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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-12-17
Tax Reforms versus Local Self
Government.

presents a brief vi, W Of Tie snhj'vt
of taxation, its Necessity and great
usefulness. LeYltm Ii. tax .tif.n
a mark of civiiz lion; It's lrcr' az,
inevitable IN progressive common
waaIths. is not the cause fnr IL arm
if kept within reasonable bon q
In the second part mnncip. extr. :
vagance is considered. Slr'>s Is
laid upon the importance of scient iic
business methods in the admini~tra
iion tf municipal affair, particularly
those involving the raising and ex-
pendlture of public funds. A sys-
TEN Of uniform counting is men
toned and approved, but is not suffi-
cient to accomplish needed reforms
1t is of greater Importance to secure
OF men trained in municipal admin
strat'On. The impracticability of
doing this by the methods now pro-
vid' d by law is pointed out, 1t is
possible only by abandoning so much
OF our present system of local self
government as is necessary to have
municipal administrators selected by
some method better calculated to Sc
cure the services of men with requi-
site qualifications. 1t is conceded
that such proposal is not in line with
more purely democratic ideas of
management of municipal affairs, but
it is shown that the present trend
is in the direction of centralizing
auth GRITTY and responsibility as a
means Of securing more efficient
public service and greater economy
in public expenditures.
The third section of the address
treats of the apportlonment of tax
burdens and the int qualities result
ing from omissions and arbitrary
valuations of property in local as
-
improved materially in recent years
and IN some respects have grown
worse, not wths landing all the eff
forts for improvement made 10y acts
OF tie legislature and otherwise.
Assessors and boards of review are
not charged with having less respect
for law or official obligation than
other citizens or officials, but denun-
citation is meeted out to the system
under which influences tending to
bad assessments are Of greater force
than than the commands of the law
a system which requires of assessing
officers moral stamina not possessed
by the average man. 1t is more
practicable to revise the system
than to reform human nature. II
assessors, instead of owing their
Offices to local electors, were select
ed by some outside authority and
with reference to capacity. with ten
ure of Office and compensation de-
pending on faithfulness and tfficien-
cy, they would be immune to the in
fuences now producing such evil re-
suits. But the constitution pro
vidps that assessing officers must be
chosen by electors of the district in
viii n they are to serve. or by Off
Gals of such district, and stands in
the way of such reform.
Shall the constitution he changed
in this respect?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-12-17
Guilty of Counterfeiting

Passing counterfeit money is M
worse than substituting some worth
less remedy for FOley's Honey and
Tar, the great cough and cold rem
edy that cures the most ob> tin; tie
coughs and heals the lungs. c. w
Frost.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-12-17

Bilious? Feel heavy after dinner?
Tongue coated? Complexion sallow
Liver needs waking up. Doan S
regulets cure bilious attacks rs
cents at any drug store.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-20

IT may be hard for some of doubters
and knockers down east to believe, but
it is true just the same, hat North Da-
kota" land sold recently for 500 per acre
and 100 acres in one parcel were sold
at this figure. The land is in the famed
Red River valley near Casselton. This
is the highest price known for Cass
county farm lands. George D. Crocker
of Galesburg, Illinois, purchased all of
section 9-140-22, Casselton township,
and the north half of the southwest
quarter of section 10 in the same range
and township, from Ebenezer aoneyman,
Christina May Roden and Lavina Pickell
for 1854, 800. If land in the Valley, where
crops we're short for several years, is
worth $50 an acre, what may we have
reason to expect the excellent soil of
Cavalier county may be worth when the
holders thereof realize its value?
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-20
Democratic State
Convention,

At a meeting of the Democratic State Cen
trail Committee, held in Gil and Forks, N. D.,
January the 2Sth, 1908, a convention of the duly
elected delegates from The various counties of
the state was called, to meet in the Opera
House, in the City of Grand Forks, State of
North Dakota, on Wednesday the 25th day of
March, A. D., 1908, at 10 o'clock a. M. for the
purpose of selecting eight delegates and eight
alternates, at large, to represent the State of
North Dakota at the Democratic National
Convention, for the nomination of President
and Vice-President, to be held in Denver, Col
orado, July the 18th, 1908. Also to nominate four
Presidential electors at large, and for the
transaction of such other business as shall
properly come before said convention.
The laws heretofore governing caucuses and
conventions are in full force and effect and
are applicable under this call.
Section 1929 r. c.. of 1905 defines who NAV
act by proxy,
The basis of representation in said conven-
tion shall be two delegates at large from each
county and one for each one hundred votes, or
major fraction thereof, on the aggregate vote
cast for John Burke for Governor and A. n.
Berg for Secretary of State at the last general
election, No county shall be entitled to less
than five delegates.
The different counties of the state, will, under
the apportionmenJ herein provided be entitled
fn rn - ffo nc fD110rrc.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-20
Sealed Proposals.

