The Hope pioneer., 1917-08-16
WOULD TAKE MINES
As LAST MEASURE
IN FAVOR OF GIVING COAL oPER.
ATORS CHANCE TO MAKE
GOOD BEFORE ACTION.
HAPPENINGS AT STATE HOUSE
what North Dakota Officials Are Do.
Ing In Administration Of Laws
In the Different Depart
nents at Bismarck.

Bismarck.
IF satisfactory results cannot be OBJ.
tanned in any other way would be in
favor of the federal or state govern
ments taking over coal mines and
working them," said Governor Frazier.
i am of the opinion, however, that
the conference planned by defense
councils of sixteen coal producing
states may get results. have had no
formal invitation to attend such a con-
ference and know nothing more of the
proposal than l have seen in the news
papers. have nothing to say at pres
ent as to the fuel situation so far as
Ignite producers of North Dakota are
concerned"
Bismarck Man Named.
G. H. Hofstrand of Brinsmade has
been appointed by Governor Lynn ].
Frazier as member of the state board
OF veterinary examiners for a term
ending July 1, 1920. DR.. Hofstrand
succeeds Ernest Schneider of Kuhn on
the board.
Many Homo Guard Units.
A score of home guard units has
been organized or now is being formed
In North Dakota. Wahpeton was one
OF the pioneers in the movement, and
Fargo was quick to take advantage of
an opportunity for protection. Lidger-
wood has guard of so MEMBERS; Ken
mare has company of 70; Tower
City and Hillsboro are lining up, and
Leeds recently organized large unit.
Cavalier county is organized, with
central company at Langdon. Caring
ton has a company of so men, which
meets all trains, protects men seek.
Ing work and sees that the vagrant
class moves on. Bordulac has a strong
company, and the Slope regions gen.
orally are we'll organized. In order to
procure federal recognition, arms and
ammunition, these home guard com.
panies must be recommended to the
secretary of war by the governor.
Frazier has not made such recommen.
dation In the case of any of these units
to date.
$455,ooo Loaned N. D. Farmers.
Farmers of North Dakota who dur.
ing the month of July applied for
loans aggregating $1,352,750, through
the Federal Farm Loan bank at st,
Paul, were granted total loans amount
ing to $455,000, according to E. G.
Quamme, president of the bank. The
applications for loans made by North
Dakota farmers exceeds loan requests
made by each Of the other states in
the st. Paul Observation-Disclosures, Wis
consin and Mfnnesota-while the net
amount allowed is second only to that
allowed Michigan loan applicants.
Not Able to Give Much Aid.
The state is in a poorer position
than usual this summer to help farm.
ers who may need loans. At present
In the state university and school
lands fund, which is loaned on i'm.
proved farm lands in sums not exceed.
ing $4,000 to any individual and at an
interest rate of five per cent, there is
only $150,000. Ordinarily at this sea-
son the amount is several times great.
er, but there was an unusual demand
for farm loans this spring.
$4,000 for Roads.
Comparatively little work can be
done on state and federal highway
projects this year, advises State En-.
gineer Bliss, because of the late date
at which the highway commission was
enabled to organize, and for the furth-
er reason that both state and federal
highway departments have been some.
what handicapped by the enlistment
of their engineers. He predicted that
not more than $4,000, the amount of
federal highway aid available for high
way work in this state last year, can
be expended on projects reached this
year. This will leave the states al
lotment for this year about $125,OOO
available, together with the 1918 ap-
preparation, available July next year,
for genuine campaign of highway
building next season.
No Special Session.
Governor Lynn J. Frazier denies
that he intends calling a special ses-
sion of the legislature to provide spe-
cial aid for farmers whose crops have
failed. The denial followed a state.
ment by ]. M. Critics of the Equity Co.
operative exchange.
"A great many of the small banks
of the state are not able to handle
the situation" Governor Frazier says,
because they advanced too much
money to the farmers last spring,
banking on this years crop.
while plans have not been worked
out definitely, no doubt will work
with the state defense council for
solution"
Plenty Of Harvesters.
Plenty of harvest labor is reported
by s. s. Mcdonald, president of the
North Dakota Federation of Labor
and employed in the Office of the COM
missioner of agriculture and labor as
state labor agent. 1--WE are getting
skilled hands now who have followed
the harvest all the way from Texas"
said Mr.. Mcdonald. "They are all an
xious to work, and to date we are sup.
plying every demand for labor which