Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-01-29

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ALSO A Terminal elevator
Constitutional Amendment PROVIDING
for the Latter introduced in the
Legislature Election Of United
States Senator Passes Oft Without
Incident, N. N. johnson Receiving
the Full Republican Vote.
Bismarck, Jan. 25.-The senatorial
election was the feature of the week
In the legislature and passed off I'M
eventually and without especial fea.
ture. The ballot of the legislators
was taken in separate houses on Tues.
day and every Republican vote was
recorded for Mr.. Johnson. The Dem
ocrats voted for ]. L.. Cashel, with
the exception of Mr.. Cashel himself,
who voted for Senator w. E. Purcell.
The vote Of the two houses in sep
arate session was ratified by the two
houses In Joint assembly on Wednes-
day, when the election was formally
declared and the certificate of cleo.
ton signed. Mr.. Johnson was request
ed to address the joint assembly and
made speech of considerable length,
pledging himself to the service of the
people. While good many of the
members of the legislature did not
favor johnson in the primary cleo
ton their votes were given him be-
cause of the endorsement Of the ma
jority of the people at the primary
election. There was at no time any
disposition to evade or seek to evade
the pledge that was given by the leg
islators when they ran for Office. The
election was without any of the usual
features of log rolling, soliciting,
cajcling, browbeating or influencing Of
legislators by other means. In former
years the senatorial contest has been
the only source of interest until after
1t was decided. This year it was
merely an incident to legislative pro-
cedure and did not create even q rip
pie Of excitement.
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The report of the state grain com.
mission, recommending that the state
go into the terminal elevator bust
ness, is a matter Of considerable In
terest, but 1t remains to be seen
whether the proposition will appeal
to the business sense of the legis.
lature. Under the constitution of the
state private business cannot be en-
gagged in and this will prevent any
terminal elevator undertaking for at
least three or four years. A constitu-
tional amendment to permit the pur-
chase or lease of terminal elevator
has been introduced by Senator Duis
and is now In a senate committee.
The board of grain commissioners
estimates the cost of building a ter
minal elevator at 100000 to 1916, 900
and the cost of operation at $500 a
month. The board has been ipvesti.
eating the conditions of grain mar
keting and makes. an elaborate re-
port, which, however, brings out moth
ing in addition to what has already
been developed upon the COMPRESSION
al hearing upon the bill for federal
grain inspection. The producer is
stated to get the short end of grain
grading, dockage and mixing" of
wheat and, in addition to the terminal
elevator scheme, the board recon-
mends the establishment of state
grain hospitals for the mixing and
cleaning Of grain for the benefit of the
producer. It is stated that several
hundred thousand dollars a year are
lost to the farmers in screenings
from wheat, on which freight is paid
to terminals and from which no rev.
enue is received. It is recommended
that state cleaning be established to
save this loss to the farmers and the
local warehouses in the state be sub.
jected to strict regulation and that
the state be divided into elevator dis
tricts for the purpose of such regula'
ton. Daily, weekly and other period
ical reports from the elevators are
suggested in order that due publicity
be given to the amount Of wheat
bought, the grades and dockage and
the spread. Of price between local ele
vators and the terminal markets. The
whole matter is one of vital interest
to the state, but aside from the ter
minal elevator plan little is offered II
the way of suggestion for betterment
Of conditions.
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The session of the house at which
the Tuttle-storey contest was decided
was by far the liveliest and most in