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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-02

The voters in the Sixth district will
make no mistake. They have interests
to be represented at Bismarck in the
next session of the legislature-in-
terests which concern the prosperity
and welfare of this city and this
county. They will not send boy to
the legislature who does not have a
dollars worth of property in the dis
trict and nothing more than tran
silent residence. The men who own
farms and who pay taxes and who
handle the business interests of the
community certainly have more knowl-
edge of the needs of the community,
especially when these men have grown
up with the country and are identified
with its prosperity, than have those
who have simply claimed a residence
for the purpose of voting. Transients
are not very good class of people
to hold Office anywhere. The re-
publican candidates for the legislature
in that district, and for that matter
in the entire county, are business
and professional men who have
property interests.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-02

Those who are SO vehemently OPP
posing Judge Knauf charge that he
is incompetent as an attorney. They
forget that in that profession ability
and integrity are the only two things
that win. If an attorney sells out
the interests, of his client he may
expect no more business from that
man and in a few years that attorney
will be without clients and without
fees. But he may possess the highest
integrity and If he is incompetent he
will not get many cases from the sam.
client and in a short time his reputa-
ton as an attorney will be such that
he can get no clients from this cause.
If man possesses neither Of these
qualifications it is evident that he can
never build fortune from the income
Of his law practice. Yet John Knauf
starting without dollar has amassed
a comfortable living and competency
from his law practice alone. How
could he do 1t II he were either incom-
petent or dishonest?
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-02

vlct.ons were obtained In every one of
the fourteen.
Aside from the matter OF prosecu-
tions, Mr.. Wineman, during his term
in office, has originated and carried
to completion two very important
propositions. One of these was the
enforced collection of many thousand
dollars dn back taxes which the county
had given up as lost, due to various
techn'calities which were considered
insurmountable. He has also prevailed
upon the board of county commits
sioners to establish a workhouse for
prisoners. This will have the effect
1T Is said. of keeping the city fairly
clear Of the vagrant class. Within
several months MIR. Wineman has also
caused to be turned into the state
treasury sum of money amounting
to about $500, the residue Of the es-
tate Of Otto Schmidt, who at his death
left no known heir. He also, no long
since. secured from the supreme court
writ of prohibition against the dis
trict court interfering in county drain
age proceedings. This Is the first
time in the history Of the state that
such writ has been procured.
The Evening Times commends Mr..
Wineman to the voters of Grand Forks
county and believes that he will be
their choice by a large majority for re-
election to the Office Of county attorney.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-02
n. p. KORSMO.

One of the pioneer settlers and
most highly respected citizens of this
state is N. P Korsmo, residing in
beautiful home on the banks of the
Goose river in Northwood township.
Mr.. korsmo is now candidate be-
fore the people for reelection on the
republican ticket for county commits
sioner from the Fourth district. He
Is man who for years has been iden-
titled with public matters, politi-
clan. but one who eschews policies,
when any public duty is to be per-
formed. a man with record of years
of endeavor. Mr.. Korsmo has twice
served as member of the state legis-
lature and is now completing a term
in the Office of commissioner, for
which he now seeks reelection. As
county commissioner, he has exer-
cised his duty in most commendable
way with economical results to the
tax payers of the county.
Mr.. Korsmo has been a resident of
this county for 80 years, has paid
taxes most of that time into the coun-
ty treasury. He came to this state
from Ward county, Iowa. with an OK
team, settled on the land which he
uoW idlm5s III 1910. ne 10 IuOTOuSuly
conversant with the needs of the
county and his four years service will
stamp him as well fitted
The farmers Of the northwest have
made the state what 1t is today, and
certainly to the farmers belongs the
positions which they, and they alone,
to the greatest usefulness, can fill.
And the gentleman to whom we d.
rect attention has record which is
as clean as the pages of an unwritten
book. He is with the people against
all other interests and attractions.
He is for North Dakota and Grand
Forks county, now, tomorrow. and
forever. His record is an open book.
Remember that he is good business
man, deep thinker. an honest man.
man for North Dakota-her republic
can party and her broad acres, and
for the best interests of the people,
and on Nov. 9Th cast your vote for the
best man for the Office of county COM
missioner from the Fourth District.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-02
W. G. GlLBREATH.

