Emmons County record. [volume], January 04, 1906, Image 4

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•V D. R. STRBBtER
Sortk Dakota.
HONKS* PAPER OF THE GOUNTY.
Bsootrt entered at tbe Llnt/m
woood-ciu* matter.
Loose rebe—yi'U Frank Bryant
you tad I* y—stop telling such big
yams. You've lited in this partofj^j
ng time, and until the,
tbe wi-rid a
recent past
signs of "Arcanniasism.
the recent inru*h of immigrants frm
the "effete *asi" has demoralized you.,
First jvo tell us ateut a tree or plant
that frrc* over beyond Napoleon
aod pnjduoe a ab» ance that cannot
be tcld from creamery butter Then
in a week or ss you inform us that p*a
nuts have teen ihe chief crop in
«n Cvuntv tlas vear. There is a sub-
•lance kn« t? commerce as "peanut
batter." It is made from liie tooth
some groun i-nut. ami is pMluced in!
a considerable vosuaie. It is po- ble
that the warm weatlier of )al tail
statehood. We admire him because
he can be depended upon to keep his
word and act fairly by his friends
something that is entirely foreign to
the I'attcrsoniun character, and some
thing that Patterson cannot compre
hend. As to the Booklover articles,
they cover nothing that was not ex
ploited years ago. The fact is that, all
the truck that is in,w appealing was
printed at the time McKenzie was
made the victim of the San Francisco
Alaska ring. It was all known to
President McKinley. who, after his re
turn from his lour of the Pacific Slope,
at unce patdnued McKenzie. who had
been sentenced l.y a San Imh/i'-nco
judge to jail foi contempt, ot court.
Probably the martyred president knew
better than Rex ite-c or C. A. Pai
teroon whether the stalwart North
Dakotan deserved punishment at the
hands pf the San Fr.» nc -.#*»- A
la a
ring.
The fact N that, lhe
Magazine wants lo swell
Whether or not it was a just attack
was of no consequence to the money
seeking i.ublishers of he magazine. It
made no difference that, with a full
knowledge id the facts by the tucm
beriiof the next state convention. Mc
Kenzie had iM'en chosen unanimously
as the republic in leader of the state
the same old straw must be thrashed
over because the magazine wanted to
increase its circulation, and a lot, of
ei-ofllce-holders in North Dakota bad
ly needed its assistance in their coin
ing "reform" campaign.
Ill tbe case of Collier's Weekly, it
has been proved by indisputable evi
dence tliat the statement that lead
ing college foot-ball players are
grafters is alsolutcly false, and that
the author of the articles is what
President Northrop, of the Minne
•otAjTniversity, terms "the lnonu
of America." Is there any
And who of us here know* Rex
Beech? Is there any reason why his
unilateral statements should be taken
without question? So far as we in
Pott-|these
fli laoovd li nteftd it tbe Linton Pott
owimMoood^iui pans know, he may b? as con*
scienceless a person as C. A. Patteryjn former" and is ulng extremely bitter
TBE Batcave Buster says that the is known to be—and can be proved to I language a«aint the leaders of tbe
editor of the Beeord was in Denver be- by unimpeachable testimony from repub icjn party in North Dakota,
last fall. True. And there were thou- a!i am uf this county. The raerej^Does any one for a moment suppose
sands and tens of thousands of others fa.- that years have pasM-J without /that he would have taken this course
like him. there, who wouldn't fjr all the Booklovers'and Rex Beech comin* had he been appointed game warden?
tbe fees of ail the clerks of court in to the from with their attack tends
the Union have crawled like a sneak- to s'iow that it is now brought far
ing cur into a democratic convent kn w.trd at the beginning ufa state cam
and promised to oppose McKinley and paign at the instance of tbe Winsbip
vote for Bnan provided the d-?av ik-:^en-TroTattrn crowd, ho are
rrats would gi\e the turn-eoit a iciUeSr responsible for its advertise
nomination jr c".erk of tlK district ment and circulation in North Dakota,
ooutt. When Patterson was at Grand
Forks, year before iat. liobn .bbing
with the party leaders and as usual
trjinjr ft-aiiier his own nest instead
seeking occasionally ij h*ip his
lhe uf U)e
Record was at home lighting week
after week that justice might be done
t'j wiiom lie believed were in
ljK jn Kldt)t.r c,)UnI VVe
ask
didn't
,.ti)c
macUinc
w*» for t-r against U:Om? in Kidder
jcounty whom we le!ievri t-» lie rigiit.
