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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-07

I. ]. Moe returned home this morn
ing from St. Paul at which place he
had been looking after some business
matters for the Valley City Fibre
Company. -
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-07

Fred Ewell, who has been ,janitor
at the library for long time, has
resigned to accept a better paying po-
sitien at Fargo and left last night for
the Gateway City to take up the work
of his new job. .@..r
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-07

S. J. Aandahl and Former Railroad
Commissioner Chas. w. Bleick, Of FL
gin, N. D.. spent last night in the city.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-07

Mrs. Laura Emerson, Of San Diego,
CAL, arrived in the city yesterday. She
was billed to speak on suffrage and la
Dor at the court house last night,
especially to the women voters of the
city. ~. - y -s ..lE
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-07

Mr.. and Mrs. II. b. Sullivan, q
Grand Forks, N. D., are Valley Cit,
visitors today arriving here last night
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-07

" pleased with the animals. The
bull received yesterday is a great
grand son of the same sire as the bull
recently purchased by C. T.. Schroeder
of Moorhead, Mimi, for 100000.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-07

DR.. P. M. Kellogg, of Rogers, N. D.,
was here last night looking after bus
mess matters. He returned home this
morning. "@r
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-07
From Fridays Daily
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Wright, of Leal,
N. D., arrived in the city last night
and are spending the day in the city.

Baseball stood on the burning deck,
a Some brilliant stars have fled;
The Sox sold out the championship,
And then their white turned red.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-07

Col. Frank White was the four min
ute speaker at the Grand theater last
night; in behalf Of the Salvation Army.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-07
From Saturdays Daily
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Mccain, of Chica.
90, ILL.,, are Valley City guests today.

Tony Linn was down from Sanbor1
this morning looking after some bust.
ness matters in the. city.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-07
Modern Home o n
For Sale

All modern 12-room house for sale.
Located on Normal avenue, one block
east of Normal School. Has fine lot
100 feet frontage by 100 feet. Garage
and barn in connection. Reasonable
terms to responsible parties. s'
A SNAP FOR $500 ~
Phone SOL or Inquire of C. A. Myhre,
Administrator. ..,rEs ~ Z allet,
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-07

Mrs. C. A. Holley, who has been Wis
iting friends in Fargo for a few days,
returned to the city Thursday.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-06-10
A Stranger to Fear

The man who saves a certain sum every
pay day, and who has tidy bank bal
ance, is never afraid that something
may 60 wrong.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-06-10
FEDERAL CONTROL ENDS

Aberdeen Daily News-The Amert
can people will keep an interested, and
oftentimes anxious eye on the wheat
market for the next few months Fed
eral control of wheat prices and the
wheat market ended at midnight on
Monday. Wheat is now subject to the
law of supply and demand, although
the grades established by the govern
main in effect.
The public will watch developments
in the wheat market with interest, be-
cause Of the many different predic-
tions that have been made concerning
what will happen. There have been
advocates of continued government
control who have predicted that prices
will go down with a dull, sickening
thud, as they used to say of the bodies
of murderers when hanging was in
fashion. There are others who insist
that the world is so greatly in need
of wheat that prices will climb sky
high. There are others, still, who in
sist that supply and demand will have
but little chance to get in their work
but that it will all depend on the wheat
spectators at the big grain markets.
But nobody really knows what will
happen, and they will not know until
it happens. South Dakota has a very
distinct and important stake in the
game. AS one Of the heavy producers
OF wheat, it wants to see prices stay at
high level. If they do not, the acre.
age of wheat in the Dakotas Is bound
to decrease next year more than it has
this year, until ultimately the produc.
tion will be so low that the wheat rails
er is bound to get high prices for what
he raises. Nobody wants this short
age of production to come, but the
wheat farmer, like the rest of us, is
only human. He will produce what
he thinks will pay him best. and live
stock and diversified farming is rap
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-06-10

