Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-12-27
SEEK REMOVAL
OF INSPECTOR
Elevator Men Ask That State In
spector Of Wheat Grades
McGovern Be Expelled.
STATE CAPITAL NEWS
What is Transpiring in the Different
Departments Where the Affairs Of
State Government Are
Administered.

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Bismarck.
The removal Of ]. A. McGoverl,
state inspector of grades, weights and
measures, is requested in a petition
by N. G. Nelson, H. ]. Arnold and
H. A Rasmussen, elevator agents in
northwestern North Dakota, against
whom McGovern recently directed
charges which failed when the state
railroad and elevator commission in
vestigated McGovern Is charged with
incompetency and the petition insists
that his method OF grading has often
brought marked discrepancy between
and those fixed by the federal officials
m dthose fixed by the fderal officials
at terminals, with the result that
grain buying is made particularly haz.
ardous.
Want Grain Weights Fixed.
]. N. Hagan, commissioner of agri.
culture Of North Dakota, will go to
Washington soon when the last of the
series Of hearings being held by repre-.
s%entatives Of the department Of aagri.
culture will be held to consider
changes in the grain standards. Com.
missioner Hagan will carry to Wash.
ington petitions asking the department
Of agriculture to fix the weight Of No.
l northern wheat at 81 pounds, No. 2
at 81 pounds, and No. 8 at 81 pounds.
Many Appeals for Seed corn.s
Hundreds OF persons are asking for
seed for sowing purposes, but the
agricultural college laboratory is un.
able to build the state seed list be-
cause the farmers are so slow In send
ing in their samples. according to H.
L. Bolley, secretary Of the North
Dakota Improved Seed Growers as
s%ociation and state seed commissioner
He says that II the list could have
been published sooner there would
already have been many thousands Of
bushels Of seed sold.
Mr.. Bolley declares that North Do
kota grown corn which will sprout
apparently is scarce this year, and
that any n who has a few carr Of
corn hung up for show purposes
should be patriotic enough to have 1t
tested and see to it that it gets in
the hands of some reliable farmer,
who will increase 1t for seed purposes
next year.
Necessity, Says Frazier.
Every member Of congress should
support the introduced in
congress by Congressman John M.
Baer of North Dakota for an appro-
priation of $4,000, 900 to finance the.
seed and feed situation in this state
as a necessary war measure declared
Lynn j. Frazier.
THE seed and feed situation is very
serious in some counties in the state,''
said Governor Frazier, and I cannot
see what the farmers are going to do
unless financial assistance is given.
The bonding of counties for seed
loans will fall far short of meeting the
actual needs Of the farmers, and IN
less outside help is given there is sure
to result a decided falling off in acre
age. L
"The state Is not in a position to
meet the emergency. Even tho a spe-
cial session was called, it would be ut
terly impossible to raise the necessary
fund to finance the esituation."
Oppose Closing Schools. #
Captain Isaac P. Baker, federal fuel
administrator for North Dakota, in a,
just issued, strongly OPP
poses the suggestion that comes from
various parts of the state that public
schools be closed as a measure Of
coal conservation.
Regents Case Postponed.
According to an order by District
Judge Charles M. Cooley of Grand
members of the state board Of
regents were to appear before him in
a hearing instituted by Lewis F..
Crawford, president of the board, and
Charles Brewer, secretary, who were
to present an application for a writ
of injunction and prohibition against
Robert Muir, George Totten and G. =.
Vermylia, restricting them from in
terfering with the plaintiffs in exer.
cising their duties as officers Of the
board. The hearing did not take
place, however, because Aubrey Law.
renee, attorney for the plaintiffs, had
been called to Chicago on urgent
business.
An agreement was made between
Mr.. Lawrence and William LANCER,
attorney general of North Dakota,
STIMULATING that the hearing take
place at a later date.
Predicts Great Meat Shortage.
A forecast that there will be a big
shortage Of meat stock and, a scram-
bio for breeding stock at the close of
the year, is made by Professor j. H.
Shepherd of the North Dakota agri.
cultural college husbandry depart,
ment. According to Professor Shep'
perd, It is time TO think very care.
fully where and what feed can be So
cured to the best advantage. He says
that a little laxative grain feed car
be given to stock which Ia less sturdy