The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-04

with nine members, known as the
Melrose Alliance. Temporary Organ
izatiOn:
| President. Stephen Kells.
Secretary, Bryan Flahaven, Mel
rose, MINI. o. G. LYMAN.
| Deputy Lecturer.
Ed. GREAT WEST:
We held a meeting today, and or
CANNED an Alliance called the Vicks-
burg Alliance, of Renville Co. There
were twenty-eight who joined, and
we hope to get as many more at our
next meeting. The officers elected
were:
Pres.-P. P. Olson.
Vice Pres.-O. o. Enestwedt.
Secy-V. w. Brooks.
Treas.-H. w. Olson.
PIP. OLSON
Renville Co., Feby 80.
VAIL ALLIANCE, NO. 800.
EDITOR GREAT WEST: f5n@
DEAR FRIEND cali you friend, )"
because you are working in behalf of
truth and justice. Lead on-the
farmers in the Town of Vail will fol-
low. On the 7th inst, eleven OF us
farmers met together to talk about
starting an alliance. l read several
pieces to them out of the GREAT
WEST. We then formed temper
AIRY organization, with eleven men,
bers-sent 5000 to State Secretary
for charter.
Officers.-James Longbottom, ST.,
President; J. B. Johnson, Vice Presi-
dent; B. F. Fixson, Secretary; Jake
Nouneburg, Treasurer.
| Adjournment to meet on the 18th
inst. Met pursuant to adjournment,
took in eleven new members; talked
about our position in the country as
farmers, and agreed to let the old
parties take care of themselves and
that we would support the man that
would work for the farmers.
JAMES LONGBOTTOM, SR.
Redwood Co., Feby 9th.
New Alliances.
The following private letter to the
Editor, with accompanying list, will
be of interest to all our friends, and
so we take the liberty of publishing:
MANFRED, March 25th, 80.
EDITOR GREAT West:
On the inside find list of new char
tiers issued since my last, with Secre-
tary's address. l have now on hand
about twenty applications moro,
which will have to go over until after
the Executive Committee meets,
April 1st "What the de'il' are we
coming to? Guess we could go into
the third party business with a pref
ty strong capital if we wished to. I
have not slept night since l got
home, before II, and last night wrote
until 3 a. m. JOHN LATHROP.
NAMES OF NEW ALLIANCES.
Marshfield, Peter G. DAILY, Sec,
Tyho, Lincoln County.
Mapleton, s. W. Cornell, Sec., Ma
pleton, Blue Earth County.
Donnelly, /. H. Donnelly, Sec.,
Donnelly, Stevens County.
Custer, B. c. Trevett, Sec, Custer,
Big Stone County.
Belle Creek, Geo. Cook, Sec, White
Rock, Goodhue County
Cameron, James Jackson, Wood
stock, Pipe Stone County.
Argyle, J. Q. Cronthite, Sec. Arg
yle, Marshall, County.
Melrose, Bryan Flaharm Sec., Mel
rose, Stevens County.
Woodstock. organized by J I. Ber-
nand, Pipe Stone. No officers re-
ported.
Osborne, organized by same. No
officers reported.
Hamden. Sivert Larson. Sec,
Audubon, Becker County.
Lena, Thomas Hathaway, Pres,
Sec. not reported, Pine Island, Good
Fa1rvine, Thos. w. Cowling, sec.,
Spring Valley, Fillmore County.
New Auburn, Fred Meyers, Sec. not
reported, sent to secretary with re-
quest to report P. o. Immediately.
Storden, c. J. johnson, Sec., Stor-
den, Cottonwood.
Walworth, N A. Narum, Sec, Wild
Rice, Norman County.
These include what were sent direct
to me. Sec. Haigh forwarded about
twenty yesterday. Yours fraternally.
Our friends are getting anxious to
know something about the National
Alliance Fire Insurance Co. The de-
lay has been caused by movement
on foot which we were not at liberty
to speak OF before-the contemplated