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The Carlisle independent., 1919-06-26

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The Carlisle independent., 1919-06-26
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-oyed March 70, 131& An .o provide for the support and
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-12-04
WHY STOP WITH SHERIFFS?

WHY STOP WITH SHERIFFS? So
This plan to appoint a state sheriff
who will have authority over all Zcoun-
ty sheriffs is a mere piker's PROPOSE
ton. Gs
Why stop with the sheriffs?
The Valley City Times Record sug, ,
gests state school janitor, who will
have authority over all janitors in the
state?
But the possibilities of the enter
prise have been barely scratched:
Why not have state chief OF po-
lice appointed by the governor, OF
course with power to remove any po-
liceman who didn't vote the nonpartl-
san ticket @s
Why not have state fire chief -ap-
pointed by the governor, OF course -
with power to discharge any firemen
swho read the Fargo Forum
Why not have state county audi.
Disappointed by the governor OF
course with power to discharge any
auditor who gave out tax figures to q
newspaper?
The state must be safe for Town
leyism, if we have to make every
voter in it look to the governor for his
right to work and earn living
Fargo Forum.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-12-04
FARLEY GIVES 3 IN
Ter TING ak

The city hall was well filled last
night by business men and sales pe0-
pie who went out to hear what he had
to say along lines of interest to the
merchant and to the clerk. It was Of
course showing up the resources Of
the National Cash Register Company,
Of Dayton, O. The lecture was illus
trated with moving pictures and ster-
eopticon slides. 5,ss-
# Mr.. Farley was introduced by Sec
rotary Moe, of the Commercial Club.
3 Mr.. Farley then took up the causes
Of failures in the business world and
showed that one Of the chief causes
was lack Of active and wholesome COM
petition between firms handling the
same character Of merchandise.
+ One Of the most interesting and in
structive topics Mr.. Farley discussed
was on advertising, stressing the I'M
portance Of newspaper advertising.
"The best Indication of prosperous
city is a prosperous newspaper" said
Mr.. Farley If your newspapers do
not prosper it is a sign that your com
mercial activities are stagnant. a
paper well filled witt, advertising Of
local merchants reflects a wide awake,
prosperous city"
Then discussing e troubles Of the
smaller merchants Mr.. Farley injected
good hnmor into his subject. He
showed how the lack Of proper bust
ness methods in the small merchants
business was the main cause Of small
profit.
& The mail order business was thor
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-12-04

With from $4,000 to 10000 returned
6 lders in the state with their eyes
G, the special session of the 10th as
sembly, league leaders do not regard
Il kind of Representatives Ness and
Pateron, Independents, to force the
Townleyites to again go on record in
favor Of the red flag, or at least
;lEainst any effort to suppress it. The
Ness Peterson bill is the same meas
Il which died such a premature
death in the house during the last reg
ular session, when Townley and his
secret caucus were in full bloom
That was before the beginning Of the
insurgent movement which is still
growing. There was no roll call on
the red flag bill, and the Townleyites
were not forced to go on record. The
Independent faction in the house at
resent is larger and stronger, and
it is determined, if possible, to place
every legislator on record on the red.
flag bill. The Peterson Ness measure
is similar to law now in force in
Minnesota. It prohibits the carrying
in parade or the exhibition in any
hall or public place Of any banner ex-
cept that Of America or a friendly, ma
ton, and is specifically forbids the
carrying or display at any time or
place Of the red nag OF revolution and
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-12-04
RETURNS THANKS
]. FOR BARREL

