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FRIDAY. MARCH 13, 1914 story
at the poatoHice Hcach, Ciolden Valicy State.
y:-jv. North Dakota, as second clans mall matter
CHRONICLE PRINTING
^Incorporated)
J. W. BR1NTON. Editor
iituacrtptioa price »l .30 P« year in advance. Ad-
rates: On« to ten inchcdt 25c per uich
•Sof thirty ioche*. 20c per iqcii 30 indies and up.
9c per inch. Special rate* on landing acivettwo*
untt and yearly contracti.
STOCKHOLDERS AND OWNERS.
.Beach. N. Dak.
.Beach, N. Dak.
.Beach, N. Dak.
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W. Brinton
J. yff. Brinton
J. R. Smith ....
Vince Wicka
J.
ohn Blomstroirt
M. Still
George Oech
L. E. Curl
Conrad Fakler
Jmase McGrath
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.Beach, N. Cak.
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.Beach, N. Dak.
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H. J. Wojohn ..
J. Wester-gard
Frank D. Haigh
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Charles Woodwnd.. .William* N. Dak.
Hoffman Carlyle, Mont.
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Ki K. Bowen Carlyle. Mont.
Ceftrge Schweigert .. .Burkey, N. Dak.
D. R. Offley .. .Williams, N. Dak.
I. }. Corliss Beach, N .Dak.
R. O. Zollinger Beach, N. Dak.
P. C. Erickaon Beach, N. Dak.
Albert Schouboe Beach, N. Dak.
H. W. Peek Loa &ngeles, Cal.
John H. Haigh Pickett, Wis.
Beach, N. Dak.
N.D.PA.
SOMEONE BLUNDERED.
There has been a great deal of
discussion regarding the redis
ricting of the commissioners' dis
tricts of Golden Valley county,
and it was generally supposed for
a long time that this could be
dene anytime prior to the June
primaries, but such is not the
case. That.is, the districts can
not be changed to-any advantage
at ihis time,, as the law says that
no change can be made which
would put two of the commission
ers now serving into the same dis
trict. It was thought advisable
by many to .change the middle
jiistrict by putting Beach in that
missioner district proposition, the
more impressed one is that some
^,,liody blundered. Commissioners
^O'Keefe and Egan declared that
y.' they were misinformed by the
^.state's attorney and were told that
{'i when the districts were created
jr:/'that each commissioner had to be
jfi-put in a district by himself, hence
the gerrymandering of lines into
ill-shaped districts. At the time
7 the. dicstricts were created Com
/"'missioner Kucheman had a "tilt"
'j with the other two county dads
wjh.en they refused to allow him
to take part in the matter, and the
districts were created over the
head and against the protestations
of Mr. Kucheman. Now while
Messrs O'Keefe and Egan are
busy explaining the matter and
their gerrymandering of districts
tines, Kucheman must enjoy the
situation, at least, to some extent.
If Messrs O'Keefe and Egan are
correct in their explanation, it
simply is another proof of their
Wunder in the appointment of a
state's attorney. This .is an in
stance where die personal preju
dices of these two men worked a
hardship on the citizens at large.
THE LAWS DELAYS.
Representatives of the Ameri
can Bar Association, including ex
President Taft, Judge Alton 'B.
Parker, Senator Root, and others,
bave been asking Congress for
simplification of court procedure.
Conscientious lawyers everywhere
will assent.
tnet court judge of Kansas, told
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LIVE LOCAL and NATIONAI.TOP1CS DISCUSSED by'Uhe L^ITOR W^WW^Br
YvclistiLct instead of having it con-1 Section. The pres'
iiected by a three mile strin to
of a murder case in that
Defendant was sentenced
six months after arrest. But the
CO- iavv gave him two years for ap-1
peal, and final action was not tak
en until a year after that, so the'
three
case was hanging
kept
years.
Judge Smart made the point
that criminal lawyers, so many of
whom are elected to state legis
latures, are often unfriendly to
greater legal expedition. They
quietly secure the passage of sta
tutes that tend toward delay.
It would seem that the courts
are too liberal to lawyers in giv
ing time to prepare cases. The
bulk of legal work drifts into the
offices of popular lawyers. They
take on more work than they can
do.
