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:«§S & The Farmers'Paper VOLUME XII School Census is Completed Canvass Chrrvr- To"il of 608 of School Ago l:i Poach School Dirtr'c*— Notable Eliowinjj. C. I. Crone, recently appointed to complete the school census of the Beach school district, has tompleted his report and the can vass makes a creditable showing. A total of 608 of school age, amenable to the Beach district, is the showing of the census. An important finding of more than casual interest is that near ly one hundred more children will be of the prescribed age, six years, to take up school duties during the coming year, an ex cellent commentary upon the growth and development of Beach from the standpoint of increase in population. The rapid increase of pupils from year to year again threatens to exceed the accomoda tions offered by the present school building. The census is taken each year for the purpose of determining the amount due the district as a slate -appropriation, which ap proximates $10.00 for each pu pil. Peie Palmer and wife made an -{automobile trip to Belfield Sun day to witness the game. On their return, Pete stated that he noticed two cars which apparent ly had mixed it while rambling through a narrow stretch of road in the badlands. One car was minus a front wheel, while the other h!ad a rear wheel clipped off. It developed later that the Ford belonged to Leo Matchette, and that the Wheel was lost in coasting down a steep incline. R. C. Fuller towted the car from the fene of the accident to Sentinel Butte on his return from the Bel field game Sunday. -v HON. L. B. HANNA One of the Richest Bankers in North Dakota Candidate for U. S. Senate Does the United States Senate Need More Millioniaret? .A/) Paid Adv. COVER EMERGENCIES IN POSSIBLE STRIKE A telegram to the Chronicle from Division Superintendent T. H. Lantry at Glendive states that Warren S. Stone, Grand Chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, is on his w-ay west to obtain information covering plans of railroads for meeting femer gencies that will occur if strike is declared. Before leaving New York, Mr. S'^one made the statement that there are not enough avail-able men who possess even a slight knowledge to permit roads to op erate with strike breakers, and that he is certain of winning wage increases. The conference held in New York City between the railroad men demanding shorter hours and increased pay in certain in stances, and railway managers, which ended a week ago, resulted in a deadlock. The railroads feel that they have made all the con cessions legitimately to be ex pected of them under present tar iff schedules, without facing an enormous operating deficit. The effect of a general strike through manding serious thought by business men, who see a prospect ot financial stringency if the rail -oads are compelled to tie-up bfe cause of a strike. out the country is hard to pro phesy, but it is ia contingency de- A big barn dance will be given 'it Herman Brown's near Saddle Putte Saturday evening, July 1. Foster's orchestra will furnish 'he music. A cordial invitation is extended to the public. Sever al dances were given by Mr. Brown last summer and fall in his fine big barn which liberally attended by the people of that vi cinity and Beach, and Mr. Brown .proved himself Ian excellent host. J. M. Baer, who has been spend ing his vacation at Minneapolis, turned Tuesday mprning. -..i-yE. his Entire Tirtieto the sa-TM •w'yii?" *.ri- J. D. HALSTEAD Candidate on the Republican Ticket For the Office of Sheriff of Golden Valley County. Mr. Halstead came to the ^Golden Valley in the early days of its settlement, and was one of the first to ac quire a homestead here. Mr. Halstead has been act ively interested in farmers' co-operative movements. He has been idei'tnied with the local farmers' elevator com pany going on ten years— first as one of its organizers, next as a director, and at the recent annual meeting he was by the stockholders elected president of the company by acclamation. Mr. Halstead is essentially a farmers' candidate. If nominated and elected, he will devote his entire time and attention to the duties of the sheriff's office. He feels that qualification should be the sole and only test, and that he is eminently quali fied, and that he will admin ister the duties of this office "apably and impartially, if el ected, is too well known to his many friends to require repetition This being an agricultural community, Mr. Halstead feels that this important of fice should be filled by a farmer, and, if the farmers who know him best have their way, there will be no question but that he will be the next sheriff. Regarding State and U.S. Senator George F. Hunt and Porter J. Mc Cumber, Respectively, the Log ical Candidates.