W. G. Gilbreath was born in Mcalinn
county. Tennessee. September ., 1851.
In 1864. with his parents, he moved
to Illinois and lived on a farm. He
graduated from the Illinois Wesleyan
university in 1874. After graduating
he became a merchant, and for a few
years was cashier of bank. In 1873
he entered the journalistic field, and
since that date has, the greater part of
the time. devoted his attention to that
line of work. Forty-three years he was
engaged In the grain and live stock
business. and for two years again con-
nected with a bank. Mr.. Gilbreath
came to North Dakota in the nineties,
and purchased an interest In the Man.
dan Pioneer, and for a number of years
was associated with r. NJ. futile in
conducting that paper, which he now
practically owns, although not active
~ connected with its management. In
1901 he was appointed deputy commits
s:oner Of insurance, a position which
he held for four years. He was elect
ed commissioner Of agriculture and
labor in 1904, and is now a candidate
for reelection. After coming to this
state he became interested in real es-
tate, and believed 1t to be an excellent
investment. and at one time owned over
ten thousand acres Of Missouri slope
land. In the line of his duties as
commissioner of agriculture he has ex-
plotted the advantages OF North Da-
kota. and has been a potent factor in
the unprecedented hold the opportun-
tiles of this state now have upon the
people of all lands. and the high stand
ing of North Dakota among the other
commonwealth of the country. From
training and inclination Mr.. Gilbreath
possesses peculiar fitness for the duties
Of the Office he has been re-nominate,l
to fill.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-02
Pulse Of the Pres,
He Has FORGOTTEN.
REPORT of Burke's Speech in the
BOttineau Courant1

Mr.. Burke paid particular attention,
in a long-winded statement, to the fact
that he did not ride on a pass, but
he forgot to mention the fact that
the new rate law cut of all passes,
and they are not used by anyone since
about the first of September, when
they were all called in by the COM
pany. Whether he had used these
conveniences when he was a state
senator. and they were in fashion, he
neglected to state.
He criticized the state board of equal
ization in the judgment it used in fix
ing the valuation of railroad property
for taxation, and repeated some figures
of his own manufacture to show that
railroads were assessed at 10 1-2 per
cent of their true value, while farm
lands were assessed at IS per cent.
To do this he fixed the real value of
farm lands at about $14 an acre. To
those who don't know, Burke's re-
marks sounded as though somebody
was crooked, but those who are well
informed know the roads can be built
and equipped for $4,000 a mile, yet
Burke values them at 100000. They
know, too, that instead of farm land
being worth $14 an acre, according
to Burke's valuation, that $24 an acre
wouldn't buy Bottineau county IL a
man took every acre of farm land in it
and paid cash.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-02

