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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-11
ARGYLE. Mimi. Sept. 18th. 1915

ARGYLE, Mimi, Sept. 4th, 1891.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
! must congratulate you on the
able manner in which you are hand
ling many of the topics that interest
and form the leading features of the
Peoples party. I believe that the
frequent use of cuts such as appear
in your paper is very convincing and
calculated to decidedly increase the
influence OF reform papers among the
people; will you allow me the use OF
this cut? If so I will safely return it
after use in our issue. Cannot few
reform papers arrange for the regu-
lar use of cuts OF this kind as often as
suitable each bearing a proportion
of the cost, they could be sent from
one to the other and thereby create
a decided interest among class that
could not well be reached any other
way. Should like to hear your
views.
The foregoing is from Bro. Cronk-
kite of the Marshall County Banner.
The GREAT WEST carries a line of
cartoons. We will furnish duplicates
of any that appear in this paper for
$500 which is but little above the
average cost of stereotyping.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-11
The Little Giant.

The Little Giant Power Converter
is a new machine that will be of
great interest to Farmers, Stockmen
& Dairymen. 1t is designed for util-
ling the vast amount of wind power
that is daily wasted over the prairies
OF the Northwest.
The manufacturers are receiving
we'll merited praise from purchasers
now using this machine for having
produced an implement that makes
every pumping wind mill of twice it's
former value to the owner, for by at
taching the Little Giant Power Con-
verter and Feed Grinder, which is
complete in itself, all of the feed used
on a large farm can be ground with
out any additional expense or trou-
BILE incident to hauling to and from
the custom mill.
Every dairyman and stockman
knows the advantage of ground feed
over unground, but many neglect to
profit by this advantage, as the ex-
pense and trouble of taking feed to
the mill and hauling it home again
are items that a busy farmer cannot
ignore. However, with a small
outlay for one of these machines
everyone owning ten foot pumping
wind mill can avoid this expense and
trouble. The Little Giant is con-
structed wholly of iron and steel and
is strong and durable with very little
chance for bleakage or getting out
of repair.
The Grinder is controlled by an au-
tomato governor that closes the
grinding plates when the motion is
slow or unsteady, preventing the mill
from choking up and making it safe
to run at night or when at work in
the field.
Attachments are provided for a
Feed Cutter, Wood Saw, GrindstOne,
Churn or any machine that can be
attached without additional cost.
Each machine is complete in itself
and is sold under warranty. Cornish
Curtis & Greene, the well known
dairy implement and supply house of
St. Paul, are the exclusive North
western agents. That they sell and
recommend it is an evidence of it's
value.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-11

Mr.. Bohall, OF Todd County, was
in the city Tuesday, and stated that
steps we're being taken to organize a
Sixth District Alliance, in the coun-
ties composing the new district.
There has arisen some question as to
the advisability OF Congressional Dis
trict Alliances, they being dropped at
the last state meeting. While the Or
ganic relations of congressional
district alliance with the state ALI
ance may be matter OF doubt
there being but one candidate in such
districts, and the counties being the
source of delegates to the State Or
ganization-still we can conceive
that it is we'll to meet in such dis
tricts by delegates, thus advancing
general interests. Everything that
tends to perfect the organization is
OF advantage.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-11
A roorHLEss AGE IN VIEW.
Mankind II Getting Ready to Live With.
out Hair or Teeth.

Mankind Is Getting Ready to Live With.
out Hair or Teeth.
With us there is, to say the least q
strong and decided prejudice in favor
of luxuriant tresses and pearly teeth.
But tits only the prejudice and by no
means universal We see no lack OF
beauty in the infants naked, rosy
scalp, or in the sweet little toothless
mouth. We even see a kind of ma
jestic beauty in the ivory dome that
covers the sage's busy brain. A white
shining billiard ball is by no means
unpleasant to the eye, says writer in
the North American Review, and no
one can fancy its beauty improved by
covering half Of it with coat of hair,
however soft and silky, lustrous, brown
or golden. Birds had teeth once. How
should we welcome the prospect of q
return, a retrogression, to their former
semi-reptilian condition. Would you
think your canary or your brilliant
hued cockatoo improved in its appear
ance If the smooth, even edges of it's
bill were garnished with saws of pearly
teeth like little feathered and winged
alligator?
The possession Of full compile
ment Of teeth has always been regard
ed as an indispensable condition of
perfect health. To our prehistoric
ancestors, who had no other grain
mills than their molars it must have
been so. and the modern soldier in
active service would find his hard tack
and leathery salt beef rather unsatis-
factory fare without the dental integ-
rity which the examining surgeon so
properly insists upon. But the con-
stanhy improving science Of cookery
supplies the remedy for the civilian.
and as to the soldier, he is. like his
teeth, q relic of undeveloped civiliza-
ton. The 'dogs of war" must go,
teeth and all. Experience has demon
strated that the luxurious diet Of CIV
ilizaton, which gives so little for the
teeth to do. is on the whole, more
conducive to vitality and longevity
than the hard fare of savagery. Long
before toothless gums shall become
the rule all occasions for teeth shall
have passed, either for beauty or use.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-11
The Farmers Study it.
FREELAND, Aug. %, 1SG

