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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1919-06-20

Sam Roverson, pioneer rancher
south of Mangnus, only few miles
from the capital city, is mourning the
loss of sixteen head of valuable beef
cattle. and he has begun to fear that
he had been made the victim of cattle
rustlers. TheRoversoa pastures are
in urine condition; there is plenty Of
water, and there would seem to be
no incentive to cattle to stray. More
than az week ago. however, nine two
year7old steers, two fat heifers; five
yearling steers and a yearling heifer
disappeared, and Mr.. Roverson has
not succeeded to date in finding any
trace of them. =
H is reported that valuable cattle
also have disappeared in the vicinity
ofAA$Wilton, and BurIeigh county Off
cialst suspect that an unusually bold
band, of cattle thieves is operating in
this reigion.-Bismarck Tribune.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1919-06-20
The Home
/. ... Building Law


Mr.. Mills, devoted most of his ad-
dress to the so called Soldiers Bonus
or Compensation law and the Home
Building act, claiming that if the In
dustrial Commission act is defeated it
would make them imperative. These
acts are not being referended and the
principles underlying both. are COM
mendable but both will be practically
imperative even If the. Industrial Com
mission Act is approved. The string
tied to the former. explained by Mr.
Mills, will prevent, probably major
ity, certainly = very large percentage
of soldiers taking advantage Of It and
the Home Building Act Is Of such q
character that only well to do persons
can avail themselves Of its provisions,
il 81 were desirable. AS 4 matter az
fact amy One who can raise one ifth: of
the purchase price 81 Il piece of pro-
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1919-06-20
The Little
Giants Of
Demogogy

Compared with the crowds thatus-
ed to greet the League "Big Guns, "
the crowd which came out to hear
Walter Thomas Mills, the little giant
of demagogy, must have been a sore
disappointment to him and to the 10
cal leaders of the league. AS for ell
thusiasm, it was conspicuous by its
entire absense To those who had
heard Mr. Mills before, he also must
have been a sore disappointment for
unscrupulous as he is he showed
the great handicap under which he is
laboring in trying to make black look
white in defense of some of the out
rageous laws passed by the socialist
dominated legislative majority.
He made no intelligent explanation
and he did not discuss the laws to be
referended in straightforward man
ner and the references he made in re-
gard to them were for the most part
mass of direct false statements, in
nuendoes, insinuations and half truths.
He did tell the, truth about the one
man Tax Commission law and the In
dustrial Commission law when he said
that the object Of both of them is to
centra!ize all the power into the hands
of one man, but was only, a half truth
at that because he did not go on and
tell in whom it was the object to CEN,
tralize the enormous powers conferred;
by these laws and others. Had he
taken the crowd into his confidence
and told it that the object is to cen
tralize these powers in the hands Of
the big league boss. A. G. ]. Townley,
he Would hava told the whole truth
and nothing 1.-THE. truth. The object
is to, have Y Townley tool tas the. one
man tai conmisaio appointed BY:
the governor who can GUST his Al. will
With orswitho honts causeM N The. industrial
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1919-06-20
Business B and !. !.
s. Politics Are
!. Poor Partners
EXCEPT ny BARE lNS3ANcEs, A
g GOOD: 't, POLITICIAN, e. AXES A
! . PooREeusINEsgssMAN

fExperlenceSAt teaShoT,. that politics
and business don't mix well4together
Except il rare instances, good poll.
ficiassY makes a poor business man.
Tetfin North Dakota, just at present,
aSSe have. a lot of politicians who are
trying to run many kinds of business
as state enterprises. 1t goes without
saying that if they get a chance to
carry through the program, as pro.
), bounded by Townley, all these ven
ture will be flat: failures.
: 1t is strange that farmers have not
learned that lesson. A good many of
them have bought stock in farmers
elevators which were run by politi-
clan, and they know which end they
came out. 1t was always the short
end 1t will be just the same with
these Townley schemes. If they are
allowed to be put out every last one
of them will land in the scrap-heap.
Some of these state enterprises have
the germs of success in them and they
could be made to fit in with the gener-
al plan of economics. That is, if some
of these ideas were developed and the
plans handled by the right persons
they would prove benefit to the peo-
pie. But when these enterprises are
put in the hands of politicians and
windbags, it is just as certain as can
be that they will go wrong and the
taxpayers will get their fingers burn
ed again.
There is many a good and enterpris-
ing man in North Dakota trying to run
business who finds it hard shedding.
What chance has politician, who is
neither good nor enterprising, to make
a success of others business?
A lot of political schemes fostered
by the farmers have gone by the
board. The old residents will remem-
ber first, the Farmers Alliance, which
operated mostly, in South Dakota and
the southern part Of North Dakota.
1t played out in three years.. Next,
we had the Free Silver howl, and it
died out in about three years After
wards the PopulistS Party had its turn
and 1t went the usual way Now we
sshaYes the Nonpart isans League which
BIS headed for struction just as fast
sSas ToWnley and his gang can make it.
YProba bly,; ToWnley figures the league
'AWon't last long and so he is loading it
down with enough schemes, so that be-
fore the grand smashup, he will have
cleaned up big pile.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1919-06-20
Should Vote
No On Seven
Measures

