NORTH DAKOTA. 



iT mi appropriation 

 i>i' pii .-iilriitiiil e lee ton. 



for the pay and mileage 



l'r<>\ iilin.s: for 11 lx)urd of State canvassers. 



.irin^ rail ro, Is to huikl platforms for the trans- 

 fer ! live M'I.-K, grain, and other commodities at 

 their stations. 



Education. At the close of the year 1891 

 there were in the State 975 public-school districts, 

 \\iih .">s graded schools of 202 rooms, and 1,505 

 ungraded schools, making a total of 1,707 schools 

 or departments. The number of schoolhouses 

 WHS 1,584, and their value, including sites, furni- 

 ture, and apparatus, was $2,423,280. The amount 

 of money pnid to school officers for services and 

 expenses was $44,629.78, while the teachers drew 

 in salaries $:!7?,!>45.65. The enumeration returns 

 showed 47,075 children of school age, with an 

 tiver.-ige daily attendance of 21,413, and a total 

 enrollment of 37,916. 



At the normal school, Mayville, there were 126 

 pupils in the normal department and 144 in the 

 model school, for the year ending Nov. 15, 1892. 

 A new building for this school is in process of 

 erection. For the same period there were 123 

 pupils at the Valley City Normal School. 



Charities. The appropriation made by the 

 last Legislature for the erection of buildings at 

 the deaf and dumb asylum at Devil's Lake has 

 been expended, and that institution has suitable 

 accommodations for its work. A building for 

 the Soldiers' Home, at Lisbon, has also been com- 

 pleted. 



Prisons. On Dec. 31 there were 95 persons 

 confined in the State Penitentiary. No ade- 

 quate provision for the employment of prisoners 

 at this institution has been made by law, but 

 during the year a workshop was fitted up, with 

 the intention of employing a limited number in 

 the manufacture of harness. As the State has 

 not yet established a reform school, its refractory 

 youth are sent to the reform school at Plankin- 

 ton, South Dakota. 



Agriculture. The following table shows the 

 area devoted to the various farm products of the 

 State in 1891 and 1892 : 



The total product for 1891 and 1892 was as fol- 

 lows: 



Banks. On Oct. 29 there were 74 banks or- 

 ganized under the State law. The statement of 

 VOL. xxxii. 34 A 



their business is as follows: Total loan* and dis- 

 c >un is, $2,713,408.68; stock securities .-t,-., $5tf.- 

 905.81 ; due from other banks, $784,908.20 ; bank- 

 ing-house furniture and fixtures, $179,043.99: 

 other real estate, $50.014.28; current expenses 

 and taxes paid, $90,099.65 ; cash and cash items, 

 $530,582.50: capital stock paid in, $970,500; 

 surplus and undivided profits, $293,700.35 : in- 

 dividual deposits subject to check, $l.Mi.">,<Kl.?r> ; 

 demand and time certificates of d -|)osit, $1,108.- 

 808.05; due other banks, $38,23J).(:i ; bills pay- 

 able, $68,287; notes and bills rediseounted, $88,- 

 833.82; total resources, $4,412,370. 



Political. On June 16 a State convention of 

 the Independent or Farmers' Alliance party was 

 held at Valley City for the purpose of nominat- 

 ing an electoral, State, and congressional ticket. 

 It selected the following candidates for State 

 offices : For Governor, Elmer C. D. Shortridge ; 

 Lieutenant-Governor, Elmer D. Wallace ; Secre- 

 tary of State, Kemper Peabodv ; Auditor, Arthur 

 W. Porter ; Treasurer. Knud J. Nomland ; Su- 

 perintendent of Public Instruction, Laura J. 

 Eisenhuth ; Commissioner of Insurance, James 

 Cudhid; Attorney-General, William H. Standish : 

 Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor, George 

 E. Adams; Justice of the Supreme Court, Guy 

 C. H. Corliss; Railroad Commissioners, Peter 

 Cameron, Nels P. Rasinussen, and Benjamin B. 

 Stevens. The platform adopted reiterates the 

 well-known principles of the Farmers' Alli- 

 ance. 



On Aug. 2 a Republican State Convention met 

 at Fargo and renominated Gov. Burke, on the 

 first ballot, by a vote of 212 to 112 for Lieut.- 

 Gov. Allin. Chief-Justice Corlis and Treasurer 

 Booker were also renominated. Attorney-Gen- 

 eral Spencer was nominated for Lieutenant-Gov- 

 ernor, C. M. Dah'l for Secretary of State, C. S. 

 Walker for Auditor, J. M. Devine for Superin- 

 tendent of Public Instruction, P. H. Rourke for 

 Attorney-General, F. B. Fancher for Commis- 

 sioner of Insurance, D. H. McMillan for Com- 

 missioner of Agriculture and Labor, W. G. Lock- 

 hart. N. C. Lawrence, and C. F. Wilbur for Knil- 

 road Commissioners. The platform contained 

 the following: 



We heartily approve of the administration and fa- 

 vor the re-election of Benjamin Harrison us 1'resi.Knt 

 of the United States ; and especially do we recommend 

 the President to the people as one who lias largely re- 

 tnevi-d tlie disaster l>rought upon us by the action 

 of Grover Cleveland's land commissioner. \V. A. J. 

 Sparks, whose administration was so oppressive to 

 our pioneer settlers. 



We also bespeak for Mr. Harrison the consideration 

 nnd support or the old soldiers, who were so grossly 

 insulted by (Jrover Cleveland in his message, and by 

 his repeated vetoing of pension bills. 



Tho course of our Congressman, Hon. M. N. John- 

 son, has been worthy of the highest esteem. 



We point with pride to the record made by the 

 present State administration, which has been charac- 

 teri/ed by ability and economy ; ami by tnc t 

 tion of Andrew H. Burke for Governor, and the suc- 

 cess of our State ticket, we \\ ill have an assurance of 

 a continuation of everything that tends to good gov- 

 ernment 



We consider it of vital importance that a P ro JP er 

 exhibit of the products and r,-.-,.urr, > of North Da- 

 kota should be made at the Columbian WorM 

 position, and earnc.stly recommend that our State 

 make the necessary appropriation to assure the same. 



