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North Dakota Experiences Imperative Need for F-L Party By H. G. Teigan The renomination of Senator Lynn J. Frazier in the North Da kota primary on Wednesday, June 27, brings to mind the nomina tion of I 4 razier and the Nonpartisan League slate in the Republi can pi imary in 1916. The recent primary indicates how the farm ers ol the Flickertail state have stuck to the movement and to Lynn J. Frazier. It shows oven without a dues-paying organiza tion the North Dakota farmers have remained loyal to the movement which first brought Mr. Frazier into prominence and which literally took him from the plow and made him governor of the state. Frazier Enjoys Revenge It must have given Senator Fra zier a good deal of satisfaction to win renomination over the man who defeated him for governor in the re call election in October 1921. It will be remembered that R. A. Nestos of Minot was the man who defeated him in the recall election. It was the same R. A. Nestos who went down to defeat by a majority of approxi mately 20,000 votes on June 27 last. But not all Nonpartisan League en dorsed candidates were successful in the recent North Dakota primary. Nearly half of them were defeated. This is not surprising when one con siders the circumstances. Leaguers Still Nonpartisan In North Dakota the Nonpartisan Leaguers are still pursuing a "non partisan'' policy. That is to say they go into the Republican primary with a full slate of candidates and attempt to grab off the republican nomina tions. The contention is of course that after they have succeeded in nominating their candidates it is al most a cinch to elect them at the gen eral election. And in this view they are quite right. In the primary, however, victory is not so easily achieved. And this is true even though the Leaguers, as is unquestionably now the case, in the state possess a majority of the votes. There is no designation on the pri mary election ballot to indicate which of the candidates are League-endors ed and which carry the support of the I. V. A.'s (anti-leaguers). The voter must possess information as to who's who on the ticket or he may be vot ing for an enemy candidate. Strange Result—Fraizier Wins Thoreson Loses Senator Frazier as was stated be-1 fore defeated Nestos by approximate-! ly 20,000 majority in the contest for, senator. The Nonpartisan League endorsee for governor, T. H. Thore son, on the other hand, was defeated by a margin of about 8,000 votes. It is quite evident that the Frazier ma jority represented quite correctly the League's strength in the primary, Why then did Thoreson fail of elec tion ? Simply because his opponent Geo, J. Schafer, was much better known to the average voter in the state than was Mr. Thoreson. Many thousand Leaguers voted for Schafer because they did not know who the endorsee of their faction. And what was true on the gover norship was true on several offices. The Leaguers was won several nomi nations, it is true, but these were won by candidates who are either now holding office or were as well known among the voters as were those sup ported by the I. V, A, t aK "® Had Organization in 1916 .r", 1 ÎJ 6 wb ^P Mr. Frazier and the othp*- Nonpartisan League endorsees won the Republican nominations, the League possessed a remar Kable orga Sf'arlv Al in at that V™ e t°' 0()0 du ff'P^' n *C member? «^îiîô aßUC ' • •i.*'" 1 J? ucn . an or K a - Siôn V S°S SL. th f. . vot « s mflîïiÏÏL rt . • "* 0t d i ffl ®? lt t0 fa - with thP n«° f î h . e * VO ï rs the h sît h uatton ca ; d ; dates - £ ut Nomurtkin" ^ different today. I,ie V Lea sue no longer pos T aUd tne newspet,,» 1 ^«- supporting the Lea • , by e tW aC ipp n osPk ^ UtnUmbered 5 1 It is -on'rent that if i 0 of North I î î h llL h Leaders Ts C C Farnmr Lab( ktes would haxt no difficulty iv making a clean sweep of the offices. While there would undoubtedly be a differ ence in the vote received by the sev eral candidates endorsed*^ by the League, no voter would go astray as to the candidates to be supported The party designation on the ballot would he a perfect guide to the voter on that point. Bad Policy Gives I. V. A. Control Through its failure to adopt a bet ter and wiser policy the League has turned over to the enemy complete control o fthe state's industries, such as the bank of North Dakota, the state flour mill and state elevator. Unless the I. V. A. endorsees