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The Somerset reporter., 1897-02-25

OF St Louis, Mo. Incorporated lse2 and com
menced business in 1893 L. p. ErIsBBR. Pres.
o. F. CLARDy, Secy
Capital paid up IN cash t25o. oea.so
ASSETS DECEMBER 81. Isa6
Loans on bond and mortgage first
liens, =. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS s2o2. 9S7 So
Stocks and bonds, market value, 2s5,slo 90
Cash in office and in bank, .......... 32,aOS IS
Interest due and accrued, ..........-. 2eSs5 81
Premiums in due course OF collection,
. 1872. 1856 50
Aggregate assets at actual value, %. .s7l5,ss5 SO
LIABILITIES DECEMBER 81 1886
Net amount of unpaid losses and
Chains, ..s......++.... ..........- lisa ~
Amount required to safely re insure
All outstaI ding risks, ....... -. s27.e77Ol
All other demands. ,.................ls sS4 So
Total amount Of liabilities, EXCEPT -
capital stock and net surplus. sI25l745l
Capital actually paid up in cash.. 25o. 900 90
surplus, ..,.....-,...-..s.. 4o.7ll Rs
Aggiega amount Of Liabilities in
Guiding net surplus,..-..... ....- S7I5, SIS 81
Sws
cHAs. F. JONES, Agt., skowhegan, Me.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-01-29

1t is surprising at the number
Of homestead filings that was
made in North Dakota during
the year 1895. The total number
of acres entered by homestead
.ers at the five different land
Offices for the year, aggregate
AZ. 900 acres as against 265,000
acres entered during the year
1895. The Devils Lake district
leads with an Increase of 1O3, 900
acres. over $4,000 acres in 1895.
The Bismarck district has an in
crease OF S0,9777 acres and the
Fargo district stn increase Of 12,-
900 acres, while Il slight decrease
is shown in the Grand Forks and
Minot districts. The land Office
statistics show that at the pres
ent time there are. %, ,352:001
acres Of public lands remaining g
in the state, of which 1890, 600
acres have been surveyed.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-01-29
Free trade has been the bane

Free trade has been the bane
of Ireland. The abolition of the
duties on food -stuffs lowering the
prices to be obtained for domes-
tic products, has. as much as
rack-renting, made agriculture
Improbable and helped to drive
population from the island. The
parliamentary. commission on
Irish financial relations, in re
port bearing upon the reduction
of taxes in Ireland, admits that
'as producers chiefly dependent
upon agriculture" the people
shave lost in a far greater de-
gree than they have gained" by
free trade. And the report is
signed by Mr.. Childers, spoken
of as 1.-THE light and hope of the
CObdenite cause. Pioneer
Press.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-01-29

Bills have been introduced in
the state legislature for the ap-
preparation Of more money for
our public institutions than is de-
rived from the collection of taxes
and other sources for obtaining
money by the state. To our no
tion our representatives should
scale. these bills down to the low
est notch and if they are too high
after they passed both branches
of the legislature, then the gov
ernor should get in his graft with
the pruning knife and cut deep,
too. The republican party has
pledged itself to retrenchment
in this state and it must carry
out it's pledges. Two years ago
it pledged the same course and
through the fearlessness of Gov
ernor Allin those promises were
redeemed. We are Of the opinion
that Gov. Briggs has backbone
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-01-29

It is said through John Sher-
man, McKinley's premier to be,
that the incoming president will
follow the same policy in regard
to the Cuban trouble that has
been followed by President
Cleveland. We were in hopes
that when Mr.. Mckinley be-
comes president of these free
and liberty loving United States,
that he would put a stop-as far
as he was able-to this whole
sale persecution Of the Cubans
by the Spainards. 1t looks pref
ty bad to have the cries of these
Cuban patriots for help unheed-
ed by people who have only to
look back a hundred years or so,
to remember the trials and hard.
ships they endured for their per.
sonal liberty. The United States
should not turn a deaf ear to the
entreaties of the Cubans, but
should help them in their strug-
giles for their liberty.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-01-29

