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' Phorte 165 Motor Car 206 Fourth St. It may be hard to realize that Christmas is only six days off. -It’s harder yet to squeeze into those days the whole round of Christmas shopping, and hardest of all is the problem of gifts to men and boys. You couldn’t buy a more useful present than a Hart-Schaffner & Marx Suit or Over- coat, or a pair of Walkover or Nettleton Shoes. Or the following suggestions are offered for your conventence: Neckwear, Silk Socks, Gloves, Handker- chiefs, Pajamas, Bath Robes, Slippers, Smok- ing Jackets, Silk Mufflers, Waist Coats, Sweat- ers, Moccasins, Silk Shirts, Cuff Buttons, Fur Caps, Leather Vest, Leather Coats, etc., etc. Closed all Day Christmas and New Years S. E. BERGESON & SON Open Evenings Within the Law—Closed Sundays > SIX DAYS OFF | ;drawn from local cir DAKOTA RANCHERS DRIVING MILES IN STORM FOR BOOKS “A little woman from = Fryburg wrote in this week telling me how her hus)and had driven sixteen miles into town through a howling b! several times, looking for her circu: lating, library, whicu hadn’t been sent e we didn’t have enough books ply the demand,” said Mrs. M. C. Budlong, secretary of the North La- kota Pudlic Library, commission this morning, in commenting upon an in- vestment which now is being made in books for these circulating ‘li- braries. The little lady at Fryburg has made her ranci home a cul-ural center for the community. Neighbors drive for miles in any kind of weather to bor- row books from the circulating li- brary which she obtains from the state library commission. There are hundreds. of similar instances scat- tered throughout Nortu Dakota. Lecause here is need for every book which the public library commission can send into these rural communi- ties, all library books have been with- ulation in 1 marck, and volumes outstanding have been called in. No more books will be loaned capital city residents, who are requested to look to the city li- brary for their supply. HIGHWAY COMMISSION. State Board to Consider Active Construction Campaign. An important session of the North Dakota highway commission tomorrow. The preliminary work of the past year will be reviewed, and plans will be made for an active con: struction campaign which is to give and federal aid highway in 1918. W. D. AUSTIN HERE. W. D. Austin, for years deputy com- missioner of insurance, and who re- “senod that post several months ago to become secretary of the Retail Mer- cuaats’ Association ‘Mutual Tire In- surance Co,, is transacting business at the capitol and calling on his many friends about the city. Mr. Austin re- “ports that his company is doing a big business, and that it enjoys excellent ' prospects for future growth, HAS INJURED FINGER. Miss Charlotte Vallelly Carries Digit in a Sling. Miss Charlotte Vallelly of the state board of regents’ office is carrying a finger in a sling as a resul: of the di- git’s having been caught in one of the heavy doors at the entrance to the state house. GOES TO SPOKANEf ' Miss Alice Holland Resigns Post in State Land Office. Miss Alice Holland, who for a num- , ber of years had been employed as | bond clerk in the sta‘e. land commis: sioner's office, left last evening for Spokane, Wash., where she will make uer home. CITY NEWS Enter Hospital—M. H, Weeks of this city, has entered the Bismarck hospital for treatment. Aslak Aslak- son of the capitol force is also a pa- tien: in the same hospital. Leaves Hospital—Mrs. R. C. Rosen, who has been a patient in the Bis- marck hospital, has returned to her home in Second street. Dies In Hospital.—Eva. Heiz, seven- year-cld laughter of Mr. and Mrs. |John Heiz of St. Joseph, N. D., died}. this morning in one of the local hos- pitals. The body will be taken to St. Joseph for interment. Undergoes Operation.—H. E. Paul of Sixth street, is a patient in the Bismarck hospital having recently undergone a serious operation. .. .. | Speaker Clark have been attached to begins' North Dakota many miles of state © { included in the list below (Democrats, | HOUSE APPROVES SENATE PROHIBITION MEASURE {Continued From Page One.) row. He said he had assurances that [the seven year period would be ap- proved, and that he did not believe a roll call necessary. “Christmas Present.” The president’s approval is not re- quired and the state legislatures may act as soon as ‘they please after tne signatures of the vice-president and the resolution. “It will be submitted tomorrow as a Christmas present to the American people,” said Senator Sheppard, “and ; I believe it will be ratified within three years.” Every attempt today to put on amendments to except t wines and [beer was beaten and 141 Democrats stood aligned with 137 Republicans! and four Independents to win the al victory for the Prohibitionist forces. i The Resolution. “Resolved, by the senate and house of representatives that the following amendment to the constitution be, ana hereby is, proposed to the states, tu ‘become valid as a part of the constitu-! tion when ratified by thé legislatures , of the several states as provided by the