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The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-12-16
CHRISTMAS MASSACRE AT NICOMEDIA

While Christmas to us Is season OF rejoic-
ing il behooves us at times to stop and remem-
Der those brave pioneers in Christianity who
suffered so at the hands Of the pagans
About the fourth century there occurred one
of those horrible acts of brutality which
throughout all ages have disgraced humanity
A large number of Christians assembled in the
Temple at Nicomedia, in Rithynia, to celebrate
the Nativity; the tyrant Diocletian had it en-
closed and set on fire, when about 10000 per-
sons were said TO have persisted.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-12-16
A CHRISTMAS SERMON

To be honest, to be kind--to earn Ilttle and
TO spend little less TO make upon the whole a
family happier for his presence, to renounce
when that shall be necessary and not be embit-
tered, to keep few friends but those without
capituation-above all, on the same grim con-
dition. to keep friends with himself-here Is .
task for all that a man has Of fortitude and
delicacy He has an ambitious soul who would
ask more: he has hopeful spirit who should
look in such an enterprise to be successful
There is indeed one element in human dis
tiny that not blindness itself can controvert;
whatever else we are intended to do, we are
not intended to succeed failure is the fate allot-
ted II is so in every art and study, it il so
above all the continent art of living well. Here
is a pleasant thought for the years end or for
the end Of life Only self-deception will be
satisfied, and there need be no despair Tor the
despairer. Robert Louis Stevenson.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-12-16
THE FIRST CHRISTMAS
CARD.

The honor of the Christmas
card is ascribed frequently to the
late w. C. T. Dobson. an English
painter. In December, 1874, a
date. earlier than that given to
any other claim. he was anxious
to send some more novel Christ
mas greeting than that of a let
ter to a distant friend. and the
idea occurred 10 him to make a
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-12-16
ANCIENT Customs.

Christmas revels form a phase Of Christmas
celebration that comes largely from pagan OBJ
servances. These were, in earlier days, accept
ed as a sort of compromise with ancient GUS
toms. The Roman festival to Saturn, to mark
the winter solstice, the turning point Of the
year, and the Greek festival TO Bacchus, CORE
spond in dates to the Christmas season, while
the custom of exchanging gifts, of decorating
buildings and lighting tapers was common to
both
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-12-16
BURN A CANDLE IN YOUR WINDOW

Old very old, in England is the custom OF
setting lighted candles in the windows on
Christmas eve to give holiday greeting to the
passerbv. but little use has been made of this
charming idea in our country, says writer IN
the Woman's Home Companion Baltimore,
however. has had city-wide lighting Of candles
which was so successful that it IS repeated every
year.
Weeks before Christmas, when plans were
being made for the community tree, it was sug-
gested that each household set lighted candles
i'm the parlor windows to wish Merry Christ
mas" 10 their fellow townspeople, not even the
most enthusiastic supporter Of the candle
greeting expected to see half the number of
windows that we're so lighted when Christmas
eve came.
Scarcely a city block in any section of the
city was without at least one illumination, and
il was not rare 10 see every house in row
frightened by this evidence of peace on earth,
good will to men" 1. warmed the very cookies
of ones heart to walk through street after
street with these silent Christmas greetings ev-
ervwhere and no one who has gone through
such experience could ever want to know an
other Christmas eve without them.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-12-16

There IA nothing mereenary
about the true SPIRIT ~ Christ
mas. and OF AL things ID IL the
last 10 b. pal on q material hasla.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-12-16

knife fall outside of the white sheet held by
faithful followers, great calamity would fol-
low. You see they worshiped the mistletoe
because it was the browning point of the sturdy
oak, the favorite tree of their god Tarranus.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-10-20

