Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-01-04
REW JUDGES MAY.
SET ASIDE DECREE
PROMISE MORE COMPLICATIONS
IN NORTH DAKOTA SUPREME
BENCH TANcLE.
STATE CAPITOL HAPPENINGS
New. Of North Dakota ome,aIs and
and Institutions Arranged In Com
pact and Convenient Form for
Readers Of This Paper.


Readers Of This Paper.
Bismarck.
North Dakota's supreme court mud.
die became fraught with new posi-.
bilities when Justice-elect ]. E. Rob
inson, in an open letter to the press.
intimated proceedings Of the provi.
sional supreme court, which decided
the present Justices should stay in Of.
fee until the first Monday in January,
will be set aside when the new court
is installed.
This action would mean the com.
,plete elimination from the court rec.
ords of the case that Attorney Gen.
eral Linde recently instituted, cover.
ing the question Of the actual mem.
bership Of the supreme court for this
month.
Three justices-elect have continued
their term of office legally began the
first Monday in December: while the
retiring justices were sustained by
the provisional court in their conten.
ton they hold office until January /.
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Hanna To Live In Fargo.
Governor Hanna's family has left
for Fargo to resume residence In that
city. The Hanna family spent Christ
mas in Fargo. but the governor return
ed to Bismarck the following day 70
wind up his administration and pre-
pare for the inaugural Of Governor
elect Lynn Frazier, Of Hoople.
,Cnder the constitution the new gov.
ernor can take his oath Of Office the
first Monday in January, which this
year is New Years day.
Four years ago Governor Hanna
took the cath Of Office January 8 and
two years ago he succeeded himself
formally, Jan. 6. N
When Governor-el Frazier was in
Bismarck recently, Governor Hanna
met him and offered every assistance
to aid Mr.. Frazier in assuming the
governorship.
osse ~ on rop.'st,on.
ooun.y omSe.s sala.ies' peslnnns
January = wlll w oaseu on popula.lon
tofore. The law to this effect was
enacted by the last Legislature. At
the same time tho legislature adopted
~ ~ lio...ne ~ sno.e .noul1 =.
" Increases .ns. ~ salall.s ose. 'noee pay
VI .ue A 49,. as1vSseu va1ue plav. y
sms :, .sa'. ane wv eonns.lns
aouht .rd Attornav carAraIs 7 ina,
was called upon for opinion. He has
advised that there Ia no question III
his mind that the salaries after Janu
ary / viii be paid ON a population ba:
sis. which viii mean an increase in .
majority Of the counties.
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me EiaAns INDUSTRY Oh MOTH D3
Kota Is tnreatenea Dy an appllcasl OF
made Dy powerfui southwestern MIL
ers for adjustment OF minimum car
load rates on Q UNIVERSAL OASIS OF ~;
UOU POUNDS. Inc MINIMUM earloao "a
Bis IN North Dakota 10 now z4,oOO. BE
cause OF the comparatively small CT
ties and sparse distribution OF popuia.
ton, North Dakota millers could not
compete with large outside concerns
on the 10000 minimum carload basis.
and II the Interstate commerce com
mission makes the adjustment ASKED
the small mills OF THIS state may DC
toced out OF business.
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index Of student..
A complete index Of North Dakota's
institutions is being tabulated BY Com.
missioner Craiehead with a view Of
determining the type Of education
which should prove most practicable.
The 5000 missionaries which have
been returned to the commissioner
give the stulents place and date of
birth: the occupation Of parents; the
occupation Of the student. If any, be-
fore entering school. age, present resi-.
dence. and proposed vocation.
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Banks Gain Millions. /
Bismarck.-According to an abstract
based on the last call of the state ex.
aminer, state banks and trust compan.
t1s ~ ona w. . s.s.s,sa. 20 - 49,,
nor ~ On santamher - 671 state
harta and four trust comnanies renort.
al raaonrcea aegra1atinr 500 172 ali.
% and m November ~ date Of the
last cal, 67e state banks and four
irnat comnanies renorted s106 .967 .765.
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e...a, om.;.,. N.m.d
Eaward Er,ckson az Grafton. super.
,rtandant # walsh county schools.
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