The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-05-20

is fighter - clean fighter-and
made fight against LANCER in the
Mnot convention, but when he was
beaten he accepted the situation
gracefully and is going to help elect
that ticket-and his paper is one OF
great influence in this state. This is
rather discouraging to the socialists
who expected to find some sore spots
around but there are none.
1t might be interesting to the tax
payers to know that the present state
administration is paying each month
in salaries something over fifty-five
thousand dollars. At least half of this
or more is for commissions and bu-
reaus created that are absolutely with
out any need, and are only created to
give a socialist machine following a
lot of soft jobs while they scatter
propaganda around in an endeavor to
fool the people into continuing them
selves in power. What we need at
this time is rctrenchment in expendi-
lures and square deal for all con-
cerned. At the present time we are
getting nothing in return for all the
money it is costing the people but the
satisfaction of seeing lot Of hangers
on getting the money that the farm
ers and business men of the state have
to work hard to get.
Just as an illustration of how i'm
portant it really is, The Retail Mer-
chants Association convention, which
will be held here on June s, 9, and 10
we have received a letter from a
news agency company in New York
asking US to furnish them with a tel
cgraphic scope of each days meeting
and summarizing the important fea-
lures of each days session. This goes
to show the Importance of pulling for
your home town, in getting such con-
ventions here. Buttons are being
worn by nearly every person in town
now with the inscription Boost for
Valley City U. c.. r. Convention, 1921
The convention will be held in Fergus
Falls, Mimi, this year and it prom
Uses to be humdinger, as illustrated
by the press Of that city. Let's get
together and get it here next year.
We've got the time, we've got the
place and we've got the "mon," and
Valley City Wants the U. c. It's.
big head line Friday announc-
big head line this morning announc-
ing that LANCER has lost the first move
of the Minot convention for non1ina-
ton for governor of the state. The
G.. n. seems to be worrying it's fool
lread off about the nomination of
LANCER, and if he wasn't as strong as
he is, the league papers wouldn't be
trying to becloud the issue as they
are If the real republican party of
the state would put up man which
the league knew would be easy to beat
they wouldn't be knocking him, but
would get behind him and push hin,
for the nomination and then carry the
state like a whirl wind. Most Of the
Courier News dispatches are general
" so diverted from the real truth that
it is pretty hard for a sound thinking
person to really read and believe them
- for instance the recent suit before
the United States supreme court at
Washington.
When Townley started the nonpar-
tisan league in North Dakota and had
the farmers shooting the money to
him in bales he was satisfied to ride
around in Ford cars-that was when
it was Sc per- When the long green
got to coming in faster than ever, he
bought and rode around in big IL
mousines-because the farmer pays it
all. Now he has extracted few mil
lion dollars from the farmers of the
country and is trying to carry Mime
sofa as we'll as North Dakota, he is
travelling around in ten thousand dol
lar aeroplanes-and the farmer is
paying for it all In addition to all
that SO that his farmer friend can get
the benefits Of this new day Townley
mas seen to it that his farmer friends
can pay II per cent of the taxes, a
great share Of which is going to pay
the salaries of the men who are shoot
ing Inc IulOS VI CI1C i1iIlCA lSeI' on"H-
dinavian Bank of Fargo to other
banks and drawing fat salaries to
continue the free love, red flag pro-
paganda that is so dear to Mr.. Town
lev and those who form his cabinet.
Today is one that will go down in
the history Of the state of North Da-
kota. The delegates at Minot will Sc
lect the men who will make the run
against the Townley forces at the
coming fall election, when it is hoped
by every loyal citizen of the state
that the bunch of socialistic carpet
baggers will be forever ousted from
the state. Every delegate is there,
feeling the responsibility which rests
upon his shoulders and they are going
TO select the man which in their judg-
ment they believe best qualified for
the nomination. The Townley forces
feel themselves slipping and are 60
ing to make their supreme effort this
fall to get their party back into con-
troll of the state, but as a rule all bad
beginnings have bad ending and
such will be the case with the league