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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-29

If man is selected for public
position because of his actual worth,
Charles Allen, the republican candi-
date for county auditor should be
elected unanimously. He certainly has
every qualification that any man could
have for the position to which he
aspires. He was born in ireland in
1853, and came to this country in 1884,
settling in this city where he has re-
sided ever since. He entered the coun-
ty auditors Office of this county in
1889, and served as clerk for twelve
years. During these years, he gave
the most assiduous attention to every
detail and much of the remarkable ac-
curacy Of the records of that time is
due to his painstaking care and at
tention. When Mr. Alderman was
elected county auditor in 1900, Mr.. AL
len was made deputy and served in
that position until the appointment of
a democrat by the democratic board of
county commissioners last year. Vt
will be seen that Mr.. Allen has served
In the auditors office for sixteen years.
in practically every capacity. There
are hundreds of things in connection
with the Office which must be kent in
mind, and Mr.. Allen has every detail
In connection with the office at his
finger tips. 1t is admitted by every
one who knows him and Is In the least
acquainted with his capabilities, that
he is decidedly the best qualified man
for the position in the county. His
haDits and character are absolutely
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-29
Pulse of the Press
A Democratic Dodge.
lCando Herald.l

The democrats of Towner county
those OF them who have not the
honor Of their convictions-and
there are several-to come out and
make political campaign upon the
merits of their party platforms, are
resortfng to back door method of
warfare, with fearful voices, epithets
and ridicule. they hope to secure
enough of the weakened gentry who
have no special interest in the well
fare Of their party or country, to
elect two county candidates-Burke
and Fisk. This Is about the weight
of their campaign so far, but it is
doubtful If there is republican who
believes as sincerely in principle as a
republican, or democrat for that
matter, should feel, who desires to sup
port that principle, for the sake of
promoting the political welfare of his
government-county, state or nation
who will be decoyed from the main
issue at this time and vote for a demo-
cratic or republican candidate from
the mere fact of sympathy or friend
ship. Men change. but policy never
does.
civil government cannot run with
out fixed policy. That policy is a
political party. No man does his full
duty as citizen when he splits his
vote. A vote is not mere choice be-
tween two men. candidates for the
same office-it is an expression of
your ideas Of conducting the affairs
of the state. If you are satisfied with
present conditions in this country,
when there is work for every man who
wants it at good wages, when there
Is money ready to buy everything the
farm or factory can produce at good
prices. 1t is your duty as a citizen
to say SO by voting the republican
ticket straight. If you are not satisfied
with the results of republican policy,
and you have any good reason to be-
lieve the democrats will better it, vote
that ticket straight. If you have no
interest in the welfare of your coun-
try, If you don't care whether condi-
tons are like today or ten years ago,
either stay at home on election day or
vote a split ticket. One is the same
as the other so far as your duty as
citizen is concerned. Every man
has personal friends on both tickets,
and he would like to help them with
this vote. This is too narrow an idea
of citizens duty. The right of fran
chise Is two sacred to be given away
for personal friendships. 1t is the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-29

above reproach, and while he NAV not
nave the slavity of the ward politician,
ne is affable, courteous and accom-.
modating to the minutest detail. But
with him business is always first when
mat business concerns the public. and
ne will not under any conditions al
low any interference with it's execu-
ton. Nevertheless, no man ever fonnd
a more accommodating clerk or deputy
IN a public capacity than Mr.. Allen
when ne was filling this position in the
county auditors office. One thing is
certain, he would be able to conduct
the Office In person and not by deputy.
SO far as the voters of the county are
concerned. it is certain that II the
most comprehensive knowledge of the
Office in all its details, the most main
stalking application to duty In sub
ordinate positions, the highest person
al character and integrity are con-
sidered In the election Of county audi
tor. Mr.. Allen will be elected nv an
Overwhelming majority.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-29
NICE SALARY BOOST
FOR THE LOCAL
men
G. N. Dispatchers, Roadmaster
and Assistant superintend-
ent Have
RECEIVED GOOD NEWS
All Get Substantial Increase in
Their Regular Monthly
Stipend.

On the LIST. of November the salaries
of number of Great Northern rail-
road employees in this city are to be
raised. Orders to this effect have
been received at the local offices of the
company and the announcement comes
as an agreeable surprise. The ones
effected are the dispatchers and as
sistant superintendent. The day and
night trick dispatchers will be raised
from $3.50 per month to $40. The
night chief dispatcher will hereafter
receive $3.50, instead Of $40 as here
tofore. The day chief dispatcher is
given a raise of from $3.50 to $165.
The assistant superintendent gets q
boost from $3.50 to $175, and the train
master from $3.50 to $165.
The new scale of wages has not
been given out officially yet. but this
announcement comes from reliable
sources and is correct.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-29
MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER %, 1906.

