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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-11

ner has endowed these elements with
a life and humor and pathos and
whimsical characterizations of char
acter that have made Of 'Tom's Lit
tie Star" a matter of human exper-
fence and joy forever.
At a Glance
Production-"Tom' Little Star"
Brand-Stage Women's War Relief.
Released by Universal-Jewel.
Stars-Constance Binney, Otis Skin
ner, Blanche Bates, and Henry Miller.
Supporting Cast-Daniel Frohman,
Florence Ziegfeld, Jr., John w. Cope,
William Jefferson, Henry Hull, Wheel
err Dryden, Lucia Moore, and Sydney
Blackmar.
Story by-Mrs. Otis Skinner.
Scenario by-Calder tombstone.
Directed by-Geo. w. Terwilliger.
Locale-Small town opera house and
metropolitan theater.
Thumb-Nail Theme-The story of a
beautiful country girl whose head was
turned by the success she enjoyed as
Juliet in the village theatrical society
and who went to the city to become
great star; the effort Of her sweet
heart to keep her from what he knew
awaited her and the final happiness
she won at Toms little star.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-11
PASSING THE BUCK

In a recent editorial the Courier
News comes back at the Hett1nge'
County Herald with the countercharge
that class hatred and wedge driving
between town and country have beer
started by whom" THE opposition,
it says. The Opposition" is opposed
to Townleyism and Socialism. There
fore, it's against the farmers. The
speciousness Of the News argument
or rather assertions amusing. 1t is
the old game Of Gus farmers" which
has been used from the start. Oppo-
sition to Townley as an individual
as man under suspended sentence
is blatantly heYalded as opposition
against "us farmers .........,.
At the outset Of the Nonpartisan
organization campaign in this state,
organizers studiously avoided the
towns and Stunned the editors like
small pox. If the League plan was
for the good Of all citizens we can see
no good reason why that plan was not
frankly explained to the merchant,
lawyer or editor. Our first informa-
ton Was CLEANED from the original re-
ceipt slip somewhat obviously exhih
tied to us by one Of the first league
members in this neighborhood.
The News makes no distinction
uhAtever-Appaxently - between im-
ported socialists and lifelong farmers
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-11
cake FARMERS"

Giving the editors of the Courier
News credit for being reasonable hui
man beings, one often is inclined to
wonder how seriously they take them
lselves-whether, in fact, when they at
tempt to put over something unusual
| w brazen they do not enjoy laugh,
all to themselves, at the expense OF
the ever dwindling few who Will give
serious consideration to what the
Townley organ has to say.
Fake Farmers" was the heading OF
front pake editorial appearing: IN
the Courier-N News on Friday morning.
The league editors take serious excep-
lions to the American Farm Bureau
Federation, because it insists that ac-
final farmers nen with their feet in
the furrow" - rather than hired
snokesn,en of the we'll known Townley
type should speak for the farmers
If the members of the American
Bureau Federation, who number l.
$50 900. or about six times the present
strength of the National Nonpartisan
league. are Fake Farmers what,
pray, are A. C. Townley and the law
vers three who ran the recent league
state convention - Lawyer Lemke,
LAWYER Wehe and Lawyer Cannon
and Rev. George A. Totten, and Sister
Kate Richards O'Hare and SINCE
Lund, and Comrade W. A. Anderson OF
the industrial commission, and 'Dr:"
Walter Thomas Mills and Comrade
Charles Emil Stangeland Of free love
fame, and Comrade Roylance, the man
who devised the present scheme OF
boosting farm taxes 300 percent;
If these be the "real farmers then
Cod save North Dakota from the real
farmer and give US the fake farmer
of the Farm Bureau Federation type!
bismarck Tribune
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-11
ACTION OF BANK SCSTAINS
LANCER

