The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-12-15

speaker having IIc ueCIuluS VOIC ia
case of tie.
President E. Lee Howard, of Fargo
College, has resigned. There seems to
be considerable friction or misunder-
standing between the president and
members of the faculty which has led
to his resignation. Mr.. Howard has
made good as head Of Fargo College
and he has made friends all over the
state who will regret very much to
have him leave the institution.
The place of business of the late J.
C. Coyle has been purchased by
Messrs. Jas. Daily and Charles r.
Treglawny who will conduct timers
shop there in the future. Mr..
Daily and Mr.. Treglawny need no in
PRODUCTION to our readers as they are
both well known in the city and their
work is known to be of first class.
Persons turning work their way are
assured of high class service and they
enter business with the best OF wish
es for success.
On December Is the treasury will
retire an issue of certificates Of in
debtednes that has been bearing IN
terest at 6 per cent The improve
ment in the credit of the government
is strikingly shown in the fact that
the last issue of certificates, dated
November 1st, bear interest at only
ia per cent. Along with the steady
rise in the price of Liberty Bonds and
Victory Notes has come the equally
steady drop in the cost Of carrying
the floating debt of the treasury.
They are both feature OF the nlghiy
efficient management that the nation S
finances are receiving at Washington
The new administration at Bismarck
has asked for the resignation OF az
the receivers of the various closed
hanks in the state. and this has given
the league press another chance to put
up a howl, especially those who are
interested in the receivers and the
receivers themselves who are liable
to lose their jobs. The appointment
of receivers for these banks was more
of a political plum than for efficiency
and businesslike methods and most OF
these receivers are doing nothing to
straighten out these banks. Gov.
Nestos wants to place men IN charge
of these institutions who have some
degree of intelligence and some busi-
ness ability instead of just mere poll
tics. so as far as we can see the change
is very desirable one.
The committee in charge OF the re-
call election wound up with deficit
of over twelve thousand dollars which
has now been reduced to thirty-three
hundred dollars. The committee Is
DESTROYS of getting this amount all
cleaned up before Christmas and IS ap
pealing to the independents OF the
State to do little along the line OF
wiping this Indebtedness out. The
victory won in the recall election mas
been a source of much qualification
to every sincere independent voter IN
the state and it means much to each
voter to have this change OF admnls
tration which will be the means OF
putting North Dakota back on the
map. If you can spare little change
toward wiping out this debt send 1t
in to l. V. A. headquarters at Fargo
A Judge in Montreal sentenced two
men who were convicted OF bank rob-
berry to seven years IN the penltentl-
ary. They were further ordered 10
receive seven lashes at the beginning
of their terms and seven lashes at the
completion of their terms. We thlnk
that this is very good sentence. IN
olden days, before the abolition OF the
whipping post, a man was not SEN
fenced to prison for minor offences
where he would become charge on
the taxpayers, but was sentenced to
receive a number Of lashes, common
surate with the crime committed: III
other words, he was spanked in public:
We think a revival of this method OF
punishment for minor offences would
be a great detriment to the repetition
of the offence. A man will hesitate
longer before committing mlsde-
meanor when he knows that he VIII
receive public spanking rather than
thirty days rest with free board.
49,
"Governor McMaster of South Da-
kota is an l. V. A. but he's strong tor
his state coal mine and state rural
credits system It's not only nonpar-
tisan leaguers, you see: who know that
state ownership pays" The above
is the editorial outburst in the Cour-
Ter News this morning. We were not
aware that the Independent Voters
Association was organized in South
Dakota but if it is we can be sure
that Governor McMaster is not a
Lacquer as candidates of that polltl-
cal faith have not been popular IN
that state. In this we agree with the
Courier News. We cannot wax en-.
thusiastic about the state owned coal
mine but feel that, if their coal mine
is operated successfully by the state
it is the exception that proves the
rule. Regarding the state rural credit
system however we are decidedly en-
thusiastic about it, principally be-
cause it is so different from our own
rural credits system. The en- seems
to forget that they have consistently
opposed putting this department of
our state on the same basis as the