The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-07-29

ested. Sir Thomas Upton is one of
the best sports in the world and for
many years has been trying to lift
Americas yachting cup but has failed
year after year. He has up to this
time this year come closer to doing
it than at any time for many years
and the race today will be the decid-
ing one Of the series if the weather
conditions are right. If he does sue
coed in beating out the Resolute with
his Shamrock he will get the hearty
congratulations of the American peo-
pie because they will realize that his
boat is the faster Of the two and be-
cause Sir Thomas Upton is a real.
clean sportsman-and American cit
liens like real sport.
A great deal of controversy has
arisen the past few days over the
guilt of Henry Layer, the man who
was recently tried, and who plead
guilty to the gruesome charge of kill
ing the Wolff family at Turtle Lake.
Relatives of the accused man claim
that he is not the guilty person and
that there is another party implicated
in the plot. 1t is a rather odd case.
If Layer did not kill the Wolff family,
why did he keep quiet when brought
up before the court. Would it not
look as though he was trying to shield
some body else? Or maybe on the
other hand he knew that they had the
goods on him and decided to take it
like man. No sound minded man is
going to confess to the killing of an
entire family including helpless child
rem if he didn't do it, and lot of them
wouldn't if they did commit the deed.
Our advice would be to keep Layer
locked up where he is. He had his
trial and what more does he want.
Hon. Lee Combs, who was nominal
ed in the primaries as candidate for
district judge by stickers, informed
the Times-Record editor that he has
decided to make an active canvass for
the election at the coming November
election. Mr.. Combs has received so
much encouragement from various
parts of the district that he thinks he
can win out this fall. The Times
Record believes that should he be J
elected he will make an able jurist
and a fair one. He is one Of the lead
ing lawyers of the state and while he
has very fine practice-more than
there is in the judgeship-it is a great |
honor to be elevated to the bench and !
we do not blame Mr.. Combs in the !
least for having an ambition to be
judge.
Reinstatement and conversion Of
government war risk insurance is the
subject discussed in a letter sent out |
by Governor Lynn J. Frazier, appeal
ing to ex-servlce men to continue their /
government insurance or be REIN
stated. The letter says in part: In
this Converted Insurance, the govern
ment offers to the ex-service men or
women standard policy with partici-
pating benefits, more liberal than any
that are elsewhere obtainable and as a
premium rate from twenty to twenty
five per cent lower than prevailing
rates for similar contracts. Further
more, the Government Converted In
surance is more liberal in that it gives
a cash surrender or loan value at the
and the first year; it gives a total and
permanent disability clause without
cost and which has no age limitation
SO that in effect it is also protection
against old age. The insurance so
granted is incontestable for any rea-
son except non-payment of premiums.
Full allowance is given to the insured
to enage in any occupation or to travel
in any country without losing or af-
fecting his insurance in any way.
ToWnley and his lieutenants are
preaching the gospel of hate and boy
colt to those merchants and farmers
who do not come across with the $18 |
per. This is the big club that this
bunch holds over the head of the bus
mess men particularly in the smaller
towns and we are sorry to say that in
a number of cases it has worked
charmingly and some of the weak
kneed ones have come across much
against their will. 1t is getting to
be great state of affairs when in
this free country people have to stand
for this kind of coercion in order to
help a lot of socialists put over a Wild
cat form of government that is no good
to any one only the promoters who are
getting the money from the schemes
they promulgate. If these indepen-
dent farmers and business man would
exercise little more spirit of indie
pendence and Americanism and tell
the big boss to 60 to warmer climate
than this, it would have very good
effect, instead of knuckling down and
cringing at the knees of this bank
rupt mountebank that is bossing the
state Of North Dakota. We have no
patience with such weak kneed people.
Get up on your toes and assert your
independence and don't let these fell
lows bluff you Into swallowing dose
of medicine that you do not want.
A town is usually Judged by the
class Of people which inhabit it. For
instance if stranger drove into town
asked the road to a certain place or
some other information, and for his
reply received only a gruff answer.
just what kind of an opinion would
you form Of this town if you were that