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The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-06-15
FARGO COLLEGE
COMMENCEMENT
CLASS OF os WILL RECEIVE
THEIR DEGREES AT THE FIRST
CONGREGATIONAL cHuDcH ON
WEDNESDAY MORNING - oMA-
HA MAN TO GIVE THE ADDRESS

Tomorrow morning at 1o:S0 o'clock
the class OF 'Os Of the Fargo college
will graduate from that institution,
The graduation exercises win be held
at the First Congregational church,
and President Z. NJ Vittum will con-
fer the degrees on the members Of the
class.
The graduation address will be de-
livered by Rev. L. o, Baird, D. d., OF
Omaha, Neb.
There are just four members of the
class OF '09 to graduate They are
James Pollock Clara J, Emerson,
Francis E. Comstock. Florence PIN
ney.
Mr.. Pollock will enter some eastern
institution this fall and take a law
course and the young ladies of the
class have all accepted positions as
teachers in Minnesota.
Alumni Banquet in Afternoon.
At $3.50 tomorrow afternoon will oc-
cur the annual reunion and banquet
of the alumni OF Fargo college. This
affair is always one Of the most inn
portant features OF commencement
week at the college, and the reunion
tomorrow promises to be the best IN.
the history OF the school. 1t Will De
held at the college.
Commencement Dinner in Evening.
The final event Of commencement
week will be the annual commence
ment dinner which will be held on
wednesday evening at $50 at the
college. The event Is Of more than
usual Importance this year because
of the fact that it will be the last
meeting of faculty and students under
the administration Of President Wit
turn There will be an elaborate ban
ouet, toasts and other important fea-
lures and those who will attend are
looking forward to 1t as the biggest
event of the school life this year.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-06-15
PUPILS WANTED.

While the Dakota Business College
is working overtime and
winter, Saturdays and evenings, and
every other available moment--it is
absolutely unable to get pupils through
fast enough to meet the ever increas-
ing demand for competent Office peo-
pie especially people for the combin-
ed course.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-06-15

Have Knight IrLntlns q. prlns Z
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-06-15

Have you inspected the Knight
Printing Co.'S stationery department.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-06-15
WITH LUMBER co.

Carl J. Jensen Of Kathryn, who has
been taking the Dakota Business Col
lege course, was this morning sent to
an excellent position as bookkeeper for
the Hawkenson Lumber Co., of Rock
Lake. Every day these pupils go from
the school to good positions. where
they may grow up into prosperous bus
mess men.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-06-15

this city
The statement which he made &c
DEPUTY United States Marshal G. N,
Valentine on the retnr
penitentiary that he knew he wpnld
have to stand trial for the murder,
will probably bear considerable sig
nificance in the matter. when it comes
for trial. No statement had been made
made to Mccartney at that time. 1t
is claimed that Mccartney has rela-
tives Of some means and that nothirg
win be spared in securing the best
legal talent to be found to fight TIE
case.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-06-15
CASE INVOLVES
A fine POINT
MAINTAINED THAT THE LEels-
LATuRE is WITHOUT POWER
TO DEFINE WHAT is iNToxI-
eating LioUoRcAsE WILL BE
TESTED.

Ii the law passed by the last legis-
iature, defining alcoholic beverages.
CONSTITUTIONAL This is the question
that vim be raised in cases which viii
be started against malt manufacturers
by states Atty. A. w. Fowler.
The defendants will hold that any
attempt Of the law makers to make
any such definition, 10 beyond their
power. thus rendering tho law entirely
void.
Should the lavy be held good BY the
supreme court Of the state, the man
ufacture OF every beverage contain
ing the least trace Of alcohol, whether
Intoxicating or not. will be barred
Any number OF experts viii testify
that beverages containing less than q
per cent alcohol are non intoxicating
While the states attorney does not
hold that all malt is Intoxicating, he
maintains that under the new law II
can not be sold In North Dakota
The daily sentinel., 1909-11-29

