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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-01

planned on organizing bank No. / by
taking 81 per cent Of the stock and
getting the money on the stock IN
h Fargo bank. his parent bank
taking. the money which the Bank of
North Dakota would put there for his
use; then he would organize bank
No. . and take 81 per. cen OF the
stock and get the money on it at
bank No. l, where state funds would
also be deposited for him; then he
would organize bank No. 3 and take
81 per cent of the stock and borrow
money On it at bank No. 2, where
state funds would also be deposited.
This. of course, as Townhey related.
would all be according to law" as the
law provided that state funds Of the
Bank of North Dakota could be de-
posted in private state ~banks-and
as North Dakota has a bank guaran-
private banks. 1t was simply a mat
ter Of time and Townbey reasoned
that he could put one, two. three or
four banks in every county in the
state and control the banking bust
ness OF North Dakota-with state
funds. And in time the banks would
pay for themselves and Townley
would owl them. OF course, Town
ley informed me hat he was willing
to take in associates in thu deal and
this OF course was to be the price for
sailing with him. But i didn't
sail. | kept my eyes open and
watched Developments, while Town
ley made his arrangements with the
"director general Of the bank.
Townley then emit out over the
state and organized several banks
but while he was right in the middle
OF his financial dream. the state bank
ing board. while the bank examiner
was examining Townley's sisal plan.
tation in Florida, took possession OF
Townley's Fargo bank and closed its
doors-and hung out a sign that II
was insolvent. This act of the bank.
ing board, which I believe was illegal
in 1.ethod at least. destroyed the
drea1ner's entire financial air castle
and it came tumbling to the ground
The raid on the Fargo bank was
caused b. the sore spot left in the
bosom of ]. ]. Hastings who was
smarting under the discharge of his
former boss, but who did not dare tc
come out in the open because OF
criminal prosecutions threat ned b,
Townlcy for acts it was claimed hi
committed while financial secretary
But Hastings got the information tc
the banking board and they caugh
Townley napping-with his bank x.
anllHer IN Florida.
AS soon as the bank examiner 20,
back from Florida he went to the su.
preme court. elected by the Nonpar.
tisan league, n got the banking
board ousted from the Fargo bank
Later it, was reopened and more state
funds put into it 20 give 1t new life
And Townhey's attorney today boasts
that it is the only bank in history tina,
opened up with an increase in de-
posts. When l left the Bank OF
North Dakota I had seen nearly 8
half million dollars Of public FUND
go to the Townley bank in Fargo
so I believe Mr.. Lemke told the truth
WREN he said its deposits increased
when it vas reopened.
Prior to this time 1 received from
the Fargo bank a bundle of about q
quarter Of a million dollars worth OF
notes to be ~rediscounted. The "di.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-01
EDITORS Notc:-The following

Editors Notc:-The following
article is one OF five purchased
nv The Herald from j. w. Brin-
ton & Co.. the entire series to be
published III The Herald. An
nuunc4incnt of the series has al.
ready lHpn made. together with
the statement TINT whatever
statements ;lrc contained in the
articles arc tho statements OF tho
writ rs, and not Of The Herald.
This paper does not vouch for
any portion OF any OF the articles
and does not intend to parttct-
,:atc in any way in the quarrel
which has broken out among the
members of the inner council Of
The Nonpartisan League. Mr..
Brinton was for a long time A.
e. Tovn,cy's private secretary
and personal representative. Mr..
Waters. who Is to contribute
some Of the articles was bank
examiner of North Dakota under
tic Frazier administration, and
was promoted from that position
To be manager of the Bank of
North Dakota. The statements
which they make are made by
ago, were the friends and assOci-
WIS oA NAks WI - ~A NAA-
other members Of tho league adj +.
ministration. If these men are
not what they should be, that
fact wa necessarily known to MIR.
ToWnley. Governor Frazier md
others oil the league organization
during the long companiOnshi7
which existed, and h reader is
invited to keep that TACT in view
in the per1lsal of the articles.
In the first article the writer tolC
you of Townley, the dreamer, and his
of a big state-owned bank. witt
So, 00O. 900 capital. and his dream Of q
chain of private banks controlled BY
him to finance his various other pro
motion schemes such as newspapers
nance companies, land promo,
tons and other undertakings that ap'
him after he had organized a finance
company known as the League Elk
change, a newspaper company known
as the Northwestern Service Bureau
and later the Publishers Nationa
Service Bureau, a store compan,
known as the Consumers United
Stores company. and after he haG
bought or organized several privat.
banks. All these institutions were or
ganized principally with farmers
and the financial burden, tn,
demand for cash, the need to casl
to keep his various organization:
running was ever pressing and ,
heavy strain upon the boss politician
and proomter.
1t is true that the original "Leagu'
program" called for a rural credi
bank operated at COST" but at tn,
time OF starting his farmers league
when the writer sat in many confer
ences with the political boss, he onl.
thought Of a state-owned bank as
of making loans to farmers OF
real estate. AS we stumped the stat,
with other speakers we only explaine,
the need Of cheaper money for farm
loans. But after the entire machiner,
of the North Dakota government wa
his hands, after he had organize,
the companies just mentioned Town
ley, the dreamer and promoter, en-
larged upon his bank idea. He the,
planned a bank to do a general bank
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-01
EVENING EDITION:

