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iHTTrr-nn «. 1S "*s. & i' ¥..i HARD WORK HOT JET ASSAILED Btth Houses Apparently Mark Time Awaiting Report of Auditing Company. With both parties In the legislature •ppafently unwilling to lauuch any patter upon which a decided split Is ihely until after the report" of the yWicern which audited the .state indus tries la filed, little of moment has been •ndertaken thus far at the legislative SCSSlon. Til legislature has asked the indus trial commission of the state for their nason ^n refusing the assistance of farML by the state hunkers in market tot bonds 'for financing the state In dustries. It Is likely, from preseut indications, that Wog from Billings county will re tain his seat In the senate. It Is practically certain that mehs area will be introduced providing for a redisricting of the state and cutting town fhe number of both senators and representatives. Many of the state's lawmakers at the present time treileve Uat 30 senators and 76 representa tives would be sufficient. The bill designed to make $t2,000 available for use of the attorney gen eral's office at once was passed in tlie asnate for $10,000, but lacked the nec eaaary majority to make it an emer gency measure. It went to the house \aad was referred to the appropriations eemmlttee. Senate bill No. 1, with which wfig combined bill No. 8 in the judiciary committee, passed without a negative •etc. It relates to pauses for dlsbar •snt, permitting assistants tt^ the at torney general to wind up their pri vate affairs after appointment, and permitting states attorneys to repre sent defendants in prosecutions in ether counties than those«4n whici}., they hold oftyee. Taxing non-high school districts for the" maintenance of high school dis tricts to which they send pupils is pro posed by the- legislative committee of the state Educational association. A fiat tax of one mill for mainte nance cf the state's educational, penal, and charitable institutions, and an other of one-half ihill-for new'build ings at thesef Institutions is the pro posal of the state board of adminis tration. The income would be inotfe than a million and a half a year front the mill tax, while the additional half mill and the lncopie from ^the lauds allotted to the various Institutions would -be about two and a-half mil lion. Mora stringent penalties for liquor sellers are provided in the North Da kota Law Enforcement league bill in troduced in the house by Miller of Bot tineau, and Halcrow of Pembina. It Includes airplanes in its scope when enumerating means of transportation. fhe acts would line the state up •Wifely with the Volstead national act. A license fee of $50 for the privi lege of selling cigarettes is proposed fey the pool and billiard men of the state. jC BILLS COMPARATIVELY FEW Several House Bills Have Highly Im portant Bearing en Labor Question. The bills thus far brought before the legislature are few and of wide range. They are: Senate Bills. S. B. 1, MtsNair—Amending the pres ent laws regarding disbarment of at torneya. 8. B. 2, Whitman—Concurrent reso lution for submission to the people of constitutional amendment for road bond' issue. S. B. 3, Bnird—Amending present laws for disbarment of attorneys ex tends right of states attorneys to de fend criminal cases in other counties and states than thelp. own. 8. B. 4,'Noltemler—For certification of nursery stock. 8. B. 5, Mees—For leasing of state coal land/ for agricultural or graslng purposes. 8. B. 6, Llederbach—For appropria tion of $12,000 for deficit In attorney generars department. 8. fi^T, Murphy—Amending present Inheritance tax law to give exemption IS non-residents in certain cases. 8. B. .8, Murphy—Regulating sending ef feeble mlndedHtnd Idiotic persons to state institutions. S. B. », McNalr—An act to license sonsmeVclal aviators In North Dakota. 8. B. 10—Defines "dying declara tions,"malting them competent In all civil and criminal cases, 8. B. 11, Rusch—Bxpands scops of Bine Sky law to include vendors of lightning rods, patent 'mediclnek and ethers. 