The people of North Dakota never
faced more serious problems than they
do today. They are confronted by an
attempt of unscrupulous mountebanks
to plunge this state into unlimited
debted. Sober minded farmers real
iZe that any schemes, as propounded
by the Townley gang, may be only
experiments but they ara willing to
try them. The one big thing that the
members of the Nonpartisan league
seem to fail to understand is that
ToWnley and his friends know that
these experiments will not succeed.
All they care about is to stick few
million into their pockets and then
vanish.
This is the time to lay aside all
party feeling. The people of this state
must stand together. shoulder to
shoulder, and face the enemy who
would. despoil them of their belong
ings. The farmers must see to it that
these imported non-taxpayers, who
are in North Dakota for a time to
make "a big killing" do not plaster
their farms over with mortgages.
When the seven measures, passed at
the last session of the legislature at
the behest of Townley, come up for
referendum next Thursday, June 26, it
should be the duty of every voter to
give themFa knockout. The measures
are as follows: %, ..e....-{ +.
l.. The Printing Bill. Vote No on
this, unless YOU want nuzzied news.
paper in yonr district II you fail to
vote No. you are going to have ncws-
paper controlled by ToWnley and his
gang. This is one Of the moot danger
uos attempts to deprive people Of their
freedom since the days Scf fuedalism.
S.a &t$ (f,onfinusd5 on mage fourl u;
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1919-06-20
The LANCER
j. MeeS Meeting

Last Friday night Attorney Gener
al VIM. LANCER and State Senator
Mees addressed large open air gath
ering on Main street. 1t was late
when they arrived as they had a meet
ing at Hazen in the afternoon and
were delayed getting across the Mis-
souri, river at Washburn.
Senator Mees opened the meeting
discussing the acts that are being
referended. Mr. Mees makes no orat.
orical pretensions but his discussion
was clear, straightforward and con.
yincing
Attorney General LANCER On the con.
trary is an orator of very marked abil.
ity and he appeared at his best on this
occasion. His clear cut and logical
discussion of the measures before the
people at this election and his intense
sincerity could not fail to impress his
hearers and he held the close and
earnestearnest attention Of the crowd
for upwards of two hours.
Their frank and straightforward dis.
cussion of the acts which have been
referred to the people of the state was
in marked contrast to the smooth
lodging and sidestepping INDUCED in
by Mills On the following Monday.
Both Mr.. Langer$*and Mr.. Mees
ssssslsa atirnt stand by league @prpg gram
but are opposing with all their might
and ability the outrageous laws that
were forced through the legislature by
Townley and his nonresident, hire
ling gang of long haired socialists, that
ing gang of long haired socialists, that
have nothing to do with the league
program but are only calculated to
centra1ize power to make it easy for
Townley to control the vast educa-
tional and tax funds of the state, to
control the press of the state and con-
vert the legitimate public printing and
publications of the state into political
graft and pap for the TOWnley-BrintOn
state newspaper monopoly.
Mr.. LANCER also threw a little light
on the Valley City Daylight Bank
Robbery manipulated by Jack Has
tings, Townley's "man Friday" and
Tom Box who spilled the beans when
they admitted that the loot had to be
split four Ways--that Townley and
Lemke had to have their share of it.
All of which and much more is part
of the evidence held by the State
Banking Board. No doubt it marked
apathy of the Mills meeting was
largely due to the disclosures made by
these state officials.-Turtle Lake
Wave.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1919-06-20
birds Of a Feather
Flock Together