compete cOILEOl OIL LIE CCdllQllldl
Wan American bank Of Fargo, which
several months ago was closed by the
state banking board as a result of the
| financial operations Of several of the
officers, dominated by the Nonparti-
san league leaders, and subsequently
reopened by the decision Of the su-
preme court, now is in the hands of
Lars Christianson, N. G. Eggen and
J. F. Holmes, prominent Fargo bust
ness men.
Mr.. Christianson, we'll known drug)
gist and an extensive property owner,
is chairman Of the board Of directors
and acting president.
Mr.. Eggen, also business man and
extensive property owner, continues
| as vice presidnt and is in active charge
of the bank.
Mr.. Holmes, a well-known clothier,
Is cooperating with Messrs. Christian
| son and Eggen in the management.
The shift in control Of the bank is
!. significant in that it has taken con
troll of the institution from the Nom
partisan League leaders, who domin-
ated it's affairs for some time by vir-
tue Of ownership of block Of stock,
and the control of the voting powers
of other shares sufficient to give them
a majority of the votes.
The bank no longer is in politics,
and never again will be, was the state
ment authorized today by Messrs.
Christensen, Eggen and Holmes.
H. J. Hagen, president of the bank,
who was convicted of violating the
states banking laws, continues as the
president of the bank in name only,
drawing no salary, and will continue
as an officer in name only until mat
ters that require his personal assist
ance in settling are cared for.
Mr.. Hagen has not been on the bank
payroll since Nov. /, last, it was an
nounced today. ~
P. r. Sherman, former cashier, who
is to be tried on the same charge on
which Mr.. Hagen was convicted, no
longer is with the bank. His resigna-
ton was accepted month ago.
The services Of one clerk also was
dispensed with, effecting a saving Of
nearly $1,000 a year in operating ex-
pense, it was said today by the men
now in control of the bank. d
"Our aim is to rebuild the bank, get
ting it back to it's former position as
safe and sane banking institution,
Mr.. Christianson said to The Forum
today. eve are making very salts
factory progress in cleaning up old
deals, and expect within few months
to have no outstanding obligations
to us that are not first class in every
respect.
"That the bank ever got into poll
tics was not the fault Of the stock
holders now in charge, except that
they did not realize the course that
was being taken by the officers then
in charge. The control now is in our
hands, and we shall direct the policies
Of the bank in the future"
A meeting OF the directors Of the
bank is 70 be held late in the afternoon
today, when further policies Of the
bank will be worked out.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-11

1--WE directors are very much inter-
ested in bringing the bank out Of the
mud" Mr.. Christensen said, 'in fact.
we are very vitality interested. We
have lived in Fargo for years; our in
terests are here, and our obligation as
citizens, is to the people Of Fargo. We
regret that the bank ever was conduc-
ted so as to bring on the difficulties
of few months past, and all our eff
forts vii be directed to again putting
the bank on its former solid founda-
on."=Fargo Forum.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-11
NO. 2546 Y
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
the FIRST NATIONAL BANK

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Certificates Of deost (other than for money
deposits SS7.5s
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Total Of time deposits subject to Reserve, Items, 40
& and Executed * by other banks for and under
guarantee of this bank $4,000
Tota, ....... -. .......... 81 s27osl
Of North Of
the
- - ! " " F. MUDGETT, Cashier.
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(Notoria SeaN Public, Count, N. D.
saz Ny expires ", 1925
Attest
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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-11

