The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, October 20, 1919, Page 9

/ TEXAS EXAS farmers are enrolling in the League at a lively rate, ; according to reports from or- ganizers. Although work had been stopped in Texas for a time, or- ganizers are returning from 20 to 40 new members every week. * ~k * Tentative plans for a speaking tour by A. C. Townley, president of the Nonpartisan league, in Texas this winter are being made by members in this state. It is probable that Mr. Townley will be in Texas late this fall, and probably will address farmer-la- bor meetings at Waco and other cities. * * * The fake Nonpartisan league, which has made its appearance in every state where the League is strong, has now bobbed up in Texas under the name of the “Texas Farmers’ League.” It is being organized in Van Zandt county by a’'man named Davis, who is seek- ing to ‘énroll \members at $2.50 each. The attefnpt; however, has fallen flat, few farmers havmg joined. Davxs “league.”® - J.B. MILAN, State Manager. COLORADO N SELECTING a grand jury to investigate the high cost of living in Denver, the judge and district attorney named two produce dealers, a restaurant keeper, the pres- ident of a livestock company, a gro- cer, a wholesale druggist, three man- ufacturers and two salaried men, one a chief clerk for a utilities corpo- ratxon * * * C. S. Barrett, national president of the Farmers’ Educatxonal and Co-Op- erative Union of America, in a state- ment issued here, urges the farmers to continue their organization for po- litical action. He declares that only through the political power of the farmer can the economic . conditions now prevalent be remedied. * *® * Potato growers of Colorado are be- ing given an education in the profits between the farm and the retail mar- - ket. In Rifle, potatoes are bringing the farmers $1.60 a bushel, and in Leadville, only five hours’ journey away, they are bringing $5 a bushel. EDITOR COLORADO LEADER. “~SOUTH DAKOTA RGANIZATION work in South O Dakota is progressing at an unprecedented rate. Organ- izers are reporting from 30 to 70 members each week, a large pro- portion of them new enrollments. P Theodore Roosevelt Jr., in a re- -cent speech at Mitchell, took occasion to assail the Nonpartisan leag'ue, as- sérting that the League was ‘“com- posed of two types, one the mentally dishonest and the others who are de- luded by their leaders.” . *® * * 0. J. Nelson, national League speak- er, is conducting a series of meetings in South Dakota. He has spoken in the last week at Salem, Roswell, Dell Rapids, Colton, Baltic, Valley Springs, Brandon and Garretson. EDITOR SOUTH. DAKOTA .LEADER. NEBRASKA. NTEREST of the farmers in the coming constitutional convention is continuing at a high pitch. At ~+ a massmeeting of the farmers of Platte and Madison. counhes, 3. T What the Organized Farmer Is Doing - Short-Notes About the Activities in League States & D | Shove of f 13 fl.u. : Green and Andrew Dahlsten were in- dorsed as delegates, and an organiza- tion formed to aid them in the com- ing campaign. The two men were nominated at the primaries. g L . T ; League farmers of Madison county have organized a co-operative publish- ing company with a capital stock of $150,000 and will publish a paper to Pendergast Fence Book Just off the press—a complete treatise on selecting, buying and erecting wire fence. Sent free upon request. We sell full gauge heavy galvanized fence and barbed wire direct from factory at first cost. Why pay more? United Fence Company OF STILLWATER 306 Main St., Stillwater, Minn. 257 Front St., Fort Madison, Ia. 1f you had been on the Arizona ADVERTISEMENTS . TURN YOUR 'POULTRY INTO CASH! Wu want fat Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Turkeys. Also want Cream, Beans, Veal, ides, Furs, Wool, Pelts, We buy outright at the highest prices, You are always sure of your. money if you “SHIP TO COBB” THE E. COBB CO. e ST. PAUL, MINN. U,.8. Food Administration License G07178 RE she comes, homeward | bound, with “a bone in her teeth,” and a record for looking. into many strange ports in six short months. If you had been one of her proud ¢ sailors you would have left New York City in January, been at Guantanamo, N N\ Join the U Cuba, in February, gone ashore at Port of Spain, " stopped at Brest, France, in April to bring the President home. In May the Arizona swung at her anchor in the har- bor of Smyrna, Turkey. rested under the shadow of Gibraltar “Trinidad, in March and In June ‘she planned by experts. and in July she was back in New York hgrbor.' Her crew boasts that no millionaire tourist ever globe-trotted like this. There was one period of four weeks in which the crew saw the coasts of North Amer- ica, South America, Europe, Asia and An enlistment in the navy gives you a chance at the education of travel, Your mind is quickened by contact with new people, new places, new ways of doing things. Pay begins the dday you join. On board‘. ship a man is always learning. There is work to be done and he is taught to do it well. Trade schools develop skill, industry and business ability. Work and play are Thirty days furlough each year with full pay. The food is fine. A full outfit of clothing is provided free. Pro- motion is unlimited for men of brains. You can enlist for two years and come out broader, stronger, abler. ““The Navy made -a man of me”’ is an expression often heard. Apply at any recruiting station if: He knows. T you are over 17. There you will get full information. the recruiting station, Postmaster. If you can’t find ask your Mention. the Leader When wflfiw Advuflnu : i i R o s g e S A AR ST