8. B. IX, Rusch—Amsndlng the pres- TIME AND JHE LEGISLATORS Senator Ployhor Compiles Unusual Statistics in Both Houses. Howard Wood, 88, lieutenant gover N nor and presiding officer of the senate, a is the ydungest man in the upper ,X house and Senator J. B. Stevens, inde pendent, of Lawton, Ramsey canity, Is the-oldest, aged 67. Senator Frank Ployhar has a statis tical turn of mind and has Interviewed various r.nej.berp on 'hedges ""yr. ,/f... T"" •M ent laws to require- the Ilstlug of 1» gradients on the outside of the pack ages of all feed mixtures compels the, company uiiiuufucturlng the same to IW $l*i lee for the yearly exam illa tion. Referred to# ways and menus committee. S. B. 13, Thorson—An act permit ting an increase or decrease of the capital stock, In a corporation by reg istered wail or legal publication in stead of by persoual service. The act Is aimed to facilitate transactions in connection with the operation of com panies with large lists of stockholders scattered over wide territory Re ferred to committee on corporations other than municipal. S. B. 14, Fleokten—Places the regu lation of nursery stock in the hands of the regulating division of the agri cultural college instead of t(ie North Dakota experimental station of the same institution. Referred to commits tee on agriculture. House Bills. IHlls Introduced in the house are ns follows: _H. B. 1, Miiler^und Renauld—In creases tax Levy tor soldiers bonus paymeuts to one mill. H. B. 2, Maddock of Benson—Ap propriation, for additional funds for conducting attorney general's office. H. B. 3, Olafson—An act to warn signers of notes for speculative se curities. H. B. 4, Starke—Making it a felony for a male persoh over 16 to take in decent liberties with a chtld under 14. H. B. 5, Miller and Halcrow—Deftn hu intoxicants and tixing penalty for violation of prohibition law. H. B. 6—Providing for continuation of cases where either party to action is a member of legislature. H. B. 7, Bauer—Providing for county branding officer, and requiring Inspec tion^ of stock shipments before they are consigned. Later Representative George, Lakie introduced hills with the following provisions: Protection of union labels. New mechanics and labor llsn." New garnishment Umu. Changes In board of electricians act. Fixing eight-hour day on public works. Provide for licensing journeymen and master plumbers. Amendment to barbers* examining board act. Prohibit interference with employes in political and union activities. Amending the exemption law in con nection .with wage liens, giving labor prior rights! COMMITTEE LISTS FULL Political Apportionment on'All Com mittees Believed Fair to Both Parties. House^ committees named by Speak er Twichell are: Ways and Means—Kelly, Wood, Maddock of Ben»*on, Johnson of Sar-. gent, Levin, Sproul, Martin of Slops, Mouck, Renauld, Boyd, BJsrke, Ulland, Oberg, Olson of Barnes, Stark*. Countlee Patterson, McGauvran, Erlckson, Martin of Bottineau, Kitch en, Cart, Olsgard, Hartl, Larson of Ransom/ Cities and Municipal 'Corporations— Freeman, Seintyng^ Sherman, Flom, Burns, Maddock of Mountraill, J6hn-* son of Traill, Hanson of Benson, Jar dine. 1 Drainage and Irrigation—Ness, Ul land, BJerke, Lakie, Shimmin, Patter son. McOauvran, Simms Freeman, Maddock of Benson. Olafson, Slomin ski, Jardine, Johnson ,of^ Sargent, Babcock. JV/leral Relations—Johnson of Pem bina Maddock of Mountraill, Kopp, Hempel, Wood, Johnson of Cass, Weld of Kidder, Johnson of Traill, Mai well. Game and Fish—Bauer, W. Durkee, Avijltmer, Root, Botz, Lazier, Olson of Ramsey, Yeater, Slomlnskl. Mines and Mining—Olsoti of Bll* lings, Burkhardt, Heaton, Lakle, Bol linger, Oberg, Lackey, Morton, Kopp. Rules—Heaton, Watt, Hanson of Benson, McDowell, Olson of Billings, Eckert, Bauer, Kamrath, Starke. Apportionment—Olsgard, chairman First district, Halcrowd 2nd, Burk hardt 3rd, Erfckson of Walah 4th, Slomlnskl 5th, Hanson of Grand Fortys 0th, Freeman 7th, Bjorgo 8th, Eliingson9th, Jardine 10th, Johnson \f Cass 11th, Watt 12th, Ness 13thf"Johnson of Sargent 14th, Larson of'Ransom IStb, Grangurd 16th, Johnson of Steele 17th, Ophaug 18th, McGauvran 19th, Renauld 20th, Maddock of Benson 21st, Olson of Ramsey 22nd, Botz 28rd, Allen 24th, Brady 25th, Root26th, Hard ing 27th, Heaton 28th, Sims 20th, Johnson o{ Ward 30th, Strain 31st, Shipley 32nd, Reichert 33rd, Hartl 84th, Lazier 35th, Hemple 36th, Kellye 88th, Olson of Barnes 80th, Kitchen 40th, Erfckson of Divide 41st, Eckert 42nd, Larson ef Pierce 48rd, Patterson 44th, Kransoa 45th, •ryaris 46th, Oberg 47th, Lakle 48th, Morton 40th, Bauer. Sonata CsmmlMsss. The list of senats^ommittess an nounced by Lieutenant Oovsrnor Wood is now complete.