Of North Dakota is being carried on in
every school board township, village,
city and county seat. The participants
are dealing with actual facts instead
Of the theories of some fellow who
would. like to see the people Of some
state try out his dream rat their own
expense and without any cost to him.
""The people of North Dakota realize
that they and not the twenty imported
agitators will have to pay the cost
of all this experimenting. They are
studying the official records which are
available in every community and they
are not going to lose their heads be-
cause of much talk about Big Biz
ghosts. They are asking themselves
what good they have received or have
any hopes of receiving because of the
existence of the Bank Of North Da-
kota.
"The history of the Bank of North
Dakota shows that it is useless mid
dleman, hampering the natural move
ment Of public and private money, col
lecting toll from both parties to every
transaction and performing no legiti-
mate service that cannot be rendered
by the state treaSurer's office. 1t is
a good thing for political grafters, but
dangerous thing for the taxpayers
and bankers of the state.
"The voters are quietly studying the
issues and that apparently doesn't suit
Alec which is but natural as he rather
likes noise. ,l ..-
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-10-20
DEM0CRATSSTAND
FOR HONESTY

Prominent democrats from all parts
of the state have issued a statement
declaring for the independent cause
in the recall campaign and calling up
on all democrats and friends of good
government to support Nestos, john
snand Kitchen and to vote yes on the
constitutional amendment and the six
initiated laws. The statement says
among other things:
ut has come to oursattentlon that
the leaders of the nonpartisan league
are trying to convince some democrats
that the Independent Voters organiza-
tions is a republican party organiza-
ton and that the independent candi-
dates are republicans. This is not
true in either instance. Mr.. Svein-
bjorn johnson, who is the independent
candidate for attorney general, has
been for the two years last past chair
man of the democratic state central
committee, and a great many of the
democrats Of North Dakota are also
members of the Independent Voters
Association.
eve believe that the conditions ex-
listing in North Dakota are such that
as to demand action on the part Of the
citizens irrespective of party politics.
Four years Of socialist rule in North
Dakota has resulted in increased tax
alton, decreased efficiency and general
chaos in public affairs"
The declaration deals further with
the record of the present administra-
ton and is signed by number of the
most prominent democrats in the
state
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-10-20
NOTES, ABOUT THE
STUDENT COUNCIL

Every student of the State Teachers
College should be vitality interested in
the activities of the Student Council
The significance of the council and the
purposes of the organization will be
explained to the student body at the
first mass meeting, which will be held
in the Auditorium Friday, October =!
At a recent meeting of the council
it was decided that the customary sys-
tenn of honor points should be recall
ed. This system of honor points linn
tied the number of outside activities in
which any student could partake. Nc
student was permitted to hold posi-
lions granting more than ten points.
Below is the corrected schedule OF
the honor point SYSTEM:
President of Student Council-1o
points. a. ;,
Member Of Student Council
points.
President of religious and literary
organizations-7 points.
Glass PRESIDENT points:
Secretary of any organization
points. TX
Treasurer of any organization
points. -,
Chairman of any student committee
Gin Y. w. C. A. or Y. M. c. Az;
points.
Critics chaplain. vice president
member of athletic board, Woman's
League or executive board point
Captain of athletic team-5 points.
PLAYERS of athletic Teams points
Blizzard Staff
Editor-in-chief- points.
Associate editor-5 points.
Glass representation q, II, I'D
/ point.
Junior class representatives ~
points.
points.
Athletic editors-3 points.
Business manager points.
Advertising manager points.
Dormitory editors 5 points.
Art editors Is points.
Society editors z points.
The official staff Of the Students
Council is not complete but will be at
an early date. However, the follow,
ing are members Of the staff.
President at-larEe-R Ruth Meldahl.
Vice Mabel Nor
Fifth Year Marie Wilds, Mary
LANCER.
Faculty-Miss Kittel. DR.. Kjerstad
Miss Noll.
Every student is asked to keep a
copy Of the information above for fu-
ture reference. E. j.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-10-20
Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Pegg enjoyed
Inner with Mrs. Martin Sunday eve

Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Pegg enjoyed
dinner with Mrs. Martin Sunday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Borchet and fam
lily spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Getchell and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Nakel Of Green
township spent Sunday at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Whitcher.
Mrs. Skidmore, Miss Hoke and Miss
Thomas, teachers of the different
schools, are attending the institute
that is being held in Valley City this
week.
The Ladies Aid met with Mrs. Mar
tin last Thursday after pleasant aft
ernoon, after pleasant afternoon de-
licious lunch was served. s 81
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Sampson and
family spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Christ Larson Of Litchville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. CRUDE and
daughter Donna spent Sunday at
Galesburg, N. D., visiting friends.
Malhin Ronzheimer and Edwin
Bomp Of Fargo spent the weekend at
the Ronzheimer home.
Mrs. Levi Getche1l spent Saturday
afternoon with Mrs. Sampson. ~
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Bergan and fam
lily and Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Maresh
and family were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Young at dinner Sunday.
Mrs. Chas.Grube enjoyed Tuesday
afternoon with Mrs. Lloyd Sampson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Rogers and daugh-
ter Dorothy and Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Whitcher and. daughter Harriet, at
tended the Congregational church in
Valley City Sunday evening. So
A baby girl arrived at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Stull Oct. 18.
Mother and baby are doing nicely:
Mrs. J. H. Whitcher, Esther Christ
inson, Mrs. Fred Getchell and daugh-
ter Jean, called at the home Of Mrs.
Olson, Mrs. Chas. Whitcher, Mrs. Ben
Wilson and Mrs. Levi Getchell Satur-
day afternoon.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-10-20
DATES ARRANGED
FOR GOV. PREUS

Governor j. A. o. Preus of Min
nesota will take the stump next week
for the independent forces who de-
mand the recall of Frazier, Lemke and
Hagan Monday. He makes his open
ing speech at LaMoure in the fore
noon and he will speak in Lisbon, En-
derlin and Valley City in the after
noon and evening. Tuesday he will be
in Kidder and Stutsman counties.
Wednesday in Golden Valley, Billings
and Stark, Thursday he will finish up
Stark and then go into Morton and
Burleigh. Complete itinerary will be
published later.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-10-20
new RULING OF
REVENUE OFFICE

In order to obviate the necessity of
filing amended returns on the pre-
scribed forms for the year 1918, cor
porations which, prior to the issuance
Of Treasury Decision 2847, filed their
completed returns and enormously
claimed therein deductions on account
of contributions to the Red Cross and
other recognized war organizations,
are required to file with the Collector
or Internal Revenue within thirty
days from date of this Decision a sup
Elemental return in the form of
statement under oath showing the
amount Of such deductions claimed.
the amount of net income as reported
and as corrected. and the amount of
additional tax due. Payment of the
total amount of additional tax shown
to due by SUPPLEMENTAL return must
also be made within thirty days.
In case where this procedure is fol-
lowed, formal amended returns will
not be required and the supplemental
returns referred to when received by
the commissioner through the collec-
tors office will be filed with the origi-
nal returns.
Where in connection with any return
for the year 1918 an audit of the
books of the corporation has been
made by the department and the
amount of such contribution disclosed.
the statement herein provided for need
not be made.
Failure by corporation to file a
supplemental return as required will
subject it to the penalties provided by
Section 3176, United States Revised
Statutes.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-10-20
TALKS
ON RACE PROGRESS

DR.. Winfield Scott Hall, formerly
Dean of the Medical School of North
western University, gave a very in
teresting lecture to the students and
faculty during chapel last Saturday.
His lecture was on the claw of
Life" or "Man's Upward Struggle"
He said every living thing re-
peats, step by step, the life Of its an
cestors." To prove this statement he
dwelt upon the social side of life. al
though it is true in every phase of
life. It is necessary for teachers to!
know this development in training the
minds of children. He said that from
10000 down to 1000 years B. C. our
ancestors were savages; from 1000 B.
ians; from 1900 B. c. to 300 A. D. was
the age Of chivalry., From the latter
date to the present the speaker desig-
mated as the modern period. Women
gave to civilization the home and So
ciety. .,r-
Dr.. Hall pointed out how children
from three to ten years of age CORES
pond in their mental reaction to the
period of savagery in racial history;
IlOW pIc-duO1coCcuCc, duO1eSCeUCe, dIlU
early adult life correspond to barbar-
ism, chivalry, and the modern period
Of civilization. He traced in a gener-
al way the relation, of the sexes to
each other through these eras of time.
how the race progressed from polyg-
amy to monogamy, how the home
came to be developed through the in
fluence of woman. and how she devel-
oped society which the speaker chose
to emphasize as the second great gift
to the human race. It is DR.. Halls
conviction that a child repeats in his
development not only the physical ex-
rerience Of racial progress upward
but that the moral, intellectual, and
spiritual aspects of life undergo sim
liar transform atoms. The next great
step for the race is "world-wide
Christian democracy with America
leading on"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-10-20

