The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-01
CALL FOR HELP
FROM EDMORE:
GET Men HERE
Paying 81 a Day, Says
Thresher-Fargo Po-
lice Extend Aid
i. w. w. ELEMENT
STILL WANTS $500
Secretary Says Farmers
Will Be Forced to Pay
It IF Possible

The first urgent appeal for thresh-
ers reached Fargo this morning from
Edmore, n. D., town in the north
eastern part of Ramsey county.
After appealing to employment
agencies at Fargo and Devils Lake,
Mrs. w. j. Thompson has written J.
p. Hardy, secretary of the Fargo
Commercial club, with the result
that her communication was turned
over to Police Commissioner William
Mills who has been handling a GER
tain per cent of laborers in conjunc-
ton with r. J. Leth. farm help spec
ialist from the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Cannot Get Enough Men.
Perhaps you can help US as you
have helped farmers in Cass county"
writes Mrs. Thompson. I'VE have
a section and three-quarters to thresh
and have a rig of our own, but we
cannot get enough men. We lack
fifteen men this morning to make a
full crew. ~ 81.
I'VE have appealed to Commission
err of Agriculture John N. Hagan at
Bismarck and to employment agen-
cies at Fargo and Devils Lake but to
no avail. My husband is paying 81
a day and we serve lunch during the
forenoon and the afternoon. We are
willing to meet the men by auto at
Devils Lake in order to save them
car fare.
Mills to Take Action.
Police Commissioner William Mills
believes that he can supply the
Thompson farm with enough help.
To date he has sent out about 500
threshers and harvesters to points in
North Dakota where help was need
ed and which had directed informa-
ton to him through the farm help
specialist. This morning the police
commissioner sent out 70 men to the
vicinity of Bottineau.
When H. B. Schmaing, proprietor
of the National Employment agency
on Front street, was advised this
morning of the scarcity Of farm help
in the Edmore district of the state,
he said there are plenty Of men to fill
the demands, but that the crop in
that section is light and the harvest
will last only q week, possibly two,
and that threshers will not spend car
fare in order to work for that short
| length Of time, but strike for parts in
the state where they are assured OF
work for month or two months.
Paying $3.50 and 81.
He reported that calls coming into
his agency stated that farmers are
| paying $3.50 and 81 per day. Pillow
men are getting $50 a month with
board and room or $3.50 day.
Still After IS Per Day.
At the headquarters Of the Indus
trial Workers OF the World. their
secretary stated that the t'wobblers"
were still demanding IS a day for
~ 4 L.
vicinity of Cavalier, N. D., also in
Bottineau county.
IF we can't get what we are after
we won't get of the job, but will re-
main at work for probably, 81 per
day and get what we want while we
are on duty, or force them, to our
demands, said the secretary. He
said there were between so and rs
"wobblers" in Fargo this morning.
20 Men Wanted at Bottineau.
A report reached the police depart
ment Friday that 20 men were want
ed at once at Bottineau. the message
being sent by A. p. Henderson OF
that city. This number was sup
piled by Police Commissioner Mills
after he had gone into the Front
street district and fished the men out
Postmasters at Rock Lake. Hans
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Cando, said twenty men were needed
at each of those points, which were
filled late yesterday by the Fargo
| police commissioner
Rain which fell over the state late
| Friday afternoon, curtailed thresh-
| ing operations to some extent and
resulted in calls for help not
reaching the Fargo employment
agencies this morning, compared with
calls on other days of the week. The
rain was light in the valley and did
not soak into the soil more than
quarter of an inch, so did not halt
threshing operations in the Fargo
Moorhead district.
i Heavy Rain East Of Sabin.
A heavy rain is reported to have
fallen east of Sabin, Mimi, in the
potato district, being just what the
potato crop needed. From VAL
ley City west to Bismarck, the
rain is said to have been heavy
The second frost OF the season was
experienced this morning, not being
heavy enough to injure corn, accord
\ ing to reports given out by farmers
this morning Garden truck was
touched to some extent. The first
! frost of the season was reported last
Thursday morning, beans being the
only vegetables to suffer.
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