Sealed proposals will be received by
the Board of County Commissioners of
Cavalier county, North Dakota, until
two o'clock p. m., on Thursday, April
9th, 1908, for furnishing record books
and election supplies for the ensuing
year. A satisfactory bond in the sum
of $4,000. given in favor of the Chair
man of the Board of County Commls-
sioners must accompany each bid as a
guarantee that the party bidding will
enter into contract with the county for
the amount stated in the bid and for
proper fulfillment of the contract
should the bid be accepted. Specifica-
tions of the supplies required can be
seen at the Auditors office or will be
mailed upon application. The board
reserves the right to reject any or all
bids. Address tenders to the under
signed marked proposals for Furnish
ing County Supplies"
By order of the Board of County
Commissioners.
JOSEPH Power,
County Auditor.
Dated at Langdon, N. Oak, this 18th
day of February, 1908. 1892
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-20
HE WAIVED EXAMINATION
Coils Venue Charged With Grand Larceny to
Await Trial in District Court.

Since Friday the county Jail at the
court house has had as an occupant
Coils Venue, arrested at Hannah last
week on the charge of grand larceny
The preliminary hearing was had Fri
day before Justice Dan Shanks when
the defendant waived examination and
was brought to the county Jail to await
trial at the next term of court. The
complaint upon which Sheriff Reid
arrested Venue was that of stealing parts
of gasoline engines the property of Boyd
& Holland and the McPhail- Brosnahan
Co., of this city. Evidence of his crime
was found in his possession at the time
of his arrest to the extent that he sad-
mitted his guilt to the extent of waving
examination and going to Jail rather
than put up a defense. Venue has pre-
viously been an inmate of the county
Jail, being arrested at Hannah over a
year ago charged with blind pigging.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-20
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE BY ADvER,
TISEMENT

Notice is hereby given that that certain mort
gage, executed and delivered by Jacob Spenst
ard Anna Spenst his wife mortgagors, to w. F.
Winter mortgage, dated the LIST day of March
A.. D.. nineteen hundred and seven q9O7) and
filed for record in the office of the Re-
gister of Deeds of the County of Cavalier
and State of North Dakota, on the 3rd day of
June, A.. ID. 1907, and recorded in Book 6S of
MORTGAGES, at page 20S, will be foreclosed by a
sale of the premises in such mortgage and
hereinafter described at the frontdoor Of the
Court House in the City of Langdon, in the
County OF Cavalier. and State of North Dakota
at the hour of 9 O'Clock p. m ,on the 4th day of
April 1905, to satisfy the amount due upon said
mortgage on the day of sale.
The premises described in said mortgage and
which will be sold to satisfy the same, are
those certain premises situated in the county
of Cavalier, and state of North Dakota, and
described as follows. to-wit: The northwest
quarter. NWA) of section twenty:six (26) in
township one hundred sixty-one Q6D north of
Range sixty-one t61) west, and containing 160
acres.
There will be due on such mortgage at the
date of sale the sum of four hundred twelve
and no-'W dollars besides the cost of fore
closure.
Dated the February 18th 1908.
w, F. WINTER, Mortgage.
CLEARY q MCLEAN.
Attorneys for Mortgagee.
30-35 Schulke Blk, Langdon, N. D.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-20
q NOTICE OF CONTEST.
United States Land Office.

