Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-07-19
GRAIN GRADING ACT
TO CARRY NO FEES
COMMISSION FEARS CLAUSE 70
UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND DE-
LAYS ENFORCEMENT.
DoINGs AT STATE CAPITOL
What ls Transpirins In the Different
Departments Where the Affairs Of
State Government Are
Administered.


State Government Are
Administered.
Bismarck.
Fearing for the constitutionality of
the clauses which provide for the as.
sessing of a fee for each load of grain
or other farm products weighed and
graded under North Dakota's new
grain grading act, the state railway
commission yesterday voted to elm.
mate that feature of the law until the
courts have passed on it.
It has been estimated that this grain
grading fee would net revenue of at
least 100000 per annum, from which
the act provided for setting aside Is
per cent each year for the creation of
q terminal elevator fund.
To Bring Fish to State.
Bismarck.
The state Game and Fish board held
a meeting at Devils Lake and it was
decided to make plans to stock Dew
lis Lake with fish on a scale that
never before was undertaken. It be-
came known at this meeting that plans
are under way for the shipping into
this state Of small fish by the train
load instead of by the car load as in
former years. These plans were made
because of the fact that meat is scarce
and that fish will have to take the
place Of meat in great many cases.
Auditor After Telephone Companies.
Three hundred North Dakota tele-
phone companies have failed to file
the annual report required by law,
State Auditor Kositsky stated, indicat-
ing that this omission is intentional
and also indicating an effort upon the
part of those companies to evade tax.
alton, as he claims they have done in
the past. He also announces that he
expects to collect from each of the
companies the specified fine of not
less than $50 nor more than $500, and
that he will seek to make the penalty
as heavy as possible.
More Road Funds.
Eugene M. Walla, In charge of the
automobile registration department of
the secretary Of states Office has re.
mitted to the highway commission
$10.752.79 and placed s5,377.47 to the
credit of the several counties as the
state highways proceeds of the June
automobile registration fees.
Makes Private Car Lines Liquidate.
Up to date State Auditor Kositsky
has collected back taxes from nearly
100 private tank and refrigerator car
companies operating in the state over
the various railways. These taxes are
for the years 1912. 1913. 1914, 1915
and 1916. and amount to about $4,000.
They will be apportioned to the state
and among the various counties, &C.
cording to the railway mileage in each
county.
New Deposits Guaranty Board.
North Dakota's new bank deposits
guaranty board. recently named by
the governor, in compliance with an
act OF the last legislature, will meet
at the capitol shortly to organize.
None Of the state banks covered by
the provisions of the cast has as yet
made application to come under the
statute. Applications are anticipated
following the organization of the
board.
Busy With Now Schedules.
According to reports from various
counties in the state the county com.
missioners are busy equalizing the as.
sessments Of 1917. The work is more
difficult this year on account of the
new classification act, which provides
that property hereafter shall be as.
sessed at certain percentages. House
hold furniture and farm improvements
In 1918 will be assessed at S per cent;
railroads, telegraph, banks, etc., at 80
per cent; livestock, goods and mer.
chandise, ETC., at 20 per cent. Lands
will not be assessed again until 1919,
therefore 1t will require some adjust
ments in the assessments this year in
order to meet the reductions Of vari.
GUS properties in 1918.
isolated Cases Of Hog Cholera.
A number Of isolated attacks Of hog
cholera have been reported in North
Dakota. In Dickey county recently.
the owner Of herd of several hun.
dred lost 20 animals in one day. The
county agent was summoned, the herd
vacctnated. all dogs in the neighbor.
hood ordered killed, and the place put
under quarantine. No further deaths
have been reported. In Barnes coun.
ty e. r. Wilberg in going to his hog
pasture in the morning found one ami.
NAL dead and in few moments the
entire herd had expired. There is no
general epidemic. but . warning has
been sent out to hog owners and at
tention is being called to the free
virus supplies by both state and fed.
eral governments.