Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-01-29


oajoling, browbea ting or Influencing of
Legislator Nv other means. In former.
Ysars the senatorial contest has been
The only source of interest until after
L was decided. M This year, Il It was
merely an sincid lent to legislative pro-
cednres and did not create even "trip.
pie ofS excitement 8.s
F The report Of the state grain com.
mission, recom ding that the state
80 Into the terminal elevator busi.y
sss q a matter Of considerable m
tsrest,; but 1T remains To- be seen
whether the prop ti0n will appeal
4 TO the business sense ct the -legis-
lature II Under the cons itutlon Of the
! state private business cannot be en-.
sgaged5 III and 4 this prevent any
terminal elevator Eund ertaking for ats
#lsast three or four years. "a constitu-s
] honal amend Intent to permit the $pur-s
chase OF lease Of d terminal elevator
has been #introd uced By: Senator Duis:
and Isl now In al senate S:commit tee.s;
The board OF grain v commission
E0stiInates the cost kof Hiding a ter
minal elevator at $500, 900 to $337 5, OOOf
and the cost or operation at SO, 900 4 a.
month The board has been investi.s
eating the eondit ions sof4 4 grain mar
keting and makes an elaborate re-
port, which, however, brings out moth,
Il Ing. Ia addition to what has already.
been developed upon the oongression-
Sal hearing upon the; bill for federal
grain inspection The producer s III
stated to get the short end of grain.
u grading; dockage and mixing z 81
Wheet and 81 add .ti lon Ito the terminal
sleyA Meme; the board recon-
[ naends The establi shnae mt 81 81 state
gsain hpgpit als Tor the & mixing and
slaandng of Erain for The; benef nc of; the
produces. it i'd stated that several
hundred thousand dollars II Pear. are
lost to the farmers screenings!
! from wheat, on hich freight is paid
q 10 tarMlnaIa and from which no rev.
/ snne III received. III ,is reconlmendedS
that state d Gaming DO established to
ssave this loss To the farmers and the
LEGAL warehouses III the state sbe sub.
4 gected 10 strict reguiat ioii and that
Ssthe state be divided into elevator dis.
\ lricts for the 5purp pose of such regula-3
u tions Daily. weekly and other period
heal reports from the elevators are
2ssuggestad hi order that due publicity
no given toSS tlhe sailinlo une of wheat
bought the grades and dockage and
5sthe spread sof price between local ele-
yatcrs and the terminal markets. The
whole matter ssis one of vital interest:
10 the state. but aside from the ter
#m.nal elevator plan little iii offered in
The way sofs s,,gg stions Tor battermsnt
5Df conditions.
The ssssion offs the house at which
4 HE Tuttle-s Storey contest ives decided
asby Tar the livel Hest and most: III.
Etsreating of the session, the attend
4 ance of Sspecta tors exceed ding that at
the SssnatoriaI eIection Storey was
Z seated by vote off 49, tto "a after
Il hall a day spent In rgliments bys All
D tOrneysi Sorley Eng and Lauder
& and after adj dresses by d number 90
7 rasrnhern OF the house, A good deal
g0f faeti onalisna was brought into the
! contest and good deal of feeling
stirred sSup among partisans of both
men through the contest. The else
tons commit tee opened one of the
& ballo boxes used al the November
elect ton and A recount of the votes
sshoWed that Store had three votes
more than had been given him IA
81 shat district and that none BIT the
votes Tor repre- santat ive agTead with
taes count DIS orig nalIy returned. This
YES held By the elections committee
to destroy the Tie that had been de.
clarad and To entitle Storey to- his
seat. I'he friends of futile held that
81 the contest should not have been die,
cided upon one ballot box from the
nifty Ii use at tho regular election,
srester o. Efnnons counts the other