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Oakes Republican
ED. A. SMITH.
SOME
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of the state papers have been
proposing the name of Jud LaMoure
for United States senator. Jud is a
man whose good qualities overbalance
his bad ones, and he would be almost
an awful improvmeut over the pres
ent incumbent.
DENNY HANNIFIN
ADMIRAL CERVEBA
of Bismarck has
announced himself as a candidate for
the office of "democratic United States
senator from North Dakota." That
office will be abolished on the fourth
of next March, Denny, but you have
our best wishes just the same.
has prone home
to Spain, advocating and preaching
Americanism to the Spaniards. He
is a broad- minded statesman, and if
he succeeds in being elected to the
Spanish senate, will soon be recog
nized by the world as the Grand Old
Man of Spain.
Spain this afternoon agreed to take
$20,000,000 for the Philippines. We
acquire the islands—and a problem.
—Minneapolis Journal.
Yes, and your Uncle Samuel is pre
pared to act as schoolmaster to the
problem and stepmother to the Filip
inos, without hiring any help outside
the family.
MAJOR FLEMING
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of Fargo is sup­
porting the candidacy of Marshall
confident that he has struck a sure
thing. Fleming is a man who does
not get excited, and when he declares
his belief there is pretty certain to be
some facts within his knowledge on
which that belief is based.
foreclosure of chattel mort­
gages has come to be a very rare
thiug in this county. We know of
one covering the Oakes Republican
plant that is liable to be foreclosed if
delinquent- subscribers do not do
their full duty before the first of Jau
uary. At least the mau who holds
the mortgage has written us to that
effect, and h« has the sinch.
THE Ellendale Record offers to
give a receipt for every subscription
paid up. We will go the Record
man one better and seud the Oakes
Republican for a year. There are
cases where it has been sent for five
or six years when a man only pays
for one year in cash and the rest in
promises, but after the first of Janu
ary the arrangement will be different.
Now THAT lie fusionists have two
years to work up some new political
principles for the coming presidential
campaign, thev ought to profit by
past experiences and leave out "war
issues." The sensible patriotic dem
ocrats will not join the chronic fault
finders aggregation in any such move,
even if t^y have to vote the republi
can licket straight.
LATER reports from the Philippines
modify very much the stories about
the inhabitants of the island being a
band of savatre cmnbals. Soldiers
who have driven into the country
bring reports of seeing "many cottage
homes of the natives surrounded with
beautiful gardens of ilowers." Sav
age canibals don't cultivate flower
gardens.
FOR YEARS
THE
New England has been
somewhat jealous of the blizzard
stories of North Dakota, aud it seems
she concluded to dig up a storm that
would break the record. We submit
that when it comes to terrible bliz
zards North Dakota is not. above
fourth class. New England has
won first place and is entitle^ to full
credit.
Dickinson Recorder is in re­
ceipt of a letter from a North Dakota
soldier boy at Manila, who says that
during the fight the much praised
Thirteenth Minnesota regiment broke
and fan like a lot of scared women.
The Twin Cities' newspaper made
soldiers may show up well on dress
parade, but for fighting, give us the
soldiers that God himself made by
days works on the pi aires of prohibi
tion North Dakota.
Advertise in the Republican.
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EDITOR "WOOD
ONE THING
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of the Steele Ozone
supported John Rott, independent
candidate for the legislature, against
the regular republican nominees,
and then tries to defend his "repub
licanism" by saying that Rott was
"for Johnson." Editor Wood is not
the first man who has made the same
error of supposing Jthe republican
party of North Dakoto and M. N.
Johnson were one and the same
thiug, but he should be the last one.
