The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-12-05


teal dope. It is said that Hansbrough is worth
several hundred thousand dollars and the
question that naturally arises is, 'tHow did he
get it?' It was only few years ago that
Hans was poor business man, running the
Devils Lake Inter Ocean He declares now
eighty Thousand dollars fas51 1iasa u
The Minot Reporter has come out solidly]
and .aat-footed for Marshall. Mr.. Clark, the
editor. attended the insurgent convention in
Gran,d Forks recently and even before going
This means j aght Is The finish between
the two dinot daily papers and il is, said that
neither time nor money win be spared by them
bor their frianda.5 saaH ss.s.,, Ea.
The Plaza Pioneer hass. lo66gl; been "dxed,'
and several other Of the county papers. Editor
Smith of the Plaza Pioneer used to be directly
ae1inst Hansbtough and his, change Of heaet
hSs been the cause Of considerable comment.
~ Tommy" Poole, the Adjutant General OIL
the State came last week, to, attend. the Mill
that his coming here had no political signia-
cence. However, we noticed that Editor
Schnitzler Of the Mohall Tribune and several
other editors were called to the city at once
and closed door meeting held with this
smooth little politician. Tommy" Poole says
on all over the state all the time, and he's 8
mighty bright little fellow at that OF course
he's for Col. Little Of Bismarck, for the Senate
and is clearly a gang man. He says that Hans.
brongh and Mckenzie have really had falling
out politically spe4king, and that Hansbrough
Who always received fav0rs from the corpora
tions, s now fighting them.
The stalwart strength will largely be de-
vided letween Hansbrough and Little. Mar
shall who has always trained with the stalwarts
prior to this campaign, altho he never agreed
with all that they did, expected to receive q
1oy ;v,c,y vr,fo an 1or oko1
wart vote, Little expects the slope country to
20 to him solidly.
NJ N. Johnson remains in the race, he will
get quite a large rsurgent vote, which other
wise would go to Marshall. The situation is
very interesting, especially for the candidates
petition is being circulated in the city for
the pardon of ]. A. Erickson, former President
serving a term OF five years in the United
States penitentiary at Leavenworth. Kansas,
for misrepresentation OF the banks funds,
.sJake" has already served over two years Of
his term, and there are many who believe
that he has already expitated his crime.
assisted the banks receiver, Geo. w. Swords to
unearth certain evidence which was the direct
cause OF one man rounding several thousand
dollars, the depositors receiving the benz fit Of
it. 1t has long been known that while Erick-
son erred, and deserved punishment, he was
more or less a tool in another's hands and he
should not be made to suffer alone Erickson
declares that if pardoned, he will come to Mi.
not and lead an upright life. The Independent
trusts that that this will be the case in case of
pardon. Nearly every business man in Minot
signed the petition. 1t is possible that he will
be out Of the penitentiary by Christmas,
:S3sekE
Never Judge man by his clothes. The
moor fellow with the open work shoes, and with
his trousers frayed ct the bottom and with big
patch Of m odd color on the hroadest part Of
them, may b country editor and the nicely
drea0ed man one Of his delinquent subscribers