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Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-12-18
Both Miner. and Operators TO
Be Subjects Of Grand Jury
investigation
SIX LEADERS APPEAR
Disclosures indicate Operators AZ
Well AZ Miners In Conspiracy e
Violate Lever law-Evl.
dence Collected.

Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 6.-Upon
the heels Of its institution Of contempt
proceedings against officials Of the
United Mine Workers of America, the
government has taken steps to broad
en- the scope Of its prosecutions In
connection with the strike Of coal
miners, and will investigate alleged
violations Of the Lever fuel control
act and the Sherman antitrust law, by
miners. operators and others.
Judge A. B. Anderson, United States
district court, ordered a special SEES
sion of the federal grand jury here
and Immediately afterward state
ment was given out by L. Ert Slack.
United States district attorney, and
Dan w. Simms, special district at
torney, who is aiding in the Injunction
proceedings. declaring that the time
has arrived to determine whether
this is q government of law or q group
Of men,"
Six officials of the United Mine
Workers Of America, who were
charged with criminal contempt for
alleged violation Of the federal courts
injunction against the strike, appeared
at the federal building and furnished
bonds of $4,000 each for their ap-
pearance in court. @ r
1t was stated that determination to
begin the grand jury Investigation
came as result of disclosures in the
proceedings against the miners lead
ers, which tended to show that the
coal operators, as we'll as the miners,
were in conspiracy to violate the
Lever law. Agents Of the Department
Of Justice two weeks ago started an
investigation of alleged violation of
the Sherman antitrust law by operat-
ors and the evidence collected by
them has been added to that secured
in previous Investigations Of the mi
ners.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-12-18
WILSON AND WOOD ENDORSED

South Dakota Democrats and Republl.
4 cans Name Choice.
Pierre, 8. D., Dec. 3.-Major Gen
eral Leonard Wood was Endorsed for
president Of the United States by the
Republican state convention, after a
spirited struggle in which Governor
Frank o. Lowden Of Illinois came out
second best. While the Republicans
were meeting in one legislative cham.
Der at the state capitol. the Demo.
cratic state convention in the opposite
chamber Endorsed President Wilson
for third term,by unanimous vote. Va.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-12-18
FARMERS, labor and tg0PfRA1hEs l0K 8
IOhCEslA1 GREAT CONVENTION IN CHClGO
Representatives et 3000OoO ToiIers Field and City From
Away From influence Of By Business ana Plan Gigaa
4 and Public Ownershlp Movement.

of the Farm, Stock and Home, Mr..
Alison Secor Of Successful Farming,
and Or. w. J. Spillman Of the Farm
Journal. were among the representa-
lives of Important farm public ations
present. II 81
Plan Gigantic desperation
The committee on cooperation rec
commended that q plan for co-opera-
ton be developed that would not only
eliminate Unnecessary middlemen but
wrest the control Of our natural and
manufactured resources from the
"hands OF the financial interests that
now dominate our system Of produe.
ton and distribution. z z It urged that
particular attention be given Ito the
development Of schools in different
parts Of the country FOR training co.
operative managers and employees and
for the inauguratio Of proper account.
ing and auditing systems, and declared
its belief that the time Is now ripe
for the forces Of organized farm and
labor to join In. a nationwide campaign
for cooperation
J0luS 001f0 Pf0v10e0 r or '5i
It recommended that the chairmaH
appoint q commit tee OF twelve, repre-
senting farm, labor and cooperative
organizations to act as a joint board
in developing the cooperative move
ment, also that the report be submitted
to the labor conference to be held II
Washington, December Is, under thu
auspices of the American Federation
Of Labor, and that a national conven
ton Of all farm organizations, Labor
unions, and cooperative association
be held February - to is, 1920, ii
Chicago to which the committee d
twelve, selected by the conference
should report and submit q program
for the organization, Standardization
and financing Of the co-operativ,
movement along national lines. G. II
Gustafson, president OF the Nebrask,
Farmers Union, and Dalton T. Clarke
president Of the National Co-operativ,
association, were selected as Join
chairmen Of this committee.
Big Public ownership Program i
The committee on a joint legislatiy,
program recommended as essential t,
secure Industrial peace and to assur,
economic prosperity to all classes, til,
enactment Of the Kenyon-Andersol
bill to control the packers, government
ownership and democratic operation
for service that the people retain an,
develop through democratic operation
all the natural resources Of the coun
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-12-18
Trlpls An al, No 3

