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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-02-16
OUR LEGISLATORS STILL BUSY

S. B. 246- Plain, preventing the carry
ing and use of fire arms by minor child
rem under the age of 16 years. State
affairs.
s. B. l23-Plain, validating certain
mortgages and contracts. Judiciary.
.B. No. 175- Moen, regarding proof
of planting OF trees. Agricultural.
HI. b 296 Boyd, establishing and de-
iping practice before committing
magistrate with reference to admission
and exclusion Of evidence. Judiciary.
S. B. 279-McLean, providing that
the counties Of the state may adopt a
uniform text book system. Educational.
"a. B. 228 Boyd, prohibiting the
operation Of moving picture shows or.
theatrical performances on Sunday.
Ways and means.
H. B. 32S% Mosn, o. Cavalier, prohibit-
ing killing ofmuskrats between April 10
and Nov. IS; fox or badger. aMarch Land
Nov. 10; skunks, March !, md Oct. /.
"A. B. 325 Moritz,apprcpriati % 600
for p. g. johnson for services as as
sistant attorney general IN prosecuting
blind pig cases. Appropriations
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-02-16
HAMILTON WINS CASE.
Judge Kneeshaw Dismisses Contest
Brought by Jos. Power Against
Auditor Hamilton.

The election contest case of Power VS..
Hamilton, in which Joseph Power con-
tested the reelection of County Auditor
j. K. Hamilton, came up for trial in dis
trict court before Judge Kneeshaw last
Thursday noon continuing until the
afternoon of the next day when the case
brought by the contestant was dismissed
The case attracted fair sized crowd
OF spectators throughout and quite a
number of witesses had been subpoened
in support of the contest but we're not
put on the stand. BY agreement between
counsel that portion of the complaint re-
ferring to illegal voting in the precincts
OF Langdon, Elgin, Mt. Carmel, Water
loo townships and Milton village were
we're stricken out of the complaint, the
case Of the contestant Power, when 1t
came up for trial rested solely upon the
illegality of the vote cast IN the First and
Second wards of the City of the Lang
don owing to the registration of the
voters. The case from this point hinged
on the question of whether the afidavlts
used by the voters of these two wards
took the place of the irreglarity of nom
registration. Quite lengthy argument
by opposing counsel followed, much
time also being taken up with the citing
of similar cases from supreme court re-
ports of other states. Hamllton's ma
jority as returned by the county canvas
sing board was 81 votes and the throw
Ing out Of the votes of the First and
Second wards of the City of Langdon
would change the result SO that Power
would have majority of votes over
Hamilton, Attorneys w. A Mcintyre &
Geo. M. Price appeared as counsel for
, the contestant P.wer. The case of Co.
Auditor Hamilton being look after in an
able manner by Attorneys Cleary &
Dickson The contestant has not as yet
r stated if any appeal will be taken from
+ Judge Kneeshaw's decision.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-02-16

it referred to the committee on In
that he believed the killing of Sitting
Bull was more in the nature of mur-
der than of heroism and he wanted
the committee to look we'll into the
facts before passing the resolution
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New interest has been aroused in
the movement for congressional reap
portionment with the announcement
that the house had passed the Crum-
packer bill, providing for an additional
congressman for North Dakota. The
legislature, should they act favorably
on the house bill, will once more be
thrown into a hot fight oyer the ,di-
vision question, question that has
lain dormant since the Republican
caucus in Washington at which the
agreement to retain the present mem
bership was reached, under which the
state would not have been entitled to
another congressman.
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The sheriffs' fee bill, providing that
sheriffs should be allowed fee Of 81
for making returns on uncollectable
personal property taxes, was killed in
the senate after hard fight. The bill
killed was fathered by the judiciary
committee of the senate and it is SINH
lar in it's provisions to the Lee bill
that was before the house week ago.
Senator Welch's bill dealing with
compulsory attendance Of certain chill.
dren at government schools was recon
sidered by the house after bitter
fight The bill had on the day previous
been voted down, but with the recon
sideration it is now in the hands OF
the educational committee again.
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A concurrent resolution calling FOL
the compiling and printing Of a new
code is before the, legislature, having
passed the house. The state is at the
present time out of printed codes and
only few are in existence to be sup
piled to the public. J. W. FOLEY.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-02-16
'''912 4'2 County.

