The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-11-24

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There is one thing about Attorney
Pike, of St. Paul. who was employed
by the state administration to help IN
our legal department at $4,000 per.
He is no piker.
If you take the word Of those who
are filing this election contest at Bis
marck for it, there has not beer an
honest man sign one of those recall
petitions or women either. Every day
we read of hundreds Of names that are
fraudulent and now they claim that
thousands of them are all wrong. 1t
is very strange that they did not find
this out before the election instead Of
waiting until they got licked at the
polls.
Today is supposed to be a big one
at the capital city-it is the time
when Mr.. Bloom, ct al. are supposed
to ask for restraining order to keep
the state canvasslng board
from canvassing the vote on
Wednesday and the taking of
the oath of office of Messrs. Nestos
Kitchen and johnson. The main rea-
son, of cours. for this move is to re-
strain the new governor from ap-
pointing somebody to take the place
of Bloom and his fellow office holders
who are 10th to let go this cold wealth
err of the fat state jobs they now hold.
The people are not so much IN the
minds of these men as are the emllu-
ments that they receive.
Just to show that Arthur G.. Town.
lev is not going to go broke while IN
iail we are publishing elsewhere in
this issue petition of the shakedown
variety that they are circulating for
his benefit. You will notice that the
preamble says that Mr.. Townleys
family is penniless and without his
support. We understand that Mrs
Townley has big touring car and
does not have the appearance OF one
who is suffering from being penniless.
However if the good folks Of the state
want to chip in at this latest shake
down it is up to them. Then there Is
that Florida sisal land that should be
worth something. 1t has cost the
people Of the state considerable.
The president of the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers of America has just
returned from tour of Europe, In
GLIDING Russia. He says that IT 1t
were not for immigration restrictions
the whole of Europe would start tor
these shores tomorrow The state
ment is undoubtedly true. The people
from the poverty stricken nations OF
the Old World look upon America as
lanG Of golden opportunity; We're
they to cone here they would NIX a
standard Of living far below that to
which the American workman IS ac-
customed, and completely demorallze
our labor market. Fortunately the
republicans of congress have put on
the statute books law that effective
lv protects the American wage Garner
from such an inundation, and another
law will soon be enacted that offers
additional protection from the products
of that cheap foreign labor when they
are imported into our markets.
The time for getting beer and malt
LIQUORS for medicinal purposes like
people have been getting in drug
stores in Milwaukee and other places
recently, has about come to an END
Congress has passed what is known
as the anti-beer bill and it has now
gone to the president for his approval
which it will get without much delay
we think. This selling beer for med.
ical purposes is the biggest farce and
camou1age that ever happened
DRUGGISTS have been allowed to sell
so much per month on stated num-
Der of prescriptions and it has been
like a bargain day sale-the first ones
in line got the beer and If there were
anv really sick ones who might DC
helped by drinking beer, which we
very much doubt, they had to wait un:
til the next month before they coulc
get any then they must again take
their turn in the line with the rest OF
the beer hogs.
Comparatively few people appreci
ate the undeveloped agricultural pos
sibilities on the American continent
Take the Province of Saskatchewan
for example. In that Province 1884,,
10000 bushels of wheat, barley, anc
oats have been produced in a single
wear from about one-ffth Of the area
Suitable for farming. The vast acre
age awaiting cultivation that is sur
veyed and the exact location OF eacl
ouarter-section is shown in an elabor
ately prepared map just issued by tn
Natural Resources lntellgenc'
Branch Of the Department of the In
terror, Ottawa, Canada. Supple
mentary to this may are booklets CIV
ING detailed information by district
concerning the land, the name and ad
dress of each owner, nature OF SOIL
value of farm buildings, distance iron
railway, etc. A considerable mum
Der of holders of unoccupied lands II
Canada are residents of this state ant
will therefore be interested in the maj
and booklets which have been pre-
pared with the most meticulous re
card for accuracy and are avallabi'
for free distribution to readers OF thl
paper, upon application to the allow
mentioned branch.