The Bismarck tribune., 1919-01-08

'""e'ol " raising the standard
OIL our rural schools"
declaring that the federal appro.
priation under the Smith-Hughes law
! must be matched dollar for dollar nv
me state to give North Dakota the
advantage OF vocational training the
governor recommended an appropria-
tion OF $4,000 annually for this pnr.
pose. me governor expressed the he.
het that the rural schools, on a pro.
portionate basis, SHOULD receive three
tunes the amount of state aid now re-
ceived ny the city schools, and that
Ihstead OK one inspector as at pres
eit' they should have three, The
Guy SCHOOLS now received $S5 600 per
anhum ana have one inspector, while
the country schools received $l12,5OO
ana have one inspector. The govern
or declared this ratio unfair on a ba-
Sis or rural population and percent
age OF taxes paid by the farmers He
insisted. that country children shoulo
nave an opportunity. to, receive at
'easl good common scnO0l educa-
tiOn. -.
1he governor recommended lcgisla-
loh providing for full-time state
health officer with an office at the
capitol; he endorsed county school
hulses and declared each county
should have at least one. employed
Tor full time. He also advocated an
appropriation Of $l2,54S4S per bien-
mum to enable the state to take ad.
vantage OF bureaus for the suppress
SION OF Venereal diseases, in cOopera-
ton with the state board of health
lie also advised, an appropriation
which will entable the state to CO.
operate with the federal government
in the treatment of trachoma for
which national hospital, has been
established in LaMoure county.
The governor asked a sufficient ap.
preparation for the state council of
defense to continue it's operations to
May l and also to take up a present
deficit of $3,500; he urged that defects
in the motor bonding law be amend
ed to make it more efficient and less
cumbersome. He recommended that
county and city examiners be trans
ferred from the bank examiners Of
flee and be made part of the state,
auditors force and that a uniform set
of books for county offices be
adopted.
' With view to improving our roads
in-win.er and making hauling on sleds
safer proposition, the governor rec
commended a practical law to intro
duce the use of wide-track sleds He
urged that attention be given to Ia
Dor legislation, "long neglected in
= the state, ," and that bills endorsed by
organized labor receive conscientious
consideration He also advocated pro-
visions for the safeguarding Of the
rights and welfare of the coal
miner ss. -,. t5-s.- e..
AS a means of raising more reve-
nue., he recommended that an income
tax be provided for, and owing to sue
cessive poor crop conditions he urg-
ed that the time for redemption. on
real estate foreclosures be legally ex-
tended under certain conditions to two
years. 3 .,- A5-'' .s-- b
He urged the general assembly to
memorialiZe the world peace council
"as to our desires and wishes for per-
manent peace" and suggested that a
concurrent resolution be adopted and
forwarded to President Wilson.
The creation of an industrial com.
mission to establish and operate any
and all public utilities that the state
may undertake, the establishment OF
a terminal elevator and flour mill as
sociation, to include the buying, sell
ing, storing and manufacturing of farm
products. finances to be raised by the
sale of state bonds; compulsory state
hail insurance; the deveopment Of
the states ignite coal resources; the
creation of a department Of public
service modelled somewhat after pres
ent building and loan associations
with view to assisting young peo-
pie in particular in acquiring homes'
the establishment of benefit asso-