Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-01-31
EXCHANGE GLEANlNGs.

! Christ Panlson OF Beach was visitor
in the city last Friday. He expects to
leave about the first Of March for Lake
port. Calf. about 100 miles north of San
Francisco. He visited that section Of the
country recently and became quite en-
amored of it, expecting to make his home
there from this time forth.--Rcview.
y young Hungarian by the name of
Anton Weisman was found dead on the
north fork of Cedar creek Jan. "a. The
young man vas sheep herder and had
been working for Martin Stem for two
years and nine months: He went out with
the sheep that morning but when evening
came the sheep came home without their
shepherd boy. One of the boys suspecting
that all was not right went out to look for
the rest of the sheep and found the young
man dead, with winchester lying in his
left hand The bullet went in his mouth
and blew out two OF his teeth. The rest
Of his teeth and his lips we're powder
burnt, the bullet coming out through the
top of his head. The coroner's jury laid
the cause to accidental! shooting. The
deceased was e4 years Old and single.
His parents live in the old country. An
uncle Of the deceased took charge of the
bocly--Medora Herald.
The report of the committee on elections
and privileges was read in the house ON
"Wednesday morning and covered the con-
test case of Phelan and Evans The
committee recommended that the contest
be dismissed and that Thomas Evans |
be declared elected. The report was
adopted by practically unanimous vote.
MIR. Shirley, chairman of the committee. /,
in explanation stated that the contest grew
out of alleged irregularities in one pre-
cinct Lehigh. He cited the marked
difference in the primary election vote and
that cast at the general election, the latter
one being much the larger The evil
dence showed Piainl. that a number of
Italians had been allowed! to vote who
were not voters under the law. some had
been in the United States u few months.
The evidence showed that the. conduct
OF the election officials was grossly negli-
gent and the committee WAS convinced
that they practically took no steps w.,a t
ever to prevent the fragrant violations of
The law which We're practised. any person
applying for Il ballot received one, ire
'pective OF being a Voter or not The
committee WIS also convinced that ms. ither
he contestant OF III, cn.itestee had any
lnowIedSe ot the practice Of election
'rH"''s i'r ~ H.:,in'' tim AVID they should
be eSoiler;,ted. ~! election officers. the
committee believed we're crimnally neg
igenl in their dulles
On motion OF Mir. Martin OF Billings Co.
The report was unanimously adopted, =
Tribune.
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