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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-10-14

were already the law, we should have
a chance to know, because a board
Of auditors would have audited the
banks affairs and made their condition
public
We did not say that the bank has
IA large amount Of money in the east
crn ccntcrs now. We did say that it
had had, and referred to the testi-
mony of it's director general, r. w.
Cathro, in the Brinton libel case. We
invite the Farmers Press to read that
testimony for Itself, and suggest that
II publish it, If it wants an answer to
it's question AS to how money has been
deposited. Cathro testified that last
April the bank had something like
four million dollars deposited with
the First National Bank Of Minneapo-
lis. He was not allowed to answer
the next question, as to how much he
had on deposit at that time In the
First National Bank Of st. Paul.
We said that at is said" that the
records show real estate loans by the
bank to non residents, because we did
not at the time of writing have the
data mt hand, and it is not our wish,
as it may be the wish Of some editors.
to make inaccurate or misleading
statements. But If the Press wants
some instances, we are Wiling to
obligc. The D. J. Mcmahon that it
mentions may live part Of the year
in Golden Valley county. The amount
of his loan on lands there, however,
was not 100000 as stated by the
Press, but approximately $5O,OOO.OO.
It Is interesting to note that he is a
relative Of Congressman Baer. John
Haigh is a banker who lives at Car
Isle, Montana, and he borrowed $780,
OOO. 90 on holdings in Golden Valley
County. Ray McKaig is Nonpartisan
manager for the state of Idaho. We
do not know where he lives, and he
too may maintain nominal residence
in North Dakota. He borrowed ST.
10000 on wild and hilly land almost
altogether unimproved in southern
Morton county. The assessor fixed the
value of this land at $4,000. If
this is the kind of men that the bank
was meant to aid, we do not quite
understand what is left for the or
binary small farmer such as the men
who read this paper
A fair reading of our editorial will
show clearly, we think, that we are
not opposed to the bank or attempting
to put any stumbling blocks in it's
way If the Farmers Press thinks
that the people Of the state are not
to be trusted as to where it is to their
best interests to deposit their local
funds, if it is afraid that publicity
as to the banks condition would ruin
- t,,o hnt M Oh
be passed preventing loans to nom
residents. then it is they, not we, that
are putting the niger in the wood
pile We repeat what we said two
weeks ago, that reasonable business
restrictions are not stumbling blocks
to those who want to conduct their
business fairly. If the bank doesn't
want to conduct it's business fairly,
then it is high time change was
made in it's management.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-10-14

The Non-Partisan League writers
and speakers are advising people to
vote against all the initiated laws, be.
cause "even though they may look
all right they are apt to have jokers
in them" Wouldn't it be franker,
farer and better to point out these
-jokers while they are about it? Ger
tainly they have examined these laws
closely enough, and have legal talent
in their employ to advise them, from
Lcmke down. The Ward County
Farmers Press urges it's readers to
vote against ALL the initiate laws
Will they kindly point out the joker
in the initiated law which prohibits
the, Bank Of North Dakota making
real estate mortgage loans to any one
except actual farmers residing in this
state? If there ever was law pro.
posed for the interests Of the real
farmers, surely it is this.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-10-14

We find that lot of literature is
being circulated among the railroad
men. working girls and other laborers.
saying that il O'Connor is elected the
Workmcn's Compensation Law, Hours
of Labor for Women Law. and similar
laws will be repealed. There is not
ghost Of a chance that any attempt,
even. will be made to repeal these
laws. They represent progress, and
appeal to the views Of the community
as u whole and the sense Of fair play.
A Workmen's Compensation Law is
now on the statute books of nearly ev-
cry state in the union. It did not
take Townley to make those laws in
other states. though it is to the cred
it of the Nonpartisan League that it
passed them here. We believe in Civ
ing the League credit for the good
things it has done. not in saying. as
our opponents seem fond Of doing,
that everything that comes from the
other side is bad O'Connor's record
on labor is an open book. He has
worked hard for every bill that the
labor unions endorsed. His election
as governor will be as good guar
antce as there could be that the in
terests Of labor will be protected.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-10-14

An employer pf labor in Minot said
to lis today: ~ see big change in
the attitude Of my men on the cleo
ton. A while ago nearly all of them
were for Frazier. They evidently
thought that the interests of labor
We're bound up with Townley. Now
l find they have been looking up o.
Connor's labor record and believe he
is the man they want. So far Is l
can judge from the remarks l hear
them make, three-fourths of them. will
vote for O'Connor."
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-10-14

worry about it great deal, being used
to that sort of treatment by the Town
ley press. The fact in the matter is
that he made no such statement, ex-
cept that he quoted the sworn testi-
mony Of the manager Of the bank
that such a sum had been on deposit
in one Minneapolis bank in April. Mr..
O'Connor did not v0uch for the cor
rectness of the statement, being care
full to explain that he would not un-
dertake to vouch for any statements
made by the leaders Of the League.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-10-14
Leland Drug InstaIls victrola Room

