Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-07-28
PRISONERS BREAK
JAIL At BISMARCK
ESCAPE FROM N. D. STATE PRISON
BY DIGGING THROUGH
BRICK WALL.
NEWS LETTER FROM CAPITAL
Interesting News Of State House Hap
penings and Reports Of Officials
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Of the Busy Reader.

Bismarck.
Twenty officers of the state prison
here secured the adjacent country with
bloodhounds searching for six of eight
convicts who escaped by digging hole
through the two-foot brick wall which
surrounds the penitentiary.
Two of the prisoners, Andrew
Schmidt and Adolph Thornburg, were
captured at Apple Creek, few miles
from the prison about 10 P. M.
Six of the convicts are white and
two are negroes. w. H. Neavells. one
of the men, is q former guard, and Is
thought to have been the brains OF
the gang.
Others at large besides Neavells are
James Gleason, ]. ]. King, Orsag
Rudolph, Mack MCGEE and Alley
Pyles. The latter two are negroes.
Minnesota police and Deceive agen-
cies were furnished with descriptions
of the escaped convicts and asked to
be on the lookout for them.
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Boards May Not Be Legal.
The standing of several important
boards Of the state will depend upon
the supreme court decision in the tax
commission case which has just been
heard.
The commission is asking for writ
to compel Carl Jorgenson, state audi
tor, to credit with the appropriations
made by the legislature in 1911, in
stead of in the 1915 budget which was
made up when it was believed that a
law reducing membership in the COM
mission from to would be passed.
If the court does not sustain the COM
mission it will have no money for
clerk hire.
Attorney General Linde in his brief
has set forth the argument that the
tax commission itself is not a legal
body because the act creating it also
carried an appropriation, contrary to
the state constitution that provides
that appropriations must be made in
a separate bill.
II the court sustains Mr.. Linde the
board of control, the immigration COM
mission and the board Of regents will
be wiped out of existence.
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Fish Fry Distributed.
Millions of fish are being distributed
by the North Dakota fish hatchery this
year in the general program for the
stocking of the states rivers and lakes.
Fish Commissioner Main reported to
the state game and fish commission
here.
The delivery of fish from the hatch
cry will be the greatest in the plants
history.
The board appointed twelve judicial
district game wardens, to serve four
months beginning August 1, but their
names we're not made public because
they will be able to do more capable
work through secrecy.
Hunting prospects in the state are
excellent, ducks nesting generally and
chickens are plentiful, according to re-
ports to the board.
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Auditor Makes Report.
The eighth annual statement Of the
financial condition of the state has
just been issued by State Auditor Carl
o. Jorgenson, in which he shows
where the money raised by the COM
monwealth goes.
North Dakota's state institution, and
special funds are on deposit with 675
state and national banks.
The lowest cash balance during 1915
appeared on the state auditors books
as of date October 81 when the cash
balance amounted to $477,6721e
while the largest cash balance ap-
peared as of date April 80. at $780,
691.43. The settlements with the
treasurer show an average monthly
settlement balance Of $81763S.S9. It
shows that 1876 checks issued during
the year 1915.
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Fears Labor Shortage.
1--WE are making an active effort to
relieve the shortage in farm labor for
the harvest and threshing season"
says Commissioner of Agriculture and
Labor r. F. Flint.
I'VE have been in touch with labor
commissioners of the states to the
south and the U. 8. department Of
labor since last March, when Deputy
w. Irysh represented this department
at the convention of labor commission.
ers Of the plains states at Kansas
City. ut was understood at the con-
vention that the U. s. department Of
labor would cooperate.
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Millions For Education.
During 1915, 100000 in taxes were
paid by residents of North Dakota, or
$24.94 per head. OF this amount, SILL
90 went for purposes of education. ST.
100000 were spent for education in
1915. In addition, the common schools
and the institutions of higher learning
enjoyed a revenue of $2,50O,O00 income
from federal lands. North Dakota
spent total of $14.63 per capita on ed
ucation in 1915. This does not in
clude the money spent by commune
ties and churches on private and paro.
chial schools.
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