"Boss" Townley favored Washburn
with his presence for while last Sat-
urday, with Henry Dunbar, we'll
known character in Mclean county,
as his escort 1t certainly was an in
spring sight to see these two most
high" of the Nonpartisan League,
walking down the street arm in arm.
There is no truer saying than "a man
is known by the company he keeps"
For Townley and his henchman to be
such pals is plenty of evidence what
type Of citizens both these men are.
There is stri1ing similarity in the
careers Of Town1ey and Dunbar: They
are disciples of the "big biz idea
4 The 'sboss" took his flyer at Beach
some years ago BY planting such
terrific supply Of flax, million dol
lors might soon be in his hand. But
he had no capital and so he got into
debt for $4,000 in two years. or
\ course, to land in the bankruptcy
&cpurt was d logical consequence. But
,sds Tox54iey poor? It cannot be pos
sibla hen, sas reported, he has been
lbies tsoSget sl.5DD, 900 from the farmers
I to nun the Nonpartisans league, = (. 4:
This. fellow allanbar made = flying
start III zig biz. = when he struck Nc
Lean county some years ago. He es-
stablishedaa big horse ranch near Tur- W
tie Lake and did a flourishing bust
ness Tor q time. But the states at
tofney decid that Dunbar was doing
{ too Well ana hauled him into court on
fthe charge ofi dealing in estrayed
lhorses, a jury found him guilty i &
iDunba had not been stopped in \: time. 1 !:
ehera ii sno questiop hut that sby now,
3he Would have q ranch running in
'sacsIoss eompe etition with the famous:
! sGugge genheim ranch .,5:5
aE But yoth cart keep q good man down;
for long oR1ii9 soon picked out:
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1919-06-20

zky and State Superintendent Minnie
Nelson. Now, from the standpoint OF
common sense, whose statements are
most likely to be trustworthy. the per
sons who are under a solemn oath to
serve the people Of this state faith.
fully or this Inherent, hired mereen.
ary whose only obligation is to the
man who pays him big money, A. C.
Townley?
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1919-06-20
Miss Nelson Asks
Voters Turn Down
OF State Bank
MAKES AN APPEAL TO THE
PEOPLE TO DEFEAT PRoPos-
ED GRANT OF POWER

Bismarck, N. D., June 1.-THE
threat contained in the Bank of
North Dakota" law to the school
funds of the state Is pointed to by
Miss Minnie j Nelson, superintend-
ent of public instruction of North
Dakota, in a statement that she made
public in Bismarck today urging the
people to reject the bank law because
of the control itgives politicians over
school funds.
Recently my attention was called
to provision in Section Is of the
Act creating the Bank of North Da-
kota. which reads as follows: The
Bank of North Dakota may transfer
funds to other departments, institu-
tions, utilities, industries. enterpris-
es or business projects of the state,
which shall be returned with interest
to the bank" says Miss Nelson.
Upon reading this provision of the
law l doubt my own senses-it ap-
peared to provide that the Director
of the Bank or the Industrial CON-
mission could transfer any funds, for
instance, the school funds, to any
state-owned business enterprise in
which it saw fit to engage-and it did
not seem possible that sane men could
have written such a dangerous provi-
sion upon the statute books of the
state"
Heretofore, even the most crooked
politicians the state has ever had held
the school funds of the state as a
sacred trust Many laws have been
enaHed to safeguard this trust, i'm
pose upon the state by the federal
these endowment funds for future
generations"
y consulted with number of law
yers and have discussed the matter
with many others. and there seems
no escaping the conclusion that 1t
was the intention of the sixtRenth
legislative assembly to empower the
director of the bank or the Industrial
commission to transfer as a mere
matter Of bookkeeping, the funds con-
tributed by the people Of the state
for specific purpose or given to the
state by the federal government as
a trust for school purposes TO- any
enterprise in which the state migEs
be engaged. For instance, the school
funds could be transferred to an ac-
count to purchase the Consumers
United Stores; to purchase the Town
ley newspapers; to build and operate
a glue factory, or Woolen mill; to build
and operate terminal elevators, pack
plants, mills, etc. In brief, all of the
funds of the state could be taken over
by the mere act of bookkeeping and
can be used for any purpose within
the discretion of the Industrial Com
mission
Il consider this one of the most
vicious pieces of legislation ever en-
acted by an assembly of the State of
North Dakota. 1t may mean that the
school funds may be used for any
purpose that the industrial commits
sion may elect--that they will be SO
used and squandered l have no doubt
If this law carries. I therefore urge
every voter in the state of North Da-
kota, who is interested in our school
funds intact, to vote against the bank
ng bill"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1919-06-20

