Emmons County record., 1917-11-01
BISMARCK HOST TO
STATE EDUCATORS
MORE THAN Fifteen HUNDRED
INSTRUCTORS ATTEND ANNU.
Al STATE CONVENTION.
DoINGs At STATE CAPITOL
What Is Transpirins In the Different
Departments Where the Affairs q
State Government Are
Administered.
Bismarck.

More than 1.5oO instructors and ed.
ucators from all parts Of North Dako.
Ia were here for the annual session
of the North Dakota Educational as
sociation, which opened 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.
esates to the capital city.
Domestic science workers, and the
science and mathematics divisions met
two days of the convention.
ovcrcharges Being Collected.
| Serving as 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.
es and excess freight due to improper
routing. This Is feature Of the com.
missions service which Is little known
or appreciated. but Of which shippers
are more readily availing themselves
as they become familiar with 1t.
Many To Sign Food Pledge.
or North Dakota's 13S,4G4 families.
10S.S25 families will have been expect.
cd to sign the food conservation
pledge by the end Of the campaign.
which IL to continue 10 Nov. I, advises
DR.. f. r. l.add. federal food adnli,.is-
traitor fer this state.
Hundreds of merchants. teachers.
preachers, station agents. menlhers OF
womcns' clubs. theatre managers,
postnasters and others who are in a
position 10 help, ale taking an acti:c
interest in this food pledge cam.
paign," said the administrator.
DR.. Ladd finds that the average fam
lily in this state consists Of 4.8 per.
sons, father" no doubt, representing
!, the fraction. and that North Dakota &
most recent accurate census popula-
ton OF 664.6 .625. would give the stale
138,4G such families.
Fuel Administrator Named.
L. P. Baker. fuel administrators for
trict administrators: e. A. Swiggum.
Grafton: Robert b. Blakemore, Fargo;
W. W. Thomas, Wahpeton; E. S.
, Mann, Devils Lake: S. e. Ellsworth.
: Jamestown: Fred d. Mccartney,
Oakes; August f. Johnson. Wash
! burn; ]. b. Lyon, Williston, and w. r.
. Everett, Dickinson.
: Must Have Food License.
, the attention of dealers in food
: products is called by DR.. T.. F. Iadd
, federal food administrator for North
Dakota. to the fact that license
, must be procured prior to November
|. Failure to procure such license
on the part Of the dealer will consti
: tute a violation of the food admins
? tration law and render the dealer
: liable to heavy fine. Application mus
he made direct to the food admins
tration, licensing division. at Wash
ington, D. C. For the present hotels
restaurants, confectioneries, ice
: cream manufacturers and bakers vii
not require license. All food prod
ucts must be sold at reasonable prices
as though there was sufficient cup
ply. and the profits must be limited
\ to those which prevailed in ordinar.
years.
\ Collects From Car Lines.
4 With the receipt Of check for $3b
from Swift & Co.. in payment OF thei
private carline ta1es. State Audito
Kositzky announced that he now ha
available for distribution to the val
ious counties more than $4,000 4
private car taxes. a majority OF whic
\ 10 In the form OF back tax, distribu
4 ed over = number Of years.
Attacks Local Rates.
The re-opening Of all North Dak'
ta's established coal rates and parti'
A ularly Of those designed to encouraE
y the Ignite industry may result frol
complaint fled with the railwa
commission by J. II. Rosen, manage
4 Of the Western Produce Co. at MAJ
dan, who alleges that present stat
rates on soft coal unfairly discrim
mated in favor OF Ignite.
A Resen is engaged in the jobbir
\ Of Wyoming coal, which he has CO..
\ signed to him in carload lots at Ma
dan or Bismarck, whence he reco
u Signs IL, uuucT lHe NOTlE DdhOId rat
to its final destination. The rate c
soft coal shipments within the sta
is considerably higher than the ra
Al on ignite, which is tariff especif
ly adopted with a view to enabliI
\ the Ignite mines of the state to ma
get their product economically.
II N. D. Second in Highway Projects.
I8 "North Dakota stands second in t
/ number of state highway projects q
\ proved by the government in this d
a trict," declared United States Distri
Engineer T.. O. Hathaway Of Minnea
\ oils, in Fargo to attend the joint CO
ference between the Cass county CO
. missioners and the North Dakota ing
way commission.
II make this statement because
\ the assumption by many that Nor
a Dakota is tagging behind in higha
construction work." said the Unit