choice vote. 1t was agreed that they
must secure a great number of sec
ond choice votes to elect them, If they
stood any show whatever of election.
The public could not determine
fllly whether either of the first choice
candidates, w. II. Bannister and ID.
w. Aupperle, could muster sufficient
strength to have majority of first
choice votes. But to that end the
opposing sides worked most stren-
uously.
Here is the sequel: w. II. Bannis-
ter received 603 first choice votes, his
opponent, Mr.. Aupperle, received but
465 first choice votes The other two
principal candidates a very material
less number of first choice votes than
either Mr.. Aupperle or Mr.. Bannister
Notwithstanding that Mr.. Bannis-
ter's next nearest opponent, Mr. Aup-
perle, he did not have sufficient
number of second and third choice
votes to elect him; neither did Mr.
Aupperle, his principal opponent.
1t cannot be successfully disputed
that the preferential system of voting
is the most ponderous, bulky and un-
wieldy system of voting ever used in
an American community. In spite of
the fact that there were only five Of
fices to be filled, and that there were
a total of only sixteen candidates for
all of these offices. and in spite of he
fact that not in a single ward in the
city was there a total of 500 votes
polled, in every ward the judges and
clerks were from five to eleven hours
making the count, the count not being
completed in at least two of the wards
before O'Clock on the morning fol-
lowing the election. Men who served
as judges or clerks in this election
and who had served in numerous cleo
tions in the past, declare that if there
had been anywhere near the full reg
istered vote of each ward cast not less
than twenty-four hours would be re-
quired to have made the count, and if
the system were used in county and
The daily sentinel., 1909-11-29
To The Rocky Mountain News:

To The Rocky Mountain News:
The system of preferential voting
in Grand Junction, a part of the new
charter of the city of Grand Junction,
is altogether the most farcical system
of voting adopted by any city in this
country. If what you don't want is
the end sought by this system, 1t
works like magic.
If the whole purpose sought in an
election is the selection of any one of
three or four candidates for an office,
the preferential system is most ad-
mirably adapted to that purpose. Such
a thing as the election of the first
choice of a majority of the people is
almost impossible and not at any
time probable, in holding an election
under the preferential system of vot-
ing.
The statement made by Mr.. James
w. Bucklin, who brought the plan to
this country from Australia, while
there for the purpose of investigating
the operations of the single tax
theory, that few ultra-conserva-
tive minds" alone ARE not yet fully
is simply dallying with the
truth, as there have been more quips
exchanged over the contrariwise man
ner In which the system operated than
ever emanated from Puck or Judge.
We are attempting 70 defeat the
adoption of this system, in behalf of
the people of this country, as there is
no ground to recommend 1t to the
people and no defense ground from
which its proponents can make sue
cessful battle.
No claim has ever been made that
II would be hard to vote under the
preferential system. 1t is perfectly
easy. 1t is the results against which
objection is lodged. Mr.. Bucklin has
stated in his article addressed to your
publication that "the object of our
plan of voting is to enable every
voter to register his will accurately
and perfectly The question is, does
he do SO?
In the election in Grand Junction
there were four principal candidates
for the office of mayor. They were
William II. Bannister, d. w. Aup-
perle, E. NJ. Slocomb and Thomas
Todd. The first named, William H.
Bannister, might be said to have had
the larger proportion of his support
from those who opposed the charter
form of government; d. w. Aupperle
was distinctly the candidate of the
charter forces and of the church ele-
ment. E. NJ. Slocomb was an adher-
ent of the charter forces, an original
prohibitionist, while T. NJ. Todd had
back of his candidacy the forces of
the labor and trades assembly and the
Socialists, who openly espoused his
candidacy.
1t was agreed that on first choice
votes neither Mr.. Todd or Mr.. Slo-
comb could be elected, although they
were accorded a considerable first
The daily sentinel., 1909-11-29

Professor II. M. Cottrell of the Ag-
ricultural college announces that on
account of the large increase in the
number of students taking agricul-
tural and domestic science courses,
it will be impossible for the college
to hold short courses in cities over
the state this winter. The time of
the instructors will be taken up with
the students and the college has no
funds with which to employ lectur-
ers for the short course work. A
short course for farmers will be held
here January 3 to s, 1910. during
which time thirty-one experts will
The daily sentinel., 1909-11-29

state election, when there are a great
many candidates and great many
offices, several days would be re-
quired to make the count in each
ward. This fact alone shows how
impractical and impossible the pref
erential system of voting is for large
or general elections.
Just one word about Mr.. Bucklin's
statement that there has been prac-
tically no opposition to the charter
and the preferential system of voting
outside of The Sentinel office. There
are about 4,400 registered voters in
the city of Grand Junction. Yet on
April s. when the proposition of
whether or not the city should have
a charter, was voted upon, less than
60 per cent of the registered voters
of Grand Junction voted on the char
ter proposition. which proposition. as
repeatedly stated at the time, en-
bodied the change to the preferential
system of voting. Only $500 votes
were east for and against the char
ter, and of this number within a few
of i, 100 votes were cast AGAINST
the new system, and the majority for
the new charter was less than 400.
Again, when the charter and its pref
erential system of voting was put
up to the people for approval on Sep
tember IL, less than 25 per cent of
the registered vote were cast. Only
ISL votes, or less than 20 per cent
of the registered vote of the city was
cast for the adoption of the charter
Again. in the recent election, when
the preferential system was used,
only 1,S04 individual ballots were
cast, or nearly 1000 less than were
cast on April 6. or less than As per
cent of the registered vote. These
figures show how little enthusiasm
has been manifested here over the
new system. and how the proposition
has won out simply through the in
difference of the people.
Now to repeat the language of Mr..
Bucklin, who fathers this system,
The daily sentinel., 1909-11-29

