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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-01
The Average Man.

The average man is the man of the
The man of the valley. or man of the
The man at the throttle. the man at the
The man with the sweat of toll on his
Who brings into beng the dreams of
Who works for himself. and for me.
and for you.
There ,rt sd is not PURPOSE. project or plan
But tests res IN the strength of the aver
The growth of n city, the might Of
Depend on the fruit of the toll of his
hand:
The road. or the wall. or the mill. or
Call daily to him that he furnish his
part:
The pride Of the great and the hope
' ,T, toll Of the tide as it GIBBS to and fro,
The reach of the rails and the country
Tell what is the trust in the average
man.
The ma man who who. perchance, thinks he la
The man who stands out between howell
The man who gives freely his brain
Is the man that the world has been
builded upon.
The clang of the hammer the sweep of
the saw,
The flash Of the forge-they have
strengthened the law,
They have rebuilt the realms that the
wars overran,
They have shown us the worth of the
average man.
So here's to the average man--to the
one
Who has labored unknown on the tasks
he has done,
Who, has met as they came all the prob
lens of life.
Who has helped us to win in the stress
and the strife.
He has bent to his toll, thinking neither
of fame,
Nor of tribute. nor honor, nor prize,
nor acclaim
In the forefront of progress, since prog
ress began
Here's health and hail to the average
man. Chicago Tribune.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-01
The Old Gang and the New.


The insurgents of the county are do
ing a whole lot of talking about the
old gang in an effort to turn the atten-
ton of the voters in that direction and
cover up the methods that the insur-
gents are using themselves. The in
surgents movement in this campaign
was started by two Llen. closeted for
more than day while they put up
their slate and decided upon plan to
foist it upon the voters. They decided
to call secret meeting at jamestown
and call in few of those who were
known to have an itching for office and
put up ticket. This is the way they
consulted the people in this matter.
We would like to ask the voters
what is the difference between this
and the so called gang methods of con-
Quoting campaign? If they are out
for good government, as they would
have the people believe, why do they
not call public meeting and give the
people chance to say who they shall
have for their officers and delegates
to the state convention? The people
were rot consulted in this matter, MT
the whole business was performed by
few fellows who have for years been
trying to get back to the public crib,
where they feasted for years and years.
If this is not machine methods what
is?
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-01
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.

To the Republican Electors Of the State
of North Dakota:
In accordance with the instructions
Of the Republican State Central com.
mittee, a State convention OF delegated
representatives of the republican party
Of this state will be held this year at
II! 4S% SPsra house in the CITY OF JAMES,
Thurnday. July IL,
1t IL o'clock in the forenoon. for the
purpose of nominating candidates to be
and for the transaction Of such other
business as may be brought before it.
The candidates to be nominated are:
Two members OF congress.
One judge of the supreme court.
Governor
Lieutenant Governor.
Secretary Of State
State Auditor.
State Treasurer.
Superintendent OF Public Instruction.
Attorney General.
Commissioner Of Agriculture and
Labor.
Three Commissioners of Railroads.
The basis of representation is the
average number Of votes cast for the
two republican candidates receiving
respectively the highest and lowest vote
In each county in the state at the last
saperintendent of Public Instruction:
the Supreme Court, giving two dele
gates at large to each organized county.
and one delegate for each 125 republic
can votes. or major fraction of 125
votes, cast Tor the above officers in said
election.
Delegates to said convention from
each county will be chosen as provided
under the Primary Election Law, pass
ed by the last legislature, which pro-
yides that Elections shall be held in
the various regularly established pre-
ctncts in each county, on Tuesday.
June 10, polls to be open from 9 a m.
TO p. M. The different counties in the
state will. under the .apportionment
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-01
THE REASONS FOR DEFEAT.

