The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-05-23

gatlOn OF the work OF the Aircraft
Production Board, of which Howard
E. Coin of the Hudson Motor Com
pany is chairman, and who, in his re-
port of Investigations, openly charg-
ed gross and criminal conduct on the
part of the Aircraft Production
Board and it's agents in the expendi-
ture Of public funds appropriated for
aeroplane construction, was born in
Idaho and is Of Danish descent. Gut
som Borglum is an interesting Co.'S
mopolitan character and man of
many accomplishments. In addition
to being very successful business
man, he is a distinguished speaker
and writer, a we'll known inventor, an
expert aeroplane engineer, and is rec
ognized throughout the country as
one of Americas best sculptors. His
marble bust of Lincoln, which was
presented by Eugene Meyer, Jr., of
New York City to the Congress of the
United States and which has been
given a place in the rotunda of the
nations capitol, is considered by
many artists to be the best and most
forceful expression of Lincoln's char
acter as great leader and lover of
mankind that has been produced by
any sculptor in this country. Those
whom Borglum has charged with be-
ing guilty of delaying American aer-
oplane production the past year have
brought about counter charges
against Borglum to the effect that
while he was making his investiga
lions of the work Of the Aircraft Pro-
duction Board, he was personally in
terested in the promotion Of a COM
pany for the manufacture of aero
planes to be sold to the United States
government. The Senate Committee
on Military Affairs promises to make
a thorough investigation into how the
appropriations, amounting to approx
imately one billion dollars, for aero
nautics have been expended since the
beginning of the war. The President
has authorized the Attorney General
to carry on full investigation of the
subject and particularly of the
charges made by Custom Borglum.
Hon. Charles E. Hughes, former As
sociate Justice of the Supreme Court
and Republican candidate for Presi-
dent in 1916, has been secured by At
torney General Gregory to assist in
the investigation.
Business of St. Paul Land Bank for
April.
The Federal Farm Loan Board ad-
vises me that during the month of
April the Federal Land Bank at St.
Paul completed and closed up the
making of 1889 farm loans for am
cunts totalling $2,870,3OO.O0. Of these
loans, 724 were made in North Dako-
ia. The total amount Of loans closed
in North Dakota during April was
$3.50, 10000 New loans applied for
in the St. Paul district during April
numbered 258. The number of loans
approved during April was 233. The
total amount of the loans made and
closed up in North Dakota since the
organization of the Farm Land Bank
at St. Paul last year up to April 80,
1918, was 1884, 10000. All this evil
dences very clearly the need for and
the success of the Federal Farm Loan
System in the Northwest and partic-
ularly in North Dakota. When the
present system is supplemented and
strengthened by the enactment of leg
islation for a personal rural credit
system to take care Of short time
loans needed by farmers to efficiently
carry on their business, the whole
complex problem of rural cred
it's will be near satisfactory So
ution.
Aid for Development of Ignite Coal
Industry.
On the return next week to Wash
ington of Representative Foster, of
Illinois, Chairman Of the House Com
mittee on Mines and Mining, hear
ing before his committee will be held
on the bill I have before Congress,
providing for an appropriation of
800, 100000 for Investigations Of lig-
mite Goals and for aiding in the de-
velopment of practical and economi-
cal processes of mining and briquet-
ting Ignite Goals. The United States
Bureau of Mines has assigned Mr.. S.
M. Darling Of the United States Blu
reau of Mines Station at Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania, to assist and cooper
ate with me in presenting to Members
of Congress and particularly to the
Members of the Committee on Mines
and Mining the great possibilities in
the utilization of Ignite Goals and the
tremendous value to the country at
this time Of the development of lig-
mite coal mining and briquetting
throughout the West and Northwest.
Very definite assurances have been
given me that under authority Of ex-
listing law, Station Of the United
States Bureau of Mines will be locat-
ed and established at an early date in
North Dakota. The Station when es-
tablished will have available for it's
maintenance an annual federal appro-
priation of $25,O00.00. The work of
the Station will be confined entirely