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The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1908-07-23
he supporting him if there wasn't an
understanding between them. This is

he supporting him if there wasn't an
understanding between them. This is
going to cut enough figure to take
away from johnson several thousand
votes which he had in the primaries and
add them to Marshall's vote.
The question is how many Little votes
can Mckenzie throw to johnson? He
will no doubt be able to deliver quite a
number, but his followers are getting
tired of being ordered around like a
bunch of school boys and many of them
are going to vote as they see fitin spite
Of orders. Only few months ago
the Little supporters were all Hans
brough men, but orders were issued to
flop to Little and many of them did,
and are now sore on account of being
made monkeys of and the chances are
that when the johnson orders are de-
livered the messengers will be told to
go "and soak their heads.'
Then there is another factor to be
considered and that is the Hansbrough
vote, which was higher than Little's
and include some thirteen or fourteen
thousand voters. After the deal their
chief got at the hands of Mckenzie
these men are not very apt to fall over
themselves to pull McKenzie's Goals out
of the fire, and it is safe to say that
Is per cent or more of the Hansbrough
vote will go to Marshall.
Regarding the Marshall vote in the
primaries there are no indications that
he will lose single vote in the fall
election. That he will get a fair per
centage of Little votes goes without
saying; added to these are those who
will desert johnson on account of his
machine alliance, and figuring that
Marshall will get the bulk of the Hans
brough vote, which added to his lead of
several thousand to start with, gives
Marshall the best of the deal over
johnson and practically insures his
election this fall in spite of the combina-
tions which will be made against him.
That he will have hard fight goes
without saying. but he has demonstrated
that he is fighter and he has the
people back of him. He is the strongest
man in the state today and instead of
losing any ground he will continue to
gain.
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McKENzlEpS FOOTING
FOR M. N. JOHNSON

Cavalier County Republican: The
assertion was made during the primary
election campaign that M. N. Johnson
was receiving encouragement if not
actual support from stalwart quarters,
but it was worked 50. quietly that any,
b ,dy who was not well up in the politi-
al game did not see it clearly until the
Sargent and Ransom count, deals
showed the suspicious to be correct,
but even then itseemed so unreasonable
that many would not believe it, but
now that Mckenzie has made an open
statement to the effect that johnson is
his candidate there can be no doubt
about it.
In talking to several people from
North Dakota in St. Paul last week he
said, I'M. N. johnson is my candidate
for the United States senate" This
statement was made voluntarily by
Mckenzie who discussed North Dakota
politics freely. According to Mckenzie
he did not lose in the senatorial fight
for he had two candidates, G. B. Little
and M. N. johnson. Little fell by the
wayside but johnson landed a sufficient
number Of votes to put him on the
ballot with Thos. F. Marshall, who
received the high vote.
It has been pretty.well understood in
North Dakota that Mckenzie backed
johnson in the recent primary election
wherever it appeared that Little
would not be acceptable but he has
made no public statement concerning
the alliance with the Petersburg man
until the one quoted above. During
the campaign recently closed it was ap-
par ent in many sections of the state
that Little and johnson were the choice
of Mckenzie. Orders were issued:
Support johnson where Little will
not CO." These orders were given to
railroad men, harvester agents and
many others.
Now that the cat is out of the bag
and McKenzie's support Of johnson is
no longer a secret and can't be denied,
what is going to happen to johnson!
It is we'll known that McKenzie's open
support of Little is what killed him and
isn't,it going to work the same way
with Johnson? johnson had many sup.
porters in the primaries who believed
him to be about the only Simon pure
insurgent in the state, but who are going
to look at it in different light because
they realize that Mckenzie wouldn't
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1908-07-23
McCunber on the Anxious Seat.