^ Rulei—Oarberg, chairman Levang, Stesl, Mess, Fraser, Grosa. State, Affairs Olson, chairman Benson, Wenstrnm, Ployhar, Flscktea, McNalr, Mlkkelthun, .Bond, Oarsy, laker, Steel, Porter, Llederbach, Mnr phy, Bowman, Thorson. Warehouse and Grain trailing Us Isrbach, chairman Olson, Ingerson, McLaughlin, Hagan, NBslsel, Ward, Bypie, Sperry, Van1 Camp, Kendall, Schrenk, Peterson, Bowman, Bsrg. Wayi and Means—Wenstrnm, chair pan Fraser, Bowman, Kendall, MUr kelthun, Eastgate, Whitman, Fleck ten, Fatten, Olson, Carey. (, A 1 PEbPLE OF OUR TOWN MS Hope blooms Eternal In the Spring and so do Weeds, which is why the Enthusi astic Gardener is »ing To It so ilaril. Let a Single Ll'l Spear of Grassy raise its Head and he Massacres it. Later, when the Autoniobiltng gets Good, he will Consult that Sterling Work, ''How to Tell the Garden: Truck from the Weeds." an DEIS ID MET Atty. Francis J. Murphy is in Far j?o this week. Atty. Paige from Berthold is spend ing the day in Minot on legal busi ness. Stanley Colbourn, manager of the Stone-Ordean-Wells Minot house is in Duluth this week. Miss* Esther Solien, cashier of the New York store, left Sunday for an extended visit with her sister, Mrs. W. A. Moffatt of St. Louis, Mo. Messrs. Peter Fugelso, D. R. Jacob son and Matt Evenson were in Cros by several days the first of the week attending the annual fneeting of stock holders of the Jacobson Hardware Company. Norman Black, publisher of the Fargo Forum, arrived last night to get his bearings for the big Burns celebration to be held Friday night. 'Tis said "oor Norman" wull wear the kilties Friday nicht. F. R. Huntej-of Chicago has been in the city the past week installing a handsome-new electric register at the Grand Hotel. This handsome and attractive device is now in opera tion and is said to'be one of the1 finest in the northwest. Dr. "A. D. McCa'nnel received a lit ter from A. A. Robinson, who accom panied by Mrs. Robinson went to Flor ida about two weeks ago. The Rob insons are located at West Palm Beach where Mr. wRobinison is taking his daily plunges in the ocean. He said he dhive out into the country where he bought a dozen big grape fryit for 50 cents. C. A. Clapp, manager of the J. C. Penney Company's store, went to,Wil liston Sunday, where in company with Tony Michletch a lease was secured of the Bruegger block in Williston, one of the best mercantile locations 'in the City of Opportunity. The J. C. Penney*-store of Williston will oc cupy their newly acquired quarters April. 1st. Bert Plowman, local Delco light deal er, is holding a closing out sale of his stock of electrical fixtures and is offer ing sohie prices that are rather excep tional in order to save the expense of packing jfrnl shipping- his stock back to the wholesalers. Upon the termina tion of Plowman's lease on the jVlarsh block, where the sale is being held, the building will be occupied by the Shirley'Grocery Company. G. A. Swanson, manager of the shoe department of the Fair store, returned- from Milwaukee, Sunday where he attended the annual conven tion of the Retail Shoe Dealers of the- United States. He reports a splen did convention, a record breaking at tendance, fine exhibits and intense en thusiasm. He informs the Indepen dent that shoe prices will show a ma terial reduction for the coming Rea son. S. H. Pitkin from north of Velva is in the city today. /His daughter, Miss Mary Pitkin, who has just com pleted a course in stenography at the Taylor Shorthand school, will return with him. Mr. Pitkin, a former mem ber of the House of Representatives at Bismarck, favors the passage of a law making it compulsory for a Nor mal school graduate to teach a year in the state following the completion of the course, before receiving the certificate. So many of the Normal graduates after receiving an educa tion at the expense of the state, go to other states to teach. Mrs. U. G. Abbott and son, Ray mon, left Saturday on an extended trip which will include, stops at the TwTh Cities, Jackson, Mich., Sandusky Ohio, Ft. Worth Texas, A jo, Arizona, where her son Albert Abbott resides, where they will remain for