The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 16, 1918, Page 3

& Y A 4 q a , 1 4 % 1 / a! re ‘y a “ i { 4 4 ‘i wo YN " ” ¢ . ‘ only in country districts. Nonparty Chief Seems to Take Pride in Libérality Which vest iueet wish tne farmers who are Gives Members Opportunity to Delegate Primary | Election Rights to Forty-Nine Men, ew he A formal.cali for. the Nonpartisan | of men who are “right” with Townley. curing the results denied. league precinct. caucuses, ; announced | Equity, Farmers’{ union and Grange | / soe time ago for Rebruaty 22 in the, men, who have not paid their $16 into independent press of the state, has | the league treasury, will have no, voice 4 been issued,by A,.C. Townley of St.| in’ the league cauc Paul, president of the ,National Non-|in the assembly. ; the result is to be made to National i Nonpartisan league headquarters, ‘and league be laid open for resolution and j mutual benefits. should'there chance to slip in a déle- \.~~H-00.00-. 222 en nnn | a county office-holder; George A. Tot: fact he said there was no reason to leave the. statue. : parisan league, as follows: “By authority of the national and | state: officers of the league you are hereby called to meet in your voting precincts at 2 o’oclock p.*m. of Washington’s birthday, Feb- ruary 22, 1918. at “This meeting is;for the object. of choosing the delegates to the legisla- tive district conventions: who — will name candidates for legislative office in North Dakota and who will select the league’s candidates for state and national offices, * “Duty‘again faces you. If you be- lieve in good government and the rule of ‘the people, you will be faithful to your trust and will be on hand. The : people of the state must stand by their guns, or the advantage they” have gained in two years of glorious strug- gle for their rights will be lost. “Friday, Febtuary 22, is the most important:day of all the year for the voters of North Dakota. That is the day you act to choose the men who will’ Yepresent' you: That’ is the day you prove that ‘democracy is ‘alive in North Dakota. t & “Many of your sons are at the front fighting for democracy abroad. On this ‘day, on ‘whith we celebrate the bitthday of a great and noble Americ- an‘ who fought’ with the sword to make’ democracy posible on the Amer- ican ‘continent: you are to have the privilege of using the peaceful. power of your advice and ‘your vote to keep démoctacy ‘safe in America. “Your. friends, your nélghbors, your féllow ‘citizens of North Dakota and the United States trust in you to do your duty. - | i “A, C, TOWNLEY, **| ine . “President.” ''Tis'An Old One. ‘“The’ privilege of using the peace- ful power of your advice” to keep/| democracy’ safe in America is again delegated by’President Townley, as it was two years ago, and the old “boss- ridden” caucus and. convention sys- tem is once more resorted to, in licu of the--primary ssystem: which North ‘Dakota ‘régarded-a vittory-‘for democ- racy, at its ihception’ some years ‘ago. The legislative district conventions, following ‘the précinct caucuses, will select legislative tickets and name delegates: to the state convention, one from each of ‘the 49 legislative dis- tricts, and these 49 men wil determine whom league members may vote for ag candidates for state office on prim- ary election day. It is not regarded robablé ‘that the league will again ‘est its strength by seeking to nom- inate men on two tickets, as it did two years ago, when Patrick M. Casey of Lisbon’ league candidate for treasur- er, failed td make the grade. It is pre- dicted that al state officers will be fiominated ‘in the guise of Republican candidates, to obviate the necessity for s¢ratched ' ballots, which the Tedgue' claims ‘contributed to its de- féat in the cast of Casey. First You Pay Your Money. In the precinct caucuses to be held February 22, only league members ‘will be allowed to vote. New members may be taken in at ‘the caucuses by vote of the’farmers present, but only if they are bonafide farmers, AND ‘PAY THEIR MEMBERSHIP DUES. While thé league button would indi- cate that the organiaztion is one com- bining the-farmer and the laborer, labor is to have no voice in ‘the choice |= Of league “candidates ‘for’ legislative and ‘state offices. Furthermore, caucuses willbe held ‘League mhembers living’ in cities or incorpor- ated villages must purge themselves of their environment by journeying to |: their nearest couutry Hel ee to take part in the caucus, andstheh they may participate only .by vate of resident members. At the legislative district conventions; which Will follow in short order, no delegatestwill be recognized from city or incorporated village pre- cincts. 