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The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-05-28

While former Governor Albert E. Mead is not
thought to be implicated in any of the many shortco
ngs of the various public officials during his admins
tration, yet there is general feeling that much of it
happened account of the lax methods that he per-
mtted to creep into the affairs of the state while he
was in office. There is doubt but that Ortis Ham-
toms peculatons could have been headed off before
they reached the four figure stage if had been
ercised in auditing his accounts Because the hap
pened to be his appontee Mr. Mead to have con-
cl1ded that he could be guilty of wrong and his
counts audited just they were handed in with
any questions. The institutions of the state
handled in similar manner, the officials thereof spend
ing choose fit and the legislature urged to pass any
appropriation they fit to ask for. The appropria
tons that the various legislatures of the state have
made for the schools simply astounding. Had Gov
Mead instituted inquiry system in every
made by the institutions and had he looked more into
the affairs of the state instead of the political maneuv
orng there perhaps would have been less stealing done
by the officials.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-05-28

Abner Gifin who is suing King county for the pay
ment of tram way, which he built to mine he is tp-
Grating in the mountains is but carrying out the dea
which was implanted in the minds of the people of the
state by act of the last legislature when voted to
pay the builders Of bridge across the Columbia river
at Wenatchee the fabulous sum of ,000 probably
$780, 900 than the bridge actually cost them. The
bridge mind you built for the purpose of the said
company to put water fume the river, which
fume made it possible for them to rrigate large
tract of land, which they selling fabulous
prices This the bridge still doing although the
has bargained to purchase it, and if done she of
will be compelled to keep it in repair and the builders
will not only get than the bridge cost hem but
at the time have life lease the river for
their water fume This man Giffin wants the county
to pay for wayne has built to his mine and
thinks the county taxpayers should be glad to get an
opportunity to pay for it because it will be the means
of seeing mine operated in King county that will be
turning out pay Of course neither King county
nor the taxpayers do share in the output of the
mines and yet they should be glad that it in opera
ton that they would pay for tram way that leads to
his mine This real sample of the graft spirit that
is common to the country just now.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-05-28

The man who expects to be candidate for the SEN
atorship to succeed Senator Piles had better get busy
even at this early stage of the game If he hopes to
stand ghost of show of winning the fight Had not
the close political friends and followers of Senator Ank
eny begun to do politics the tenth legislature
adjourned and even before did, he would not have had
half as many votes he did, and that is not saying
but very little His lieutenants worked like dick nall
ers in and out of season and well did they do their
work that it looked for time that he had show OF
winning despite the combined opposition of the daily
napers of the state and likewise majority of the week
" napers. Let the work done for Senator Ankeny
be criterion to those expecting to be candidates for
the senatorship next year.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-05-28

Much is being said on the streets and in the col
umns of the newspapers of the state as to whether or
not Governor Hay will call extra session of the leg
slare although the governor himself quite silent on
the subject That he will call an extra session as soon
as the investigating committee will have made its re-
ort TO him is foregone conclusion as he could not
honorably do anything else There is an unrest among
the tax payers at this time concerning henancal con-
dton of the states affair and many scandals are be-
ing unearthed that the tax payers in instances are
inclined to think, the house has been infested with
lot of grafters and public ooters of the most unscupu
ous stripe and they want the whole system looked into
and this cannot be done by any other except by
an extra session of the legislature How can the case
against the insurance commissioner be thrashed out
unless the investigating committee has the legislature
to report its finding to? How can the Washington Col
ege affairs be gone into unless the committee has the
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-05-28

When doctors do not agree who can decide? Equal
ly apt may be said of city officials who fight over
the matter of nternsl government What show has
the people of getting square deal? 1t seems that
Chairman Thomson of the board of public works of
perintendent of public utilities Mr.. Thomson de-
cares Mr. Bouillion unreasonable and Mr.. Bouion in
Inmates that Mr.. Thomson unduly favors the local i'm
provement contractors of the city, which has brought
about such bitter feelings among the members of the
board that the tax payers bound to suffer thereby
In order that the tax payers get square deal it
that the city officials should work in perfect harmony
and if they do not then the officials to whom the var
Gus appontees responsible should look into the mat
harmony or get some that will do so, but always bear
in mind that public office is public trust and the
whole greater than any part thereof and especially
graft or collision.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-05-28

