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Douglas Island news., 1914-09-09

To. the poor Indian, and the "un. tutored savage" have about gone out of style, especially in localities where the untutored Indians are becoming more like white folks. If anybody thinks that the Indians, and especially the women, take a back seat, they should come to Alaska and observe their ways. It was only yesterday that we watched a young native woman m stylish array, including narrow gauge skirt, trying vainly to step from the float to the deck of gas boat. And as she failed and failed, she just laughed and laughed, until her lord and master came to her assistance The story comes from Ruby of a white nan who had married an Indian maiden. Years went by and finally the white man tired of his dusky companion and au- uouuced Co bis friends that he was about Co return to Inc States Co marry a white woman. This was repeated to his native wife, who simply smiled and remarked: "Wen, a white woman is good enough for him." You simply can't tell what will happen in Alaska. Frank Bach tells a story that years ago a sailing boat containing three China men aud awbite man sank near Juneau and the four unfortunate creatures went to the bottom with the boat. This was in the winter. The next summer with the aid of grappling hooks, the boat was hauled to the surface, and what do you think was in it? It was full of shrimps
Douglas Island news., 1914-09-09

Even the ability to play baseball real good may pave the way to success in Alaska. Jack Johnson, one of the crack pitchers for the Island team, las put oue over and was last week appointed chief of the survey department at Treadwell, succeeding R. G. Wayland, who was recently advanced to the po- sition of assistant superintendent.
Douglas Island news., 1914-09-09

Broken pipes repaired at Keists Pool Room. All work guaranteed Advertisement
Morris tribune., 1914-10-30

state or nation. Ask the German who
has come from the fatherland, and he
will tell you that the German saloon
is different from ours. There is no
treating there, and there ought to be
none here. The largest German So
ciety in the United States has de-
clared against treating. Give us the
German saloon, and then it will be
time to say that the Germans are
from tradition opposed to the regula-
ton of the liquor traffic.
ut is said that county option is I'M
fair because if the county goes ''dry"
all the saloons are closed up, but if it
goes wet you can still have prohibit
ton in the towns and villages. This
argument is entirely unsound. Did
not this state go wet" twenty years
ago, and did not this state, when it
went wet" still have prohibition in
every town that wanted it. Why did
not the liquor interests demand that
because it went "wet" there should be
no prohibition anywhere. If it had
gone ''dry'' there would have been no
saloons anywhere.
Farmers Taxed For Saloon Paupers.
Are the farmers not to have any
voice in deciding the saloon question?
You can not build a slaughter-house
in your block without consulting the
people around you, because you can
not conffne the odors to your own
land. And yet you would establish
-,
then say to the people who must
breathe it and suffer from it that they
have no right to protest. When you
fight county option you ought to have
arguments to present, and no argu-
ments have as yet been advanced
against it. The farmers have been
taxed without representation. They
have been taxed to support the pau
pers turned out by the saloon.
=
"The issue is here and we
must meet it. No party is big
enough to govern a state that
is not big enough to decide the =
questions when they arise.
This question must be decided,
and you must decide one way
or another. Do not deceive
yourself by thinking that you
can refer this to the districts
and then escape responsibility.
The governor must act, and it
= makes great deal of difference
whether we have the influence
of the state convention and the
state organization In favor of
county option or against 1t.
y
''The Democratic party can afford to
do right. The Democratic party can
afford to take the moral side of a
moral question. Which side will you
take? Will you put the Democratic
party on the moral side or will you
put it on the immoral side?" :"
Morris tribune., 1914-10-30
GGEI11Iz7T I2z5 LLEMc e~MA
M mn NIIHI CAzlHEg171e22 HSgUIH41 AS9