friends out-ht to have a »quir
we
and the consequent !rat-d s-^ii may
bare caused a clue mica I change in
Logan county's peanut crop, produc
ing the ptanut butter descriU-d by
tbe Ilomesttid as bring f- uiid under
neath a tree near Govl«ervi ie. Thtre
is always a scientific c.iuse for such
effects as tliai ^covered by Urol her
Bryant, and we have probablv out- .. ...
.. •. .. ianv North Dakotau )i'idiiig
lined the correct Hi*. thanks,
a 1 a
please. We are aiv ied W.H'v*,.
that the editor's recent severe in jury,
through getting one of Ijis tinkers
pinched in a jot^-pivss. wa* in tiie na-j
^4-ur« of retiibmion: for the damaged]
fingtkC^.s on liie same ri^ht iiand that
wrote tfesjjeanut-buiter articles.
'se u:
1
iure
that Aiesauder
KriiZi-.-. live man who lias uo.ie
1
lhe Missouri Sio^ie ttia any otner
one niaii. 1 luve a Mjuaie de.t!
now-. And. as iong as the edit of
the Record is able to use t- ngue or
pen. lie wiii get a fair dea so ir is
we are concern-.d. It he li.is i.: an»
manner robbed this common a tu.
Mr. I'ait-r.v-n shuuid st lie ne-.i and
where: if Governor Sarles and lhe
other state oflicera whom Mr. l'.u ler
!son lei|ed to nominate at Gr.iiid
I Forks are scoundrels, give tunics and
jdatvs. If ii can ie shown lo us Dial
an office
i.a iuiia
(X)oJier and a kiuve. the Recoru
will not for a minute.support him in
the coming campaign. But it »i.i
take more than one-si led statements
by either of th« se great men. Hex or
Charlie, to c-mince us.
IJe'ovv we give an extract fiom a let
t-vr written from Washington to ie
Fargo.Furuin by Col. Lounshiiry, ai.
honored Union soldier, who. when
scarcely of legal age. commanded a
civil w.ii
vvho"«iH^ one of the earliest settlers'
on the "^Mi^s-jnri JSlop«-: who has
known Alexander McKenzie more
than thirty years:''^ho has been
with him and agiinst'~kini in ad
vocacy of in- opposition to., ques
tions territoiiai and sia'e that iiw.e
from lime to time coins up ir settle
ment: who holds a civil-service posi
tion und^er President Roosevelt-a
posiuo.-j in which friendly or adverse
political influence cannot touch him.
This is what Col. Lounsbury thinks
of Alexander McKi-nzie:
Thk batcave eW^yr troubled
because the Record liasTiPtvJiad some
thing to say regarding the atblwlcs on
A'exander McKenzie, republican Ifctr
tional committeeman for North Dako- "Hjchigan regiment in the
ta. The Becord is not aware tliat there
is any necessity for it to say anything
regarding the mailer. The gentleman
has demonstrated for many a year
tliat the attacks of such cattle as
either Rex Beach, of the Bookiovers'
Magazine, or the Batcave Butter chief
push fail of the object for which they
are intended. Certainly Mr. Mc
Kenzie is not a whit worse now than
he was a year ago last summer, when
the batcave chap was one of his warm
supporters at the Grand Forksconven
tlon, or at Bismarck last winter, when
lie was chasing the tall Alexander
around persistently, seeking his in
fluence fur the game-warden appoint
ment—as a reward for opposing the
republican legislative ticket in this
district. Some lliinys that Mr. McKen
zie and some of his friends favored
last winter in the legislature the
writer supported and some he did not.
The iiouse journal will verify this
statement.
nor there.
his loyalty to the Missouri Slope since the herifT w,.s drowned and he
--I
see there is an element in North
Dakota that is working overtime in
the effort to loe Alexander McKenzie
iu the politics of the state. Alex. Mc
Kenzie came to North Dakota in 1871.
lie worked on the railroad laying
track. lie worked on the line from
Brainerd west to Hismirck. lie en
gaged in a little manufacturing entcr-
prise at Bismarck and delivered his
But that,is neither here goods in a wheelbarrow. |Manufac
Wc admire McKenzie for turiiig soda water.] In the win'er of
was appointed s'leriil in his stea l,
lie was re-elected term after term.
