The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, July 12, 1920, Page 6

] 2 i i ,ture with a splendid record..’ News Notes From Many States - MONTAN A B HE state convention of the Nonpartisan leagué and organized labor, meeting at Great Falls, has selected and indorsed the following candidates/for state and congressional offices, all‘of whom ‘will file upon the Democratic ticket: in the' coming. primaries: : Governor—B, K. Wheeler. Lieutenant Governor—R.. C. Arnold. Secretary of State—R AL Haste. Attorney . General — S C Ford. State Audltor——Ole Sanvik, State Treasurer—Mrs. R. M. Lord. ’ = Railway Commissioner —J. - P. Meadors. ; Supreme Court Judges — Harlow Pease, W. W. Palmer and T. A. Thompson. Congress—M. McCusker and Burton Watson, Mr. Wheeler, League and labor candidate for governor, is the former United States district attorney who resigned 18 months ago. Since then Mr. Wheeler has devoted most. of his time to helping the organ- ized farmers and workers throughout the state. He. is one of the best known men ‘in Montana. Mr. Arnold, chosen for lieu- tenant governor, is a League representative in the legisla- R. A. Haste is the editor of Campbell’s Scientific - Farmer and is well known to Leader readers through his articles on dry farming, which have ap- peared in this paper.. Mr. Ford _is the present attorney general, 8. C. Ford attorney general of Hontnna, in-. dorsed Ly League and labor forces ; for re-election. WITH THE ORGANIZED FARMERS A State Treasurer—William Tanner. Secretary of State—~John Morris. > “Superintendent of Public Instructxon—-Mrs Mary C. C. Bradford. Regents of State Umversxty—Fred Hotchk:ss and : R. M. Haythorne. 'United Stfites senator—W. R. Calicotte. tnct, W. Al Colt, fourth dis- trict, J.:T. Crawley. Mr. Collins, choice of the League for governor, is a prac- tical farmer and president of council of defense during the war and has been chairman:of the "League - state: executxve committee. ‘Mr. Calicotte, candidate: for United States senator, also is _“a‘leader in the Farmers’ union. He is a Civil 'war veteran and founder of a farmers’ mutual insurance company which has $11 000,000 worth of business in the state. . secretary of state, is master of - from the beginning ' of the ~ League work in Colorado has been an active leader. governor,.and Mr. Hethering- ton, for attorney general, are labor, Anderson being secre- tary of the state federation and Hetherington a progres- sive legislator. Other candidates are almost “equally well known in Colorado, -~ and all progressive elements in the state are represented o “indorsed for re-election. All the other nominees are - the ticket. The candidates: in- well known throughout Montana and have proved dorsed will file upon the Demo- . : - cratic ticket. their devotion to the farmers’ cause. - The nominating conyention was made up of 40 League farmers and 18 labor men, meeting in joint session. Women were among the delegates, partici- - pating actively in the work of the convention. R. B. Martin was chairman of the convention, ; which lasted two days and was. followed by a- banquet, The following League exeeutxve committee was » elected by the farmer delegates: J, A. Hawks, Wibaux county; Jens Hansen, Sheridan county; R. J. Whitaker, Missoula coun- = ty; N. W. Penwell, Gallatin i county; C. E. Foster, Fergus, - county. NS, Da.v1es, who has been editing the: Montana Nonpar-.. tion in Montana, his won'a well-merited promotion in the League newspaper organiza- tion. Mr. Davies has become field man for the various League - publications in nine . -states and will make his head- quarters in Minneapolis at the national office of the publica- R. A. Haste, indorsed: | tiong - My, Davies started in for secretary .of state of ‘Montana. “~in the’ field, subsequently be- coming editor of the North Dakota Leader. He was assigned to the Montana editorship later and leaves Great Falls only because of the offer of a better po-" sition,: with' more general _responsibilit;ies.' Pl COLORADO T THE state conventions of the Nonpartlsan league and organized labag in Denver state and