Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-04-19
GOVERNOR TO ISSUE
CALL FOR ELECTION
TO BE HELD WITHIN 80 DAYS TO
CHOOSE SUCCESSOR TO LATE
CONGRESSMAN HELGEsEN.
0oINGs At STATE CAPITOL
What 10 Transpirins in the Different
Departments Where the Affairs Of
State Government Are
Administered.
Bismarck.

Administered.
Bismarck |
Governor Frazier has gone to New
York, where no speaks at Cooper
Union. without announcing a date for
the special election which will he
called for the selection of a successor
to the late Congressman Henry T.
Helgesen as representative from the
First district. 1t is understood. how.
ever. that call will be issued imme-
from the metropolis
The call will provide for special
election to be held within 30 days.
and will, of course. affect only the
First district, comprising Cass. Cava.
lier. Grand Forks, Nelson, Pembina,
Ramsey, Ransom. Richland, Sargent,
Steele, Towner, Trail and Walsh
counties. with population Of about
100000 people,
Investigating Plots.
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 of.
fee.
Asked to Plant Grain.
Governor Frazier has issued a proc.
lamation calling attention to the gov.
eminent reports showing the probable
yield of winter wheat in the United
States to be fifty million bushels short
of 1916 and calling upon the people
Of North Dakota to plant every avail.
able acre.
State Superintendent of Public In.
struction Macdonald in a bulletin is.
sued to teachers, superintendent and
school officers emphasizes the impor
lance Of increasing the yield of North
Dakota farms and urges that the old.
er boys and girls be permitted to do
their part. He suggests. that manag.
ing boards plan to open schools not
earlier than October /; that spring
vacation of four or five weeks be al.
lowed, and that the schools be kept
open in June and July. when there is
estimates this plan would make avail.
able the labor of some 5000 older
boys at time when labor is scarce
and wages high.
Want Military Lore.
"Our work is growing two or three
times as RAPIDLY as our force" reports
the state library commission. There
is a particularly heavy demand Just
now for books on military training and
debates. A deep interest in war in
all Of its phases is shown.
Governor Makes Appointments.
Governor Frazier has appointed
Theodore Andrews of Mayville and
Edmund White of Mohall as members
Of the state highway commission
which was created by the last legis
lature. The other members of the
commission are the governor, who is
chairman, state engineer. who is sec
rotary and the commissioner of agri
culture and labor. Under the law the
commission will meet at the capitol
within the next 30 days.
Governor Frazier has also an
nounced the appointment of John
Bloom of Devils Lake as game and
fish commissioner to succeed r. w
Main Of st. John for term ending
April 1, 1919. DR.. Charles MacLachlar
Of New Rockford was appointed {
member of the game and fish board
of control to April l, 1921, to succeed
]. p. Reeve Of Beach.
Keeping Action Secret.
Any action which Attorney Genera
LANCER may take in the alleged case,
of intimidation and sedition reporte.
to him from various parts of tn
state is being kept a profound secret
1T is very necessary" said the attor
ney general, that we do procee,
quietly in this matter. Publicity,
the charges prove untrue, will do NJ
good. Should there be some founda
ton for the accusations. publicity a
this time might do considerabl
HARM"
Capitol Car Line Seems Doomed.
The Capitol street railway. the onl
! state owned street car line in th
country, appears to be doomed to SUI
pend business as a result Of actio
, taken by the Bismarck city commit
I sion.
The commission passed a resol
ton requesting the state board of CO.
troll to tear up four blocks OF tract
1 where the city will pave this summe
3 The reason is that the state has n,
n the funds to pay its share Of pawn
i Is the bill presented at the last sc
. sion Of the legislature for an apr
pria&ion failed.