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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-22
MEETINGS
JANUARY 1851

During the week of Jan. 26 to 81,
series of Farm Bureau meetings
will be conducted in several communi-
ties of Barnes county. =.
These meetings will be of special
interest to the farmers. Subjects OF
interest to the women as we'll as the
men will be discussed.
The following meetings have been
scheduled:
Sanborn-Monday, Jan. 26.
Leal-Tuesday, Jan. 81.
Oriska- Wednesday, Jan: %. o. ~
Nome-Thursday Jan. 20. ~
Litchville- Jan. 80.
The speakers and their subjects for
the above meetings are as follows:
Farm Management and Accounts
Rex. Willard Of the Agricultural Col
lege. ~, ;.
Grasses-Wm. Porter of the Agri-
cultural College.
Potatoes or Kubanka Wheat. K.
Calnan, county agent.
Problems of the Home Maker-Miss
Emma E.. Dewitt, county home de-
monstration agent. =
Other questions of local interest
may also be discussed. 4.-
Arrangements for these meetings
have been made by local committees.
Everyone is cordially invited to at
tend these meetings for the purpose of
asking questions Of hearing the dis
cussions. r..
Tx. CALNAN,
County Agent.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-22

deal with at the beginning oP the
year. He then called the team on
the platform and presented the foot
ball letters to the most deserving men
who took part during the SEASON.
Those receiving letters were:
\. G. Wertin "The boy with the green
sweater"
A. Busdicker "The ploughjng full
back"
G. Lyon"He hits 'em with his
head"
j. McFadgen- '.The speediest half"
w. Larson "The snapper back
c. Noltimier-"A guard that stops
EN-"
E. Doucette- ga conner"
M. Mulhaid-"Youl hear from him
again"
r. Curren.. zone Of our two great
ends"
A DeLancey-"The battling half
E. Isensee-"New game to him-he
must have inherited its &
A. Kernkamp-"The other great
end" r-
We might say here that five Of
these letter men are seniors, and a
sixth would have been if he handn't
taken to matrimony. ...."
Wertin was introduced to the school
as captain-elect and the cheers after
his speech showed that he was ac-
copied unanimously by the student
body.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-22
BIOGRAPHIES AT THE
PUBLIC LIBRARY

The biography of scientists, must
clans, leaders, men great in the his
tory of our country, is as fascinating
as fiction and more so, for it is actual.
Because the characters are real, the
form goal, an inspiration, some
| thing just beyond, toward which to
work, made vivid and possible by
close acquaintance with the lives of
those who have actually accomplished.
The public Library can furnish bio
graphies taken from many walks of
life. The following is a list of few
the library has on file.
The Story Of my Boyhood and Youth
John Muir. =>>
The Many Sided Franklin - Paul
Leicester Ford. So
George Washington-Henry Cabot
Lodge.
A Son of the Middle Bord< Ham
lin Garland.
Chopin, the Man and his Music
James Huneker:
Abraham Lincoln-Isaac N. Arnold
Louis Agassiz-C. F. Holder.
Joan of Arc-M. Mitchelet.
Life of Mozart-Louis Nohl.
Life of Theodore Roosevelt-Wm-
D. Lewis.
A Study in the Greatness of Men
P. N. Larned.
Alice Freeman Palmer-Geo. II.
Palmer.
William Ewart Gladstone-James
Bryce.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-22
MOVING PICTURE
PLEASURES DEPICTED

A writer in the Fargo Courier News
has the following timely remarks to
make which are pertinent:
There is great deal of pleasure to
be derived from attending picture
show. There is also certain educa-
tional feature that is worthy of con-
sideration. But the things that really
make the attending of the entertain
ments of this nature worth while are
summed up as follows: 80
The person who sits behind you and
kicks the back of your seat in time
with the music.
The person who has seen the show
and is kind enough to explain what
is going to happen in voice loud
enough to be heard several seats
away.
The person who discusses the
events of the day for the benefit Of
those near, realizing that pleasure
and the sordid events of life should
be mixed and the pleasure spoiled.
The person who sits just in front
of you and reels back and forth in
the seat, knowing that you came
there to dodge him rather than see
the show. %@
The person who would rather see
his brides lovely head on his shoulder
than to witness the final closeup
clinch of the hero and heroine.
The person who spits tobacco juice
under your seat, knowing that you
wore gum boots and will wade out
without getting your feet wet.
We might add to this that the per-
son who gets directly behind you with
a big crinkly bag Of pop corn and
Champs" away at that all through
the performance making as much
noise as hog chewing acorns, also
adds much to the discomfort of the
occasion. ny +5ass.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-22
THE NEWSPAPER GUY