Secretary Olney is to 90 before the
senate Foreign Relations committee
and explain to the eminent gentle-
men OF the senate" as he recently
called them, the provisions Of the
treaty OF general arbitration between
Great Britain and the United States.
The senators have shown decided
Discrimination to have this treaty
ranmed down their throats. and it is
now evident that they will give it a
prolonged consideration. To the
broad principle of arbitration there
seems to be no objection, but most OF
the senator's are guarded in their ex-
presslons Of approval of the provi.
sions OF this treaty. and all agree
That tho short time remaining in the
present session is entirely too short
Tor % proper consideration OF SO
weighty u matter.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-01-29

Sharpe's usury bill reducing
from IL to 10 per cent as the
highest amount of interest legal
ly chargeable has passed the
house. 1t is thought that this
bill will be killed in the senate.
The joint resolution, creating a
board of pardons to consist of
the chief justice, governor, at
torney general, and two others
appointed by the governor, also
passed the house. This is u
move in the right direction, to
our notion. The present way of
pardoning criminals leaves too
much power in the hands Of one
man.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-01-29

The Grand Forks Herald, the
best exponent of republican
principles in the state. and al
ways an advocate and upholder
of good government, is very de-
spondent over the political out
look ip North Dakota under the
present regime. In an editorial
Tuesday it says:
..The Herald candidly admits
that from present indications
the peoples only recourse
against the latest institution of
gang rule will be the one resort
ed to in the past-overth throw at
the polls Of the republican
party ''--Fessenden Advertiser.
tits just such people as feel
like the Herald editor that causes
new parties to be born. When
one or say few wouldbe leaders
of a party cannot control or run
said party to their own notions
then they get on their ear and
talk about gang rule and then
agitate reform and organize a
new party in order to give them
selves the leadership of it and
the emoluments, too. That is
what started the populist party
in the state and also the actions
of these leaders that have put
the populist party in the hole.
Bro. Winship has done good
work for the republican party Of
this state, but just because he
could not elect Cochrane United
States senator is no reason for
his sulking. He should bow TO
the will of the majority and keep
right on saving wood" for the
party of good government and
protection.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-01-29

soul together until April or later.
Other districts with population of
50, ,O00, 600 are suffering privation for
food and which must be endured we'll
into spring before permanent relief
will be afforded by nature. Funds
for the relief of the sufferers are be-
ing raised on all sides, but a very
large amount OF money will be needed
to provide food even for those un-
fortunate people who live on almost
nothing from one end of the
year to the other. This
calamity awful, as it is in its in
tensity is possibly not much greater
than the ravages of the dreadful
Bubonic plague here. 1t is threaten
ing to spread, through fright OF the
natives of this city into other parts
OF India and ii it reaches the greatly
weakened famine sufferers the lnot;li-
ty may be enormous.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-01-29

Our divorce laws are all right
as they are. If there is to be a
change in them. let it be a radical
one something after the New
York laws. If the time for q
residence and decree for q di-
vorce is extended it will not be
bettering the law any-only de-
ferring hope. and hope deferred
often makes the heart sick
Sherbroolza Tribune.
Is Editor Williams married
and is heart-sick at ''hope defer
red. Or has he got his eye on a
willing to be Divorce?
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-01-29
acres have been surveyed.

The Legislative session this
time is q very mild affair COM
pared to previous sessions of
our North Dakota solons, which
are looked forward to by the
twin city papers as an avenue
for furnishing them spicy artic-
les for their papers. Contrary
to all precedents the legislature
meets and elects a United States
senator on the first ballot and
then it adjourns for one week to
allow the members to get over
their surprise. The only matter
that could now stir up any ex-
citement at all would be a lively
fight on resubmission or woman
suffrage, which may break forth
in the latter days Of the session.
1t is predicted that resubmission
would pass the state senate by
one majority but would not pass
in the house, although the vote
is said to be very close. After
Che overwhelming defeat of the
proposition for new constitu-
tional convention at the polls last
fall said proposition being in
the interests of the resubmis-
sionists-the question should be
overwhelmingly showed under
in both the house and senate.
The voice of the people was very
emphatic and that voice should
be respected by their represent
atives at Bismarck. North Da-
kota has had enough Of the open
saloon and it will be many years
before a majority of the people
will vote them in again. Even
if resubmission did pass this
legislature it would have to pass
another legislature and then vot.
ed on by the people two years
later, so that it would be six
years at least before the resub.
missionists could gain their
point. In regard to woman suf.
frage we do not see why the
ladies should not be allowed to
vote if they so wish. A great
many of them are tax payers.
and if they pay taxes they
should be entitled to represen-
tation. They certainly can do no
harm in our legislative halls or in
our state and county Offices, but
we are of the opinion that they
could do a vast amount of good.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-01-29


