The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-03-16
Bismarck Letter Giving Important
and interesting News Of Officials
and Departments Of North
Dakota Government,

QueSteu tne emergency board to set
aside $4,000 a year for such expert
showing that the federal supreme
court had held unconstitutional the
tntrastate Ignite rate. and hence il
was necessary to hire an expert to fig.
ire new rates.
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N. D. Collects Insurance Fees.
Stats Insurance Commissioner Tay.
lor has prepared some instructive fig.
ures showing amount Of insurance
written In this state during the past
year. Fire losses show a decrease
from 42.3 per cent. A year ago the
ratio was 81 per cent.
The figures for 1915 follow:
Fire risks written .... .$15S, S3S,492.10
Premiums paid ........ 2,5O3 ,4s6.45
Losses incurred ...,., l.O6OS711f
Hall Insurance.
risks written 7,O61, ST.. SO
Premiums paid 100000. $2,41S,431.52
Losses incurred ....... 81, C6O, 29S. so
Life Business.
Numbsc policy holders .......,12.274
Total risks .......... .S22.715So1 "a
1iSHlluius ........... 81, 143 .OS3 Go
Deaths and matured poll
GIGS $635,937.64
The department collected from the
Insurance companies in fees and tax.
es. $1O3,913.5G during January and
February Of 1916. In 1914 for the
same period s. ,129.01 was collected,
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Funds For Highways.
Jay w. Bliss. state engineer. has
compiled the following data show.
Ing the amount OF funds that will be
available for road and bridge work in
Inc state for the season of 1916. The
hgures are based on returns made by
county auditors and are complete with
the exceptions Of Bowman and Eddv
counties. The total amount available
VIII be $2.7ll, 295, and is made up of
+6l4.sOs county road funds, $549, 5S1.
county bridge funds and $7l,434, mo.
tor vehicle license refund The total
average available per county is s52-
l4o. In other words. there may he
spent on North Dakota's highways an
amour! equal to $4.O3 for every man.
woman and child enumerated in tina
1915 state census.
A veal ago Mr.. Bliss estimated that
@2,31O.00O would be available for
roads during 1915. Data was obtained
!atef "h1ch substantiated the estimate.
Inc amount OF money. then for road
purposes for 1916 above that available
for 1915 is $341, 1855.
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Injunction In Tobacco Case.
The United States court of appeals
1T st. Louis. has just ordered the issu.
ance or an injunction against +. F.,
Lsdd, state chemist and food commits.
sioner OF North Dakota, 10 prohibit
him from carrying out threats of pros.
ecutlon against tobacconists selling a
certain make Of tobacco, which one set
of experts has pronounced to be snuff
and another set has declared to la
merely chewing tobacco.
The decision is a victory for the
tobacco company, which failed to get
the Injunction in the United States
district court Of North Dakota.
Tie Court, in issuing it's opinion,
denned both forms of tobacco. The
Importation or sale of snuff in North
Dakota is strictly prohibited under a
penalty of a fine of not less than $500
nor more THAI $1,000 for the fl st of.
tense and Imprisonment for ST..
months for each succeeding ofrense.
Laid Raps Big Business.
E. F. Ladd, new president of tn.
North Dakota agricultural college.
making his first address to the college
students. declared: big business will
have no hand in agricultural college
hHalrs az long as an president" Mr..
Laid also quoted a letter from Presi.
dent Crawford OF the board of regents.
saying: "Ladd's election will settle
forever rnmors that big business II
attempting to run the college"
Racing Circuit Officials Elected.
Fargo.-The changing OF the name
OF Short Ship Racing circuit to the
North Dakota-Minuesota Racing cir.
cult. the exclusion OF Warren. MINI.
from the association because of dates
conflicting with those OF Valley City,
and the election OF the officers was
the chief business that came up before
the meeting Of the circuit representa-,
tives here. w. 8. Lycan Of C%rookston,
was elected president. G. A. Nash,
s~sorstsry Of the State Fair association,
Oas made secretary.
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