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Show GEORGE M. YOUNG'S SHORT TERM iak Public men have often boasted their long terms of office in some high position; it remains for Representative Representa-tive George M. Young, at present representative rep-resentative from North Dakota, to bear the unique honor of having been governor of a sovereign state of the Union for the shortest space of time than any other man ever held that exalted position one hour, by the clock! "The great event happened in the summer of 1912," said Mr. Young. "Our regular governor, John Burke, was away building fences and stringing wires in a convention hall down In St. Louis. The next in succession was Lieut. Gov. R. S. Lewis, a banker of Fargo. "One slithering hot day a touring car full of friends chugged up to the bank. They reminded Lewis that it was hot, that North Dakota was prohibition, pro-hibition, that Minnesota wasn't. So they stuffed him in among them, headed for Moorhead, Minn., and threw on the high speed. Lewis was over the state line just one hour, and meantime, by virtue of my position as president presi-dent pro tempore of our state senate, the . honors, duties, privileges and responsibilities re-sponsibilities of the governorship fell upon me." |