Step Monopoly On Coal Lands
A Washington dispatch reports the president and Secretary Hitchcock moved to withdraw 6 million acres of public lands containing workable coal across New Mexico Colorado Utah Wyoming North Dakota Montana Oregon and Washington. The action aims to keep coal lands under government control and prevent private seizure amid potential strikes.
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Washington
Hitchcock
New Mexico
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
North Dakota
Montana
Oregon
Geological Survey
Commissioner of Corporations
Garfield
Standard of Corporation
United States
la Follette
Spooner
Congress
Senator la Follette
Wisconsin
Senate
County Auditor Reports Changes in County Livestock and Machinery Assessments
County Auditor Atterberry received notice of altered assessments for cattle horses mules sheep swine separators and animal powered engines and boilers. The changes require reprocessing tax books to determine each owner's new levy. Railroad assessment per mile may rise from 7500 to 9000 though no figures on railroad mileage have yet been issued.
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Atterberry
John Knauf Becomes North Dakota Supreme Judge by Oath
John Knauf of Jamestown, Republican nominee, appointed by Governor Sarles to fill Judge Young’s vacancy, was sworn in yesterday at the Capitol in Bismarck by R. D. Hoskins. The oath followed Young’s resignation and Knauf will join the state supreme bench amid congratulatory greetings from attendees.
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John Knaut
Jamestown
Republication State Convention
Sarles
Young
Fargo
State Supreme Bench
Knauf
Bismarck
R. D. Hoskins
Supreme Court
Evening Times
Lightning Sets Fire to Kelley Barn at Larimore
Two men died and 31 horses perished as lightning struck Thos Kelley’s lovery barn in Larimore on Monday morning. The hay loft and barn went up in flames before help arrived, leaving an $8 000 loss with $2 900 insured. A colored man Hogge and an unknown person were burned in the blaze. The fire is described as Larimore’s worst.
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Thos. Kelley
Larimore
Hogge
Kelley
Great Northern plans major labor expansion in Williston
The Great Northern railroad will add at least eleven families to Williston as it increases machinists and boiler makers. Six boiler makers rise to fourteen and nine machinists to twelve. Heavy engine repair will be done locally costing about eight hundred dollars per engine. Foreman promotion and new orders accompany the expansion, while housing shortages prompt calls for immediate construction and club action.
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Great Northern Railroad
Williston
Walter Bissel
A.B. Ford
Commercial Club
Railroads grant 10 percent wheat rate cut for Northwest
Great Northern Northern Pacific and Soo lines announce a ten per cent reduction in grain rates. North Dakota expected to harvest the largest wheat crop in state history near 100 million bushels, saving about 1.5 million dollars in crop value. Official notice filed with the state grain and warehouse commission on August 20 confirms the nationwide scope of the cut.
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Northern
G. N
N. P
Soo
North Dakota
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Northwest
Union
Minnesota
St. Paul
Soo Lines
State Grain and Warehouse Commission
Grain roads offer rate cut but inquiry proceeds
Three rail lines proposed a ten percent reduction in grain rates across vast territory beyond the terminals and near all grain growing areas. They asked the railroad and warehouse commission to suspend the hearing on merchandise rates. Opposition led the commission to reject the offer, and Governor Johnson called for a formal inquiry into grain rates. The roads then filed a notice of reduction on their own initiative.
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Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Johnson
Cement Block Factory Opens in City
Warren D. Silver and Elmer Moore started a cement block factory last Friday. They have produced several hundred anchor blocks held by four galvanized iron ties creating a dead air space for interior plastering. Silver leads the venture, guarantees quality, and plans to use blocks in the new bank building south of the Graphic office this fall.
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Warren D. Silver
Elmer Moore
Silver
Graphic Office
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R. C. Sanborn Lumber Co
Hedderich Bros. & Co
Old Stand
Williston, N.D
Pres
Williams County Bank
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