He's even more of a Johnson man
than is M. N. himself.
all the papers of the
state agree upon wheu mentioning
the name of Tom Marshall for
Uuited States senator, and that is
that he is really the most representa
tive North Dakotan of the whole
bunch of candidates, and is just the
right kind of a man for the state to
seud to Washington. There is con
siderable difference of opiniou on his
"chances" of being elected, but after
disposing of the question "if he can
be elected," there is only one senti
ment, and that is that Tom is the
proper stuff.
can be said of Tom Marshall as
a politician what can be said of but
few who have ever taken any active
interest in political matters. That is
that he has always worked for the
success of the republican ticket as
nominated, and never engaged in
any movement to defeat any re
publican, either for nomination or
election. He has been an ardent and
honest supporter of many men who
re grateful to him, but it is not on
record that he ever entered a fight to
kill the political ambition of any
republican.
ANOTHER
Dakota blizzard left home
last week and behaved itself in a
very unbecoming manner when it got
down on the refined New England
coast. As near by as Minneapolis
the snow in the streets was so deep
that street car travel was blockaded
ior a day or two. In Boston Harbor
thirty-five ships and one ocean steam
er were sunk or wrecked on the rocks,
aud twenty or thirty lives were lost.
All along the Atlantic coast it was
the worst storm known for oyer fifty
years. Ten people were found frozen
to death in the streets of New York
citv.
THE Aberdeen News has a story of
a young woman, said to be residing
with her parents in a prominent
Dickey county town, who went to the
Manitoba house in that city a short
time ago, claiming to be^he wife of a
mail agent at Fargo, fiid expecting
her husband to join her in Aberdeen.
Shortly afterward she. bacame a
mother, but, no husband appeared.
AH soon as she was able to travel she
left the hotel, but left the baby be
hind her to be cared for by the hotel
keeper aud his wife, who have cheer
fully accepted the little charge and
will take good care of it. The name
of the young lady will no doubt be
come known, and she will raise her
self considerable in the estimation of
all sensible people if she will take
that child and take care of it as a
natural mother should. Two wrongs
do not make a right.
AT THE
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late meeting of the W. C. T.
held in the Peoples church, St.
Paul, it was decided to abandon the
Temple in Chicago, a handsome
building that cost half a million dol
lars to build. It seems the temple
never was a part of the national W.
C. T.
U.,
but a private enterprise,
originating with Mrs. Carse, a promi
nent woman in the work, with the
idea of raising money by subscription,
build the building, and when it was
finally paid for to present it to the
national union as a monument to the
late Francis E. Willard. While the
union has never had any color of
title to the property, further than the
expectancy of the gift, it has taken
an active part in helping to raise the
funds, and has contributed of its own
funds to the building. In deciding
to abandon the building it repudiates
no debts, because it has contracted
none, but simply decides to make no
further contributions to cancel a debt
of a quarter of a million dollars on
the building, which now seems beyond
their power.
Harris'
Drug 5tore
is
Filled Up
WITH
Holiday
Goods,
Give him a call.
WHILE
Senator Hansbrough has
been attending to his official duties
at Washington, S. A. Nye has been
running his newspaper, the Devil's
Lake Inter Ocean, as editor. A short
time ago Mr. Hansbrough desired to
make a change of editors, but Mr.
Nye claims the paper owes him about
all th° outfit is worth for services,
andrefuT.es to give up possession.
While the matter has gone to the
courts for adjustment Mr. Nye uses
the columns of the paper in the inter
ests of Mr. Johnson's senatorial can
didacy, contrary to the wishes of Mr.
Hausbrough, who preferred to remain
neutral on the question. Whatever
there may be in the financial equities
of the gentleman interested is a pro
per matter of contention, but the ac
tion of Mr. Nye in placing Mr. Hans
brough in a false light on the senat
orial question through the paper is
taking an unfair advantage, to say
the least. It has very much the ap
pearance of a led-headed revenge.
"Our Schools Disgraced" was the
heading of a very severe roast on the
re-election of State Superintendent
jrfalland in a late issue of the Grand
Forks Herald. If Halland takes as
good care of the educational inter
ests of the state during the next two
years as he has in the past we fail to
see where the schools will be dis
graced. His private life may not be
whtt it should be. but if the W. C. T.
