Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-08-18
Pass 10000 Mark

Pass 10000 Mark
With the seventy thousand mark
passed Saturday recall petitions are
still being circulated and signed in
every county in the state. Even the
threshing does not seem to interfere
with the work, volunteer circulators
having great success in signing :,p
the crews in the field.
L. F. Crawford writes from Taylor
in Stark county: Contrary to re-
ports it is easy to get signers here.
1t takes time to get to the people,
but little time is lost in explaining
This is the best territory have been
in. We should have had from 1000
to 10000 signatures here already as
people are closer together and easy
to find. The farmers are threshing,
but they are willing to stop long e.
nough to sign the petitions
Minot Leading Big Cities
Minot, the home Of R. A. Nestos,
Independent candidate for governor,
has gone over the top with more than
100 per cent of the O'Connor vote
signed to the recall petitions, accord
ing to The Minot Daily News. These
petitions are as yet not all returned
to the state headquarters, but are
expected to arrive there in a couple
Of days.. !
The total < O'Oonnor. vote in Minot
was 1850 while, the recall petitions
checked: at the local Headquarters,
according to the News, already has
2.774, signatures and the local man
ayers expect larger total in a few
days as there are still more petitions
in circulation. ... -"
:. Southern Counties Signing Up /
!, Reports from southern counties
are also very encouraging. In some
districts, where the work was start
ed late the job is only half done, but
the local worker are now pushing 1T
with vim and v1gor.
Edgar L. Richter, of the head
quarters staff and former president
of the North Dakota Press associa-
ton, returned to Fargo Saturday
from a trip to Mcintosh county
where he visited every precinct. In
an interview he stated that he was
agreeably surprised at the sentiment
expressed there regarding the pres-
ent industrial commission. He says
that the sentiment is reversed from
what it has been heretofore and he
believes that Mcintosh county will
give large majority for the Inde-
pendent candidates in the November
election.
Mr. Richter stated that he had
talked to many farmers who had
formerly been Leaguers, and who are
still considered Leaguers by the In
dustrial commission, as is proven by
the correspondence in the shape of
circular letters sent out by those
who have charge of the sale of the
state bonds. The Bank of North Da-
kota, according to Mr.. Richter, is
using state money to scatter League
propaganda among members of the
Nonpartisan League thruout the
state.
Farmers Circulating Petitions
In a number of townships in Nc
Intosh county; as we'll as in other
German counties along the Nor
thern Pacific, the farmers are cir
culating recall petitions. While
threshing is in full blast and every
body extremely busy he did not find
q single person who did not show
willingness to take time to talk ov-
br the political situation with him;
everyone wanted to get as much light
as possible on the issues.
Bill Lemke's state built house aid
garage were general topic Of dis
c,Ission and IMr. Richter was re-
peatedly asked for details on Lem
ke's deal with the Home Builders
association. '.Mr. Richter, he was
asked, have you seen country
house in Mcintosh county that cost
as much as Lemke's garage? In re-
ply he stated that he had not seen,
nor did he have any knowledge OF
either country school house or q
country church that cost as much
and looked as fine as Lemke's gar
age. " IL .s,; II .ast l.3i5 ,$ss
Want The Governor 5s s,I.s
S; to Attend to His Job
4 5.# Mcintosh county farmers express
ed strong disapp proval OF the way
Governor Frazier fails Ito tend TO his
duties as chief executive; they claim
that he Is absent from the state on
political missions most Of the time.
aAs Some people take this rather phil
sosophically !, however. SS One farmer
asked another regarding Frazier,ss
frequent trips to foreign parts :3..It
lis alright, was the reply; let the
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