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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-02-11
THE MAYoRALTY SITUATIONS

!. With matters in regard to the coming
mayoralty contest still greatly up in
the air, 1t will be we'll for the partisans
of all prospective or declared candid
ates to remember one thing that dur
Ing the past six months the business
men of the city have stood together
better than ever before in our history,
when a movement for the advancement
Of Devils Lake has been on foot. That
spirit of union and cooperation is the
most important factor In the growth OF
Devils Lake during the next few years:
If tits preserved and strengthened and
made moro effective through a
thoroughgoing commercial club organ
ization it will surprise even the most
sangufne ones. ~ e. $780,.
II there is to be a fight, let it be a
fair one and hard one II necessary.
but when ills done let It be. done, The
man%who loses, but comes right along
and boosts just the: same, ID pretty
good type of citizen. :.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-02-11
A WAY TO HELP,

Before ten years will have elapsed
this section of North Dakota will be
fattening thousands of cattle on North
Dakota grown corn. That industry
will have become an important, almost
an-important, factor in our prosperity,
It will mean higher-priced land, more
people per square mile, better improve.
ments and last but not least steadily
renewed fertility of soil. It will mean
a certainty of revenue each year that
cannot be obtained under present con.
ditions, prosperous as they are and
yielding big returns. 1t will mean
wealth to every owner of a foot OF
land in North Daota. North Dakota
will probably never raise the quality
of corn grown in Illinois, but that does
not alter the fact that North Dakota
will raise corn of a quality which will
fatten cattle, and which will ultimately
add one hundred per cent in value to
the highest-priced wheat lands we have
today. :, Gr' ~ A.
Every farmer who encourages the
growing of corn; who experiments with
the acclimatization of the most pro
ductice varieties, who starts in, mol
next year or the year after, to follow
the movement, but THIS YEAR to lead
the movement, is doing his state and
his pocketbook the greatest service he
can do.
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whose doors it comes means its own
Eprosperity and SUCCESS. g. :

whose doors It comes means Its own
prosperity and success. E-E.r.
Politically. the 1nter-Ocean will be
an independent republican newspaper,
under obligations to no party or fac
ton within the republican ranks its
purpose will be to promote party unity
behind honest principles and honest
leaders. It will support the policies,
which Roosevelt introduced, and which
President Taft lis: advancing, :: with
whatever ability and earnestness it's
editorial force may have. Locally, It
is of the opinion that both North Da-
kota and Ramsey county are normally
republican, that thee republican .vot-
ers in the primaries can and will
choose worthy ticket for the fall
campaign, when the Inter-Ocean hopes
to assist in returning both county and
state to full republican administra-
ton.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-02-11
TAXES WENT DOWN,

Said DR.. L. G. Davenport, when
Prof. Aaker was elected mayor 'of
Moorhead my taxes were $685.; this
year they were $s.7o. Wen. but you
cannot give Aaker credit for what has
been done since he was mayor. Not
exactly, but he radically changed the
policy, Of the city, started the admin
stration Of affairs along different lines,
showed the superiority of q good, clean
administration and demonstrated "a
people their power ii they took a Arm
hand in the. affairs Of the city Prof
Aaker Is now Republican candidate fol
governor ss 81, ! .st 4 ] = 4. ss=, +,
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WILL NOT BE A CANDIDATE.