AcpuUIlC1H NduuludU6 lVT NVuh%
Attorney.
Grand Forks county has never had
a more vigorous states attorney or
prosecutor than ]. B. Wineman, who
has filled that position very acceptably
now for three two-year terms, and who
is candidate for reelection to that
important office on the republican
ticke;.
Jacob Belmont Win"man was born
in Chicago, Aug. 9. 1859. of German
ancestry. He was educated in the city
schools and at Bryant & STATIONS
Business college. From 1877 to 1882.
when he decided 10 make Grand Forks
his home, Mr.. Wineman held posi-
ton on the road as commercial trav-
eler for a Chicago house. In 1887 he
was married to Miss Walsh, daugh-
ter of Hon. George H. Walsh, and as
result of the union they have one son,
now nearly grown to manhood. Dur
ing the early days of his residence in
this city Mr.. Wineman held the posi-
ton of deputy clerk of court, and dur
ing his employment in that Office, he
managed by the good use of extra time,
to perfect himself in the doctrines and
mysteries Of the law. In 1891 he was
admitted to practice before the bar of
this state, and soon thereafter he
actively engaged in the duties of the
profession. He was elected as a re-
publican to the legislature in 1892
and reelected in 1894. AS legisla-
tor he was noted chiefly for his per-
sistence in securing the favorable
recognition of such legislation as he
cared to father-and in this connection
1t might be stated that Mr.. Wineman
Is the originator of a number of i'm
portant laws that now adorn our stat
ute books. Among the most important
of these might be mentioned that bill
passed in 1895, providing that all in
terest on state moneys accrue to the
state after that date, instead Of going
into the pockets of the state treasurer,
as had been the case prior to that
TIME. This meant saving of a large
sum of money to the state-it would
amount to at least $4,000 now.
Mr.. Wineman was elected presi-
dent of the North Dakota Volunteer
Firemen's association in 1890 and is a
lie member OF that organization. He
is also trustee of the grand lodge,
Ancient Order United Workmen, and
belongs to the Masons, Foresters AMI
Knights of Pythias orders.
AS to the record of the subject of
this sketch in the Office of prosecuting
attorney of Grand Forks county, there
ds much to be said. but the entire can
be summed up in the one statement
that whenever he has seen his duty,
he has never failed to perform it. As
a prosecutor of violators of the law,
he is so thoroughly respected by the
law-breaking class-due to the fact
that his reputation has gone abroad
that it avoids very generally the per-
petration of crime within the confines
Of this county. At the very last term
of district court there were a total Of
fourteen criminal cases for trial. Con-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-02

EIVm tuC OAlu Ol0tElCts
There is perhaps none better known
among the old-timers of Grand Forks
county than M. Iverson, who for the
past seventeen years has been a resi-
dent and prosperous farmer in the
township of Ferry. Mr.. VERSIONS farm
is located five miles southwest of Man
vel. During all the years of his resi-
dence in Grand Forks county-some-
thing over twenty-three-Mr. Iverson,
although identified with every move in
the interests of the county, has never
requested Office at the hands of the
people. He now asks the suffrage of
the taxpayers and voters in the inter-
ests of his election to the Office of
representative to the state legislature
from the Sixth legislative district
Mr.. Iverson was born at Valders,
Norway, March 10, 1854. He emigrated
to America in 1883, coming direct TO-
Grand Forks. Soon after he took up
his vocation as farmer, for some time,.
however. working rented lands. In a
short time, however, filed upon ami
secured title to the farm upon which
he now resides.
For the past nine years Mr.. Iverson
has very acceptably filled the lowly
office Of school trustee In district No.
9. He has been a taxpayer, and a.
large one at that, in this county for
I. more than twenty years. Mr.. VERSIONS;
district, the Sixth, is the one in which.
the democrats have been making a
hard fight for victory, but with the.
backing Of majority Of the stable
men of his district, he hopes to be
elected and duly qualified. 50
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-02

There is not an intelligent man in
this state who does not know that the
election of John Burke as governor
can not change a single thing in the
administration of the state affairs. He
can no more change the assessment of
the railroads than he could fly to
Texas. He could only do SO in con-
nection with other state officials, and
all his talk about doing so is a mis-
representation by which he hopes to
get into Office. If that party desired
to do the things that Burke claims
it will do if he alonefs elected, 1t would
have turned its attention to the cleo
ton of the railroad commissioners
instead of the governor and supreme
Judge. The serious and sensible truth
is that the party is trying to elect
Burke so that it can have the Offices
which he can fill on the several in
stitution boards, and which will become
vacant during the next two years.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-02
DEMOCRATIC INCOMPETENCE.

