The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 7, 1931, Page 3

1 a | a * ‘a af ar : a } } ee | Ba L 3 > : | t 5 g ' r spot ; | B Bid en t t a me t B I. ee eee q a te a y u S I ° rr aay “oe ONE-MAN CONTROL OF ROAD WORK 4S ASKBD BY BONZER ey Richland County Man Would Re- organize . Highway Depart- ment to ‘Fix Responsibility’ Centralized control of the state highway department by a chief com- missioner is advocated in a measure introduced in the North Dakota sen- ate Friday by Senator A. F. Bonzer, Jr., of Richland county. Introduction of the bill yesterds followed a statement by Bonzer charging “political administration” of the state highway department. e Bonzer's bill was offered as a coun- ter-proposal t. an administration measure providing for reorganization of the state highway commission, which would be composed of three members, one of which would be the executive officer of the department. ‘The governor would be relieved from acting as a member of the commis- sion under the administration bill as well as Bonzer’s proposal. Bonzer proposes that the governor be given authority to appoint a chief of highway commissioner, who could be removed at the pleasure of the governor, The chief commissioner ‘would receive $5,000 a year. The chief would be chairman of the state highway commission, and he would “have full control, manage, supervise, administrate and direct the state highway department,” the office of registrar of motor vehicles and “such other offices and duties as may now or hereafter be imposed upon and placed under his jurisdiction.” ‘Two other commissioners would be appointed by the governor, and would receive a per ciem of $10, for not to exceed 100 days a year. The commission would have au- thority to let and award contracts and make all purchases of material and highway equipment for highway purposes for the department in ex- cess of $3,000. Commission Power Limited The two commissioners “shall ad- vise and consult with the chief of highway commisisoners,” the bill states, “but shall have no authority or power to administer the affairs of the state highway department.” The death penalty would be in- flicted, if recommended by a jury, under a measure offered by Senators F. E. Ployhar of Barnes county, and J. P. Cain of Stark county. The measure is a substitute for a previous proposal to establish capital punish- ment. Death would be inflicted on con- victed murderers by electrocution at the penitentiary. If a jury did not recommend death, life imprisonment would be ordered for persons con- victed of first degree murder. A tax on firms selling goods by conditional sales contracts for de- ferred payments was proposed by Sen- ator Dell Patterson of Renville county. Under Patterson’s bill, 60 per cent of the finance charge which exceeds the equivalent of interest at the rate of nine per cent a year on the de- ferred purchase price, would be im- posed as @ tax. The measure defines a finance charge as “any addition to tpe cash selling price at the time and place of sale of personal property pur- chased on the installment plan of payment, secured by conditional sales contract.” Asks Insurance Deposit Senator C. W. Fine of Benson county introduced a bill requiring a surplus of $100,000 asa condition to admission of foreign mutual insur- ance companies being permitted to transact business in the state. Companies writing burial insurance would be required to comply with the state laws governing the organiza- tion, qualification and conduct of Jegal reserve life insurance com- panies, under a measure presented by Senator Lynn Sperry of Burleigh county. Gas companies operating pipe lines into the state between stated points would be required to erect and keep filled with gas reserve tanks located at strategic points under the terms of an act proposed by Senator Joseph Renauld of Rolette county. Reserve storage tanks would be under the supervision and control of the state railroad commission. The purpose of the bill is to pro- vide the cone, of gas from ibe line. companies @ reserve supply of gas in case the pipe lines should become obstructed or, for some other reason, fail to supply @ sufficient amount of gas for the use of con- sumers. If during any one month there are four interruptions of over 10 minutes each, or one interruption in excess of 90 minutes, the affected consumers of heat, lich or power would be en- titled to a rebate of five per cent of the net amount used. For additional interruptions, a rebate of one per cent of the net amount would be given. FARMERS UNION T0 ASK TERMINAL AID Want Support for Proposal to Put Elevator on State-Owned Land at Duluth | Permission to use Minnesota state- owned land at Duluth as a site for a * terminal elevator is sought for the Farmers’ Union Terminal Association of St. Paul in a resolution introduced in the house today by William Crock- ett of Cavalier county. Crockett introduced several bills in the house which are