enues and great need for retrench-
of Mr.. Fitzgerald, chairman of the APP
preparations Committee uttered on
April 10, 1914. Among other things
he said: "In few months l shall be
called upon in the discharge of my
official duties to review the record
that this Democratic House shall
have made in it's authorization of the
expenditure of the public money.
think Of the horrible mess / shall be
called upon to present to the country
on behalf of the Democratic party,
am tempted to quit my place"
Helped Frame War Tax Bill.
In order to meet a certain deficiency
Of at least $10O,000,0O0.0O, a so-caHed
emergency war tax measure was pre-
pared by the Ways and Means Com
mittee, of which Mr.. Hammond is a
member. The work Of this commit
tee reveals clearly the attitude of the
majority members, of which Mr.. Ham
mond is one, in matters of taxation.
He voted to place a special tax on
freight, life Insurance policies, gaso-
line, warehouse receipts, and similar
taxes upon thrift and necessity.
Personally, / feel as much~interest
in Minnesota as ever, and sincerely
hope that Mr.. Hammond will be de-
feated. His election would be a sad
blow to the progressive cause. His
work here indicates beyond contro
versy that he is a weak, negative type
Of politician who could be handled
like a child by those making a pro
fession of politics. Surely Minnesota
has had experience enough with pub
lie servants subject to boss control.
Very truly,
(Sgd.) LYNN HAINES.
Morris tribune., 1914-10-30
BuRNQUIST PREDICTS VICTORY
Candidate For Lieutenant Gov
ernor Certain Entire State
Ticket Will Be
Elected.

Speaking recently in behalf of the
Republican State ticket. Lieutenant
Governor ]. A. A. Burnquist said:
'In the matter of experiences with
business and legislative affairs of the
State of Minnesota, the republican
candidates have an advantage over
those of any other ticket. No one can
deny that the past experience of Mr..
Lee will, If he is elected governor, be
of much benefit to the State of Min
nesota. 1t would require years of ex-
perience for one who has not been
associated with state affairs to be-
come as familiar as Mr.. Lee is with
state institutions and their needs and
with the different departments of the
state government.
State Candidates of Experience.
upon investigation it will be found
that all the other republican candi-
dates have also had experience with
state matters which would be of much
assistance to them in performing the
duties of the offices for which they
have been nominated.
No Special Interests.
mo candidate of any party would
believe it>right or desirable, from the
standpoint of public welfare, that spe-
cial interests should back any par
ticular candidate for public Office. /
think it will be admitted by all fair
minded people that the head of the
Republican ticket does not have the
backing of any special interests. No
one can justify unfair treatment of
any business institution, but is it not
usually safer for the people to elect a
candidate who is not supported by
those desiring special privileges from
the government"
Morris tribune., 1914-10-30

ton in taxes. We want the northern
section of the state reforested; we
want other internal improvements.
Why should the Federal Government
tax us directly, and add to our bur-
dens in this manner? The extrava-
gance, which has characterized the
party Of the Democratic Nominee for
Governor, and his own record in Con
gress, can be expected if he is ele-
waited to this position in Minnesota.
The Republican Nominee.
"The Republican party presents as
its candidate a business man of the
widest experience man who prom
Uses to bring into the state govern
ment the same business ability, the
same energy and effort that has en-
abled him to become one of its promi-
nent business men. He has a public
record of which the closest scrutiny
is invited. He is the man who should
be entrusted with the charge of work
ing out the destinies of the state
along the lines of economy and eff
cheney. He will watch the Treasury
Of the State and he will govern wisely.
mo man in the state took keener
interest in the denomination of Gov.
ernor Eberhart at the primaries. ]
believe he was one of the most eff.
Gent and progressive governors Min
nesota has ever had. The Republi
can party, however, nominated Mr.
Lee and the Republicans of the party
should support him Loyalty for the
reasons l have stated"
Morris tribune., 1914-10-30
v. ]. BRYAN CHAMPION
OF COUNTY OPTION
Federal Secretary of State Outspoken
In Support of County Regulation
of Liquor Traffic.