The NEW SfAfEh III
I see a man pushing his way thru the
Of cops where the work Of the fire
fends" shines.
1.-THE chief?" I inquire-but fireman
replies, 4
Gee, no. Why that's one Of those
newspaper guys" 49, .. ..
I see wan walk thru the door OF
Where great throngs are blocked by
the signs S. r. 0.
us the man the star, that no ticket
he buys?"
Star nothin'. He's one of those news
paper guys"
see a man start on the trail OF
crook
And he scorns the police, but brings
him to book.
Sherlock Holmes?" I inquire-somee-
one scornfully cries.
"Sherlock H.. No he's one of
those newspaper guys"
see man sit in the seat OF the
great, -
And they ask his advice upon matters
of state.
"A diplomat surely" But to my sur
prise
They tell me he's zone of those news
paper guys"
And. some day I'll stand by the great
gates of gold, .aa
And see man pass through unques-
toned and bold; as
"A saint" I'll ask, and St. Peter1l
reply: 81.
"No, he's only plain, honest news
paper guy"
The Yeoman.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-22
MAKES A WILL

| Ask any family whose father died
without will and you'll make yours.
| Making a will never made any one
sick except a lot of unknown rela-
tives eager to get some of the wild
owls share.
The less you have to leave the more
reason for will that will reduce court
fees and delays for your family.
Don't be superstitious; have will
power.
A will is evidence that your thought
for your family extended beyond your
life time.
Find out what the courts would do
with your estate if you died without
will. You'll make that will.
Where there's a will there's an cas-
ier way for widows and orphans.
A will registers your disposition and
doesn't trust to the disposition of a
number of unknown relatives.
Where there's will, there's a
house in order-consult a lawyer dur
ing Thrift Week. ~.
Put a will behind your desires for
disposal Of your property-make one
during Thrift Week. f..
Those who do not believe in making
will are still trusting in rabbits
foot-maye wours during Thrift week.
The Californian gets up at the
alarm of Connecticut clock; buttons
his Chicago suspenders to Detroit
overalls; washes his face with Gin
cinnati soap in Pennsylvania basin;
wipes on Rhode Island towel, sits up
to Grand Rapids table; eats Kansas
City meat; and Minneapolis flour with
Idaho potatoes cooked in Indiana lard
on St. Louis stove burning Wyom-
ing coal; puts a New York bride on
Colorado bronco fed with Iowa corn;
plows five acres Of land covered with
Ohio mortgages) with a Chattanooga
plow. When bed time comes he reads
a chapter from a Bible printed in Bos-
ton; says a prayer written in Jerusa-
lem; crawls under blanket made in
New Jersey, only to be kept awake by
fleas-the only home product of his
home state-San Francisco Chronicle.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-22
FIVE TOASTS

A story is told that some time ago
in New York five gentlement of for
eign birth CHANGED to meet. One was
a Russian, one Turk, one a French
man, one an American, and the other
an Englishman. These gentlemen
soon became bosom friends, and finally
a champagne supper was proposed, at
which each gentleman, to be in keep
ing with the ceremonies of such an oc-
casion, was to propose toast to his
native country, the one giving the
best toast to be at no expense for the
wine.
The Russian said: Heres to the
stars and bars of Russia, that were
never pulled down."
The Turk: "Here's to the bird Of
Turkey, whose wings were never
clipped" -
The Frenchman: "Here's to the
cock of France, whose feathers were
never picked"
The American: Here's to the
Stars and Stripes of the United States
of America, never trailed in defeat"
The Englishman: Here's to the
roarin,' rampin' lion Of Great Britain,
that tore down the stars and bars of
Russia, clipped the wings of Turkey,
picked the feathers off the cock of
France, and ran like h-from the
Stars and Stripes Of the United States
of America"
It is unnecessary to say that the
paid for no wine.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-22

