The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-10-26
GAINS N
AsSESSAbLEL LAND
WESTERN COUNTIES ADD THOU.
SANDS OF ACRES-RESERVA-
TON OPENED IN MCKENZIE.
NEWS OF STATES MILIT!AMEN
important Items From North Dakota
State Institutions and Officials
Win Live Letters From Flick.
ertaii Guardsmen at Border.

Bismarck.
Thousands of acres Of land nave
been added to the assessment rolls al
the state during the year The heHvt'
est Increase, naturally, is in the west
ern part Of the state, some of the east.
ern counties having made little or no
gain, fer the reason that practically all
have been taken up.
Mckenzie county reported as assess.
pble in 1916 1,O57,377 acres, while
The total last year was 980,101, this
big increase being principally due to
the opening OF a portion of tho Fort
Berthoid reservation.
Divide shows an increase of $4,000
acres, Burke, 14,0O0; Dunn, 10000;
Burleigh, $4,000; Slope, $4,000; Bow.
man, $4,000; Morton, $4,000; Noun
trail, 10000; and Golden ValleJ, 49,
600. All of the western counties chow
Substantial gains with the exc option
Of Oliver, Which reports a decrease Of
about 2!,000 acres in assessable lands.
X X
Asks Autoists to Buy Tags.
More than ii, 1000 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 a change in the Ii.
law, automobilists have held of
until April, when the demand for tags
has come in q rush. Last April 10000
tags were issued, and the force was
swamped. Eighteen thousand more
applications We're 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
ia 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.
X X X
Board Exceeded Right.
Did the state board of equalization in
making its recent flat ten per cent re.
duction in the valuation of farm lands,
railways and town and city lots exceed
Its authority?
The state tax commission holds that
1t did. and to sustain it's contention 1t
cites paragraph five of section 2l41
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.
Y \
Corn Crop Above Average.
North Dakota corn this year ranks
. 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
l3,s9S,OO0 bushels, as compared with
l2,039,OO0 bushels estimated Aug. ].
1916, and a final estimate of $500, 900
for 1915. In grain crops, oats was
given second rank to corr in the Sen.
TENDER report, with a rating of GO, as
compared with a 10 year average of
70. The estimated crop in September
was 5S,039,000 bushels, as against a
fna! estimate of 5000, 900 in 1918.
X X X
Auto Is Not Bank Asset.
An automobile cannot be carried IN
on the books of state banks and trust
companies, as an asset, says the North
Dakota banking board in it's annual
report now on file with the secretary
OF state. During the year covered NV
the 27th annual report OF the board.
eight applications to sell stock under
the blue sky law were approved. and
three denied. The examiner insnect.
ed 998 banks, 48 county, 80 city and
fourteen state Offices and two institu.
tons; S27,136.35 was collected in fees
for bank examinations; $4,000 from
counties; $2,445 from cities, and s416 :.
% under the provisions of the b,ua
SKY act, a total Of $33, 1870 {.
Demand for Good Literature GROWING
The life Of the average North Dakot.
schoolma'am is only four years. School
teaching. for instructors of the fair
sex, is one of the most hazardous occu.
pations listed. School teaching, for
the ladies, especially the young and
WiHsome ones, is especially fatal woa+
Of he Missouri. If they're young and
g~ooi-looking an Infectious maladv
known as matrirlonitis is bound IN oct
en-. sooner r In pr--rc,ol1 H., .- -