1t is useless to disguise the fact
that for months the political fight in
this state has been between the
republican party on the one hand and
the disruptionists on the other, who
have made desperate attempt to Sc
cure control of sufficient following
to give a few leaders the balance of
power, which they would have thrown
to the democratic party and thus have
secured the defeat of the republican
party and they themselves would have
received the thirty pieces of political
silver in the form of few Offices.
The leaders were wise enough to
know that an open declaration of their
purpose would mean defeat at the
hands of the people. They therefore
began a carefully prepared campaign
of false education to make the people
believe that the state government was
seething pool of political corruption
which these disruptionists were seek
Ing to reform.
When the time came for them to
make good the charges which they
had insinuated. their case began to
assume another aspect The people
wanted facts and evidence. They had
neither to offer. Thinking voters be-
gan to doubt the sincerity of the pro-
fessions. and then to this was added
the public record Of the people who
ware seeking to profit by the disruption
ot the party. the voters refused to be
lsaser the objects Of political decep-
ton.
s. Then the democratic party openly
bid for the voters Of the disruptonists
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-01

The senate has provided for COM
mission to investigate the workings
of a second class mail matter policy
of the government The Evening Times
has repeatedly called attention to the
great publishers graft of $4,000, 900
each year. and it was probably the
only newspaper in the country that
did SO. The reform" papers said
nothing about it: because they are and
long have been enjoying the benefit
of the graft. The Evening Times is
in favor of a one-cent letter postage,
but such a thing is impossible SO long
as the government continues to lose
nearly thirty millions a year in carry
ing scarlet magazines and yellow
journals. We sincerely trust that the
senate investigating committee will
accomplish something in the way of
abolishing the publishers graft.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-01

Any new county, fully organized ac-
.aid convention. will be allowed two
delegates at large
The delegates present from each
county at said convention are author
lied to fill vacancies occurring in the
delegation to which such county may
county.
central committees and electors is cali
the selection of delegates to the state
convention-chapter 1O9 laws of 1906.
The state committee will pass upon
the rights of those entitled to partici-
pate in the preliminary organization,
and will meet for that purpose, at 10
O'Clock In the forenoon of the day pre-
vtous TO the date of the convention, at
Sne place OF holding said convention, to
near all contests. The credentials oil all
QelegateS and notices of contest must
be filed with the chairman of this COM
mated he for The meeting of tn.
committee 10 pass upon the rights 81
delegates. and notices of contests must
o9 accompanied by written statement
OF the grounds for contest. Preferences
~ tne order OF hearing and determining
contests VIII be given by the commit
ZEE, In accordance with the dates of the
anng OF such notices and statements
with the chairman. -
tral committee, at meeting held in the
city of Fargo. Saturday. April 81, 1906
Il. B. HANNA
N H. Jewell, '''&''''
Secretary.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-01

The Cooperstown Courier is work
ing overtime in an attempt to prove
that Bartlett, who has not inaptly been
designated as "the human refrigera-
tor is feminist" the state admins
tration. In the classic language of
Alfred Henry Lewis the esteemed
Courier is "barkin' at knot" Bart
let's hostility to the republican lead
ers of the state dates from the time
when he was brought on the carpet for
his maladministration of the affairs of
the state exhibit at the st. Louis ex-
position.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-01
Another One Needed.

l recollect that fishing hole of which
the rhymsters prate.
l recOllect we had to walk six miles to
dig our bait;
rccollcct the banks were bare and
quite devoid of grass
And thickly strewn with empty cans
and bits of broken glass.
Oh, YES recollect quite well the fea-
lures of that spot;
1 recollect the township held no other
place so hot,
I recollect the gnats and flies. the irri-
tating ants
That gally stung our hapless hides and
ambled up our pants.
I recollect there was no shade. nor any
place to sit.
1 recollect the insects were the only
things that bit.
1 recollect the farmers ire, his black
snakes angry swish;
/ recollcct there We're. no flowers, no
zephyrs, birds or fish.
In every magazine they pirate Of some
secluded pool
And sing of shaded fishing holes and
spots serene and cool.
But take my word. my worthy friend,
when such II yarn you spy
Just set 1T down for what 1T is, false,
mendacious lie.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-01
not been able to do much because the
people of that county have little use
for him.
A Peregrinating Prevaricator.

