The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-06-22

is eninently fitted for the position
OF commissioner Of agriculture and
labor, having had sufficient expert
ence In public life to make him a
good executive on statewide scale.
He is a practical farmer and knows
just what farmers problems are,
both as to production and marketing
Of crops, as well as farm help.
Lyman D. Page.
Lyman Denton Page was born in
1875, on a farm near Pine Island,
Goodhue county, MINI. His parents
were Of New England stock In
1882, the Page family settled upon a
farm in Marshall county, s. D. For a
few years following this, young Ly-
man worked on the farm and attend
ed the public schools and later the
high school at Window, Minnesota.
After completing his schooling, for
the succeeding nine years he en-
gagged in teaching school in the COM
mon schools of South Dakota, Min
nesota, and North Dakota. In 1904
he came to the Golden valley, in what
is now Golden Valley county, and
settled upon homestead south Of
Beach,, near Golya in Lone Tree
township, and has been actively en-
gagged in farming there ever since.
He is married and has one child.
Mr. Page is practical and pro-
gressive farmer and has actively pro-
NOTED, all cooperative farmers en-
terprises in his community and coun-
ty. He, is member Of the Lone
Tree Equity local; and for many
years has been identified with the
Farmers Cooperative Grain COM
pany at Beach and Golva, which OPP
crates several grain elevators. He
has also taken an active interest in
all matters relating to education in
his community and county and has
been a member of the school board of
past eight years.
He was one OF those who early
Joined the Nonpartisan league. He
believed, at that time and still be-
aieves, that the farmers ought to
be organized IL they are to properly
promote their interests. He has al
ways believed in state owned termi-
nal elevators and was led to believe
that the establishment of such eIe-
yators was part OF the league pro-
gram and was thus led to join In
the movement.
But when Townley substituted for
this program Of reform the Socialistic
scheme of government embodied in
III. B. No. AZ, and by secret and gag
rule bossed and absolutely domin
ated the men, whom the farmers had
sent to the legislature to represent
them, dictated to the executive off,
GERS OF the state and attempted to
control the action Of he supreme
court, and thus Kaiserlike began TO
rule in place of the sworn officers OF
the state. Mr.. Page could follow such
leadership no longer. But above all
he could not tolerate what he regards
as the un- American, unpatriotic and
seditious utterance and conduct OF
Mr.. TownIey and the Socialist leaders
OF the league since the war began.
Mr.. Page bacam@ early convinced
that the present leaders of the league
are irrevocably committed to social
ism and are striving to establish a
socialistfc government in this state.
He does not believe in Socialism, or
that the people want it. He believes
that if the doctrine preached by the
Socialist leaders OF the league were
permitted to influence the public
mind unchallenged, 1T would not
be long until we were in the same
plight as Russia He believes that
the first duty Of a citizen ts to bend
every energy and concentrate every
thought on winning the war. When
that stupendous work is done we
can safely turn to works OF reform.
Mr.. Page has never sought or been
q candidate for public office; he its
an "on the sod farmer"
If nominated and elected he pledges
6CsontiIiued Cd Taee 16.3