congressional ‘tickets were mdorsed as follows: : Govemor——J M. Collins. ; Lieutenant' Governor—Ed Anderson Attorney ' General—George H. Hethermgton State Auditor—Ray Pnc; N s composed of delegates from 42 ‘counties. . The labor convention (reach ‘other through conference -conimittees, as was done m, tlsan, official League publica~ Y HILE mob action has N/ been going' on among R organizers and -mem- ‘have been doing but little to ‘League work as an organizer - " ers and organizers. -was to be “Law. and Order’— '\ and this was the remedy the e _ governor proposed to a party of ~The governor finds that his cam- . - - of the state or guaranteemg the - ~able agsembly, apparently, for " he his The League conventlon was was in session at the same time, the two forces meetmg separate- ly and keeping. in touch with' North Dakota. Resolutions ‘were adopted af- firming the original League platform, congratulating North . Dakota upon the advantages won in' that * state under the League administration and cov- enng many local matters bers the state officials compel local peace officers to- . uphold the law.: Recently Gov- = ernor ;Henry: Allen announced that he was going to Great Bend, in Barton county, to speak to the ex-service. men who had broken. - . . up meetings and.mobbed speak-_ 7 His subject - farmers who called on him to restore order in 'that county.. paign for re-election is more im- portant than upholdmg the laws rights of free speech and peace- has announced’ that | pAGR EIX : 5 Gy b e Bl e e e A e e SRS B A Congressmen — Second = dis-" trict, A. F. Browns; third dis- - the Colorado /Farmers’ union. He was a member of the state: John' -Morris, candxdate for = the Colorado State Grange, and . Ed Anderson, for lieutenant. both prominent with organized el Sti‘ck and ‘ : e’ll Wm ‘f“- " speech to the American Legnon ‘men at Great Bend, will' not be dehvered ‘until on' “Law and Order,” after the harvest rush is over. The Kansas harvest, now begxnmng, wxll be one‘ of the heaviest in years and the League orgamzeré‘ are inténding to help the farmers where it is im- ) possxble ta secure: help and in return the farmers are going to pitchiin following the harvest and help the organizers build the League, .| ; In looking over the'list of candxdates wholéve ; filed with the secretary: .of state for state senator- shipg in the coming primaries, it is: apparent that the farmers and the labormg people ! are takmg more than the usual “interest in. the €O lative campa:gn S nmty Tl N ORTH DAKOTA =OW. bank deposits hp.ve increased: ixi,North Dakota durmg the term of the League ad- ministration is shown by the following re- ports of deposits in Btate banks for the i} months named. ' The reports were made by the state banks 'in' response ' to calls by the state bank e examiner:. June, 1917 _Lillii8 90 469 “June, 1918 . 98,18 8 May, 1919 . 5 124,874,883 "June, 1920 ......................... 128 752,046 1f deposits in the Bank of North Dakota are add- ¢ ed to the 1920 figures the total is broug'ht to $152,- 000,000, an increase of over 70 per cent in. the last; 3 : four years. _The June 15 statement of the Bank of North Da- kota shows ‘total resources of $25,399,160. Farm loans now total $2 ‘761,161, and net proflts for 1920 ; are $114, 845. 2o IDAHO . in all precincts in which the League is-organ- ized “June 29.' County' conventions are now ‘PRECINCT caucuses of the League were held : being held throughout the state‘and the state . convention, at /lse, will be held July 17. . The state convention: wxll Tot only nominate candidates, ‘but - w1ll decxde upon whxch txeket they are to run. Two' 2 THEY LIED LIVING——NOW LIE DEAD s ‘4 48 / H [ g 2 z = ! AR SRS ERIASY I o W ; ,Morris thmks the anti-League interests will have to mamt;m a pfl ‘ie o _graveyard for. their publications which" ‘already have come to an w timely but unmourned‘end. ' And ‘we might add that the mqumffil lookmg gentlenian had hetter: prepare ‘a few more graveu e wluch vnll be needed m the near ‘future; ,“ k) Shi 1 legis- . ey’ v 4 1 + g P R 'S 4 L4 T ) s _g..——— 4 v 3 v ] - 7 4 SF e ¥ T i Ea b3 {