Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-10-25
Dakota Grain Men Accused.

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state market commission, has returned
from the southern part of the state,
where he went to investigate alleged
discrimination by elevator men in the
purchasing of grain. He found that
many grain handlers were taking an
excess weight for oats and barley, TAX
ing as high as so pounds to the BUSH
ell for barley and rs high as "a pounds
to the bushel for oats, while both the
federal and state laws fix 48 pounds as
the legal weight Of a bushel Of barley.
and 80 pounds as the legal weight of a
bushel OF oats. After the investiga-
ton. which not only revealed the over
weight and further that dockage is be-
ing made by pounds instead of per-
centage. as required by both state and
federal laws, Deputy Commissioner
Simonson called the attention of coun-
ty attorneys to the facts in the cases.
He has already received several re-
plies from these officials in which they
say they have notified the elevator
men that prosecutions will follow any
continuance of the custom. The at
tention of the railway department hav-
ing been called to the situation it has
notified the scale inspectors under it's
department to continue the investiga-
lions as to weights and dockage and
report the same to that department
wherever they find determinations.
There is also some complaint as to the
prices paid locally for wheat, but gen.
orally the price is fairly steady on
this feature,
New Bridge over Missouri Assured.
Mitchell.-Orders for material to
build suspension bridge over the
Missouri river at Chamberlain on the
property of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul railroad were wired by
President Harry E. Byram after he
had visited at Chamberlain. An act OF
congress requires the erection of a
reliable bridge at that place. The or.
ders are to take effect Immediately
and construction on the new bridge
will commence within the coming
year. according to the opinions of rail.
road officials. The old bridge will be
taken out and the new one will be
built on site near it. A suspension
bridge has been needed over the Mis-.
souri, because Of the changing course
of the river. During the spring fresh.
cts traffic has often had to be aban
doned. Ferry boats and pontoon
bridge had to be resorted to during
the past spring because of damage
done to the bridge by the floods.
Three Burn to Death.
Vealen The explosion of kero
sene stove in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry DuMarse, near Veblen, re-
suited in the death of the mother and
: two daughters. DuMarse was filling
the stove and had neglected to extin
guish the flame. He poured too much
of the liquid into the tank and the over
flow caught fire and the explosion re-
suited. The interior of the house was
badly damaged by the explosion and
the burning liquid was dashed over the
members of the family
Given Prison Term.
Sioux Falls-In the Lake county
circuit court Earl Buffers of Ramona,
who had previously entered plea Of
guilty to the crime of criminal as.
sault in the second degree, was sen.
fenced by Judge Jones to term of
Is years in the Sioux Falls peniten.
tiary. Buffers enticed a woman q
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