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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-03-16
An Experienced Auctioneer

Alex Salisbury cries sales in
Wright and adjoining counties.
Prices in keeping with first.class
work. Satisfaction guaranteed or
no charges. Make dates at the
Mansfield Mirror office.--Adv.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-05-20

ready been made to support the APP
peal of good roads advocates that the
spectacular rise in the price of gaso-
line should not lead you to think twice
about the cost Of gasoline while you
think once about good roads.
Never before has the Good Roads
propaganda been SO actively pressed
as now. This fact is particularly no.
ticeable in Washington because now
the fight has centered upon the ques-
ton of federal participation in the
building Of highways.
And there is more to the issue, as
it has been raised here, than the mere
question of getting so many of Uncle
Sans dollars to be spent on roads.
The effort being made is moreover
the way in which a ht money is to be
spent. since Con9Yess has already
given evidence thai it is committed
in principle to federal appropriations
for road building.
There are two ways to spend the
Governments money, over the pork"
route, and via the right road Of adj
ministrative efficiency. The pork"
route is we'll Known and it has been
bro@dcUcd and l..rdt easy by the heavy
traffic it lis bor.c. Tic fright road
is of Course tie provcrbial narrow
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traffic to the minimum Of mileage and
would serve to connect correlate State
highway systems, just as those State
systems have, in many States, CORE
lated and brought to their highest
value the County systems.
Inevitably the struggle has also
come, while the Federal Government
stands on the threshold of this under
taking, between the policy Of federal
aid and the policy of q system of Ma
tional Highways built and maintained
by the Federal Government. In its
advocacy Of a national system the Ma
tional Highways Association points to
the teachings Of experience in the
case Of the Counties and the States.
It has stated it's positionNin the fol-
lowing words:
Good reads were first blilt by the
more active and prosperous towns or
townships. The larger centers of pop
ulation grew within their limits. This
attracted the road traffic of adjacent
communities. Such traffic did not help
build or maintain the roads it partly
destroyed.
This destruction resulted in de-;
mand for county appropriations for
road building. The moneys were first
distributed "r7orw tie loves or toult1-
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Advocacy of good roads does not
oppose any such demand or under
taking. Nevertheless the fact re-
mains that in Bad Roads versus Case
line, it can be demonstrated without
aid from Brother Ananias in the use
Of your figures that Bad Roads have
a bit the best of it, or the worst OF
it, in adding ciphers to your yearly
autom obile bill.
For instance If you have not con-
nected with the War Babies in suffl-
cient quantity to take you out Of the
humble class Of drivers of four cylin-
der cars, a stretch Of bad roads with
a nice group Of mudholes and Reverse
Thank YOU Mans will force you to
drop to second gear, to come to a
stop, lose gas energy. and then waste
money replacing that energy, enough
times to run your gasoline bill from
the cost of say Is miles to a gallon
Of gasoline to or miles to the
gallon.
If you drive your car the average
Of 5000 miles I'M a year,this Increased
Requirement in gasoline due TO bad
roads will add handsome fraction ia
your gasoline bill, ard the higher the
price goes the handsomcr that frac-
ton Will be.
While gasoline sold at - cents a
gallon. the difference between the
cost OF fifteen miles to q gallon or
good roads and 8 miles to gallon
on n ~ 81
ing of FTP cents on good reads on
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and stony path. But at the end of
it there stands the House called Beau
|tiful-the prize of good results.
Engaged in the effort to have Sc
lected right road for the eXpen-
diture of money on good roads" is
the National Highways Association.
This parent organization. with its in
finite number of affiliated organiZa
tons, is striving for the creation Of
a National Highways Commission, Its
argument is the simple one that If
you want to build railroad you do
not simply begin to lay tracks any
where and everywhere and build to
nowhere in particular. You employ
expert engineers and locate your road
in such manner that it will gain the
maximum of traffic on the minimum
Of mileage. You build your trunk
lines and then your feeders.
The contention Of the National
Highways Association is merely that
the Federal Government should enter
upon the task Of building good roads
upon this scientific basis. The Ma
tional Highways Commission proposed
would be composed Of experts in high
way engineering and they would 10
cate q system of National Highways
which would attract the may:mnn. Of
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-05-20

