Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-01-04
dent Of the local school boarS
been township clerk for th9
years. He is a republican. J,

dent O9 th0 local 6cnOOl UOhkt
been township clerk for th9
years. He is republican.
Philip Blank, Morton count
tieth district, postofice Newt
was born In Germany and Is
old; is married. He came to
Dakota from Illinois In 1884 an
profession is a merchant. Serve
the last house Of representatives
was reelected last fall without o.
sition. Had never held Office befo
tiolstein q. Braaten, sThirty-nint &
district, Trail county, postofac9
Mayville, was born in Norway and e
81 years old IL married, but has no &
children. He came to North Dakota /
from Iowa II 1879 and Is engaged IA
farming. He has not held ONCE before
his election to the house Of representa-
tives two years ago, except town Of
fees every year since coming to this
state and is now holding his second
term.
J.T. Brfden Of the First district, Penn
bina county, lives at Walhalla He
was born in Ontario, Canada, 43 years
ago He Is married and, has two chill
dren. He came to North Dakota from
Canada IN 1883 and became general
merchant. He has been president Of !.
the Walhalla school board for II years,
and president Of the village board for
two years. He Is republican.
Charles v. Brown, Of Wells county,
Thirty-third district, post once Cathay,
was born at Mahomet, Ill, November,
1859, and Is As years Of age. Is mar
ried and has three children. He came
to North Dakota from Illinois IN 1882.
He Is a merchant and stock raiser.
He was member Of the constitutional
convention and the first elected county
clerk and register Of deeds Of Wells
county. Is serving his second term
as member Of the house OF represents
tives as q republican. FS:s
Tom o. Burgum of the Eleventh
district, county OF Cass, lives at Ar
thur. He was born in England and Is
AZ years old. He Is married and has
four children. He came to North Da-
kota from Iowa in 1882 and IL q farmer.
He was elected to the house as re-
publican.
Emery o. Burtness, republican mem
Der from the Sixth district, Grand
Forks county, lives at Mekinock. He
was born at Worth county, Iowa, SO
years ago, Is married, has two chill.
dren, came to North Dakota from Iowa
In 1880, and became merchant. This
Is his second term In the legislature.
. Charles Wilson Buttz, Fourteenth
district, Ransom county, was born at
Strandsburg, Pa, Nov. Is, 1889. When
two years old his parents moved to
Buttzville, N. j.; received an aca-
demic education; studied law with j..
g. Shipman, Esq, at Belvidere; en-
tered the Union army III 1861 as sec
ond lieutenant IN the Eleventh Penn
sylvania cavalry; was promoted to
first lieutenant 1862; received two
brevet ranks from President Lincoln,
one as Captain for gallant and meri-
torious service in capturing from the
enemy 9 full rocket battery" and the
other as major for gallant and meri-
torious service in front 81 SUFFOLK,
Va" both dating May, 1866: common.
ced the practice OF law at Norfolk. Va;
was elected from Virginia to the re-
publican national convention at Balti-
more In 1864; was nominated on the
Independent republican ticket Tor con-
gressman-atIarge from Virginia ii
1863, but withdrew ten days before the
election; removed TO Chatleston, 3. q,
in 1870; was elected solicitor Estates
attorney attorney Of the first Judicial
circuit; was the, republican candidate
at the election held for member OF the
Forty fourth congress, at which cleo
ton the certincate was given to d. w.
n. Mackay; contested his seat before
congress-. and on the 18th of IDLY, 1875,
congress turned; him ont ana declared
q vacancy: elected to MI the vacancy
in the Forty fourth congress @ : 70
publican: located at fargo III July,
1880 and practiced law ct that PLACES
and Lisbon for several years. n ths
winter OF 1882 ne secured the orsani-
zation oe Ramsey county. with the
county se1t" located q Lisbon.
Mectad toTthe house q representatives
two years aEo and reelected 1T the
last genera election @ I republican.