spon- sored by the Farmers’ Union. ‘Walter Maddock, vice president of the North Dakota Farmers’ Union, said the state organization had no‘ taken an active part in presenting the resolution and nothing of it until shortly, before it was introduced. Maddock said, the lon, was f undoubtedly sanctioned by the ‘Ter- * minal assoelation, howéver,"as G, G. Grant, director of traffic for the Ter. ~ minal association, had requ Crockett to offer it. Maddock said © Grant had gone to Helena, Mont., for ‘the purpose of presenting’a similar odd resolution for introduction in the ‘Montana legislature. é EINSTEIN AT DEFENDS Pokes Gentle Fun at Jamestown Propaganda; Says Not All Are Fat and Proves It W. P. Davies, dean of North Da- kota’s editors, rises to defend the flanks of men in state offices and to direct a bit of gentle irony at James- town’s effort to remove the state cap- ital to that city. Mr. Davies writes a personal col- umn for the Grand Forks Herald un- der the heading “That Reminds Me.” Because his comment on the James- tewn propaganda contains many Bis- marck names and is of general inter- est to Bismarck citizens, the Tribune herewith takes the liberty of re- printing it. By W. P. D. I was greatly interested the other day in reading the account of the appeal made by Percy Hanson of Jamestown for the Jamestown cap- itol removal project before the state affairs committee of the house at Bismarck. On behalf of his group Mr. Hanson asked that the commit- tee eliminate the emergency clause for the bill providing for the cre: tion of a capitol commission and it structing such. commission to. pro- ceed with the erection of a capitol. He also asked thatthe clause in the bill. providing for the erection of a new capitol at Bismarck be changed \to provide for the building “at the seat of government,” the idea being to leave the location open until a vote has been taken on the proposed con- stitutional amendment moving the capitol to ile aie t * * One tatement in the argument Puzzled me, Mr. Hanson reported a conversation which he had with one of three officials whom he met on a train between Fargo and Jamestown. This official told Mr. Hanson, if I understand the statement. correctly, that it cost the state $2040 more for him to make the trip from Fargo to Bismarck than it would have cost for’ the trip to Jamestown. That sum, multiplied by three, made $61.20 which it cost the state for that single trip of the three officials because the capitol is at Bismarck instead of at Jamestown. * 8 * Bismarck is 100 miles west of Jamestown.’ Railway fare between the two points is less than $4.00. Pull- man fare, if the officials were mak- ing a night trip, is about $1.50 more. {can account for those figures only on the basis that the officials must have been traveling by special train, and it is not said that they were. Another statement in the argument. mystified me. Mr. Hanson assumed that many of the present state offi- cials would be opposed to capitol re- moval, and he described these offi- cials as having grown old and fat in the: pay of the people of the state, living in fine homes, driving luxurious automobiles and wearing expensively tailored suits. That seemed queer to me, ee # It is‘not my good fortune to know all of the present officials of North Dakota, out I have known several of them for a good many years, during which time they have been pretty regularly in the service of the state. I admit that these men are not as become. political issues. their being bra spat Percy! Take my old friend Judge Burke, three times governor of the state, and ‘now a distinguished member .of its supreme bench. .1 don't bel BES when he pri Devils Lake. Christianson i ‘ Cee seis ae I think, too, Of another M. Devine, who, as Meutenant gov- estec | EFnor, governor, superintendent schools and commissioner of \~ , has been a. state official most Kings of sense and non-éense, Dr. Albert Einstein and Chari Chaplin with Frau Einstein (right) at introduction of the comedian’ new picture, a silent film—Chaplin’s challenge to the talki DEAN OF STATE EDITORS I ty, met this Offielal, J. itive of a es ‘Associated Press Photo 3. OFFICEHOLDERS kooster for North Dakota, but not perceptibly fatter. ‘e ® O® Another old friend who has been in the service Of the state for a long time, for several years as registrar of the supreme court, is E. J. Taylor. Ever since I have known Taylor he has been longer than I, longer, it seemed to me, by several feet, but no fatter. That rules him quite out of the class of fat men. 2 Y ‘There may be some among the oth- er officials who have taken on weight during their service. That is their good fortune, or their misfortune, as it may be, but it does not strike me as to their discredit or as a sufficient reason for moving the capitol of the state. Personally I am inclined to approve of the plump man, and to envy him. I havn’t been able to gain a pound in forty years. "NO SMOKING’ LAW TO STAY ON