Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-12
NESTOS GIVEN
BIG CRECEPTION
AT VAN HOOK
Speaks at Several Places
Tuesday to Interested
Audiences.
NAILS ANOTHER II, LIE
OF LEAGUE FORCES
Roseglen Meeting Proves
One Of Most Interesting
During Week.
(By Staff correspondent.)

van HOOK, n. D., Oct. 12.-R A..
Nestos. Independent candidate for
governor in the recall election was
given royal reception here Tuesday
night when he delivered his first
speech in. Mountrail county before O
crowd of about 400 people in the Van
Hook theater.
During the day he spoke at Rose-
glen and Raub two small inland set
Elements in northwestern Mclean
county. Van Hook people said Tues
day night that at the last general
election there were only twelve Non.
partisan league votes cast in the, city
and that there would be even fewer at
the recall election. There has also
been swinging Of sentiment away
from the Nonpartisan league in many.
OF the rural districts, although a ma
jority of the farmers in this locality
still adhere to the league faction.
Expect Even Split.
The same condition exists to aIarge
extent in northwestern Mclean county
where for many years there has been
large number of old school social
lists who. furnished a ready-made
nucleus for! the growth there of the
Nonpartisan league. Among the
younger farmers the reaction has set
IN however and in some townships it
was declared Tuesday that the vote
would be rather evenly split.
In his address Tuesday Mr.. Nestos
laid especial stress on the plan for the
completion of the mill and elevator at
Grand Forks, pledsing his word that
II he was elected the plant would be
completed and completed much more
economically than would be the case
It left to the present administration.
He will also,s he declared. appoint q
non-political board chosen with the
advice of such organizations as the
Farm Bureau Federation, the Sodety
Of EQUITY <scs ~ make recommerIas
tions as fS how the Sasta;bl tatame ent may
be operated TO be of the greatest serv-
ice to the farmers and other people
Of the state.i Il
Stands for Economy.
He also pledged himself to rigid
economy in the general administra-
ton of the state and to the elimina-
ton Of Office holders who held their
jobs by political pull only.
Rev. C. c. Heedenberg introduced
Mr.. Nestos at the Van Hook meet
ing which was one of the largest and
most successful which have been held
in the course of Mr.. Nestos' trip.
: Although there were a number Of
Nonpartisan leaguers in the audience,
the only criticism which was heard of
Mr.. Nestos' address, was the remark
by one of them that ANestos is a good
man on the wrong side in this fight
The fact that Van Hook is the To-
cation of one of the Jourgen Olson
banks which was one of those which
were shown by the investi igation last
winter to have been specially favor
ed by the Bank of North Dakota lent
extra force to Mr.. Nestos' remarks as
to the methods pursued by that insti-
tuition.
Travelled by Car.
Mr.. Nestos travelled some seventy
miles by automobile during the day,
leaving Garrison where he had
spoken on the previous night early in
the morning in order to fill his first
appointment at Roseglen. He then
continued his journey to Raub where
he spoke at 2:30 o'clock in the after
noon.
In the vicinity of Raub the senti-
ment Is rather evenly divided between
the League and the Independents and
the latter are planning strong cam
paign to swing the majority Of tho
votes in the township to the Inde-
pendent candidates. Tho, meeting at
.Raub was attended by several Indians
from the Fort Berthold reservation
where the Independents received
big vote at the last general election
the Nonpartisan candidate receiving
only two votes on the reservation,
these being cast by white, men en-
ployed there it Is said
An Intercity Meeting.
The meeting at Roseglen which was
held Tuesday morning was one Of the
most interesting of the trip.
Roseglen Is an inland settlement Of