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Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-10-18
TOWNLEY DRIVEN
OUT Of SLAYTON

S!ayton, Mimi, Oct. 3.--Warned
against speaking in S.ayton under
penalty of arrest for violating vag-
rancy ordinance, President A. c..
Townley, of the National Nonpart:san
league, shook the dust Ct the city from
his feet late yesterday and. marshall
ing 200 farmers who had come in to
hear him, motored over to the village
Of Hadley SIX milss away, where he
spoke last night.
The address, according to some who
heard it, was largely TRADE against
the "kept press" of the Twin Cities
the city of Salyton, certain county Of.
ficers, and the Murray County Herald
Nothing was said in support of Liber.
ty Bonds.
Mr.. Townley spoke Thursday even
ing at Worthington, but Slayton die
not want to hear him, and the Slaytor
Commercial club adopted resolution!
asking the city council to prohibit th'
meeting here. The council acted Fri
day morning. The courthouse wa
closed to the meeting, and Mr.. Town
ley was served with notice that if h
attempted to speak, he would be ar
rested under the city ordinance, OF
account of the record made by hin
and by the league in previous meet
ings. The league claims about 40
members ia Murray county.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-10-18
NONPARTY LEADER HELD AS
EVADER

Harry F. Rice, organizer for the
Nonpartisan league in South Dakota,
is held in Jail at Yankton, S. D., for
Investigation, after serving 10 days
sentence there for petty larceny COM
mitted in the town of Armour, Doug
las county, South Dakota. Rice stole
a leather-sleeved vest from merchant
at Armour.
When the theft was discovered he
reimbursed the merchant for the vest,
but the states attorney heard of the
matter and instituted prosecution.
Rice was convicted of petty larceny
and because there was no Jail in Doug
las county, he was taken to Yankton
to serve his ten days sentence.
When the science was served the
sheriff of Yankton county noticed that
/ Rice had no registration card and
held him .'er further investigation.
District Judge Hugo Hanft, of St.
Paul. sentenced Rice to the state re-
formatory May l4th last, when h
pleaded guilty TO having stolen 10 lbs,
of lead from the Omaha freight house
in St. Pcul. The sentence was sus-
pended for two years on condition OF
good conduct. Judge Hanft heard ot
the mans lapse and made inquiries
through federal authorities IS TO tn,
facts.
T. z. Campbell, special agent ot
the department Of justice. receivec
word from Yaakton concerning Rice
Judge Hanft VIII probably have th'
man brought back 10 Minnesota TO
having violated the terms Of his pro
: hation. He may have TO 20 70 IN
resorznatory at St. Cloud.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-10-18
SHOOTS SISTER-IN-LAW

Halliday, N. D., Dec. -.-Esraping
<. ON the state hospital for the insane
i. Rochester, Mimi. Edgar Dahl n
'.ade his way t, his homestead near
Halliday, now occupied by his brother,
ohm E. Dah)en, and finding his sis
ter-ir-law there alone, he drew re-
volver and fired upon her. One .32
,aliber bullet struck Mrs. Dahlen in
the face inhict'ng a serious, but not
necessarily fatal wound. Dahlen was
taken before local insanity board,
pronounced insane, and committed to
the state hospital at jamestown until
preparations can be made for his
transfer to Rochester. Dahlen was
homesteading here the time his mania
irst developed, about two years ago
being a citizen Of Minnesota, he wa.
committed to the Gopher stat, hos
pital.
The above man was arrested an,
brought to Linton not long ago, bu
it was thought best to give him hi
car fare and ~ him go to his CLAIM
at halliday, N. D. Evidently ~,
he got there he had become more furi
Gus than when he was in Lin,on..
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-10-18
REV. BuzzELLE
MAKES fine SPEECH

The paop'e of the county who failed
to be present at the rally meeting at
tn. Opera House last F. iday evening
missed treat for the speech dcliv-
cred by Rev. Buzzelle, Of Bismarck,
was certainly well worth going long
way to h ar.
is s-bjoct for the event was the
Second Liberty Loan and the value Of
buying bonds so as to assist in the
war. Though he made many explana-
tions of the conditions of our country
and Of the necessity of our people to
wake up to the fact that we are in war
and must have the help Of every indi-
vidual, a so that it took money to win
the war as well as men to fight for
every soldier sent to the front must be
kept with good equipment and whole
some food and do to this we must have
money and lots of it. The buying Of
q Liberty Bond will hep great deal
ard you lose nothing. The govern
ment is not asking for your money
they are only borrowing it and will
pay an interest of per cent for it.
Next Wrdnes 'ay is the last day tc
buy bord. Let US sc. what l. I'd Of
la showing Emmons county car
make by disposing of all that has
been assign d to this county.
At the c'ose of the meeting Rev
Buzzelle asked Miss Atha to lead II
singing America which she very g!ad',
did.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-10-18
ANOTHER LETTER
FROM CAMP GREEN
Camp Green, Oct. II, 1917.
Emrnons County Record,

