The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-08-31

rapid new day artists that characterized
the session of six years ago when
membership cards were doled out by
.Townley and the members voted at the
nod Of the red and black haired clerks
as the case might be. They were earn
est, well meaning men, who wanted to
do the best they could for all the peo-
pie Of the state, and they did well,
building one of the best constitutions
that has ever been adopted by any
state in the union, then came Townlcy
and his crowd and threw it out of the
=. window putting in it's place one which
prescribes the sky as the limit and you
know what has happened since.
There were 20 merchants, rs law
yers, merchants, 5 bankers, 3 real
estate dealers, publishers, physi-
clans, and 1 railroad man in the MEN,
bership Of the North Dakota Constitu-
tional Convention held at Bismarck,
July a to August II, 1859, -. urn
ing on the 38th anniversary If the
arrival of the first white settler,
Charles Turner Cavalier, at Pembina.
! There were Sc Republicans and 10
Democrats.
There were SO native born citizens
Of the United States, Of whom Is
were born in Wisconsin,; 10 in New
York; S in Iowa; 4 in Ohio; 8 in
Maine; 3 in Pennsylvania; 2 in Hi
,nois; in Minnesota; in Vermont;
in Massachusetts; . in New Hamp-
shire; 2 in New Jersey: and l in
Michigan.
Of the other nationalities, 22 were
born in Canada; 9 in Norway and
iSweden; S in England; in Scotland;
2 in Ireland; and 1 in New Brunswick;
% were of American ancestry; Is of
English; IL of Irish; 10 If Norwegian
land Swedish; Of scotch; 3 Of Irish
Scotch; Of Scotch-An!erican; ! CT
IScotch-Danish; / Of English German;
1 of Dutch; l of German Irish; aid 1
of Irish Welsh.
The picture of the members N the
possession of the writer, a.; Published
in The Courier News, shows many of
the members as young MEN. During
the lapse of time the past 80 years
many have passed away, havin:; help
ed to lay the foundation of cne &C
the most progressive states in the
Union. Others remain with as includ-
ing, Hon. Jacob Lowell the owner CT
the first homestead filed on within The
present city of Fargo. He came to
Fargo October 10, 1870, when but 26
years old. His son, Jacob Lowell, lr.,
lis the present treasurer Of the city
and Board of Education.
Several members of that conven-
Etion have since become prominent in
the affairs of the state and nation,
of whom we mention Hon. Fred B.
iFancher, the president, who was gov
|ernor, 1899-19O0; Roger Allen was
,lieutenant-governor, 1892, and gov
;ernor, 1S95-O6; Andrew Blewett be-
came suveyor-general; VIM. S. Laud-
Ter became judge Of district court at
iWahpeton; Burleigh F. Spalding be-
came representative in congress and
Justice Of the supreme court, Bi;1r arck
VIM. E. Purcell became United States
senator; David Bartlett was lieutenant
governor from 19O1-1906. Herbert L.
Holmes was state auditor, 1902-l90S,
and is now president of the Red River
Valley Old Settlers association of
Grand Forks county; N. N. johnson
was member Of congress and United
States senator. :
The figures and facts contained here
in were furnished by Rev. E. E. Saun-
ders, Of Fargo, one Of the pioneer
ministers Of this state.
with rye fifty cents per bushel
and fourteen cents for threshing and
nothing for hauling, we wonder what
the poor Gus is going to do with his
money.
"The price reduction will strike
this district particularly hard as the
failures the past few years places the
farmer where he must sell at practi-
cally what he is offered That those
who control the market are we'll
aware Of this is not disputed.
''The rye that is bought for SO
cents will be sold for $3.50 in Buffalo.
If some of you fellows have way
out Of this, speak up--now is good
time" -Minot N. P. L. Press, August
3rd. .....,. .s,.
"Those who control the market" is
an expression which should direct our
attention to the solution of the market
problem of the farmers rye, wheat,