The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-04

who cannot speak for themselves.
She was warmly cheered on re-
Stunning her seat, members crowding
around and congratulating her.
A RETURNED SOLDIERS VIEWS
To The Editor Of The Forum:
The Courier-News Of Feb. 22nd, car
ried an editorial to the effect that
,, Minnesota nonpartisans point out that
the taxes in Minnesota increased far
more than North Dakota's Just where
they received that information is be-
yond me. Taxes in Minnesota have in
creased very little, compared to the
$50 to 800 per cent increase here in
North Dakota. Let me cite you an in
stance: E. A. Barthelmy of St. Cloud,
Mimi, owns two 160-acre tracts in Nc
Lean county, N. D. One piece is about
two miles from town and the other
10, but both are assessed at about the
same value There are no buildings
on either tract, and the only improve
ment is that part Of the land has been
under pillow, and crops raised. Mr..
Barthelmy places the value at $25 an
acre. He paid taxes for 1918 amount
ing to $71.O8. His 1919 taxes for the
same two tracts are $171.80, an in
crease in one year Of $100.72, on prac-
tically unimproved land, boost Of
nearly $50 per cent.
Mr. Barthelmy also owns $40 acres
in Benton county, Mimi, on which are
fine buildings, and it is well improv-
ed farm, worth $85 an acre, and the
taxes on his 340-acre improved farm in
Minnesota, are about equal to the 800
unimproved acres in North Dakota.
+ A farmer in Penbina county, N. D.,
J moved to St. Paul, Mimi, recently be-
cause his taxes increased from $11974
in 1918 to $354.62 in 1919. He sold out
and moved In his own words: "They
attributed the tremendous increase to
state hail insurance and lot Of 9TH
er things that were too deeply involved
for me, but my taxes were 200 per cent
higher than in 1918, and that talked
loudest to me-
Taxes may have increased in Min
aesota, but the increase is very small
compared to the increase here. Last
wear the farmers of North Dakota
paid $1,6S8,355 in taxes. This year it
is 81, SAC, 826-an increase of 1863 per
cent. 1t costs $18 tit used to be SIG,
but even the privilege Of being non
partisan has gone up) for member
ship to listen to the Big Noise (Town-
I ley, Frazier, Lemke and the rest Of
the Parlor Bolshevists), and then your
taxes increase 1859 per cent. Just
where you can find an increase in Min
nesota equal to 1859 per cent is beyond
me. Having resided in Minnesota for
81 years, maybe ought to know a lit
tie bit about it. If the Courier News
! wants more statistics about the re-
lative increase in taxes in North Dako-
ia and Minnesota, am prepared to
furnish them.
The league papers have been keep
ing rather quiet on the subject of
Judge Landis' speech recently in Min
neapolis, in which he classed the nom
partisan league with the socialists and
II w. w. Both Representatives Baer
and Sinclair, pets Of the North Dako
ia socialists, wired Judge, Lands, ask
ing him if he had been quoted right,
! and threatening him with Congress-
! ional> investigation. Judge Lands re-
piled: eff I find three fellows sleep
ing together in one bed and neither
of the three can be induced to sleep
alone, when the other fellows are
about, and all three Of these fellows
have nightmares all the time-and
such nightmares!-why then just
naturally suspect that they have got
something in common" I've heard
nothing about this threatened probe"
since. And in that connection, did
Townley ever publish the story in
this state about leaving the city Of
Saltwater, Mimi, rather unceremon-
iously last spring for mentioning the
red flag several times? Pm quite
sure he didn't. Well, few words
will suffice for that. A farmer, back
ed by the nonpartisans, was elected to