Ice is being shipped into Munich by
the carload.
The Munich band is doing some
practicing lately.
Peter Mcintosh Of Byron expects to
move to Sarles the coming summer.
The salary of rural carriers will be in
creased about ten per cent, commencing
July l, 1911.
This warm weather is change from
that we have been getting the past six
weeks-huh!
The wife of Frank Chaser, the Osna-
brock meat market man, is seriously ill
with appendicitis.
Sam Armstrong of Sarles visited at
Langdon with his sister. Mrs. Brown,
few days last week.
The men of the Methodist church
at Hannah will give supper on St. Pat
rick's day, March II.
| People living along the Pembina
should prepare for high water in the
lspring-the mountain gullies are full of
snow and ice.
Word has just been received from Dr.
Mcmahon that he has completed all ar.
rangements to move to Sarles and OK
poets to be here about the first of March
|
Rudolph Holman, formerly engaged
in the matchmaking and jewelry busi
ness at OSnahrnck, has thriving estah
lishment OF he same kind at Thief Rive
Falls, Mimi.
Osnabrock added one more to Its lis
of lodges last week by instltuting lodg
of the M. o. A. order. About twent
Orientals from Milton we're on hand t
take part in the inltiatory work.
Miss Annie Reid, who has been assis,
ing for some time in the Boyd depart
: ment store at Langdon during thei
n sale, returned last week for brief Wis
It with her sister, Mrs. Jas. Moffatt, on til
e town line west.~-Hannah Moon.
r The grim reaper, Death, passe
q through Osnabrock and gathered to b
g reward another of the pioneers, whe
James Ward departed this life at 200
m. Monday, Feb. 4th, age 81 years. H
n death was not unexpected as he ha
D. been i'll for several months, still bis pa
II sing away is a great shock to his man
u, friends, and the sorrowing relatives ha,
y, the sincere sympathy of the entire con
=, munity in this. their hour of bereav
,e ment. Deceased was born in Ayreshir
IL Scotland, settling when young man,
Is Canada and came here from Guelph Or
N % years ago. He leaves a widow, tv
le sons, and three daughters, and thr
a. brothers. The two eldest daughte
le live at Rocanville, Sask, the 9th
70 children are at home.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-02-16
lM!p!EACHME OF
JUDGE COWAN
Probe Resolution Causes Sen
sation at Bismarck.
!. VERY PROMINENT IN STATE.
Charges Against Devils Lake Jurist A.
Iege Personal and Official
Misconduct.

Bismarck, Feb. 13.-Resolutions look
dng to the impeachment of John f.
Cowan, district judge of the Devils
lake district, were introduced in the
house OF representative by Represen-
stative A. A. Davis Of Grand Forks
county and were the political sensa-
ton of the week. The fact that an ef-
Fort would be made to begin such pro-
ceedings has been noised about for a
week or ten days and Attorney Guy
Divet of Wahpeton has, approached
several members of the house judiciary
committee with statement of facts
that the complainants against Judge
CoWan would undertake to prove if
impeachment proceedings should be
voted by the house. Attorney Divet.
represents the complainants in the
case, whose identity has not been
made public, but is said to include
number of citizens Of Devils Lake and
the judicial district over which Judge
Cowan presides. Judge Cowan has al
ways been active in the politics of the
state and served for three terms as
attorney general. Retiring from that
position he was elected district Judge
on the advancement of Judge Morgan.
to the supreme bench, defeating John
Burke, the present governor of the
state, who was the Democratic candi-
date for the place. Cowan is one of
the strongest campaigners in the state
and notwithstanding the fact that
charges Of arbitrary conduct and lack
of judicial temperament have been
brought against him at various times,
he has had the people of his district
with him at all times and has easily
defeated any candidate who was
brought against him. The charges
against Cowan in the present proceed
ings are of personal and official mis-
\ conduct and the resolution presented
Ito the house calls for the appointment
of a committee Of five members OF the
house to investigate the charges and
conduct the proceedings to eventuate
In a vote Of the house as to whether
impeachment proceedings shall be-
voted or not. Cowan is q pretty lively
i fighter and the chances are that the
proposed edings will not 60 un,
contested. The test vote in the heuse
\ on a motion to reconsider the passage
Sof the resolutions was 80 for the pas.
sage Of the resolutions and 46 against,
!, 20 that the house So pretty evenly al.
yided. CoWan's friends claim the PRO.
4 =
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-02-16

