The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-12-28
TO BASE SALARIES
UPON POPULATION
COUNTY OFFICIALS TO GET IN
cREAsEs WHEN NEW
LAW is effective.
STATE CAPITOL HAPPENINGS
News Of North Dakota Officials ane
and Institutions Arranged In Com.
pact and Convenient Form for
Readers Of This Paper.
STATE CAPITOL HAPPENINGS

Bismarck
County officers salaries. beginning
January l, will be based on population
instead of assessed valuation, as here
tofore. The law to this effect was
enacted by the last legislature. AT
the same time the legislature adopted
an act providing that there should be
no increases in salaries over those paid ,
on the 1914 assessed value prior to
July l. 1917. The two conflicting !
statutes left many county officers in /
doubt and Attorney General Linde
was called upon for opinion He has |
advised that there is no question in
his mind that the salaries after Janu
ary ! will be paid on population ba
sis, which will mean an increase in 9
majority of the counties.
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Hanna To Live In Fargo,
Governor Hanna's family has left
for Fargo to resume residence in that
city. The Hanna family spent Christ
mas in Fargo, but the governor return
ed to Bismarck the following day tc
wind up his administration and pre-
pare for the inaugural of Governor.
elect Lynn Frazier, of Hoople.
Under the constitution the new gov,
ernor can take his oath of office the
first Monday in January, which this
year is New Years day.
Four years ago Governor Hanna
took the oath Of Office January 8 and
;wo years ago he succeeded himself
formally, Jan. 6.
When Governor-elect Frazier was in
Bismarck recently, Governor Hanna
met him and offered every assistance
to aid Mr.. Frazier in assuming the
goyernorship.
Il Governor Hanna has prepared his
farewell message which waste .b..r<. :.
livered previous to the message Of Mr.
Frazier on Wednesday, Jan. 8, when it
was expected all oaths of Office would
be administered.
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Court Dispute Unsettled,
Justice-elect James E. Robinson
has just served notice on State Audi
tor Jorgenson that he would be held
personally responsible for any war
rants issued to retiring members OF
the supreme bench. Robinson filed
with Jorgenson his certificate of elec.
tion, dating from the first Monday in
December and advised the auditor that
his term of office began December 4
and that he will claim salary from that
date.
"Your are cautioned" read Jorgen.
I sons letter, against paying the re.
firing Justices any salary or giving
them warrant for any salary for the
month of December, 1916. If you
should give them warrant for De.
cember salary 1t will put the state to
trouble. and the expense of bringing
suit against you and against the retir'
Ing Justices to recover the same"
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TO Limit Game Bags ia Dakota.
A game bag limit of FIVE will be rec
ommended to the state legislature this
y winter by the North Dakota game
> board of control, as measure of pro
. lection to the prairie chickens o1
. North Dakota.
o The rapid disappearance OF the bird
which have brought to North Dakots
|, year after year hordes of sportsmer
. from over the entire nation, has
brought about such an acute condition
that North Dakota sportsmen are
practically a unit in favor Of the re
ductlon Of the bag limit, and they alst
Z generally approve of the game boards
recommendation for a delayed open
ing of the season.
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Il More Home-oWaers In N. Q.
Rate expert Little of the railroa,
commission in recent delve into cen
sus statistics discovered the fact tina
North Dakota leads all other states II
the union in the proportion of home
owners, per capita, which is 80 pc
sent. In other words, only one fam
lily out of twenty lives in rented prop
erty. In Minnesota the percentage o
home-owners is 63.5; in Montana Sc.
per cent of the people own their homes
IN South Dakota the proportion is IT,
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Denies Discussing Case.
o+ Governor Hanna emphatically der
Nv Nv les allegations made by the count
commissioners Of Hettinger in thei
~ appearance from his custer decisio
- to the effect that he discussed the cas-
Il with parties not concerned as prime
pals or witnesses and that undue pre-!
sure was brought to bear to induc
him to change a decision original
~ arrived at in favor of the commission
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