The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-01-29
REVOLUTION ON
IN GRAND FORKS
CITIZENS, IN BOOSTING FOR
MILL, ENDORSE LEAGUE
PROGRAM

certainly UNJUST. we nave one OF the
finest states in the Union and we have
nothing to apologize for. I was in the
east recently on business and man
said to me: "How are things out in
that Bolshevik state?'
II resent that sort Of thing and I
told this man so. I told him some
things about what we are doing out
here and what we are working for. l
believe the farmers are entitled to
work for the things they want in an
orderly way and as good American
citizens and when people who don't
know what they are talking about
call them tBolsheviki' resent it.
"I know our governor personally and
l tell you that there is not a better
and squarer citizen anywhere than
Governor Frazier"
These are not remarks made by a
League member or speaker; they are
not made by any imported socialist
or carpetbagger speaker; they are not
made by nonresident sojouner in
the state. THEY ARE MADE by a
resident of Grand Forks, John Nc
Manus, representative of the Inter-
national Harvester Co., at a mill and
elevator rally held at Grand Forks
Jan. IA, which was attended by 400
farmers and nearly as many Grand
Forks business men.
Just a Sample
Mr.. McManus' remarks are just a
sample of the style of talks given that
evening by such men as r. B. Grif-
fifth, proprietor Of one of the leading
department stores; P. A. McClernan,
attorney; w. E. Small, manager of
the st. Hilaire Lumber Co. and 9TH
ers. All precluded their remarks with
the statement that they were not Non
partisan Leaguers-but, they wanted
that mill and elevator because it was
good for them and for the city. So
cialism is bad thing for the state as
a whole, but a little Of it, applied To-
cally to Grand Forks, is not unwel-
come.
Had Expert on Job
Before these coolrheaded business
men warmed up over the mill propo-
sition and beca5re enthusiastic, they
quietly employed, an expert engineer
to look over the field and tell them if
the "game were worth the candle" I"
His report set them going. The mill
would add as much as $500 an acre
to the value of farm land; it would
be nucleus around which other busi-
ness would gather; it would mean a
division of the immense business now
going to the Twin Cities and the re-
tention of it in North Dakota and
Grand Forks. These were a few of
the points that the expert engineer
cited to his employers.
. Unexpected Revolution
The change in sentiment was as
complete as it was unexpected. 1t
amounted almost to a revolution, over
night. The wind-up of the meeting evi-
denced that, when President A. C..
sTcwnley The best hated man. in the
cities of the state, addressed the
meeting and was we'll received. He en-
tered into the spirit of the meeting
and offered the men who have denoun-
ced him as their enemy and the enemy
Of the state, a chance to rid them
selves of his activities: He said
"If Jerry Bacon and others who
have been fighting the Nonpartisan
League program are ready to get be-
hind it and boost it, I'll give bond to
stay out of the state"
Grand Forks is having tremendous
success in it's campaign to sell state
bonds and before the month is over
will have sold it's $1.000,000 quota and
be assured of the mill.