When cases are called, they
find themselves ill-prepared. They
secure continuances for more
time for preparation. This often
results in great injustice to poor
clients or others who are suffer
ing by delay. Lawyers ought not
to be allowed to keep cases hung
up so long, while they complete
work they should have turned
over to other offices.
In the year 1911, there were
148 .murders in New York city,"
and but 1 3 convictions were ever
secured. In London during tl^e
same year, a bigger city, there
were .20 murders and I 5 convic
tions. The probability of escaoe
revealed by these eloquent fig
ures leads the trade of gunman
to flourish, as recent tragedies
have demonstrated.
FOR COMMISSIONER.
The Chronicle contains its first
political announcement this week.
That of L. E. Curl for commis
sioner of the first commissioner's
district on the republican ticket
This year will be the first election
°f Golden Valley county com
missioners, one from each district,
and they will take their office as
soon as they qualify after the can
vassing board meets—following
ent
three mile strip to
But this can-
fiected by a
ly.'.the north district.
,/iot be done as it would put Com
'inissioners O'Keefe and Kuche
'tnan in the same district—which
the law forbids in redistricting.
,„,'/The more one looks into this com­
commissioners were appointed
to serve until their successors were
elected and qualified. The first
district, the south one, is now rep
resented by Edward Egan, who
was appointed by the democratic
governor in the fall of 1912, and,
who, we understand, will be a
candidate for election.
Mr. Curl, the first man in the
field, would certainly make a
splendid commissioner. He has
been seven years in the county,
which puts him in the "pioneer"
-'ass among the farmers. He
owns a 480-acre farm and
farming in all 960 acres. He is
a good farmer, a good business
man and is capable in every way
to represent the south district in
county affairs-
The Chronicle believes Mr.
Curl stands a splendid chance of
the nomination on the republican
ticket, as he stands high in his
ommunity and is recognized as
cne of the most successful farm
ers in the lower Golden Valley.
He has been township supervisor
in Loftfeppg^ownship for the
past five. y&rii.
The first political announce
ments fof the 1914 June primar
ies appears in the Chronicle this
week. Get ih boys the water iaf
fine-
TIME SHORT.
The city election will be held
on.
The lawyers have their big
share of responsibility for existing
conditions. But often .the trou
ble- lies also in laws made by the
legislatures. C. A. Smart, a dis
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'6—and still the city
officials have made no attempt to
enlighten the voters regarding the
enormous amount of money ex
pended during the past year, not
even as much as to publish the
minutes of their meetings—which
all known the Chronicle offered
to publish free of charge if the
auditor would furnish us with the
minutes. Some of the present of
ficials are coming up for re-elec
tion. How do they expect the
voters to vote intelligently if they
give to the public no informa-
W
tion
in the Outlook sometime i«o the spent—and who received it and
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as to the amount of money
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for what. It begins to look as
though somebody wants to keep
something covered up.
ARE WE RIGHT.
The voters two years ago voted
to bond the town for $25,000 for
waterworks. Since that time
$100,000.00 and possibly $150,
000.00 has been spent for sewer
and waterworks. Very few peo
ple in the city of Beach know
how much was spent and. howr
much the water and sewer cost.
It seems that all this information
should be made public. If a
county spends $10,000 for a
court house, the people of the
entire county must vote on the
proposition, but in the city of
Beach our officials seem to think
it proper to spend $150,000.00
without as much as informing the
public where the money goes to
say nothing of voting on the prop
osition. When the taxes and as
sessments become greater than
the assessed valuation of the
property assessed^ it seems that
some information of some kind
should be made public—-by some
one.
BEACH THE "GOAT.'*
And the Beach daily said
"goodbye". Now is the period
where Beach becomes the "goat"
as a result of Pierce Egan's child's
dream. Newspapers all over the
state are now commenting on the
fact that "Beach cannot support
a daily," that the Beach business
men were not loyal to the insti
tution," etc. It was the most
foolhardy undertaking that has
ever been attempted in Beach—
and the poorest piece of adver
tising the city ever received. Most
anyone can stark something, but
it takes a little common sense and
business ability to continue what
you start. We are just wonder
ing what Pierce Egan will start
next.
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When the. Daily Progress "died
abornin. ^^ierce Egan sold his in
terest in th& plant to Messrs Har
vey Richard and G. F. Aultman,
and these gentlemen will now
conduct and continue the weekly.