U, didn't dig up the stink it is quite
sure Halland would never say a word
about it. Left alone he would have
maintained a strict quarantine, aud if
the schools are disgraced the W. C.
T. U. can take the credit of carrying
the contagion in their clothes. That
body owes it as a duty to the people
of the f-tat-, and the noble principles
which they represent to make public
acknowledgement that they were in
the wrong—not ^in their conclusions
of fact, but in the methods which
they used in the publication of a
scandal.
Christmas Presents for the Poor.
"In your Christmas purchasing do
not be tempted to forget those who,
because of their poverty, are unable
to do any shopping either for them
selves or others," advises Francis
Lanigan, in the December Ladies'
Home Journal. "Let your presents
to them be of a substantial character
a ton of coal, some warm clothing)
some money, a box of groceries, or a
bashet of Christmas marketing, top
ped with a bunch of holly. And to
the little children in whose homes
Christmas is little more than a name,
send some of the many bright, new
tin toys which are 60 inexpensive
some candy, some fruit, bright red
woolen mittens and Tam o' Shanters,
and, if you can afford it/ some good
stout shoes and warm stockings. A
piece of bright colored plaid will
make a pretty gift for the little girl
who has never, perhaps, had a new
dress in her life. Accompany your
Christmas presents with some cheery
Christmas greetings and some
Christmas greens. Be very sure
that this thoughtfulness will bring
its own reward, and that in the years
to come the memory of the Christmas
when you gave most and received
least will be the happiest of all mem
ories to you."
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As Viewed In Stutsman.
Hon. T. F. Marshall of Oakes, one
of the brightest business men of the
state is in the city today in his inter
ests as a candidate for the Uuited
States senate. His friends express
the beliel that Mr. Marshall, cjming
from the southern part of the state
and representing in a local and busi
ness way the great growing James
River Valley, has particular endorse
ments for the consideration of the
legislature. They say he has always
been found right politically, and in
every way that he is capable and ex
perienced, with no entangling alli
ances to operate against his working
for the best interests of the state
that he is independent and straight
forward and a man who would make
a good senator.
They claim his work in the south
ern part of the state did much to
wards securing the party victory at
tained this fall aud show his Jong re
cord of business integrity and enter
prise greatly to his credit. Marsh
all's friends claim he is the natural
selection for this part of the state and
in any contest with other candidates
can bring the strongest kind of recom
mendations to bear. Personally no
one is more popular than Tom Marsh
all in this district.—JameBtown Alert.
Poetical Prose from Governor Joe.
The New York World addressed
the following inquiries to the gover
nors of all the states: "Should we
hold the Philippines?" "Should we
pay Spain twenty million dollars for
them?" The following extracts from
the reply of Governor Devine show
that he is a thorough statesman in
his ideas:.
Hold the islauds? Certainly. They
are God's gift to this nation. Not to
do so would be to present to the
world the humiliating spectacle of
national weakness cowardly retreat.
To hold them means commercial
prosperity and activity along indust
rial lines, such as this nation has
never seen. It means enlarged op
portunity for idle capital and idle
labor. It means reciprocity and a
statesman-like grasp of our national
destiny.
Let us give to the islands of the sea
a liberal government and accept our
new duties and responsibilities. I
believe the capacity of the American
people to govern foreign islands is as
strong as that of England or Ger
many.
How shall we govern them? Out
of lo cal conditions and necessities of
the case, methods of government will
grow.
The question of twenty million
dollars, more or less, is, in my judg-
ment, a very slight factor. Our
I country has proclaimed to the world
that the rights of mankind are the
•concern of all God,s people, and the
question of twenty or forty million
dollars is an insignificant one in con
sideration of a world problem which
directly effects all mankind.
Some Good Reasoning.
