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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-20
STORES TOKEEP
FARMERS LINED
UPF0R TOWlMEY
Sugar Sold Below Cost to
Make Farmers Feel Hap
py over Investment"

Parshall, N, D., June 20.-Thatsthe
Consumers United Stores company
was launched by the leaders OF the
Nonpartisan league for sthe purpose.
Of keeping, the farmers entertaining
the well stick" feeling until after
the primaries and possibly until after
the general elections this, fall is the
general belief among farmers Of this
district in view Of certain. revelations
made during the last few weeks.
When ]. w. Brinton, general manager
OF the stores company, held his meet
ing in Parshall q short time prior to
the opening Of the local Townley
Minot to share the platform and de-
bate the feasibility Of the stores with
him. The Minot man was. according
to Dave Larin, who vas chairman Of
the meeting, permitted to speak for
n hour and then have an opportu-
nifty to reply when Brinton concluded
his remarks. In the course Of his
talk Milloy declared the stores were
organized to keep the farmers lined
UP in support Of A. G.. Townley's aims
until after the elections and that the
stores company was selling goods be-
low cos to accomplish this aim. He
declared the fact that only ten thou
thousand secured dom Parshail
farmers was invested IN the store en-
abled the leaders of the N~snpartisan
league to have the stores sell below
cost and make the concern quite at
tractive for tho farmer. He asserted
that the so-called educational fund"
Of thirty or forty thousand dollars
from every store would soon be used
up and tho stores would come to tho
end q great deal sooner than the
farmers believed.
ut 10 the farmers, money they are
using" Milloy said, .'and they are US
ing 1t as they see fit for no farmer
IS given q voice in the management.
They arc using your money to buy
goods and soil Il to you away below
cost and thereby make you believe
you are getting something for your
Investment. But when the surplus ID
used up they will have to put their
own money into 1t OF close up. They
never had IN money unless the farm
ers gave it to them q you can read
lily understand which course they will
adopt. To back up my assertion ]
will later read to you an af1davit
showing hat the Crosby store sold
sugar below cost as a drawing card
for farmers"
AS was announced after the meet
ing Brinton repudiated his promise
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The Kensau Journal
Remains Loyal Despite
Townlevites' Protest,

Kensall, N. D., June 19.-Stock-
holders Of The Kensall Progress, a
weekly newspaper owned by the
farmers of this district, which recent
ly abandoned support Of the Nonpar-
tisan league and came out squarely
against Townley's propaganda, re-
fused to change the papers policy
when Townley supporters called a
meeting here. ~.
It was found that most of the
farmers were through with the Town
ley game. and were ready to oppose
him at the polls.
Editor w. T. WATSON Of The Pro-
gress. created a distinct sensation
when he quit the league, after having
supported it valiantly for months.
He estimates that IS per cent Of
the league. members in Bordulac will
not support the league again. and
that the Kensall district league men,
bers are about equally divided.
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to permit Milloy to-reply to him. The
stores manager talked. for four hours,
heaped abuse on the Minot man and
declared he had no such amdavit and
was a liar. All efforts made by Mil
10y to have,a heaEing after Brinton
because Brinton had rented the hall
and controlled the meeting.
When the store opened here and
the farmers found that they were
buying at very low prices they sus-
pecteu hat Milloy was right. One
man demanded Of him to produce the
AFFIDAVIT he mentioned in his hours
for keeping Milloy from replying and
reading the affidavit was shown con-
clusively when the Minot nan pro-
duced the following affidavit on re-
quest:
ward, IS.
w. r. Lemonnier being first duly
resident of Minot. N. D.; that during
the months of January and February,
1918, he a. employed by the Con-
sumers' United Stores company as a
clerk in their Crosby, N. D., store;
that the selling price of goods in said
store was fixed by invoices received
from the Cooper Brokerage company
VI 0I. 1dul, WHICH SalO INVOICES SHOW.
ed the cost price and also the selling
price to be charged; that during tho
month Of January, 1918, the cost
price Of sugar according to said in
voices was 1854 per hundred weight:
that in accordance with the said in
voices sugar was sold at the Crosby
store during the entire month Of jan
uary, 1918, at eight and one-half
cents per pound which was below the
cost as shown by the invoices.
(Signed) w. R. Lemmonnier,
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 30th day of March, 1918.
&C. D.. Aaker,
Notary Public Ward County, N. D.
Ny commission expires February
FL, 1920.
This affidavit has had very general
circulation and farmers are express
ing much doubt .as+to whether or not
1.-THE stores organized by tho leaders
of the league will operate after the
general elections. It is believed ar
explanation will. be demanded OF
Brinton. Local store employees are
as usual, yer silent.
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parts Of the residence section. y
A food famine Is threatened ana
yesterday only two eating places were,
not flooded. Deputy sheriffs r pat
rolling the city in boats and arc not
permitting the sightseers flocking In
on the trains to alight. Federal En-.
gineer Fifield, in charge Of the Hunt-
ley project, declared that tho water
there reached a point 80 inches high.
er than any previous record shown:
bridge until the little bridge near
the fair grounds is now visible. Yes
the water was running over
the floor of that structure and today
is still flowing q considerable dis
lance up the road toward the fair
lgroundA.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-20
Alleged Robber. Brought
To Minot to Stand Trial

