The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-28
SOME INFORMATION
FOR NOV. ELECTION


hand you three ballots. One Of these
q the aAmendment" ballot, the other
a "Non-partisan" ballot, not pertain
ing to the nonpartisan league, and the
other the General Ballot.
We will first attempt to describe
the General Ballot. This is four
colnnn affair, one column containing
republican candidates, another the
Democrats, the third Individual Nom
inations and the fourth also Individual
Nominations. The third column con-
tains only nominations Of the Social
ist marty. and the fourth column, also
headed Individual Nominations, con-
tains the names Of the nonpartisan
league candidates. Offices to be voted
for on this ballot are. President, pres
idestial electors, United States sena-
tor: representative in congress; gov
ernor; lieutenant governor; secretary
of state; state auditor; state treasur.
er; attorney general; commissioner OF
insurance; commissioner OF agrlcul.
ture and labor; commissioners OF
railroads; state senator; members OF
the house of representatives and the
official paper. " ),
The Nonpartisan ballot contains the
names Of candidates for the following
officers which are to be voted upon:
Judge of the supreme court; judges OF
the district court; superintendent OF
public, instruction; county superinten-
dent of schools; sheriff; county audi
tor: county treasurer; clerk OF the
district court; register of deeds;
states attorney; county judge; public
administrator; county surveyor; cor
oner; county commissioners; county
constables; justices of the peace. The
candidates for county offices are prac-
tically all unopposed.
The amendment ballot is next. The
first thing to be voted on this IS the
elective franchise, pertaining to wom-
an suffrage and residence require
ments. It is proposed to change the
time of residence required in a pre-
cinct. county or state. You will be
asked to vote yes or no on this as well
as the following proposed changes:
The next is Investment of School
Funds" The third proposed amend
ment to be voted on is the changing
Of the name of the State Reform
school to State Training School. Next
comes the initiated measure providing
for . board of auditors that shall semi
annually examine the accounts, books
vouchers and funds, and ascertain the
assets and liabilities of all industrial
institutions and make public the re-
suits of said, examination. It also
provides for such a board to examine
the books. accounts, etc., of all indus
trial institutions at least twice year
and make report thereof to the gov
ernor and make the same public. The
next measure to be voted on is the
Bank of North Dakota, and provides
for the amending of the act providing
for the deposit Of all state. county,
township, municipal and school district
funds, and funds Of all penal educa-
.tional and industrial institutions, and
all other public funds in the Bank OF
North Dakota. The next measure per
tains to real estate loans by the Bank
OF North Dakota, and provides that no
loans may be made except to actual
resident farmers, and repeats all acts
or parts of acts inconsistent there
with. Legal publications is the next
measure, and the proposed measure
provides for the omission of the re-
ouirement that all summons, notices,
orders and other process in court ac-
tions. or that notices Of foreclosure
or statements of banks and other cor
pofations must be published IN the or
fetal county newspaper. ~
The next measure in fact restores
to the superintendent Of public in
strsction, the powers with which she
was embued before they were destroy
ed by the present administration. The
next is a referred measure pertaining
to the removal of county seats. The
last thing to be voted on on this bal
lot is the proposed fitting memorial
for Barnes county soldiers and sail
ors. The money for this would be
raised by direct taxation on all tax
able property of Barnes county, and
the sum required, 100000 would be
extended over a period Of four years
The laws of the state give the county
commissioners power to act on, such
measures, and the Barnes county
commissioners have submitted it to
the vote of the people at this election
New voters will find themselves con-
fronted with difficult task of mark
ing their ballots when they come to
vote. Sample ballots are now out
and every voter, unless he or she Is
absolutely sure of each Of their can
didates and the referred measures to
be voted on. Schools of instruction
for voters are being held in the city
and elsewhere, and voters should at:
tend these and get the required infor-
nation which will gladly be given you
in spite of your political beliefs.
FUR SALE
Biggest event in town. $22 00C
worth Of Salesman's Samples in high
grade furs are to be sol by the sales.