The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-02-10
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EDITORIAL

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Twenty thousand schools were clos
ed in the United States during the last
wear because of the shortage OF teach
ers.. We spend 5000, 00O,O 900 more Tor
cigarettes than for the salaries OF all
the teachers in the United States"
Representative Grangaard, from
this legislative district, is making good
at Bismarck. He is about the hardest
working man in the house and occu-
pies more prominent positions than
any other man up there. He is dong
mighty good work for the people OF
this county and the state and we are
plard to tell him so at this time. ne
Is INDEPENDENT in his voting and IS
making a fine record up to this time
and there is no reason to think that ne
will fall down between now and wnen
the legislature is over-he is not the
falling down kind. We knew when
"Granny" was nominated last sum
mer that we had selected as good a
man as could be found in the country
Stand up F.. w. Cathro: Is the
reason you refuse to testify or pro-
duce the books and records. OF Cne
Bank of North Dakota, occasloned py
the fact that you have something 10
conceal? Stand up Bill Lemke:
Where do you obtain your authority
to DEW the legislative investigating
committee, when you instruct the en-
nlovees Of the Bank of North Da-
kota. and the Industrial Commission
not to testify? Is it too rotten!
Stand ND Governor Frazier: AS gov
ernor do you-?No sit down. You 40
know, however, that a rubber stamp
cannot talk.
The parents, at least, Of some OF
those A. C. students would CONSIDER
that the proper way to find presldenI
who would "keep out of politics" woula
he to ask the Minneapolis Chamber OF
Commerce to point out the rlght man.
-Courier-N News. ,a
The Fargo socialist organ should
not worry and it should not try to keep
on fooling the people. 1t knows very
we'll that Townley, Lemke and the rest
If the state wreckers will select that
president and that he will be a man to
their own notions and liking. Inc STU
dents will have little to say in the mat
ter and the parents much less than
the pupils.
Ever since the disclosures made
public by the audit of Bishop, brlss-
man & Co., and the investigation
started by the legislature as to the
condition of affairs in the Bank OF
North Dakota and other state indus
tries which were foisted upon the peo-
ple of the state by the Townley- Fraz-
Ter socialistic advocates Of the "NeW
Dav." the Courier News has made
frantic efforts to defend the socialistlc
regime, Bill Lemke. F. W. Catnro
Governor Frazier, etc.. al! with gar
bled statements and upholdlng the m
dustrial commission in its refusa! 10
produce the records or testify before
the investigating committee. What
the people want William-are the
FACTS. and as the legislature has the
power to enforce it's mandates. no
doubt the facts will be forthcoming
Let's have the facts-William.
Mr.. Cathro has finally decided to
give up all the records about where
he has deposited funds from the state
bank and the contempt proceedings
will be dropped. Mr.. Townley hasl
been at Bismarck trying to persuade
his flock of high binders to accept the
terms as laid down by the state bank
ers to turn the bank into a rural ere
dts bank, but they have spurned his
advice and refused to accede to his
Mr.. Frazier says it will
be captivating to big business to 40
this. If they do not do this it will be
capitulating to bad business and the
squandering of the peoples money
and a big loss to the people of the
state will result. The business OF
the state is shot to pieces by misman-
agement and rank politics and what is
needed now is somebody at the helm
with sound sense and judgment and
less politics.
The most astounding manner IN
which the state bank wreckers at Bis
marck are refusing to tell the people
what they have done with the peo-
pies money is the most glaring
breach of official stewardship ever
witnessed in this or any other state.
Mr.. Cathro has deliberately refused to
turn over to the investigating COM ,,
mittee the records of monies deposited
in the Observation-Disclosures Bank
at Fargo, and has been cited for con-
tempt to the house of representatives
at Bismarck. He can be jailed for con-
tempt if the house wants to push the
charge. Townley and his crew are
at the capital using every method to
thwart the will of the people by COW
ering up the conduct Of the state bank
and putting off the day of reckoning
as long as possible. That Fargo bank
was insolvent when LANCER said it
was and the state bank has been boil
stering it up with money that belong
ed to the people and which money is
now tied up fast and tight and which +
n a m, ~ ho ,o+tor hold IF for anv mr.