The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-05-17
NEARLY 700 SLAUGHTERED DUR.
ING APRlL-CLAlMs FOR eoUN-
TIES ARE HELD UP.
HAPPENINGS AT STATE HOUSE
What North Dakota Officials Are Do
Ing In Administration Of Laws
In The Different Depart.
ments at Bismarck.

During the month of April wolf
bounty warrants calling for $1,672.50
were registered with the state audi.
tor. Each warrant is worth $3.50, in
dicating that $50 wolves we're slaugh-
tered during the month. The audi
tor anticipates that at least double
that number will be killed this month
and as many more in June. All Of
these warrants must be placed in
cold storage until the next legisla-
tive session, when it is hoped that the
lawmakers will make an appropriation
for the payment of the wolf hunters.
No appropriation was made at the re-
cent session, and the fund is now ex-
hausted.
Women Form Cemetery Association.
The Mercer Hillside Cemetery ASSOC
citation, organized and financed, con-
trolled and operated by women OF
Mercer, has been Incorporated with
the secretary of state. The directors
whose anne appear in the articles
are Anetta z. McFadden, Gertrude M.
Rice and Lillian C. Plowman.
LANCER Back From Minot.
Under instructions from Governor
Frazier, Attorney General LANCER is
back from Minot, where he went, ac-
companied by three guardsmen, and
submitted to arrest under the warrant
issued there in connection with the
recent vice raid. He gave bond i'm the
sum Of $1,000 and Immediately re-
turned to the capitol, as there are
many matters awaiting his attention
here and the governor had instructed
him to lose no time in getting back to
his duties.
10000 Auto Tags Issued.
Forty thousand license tags have
been issued to date, yielding the state
100000, Of which all except a small
proportion deducted for the cost of
tags and office expenses, will go into
the state and county highway funds.
May 1, $4,000 tags had been issued.
Since then the average output of tags
daily has been G2O.
Children Needed on Farms.
N. G. Macdonald, state superintend.
ent Of public instruction, is strongly
In favor of extending the summer va.
cation Of the schools until the first
Monday in October so that the boys
and girls may stay on the farms and
help with the fall work. He is send.
ing out letters to the county superin.
tendents and school officers all over
the state urging them to adopt this
plan, especially this year in view Of the
labor shortage on the farms and the
imperative need of gathering in the
crops properly.
N. D. Fifth Among Tractor States.
North Dakota, according to the
monthly crop report of the United
States department of agriculture.
ranks fifth in ownership of farm
tractors, in commission and of clearly
established ownership. OF these iron
horses 2,137 are in active service in
North Dakota. Illinois leads with
1902; Iowa has 1928; Kansas, 2,287,
and Texas, 1926.
Bank Case ls Remanded.
Former Governor l.. B. Hanna and
the First National Bank of Fargo suf-
fered a setback ir their fight in the
famous Medina bank case when the
North Dakota state supreme court re-
versed the order of the Cass county
district court sustaining the demurrer
to the complaint filed by the receiver
and remanded the case to the lower
court.
Tho nnfinn nr0c1 out ~ fh1 10rSr
Of the Medina bank. The receiver for
the bank contends in his action that
the First National bank and former
Governor Hanna failed to go to the
rescue Of the institution in accord.
nee with their alleged agreement.
Fire Protection Comes High.
North Dakota in 1916 paid out
$1,490, 1858 % for fire protection in it's
incorporated villages, and organized
fire departments in these municipalil
ties received as their two per cent
bonus on this premium total $29, 1871.
Fargo bought more fire insurance
than any other city in North Dakota,
paying out ~$1S4,765.77 for this COM
modify. Fargo firemen received aa
their share of the premium money
$3,695.31. Grand Forks invested $751;
927.58 in fire protection and got back
$~1,638.55; Miuot paid out $72,850.65 {.
and it's fremen received $1,457.O1; =
Bismarck paid $54,770.15 in premiums
and received $1,O95.40 in two per cent
tax.
Governor Visits Camp.
Governor Lynn j. Frazier, S&cre-
tary N. A. Mason and Adjutant Ger
eral T. H. Tharalson enjoyed a fine
feed at Camp Frazier a few evenings
since. They attended at the special
invitation of Major Wright, and they
enjoyed a menu including roast beef,
fried potatoes and other good things
which might have graced the table
of any high class hotel. Camp Fra
zier they found in fine shape. The
hove ora comfort h1, hO,,cod in fonfa