The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-05-31
STATE TO PURCHASE
100000 IN BONDS
NORTH DAKOTA TO BUY LIBERTY
LOAN BONDS FROM SURPLUS
SCHOOL LANDS FUND.
HAPPENINGS AT STATE HOUSE
What NORTH. DAKOTA Officials Arc DO.
Ing In Administration Of Laws
In Tho Different Depart.
ments at Bismarck.

VI A4OCACy 4OuA JULIUS IRON C0G
surplus which has accumulated in. its
permanent university and school
lands fund. Former Governor Hanna's
suggestion that 500, 900 of the surplus
which has accumulated from the sales
and lease Of these lands be appropriat.
ed for the purchase of bonds was con.
sidered at a recent meeting of the
board,
LITER Asks for Pardon.
D. NJ. Noah, 80. sentenced to live
imprisonment in the state penitentiary
from Ward county in 1908, has applied
to Governor Frazier for a pardon.
Noah was sentenced to be hanged DC.
tober "a, 1908, the case was appealed
to the supreme court and later capital
punishment was abolished. A position
has been promised him if pardoned.
Noah says.
Increase in Small Grain.
State Commissioner of Agriculture
Hagen estimates that the crop acre.
age on the whole in North Dakota is
on h Increase, the wheat acreage
falling a little short, about 5 or 10 per
cent.
Goats, fax and barley will be in.
creased from the reports reaching my
Office" stated the commissioner.
Glowing reports are being received
daily from all parts of the state. Rain
is needed in the Bismarck district.
Other districts of the state are well
supplied"
Special Election Called.
Governor Frazier has named July 10
as the date of the special election in
the First district to choose a congress.
man to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Congressman Helgesen. In
a letter to Dorr H. Carroll, member of
the national executive committee of
the Progressive party, Governor Fra
bier advises that no machinery has
been provided by law for the holding
OF a primary election to name candi.
dates. The governor bases his opinion
on the decision of the supreme court
that section SOL of the 1899 code has
not been repealed, and that to get
he'll m on the official ballots can.
didates may file petitions signed by
at least 10 per cent Of the voters, or
they may be nominated by the old
convention plan.
State Official to Wed.
George Foster, assistant attorney
general, has gone to Bloomington. III.
where he will be married to Miss
Gertrude Bell, a daughter of prominent
residents Of that city. Mr.. Foster and
his gride will make their home i'm this
city.
Ready for Registration Day.
authority to swear in registrars for
June S is conferred upon every post.
master and mail carrier in North Da.
kota by special instructions received
by Governor Frazier. In a majority
OF the counties Of the state this work
already is we'll under way. In a major.
1yt OF instances, the sheriff and his
deputies, each accompanied by a no.
tary, has visited every precinct.
A report to the governor of the ap.
pointment of registrars and the con.
dition of supplies-a sort of when
you're ready, fire" message-has
been made by wire by the sheriff of
each county. The governor has been
engaged with Adjutant General Thar.
Alison in checking over supplies and
making certain that everything re.
quired for the registration Of North
Dakota's selective service unit is at
hand.
May Be Two Regiments.
North Dakota may have a second
regiment in it's national guard. AL
though no plans have been completed
and no such information has been
authorized, Adjutant General Tharal.
son admitted that there was a big
possibility of a second regiment.
The states quota of men, according
to Tharalson, is about four thousand
men, which would mean two regi-
ments. If a second regiment is
formed it will undoubtedly be perma-
nent. Companies will probably be
formed in the smaller towns and
Fargo and other large cities may be-
represented by two companies.
Educational Bulletin.
The Educational News Bulletin. nv
The state department Of public in
struction, has been published. 1t will
be used as material for study in sum.
mer schools as it contains a state.
ment by N. c. Macdonald, state super-
intendent, as to the rural school prob.
lem. Features of the solution of the
problem are the consolidation and
Standardization. according to the ar.
ticle.
Fighting Grasshopper Pest.
According to Professor C.. B. Wal.
dron, entomologist of the agricultural
college Of North Dakota, there will be
little danger of any serious crop dam.
age this year In eastern North d.
kota by grasshoppers. The grasshop.
per Is found in large numbers in the
southwestern part Of the state, saws
Professor Waldron, and farmers have
been warned against the pests there.
Experts claim that the best and surest
way to rid the fields Of hoppers is to
XIII the eggs. This is done best in
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