United States Land Office.
Devil Lake, N. D., Jan'y 9, 1908.
Complaint having been entered at this office
by Ole Reierson against Halvor B. Halvor-
sp1ads for abandoning his homestead entry No.
1885. dated January q, 1903, at Grand Forks,
upon the eH nwA and nwA swA of Section. 3,
Township 1853, north of Range IS west, in Cava.
lier county, with a view to the cancellation of
saidentry:
Contestant alleging that the said Halvor B.,
Halvorsplads has wholly abandoned said tract,
that he has changed his residence therefrom
for more than six months. since making said
entry that said tract is lot settled Upon and
cultivated by said party. as required by law;
that said Halvor B.. H~alvorsplads is presently
holding a homestead in the Canadian North
west. in the Saskatchewan District. Canada ::
also that the absence of the said Halvor b,
Halyorsplads, from the said tract has not been
caused by his employment in the military or
naval service of the United States in time of
war, and that such defaults presently exist.
The said parties are hereby summoned to ap-
pear at this office on the oath day of March.
1908 at ten o'clock a. M, to respond ana fur
nish testimony concerning said alleged aban.
donment. Testimony will be taken before Geo
p. D%unnigan. Clerk of the County Court, Cava-
lier county, North Dakota, at Langdon, N. D.,
on the 18th day of March, 1908, at ten O'clock a
M; The said contestant having in a proper
affidavit, filed Feb uary 4, 1908, set forth facts,
which show that after due diligence, personal
service of this notice cannot be made, it is here
by ordered and directed that such notice be
given by due and proper publication.
1874 M. Il. BRENNAN, Register.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-20
Teachers Examination.

An examination of applicants for
Teachers Certificates will be held at
Lanedon, Munich, Milton and Hannah
on Friday and Saturday, March 18th
and 18th, 1908.
This examination is offered at four
places in the county for the purpose of
accommodating students desiring to
teach this summer. Permits can be
issued only to those taking the March
examination, whose standings, as re-
turned by the state department, indicate
the applicants ability to complete a
second grade at the May examination.
Third grade certificates are no longer
Issued in North Dakota.
B. E. GROOM.
County Supt. of Schools.
Langdon, N Oak, Feb'y 18th, 1908.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-20
K. O. r. M. co. CONVENTION
Langdon Camp of Maccabees Entertains Big
County Convention in April

In April, at a date to be decided on
definitely later, the Modern Woodmen of
America order will. hold a county con-
vention in Langdon to be attended by
representative delegations from all of
the Woodmen camps in Cavalier county.
The approach of this event is already
being looked forward to by the Langdon
camp, the members of which will be the
entertaining hosts of the visiting Wood
men. Active work is already under way
to make the visit to Langdon one of
pleasure and entertainment, although
the convention is called solely for the
transaction of business and advance
ment of the interest of the order
throughout the county. The Modern
Woodmen of American is represented by
not less than a dozen camps in Cavalier
county, while the number of visiting
Woodmen who will be here to attend the
convention may easily be expected tc
reach one hundred.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-20
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE.

M9rce Is hereby, given, that that certain
B ba. and Archibald B; Buie, her husband,
dated the first day of September, A. D.. nine.
tsen hundred and five, and filed for record in
Of + Ga9eei OF the ne register Of deeds of the county
thirteenth day of October, A., D.. 1905. and re,
corded in Book So of Mortgages at page 542,
s Wl.I De ioreclosed by, a sale Of the premises in
t the fro Mortgage andhereinafter described, at
ne Iront door OF the court house in the CITY
q o. uaagdon; IN the County of Cavalier and
n'a NJ OF u North ths Dakota; at the hour Of 2 O'Clock
1 4 N, 90 on me twenty-frst day Of March. A.. D..
1soo, W satlsIy the amount due upon said
mortgage on the day of sale. NNN
ne premises described in said mortgage and
t MmrSn CIVIL will oe sold t' satisfy the same. are
OF Cavalier and State of North Dakota, and
described as follows:
te Inc northeast Quarter Of the southeast, quar-
.er; she southeast quarter of the northeast
Hearter ana lots one and two of Section.one
10 IoWnship one hundred and sixty.one I16i,
t range g nfty -eight IS; and the northwest quar-
Sel OF oectlon SIX ~ in Township one hundred
any sI3ty-one l6l) Range ffty-seven).
Ana ~ having been agreed under the terms Of
ia ial I'm m oa t that if default should be made
lhterest. then the mortgagee or assigns NAV de-
claIe me whole principal sum due and payable,
a and ms MORTGAGE may be foreclosed at once;
OF ~, one principal note for SAC, due September.
s san+a ayoo, and one principal note for $40. due
nhep, reaa af ist 1907, with interest thereon at
maturity ma uais "a and 5w she SAID Rf m sSss.; e per h sHSan Latter after
10 declare and does hereby declare tie whole
ppaHclpal sum Secured by said mortgage due
fault, z ~ osauss,oNn OF sald oe-
There WILDE due on such mortgage at the
a aad 4 % Ss1e d t5e sun Of fonF hHndIeda end ten
a'crue upon said sale and legal attorneys fees.
A p,cKsoE; Mortgasee:
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-20

