Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-04-26
NO ELECTION SOON
IN FIRST DISTRICT
GOVERNOR WILL NOT CALL
FARMERS OUT OF FIELDS
TO VOTE NOW.
DoINGs AT STATE CAPITOL
What 10 Transpiring In the Different
Departments Where the Affairs Of
State Government Are
Administered.

Bismarck
Food preparedness for the nation
is of more importance right now than
the selection of representative in
congress from the First North Da.
kota district, Governor Frazier be.
lieves, and he has announced that he
does not intend to call the farmers Of
the First out of their fields to vote
at this time.
The governor indicated that the
special election in the First probably
will not be held until after the sum.
mer work on the farms has been com.
pleted. The governor has not deter.
mined whether it is necessary to hold
a primary. If the attorney general
rules that primary election must
be held, the special election, even II
called now. probably would not come
until midsummer, and there is no
immediate intention upon the part of
the governor to issue q call now nor
in the near future.
Teachers Fund Attacked.
The North Dakota teachers retire
ment fund is attacked in a case
which was appealed to the supreme
court from Ransom county. A. E.
Hauge, treasurer of Ransom county,
is the appellant. Hauge, as treasurer,
declined to pay out certain amounts
due under the teachers retirement
funds law. The state, ex rel John A.
Haig, made application in the Ransom
district court for a writ of mandamus,
commanding the county treasurer to
comply with the law. The court held
the law unconstitutional and issued
the writ prayed.
Schools Must BE Kept Open.
School boards Of 6 districts in Nc.
Intosh county, have been ordered to
show cause before Judge Frank Allen
at Lisbon, why their schools are not
being kept open for seven month
terms.
Attorney General LANCER after q
conference with States Attorney Rem
ington of Ashley notified all the
school officers in that county that
seven-month terms must be main
tanned. All except six of the districts
agreed to the order. The attorney
general then commenced mandamus
proceedings as a relator, together with
George Borchma, superintendent Of
schools of Mcintosh county, against
the school boards in the six districts.
This is part of the statewide fight
that has been started by Attorney
General LANCER to compel the open.
ing of all schools.
State Car Lines Fate.
A conference with the city commits
sion and the board of control over
the fate of the capitol street railway
line will be called by Governor Fra
zier. Governor Frazier is very much
interested in the future of this state
owned public utility, but, like the
board of control, he is at loss Just
now to discover way out. He trusts
that joint session of the city COM
mission and the board of control with.
perhaps, some mutual concessions,
may solve the question.
Regents at University.
The state board of regents at its
meeting at the State University at
Grand Forks spent considerable Of
the time discussing plans for the new
chemistry building which is to be
erected at the university in the near
future. The budget and the salary
list for the year was also gone over
but it was not stated wh=ther there
would be any changes made for the
coming year.
Probed Reports Of sedition.
Assistant Attorney General Dan v.
Brennan has returned from a swing
around the state, in the course Of
which he has investigated reports Of
sedition and intimidation which have
come to the attorney generals Office.
To Test Mothers Pension Law.
An appeal has been made to the SUI
preme court in the case of the State
OK rel. John A. Haig, against A. E.
Haugen, as county treasurer Of Ran.
som county. This case is brought to
test the validity Of the mothers pen
sion law. In the lower court the &C.
ton of the legislature in creating q
mothers pension was held to be con.
stitutional.
To Apply for Master.
Assistant Attorney General H. A.
Bronson will 60 to Washington soon
20 make formal application for . mas
ter in chancery to take evidence ir
North Dakota's claims against Mime
sofa for damages resulting from the
flooding Of the Red River valley.