GTasshoppers are to-day threaten
ed menace atc, the peace and security
IT Mclean County citizenry:4 Has any
one seen any of Townley's long-haird
experts or league organizers around
helping the farmers solve the prob
lem?
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1919-06-20
State Supreme Court
Removes Debt Limit

The state supreme court by four
to one decision holds in the $2,000,000
North Dakota bond case that Section
1872, as amended by the Nonpartisan
League, removes the debt limit. That
settles the controversy about what tho
much discussed amendment means.
THE SKY rs THE LIMIT. Every
dollar Of state bonds issued is first
mortgage on your farm and your home
and upon the earning power of you
and your children. Townley has NO
farm and no home in North, Dakota
and no children. He lives for self
alone-for peace and power.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1919-06-20

The Bank of North Dakota by law
is authorized to make loans to indi-
yiduals and private Z corporations
ONLY uponrunencumbered real estate
and upon grain storage tickets. That
will not give. much cheap money TO
the. farmer who needs, seed and ac-
commodations for general farm deyel-
opments. , II, i. ..s;
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1919-06-20
DUNBAR And 7oNnLEY
VISIT IN COUNTY


Brush Lake Where To~ney Spoke Monday
auns The Brush Lake Country
Lean Specially Priced
Nutrous
these Natural
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1919-06-20

tionaI law and Judicial redistricting
law. He tried to make it appear that
newspaper act 157 provided for cleo
tion of one official newspaper by vote
of the people of the county, which is
absolutely false. Newspaper law 1853
passed by the last legislature provides
for that and law 1853 is not being refer.
ended and no effort has been made to
have it referended Under this law
the people will elect an official news
paper in eachcounty in the state at
the next general election. Law 157
provides for a state printing commits
sion which has power to name one Of
ficial newspaper in each county, state
and judicial district official newspa-
per, and to make all printing contracts
of the state of every kind and des-
cription. No. 157 also repeals all
other laws governing the handling
of state printing, among others that
fixing rates for all classes of state,
judicial, county and public legal pub
lications and requiring the submitting
of contracts for all state printing to
der. So that if at the coming referen-
dunn election this Infamous law No.
157 is approved the. Townley-Brinton
newspaper syndicate will be given
these contracts by the Townley pup
pets on the printing commission to
print at any price the syndicate sees
fit to charge and newspaper in each
county belonging to this syndicate will
be named the official newspaper for
the publication ,of<aH classes of legal
publications or notices at prices to
be fixed by the Townley-Brinton news
paper syndicate. Instead of saving the
tax payers any: money this infamous
act throws the way wide open to I'M
limited graft on all county and state
printing and public legal notices for
the benefit of this sweet scented news
paper syndicate. Then too under the
Board Of Administration act the tat
and juicy: job printing the text books
for the schools Of the state, will go i'm
to the nav of this greedy North pa-
kota newspaper octopus at it's own
prices. s z. .ss: \ .:5 ... M y .3;s .}
II II Mills not tell the crowds these
facts. Instead he confined himself 70.
lying rinsiinNa ions against: Att'orney
General #Ilanger State auditor Kssit-.5
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1919-06-20

Commission is also virtually a one
man commission, though it ostensibly
hasgthree members. The governor as
.aSmember of this commission has the
veto; power over. the other two mem
beTs, Attorney General LANCER and
Land Commissioner Hagan, so the
governor is the one man industrial
commissioner and he has shown him
self entirely subservient Of the will of
aoWnley at every stage Of the game
Aince he first became governor. He
Fad a fine chance to show little YES
Nge of independence when he hesitat-
"a to sign newspaper bill! 157. of the
merits of whichs3:fe said he had grave
9p,htss but .ToWnley, :Lemke, Brinton,
Aai, Were@on hand to see that he
Signed it and he, finally did reluctant
sYssign it at the last momena against
his own expressed convictions, not
AaYsng, In this test of his manhood, the
Pack b 81 cone of courage to stand out
Eownley's deInand5: LIZ. ~. :.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1919-06-20

Continued on J page fourl
Evening star., 1919-11-11
TALKS ON "DEMURRAGE."
R. E. Quirk Addresses the Federal
Traffic Association.

