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CAPTIVE BALLOON
By EDNA PRICE WALLER.
'opyright. 1+11s, Restetrn Newspaper Union.)
"Love will find a way, Josiah."
.\it in this ease, unless I am the
lot ant }uide. 1 have brought up
iy dead cousin's daughter, Winnie,
nce she Nis ten. I've seen to her
ucation. Sie s a stuart girl, though
)metimes wiliful. I want to see her
tart in life ight.
O:h l n t t t s neighbor smiled se
retly as did all the town, the
id hett r 1:nlel a small income
hat salt( to W~innirt. and undubttr>tredl
Cncitt' ' t -ami. FI uihiermore,
Vinnle was an :ipt little housekeeper.
Iu hove tried to bring Winnie and
he clerk n i}- hr tiher's store, Lemn
)wart. te't her hecaluse he is a say
jig. reslet:+ll vouun fellow. minite
ng. ha0 ,i ýa shou Rodney Mlake.
.e nipped his 1aung at~cetions in the
'3BlakE is a pretty fine young mna.,
ll thii sun t ed rved the nit'gihibor.
tad the s1,:ker wt lnt his way inutal
v compatrn oiune llake with the
,arrottY-It ntimler-ized Leti Dy
;art. Meantilh. W inie was going
through a vivid ordeal. Her guardian
watched her its a cat does a mouse.
He had refused to :llow Blake to call
at the house, and lI. sart was a fre
quent visit>r. She despised the latter
as much as she :imlduired the manly ob
ject of her oh 'ire. They met, but un
der ditficultit-;
"It's gut li e11 !" Itodney declared
forcibly. "YuTo art ild citnouh to know
your own mild awl not uipnt it. Let
us make a i.ld il -li and end this
wretched peri al an.
"Oh. Rudnt y You don't mean to
elope?" gasied \V ianie.
Why not, Tl v :re driving us to
that as the iilN tt tlnte, aren't they?"
"We are wat hed so closely. See,
Rodney, there is Mr. Let ýtt. low. He
will see us " hut l odt>n\ slipped past
a hldge with :he hurried parting
words:
"Be sure to Lee me tomorrow. I
havo a pl1ami I w::i tt itll t 4u v ii about."
The lhia wat the outcone of a
suggestion nIale Ia an old boyhood
friend of Rul y. tte it". WVest. They
had not met fnr liVe years until the
day previous. witn It daey Ia'i come
across West ot the ýtreet. Thi'y had
pleasant that. and West divulged
he fact that l' was a-lvance agent of
circus whilil '.v t ph" I its tent
at the edge of the t1iti Saturday.
Rodney thll tlar what he had in his
tid: Winnie. al ayI Winnie, and
West showed a syp:liath ltic interest.
*Whyv, say. he r!'iim rkidi with
friendly ardor. I em ielp you out ifl
Sbig way-the t):llPa.'
"I ont (juite u aderst anti. sa i t Itod
)ey vaguely.
"We have one. It gtos up a thou
nd feet every aftt rinoot. WV1e adver
se to give fifth dfI'hrs to any couple
ho will make tlh 1te: lt withi a cler
yuan and o:nstlnt to be iiimirried way
p in the clouds."
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led lwith sullpr, i exeitalent. He
anaged t, _et a ln*t h.\ uat e to Win
e. He ur'1li:ýi th~e l ir s lbefore
e SaturtiIlav alft rt:a Ii plrr nuance.
Winnie had iliit-'.l litr giardian to
IeCV her to attea Ii t 't d , l.tilrt]ininent.
he latter, h i) r. i-i sted that he
company her.
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rved seat ncar the kind t;ind. I've
vited L"i, a dj ;, u,, he ar
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family grou -- ; : 11 :'
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C disu a.., I t ' eket taker,
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sight. ;, _"n avid two
nth laaj t ' I nt before
ich lit zi0 iia v ying.
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his Side Vit ii ''1iutcetd to
. and the ao I; of the
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latter, & , I. fatherly
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on .f I l ti a hrilal veil.
