The Dickinson press., 1915-02-27
MANY LARGE CUTS
IN APPROPRIATIONS
DICKINSON STATION IS SAFE.
THE $4,000 APPROPRIATION
is CONTINUED. DEMON
STRATION FARMS ARE
ELIMINATED.
Educational Institutions Are Cut.
Recommendations of Lathrop
Committee Accepted by Joint
Committee.


Committee.
Bismarck Tribune, Feb. 2O:-The
house and senate appropriation COM
mittees are working together in fine
shape and are unanimous in the prun-
ing operations which are being car
ried on nightly this week. A total
cut of $1,5O0,00O in round numbers,
will be made, this amount to be taken
off the appropriations requested by
the various state departments, the
educational and the penal and charit-
able institutions. This will leave a
comparatively small deficit remaining,
probably between 100000 and $780,
600 in all-thus necessitating raising
the assessed valuation of the state in
the sum of about $5O,000,000 at the
most, it is estimated.
Educational Institutions
The budgets of the various educa-
tional institutions were taken up last
night by the joint appropriation COM
mittee and the following cuts were
made; in each case the figures set
tied upon by the joint committee be-
ing in addition to the fixed appropria-
tion for each institution to take the
place Of the mill tax income.
State University, proper, $234,459
is the total amount requested for the
biennial period; $129,959 is the total
amount allowed by the joint commit
tee.
Public health laboratory, amount
requested $20,0O0; this item cut to
$15,84o. :.
Biological station, amount request
ed $4,000; amount allowed $4,000.
Mining sub-station, amount re-
quested $4,000; amount allowed
Geological survey, amount request
ed $4,000; amount allowed $4,000.
Agricultural College.
Agricultural college, proper,
amount requested $211,O00; amount
allowed, $4,000.
Agricultural extension department.,
requested 100000; amount allowed
Experiment stations, $4,000 re-
quested; $53,500 allowed.
Demonstration farms item of $24,-
900 eliminated from the list.
Other miscellaneous funds allowed
as requested with the exception of the
pure seed fund which was cut from
$1,000 to $4,000.
The sum of $4,000 was allowed
for special live stock work at the SUBJ
stations.
Demonstration Farms
The committee cut out the demon
stration farms fund without any
argument. A couple Of the members
OF the committee stated that they
wondered what good the detnonstra-
ton farms did the state and "Farner
Divet," who was present at the time,
was called upon to tell about the
demonstration farm at Wahpeton.
Mr.. Divet told the members Of the
joint committee that the Wahpeton
demonstration farm was not far from
his land and that it was a "scraggy
looking forty acres of stuff"
He referred to the farm as dis
credit to the state and said that he
would like to see the sign which an
North Dakota demonstration farm
torn down. He said that agricultural
college people could not argue that
the land was poor for he referred to
the land as being as good a piece of
land as there is in that locality.
Other Institutions.
The other educational institutions of
the state were cut as follows:
School of Science, Wahpeton, re-
quested $51,232; allowed $27,512.
Normal Industrial school, Glendale,
requested $85,3OO; allowed $12,OO8.
School of Forestry, Bottineau, re-
quested $95 5,452; allowed $28,784. This
school was also authorized to pur-
chase the 100 acre tract wanted for
tree land by the committee.
Minot Normal, requested $99,135;
allowed $41,276.
Mayville Normal, requested $46,500;
allowed nothing in addition to the ap-
preparation given in lieu of the mill
tax. '.s
Valley City Normal, requested
$171,O50; allowed $40,078.
The capitol maintenance fund for
the biennial period was cut from
$4,000 to ST., 1000, $4,000 cut being
made on the one item Of salaries of
janitors, firemen and engineers, etc.
In practically every item the rec
concentrations Of the Lathrop COM
mittee were followed out to the letter
by the joint committee.
In every case the idea was not to
take from any institution anything
which would hinder it from efficiently
performing work for which it was
created and is maintained. The items
of expansion, such as new buildings
and equipment, where they were not
absolutely necessary, were the items
that were slashed.
The Total Cuts