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FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1914
Entered at the oostotBce in Bt.*a h. Gsldt Valley
Connry, Nonh Dakota as second Class mail mattei
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REPRESENTATIVES.
As the last day for filing can
didates petitions draws near one
naturally begins to sum up the
different situations for the dif
ferent public offices. Tomorrow
is the last day for filing petitions
and after that day the entry will
be closed and the spectators will
watch the race for nominations
which ends June 24th.
Fc-r the office of representa
tives for the 39th district, com
prising Billings. Bowman and:
Golden Valley counties, we find
1JC
one senator, but this year we on
ly nominate and elect the rep
resentatives, as Senator Hover
son holds over.
With three representatives
from the three counties it gives:
e"c^. c°unty
a
stock. He is the man who re
ceived the highest vote in a field
of six candidates two years ago,
and will no doubt do the same
trick again this year—without
casting any reflections on the oth
er candidates.
some people. They begin to
think that population will become
too congested.
Estimates of the possible pop
ulation that could be supported
in the United States have varied
very widely. Prof. A. P. Brig
ha m, a leading scientist who dis
cussed that subject in the Pop
ular Science Monthly a few years
ago, had it figured out that this
country could support only 305,
000,000 people- At present
/ates that number would be
reached in less than 1 00 years.
just enough candidates to date to,
T1 i• „i or the manufactures or the tern
fill the entry. This district is al-1
rry «r«LntaltivP5,Sand Perate
The editors of that magazine,
however, are much more liberal.
They say that three-quarters of
our land can be made produc
tive, capable of producing 50
bushels of corn per acre. A bush
el of corn has the food value to
support a man about a month.
That would make it possible for
an acre to support four men a
year.
They think therefore that 3,
000,000,000 people could be
fed in this country, on the present
basis of production. By scien
tific methods the crops could be
doubled. The development of
the trcpical regions, which are
far more fertile, and cjxchange
zcne
I
representationj1!1^
each
out this year seems certain,
ccunty has advanced one candi
date, so far, ?.nd each will make
a good man for the position.
Golden Valley county will
again support John Odland, of
Sentinel Butte, one of the most
popular young men and farmers
in our county who has already
served one term in the house of
representatives at Bismarck.
Bowman county will again sup
port Robt. List, of Scranton, who
was elected along with Mr. Od
land two years ago, and accord
ing to the Hettinger County Her
old. Billings county will put up
and support B. S. Covell of Rainy
Butte, who was endorsed for the
position at a farmers' mass meet
ing held at Amidon last week.
In Europe every little crevice
on the sunny mountain slopes is
utilized for little patches of cul-
only a
This will make a very desirable and where each individual voter
legislative ticket. Mr- List is one may make his own personal
of the most popular public men choice between the several candi
in Bowman county, a banker and dates within his party. When in
an able business man whom Bow- dependence is exercised within
man county can feel proud of. the parties and good selections
He was endorsed at a farmers made then there is no need pf
meeting at Amidon in Billing* crossing lines and voting for men
county. other parties.
John Odland is deservingly Independence is always nec
popuiar in this county and comes essary in order that the bosses
from good, straight
B. S. Covell is a good repre
sentative of the farming interests'
in Billings county. He is an
active and live wire in his com
munity and the endorsement giv-1
en him by the farmers of his lo
cality for the position is all the
Chronicle asks
needs more farmers.
With these three men all three
counties fa the district wi-U be
represented—and bv Rood men
—nnd the Chronicle is glad to
support them and asks that its
readers do likev »—if thev be
lieve in a fair distribution of rep
resentation at Bismarck.
POPULA-
THE GROWTH OF
TION.
According to the estimates of
the census bureau, by July 1 the
United States will have a pop
ulation of 109,021,992 people,
This is a gain cf over 7,000,000
persons in four years. Such
rapid gains look alarming to
f?W fe.et wide-
nnp' mis country inere is gross
provided each county elects one
Ln and this is what should everywhere The los, of ram
done. That this will be
carried
I
water, the
throwing
contaimng
much at 's store,
f°r f°ocl °f the publican ticket along with T. L.
"opto. would, they say, pe,mil Smith, Theo, Ma.num and H. L
10,000,000,000 people to live in Halliday, while F. J. Fitzgerald
cur territory.
In
this country there is gross waste
of sewage
valuable chemical ele­
ments into the sea, and soil and
forest exhaustion, are a few of
our more wanton extravagances.
