, and a feature of the latter is a center- piece consisting of an excellent group picture of the first constitutional con- ention. Another large flag is sus- efided from the ceiling in the lobby, and the effect throughout is very at- tractive and a stimulus to patriotism. * 4 8 Judge Robinson Refrains. Associate Justice James E. Robin- son enjoys the-honor of being the only newly elected state offices who was not publicly sworn in yesterday. Thei public sweating in prodess is a form not réquired of all state officers, whose oaths may be filed and their swearing done privately, if they choose, The as- sociate justice was busy yesterday, and he therefore refrained from patti- cipating in the interesting rites which were staged in the house chamber. He is, however, nonetheless a member of the supreme court of North Dakota for the ensuing six years. oe The Ladies Like Him. There is no longer any question as to Governor Frazier's complete suc- cess as a Chief executive. The ladies like hi A number of them stated so publicly yesterday, and that settles it. se Head of Lumber Co. F. H. Carpenter, of Minneapolis, head of the F. H. Carpenter Lumber Co., whose large Bismarck yards re- cently were destroyed by fire, is in the city looking after the rehabilitation of the plant. * Jamestown Attorney, C. S. Buck, a well known James barrister, was a capitol visitor ye: day. a * Here on Route. R. S. Enge, the Mott chiropractor, called on capitol friends yesterday en route home from Jamestown. a ae Father of First Bill. H. J. Rowe of Casselton returns to the senate as a member from the Tenth district, after an interval ,of a quarter-century. Senator Rowe was a member of North Dakota's first sen- ate and he had the honor of introduc- ing in that body the first bill, a prohi- bition measure. That was in 1889. Now he comes back, just as vigorous, with a much greater fund of exper- tence, and with some ex¢ellent ideas on legislative matters. The members from the Tenth has resided in the Red river valley since 1879. He is a vet- eran of the Civil war having substitut- ed at the age of 16 for his father in the 100th Pennsylvania veteran volun- teers. The senator's two sons both have chosen professions in which they are winning success. Dr, A. T. Rowe is a leading dentist of Larimore and mayor of that city. Dr. Paul H. Rowe took his M. D. degree in Rush medicai college at Chicago last year, after earning a bachelorship of science in the University of Chicago, and he now is associated with a prominent Chi- cago surgeon in hospital practice. ea 8 Abbett in Charge. : Pending the arrival of the new dairy commissioner, whom Commissioner of Agriculture Hagan has named, but whose identity will remain a secret until he is prepared to take office, “the which” must be unavoidably deferred, Assistant Dairy Commissioner Stan- Yey Abbott will head this important de- partment. Mr. Abbott’s shoulders are broad, his legs are long, and his chin #8 square. There is no fear that the de- partment will suffer. The selections thade by Mr. Hagan to date have met with popular approval. There is évery indication that the high stand- ard set for this office by former ad- thinistrations is to be maintained ., eee Lest, One Cannon. State Historical society folk are seeking one peéffectiy good - cannon, felic of early Indian fighting days, which has mysteriously disappeared from the front, “somewhere ju Steele.” but a trip to a repair) G.| Another Old-Timer. When the first permanent settlers Jo- cated in the Sibley Butte vicinity, famed as a scene of some of Sibley’s desperate encounters with the Sioux, there was found a huge, iron cannon, j of a calibre sufficient to blow the lid) off of Hades, After the ancient relic| had knocked about Sibley Butte vicin-| ity for some time, it was removed to! Steele, where it was set up in the Northern Pacific station park. The “shooting iron’ remained there for, years, but just recently, when “the | State Historical society had begun to; ¢, appreciate its’ value as a relic of the first Indian campaigns, the big: gun: developed tank propensities and hik-' ed thence, whitherward. none yet: has revealed. Anyone knowing of the | present presence of one big iron gun,! of the vintage of 1850 or thereabout,- will confer a favor upon the historical society. by addressing . Secretary of State Tom Hall, or some other official of “competent Jurisdiction.” W. C. T. U. Head Here. Mrs. M. .B Bowe of Jamestown, for years secretary of the North Dakota Women’s Christian Temperance union, and to whose duties were added at the last convention those of treasurer, ar- rived today to assume a position as stenographer in the senate. Mrs. Bowe is a veteran—if that term may be used in connection.with one of the fair sex—senate employe, and hold- over members are very glad to learn that the committee on employment has placed her on this year’s list. If, however, Mrs, Bowe comes with any idea of doing a little reforming on the side, she will be grievously disappoint- ed. The present assembly, as regards both house and senate, is the dryest on record. 