Camp G:een, Oct. II, 1917.
Emmons County Record,
Dear Friends:
At last the First North Dakota
Regiment has finally arrived Il. its
concentration camp, and has begun
work in earnest.
Our trip was quite interesting. We
started on our trip by taking the N.
P. train to St. Paul, aid from there
over the Rock leland south to Albert
Lee, Mimi. thence to Rock Island, Ill. !.
From this place we went direct to
Chicago, and over the Pennsylvania
line from Chicago to Cincinnati, Ohio,
where we stopped over Eve hours ana
visited the town on the Ohio river.
After leaving Cincinnati we went
through Kentucky and Tennessee
At Lexington, KY, we passed over the
highest bridge in the United States,
the bridge being 80 feet from the
base to the top. Our next adventure
was to pass through tunnel almost
mile long, anS nearly suffocated be.
fore We came out of it.
At Ashville, N. c., the Red Cross
society at that place gave US a recep'
ton and the boys are all with the Rec
Cross nurses from now on.
At present We are getting we'll es
tablished, and drilling is under full
swing with hours a day, with
holidays week.
With electric lights and other mod
ern conveniences in our camp, CAM
life is not as bad as people imagine
4 and with Charlotte only a few mile,
away and having a population OF al
most $4,000, we have considerable &C
tivities in a social line.
| Will write more on our camp lif
later. beg to remain,
Sincerely yours
GEO. SMITH,
1874 U. S. Init.
!. Camp Green N.
i p. .S.-The FirstaN.~D. Init >rha
been renamed 1874 U. S. Init.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-10-18
STANDING BEHIND OUR SOL
DIERS.

You are und taking a rat duty
The heart of the whole country is
with you. Everything that you do
will be watched with the deepest in
terest and with the deepest solicitude
not only by those who are near and
dear to you but by the whole Nation
besides, for this great war draws us
all together. From President
Wilson's address to the soldiers of the
National Army.
If the heart of the country is with
our soldiers of the National Army, and
it is believed that it is, the money Of
the Nation will be back of them.
The Liberty Loan is to be used to arm,
equip and maintain our soldiers, to
prepare them for the conflict in
France, and make them as effective
and powerful as possible, and safe
| guard them in every way possible. In
addition. II will be used TO give them
life and indemnity insurance and pro-
vide for them dependents. The uses
of the Liberty Loan appeal to every
patriotic American. for it is used for
our soldiers and sailors and the prin-
ciples which they uphold, which the
heart of the whole country is with.
The foundation of our great country
is liberty; its superssrueture, peace
William Mckinley.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-10-18
Save FOOD AND
WIN the WAR

The campaign will open on Sun
Gay morning, October 2lst, and close
Sunday night, October 28th. Every
hous ewfe in America will be asked
to sign pledge card that she is glad
to join in the Food Conservation for
our nation and accepts membership in
the United States Food Administra-
ton, pledging herself to carry out the
direction and advice of Food Admins
traitor in her home, insofar as her cir.
cumstances will premit. No fees, no
dues, no contributions are asked, just
a signature with her address) that is
an evidence of loyalty to support the
splendid effort Of the Food Admins
tration.
North Dakota has sacred and
special duty 20 perform in this great
food conservation movement. During
the week of October twenty-first every
family in this state will be asked to
sign food pledge card which is a
promise to the Federal Government
that North Dakota is squarcly behind
the Nation and the Allies. No state
in the Union is so distinctly agricul-
! tural. With the one exception of su-
gar, every product necessary to feed
our fighting friends across the sea-
wheat, beef, pork and dairy products
is raised on our FARM. If we just
try it will not be difficult to conserve
and send larger quantities of these
foods to Europe. We produce what
they need. In other words, if every
housewife of the $4,000 families in
our state will do her utmost in saving
daily, in substituting whenever pos.
sible the amount conserved will be ex.
ira large.
In order to make this Food Pledge
Campaign Week of October 2lst 8
tremendous success and to prove Il
the world that there is something t.
the story that the war will be won OF
the farms Of the Dakotas, it will b,
necessary to enlist every.-fosce, indi
vidual and collective. A successful
outcome of the campaign is assuret
| + North Dakota goes into the Foo,
Conservation Movement with its usua
unstinted energy. Nothing is impos
sible to accomplish by North Dakot,
citizens. A hundred and thirty eigh
thousand families can and will be en-
rolled.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-10-18
RED CROSS NOTES

