The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-12-23

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The year 1921 is not going to be
noticed for it's modesty among women
according to fashion rumors. It is sald
that dame fashion DEGREES that the
lobe of the women's ears will be per
fectly nude during 1921. How shock
ingly inmodest.
Revised census figures, as given out
by the U. S. census bureau, shows a
total population for the United States
and it's outlying possessions. OF Ill.,
S57,5O9, the outlying possessions hav-
ing a population of 12,148,7 38: The
population of North Dakota is
645,680.
More than three fourths Of the farm
ers of the counties having active farm
bureaus will join the bureaus in the
drive for membership this fall, the
officers of the state farm bureau fed
Grafton predict. The prediction is
based on the results obtained in Barnes
Cass and Ward counties, the first re-
ports received shown that Barnes
county netted 81 per cent the first
davis work, and in Ward county ~
per cent was obtained 1t is estimated
that the movement now has over one
million and half members.
Governor Frazier has come out with
a statement advocating that the farm
ers sell ten per cent Of their pro-
duce in order to relieve the monetary
stringency, and for the purpose OF
providing money to pay debts. We be-
lieve the advise of the governor is
timely and just. Farmers should not
object to taking loss on ten per cent
Of their produce at this time. Inc
business man has to take much heav-
Ter loss than that to pay. his bills.
Just a little cooperation along these
lines from the farmers will put North
Dakota in pretty good shape.
During the special session of the
legislature held a year ago Mr.. Lemke
and others cut Attorney General Lam
gers appropriation down to $28,0OO
and said that was enough to run his
department. Mr.. LANCER is now MAX
ing a report for the coming session OF
the legislature recommending a like
amount for Mr.. Lemke to spend as at
torney-general This does not suit the
newly elected official who says it is
not sufficient to run his office. If it is
enough for LANCER it is enough for
Lemke and the latter should be will
ing to take his own medicine. We
suggest that Mr. Lemke take some
calomel to clear his vision-We have
had that prescribed for US and 1t
should be equally good for him.
Congressman Burke. of Pennsyl-
vania, introduced resolution in the
house recently which if passed would
put this country as going on record
appealing to the British government
to Withdraw its armed forces from Ire
land and to give recognition to the
government established by majority
Of the will of the Irish people. He
calls upon congress in the name of hu-
manity and in vindication of the prin-
ciples for which America entered the
w
and should be, voted down. There is
no sense in this country getting INTO
a ruction with other nations over this
Irish question. That is question tor
the British and Irish to settle for
themselves. These agitators are COM
ing over to this country and stirring
things up all the time We want to be
let alone and let these other fellows
fight it out along their own lines. The
United States has got all it wants to
do to take care of itself in this great
reconstruction period and this indus
trial unrest that is upon the country
without dabbling into the Irish or any
other foreign policy. What would we
think if some Britisher got up and
wanted the English parliament to
come over here and settle the Phil
lippine question for US?
HOW CAN CRIME BE CHECKED?
The question is asked what will
check the wave of crime in Ameri-
ca? Thousands of robberies, hun
dreds of murders, holdups and burg
laries in the big cities and in the coun-
try as we'll, are committed yearly, and
the great majority of the perpetrators
escape punishment. The automobile
is responsible for the immunity from
capture of nearly all of these GRIM
inals. How to meet this means of
escape is problem difficult of solu-
ton. The success of many holdups
and robberies encourages others. Jail
sentences have no terrors for thous-
ands of men with inherited or crimi-
nal traits. They will take the chance.
More severe punishment, greater
vigilance of officers of the law, a
more widely perfected system Of
alarms and communication might
help capture many of our desperate
criminals, but other means can be
tent to commit crime. If every man
contemplating the commission Of
crime Of a certain degree, had the
knowledge in advance, that if con-
victed he would be banished to some
distant region, and by law prevented
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