stitutes, still must pay many thousands
of dollars. Candidates not so glib!y
endowed, have harder shedding in the
task of presenting themselves to the
voters, and it is conceivable that the
legitimate demands necessitate a fat
fund, this United States Of ours being
vast surface and We Americans being
myriad souls, not all Of whom are
TO be. reached by the less expensive
obvious ways
Direct primaries suit long purses,
the longest being more preferred. IN
deed, unless candidate be well
hceled" himself or have exceedingly
"well-heeled' friends, he cannot cope
with the primary eXigencies. Pri-
maries exact a stiff entry fee, and
really to compete for The stakes de-
mands a composition with every mile
stone marking the presidential Mara,
thon.
OstcnsibIy the primaries provide the
voter with better facility for making
his viii felt Practically primaries
furnish the people with more poorly
qualified servants That the primaries
constitute a step in the direction Of
pure democracy has been their theo-
retical justification, but the practical
proof is that pure democracy which
was never contemplated by the con
sutution, furnishes a lesser instead Of
greater craftsmanship.
Popular demand was better voiced,
in the day before the direct primary.
Popular demand in 1892 for Grover
Cleveland was much louder and less
to be disregarded than popular de-
mand speaking through primaries.
The primaries strain, defect, scatter
popular demands, whereas through the
old agencies Of press and assemblages
a popular demand, so it was authentic,
could be made unmistakable and inn
perative.
A really great popular leader does
not require primaries to afford him
Cleveland and Blaine suf-
fered not for lack of primaries. Neither
did Mckinley nor Roosevelt, nor did
young Mr.. Bryan for that matter. Pri-
maries are no dependence Of real trib-
unes of the people, but on the other
hand they do serve to voice spurious
popular demands Primaries register
but a fraction of public opinion and
it may easily be that larger opinion
is behind a man than the primaries
express.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-06-10
THE CROWS NEST

Here are some pick-ups this week,
sayings of public men which are go
ing the rounds of weekly papers and
magazines:
Everybody is trying to get as much
as possible for as little as possible.
The people are doing too much
thinking about how much money they
are going to get.
1t has been proposed to grant an
honorary armband to every man who
wears a suit of clothes for twelve
months without buying another.
Now, II everybody who caught the
overall fad and put them on for a
day or two would get them out and
do some kind of work it will help
some
The man who tries to sell 65 per
cent OF his work for 100 per cent pay
is as much to blame as the salesman
who charges twice as much as prod.
uct is worth.
We are always railing at the poll
ticians. but it is likely tnat if they
were not in politics we should have
to support them in some other way.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-06-10
GOOD ROADS PROFITABLE

The highway is coming into its own
in America. Neglected, abused, under
valued, subjected to cheap remedies
for decades, at last the country road
is being accorded the treatment it de-
serves. At a cost of hundreds of
millions, the United States is rapidly
overcoming the economic handicap
which highway neglect has so long
entailed.
This stupendous movement, the
scope Of which the public even now
does not fully comprehend, is founded
on sound business considerations.
Good roads pay If they did not, the
nation would not now be constructing
and planning them on an unprece-
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-06-10
MUST NOMINATE WESTERNER

Before Governor Norbeck left for
the republican national convention at
Chicago last Sunday he gave some
/ interesting opinions on local and ma
tional topics, to a Sioux Falls news
paper reporter. 1T is true" he said.
that there will be a reduced crop in
South Dakota next fail, that is, smaller
in size. But this is due entirely TO
the weather and not to any other con.
dtions 1t will be balanced to a large
extent by the high prices but of course
it would have been better had we been
permitted to plant more heavily.
never saw the spirit of the farmer
better This is particularly true west
Of the river. Even today at this late
period Of the year | find farmers in
the field plowing because it is the firsr
chance thty have had TO get at the
ground
There is no question in my mind
but that there is a gradual downward
trend Of prices but people should not
look for any heavy decline for some
time to come 1t will some slowly
and in certain lines. For instance
building lathes have dropped so per
cent within the past 80 days and some
other articles | might mention have
shown lesser reductions.
Chicago? Well, you know how to
guess as well as do. l would not at
tempt to predict who will be the noai-
nee but | will say one thing If the
convention has its ear to the ground
and understands the west, it is going
to nominate a We tern man. one who
the west and is not confined to the
idea that the United States lies east
OF the Mississippi, This does not re-
fer to any one man but the conven-
tion will do we'll to remember that
the west has an increasing number
of votes and that it cannot be ignored
as it has been in the old days"
Governor Norbeck does not look for
a long session of the Legislature at
Pierre June 81. Still he is firmly con
vinced that there was nothing to -
but call the session. So many things
have arisen that we could not forsee,"
said the governor, that we simply
had to call the session. The various
appropriations for the educational in
stitutions and other matters were
made on the basis of the old prices
OF things W.T. anticipated rise but
nothing like what has occurred and
we cannot operate longer without
more state assistance. This is one
reason for the session. Then no SEN
sible person would maintain that we
could have called the session to dis
cuss the hydro electric or any other
state project before survey had been
made No busienss man puts his
money into an enterprise blindly with
out having some knowledge of what
the business Is and neither will South
Dakota if have anything to do with
it. There will be a meeting at Pierre
June IS of the budget committee TO
determine the needs of the various ed
cational institutions of South Dakota
and prepare for the Legislature. This
will develop some surprising financial
needs due to the increased cost of
everything
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-06-10
WE GREET you, ALUMNI