The rapid growth of Uncle
Sam's family is thus to be wel
comed. It may not uplift aver
age prosperity. But it is a wel
come testimony to the fact that
economic conditions in this coun
try are still very much more fav
orable than elsewhere.
BE INDEPENDENT.
There must be independence
among the people in politics as in
all other things, says the Fargo
Searchlight. This independence
can best be exerted at the pri
maries where the nominations
are made by the different parties,
political may not get in control, or, if they seem to consist of a 60 h. p- mo
tor-car, with a speedy chauffeur,
plus a row boat and a Jap war
ship.
be in control that their control
may be thrown off. When boss
es control, the people are out of
control. When the people are in
control the bosses are out of con
trol and this to the advantage of
good government and clean pol
itics.
Coercion of one kind or an
other is often used in politics, co
ercion in business and coercion on
account of friendship and person
al favor. None of these should
count in any manner whatsoever
The legislature 'n matter of selecting public
officials as it is merit that should
count and not mere favor. The
people of this state must be ac
tively on their guard against the
matter of misleading them in
their political matters, and must
rim to serve the best interests of
their country rather than work
for peiT,on?l ends. The primar
ies in June will require the best
cf citizenship to guard and pro
tect them, and to give the right
result at the polls.
SPREADING INFORMATION
SCUT YOUR BUSINESS.
A common remark in daily
life is about like this: "If I had
known that I could get it for so
vjot or N
I
erally known, few people find it
ouc.
Publicity is the basis for all
modern success. If a man tries
to get up an entertainment and
places no notices in the papers
and gets out no posters, he gets
no crowd. Similarly, if a store
buys :i stock of goods, and is
then too slow to tell the public
what it has, in an interesting way,
it will get no substantial trade on
those goods.
The office of county judge of
Golden Valley county seems to
be a very attractive office, there
being six candidates in the field
for the position. J. A. Miller, the
old division warhorse, is a can
didate for the position on the re-
the democratic candidate and
A. O. Whitney the socialist. Mr.
Miller on account of his past
record and activity in the county
division campaign seems to have
the best of the argument among
•he four republican candidates
and the Chronicle believes he
will receive the nomination.
The farmers in southern Bill
ings county intend to again take
the bull by the horns and direct
their own political destiny. They
have held several political mass
meetings and have endorsed an
entire ticket which will no doubt
be nominated, if the farmers
down that way pull together like
they did two years ago. Among
the candidates endorsed were B.
S. Covell and Robt. List for rep
resentatives, and these men will
be voted upon in Golden Valley
and Bowman counties also.
Chas. I. Cook, formerly of the
Beach Advance, has accepted a
position as foreman in the Chron
icle office, commencing upon hi3
duties on ^X^ednesday of this
week. Mr. Cook is an old news
paper man who knows the busi
ness from A 'o and the Chron
icle is glad to secure his services.
Huerta is said to be seeking a
way out of the Mexican mess.
The most practical way out would
The Chronicle Printing com
pany received notice from the
United States Internal Revenue
department at Aberdeen, S.
Dak., yesterday to the effect that
we have been assessed $30.56 on
account of the "corporation in
come tax." It's hard to dodge
the tax collectors.
If you are going to be a can
didate and participate in the
1914 race for office, you had
better get busy before four
o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
That will be your last chance to
get your name on the republican,
democrat, bull moose or socialist
ticket.
Before asking a girl whether
her crooked figure is due to an
attack of sciatic rheumatism, it is
scJer to learn whether she may
not be practising the debutant
slouch.
Henry Ford and Mr. Edison
are trying to down the cigarette
would' habit among boys- They will
have gone there. Why did not probably succeed if they can per
you tell me?" suade the kids that the cigarettes
If a merchant has to carry are harmless.
goods over another season, the
real reason is probably that he
made
in the high jump,
smled K'OOrtDTtfE MOC?N1
CM tfOMSMBEK VIO?N|
N*i£ ©NUHD "BlVCtf-VloME
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neglected to tell the public about they should not carry a flag of! enemies say that the fight is not
them with sufficient clearness and truce, as the Mexicans consider ended, but we 11 wager much that
emphasis. The general public that this makes an exceptionally I ere the struggle at Beach is er
favorable target.
are not mind readers. A first
class article may be selling for a
low price, but if no one takes
the pains to make the fact gen-
jumping is more practical in help
ing to dodge automobiles.