wish to announce to the friends and
business associates and the citizens
that have urged me to be candidate
for mayor that after a very careful
canvass Of the situation find that it
would be mistake for me to run for
the Office. l could not be the unani-
nous choice of our citizens
The principal objection find Is that
I have been too successful In business,
too prominent in the upbuilding of our
city and to confer upon me the honor
Eof mayor would in some way give me
an advantage in the business world
Also that my ideas of a good clean
business administration and the en-
forcement of the laws of the state and
our city do not meet with the approval
of those that believe in tho wide open
policy as the best upon which to build
our city successfully
/ I am sure you can find candidate
that will be acceptable to all factions
a man that will conduct the affairs Of
the city in creditable manner and we
will avoid any heated campaign ant
hard feeling.
! 1t is only in the past few years tina
we have been able to pull together 70
> the betterment Of our city and it woul'
be a great mistake at this time to d
anything to stop the progress an
j, growth of our city. Harmony and goo
, fellowship Is what we want and all pu
D together for the upbuilding of Devil
Lake. We are envied by every city
= the state on account of the wonderf,
= progress we are making and we mus
stay together and continue to work fl
greater Devils Lake. I will alway
y do my share, and I ask for no honol
3 whatever.
y Very Truly Yours,
r. Fred P. Mann.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-02-11

Really isn't II about time the repub-
leans got together and quit throwing
things 70 the democrats. whose only
hope Tor success Is in the strife In the
republican ranks? Itwould seem that
when they take into consideration that
through the factional differences in
the republican party we have demo.
cratic 2. =. senator, . demo cratic gov w
4 er r and through him democrats iii
all the PRINCIPAL appointive ofiices iii
the state, the republicans would see
the folly of q scrap Al their own ranks,
and gst down TO business
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-02-11

CIV. Nc lure, the! railway z. M. c..
A. evangelist, states that he owes his
reformation to his good wife. Up to
the time OF his marriage he says he
was something of an undesirable citi-
zen. given to booze and other. sinful
practices but when he !. married his
wife soon reformed him, That may
sound all right in a revival meeting
but id actual practice 1t is q danger
GUS doctrine. 6 There are thousands OF
women over this country who mar
'ried men in order to reform them but
wrecks streWn along life,s pathway be-
cause sof the impracti ableness OF the
venture The fellow who does not Re.
form before marriage seldom does az
forwards. Bro. Mcclure is an excep.
ton and he ought NOT to magnify his
case5fn the presence OF girls who are
ready to go into the reforming bust,
ness upon the slightest proyocation.
The only safe way IS to marry man
who does not need reforming The
other day m 9 court room not a thous.
and miles from here q sad eyed won.
an, with three little children BIZ her
side, was trying I'd obtain q divorce.
One of the strong points that she was
| depending upon to give her freedom
was The charge that her husband was
q drunkard The Judge asked her II
| her husband drank before their mar
i riage and she said lie did The Judge
asked her if she WIS aware off that
fact when she married him and she
said she was. hen thero ii no re.
| lief for YOU I'll ! this court, Z ana the
poor woman With 4 crushed and bleed.
ling heart returned % her lonely hovel
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-02-11
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.

Notice has been mailed to all sub,
scribers OF the Inter- Ocean, who are
in arrears. the statement being, made
out IN advance. We are thus giving;
all. our old subscribers chance along
with the new ones whom we are rap
idly adding to our list to get their
paper paid up in, advance before
; March LIST. 49, 49,.
Owing to the advancing price of ev-
erything that goes into the makeup of
newspaper, we can no longer give
the paid in advance subscriber the
rate of $1.0O year, and on and after
March list, all subscription to the In.
ter-Ocean will be charged at the rate
OF $3.50 year.. This will include
both old and new subscribers. OF
course those who are paid in advance
Will receive their paper to the end OF
term for which it is paid at the dollar
rate, and If you pay up between now
and that time your subscription will
be advanced for the period you pay al
the rate Of s1.00 a year.
The coming year promises to devel
op one of the hottest political cam
paigns ever known in North Dakota
You will want to keep posted on wha
is doing; you will want to know VIVA
the real issues are. The InterOcea1
will fill the bill. Send your suhscrip
/; ton to this Office before March first
and get In on the s1.oo a year rate.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-02-11
"oPPoRTUNilT.l-'Y,.N