5 AS aa Gosh,-But It’s Tough: Townley’s @rder in this respect will rule out such good leaguers:as Frank Packard: and George Wallace of the tax commission, both of ‘whom are legal residents of Bismarck; Karl Kositzky, state auditor; ‘Thomas Hall, secretary of state; W. J. Prater, land commissioner, arid a number’ of ‘oth- ers, all Of: whom are established cit: izen§* of ;Bismarck. John N: Hagan, commissioner of agriculture-and labor, fs ‘out of it’ unless some country pre- cfact gives him permission to parti- cipate in its caucus and the same is true of A. S, Olsness, commissioner of insurance, and “Judges Robinson, Grace‘and Birdwell, league members of the supreme court. !“Atter the ‘precinct caucuses have convened and a credentials committee has excluded all individuals not en- titled (p seats, and a chairman and secretary, have been named, a pre-ar- ranged. list of candidates proposed as delegates to the district convention. twill be presented, and the man ‘re- aiving a majority of all the ballots cast becomes the precinct’s delegate to'the district convention will ‘be’ pre- fiented, and the man receiving a ma- fority of all-the’ ballots cast becomes the precifict’s delegate to the. district ¢onvention. Care will be taken in ad- vaiice\to-insnre the presence on. these of the names only | i} s and no place A prompt report, of Nonpartisan | gate of: whom the National headquart:! ers does not approve, he will be prop- erly attended to. Back to the Soil. The same program, under the same rules, Mr. Townley announces, will be carried) out in Minnesota on Wash- ington’s birthday. “In Minnesota to- day,” says President Townley, “there are many more members of the league than there were in North Da-| kota two years ago, There are also in| the cities of Minnesota tens of ‘thous- ands of labor men -ground down by) the big interests, who are only await-| ing opportunity:to joim with their fellow-workers on the farms to elect tion, thousands of Minnesota farmers | who never havesheard the league mes-| sage before, are reading the daily papers}) and are learning that Min- nesota Jhas an autocratic form of gov- ernment—a government that reguses | to allow free speech: and peaceful. gs-| semblage.” era | The tens of thousands of labor men whom ‘the league will permit to vote | for its .candidates. in..Minnesota are not to have a voice in the selection c/| the men. who are to select these can-) didates, by and with the aproval of the All-High, President Townley has written to all Minnesota members of the league a circular letter emphasiz- | ing the need of care in the selection | of delegates. Only men who can be| trusted implicitly’ by the farmers! should be elected; says Mr. Townley.) The farmers should beware of the men who are too friendly with law-| |yers, politicians and business inter- ests and “city fellers”” generally. “Gen- | uine on-the-soil farmers Should be) elected. ident. Some of the Genuine. Among the “genuine, on-the-soil farmers” whom league has put in, or retained in of-| get the benefit of tl raw materials Steel for Studeba Average increase The average increase —perhaps 50% more. Studebaker builds a fact, everything that again. your Studebaker, the greatest valu _(a' Studebaker Car meen itdodt ut eatgnneteeananineann a true people’s goyernmént. ‘In -addi- |, Pig Iron (from ‘Which cylinders are cast) Sheet Steel (used. in bodies and fenders) ... He Forging Sieel (for crank shafts, cam shaft, connecting rods ete.) expensive even at low prices me “OLD CAUCUS AND CONVENTION — SYSTEM AS. RARE PRIVILEGE sisisscs's WOULD::GONSIDER NONPARTISAN : LEAGUE PLAN WITH THE FARMER (tte story by Diair ——— Lewiston, Mont., Feb. 16.The Lew: lution which in effect advocates that, > business interests of the north- n@mbers of the Nonpartisan league ind.conduct a full, fair, impartial and ‘yen discussion of the organization .nd its: aim.