Press Comment
Wells Brinton. editor
of the 'Beach Chronicle,
won out in the election
for Mayor of Beach, and
this when he was opposed
by all the city and county
officers. Surely there must
be something "unlikable"
in the government of
Beach when the voters
will elect a man as mayor
who is opposed to the en
tire bunch of city and
county officers. Of course
in its report of the elec
tion the Advance pointed
a finger of scorn at the
majority of two votes ac
corded Editor Brinton
but say Bro'r Cook, that
two would have looked
as big as a mountain had
it been on the other side
of the fence, wouldn't it?
—Marmarth Mail.
God Give us More Fighting Edi
tors.
Mott Spotlight: The publisher
of a newspaper who believes in
the right of the press to freely
comment upon all public matters
and public officials, has, in the
past been a very scarce individ
ual, and especially in North Da
kota.
There is one editor however
who has triumphed over his ene
mies, and his career reads much
like a romance. The member of
the fourth estate referred to, is
none other than |. W. Brinton,
publisher of the Chronicle which
is issued each week at the town
of Beach, where, during the past
few years much turbulency ha3
been in evidence.
Brinton, the man who has
caused many "ripples on the
Beach," caused many a crooked
politician to either walk the
straight and narrow path or move,
has gone through almost hell-fire
during his years of waging a terri
fic war against corrupt officials
holding office.
Recently he ran for mayor of
his town, and nosed out a win
ner after a most bitter fight. And
again the fight is waging, with
Brinton as chief executive of the
town.
There are but few editors who
could stand up under the strain
to which he has been subjected.
In fact most editors who are con
fronted with the ordinary prob
lems that surround them in pub
lishing a weekly newspaper,
would be put to shame, after
learning of Brinton's career, in
which he hos faced several libel
suits, had his fine newspaper
plant, together with his brick
building in whlrh it was h.o"sed,
and his home nil destroyed by a
dastardly hand, wherein dyna
mite and the torch were used to
get even and put him out of busi
ness.
'Brinton cr.—~ back sm'.li^g at
h-3 enemies, 'e fought and fit.
His fearless ?tt:tude on all pub
lic questions whether they affect-
PECK'S COUSIN SALLY By Gross
WHEN "Tt4E
T'Dl
ed city, county or state officials,
it mattered little to him as long
as he knew he was fighting for
the rights of a common people.
His destroyed home and news-
If our soldiers wish to parley, paper plant were re-built. His
many a politician will hit the
dust, possibly some will hit the
A new world's record has been saw-dust trail, and in the^ end
Long
reward. God give our nation
more fighting editors like the
Brintons of North Dakota.
Many men are now displaying Wibaux Pioneer: Mayor Brin-
their achievements in flower gar- ton, who was recently elected at
dening by showing off the tulips Beach and whose election has
and hyacinths raised by their been contested, has won out in
wives. the first round against the city
council. It seems that a mayor
has a few rights which the city
council of that burg deemed they
cught to have a hand in, so 'Brin
ton fired the chief of police, the
city auditor and the city attor
ney. The council wouldn't stand
for this and the matter was taken
to the courts. The Judge rend
ered a decision in favor of May
er Brinton, and stated that he
had the right to throw the old
village officials out of office.
Brinton has the best argument at
all turns of the road and if thev
continue to wage battle against
him, he will deliver to them one
worse "lickings" they have ever
received since they wr.re old
enough to stav shy of their fath
er's grasp. The old city auditor
and police must surely feel bad
to think that they have served
in their official capacity for near
lv a month now and cannot draw
their salary and further have the
judge notify them that thev have
had no job since Mayor Brinton
removed them on April 22. Now
boys, better settle down and let
Brinton manage things, or he is
apt to show you that he has the
authority to do so, and then mat
will have the Ha! Ha! on you.
Brinton is a sure winner
Commission Plan For State Gov
ernment.
Most of the states will be gov
erned by the commission form of
government in state affairs in a
comparatively short tin3 in the
future. This may seem to be a
wild £.ucss at the present time,
but it will be an actual realization
in the near future. It is the prac
tical and efficient sort of govern
ment to have, and with the recall
it is entirely safe government.—
Fargo Searchlight.
Th Remedy for Despotism,
Wholesale Butchery and
Civil War in Col
orado.
Fifteen years ago Dave Hill
said Uncle Sam should own the
coal mines.
Lots of folks thought he was
crazy.
How about it now.
