Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-04-12
ARGUMENTS HEARD
ATTORNEYS IN CASE OF GRANT
TO ovARDsMEN APPEAR BE-
FORE SUPREME COURT.
GOSSIP OF THE STATE HOUSE
a Review Of the Work Of the STATE
Government at the Capitol and
at the Various state
Institutions.

- SssO V0VsVu0 OS0SO
Institutions.
Pierre
The hearing on the warrant for sew
enty-five thousand dollars which the
legislature voted for the troops on the
border, and which State Auditor Hand
lin asked a court construction upon
the constitutionality of the appropria-
ton, was presented in the supreme
court. Attorneys l. L. Stephens,
Glenn E. Martens and John Suther.
land, appearing as volunteer attorneys
for the soldiers and Attorney General
Caldwell for Auditor Handlin. The
contentious principally appear to be
the exact status of the troops so far
as the state is concerned, while they
were on the Mexican border This
apparently hinged on how far they had
placed themselves under federal pay
and federal regulations, they were
federal troops and not state troops in
fact, and that the state could not lie.
gally appropriate funds for their USE
That Loving Cup.
The loving cup which has been do.
mated to the county which made the
best showing at the meetings of the
state educational association each
year, has been placed in the state his.
torical society. as it had so many
county names engraved upon it that
names, and new cup is to be pro.
vided. While there is long list of
names, the only counties which ap.
pear more than once on the cup are
Hughes and Hyde, each of which has
held the trophy twice.
Loses Office.
That county commissioner loses
his right to his Office If he should move
from one commissioner district to an.
other is the holding of the state legal
department, under the provision of
chapter II. laws of 1909. Prior to that
time there was confusion as to Just
what the rights of county commits.
sfoner were SO long as he remained a
resident of the county, but it is held
that under the provisions of that stat.
ute the ambiguity of the law has been
removed, and the statute made plain.
A Highway Ruling.
The highway agitation over the
state gives more than ordinary inter.
est to the holding of the state legal
department that there is no legal
method Of either paying warrants for
road work out Of the general funds,
or Of transferring money from the
general fund to, the highway fund.
The only money available for high.
way construction is that specifically
voted for such purpose.
Unofficial Issue Ready.
The unofficial issue of the session
laws Of the 1917 session are printed
and being sent out by the Nipple Print.
ing company of this city. the official
printers. The new volume contains
691 pages of new enactments, making
It a larger volume than the big 1915
session with its 608 pages. The official
laws will not be printed until some
time in June.
BE Ready to Fight Hoppers.
Farmers who were troubled with
grasshoppers last year should get &C.
quainted with the best methods of
fighting them because the hopper pest
is likely to appear again this season.
This warning is issued by Prof. H. G.
SEVERN, state entomologist at State
college, who has Just prepared a well
illustrated and practical bulletin
Meet Assessors.
The members of the state tax com.
mission are in the western part of
the state beginning their annual spring
meetings with the local assessors of
the different counties before they be.
gin their spring assessment work. The
members Of the commission will be
busy for the next month on this line
Of their work.
Must Tie Up Bird Dogs.
The state game warden has called
attention to the state game law which
prohibits bird dogs from running at
large in this state for the months Of
April, May and June Of each year.
which was enacted to prevent these
dogs from destroying the nests Of
game birds.
Parker Man New Judae.
Gov. Norbeck has selected L. l..
Fleeger. Of Parker, as the new Judge
for the Second circuit. The appoint.
ment was necessary to carry out the
act passed by the last legislature