The Times-Record editor is not a
moralist or straight laced Sunday blue
law advocate-there can be extremes
on this side of the question as well as
on the other, but when you talk about
having the law prohibiting the selling
Of cigarettes in this state repealed, we
say 20 slow. We do not think that
such a step is a wise one. This posi-
ton is strengthened every day if you
will only look around and be fair with
yourself, whether you are cigarette
smoker or not. We see every day
small boys smoking cigarettes, stunt
ing their growth, filling up their sys-
TENS with nicotine, who need sterner
supervision by their parents. You
can see this for yourself most any
time. You cannot tell us that this
is a good thing for the small boy,
because you know better. It is far
better for the grown ups to sacrifice
their own cravings for cigarettes If
it will help the boy. It certainly looks
to US as if we need stricter supervls-
ion of the small boy along these lines
than bv throwing the matter wide
open where the boy can go and buy
cigarettes at will. Smokers who must
smoke can get solace in the pipe and
cigar if they feel so disposed. We
are not going to say that smoking
should be cut out entirely--we are
willing to waive that part Of it, but
we do say that the present law pro.
hibiting the sale of cigarettes is good
law and should be retained on the
statutes books of the state. There
is much argument pro and con upon
this subject and always will be. Ci-
garette smokers come back and say
that the boys will get smoking ma
terial somewhere and the law is a
failure. This may be true, but at the
same time the evil can be curbed very
materially. The same silly talk can be
made about the liquor law, yet in ev-
cry daily paper you pick up you read
where prohibition is closing up poor
houses, jails and aims houses. They
say this is failure, too, but it seems
to be making the world better just the
same. Men are saving money under
the prohibition law that heretofore
used to spend it with the saloon.
Cigarette smoking certainly is not
beneficial to the boy or the grown up
either. We heard father sage the
other day II don't want the cigarette
law repealed" and this man was a
very ardent user of the cigarette and
is seldom seen thirty minutes at a
time without one in his mouth. If
he does not want his boy to form this
habit why does he not set contrete
example himself to his boy by cutting
out the habit. He should be willing
to practice what he processes. The
cigarette law is mighty good thing
to keep. 20. = 80.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-22

The league press bureau is busy
selecting candidates for superinten-
dent of schools and other offices for
the independent party trying no
doubt to split things up some but it
won't work. One of the most remark
able combinations for superintendent
of public instruction is the bringing
out of Miss Fanny Amidon and Mrs.
Frank White of this city for that Of
flee. Can you beat it.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-22
THE PEOPLES FIGHT

No political event in recent years
has so interested ALL the, people Of
Golden Valley county as the three
speeches of Attorney General LANCER,
Thursday and today. .,u.-5
1T is THE FIRST TIME A POLL
TICIAN HAS COME AMONG US
WITH TIE REAL GOODS.
1t is the first time one has talked
right out from the shoulder and called
things and men by their right names.
All the world likes a fighter, and
certainly everybody must be in love
with big Bill LANCER, not only because
Of the fight he is putting up against
the dangers of Socialism and free love
that beset the people of the state, but
because of his courage in standing
for his convictions against attacks on
his good name and integrity such as
have never before been made against
an official in this or any other cOun-
try.
Attorney General LANCER, while de-
Tending himself. is FIGHTING FOR
US; FOR EVERY TAXPAYER IN
The STATE; FOR EVERY HOME;
FOR EVERY CHILD WHOSE
MOTHER HOPES WILL GROW IN
TO WORTHY MANHOOD OR
WOMANHOOD AND IN THE FAITH
OF CHRISTIAN WORLD. A CHRIS
TIAN GOD AND A CHRISTIAN
HEREAFTER. He is really fighting
to maintain in this state the high civ
ilization all advanced people have at
tained. 1t is a good fight, and all
thinking people should hold up his
hands and pray for more MEN with
the courage of their convictions may
Sinking behind the fear Of losing a
dollar through expressing their be-
liefs and making the fight all of US,
sooner or later will be called upon to
make, or be swept away in the mael-
strom of Bolshevism.
MR.. LANCER is CARRYING A
REAL MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE.
Under proposed laws he is taking
This liberty in his hands, for Townley
purposes, like all who believe in Boil
shevistic theories, that those who have
the power may Cypress all who disa-
gree with them. The attorney gen
e1al is spending his own means in
carrying the truth to the people, and
it costs good money to travel and pay
the expenses of stenographer 1.-THE
latter being absolutely essential in
self protection from the lies told of
his speeches,) and more good money
will have to be spent by others of the
same political belief before victory
is won from the HIGH PRIESTS OF
SOCIALISM HOLDING OUR STATE
IN BONDAGE.
A year ago the editor of this paper
would not have believed it possible he
could ever pen these words in support
Of Mr.. LANCER, but politics make
strange bedfellows, and only the
switch of the attorney general from
his old affiliations makes them posi-
ble Knowing Mr.. LANCER many years
we have frequently opposed his poll
cies and views, but through it all we
have admired his stand for law en-
forcenlent, and his slogan that laws
will be enforced by him until they are
repealed, regardless of. his own per-
sonal opinions, is sound, and COM
mendable in an official whose duties
lie in law enforcement.
That Mr.. LANCER has been able to
stand upsagainst the terrific power of
rowf1ley is also worthy Of praise; that
he has withstood the threats and the
dirty, contemplate stabs in the dark.
without opportunity to defend himself,
makes The Advance his champion.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-22

