Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1916-09-15
NEW RULES GOVERNING RECEIPTS
PREPARED BY STATE lNsPEc-
TON DEPARTMENT.
FARMERS COURSE ENDORSED
Montana Federation Adopts Resolution
Boosting Sessions to be Held at
State Agricultural College at Boze-
man Jan. 20 to Feb. 8, 1917.
Helena.

Rules and regulations, principally
governing the preparation and issu-
Ing of grain storage receipts, have
been prepared by the state grain in
spectfon department and, in discuss
Ing their necessity, J. e. ~Templeton,
chief grain inspector, made the fol-
lowing statement:
On several important points Of
the grain inspection law there seems
to be some misunderstanding as to
the exact meaning and for the pur-
pose of clearing up all uncertainties,
the department has taken advantage
Of the authority conferred on it by
law, and issued such regulations as
9 desirable at this time. In their
preparation an effort has been made
to avoid anything unduly burden
some and at the same time produce
the desired result.
Definition Clear.
"Just what constitutes stored grain
has been defined in a manner that
leaves nothing to the Imagination
and, although the law would appear
to be clear enough for almost any
one, some efforts at evasion have
been encountered in the past. There
is no middle ground between stored
or %purchasd grain. 1t must be one
or the other If received in such a
manner that the grain of various own
ers Is mixed together so that the iden.
tity Of the different lots 10 not pre-
served.
Additional Safeguards.
1.-THE only feature entirely new to
the trade In this state Is the re-
quirement that all licensed dealers In
grain shall each day issue either a
cash check or storage receipt for each
lot of grain received. A little extra
help during the busy season might
pay for itself a good many times over"
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New Courses for Farmers.
The farmers work course, to be
held at the state agricultural college
at Bozeman from January 20 to Feb.
ruray 3, will be a session of more
than passing interest to Montana farm.
ers. The problem of farm marketing
and farm business is to be discussed
by authorities on the subject, possibly
Carl Vrooman, assistant secretary Of
the department Of agriculture, who
has promised to attend the sessions II
he a arrange his affairs at Washing.
ton. Agricultural communities all o
er the country will watch the gather.
ing, which is one of the first of its
hind NTonNy ATnnfono 70 Ty,a ~ will ha
attracted to Bozeman that week.
The Montana Farmers Federation,
during the session of it's executive
committee in Helena passed a resolu.
ton, boosting the Bozeman offering.
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Paper Shortage HaIts Law.
At last the paper shortage is strik.
ing at the heart of mans first inter.
est-his stomach. Rise in the price
of bread appears imminent in Helena
If bakers are obliged to live up to an
ordinance requiring the wrapping of
loaves in paper. Several neighboring
cities are said to be having the same
experience. The laws were the out.
growth Of a health crusade thought to
have been a result of an infantile
paralysis scare, following a warning
from the state board of health. Lo.
cal bakers are protesting that paper
can not be secured at any price, and
the enforcement Of the law will be sus.
| pended here for a time, it Is announc.
ed.
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To Open Reservation.
Washington, d. C.-The house and
senate conferees agreed on Senator
Myers bill in regard to the opening to
settlement of the Assinniboine reserva.
ton in Northern Montana, just before
adjournment. The conference report
was adopted by both house and senate
The Rocky Boy Indians get two and
a fraction townships for a permanent
home. Havre gets two reservoir sites
Nine thousand acres are set aside fol
park purposes and the remainder IL
opened to homesteaders.
Il II
For Montana Highways.
A session of the state highway com
mission will be held shortly to decide
Ou Wudt IOduS budtl 10 lLupIONSu IL
the state under the provisions Of the
federal law, announced G. w. Metlen
secretary of the commission, who has
Just returned from Washington. Be
sides $4,000 for the state roads, an
additional $4,000 will be received fol
roads in the forest reserves.
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File Expense Accounts.
Candidates for nominations on the
state tickets have begun filings sworn
statements of their expenses with Sec
rotary of State A. M. Anderson. Among
other who have filed and the amount,
spent by them are as follows: J. e
Edwards, $1,118.82; e. J. johnson
$39s.05; e. c. Hicks, 1858; P. M. Alb
bot, $72.50; John e. Patterson. s2s;
Theodore Brantly, $23.35; F. B. Under
man, $654.92; John Mclaughlin, sS1 .25