1t would appear that DR.. Beach's charges against
the Washington College were well founded and that
there is ngger in the woodple'' in the administra
ton of the affairs of that institution While the legis
lature was in session Senator Dick Hutchinson made
similar charges not only against the Washington Col
lege but against other state institutions and Dr. Beach
was of those who denounced it outrage and
vicious and unwarranted attack honorable gentle
men. He was afraid that the investigation would be
ordered and of his friends be caught in the drag
net In spite of the protest of Dr. Beach and those
who thought as he did to the investigation major
ty of he members of the legislature voted for it and
finally began to investigate and in spite of the pre-
udce of the chairman of the committee to the invest
CATION it not long afterthe work begun before
a deporabe state of affairs shown up and one
state official forced resign from Office to which he
had only qualified few months prior, another put on
the and still others under suspicion After DR..
Beachs friends had been caught, and do not overlook
the fact that the very he endeavorng to pro-
tect while sitting in the legislature the very first
to get caught in the investigating drag net then
he rushed in and announced that the otherSshoud be
Investigated and filed direct charged against the Wash
ington College 1t looks to the writer that DR.. Beach
of the opinion that the public interest be damned
but now that my friends have been caught will try
to get body elses friends caught In other words
Dr. Beach to have had objections to the state
institutions and every body else in the employ Of the
state robbng her out of every dollar they could long
as his friends left unmoested in their grating
operations The who protects the public from no
higher motive than to play even is himself criminal at
heart.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-05-28

'Please explain to me if you can why it is that Sen
ator Piles to be opposed by almost every voter in
King county at this time, came from we'll known
man of Seattle and who in the past has held hand
in the great game of politics Neither the business
men nor the aborng want to Senator Piles re-
trn to the senate and so express themselves on the
subject both in public and private. I confess, myself
am not for Senator Piles and perhaps would study
nv own case might be able to answer my own ques-
ton as to why the voters seems to be unanimous III
their opposition to Senator Piles succeeding himself IN
the senate Perhaps may have an eye single to.the
lob explains my opposition, but even if had no such
Intentions then would be opposed to Senator Piles.
AS it now looks have hesitancy saying that John
D. Humphries in two handed contest would skin the
senator by two to vote in King county, and so Tar
as the state at large is concerned the vote would be
equally as decisive in Humphries' favor.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-05-28

legislature report to- And in the above cases SO
with the hundred and others that will have been
gone into by the investigating committee. The fact OF
the matter it would be money in the tax payer pock
cts if the legislature met at expense of $780, 900 just
so looked into the entire workings of the state govern
ment and readjusted the whole. There is doubt but
that Governor Hay will call extra session of the leg
siature and if he does not then he should be severely
criticised by the taxpayers and the press all over the
state and especially those who want a square DEAL
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-05-28

Much complaint has been made against Mayor Mil
Ter for not having promptly dealt with the social evil
problem. Until these fault finders find a solution of
the matter they should refrain from crticisng the
mayor or any else The matter is difficult to
deal with and if these people give to the mayor
satisfactory plan he will gladly adopt it. 1t appears to
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-05-28

It's up to the Republicans of this state to to it
that extra session of the legislature called and for
the purpose Of cleaning up their political house and
if they do not do it then the people will elect
pete roster of Democratic officials at the very next op
portunity to clean house for the criminal Republicans
that have held Office in this state Ofthe officials of the
state that have held office for two and four years and
longer there have either been direct charges filed
against them there ugly suspicious hanging
over their heads and it is up to the Republicans of the
state to clear the political atmosphere by burning up
the rubbish in their party
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-05-28