Several days ago q resolution
was introduced in the legislature
by Representative .Aas, Of Nelson
county, in regard to the closing
of blind pigs apd gambling
houses in the city of Bismarck.
Since it was introduced it seems
to have become lost in the shuttle.
It should be dug up and passed.
If these joints can't be closed up
right at the capitol city and the
seat of government it is no use
trying to do it in other places.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-01-29

The report is rife III financial
circles that ex-senator Wash
burn, OF Minneapolis, who is now
in China. is there consumating
arrangements whereby he and
several associates secure from
that government certain conces-
sions> that will practically give
them a monopoly of all railroad,
telegraph and telephone systems
Of the Celestial empire. 1t is a
gigantic scheme, with millions in
it, that American and English
capitalists have long striven for,
all to no purpose until now-if
the reports of Washburn's sue
cess be true. Success would
undoubted make the Minneapolis
man very soon one Of the richest
nabobs Oh the globe.-G. F.
Herald.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-01-29
Briggs Qourier.
PERCY r TRUBsHAw.
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.

The Fargo Forum says that
the printers of the state need to
look after Senate Bill No. 10.
We don't know just what that
bill relates to but if it needs look
ing after it seems to us as though
Major Edwards was big enough
to look after the newspaper boys
interests. The new code pro
vides mighty poor picking for
the newspapers and the boys
should look after their interests.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-01-29
PLAGUE AND FAMINE.
Terrible Suffering in the Fam
inc Stricken District.
by Associated Press 1897.

Copyrighted by Associated Press 1897.
Bombay. Jan. l6.-The plague and
famine are stalking arm in arm
through the densely populated Indian
empire. Thousands are dead or dy-
ing and the outlook becomes blaclzer
and more terrible every day. Mil
lions Of helpless men, women and
children are starving in the famine
stricken districts. which have popu-
lation of nearly -Eo.ooo.oo0 people and
will have TO depend upon the hand OF
charity Tor enough to keep body and
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-01-29

The last report from the Oil in-
spector shows that there We're
80! barrels OF Oil inspected
during the year ending Dece,n-
Der 81, which would indicate
that the plum is worth more
than S3. 900 and now after having
this position for two years under
a republican administration,
Winship thinks the only way to
purify the republican party is to
compass its defeat. Bismarck
Tribune.
Yes, considerable more, Mr..
Tribune, Judging from the
quality Of some Of the oil we
have to burn, there must be
quite q number of barrels unin-
spected that comes to this town,
which, if properly inspected,
would swell the salary still more.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-01-29
T.easvrer's Report,

=, a.po,t ST 7, tsaasnrr : e 'yh a,ia,lti school
na,.., 10. , .Mn'N" - tifrss Strte OF North
D. lsoe, ana 'Eding eren!t,r ~. 4. u, 1879.
NEeEl1Ts:
Ea..l an i,ni " ) s.nii:ns If school
Year. .'anaary I. a. D 1895. 1914
A'n,mnt received durtns tho year
from 'tnt.,' ppo,t'on'n'nt of state ui-
Nrom ;n,t \, yest aad income tnn,. ss6s.s.s
A,n', Am,,,nt Mes s;.,r, .a,.s "tc ,,,, s 20
i;om IN $ lsNirl by tho d ricr
tcho. i'm ri. jncad,l ny "n.onn. IF
outstanding Warrants redeemed or
indursnd bv ts,nutp treasurer in
collection nf llxes... S1l Is
Amnnsitr. ca.iveh during the year from
all other sources ...,.... Is IS
From icturn uftumbpr... 50 SIS
From is,' ni school, ,uss for .lrc-
ton nr.'oses ,!...,... $500
T''; se'ci,ts for the year inesulin.
cas!' Oh ha:a 1t \" ginning sieas Sc
Amount paid during the year for
school houses. sites ard furniture 1tS %
Amount paid during the year fcrnp-
pa"ains. fixtures. etc. .............., ~ f3
Amount paid during the year for
iea' liefs' Wa!tS............... -. 11s5 90
Amount paid during The year for ser
vices and exp use OF school officers G4OO
amount paid during tho wear for IN
cdental expenses. ,................ sc g.
Total expenditures during tho year is
Cash on hand at the clOse of the year.
December 81, 1896. 6...........,. 1903 20
Grand total expenditures md cas;, on
hnnd 10 balance above tntal ru.
cripts.... ........................ 1908 IS
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,
County OF Griggs lss.
Wheatand School Dist. No.9
do socmny .rwclr that The within ia
true and correct report OF all moneys coming
nat IL, 10 ham tl0p n SsAt,<,
w. a. BAKER
Treasurer OF Wh'atlpnd School District No. 9.
subscribed and sworn to before me this loth
day OF January, A. y. 1887.
Carl. n. NELSON
Clerk Whca,land School Township.
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
County OF GrEgs. sss.
Whcatland School DIST. No g.
The within rtport has been examined hy the
school board OF Whcatianl S:honl District No.
2. ald COMPARED with q statement from the
treasnrrrduring ihc wear and witt, tho warrants
of tho district school beard presented t" and
paid by the school urensnl"H during tho year.
and held by him ;is vouchers for tie payment
OF SchnOl moneys. and with the tax receips Is.
sued by tho comfy treasurer
Fhcrcpnrt is found To b. irlle and correct In
every particular aud is creby approved this
l2tl day OF Jnnuury. A. ID 1917.
by order OF the District School Board:
DUNCAN SINCLAIR,
President.
Attest: CARL \. NELSON,
D'strct Clerk.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-01-29

