The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-06-30
WOULD PAY BONDS LAST

ment money that is tied up in tn
Bank of North Dakota. = ...
OF course taxes were levied to raisl
this money, and the taxes were paid
and the money was deposited in tn
Bank of North Dakota, but it ism
available now, and the schools mus
wait.
| And of course no taxes were leviet
to build Mr.. Lemke's house, or to lent
money to John Hagan, and both o.
these loans were illegal. but they got
their money promptly and the schools
wait.
Also, the payment of state hal
warrants is again being heldup. The
Bank of North Dakota is working or
! warrants for 1920 loses, and has
about half of them paid. Meanwhile
the 1921 loses are beginning to be re.
ported, but there seems little likeli.
hood that payment of them will even
be commenced this year.
And yet there are innocent trusting
investors who believe that money will
always be available in this precious
state bank of ours when needed to pay
school appointments and warrants
held by hailed-out farmers.
Does any sane investor think the
league politicians would hold up the
payments to hailed-out farmers, with
an election coming on, if the bank
could possibly meet them? Every
farmer with an uncashed hail warrant
is farmer with his eyes opened to the
fact that the "new day" has waned.
The league doesn't want to make any
more votes for the opposition than
necessary. But mere bond buyer
from outside the state, without vote
here and without political influence:
would get scant consideration from our
political bankers.-Forum.
There is much talk nowadays in the
press and otherwhere, says the Mime
apolis Journal, Of the woman juror.
In some courts she has been tried
with success and approval, and in 9TH
er he was excused from duty for one
reason or another, such as that there
are no facilities for her accommoda-
ton, or that mixed juries would in
some cases involve embarrassment all
around. But if the woman juror is
not everywhere accepted, she soon will
be. For possession of the suffrage
implies discharge Of all various du-
ties pertaining to full citizenship. Our
own courts are to take up the matter
of arranging for woman jurors next
fall, and the understanding is that
they are to be utilized as far as proves
practicable. One thing is certain:
If the women of Minneapoli take up
jury duty with the same serious sense
Of responsibility and the same eager
desire to act for the good of the COM
munity that they displayed in the re-
cent city campaign, they will make
better jurors than lot of the men
have. They asked no rewards for
themselves, no Offices, no political
deals. They seemed to be seeking the
good of the community and nothing
else. One woman candidate was elect
ed, others were defeated. But there
was no attempt to combine on ticket
there was no woman's slate, there was
no raising of the sex issue in any
form. And now that election is over,
many of these eager, spirited women
are pursuing their quest for political
knowledge. They are studying civics
and striving to equip themselves for
still more intelligent use of the ballot
in future. The jury system has
scored some failures and some sue
cesses in Minneapolis. It has been
good and bad and Indifferent. But it
will almost certainly be improved in
morale and in results. when the wom-
an juror is impaneled. "a. ! ~