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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-01
GETCHELL PRAIRIE

The Ladies Aid met with Mr.. anc
Mrs. Chas. Whitcher Dec. II, with 6
number present. After a social aft.
ernoon, the meeting adjourned, plan.
ming to hold the next meeting New
Years day at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
J. H. Whitcher.
Miss Finn, the teacher of the South
Getchell school, left Saturday fol-
Devils Lake to spend the holidays.
Gussie White returned home Friday
From Valley City, where she is at
tending Normal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Whitcher, Mrs
J. H. White and Mrs. J. M. White
were guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. M. NJ
White at dinner Tuesday.
Helen Harper, who is attending
school at Faribault, MIMI, arrived
home Friday evening to spend the hol-
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Spent Friday
evening at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs
NJ. NJ. White in Valley City.
Edna Whitcher arrived Saturday
morning, from Grand Forks. where
she has been teaching for the past
month to spend her holidays at home
Ella GetcEell who teaches at Oriska
arrived in Valley City Monday. &c
spend her holiday at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Whitcher.
Levi Getchell, is sick in bed with
static rheumatism.
Ida Holcomb arrived from Fingal
Friday night, where she has been
teaching, to spend the holidays at
home
Mrs. Skidmore, the teacher at the
Getchell school, left Sunday for Grand
Forks where she will spend her vaca-
ton visiting relatives.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-01

The Courier News, in support OF its
usual Bolshevike program editorially
comes out with a statement that Vic
tor Berger should be seated in con-
gress. We wouldn't expect any other
argument from that paper, but thank
God we have a congress that is Amer
lean and if we know the temper OF
that congress Mr.. Berger will be re-
fused seat in that body as he should.
Berger was convicted of disloyalty
during the war and if he felt that way
toward his alleged country at that
time he feels that way now. What
sort of a congress would we have If
it was made up Of men Of the stamp of
Victor Berger.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-01
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BREAK THE NEWS
TO MOTHER"

| Love is the most wonderful thing II
the world. Poets have written reams
about it and bards have sung its
praises. 1t is the foundation for hu
man happiness. Life would be like g
piece of dry bread without butter il
love did not spread its wings and
warm this cold earth.
Love is supreme. Love is infinite.
There is the love of man for his God
pure, holy, unearthly and I'M
s11irched There is the love Of man
and woman-beautiful, protective
fiery and illogical. There is filial love
thankful, dutiful and Unborn. But
The most beautiful love in this world
tie love that sacrifices all and asks
nothing-is the love Of mother for
her child.
No matter what or who the child
becomes, to the mother it is always
perfect. She brings it into the world
with all the pride and glory of her sex.
Her baby, with it's red face and tiny
clutcEing hands, its hairless head and
aquinty eyes is the most beautiful
creature on this earth. Sic Worslips
#. With what tender core she nurses
it. thinks for it, lives for il! When
Tie boy has reached manhood, she
watches him fron a distance, always
ready at the slightest call to come to
his aid. Her baby is now man.
Mother love-the most beautiful
thing in this world--is the theme Of
Select Pictures latest special attrac-
ton. "Break the News to Mother,
which can be seen on Wednesday matt
nee and evening at the Grand theater:
Gertrude Berkely as the mother will
make you smile with her, weep with
qcr and feel with her. The mother
heart - the most incomprehensible
hing in the world to anyone else but
l mother is shown to you. Her heart !
aches, her happiness will be yours. |
The brave fight she put up waiting for
he return of her boy will make lump |
'ome into your throat and you will |
cave smiling through the tears.
':Break the News to Mother is a
delightful picture of small-town life
hat is certain to please the most
,lase screen patron. It is human,
lonely, absorbing and thrilling.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-01

Speal1in" about the rebate Of TWEEN
ty-five per cent Of the taxes by the
special session it is rather 4 joke after
all. The rebate comes from the state
taxes alone and if a farmer has a
quarter section Of land valued at $7C0C
the quarter he will receive as rebate
about four dollars. This will buy him
a box Of cigars and give him chance
to sooth his wrought up nerves by
blowing up his rebate in smoke.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-01
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A few abstracts from the editorial