Mr. Richard was formerly em
ployed on the Chronicle for a
number of years and is an indus
trious young man and capable
printer, while Mr. Aultman came
here some time ago from South
Dakota where he was engaged in
the newspaper business for a
number of years. The Chronicle
editor hopes to see this new firm
so conduct the Progress that it
will be a credit to Beach and to
themselves, and to stand upon
their own feet independent of the
designing politicals who manipu
lated public affairs in old Billing
county and who are attempting
to do the same in Golden Valley
county. If the new proprietors of
the Progress take this stand the
Chronicle wishes it oceans of suc
cess. If it rushes to the defense
of those crooked gangsters at
every opportunity, we hope it
will die abornin' as the daily did.
There will soon be an effort
made to have the section house
and outbuilding moved off the
right of way in front of block two
and a park established there.
This is a move that the Chronicle
editor has urged for a long time
and our wishes seem now about
to be carried out. Secretary
Slossen of the Beach Commercial
Club has this week taken the
matter up with the superintendent
at Glendive and a little later a
meeting will be arranged between
the railroad officials, city officials
and representatives of the Golden
Valley club and Beach Commer
cial club.
W. J. Patrick announces his
candidacy for the office of sheriff
of Golden Valley county in this
week's Chronicle. Mr. Patrick is
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the first man in the field for this
office and the second to announce
himself in this paper. He will
have a large following in the cam
paign. He has acted in the cap
acities of deputy sheriff and mar
shal in the earlier days of Beach
and feels qualified for the, office
which he seeks. There will be a
large number of candidates, for
this office, the best paying one
in the county, and one that needs
a good man to fill.
The Dickinson Press recently
passed its thirty-first birthday.
The Press is owned and edited
by M. L. Ayers and is one of the
very best newspapers in North
Dakota and during the thirty-one
/ears it has been in existence
secured a circulation of over 3
000, which is certainly a splendid
showing for a weekly newspaper.
Mr. Ayers knows how to get out
a newspaper and the Dickinson
people are proud of the Press.
The bank statements in this is
sue of the Chronicle show a
healthy financial condition of af
fairs in this city. The First Na
tional has over $91,000.00 on
hand, the Golden Valley $33.
000.00, and the Fanners & Mer
chants $25,000.00, making a to
tal cash reserve in these bulks of
over $ 150.000.00. The deposits
df the three combined are $520,
000.00—over half a million dol
lars.
John H. Fraine, of Grafton,
has announced his candidacy for
lieutenant governor on the repub
lican ticket. Mr. Fraine is one
of the foremost republicans of the
state and was speaker of the
house of representatives during
the last session at Bismarck. He
is a Philippine war veteran and
is popular throughout the state.
Mr. Roosevelt is,returning safe
and sound from the wild beasts
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of the Argentine to encounter the
peril of public dinners at home.
So much soiled linen has been
washed in the New York graft
investigation, that many promin
ent patriots have to go to bed
for lack of anything to wear.
All the popular brands of per
fumery will soon be supplied by
the spring bonfire* in the back
lots.
Press Comment
The Beach Advance editor aaya:
"....who in former years drove hi*
horae up and down the street* of
Beach in an intoxicated condition en
dangering... .etc." Locoed, aa thou
liveat.—Medorn Herald.
While criticising the action* of
townaman. Editor Cook, of the Beach
Advance, aaya: "He also forgot to tell
the individual who in former year*
drove his horae up and down the
atreeta of Beach in an intoxicated
condition," etc. In the abaence of
prior information on the subject tell
ua whether the individual or the horae
waa intoxicated —Dickinaon Recorder
Poat.
With, a Progress every day except
Sunday—total six—and a weekly
Progreaa and weekly Advance—two
more—grand total eight—eight iaauea
and eight whacks a week—they aire
making Bro. Brinton go some with hia
one Chronicle a week now. But keep
at 'em brother, numbera and all, and
they may get. down to nearer your
aize after while.—Sentinel Butte Re
publican.
Opt of all the contention and strife
as to farmers, elevators and terminala,
only good reaults. should- follow. The
'farmers should, clear up the troubles
between themselves,- and all join to
gether and co-operate, not only locally
and in the state generally, but co-oper
ate to bripg about the control of sell
ing and handling of their own producs
at terminal markets.—Fargo Search
Light.
