Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-10-18
AUDIT IS FINISHED
OF STATE EXPENSES
SPECIAL AGENT OF U. s. DEPART.
MENT OF COMMERCE CON-
PLETES LAeoRS.
DolNGs At STATE CAPITOL
What 10 Transpiring in the Different
Departments Where the Affairs Of
State Government Are
Administered.

State Government Are
Administered.
Bismarck.
o. w. Wyatt, special agent of the
bureau of the census of the department
OF commerce, has completed several
weeks audit of North Dakota govern.
mental expenses, which is to be EN-.
bodied in an annual census report GOV.
ering all of the states and 218 cities.
The department has uniform stand.
ard under which departmental ex-
penses are classified, and state Off
GERS, students of political economy and
others are expected to find its com.
parative statistics an interesting study.
Tables are prepared showing the per
capita cost of every department of
state service, from the sweeping of
the corridors to the drafting of an i'm
portant bill or the exercise of the ex.
ecutive veto.
Mr.. Wyatt commented favorably
upon North Dakota's low bonded in.
debtedness, now totaling but $462,000.
To Lengthen Black Trail.
An effort is being made by the State
Highway commission to make the
Black Trail from Bowman in the south.
ern part of the state through Dickin-
son, one of the greatest in the state,
by extending it to the Black Hills in
South Dakota. A surveying crew is
now at work on the road both north
and south of this city.
AS soon as this survey is completed,
the contract Will be let. It is esti.
mated that the cost will be in the
neighborhood of $4,000 for each coun-
ty through which the road passes. one.
half of which is to be paid by the
state aid and the other half by the
county.
Names Hotel conservers.
North Dakota's hotel food conserva.
ton board. announced today by Food
Administrators E. F. Ladd, consists of
AL H. Leimbacher of the Gardner no.
tel, Fargo as chairman: Fred Par.
sons of the Dakota hotel, Grand Forks;
Ralph Mayer of the Great Northern,
Devils Lake; c. A. Klaus of the Glad.
stone, jamestown, and Richard Peyton
of the Great Northern, Williston.
May Change Taxing Methods.
A recommendation that all public
utilities in North Dakota be taxed on
the gross earnings plan, using the
California schedule. will be made by
the North Dakota tax commission.
Chairman F. E. Packard now is work.
ing out basis for taxation founded
on this plan, and by which every util.
ity in the state would pay on it's &C.
tual earning power rather than on real
or estimated physical valuation, good
will. etc.
New Regents to Meet Oct. 80.
The first meeting of the new board
Of regents. with Frazier appointees in
the majority, will be held at the cap.
ltol beginning October 30-the week
Of the annual convention of the North
Dakota Education association in Bis.
marck. Secretary Brewer has an
nounced the date for the meeting, and
advised that their initial notices as
members of the board had been mailed
George E. Totten of Bowman and
Robert Muir of Sarles, members ap-
pointed by Governor Frazier and seat
ed through recent supreme court de.
cision. Rev. C. E. Vermilya of Valley
City is the third Frazier appointee,
having been named some time ago to
succeed Ex-Governor Frank White of
Valley City. The two hold-over mem
bers are Lewis F. Crawford of Sen.
tfnel Butte, chairman. and DR.. ]. ID.
Taylor of Grand Forks.
To Collect $16,640,266 in Taxes.
North Dakota this year will collect
$16,540,226 in real estate taxes on an
actual valuation Of $912,S32,S13, as.
sessed at $349.734,201, according to a
table just prepared by Chairman F. E.
Packard of the state tax commission
Support Detectives From Other States
Reports to the state board of con.
troll from Superintendent Hotchkiss OF
the state hospital for the insane, show
that North Dakota is supporting de
fectives from other states. Five pa
tients received at the hospital within
the last week are residents of Other
states. and as soon as arrangements
can be made they will be transferred
to institutions in their home states.
1876 In Auto Tag Sales.
The sale of licenses during thu
month of September was 1,449 automo
bile licenses at $4,347; motorcycle tagl
at $104 and 81 dealers licenses a
$465, a total income for the month O.
$4,916. distributed as follows: Count,
highway funds, $1,2S197: state high
way commission. $2,565.62; Office am
expense balance, the remainder