Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1920-11-11
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A LOYAL
HELPER
By ALvAH ). GARTH
tcepyrisht. 1890. western Newspaper Unionl

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Copyright. 1890. western Newspaper vnion)
ri am not given to slang" remarked
Alison Buf0rd," but the select commit
tee of the mOgul of Lyndon handed me
"a lemon"
"You expressed your Views clearly"
"Pure, simple lfraternalism, Ross. l
observed dissatisfaction the moment
] tackled the broad platform Of human
-ity. War over, all pitching liz for
the higher reconstruction and work
In hand, classes ana masses alike, to
build up a new and better world, and
that line Of thought
"Isee," said Willis Ross meditative-
y, "Between you and myself. how.
ever, think yoA overdid tho thing"
Tin what jways"
"Yop see, there's 4 rook-ribbed
group Of aristoorats who rule the upr
per town here. They are Less than
goo, while the peopla In the lover
town number something like 1900. Up
per Lyndon rules the raoat because It
has lpalHHeeRea and money, Fo attempt
to stiF these bFaA-in the=hpRe plAt9:
Gratis to anything like progress 10 to
| Invade their time-honored system as
a vandal. A bad move, Buford. You
ought to have preached generallties
and wound up with a tribute to the
sense and power Of the men who hold
s h4lk b Rslslhes w. y Is tllhtinn n
a!tsll, I gpsss Fxs made 4 msss II
l IT." acknowledged PlHfQM FAthsf FHe:
| FULLY: II need the nomination here "a
carry the county, and ! fear I Will
never get 1t. By the way. the young
lady you got to copy my speech FOL
me-she sent her typewriter tran.
script to the hotel. but no bill. Where
"Af home, I fancy. Just nov, .feg Il
Is after school hours. Miss Gladys
Earle, 232 West Grove street. It's Z
two minutes walk"
he sttssffffe t f4 8Hf Is iSs{tS 'teS kSht. fs#
little school Teacher t0 whom Ross had
introduced him TIVE days previous. i
She was at home, and plainly told
him the cost Of her labor, and accept
ed A4FneRt In q hpslResalike, matter
ettfaet way, but, as aut0sd arose II
leave, bestowed q frank look OF inter
est upon him and said: Isl
would you feel was presumptu
ousAsAir.. iBuford, II i made a sugges
ti0h 4k,td ytHr; business IN Lyndarq,
t:s..Why -, n9e q all,!. lFsRllett ,RatatA
# have heard / how; " yauF speech E IA
received. and perhaps ! might have
told you at the start 1t would moi
bring you success. 1t has occurred
to me that you should not give ur
your mission in any faint-hearted way
until you have looked over the ground
little more closely. While the exclu
sive set has considerable influence
they do not always control the votes
and votes are what you are after, art
they not?"
'hshe spoke so clearly, -womanly Of
tphkc yet ffSSfceetnll%, fiat Rdtord real
Azed that hers was a genuine helpful
spirit, and that she was going out Of
her way to do him service.
5''If you would write out a new
: Speech" Gladys Earle went on, .and
along new lines. I know you would
make an impression on the commu
nifty"
you mean to appear before those
high and pompous dictators and bel
for recognition 1t is not in theil
stubborn nature to awarl2" spoke Blu
ford spiritedly. "Well, no.
Lyndon needs many things the dom
inant set will never see to, Mfr. Blu
ford. There Is a fur. cry for mar
to represent the real majority in thi.
district. do not ask you to .appea
again to the magnates Of the upper
town, but to the people Of the lowel
town. Shall suggest a text Their
60 among them on. the basis Of I,
champion Of their sanitary needs. TIL,
lower town needs drainage and watel
system. long denied them, because o.
its cost and the selfish avarice Of mel
who take no heed as to the rights, Of
these fellow men lower in the scale
Pledge yourself to the Improvement
I indicate, make the fight squarely Of
that issue. Your hearers will realize
that not only will the movement give
them work, but will add to the health
and welfare Of their wives and chill
drsn.'
A new inspiration came. to Allison
Buford as he listened to an adviser
every moment more and more elforc
Ing his respect and admiration. Il
was three evenings later when. he made
the address Of his life, to be- cheered
to the echo by brawny. earnest men
who traced In his words the sincerit,
1 Of one looking for the betterment 81
4 their environment. More cherished
than this ovation, however, was the
discovery that way back in the au.
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