The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, March 16, 1916, Page 2

{ i i J { { i i 1 1 B T —— NO ACES IN THE DECK Come all you loyal farmers, Will you by the farmers stand? You have got the chance to_do it, With the ballot in your hand.- Will you play a game of poker? With no aces in the deck, If you do you’re very foolish And will get it in the neck. For your wheat they’ll keep a-stealing And the price they’ll keep it down, ‘And the banks’ll make you sell it And pass your dough around. ‘And when they have your money And you have nothing left, You'll say you were damfoolish ‘When you voted for the theft. —Charles H. Palmer TOWNSHIP MEETING DATES Editor Nonpartisan Leader: Will you let me send this open letter to the farmers of the state, through your columns ? Fellow farmers, if you are interest- ed as I am, bring before your township elections on the third Thursday of this month, a resolution that you favor a two years or biennial election of the township officers instead of, as now, an election every year, and that you fav- or having the election or town meeting day extended to the first,Thursday in April instead of, as now, the third ‘Thursday in March. In March as a rule we have the worst roads of the season. Further I want to bring before your OPEN LETTER TO GOVERNOR HANNA AND STATE AUD- ITOR JORGENSON I am much impressed with the tax schedule you have so in- geniously worked out' to be used , biy" the assessors this year. You show by this schedule that you are thoroughly familiar with all the property that the farmer owns or keeps on his place. Under the new rule the farmer will be taxed for suckling colts calves and little pigs, also the old worn-out that are star boarders with their owners whom they have so faithfully served in ¥emrs past. - The hen -and the aithful dog have not been forgot- ten, neither has the farmer’s 69 cent alarm clock and Ingersoll | dollar watch. 3 Even the rag carpet which cov- ers the big cracks in the floor has } received honorable mention. You- | have done your work well, and you deserve the greatest consideration from your benefactors, the farm- ers, A few things, however, I should like to call your attention 1 to, that you have evidently over- looked, and forgotten to put on ‘y‘onr taxt achedutllf, namely, the ouse cat, mouth orgam, jews- harp and haby’s toys. If these few but valuable assets ‘| of the farmer were taxed, it { nndoubtedly swell the taxable ! Broperty of the state of North akota materially 50 you could maybe let the poor business man off entirely from paying any tax | whatever. - ! ; 3 Yery respectfully, i JOHN E. FLECKTEN. - VOICES * ting busier every week, an -there is no such thing as ©'B. A. AMUNDSON: Thank you for notice the reason why every township should have the control’ of its own _bridges above the size of 18 feet in length. We have now come to_the using of steel and concrete in con-* _struction of most of our bridges, and why can not the townships themselves do this work if they want to, just as well as to let contractors do it from outside? 2 \ Most anyone knows how to do con-. crete work, or there will be somepne in every township who does. "As for™ the material, two or three townships can easily go together and purchase- in carload lots, and in letting bids for the same can in this way secure bet- ter competition.: And in. any event. there is a chance that part -of “your - tax money will be left at home. As. it is now, it all goes out of your town and county to outside contractors.- ‘We know that our county bridge build- {)ng isi by most looked upon as a pork" arrel. = SRR o s Yours, C. J. SUNDAHL, Niagara. SUPPORT PRESIDENT WORST Editor Nonpartisan Leader: We' have noted with apprehension -the- movement to retire President Worst, Bolley and Ladd from their positions. . Battle Cries THE NONPARTISAN LEADER 3 | If He Keeps on Reading He Will Soon Graduate From the Rube Class. OF THE LEADER'S READERS | The board of regents had better call a_ referendum, submit this issue and feel - the pulse of North Dakota, and see if they were mot a little too hasty in their effort to grasp our agricultural college away from the people for special interests. : Resolutions relating to this sheuld be brought before all farmers’ meet~, ings. No agricultural college has a more courageous faculty than the oid. trustworthy (A, C. members, who have spared nothing and have given their . lives with untiring energy to the one object of making our college what it is today. . Yours, s F. B. STRONG, Milnor. WHO GETS ELEVATOR TAX? After reading the last issue of your paper, I can imagine what the voters of ‘Burleigh county will do to Judge . Nuessle at the next election. And, by the way, I was looking over my - real estate tax receipt and notice that an’ assessment of 1214 mills of the ‘state allotment is for a terminal ele- vator fund. As I understand it; the terminal elevator proposition - was blecked in the senate, If so, where does this little cent and a quarter go to? That Patterson deal is sure rot- ten—A. BRAUCHFLOUR. ; of Freedom -Rallying Shouts of League Boosters Who Are Getting Into Line to Fight for the Square Deal ERNEST SCHERF:..Hurrah for our Leader. He declares himself neutral in the removal of the capitol. That’s right.. Be fair to everybody. I notic- ed it helped to give advice. ; ‘M. GRAGERT: 1 think now is the .time for every person to take hold of these meetings’ and join the League and boost it along. 