A few abstracts from the editoria
column of the Peolpes Opinion:
VIM. LANCER, the attorney general
of North Dakota, the much advertised
hounder Of booze and cigaretts, gave
his famous prepared" speech in Val
| ley City Tuesday night to large
! crowd in Pegg's garage. There were
many city people there, some women
and a few farmers. it *
Correct There were few women
there, several hundred Of them, they
are to become voters you know and
were much interested. And there were
2 few farmers, depends on how you
want to interpret the word few. There
were not less than two hundred farm
crs in that big audience putting it at
the lowest figure, many good nonpar-
tsans, too, and quite few of them
have seen the light. The editor across
the way works his blood pressure very
high in his righteous Indignation at
TIC way tie attorney general handed
II 20 the senator and representative
from the thirty-eighth district OF
Barnes county. Both Of them got no
more than they were entitled to. 1t
is truly pathetic to see such 1dolat-
rops odorHtion of these rubber stamps
by the editor over the way. Then
with corlmendable childishAess the
Oninicn editor goes on TO say: ut is
doubtful whether there were more
,llan a dozen who did with Geld, analy-
l;y4l attention follow his speech. But
- those who did it revealed the ~
.c,lsn preparedness with which he
,,r,,cD :: j. ::
For ever three hours that large
audience listened with intense inter
est to that arrangement Of the league
leaders, giving the speech that cold,
ana]vtjcal attention. that men and
FARMERS of this county. Why didn't
he tell these things if ne is so ANXIOUS
to carry the truth to the people? tie
did not tell what the administrator
1ad done for the drought stricken
farmers. We will supply the lntor-
nation for him. He has doubled these
farmers taxes to start with to provide
fat Jobs for hundreds of useless office
holders. 1t has caused the calling OF
special session of the legislature cost
ing somewhere in the neighborhood of
fifty thousand dollars to help the
poor farmer-but what did they get?
breat, no. Just a stone. 1t took all
the power away from the attorney
general, state auditor and secretary Of
state to "get even" with them and the
poor farmer is still waiting for that
relief. 1t appropriated another big
sum for a fool smelling committee for
vindictive purposes-the poor farmer
pays most of this and gave the gov
o,,,or c1dS O0O ~ cpood &C no Sooc fir !
from which the farmer pays most. The
Peoples Opinion should come under
this new liars law in our opinion. But
what is the use of talking-the farm
er and the business man know what
is happening and the editor across the
way along with the rest of the sub
sidized bunch know what is going to
happen to them in the not very dis
tant future. They see the hand writ
ing on the wall.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-01
JAIL BIRDS EFFECT RELEASE

Toledo, Ohio, Dec. 26-Wth two of the gang in jail
Toledo police today securing the country for others
who took part in sensational jail delivery yesterday
at the mercy of six armed thugs and four prisoners
whom the thugs had released At the jail gunman shot
down one man. threatened to kill Others boasted of their
crimes and past records After the delivery two of the
prisoners surrendered when their auto stalled although
both were armed
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-01

The administration is showing that
it means what it says when it says
that Miss Nelson will not have her
powers curtailed and that it is not
going to get caught under the pro
vision of the liars bill, has taken the
SUPERVISION Of the high schools away
from her. The next thing we shall
hear about is that they have turned
the key in her Office door and left her
standing on the outside. Let's carry
the truth to the people,
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-01

A note was received by the Times
Record this morning from O. P. Ener-
son who says that he and Mrs. Ener-
son are at Hot Springs, Arkansas, and
that they will be taking the baths
at once. They expect to leave for
Pasadena, California, in about two
weeks. he saws.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-01

James w. Gerard, Of New York,
former ambassador to Germany will
run for president. His nominating
slogan which has been announced
from Pierre, South Dakota, is summed
up in the following, ito make and keep
the country safe for democracy"
Wow! Jimmy has been occupying SO
much of his time writing historical
accounts Of his experiences in Berlin
and displaying himself in the movies
that he evidently has overlooked the
fact that making the world safe for
democracy" and all those other pet
Wilsonian phrases have been buried
for all time to come. Wake up Jimmy!
The boys didn't fall for the democracy
stuff They fought the enemy be-
cause he was an enemy. 1t you don t
believe it ask some Of them. Their
language won't be tame either. We
hold no brief for Mr.. Gerard but if he
wants to make a run for his money he
had better get away from that ''demo-
cracy" stuff and get on a platform OF
practical Americanism.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-01

