The Monte Vista journal., 1920-10-23
ARTICLE "

' '''e''S FSSonho or
withdrawal from Mr.. Hastinx. md
box. as did not care to have any
nsaoeiation In a business way with
these gentlemen. This Mr.. Town.
ley secured and delivered To Mr..
brinton and I before We left for
I, reads:
"Thos, +. Harvey. Miami,
Florida. Dear Tom: This viii
Introduce MIR, Brinton. who IL
coming to Miami TO assume
full charge OF the sissi PROMO
sition and property and the two
companies which have boon or.
wan'zcd. Please turn over to
him all property. records. files,
letters. documents and all the
organization papers. etc. and
hereafter make all future ar
ransemcnts with regard to
your employment. expenses.
salary. etc. with Mr.. Brinton.
ms MIR. Box and myself are
Withdrawing from the enter
prise and turning ovSr our in
tercsts to MIR. Waters and Mr..
Brinton. Signed. J. Hast
ings."
Compare this with Mr.. Hastings
telegram printed In the proceeding
article In which he said he was COM
Ing to Miami. The telegram was
Ifated March II. 1919. and the above
was dated three days later. March
IA. 1919. This shows how fast
things were moving. Speed was my
and secrecy my pass
word until We got Mr.. Townlcy re-
lieved from his embarrassing posi-.
ton. We looked for a front page
In the Fargo Forum evcry
showing u "Towniey pipe
line" connecting Florida and North
with North Dakota above
and money like water running down
hill. l never refused to help a man
out In my life when I could. and cs-
one who had 22.i00 acres
Of land that he wanted to turn over
to me to hold in trust. had moth
ing to lose and knew that It was
necessary to get Mr.. Townley out OF
the land owning class and into the
"poverty-bankruptcy" class In haste
II he was to continue as the leader of
the Nonpartisan League-and at
this time l had no objection to his
running the Nonpartisan League
and all its machinery. But later
when he commenced to take public
funds out of the State Bank and In
volve me and my associates and the
state government. changed my
mind about Mr.. Townley and his
Mr.. Brinton went to Miami ahead
of me. rs l couldn't get away imme-
because of official matters
that had to attend to. Later. a few
days. l went to Fargo and got $1,000
at the Scandinavian American bank
which Mr.. Townley had arranged
for. to pay my expenses. was Joined
by my wife and we went to Miami
and Investigated the property. II
Is needless to say that l was pleased
MIR. Brinton has already told you OF
the wonderful future possibilities
for money making In real estate In
Dade county. Florida. l returned
and again had u conference with Mr.
Townley, with Mr.. Brinton present
who had returned from Florida with
mo. Townley agreed to pay me
100000 a year and expenses tc
manage. help finance and assume
ownership Of his project.
But at this time l discovered that
over $4,000 had been taken out OF
the Scandinavian American Bank
and invested in Florida. and one Of
the considerations for which l wal
to be paid was to take care OF this
shortage by raising the money ant
replacing 1t in the bank. Mr.. Brin
ton attended to this for Mr.. Town
ley by borrowing money from Town
ley's farmer friends up in Walsh
county. One of the consideration
demanded by Townley was that
should reorganize the company ant
get anti-League bankers into thu
company as additional protection t
the political boss. and this wa
promptly done and large ads wer'
inserted in the anti-League paper