| Summary: | Newsletter of the North Dakota School for the Deaf. THE NORTH DAKOTA BANNER matters belter. They are far behind in some lines of farming and in other employments and it will take years before the people will ho able to become a thorough business like nation. The pony is the common carrier. But Iceland is adopting the customs of more •progressive countries and she hos a bright future before her. The airships of to-morrow .may '.bring' us into closer touch with the country of snow and ice as well as countries that are uninhabitable. It is possible for Iceland to become one of the most progressive little countries and she may 'surprise the world some day. When you have sufficient money to get an airship, yon can go up and fly around Iceland where you can look down and get better idea about it than I can give you. *r Life of Gjvernor John A. Johnson By Mabel Thompson. If ■ ■ J H N and remained in the service of the Shite for 'eight years, fie \vas a member of the Presbyterian Church where he became, a regular attendant. John A. Johnson was also a newspaper success. In 1.891 he was elected Secretary of the. State* Editorial Association. In 1898 he was elected president when he was thirty two years old. In 1898 he was nominated for State Senator by the democratic convention. I Ie was elected by a majority of 125. In 1904 he was elected governor of Min-send troops. He stopped at IXifuth, saw the officials of the steel company and got their promise to avoid trouble if possible. He went on to [libbing and hunted up, one of t ho loaders, sat down with him and bad quite il talk with him and gave him to understand that, t-lie Mrike must be ham fled without Violence. He. went on to the other towns and gave the same advice, to strike leaders, local authorities and mine superinreiulerits. He made a speech at Kveleth in which be said that. the. men had a right to )HN ALBERT JOHNSON was horn in a log cabin iu St. Peter, Minnesota on July 28, 1801. When he was one year old, the: Sioux Indians rose against the whites in the western part of ihe State. The Johnsons Med to St. Peter, a busy liitie village in those days.and remained there until the Indians were driven from the State. Governor Johnson’s childhood was spent in St. Peter. Ills mother and her, family were poor. She worked hard taking iu washing. Jolin Albert had Very little educational advantages as a boy. He left School when he was thirteen years old, stopping in the sixth grade. He was never able to go back to school or to college. His school days ended much to his regret and disappointment but his mother needed him to help her. He was very glad to do so and to contribute to the suppo.it of the family. In a drug store lie worked to support the family. When he had nothing else to do. he read books and employed his spare time, lie never forgot his mother. He worked in the drug store until he had attained the ago of 25 years. He was industrious and very ambitious in many ways. The noble mother of the governor dieu.in 1906. She was very proud of her distinguished son. He was at one time captain of the local military company CLASS OF 1 DOT nesota. lie loved to he out doors. He was an enthusiastic autoist and base-ball-fan. Mr. Johnson was married to Miss Elinora M. Preston of St. Peter, Minnesota on J une, 1894. She was horn in Wisconsin hut later her folks moved to Rochester., Minnesota, where they lived. That Governor Johnson was a wise and judicious man beyond the ordinary, is shown in his handling of a great striked In the summer of 1907 there was a strike of 16,000 workmen. The strike leaders claimed that they would keep the peace, but local officials and the business men in the district- feared their ability to do this and to control their men, so the governor was asked to organize and strike aud also had a right to induce others to strike but any man who wanted to work had a right t;o do so without interference. Last September Governor Johnson was obliged to go to the Roehestr Hospital, and an operation was performed. He had the best of care by the physicians and nurses, but he died on the twent\-tirst of September, 1909, forty-eight years of age. Thousands of people mourned because of their great loss. He was a kind, noble, ami popular man among, his people in Minnesota. All the schools and shops were closed on the day of the funeral. Ilis body was buried beside that of his mother. !n many respects he was remarkably j
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