in 1920. -, enc. il 1t Is to
live and b. a power for proe 1e new
p nada,s men willing to work for ,nsg
soen - men willing to allow dem sn-
cratic cratic control not only Of the orsa and
zation but Of the Official. ape's The
the funds Of Fhe o~rganlzat,oH. ners.
f%armers.must own the eague pseeate
confro, the league and navs sneorn
action on all matters wh'c"
''g Thr farmers must assert them
and take possession of the or
r%an;zation that A. c. Townley is no"
fast destroying.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-01

-Nn E : >'Af@aFNA. - {, : 4. - - 1922
would. remain silent and assume the
burden OF their Mr6hEdoihE for q
business consaderefian.t AS soon aa1
read the unauthorized RESIGNATION.
which ! never siErsed, I gave Mr..
q signed statement repudtat-
ing Inc, league. .bosses, Townley.s at.
torney ~ M hA5tsRapefa3a and al
nose cphnects4sH9th fhe aitatr. when
returned tG N3rth' Dakota 1afound
'condiuons n worse IN the .6ank-
anqEEhe league hEhting with IT'S
9n:s IIadectded to- remain siient5xNnul
after election as<the farmers weIleanot
responsible Tor the conditton >of AZ
fairs, and IN the meantime went to
Townley to secure my hrsE years sal
airy az manager OF m sisal company.
He told me he was broke. his various
empty. and received
nothing but promises. 1t was mere
that Townle5 was forced to
4 HNr~fN - L
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-11-18
Down With the Scrub,

II ever there was excuse for permit
ting a scrub bull TO cumber the pas
lures Of OreCou that day has long since
passed away. Today such an animal
should be classed as a farm pest and
the keeping of him made a misdemean-
or The sire is in effect, half the herd,
and SO long as scrub Sires exist scrub
stock muluplies, Scrub stock spells
failure in farming.
All great livestock states have come
to realize the value of pure bred cattle.
In fact they cannot be great livestock
states without the pure bred stock. NO
farmer in Oregon should be ignorant of
this fact considering the many years
good cattle have been bred here and the
splendid record they have made as COM
pared with nondescript stock. But
there are vet thousands of Oregon far
mers who have not made any worthy
effort to grade up their herds.
Coos county, however, is shrotly to be
a county of high-class cattle, If the
farmers respond readily to the cam
paign now being carried on by three
banks of that county for the elimina-
tion of scrub bulls Already more than
$40 goo worth of pure bred bulls have
been brought in by these banks and
sold to the farmers at cost; and as this
effort has failed to reach many OF the
more reactionary farmers, roundup
of scrub bulls has been staged for the
latter part of this month, in which fifty
pure breds will replace as many scrubs
the bank trading the better animal for
the scrub without boot, and sending the
scrub to the butchers block
The banks will net an immediate loss
by the exchange. But it is certain that
eventually they will be the gamers b.
! 1t. It has been thoroughly demonstrat-
ed that there is a direct relation be-
tween a farmers bank account and his
bull
, This relation is just as true regard
ing livestock other than cattle. In an
accurate accounting with domestic an
| imals there may be no spectacular
profits to the farmer, but it may easily
hbe proven that most scrub stock dies
debtor to the farm that produced it,
and most pure bred stock leaves the
farmer richer than it found him.-Port-
land Telegram.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-11-18

