The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-03-04

price OF grain by elevators IN the
state, has passed the house and is in
the senate. The bill was bitterly
fought on the floor of the house and
In committee on the ground that it
would work an injustice to grain buy
ers and to the farmers themselves by
preventing any buyer from Offering
more than the market price for grain.
i. j. J.
The failure of the state of Mime
sofa to grant representation on the
boards of appeals at Minneapolis and
Duluth to representatives of North
Dakota Is likely to result In the pass
age of a constitutional amendment
providing for the building of a ter
minal elevator at Duluth or Superior.
It will take four years to obtain the
final passage and approval of this
amendment. The commission that Wis
tied Minnesota and conferred with its
officials was successful in gaining the
approval of the house and senate CON-
mittees of that legislature and of the
railroad and warehouse commission,
but the attorney general Of Minnesota
has held that no North Dakotan can
sit as q member of the Minnesota
boards under the constitution of that
state. A compromise proposition has
been offered that North Dakota name
two men to sit with the, Minnesota
boards and have. access to the books
and records of the boards, but not to
have any vote or be members of the
board. This proposition. it seems, is
not likely to be accepted. The termi-
nal elevator proposition has been re-
ported for the favorable consideration
of the legislature and may finally be-
come reality.
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The various investigation commit
tees have been in session during the
past week. The penitentiary investi-
CATION committee made a preliminary
report the first of the week stating
the nature of the charges that had
been filed and that it would not be
able to report as to the fiscal show
ing of the twine plant for lack of time
before the end of the session, the ex-
pert accountants engaged not being
able to complete their work before
the end of the session. It was stated
that the bookkeeping system of the in.
stitution under Warden Boucher had
not been sufficient and that it was
impossible to tell in many instances
what the institution had produced or
! how it had been disposed Of Some
improvement, it was stated, had been
made, but the system was far from
perfect. A bill has been presented by
the investigating committee to make
the state treasurer the treasurer for
the institution and to provide for the
direct payment by the state of bills
for raw material, thus avoiding inter-
est charges on money advanced to
pay drafts for materials. The COM
mittee recommends the installing of
an entirely new system of bookkeep-
ing for the institution and will make
a further report later in the session.
The committee to investigate the dis
J position of fees for teachers certif1-
Gates in the office of State Superin-
tendent Stockwell has completed it's
investigation. All kinds of rumors
are circulated regarding the findings
of the committee and the report is
awaited with considerable interest.
The committee to investigate other
state departments has made an inves-
tigation but no report as yet. ,
i. !. +
The state officers salary bill has
passed the house and is in the senate,
where its fate is very much in doubt
| J. W. FOLEY