The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-09-29
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A women's service bureau has been
established at the independent state
headquarters in Fargo for the benefit
OF the women voters in the state this
step has been taken in compliance
with requests from several women or
ganiZations who are anxious that ev-
erything possible shall be done to help
the women voters to be we'll informed
on all issues in the recall campaign.
Miss Mamie Sorenson, Of Buxton, for
merly superintendent of schools in
Towner county has been engaged to
handle the work of this bureau bureau
of women voters or women organiza-
tions who want information need only
write to this bureau to get the desired
cooperation. Miss Sorenson was for
ten years superintendent of school in
Towner county, she is member of
the Women's Federated Clubs. of the
W. C. T. U. and also Of the Eastern
Star. Her address is Independent
State Headquarters, Fargo, N. D. )
With election day only a month
away political observers now declare
that there is very little chance that the
political situation in regard to the re-
call fight will be complicated by the
appearance of third candidate. 1t is
known that both factions in the league
those who are running things from
Fargo as we'll as the administration
committee" in Bismarck-have done
everything in their power to bring
forth third candidate for governor,
but they have fallen down in this at
tempt as they have failed in their just
as persistent endeavor to cause split
in the Independent ranks in other ways.
While it takes all the power, prestige
and "pie" of the administration forces
to prevent the split in the League can
from widening into yawning chasm
the Independents are falling into the
victory stride with vim. Nestos and
Johnson are speaking to large and en-
thusiastic crowds and even staunch
leaguers are admitting that Frazier.
Lemke and Hagan will go down to de-
feat month from today.
The Fargo Courier-News this morn
ing came out with big statement to
the effect that the Bank Of North Da-
kota is now ready to pay up all the
registered checks filed in that institu-
ton. It is but short time ago that
the bank and league officials said that
there were no registered checks un-
paid and some of the league speakers
have been making statements on the
platforms to that effect. The Fargo
league organ now says that the big
bank is ready to pay up some $179 900
odd registered checks that the leag-
uers say did not exist. This is what
they term carrying the truth to the
people. Now that they have the
money to pay these registered checks
will the powers that be inform the
rest of us when the regular bills of
the past two months will be paid and
for which no checks have been sent
out so that they could be registered?
Maybe they will deny that they have
any unpaid bills. The poor old de-
crepid socialist machine is about worn
out and we hope will be replaced by
better and more efficient machinery
after the 28th of next month.
It is unfustifable to have a recall
says some of the league leaders and
they are greatly worried over the fact
that on October % we are to have a
recall that will put some of them out
of office and stop this terrible waste OF
public funds and inefficiency. They
do not stop to think that it was I'M
iusttifable to buy ffty-three papers
in the, state to muzzle free press
and get big printing graft; they do
not stop to think that it was unjustl-
fable to buy up unlimited number OF
consumers stores around thu state
and asking the farmers to put up one
hundred dollars apiece for the priv
ilege of trading in those stores with no
voice as to the management of the
same; they do not think it unjustifi-
able to build fifty odd houses in the
state at a cost of from five thousand
to twenty thousand dollars for pets of
the administration without a single
contract for any of them that is bind
ing and with no details of the real
cost of the same resulting in thous-
ands of dollars wasted in useless ex-
penditures of labor and material; they
did not think it unjustifable to sink
a nllllOll VI CWO VI C1lC POoPAS AiAoA.SJ
into 'sbusted" banks around the state;
they do not think it unjustifiable to
spend $150,000 for trying to sell state
bonds that are not marketable at the
present time on account of the present
administration putting the state into
the bankrupt column, all these things
and many more were perfectly all
right with the bunch of political state
wreckers, but when the people: becom-
ing tired of the profligacy ask to re-
call them from Office to save further
waste and Encouragement, then it is
unjustifable. We are perfectly will
ing to leave that point to the voters
Of the state and when election DAY
rolls around we feel that the verdict
will be strongly in favor Of the recall
The newspapers are full of stories
Of the falling from the path Of duty OF
police officers in the city and sheriffs
Of the various counties in some states
in this land of ours where said officials
have gone into the Bookkeeping bus
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