The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-09-25
emit has in the past and still is in daily
correspondence with teachers and the

ent has in the past and still is in daily
correspondence with teachers and the
school boards.
1t is a case of merely butting in or
the part of Grain. Grain issues the
certificates which permit teacher to
secure position in North Dakota. II
a teacher in listing her qualifications
failed to register as a socialist, would
she get job? Or if there be large
number of socialistic persons reply to
the. advertisement inserted in other
state papers by Grain, would there be
any question as to those not socialists
getting certificates? These are ques-
tions raised by those interested in the
monumental grab of the duties of Miss
Nelson, who the majority of the peo-
pie of the state said should have the
,charg of the work.
State Auditor Carl Kositzky on Fri
day, September 26, will stand trial on
charge of assault and battery, prefer
red by c. K. Gummerson, reporter Of
the Courier News at the Capitol. Last
Friday the patience Of Kositsky be-
came exhausted and when GUNNER
son appeared at the Capitol seized him
with the intent of administering a
spanking. The state auditor was in
furiated by an article written by Cum
merson alleging misuse of state funds
and failure to pay interest on feder-
al deposit to be used for vocational
training expense.
The case will be argued before JUS
tice w. S. Casselman of Bismarck and
a jury composed Of twelve good men
and true. Six of these are nonpartisan
league members, the others are not
leaguers, so it is y-fifty break po-
That taxes this year will be increas-
ed over double last years on an as
sessed valuation nearly four times as
large is shown by the figures of the
board of equalization made public to-.
day. r. j.. "a. a.. =. (. 7
The state assessed valuation of all
is placed at 81 ,514, 600, 0OO. 90
as compared to $403 ,422, 258 last year.
There will be a total OF. $2.98 mills
levied for state purposes to provide
81, 511, 760 for expenses of running the
state as compared to 81, 713, 4O8. II, the
total last years expense. Of course,
that includes the $757, 900 for the SOL
aier's bonus fund. a:.
On the valuation of all assessed
the taxes are divided as fol-
lows: r.. F~
State; ! Bond aSs Sinking, Levy, Oh,
State s25 R? ssd Interest Levy, II,
7 General Fund, Levy, 2.27, $3,436,780
Sub Totah Levy 2.48, $3,754, 720
Soldiers Levy, so, SYST 900
Total, Levy, 2.9S, $4,511 ,760j
Without considering the soldier fund
which is perhaps not state expense,
the increase in taxes is 81, 941 PIP,
which increase alone is more than all
Of the taxes last year by 1927, 1904.
And this increase would have been
still $25O,000 more if it had not been
for the winning Of the suit against the
Standard Oil Co. by Attorney General
LANCER. His legal victory in the fed
eral court at St. Paul was considered
BY the board of equalization and a
quarter of a million cut from the taxes
as a result.
That taxes will be heavy is easy to
foresee as the result of these figures
which do not include the $1,000 against
each cultivated quarter section OF
land which is collected by the counties
tor hail insurance fund, nor does it
include the $1,514,0OO which the peo-
pie must pay for the operation of the
schools. This latter item is raised
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