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The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-06-04

Wall Street would like nothing
better right now than to bring on a
panic of the worst type; they know
the South would suffer and the
wolves of the trail would reap the
reward. The only thing that Is
keeping that calamity from coming
down on tho South is the Federal
Reserve Banking System.-Richard
son Echo.
That law was brought about by
President Wilson and the Democrat
ic Congress and is great worry to
the old time money kings who have
exploited the people and consider It
their national right to do so and yet
there are men COINS about TO try
20 create public sentiment against It.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-06-04

The Terrell Publishing Company
has bought the Roby stra-Re record
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-06-04

Clerk County Court, Scurry Coun
ty, Texas.
So BY Ada Riley, Deputy
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-08
TEST OF PAPER
LAW IS BEFORE
JUDGE NUESSLE

Which one of the several laws on
the question determine what can and
what can not be designated an Off
cial paper Of any city or county is
the main issue involved in case
heard before Judge w. L. Nuessle Of
the district court here Saturday.
.'he case was brought to trial by
Attorney General William LANCER on
behalf of the state against Thomas
Hall, secretary Of state; John N. Ha-
gan, commissioner Of agriculture, and
S. J. Aandahl Of the railroad commits
sion, constituting the state publica-
ton and printing commission, over
the designating of the Trail County
News of Hillsboro as the official pa
per Of TRAIL county October 9 last.
The action originated through the
filing of petition by seven attor-
neys of Trail county asking for def
mite information regarding the NAM
ing of the News as the official paper
under Section 3173 Of the revised
code which specifically states that the
official paper must have been printed
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-08

of socialism and extravaganza that
now controls matters political in this
state. The l. V. A., contrary to the
opinion Of the Courier News and 9TH
er league papers, has no candidates
picked for any state Office and none
will be picked until the convention at
Grand Forks picks them by majority
vote. The idea is to get the best men
possible to combat the socialistic ma
chine now in power. The delegates Sc
lected to attend the Grand Forks con-
vention will go there absolutely free
to do as they like They will not be
hand PICKED and pledged like the
league delegates have been IN the
past, but will be elected in open meet
ing where anybody who wishes can
attend and watch proceedings and
| anyone who wants to attend any meet
! ing can do so without being met at the
door by sentry who demands of them
a passport as is done in the Townley-
:zed gatherings. When they get to
Grand Forks on February fifth they
will go into that convention with their
minds and consciences clear to vote
and do as they will-contrary to the
rule of the Townley orgamzatlon
where. the delegates are bound iron
clad to do the bidding of the big boss.
That is the difference between dem
ocratic gathering-not democratic po-
iitically, but democratic in principle
instead of being rubber stamp affair
controlled and operated by strings at
| sacEed to collars and operated by the
big boss. The voice Of the people will
be heard in Grand Forks next month
nd all the more fun and sarcasm
,hyown out at the l. V. A. by the
eague press will only be surface
| right occasioned by the big cloud OF
public condemnation that is Ger
| shadowing the forces of socialism and
,xtravagance in this state. The OPP
>csition is scared stiff and they know
THAT is why they are poklng fun
& all the meetings Of the I. V. A: and
lose of Mr.. LANCER. Thousands OF
people are attending these meetings
erv day and are seeing the light as
Il sits through the sombre clouds
of high taxes, state socialism and the
destruction of the public credit. The
truth will prevail and no matter how
much the league gangsters make light
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-08

CT it, it is giving them the scare Of
their lives. If the convention at
Grand Forks dominates the right
ticket next month Townleyism with all
it's hideous tenets of socialism and
free love and extravaganza is doomed
to defeat at the June primaries. AL
ready the league heads in the press
service are accusing each other of
profteering. Newspapers have been
bought at extravagant figures for
much more than they are worth, and
then sold to the farmers at double the
original cost-and somebody has been
making big profit at the expense of
the farmer These things are coming
to light every day and these facts are
not pleasing to many Of the men who
went into these newspaper deals ex-
pecting to get some sort of return for
their. money but who instead have
been handed a lemon.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-08
THE CLUBBING SESSION

