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Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota
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Comprehensive directory of North Dakota state, county, and city officials, including executive, judicial, educational, and federal positions, primarily centered in Bismarck and surrounding areas.
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Executive Department--Frank White, governor, Bismarck; C. W. Getchell, private secretary; Bessie Waggoner, stenographer.
David Bartlett, lieutenant governor, Cooperstown.
Department of State--E. F. Porter, Bismarck, secretary; Frank Lawrence, deputy; Belle Dietrich, clerk.
Auditor's Department--A. N. Carlsen, auditor, Bismarck; T. J. Harris, deputy; Carl Jorgenson, clerk.
Treasurer's Department--D. McMillan, treasurer, Bismarck; M. M. Cook, deputy; J. B. Cook, clerk.
Insurance Department--Ferdinand Leutz, commissioner, Bismarck; W. C. Gilbreath, deputy; Sue E. Halliday, clerk.
Legal Department--O. D. Comstock, attorney general, Bismarck; John F. Philbrick, assistant.
Department of Public Instruction--J. M. Devine, superintendent, Bismarck; A. L. Woods, deputy; J. G. Halland, clerk.
Bureau of Labor and Statistics--R. J. Turner, commissioner of agriculture and labor, Bismarck; C. C. Turner, deputy; Margaret Davidson, stenographer.
Commissioners of Railroads--C. D. Lord, Cando, chairman; J. F. Shea, Wahpeton; J. J. Youngblood, Fessenden; C. C. Hammond, secretary, Bismarck.
Land Department--Board of university and school lands comprises the superintendent of public instruction, governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state auditor; D. J. Laxdal, commissioner, Bismarck; C. L. Merrick, deputy; Walter Brown, clerk; Wm. LaMoure, stenographer.
Department of Justice--State Supreme Court--Alfred Wallin, Fargo, chief justice; N. C. Young, associate justice, Fargo; D. E. Morgan, Devils Lake, associate justice; R. D. Hoskins, clerk of supreme court, Bismarck; J. M. Cochrane, reporter of supreme court, Grand Forks.
District Judges--First District, Charles J. Fisk, Grand Forks; Second district, John Cowan, Devils Lake; Third district, Charles A. Pollock, Fargo; Fourth district, W. S. Lauder, Wahpeton; Fifth district, S. L. Glaspell, Jamestown; Sixth district, W. H. Winchester, Bismarck; Seventh district, W. J. Kneeshaw, Pembina.
Terms of Supreme and U. S. Courts--Supreme court, March term: Fourth Tuesday in March at Fargo, and second Tuesday in April at Bismarck, September term: Third Tuesday in September at Grand Forks, and first Tuesday in October at Bismarck.
United States Court--At Bismarck, first Tuesday in March; Devils Lake, first Tuesday in July; Fargo, third Tuesday in May; Grand Forks, second Tuesday in November.
Militia--Commander-in-chief, Gov. Frank White, Bismarck; adjutant general, E. S. Miller, Bismarck.
Trustees of Public Institutions.
Agriculture College--W. H. Robinson, Mayville; S. S. Lyon, Fargo; Geo. C. Osgood, Fargo; Alex. Stern, Fargo; B. N. Stone, LaMoure; Maynard Crane, Cooperstown; Henry J. Rusch, Fargo.
Deaf and Dumb Asylum--A. O. Whipple, Devils Lake; L. A. Larson, Rugby; M. F. Falahy, Cando; O. A. Boynton, Jamestown; Alex McLean, Penn.
Blind Asylum--T. J. Blacklock, Walhalla; John Mager, Walhalla; Herbert L. Holmes, Bathgate; Benjamin James, Bathgate; J. B. Robinson, Bathgate.
State School of Forestry--S. F. Swenson, McKinney; Ole Roland, Bottineau; David Clark, Bottineau.
State Hospital for the Insane--C. F. Mudgett, Valley City; E. Young, Tower City; John Knauff, Jamestown; Chas. Lachlan, New Rockford.
Industrial School--Thos. Sefton, Jos. B. Taylor, Monango; Andrew Weber, Ashley; John Shumann, Milnor; Chas. J. Sturgeon, Edgeley.
Mayville Normal School--C. M. Johnson, Dwight; C. S. Edwards, Mayville; B. S. Russell, Jamestown; E. V. Sarles, Hillsboro; Henry Richter, Everest.
Valley City Normal School--Nels Larson, Dazey; Amasa P. Feake, Valley City; David Lloyd, Cathay; O. T. H. Sherping, Enderlin; J. Henry Plath, jr., Davenport.