! just as it would champion the cause
of any man the authorities tried to
railroad to perdition without judge OF
| jury or chance Of defense.
No one but moral towards like SEN
ators from this and other counties,
covering under the lash of the master,
and protected by their Legislative pre-
negative, would attack a public official
as the senate did in the dying hours of
the special session in its infamous
resolutions against LANCER. Afraid to
impeach the man, because under I'M
parchment proceedings he could de-
fend his good name, the measly mis-
representatives of a decent people
sought by resolution to utterly damn
this man before the state. It is no
wonder he is going up and down the
land telling the true story of what
Townley is doing to us, and it is little
wonder that the manhood and woman
hood of the state is turning out en-
masse to hear him. It is the sense Of
decency, of justice and right, that
cause thousands to listen to his tale
and to believe it. III s
Since the beginning of time human
ity has struggled for liberty Of pos
session, of speech, of the peaceful pur-
suit of happiness. 1t has been a
fierce fight, BUT RIGHT HAS PRE-
VAILED, though frequently almost
overcome. Liberty, decency, justice,
have been the watchword of the
American people and upon these cor
ner stones they have builded the Won
derivation of the world. No Townleys,
Mills, Lemkes, Fraziers, Macdonalds,
Tottens, Stangelands, nor their like,
will be able to destroy what God seems
to have blessed and taken into His
keeping.
THE RIGHT, EVEN IN NORTH
DAKOTA, WILL PREVAIL. DON'T
FORGET THAT FOR A MOMENT
Beach Advance. ~.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-22

The Courier-News sends up a wall
like the last sad notes Of a dying
swan. The supreme court decision
knocking out the pet scheme of the
league bunch has hit the C. N. solar
plexus punch. 1t bewails it's fate
and says that LANCER, Hall and Kos
itzky have until July first to loot the
state treasury. It is truly pathetic, to
say the least. Those men are doing
their best to keep the treasury from
being looted but the bunch in control
have already looted it until it is
about as empty as the old woman's
cupboard was when she went to get
the poor doggie a bone. The c.. N. is
more concerned about getting some
of it's padded bills through than it is
of these men looting the treasury.
The supreme court could not decide
any different unless it threw the con-
stitution out of the window and said
it was no good.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-22

Emma Goldman has reached good
old free love Bolshevik Russia and
sends back her love to the people of
America. Emma is altogether too
mushy. She should keep her love for
such persons as Trotsky and Lenine
who are responsible for free love con-
ditions in that country. We have
Leenke, Totten and few others here
who are quite busy bolstering up these
theories but of late they have been
failing behind on the job. Emma also
says that she is coming back to Amer
lea. Wonder how she is going to
sneak in?
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-22

