Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-05-15
The Rambler.

The Rambler.
Did you ever stop to think while
perambulating around town that Coop
erstown was one of the live towns of
this great commonwealth. Our citizens
are oil the time improving their prop
erty, such as painting up their resi-
dences, building fences and planting
trees. If there is any one thing that
helps to make o town beautiful. tits
the liberal use of paint and the plant
ing OF trees, and in these two necessary
articles to the ,adornment of our
town the Cooperstown people cannot
be beat We notice that Judge War
ner, Merchant A. H. Berg, Farmer
j. G. Hazard AND others having been
quite liberal in the use of paint on
their residences.
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Our new town board has just nicely
settled into the official harness and it
is no joke when we say that applica-
tions for new sidewalks, crossings,
artesian wells and graveled streets
are quite numerous, but as the board
is composed of gentlemen who have
passed the tenuerfoot stage in official
life, everything is promised and the
board transacts the business of this
growing city which in their Judgment
seems best.
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We notice that the bicycle craze is
growing in this man s town and new
wheels are being shipped in right
along, and it will not be very long un-
til the carriage horses will have to be
sent out to pasture while the livery
men will have to turn their attention
to bicycles. It is said that bicycle
club will be organized this summer
and then the cranks will petition the
town board for a bicycle path four
feet wide made of asphalt paving
through all the principal streets and
back alleys. It safe to say they will
get-nit.
1t should be remembered that there
is a school election next month and If
there is anybody who wants snap
here is a golden opportunity that
should not be let to escape. A director
ship in the Greendale school board is
a harder job to hold down than the
politician who tries to stem the Nc
Kinley wave. However, we have no
doubt that several ambitious men will
offer themselves as martyrs for this
job in due season.
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i Speaking little in the line of poll
tics it is not a hard matter to predict
chat most of our county officers will be
reelected, and so far as we are con-
cerned, irrespective of party creed, we
would like to see all of them now in
Office given another term. But politics
are politics, and there is no doubt but
what there will be two or three tickets
in the field again this fall. At this
writing it looks as if Iver Udgard had
a sure thing, because he has ably at
tended to his duties, and then there is
that man Melgard, who cannot be beat
as a county auditor, he is democrat,
but it now looks as if no republican
would care to tackle the job of boost
ing him out of the Office, although we
are told that there are some who will
be foolish to try it. And then we are
told that there are two OF three farmers
that have an idea that they would like
4 Register Liens job for the next two
years. Well, all we have got to say
years ago somebody will have a hard
job to beat him. OF course Bartlett
will succeed Judge Rose-maybe SC
we will not say much about the states
attorney ship. Oscar D. Purintor
J seems to have solid lien on his job
while Supt. Sinclair has made such ar
excellent record that he has pretty
sure thing for another term. Sheriff
Jackson lost nice 81 hat coming from
Jamestown last week, but that doesn'
indicate that he will lose the sheriff
Office next January. He has made ,
good sheriff and deserves a secont
term. County Judge johnson jus
wants to drop the other leg over tn
2 right side of the fence and then he viii
be all right too-he may be all righ
anyway, and why shouldn't he?
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