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

there was an absence OF any assem-
blance of a slate Of officers being pre-
viously arranged.
The election of a legislative commit
tee and the request OF the legislature
that that body meet with the Legion
committee to discuss, revise, amend
or put through legislation vital to the
soldiers will be one OF the man actions
under consideration. '
Jack Williams, Fargo, temporary
state chairman, announced that the
number enlisted in the Legion has
reached the 10000 mark.
Considerable interest was created at
Bismarck by the published letter OF
Congressman George M. Young, writ
ten to Barnes county farmer, in
which he takes decided stand against
the Plumb plan for government own
ershlp OF railroads and advises the
farmers TO go SLOW generally IN pub
llc ownership. Congressman Young
contends that with the railroads op-
operated by board, two-thirds OF
whom are made up OF wage earners or
salarled men working tor the railroad
company, that wages will be greatly
increased, and as a consequence, the
freight rates will be increased. North
Dakota farmers, so runs the Congress-
mans argument, pays freight on his
wheat and other product to some ter
mlnal market in the east, and in re-
turn pays freight on everything he
consumes in the way OF machinery,
building material, groceries, household
goods, etc., from some point IN the
east to his home town. In brief, that
freight is one Of the biggest items OF
expense which the farmer has.
Under the Plumb plan no taxes will
be paid by the railroads.; and some
So, 5000, 100000 which they now pay, Will
be borne largely by the farmers.
This is not the end, according to
Congressman Young. The United
workers of America desire the appli-
cation OF this plan to mines. They are
threatening to ,srike for six-hour day
OF five-day week, with time and
half for overtime, and sixty percent
increase in wages. If they demand
this under private ownership, what
would they demand under the Plumb
plan where they operated the mines?
To permit the operation Of railroads,
mines, telegraph and telephone lines
and orher publc utilities by the work.
ers would mean, in Congressman
Young's judgment, tremendous in
crease in the cost of living to the far
mers as we'll as people generally of
the state. This is Of interest in view
OF the fact that Young was endorsed
for Congress by the Non-Partisan
League and that Governor Frazier
and + the League publications have,
come tiatfooted for the Plumb sys-
TEN. Young's contention appears to
be that the Plumb plan is designed to
promote the welfare Of labor organ
lzatlons as against consumers gener-
ally, including the farmer.
Following the decision Of the SUI
PRIME court, unanimously made, that
Miss Minnie Nelson is qualified to
hold her position, handed down last
Wednesday, the decision on the course
OF study case is awaited with inter-
est. The i've supreme court Justices
were unanimous in supporting Judge
Nuessle Of the District court, who pre-
vlously had declared N. C. Mcdonald
dld not have leg to stand on in
his contention that Miss Nelson was
not legally elected and qualified. The
board OF administration among other
things done. to strip Miss Nelson of
all power, has handed to E. p. Grain |
and N. c. Mcdonald, the work of pre-
pairing the course of study in the COM
mon schools. The matter came be-
lore the supreme court. Miss Neil |
son contends the preparation of study !
courses in the common schools of the |
state by constitutional law comes un-
der her supervision. .a
Judge James, E. Robinson exploded
a bombshell in the midst Of the crapI
game which the soldiers Of Townley's
army are continuously playing when
ne came right out in bold black print
Saturday and declared that he was
anxious to see the special session of
the legislature called because he has
lots Of work for the members to do. in
cluding the passing of San Act max
ing the state auditor public exam
lner who shall make an examination
and public monthly reports on the
state bank, the state mills and eleva-
tors and the public industries. You
may depend on it that the present
state auditor, Carl Kositzky, is truth
tul and reliable and he will make no
Whitewashing report"
This statement from a Non-Parti-
san judge, coming on the heels of the
attempt to ride Kositzky for alleged
Illegal transfer of funds, adds bit
more fun to the fight. On Monday,
october 13, the auditors books showed
39O,6l9.43 in unpaid bills with about
b4.62 in the general fund. The en-
p!oyees and the officers of the board
II administration, the Bank of North
Dakota, the Industrial Commission,
The Highway Commission, the State
transportation, the immigration Com
mission and the Home Builders Asso-
'latlon departments have not as vet
oeen paid their September salaries.
AS Kositzky is a truthful man, by
Judge Robinson's statement, it appear
hat many will be salary-less October
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