with inetficency and recklessness in
conducting his state office and recon-
mending the placing of the state Of
flee into competent hands.
On January &c, 1915, the Minot To-
cal prepared to nominate candidate
for state secretary-treasurer The
Townley gang, composed of Townley,
Bowen, Duroecher, Youmans, Moore.
Thomason, Dorman and others, had
tried by hook and crook to get Mi
not local to postpone nominations for
state ACKNOWLEDGEMENT until after
the state committee meeting, to pre-
Ven knowledge of Teigen's criminal
carelessness of the party's interests
being known to the state committee
men. However, enough true members
were informed of the scheme to pre-
vent it. The Auditors report Of Au-
gust "a, 1914, was read to the local,
also charges of conspiring to have
the executive committee discharged
and replaced by persons willing to act
as Townely's tools; charged that rec
ords of the state Office were kept out
of the hands of the executive COM
mittee and failure to properly route
Kirkpatrick. w. T. Mills and other
able and well known speakers, but
very ably did route some second-rat-
ers. who boosted for Teigen's re-elec-
ton as state secretary-treasurer.
The local also appointed me to bring
these charges before the state com
mittee.
The Minot local proceeded with
nominations, Teigen receiving one
vote and H. L. Martinson the balance.
Leaves Letter to Be Read.
According to instructions, I was
present at the state committee meet
ing on Jan 26 and q, and until meet.
ing adjourned, prepared with witness
es from different parts of the state,
one of whom was P. Rasmussen,
member at large, from Portal, to
prove my charges. Rasmussen was
unable to stay until the nomination
of state secretary-treasurer came up,
but wrote a letter requesting the state
committee before making nomina-
tons to get report from myself and
other members of the executive com
mittee on conduct of the state office
so as to help them make an intelli
gent choice for the Office of secre
tary-treasurer. Handing the letter to
A. E. Bowen, the chairman of the
meeting, he left on the train. The
next order of business being the nom
ination of secretary-treasurer. Chair
man Bowen said: "a letter was hand
ed me by comrade who was com
PEELED to leave on the train, request
ing me to read it before making nom
nations; what shall we do about it?'
Townley said: 'Comrade Chairman
| would like to inquire if this letter
is of such nature as to prejudice
| the members of the state committee
against any candidate for the Office OF
cretary-treasurer?' Bowen said:
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,e found the desire for Doodle and