-to determine whether it * ‘he best possible vehicle for pro-i The‘resolution adopted calls the at- tention to the meeting of the Farmers’ State Tax conference in this citv on} h 12, 13 and 14, extends the or-) tion a cordial invitation to be) "s guests, and recommends that the Nonpartisan ! Ba the of fhe conference ten, ex-minister, ex-newspaper man, ex-abstracter, ex-everything but farm. er; G..E. Vermilya, a hasn’t had a country parish for years, if he ever had one; Pat Casey, who has been banker and stock salesman and promoter, but hardly an “‘on-the- soil” farmer for-some years past; Bill Langer, who has snuggled close to a Dolitical job ever since he left law col- lege; N. A, Mason, who was an under- taker.'and insurance agent combined, and others, entirely too numerous to, mention. i FEBRUARY TERM ° BEGINS IN MOTT Mott, U. D., Feb. 16—The February term of the Heltinger county district court. opened here this week with! Judge W. C. Crawford on the bench. | Four new citizens were made during | the week, and there are 107 civil ac-) tions and one criminal ‘case t> be! tried. | GERMANIA TO BE. MELTED TO GIVE | HUNS SOUVENIRS | St, Paul, Minn, Feb. 16—The huge | bronze statue of “Germania,” which‘; | rises three stories above the entrance | sssseeccscceccossccccesepeccerseses:| of the Germania building may be melted into souvenirs for distribution bzy American soldiers to Hindenburg | and the Kaiser when they are driven from, teritory now . occupied: on the} western front. | The big statue, representing Ger-| That is the way North Da-| mania with the Teuton shield in the | ees. kota won-its freedom from political! jeft hand and the German flag in the| + despotism. That is the way Minneso-' right, is going to come down if Val| ta can win,” winds up the league pres- | J, Rothschild, St. Paul agent of the | | Guardian Life Insurance. company | | which owns! the’ building has his way. | Numerotis requests have been re-| the Nonpartisan! ceived by iM.‘ Rothschild from St. | Paul citizens. asking that the offensive . fice in‘ North Dakota are Frank Pac-; statue be removed. The name of the kard, chairman of the state-tax-com-| building is to be mission, newspaper'man; W. J. Prat-| Guardian Life Insurance. Mr. Roths- ér, land commissioner; for many years } child said tonight, and in vie wof this changed to the | i SUSCANAUCUROUAOUEUCDOGUGUSUEGONEROGUEQUGUEGODOGNOOOEONONEOUOUGESEORAUQUOOUGENDOnOUEUNOUNOUOOCUEOOOvOGOONONUOUONOOUOONOD Buy Your Studebaker | now---get the benefit of peace-priced materials » yt. before this country declared war. +. Studebaker paid: Peace Prices-—not War Prie : hese Peace: Pri Ker Springs Paints BO ten $ = Varhishes 50 i ; . ! : LC : Alay tec 40 eau Company which, in four years, has done a 2 ee eis ee business in excess of $100,000,000, there are = Windshields 20 eae 91.20 per cent. in these costs of material: buy these materials today, Studebaker cars would cost at least one-third more Studebaker has just enough of this material to build the Series 18 Cars ; y these increased. prices. cannot tell‘what the prices of Studebaker ears will be in the future. We lave not mentioned the sharp inereases/in all production costs due_to ad- vanees in the cost of manufacturing machine new car it will have to pa enters into the construction of autom We do know that the prices of. the present series of Studebakers, while they, ‘«* lust will probably, not be equaled again for five years or more—perhaps never Vader the above conditions you cannot afford to wait longer: before buying ‘A. Studebaker Car at its present price, based largely on the cost of material pought and paid for long before this country declared war, is undoubtedly @ on the market today. PERHAPS WiLL YOU BE ABLE TO BUY SO GOOD A CAR AT SO LOW. A PRICE, Certainly not for several years. Then isn’t NOW the best time to invest in iE BISMARCK MOTOR CO. C.Bettech, Mgr. ¥ Ga BIEMAROK EVENING TRIBUNE fundamental purpose of chambers of forty of society, blackmailers, and aj minister who ,cele>ration with as much Jocal inter- | George IIf sta | times placed. at, the mercy of ur ulous persons who attempt to put a s for the material and you will es if you buy a Studebaker Car. NOW. Below is a partial list which shows the increase in the price of some of the nce Studebaker bought the material to make Series 18 Cars. . 