the new polit mo elisnta of The
stats of WashinS u III alliancS of.
the farmers, rstls0adI workers and city
work the .liyAst noyement { IN
that state ana ID growing by leaps
and bounds u Hing to reports from
|Espeakers ana lect from that sec.
|tions O6icerss of the coal miners,
unions ny inst all the coal miners ox
HI few veeks. Farmers are supp rtlne
Ith4 acoal stTike with ontrlbuttonss
lEeetings are being held sall over the
lletats and the ple safes hocking9 to
1.-THE new q inoy en6ent h 81 & szOses me
tltonpar tisan Leaslsne aidrtlmers ars sSthe
En,ost sactays snpp orfera 4 anong fss
EaSriculturai populat ton fofE Tar
Im alliSncs S5 III
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-12-18
FARMERS ROSE TO EMERGENCY
What They Did to Win the War and
Save World from Starvation.

What They Did to Win the War and
Save World from Starvation.
Washington, Dec. Elm his annual
report just issued Secretary OF Agrt-
culture Houston tells In q brief way
how the farmers Of America helped to
win the war and are saving the world
from starvation by marvelously in
creased production of foodstuffs. He
says the wheat crop for 1919 is esti-
mated at million bushels over that
Of 1918 and that Of corn 100000, 900
bushels over the last years. In meat
production. also. the record figure Of
last year will be exceeded, and the
same is probably true of milk, eggs
and poultry. Crop yields per acre,
says Mr.. Houston, show an upward
tendency, due largely to better meth
DDS and better machinery.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-12-18

The greatest get-together meeting Of
workers and farmers In the history OF
America and one that may have his.
toric consequence was held recently
in Chicago. tits the first clear vic
tory over the present desperate cam-
paign Of big business to annex the
farmer movement and use It to help
crush the labor movement. y =
The full account Of this saffair sent
out by the Farmers National Council,
Bliss building, Washington, p. O.. is
rs follows: 81.
The Farmer-Labor conference called
by the Farmers National Council and
the National Cooperative association
held in Chicago, may properly be re-
garded as one Of the most important
meetings held In America. For the
first time Representatives Of the lead
ing farm organizations and Of labor
from Washington state and others Dor
dering on the Canadian frontier, down
to Texas and Louisiana and east to
New England, met and discussed FOR
two days q joint Legislative program
and a joint program on cooperation.
The delegates to the meeting repre-.
scented organizations with q total mem
bership Of over three millions.
The majority Of the farmers's dele
gates represented the American So
ciety Of Equity, the National Cleaner
Federation, the Washington, Colorado
and North Dakota State Oranges, the
Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana
and Alabama State Farmers Unions,
while the National Cooperative asso.
citation had over a score Of represen-
tatives from the. parent and affiliated
cooperative associations. ss
Labor Sends Delegates
All four Of the big National Railway
Brotherhoods were represented, while
four Internationals had Spokesman al
the conference, and the State Fedora.
tions of Illinois, North Dakota, Min.
nesota and other states of the middle
west as well as city declarations were
represented. President G0mpers Of
the American Federation Of Labor, un.
able to attend the conference sent 8
wire expressing his sincere regret
stating, ''the American Federation Of
Labor is whole-heartedly with you ii
your work for cooperation, both ii
buying and selling, and trusts that Il
may grow and expand q
Mr.. Frank I. Stuart Of the lows
Homestead, Mr.. Austin p. Haines Of
the Pierce Weeklies,. Mr.. II. N Owen
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-12-18
CENSUS TAKERS TO GET MORE

Washington, Dec. 6.-Increase Of
the rate Of pay for enumerators Of the
fourteenth decenial census to & cents
for each person enumerated and 80
cents for each farm reported was re-
ported BY Director Sam L. Rogers.
8 Approximately 81. 900 enumerators arc
affected.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-12-18
Eggs 81 Per Dozen II CHICAGO,

