Can it be that the farmers of Idaho are raising almost a quarter of a million dollars to be handled by a bankrupt and a man charged and convicted of crime against this government? It has been repeatedly charged that Townley and other officers of the league have been in close association with the I.W.W. and in sympathy with it and kindred organizations. It would be the irony of fate if some of this $240,000 paid by the farmers of Idaho should leak through the clutches of Townley and into the coffers of the I.W.W. to be used in blowing up and destroying threshing machines, grain fields and other property of the farmers of Idaho, or used in defending those who have already been arrested for these crimes. What do the farmers get for the $16? Don't you have a little safer feeling today when you know that Moscow has a company of national guards with the state and nation standing behind it to protect your property, your home and your loved ones?

The indications are that the editorial association meeting to be held in Moscow on March 8 and 9 will be larger than those proposed it dreamed it would be, for editors in Washington are asking to be permitted to come and they will be welcomed. While they cannot join the Idaho association there is nothing to prevent the editors of eastern Washington coming here at the same time and perfecting an organization of their own. They can meet and fraternize with the Idaho editors and a better understanding and more complete cooperation will result from this meeting. Washington editors will be welcomed to Moscow any time. 