1 can hardly wait from week to week for my paper. (MRS.) J. O. RICHARDS: My hus- band is a member of the Nonpartisan League and 1 am ‘glad of it. We en- joy the Leader. “May it live long and prosper.” 0. A. HAGEN: Your ‘pa(fer is get- Big Biz is and take motice. beginning to sit u notics we farmers will Keep boosting - an stick .to the finish. : ‘W. H. DEARDORFF: It is amusing to read these perplexing questions Put to the Leader by those little swel- ed editors. How genial and pleasant it is handed back to them. ; ‘OLIVER OLSON: The Leader:is the 1 ever read for it contains nothing but facts. I am well pleased -with the $6 I spent. i ! E.E.KURTZ: The Leader should be read by every farmer in the state as it stands for a square deal, -~ CHAS, H. RATTS: It looks to me fail, for the League on November-1. My neigh- bors all seem to think about the same. 8o good a paper. Hope all the farm- ers ‘will organize a | stick together. 'MARTIN: GUDMUNSEN: - There are a few fellows~who are sorry they did not join before, and they‘are now: wil sign up -'Vandv-p 'niz;e:bu . think it is doi JOHN BRISKI: I want to request the members to remain a solid block no matter what comes over the hill. F. W. MAWBRAY: Our state has been invaded by grafters and politic- ians’ long enot:igh. Let us_ stand shoulder to shoulder with the Leader. It is now or mever.” . A.R.DOTY: . The Leader is sure hit- ting the mail on the head and every one should be willing to pay their $6. JOHN ~ L. TANNER: We have gue. - Everybody is tired of being ged with a campaign badge, slapped end yoied likke cattin. on thie back and: vo ke GEORGE..J... NORTHAGEN: I am ~well “sati with the spent ‘and believe it is. the best investment I ever made. It would be hard to get along without the Leader. EEWOOD ECK: What gou'print is what “the suckers” have been waiti for a long time, and thank the g Lord for men who have ‘backbone to " | give it-to us. : JAMES ‘A, MAY: T think the way you keep tab on the state officials and - Erospectlve conditions is worth my ittle old $6. g o, GEORGE YOUNG: This is the best = | move the farmers of North Dakota ever made and should be indorsed by every farmer. and honest thinking per- -son in the state. A, F. MUZZY: 1 would like to see an article on the possibilities of a state ~owned elevator, mill, 3 ) ! 2 house and implement factory.. Wish Leader staff and b@gue:'a"tnrivl £rown success. T. H: THOMPSO! am wi ¢ ed with the Nonparti the farmers. ‘haye not met ‘a mem- ‘ber who d think the san A eader Comes--- 2 heap of good for iy . ON THE RUN~ = . The North Dakota farmers have or- g at last, To the politicians’ envy it worked out rather fast. No more will we be burdened with,-- gang rule in our state. The Farmers’ N. P. League has for- ever sealed their fate. For we have geot them going, and by heck! they’ll go some more, And not a single stop they’ll have ’till they have left our shore. We'll make this state a paradise for honest men to dwell, But for parasites and gangsters, a truly living hel! A. J.- HUSO. ALL PLEDGE SUPPORT We the members of the Farmers’ Nonpartisan League of Tamer pre- cinct, Kidder county, pledge ourselves to stand by the editor of the Nonpar- tisan Leader. Be it further resolved that this campaign will be a beginning for uniting the American farmers for liberty, justice and equity. Resolved - further that this movement, inaugur- ated by the farmers of North Dakota, should be an example to be followed and Strengthened by the coming gen- eration, not in war preparedness, but for laws that will give equal justice to all that our Creator intends us to have.—T. H. Haadem, B. P. Leuthers, Fred Job, R. J. Jones, J. P. Robinson, Charley Kuecker, J. B. er, C. - Slaughtd, J. P. Johnsen. - NEW DEAL IS STARTED Editor Nonpartisan Leader: = We want a packing house and a terminal elevatolr. Can we have them? Or- g es the price of wheat? onopoly! The inter- - Jocked mill A mar bankers and exporters own the mills, the-ele- vators, the machinery, the markets, . everything directly, exce; a ' few ‘farms. And ‘they own mggt of them they do not let o For S ot k. the on for ey “did probably some of us_would quit woa‘lng:g Tor them. Now we will soon start to deal the cards ourselves. - With the Nonpar-- the lead, and w?gh a tisan Leader in ead, staff that I'believe is competent, the hour is at hand when the greatest ~movement of the producers will be carried forward to snccess. 3 .. Yours truly, < £a “ERIK WESTBERG. a 3 e fine. Our -big 1915 | } ‘crop. has been harvested by the rich grain’ gamblers.. All they | i - asked us farmers to do was just i moni g -and they. will look out for | the 1’; elephant. These are cir- cus days, Pay and see nothing, n Leader with-a paid the m‘ornkeyh'?'f ' - Your nefarious agitator, GUY LIVINGSTOR. Deoring. Fonoin, the work and *hand them the | :