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CHINSON HE Arguments in the case involving the right of Ole Olson, former high- way. commissioner, to employ outside egal counsel in his fight against re- moval by Gov. Walter Welford, were Tuesday morning by Dis- trict Judge William H. Hutchinson of LaMoure. Charles Crum, Bismarck, $250 in district court follow- heard here suit for , ing the refusal of State Berta Baker John Gray to defense in the Hutchinson decision later this week. A case in which the industrial com- mission seeks to recover made in the First National Bank of Bismarck by John .Gammons, former secretary of the industrial commis: sion and now serving time in the state penitentiary for embezzlement, was also heard. The deposits were later checked out by Gammons. ‘Two other civil cases were on the ~ RUNS PEE CASE Case Involving Olson’s Right to Hire Legal Counsel, Taken Under Advisement and State Treasurer pay the fees for Olson’s custer action. took the case under ad- visement and is expected to make & CONTINUE State Group Joins Other Delegations In Support of AAA thinking first, last and always abou the farmer’s income. Shouting loudly, the Georgian said, “brother, we just knocked them loos9} from the teat a little bit. We are go- ing to knock ’em all the way loose and suck a little ourselves.” The speaker as well as the rest of the audience laughed uproariously for several minutes. When order was somewhat restored, Secretary Wallace said “I don’t know why we should ac- cept them as farm leaders.” Critics of the processing tax and other phases of the AAA, Secretary Wallace said, have offered no remedy and no subsitute for the tax or other parts of the present agriculural ma- chinery. ‘Will Hear President Wednesday afternoon the farmers will go to the south grounds of the White House to hear the president. With delegations ‘still arriving by A pardon is asked by Charlie Simp- son, convicted of murder December 7, 1929, and serving a life sentence. He from Minot. A LaMoure county bank robbery, which resulted in death for one man, be. reviewed by. the board Dakota is by ‘There still rémains a wealth of tperad tial refuge development possil in your state which we would be eager to develop were funds available to us. I have in mind, particularly, the large number of small lakeé, ponds, sloughs, potholes and pools which have been drained or which have now, during the period of drouth, com- pletely dried up. “We have some 50 odd such small refuge projects already tentatively Usted for development, and the Mc- Kensie slough area, which the Bis- marck Apple Creek committee is sponsoring, is one of the areas whicn would be given priority should it be- come possible to extend our develop- ment in North Dakota. “I regret, however, that circum- stances are such as to make it im- possible for me to be at all optimis- tic about the possibility of develop- ing this area, The funds which were allotted to the bureau for construc- tion work have already expired and the moneys which were available for the acquisition of lands will auto- matically revert to the treasury on are ee ee with the robbery, May 15, 1929. He is serving life. Serving a four-year term for sec- ond degree murder, William Yana, from Richland county, also asks a pardon. ‘He has been in prison since November 20, 1933, Floyd R. Johnson of Donnybrook, who pleaded guilty to the killing of a garage employe, asks a commutation. He has been in prison since 1927, serv- ing a life term. BEER REVENUE GAIN knew Mrs. Helen Hum} telephone operator for whose affidavit charging wrongdoing was read Monday. The affidavit of Miss Koch July, 1934, “it was reported that fed. eral investigators were coming to lool into the files of the company” and, there was “great excitement in office.” She said she was called by A, Stewart to bring in any letters Farley. She added she' went private files of Harry D. Watts, president who Mrs. Hi charged threatened to throw to Stewart competitors through influence with Farley unless he given an increased salary, and “got two letters” and gave filed a Auditor art. deposits | delayed special trains, the tumultuous, ‘ Revenue from the sale of beer in noisy farmers began crowding into C ONTINUE North Dakota has increased a total Constitution hall an hour before the| perative that we concentrate Dage one: ‘from page one of more than $30,000 during March meeting opened. fort toward the securing of title to|T ounisianan Handed and April of this year, over the same riod of ti , O . Owen, 16 Murderers Will ep eo Seek Clemency of [announced Tuesday. Three factors were responsible f N. D. Pardon Board | tne rise, owen said, the 100 per cent a the convention, Robertson “Tt seems proper first of all to say that we are farmers from the cotton belt and the tobacco belt and the Crushing Blow in Vote of 62 to 20 calendar for presentation Tuesday! wheat belt and from the corn belt Demanding an investigation of {norease in the beer stamp tax; ac- afternoon. Cora 8, McLean, plaintiff and that this trip is of our own plans Farley, Long read an affidavit of | probably the best-known crime in|tion against places selling liquor in Cleese Mp ts rg ee asin = aa Yor rig pulsing the state—the killing of Marie Wick ie a ee er ‘3 ay Hot red in & piece of property “We tl lowhandles to com J 7 number of who! Ts Tee of money from Gordon V. Cox, de- deat Taner aR Car Own Way: in a Fargo hotel June 7; 1031—once |tatters since March 11. fendant, es executor of the estate of the late Nettie B. Fri tered territory. ughout MINNESOTA POIN' vi Meee g 8 i seth 288) MONTANA PO! ae. e see : é 2 § : Seeestsasigsssesss ss saaas SSSSTSS SZ in the sur- | weather con- the north-central ‘WESTERN NOR’ DAK Than lowe axed” set se ag more will be pondered by the board,/ During 1934 months of March and when William Guinmet, serving life |April, and total revenue from beer for the girl’s slaying, appeals once |tax stamp sales totaled $36,958, while more for a His case was de-|for the same period this year a total ferred from the December meeting. |of $68,462 was recorded. In March He was convicted in Barhes county |of this year, tax stamp sales totaled February 29, 1922. $31,554, as against $19,644 for 1934, Dee Marion Noah, convicted of kill- | while in April of this year, $36,868 was ing Gus Johnson in Ward county May |received, compared with $17,313 in 26, 1910, wants a conditional pardon | April of 1934. or a commutation of life sentence to| At the same time, 77 new retail l!