Herewith is presented a picture
of Washington College and Pres
ident Bryan of the institution.
Just now this institution and Of
ficials are very much in the pub
lie eye owing to the fact that the
Post-Intelligincer has succeeded
in showing some rather peculiar
methods that have been used in
the conduct of the financial af-
fairs of the school. Already the
legislative investigating commit
tee has turned its attention to
the affairs of that school, and it
is said on good authority that a
most deplorable state of affairs
will be exposed before it will have
completed its work. President
BRYAN ia said to be a most eStl-
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-05-28

mable man and there those in Seattle who believe
that not only he has done nothing for which he will be
censured but that he has not permitted any of his sub
bordnates to do anything that will call for any censure
from the legislative committee all of which may be
true but if the figures shown up by the morning paper
be but partially true awfully careless and lax sys-
tenn has been permitted to go from to year at
the school and the caressnss may have cost the state
MANY thousands of dollars Judgment, however,
should be Withheld until thorough investigation has
been made and the correct facts given to the public
By all means however let the searchght of the law be
turned on that the mnutest detail may be carefully
looked into
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-07
JlM1lOWN NAN SEES THINGS
Takes Trip Through Country and Says
Conditions Are Fine - Barley is
the Only Crop That Seems TO be
Turning Out Light at the Thresh-
ing Machines. .24 p

Jamestown, Sept. Oh. A. Shaver
has returned from Montpelier and
Ypsilanti where he reports the heav.
lest yield of grain yet announced this
season. ! -. = -. =. 4 .5..@.
: On the Jules Wilmart farm, near
Montpelier, one field of, oats gave q
total yield within one bushel Of ar.
eraging - bushels per acre. Wheat
on the, same farm yielded % bushels
per acre while on another farm be,
longing to- MI. Wilmart, and near
by, macoroni wheat went 81 bushels
per acre. ,+
e Ali grain in that part Of the county
seems to be yielding very we'll with
the exception of barley: which Is not
running heavy and is disappointing.
Mr.. Shaver says he knows the land
in question very well, having plough
ed 1t himself some twenty years ago
and when the land was not believed
capable of much besides pasture. In
those days land that is now held at
$50 an acre, could have been secured
at the rate Of $500 per quarter Sec
ton. There are many here today
whose wealth has been secured in
this way.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-07
nFTTINGER REPORTS RESULTS
Threshing Has Started and Some
Fine Yields Are Reported - There
Are No Reports Of Failures or Small
Yields - Durum Seems to 1e Max
ing Good Record.

Hettinger, Sept. 6.--There has been
considerable threshing done during
the week and following are the
yields in bushels thus far reported to
the Record: 5-,.I.
Warner Kansas City-Wheat 20,
oats 40, barley rs. Mr.. Warner had
suffered some from hail, having been
allowed sfx per cent on wheat and IL
per cent on barley by the insurance
company early in the season. w,a
,. N. Warner, Kansas. City-Oats
SO, wheat 1s, speltz 80, fax IA. The
wheat crop ION this place also had
been slightly damaged by hail. I'D !;
q Norman Burnson, :, Hettinger--
Wheat 81. barley. 40, oats So. III !
q. r. Bamsey, Hettinger-o Oats 50.
HyGoplin Brothers. Hettinger
Wheat 81, oats a..
" M. Carlson. Hettinger-Flax III,
durum Is to SO varying on different.
tracts. Durum on, old ground went
SO bushels. Mr.. Carlson's crop from
so acres sold for 81, 403.35. r. Il. sS Sa&@s
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-07
THE LAST LINKS.

