The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 9, 1920, Page 1

_ Encgebe ‘ 1 THIRTY-NINTH YEAR FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, HOUSE BILL 60 SUPERFLUOUS, SAYS, MAN SUSPECTED OF BEING AUTHOR,| som orice man: ARGUING ALL ACTS NOW IN EFFECT William Lemke Contends That Inasmuch 'as Now Constitu- tional Provision Definitely Covers Time When Special Session Laws Become Opera- tive, Legislature Is Its Own Guide Every act of the recent assembly without regard to House Biil 60 is now operative and in full effect for the reason that this was an emergency Se3- sion and because the constitution mukes No special provision as to when acts of a special session shall take effect, insisted William Lemke, vice president of the National Nonpartisan league, in defending in supreme court Thursday afternoon the league's con- tention that passage of constitutionai emergency clauses by a two-thirds vete of each house is not necessary in the case of a special session, Section 67 of the constitution which provides that no act of the general assembly shall become ecective until July 1 fo.- lowing its passage, unless it carries an emergency clause, was declared by Mr. Lemke to apply only to acts of regulur sessions. He asserted thar there was No constitutional provision providing a time when acts of a spe- cial session should become effective. COX NOTES AN OMISSION. Assistant Attorney General E., B. Cox in rebuttal, called Mr. Lemke’s attention to the fact ‘that in quoting constitutional authority for the guid- ance of the legislature, he had over looked the words “except as otherwise provided in the constitution,” which form the concluding Clause in Section 55 of the constitution, which reads in full:’ “The sessions of the legislative assembly shall be biennial. except as otherwise provided in this constitu- tion.” Mr. Lemke had_ insisted only reference to ti of the legislative ass stitution appeared in thi that biennial sessions were specifically designated. : “COULDN'T WAIT. Mr. Lemke argued that had an emergency necessitated legislative ac tion July 2 the acts of that special session could, not, unger the stafe’s attitude, become effective for a whole Year, no matter how urgently the gov- ernor might tieed such legislation, un- Jess an ‘emergency. clause was at- tached. - Lemke insisted the goyeruor was directly responsible tothe, péon's, and had a right to demand-from the assembly such emergency legislation ag he‘might require. Aksbciate Justic:: Birdzeil suggested that legislators also owed a direct responsibility to the pes- ple which might incline them to give acts immediate effect when in, their opinion the emergency and the people demanded it. LEMKE GETS OFF WRONG. Lemke argued that there was a unt versal demand for an immediate r duction of taxes and that a materi reduction had been made by the spe cial session, that the act decreasing this cut in taxes had been given im mediate effect through an emergency clause, while the legislature had failed to give immediate effect to House Bill 44, which reduced approp- priations accordingly. Therefore, said counsel for the respondent,-a marked deficit’ would ‘result. in’ the gen fund unless House Bill 60, giving im- mediate effect to the act reducing ap- propriations, was upheld. < COX CALLS TURN. In rebuttal Assistant Attorney Gen- eral Cox showed that while a cent reduction had been made in sta pprepriations had been reduced i 5 per cent, and that it made comparatively little difference whether the act reducing appropriations went into effect before next July, as the} cut was so slight-as to be negligible in a period of six months. Cox quoted from a statement issue? by State Tax Commission Wall dealing with House Bill 44, showing the total tax raised by state levy, ¢: clusive of soldiers’ bonus, to be 458907, which House Bill 59 reduce: in the sum of $864,500. He found the total reductions in appropriations as; they are figured out by the tax com missioner for the two-year period to| amount to $389,685, put that new and additional appropriations were made in the sum of $142,500, leaving a net de crease of but. $247,185 for the two years. or $125.592 for the current year. DEFICIT CERTAIN ANYWAY. “The taxes for this year,” said Co: “were reduced $864,000; the expenst were reduced but $125,000; while the income of the state wds reduced 25 per cent, the liabilities of the