The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-08-23
BOARD MEMBERS
MUST STICK ON JOB
NO RESERVATIONS FROM ExEMP.
TON BODIES ALLOWED SAYS
PROVOST MARSHAL.
HAPPENINGS At STATE HOUSE
What North Dakota officials Arc Do
ing In Administration Of Laws
In the Different Depart.
ments at Bismarck.

i" VIC 0tiSToUS 0oPdIS
ments at Bismarck.
Bismarck.
The president Of the United States
Will decline to accept designations
from the local exemption boards ex-
cept In cases Of absolute necessity and
on recommendation of the governor, &C.
cording to word received from Provost
Marshal General Crowder at the ad-
jutant generals office. The statement
says that the execution of the law
cannot be delayed by refusals based
on reasons of individual benefit.
Private Cars to Be Taxed.
Refrigerator cars and oil tank car op-
Grating on a line passing through the
state of North Dakota will be assessed
by the state board Of equalization for
the first time in six years. The state,
under the tentative plan of assessment.
will realize approximately $1,000 in
taxes from this source.
In previous years the state board of
equalization has refrained from asses
sing these industries on the theory
that it costs more to collect the taxes
than the state derives in taxes. State
Auditor Carl Kositsky, however, is of
a different opinion, believing that the
tax can be collected at a small cost
to the state.
This tax does not include the tax on
Pullman cars.
Judges Back From Beach.
Chief Justice A. A. Bruce and Jus.
t1ce A. M. Christensen of the state SUI
preme court, have returned from
Beach, where they attended a meet
Ing OF the Golden Valley Bar asso-
citation. Both Justice Bruce and Chris.
tenson took part in the program.
New Land Commissioner.
The board Of university and school
lands will be called upon to name a
successor to Major Frank S. Henry as
land commissioner at its next meeting.
Major Henry's term as land commits
sioner expires the latter part of this
month, and as he is major in the first
regiment and will move with the North
Dakota troops, it is not likely that he
will be reappointed, as he cannot hold
both places. w. J. Prater, prominent
Burleigh county farmer and county
treasurer for Burleigh county for two
terms, has been mentioned to succeed
Major Henry.
Should Develop Ignite Fields.
Development of the vast amount of
Ignite coal deposits of North Dakota
Is advocated by F. ]. Babcock, dean
of the School Of Mines at the Uni
vers1ty of North Dakota, as q means
OF combating the high price Of coal
In the State of North Dakota and will
do more, he believes. to relieve the
shortage of fuel than anything else.
Raw Ignite" he said, "is but a
poor grade Of coal, but when it is
dried, broken up by heat and a part
Of Its elements recombined by a me.
%chanical process it becomes fuel equal
in heating value to the best anthra.
cite COAL"
It 10 estimated that more than @.
100000 tons Of coal will be shipped in.
to North Dakota from Pennsylvania,
Illinois and West Virginia at a cost
of more than SIS, 000, 900 this year and
yet, according to geological experts
of the United States Bureau Of Mines,
North Dakota, which is paying uut
this vast sum every year for fuel has
within its own borders the largest re.
serve stock Of coal possessed by any
state in the Union.
Valuation to Be $355,ooo,o 900.
North Dakota must have an as.
sessed valuation Of 1856, 000, 900 to pro-
duce sufficient taxation revenue to fl.
nance its operations for the ensuing
two years, State Auditor Kositzky to.
day advised the state board of equal.
1zation. The present assessed valua.
ton is $348, 600, 900, and the neces.
sary increase is smaller than antici.
pated.
Mcvey Quits University.
Announcement is made from the of.
flee of the state board of regents Of
the resignation of DR.. F. L. McVey.
for eight years president of the Uni.
versity Of North Dakota at Grand
Forks, to accept the presidency of the
University Of Kentucky at Lexington,
KY. DR.. McVey has had the new DO.
sition under consideration for some
time.
President McVey came to the uni.
versity eight years ago from Mime.
sofa, where he had just completed a
term as state tax commissioner, prior
to which he had been professor o.
economics at the University of Min.
nesota. The state board of regents
Is not prepared to Jul his sue.
cessor at the state U.
Soft Drinks May Be Sold.
Attorney General LANCER has com.
municated to the Office of the states
attorney in the several counties in the
state the information that the sale of
all beverages will be permitted in the
state, under the provision that the
manufacturers place a $4,000 bond to
protect the dealers and give assurance
that h beverages manufactured by
them and offered for sale in the state