THE INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS COMMUNICATION ON COUNTY AFFAIRS. asked the editor to use the "plate your league here in Idaho. I have matter" of the Townley publicity partially formed my opinion of your bureau. And he wrote a lotVmore Dear Monty: AND BORDER BUDGET organization from observing these things—even more interesting.. We men and their methods. They have Rumaging through the, records of the county auditor recently quote some of the paragraphs from Publishers of the Official County Proceedings tried to carry on a sly gum-shoe* I found that Mn the fall of 1916, after the investigation had been this letter written by Editor Edward sort of campaign, slipping around INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY started, the county board employed a Mr. Mclntyre as an expert T. Barber of the Shoshone, Idaho, among the farmers and privately GEO. P. WATSON, Editor and Manager Journal: accountant to assist Mr. Arnold in getting evidence. A large force tutoring them in the tenets of your Entered at the Post Office at International Falls. Minn., as Second-class Matter "I have endeavored to get'the most faith. of ladies was also engaged and their ^salaries fixed. Mr. Howes, reliable and reasonable reports obtainable Ready to Spread Treason. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: U. S., $1,50 FOREIGN, $2.00 PER YEAR. the Pinkerton man, was in charge of the force. Everything in the regarding your organization, "I hjave observed also that these office was card indexed before Mr. Howes left in October. Still and from, such as I. can get I organizers of yours in addition to In the deatli of Attorney General^ Smith this state has lost Mr. Mclntyre continued on his job and his first grist of bills for can only conclude that your league promulgating' your publicly announc- I O 1- a loval and helpful citizen as well as an efficient official. is officered by men who are at heart led league doctrines are ever ready services were appealed at the request of taxpayers. Then a resolution traitots to America, but who are at-jto drop a sly word here or a short _was drawn^up by Mr. Arnold reciting that the- auditor's tempting to cover tjieir trail of trea-1 speech there, whenever conditions When the Germans learn that the. American soldiers tapped office was behind in its, work and it was necessary to provide ex son by making a great showing cf seemed propitious, which were calculated their electrified wire entanglements to illuminate their dugouts tra clerks and additional funds for their payment. This resolution loj'alty, and yet on every occasion to inoculate the minds of it will remind them of the optimist who made lemonade out of the where it seems possible to drop a was sent to the Attorney General and Public Examiner for their farmer hearers with the virus monkey wrench into the cylinder of fruit handed him by the "bunch." of sedition and treastfh. approval, and as the facts set out in the resolution seemed to warrant the U. S. machinery you have a man In other words, your organizers the action, these state officials approved the resolution. -Five on hand ready to turn the trick. in this part of the country seem to hundred dollars was set aside for clerk hire in this way.' Tht The jist of Governor Burnquist's decision relative to the suspended Rape on English Language. use the organization as mere camouflage whole amount was paid out to Mr, Arnold's stenographer and behind which they can dodge officials seems to be that they must do thteir full duty in "You call it a nonpartisan league, for an apparent covering of patriotism Mr. Mclntyre, and I am reliably informed that neither of them yet you start out with the avowed the enforcement of law or they will be summarily removed from whenever their seditious activities intention of controlling legislation. ever worked in the auditor's office during this time except a few office. By doing their duty these officials will give to this city are likely to cause them inconvenience, Any organization formed for that days under Mr- Arnold and for his l}enefit in connection with the and county the good government it is entitled to and for which it and then pose as greatly purpose is a political party. To call investigation. The facts set up in the resolution were not true. is paying. injured patriots when confronted it a nonpartisan organization is a $ with charges of disloyalty. The regular force in the auditor's office did all the regular work rape on the English language. "If it is so nampd iir order to veil -*n ^act y°ur organization could during that time. Part of the money used from this lund went to The efficient service rendered this county by Deputy Sheriff its real intentions and swindle hor.-{not better serve the cause of the pay Mr. Mclntyre's board and room as shown by a bill, unverified John P. Wall of Hennepin County during the past five months est voters iito its ranks under false Mia'ser had it been organized in Berpretense and unitemized allowed by acting auditor Wilson, and all of the will forever leave its helpful impress upon this county. His twenty is a menace to American in-^'n an(l worked under orders from fund was used by auditor's warrants without any bills allowed by the German war board." stitutions. three years' experience as deputy sheriff gave him a knowledge the board. In this way the gang avoided appeals by taxpayers and "From my understanding of your of the duties of that office which no other sheriff has been able to objects you plan to control this government WHY UNITED STATES attempted to disguise their work even to deceiving the Attorney acquire during their short terms of service under the elective system. through the strength and IS THE RICHEST NATION General and Public Examiner by a resolution that was false as to In addition to this unusual ability he has made the duties of activity of a single, but worthy, facts. No one would blame the county board for passing this resolution class of citizens, the farmers. his office his sole business and has been careful not to* compromise There