The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-04-20
INCREASED JURISDICTION

INCREASED JURISDICTION
At the recent meeting of the board of county commissioners
there was a petition presented to the board asking for an election
to ., dstsr%ine ~ Th ee9nfr the as1t tfS pa nt. Of F fss ee %bs{ wa want cam anerf isssm
this petition has been circulating more OF less for the past two q
the present sent time ine = and ld1 Therefore ssn i IS not a real expression Of their at
ttude toward having an election at this time. Now, tor the past
sihon from every phase we have been able to get any information on
t aep IT nS sr ve and what IN fi It has d Sa5se to h hasten III litigation tastae ss' and w
have not been able to discover anything which would Justify the
for or is is that that it would Keep some innocent party from lying in Jail
until the next term Of district court, on account Of his not being
81 m f6s : any gw person who is really entitled to a bond cannot get
it As to the civil h iatSa v we might nj ht. say Il this S;s a Large san number % s Of
count of not being ready, as we believe that we no" nave courts
But we Believe that the paramount issue with the taxpayers Of
the county is the question Of expense, and therefore increasing Of
the h COUNTY on y Judge tnS 's several h Hundred nl L dollars la a a year; gives him the
privilege Of hiring a clerk for orb his &c court IT md also 80; "a S a,an4p ;p ths
year: In other words. # a county Judge saw fit he could have = a
f fsRpayers 3 2enY kn nsS% What % so this m n m far :! as Il the expenses ss are
concerned. After careful Investigation we believe that the extra
hood % Of $4,000 per Year. If we were 50 located as a county where
We had no district judge handy, there might be some call for IN IN
triet judges chambers right here at Devils Lake and if there are
any this iee city m at sny t 6S@el''f Benson %%e county passed the st increased e as ;ar.
isdiction law several years ago, and we are told that it has been an
S hape been trying trying . get sae rid Of t, but but i it ti IS like ct the itch, once you
get it it is hard to get rid Of: It is up to tas, taxpayers p ers Of f. II ne eo fo11d
Of increased jurisdiction, and the time to express Their choice e. Is at It
the polls June %, s the board OF commissioners nav caLleO d
election viii be at the same time as the regular primary election.
ones n to q decide d d this question and n they should certainly see to it that
they go to the polls and cast their ballot for or against it.
There has been quite clamor among some members of the Non
Partisan Part snd League of relative d to get an f aeoou 4ha far or s1s' for me n sae
ship, end rightly they should know just what has been done with
bers made request that a statement be given out and they were
faa : led that that an San expert Y t. af fSsm ant h was then t%e SESSION. s :; Closed Ie
but no report was given out at that time. However, after the con,
vention adjourned some fellow was exhibiting what was purp0rted
This IS to certify that We have audited the books Of the Non
Partisan ats League and find al the h IN money ,?sya properly Sp - aof feTn% el in;j
to be a member Of the Equitable Auditing Company: Now owl the
By By any orssnizstion who claimed to have handled nearly S25o:ooo
Messrs. Townley, Bowen, williams, and their other agitators ever
told that they are drawing $500 per month and expenses?
In the past Theodore Roosevelt has been hsrsh,y criticised by
p Rf he ass p1ea saea al eh asan instead sas . Of Wilson, 50 Il that + e. would u On not be
e. &C. World o. f s7sS IS 81 nv va: Of that 9Rs e fssss S E Z d P5s; sse greatest at ) n ssset E e.
day. Instead Of looking around for some candidate to beat hun at
the Chicago convention, the leaders of the Republican party con-
eede that he is the man, and when the time comes % + for 1.-THE the
rally to Teddy, and the only opposition a@ he viii have viii be some
i%e as% Y telsPg r, TS1 has so an a ot 70 So SII1d and w Make s tSe Statement RsReas as
that Roosevelt is the man for the place it means something Is to
Sf{sta he ss sssads R il ths stst and Four feSr5 ys s;n 1 e t5 tsf 6 EFssa end T pt y nsz
walk sns k sa the fan a Rsc E and Will @ defeat : webbing" y, WOODROW 70 1o' IN :
IAN American company with headquarters in Vancouver B. C.
operates fishing vessels of American, Canadian and British regis
ing and packing, says Consul General Mansfield, assigned to Brit
Is exported to the United States, most Of it fresh, although som.
Ct the fl are frozen in bond and farM,zaed in that state" I
American co...pany might be operating. e the United States. EN-
ploying American labor, and enjoying American Wages Under
policy of free trade it is good business to operate on the other side
n the death Of Peter Haley, Devils Lake and Ramsey count,
& loses one OF lS most highly respected citizens. To know Mr. Ha
& Icy was to hie him. He was a man Of high character and stand
ING IN the county, and one in whom all reposed entire confidence
1Ie haf hWdhMe nee the early days and had . wide circle "a