Williston Herald: Hon. Porter J..
McCumber, one of the senators from
Ethis state, was in the city on Wednes-
dayshobnobbing and putting word in
his own behalf. It appears that the
stalwart faction which formerly sup.
ported Little have now lined up on the
johnson side for reasons that don't
appeal very much to the average voter.
The situation is simply this that Mar
shall and McCumber are both from the
same part of the state and if Marshall
should be elected it will mean that
McCumber is through when his term
expires. Therefore he desires that
johnson shall be nominated in the race
and comes here for that purpose to
u:ge that his friends stand by johnson.
With him it is a personal matter and
the voters should bear this in mind
when they are considering the candi-
dates. Not only was he here for that
purpose, but he was also here in the
interest of Williams, whom the stall
wart faction promised the receiver
ship to and to whom they wish it to
go. 1t appears that the stalwarts
want to cut Williams county all to
pieces as they have Ward in former
years, and are at this time taking the
steps to bring about that very condi.
tion. There is very decided feeling
against the appointment of Williams
for the receivership, not because Of
any personal matter with him, but
considering the lineup with which HI
comes, together with the Relationship
to the register of this office.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1908-07-23
WHICH WILL IT BE?
Il Question Often Asked In Buying Plan
or Organ.

u Question Often Asked In Buying Piano
or Organ.
There are in the United States over
three hundred manufacturers of pianos,
and great many of them are making
organs, players, etc. However, there
are only a very few that make this line
in quantities large enough to make
profitable investments for the individual
buyer. w. w. Kimball Co., Chicago,
ILL.,, are beyond question, the greatest
builders in their line in the world. 1t
takes a little city of over 5000 people
to run their plant. Making every
single part Of their product and buying
raw material in such enormous guam
titles, places them far in the lead in
quality giving and selling prices, as it
is not possible for the small makers to
in any way compete with the large one
on the same quality of goods. Over
$4,000 pianos per year besides their
enormous output Of player pianos,
players, organs, pipe organs, etc., and
made as good as brains and capital can
make them, is surely incontrovertible
evidence that there if demand for
this product.
The Worlds Fair award, besides hum
dreds Of other diplomas. medals, etc.,
together with the thousands Of personal
endorsements from our greatest musi-
clans, people whose ability and integrity
are unquestioned, gave the best proof
Of the many good qualities Of this line.
Together with all these recources and
qualifications, they sell their goods to
the people at prices and terms made
possible only by this enormous output.
This line may be seen at Prentice's 8
new furniture store, Oakes. N. D.
Call on or write G. w. Becker, Factory
Representative, Cakes, N. D.
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Sabbath School Organized.

Mr.. Merritt, American Sunday
day school missionary, organizeda a Sum-
day school in the Hutsinpiller school
house in Riverdale last Friday. A..
Garfield Nelson was chosen superintend-
ent; Mrs. w. T. Argo, assistant super
intendent; Eiler Nelson, secretary and
treasurer. School will meet at 2:3O
p. m. on Sundays. Rev. R. T. Fulton
preached in the school house on Sunday
and will hold services again on August
End.
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Sens In Verse
OLD FAvoRITEs.
HEAVENS HARVEST DAY.

TT may not be our lot to WELD
The sickle in the ripened field
Nor ours to hear, on summer ewes,
The reaper's song among the sheave.
Yet when our duty's task is wrought
In unison with Gods great thought
The near and future blend in one,
And whatso'er Is willed Is done.
And were this life the utmost span,
The only end and aim Of man,
Better the toll Of fields like these
Than waking dream and slothful ease.
But life. though falling like our grain,
Like that, revives and springs again,
And, early called, how blest are they
Who wait in heaven their harvest day.
John G. Whittier.
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ROCK ME- TO SLEEP.