That was the only el.-c'ive office he
ever sought, lie w.is a director when
the penitentiary was built at. Bis
marck and member of the cipital
commission. The-e were the only ap
pointive ollices he ever held or ever
sjught.
"Wliatevei lie lias done was for Bis
marck and North Dakota. He might
have made in my t!iouindi of illans
when tlie capital was lK-itei at Bis
marck. He did it -t s-ll a I-»t. lie
helped others sell where they wished
his help. He was determined that, it
should not be j-aid tliat lie cre lied a
condition and then tii-d unload
He was at is lied ho.'d his pr|M'riv
if the advantage came to Bismarck
that he Imped f.jr by Ike location i,f
the capital, lie did not propose to
add to ibe burdens of any one or to
jbe accu-ed of unloading. He
B'joklov.-rs" j-never *ujfht any person tl advantage
its circma-1 through any action by a
tion. just as any oii»er publica'i«n ikota legislature. He has never made
does, it Iijw swr, MeCaU'sarid Every-(a dollar ihrougti hi.
body's double And tr«We their adver- hegislature on
ttaing and ssibm'.-rifrf.i.-.fi frtcnae i*j
caoae of that
•houid It* editor
hMtccu fclf rai.v. its sutj-1
•crlptiori tj, a mweh higher figure!
itj iu sensational article?, on the hon
esty of j,a,e But. the
field t:ing ^ieti (iiied at the lines of
asaault lietng in*de iiy ihe^e magazines,
the Bj)k!ov-rs' must create a sensa
tion by attacking some one else.
W:'ter,
»!...» 1^
a
North
Da-
ac jon i,f ihe
any subject. Others
may have worked a grait. Alexan er
McKenzie never did. There may be
those who will try now to build up
prejudice against him brans- of
his alleged connection with Nome
affairs. That is ancient history, i.'e
was not injured in the estimation of
any decent man who knew the facts.
McKinley knew the facts. Roosevelt
knows the man. .Some uninlormed
pet soils may be misled into suppos ng
tliat opposition to Alex McKenzie is
all that is in-cessa in lhe politics if
North Dakota. Better let Alex. Me
Kenzie alone, lie cm do nimv for
tbe state than almost any other man
in the slate, and lie is doing it. ri^'lit
along while others stay at home mid
growl."
Tiik illustrious statesman down th
street, who was kicked out of the
postinastership for neglect or duty
and general incompetence, ho. then
went over to the democrats and, like
the Judas that he is, foreswore Mc
Kinley and declared n* Bryan then, in
spite of boodle poured out by him like
lost the legislative nomina­
tion year before last: was then
defeated for school director ben suc
ceeded in beating the fairly nomin ued
candidate for state's attorney nut of
his nomination
commute*: who was then, in the in
terest of harmony, allowed to go ts a
delegate to tbe state convention who
was then promised tbe game warden
sbip if he played fair in the campaign,
and lost it because he didn't play fair:
this illustriousstatesman is now "a re-
LK*s he think tint the people of this
c-iunty and district have forgotten
that iate as the last campaign he
was in Grand Forks as a delegate and
he:ped to nominate the state ticket,
the nominees upon which ticket he
now refers to as tools of the machine,
fhe editor of the Rtc rd wasn't there.
He had no voice in the convention
llut nominated Gov. Sarle-s and tbe
other gentlemen on tliat ticket who
were eUcttd and who are making
hones! andcuinpetent officers. Again,
does lie think that tne people have
firgotten his inconsistent action in
the Kidder cjunty trouble? Was be
antagonistic .i the machine, as lie
leruia it. at ih.u time? Did he advo
cate a ur-an l-sjuire deal in Kidder
.uniy? Did lie not arise iu the .un
ty conventi mi and iudors one faction?
i'iien. when he foun 1 that the ha e.i
Stt.e.ter wuiiid stand for a square dea
in ivT^vier. regardless of wnat "tbe
iclline"" or any 0:ie else might wish,
did he uy b. every means iu his
po.ver t'j defeat tlu ma a whom
na 1 idorse-l in ill convention? The
illustrious statesman* who so abi1
re^rjs.-nte I E.n.u -ns county in th
.use session of yj must th n* that
tne lyejpie of tuts m.ity h.ve siior.
memories?
