Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-06-14
STATE PREPARING
FOR LENGTHY WAR
DEFENSE COUNCIL IMPREssEs
PROGRAM OF PREPAREDNESS
FOR DEFENSE.
DoINGs AT STATE CAPITOL
What 10 Transplrins In tho Different
Departments Where the Affairs Of
State Government Are
Administered.
Bismarck.

Bismarck.
Preparedness-for defense, for com.
fort, for food production, for the mar.
keting of crops-was the central
thought about which resolved the ses.
sion of the North Dakota National
Council Of Defense in their first ses.
sion.
That forty thousand cars will be re.
CURED next fall to carry North Da.
kota's coal, and that neither cars nor
coal may be available at that time
was the startling statement made by
Dean E. j. Babcock of North Dakota
School of Mines, member of Federal
National Council of Defense.
There is need of recognizing the
fact that the nation must be put on
basis of three years of war and North
Dakota must be prepared, said one
speaker. Committees were named to
take up the various angles and F. C,
Hellstrcm was elected secretary of
the council.
Prepare for the worst" advised
Governor Frazier in outlining the
work Of the committee in a short ad.
dress.
THE situation is very serious" said
the governor, "and we must be pre-.
pared for anything that may come"
Farmers Get Their Money.
The referee in bankruptcy appoint.
ed upon petition of the state railway
commission to look after the interests
OF farmers who had grain stored il
the defunct Albrecht elevator at Van
Hook advised the commission today
that every holder Of storage ticket
except one has been paid in full.
The single exception declines to &C:
cept for his grain the price prevail.
ing the day the elevator was closed.
but insists that current prices be paid.
Limited Suffrage Assured.
Women of North Dakota will have
limited suffrage after July 1. The
North Dakota Referendum association
and the Antisuffrage association failed
IN an attempt to secure a referendum
of the measure.
Under the suffrage act women Of 21
or upwards can vote for presidential
electors. county surveyors. county con.
stables and for all offices of cities.
villages and towns except police mag.
istrates and city justices of peace, and
upon all questions or propositions
submitted to vote of the electors
of such municipalities or other polit.
ical subdivisions Of this state.
Court action may halt the suffrage
measure, however. It is said test
case will be brought to test the con.
stttuttonality of the measure, antisuf.
fragists contending that such a meas.
ure granting franchise must first be
submitted to the people before it be.
comes operative.
Demand for Prison-Made Irvine.
There have been inquiries for three
times as much Irvine as we could sup
ply" asserted Warden Frank E. Tai
colt of the state prison recently in
speaking of the operation of the Irvine
plant at that institution. He stated
that during May the average daily pro-
duction of $4,000 pounds has been in
creased by at least 600 pounds daily
and 1t is his belief that the recent
ly installed bonus system of payment
to the men is the cause of the in.
creased output.
Manufacture Of sisal twine has been
completed for the season. The pro.
duction was 100000 pounds. Manila
Irvine is now being manufactured.
F1bres are still increasing in value.
prison prices for the twine having
been set for the year at IA cents for
standard sisal and 16 cents for Ma
Mia.
Banks In Fine Shape.
North Dakota banks are prepared
for tho war. They are in condition
to buy a large amount of Liberty
Bonds. They IRE in the best condition
In their history. according to the
statement of the condition of the banks
at the close Of business May /, made
public today by J. r. Waters, state
examiner.
There are 6s7 r!ate banks and four
trust companies IN the state, a gain
OF 81 new banks In the past year. The
total footing Of the banks at the close
Of business May 1, was $1O7, 1861, 941.61.
. gain Of $16.332,5S6.76 over year
previous and gain of $3.6O9. 55O.63 in
less than two months.
The big increase of deposits and the
excellent condition of the state banks
10. q surprise. even to the state Off.
Gals. This is usually a poor time of
the year for good showing for the
institutions and the statement is the
best ever issued by the state depart.
ment.