Courier Democrat., 1917-12-20
MACDONALD MAYBE
new U PRESIDENT 5
sTATE SUPERINTENDENT OF IN
sTRUcTloN PROMINENTLY
MENTIONED FOR PLACE.
. AAPPEN'NeYA7 STATE HOUSE
What North Dakota Officials Are Do
ing in Administration of Laws
In the Different Depart.
ments at Bismarck.

BISMARCK.
Capitol folk are placing some Gre
dence IN persistent rumor to the ef-
feet that NJ c. Macdonald, state super.
i2,teudent Of public instruction, is re-
ceptive candidate for the presidency
Of the University of North Dakota, and
that it is very possible that the Non
partisan majority on tho state board
of regents may favor his election. Mr..
Macdonald is a graduate of the Uni
versity 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 M. 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. $2.1S," Mr.. Johnson said, "and
the best we can get for our wheat is
81. AS a result, the stockman can
see no advantage in exchanging 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
a general practice In the northwestern,
part of the state, where there is prae-
tteally no forage or roughage.''i
T The remedy, In MI Johnson'ss esti-
nation. is simple. He doesn't ask a
higher price for wheat, regarding that
| matter closed. He does feel that tina
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
ern part of the state through Dickin-
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. 1t Is esti-
| mated that the cost will be in the
nesghborhood 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.
| Y. s. Agent Finishes Labors.
o. w. Wyatt. special agent Of the
bureau of the census of the department
OF commerce, has completed q several
weeks audit Of North Dakota govern
mental expenses, which Is to be en-
bodied In an annual census report COW
ering all of-the states and 21S cities.
The department has q uniform stand
ard under which departmental ex-
penses are classified. and state off,
GERS. students OF political economy and
others are expected to find its COM
paratiye 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.
ecntive veto. *g E.
Names Hotel Ccnservers.
North Dakota's hotel food eonserva.
tion board, announced today BY Food
Administrators r. +. LAdd consists Of
,sAl H. Leimbachsr OF the Gardner ho..
tel. Fargo. as chairman; Fred Par,
sons Of the Dakota hotel. Grand Forks;
Ralph Mayer Of thh Great Northern,
Devils Lake; G. A. KLAUS Of the Glad,
stone. jamestown. and Richard peyton
Of she Great Northern. Willlston.
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