REPUBLICANS who have been led to
believe that American tariff barons do
not sell goods abroad cheaper than at
home will be interested in a Pittsburg
dispatch as follows: "Tin plate con-
of the country have raised a
howl because the United States Steel
Corporation has sold to Welsh tinplate
makers 100000 tons of sheet and tlnplate
bars $40 a ton a ton cheaper than they
are quoting manufacturers in the United
States. While the corporation is charg-
ing the American steel makers 500 per
ton, it is laying down the same product
in Swansea at S21.90. The cost of trans
porting the bars to Wales is about Sl2
per ton, so that the actual price received
free on board Pittsburg if S17.8O per
ton as against 500 per ton quoted for
American mills in the P~ittsburg district
The Industrial World, an iron and steel
publication of that city, which was
founded for the purpose of maintaining
high tariff, thus comments on it edi-
torially: Viewed from any conceivable
standpoint these transactions deserve
the severest condemnation. Nothing
can do more to discredit the protective
system than such operations. The tariff
on such material is high, yet it is only
Sc. 70. Did not the steel corporation tie
the foreign buyers up tightly, and did
not the latter know that if they resold,
their shipments would be stopped very
promptly, they could load those bars
back onto the cars and ship them back
to the United States at a profit after
paying transportation charges? The
cheap plea of keeping mills going and
employing labor through these exports
is an insult to the intelligence of the
American public"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-20

The Canadian postal authorities have
of late made the mailing of newspapers
from the United States to Canadian
readers a matter of increased expense
and inconvenience to the publisher.
The new rate made effective last July
raising the postage from one cent a
pound to one cent for every four ounces
or fraction thereof. Last week they "let
down the bars" so far as the daily papers
are concerned, but still demand that
weekly papers pay the new rate of a
cent for every four ounce or fraction
thereof. Where the Canadian postal
authorities are able to discriminate and
determine why the rate of postage on a
weekly newspaper should be four times
as high as that paid by the big dailies
is not by any means plain and shows an
unfairness that would scarcely be look
cd for in other than a country dominat.
cd by "Johnny Bull"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-20
FOUNDERS DAY AT ~"
Our State University Observes Its Twenty
Fifth Anniversary This Week,

On Saturday evening, of this week,
February 22nd, the University of North
Dakota will observe Founders Day.
This will be the 25th anniversary of the
University and will be celebrated in a
name befitting the occasion. Cover
Burke is expected to be present and
to make the opening address. He will
be followed by Chancellor Strong Of the
University of Kansas, one of our leading
educators and a public speaker of great
force. Professor Hult, of the State
University, will contribute an original
poem and President Mortified, now in
California on q leave of absence, a letter
of greeting. Music will be furnished
by both the University Band and the
University Glee Club.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-20
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE By ADyrR-



Notlcel is hereby given that that certain mort
gage executed and delivered by Sarah Ann Bar
cello and George Barcelo, her husband, mortea-
gors, to Il. M,cGruer, MORTGAGE, dated the 10Th
day OF November, A. D., nineteen hundred and
one, (l901) and filed for record in the Office of
the Register of Deeds, of the County of Caya.
lier and State of North Dakota, on the 4th day
OF DECEMBER, A D., 1901, and recorded in Book
II OF Mortgages, at page $50, will be foreclosed
py a SAFE OF the premises in such mortgage aud
hereinafter described at the front door of the
court House in the City of Langdon, in the
county OF Cavalier a. d State of North Dakota,
atthe hour OF two O'Clock p. NJ, on the 18th
day OF February, 1908, to satisfy the amount
due upon said mortgage on the day of sale.
The premises described in said mortgage and
which will be sold to satisfy the same are those
certain premises situated in the County of
Cavalier and State of North Dakota and de-
scribed as follows towit:
ALI of Block Number Two, (2) of Doryars All.
dltion to Langdon, in Cavalier county, State Of
North Dakota, except that part which is now
decided to the st. Paul, Minneapolis & Manito-
pa halfway Company, according to the record
ed plat now on file in the office of the Register
OF Deeds, in and for Cavalier county, N. Oak,
and located on the (sEA of SWA) southeast
quarter OF southwest quarter. Section Four
teen, dQ Tow, ship One Hundred Sixty One,
l6l! north of Range Sixty, (60) west of the
Fifth Principal Meridian.
There Will be due on such mortgage at the
date of sale the sum of Thirteen Hundred
Ninety-Two and 05-100th Dollars, besides the
costs of foreclosure.
Dated January 18th, 1908.
Executors Of The Estate of Nicol e. McGruer.
Deceased, Mortgage.
CLEARY g. MCLEAN
Attorneys for Executors. Schuike Block,
Lahgooh, North Dakota. $3.50
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-20