FREELAND, Aug. %, 1891.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
Will you kindly tell me why the G.
w. has stopped coming to me. 1t is
three weeks since I received a num-
Der. Above all let me have my paper;
it is the paper of the papers to me,
and l have carefully studied the
wheat fight, and all the principles Of
the farmers alliance. Mr.. Fish, you
have my best wishes in the great and
glorious work in which you are en-
gagged, and my prayer is that "as
thy day is, SO may thy strength be. d
THOMAS STAMP.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-11

this paper and enclose stamp. Their
address is 100 & 1872 E. 9Th St., st.
Paul.
SEE THIS LETTER.
CAKES, N. D., June 4th, 1891.
GRIGGs & Co., Grocers,
100 & 1872 E. 9Th. St., st. Paul.
DEAR SIRs: Inclosed you will
please find 1928, balance due on bill
OF goods. Goods came as ordered,
and we are well pleased with them,
as they are much better than we
have ever been able to get at the
stores in the West. In comparing
prices on our bill of $134.59, which
included freight, we find we have
cleared at least $50, besides the diff
ference in the grade, and we are fully
convinced that it has been a great
saving in quality and quantity.
W. III. DIXON.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-11
The Sub-Treasury Column.

The following are the states which
have held their annual meetings, all
of which have declared solidly for the
Ocala demands and the sub-treasury
plan:
North Dakota, Oregon, South
Carolina, Maryland, Alabama, West
Virginia, North Carolina, Louisiana,
Tennessee, Virginia, Texas, Georgia
Arkansas.
In all these thirteen conventions
there were but three votes against
the sub-treasury plan. Such a I'M
animity ought to convince the op'
position that the sub treasury has
come to stay.-National Economist
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-11
Who Killed the Plutocrat,

R1DGEwAY. MINI, Aug. 26, '91.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
Enclosed you will please find funds
for 4 yearly renewals for the GREAT
WEST. I have always found you
right. Some say the DR.. is too radi-
cal. 'Talk of radicalism!" you can t
be too radical, the disease needs
strong remedies, you are on the
right track, "Go ahead"
Who killed Cock Robin?
said the Sparrow,
With my bow and arrow,
killed Cock Robin.
Who killed the Plutocrat?
l said the Proletariat,
With my little Ballot,
killed the Plutocrat
JOSEPH COOPER.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-11

even if they come from Hall and
Olson. The people have very little
confidence in these men-we have
none whatever-not after the Mer-
riam campaign of 1888-but let us
hope that some good can come out
of EdOm.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-11

Eric Olson wrote some letters per-
sonally to a considerable number OF
alliance men last week, inviting them
in the name of the "Wheat Growers
Association" to meet him at his
boarding house at st. Paul. 1t is
generally thought that this associa-
ton is being gotten up to furnish a
support for him and Hall, now that
the alliance has dropped them. We
are not sure of this, but would advise
the farmers to go slow in building up
an opposition organization to the
alliance. Every member OF the ALI
ance is interested in the wheat mar
ket. The great wheat fight was be-
gun in the alliance on March 4th,
1890; and at that time, and ever
since, these men Olson, Hall, etc.,
violently opposed and sat down on
us in our efforts to carry on
that eight" Every fact they use in
their supposed cause of organization
was evolved in the GREAT WEST.
There is another curious incident: At
the last State Meeting DR.. Fish called
for a committee that he might lay
certain papers before them in regard
to wheat stealing. A committee of
eleven was appointed. But on that
committee were men who had vio-
lently opposed us in our exposure OF
the treasury-wrecking last year, and
men who would be only too glad to
see us landed in the penitentiary, and
we declined to present the documents
before them. A man by the name of
Swayne, of Rice County, was made
chairman-and that finished the
business so far as we are concerned.
Very soon afterward, Hall and
Olson, each holding IS a day Offices
in the Legislature, got hold of some
interesting facts in relation to the
Duluth elevators, interesting, though
old and useless-and commenced a
crusade of wind, which costs the state
$40, 900, and disgraced the cause.
If Olson's boarding house meeting
evolves any useful material we hope
it will be given to the world. In fact,
any fresh discoveries will be valuable
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-11

