The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-06-08
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TO PRESENT DRAMA AT cELEBRA.
TON OF ANNIVERSARY OF
BIRTH OF SHAKESPEARE.
ITEMS FROM STATE CAPITOL
Bismarck Letter Giving Important
and Interesting News Of Officials
and Departments Of North
Dakota Government

Bismarck.
The University of North Dakota will
celebrate 300th anniversary of Shakes
peare's birth at the Bankside theatre
when the great pageant drama Shakes
peare, The Playmaker, written in col
liberation by twenty students in the
department of dramatic literature und.
er the direction of Prof. Frederick II.
Koch, will be given.
It Is hoped that people from all over
the state will gather to see and enjoy
this truly community production which
students have worked on and have
brought to its present complete and
beautiful form. More than 800 charac.
tiers will be represented and all the
players will be costumed magnificent.
ly, fitting the natural outdoor stage.
Changes At Farm School.
The board of regents has just an
uounced numerous changes in the
teaching staff of the Agricultural col
lege, and the promotion of a number
OF the teachers to more important po-
sitions.
Miss Katherine Jensen was elected
rs professor Of home economics and
will be the head Of the department of
home economics. Miss Jensen was an
early graduate of the Agricultural col
lege; has had considerable experience
in public school work,
Dr.. c. 8. Putnam was employed az
director of band and orchestral music
for the coming school year, The must
cal department will devote its atten-
ton largely to the development of a
strong band and orchestra in connec-
ton with military work. DR.. Putnam
formerly held this position at the Ag-
ricultural college.
Miss Hadley was promoted from the
position Of instructor to that Of as
sistant professor Of domestic SCIENCE;
and Miss Taylor from instructor to
assistant professor in domestic art.
DR.. Schalk of the veterinary depart.
ment, was promoted to professor of
comparative physiology in veterinary.
TWenty-one members of the faculty
together with a number of those con.
nected with the experiment station,
and extension work, received recognl.
ton for services rendered in a sub.
stantial way by an increase In salary.
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Banks Make Unusual Gains.
With a net increase in sourc OF
$l.S41,S42.77, revealed in the statement
of the state bank examiner of re.
sources and liabilities of state banks,
as compared with the last previous
statement, banking conditions in North
Dakota continue very satisfactory. The
Increase in is not a usual
condition, by reason OF the fact that
farmers, during this season of the
year, are making heavy expenditures
for spring work.
The statement of bank deposits on
May l. which a the date Of the cali.
reveals totals in tie G52 state banks
and four trust companies reporting, of
$7a,2cS Sob. a net increase in depos.
its Of $2,S77, 1864 over the report
made March 7 last.
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Assessors Instructed.
instructions to boards Of review have
been sent out by the tax commission.
All boards OF review will sit June IL
TO hear complaints from individuals
which may have been done them by
assessors.
The instructions call attention to
the fact that the taxable property of
the state is more than two billion dol.
lars, Which at Is per cent assessment
should give a total assessed value for
the state of $500. 900, 900. The total
assessed value OF property within the
state for 1915 was but $685. Goa, 600.
showing that assessors are allowing a
large amount Of property to escaps
taxation.
Bodies For Dissection.
Dean Fl. E. French of the University
OF North Dakota appeared before the
Grand Forks county commissioners
n requested that the bodies of paup.
ers be turned over to the university for
NAooO\tIpL.
Dean French pointed to the state
law providing that such a course NAV
be pursued by county boards. The
board decided to concede to his re-.
quest. This will furnish corpses of
murdered persons, suicides, accident
victims and dead people leaving no
money or friends, for the scientific
use Of the students at the University.
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Inheritance Tax Law Sound.
Another attack on the constitutional.
tty Of the North Dakota inheritance tax
law has failed. Judge Nuessle of the
district court ruled that the law was
sound in the case of Strauss against
the state. Strauss, a BENEFICIARY nephew
sought to recover the fee paid to the
state on the plea that the law discrim.
mated against nephews and nieces in
favor OF beneficiary cousins. A five per
cent fee is levied on requests to neph.
eWs and nieces OF a decedent. while
OnlV a z Nor canf law IL ~,a