The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-01-25

GNU :sNs HlI"f:'li 20 ABOUT S'GDHS
in making this kind Of purchase
y ": get service. something ,l,.le
than the mere goods handed over
the counter. And if they don't
fit, you get satisfactio IN.
HAoAN APPOINTS DAIRY
COMMISSIONER
Commissioner OF Agriculture
and Labor, John H. Hagan an
nounced on Monday the appoint
ment of j. j. Osterhaus of Wau-
watosa, Wisconsin, as dairy COM
missioner for North Dakota and
Mr.. Osterhaus assumed his duties
January 18th. Mr.. Osterhaus is
a graduate of the agricultural and
dairy course at the Wisconsin ag-
icultural college, and has had i'm
portant work in the dairy extern
sion department Of the city of
Milwaukee for some time. He
has also made special study of
chemistry and food analysis and
of marketing dairy products.
what we need in North Dakota
as much as anything is an under
standing of the marketing prob
lens that effect dairy products, 81
said Commissioner Hagan, elected
by the Nonpartisan League to fill
that important position. He said
futher: North Dakota, is strue
Cling to enter the roll of dairy
states, and we have some pro-
gressive dairies and creameries,
but for some reason the North
Dakota creameries have not seem
ed to yield the profit they should.
At present there are only 20 such
creameries in operation. There
are good many more that are idle
The reason they are idle is be-
cause they can not be operated at
a profit, and it is one of the our
poses Of this department to make
a study of this problem and help
these much needed institutions to
get on their feet. In this work
Mr.. Osterhaus, the new dairy com
missioner, will be of great service
Labor Questions to be Taken up
M. Hagan announced several
weeks ago that in selecting the
persons to fill positions in the de-
partment of agriculture and labor
ne would make the prime co ISL
deration efficiency and ability and
= That it necessary to get the right
kind of experts, he would not hes
ltate to go outside of the state.
This he has done in one of the
most important appointments
within his department..
For the first few weeks. and in
fact until the trend Of legisla-
ton is discovered, there is little
new work for the department to
undertake. Mr.. Hagan and his
staff have been busily engaged in
rearrainging the office files and
dlsposing of material that was
not of immediate use. and i'm look
Ing up the record; of past activi-
ties in order to continue the ad-
mlnistration without a break. In
the agricultural lines a consider
able amount of work has been
done, but the office afforded scant
records of activity along lines OF
! labor, which Mr.. Hagan made al
! important point of his campaign
Z and is much interested in pursu-
= ing.
The law provides that certain
reports of mining companies shall
be filed annually with the com
missioner of labor, and certain
fees be paid and labor data gath
cred. This line of work will now
De taken up as soon as a plan for
carrying it on has been devised
and appropriations made for f..
The new commissioner holds Thar
unless the department makes the
start provided by law, much val
uable information will never he
CLEANED, and the ba is for helpful
labor laws may be lacking. In
regard to this Mr.. Hagan said:
will Issue Booklet on atat.,.
Resources
NORTH Dakota 5 of course not
labor state in the same sense as
Minnesota and many other states
but nevertheless there are manv
laboring men and women in North
Dakota, and they have their organ
lzations and their aspirations for
Detter things. 1t is the duty of
This department to hello alone
these lines within the limits Of
the law. and perhaps an active ex
erclse of such functions at the de-
partment possesses may help 10
stimulate improvement i'm labor
conditions. At lea that is our-
hope and we intend to give this
side of the departments work
earnest attention"
One Of Mr.. Hagan's plans is for
the publication of a booklet OF
North Dakota's resources. along
Lines of the last annual year book
issued in 1913, but with some
more detailed information 50 thai
The publication may become a
ready manual for anyone who