7 . a Mack Sinclair of Jamestown, deputy state game warden, who dropped in yesterday to give the senate the O. 0. Mack, is one of the real veterans of the senate, having served as enrolling and engrossing clerk in the original session, in 1889. Judging from appear- ances, the deputy game warden should at that time have been home in the tender care of a doting mama who re- garded him as the most wonderful four-year-old on record and did hope that he wouldn’t have the croup again that winter. As a matter of fact, Mr. Sinclair already possessed a razor at that time, and was by no means a little shaver, He is just one of the many North Dakota folk to whom a quarter-century ute or less is nix. es! CAPITAL a ‘FILLED WIth | Lome i TERESTS "Thorough. ‘One ‘A. ‘real: “eh era not a pre- -arranged whitewashing,” is. to be in- sisted “upon for thé/piate hospital for the insane at Jamestown by James- town interests which are seeking the scalp of Dr. W. ‘H. Hotchkiss, super- intendent of the institution. “If we have am investigation, we hope to get more help from the board of control than we did two years ago,” stated an interested party t morning. And he intimated that there is no question that ¢ an investigation willbe helds * Jimtown ‘folk have “been quietly slipping into the city on business of one kind or another for a week past. No one ‘has: come’'directly on the hospital project, but 'all have man- aged to drop: a word here and there, where it would do the most good. before returning home. And several very prominent Jamestown citizens have not returned home, indicating a probability of early action on the hospital proposition, . . The grounds advanced for an i vestigation of the Jamestown hos tal are the same used two years ago. with a few new ones added. And the investigation is asked by some people who stand very well with the present admfhistration and with the legislative delegation trom the valley of the James. JUDGE COCHRANE HELD TERN BEGAN Inheritance rae. Eset E. B. Cox of Courtenay, a son of A. | B. Cox of Valley City, has arrived to} become inheritance tax expert and} general legal adviser to the North Da-| 1 kota, tax commission. Mr. Cox is a} graduate of the University of Michi- gan law school, which should make ‘him a good lawyer. He is also the son; of a mighty good father, which helps. He furthermore, has had considerablo active practice. at Courtenay in addi- tion to running until about six months ago,.a big implement business there. Il relieve Attorney George E. ace of the tax commission of the inheritance tax work which he has been handling. Mrs, Cox, who comes to the capital city to make her home, is a daughter of President MacFarland of the Valley City normal and a sister of Miss Dorothy MacFarlan of the Bis- marck public schools, HOUSE SOLONS HOLD HAND IN LOTTERY DRAW Interesting Game Played Late Yesterday Afternoon in IN DECEMBER | J. E. Phelan of Bowman in Com. munication To Editor Sets * “Forth Views JUDGE CORLISS OF GRAND FORKS WAS IN ERROR Mrs. J. E. Phelan through her hus- band has sent an interesting commun- ication relative to the views of Judge Cochrane upon the date the terms of supreme cotirt justices began. Ac- cording to Mrs, Phelan, Justice Coch- rane was firmly. of the:view that the term should commence the first Mon- day in December, but Justice Wallin would not yield, Mr. Phelan’s communicaton to the editor follows: Bowman, N. D., Jan. 2, 1917. To the Editor: “Relating to the recent dispute over the termination, of service for Su- preme Court judges at Bismarck, Mrs. Phelan’s attention has been called to a published article in the Grand Forks Herald quoting Judge Corliss as fol- lows: “I omitted to say that at; the time Judge Cochrane succeeded Judge Wal- lin this question was thoroughly dis- ’ Getting Seats SMITH OF STEELE GETS FIRST CHOICE) Members of the lower branch of the | state legislature