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Our experience has been that when one of our neighbors becomes dissatisfied with farming and wants to sell his farm, he at once ceases to take an interest in his community and it is therefore to the best interest of those remaining to help him dispose of his farm and replace him with a real farmer from some other state who is looking for a new location in a country where splendid opportunities are awaiting the man with small capital and plenty of ambition; and as for the man with more means the opportunities are all the greater. To that end we have set about to place on our list every attractive farm offer brought to our notice. And as we have actual farmers through- out eastern Montana personally interested in . the Exchange, we have no trouble in securing Choice Listing at rock bottom prices. ™~ WE CHARGE NO LISTING FEE In order not to discourage the listing of choice bargains, we have decided to charge NO listing fee providing the parcel listed is passed upon by a member of the Exchange as a BONI FIDE BARGAIN. < Whenever a sale is made through the Exchange we charge 5 per cent or one dollar per acre, as the case may be, unless other arrange- ments have been made at time of listing. Any one looking for a location should at least investigate our offers before closing a deal elsewhere. Montana has for many years been recog- nized as a splendid grain growing state, and as to stock and diversified farming Montana has no equal. 5 The land is new and free from wild oats and other foul seeds which . are now making grain farming almost impossible in other states. Damage by black rust in 1916 was almost unheard of in Montana. The man who is willing to come to our state at this time and avail himself of the opportunities offered here will soon find himself on the road to independence. DON’'T DELAY—Write today for our new farm booklet, giying in- formation on eastern Montana together with a number of attractive farm bargains. If you are looking for a homestead call at our office for reliable in- formation—it won’t cost you anything. /. The man who is not afraid of himself has nothing to fear in coming to Montana. The Farmers Land Exchange M. A. MALMIN, Manager. SACO, MONT. Mention Leader when writing advertisers . gives them an average of 8 2-5 SIXTEEN Kraabel Has Explanation Tells How League Senators Came to Control Only Few Out Forty Committees in the Senate : (By Ralph L. Harmon, staff correspon- dent of the Nonpartisan Leader) ISMARCK, Jan. 10.—Lieutenant B Governor Kraabel, elected with the indorsement of the Nonpar- tisan League, whose members gave him - their united support,~objects to the comments that have been made on the organization of the senate, under which League senators, who number within seven of a majority, were given a majority on only a few out of 40 committees, and eight out of 40 chair- manships. Mr. Kraabel takes full responsibility as presiding officer of the senate for the makeup of the committees. A committee of four, consisting of two League and two non-League senators, assisted him, but he says he decided the matter himself where there was any disagreement. League senators have felt chagrined that they were given a majority on so few committees, but Mr. Kraabel states that the organization plan was fair and that it makes no difference who is in the majority on a- committee, so long as either majorifty or minority can bring in a report on any bill and have their report acted on in the senate. Mr. Kraabel made the following statement to the Leader representative: DENIES OLD GUARD ORGANIZED SENATE . “I don’t know what they mean when they say the senate was organized by the old guard. This is the first time in the history of the state so far as I know, that the senate was organized without there being a Republican caucus beforehand. This time there were no party caucuses. Neither were there any requests for positions. From the day I was elected up to the day I announced the committee appoint- ments there was not a League man or a non-League man, who asked me for any consideration. I am proud of that, and thankful for it. I think it is the first time such a condition ever occur- ed. It makes me believe that both sides thought I would be fair. “I have been figuring a little since the criticisms of the way the senate was organized came to my ears. There are-40 committee assignments to make, which gives an average of 8 1-5 assign- ments to each senator. The 18 League senators got 148 assignments, which posi- tions each. Thus they have a little the best of it although in a minority. “The things considered in making up the committees were not the fact that this or that man was a Republi- can or a Democrat, or was a new or an old member; but would this man work best in this or that position? Ior in- stance in the committee on appropria- tions the aim was not to put a single man there who comes from any dis- trict in which there is a state institu- tion. Again it would not be proper to make up the judiciary’ committee wholly of farmers. It needs lawyers. Another thing considered was not to get the senators bunched from any particular part of the state on any particular committee, but