state were reduced but 3.5 per cent. It is thus clear that if the figures of the tax com- inission jn statements which they are sending broadcast throughout the state are correct, Mr. Lemke is wrong. And, regardless of the fact whether; stz House Bill 44 goes into effect now or, July 1, if his argument is correct, the; taxpayers must make up next year a} deficit of approximately $741,000, which deficit will occur accordiing to Mr. Lemke’s argument because House Bill 44 does not go into effect imme- diately.” After considerable argument, which Justice Robinson declared th: if compelled to wait 10 days for th filing of briefs as requested hy Lemke he would wash his hands of the whoie matter. opposing counsel was given until Monday to file briefs and cite authorities. INSURANCE MEN'S MEETING A number of Bismarck insurance men will attend the annual convention of the underwriters’ association of North Dakota: which will be held Sat- urday at Fargo, Among those who - will attend from this city and who leave tonight are F, L. Conklin, C. A. Farton, EB. G. Wanner, C. W. Moses, G. R, Thompson and W. A. Schwartz. 'FIVE INCHES OF SNOW COVERS COLD OKLAHOMA CITY Oklahoma City, Okla, Jan. 9.—- ‘Oklahoma City today lay under five inches of snow and meager reports indicated that the precip- itation was general over the state. Wire trouble was handicapping the weather bureau in gathering reports. The thermometer herg register- ed 22 above. NORTH DAKOTA'S STATE MINES 10 PAY 29CROYALTY ‘Flat Rate Decided Upon to Re- imburse Operators, De- clares Deemy North, Dakota lignite producers whose mines were operated by the state under martial faw from Novem- ber 18 to December 5, will receive 25 per cent net profit for each ton of coal mined by the state, J. W. Deémy, state mine inspector, stated today, In his proclamation Governor Frazier em- powered Director Deemy to pay, at his discretion, from 10-to cen All operators will rece royalty, states the dir of the cost of prodiction or the sellii price of their product. The average profit per ton was reported to be 40 cents previous to the desvliration of 25 25 martial Jaw, which followed a refusal of the operators ‘to. receive District President Drenna ultimatum of a 60 per cent increa in wages for united mine workers, to be paid into ‘the district treasury by the mining companies, and not to the men. “We are merely marking time now until we receive A final report fron our accountants,” said Director Deemy. “I expéct this repert today. As soon as: this information is avnil- able, wé will close our accounts the operators and wind up the state's coal mining business.” i Mr. Deemy stated that reperts as 1% the sonnage mined by fhe-state wwould not be available until eomplete rennr had been made by’ his accountants. SOLDIERS TO TOUR STATE FOR MEN. Recruiting Station Adopts New Scheme io, Enlist Recruits in This Distritt The local recruiting station will start an extensive campaign next week which will continue for severa months for recruits for Uncle Sam's peace time army. Colonel L. ¢. Ben- nett, in charge of this district with headquarters at Aberdeen, S. D., was the plan, Both Corporals Kd Martin and Al- fred Weeks of the local station, will be sent on canvassing trips to the various cites and towns in the central land southwestern part of the state. They will go as far east as pteele, as far north as Washburn and as far west as Beach including all communi- ties between these places. Colonel Bennett announced — that this district furnished 84 men for the army last month of which ‘ismarck contributed its share. The officer stat- ed that the army is securing a very high standard of men and that the opportunities for travel and learning a trade besides the instruction in mil- itary matters appeal to the men, es- pecially those who have already seen service either overseas or in this country. BUSY TIMES MA FOLLOW DECISION ON HOUSE BILL 60 Should the supreme court uphold the | constitutionality of House Bill 60. 