The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-08-26

this paper today they will get busy
and clear their skirts before the peo-
ple of the state of North Dakota. If
as Mr.. Briton says that Townley is
criminal then it is up to Mr.. Brinton
to prove it and to have him placed in.
the penitentiary where the attorney
general says he rightfully belongs if
It is true. If it not true then it is up
to Mr.. Townley to put Mr.. Brinton in
the penitentiary where he belongs if
he :. is guilty of criminally libeling
Townley. The whole thing is dirty
mess and we look for a lot more do
ings of the bunch to be spilled dur
ing, the campaign. The prospects for
racy political campaign are, exceed
ingly bright at this time. When these
former big chums and fellow pro-.
moters get to telling the truth about
each other it is going to cause people
to sit up and take notice.
This state, in common with the
whole country, has; been and is still
suffering from shortage of teachers.
Thousands of children have been de-
prived of their right to an education
because the schools Of their communi-
ties were closed for want of teachers.
The actual shortage of teachers is not
the only trouble that is affecting the
schools. This shortage has made it
possible for unframed and poorly pre-
pared people to break into the ranks
of the teaching profession, and today
more than half of the teachers of the
IY-:4ol 0&,&o, bo1,a bod NJ rrofosc;n,,
al training whatever. We need more
teachers to be sure, but we need bet
ter teachers, and the only way to se-
cure better teachers is to insist that
young people. shall fit themselves for
the work of teaching before they begin
to practice on our children. The day
of the teacher is coming, if it has not
already arrived. Graduates of normal
schools are in demand, and are receive
ing good salaries. Conditions in the
teaching field have improved so much
that young men are being attracted
to the profession, and we may expect
the number of men teachers to in
crease greatly in the next few years.
Those who are looking forward to
teaching will, if they are wise, accrue
the very best preparation for their
chosen calling, and so will be in line
for the rewards that are sure to come
to those who make teaching real pro-
fession. Five North Dakota normal
schools are ready to give the young
people Of this state professional train
ing. These normal schools ought to be
filled to capacity this fall Young
man, young woman, why not teach?
In his recent speech in our city park
Franklin Roosevelt charged the pres
ent republican congress with being
extravagant and promised to save over
a billion dollars annually to the people
by more economic expenditures if the
democrats were given control during
the next four years. Having in mind
the fact that President Wilson and his
cabinet asked for a billion and half
more dollars with which to run the
affairs of government than was voted
to them by the republican congress,
we would like to know just how Cox
and Roosevelt would go about it to
save the money promised by Mr..
Roosevelt. Would they ask the same
amount of money that was asked for
by Wilson and his cabinet, which
would have been spent had the repub-
lican congress not insisted upon some
measure of economy. We believe that
the people will do well to vote accord
ing to the record made during the
past eight years by the democrats,
rather than to be guided by cheap
promises made by distant relative
of Theodore Roosevelt. Here are
some of the facts which thoughtful
voters should keep in mind when they
go to the polls this year:
The recent session of congress pre-
vented the democratic administration
from frittering away 81, 100000 of
public funds. The amount was cut
out of administrative estimates only
after the most strenuous opposition
from President Wilson's appointees.
In order to save that amount to the
American taxpayer it was necessary
for members Of congress to exercise
utmost care lest, in the practice of
economy, they injured some important
public work. It was necessary for
congress to conduct extensive hearings
to determine which items Of appro-
priation were absolutely necessary and
which could be dispensed with without
injury to public service. Every hour
of wasted time, if there was any
wasted time, is chargeable to the dem
ocratic party. Every dollar saved can
be credited to the republican party
and to that party alone. It is safe
guess that the voters will approve
what democrats call frittering away
time in congress when that use Of time
resulted in preventing the democrats
from frittering away a billion and a
half dollars, especially when depleted
funds were largely responsible for de-
probation Of liberty bonds held by Is
to 20 millions Of people. II the DEM
ocratic administration had been per-
mitted to fritter away this additional
amount, bonds now worth only IS
cents on the dollar might be worth
only IS cents. BY insistence upon
economy, the republican congress has
saved to some extent the honor Of the
country in its dealings with bond hold
ers. BY further economy, it will either
restore the bonds to par or Is near