—"Knight" L. B. Hanna is Queered W5th the People. With the nearing approach of the primaries, the voter is con fionted with two clearly defined issues—whether state dominancy is to remain in the hands of Big Business with a repetition of the notorious "business /administra tion" of Knight L. B. Hanna, prince of the North Dakotans, to whom we have bowed the neck of servitude, or whether the rev enue producing, majority tax paying agricultre interests of the slate are to have something to say by the election of Lynn Frazier, the only candidate in a field of six who has sworn unequivocal allegiance to the farmers of the stale against the workings of the Iianna and McKenzie machines. The attacks on Frazier are the mendacious attacks of a politic al machine which exerts its last ounce of energy in protest against a crumbling dictatorship, under which the people of the state have writhed and squirmed in vain. Like the old man of the sea, it has affixed itself to our backs. Only the concerted ief fort of the people of the state can pry the parasite loose—and the glorious opportunity for doing it presents itself at the polls next Wednesday, nol to appear again for two long years—perhaps nev er. W:lh 'the present strj-j^ih of the farmers' movement be hind him, Lynn Frazier can se cure the republican nomination. The farmers of this county and the state owe it to themselves and Incir peketbooks to rally in un swerving support to the standard of Lynn Frazier for governor of North Dakota. Knight L. B. Hanna, violator of •he state and national constitu tions, dictator of the most per nicious political machine the state has ever known, is using --f .1 i' ce '4.M^Tv •v A Newspaper that Causes Comment in a Town that is Talked About PUBLISHED AT BEACH, GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY June 23, 1916." this vast machinery to project himself into the United States senate. Hanna is a banker, and from what we hear fte-is a good one—not that we mean most bankers are dishonest. In the minds of the vast majority of the people of the state, the Me dina bank failure has never been satisfactorily explained, like a good many other things, even though he was whitewashed in the courts. His record in con gress—he is not very modest— he has spread over his own sig nature far and wide. What he icould have done would take long er in the telling. Some of the things he has done are summed up in an article on another page— not with the greatest credit to Mr. Hanna. The selection of Hanna to the senate in place of Porter |1. McCumber means a serious setback to the agricultur al northwest. To match his com paratively puny mentality against one of the strongest men in the United States senate, a man whose years of faithful service to the people and devotion to the legitimate interests of his constit uents has commended him to the unfailing confidence of the peo ple of North Dakota, regardless of party, is the superlative deg ree of absurdity. What the state needs to represent it in the high est legislative chamber of the Un may still prove worthy of it VMfCVyM|11 l~ Extract from the State Examiners report, filed in the office of the County Auditor on the 6th day of April, 1916 SHERIFF "The records of this office are will kept and judging from the records made of the different papers served and sales conducted I would say that the office is very competently handled. It would appear that every pos sible effort is being made in the collection of delinquent, personal property taxes. I found that all fees are being paid into the county treasury as re paired by law." lo the voters of Golden Valley County. As the duties of my office will not allow nie to make a houso to house campaign as the oilier candidates are doing, I take, this means of letting you know I am a candidate for re-election to the office of Sheriff of this county and if you f"cl that I have fulfilled the office in an upright and honorable manner, I will appreciate your support in the coming primary election. I assure you all, that I have done my very best to fulfil the duties of this offic# without fear or favor and not having heard of any complaint feel with pride that I have given satisfaction, and for these reasons, I can a.sk you for your support and if re-elected I will again perform the ituties of the office as I have done heretofore. My method of collecting delinquent taxes without causing any extra expenses on the tax payer speaks for its self. My office and books are open for inspection at any time and will show that I have collected taxes back as far as 1005. In conclusion I wish to inform you that no candidate for sheriff or any nther county office has been indorsed by the Non Partisan League. The indorsement of the League is for state offices only. Thanking you for your friendly feeling in the past and trusting that I am yours very sinceriy S. A. Smith, Sheriff of Golden Valley Co. •Ml'''"V ited States is a man with some measure of ability, and not a man whose "bigness" consists of a long pocketbook capable of purchasing with mere money one ot the highest offices in the gift of the people—a travesty on the power of suffrage which should be resented by every man able to vote at the polls. The only