Chicago. III. Dec. 4.Fresh eggs
sold at retail for 81 = dozen here. Tho
receipts were only $50 cases. about
one-tenth tho normal supply at this
season Of the year. Butter rstailed
ct 90 cents . pound. with receipts
only $500 tubs. about one.half the
normal days receipts. e3ss &
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-12-18
TOLEDO CARS TO RESUME
Return Of rroiIeys When Custer ordl.
nance 10 Repealed.

nance 10 Repealed.
Toledo. Dec. 5.-Street car service
will be resumed here at once after an
idleness Of four weeks. Henry L.
Doherty accepted the councils repeal
Of the custer ordinance and ordered
the cars returned It was announced
that some time will be required to get
equipment into shape but service is
promised in two days. W
The order followed quickly con-
ference Of Judge John M. Killits, Of
the United States district court, Mr..
Doherty and his chief counsel, Charles
A. Gruenauff Of New York, in which
the court advised acceptance Of coun.
ell action.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-12-18
TWO ACCUSED PLEAD GUILTY.

Acknowledge Crime In Connection
with Newberry Election.
Grand Rapids. Mich. Dec. a.
Something of sensation was caused
when two Of those cited in the true
bills in the Newberry election fraud
cases came before Judge Sessions and
pleaded guilty.
These were William e. Rice. IL
Grand Rapids printer. who pleaded
guilty to conspiracy and was released
under bond Of $1,000. and Allie K
Moore. formerly a Grand Rapids news
paper man and later publisher Ut
Marquette. Mich, who pleaded guilty
to four Of six counts.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-12-18


cratic financing Of war expenditures
and legislation "a End the present con-
centration and control IL credit and
financial resources of the country In .
few hands. d vs., Il
urpss Many Rsforvns n
II opposed the Sabbath Oleomarxar-
Inc blu and declared tor early ratif-
cation of the suffrage amendment, ure.
ing that special sessions De legislas
lures be called when necessary to do
do. It also recommended TINT the con
terence appoint q committees 70 the
December 18th conference called BY.
the labor forces, at washington, and
submit to that conference the joint
legislative program and endeavor to
secure its formal endorsement by that
conference. The joint chairmen Of this
committee are: George r. Hampton,
managing director Of the Farmers Ma
tional Council, and warrenss. Stone,
grand chief of the Railway Locomotive
Engineers. IA. N s "a. "
The recommendations Of both COM
mittees were almost unanimously
adopted. q
Launches Railroad CAMPAIGN
The conference also asked congress-
| to investigate the plans sc the rail.
road security holders to conduct, an
extensive newspaper propaganda Of
advertising for the return Of the rail-
roads with 4 guaranteed dividend
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-12-18
HENRY CLAY Prick IS DEAD.
Steel Industry Leader Leaves Estate
Of s20o. 600. 900.

New York, Dec. 3.-Henry Clay
Prick. steel magnate. IL dead Of
ptomaine poisoning. Mr.. Frick was 20
years old. He has been Ill for sew.
eral days.
Financiers familiar with Mr.. Tricks
interests estimated that his fortune
was not less than $20o.000.00o. It was
said he was one Of the very largest In.
dividual holders Of Liberty and Vic.
tory Bonds. s.1l s 81
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-12-18
FARGO BANKER FOUND GUILTY

Convicted Of Falslfyins.
Fargo. N. D., Dec. 5.-H. J. Hagen,
president Of the Scandinavian Ameri.
can bank Of Fargo. was found guilty
by jury on charge Of having made
false statements to the state abnkins
department.
p. r. Sherman, cashier Of the bank,
u yet to be tried on q similar charge.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-04-03
METHODISTS TO BOOST
FIFTH LIBERTY LOAN
Big Church Centenary Drive is Post
poned to Await Uncle Sans
Campaign

The local Methodist church has re-
ceived orders from Northwest head
quarters at Portland to postpone its
centenary drive until after the Fifth
Liberty loan drive and to turn over
its centenary organization to the To-
cal liberty Loan committee.
The local church has its centenary
campaign well organized and in keep
ing with the request from headquar-
ters, the workers will render every
assistance in putting Kennewick over
the top in the coming loan campaign.
The church minute men are w. T. Ira
cy, F. A. Dunlap, r. H. Briggs, A. ].
Copeland, John Kinds and r. F. Han
ke.,
The new dates for the centenary
drive are May 18 to %. The sum to
be raised for. the Methodist Episcopal
church is $1O5, ,OO0, 900 and for the
Methodist church, South, $4,000, 900,
making a grand total of $40, 900, 900.
Of the sum asked by the Metho-
dist Episcopal church 10000, 900 will
go to the home mission board and will
be expended on city and country COM
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-04-03
EMPLOYMENT AGENCY AT
THE KENNEWICK CLUB
No Government Money This Year and
Hayden & Lloyd will Serve
Without Pay

