The Dickinson press., 1912-06-15
IS THE MAN
FOR People
Simpson is Pioneer in Country.
Has Secured Much Good
Legislation. Has the
Fitness for Congress.

The Bismarck Tribune of June 10th.
had the following to say regarding the
candidacy of L. A. Simpson:
L. A. Simpson is the best equipped
candidate for congress from the Third
Congressional district, including the
big and growing western section of this
state. A resident of this district since
he was twenty years old. Active in it's
colonization and settlement. A tireless
worker in the public interest. The
candidate with the equipment of a
successful practicing attorney for nearly.
twenty-five years. The candidate who
has done more toward the development
of western North Dakota and the pro-
lection of its citizens in the legislature
than any other candidate for the Office
he seeks. Sixteen years of legislative
experience. A pioneer in the move
ment for popular selection of senators,
primary election, and progressive and
beneficial legislation. Author of a
score of laws, the most important on
the statute books, in the interests of
the plain, common people. A skilled
parliamentarian, gifted orator,
learned lawyer. His candidacy is en-
dorsed by the people of his home county
who know his ability and quality, and
respectfully presented to the voters of
the Third Congressional district as that
of the man who is the peer, of any
public man in the state and who will
capably represent North Dakota in
Congress.
He has made good in every public
capacity and his record is that of busi-
ness activity, legislative ability and
THINGS DONE.
One of the things of very vital inter-
est to the land owners and tax payers
on land throughout all Of the counties of
Billings. Stark, Morton. Dunn, Hettin-
ger and parts of Mckenzie, is the mat
ter of coal reservation in the deeds and
contracts outstanding which have been
given to various settlers and residents
of the counties named by the Northwest
ern improvement Co. which controls and
owns the land of the Northern Pacific
Ry. Co.
This clause, inserted in every appli-
cation. and every contract. and every
deed which the company has issued.
has been and remains cloud on every
title coming from the railway company.
It has made the land harder to sell and
made it more difficult to obtain loans
thereon to the extent which they other
wise might do. The company has per-
sistently refused to release this reser-
vation unless they were paid a large
price. It seems that if this coal reser-
vatlon is of so much value to the rail-
way company that they ought to be
required to paw taxes on it as it is prop
erty just as much as the land is
property. Among the bills introduced
and passed during the last session of
the legislature by L. A. Simpson (Sen-
ate Bill No. 297) was a bill to tax
these coal reservations. Under its pro-
visions good many hundred thousand
dollars will be added to the assessed
value in the counties named above.
The railway company will be forced to
pay taxes on these reservations by
virtue of this law and it will have the
tendency to compel the railway COM
pany to release to the land owner
such reservation for reasonable con-
,sideration. The bill was approved on
the 9th day of March, 1911. really too
late for the county commissioners in
the various counties to get the reser-
vations on the tax roll of that year.
Some Of the counties, however, have
taxed these reservations for the year
1912 and all of them are preparing to
do 40 dllrind the wear 1919 -