BOOKS Hot Battle Precedes Action by \ Senate in Killing Repeal Proposal | Smgke of battle filled the North {Dakota senate chamber Friday as champions cf the after-dinner smoker }sought to gain the legal mght to a | cigarette or cigar in public dining {Yooms. |. ‘They fought a losing fight, however, {and the senate decreed that a law prohibiting the use of tobacco in public dining rooms, street cars and trains shall remain on the statute books. Debate centered on a majority re- port of the ways and means commit- tee, recommending indefinite post- Ponement of a bill proposing repeal of the anti-smoking act. Efforts were made to obtain adoption by a minor- ity report, recommending passage of the repeal measure, but the proposal was rejected 35 to 14. , Party lines fell beneath the on- slaught and support of. the repeal measure, of which Senator W. 8S. Seisoan, of Grand Forks is the au- or. ‘Whitman, an Independent, was supported by such staunch Nompar- tisan adherents, as D. H. Hamilton, and Ole Ettestad,-both of McHenry county. Senators Dell Patterson of |Renville county, C. W. Fine of Ben- {son, E, W. Jones of the Mercer-Oli- |ver-Dunn district, P. O. Sathre of Steele-Griggs, ‘J. H. Burkhart of Ward, and C. E. Erickson of Burke- | Divide opposed repeal of the anti- ismoking act. After the senate had voted to kil! the bill, Senator D. H. Hamilton, Mc- Henry county, served notice that “If I find any member who voted against this bill smoking in a public dining room, I'm going to have -him prose- cuted.” “The law has never been enforced since it was passed in 1921,” Senator Hamilton told the senate. “There has been only one prosecution, and I don't know whether the man ‘was convicted.” Senator Whitman declared that the hotel and restaurant men were on to the act, and is not in favor of it. Senator Patterson opposed repeal stating that the only argument made for repeal was that the law was be- ing violated, Senator Burkhart appealed to the senate to “Put teeth in the present law so that it would be enforced. Are Completing Plans 'For Dickinson Building Dickinson, Feb. 7.—Plans are un- derway for the erection cay new it the Dickinson S| lege, Dr. C. 1, Kjerstad, president of the institution, has announced. A hol company, formed ially for espec- structure and of 11 members of the facul- ‘week: with wa ipureenias relative to ments for floating bonds to cover ‘the cost of the build- of the time during the past thirty ties require him to do considerable traveling, but when I last saw him I Elks Dance at Elks hall ight for Elks and their ladies. could not: cbserve. that he had gained ‘companies reach an: early agreement, | greatly in weight: He was-as cn- thusiastic as ever, and as great a t years. Mr. Devine's present du- | the building, architects -are ‘going (ahead with plans and specifications. (slate board of administration, Acting under the assumption that no obstacles will prevent erection of | In event the holding and bonding the college will seek approval of the record as contended that the public as a whole NATUROPATH BILL, KILLED BY HOUSE == Dickinson Will Stage | Measure Loses for Lack of.Ma- jority Vote Despite Show- ing Made Thursday” Reversing action for the third time on the same bill in ‘three days, the house Friday indefinitely postponed & measure proposing the licensing of naturopathic practitioners ‘in’ North Dakota. The bill has beemthe subject of debate in the house for three con- secutive days and indications are it | Syargo, and may come up for. discussion ‘again because its.opponents lacked a cpn- stitutional _ majority to- definitely ill it. ~ Three .days ago the bill was" rec- ommended for indefinite ment by the cothmittee .on public health. Supporters. of the measure, however, succeeded in having it placed in the committee of the whole. It was recommended for. passage. The vote for adoption. of the recom- mendation was 62 for and 33 against. On the calendar Friday due to this substantial majority, the bill. ap- peared certain of passage. After .ap- proximately an hour and a half of discussion, both serious and humor- ous, it was indefinitely postponed 56. on the measure, to kill it definitely, discov: “| was abandoned when ‘it was ered the victors did not number @ |) constitutional majority. Supporters of the naturopaths said they. would move for a reconsideration of the bill: Swett Is Opposed H. F. Swett of Kidder county, the assistant Nonpartisan leader, led the fight against the bill, while ©. E: Erickson, also of Kidder county, and the Nonpartisan leader, supported the measure. M. H. Lynch of. Richland county, H. L. Halvorson of ‘Ward county, E. P. Bishop of Stark county, and D. L. Peters of Pierce county, all Independents, aided Swett. A. F. Lehr of Logan county, J. H. McCay of Sioux county, Mrs. Minnie D. Craig of Benson county, Albert Van Berkom of Divide county and T. D. Acheson of Bottineau county threw their support on Erickson’s side. ‘The first bill at