AS part of the American Red
Cross program for aid to Serbia,
which has been undertaken in cooper
alton with the Serbian government,
the Red Cross has Just shipped 5000
bags of flour for Scrb:ans in Austrian
prison camps.
This is the first shipment of Sc
ries Of food purchases which the Red
Cross, in cooperation with the Serbian
government, is making in this country
for relief of prisoners. The Serbian
Minister has deposited s500,0O0 to the
credit of the Red Cross for the pur-
chase of these food stuffs.
The Allies must provide living ne
cessities for their soldiers who are
captured, because the Central Powers
are not providing prisoners of wal
with sufficient food to keep them ir
good health. BY arrangement with
Germany and Austria, prisoners are
permitted to receive extra rations ant
clothing from their home govern
ments. Lack of supplies in Europe
has forced Serbia to buy in the United
States.
To follow the shipment of fou
which has just been dispatched, add
tional consignments CT foodstuffs ant
clothing for Serbian prisoners ar
now being assembled and will b.
shipped by the American Red Cross
The shipments go to the Serbian Con
sui at Marseilles. and thence throug
the Serbian Section of the Bureau d
Secours at Berne, Switzerland, to pris
on camps in Austria.
The American Red Cross now has
special Commission in Serbia, heade
by Cordenio Arnold Severance
of St. Paul, MINI. The ravages G
war there are said to have been eve
worse thar in Belgium and Roumani:
and many Serbian refugees have bee
entirely Independent upon Americ
for relief. Next to Belgium an
France, Serbia has been the chief &C:
: ter of American relief work abroad
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-10-18
GOOD WORK OF
The BOY SCOUTS

Ref renee has her 1tofore ben
made of the splendid work done by the
Boy Scouts of America in promoting
the sale of the first issue of Liberty
Loan Bonds. Though possibly many
other subscriptions were indirectly in
duced by their efforts, it has been care
fully figured out that subscriptions
aggrcgating some $23,OOO,OOO were
taken in by the Boy Scouts, represent
ing $4,000 individual bscribers.
Seven thousand six hundred and
eighty-six Boy Scouts of America
earned the war-servce emblem by
selling 10 or more Libery Loan Bonds
and will receive in time the badges of
honor.
The Boy Scout holding the highest
record for bonds sod is Fred Shelton,
of Troop 1, May6e'a KY, who sold
324 L berty Loan Binds, aggregating
$24,750. He is farmer boy, and
obtained subscriptions for the bonds
in the ighborhood of his home.
The patriotism and efficiency of the
Boy Scouts will be utilized to the
greatest extent possible in the Second
Liberty Loan campaign. 1t is an in
spring thing to see the boys of Amer
ica actuated by a great national feel
ing rendering great national service.
They are tie citizens of tomorrow,
and their tomorrow must Sc. the
world safe for democracy. In aiding
the sale Of the Liberty Loan Bonds
they are performing their part to that
great end.
President Wilson has just issued
letter comm n!ing the work of the
Boy Scouts in the last Liberty Loan
CAMPAIGN, and wish n, them greater
sue .ess N TIE coming one.
The President will present, it is an
nounced, United States flag to the
Boy Scout troop selling the largest
amount of Liberty Loan bends Of the
. tbSSUhu isouS. ~ =
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-10-18
THE WHEAT PRICE EXPLAINED