Anddoeihi be'i*ve tliat his mis
rep. emulation of tiLs sue lessor iu th
i'-g^sla-ur• will b2 tieievel? Desn't
ue kn ».v tint tH_- housj urn.ti con
tains the record, and its grint- is lar^e
e.iou.'ii tini' a iy mi may rea it? I) .es
ue oeiieve fjr an in-lain that that
'UC.es.5or ii iijtieaiyanl wunn
fen by voxvaii I p-n every niiaur
ue advocated and every aure he op
,x»sed during the session of wuich lie
was a uiemoer? I'ariicularly is tins
true of the libel bill, waicn this nice,
clean, honorable, honest, fair-dealing
gentleman of the batcave so vocifei
ously C'indemus? An i. iu conclusion,
doesn't lie know that iliete are bun
ureds of old settlers in this .uuty
.vho have known him f»r years as boy
and man—who are familiar with his
career duiing the ye.us that inter
vened b.-tween iiis itceupitions of
crooked horse-jockey as a to thai
•f common-swindier and double-deai
ing friend since lie has reached mail's
-estate.
And of such material, counting down
from th« man who voted for the
doubie-raiieage steal at Washingtm
to men who like. Baidy have been
kicked out of ofllce-^oupled with an
effort to create racial antagonisms is
the faction that is trying to disorgan
ize the republican party of this state
chieMy composed.
Christmas at Kintyre.
Napoleon Homestead: Christma
of UKi.1 will not soon be forgotten by
the inhabitants of the liitle burg oi
Kintyre and surrounding district,
about a bundled of whom gathered a
the home of Mr. M. R. Farrell to
bid one another the kindly greetings
of the season. The ladies conneciei
with the People's .Sunday !chool had
arranged an excellent program, con
sisting of chotuses. duets, solos, man
dolin selections, teidlng and recita
ti' n~. tvei numb*!' of which was
admirably rendered. Among the
speakers were Rev. Lainan. Mr. Mat
ihevv Hilton and Mr. Dugald Catni
hell. whose "farmer sermon" on tbe
text "Charity and Cheerfulness." was
appreci ited by every one present.
After the singing of "The Doxnlogy,"
he jfood cheer so amply provided by
willing hauls was parta'sen of, and
"My conscience:" the way the tea and
cike disappeared was. to say the least,
marvelous. A vo'eof thanks to Mr
and Mrs. Farrell. tl.e singing of "Auld
Lan, .Syne" and the American na
tional anthem brought a happy and
cnjovahl" meeting lo its termination.
A Mew Cry.
In the |y.«t campaign Patterson's
ciy against the editor of the Becord
was "Whisky bloat" and '".Sixty-day
drunk.' Those cries having become
unavailable, he hat iken up the cry of
"•lie gang." The political turn-coat,
who otfcied to sell iiis party for a
demcratic nominal ion, will tind hi
a'tick a ong th it. line equally as dis
appointing. Wbciiever those :n this
county ill show that, there has been
graft on the part of Nation il Commit
teeman McK- nzie in the affairs of
this state, or by any of the
state officers whom Mr. Patters m,
nil not the writer, helpe 1 to nominate
ill ltiJl. we aie ready and willing to
drop them an I join tiie efforts for
their overturn*. But we must have
something more definite than lhe
mere assertions of Br'er Patterson be
'ore we Ijec uiie convinced. Size up
the two or three who are shouting
against the present organization in
this vicinity an whit you lin i?
One «h tried bis level best to stand
in with the present organization if
they would give him a paying state
Office Another who was on the peni
tentiary board tor eight years, and
thought he organizat iu was all right
until bis successor was appointed, in
nearly every instance, all over the
stile, you will find that the "the
gang shouters are composed princi
pally of diappoi,it politic.ans who
lieen turned down for caUtf-
liave
le WaS
that, Re* Beech Is|tor chairman of the county central
...