No man will deny that both tse
city and county of Grand Forks are
vitality interested in the legislation
which will be enacted by the next
legislature. The state fair question
concerns the very life of the city.
Just now every property owner in
the city is contributing his mite to
the community's development Tha,
means an increase in the valuation
Of the city property and the general
prosperity of the city. The business
men want more buyers. They want
more people. It is the key to their
financial prosperity. What can we
afford to lose in the way of the enter
prises that will not retard the growth
of the city and injure the business
men? Can We afford to lose the state
fair? Can we afford to allow Fargo
to carry 1t of bag and baggage?
Candidly, can the business men of
this city afford to lose the business
which the fair alone brings to it,
and the trade that comes as a result
Of the crowds which visit that in
stitution? Ask the merchants what it
means to them. Then remember that
all this is lost if the state fair is re-
moved to some other city. Take it
to Fargo every year as the Fargo plan
now Is and as the forces are being
lined up in the state to accomplish
at this time, and Fargo will become
the fair city of the entire northwest.
1t will push the matter vigorously and
Grand Forks will simply sit on the
fence while the procession goes by.
The Evening Times submits to every
candid voter in the county If the re-
publican candidates for the legislature
in both branches are not better equip
ped to fight for the retention of the fair
in this city than their opponents. H.
p. Ryan is the peer of any man in the
state and he would certainly be better
qualified with his extensive legislative
experience than man who has never
served in legislative body and knows
nothing of the procedure The men
who are the candidates on the re-
publican ticket for the house of
representatives have either had exper-
fence in legislation or are especially
trained as leaders in such fights.
The democrats are presenting mere
boy unidentified in business way with
the county and having no interests to
spur him to energy even II he had
the ability. How easy for him to
vote for Fargo and locate in Fargo
at the end OF the session. Would any
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-02

Just to prove our friendship, if
Burke is elected governor and the
democratic candidate is elected to the
supreme court, we would like to see
Editor Whitehead appointed to the local
judgeship. The knowledge of the law
displayed in that article about the case
that knauf lost reported in 1913 North
western. should certainly entitle him
to something.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-02
Would Appoint Whitehead.

If John Burke should by some means
get elected governor, which we hope
not, and Judge Fisk defeat John Knauf
and the amendment to the constitu-
ton increasing the bench to five men,
bers carry, would the democratic gov
ernor appoint one republican and one
democrat? Hardly think he would.
The safe and sane way Is to elect
the entire republican ticket, carry the
amendment and let a republican gov
ernor appoint two representatives who
are well qualified, to the bench. Mr..
Republican Voter, just stop and think
this proposition over. It's up to you.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-02

For several days there has been a
rumor current in this city that the
Herald realizing that every hope Of
democratic success has departed and
realizing that with that party defeated
it will never be able to command
q respectable newspaper standing in
the state. 1t is ready to announce its
support of the entire republican ticket.
Such a course would be suicidal. but 1t
Is its privilege to do SO If it desires.
1t must be understood by the public
however that death bed repentance Is
no evidence of salvation in politics.
The Herald can not undo the damage
1t has done the republican county
ticket by a change OF front at this time.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-02

special qualifications of the several
candidates en- the republican county
ticket. The Evening Times merely
reiterates what 1t has urged from
the time the polls closed in the
primary contest-the support OF the
straight ticket by every true republic
can. The good of the party, let alone
the right of the majority to rule. rise
above personal prejudices and animcs-
tiles. The personal enemy should be
as loyalty supported rs the personal
friend. The only safe way Is to vote
the ticket straight from the top to the
bottom. especially when the candidate
ia qualified for the position he seeks.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-02

The only danger to the county ticket
is the fact that voters may believe
the statements OF the democrats that
if it means nothing to knife the state
ticket. it means nothing to DO the
same thing to tue county ticket. If
a single democrat is elected it will
be due to the PRONUNCIATION Of that
doctrine. The democrats are not to
blame for using the argument; it
is the spread of the doctrine by those
who pose as republicans which makes
the danger.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-02
Labor Notes

