The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-10-25
MACDONALD MAYBE lay
new . PRESIDENT
STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF IN
sTRucTIoN PROMINENTLY
MENTIONED FOR PLACE.
HAPPENINGS At STATE HOUSE
What North Dakota ome,ais Are %
Ing In Administration o. Lave
In the Different Depart
ments at Bismarck.

Bismarck.
Capitol folk arc placing some Gre
6ence h Q persistent rumor to the ef-
feet that N. G. Macdonald, state super.
lntendent Of public instruction, IL q re-
ceptive candidate for the presidency
Of the University OF North Dakota, and
that it ia. very possible that the Non,
partisan majority on the state board
Of regents may favor his election. Mr..
Macdonald is q graduate of the Uni.
Yersity Of North Dakota and Of the
Mayville normal, and has taken post
graduate work for degrees In other
we'll known American institutions.
Wheat Being Fed to Stock.
Because corn costs North Dakota
stockmen more than wheat, they. are
feeding the latter to stock, and just
so much of the staff Of life is not avail.
able for domestic consumption, de.
clares NJ. P. johnson, president Of the
North Dakota Equity society, who is
here attending a meeting Of the rail.
way commission.
"Corn in my section of the state
sells for $2.1S," Mr.. Johnson said, "and
the best we can get for our wheat Is
e. As a result, the stockman can
see no advantage in exchanging a good
bushel of wheat for less than a bush
81 Of corn, and because of this fact
the very end at which the regulation
Of the wheat market was aimed is be-
ing defeated.
"This is not true in only a few cases,
but the feeding Of wheat has become
q general practice in the northwestern
part Of the state, where there is prac.
tically no forage Or roughage."
The remedy, in Mr.. Johnson's esti-
nation, is simple. He doesn't ask a
higher price for wheat, regarding that
matter closed. He does feel that the
price of corn should be reduced.
Would Lengthen Black Trail.
An effort is being made by the State
Highway commission to make the
Black Trail from Bowman in the south.
srn part of the state through Ddckin.
son, one Of the greatest In the state,
by extending it to the Black Hills in
South Dakota. A surveying. crew is
now at work on the road both north
and south of this city.
As soon as this survey is completed,
the contract will be let. It is esti.
mated that the cost will be in the
neighborhood of $4,000 for each coun.
ty through which the road passes, one.
half of which is to be paid by the
state aid and the other half by the
county.
U. s. Agent Finishes Labore.
O. w. Wyatt, special agent of the
bureau Of the census of the department
Of commerce, has completed a several
weeks audit of North Dakota govern.
mental expenses, which is to be EN-.
bodied in al annual census report GOV.
ering all of the states and 218 cities.
The department has a uniform stand.
ard under which departmental ex.
penses are classified, and state off.
GERS, students of political economy and
others are expected to find it's com.
parative statistics an interesting study.
Tables are prepared showing the per
capita cost of every department OF
state service, from the sweeping OF
> the corridors to the drafting of an i'm.
portant bill or the exercise of the 81:
ecutive veto. ,.
Names Hotel con~servers.
North Dakota's hotel food conserva,
ton board, announced today by Food
Administrator E. F. Laid, consists Of
AL H. Leimbacher of the Gardner no,
tel, Fargo, as chairman; Fred Par
sons Of the Dakota hotel, Grand Forks
Ralph Mayer of the Great Northern
Devils Lake; G. A. Klaus of the Glad
stone, Jamestown, and Richard Peyton
Of the Great Northern. Williston.
May Tax Gross. Earnings.
A recommendation that all public
utilities in North Dakota be taxed OF
the gross earnings plan, using the
California schedule, will be made BY
the North Dakota tax commission
Chairman F. E. Packard now is work
ing out q basis for taxation founded
on this plan, and by which every util
ity in the state would pay on its. &C
tual earning power rather than on rea,
OF estimated physical valuation, go0t
will, etc. p, .y4
: &4,s1e In Auto Tag sales.
The sale of licenses during thu
month of September wat 1,449 automo
bile licenses at $4.347; motorcycle tag.
at $104 and 81 dealers licenses "a,
$465, q total income for the month o.
1876, distributed as follows: Count,
highway funds, 81 .2S1. 81; state high
way commission, $2,565.62; Office AMI
expense balance, the remainder.
Cannot Recover Damages.
The right of John McDonough O.
Dickinson to collect damages from tn.
Russell-Mil1er, Milling company for tn,
alleged pollution. Of the waters of I
stream from which the plaintiff nat
been cutting ice for the consumption
OF. Dickinson patrons, was denied IL
supreme court when that body affirmed
s. decision of Judge Crawford in tn,
Stark county district court In favo
Of the defendant. McDonough con