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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-07
BUY ". .. !,

A special telegram to the Fargo
Forum Monday says that Gov. Fraz-
Ter has promised Mrs. Elizabeth OAR
row O'Neill, of Fargo, of the North
Dakota Votes for Women Association,
Mrs. South, Of Kentucky, and Miss
Schiller, Of New York, members Of
the National Woman's Suffrage COM
mittee, that there would be a special
session of the North Dakota assem-
bly,, at which the ratification of the
national suffrage amendment could be
taken up. The governor would not
commit himself as to date for this
special session but expressed conf.
dence that number Of things would
make special session necessary. The
governor is right. There is 2 lot Of
bum and vicious Legislation, foolish and y.
otherwise, that needs rehashing or kill
ing oil. The eight hour law, the com.
pensation act, the printing bill and
few other fool measures should be
wiped OF the statute books when they
have that special session.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-07

the opinion, which amounts to convic--
ton, that interest rates paid by the
banks on deposits have been too high
Some banks as you know, pay as high.
as 6 per cent on certificates of de-
post. You know also that on a loan
ing rate of 8 per cent there is no pro-
fit to bank, but an actual loss, after
keeping the legal required amount Of
money idle as reserve, and paying ex-.
penses, not to mention the risk Of
losses. Banks might charge 10 per.
cent on such money and make a small
profit, il they suffered no losses, but,
as rule the risk if loss is increased
loans being either in new country.
more or less subject to crop failures:
or to individuals who are light finan--
cially or otherwise poor credit risks.
Banks that pay more than 4 per
cent on savings or time certificates:
have to charge an excess interest on
their loans, and this shifts the burden
Of the benefit thus conferred to those
who have money for investment, over
to the farmers and other business men.
who are doing the work Of developing
the state, cultivating the soil or doing
other business. AS a rule, those who
deposit money on certificates Of de-,
post are in the idle or retired Glass;,
and you will agree with me that the
class Of our people who are retired
or well to do. You will also agree that
high rates of interest on loans is a
detriment to the state and against
public policy. Instead of being in--
creased they should be reduced, but
this can be brought about only when:
banks stop paying abnormally high
rates Interest. have no doubt that.
these same thoughts have occurred
to you in your banking experience and
it has occurred to you also that banks
that find it necessary to pay higher
than the usual rate of interest for de-
posts are not the banks which are
Che best, or the safest in which you.
should carry deposits of public
moneys. NJ
81 hope you will be able to attend.
the meeting of our executive council
at Fargo on the 9Th inst, at which
time this matter can be discussed more
fully, r. f>'.- r" .'. r. f|-s x ~
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-07
STATESALARY ROLL
THREE TIMES BIGGER


Bismarck, N. D., Aug: 2.-The
monthly payroll at the statehouse was
SIC, 900 at the beginning of the pres.
cent regime in 1917. Last May it had
mounted to 5000; for the month OF
July, just past, it was $56, 900, and
State Auditor Kositzky today pre-
dicted that when the board of admin
istration, the Inauguration commits.
sion, the states three new district
Judges and their stats and other inno-
vations introduced by the last assem-
bly, strike their slide, North Dakota s
monthly bill for salaries alone will be
$4,000, which would be exactly three
times what it was when the Nonpar-
tisan league took charge of things at
the capitol.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-07

A. P. Hollis, of the Agricultural
College, W. J. Bell, of Dickinson Nor
NAL and L. N. Rockne, county superin-
tendent of schools Of Renville county
and P. S. Berg, superintendent of the
city schools at Dickinson, are the new
appointees for the state educational
commission and who will have prac-
teal charge Of the educational depart
ment Of the state. The first three ap-
pointees are pets of N. C. Macdonald
and will be expected to fall in line
for anything that will hamper Miss
Nelson and are supposed to be hos
tile to the present state superinten-
dent. These men were selected by Sc
cret ballot and as they are star cham
Der appointees will be expected to car.
~ out the plans of the league leaders
to the letter. The state certainly is
not looking for the best material when
it selects Hollis and Bell, anyway.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-07

w. E. Byerly, of Velva, who was
chairman of the democratic state con-
vention during the last campaign, has
been rewarded by being appointed to
the position of internal revenue in
spector for North Dakota, a new dis
trict which has recently been created
on account of the immense amount of
work in the revenue department. The
Times-Record congratulates Mr.. Dyer
ly on securing the position. He is one
of the real democrats of the state and
steadfast in his allegiance to the dem
ocratic party. If democrat has to
be appointed, why Byerly is as good
as any of them.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-07
BUY W, S. 5

