The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-01-06
NORTH DAKOTA TO
HAVE FINE FLOAT IN
INAUGURAL PARADE

kota" and appropriate costumes for
marchers, to be furnished both to
members of the organization and to
visitors from the state desiring to take
part in the parade. Costumes repre-
senting sheaves of wheat, as worn up
on previous inaugural, were suggest
ed by Mr.. Farrar, as typifying the
basic industry of the state.
AS the cost Of the float, costumes
and banners to be carried in the pa
rade was considered too large to be
born by the individual members of the
society, it was decided to take the
question of funds up with Governor
Frazier and the various commercial
clubs Of the state to determine what
part Of the expense could be borne by
the people of the state.
Other state societies have already
completed plans for the part to be TAX
en- by their respective organizations
and it is the hope of the North Dako-
ia Association that the FlickertaiL
State will be represented in the pa
rade, if at all, by float and marching
club that will be credit both to the
state of North Dakota and the society
as well.
The North Dakota Association has
a representative membership of citi-
zens of the state, including persons
from practically every county in the
state. It is estimated that there are
four or five, hundred former residents
of North Dakota now living in the city
drive will be made in the near future
to get most Of these people into the
organization which is open to any for
mer resident Of the home state.
In addition to the members of the
society itself it is certain that there
will be many visitors in the city from
North Dakota at the time of the In
augural who may desire to participate
in the parade and it is the intention
of the society that sufficient cos
tunes be on hand to provide for all
such persons. 1t is finally decided
that North Dakota be represented in
the parade arrangements will be made
for the registration Of all state visit
ors as they arrive in the city.
At the Thursday meeting a commit
tee was appointed to communicate
with the Governor and other officials
as to the necessary finances and also
to meet with the Chairman of the pa
rade committee in order to arrange for
a place for the state in the column.
Nothing new has developed in rela-
ton to the emergency tariff bill now
before the Senate Finance Committee
and it may be several weeks before a
vote is taken on the bill. Senator Nc
Cumber, acting chairman of the COM
mittee, conferred with Senator Hard
ing at Marion early last week and
while it is know nthat financial meas
ures were discussed, nothing was made
public in regard to any conclusions
reached.
Senator Penrose, chairman of the
returned to Washington re-
Gently but is still confined to his wheel
chair and will probably not return to
his seat for sometime. McCumber
will remain in charge of the Finance
Committee until Senaor Penrose re-
sumes his place in the Senate and the
bill will probably come up before that
time.
A filibuster by Democrats led by
Harrison of Mississippi has already
been forcasted and a lively fight is to
be expected when the tariff bill is re-
ported to the Senate.
A number of other relief measures
have been introduced in the House
during the past few weeks, including
a bill by Representative Sinclair Of the
Third district to set a minimum of |
1926 on wheat until July l, next.
Just how such bill will be received |
at this time remains to be seen.
Congressman Young also introduced |
a new bill last week which would pro-
vide for agricultural attaches at the
various foreign consular offices. Such
officers would conduct surveys of ag-
ricultural conditions in countries to
which they were assigned and report
their findings to a central office in the
United States. If such system had
been in practice prior to the recent
year, according to Mr.. Young, the re-
cent sugar shortage could easily have
oeen avoided.
The sundry civil appropriation bill,
The first of the great supply measures,
is now before the House for debate.
Of particular interest to the general
public is the denial by the Appropria-
ions Committee of STA, 900 900 to the
shipping board for the use Of the
Emergency Fleet Corporation.
In denouncing the business meth
DDS employed by the shipping board
Chairman Good of the committee, said:
1--WE are not going to appropriate,
f can prevent it, single penny for
his board that does not know its bus
ness, that is wasting the peoples
money, and if it is, going to get any
money it must get it out of the sal
,age of it's plant"
The sundry civil bill includes large
for the war risk insur-
ance bureau and for the board for
'ocational training, both Of which are
or the benefit of the disabled service
nen.
Uncle Joe" Cannon, the famous ex-
speaker Of the House, on Thursday
,roke all records for length of service
n Congress by passing the record of
he late Senator Morrill, Of Vermont,
Who served in the House and Senate
or a period Of forty-three years, nine
months and twontv-fOl1r DAVIS and