The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-05-16
5. BACON rs "a FARMER.
Hence He is Cordially Hated BY the
DemagOgues Who Are Engaged 5
II.

Hence He is Cordially Hated BY the
Demagogues Who Are Engaged .
in Farming the Farmers.
& In brochure issued by j. D. Bacon
Of Grand Forks, N. D., exposing Town
leyism, there appears the following
foot note on page six:
Regardless of the fact that "a. C.
Townley had spread broadcast over
the country that I am not farmer,
+. ] have developed on Lilac Hedge farm
the worlds record grade cow for pro-
duction of butterfat, the state record
pure bred heifer and grand champion
dairy COW at the Minnesota state fair
in 1917. I
Mr.. Arthur Thilquist Of Milaca chal-
lenged this claim Of Mr.. Bacon, and in
the Milaca Times Of March 81, under
the caption Of Mailing a Lie" there
appeared letter signed by him,
which, seemingly proved his case.
Under date of March q, Mr.. Bacon
wrote letter to Mr.. Thilquist, in
which he, Bacon, submitted proof posi-
tive that the foot-note given above
was absolutely correct, and submitted
a proposition to Mr.. Thilquist, which
up to date has not been accepted.
The evident intention of Mr.. Thil-
quist was to discredit Mr.. Bacon, for
in his letter, that appeared in the
Times, Mr.. Thilquist asks: "What
do you think Of man who will start
bic bo0lr with c11oh q lilo 20 t.5
The Times was requested to pub
lish Mr.. Bacon's letter to Mr.. Thil-
quist, but, for the good of the cause
we presume, Col. Cravens declined to
publish the same. The Union, how
ever, herewith gives Mr.. Bacon's let
ter-Mr. Bacon is generally recognized
as one of North Dakota's best and
most successful farmers, and for that
reason is cordially detested by all
those who make living by farming
the farmers.
Mr.. Bacon's Letter.
Grand Forks, N. D., March 27, 1918. |
Mr.. Arthur Thilquist, Milaca, MINI.
Dear Sir: I see you have taken oc-
casion to make great deal out of the
foot-note on page six Of my pamphlet.
In connection with that desire to say
that I got my information from the
man who showed Schilling Colantha
Belle, No. 222522, which is the cow
mentioned and the one developed and
sold to the Roger-Kolliner Company
of Saltwater AS soon as I got the
Milaca paper, I wired Mr.. w. A. Nc
Kerrow, the man you mention in your
letter, and here is what he says about
the COW:
''Schilling Colantha Belle was first
prize aged cow and Senior Champion
Female at the Minnesota State Fair
in 1917"
In February, under government
test, with another cow that I devel-
oped, we made the state record for
butterfat. This cow was the one that
held the state record for Junior Two
Year Odds until sometime last Janu-
airy, think. The Agricultural college
had heifer that beat that record, and
Prof. Peters, Of the college, told me
that our Junior Two Year Old had beat
this one little.
I want to say to you that there is
not single word in those books
that did not believe to be absolutely
true, when they were written, and
while this cow was Senior Champion
instead of Grand Champion, she beat
the champion COW at the Des Moines
state fair, and all who know of the
fairs in the United States realize that
the Iowa state fair and the Minnesota
state fair are the two best on the
continent, and probably in the world.
Any man who can take even fourth |
place in any of the classes at the |
Minnesota state fair, can be mighty |
proud of it and pretty proud Of the !
fact that he is progressing along the
line of farming to that extent.
I did not make this statement to
boast, but simply to show that the
things A. c. Townley and his organic
ers were telling about my not being
farmer were absolutely untrue, and
make this proposition to you, if you
will come to Grand Forks and go over
my farm with me, if I do not prove
to you that / am real farmer, and |
that l am doing real farm work, and |!
assisting as much as any other man in
this state to promote the farmers in
terest, the value of his land and the
quality of his live stock, and grain,
I shall be very glad to pay all the ex-
penses Of your trip.
You simply do not understand that
this Townleyism was conceived in So
cialism, reared in Socialism, and foist-