Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1916-04-13

In his junior year ne was captain
of the team, team which the "old
boys" say was the best the state uni
versity ever turned out. 1t was un-
defeated during it's season and only
six points were scored against it. He
was reelected captain for the senior
year, an unusual honor in football
history, for this position is usually
passed around to a different player
each year.
Frazier graduated from the univer-
sty in 1901 with brilliant scholar
ship record and practically all the
honors his classmates could give him
He felt that he was on the threshold
of great career.
But the death of the brother who
had been in charge of the farm in
terfered. His mother wanted Lynn
back with her. Someone strong and
must be back on the old place
to take charge of it. She couldn't
think of giving it up.
Sacrifices Career to Stay With His
Mother.
So Lynn, instead, gave up his ideas
of profession and turned to the pro-
sale work of being farmer. He has
been at it ever since, and he has been
a good and successful farmer. Yet
the progress he has made has been
against great obstacles. He has real
ized more forcibly every year the In
Justice of economic and political OBJ
stacles which he and his brother
farmers have had to meet. Fortune
in many ways has smiled on him,
but it has been stiff game.
He has realized keenly how others
less favored by circumstance can
quickly be ruined. In his own neigh
borhood he with others has been feel
ing the way to better measure OF
cooperation and hoping for the day
when some opening would present it.
self for more thorough reform.
Two years sitter his graduation
from college Frazier was married to
Miss Lottie Stafford, the daughter OF
a neighboring farmer. When twin
girls were born to them year later
there was something OF celebration
at the university. where Frazier was
still hero. Congratulations were
sent to the -farm~north of Hoople and
it was Mother Frazier's idea to name
the girls Eunie and Versie as tribute
to the college.
The girls are now II years old and
they have two brothers, Vernon, 9,
and Willis, 6.
Never in Politics; Never an Office
Seeker.
Lynn Frazier never has been in
politics aside from the calls his neigh
bors have made on him for service in
his own community. He has never
sought office. For number of years
he has been a member of the town
ship board of Flora township and for
three or four years past he has been
it's chairman. He is chairman of the
board of directors of the rural con-
solidated school district. He is Sec
retary-treasurer of the Hoople Farm
ers' Grain company and director OF
the Crystal Home Improvement COM
pany, which operates rural telephone
lines and four town telephone sys-
TENS. He is director of the Crystal
Farmers Cooperative Mercantile
company, which operates general
store at Hoople.
He is the owner of three quarter
sections of land and rents fourth
quarter owned by his niece and
nephew.
Locally, Frazier is known as some
what of prohibition crank, as his
father was before him. Never having
tasted liquor himself he has seen
something of its use, through periods
when prohibition has been laxly en-
forced in his neighborhood and he
has been a constant agitator for more
thorough methods of enforcement.
Man in Overalls Hears Call to Honor.
At the final mass meeting of the
league in Fargo following the conven-
ton the new candidate for governor
told something about the circum-
stances of his being summoned to
Fargo to receive the nomination.
II drove into town with the girls
Wednesday and they sent word to me
that 1 was wanted on the telephone.
When I got to the phone they told
me that it was League headquarters
at Fargo talking and asked me to
come up here right away. told
them l couldn't come that night, be-
cause I had my overalls on and no
suitable clothing with me.
II want back to the farm and
packed my grip and came up here
and it was then learned they want
ed me to run for governor and that
the league delegates in the conven-
tion had nominated me-"
AS President Townley said in in
PRODUCING Mr.. Frazier to the audi
ence of more than 1000 people, this
is one of the rare occasions in the
history of American states when the
Office actually has sought the man as
it did in the case of George Wash
ington instead Of the man seeking the
Office.
"This man is going to be elected
governor of the state of North Da-
kota,'' said President Townley.
"Your votes and your influence will
do the work. He is going to be the
greatest governor this state has ever
had and under his administration
this state is going to become the best
governed state in the Union"
The voters Of North Dakota will
decide whether this prophecy IL toj
como true.