Is th'ere any man, woman or
child of average intelligence who
sincerely believes that the great
treasure of nature, stored in the
earth by a bountiful providence
for the use of the children of
men, should be held in the cruel
control of a few men as means
of private enrichment at any
cost of bloodshed and suffering?
WHEN S.tcb€r WfVb
1
Is there any reason why their
malign mastery should be allow
ed to continue, to the recurring
accompaniment of despotism,
wholesale bu'ehery and civil war
as in Colorado?
The 'Baltimore platform truly
cc. th^t private monopoly is in
tolerable.
The p?.rtv which wrote the
B^l-'more reform is in control
of the government, put there on
a pledge to do what the platform
promised.
Will it hr»ve 'he co'ira?e
to e«ac.t the Bryan bill, rhanfr
"ncr D.'s control of Colora
do into pnbl''* ownership?
Boost the Bryan bill Write
your congressman about it to
night.—Fargo Courier-News.
Cbromcte Humor and Comment
«r I W^T »NTRIBU TED CUPPED or ST LEN by .id of fAi I E «nd SHEARS I
Hon. L.
A.
Splendid Qualities
of Norway's Sois
ters will look still worse and he man of his government and his pers and to a few missionaries. A
country in extending a message hundred years ago the use of an
of good will and congratulation esthetics—the ocean cable, the
to the Norwegians of the north- telegraph, the telephone, electri-
history have ever been a race
of free men that in the cent'iries
ownership.- As a people thev
had been lovers of liberty, and
mmated a program of address-
es yesteroay afternoon presided
over by United States Senator
ronna ,oit a ota.
One of the principal addresses
of the afternoon was delivered by,
bov. L. B. Hanra of North Da-1
kota. He spoke as follows:
It gives me great pleasure to
be here today and. as governor:
of the state of North Dakota and
itpresen'm.» all of her people to
have a p't.t: 'n this celebration
commemorating the one hun
dredth anniversary of the inde-1
pendence of Norwav.
The century that has rolled by
since Norway independence be-
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CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS
Simpson of Dickinson
Minneapolis. May 19.—H. H- land. The country where we now
Bryn, Norway's minister to the live was an almost undiscovered
United States, was the spokes- country, known to but a few trap-
west gathered for the final ses- city, and so many of the every
sion cf the Syttende Mai celebra- day needs of our present life,
tion yesterday afternoon. The were unknown. Travel through
meeting was held in the State Fair the country was by camel, rivers
hippodrome, which was far too or the stage coach. The settle
small to accommodate the crowd ment of the United States had
on the ground. only crept back a little way west
Mr. Bryn laid stress on the fact
that the Norwegians in all their
came a fact has been perhaps the
most able century of all time. A
hundred years ago Napoleon was
ending his stormy careed as dic
tator cf Europe. The United
State involved in war with Eng-
of,
whi,e
Alleghanies. And new
th®
here
mary
when slavery and sorfdom flour- and other parts of the world, are
ished in other European coun- celebrating the birthday of Nor
tries, no Norwegian ever wore a wegian independence, so at the
slave's collar and copper plate of
same
had implanted the spirit in coun- Norway and by the people of the
tries other than their own. United States, but by the people
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The three clays celebration cul-
CANDIDATE FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS
I hereby announce myself as candidate for Regis
ter cf Deeds cf Golden Valley county on the Repub
lican ticket, subject to the will of the people at the
June primaries. I have in the past, ar.d will in the
future if nominated ar.d elected, give my entire time
to the ofiice. This office has been conducted during
my present term independent of any abstract com
pany «nd will be so conducted in the future if I am
elected. J. W. FAGE, Burkey, N. D.
People in Norway and
in,
Minneapolis, and in so
places in the United States
time we can celebrate and
5Peak
of the
made'
wonderful progress
not
on,y b5'
the
people of
of the whole globe.
In the great Civil war of fifty
vearg a?Q the son3 of
had
,heir
8tTUpp
Norway
part In the eat
iet
if
I
reme
the
mber riehtly,
Fifteenth Wisconsin Regi-
ment
Volunteer Infantry was
made up almo8t entirely of Scan-
dinavians and lhe
record of that
rerriment is one to be envied. In
education we find here in our
country, and especially in the
northwest that the percentage of
illiterates amonsr the Norwegian
Americans is almost nil, and
among the ablest of our educa
tors in school and college are
American citizens who were born
in Norwav or who come of Nor-
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