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

a) “ANTI-LEAGUERS der at the November election. -the foremost organizer and director - and clerk of ‘court, ‘generally con- Mr, of. ‘tl " versity, who is president of the state tall -==|THE BIS THIRTY-NINTH YEAR \ CK TRIBUNE (=) £ + BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, _ FRIDAY, APRIL’9, 1920: PRICE FIVE CENTS INTHIS COUNTY SEEKING BATTLE Townleyism in Burleigh Will be Defeated : CLUB GROWING STRONGER Organization to Combat Nonpar. tisan Ticket Being Welded Together - : i Anti-Townleyites in Burleigh coun- ty are confident that with the organ ization started, here Tuesday with the formation of the Burleigh County An- ti-Townley club, all candidajes. on the | Nonpartisan ticket’ will ibe enowed un; r3- tofore the county; has returned a ma- jority in ‘fayor. of the league. With the election of H. P. God: dard as Xeneral chairman of the club the voters feel they have the man who. will guide them out of the wil- derness, Mr. Goddard is considered of efforts in this part of the state, his reputation have. been greatly -en- hanced by the splendid manner in which he. directed the successful Liberty loan campaigns in Burleigh county, \ The Burleigh County Anti-Townley club nominated .a complete county ticket, with the exception ‘of, sheriff ceded to be composed of the strongest possible material. Since the result of the convention and prganization of the clubahave become known re- publicans, democrats, I, V..A’s ant in fact eyery faction opposed to the! league have expressed their satisfac: | tion at the ticket named and the plan ; of action omtlined, : a The stand of Rolin Welch and Char. | les Fisher,‘candidateg for sheriff and j clerk of court respectively on the Nonpartisan ‘league ticket, in refus- ing to appear before the anti-Townley convention and repudiate the league éndorsement is generally deplored. These Jofficials’ claim that because they. refused to’ appear before the League copvention they. could not ap- pear before the anti-league. conven tion. Because: of this attitude, the anti-Townley: convention ‘refused +o endorse either, Welch or Fisher. . Goddard. the general chairmén he! Anti-Townley. club; and, the other ‘menrbers, of the committee named to select the officers ‘and var: ous combalttée chairmen of ‘the’ clt are at work’ on. this matter, and ‘ex: pect to annolince their selections in a few days, s WALLINGFORD’ FATE. RESTS WITH VICTIMS, They -Will Decide If “Get-Rich- Quick” Man Must Stand Trial BY JAMES HENLE, N. E. A. Staff Correspondent. New York, April 9.—The fate of William H. Moffit,.“get rich quick” real estate operator, rests with the men ond women who were left “hold- ing the bag” when that dapper gentle- man suddenly left the city. This arrangement ,probable one of the most surprising in the annals of | Justice, has ‘been announced by, As- sistant District Attorney Theodore L, Waugh. Moflit’s — creditors’ * will be asked to.meet in some hall and listen to an address by the man who got their money and .who was~ brought. back here from California. Then they ‘will vote whether or not to permit Moffit to return to San Jose, Cal, and endeavor by legitimate means to earn money enough to make good the losses his creditors suffered: If’ the latter vote “thumbs down” there is an indictment for fraud wait- ing for the “get. rictf quick” expert. | If the creditors are in a relenting mood the indictment will be shelved and Moffit will get the permission of the court to leave the state. Under the terms’ of the $5,000 ‘bond which admitted ‘Moffit..to- bail he may not now leave the ‘state. Moffit in 1918 was one of, the best known, men in ‘the New. York realty market and was commonly | thought a millionaire. He dealt ex- tensively in suburban property. His downfall came when he ‘sold lots without payment of a blanket mort- age which covered the ‘tract on which they were situated. It is sought that some 700 persons will be sufficiently interested in Mot- fit’s fate to attend the meeting that is being arranged. ‘ Meanwhile Moffit himself is betray- ing no unéasiness about his fate. When he/ was. brought back to .this city he refused to have anything to do with his wife or children. — EXAMINATION FOR C. P. A. DEGREE TO BE HELD MAY 4th Examination for the certffied public account degree will be held at the University of ‘North Dakota May 4, 5 and 6, it was announced here today. The examination has been arranged ‘by Dr. E. T. Towne, of the depar:- ment of political science at the “‘uni- board of accountants. The: examina- tion was announced to meet the de- mand of graduates of courses prepar- b'} bY. the-.decision-of- bat postion Jong ‘{ meeting can be called for the date Bedspread Rope _- Fatal to Guest | Escaping from Fire Grand Forks, April 9—F. J. Stans- berry. Minneapolios, Minn., was. killea’ shortly after 4 o'clock this morniag when, he attempted to escape from a room on the third;floor of a hotel dui- ing a small basement fire. Bedgheets, which he had roped together and tied -@ the window, broke under the weight of ,his body and plunged three stories down striking head first on ati iron grating. t The fire’-was confined to a) small storage room in the basement. ‘The electric light meters in this room were uickly burned out plunging the; hotel ‘Ato darkness which made it difficu.t for people to get out. There were uo signs’ of a panic, however. x . z CONFERENCES 0 STATE TICKET AT “MINOT MAY 12 Democrats‘and Republicans Will! Select Tickets to Oppose. Townleyism HARMONY. IN- SESSION! Committee of Twenty-one Gath- ers‘at'Fargo to Outline Program (04 Fargo, .N. D., April: 9.—Republican and democratic conferences to nonti- nate candidates for the state primary election, June 30 will be held in Mina‘ on May 12 and 13 in accordance, with the recommendations of the “commit- tee of twenty-one” comprising seven republicans, ‘seven democrats ana seven representatives of the . Inde- pendent Voters’ association which aget in Fargo’ yesterday afternoon und evening and concluded its labors shortly after 1 o'clock this morning. » The conference of the major politi: cal parties will be restricted to pacty men opposed to the Nonpartigaa league. i S Harmonious action in all. legisia tive districts to the end that all anti- league voters may unite on a single ticket of legislative candidates op- posed to the league candidates. is urged by the committee of twenis- one. t, sy RB. A. Nestos. 6f* Minot, and ‘Atest> ey General William Langer have: ai. ready announced that they, will abide. convention; Just what positfon Jo Steen will take is not. publicly known} but from friends of Steen it: is under- stood that,he will take similar action Announcement of the anti-Townley convention probably precludes tne holding of any Independent Voters’ association mass meeting to selec. a state ticket, but that, that asso¢iation as well as. the. Citizens Economy! league are co-operating with hota parties to down Towleyism in the No- vember election. . Various counties ‘have held anti- Towley conventions and elected deie- gates to the state convention, whica will ‘be held at Minot hext monta. The delegates from Burleigh county have been instructed to work. for the ‘nomination of Langer for governor “to the best of their ability and judg- ment.” Women Voters Plan Bismarck League A. League of Women Voters is: un- der consideration in Bismarck and tke preliminary meeting will be heid in the Commercial Club Rooms at three o'clock Saturday, April 10. Cal has been sent out to officers or representatives of every organization of women jin Bismarck for this pre- liminary meeting, at which time, the matter of a mass meeting ‘will be taken up. It is hoped that the mass upon which the, regional organize: | from Minneapolis, ‘Miss Koba, Will be in the city to adress the meeting and explain the object and advantages of | the League of Women Voters. nw. BY GENE COHEN. San Francisco, Cal., April 9.—Hoo- ver is considered far from a “spell- binder” by Californians who know him well and he is expected to make a few public appearances. His boom was born in San Francisco as quietly and with as little fireworks as any in the \political history of the state. A mass meeting was called with slight preliminary arrangement. In the meeting rooms were to be foynd many Johnsonites. Political flip-flops became fashionable. The names of husbands were to be ‘found on the list of one candidate and their wives on’ another. | Hoover had a machine waiting for him—in fact two machines were wait- ing for him, a Democratic anda Re- publican. Until his announcement of Republican preference, hastened pre- {sumably by the nearness of the pri- maries, there were reasons to believe that either party might get him. Rx-; ‘publican supporters had. however, gone aggressively along with the for- mation of an organization and wilh) the intention of pointing the way to the rest ‘of their party members. ‘Tn case he should fail to get the Re- ing for this degree. publican nomination in - this state ‘ * 'NESTOS WILL JOHNSON MACHINE HAD BIG _ HBADSTART IN CALIFORNIA, BUT HOOVERITES OVERTAKE IT! ABIDE BY ACT “OF CONVENTION In Letters to Press States His |” Attitude Toward Guberna- torial Situation RESTATES' HIS PLATFORM | - Willing to Stand for Best Inter- ests of State, Against Red. . Menace R, A. Nestos ofMinot- in a letter to’ the Fargo Forum thas made clear | his attitude toward the gubernatorial : situation. He suggests the calling uf a convention by the I. V. A’ There. is! some objection to this procedure by | those who believe that action should! d ‘be, takea through members of the Re- | publican .party opposed to Townley: , ism! The Tribune reprints Mr. Nes: | tos’ ‘letter in’ full: | pi The ‘Letter. i “A friend hag just suggested that possibly an answer was expected of Me to the editorial in your paper of March 27 entitled ‘His Cards on the Table.’ In view of the. statement made in the opening paragraphs of my. announcement as to what my. at- ‘itude had been, an answer now seems necegsary, but in order to avoid, the possibility that the evident attempt in some speeches and editorials to ignore my. statement and to misrepre- j sent my, position, may deceive some good people who really wish to know the truth and to-view the present sit- uation sanely and dispassionately, I shall hevertheléss make the request- ed reply and statement. “It would seem to me that ydur edi- torials and Langer’s statement are both unfair to other candidates, an- rounced or prospective. You! wouid make'ft appear that Langer is the only candidate who has volunteered to sub- mit hig. candidacy to \a proposed con- vention. This is decidedly not true. Ever since last fall when guberna- torial’ possibilities commenced to be considered in talk and press'-and when friends commenced to ask me 19 enter ‘the race, I declared in each in- stance that in my opinion the anti- Socialist forces of our state must seek unity upon some common ‘basis ot principles and then arrange for some statewlde representative | gathering for the. purpose of adopting a plat- form embodying such principles, and ‘the candidates to be sup- y, these united ang. organized ‘as a delegate to the I. V. A. con- vention’ in Grand Forks and at that represéntative: meeting of about 900 members of the Independent Votes’ association from all over the state, a plan. of procedure was unanimously adopted, and this plan provided for a state convention to be held in the spring under the auspices of the asso- ciation for the purpose of indorsing | candidates: » Send Word to Langer. “During the \winter, after. it be- came known that I might become a candidate; I sent word to Langer by a couple of his workers and close friends suggesting that inasmuch as I had refused to announce my candidacy and declared that a» representative convention in the spring should by a majority vote select the man who was to represent the anti-Socialist forces as candidate for governor. that he should do the sathe and make a pub- lic declaration. to’ the effect that he would abide by such convention.. The information btought back to me.was; that while Langer himself favored usch a course, his~-close friends and advisers were insisting that he must under all circumstances be a candi- date and that therefore he could not follow the suggestion made. His Attitude. e “When Langer made his formal an- nouncement and in'it reaffirmed his allegiance to the league platform ol the last two campaigns, I felt that it would then be wiser for all probable candidates to enter the race, to per- mit the people to study their records and platforms and then at the stale wide meeting later on. after careful (Continued on Page Two) A leading Democrats stand ready to fight for him. |The Democratic dele- @ation goes to the convention unin- structed, but for months the office of Sydney Van Wyck. prominent on the Democratic state gommittee, has been the scene of Hoover activity. Hoo- ver's declaration of Republican sym- pathy’ has disturbed them not .one whit. Before the war California knew little of Hoover although he claimed the state as his home. It's different now. \The food administra- tion came into close touch with the California, farmers and housewives | during the war and the name “of Her- ‘bert. Hoover “moved into a conspicu- ous place, Hiram Johnson was meanwhile in Washington and in the rush of' war activity all but lost touch with the sentiments of his constituents. This was exemplified by the storm of protest that arose from dwell- ers in Johnson’s own camp over his League of Nations stand. So when the Hoover boom was launched, what was more natural than that'Ralph Merritt, comptroller of the University of California and former (Continued on Page Two.) THE RICHEST PEOP Die 4.0 LANGER FAVORS ORIGINAL PLAN. “OPN? LEAGUE Tells Hope Audience Farmers | Have Right to Organize * for: Protection IS AGAINST TOWNLEYISM [Declares Movernent Has Been ‘ Smothered in Socialism and Inefficiency Z Hope, N.,D., April 9.