The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-07-05
TWO N.D.REGENTS
REFUSE TO QUIT
MEMBERS OF BOARD CLAIM THAT
NO LEGAL SUCCESSORS HAVE
BEEN NAMED FOR PLACES.
HAPPENINGS AT STATE HOUSE
What North Dakota Officials Are Do.
ing In Administration Of Laws
in the Different Depart
ments at Bismarck.

Bismarck
Emil Scum of Bowman and ]. A.
Power of Leonard, whose terms as
members of the State Board of Re.
gents expired July /, or when their
successors have been duly appointed,
refused to retire today on the ground
that no legal successors have been
named. This is not an unexpected de.
velopment in the fight on the Board
of Regents begun by the administra.
ton last winter, when an effort was
made to Dust the entire board on the
ground that the members had been il.
legally appointed two years before by
Governor Hanna. The Senate, when
Governor Frazier presented the names
of five appointees for confirmation, re.
fused to accept his view Of the case,
and declined to nominate any appoin-
tee. Later efforts to Dust the board
resulted in defeat for the administra.
ton in supreme court.
Burtness Petition Denied.
A decision denying Olger B. Burt.
ness a place in the Republican col.
m on the official ballot at the spe.
cial election July 10 to elect a sue.
cessor to the late H. T. Helgesen as
Congressman from the First North Da.
kota Congressional district has been
handed down by the state supreme
court the decision also denies the pc.
tltion that the m of Henry G.
Wick, Charles w. Plain and Frederick
T. Cuthbert be taken off the ballot. It
means that there will be four individ.
ual Republican candidates, one Pro.
gressive, one Democrat and one Non.
partisan named on the ballot at the
election.
Exemption Boards to Stand.
Governor Frazier has received q re.
quest from Washington to make nc
changes in the personnel of county ex.
emption boards at present. His ad.
vices were to the effect that changes
which prove imperative may be made
later, but that the personnel must
stand as announced for the present.
In North Dakota two changes had been
certified, in Billings and Ransom coun.
ties, in the first because there was no
NOoASJ - oASAoAS II All lu0 oSCOllU
because the county physician was dis.
qualified by the fact of being in Fed.
eral service.
New Marriage Law in Effect.
July l the new marriage law, de.
signed to prevent bigamy, became eff.
fective in North Dakota. The law was
passed by the last legislature. The
law regulates the issuance of marriage
licenses to a couple, either one of
which has been divorced, and requires
a certified copy Of the divorce decree.
The applicant, in addition to comply.
ing to the usual requirements, must
sign an affidavit setting forth whether
or not either party has been divorced.
New Guard Officers Named.
Former Governor Frank White OF
Valley City has been named colonel
of the new Second North Dakota in.
fantry regiment. Former Adjutant
General T. H. Tharalson was chosen
lieutenant colonel, and Judge j. M.
Hanley of Mandan and Charles F.
Nudge, majors.
Price Of Ignite Advances.
The board of control has awarded
contracts for Ignite coal for the in.
situations under it's direction. The Da.
kota Ignite company of Dickinson
will furnish fuel for the Mandan train.
ing school and the state capitol; the
Washburn Ignite company of Wilton,
for the penitentiary, hospital for the
insane at jamestown and school for
the deaf at Devils Lake, and the Tru.
ak Mining company at Noonan, for the
Dunseith sanitarium and the institu.
tions at Grafton and Bathgate. Prices
for Ignite are 50 cents higher than
last year, and to this increased cost
probably will be added 8 cents, as the
higher freight costs made possible
the .benefcent workings of the leagues
new distance tariff measure.
Hospital Corps Staff Completed.
The staff of the field hospital corps
was completed when the governors
Office announced the commission of
Captain Charles E. Hunt of Valley
City as major; Ernest E. Wands of
Lisbon, and Charles E. Howard of
Cogswell, it was announced, have been
commissioned first ~lieutenants in the
North Dakota field artillery.
Reade Probes Fires.
H. L. Reade, state fire marshal has
returned to the state capitol after in.
specting fires Of incendiary origin at
Anamoose. Although it is believed
that the fires were incendiary no ar.
rests were made because proofs were
lacking.
State Engineers Surveying Roads.
c. ]. Estlund, assistant engineer of
the state highway commission is max.
ing a detail survey of the Cass coun.
ty federal aid roads south of Fargo.
1t is expected that as soon as the de.
tail is completed the federal aid for
the roads will be forthcoming. From
Cass county, Engineer Estlund will
make a detail survey of the federal
aid roads in Richland county. Assist.
ant Engineer j. c. Johnson is making
a survey of the federal aid roads in
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