A poll of the college and UNIVERSE
ties of the country of the students and
faculty members discloses the fact
that a great majority of these men
favor the ratification Of the peace
treaty with reservations. This is only
straw vote but it gives very con-
crete evidence that the people of the
United States want reservations. II
this is fact it seems to us that Pres
ident Wilson should give in "a little
and accept the reservations that are
necessary according to his own party
leaders who favor reservations. That
peace treaty can be ratified in short
order if the executive will only bend
little to the will Of the majority.
The nonpartisan league caucuses
have been changed from January 30 to
January 81. It is understood that the
league is going to dip into county
politics this campaign and that it in
tends to name a county ticket. Just
at this time there is very little activ-
ity along these lines in Barnes county
and so far we have heard very little
about any avowed candidates. II the
league does put up county ticket it
will inject quite lot of spice into the
county campaign, which will be differ
ent than in past years. The candi-
dates in past elections have virtually
had no opposition and did not have to
work for their job. It will be differ
ent with two tickets in the field and we
believe will be all right. Sometimes
officials who do not have to hustle for
their jobs get notion that they have
warranty deed not only to the job
to the courthouse and a little opposi
ton might make them think little
different.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-22

Attorney General William LANCER
has made definite statement to the
effect that he will not be a candidate
for reelection to his present office.
While Mr.. LANCER has not said so, this
declaration is taken by his friends to
mean that he will be a candidate for
governor. More power to you, Will
liam.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-22

It has been discovered that the fam
GUS new ballot law passed by the spe-
cial session giving the right to vote
by absent ballot to any person living
half mile from the polling place, ap-
plies only to the women. It seems that
the law was originally intended to ap-
ply to all voters but on its final pass
age only provided for the women.
This is another law passed in botch-
ed sort of manner. In speaking of
the matter the Fargo Forum last night
says: The "absent voter law amend
ment passed by the state legislature
in the recent special session, hereto
fore popularity considered as applying
to all voters residing more than half
mile from polling places, applies only
to women voters.
Maurice Duffy, assistant secretary
of state, read to The Forum over the
long distance telephone this afternoon
the provision Of the act as it was fin
ally passed. 1t designates women
only as "absent voters" when resid-
ing more than a half mile from the
polls. In the latter days of the as
sembly, and since then, the act has
been considered and has been publish
ed, particularly in administration pa
pers, as being applicable to all quail
flied voters-men and women alike.
That was the sense of the debate on
the measure in the form that it was
finally passed. Receipt of certified
copy of the bill, as passed, brought to
light the fact that the impression,
heretofore prevalent, has been based
On misconception Of the actual pro-
visions of the measure.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-22
-BUY ". 5. s.

This is the day to welcome pros
perity. To climb on the joy wagon
and start for Prosperity Park.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-22

Monday, one minute after the
clock struck twelve, constitutional
prohibition went into effect in every
nook and corner Of the United States
and its tributaries, forever shutting
off the sale of liquor for profit. Those
people who had private stocks are al
lowed to keep them, but are subject
to severe penalty if it is sold. One
cry the big liquor interests put up,
was that it would throw hundreds of
men out Of work, cut down the mar
kets for the grains which are used in
the manufacture Of the poison and
make it bad all around. But any good
sound thinking person can see that
this is all bunk, merely being put up
as bluff to offset legal action until
they could dispose of their entire stock
which will be almost an entire loss un-
der the ruling of the new amendment.
The downfall of John Barleycorn was
celebrated throughout the. country in
the churches by speeches and enter
tainments.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-22

islature. This was not done in the
case of Bill No. go and the court very
wisely decides that it is absolutely
wrong in principle and in law to try
to override the constitution in the
roughshod way the league majority
tried to do so in this particular case.
Judge Robinson was the only one to
dissent in the opinion and he was the
last one we would have picked out for
dissenting opinion because-we have
always looked upon him as good
lawyer even if he is cratic.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-22

away editorially of one Of the best
newspaper men in the state, even if
he has said mean things of us once in
awhile. We have often thought that
John has gone wrong politically, but
then we cannot all be right, and he
will straighten up some of these days
when he sees the light. Here's wish
ing him success, anyway. @
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-22
g him success, anyway.

A mass meeting of representative
democrats Of the state is called to
meet at Fargo on February to con-
slider naming candidates for presiden-
tial electors to be voted upon in the
March primaries. The I. V. AS will
hold their state gathering the day
following in Grand Forks and from
now on we can say that the political
campaign for the season of 1920 will
be on in full force and effect. The
non-partisan leaguers will hold their
state convention also in few days
and we look for some stirring times
all around.