The following letter will be Of in
terest to those who contributed to the
barrel of canned goods which the To-
cal Womans Christian Temperance
I Union sent to the Children's Home
at Fargo a short time ago. ...ss
Fargo, N. D., Nov. "a, 1919.
Mrs. v. Landquist,
Valley City, N. ID. .5 j. "a
Dear Friend: This society re-
ceived several days ago a barrel Of
goods shipped by your Union, and
which we shall find Of great service to
the children under our care in the
Home.
I have been absent SO much for the
past two weeks that it has been I'M
possible to at once write suitable
acknowledgement Of many shipments
coming in at this season, and my
stenographer has been crowding out
material for the observance of Chill
dren's Home Day in the public schools
(last Friday, so that she has not
been able to answer correspondence
But we wish to thank the ladies Of
the Union most heartily for their
kind thoughtfulness of the needs Of
our children, and trust that none of
them may be the poorer because Of
having made up little richer in this
respect.
We wish every one of them great
big Thanksgiving Dinner. God bless
you all.
! Sincerely,
z, FRANK ID. HALL, Supt~
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-12-04
that j. Nv. Brinton has profited to the
extent of $4,000 through the passage
and administration of Senate Bill No.

that j. Nv. Brinton has profited to the
extent of $4,000 through the passage
and administration of Senate Bill No.
157, enacted by the Sixteenth Legisla-
tive Assembly, and sIa
Whereas, It is common knowledge
that J. w. Brinton, through the con-
troll and manipulation of the majority
members of the printing commission
created by said act, namely J. N. Ha-
gan, Commissioner Of Agriculture and
Labor, and Sd Aandahl, chairman of
the Railroad Commissioners, has been
enabled to dictate the legal papers to
be appointed in the various counties of
the state to his great financial advan-
tage, and
= Whereas, Said j. W.. Brinton, thru
conspiracy with the owners Of news
papers sold to the farmers in the vari-t
Gus counties of the state and through
the Publishers National Service Blu
reau, corporation, organized for the
..>u-. pose Of establishing newspapers in
rs :lteltste of the farmers through
out the state, has been enabled thru
said purchases and ales, to secure a
personal profit from 81, 1000 to $4,000
IN cacn sale without knowledge of the
farmers interested therein. ~
Therefore, Be it resolved that the
Speaker Of the House appoint three
members and the president of the SEN
ate two members to compose a joint
committee with powers to summon
witnesses, books, and papers, employ
counsel, expert accountants, steno-l
graphers, attorneys and any other
needed assistants; that said commit
tee is hereby empowered to audit and
approve bills to cover the expense of
said investigation and the state audi
tor is hereby authorized to draw his
warrants upon the State treasurer in
payment of the same; the said com.
mittee to make thorough investiga-
ton of the connection of said Hagan
and 'Aandahl and other state officials
with said conspiracy to defraud the
farmers of the state, and report its
findings to this body at this special
session, and if not, at the first session
either special or regular Of this body;
that there is hereby appropriated out
of the general fund Of the state 81 900
or so much as may be necessary to-
bear the expense Of said investiga-
ton"
An effort on the part of the social
list leaders Of the legislature to break
up the strength of. the American Lee
gion in North Dakota launched
through the medium Of the so-called
Worlds War Veterans incidently es-
tablished precedents for all time in the
state halls, when the League voted to
invite Lester P. Barlow, an organizer
for the w. w. V.to address a joint
session on Friday afternoon.
Barlow, who invented a number of
pieces Of war fighting apparatus used
BY the air service, used the aircraft
scandal as a means Of working his
audience up to high resentment at
the administration and by means OF
the same generalities and innuendoess
and unsupported assertions then in,
formed his audience that the Ameri-
can Legion is controlled by Big BUSH.
ness. hi RI
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-12-04
RLACKMAILING A STATE

One Henry brennan, referred to as
mine organizer, called into North
Dakota recently because Of possible
strike, demanded 60 per cent in
crease in miners wages payable to the
lnon and not to the miners. s.
Governor Frazier gave this his Off
cial sanction and threatened to seize
the North Dakota mines unless their
operators forthwith acceded to this
Ubiquitous proposition,
On the advice of the Attorney Gen
eral Of the United States they refused
and Governor Frazier promptly took
over the mines using the militia of the
state to enforce his seizure.
On the face of it this comes about
as close to brennan Frazier allience
to blackmain operators Of North Da-
kota coal mines into payment of
money to the very interests that seek
to wreck them as could be conceived
of.
This is not discussion of the re-
spective merits of private ownership
and operation or state ownership and
operation Of coal mines, or Of the
nonpartisan league, men can honestly
QlHefHOn CneSe issues.
The big issue is that Governor Fraz-
Ter has sought to cram down the
Threats Of all the people of North Da-
kota the demands Of rabid radicals
and has seized the North Dakota
mines on a flimsy pretext, hoping to
compel acceptance of these demands.
Any man, whether he believes in
state of government ownership and
operation Of coal mines or not, should,
if he is a man, stand back of state or
nation if it becomes necessary for
either or both of them to take oyer
and operate coal mines by lawful pro-
cess to keep the public from suffering
but when they are seized as Cover
nor Frazier has seized them there
should be some law that would reach
him as surely as any other radical dis
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-12-04