2 , question which was argued before that ‘tribunal yesterday, there will be doings at the capitol immediately, It |is expected the governor will at once {name his state sheriff, expected to be j Townley in Golden Valley county. }and former sheriff there; that the abulary will be organized, stants attorney general ay pointed; the smelling committee will begin to smell, and wheels will move rapidly in the furtherance of the league's punitive program, which has been held in abeyance pending a de- ision on House Bill 60. which gives the acts providing for all of this ac- tivisy, immediate effect. WINTER WEATHER PREVAILS OVER MOST SOUTHWEST Kansas City, Mo. Jan. 9—Winter weather prevailed over the greater part of the southwest carly today. Heavy snow was reported in southern Missouri and throughout the greater part of Kansas with consequent delay in train service. Winfield, Kan,, reported a. fifteen- inch precipitation. In Oklahoma 4 severe sleet and snow storm is saia to have caused some damage. ‘endorsed as a tentative candidate for JOIN SCHOOL-ARMY | in Bismarck yesterday and cutlined | 'Seaman A. Smith, old-time friend ot; BURLEIGH LEAGUE TO DROP KING FOR ‘Report Says Senator Is at Outs . With One of Townely’s Old Gangsters Burleigh county nonpartisans met | here this week to consider plans for a county organization, Unconfirmed re- ports are to the effect that Major C. Hi. Russ of the Bismarck bank was the state senate to succeed Senator Carol BD. King, Major Russ denies any knowledge of such endorsement and declares that he is not in politics. Leaguers assert that Senator King. who is completing his first term in the uper house, will retire because of opposition from . old-time _ political bosses Who are sald to be dominating the ccunty organizarfon of the league. Len W. Sperry, q successful young farmer born and reared on a Missouri vottom farm north of Bismarck, is sail to be an independent candidate for * the senate. The league county committee is expected to endorse State’s Attorney Ed S$. Allen to oppose Judge W. T. Ques le for the district judgeship, and “it is ugderstood that J. A. McCarter, a. Bismarck attorney, who has been friendly to the league for some time, will be the nonparty choice for state's attorney. \ MISSQURI SPAN PLANS APPROVED, BY U.S. BUREAU District No. 4 Engineer 0. K.’s Project and Recommends IttoChief - oy Plans, specifications and esti- mates for the million-dollar wag- ou bridge which is to n the ‘Misscurt. between Bismarck and (Mandan bave been approved by A. I, Ostrander, acting engineer for district No. 4, bureau of public roads, at Minneapolis, and have been forwarded to. Washington for the approval of the home office. Federal aid in the sum of about a half-million is sought. The re- mainder will be made up by the counties of ‘Burleigh and Morton, With assistance from : practically. . every other shire an the Slope, - gnd through au-appropriation oi a quarter-millicn made from the state highway funds by the six teenth assembly. \Mngineer Ostrander advises the state highway commission that in addition to approving the plans, specifications and estimates, In the capacity of acting district en- gineer, he has recommended to Washington speedy and favorable action upon the bridge, which stands as federal aid preject No. 109, Bids must be advertised for thirty days, and it is probable that it will be early in March. be- fore the contract can be awarded, providing that Washington acts as promptly as the district engin- eer has, The cortract will be iet at the state highway commission~ offices, and it-is probable that simultancous lettings will be held in Morton and Burleigh counties, ‘FRANCE PRAISES VALOR OF YANKS _IN GIFT. BOOKLET Will Be Distributed to Ail Former Members of Over- seas Organizations | | ( | The booklet culogizing the part Am- erica’s soldiers played in saving; France from the iron heeled Hun in-| vader given by the French people to every former: mnber of the Améri- can Expeditionary Forces has been re- ceived by the recruiting station for distribution to former ‘overseas vet- erans in this vicinity. These booklets will be delivered to all former members of tne A. PB. I. through Loyd Spetz post of the Am- erican, legion under the condftions provided by the war department. An interesting, concise history of the part American troops played in turning the tide of war in favor of the allies forms the leading feature of pamph- let. The recruiting station has received a large supply of these booklets {which the officers in charge will djs- tribute to all former & E. F. men upon presentation of their honorable discharge. Additional supplies~ will be received from time to time by both the legion and the recruiting office. Another testimonial “which — the French government will send to tb country