Another thing which the last con-
gress failed to do was to make any
appropriation for carrying on the work
of the department of labor in main
tanning free employment agencies in
the agricultural sections during har-
vest seasons. Altho he has no funds,
County Agent Lee M. Lampson is
striving to maintain the same county
organization he had last year. Hay
don & Lloyd, of the Kennewick Club,
have offered to handle the local agency
free of-charge and E. M. Sly has do
mated the use of the building adjoining
the Club on the north as labor head
quarters. Mr.. Hayden and Mr.. Lloyd
have for some time maintained free
employment agency of their own and
have rendered distinct service to
many farmers and working men.
The government will not, as in years
past, send a man here during the
strawberry season, but Mr.. Lampson
urges that all growers make up their
labor budget as early as possible and
make their needs known to Mr.. Hay
don.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-04-03
LOCAL FIELD LOOKS
BETTER THAN EVER
Manager of Rattlesnake Hills Oil
Company Returns from Texas
with New Enthusiasm

D. C. Priddy, manager of the Rat
tlesnake Hills Oil company, returned
home last week bringing glowing ac-
counts of the activities in the Texas
oil fields. The best piece Of news he
brought back is that while south he
obtained two very desirable leases
which he turned over to the local COM
pany. One of the leases is in the big
Burkburnett field and the other is in
the Amarillo field and both are near
producing wells.
Mr.. Priddy says conditions in the
Texas oil boom towns can be neither
pictured nor imagined. They must be
seen to be appreciated. In his aome
town he found his favorite street cor
ner where as boy he played marbles,
a surging mass of excited humanity,
talking, thinkiRg, living oil and mil
lions. He found most of his old as
sociates well along the road to wealth
and not few of them writing their
bank balances in six and some in
seven figures.
But instead of the oil. the millions
and the excitement of Texas dampen-
ing his ardor in his work here, it only
augmented his stock of enthusiasm for
the future of the Benton county field.
Upon his return Mr.. Priddy found
that his associates had not been idle
and as result he makes the announce
ment that his company will soon be
able to close up. its campaign for
finances and start drilling operations.
There is sure some oil in those Tex
as fields and many people are making
money so fast they can't count it, but
just the same those gas wells up along
the Rattlesnake hills look better to
me than ever and / am more confident
than ever that we are going to bring
in oil here and bring it in big" said
Mr.. Priddy.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-04-03
CHURCH BUYS LAND
FOR NEW PLANT
Purchases from Moores Give the
Company Room to Expand
at Present Location

The Church Mfg. company this week
closed deal with Mary and L. G.
Mooree for additional land both east
and west of the grape juice plant
The purchases give the company a
frontage on Washington street and in
cludes the Moore warehouse which is
to be moved to new location on the
Moore holdings. The Church company
now has enough land to carry out its
plans for an enlarged plant without
changing its location.
While most of Mr., Church's time
is now occupied with his stock-selling
campaign he is at the same time car
rying forward his plans for enlarging
the plant Chas. B. Lambert, of Wal
la Walla, one of the best known ar
chitects in the state was here last
week and made detailed inspection
of the plant and is now preparing
plans for the first unit of the new
plant. This will be a three-story struc-
tire with full basement and of fire.
proof construction. It will be erected
just east of the present plant which
will be remodelled and raised to- two
stories.
The company has also placed orders
in the east for new and perfected ma
chinery and have already contracted
for m6re Concord and Worden grapes
than they used last year. Mr.. Church
and j. w. Vickers went to Walla Wal
la today where the selling campaign
is progressing satisfactorily. From
there Mr.. Church will go to Spokane
to meet the head of large exporting
firm who operate three large houses
in China and who are desirous of
placing large orders for Church's pro-
ducts.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-04-03

munity churches, budgeting the home
mission work of the church generally,
erecting community centers And MAX
ing it possible for churches to be open
seven days week on educational work
and on efforts to provide substitutes
for the saloon.
A second s4O,OO0,O0O goes to the
foreign mission board and will be used
on the building and maintenance of
foreign missions, hospitals, schools,
and churches, as well as colleges. The
remaining s25,Q00,o00 is to be spent
$5,000,000 a year on reconstruction
work in war-deyastated Europe.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-04-03