State Penitentiary--C. D. Edick, Bismarck; Walter Macomber, Wilton; A. T. Crowl, Dickinson; Franklin Potter, Casselton; Edward Braddock, Williston.
Soldiers' Home--Freeman Orcutt, Wahpeton; Maurice I. Brown, Lisbon; E. C. Gearey, Fargo; Harris Gardner, Lisbon; John D. Black, Valley City.
State Reform School--C. A. Heegaard, Mandan; G. J. DeFrance, Dickinson; H. Gilbert, Sentinel Butte; W. J. Etherington, Sanger P. O.; W. H. Webb, Bismarck.
University of North Dakota--Steven Collins, Grand Forks;
William Budge, Grand Forks; Geo. W. Towle, Mt. Park River; A. J. Gronna, Lakota; David Bartlett, Cooperstown.
Veterinary Medical Examiners--D. Fisher, Grandin; J. N. Sheppard, Park River; E. J. Davidson, Grand Forks.
Dental Examiners--Louis S. Irgens, Valley City; R. S. Ramsey, Grand Forks; H. L. Starling, Fargo; H. S. Sowles, Wahpeton; D. B. McLean, Jamestown.
Medical Examiners--I. N. Wear, Fargo; H. M. Wheeler, Grand Forks; J. P. Aylen, Sheldon; H. Rutledge, Grand Forks; Wm. F. Hobart, Oakes; H. J. Rowe, Casselton; W. R. DePuy, Grafton.
State Board of Pharmacy--H. E. Haussamen, Grafton; W. S. Parker, Lisbon; H. E. White, Jamestown.
State Board of Health--O. D. Comstock, attorney general, president, ex-officio member; G. F. Erskine, Hamilton, vice president; superintendent public health Dr. H. H. Healey, Michigan City.
District Veterinarians--First district, J. B. Campbell, Larimore; Second district, W. F. Crewe, Devils Lake; Third district, C. T. Martin, Buffalo; Fourth district, B. W. Teal, Oakes; Fifth district, C. A. Anderson, Valley City; Sixth district, Wm. S. Mackin, Mandan; Seventh district, A. F. Elliott, Milton; Eighth district, R. H. Treacy, Bismarck; Ninth district, Argo Raymond, Willow City; Tenth district, F. W. C. Tompkins, Oberon.
Board of Agriculture--Wm. Dieball, Stanton; W. H. Mann, New Salem; T. S. Underhill, Gladstone.
Congressional
United States Senators--Henry C. Hansbrough, Devils Lake, N. D.; Porter J. McCumber, Wahpeton, N. D.
Representative in Congress--Burleigh Spaulding Oakes.
United States Land Officers
Bismarck--A. G. McGillivray, receiver; S. V. Solberg, Satterlund, receiver
Grand Forks--E. H. Kent, register; C. L. Lindstrom, receiver
Devils Lake--H. F. Diehl, register; Ole Bergum, receiver
Fargo--D. O. Taft, receiver; C. Nayacen, register
Grafton--Wm. Hanscom, receiver; To. Ois, register
Oil Inspector--L. W. Schruth, Fargo.
State Examiner--R. E. Wallace, Bismarck; H. G. Proctor, deputy; W. A. Dillon, deputy.
Commissioner of Irrigation and Forestry--W. W. Barrett, Churchs Ferry.
State Agent Prevention of Cruelty to Animals--Mrs. F. C. Holley, Bismarck.
State Game Warden--Evert Wagness, Devils Lake.
State Board of Equalization--Governor, auditor, attorney general, commissioner of agriculture and labor and treasurer.
Sessions at capitol, first Tuesday in August of each year.
Historical Commission--Governor, auditor, secretary of state, commissioner of agriculture and labor, Wm. H. Morehead and the president of the North Dakota Historical Society (Col. C. A. Lounsberry).
Pan-American Exposition Commissioners--Frank White, president; R. J. Turner, secretary; David Bartlett, manager; Walter F. Cushing, assistant manager in charge of exhibits.
Board of Pardons--Frank White, governor; O. D. Comstock, attorney general; Alfred Wallin, chief justice supreme court; R. S. Adams, Lisbon; Thomas E. Campbell, Willow City.
State Printers and Binders--Tribune, Bismarck.
State Barbers' Board--Chas. H. Bell, Oakes; M. G. Burke, Valley City; Jos. Wickert, Devils Lake.
Federal Officials.
United States Circuit Judges--Hon. H. C. Caldwell, Little Rock, Ark.; Hon. Walter H. Sanborn, St. Paul, Minn.; Hon. Amos M. Thayer, St. Louis, Mo.