Minot, N. D., June 10. - Ofhcey
John Reed Of the Minot police de-
partment. and Special Agent A. r.
Mcdonald Of the Great Northern. re-
turned to Minot yesterday with four
men who gave their anne as J.. c..
futile, Frank Fenton. c. L. Holmes
and James Kennery. who are held by
the local authorities pending a charge
of robbery. The quartet were arrest
ed at Genoa, where they were en-
~deavoring to sell wearing apparel to
Great Northern railway employees. It
was suspected that they had stolen
the goods. and Reed and Mcdonald
e asked to arrest them. They
have admitted their guilt and claim
to have stolen the goods from various
towns in western North Dakota and
eastern Montana. The men were all
armed when arrested. but the officers
covered them before they spoke and
they made no resistance. Fenton
said after his arrest that he and
Holmes have been getting away with
1t" for six years and worked from
California to North Dakota. 1--WE
never expected. to be hauled in in
this neck of the woods" he said.
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No One Had Been Able To
Find Out What Become OF
The SIG, Said Townley

Pembina. N. D.. June 2o.-over the
protest Of the women, mothers, sisters
and friends Of the boys al the front,
q few Of the business men of Penn
bina, who have no children in the
United States army or navy that we
know Of, succeeded in landing A. C.
Townley to speak at the Nonpartisan
picnic held in the Pembina grove.
Most Of Mr.. Townley'e time was
taken up with a history Of his ex-
perience during the last three months
in Minnesota and in roasting Jerry
Bacon. He told the business men
how he liked them and wished not
to fight, but to cooperate with them.
Townley Is very consistent consid-
ering the stories he has started all
over the state. with the exception Of
the Red river valley. :.
He made one very truthful state
ment when he said Jerry Bacon and
his gang had been hunting for the
$500 the farmers paid into the Non
partisan league, but had not been
able to find out about it and nobody
else had either.
Congressman Baer, who also was
M of the speakers. confined his re-
marks to patriotism.
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NELSON
EASY WINNER.
Jean Men. Stevens. Takes
Townley Sheet to Task
for Misstaterueats.
Towner. N. D.. juno 20. 1918.
Grand Forks Herald,