democrat cared to engage in a
political fight that would jeopardize
the interests of the city and the
county, as we'll as the university.
Anderson could be caught with just
such chaff and the support of the
Herald makes his election a matter
of danger to the city.
The absurdity of sending a man who
has no financial, business or pro-
fessional interests in the county to the
legislature to make laws and to look
after the interests of men who have
lived in this county for quarter of
a century, and who pay thousands of
dollars in taxes is sublimely ridiculous.
Yet that is what the democracy is
asking republicans to help it do. There
is no need of attempting to disguise
the fact that the men in the legislature
and the affairs of the city and county
who have influence and are given a
hearing are those who have sufficient
property interests to indemnity them
with the community Such men have
influence in the legislature. 1t is
the man of business ability. not the
school boys able to use long sentences
about what they have learned in books
or what somebody has told them. that
shape and direct the making of laws
and the destines Of nations.
1t must be said in justice to the
democrats who are property owners
and large taxpayers, that they are not
responsible for the foisting of such
candidates as Mr. Anderson upon the
party or the public. 1t is the political
/ schemers and party managers who
have put him and number like him
on the ticket. And even they did not
expect the nomination to be taken
seriously until the open support of the
Herald gave them hopes Of election.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-29
Just Like the Others.


A young attorney from Trail coun-
paratfvely new conner in the state, is
making speeches in certain localities
for the democratic ticket. From re-
ports OF the speeches he is making 1t
Is seen that he is long on theories
and short on facts. At a recent
speech In New Rockford he UNDER
took to show that the republican ad-
ministration was working in the in
terests of the Great Northern rail-
road company by turning over state
funds to that company for the trans
portation of the state militia to the
wyoming encampment. He stated
that Col. Creel adjutant general had
contracted with the railroad COM
pany for the transportation of the
north Dakota troops for some $4,000
to be paid by the state through the
governor. As matter of fact it now
develops that the accounts for trans
portation for the militia have only re-
Gently been audited and the amount
learned, and that the speaker knew
nothing of the amount paid for trans
portation OF the troops. This sum
was $4,000 of which the state paid
not cent.
The entire cost of transporting,
feeding and other expenses connected
with the sending of the troops to
Wyoming was borne by the general
government and the transportation
was figured at cent mile basis,
the government rate where land grant
states are concerned. The governor
of the state had nothing to do with
the matter. the maneuvers being
wholly authorized by the national
war department. The share appro-
priated for the expense of this trip
for this state was not to exceed $685.
900 in all. it is said. Col. Allen of
Lisbon had charge of the disbursing
of the payments and the governor had
nothing to do with It
Democratic speakers, unable to find
any good cause to assail the present
republican administration seem to be
resorting to the usual misrepresenta-
ton Of facts at the close of the cam
paign when it is hoped it will be too
late to show the falsity of the state
ments before election day.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-29

Here Is a sensible test as to the
merits of a candidate. Every member
of the jamestown bar and the people
OF that city of all professions and call
'ngs. are united in their support of
Judge Knauf. They have known him
for years as man and as a lawyer
and their opinion of his worth is GER
tainly more valuable than the opinion
OF few lawyers and the Herald in
this city who have not known him at
all. Just think of this, voter, as you
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-29
BURKE AND TAXATION.

Candidate Burke has been loud in
his professions that If he were elected
governor he would insist on the
equalization of the taxes of the state.
Now Mr.. Burke has a record on the
equalization business and it is evident
that he must have reformed between
the time he made his record ana the
time he was nominated at Minot, or
that he would not be a very agrees
sive equalizer Of taxation.
During the administration of Gov
ernor Allin the legislature under
took to tax the vast herds of cattle
which were being herded in territory
adjacent to Stark county. These
cattle could not be taxed under the
then existing law because the territory
was unorganized. A bill was intro
duced in the legislature providing for
attaching this unorganized territory
to Stark county SO that the several
million dollars of property which had
been escaping taxation might be made
to bear its just proportion of taxes.
John Burke was a member of the
senate at that tine. Up until the time
indicated hereafter, the bill did not
have a single enemy in the legisla-
ture. 1t was considered one of the
most just and equitable bills ever in
troduced in that body. The day be-
fore its final passage three cattle men
from the unorganized territory ar
rived at Bismarck and the day follow
ing their arrival John Burke, the pres
emit democratic candidate for gov
ernor, arose in the senate and made an
eloquent plea against the passage of
the bill and did all in his power to
defeat it. The bill was passed against
his eloquence and his desperate
tactics.
No man could be found then and
none has been found since who could
explain the change of attitude of Mr..
Burke on bill which was certain
to bring thousands OF dollars to the
state in the way of revenue and at
the same time would only require the
cattle men to pay their just propor-
ton OF the taxes. 1t would be well for
those who are prating about the
wonderful things Burke would do If
elected, to explain his connection with
that bill and why he tried so strenu-
ously to defeat its passage. Who can
believe his pretensions of equalization
when the only chance he ever had to
do anything of the kind was used to
defeat the same?
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-29
STATE GRAB BAG
Auction sales are on again.

