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BANKERS AND BURGLARS

When burglars raid q bank the
farmers and everybody grab their
guns and 60 after the buglars, but not
50 when bankers raid the farmers, 81
the following, which is sworn to 81
John Heintz, 4 farmer living about
four miles from ellsburg, North pa
k0ta, proves:
n the early part of 1921. M eints
assigned q CLAIM, for $685. he mn
against the state for horses. (Hlled on
account Ut being infected with 0land-
ersl to the Farmers State Bank Of
Wellsburg. s.
The consideration of the assicnmemf
was that Mr.. Heintx owed the Farm-
ers Stste Bank $500, with the undar1
standing that the Farmers STATE Ba1lk
was 70 pay back 70 him an fhat n
Erece1yed III excess of the arnOunf pr
his debt ~ TIE bsnk, $500. sss
Not aneln]E sAhle tos get any asSfI1fae
Etsoa1 u 0ka fzeEsE aa1Eap4x1aSel ff6I
4 AAtlzs4 cA1 tm&sxl<
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Heintz's warrant and were unable, 10
pay same to the Farmers State Bank
Of Wellsberg," SO Mr.. Heintz swears
in his affidavit.
The records, however, show that the
Farmers State Bank, forwarded the
warrant for Mr.. Heintz's claim To the
Bank Of North Dakota in the latter
part Of March, 1921 and a little later
drew out all its money from the Bank
Of North Dakota, including Mr..
Heintz's $883.32. But did Mr.. Heintz
get his money? He did not.
Up to "as late as September 18th,
1921 MI. Heintz sweafs, the Farm
ers State Bank was still telling him
they could not pay him because "the
Bank Of North Dakota did not have
the money" OF course it didnt--the
Farmers State Bank of Wellsburg had
it! How simple! Yet it is on such sim
pie lies that the banker-bosses Of the
Ivas hope to win the recall election.
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nesota ana duplicates the most iii
p0rtant 0ff Senator Ladd's work LII
North Dakota. It has lust been an
nounced nv the agricultural depart
nlent + Minnesota that Its expert
mental flour mill at the state univer-
sity in Minneapolis has begun opera-
tons.
According to the announcement this
mill cost the state $4,000 to build
and it will grind flour which is TO be
sold at cost to all the state institu-
lions. However, this latter feature is
merely Incidental, the chief purpose Of
the mill being the carrying on Of OK
p%erinnents into the milling value Of all
kinds Of wheat.
In taking this step the state Of Min
Ilesota is about 20 years behind North
Dakota. DR.. Ladd's little experimental
mill at the North Dakota Agricultural
College was the first Of the kind in
the United States. For years il was
the only one and there are not over
three or four in existence now. Con-
gress has made provisions for erect
ing me for the federal department
of agriculture in the near future.
AL this as a result Of DR. Ladd,,s
bunk" Isn't it strange how many
easymarks are turning up these DAYS
in unexpected places? These poor,
benighted creatures apparently have
not had the benefit of the wise coun-
sci Of the "schoolmaster from Golden
Valley" Il they had they would moi
have fallen for this ".bunk."
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NOT ONLY IN NORTH DAKOTA

