The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-03-29
FIGHTS FOR STATE
IN DRAINAGE CASE
ATTORNEY GENERAL LANCER
REPRESENTS NORTH DA.
kOTA IN SUIT.
HAPPENINGS AT STATE HOUSE
What North Dakota Officials Are DO.
ing In Administration Of Laws
In The Different Depart.
ments at Bismarck.
Bismarck,

mentS at Bismarck.
Bismarck.
Attorney General William A. Ian.
ger is in Minneapolis where he is
representing the state in the famous
drainage case against Minnesota. The
action is brought against Minnesota
to o damages alleged to have
been done to land in the Red River
Valley by floods from the Minnesota
side. Thousands of acres OF land in
Richland estimated to be worth mil
lions of dollars have been made value
less on account of the annual overflow
of the river, according to the claims
made by North and South Dakota,
both states being parties to the suit.
The Regents Case.
The state supreme court has taken
under advisement the quo warranto
proceedings for the custer of the de
facto board of regents, after an en-.
tire day had been taken up in argu-
merits by attorneys of both sides.
Assistant Attorney General Dan
Brennan, who conducted the case for
the state on account of the absence
of Attorney General LANCER, contend
ed that Governor Hanna had no pos
sible authority to appoint the board
at the time he provided the members
of the de facto board with commits
sions.
Aubrey Lawrence of Fargo, for the
de facto board, quoted authorities for
the purpose of holding his argument
that appointments may and have been
made in advance of the taking effect
of acts of this nature.
No More Wolf Bounties.
The state will cease paying for dead
wolves after July 1, as a result of the
governors veto of the appropriation
provided for this purpose. In fact,
the state has practically stopped pay.
ment now, for lack of funds. March
1 the state auditor had or file wolf
bounty certificates calling for $4,000,
and he had but $4,000 with which to
honor them. Certificates now on file
for $4,000 cannot be paid, and new
patches, some calling for payments of
as much as $50, representing twenty
dead varmints, to one individual, are
coming in daily.
Facing a Deficit.
The state board of control is en-.
gagged in the rather difficult task OF
discovering how it is to manage the
institutions under it's charge with
$131,347 less than the budget board
regarded necessary for the purpose.
A majority Of the cuts were in ap.
preparations for new buildings. Both
houses took a hand in the slashing,
and the governor finished the work.
State Hail Insurance.
State Hail Commissioner Deputy
Shehan is mailing out blanks for the
present years business to county au.
ditors who will supply them to as.
SCISSORS at the first meeting in April.
Last years state hail experience was
disastrous, the fund succeeding in
paying only 80 per cent of the adjust.
ed losses. There is a question as to
the popularity of the state plan this
year.
Bank Increases Capital.
Permission has been granted the
First State bank of Hazen by the
state banking board to increase it's
capital from SIS, 900 to 5000. 1t is
understood that the Hazen institution
intends to become a national bank.
May Continue in Place.
DR.. E. B. Craighead, state commits.
sioner of education, and whose salary
appropriation for the ensuing year
was vetoed by Governor Frazier,
came from Fargo, where he has been
supervising changes in the course OF
the Agricultural college, to meet with
the state board of regents. While
Governor Frazier vetoed the appropri.
alton which covered DR.. Craighead's
salary, the job is still in existence, and
a question was expressed as to wheth.
er under the ruling Of the supreme
court in the tax commission case,
holding that when the legislature ere.
ates a job it must care for the salary
which goes with it, it would not be
incumbent on the state auditor to
honor from the emergency fund war
rants drawn by the board of regents
to cover the commissioners salary.
No II. c. L. Fear for Justices.
Justices of the supreme court who
have been worrying about the high
cost Of living may cheer up. The
governor signed Senate Bill 268, intro
duced by McGray, providing that pres.
ent members of the court may con.
tinue in the enjoyment of $500 ex.
pense money, while justices hereafter
elected shall receive a fiat salary of
$500. The present salary is only
$4,000.
Old Account Is Closed.
When Governor Lynn Frazier signed
. senate bill, an account that has been
running for % years vas closed. Eli.
jah Boley sold a small piece off his
farm to the state nearly thirty years
r.