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anti afl, Utn the balloon
e t an y rec gnizes
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king for 1 ; 1l," 'Ite across
wioth 0 ;1 t ers, star
aloft at tlit I Jilt"i lui-b was (Ie
bdin frot it hii' s -
t say, Whi
tired ore0 time?"
nsea thii 1f ll \IIle has
made the 1-n hailf atl hour.
on In. or t t1 fill up our
ust a flinute 1'' 1) bysart, con
lng toj a "eTy.rcn
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le hen a li 4 the happy
ef dulling Ptrt l',,bein* borne
man the t t,, There was
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anh~d V-iveil his false
fane an ul Uni ois slitiling into
ftehrillehr
a°v ie er enveloping
DlleR helda - The c(lergyntan.
s delide his haa tis over theli
hear >; his blessing.
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of his andr then he clutched the
'Thund"erlani tad nearly fell
r1 to el .Josiah, and it was
then,0 se
gi~lZ (If 9 1 .1ng, as the
gab adoreti "ile, whom half
faorite and Itodney, their
Erel. adey thealized the s.tua
ah g lmid enthusiastic
,, tppedto tot
PARMERS ROBBED OF TWO-THIRDS
OF PRODUCTS BY CLOSED MARKET
Consumers in the Cities Are Also
Held Up By the Autocratic
Price Fixing of the Organized
Plundering Middlemen.
The closed market is a cunning
levice for relieving the farmer each
year of his entire overburden of
wealth by controlling supply and
lemand and preventing the farwer
from selling to any other buyer
:han itself. This enables it to fix
prices to producers and consumers.
It makes the process of distribution
is long and complicated and costly
as possible and charges the whole
iccount up to the consumer. Out
of these enourmous "winnings" it
hands the producer enough to keep
his farm from becoming neon-pro
iuctive.
According td government estimates
the farmer gets only $1 out of every
$3 the consumer pays for farm pro.
lucts. If he got less his farm would
run down and the closed market sys
:em would lose money.
Middlemen Well Organized
In order to "put over" this big job
the closed market system has to be
well organired and well founded on
'understandings" and "gentleman's
agreements." THewne we find these
groups of nonprodiicers and middle
men organized into "protective" as
soctations "understanding" each ot'i
er perfectly. These "understandings"
and "gentleman's agreements" usually
relate to established prices and the
prevention of producers and consum
ers from trading with each other. A
system of laws and licenses is used
to prevent the farmer or others out
side the system from peddling direct
to consumers. The monopoly of sup
plies is so well managed that retailers
and others engaged in selling can be
"closed out" of business whenever
they attempt to buy directly from the
farmers.
To control supply and demand and
monopolize buying and selling the
closed market system must own and
control the following facilities:
1--The facilities for finishing farm
products for consumption, such as
flour mills, packing plants, creamer
ies, canning factories, sugar factories,
refineries.
2-Storage facilities for "taking
care" of the farmer's produce and
"holding" it until the people are ready
to pay "the right kind of a price" for
it. Among such facilities are railroad
elevators, warehouses and cold storage
plans for perishable farm products.
3-Transportation facilities such as
railroads and steamship lines.
4-Credit. The system must have
credit to replace the capital "tied up"
In cornered and stored provisions and
to "tide it over" those hard times dur
ing which the system is waiting for
the people to make up their minds to
accept its prices or starve.
Political Control Necessary.
But the closed market system must
control more than these things; it
must have a big say in government
in order to hold the producer down
while it holds the consumer up. The
system could not engage in either
of these pleasant pastimes without a
stranglehold on government. Knock
the political props out from under this
system and it will fall. This explains
why the system spe'nds millions of
dollars each campaign in selecting and
electing candidates.
Before the farmers can start to get
out of the trap of the closed market
they will have to organize, vote t&
WILSON FOR LEAGUE SYSTEM
President Recommends to Congress
That Profiteers Pay Bigger Share
of War Expense.
"Profiteering that cannot be got at
by restraints of conscience and love
of country, can be got at by taxation."
This was the kept sentence in Presi
dent Wilson's last message to Con
gress, which was concerned with the
issue of higher taxes on war profits
and swollen incomes.
This stand of the president for the
principle of paying for the war as
much as possible from war profits
and existing revenues is a striking
vindication of the position announced
by the Nonpartisan League when we
first entered the war.
The League holds that profits that
spring directly out of the warr should,
as much as possible, pay for the war.
England takes 80 per cent of such
profits and the U~nited States takes
only 31 per cent after exempting a
minimum of 9 per cent. The Ameri
can tax on war profits and large in
comes last year was only $2,775,000.
000. although war expenses amounted
to over $14,000,000,000.
ADVERTISE WAR INSURANCE.