the administration at this time. pro-
viding an equally heavy vote is cast.
It seems unlikely that the vote this
year, because of the fact that presi-
Dental election was being held then.
But allowing for an equally heavy
vote this year consider these facts:
Governor Frazier was on the Repub-
lican ticket running against a Demo-
ocrat in Republican landlide. Every
Republican who voted for O'Connor
had to split his ticket to do so.
A year ago the Bank of North Da-
kota was operating at full blast, and
paying all demands upon it. Since
then thousands of checks have been
"registered." ~.
Since the last election the legisla-
tive investigation has been held, pro-
viding actual proof for virtually all
the charges made against the admins
tration, and disclosing many facts that
were not previously suspected.
Since the last ELECTION, the Consum-
ers United Stores company has gone
into the hands of a receiver, and from
10000 to 10000 warm supporters of
the league have lost 500 apiece be-
cause of the atrocious financial meth
DDS of the league gang. The majority
Of these subscribers gave notes and
these notes are now being presented
for payment.
The supporters of the various
"league banks" and "league newspa-
pers" have had their eyes opened since
a year ago. and realize the manner in
which they have been hoodwinked by
the league politicians. They are be-
ing called upon to make good the fin
ancial losses Of these institutions.
A year ago big crew was at work
on the mill Today work is suspend
ed.
A year ago big crew was employ
ed by the homebuilders department.
and hundreds were expecting to have
houses built for them by the state. To-
day, that work is discontinued and
even those who got houses are Won
dering how much they will have to
pay for the atrocious wastefulness and
ineficiency of the department..
Those are but few of the changes
that year has brought. In brief the
tremendous political machine that the
state administration had built up, and
which was supported by state funds.
has been wrecked by it's own extrava-
giant methods. Literally thousands of
voters were either on the state payroll
or expected some immediate financial
advantage from their support of the
league. That situation has gone.
On the other hand the Independents
never presented more solid front.
The only dissension comes from those
who want an even more conservative
program than the independents are
Gathering. But when it comes to an
issue between that program and the
league platform, no sane Independent
can do otherwise than support the
Nestos ticket.
With those facts confronting them.
it is up to every independent voter in
the state to take off his coat and go
to work-not necessarily with the
idea of changing any votes between
now and election day. but for the pur
pose Of organizing to get every indie
pendent voter to the polls. If the in
dependents can poll the O'Connor vote
they should win. If they can poll TO-
900 votes more than O'Connor, it will
be a landslide.
It gets down to this one basic fact
If we get out our votes we will win.
Forum. ~
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-10-20
DRAMA NEEDS I
REAL LIFE