enough to follow in the same
road. The state is in no position
to grant any appropriations for
new buildings, and should only
grant enough to keep the present
institutions running. Let econ
omy be our watch-word.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-01-29
Knows What He's Talking
About.

Valley City Alliance: ''It takes
money to run q newspaper" howls
about twenty-five North Dakota public
opinion moulders, in chorus. What
an exaggeration; what whopper! It
has been disproved thousands of
times: it is clean cut case of airy
fancy. 1t does not take money to run
a newspaper; it can be run without
money: 1t is a charitable institution,
a begging concern, a highway robber.
B'Godfrey a newspaper is a child of
the air, a creature of a dream. 1t
can go on, and on, and on without
money, when any other concern under
like circumstances would go into the
hands of a receiver, and would be
wound up with cobwebs in the window.
1t takes gall. It takes IL scintillat-
ing, acrobatic imagination, half
dozen white shirts, a Northern Pacific
mileage book through the generosity
of gentleman by the name of Chas.
S. Fee. But money! heavens to Betsy
and six hands round, whoever needed
money in conducting a newspaper?
Kind words are medium of exchange
that do the business for an editor
kind words and church social tickets.
When you see an editor with money,
keep close watch on him or next
thing he will be paying his debts and
disgracing his profession. Never
give money to an editor. make him
trade it out. He likes to swap and
swamp. Then when you die after you
have sat around like a bulnb on q log
for years and sneered at his little
Jim-crow paper. be sure and have
your wife send in for three extra
papers. by one Of the weeping chill
dren. and when she reads the generous
and touching notice about you fore
warn her to neglect to send Is cents to
the editor. 1t would overwhelm him.
Money is corrupting thing the root
Of ali evil. The editor knows it and
ali he wants is your helpful sympathy
and to know you are safe in II.
Then he can thank the printers for
their work and they can thank the
landlord for bed and board.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-01-29