be found the desire for Doodle and
power.
There are only few Of us left.
but these few will constitute mighty
foundation for the upbuildirS> OF a
sound movement that cannot be mis-
led by leaders who only want to use
us for their ignoble purposes. Will
you be misled by these "Yellows,"
who have forfeited every claim to
your respect and confidence, and hav-
ing proved traitors to the working
class while within the movement will
surely prove traitors to us in any
place of power they may attain. |
cannot believe that after it is fully
known how the Socialist party has
been nearly wrecked by these men
that any true Red can support them
in their nefarious schemes.
1t is time for all true Socialists to
stop and take stock Of conditions, and
prepare ' for action. Halfway meas
ures will not suffice. We must take
off our coats and fight the monster
with all our might and main, for ii
| they are defeated now it will in fu
ture discourage this habit of worm
ing their way into our party (when
the capitalist band-wagons are crowd
er) only to betray us.
This is the fight for our life-blood
Down with the "Yellows."
EUGENE TEUTSCH,
Minot, N. D.
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interest beween the wage working
class and that no conflict of interest
between two sections of the proper
tied class cannot give rise to So
cialist movement, Thomason went to
extremes to cater to business inter-
ests, ignoring the working class, de-
spite the fact that of North Dakota's
adult population perhaps one-half is
composed of wage-workers, and then
publishing a statement showing that.
5000 North Dakota Socialist men,
bers were not subscribers to the Icon
oclast, the Socialist organ. Small
wonder!
Socialists always welcome recruits
from every class and station in life,
provided they come prepared to &C
cept the Socialist movement as it is
or are able to make intelligent criti.
cism and suggest some improvement.
This gaining of recruits from other
classes is not uniformly successful,
as coming from a more prosperous
and cultured station in life, they be-
lieve themselves especially fitted to
lead the Wage-workers, not realizing
that the Wage-workers are the only
class whom economic conditions will
compel instinctively to adopt the
right course. Grant S. Youmans,
bank president and social light in Mi
not, was no exception. From his first
entrance he made his influence felt in
the Minot local. Extravagant in his
tastes, he soon, By his smoothness
and polished manners, gained their
consent to his suggested lavish eX
penditures until the treasury was ex
hausted, when by paying the bills
himself he placed the Minot local un.
der greater obligations to himself
Not understanding the working class
position, he very naturally allied him.
self with the reformers, appealing pri-
marily to the business. ,interests and
being elected to the executive com
mittee, became a willing party to
TOwnley's schemes to wreck the SO
cialist party.
With the knowledge that this band
of renegades are making great efforts
to extend their organization and to
inveigle Socialists of other states, and
| the desire to clear the Socialists OF
North Dakota from the suspicion OF
appearing to support them, ! have I'M
dertaken this thankless task OF eX-
posing these Socialist reformers,
who, when there is money in sight
| forget all about their Evolutionary
Socialism" Christian Socialism"
| "Anarchism," Direct Action SAB
otage,s Government Ownership" and
all other fads and hobbies, and, like
vultures on a carcass, proceed TO plch
white the bones of their victims.
In North Dakota they have shown
their true character, and undoubted-
~ only lack of opportunity prevents
others from initiating their North Da-
kota brothers. Scratch a reformer,
! and under the desire for reforms will
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-05-20
Burdick Has Not
Given Up His Race

Fargo, N. d., May 19.-U. L.. Bur
dick of Williston has not retired a
an active candidate for the republic
can nomination for governor; neither
is he frightened at the strength OF
the Non-partisan league candidate,
Lynn j. Frazier.
Mr.. Burdick, discussing the report
published this week at jamestown, to
the effect that Burdick had stated,
while there, that he was discouraged
at. his chances for election. and that
he was going home to continue the
campaign with little hope of success,
declared the report absolutely with
out foundation.
The prospects for my success in
the June primaries are now the best
they could possibly be-" said Mr.. Bur.
dick. 81 have not said that | was
going to withdrawn in my tour
over the state I have received SC
much evidence of support that l fee
confident the June election will favor
me.
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ships, on some agreed plan, and were
spent by them, or under the joint au-
thority Of county officials. Under
these conditions most Of such moneys
went into politics, and not into roads.
and there was no uniformity in COM
struction or care.
"As a result of this work. there was
reaction in favor Of County Roads
built and maintained by the county
officials. Then, and only then, did the
bulk OF such appropriations get into
roads, and there was beginning OF
efficiency and uniformity.
"But history repeated itself as be-
tween the counties The more active
and prosperous built and maintained
good roads. These were again de-
stroyed by the traffic from adjacent
counties. This traffic did not help
build or care for the roads it de-
stroyed. There followed a Statewide
demand for State appropriations to-
ward road building. Again history re.
peated itself in the form Of State Aid
to the counties and towns, to be- spent
by them, or under joint authority at
the State officials. And again most
of such moneys went into politics. and
not into roads, and lack of efficiency
and uniformity persisted.
GAS result of this waste, history
once more repeated itself and there
was demand for State Highways
built and maintained by the State un-
der it's Highway Commission. Eff
cheney and uniformity were the result,
and the moneys went into roads.
"In those States which now have
the best road systems we find, as the
result Of the above experience, a three
fold system. each under the exclusive
jurisdiction of its properly constituted
authorities. This has produced thu
largest mileage of good roads for tn,
least expenditure. 1t has brought eff.
cheney and uniformity out OF chaos.
and the money has gone into roads.
"The advocates Of National High
ways therefore claim that such a sys-
tenn, built and maintained by the Ma
tional Government, is the only sane
and logical course to pursue. They
claim that this would result in a four.
fold system. each under the exclusive
jurisdiction Of its properly constituted
authorities"
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at is Then said Townley, 81 move
we allow no information to be given
that will have tendency to preju-
dice any member Of the state COM
mittee against any candidate for the
Office of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT" Sec
onded by Oscar Anderson and car
ried. This shut me out as a commit
tee to bring charges of the Minot
local before the state committee.
The night session was held in Grant
S. Youmans' office. At this session
there was much discussion Of Town
ley's organization scheme, which was
stopped by the executive committee
as being dangerous and not worthy of
Socialists. To show the tenacity of
Townley it will be sufficient to state
that after his pet scheme had been
voted down by the state committee
he succeeded in having it reconsider
ed four times without avail. This
quadruple uefeat Of the Townley gang
marks the birth of the present Non.
partisan political league. Townley
discovered he could not control the
Socialist party in this particular.
! Ioll I1Cll oll lllCIl HldAl WI N lloo
been outside of the Socialist party.
Motions Are Suppressed.
There were seven motions carried
at the state committee meeting which
were suppressed from the records on
his own admission by Recording Sec
rotary Leon Duroecher. one of Town
leys gang. (Now with Non-partisan
league.)
In the spring of 1915, O. M. Thoma-
son, typical mental humbug, of the
ex-preacher variety, connected with a
strong voice, was hired as editor OF
the lconoclast, and Immediately pro-
ceeded to expose his utter ignorance
of Socialism and his willingness to
serve as Townleys turnkey. While
serving as organizer he had proved
his willingness to do the dirty work
by campaigning for Teigen as against
H. l.. Martinson, now acting state sec,
retary-treasurer. and one of the best
grounded Socialists in the state,
| whose honesty is above suspicion.
Thomason's smallness may to some
extent be understood when, while
manager of the Iconoclast he refused
to publish a paid advertisement from
the Minot Socialist local for a lee
ture to be given for the benefit Of the
| local. and advertising free of charge
a celebration run in opposition to So
cialists in Dorman park, besides Civ
ing one-third of the front page to
advertise banking scheme.
| While well grounded suspicious
We're current that all was not right.
Thomason's mental prostitution was
| very useful in writing sarcastic edi-
torials and ridiculihg those, who tried
to prevent Townley's gang from to-
tally wrecking the party. Ignorant
of the fundamentals of Socialism and
that the Socialist movement is the
inevitable outcome of the conflict of
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n average days run Of twenty-five

