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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-21
MCFARLAND GOES
:. TO WlLLST0N

Bismarck, N. D., Aug. 14.-G. A.
Mcfarland, deposed president of VAL
ley City Normal school and who had
been engaged as an assistant to Miss
Nelson, superintendent of public in
struction, has accepted a position as
superintendent of the Williston city
schools at salary almost double that
paid him by the state. Mr.. McFar-
land was called to Williston recently
by long distance phone message and
the offer which was made him came
unexpectedly and unsolicited. ,.<
McFarland's salary was the only
one not raised last year by the board.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-21
CAN STATE SELL
TEACHERS BONDS

Bismarck, N. D., Aug. 16.-Whether
or not 100000 worth Of Liberty
Bonds owned by the teachers of North
Dakota, and representing majority
of the funds Of the $191, 599.13 in the
Teachers Retirement Fund, may be
sold and the money added to the funds
of the State Bank of North Dakota,
was raised this morning at a meeting
Of the board Of education. About
81, 900 was due on $4,000 bond sub
scription and this was voted paid. In
addition the department of university
and school lands has also an invest
ment Of approximately $500 900 in
Liberty Bonds, and the same question
arises. Attorney General LANCER has
been asked for an opinion. Without
going into the matter from legal
standpoint, he expressed the belief
that these bonds could not be sold. -.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-21
b lC ! I I! 4 |! COLLECT /, j
EDFR0M OUTSIDE

Bismarck, N. D., Aug. 16.-An indi-
cation of the trend Of North Dakota's
agriculturists toward the cattle busi-
ness is shown by the reports being
made and secured by Attorney Gener-
al William LANCER and A. W. Carlson,
Special investigator, in connection
with the collection of taxes on moneys
and credits from foreign corporations.
The st. Paul Cattle Loan Company,
a subsidiary of the Swift Packing
company, today holds chattle mort
cages on stock or notes to the sum Of
$474, O51. GA. In addition they have
sold such securities to many North
Dakota banks or parties. Under the
act collecting taxes on all moneys and
credits and which was amended at the
last Legislative session to provide
means Of paying foreign corporations
who hold North Dakota paper, a tax
of So. 90 per thousand is collectible and
the St. Paul Cattle Loan Company
is due to pay $1,460 on its paper. The
Patterson Land Company has $685.
779 in North Dakota paper, nearly all
on cattle.
LANCER and Carlson assert that up
wards of 100000 of paper is held
by foreign corporations on cattle
alone, while many times as much is
held on real property. The North
west Improvement Company of st.
Paul holds North Dakota paper in the
sum of $1,242,672.72, and is one of
the companies which has instituted
suit to test the constitutionality Of
the law. -,
It is stated that the amount of the
cattle brokers' holdings have been in
creased materially during the past
several months as Montana cattlemen
have been forced to dispose Of drouth
stricken stock at ridiculously low
prices, and this livestock has been
shipped into North Dakota and dis
posed of to ranchers and farmers Of
this state.
The holdings of the St. Uaul Cattle
Loan Company, for example, show
most of the stock to be in the western
and southern counties: Sioux $42,-
422.74; Logan $4,000; Dunn, So, 593;
Grant $48,246; Mckenzie $83,381;
Slope $39,O84.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-21

become q governmental agency that
will amount to anything as such.
There is no doubt that the old parties
have been dominated too much by
bosses in, the, past, and that one Of
them is still SO dominated. The Re-
publican party is at last free of boss
rule, and it's loyal adherents are de-
termined that never shall another one
of its political conventions be DOM
mated by any man or set OF men.
The party went through the crucible
in 1912. It was in the election fol;
lowing the convention at Chicago In
that year that the big boss idea was
forever settled in the party. Moth
wthstanding the big bosses apparent
ly won in the convention, they lost,
and the party of Protection, Progress,
and Prosperity faces the future today
with brighter hopes of usefulness than
it ever had in all it's history. The
Democratic party will go through the
fire in the next presidential campaign,
and it will suffer such crushing de-
feat that it will either die as political
parties have died when they refused to
let the people run them, or it will en-
erge from the ashes of defeat puri-
fed governmental organization that
will be a worthy opponent Of the Re-
publican party.
Mushroom movements, like unto
that of "The Nonpartisan League"
have sprung up in this country, from
time to time, ever since the nation was
founded. but they were short lived.
The League will have it's brief day
and die. The Republican party offers
those who are joining this new move
ment, in the belief that it will enable
them to better serve their country,
the best possible governmental organ
ization in which to work in order to
accomplish anything really worth
while for themselves and their coun-
trymen. Why should people try to
navigate the oceans in canoe of
doubtful construction in fruitless at
tempt to carry on commerce, when by
utilizing great ocean steamship that
has weathered the storms they can
accomplish their desired end and be
of real service to humanity 1.-The
Rooseveltian.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-21