constitution; “Article — & t jon 1. After one year from the ratification of this article, the manufacture, , or transporta- tion of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the expor- tation thereof from the United St and all territory sul diction, thereof for beverage purpose: is here3y. prohibited. Power to Enforce, u “Section 2. The congress and the several states shall have concurrent |power to enforce this article by ap- \nropriated legislation. “Section 3. The article shal be in- operative unless, it shall have been ‘icd as a namendment to the con- ution by the legis: ‘al states, as provided in the con- ution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the states by the congress.” : SCENE OF ENTHUSIASM Cnly Difference of Houses Limit a3) | to Term. Washington, Dec. 17.—The resolu-| tion to submit to the states a national prohibition amendment to the federal i ‘constitution was adopted late today by the house. With a vote of two-thirds required for its approval, the vote of the house announced by Speaker Clark was 282 to 128, or 25 more than required. A similar resolution was passed by the senate at the last session, but the house resolution gives the state legis- latures seven years in which to ap- prove the amendment while that of the senate gives six. A motion to concur in the change will be made in the senate tomorrow, but if one mem- ber objects, action will have to go over until after the holidays. The Opposition Lineup. The vote in oposition to the amend- ment is here given. All members not 141; Republicans, 187; Independents, including Baer, non-partisan, 4) vot- ing in favor of the measure. Democrats. Blackmon, Bruckner, Buchanan, Caldwell, Campbell, Pennsylvania; Cantrill, Carew, Church, Coady, Cross- er, Dale, ) York; Dent, Dewalt,! Dies, Dominick, Dooling, Doremus,! Dupre, Eagan, Estopinal, Fitzgerald, | Flynn, Gallagher, Gard, Garner, Tex- as; Gordon, Gray, Alabama; Griffin, Hamill, Hardy, Heflin, Huddleston, Hulbert, Igoe, Key, Ohio; Lazaro, Lea of California; Lesher, Linthicum, Lon- ergan, McAndrews, McLemore, Maher, Mansfield, Oliver, New = York; O’Shaunessy, Overmeyer, Phelan, Pou, Riordan, Rouse, Kentucky; Cabath, Sherley, Sherwood, Slayden, Small, Charles B. Smith, Thomas F. Smith, Steele, ullivan, Talbott, Van Dyke, Welty, Wilson, Texas—Total Demo- crats; 64. Republicans. Bacharach. Britten, Cary, Chandler, New York; Clark, Pennsylvania; Clas- son, Crago, Davidson, Davis, Drukker, Dyer, Edmonds, Benjamin L. Fair- child, Francis, Freeman, Garland, Gil- lett, Glynn, Graham, Pennsylvania; Gray, New. Jersey; Greene, Massachu- setts; Greene, Vermont; Haskell, Hea- ton, Hull, Iowa; Juul, Kahn, Kennedy, Rhode Island; Lehlbach, Longworth, t UITT) | COWAN'S DRUG STORE 123 4th St. OUQNONUAUUNGOOUSOOOEREOUCOOUEONURUEOEDEUROUOUOUUELONOROU LEO Uli Phone 102 ' 1 evnvovennvannnnnovannevnnnngneacocvocuiacccccacausssuucovcrougeacasnnrecccarecagcgseenneoeeuonrnanaaana, | ut Doc’s new engine runs to old form lm a HEN Doc-I THOUGHT : Suseume a / ( (Ss eaRTOF ;. Ges ENGINE! TRAININ’! | i OHNSON’S o Popular Priced Store “Bismarck’s Fastest Growing Store”. he ms 3 ° \ X’mas. Needs That Will B | Welcomed and Made Use of Corsets e ; _ , ; wer || Sale this week on } Waists : f Handkerchiefs Coats Toys Scarfs Suits Waists q Underwear Corsets ° Dresses go ee Breakfast Sets Skirts ie Silk Petticoats eS Pin Cushions , ks Furs ° . Va’ Slippers Open Evenings Until . Soh Christmas j Bath Robes any Lufkin, McArthur, McLaughlin, Penn-] Ward, Watson, Pennsylvania; Win-| amendment, with Gallivan, Massachus- sylvania; Madden, MaGee, Meeker,| slow, Massachusetts—Total Republic-| etts against..it. Goodwin, Arkansas q Merrett, Moore, Pennsylvania; Morin,] ans, 62. and Miller, Washington, for amend- Mudd, Nichols, Michigan; Nolan, Independents. ment, with Tague, Massachussetts, . Parker, New Jersey; Porter, Ramsey, Roberts, Dodenberg, anford, Scott, London, socialist; Martin, progress- ive.—Total Independents 2. against it; Taylor, Colorado, and Geo. W. Fairchild, for amendment, with a 4 | Pennsylvania; Siegel, Snyder, Stat- ford, Swift, Templeton, Tilson, Vare, Voigt, Wisconsin; Waldow, Walsh, ne Curry, California, against it. Total membership of house, one seat vacant, 434. GIFT JEWELRY While the cost of nearly all commodities is steadily soaring skywards, the cost of Jewelry and all things kept in a Jewelry Store, with the exception of sterling silverware, has advanced but little. Gift Jewelry costs you but little more this year than last. Total vote against amendment, 128. Pairs of absentees; Stephens, Ne- braska and Neely, West Virginia, for with This is one big reason why you should make this a Jewelry Christmas. It’s more economical, besides being the ideal Christmas gift. Our stock is greater by half than it was last year, and our prices are as reasonable as the quality of the goods will allow. This is the Jast week before Christmas; come in and look over our display. It will surprise you what really beau- tiful and acceptable gifts a little money will buy. c ONHAMBROS. | j Reliable Jewelers / POLLO T HOSTS SE OL EEE