County Board Sees Transfers and 1908 Budget Set
Edmund White named county surveyor to replace Caldwell who failed duties. George H Capes elected to a board seat from the second district. A. M. Chant named chairman for 1908. various bids and contracts approved or cancelled. Salaries and deputy staff fixed. bids for office improvements and a court house well to be advertised. Board to reconvene January 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Capes
Omemee
L. A. Knoke
Board of County Commissioners
J. H. Kirk
M. Brandford
PL Johnson
Arcade Bergeron
Geo. H. Capes
Capes
Ou Demonerat
Onemee
A. M. Chant
H. T. Shhoonmaker
A. RB. Caldwell
Anl
Edmund White
C.F. Shong
Mouse River
Deep River
Chatfield
Michael Manning
Glemsett and
Knoke
Bottineau
Robert Tohm
Garten
Fred Marzolf
Fred Stabble
Gotleib Brand
Kramer
Romises
Ward County
Grant
State Board of Equalization
Depunty
Register of Deeds
Office of Register of Deeds
Arne Agsness
M. Kaeding
Ed Kromery
A. O. Norabe
Thos. Dooley
Phell
George Stewart
Chas. A. Stratton
Michael J. Kelly
Mark Hawker
Peder Knudson
M. BK. Halldorson
Souris
John Robertson
Willow City
County Board of Health
Willow City Eagle
Westhope Standard
Bottineau News
Gronna and Hanna Backed For North Dakota Congress
A State press notice outlines favored candidates for Congress from North Dakota. It extols Hon. A. J. Gronna of Lakota and Hon. L. B. Hanna of Fargo, praising their experience, loyalty, and service to farmers and state citizens. It also mentions other contenders like Young of Valley City and Sinkler of Grafton while noting Alfred Blaisdell’s bid appears unlikely. the writer urges voters to support Gronna and Hanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courant
North Dakota
A. J. Gronna
Lakota
Nelson County
Washington
Gronna
L. B. Hanna
Faree
Page
Causa County
Hanna
Cass County
Robert
Louis B. ‘Hanna
Fargo
Young
Valley City
Barnes County
Senate
Sinkler
Grafton
Walsh County
Alfred Blaisdell
Ward
Minot
Thos. F. Marshall
United States
P. J. McCumber
Marshall
H. T. Helgeson
Milton
Agriculture and Labor
Helgeson
John Sorley
Grand Forks
Scandinavian Republican League
Republican Party
Josus
A. J. Grenna
National Congress
Heredity in National Life and Racial Evolution
The piece outlines two laws from David Starr Jordan: that a nation’s blond character shapes its history, and that national history shapes its blood. It argues individuals reflect broader hereditary streams, with living generations as results of past vicissitudes, while those who die childless do not influence heredity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Starr Jordan
Dog Aided Helfess Friend in Algerian Tale
A Cornhill Magazine writer recalls Mise Napier in Algiers where a guard dog fetched bread each morning. The dog carried 12 rolls in a basket but secretly gave a roll to a starving stray with puppies. After baker increased to 13, the dog delivered 12 until the mother dog recovered and no longer needed aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornhill Magazine
Mise Napier
Algiers
Taste as a Measure of Museum Value
A critical essay argues that taste is personal and that museums should embrace scientific rigor over aesthetic uncertainty. It condemns the timid academic temper and the decline of esthetic judgment, citing Darwin’s noted waning of aesthetic life and calling for a sunlit, science-based museum growth rather than moonshine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Darwin
Atlantic Monthly
Jim Martins Birch Monument In West Virginia Camp Tale
A West Virginia lumberman Jim Martin carried a green birch handspike in the days of the Mexican War. He stuck it in mud by Pond Fork Branch where he was buried in Mexico after enlistment. The handspike grew into a tree seen as martin’s monument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Martin
West Virginia
Jim
Pond Fork
Little Coal River
Mexico
Millionaire’s Balloon Bet Stuns Blandville Race
Julius Aasvogel, South African magnate, bets Haverson in a one mile race with weight by balloon attached to the Anonyme. The plan collapses as wind inflates the balloon, lifting the rival car and sealing Aasvogel’s forfeit amid crowd laughter and club uproar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Aasvogel
Haverson
Tost
Rand
Mills
Aasvogel
Ausvogel
Blandville
Haveraon
Aassvogel
Aasv
Dea
Aaavogel
Heverson
Ponting
Anayoget
Haversom
Milla
Terra Firma
Hagerson
Julius Aaavogel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Omemee Farm
Sieweeds
Couity
A. KR. Caldwell
Commissioners Doings
Gronna and
Hannna
Kramer, N. D
Dog
Armiger Barclay
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