The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1918-07-19
STATE GRAIN ELEVATORS
ARE ORDERED SEIZED

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''To avoid every possible waste
etand unnecessary expense in handl-
Ing the grain, the North Dakota
council of defense orders, that the
North Dakota Council Of Defense
Corporation take immediate steps
to take charge of the handling of
1.-THE grain business as nearly as pos
sible, according to the following
plan:
"No. THAT the said corpora
tion take over the management or
property of all elevators Of the
state, and all buyers licenses.
"No. 2.-That each community in
which there is located an elevator
be notified to proceed to organize a
board of trustees to handle all the
said business in such community,
said board to consist Of five persons
who customarily have grain to sell,
and who shall be elected by ballot
by the grain growers of the said
community, and said trustees to be
selected as follows: When the
community has within its territory
an incorporated village, or city,
two members shall be selected from
the county, two from the village or
city, and the said four shall select
the fifth member of the said board
of trustees, who shall be members
and holders of at least one share of
the stock of the North Dakota
Council OF Defense Corporation,
provided that when the said elevator
shall be located in a city, there shall
be seven trustees, three from the
country, three from the city, and
these shall appoint a seventh
trustee.
mo. AT the end of the fiscal
year. all profits maze by the said
board of trustees shall, upon the
first business day@of July, each year,
be divided among the patrons OF
the elevators in the said community,
according to the numOer of bushels
sold by the said patron or through
the said trustees.
mo. 4.-The said elevators shall
be taken over byslease or purchase,
the payment for the use Of the said
elevators to be upon basis Of seven
per cent per annum upon the actual
physical valuation of said elevator
plants. II the board of trustees
shall take over the property or
plant Of any elevator company or
owner for the.said corporation, they
shall pay the actual physical valua-
ton thereof. The physical valua-
tion in all cases where the owners
Of the property and trustees cannot
agree shall be 1etermt1ed sby g:
board of three arbitrators, one to,
be appointed by the board of trus-
tees, one by the owner, apd the two
to appoint q third. :.
mo. 6.-Elevator properties used
exclusively for seed grain business
or owned and contiguous to mills
are not included in this order.
''No. 6.-The 81 grain purchased
and handled as above set forth shall
be distributed as nearly as possible
through the same commissions and
elevator companies in the same pro-
portion as last year purchased or
handled the grain from the various
elevators. subject to such necessary
business changes as the local board
of trustees. with the consent of the
North Dakota Council of Defense,
shall make.
':No. THE said board of
trustees and the said business shall
at all times be under the supervision
and direction of the North Dakota
Council of Defense Corporation,
aud subject to all laws and rules of
the United States and the state of
North Dakota"
w. 8. S.
RED CROSS a.
The surgical dressing class have
completed and shipped the follow
ing:
40 SKIP irrigation pads.
5-1Ox18 paper back pads.
scultetus bandages.
10 many-tailed bandages.
200 2x2 wipes.
200 9x16 sponges.
$50 AKA wipes.
100 SKA compress.
so 3Ar4 shot bags.
SO 4x6 shot bags.
10 triangular .bandages.
8 8 yard gauze rolls.
/ pneumonia jacket.
Mrs. M. w. Shanks resigned as
and Miss Florence siver-
ling was appointed to fill the va
cancy. Mrs. shanks was called
away by the illness of her sister
and not knowing how long she
would be gone, resigned before
leaving.
The list Of sewed and knitted ar
tieles will appear in the list OF
county goods shipped.
- w. s.
The North Dakota council of de-
Tense in the near future will set the
date for statewide conference Of
to be held In Fargo,
Grand Forks, MinQt or Bismarck,
or perhaps In all of these cities. to
agree upon Q threshing rate. In
Kansas 1t is reported, farmers have
been held up for threshing fee Of
so cents per bushel. Held down to
q fixed price Of 1920 for his wheat
the farmer Is unable to pass this
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