To the large majority of Ransom
county voters who took the stand
that a county official who has held a
position for several terms should,
however satisfactorily he may have
discharged the duties of the .office,
give way to a new man and let the
plums be* passed around, it is not
impertinent to remark that the same
reasoning should consisiently be ap
plied to the tenure of more exalted
trust. Congressman Johnson's
supporters claim that his eight years
of efficient service in the lower house
entitles him to the senatorship. One
newspaper goes so far as to say that
it will be a shame and disgracg if he
is elected. Mr. Johnson's record in
the house of representatives has been
unexceptionable, but he has now
been drawing a salary of $5,000 for
eight years, and the claim that this
record permits him to demand as a
right a term.of six years in the senate
is at variance with the spirit of pop
ular government and suggests the
idea that his friends would force him
into the place. No one doubts but
what Mr. Johnson would make as
good a senator as he has congress
man, but North Dakota has several
other men, active candidates for the
position, who would also be worthy
representatives of our state. It would
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be better politics, belter republican
ism and better Americanism if Mr.
Johnson's friends would be satisfied
to have him come before the legisla
ture on an equal footing with these
other candinates, and not in the atti
tude of one demanding a position
that is his by right.—Sheldon JPro
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CONNOR CONTESTS
The Election of Perry, and Claims Eighty Vote*
/lore than We Counted.
It is reported from Ellendale that
William Connor has filed a contest
in the election of H.H. Perry for clerk
of court, specifying in the contest some
eighty votes that should have been
counted for him. We are not advised
upon what grounds he claims the
votes were cast for him and not
counted further than the fact he
claims from one to twelve more votes
in each of eighteen precincts he
names should be counted for him.
It is understood, however, that there
are cases where the voter put an
at the head of the ticket and another
after the name of Perry without eras
ing the name of Connor, and that
these have been counted for Perry
under the supposition that the "in
tent" of the voter was to vote for
Perry.
On looking up he election law we
are unable to find that there is any
provision for counting the "intent"
of the voter, except where only part
of the ballot can be made out.
The law provides how a ballot
may be marked, but the
only provision we are able to find
where the judges are authorized to
depart from the strict legel marking
of the ballot is that where a name is
written or pasted on the ballot oppo
site the designation of the office it
shall be counted as being voted for,
regardless of the mark. It would
seem from this that wheu an mark
was placed at the head of the repub
lican ticket and another Xmark after
the name of Perry on the other ticket,
without erasing the name of Connor,
it cannot legally be counted for either.
The impression seems to be gener
al that the "intent" of the voter must
be counted when it can be reasonable
ascertained, and we believe this is a
provision of the South Dakota elec
tion law, but we are unable to find
any authority for this rule in the
I|orth Dakota statutes, except as
mentioned in all cases. The rule has
been pretty generally followed in this
state, and the ballot counted for the
candidate opposite whose name the
mark was placed, regardless of the
vote at the top for the whole party
ticket. The rule is certainly an
equitable one as the iuteut of those
who cast such ballots to vote for
Perry is clear. But unless this intent
can be made to take precedence of the
strict legal requirements, the intent is
defeated. This contest, if decided on
this point, may make some changes
in the personnel of the county officers
—possibly the election of Hicks as
commissioner.
One Found Guilty.
The trial of Harry Smith Young
occupied the whole of last week in the
district court at Ellendale, going to
the jury at fix o'clock Saturday even
ing. Before twelve o'clock the jury
returned a verdict of guilty. The
evidence was wholly circumstantial
the testimony showing that Young
had been seen examining the mill in
company with John Bvers, was in
town the evening of the fire, and left
town to go home by the mill only a
few minutes before the fire was dis
covered. He had a bottle in his
pocket that evening when he was in
the barber shop, and the bottle was
afterwards found near the mill with a
little gasoline left in it. The foot
prints near the mill where the fire
fiend entered the basement fitted his
shoes and the tracks of the horse
near the mill fitted the shoes of his
pony. The jury who^tried the case
was composed of G. H. Merrifield,
T. H. McGinnis, E. Wippich, G. M.
Baker, Bert Crinnion, Aug. Strutz, J.