The Fargo Courier-News with a
great burst of righteous indignation
comes out yesterday in an editorial
roasting the opposition press for tell
ing what it claims are lies through
the last campaign in regard to what
was going to happen if the new laws
were approved, and cites each and ev-
cry one of the new laws in panning out
just as the c: N. says they would
beneficial to the people generally. 1t
takes great JUNCTION to itself on &C.
count of having been sustained all
through-that every promise made by
the nonpartisan press had been fulfill
ed and jumps on the Independent press
for failure to substantiate the charg-
es by it in the late campaign. Let's
see if the Courier News is correct in
the premises and can be relied upon
to tell the truth. 1t said during the
campaign that if the new laws went
into effect that very little raise in tax
alton would be the result. Has it
made good on that proposition? It
has not. Taxes will be enormously
higher under the dawn of this new
day which the voters are going to find
out and are finding out right now,
which substantiates the claims made
by the independent press. There is
no getting around your tax bill-it
can't be done and if the Courier News
has been assessed the same as the rest
of US it knows very well that it lies
when it says taxes will not be ma
terially raised. Then again in page
after page of political dope published
during the campaign it said that Miss
Nelson, instead of being stripped of
power would be given greater power
and authority in her duties as state
superintendent. Has the nonpartisan
political machine made good on this?
Not on your life. Instead she has
been stripped of her duties, made to
feel herself a mental in her Office, has
a bunch going through her desks and
spying upon her all the time and gen.
orally sneered at and made to feel
that she was fgurehead, while Mel
Macdonald, Mrs. Macdonald, E. P.
Crane and a bunch of has-beens, re-
pudiated by the people at the polls,
fired from their position by the will
Of the people, are put back into her
office to harass and embarrass her in
the administration of the affairs of the
state department of education. Does
the Courier-News call that keeping
faith with the people? It is the
blacklist outrage that was ever perpe-
trated on the people of this state. If
we were Miss Nelson we would hang
on to the willows with grim deter
mination not to let this punch of po-
litical buccaneers pry her from her
office. We would take it to the peo-
Pile next June and if she does that out
fit will get the biggest drubbing they
ever got in their lives at least on this
one office. The Fargo morning social
list is a camoufage of the worst type
and in no instance has it entitled itself
to the confidence of the people Of this
state.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-21

class occasionally contributes" a lit
tie nondescript advertisement with
out punch or selling force.
The merchant in your town who is
making q success Of his business and
building new home and planning an
addition to his store and increasing
his sales force and giving his children
a good education and sharing with
you the leadership in the affairs of the
town, is getting his share Of the trade
because he goes after it intelligently
and consistently. He is not overlook
ing any piece Of desirable business or
any opportunity to MAINTAIN his pres
tige in the community. '5
If ihe ran dairy he would keep his
c ows well supplied with good feed
and water and good barn, and then
see that they were MIXED '1dry" every
time. j E'
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-21
LOOKING AHEAD

1t is the year l922.
The farm laborers of North Dakota
are in session to consider the "Plumb
plan" for taking over the farms of
the state.
eve must eliminate all fictitious
value due to profits placed back in the
FARMS" says a delegate.
Certainly" says another. Eve
must allow the present bourgeois
owners only the original cost of the
land; just what was paid to the In
dams for il"
"Then we'll issue government bonds
to them and let them pay themselves
for their own land"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-21

