The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 23, 1918, Page 3

ANONYMOUS LETTERS WRITTEN FROM ST. PAUL ENDEAVOR TO Dawson Man Who Exposed Townley’s Chain Store of our money. 1am no a great law | bom into the dense owds of} 1887 to 1891, an nor a student. {ike Arthur LeSueur and Bill mae }men who have made a_ business ot | this sort of thing. I'm just com mon, ordinary farmer, one of the 90,- 000 in North Dakota. 1 was content "BONE, do my est to see ase: NQ PRISONERS; FRENCH AIRMEN FINN CAPTIVES tt HONS’ ig Iden: educational institutions in New Eng- land; died’ here today. He was 89 y old. He served in the Civil war ‘and was brevetted ‘Colonel PORN CR ERE RIPEN TOF |. pr, Sprague had written extensively DAKOTA 'VARSITY DEAD.!on educational and sociological sub- jects. | troops and returning for more ammu- baile z Scheme Replies to Critic Who Was Too Cow- ardly to Sign His Communication IN THE FIGHT TO SEE IT FINISHED: to give him Loyal Leaguer Declares He Will Not Quit Until Everyone Knows Truth —+_—_ All of the vitup ive animosity which the Townley c s command —and, through much practice, tne have become past masters of the ar has been through the Townle. epi press at J. G. Ingle. the Daws er who dared to call ta ta who called North Dakot loyal farmer “= D——, had to bedriven ‘0 the poil, have a report ‘of that meeting in the league papers, and I waited for we ance to print the stor, in the league’s own papers, every league memver would read ii, and he didn't do a thing—just let it slide. ‘He was afraid to tell. what he really said,-or to let»people know w hat} happened ‘in that meeting,‘ If there has been any betrayal, Mr. Townley,:who has taken sev- eral million dollars of our money ~ and now tells us that what he in- tends tg do with it is “None of our: G—— D—— business” is the bex* trayer. | have read a great Weal about that “Get-Rich-Quick-Wall- ingford” fellow, but | never read any trick of his that was quite as raw as this. It isn’t enough to {knows it is hard enough where | ~ his invitation, and all we asked or ex . in this ‘deal, without any help or sug: ,, going to give up all my time this; swindic a bunch of trusting fol- lowers out of ‘their money, but they must be “G—— D——J” in the bargain. --—-- elm club.” ct content ‘with cr ng Ingle ia the Nonpartisan pre the Aled as centered upon him a Piign of anonymous letter writing " bY ri One ot these letters, typical ot ETE TERN aS lot, was received by Mr. Ingle ef My sirlends:all knows) he ‘had been called upon at his farm | at Dawson by a representati Nonpartisan Leader, who asked hit to put the still pedal’ on that famou: Chain Store meeting in the Grand Pa- Rea hurt us in North Dako- j} and decent and make a good citize ta,” said this emissary of Townley. jthese United States, and I never be “We've got the farmers in this state ifore have been used of failing to just where we want them—but you a 4 Tae eocd < . hurting us in other states.” he writer of this letter is, as [| The etter which. Mn ines anéwers| have reason io believe, one of Town-| below was written on’ blank cheet| YS hired hands, he | speaks the | of paper, with a typewriter, but un Huth when he says: “The ‘way! paper carries a St. Paul watertaark means of the exploiting interests are which is familiar. ie some extent known to me, and I as, | Know how they make suck The Letter. those: that can be worked Mr. J. G. Ingle, fully will get into the next degree ant Dawson, ‘No. Dak, | become dupes.” Dear Sir: | Driven to the Polls. The writer has with much interest | The Townley chain store agents read your communication re-printed) Certainly do know their business. in the Normanden from the Fargo| their story sounded smooth to me; Forum not being posted on what hap-!| | thought it was a chance to do pened at the Bismarck meeting you r something for the league and for fer to 1 must take it for granted that. ™y neighbors, for myself and for your write up is correct, but can't the cause we all believe in. | was help but come to the conclusion that) just one of several thousand (Mr. Townley considered yours and oth | dupes, whom Townley called ers opposition to him as a framed up Nothing but a set of G— D——d affair, ‘backed by the inte hogs.” who “had to be driven to now serve, hence lost his tempe | the polls with a ——elm club to “We must judge men by the com-| Make them vote,” That's what pany they keep, and ‘the fact that Townley thinks about me, and you considered it expedient to join the that’s what he thinks about every Tom and Jerry crowd who constantly farmer in North Dakota. He has endeavor to work in favor of the found, us 80 easy that he Uellyes talists exploiting interests to the derti-, ¢ ¢an “rub it in” now and get ment of the producers of this and oth-| @Way with it. For one, thank God, er ‘states, clearly indicates your posi-| | don’t have to stand for it. tion, | wouldn’t stand for it from Mr. ‘Hoping your newly selected friends,| Townley any more than I'd take it who in the past have proved them-) fom any other cheap shyster. selves very liberal to those’ willing to, betray the people's cause, will see to! it that you need not stick close to the| fj neither admire my wisdom an@ great- soil after this. ‘ oat To progressive citizens, those who} ness in my presence nor ridicule me behind my back, or they may do both have the: welfare of the state and of these th If they do it will be like: your citizenship was hyphenated.