— Attorney ‘General, William Langer, speaking pee this afternoon.to a large audi- ence. .fram_, Steele/frailt and, Cass. coyntics, declared his entire readiness to submit his candidacy to’ a repwli- can convention, his only condition’ be- ing. that it‘ be “fairly. constituted.” Thé speaker contended that the mat- ter of wandidates ought to be left to the chosen representatives of the pso- ple, and’ that «in a -fairly- constituted ‘convention their: qualifications, and political'strength ought to be carefutiy weighed and, the best-possible canci- date chosen. The speaker emphatic ally declared, “I will, abide by the re- sult of that’ convention.” He made: it nerfectly. clear that he would -submit his political. fortunes to any conven- tion which was fairly representative of ‘the anti-Townley element of the state. \ ‘In discussing his recently publishe | platform. Attorney General Langer declared that he stood squarely upua that platform and that.it was the plat- form, as he understood it, of the orig- inal Nonpartisan league movement. He suggested that if there were meu in’the state who thought the farmers ought not to organize for their own self-protection and for the promotion of their interests that such men ough’, .o make it plain, that the same rights were denied the farmers to organize were exercised by bankers, lawyers, merchants. and almosf all lines of business and professions. He declar- ed that the farmers’ nonpartisan league. oven it originated in the ef- fort of the far marketing conditions for their crops. and that if was self-evident that if the farmers was well treated in this re-! spect that it made for the prosperity of everybody and that its origina: platform embraced but one idea which jis in ,controverys in the present con- (Continued on Pag Seven) LANGER IS STRONG: IN COUNTIES THAT LEAGUE CONTROLS Dunn, Oliver and Mercer Coun- ‘ties Will Back Attorney General There is an almost unanimous sen-; timent in favor of Attorney General William Langer for candidate on the anti-league ticket for governor. in Oliver, Mercer and Dunn counties, according to |. E&. Dreveskracht, ‘editor Golden Valley Americah, who was in Bismarck today. ‘“The league has been steadily loos- ing votes in Oliver, Mercer and Dunn counties,’ said Mr. Dreveskracht, “since -the farmers there ‘became familiar! ‘with the policy of thé league leaders.’ These men, realizing that the league leaders aré not thinking as’ much of the so-called ‘farmers movement’ as they are of socialism and the probable ultimate confiscation of alt farm lands as the coal lands were confiscated at the whim of Gov- ernor Frazer. are swinging away from the league. “The farmers in those counties be- lieve that William Langer can defeat. Governor Frazier for the office ‘of chief executive. Like Langer, their sympathies have turned from the league leaders toward those men who condemn. and abhor socialism, free love. ultra-red radicalism and the {other manifestations of Bolshevism. mers to secure bettec || LE IN THE WORLD / | BY MABEL ABBOTT | NE. A. Staff Correspondent. Pawhuska, (Okla., April 9—The tichest people in the world, the Osage Indians, are facing proverty—10 years ahead. fs The government “trust period” ends i in 1921. until which time they receive the income from gas and oil rights on lands allotted’them, whether they will own the lands or not. The Indians bought the land—wild, rock-ribbed arid tracts—tor $1:25 an acre. promptly sold it. ‘Later the govern- ment decided that they had sold onl the surface and by act.of ‘congress the government now leases’ oi! rights to the highest bidder and turng the money over ‘to the Indians, ||. -Trip-smoney pours’ into, theritribar: fund,.for accoraing to Osage law the tribe takes “pot luck.” Whether there is oil’ on an Indian’s land or, not, he VS wealthy now. : Braves Wear Silks, Drive Autos; Girls’ Sometimes “Buy” ! Husbands So it, happens that many a young brave wears silk shirts and drives his automobile, and many a girl whose creamy’ skin: is barely tinged with copper; buys imported party gowns and diamonds, or possible even a white husband, with the big quarterly checks. * And ‘if the mineral rights under former usage lands revert to the surface owners in 1931, as they presumably will unless the, trust | period is extended, then their big in- comes from nothing at all will end too; for comparatively few. Indians still own oil-producing land. Old Chief Bacon Rind says: : ¥‘We have lived the life of the white man only a little whilé, It is still strange. Our children’ will not be ready in 10 years to take cars of themselves in the white) man's world. In 25 years more they will ; have grown up and can manage their own affairs. ‘We ask the white man’s government,to go on taking. care of them until’ then.” At’ the last quarterly payment of oil and gas money, they ,re- ceived a total of $1,700,000. ‘Last week they received $700 apiece. Payment during 1920 probably will total $10,000’ apiece. I A! family of five Osages will have $50,000 to spend during the year—$50,000 in cash, $4,166 a month, $138 a day—without work and without risk. y, | Pawhuska, capital of the Osage na- | tion, seat of the.,government Indian agency and the nearest spending-point for the big checks it hands out, is half primitive, half ultra-modern. Better ‘Ride, in “Lizzies?” - Not Suggest it ‘Pawhuska’s streets, and all the dus- ty roads that wind toward it ‘through the Osage hills, are bright with the. blankets of the Indians and cOngested with their high-powered cars. -An Osage will not ride in a “Lizzie” There are banks instead of saloons here, otherwise Pawhuska is a typical frontier town. i It is under the “million dollar tree” beside the agency that auctions of oil and gas leases are held. The bid- ders that gather for these sales represent the biggest oil interests in the world. A lifted hand or a nod of} the auctioneer’s head may mean a deal of a half million. A single lessee at the auction paid $620,000 for the! right to drill! Only about 500,000 acres of Osage oil land have been leased. More than 1,000,0000 acres remain The social register of “the Osage” is considerably with Indian blood. And as a sixteenth or a thirty-second or a sixty-fourth part of Osage blood , is almost. undetectable, strangers do well to avoid careless: allusions. The pleasant, well-dressed young business man. or the shrewd, suave political power with whom you are! talking probably is descended from or married into the “first families.” For the story of the Osages is, in one respect, like that of less fortunate tribes; they are a vanishing race.! | Only, they are not dying off, but: mar- Osages When ‘oil. was discovered they |, ‘ACE POVERTY—10 YEARS AHEAD a wn AFTER {Before oil made the Osage Indians wealthy all the little tots wore In- Gian dress. ow that they're ricn and intermarried many of the young: sters are togged i j Tine uey wenee eet in clothes: Just SHITCHMEN RETURNING 10 - THEIR POSTS T Strike, However, ‘ Not Broken, But Situation Gradually - Improving in Chicago days began returning to -work this MOPNANg. gi sae GREY Bratherhdod ; Officials who hav been “Aghting the” “Megat walkout of their men do not clafm the strike ia broken, but_weré much encouraged by reports from several roads that tho men fn small’ grdups were reporting tor work. The Chicago Junction railway, tas belt line connecting the stockyards and ‘packing plants with the trunk lines was one of the first to report. j'Eleyen engine crews’ were at work this morning the report said as com- |Paged with three yesterday. | While the ‘switching and freight sit- uation showed improvement the con- gestion in the yards grew so great that seven of the eight railroads gn- tering the Dearborn street station were unable to run passenger trains downtown. They. were, discharging Passengers at suburban stations to, complete the trip on elevated and su- face cars. Only the Santa Fe was running in- to the station this morning. Reporis today showed railroad centers from coast to coast either partly or com- Dletely tied ‘up by the spreading strike. From cities which reported this morning, it was estimated a total of 25,437 railway men were idle, To this number must be added hundreds of thousands of men and women forced out of employment indirectis by the-railroad walkout. , Factories in many cities were clos- ing down because of lack of coal and raw material. ADOPT PROBE RESOLUTIONS Washington, April 9.—Without a discordant vote the senate adoptca Senator McCormick’s resolution di- recting the interstate commerce com- mittee to inquire “respecting any ex isting strike of any interstate railway employes not conducted or authorized by any recognized organization of railway employes” and submit a re- port to the ‘senate. RRV. STRUTZ WILL HEAD DEPARTMENT The Rev. C. F. Strutz, of Bismarck, has been named county representative of the Stewardship of the.Interchurch World Movement. The appointment is announced by Dr. G. LeRoy White, state director of the department, whose headquarters are at Jamestown, N. D. ' , The enrollment of the league of ten million Christian stewards, “av nowledging God’s ownership and man’s obligation to set apart a definile portion of his income for the exten- sion of Kingdom upon earth,” is one of the aims of the movement, but money is rot the chief objective. {our spiritual and mental riches shouid be placed at His disposal as freely as our material wealth.” Mr. Strutz points out. He intends to revive the Biblical custom of the tithe-giving, but says that while a tenth of his income may be as much as the average man can ‘pare for religious and humanitarian purposes, the proportion should in- rying off, crease with the income. Chicago, April 9.