At Grand Island, Nebraska, July
10Th, 1910, speaking in support of the
resolution, 1--WE favor county option
as the best method of dealing with
the liquor question" William ]. Bryan
said:
do not accuse me of bringing this
question into politics. / met an issue
after it had been introduced, and if
have any apologies to offer shall not
offer them to the liquor interests for
speaking now; I shall offer them to
the fathers and mothers of this state
for not speaking sooner. If / am to
blame at all, it is for keeping silent
when they had more reason to ask me
to speak than the brewers have to ex-
pect me to keep silent.
Affirms County Option.
81 affirm that county option is a
democratic proposition. I refuse to
go to the brewers to learn constitu-
tional law. Do you doubt
that this state can vote on the liquor
question? OF course, you do not.
Why can not a county, larger than a
city, but smaller than state, vote on
the liquor question? Is it democratic
for a state to vote on it and demo
cratic for a town to vote on it, but
undemocratic for county to vote on
it? Who will say so? You can not
find an argument that can be made
against county option from demo-
cratic standpoint.
Authority For County Option.
eff you desire democratic authority,
consider the states that have county
option. Texas, that gave me my larg-
est majority in three campaigns.
Texas has it. Is it undemocratic? If
so, why would Texas adopt it? Mis-
souri, has it. Is Missouri democracy
a kind that you can sheer at? 1t is
true that they exempt towns of a GER
tain size, but remember Missouri has
the county unit. Ohio has it, and l
remind you that Ohio has large cities.
Tell me who can not have
county option. Germans are numer-
Gus? Do they not have Germans in
Ohio? Is there any state that has
more Germans? Is there any city
other than Milwaukee more known as
a German city than Cincinnati? And
yet they not only have county option,
but the Democratic Convention that
met the other day did not dare con
denim it. 1t has been adopted in more
than half the counties. know Ger
mans who are not interested in the
saloon question beyond all other ques-
tions. Four German ministers work
ed for the closing of the saloon in the
city of Lincoln, and have talked with
Germans who feel as much interest
in protecting the young men of their
neighborhood from these man-traps
as any other American.
The German Saloon.
1--WE have no German saloons in thi;
Morris tribune., 1914-10-30
]. A. 0. PREUS FOR Lee
Candidate For State Auditor
Calls Attention To Ham
mond's Washington
Record.

In recent address, j. A. o. Preus,
Republican candidate for State Audi
tor, said:
This is time of all times for the
people of the State Of Minnesota to
support the Republican state and con-
gressional ticket in it's entirety.
"The people of Minnesota are to-
day clamoring for a reduction in
taxes. They ask efficiency and econ
omy in our state government. The
Democratic party in Washington has
been sIothfully extravagant. The first
Democratic Congress, after the de-
feat of the Republican party, appro-
priated 100000, 100000 more for the
maintenance of this government than
has ever been appropriated in the his
tory of our nation. 1t is a fair ques-
ton, Shall one of the leading Demo-
Gratis in Washington whose record
there is opposed to a program Of econ
omy be asked to work out Minnesota S
future in this respect?
Minnesota Tax Ridden.
II submit the Democratic party
should not be permitted to place at
the head of our state government one
of the men who sits in its high coun-
ellis in Washington which presents
this kind Of legislation to Congress.
The state of Minnesota is tax ridden.
It's people gre clamoring for a reduc-
Morris tribune., 1914-10-30
LYNDON A. SMITH FOR TICKET
Candidate For Attorney General
Says Campaign Involves Re-
publican Future In State.