ericks Book Store now stands on
Fourth street, he operated photo
graphic studio.
The deceased has been a member
of the order of Odd Fellows for the
long period of Al years. few men in
the West having been an odd Fellow
longer than he had been. He was
truly devoted to the great order. He
was one of the most faithful mem
bers of the local lodge He has held
various offices in the lodge and for
a number of years had been treasurer
of the board of trustees of the build
Ing committee Of the lodge and he
was custodian Of the handsome lodge
building in this city.
The deceased served in the Union
army during the Civil war. He serv-
ed with a Pennsylvania company. He
had held an important office in the
local G.. a. r. Post for a number of
years. He was an honored veteran.
Tonight at o'clock at the chapel
of Undertaken Hattie G. Pearson, the
Odd Fellows will hold services over
the remains. The remains will then
be shipped TO Colorado Springs. Mem
bers OF Pixies Pead Lodge. I. o. o. F.
No, IS, at Colorado Springs. will take
charge of the remains on their ar
rival and have charge of the inter
ment, The deceased will be laid to
Continued on page 81
The daily sentinel., 1909-11-29

lecture. A housekeepers' short
course will be held at the college at
the same time and lectures will be
given and demonstrations and ex-
hibits of the housekeepers art will
be shown
Rev. d. d. Forsyth left this after
noon for Denver
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred G. Holmes and
Mrs. James Whitley leave tonight for
Denver for visit of some days.
The canvas for the 1910 directory
in FIT. Collins shows that FIT. Collins
has population of 12,205, an in
crease of about 500 over 1908.
The daily sentinel., 1909-11-29

There were no drunks in police
court this morning. an unusual thing
for Monday morning
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Stephenson, of
Eldorado, Colo, are visiting friends
and relatives in the city today.
Due to the fact that a number of
the high school football men have
been found to be low in their studies
the idea of matching a game with an
eastern slope team has been aban-
doned.
The daily sentinel., 1909-11-29
L. NJ BUNTING OPPOSES PREFERENTIAL SYSTEM ofVOTING
JUNCTION


functions of a
Inc News popounded this question few weeks and Senator
James W. Bukln father
the affirmative His letter given this and
yoked much
Now Bunting editor the Grand Junction Sentinel
to controver Senator Bucklin's
The that
wisdom n q mu o coun
The daily sentinel., 1909-11-29

Phone j. E. Mckenzie when you
want a plumber. He knows his busi-
ness; he will give satisfaction, and
his prices are reasonable. He has
one of the best equipped plumbing
establishments in western Colorado.
The daily sentinel., 1909-11-29

DR.. Howard. graduate veterinary
surgeon and dentist. is permanently
located at sos Ute, next to Free cor
raj. Calls answered promptly day
or night Phone Junction 671
The daily sentinel., 1909-11-29

Trobitz & Witcher, practical plum
bers. 1872 North Fifth. Plumbing
and hot water heating.
The daily sentinel., 1909-11-29

- G. w. RIDLEY has been in
w the optical business for the
W last 16 years and can fit your
eyes at the Primrose jewelry store.
The daily sentinel., 1909-11-29

Get married and we will take care
of you.-Crown Furniture Company.
The daily sentinel., 1909-11-29
TAPS" SOUNDED FOR VETERAN
ANOP|ONEER JUNCTION MAN

Danforth y. Wheeler, aged 6S
years, one of the best known
pioneer citizens of Grand juno
ton. one of the leading q. \. IL.
veterans of the valley and one of
the oldest Odd Fellows in the
West, died Sunday morning at
1880 O'Clock ut his home at 112
Ouray avenue, in this city. He
suffered from pneumonia. He
was ill less than one week and
his death is a severe shock to
the family and to the great host
of friends.
The daily sentinel., 1909-11-29