are twice as many cattle if they were led to-believe that the facts set forth in the "I am a farmer. I have cleared a or weaken himself by too close an association with the and swine in the Un c.. States as in sage brush farm with my own hands. resolution were true. It is the one who represented these facts any other country, with a total value criminal clement- I know the heart breaking toil of to the board that secured an appropriation of money by false representations. of live stock products of more than days on the farm. I know the heart $4,000,000,000. Now, why has this matter not been given publicity? DRINKING UP THE SUPPLY. breaking problems confronting the The corn crop is ten times gre.aer The new county board have all been advised of this fact and what farmers and the columns of the than that of any other country. Journal are at the command of the have they done about it? Continued the same person in charge of 4 Whisky drinkers of the United States at their present rate The wheat crop is bigger than that farmers of Idaho and especially of affairs and passed his resolutions as he drew and presented them. of any rival. of consumption are drinking themselves out of a supply. The Washington JJncoln county for any undertaking The cotton output is more than Arnold went to St. Paul at his own instance and lobbied for the Times makes known that there is only 18 months* supply ^vhich will benefit them without at half of the world's supply. passage of certain legislation. The present board took his word in stock. The Times says so rapid\is the jate of consumption that the same time placing an unfair burjleTi The coal production of nearly half on other classes of citizens juntas' for it that his services in this regard were legal and just and allowed all of the whisky will be gone in 18 months or the summer of 1919. a billion tons is twice that of Britain, worthy, just as human, as the his bill for these services. Th.£,^nemorandum of Judge Wright on This, is says, is a conservative estimate of Government officials our nearest competitor. farmer and working under just as The oil production of nearly 300,000,000 file in the Clerk of Court's office shows that the Judge noticed who have been watching the rate of flow from the warehouses streijuous conditions. barrels is twice that of Russia, this in the injunction case and stated that such a bill was illegal since the proclamation of President Wilson stopped distilling on "Your attempt to control our lawmaking which ranks second. and should not be paid. Have the members of the county board bodies in the exclusive interests September 8, 1917. There are only about 157,000,000 left ia rhe The output of iron and steel is of an exclusive class of citizens, done anything to prevent the Warrant issued from being paid? No. warehouses. Government experts say the normal per capita Co twice that of Germany, our nearest no matter how worthy, intelligent These are just a sample of the things that have been pulled off rival. sumption of whisky in the United States is about one gallon* a and patriotic they may be, is, in We produce more copper than all by these investigators who "prize the good name of the county year. This is a statistical way of saying that the annual nonv*al my judgment, a dangerous experiment. of the remainder of the world put as they do their own." price they have put upon their own Thev consumption is about 100,000,000 gallons a year. At .this rate the .together. Effect Seen in Russia. go6d names may be found a matter of record in the auditor's office available supply, figuring from February 1, will last little more In manufactured goods last year "We have in Russia today the legitimate, in the warrants that have' been issued to them. Their conduct output was more than $35,000,000,000. than eighteen months, but expert authorities say that the odd and, I believe, the inevitable of the county's business resembles the manner in which the 7,000,000 will be absorbed during the eighteen months' period and result of trying to run a representative The balance of exports over imports Bolsheviki have been running Russia. There is a grand scramble that all the whisky left on August 1, 1919, will.be in -pvitaite bunds government based upon the amounted to over $3,000,000.000. to see which one can get the most out of the treasury before there and that it will not be much at that-—Ft. Worth Record. classes instead of the masses. If we is another change of government. They say that the county was ever reach the point where we discard The gold reserve of about $3,000,-' citizenship as tii true basis of left bankrupt by the gang of which they secured the removal. If 000,000 is more than one-third of the PUT THE LOAFERS TO WORK. representation arid fill our law-making world's total. that' was so isn't it singular that these fellows, who are so/much bodies with representatives elected The railroad mileage is more than stirred up for the poor taxpayer immediately aftec. getting back Minnesota's loafers and idlers should be put to work. The by classes, as farmer delegates, double that of all Europe. into office petitioned their representative and senator to pass a railroad delegates, soldier delegates, man who is loafing around the pool halls, card rooms and saloons The total wealth of Britain. Germany printer delegated, miner delegates, and France amounts to $227,- law increasing their salaries^to eight hundred dollars a year, net? wasting his time, should be made to see the error of his ways and and so on through the long list of 500,000,000. That of the United Statindustrial They all knew what the salary w&s when they aspired for the office if he does not voluntarily get to work he should be made to work. pursuits, and then add to es aggregates $250,000,000,000. and if they had told their constituents that they would immediately When the nation is at war no man's time is his own. It belongs that Catholics, Methodists, Masons ask for an increase of 300 p6r cent if elected what wotild and Odd Fellows, through the long to the government. If the government can conscript