The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-07-17

was reason. He is wise old diulo-
mat all right, and has unloaded nicely
we hear. Good for him. We always
felt he was in the wrong company and
was reason. He is wise old diplo-
That is the way with many Of them,
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The league newspapers are making
a great ado over the fact that Mr..
Townley was convicted at jackson,
Minn., last week. They are charging
that he did not have a fair trial and all
this bunk. We expected such would
be the case. If Mr.. Townley said
what he is reported to have said in
his speeches during the war-and a
jury Of twelve farmers convicted him
for THE has no kick coming. The
only kick, there is that he gets OF so
much lighter than others who have
been convicted for doing the same
thing. Under the Minnesota law we
are told the punishment is short Jail
sentence and a fine of $500. He is
getting off very light in our estima-
ton. A new trial is being asked for.
We expect to see the martyr stuff
produced in the league press and q
picture of the martyred president
wearing crown OF thorns.
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Many papers in the small towns have
SUSPENDED since the new printing
graft bill was sustained at the polls
June 26. These papers had hard
enough Shedding before this and the
loss Of the legal printing was the last
straw that broke the cameps back.
These towns are going to miss the
little home paper that has mirrowed
the happenings of the place during
ali these years, and while the paper
NAV not have been a New York Times
in size or in editorial thought, it has
been the town mirror and has done
much toward building up the commun-
ity in all the years long before Mr.
Townley or Mr.. Brinton came to the
state. The publishers have paid their
share toward all enterprises secular
and religious all these years, have
paid taxes, aided the distressed, con-
tributed to all and everything, yet the
voters of these several communities
have voted against their home paper
in favor of monopoly. They deserve
to be lost in oblivion and once the pa
per leaves the town that town might
as we'll be wiped off the map. None
will hear of it only by accident. Some
of the communities are beginning to
regret their vote already. You know
Bill Nye's dog ate some plaster OF
naris and regretted 1.-THE dog died.
That is the way with some OF these
communities who have killed off their
local paper by voting for the graft
bill. They are regretting it.
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The Bank of North Dakota may be
held M as the panacea for all the ills
of the farmer but it has proven a
broken reed right off the reel when it
comes to helping out the drought
stricken farmers Of the western part
of the state, according to statement
made by Director Cathro of the Bank
of North Dakota. In a nutshell 1t
simply SINNERS down to the fact that
the farmer who has been gazing with
awe at this great state INSTITUTION as
their means for help, have got to 60
to their local banker to get the help
they need after all-which proves that
in times of need the local banker. rs
the man who is the real friend. The
same is true of the local merchant,
the butcher and the baker. In these
drought stricken districts we wonder
if the consumers stores are going to
carry the farmer who has no money
to paw for his groceries. We don't
think. 1t is the old reliable business
man that they must fall back on after
all. Yet we are told the farmer can
get along without the business man.
1t is another concrete evidence of the
need of cooperation between town and
country. In this section we are bless
ed with good crops and we do not
feel the need of closer cooperation be-
cause we have the money to buy what
we need, but in western North Dako-
ia and Montana, where the crops are
burned up, there is great need of as
sistance. It was so in the early years
and it was in those same lean years
that the old timer business man of the
state-of Valley City if you please
carried the burden on his back by CIV
ing credit to succor those in need.
Many of these business men are out Of
business as a result of their gener-
osity. We opine that after all the
business men of the various commune
ties are not such a bad lot when it
comes down to helping out the farm
er in time of need, are they? ~
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