The Dickinson press., 1912-05-25

.DAolUM COFFEE PARTY
DICKINSON PEOPLE ATTEND
The people Of the Daslum settlement
have long been noted for their coffee
parties which usually follow their re-
lisious services on Sunday and the one
on the 18th at the J.. o. paelum store
was no exception to the rule. A COL
lection is taken which is set aside for
a church building fund. People con
menced tc- gather before moo and by 2
o'clock when luncheon was served from
benches in The open air, there was a
large company of Dickinson people pres
ent. in addition to those from the
neighborhood.
Supt Mary Nolan and Mrs. John
Leask were among the visitors who
helped in serving the assembled multi
tude and they were a whole team. They
always do things we'll and Of course the
same is true of the good ladies of Dag
lum. The people had everything that
they wanted to eat. and later in the
afternoon gathesed in front of the
store for a little speaking.
E. H. Gunderson, the Taylor legal
light, acted as chairman, and first
called upon H. A. Bureeson, candidate
for nomination as state 8 attorney on the
republican ticket, to briefly, address the
people. MI. Burgeson seemed to think that
the people were most interested in bet
ter farming which he said was right and
the subject should receive the sober
thought of all residents of the county.
Regarding the candidates for the Office
Of states attorney, he advised that
the voters look into the merits of the
various aspirants, see what their past
record had been and then they would
be able to decide for themselves. Mr..
Burgeson said he was willing to stand
on his record as a citizen and practic-
ing attorney of the county for the past
five years. The states attorney has to
look after the legal business of the
county and conducts prosecutions.
However, before a case is started the
Office must first make a careful investi-
CATION of facts.
H. C.. Berry, candidate for the nomi-
nation of state senator, told ,how he
lived on q homestead IS miles south of
Dickinson in 1904. living with his
family in the ordinary claim house,
and so he was familiar with the trials
of the homesteader and was in SYM
patty with him. The tariff, initiative
and referendum were national questions
still unsettled but he did not wish to
take them up for discussion now. Mr..
Berry said that in selecting a candidate
it was a good thing to see if he had.been
paying his taxes, etc.
T. F. Murtha. present states attor-
ney. said that he was a democrat and
had no opposition at the primaries in
June. He said both the democratic
and republican parties had their stand
patters who" always lined up together
for the trusts. The true progressive.
in either party, was for the people as
against the interests. Mr.. Murtha
made the statement that if the demo-
Gratis nominated a standpatter like
Harmon for president and the republi-
cans put up a progressive like La Fol.
lette, he for one. would vote for the re-
publican. He believed that if Taft was
renominated and a mar like Wilson
was placed at the head of the demo
cratic ticket. a large number of republi.
cans would cast their votes for Wilson.
1t was his belief that stalwart candi'
dates of either party would 60 down tt
defeat in the fall. County officers. b.
said. do not make laws; they are cleo
ted to enforce laws already on statute
books. The office of states attorne!
he said was important. People Otter
try to use this Office to get eve will
their neighbor and the states attor
ney has to sift the matter.
M. L. Mcbride, candidate for tn,
senate. said he thought the ground hst
been we'll covered by previous speak
ers. but he wanted to congratulate TIL
ladies Of Daglum IN the meal that they
had served the. people. MI. McBrid'
paid q handsome compliment to Senato
L. A. Simpson. He urged that it wa
our chance now to get a representative
in Congress and he believed it was t,
the interests of every person living il
this territory to support Mr.. Simpson
Otherwise a Minot man might ret tn
nomination and it would probably be
long time before we would get q Con
gressman from u own locality. Gu
people are deeply interested in aericul
tural appropriations being made q
Washington. and a man like L. A
Simpson down there could accomplish