The deceased is survived by three
children. Miss Leta Wheeler, Mrs.
Carrie Howell, and d. n. Wheeler,
Jr., of this city. and the latter being
in the employ of the Denver & Rio
Grande as a fireman. The family is
exceedingly well known.
The deceased was born in Pennsyl-
vania 6S years ago. He came West
some thirty years ago. He resided
for a number of years in Colorado
Springs and then removed to Grand
Junction nearly a quarter of a cen
tury ago. His wife died many years
ago and was buried in Colorado
Springs.
In early manhood the deceased was
a photographer and in the early days
of Grand Junction, in a little frame
building which stood where the Fred
The Greeley tribune., 1909-08-12
New Jail for Women

Greeley now has a Jail especially
for women, and this will be the first
effort made to provide separate
apartments for female prisoners
Comparatively speaking the new city
Jail is to be model of luxury and
modern comfort. There is to be hot
and cold water, beds to sleep upon
and a cement Brussels carpet on the
floor. There will also be a private
boudoir prettily decorated with zinc
to prevent the prisoners from mar
ring the exquisite hand carving on
doors.
City Marshal Williams has not
stated whether manicurist will be
retained or not, but the new Hotel
de Greeley is to be comfortable and
designed for caring for women. 1t
is located in the basement of the
city hail and will be completed in
about three days. The work has
been going on for about two weeks.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-08-12
Japs Would Fight U. s.

"lf war should break out with
Japan, every Jap now working in
this country would be called home
and you would discover that the lit
tie brown fellows now busy in your
beet fields are no more than Japan's
enlisted Information bureaus"
This statement was made by Jack
Williams, veteran correspondent of
the Spanish-American war and a re-
porter on the Philadelphia Press.
who is enroute from New York to
Seattle afoot. Williams told some
interesting stories of his experiences
and intentions. He will drive an
auto back from Seattle He firmly
believes the Japs are agents of their
lone country and would carry infor-
nation there in case of war. His
talk was made at the Airdome last
night. Williams has an American
flag that has been dipped in almost
every river on the continent.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-08-12
Barefoot Boy Beats Auto

One little urchin who lives at 1928
Thirteenth street, has automobiles
beaten for covering distance and he
does it on his own sturdy bare legs.
Yesterday he appeared at the police
station and told the city marshal a
drunken man had been frightening
| is mother. The city marshal at
once jumped into his machine and
rade a hurried run to the boys
home. 1t is more than one-half mile
and most of the way the throttle
was wide open. taking from twenty
five to thirty miles an hour.
The boy was barefooted and he
had followed the marshal from the
office. When the police auto stopped
at his home the small boy was just
entering the yard from the alley.
And he was afoot. The marshal and
a Tribune reporter are still wonder
il how he covered the distance.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-08-12
WIFE OF WEALTHY MANS
son MAY HAVE kORTUNE
AWAITING IN THE EAST

:: Another turn in mysteri- !.
:: Gus hunt for the family of =
!. deceased heir to fortune came :"
:. today when M. j. O'Connell of :.
!. Greeley discovered that Charles :.
:. Phillips, who was married and 4.
:. died here about sixteen years :.
:. ago, was not living under an =
:, assumed name as had been sup :.
:. posed, but was bearing his :.
:. rightful name. Assuming that =
!. Phillips had taken bogus :.
:. name, e. G. Peterson, a lawyer =
= from the east, tried to find ::
:. man named Buck" Fulkerson :.
:. in Greeley a few days ago, with =
:. under which Phillips was sup :.
= posed to have been married. :.
:. He did not inquire for Charles :.
:. Phillips and so failed to secure =
:. any information. =
:. Coroner T. G. Macys records :.
= show that Phillips died here :.
:. sixteen years ago. Mr.. O'Con- =
!. nell states that Mrs. Phillips X
:. has returned to her former :.
uULe III 4Ncpi dShd. II uShVi-
:. ops that Phillips was the son of :.
!. wealthy brewer in Virginia =
!. and that the father has died. <
!. leaving a fortune. While in :.
:. Greeley, Phillips worked as !.
:: contractor in the potato fields. =
!. Mr.. O'Connell will endeavor =
!: to communicate with Mrs. Phil =
!: lips and inform her of the <
:. search for the deceased hus- :.
): band. He will also try to find :.
:: the whereabouts of Attorney :.
). Peterson. The latter did not :.
!: leave an address behind when :.
{: he left Greeley. =
j. !. \ :. !. :. !. + !. !. :: :: :. :. = !.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-08-12
Kicking Shins Stops Holdup

