The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-04-06
Nonpartisan's Candidate for
Governor Visits Valley City

Hon. Lynn ]. Frazier, who has been
selected as the gubernatorial condi.
date by the Nonpartisan league, was a
Valley City visitor Saturday to attend
and address the convention held here
Saturday afternoon and evening. Mr..
Frazier, in company with his friend of
school days, N. C. Macdonald, called
at the Times Record Office and express
ed himself as we'll pleased with the
welcome extended by the people Of
Valley City and Barnes county. In
order that our readers may know
something about the man who has
been honored by being chosen as a
candidate for governor at the primary
election, we append the following from
the Nonpartisan Leader:
Life History
Lynn J. Frazier was born on a
farm in Rice county, Minnesota, on
Dec. 81, 1874. His father came with
his family to North Dakota in the
spring of 1881, and settled on section
80 of township 159, range 54, in Penn
bina county, then in Dakota territory.
Thomas Frazier, Lynn Frazier's father,
built there little sod house in which
his family lived for several years.
Lynn Frazier's present home is on the
same place. It is the old homestead,
practically the only home he has ever
known.
The boy Lynn began his education
in the country school in his neighbor'
hood. After that he went to Grafton
high school, where he graduated at
the age of II, something of record
for country boy who had his chores
to do and was able to do a mans work
in the summer time. His father had
died year before and he and his
brothers had taken up the work of run.
ming the farm.
The next fall, Lynn, mature and
manly for his age, began teaching
country school. He was at that two
years and he developed an ambition
to become a we'll educated man, hav-
ing visions of a profession. He
thought of being lawyer and then
of being a doctor. Later it was to-
ward that profession that his aims be-.
gan to shape themselves.
Saving Money to Learn
Profession
He saved a little money in two
years Of teaching and he hiked off to
Mayville when 10 to enter the normal.
He had improved his time so we'll that
he was able to complete the course
there in a year, graduating with that
institutions first class in 1895.
With his teachers and classmates
predicting for him a brilliant future
in whatever profession he might adopt,
but with his savings used up, Lynn
went back to teaching school. He
was 20 years old then. He didn't be.
come of age until the following win.
ter.
He kept at country school teaching
again for two years, saving up money
and nursing his ambition. A brother
was to succeed to the farm. He was
to be free for the distinguished career
for which his family all knew he was
destined. Fame and distinction some
times come in ways not expected.
In the fall of 1897 young frazier,
then nearly %, entered the state uni
versity at Grand Forks. He had a
little money, but not much, enough to
take him through, he thought, with
what he could earn in the summer.
He had been a classmate at May
vile normal with N. c. Macdonald,
who by a strange coincidence is also
now running for state Office and also
with the endorsement of the Nonpar-
tisan league. Frazier and Macdonald
had a room together and "bached"
during their college career.
r+. Playing Football His College
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They we're not roisterers, but they
were. not altogether "digs." Frazier's
main diversion was football. He was
. husky farmers boy and he had Ut
tie. difficulty making the university
team. He was of, the square blocky
type, ideal for center in those days
of driving line rushes and he became
the most important cog in an excel
lent football machine.
In his junior year he was captain OF
the team, a team which the "old boys
say was the best the state university
ever turned out. It was undefeated