,1c
out'
1'i'st Bank of Linton, Lin
ton, .V. D., lias real-estate money to
loan on good farm lands, three to live
years.
HAZELTON HAPPENINGS AROUND THE STATE
[From the Hepnbilean. Dec. •.)•
Dr. Snyder is visiting his brother,
J. B.. at Coleharbor. this week.
Leonard da Heautne was up from
Linton on Christmas and dined with
Mrs. E. L. Perras and daughters-
Principal C. A. Moorman left Satur
day for Packwood. Iowa, to spend
Christmas with his father and other
relatires.
A large Edison phonograph and
some choice records are shortening
the evenings at the Patzer home now.
They were presents from G. M. lo the
family.
Mrs. Lane Mitchell returned last
evening from Munrhead, Minn., where
ie bad been visiting the family of
her son, Henry.
L. S. Chapman returned Friday
from Chicago, where be attended the
national live -st ck show and also
visited friends. He reports- ttie time
of bis life.
Thos. Kelly went to Wisliek Friday
with three teams which W. M. Mat
thews had sold to parties there. En
route home he enjoyed Christmas
dinner with Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Lee,
of Braddock.
Frank Haas left Saturday for El
len iale to spend Christmas and the
hoi,days with- home-f lks. He was
accompanied by Mi-s Anna Taib t,
who will be the gu st of Miss Katie
ias for a weeK.
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Mikalson, Miss
Markley and G. 11. Naramore en
yed iSu-iday dinner at tbe home of
the Ku'tz young people. Their com
•iie-its aie highly complimentary to
Miss Riley's culinary ab.lily.
A young lady arrive 1 in Go kin re
cent ly and on looking arou saw the
Da ibury butte in the dMince and
exc aimed: "M.! but you people do
1 -t a a
sje th tt big st,aw-st ick."
Miss Elni Armstrong. Miss Coia
Ktabunde and Miss vina Farrell
a (laze young la lies who have
oeen atten ling sell ul in th? Cipital
Jity, and who name Inme on Fri Jay's
triin to spend th holidays.
Those who met George Brock, of
Boston, when he visited his brother
J. B. here ihiifail, will be pleased
u» learn that lie was recently elected
a memlierof the school botrd of that
city by a large major.ty, and was the
only repunl on elect d.
Mrs. W. L. Ye,iter dep irted yester•
iv. via Linton, for Cilifjrni.i for a
extended vi^lt with relatives. Her
ma iy friends in Emmons county hope
ner visit the land of perpetual
ilowers will tie hig.ily enj yable. Mr.
Veater accompanied her to Linton.
II. W. Allen, of the Emmons County
St-«te Bank, of Bra id tck, re tne m
beied his friends on Curistinas with
drafts on the Bank of Prosperity.
Each draft ciiled for three liunJred
a id sixty-live—days of happ.n .ss, ani
eacli was a pretty reminder ot tiie
joyous season.
Paul Kunz an-J Mabil and Hazel
Roop. who had accnmpanUd their
parents as .r east as Chicag» an I
who got their tir^t gdinpse of the out
side world on this trip, returned home
Friday. Their schoolmates will doubt
l«ss be entertained the lest uf the
winter with descriptions of tiie wo'iiv
derful things seen.
The writer was at Jamestown over
Sunday, where he visited with the
family of his brother, E. E. Thurston.
That's tiie town where the "crazy
house" is. but they hadn't lost any
patients so no suspicion rested on us.
Jamestown is a dccidedly pieity town,
and everybody seemed busy and pr s
perous. We met a number of old
•South Dakota acquaintances in busi
ness there.
There is no doubt in the minds of
many hereabouts that horses are still
being '*rustlea" from Euiuionscounty,
and that a stickmeu's protective as
sociation should be organized. In
November W. B. Fuller lost a team of
old work-horses that had, prior to
their disappearance, come home daily
for water. This week he~ received
word tliat I lie animals had been taken
up and advertised by a farmer near
Dawson —about forty uiiJes from
home. Were they driven oil and
abandoned after their brands were
discovered? Mr. Fuller went after
iheui yesterday.
Ltatoa Public Schools.
PRIMA UY BOOM.
May Gill entered the primary de
parintent Tuesday.
