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W- p. #V" 88? & JEfeV-' II Wif TH Wiri Cmtj"'. I Every Thursday kf TRIIAX COUOM Minot, North Dakota November 14 1912 KIND TO THE EXPRESS COMPANIES Under the parcel's post regulations packages can be mailed only at the postofflce or at one of the fubst ttons and regular postage stamps cannot be used, special stamps being provided for the purpose. It appears to be the desire of the postofflce de partment to damage the business of the express companies just as little a posible. This matter of newspaper subscrip tions reminds me of the Greek philos opher whose poverty began to pJnch him, says the editor of an exchange. One of his friends sent a word to the ment that each one should take a cer tain kind of wine and on a certain day go to the philosopher's house and pour the wine into an empty vat. And so they did, but each thought that one bottle of water would not be noticed in So much wine and the vat was filled with water. Thus the phil osopher received no aid. It is some what that way with subscriptions One fellow thinks he owes only I small amount and so neglects to pay It. The other fellow thinks that sams and the publisher fares as poorty a the philosopher. We can all rememtSBFthe campaigns of a few years ago when enthusiast'* voters paraded up and down the streets attired in gaudy uniforms and carrying tordlfes. The "band was al ways at the head of the procession playing Tbe Star Spangled Banner, or some other patriotic air and half of the voters didn't know just why they were affiliated with their* respective parties. Tbtase conditions have changed. Today elections are con dueled in a more sensible manner. Yoters give potitfcal problems more serious and intelligent consideration. The poWic speaker Is more of his remarks, for h«» knows that his statements are going to be printed and read by thousands of voters who have not been in his audien^p. The newspapers are studied more gener ally and the voters reading all sides of the questions, form their cwn conclu eions. No longer can they toe «vhlt ped into line by the old party lash. There is more independent voting Take North Dakota for instance. The Democratic electors won with a raa jority of about 5000 but on the other hand, Mr. Hanna, Republican nomi nee for governor, won with a major ity about equal to that. Html Forks 1 for any reasonable amount, at the lowest current rate of interest our own mohey and close all loans promptly as econ as the necessary papers are signed and an abstos* to your land furnished and found perfect. If it is not convenient for you to call nd see us, drop us a line and we will call on you. LET US FIGURE WITH YOU BEFORE YOU CLOSE A DEAL E. J. LANDER & CO v. It is generally conceded that It is not right to lynch a prisoner, be be a murderer of the worst type. We have laws that should toe respected, and those who participate in lynch in rs are regarded as criminals them selves. The lynching of George Ba ker at Steele, was a disgrace to our fair state. Baker was a murderer of the worst type. He had shot his de fenseless wife and father-Jn-law down in cold blood and he should have b«9n pnnlished for the rest of his natural life, if not executed. We sometimes think that there would be less lynch ings, if so many murderers did not escape the noose thru some techni cality. We had such a case right here in Ward county. D. M. Noah murdered poor old man Johnson near Kenmare and altho he had plead guil ty and said that he was ready to swing for the crime, the scaffold that was built for him was never used and Noah is now editing the Reflector, the prison weekly paper. Some chicken hearted members of the board of pardons may some day set Noah free, Just as they did in the case of the Cass county murderer. The Democrats of the state will soon land some choice juicy plums in the way of offices with fat salaries at tached to them. In the Drat place, North Dakotans stand a good chance to get recognition down at Washing ton, because this state which is noi mally Republican by a large major ity. was placed safely in the Demo cratic column. Gov. Burke has built up quite a strong Democratic organ ization here, and he will probably re ceive a~ place in the new president's cabinet, likely that of secretary of the interior. The Democratic party has been out of power for sixteen years and if there area lot of office hungry members of this organization, jnst blame this condition to circum stances, over which they have had no control until but recently. State Chairman McArthur and Warden HeUstrom will both be applicants for TTnited States marshal, according to political gossip. Altho Wood row Wilson will receive more than 400 electoral votes, a great er number than any president ever received, his vote this year about eqnals that received by W. J. Bryan four years ago and it will fall short considerably