The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-09-02

far beyond the boundary line fixed
by the Versailles treaty, and by SO
doing invited her present war with
Russia. Poland had better let we'll
enough alone. She may count once
to often upon the league of nations
to help her when she is in the wrong.
The Courier-News says that O'Con-
nor is trying to fool the farmers in
regard to the state grain inspection
department. We don't know much
about what O'Connor is doing along
these lines, but we do know that
Friend Ladd, who is the nonpartisan
nominee for the United States SEN
ate, has fooled the farmers of North
Dakota out of millions of dollars by
his advice to them not to sow DIS
wheat. One farmer told US yesterday
that by taking Ladd's advice he had
lost this year not less than $4,000 on
this years crop. If the tone of the
farmers is correctly guaged-and we
think it is-if Gronna runs indepen-
dent this fall, he will "skin" Mr..
Laid to a fragile. When it comes to
fooling the people the league fellows
are entitled to the medal.
History is repeating itself. In 1916
Woodrow Wilson conducted a quiet
campaign without any mud singing
and let his fine campaign slogan che
kept US out of war" do the rest.
Charles E. Hughes, his republican op-
ponent went out and slammed Mr..
Wilson right and left and this sort
Of acted as boomerang and Mr.. Will
son was elected. This year Cox, the
democratic candidate, is prancing
around the country making a lot OF
foolish breaks about the other can
didate and the republican campaign
fund, losing sight entirely of the cam
paign fund of the democrats and other
imperfections of that party, and Sen.
ator Harding is conducting a digrified
campaign. We look to see the boom.
erang work this year in favor OF
Harding.
Gov. Cox is making a great hula.
baloo about what he terms is the big
campaign fund of the republican party
but he is very silent about what the
democrats are doing. It is a safe
guess that with the Tammany organ.
ization with him and the whiskey
crowd with him that the republican
party will have to go some if it can
even keep in sight the democratic
campaign fund. When that bunch
gets to going after the presidency
they usually have the sinews of wal
to get it with. Mr.. Cox better put the
soft pedal on that stuff-it shows a
lack of confidence in his own ability
to win out and at the same time is ex.
ceedingly silly. When it comes tc
spending money recklessly we have
only to point with pride to the past
eight years of mismanagement and
inefficiency.
In the press dispatches of yesterday
was the news item stating that the
New Rockford Daily Transcript
formerly the State Center, had sus-
pended as daily newspaper. The rea-
sons given were on account of the ex-
treme prices for paper and labor and
that the daily was being issued at a
big loss.' The Transcript will now be
issued twice a week. Mr.. Olsen, the
publisher, is wise in cutting out the
daily with the limited advertising pat
ronage it was receiving. he Times
Record as daily is losing PROPOSE
ton under present conditions. Valley
City with it's many strong business
houses should be able to furnish
enough advertising to make a daily
newspaper profitable but outside of
two or three good advertisers the pa
per gets an ad. from most of them
once month and from many Of them
not once year. Yet they wonder
why they are not getting a bigger
daily newspaper.
The people of Fargo have been un-
der commission form of government
for eight years. Now they are talk
ing of going back to the old form of
aldermanic government, petitions for
the change are to be circulated soon
and it is expected vote will be had
on the question at the November elec-
ton. 1t is claimed that the city is
more representative under the old
form where they have aldermen from
each precinct or ward than it is under
the commission form where five people
conduct the business. Five good off,
Gals are far better than twenty-five
poor ones who always go with the
crowd. Under the commission form of
government the work is systematized,
each commissioner being responsible
for his or her particular department
and if the work is not done right the
blame can be placed where it belongs.
Under the old system they pass the
buck to the mayor and the mayor
passes it on to the alderman.
Commenting on the final ratifca-
ton of the Susan B. Anthony amend
ment giving the American women
full franchise, the Courier-News Of
fers the following:
"The influence of the ballot
in the hands of women should
make for cleaner politics and
we do not believe gang politi-