Every purchaser of groceries in the
northwest should know where they
can try and get the best value for
their money. Since 1875 Griggs &
Co., have done business in St. Paul,
and are a reliable firm. They offer to
sell to anyone, and can save a pur-
chaser many dollars each year.
They issue a price list which it will
pay to read and keep posted. We
advise our readers to send for a cata-
logue. In doing 80, please mention
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-11
TOLD BY An OLD MINER,
How tho Mexican Bandits Knew He Had
Been Hunting

How the Mexican Bandits Knew He Had
Been Hunting.
THE good old days are gone, sighed
the forty-niner. addressing Helena
Journal Reporter, and they'll never
come again. When youths pulse beats
high with pleasure when the sky Is
clear and there are no black and lower
ing clouds on the horizon. when, in
short, man feels that all he has to do
is to acquire controlling interest In
the earth is to apply at the office and
hand in his name, then-why then life
Is worth living"
whats the matterP" I inquired.
Give been thinking again. tell
you, my boy. 1t doesn't pay an old man
to think. If he can remember without
thinking he's all right; but when he
gets to comparing the present with tho
past he's in bad way and he's sure to
get downhearted.
''California?''
Eyes. Can't help it I will be
thinking Of the days of 40. spite of all
1 can do. Here l am, getting on to.
ward three-score years and ten, and
I've only got enough money to procure
the necessities of life. And who Is
thankful for thatp Who is grateful
for roast beef and potatoes when he
has an appetite for terrapin and cham
pagnep And yet once had more
money than could have spent during
my whole life."
'How was that?"
In 1851 was prospecting in Cali
fornia and struck it rich. My partner
and located a claim that had millions
in it. apparently. We didn't have
capital enough to work it. and so we
went up to Frisco to find purchaser.
We found him, too. His name was
Moore, and he was well-known char
acter on the coast. He had made
couple of millions working mine he
had bought for $500. Well, we con-
vinced him we had good thing and
he gave us 5000, 900 in gold coin for it.
I was afraid to deposit my share any,
where, so I loaded it in -four bags on
cart and drove down to San Jose.
In the hills back of the town was
cave I had discovered year before.
It was so situated that it couldn't be
discovered except by accident
II buried the money in a corner of
the cave and went gleefully back to
San Jose. AS soon as got into town
party of Mexican bandits captured
me and informed me that if I didn't
conduct them to my buried treasure I
was dead man. Life was sweet to
me at that time and I didn't hesitate.
They dug up my 800, 0O0 gave me
5000 to keep me from want and rode
off to the southwark. never saw
any of them again for ten years, when
I met one of the band in Los Angeles.
We had a friendly conversation, in the
the course of which asked him how
he and his companions knew that I
possessed the treasure.
"'You couldn't have seen me carry
it to the cave I said, for if you had
there would have been no need OF TAX
ing me prisoner
"No,' he replied. it was your
hands
my hands"
eyes. I was in a saloon where
you were taking drink, and I saw
your hands were tarnished.'"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-11
The Fear Of Paternalism.

The Fear OF PaternaItsm.
Those who express SO much horror
of the paternalism involved in the
proposition OF government owner
ship OF the means OF transportation
and communication, have no fears
of the Capitalization of power in the
hands of a few irresponsible men re-
sulting from corporate control of the
same franchises, and the absorption
OF more than one half of the aggre-
gate wealth OF the entire country by
less than $4,000 people. Which is
the more dangerous to American
Libel ty, this latter paternalism Or
the paternalism OF all the people?-
Topeka Advocate.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-11
Next Week

the GREAT WEST will publish extracts
from testimony taken in 1873, from
Jay Gould, on the corruption prac-
ticed by the great railway systems
giving the actual facts as to sums
paid and the purposes thereof. It is
long article, but of extraordinary
value, the testimony being under
oath. The issue will be a good one
to file away for future use.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-11
Wright County Fair.