2 LEAE 49,
Grand Forks Herald,
Grand Forks. N. D.
Public Opinion" Of Bismarck, in a
recent paragraph discussing the VAL
ley City candidate for nomination as
state superintendent Of public instruc-
ton. states that Miss Nelson could
not secure the presidency Of the
North Dakota Educational associa-
ton. That is a twisting Of the facts.
as they existed in 1911. at least Miss
Nelson lost by q very narrow mar
gin, and that because q very young
man, N. C. Abbott, stood on the stair
way of the Masonic temple in largo,
and b~uttonholed all who entered, with
q very true story Of the way the late
Superintendent Wolfe had been used
in Minot, and that. as he was likely
to leave the state, he should be made
president of the N. D. E. A. I called
Mr.. Abbott down as to that but could
not wait on the staircase. Many q
woman told me later why she voted
for Mr.. Wolf. who made q good prest-
dent. by the way.
Unfortunately the rank and file Of
the N. D. E. A. listen to the big
speeches. and then runs of to shop,
and see the movies. So the real BUSH
ness Is done by a few, mostly the men
of the colleges who stay put in the
state. and the great bond of women
teachers, along the base line. have not
learned the force Of solidarity. and
are too transient to care.
Now, possibly my friends will say
again. as one fine man did q few
years ago.. why should Mrs. Stevens
go back on the men," No, indeed. but
.truth wil, stand whon a, thin1a fail
ing as the old song says. and Miss
Nelson's able business qualities have
always been recognized by the N. D.
E. A. who made her their trustee. and
always re-elect her.
And the state is going to recognize
her, too. The "easy winner" will be
Miss Nelson.
Signed:
Jean McNaughton Stevens,
President Emerita Of the Rural
Dept Of the N. d. E. A.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-20
The Limit" Club
Organized In Minot

Minot. N. D.. June 20.--TAke the
Limit is the name Of q new club in
Minot. It is composed Of men who
can take the limit Of. $1,000 worth
Of War Savings stampA, It Ii esti-
mated that some 100 Minoters are in
that class and the club will hav4 that
membership before the big war saw
ings stamps drive is over. Minot has
an allotment of 100000 but the OH
GERS of tho Town Criers club, taking
entire charge Of the drive. are very
optimistic and declare Minot will
over-subscztbe that amount asked.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-20
Northwestern Select
Service Men Leave
Monday For Camp

Minot, N. D., June 20.-Eighty-one
Ward county select service men will
leave Minot on a special train via the
Great Northern late Monday night.
On the same train will be 81 McKen-
zie county men, 70 from Williams
county, rs from Mountrail, 81 from
Divide. 80 from Burke, 81 from Rem
VILE and 48 from McHenry. The
men from Divide. Burke, Renville and
McHenry counties will arrive in MI
not sometime Monday and board the
Great Northern special with the Ward
county men at 1:45 Tuesday morning.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-20
RAIN v WHEAT.

Miaoula, Mont. June 1as-Drench-
ing rains on the Flathead reservation
have saved q probable wheat crop Of
5000, 900 bushels just as farmers Were
getting ready to turn stock into their
fields. according to reports received
here. The rains yer heavy and will
mean millions Of dollars to the district.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-20
Northwestern NeUs
John L. George for State Auditor

John L. George was born in
wisconsin in 1873, and was
brought up on . farm and worked
on q farm until 81 years Of age.
He took up a business course and
then followed the occupation Of
bookkeeper for seven years. being
employed two years in bank at
Steel. North Dakota, and one year
in q store in Dawson.
He spent some time in real es-
tate business in Mandan and other
points. and has now been en-
ployed by the Bismarck Grocery
company for twelve years As trav-
cling salesman. and has lived in
North Dakota for twenty years.
He lives with his family in Bis
marck at this time.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-30
The Latest in Ghosts

Ghosts there have always been since men began to die. They have played their part in disquieting the world since the world awoke to trouble. vengeful, prophetic, fantastic, and in variably de trop. they have come down to us through the centuries discred- tied, but feared. Now our old appre- hensions, our old creeps and shivers, are exchanged for new and reasonable misgivings. Spirits soothing as sirup, didactic as dominies. prolific and plati- tudinous, are dictating books for the worlds betterment; and never word that can add to our store of knowledge. or stand the "dry north light of intel ect."-Agnes Repplier, in the Atlantic.
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  man
 Being responsible bit lonely otme friends associations but being wholesome and healthul his the n
  him the like a supposed all but dear no! The mother objected children his
 set
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her tues and frs to beach of the River And after that comforting intervals 
 tremendously a straight if edition de Milo, O There others but these will the lines
  before plaster lady in wndowa plaster lady clipped trfe clothed q Wax ladies the of mill when knckers And anybody who that plaster failed smile simply acquainted with
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he played the national anthem and, much to his surprise. noticed water snake come from under the bank and swim across the water and into atpo- stion facing him, the snakes head erect. The reptile was followed by others until there were half a dozen facing him, each at attention and head erect. The nimrod was mystified and stopped playing. The snakes went back to their holes. Gan it be that these snakes are patriotic? he won dered and, to test the notion, started the national air again. Out came the
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Crimean War.

