Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-20
Educational Institutions.

6uuSaASVUaJ ONOtiIOSiOOO.
The budgets of the various educa-
ti0nal institutions were taken up last
night by the joint appropriation com.
mittee and the following cuts were
made; in each case the figures settled
upon by the joint committee being in
addition to the fixed appropriation
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 $4,000; this item cut to
$15,S40.
Biological station, amount request.
ed $4,000; amount allowed $1,000.
Mining sub-station, amount request.
ed $4,000; amount allowed $4,000.
Geological survey, amount request.
ed $4,000; amount allowed $1,000.
Agricultural College.
Agricultural college, proper, amount
requested $211,O00; amount allowed
$4,000.
Agricultural extension department,
requested 100000; amount allowed
$4,000. ..
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 $1,000.
The sum of $4,000 was allowed for
special live stock work at the sub.
stations. sEs
X Demonstration Farms.
The committee cut out the demons.
tration farms fund without any argu-
ment. A couple of the members Of
the committee stated that they won
dered what good the denomination
farms did the state and Farmer Di-
vet' who was present at the time was
called upon to tell about the demon
stration farm at Wahpet0n.
Mr.. Divet told the members of the
joint committee that the Wahpeton
demonstration farm was not far from
his land and that it was q "straggy
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
nounces to passerby that the place is
North Dakota demonstration farm
torn down. He said that agricultural
college people could not argue that
he land was poor for he referred to
the land as being a good 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 1922; allowed $27,S12.
Normal-lndustrial school, Ellendale,
requested $4,000; allowed $12,00S. :
School of Forestry, Bottieau, re-
quested $95,452; allowed $2S,7S4. 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 $4G,500;
allowed nothing in addition to the ap-
given in lieu of the mill
tax.
Valley City Normal, requested
$171, ,050; allowed $40,O78.
The Total Cuts.
The educational institutional re-
quests were cut grand total Of $780,
300 by the joint committee.
The state departments were cut
s132, 900 in all and were allowed a to.
tai of $783,388.
The legislative appropriation for
the next legislative assembly was cut
/ total of $38,O00.
The high school inspectors salary
was not increased but will remain
he same as at present, $4,000 per an.
lum.
The joint committee will today
AXE up the charitable and penal in
,titutions budgets with the board of
control and will settle upon these bud
gets in meeting to be held tonight
The capitol maintenance fund for the
biennial period was cut from $4,000
o $57 1000, $4,000 cut being made on
he one item of salaries of janitors,
iremen and engineers, etc.
Good Judgment Used.
In practically every item the rec
of the Lath-op com.
nittee were followed out TO the let
er by the joint committee.
In every case the idea was not to
AXE from any institution anything
,hich would hinder it from efficient
Y performing work for which 1t was
reated and is maintained. The items
f expansionfi such as new buildings
nd equipment, where they were not
bsolutely necessary, were the stems
hat were slashed.