The Grand Forks Herald's staff cor
respondent seems to be overworking
the deep feeling against the sena-
tors" racket in his peregrinations
about the state. So far as we have
bee nable to learn the deep feeling"
is one Of respect and commentator
for the work of the senators in their
utilization with the president in his
railroad rate bill, the canal bill, the
statehood movement, the alcohol bill,
the fight against the packers trust,
and Standard Oil trust. There is only
one man in Richland county who don't
endorse the work of our senators in
congress and he is so consumed with
jealousy. hatred and malice that he is
not competent to pass an opinion.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-01

The brazen assertion of "reformer"
Voigt, of the Leeds News, that he has
never been supplicant for political
favors is quite on a par with many
of his other mendacious and grand
Eloquent claims and assertions. This
fellow reminds The Evening Times of
Desdemona who, while she never told
her love was never backward in
throwing out some mighty strong
hints.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-01
Then and Now.
fargo CALL

Editor Winship of the Grand Forks
Herald is trying to say some real
naughty things of the leaders of the
republican party in this state. Didn't
he know all these things when he ac-
copied the appointment to the Grand
Forks land Office at their hands? And
if he did. is his attitude really con-
sistent at this time? Think it over,
Mr.. Winship, and tell the dear people
what conclusion you arrive at. and
how you arrive.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-01
Murphy. the Unspeakable.

IocViIS Lake JournaI1
That pure and spotless statesman
who had such hard time in proving
his innocence of little Irregularities.
the punishment for which is vaca-'
ton in the vicinity of the states Irvine
plant, Major Murphy, is leading the
good government" league to victory
in Ward county. Hush. he's as good
as-well, as most of them.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-01
Mclean County Had u Chill

Ex-Congressman Spalding has been
seeking to foment little dissatisfac-
ton In Mclean county at one or two
meetings held this week at which a
few curious persons assembled and
shivered while the ex-congressman re-
lated the iniquities OF the republican
organization in the state. knowledge of
which came to the excongressman
simultaneously with his defeat for re-
nomination. 1t is not stated whether
the ex-congressman made any ex-
PLANTATION of the mileage grab.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-01
Desperate "Straights,. Indeed.

A candidate must be In sore
straights when he has to resort to
getting his tool in this city to rustic
an application for him to join the
Eagles. He, Lindstrom, was shown
the mysteries of the order last week
Wednesday night. Many of the men,
bers of that order have already ex-
pressed their disgust at the impu-
dence of the man in presuming to ba
able to influence them in his favor by
such work. He became an insurgent.
namely. to further his own interests,
for revenue only. The members of
the Leeds lodge of Eagles are alto
gether too intelligent set of men to
be hoodwinked in that way.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-01

1t is rather amusing to note the
change in sentiment of the democra-
tic press of the state-notably that
of the Bathgate Pink Paper-in re-
gard to John Andrews, the brainy
young editor of the Lilgerwood Broad
axe. For months past John has been
inclined to coquette with Dame Demo-
cracy by freely voicing his disappro-
val of the republican leaders of the
state, and in return he has frequently
been alluded to by the democratic
press and its sympathizers as being
possessed of characteristics tending
to make him a most excellent guber-
Material possibility. OF late, however,
he has given evidence of return to
sanity and as result he is now being
accused by his whilom admirers of
having simply been cut for an office
all along. Truly, the way of the hon.
est reformer is not rose-strewn one.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-01
An ASS in a Lions Skin.
[Wahpeton Globe.l