United States District Judge--Hon. Chas. F. Amidon, Fargo, N. D.
United States Marshal--John E. Haggart, Fargo, N. D.
United States Attorney--P. H. Rourke, Lisbon, N. D.; deputy, D. S. Allen, Bismarck.
Clerk of United States District and United States Circuit Courts--J. A. Montgomery, Fargo, N. D.
Deputy Clerks--R. D. Hoskins, Bismarck; H. N. Hamilton, Grand Forks; D. G. Duell, Devils Lake; E. R. Steele, Fargo.
Surveyor General--E. A. Williams, Bismarck.
National Bank Examiner--W. A. Gordon, Grand Forks.
Collector of Customs--N. E. Nelson, Pembina.
Deputy, United States Revenue Collectors--J. E. Cooley, Grand Forks; Harry Cornwall, Jamestown.
Bismarck, City Officials.
Mayor--F. H. Register
Auditor--W. P. Moffet
Treasurer--P. E. Byrne
Magistrate--J. F. Fort
Justice of the Peace--Thos. Sanders
Attorney--J. R. Gage
Engineer--John Harold
Health Officer--E. P. Quain
Chief of Police--J. C. Ritchey
Aldermen--First ward, F. R. Smyth, M. P. Slattery; Second ward, N. H. Lovin, H. L. Reade; Third ward, J. P. Jackson, William Jager; Fourth ward, Thos. Cunningham, Jas. Bartron.
Officers of Burleigh County
Sheriff--H. P. Bogue
Treasurer--Wm. Falconer
Auditor--W. S. Moorhouse
County Judge--John Fort
Clerk of Court--Walter Skelton
States Attorney--E. S. Allen
Register of Deeds--Chas. A. Johnson
Coroner--John White
Superintendent Schools--Fannie Dunn
Surveyor--John Harold
Physician--G. Matchan
County Commissioners--George Welch, G. W. Johnson, J. C. Swett.
County Board of Health--Dr. W. G. Matchan, E. S. Pierce, E. S. Allen.
Insanity Board--J. F. Fort, Dr. W. G. Matchan, E. S. Allen.
County Justices--Edgar Tibbils, Oscar H. Wall, E. S. Pierce.
County Constables--Frank Donnelly, M. J. McKenzie, D. C. McLean, Jacob J. Lamb.
The election was a tie. In drawing lots Mr. Johnson holds the office the first year of the term and Mr. Fortune holds during 1902.
Public Officials and Offices
State Officials--Offices at Capitol
County Officials--Offices at courthouse except as herein otherwise indicated
City Council--Regular meetings first and third Tuesdays of each month at council chambers in Patterson Block.
Chambers of W. H. Winchester, district judge, First National Bank Building.
Office of County Judge--Webb Block
Office of States Attorney--Webb Block
Office of Mayor--The Northwest
Office of City Treasurer--First Nat Bank
Office of City Clerk--Patterson Block
Office of City Justice--Webb Block
Office of County Justice--Taylor Block
Office Supt Schools--Bismarck Bank Block
U. S. Land Office--First Nat. Bank Block
U. S. Surveyor General--Webb Block
U. S. Court Rooms--Webb Block
U. S. Commissioner, J. R. Gage, First National Bank Block
Deputy U. S. Marshal--Frank Donnelly
United States Weather Bureau (and state weather and crop service)--L. B. H. Broncson, director, government reservation, West Main street.
Post Office, Agatha G. Patterson, postmaster.
St. Alexius Hospital, Main & Sixth St.
Acting Assistant U. S. Marine Hospital Surgeon--F. R. Smyth, First Nat. Bank Block.
Terms of District Court 6th District
First Sub-division--At Bismarck, fourth Tuesday in May and fourth Tuesday in November.
Second Sub-division--At Medora, Billings County, two terms at such times as the judge shall direct.
Third Sub-division--At Williston, Williams County, two terms at such times as the judge shall direct.
Fourth Sub-division--At Steele, Kidder County, third Tuesday in June and second Tuesday in January.
Fifth Sub-division--At Stanton, Mercer County, two terms, at such times as the judge shall direct.
Sixth Sub-division--At Washburn, McLean County, two terms at such times as the judge shall direct.
Seventh Sub-division--At Mandan, Morton County, third Tuesday in April and first Wednesday after the first Monday in November.
Eighth Sub-division--At Sanger, Oliver County, two terms at such times as the judge shall direct.
Ninth Sub-division--At Center, Oliver-Stark County, first Tuesday in April and second Tuesday in September.
Hon. W. H. Winchester, judge--Chambers in First National Bank Block
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