Auction sales are on again.
Remember to get out and vote.
Neville is again after creamery.
There was an Indian fight at War.
wick.
formed an organization to boost the
prices.
The Jail at Medina has been COM
pleted.
The watermains at Neville will soon
be completed.
The schafer Record uses some
husky paper.
dad" Clinch is in charge of The
Maddox Standard.
The farmers elevator people at Toll
ma will build at once.
The county seat fight in Mckenzie
county is getting good.
The Bantry Advocate had a large
run of Job work and grip.
There will be a big boom west of
the Missouri next summer.
A check forger made good at cando
and received ST. as his reward.
Emmons county is developing as
rapidly as any section of the state.
Frank Bieber. a former resident of
Casselton, recently died in Spokane.
Editor stickley Of The Kenmare
Journal has put freak head on his
publication.
The Casselton high school team won
from Cooperstown and was given an
oyster supper.
The Methodist ministers are getting
located at their new charges since the
recent conference.
Crews are sorting out the salvage
from the ruins Of the two elevators
burned at Edmore.
Good wells are being nut down for
the 500 on its line through the north
ern part of the state.
Devils Lake is to have a new gas
plant. Bloom is not able to furnish
the necessary amount.
The election returns next week will
show where the traitors to the republi.
can ticket are located.
There are opportunities on several
papers in the state for young boys
and girls to learn the printing trade.
A kenmare gambling joint was
ratded on complaint of tin horn, who
claimed he had been improperly treat
ed there.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-29
JOHN NJ. ANDERSON.

John NJ. Anderson is a candidate fol
the legislature in the Sixth legisla-
tive district in this county He and
the democratic leaders are asking the
votes of the people to elect him. II
elected, he will be one of the men to
represent Grand Forks in the legisla-
ture at Bismarck. He is a fair illus
tration of the merits of the men who
are placed on the ticket by the democ-
racy merely to fill up the blanks, and
whose election is made possible by
the support of papers like the Herald
which has not the stamina to stand
by anything or any men that the
public desires and needs merely be-
cause it can not use the public for
personal ends.
Anderson is a young man who has
no other residence in this county thai
the fact that he attended school here
for few terms. He does not own a
dollars worth of property in the dis
trict in which he is candidate nor
in the county. He has never paid a
dollar taxes in the county. His actual
residence Is matter of mystery. By
some 1t is claimed that he lives in one
of the southern counties of this state.
and by others that he is actually a
resident Of Minnesota. But one thing
is certain. He does not have a single
thing which gives him any claim on
this county as man worthy of being
entrusted with the legislation which
will vitality concern this city and
county in the next legislature.
Ii he had even profession and in
tended to remain in the city for its
pursuit there might be some excuse
for tolerating him. But he does not
have even that much OF a claim upon
the public. He is mere boy, with
abundance of the inexperience of
youth, and gift of defamation which
has been so often mistaken for brains
His school declarations impressed
himself as being the endowments of
an embryonic statesman and he Sc
cured position upon the democratic
ticket largely because no business
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-29
WHOSE OK Is GOREDs

The hypocritical claims of the
Herald and those who are drawing
their political inspiration from that
democratic sheet is we'll illustrated
in the holy howl which that traitor to
the republican party set up when
Superintendent Moore of the insane
asylum spent couple of days in
this city on private matters and in
conversation with few people whom
he met told them some of the things
which he knew concerning Judge
Knauf and his eminent qualifications
for the position of supreme judge.
all OF which We're directly opposite to
the statements of the Herald-and the
people believe Moore.
But the point is that because he
was away from jamestown for a
couple of days the Herald set up a
howl which sounded like the vail of
lost soul because he was drawing
a salary while telling what he knew
OF one of his neighbors. Judge
Bngerud is a member of the supreme
court and draws a salary of over four
hundred dollars per month. He has
spent the last three months playing
the demagogue over the state seeking
to defeat candidate for the judge
ship mainly because the latter as at
torney compelled him to pay over
some money he had collected for a
client. He has refused to sit on the
bench and perform the duties of the
Office. He has drawn his salary every
month while spending his whole time
electioneering. He and the Herald
are seeking to accomplish the same
political purpose though for different
objects. Judge Engerud favors the
election of the democratic ticket and
SO does the Herald. But the Herald
has never said word about the salary
grab of Judge Engerud. That has
been one of the rank scandals-the
second rankest in the history of the
state. the other being the printing
steal-whieh has disgraced the state.
1t the Herald is SO false in it's
representations of the truth in this
matter. is it not another proof that
what 1t has said against the republic
can ticket-both state and county-is
also false? Does it not show to the
candid minded man that the Herald
and the few followers who are knit
ing the ticket are. using the most
false and unfair-they deserve a
harsher term-methods for the pur-
pose Of .deceiving the voters Of. the
state?
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-29

consider the question of helping the
railroads elect man against him.
If YOU We're candidate for Office,
would you want to be judged by tn.
men who have known you in your
home or by a crowd of self styled
moral censors at jamestown who did
not know you by sight? That Is the
condition with reference to Judge
knauf and those who are opposing
him.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-29
BRITISH MAN SLABS HORSE
Otto Smith Held to District Court for
DiabOlfcal Trick.