WIZ nave CIuSlIuSAS ASAOWCu II1GlI
teachings. The Chronicle has always
made the distinction.
We have listened to several speech
es by Nonpartisan speakers-includ-
ing Bowen, Townley and Thomasson
and we needed no interpreter of words
or phrases to detect the artful at
telnpts to create prejudice against the
local merchant or bank which had done
much to extend the farmer credit and
tide him over lean years. It is rather
significant that farmers who have
awakened from the spell of Big Leag-
ue Leaders have been frank in their
admission of the mutual independence
of the town and county.
Townley's speech at LaMoure con
corning the Consumers Store move
ment was a piece of audacious but thin
nest sophistry in leaving the impress
sion that merchants were getting toe
much for their goods. He used the
humble example Of beans-designat
ing size of can but emitting the name
of the brand and the town where he
stated he had made the comparison
Investigation showed that local mer-
chant had sold a consignment of army
beans at as low fiugre as Townley
alleged he had bought at a Consum-
ers' Store. How did he get away with
it? Because no one had time to in
estigate the different kinds of beans
and prices and report back to the meet
ing before it adjourned and Townley
was on his way by auto to the next
stop.
The News and League Leaders ad-
vocated newspaper bill and asked
the farmers to support it--a bill that
dictates private business and filches
from the country editor local business
to which he is rightfully entitled by
every right and justice under high
heaven.
Can the League Leaders expect to
continually assail the city dweller with
innuendoes-and then expect his good
will and support?
The Chronicle has continually point
ed out that the present political situa-
ton demands-as never before-clear
distinctions. The News would prob
ably brand as back-sliding agricultur
lists, those hundreds of farmers who
have seen the light, analysed the con-
trolled and dictated from above Leag-
ue, and come out as plain, independent
thinking farmers who consider ev-
cry league legislative measure or ad
ministration act on it's own merits or
dement's.
The cloak of "us farmers" is get
ting too thin anG t,,iread-bare to cover
all the thinking farmers Of North Da-
kota.
Daniel Webster's advice is still good.
Let US refer back to the point from
which we started, so that we may see
how far the waves (of socialistic legis-
lation) have carried US from our true
course"
The plan of various state owned
utilities was the question originally
"before the house." It's case is not yeti
proved to all voters. But most of the
evidence is inland not much more
should be necessary for a decision.
Outside Of the original pure and SIM
pie platform of the League, many
matters have come up which every vo-
ter should consider and decide and
decide right-not as Nonpartisan,
or Democrat-but as 100
per cent American citiZen.-LaM oure
Chronicle.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-11

without any socialistic or free love
tendencies and we are going to ask
the voters of Barnes county to vote
this ticket at the election next week
Cut this out of the paper and pre-
serve it so that when you go to vote
on March 16 you will know what
names to put an X after in case you
want to support this ticket. On the
general election ballot there will be
three sets of nominees all jumbled TO-
gether and the only way to tell them
apart is to get this ticket and then
vote. You will notice that Barnes
county has two candidates, Miss Min
ME Nelson for delegate to the con-
vention and P. r. Trubshaw has beer
honored with the nomination fol
presidential elector. We would like tc
have our friends. both ladies and gen.
tlemen, support the home nominees as
we'll as the rest Of the ticket. The
ticket stands for the best there is ir
politics and we ask your support TO,
It from top to bottom.
Representative Tinkhan Of Massa.
chusetts yesterday charged that Pal-
ners investigation Of Louisiana's
sugar situation has caused an increase
in price instead Of a decline. He Is
right-Palner has scared prices sc
badly that they are afraid to come
down and it seems like the more inves-
tigatinc he does the higher they go
Here's hoping that they get spill
soon.
If Louis Noltimier should be elected
senator from the fifteenth district 1t
would be a case Of Barnes county get
TING too much Noltin,ier, wouldn't it :
Ii Louis Noltimier. if elected, is as
narrow minded as his cousin the sen
atcr from the thirty-eighth district
who voted to put the newspapers out
of business and voted against red
fac bill-why all we have to say is
God save our land.
The prospects are that we are going
to have a mighty lively time of it this
coming season from political stand
point. With a fight on for the county
Offices there should not be that feeling
of ennui that was so prevalent in the
last campaign because there was no
opposition. A little ginger injected
into this campaign makes it worth
while and keeps US from getting stale.
A lady who wants to vote at the
coming city election phones in to the
Times Record that she went up to her
polling place to register Tuesday but
could not register because there was
no one to look after the matter tor
her. She was told that book would
be hanging up some place where she
could go and register herself If she
wanted to, but not being familiar with
that kind of work asks US about it.
All we can say in the matter is this.
That last Tuesday was registration
day and next Tuesday is registration
day as required by law. All persons
are supposed to register if they want
to vote but there seems to be loose
way of getting them registered 1t
seems to US that on the days set TOR
registration there should be some one
at each place where people are sup
pose to register to look after this mat
ter and a person is not supposed to go
rummaging around to find out where
the registry book is. The people are
entitled to service and should have it,
We don't know whose business it is to
look after this but who ever 1t IS
should do it and give those people who
want to register chance to 40 so.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-11

We are publishing at the head Of
our editorial columns today a COM
plete ticket Of presidential electors and
delegates to the national republican
convention which are to be voted upon
1t the coming election on March 16.
These nominees make up what is
known o the anti Townley ticket and
stand for simon pure republicanism
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-11

