The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-29

IklS 41iOuklthAkAS dk4d 4lAAAo AAa fall, thus staying off the de But out beyond Minneapolis, mile after mile rolls by, tho hills grow lower and lower, soon the telegraph posts disappear and no more fences can be seen. Every. where-just miles and miles of flat, hot fields.
 In some sheaves of wheat are stacked, but thinenr, shorter and further aparent than those in the Central States. The corn, too, is shorter. It looks dusty, hot, brittle. Hardly Q tree for miles around. Here and there Q small grove Breaks the monotony of the terrain, usually near . house. Panorama
 THE WELLS haven't dried up because of the drouth, but many because they are too old and there's been no money to drill new ones. With the wells drying up, the prospect for cattle and Nve- stock is bad.
 A FIRE RACES along the road side. The grass is 50 hot anything will set 1t off. Often c spayk from Q passing locomotive will trans form Q whole field of wheat into a charred, smoking, black patch on the landscape.
 A WOMAN AND Q small girl are trying to stamp this fire out with burlap bags. With couple of pals of precious water from my car, most of the blaze is extin. Ralished. The woman iS grateful and asks me into the house for Q glass Of water.
 HER HUSBAND, John Moen, is blind and paralyzed. She tends the farm, does the planting and the harvesting, while her i0.year old daughter, Eleanor, takes care of the horses and COWS. They have no boys. Mrs. Moen was born and raised on Q farm in Kansas about forty.five years ago, then came to the Dakotas with her husband. They have been living in North Dakota for 20 years, and for the last ten years Mrs. Moefl has been managing the farm. She votes regularly.
 Roosevelt Cabinet
 q think President ROosevelvS . mighty fine man and ! D.. lleve he's dOln' ell he can to help the farmers. But ! think that cabinet he's got is stopping everything he tries to do. It's the people between him and us that most of the farmers object to.
 "Take this here relief. There hasn't been 70 much around here yet, but right nearby they've got men out shOvelin' and dig. gIn' that could be much better employed right on their farms. There aln't nothln' the matter with them, and yet there's some people staFvln' and not able to get any relief. There's 70 much graft and mishandIln' g0in' on that the farmers who don't need relief are gcttin' right sick of it."
 OUTSIDE or FARGO A FARMER IS PITCHING HAY ON TO A WAGON.
 "We.lI, don't know m'seIs. Never did pay much attention to politics but I reckon the majority of the section round here ls like the majority of the country--still for Roosevelt.
 "COurse there's been on aws fuI lot Of feeIln' bout this spend. ln', and throwln' money round and getting the country deeper and deeper in debt. That's whats antagOnlEed the farmers more than anythin' else but flgger that this drouth, what with the relief and oil, is goln' to help Roosevelt. Ye.es, # there hadn't been any drouth I guess there would'Ve been plenty of votes for Landon. Yesslr, I think 1hIs drOutks going to be . mighty big help to Roosevelt though"
 Anti.Lemke
 At the mention of Lemke's name he sniffs, splits Q stream os tobacco juice.
 'Naw, I don't reckon hell make much of . ShOwln'. Most of the farmers think he's Q lot of hot air. He's just . tall.cnder on Che old TownIey Non.Par. tlsan machine that used to be 90 strong around here, and when TOwnley got out of the picture Lemke just stuck On."
 Another farmer agrees about Lemke's personal qualifications but differs on his effect.
 'TOts of farmers are goin' to back Lemke because of this - ner cent mortgage plan he's been putin through In Wash. ingtOn. Lemke ought te take quite Q few Of the farm and labor votes away from RoOse- welt. Landon? Nav, hc won't hurt Landon any. Most of the