The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, January 11, 1917, Page 13

. / A ST O A A S AT S Corn Champion Family E. M. Granlund and His Three Sons Make Remarkable Record on North Dakota Farm M. GRANLUND, DeLamers, N E D., and his sons are the cham- ®pion corn growers in North Da- kota. : : & In the fifth annual boys’ acre.yleld corn contest, just closed, Arthur Gran- lund won first place with a yield of 1031-8 bushels cf mature corn on an acre, which brought him the sweep- stakes prize of $50. Arthur raised his corn on a sandy loam soil. It was manured in 1915, spring plowed and top dressed before planting the corn. The geed corn be used has been grown on: the farm: mine: years- and carefully selected each year. He planted the corn May 24 and gave it good cultivation. The corn ‘was dead ripe before frost came. Home grown seed, early planting, land manured, well prepared seed bed and good cultivation have been the fac- tors that have enabled the boys to se- cure the big yields of mature corn. In 1915 Walter Granlund, brother of Arthur, won the contest with a yield of 90 bushels of mature corn on his acre. His total yield was 99, of which 9 bu- shels were not quite ripe. Walter also won the 1314 contest with a.yield of 98 3-4 bushels. The 1918 contest was won by Henry Granlund, another brother, with a yield of 106 3-4 bushels. Mr. B. M. Granlund, the father of the three boys, has given a good deal of attention to corn growing. He bought a prize exhibit of Rustlers white dent corn at the first North Dakota corn show and has been improving and se- lecting it carefully each year. With this corn he has won a good many prizes. -Last year he won first in the North Dakota state:corn show and he also won first in section and first in state in the St. Paul First National bank corn contest. His boys have used this same cornm in making their records in the boys’ acre yield corn contest. Mr. Granlund and his boys have done the state a good service in improving this strain of corn. By entering into the contests and corn shows, they have done much to call attention to the pos- sibilities in corn growing in North Da- kota and their striking results have emphasized the fact that the securing of good corn ylelds in North Dakota is dependent on putting into practice the principles of good corn growing. This is a picture of the champion corn family of North Dakota, if not of the Northwest. From left to right those shown are: Arthur Granlund, winner 1916 North Dakota boys’ corn contest; Walter Granlund, winner 1915 boys’ corn contest and 1914 boys’ contest; Otto O. Uhlborn, Ransom county (N. D.) farm agent; E. M. Granlund, father of the corn winning boys, and Henry Granlund, winner of the 1913 boys’ corn contest. The three sons of Mr. Granlund have between them captured the corn contests for 1913, 1914, 1915 and 1916. The record yield of the four contests was that of Henry in 1913, 106 3-4 bushels of matured corn on an acre. in 1915 he raised 90 bushels. North Dakota Corn Contest, 1916 PRIZE WINNERS, SOUTHERN SECTION * Sweepstakes Rt Yield Mature No. Name County Postoffice " Corn bu. Prize * Arthur Granlund Ransom DeLamere 103 1-3! $50 1 William Velure . .. Barnes Hastings - 67 | 35 2 George M. Eggers ‘Barnes Page 66% ! 25 3 Otto Grahn ‘Barnes ‘Wimbledon 60% | 15 4 Theodore Silseth Sargent Rutland 60% 10 3 Roy Tripp Cass Leonard _57% 10 € Henry Eggers Barnes Page 571 ; 10 97 Harper Brush Ransom Lisbon 54% 10 8 Frank Hardin Dickey Monango 52% 10 9 James Waitt Cass Leonard z 52 5 10 Frank Billing Ransom Lisbon 51% 5 11 Alfred Schwartz Billings Gaylord 48 5 12 Leonard Johnson Dickey Clement 47% 5 13 ‘Walter Schwartz Billings Gaylord 46% 5 14 Paul Torgerson Barnes Fingal 46% 5 15 Albert Nelson LaMoure Marion 45% 5 PRIZE WINNERS, NORTHERN SECTION 1 Clarence Knudson Grand Ilorks Manvel 4 $35 2 Herbert Else Pierce York 67% 25 8 Harvey Daughette McKenzie Alexander 64% 15 4 Robert Bell 3 Grand Forks Arvilla 60% 10 [ Lyle Daughette McKenzie Alexander 52% 10 6 Henry Winter McKenzie Cartwright 49% - 10 7 Claude Oppen Plerce Berwick 48% 10 8 Martin Nelson Grand Forks Reynolds ~ 48 10 9 Rene Raymond Bottineau Willow City 4T% 5 10 Lloyd McMillen Benson Maddock 45% 6 11 John Cronin, Grand Forks Thompson 44% 5 12 Joe Beisel ' Towner Newville 44% 5 13 Leslie Smith McKenzie Watford 44 [ 14 Guy Pittman Grand Forks <Grand Forks 43% b ~15 ‘Wilbur Anstett Grand Forks Manvel 43% b The Farmers“Rose in a Body” A Minnesota Paper’s Account of the Political Revolution - in North Dakota (A. BE. Bergquist in the Willmar (Minn.) Gazette.) BOUT a year ago, the farmers of North Dakota, smarting under the lash of capital ruled legisla- ticn, rose in a body, and with the strongest of all allies, co-operation, suc- ceeded in defeating the moneyed forces that had been go active in keeping them helpless serfs. Ever since man can re- member tillers of the soil have been looked down upon and regarded as the lowest class of people. The reason why such things have been allowed to go on; why the true sons of the earth have supported the world upon thetr should« ers; suffered indignities and slavery without compalint, s ignorance. It is a strong-term, but isn’t it true? Ignor- ance of the true