The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-04-07

enforced with a committee Of women
Of equal number to be chosen from
those Of the Republican, Democratic
and Ivie faith in equal quantities.
Nestos is a second rate practitioner
Of law at the present time holding the
position of assistant states attorney
Of Ward county. He is prominent So
cially and in church affairs so much
so that it seems to interfere with his
ability to rid Minot of the lawbreakers
of every description that infest that
much renowned community. AS a pub
lie official Nestos has failed most
charmingly to show the zeal for pub
lie morality that might be expected
Of one with such an impeccable rec
ord in the social circles wherein ne
scintillates.
Sveinbjorn johnson acquired state
wide ~notoriety last year when. he APP
peared as counsel for those who
sought to destroy the grain grading
law in the Embden Elevator case. The
law was sustained in a decision by
Judge Amidon but was carried on ap-
peal to the U. S. Circuit Court at st.
Louis. A hearing was recently held be-
fore that court in the matter but a
decision has not yet been handed
down. Johnson appeared as attorney
for the appellants in the hearing at
St. Louis. He will therefore make x
cellent material for attorney general
from the viewpoint Of the corporation
owned politicians who brought about
his nomination in the interests Of
those whom they serve.
The convention also declared for a
constitutional amendment providing
for refunding bonds in the sum of $5,-
100000 to liquidate the affairs of the
Bank of North Dakota and pay off its
Indebtedness; another issue of ST.
100000 to pay off the obligations of
the Mill and Elevator Association and
complete the mill and elevator project
at Grand Forks and another issue of
$250,000 to wind up the affairs Of the
Home Building Association and put It
out of business. These bonds in the
1vie language r to be made direct
obligations of the state instead Of the
alone according to the
statement of the purpose of the
amendment.
Since the faith and credit of the
of North Dakota is already
in support of the bond issues !
authorized, it is difficult to
see, by the person of average intelli- ,.
gence, just where the amendment
add any additional safeguards
to the validity of the bonds. It re-
quires the keen and analytical wisdom
of the Ivie mind, trained in the scrut-
my of the enthusiastically minute, to
get the distinction. ;
Also to the person of average intel
it is not readily apparent what
the Indebtedness Of the Bank of
North Dakota consists. The March fiji
teenth statement of that institution
shows that it's bills payable had been
retired with the payment of the mil
lion dollar Chicago loan. The Bank
now owes not a penny anywhere. But
buncombe is good stuff to feed
to the average person who reads with
out thinking and allows his informa-
ton to be limited by what he sees in
the headlines.
While the convention nominated
candidates it adopted no platform and
passed on resolutions other than one
declaring that "the most urgent ma
tnioal problem at this time is protec-
ton for the farmers against further
Generalization of the market by
dumping grain into the United States
threatening further declines in prices
which now are far below the cost Of
production" Having delivired itself
of this novel (?) and statesmanlike
u%tterance the delegates felt that our
troubles were yer and there was no
need of further explanations or illus
tration of what the Ivie plan for the
salvation of the state really is. The
nominee for governor issued a state
ment pledging himself to work for
prosperity and state peace but just
how he would successfully WOO that
timid dame prosperity" or just what
lurking enemy is just now threatening
our peace he forebore to mention.
It was a gathering characteristic Of
the bunch that composed it and no one
disappointed or surprised at the
result. It was just what we expected.