lcVOtlVi lHc LcHE'lEtC vi fltNEuEl GcuCOs
District No. u, county OF arixgs, state OF
North Dakota, for the year ending December
81 A. u. 1856
RECEIPTS:
Cash on hand ri beginning Of school
yenr. January !. .. ID. 1896 ........ S a04 32
Amount received during the year from
npp0rtiGnmcni Of slnte tnlilon fuEd .ssG aB
From incresi and income fund sls7 Gs
From tiiles. taxes, etc. .......... Slae.8D
fmount received during the yenr
from taxes levied by The dlstric,
school board, including amount OF
outstanding wnrran,s redcemed0r
ihdorttd by county treasurer III
collection OF iaXcs..... ............ 194 O2
Total receipts for the year, including
cash on hand al beg inning. 800. s125l 9.
EXPENDITURES:
Amount paid during the year fer
teachers wage. .........:.. Cc3 Is
vices and expenses Of school
Amount paid dnriny the year for in %
tcrcst on bonds s.................... 14O0o
Amonn:, paid during the year for
incidental expenses .............. 2742
Amount puld during the year Tor
purposes not before mentioned. ~ 50
For For BUNKER I sisse
tOf IaDOE. ....................... S2l.SO
For publishing report -. .... $500
Total expenditures during the year.. 925 66
cusl, on hand ut the close OF the year.
December 81. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 329 10
Grand total, expenditures and cnsh
on hand, 10 balance above total
receipts. .......... ................ 1854 81
RELATING TO BONDS:
Bonded indebtedness, first irsue
49,: $ssoo0V $seo0V
second issue. e................... $4,000
Total amount Of bonds issued up TO
date, including all former years. $1,000 90
-
Total amount Of bonds outstanding
ct INC end Of the year, December
81. d, 1886 6........................ $500 90
Average rate OF interest on all bonds
s my nSw 9nttSndngi 9,Is s"nEii n 4 pr .r,. cent
County OF Griggs, 5ss.
Pleasant >chOol DIST. No. ID.
1 do solelIniy swear that the within js
true and corr: ct report OF ali moneys coming
mo my hand as school ircu-user.
g GUDNUNDSEN,
Treasurer OF Pleasant School District No. "A.
snbSer,bed and sworn e ,ao, t. before me this 18th
$500 " OLE MlcKtLs.
District Clerk.
STATE OF MOTH DAKOTA j
County OF Grig.s. tss
Pleasant school Dist. No. u.
me within ep,tt has been examined by the
school buard OF p!rnsant School District No.
u. ard compared wiIh The statement from the
county treasurer show ny fluids laid the
schoal treasurer during the yea. and with the
WA, rants of The dls!rct schont bUacd pre- S. med
70 ana paid by the ac'io2i II ,isn'sr during the
yeur. and held ny iiH,as vouchers for liie pay
ment Of school moneys, and with the tax re-
cepts issued by tne cntt tr s:snfef.
The report is found to be ir!is and correct in
every par.icniar a;:d is i.erc'y approved this
18th da, of Jannaty, ~. ID. is.ll.
BY order os the disrict school board:
JOS. AlLLER.
Att-s.: ULE !llcGELs,
Etstr;at Gic,l.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-01-29
FREE SILVER MlNTAGE.
The Republican Bill for an In
ternational Conference.

Washington, Jan. l6.-Thc ad-
journed republican senatorial caucus
yesterday did not result in any chang
es in the bill for an International BIZ
metallic conferences as drafted by the
caucus committee. 1t was stated that
there had been some interchange of
views with the democratic senator's,
some of whom believed that the word
''unlimited" as we'll as the word
"free" should be used in describing
the mintage which such conference as
is proposed would be called to secure,
but the caucus decided not to make
the addition. The discussion devcl-
oped that the senators were of the
opinion that the one term really en-
braced the other. 1t was stated that
the language employed was precisely
the language which had been used in
the legislation providing for the four
previous conferences on the same sub
ject, and it was urged that any change
in wording might injure the prospects
of securing conference with the
European nations.
Senator Chandler therefore was
authorized to introduce the bill as
prepared by the caucus committee,
which he will probably do on Monday,
as Senator Wolcott's representative.
The committee bill is as follows:
That whenever, after March 4, 1897.
the president of the United States
shall determine that the United States
should be represented at any interna-
tional conference, called by the United
States or any other country with a
view to securing by International
agreement a fxity of relative value
between gold and silver us money, by
means of a common ratio, he is here
by authorized to appoint five or more
commissioners to such international
conference and for compensation Of
said commissioners and for all reason
able expenses connected Herewith, to
be approved by the secretary of state,
including the proportion to be paid
by the United States of the joint ex-
penses of any such conference the sum
of 800, 900 or SO much thereof as may
be necessary is hereby appropriated.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-01-29
Treasurer's
Attest: CARL a. NELSON,
District Clerk.

Report 81 the treasurer of Pleasant School
District No ID, county OF .,rixgs, state OF
North Dakota, for the ycnr ending December
81. A, ID. 1856.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1897-01-29

Report ST t e ts5as.,r r &c XII, a,;a,ti School,
niatfct NJ. 2 ronnivof tisiuss, Surte OF North
Z :saknla Tor ,nr year heainnit < lanuar. /. a.
ID. lAoe. ana "Edipg erem!,sr III. A. u, 1875. 4