The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1921-11-25
HOLDS TIME TO ATTACK
PETITIONS HAD PASSED
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urcTOS INAUGURATED WEDNESDAY
Goes Back to His Farm at Hopple Refusing Invitation
I'' Attend Inaugural Ceremony-Cahro and ofthus Resign

bismarck, N. H., .Nov. AA Aa0
Nth Dakota supreme court late thus
ss,.m a.-noon denied the application OF
s axlnvu tarnavers for writ prohibiting
as ass etate t canvassing board from cam
ssss;ng the vote cast at the recali
.sction, ,s October 28.
ssI Inauguration of r. A. Nestos,
s,a;nbiorn ,inbH johnson and John A.
vtehan, T elected governor, attorney
sapural s,s1 and commissioner OF agr1cuI-
,gse srs and labor respectively, will occur
# 5 D. M, tomorrow,
AZ Il was announced that. the canvass
10 hoard will meet at 10 a. M, to-
me,row mo to canvass the vote.
''t' Day Full of Excitement
The last full day Of the admins
+,.t;ion Of Governor Lynn j. Frazier.
aa laarnev General William Lefnke and
I Iahn n Hagan, commissioer OF agrl-
,a sitrre and labor, the recalled oth-
sss ,;s was accompanied by ripples OF
sye;ten,ent s.u not unlike a legislative
session. -,
After hearing argument on the tax
uavers' petition, which lasted until
Iste M in the afternoon, on the suit OF
taynayers to break the present bono
sale contract, the supreme court re-
tired to chambers to deliberate upon
Ae recall notification. A large
envd awaited the announcement OF
fbe courts action. It was announced
that the majority of the court, hae
denied the application" without &C
ompanying opinions. Justice RoDln'
son said later that all five Judges
we're against granting the injunction
which would have kI7t the present
officials, elected with Nonpartlsan IN
dOrsement, I'M office, at least tempor.
aily. He also asserted that afflda'
Wits Of alleged wholesale fraud IN Ob
tanning signers to the recall petitions
were not considered true.
Make Big Bond Sale
The Industrial Commission, com
posed of three recalled officials, Wht
relinouish office tomorrow, toda!
signed. it was announced, a contrac'
With Spitzer, Rorick & Company, o.
Toledo, Ohio, for sale Of all the re-
naming authorized bonds issued. Thu
contract, it was stated, replaced tne
present contract with the firm, Whlci
hss resulted in lawsuit in the su
preme cour, and provides that al
bends not. yet issued be sold at par.
The issues included in the contrac
fellow: SS,0O0,000 real c ,ate serles
100000 mill and elevator; 81 ,Ooo,
900 home builders at par with SD
per cent interest, and S1,300,OO0 o:
The Bank of North Dakota bonds, au
tAolized at five per cent, at a DIS
count to maze them net 5 5-8 pc
cent. Selling the real estate serle
at par, the Industrial Commission
Increased the rate. Of interest to sE
per cent from 5 3-4 per cent. =.
Lafthus Resi- gns.
0. E. Lofttilus, state bank :examin
en- presented his resignation. to Gov
emor Frazier today. and Gilbert Sem
ngson, chief deputy, was. appolntet
10 the position. Lofthus gave no rea
son for his action. Governor. Elec
Mstos' had stated that he would ap
penmt another to the position.
Plans were completed tonight TO
he he Inauguration Of Nestos as tn
lah governor Of the state tomorrow
afternoon.
It was learned that the. theory o.
Which the court denied the petite
vas that the tex payers had not tax
advantage Of the. constitutions
revision for contesting: the yalldlt'
VI recall petitions, before the. election
sad that the suit was im'properl,
stought, being directed against tn
ssae sae ,eanvassing board performing