Over the desk Of the foremost Amer
lean Of recent times, during the years
Of his strenuous lahore III public life, !
there hung q facsimile of a certain
poem mot a long poem, but great in
Its incisiveness and Illuminating many
pages of the life Of the man. The
name of the poem was Opportunity"
The great American, Theodore Roose-
welt has often been called. an "oppor,
tunist," the word being used to imply
that his public acts were prompted by
policy rather than conviction. Today
that opinion is quickly and surely veer--S
ing around till the splendid service and:
courage of the man are being recog-
nized in quarters that were most hos.
tile during the period Of his public
service. ~ c.'.%35! &ss51 .. ,z*E:7tS$., =
Roosevelt was an "Opportunist"' In
the better and truer sense Of the word,
In the sense that we should all be
ftOpportunists'' and we submit the fol-
lowing as an interesting sidelight on
the career of the Weilder Of the Big
Stick: " ,s@3E t;7ES.Ef5AAi =. !. !. ,5
Gs: OPPORTUNITY" = Is :; ~
Master of human destinies am I, %l:4<
| Fame, love and fortune on my foot
steps walt ':',''8 -t5s's~ Z. .EtI. I'D 4
Cities and Fields walk. penetrate:
| Deserts and seas remote, and passing
by 's'<s7 s'$f r, E7' - 'a ,es'+RsSssstEE
Howell and mart and palace, soon or
late 50 2s''z@ y 5''t*.s7 ~ "a
4 {, knock unbidden once at every gate!
II sleeping, wake: If. feasting rise be
| fore - 's>ss, 80 g ~ SO -s>sll,*'77
] turn away, It is the hour Of fate, ::
And they who follow me reach every
/ Ks inAotn L%4% ,f~&S4t 4?tsE-'eE g.
I Mortals desire, and conquer every foe
Save death: but those who doubt or
s.:...@ hesitate wy s7E..*s= '73%7 '5!.'' =, I.
Condemned to failure, perjury and woe
Z Seek me in vain and uselessly i'm
! ! s. plore ~ ~ '''4s :::%';;is'
II answer not, and return no more!
Ss3$; 80 -Jno J. Ingalls,.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-02-11

That Vikings heat Columbus to Am
erica's shores looks more plausible as
result Of arguments to the Chicago
Historical Society. The "rpne stone"
which was discovered recently at Ken
sington, Mimi, and Immediately hailed
as proof that the. vikings had visited
the interior ofithe North American con-
ainent centuries before Columbus cross
ed the ocean. this theory being immedi-
atelyS assailed as a fake, has been up
.neld before the Historical Society by
Professor. Hjalmar r. Holland, of
Ephraim, Wis, a student of viking
lore and runic Inscriptions. In his lee.
:ture before the society Professor Hol.
and translated the runio Inscriptions
on the stone as follows: Eight Goths
and twenty-five Norwegians on voy.
age OF discovery from Vinland Of the
west We had q camp at two islets,
tone days journey north from this
stone. We were out fishing one day
and when we returned we found ten
men red with blood and dead. A. ". M
Save us from evil. We have ten men
at the sea to slok after our ship forty,
one days Journey from this island
Year 1862" The stone was found not
far from the Mississippi and il held by
Prof. Holland as proof that the Morse,
men pushed their way up over the
water courses halfway across the con.
,,tinent. TT is known" said Prof. Hol.
and In concluding his arguments in
favor Of the authenticity Of the record,
that an expedition Of Nofwegians
was n American A ne waters about the year
1880. t5.,,,. ,,.:s..s & Mi. &
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-02-11

State Bank Examiner Oliver Knutsan
one of Governor Burke's democratic
appotntees haa made quite an en-
v1able record in the failure of the Peo-
pies State Bank at Lakota. He check
ed up the bank in December and in
less than two months they failed SOL,
ooo. Was the examiner appointed
through fitness or political pull. IS
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-02-11

A number Of farmers down In Mis-
souri, have started boycott. They
have agreed not to sell any hogs. cat
tie, poultry, butter or eggs for sixty
days, beginning February LIST. Their
action Is a protest against the state
ments of large packing house interests
that the farmer and stock man is res
ponsible for the high prices of food
SUITS. A letter will be sent to all far
mers' associations in the United States
requesting them TO withhold their pro
ducts from the market, :.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-02-11
ANNOUNCEMENT,

