The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-12-02

If the league of nations is func:.
tioning it should get busy IN Ireland
and elsewhere. Seems to US that thls
league of nations business is a Dig
frost.
The Times,Record on Thursday OF
this week will be legal paper, en-
titled to publish any and all legal no.
tees of private Individuals. such as
probate notices, mortgage sales, chat
tie mortgage sales or any other notice
that is required to be published that
do not belong to the county. We are
asking the friends of the Tlmes-kec-
ord to send into US their legal publ
cations, and will appreciate any and
all business of this nature that is sent
to US.
State Auditor Karl Kositzky wants
his Office examined by the state 9TH
Gals before he turns it over to MS
successor on January first. He wants
to 20 out of office with clean slate
so that there will be no come-backs.
This request is in striking contrast to
the officials of the Bank of North Da-
kota who want to stave off any exam
nation. The state auditor is perfectly
willing to have Frazier's appointees
examine his office. This shows that
our state auditor is not afraid of the
calcium light of public scrutiny upon
his books which is in great contrast to
others who seem to be afraid OF their
books.
It will take two-thirds vote to re-
peal any Of the initiated laws passed
at the late election. The league lead
ers want to repeal the banking law
which was passed by eighteen thous--
and majority. 1t seems funny: The
leaders shouted we are trying to
break up the industrial program pass
ed by majority Of the people if we
suggest amending any Of their laws
but when they want to repeal anything
carried by a big majority Of the peo-
pie that does amend some of these rad
ical laws, then the shoe is on the 9TH
er foot. They have been arguing that
majority should rule. Well, let
them keep still the majority has
spoken.
We hear much about North Dakota
needing cool heads in these times when
the Bank of North Dakota will be re-
quired to return public funds to the
various counties. Thas is absolutely
true. But what we need more than
anything else is for the officials of that
institution to put their cards upon the
table and let the public into it's con-
fidence. They cannot expect to find
cool heads trying to stem the tide OF
Indignation that is setting in against
the bank officials, who in spite of the
peoples verdict on November 2, are
putting forth every effort to block
examination of the bank. If the bank
is in good condition why do they seek
to prevent it's examination. If it is IN
bad we can readily see why they OBJ
iect to examination. Their actions
tend one to believe that it is the latter
condition.
We have heard and read much in the
league press about how the examina-
ton of the Bank of North Dakota was
invited. This has been given partlcu-
lar stress in the Courier-News which
paper has run big headlines inviting
inspection of the bank by the state Of
ficials. To show that they are not sin
cere or in earnest in the matter we
call the attention of these league pa
pers to the action of Gov. Frazier and
Commissioner of Agriculture Hagan
who refused to join with Mr.. Langer
in asking for funds for the examina-
ton as provided by the initiated law
which carried by a large majority in
the recent election. Such actions on
the part of the state officials who are
seeking to override the wishes of the
people of the state, only tends to
bring forth more suspicion that all
is not we'll with the finances of the
bank.
The city of Minot, N. D., is getting
a lot of free advertising-not very
Complimentary, however-from the
fact that lot of that fire like humidity
which the eighteenth amendment says
you mustn't touch, is flowing through
that city from Canada. The Twin
City papers nave special representa-
tives up there, and although we do
not doubt for an instant but what
the whisky smuggling business lis
running at top notch speed, we are a
little inclined to disbelieve some Of
the statements made by them, in their
endeavor to fill up front page space.
Some portions of the stories look like
space writer's dreams, A vice crusade.
conducted by state and county enforce
ment officers has been opened up in
that city in an attempt to crush what
unlawlessness does exist there.
Justice Robinson in his Saturday
letter which he publishes now and
then takes rap at the workmens
compensation law, and thinks the
legislature should classify and fix