The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-07-20
TO INSPECT SEED
CROPS IN DAKOTA
STATE COMMISSIONER URGES
FARMERS TO MAKE APPLlcA-
TON FOR EXAMINATION, ;
ITEMS FROM STATE CAPITOL
Bismarck Letter Giving Important
and Interesting News Of Officials
and Departments OF North
Dakota Government.

Dakota Government.
Bismarck.
II. l.. Bolley, state seed commits.
sioner, Agricultural college. n. D., has
issued a statement asking all farm.
ers expecting to sell seed next year
to let him know, so that he may ar
M for field inspection. The state
ment follows:
III you are growing amy crop from
which o expect to ave seed to sell
to seed dealers or direct to growers
for sowing purposes, now is the TINA
to make application to have the Seed
Laboratory inspector come and exam
inc your fields.
Our force and funds are limited.
We aim to make a speciality Of ill.,
specting wilt resistant flax. durum
fields with reference to udmixtures
and diseases, and bronze grass field
for quack grass. We will, OF course
inspect II other fields by special RI
quest if convenient to our scheduled
route of inspectors.
ANY grower or group of growers
wishing this work done, should write
at nee. Give your farm location
railway station, etc, and state If you
are willing to meet the inspector end
drive him to the feds"
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May Not Go to Border.
Although the order to break camp
and prepare for immediate entrain.
ment for the South came several days
ago, the order directing the movement
Of troops had not been received at
Fort Lincoln from the War depart.
ment.s
The feeling is growing among army
officers that there will be no call for
the troops at this time, but that they
will be kept i'll readiness at Fort Lin.
coin until the border situation has
taken a new and decisive turn.
A new feature has been injected
into The situation here as u result of
orders from Washington calling for a
second physical examination OF all men
who passed the first examination. The
examination is said to be more strsn.
uous than the first test. and although
no definite figures have been given out,
it is reported that 20 per cent of the
troops are being rejected and that a
number OF officers also have been uu.
able to measure up to the test.
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Impetus Given Road Work.
Considerable activity is being shown
in improving the roads of the state,
declares j. w. Bliss, state engineer.
The coed roads week certainly did
much to arouse interest" says Mr..
Bliss. Publicity given it in the news.
papers of the state and the meetings
held served to rouse public sentiment.
Another factor in encouraging road
building has been the heavy rains this
spring.
1T has convinced the farmers and
CITY residents of the economic value
OF disable roads in all kinds of wealth
er. Many c%ulverts and bridges, most.
~ OF cheap and temporary conslruc.
ton, were washed away and they have
been replaced with new ones of con.
crete or steel.
Harris Robinson and John Moore OF
the engineers department are making
surveys in Nelson county and x. P.
oCIiotd IL "OIhIuS III LOSuu, u6HT
BurnStad.
Fair Sets New Records.
Liv stock representing an aggregate
sum of 5000, 600, or more than 1900
!. head of pure bred animals, and premi-
ums for the horse, cattle, swine and
sheep divisions tota!ing SIT, 1868, were
among the striking features of the live
stock display at the North Dakota state
fair at Fargo.
All records for live stock entries at
North Dakota state fairs have been
broken.
July FL was live stock day, when the
pure-bled animals we're paraded in front
!, of the $50, 900 grand stand.
The general summary of premiums
offered in the various live stock de-
partments is as follows: Horses, 49,
2S7; cattle, $3.50; swine, $2,422, and
sheep, $1,72G.
Create New Department.
A new department to be known as
the regulatory department of the state
government has been created by the
Doard or regents, in session at the
Agricultural college.
DR.. E. F. Ladd, president of the col.
lege, will be the head.
: Secretary Brewer said that things
3 are in fine shape at the farm school
I and that prospects are bright for the
coming school year.
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Plan extras" For Troops.
Luxuries for North Dakota troopers
not afforded by the governments reg
ulations, will be provided while the
; men are at the border. through the
efforts Of the North Dakota benefit
club, of which Mrs. NJ. G. Olson OF
Grand Forks is president. Mrs. John
Frame Of Grafton, wife of Colonel
Frame, regimental commander, who
spent three weeks at Fort Lincoln, Bis.
marck, addressed the women at a meet