Lawyer sorley of Grand Forks is
lecturing in the Scandinavian pre-
cincts in Richland county this week
from the insurgent standpoint. Mr..
Sorley tells his hearers that he is a
republican-though he voted for
Roach-a democrat-for United States
senator-and never was known to vote
the republican ticket straight. The
burden of his song Northumberland
he reiterates a. good many lies that
are circulating Just now. Sorley has
tried for many years to break into
ONCE In Grand Forks county, but has
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-01
PULSE OF THE PRESS
Information Wanted.
fargo Call1

If there has really been any mon
keying with state printing contracts
along the line of addition, division
and silence-the Grand Forks Herald
ought to know something about it
that establishment having had it's
finger in the pie for about twenty
years. Stand up, George, and tell the
dear people what you know about it.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-01
se.t,men, 10 Be ,ncu,c.t.d.

Lot reverence Of law be breathed by
SvetX mother TO the lisping babe that
No schools. seminaries and COLLEGES:
~ It be written in primers. spelling
Sooks and almanacs; let it be preached
eatIye halls and enforced in court Of
lo9uce; in short, let it become the
SoAncal religion Of the nation"
Abraham Lincoln
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-01

The Plaindealer's excuse for exist
ence, as 1t asserts. is ito give Grand
Forks an evening paper that is not
caricature on journalism" On it's
own showing the senile Pee Dee falls
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-01

Girls Of Six or seven have girls Of
sixteen or seventeen bested. But we
will admit that girls OF sixteen or
seventeen have the best of everybody
else. 'a2
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-01
THE FARM LOAN QUESTION.

Western farmers have grown rath-
er particular about their Indebtedness.
One of the common requirements of
the modern mortgage is that the mort
gage shall accept any portion of the
principal at the time of any interest
payment. This means that the har-
vesting of a good wheat crop, or the
fortunate sale of a bunch of cattle,
may wipe out the debt, and the loan
agent must find another borrower
However, one insurance company
has $4O,OO0,OO0 in western farm mort
gage loans, and the interest thereon
is sufficient to pay all its death losses.
Another company has s99,OO0.OOO in
loans, scattered over the Mississippi
valley. The larger sums are in Ill
inois. with about s2S.OOO.OOO: Min
nesota. with $1O.oOO,OO0: Missouri.
100000; Iowa. s1o.70O.OOO: Ohio.
$S,000,O00. and lesser amounts in
dozen other states. 1t places APP
proximately 1000 farm mortgage loans
every year, and has in it's history loan
ed 25O,OO0.O0O in this way, with prac-
tically no loss.
A report in the Annals of the Ameri-
can Academy of Science gives the
amount of mortgages held by the life
insurance companies at $490,632, sos. or
27.7 per cent of the companies assets
This, however, includes loans on city
property as we'll as those on farms.
The percentage is second only to that
invested in bonds, indicating the par
TALLY for this form of investment by
the most conservative of investors
The insurance company is safe
guarded in every possible way The
heterogeneous of the application COW
er four large pages, and include every
thing from the size OF the borrowers
family to the use he proposes to make
of the money, They even inquire into
his habits and his standing in the COM
munity, for the well-informed investor
realizes that the best part of his Sc
curity is the personality of the bor-
rover.
Thus. it happens that the insurance
companies have few foreclosures and
practically no losses on this class of
| Investments. OF recent years the
value of land has increased so rapidly
| that every loan-made. as these invest
ments have, on a basis of 40 per cent
of real value-became "gilt-edged."
and the best possible security.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-01

Ever remark how poorly some wise
men get along? They claim to know
everything. but are never able to ac-
complish anything.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-01

Quit drudging-advertise for work
calling for all of your brains.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-01

far short of its ideal inasmuch as it is
years since it has arisen to the dignity
of being even caricature of a news
paper.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-01

Now neither prophets Of prophets but here
expression that venture to say will be heard fire.
quently within the next few years: Just my luck
son Agency in 1906 and now look what It IS worth Now
don't you be Of those look at this brand
house North Sixth street Good brick foundation and
cellar so foot lot and easy walking distance to work Only
$3.50, think of t-666
The following are few Of the many snaps we have We
buy and haven't the office force either We will show
you the property and submit the TERMS and you be the
judge.
a225OUnveity house on
rooms water Nearly and Chestnut All
a .lpCGO
ment in
elocato - '
completed for T1ES0
in ~
residence district
Chestnut y +.
Small
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-01