axmon^h after which they ifrill proceed to Los Angeles, Calif. They expect to re turn to Minot about May first. Mr. U. G. Abbott is a well known G. N. engineer and has resided fn the city for the past 12 years. During the absence of Mrs. Abbott, Mr. .Abbott will make Jijs home with Sergeant Darby and family, Secbnd street N. Notice to My Patrons During my temporary absence from Surrey, my books' m^y be found at the First State Bank whefre I respect fully ask tliatrs all who owe call and settle itheir accounts. I am very anxiods that you tiothig as soon as possible as it now becomes necessary for me to liquidate som£ of my own obligations. Shop will be open Mon day, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs day of each week. 1 J. H. BURNS, 12/30-3t SurreyKN. D. 1AUNCH VAST EFFORT F0R EUROPE'S YOUNG Eight American Relief Ageneies Combine to Save 3,500,000 Children Death Menaces. Bight great relief organisations, working among and for every race and creed, have united under\ the name of the European^ Relief' Council to co ordinate child relief In Europe this wlntsr. The Council will seek to pro vide funds for 3,500,000 starving and diseased children In Eastern and Cen tral Europe and to administer this relief economically. It consists of Herbert Hoover, chair man, and Franklin K. Lane, treas urer Edgar Rlckard, representing the American Relief Administration Dr. Livingston Farrand, representing the American Red Cross Felix Warburg, representing the Jewish Joint Distri bution Committee Wilbur K. Thomas, representing the American Friends' Service Committee (Quakers) James A. Flaherty, representing the Knights of Columbus Dr. C. V. Hlbbard, repre senting the Young Men's Christian As sociation Miss Sarah S. Lyon, repre senting the Young Women's Christian Association Dr. Arthur Brown, repre senting the Federal Council of Chifrch es of Christ In America. It Is the purpose of the Council to raise 833,000,000, In as appeal center ing at the Christmas holidays, to the end that the desperate situation re garding child life may be met. In every town and community of the na~ I tlon, It Is planned, local committees, representing all the co-operating agen cies will be formed to secure the vi tally necessary funds. Of the amount sought,, $23,000,000 will be used for basic Mod and $10,000.00j) for medical service. For every one of these American dollars the local governments and communities aided will furnish' two dollars, in the form of transportation. Pleads for Europe's Helpless Children "They ere no more my children than yours," is He'rbert Hoover's homely yet eloqusnt plea for 8,800,000 European children who face Incredible tragedy this winter unless America comes to their rescue. The funds by which American aid haa been feeding mil lions have run out,.and that the work may not atop andv thus preclpltats what would amount to "a massacre of the Innocents" seven other great Amer ican rsllef organizations have united with Ur. Hoover's organization under the nsms of ths Europesn Rsllef Coun cil In Joint sppeSl for funds. Ths collsberating agencies are the Amerl* "tan Red Cross, the American Friends' Service Committee (Quakers), ths Jswtsb Joint Distribution Cothmittse, ths Federal Churches of Christ la America, the Knights of Columbus, ths Y. M. C. A. and ths f. W. a A. POUND NOW RIVALS PLIGHT OF BELGIUM Children Chief Sufferers in Land Stripped of Necessities, Says Relief Worker. Poland Is Is the destitute stats fsr want of food and clothing among ths poor that Belgium would have been during the war, had there been no com mission for relief In that country, ac cording to Dr. Vernon Kellogg, Ameri can Relief Administration official, who rscsatly returned feom Wsrsaw. Dr. Ksllogg was a member of Mr. Hoover's staff In Belgium, and at the conclusion of hostlltlss, entered Pe lsnd as the Hoover emlsssry In charge sf food relief He first sntered Poland la 1915, a few' months after the Ger man occupation. His report of starva. tlon, disease and suffering that exist ed at that time Is one of the most harrowing documents In the records of American relief work overseas. Dr. Kellogg made the following statement regarding the work after the armistice: "With Warsaw as our headquarters, we began operations In Poland In Jan uary, 1919, and within