DIR. Fish will also deliver an adj
dress at the Wright County Fair, at
Howard Lake, Sept. 16th-a large
crowd is anticipated, and a general
revival OF interest. From Howard
Lake the DR.. gets to the Murray
County Fair, at Currie, (1Sth), and
still later, Oath, at Lake Benton,
county seat of Lincoln Co.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-11
Todd Co. Al1iancemen Attention!

Todd Co. Alliancemen Attention!
WEST UNION, Mimi, Aug. 81, 81.
Notice is hereby given that at 10
O'Clock A. NJ. on Saturday, the 26th
day of September, 1891, there will be
a meeting of the Todd County ALI
ance held in Long Prairie, in Todd
county, state OF Minnesota, to trans
act such business as may come before
the meeting. Each local or sub-alli-
ance, will be entitled to three dele
gates. G. F. BOHALL, Pres't.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-11
The Oldest House.

A house still standing in Chicopee,
Mass, is reported to be 225 years old.
and is probably the oldest dwelling in
the commonwealth. It Is Ia good
state of preservation and its present
owner has occupied It fifty seven years
continuously
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-11
State Farmers Alliance .

State Farmers Alliance.
FOREST LAKE, Sept. Z, 81.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
Please find the following report:
Cash receipts from local alliances
since my last report:
Lake City Alliance, No. 1925,
CIR. Clark, Lake City, dues. $500
Granite Lake Alliance, No.
1349, Adolph Rehaume, An
Mandate membership fees.... 1850
Parker town Alliance, No.
1862, S. C. Bailey, Randall,
membership fees................. $50
Alliance, No. 100, Richard
Phillips, Round Prairie,
dues. 800
Farmers Guard Alliance.
ITO, E. Erikson, Indepen-
dence, dues. ..................... 3.O5
TOtal............................ 1882
A. L. STRoMBERG,
Sec'y.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-11

The Republican League" OF Kan
sas, nest of oath-bound traitors
to the government, has come out
with highfalutin manifesto" that
debt means prosperity and the Kan
sas Alliance is dead and dying.
Sad-come to the funeral next year,
won't you?
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-11
RECURRING NAMES.

Phil Armour, the Chicago pork king,
does an annual business of $63, 900, coo.
Rev. Robert Barbour, Scotch clergy
man who died lately at Aix-les- Bains, left
an estate valued at over $500, 900.
The widow of Chief Justice Waite.
though seventy-one years Of age, has dark
hair and comparatively unwrinkled face.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-11

being made to care for the great Live
Stock interests at the Exposition. A
cOmmOdious ampitheater for exhi-
bition purposes will be erected, as
well as the necessary stables, barns,
hospitals, etc.
The rules and regulations govern
ing the eligibility Of Live Stock for
entry are now being prepared, and
while care will be taken to secure
specimens of the best established
breeds, the rules will be sufficiently
liberal to permit the entry OF animals
from every part of the world, which
have such characteristics as to make
them objects of interest to visitors at
an international Exposition. A let
ter has been received from a repre-
sentative of one of the leading Live
Stock Associations of Germany, ask
ing for information about the rules
governing the admission of Live
Stock.
The Live Stock exhibit will probab-
~ open in June, 1898, with a kennel
show, lasting six days, followed in
August, September and October by
the exhibition of horses, cattle, sheep,
swine, poultry, pigeons, etc.
Liberal money premiums, medals
and diplomas, which the Exposition
Management propose to offer, have
already stimulated a widespread in
terest in this exhibit.
AGRICULTURAL CONGRESS.
The Agricultural and Machinery
Buildings will be connected by per-
istyle, which will contain a cOmmOdi-
Gus Agricultural and Live Stock AS
sembly Hall, and also committee
FOODS and Office headquarters for
the various Agricultural and Live
Stock Associations and Societies. In
the Assembly Hall lectures will be de-
livered, papers read, and discussions
had on subjects of interest to agri-
culturists and stock-raisers, partici-
pated in by men eminent in these
branches throughout the wotld.
FORESTRY DEPARTMENT.
The Forestry Building will be a
beautiful structure 200 feet by 500
feet, and in it will be installed exhib-
it's showing the forest growth Of the
world, arranged in the most interest
ing and attractive manner.
The classification for this Depart
ment embraces wood and timber in
the natural states, and in every
known commercial form of manufac-
ture, ornamental woods, timber pre-
pared to resist decay, wood pulp,
woodenware, forest botany, timber
culture, forest management, harvest
ing of forest products, preparation
and manipulation of lumber, maps,
illustrations and statistics. 1t is ex-
pected that there will be one or more
complete saw-mills in operation dur
ing the Exposition.
The front of the Forestry Building
will consist of long colorado made
from the trunks Of trees, contributed
by the various states, showing their
representative woods,-and also sta
tistics of the amount of standing
timber in each state respectively.
l trust the above will give you a
general idea of what is proposed in
the Departments under my charge.
II there is any further information
which you, or your organization may
desire, l will be glad to furnish it.
Trusting that may have your CO.
operation in the work, l am, Yours
very truly, w. /. BUCHANAN,
Chief, Department of Agriculture.
In charge, Dept's OF Live Stock &
Forestry
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-11
Mechanical Item.