They are still doing it in Minneso-
ia.
just the other day the bank examin-
er in that state closed another bank.
Just think of it, in good, staunch, /.
v. A. Minnesota.
The |. V. A. propagandists, both in
side and outside the state, would have
the world believe that such things only
happen in North Dakota. But now and
then the news agencies slip thru an
item that one bank here and another
there in rock-ribbed anti-League
states has given up the. ghost.
This in spite Of the fact that such
news is severly censored by the bank
ers association in every state. It is
very seldom that such news is allowed
to get to the newspapers except in
the case of North Dakota. Then it is
played up in headlines and some
propaganda dope to the effect that it
is the result of the Nonpartisan Lea.
que program, is dished out to the ex-
tent of a column or more.
The fact that more than 100 banks
were closed in Georgia last fall and
winter has never been given any pub
Lefty in the big business press. That
the deflation in the cotton values
caused scores of banks to close in the
cotton states never was given much
publicity. Nor does any big business
paper give any publicity to the fact
that there is not a private bank in
existence today that could pay up,
dollar for dollar, what it owes its de-
positors, not to mention it's other liza
bilities.
But the condition of the Bank of.
North Dakota is subjected to the most
merciless publicity on every one Of
its transactions. DESPITE the fact that
this institution has. greater LIQUID as
sets, has a greater reserve and is
backed by the entire resources Of the
state of North Dakota, the enemy pa
pers are trying to make the people be-
lleve thatssit is insolvent. They know
that this is a lie.
Not only is the Bank Of North Da-
kota solvent, but it is absolutely i'm.
pregnable. It is the only bank in the
United States today that offers alb
solute safety for depositors. The Bank
OF North Dakota cannot become insol-
vent until the state of North Dakota
becomes bankrupt. And the state will
notsbecome bankrupt until all the citi-
Zens are.
The /. v. "A. bosses know this and
they are so anxious to get the Bank
Of North Dakota that they are willing
70 bankrupt the state Of North Da-
ia to do it.
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The fact that the War Finance
corporation, that is the federal gov
eminent has turned ovr SIS, OOO,0 900 to
the United States Grain Growers
shows like nothing else that official
Washington is at last wise to what
the farmers are up o.. Washington no
longer dares to ignore the farmers.
But that is no sign that big business
which controls the government is go-
ing to lie down in its fight On the Co
operative movement. It is just going
to try another tack. More than even
it is necessary that the farmers watch
their step. These $15,OO0.O0O likely as
not is only. an alluring web stretched
ont by the big business spiter to catch
the farmers and to hog tie them.
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THE BANK OF NORTH DAKOTA

The Bank of North Dakota is the
keystone of the industrial program.
Without q bank to provide money and
credit with which to carry on indus
tries the state would be absolutely
helpless. The situation in which North
Dakota is now proves this.
The big financial interests have de-
clared a boycott on North Dakota
They refuse to buy the state bonds
When the bonds were first issued the
interests opposed to the industrial
program blocked their sale by starting
suits in the courts attacking the
bonds constitutionality. The courts
upheld the bonds and the League
program.
When plunderbund failed in their
suits they instituted the boycott. The
industrial commissions attempts to
= sell the bonds to big banking concerns
failed because of this boycott The re-
suit is that the state has no money
with which to complete the mill and
elevator or to carry on the industries
If these plants had been completed.
The Bank Of North Dakota was able
to provide a certain amount of money
but it was crippled after q few months
operation by the laws initiated by the
1. v. A. at the last election. The re-
suit is that the industrial program is
at q standstill for lack Of money. {
The Bank of North Dakota is carry
ing on an effective campaign to get
money with which to carry on the In
dustrial program. It is gradually get
ting it. About 100000 of state
bonds have been sold by the bank di-
rect to the people and more is being
sold daily. But because of the Wall
Street boycott this process is slow. 1t
will take several months before
enough bonds have been sold to COM
plete the mill and elevator. But the
Bank of North Dakota is certain to
turn the trick unless the I. V. A. sue
coed in closing it up in the recall
election.
But suppose We had no Bank of
North Dakota. What chance would
there be then for ever putting the in
dustrial program into operation? Alb
solutely none! With the opposition
controlling the regular venues of fl
nance the mill and elevator could new
er have been even started, much less
operated. The Importance Of the Bank
Of North Dakota to the industrial pro-
gram must be apparent to everyone.
Big business recognizes it. That is
why the Bank of North Dakota has
been the center of grain gamblers and
big bankers assaults wei since it
opened for business. If it had been at
all possible to wreck this bank it
would have been done in short order.
The I. v. A. politicians certainly have
left nothing undone that would injure
the state bank. They came pretty near
succeeding with the laws initiated last
election. IF they can get the people to
approve one or more of the laws they
have initiated in this election then big
business will have succeeded.
The Bank of North Dakota will then
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-10-06
FARMERS BE
AUCTiONED OFF