There is an awful silence in the
league papers of late about the coun,
ty commissioners being responsible
for the high taxes. 1t has just dawn
ed upon the minds of many of the
league editors that the county boards
are mostly controlled by league men,
bers-and Of course they can do TO
wrong.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-11

One Of the proposed amendments to
the state constitution to be voted on
at the coming election is one changing
the time Of residence of the voter IN a
precinct from ninety days to thirty
days. This is a vicious measure and is
destined more for political purposes
than for any other reason and should
be voted down. If this law goes into
effect it will give any political party
the chance to rush in voters at will.
The time is also changed from six
months residence in the county to
ninety days.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-10
SEEK INcAS TREASURE

ST. LOUIS-Legendary treasure of
the Incas, South American Indians,
who at one time ruled much of the
territory now comprising Ecuador,
Peru and Bolivia, which is believed to
be buried along the Napo river in
Ecuador. is to be sought by a party
of thirteen men. organized by Lieut.
G. H. Tarr, of East Prairie, Mo.
Lieut.. Tarr obtained old Spanish
maps and descriptions of the coun-
try in which millions of the Incas are
reputed to have been hidden hun
dreds of years ago. BY advertising
outlining the venture, he opened cor
respondence with about $50 men. from
which he selected IS. most of them
former service men, and ranging from
Is to 35 years old. Each is providing
his own funds for the two years the
campaign is expected to occupy. and
which is expected to cost about 81 200
a man.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-10
PIG AND CORN CLUB
WORK TO Be PUSHED

Wayne county wool growers met at
the county agents office Saturday
night. to discuss marketing wool. etc.
The discussion was led by E. F. Muir
ply, county agent. who has been
giving much thought to the pooling
question, and who advises this method
CT sale. Claude Harper, wool expert,
who was to speak, failed to appear.
The pig club idea received consider
able impetus. President Theo Davis,
of the Wayne county Farm Federation,
announced that the directors had pur-
chased an addressograph, so as to have
a complete mailing list of members
ready for instant use; also that 1850
letters were to go out Immediately in
the interest of pig and corn club work,
which will now be pushed all over the
county.
At meeting of the Wayne county
Farm Federation directors, prior to the
general meeting at S p. m, purely
federation matters were taken up.
The members took part in the general
meeting, which was well attended
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-10
Nouelist's Profession
No Rich-Quixk Cne

Novels are to be dearer in Graf
Britain, but the public who pay. the
higher price must not think that tle
novelist will be the better Off
True, the royalty the author re-
ceives is reckoned on the published
price. The 10. 121s. Is. 20-whatever
it may be-per cent that he used &c
get on $3.50 he will now get on 1925.
All the same he views the rise in price
with some alarm. He fears that by
just as much as the price rises so the
actual number Of copies sold will fall
off.
Tales are told of the big earnings
of novelists." said one writer some
time ago. These tales are perfectly
true in that some novelists do earn
big money. But it is safe to say that
the majority do not get living wage
for their work. And those who do
grow rich often do so less by the sale
of their books than by the sale of
serials, drama tic, film and foreign
rights
ut is difficult perhaps to persuade
the public that most oil US practically
give away our work 50 far as our
getting anything out of 1t goes. We
live in neat homes like other citizens.
pay iASOHiS IOOA
prosperous. But, probably nine out OF
every ten of us earn our living at
some other profession. We are jour
nalists, doctors, clergymen, lawyers,
merchants, schoolmasters, engineers,
actors, all sorts and kinds of busy
men. aud we write our n,vels over
time.
Here is my own tale of six books.
Those six books have broutht me in
royalties $500 and in sefal rights
s200-s500 in all. or less than ss5 a
book. And into each book Iprobably
put 1000 hours work-and thse hours
were overtime.
II have had. then, $50 for 5000
hours work. which figure out to d
little less than 81a cents a. hour"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-10
UNION COUNTY. FARM
MEN after MEMBERS