Otto Smith, a man employed on
ditching work by H. P. Ryan, COM
mitted an act Saturday evening which
has few equals in Its diabolical char
acter in the criminals records of the
country. He was engaged in driving
a team attached to scraper, and had
been drinking heavily for several.
days. He wanted to get lay of that
evening to come to town to renew the
supply Of booze, and when the foreman
declined to allow him to do SO, he took
out his knife and stabbed one of the
horses twice, .plunging the knife into
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-29

1t really begins to look as though
John Burke's record would not stand
very close scrutiny when it concerns
public matters. His connection with
the railroads, his attempt to defeat
equal taxation of the cattle men
and his unsavory record on prohibition
all seem to be matters which the
democracy has overlooked. The Even
ing Times believing in giving the
whole record to the public, and realiz-
ing that the democracy did not in
tend to do so, is furnishing few
samples. They are for the serious
consideration of the voters who have
been told that Mr.. Burke is immacu-
late.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-29
Covers For TWENTY.

Mrs. James Rourke entertained at
dinner on Sunday complimentary to
the birthday anniversaries Of her two
sons, as we'll as her own. She was ably
assisted by Miss Agnes Fennell.
Covers were laid for twenty guests and
a delicious chicken dinner was served.
The guests presented Mrs. Rourke
with a magnificent bouquet of Ameri.
can beauty roses.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-29

the animal near the short ribs entirely
up to the hilt. He would have con-
tinued the dastardly work, had not
another man employed near by rushed
upon him and successfully mashed
his face.
A warrant was sworn out for
Smiths arrest and he was bound over
to the district court ON charge of
cruelty to animals. The horse was a
splendid work animal, and while one
rib was completely severed by the
brute. there is chance of it's re-
COvery,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-29
REGISTRATION TOMORROW
Voters May List Their Names ut
Various Polling Places From
8 to &.

The several voting places will be
opened tomorrow from o'clock in the
morning until s o'clock in the evening
for the registration of voters in the
several voting precincts. Persons who
voted at the primary election and who
still reside in the same voting pre-
cinct in which they then voted need
not register. All others should do SO,
as 1t avoids trouble and delay on cleo
ton day. but If this is not done, no
one need be deprived of his vote, as
he can swear 1t in on election day.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-29

Even the Herald which is the
strongest democratic advocate of the
election Of the denocratie candioa,e
for supreme Judge, Is compelled to ad-
NIT that the railroads are behind the
scheme to defeat Judge Knauf. The
people do not seem to relish the idea
Of being dictated to by a crowd of
railroad attorneys. They are
thoroughly of the opinion that they
can do their own voting.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-29
DEATH OF MRS. AGNES BECG
Mother Of W. s. Begg of This City
Passed Away Early This Morning
Funeral Tomorrow.

Mrs. Agnes Begg, mother of w. 8.
Begg of this city, passed away at 1915
this morning, after an illness of sew
eral weeks. Death came as the result
of a general breakdown, due to ad-
vanced age. Had she lived till
Thanksgiving day, Mrs. Begg would
have been 70 years of age. Since the
death of her husband nine years ago.
she has made her home with her son
in this city. Three other children sur
vive her-two sons in San Francisco.
and daughter in Erie, Pa. She was
a member of the Baptist church. The
sincerity of her faith made it living
fact to her, giving her beauty of char
acter and comfort for every expert
ence. She was loved by all who knew
her, and her friends will ever remem-
Der her for her virtues.
The funeral will be held at the home,
315 Chestnut street Tuesday at
O'Clock, Rev. F. E. R. Miller officiating.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-29

The sound of clods falling on the
coffin of friend would not be more
depressing than the request for in
formation about the way the immacu-
late democracy traded the supreme
judge nomination around at Minot.
There has so far been no denial
Of the story that If the democratic
state ticket is elected the Herald
will again be in position to get some
thing in the way of a printing graft.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-29

The Herald would: gladly trade OF
the certainty OF saving the state fair
for this city for the assurance of
electing a democratic United States
senator. 1t has allowed its personal
rancor to destroy its fidelity to the
city. the county and the state If 1t ever
had any.