for Gov ernor, Attorney General and Com missioner of Agriculture and Labor, who constitute, the industrial com mission, should be defeated at the polls next November, the enemies of these industrials will have complete charge of them. The remarkable thing about the North Dakota Nonpartisan League movement is how the farmers have continued to stick to it. This can be seen in the way the rural vote, which , . is invariably reported last, overcomes the early leads established by the anti-league candidates. This year that fact was illustrated by the lead Mr Nestos established in the early returns which came from the cities and villages, but which was later ov i rcome by the returns from the rural pifccincts. Nestos led Frazier by 6,580 votes in the first 424 precincts re poned. The vote was then, Nestos 28,156; Frazier 21,676. When 1,496 precincts had reported, Senator Fra sier had established a lead of ap proximately 8,500 votes, and when 1,749 r'tcincts had reported Mr. Fra zier hi d established a lead of 11,900. N. D. Leaguers Need F-L Party The regrettable thing about the ; ituation is that with such a majority of the actual vote the Leaguers should pursue a policy which prevents them from reaping the victory to which they are entitled. Not possess ing the means of publicity that their opponents possess they are unable to make known to their own voters the - • * ames of their candidates, except in , \bose cases where they have endorsed men who are as well known as are those supported by the enemy. seem to an observer fr °m outside the state and to one who pos sesses some familiarity with North tine W tha £ thi V S an °T PP K r ' partv^in € thp ïîî!f h p any , he ^ate of North Dakota, By pursuing a policy of independent that*-— j political action the Leaguers of N. D. will not only simplify voting for their supporters, but they will also be able to accomplish victory in one fight at the general election instead of hav ing to wage battle both at the pri mary and the election. Wisconsin F-L Meet on July 16 In this connection it is of interest to note that the more militant mem bers of the progressive movement in Wisconsin are contemplating the launching of a Farmer-Labor party in that state. A state-wide Farmer Labor political conference has been called to meet at Kenosha, Wis., on Monday, July 16, one day before the annual convention of the State Fed eration of Labor, has been called by the Douglas county Farmer-Labor Political Assn. The concensus of opinion among progressives of the nation is that the only way for the producers of wealth in the United States to achieve suc cess upon the political field is through an independent political movement and not by way of nonpartisan or bi partisan action. The conference 'UDGESHIP CAM PAIGN ONLY STIR IN PRIMARIES (Continued from page One) feated both times by a two to vote. one No Indorsements The papers supporting Cudhie have been reporting that Attorney Cudhie has the endorsement of the republi can organizations of all three counties in the district. This is, however, un true. Not one of the republican caucuses have endorsed Attorney Cud hie; the caucuses of neither of the counties have endorsed either candi date. As both were candidates the republican ticket the have left the matter of endorsements to the voters themselves who will at tend to that next Tuesday. Why these papers have given out this falsehood as a fact is known only to those papers—they were well aware of the facts, on caucuses Paul Has Splendid Record Judge Paul, who came to Sheridan county about 15 or 16 years ago and took up a homestead in the Redstone territory, where he married a local girl and started to farm and practice law, until he was elected to the bench, has made a splendid record during the four years that he has been judge. Probably no judge in the state has equalled or made a better record. He is an earnest worker, has the calen dar cleaned and has run the office in such a way as to save thousands of dollars to the taxpayers of the district. He is genial and affable and easy to talk to. No man can honest ly say that he has been partisan unfair and he has treated all citizens of the district with the sme impartial ity> He is digged and courteous and has carried the authority of the office without becoming autocratic arrogant—a thing that many men it. that b te b position are unable to do. In fact as the Primaries