Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-11-01
CORN HIGH, WHEAT
NOW FED TO STOCK
LOWER PRICE ON COARSE GRAIN
URGED BY EQUITY HEAD TO
REMEDY SITUATION.
DoINGs At STATE CAPITOL
What is Transporting In the Different
Departments Where the Affairs Of
State Government Are
Administered.


Because corn costs North Dakota
stockmen more than wheat, they are
feeding the latter to stock, and just
30 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 meeting Of the rail.
way commission.
Corn in my section Of the state
sells for $21S." MIR. Johnson said. "and
the best we can get for our wheat il
g. 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 few cases,
but the feeding Of wheat has become
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 q
higher price for wheat. regarding that
matter closed. He does feel that the
price Of corn should be reduced.
Mentioned for ~" President.
Capitol folk are placing some Gre.
dence In persistent rumor to the eff.
feet that N. c. Macdonald, state super.
intendent Of public instruction, is a re.
ceptive candidate for the presidency
Of the University OF North Dakota, and
that 1t Is very possible that the Non.
partisan majority on the state board
Of regents may favor his election. Mr..
Macdonald is graduate of the Uni.
versity Of North Dakota and of the
Mayville normal. and has taken post.
graduate work for degrees in other
well known American institutions.
Audit Of State Expenses Finished.
O. w. Wyatt. special agent Of the
bureau Of the census Of the department
or commerce. has completed, a several
weeks audit Of North Dakota govern.
mental expenses. which is to be ON.
bodied in an annual census report GOV.
ering all Of the states and 218 cities.
The department has q uniform stand
ard under which departmental ex-
penses. are classified. and state on
GERS, students Of political economy and
others are expected to find its 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 ex.
ecutive veto.
To Lengthen Black Trail.
An effort is being made by the State
Highway commission to make the
Black Trail from Bowman in the south.
ern part OF the state through Dick'n.
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.
t. through which the road passes, one.
half of which is to be paid by the
state aid and the other half by the
county.
Names Hotel conservers.
North Dakota's hotel food conserva.
ton board, announced today by Food
Administrator E. F. Ladd, consists Of
al H. Leimbacher Of tho Gardner no.
tel. Fargo, as chairman; Fred Par.
sons Of the Dakota hotel. Grand Forks;
Ralph Mayer OF the Great Northern,
Devils Lake: c.. A. Klaus Of the Glad.
stone. jamestown, and Richard Peyton
Of the Great Northern, Williston.
Nay Change Taxing Methods.
A recommendation that all public
utilities In North Dakota be taxed on
the gross earnings plan. using the
California schedule, will be made BY
the North Dakota tax commission.
Chairman F. e. Packard now il work.
ing out 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 real
or estimated physical valuation, good
will, etc.
s4,s1e In Auto Tag Sales.
The sale Of licenses during the
month Of September was 1,449 automo.
bile licenses at $4.347; motorcycle tags
at $l04 and 81 dealers licenses at
$465. a total income for the month of
$A916. distributed as follows: County
highway. funds, $1,2S197: state high.
way commission. $2.5s5.62; Office and
expense balance, the remainder.
Cannot Recover Damages.
The right Of John McDonough of
Dickinson to collect damages from the
Russell-Miller Milling company for the
alleged pollution of the waters of a
stream from which the plaintiff had
been cutting ice for the consumption
OF Dickinson patrons, was denied in
supreme court when that body affirmed
q decision OF Judge Crawford in the
Stark county district court In favor
OF the defendant. McDonugh con.
tended that the milling company, by
dumping waste into the river nj n,cL.