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Show AN EXPENSIVE LUXURY LUX-URY The Nonpartisan League government govern-ment of North Dakota has been rather costly experiment to tho people peo-ple of that' state. Farmers In olbi-r stntoH probably will look very carefully care-fully before they leap Into the saii"J kind or a mlxup. Tho following jfioni tho Country Gentleman glvei i pretty fair Idea of tho situation: "It cost the farmers of North Dakota Da-kota $ 1C per head to Join tho Nonpartisan. Non-partisan. League. A. C. Townley, grand sachem of the leaguo, promised prom-ised them brightness and blessings, the strangulation of nig Illz, and taxation tax-ation with 100 per cent farmer representation. rep-resentation. Now Townley has delivered deli-vered both icpresentntlon and taxa- lion with tho oiniilirfufe on taxn.ln:l ll Lust year the fiuincrs of North 1)1- ' HH kotn paid $1,088,355 In tuxes. T.ls H year they will pay $ 1,540,820 In tax- pfl es an IncreaBO of only ICO per cqnt. 'bI .Your stnto Is Invited to follow Nortu jH , Dakota's load and establish a Town- ' jH ley Soviet government. It will coit i -H only $1 a membership to listen to f 1 ' H tho big nolso and then havo yum tax- I H es Jabbed up 1G0 per cent. Rig Dlr H In its most rapacloiifi days couMi't H .have contilved a gaudier gold brick I IH .to bounce on the skull of a gulliliio I U public." ij " -- iH asBsBsl |