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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1910
Page
4
Advertising rates listed include fifteen cents per inch per insertion with a 1200 inch yearly contract, twelve and a half cents per inch for yearly contracts, want ads one cent per word with a $935.00 minimum for 1000 lines, professional cards seventy five cents per inch per month or $87.50 yearly in advance, and reading notices five cents per line per issue.
A reader questions Ole L. Hilde s campaign cards reading Vote for Ole L Hilde candidate for sheriff Williams County N D and asks why the card does not declare his party affiliation. The note wonders if he is hiding his party to attract undecided voters and gain extra support.
The Ray Pioneer accuses Senator McCumber and Representative Hanna of voting for a flawed tariff bill. The piece defends the law as best yet, notes a continuing tariff commission, and argues gradual corrections will yield a perfect tariff. It claims the lawmakers acted conscientiously for their state and rejects hasty reform.
In a countywide election voters will again decide on county division along the 159 line. Proponents argue a northern county would lower taxes and lessen travel to the county seat, comparing it with the hardship of long rail or auto trips. They claim division would create two strong counties and avoid future fracturing.
A column questions the practice of independents who enter party primaries and then run as independents if defeated. It likens the choice to flipping a penny or drawing straws and recalls boys deciding a game by such odds, arguing this undermines party process.
An old primary description compares selecting a batter by chance to choosing a candidate in a primary. Boys rotate field roles while the batter earns the right to bat, mirroring how voters decide who will run in the fall and supporters must back the winner to gain the chance to lead.
Judges announced second and third prizes for city writeups. Schafer Record won first prize. The three articles will appear next week. Marriage licenses issued this month include Severt Peterson and Oliva Visdahl, Carl Johnson and Kathinea Visdahl, Daniel Olson and Helen Hendrickson, Elmer Duncan and Myrtle Dromm, Alfred Anderson and Flora Lerum, Martin Jensen and Sadie Ford, Arno Grimm and Eoma Wiedeman, Martin Dgloe and Louise Halland, Boris Sarg and Lottie Hay, Gilbert Burk and Lena Talbot, August Sandeen and Sadie Steele, Ole Bakken and Anna Haugen, Ole Tyribakken and Haldis Nilsen, all in North Dakota locales. Dakota Western Telephone Company will issue a new directory November 1, and those installing phones should notify by October 20 to be included.
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