The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-01-30

but the failures have exceeded tn
succe sses. In fact tho financial suc-
cess of tho United States especially
has been largely 81 the activities 81,
the small tradesman and his contri-
buttons 70 both prod ucer and consu-.
mer. That success can not attend
the movement IN North Dakota and
Its threatened invasion of Minnesota
should stamp the whole thing % .
joke, vet there Is serious side TO.
It all. The serious feature Is the;
millions Of dollars that will 90 az:
stray and the, financial chaos that
must fouw. Political intrigue is
bound to be involved. a. C. Town
ley, the head Of it all, can be right
fully styled the visionary genius Of
the century. Mississippi bubbles If.
the past pale into insignificance
when compared with his operations.
Building on the Utopian wrecks Of
the past he has already exacted q.
heavy toll from the farmers Of the
northwest and the best Of !. it all
they seem to like it. If Townley has
his way everything in the line of 4
financial intermediary will be elm
mated. Newspapers even will be alb
sorbed. The farmer alone will, be
King,-th itsif Townley does not
reach the throne first. .:.~ s~: ].
Every indication is that the fight
for contro of the state auditors Of
fee is going to be q spirited one.
With the announced retirement Of
]. A. @. Preus have come a number
of hopefuls and while only one or
two Of them have come out il, the
open quite a few are in the back
ground and are only awaiting a
chance to break in. Some hazard the
guess that the primary fight for the
control of the state auditors office
will be as strenuous as that for gov
ernor. Of the mentioned possibilities
Oscar Arneson of Elbow Lake, at
present chief clerk in the auditors
office, undoubtedly has the. lead: He
has a statewide acquaintance that
will prove a valuable asset. The
other possibility is County Auditor
Nelson of Washington county. Still
another is Chas.- Warner of Aitkin.
Mr.. Warner, it is said, has the best
wishes of former state auditor r.
C. Dunn of Princeton.
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His excellency the governor, At
torney General Smith and a member
of the State Safety Commission are
now making tour of the military
camps of the country in order TO
get first hand information regarding
conditions of Minnesota enlisted and
drafted men. The visit also includes
an inquiry into the general desire
for the ballot which because Of
defective election laws is at present
denied them. It is possible that the
visit may influence the governor in
the matter of a special session Of
the legislature. Several neighboring
states have already called special
sessions ftheir legislatures to deal
| with needed for the military. - !.
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Though everything points to a
spirited stae campaign this year
both at the primaries and the gener-
al election there have been no filings
to date. Everybody seems to be
waiting for, the other fellow. 1t was
expected that Thos. Frankson would
throw his hat into the republican
gubernatorial ring this week, but so
far he has remained silent. No one
knows what he is going to do. AS to
Gov. Burnquist, his followers expect
him to win in a walk. The several
state offices for which there will be
competition this year include the
governorship, the office of attorney
general state auditor and railroad
and warehouse commissioner. :
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The state board of control is now
very much interested in the efforts
now being made at Washington to
thwart the control of Irvine material
by coterie Of South American
planters and financers. Henry VOL
fer former warden of the Saltwater
prison, is in charge, and he has al
ready been assured of fair supply
of raw material for next year at Z
reasonable price. The figure for thu
manufactured article, however, viii
not be as low as previous years
Consumers of state manufactured
binding Irvine have little idea of tn
sacrifices made by the state boart
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