approach, Judge Paul has become everybody's candidate without regard to party faction and it looks as if his ' tion would be Practically unanimous, Paul's Record , Judge Paul has been in office for fou r years. When he took office the calendar was full. He has cleaned it UP- Durin * his term he has tr ied or or or nomina ™ an L C vf® 8 ^ î n - She ridan county not p d li. h&S be t n ap ® pa1 ' f , , a H' thirteen cases have been appe f- ed laurels and Roosevelt Elev ® n of , these cases have ? en y confirmed: in one partial y coafirmed and in one reversed. The report cas ® s . f ® 1 ^ vs: t L1 ^ r t)F APPEALS » Erickson v - Anderson, et. al. Suit • damages for false arrest and im Judgment of District Co ^ t a " 1 ™® d by Supreme Court, . V. y of Wolf Poln t v. McFarlan. — Action to recover interest and penal ~ y on delinquent taxes. District dec ision was in favor of plain Supreme Court held that plain , . w . as entitled to recover but that Pjamtiff had brot wrong form of tl0n> ac Griffith v. Montana Wheat growers and Security Bank of Outlook—Ac tion to recover on note secured by crop mortgage. Supreme Court af firmed District Court as to Outlook Bank and reversed judgment against Wheatgrowers because attorneys ne glected to have complete record be forb Court. Patch v. Stewart—Attachment suit, Judgment affirmed Court, Shampagne v. Keplinger—Damage suit. Judgment affirmed by Supreme Court. State v. Larson—Burglary. Con viction affirmed by Supreme Court, State v. Kittock— Manslaughter, Appeal abandoned, State v. Schlaps—Murder. Convic tion affirmed by Supreme Court, Baracher v. District Court—Action to prohibit use of evidence in liquor prosecution. Decision of District Court affirmed by Supreme Court. Roosevelt County v. Jensen et al_ Suit to recover on bond given to cure county deposits. Judgment of District Court affirmed bv Sunreme Court. Skarie v. Marron— Action to recov er stockholders liability. Judgment of District Court affirmed by Su preme Court. Wandel v. Wandel— Divorce Judg ment of District Court affirmed by Supreme Court. Attorneys Endorse Paul Another thing which sneaks well for the administration of Judge Paul is the fact that practically all of the attorneys in the district are support ing him for the nominatton PP the * reat «*t interest in the pnmary campaign is the contest be tween Paul and Cudhie, Paul will win easily from the present indicat ions if by Supreme the farmers get out and vote on Tues day. Little Interest in State Candidates There is very little local interest being taken in state candidates this year for some reason or other in this section of the state. About the only names mentioned when any candi dates are mentioned are the names of Joe Dixon for the republican nomina tion for the United States senate, and Rankin for governor on the same ticket. Very little interest is being taken in the democratic contest for governor. Erickson seems to have the best of it though Roy Ayers has some supporters who are working. However, very little is said. Wheeler and Stewart contest for the democratic nomination for United States senator come in for some con versation. It seems that Stewart will get about 90 per cent of the demo cratic votes in northeastern Montana. Wheeler has not visited this section of the state, but his two youthful sons were here this week putting up their father's picture. They were traveling in a new Ford and doing a good job of picture posting. About the only word that has been said in this part of the state was said by a patent medicine salesman who said a gooo word for Wheeler during his sales talks when speaking from his car in the different towns, democrats are solidly behind the war governor, though there will not be many democratic votes cast Tuesday in Daniels, Sheridan and Roosevelt counties. Other State C andidates Ford, Angstman and Cavanaugh are receiving good support for the republican nomination for judge of the supreme court and Maury is talk ed of quite a lot also for the same position on the democratic ticket, The railroads are working hard a gainst Maury and have a paid worker in the field it is reported to bring, about his defeat. Maury in his cam -1 paign is showing thst no working. man can K et a judgment and have it, sustained in the Montana supreme court against the railroads in person-j al injury or in any other case. This is a bad state of affairs. It is hop ed that Maury will get