The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-12-19
HANNA'S
CHRISTMAS
PRFS Mt
New Governor Landed Site for
Fargo Postofiice
Appropriation for Building VIII
Il Gene Two Years Hence
Is Preparing Legislative Mes
sage and Working Hard

The Christmas gift of the nation
to the city of Fargo, through the
efficient and successful efforts of Cong.
Louis B. Hanna, governor -elect of
North Dakota, is the site. for the
much needed new postoffice building,
Among the final efforts of the Fargo
statesman in the lower house of con-
gress, from which he will soon severe
his connection to assume the helm
of the flickertail ship of state, was
his work to secure the passage of the
bill which provides new site for.
the Fargo postoffice.
The last act of the new governor
in the securing of an appropriation of
$4,000 for site for the new post
office, will place Fargo directly in
line for the list of building appropri-,
ations two years hence when it viii
be received in the senate.
Fargo Next.
The successful passage of the Han
ma bill for the site appropriation al
ready places the Fargo postoffice on
the list of new federal buildings. In
the senate this year only two new
buildings remain the list, jamestown
and Valley City. One of these will
be cared for by each senator, so that
both will probably be passed before
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gress. This will place the Fargo
building first p on the list of appro
priations two years hence.
The last of the new postoffices in
North Dakota this year was Dickinson
and was cared for by Congressman
Helgesen. Mr.. Hanna said, and all the
other cities are provided for in fed
eral buildings which gives assurance
that Fargo will be next. With a
$35,0G9 appropriation made by, the
government through the successful
efforts of Governor -elect Hanna, the
Fargo congressman feels that with the
concerted effort of the flickertaiI dele
cation in the next congress, Fargo
bids fair tot secure. q S250,000 appro-
priation for the new federal building,
which will be a beautiful ornament
to the city as well as a monument
to the efforts of the new governor
and all the others who will be in
strumental In the passage of such a
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Posbnastsrs' Salaries.
Like few of the other congress-
men who have been elected to the
governorships of several states this
year., Mr.. Hanna will not resign his
seat in the lower house until just a
day or, two before assuming the duties
of his future office in order to use
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of several other bills which he has
recently introduced and which are
still pending.
One of the bills provides for the
placing of all fourth class postmasters
on salary. Such postmasters are
paid on a commission basis and fre-
quently their stamp and postal sales
and rate of cancellation is not sufffci-
ent to provide them any compensation
whatever for their .labors. ay
Mr.. Hanna's bill provides that "all
postmasters of fourth class postof-
fees shall be placed on a regular sal
ary instead of commission as at the
present, and under the rules and regu-
lations as to the amount of salary to
be paid at the several fourth class
postoffices, which rules and regulations
shall be prescribed by the postmaster
general. but the minimum salary that
shall be paid at any fourth class post
office shall not be less than $500 per
annum." f
The governor elect is very much in
terested in this measure, particularly
since President Taft has placed all
fourth class postmasters under the
civil service law.
Office at Residence.
From now on until his final depart
ure for Bismarck, three weeks hence,
Governor-elect Hanna will spend most
of his time at the unofficial executive
residence on the corner of Third ave-
nue. and Ninth street south, where he
will maintain his Office instead of down
town. In such an arrangement he feels
he can accomplish more than else
where.
Every minute until his Inauguration
as governor, will be occupied Judging
from the vast amount of papers and
correspondence on his desk. Many OF
these papers pertain to certain land
matters in connection with his differ
ent homestead bills in congress.
For the next few days Mr.. Hanna
will endeavor to catch up with his
correspondence, after which he will
outline his message to the legislature.
He will be extremely busy and will be
closeted much of the time with his
private secretary, Mr., Ziegler, and later.
with Secretary to the Governor Foley,
who will probably arrive in the city for
conference before the holidays.
VIII Leave Soon.
The new gubernatoriaI family will
leave for Bismarck after the first Of
the year, three or four days before the
inauguration. Miss Dorothy Hanna,
who accompanied her father home yes
terday from school in the east. will
return to her studies before the family
leaves for the state capital
Governor elect Hanna said this
er morning that he had not made any
further announcements and refrained
from any discussion of the matter
whatsoever.
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