nSSN WE ~ 01e6s
~ ACKwARD, turn backward, oh,
n; :;:;; $; !: :ss s's' :as ::.s just 70,
Mother, come back from the echo
less shore;
Take me again to your heart az Of yore.
Kiss from my forehead the burrows Of
care;
Smooth the few silver threads out Of my
Over my slumbers your loving watch
keep
Rock me to sleep. mother. rock me to
sleep!
Backward. dow backward. oh. tide Of the
am 30 weary Of toll and Of tears.
Toll without recompense. tears all in
vain
Take them and give me my childhood
again!
have grown weary Of dust and decay,
Weary Of flinging my soul wealth away,
Weary Of sowing for others to reap
Rock me to sleep. mother. rock me to
sleep!
Tired Of the hollow, the base. the untrue,
Mother. oh. mother. my heart calls for
you!
Many . summer the grass has grown
Blossomed and faded. our faces between,
Yet, With strong yearning and passionate
pain.
Long tonight for your presence again.
Come from the silence 20 long and %
deep
Rock me ia sleep. mother. rock me to
sleep!
Over my heart, in the days that are fiown.
No love like mother love ever has shone.
No other worship abides and endures.
Faithful. unselnsh and patient. like yours.
From the sick soul and the world weary
slumber's soft calms DER my heavy lids
Rock me to sleep. mother. rock me to
sleep!
Come. let your brown hair. just lighted
with gold.
Fall on your shoulders again a. Of old;
Let 1t droop over my forehead tonight,
Shading my faint eyes away from the
For. with it. sunny edged shadows. once
HAPPY will throns the sweet visions OF
Lovingly. softly, its bright billows sweep
Rock me to sleep. mother. rock me to
sleep!
Mother. dear mother. the years have been
long
Since last listened your lullaby song.
Sing. then. and unto my soul 1t shall seem
Womanhood's years have been only q
dream. .a,.-...4.a.
clasped to your heart in a loving en-
brace,
with your light lashes just sweeping my
face.
Never hereafter to wake or to weep
Rock me to sleep. mother. rock me to
sleep!
Elisabeth Akers Allen (Florence Percy).
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1908-07-23
Horizon.

4 man calls it the horizon where the
earth and the sky seem to meet, but a
woman's notion Of the horizon IL the
families she can see moving in from
behind her front window curtains. II,
further. they hang out their washing
In spirit Of candor, they are, Of
course, all the more 90. The horizon
is caused by number Of things, chief
among them the gregarious instinct.
Only for this next door would mean as
little as tariff revision or pure food or
international arbitration. It takes a
star or something Of that sort to rise
above the horizon, but a very ordinary
woman may feel above it.-Life.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1908-07-23
Notice.

A tree peddler misrepresents things.
c. w. Collins working for the North
west Nurseries of Valley City, this
state, and a former employe of Ed.
Clark, the horticulturist for Mayfield
Nurseries in this locality, Collins claim
ing to take the place of Clark and that
Clark has quit this locality. Clark has
always done we'll here and his many
friends don't want to see him lose his
business that has taken several years
to work by some unknown party through
Misrepresentation.
B. E. Ryder, M. Z.
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LOST ILLUSIONS.

WHEN I was beggar boy
w And lived in cellar damp
I had not q friend or toy.
But I had. Aladdin's lamp.
When could not sleep for cold
had flre enough in my brain
And builded with roofs Of gold
My beautiful castles in Spain.
SINCE then have toiled day and night:
- I have money and power and good
store,
But I'd give all my lamps Of silver bright
For the one that 10 mine no more.
Take. Fortune. whatever you choose
You gave and may snatch again.
! have nothing 'twould pain me to lose,
For own no more castles In Spain!
james Russell Lowell.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1908-07-23
CROPS LOOKING FINE
IN jim RIVER VALLEY

