Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-01-02

Ing 81. so with the widows and orphans
of national guardsmene who LOST their
Last week it was the sending Of troops
to International Falls. This week It Is
the graft scandal connected with the
Lake f%Reoc city. The latest exposure comes
Mrs: David swenso1, ioi1 i4th! Ave, S.
tary Of the North Central Field Of the
Y. w. G. This organization had a
large unexpended war fund originally
en mGuniii on WORKERS. After the armis-
recreation camps for Industrial girl
part par Of the fund and Mrs. swenson and
her committee arranged with Governor
PurnaHist for the use Of the cam fop
abfX1ew Was parchased BY the
Y. w. G. A., through the City OF Lake
City. Fhe poles Of the municipal plant
t tSe f fransfo S mel pole With Which the
camp desired to connect. She was IN
formed that an extension would be nee,
have sS TO be furnished, which with labor
AMOUNT M1e to possibly si5o. she received 11S
P n fGF s2 2Sd 1 Ehe and ddReaed To-
make an investigation of the necessary
for the expenditure. In pursuance OF
this she consulted electrical authorizes
the line was not necessary. that the
lines already up were sufficient for al
purposes, and that current was lost. not
gained, by the extension Tor when sne
VT # also Developed that the state, had
fund of $4,000 for im tpc} ot
contract with one D. G. McKenzie. re;
publican politician of Lake CITY p ana
lie Safety Commission, by which ne
ments on a cost plus" basis.
CITY Council of Lake City for refund
of the $3.50 she had paid for the extern
sion, and before her request was as+ grant, O.
ed it was DECIDED to nave a., m me nrese at
and the entire matter gone into: ms ms
meeting was to have, occurred last
On fo Se aSsant
Paul, however, bring to light the facts
that the e1ntract madepy M Md}etane
tons We're laid upon him as, to the ex-
penditure of the money; that t., Yn on0 IL
! ready have been paid; and that what to
/ ali appearances looks very much like
cheap partisan ,graft was englneear:e ed
and the alleged contractor at Lake
| City. Mrs. Swenson in her testimony
! before the city council said that she
erection of the necessary line SO cents
per hour. When the bills We're present.
ed; common labor was listed at Is cents
Of the expenditure of the whole $15.-
! 900 already paid for, we can see now
| Mr.. Mckenzie made very fair thing
out of the improvements at Camp Lake.
| view.
Minnesota was visited this week by
NJ En- OF
airy campaign. Herman W: Schroeder
Minneapolis, has charge of the Johnson
interests in this state and will im Iinies
lately begin the work of organizing
johnson clubs with a view to securing
the Minnesota delegation
Mrs. Peter oles1enr. Of cloquet, Mime
tsota's woman member upon the Demo
cratic National Committee. has been IN.
vited by that organization to deliver
jackson Day banquet to be held at the
Shoreham Hotel, Washington, January
Is. This will be the second time within
minnesota woman has been invited te
speak before eastern democrats. Mrs
Olesen is so well known and 80 mocn
sought for national honors. but We
must admit that we are pleased wher
Olesen is idolized: not only~because, OF
her. faithful and effective work IN pc.
cause Of their pride in her achieve;
womens Sf Fed hss s' Clubs Of her con:
If he state eae she
governors delegate to, the Internationa
Child Welfare Congress in Washington
D. G., T. m Tn1fte Of the St s1 Amawl
and DISTINGUISHED speaker upon the
chautauqua, lyceum and Y. w. c. "A
and }%e # the 9St
by women abroad as Wen as st home i:
BY tPs t or o
Won WomeR's ss ci%bs of Hmerica: mrs: Pete'
Olesen of. Minnesota is q dynamic
speaker who leads her audience. steI
by step, to the summit Of the mount
of vision. She is practical idealist
4 appealing to men as well as to women
message at this crucial hour"
Before Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
man%fac tarers Of the United states h
was not against a league of nations
and believed in an ORGANIZATION, to Sc
wG tafen from the Foram Maya
zine Of December. 1918:
1.-THE president who delivered the wal
message ana the COMPRESS WHO VOICS
for war would be guilty of the black.
est crime if they were to make a peace
on the status quo ante !bellum and re-
create the situation which existed be-
fore the war. If we send our armies
and our young men abroad to be killed
and wounded in Northern France ant
entrance into war with such an inten
ton was crime which nothing cal
justify. The intent of congress and thu
} intent of the president was that Their,
could be no peace until we could ere
ate a situation where no such war a.
this could recur. We can not mal<'
, in the first place, make peace except il
company with our allies. It woult
brand us with everlasting dishonor am
/ bring ruin to us also if we undertook
to make a separate peace" DEMOS.
SAYINGS OF LARRY HO.
: Some day from under the snow will
y spring the marigold.