for distribution to parents and wifes of American soldiers who lost their lives in France. This will be known as the French memorial} diploma and a supply of them for lo- cal needs is expected by the recruit- ing office here in a short time. TUBERS AVIATE _-85 CENTS SACK Chicago, I11., Jan, $—Potatoes jump- ed 35 cents a sack on the local mar-| ket today making the biggest increase | in many months. z Only nine cars arrived today while reports from other cities indicate the shortage is general. Today's quota- tion ranged from $435 to $4.50 per ' Cruz because of the opening of a new The story of Henry P. Davison won first foothold on the New York wnking ladder! reveals the stuft he is made of, He had quickly risen from office boy to’ receiving teller in a modest bank at, Bridgeport, Conn., when he read in the newspapers that a new bank was Veing formed in New York. Young Davison wanted to go to New York, He wanted to go badly, In fact, he uiade up his mind that he must get aposition in this new bank. i Armed with a letter from one of he took the afternoon train York and handed in the lett Tl hier treated him most cors dially ‘o cordially that the young is left smiling, altho without any job. His smiles wore off tyhen he got into he train homeward bound and thought matters over. But he was not so easily lieked: Next afternoon, when the bank closed, he again boarded a New York train. The cashier, although somewhat sur prised to see him back again accorc- ed him a very pleasant interview, but explained that it was out of question to engage an out-of-town man as pay- ing teller—that was the office Da son was after, They must have * man with New York experience and of wide acquaintance, The cashier was so frank and mpathetic, however, that for the ‘second time it was a smiling youth who left his presence. The homeward journey, however. dissipated the smiles. He would try again. Next afternoon, for the third time, he started. for New York, more deter- mined than ever to get the place he wanted, “The cashier 1D gone for the day.” was the chilling message he received. “Where does he live?’ asked young Davison, undaunted. Tn half an hour he was ins cashier's home, A servant explained that his employer was dressing to go out to attend a dinner, All right, the visitor would wait, On entering the room the cashier burst out laughing. So did Davison, but only fer a.moment. He at pnee got down to brass tacks. \ He began with all the intense earn- estness he felt: “I Kiiow T am the mun you want for paying teller, Teun help you. 1 feel-embarrassed at hav- ing to say this myself, but there is no one to say it for me. Give me’ the position and I will try to see that you will never Togret. Le ety. 5 af The ardor, the Stneerity and the perseverance of the young man mace such an impression upon the banke: that he became convinced the choice would prove wise. RENEWED LIFE IN OLD VOLCANO HAS | MEXICANS SCARED Intense \Excitement and Panic Reign in Cordova, Orizba and Vera Cruz te the Mexico City, Jan. 9.—Intense ex- eltement and panic reigned among the inhabitants of Cordova and Orizal in the western part of the state of Vera crater of the volcano of Orizaba 15 miles to the north. The new crater is emitting smoke, | Experts Lelieve the reported open- ing of a small and supposedly extinct volcano: at San Miguel and the breai- ing out of a new crater on Mount Or- izaba provide ‘an explanation of the line between the es of Vera Cruz centered with terrific effects along the earthquake which on Saturday night centered with terrific effects along the lint between the states of Vera Cruz and Puebla. 200 DIE AT SAN MIGUEL Mexico City, Jan. 9.—New ad'viccs tell of 200 deaths near San Miguel and in the country district near Cordoba and it seems improbable the final 1 | of casualties will fall below original! estimates of 2,069 even if reports of} 1,000 deaths at Couztlan were exag- gerated. From compilation and com- parison of varying dispatches it is he- lieved 21) villages were completely de- stroyed with almost double that num- ber of towns and villages partially de- molished or badly damaged. SEVEN TOWNS INUNDATED Mexico City, Jan. 9.