With this issue of the Inter-Oceap
the new management makes formal
announcement to its patrons of change
In the control and management of the
anter-Ocean Publishing Co. In future
THE control of the paper will rest with
ID. V. Brennan and c.. D. Mills, who
Will have active charge of the business
Affairs of the paper, and a number of
prominent Ramsey county business
men, who have become stockholders
HOT the purpose of making the concern
an aggressive republican paper as we'll
Is .sudcsssfh business venture. From
the many hundreds Of patrons and sub
scribers of the Inter-Ocean the new
management bespeaks the same sup
port and continued patronage which
nave been so literally given in the
past.
The entry of new blood into the
management of the 1nter-Ocean has
come about solely through belief
an the business possibilities Of an up
ao-dat' newspaper in the best county ii
North Dakota. The next five years IL
Ramsey county loom large with theil
promise OF business prosperity and in
creased property values. 1t is will
these things that the Inter-Ocean in
ttends to be identified and to lend it
voice toward their advancement.
progressive advertising and persisten
writing of the virtues of Ramsey cou1
ay soil, the prosperity Of Ramse
! county farmers, and the commerce.
successes of our city, can aid in tn
7upbuilding of this section, then tn
Hnter-Ocean will put its shoulder
Ea Fthe wheel and do it's part in rain an
sunshine to bring to Ramsey count
tthe advancement which it so rich
warrants and deserves. If there is
a. project which will benefit Ramse
> county, commercially, educationaliy,
~ MI an any other way, the Inter-Ocean wi
u feel responsible for it's aggressive su
## Iport and commentator. At all tim,
sand in all places it will bear in mil
tthat the prosperity of the people
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-02-11

to bear her self-imposed burdens as
best she could. Girls, see to it that the
young man that asks for your hand in
marriage and the keeping OF your fu-
ture peace and happiness does not
need. reforming. It will save many
a heart,ache. ,.' s.. ~ =
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-02-11
CONGRESS AS SHE Is,

To the average man, whose ideas of
the conduct Of business in the House
of Representatives are tinged with awe
and respect, the following brief descrip-
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-02-11

The government depends upon the.
newspapers for every article Of infor-
nation that the public ID to receive
touching the approaching census.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-02-11
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

wish to announce my candidacy for
representative for Ramsey county. and
respectfully solicit the support Of all
the republican voters in securing the
nomination at the primary election.
Norman Morrison
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-02-11
Po1.1T1oAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

: Notices under this head. not to ex-
seed one and one-half inches in length
will be published until the June primar-
aes for $500 payable in advance.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-02-11
REPORT OF THE CONDITION or
. The Pam state Bank

- u AT PENN N. d. s. IA .:: On
In the State Of North Dakota at the close 81
T. buainess Jan. 81. 1910. 49,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-02

largely Of the shirker or the kicker.
We copy in full the spiel this secre-
tary sends out TO the Shriners Of
South Carolina, and endorse 1t a..
good stuff" applicable to any and
all organizations:
The great American citizenship
who stay at home on election days
and then kick at the choice made at
the polls are duplicated by the bunch
In fraternal organizations who hug
the hot fireplace on cold nights and
growl at the ring"
Did you ever stop to figure what
makes a ring?
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-02

