The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-03-18
Secular. News Of the Week.

Secular. News Of the Week.
State inquiry into the methods of
handling the funds of North Dakota
will not cease with the adjournment
of the legislature, provision for the
appointment of a special committee
charged with continuing the work hav-
ing been made by resolution. The
committee will pay special attention
to conditions in the Office of the State
Treasurer prior to the administration
of the present Treasurer, G.. L. Bich-
ford, whose term began January 1,
1909. There is a six-year period to be
covered and the real purpose of the
investigation is to determine in what
manner the State funds were handled
with reference to the deposits in the
banks.
The Breckenridge and Wahpeton
Electrical Street Railway Company is
planning a number of branch lines,
the most important of which will be
a line across Wilkin County and into
the lake region of Otter Tail County.
1t is reported that the surveys have
been arranged, the plans prepared, and
estimates made of the cost of the pro-
posed work The lines in contempla-
ton are from Breckenridge to Barnes
Vile; from Wahpeton to Hankinson;
line to Rothsay at the northwest
corner of Ottertail County and thence
east through the Star Lake and Dead
Lake region tapping country which
has inadequate railroad facilities and
which will eventually become great
summer resort region.
Company B of the North Dakota Ma
tional Guard, located in Fargo, has
decided on the erection of an armory
this year. The State will lend the
Company $4,000 for this purpose and
| it is proposed to raise an additional
$4,000 by the sale of bonds. The
proposed armory is to be three-story
structure and have large auditorium
which can be used for conventions.
Much enthusiasm has been mani
tested over the seed exchange which
has been established in Litchield,
MINI. The exchange facilitates the
buying and selling of home grown
seed by enabling farmers to place
samples of grain, corn and grass seed,
together with their name, address,, the
price and amount of seed for sale,
in a place specially fitted up for the
purpose 1t encourages the purchase
of home grown seed through the saw
| ing in price due to the elimination of
transportation charges on seed to and
from other markets.
The decrease in the fax crop from
80, 600, 900 bushels a few years ago to
100000 bushels last year has
aroused the interest of the linseed COM
panies in fax production. A campaign
to prevent the extinction of the fax
seed crop has been launched by the
American Linseed and other COM
panies. About 10000 letters have been
|
ing for information as to the require
ments of first class seed. Arrange
ments have been made for the estab-
lishment of a bureau at Fargo, N. D.,
for the distribution of good fax seed
to farmers who need it. Owing to the
dwindling of the fax crop, seed is
scarce and it Will be necessary to
import at least ten million bushels
of the seed on which there is a duty
of twenty-five cents bushel
The Board of Agriculture, labor and
commerce of the Central Chinese gov
eminent Is urging that a delegation
of Chinese business men visit the
United States to learn all they can
about Industrial conditions in this
country and to foster the growth of
American trade with China. The plan
is to have delegates from all the
provinces which have made distinct
commercial advances and which are in
touch with Occidental Industrial and
commercial affairs Many of the prov
inces have signifed their approval OF
the plan and the Pekin board has been
asked to appropriate 100000 to defray
the travelling expenses of the delega-
ton.
j The Canadian Pacific Railway has
announced the expenditure of $4,000.
600, to be made this year, all in On
tario. Extensive additions in the way
of branch lines and feeders are to be
constructed during the spring and
summer. New steel and concrete
bridges are to be built at many points
on the main line and all wooden