Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1907 — HILL IS TOLD TO GET BUSY [ARTICLE]

HILL IS TOLD TO GET BUSY

Commanded by Interstate Commerce Commission to End the Coal Famine. Chicago, Jan. 9. —A telegraph order to James J. Hill commanding him to do something immediately to relieve the coal famine in the northwest was sent by members of the interstate commerce commission, sitting in Chicago. News from the district where the people have been suffering for weeks caused the commissioners to take summary action. The telegram was signed by Commissioners Lane and Harlan and was as follows: "Our information is that the coal situation at Mohall and Cavalier, N. D„ is still extremely serious. Farmers are chopping telegraph poles for fuel, and many farmers have been driven into town. Further aid must be promptly given.” This message followed the receipt of a dispatch to the commission from Attorney Marble in which he said that there was great suffering in the Dakota towns, that more than sixty farmers bad been driven into the cities for refuge, that there was no coal at Cavalier and that a bad storm east of Devil's Lake was aggravating the serious situation.