The late lamented special session
of the legislature has cost the tax
PAYERS about 100000, and its object
was principally to punish the three
state officers who have dared to dis
obey Townley. The attorney general
secretary of state and state auditor
have been removed from membership
on the important boards OF which
these officers have been part since
statehood; their appropriations have
been pared down to little or nothing,
thus Gripping the efficiency of their
Offices; and in the dying hours OF the
session joint resolution was passed
charging the attorney general with all
tie crimes in the calendar, and not
giving him the chance to defend HIM
self. The whole performance was
cowardly and so despicable that every
man who voted for such childish
things should hang his head in shame:
Fear of being swept out of control
at the next election is the only reason
for the performances of the Townley
gang at the special session of the al
legged legislature. The old adage that
''whom the gods would destroy. they
first make mad" is exemplified IN the
stone age way in which Townley took
revenge upon the state officers who OPP
pose him. The big boss effected MS
will. but the true American spirit OF
the people will arise in time and sweep
him and his gang into oblivion as
result of these rotten deals-lust as
sure as the sun rises tomorrow
Beach Advance.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-08

Where are our public school teach
ers coming from? Do you know any,
thing about the great shortage of
teachers throughout the country?
The attendance at all Normal schools
is much less than in former years.
There are causes for this. Are you
interested in securing the best of
teachers for your children? Do you
believe in the labor union? What
would you say to teachers union
DO you know there are now $4,000
"scabs" in the teaching profession?
What do you know about the reasons
for or against such union of teach
ers? These questions will be discuss
ed next Sunday evening at the Open
Forum in the Congregational church.
President c. E. Allen of the Normal
school will speak at 8 o'clock. Fol-
lowing his thirty minute address there
! will be free discussion from the floor.
The topic for discussion os "Should
Teaching be Unionized?" You are
welcome to state your own opinion on
the general topic of the evening.
| dw1t
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-08

have revisited the Dominion. All
my political views have been fall
sifed. The development and the
working out in New Zealand OF
Socialistic reform under manhood
suffrage and the universal female
suffrage. led by professional poll
ticians and demagogues, and the
spread of silly theories about the
relations of capital and labor,
have resulted in bringing coun-
try possessing all the potentiali-
ties of prosperity almost to the
brink of financial ruin. 1ndividu-
al enterprise and Individual thrift
have been substantially annihilat-
ed; capital has been withdrawn or
is withheld! from enterprises; and
employment as consequence, has
slackened and in some places ceas-
ed; the cost of living has increas-
ed enormously; the community, as
a whole. lives on shoddy. and la
hor is really having a bad time of
it.
"A similar wave of mad Social
istic and labor legislation in both
the Commonwealth and New Zea-
land today are working out not
only their destruction, but the des-
truction of all their fellow citizens.
A man who is q non-unionist is
not allowed to earn a livelihood.
After all I have witnessed during
the past eight or nine months IN
New Zealand and Australia of the
tyranny and ignorance and lazi-
ness. colossal insolence. and abb
solute fraud of labor collectivism,
I have determined hencaforward
to resist to the utmost the detest-
able and abominable crusade
which is being waged in this
country to achieve similar social
upheaval by fostering and making
political capital out of class pref
udice and class rancor, and des-
t~oying the institutions of which
The country is so justly proud. >
Forum.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-08