Crops are uniformly good north
through the Jim River Valley. Through
the courtesy of R. A. Middaugh The
Times family, with Mrs. Middaugh and
two boys, were given the privilege Of
an auto ride through rich part of the
valley last Thursday evening. The
evening was very sultry and the way
Dick made the old Buick whizz through
the air made it appear as if a 25-mile
an hour wind was blowing. Even the
jack rabbits run like the devil when
they see the Buick headed their way.
Reaching the east line of the city we
passed north past the Ben Swanson
place north to the corner of the W. H.
Hanson farm, then west past the big
Marshall McC Cartney and Glover ranches
and back to the city. The writer has
lived in Dickey county for twenty years
and never yet has seen such layout Of
!. crops in the same distance travelled.
Wheat standing on both sides or the
roads four and five feet high, excellent
oat fields some SO heavy the grain is
lodged, and barley and flax by the
hundreds of acres. The barley was
just commencing to ripen and no doubt
by this time the farmers are cutting.
The flax is in bloom and such a healthy
green and clean fields is not often seen.
Some fields had a little mustard in
them, but only few.
Ten and twelve miles out the country
is regular sea of wheat, nearly all Of
the durum variety. There is little or
no waste land, and it seems here the
farmers are very stingy for pasture
land, and SOW about all to grain. The
Marshall -McC Cartney Company have
their land fenced with a tight hog wire
fence and when the crop is taken off
sheep and hogs are turned in to clean
up the waste. This is not only means
Of converting the waste heads into flesh
but also enriches the land.
There has been considerable talk
about the grain being damaged by the
hot weather, but there was no evidence
that it was hurt one mite. While the
weather for some days has been very
warm, there has been an abundance of
moisture and crops never looked better.
We passed only few fields Of corn,
and while the fore part of the season
was too cool for corn it is Jumping
along now at lively rate and promises
good returns.
John Nelson of the Nygard farm is
conceded to have the best hooking
buildings in Jim River Valley township
and across the river E. G. Wedel has
the best residence. The Times editor
thinks an automobile is about the best
thing there it on warm evening, and
will accept one or two on subscription
most any day.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1908-07-23
Tho Cult Of the Hotel.

"Hotel" is French word, but a
thoroughly British institution. II its
great hotels were suppressed London
would no longer be London-that Is to
say, the London Of society, the theater,
literature. politics, art and fashion.
The hotel is one Of the essential factors
Of London life-Milan CorIaere Della
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1908-07-23
MARRIAGE IN HEAVEN.

NRIES Sylvia to reverend dean,
- What reasons can be given.
Since marriage Is a holy thing.
That there is none in heaven?'
"There are no women" he replied.
She quick returns the Jest,
''Women there are. but I'm afraid
They cannot find a priest"
-noda1av
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1908-07-23
For Sale.

One splendid Universal heater, one
Monarch range, two stands, one center
table, davenport, secretary, one iron
bedstead, two mattresses and springs,
two chamber sets, two commodes, one
lawnmower, one Kitchen work table, one
tea kettle, etc. o. P. Emmons. 26tf.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1908-07-23

Mrs. C. F. Daniels and daughters
will soon leave for Washington where
Mr.. Daniels has located.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-02-27
THE COTTON TAX.

A tax of three cents per pound was put
upon our Southern cotton, made in the year
1868, and Of two and half cents per pound,
the crop of 1869, by the Congress of the
United States, and the tax has been declared
illegal and unconstitutional by the Supreme
Court of the United States, and the money
so collected, should be returned to those who
paid it. The sum of money thus wrung from
the cotton planters Of the South amounted to
very large sum, sixty-eight millions of dol
lars, and I, as cotton merchant Of Savannah,
Georgia, as the books of the custom house will
show, paid good proportion Of it. [ am
writing the members Of Congress and others
concerning it.
Very respectfully,
EDWARD G.. WADE.
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GOOD FOR THE AMATEUR.
J. C. STAFFORD.

Danville, Ill, Dec. 81, 1907.
Dear Sir: Perhaps the views of an anna
teur fnancier on the past, present and future
financial problems that have confronted us in
the past and will continue to loom up in the
future, may be of interest to you. Certainly
no more "Black Fridays" are wanted in this
country, and in order to avoid them in the fu-
ture we must get at the root of the evil and
find out the cause.
The coinage Of the standard silver dollar
should never have been stopped, and Congress
would do we'll to order the resumption Of its
coinage at once. During the recent runs on
the banks does any one suppose that deposi-
tors would have refused the standard silver
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-02-27
COME AND HELP ME KILL THE PROOF
READER