the support of the democrats who would like to see some change in the supreme court so that railroad domination of that The The old line and Cavanaugh are also making their campaigns on promises to alter this habit of the supreme court. For attorney general young George Bourqum is being talked of mostly by the democrats. He is now judge of the district court in Silver Bow eounty. No word is heard of other candidacies Sheriff contest of Interest m County The contest for the nomination for,™ shenff is the only contest talked of | in Sheridan county. The old line re publicans who induced Hans Madsen i to file seem to have deserted him I and gotten behind the candidacy of Robert Robke whom it is reported that Jack Bennett and other leading republicans induced to run in order to split the Farmer-Labor vote in the fall, and it is claimed that they will vote for Robke to a man, leaving Madsen in the weeds. This reported ! treachery is causing a lot of sore feelings among Madsen supporters. The opposition to the Farmer-Labor party will not support Robke in the finals but will support Francis Mur ray, the candidate on the democratic ticket. If Robke is nominated Tuesday he will be immediately dropped by those who kidded him into running to help elect Murray. If Madsen is nominated of course Murray has show of election. Big Vote Primary Day However, it looks as if there would be a big vote out Tuesday. It looks as if Dixon, Rankin and Stewart would lead their respective tickets. No one can guess as to the other can didates except Paul whose nomination on the Republican ticket for district judge is conceded. no I WHOLE NATION WATCHES FLIGHT PLANES TO FROID (Continued from p&^e One) some of the larger towns have order ed a "shut-up-shop" day on the 22nd and it will be Froidward on that day—enmasse. And why not? It may he years before this part of the state may be given this recognition again; the day is Sunday, the roads are good, the crops are wonderful and there are now cars enough in eastern Montana so that every man, woman and child can be on rubber tires at the same time. The baseball fit" Economical Transportation Look for the Red Tag! 1 I \ This Car You Get Definite, Known Value has been carefully checked as shown by \/ marks below Stock No. ' When you buy an "O.IC'd" reconditioned used car from us, you can be certain that all such vital units as motor, body, electrical equipment and brakes have been checked and tested and that all necessary repairs have been made. It is a car good for thou» sands of miles of satisfactory service* V Motor v Radiator m SCI vRear Axle J, V Transmission v Starting V Lighting v Ignition V Battery I > v'Tires I v Upholstery vTop v Fenders % 7 » V Finish PETERSON COMPANY Plentywood, Moot. i CLAUSEN CHEVROLET CO, Dooley, Mont. BEN BERGIE Medicine Lake. Mont. GILBERT OLSON Dagmar, Mont. QUALITY at low COST PRODUCERS game in itself i s -worth the effort to go miles to see. The neighboring towns have stepped into the spirit of the event and have indicated that they will join with us, bring their bands and march into the gathering in a body. Culbertson, Plentywoo.:, M-.. erne Lake, Homestead, Bainville, McCabe and all the others. Willis ton, too, and down as far as Glen db'c, Miles City and west to Glasgow anc Malta. _ _ , . . . o fS^ zem * n ' y 11 .--Approximately d,900 extra harvest bands will be needed to harvest the 1928 gram crop in Montana, according to information et l ^ J* G. Taylor, director of the Montana extension service, at dis + nc ^i con Terences of county agncul turai agents held at Malta and Great *alls last week. Previous to the meetings, agents of central and nor them Montana counties made a sur v ey of harvest labor requirements for their counties. The number of extra hands required for the present crop exceeds that needed for handling the record breaking crop of 1927, says Mil/^ a ^ or - Ano iigurcs compiled by Air* Xâylor have beensent to Georp E Tucker, director of the federal farm labor di -1 ^sion at Kansas City, and to Barclay Craighead, chief of the division of r and publicity of the state de Partment of agriculture, so steps may e a supply the labor* Last year, under a co-operative arrange ™ ent between federal and state labor labor offices Bring Livirft Tft3 home people arc expected to hnug their lunch, smee the difiercnt associations who will undertake to supply the multitude will be taxed to their utmost to care for those who come from a longer distance. 