The dawn of new day does not
seem to meet with the approval of
some of the big league bosses accord
ing to reports-they are just begin
ming to get their estimated tax to be
paid for living in North Dakota under
the scorching sun of this new day.
Boss Patterson, formerly head dis
penser Of pap and patronage for the
renowned y Alex. Mckenzie, former
bosseof xthe state, but with little con-
troll of affairs in comparison to Mr..
Townley, saw a chance to get in on
the band wagon Of the present regime
and make piece of money in doing
so. He very enthusiastically fell for
all the vagaries and idiosyncrasies OF
the present regime tax program and
all. and was the big chief of Burleigh
county. He rented the state his old
Northwest Hotel for league headquar-
tiers at big figure to be used as COM
mittee rooms and everything went
along as happy as marriage bell
the sun of a new dawn in North Da-
kota shone brightly for Patterson and
everything was fine as silk-the dawn
of new day looked good to Ed. Pat
terson and he got behind the tax Jug
gernaut of the. nonpartisan league
with his 200 pound avordupois and
pushed the band wagon along with
might and main. The league fellows
patronized the Mckenzie Hotel lib
orally and friend Patterson waxed fat
in the land. Now comes the shatter-
ing Of his dream of the new dawn by
finding out that he has been singing
himself by advocating the new dawn
He has great and glorious oppor.
tunity to pay several thousand dollars
more in taxes than he had before and
he is now squealing like stuck hog
We are nightly tickled at this, be.
cause during the campaign we were
told we were lying when we said that
taxes were going to be very much high
er, and one Of our brilliant and brainy
Legislators from the south district
even went so far as to say we were
crook and liar. We don't mind that
at all but according to the way tn.
chickens are coming home to roost i
| is proving that we were right. w
were advised to take calomel TO cleal
our vision. We needed none OF this bu
| our vision was much clearer than tn
one who suggested we take this. w
might Just % wen take some mag
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-07
FIRST HOLD \.
THE SEASON

Our usually quiet little town was
very much excited last Sunday morn
ing over the report of a bold hold-up
and robbery la true Wild Western
style Of days gone by. ass
While party of five were engaged
in a friendly game of cards about mid
night Saturday night in car on the
right Of way that had been fitted up as
an eating and sleeping place for the
local section men, four masked men
appeared suddenly, two in each end
of the car with drawn revolvers and
ordered "hands up!" Taken by sur
prise the party at first thought it a
joke and were perhaps little slow in
complying. With an oath one of the
holdup men exclaimed that it was no
joke and almost instantly fired, with
the result that Fireman Marshall had
a furrow plowed through the flesh of
the upper part of his forehead, and
Sectionman Frank" had a cash cut
on his head by a descending iron bolt.
After expeditiously going through
their victims and relieving them of
their money the robbers conducted
them to an adjacent box car, locked
them in, and made good their escape.
The outcries if the boxcar prison.
ers were heard and they were soon re-
leased. Neither one of the injured
men was seriously hurt.
This is the opening Of what will
probably be series Of robberies dur
ing tn harset saton, as we rarely
escape number of such. On account
of the war there were practically none
of the transient or hobo element here
last season and there was an absence
of the usual disorders. But with the
harvest scarcely begun the country is
now filling up with harvest hands, and
among those who are honest and will
ing workers there are always an un-
lawful number, who not only prey
upon their fellow workers, but COM
NIT other depredations, such as bur-
glarizing banks and stores. An ex-
ira night policeman or two might not
come amiss. Sanborn Enterprise.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-07