The men who do the work, who
visit the sick, who trot around town
on committees who arrange the
stunts for you to split your sides with
laughter, who dig down deep when
occasion demands 1t and. who always
respond to the cry for help either
mental. physical, or financial.
That's the ring-more power to
them
And II there are any Of the actions
OF the ring that you don't approve
OF. turn in and Line EN-" You'll
find 1t mighty easy II you don't shirk
the hard work and the slippery
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-02

when Mr.. Phelps alighted from the
train in Coalinga. The gentleman
was the possessor Of twenty-three
simoleons. The magic twenty-three
did not disturb him. He was the
proud owner of million dollars
worth Of grit and nerve and energy.
and with these as his capital stock,
he entered the game.
In short time he began to
amount to something. He did things,
and that was what the people liked.
Soon they began to take notice and
then they sat up, and they have been
sitting up ever since, for Zed Phelps
has succeeded, and has succeeded be-
yond what he ever dreamed.
He told the Times that when he
takes his departure from Coalinga
soon after the first of 1910 enters
upon the cycle Of years. he will be
the possessor OF not less than a
quarter Of million dollars. At pres
ent. it is his intention to take a short
vacation at San Francisco and then
go to Old Mexico, where he will try
the game again.
The San Francisco Evening Post
has this to say about Coalinga:
"The dividend statement for March
rests on the law Of supply and demand.
1 believe the oil industry is still in its
infancy, and that probably new
crop Of millionaires will be made. The
extent Of the fields promise an increas.
ed production, but the market de-
mand is growing even faster than the
production.
The building up Of improved oil
fields in this state has been accom-
plished after years of effort and the
expenditure of vast sums.
Il believe that Coalinga is prob
ably the greatest of our oil fields and
ranks as perhaps the greatest in the
world. At any rate, it is the great
est from the standpoint of production.
and the permanency of the field is
firmly established.
1T is stated by the United States
Geological Survey that there are ap-
proximately three billion barrels of
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-02
Are You "In the Ring"

Above Is a facetious query pro-
pounded by the secretary of the
Shriners' organization in South Car
olina. Evidently ne is a close stu
dent Of human nature. So often we
hear the cry Of a ring" and almost
invariably tho cry comes from one on
the outside whose characteristics are
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-02
Spares His Trousers.

The Hartwell Sun says: Here's a
record to be proud Of. Mr.. Joel
Blackwell, Of Abbeville county, South
Carolina, is 80 years old and boasts
that he has never owned an umbrel-
la, or worn out the seat of a pair of
pants" Pray be seated. Mr.. Black
we'll, we know you must be tired
standing 30 long.-Lavonia Standard
Gauge.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-02

places.
You're not tongue-tied and you
have the privilege Of bowling, but un-
less you're willing to get on the band
wagon and 10 your share of the
pushing don't yell at the ones who
are.
Join the ring-the bigger It is, the
better the temple will be-and there's
always room for one more.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-02

oil in the sands underlying the Coz
linSa field. Since this statement was
made considerable new territory has
been proved. 1t is estimated that at
the present rate of drilling it will
take over 100 years to drill up the
territory already proven.
"At the present production Of Goa
linga Of 100000 barrels a month, IT
would take 800 years to use all the
supply, estimating that it could be all
reached by the wells"
The above k only one Of many
views which could be presented to
you. Coalinga today is the most
wonderful oil field ever developed In
this country. Many are the million
aires being made by this one field.
Don't you wish to be one Of them?
OF course that is very nearly impos-
sibls. but you can make more money
when you consider the amount invest
ed, than you ever made before or will
have an opportunity of making again.
How? you ask.
Why, by investing your money in
the California National Crude Oil
Company. a Company which owns
thousands Of acres Of land in this
wonderful Coalinga district. We be-
lieve this Company will be one of the
largest oil producers in the state with
in the next year. The dividends
should be large. OF course 1t is alb
solutely impossible to state the exact
amount but We know this: There
are larger capitalized companies than
this operating on considerably less
ground, that are paying per cent
per month on par. Can you figure
out what our possibilities are? They
are bound to be enormous. The stock
is now selling at 80 cents per share
There is no telling when the price
will rise. 1t has advanced 100 per
cent within two months.
Now, don't you think it a good in
vestment? OF course you do. Fill
out the attached subscription blank
and mail today.
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masses, who Of necessity must use
humber methods Of travel.
VIDETTE.
Sumter. s. c.. June 2S, 1910.