Leland Drug Installs victrola Room
The Leland Drug Company have in
stalled sound-proof Victrola room
in which to demonstrate their phono-
graphs. The room is located at the
rear of the prescription department
and is a model Of its kind. Owing to
the importance Of the photograph in
q commercial way, it has now become
almost imperative that the public be
given an opportunity to examine .
machine with reference to its tonal
qualities prior to purchasing an in.
strument and the new room installed
by this enterprising firm Is in line
with the demand IN this particular,
being furnished with all the conven-
fences that may in any wise conduee
to the comfort Of a prospective pIr-
chaser, insuring him absolute privacy
and facility to test machine before
buying.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-10-14
Two Stores Entered

Burglars entered the Boston Store
and the Pioneer store on N. Main St.
during the night, stealing $1,000 and
q watch from the cash register in the
Boston store and overlooking $4,000
which Herman Gordon had in the safe
to cash railroad mems checks. The
knob was smashed off the door Of the
safe at the Boston store and the large
door opened. The police arrested
Geo. Shepard and Geo. Apt, transients.
The men wore caps which they say
they bought at the Boston store. The
men are in the city Jail and loaded
revolver was found by the police in
their cell.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-10-14

The Ward County Independent is re-
ceiving very encouraging reports in
it's candidacy for the official newspap-
err Of Ward County, which will be de
cidcd by vote ut the election in
November. On account of its large
general circulation thruout Ward
county, the Independent is in posi-
tion to serve the people better, be-
sides it is only fair to pass the work
around, especially when in doing so,
you will be doing the people Of Ward
county real service.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-10-14

The big stock show and sale which
was concluded in this city Wednes-
day, was one of the most important
events that was ever held in this city.
for the reason that more good indi-
vidual animals were distributed
among our farmers and stockmen than
ever before. The sale means that the
stock were distributed among nearly
three hundred northwestern North Da-
kota stockmen and at price which
they could afford to pay. The Here
fosds sold a trifle cheap but fair
prices were received on the average.
After all, the owners will make more
money in the end by disposing Of
their stock at fair prices. because in
that way they help to create more
breeders who eventually will be in the
market for more and higher priced
stock. The quality of the offerings
was very high. especially in the case
Of the Stonehouse herd. Never has
| a finer lot of Shorthorns been seen
I in the west,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-10-14

John J. Coyle District Deputy of Elks
John J. Coyle, one of the pioneer
attorneys of this city, has been ap-
pointed District Deputy of North Da.
kota by the Grand Exalted Ruler Of
Elks. Mr.. Coyle was made an Elk
at Freeport, ILL.,, and was the first Elk
to locate in Minot, assisting in or
ganizing the Minot Lodge No. 1889.
He is Past Exalted Ruler and has done
much for the growth of the order.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-10-14

1t is interesting and worth while to
go back and see the vote cast in this
state the last four years. In Novem-
Der. 1916. Frazier had a majority Of
67.3l4. People were then willing to
give the Nonpartisan League trial
on its merits, After two years exper-
fence, Fraziers majority fell in No
vember. 1918 to l7.7S4 Then came
two more years during which Townley
was in absolute control of our state
government. and in June, 1920, Fra
TIERS majority over LANCER was s.
Ala. while the LANCER and O'Connor
vote combined formed majority of
$500 over Frazier. and the initiated
laws submitted to the people at that
election. which Townley opposed. were
carried, 1t would thus seem that
Townley's supporters have now be-
come in the minority, and the indi-
cations are that votes are changing
against them every day. We shall be
surprised If the entire Townley ticket
is not defeated this fall.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-10-14

Winston Herald: The Farmers
Press, in its write-up of ]. F. I. o.
Connor's speech. supposes that Mr..
iO'Connot will accuse that paper Of
misauosing him when i. charges him
with having said that ''the Bank Of
North Dakota has four million dol
lars on deposit outside of the state
when as a matter of fact the amount
lis less than half .siisl@4 II III. we
do not know that MI sslsser will
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-10-14

Vote for the Independent for the
official county paper as real service
to the people.
Vote YES five times.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-10-14

r. j. Doebler, well known insurance
man, has returned from a business
trip to Fargo.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-10-14
Cox Keeps His
Pledges
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES
RECORD DURING THREE
TERMS AS GOVERNOR
SHOWS
His Promise Means
Performance