The fact that the /. V. A. sighting
SQUAD had almost no one at It's aft
ernoon meetings, and fair attendance
at night, shows what the farmers
think of the outft.-Courier-N News.
At Valley City the afternoon meet
ing was attended by between 800 and
400 farmers-many league farmers
and in the evening over 500 attended
the meeting Every place where the
squadron went it was greeted by large
and enthusiastic crowds. At Valley
City last Tuesday evening LANCER had
1900 people present, among that num-
Der many prominent farmers, but the
meeting was not of enough Importance
for even the Courier N ews to mention,
although if it had been a ToWnley
meeting a special corps of lead pencil
artists would have been on hand and
red ink would have predominated its
front page with big headlines. Yet
this fair minded sheet tells "about
carryinf the truth to the people, It
should come under the working Of the
liars bill as passed by the special SEES
sion of the legislature. That bill is
some huge joke, We'll say.
women do give when vita! interests
are at stake Did the editor notice the
close attention the people gave LANCER
and did he notice that the people sat
there deeply interested and ready to
remain much longer if the speaker
had continued? Did the editor of the
Peoples Opinion ever see another
speaker that the crowd listened to
with more "cold, analytical attention.
than did Mr.. LangerS hearers. Was
the editor himself so wrapped up in
the truths that were being hammered
into him, that he, TOO. was giving it
the same "cold, analytical attention.
that he speaks Of. If he would be hon
est with himself he knows that Mr..
LANCER last Tuesday night had an au-
dience that was not only giving him
close attention but that went away
from there convinced that he was
right. Then the editor over the way
closes by asking where was LANCER
when the Standard Oil case came up,
the Temvik elevator case, and vo-
ciferously asks what has he done to
help the drouth stricken farmers of
the western part Of the state. The
Standard Oil case has been settled by
the attorney general to the great adj
vantage Of the state, the other cases
are coming along as fast as they can:
but on the other hand the Peoples
Opinion editor did not say what the
state administration had done to the
drought stricken farmers in the west
ern part of the state. He did not
credit Mr.. LANCER with securing a con-
v:ction OF the bank case at Fargo, it
the bunch of bank promoters to re-
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-01
Work more
Produce more
SAGE more

But we can't continue increasing our
production unless we continue increasing
our railroad facilities.
The FARMS mines and factories cannot
increase their output beyond the capacity
of the railroads to haul their products.
Railroads are now near the peak of their
carrying capacity.
Without railroad expansion-more en-
gines, more cars, more tracks, more ter
mina]s-there can be little increase in
production.
But this country of ours is going to
keep right on growing-and the railroads
must grow with it, :
To command in the investment markets
the flow Of new capital to expand railroad
facilities and so increase production
there must be public confidence in the
future earning power Of railroads.
The nations business can grow only as
fast as the railroads grow.
GzuN advertisement IL pubkAhedhy4he
e211ooatlm 9f5eailuqy '&xeu1ti~eA
Those desiring Information concerning the railroad
may literature by aritng the Associc-
of Rauoay Ezeculi Broaduay Nex York.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-02-05
SCHOOL NOTES

Miss Ostrum, Miss Rendleman, Miss
Miller, Miss Hansen and MIR. Mills
OF the corps OF teachers have been on
the sick list this week. AN are re-
covering and will soon be able to at
tend to their duties again.
Tuesday noon young America aban-
doned the old method of travel and
following the footsteps of the children
OF Holland skated to school. Needless
to say they had the time of their
young lives.
The High School basket ball team
will journey to Casey FRIDAY, where
they will meet the Casey team, Fri
day evening. The second team will
play return game with Elk Horn at
Elk Horn.
Or. Oldaker gave Il very Interesting
ana instructive talk to the High
School pupils Friday afternoon on the
"Testh"
Arleta Dlmick, Emaline Bills and
Frank Gault gave three very interest
ing talks Tuesday during the assem-
bly, period These talks. are enjoyed
by all and are proving helpful TO those
giving them.
Extra High School expects 10 send
a judging team to- Ames tc participate
IN the High School Judging contest,
February sth and 10Th.
Both boys and girls glee clubs have
been organized in the high school and
are planning to begfn work i'm earnest
soon.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-02-05
BRAYTON ITEMS