That the Iva bosses and bankers are
shot to pieces and desperate is borne
witness to by the brazen and vicious
falsehood that "Half the loans made
by the state bank are in defalut,',,
which cool lie they had their official
organ, the Fargo Forum, publish on
it's front page September 18th, under
glazing headlines.
Cody the kept sheet states that ST.
O91,655 worth Of loans made by the
Bank Of North Dakota to farmers on
real estate are in default" when, as
9 matter Of fact, if there is any ode
fault in the payments it is not for
any such sum, but simply for the
amortized payments dut for one year,
or ONE-SEVENTH of the amount
l$76,416.55) named by the official
liars Of the. Associated Knockers Of
North Dakota.
Further, the laws of North Dakota
specifically allow the Industrial Com
mission to show all the leniency DOS
sible to farmers stricken by drought,
rust, bugs, def1ation, loan sharks and
other calamities, the intent Of the Lea
gue laws being to help the farmers fl
nance themselves until such time as
the farmers can, fight free Of these
curses and, be masters instead Of
slaves Of necessity.
But undoubtedly this propaganda
put out thru the Forum, evidently
with the able assistance Of State
Treasurer John "Sabcat" Steen, is for
the purpose of forcing the Bank Of
North Dakota to iOin in with tho Nor.
ganheims and Weisermellers in their
campaign to foreclose the farmers and
reduce them to the status Of peasants.
1t is q brazer demand that the farm
ers De AUCTIONED OFF, just as men
are today being auctioned off the
block in Boston and other cities where
The WAS + in supreme CONTROL
But here in North Dakota the
scheme won't work, if the League adj
ministration and the Iron Legion have
anything to say about it, and they
a~ssurredly will, Ivas.
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Oh THE

have q countyand state fed
sefati0n Women N0npartisanI
clubs no fhoseWho have not Joined
i county and state federation I'VE
will he glad to meet you and welcome
YOU. Our county and membership III
large, make it stronger by joining.
Concentrate our strength by joining.
Miss Mildred Slattery of Newburg.
lis our Secretary Write her giving Of
ficers nalmesHWith fee of 10c per
member and township il which club
is located.
Miss Rose Mcdonald, box 80 Far
Isl state secretary and will send
you bylaws and rules # YOU write
We j win the recall. Canvass
your township, see that every League
votsris at the polls. Womenstake time
and organize cit once, the time is short
until the recall. Call for your county
organization committee or county Of
ficers If Syou wish their help. Put Bot
tineau county over the top as q coun-.
ty with a Women's n. /. =. Club IN
every township, village and city.
Organization committee, Mrs. +. J.
Parkinson, Willow City, MrstTheo.
Clevn, Landa. Executive Board, Mrs,
Z. Hennessy, Bottienau and Mrs Chas.
Knudson, Lansfcrd with Mrs. y. -.
Van Woert, Mohall, Pres, Mrs. Olaf
Haugen, Landa, Vice Pres. and Miss
Mildred Slattery, Newburr Sec. Any
of the above will be glad to answer.
your inquiries in regard to League
work
Organize League women. a busi-
ness man said to me, THE women are
going to win this election. for women
never stand for crooked. politics.
work as hard as you an and We
will win the recall.
Please take notice that Mrs. Lieder-
bach is coming to McHenry, Ward,
Burke, Renville and Bottineal conn-
ties and dates will be announced later.
Working for Success,
Mrs. w. III. VonW oert.
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be closed, There will be no mill and
elevator; the farm loan department
will be wiped out. The peoples at
tempt TO create q banking system Of
their VA will be completely frustrat-
ed for the time being at least. Study
the Initiated measures in the public
ity pamphlet which you will soon re-
ceive and you will see for yourselves
that this statement is true. Then line
up with progress and vote for Fra
zier, Lemke and Hagan and mo" on
all the amendments and measures.
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Since that conference in Minneapo-
lis where the /. ". A. bosses pledged
themselves to sell the Grand Forks
mill and elevator as, they now stand,
they have boasted that they have
plenty Of money with which to run
the campaign. The fat boys are will
ing to pay q big price for this job.
And why should they not? If they
win they can force the people to pay
then back ten fold in a few short
years. And they will.
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The federal reserve bank, in New
York reports that as q result Of coll
lections all yer the country it's re-
serves are piling up and that it has
cut the discount rate froma5h per
cent to 5 per cent. It says that reports
from other service banks show that
their piles are increasing and that the
monetary situation Is greatly i'm
proved all oKer. the country. This
ought to be good news to the hard
pressed farmers Of North Dakota and
the other agricultural states, who are
daily being refused loans but are hav-
ing their farms and property fore
closed on now.
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OPEN THEIR MUD BATTERIES