In a recent address at Foley, Mimi,
Lyndon A. Smith, candidate for At
torney General said:
This campaign is one involving the
continuation of the Republican party
in power in this state. One of the
men who has helped to make the his.
tory of the Republican party for the
last thirty (3O) years in this state is
William E. Lee, Republican candi-
date for Governor. If experience is
needed to qualify man for the hold
ing of the Office of governor, Mr.. Lee
has eminent qualifications. The rule
that he who is faithful in that which
is least will be faithful in much ought
to be applied to the promotion of PER
sons to high public positions.
Lee Fitted For Office.
"Not only has the life of Mr.. Lee
been one which has fitted him for
high public place, but his ideas, as
stated in his platform, are thoroughly
in accord with the demands of the
present A prominent plank is a
promise of the administration of the
affairs of the state in business way,
so that no interest shall be sacrificed,
but each interest shall be cared for
as economically as possible and each
officer and employee of the state rem
der to the state the best service Of
which he is capable. Another plank
in the platform is the county option
plank.
"The Republican party asks not
only the support of all members Of
the party, but it asks those of other
parties to consider its candidates and
its platform and to support these men
and these principles as they commend
themselves to their best judgment.
Morris tribune., 1914-10-30
concentrations cannot be trust
ed to represent a Democratic
constituency.

concentrations cannot be trust
ed to represent a Democratic
constituency. =
=
On April II. 1914, Mr.. Hammond
voted for an amendment to the Iegis-
lative, executive and judicial appro-
priation bill, repeating all laws relat-
ing to salaries, and making the pro-
visions of that measure the law on
the subject. This amendment added
greatly to the already powerful po-
litical and legislative influence of the
Committee on Appropriations as it en-
abled Congress to change the salaries
of all federal officials without being
subject to points of order, and MAX
ing such changes vastly less public
than when made through separate
bills.
Hammond Voted With Wall Street.
The most vital controversy in con-
nection with the Glass-Owen currency
bill was on the question of prohibiting
interlocking directorates in the new
banking system. Mr.. Hammond voted
with the Wall Street interests on this
issue both times that there were rec
ord votes
Raised No Voice in Protest.
= =
The present congress has op- y
= propriated nearly $100000,OOO .
= more than any previous con- :
= gress and there is no record s
that Mr.. Hammond ever lifted s
= his voice in protest. Not only >
= this, he voted for the infamous =
pork barrel" Rivers and Har- =
= bors Bill, carrying over 3,OOO,- .
= 600. $
- Is > = =
All this in the face of reduced rev.
Morris tribune., 1914-10-30

Saltwater Gazette-The Democrats
have diligently searched the annals of
Mr.. Lees legislative record for cam
paign thunder to be used against him.
They have been unable to find a flaw
in his record, as Mr.. Lee has had an
extensive public career their failure
to find anything to criticise is one of
the strong reasons why the people
should support him.
Morris tribune., 1914-10-30
(sgd.) LYNN HAINEs.

Pine City Poker.-What is needed
in Minnesota is plain, hard-headed,
business administration without any
frills. VIM. E. Lee is the man who
can give us that sort of an administers
ton.
Morris tribune., 1914-10-30

Frazee Weekly Taxes will
never be reduced in Minnesota until
we elect thorough going business
man governor. Such man is VIM. E.
Lee.
Morris tribune., 1914-10-30

Renyille Star Farmer.-Mr. Lee is
good business man and will make a
good governor.
Morris tribune., 1914-10-30

Detroit Record "A vote for VIM. e.
Lee is vote for a good, business adj
ministration.
Morris tribune., 1914-10-30

Regarding the action of Mr..
Hammond and the twelve other
Democrats who sided with the
special interests in voting
= against this, w. j. Bryan said:
"The thirteen Democrats OPP
posing the law give the benefit
of the doubt to the predatory
interests. A man who really
believes that the President
should be permitted to make
his appointments on secret rec
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-11