wood give milk & then you churn the
Butter. He hassent got his Balune yet.
Mebby he wont neither.
Sunday-teecher allowed me go
home from Sunday skool early today.
The way it happened was thisaway.
She sed Repeet the l0nd commandment
& l sed 1t was Eat drink and be Mary
today and tomorrow you'll be Dry. She
sed ? me Stats you May go home now
& study yure Bible. Which did only l
diddent study emmy. Chicken for din
ner.
Monday-More chicken today. ma
give me the neck 2 eat & l objecked to
il & pa sed when he was little boy he
had all ways ate the neck & the back
& the nuckels, l asst him did he like
them he & sed Yes he did, So I sed ?
him Well you can have mine, He did
dent
Tuesday-pa was playing on the fon-
ograft & desided he wood get a church
peace so he went the Telefone & rung
up & then the person which answered
sed What do you want & pa sed Take
Me as I Am The fellow sed Who you
think yure a tawwing 2. Pa sed Haint
you the Musick store which sells Fono-
graft reckords & the man sed No this is
the Police Stashun. Pa rung off.
Wednesday-after skool was out
Jake & me went hickry nutting out
2 ole Skinnerses thicket. we had only
Just got our sacks full when ole man
Skinner cum along & he sed Wot you
kids a doing in my woods now get out
So we started 2 pick up our sacks & he
sed Emty them durn you. We did. That
ole man is stingy to give a duck q
drink.
Thursday-the Teecher asst Jane
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-11-18
Will Our Women Be Manufac-
tIIrers of Men?

In the construction Of q new and bet
ter world following the great World
War, ii is fortunate that America has
equal suffrage as help from the very
start We look forward eagerly and
hopefully to the feminine voice in pub
lie affairs because we feel that voice
viii have God-like as well as con-
structive part ia these new things that
shall be
II there are women who think that
the chief concern of their vote and
voice in the future is to be woman
herself we hasten to ask them if they
are not wrong. There is no need for
a strictly woman's party. Nothing can
now stop cur American women from
getting their rights to the full and
overlooking. They need not trouble
themselves about that Therefore, we
invite women to conider the following
four words as a high ideal and purpose;
THE MANUFACTURE OF MEN
The manufacturer of men as well as
the mother of men! What glorious
platform for our American women OF
the future to stand on! No man-made
party, no matter how loud their pro-
fessions, ever stood firmly and honest
ly on policy Of human sympathy, love
and human upbuilding. No man parties
ever viii unless women, in her new
public sphere, forces them TO it
With exceptions, of course, mans
conduct towards man is almost wholly
selfish, greedy and often harsh. So long
as the average man himself has the
things he wants, he cares but little fol
the other fellow. And therein lies tht
reason for our outcasts and for oul
penitentiaries; therein lies the reasor
for our slums. for discomfort, for Boil
shevism, Anarchy and the rest.
Pray that women will see the ligh
and walk in It
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-11-18

Cannonb all eye =
lands l wasSent
able ? beside so I
sed l diddent know
So she asst Jake
which was holding
up his hand which
was dirty like com
mon. So she sed
Jake you may tell
us, He replyed &
sed They haint en-
ny manners or Cos
tunes ary l.
Saturday - Jake
sed . me he knew
how to make but
ter out of grass. ]
bet him a rubber
Balune he diddent
He sed . feed grass
2 the COW which
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-11-18

there are nov under contract i'm oresou
SOC miles of grading. 250 miles Of rock
and erayel and 60 miles Of paviug. Dur
iug The tieuuium. ls{O miles of road
we're improved including S6S miles OF
completed paving
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-11-18

You must hand it 10 oregon, Port
land stands ninth among the cities OF
the nation in amount Of postal savings,
with an aggregate Of $l,7oG61S and
the seaport town Of Astoria leads such
cities as New Orleans and DALLAS, Texas,
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-11-18

In its efforts to pull Oregon out of
the mud. the state highway department
has expended more than s20.0o0.000 dur
ing the biennium ending November 1s.
OF this amount sl,100.O0O was county
money and $1,000, 900 was federal money
According to the commissions report
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-11-18

In honor Of the newly elected presi-
dent the high school at Marion, Mr.
Harding's home town, has voted to
change the name Of the school from
Marion high school to Harding high
school
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-11-18

One result of the recent election
shows that the Morrow county elector-
ate is with the farmer in his efforts
to rid the land of rodents and pests.
The county agents measure carried by
a comfortable margin.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-11-18

It is quite interesting to note the
avidity with which the democratic press
of the nation has set about to select
President elect Hardings cabinet.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-11-18
Stats Diary.