200 per cent increase 200. “ “ 200. ee ye 8 labor, overhead, taxes—and, in Bismarck, N. D. PU « |paa construction on their innocent{climax is reached that is entirely un- Kolnitz (played, pate} ing), attempts acts is shown in “The Silent Sellers,” | expected. The way in which the | A i elf ‘and, & 1a Metro Wonderplay' adapted from tle Tale,” a society journal of gossip,! Biuasl “in he pee ponition. Hall in “Snappy | comes into the story, and guides the Areporiér on the “Tattle Tale ‘unmask Stories,” starring that superb actress, | destinies of all concerned, is unusual | covers this, and determines to Mme..Petrova has the| him. Before the incident is. cloaéd, Sutphen, the brilliant! the government itself takes @ hand-in SOMMERCE This five-act feature |and amazing. part of Laura Mme. Petrova, will be see nat the Orpheum Theatre fe problems be. open for a Rigs offer common ground. | tonight only. | hostess at whose week-end party the! the affair, and dramatic events’ fol- sdetlared in the resolution of] “in the case of the Silence Sellers,"}events of this taschnaiing story cul-|low eac hother in quick successi¢n. ‘he local-organization that it is the j minate. “phe Silense Sellers,’ is a photoplay secret service agents baffle the ! A distinguished foreigner, Herr Yon of unusual interest. ‘Commerce to ‘advance every. worthy interest of, the farmers and to pro- | mote and encourage every meritorious | and patriotic: organization of farmer and business man alike and that the J evistence of antagonistic: and preju- diced feelings are detrimental to, the; interésts of all. } | The resolution, which stands as a} model it is hoped other chambers of the northwest will adopt, is an open} invitation to the farmers to meet the | business’ man and see if there may} tt be some) common ground of ‘oper: | ation on whieh they may meot for} At What Price Would You. Sell Your Silence? SEE MME. PETROVA in “The Silence Sellers’ A 5-Act Metro Wonderplay of Love & Society Blackmail ° When_the figure is taken down a/ est as was the pulling down of the e in revolutionary INJURED MEXICAN RECOVERING Caesar Hermandez, the Mexican who was shot by Horace Ward, ;Bald- | win hotel man, is recovering nicely in the St. Alexius hospital, ' | SURPRISES MANY.IN. METRO, WONDERPLAY “THIRST”, A Two-Reel Keystone Comedy | Tonight 7 Tonight Only QRPHEUM ||" $985, chassis only, f. 0. b. Detroit. Electric THEATRE lights. ‘Electric generator. Worm drive. 10- foot loading space. 2400 pounds. memers are some. erup: | How society All Masons, their Families, Sweet: hearts and Visiting Friends, are cordially inyited to attend the— INFORMAL DANCING PARTY | —given by— | Bismarck Lodge No. 5, | A. F. and A.M. | TONIGHT | ‘Masonic Temple i O’Connor’s Orchestra | Tickets $1.00 Dancing 8:30! Loden’s Battery Shop WILLARD STORAGE. | BATTERY STATION | ooccsasereeeseeeseee | POLCSIT EOL T EL ESELI OTT ee WANTED TO BUY BAND UNSTRUMENTS Wi buy your used instru- ments for cash, . Send description. Creck on acceptance. Address W. T. Christianson, Musical Inst. Lari || , More brains than metal pee are used in building this Brains are hard to find and come high, but they are the cheapest in the long run. Ina great organization like the Maxwell Motor many great minds. : These great, minds have found a way to make trucks stronger, yet lighter in weight (more thought and less metal went into the truck). These great. minds have found ways to build them better, yet at less cost. yy, That’s. one reason why you can buy & Maxwell for $400 less than any other truc of similar capacity in the world, = That’s one reason why the Maxwell has-a verdict of close to 100% perfect from its service record based on the 6600 Maxwell . trucks now in use. . Co. 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