The Sentinel Courier, the oldest and
pioneer newspaper of old Griggs
county has fallen into the hands of
the Phillistines and is now the prop
erty of the nonpartisan league, or will
be after September first, a deal for
the purchase Of that plant having been
made recently by the league farmers
of Griggs county. Cooperstown can
either have the satisfaction of reading
only one side of the story by a sub
sidized press or else get some live
wire to start a newspaper there which
will represent conditions candidly and
as they exist In our opinion the pub
fishers of the Sentinel Courier got a
scare thrown into them unnecessarily
and should have held onto the willows.
cts long road that has no turn
ing"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-07
COL. FRANK WHITE !
ACCEPTS The JOB

Colonel Frank White, former gov
ernor of North Dakota, has accepted
the responsibility Of state chairman
ship for the North Dakota Salvation
Army Home Service campaign which
is a branch of the national campaign
for $15,00O,000. C. Hugh Wirth of
Chicago, state campaign director for
the Salvation Army, is organizing the
state and is working with the endorse
ment Of many representative men to-
put North Dakota on the map in this
campaign. In the districts in which
there are Elk lodges, the Elks will
canvass and will arouse interest in
the nation wide move. The North Da-
kota quota has been set for $15O, 900,
which is part of the western quota Of
$7,OOO,OOO. The eastern quota is the
same as the western quota and was
oversubscribed 100000 in the cam
paign which has just been completed
there. ,G.....@i III. VII. !
The United War drive quotas were
followed in setting allotments for the
drive and are based on the peculiar
needs of separate communities. All
the money raised in any state will 60
CVWdAOS Vic AuACASAA6 VI AAOAAAS 49,
vice work in that state. The call for
money so soon after the United War
drive comes because not cent Of the
money went for Home Service but all
for overseas work which made posi-
BILE endurance of adverse war conddi-
tions by "our boys" and incidentally
won for. the Salvation Army the
.boost" Of every man returning from
the service. s@. M
Allotment for districts vary out OF
proportion Of the differences in popu-
lation because of a plan which pro:
vides buildings in some districts and
not in others. With the exception OF
one or two where the need is great and
which will have permanent equipment
the population sparse, the districts
will pay for it with money raised
from their territory. This is over and
above their regular allotment on the
per capita basis in the United War
drive. .,5 sx
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-07

Our neighboring state of Montana
Monday ratified the woman suffrage
amendment to the national constitu-
ton. We believe this is the thirteenth
or fourteenth state that has already
ratified this amendment. So far about
only one state has turned the propo-
sition down. North Dakota will un-
doubtedly ratify the first time we get
the legislature together. In the mean
time that burning question of the
hour is who will be the next district
Judge for the first district Of which
Barnes county is now unit. The
governor has been talking at picnics
the past day or two so that he had
not made any appointments up to this
time. The old plum tree will be
shaken soon and then the lucky ones
will be made happy.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-07
GETCHELL PRAIRIE

Mrs. Anna Esby is visiting friends:
and relatives in the Twin Cities and
points in Wisconsin.
: Mrs. S. Olson of Belfeld, N. D., Wis
tied at the Esby farm last week.
Miss Josephine Esby has resumed
her duties at the Dayton store in Min
neapolis after spending her vacation
at her old home.
Miss Marguerite White of Mar
marth, N. D., spent a few days at the
Esby home. H..
Miss Hazel Chilberg of Forsythe,
Mont, is visiting at the Anderberg'
farm. -z:,,..
Mr.. Raymond Chilberg returned
from Montana last week. :.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Taylor and
family, Mrs. Ames and Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Whitcher spent Friday eve
ming at the j. A. Rogers home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Getchell and son
James Mr.. j.. H. Whitcher and Mr..
Ane.erberg autoed tc Fargo Saturday
tn attend the fair. t
Eivel Deskins arrived Sunday to as
sist Jaw Rogers with the harvest.
.. M. Sland Mrs. Will Whitcher Of
Grand Forks autoed to Getchell Prai-
RE Saturday evening and brought with
them Harriet and Edna Whitcher, also
Georgia. and Doris Whitcher Of st.
Paul after few weeks visit.
Nellie Whitcher left Sunday Tor
Chicago for a short visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. NJ. White enter.
tanned the two White families at din
tner Sunday in honor of Mr.. and Mrs:
Will White and Virginia Strobe OF
Virginia. =, wv.
|. Dorothy Rogers entertained at a
birthday party on Monday for all her
playmates and mothers. The after
noon was spent by playing games and
later picnic supper was laid on the
front lawn which was very much en-
joyed by the children:
l. Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Whitcher spent
Sunday at the Charles Whitcher home:
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Sampson and
baby s;eat Friday and Saturday at
the fair and also visited relatives at
Evansville. ~. y, @s
Ida and Florence Holcomb spent
Monday afternoon with Edna Witch
er. g. ~ "'0t>
Helen Strand spent the week end at
the NJ. M. White home.
Helen Harper left Saturday to visit
her cousins at the lakes. Z"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-07