worth of co-operation explains it all, explains why farmers have been compelled to slave and work year in and year out, and receive in return but a bare, paltry living. And now for the subject in hand. The farmers of North Dakota began to think and, in thinking discovered that the social conditions now existing were of more detriment than benefit to their interests. They determined to find the reason for this, and then the edy necessary to better their lot, They had not far to seek, only as far a8 the legislature. The undescribable rottenness of this body horrified them, the unfaithfulness to their constituents, the untruthfulness of their before-the- election promises and the continual kribing by railroads and other capital interests, made the farmers so indig- nant that they started an organization at once to fight and eliminate such conditions. LEAGUE IS ORGANIZED This organization was called “The Farmers’ Nonpartisan League” and had at its head Mr. A. C. Townley, a man, a farmer who well knew what a tremendous task he had undertaken. But he buckled down to work and with his brains and executive genius suc- ceeded in enlisting over 60,000. farmers in this tremendous undertaking. He strove for co-operation, and succeeded, the farmers pledging themselves to find strong men and honest, and sup- porting them. At the polls last November, the hat- ile was fought and won. The farmers, “The Nonpartisan League’ elected their candidates without a single exception. From the governor down, their ticket was elected by an overwhelming ma- Jcrity. The story of this great revolu- tion and its victory, now stands forth as the greatest event in the history of North Dakota, the first state in the Union to fight for political purity and win. Political bossism and graft have been conquered and driven out. Other states, especially Minnesota and South Dakota, will undoubtedly follow the lead of North Dakota by forming orga- nizations and through co-operation al- lowing the majority to make laws that ghall benefit the majority. I shall state some of the main principles of this organization as made in North Dakota though naturally some of these principles will be made different in each state, made to suit that state's individual needs. WHAT LEAGUE ASKS - First—Laws free from favoritism made by the people and for the people. Second — Terminal elevators and flour mills. This will be of undeniable advantage to the farmers of North Da- kota, as their wheat is considered the best in the world, and if ground pure instead of being mixed with inferior grades will command a premium price on the market. _ Third—Falr grading and prices on ap farm products. Anyone who un- @erstands how the farmers have been treated in this respect will at once com- prehend the necessity of this measure. Fourth—State insurance; instead of THIRTEEN Arthur in 1916 raised 103 1-3 bushels. Walter in 1914 raised 98 3-4 and paying one dollar an acre for all fields insured, the farmer will now be insured at but a few cents per acre to be paid in taxes. This system of insurance has been in force in Canada for many years with great success, why not here? Fifth—the instant recall of any pub- lic official, who is found guilty of graft or any other act detrimental to the people he serves. Sixth—The lowest taxation consiste ent with the public welfare. FARMERS SATISFIED There are others, all plain and sime ple, as all measures made by and for the people should be, in order to be fully understood. The particulars of the revolution would fill volumes, but it is not necessary to go into this so fully. Suffice it to say that all farm- ers without a single exception are ful= ly satisfied with its outeome. This in itself should be sufficient. “The Non- partisan Leader,” the official organ of the organization, has been, and is at all times keeping the farmers in touch with all that is going on in the political world. thus giving them an insight into all matters pertaining to the legislature. Lynn Frazier, the governor of North Dakota, is a nonpartisan man, honest and upright, and will undoubtedly serve the people with fairness and impar- tiality. This also applies to all the other successful candidates. All the states in the Union will eventually fol- low the lead of North Dakota and in so doing show true co-operation and pro- gresiveness. This work of organiza- tion is now being carried on in Minne- sota, and if you want fair legislation, laws by the people and for the people, work for it and support it. In other words co-operate, for in co-operation lies success. Co-operate, for in thig way only can you win the political free dom you covet so much. IN CLASS BY ITSELF - Cando, N. D, Editor Nonpartisan Leader: ‘We have more than a score of peri- odicals coming to our table, but the Nonpartisan Leader is in a class by it- gelf. As a weekly there is nothing like it and never was for the “Dakota peo- ple”’— we were going to say ‘“farmers,” but we are all farmers (and “agricul- turists,” who work the farmer) al- though some few of our people have not learned this yet, and we do not wish to give offense to anyone, ‘We wished to come in for the first copy of the daily but have not been able to do so yet. K. F. KEBNER. "