ceedings are political and that, un-
able to depose Cowan by vote of the
people, an effort is being made to use
the legislature for the purpose of GUST
ing him from Office. Neither are the
factions of the Republicans at all
united in the matter. Some of the in
surgent leaders claim an effort is be-
ing made to make use of that faction
for the purpose of getting rid of Cow
an, and yet number of the insurgent
leaders are supporting Cowan in the
fight that is being made against him.
If the house finally votes impeach-
ment proceedings, which is not at all
certain, the case will go to the senate
for trial after the close of the regular
session.
The proposition to adjourn before
the end of the customary sixty days
has gone glimmering. The committees
of both houses are swamped with bills
and the end of the sixty days is only
three weeks away, and out of this
time comes several Sundays and holi-
days so that the legislative body has
only about fourteen working days left.
All of that time will be necessary to
dispose of the measures now before
the house, if no more are introduced,
and more are coming in every day. So
far little in the way of constructive
work has been accomplished Only
eight or ten bills have gone to the
governor, and none of the appropria-
stion bills has yet been disposed of.
The several investigating committees
have yet to report and this will take
part of the remaining time. Such i'm
portant matters as apportionment, ap.
preparations, election law revision,
educational legislation and other bills
of much interest have not yet come
out of the committees.
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by the senate. The matter has been
discussed back and forth since the
opening of the session and the hopes
of the suffragists have risen high only
to be dashed when the final vote was
taken in the senate. The suffrage bill
went to committee of the whole SEN
ate and was reported favorably, by a
tie vote of the senate, in which Lieu
tenant Governor Burdick cast the de-
Gliding vote in favor of suffrage. But
when the matter came on for passage
the suffragists were unable to muster
but one more vote, making total of
twenty-three, and the bill had twenty
FIVE votes against it. Steele of Rem
vile and Bessesen and Davis led the
fight for the suffragists, but were un-
able to line up the necessary twenty
five votes to pass the bill. Among, the
features of the debate on the suffrage
bM was the fact fnar an invitation was
extended to a womanMrs. Q. j. de
Lendrecie OF Fargoto address the
senate in behalf of the bill. The ad-
dress was made at the invitation OF
the senate on motion OF Senator L. A.
Simpson and Mrs. de Lendrecie made
an eloquent and earnest plea for the
passage Of the bill, but could not stem
the tide. The women OF the state are
hopeful and say they will keep up the
fight and that two years from now
there will be q harder nght than ever
for the pasaags M d suffrage bfll.
SThs committee to sinyssttsats ths
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-02-16

expenditures of the game and fish
board of the state has summoned
members Of the commission, speciai
game wardens and others to give tes-
timony as to the manner in which the
funds were expended and the pur-
poses of the expenditures. The COM
mittee Investigating the treasurer's
office and the'state auditing board has
also been busy and expects to make
reports in several days.
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A big insurance lobby and telephone
lobby has been besieging the legisla-
tive committees with reference to the
Trimble bill for the compulsory in
vestnaent of part of the premium re-
ceipts of life insurance companies in
the state and is vigorously opposing
the bill. 1t is claimed on the part Of
the companies that the passage of
this bill would drive the big line life
insurance companies out of the state,
as they could not make the invest
ments as directed by the bill. Sena-
tor Trfmble, on the other hand, main
tains that the lands of the state are
entirely safe as bases for investments
and that this attitude of the compa-
MES is a bluff. Two other bills that
are bringing many residents of the
state to the capitol are putting the
making of telephone and telegraph
rates into the hands of the railroad
commission and regulating the prices
to be paid by elevators for grain, with
view to preventing discrimination
between elevators
X i.
The special committee that was aD-
pointed to consider the question of
making repairs on the old capitol
building has reported. The majority
of the committee expresses itself in
favor of erecting new capitol, as
proposed by a bill now before the leg
islature. The opposite view is taken
by Senator James Kennedy of Fargo,
who believes that the financial and
crop conditions do not make this a
favorable time for the erection Of a
new capitol building. A special re.
port from the state land commission
er shows that there is something over
100000 in the permanent fund for
the erection of capitol building,
something like 100000 of contracts
for the purchase Of capitol lands,
which will mature in the next twenty
years, and 10000 acres of capitol land
remaining unsold This would give
around a million and half of dollars
for the purpose of erecting a new
building. when all the contracts ma.
ture and all of the lands are sold.
i. i. !.
Up to the present time About GOO
bills haSe been introduced in the two
houses. Passage of those bills favor.
ably reported from committees will be
rapid from now till the end of the ses
sion. There promises, however, to be
the usual congestion Of work in the
last few days.
An interesting debate resulted a few
days ago on the passage by the house
OF q concurrent resolution calling upon
Iscongresssto appropriate for medals fol
the survivors Of the Indian police who
killed Sitting Bull An the Indian up
rising Of twenty years ago. Senator
Simpson objected to the passage a
the sresOlMti0p by the DanatS and had
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-02-16