a few weeks there was established' a steady Impor tation of food intoUhat country. Tons and tons of It came from overseas through the Port o? Danzig. "It was Impossible to do all that the administration wanted to do, be cause the need of Poland was too great, but- It* was agreed that enough food should be sent to Poland to care for the four million people nntll the great agricultural districts could again pro- T'd® for them. "But In addition to these four mil lion people who so presslngly needed relief, there was anolher call for relief from a source that could not be re sisted the children of the land. Many of these were orphans, hungry, ema ciated, destitute and diseased. So the American Itellef Administration added to Its work by instituting a system of feeding these children. In a few months a million and a quarter Polish labor, guards,'clerical help, cash con-j children were getting a free meal ev trlbutions and. such food supplies as ery day of special food prepared to are locally obtainable. No children counteract the effects of their previous receive the free food except after undernourishment." medical tests showing them to be -seri- To flnsh the Job .eight great organ ously undernourished. The lemaihinx izatlons have united under the name $10,000,000 of the fund Is Just as urgently needed for medicnl service to the children. The European Jt^ilef Council will dp much more than effect economies In the raising of the child saving fund. It will, with the inspecting forces of eight great agencies, keep a constant* eye on the administration of Amer ica's merciful gift, In order that there shall be no wastage and no tendency toward pauperization. "This Is the largest co-operative be nevolent organization ever attempted in the United States," Mr. Hoover says. "The organizations represented h4ve come, to the unanimous, though independently formed conclusion, that nothing but prompt and united action by the whole American people can avert Incredible tragedy for the help less children involved. The organiza tions forming the Council will organ ize their representatives In every town and community of the nation for the raising of the necessary funds." of the European Relief Council to raise the funds necessary to care for the food needs and the medical needs of the 3,500,000 children of Eastern and Central Europe. These organizations are the American Relief Administra tion, the American Red Cross, the American Friends Service Committee (Quakera), the Jewish Joint Distribu tion Committee, the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, tlw Knights of Columbus, the Y. M. O. A. and ths T. W. C. A GRAY SAMARITANS RESCUING CHILDREN V. The Young Women's Christian Asso dations of the United States are keenly Interested In the movement fer the re lief of the 3,500,000 starving children of Europe because a group of their members, the Polish Oray Samaritans, have been In charge of distributing food to children In Poland. They have been serving under the American Relief ad ministration and have conducted food kitchens and distributing stations In I all parts of Poland outside Warsaw. I In all the relief work being done la Europe, that of the Polish Grays htfs been unique because all the girls, though sent from America, were either born in Poland or are of Polish paren tage. When the need for social serv ice in their country became acuta many girls of Polish descent answered the call of the Young Women's Chris tian Association for overseas service and enlisted in the preliminary train ing course that was given In several cities of the United States. From this group thirty girls were chosen and seat to Poland where, sines 1918, they pfcrs been csrlng for ths children of the country. The distribution of clothing has taken them into all parts sf Poland. They are now spending their entire time In arranging for the feeding sf children this winter. Groups of them travel to strategic centers In outlying districts where they set up distributing stations, receive supplies, prepare meals, arrange for Impartial distribu tion and train helpers to continue tlis work when they are sent en to the next town. COLUMBUS KNIGHTS AID CHILD APPEAL Jsmes A. Flaherty, sf Philadelphia supreme, knight of. the Knights sf Co lumbus, declared that the K. of