If the State of North Dakota can
legislate to make lawyers and others
take their business of a private ma
ture to some particular newspaper
designated by it, why cannot this same
legislature compel US to buy our groc-
cries at some particular store in some
certain town in each county designated
just like the newspapers have been :?
It would be decidedly class legisla-
ton, wouldn't it, and we reason that
the independent press of the state
have just kick coming and mighty
good grounds to take it into the su-
preme court for a decision.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-21

MILK COWS AND MERCHANTS
If you do not milk cow "dry" ev-
cry time, the cow will not keep up her
full flow Of milk. rt&sI :,
A dairyman may buy or raise good
cows. He may give them good feed
and good water and good barn. He
may be located convenient to a good
market for milk or butter.
But even then his profit or loss will
to a considerable extent be deter
mined by the ability and disposition
of the hired man to Strip" his cows
clean.
The ability of the cows to make
proper return for the care they re-
ceive at the hands of the dairyman
depends on breeding and feed and
water and protection from the wealth
er. ..e:s .
The habit Of delivering the maxi
mum product over q long period of
time depends not only on the things
enumerated above but is largely a
matter of training and practice.
Unless your town is extremely for
tunate or remarkably unfortunate,
have two kinds of merchants with va
riable gradations in between. 4
One class is making money. The
other, class is looking for new loca-
ton or job.
One class believes in the town and
in the surrounding community. The
other class is constantly complaining
of lack of appreciation.
One class buys merchandise because
it is salable. The other class buys
merchandise because the price rs low.
One class carries standard, known
merchandise with an established rep
utatiOn. The other class carries un-
known merchandise.
One class is ready to deliver to the
people what they have already been
educated to buy. The other class is
kept busy in an endeavor to convince
the people Of the merits Of things they
never heard Of.
/ One class uses your paper to tell
people where they can buy standard
merchandise Of known value and an
established reputation. The other
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-21

Judge Monson, of Fargo, is a unique
sort Of cuss to say the least. A fel-
low by the name of Crowley, from
Hope, went to Fargo to see dentist,
had several teeth pulled, and follow
ing that operation he had considerable
pain, went out and got some liquor and
consequently jag and was pinched
for being drunk. Judge Monson de-
cided that he had a license to get
drunk under the circumstances and the
prisoner was discharged. Question::
Will this stunt become popular in the
future.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-21
THE NONPARTISAN LEAGUE

"THE NONPARTISAN LEAGUE"
is the name of a johnny jump-up or
ganization that is creating more or
less friction in political circles in the
Northwest, especially in the states of
North and South Dakota, Minnesota
Wisconsin and Iowa. 1t has no we'll
defined principles. The organization
is nothing but dark-alley entrance
into Socialism and Bolshevism. So
cialism never could make any head
way among the farmers of this coun-
try under the name of Socialism, so
scheme has been Matched to make So
cialists and Bolsheviki out of them un-
der the guise of "The Nonpartisan
League" So adroitly are the promot-
ors of the movement working theN
scheme that not a few of the best
people of the Northwest are being led,
boots and baggage, into the net. AS
the Republican party is the majority
party in that section Of the country,
the League is making the greatest in
road into the Republican ranks. Think
Of it! 1t seems unbelievable that Re-
:publicans, cherishing the immortal
principles of Lincoln, Garfield, Nc
Kinley and Roosevelt, would allow
such a scheme to lead them astray.
What are we coming to, anyway? 1t
appears that in these days almost
anything IS liable to happen. Who
would have thought Of those sturdy
Northwestern farmers, whose Repub-
licanism has been considered as firm
.ly fixed as stars in their courses, al
lowing Socialism, under another'
name, to put rings in their noses and
lead them into the camp of the Red
faggers? =, Y
One of the clinching arguments
that the promoters Of the League are
using to hoodwink the voters is that
the American people have been trail
ing blindly behind party band wagons
too long, voting for men and meas
ures not of their choosing, but select
ed for them by the big POLITICAL boss
es in the party conventions. This ar
gument sounds plausible and seems
well-founded, and is catching the I'M
suspecting suckers. Yet il those who
are joining the movement on the
strength Of this argument will calmly
sit down and think about the matter,
they will come to the conclusion, ii
they are absolutely honest with them
selves, that "The Nonpartisan Leag-
ue" will have to select its candidates
and the platform that these candidates
go before the people on; by the con-
vention method, that is, through del
egates, when the League grows suf-
fciently strong, il it ever does, to en-
ter state and national election con-
tests as recognized governmental
agency, and that the political boss will
be there seeking to dominate just as
/. he has dominated the political con-
ventions in the past. And when they
arrive at this conclusion, they will, by
the same process Of reasoning, make
up their minds to stay IN the old par
ties and aid the people in purifying
these parties where publication is
needed, and not align themselves with
new movement that must go thru
the same process Of development that
the Republican and Democratic par
ties had to go through before it can
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-21


