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Newspaper
The Bowbells Tribune
Location
Bowbells, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1912
Page
4
A collection of snips from the Bowbells Tribune comments on local figures C A Johnson N Davis and Geo H Gjertsen. It weighs in on Burke county politics naming candidates Blaisdell for Congress and endorses Gjertsen for states attorney while noting party policy secrecy at the assessor’s office.
Staale Hendrickson denies aiming to defeat opponents in the primaries while local politics in Bowbells heats up. The piece urges voters to back C. H. Hecht for county superintendent and Geo. H. Gjertsen for states attorney, arguing taxes and schools depend on capable leadership as the primary approaches.
Kansas secretary of state warns 170 offices will be filled in 193? primaries with four parties fielding candidates. He notes up to 8,000 petition circulators may be used, calling petitions tiresome. Proposal: replace petitions with entrance fees from 150 to 10 dollars, potentially easing access but risking higher costs than vendors.
A Maryland governor urged policies to keep young people on farms during a road tour speech. He discussed economic pressures and potential incentives to retain youth in agriculture as the farming population faces ongoing demographic challenges.
An official urged farmers to buy cars for their families, even on credit, to keep the children on the farm and provide townlike recreation. He notes autos as farm implements, easing isolation and enabling evening excursions beyond the day’s work.
The newspaper endorses Alfred Blaisdell as the most representative Progressive choice for Congress in the third district. It lauds his honesty, legal record, and firm pledges to progressive goals including recall, short ballot, tariff reform benefiting consumers, and irrigation expansion, while criticizing opponents for mere insinuations.
A clean campaign on broad and statesmanlike measures features Alfred Blaisdell praised as a man who would be a credit to the Third Congressional District.
In Macon County, Missouri, girls warn suitors that a good roads association membership is now a prerequisite for attentions. The column argues the slogan will spur farmers to push road improvements, as the cost of bad roads becomes clear when hauling grain on mud paths.
Foster county Sheriff J J Atkin arrested William D Allison in Pettibone after a three day search, extradited to Indiana with partner Broom for a murder during an attempted holdup last winter. Both men confessed and blamed each other for the killing.
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