Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1909-02-11
NORTH DAKOTA NOT
TO Be REPRESEN1y,@ Rel
On Minnesota Grain Inspection
Board Railway Bills
at Legislature.

at Legislature.
Bismarck, Feb. S.-Special- The
court martial in the Poole case re-
convened today and Immediately ad-
journed until Tuesday on account Of
the absence Of one member.
A new bin was introduced into
the senate under the effect Of which
the increased jurisdiction of the
county court is to be done AWAY
with. Senator Steel introduced q bill
amending the law Of the payment by
relatives for patients at the state
hospital.
The Skulason bill for initiative
and referendum was made q special
order for Saturday and it now looks
at the capital as though the bill
would be lost.
Bismarck, Feb. Z. Specific COM
mittee which went to St. Paul to try
to.get North Dakota representation on
the Minnesota Grain Inspection and
Appeal boards had their trip for
nothing. The attorney general Of
Minnesota gave an opinion that no
one could be legally member Of
such board without being q resident
Of the state Of Minnesota. The North
Dakota committee showed that
North Dakota annually markets about
100, OOO, 900 bushels Of grain at Min.
nesota terminals and was entitled to
q me nbership on the inspection
boards and that numerous complaints
existed on the Minnesota inspection.
The contention was admitted by the
Minnesota officials and legislative
grain committee. The claim was
stoutly made however that the
present system of grain grading and
inspection in Minnesota is fair and
as perfect as human ingenuity can
5makestt. IF tisere' is injustice In the
mattersof dockage fol, screenings and
the producer loses thereby. 1t is large.
ly due to failure to clean grain. The
same trouble prevails in Minnesota
and SO far..no remedy has been found.
The Minnesota inspectors are claimed
to be capable, fair and under civil
service rules.
Railroad Men Appear Before Com
mitteeS.
The railroad officials, oppose bills
pending in the legislature, requiring
all freight trains of over IS cars to
carry an extra brakeman in the crew,
to flag trains either ahead or In rear
in case of break down between sta.
tions; also a bill to have the COM
panies do away with the ''dinky ca
boose." Gen. Manager Slade of the
N. p. addressed the. railroad COM
mittees of both houses Saturday on
the first named bill, saying 1t was an
unnecessary expense and would cost
800, 900 more year, in this state,
on their trains alone. Mr.. Slade
stated that from the records in the
offices of his company, it has been
proven that out Of every one thous-
and persons injured in all classes Of
railway accidents, only twelve are in
jured by reason of rear end collisions.
The records of the railways show
that q trainman will travel 100
miles a day, 365 days a year for So
years before he would be injured
from rear end collision. The per
centage of injuries from this cause
is very small.
General superintendent Scott Of
the Great Northern Railway Co.,
addressed the meeting stating that
in thirty years. experience in rail-
way work, most Of which was spent
In the train service, he knows of
his own knowledge that in nearlv
every case Of an accident by reason of
rear end collision, the accident has
happened by the employees whose
business it is to protect the rear end
Of the train, failing to obey the rule.
T. .-#' !, !. ~ + :.
Hon. All. Bright, general counsel
for the 500 lines, also addressed the
meeting speaking from an economical
standpoint and also suggested the
enactment Of a law which would
make the failure on the part Of a
trainman to .obey the rules Of the
company relating to tagging and pro.
tecting his train against the APP
proaoh Of other trains, q misde-
meanor.
Mr.. Flint, representing the Broth
erhood Of Railway Trainmen spoke
on the question, taking the opposite
stand, claiming that it is necessary
TO have the third man on long trains
20 that In case Of q broken drawhead