First Lieut.. Paul Hart, saccompan-
led by his wife, arrived in the city re-
Gently, and are visiting at the home of
the lieutenant's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
%. T. Hart. Paul is being warmly well
coined home by his many friends in
Valley City. Lieut.. Hart has not yet
been mustered out Of the service and
lis here for leave Of absence for
few days. He will return to Camp
Dodge about August 8 or 9 and then
expects to be mustered out and will
again return to civil life. Mr.. Hart
is one Of the best young men who
ever went into the service and the
Times Record hopes that he will re-
turn to Valley City and again become
one Of our citizens.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-07

Mondays paper says that the race
riots in Chicago are not improving
very much, and thirty are now report
ed killed. It is a very serious con-
dition and the flame of hatred of the
white and black races has been fan
ned into a big blaze on account of
these race riots. There will always be
that bitter feeling between the two
something that never should exist
but how can the question be solved is
a problem that has not been accom-
plished up to this time. It seems
tough that because two races of hui
man beings have a different color of
skin, that this eternal race prejudice
should be kept up and so much life
lost and property damaged.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-07
LEGAL NOTICES DE-
FINED UNDER SEN
ATEBILL Isl

Dear Sir:-The repeal of the old
printing laws by Senate Bill 1877, Laws
Of 1919, has brought forth many in
.ouiries as to what printing matter will
have to be published in the official
newspapers therein authorized.
For YOUR convenience and to avoid
confusion. have arranged tabulat-
cd classification which indicates legal
publications of every kind that are re-
auired to be printed in the Official
newspaper designated under the new
law. It should be noted, however, that
this schedule does not become etfec-
tive until the expiration Of the deslg-
mated time for which the various mu-
nicipal subdivisions have contracted
their public printing. s.l.,
ANY legal printing matter which
comes within any of the following
classes is required to be printed in
those papers designated as official
newspapers under the new law:
i. All summons, citations, notices,
orders and other processes, in all &C
tions or proceedings in the Supreme
District, County or Justice courts; !.
2. All notices of foreclosure BY al.
vertisement, on real estate, chattel
mortgages, or other lien on real OF
personal property;
g.. All notices and legal publlca.
tions required by law to be published
by cities, towns or villages; {,
"A. All legal notices and Official
statements Of schools, and statements
of banks and other corporations in az
cities, towns and villages where an OF.
i fetal paper is published;
| s. County Commissioners pro.
ceedings, and all other notices, ane
publications that county officials are
required to publish; and all notices o.
whatever kind or character required
nv law to be published in any county
4 6. All state legal notices, including
notices for the publication of any re
ports Of corporations doing business
IN this state, and required by law +
| be published, shall be published y
those papers designated as ofticqaa
state papers;
4. All publications Of every natur,
required to be published by state OF
ficers. ,,,,,,,~,~,
j In every city, town or village, ex
ceutine only those in which the on
cial newspaper desig nated by tn
nrintinr commission is located. all lie
/ al publications Of whatever kind 9
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-07

