The Pulaskian., 1915-05-28

The legislature appropriated approx imately $60O0 to continue the rate cases litigation, but the commission believes that since the present suits were not contemplated by the legisla- ture the amount may only be used to carry to the Supreme Court the case in which the Frisco and Kansas City Southern railroads were granted in- functions against the two-cent pas senger rate and Standard Distance Freight Tariff No. 8, by Judge Jacob Trieber.
 Judge Joseph M. Hill of Fort Smith, chief attorney for the state in the rate litigation several years ago. con- ferred with the Railroad Commission and MT. Streepey He will take no active part in the new litigation but will act as advisor, at the request of the commissioners.
 Citizens of a special district in Yell county will have no right to vote to reject a special stock law enacted for the district by the last legislature ac- cording to an opinion given by Attor- ney General Moose. The law provided that a four-wire fence should be law ful fence in certain parts of the county. A petition from residents of the district, living near Birta, asking that the law be referred to the people, was received by Secretary of State Hodges, who asked Attorney General Moose for an opinion. He held that, since there was no provision made in the law to have it referred, there was no way to put it before the people. A similar petition, regarding stock or dinance passed by the City Council of Piggott, also was received by MT Hodges. Judge Moose took the case under advisement.
 Representative of local laundries and telephone companies appeared be- fore the Minimum Wage Commission. The laundry representatives reported they are complying with the nine-hour feature of the new minimum wage
  rapidly as possible. Telephone repre- sentatives said the law was being complied with the exception of some of the smaller towns, where it is nec- essary to keep night operators on duty more than nine hours It is probable some compromise will bn arranged in these cases, but an investigation will be made by the commission.
 A report on office of the state audi tor may be issued this week by the legislative Auditing Committee, ae- cording to Representative U. A. Gen. try, who is directing the work. Two accountants have been engaged in checking up the accounts of the office for several weeks and expect to com plete the work within few days.
 Former Chief Justice Joseph N. Hill was in Little Rock attending meeting of the Arkansas Tuberculosis Sanitarium Commission. He says the object of the meeting is to arrange for securing finances to operate the instf- tuition for the next two years.
 The new state game and fish fund, into which is paid money derived from hunting and fishing licenses and money acruing from fines for viola tion of the state game laws, is stead fly climbing.
 John H. Page, commissioner of mines, manufactures and agriculture, issued letter to all bankers in the state, urging them to aid farmers in the purchase of homecoming outfits. | The amount of money required to can 1000 three-pound cans of vegetables would be less than $30, he said, and much waste could be saved by can ming surplus fruit and vegetables.
 Twenty-Five prisoners at the state penitentiary and on the state convict farm, including seven convicted in Pulaski county, will be freed during June, according to the monthly re- port of the Penitentiary Commission, submitted to Governor Hays.
 ! More than S15,OOO in state warrants has been received by the state treas. urer. The sheriff of Clark county paid in $12,25374, and the sheriff of Sebastian county, $3,18S.66. Both set dement's were accompanied by affi davits that the warrants were pur- chased at par. These are required where warrants are used to pay state taxes.
 An order recently issued by the Ar. kansas Railroad Commission may prove of great benefit to Arkansas | farmers in the state, according to John H. Page, commissioner of mines