| Store gang have been doing for the suckers.and those that can be worked | | the league, your attack on Townley at-| SA DY 24 tS we can. get him the league is easil and if he does we will make him a, ence admire your wisdom and great- from the tail-end exploiters of a small | TO 'MY UNKNOWN ADVISOR:— the producers of the state in vie and Brinton The ways and means of the exploit last several months while they have successfully will get‘in to the ale fects every mem er of the league, your arguments are strictly in line with the & site (Un) 's whose program is q nam disposed of, if we can't ‘get hi saint. ness—behind your back make you an! town. Writers of letters which’ they are too w ridiculous | ed ¢ - | &o s were born in but they had beco c me on earth in Ohio, 66 years » and | have," | spent a life-time try to be | | A Plain Farmer. My newly selected friends may (is Bewarvofcounte its NIGHT 7:30 & 9:00 MATINEE 4:15 P.M. considering your attitude toward the 2° more than Townle Townley and the, league, it appears and Elliott and the rest of the chain ing ititeserts are to some extent known! raked.in more than a million dolla: to me and I know how they make! CA ARRH degree and become dupes. NT. While you do not say much against NTAL pLaabeR relieved in. © Baconized pap indicated to be: go after Townle: will tire him out so he will. be willing to take a bribe one way or the other Please remember that your newly selected friends, who in your pres- object for ‘ridicule. -One who is constantly under fire| ig ‘ai irae oMR. INGCU o REPLY. | | | even though it is unsigned, is not e: tirely dark, for it be a St. Paul! watermark which speaks volumes. — | The story that was reprinted in the} ‘Normanden from the Fargo Forum is errect—but it’ ‘isn't “half-the Whole; story. There .1s a lot more thi t should be said’ on this subject and it will be said. ‘Mr, Townley-had no rea- son to-conclude that any crowd: of simple farmers had. framed up any- thing on® him. «:We were there as mémbers of the-league and stockhold-| ers in the Townley ¢ghain stores, ‘at pected were -a few simple facts that| any man who puts his money in Big Businéss’ corporations expects from his company. f The Tom and Jerry of It. As “to- the Tom and Jerry crowd, . there is no Tom and Jerry, so’ far as I am concerned. Old’ “J, GY” is going it alone gestions from anyone. And he tetids to keep going until every farm- er in North Dakota knows what Townley is. Then if the farmers wish} to continue giving their money to; Townley ‘jt is the farmers’-lookout. I don’t think, though, that things shoul: go.on as.they have, and I’ve hired a man to look after,my farm, and Tm) spring and summer. to telling what I/ know about Mr. Townley and what Mr. ‘Townley thinks. about the farmer. I. want to meet Mr. Brinton on this chain-store scheme and discover what has happened to my $100. The New Friends. I have no newly: selected friends. -1 i Byes ‘ own 1s Sy ¥ ‘Stttinas I published iny. story’ ity The line of it. have lived ‘in North Dakota since the seventies: «My friends have known me for almost as long as Mr..Townley has lived.’ 1. don't: have to 2 FP outside of teighborhoc aking: for ACTUAL “SCEN Forum: because there wasn’t a league|| papeér'in' the state that: would print a I asked Mr. Townley to .; reach in family. thi. union or any other organi thought would help th make his lot a little easier, t times. ‘willing to “contribute some x to the league’ or the farmers Why He's Mad. The thing that makes me fight- ing mad; the thing that brought out that Fargo Forum story and that has got me out on the road with my coat off ready to scrap to the last ditch is to think that Townley, in whom the farmers have had so much confidence, and who could have done so much if he had used the Nonpartisan league right, should like the dirty Judas he is sell us out for a little money. God known if Townley wanted more modney the league was willing to give it to him—the leajue would have given him any- thing within reason—before that meeting there in Bismarck Town- _ ley could have had the shirt off my back. But any American hates to be made a monkey of; and it hurts to beat the dickens wheh he’s made a fool of by the man who pretends he is saving him from sometody else. ping to ‘y North Dakota hi thelr es opened to this min Townley and is chain store scheme, and so help e God. the the secret and the y to the whole thing—that’s the id Jerry of tt. + ed): J, G. INGLE. Third Semi-Annual Sale -BY THIE—— SOUTH DAKOTA SHORTHORN BREEDERS ASSOCIATIO} To be Held in D,, Wednesday, Apa 10, 1918 HEAD. 21 Bulls 12 months to 18 months. Huron, s. 14 Bulls 18 months to 11 Bulls 24 months and over. 10 Cows and Calf or Calves by side. CONSIGNORS’ GUARANTEE To be free from disease. To be breeders if given proper care. To point out any known defects when the animals enter the ring. To abide by the final dec directors in case of disputed claims. All bulls will be classified according to age and judged by Prof. J. W. Kennedy. Prizes. will be awarded in the morning. Animals will go through the ring as placed by the Judge. Huron Commercial Club gives a banquet the evening of the 9th in the Odd Fellows Hall to visiting buyers and their wives. Governor Norbeck of South Dakota and Mr, Frank D. Tomson, Editor of Shorthorns in America, will address the banqueters, after which moving pictures of Short- horns at the last International will be shown. Don’t Forget to Bring Your Wife Write O. M. Phelps, Secretary of the-Huron Commer- cial Club if you wish plates at the banquet and a room reserved for the night. D. E. McMONIES, Sales Manager, Huron, S. D. N. G. KRASCHEL. R. HOUSMAN, GEO, D. "ENYART, Auctioneers. WRITE FOR CATALOG 3. Ferry Dispersion: Sale,| ummm OOUNONNOUOOUCOEOOOSUSUOONUSURUOOCUUCCUUNOOSOOSUOONNELOGEUOUOOO! 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