The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-05-25
HOPE, STEELE COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA, MAY 25H 1Me.

the time. He is greatly interested in
European conditions.
Mrs. Hanna does not assent to his
plans for going abroad again. The ex.
perlences of last winter were very try.
Ing for her, for although Mr.. Hanna
would not allow Sam Clark, his travel.
Ing companion, to let the serious nat.
ure of his illness be cabled home, it
was telegraphed to Stockholm and
enough of it leaked put to make his
family very anxious.
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Regents Hold May Meeting.
The May meeting of the state board
of regents was to be held at the Valley
City Normal. The heads of a number
Of state schools were to appear before
the board at the May meeting.
A summary of the state educational
survey made under the direction of
DR.. b. P. Craighead and DR.. p. p. Clax.
ton, United States Commissioner of
Education, was to be submitted to the
board. The full report, however, &C.
cording to recen information received
from Mr.. ClaXton, will not he ready
until late in June.
The full report will be printed as
an official bulletin of the federal bu.
reau of education, and copies will be
sent here. The report, however, will
have to be approved and accepted by
the state board of regents before it
Is printed,
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Town Pays No Taxes.
An entire North Dakota town that
has never paid any taxes has been dis
covered. The 10 acres of land and the
buildings Oh 1t which constitute the
town OF Hesper, Benson county, was
ounded i'll 1903 and since then new
err taxed, according to a report made
to the tax commission by C. r. Kositz-
Ky, secretary of the commission whose
business is to check up tax matters
in the various counties. Hesper is
not a very big town. 1t is on the Els.
mond branch of the N. p.
X X
State Educators Meet.
A symposium of addresses delivered
by a number of high school superin-
tendents from various sections of the
state, on the general theme, THE
Most Important or Essential Consid-
Grafton for Secondary Education in
North Dakota" featured the morning
session of the fifteenth annual high
school conference, which opened in the
auditorium of Woodwork hall at the
state university in Grand Forks.
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20 New Banks in 80 Days.
Twenty new banks with q total cant.
talization of $780, 900 have been organ
lied in North Dakota in a month, &C.
cording to the reports of the state
banking board. The capital of one
bank was increased by $4,000, making
q total of $4,000 new capital. North
Dakota's law fixes Sis, 900 as the mini
mum capital OF a new banking enter
prise, and all Of the new banks place
their capital at that sum. Two new
building and loan associations, organic.
ad on the mutual basis, have been
launched.
Devils Lake.-Goose herders are
wanted in the country, near Devils
Lake, to keep wild geese off the grain
field. Bernt Anderson, a Ramsey coun-
ty farmer, says thousands of geese
are feasting or the seed uncovered
by the high winds.
Fargo.-At a referendum taken for
the Chamber Of Commerce of the Unit.
ed States of America members of the
Fargo Commercial club Endorsed the
ten national preparedness measures
submitted on the ballot by a vote bet.
ter than 10 to /. Question No. 7, in.
volving universal military training,
had only one opponent.