|
miles,
But with gasoline selling, say, for
25 cents a gallon, the saving on such
a days run on good roads, as COM
pared to bad roads, amounts to nearly
81 cents day. The increased need
Of good roads, for the cheaper OPP
eraticn Of the car is shown to be in
direct proportion to the increase in
the price of gasoline.
All Of days run would not often
be over bad roads entirely. But in
the 5000 miles covered in a year with
the average Of good and bad roads ex-
listing in the United States today, GER
tainly a large enough portion of it
would fall on bad roads to make the
increased cost in gasoline a big item.
But bigger item still that depends
upon the condition Of your roads is
the tire bill. 1t is difficult to esti-
mate the increased cost in tires which
bad roads entail. Also it is perhaps
unnecessary to estimate it. Every
driver of an. automobile knows what
rocky roads and sand blisters add to
The tire bill over the legitimate cost
occasioned by tire wear on good roads.
! And heaven knows that latter cost
| is enough.
| This same comparison in Bad Roads
versus Gasoline co:,id be extended to
Ia discussion of cost Of repairs and
loss frcn. depreciation The hill Of
I particulars" could be dr..Wn Oh, iTdcfi-
lnitGlv. Ent enough of C&se has al
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-05-20

81 expect to visit Fargo at some
time prior to the election, and will
arrange the Fargo date on my re.
turn to Williston.''
Mr.. Burdick made his statement to
The Forum over the long distance
telephone from Devils Lake, where he
spent most of the day.
Mr.. Burdick, explaining such state
ments as he had made to friends at
Jamestown, asserted that he had sim
ply explained that during the balance
Of the campaign he would fill only
series of speaking dates that had al
ready been partially arranged.
That Burdick's campaign has re-
Gently gained new recruits in many
sections of the state is the general
concensus of opinion among politi-
clans in this section. They at no
time took credence in the report that
Mr.. Burdick would retire from the
race-for they felt certain that he
was gaining strength daily.
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G0o0R0Hny 12HH2
ZL/2 W0x7L[2 LIDI|2S