The Bismarck Tribune's tribute t
the editorial bunch gathered at Mar
dan last week, shows how the news
paper men feel regarding the Towr
ley Brinton measure forced throug
the legislature and endorsed throug
class prejudice:
"Gentlemen of the North Da-
kota press, knights of the Fourth
Estate, advocates of the people,
independent, unkept, unterrihed,
bowling your necks to the yoke of
no master, selling your con-
science and your convictions to
no boss, captains of your own
souls, true to the trust, The Trib-
une salutes you.
"You have fought good fight;
you have been purified in fire,
you are today, more than ever be-
fore, worth of the confidence
imposed in you by a constituency
which looks to you for the saliva
ton of our state. The spirit you
have shown, your courage, your
confidence, your willingness to
sacrifice gain in the interest of
Righteousness and honesty, brand
you as MEN.
1.-THE Tribune is proud of an
opportunity to have a share in
welcoming you to the Missouri
Valley; The Tribune is delighted
with the splendid reception which
our enterprising sister city has
given you. The Twin Cities of
the Missouri have been honored
by your presence here; history
has been made at your meeting,
and a worthy host of true knights
of chivalry have here been recon-
secrated to a great cause"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-21

ME Nelson as state superintendent of
public instruction." but that "THE
FACTS ARE THAT THE MEAS
URE INCREASES THE POWERS
AND DUTIES OF THE STATE Sill
PERINTENDENT, AND MAKES
THIS OFFICE MORE OF A FAC
TOR IN THE EDUCATIONAL PLAN
FORE" - D
Again we were told by your league
press bureau, Mr.. Frazier. that zone
provision of the act itself refutes the
statements that have been made by
|@ang newspapers Of the state that the
bill was calculated to curb the duties
of the state superintendent Of public
instruction" and then there is quoted
for US section 9 Of the board of ad-
mmistration act which reads: tTHE
POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE
STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION AS HERE
TOFORE PROVIDED BY LAW
SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE SU-
PERVISION AND CONTROL OF
THE BOARD OF ADMINISTRA-
TON ONLY INSOFAR AS SUCH
POWERS AND DUTIES WERE BY
LAW SUBJECT TO THE SUPER
VISION AND CONTROL OF ANY
OR ALL OF THE BOARDS MEN,
TONED IN SECTION s OF THIS
ACT" ~ - -
No, Mr.. Frazier, this isn't an "old
gang lie." These excerpts are taken
verbatim from only last weeks edit
ion Of the Golden Valley Progress, a
league newspaper controlled BY your
very good friend, Mr.. Rrinton, Mr..
Frazier-the newspaper which your
printing and publication commission
has just selected to be the official or
gan of Golden Valley county, Mr..
Frazier.
The truth of the matter is, Mr..
Frazier, that somebody has lied.
Somebody has lied deliberately and
persistently and with the clear intent
to deceive the people Of North Dako-
ia. They have lied about a very I'M
portant matter which is of most vital
concern to everyone Of US, and partic-
ularly to the boys and girls who are
growing up and may have to live in
this state and be responsible for our
mistakes after we have gone, Mr..
Frazier. These youngsters haven't
had the opportunity to express their
opinion of you through the ballot box.
Before this privilege is extended to
them your administration will be at
an end.
But, Mr.. Frazier, as a MAN, you
owe it to these boys and girls, and to
the honest and decent men and wo-
men of North Dakota who still believe
in you, because you are their govern
or, to discover who has been doing
this wholesale and deliberate lying.
Your administration has been misrep-
resented; you have been placed in a
far from favorable light. If you are
Frazier, you will give the public a
frank, candid, clear-cut statement of
the facts.
We all know-that is all of US who
do not depend for our facts upon your
own subsidized press, Mr.. Frazier
that your board Of administration has
done the very things which your
league propagandists promised on
your behalf would not be done.
SOMEBODY LIED, Mr.. Frazier,
and NOW it is up to YOU to explain.
Tribune.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-21
NATIONAL GUARD CONDEMNS
CONSUMPTION BILLS

