Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-04-21
.NESTOS STANDS FOR
FAIRNESS TO ALL
C..N. ATTACK FAILS
Independent Candidate For
Governor at Recall Election
Stands Above Bickering
Partisan Politics Courier
News Charge Fell Flat,

News Charge Fell Flat,
Minot, April 2O-Whenever the
exigencies of the Nonpartisan lea
que seem to render eypedient the
sacrifice and slaughter Of the truth
The Fargo Courier-News is always
ready with minute man promptness
to perform the service, states The
Daily News of this city. The notably
r. "A. Nestos at the citizens congrat-
ulation rally last week, in which he
incidentally touched upon certain
phases of the state situation and the
plan laid down by the several hum
dred delegates at the Devils Lake
convention, has evidently staggered
The Courier-News. Lacking real ar
gument against Mr.. Nestos' remarks
it resorts to the ancient device Of the
discounted and nonplussed-abus-
ing the other side. The Courier-News
said ~editorially in it's April 5 is-
sue:
."Mr. Nestos is very capable of
ducking responsibility.
IL Will w 4SSdAlCV GhSI nc Ao CAS'
same MI Nestos, one time states
attorney of Ward county. When the
law was being grossly violated and
immortality and vice continued un-
der the very noses Of officials, Gov
ernor Frazier called the attention Of
Mr. Nestos to his oath of office. Mr.
Nestos resigned. Can there be any
other Interpretation OF his actions
than that he refused to enforce the
law?"
Examination OF the records dis
close that Mr.. Nestos resigned as.
states attorney OF Ward county Apri?
5, 1915, giving as his reasons there
for the following: g.
'My experience in the states at
torney's office has shown me That
practically the undivided attention
Of the states attorney to the work
OF the office is required if he desires
to do his duty and it seems to INC
that it not be fair to the taxpayers o
Ward county to be paying me Il sal
&ary as states attorney while l was
spending practically all my time out.
side the county. For that reason
filed my resignation" .. = .-h11.,l.
The reason Mr. Nestos was to bt
absent from Ward county, and which
led him to resign as states attorney
was the fact that he was seeking tn
Republican nomination for United
States senator and contemplated al
extensive campaign in other parts
of the state.
Caught Co,lrier.NeWs In Lie
The most, interesting part Of the
whole matter is the fact that Lynn
]. Frazier, whom The Courier-News
mentions so unctuously as having
called Mr.. Nestos' attention to his
oath OF office, did not become gov
ernor of North Dakota until about
Nine Months After Mr.. Nestos ceas-
ed to be states attorney of Ward
county. At the time OF Mr.. Nestos'
resignation, the reasons for which
are quoted, Frazier had not even
been nominated for the governorship
and, as far as known, had not even
been endorsed for the position. SO
it appears that The Courier News in
formation is as defective as is its re-
gard for the truth. ..a
Or course, the game of the league
leaders organ is to attempt to blind
the farmers Of the state who have
supported the league to the fact thai
MI Nestos stands on the Devils Lake
platform. has stated plainly that he
is in favor of fairness to all and is
willing to see the state mill and ele-
vator at Grand Forks completed and
given a fair trial under the direc-
tion of its friends. That certainly
looks better to the mass of farmers
than the present stalemate into
which the Townleyites or Lemkeites
and all the other socialistic ''ites"
of the state have messed North Da-
kota. Under their regime the work
on the mill and elevator has been
stopped for long time and there
are no prospects of an early resulnp-
tion. {,
Il. The Devils Lake plan Of constitu-
tional amendment certainly offers.
the friends Of a state owned mill and
elevator more than the loud voiced
Self asserting. friends Of the people
who are continually taking and tak-,
ing from them and giving them moth
ing but; miserable conditions at home,
and q bad name abroad