Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-05
Farmer Tells,
| HOW Socialism
| Works IN Eddy

Il Here's what olin H. Fletcher; an
Eddy county farmer has to nay about
lfhe way Townleyism works out in
Eddy county. He writes N .follows;,
New Rockford. N. D.. Sept 20. 1890.
20 the Editor of Grand Forks Herald,
Grand Forks, N. D.
Dear Sir:
IL In reply to your article of . few
days ago stating that New rockford
Mad disposed of their jail as they did
it, I will give you q few
$3.50 Tor publication. A short time
AL22&wman was held up and robbed
Ola freight just east Of here, the
Aeade no resistance, yet d MAJ
u m nfn after robbing him while the
her shot him and then. they threw
I'm OF the moving train, he crawled
49, q nearby farm house and was
ought to a hospital here where he
% IN q few hours. OF tho five mon
1rested in connection with the mur-
Y. all were red card men. and four
NNAd revolYers, they were confined in
Q CasS county Jail a short time and
le OF the men stated that sixteen of
prisoners in the Cass county jail
earged With various crimes were /.
p |. w. organizers. A man was held
and robbed just south Of town Q
AAoAO A6O, AOSI NV d40 q WAUGH,
ober was captured by the sheriff,
too, Is in Jail and is also a red
I'd man. There have been two auto
tobles stolen and abandoned after
wing them here. There have also
carry away severat hundred dol
ks worth Of stolen goods from a lit
town near hers. Car was found
ar Fargo with some OF the stolen
ercoats in it. RI 2
The I. w. W.. held a convention in
bw Rockford, Sept. ~, 1T Nivensr
H.. Tho principal speaker waS Bill
Aywood, a man that should be in
tavenworth, where he belongs. He
I've q talk to the public in the after
ION which was quite well attended
members Of the .Nonpartisan
pague, be told them that they should
( oppose the l. w. W.. also what
Q work he Reds were doing in Rus
under Lenine n Trotzky butch
to help soeialize the land in this
untry. I was informed by an I. w.
that 1t 1.-the secret meeting he ad-
ped the members to continue trying
break the farmer, for IL they did
get 1.-THE farmers money, Wall
Feet would that when the farmers
pre- broke they would join the I. W.
+ The main street Of New Rock
~ has been crowded with I. W. w.
+ the past three months, one IL In
: hospital, shot himself accidentally
g. III hts own revolver while loafing
the main street ten days ago. It
~ . sight to watch the crowd of
Nv. W. 20 in the hall, there were
q eyed radicals, a few weary Will
ID but athe majority e the yegg
ID the. degenerate petty criminal
pse. The I. w. w. who was arrested
Devils Lake a short time ago and
EAa11, attended the convention, hero
ii to importance to big Blk He
Ethe man that I vas informed, Gov
o Frazier got g busy about,
breby lmaking himself more solid
Ia the Nv. W. The T.. W. w.
INKS to the injunction bill and the
eamouas circular letter sent out to
the peace officers Of the state by
tyernor Frazier Ia bearing fruit.
high a. $500 a quarter section to
Etheh grain thre9hed but Whehthe !.
(. ". are not busy IN town. talking
yolution or intimidating boys and
~ who come here to work and get
from SO to IS each to become
pmbers their favortte amusement Is
70 out to q thresher, get q meal or
An0 walk OH, the wages PAID mere
Teamster. So apikerA -; cooks,
. 310:s engineer and separator
Il. SIS TO SO = day including
This county has eighteen townships
there IN - sales already listed
EEA1meg N6lNng' stock and machine
ma guiding and there are % many
DF0 who would : sell IL they have
ot1Sh LETT 70 take their families out
NNtho astAte.
1swo mors years Of Trasasr and
gWnl1y and thar pets the Wv.
sfvo1th Dakota viii 10 deserted by
b1MmeEs which VIII DO accomplish
what thu majority Of the league
9 trying. with the aid Of the
Nv.tod DO. / am Q farmer poor
f66geiAnd former SIC spclker.
Yours truly,
DIN a. FEHCHURs