When Governor Frazier's commit
tee Of inquisition shall have been made
a fact, freedom of speech and the
freedom of the press will become a
censorized freedom which complies
with the ideas of Messrs. Townley,
Lemke, Mills, ct al. With the un-
limited powers which the league
would confer upon the governors COM
mittee, an end can be put to critic
ism, to revelations of fraud, deception
and chicanery. Under the Frazier
censorship the public would never
know if such matters as the Valley
City bank deals, Of the close connec-
ton between the Scandinavian Amer
lean bank and the Bank of North Da-
kota, and of Governor Frazier's efforts
to suppress investigation. Citizens
of North Dakota would do well to alb
sorb the truth while they may, for
with the close of this Extraordinary,
assembly, if Townley and Mills and
Lemke prevail, free speech and the
free press will have become thing OF
the past in North Dakota. In their
place we will have only such freedom
if speech and of the press as may
serve to advance the cause OF Town
leyism Bismarck Tribune
Take the Fargo bank case for in in
stance. The defendants are using
every effort to cover up their work.
The introduction of the books of the
bank have been denied by the court,
at Bismarck the Bank of North Dako-
ia management refuses to have it's
books gone over and in every instance
the gang does not want the light Of
day to be shed on it's coarse work OF
bankrupting the state. If everything
is STRAIGHT anI all right why not let
the books of these institutions be ex-
amined Honest men never fear pub
lie scrutiny. This continual covering
up must mean something. What it is :!
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-12-04

Over one hundred bills have been in
troduced in the special session Of the
legislature many Of them Of course
being to curtail the duties Of the at
torney general, state auditor and Sec
rotary of state. From present out
looks the session will not give the peo-
pie of the state much relief and it
might just as we'll not have been call
ed. It is expensive and is nothing
more or less than a purely political
gathering with the great aim in life
of furnishing the state officials who
have been honest enough to come out
and expose the weaknesses and ex-
travagances of the present admins
tration. But then, the people pay the
hills
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-12-04

oughly covered BY Mr.. Farley who
said that the big mail order houses
had become the immense institutions
they are through the liberal use Of
newspaper advertising. adopt an adj
vertising program and stick to- it, Il
said Mr.. Farley. Do not be ftful and
$erratic in your newspaper advertising.
Do not look on it as charity or a Unit
or miss" propositions. Newspaper adj
avertising is sound bushes sense \.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-12-04

the black flag of anarchy. This bill,
together with a measure defining and
penalizing syndicalism, is not expect
ed to receive the undivided approval
of Bishop Lemke's secret caucus. We
shall watch with interest the progress
Of this bill in the Legislature to see
whether the members are still Bolshe-
vike inclined or whether they are i'm
bued with the spirit of real Ameri-
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-12-04
-RUY ". S. s.

r r. n L.
Some Of those who have seen the
light but still refuse to see are claim
ing that the high taxes are caused by
the high school taxes. They know bet
ter than that The tax payers living
in the Valley City school district are Of
course hit hard by the extra tax &C.
casioned by building the new school
house and some of the farmers living
in this district are also hard hit in this
direction, but the balance of the coun-
ty is not hit and these blind advocates
of false gods know it. Leave out the
school taxes entirely and figure up
your taxes and you will see. that you
have had your taxes more than dou-
bled in every case. 1t is no use trying
to make excuses or camouf1age-you
have been stuck, and stuck right Be
sports and acknowledge that you were
in the wrong. Take some calomel-
it will help, some.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-12-04