3
blast. The ]. ". A. mud batteries have
opened up on the farmers state admin
istration and their organization, the
Nonpartisan League. r. A. Nestos, an
ti-farmer candidate for governor is
touring the state calling the Nonpar-
tisan League the Ku Klux Klan and
promising that if he is elected COVER
nor he will drive it out Of the state.
The /. ". A. campaign committee
has a corps, of high priced newspaper
reporters stationed at Bismarck now
and these men are now sending out
sensational yarns to the l. v. A. pa
pers about the "~deplorable situation"
at the state capitol. 1t is just a repi-
tition Of former campaigns, only more
bitter and even less regard for the
truth, if such a thing is possible.
Wholesale lies about the Bank Of
North Dakota, the home building as
ISOLATION of the state industries by the
sent broadcast over the land by these
reporters. Their stories r played up
in glazing headlines by the /. v. A. pa
pers both inside and outside the state.
The opposition to the industrial pro-
gram has thrown discretion to the
winds and now stops at nothing to at
tain it's purpose, the defeat of the
farmers and workers movement.
Why do the /. v. A. bosses stoop
to such a campaign Of lies and Wifi
cation?
There is just one answer to this:
They do not dare to discuss the in
dustrial program. Their only hope Of
success is to keep the people from dis
cussing the real issues in this cam
paign. They know that the people Of
North Dakota favor the program and
are anxious to have it tried out. They
know that if the pepole knew that
the !. V. A. bosses have been hired
by big business to permanently block
the industrial program in North Da-
kota, they could not get q handful Of
votes in this election.
So their only hope is to make the
people believe that Governor Frazier,
Atty. General Lemke and Commfs-
sioner Hagan, the three members of
the industrial commission are either
crooks or grossly incompetent. The I.
v. A. politicians now charge openly
that these three men are crooks. The
job of the propagandists now stationed
at Bismarck is to make the people be-
lieve that these charges are true.
: To lend color to the /. v. A. polite
ians' vaporings these reporters send
out reports containing misstatement
Of facts, half truths and many down
right lies. Nothing is too low or too
mean for these reporters to stoop to.
They have orders ITO get" the mem
bers of the industrial commission and
they are preceding to deliver the
goods. u,
This is nothing new to the people
of North Dakota. They are used to
these tactics. In seven elections the
voters have uniformly rebuked these
state wreckers and stood by the indus
trial program. There is nothing to
indicate that this campaign will result
any different. The people Of North Da-
kota know what they want and they
are going to get it..
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PLUNDERBUND FRIGHTENED

