The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-05-08

ianS get through with that twenty
million dollars of the peoples money
they have voted into their own hands,
the people of the state will probably
have a severe headache, but they can
console themselves with the thought
that even the town drunkard serves
a useful purpose as a horrible ex.
ample for the temperance lecturers.
THINK TX 1NyEREsr-sAvE-
The last legislature helped the peo-
pie of the state to spend some more
of their hard earned money. In Or
der to raise money to put through its.
extravagant program and furnish sal.
airy money for horde of employees
the Townley legislature passed a bill
to create an income tax law and also
raise the price of gasoline putting a
tax on this useful commodity, so that
when the gasoline law went tinto ef-
feet, which it did as soon as Gov.
Frazier signed it, the people were
pleased to have a notification that the
price of gasoline had gone up from
one to two cents per gallon. 1t is not
the oil companies or dealers that have
to stand this raise, it is the consumer.
Then the income tax measure was
passed. The government has already
taxed US six per cent for incomes
which is exceedingly high-but war
comes Highland we have no sooner
gotten that paid for this year than we
are informed that the state income tax
law will go into effect July and we
have another opportunity to contri-
butte toward maintaining the most eX-
travagant administration in the his
tory of the state. 1t is no wonder that
there is a growing feeling of unrest
all over the state. 1t is also about
time the people took hand in curbing
this extravaganza and good time to
commence will be when we have that
referendum election in July.
THINK IN 1NTEREsr-sME-
1t is now suggested that probably
May 25 will see the peace treaty duly
signed and that it will be a victor's
peace. We are glad the end Of this
long drawn out peace conference is in
sight and that the terms will be those
in line with the views of the victors-
there could be no other satisfactory
way out of it. If the terms made were
not in line with the demands of the
peoples of the countries which have
won this great worlds contest then
there would be no rest or peace but
continued strife and turmoil.
think IN 1NTEREsT-sAvE-
There is some talk of congress be-
ing called in extra session within the
next two or three weeks and that this
congress will be run from the Paris
White House a facetious democratic
editor announced recently. To this
the St. Paul Dispatch naively says
that the next congress will not be run
from the White House in Paris, by
the president or by anybody else, but
that it will be run by the men elected
to the senate. Prospects look very
bright for President Wilson and at
least part of the cabinet to spend
part of the summer months in the
United States. At the present time
we have no government in Washing
ton-just Burleson.
THINK IN INTEREsr-sAvE--
Gov. Frazier has issued procla-
nation which is published in this is
sue of the paper, making Sunday,
May 4, as Employment Sunday. The
object of the proclamation and the OBJ
servation Of this day, is to create
more favorable conditions for those
who have sacrificed so much to uphold
the honor and dignity of our country
and to maintain and propagate demo-
cratic ideals. This sounds very good
on paper, but if the governor would
only run true to form and live up to
the spirit Of his proclamations it
would have more telling effect upon
the people of the state. For instance,
when he has good job to hand out
carrying good salary-if he would
only appoint one of these young men
who have so nobly come to the defense
of their country instead of sending to
St. Paul, Spokane, Seattle and a few
other places for men who have no
legitimate interest in the state, he
might cause people to believe in his
sincerity of purpose in trying to help
out the soldier boys. Deeds count in
this world instead of eulogies on pa
per.
THINK IN 1NTEREsT-sAvE-
The Victory Loan headquarters in
this city have been officially closed
and Mr.. Graveyard the county chair
man, has returned to his home at
Rogers. While Barnes county is still
considerably short Of it's quota, it is
confidently expected that the full
amount will be raised between now
and the tenth of May. Work will be
continued to this end by those in
charge. Before leaving for home Mr.
Grangaard expressed his hearty ap-
probation to the Times-Record editor
for the splendid cooperation, cour-
tesy and fine spirit Of the people of
Valley City in this drive and for the
manner in which they have worked
with him. He said he had not words
to adequately express his apprecia-
ton and wanted us to do it. All right,
Granny" we have done so. Now we
want to hand you a little bouquet,
which you so richly deserve sbut so
modestly disclaim. In accepting the
county Craftsmanship for this fifth
bond drive, you shouldered what was
considered the hardest task of the
| whole lot on account of the war being
over. You went into it with a deter
mination and enthusiasm that spells
success from the start and the result
| of the campaign has been signal sue