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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1916
Page
8
Adverse crops and sagging farm incomes in the northwest are expected to temper business activity. The piece argues adversity teaches interdependence, noting communities progress fastest in prosperity but endure hardest times when people unite and help one another.
In the east the women anti suffragists organize to campaign against Charles E Hughes because he admits equal suffrage is inevitable. The Antis oppose women in politics yet risk entering the ballot arena themselves to block suffrage.
Attend the Benefit Ball Game Friday evening to support Co. E fund. Also announce the Graphics department launches a new serial starting in next week’s issue.
Editor Bratten of the Pierce County Tribune lauds the first annual county fair, held in Rugby, as a milestone for agricultural progress and community cohesion. The piece notes strong attendance, the sense of local pride, and the fair’s potential to inspire future farming and stock-raising efforts across Pierce County.
A garbled notice indicates a proposed constitutional amendment after passage by the 4th North Dakota legislative body and submission to the fifteenth assembly for approval. The text is incomplete.
A concurrent legislative resolution proposes amending the North Dakota constitution to modify the Supreme Court. The draft sets five justices with a majority required to decide cases and contemplates court sessions and potential implications if the legislature stalls. The wording reflects a state legislative process and references to the Fifteenth Legislative Assembly.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe legislative action to submit to electors an amendment for taxing and borrowing powers. It cites constitutional sections and proposes using the levy to fund a drawing crops valuation project and state lands administration. The text mentions adjusting tax rates among owners and potential state needs.
A 1913 proposed constitutional amendment to Section 185 seeks to bar state, county, city, township, school district, or other political subdivisions from extending credit or donations to individuals, associations, or corporations except for essential capital stock subscriptions. It allows loan funds via a state department and mandates a two thirds popular vote for internal improvements.
The lake, over 45 miles long and eight miles wide, formed by melted Colorado snows, fills spillways to water dry desert lands. As it flows, it moistens the growing season and fruits up the acres below the dam. At a one o'clock luncheon, about a dozen ladies attended hosted by Mrs. C. Herschel Roy at the Great Northern. A proverb notes that a man's work is from sun to sun and a woman's work down from mother to daughter.
A constitutional amendment submitted by the North Dakota House and Senate seeks to raise and cap county and city indebtedness limits for construction, maintenance of public highways, water works, and sewers. The proposal allows certain increases by two thirds vote but bounds total debt by assessed property value, with exceptions for specific municipal projects.
The document announces an amendment to Article VII and Article VIE of the North Dakota constitution. It details allowing members to cast all votes for a single candidate or distribute them across multiple candidates in director or manager elections. It also certifies copies of amendments were sent to the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Legislative assemblies. The certification is by Secretary of State Thomas Hall at Bismarck, dated July 27, 1916.
A fragmented 20th century legislative note from North Dakota outlines a proposed amendment to a state law regarding crop insurance. It references the Senate and House concurring to amend the statute and mentions general elections and ratification, with unclear procedural details and dated phrasing.
Night and day physician and surgeon services with fitting, offices at 372 office and 874 residence. Union Block office over Boston Score. 827-2 phone for day and night calls. Chiropractor and veterinary staff listed with multiple Williston, North Dakota entries including a state veterinarian and hospital.
President Wilson will press the golden key to start Rio Grande waters through Elephant Butte dam on October 14. The act will bring 200,000 acres of fertile lands in New Mexico Texas and Old Mexico into irrigation. The first International Irrigation Congress meets at the dam dedication and later in El Paso on October 16 17 and 18. The dam is a massive concrete and steel structure spanning the river.
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