The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-05-19

At the first debate between Townley
and LANCER at Salina, Kansas, the lat
ter rendered to the former post dat
ed check for one hundred dollars, pay
able in two years. You remember
that LANCER offered Townley one hun
dred dollars if he would debate with
him from public platform and tried
for two years to get him to accept.
Townley finally accepted and the first
night this check was rendered by
LANCER who said that was the kind of
checks they had been taking in North
Dakota and which our supreme court
had said was good, and ne thought
Townley should be willing to take a
postdated check which would also be
perfectly good when it became due.
LANCER figured that what was sauce
for the goose was also sauce for the
gander and he must have made nit
when he poked over that check to the
king of wildcat finance. The papers
do not say whether Mr.. Townley &C.
copied this check or not. A series OF
debates are now in progress by Lam
ger and Townley and like all political
debates do very little good. Each de-
batter has his own following and this
following always think thattheir own
particular advocate is right. Then
again these joint debates only stir up
more bitterness and strife and do not
get anywhere. Most anybody loves
to hear a couple of politicians get up
and hand each other few bouquets
but after all they carry very little
weight.
If the seedbed is we'll prepared, one
bushel of fax seed is sufficient for
three acres in the mid-state and west
ern areas of North Dakota, says Ex-
tension Circular a., "Flax Cropping"
Just published at the Agricultural col
lege. Somewhat more seed may pc
used on the heavier lands OF the east
ern portion of the state. Under fav-
orable conditions of soil moisture, the
usual seeding of approximately two
.pecks to the. acre has given good re-
suits. Do not use shriveled, scaly
fax seed. If these injuries are not due
to frosting of the parent crop, 1t may
be assumed that they are wilt infect
ed. and will carry disease and death to
neighboring plants in the drill row
A we'll packed seed bed is of greatest
Importance. Firm the ground so that
the moisture will come to the top and
the seed will not need to be planted
deeper than three-fourths inch to get
moisture. The roots will be protected
from the drying winds. On new
breaking or sod lands, make the fur
row slices lie fiat. Run heavy pack
er Immediately behind the pillow:
Disk and harrow sufficiently to get soil
enough to fill cracks and air spaces.
pack some more. then drill in the seed.
Follow the drill Immediately with the
packer. The yield will pay for the
work. On old lands, whether spring
or fall plowed, it is equally important
to make firm seed bed. If you SOW
late, disk harrow and pack to kill the
pigeongrass. Seed the fax on this
narrowed and packed land, then again
firm down the soil after the drill. Cir
cular AZ is free upon request to the
Agricultural College.
The administration at Washington
saws it is going to take its 'parlng
knife and, cut down lot of,waste in
the various departments of the gov
eminent at Washington. That is
what has been said on various and
several occasions and the people at
this time would very much like to have
these promises made good by deeds
instead of so much hot air. There is
a great field for entrenchment along
all lines-many places where waste
and extravaganza can be curtailed and
. IL. - +ho ~
erly handled millions upon millions OF
dollars can be saved that are now
suuandered and in the saving a way
can be paved for abating lot OF
these war taxes that still exist. The
people have been patient and patriotic
all through the past few years OF war
and unrest and economic disruption:
but they would like to get a rest from
a lot of these war taxes that turn on
every hand every time they purchase
anything. True it is that war costs
money and money has to be obtained
through taxes and the like, but
it is also true that if rigid economy
is maintained in the running of our
government many articles that are
now war taxed might be cut from this
burden. The same might be said OF
our state. We have been terribly pro-
fligate in the spending of money in
needless bureaus and commissions in
the past four years that have caused
taxes to Jump enormously and the peo-
pie are about taxed to death. Econ
omy in state affairs and the abolish
ment of many departments that are
now bugbear and drag on the peo-S
pie would not be amiss. There seems
to be big drop on all kinds of farm
products but the farmers of the ma
ton and of the state are not exper-
fencing any drop in taxes, but on the
other hand that burden is growing
greater all the time. 1t is time to re-
trench. r. K. -.E
Almost every farmer in North Da-
kota can afford to seed small area
to flax, says Extension Circular "A.
"Flax Cropping" just published at the
Agricultural college. There are