The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-08-12
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The express men and station help
ers of the country were yesterday
granted raise of wages amounting
to about sixteen cents an hour the to-
tai amount being thirty million dol
lars. AS is usual in such cases made
and provided the public will be asked
by the express companies to pay the
bill through increased express rates.
The national nonpartisan league or
ganization has decided not to take any
part in the presidential election this
year, stating that the time is not
yet ripe for the organization to enter
into national politics. The outfit is
waiting to see how far they are go
ing to geb with their mixture of So
cialism and sovietism in the various
states of the union this fall before
they make very extended campaign
for the presidency. We rather think
that after they read the returns for
the election in November they will
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ripe to 60 after the presidency.
That league of nations medicine
may be good thing for Great Britain,
France, Italy and the others who be-
long to it, but up to the present time
it does not seem to be of any great
benefit to the Poles who are being
gradually beaten up by the bolsheviki
Russian Reds. Instead of lessening
wars the league-made in the inter-
ests of England and other European
nations-is evidently making more
wars. And we are asked to ratify a
thing of this kind. This country ON
a square vote on this particular issue
will never ratify under the present
British made affair.
The people in the thirty-eighth leg
islative district of this county have
made up their minds that they are not
satisfied by the return of C. J. Olson
to the legislature, so the democrats of
the district have decided to place the
name of L. K. Stillings on the ticket
as candidate for the legislature, so
his name will be on the regular bal
lot in the fall. Mr.. Stillings is one Of
the pioneer farmers of Barnes county
and has been a man of much exper-
fence in farming. He is we'll qualified
to act in the capacity of a legislator
and we believe that if he should elect
ed-and his prospects will be good -
he will make the county sensible and
efficient member of the house.
North Dakota's wheat crop for 1920
is estimated at 77,794,O00 bushels in
the August first report of the United
States bureau of crop estimates. A.
J. Surratt, of Grand Forks, field agent
for the state, says rust and drought in
July reduced the estimated yield ma
terially as compared to the July 1 re-
port. About IS per cent of the states
wheat acreage is affected by the rust,
the damage being from rs to 40 per
cent. A flax crop above the average,
potato crop materially better than
that Of last year, corn crop about 60
per cent better than 1919 are reveal
ed in the estimates issued by Mr.. Sur
raft. The oats production is fixed at
about the same as 1919, while barley
is under that of last year. Hay is re-
ported better.
All eyes are turned on Tennessee to-
day, especially the eyes of the women
Of the nation. Today the legislature
of that state is expected to either rati-
fly the suffrage amendment and give
the women of the country full voting
powers or else this body will turn
down the proposition and make it ne
cessary for the women to center their
fire on Connecticut or some other
state. Both Mr.. Harding and Mr.. Cox,
nominees for the presidency, have
been using their influence to have the
the Tennessee legislature ratify. The
prospects are that the vote will be
close but those who claim to know are
of the opinion thatthe ratification will
come as result of this special session
and that Tennessee will be the decid-
ing thirty-sixth state to ratify to put
the Susan B. Anthony suffrage amend
ment into full force and effect,
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The duty Of every reputable citizen
in North Dakota in the present crisis
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no hesitation on the part of anyone
opposed to Townleyism and socialism
in alligning themselves behind the
ticket headed by O'Connor no matter
how composed or named. In a cour-
ageous series of line smashes, re-
quiring both daring and resourceful-
ness in their execution, LANCER car
ried the ball to the enemy's five yard
line. He was able to do this by the
unselfsh support and interference of
men Of all the various anti Townley
groups. Under the rules of the game,
the ball now passes to O'Connor and
it is the duty of every good citizen of
the state, who earnestly desires the
list gang, to join in the formation
elimination of Townley and his social
which is being made about O'Connor,
and to use the same tireless courage
in putting him over for touchdown
that he did in bringing LANCER to the