The primary pupils are studying
the Esklino tor morning exercises.
Those who won prizes for spelling
were Florence Petrie, Augusta Wes
cott and Matin Mohii.
OBAMMAR ROOM.
The grammar room has taken up
the reading of Ben ilur as opening
exercise.
During vacation the school-house
was cleaned from top to bottom.
The blackboards have been im
proved by a good coat of green en
amel.
The holiday vac itiou liegan Satur
day, Dec. 23,1905, and ended Jan. 2.
IiW6.
The pupils of the sixtli and seventh
grades enjoyed two exira holidays, on
account of the ttnal eighth-grade ex
amlnatloii Dec. 81 and 22.
Taken Up.
By the undersigned, two hordes. One
is a mare about 12 to 15 years old:
weight, about 1,400 pounds wlnte in
col r: mi brands lias on shoes trout
feet. The other is a geld nig, abut 12
to 15 years old weight about 1,200 or
1300 pounds bay in color blind in
left eye no brand.' Owner will please
cab, pay cnarge? and take the annuals
aw .y
PetbbMastlb,
[de2l-janll] i^e,,h S- D
FourMiles North of Daketn, N. D.
Benson county Is said to be long on
attorneys.
The Anamoose Progress credited a
pair of wins to the wrong couple.
The Jamestown Alert has moved
Into new offices.
Starkweather and Edmore people
Contributed liberally to a fund to send
to the Russian Jews.
In a fight between a cow and a
horse near Granville the milk-pro
duc- killed the equine.
These is a crying demand at Hope
for better order by the younger por
tion of the audiences at entertain
ments.
A servant girl at Oriska wanted to
marry a negro, and the county julge
at Valley City refused issue tiie
license.
An attempted burglary was frus
trated at Rolla by a girl falling over a
and creating su:b a racket that
the burglar hiked.
A man digging a well at Lawton
ime across au eight-foot vein of coal,
and the Hud is Considered tu be of
great importance.
The Bottineau News learns that
Thad Michael at laihaa joo—"iiea
keeper of the Great Anti room"—at
t.te in-urgent conf reoce iu Fargo.
The New Rockf rd Tsans,:iipi fea
—from tiie way tbe insurgents are
dropping out the ranks—tlieie will
be any left when the campaign
Cuiues.
Postmaster Oliver, of Lisbon, 'Us
tiiat iiie evil-dis^) ised persons ive
en tampering with the mail boxes
on tiie iural lmesout of Li-b m, and
there is trouole brewing far some oi
ineui.
The new railroid mileage coi
stiuciel this year his hee 4,9"» ^9
nules, an of this over one-tenth
built in Nortu Dakota, this state
•i.i vinj more new road than any other
ate in tlie uni n.
Some of tiie editors wim fivor tiie
haif-breed movement are getting des
perate lu their elforts at defending
th-j "closed door"' policy of tiie recent
meeting in Fargo. Star-cnainber uietl.
ods have their indorsement.—Forum.
The Grand Forks Herald hears from
Washington iliat tiie genial Maj
Butiz ot Buttzviile, who "never re
fused a drink, and never iiulit one,"
is in Washington looking -er bust
uess matteis ar:d st-cerii, .' things iu
congress.
llow many of the "insurgents" prom
inent iu Lhe present movement are
tln-re who haven't trained with tiie
"old gang?" When tbe political re
formation of North Dakota couies it
will not be through and by the efforts
or politicians wno have been thrown
in the discard.—Fargo Call.
A negro at Jamestown became
alarmed at tiie threatening attitude
ufa number uf white men who were
badgering him, and, fearing that he
wa to lie beaten because he was black,
lie drew a pen-knife to defend hiuiseir,
and with this weapon lie inflicted a
slight gash in the side of one of the
other men.
The Cooperstown Courier thinks it
rather nervy for tiie insurgents tire
reporters from their meetings and
later on adopt resolutions asking tiie
"Cooperation of the pre^. As the tir
1 ig motion was made by State .sena
tor Crane, of, Cooperstown, Editor
Trubshiw might impress on the
statesman the inconsistency of the
whole affair.—Fnrnin.
Why So Silent?
Did you notice how savagely Mr.
