The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-06-01
COUNTIES GIVEN
AUTO TAX FUND
FIRST DISTRIBUTION MADE BY
SECRETARY OF sTATE-Mo.
NEY GOES TO ROADS.
FROM STATE CAPITOL
Bismarck Letter Giving Important
and Interesting News Of Offieia!s
and Departments Of North
Dakota Government.
Bismarck.

Bismarck.
The first distribution of the antomo'
bile registration fund to the several
counties in the state, covering the
months of January, February and
March, has been made by Thomas
Hall, secretary Of state. Total humble.
of vehicles registered during this peri
cd was S9,021. Secretary Hall reports
the 1915 registration to be 24,9OS motor
vehicles and estimates the registra'
ton for 1916 will exceed 10000.
The total expense OF handling this
department last year was thirty cents
for each car; this includes the cost OF
the tag. postage, printing, clerk hire.
etc. The county road funds received
$2.70 net for every automobile regis,
tered for the year 1915. This year it
Is hoped a little more per a will be
returned to the counties than last year
X X X
Week Opens With Play:
Commencement week at the North
Dakota Agricultural college open with
the presentation of the play, Tier HIS.
bands Wife" by the senior class. It
will be given both in the afternoon and
evening in the Little Country theater.
Jerome Hall Raymond OF Chicago,
Ill, will give the baccalaureate sermon
on Sunday, June II, in the college ar:
mory at 3 o'clock. A sacred concert
will also be given at this time.
Monday. June ~ the Senior class ex.
eGcises will he given at the Little Conn.
try theater at 3 O'Clock in the after.
moor In the evening is the college ex-
position night. A pageant on the col.
}ege campus will be a feature of the
evening:
Governor !. p. Hanna will deliver
the commencement address to the
class Tuesday morning, June 10 at 10
o'clock in the college armory. Fifty:
three men and women are candidates
for degrees this year. President Is. II:
Ladd Of the college will present the
diplomas at this time.
X X 4
Regents At Valley City.
The North Dakota state board of 70
gents and business men of Valley City
were guests of the domestic science
CLASS of the Valley City state normal
school at a dinner given by the young
ladies of the class ip honor Of the re.
gents. Addresses We're made by mem:
bers Of the board and several OF the
prominent men of the city:
The state board of regents were ip
conference with Pres Mcfarland of
the state normal school, and President
Smith Of the school Of forestry at Bot,
tineau. Matters discussed concerned
the needs of the schools.
Because of the situation that has
been in existence here for years where.
ny not enoungh pupils can be procured
ut the normal for practice work in
teaching, a committee consisting of the
board of regents and five business men
was named to devolve some way to
remedy the matter.
4 X X
Militia Eneampment IN jung.
Militia companies of North Dakota
VIII go. into encampment this veal in
the Black Hills of South Dakota, &C,
cording to information given out at
q meeting Of Company b, First In
North Dakota National Guard.
The dates set for tho encampment are
from June 20 to 80.
Captain G. A. NJ. Anderson received
general orders from Adjutant General
L. II. Thaalson that 'all organizations
OF the North Dakota National Guard
would parade" on Memorial day.
All the company commanders were
ordered to report to me post COM.
mander OF the Grand Army of the Re.
public with their commands for es.
cort ana to furnish the necessary fir.
ing squads and other details.
\ X \
Changes at Farm School.
Several important changes are about
occur at the North Dakota Agricul.
tural college at Fargo. 1t is rumored
the public speaking department
and the English department are about
to be ~reorganized, with some possible
changes in the faculty, and a number
Of other changes.
Professor B. A. Orr, head of the col.
lege conservatory of music, has "a.
signed, and as this department nav be-
changed around OF dropped entirely it
Is possible no successor will be chosen.
MISS Haggart, physical Instructor, and
Miss Stoner, domestic science depart.
ment teacher, have also resigned their
as a result Of the shakeup.
4 X \
New Rockford will fight to the last
ditch IN support Of the legality of the
proceedings that have been taken up
this time, and for the validity Of
proposed election" said Mr.. Black.
head Of the New Rockford organize.
ton.
New Rockford expected Bismarck
begin the proceedings that hays
been launched, and we are prepared To
go through the courts as RAPIDLY "a
possible"