The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-10-23

sentences, and then they go running to
the meeting place. Then when he gets
up to address them in his usual force
full, sledge hammer style, with Ian
guage more forceful than elegant,
many times bordering on the pro-
fame, he works the boys up to a great
pitch of enthusiasm and that does the
business. The money flows toward
him as easily as the water drops over
Niagara Falls. 1t is wonderful the
power this man has over an audience
of farmers. Just sound the alarm of
big business, bank wreckers, ETC., that
is all that is necessary.
pity " 5. S.
A drive is on this week to raise
some money in Barnes county to help
build suitable memorial to the
greatest American citizen who has
passed away-Theodore Roosevelt.
The committee in charge of the drive
in this county are not asking for large
contributions to this fund but have
been allotted certain amount to raise.
If the people of Barnes county gener-
ally respond it will be no trouble to
raise the allotment for this county.
Theodore Roosevelt was a great man,
a great soldier, a great citizen and
one of the most fearless presidents
that ever occupied the executive man.
sion at Washington. He~ may have
had his faults-what man has not
yet withal he was a great man and
president. His memory is to be per-
petuated by the erection of suitable
memorial to which all friends of the
ex-president are asked to contribute.
The country at the present time needs
few more Theodore Roosevelts.
-BUY W. 5. S.
The real motive OF the league lead
ers in this proposed impeachment of
Hall, Kositzy and LANCER is to get
hold of the state machinery for two
months which could be done if these
officials were brought to trial by the
house of representatives. 1t falls on
the house of representatives to order
the trial or impeachment of these Off
Gals and then the state senate will
have to try them. This all told would
take about two months, and in the
meantime these men would be sus-
pended from office and Gov. Frazier
would appoint men of his own stamp
to fill these offices during that two
months, and by the time the impeach-
ment proceedings were brought to an
end by the senate these men would
have played havoc with the funds of
the state and would have worked out
their schemes to their hearts con-
tent. 1t is a mighty rosy looking
scheme to these high binder financlers.
If the Scandinavian American Bank
at Fargo is solvent as the leaders al
lege why is it necessary for the afore
said leaders to comb every nook and
corner of the state to get farmers to
go to Fargo today taking with them
their cash to put a solvent bank on
sound financial footing. There is
something funny about this institu-
ton. The bank is in the hands of the
administration own receiver and
bank examiners who say the institu-
ton is solvent, yet they have to APP
peal to the people to rally around the
flag Of nonpartisan mismanagement,
put in their money to make good
bank which they say under their own
affidavits is solvent. The situation is
flQlculOuS ana SHOWS OIL LHe ldCc VI
their own actions that they are lying
to the people Lying like horse
thieves" as Mr.. Townley advised them
to do. No institution that is solvent
would need to appeal to the farmers
for funds. On the contrary with the
state administration in charge and
with the courts with them, it would
have been opened long ago. The fact
Of the matter is that the bank was
insolvent and by stroke of good
fortune the bunch has been able to get
stay of proceedings from the court
until the mass meeting today when it
is hoped to shake enough money out of
the farmers to make it solvent and re-
open. But this is the first time in our
IN, that we ever heard of a solvent
bank or any other institution calling
on the public to put it on it's feet. If
it is solvent then the money they get
today will probably be "shot around to
help out some other shaky institution"
If some of were put in the general
fund some of these past due salaries
cc,,1d ho paiI