Friday-When the teecher asst me .
describe the Manners & Costumes Of
the Natives of the
Evening journal., 1920-02-20
100000 OF ITALY'S
BONDS SOLD HERE

The local campalgn FOR the sub
scrlptlons 10 Italian Government
bonds was launched In Wilmington las.
night. A mass meeting took place Ia
The Italian Settlement house., No 40
Lincoln street and before the conclu-
sion Of the meeting 100000 had been
pledged In subscriptions. More than 800
local and out Of town Italians were
present.
The principal speaker OF The evening
was DR.. Bruno Roselll, OF Nassar Col
lege. representative OF Commander At
tollco, minister plenlpoienilary Of the
financial affairs Of the Italian king
dom in America.
lie pointed out that the dollar loan
was decided upon because 10 would en-
able subscriptions from every one and
pointed out that at the expiration OF
i've years lt was redeemable for seven
lires In Italian money.
lie asserted that Italy's greatest need
Evening journal., 1920-02-20
MILK ORDINANCE
IS OPPOSED
Dealers Object TO Tempera-
ture Specified in Pro-
posed Act
SEE NEED OF
NEW REGULATION

Draft OF an ordinance designed 20
regulate the city-nilk supply and pro-
tect the health OF consumers, was con-
sidered az hearing held by City
Council. following rs regular meeting
last night Several health officials
doctors and a score Of milk dealers
participated.
Councilman Abrahams, chairman OF
the Health Committee, read the pro-
posed measure, which provides That
raw milk enered for sale must come
only from COWS able 10 meet The re-
quirements Of tuberculin tests, and
that an other grades must be pasteur-
lied before being sold here.
Opposition from the milk men CEN
tired chiefly on The temperature specl-
fed for pasieurizaiion and the cooling
on raw milk In transit from the pro-
ducer 20 The retailer. The former
figure OF ii5 degrees Fahrenheit was
regarded by Clarence Fraim as excess
iYe and three degrees higher than the
figure demanded by Philadelphia and
New York MIX Inspector David Hol-
LET said i85 degrees had been found
highly practical.
w. I. Richards gdNOo1ted 90 instead
or co degrees as a more practical max
imrm temperature during transit. Re-
i8iers. he said, were as desirous Of
getting mil 40 ihe lowest temperature
possible and declared that milk sold IN
Wilmington was "a hours fresher than
that sold In Philadelphia. New York
or elsewhere.
Mr. Blckards declared that n the or
dinance compels a cooling temperature
of 60 degrees. Wilmington WIS going
70 do without a whole lot OF It's milk
Any milk shipped by truck. Mr.. Rick
ards said, and that Ia the way VIII
mington gets most Of lis product, will
not retain a specified temperature for
any extended period. Refrigerator
cars or closed trucks were necessary
TO comply with the regulation, he
added.
Chester II. Wells. Slate Health Com
missioner. declared a change from pres
ent conditions was urgent and Or. HI
ram p Ewes, veterinarian, said VIII
mington's milk supply was known TO
be inferior 10 that % many cities.
The penalties provided In the ordl-
nance are a flne OF not less than s25
Evening journal., 1920-02-20
EVERY RAILROAD MAN
SHOULD READ THIS

peterson's Ointment Co., Inc, Buffalo,
n. Y. Dear Sirs: ! was afflicted with
what the doctors said were Varicose Ulcers,
and up until about i've weeks ago have
been treating them for about year aud
five months.
With all the treatments chat were pre-
ecribed 20 me by several doctors / received
little benefit and they kept spreading and
gave me much distress ana caused me to
quit my work.
I was Induced by brother brakeman 70
try Petereon's Ointment, and after / bad
used two boxes ! saw the wonderful re-
suits. You can tell suffering ones troubled
with ugly, painful and horrid ulcers that
your Ointment Is cure for them when
eYerything else fails, as I have times over
l am, your happy friend, Chas: J. Heyser
Battle Greek, Mich. e. Glenwood Avenue.
January y, 1915
Il know aud dozens Of people write me-"
says Peterson, OF Buffalo, that PetersOns
Ointment also cures cczema, old scores,
salt rheum. piles and all skin diseases. and
all druggists sell big box for 80 cents"
Evening journal., 1920-02-20

for each vlolstlon and authority for
The milk inspector 10 revoke any deal
ers license for failure 10 conform TO
regulations, or for refusal to permit
an examination Of his place OF busl-
aess. The health committee Will con-
slider The ordinance further and hold
moro hearings before asking It's pass
age.
Evening journal., 1920-02-20

al present was money and declared thai
she lost less people In the war than she
does annuslly by emigration Other
speakers Included Sylvis de Barlholo-
mels Anthony Corlcio, Frank Corsano,
Or. L. Vaccaro. 10 was asserted by
Joseph Stefano. consul regent, OF This
city that the Italian people here con
Or bu,ed s30O00O towards lhc purchase
Of the hast American liberty loan, and
mat contributions II om Italians
throughout America totaled more than
Ss00OO0O0 for az American war pur-
poses
The campaign here VIII continue FOR
about a month and the committee Is
confident that lhe amount OF subscrlp.
uons VIII 20 over the s3OO0O0 mark.
ASK COUNCIL TO MEMORIAL
Evening journal., 1920-02-20
COUNCIL no MEAN LAROn MEN

