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

stranger. TOURISTS are LHlCk LllTOuSH-
out these northern states now, nearly
all of them travelling by auto. AS
would be natural when they come to a
town like, say Valley City for instance,
they generally inquire for good eat
ing house. If they do, direct them to
the best one. Do it in courteous
manner. Don't simply point your fin
ger in the direction of the place they
are seeking, but stop long enough to
make things plain. Such small things
as these is what puts town on the
face of the map. These tourists are
not going to forget these acts of kind
ness right away, just the same as you
wouldn't forget yourself. Such things
may seem trivial at the time but SOON
er or later they are sure to bear fruit.
On the other hand just because man
is stranger don't try to get the best
of him by overcharging him on an ar
ticle that he may want to buy, or per-
haps by helping him out of some little
difficulty he may be involved in. just
because he is stranger should not be
taken as an excuse. This same man,
if treated right, might be your neigh
Dor some day. -z
The nonpartisan league seems to
have won control of the state republi
can central committee by close mar
gin. This means very little to those
opposed to socialism. They had con-
troll of the committee two years ago
but the independent forces refused to
recognize the bunch and reorganized
along independent lines and made a
wonderful showing at the primary
election. The probabilities are that
the same thing will happen again.
The Barnes county organization is
split. We have one Lacquer and one
independent. The fall election will be
warm number and from present in
dications will be fought out along
probably the same lines as that of the
primary election. There will be the
combined democratic and republican
forces opposed to the Townley force
of state socialism. You pay your
money and take your choice. About
this time the leaguers are paying all
the way from $500 down to $18 per for
the privilege Of voting for Mr.. Town
ley's system of increased taxation
which is bound to come again next
year if he has his continued fling in
the state. 1t has become so desperate
in some places that we have been told
that independent farmers living in To-
calities largely composed of leaguers
that if they did not come across with
their SIS they could not get their
crops threshed. This is great big
bluff. The independent farmers should
not allow themselves to be brow beat
en- in any such manner. We guess
that they can get threshing outfits to
thresh the grain whether the league
neighbors do it or not. Townley and
his henchmen are going around
preaching the doctrine Of boycott
against the towns and sowing the
seeds of hate and discord. That is the
situation today. We say to every
business man with an ounce of red
blood in his veins to stand pat on his
honest convictions and not let a lot
or red card socialist pirates scare
them for a minute. The truth and
right must prevail and will prevail.
It may take a little while longer to-
bring the light of reason to many but
if they only give the bunch in power
enough rope it will come and they
won't need any calomel to clear their
vision, either.