Headline in the Courier News this
morning.: "Two-Bit Throws Monkey
Wrench in Langer's Machine.' All
we can say is that the wish is the
father to the thought. What the
Courier News wants is to ditch Lang
er and in trying to ditch him it is
working up some sort of imaginary
discord among the l. V. AS. LANCER
is the thorn in the flesh and the
league press and gangsters know it
only too we'll In the first place Mr..
Two-Bit Nelson has thrown no mon
KEY wrench into the LANCER machine
and Mr. Nelson is not in position nor
does he want to throw monkey
wrench into Mr. Langer's machine or
any other persons. He will have no
more to say about the nomination of
a candidate at Grand Forks than any
other regularly elected delegate to
that convention. Contrary to league
conventions this one is going to be q
convention where each man is going
to speak and vote as his conscience
may dictate and he is going to take
no orders from anybody. The I. V. A
is not built along those lines. The
poor old en- realizes that it's ma
chine is slipping in the rails and that
if Mr.. LANCER should be the nominee
Of the independent party the state ma
chine might just as we'll be taken tt
the scrap heap. The flow of golt
dollars into the league newspape.
syndicate fund is bound to stop whel
the present outfit is put out of jo|
and this is what is concerning tn
en- more than anything else on earth
This subsidized paper says there is NJ
demand for LANCER but admits in tn
little town of Hillsboro that TOO PEG
pie heard the attorney general tn
other evening. Does this mean moth
ing. A year ago you could not ge
seventeen people to hear LANCER o
anybody else on an anti-league ticket
That was before the people got thei
tax statements, heard about free low
and also learned from concrete exhi
billions of the board Of administra
tions that what they said about leav
ing Miss Nelson alone was not true
Yes, indeed. brethren, ''the truth i
being carried to the people" by Fight
ing Bill LANCER and it hurts the bunc
Of guys who are editing inflated news
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-08

one year before being so named and
must have a bona-fde circulation of
at least $50 persons, in neither of
these instances does the News qualify.
1t is claimed, however, that under
the laws passed at the last regular
session of the state legislature, Sec
ton 3l73 is no longer in effect mas
much as it specifies that the printing
commission shall have power to des-
ignate official newspapers and that
all acts and parts Of acts in conflict
with this act are hereby repealed.
The later law also stipulates that the
broadcast possible Interpretation
should be placed on it's meaning.
Decision will be made this week
by Judge Nuessle.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-08
SOME PERTINENT QUESTIONS

SOME PERTINENT QUESTIONS
Are they afraid to allow the at
torney general elected by you farmers,
and his assistants to prosecute the
cases against the railroad companies!
Or, nv friends, is it because the OLD
political bosses are back on the job,
using what pull and influence they
have to put over what they can :! =,
This is question Attorney General
LANCER asked the embattled farmers
at Portland last week.
The Tribune asks it OF President A.
C. Townley.
WHY should a man whose shibboleth
is Big Business" put on his payroll
so many agents of Big Business?
It is merely an acknowledgement
that the league must, if it expects to
win, avail itself of Big Business etti-
cheney, and, perhaps, of some OF the
methods of Big Business of which "A
certain few Of those with whom
Townley has surrounded himself are
past masters?
If we were a farmer who had part
cd with 500 for Consumers Store
certificate, and with $50 more, or
whereabouts, in dues to the Nonpartl-
san league, and if we were about TO o
be asked to put up an additional $lo
to finance this organization another
wear, these are some questions we
would ask Mr.. Townley.
Of course, it is barely possible that
the old bosses really have been porn
anew; and that they have been wash
ed whittier than snow in the dews OF
the morn of the New Day, and If this
IS fact surely it would furnish IN
teresting reading for their old-tlme
friends and consolation for the farmer
Why not, Mr.. Townley, provide US
with a little interesting entertain
ment ?-Bismarck Tribune.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-08

In some quarters there seems to be
a we'll defined rumor that L. F. Craw-
ford, of Sentinel Butte, is trying to
be a candidate for governor, and some
of those inclined to lean toward the
|. V. A. movement are greatly exer-
cised thereby. These alarmists should
settle down and forget it. There is
absolutely no chance for Crawford
to become governor of North Dakota.
If Mr.. Langer's popularity continues
to increase like it is now doing that
convention at Grand Forks will SIM
ply result in a stampede to the attor-
ney general \ great many people be-
leve that as Mr.. LANCER is doing the
real fighting he should have an oppor-
tunity to carry on that fight in the Of
fee Of governor. Whatever the
Grand Forks convention may decide to
do one thing is certain-~that Mr..
LANCER at this time is the logical can
didate for that party to nominate and
every other person mentioned has no
more show than a jackrabbit. That
is the way we look at it, but then that
convention may pick up some man not
yet mentioned. At any rate Mr..
Crawford will not even get up to the
plate for hit let alone making first
base when it comes to the nomination
for governor.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-08