The Crimean war occurred in 1s53- 55, between Russia on one side and the allied forces of Turkey. France and Great Britain on the other. It grew out of dominating and aggressive claims by Russia. The war took it's name from that it was mainly waged in Russian peninsula on the border of the Black sea, a strip of country called Krim or Grim by the Russians end Anglicized as Crimea, pronounced Grim-e-a. with the I short as in erim- taal and accent on the second syllable.
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 dren n o -
 While Thomas being the edge o town trying to persuade to akeh family - = '
 Whether Thomas in bv ,s Probably he did the
 "The vic With children MT Heg Please of Washington their homes
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ond I I m rta may fake when he wearing ms belt
 a the chance u o & + ast o to tn1 woman he of fife generally, uhul he "D " ~ - ~ ' his own clh , fo, n,Io
 marine has a uniform every ua9 "nu H @ ~ Sa he brushin of Nasfboad which saves e anu ~ W e garments say his and immortal sour.
 when ubbing tune comes o n you win mportant-e oi e sassy mink nails will find from ths important just why the marines kept o
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Idle Curiosity.

q see you have number of motto cards on your wall. Such timely re- minders as, Be Brief This Is My Busy Day etc, etc. Now this one over here"
 "I'll explain that one" said the gen. tleman with retreating hair. It's the only motto the average bore ever no tices because it is written in Latin and he can't translate it."
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Whetstone in Tree Trunk.

While saving down a large poplar tree on the Weimar farm two sons of Joseph Weimar found their saw would not penetrate. They began little higher. and after the cree was down they discovered a whetstone in the heart of the trunk. It is supposed that many years ago, when the tree was sapling, lumbermen working in the fields laid the stone there and forgot to take it away, and the tree grew around it-Marietta (Pa.) Cor respondence, Philadelphia Record.
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took off his hat except the marines on guard.
 patriotic young lady, who is so- ing to heaven when she dies, pro- vided she takes as good care of her soul as of her gIassy pink finger nails objected to the omission. but as no one paid the least attention to her that was all there was to that-eX- cept:
 A woman who happened 10 be standing next a uniformed youngster on pamn laave inouired into the matter
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there and everywhere. And some thing always bothered me. Maybe you have experienced it. In winter and summer it is always the same, only the medium is changed.
 Talk United States? Sure! What I'm complaining about is that In war tune Washington-in winter, say you can't ever get your second cup of coi1ee as hot as the first, or with as much cream in it. And in summer the second glass of ice tea is warm. ASk me mt why thic is. rrkr.c.
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SAYS SNAKES ARE PATRIOTIC
Truthful! Fisherman Can Prove His Assertion by incident In Which
 He Figured.