Although there has been much said
by way of explaining the government
price Of wheat many people are still
asking for information on the subject,
and this is not at all strange for the
problem of price fixing by the govern
ment is entirely new TO our country.
The price now is $2.20 at Chicago
for No. wheat of the different varie-
ties This price was determined by
,a-cenmittee Of twelve selected by the
president, the membership of the COM
mittee being composed of two prom
inent economists, two representatives
of organized labor, two representatives
of big business, two presidents Of
state agricultural colleges, three rep
resentatives of organized agriculture
and one individual farmer. There were
on the committee four men actually
engaged in farming
The price of 81. 20 for No. wheat
at Chicago is a fixed price for the
1917 crop, and will not be changed be-
fore July, /, 1918. The government
will buy all wheat offered at that price,
provided there are no other buyers
who will pay that much, but will not
permit any buyer to pay more. So
that, although the government may
, not buy all of the wheat, yet this
price is a fixed price that will be paid
by all buyers and which will be made
neither more nor less.
In the legislation establishing food
control the congress placed minimum
guaranteed price on the 1918 wheat
crop. This minimum, below which
F, the price can not go, is 200. but i:
based on "the principal interior mar
kets" and not on Chicago a,one which
means that the price can not be below
50 .OU at any one Of those "principa
primary markets." such as Minneapo
lis, Omaha, Kansas City, etc.
The price of SO 90 is only a mini
mum guarantee. 1t will become eff
fective July /, 1918, and continue il
effect until May l, 1919. 1t will no
be changed or withdrawn. 1t is no
rule of the Food Administration
but an act of congress. No matte
how large the crop raised next yea
may be, if there are not other buyer
for the wheat who will offer 81 90 tn
government must take it a. that price
On the other hand if costs of pre-
duction increase or there is ligf
yield, or if for any other reason tn
costs of production are unduly high 9
; the demand is very urgent, the pric
may be above 50 90 as it is now.
f The present price of 81 90 is fixe
1 price that will not be changed in an
. way until July i, 1918 The s2.t
\ price for next year can rot be lie.
4 than that, but il may be 50 90 {
D more.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-10-18
F. H. STOLE MANAGER NORTH
ERN DIVISION RED CROSS.

F. H. Stolze has been named man
ager of the northern division OF the
American Red Cross, which includes
Minnesota, Montana, North and South
Dakota, to succeed A. R. Rogers, who
resigned to direct the Liberty Loan
campaign in the ninth federal reserve
district.
Mr.. Stolze left for Washington i'm.
mediately after his appointment tr
confer with national officers in regart
to his work.
The new Red Cross manager is pres
ident of several lumber companies
He has severed his connection will
these companies for the duration o
the war, it is announced, and will de
vote his entire time to Red Cross work
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-10-18
PURCHASE A BOND
1t Is Your Duty to Back the Boys
At the Front BY Loaning
Uncle Sam Your
Money

paintings and statuary, he b lids less
exp nsive!y, entert. ins less lavishly.
All this re eases few products for use
in war. But the purchasing power he
places at the government spos tion
represents an adoi nal demand for
labor in the production of war goods.
Rich ard poor alike must serve the
loan, if the government is to have at
its command the goods and services
requ red t. WIN the war.
"Rocke :eller may own a billion do.-
lar wo .th of PIP rty b t with the
b.st of will he could not contribute
a bi lion to the war loan. Suppose
that he so all he ha- 70 pat the pro-
cecds into the loan. The sale would
have ALSO bed OF ,er perso s. pur-
chas ng power to tn, extent of bill
lion dol ars and these other persons
would have baen p aced in position
in VIII ch they could not subs ,ribe to
the loan. Rockefeller can put i:.t,
the loan no more than his annual in
come--or so much as is not requ red
for Indispensable CAPITAL extensions.
"What this me. ms is that the wa,
is to be financed, not out of the ma.
tional carital of 100000, 900 900 90
the greater part Of which may be hslc
by tie minority, but out cf the nation
al income of $40,OO0,0Oo, 900. 90, tn:
greater part Of which is rec ived BY
the majority. After all, not more
than ten b'll'ons of our nat onal ir
come goes to- families having. ,abou
twenty-five hundred year or more.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-10-18

"The money raised by tn. LIBER-
TY LOAN is to be spent in this coun-
try.
'The money they borrow abroad
can serve only to pay for goods and
services. If our All e, carried away
the money they borrow from US, they
would be under the necessity of serd-
ing it back a2a;n. And a, matters
stand, the pr ncipal sou -ce of goods
snd services i, tn. Unit-d S .ates.
The farmer is expected to b.
scribe and the government in turn ex-
poets to buy heavily of the products of
the tarm.
Capitalists ard laborers n the text
lie and the leather industries are ex-
pected to subscribe to the loan, and
much of the loan will be expended on
army uniform, mt cloth, sho.s and
harness.
Financing the war means turning
over to the government goods and
services in exchange fer the govern
ment's promise to pay. Not the rich
alone, but the poor as wei, not the
eenters Of trade alone, but the re.
gions of primary production as we'll
are under obligat' on to help finance
the war.
"Wh,n man of small income US 4
some part cf it to subscribe to the
loan, his contr button t, the na'iona
power is Immediate.
When a rich man invests of his
income in the loan the result .is les,
direct. He refrains from buying
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-10-18

