The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-05-06

and combinations for the control of
the convention. If republican leaders !
in this and other countries are wise |
they will frown on that kind of thing.
This county is for LANCER for gov
erlor, and the delegates from this
county should not be tempted to vote
for anyone else, even IT some smooth
fellows come to them and say vote !
for our candidate and we will make
one of your fellow citizens in Barnes
county-~say State Auditor 1t was
that kind of business that brought
about the passage of the primary
election law, because the old conven- |
ton rubbed the people the wrong way.
If the Minot convention is to be a
success we believe it will be well to
avoid the unit rule, and trading, and
combinations, and the favorlte son
idea.
This North Dakota soldiers bonus
may be a good thing for some people:
but it does not work very we'll for all
Of them. Leonard Thoreen went into
the service from Barnes county and
served his time. After his return ne
put in an application for the bonus,
but before his application was acted
anon he moved to Minnesota to earn
a living. His application was turned
down by the state authorities because
he is now living in Minnesota. In Or
der to get this bonus you have to be
r;tizen of North Dakota and live IN
! North Dakota since the war to get the
bonus Leonard was born in Barnes
county did his bit" for Uncle Sam
md a North Dakota boy and is now
; denied the bonus by the state board
because he now happens to i've IN
Minnesota. This is a hot law now:
isn't it? He served as North Dako-
can but he cannot get his bonus. Well,
| chs is simply in line with lot OF
,ther bunk the nonpartisan admin
| istration has been handing the people
I Of the state under the guise of dong
! something for the soldier boys. Most
Of the BOYS will be dead before they
pet the bonus under the most favor
able circumstances, but they might
! get married in the meantime and
leave a family who might possibly
reap the benefit in years to come-lt
they also live long enough.
{ Arbor Day is being observed
in our neighboring state-Minnesota
today. Governor Burnquist in his
annual proclamation urged school
children and others to plant trees,
following out the customs established
last year-implanting trees as me-
MORALS to soldiers who died IN the
! world war. May the seventh has been
DESIGNATED as Arbor and Bird Day
here in our own state by Governor
Frazier, who urges the citizens and
school children of the state to plant
a tree or two on that day in honor OF
the dead or for the benefits which Will
be reaped by future generations, and
he also urged that teachers instruct
their pupils in the usefulness Of birds
and trees. Enough emphasis can not
be laid on the necessity OF following
out these requests, especially here IN
! North Dakota, where natural grown
tree is very seldom seen. Minnesota
/ realizes the predicament which future
generations will be placed in, and al
! though forests still abound IN the
northern and central section, steps
are being taken to reclaim cut over
land. and put it back on a producing
basis. Americas forests are being
| fast depleted and only through con-
scientous work on the part OF each
individual can our timber lands be
saved. We would urge that every CIT
izen observe the day-May TIN.
John Lind, former governor of Min
nesota, and who recently returned
from Mexico, where he had been act
inc as a personal representative OF
President Wilson, makes some rather
strong statements regarding the work
of the Catholic church in that country,
and also gives some interesting IN
formation regarding our neighborlng
count ~ on the south. Mr.. Lind de-
c]ares that a revolution is necessary
in Mexico to bring social and economic
conditions back to normal, although
he declares that it will take decades
to bring the people up to our stand
ards. He goes on to say that what
Mexico needs is education, and 1T is
very unfortunate that the influence
of the Catholic church has been
against schools in Mexico. AS in the
United States, it's influence has not
| been in the direction of establishing
ana maintaining PuU1lt oSLoo1o'
! Lind was asked if he didn't think that
American lives and property in Mex,
leo should be protected. He replied
that they certainly should, but he
didn't believe the best protection
| would be afforded the United States
citizens, by this country taking war
like attitude. Mr.. Lind's statements
may or may not be untrue, we do not
know, but we do know that it would
take a man with an iron constitution
to ever attempt to get Mexico onto
an equal basis with other civilized
| nations of the world, and about the
only way such man would ever be
elected would be by bullets, not by
ballots.
Hiram johnson, who has made
| wonderful showing in both the east
and west for the republican non1ina-
ton for president, face the hardest
job of his political life tomorrow
when he goes before the people of his
own state of California for endorse
ment against Herbert Hoover, who is