FARM LAND BANK PLAN.
Some inquiry has been made of
The Search-Light as to the plan un
der which it is proposed to organize
farm land banks, or loan banks. Two
or three bills are already before Con
gress for this, under the National law.
and they provide for a greater period,
running anywhere from not less than
five up to thity-five years, allowing the
borrower to pay annually interest and
proportionate part of the principal,
according to the term of years each
year, and after five years to pay up the
entire indebtbedness on any interest
paying date.
The plan is to' provide a long term
loan in. a proper manner upon farm
lands so that the farmers may be able
to pay their debt piecemeal and when
governed right, a much lower rate of
interest than at the present will ob
tain.
Similar provision* can be made and
should be made under state authoity
a* is proposed to be made under na
ional authority. The Search-Light will
take this up and discus* it more thor
oughly and more completely in the fu
ture. The agitation for the bank* and
the need of 'the bank* are growing
more in*i*tent,- and while "the national
act may get through the preaent Con.
gre*s, it should bbe supplemented by
*t»to law* in every state, a* ha* fre
quently been crrged- heretofore by The
Search-Light.—Fargo Search-Light.
I Beach Church Notes
M. E. CHURCH.
Rev. W.
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Humor and Comment
CONTRIBUTED. CUPPED or STOLEN by aid of PASTE tad SHEARS
Bennett will preach at
the M. E. church on March 15, both
morning And .evening. Everybody in­
vited
GERMAN LUTHEARN CHURCH.
German 'Lutheran service* will be
held next Sunday, March 15 "at 10:30
in the Lutheran church.
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Additional Locals
L. H. Moore, the auctioneer, wa* up
from Medora last Saturday transacting
busineaa.
Chaa. Bletaoe, who haa been aaaiat.
ing at the Pat Birmingham ahop, left
Monday evening for Belfield where he
has accepted a position.
L. Parson, one of our' prominent
north farmer* waa a Chronicle caller
thi* week and had hi* name advanced
on our book*.
Hon. George H. Purchase, the well
known attorney in the western part of
the state, was among (he arrivals in
the capital city yesterday. Mr. Pur
chase is at present tocated at Halliday
in Dunn county, and says everything is
flourishing in that section.—Bismarck
Tribune.
Mechanic* of the city held their
first meeting' at the city hall last Sat
urday evening, March 7. About 20
of the boy* were preaent represnet
of the boya were preaent representing
different trades. The meeting was call
ed to order at about 8 o'clock arid C.
J. Raw was elected tempiorary chair
man and G. A. Johnson secretary. The
question of organizing was then dis
cussed and after a vote being taken on
the- proposition, and it being in favor,
it was decided to hold a meeting March
14, tomorrow night, to perfect a per.
manent organization, to which an invi
tation is extended to all mechanics1 of
Beach. The meeting will be held at
o'clock in the city hall—the old Hub
restaurant building.
POLITICAL ADVER
TISEMENTS
Political announcements under this
heading are charged at our regular
atdvertising rates, and this column is
open to all political parties. We wMl
also accept political announcements at
the regular legal rate, but such notices
will not be classified.
FOR COUNTY COMMUSIONER.
I hereby announce myself as a can
didate for county commissioner of
Golden Valley County for the First
Commissioner's District, on the Re
publican ticket, subject to the wi]I of
the Republicans of the said district at
the June primaries. I ask the sup
port of all republicans and if nomin
ated and elected will give the office
and county affairs which come before
me
the same attention and judgment
that 1 do in transacting my own per
sonal business.
L. E. CURL.
FOR
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE
SHERIFF.
I hereby announce my candidacy for
the office of sheriff of Golden Valley
County, subject to the will of the Re
publican voters in the June primaries.
I will appreciate your support.
W. J. PATRICK.
~That WHS well rounded joke De
Bore told, wasn't it?"
6*. at least I failed to see soy
point to it."—Cfcicago Newa.
The Safety Lather.
Could not something be dons to
der the lathering process less
fraught
with the danger of suffocation
when
the operator's attention is detracted?
What about a breathing tube?—Punck.
Things We Never See
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