Superintendent Briggle received a
telegram "Wednesday evening from
State Superinteadert Mcdonald stat
ing there would be no evening session
for the school officers Friday even
ing.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-10-18
Riuht THINKING,

II you start to thinking along right
lines you will get the information you
need. because YOU viii seek the
sources from which II may be as'
tanned.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-10-18
TT PAYS TO ADVERTISE

,3%ses%ses-sSs,ssess .seee 81.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1917-10-18

GEO. SMITH,
1874 U. S. Inft.
Camp Green N. C.
p. .S.-The FirstaN.~D. Init has
been renamed 1874 U. S. Init.
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-04-26
NO TAXATION REQUIRED
TO BUILD BIG PLANT

The city Of Spokane in 1884, issued
$4,000 in bonds, debt against all the
people Of the city, to buy private
water plant just built in the city, and
in 1888 issued $4,000 more Of the same
kind Of bonds for improvements and
extensions. The rapid growth of the
city necessitated frequent enlarge
ments and bond issues Of the same
kind, guaranteed by the credit Of all
the people, were issued as follows: In
1891, 100000; in 1905, s450,OOO; in 1910,
100000. The interest on these bonds
as due has always been met by the
water revenues, and when the bonds
have had to be renewed or retired the
plant itself has always been able to
take care Of it. Taxation has never
had to stand any of it, although the
city at large guaranteed the bonds in
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-04-26
FOR THE "SkY LIMIT"
Almont. N. d.. Anri1 IL.

Editor Nonpartisan Leader:
We are glad to know you are con-
tinually on the job. Don't let the Old
Party bosses put anything over you.
only wish that President Townley's
speech could be printed in pamphlet
form and was in the hands Of every
voter in the U. 8. A.
Wait until next election. Then you
will hear something drop. We will
elect few more like our boys that
stood SO nobly by us, Messers. Cahill
and Roller. Yours for the Sky Limit.
W. F.. MARTIN.
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-04-26

various times. Its affairs have
often become tangled. But at no
time would the people ever have
parted with it and there never has
been a serious agitation to turn it
over to private corporation for
operation.
'The people realize the value of this
publicly owned utility because it has
always served them well and cheaply,
even under bad management. We have
had to pump every gallon of water we
use. Half Of the city is built on hills
and high plateaus, the highest Of
which, Tx miles in area, necessitates
a vertical lift Of the water Of $50 feet.
Yet the plant has been and is furnish
ing water at 10 cents per 1000 gallons.
This is one of the cheapest rates in the
United States where pumping condi-
tions are similar. It is away under
the rate any private water plant in any
city charge where pumping conditions
are the same"
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-04-26

is not a politician. He has been in
charge Of the water department since
Spokane adopted commission govern
ment. Under him, in immediate and
active charge of all the detail Of oper-
alton, is Water Superintendent Alex
ander Lindsay, who has been ten
years with the municipal plant, the last
eight as superintendent. He is a highly
trained and experienced expert. The
cases of Mr.. Fassett and Mr.. Lindsay
prove that publicly owned projects can
command the services of experts and
retain them over long periods of time,
just as private corporations can hire
and retain efficient managers
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-04-26

This is City Commissioner G. M.
Fassett Of Spokane, who, after
long experience in public affairs
is a strong advocate of public
ownership and believes that the
bonding system is the correct
principle for building public
owned plants. He has made a
striking success of the big
Spokane city water plant.
The nonpartisan leader., 1917-04-26
SERVICE OF ABLE MEN
CAN BE HAD BY PUBLIC

Since commission form of govern
ment came in Spokane seven years ago
the water plant has been ably and eff
GENTLY handled. Commissioners Fassett
is one Of the best-known experts on
city management in the United States.
He has the distinction Of being one Of
the very few men in public positions
whose writings on public ownership
and municipal affairs are in demand
among technical publications and pub
locations dealing with city affairs. He