Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-05
Vigorous Campaign is Be
ing Pushed For Final
Days Work.
CANDIDATES ARE
BEING COMPARED
Burtness Stands High Above
Townley's Puppet as
Man for Office.

tOlSer 6. burIneSS, hepuOuCau can.
didate for congress from the First
North Dakota district, Is today tour
ing Towner county where he Is sched-i
uled to diver number Of campaign
speeches at Cando and other places.
It Is possible that some of the engage
ments will have to be cancelled in
consequence Of the rainy weather pre-
vatling in that part of the state, also,
but reports early this afternoon were
to the effect that prospects for a series
of successful meetings during the last
part of the day were very promising.
Tomorrow Mr.. Burtness will carry
his campaign into Ramsey county
where he will address meetings at
Starkweather, 10 a. M; Edmore, 1880
I,p. M; Brocket, p. M, and Devils
Lake, $3.50 in the evening, and on
| will 60 speechmaking in Nelson coun-
| ty where meetings have been arranged
at Pekin, Neville, Kloton, Aneta, Pet
ersburg and Michigan.
| The day before election Mr.. Burt
ness will wind up his campaign, which
started in Cavalier county on June rs,
with a series of meetings in Cass
county The final Burtness rally will
be held in Fargo Monday evening
where Mr.. Burtness will address a
large meeting, and simultaneously a
final campaign meeting will take place
in Grand Forks, the details of which
however, have not yet been arranged
Rain May Interfere.
j At the Burtness headquarters 1t was
announced this afternoon that Attor-
| ney Iver A. Acker Of tFIillsboro will
speak at Hatton, Portland and May
vile on Monday. Tomorrow and Sat.
ness meetings in Northwood and Lari.
\ more. rs
| Plans had been made for meetings
tonight at Arvilla, Thompson and
Brenna township and speakers had
been engaged. j. B. Wineman, chair
man Of the Burtness Grand Fork.
4 county committee, said. however, thil
afternoon that he wss unable. to an
nounce whether the meetings would
take place because the rain of las
night and this morning may havs
4 made the roads absolutely impassabl
for automobiles. tE4a
II they are called off, the speaker
= lprspiously announced, will go to tn
L 4 e1rgs re,1 Il ssss asurda'
Tomorrow Burtness meetings will ,b
held In Niagara, Inkster and Gilby
and on Saturday at Bentru and Em
erado. Some OF the speakers VIII
take active part in the Grand Fork
county campaign are Frederick
Cuthbert who spoke at Manville an,
in this city yesterday: e. c. Olsgaard
F. B. Feetham, j Alphson, Don Nc
II Donald. liver A. Acker. John Freeman
; j.. D. Bacon; J. B. Wineman, w. A
Mcintyre, T. B. Elton, Senator Trage
: ton and others. Mr.. Burtness vii
not appear at any more campaig
meetings in his home county, accord
!, ing to the present plans.
Burtness Sentiment Grows.
Speaking about the situation i
Grand Forks county. Mr.. Winema
said today that the sentiment for OF
ger B. Burtness had been gaintn
wonderfully during the last few days
This is also true of the other coun
: ties in the district, according to an
1 nouncements made at the Burtnes
headquarters where a daily increasin
number Of letters continue coming II
! ers support of the Republican cand
date. IA;
The Burtness headquarters is MAX
ing 1t clear to inquirers who hav
been in doubt that the Republica
campaign committee is not f1ghtin
the Nonpartisan league. Mr.. Burtne.
81 it Is asserted, is not waging ws
Iagainst the members of, the leagu
but 1t Is, on the other hand, realize
that the main political fight is on b,
tween the Townley hand-picked, 81
inee Of the Republican party. Heal
quarters stated that the campaig
more and more concentrates on pr,
sentation of plain facts regarding til
political and personal character
Mr.. Burtness. and responses to letter
{ coming from all parts of the distri
bear witness to the fact that Mr.. Bur