Secretary McAdoo has recently writ
ten to all local draft boards urging
that the men registering for military
service be adequately informed of the
Government plan of insurance. The
draft boards have also been vent liter
ature on the matter for distribution.
The men who must make the greatest
sacrifice are entitled to know what
protection the Government offers them
and their families and they might oth
erwise take out. costly private 146W
wce through ignoraUns of t ?
gether, and "clean up the gang" in all
Mhe states and in Washington. The
fight of the farmers for nd:.1pendence
and for the right to sell directly to
the consumers Is a political fight be
fore it is anything else.
The farmer has to play in a game
where the other fellow makes all the'
rules. When he sells wheat it is tha
other fellow who does all the weigh
ing, docking and grading and thy other
fellow's weird is law. When he tries
to sell his produce direct to the con
sumer or the retailer, he Is up against
a license lacw or a fine. Whon the
other fellow names a price that price
Is the law and has the protection of
the law.
The system finds it necessary also
to control the press and the ",dnecb
tion" of the people. The principal
item of this "education" is to (naka
a good PRODUCE'R of the farmer and
to sadly neglect his education as a
MARKETER or seller. The farm pa
pers. dailies and airiculturai colleges
are strong on teaching th. f:irm"r to
PRODUCE' more. The staire w 'alth
and power of the svetem roots ;pen
the fact that the farmer is the hi coat
producer and the poorest uark-,ter
in the world
System Based on Poverty.
The closed market system pres.ip
poses that there once existed an
open neat ket where the producer (o0 hi
ell direct to the eons umincr. There
did. The little the farmer then had
to exchange was traded for an honest
equivalent Prices were then kept up
because everything was scarce; the
farmer was not then able to prodane
much. When we have an open market
supply and demand actrally operates
and prices rest on scarcity.
Whtn the farmer introd uiced mach
inery and began to produce abuidant
ly this SCATR( ITY was threateno-- and
hence PRI('ES were threatened. Now,
in steps a new factor to save prices.
Machinery has separated the tinishimo
and marketing facilities from the
farmers and given them over to rae
middlemen. These middlemen organ
ized to control supply so as to main
tain SCARCITY so they could keep tai,
the prices. They did this by buying
the farmers' products in the fall when
the market was glutted and the farmer
had to sell, and then storing this prod
tice until the consumers be 0an to ftcl
the pinch of scarcity and yield to it
in the shape. of high prief s.
Hence the closed utarket system was
organized for the expr, ss purposes of
producing scarcity wher- a`undlance
was possible. It is based on the muain
tenance of general 1overty. c+t1;
prosperity would destroy it. If it co til
not keep the farmer co poor that he
could not store and sell is I ii ln nrel
not keep the farmer so poor that he
keep the consnmer poor enough svs:>.
matleally to starve him into an aCoet-t
ance of the high cost of living it woald
pass away. It Is the Orig.irnal So< ietx'
for the Prevention of Prosperity It
exists solely by keeping the producer
and consumer apart and keeping them
both poor.
There is no remedy for thi- condi
tion other than the publi' control of
finishing, marketing and price-tixing.
Under public control the producer and
consumer could co-operate toget her
through the government to fix prices
in the interest of all. If we apply this
remedy we will yet be able to realize
the splendid possihilities of farm ma
chine production and all will enjoy
abundance. In order to do this, as a
first step, the farmer and conBumrner
must organize and restore the govern
ment to the people.
LEAGUE STAND HELPS WILSON
League Principle of Government Con
trol Vindicated by Adoption of Farm
Machinery License System.
A license system for regulating the
production and sale of farm machinery
has been announced by President Wil
son. The purpose is to protect farm
war food production from the effects
of excessive farm machinery prices.
In lieu of action by Congress author
izing complete government control. thy
president took the only course left.
open to him by establishing the only
form of public control possible under
existing laws Farm machinery prices
have practically doubled since we
entered the war, making such a step
imperative.
Long before we entered the war the
Nonpartisan League took a decided
stand against all forms of profiteer
ing. On June 7, 1917, about two
months after war was declared against
Germany, the League passed a formal
resolution declaring for the govern
ment control or operation of all basic
industries connected with the produc
tion of war supplies. Since that date
the nation has been advancing step
by step toward the fulfillment of this
program.
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SUCCESS.
