The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-12-04

When the mine special train ran
, back into Wilton Saturday afternoon
an improvised f1agpole was nailed to
the pilot of the engine while nailed to
the pole and at half mast was a red
flag. :,
The news of the supreme courts re-
! fusal to grant William Lemke's Pc
tition for a writ of prohibition against
Judge Nuesle, was received with, an
enthusiasm that was further height
sened by the report of the govern
ment's settlement Of the mine strike.
Miners and members of the train
crew devised the "Red Flag at Half
Mast" exhibit as token of their sat
isfaction that Socialism is Dead"
In this connection it is interesting
to note further that at a meeting of
the miners last Friday night at Will
ton, the vote stood " for remaining
at work for the state and 142 in favor
of returning to work for the operat-
ing company. Hs.
Walter G.. Liggett, who at times
during the past three or four years
has been editor of the Fargo Courier
News; manager of the Publishers Ser.
vice bureau which operates the League
string of subsidized newspapers; man.
ager of the Consumers United Stores
company; and spell-binder orator and
debater and dissemination of league
propaganda, has arrived in Bismarck,
but not on speaking terms with the
chieftains of the Order of the Post
Dated Check. @
Liggett was discharged from the
bipartisan league employ about a
month ago, after he had declared OPEN
ly that Br{nton was crook and that
he. Liggett, had the stuff to prove it.
The current run1or is that Liggett
will attend, the special session of the
Legislature for the purpose of leading
and directing an insurgent movement
in the ranks. e
That this is not impossible is evil
dent from the attitude of some Of the
earlierd arrivals of the former staunch
league well Stickers". Few Of the
members of the house or senate will
talk much concerning the work Of the
session, giving evasive answers. and
ask questions rather than let them
selves be queries. A few have come
out openly, however. and declared they
were doing lot of thinking for TIM
selves. '-,E asz.a ..Zt
Bismarck, N. D., Nov. 81. That
Brinton, Townley E. Co., sole dictators
Of the Consumers United Stores COM
pany, did a get-from- under stunt
when they turned the stores of the
concern over to farmers and issued
stock in lieu of the certificates to do
business with the stores, is. the news
which has come to light in the past
few days. From the lips Of man
formerly high in the favor of the
chieftains of the Order of the POST
dated Check, and whose name will not
be made public for various reasons,
comes the prediction that the consum-
ers United Stores Company will be de-
funct within two months. It is learn.
ed from this thoroughly reliable
source that in several places the stores
have cut down their help to one man
Failure to raise money with which to
put in sufficient supply for the pur
chasers to select goods from, appears
to be the reason for conditions.
Bismarck, N. D., Dec. p It's a poor
measure that win not work two ways,
is the modern day Legislative para
phrasing Of the old one about, "the i'll
wind, and J. w. Brinton, ] N. Ha-
gan and S. j. Aandahl may be hauled
into the legislative Investigation as a
result for on Saturday a concurrent
resolution was introduced in the house
which calls fl. the appointment Of a
committee to probe the why's and
wherefores Of the Brinton Newspa-
per Grab bill s3
I It is alleged that Brinton personally
profted from his league lieutenancy
to the extent Of $4,000, and as long
as there are to be Investigations the.
minority has few suggestions Of its
own.
Burtness of Grand Forks fathered
newspaper bill which would amend
the Brinton statute changing it in the
one particular that all private legal
publications may be printed in the.
papers which the clients of lawyers
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