The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-04-03

Auditor Kositzky covering hotel
property owned by league adher-
emit. This property was assessed in
1918 at $26,295. This year, under a
100 per cent classification, it will be
assessed at $12O,108. Last year on a
43-mill levy it paid $113 in state
taxes; this year on AS mill levy it
will pay S540. Last year the school
tax assessed against this property on
a two-mill basis was $3.50. This year
ona one1mill basis, it will be $12O.10.
The aggregate increase in school and
state taxes will be $427.-Bismarck
Tribune.
This rate also applies to other prop
erty including our own. Looking at it
from a taxpayers standpoint we fail
to see where taking calomel and mag
nesium sulphate it going to help our
case very much, nor can we figure out
how our taxes are not going to be
increased more than one per cent or
even four per cent.
think IN 1NTEREsT-sAvE-
The state performed handsomely
for the soldier boys in it's recent legis-
lation. 1t is supposed to have appro
priated enough money so that the
boys could get about $40 a year for
20 years if they used this money for
educational purposes or put the money
into home building fund. Next year
or in 1920, if they are still alive the
boys may get $18 apiece Attorney
General LANCER says. But the fact
remains that if the boys want to buy
ham sandwich or packet of cigar
cites or some civilian clothes they
won't do it under the benefcence of
the late legislature. AS we dope it
out if our soldier boys live long
enough they may possibly accumulate
$400 in twenty years-who wants to
wait that long?
THINK IN 1NTEREsT--sAvE-
The Fargo exponent of big business,
high finance and excessive taxation
has been bowling loud and long about
how the referendum petitions were be-
ing turned down and has been making
light of the movement predicting alb
solute failure of the movement. It
is different now. If they mention, the
matter at all the item is so small it
takes asstrong microscope to discern
its location in the kept daily. The
fact of the matter is that up to the
night before last over $4,000 signers
had been received to the petitions and
the four measures to be initiated and
the educational bill and the big print
ing graft bill had received over twice
the number of signers necessary to
call an election on these measures.
AS the two latter bills did not receive
the emergency clause it only required
1000 petitioners to call an election on
these measures. 1t is confidently ex-
pected that over 10000 signers to the
petitions will be received in the next
few days. Does it look as if the peo-
pie were not interested. We don't
think.
THINK IN 1NTEREsT-sAvE--
If all that the Fargo Courier News
says of Attorney General LANCER is
true, then that gentleman has lived
much longer than he should and he
should have been hung, quartered and
burned to ashes and his ashes scat
tered to the four winds Of Heaven
eighteen seconds after he refused to
stand for four or five measures passed
by the late Legislature and which
friend Townley, Wells Brinton and
one Mr.. Lemke are so anxiously try
ing to foist on the public. The same
may be said of Tom Hall and State
Auditor Kositzky. These men have
arrived at the conclusion that they
prefer to do their own thinking in
stead of letting Mr.. Townley do it
for them and consequently Mr.. Town
ley is now going around the state tell
ing the people what lot of liars,
traitors and dubs these state officials
are who have refused to stand up un-
der the lash and walk around with
collar welded around their necks lab
eled Townley. Strange indeed is it
the way the kept league daily changes
it's front. It is like a weather vane.
When Mr.. LANCER decided for the
league that the amendments had car
ried despite the fact that majority
of all the votes cast as required by
the constitution, had not carried, the
Courier-News came out with f1aring
headlines in brilliant red saying what
a great and good man he was and how
faithful to his trust. Yet he has been
knocked from his pedestal of high
morals and manhood and is now
trampled under foot like a broken
reed, why? Because he has the man.
hood to stand up for the right and for
the peoples rights in opposing a, lot
of vicious legislation. That is the
secret of the whole business. Town
ley and his gang do not want the ref
erendum because they are afraid of
the cars, and they do not want any
man in public Office who is 100 per cent
American and has enough independ-
once about him to stand for his hon
est convictions. We don't agree with
LANCER on his Interpretation of the
law regarding the amendments-bu
we have accepted his judgment as be-
ing conscientious and have never
reviled him for it. Most of US have
differences Of opinion-we have that
right, but it does not make us traitors.
dubs or liars because we do not agree
with the other fellow. Attorney Cen
eral LANCER is being made the sub
ject Of one Of the most villianous at
tacks in the kept league daily that
any could get and his associates,
Messrs. Kositzky and Hall in a meas
ure are sharing in the delnge, but out
Of il all Il these men put the matter
before the people in an unbiased,