—Seven towns near Teocelo, south of Jal-} apa, have been overwhelmed by | the earth's disturbance and -a j great lake is covering their for- mer site according to a message received this morning from Te- ocelo thru Vera Cruz. Thirty- four bodies, had: been recovered when the message was filed. | BABY BORN IN MIDST OF HOLOCAUS' AND TWO OTHER PERSONS DIE WHEN FIRE DESTROYS DAKOTA FARM HOUSE Beach, N. D., Jan. 9-—Two per- | sons were burned to death and a baby died from exposure jin the destruction by fire last night of the Harold Holthe farm home four miles from Sentinel Butte. Jacob Knolph. 74, an uncle of the own- er, Mrs, Hasley and an infant child are the victims. | Holthe saved his four-year-old | son by throwing him from a sec- ond story window into a snow- drift. He then reached out of the window himself and battered his hundred pounds for northern white. Further increases are forecasted for tomorrow, way back into the house to save his wife. Mrs. Holthe was carried thru HOW T0 GET A JOB j ‘Told By Henry P. Davidson Bank President, Financier and Member of the Firm of J. P. Morgan &-Co. As Reported by B. C. Forbes, Editor of Forbes Magazine his directors who krew the, cashier. |. New| | FRAZIER OUSTS GOLDEN VALLEY LAW ENFORCERS Governor Discovers Gallagher and Piersina Neglected Their Duties As a result of charges growing out, of the’ alleged murder of M. K. Bowen of Golden Valley, a leaguer, by neigh- boring ranchers, acting as constables, also said to be leaguers, which has been made a political issue vy the Townley organization, State's Attor- ney Gallagher has been removed! from office for neglect of duty and. Sheriff Piersina has been removed for in- competency and neglect of duty by overnor zity, ‘The action was generally expected, A hearing was held some time ago be- fore a commissioner named by_ the governor and later by Mr, Frazier himself, .The league press has in- dicated from the first that lagher and Piersina, temporary! suspended, would be permanently removed, ‘The county commissioners of Golden Val- ley temporarily replaced State's At- torney Gallagher with C. L. Dawson of Sentinel ‘Butte, state commander of the American legion. UNDESIRABLES TO BE TRANS-SHIPPED FROM COPENHAGEN Washingon, D. C., Jan. 9.— Alien radicals deported on the army transport Buford will not be landed at Copenhagen, Anthony Caminetti, commissioner general of immigration said today. He still refused, however, to say when_the Buford would land. MAY LAND IN FINLAND Stockholm, Jan, 9.—-Undesirables deported from the United, States. on the transport Buford probably will be landed at Hango, Finland and will proceed to Russia by rail under a strong guard, it was said here today. Swedish authorities d ylare that those deported from the United States will not be allowed transit through Sweden. TO ‘AID RADICALS’ FAMILIES Washington, D, C,, Jan. 9.—The gov- ernment has definitely decided to render aid to the dependants of alien radicals whom it. deports, Assistant Attorney General Garvan announced today. Action in this direction will be tax- en purely as a humanitarian measure and not because of any obligations to the families of the aliens he added. ‘Copenhagen, Jan. § —Undesirables deported from the Untied States will be landed here and transshipped to Danzig, according to reports. The op- erations will be carried out under the supervision of the Danish police, it s said,’and radicals will not be per- mitted to come in contact with the population of the Danish metropolis, MRS, DAH. VISITS HERE Mrs. Hartvig Dabl, whose husband is Northern ‘Faciiic agent at Eldridge, is in the city visiting relatives while en route to Denver, Colo. the kitchen which was in flames and was badly scorched. Soon after Holtnhe placed his wife in the granary she gave birth to a child. Holthe ran half a mile through the snow clad only in his night apparel to the home of a neighbor to get help. Mrs, Holthe died soon after and the infant survived her three hours, Knolph was too feeble to make his way out of the burning home and the fire had advaicced so far that Holthe could not return to his rescue. | COUNTY LEAGUE . CONVENTION IS NO LOVE FEAST 'Leaguers Gathered Here Have Many Bones to Pick With’ Their Leaders NEWSPAPER DEAL STICKER Rumblings of Dissatisfaction With Brinton Domination of Local Paper A conflict between the old bossism and the new, between personal ami- bitions and between radicalism and conservatism is making harmony hard to catch in the county convention of Burleigh Nonpartisans which has »een. in progress here for three days. Bill Lemke is in charge of the seance, and it is