- 30 years. censes for the sale of beer were issued, Also asking reduction of his crime |with a total of $5,400 received from from first to second degree murder is this source. Three new wholesalers’ Metro Palodichuk, serving life for the murder of a sheepherder near Bel. field. He was sentenced from Bil- and sre not the pawns of high pow- ered lobbyists. “We have come to Washington be- cause we have the right to come and speak for ourselves and for the great industry we represent, which right we observe is so freely exercised by other ‘groups. “Moreover, we came because we felt that we would be welcomed especially by those who are championing the: cause of a square deal for the farm- ers as that cause js represented in the agricultural adjustment program.” CONTINUED being gen enced changing the New York court- house contract in which he said the that government was “swindled” out of $383,000. sportsmen’s equipment and facilities Louisianan’s Of between $600,000,000 ‘and. $1,000,-|gicueier sald, the ourpose of 000.000, ino further substantiation of but was to. show his Our program seems necessary. “venom, spleen, hatred and malice to- should not be overlooked, however. |/ward James A. Farley, whom he that though our refuge development | couian’s control.” it activities are designed to avert the! “rong termed McKellar’s defense of eritical condition and possible extine: the Sworrest exhibition of from page one. lings county Nov. 5, 1931. e Slayer of Son Asks Pardon | Melgard Retires as geile ease to mot Sr sca ‘Api at, 1990,m| Steele County Leader Mercer county, asks the board for a pardon, commutation or parole. He is serving life. Convicted of the slaying of his housekeeper, in Ward county, William Savora, serving life, wants a pardon. He has been in prison since Novem- ber 13, 1931. For McKenzie Refuge gard now is enjoying a muc! rest. Auditor until the turn of the year, he returned to serve as tempor- ary county treasurer in April, finally “horribly untrue statement against REPORTED BY OWEN) ee Porations” was not made clear. Principal new tax levied at. the session was a sales tax, first ad- vocated by Langer in 1933. @ seven-year term for man-|retiring on May 1. Now 82 years sentenced Mar. |old, he still enjoys good health and oe North Dakota and, al- confident. that these President Roosevelt” last week “in the president as CONTINUE Nonpartisan Plan To Initiate Two Bills Announced that he would not.try to unseat Wel- ford as governor. There had been some speculation on this pcint in Political circles and it is known that ‘some supporters had urged him to. file suit against Welford in an effort to get the job. Defends Record in Office Defending his record as governor “before the supreme court wrong- fully removed me—because that is just what they did in spite of the honeyed words they used in calling it something else—” he asserted that record shows North Dakota received the best government of any state in the union in reducing public expen- ditures. He asserted that every man in favor of lower taxes, economy and of wiping out nepotism in’ government should support the Nonpartisan ‘Assertin ig that for months every Langer chal- lenged them to “put up or shut up” and said the proof that there was no graft or crookedness in his adminis- tration is found in their failure to uncover anything against hua The upshot of the federal court prosecu- tion, he said, was to “prove that we have had an honest admiristration and that I have been an honest gov- ernor.” Within four weeks after he was removed from office, he said, the railroads received a tax reduction equal to three million dollars every two years and poinied out that farm- ers had veceived no such considera- tion, He said the state needed the money knocked off of railroad taxes to pay teachers’ salaries. Tax Reference Not Clear Just what he meant when he said “Now we find the very men who advocated the cuts for the railroads, certain the Assailing the national Democratic administration, Langer quoted statis- tics on the importation of food. and feed products, intimating that this course was prejudicial to the farmers’ interests, Asking support for The Leader, po- ————— eee CHICHESTERS PILLS 1AMOND | THIS MIGHTY STRUGGLE ENDED ....HOW? Only a few minutes before this unique battle between two big Moose and two powerful Bears, the two Mocee had engaged in a thunderous fight between themeeives. But when the Bears at- tacked the victorious Moose, the other came crashing back to his rescue. Together they met the onslaught of their black enemies: Fighting shoulder to shoulder, now, the Moose turned on the full force of their tremendous muscular Live power. A trapper; arriving upon the scene at the close ©f this pitched battle, found one of the Beare dying from a horn-thrust in the abdomen. 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