enjoyed a little lot-| tery game Jate yesterday afternoon. It | was played’ after most of the specta- tors had.left the galleries and the cor- | ridors. Like all chance games it was | interesting. As a result many got) some choice seats for the entire ses- sion. Others did not fair so well. Draw Seats by Lots, | The old procedure of seating mem-} bers of the house consists of placing numbers in a hat, one member from each delegation drawing. The one| who is lucky enough to pick out slip No. 1 has the choice of the best seats in the house for the members of his} district or his deleZation, and so on down the line until the entire assem- bly has been seated. Steele Man Draws No. 1. Sydney F. Smith of Steele, from the 26th district, drew slip No. 1, smiled at his collegiates and ‘picked out the first four seats next to the main aisle in the fourth row to the right of the speaker. Occupying these seats be-! sides Smith are Fay A. Harding, €. A. Ward and Ronald V. Weld. P. G. Hanson of Northwood drew No. 2, and for the members’ of the} delegation from Grand Forks county | selected seats next to the main aisle | in the second row to the left of the speaker. The members to occupy these seats are Hanson, J. F’. T. O'Con- | nor of Grand Forks and O. K. Lageson of Reynolds. In Bald-Headed Row. In the bald-headed row or the first | row are the following, commencing at! the east end of the chamber: Joseph Renault (19), Jas. McManus (19), J.! J. O'Connor (1), W. M. Pleasance (1), Henry Geiger (1), Porter Kimball (16), E. W. Everson (16), R, A. Lath- ey (16), August Isaak (48), J. A, Har- Tis (48), A. A. Liederbach (48), A. G. | Divet (12), Paul Meyer (12), C. H.| Ebel (37) and M. G. Myhre (37). Following the seating of the mem- bers of the assembly, adjournment bebe a until 2 o'clock this after- The Outbursts call, eecoces. oe Name Maddock The name Maddock promises to hold a political distinction in the history of legislative affairs of the state. Walter J. Maddock of the 4th district, has been ‘returned to the house for his second term. He is a farmer living eight miles north of Plaza and was endorsed by the league. Mr.' Maddock. is a mar- ried man and the father of four boys, who also promise to follow the political career of their “dad.” In the house chamber of this session is another Maddock, He will be known as the Maddock of Benson. ‘ Join R. Maddock is an pesition just as soon ag. conipetent, “please *phone. 183, or write for particulars. When you know what we have done for i -goquaintance It. makes a specialty’ of. training young is and in for:the higher-salaried BUSINESS and BANK POSITION. “if you went the best in a business training and a remunerative thousands of others, you will want to attend. G. M. LANGUM, President Promises To Hold Political Distinction uncle of Walter J., and is serving his first term, also getting the en- dorsement of the Non-Partisan league. He is farimng. near the village of Maddock and is the father of three children—two boys and one girl. ‘The Kittle town of Maddock in Benson county, was named after Michael Maddock, who represent- ed the 20th district ‘in 1903, and who is a brother of John R. Mad- dock, The election of John R. Mad- dock | to.suéceed his. brother is sig- aifficant that the voters.6f the 20th and the‘44th have confidence and trust in the name of Maddock. cussed, and Judge Cochrane was of the opinion that Judge Wallin’s term did not expire until January, and he did not qualify until that time. This was not done on the basis of friend- ship, but squarely upon his view of the question of law involved. If Judge Cochrane had thought he shouild qual- ify in December he would have done so, as he ‘was a man who had the courage of his convictions; and then if he had desired to permit Judge Wal- lin to draw salary up to January, every one who knows his generous nature knows that this would have been the way in which he would have settled the question; if he had thought he should qualify in December.” “Mrs. Phelan, having been~ wife, companion and friend of John M. Cochrane for twenty: years, desires me to say that our friend Judge Corliss is mistaken in his-statément:of Judge Cochrane’s opinion.o:6. “Judge Cochrane: held that his term of office commenced the first Monday in December, as-indicated by: the Cony stitution and the Certificate of elec- tion, but our worthy friend Judge Wallin insisted one holding’ | on until January. “Judge Wallin was. isienty'y years the senior of Judge Cochrane. and