Progressive In Legislation, Firm
in War and Industrial Crises,
Governor Cox has made good TO
the people of Ohio, rs he stands
ready to make good to the people
of the United States.
Reduction of Taxes, Improve.
ment in Conditions of Labor,
Protection of Women and Chill
dren, and Advancement in Health,
Educational and Agricultural
Methods among many notable
Achievements.
Pol dvt ri Hr
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-15

The American team has not been Sc
lected, but the polo association has
announced that the following players
have been chosen as the American rep
resentatives: Louis B. Stoddard. Tho
mas Hitchcock, Jr., J. Watson Webb.
Devereux Milburn, Charles c. Rumsey
and Earl w. Hopping. Hitchcock is
now a student at Oxford university,
England, and the other FIVE will sail
early in April.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-15
Get-Rich-Q Quick Bubbles That Have Burst
MIR. BUcKwALTERs EASY ROAD TO RUIN
BY HARLEY MATTHE WS

Indifferent to the sufferings they
cause there have ever been men ready
to enrich themselves to the ruin of
others. believing that a fool and his
money deserve to be parted. To
them it has been more than a proverb,
a law, as true as natures own sur
vival of the fittest," which they have
only followed. ~t as
In the year 1875, Mr.. Benjamin R.
Buckwalter came to New York. No
one knew that he had failed as a dis
penser of patent medicines, and he
was accepted for what he appeared
a gentleman of extraordinary polish.
MIR. Buckwalter soon began to apply
his mind to the vagaries of the stock
market. In time he had an office on
Exchange Place. whence he announced
to the public that he had made a
discovery that would profit both.
Anyone can make money rapidly
his advertisements all over the coun-
try said Write to Lawrence & Co.,
for their new circular"
1t was not modesty altogether that
prevented Mr.. Buckwalter from let.
ting people know that he was Law
renee & Co. He had other reasons
From all over the United States re
quests came to Lawrence & Co., fol
circulars. And all over the United
States the hearts of men and women
leapt as they read what the return
mail brought them. No dream could
have been more alluring, yet this was
no dream. Nothing could be more
business-like than this circular.
Lawrence & Co.'S circular begar
with the statement that it was the
laudabie ambition of every man t(
make money as rapidly as possible
That there was a prejudice agains
the stock business, was admitted, bu
that was because of ignorance. Bust
ness in Wall Street was absurd.
& simple.
( The firm, the circular proceeded
{ had devised scheme which the,
q called the combination method. PEG
pie sent money to them which wa
pooled with other peoples money, thu
whole being used to deal in stock
Every customer had thus the advant
q ages of the largest capitalist. Th
circular pointed to the fortunes mad
by Jay Gould and Vanderbilt on tn
New York Stock Exchange. "Ou
idea" it said, lis to make every Gus
toner a potential Jay Gould or Van
derbilt." Then instances were givel
of it's own customers. There was
Mr. B. of New Orleans, who sent then
500 and in four weeks Lawrence {
Co.. had made him $40.
How was it done? Very simply
: 1t was explained by the large opera
lions of Lawrence & Co. OF course
some time there were financial dc
pressions which even Lawrence & CO
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-15

understrappers, who had not had the
enterprise to set up for themselves,
still being paid from 50 to SIS week.
The firms clients were all classes.
The widow of a soldier in the Civil
war having saved 5000 enclosed it in
a letter telling him how anxious she
was to increase it as she had to pay
doctors bill. Delighted by the reply
that she had had profit of 5000 made
for her she bought lot of goods on
credit. Shortly afterwards she got
the announcement that an unfortunate
turn in the market had lost all.
The same thing happened with the
money of railroad mans widow. A
struggling pioneer, after reading the
circular mortgaged his farm in the
West for 5000 In few days he learn
ed that he had made an enormous
profit; only to find himself with his
family being turned out of doors three
months later.
A woman wrote to say that she had
sold her two houses and sent $4,000 to
invest. Another sent dollar and next
day demanded her certificate,-Mr.
Buckwalter extracting another two
dollars before she realized the GER
tificate was worthless. Even a Grip
was caught for his only $50. 81 rolled
| myself round the street to do you
some good and this is the return he
| wrote in reproach.
A clergyman declared: 81 do not
| fully understand the tearms of your
| circular, yet l Believe You. If / send
500 will you send me in 80 days
5000? If so. l could get the local far
mers who are very rich to invest in
your scheme
Teachers, doctors, merchants, ever
members of congress were amongst
the customers of the firm. Some men
even after receiving the final an
nouncement wrote back to say tina
their confidence in the combination
scheme was still mistaken.
However involved the circular was
the accounts of Lawrence and com
pany were very simple. For the yea
1879, $206,1S9 was received from 16
551 customers. Most of this went t.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-15

