Coal shortages loom in McKenzie County mines
A McKenzie County fuel report lists multiple mines near Schafer Watford City Arnegard Rawson Alexander Charbonneau Cartwright and Cartwright. It notes limited current output yet potential supply if roads and land access improve. Farmers push for county self sufficiency while coal yard plans may aid distribution.
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I. P. Baker
Bismarck
North Dakota
Byron Lyons
Williston
Williams
McKenzie Counties
Alexander Chronicle
Lyons
L. B. Burns
Alexander
McKenzie County
Fuel Administration
McKenzie
Schafer
Watford City
Rom
Charbonneau
Cartwright
Dupoís Bill Now R R Tariff Says Dupuis Letter
In a Non-partisan Leader letter from Temple representative C F Dupuis notes a new railroad tariff makes his winter introduced bill effectively law. He references HB 298 and a North Dakota tariff, urging H R Wood to consider the implications. Dupuis, once Great Northern agent in Williston, is viewed as a potential railroad commissioner candidate.
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H. R. Wood
C. F. Dupois
Temple
Senate
North Dakota
Dupuis
Williams County League
Great Northern
Williston
Railroad Rate Hearings Set Across North Dakota
North Dakota Railroad Commission calls railways to show cause on new commodity tariffs based on mileage. Six hearings will be held statewide, including Grand Forks on December 8, with lines such as Chicago and North Western, Great Northern, and Northern Pacific notified. The tentative interstate rates cover wheat and cereal products, from 2.7 cents per hundred pounds for short hauls to 12 cents for long ones.
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Grand Forks
North Dakota Railroad Commission
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago, Milwaukee and
Lost Motion
A fractured dialogue centers on a bill collector and a sleepy speaker. The exchange hints at miscommunication and an odd notion of progress as “lost motion” while stairs and a visitor frame the scene.
County Farm Bureau Urged To Back County Agent
Washington November 4 United States Department of Agriculture officials stress that active cooperation and local backing by farmers is essential to county agent work. A new Handbook on Farm Bureau Organization outlines aims to coordinate forces, provide advisor counsel, deliver information efficiently, promote self help, and reveal local agricultural possibilities.
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Washington, D. C
United States Department of Agriculture
Farm Bureau
Ray Farm Fetches High Figure in Regional Sale
W D Gillspie of Fargo sold his 560 acre Golden Valley farm northeast of Ray to E MaBilor at just over thirty two dollars per acre. Gillspie, an early Ray settler since 1902, held the property with family homesteads and rents in recent years. MaBilor, moving from the Red River Valley two years ago, planned to improve the tract despite backward seasons and good local returns.
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W. D. Gillspie
Fargo
Golden Valley
Ray
E. MaBilor
Mr. Gillispie
Gillispie
Bailor
Red River Valley
Safe water found for interstate trains signaling North Dakota survey
Grand Forks November 7 The Public Health Laboratory of North Dakota reports a sanitary survey of water along the Northern Pacific line used for interstate trains shows the water is safe and wholesome. Sixteen points on Great Northern and Soo railroads are being tested with bacteriological analysis. The work, conducted by state laboratories linked to the University at Grand Forks, follows a call from the U S Health Service to ensure pure drinking water for travelers on interstate trains nationwide.
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Grand Forks
Public Health Laboratory of
North Dakota
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Soo
University At
United States Health Service
United States
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William Nye
Northern Produce Company
Nye
Minnesota
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R. R. Tariff
Agriculture Handbook
RAY Farm
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Prop
Ford
Williston Motor Sales Co
L. V. Coulter
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