Major Murphy and Boss Winship are
good team. They work opposite sides
of the road.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-01
The Modern Why and the Crude
MethOde of EprIy Days

The sugar season opens Il busy IN
dustry In Maine, New Hampshire and
Vermont. Buckets are loaded Oh to
the OK sleds, boxes of spiles and axes,
and away to the sugar orchard!
Sugar making nowadays Is II science.
Only in the extreme rural sections still
remain the wooden buckets and cedar
spiles, but there Is still u sugar
warmth, bursting of healthy joy that
breaks forth just as the swelling buds
on the naples.
No longer are there the crude meth
DDS of an open fire, of the kettles
strung ON green forked poles. Pos
sibly sugar making has lost some of
its genuine SAVIOR in the modern evapo-
rators, but the product-and its com
mercial feature Is of all Importance
Is finer grained, Of purer color, freer
from bits of bark and other foreign
refuse.
Important changes in the sugar In
dustry have lessened the work Of the
farmer. In the early days wooden
buckets and handmade cedar spiles
were used. That made bother In the
orchard, for the bucket had to be
placed on the ground, and the splle
could not be far above 1t else the wind
would blow the sap to one side and
thus waste it.
AS the snow melted the spiles had to
be drawn, new holes nearer the ground
made and the bucket replaced.
Nowadays the spiles are of metal and
the pals are hung on them. The evap-
orator Is a sample of the rapid strides
in sugar making facilities. The mod
ern orchard has tin or galvanized pals
and metal spiles.
Occasionally tree runs bucket
full every fair day during the season,
an average of ten quarts, although the
general run is about half that amount.
unless the weather holds so the trees
run during the night.
Good, honest slrup- weighs eleven
pounds to the gallon. and 1t takes Il
barrel of thirty-two gallons of sap to
make gallon of sirup.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-01
FRANkING.
The Way the Privilege Has Been
Abused In England.

The Way the Privilege Hns Been
Abused In England.
American legislators are not the only
ones who abuse their franliing privi-
leges. Recent history in England has
caused the London Chronicle to say:
"f'ranking had is birth, honestly
enough, in 1860, in the desire to relieve
members of parliament of the expense
incurred in the discharge of their ma
tional duties, but the practice rapidly
widened until it became possible for
members to transmit their household
goods mt the public charge us the fol
lowing extract from old pOstoiiice rec
going to the ka; Of Ro:lHns with Il
free pass, two Maidservauts going as
laundresses TO my Lord Am lAssador
Methuen DR.. Crichton. carrying with
him COW and divers ntceSSarles; ;
three suits of clothes for some noble
mans lady 1T tie court of lOrtUgal
two bales of stockinS for the use g..
tie amba.SICOr 20 The crown of portu.
gal. Il deal casa with four ilitchri Of
bacon for Mr. Pennington of 10. ter
dam
This form of abuse t.!Gl when t.
postolice stable underwent II 1u".ici-
ton. but it speedily ':li'F ial'' t. Az
other variety. Members S.;:,,.!ra .o!r.. ~,
of letters wholesale, gave theIl away
to their friends and sO!nctim" paid
their servants wages in fr.n';rd on
velopes. II fact. they became Il W ~
bic form Of currency. subject to tie art
of the forgcr, who did Il rolr.n', trl e.
In 1T15 I24,000 worth of free cGrrt-
spondence passed through the postof-
fee.
Fifty years later the natiCl was
staggered to discover that the amount
had increased to $4,000, and strin-
gent laws were passed to mitigate the
immoral tendencies of the houses o.
parliament. But all was in vain until
Sir Rowland Hill managed in 1880 to
abrogate the privileges altogether