"Branch offices of the United States
Employment Service now number
more than 300. The Service is now
placing workers in shipyards, muni
tion plants, on farms and in other war
industries at the ratq of between 150,
WO and 175,000 a month. Each day
-ate ,1* f flu tUW ttWr 40 t.the'
8A:'*he ato i~ ~
CIVIL CALENDAR FOR
JUDGE MATTHEWS
Judge Hurly this week called a
calendar for a special term of court,
commencing July 15, at which term
Hon. John A. Matthews of Townsend,
Mont., will preside. cases are set
for trial:
July 15, 9:30 A. M.
Minneapolis Trust Co. versus David
Thompson;
Howard M. Lewis, attorney for
plaintiff;
David E. McLaughlin, attorney
for defendant.
Minneapolis Trust Co. versus Mike
McKenna;
Howard M. Lewis, attorney for
plaintiff;
David E. McLaughlin, attorney
for defendant.
Sheridan County State Bank versus
Eugene Beeks;
Babcork & Ellery, attorneys for
plaintiff;
David E. McLaughlin, attorney
for defendant.
Fishbecd & Jarvis Co. versus W. D.
Price;
T. W. Greer, attorney for plain
tiff;
T. Swenside, attorney for de
fendant.
J. I. Cabe T. M. Co. versus L. M.
Ford, et al;
Norris & Hurd, attorneys for
plaintiff;
*H. M. Lewis, attorney for de
fendant.
July 17, 9:30 A. M.
John J. Lasoil versus T. C. Kelly,
et at;
II.. %. Lewis, attorney for the
oldintiql;
David E. McLaughlin, attorney
for defendant.
W. H. Kellum versus F. G. Fishbeck,
ct at;
David E. McLaughlin, attorney
for plaintik;
H. M. Lewis, attorney for de
fendant.
D. W. Kelly versus F. G. Fishbeck,
et al;
David E. McLaughlin, attorney
for plaintiff;
H. M. Lewis, attorney for de
fendant.
July 20, 9:30 A. M.
Amund Johnson Lumber Co. versus
John Bjorklund;
H. M. Lewis, attorney for the
plaintiff;
David E. McLaughlin, attorney
for defendant.
J. A. McCann versus Herbert Wil
lett;
Babcock & Ellery, attorneys for
plaintiff;
A. T. Vollum, attorney for the
defendant.
Evangeline Olson versus Ed. Olson;
H. M. Olson, attorney for the
plaintiff.
A. T. Vollum, attorney for the
defendant.
July 22, 9:30 A. M.
state Bank of Culbertson versus K.
0. Slette, et al;
Babcock & Ellery, attorneys for
plaintiff;
H. M. Lewis, attorney for de
fendant.
July 23, 9:30 A. M.
D. W. Kelly versus C. S. Nelson;
David E. McLaughlin, attorney
for plaintiff;
Babcock & Ellery, attorneys for
defendant.
Mike McKenna versus C. S. Nelson;
David E. McLaughlin, attorney
for plaintiff;
Babcoc:.. & Ellery, attorneys for
defendant.
Eugene Thompson versus C. S. Nel
son;
David E. McLaughlin, attorney
for plaintiff;
Babcock & Ellery, attorneys for
defendant.
T. C. Kelly versus Ed. Olson
David E. McLaughlin, attorney
for plaintiff;
H. M. Lewis, attorney for de
fendant.
"HONEST TO GOODNESS
BOY PATRIOT INSISTS
In connection with the War Sav
ings Stamp drive, an incident occur
red in the office of L. S. Olsen, when
little Royal Greer, the 9-year-old son
of T. W. Greer, stepped into the of
fice and asked for the amount of his
"Quota". He was informed that his
parents both had quotas, but that he
was exempted owing to his age. The
little fellow politely informed Mr.
Olsen that: "I sell newspapers and
I make quite a lo tof money each
day, and I want to help my Coun
try".
He was then asked if he wished
to purchase on W. S. S., and pay
for it in the fall; to which he indig
nantly replied: "I'm no cheap skate,
and' I want to buy at least three
more stamps before school starts,
if I can buy any more after that I
am going to do so, because I have
eight stamps already and I certainly
want to invest at least a hundred
dollars to help the soldier boys, and
now you just sign me up so I can
get busy selfing papers and raise
more money".
