Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-01-17
Governor Expresses Hope That
Legislators Can Finish
Labors in Few Days.
NEWS OF STATE HOUSE
What North Dakota Officials Are Do
Ing In the Administration Of Laws
In the Different Departments
At Bismarck.

Bismarck.
Governor Frazier expresses the hope
that the coming special session Of the
legislature will be- confined to four
days. Jan. g. "a. 25 and 26. adjourn
ing following the convening OF the
assembly. TIE executive under the
constitution can only express this as
his desire or urge it as suggestion.
Although the session is called to act
upon the seed situation. under the con.
stitution Of North Dakota there is no
limit upon the time which legisla.
ture. gathered in extraordinary assem-
bly,, may remain In session. nor upon
the matters which 1t may consider. and
several other subjects may be taken
up.
I'm view Of the extraordinary condi.
tions existing: That our nation needs
oil the food products, especially grains,
that can possibly be produced and that
owing to the poor crops Of the past
two years, assistance Is necessary in
about half of the countries OF our state
e
that all r.eans thus far devised to
make provisions for sufficient seed and
feed have seemingly failed; and that
the present laws Of our state are in.
adequate to NEE. the situation; 1t is
ieereL necessary that 2 special session
Of the legislature Re called to revise
the County seed bonding law. in order
that the nc essary seed and feed can
be srrplicd to Assure q good crop
acreage being planted next spring, and
10 provide Tor anr ether war measure
that ucy be deea'cl advisable.
"T.ie-esore. /. Lynn J. Frazier. gov.
ern5r OF North Dakota, do hereby call
lhe fifteenth legislative assembly to
meet in special session at the capitol
1T Bian,arcl: On Wednesday, Jan. 90,
ISIS, at O'Clock q. M
Preaats Use of Fcod Cards.
Sugar. bread nd fH"~ c"-.'s t>-
| North Dakptans, N! ess tlr,fG - a {.
sided change III cu.ii !,-, = Drc,
dietod by DR.. ~. #. Id, nj @.''
administrator. To- 'ic-~'1 st 5
| for hotels end ~ Hn'';" cr''-.-'
houses also is predicted. Dr.. I.add I'D.
vocates the latter method as the
most efficient way of dealing with
the food situation.
"!nasmuch as the government has
stabilized wheat prices" he said
"thc price of ether products should
be stabilized, for only in this way
can the food situation be properly
handled"
Flour prices. he declared, are toe
high. and this is keeping the price
of bread up. Recently the Federal
food administration at Washington
issued bulletin to the effect tina,
bread should sell in North Dakota a,
cents.
II indorse that" he said. "1
bread can be sold at cents cash and
carry in New York, there is no rea
son why it should not sell at s
cents in North Dakota. where th'
wheat is raised. 1t can't be sold al
8 cents, however with flour at thu
present price. It is being sold a
J 10 cents. but everything above tha
price is prof1teering."
No State Banks Statement.
North Dakota state banks will no
be called upon for. a statement 0
, their condition as Of December 81, fol
which a call waE sent out by th'
, United States comptroller OF cur
rency.
, When the state bank examiner
postage expense was budgeted in tn
omnibus bill last February, there wa
: not taken into consideration the pos
, sibility OF war and SO per cent In
crease in first class postage ratets
The department was given an allow
ance ample to cover its postage need
at the old two.cent rate, but wit
half the biennium still to com.
Uncle Sam has boosted this expens
80 per cent.
: I'VE are compelled to pass up thi
: CALL" said Assistant State Bank +,
@ aminer L. A. Thorberg, for fear tina
d we will entirely exhaust our postag
j allowance II We send out notices c
: every call 20 all of the state banks.
:, Tais explanation through the pres
. Is the only one which state banks wi
: receive of the omission. Tis sel'
evident that tit would cost the depar
/ mcnt as much to advise each ind
;. vidual bank that th call would not B
& made rs If 1t would 60 make tie call.
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