The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-08-18

the war broke out, the two of The
uncles Who We're old enough Joined
the colors in the first call for yclur-
teers. During the war the g1and-
father died, leaving wife with six
or seven small children to care for
and bring up, among whom was Mr..
Iayior's father, with all Of the large
sons fighting for the Union. Mr..
Taylor's maternal grandfather Joined
the Union army a few months before
his mother was born and did not see
her until she was three years old. His
father pioneered in Colorado in the
seventies, returning home in 1882
When he was married and where he
run the home farm for number of
years when he took his family to
Minneapolis where he resided in the
city and vicinity until 80 when he
went to Aitkin county, Minnesota, in
the heart of the forests and took up
a homestead Mr. TAYLOR got his
early education, what little he got, in
a log school house three miles from
his fathers homestead, to which he
and his brothers and sisters walked,
three months in the fall and two in
the spring. He finished the grades
at the public. schools in Aitkin, took
the teachers examination and secured
third grade certificate and taught
backwoods school, forty miles over a
logging road from the nearest town
near the present site of McGrath, at
seventeen years of age, and the child
ren of some of his pupils are now in
the grades. In the fall of 1900 he
entered the preparatory school of
Hannline University, where he COM
pleted his preparatory course. He
then edited a paper at Vesta, Min
nesota, for few months, then went
west, spending a few moths at Riv-
erside, California, when he went to
Portland, Oregon, where he was
shipping clerk for about year at
Eilers Piano House. He then went
to work again at the printing trade
which he had learned on the Aitkin
Age after he had completed his grade
work at thirteen years, working at
his apprenticeship for three years be-
fore he started to teach. He worked
as makeup" on the Astoria Evening
Budget at Astoria, Oregon, leaving
Morning Astorian, leaving that job
after he had that paper on paying
basis, when the paper was sold. lie
then returned to- ST. Paul, where he
again entered Hamline University,
working to pay his expenses as sales
man in department stores in st. Paul,
Saturday and during vacations. All
of the schooling that Mr.. Taylor Sc
cured, he provided for himself, after
leaving the log school house in the
country Mr.. Taylor left college to
go with a number of fellow students
to take homesteads in koochiching
county, Minnesota, after the railroad
was built into the country from Be
midi, in 1907, when that country was
'wild and wooly." During the time
he was homesteading he taught school
close by and in the fall OF 1908, ne
was elected County Judge. While
he took correspond
ence course in law, which he com
pleted. In the fall of 1909 his hZalth
failed him, and he went to Buffalo,
to regain it, where it was
high and dry. In the summer OF
1910. he returned to Koochichlng |
county and that autumn ran for the
on the Government owner
ship party ticket, carrying his county
by a huge majority, but was defeated
for the election by Charles II. War
ner. now one of the recognized lead
ers of the republican party OF that
state. The district was then COM
posed of five counties. Mr.. Warner
has been in the legislature ever
since as the district was made small
er and this summer is a candidate
sor the State Senate also, from the
istrict composed of Aitkin and Carl
,on counties. When Mr.. Taylor was
earning the printing trade on the
Aitkin Age, Mr.. Warner was tne
owner of the paper. Mr.. Taylor, be-
,ause of I1is health, had to give up
lis homestead in the north country
and again returned to johnson coun.
Y. Wyoming, where he taught bad
.o,,ntrv schools and worked on the
,ewsnapers until February, 1918, I
when he returned to Minnesota and I
,ecame principal of the schools at
cGregor. Minnesota, where ne
aught two years, during the mean
ime he engaged with his brcthen
3r1,ce in farming until the spring ct
eI8, when his brother was called 20
he colors when the cattle ana equip,
nent were sold and the farm refated
md Mr.. Taylor offered his services 70
he Nonpartisan League and was
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