/
ed to him. In view of the fact that
DR.. Summers will be a member of the
house committee on reclamation of
arid lands It is the wish of the direc-
tors of the district that he carry back
to Washington as much first hand i'm
formation concerning the project as
possible.
I While the Church Mfg, Company's
campaign for an enlarged plant are
progressing satisfactorily, the adj
vanced season calls for haste. If the
company is to be able to handle its
rapidly increasing business and there
by provide market for all, not part,
of the commanity's Gull apples this
year, work must be started on the
new plant very soon. Members of the
club believe plant of this kind will be
a valuable asset to the community and
that the community should get solidly
bacs of it and rush the campaign to
successful conclusion, At the ban
quet Tuesday evening Mr.. Church and
others viii present the company's fu-
ture prospects in more detail than
have been given to the public thru the
press.
This banquet is to be decided de-
psrture from precedent in that it is to
be free and the attendance will not
be limited to the membership Of the
club. In fact every man in the COM
nunity, whether business man, farm
.er, fruit grower, or stoclxraiser; is in
vited to attend, but the attendance
must be limited to 100, as a larger
number cannot be Accommodated in the
dining room. In order that all may
have an equal chance reservations viii
be made for the, first 100 men who
make application to Secretary Geo. E.
Tweedt, telephone 1921, and all res
ervations should be in not later than
Monday noon. 1t is especially desired
that those Of the farmers who are
especially interested in the irrigation
project and the orchard by-products
business make their reservations early
and be there.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-04-03
FRED TwEEDT SELLS

Fred Tweedt has sold his 30-acre
farm and orchard home in the Valley
to R. M. Wooden, of McMinnville, Ore
gon, who will arrive this week with his
family. Mr.. Tweedt has made his
home here for about 15 years and is
regarded as one of the Valleys most
successful farmers and his place is
one of the best in the district. Mr..
Tweedt will go from here to California
but has not definitely decided where he
will locate. The deal was made by
Trenbath & Tweedt thru the Western
Security Sales Company, of Seattle.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-04-03
HOME SERVICE

The Home Service Section of the
Red Cross. will have someone at the
library Tuesday and Thursday after
moons of each week from two to five.
All returned soldiers or families of
soldiers are invited to- consult the sec
ton concerning any matters in which
it may be of service to them. The
section now has the necessary blanks
for making application for soldiers
bonuses and will make certified copies
of soldiers discharges free of charge.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-04-03
POWELL TO TALK

Luke Powell, the district horticul-
tural inspector, begins series of lee
lures to the county this week on 'How
to Control the Codling Moth" Fruit
vale, Monday night, the S1st; Finley,
Wednesday night, the End; Highlands
club house Friday night; Hanford, on
Monday night and White Bluffs Tues
day; Richland Wednesday and Benton
City, Friday, the 11th.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-04-03

Sgt Sidney II. Whithorn, of the
Canadian Engineers, has been dis
charged and returned to his home in
this city. Sgt Whithorn was in the
service Ia months but did not get
overseas, being stationed at vancou-
yer. Altho he has not met up with
permanent employment he is already
on the job again as Kennewick cor
respondent for the Spolzesman-Review
and will be pleased to have all items
of general public interest turned in to
him. Mr.. and Mrs. Whitehorn have
rented the Garceau bungalow from
which Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Tweedt are
m@ing this week.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-04-03
MISS COPELAND WEEDS

Miss Anna Copeland and Mr.. George
H. Rokkan, of this city, were quietly
married in the M. E. parsonage in
Pasco at 1880 Saturday morning:
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Allen, of the Pasco M. E.. church.
The bride is the oldest daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Copeland and has
made her home here SINCE childhood.
Mr.. Rokkan came here last year from
Linn Grove, Iowa. He is employed as
engineer in the B. F. Reese cement
works. The young people have rented
rooms in the Mrs. r. F. Richardson
home, where they will make their home.
temporarily.