BY catching his foot and falling,
holdup man misfired on his calcu-
lations of holding up Tom Mckenna,
manager of the Airdome, as he came
out of the Camfield hotel about 1890
o'clock Thursday night, After receiv-
ing a good kicking on the shins from
the sturdy Snowman, he retreated
with such haste that description
of him could not be obtained.
Mr.. McKenna had changed some
money in the Camfield and it is sup
posed the man, who was in his shirt
sleeves, saw the transaction. He
started to strike Mckenna as he en-
tered the dark part of the street
near the new building, but missed
his footing and fell
The Greeley tribune., 1909-08-12
PAGE ~
PRISONER TAKEN FROM
GREELEY JUMPS FROM
TRAIN AND IL KH.I.EI

= John w. Shaw, who was ar 4
= rested In Greeley last week and +
< taken from this city by Deputy +
= Sheriff ]. T. Nichols. a badly +
\ crippled officer. to answer +
! charges Of forgery and dispos- +
+ Ing OF mortgaged property, +
: hurled himself from Rock <
= Island passenger train near +
j. Wewoka. Okla, yesterday after 4
+ noon. Shaw was handcuhied +
! and alighted on his head, strtk- +
+ ing a tie and being almost in +
= stantly killed. His skull was +
:. fractured. +
= The train was running at +
: speed Of 35 miles an hour. +
:: Nichols had his prisoner hand +
:: cuffed and had the cuffs fast +
4 ened to his own wrist by slen- +
:: der chain. The men had STEP +
- ped to the platform Of the +
= train at Shaw's request, when +
+ Shaw suddenly wrenched him +
= self loose from the officer and +
< dived head foremost from the I
y PLATFORM. He struck the ground +
= with terrible force and the body ::
:. bounded twenty feet after his !
:: head was split. open by the tie. !
:: The train was stopped by the i
:: officer and the body was pick I
!. up. 1t was taken to Shawnee i
= and later sent to Bonneville for I:
!. burial. i
\ Shaw was we'll known in !:
= Greeley, though he had only ::
:. worked here for a short time. ;.
= He was arrested by Marshal +
:. Gene Williams as he was in the ::
= act Of boarding train to leave ::
X the city. He was quiet, un- ::
= assuming man and refused to ::
= discuss the charges held against ::
X him in Arkansas. !
:! : !: i i. !. /. i. !. i. =. j. T. 1. i i. i
The Greeley tribune., 1909-08-12
Intense Colickly Pains Relieved

For some years | suffered from
intense colickly pains which would
come on at times and from which /
could find no relief" says l. S. Mas
on. Beaver Dam. Ky. Chamberlain
Collie. Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edv was recommended to me by a
friend. After taking a few doses OF
the remedy | was entirely relieved.
THAT was four years ago and there
has been no return of the symptoms
since that time" This remedy is
for sale by all druggists.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-08-12
Work on Depot Begun

The work of grading for the new
depot at Severance is now under
wav and it is understood that the
erection of the building Will com
mence at once The building Will
he located in Block of the original
townsite and will be situated near
the elevator 1t will cost about
$4,000. The Great Western rail-
road, better known as the sugar beet
road. running between Windsor ana
Eaton is the only road interested
in the new structure
The Greeley tribune., 1909-08-12

Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Brown and
three children and Mrs. e. Preston
or Jetmore, Kan. arrived here We'd
nesday for visit with Mrs. Sarah
Mawhinney and daughter, Miss Ber-
ina, and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ma
Whlnney. Mrs. Brown and Mrs.
preston are Mrs. Mawhinney's
daughters.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-08-12
OFFICER M'GREGCR GOES
WITH THRESHING OUTFlr

Officer James McGregor, who is
now out on $4,000 bond and who
will have a hearing on August II
on the charge of shooting Frank
Tuck last week. has decided to accept
a place with a threshing outfit and
will leave the city today or tomor-
row for his new work.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-08-12

Mr.. and Mrs. John Marshall and
son came down from Wellington
Thursday. They expect to make
Greeley their home and will occupy
the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Ad-
ans during their absence. Mr.. Mar
shall, who is in poor health, left
this morning for Lincoln, Neb,
where he will enter sanitarium
for a few weeks
The Greeley tribune., 1909-08-12

Miss Millie Edmonds of Fort Col
ms is the guest OF Misses Mabel
"asiey and Isabelle Churchill for a
week. While here Miss Edmonds
Will be the inspiration of a number
OF social gatherings.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-08-12

Jay 3. Noble of Denver gave a
chalk talk at the Congregational
church Monday night The attend
ance was not as good as the enter
tainment deserved, but the audience
was highly appreciative. Mr. Noble
is the state secretary of the Prohibi-
tion party and travels through the
state in the interests of that party