The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-11-27

, If the league wins out 1t Will be con-
strued as saying that the league
forces are sticking. If the other fel-
low is elected it will be taken to, mean
that the farmers figure they "are
stuck" instead of "we'll stick"
-BUY W. s. ~-
Our friend the philologist informs
us that Nuessle is Swabian dialect
word meaning E'little nut" Now we
are looking for some other scientific
friend to tell us what cracked the
little nut.-Grand Forks American.
We are not a scientist but we can
answer the question, just the same.
The supreme court last week cracked
the nut and the court found the kernel
sound. Is that satisfactory, old man.
The following pleasing comment on
the Times-Record's stand is taken
from the Mandan Pioneer, another
staunch independent paper The Pho
neer ediyor was the fellow who told
Gov. Frazier he would not stop pub
fishing his paper when the governor
asked him to at meeting of the coun-
Gil Of defense. Mr.. Tostevin had crit
icised the governor and the council
and was called on the carpet and ask
ed to quit publishing the Pioneer. He
had the backbone,to tell the governor
to go to warmer climate than is
found in North Dakota even in the hot
test days of July. Says the Pioneer:
Mr.. Trubshaw, the editor of the VAL
ley City Times-Record, is one of con-
stantly growing independent class OF
editors in North Dakota who speaks
right out, and has found that even in
the hot bed of Nonpartisanism it pays
to be open and above board. With the
issue as clearly defined as it is in this
state there isn't much to be made by
sitting on the fence, and if citizen
is going to be of service whatever in
Kidding the state of the bunch Of graft
ers , he can't do better than come |
right out and call spade spade. If |
Barnes county doesn't in the coming
election throw the hooks into the bank
and shake-down artists |
it won't be because the Valley City /
Times Record has been derelict in its
duty as an exponent of the right.
-l1,y ". B. s.---
The special session of the legisla-
ture meets in Bismarck tomorrow and
it is thought will be in session not to
exceed ten days. One of the first
things to be done by the special ses-
sion in our opinion is the passage Of
the woman suffrage amendment to
the constitution. So far as we can
ind out there will be very little op-
position to this part of the program.
Just what other legislation will be
enacted is problematic at this time,
out we expect new laws will be passed
aimed particularly at Messrs. Hall.
LANCER and Kositzky,' laws that will
AXE away their powers on the vari-
Jus boards that they are now on. The
eague leaders do not take kindly to
having their methods of finance
brown open to the light of day and if
here is a chance to cover up anything
his special session will try to cover it
lp. 1t has gotten to the point now
where the farmers of the state want
to know" and they are learning it
rom other sources than the league.
n fact they are just commencing to
hink that perhaps, after all, there is
omething rotten about the financial
of the present regime.
\ while ago they would not listen to
anybody but Townley and the nonpar-
isan press, but now they are getting
aore tractable and will at least listen
3 others. This is good sign, and
vhen they get all the facts as eluci-
ated by their tax bills, we opine they
viii still seek more light-on taxation
t least. ,,.f-.2 ...>--s. "