There is proposition up before the
special session at Bismarck to make
the payment of taxes come twice a
year to relieve the tax payer who is
supposed to be hard up. Under the
circumstances and the high cost of
taxes it would be well to fix it SO we
could pay them monthly. Of course
this would make the county treasurer
some more workout he is usually a
pretty good fellow, and as he will be
the goat under this new dawn of day,
anyway, he won't mind working six or
eight hours extra every day under
ruling of this kind.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-12-04
WANTS
"a. LOWER TAXES

In what is probably the first mes
sage ever received by a North Dakota
legislature from a member of the
supreme court, Associated Justice
James e. Robinson Lacquer address
ing the sixteenth assembly upon its
convening in extra session today de-
clares ''there is no possible justifca
ton or excuse for the assessment and
the excessive tax levies of this year.
which he declares ~ 1-2 times of any
prior year in the history Of the state"
and he urges the enactment, with an
emergency clause, Of laws which will
cut down all taxes at least fifty
per cent and to provide for the pay
ment Of these taxes in two install
ments. s.. # 81 III
I Bills drawn up with a view to car
rying out his suggestions are submit
ted by the justice with his message.
One Of them provides that Whereas
in 1919 the assessment of property for
taxation has been over four times that
Of any four years, and by reason
thereof the tax levies have been uni
formly excessive, therefore be it en-
acted that the state tax levies and all
OGllc15 k0A 4CNAS6 AO4 Vic yCe1Aas xVAV}US
and the same are hereby reduced fifty
per cent, and that on payment Of fifty
per cent Of the taxes levied against
any person or property, the whole tax
shall be cancelled and discharged"
Another bill provides for the pay
ment Of half the tax. on the first day
Of March succeeding the date of as
sessment and the payment of the re-
manning half November Is following.
A third bill. provides that in the
year 1920 all property shall be as
sessed for taxation in the same man
ner, as it was assessed in the year
1918, the assessment not to exceed
fifty per cent of 1.-THE value Of the
property, and the assessment Of real
property in no case to exceed twice
the assessment a made and equalized
in the year 1918. i5.# " 4, ss
AL the bills proposed by Judge
Robinson carry emergency clauses.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-12-04

Walter Thomas Mills, one of the
pets of the present state regime
seems to be we'll entertained out in ou1
neighboring state of Washington. The
following telegram from Prosser
Wash, under date of Nov. '28, tells
how good Walter is getting to be wher
he has to:
Prosser, Wash, Nov. 28--
Guarded by ten armed deputy
sheriffs headed by Sheriff Rolf,
Walter Thomas Mills, lecturer and
writer for the nonpartisan league,
spoke last night to an audience
composed of sympathizers and
about SO former soldiers. Mills
eulogized the American govern
ment and confined his peech to
Americanism and patriotism.
The speech was delivered at
Grange hall, three miles from
Prosser. Mills was scheduled to
speak last night, but he was kid
mapped by a party Of former ser
vice men and taken twenty miles
out of town. He returned later
and announced that he would
speak tonight.
While the boys were in France they
had no chance to take a hand in sup
pressing radicalism, but they are bacl
now and the members Of the American
Legion are going to see to it tina
those who want to speak in public will
confne themselves to real American
.ssn or they will not be allowed to talk
The boys have become tired Of being
stabbed in the back by radicals, ant
traitors and they believe in loyalty t.
the government first, last and all tn
time. We like the attitude of the sol
diers. LE& 80
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-12-04
NEWS FROM THE
STATE CAPITOL
Socialism is dead!"

