Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-11-01
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PLEDGES IN STATE
DR.. LADD THINKS THAT MANY
FAMILIES WILL SIGN FOOD
CONSERVATION PLEDGE.
HAPPENINGS AT STATE HOUSE
What North Dakota Officials Are Do.
ing In Administration of Laws
in the Different Depart
ments at Bismarck.

mentS at Bismarck.
Bismarck.
Of North Dakcta's 13S,464 families,
1GS,S25 families Will have been expect.
ed to sign the food conservation
pledge by the end Of the campaign,
which is to continue to Nov. 4, advises
DR.. d. i. Ladd, federal food admins.
traitor for tlis state.
Hundreds of merchants, teachers,
preachers, station agents, members of
womens' clubs, theatre managers,
~poslmasters and others who are in a
position to help, are taking an active
interest in this food pledge CAM
paign," said the administrator.
DR.. Ladd finds that the average fam
lily in this state consists of 4.S per-
sons, father" no doubt, representing
the fraction, and that North Dakota's
most recent accurate census popula-
ton Of 664,625, would give the state
138,d64 such families.
Fuel Administrators Named.
L. P. Baker, fuel administrator for
North Dakota, has named these dis
trict administrators: e. A. Swiggum,
Grafton; Robert B. Blakemore, Fargo;
w. w. Thomas, Wahpeton; e. S.
Mann, Devils Lake; S.. Z. Ellsworth,
jamestown; Fred D. Mccartney,
Cakes; August E. Johnson, Wash
burn; J. B. Lyon, Williston, and w. r.
Everett, Dickinson.
State Educators Meet.
More than 1900 instructors and ed
ucators from all parts of North Dako-
ia were here for the annual session
Of the North Dakota Educational as
ISOLATION, which opened a three days
convention here.
The Municipal auditorium, the Com.
mercial club rooms, the high school
auditorium and three church buildings
were used for the several meetings
scheduled.
Governor Frazier welcomed the del.
egates to the capital city.
Domestic science workers, and the
science and mathematics divisions met
two days of the convention.
Overcharges Being Collected.
Serving as a public traffic bureau
for the benefit of North Dakota ship
pers, the state railway commission
through Rate Expert Little, is collect
ing hundreds Of dollars in over-charg.
csI and excess freight due to improper
routing. This is a feature of the com
missions service which is little known
or appreciated, hut of which shippers
are more readily awaiting themselves
as they become familiar with it.
Attacks State Coal Rate.
The re-opening of all North Dako
ta's established coal rates and partic
ularly of those designed to encourage
the Ignite industry may result from
a complaint filed with the railway
commission by J.. H. Rosen, manager
J of the Western Produce Co. at Man
dan, who alleges that present state
rates on soft coal unfairly discrimi
mated in favor Of Ignite.
Rosen is engaged in the jobbing o:
Wyoming coal, which he has con
signed to him in carload lots at Man
dan or Bismarck. whence he recon
signs 1t, under the North Dakot;
rate, to it's final destination. The rate
on soft coal shipments within thu
, state is considerably higher than thu
rate on Ignite, which is a tariff espe
cially adopted with a view to enablin!
, the Ignite mines of the state to MAI
het their product economically.
!, Collects From Car Lines.
With the receipt of a check 70
1852 from Swift & Co., in paymen
of their private carline taxes, Stat
Auditor KositZky announced that h
now has available for distribution t
the various counties more than $40
600 in private car taxes, a majorit
y of which is in the form of bac
tax, distributed over a number {
years.
Dealers Must Have License.
The attention of dealers in foo
products is called by DR.. E. F. Ladt
federal food administrator for Mort
Dakota, to the fact that a licens
must be procured prior to Novembe
1. Failure to procure such licens
on the part of the dealer will COZ
stitute a violation of the food admir-
istration law and render the deale
liable to heavy fine. Application mus
be made direct to the food admins
t%ration, licensing division, at Wasl
ington, D. c. For the present, hotel
restaurants, confectioneries, ic
cream manufacturers and bakers wi
not require a license. All food product
must be sold at reasonable prices,
though there was a sufficient suppl
and the profits must be limited
those which prevailed in ordinar
years.
New Charters Issued.
Charters have been issued by Seer
tary Of State Hall to the Mountra
Farmers Leader, at Stanley, capita
ICED at s11,400 by j. w. Arnold of Fl
worth, A. w. Youngquist of Powe,
Lake, P. G. Olson, Belden, and JOSEF
Haytdapn RaJdap. tho Sanupitv A