The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-12-04

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DOINGs OF LEGISLATURE
Bismarck, N. D.. Nov. 28-A cow buying bill is being
prepared by nonpartisan eaguers for introduction Satr
day at the special legislative session. It's purpose is to
the bdng rs of the live stock business and make
North Dakota live stock as well as wheat state 1t is
proposed that farmers from organization for purchas
ing high grade cattle and after certain sum accumuates
in the associations treasury that the stock be purchased
by the county and then turned to the counties The
county will raise it's money for this purpose through
bond issue The money to be paid back in yearly sums by
the farmers getting the stock The association will be sim
liar to the home builders association act The bond issue
will be along the line those used by counties now
to get money for relief Of farmers to enable them to buy
seed grain and feed after bad year.
The state automobile association is urging the league
adopt good roads building plan similar to the Babcock
plan in Minnesota It proposed that the state be bonded
trunk system If the league takes action the automo
bile association probably will get the project before the
people for vote under the initiative law The association
is to meet in Mot soon after the legislature adourns
The state action in Selling the coal mines and operat
ing them during the strike is to get before the state SUI
pee court again today appeal from the decision OF
Judge Nuesse Of the Bureigh county district court VINO
assumed jurisdiction and restraining the Adjutant Cen
eral from operating the Washburn mines at Wilton.
Fargo, N d. Nov. 26.-Declaring he was unwilling to
define the powers of the chief executive of American
commonwealth to protect his subjects where there was
seasonabe danger Of disaster disturbances and loss OF
life Federal Judge Amdon today United States district
court denied the request Of the Dakota Coal Company OF
Minneapolis for permanent Injunction against AdJutant
General Frazies restraining him from operating the COM
panys mines at, Tasker N. d. ...@.s.
Attorneys for the plaintiff announced they would ap
peal the temporary injunction during pending OF the ap
peal. This appeal was also denied. -:
The mines in question are located at Tasker, Ward
county, this state They taken over by the state No
vember Is and on November 49, the federal court issued
temporary restraining order against state operation OF
the miners and ordered Adutant General Fraser to
pear November "a and show cause why this order Eoud
not be permanent.
In the trial the defendants introduced evidence to
show that the miners upon learning of the return OF the
mines to the owners went out again on strike ana nave
been out since The involved the question of whether
the has right to call out the state militia to deal
with that may be reasonably expected to lead to
disaster disturbances and loss Of e rather than wait
It'll the results are achieved.
"There is one outstanding FEATURE said Judge Ami
don in his decision briefly reviewing the history OF the
strike and the situation in North Dakota coa is being
mined here( while elsewhere it is not
The decision in iustyng the governors act referring
the fact that the people of the tte especially in the
western part had been educated to Ignite and prac
Ically nothing could be substituted for it.
The Judge said, sthe situation in the east wants only
the weather conditions to force executive as the gov
Of the state to take tn step that has been taken IN
North Dakota II am sure he said that were it not for
the political situation in North Dakota would term
Governor Frazers action in taking over the mines as an
|archy'"
Reference was made to Colonel Roosevelts ultimatum
Ito the anthracite miners Of Pennsylvania when in 1903
president Of the United States he declared the govern
ment would operate the mines the miners and operators
|di dnot to agreement within specified time
NEW NOTE SENT TO MEXICO
Washington Nov. 28--A new note demanding details
Of the charges against William Jenkins American coun
ceor agent held in prison at Pueblo will be sent to the
Mexican today it announced today at the