M. Johnson, S. P. Anderson, Carl
Nelson, G. M. Taylor, August Arndt
and T. J. LeClair.
The trial of John Byers as an ac
cessory to the crime was begun Mon
day morning and is still in progress.
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The Haynes car is coming.
Dick Fallon of Glover was in the
city Tuesday.
Postmaster Olson of Glover was
doing business in Oakes last Monday.
John Scott took the Soo Wednes
day morning for a collecting trip
over in Sargent county.
Tom Sutmar drew a horse in a
raffle the other day. It cost him $1
and is easily worth $.90.
Mrs. C. M. Good left Tuesday
morning for Wisconsin where she will
visit during the winter.
Ed Klein of St. Paul, brother of A.
F. Klein, was in the city this week
selling dry goods to the boys.
Collector Nelson of Havanna spent
a few days in Oakes the fore part of
the week looking after financial af
fairs.
Mrs. Gus Michaels has gone to
Utah to join her husband who is
working in a mill in the Mormon
state.
James McManus shipped two car
loads of live hogs to Iowa Tuesday,
where they will be fed on corn for
the market.
Mahlon Yinkle has leturned from
his trip to Minneapolis and Chicago
where he has been in the interest of
his acetylene gas generator.
Quite a number of children have
been sick around town with colds and
coughs lately. Some have been con
fined to the house but none serious.
Joe Reynolds has shaved off his
his mustache, aud is offering to bet
two to one that he looks uglier than
ever. There has been no taker up to
date.
J. B. Keeler, who nas been miller
in the Oakes mill for the past couple
of months, resigned his position and
left yesterday morning for Minnea
polis
The meat market operated by a
man named Benson has been closed
out and the proprietor has taken his
departure. Bishop & Walters pur
chased the stock.
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Engle will go
to Lisbon for the winter, and have
ordered the Republican to follow
them so they can keep posted on
Dickey county affairs.
William Sutmar, representing the
Gotzian Shoe Company of St. Paul,
was in Oakes this week. He is a
brother of Tom Sutmar, and sold the
firm a large stock of these popular
goods.
Catholic services will be held in
Oakes on Sunday, December 4th.
There will be/two masses, at 9 and II
a. m. Those wishing will have an
opportunity of making Christmas
duties,
PIN THIS ON
YOUR MEMORY
One Man's Suit of Clothes,
One Pair of Shoes,
One Good Cap,
One Fancy Shirt,
One Suit Underwear,
One Pair Yarn Mitts,
One Pair Half Hose,
One Pair Fancy Suspenders,
One Neck Tie.
The Entire Lot For $5.
At the Mammoth
C. M. C.
Look for dates of the Haynes stud
io car in this paper.
A fine new writing desk with a
business directory attached arrived
this morning for the Hotel Argyle,
It comes from the Hatcha Hotel
Register company of DesMoines,
Iowa.
E. L. Marquis, who has been
speuding the summer here looking
after his farming operations, returned
to his home in Illinois yesterday
mornin g, where he will remain dur
ing the winter.
M. Boardman is up from Warner
this week visiting with his brother,
Dr. Boardman. He is assisting the
doctor to build a barn—doing the
work while the doctor furnished the
material and the plans.
E. E. Lesh, representing the Car
penter Paper Company of Omaha,
was in the city this week and sold the
Republican a bill of goods. He was
on his way home frovn spending a
week with his parents at Carrington.
We are authorized to state that if
the paity who took the sacks of
plaster from Lockie's building last
Saturday nigfct will return them he
a a a
swer. Otherwise it may be different.