the lat- ter’s generosity outweighed his desire for a months salary or the posscssion of the office. “All of which goes to. show how simply human are those Who occupy the seats of the mighty. “Yours truly, “J. E. Phelan.” ‘ RULES COMMITTEE MEETS AND ADJOURNS Members of ihe rules committee, of which H. A. Mackoff of the 31st dis- trict is chairman, met in the room of its chairman. in the McKenzie hotel last evening and took adjournment at a late hour until 11 o’clock this morn- ing. No announcements were forth- coming from the chairman nor any of the memberg.. It is: understood that there will be few.changes in the rules which prevailed ,at.the last session. of Everett True By Condo COME ON, NOW, ACL You GENTLEMEN —— WERE .GOINS 13 PLAY +. "PLAY CARDS WITH THE LADIES, EN £ SAY, (ueteN 0 at reece sup re ‘SHE He ae oe THATS. one id oti ewe kwow SHE WAS EVEN CNCACED—— WORE THE DEAREST —— NES, 1 nee DosBs RIMMED WITH FU OF SATIN WITH A “NHERE..DO NOV ' oF A:HAT $—| ‘On, Y6S, (N eee — NO,a | R= AND.A PICs PANEL OF LAC Down THE FRONT — OH, DEAR :F* WHAT'S He rere e° LUCAS THROWS GITY'S FREEDON TO PRESS GANG President of City Commission Al- so Decrees ‘‘Boys”: Are Im- mune From Arrest ENDORSEMENTS COME FROM. MANY SOURCES A. W. Lucas, president of the’ city commission, late yesterday afternoon, affixed his signature to more than 150 membership cards of the Gridiron Culb of North Dakota, entitling the holder to the freedom of the city for 60 days, commencing January 1, and decreeing him immune from arrest. These ‘privileges were granted by the mayor after information had been certified to him by D. C. Coates, presi- dent of the club that the member is’ O. K. with Treasurer Judge A. A. Bruce, has never been convicted of high crime or .misdemeanors (west of the Red river), and is a'guardian of _ [the peace and dignity within the bail- iwick. Endorsements on the back of the card show that the member has been irispected and’ passed by the live-stock sanitary board of which Dr. F. W: Crewe is ‘inspector; is in good stand- ing with Denny Hannifin, president of the suicide club; never took a drink in his life by the Enforcement league, and is pledged by H. R. Wood, speak- er of the house “net to do the parrot act- while the house is in session.” The card -entitles each holder: to a seat at the first banquet of the club which will be held in the old -North- west hotel on the evening of. January 19 and to the banquet which will: be held, about the middle of February. The membership certificate is the idea of Walter F. Cushing, chairman of the executive committee of the club, and, also, chairman on tle entertain- meiit committee. ANNUAL MEETING:OF COMMER. CIAL. CLUB FOR ELECTION OF BOARD OF. DIRECTORS AND REVI. SION. OF CONSTITUTION, 8 P. M., JANUARY 5, AT THE COMMERCIAL CLUB ROOMS, EVERY MEMBER IS URGED To ATTEND. 14-2. Bismarck N. Dak. Lect LLEP “en gry tenand tng a , mi Frances Nelson, Star In “The Decoy,” Mutual Ma icture, De Luxe Ed tion, = At the Grand theatfe tonight only;: 7:30 and 9:00. Don’t miss it. BANK EXAMINER JOHNSON QUITS tray {Resignation Placed-in« Hands of Governor Yesterday. Paves '., Way for Waters ‘The resignation of G. J. Johnson, state bank examiner, was placed in the hands of Governor ‘Hanna yester- day. Although Mr. Jobtigon’s term does not expire until next May, the appointment of his.suecessor, J. B. Waters of Beach, was announced about ten days ago." In addition. to. the, chief of the bank examiner’s department, E. E...Morris, one of the older members of the ex- amining force, also ‘has resigned, to accept the post of hasan city as- sessor. NEW TELEPHONE DREGTORY Parties wishing changes or correc- tions in new. book will please notify Telephone Co. in writing not.later than Jan. 10th, W..E, REEES. Car Stoughton Mainite Bobs for distribution from Bismarck. dealers only. ‘Write or .wire Geo.“%, Farfell, Bis- marck, or 'phone 388 Cayou Transfer Compatiy.— Adv. HERE FROM JAMESTOWN. Prominent busiess and professional men of Jamestown, who are register- ed at the McKenzie, are H. T. Graves of the James River National bank; At: torney George H. ‘Phorp, Judge John A. Knauf, Attorney C. S. Buck, W. R. Kellogg, owner of The Alert, and J. V. Rhodes, jeweler: : Dairy ; Batter Special why ‘buy creamery butter when you can get good dairy but. er the following prices: By the Sut pet youd EN ta Sarerae arene Ras By the print, per pound «..: 35e 38c 2 Prints for Fie AC ee 75¢ PHONE 260 W. i. SPEAR & COMPANY “112 6th Street