The Minneapolis Chamber of Com.
merce and its big banker hackers arr
putting up the fight for their lives ii
this campaign in North Dakota. The
fight nov going on in the state is
not local to these institutions. To big
business this has been a national is.
sue for the past three years.
The plunderbund represented by the
Chamber of Commerce and the Wal
Street bankers knows that if thu
farmers and workers win in the re,
call election in North Dakota Thu
stuff is all off for them. The indus
trial program will then be given {
fair trial and in the minds Of prof
teers and grafters there is no doubt
as to what the result will be whe1
once the industrial program has beer
given a thoro test.
There is nothing this bunch Of pir
ates fear SO much as what will happier
when the people get wise to the fac
that they can do thir own markeinl
comparatively. Grain gamblers and us,
urious bankers will then have NJ
place in the scheme Of things and thu
CRATER will find that his calling j.
all out Of date. The unnecessary but
p~rofiteering middlemen will then have
to 60 out and earn an honest living
Nm one would then have an opportun.
ity to grow rich by robbing the pro
Queer on one hand and the consumer
on the other.
This is the question that is involved
in the recall election shall the indus
trial program have a fair trial II
North Dakota? The farmers. and
workers all over the nation say "yes'
but big business says mo" The /. Y
A. candidates say that they are will!
ing to give the program q trial altht
they n opposed to it. The /. v. A
bosses in North Dakota have pledged
themselves to destroy the program il
they win. Both the bosses and candi.
dates are now openly admitting that
they are opposed to the North Dakots
industrial plan.
The grain gamblers and the big
bankers are far from optimistic over
the outlook in this election. They are
frightened over what will happen il
they are defeated. They are wagine
a desperate campaign and nothing
which they believe will help them to
win is left undone. They stop al
nothing. Lies, villification and abuse
are being heaped upon the state adj
ministration in the hope that the peo-
pies confidence may be undermined.
They are trying to stampede the vot-
r with false charges against Fra
zier, Lemke and Hagan in the hope
that THY will draw the voters atten-
tion from the real Issue.
The only hope Of the enemies Of the
farmers program is that they may be
able to divide up the League forces.
They recognize that the only way in
which this can be done is to make
Leaguers distrustful Of the industrial
commission. Hence this INJURIOUS cam
paign of lying propaganda now being
waged by the I. ". A. politicians.
Don't let them stampede you. Keep
your eye on the program. Then vote
for Frazier, Lemke and Hagan and
"NO" on all the amendments and in
itiated measures.
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GOOD FOR WOOD

Lieutenant Governor Howard r.
Wood recently declared that he would
resign if laws initiated by the banker
bosses Of the /. v. A. for the dest1uc
ton of the farmer-labor industrial
program were adopted in the recall
election. Good for Wood!
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.yoTE NO ON ALL MEASURES!
SUMMONS

State Of North Dakota, County Of
.Bottineau, Id, District Court, Second
Judicial District.
DANES Ne10, observation-disclosures
THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFEND
ANTS:
You are hereby summoned to ans
wer the complaint in the above en-
titled action and to serve . copy Of
your answer upon the subscriber at
the City of Bottineau, County Of Bot
tineau and State Of North Dakota,
within thirty days after the service
Of his summons upon you, exclusive
of the day Of such service upon you.
and in case Of your failure 50 TO APP
pear or answer judgment will be tax
ep against you by default for the re-
lief demanded in the complaint.
Dated this Goth day Of July, 1921.
j. y. Weeks,
Attorney for Plaintiff,
Bottineau, North Dakota.
Sept. Is to Oct. 20
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Do the Leaguers have enough faith.
in their program to stick by IL thru
this fight and not give way to the
propaganda with which the /. v. A. lis
now flooding the state? That is what
the recall election will settle once for
all.
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So the war finance corporation is
going to provide $2O,OO0,OOO for the
United States Grain Growers, Inc. to
help the farmers hold this years crop.
It is a safe bet that this money would
never have been forth coming If It
had not been for the Nonpartisan Lea
que. It lis this farmers organization
that produced the Grain Growers.
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Always remember that the only is
sue III this campaign is the industrial
program. Do you want that program
tried out or do you want it scrapped?
The grain gamblers and the big bank
ers demand the latter. That is their
only purpose with the recall Their
charges III insinuations against the
industrial commission is only for the
purpose Of confusing the voters and
70 undermine the peoples faith in
theirastate officials.
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There is only one issue in this cam
paign, the indsutrial program. The I.
v. A.. is against this program and its
only hope to permanently block it lies
in being able to make the people be-
lieve that Frazier, Lemke and Hagan
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-10-06

A vote for Frazier, Lemke and Ha-
gan is q vote against the American
Empire and for the American Repub-
lie. Il
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-10-06

Charlie Chaplin in "The Kid" a
the Grand Friday and Saturday.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-10-06

Farmers protesting high freight
rates complain bitterly that they are
simply slaves for the railroads. There
are a number Of Senators and Rrepre-
sentatives who are in the same fix,
but nobody hears them making any
fuss about it.-Texas Leader.