Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-07-06
TW0-CENT RATE Law
SPECIAL MASTER IN DAKOTA
CASE MAKES HIS FIND
lNas PUBLIC.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
From the Capital Ci.y, the Various
Stete Institutions and Dif.
ferent Parts of tho
State.

State.
Sioux Falls The South Dakta pas
senger rate case, involving the reduc-
lion of passenger fares in the state,
is progressing, John III. Gates of This
city appointed by Judge Garland, OF
the United States court, as special
master in chancery to take the testi-
mony in the case, having completed
his work and made public his findings.
Special Master Gates in his report
takes direct issue with the recent do
cision of Judge Sanborn i'll the Min
nesota rate cases. In his decision
Judge Sanborn assigned the value and
common expense on gross earnings
basis, While Special Master Gates
makes his findings by adopting the di-
rect expense basis.
Both a 2-cent and a 21s-cent rate are
involved in the case, and the substance
Of thereport of the special master is to
the effect that a 212-cent rate might
run the gauntlet of the higher courts,
but that straight 2-cent rate appears
W DG Oul vi tliG Qu6StlOu III toOulI la
kota at present
The Chicago 6 Northwestern Rail
way company is the only road directly
involved or concerned in the case in
which the special master made his re-
port. In arriving at his conclusions the
special master considered only the
business transacted within the state of
South Dakota by the Northwestern
company. Both the freight and passen-
ger business received consideration.
Included in the report is table
showing that at 8 cents per mile the
percentage of net income to valuation
for the year ending June 80. 1908,
I which is taken as basis, was sos; at
2la cents per mile $50 per cent, and at
cents per mile, 3.94 per cent.
The procedure in the South Dakota
rate case now will be for the special
master to assign time about 80 days
hence when a hearing will be held and
those interested given the opportunity
/ if they wish, to file objections to the
! report If objections are filed, the spe-
cial master will then make separate
report on the objections or exceptions,
and these and the report made pub
lie will be submitted 10 the presid-
| ing judge of the United States court
for South Dakota for his decision
Game Warden Fees.
Pierre.-Ever since the enactment
of .the law creating the department of
the state game warden, there has
been u question as to whether the
legislature ever made any specific ap-
preparation for that department. While
the law provides for game license fees,
ana further provides that such fees
shall be used for the expenses of the
department, and that any surplus
funds after paying tn expenses of the
department may be used. for the pur-
chase OF game for stocking the state,
the law contains no specific appropria-
tion OF the fees so collected for either
the expenses of the department or
any other expenditure of such funds.
State Auditor Anderson is inclined to
draw the lines closer than have other
auditors in regard to public eXpendi-
lures. and while he has been allowing
warrants on the game fund up to the
present. he has decided that after the
beginning of the fiscal year which
commenced July 1, he will wait for a
court construction of the law before
he authorizes any further expenditure
OF that fund. This will mean that
Game Warden Bancroft viii. go into
court on a test suit as to his right to
draw salary or any otner amount
from the fund, and the construction of
such laws as that affecting the game
department. and other departments of
the state which are working under
laws like that of the game depart
ment. If the laws are held to be good,
the departments affected will continue
in operation. If the laws are held
to be bad, then the departments af-
fected will go out of operation so far
as the officials of them are concerned,
unless such officials are willing to
serve the state at their own expense.
Health Of the State.
Pierre.-The report of Secretary C.
N. Hoyt, of the state board of health
for contagious diseases for May in
this state, shows fetal of 45S cases of
all classes reported, of which there
were seven deaths. The counties Of
Brookings, Gregory and Roberts made
no reports for May, and Brookings
none for April. The different cases
are as follows:
Scarlet fever, 1S0 cases. 3 deaths.
Diphtheria. 80 cases. 2 deaths.
Measles. 176 cases, 2 deaths.
Smallpox, 81 cases, no deaths.
1nfantile paralysis, case, no deaths
Renewing state Bank Charters. .
Perre.-A number of the state
banks operating in the state, which
were organized in 1891 and prior
years, are getting in line to continue
by having their charters renewed
While this Is the case for many. there
are yet number of oanks over the
state which have not taken the aton,