G., In response to an appeal from Herbert Hoover, chairman ef the European Re-~ lief Council, had decided to take an exception In their policy of refraining from any national campaign for funds for relief or charitable work. "The need of the starving and sick children of I'urops Is so urgent," Mr. Flaherty said, "that the Knights of Co lumbus feel In duty bound to devote themselves to thr common task of rais ing funds for the relief of these chil dren. An an organization it Is our Intention te conduct no distinct K. jf C. drive for funds, although members of the organisation are frequent con tributors to all charitable drives. But In this case feel that the emergency calls for the united efforts of all Amer icans and/ we consider It a prh liege to have partnership IE mercy." this great work of EUROPEANS PLEADING FOR THEIR CHILDREN Elder Generation Sacrifices Sett That Hope of Future May Receive Means of Life. Th/ one optlmlerlc note In tho erate need prevailing through the .orn nrc:i» of eastern Europe la the ex '.raordiriary and touching faith of the ueople in the children. The elder gen eration has put all Its hope nod trust in the future of the generation n&w Is its early years. In fact, in many la stances It In deliberately sacrificing it self for the children, the Europe of to morrow. In the war-ravaged districts supplies necessary for maintenance of Insti tutions are lacking, but it has been noted thai always the request for out side aid emphasises the needs of the orphanages. How marked la this In clination was Indicated by the fact that one district of Poland 'the a» thorlties, appeal'ng to an American re lief organization (or* assistance, asked assistance for only one military hos pital, four general hospitals and twen ty orphanages. The appeal has reached America with the result that because they know that literally millions of European chil dren face'starvatlon and death from disease unless the aid that .only this country can give is forthcoming, sight great American relief agencies have banded together ugder thi namle of the European Relief Council to ralae $88, 000,000 needed to tide the baby genera tion of Europe over possibly the most critical winter It has yet faced. These are the American Relief Administration, the American Red Cross, the Americas Friends' Service Committee (Quakers), the Jewish Joint Distribution Commit tee, the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, the Knights at Columbus, the Y. M. C. A. and ths T. W. C. A FOREIGNERS SENDIN6 VAST RELIEF HOME Over 90 Per Cent of Food Drafts Sent to Europe Gifts From immigrant Population. Out of their earnings, for the most part as unskilled laborers, living from hand to moutli, the foreign-born ele ment in the United States is contribut ing largely to the funds for food sup plies to aid the starving peoples el their native lands. Figures from the Food Draft section of the American Relief Administration show that $503,110 had been sent to Poland, up to the end of November. $188,170 had been sent to Cseche Slovakia, Hungary had received $383, 760, Germany had $1,448,619 and Aus tria $u,046,720. It was estimated that more than 90 per cent of this mouey had been spent by nationals of thess various countries who are now In ths United States. There arejibout 1,500, 000 Poles. 800,000 Hungarians. 500,000 Czechs and 600,000 Slovaks In thla country. The profits which resulted from the sale of these food drafts have been turned into the fund for general child feeding. It is to bring this fund up to the point where it can meet the de mands on it, to save the lives of 3,500, 000 children that the European Relief Council has been formed by eight great relief organizations. Rickets Did This. This Vienna child is six years old, but because of the ravages of rickety, the disease born of under-natritlon that has stricken thousands of Euro pean children, she Is able to toddle about only by dint of supreme effort. The spread of this terrible disease of childhood and the rescue of those al ready In Its grip can only be accom plished by America. That Is why eight great American relief organizations have banded together under the nams of the European Relief Council In a. Joint appeal to "the American can science for fundSf 'ip:^ ^vi^tS^-'':'i' sKi'"' \t *:'iS "M 't