The nonpartisan leader. [volume], April 12, 1920, Image 9

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Paul Association and Minneapolis
Civic and Commerce association and
C. M. Babcock, state highway com
missioner, reconsidered their stand
and invited him to speak at a meeting
of county commissioners and auditors,
who will meet in St. Paul and Minne
apolis April 8 and 9. The meeting was
called to boost the $100,000,000 Bab
cock amendment providing for 7,000
miles of paved highways. Senator Lee
is advocating a larger system, which
will provide a graveled road to every
farm in the state.
Attorney General Bill Langer of
North .Dakota, now I. V. A. candidate
for governor of North Dakota, was
advertised to speak before the St. Paul
Association (commercial club) March
24, but canceled his engagement. Ap
parently Langer feared his appear
ance before the club would not help
his candidacy among the farmers.
IDAHO
While much has been said in the op
position press concerning residents
leaving North Dakota "on account of
the Nonpartisan league," it is doubt
ful if there is a state where old resi
dents are leaving as fast as in Idaho.
A letter to the Idaho Leader from a
farmer reads: "I have been a resi
dent of Idaho for 18 years. Now the
taxes are so prohibitive that I do not
see where I am going to get off if I
.stay in the state any longer, so I am
going before the present state admin
istration gets everything I have. Idaho
used to be a good state. Now the
politicians have taken our rights by
killing the primary, have set a state
constabulary to watch us, have creat
ed a political machine in the interests
of the trusts, have more than trebled
our taxes and in general have made
life in Idaho misery instead of joy. I
am going to California, but I shall be
a League booster while there. I hope
and pray for success for the League
in the campaign so that those who
are now living in Idaho will not be
broke by the gang which is now in
power."
The Idaho Power company has ask
ed the public utilities commission for
an increase of 60 per cent in irrigation
pumping rates. Farmers declare such
an increase will result in putting a
majority of them out of business.
Hearings are now on before the utili
ties commission and the power com
pany has threatened to curtail irriga
tion power to the farmers unless the
commission grants this exorbitant in
crease
Cooks and waiters of Boise recently
demanded 50 cents per day increase in
wages for women restaurant workers.
This would mean a minimum of $3 per
day for.the waitresses. If they fail to
win this increase they will open a co
operative restaurant.
SOUTH DAKOTA
A rank fake was pulled off by the
Wood-Norbeck machine at the
eleventh hour of the recent primary
campaign. In an effort to keep League
and independent voters out of the Re
jublican primary, the entire front page
of the South Dakota Leader was re
produced in circular form, with the
addition of a box in the center advis
ing League voters to stay out of the
primaries. This was mailed to
League members by the Wood forces,
with intent to convey the impression
that it came from League headquar
ters.
The Northwest Square Deal, anew
daily paper supporting the cause of
the organized farmers and laborers of
South Dakota, has been launched at
Aberdeen, making its first appearance
March 17. It is a creditable iand
newsy sheet, carrying the United Press
wire service and the Federated Press
mail service. The $250,000 of stock
is owned by well-to-do farmers of
Brown county, including many Lea
guers. W. W. Cadle, formerly a
League speaker, is editor and man
ager.
The Equity Trading company of
Faith, S. D., owned and controlled by
farmers of Meade, Perkins and Zie
bach counties, is doing much to re
duce the high cost of living and save
money for its members. During the
war, when other stores were selling
flour at $3.45 per sack, the company
was able to furnish the same flour to
its members at $2.85 per sack.
IOWA
Municipal elections held March 29
are noteworthy for the number of la
bor candidates elected in the large cen
ters. Sioux City returns it labor may
or. Waterloo has elected Nelson W.
Frisbee and all the others on the la
bor ticket but two. Three of the five
city commissioners' elected in Burling
ton are labor candidates. At Clinton
the labor forces took all but two small
offices.
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Circular free. (I am a strong League
member.)
G. A. KOGER, Meridian, Idaho.
OilPull a^ain breaksWrld Record
ADVERTISEMENTS
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It's easy enough to produce straw but it's hard to get
the kernel without the proper care of soil*
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ALFALFA HONEY
At the Winnipeg tractor contest in 1912 the OilPull established a
world's record for fuel economy in tractor motors by using only .7
pound of fuel per horse-power hour.
For eight years this record stood unequaled. But in January, 1920,
it was again broken by another OilPull. At the tractor fuel economy
tests held by the Ohio State University at Columbus, a 12-20 OilPull
established a new world's record—for either kerosene or gasoline
burning tractor motors—of .606 pounds of kerosene fuel per horse
power hour. This lowered the old OilPull record by over 13%.
Thus, again, in public test has the OilPull tractor demonstrated its
remarkable economy. OilPull economy, dependability and durability
are even better proved by the unequaled record of OilPull perform
ance in the hands of thousands of farmers since the birth of the
tractor industry.
OilPulls are built in four sizes—12-20, 16-30, 20-40 and 30-60 H. P.
It is only fair to mention that but few 1920 OilPulls remain unsold.
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