American drama needs to take few
healthy strides into the warm sun
light of real life, according to Lau-
rance Clarke, the producer, who is
bringing The Travelling Theater
shortly to the State Teachers College
auditorium.
Mr.. Clarke, during a visit in this
city short time ago to complete ar
engagements for presenting his produc-
lions here, gave it as his opinion that
most plays produced in this country
are too conventionally theatrical IN
spirit and structure.
"Americans," says Mr.. Clarke, "are
inveterate optimists. Yet in every
thing that pertains to the theater and
drama they are profoundly pessimis-
tic, as result of seeing the same
kind of thing over and over again.
People get blase and bored. III
every play, it seems, must have
a bedroom scene, every love affair
must unite a poor or rich youth to a
rich or poor maiden, and every vii
liam must receive his proper punish
ment at the hands of the hero and the
gallery.
Drama, in brief, needs a new pair
of wings to carry it out of its frozen
environment into the warm sunlight
of life. It needs to get away from
the cheap thrillers and weary senti-
mental happy-enders. =
"The treater-go public is rapid
ly becoming aware of this condition
and is demanding, at last and fortu-
nately. better things from the theater
and drama. 1t wants higher stand
ards"
The Travelling Tlleater, some to
come here, is trying to build and main
tain these higher standards that Mr..
Clarke discusses. Its repertoire in
cludes only plays that have swings and
life to move them" It meets the gen
eral optimism of the American peo-
pie with plays that arouse true and
deep emotion.
In "Ghosts," for example, people
meet as they do in real life, and by
the very nature of their contact, GER
tain situations arise which mirror the
same sorrows, the same griefs and
disappointments, and the same joys
that most human beings experience.
The Travelling Theater, moreover:
consists of notable and distinguish
ed group Of players who have the
imagination and the ability to make
the plays real and stirring. Both
Madame Borgny Hammer and Rolf
Fell are exceptionally qualified. In
addition to their natural ability they
both bring to bear upon their drama
tic interpretations prolonged Euro
pean training.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-10-20
"GET OUT THE VOTE"

On whether or not the independents
"get out their vote" depends the sue
cess or failure of the recall election.
Not many votes will be changed be-
tween now and election day.
Most North Dakotans have been liv-
ing under s'the new day" so long that
they have made up their minds in re-
gard to it, and are not likely to change
their opinion over night. Last miQute
arguments are not likely to change any
great number of votes.
For that reason, the one big factor
in the election now is an active cam
paign to "get out the vote"
If the independents poll their full
strength on Oct. % they will win a
most decisive majority.
To be convinced of that, it is only
necessary to recall conditions as they
were a year ago and compare them
with the present. A change Of $500
votes from year ago would defeat
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-10-20

-~----
Alice Lorraine Daily, writing in the
South Dakota Leader, a nonpartisan
paper which has been distributed all
over Valley City says:
"To Mr.. Townley we say, you are OF
the elect. Your life and your service
entities you to that honor which ear
lier civilized society and later Chris
TANNED society has always bestowed
upon it's leaders. You must know prls-
on life as Socrates knew it; as Bruno
knew it: as Jeanne Dare; as Christ
knew it, as all Of those who have been
most fit to live and best equipped to
serve, have known it. For you to go
to prison for following your convlc-
tions, better educational opportunities
for those who do the hardest toll IN
their noble chosen calling of feeding
the sons of men. You have most ably
and most unselfishly served the toll
ers-the Men With the Hoe. For
ministering unto the least of His, you
must 20 to jail. You are to share
the conpanionship of those who never
die, or those who live forever in the
grateful memory Of those whom they
have served. In the future all that
will be remembered of the FAT ones
of your prosecutors is that they sent Sc
YOU to Jail. They will be classified
with Plate. You will be classified
with the CONDEMNED ONE, whom
Plate sentenced" sFs
We fail to see where Townley knows
anything about prison life. for up to
this time this modern bankrupt has
taken his conviction from one court
to another until now it is in the su-
preme court of the United States. He
was absolutely wrong during the war
and was and has been wrong on this
industrial program. Alice is certain
ly over stepping the mark when she
puts Townley in the same class as
Christ.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-10-20
CETCHELL PRAIRIE ITEMS

Nellie and Harriet Whitcher, Mrs.
Fred Getchell and daughter Jean, au-
toed to Cooperstown Wednesday re-
turning in the evening bringing Mrs.
j. II. Whitcher back, who had been
visiting relatives.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-10-20

Open books, honesty, efficiency and
economy and restored credit is what
the independents are fig hting for and
it is what the people Of the state want
Vote for Nestos: johnson and Kitchen
one week from Friday and start the
ball rolling in this direction.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-10-20
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EDITORIAL

Tell US not in mournful numbers,
That the "new day" is dream;
For while the farmer pays "the fid
ding"
All the leaders get the cream.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-10-20

Most of the employees of the state
at Bismarck are out on the stump
preaching state socialism and trying
to keep the voters in line to keep
them in their snug jobs at the capitol
They realize that long, cold winter
is coming.