The state knows very little OF
Messrs. Totten, Muir and Casey, or
of their ability to act as stewards for
property which has been entrusted 20
the millions of dollars worth OF p9ol1c
their care. The appointment OF tnree
men to the state board of admlnlstra
ton was a supreme test OF Governor
Frazier's ability to discriminate, to ex,
ercise independence and to use good
Judgment. Whether he has done any
one of these things is open to ques-
ton. He has made his appointments
purely political. He has selected men
who have served the league and Tor
whom rewards were demanded. The
Tribune fears that the governor IN
making his selections had more IN
mind the future of the Nonpartlsan
league and its welfare than the we'll
being of the great state which ne has
been elected to represent.
Had the governor selected even one
IF these three men from the ranks OF
, the several thousand able citizens VINO
have not affiliated with the league, ne
would have done manly thing. But
Governor Frazier has never lost an
OPPORTUNITY W SIIOW AAAS NOAAsS.HF
the political minority in North Dakota
! In not single instance where ne
could help himself has he selected for
any state office within his gift man
who was not pledged to eat out OF the
hand Of Mr.. Townley.
! Messrs. Totten, Muir and Casey are
not representative farmers. None OF
them has had any broad or successful
business experience. Not one OF them
| IS a student of or an expert in pen
alogy. They were selected not because
they possessed any qualifications
which would lead any man OF judg.
ment to commit to their care and con
+, troll the public school system OF Nortf
Dakota. They were picked solely be:
1 cause they were Townley men, ane
Governor Frazier has availed himself
of another opportunity to prove true
! to his trust--to Mr.. Townley.
I Under the old regime provision was
made for minority representation OF
all public boards. In North Dakota
] most hide-bound republican day
there were always democrats on al
i Che state commissb ions. And that
war as It should be. The minority ma!
be misguided and misled and lacking
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-07

Congress has again passed the bill
repeating the daylight saving clause
which is so unnecessary in times of
peace, the senate yesterday passing
the house bill by a vote of AZ to IL.
We wonder if Mr.. Wilson will again
veto the measure? If he does his un-
popularity with the farmers will not
be enhanced should he desire third
term, neither will any democratic can
didate win much favor as the present
administration will be blamed for all
these things that go to make life mis-
cradle for thefarmers and others.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-07

nesium for all the good it would do
both are harmless. But then we have
the dawn Of new day-the dawn Of
financial oppression-we hope those
who put it onto the people will have
the harder time of getting from un-
derive are willing to pay our share
to see some of these great apostles of
the new day get stung.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-07
HAVEN'T WE PAID THAT DEBT?

"But that does not pay our
debt to her. Nothing can pay Il
such debt. Woodrow Wilson
on the French treaty.
That comes about at near being abb
iect piffle as anything Mr.. Wilson ever
wrote. " @&x
His heart wasn't in that note about
the French treaty. It didn't ring true.
1t lacked punch" in the slang OF the
Mr.. Wilson was doing an unpleasant
lob and doing it rather badly on the
whole.
There is not a good case for the
French treaty from the American
standpoint at least, and Mr.. Wilson
knows it. He was carrying out bar
gain that grew out of the peace con-
ference, and most Americans know it..
He got his League of Nations such as
it was, in return for promise to sup
port the proposed treaty. .
All right. There is no crime IN a
little log rolling, but Americans have
heard about enough about the debt to
France, and the debt to other allies.
We have few debts we owe. to
America just now. We are playing
the part of rich uncle to half Of Eu-
rope, we sent 100000 men to France
and have lent her several billions OF
dollars. We haven't lost one bit OF
our admiration for the French. We
are blood brothers with them now, but
let's drop this talk about our debt"
Any debts we owed France have been
paid in full. -,
The French treaty should be turned
down promptly, decisively and I'M
equivocally. It is wholly indefenslble.
It gives France blanket guarantee
of protection with absolutely nothing
offered US in return. Probably we
would go to the aid of France If she
were threatened again, but why bind
ourselves in advance to do so! why
anticipate a decision on such a momen-
tous question as war? Why pledge
this country to enter another great
war before it even knows the condl-
tons? 49,.
Idealism in men or nations is wholly
praiseworthy but the idealist who ne
elects his duties as family provlder
to chase rainbows ceases to be admir-
able. Uncle Sam has about reached
the stage where he should prove him
self a "good provider", by looking aft
er his own family affairs awhile
Fargo Forum.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-07

in judgment, but it does not, because
| it chances to differ with the views Of
the majority, entirely forfeit it's right
to life, liberty and the pursuit Of hap
piness. But that isn't the league idea.
Bismarck Tribune. I, N
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-07

FOR SALE-All modern five room
cottage built recently. Two blocks
from post Office. Inquire 619 Second
avenue. SEIZED.