Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-07-12
700 SOLDIERS ARE
DEPRIVED Of PAY
APPROPRIATION FOR EXTRA PAY
FOR BORDER SERVICE lNsUF.
FIciENT AND DELAY ENsUEs.
DolNGs AT STATE CAPITOL
What Is Transptrlns In the Different
Departments Where the Affairs Of
State Government Are
Administered.

departments Wnere the Analrt OF
State Government Are
Administered.
Bismarck.
Seven hundred North Dakota sol.
der boys who expected spending
money for the Fourth in checks up
to $50, representing pensions at SO
the month for time spent on the Mex.
lean border. were disappointed, be-
cause the state appropriated only $780,.
900 for this purpose and under the act
which became effective July l, the pen
sions due total $4,000. The emerg-
ency commission will be expected to
make up the $4,000 deficit. A meet.
ing Of this body probably will be held
at once. In the meantime, all vouch.
ers are being held up. pending the
possible necessity of a readjustment.
Keep eutterfat in State.
Approximately half of the butterfat
produced in North Dakota is shipped
to Minnesota for manufacture, accord.
ing to Stanley H. Abbott, assistant
dairy commissioner of North Dakota.
Many North Dakota farmers are at
tracted by the high prices offered by
some Minnesota cream buyers" said
Mr.. Abbott. ''and they ship their cream
out of the state with the firm belief
that they are getting more for their
product. when, as a matter of fact,
they are often going to extra bother
and really getting less for the cream
than they would IL they had sold 1t
in their local market"
Mr.. Abbott maintains that tests are
made on varied bases, and that in
many instances the farmer gets less
for his product than he is entitled to.
County Officials Have Task Ahead
County auditors and county com.
missioners are looking forward with
some dread to their July meetings as
county boards Of equalization. for at
this time under an act of the last leg
fslature they must increase 20 per cent
the assessed valuation of all farm
lands. city lots and other real prop.
erty in the state.
Such property heretofore has been
assessed at Is per cent of its actual
value. Last fall the legislature in an
effort to approach one step further
toward single tax. adopted new
classification which increases the as.
sessed valuation of real property to
30 per cent Of the actual value; re.
duces improvements on farms and
city lots. live stock. agricultural ma.
chinery. etc.. from IS per cent to 20
per cent of the actual value, and
household goods, furniture, wearing an.
parel, stocks. bonds. moneys and cred.
its to per cent.
Active Work for New Regiment.
Within less than "a hours after the
order of Governor Lynn ]. Frazier had
been given to recruit second nation
al guard regiment in North Dakota,
eight cities in the state had launched
into campaigns to recruit companies
for the new military unit. Minot, New
Rockford, Devils Lake, Mandan and
Bismarck. Cando, Crosby, Langdon
and Beach were the first to take up
the responsibilities, and reports from
these towns told of organizations we'll
under way.
The new regiment, which must be
ready for inspection by July 10, will
consist Of IL letter companies. a ma.
chine gun company, a headquarters
company. supply company and hos.
pital corps.
Teachers Pension Law Attacked.
Constitutionality Of North Dakota's
teachers retirement and pension act
was attacked in the supreme court by
Treasurer A. E. Hauge. of Ransom
county. who appealed from the dis.
trict court decision lpholding the act.
New Laws in Effect.
Changes in regard to prohibition
laws we're the only ones effective July
l. The states new banking law-ths
deposits guaranty act, which secures
every dollar placed in state and ma.
tional banks-also went into effect
The commissioners who will regulate
the guaranty fund are chosen from
members Of the North Dakota Bank.
ers' association, the state bank com.
missioner and Governor Frazier. The
guaranty fund is created through an
assessment on each bank equivalent
to one-twentieth of one per cent Of the
average daily deposits.
July l also saw a law effective
known as the uniform warehouse re.
ceipt act. It provides for q closer
identity Of ownership. amount Of id.
vances made for which warehousemen
claim a lien. Licenses will hot be 10.
sued until the new forms are secured.
Automobile dealers are also warned
that each car used for demon tration
purposes must bear state license tag,
Every dealer must also take out q req.
istration card for every make, Of car
handled.