The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-11-25

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Eighty thousand head Of cattle were
thrown into the Chicago markets yes
terday one-half of them being from
Canada. What with free wheat, free
cattle and free booze coming into the
United States over the Canadian Dor
der no wonder prices are being pound
ed down. This democratic free trade
is great stuff for the farmers of the
United States-nit.
It has been nearly month since
election but we have not noticed any
telegram of congratulation being sent
from Mr.. Wilson to Mr.. Harding.
Come out of it, Woodrow, be a sport
and send that telegram. Make 1t
unanimous. Mr.. Harding is not to
blame for the country giving you the
licking you got. 1t was your own
doing.
The Grant County Leader, rabid
nonpartisan paper, after extolllng the
virtues of Mr.. Lemke and the balance
of the administration board, says that
any person guilty of not letting them
put over the entire industrial program
as these fellows see it, are guilty of
treason and should be punished ac-
cordingly. We are afraid that if this
idea was carried out a majority of the
people of North Dakota would be
guilty of treason.
One of the first things the incoming
congress should do is to remove this
nuisance of war tax that has been a
pest for so long. Of course during
the war this war tax was a necessity
and was all right at that time. Now
that the war is over it seems to US
that ways and means for raising the
means from other sources than war
tax can be devised. We know that it
is going to be some job but then that
is what we are sending these fellows
to congress for-is to work out these
various problems for the country.
The attorney generals Office has
made ruling that in order to have the
initiated laws go into effect thirty
days after the passage Of the same,
that it will be necessary for the state
canvassing board to canvass the votes
prior to December 2, which will prob
ably be done. The law says that these
initiated laws shall be in effect thirty
days after passage and as the can
wasting board would not meet until
the first Tuesday in December, which
is the 7th, the laws could not go into
effect unless the canvassing board had
certified to their passage. It looks
reasonable.
One of the most spectacular legal
fights in the history of the state, end
ed yesterday at Fargo, when an Gun
named amount" was agreed upon by
the plaintiff and defendant, Miss
Amanda Larson and Mrs. Clara B.
Schmidt Russell, respectively. The
agreement was reached by the coun-
sci two hours before the case was
scheduled to- open. The case was the
outgrowth' of an action for $4,000
damages brought by Miss Larson for
injuries, which she alleged she suf-
fered when a brick from one of the
Schmidt Russell buildings on Broad
way fell on her.
A Chicago justice of the peace has
set the pace in regard to women re-
moving their hats. In court recently
he asked all those in court to remove
their hats and all did so but two wom-
en-. The Judge waited sufficient
length Of time for them to remove
their hats and then said five dollars
and costs for contempt of court. Said
the court: If women can have equal
suffrage with men, they can also re-
move their hats in my court ROOM .
More power to that judge. If he were
running for Office up here in Barnes
county this paper would be most
ardent supporter of his candidacy.
There seems some doubt as to the
merits Of this proposed organization
of farmers to held their grain and
regulate the price of wheat. At Fargo
recently the farmers divided on two
propositions. The fellows from Okla
homa wanted to charge $3.50 mem
bership fee for organization purposes
while another fellow, who is said to
represent the nonpartisan league
wanted membership fee of SIS.
Those who are on the inside claim
that this man Wicks who wanted $25
is only working for shake down for
the nonpartisan league The matter
in the meeting at Fargo got SO warm
that the farmers divided on the pro-
position, one lot sticking to the Okla
homa bunch and the others to Mr..
Wicks. Developments in this matter
will be watched with much interest.
A new method to reduce the high
cost Of coal for consumers has been
suggested by Edwin A. Merrill, vice
president and treasurer Of the Mime
apolis Steel & Machinery Co., who
declared in statement recently that
water transportation up the Mississip-
pi river, instead Of BY rail. would save
the consumers Of the northwest So