—Switchmen who] Y |-have been on strike here for nine “Life itself is a trust from God, and ‘ FRENCH FIRE - UPON GERMANS "ONLY BLUNDER | Officer Lost Head and Turned Machine Gun Upon Crowds,~ ~ eae Tener an : | BRITISH ARE CRITICIZED, -| Parisian Press Denounces Lloyd George as Demagogue Viewed as Bitter Bill 1 j | . Frankfort, Apri! 9—Assertion thai there was no inten:ton to five machine gans, into a crowd here Wédnesday and that the incident was really | mishap is made by a French ofticer who witnessed it.. Fear on a part of ! a French soldier that the crowd ia- tended to rush the patrol in the streets led to the tragedy. Fired Whole Belt. This man it is declared pit a belt of cartridges into the gun for the pur- pose of firing one shot to disperse thu crowd. The explosition of the gua caused the soldier in, charge of it iu lose his head and the whole. belt was fired. Inspection of the 30 machine gun: brought- to Frankfort by French troops has been made and it is said none of them: was found defective or to show a tendency té fire upon in- sertion of the cartridge belt. Accounts of the incident have stated the safety cap of the gun was‘defective and taat it began to fire automatically as suon as the belt was placed in position. Two Proclamations. ‘Two new French proclamations ap- peared here today one denying yes terday’s rumor that the troops would be withdrawn and the other forbid ding the people to jeer and agitate against the troops and instructing tue citizens to obey all French military orders * i The ban on the publication of news- papers was removed today and sev- eral printed editions of paper will noc be /subjected ‘to ‘censorship French officers declare if they refrain from printing articlés pending to incite the people ‘to, disorder. BNC ‘A Bitter Pill, Payis, April 9.—Great Britain’s at- titude relative. to: the’ advance of Sxench ‘troops’into German territor; vast of the Rhine as defined in press dispatches from London is viewed by newspapers. here as..a. bitter pill. for - France and It ig, cepaidered the action sof Belgium supportihg the’ poli Fra hardly’ compensates. for’ it.” “Pertinax.” the political editor of the Echo de; Pasis, writes an unusual- ly, savage article attacking Premier Lloyd George. whom he calls a “dew- ; agogue.” ‘He says in conclusion: “Mr. Lloyd George neveF has {or- given the policy adopted by France since. January of being independent within the ententé, He has bided hi. time and he thinks it has now comc. Such an evolution was to be expected of him. “He has taken up and droppcd every doctrine and could the enteric cordiale escape’ under this rule? Tae English people well know how to force him to make an exception in this case.” 4 St. Brice of the Journal with other foreign specialists is’ more impartiai and blames all the allies of France in more measured terms. rp eenasra so, Serve Demand on.Germany. Paris, April 9.—Demands that Ger- | many disband her army and retain jonly 200,000 men with the colors pré- sented at Berlin on Wednesday by General Nollet, president of the inter- allied ‘commission of control. have heen sent to the government of vari- ous German states by the minister of the interior says a Berlin dispatch. The minister also asks the states tu give assurances that the civil guards are dissolved adding that the’ Prus- sian minister of war has already de- | cided on such a step. To Open Conversation. f Paris, April 9.—The British att. tude regarding the French occupaiion of Frnkfort will cause the opening of a diplomatic conversation between the powers of the entente concerning the whole subject of action with regard to Germany it was said today in official circles. ¢ TROOPS WITHDRAW Berlin, April 9.—The German regu- lar trdvps which had crossed’ the River Ruhr were withdrawn yesier- day to the northern bank of that Stream it was announced. The bufgomaster of the cities of Barmen and Elberfeld it is stated re- quested the minister of defense not to allow the troops to enter those towns. Great excitement prevails in Dues- seldorf in view of the threatened en- try of the regulars. The’ majority socialist ‘newspaper Vorwaerts has advices from Duessel- dorf which declare that a general strike is impending in which all parties will unite. The number of persons who have crossed the lime from the Ruhr region into occupied territory is in excess of 1,000 according to the Brit- ish authorities. EMMONS APRIL 17 Linton, April 9—Emmons county will soon be in the best of shapé to carry on the fight against Townley- ism in the coming elections. A coun- ty organization is being perfected with representatives in every pre- cinct.. Delegates have already been chosen in practically every precinct to at: tend this meeting, which will be held at Linton on Saturday, April 17th, at Pp. m.