Patterson's paper attacked allege I
violators of tiie prohibition law, and
ilie state's attorney, when George
Lynn was iu ottice? And have you no
ticed how "gentle as a suebig dove"
Charley lias been since the present
incumbent took office? Can you
imagine tiie virtuous indignation that
would have possessed the soul of Mr.
Patterson and the" roasts Mr. Lynn
would have received Iroiu tiie goal
Mr. P. had tiie attorney gen rat's
otlic un 1 it necessary to act inde
pendently uf tlie state's ailoinet
office when Lynn was holding iIhWh
tlie law end of ibis bailiwick?
The Telephone Service.
The telephone exchange was moved
this week and is now suugiy iiou ed
in the liitle building next lo ilie Liu
ton State Bank. The building was
formerly the ottice of the llacioiey
Boymon Land Company and was pur
.a I by the telephone unpany.
Tne McKenzie-Baker line between
Bismarck and Jamestown is finished,
and by the line to Linton from Mc
Kenz.e station is cot.ne :lo with the
Zietio* or South Dakota Central line
a tiiis place. As soon as Lineman
Keliey, iu ciiarge of the c.ew that is
stringing wires between the Capital
City and the Jim river metropolis,
na put the two copper wires, l.e
at ouce left Jamestown lor Bisuiarck
with nis ce.», oil iiis return putt,ing
up two additional copper wires. There
•ire now four wires b-tween lie cities
named. One circuiiof two wires isior
long-distance business and the other
circuit f«r local messages. During
tiie pa week lhe line has bs
used quite a bit between Bismuck
and the Twin Ci s. As tlie swiicli
rards and cutoffs have not yet been
put in, any one talking on the main
line can be heard as plainly at Linton
us on tiie main line W hefi the north
line shall have been made reidy for
business, tills town will be able to
talk with Hie Twin Cities wiih as
mucli ease and plainuess as people can
now talk between old and new Lin
ton. Tlien, when tlie Dakota Central
puts in its new coppel circuir, tween
Linton and Eureka, next spring, Lin
ton folks can talk with the Twin
Cities by either of two lines. The
^-Buy Your
B.
V.
VOIlf.ANDEK.<p></p>Linton
LINTON BAZAR I
To My Friends and Customers
I extend my best wishes for a BRIGHT
AMD PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. For the
favors shown me I am grateful, and hope
by the quality of my goods to merit a
still larger share of your patronage din
ing the coming year.
S HA ft ft
D. II. IliiUU
Accommodations First C/ass. Raws
J.
CROWELL, Proprietor
LINTON, NORTH
Emmons County Land
We sell Farms and Ranches.
We make First-Mortgage Real-Estate Loans.
We make Fillnirs, Final Proofs, Contests, Protests. Ku
We make Abstracts of Title.
We write Fire Insurance.
We furnish Surety Bonds.
We reut Lands.
We write Deeds. Mortgages and all other work reuun nii
Public.
EDWARD BRADDOCK, President, Linton. North Dakota.
KUWIi BRAIHKK'K. Vtce-I'res.
A.<p></p>State
Pres.
DOES A GENERAL BANKING
Loans Money on approved security in sums wanted.
Interest paid on Time Deposits.
Time Loans made on Improved Farms.
Taxes paid for Residents and Non-Residents
Insurance effected in the best companies.
Will also tease your Lands and collect items.
W. E. PETRIE
UNTON. NORTH
A.
^8EHARNESS
$1.60 and $2,00
Tie Arlington
DAKOTA
Company.
aln.<p></p>Bank
W. SIMS.
i.
E. E. MAItTIV A- I
1
BUSINESS
DAKOTA
DEALKR IN
General Merchandise
Iresh Goods at Fair Prices
telephone service, when (he new line
to tbe north and the new copper wii^
to the south are in working order
will be iirsi-clacs. Linton will then
be connected by copper wire with the
entire systems of the two states and be
able to converse with almost any town
"i village in North Dakota. South
Dakota or Minnesota. That can be
d'-ne before the southern copper, wires
are tmng, but not as plainly as could
be wished.
O HMITB.
DENTIST
UXTUN.
4 M. BKITTS.
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TONSOKIAL AIlTI-
M.V1U.V KTH MM*'
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OfaMn.
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