The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-12-29

get it for Christmas. 1t Will come
along early in the new year and as 1t
will be life job he can afford to wait
for it for few days longer.
Senator McCumber, North Dakota
introduced in the Senate two bills de-
signed to give further relief to farm
ers in crop failure areas. One meas
ure would set aside five million dollars
from which farmers in crop failure
sections could borrow for purchase OF
seed grains maximum of three hun
dred dollars. The other would reim-
burse farmers who receive loans from
the government in Nineteen Eighteen
under seed purchase fund of that year
and who later borrowed from private
sources to repay the government.
Autoists in North Dakota are being
furnished better grade OF gasoline
than are those of any other state at
present. Oil companies are cooperat-
ing very we'll with the state oil in
spection department., with the result
that gasoline especially adapted to
winter use in the state IS available to
users of gasoline. stated W. c. Palmer
TODAY, in commenting upon recent
data furnished by tests Of gasoline IN
North Dakota. "North Dakota's Sec
ond grade gasoline-a high test pro
ducts better than gasoline used in
any neighboring state, and our IN
spectors keep check on the oils that
enter the state" said Mr.. Palmer
"Anv quality Of gasoline can enter
the state, but they must be graded ac-
cording to regulations, and are taxed
according to grade. Oil companies
are finding it most profitable, to SEND
a high grade product in to the state
The low boiling point and the large
proportion of lighter fractions of oil
used in North Dakota means easier
vaporization in cold weather"
The War Finance corporation is do
inc business at the rate OF several
million dollars day, according to the
annual report of that organization
submitted today to congress. up to
Nov. 80, the date of the report, the
CORPORATION said, it's advances for ag-
ricultural and livestock purposes to-
tailed more than $82,000,000 of which
the principal items were loans on cot
ton aggregating 100000 on grain
$4,000, 900, livestock $13,000,0OO and
for general agricultural purposes 1884,
100000 In addition to the agrlcul-
tural financing advances were report
ed aggregating $51 100000 on exports
of which the largest items were $751;
100000 on cotton and $11 100000 on
Grain. Summarizing it's loans the cor
poration showed that $50, O0O,OOO had
been advanced to cooperative asso.
Citations $72,OO0,0O0 to banking and
financial institutions and $4,000, 900
to exporters covering both agricul-
tural and export advances. Called up
on to deal with an emergency sltua-
ton resulting from the war, the cor
poration declared that considering
the magnitude of the task, it is felt
that noteworthy results have been
achieved
Judge William II. Francis, at one
time Judge Of this district in terri
torial days, apd one of the most &c
centric of all the judges that have
held this job since, is reported to have
died in the city hospital in New Jer-
sey recently at the age of 81 years
Judge Francis was regarded as a
most autocratic figure while on the
bench and we remember one time
when farmer sat in court with his
buffalo coat-there are no buffalo
coats now-the Judge compelled him
to take off his coat. No matter
whether it was suffocatingly hot NO
man could sit in his court in his SHIRT
sleeves. This condition is different
now. Our judges regard comfort one
of the great essentials in life, and they
allow this freedom and comfort IN
their court. One time Chas. X. Bas-
sett, once newspaper man OF TINS
city, was jailed by Judge Francis Tor
contempt of court and went to jail
but that fact did not stop Mr.. bas-
sett from using very caustlc pen
and he edited his paper in jail and ITS
pages were rather warm numbers at
times, and the judge came in for. a
liberal share of criticism from the in
generated editor. The judge found
out that while he could put an editor
in Jail he could not keep him from
talking or editing his paper just the
same. Well, notable early character
has. gone.
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When we read Of the official dolngs
at Bismarck we begin to realize. that
the state now has business head
The new industrial commission has
outlined proposed policy of man
agement for the mill at Drake. They
propose that the mill be run on sub
stantially a cash basis, that the &C.
counting system be revised SO that
check on the financial condition OF the
mill may be more easily had, that the
consignment accounts be checked uI
to determine the amount which may
be expected to be salvaged, that the
interest charges against the mill be
reduced and that salaries and wages
be reduced. The present manager OF
the mill has accepted a reduction II
salary of 500 per month. This policy
will soon place the mill on business
basis and, it is to be hoped, will re-
duce the losses to the state in this
venture. Charges of the opposition
that Governor Nestos would not make
sincere effort to carry the various