Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-09-27
PREDICTS COAL
SHORTAGE EARLY
,BABCOCK SAYS STATE STOCK is
rs PER CENT BELOW RE-
QUlREMENTS.
HAPPENINGS AT STATE HOUSE
ing in Administration of Laws
in the Different Depart
ments at Bismarck.
Bismarck.


With the close of navigation but
three months distant, and cold wealth
er due in less than two months, coal
stores in dealers and consumers
hands in the eastern part Of North
Dakota are still rs per cent short OF
requirements.
While the bituminous and anthra.
cite mines of the east succeeded in
increasing production but Is per cent,
the Ignite mines Of North Dakota in
August increased production, by &C
'tual Federal statistics, 40 per cent,
according to a report by Dean E. ].
Babcock of the North Dakota School
of Mines as chairman of the National
Defense Council committee on fuel.
DR.. Babcock is not pessimistic and
does not believe that eastern Goals
will advance in price. They may go
love-. He does not promise this.
To Charge Commission.
The government doesn't care to buy
the farmers grain direct. When it
does, it will charge the farmer a com
mission of l per cent, the same
amount he is required to pay regular
commission houses. This advice,
Representative George NJ. Young tells
the North Dakota Railway commission,
comes from Julius C. Barnes. "The
government doesn't care to have any
wheat consigned to it, but if consign-
ed to the commission a deduction of
n NON cant will no r,a1o ca tho shin
per will not benefit any by consign.
ing direct to the government grain
corporation" writes the congressman.
Fire Prevention Day Set.
Governor Frazier Joined with chief
executives the nation over in request
ing that October 8, the anniversary OF
the Chicago fire Of the seventies, pro
badly the most disastrous conaagra-
ton in American history be observed
as Fire Prevention Day"
The proclamation says:
"Realizing the gravity OF the fire
situation and the need Of preventive
measures, the ninth day of October is
hereby designated at Fire Prevention
Day, and | recommend that school
superintendent and teachers arrange
appropriate programs for the obsery.
ance of that day and suggest that ev-
cry citizen take an inventory of con.
ditions about his own premises on that
date and remedy any defects and
make improvements tending to great
er safety from destructive fires"
No Coal For Empty Cars.
Grain cars will continue to come
back empty from the Head OF the
Lakes SO long as there is no coal
there with which to load them, the
United States fuel ADMINISTRATION has
advised Governor Frazier. The com.
mission admits that the fuel situa.
ton is serious, and that the fact that
grain cars are coming back empty at
a season of the year when they are
usually carrying coal into the state
complexities the situation and makes
for congestion later on. 1t holds, on
the other hand, that it would not be
justified in retaining these cars at the
Head of the Lakes until cargoes O.
coal al be found for them.
<. State Wide School Rally.
A better rural school rally of ONT
weeks duration will be held in ever,
county in the state this fall, State
Superintendent of Public instruction
N. G. Macdonald has announced upoi
completing his schedule and list O
speakers.
These rallies all cover a period O
six weeks, four weeks beginning DC
tober 1, and after a weeks intermis
sion for the North Dakota Education
association convention, resuming Nc
vember 5 and continuing two weeks
The directors Of each county will
meet for one day in joint conference
to Be 'h m e% sSsfesrs Of thu the c eSnfsFe ssper
~intendent during the forenoon and il
charge of a representative of the stat
a naoeaf aod ave departm zen tb in d the al after r
rally will appear one Of two lecturer
whose services superintendent Mac
Bonald has procured: These men ar
United States bureau of Education.
Dates for the several counties, al
ranged in convenient geographical
groups, follow:
oetoS sf j t. 5nMortqn, Grant, Bur
gottineau, Rolette, Towner, Cavalier
Golden Valley, Slope, Bowman, Adam
and Hettinger.
October Is to 19-Dunn, Mercer
oliver, Logan MCINTOSH, Emmons, sher
October % to 26-Dickey, La Mourt
Barnes, Steele. Richland, Sargent, Stuts
man, Lansing and Kidder.
November 5 to 9-Vard, McHenrJ
Benson. Ramsey, Nelson, Pierce, Nc
Lean, Mountrail, Williams and Nc
November ~ to 1s-Grand Fork,
,Pembina, Walsh, Trail, Case an
Board May Sec Change.
The resignation of Sheriff Willia1
IHaevischer, to take effect October ]
probably will result in another chang
in the Mercer county local exemI
ition board, which already has under
gone two changes, one on recommend
(tion of the board itself, and a secon
when Governor Frazier remove
County Auditor Carl Semmler for a
legged pro-German tendencies. Judg
Luther Z. Birdzell, chairman of tn
district exemption board. was not pr,
pared to state whether an immediat
change would BIO made in the persoI