To say that he sprung a surprise was
putting it very mild, and he had no
trouble in signing up his Pledge
card, and it is a safe bet that be
fore the end of 1918 he will have
his $100-card fully covered with the
stamps. If some of the "grown-ups"
would follow the lead of this little
shaver, it is sure that our War Sav
ings Stamp drive will be more than
a success.
ARRESTED FOR SEDITION
Charles Westphal Indicted for Act
ivities Calculated to Discourage
Enlistments
Charles Westphal, a member of the
Westphal Brothers Corporation, wh ih
is engaged in farming operations oni
a large scale north of Outlook, was
indicted the first of the week by the
federal grand jury sitting at Gi tat
Falls, Montana, for activities calcul
ating to discourage enlistments in the
United States Army.
He was arrested by the deputy Un
ited States Marshal at the Wevtiha!
farm last Thursday morning and was
released on bail in the sum of $1.500
to appear before the federal coui t at
Great Falls Monday morning at 9
o'clock.
Together, with his attornEy, D. E.
McLaughlin, he will leave Sat urday
for the above city where he will standl
trial.
This arrest is the outcome o! tIl
circulation of a certain book ienitl ii
"Shanghied Into the European War,
on which the government had plant t
a ban.
PAINFUL ACCII)LNT
Kenneth Cosper, the 1:-'. n -old
son of Clinton Cosper, the Outlo+4:
blacksmith, was th vie? i m. of a p in
ful accident Thurslay aft noo'n, wh' n
he had two of his finger, cru hid and
the third one cut off in the gearing:
of a concete mixer.
The lad was approaching thI cLn
crete mixing machine which 11:"
ing operated by O. K. Han on in the
mixing of concrete which va he t:
used in the building of 'Kdeh :ik1 at
Outlook, when he slumbnld and f "1
'orward, grahinrc the mvn' MO an
effort to save himself and I lra , h
fingers into the cow_ of the ma' hine
_h the above results.
Westphal-Ogden NuptlJs
Mis Clara Ogden. a popular coinn
farmer of the Outlook coupit r y,
Miss Clara Ogden, a popular young
lady who has been teachiniv :eheool
in the Raymond and Dooley commun
ities for the past two years, left Mon
day morning on the early tr.in for
the home of the happy young lad: at
Sanger, North Dakota, where he
young couple were marricid at the
home of the brides parents.
They will spend a honnymoon of
a forthnight with relatives and fri
ends at points in Dakota before re
turning to Outloo'. where they will
be at home to their friend at th
falrm.
FOR SALE
156 acres adjoining Medicine L die, partly u:d: r cultivation; all can
be. Good hay and pasture, all to wyd and co -s-fenced. Two good
wells. Nice house 22x22, sci u :aei Iorcei, h :rn 38ixS0. Don't miss
this if you like to live near a good town. Pricg---$5,000. Terms
to suit.
Chas. Glaze, Medicine Lake, Mont.
Save the Middle
Ma n' s Pofit
SELL YOUR CREAM DIRECT
to us. We will sell our products
to the consumer. We can ship
the finished product cheaper
than you can the raw material.
Cash prompt payments.
Come in and see us.
PLENTYWOOD CREAMERY CO.
Pleatywood, Montana
--Albert 'Bakken, an enterprising
young farmer from north of Ray
mond, appears to have made good
use of his Ford auto this season.
Ile has a t iactor attachment for his
car and with the same he plowed and
seed d 250 acres of wheat and flax
1his s' t on. lie also used the car
lo haul the ga-4oline from town. Mr.
V:akken (I'd all the work in planting
ih l aid <:Op by hhnself and plans
noVi, 1o uoe the ford for harvesting.
Ai,. Ba ken has G80 acres of good
land owl i!.; to put the entire tract
in cvop in 1919 if the crop turns
'ut 1. 11. hi .;
\ VANTED-A Waitor at the City
afe.
We Want
YOUR
Tobacco
Business
-3G- ý,
We Sell More 'I han 100 Brands of
TO kCCO
and
('IlARETIES
If we have not got the brand you
- a we wili try to get it for you..
'hhe L. rs e Exclusive Tobacco
:.i(ore in Montana
Maiers of f Zero Cigars
Montana's Greatest Smoke
Orvil E. Whitmarsh
CIGAR COMPANY
'econd Door Up Town From Depot.
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LELAND HOTEL
t'tXN I YWVOGD.MONT.
New Addition
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atthe LELAND
S DAVID E. McLAUGHLIN
LAWYER
PLENTYWVOOD, MONTANA