Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-07-21
RECORD FOR STOCK
ENTRIES IS BROKEN
STATE FAIR is HELD At FARGO
1900 THOROUGHBRED AM.
MAILS SHOWN.
NEWS LETTER FROM CAPITAL
Interesting News Of State House Hap
peninqs and Reports Of Officials
Arranged for Convenience
Of the Busy Reader.
Bismarck.

Bismarck.
Live stock representing an aggregate
sum of 100000, or more than 1000
head of pure bred animals, and preml-
ums for the horse, cattle, swine and
sheep divisions totaling $17,26S, were
among the striking features of the live
stock display at the North Dakota state
fair at Fargo.
All records for live stock entries at
North Dakota state fairs have been
broken.
July 81 was live stock day, when the
pure-bred animals were paraded in front
Of the $4,000 grand stand.
The general summary Of premiums
offered in the various live stock de-
partments is as follows: Horses, 49,
2S7; cattle, 1888; swine, s2,422, and
sheep, SLIPS.
To Inspect Seed Crops.
H. l.. Bolley, state seed comnss-
sioner, Agricultural college, N. d., has
issued a statement asking all farm
ers expecting to sell seed next year
to let him know, so that he may ar
range for field inspection. The state
ment follows:
IF you are growing any crop from
which you expect to save seed to sell
to seed dealers or direct to growers
for sowing purposes, now is the time
to make application to have the Seed
Laboratory inspector come and exam
inc your fields.
Our force and funds are limited.
We aim to make speciality of in
specting wilt resistant flax, durum
fields with reference to admixtures
and diseases, and bronze grass field
for quack grass. We will, of course.
inspect any other fields by special re-
quest If convenient to our scheduled
route Of inspectors.
ANY grower or group Of growers
wishing this work done, should write
at once. Give your farm location
railway station, ETC., and state If you
are willing to meet the inspector and
drive him to the fields"
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May Not Go to Border.
Although the order to break camp
and prepare for immediate entrain-
ment for the South came several days
ago, the order directing the movement
of troops had not been received at
Fort Lincoln from the War depart
ment.
The feeling is growing among army
officers that there will be no call for
the troops at this time, but that they
will be kept in readiness at Fort Lin
coin until the border situation has
taken a new and decisive turn.
A new feature has been injected
into the situation here as result of
orders from Washington calling for a
second physical examination of all men
who passed the first examination. The
examination is said to be more siren.
uous than the first test, and although
no definite figures have been given out,
it is reported that 20 per cent Of the
troops are being rejected and that q
number of officers also have been un-
able to measure up to the test.
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Make Farm Survey.
DR.. James Boyle, former head Of the
Economics department of the Univer-
sity of North Dakota, and VIM. Johns,
Junior in the University have return.
ed from remarkable trip through the
heart of North Dakota, in which they
travelled about 700 miles by team and
auto. The purpose of the trip was to
make an agricultural survey of typi-
cal portion of the state. The men
started from Hettinger on June on
June 18th. They went in northeastern
ly direction, crossing the Missouri riv-
er at Washburn, and continuing from
there on to the Canadian boundary in
the same general direction.
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Create New Department.
A new department to be known as
the regulatory department of the state
government has been created by the
board Of regents, In session at the
Agricultural college.
DR.. E. F. Ladd, president Of the col
lege, will be the head.
The department will have super
vision of the state pure food, pure
seed, pure beverage and full measure
departments and stallion registration.
1t will be the duty of the department
to see that he state laws in these mat
tiers are enforced. DR.. Laid was re-
tanned by the board to have supervi-
sion of all this regulatory work because
of his long connection with that de-
partment.
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Plan extras For Troops.
Luxuries for North Dakota troopers
not afforded by the governments reg
ulations, will be provided while the
men are at the border, through the
efforts of the North Dakota Benefit
club, of which Mrs. M. G. Olson of
Grand Forks is president. Mrs. John
Frame of Grafton, wife of Colonel
Frame, regimental commander, who
spent three weeks at Fort Lincoln, Bis
marck, addressed the women at meet
ing here, describing some of the needs
ed.
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To Remake Tax Laws.
Wisconsin income tax laws and
their adaptability to North Dakota,
studied by H. H. Steele, member of
the state tax commission. will be made
the subject of an exhaustive report
which will be prepared in time for
presentation to the next state legisla-
ture. Mr.. Steele has Just returned
from making his inquiry. North Da-
kota has for some time been aroused
to the question of remaking its taxa
ton laws, with exemption of farm i'm
provements from taxation holding the
lead for Importance.
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Capitol Fight In Court.
Action involving the legality of init.
alive proceedings launched by New