Mrs. Will Bingham and Mrs. Will
kirkham OF Anita were guests of
their sister, Mrs. w. R. koob, last
week
Miss Rebecca Nielsen returned to
her home at Des Moines after visiting
for several days with her parents. p
p. Nielsen and vile.
Chris knutsen returned last week
from Loveland, Colorado. where he
had been on business and Philip Knut-
sen and wife departed Friday for their
home.
Niels P. Hoegh received the sad
news last week that his sister had
passed away. and he left at once for
Davenport to attend the funeral.
Art Anderson and wife went to Des
Moines Monday to visit their daugh-
ter and husband. Mr. and Mrs. Merrill
Myers.
Anna Fredricksen came down from
Extra Monday tosee her friend. Mable
Rasmussen who is fasts recovering
from her recent operation.
Frank Purcell of Nicola has been
visiting the past week with lhs daugh-
ter. Mrs. Percy Freeman and family.
He reSurned home Monday.
Einar Miller went TO Des Moines,
Monday on business.
I'll. j. Hansen and f. L. Freeman
were business callers in Extra Monday
Mrs. Reed Walker was shopping in
Atlantic Saturday
.jenS Mfklesen and wife are visiting
her parents, Theodore Gearheart aad
wife at Nicola.
Mike Metz was In Bray ton Thurs
day distributing bills for his sale on
February 5th
Andy Kline sold the house he bIss
at Oaktield from s. p. Bertlesen. to
Isaac Swanson who will move from
his farm east of town March lst.
| Mike Anderson went to Des Moines,
Monday, where lie Will work at his
| trade of mason.
Bernice McGovern came home Mon.
day from Des Moines. st. Joseph's
/ Academy, where she attends school
was partially destroyed by fire Satur-
day and many of the girls lost al
their clothes. Miss Bernice had just
recently been removed from the build
i ing burned to another dormitory.
/ Lorey g. Jensen of Brayton ha.
been elected captain of the 1920 wrest
ling team at the University OF Iowa
Jensen has been a member of Hawks
mat team for three years. He has
been wrestling IN the l45 pound class
and is considered the best grappler in
the school.
\ S. z. Daugaard went to Sioux CITY
last week to visit his son, Chris, who
is attending school
h Call and look over those new silk
dresses at SnaalPs. Some fine ones.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-02-05
Notice of Meeting

The trustees of Oakfeld Town
ship will meet Monday, February
10th, at ! p. m in the Brayton
Lumber Office, for the purpose of
hiring Road Superintendent and
to receive bids for Tractor grading.
About Sl4O0 viii be used for heavy
grading this summer. The Board
of Trustees reserve the right to re-
ject any and all bids. Sc
Christian Hansen, Clerk
Dewey Alt Of Audubon visited
friends in this city, Sunday
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-02-05
Notice of Meeting

A meeting will be held in Extra,
at the First National Bank, Satur-
day, February Z, 1920, to consider
the question of Strengthening the
Nishna and creating a drainage
district in Audubon county. All
interested are requested ro be pres
ent. By order of
Board of Supervisors.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-02-05
Creamery Meeting

The Audubon Township Cream
cry viii! have a meeting at the
Creamery, February 18th at one
O'Clock p M. for the purpose of hir-
Ing cream, coal and butter haulers.
j.. 2. Nelson. Secv.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-02-05
Extra VS. Atlantic

The local high school basket ball
team autoed to Atlantic Friday
evening and took the honors from
Atlantic Fl. S for ability in tossing
the basket ball. The game seemed
very rough from start to finish
with very little regard to personal
foul rules, resulting in very. little
real basket ball in the first half
which gave final score of Z to 5
in our favor. Each having scored
two field baskets. Our fellows tried
very hard to play clean game
but when they were pressed into
rough playing and began to give
back what they had been taking
during the first part Of the game.
The last half we began to score
points. VIM. Larsen took the lead
IN field baskets, having secured five.
Gault secured four and scored four
free throws. Nelson followed with
three field baskets from very diff
cult positions at long range. While
the opposing team did not get a
field basket in the last half owing
to the good fast guarding OF Peter
son, Nelson and Basham. The
final score stood % tcsS in our favor
The kne up was something Ike
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-02-05

