The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-02
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EQUITY NEWS NOTES.
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A Good Run.

A Good Run.
On October 23rd, the 4th Monday
that the Equity Cooperative Ex-
change had been in the live stock bus
mess at South St. Paul, they received
% carloads of stock, all of which were
handled in a satisfactory and bust
nesslike manner. If the Exchange car
keep up it's record of more than donbl-
ing it's receipts each Monday over the
Monday before, it will soon be one of
the largest live stock commission
houses on the South st. Paul market.
If every farmer will put his shoulder
to the wheel this can be accomplished
with very little difficulty.
Great Prosperity.
General Manager J. G. Critics re-
turned Monday from his trip to Mon
:ara and says that never in all his
life has he seen such prosperity as he
witnessed in the state of Montana. In
the locality visited by Mr.. Critics, the
crops of wheat were good and the
turner's were receiving top prices.
This means that the farmers are real
ling handsome profit on their years
work
At Glldford he saw grain piled 3
feet deep in the driveway, the elevator
full to the roof and wagon loads of
wheat standing all around the elevator
waiting to be unloaded. The car
shortage, he found to be far more
serious than he anticipated finding it.
At one station they were dealing out
coal to families in four and five hun
dred pound lots only and one company
had a carload Of coal enroute eve:'
since the End Of September, and they
had no trace Of it.
While at Great Falls, Mr.. Critics at
tended a meeting of the Board of Di-
rectors of the Consolidated Equity
Farmers Elevators Of Montana and
one Of the actions of this board was TO
send a telegram to the state railroad
and warehouse commission, praying
for relief in the matter of cars and
calling attention of the commission
to the fact that unless cars were fur
nlshed for the transportation of fuel,
there would be great loss and suffer-
ing in Montana with the first cold
spell.
Another action of the board was the
decision to place on the road travelling
auditors for the purpose Of auditing
the accounts of farmers elevators and
assisting any manager that might be
in need of expert assistance. This is a
plan long used by the old line houses
that has proven to be successful with
them, hence it's adoption by the Farm
ers Consolidation of elevator compan-
les.
With the present wave of prosper
ity sweeping over the state of Mon
tana as it is, Mr.. Critics anticipates a
great many farmers will attend the
National convention to be held at St
Paul on December 5, 6 and z.
Grain Board of Appeals.
| Governor Burnquist recently ap.
pointed two members of the Graf:
Board of Appeals. The new appointees
are Rufus Ziesmer, formerly superin.
tendcnt Of the Northwestern elevator
and John Owen, formerly travelling
grain solicitor for the H. Poehler Co
The farmers of the northwest will
know what to expect from these gen.
tlemen by their past observations.
President J. M. Anderson left Mon
day night for Chicago to attend the
hearing on grain grades held by the
Secretary of Agriculture, under the
department Of rural ordinations. This
hearing will be a very important one