The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-09-30

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The only fault that can be found
with this country is that we nave
couple of months bad sleighing in the
summer time. NJ, s... 49,
Hon. Lee Combs is receiving offers OF
support from all over this Judicial dis
trict and is greatly encouraged by
the outlook for his election as Judge
of the first district on November z.
He is daily receiving reports from the
district showing strong trend 10 MS
candidacy.
Every indication points to the tact
that Senator Warren q. Hardlng IS
going to carry the state of North "a
kota by a large majority. 1t IS only
a matter of how large that majority
will be. Some place it at from twenty
to thirty thousand. Four years ago
North Dakota topped into the demo,
cratic column by about two thousand
on account of that soul stirring slo-
gan "He kept US out of war" This
wear there is no such slogan and the
old state is expected to flop back into
the republican column with hand
some majority.
Gov. Cox came out yesterday re-
pudiating President Wilson's cabinet
so far as Burleson and Palmer are
concerned, and said he would have
supported Bryan had he been nomi-
mated. This is the last straw that
broke the camel's back. Mr.. Wilson
seems to think the two derelicts men
toned by Mr.. Cox are all right. We
are fully satisfied that had Bryan been
nominated Cox would have supported
him. He would have supported Muir
ply of Tammany fame or anybody
else wearing democratic brand.
We read in the Fargo papers that
coal has taken another advance. Hard
coal is now selling in Fargo at $40 per
ton which is an advance of 35c per
ton over the price at this time last
year. This country needs a few more
Henry Fords to bring down the price
of few of these necessities. The
luxuries we can get along without and
the need of necessities hits everyone
and there should be some sort of a
unitd system to bring them down to a
proper level. We read every day that
prices are tumbling along many lines
but the tumble must have lost its
wind before it struck this section, be-
cause we have noticed no real drop
around here so far.
Senator Myer, democrat, Of Montana,
comes out in a signed statement call
ing upon all democrats in that state
to support the republican ticket in No.
vember, putting aside party politics
for the good of the cause. The Town
ley forces went into the Montana pri-
maries as democrats, taking that
party because it was the strongest and
nominated their candidates for state
Office on that ticket. They propose
the same sort of administration as
given US here in North Dakota and no
self respecting democrat or republican
wants any more of that kind of medi-
cine, so the senator wants the loyal
and sane people Of his state to cut
out politics and vote for the republi-
can candidate for governor. They
have kept close tab on North Dakota
in Montana and do not want any of it
in their diet.
The league papers are hammering
away to the voters to turn down the
initiated laws that are to be voted
upon at the coming election. If the
people are wise they will make study
of these laws and vote yes on all Of
them. The socialists know that if
these laws are approved by the people
great big chunk of their graft will
be cut from under them and the only
way these fellows can prosper is by
putting over lot of these graft laws
that furnish them big job with lit
tie work and big pay. We have an
army of these drones working for the
payers. They are telling you that the
taxes will be lower next year but it is
only joke. The assessment made
will be less, perhaps, but when they
get all the various extra taxes figured
up That you Will have to pay, your
taxes will be much more. Old birds
are not to be caught with chaff all the
time.
A great deal is heard nowadays of
the social service work of the Saliva
ton Army, and it is an easy matter
to lose sight Of it's powerful influence
as a religious organization. Last year
the Salvation Army preached the Cos
pei of Divine Love; Of Hope and Sal
walton to 100000 men and women in
the streets. These men and women
were not the erudite folk who regu-
larly attende religious services, but
were the thugs and the gangsters in
whose feeble brains the un-American
doctrines of class-hatred and radical
ism find the quickest root. Just the
common riff raft of the streets. Yet
the Salvation Army believes, as it
always did, that every one Of these no
matter how humble or depraved, is
possessed of soul; that his life of