Jefferson, o., Jan. II, 1908.
Hon. Thomas E. Watson, Thomson, Ga.
Dear Sir: I see you published my letter
in this weeks Jeffersonian You made me
say that I sold bran for 40 cents per bushel
It should have been beans instead Of bran.
Southwestern Michigan is great bean pro-
ducing country. Thousands Of bushels are
shipped every year from every little town in
that part of the state
have received both the Jeffersonians reg
ularly since I sent you the three dollars but
have not received the back numbers Of the
magazine as I ordered. I am anxious to get
this on account Of the life of Jackson.
Respectfully,
J. C. STAFFORD.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-02-27

of the unequal war you wage. Just think of
it, $4,000 papers and magazines in this coun-
try, and nearly all of them either silent or
the outspoken advocates of the present sys-
tenn Of Capitalization and robbery.
If the farmers had spent half the money for
reform papers, that they have for papers to
blind and lead them astray, they would
now have a paper in every county in the
Union to champion their cause. How long
will they continue to furnish whips and spurs
for their riders? "Wherefore do We spend
your money for that which is not bread?"
G.. W. DRINKARD
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-02-27

Canon, Ca, Jan. 6, 1908
Dear Sir: I mail to you today two dollars,
for which please send me the Jeffersonian
weekly and the Jeffersonian Magazine for one
year.
Mr.. Watson, [ am an old Confederate sol
der, also one of the hated populists, and on
the INDECENT pension roll Mr.. Watson, a
great injustice was done the INDECENT pension
ers by the recent legislation of this state by
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-02-27

Best of the Prolific Varieties; thorough accli-
mated, true to type, bred to grow thick, seed
carefully selected for six years. Best for
Southern planting In 1907 made as high as
100 bushels per acre, weighed at shredder.
Prices, 81 per bushel, $1.25 per half bushel.
Special prices on large lots.
SUNNYSIDE FARMS.
w. r. Walker, Prop, Union, 9. C.
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PAGE ELEVEN

the piecemeal payments. I know of an old
soldier, who owes every dollar and to tell you
the truth a merchant told me the other day
that he would have to stop crediting as the
state, had taken charge Of the old soldiers
money. Commissioner Lindsey agitated or rec
commended this internal law some years ago.
Whereupon an old soldier published an article
in opposition asking Lindsey to resign if the
present method of paying the soldiers didn'
suit him. Mr.. Lindsey ought to resign, as it
is the desire of the most Of the old soldiers,
but they might cry till the heavens fall and
it wouldn' It be worth hill of beans, so long
as he votes for the successful candidate for
governor. Mr.. Watson, there is Fulton county
that has invariably received their pay by the
middle Of January. Some other counties have
not been paid until about the middle of March
first Of April 1t takes this man about
three months to pay out the money; the truth
Of the business is, this man suits himself to
his own convenience, and is perfectly indiffer-
ent as to the needs of the old vets.
Ny ordinary informed me the other day
that Lindsey informed him that the pension
money would be sent to this county about the
middle Of March After the old soldier has
passed through freezing winter in his rags
then Lindsey comes to his rescue with $15
Warm hearted man! This internal law could
not have come in worse time, as all the nee
essaries of life have advanced greatly. One
consolation is we old toughs will soon have
crossed the dark and then will be out Of the
way. am aware that [ am assuming great
liberty in taxing your patience to its utmost
tension. Please bear with me. [ know you to
be friend to the helpless, when right.
Mr.. Watson, gave my services to the Con-
federate cause in the early part Of 1861; was
twice shot down in battle from which I am
suffering today. I bore the name of doing my
duty; the old soldier today is thought no more
of than an old NANCY, fop-eared hound, by
the ring in Atlanta. I can't keep from pen
ming the following lines:
Only private, no ribbon nor star
Shall gid with false glory his name;
No honor for him in braid or in bar:
His legion of honor is only scar
I humbly beg your pardon for this intru-
sion, and in conclusion will say with all can
dor that the truths that you have proclaimed,
and the wrongs that you have denounced from
Dan to Beersheba will ever remain green in the
memories Of all lovers Of truth. ! ask again
your pardon. Very truly,
A. L. HAIRSTON