For a man who has been killed sew
eral times politically Attorney General
William LANCER is the liveliest man
in the state today and is drawing the
largest crowds to hear him of any
man who has single handed gone out
to talk to the people. At every place
he goes he is met by record crowds,
the halls being too small to accommo-
date the crowds gathered to hear him.
He is carrying the truth to the people
in such way that many are turning
away from socialism and extrava-
gance in state affairs. They may say
that the meetings are a fizzle and try
to cover up his work round the state,
but it does no good. The people are
hungry for the truth and never before
are they showing SO much interest in
political affairs as they are at this
time. Fighting Bill" is the busiest
man in North Dakota and he gets
more calls for his services than any
other man in this state-in fact he is
worked to death talking to the people.
Certainly he is dead, politically
don't you think.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-08

The Grand Forks Herald is groom
ing O. B. Burtness for congress: On
a platform of eliminating Ellen Key
works from the congressional library !
-Courier-New
If Mr.. Burtness should become a
candidate for congress from the first
district he could not make the run on
better platform than by taking the
negative side of the free love theory
Will Cartoonist Congressman Baer
have the nerve to make his campaign
on the affirmative side of this ques-
ton?
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-08

P: j. Neuens, Of Beach, N. D., a.
brother of our townsman, T. P. Neu
ems, was visitor at the home of his:
brother yesterday and left this morn
ing on No. for his home at Beach.
Mr.: Neuens is farmer near Beach.
which he claims is the political center
of the state. He says there are more
politics in Golden Valley county than
all the rest of the state combined.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-08
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EDITORIAL
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The New Rockford Transcript and
The State Center at New Rockford
have consolidated under the manage
ment Of Editor A. O. Olsen of the
Transcript, the veteran newspaper
man of that city. New Rockford was
over-burdened with newspapers, hay
ing daily and the Weekly Transcript
in addition to the league paper: This
consolidation will be good thing fo1
all concerned and we wish for the new
management success under the con-
solidation.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-08

The free love newspapers are trying
to camoufage the having of those free
love books in the public state library
by saying that they have been there
for years and that other administra-
lions are responsible for the books be-
ing there. 1t can't be done fellows.
You have to stand back of your own
work. If the books were purchased
years ago why was it that the bill was
not presented to the state until few
weeks ago? Doesn't it look reason
able that bill contracted years ago
should only be presented just recent
~. Book firms or any other firms are
not in the habit of waiting years for
their pay. The gang will have to hunt
up some other excuse.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-08

The successful organization of l..
V. A. unit here last night marks the
cementing together of the forces Of
good government against the forces
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-08
THE w AR is ON

Apparently the war is on at the cap
itol
Governor Frazier has had his say,
and Secretary of State Hall, Attorney
General LANCER and State Auditor
Kositzky, league insurgents, have mad
theirs. /
The secretary Of state has declared
he will defend his place on the state
auditing board by an appeal to the
courts. :,
The secretary of state has verbally
indicted Mr.. Frazier upon two counts:
First, that he is endeavorng by lgnor-
ing the constitution to give immediate
effect to bills which were not declared
| emergencies by the required two.
thirds majority of the membership OF
each house Of the assembly; second,
that he is for the second time Wlthln
year ignoring the wishes or the
| people as represented in referendum
| petitions filed against a measure
which is not an emergency act, ana
whose operation, therefore, is auto
matically suspended by these petitions
until the people have an opportunity
| to vote upon it.
In proceeding upon the premises
| that house bill so is in operation, IN
snite of the fact that it was not de-
ciared in it's title or by vote OF the
| house of representatives to be an
cy,erroncy measure, and in paying no
attention to referendum PETITIONS
SIGNED by fifteen thousand voters,
| Governor Frazier is openly violating
i two constitutional amendments when
he assisted in adding to our constl-
|
And the remarkable thing is that
Governor Frazier's queer brand OF
logic would enable him to take advan-
} 100 If these verv amendments, were
the situation reversed, and were tne
!"Old Gang" endeavorlng to SET asiue
the constitution and to arbitrarily vlo,
late the rules which legislators nao
adopted for their own guldance.-bls-
. marck Tribune.
.-BIY w. s.---
FAR OFF HILLS NOT SO GREEN
During every Nonpartisan campaign
in this state, the voters OF North "a
iota have painted for them glowing
! pictures Of the wonderful progress
:. of Australia and New Zealand.
= These pictures are conJured up by
= an itinerant Socialist lecturer, who
y seems to haze a deep-seated aversion
70 returning to his dear Australia.
n Perhaps another side of the picture
. might be interesting. 1t is given, not
by representative of the capitalist
o press. but by E. G. Jellicose, a prom
= inent English labor leader, who was
+ candidate for parliament on the Labor
r ticket in 1906 and 1910. He visited
New Zealand in 1904 and wrote glow
r ing account of the Standardization pro
e gram. He has since visited Australia
: and New Zealand second time, and
: on return to England made the follow.
: ing statement:
81 ssWhen I left New Zealand in
Il 1904 the colony was prosperous
h in every way.
J. During the last eight months l
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-08

