The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-03-15

immigration board: Senate Bill 1872,
making an appropriation to reimburse
DR.. Z. F. Ladd for expenses incurred
in defending libel suits; S. B. 90, es-
tablishing a law uniform with those
OF other states relating to warehouse
receipts and certificates on goods
stored; Senate Bill 1872, making an ap-
preparation to balance books of state
auditor and state treasurer and cover
deficit in printing account, and House
Bill IT'S. providing for the creation Of
irrigation districts.
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Changes in State Boards.
Bismarck.-A number of changes
are due in the personnel of many of
the state boards, effective the first
Tuesday in April. President Crane
of the Minot normal, President Smith
of the Bottineau school of forestry.
County Supt. c. E. Gazette Of Ransom:
county and DR.. A. A. Whittemore of
Bowman county will succeed as menu
bers OF the state board of education,
President G. A. Mcfarland of the VAL
ley City normal, President r. M. Black
OF the Glendale Industrial normal, II.
M. Taber, jamestown educator, and
Miss Minnie j. Nelson of Valley City,
superintendent of the Barnes county
schools, respectively.
DR.. c. J.. McGurren Of Devils Lake
succeeds himself as superintendent of
the state board of health, while
Berndt Anderson of Ramsey county
on June 18 will succeed R. S. Lewis
as member of the state board of con
troll. Simon J. Nagel, who follows
Sylvan l.. Olson Of Stanton on the
board Of control, will not assume Of
flee until July /. Mr.. Nagel comes
from Morton county, where he has,
served as member of the county com,
mission.
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Cost Of Legislature.
Recent figures indicate that the
cost of the Fifteenth general assem-
bly, will be considerably less than or
1ginally indicated. With a majority OF
items in, the aggregate today is q
tri1e more than s109,145.75. The state
auditor believes that the extreme
maximum will be under $3.50, 900. Jam
uary 81 members and employees of
both houses received for mileage and
per diem $~31,488.10; the February 10
payday amounted to $24,172, and on
the closing day checks to the extent
of $25,133 we're distributed, making a
total of $8O,793.1O paid out in wages,
per diem and mileage. The miscel.
laneous expenses, including printing,
postage, supplies, ETC., will boost the
total to $109,145.75, with a number Of
items yet to be entered.
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Asks Lower Rates.
M. P. Johnson, chairman of the
North Dakota Railroad and Ware
house Commission, has addressed COM
munications to the Great Northern.
Northern Pacific, 500 and St. Paul
railroads asking them to put into ef-
feet one-half freight rates on grain
available for seed purposes in the
state and from some Canadian points
to aid in alleviating the shortage of
good seed in the state, resulting from
IA4O ou4Ouu VI luSL ldSL wear.
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Hail Insurance Companies Hit.
Bismarck.-Because of heavy losses
sustained last year., state insurance
department officials are advised that
several hail insurance companies will
not operate in the state this year.
Reports filed with the department by
several companies show that the ay.
erage losses paid by the companies
exceeded 100 per cent on the basis
of premiums collected.
One company received $66, 1919 in
premiums, and paid $281,118 in losses.
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Is Busy.
DR.. E. B. Craighead, commissioner
of education, who has spent the last
two months at Wahpeton, Minot and
Grand Forks, supervising the revision
the courses of study at the school
science, normal and university, to
comply with the findings of the recent
educational survey, goes next to
where he will spend a month
In co-ordinating the courses at the
college.
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to Intervene,
Commissioner M. p. Johnson and
Secretary Cushing of the railroad COM
mission are in Minot, where they will
intervene in behalf of holders of stor-
age tickets in the bankruptcy hear
Ing before Referee Lewis on the de-
[unct Fred w. Albright elevator at
Van Hook. The Albright elevator op-
Grated for two years before it was,
into bankruptcy by the Twin
City commission house which it repre-
Claims of holders of deposit
tickets will come before those of other
creditors.