The Ordway new era., 1920-10-15
A. Townley
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OrdnReS, grape ITull unQ tlOplCdI
plants. A picture of vast acreage
of land-the best that God has pro-
duced-in perfect climate that will
produce millions fo- those who get 1t
before the boom set1 in.
: The Florida gentleman was at his
best. He had already sold ctcck at
; Atwater, Mimi, in Townley's future
Florida enterprise. He must make
good. He painted another picture of
T. vest sisal plantation. of a cordage
plant and twine for the farmers; how
the great farmer-leader could get
financial assistance. IL necessary,
from the farmers CT North Dakota.
Townley, the promoter. also walked
the floor. Townley. the dreamer.
then took possession of Townley, the
promoter, and Townley, the politician
wgs entirely forgotten in that room
in December. 1s16-and the farmer5
of North Dakota and the terminal ele-
yator was forgotten with him.
On that day in the Gardner hotel
& deal was closed. Townley paid Lun-
deem $3.50 to bind the deal whereby a
gisal enterprise was to be promoted.
Lundeen went back to Florida = hap
py man. Townley was to send an in
vestigator and il his report wac fay-
orable great activities would be the
result in Dade county. Florida.
TownIey Hurries Things.
In March, 1917, the writer, then in
California at the dcathbed of his
wife. received a telegram from Town
Icy. his employer. 1t said: when
can you leave for Florida? Lundeen
getting anxious" The writer had
been selected as the Investigator. A
sight draft for $500 was drawn on
A. C. Townley through bank at
Norwalk. Cal. and on April 10, 1917,
we left over the Southern Pacific for
Miami. by the Gea," with Visions of
sisal fields. negro wage slaves and
non-union cordage plants, for we
were in the employ then of A. c.
Townley, the promoter, and not
Townley. the farmers friend and
union labor advocate.
In due time we arrived at Miami.
in Dade county. one of tho most Won
dcrful spOt3 in the coed U. S. A. We
have travelled in 90 states. Dade
county, juGt recently according to the
federal census, took the record for the
largest growth of any county in the
United States. 1t certainly was at
tractiye. We registered at the Majes-
tic hotel as -. w Brown" fer rea-
sons given US by our employer. For
it was not well at that time, with
thousands of northern tourist win
tering there, to have it known that
the North Dakota political boss had
his private secretary in Florida. He
was supposed to be Interested in
North Dakota and the farmers and
their marketing problems - not in
Florida land, sisal and promotion
schemes.
And SO -. w. Brown" investigat-
cd, drove Ford car purchased by y.
w. Brown" with funds wired to u.
w. Brown" by A. C. Townley, the
promoter, ct St Paul. Since Town
ley, the politician, now deems 1t wise
to disown the acts of Townley. tho
promoter, we will state for the bene-
fit of those who doubt that, the Wes-
tern Union office at st. Paul and Mi
ami will show money remittances in
April and May, 1917. to y. w.
Brown" The records in Dade coun-
ty will also show Ford car owned
by -. w. Brown" bought and reg
istered in April, 1917. ~. w. Brown"
rode in the Townley Ford, inspected
and Investigated. We visited the sisal
plantations of Cuba. We wired for
funds to come home, but Townley,
the promoter, wired back: Stay two
weeks longer and make more
thorough investigation" and also
funds-again to -. w. Brown"
So we stayed two weeks longer,
We enjoyed everything that was to
be enjoyed in Dade county and Ha
vana, Cuba. Finally we came back
to St. Paul. but -. w. Brown" ceased
to live when we took the train at
Miami and when we stepped off at
st. Paul VIC were again J. w. Brinton.
private secretary and personal repre-
sentative of A. C. Townley, the po-
litical boss. And we made our re-
port. A true report of the wonderful
opportunity-to make money-in
Florida, in land. in development and
in sisal. Since that report men have
made fortunes In Dcde county and
fortunes arc still to be made.
Invests Money.
Townley, the promoter, made no
mistake in investing money in Dade
county. Florida. But he made mis-
take when hc involved Towuley the
politician, Townley the bankrupt, and
Townley the farmers friend in a
promotion and money-making sch emo
in distant land. 1t involved his in
tegrity as a politician, It involved his
testimony of poverty in his bank
ruptcy proceedings and 1t involved
Hib iuturc prestige with his farmer
friends. But as l have related, Town
ley. the promoter. took possession of
Townley. the boss politician. His old
fever to promote and make money
got the best of him, end during 1917
1918. and 1919. Townley. the promo
ter. wired and otherwise sent funds,
thousands CT dollars. to E. Lundeen
and others Mt Miami, Florida. He
had Thomas Keys, treasurer of the
Nonpartisan League, wire money to
Miami. He had Norbert OLeary, his
private gtenographer, wire money to