The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-10-20


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Those who wish to vote in Valley
City at the recall election and who are
not registered should bear in wind
that the last day for registration will
be next Tuesday, October IS. You can
register at the regular voting place on
that day in the ward in which you
live. This is important to you and to
no one else. If you want to vote on
October 28 you must be registered and
on Tuesday is the last day that you
can do this.
We are expecting something to hap
pen to John D. Rockefeller in the near
future and would not be surprised to
hear that he is suffering from enlarge
n1ent of the heart. He had wonder
full burst Of generosity yesterday &C
cording to the press dispatches, when
he was delighted at the singing OF a
girl on the streets that he took two
shiny dimes from his pocket and sent
his chauffeur over to present to that
girl with his compliments. Better put
in a stock of gasoline before the price
goes up.
The past few days has caused a
zig change in sentiment for the recall
md it is now only question OF get
ing the independent voters out to IN
ure a magnificent victory at the polls
one week from Friday. The tax re-
cept being handed out to the farmers
is one big cause for this change and
then putting another los per cent
raise on top of the present high tax
with a prospect of still further tax
levy, has caused many farmers to
come to the conclusion that 1t is time
to call halt.
J, F. T. O'Connor is showing that
he is made of the right kind of stuff
He took his defeat like man, after
making one of the cleanest campaigns
in the history of the state Now he is
out trying to repay those who got be-
hind him in the last campaign and is
campaigning for the independents. We
hear a noise like "the sound of rush
ing wind" ringing through the state
saying: "Where is Bill LANCER, and
why is he sulking in his tent?"
Doesn't Bill LANCER realize that ne
owes the independents of this state
something or is he abe kind that after
he has gotten all he can out OF 1t
throws his friends to one side like
cast off glove?
Some of the nonpartisans, particu-
larly in the western part of the con-
gressional district, are trying to in
duce a certain fellow to come out and
run against Congressman George M.
Young in next years primaries. That
chap will sure be out of luck if he
tackles that job. The league put up
their strongest men against Young IN
the last two campaigns and he beat
them to fragile. He has made fine
record and has attained very prom
inent place in congress. The people
said 'Iet George do it" and by jinks
he has done it.
Much sentiment is developing all
over the state in favor of trying to get
Supreme Court Judge Christianson to
come out as a candidate for the Unit
ed States senate against McCumber in
the next primaries. There is no 9TH
er man in North Dakota in our Judg-
ment, at least, who stands in SO high
favor as does Mr.. ChristiansC\. He
would get a tremendous vote and his
election would please a lot of people
in this state. People are getting tired
of this Alex. McKenzie-McC umber
stuff that is being put over these days
While the league newspapers are
telling of the awful crime of dupllcat-
ing a few names on some recall petl-
tons it might be we'll for them to re-
member that they have failed to see
the beam that is in their own eye.
The leaguers know very we'll that at
the last election in precincts IN the
western part of the state where the
league controls the election boards,
that hundreds of ballots were marked
by league officials contrary to law for
the voters and that blanket ballots,
illegal, were cast and counted in that
election, enough of them to put their
candidates over and they won by less
than five thousand votes at that. A
change this time Of $500 votes will
beat that bunch.
To those who have been watching
the workings of the new day in this
state and enjoying all the blessings OF
increased taxation, loss Of state credit
lack of confidence and few other
things too numerous to mention, 1t
might interest the tax payers to know
that the state board Of equalization is
going to give them another insight
into the new day by raising the state
levy one hundred per cent. Last year
the levy for Barnes county was $685.
,429.42. Under the increase of 100 per
cent it will cost the tax payers for
state levy next year $126,878.84. Much
noise is being made about the cost OF
the recall election and we might add
that it will cost Barnes county 81, 800
And fellow sufferers of the working
of the new day-don't you think that
$1,000 will be money well spent If we
can mt a stop to this increase of