The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-06-14
.BARBERR|ES SOON
WILL Be EXTINCT
CAMPAIGN OF SPECIAL AGENT Is
EXPECTED TO RESULT IN
ROUTING OUT PEST.
HAPPENINGS AT STATE HOUSE
What North Dakota Officials Arc %.
Ing In Administration Of Laws
In The Different Depart.
ments at Bismarck.

SNNSO~
e of many thousands of bushels
in last years small grain crop in North
Dakota, will soon be entirely extinct
in the state. according to a statement
of Commissioner of Agriculture and
Labor Hagen. following the reading of
reports from special agents, designat-
ed to conduct a campaign against the
barberry.
State Hail Insurance.
Reports to Deputy Insurance Com.
missioner Sheahan, in charge of the
state hail department, indicate that
the patronage for this fund will run
about the same as last year. The
amount of business done in May was
almost exactly the same as that of
a year ago June will see more bust
ness done, as the real demand for
crop protection does not begin until
the farmer is reasonably certain that
he is to have some crops to protect.
Farmhands Are Needed.
An agricultural expert fresh from a
trip over the state says prospects
were eve better for a bountiful O
but adds that there are less laborers
to care for the crops than ever before.
His words Imply that valuable food
stuffs may go to waste because of ir-
sufficient labor to store them properly.
1t is to guard against such a condi-
ton that the government has recently
detailed men from its department of
agriculture and labor to go to every
state in the union. study the needs of
the farmers for laborers and perfect
a sort of federal labor bureau which
shall have for its purpose the distri-
button Of labor where it is needed
most.
Secret Watch by Game Wardens.
George M. Hcuge, secretary of the
North Dakota game commission, an
nounced that the anne of the newly
appointed wardens throughout North
Dakota would not be made public at
this session. This action, he said, is
to protect the game of the state by
making 1t more difficult for those
who hunt out of season to know when
they are clear of game wardens.
"The commission intends to try a
little secrecy in connection with it's
deputy SERVICE" Mr.. Houge said.
1--WE have followed the plan of CIV
ing publicity to u appointments for
a number of years and find that it
makes an embarrassing situation for
men. Now no one needs to know who
the deputy is until he appears in court
Is a witness. We believe that the
doubt as to the identity of the Warden
will make prospective game law vic.
lators hesitate"
Employees Put in Full Time.
Capitol employees must be on the
job when the whistle blows at 9 a. M,
and :rnkt not leave off work al noon
and in the evening until quitting time
has come, rules the state board OF
auditors. In the interests of economy
it also has reduced full-pay vacations
to two weeks, though employees may
take a full month at half-pay, if they
prefer.
Wheat Acreage Is Less.
That North Dakota's total wheat
acreage this year may not exceed
$4,000 acres is the revised opinion
Of State Commissioner of Agriculture
and Labor Hagan.
Last years acreage was 100000,
and Mr.. Hagan anticipates a decrease
of fully 10 per cent, owing to the late
spring, which gave comparatively lit.
tie time for seeding, the high prices
of seed and the fact that the average
farmer was not in a good financial
condition as usual, owing to the fail.
ure of 1916 wheat crop.
II believe we would have hundreds
Of thousands more acres of wheat
had the government around seeding
time taken some steps to assure the
farmer a reasonable price for his
wheat next fall. The farmer who was
asked to pay SO for seed wheat had
no assurance that next fall he would
not be compelled to sell his grain for
80 cents to a dollar.
Appointed Master Electrician.
w. S. Hulet Of Minot, president of
the Mimic Electric company, has been
appointed master electrician of the
State Board of Electricians by Cover
nor Lynn j. Frazier. His term will
not expire until July 1, 1923.
Sunday Baseball Barred.
Bismarck.-Sunday baseball played
for money is illegal, according to an
opinion sent to- sheriffs of North d.
kota by Attorney General LANCER. The
sheriffs were notified to stop any
Sunday games at which admission is
charged.
Acher to Leave State.
DR.. Rudolph Acher, who has for the
past six years been in the department
of physiology at the state normal
school at'Valley City, will become the
head of the department of education
and physiology Of the Indiana state
normal college at Terre Haute, Ind.
He will take up his new duties June
30. According to State Superintendent
of Public instruction Macdonald, Pro-
lessor Acher was n of the ablest
professors in the state, and. his leav-
ing the state will be keenly felt at the