Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-10-27
DAKOTA CORN CROP
IS ABOVE AVERAGE
RANKS NINE PER CENT BETTER
SAYS MONTHLY REPORT OF De
PARrMENT-oAr CROP GOOD.
NEWS OF STATES MILITIAMEN
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State Institutions and Officials
With Live Letters From Flick.
ertail Guardsmen at Border.


9 per cent better, says the monthly
crop report of the department OF agri-
culture, than the average for the last
10 years. The general condition Sept.
/ was IS per cent, as compared with an
average of rs per cent for the decade.
The September forecast gave the state
13,898,0OO bushels, as compared with
12,039,0O0 bushels estimated Aug. l,
1916, and final estimate Of 100000
for 1915. In grain crops, oats was
given second rank to corn in the Sep
TENDER report, with a rating OF IS, as
compared with 10 year average OF
IS. The estimated crop in September
was 5S,O39,OOO bushels, as against
final estimate of 9S,OoO,000 in 1915.
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Asks Autoists to Buy Tags.
More than 41,000 North Dakota auto
mobile owners are being urged by Sec
rotary of State Hall to do their Chris
mas shopping for license tags early.
During the past two years, because OF
the possibility of change in the H.
cense law, automobiles have held CT
until April, when the demand for tags
has come in a rush. Last April 10000
tags were issued, and the force was
swamped. Eighteen thousand more
applications were receivd for the
months of May and June.
"Why wait until April or May to
get your tag?" asks the secretary of
state in his circular letter. "The fee
is the same whether you register In
January or in November"
The letter is accompanied by the
regulation application blank, upon
which the owner is expected to state
the make of his car, the model or
vintage, the horsepower, purpose for
which the car is used, and other in
formation, which goes on file at the
capitol.
Assessment Rolls Grow.
Thousands of acres OF land have
been added to the assessment rolls OF
the state during the year. The heavi-
est increase, naturally, is in the west
ern part of the state, some Of the east
ern counties having made little or no
gain. for the reason that practically all
of the public lands in these counties
have been taken up.
Mckenzie county reported as assess
able in 1916 1,057.377 acres, while
the total last year was 9S0,705. this
big increase being principally due to
the opening of portion OF the Fort
Berthold reservation.
Divide shows an increase Of $4,000
acres, Burke, $4,000; Dunn, 10000;
Burleigh, $4,000; Slope, $4,000; Bow
man, $4,000; Morton, $4,000; Noun
trail, 100000; and Golden Valley. 49,
900. All of the western counties show
substantial gains with the exception
of Oliver, which reports decrease Of
about 1000 acres in assessable lands.
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Board Exceeded Right.
Did the state beard of equalization in
making its recent fiat ten per cent re-
duction in the valuation Of farm lands,
railways and town and city lots exceed
it's authority?
The state tax commission holds that
It did, and to sustain its contention 1t
cites paragraph five of section 2141
of the compiled laws of 1913, which,
referring to the duties Of the state
board of eQualizations, reads as fol-
lows:
"They shall not reduce the aggregate
valuation of all the property of the
state as returned by the several coun-
ty auditors more than one percentum
on the whole valuation thereof"
There is no question that the recent
ten per cent cut on three of the states
most important classes of property did
exceed a reduction of one per cent up
on the aggregate value of all the
property of the state as returned by
the several county auditors.
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Auto 10 Not Bank Asset.
An automobile cannot be carried up
on the books of state banks and trust
companies, as an asset, says the North
Dakota banking board in its annual
report now on file with the secretary
of state. During the year covered by
the 9th annual report of the board,
eight applications to sell stock under
the blue sky law were approved, and
three denied. The examiner inspect.
ed 998 banks. 4S county, 90 city and
fourteen state offices and two institu.
lions; $27,1S635 was collected in fees
for bank examinations; $4,000 from
counties; $2,445 from cities, and $416,.
25 under the provisions of the blue
sky act, a total of $33,19760.
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Teaching Hazardous in N. D.