papers bought and paid for by farm
ers' money but which same farmers
are getting nothing back in return.
Truth crushed to earth will rise
aUain a"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-26

OPPORTUNITY comes TO every man
~ in some way and II comes but
once. Pete Leyva. star twirler Of
the Internationals thinks So The
tried 10 catch and hold came 70 Pete
Sunday afternoon in the fifth inning
in the shape Of a swift slant from
the hands Of hurler Adkins Of the
Knights OF Columbus.
GraspinE his bat firmly Pete took
a hard swing at the ball and the
smashing hit which went through the
diamond into center field and scored
Minjares from second proved that he
did not overlook his chance This run
edged the Internatlonals out in front
Of the Knights and subsequently
turned the contest into a victory for
the South side aggregation. 1our 10
three. There were two games, how
ever. the Zone Supply winning the
first from the Eighth horse when
Nanny Ponsford outpitched Boza and
held the cavalrymen safe for seven
sessions. The tally in this battle was
ten to five with the Zone on the
long end Of the score
Made Decisive Run.
Pete's hit which proved his worth
as a batsman as well as the best and
only pitcher possessed by the Inter-
nationals came in the second game
but Il was the feature OF the after
noon because was IAA4E
tWirler who could win his own game
The knights put up a hard consistent
battle and IL looked as II they would
win for a time. A protest has been
forwarded on the battle as a result
OF a decision by Harry Kane on a
play between first and second Wnen
Marty chased down the base line and
was tagged at the second rest
Mai. ConIIn. manager Of the
knight team contends that LeyTn
could not remove either hand
from the balI-as he did-after
fnclnE home plate and eOnse-
uuently Marty was safe when he
made the attempted steal The
protest will come up for 1udE-
ment at a future meeting Of the
league. II Is based upon one Of
the new rules and looks n II the
Knights had n real kick coming.
Dick Carberry started two runs Tor
the Knights in the first inning when
he hit the second bail pitched for
three base slam into deep left center.
Fuller walked, and Louie" Marty
scored Carberry and Riveter on a long
slam into deen left center. That ended
the score making for a time with the
Knights on the long end
Holds EN- Down
Adkins held the Internauonals safe
until the third when the South siders
tied the tally. The score remained
50 until the fifth when Leyva
slammed the bah through the pitch
er's box and scored lIinjares- The
Zone tied Il Up when Carberry got
around q little later but chile
or "Enchilada" Arrnendariz made the
final score for the South siders in the
sixth.
Nanny Wins Start
Nanny Ponsford's effectiveness kept
the fans Interested during the first
game while they were not occupied In
watching the flight OF long hits
slammed out by the Zone players
into practically every corner Of the
field The game was POnsford's first
1920 league appearance.
As a hitting aggregation, the zone
team runs a close second 10 the
Knights. Every man on the club is
.ble 70 handle the willow effectively
md he seems TO do It at the most op-