Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-08-09
n. D. CONSTITUTION
HELLO NOT BONE DRY
JUDGE ROBINSON ASSERTS THAT
CITIZEN HAS RIGHT TO SHIP
LIQUOR FOR PERSONAL USE.
DoINes AT STATE CAPITOL
What 10 Transpirins In the Different
Departments Where the Affairs Of
State Government Are
Administered.

Departments Where the Affairs Of
State Government Are
Administered.
Bismarck
That North Dakota is not constitu.
tionally bone dry and that no state
legislature without amending the con-
stitution can make it bone dry, is the
contention of Associate Justice j. e.
Robinson in statement made public
following his statement that the bone
dry bill passed by the last legislature
is unconstitutional. Section 217 of
the constitution" says Judge Robin
son, "forbids only importations of Ii
quor for sale or gift. 1t forbids the
importation of liquor except for per.
sonal use. The legislature cannot in
any way amend or repeal the consti-
tuition. They cannot add to or take
from it one jot or title. 1t is the su.
preme law.
II know my stand in this matter
may not be popular" said Judge Rob.
inson. But l am not running for Of
flee, and my only concern is that my
opinions be right and just. A law
passed as this bill was is not law, and
no supreme court would ever hold it
SUCH"
May Not Train at Camp Lincoln.
Information gained at the state cap.
itol from a telegram to military off,
Gals of the state from the war de.
partment is to the effect that the
North Dakota troops will probably not
concentrate at Fort Lincoln, but will
go direct from their home stations to
some training camp.
Farm Labor Seeking Jobs.
While at first, farm laborers apply.
ing for work to Federal Labor Agent
Mcdonald of Commissioner Hagan's
office were insistent that wages be spe.
CITED before they accepted a position,
the present finds them ready to take
Jobs at going wages.
The recent heavy crop damage has
had prompt effect on the labor mar
ket. Farm help, quick to realize that
the demand for labor will not be nor
NAL, and that the farmer is "up against
it," are gladly taking Jobs offered at
the farmers own terms.
These terms generally are $50 the
month for steady hands; 81 the day
for hay hands and So for harvest
hands. Practically all Of the labor
which has applied to Mr.. Mcdonald
has been experienced. Mr.. Mcdonald
to date has had no experience with
I. w. WIS.
Teachers Pension Act Upheld.
The constitutionaity of the North
Dakota teachers pension act was up
held when the supreme court handed
down a decision, affirming the ruling
of the Ransom county district court to
the effect that County Treasurer Hauge
must make the ten cents per capita
levy for the support of the teachers
pension and retirement fund pre-.
scribed by the act.
In Ransom county the treasurer de-
clined to make this levy. Mandamus
proceedings were instituted by Trus-
tee Haig and other members of the
teachers pension board, and the vic
tory won by the teachers in the lower
court is confirmed in the higher tri.
bunal.
Roads Want Few improvements.
A plea for the freeing of railways Of
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. J..
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 cheerfully. 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
stockyards. loading platforms and 9th.
Or installations which will aid in the
quick handling. of farm produce and
live stock