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Newspaper
The Ward County Independent
Location
Minot, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1916
Page
3
E B Goss urged voters to re elect him to the supreme court noting six years in Minot. He cited district bench experience and accelerated decisions since 1911, claiming the court handles property rights efficiently and is the proper arm of government. He asked for primaries approval alongside Judge Burke and Fisk.
McCumber, a 17 year state servant and U S Senator, is urged as the best choice for North Dakota in a political ad from Ward County friends. It touts his chairmanship potential on Finance and Foreign Relations, wheat protection, and his experience as key to tariff reform and foreign disputes.
Minot's former police chief Elmer Smith, 36, who led Minot during the I W W troubles, died suddenly of heart failure Saturday at Ray after breakfast. Funeral held Monday in Ray. interment there. He left a wife and two children, with his father operating the Ray hotel. He had moved to Ray two or three years earlier after stints in Minot and the livery business in Russell and Ray, North Dakota.
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