390« EXTRA HARVEST HANDS ESTIMATED TO BE NEED OVER STATE Extension Service Director Compiles Figures from Requests of County Agents; Labor Offices May Be Op ened. gmed at Bainville, Havre and Great Mr. Taylor has requested that "f.. 1 ! 6 opened at these points Vmjam year. «*PO*t* ■[rom county agents indi cate that harvesting of winter wheat start b Ç<™ee n July 25 and Aug. 1 £ lth possibilities of delays in some b * ca f e of the lateness of the J®" 0 "* s P«n* heat also probably 1 not mature as early as ordman jj man y Parts of the state and it ? expected that not many men will be , needed for harvesting this be £H5 e 16 to 15. Tbe provable extra labor require f° r harvest this year for the important wheat counties in northern a , central Montana, according to! Mr. Taylor's report, follow: „Sheridan county, 600; Daniels, 300; S^V 400 '' Roo « evelt , 400 ; Richland Chouteau, 260; Judith Basin, lb0 i, Teton ' 200 > Pondera, 360. In all , these counties labor wilt be need-1 ed from August 1 to 10, except in T Çt° n and Ponder», where the demand Wl11 come about 10 days later --- crop SlUMPY TENDENCIES ON AU LIVESTOCK and âi„ S n.Xr f „Mgï c TC C ) South st. Paul, Minn., July 10— Specialties in the fed steer line were the one bright spot in the cattle trade today, other lines ruling weak and generally lower. Two mixed year «T/TIk C f r i n - ed ^J 5 * 25 witb $13.75 to taking the bulk, grassy kinds gomg at $13.00 down. She stock held to a $(.2o to $8.50 schedule for cows, ne iters at $8.50 to $11.25, cutters r0 «o cA 1° $6.75, and bulls at $8.00 to $6.00. Vealers sold steady to strong with $14.50 the popular prices for good lights. Stockers and feeders maintained a firm basis with steer sales at $8.75 to $10.75, cows and heifers from $6.50 to $9.00. «inn prwADn Win t !. ARD ^ • ill be paid for the apprehension and conviction of the party or par Les who visited my place in Section V„?*™? bip t 3 ; 3 ' Eaa K e 5! on or about midnight of the 21st day of tnnk inn d ^? ke * ck of 011 taI i and Äw- ß -i ns # ßaS ' a < I uar î tlt y of lubricating oil, all my groceries to the value of $25, ropes, harness lines, «iîin tT traCt °£ Î 0 / vala ® of abo . ut |1UU. m case of information advise Sven O. Myhre, Flaxville, Montana, l ' p • 200 FARMERS START STATE TOUR JULY 15 10 from Idaho Will Join Montana Farmers; Diversified Agriculture to Be Studied. Bozeman, July 11.—When the 200 or more farmers of northern Mon tana start on their tour through cen tral and southeastern counties of the state to see how crop producers in these areas manage enterprises, they will be joined by at least 10 farmers from Idaho. The Idaho group is es pecially interested in wheat growing and plans to visit the central Mon tana experiment station to study op eration of the furrow drill and meth ods being devised for controlling soil blowing. They also want to visit the Camp bell farm farm at Hardin which is on the schedule of the "traveling confer ence" arranged by the Montana ex tension service. The objective of the tour for all those from the various counties who will make the trip is the Huntley pro ject and other farming sections near Billings where some of the most high i y developed systems of diversified agriculture in Montana are underway, Farmers of Teton, Pondera and Cas ca d e counties will assemble at Great Falls July 15 for the journey to the central Montana experiment station, w here they will be joined by farmers f rom Valley, Phillips and Blaine coun ties, and those from Idaho for a tour 0 f the experimental grounds and visits to Judith basin farms, Farmers of Richland county will j oin Custer county farmers for a visit to farms in the Miles City area July ig. Rosebud county farmers will meet ty farmers from the Manhattan area, whore su^sr boots aro boincr errown SX Stime wUl^trave" direct tS Billings. All groups will meet at the Huntley experiment station, July for a tour of the stati on plots and outstanding farms on the project, The party will then break up into different groups and trips have been arranged for those interested in the various kinds of agriculture the group at Forsyth. Gallatin coun 17 Dry i and whea t growers will the Campbell farm at Hardin and irrigat e d farmers will have an opportunity to visit truck farms, sugar beet farms, general livestock combinations. The entire group will meet again at Laur e l, Wednesday night to start the trip through the Clark Fork valley to the Shoshone project. The rest of the wee k will be spent in Yellowstone Park , concluding with a visit to the Montana experiment station at Boze man and farms of the Gallatin valley, y n , . , . . Ä , . ^wioad, round, winter cut,, winter peeled, white cedar posts at from 30 * ents t .