from the shock of the terrific, and
wholly unexpected attack upon the
C hambet.lain-Kahn CONSUMPTION bill,
made by the National Guard Associ-
alton of the United States which is
holding it's annual conference in the
Seventy-6rst Regiment Armory in
New York City. Every member of
the House and Senate Military Affairs
Committees received last week TEL
egram, stating definitely and explicit
;ly that the men who carried the day
'at Chateau Thierry and the Argonne,
are in no mood to trifie with perma-
nent peace time training and conscrip-
ton in America. That telegram,
which was only partially carried by
the press associations, deserve rehear-
sal in full:
-Four million veterans of the great
war are sufficient nucleus for the or
ganization of any army which may be
required for some time to come.
"The American people will not toll
crate the ruthless abandon of a policy
which created a great civil army
which answered the call, never finch
ed in the face of the severst fire, and
whose record of achievement stands
as guarantee of it's ability to handle
any situation which may confront it.
''The Chamberlain-Kahn bill abol-
ishes the citizen soldiery of the Unit
ed States which public sentiment de-
mands shall be the backbone of its
military strength; and, at time when
the people are struggling under the
burden of excessive taxation, creates
at enormous expense, the machinery
for the establishment in America of
that detestable Prussian system
which is abhorrent to the American
people.
"The League of Nations and the
Chamberlain-Kahn bill can never go
hand in hand.
EITHER the League of Nations is a
snare and delusion or there is no
necessity for the passage of the
Chambrlain-Kahn bill.
"The Chamberlain-K Kahn bill is the
swan song of the General Staff. Fail
ing utterly in it's efforts to secure nee
essary recruits for the regular army
it now attempts in time of peace un-
der the guise of a universal service
bill o resort to CONSUMPTION, and to
seize from their homes the youths Of
America for service in the Philip
pines, n Hawaii, in Porto Rico, in the
Canal Zone and even in Russia should
the military dictator created by the
provisions Of this vicious bill deter
mine that the emergency demanded it.
"The Chamberlain-Kahn bill des-
troys and places a stigma upon the
citizen soldiery which bore the brunt
of fighting as shock troops, and Gre
|ates centralized military oligarchy
with dangerous potentlalities for po-
litical abuse, and the destruction of
the freedom which is vital to the ex-
istence of the country: - 'T
Therefore the National Guard AS
ISOLATION of the United States, thru
it's officers, executive and Legislative
committees in conference assembled,
representing that great body Of citi-
zen soldiers whose record Of efficien-
cy entities it to the fullest measure Of
support, opposes the passage Of the
Chamberlain Kahn bill"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-21

"And the farms will be run under
a tripartite plan. The farm laborers
will have one representative; the
farm overseers another; and the pub
lie will have a third. Well fix our
own wages, and if there is anything
left it will go to pay interest on the
bonds. If there isn't anything left
then we'll issue more bonds to pay
the interest and pay US the wages we
want"
The plan is Endorsed with loud
cheers.
"What's to become of US ~ ask the
farm owners.
"You can 60 to work as farm Ia
borers again" say the delegates
"You are only Bib Business tool any
way, and. haven't any rights.
Forum.