Mrs. Winnie Bauder and children
of Polk, Nebraska, came Tuesday
to visit her mother, Mrs. Minnie
Hensley.
Feed, hay and coal at the Coal
& Feed Store. adv.
Mrs. VIVA. Wahlert is recovering
rapidly from severe, attack of
pneumonia.
Mrs. Rob Dafford visited from
Thursday until Saturday at the 6.
Paige and Faust homes.
Olive and Earl Miller of Lane,
South Dakota are visiting friends
here.
Rev. Lawton of the North
Branch charge went to Stuart hast
week to assist the pastor there dur
ing special meetings.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-06-06
Leading Figures Among Women of Nation Wide Prominence
Will Visit Great Falls During the Coming National Meeting


they need knowledge in order that they
might perform the duty of intelligent
citizenship. 1t followed that the Ma
tional League of Women Voters was
formed. Here is the way the official
heads of the league set for the aims of
the league:
The first aim of the League of Women
Voters is naturally to complete the full
enfranchiSement of the women of this
country. In several states where the
legislatures stand ready to ratify and
where the entire delegation in congress
is willing at all times to support the
passage of the federal amendment, there
is comparatively little for the League of
Women Voters to do upon the direct suf-
frage program. In such states, the pro-
posed new work may be undertaken at
once.
The next objective of the League of
Women Voters is the support of a pro-
gram of legislation which aims to i'm
prove the American electorate and con-
sequently our entire political system Of
government The preparation for war
revealed the fact that an appalling pro-
portion of the electorate is illiterate.
Because of this, the preparations for
war among the drafted men and in civil
ian work through the country, were
tremendously handicapped. To clear our
country from the menace which newt
ably threatens democracy, including so
large an ignorant vote. is one of the
aims of the League of Women Voters.
The direction of this work has been
placed under the first of eight commit
tees authorized by the League of Women
Voters and is known as the committee
on American citizenship. The following
constitutes its program:
1. Comnulsory education in every state
for all children between six and sixteen,
nine months of each year.
3 Education of adults by extension
classes of the public schools.
3. English made the national language
by making it compulsory in all public
and private schools where courses In
general education are conducted.
4. Higher qualifications for citizenship
and more sympathetic and impressive
ceremonials for naturalization.
:. Direct citizenship for women, not
citizenship through marriage, as quail
fication for the vote.
g. Naturalization for married women
to be made possible.
{. Compulsory publication in foreign
Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-06-06

8. Adequate appropriation and inspec-
ton force in each state department Of
labor and a special bureau of women In
! industry in each.
8. Inclusion of women as duly consti-
tuted members of any national or inter-
national labor commission.
The League of Women Voters author
lied the following eight committees. No
program was adopted for legislation un-
der any of these committees with the
exception of that on American citizen
ship and on protection of women in in
dustry as above stated.
1. American citizenship.
.. Protection of women in industry.
3. Child welfare.
4. Improvement of election laws and
methods.
D. Social hygiene.
g. Unification of laws concerning civil
status of women.
Z. Food supply and demand
s. Research.
The League of Women Voters is
pledged to nonpartisanship and this ex
preston has curionsly aroused some an
tagOnism from party workers who have
failed to comprehend the meaning of the
word The League of Women Voters Is
also nonsectarian, but that would not oc
interpreted as meaning that none OF its
members could join the church of her
choice; so nonpartisan does not mean
that the members of the league are 10
be denied the freedom to join the party
of their choice
The League of Women Voters. being
section of the National American Suf
frage association. like all it's auxiliaries,
must agree to the constitution and rules
of that association. The following rcSo-
luton was passed at the recent conven-
tiOn held in st. Louis. for the purpose
of defining the term nonpartisan:
Resolved, That the y. A. ". S. 4.
shall not affiliate with any political
party. nor endorse the platform of any
party nor support or oppose any political
candidates unless such action shall be
recommended by the board of directors
in order TO achieve the ends and pur-
poses of this organization as set forth in
the constitution. Nothing in this reso-
luton shall be construed to limit the
liberty of action of any member or off
Ger of this association to join or serve
the party of her choice in any capacity
whatsoever as an individual"