The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-03-17

If we may be permitted to suggest
in fair minded spirit that the real
way to settle this dispute over the
purchase ofEadditional park land would
be to letsthe people vote on the propo-
sition at the coming municipal cleo
ton. It would not cost the city cent
to have this done as the proposition
could be placed on the regular city
ballot without any additional cost. The
only thing attached to this PROPOSE
ton would be the time it might take
tax payer to vote yes or no. This
seems fair to us. There is a lot of
that land that the park board is fig
uring on buying at 1926 per acre that
is nothing more or less than swamp
land-the south part Of it always will
be swamp land until the mill dam goes
out for good and we are not in favor
of that going out because it is one of
the real needed things for our city's
industries. OF what value to the city
for park purposes would this swamp
land be? Of course we might go into
the turtle or frog industry or we
might start a duck ranch, but no one
wants to waddle around like duck
or frolic about like frog. Let the
people say if they want to buy this
land or not. +
Conditions are rapidly approaching
prosperity levels. The country is be-
ginning to feel the impulse of in
creasing business. Factories are re-
porting increasing orders and retail
efs are announcing bigger consumer
demand. Everywhere are the signs
that the country is awakening from
it's convalescent stage and is getting
back to business. Every business de-
preston is largely a matter of the
state of mind Of the country. That
statement was never so true as 1t is
today. There is less cause for bust
ness depression now than during any
similar situation in the past. The
country was suffering from imitation
It has witnessed huge dehation. Con-
ditons are now normal or subnormal
The average man made money during
the last several years.. All that is
needed to make business good is to
awaken that average man to the fact
that if he continues to speid money
he continues to earn it-that unless
he spends the stores and factories and
mills cannot continue-and that means
unemployment and no possibility to
spend. Let's throw old pessimism out
of the window and beckon Mr.. Pros
perity in. Buy what you need now and
help your neighbor keep his job as
well as others who need your pur-
chases to keep them employed.
The supreme court of this state by a
vote of 4 to / has handed down de-
cision that counties, cities or any
body else can garnishee money now
held in the Bank of North Dakota
that it is a private institution and sub
ject to garnishee proceedings. The
leaders cannot say that
big business or anyone else governed
this court, because three out OF the
five who voted the majority opinion
are nonpartisan leaguers. Justice
Grace was the only dissenting justice
on the court. The decision is
sweeping one and makes it very plain
that the Bank of North Dakota is sub
ject to garnishee proceedings just the
same as any other private institution
doing banking. It will mean that the
various counties of the state will
garnishee the money redeposited in
the various banks of the county and
instead of being an instrument to close
up many of the banks because the
Bank of North Dakota will demand
payment of the money deposited IN
these banks will work just the oppo-
site way. By garnisheeing we will be
able to retain our own money in the
Mr.. Lemke, attorney general
is said to have made the statement
that the court has Satisfied ITSELF in
it's decision, which means we pre-
sumo that those members of the court
who have decided this case on the law
and right will be put in the traitor
class along with others who do not
agree with the workings of those who
are putting the state on the rocks.
There will be precious few left in the
state who will be right if they keep
IN deserving the ship as they have
If late. The upshot of the whole deal
will be putting the bank under re-
.eivership and the ultimate liquidation
If the institutions as state bank.
AS the question of a recall election
S discussed by people generally, the
more convinced are we that at this
line there is no sentiment for such
election and we are positive that a
grave mistake will be made if one is
allied. 1t would only be jumping from
he frying pan into the fire if the cleo
ion were to be held and the indie
oendents won out, and all we would
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heritage of financial losses accumulat-
ID by the present regime. There is
.lso considerable talk of third party
icing put in the field next time. There
S much merit in that if it were to be
strictly along clean. progressive lines
,ut you cannot expect much of fol-
owing if the new party is to be bossed
md managed by LANCER, Kositzky and
)bert Olson who are reported to be
reading the third party movement
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