The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, March 9, 1916, Page 1

4 N YoxewsTd Official Paper of the Farmers’ Nonpartisan Political League of North Dakota % VOL. 2, NO. 10. FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1916 WHOLE NO. 25. - e %%%&%&4%&%%3&%4%&%%&'%%&&%&%fi*&%e“é%&‘?&%&%@%&%&%&%&@§$$§?$§1¥$$ i ° ; To stimulate interest in the woman’s department of the ' Pl‘lZCS fOl' WOmel'l Readel' S"‘ Leader and to get into closer touch with the farm women of .3 North Dakota the Leader is offering this week $25 in prizes in-a-letter-writing -contest for women and girls. - Full ® ; particulars will be found in the vvomen’s department, Page 14. : g Farmer Gulliver---He’s Waking Up at Last : ] E“ & . i %@,«s " US0Ri0us 2 : Gor/res, <0 % - \\ : “ioDLE / e ; a3 e b3 . 2 N bk / 2 2 N2iE) : i 2 oL . S - / . . % o anre B \ \\ i / 2 QouT "‘.‘ \ 1 GhmeLir o 2 ® | 2 1 IS " e ) & H;/Fz«fs;m % o M cas 3 x Q ) @ - e d -, i3 ?1 )(b flfr:BgZ:nasa oF COMMERCE o 3~ — ' e Everybody knows the story of Gulliver and the Lilliputians. Gulliver was a big, strong man, but he was mastered 5 g by a’horde of little fellows, each no bigger than one of his hands; who caught him while he was asleep and tied him down io the ground by a thousand little threads. Gulliver could have dealt with these little people singly in short order, but they caught him napping. The thread each one tied to him was not strong, but together they resisted his efforts—for awhile. Then Gulliver woke up and he was pretty angry. He mustered his strength, broke the bonds which held him and swept the horde of pests away. : There has been a farmer Gulliver in North Dakota and like the Gulliver of old he has been caught napping and a horde of little pests have tied him down. But he is waking up! See him, as he observes what these little fellows have done! - You bet he is angry! And he is bursting those bonds which the little fellows have been years making secure. He is awake now and he is going to be a match for those little fellows—what? _____IN THIS ISSUE OF THE LEADER: o : ¢ ; g : - . Rate Expert Little of the state railroad commission has been separated from the e He Found Out TOO MuCh payroll by an opinion of the attorney general to the state auditor. He was finding out i : -~ s;x;s;iiggnal facts about railroad rates. Read the full and exclusive story on Page 5 0; issue PR : : LIGHTEST OF TAXES FOR LIGHT PLANTS, a story of : S How Canadian: prov- .- some more special fayors to particular parties who have friends in : Tough for the SpeCUIator _ g _ 2 inces seek to encourage . -high places. ' This records transactions that have been denounced the tillers of the soil, told for the Leader by Chairman Frank E. ‘asillegal by officersof thestate. . . Packard of the state tax commission.. o bt Rl R aadh i Bix ; S ! % S * LITTLE FAVORS FOR FRIENDS—The “friends”. in this case S Soak the Famer More” details of how unfair “equal- . - are the banks and the newspapers. ' The:story tells how the legis- G & S A ization” of assessments has made the lature passed out-dripping slices of fat pork to them in the guise . farmers bear the railroads’ burdens. . = - O of “protecting” the state and its funds. - : : WEEKLY REVIEW OF THE WORLD'S NEWS, WASHINGTON NEWS LETTER, MARKET REVIEWS, THE LEADER'S READERS AND OTHER SPECIAL ARTICLES, NEWS FEATURES AND ILLUSTRA.. EST WRITTH ) BEST ILLUSTRA APER IN NORTH DAKOTA *mmfim&@wmhM%m“ufl%%mwwmm%mwmwwwmwwmmmmmwa&wmwwwmwwwm&amm%hmam&mnmmwmmmmmm& SR R IR SRR RIS IR D s