Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-05-24
RATE INCREASE TO
Be ASKED BY ROADS
PETITIONS PREPARED FOR PRE-
sENTATioN TO STATE
COMMISSIONERS.
0oINGs AT STATE CAPITOL
What 10 Transpirine In the Different
Departments Where the Affalrs Of
State Government Are
Administered.

0SASo government are
Administered.
Bismarck.
North Dakota railroads are prepar-
ing petitions to present to the board
OF railroad commissioners at Bismarck
Tor permission to advance intrastate
rates in North Dakota to conform with
the Is per cent advance the western
railroads have petitioned the Interstate
commerce commission at Washington
to grant in interstate rates.
In seeking an increase in intrastate
rates. the railroads assert that the in.
creased cost of operation would have
amounted to $10.615,513 or about 10
per cent of the total freight revenue
Tor the calendar year 1916 on the
Northern Pacific railroad had the pres.
emit known and further anticipated in.
creased cost of fuel, material, taxes,
wages, etc., been in effect. The rail.
roads therefore claim that the grant.
ing Of Is per cent advance in rates
Will not cover the increased cost Of
doing business now. Further, they
maintain that the increases asked for
are not only reasonable but fair and
equitable.
North Dakota will fight any at.
:empts on the part of the railroads to
make excessive increases in freight
rates, according to a statement made
BY Assistant Attorney General H. A.
Bronson.
AandahI and Little Leave.
S. ]. Aandahl, chairman of the rail.
way commission, and Rate Expert
James Little have gone to Washing
ION to protest before the interstate
commerce commission against the IS
per cent freight increase for which the
railways have petitioned.
Drainage Hearings in Fargo.
w. B. Douglas. former justice of the
Minnesota supreme court, has been
named master in chancery to take evil
dence in the Red River Valley drain.
age case at hearings to be held at
Wahpeton and Fargo. The hearing
will be held in Fargo from June 1 to
August l.
Assistant Attorney General Bronson
returned to Bismarck from Washing.
ION, where he represented the state in
the damage suit against Minnesota
arising out of the Red River Valley
drainage trouble.
Patriotic Festival Registration Day.
Make registration day great pa.
triotic festival in North Dakota. urges
Governor Frazier, cooperating with
defense council.
1T is very important that every.
one who comes within the specified
age limits register on this day, even
though he may be physically unfit
for military service" said Governor
Frazier.
every loyal citizen can help to
make this registration as easy as pos.
sible and as complete as possible, and
I am confident the people of North
Dakota will do their best to carry out
the wishes of the administration in
this respect, no matter what may be
their personal views of CONSUMPTION.
Game Farm Near Mandan.
A modern game farm for the propa.
cation Of Chinese pheasants, grouse,
quail, prairie chicken and other game
birds is contemplated by the state
game commission, which, following
business session here. Inspected
tract near the Mandar game refuge
which purchase is under consideration.
10000 Auto Tags Issued.
Forty thousand license tags have
been issued to date, yielding the state
100000, of which all except small
proportion deducted for the cost OF
tags and office expenses, will go into
the state and county highway funds.
May /, $4,000 tags had been issued
Since then the average output of tags
daily has been $40.
Many Wolves Killed.
During the. month of April wolf
bounty warrants calling for $1,672.5O
were registered with the state audi.
tor. Each warrant is worth $3.50, in
dicating that $50 wolves were slaugh.
tered during the month. The audi.
tor anticipates that at least double
that number will be killed this month
and as many more in June. All Of
these warrants must be placed in
cold storage until the next legisla.
tive session, when 1t is hoped that the
lawmakers will make an appropriation
for the payment Of the wolf hunters.
No appropriation was made at the re.
cent session, and the fund is now ex.
aausted.
| Ties Are on the Ground.
Creosoted ties for the relaying of
the Capitol street railway in the bust.
ness district have been unloaded in
the Northern Pacific yards here. They
will not be laid. however, until some.
thing definite is learned as to the abil.
Ity of the state board of control to pro.
sure new steel. The rails which the
board had in view at Chattanooga