The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-09

be provided with another vault for
storage purposes and the board of
control will be moved to rooms in the
rear Of the ground floor where they
will have larger quarters. The toilet
room on the ground floor will DO
moved and made somewhat smaller
and other minor improvements will
be made.
Officers Returned.
Lieutenant Turner, u. s. A, and CO.
lionel Tharalson, n. D. N. G., have re-
turned from their trip of inspection Of
the militia companies of the state They
state that the various companies were
found in good condition and that all
of them are prepared for immediate
service if it is found necessary 10 use
them. All of the companies are w
up as far as their quota of men is
concerned and are well Differed.
There appears to be more interest in
the national guard than there has
been for some time. presumably on
account of the fact that there has
been a, chance for some time that the
militia would be called for service on
the Mexican border.
At meeting of the normal school board
of trustees held at Minot recently Hon.
]. M. Devine was unanimously elected
secretary of the board for a term of
two years commencing July / of this
year. The name of the former gov
ernor was placed in nomination by
Hugh Mcdonald and there were DO
other candidates offered. Mr.. Devine
is n man who is well qualified for the
position he will hold and one who
takes a great deal of interest in the
kind of work he will have to do. MI.
Devine has been busy since the cleo
ton receiving the congratulations of
his friends from over the state.
County Superintendent Here.
It has been decided that the annual
meeting of the county school superin-
tendents of the state will be held in
Bismarck on April "a and %. 1t has
been definitely announced that Ma
tional Educational Commissioner
CIaxton will be present at the meeting
and will deliver W. addresses, one in
the afternoon of the April "a and the
second on the evening of April 20. Ac-
cording to present indications this
will be one of the biggest meetings of
the association that has ever been
Taylor has made arrangements for a
number of other good speakers for the
meeting.
State Engineer Resigns.
Governor Hanna has received the
resignation of State Engineer Atkin-
son and same has been accepted. Mr..
Atkinson states in his letter of resig-
nation that he thinks private practice
in his profession holds forth more in
ducements than a position with the
state. The governor has not announc-
! ed who the successor in the office will
be. Mr.. Atkinson will remain in the
city of Bismarck and direct his pri-
vate operations from this point. Who
ever is appointed will have the assist
ance Of the present engineer until he
has become thoroughly familiar with
the duties of the office.
Commissioners File oaths.
Pres. A. w. Lucas and Com
missioners Bertsch and Battey have
filed their oath of Office with the gov
ernor as required under h law pro-
viding for the commission form OF
government.
John Andrews Returns.
Deputy Secretary of State John An
drews is again al his work after an
absence of a couple of weeks spent al
the bedside of his daughter Jean, who
has undergone an operation for appen
dicitis. John states that his daughter
has been taken to her home from the
hospital and that she is out of danger
and improving rapidly. There is a lot
of work ahead of the deputy on ac-
count of his absence.
To Protect the Deer.
Governor Hanna has authorized
Burleigh county to make arrange.
ment for the protection Of deer thai
may be driven out of the protection
of the brush during the flood. 1t is
probable that a number of wardens
will be appointed to look after the en-.
forcement of the law while the water
in the Missouri is high. There are al