Mrs. W. H. Marsli has gone to
Minneota, Minnesota, where her
daughter, Mrs. Henry Marsh is very
low with consumption and is not ex
pected to live. The many friends of
the family in this vicinity tender
their sympathy.
John Chamberlin is in receipt of a
Spanish flag captured at Manila by
J. J. Chamberlin. It hangs in the
lobby of the postoffice, and attracts
consiberable attention. This is prob
ably the only postoffice in the state
that hangs up the Spanish Mag.
D. M. Gillus representing the
Northwestern Land Company has
been in Oakes and vicinity this week.
He has just returned from the north
part of the state, and finds there
quite a strong uncf ercurrent setting
toward Marshall in the political sea
up that way.
G. E. Dunbar, representing the
Dunbar Lyceum bureau of Kalmazoo,
was in Oakes this week trying to get
the people of Oakes to guarantee him
$250 for ten entertainments, which he
claimed were first-class. He failed
here, but was successful in Ellendale,
LaMoure, Lisbon and a number of
other towns
E. B. Fountain of Ellendale,
county sheep inspector, was in the
city the first of the week on his an
nual tour of the county looking after
the health of the flocks. So far he
has not been able to find anything
but first class condition?, and does
not expect to find anything else in
the county. But the law says he
shall inspect and report. There are
now about eleven thousand sheep in
the county.
The Haynes Palace studio car will
arrive at Oakes Monday Dec. 12 at
1:30 p. m. remaining until Wednes
day Dec. 14 at 2:30 p. m. Photo
graphs in all styles and sizes at one
dollar per dozen and upwards Cab
inets $1.50 up. Patrons are advised
to bring children early in the day.
A social will be given by the
Christian Endeavor society at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Fenton
on Friday evening, December 9th
The active members of the society
and the young people of the town
and of the society are invited. This
arraugement was made on account of
the insufficient amount of room to
entertain a larger crowd. Entertain
ment for the ocaasion will receive
special attention. Light refresh
ments will be served. A social for
the little people will be arranged for
at a later date.
Chr, Gorder returned from Minne
apolis Saturday night where he had
been to purchase radiators for the
school builning. He was able to find
only six radiators in all the plumbers
stores of Minneapolis, the demand for
these goods beiu^ so heavy the fac
tories are not able to supply them as
fast as ordered. Minneapolis dealers
have had orders in the factory for
six weeks without being able to get
the goods. This condition of affairs
seems to prevail to a greater or less
extent in all lines of business. Many
factories are running night and day,
and the demand far exceeding the
supply. This is a good indication of
the business conditions of the
country, and is what the republicans
are doing for prosperity.
The talk on Thanksgiving eve by
Mrs. Helen Dickinson Harford of
Washington, national organizer of
the W. C. T. U., was a logical argu
ment in favor of our present prohib
itory law, in every way worthy of a
larger audience than was present,
Mrs. Harford presented the advent
ages we enjoy under prohibition, in a
telling way, and painted the severe,
true but startling picture of the con
trasting conditions under license in
strong colors. In response to her
efforts seven names were added to
the membership of the W. C. T. U.
in this city, including the names of
the men enrolled in honorary mem
bership. Should Mrs. Harford again
visit Oakes, she would be assured of
enthusiastic greeting.
Editor Bryan of the Napoleon
Homestead spent Saturday in Oakes
accompanied by his wife. He was
recently married to Miss Cora May
Christian of Mandan, and the young
couple had been to the twin cities on
a wedding tour for a couple of weeks.
Arriving in Oakes on Saturday morn
ing they were obliged to lay over
here until Sunday morning before
resuming their journey homeward.
Mr. Bryan has been register of deeds
of Logan county for the past four
years, and at the last election was a
candidate for county treasurer, but
was defeated by the independent
ticket, composed entirely of the Ger
man Russians, being elected. Logan
county is strongly republican on
state and national issues, casting 138
republican votes out of a total of 151,
but on county matters the German
Russians put up an independent
ticket of their own people and voted
for it solid.