to represent the state at large as far as possible. “As to there being more chairman- ships given to non-League members than to League members, what does that amount to? Only an honor. And why should a good chairman be re- placed by a new one? I would a good deal rather be on the floor than in the chair if I had a fight to make. The League has a good strong working minority on every committee—enough to bring in & minority report on every important question referred, and that is all they need. What difference does it make, whether a report is brought in by a majority or a minority committee if-the senate is wrong? MAJORITY HAS RIGHT TO CONTROL, HE SAYS “Whatever faction I belonged to I would-always say that the majority has a right to control, but the minor- ity should not be crushed. It ought to get a little the best of it. It would go against my grain to have appointed a majority of League members on the committees, when they are only 18 against 31 members. = And beside it wouldn’t have done any good. The minority could bring anything onto the floor, and there cause a fight. Sena- tors are human, and if I had given the majority a minority of positions, it would have set the two factions against each other, and the entire League pro- gram would have been blocked. “What I was trying to do was to or- ganize the senate so that we would get legislation instead of a fight. Every committee is so formed that farmers are in a majority, and in every commit-, tee there is a_majority composed of League members and progressives.” Hold-Overs Agree on This Their Flock of Bills to Amend Constitution Shows Even They See Present Constitution is Obsolete (By Staff Correspondent) ISMARCK, Jan. 15.—In the first B two weeks of the session there have been many bills proposing amendments to the constitution of North Dakota, and one of them pro- posed 15 different amendments besides the repeal of 12 sections of the present constitution. These all originated in the senate, and with non-League or anti-League members, and prove be- yound doubt that even senators *who have not joined the League conferences realize the constitution is badly in need ‘of radical changes. Al of these bills serve to emphasize the fact that there is no ground for coddling the old constitution any fur- ther, that it has served its day and, in the judgment of the most diverse poli- tical interests—the League and) its strongest enemies—there is imperative need for change. FIND CONSTITUTION NEEDS CHANGING A bill for constitutiorral amendment by Senator Thoreson aims to provide for state hail insurance. One by Senator Gronvold provides for state rural credits. One by Senator Lindstrom for wo- man suffrage. X One by Senator McBride, proposing a constitutional convention to meet nearly two years from now and make a constitution to go into effect in July, 1919. Five were by Senq.tor Mcl.ean and all deal with the composition of the legislature, its term of duration, pay, mileage, etc. One by McLean provides for eight vear terms for senators instead of four, as at present, and four year terms for representatives instead of two. Another aims to establish $10 a day and 10 cents a mile as pay for legis- lators. One is to décrease the size of each house so that the house of represent- atives would have not less than 40 nor more than 75 members, and the senate " not less than 25 nor more than 40. One provides for 90-day sessions of . the legislature instead of 60-day ses- sions, and a session of 120 days for the first time after this amendment shall be adopted. Another changes the frequency of meetings of the legislature from once every two years to once every four years. A ; Another bill for constitutional amendments was introduced by Sena- tor Martin and proposes radical changes in the makeup of the legisla- tive body, the provisions of which in brief are as follows: MARTIN’S BILL HAS NEW FEATURES He would abolish the legislature en- tirely and in its place establish a state “legislative commission” of only nine members. The members would have four-year terms, would meet every ‘30 days for business, and would draw salaries of $4,000 a year besides .$1,000 a year for expenses.” Each commis- sioner would come from one of the nine districts into which the state would be divided, each district being as near- ly as possible the same size as every other. There would be a president pro- tem who should take the place of the lieutenant governor in presiding over the commission, when the latter was absent. None of these commissioners coéld be engaged in any gainful occupation while members. “Trading” votes would be held as bad as bribery with money, and severe penalties would be provid- ed. Two-thirds of the members, that is six, would be a quorum, but the commission could pass no law unless at least six members voted for it. And even after passing thus, no bill would become law until after the supreme court had declared it' constitutional, nor even then until the first day of July or the first day of December fol- lowing the passage of such bill, The emergency clause is.attached to “this unique bill, so that it would go into effect for the first legislative ses- sion fsilowing the adjournment of the legisiature. i i