The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-08-02
ASKED TO BE RELEASED FROM
MAKING IMPROVEMENTS, Ex-
CEPT THOSE NECESSARY.
HAPPENINGS AT STATE HOUSE
What North Dakota Officials Are Do
ing In Administration Of Lava
in the Different Depart
ments at Bismarck.

the United States from needless con.
struction burdens is made by the Amer.
lean Railway association in a letter
from its Washington headquarters to
the North Dakota state railway com.
mission. Writing to Chairman S. ].
Aandahl, the secretary says:
"The present emergency has i'm.
posed on the railways a very unusual
strain in transporting men, food, coal,
munitions and materials in augmented
quantities. This burden, while under.
taken ch%eerfully, requires every ounce
of energy, every unit of rolling stock,
every dollar Of capital, every bit of
supplies and coal which the railroads
can command.
Because Of these facts the associa-
ton asks that the railways be required
to make improvements only when alb.
solutely essential for war purposes or
public safety, calling attention to the
difficulty which is encountered in OBJ.
tanning construction materials and the
traffic blockade often resulting from
construction operations"
Secretary Calderhead commented on
this petition to the effect that in
North Dakota there is much construc.
ton work needed if the utmost eff.
cheney is to be obtained from rail,
way plants. He referred especially to
s~tockyards, loading platforms and 9th.
er installations which will aid in the
quick handling of farm produce and
live stock.
Grain Grading Law Enforced.
eve propose to enforce the law and
are so informing all in%quirers. No
buyer or grader in North Dakota will
be allowed to enter upon the duties
of his office until he gets his license"
advised Chief Deputy Inspector J.. A,
McGovern, when asked whether North
Dakota's grain grading act would be
enforced. pending the filing of friend.
ly suits which are planned to test the
constitutionality of the act. Johnson
& O'Connor of Grand Forks have writ
ten Chief Inspector Ladd relative I'd
the ~advisability of a friendly action
to determine constitutional features OF
the act which are under question, and
former Associate Justice E. T. Burke
of Bismarck has been retained for a
like purpose.
No Tag Plant Probable.
Because of the %exorbitant price OF
machinery of all kinds, it is probable
that on recommendation of Secretary
Of State Hall the state board of con.
troll will not for the present consider
the installation at the state peniten,
tiary of a plant for the manufacture
of automobile and motorcycle tags,
road signs and similar sheet metal de,
vices which are or may be handled
by the state.
Says State Has No Bone Dry Law.
North Dakota has no bone dry law,
Justice James N. E. Robinson, mem.
Der of the supreme court, who at last
all election proved the Nonpartisan
league pacemaker, is authority for this
statement. In his Saturday Evening
Letter, Justice Robinson says: II see
nothing in the bone dry law to pre-.
vent any person from honestly import,
ing liquor for his own use. He has
a perfect right to carry it into the
state and to hire any person to carry
it for him.
when fairly understood, the act
does not forbid the importation of Ii.
quor by any person for his own use.
1T forbids only importation for il.
legal purposes and the act Of Con,
gress forbids importation only when
1t Is contrary to the laws of the
state. While Congress has power to
regulate commerce, it has no consti,
tutional right to destroy or put an
embargo on commerce between the
different states.
"By our state constitution every per.
son Is guaranteed the right for his
WI use to import, acquire and pro
tect property"
Some State Binding Irvine Left.
Chairman Lewis of the state board
of control and Warden Talcott of the
state ~penitentiary, announced tina,
there is a good chance for farmers anG
farmers clubs or cooperative socie
ties, who were originally turned dowr
on binder Irvine orders, to get SOM
Of the state-made Irvine after all.
Librarian Goes to War.
Stewart S. Williams, legislative ref
erence librarian at the capitol, has lief
for New York, where he expects tt
sail Immediately for France as a ser
geant in the quartermaster depart
ment.
LANCER May Help Prosecute.
! Attorney General LANCER has bee,
invited by States Attorney F. ]. Tenn
> pie of Sheridan county to assist in tn,
: prosecution of Henry Pankow of Ana
: moose, charged with first degree mur
der. Pankow is alleged to have sho
! ED killed Charles Borchardt, also o
Auamoose, on May 20 last. E. r. Sink
f. ler Of Minot and F. J. Funke Of Ana
+. moose are the attorneys for the defen
I dant. and it is understood that the,
will make their defense on the uuwrit
= ten law and plead justification. Par
kow is alleged to have shot Borchard
three times in a quarrel.