Gentleman-Why,m my little boy, you
ought to be at school; you are too small
to work.
Boy-I have to work to support my
mother, sir.
"Why. is your father dead?'
s.No, sir: he's an inventor. Texas
Siftings
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-11

The editor of the GREAT WEST will
address the Allliancemen of Lincoln
county at the regular meeting OF the
county alliance on the Oath inst. A
large attendance is expected. The
DR.. will spend several days in Lincoln
county. and suggests that alliance
men who would like an address at
their schoolhouse, or elsewhere send
word to this office. MIA. L. Slough
ton, the manager OF the course, will
give date Immediately.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-11
A North Dakota Fable.

There was a North Dakota farmer
once who kept a pet lion which he
raised from a cub to sleek, roaring
monster. Every year he worked so
he might have enough surplus to
keep this lion on nice fat beef and
English mutton chops and fancy
cuts. But there came a series of years
in which it was nip and tuck whether
the farmer should go hungry or the
lion. The farmer groaned and the
lion savagely beat his sides with his
caudal. This course of i'll luck could
not last always, so Providence one
year blessed this farmer with a ire
mendous crop and he FASTENED to
the lions den to make merry with the
King of Beasts over the prospects
for the season. The lion was very
hungry, and us the farmer had left
the door open to free access to his
herd, the lion said to himself: 81
will keep it all because I am the lion.
Laws be damned! My necessity
knows no law!" With that he bit
off the farmers head, and possessed
the flock.
MORAL. Stack your wheat.-East
Grand Forks News.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-11

John Sherman is probably the
most colossal liar in the United
States. In a recent letter he says
81 know of no instance where money
has been loaned by the government
to bankers at 1 and 2 per cent or
any other rate" This is intended
as a whitening reply to the SUBJ
treasury scheme of the Alliance,
which he Immediately proceeds to
roast. His words are technically
tue, but false as hell in essence and
spirit. It is true the government
has not loaned money at 1, 2 or
any other per cent but it has given
favored banks untold millions for
absolutely nothing. Sherman may be
able to hoodwink the Buckeyes, but
the wild and woody Jayhawkers, can
size up such frauds as he and Ingalls,
are in a MISUNDERSTANDING Kan
san.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-11

Maine organized her Peoples Party
on the 9Th at Lewiston, amid much
enthusiasm.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-11
MINN ESOTA
Peoples Party of Minnesota.


Chairman-TJ J. Meighen Forestvile.
Secretary,-Louis Hanson, Sabin.
Observation-Disclosures
s. M Owen Richmond Ignatius Donnely
C. N. Perkins, j. F. McNany A. r. Holston,
W. W. Irwin, D. F. Lister, Louis Hanson,
STEVENSON, e. Phelps, C. F. BOhan,
j. a. Baker, E. W. Fish, 81. B Martin,
r. J. Meghen, NJ Weisenberg, A. D. Ferris
II. B. j. a.. Hanna, p Gildea.
COMMITTEE.
T. j. Meghen. Andrew Seenerson Louis Hanson
Ignatius Donnelly, S. NJ Owen c. N Perkins,
n B. Martin W.. Irwin
Gen. Baker E. w. Fish.