Drum Corps Organized.
A meeting was held in the office of
W. F. Boylon last Friday evening,
vhere an organization for a drum
corps was perfected. W. H. Bush
was elected president and manager
Charlie Bly vice president, and E. J,
Walton secretary and treasurer. The
members of the corps are W. H.
Bush, E. J. Walton, Charles Bly, Ed,
A. |Smith, W. F. Boylon, F. W.
Waldron,W. D. Lynch, E. A. Howe
and J. E. Bundy. The instruments
have been ordered and negotiations
are under way for the employment
of an instructor. The music fur
nished by a good drum corps is
always very acceptable to any pub
lic gathering, and it is hoped the
boys will make a success of the ven
ture.
PASSED THE BOARD.
Vlnkle'i Acetylene Qu denerator Passes the
Board of Underwriters.
Tuesday mowing's mail brought
Mahlon Vinkle the final papers in
thw report of the board of board of
underwriters of Chicago, who have
given hi$ acetylene gas generator an
examination, preparatory to recom
mending it as safe to use from an in
surance point of view.
The board of underwriter is a
committee of experts whose business
it is to examine all kinds of heating,
lighting and similar apparatus, for
the purpose of recommending it as
safe or unsafe to be used
IU
build­
ings where companies have insurance.
Every apparatus before the board is
given a thorough test, and if any
weak points are found the board
recommends such changes to be
made in their manufacture as will
render them safe for use. The
board issues a set of specifications
defining the lines upon which the
machine must be built, strength of
materials and manner of making
connections. Added to these speci
fications is a certeficate that the ma
chine so built is a safe one to use for
the purpose which it is intended.
So far there have been twenty-six
acetylene gas machines before this
board of underwriters, and the
Vinkie machine is the only one that
has succeeded in getting through
the very exhaustive examination
which took nearly a ear's time.
This gives his machine the prece
dence over all others on the market,
because it has been accepted with
out question by insurance compan
ies.
In the Vinkle machine the board
recommended some changes which
have been adopted in their manu
facture. This does not effect the
principle of Mr. Vinkle's invention,
but are really in the nature of ad
ditions and improvements on the
original machine.
The machines are now being built
in both Minneapolis and St. Louis,
and seventeen men are on the road
taking orders for them. One manu
facturing concern in St. Louis has
given an order for forty of the ma
chines.
Fancy Goods.
For the holiday trade. Patterns
for stamping, linen. Call and see the
latest designs. Miss SIPE.
PRISONER OF SPAIN.
The Knights of the Globe Arrange for a High
Class Popular Comedy.
After spending considerable time
and effort the Knights of the Globe
of Oakes have perfected arrange
ments for presenting the popular
farce comedy, (A Prisoner of Spain."
on the evening of December 24th.
The company is headed by Sanford
Dodge, a theatrical manager and
actor of world wide reputation, hav
ing taken a leading part for several
years in thejeompanv of Edwin Booth.
The entire company which is coming
to Oakes consists of twelve people,
every one a star actor. The comedy
is one of the best on the road this
season, aud deals with the events of
the late war up to July of this year,
and includes the capture of Cervera's
fleet at Santiago. It is thoroughly
American, a characteristic feature of
the Knights of the Globe, well writ
ten, aud right up to date.
The local garrison of the Knights
in Oakes deserve great credit for
making arrangements for this pro
duction in Oakes, and their effort
should be well patronized. Further
announcements will be given in suc
ceeding issues of the Republican.
Drawn Work.
Step in and see the samples of fine
drawn work, needle work and em
broidery. Miss
SIPE.
Some Fine Goods.
I have a consignment of very fine
hand made linen doilies and centre
pieces, handsomely embroidered, left
with me to sell from 50 cents to $6.
This work is very fine and of excel
lent quality for the prices asked.