"Demurrage" was the topic of an
address of Robert E. Quirk, chief of
the bureau of correspondence and
claims, last night before the Federal
Traffic Association. His lecture dealt
with the technicalities of the prob
lens of storage of railroad cars and
the consequent demurrage charges.
He stated the charge was not to
secure revenue. but merely to increase
efficiency. Railroads would rather
have their cars in use than collect
demurrage," he said.
A special committee was appointed
to draft a memorandum pointing out
the educational work of the associa-
tion and soliciting recognition of
traffic clerks. This memorandum will
be presented to the reclassification
commission. Following are the MEM
bers of the committee: e. r. Troxel
of the Navy Department. E. E. Forbes
of the Department of Agriculture
and w. E. Wright of the War De-
partment
Evening star., 1919-11-11
Is INVALID CHILDREN
WELCOME SCHOOL DAYS
Confined to Their Beds, They Re-
joice at Entrance of Teacher
Nurse to Their Ward.

Seventy-five little "shut-in' patients
at the Childrens Hospital. 18th and
w streets northwest, sat straight up
in their seventy-five white cots this
morning and welcomed the immacu-
lately uniformed nurses with chorus
of unusually cheerful Good morn
ings." Then they submitted patiently
to the daily evil of having their faces
and hands scrubbed and washed. their
hair brushed, their beds freShened,
and lay back complacently, propped
on their tiny pillows, to wait for the
coming event.
Today is Armistice day. But the
cele bration of the first anniversary
to with making Tuesday red letter
day in the week for the little chill
dren at the hospital. In fact, Armi-
stice day does not share in inipor-
tance with the occasion celebrated at
the Children's Hospital. For today
with the exception of Christmas, and
maybe the Fourth of July and
Thanksgiving. there are no days so
equally important.
Look Forward to School Days.
For the patients at the Children's
Hospital. school days means much
more. Seventy-f1ve little children,
lying on their backs for twenty-four
hours a day, look forward with a
great deal of enthusiasm for the ap-
pearance of Miss Amelia Wright, the
kindergarten teacher, who comes to
the hospital three times a week and
brings with her an amazing assort-
ment of paper dolls. picture books,
fancy sewing and fascinating blocks
And somehow she makes the twelve
long hours of a day pass in record
time.
Today is the real red-letter day in
the week for Ruben, for instance. who
has spent the last two years of his
young life lying fiat on his back in a
iporch-open air ward-trying to re-
cover from a very serious affliction
of his weak little spine.
He has been strapped to a frame
for two years, and a change of po-
sition is for him an adventure. He
has forgotten the joys Of rolling
hoop, or jumping a rope, or perhaps
he never knew them. for Ruben is
only six years old.
Evening star., 1919-11-11
Mr.. BROWNLOW PRAISES
WORK OF CIVIC BODIES
Urges More Interest in Affairs in
Speaking to Citizens of Con-
gress Heights.

The value of civic organizations and
the need of every citizen of a COM
munity to affiliate with one of these
bodies was brought home to citizens
of Congress Heights last evening,
when at a special meeting of the
Public Improvement Association of
that suburb, Commissioner Louis
Brownlow delivered a stirring and in
teresting talk to a large gathering.
Mr.. Brownlow urged more interest
among the citizens in civic affairs.
and said that the Commissioners were
always willing and glad to give heed
to requests that came from repre-
sentative civic bodies. He said it was
the only way that the Commissioners
were able to learn of the needs in
all sections. He said he believed
membership in civic body was the
next best thing to suffrage.
His talk included many matters of
special interest to the District at the
present time. dwelling especially upon
the need for increased pay for mem
bers of the police department, ex-
pressing the belief that the increase
would be granted. as well as for the
firemen. and all employees of the Dis
trict government who, he declared,
were grossly underpaid.
The Commissioner said school facli-