The game law ID "up" today-to
use the vernacular of the hunting
fields. It is 81 week later than, the
ordinary opening OF the game season,
and the game experts tell us the
birds are strong fiers and we'll able
to take care Of themselves. and that
the hunter who gets the limit 81
birds will have To earn them. III III
hoped this + true, and that not too
many of them have been killed be-
fore the opening ofsthe season. The
prairie chicken is an odd fowlhe
manages to live with man, la some
thing Of peace and comfort, except
ct the certain season Of the year
when every man with 4 gun is his
enemy. Yet he IS not unforgiving.
nor does he take his habitation else
where. For another season finds
the birds breeding again ID the same
vicinity, raising new broods to be
killed, and getting the best they can.
ont Of life, from a wild birds point
of view.
Ordinarily. the advent Of ciyiliza-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-07
OATS ARE, GOOD
Hon. J. J. Irwin Will Start Grocery
Store at Wilton - Former Walsh
County Man Will Try His Luck in
the West - Good Oats Yield From
GhIyin Farm. ........5 -,

Wilton, Sept. ;6.--Last spring Oscar
Backman seeded three pecks of the
Roosevelt variety of. oats and this
week from that seeding threshed out
tifty-five bushels Of oats Of good color
which weigh over 40, pounds per
bushel. Mr.. Backman's wheat turn:
ed out over Is bushels per acre.
Eric Ghylin, a prosperous farmer
east of town, was a pleasant caller
at the News Office this week. Mr..
Ghylin has just finished his harvest
and threshing and is more than sat
isfied with his years labor. He got
18 bushels of wheat to the acre and
threshed 1898 bushels Of grain. y
Hon J. J. Irwin, the gentleman
who has recently purchased proper
ty on Dakota avenue and will estab-
lish a grocery store. is member
OF the North Dakota legislature,
having been elected to the senate
last year. from the Third district
western Walsh county. Mr.. Irwin
is democrat though elected from a
strong republican district. His for
mer home was Park River. ~.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-07
=!
SEA MONSTERS OF Old.
The Marine Monster = That Was
'"' THOUGHT 70 Cause Tidal Waves.

Tho Marine Monster = That Was
Thought to Cause Tidal %Waves.
The kraken was one Of the sea mon
sters of old. and II all the stories told
about its wondrous size and doings
are true 1t oyershadowed the serpent
as much as the latter does the common
garter snake An old writer says that
this marine giant caused tidal waves
by swallowing goodly' part Of the
waters Of the ocean and then belching
them out again. He also makes men,
ton of the fact that its gigantic horny
beak was often mistaken for mountain
peaks suddenly showed into sight by
the internal commissions Of the earth.
Bishop Pontoppidan, truthful mem
bel. OF the, Copenhagen ~Royal academy,
is much more conservative in his esti-
mates Of its size, giving it as his opin-
ion that they were seldom found more
than 1.-The half Of an Italian mile in
length and not larger in diameter than
the cathedral at The Hague"
he also says that its body was fire.
quently mistaken by sailors for an
island. $50 that people landed upon It
and were engulfed in maelstrom of
water when the creature sank to its
hidden ocean dem" Other authorities.
testify that Its beak from the eyes to
the point "was longer than the main
mast OF a man-of-war." n.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-07
,BARRUM's ! METHODS.
The Snowman Always on She Alert 'tEr.
>ai2 14@@. Eor an Advertisemes1t. "a y

The Snowman Always on \ ths SAt tr'
'"52 ''ssa For al Advertisements. y
$3.50 One morning the newspape an !
n.ounced that grave fears were enter
tanned for the safety Of an agent OF
Barnum,s big show who had gone to
Africa to- seek attractions for it In
their native lairs. News had come. 1t
was said, that he had last been heard
from III q lpredicament from which es:
cape was practically impossible. It
vas a very sad piece Of business alto
gether. ..'''- .'E'
Mr.. Barnum. was at hotel in New
York city at the time, and there
a relative of the: unfortunate agent
FOUND him entertaining q. squad Of re-
porters with most interesting version
Of the African tragedy. The caller
knew, his man and waited patiently
until the interviewers had departed.
Then be anxiously asked for news.
.Oh. don't be Worried" said the
show man. 1--WE just got intelligence;
that he's safe and sound and will De
back here In a few weeks" .e,&&
, "But he has great many friends
here" objected the visitor, land this
report of his death will cause them
much sorrow" - =" r.
Mr.. Barnum looked solemn for an
instant. and then he chuckled. SWELL"
he exclaimed cheerfully, lust think
of this-they'll be all the happier when
he cots, hack here alive" =, j
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-07
PARENTS DESERT SON. I

