The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-02-20

Some fellow said to the editor the
other day "why don't you boost the
town." Well, the question was a lit
tie cut of order we think, but at that
t not amiss. How many people are
boosting Valley City. Very often you
hear some one say II want to get out
of here, there is nothing doing"
Friends, when you hear a person say
that you can rest assured it is not the
town, but the person themselves who
are wrong. AS a matter Of fact this
paper is boosting the town six days
IN a week, ffty-two weeks in the year.
Every day we record something Of
benefit to the town-a proposed new
enterprise, improvements contemplate
ed, social happenings, doing work for
the various organizations OF the town.
Who does more boosting for the town
than your daily newspaper-your
weekly newspaper if you please. 1t
gets to be an old story with the pa
pers, you know, yet we like to boost
our town. Boost is our middle name
and has always been just that. Speak
inc about towns, where can you find
better town than Valley City? We
have one of the finest locations in the
whole world, carved by the hand of
nature through the handiwork OF God.
We have a fine lot Of people living in
Valley City. We have as good water
as can be found in any city in the
land. We have fine municipal light
and water plant. We have beautiful
parks, we have fine homes and first
class stores of every line Of trade:
We have one of the finest educational
institutions in the state, the State
Normal school. We have a fine pub
lie school system. We have many
fraternal organizations. A fine pub
lie library. Many very good churches
of all denominations-you can wor-
ship here freely and according to your
own religious views. We have good
wholesale houses. We have a good
CITY administration, and we have less
crime than any city it's size in the
country. We have as fine postoffice
building as you can find in any city
| this size or larger in the country. We
have a great farming country sur
rounding the town. We have every
known kind of politician from stand.
pat republican to the latest kind OF
up-to-date. Bolshevike-what more
can you wish in place that is ideal
to live in. Valley City is one OF the
best places on earth and all it needs
to make it greater place is for the
people themselves to unite in making
it better and bigger. And say we for
GOT to mention our banking institu-
fions. We have four good ones, one
of them the First National, bank OF
over million and a half. Say,
knock the skids from under your
croaking old chariot and instead OF
saving "never more" change it to
"sure. sure" Let's all boost. Don't
leave it all to the newspaper man.
Confound the luck, we left out some
Of the hest things we have. There is
! new fibre mill under course Of con-
struction and we have two great rail-
road lines running through the town
so that YOU can get out in hurry or
in the same way if you want to. We
have three cemeteries, but they are
only used for the dead ones. What we
want now is unity and cooperation
and Valley City is bound to grow and
nrosner if it gets that from her peo-
HE. And in closing don't let us for
get our SpleHulu UdAu Choo
those enjoyable concerts during the
summer and materially helps US to
forget our business cares and trouble
for the nonce Then as we let our
minds eye wander over the city we
finally fix our gaze on the old Com
pany G armory where at each end or
the flagstaff floats the stars anc
stripes and we realize that with al
our other blessings we have old Com
pany G who went to France to fight
| for the freedom Of the world-as
brave a bunch of brave lads as eve1
became part of any army in tht
world. They are coming home soon
it will be glad home coming for tht
fathers and mothers, wives, brothers
and sisters Of these lads. Is Valley
City a good town to live in? W.
rather guess it is. Let's make it
better town.
| Feeling themselves slipping and de-
string to keep their forces intact unit
they can force through the radica
nrooran If socialistic LEGISLATION. thu