presumed that the delegates were personally hand-picked by him, but the picking of leaguers who will stay put is not as simple a matter as it used to be, and dt appears that even so astute a gelecter as Mr. ‘Lemke may make mistakes, Into the jangle of clashing, factions has been injected the old Public Opin- ion muss, in which some very prom- inent Burleigh county farmers and such leaders in adjoining counties as Senator Ward and Representative Harding of Emmons are interested, The Public Opinion was Burleigh county’s first sure-enough ‘Nonparti- san organ. Tho farmers put’ up the original .kale to buy the plant, and they continued to put up periodically | until when the Brinton bund took hold of the Public Opinion a few months ago it is understood that farmers’ names were on notes aggregating $16,-) 000, These notes have not yet been, paid, it is said. The understanding was that the Public Opinion was to be taken over by the Burleigh County Farmers’ Press and ‘the farmer stockholders of the original county Nonpartisan organ! satisfied. To date nothing of this kind; is said to have transpired. Commts- sioner John N, Hagan, who is on the state printing and publication com- mission, is said! to have made the Brinton paper the official organ of Burleigh county, which is worth from $10,000 to $15,000 per annum, with the strict understanding that the Public} Opinion, whose fatmer stockholders thought it should be the official news- paper, would he taken care of, and. Mr. Hagan is said to be quite wrathy. There are all , kinds of stories cur- rent about Farmers’ ‘Press affairs. Fourteen thousand dollars’ worth of stock is said: to have been sold in [the enterprise to Burleigh county | farmers, but the corporation is said to still stand in the name of Job Brinton, Sam Haislett and Harry Dence of the Publishers’ Service cor- |poration. There is now a rumor that Brinton, allying himself with local In- terests which to date have appeared; to control the Farmers’ Press, intends! to assume the active management of; the local paper, and that he may bring his brother, C. M. Printon, here from| Fessenden, where the two brothers} control the! Wells County Farmers’ Press, to take a position in the editor- ial management, All of which.is said/ to not be acceptable to some of the} leaguers who own stock or obligations in one or the other of the two “farm. ers’” newspapers. This combined ov- ligation is now said to exceed $30,000 and such prominent league farmers as Jolin A, Johnson are said to be setill heavy steck-holders in the, gn- terprise which they originally father-; BOKHARA IN RED HANDS, SAYS WAR OFFICE REPORT Important Khanate Less Than 200 Miles From Afghan Frontier Taken ON WAY TO MIDDLE ASIA Direct Railway Communications , Open to Bolshevists to Trans-Caspia London, Thursday, Jan. 8.—Bokhara capital of the important khanate of Bokhara in central Asia and less than 200 miles from the Afghanistan fron lier, has been entered by Bolshevik forces, according to war office reports. Farther west soviet troops occupied Krasnovodsk ,on the eastern shore of the Caspian sea reports from Moscow say, Direct railway communication ' be- tween Trans-Caspia and European Russia has been secured by the reds who will be able to concentrate im- portant bodies of troops in Turkestan with a view to carrying out possibly far-reaching plans westward toward the Caucasus region and southward toward Persia and Afghanistan. It is said Bolsheviki authorities have announced their intention to penetrate Persia as soon as they can secure control of the Caspian sea. The Bolsheviki inte::d an. offensive against the British and plan impor- tant movements in the direction of India in conjunction with the Afghans and other peoples who might be In- fluenced by Pan-Islamic aspirations it is asserted. NATIONAL SUGAR BOWLIN HANDS OF MENACING TRUST Beet Growers’ Convention Will Seek to Correct Bad Conditions Denver, Colo, Jan, 9.