On motion OF Councilman William
Abberger City Council last night In
yIted a committee named by the Central
Labor Union to confer on the ord-
nance TO license stationary engineers. to
meet with Il next Wednesday night.
Evening journal., 1920-02-20

service Ia the Playhouse next Sunday
Tho members were given invitations to
attend at their regular session last
night.
Evening journal., 1920-02-20
AsK corNcIL To MEMomAL

A box has been reserved for members
OF City Council for the war memorial
Evening journal., 1920-02-20

Good Oleine Soap .......-.....-....... &C bar
Sunshine Soap ........-~..-....""..-...5c bar
Cakes White Flyer Soap.
Cakes White Toilet Soap................35c
3 Cakes Rabbits oap.................~......25c
Swift's Washing Powder, pkgs. for....25c
Star Naptha Washing Powder, pkgs. Csc
Rabbits Cleanser, cans for...............25c
Large Bag Wyandotte Cleanser ...........25c
heckers Flap-Jack .....................15c Pkg.
Aunt Jemima's Buckwheat ...........15c Pkg.
Armours Pancake Flour, pkgs. for....25c
Large can solid packed Tomatoes.
Cream Sugar Corn ................-.....15c Can
Early June Peas ......~................15c Can
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-07-21
WHITE NAN KILLS
MEMBER OF FtN!hl
SHoots Brotlrcr.in.!.nm In vbor

SHUots Broihcr.in.!aM In NswHor-
~ County. Al Lived Ingnthr",
NowbcYy, July l0 Tine Grs NOM
iciGc III Ncwbcmw county for one
time occurred carly this moEo.a
Helena suburb Of Mcwbe.Iy when
Ben CarY shot ana killcd win Holt
his brother-in- All parties alr
white Holt was about 80 ycav8 OLD,
as is Ciary, who'is a mute Clary has
a wife and six children ana llYcd In
The home of Mrs. Claly's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Sumptcr Holt where VIII
Holt also resided. Immediately aftc.
the shooting Clary was taken into
custody and no effort has yet been
made to secure his release on bail.
Testimony at the inquest this az.
ternoon WAS that the shooting occur
red about $50 O'Clock this morning.
the breakfast hour in the Holt home.
Mrs. Holt testified that all members
of the family got up in time but Will.
She went to the sons room and
awakened him. lie came to the break
fast table in bad humor, she sal,
and became involved in row with
Mrs. ClarY It was further brought
out that Holt was attempting to- use
a chair on some members OF the fam
lily and that the shooting occurred on
tbo uorch
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-07-21
MILLIONAIRE CREW orr.
Taking Liner Back 60 Copenhagen
Roll WD 10 Pier in LiuOusineS.

New YORK, July 9.-The "millionairc
crew which brought tho Scandinavian
American liner Frederick VII hero
rolled ZIP 10 her Hobokcn pier in tax
icabs and limousincs today, went back
10 stoke holes and forccastlc and
started back home with the vessel
the first 10 sail from copcnhagcn In
five months
The CROW, members of some of the
Oldest and wealthicst families in Den
mark, enlisted for service during the
copenhagen harbor strike and all
though the walkout ended shortly be-
fore the Frederick VIII sailed for
America, they stuck to their jobs.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-07-21
Dnnli, "a Gnrlrr lnrln.


C-oa I'lI, itly ~ Gnc 81 #e 4,I-
dcat q a.aa wiica ii &e 4a#n oHr d y
To ~r vas taa, 81 Gordon Corloy
whin. uwrl KIT iH,"aH 0naaa-
a@a ia#, #aaA aay mornng q
c.aiotl afa hnoo w IacyJ
oi ctn Hc.oa a'orion "a cMe
&nl91E THE 3aI aad mo manly BOY
re ever .aew Tl wnHlaaa Of i.
on.a oaWrf@r ilaoe riend5 Of cr-
cryona "ho Nae" hiln ilis c%ceD-
tional IoTc ana taoHgnliu.ncs5 Tor his
no .lIa, wac 'j% ,r@n N iII aoaI,h fer
sc%erai yeara and VINO IS now almost
Wiiarut a.2hI W& iEoccd most beau
tlIi'I PIX years aA2, tAcn only nine
wears nI a.o he bcoaDn a Chris'iap
anG joHad the FrcSbyt gian church
NhdeI fh% preaching Of i)r ltoaT!a, ol
co!UlnDla %ot only did ne make thia