The general executive board of the
Boot and Shoe Workers International
Union has declared the recent refer
endum election illegal, and ordered a
new one to be held.
The twenty-second annual meeting
of the Trades and Labor Congress of
Canada, held recently at Victoria. B.
c., was probably the most important
gathering of representative labor men
ever held in the dominion. About IS
delegates, representing locals Of in
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-02
FRIDAY EvENIN G, NOVEMBER 9, 1905.

man having property in this county
or in this city do so? That one vote
night decide the location.
There is another feature of this
fair proposition that must be reckond
with no matter how bitter is the OPP
position of the democratic sheet which
is seeking to defeat the same. 1t is
true that nearly every important piece
of legislation is decided in party
caucus. The western counties will
make fight for larger represen-
tation in the two houses. This will be
one of the matters which will be decid-
ed in a republican caucus. for every
sensible man knows that the legis-
lature will be overwhelmingly republi-
can. The western members will con-
cede something to the eastern coun-
ties for support in behalf of their
increased representation. Cass county
has nine members in the house and
three in the senate, and has no am
bition in the way of changed repre-
sentation. How easy to trade the
votes of Cass county for an increase
in western representation for western
votes for removing the state fair to
Fargo.
No democrat can participate in re-
publican caucus and the state fair
will simply be allowed to go to some
other city while the democratic men,
bers cool their heels in the corridors.
AS sensible proposition. what rea-
son is there for a republican repudiat-
ing his party principles to help elect
democrat when the result will be
disastrous to the community and the
business interests of the city?
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-02
Sentiment to be 1nculcated.

Let reverence Of law be breathed by
prattles in her lap; let It be taught in
the schools. seminaries and colleges;
let It be written in primers, spelling
books and almanacs; let 1t be preached
lative halls and enforced in courts Of
Justice; in short. let it become the
political religion Of the nation
Abraham Lincoln.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-02
IL This the Herald?

We can always respect an honest
democrat for standing by his party
principles and voting for his party
nominees, but greed and jealousy
seem to be the sum total for the oppo-
sition to the republican ticket in GER
tain quarters. This class Is respected
by none, though their votes may be
acceptable to either party.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-02
POLITICS

Fargo Forum: The activity that has
marked the republican headquarters
for the past several weeks and from
where thousands yes hundreds of thou
sands of letters. booklets and all sorts
of literature has been distributed all
over the state has partially subsidized.
Tuesday afternoon the final instruc-
items to compaign managers in the
different parts if the state were sent
out and with this done the work
Of the campaign managers has prac-
tically been completed.
Several OF the Office force that hal;
been at work for the past three weeks
has been dispensed with having been
paid for their services.
Secretary Foley and Major Hamil-
ton will remain until the last and
they will attend to the work that is
left undone.
1t will be no fault of the campaign
managers if every voter in this state
has not been fully appraised of the
principles of the republican party
and the character and qualifications
of the candidates who are seeking
either reelection or their first cleo
ton to Office.
A more systematic campaign was
never conducted in this state and 1t
Is now up to the voters to do their
part.
Il believe that every man on the
republican state ticket will be elect
ed by comfortable majority" This
was the statement made by Hon. AL
fred Blaisdell of Minot, candidate for
secretary of state, who was in the
city last night "At the coming cleo
ton the strong vote that will be cast
for the ticket by the slope country
and the northwestern part of the state
will be the means of swelling the re-
publican majority this year. The con-
dition of affairs on the eve of the bat
tie looks good to me and have all the
confidence possible in the success of
the ticket"
There has not been single dis
couraging report received from any
part of the state by the leaders in the
different counties as to the success
of the republican ticket. Col. w. H.
Robinson, one of the republican lead
ers in Trail county, spent the day at
republican headquarters and he said
that while the ticket would be elected
yet on election day it would be found
in the eastern and central portions of
the state 1t will be difficult to get the
vote out. However, he said that the
slope country would az usual make up
by rolling In its big old time majority
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-02

A vote for the democratic candidate
for state senator in the Sixth district
is a vote for a democratic United
States senator and rehabiliment Of
the starvation of the Cleveland ad-
ministration.