the BANKS WILL COOPERATE list of religious, civic and fraternal have been the result? And this is the bunch that refuses tc employ young men—the very flQwer of the country—for /military service, organizations, we will immediately Replies to the telegrams of Secretary an agricultufal agent for the farmers! it can conscript the idler as well. This should apply to the rich duplicate the anarchy now prevailing McAdoo to all the banks of the, When the Voters' League (a substitute for the Nonpartisan loafer as well as to the ordinary vagrant- in Russia. countr}' announcing the offering for League) meets March 12 I suppqs^ }'ou will have these friends of If there is no state law to reach this class, which is not contributing "As I understand your organization subscription every two. weeks between it is working to produce just such the dear people on hand and that the meeting will be run by Arnold now and the opening of the to the nation's needs, the first thing to do is to place conditions in America and the fate next Liberty Loan of treasury certificates one on the statute books. It should have real "teeth" in it, and as before, although he is neither a taxpayer or a resident, and Of free representative government of indebtedness in amounts be similar in that respect to the criminal syndicalism and sabotage that if any opposition is developed to his plans the former prize -i-sv sealed on this continent the moment of $500,000,000 or more, have been received laws. fight promoter will have the opposition thrown out- That's what tne farmers, or any other class in large numbers. of citizens, gain control with the Lacking such a law, stringent vagrancy ordinances should they do in Russia at the present time. Be sure to pass a resolution The thousands of telegrams from avowed intention of conducting the the banks all strike one patriotic be passed by municipalities, to deal with the loafer until the legislature condemning the writer, too. That will help fill up the back government as a class proposition to note, and the whole-hearted cooperation can act. Power should also be vested in some recognized page where the dead ad is. Have" you found any facts yet that be exploited in their own interests. of banks and trust companies authority to close the doors of these places where it is found they I have set forth that were not true? Be specific. Quit your general "For some months j-ou have had is assured the government "without harbor from day to day the idle. denials, as the lawyers call 'em. I'll take up a little more space field men at work as organizers of stint or limit.'" There are hundreds of able bodied' men frequenting these next week in reply to your general statements, or whose ever they were, and before I get through the people will know just who places of amusement, without a care on their minds. Most of are the,robstructionists and why. Your little gang of political them are either under or over the conscription ages.—Ely Miner high-binders will have their motives reviewed by the public from FAREWELL, I FIGHT FOR YOU. the facts heretofore unpublished and, believe me, there will be some eye-openers theNlike of which you can't get in any of the une Just Before the Battle, Mother. back alleys of this town. Now, be a good boy, Monty, and we Hark I hear my country calling won't bother you any more,'but just remember that the bunch can hear the bugles blow, of self-constituted "reformers" are going to get some reforming And I know my Nation's calling methods exposed. The people of this county have paid t^ie price, For my help to fight the foe. they have got nothing for their investigation mefney, and they are Far across the surging billows, entitled to know the reason why. S.o, fce'ep off the track, Monty, the train is coming. Where the battles rage and roar, It is there my country needs me— TAXPAYER.' ave a On a far-off foreign shore. ARRAYS CLASS AGAINST nation knows that to be a, fact, and CHORUS: CLASS FOR OWN GAIN these men, "profiteers,' if you like, Farewell, friends^and old companions, Will receive their just punishment— Farewell, family ties so true either at the hands of the proper authorities Loyal Editor Tells Townley How His I will do my best in service, under the law, or through League Will Produce the Same the just indignation of the people All, farewell, I fight for you. Conditions Russia Suffers. when the proper time comes. j. Yes, go to fight that battle I .. Will Be Called To Account. •The Townley league is sending out For a cause both right and true, to a number of newspapers a large There, must be an accounting, help win For a freedom everlasting amount of prepared "plate matter."!There vill be an accounting. The In the world for me and you. -. edited .in the headquarters of the'w'iee's justice will' reach these But I ga not forth to battle league and for the most part con- men and these interests as sure as With a single doubt or fear, siting of attacks on men and insti- there is a torporrow. the war tutions, and sometimes aimed at in- BUT For my heart and hand are steady V. officials of the government, with the "I consider any citizen who' will And I know my cause is dear. very evident purpose oL arraying the! deliberately rock the boat which is farmers against the business inter- already loaded to the guards to be a so a it a oh so ests of the country in the most ap-jeither a traitor or just an ordinary this city. It bears a cadenced sentiment which," while not often proved Socialistic forqj. [jdamphool. In either case such citi- expressed, is in the hearts of thousands during these strenuous No man, and no newspaper, would zen should be restrained from activitity days of hurried preparations and sorrowful leave takingsvand we be so foolish as to say there are not until after the war." -s- teii£HJ°ved s°od by«-comfort^ ones believe will b,e appreciated as a bv many of those who men engaged in business^-big business Tha^ is what one editor wrote to and smalj business—-who have! A. C. Townley, president of the na- sought to profit by the war. All the I tional Nonpartisan league, when