The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-11-10


THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION
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Now that the Bank of North Da-
kota is to be continued arrangements
should be made to collect IN iot o.
those sisal notes. These shouid De
gilt edged as the makers are all well
to do farmers and should have no
trouble in raising the money. BESIDES
these men want to see the state put
right and should put forth every en-
deavor to do that by paying up.
When the new governor goes INTO
office the first appointment ne sho 2I1
make is that of bank examiner. Inc
state needs a real eXamlner-a man
who is fearless in the discharge OF
his duties. Gov. Nestos has some !oD
on his hands in getting the right klnd
Of a man for this job. We might JUST
as well have no examiner at all as the
one we have.
There is much ado by some OF the
1eapuers about the initiated laws not
raising. Well, so far as the initiated
law governing the industrial commls-
sion is concerned it makes no dlner-
ence if it is defeated SO long as we
elect the governor, attorney, genera
and commissioner of agrlculture-We
have the industrial COMMISSION any
wav. In regard to the. nonpartlsan
a1ection laws we are glad they are
s sI.c.,u' &c we do not favor losing the
nartv label. The only two that reaiiy
meant anything are the rural creolIs
law and the Bank Of North DaKotd.
They should have carried. Inc pa a!l
shonld be scrapped and rural credits
bank built up.
President Harding is said to be IN
o,andarv on the appointment OF
1add wants Richardson appointed ana
Senator McCumber wants Mi,lei az
pointed, and the state doesn 10y T rot
either of them. Mr. Hardlhg nee. i 1;e
be perplexed very long. re mas aiSt
of names submitted to nm o. eis'
or ten lawyers Of the state satlsla.l
tory to the state bar assoclatlol' ai,.
# he wanted to he could select any one
of that number. 1t is about time that
the people had a hand in selecting the
men thew want to hold the office IN
stead of McKenzie-whoh has been die
tating the appointments so Tar.
It would not be amiss at this time
to sound word of praise to Chairman
Frank Ployhar and his joint commit
tee of democrats and republicans, to-
gether with the women folks, who
handled the Barnes county political
campaign recently and which has re-
suited in redeeming the county from
the hands of the Phillistines by sub
stantial majority. The campaign only
lasted one week, but it was seven
DAYS of of good work and it seems to
have been Orcductive of good results
It is pleasing to all friends of good
government to have such splendid re-
suits and so we want to give the bunch
the glad hand and this word of praise
for their good work.
Even though the initiated laws fail
ed to carry, it's some comfort to know
that when Governor Nestos, Attrney
General johnson and Commissioner
Kitchen take office: there will be lot
of political hangers on who have been
drawing good money from the state
funds for doing nothing, who will be
separated from the pay roll, and any
way there is lot of satisfaction IN
realizing that the new officials will
see to it that proper accounting Will
be made of the states finances and
facts given to the people instead of
the ingenously worded propaganda
which has eminated from the Bank OF
North Dakota-whch has been so sue
cessfully operated under the man.
agement of F. w. Cathro it's present
manager.
The voters seem to be peculiarly
constituted. Nestos ran on platform
that called for the continuance of the
mill and elevator and he was elected
as governor. The voter was asked
to vote for money to finish these two
projects but they turned the PROPOSE
ton down. The only way that we can
figure out the wishes of the majority
of voters of the state-if they knew
what they were voting on-ls that
they wanted change to give Nestos
cnance TO Teuuce CdAdLloli, Wv uo"Ai
state expenses and to give the state
a business administration. 1t shows
that the people are against state So
cialism and against the state gong
into private business enterprises.
That is what is meant after the vot-
ers have voted no on the proposition to
issue bonds to complete the mill and
elevator. We can see no other solu-
ton to the problem.
There are a couple of hundred non
partisan employees at the capitol at
Bismarck who are suffering with heart
failure as a result of the election.
They know that they are liable to lose
their jobs. One of the departments
that need shaking up is the motor
vehicle department where there seems
to be lack of efficiency and evidently
very little system. Many Valley City
people have been requested. the editor
among them, to register their car for
license "because there is no record
of them having been registered in this