Mr. Buckwalter. the rest in office ex-
penses. AS for the shares the firm
was to deal in, a head >clerk from
private offcie opposite wrote the firm
a memo, each day showing the stock
bought on behalf of it. But the trans
action was too imaginary to be SHOWN
on the books.
The operations of Lawrence and
company began to receive mention in
| other than financial columns of the
papers. But no one of Mr.. Buckwal-
ter's friends in New York society
knew of his connection with it. He
| was just now making arrangements
! for palatial residence to be built on
Fifth Avenue, and with his dog-cart.
J horses and hounds. he seemed far>re-
! moved from anything so sordid as the
Stock Exchange business.
| Then, one morning, the papers men
! toned Mr. Buckwalter's name in con-
! nection with the Investigations into
the affairs of Lawrence and company,
but he could not be found to explain.
Leaving the clerks to do that he dis
appeared What cash there was he
took. presenting the clerks with list
of 100000 names of possible custom
ers as compensation for past services.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-15

, could not control The circular was
nothing if not fair But the profits
on good deals were generally so large,
that even then the transactions would
show profit Letters were quoted
! from all parts of America, the writer's
of which thanked Lawrence & Co.
again for the profit they had made
| for them.
The mails brought Mr.. Buckwalter
letters from all over the country and
asked him for the combination GER
! tificate the circular described, to be
forwarded. If it were a small amount
like $40 the firm would send a letter
saying that the certificate was not be-
ing forwarded that day as the comb
toner would send another $40 a GER
| tificate for $50 would be issued, the
firm deducting the other $50 out OF
the profits to be made.
Should the customer be loath to let
this opportunity slip he would next
get letter congratulating him on d
profitable deal and saying that Law
renee and company were using the
money as further capital. The firm
offered to issue a certificate for 5000
on receipt of another $50, the amount
unpaid being deducted from the profit
as before. And so great was the rush
for combination certificates now, Gus
toners were advised to order by tele
gram.
Should it be apparent from any re
ply that the customer had no more
money left he would in few week:
get the following letter:
I'VE regret to inform you that ow
, ing to the terrible fluctuations in thu
market we have had to use our owl
capital and at great loss to us. Feel
ing that we have done all we could
we can only hope to retrieve our loss
es and yours by new ventures, whel
with the brighter outlook the losse
may be forgotten in the larger gain.
,, Naturally Mr.. Buckwalter could no
do all the circularizing and office bust
. ness himself. He had to take il
, clerks. One of these was Mr.. Dibble
AS soon as he had learnt the secre
of the combination method he set VI
in business for himself as Dibble AM
: company, using Mr.. Buckwalter's Gil
: culars, letter forms, names of patron
and all. Every head clerk that MI
Buckwalter tried played him a simila
trick. In few months there were n
less than eight of these firms estat
l lished. Mr. Buckwalter bought som
of them out, engaging their founder
l as clerks again at 800 week, tn
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-15
American Polo Ponies
Leave for Overseas Match
(By Associated Press)

IBy ASsocIated PreSS1
NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-Fifty highly
priced polo ponies, mounts for the
American team which will compete for
the international. polo cup at Hurting
ham. England, next June. were sent
across the Atlantic to London Monday
on the steamship Old North State. On
their arrival there the ponies will be
taken to Salisbury Plains where the
British teams mounts are now quar-
tered
In April they will be transferred to
Sudbury, near Hampton Court, where
they will be put through hard course
of training before they get their final
practice on the adjacent polo fields.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-15
AWOMAN'S BURDENS

a WOMAN'S BURDENS
are lightened when she turns to
the right medicine. If her exist
ence is made gloomy by weak
nesses and painful disorders, she
will find relief from her troubles
in DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription. If she's overworked,
nervous, or rundown" she finds
new life and strength. It's an
invigorating tonic and nervine
for "woman's complaints" and
weaknesses, and for young girls
just entering womanhood.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-15

Scotch interests are planning to OBJ,
tain $4,000 electrical horsepower by
Larnessing three lakes, and to utilize
the waterpower running to waste in
the watershed of the Tay.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-15

PROTECT THE CHILDREN
Healthy Blood and a Healthy Sys-
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Colds, Grip and Influenza Give them
GROVES IRON TONIC SYRUP, 75c.
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-15

To- Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Groves LAXATIVE BROMO
QUININE tablets. The genuine bears
the signature of E. w. Grove. 30c.
advertisement
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-15

Our range of selection in
Sheffield was new so
varied. Always good" for
gifts. Sheffield is playing Il
most prominent part in the
selection Of Christmas art
icles. and early choosing is
advisable. Our stock includes
all wanted pieces in beaut!-
full and unique designs.