of the vote received oy Taft at that time. The tofal vote of Taft and Roosevelt in this election about equals the vote of Taft four years ago, seven million some. This enly goes to show that Mr. Wiisoii re clived a solid Demociatic vjte while the old Republican vote was divided by Roosevelt and Taft. Had a Pro greesive been nominated at the Chi cago convention, Mr. Wilson would probably not have been elected. The secretary of the Fargo Com mercial club has started a movement for a safe and sane Hallowe'en. The secretary has probably forgotten tna time he helped tie the cow in the de«-' lority ever given a candidate for pub. con's summer kitchen. He office in that county. Iiieut. Gov. Burdlck of Williston has been elected state's attorney of Williams county with the highest ma- A O A N S W E A N A E O A O A N O N O A N E E I S N O E A in getting your money when you deal w*Hi us- We loan Rugby Minot Wlllistoi H. G. UNDER Mgr.rMint OffiM KllP Mm I wp-y Already the three who appear lo lie leading for the United (Stato's torney are former Mayor Lovell and M. A. Hildreth of Fargo and George P. Jones of LaMoure county, defeats 1 by Mr. HeUstrom for the guberna torial nomination in the June prl maries. Both Mayor Halvorflon and M. J. Mlnckler, the two defeated nominees for congress In the jReeond and Third districts are reported to be on the slate for recommendations for the Minot and Devil* Lake lanrtofftces, respectively, with National Commit teeman Bruegger for the WIlHston landofflce. Presidentelect Wilson says that big interests do not need to fear on his account as long as their business is legitimate. Mr, Wilson is a very scholarly gentleman who is an author ity, in theory at least, on economical problems. If Mr. Wilson surrounds himself with the right kind of a cab inet, and heeds sound advice, there ought to be no good- reason why he will not make a'good president. He A ill be the president of all of the peo ple, and. he Should have the support of every good citizen. It Is reported that the publishers of Jim Jam Jems have been indicted by the federal grand Jury at Fargo. Twelve indictments were returned and it is thought that the Bismarck publishers were Included, altho the matter was supposed to be kept a se cret. It is said that the publishers of this magazine have made about $20,000 in cold cash In less than a year, and if the magazine should be suppressed, Mesrs. Clark and Croca ard ought to be able to get along. When the press dispatches an nounced that Mrs. Grover Cleveland, who is soon to wed a college profes sor, was oniiy 22 years of age when she marked the former president in 1886, what woman could have with stood the temptation to get a lead pencil and compute her present mm vwdmmtm. mm WAmm WMmm mm fllliiii 1 .1 a... $"OT3 at For a man who got such a wallop Adam and Eve. A bacfielor becomes ing. Pres. Taft issued a very cheerful one-sided. He does not develop Thanksgiving proclamation. properly. No wife to meet him with Brave Bulgarian Army Nurses, And Turks Going to the Front mm X? I mmmk Photos by American Preaa Association. ULGARIAN army nurses are brave, hardy Women, who have been nearly overwhelmed witb duties since tbe Balkan war began. Re ports from tbe front indicate thousands have been wounded, and .these nurses, a group of whom is shown above, bave proved to be the real heroines of the conflict The lower picture sbows Turkish soldiers leav ing for the front in trains Tbe vehicles are little more than freight cars. P. D. Norton is golac to be about as useful in the Democratic congresfc as a cup of boiling water In hadbs. His intentions may be all right, but there will be such a huge Democratic majority in the house that Mr. Nor ton will have little opportunity of put ting any of his plans into execution. Besides, the patronage that he will be able to dole oul will not amount to much. It is hoped that his privilege of distributing garden seed will not be taken away. The county fair tax was beaten about two to one In the country dis tricts, and even right here in Minot, there were more votes against It than there should have been.' Directors of the association say they do not «ee how a fair can be financed next year, altho ther*» are many who would sup port it. The association owns near ly ten thousand dollars worth of pron ery, upon which ttere is mortgage for about 13400 due next March. There is but a little money In the treasury and It may be impossible to take up the interest. In this event, one can only look for mortgage fore closure proceedings. The association owns 60 acres of choice land, worth $100 an acre, besides the buildings. INNOVATION'S EASIER WAY. A little while ago the North Da kota law against the common drink ing cup was regarded generally as crank luftsla«ion." Today twenty six states have a similar law and the federal government has ordered such cups out of nrilriad