°. 80 cents, depending on size *? r ., qu ; ck 8ab V Thw » fine stock Minnesota, See Chas. E. i J aylor ' Plentywood, or Bert Herron, ** a y mon d the P°sts are at Raymond. i V 1 ,® 8 * P 0 ®* 8 ar ! exceptionally, desir I a . f ? r f i awn fencing and sell for ; about half asual P nce - There to only a carload of these posts. ROUND CEDAR POSTS FOR SALE Mother: "Betty, why don't you and Archie play house together?" Betty: "No, Mamma; we would rather play something there isn't any quarreling in." PLENTYWOOD IS I "You have to come home to appre ciate your own country," says How ard M. Lewis, lawyer, on his return from a flying trip to California. Mr. Lewis went from Plentywood to the coast and from there nearly to San Diego, traveling over five different railroads and visiting a great number of relatives in seven different places; but, upon returning he declared that "Plentywood is Plenty Good." ; "You can see," he said anywhere in California, the spectacle of promoters selling sand and sun shine to the tourist for $1,200 acre * Th ®y take the desert lands, PLENTY GOOD almost an pUTnp water on I*' plan ttrees, put up a club house, and run excursions, and then they sell that land to the butcher and the baker and the candle stick maker, and the widow of the deacon on the banks of the Wabash, as a place in which to spend their last days, and have 'income without inconvenience. "There is," he said, "no market for fruit > w lth the single exception of oranges and lemons; as the fruit is ripe it must be sold or it rots. It cannot be stored. I > n and as soon imam lilteiSi ; ,\v,v. V» v * •*.* • : ; V*,*I • ' WmïÊmmmkx I i. fi: ■ m . «tel MÉF v ✓/ I n \ .• :i j. Mm 7fS 1 'I 7< 7. y 4 % z I 7 A v Every boy wants a BROWNIE A ND every boy would have one, if his par ents could foresee the fun for him in pic ture-making—and the thrill for them in seeing the results. All the Brownies—they're low as $ 2 —are on display at this store. Get your boy's Brownie today Miller's Pharmacy Plentywood, Montana saw them harvesting wheat on some of this land and I tested the produc tion and found they were raising on ly 16 bushels to the acre, on irrigated land. We can make money at 16 bushels to the acre on $10-an-acre land, but they certainly cannot do it. Their only hope flg in selling these lands to the tourists. And they ap parently are doing a land office busi ness at that." On the business map of the Unit ed States there are many dark spots u giiiiiiüi«iii | iii |i| n | ii" | i || " | " ||| i | n || l |i l |i > | „ || l | , l | |,|„ l nii|||,ininii|inii|inniintiin«miiininiininii. l ...i.„.„r I = ■, V»m | »nm»nr | »mmimnnr'iim.n n'nn l inminmtn t ;r'|iniiin ii'*"£*<tM«Miii|iiiMiiiii>iiii!.|ti|n«. il'iCll'.' a 33 E3 : CSj Delicious Steaks Our Specialty m n-'j V. i •a 1 22 EAT li i LVJ at the— 1 CITY CAFE v: •j V ill ■ Ë LXJ HARRY KOIKE. Prop. I Plentywood Montana î • -X 'Ä — n y i,l l,ll,ll * ll * ll * l< >l | *IHIHIHllHl>HIIHimmnmiltnlli«ii«iiliniil;ilHn«iili.«li«H»!;»iilii«iimiiH^i. _ 5 --- — HEADS UP! FOR THE Divide County Fair CROSBY, N. DAK. Baseball T ournament PLENTYWOOD WITH "HAPPY" FELSCH DILLAGE'S CUBANS WITH "SWEDE" R1SBERG KENMARE WITH "STEAMBOAT" WILLIAMS Divide Co. Day EXHIBIT ENTRIES MADE BASEBALL, SPORTS, FREE ACTS TUESDAY July 17 WEDNESDAY July 18 Everybody's Day BASEBALL — SPORTS FREE ACTS— RACES Farmers Union Day Speakers: C. C. Talbot, N. Dakota Farmers of Spo rts THURSDAY July 19 TWO HOURS FREE ACTS—TWICE DAILY—fT-Y ING C IRCUS— SIEBRAND SHOWS __ BOWERY DANCING DAILY—ALAMO AND CROS . _ BY BANDS _ ~CROSBY, JULY 17-18-19 Thatcher Complete Program Baseball—Free Acts-Rac fP showing poor business conditions. The most of the map is gray, showing fair conditions,! financially; but, except for a small spot around Los Angeles and a slightly smaller one near San Francisco bay, there are few light areas west of the Mississippi river except the big white^H^H eastern Montana." Mr, Lewis says that he has found out why they all come back to Plen tywood that is, at least the major reason therefor. covering one