All those knowing themselves to be
indebted to the Langdon Farmers Ele-
vator Co, are requested to call and
settle their accounts at once; otherwise
they will be placed in other hands to
collect.
By Order of the Board of Directors:
LANGDoN FARMERS ELEVATOR Co.
ROBERT Work, Sec., Treas. 29-30
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-02-16
Notice of Teachers Examination.

An examination of applicants for
Teachers Certificates will be held at
Langdon and Munich on Friday and
Saturday, March 10th and 11th, 1911,
beginning at $50 a. m.
HELEN j. SULLIVAN,
Superintendent OF Schools.
Langdon. N. Oak February 13, 1911.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-02-16
Farmers Elevator Company

Langdon. N. Oak, February ID, 19l
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-02-16

IAl.'hs connitsee y sinysstisate ths
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-11-24
ORDER ISSUED IN
 THE yfCO CASE
ORDER ISSUED Judge Elliott Orders Will Vego fo Pa,
 His Wife $3O Month as Tenn pOrary AlimOny.

An order was issued yesterday in the Jefferson chancery court by Judge J. M. Elliott in the divorce case of Mrs. Fora vego against her husband, Will Vego, in which she is given $3O a month as temporary alimony, court costs and attorneys fees. The defend- ant is also ordered to pay the out standing debts on household goods held by his wife and he is restrained from disposlng of his interest in the Vego Pool and Billiard Hall and en- joined from disposing of any property he might have. The order was ask ed for by Mrs. Vego's attorneys, Sor- rells and Whitelaw, and the defendant is represented by Attorney T. G. Par ham. t'4
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-11-24

fly, but I tell them of my good friend, your Vegetable Compound, and that there will be .no5baelsaehe and bearing down pains for tker, if they will take it as have. lam scarcely ever with- out it in the house.
 l will say also that ]. think there is no better medicine to be found for young girls to build them up and make them strong and we'll. My eldest daughter has. taken. Lydia E. Pink hams Vegetable Compound for pain -4uf pcffodsS md irregularity, and it has always helpe her. q tan
 II am alwS5Q ready and willing to speak a good W9rd for the Lydia E. Pnkham's Remedies. I tell every one I meet that I owe naY health and hap piness to these wonderful medicines" !" Mrs. J. G. JOHNSON, Scottville. Mich.. RED. 8. .s...,...,
 Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- pound, made from native roots and herbs, contains no narcotics or harm- ful drugs, and to-day holds the record for the largest number of actual cures of female diseases.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-11-24
SHE SAYS ONLY
 TROUSERS NEEDED
1t Kansas City Mrs. Plankhurst Com.
 ments on Sex Battle in London.

Kansas City, Nov 23-"The action of the London police courts in sending suffragettes to prison this morning is the enemy's declaration of war;" de. clared Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, { leader of the militant suffragettes il England, in this city today.
 Ut means that the truce which has been. an for year is ended and that struggle more desperate than ever before is to be begun"
 Mrs. Pankhurst, mother of Sylv.a and Christobel Pankhurst, the latter one of those imprisoned today, is touring this country in the interes; of the suffragettes. She addressed two meetings todey and later left for Gin cinnati
 Another 12 hours development may show the situation grave enough to call me home," Mrs. Pankhurst said. "The putting of my lieutenants in jail may make it necessary for me to 8 stra ght to the front without collect ing any more supplies.
 Qualification Trousers.
 Tt Is the government late bill, autom tically enfranchising every thing in trousers, which has precipi- tated the latest developments. A year ago We accepted tee conciliation bill and granted a truce. It was the best we could get at the time. "Then came the treacherous act.on. The government presented it's man. hood suffrage bill, enfr nchising 10,- OOO,O0o of the lowest types of men , who live off their wives, who prey or other women, and have so little poll, ! tical self-respect that they would no; ! register as voters. Government off l cials will seek them out and put then on the register
 Mrs. Pankhurst welcomed numerous !, interviewers during her afternoon here and anxiously sought news iron London.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-11-24
State of Ohio, City of Toledo,
Lucas County.

 Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. y. Cheney & Co.,, doing business in the City of Toledo. County and State aforesaid, and, that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Halls Catarrh Cure.
 FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed Ia my presence, this 9th day of De- cember, A. D. 1886.
 A. w. GLEASON, q (SEAL.) Notary Public. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in- ternally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY & CO.,, Toledo, o. Sold by all Druggists, 75c. Take Falls Family Pills for consti- patton.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-11-24

AT THE ARLINGTON-B. Rome, Memphis; Mrs. Ed Harper, Camden:
 w. A. Warrington, McAllister, Okla;
 N. c. Roe, Monticello; G. F. Stewart, Camden; V. Holmes and wife, Stutt- gart; J. s. King, Waco; w. A. Echols, Star City; s. H. Crow, Poplar Bluff, Mo-; Wm. Richardson, Cornerstone: Frank l.. Pace, Little Rock; G. V. Saf- ford, SCt Louis; c. G. McDill, Corner stone; Samuel Silvey, New York; N. H. Ellington, New York; R. A. Grif- rfth and wite. city; B. B. White, Mel vile, Ark; J. H. Schumacher, s..
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-11-24

said, Is the social evil. Liquors and drugs and worry cause about an equal number of cases of insanity, he said.
 There are various and sundry req sons given for insanity" said D.. Green, such as an injury on the head, for instance. There are very few children who pass their fifteenth year without having fallen from barn loft or having been kicked by horse or something, but unless the injury be deep enough to affect the brain, the intellect
 There is also firm belief that concentration on any one subject COIL cludes with an unbalsncing of the brain. It does, to certain extent: and that comes under the head of wor- ry. There are surprising few inven tors insane, contrary to the general idea persons have on that subject. Mo- body can become insane unless he has Q predisposition to become insane.
 Drugs, such as morphine, cocaine, opium and liquor, possessing great deal of alcohol, tend greatly to strain persons mind; so does worry, and the great social evil It is when the person cannot stand the strain any longer that his mind becomes unbal- aneed. A sudden shock, followed by worry, may have the same effect. X fairly good road to follow to avoid insanity is to live clean, be happy and quit worrying" .sv<
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-11-24
POSTAL BANK FUNDS GAN BUY US. BONDS GOVERNMENT DEPOSITORs MAY 
 EXCHANGE CERTIFICATES
 FOR SECURITIES.
FREE FROM TAXATION
Investors by New Rule Will Be AL
 lowed to Exceed $500 Limit.

< Through an order issued by the postmaster general yesterday. patrons Of the postal savings banks after Jan- uary 1 next will have an opportunity of converting their savings into Unit ed States Government bonds.
 The bonds are in denominations of SEQ, $100 and $500 and bear interest at the rate of 1-2 per cent per year. payable semi-annually. They can be redeemed one year after date of is sue If the government so desires.
 The plan, according to Postm stec Farth. was formulated by the Post once authorities at Washington after a long discussion of the innovation, and 1t is believed 1t will be success. Tie bonds are exempt from taxation.
 Applications for the conversion of deposits into bonds J. nuary 1 must be received by the Postmaster before De- ember 15. Special application forms have been prepared by the department and in making out his certificate the Hepositor must indorse and surren- der his postal savings certificate GOV ering the amount of the bonds desired
 The conversion of deposits in'c bonds at g date less than one year after the certificates begin to bear in terest. forfeits interest on the deposits As in the case of withdrawal for any l--. .
 other purpose.
 Under the new plan deposits con lverted into bonds are not counted as .-4art of the ms ximum of $500 allowed one depositor, and there is no lims io on the amount of available postal say ings bonds which may be acquire' by the depOsitor.
 The plan, according to Pine Blu' Post Ofice officials, will open new field to wage earners, who are usinl the postal savings bank at presen' but who are hampered because of tn, $500 limit to each depositor.