The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1916-12-06
RAISE FUNDS TO
L|F DEBT ON
LOTUS HONE: | |:
Farmers Of Northwest in Few
|. Minutes Subscribe over 5000
Of 5000 Asked.
aovERNoR.ELEcT FRAZIER
GETS GREAT OVATION
St. Paul Auditorium Packed With
Members Of American So
ciety Of Equity
y GIVE 40 ACRES.

ciety Of Equity 4
GIVE 40 ACRES. 4.
81. Paul. Dec. s. Mr.. and Mrs.
6. w. Orange OF jamestown, en-.
route 70 California to spend the
winter, visited the convention this
morning and announced that Far.
90 contributed 200 acres for the
Equity plant. There was 1 real
old reunion Tuesday afternoon,
whom Robert kee Of aanborn, N. Is,
=, finished rousino little speech
and met q. w. Orange 6f James
town, N. o., on the stage. kee 10
Is years old and oranpa 4 few
years younger. Former Demo.
cratic Congressman Kelly Of Pi.
ERE, s. o., said Wilson owes his
/ election TO the Women's vote and
should support woman's suffrage.
st. Paul, Dec. Corresponding spon-
taneously to an appeal for relief, the
farmers in session here today raised
81, ,O27 in a few minutes to lift mort
gage of $4,000 with accrued interest
on the home Of the widow and child
rem of. George s. LOTUS, the late lead
or Of the Equity forces in the north
west.
BENJAMIN Drake, Minneapolis, attor-
ney for Equity, explained the Widows
plight. Undoubtedly the entire amount
Ito free the home from encumbrance
will be raised soon. A fund raised In
Fargo sometime ago gave Mrs. Lotus
|$1,4O0.
Service keypots. 4, .y
xas iSs |.y ssss,
or. He spoke chiefly. OF the Seattle
port commission, which is q municipal
body elected by the voters, operating
large warehouses where the farmers
may cOnsign their grain. He said,
through this. $10O. 900 have been saved
to the farmers during the last five
years. !.
How. Equity Spreads.
Representative Magnus Johnson of
Minnesota told the convention how
the Equity movement is spreading to
Minnesota and will soon envelope this
state. johnson said men in st. Paul
posing as Equity members are really
attempting to destroy the farmers
cause.
Is Reference to government ownership
Of railways ~ a remedy for the high
cost of living was applauded.
To Oppose Embargo.
Doubtless resolutions opposing tho
proposed food embargo will be formed
and forwarded before the adjournment
Of the Equity convention tomorrow.
Clean Sweep Planned.
Plans to carry the Non-Partisan
league to South Dakota, Montana and
Iowa were explained by E. A. Bowman
of Fargo. He said it was the object of
the league to sweep things before
them as they had done in North Da-
kota at the recent election.
Every seat and nearly all standing
room utilized when Govern0r-elect
Frazier of North Dakota spoke at the
municipal auditorium Tuesday after.
noon. Frazier urged the farmers to
continue combining until the Mime
apolis chamber of commerce and the
so-called packing combine were put
out of business.
Robert Kee, 75-year-old, farmer of
Sanborn, N. D., spoke next.
Draw Pictures.
There was q short informal talk by
J. M. Baer, cartOonist of Fargo Non
Partisan Leader. He drew pictures
of the leaders prominent in Equity
circles and those who took part in the
recent political upheaval in North Da-
kOta.
L. d. Hall of the federal department
of agriculture made brief talk.
DR.. L. s. Platou, former mayor Of
Valley City, N. D., sent the following
message
Il regret that sickness in my family
prevents me from attending your
great convention. Please convey my
best wishes to the thousands Of Equity
farmers with the hope that their ef-
forts will meet with still greater sue
cess. The solution of the problem Is
cooperation"
r. o. Richards of Huron, S. D.,
whose primary law demanding that
candidates meet in debates before the
primaries was defeated, explained his
ideas of what an ideal direct primary
should be.
Dedication of a 100000 Equity ex-
change elevator monument to open
unspeculative marketing of grain
was the principal feature Of the ses-
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