The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-12-16

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Some of our state exchanges are o.
jecting to Mrs. MacSwiney coming
over to this country stirring up strife
over the Irish question. The point is
very we'll taken. We have troubles
enough of our own without having any
more piled up on top Of US.
Headlines in the daily papers say
"While dry agents wrangle whiskey
running increases" We can't figure
that statement out. Watkins said
that the dry agents were not dry be-
cause they drank up the whiskey they
took from the runners. How can the
agents be dry agents under these con-
ditions?
w T. Craswell, city treasurer, made
a draft on the Bank of North Dakota,
for $214.32, the total amount of our
library fund that was in the state
bank, but the request for this money
was turned down by the bank officials.
The will Of the people seems to be
overruled by the officials at Bismarck.
In fact wo do not seem to have any
government Of the people, by the PEG,
pie and for the people at our capital
any more. 1t is government for the
politicians and the people be hanged.
North Dakota Trust Company re-
sources showed an excellent gain for
the year ending June 30th, according
to Crust Companies Of the United
States," just issued by the United
States Mortgage & Trust Company Of
New York The total figures for this
state were $2,239,914 as against ST.
633,675 for 1919, a gain of $6O6238,
or 81 per cent for the year The Trust
Company resources of the United
States Increased nearly twelve per
cent and aggregate $12,451,8 ST., 583,
which is considerably in excess of the
total banking strength of the country
in 1901
Swede township in LaMoure county
was classed as 400 per cent American
township" by the Nonpartisan Leader,
the official national organ Of the Non
partisan league. This title was award
ed because it cast 100 per cent vote
for Governor Frazier. Swede town.
ship was also carried by Eugene
Debs, arrested and convicted for
spreading sedition and melting men
to resist the draft. He is now serving
a term in the federal penitentiary at
Atlanta. If all townships in America
had been 400 per cent American" in
that way, William Hohenzollern would
probably be cruising on the Mayfower
by this time, instead of splitting wood
in Holland-Fargo Forum.
The public is invited to buy state
bonds to pull the Bank of North Da-
kota out of the hole. We had been
under the impression that the bank
was not in the hole after reading the
Courier-News and other league pa
pers. The governor wants the cooper
alton of the bankers Of the state to
sell bonds to float the various state
industries, but does not want the bank
examined and will not vote for pay
ing for the examination. 1t seems
to US the bankers were somewhat lame
when they voted to back bond SELL
ing when the governor and his advis-
ers refuse to let the people into his
confidence as to the true condition of
the big bank.
A recount of the vote of Michigan
will commence on January fourth to
see whether or not Mr.. Henry Ford
was beaten by Truman Newberry,
who is now holding his seat in the
senate while he has been convicted of
spending too much money in getting
elected. It is barely possible that they
will hang this charge on Truman when
the final returns are in from the su-
prene court to which he has appealed
his case and if he has been guilty
of buying votes contrary to law he
should be forced from his seat in the
senate. It is barely possible that
Henry might have spent some money
at trying to get elected to the senate
but did not get caught at it.
The barney of the Courier News to
the effect that if the farmers of the
state had cOoperated with the state
officials the banks that had to close up
would not have had to do so, is all rot.
In Iowa, Idaho and other states num-
erous banks have had to shut down
and many others may be forced to do
so, not on account of any cooperation
or lack of such on the part of the peo-
pie of these states. Leaving politics
out of the deal the banks that had to
close had to do so because they were
unable to realize on their securities
due to the marketing conditions. If
the Fargo C. N. would only tell the
truth occasionally there would be more
genuine cooperation and if the state
officials instead Of trying, to cover
things up would put their cards on the
table things might 60 along more
smoothly.
The Minneapolis Journal Sunday
contained long account of the OPP
erations Of A. C. Townley and the
league bunch. II said
that the whole outfit had moved its
headuu1rterS to Nebraska where they