It seems that a prominent nimrod Of Pittsfeld was fishing the famous Kon- kaper pool in Mill river, and the fish were not biting good. He threw his bait into the water. rested his pole on the ground and sat down to rest. While So doing he took an ocarina from his pocket and began playing. Presently
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COIHe aII llt WHY ITUW aIaDumA 10 Washington. "where Woodrow Wilson was at" He had come to "help daddy lick the kaiser" but he hadn't expect ed to sleep in the park.
 Thomas and his one older brother and two older sisters, all under twelve constituted real problem for Edwin S. Hege, secretary in charge of the housing bureau.
 Thomas father had come to do war work in Washington. He was not to be munificently paid His four
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OIleF llldl Ol COul SC opliiC "OihSh "OuiN continue to stick to cotton, with an other shrug to finish the inference with the proper shading of seern.
 Official information is q handy thing to own, but it has it's drawbacks. It put worry lines between the eyes of the customer as she left the shop, wondering what is going to happen with skirties on the blink. But she might have saved herself the wear and tear of her emotions, for the firsx person she saw when she got outside
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snakes and took up their previous at titudes. He tried the idea several times and became convinced and Is now telling the story to his friends He says he has known bullhcads to bite in numbers in the middle of hot day when he started playing this in strument, but never before has he seen lower creatures recognize a patriotic air.-Exchange.
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One day when the senate was dis cussing mail facilities and the neces- sity of soldiers receiving mail more regularly than they have been since they went abroad, Senator Nelson of Minnesota took occasion to utter a number of pointed remarks. The tenor of his speech was to the effect that we ought not to try to coddle the sol diers too much. While it is a good thing for the soldiers to get mail, 1t is not to be expected that they would have letter from mother with their morning coffee each day. "I remem- Der when l was in the army" said the Minnesota senator, that we didn't have very much for the chaplains to do when we were in the field and so we turned the chaplains into postmas- ters and they distributed the mail and became very useful. It is a good thing for the soldiers to get mail. but the other business of carrying on the war must not be hampered in order to carry packages containing sweet meats and knick-knacks to the soldiers in France"
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no valid reason why the not be as hot why the second should
 ever been able to find real glass e tea ukewarm with invisible piece O icei e
 I threatened besough were of no oou + go through h thought accepting ukwarn tepid of ice tea. ~ ~1p VI eonee unu IL
 But now all tnat IS changed My eaming and Oh, NN "A'oei 'eA'
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While there is reluctance on the part of quite number of mem bers of both senate and house to accept the new suggestions of the war department extending the draft ages. there is no doubt that the legis- lation will be passed. In fact, the age limit would have been reduced to nine teen or twenty when the army bill passed the senate if 1t had not met with opposition from the war depart ment. Provost Marshal General Crow der then as now favored the reduction to eighteen years. but did not receive the support of his superiors. Discus sion In the senate showed that a great may men favored lowering the age limit, while others preferred that old CT men be taken and that the young men remain exempt.
 It has already been shown that about
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The Red Cross has been reaping a golden harvest from sources that prob- ably do not contribute as cheerfu,ly as does the ordinary citizen When food administration officials were figuring on what punishment should be infict- ed on dealers in foodstuffs who trans- gressed the administrators rules someone hit upon the idea of fining the guilty ones and turning the money over to the Red Cross. or some other branch of war work This scheme is workint splendidly. One firm not long ago was invited to turn over S20,OOO, and Sl,000 assessments are quite com mon.
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Within a few weeks now the sen ate of the United States will be up against a prohibition proposition, pure and simple. The amendment which has been held in order by vote of the senate and will be attached to the ag- rieultural survey bill, is destined to make the nation bone-dry the last of next January, unless romething hap pens. First, the bill can be talked to death as there is no agreement to vote on 1t: second, 1t might be vetoed by the president on the ground that prohibition at this time would serious ly interfere with the revenues of the government. The men who are re- sponsible for legislating to raise rev enue are very much disturbed over the losses which will he entailed when prohibition becomes effective. Look ing ahead as far as 1920, when the pro- hibition constitutional amendment Is likely to go into effect, these revenue raisers say that the continuance of the war beyond that time will make it extremely difficult for them to find methods of taxation to raise enough money to carry on the government. Tn view of this state of affairs. the sena- tors who are now in Washington have been looking forward to the coming. prohibition contest with great deal of interest.
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Head of Housing Bureau Is Busy Man These Days

1noN you want to sleep in the park? question asked ctuhv
 D fouryearod moheres bonena t council of national defense Little naa
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What Is luxury? The ways and means committee of the house Is hav- ing a time of it deciding what articles shall be included in the new revenue bill and taxed as luxuries. Some hard problems have to be figured out and queer distinctions drawn. For example, silk socks have been classified as a luxury. but cotton or wool or lisle socks seem to be considered neeessi- ties. So with pipes; meerschaum and amber, the aristocrats of pipedom, are placed In the luxury class, while the briar, clay and corncob are branded as necessities by the great taxing commit tee of congress.
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1t imprudenee-that goes with inno- eence and shedding teeth:
 Say, mister, give us q ride. Jimmy ain't never been in a nautymobile.n
 The man paid no attention and whiZzed away.
 They were only tads of the street, but it would have been worth while, perhaps, to give two stepchiidren of fortune memory that might have lasted them q lifetime
 And perhaps, again, have got the
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Proof That Kind Act Is Not Always Appreciated

AN AUTOMOBILE furnished of the heatermoyeand