—Charging that “the national sugar bowl is in the clutches of & menacing trust,” the heads Of seven western organizations of farmers have called a three days. national beet growers convention to meet here January A The official call for the’ gathering sald it would seek to devise ways and means “to secure ourselves a fair ant just rtion of the enormous profits that result from the production of su- gar.” Noting that the United States is producing less than one-fourth of the suger consumed phy its ‘citizens, the vention call declared “the sugar haying developed among sugar refining concerns located in our sea board citi has souglit to throttle and prevent the growth of the beet sugar industry.” The call is directed to “none but bona fide farmers” of California, Colo rado, Idaho, Michigan, Montana, Ne- braska, Ohio, Utab, Washington, W consin,, Wyoming and other states. “The sugar trust has been the source of all the information furnishet our government concerning our sugar upply and the possibilities of ex- panding the industry,” said the call. “This trust has, for years, maintained its lobby at the national capital and has controlled legislation as to se- cure itself in its monopoly. the str of war the sugar ed as purely a farmer proposition. There is opposition in county ranks to many things that Townleyism has come to represent. The more conserv- ative object to the radically socialls- tic trend which league newspaper or- gans here. and tkroughout the state’ have assumed; they are opposed to the glossing over o nditions in the state board of administration exposed , during the recent special they object to the attempt to dom- inate the county organization which is being made, it is said, by one of the oldest and most notorious of the so-called gang bosses of ‘Burleigh county. Among other things tals old gangster is said to demand the scalp of Sen- ator Carol D. King, and gossip around capitol corridors is to the effect that King will lie down rather than fight this man with his own methods. The same clement in the league is said to insist upon retiring Judge W. L. ‘Nues- sle, a jurist who is universally popular wifh the more conservative elements of all factions. Ed Allen is said to be the entry of this particular coterie for district judge, id the older sei- |tlers among the farmers ‘cannot rec: | oncile themselves to Alle Representative ‘L. D, Bai nothing” about the “Knows | but ¥ convention, ideas about things in general. The Moflit man is a square-shooter, and there are many things in Jocal league circles not to his liking, it is said, Another thing which Lemke is en- deavoring to impress upon the farm- ors is that thé league is slipping in Burleigh county, that the pickings are so -poor that leagde organizers will not stick in the territory, and that the farmers must hold local meetings, arous' st and do their own organ Not a great amount of enthu: aid to be apparent for this plan. Farmers have helped “or- ganize” so many Townley schemes in Burleigh county that their welcome is worn to a frazzle in some instances andthe keen edge is off their ambi- tion. Some kind of a slate is expected to come out of the convention. Ont of it too is expected to come a division which will spell defeat for the old gang leader's faction of the organiza- tion. is said to have some very well-fixed | ured special privileges at the pense Of the beet growers whereby it gained enormous profits. Even now the trust is so domingting the situa tion, us to impel the government to take action along lines which will dis- courage the development of- the beet sugar industry by holding down the price of sugar beets below the actual cost of production,” Representatives of several denart- ments of the government have been invited to attend the conference at Denver. The call for the convention is sign- ed by the heads of the following or- ganizations: - SP. Pe = oD etersen, | Intermountain Farmers’ wiation;. C. H. Gustat- sen, Farmers’ Union of Nebraska; locum , Ancient Order of eaner M. Collins, Farmers’ Un- ion of rado; J. H. Hicks, Moun- tain States Beet Growers’ association, William Bouck. Washington State Grange, aud John, Morris, Colorado State Grange. DAVE COATES OUT OF POLITICS, NOW MAKES ICE CREAM Grant “Brains of the League” Has Sev- | ered Himself From Move- | ment Entirely D. C. (Dave) Coates, regarded in the early days. of: the ment, as “the brains of the Ibut who has not been ident nonpurtisa the last tw the wholes business in Seattle Lismarek friends. Befere coming to North Dakota to publications, {ee cream) and Mrs: Coates entative of Mr. Townle Coates was ged in the retail | fectionery business in Spokane. Mi! Coates advises that they have disposed of their interests there and have em- barked in the wholesale business on a large scale in Seattle, where she re- ports the enterprise to be prospering.