Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-09-03

*Decrease.
The decrease in the population of
Devils Lake cannot be accounted for
unless it is possible that the census
enumerator counted the soldiers in
camp that year, which the record
shows to be about that number.
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Game Board Meets.
Pres. G. P. Reeve of the state game
board was in the city from his home at
Beach and attended a session Of the
board held at the office of Sec. Joe Pur-
cell.
A number of matters were talked
over by the board in the way Of fu-
ture work and the appointment of G.
g. Thompson of Pembinta as deputy
district game warden for the Seventh
district was confirmed.
The board is having steel posts and
signs made for marking game refugees
over the state. A number Of farmers
over the state have made applications
to have their places made refugees In
accordance with the provisions of the
new laws and these places will be prop
erly marked by the board.
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Suit Against immigration Board.
Peculiar features are involved In
suit launched by 1. P. Baker. of Bis.
marck, against the state immigration
board, created by the last legislature,
and which has so far refused to or
ganize, as provided by the act.
The operation Of the referendum act
is partially responsible. for the situa-
ton that has been developed, as the
secretary of state has ruled that SUI
fcient petitions have been filed to re-
fer the measure to the voters for
ratification, while the attorney gen.
eral has held that the petitions are
insufficient, in that two different pro-
visions are contained in petitions that
have been filed.
Under the immigration act, an ap-
preparation of $4,000 year 10 made
for immigration purposes. 1t is con-
tended in some quarters that this
money 10 insufficient for anything like
effective work, and for that reason
Governor l.: B. Hanna is opposed to
the expenditure of the cash unless the
step is compelled in the courts.
The question of the effectiveness of
the referendum petitions is one OF
peculiar interest. There were two
sets of petitions in circulation, one Of
which called for the referendum Of
the entire bill to the voters of the
state, while the other set of bills
called for the referendum Of only the
appropriation.
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States Classified High School.
According to the eighth annual re-
port Of the state inspector of high
schools, which has just come from the
press, there are 1913 classified high
schools in the state of North Dakota,
The report also shows that there are
only eight counties in the state that
have no classified high schools, these
being the newer organized counties of
the state.
The-counties without classified high
schools are Billings, Dunn, Logan,
Mckenzie, Mercer, Oliver, Sheridan
and Sioux counties. There are Al
class high schools and five class IL
schools.
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Commissioner Before Board.
M. T. Sanders, tax commissioner OF
the Northern Pacific railway company
appeared before the state board Of
equalization at its recent meeting, re-
garding the assessment of that road.
Mr.. Sanders said that he was prepared
to concede that the valuation which
has been placed upon the railroads in
North Dakota we're low as compar-
ed with some other states, but that
1t must be borne in mind that all other
property in the state is placed upon
the tax rolls at comparatively low
valuation.
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