Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-05-19
INDEFINITE TERMS
FOR EDUCATORS
TO CONTINUE IN OFFICE DURING
SATISFACTORY SERVICE UN.
DER NEW RULING.
NEWS LETTER FROM CAPITAL
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Bismarck.
Presidents and members of the fac
ulties of the various state educational
institutions will not be elected annual
ly from now on but will continue in
Office during satisfactory service, I'M
der the ruling just promulgated by the
board of regents. At recent meeting
of that body rules and regulations were
also adopted regarding time service
divisions, associate and assistant pro-
fessors, at the agricultural college.
Copies of these rules have been sent to
the parties affected. Resolutions adop-
ted, in part, are as follows:
The state board Of regents decided
that instead of electing presidents of
the various institutions and members
of the faculty annually for better eftici-
ency the plan would be made to make
all such elections indefinite during sat
isfactory services.
The state board of regents went on
record as strongly in disfavor of the
engagement of any regularly employed
person, in connection with any of the
institutions of the state, in any renum-
erative occupation during his term of
service with the institution.
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May Enter West Point.
Governor L. B. Hanna has just re-
ceived a telegram from Adjutant Cen
eral Mccain of the United States army
to the effect that thru an act of con-
gress approved May 4, three appoint
ments to the United States Military
academy at West Point may now be
made from the enlisted men in the
North Dakota National Guard.
The act provides for the appoint
ment of % men from the National
Guard of the various states to be ad-
mitted to the academy July 10. North
Dakota's allotment is three appoint
ments to be made by Governor Hanna.
The governor stated that he had
written the captains of very military
company in the state, requesting the
names of the most likely candidates
for the appointments. The three ap-
pointments and alternates will be sell
ected from the list furnished by the
captains of the various companies in
the state.
Removal Campaign Halted.
A new phase of the capital removal
fight came up when injunction papers
were served on the secretary of state
restraining him from doing anything
further with the New Rockford capt.
tai removal petitions, until the validity
of all the signatures has been passed
on by the courts of the state.
The secretary of state has been
busily engaged counting the names on
the petitions. No effort was made,
however, to verify any of the sigma
lures. A number of requests were al
so received to have names removed
from the petitions.
The Injunction drawn up by attor-
neys representing the Bismarck Citi-
zens league restraints the secretary of
ment on the ballot.
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Is One Of Greatest States.
Commissioner of Agriculture and
Labor R. F. Flint has returned from
Warrington, D. c., where he acted as
delegate from this state to the Ma.
tional Conservation Congress and the
~ tn oh nd
cultural Commissioners of the United
States.
North Dakota is certainly on the
mar" said Commissioner Flint, and
was certainly recognized at the meet
ing as one Of the greatest If not the
greatest agricultural state in the
union.'
Other states are equally as back
ward as North Dakota, in planting
this spring, according to Mr.. Flint.
Ohio. Pennsylvania. Indiana and Illi-
OILS, are all suffering from the late
season.
To Oppose Farmers League.
A complete ticket of candidates for
Republican nominations in statewide
primary, running on platform featur
ing opposition to the Farmers Non
partisan Political league. probably will
be brought to the front soon as re-
Salt of quiet movement under way.
The antileague candidate will be
combination of the Progressive and
stalwart elements within the Repub.
lican party.
1t is planned to advocate the nom
ination for which the nonpartisan
league has made Eomiration-the
theory being to oppose every league
candidate.
Gets High Price For Steers.
w. H. Peters, in charge Of live stock
feeding experiments at the North Da-
kota agricultural college at Fargo &C
companied shipment of high-grade
Angus and Shorthorn steers and heif-
ers to the South St. Paul market and
disposed Of the string at the highest
prices paid there in recent weeks. The
steers sold at $3.50 and $40 a hundred
weight and the heifers at 50. The
stock was exceptionally we'll finished
and had been fatteaed mainly on
ration of which barley was the prin.
cipal Ingredient.
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Takes Case Under Amusement.
Il. X. Bell. general manager of the
Calumet Baking Powder company. and
Chief Chemist T. J. Bryan of the same