The board of directors of the Union
county Farm Federation at a meeting
in the office of. NJ. A. Nye, county
agent. on Saturday afternoon. decided
to put on drive beginning May 81.
Membership committees are to be
appointed for each township, and the
drive" will be in charge of l. C..
Julian. of Carroll county, who is do
ing this work in various parts of
Indiana. Meetings will be held in
each township, and the following day
will be given to the special work of
securing members in that township. by
phone and otherwise. Mr.. Julian will
go from one township to another until
the county has been covered. This
Plan of operation has been found very
successful.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-10
The Farm and
the Farmer
BY WILLIAM r. sANsoRN

We have between 500 and 400 acres
of wheat in. and it is pretty hard to
estimate the probable crop just now"
said Joshua Davis, of Liberty. "In the
first place, we had to SOW lot of the
land in oats, to insure at least feed
crop on it; this on top Of a fair oat
acreage already planted. Some of the
fields look very fair; others are not
looking SO well. We may have a half
crop of wheat this year
The oat fields look promising and
the oats sown in the wheat is making
good showing" Mr. Davis said I'VE
are preparing to plant $50 acres of
corn. Some of it will go in rather
late but in ample time for maturing
under ordinary conditions. We have
the usual number of tenants and farm
help, so the labor question is not wor-
rying US. personally, though all my
neishbors can't say is much. am sorry
to say. This question of farm labor is
not local but national problem. 1t
can't help but cut a large figure in our
1920 crops"
Wool as Collateral.
The Iowa Fleece Wool Growers AS
sociation has arranged with Iowa
bankers to accept warehouse receipts
for wool as a basis for loans. This
will place the wool growers in position
to carry their woods. The Iowa men
are mostly pooling their wool and re-
sponsible warehousemen can issue re-
ceipts to individual owners, on which
the later can borrow IS per cent of
market value at current interest rates
at any time.
Cattle Feeders at Purdue.
Indiana cattle feeders will hold their
spring meeting at Purdue on Friday,
May Is, in the stock Judging pavilion.
Seventy steers which have been fed
at Purdue will be presented for inspec-
ton, and the results of the winter feed
ing experiments will be given out,
after which the cattle will go to mar
ket. The Indiana Cattle Feeders as
ISOLATION also meets at Purdue every
fall.
Reduced 20 Per Cent.
Word comes from Pike county that
up to May 4 not an acre of corn
ground had been plowed in the White
River bottoms, and that lateness Of
season and shortage Of farm labor
would reduce corn planting about 40
per cent. Some farmers are selling
their farms and are moving to neigh
boring towns, to work in the building
trades and factories.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-10
|9,3ZaE1FRNRE1HlNGS:}
03 $>nul-uu11D<~<A
FS Poor Roads Mean Loss to e
aD Both Business Men and
Farmers
BY p. G. HOLDEN.

MO community can be really
~ great community unless it has
good roads.
Progress demands good transport
tation facilities and transportation
begins at home-right at our front
door.
A town may have railroads run
ming in all directions, but if the
wagon roads leading into that town
are impossible, the town cannot be
good shipping point.
Bad Roads Kill Town.
The town may be filled with live
business men; it may have fine
stores with large stocks of goods;
the prices may be right; the accom-
modations may be all that could be
desired. But If the roads leading to
that town are impossible, it cannot
be a good trading center.
A farmer living within four or five
miles of that town, may have large
number of cattle or hogs to ship. or
perhaps some corn or wheat. The
market may be high. But If the
country roads arc In such condition
that he cannot get his products to
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-05-10
It's Easy to Peel Off
All Your Fnck;es

The contrast between the rreckles
and the clear skin usually is great
that No bleach can be more thin par
TALLY successful in obliteratig the
disfigurements. Ordinary merolized
wax is far better; it literally pes Off
the freckles. Get an ounce of Z at
the nearest drug store and to5ght
spread on enough to completely ever
the face; remove in the morning Nth
warm water. Repeat daily until ev,ry
freckle has disappeared
Rough, blotchy, pimpled skin, also
common at this season, may b. en-
tirely gotten rid of by this same meth
cd, without discomfort or incoueni-
ence. The complexion is DECIDEDLY
worth while. the new complexion OBJ
tanned being so clear, smooth and
ul-advertisement.