trains of Inter state buslnes. An innovation may be "crank" measure and It Is quite certain to be called so. But innova tions in these days are given a show for their white alley and novelty does not have the uphill light against old things—old bacteria* old Oastoms, old privileges—that It ussd to have. Bachelors, according to insurance tables, do not live as long as married men. There are reasons. It is not the natural way of life. God made .i, v* fy A* MW 'A "I "tfr* Mi EBIK K. RAMSTAD, President. a smile. No children to climb on his knees. He tjhinks of himself, and the social nature gradually evapor ates. in some countries bachelors are taxed, and made to support the families of youngsters growing around them. Cherisht no prejudice, how* ever, against single men, as they are not always to blame. Almost every heart has had a love romance. Well, the long agony Is over, the strenuous campaign ended, and there is a' general feeling of satisfaction. People get tired of the strain. The successful party is jubilant, and are beginning to think albout the offices. The other fellows have decided to keep up their organisation, and try again at-the next election. Wilson is the first university man to occupy the White House. Who can tell without looking in the books the number of presidents we have nad. The list is growing, and makes a column on a page. Some history in 1912. Most of us have only one language and let us keep it in good (order. That word "bully," although used by big men, is not true. Let It go, as there are a dozen other words, pret* tier and expressive, noble, fine, excel lent, superb, vigorous, splendid. "John athan" is not the way to spell those elegant apples. Tell your grocer. Preventative in a recent Christian Herald should be preventative. A candidate for president spoke of feel* ing of his head Drop the of. Tou feel the cold', smell the flower. Cul tivate good English. Fewer sick people if they would only use simple remedies. They run to the drug store or to the doctors for medicine. How ipany know that water. A glass of hot water in the tem needs every day. Dr. Smith ad Vised a man to keep his body full of water. A Silas of hot water in the morning, at noon, and before going to bed is what most bilious people need. A bath once a week Is not enough, a dally sponge Is refreshing. But don't forget to pour down the fluid, not with meals, but between. Drugs to the dogs, If It does not make them sick. 'f-t The way we treat our cus tomers is one golden rule that has made this bank a suc cess Scandinavian-American Bank W inot, IN. D. 1 People who have gardens make a mistake In letting their garbage go to the dump. It is the same as man ure, and will enrleh the soil. Have a hole In the garden, or several plac es, throw In the dally offal from the M.R. POBTEB, Cashier kitchen, cover up with ground and by spring, it will be rotted and pro duce finer peas, lettuce and radishes. No need of the garsage man except for the dwellers In flats. Nothing Is wasted in the oldei countries, Bel gium, Holland, China, Japan, but used to enrich the soil. Americans are a wasteful set. Every time we look at our slushy streets we think how urgent It Is that they should be paved, especially in the buslness ditrict. Two or three men are kept busy continually shov eling off the mud which piles up In the middle of the street only to cov er the crossings again witttin a few moments. Tbe ten or twelve dollars spent a day in cleaning off the cross ings, would pay for a good many-pav ing bricks. The city commission has made a wise move in this direction. When Wood row Wilson passed thru Minot on the Great Northern about a year ago, the only citizen to meet him at the train was that loyal Democrat, E. H. Stenvick. No one else seemed to realize that Mr. Wilson was in this "neok of the woods." Just what con* venation passed betwen those gentle, men no one knows, but it is presumed that the Minot man sowed some seed that will bring forth fruit. Gov. Burice is a a wise old politician He developed enough strength at the Baltimore convention for the nomina tion for vice president, that ought to enable him to get) most anything that he goes after. The governor threw his support to Marshall at the oppor tune time. The Democrats bave taken pretty nearly everything in sight except the North Dakota state offices. Mr, Han na, after becoming governor, ought to be alble to build up a pretty fair state organization, and he'll do It. Hanna is going to make a first class gover nor. Jack Johnson the negro pugilist, has been placed in the Chicago jail, along with other .negroes, because of an ir*: regularity In his 180,000 bonds. If Johnson gets out of this mess, he'll probably ibe satisfied to bestow his at tentions on memlbers of his own race. Seems funny that sometimes when a fellow gets into straightened cir cumstances, he turns out to be a crook.