governor in the Un ited Stales who accepted Henry Ford's invitation to subdue war ring Europe was Hanna —our own peerless Hanna. Wrhen the bubble blew up, and the members of the parly made a wild scram ble for cover, Hanna came home to explain the situation to his constituents—after being knight ed, presumably "prince of the savage North Dakotans," at the hands of a foreign king. That he had burnt his fingers in the affair and received a title did not make the explaining easier. That he was mixed up in the affair at all was sufficient to make him the laughing slock of the entire country, and reflected upon the honor of the state as well. To protect the slate's reputation is nol easy when a mountebank pulls the strings. North Dakota can not forget this incident, which its people resent bitterly and in tensely because of the reflection on the state itself. Is it reason (continued on page 12) '-•.*.<p></p>Treasurer *&.*-•. .- For County I adv. •a..- ^v. if Elected. *cn ireasurer C. I. Crone A popular candidate for Treas urer of Golden Valley County. Mr. Crone became a candidate for Ihis office on account of the numerous demands made upon him by farmers and business men from all parts of the county who had tranacted business with him while he was Assistant Cashier in the Golden falley State Bank. If nominated and elected, Mr. Crone will give the office his lime and attention, as he will have no other business engage ments and he will always be found in the 'treasurers office, the same courteous servant of the people, as when employed in the bank. No man in the county is better qualified for County Treasurer than Mr. Crone, as he is a com petent bookkeeper and account ant. He is thirty years of age and his many years' business ex perience especially fits him for this office. There is no doubt but hat he will receive a liberal sup port at the Primaries on June BROWN-REDMOND WEDDING big surprise on his A occurred when John H. the popular proprietor S-qua.-e Deal Bakery of quietly hied himself to friends Bro ,vrt, of the Beach Belfield and was united in marriage to Miss Mayc Redmond, of that city. The weddinv was solemnized at a Belfield Catholic, church. The young people left immediately for Circle, Mont., where they spent a week the guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. Bealty, returning this week to Beach, where they will make their home. Mr. Brown as proprietor of the Square Deal has built up an excellent business, and house wives all over the city attest to his skill. Mrs. Brown is a trained nurse, and will be remembered by many Beach people, having visit ed in this city on several occa sions. Glen Bailey, superintendent of this season's chautauqua pro gram, arrived Wednesday morn ing and is completing arrange ments for the five day's program here. He is enthusiastic over the 'attractions, and promises a rare treat for chautauqua patrons. He will remain throughout the pro gram. /**.«£ *•'. Ja 'v.<p></p>(Adv.) A Beach Booster NUMBER 36L Wlh. Mr. Crone has always been in terested in the farmers, as his: 1'alher and two brothers are farm ers in the Golden Valley. SPEAKS WELL OF MR CRONE. Below is an article taken from the Colchester, Independent of Colchester, Illinois. "In a letter received by friends in Colchester from C. I. Crone of Reach, North Dakota, we are in formed that he is a candidate for treasurer on the republican ticket in the county in which he* re*, sides. "Mr. Crone is an old Colchester boy and one who has made goocL He was born and raised in this ity, attended and was graduated from the public schools here, at tended business college in. Ma- comb and has been hustling ever since." "He is a young man of the best of habits, clean, progressive and a good mixer, and we are guess ing that he will make a good race for the position. We will war rant, that could his old friends in Colchester have the opportunity of lending any assistance that he would have the undivided support of the entire community here." Bartley-Schmitz Wedding Monday Catharine Teresa, Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Bartley, and Simon Schniitz are Married. Miss Catharine Teresa, second' eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Bartley of this city, and Mr. Simon Schniitz, residing south of Bench, were united in the holy bonds of matrimony Monday morning at 9 o'clock at St John's Catholic church in this city. A large number of he relatives and intimate friends of the contract ing parlies were present. The church was beautifuly dec orated with a profusion of cut flowers ferns and roses, and potted plants, the gifts of relatives and friends, and seldom is the history of Beach has similar event yield ed such a wealth of floral tributes. To the beautiful strains of Lo hengrin's W'edding March, played1 by the sisters of the bride, Elea nor at the organ and Elizabeth at the violin, the young people took their place before the altar, the procession being led by Marie (continued on page 12) *!i mi i.*' .r.ru. -Yifiao.'-: I I