Miss j. Roen has had q wonderful
success in the mercantile world Of
Fargo since she entered business for
herself but few years ago. She be-
gan In very small way and by her
personality and honesty of purpose
has built up a large business. Last
September she purchased the Rudd
stock and added it to her own small
stock and leased the Hancock build
ing on Broadway. In addition to her
two stocks she visited the eastern
markets and purchased one of the
largest stocks of staple dry goods.
shoes and notions and when she open
ed the doors Of the new store she had
a very comprehensive showing of the
best goods on the market Since oIen-
ing the new store she has had good
business and the growth has been
steady and consistent.
Miss Roen will remain with the new
firm for the present and will continue
to make Fargo her home and will take
much needed rest before laying plans
for her future work. She has made
one of the most notable successes in
the business world and retires with
the best wishes of all who know her.
In this change Fargo will be bene-
flied because the new firm will be in
the van Of any movement for the ad-
vancement of their business or Of the
business OF the city.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-11
S'TORSTAD
OFFICER
BLAMED

Quebec, July 1.-THE collier Stor-
stad is held to blame for the Empress
of Ireland disaster, in the findings of
the wreck commission. handed down
here. The commission holds that the
disaster was due to the Storstads
changing its course, as ordered by the
third officeor, without instructions
from the first officer, who was in
charge of the collier at the time. The
Empress was sunk in the st. Lawrence
May 29, with the loss of more than
1000 lives.
The Golfers third officer, found re-
sponsible, is Alfred Tuftenes. He was
red.
we regret" says the finding, ito
have to impute the blame to any one
in connection with this lamentable dis
aster. We can, however, come to no
other conclusion than that Mr.. Tuf-
tenes was wrong and negligent in al
tering his course in the fog, as he un-
doubtedly did, and that he was wrong
and negligent in keeping the naViga-
ton of the vessel in his own. hands
and failing to call the captain when
he saw the fog coming on. - @
1T is not @to be supposed that this
disaster was in any way attributable
to any special aracteristic of the St.
Larence waterway. 1t was a disaster
which might have occurred in the
Thames, in the Clyde, in the Mersey or
elsewhere in similar circumstances.
Such is the conclusion at which we
have arrived on the question as to
who is to blame for the disaster
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-11
{. A. Kicker, at Noon
Today, Purchased
the J. Roen Store

e. A. Kicker, manager of the Wool
worth company of this city today at
1880 purchased the J. Roen & Co.'S
department store, located at 109-111
Broadway and will take the stock,
fixtures and lease of the building as
soon as the inventory can be taken.
The Roen department. store from a
very small beginning few years ago
has grown to be one of the largest de-
partment stores in the state, and now
occupies the whole four floors of the
Hancock building, comprising a floor
space of 26,500 square feet.
Mr.. Kicker will take hold of the
business as soon as the preliminaries
of the transfer can be arranged, and
will take the active management him
self. The business will be continued
for the present under the same name
Mr.. Kicker will continue to cater to
customers along the lines followed by
Miss Roen and The Forum bespeaks
for him the fullest measure of success
at the hands of the people Of the COM
munity Starting as he does just at
the time when the city is going
through the evolution from town to
a metropolitan city, he will grow with
It and in the years to come will reach
the height of his ambition by being
the proprietor OF one of the states
largest stores
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-11

of Mexico, according to a lengthy OFF,
cial statement issued here by dele
gates before adjourning the sessions.
This action would eliminate Carranza,
Villa and Angeles or any of the lead
ers now in the field as presidential
possibilities.
According to the amendments, upon
assuming control of the government
at Mexico City, Carranza would call
at once a congress of his military lead
ers, and representatives of rank and
file, who would be spoken for by one
delegate to every thousand men. This
body would adopt a plan for the hold
ing Of elections and map out a pro-
gram of policies to be put in effect by
the functionaries who might be elect
ed. 1t is stated positively that mo
constitutionalist chief could figure as
a candidate for PRESIDENT
An important act Of the conference
was directed against the clergy, which
has taken part in the present revolu-
ton. The statement was made in con-
notion with some recommendations
regarding the Agrarian problem, that
members of the Roman Catholic cler-
gy who actually or intellectually had
assisted the usurper Victoriano Huer-
ia, should be punished"