Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-10-29
OBSERVATIONS
(By a Cornf1eld Philosopher.)
THE RALLY AT MILACA.

which was fitted up with band stand
and plank seats to accommodate the
| crowd.
The committee in charge was FORUM
ate in securing the services of three
eminent speakers: Geo. D. Brewer, Hon.
Magnus Johnson and Gov. Frazier, of
/ North Dakota.
| Mr.. Brewer is one Of the ablest and
most convincing speakers on the League
| list Senator Johnson-"the eloquent
| SwedG'-is known far and wide in
| Minnesota. Gov. Frazier came over on
flying trip to tell the people what
awful outrageous laws had been enacted
in our sister state from the standpoint
Of the p1underbund and to explain their
operations.
quence famed on without interruption
| except the cheers Of the enthusiastic
thousands as some telling point was
emphasized.
Mr.. Brewer told he had been arrested
by the sheriff in Pipestone county, not
for what he said. but for something the
| sheriff thought he intended to say"
and how the affair was featured in the
big city dailtes which stated that 'twen-
ty auto loads filled with angry farmers
bent on lynching the disloyalist 60
chased the sheriff into town." when as
matter Of fact, they came in to go on
| Brewers bond
Senator Johnson spoke of what the
League members Of the Legislature had
tried to do and what the ''other fellows
had put over" at the last session.
Gov. Frazier gave brief history of
League legislation in North Dakota. He
was listened to with the closest atten-
meeting was in charge Of Mayor D. S.
Phillips who presided and gave a short
address Of welcome which was we'll
received.
A special feature Of the occasion was
the free dinner for all the soldier and
family made up basket lunch for one
Of the boys in khaki, and We'd with each
other in filling the basket to the limit
with the good things Of life.
The Attempt to Mar the Harmony
A Fizzle.
While a Eoodly portion Of the towns
| people co-operated with the farmers in
providing for the meeting and honored
| the occasion with their attendance, yet
a few discounted parties, mostly bank
ers and politicians, tried to keep up the
| pretense that the meeting was lacking
in loyalty. The farmers and toWnspeo-
pie had united in procuring memorial
tablet containing the names of all the
soldier boys furnished by Mile Laos
county, including those of the eight
who had given their lives in defense of
our countrys flag. This tablet was in
charge Of a committee who had given
their consent that it might be taken
from the postofice to the park in honor
of the occasion. When this fact became
farmer hater, got busy and circulated
a remonstrance among the soldier boys
and by Misrepresentation induced some
of them to sign it. A counter petition
was then gotten up, and numerously
signed and placed in the hands of the
families who had lost their boys in the
service-every one of the eight, by the
way, being a farmers son. The com.
mittee did not have the nerve to deny
the request Of these bereaved farmers
so the tablet was given up and taker
to the grounds according to the pro
gram.
Johnson's Tilt with Senator Hamer.
A side feature of the occasion which
was enjoyed by everybody within hear
ing distance was sharp discussion
: between Magnus Johnson and Senator
Hamer Of this district over their re
cords in the Legislature. Mr.. Hamer
!, although a farmer, was brought out b!
, the farmer haters after the death O.
Senator Bob Dunn, to run against an,
oppose Fay Cravens, the League en-
| dorsed candidate. Hamer was electel
largely because he was a real farmer
| and has been kept busy ever since tn
| Legislature adjourned in the spring, try
ing to explain to his farmer supporter
+ | and others why he voted to unseat Will
:, cox and generally lined up with the re
J | dictionaries. He tried to take the Sena
q tor from Meeker county (Johnson) t.
i task for opposing measures in the inter
i est of farmers, but Johnson, whose re
l. cord in the Legislature is without
blemish, not only held his own, bu
showed up Hamer in most unenviabl
= light to the large crowd Of his constitu
I ents who were present.
+ The Times Plant.
x Commend me to the example set b
i the farmers Of Mile Laos county who
\ something is to be done. A League hat
r ing banker Of Milaca, one Jacob Va
+ Rhee-disl1king the political policy {
V The Times-the farmers paper, abb
=. edited by Fay Cravens, got control c
X the building in which the paper wa
+ printed, and ordered Cravens to "g<
u limit allowed by law. He rightly ca
= culated that there was no other built
X ing in town vacant suitable for prin
+ ing Office. But the board of director
:? got together and In twinkl1ng the
+ had let a contract to an enterprisin
r local firm for new building to be read
X for occupancy in the short space
thirty days. Incredible as it may seen
x this feat was actually accomplish
and a new solid brick building wit
Z cement nOOrS 33X6O In size was put
j. and the Times plant installed, and nj
i single issue missed or seriously d
X layed
+ This was made possible by the 10y
support of more than 500 farmers ar
! businessmen who took stock in the e.
i terprise from $500 up and paid in Il
X cash. Under the able management
+ Editor Cravens, the circulation of II
= Times is increasing by leaps and bound
III and is now nearing the 1000 mark, 81
i is easily the leading paper in that Sc
X ton.
+ A Live Wire.
i The capture of Milaca by the farme
4 interests has been made comparative
easier-at least much easier than
would otherwise have been-by the a
- tivities Of Hon. Carl Sholin. Mr.. Sholl
. a farm manager at one time has a1wa
X been a believer in cooperation amor
= farmers. He is now the president
y The Farmers Security State Bank viii
= although new in the field has depos1
= aggregating one third of million viii
x are steadily and rapidly increasing. n
= Sholin Is always in the forefront in p1
4 noting the interests Of those who
u the soil for a living both in a busfne
81 way and in a political sense, one bel
= just as important as the other. Of o
thing all may be assured, "Townleyis1
X is triumphant in Milaca and vicin]
? and the more the people get Of it t
T more they want and the bigger majo
= ties for this policy will they pile up
= succeeding elections.
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