Miss
SIPE.
Attention Sir Knights!
At our next regular meeting Dec,
12 we will have work in the Sir
Knights rank. All members are re
quested to be present.
F.
E. J.
W. WALDRON,
WALTON,
Pres.
Adjut.
JOSEPH LE1CHT.
A Prominent Minnesota Newspaper Man Spend
a Day in Oakes.
Joseph Leicht, editor and publisher
of that great German newspaper, The
Westlicher Herold, at Winona, spent
last Friday in Oakes getting acquaint^
ed with some of his readers here.
He is out on a tour of North and
South Dakota, partly as a healthful
recreation and partly to look after
his business interests. Mr. Leicht is
one of the foremost newspaper man
in Minnesota, editing aud publishing^
two German papers and doing considf
erable writing for an English paper.
Two years ago he was a candidate
on the democratic ticket for state
treasurer, and if he had consented to
be dictated to by Jim Hill might
have been elected. But he is like all
other newspaper people, first a man
of principle, and second he is inde
pendent,
Speaking of politics in North Dako
ta, Mr. Leicht said
"I have been over your state con
siderable, and have many friends and
acquaintances here. Naturally Ttake
quite an interest in your politics,
though I am a democrat and your
state is about all republican. I ad
mire a republican, or any other mai
who acts from principle—what he be
lieves to be right, but I don't like
this Johnson politics, based on the
nationality platform. I am a Ger
man, and am naturally friendly to all
my own countrymen and take more or
less interest in their success in thin
their adopted country. But I never
voted for nor my paper never sup
ported a man because he was a Ger
man for any office. I hope to see
North Dakota turn this nationality
politics down."
CAPTAIN VANETTEN.
Gives Two Interesting Lectures in Oakes on
Prohibition.
Last Sunday evening the people
who assembled in the Presbyterian
church listened to a very interesting
lecture by Captain VanEtten on the
subject of prohibition. The captain
demonstrated conclusively that pro
hibition is not a failure but is the
only means of eradicating the liquor
traffic from this fair land of ours.
The captain is a man who has travel
ed over a large portion of the world
and has seen the workings of license
and emphatically denounces that
system as the greatest old fizzle he
ever investigated. The lecture lasted
for an hour and a half aud teemed
with good sound reasoning and good
common sense, and coming from
such a man as Captain VanEtten,
was listened to with the greatest at
tention by the audience.
At the close of the meeting Suudav
evening a vote was taken as to wheth
er the captain should be retained for
Morday night and the vote was
unanimous for his retention.
The lecture Monday evening was a
continuation of the one on Sunday
evening but contained a great deal
more wit and humor. He showed up.
clearly the amount ot misery and
suffering caused by the rum traffic
aud also the great annual expendi
ture to the country, which for exceeds
the amount laid out for education
and all other good purposes.
The captain is very nwch disabled
physically from the effects of a pump
falling on his right hand aud crush
ing it, but mentally he is as bright as
he ever was aud can talk on temper
ance with the best of them.
Teachers' Assocition Will Meet.
The first meeting of the East-side
County Teacher's Association for this
season will meet at the Oakes High
School on the afternoon of Saturday.
December 17th. The meeting will
be called to orderat two o'clock in the
afternoon, for the following program:
Methods for Language Teaching in the
Lower Grades, Mrs. E. G. Barnes. Leaders
of the Discussion, Miss McDaniel, Coral
Wilkins.
What is Necessary to a Successful Recita
tion in Beading? A. E. Bo wen. Leaders
of Discussion P. C. Olson, Mrs. E. R. Ken
nedy.
The Value of Map-drawing in Geography
A. E. Bentz. Leaders of Discussion Mrs.
Lena Moe, Miss Mollie Sheridan.
The Scientific Use of Alcoholic Spirits
Edmund Dickinson.
The members of the association
will receive the customary invitation
to be present.
Additional locals on eighth page.
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