Socialism is dead"
So said the miners, that is the ma
jority Of them, and the train crew OF
the mine special at Wilton, which Sat-
urday staged an "Armistice Day" cell
ebration all Of it's own over the closing
# the industrial war.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-12-04
turber of law and order.-Masonic OBJ


Woman suffrage passed the house
at Bismarck Monday 1O2 to 6. If
enough states rati1y the amendment
the women of this state will have full
voting powers at the next general
election,
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-12-04

Congressman George M. Young
departed last night on No, 8 for Chi
cage after spending yesterday in the
western part Of the county. Mr.
Young has to be back at Washington
in time to be present at the opening
of the regular session of congress
which convenes next Monday. He did
not have much time to get around
among his constituents here, in fact
the editor didn't even get a glimpse Of
our congressman. Y
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-12-04
Sincerely,
"a FRANK D. HALL, supt~
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

Last week the students Of the Higi,
school enjoyed talk from Mr.. F. z.
Davis Of Bloomingdale, III. Mr.. Davis
talked on education.
The state championship game Of
football was played at Williston, N
D. last Saturday. The score was to
So in Willistop's favor. A banquet
was given for the team Wednesday
evening at the Richie school.
Wednesday afternoon the sophie
mores gave a program as fallows.
A Bible Reading Edward Irgens.
When Children Talk-Helen Carol.
Aunt Melessy on Boys-Jennet West
ergard.
Little Red Riding Hood Nancy
Featherstone. I..t #&T
Sophomore "Pep"- Lawrence Pray.
4, ''An Affection of the Heart"
DR.. Seely, widower. J. Harley Wilds
Mrs. MILFORD, widow. .Nettie Thorne
Rose MILFORD ....... Virginia Bailey
Harry Hortan IN. Robert Russell
Della, the Irish cook Edward Kelly
Ice Cream Lawrence Pray
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-12-04

Another new bill that is being intro
duced at the special session at Bis
marck is one to create state ocnsta-
bu]atory of the sheriffs and deputies
/ tie state as a necleus for this new
organization. The organization is to
b, headed by the state sheriff who
would be the commander n-chief of
tic organization, outside of the gov
ernor, who is commander n-chief of
all the state forces This would Gre
ate few more soft snaps with good
salaries attached for the tax payers
of the state to finance. Why not also
pass bill making state organiza-
ton of janitors with head janitor
who should draw a big salary for see
ing that all the janitors at all of our
public institutions in the state are
kept properly at work. We might as
we'll add few more men on the pay
roll of the state as not. Give every
body job, the tax payer does not
mind it one bit.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-12-04

The election in Towner county must
have disheartening effect on the So
cialist bunch. It breaks down the NOR
ale of that organization and gives
proof that they are slipping from
power. The people have had enough
of that kind Of state government. It
will be we'll for. the members Of the
Legislature now in session at Bis
marck to scrutinize the returns from
Towner county closely when they are
considering legislation to curtail the
duties of the state officers who have
been honest with the people to the dis
appointment and chagrin of the lea
que leaders,, .
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-12-04

The special session of the state leg
islature instead of trying to lessen tax
es is trying very hard to put more
onto u.s. A bill has been introduced
to make the payment of taxes come
twice a year instead of paying as now
all at one time. This plan has been
adopted in several states and might
be all right here, but it is going to en-
tail lot of expense. In the first place
under that kind Of system it would
require several additional clerks at
the court house at several thousand
dollars per year. We have fifty-three
counties in the state of North Dakota
and it is figured that it will take sew
eral hundred thousand dollars to pay
for all these extra clerks. Of course
the money for this extra burden must
be raised by taxation-and the peo-
pie pay the bill. g.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-12-04

We looked for a great big red head
line across the front page of the Cour..
ier-News this morning expecting OF
course to find that the league had won
the election in Towner county-espe-
cially after Mr.. Frazier and his bunch
of state wreckers had said that If
there was no blizzard it would be a
walk away for the league. Did we
find that head line in CORY red. We
did not. But slowed away in the low
err right hand corner of the page we
found that D.. J. Beisel, the indepen-
dent candidate had beaten the league
candidate in good shape. 1t was a
fine victory for the thinking, indepen--
dent voters Of Towner county and
shows which way the wind is blowing.
There was no blizzard yesterday, only
a blizzard of votes, SO that Gov.
Frazier cannot blame the clements,
and even if there was blizzard it
would affect one side just as much as
the other. It was victory for decent,
conservatism and sanity in the admin
istration of the states affairs.