The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-12-22

will have accomplished at least one
great thing of value to the world IN
general as we'll as to the United
States. If the nations of the world
can cut their ornaments down now IN
few years why cannot they cut them
out altogether?
Road Building is becoming one OF
the greatest projects of the United
States and all over the country many
roads are being built under govern
ment supervision. In North Dakota
we have made wonderful strides along
these lines and in the next five to ten
years we will see miles and miles of
good roads built in this state. The
time is fast coming when hard surface
roads will take the place of the gray
eled roads and when that thing hap
pens North Dakota is going to be one
of the greatest states in the nation.
when we have the roads SO that those
who want to travel by automobile can
go without fear of going out and hav-
ing to lay up on account of rain
storm then we shall have arrived at
that point that makes it worth while.
We have the climate and we have the
resources, and what we need now to
back these up is good roads-paved
roads. The automobile has come to
stay and they arc becoming more
numerous each year. Travel from one
end of the country to the other is
getting more and more each year and
as the road problem lis solved and
travel is made more easy and secure
automobile traffic will increase
Money spent for good roads is money
we'll invested not only for marketing
products of the farms but also for
Transportation along passenger lines
and certainly it will add much to the
pleasure of those who enjoy motor
ing.
The suits instituted by the receiv-
err of the Scandinavian American
bank at Fargo for the collection of
notes held by that bank are bringing
to light some interesting facts regard
ing these notes. One Matthys an
swers the suit against him by claim
ing that his note was merely accom-
mediation paper and that he had the
assurance of both Mr.. Lemke and Mr..
Wood that he would never be re-
quired to pay any part of the face of
this note. He also offers letters, said
to have been received from these par
ties, re-affirming their statements.
Mr.. Matthys proposes to contest their
claim for collection on these grounds.
The statements, credited to the league
leaders, that this note was merely
wanted to get the defunct bank past
the supreme court, is in line with the
claims of independent papers at the
time and present developments indl-
cate that their guesses at that time
were not wide Of the mark. The re-
suit of these suits will be watched
with interest by some of our local
adherents to the New Day. who have
attached their names to several va
rieties of this accommodation paper
and are now wondering just how
much it is going to cost them for be-
ing so adept with their signatures: AS
our friend, William Olson: remarked
when he felt $500 slipping from his
pockets to a local bank in payment
of certain notorious accommoda-
ton note, ats the first one I've had to
pay" Demand for payment of these
accommodation notes will tend to cool
the ardor of some people for the
"Savior of the People" who obtained
their signatures to this paper. Its al.
ways "the first one you have to pay"
that hurts.
Gov. Nestos has written letter to
all the boards of county commission
ers in the state asking to help in the
matter of retrenchment in public ex-
penditures so that it will be possible
next year under rigid retrenchment
along all lines to make substantial
reduction in the tax levy of the state:
The administration is going ahead
along retrenchment lines in every de-
partment and has already made quite
a substantial reduction in salaries
saving many thousands Of dollars to
the tax payers Of the state. This will
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