- He Speaker had recognized the
Gentleman from Timbucktoo
and in the interest of the Ford
49, ties of his district, he held the
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LEAGUE
LEADERS TOO RADICAL
FOR THE SOCIALISTS
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an organization of which they knew
nothing and could have no voice in
the management, just as he has done
in the 'Non-partisan league They
were pledged to pay dollar month.
The first dollar was to go for over
head expenses, and the rest for differ
emit purposes. To save trouble. he
urged them to pay the, s12 in cash,
which was frequently done. When
work reached certain point he took
the auto into the next county, where,
when the work reached a certain
point he would return the auto to
Morton county, procure another auto
in the new county being worked, and
appoint a local organizer to collect
dues and secure new members in the
first county.
Scheme Works Great.
This scheme worked fine, and being
the busiest time of the year when
most of the members of the executive
committee, under whom he was work
ing, were busy at their own affairs
or were out of town, he had started
his organization in several counties
and secured four or five automobiles
before the executive committee heard
of his scheme and, calling him in,
strictly ordered him to stop this wild
cat organization plan. Ignoring or.
ders, he jumped out and began or.
ganizing another county and bought
another auto. When this became
known he was called in and separat-
ed from the payroll That effectu-
allya stopped the Non-partisan league
plan Of organization within the So
cialist party.
Immediately Townley, Bowen and
Teigen began to plan a similar organ
izatiOn on the outside and finally
drafted q typewritten form for organ
ization Of the Non partisan political
league. Asking my approval of this
plan, saving it would relieve the So
cialist party of any responsibility,
and being refused, they at once began
to lay plans to get control of the
Socialist state committee (Which was
to meet soon, in order to override
the executive committees objection
to their scheme, and allow them to
proceed as before. Townley, through
Teigen, controlled the state Office of
the party, and was running it to suit
himself regardless Of the executive
committee 1t the time 1 submitted
auditors report, Aug. "a, 1914, charg-
ing the state secretary-treasurer
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-05-20

- He Speaker had recognized the
Gentleman from Timbucktoo
and in the interest of the Ford
ties Of his district, he held the
House spellbound upon the ubiquitous
rise in the price of gasoline. Pro-
posals for Congressional Investigations,
The arbitrary regulation of prices, and
condemnation Of those responsible for
the increased prices. were received
with loud applause.
Out in a committee room rested a
bill for the building of good roads.
The question was and is. whether
action would first be taken to force
down the cost of gasoline or to give
the nation good roads.
From the viewpoint of the Fordite
1t was a question of Bad Roads versus
Gasoline in the High Cost of Motor
Ing.
The price Of gasoline has more than
doubled within the past year. A year
ago we bought it, If we were good
buyers. for II IL cents per gallon.
Today we pay anywhere from % to 81
cents gallon. And this increase in
the cost of necessity" has come so
suddenly that 1t has overwhelmed
the 100000 or more owners of au-
tomobiles In the United States There
Is weeping and wailing and gnashing
of teeth and greater fear lest the
price shall mount to the 5O-cent mark
threatened. H#
But bad roads we have had with
US always. Hence bad roads are toll
eratedrw the cost Of gasoline calls
forth our wrath. But the fact is that
bad foadsMadd greater cost to the
opegation of motor cars than gaso-
line even at its present price. Bad
roads require probably double the
amount of gasoline. One way, there
fore, to escape the burden of the
high cost of gasoline is through pro-
viding good roads. The higher the
price Of gasoline mounts, the moro
need there is. to Automobiles, for
good roads.
Gasoline has become so much of
Necessity of life" in these prosperous
United States today that there is no
chance of the demand for the loves,
possible reduction in its price sub
siding. If the tales are true that
the present price is not altogether
fixed by supply and demand, or if
Snv6mtive genius can create new
sources, of supply. this demand will
bring such relief
=