The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-11-09

marCk date line on Saturday
morning is perhaps entitled to
the blue ribbon as a prize ghost
story:
"A gentleman who has been
quietly listening to the talk of
the bosses of the Nonpartisan
league says that some interest
ing plans have already been de-
termined upon for dealing with
state affairs. He said:
The recent republican
tour of Packard, Kositzky,
Prater and Tom Hall thru Bur-
leigh county was really to sell
enough stock to enable these
managers of the Nonpartisan
movement to take over Plaza
Smiths Public Opinion and
run it as a three times a week
sheet.
The Nonpartisan Leader fell
down in it's effort to finance a
new daily newspaper, but it is
hoped to use this Bismarck
paper for a daily during the
lie legislature; this would be full
fillment of the advertisement
under which they secured sub
scriptions SO they need not re-
turn any cash.
1T is quietly planned that
the legislature will make a
one-man tax commission, viz,
Packard, who is to have a sal
airy of $1,000 per year. This
will skid Steele out of a public
job and Wallace, who is hand
in glove with Packard, is
to be taken care of elsewhere;
possibly by a federal appoint
ment, if the proposed new
civil service commission can
not be fixed up to suit, OF he
may be placed in the attorney
generals office.
"Packard's department is to
be put in control of all the u.s.
sesors in the state, who may
be made appointive by him.
this would give him a machine
which would enable him to
boss the state as no other man
ever did, for he would have an
appointee in every taxing dis
trict.
THE new bill has already
been drawn up and has been
shown to some, and l believe
it has been passed upon by the
three Nonpartisan candidates
for the supreme court, and
held valid as it now stands.
The board of control is to
be organized and made a five
man board with Ray McKaig
and Townley upon it. Bowen
is to be 'land commissioner,
and this will put the big five
in control of the school lands.
A revolving fund out of the
state treasury is to be provided
with which land mortgages
will be taken up, bonds issued
against the mortgages, the
money placed back in the state
treasury and more mortgages
taken up aud more bonds issu-
ed. These bonds are to be
guaranteed by the state and
will bear five percent and the
mortgages will bear six per
cent-the n percent going
for expenses.
The Clover Leaf syndicate
is actually trying to get into
North Dakota. They have Of
fered Pete Thorson $50, 900 fol
the Normanden, and if they
get it they will put a new eve
ming paper into Grand Forks.
1T is rumored that the same
| people will either buy thu
Forum, or by hooking up will
the Nonpartisan Leader, will
start an evening daily in Far
go.
: The Nonpartisan bosses
, have by no means given VI
their plans for REVOLUTIONARY.
r the banking business. The,
are going after Messrs. Han
ma, Stegge, Steel and Colone
Little and their banks.
'Wishek has joined forces
r with them, and either he or c
r ]. Lee or Grant Youmans will
be bank examiner. This will
take care of their friends
:, There are. to be Nonpartisat
! owned banks in each count,
and state funds will be deposit
! ed in them. Then the new
!, Nonpartisan League Holdin.
company, recently organized
=. by Townley and others. is ex