A 14.year-old boy was put.ofl the
train here last -night and the train
men stated that be- had got aboard
at Fargo and stated that his parents
we're IN Bismarck and that he had
mot heard from them sor some TINE
and twas without q home in the Gate
City The boy said his name was
McPeak and that his father was al
detective and had come III Bismarck,
to do some work. The little fellow
had not heard from his parents and
thought his mother was also here
and came out to find them. He WAS
taken in hand by Policeman MARITIME
son last evening and given a good feed
and then put To bed In the 500 hotel
and an Investigation OF his story will
be made today. 1t was learned last
evening that HID parents had been In
the city Tuesday evening but no trace
Of them could he found at this time.
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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-07
The SEWING Machine.

The invention Of the sewing ma
chine Is one of the, most interesting
evolutionary romances In the history
Of human progress. Stone. Henderson
and Greenough had experimental en-
with the double pincher idea,
one: to seize the needle below and one
above. Heilmann used double point
Cd needle; with the eye in the center,
and Thimmonier and Ferrand had In
vented a chain stitch machine. In
1884 Walter Hunt originated the e.
tension arm idea with q needle similar
to the one. now In general use. but be-
fore he applied for his patent in 1854
he had been forestalled BY Elias Howe.
who will always be known as the in
ventors OF the sewing machine. II
Hunt had not been 80 great q laggnrd
he might have won fame as an in
ventor. but Howe Is entitled to all the
credit that has been given him: Like
all great inventions. however, the sew
Ing machine was the product Of many
York Tribune. ~ - 80.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-07
MANY WARD COUNTY CASES
Murderer Noah VIII, Make AppeaI to
Supreme Court Efforts Of His
Brother Wha Was Here. Last Year
Are About to, Bear Fruit - koat,
Has Letter Writing Habit.

Minot, Sept. 6.-Ward county will
be we'll represented on the supreme
court calendar this fall SO far as
criminal cases are concerned. With
the extraordinary large number of
cases which come up each term in
the district and county court there
are always some that will be !ap-
pealed from the ~ruling of the court.
T. One Of the. most interesting to
Ward county people is that of State
VS.. Robert s. Noah. Attorney Dewitt
of Wahpeton, who with his partner
Mr.. Purcell, are handling the case
for Noah is expected in the city
to settle on the statement of the
case with States Attorney Nash.
The Noah case is the one In which
the defendant is charged with the
brutal murder Of Gus. johnson, the
aged Kenmare farmer. Noah since
his imprisonment in the penitentiary
has been an eccentric prisoner.
Many OF his letters to Judge; Muir
ray Of this city have been published
and. his vagaries have been most
amusing. Noah was sentenced to be
hung last October and the appeal
was taken but few days before the
time for the execution. Noah's
brother, who Is United States mar.
inc, was in the city last year and IT
has been through his efforts that. the
attorneys will fight the case. Noah
pleaded guilty in district court, but
IS appealing on an alleged error of
the. courts In its Instructions to the
jury when they passed on the SEN
tence. I,$ 3s.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-07
Throwing the Shes

The peasants Of southern France
have the credit of, originating the Ia
miliar custom Of throwing an old shoe
after the newly welded pair. It was.
moreover, the rejected sutton who first
made 1t popular. The peasant bride III
conducted by her friends to her new
home. while the young husband Is
made to halt a couple of hundred
yards from the house. II there issa
rejected sutton, he then arms himself
with an old wooden shoe and filings II.
with his best aim. Mt the, bridegroom
as he makes a dash for the house.
When the shoe Is thrown 1t is under
stood that the last feeling OF Ill will
has been fiung away with Ii. s2,