this session to def- initely fail on final passage in the house was a measure which would require mothers to be residents of a county for three years before becom- ing eligible for a mother’s pension. The vote was 55 for and 57 against. ‘The presen* law requires one year’s residence. Among 14 measures introduced in the house was one offered by Erick- son proposing a “partial moratorium” for a period of three years on indebt- edness of farmers in North Dakota. ‘Would Ban Foreclosures The bill states that as a result of deplorable economic conditions among state farmers, a years during which “it shall be un- lawful for any sheriff, deputy sheriff, | or his agent, or any other official of i this state to levy upon, attach, seize lor. sell’ any personal property of | whatever nasure, under an execution issued upon a judgment, or upon any other indebtedness,” provided that in- terest paymeats are kept.up to date. The bill also provides for a three- year redemption period on mortgage foreclosure actions. appropriating $12,000 out of the “re- turned soldiers’ fund” for the purpose of. erecting a statue of Car Ben Eielson in Statuary hall, Washington, D. C., was introduced by Carl. E. Johnson, Hatton, K. A. Fitch, Fargo, and Elling Indergaard, Barlow. Creation of a North Dakota gov- j ernmental survey commission is pro- posed in a bill introduced by Edwin Traynor of Ramsey .county. The duty of the commission would be to make a comprehensive survey and investigation of the structure, func- tions and processes of the -entire government of North Dakota, includ: ing the state government, and all po- litical subdivisions, Its findings and recommendations would be filed with the governor before Dec 1, 1932. Fargo Damage Suit . Jury Is Completed Fargo, N. D., Feb. 7.—(?)—Selection jof a jury was completed in Cass county district court here ‘to try the $5,100 damage suit of J. J. Mulready, Your vote and, support ‘will: be | dclivered. F, Jaszkowiak, 419 | Twel{th street, Phone 549 to 54. An atterapt to put a clincher | — of debts should be declared for thrée,| A bill creating a commission and | agaifist James Grady, Fargo, ‘A. F. Bastyr, Minneapolis. is the outgrowth of an Qpcident near Grand Forks September 23, 1925. Mulready was riding with Grady in the latter's car when it collided with one driven by ‘Bastyr. Mulready asks $5,000 for 1h Personal ‘injuries and $100 for. doctor ‘and hospital bills. “Pay Your Bills’ Drive Dickinson, Feb. 7--One hundred checks are going to do lots of work Paying debts in Dickinson, under Plans of a local credit bureau, when it launches a “Pay Your Bills” cam- paign Monday. ‘These checks, "to be issued to Dick- inson business houses, are to be made out for the sum of $10 each or a to- tal of $1,000. ‘The plan is to keep the | agi checks moving, indorsing them from Person to person or from firm to firm ih payment of. bills. -Should each | check have 40: indorsements, $40,000 in. new business will have been brought to the city.” peers ee DO THINGS ON HIGH Los Angelés, Feb. 7.—()—They're doing things on high at Adolfo de la Huerta’s place. The former leader of Tevolts in Mexito is a yocal teacher now. After: two:girl pupils amazed critics by singing high C, three’ oc- taves above middle C, and then went up a note. to D, a tenor soared still farther to F.* ; ———_——_. | A‘ hunter ‘néar Wymore, Neb., re- cently shot @ rare black squirrel. | Mr. Bagley, commemorates the serv- ND. G. A. RIS DEAD; Funeral Services for Richard D.| Bagley Conducted in Mi- not Saturday . { Minot, N. D., Feb. 7.—4P)—Funeral services were to.be held Saturday | afternoon for Richard Downing ley, 90, past state‘commander of the G, A. R. and commander of the Minot | post at the time of his .death. He’ fought in 27 battles in the Civil war. | Mr. Bagley* lived in North Dakota | since 1904 at \ Fairmont, . McHenry aoe Lisbon, Wahpeton, and |. not. He'was known as a singer, musician } funeral by @ quartet. I A monument in the village square | at Craftsbury, Vt., the birthplace,-of ice of Bagley, his five brothers, and jis father in the union army. He vis- i ited his old home’ in’ 1929° for ‘the first time’ in 70 ‘years.-°, He enlisted in the:Union Army dur- ing July, 1861,atid mustered. out July, The women's ‘relief corps, © the American Legidn, daughters of Union, veterans, and veterans.. of -foteign wars organizations are’ to take. part | in the services. Interment will be at Fairmount Sunday. : est investment opportunity for right one? American‘ Tel. & Tel. power of our government would Ask Us for ‘De! ‘se F.'A. LAHR | "These new Willys cars are the finest values ever offered in this Company's BS -THRIFTY— BUY QUALITY. Which Investment Will Pay Me the Most? Shall 'Invest in Oils? —or the Railroads? —or Industrials? ‘—or in the Electrical Industry? Experts invariably disagree as.to. which industry offers great- Why not invest in all industries? 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