The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-06-19

the pocket book. We don't blame
them for it. We are being taxed to
death along all lines and when thes .
new laws are put into effect If they
win out-we shall be taxed a whole
lot more and by the time our farmer
friends wake up to this fact will be
when thew cali for their tax state
men about December first. If the
referendum election was put on until nth
the middle Of December the league
measures would be showed under 50
deep it would take ten years to dig
them out again. Reform, under state
wide socialistic regime, comes pretty
high. ~. e.
The Courier-News slurs Attorney
General LANCER by saying that the at
torney general is seldom in Bismarck.
Well, he is there as much and more
than is the governor. Why not say
the same of the governor. 9. ~?
-1H1NK IN 1NTEREsT-sAvE-
We are told in a roundabout way
that Mr.. Hubbard is hopping mad at
us for taking him to task for not play
ing for DR.. Platou the other nlgnt'
Little we care how mad HUBBARD is
but we do not want any nl1sunder-
standing in the matter. The editor
never said that Hubbard was asked TO
play. If he had any local pride, ne
would not need to have been ASKED
The matter should have suggested IT.
self to him. We have not SAID ne was
asked. We spoke to several members
Of the band and asked them to take IL
ap with him but we do not know
whether they did or not. We will say.
though, that he was not spoken to 80
far as we know. We notice, however.
that he hops around about as lively as
q drop of water on the top OF hot
stove when the other fellows come to
town.
There has been much talk about the
home builders bill passed by the fam
Gus legislature of last winter and the
powers contained in said bill. Here
IS section 3 of said bill, you can lind
it yourself and do not have to take our
word for it:
Section 3. To accomplish the pur-
noses of this act the Industrial Com
mission shall acquire by purchase.
lease or exercise of the right of emf
nent domain. as provided by Chapter
36 of the Code of Civil PROCEDURE,
Compiled Laws of 1913, all requisite
property and property rights, and may
construct, repair, and remodel Dulid-
inps, having strict regard for econo-
nv in the administration OF its ar
Under that bill the state govern
ment or industrial commission. can
seize your farm or our printing once
anv old time they want to under the
EMINENT DOMAIN clause whether
YOU want to sell it or not. OF course
thew will pay you for it, but suppose
Won do not want to sell your farm or
property. Do you think there is any
thing fare about that proposition or
don't you think this state wide social
ism and bolshevism has gone Tar
enough? Think it over and then vote
NO on this bill June 26. s.a. =. n
THINK IN 1NrEREsy-sAyE-
The opposition pays DR.. Platou the
compliment by saying that the big
crowds he has been greeted with are
on account of his popularity and that
after talking with leading men who
have been to these meetings it has
been developed that no converts were
made by the doctor in his speeches.
That may be; but the opposition IS
nightly scared, just the same. When
Friend Liggett was billed here five
thousand people were expected: 1t was
such frost that even the daily Boil
shevike at Fargo did not mention the
meeting. There were less than five
hundred present. We presume Mr..
Liggett's popularity was responsible
for that. At Nome the other day
Gov. Frazier was greeted by a very
large crowd-we presume like DR..
Platou it was our good governors
popularity that drew the crowd. You
know there is always bunch of knee
crookers and hangers on that gather
at the throne of greatness and power
on such occasions-with their eyes
focused for something to come in the
future. We are not going to say that
the governor did not make any con-
verts. He may have made hundreds.
But what Of it. Isn't that sort of
bunk disgusting. We were elegantly
called an "editorial puke" by our
friend across the way recently in
great burst of rhetoric and bad gram
mar, but we did not smite him back
very hard for that because that is the
only argument the league press has to
try and put over this big program
abuse-and these highly paid quill
pushers must earn their money, and
we don't blame them for it.. If they 10
not get the money somebody else will,
and then we remember that water
finds it's own level" and we figure
that applied to the makeup Of the
man who called us an editorial puke.
But these great saviors of the human
race-for revenue only-have to bow
their backs to the whip Of the master
and listen to the masters voice. IF
It's true. tits pity, and pity It's, It's
true" m,=.$s
THINK IN 1NTEREsT-sAvE---
One of the bills being referended
that very little has been said about is
the judicial bill. This is another IF
those bills that is designed to provide
a few mushy politicians with a fat
sinecure at the expense of the people
and should be voted down most en-
phatically on June 26. This bill pro-
vides for several extra judges in the
state which will cost the tax PAYERS