There is nothing that gives per.
son more pleasure than TO meet an
old friend Brookings will have the
pleasure Of greeting not one but hun.
dreds of old friends in the next few
days who are coming hereto take part
IN the homecoming reunion Of the
alumni of State college which starts
Saturday evening. For the first time
in seven years, and for many it is
the first time since they graduated,
the former students, young and old,
will be back to renew their aCquaint-
ance with the old college town that
holds the sweetest memories of the
happiest days OF their lives. They
love the town, the town loves them.
We, as citizens, regard the alumni of
State college as our best friends.
Everywhere and every time they have
reflected credit and glory to their alma
mater and to BrOokings. We are
proud of them and 1t. is with
pride as we'll as affection that we
"OiSohlS Lhclu btCh lOl tllS NISlI
. Even those young rascals who set the
good townspeople on their ears with
their boyish pranks in the dim past
will be welcomed back, now successful
men, with a grin and an affectionate
handclasp. Those yo2ng men and
women, who have been graduated from
our state institution after spending
four years or more among us, we can
not but regard as our sons and daugh.
ters and we give them hearty, gen
erous welcomed
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-06-10

dented scale. They pay by promoting
the social life OF the people, by en-
couraging outdoor recreation, and by
helping relieve the congestion that Is
making maelstroms of municipalities.
But, more important still, they pay in
dollars and cents, for poor raods add
heavy toll'to the buying and selling of
farm products, toll far ir excess of
the expense of adequate improvement.
This is a lesson cities as we'll as
rural districts are learning. In the
bureau Of public lands, United States
department of agriculture, which ad-
ministers the federal aid road act, is
centered supervision Of all highway
construction which federal funds help
carry on. At the close of last year, pros
pect statements had been approved
calling for federal aid to the amount
Of 5110,840,773 a sum which indicates
how fully the nation is convinced that
better roads mean better business.
The total federal funds available to
aid the states in their road-building
programs up to July l, 1920, will be
ed by the combined expenditures Of
state, county and municipalities.
The business considerations back Of
these vast investments are not far TO
seek. Better roads mean cheaper and
quicker hauling. 1t has been esti-
mated, for example, that on a level,
muddy earth road the amount which
one horse can draw in an ordinary
wagon varies from nothing to a maxi
mum of 800 pounds; on smooth, dry
earth road, from 1000 to 1000 pounds;
on a gravel road in bad condition, from
900 TO 1,500 pounds; on a gravel road
in good condition. about $500 pounds:
on a macadam road, from 200 to 5000
pounds; on a brick road, from 5000
to 5000 pounds.
If the speed of travel is the same
on all of these surfaces, the horse
will haul on a good macadam road
from three to five times as many
muddy earth road Assuming that one
horse is capable of a certain fixed
amount a day, then, with a given
load, his effective radius of travel
from a given point on macadam road
is from three to five times the radius
Of travel from that point on mod
erately muddy earth road, and earth
roads are moderately muddy many
months in the year.
Several years ago information Sc
cured by the department Of agricul-
ture from $500 correspondents indi-
Gated that the average cost of hauling
on an unimproved country road was
227 cents a ton-mle. Today, with
price levels much higher, the cost
would be even greater.
While it is difficult to estimate accu
rately what the saving would be if all
were improved in the dis
tricts represented by these replies,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-06-10
-MW. 8. so