-. -. E. :. -. OOO
1t was recommended that all aspirants for
state and congressional nominations appear at
the City of Grand Forks during said convention
in order to facilitate the procuring of signers
on their petitions.
1t was requested, by resolution, that all as
pirants for nomination for state offices, except
ing Judges of the Supreme Cont, Lieutenant
Governors and Railroad Commissioners, shall
each make a public declaration pledging him
self that if nominated and elected he will re-
side at the State Capital during the term of
his office.
The ehairmen OF, the several Democratic
County Committees are each hereby notified
and requested to call a meeting of his commit
tee and designate the time and places for hold
ing the caucuses and county convention, to
choose delegates to the State Convention herein
called.
In counties where committees are not COM
plete, or fully organized, the Democrats are re-
quested and urged to meet, organize and call
the caucuses and convention in accordance
herewith
The State Committee will pass upon the
rights of those entitled to participate in the
preliminary organization, and will meet for
that purpose at two o'clock in the afternoon
OF TUESDAY inc Z4tn DAY ef March, A. D.. 1913, in
the City of Grand Forks. The credentials of
delegates and notices of contests should be
fled with the chairman of this committee, on
or before the hour designated for such meet
ing, Notices of contest must be accompanied
by a written statement of the grounds for such
contest, which will be heard in the order of
their filing with the chairman. s.&.y
ALI persons who are qualified electors of this
EofA IN and Suhn halsaua IN %In n--rs-~1 -
pies OF the Democratic party are hereby cor
daily invited and urged to participate in our
primaries, exercising all their rights and
privileges as citizens. in the interest Of good
government.
By order Of the Democratic State Central
Committee. I'D
e. A. MoCANN, j.. l.. .CAaHEL,
Secretary. Chairman,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-20
Democratic County Committee.

A meeting of the democratic county
committee Of Cavalier county will be
held in the City Of Langdon at the office
of Cleary & Mclean on the afternoon Of
Friday, February 2lst, 1908, for the pur-
pose of organizing for the campaign OF
1908 and to make the call for a county
convention, at.which delegates will be
selected to represent this county at the
democratic state convention ,o be held
in Grand Forks on March 25th, 1908. 1t
Is especially important that every
member of the county committee be
present at this meeting
F. W. MCLEAN, Chairman.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-20

The DEMOCRAT will endeavor to ad-
just its make up so as to make room for
a column OF political announcements
just as soon as the demand makes itself
manifest. This is a business proposition
entirely upon advertising lines and open
to candidates of any and all political
beliefs-one price to all and run strictly
upon a cash basis. Prospective candl-
dates for office on legislative, judicial
county and state tickets are invited to
com to the front and let the dear people
know what they want. Only four
months until the primaries on June
oath.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-02-20
FARMERS INSTITUTE.
Tuesday March 3rd Langdon will Have Both
Forenoon and Afternoon Sessions.

tUlCiiOVh olu HttCInuuH SCSSIUIlS.
Don't forget farmers institute to be
held at Langdon, on Tuesday March 3rd
1t will be a forenoon and afternoon
session only, but crowded full o~finterest
and Importance. The program will con.
sist of addresses by state speakers and
will be made up to meet the local wants.
Prof. Thos. Shaw of Minnesota will
deliver the first address, beginning at
ten o'clock, Prof. Churchill of the
Agricultural college will speak on field
crops and practical farm management.
A question box will be on hand and
written questions can be placed in the
box by those who hesitate to ask oral
questions. Prepare your questions be-
forehand. The meeting will be held
under the auspices of the state agri-
cultural college, T. A. Hoverstad su-
~perintendent. 1t will be the only
institute held in the county this year
and every farmer should arrange to
attend.