The long smooth stretch OF paving on
Eighth street presents an irresistible
temptation to many automobilists 10
put their feet on the accelerator and
push it out Of sight. If the new traffic
ordinance is to be anything more than
a scrap of paper it would seem that
it should be enforced from the start
and Eighth street is the place where
the most of the tiolators may be found.
We heartily endorse the steps toward
enforcement that the city officials
have already taken.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-06-10

idly gaining favor all over what used
to be the exclusive wheat section of
the country, anyway.
1t is to be hoped, for the good of
all Americans, that wheat prices will
at least maintain the average they
held under government control.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-06-10

specific instance makes the benehI
plain. A farmer in a southern state
had to haul ton of barbed wire 70
miles, over unimproved roads. he
found that with a two-horse team MS
maximum load was 500 pounds, and
that three days were required to make
one round trip. To haul one ton
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-06-10
MONEY AND PRIMARIES

Minneapolis Journal-The direct pri-
mary system has been long enough in
operation to prove that 1t is an exceed
ingly expensive political process a
candidacy can scarcely be undertaken
nowadays without large initial ex-
penditure for perfectly legitimate pub
licity. Even a Senator Johnson,
though endowed with oratorical sub
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-06-10

therefore, required IL days to make
one round trip. Allowing $500 a day
for man and team, the cost was s72.
After the roads in this region were
improved, the same team could draw
= ron to the load and make one
round trip in two days, at a cost OF
Continued on Page 12-Col. A.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-06-10

Miss Gertrude Willhoite launches her
Owanka Bee on its thirteenth volume
printed on wrapping paper secured
from the local druggist. "The margin
is little shy" she explains, "and part
of the papers are crinkled and rufiied
but we didn't take time to put ruffies
on all of them" The flood Is RESPONSE
BILE for the new paper stock.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-06-10

Many people were worried that gov
ernment ownership and war service
had just about ruined the railroads.
One editor says that while they are
no doubt badly bruised and weakened,
their recent demand for fat 80 per
cent increase In freight rates indicates
that their nerves are all right
Arizona republican., 1920-11-13
colonel sry.n.. unse.mIx Hast.

The inordinate desire of Colonel Bryan for the re- sponsveness sensitiveness of the government to the will of the people, counses unseemly haste. For following immediately the presidential election he demanded the resignation of President appointment by him MT. Harding to be secretary state and then the resignation of Mr. Marshall that MT. Harding might at succeed to the presidency
 We do not think that the situation dictates such an unusual course. The people not being denied any of the constitutional deference that should be shown them. They did vote for MT. Harding with the expectation that he would take his seat before March of next year. They not impatient for the succession. We of only who has manifested any symptoms of impatience. He is Colonel George w. Harvey who for a year in Harvey's Weekly has remaining days of the Wilson regime. And notice that since the election, Colonel Harvey dis continued the and has apparently resigned himself to the constitutional period of waiting.
 Why then, should Colonel Bryan begin taking off his shirt this early date when only know by hearsay that Mir. Harding has been elected? No where there been official count No doubt the rumors we heard of a Republican victory are we'll founded that in due time it will be disclosed that as we have suspected the victory has assumed the proportions of a landslide But we must await the confirmation of these rumors.
 Colonel Bryan is the kind impusive man who would stop the funeral procession the way the cemetery probate the will the deceased stop the way back Set tRe order of distribution to the heirs.
Arizona republican., 1920-11-13

know today what kind of change they voted for"
 That appears be indictment of the intel- gence of the voters; if it anything it means that the people incapable of learning what they wanted, of ever finding out what they about to do. Surely they had time enough for the campaign begun early and prosecuted intensively. There before much campaign literature distributed. The people did not waste time in par ticipatng torch light processons in otherwise "whooping it up" proceedings which all of us will agree not conducive to sober thinking. They not unmindful of the importance of the forth coming election. they did talk long loudly about it, it may reasonably be presumed that they were doing a lot of thinking Men who talk much do not, rule think a great deal proftably.
 As result kind of thinking they voted for the change. Every northern state, southern and two that had hitherto been reckoned southern states voted for it. Whether the result that of competent thinking have some inter- esting facts to consider in connection with it.
 The bureau classfies states with respect literacy and literacy. We will three of each the three highest according the figures the three lowest The three states showing the least
 iteracy voted for the change The three showing greatest initeracy voted with the World against a change.