The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-12-01

TnE WEEKLY fIMESKEC
matter was simply bluff on the part
of a few office holders to continue to
hold their jobs if it could be done by
| hook or crook. These men will now
be relieved of any further RESPONSE
| bility of running the state government
as their places will no doubt be filled
with men whom in the judgment Of
the new governor are better fitted for
the job. What we need now is not
politicians in the various positions,
but men of capability and efficiency
who will give the state honest service
The new governor has big job be-
| fore him and we hope that the peo-
pie of the state will give him at least
a fair chance to demonstrate that he
is going to give the people square
deal. We have already heard it said
that he promised the farmer two dol
lar wheat during the campaign. which
on the face of it is a lie and prom
Use that no man could make and full
fill. Similar foolish charges have
oeen made about loaning money to the
farmers. With treasury absolutely
empty and the funds of the state
frozen up in many defunct banks
Gov. Nestos has very little chance to
do much along these lines right from
the start. He can, however, put a
stop to the waste of thousands of
dollars of the peoples money and cut
down useless expenditures. He has
undertaken mans sized job all right
and needs the backing and support of
all good citizens.
The Courier-News demands that
some of the nsinuated charges
against nonpartsan officials be proven
It might be we'll for them to drop this
question unless the former officials
are so determined to live in Bismarck
that they don't care what institution
they occupy.
The Fargo Forum gives a state
ment last night showing an estimated
loss to the state of between four and
five thousand dollars on every house
built by the state under the Home
Builders Association. The Courier
News this morning Celebrates further
on this situation, showing estimated
and actual costs on houses built IN
Fargo, the figures being checked by
Mr.. Adams of the Home Builders AS
ISOLATION. These figures show an aver
age loss to the state on each house
built of $3,140.OO. This amount IN
addition to the cost of operating the
department, will bring the total loss
per house we'll above the Forums fig
IRE. The Courier-News explains the
loss as the result of Mr.. James I.
Bakers inability to estimate correctly
coupled with the failure of the Eqult-
able Audit Company to furnish the
association with proper accounting
system when needed. Mr.. Baker has
held the position of superintendent OF
construction under Ex-Governor Fraz-
Ter, Our readers will remember the
Equitable Audit Company as that Ell
ficient (?) organization that has
drawn large sums of money from the
state treasury for various auditing
services rendered during the FRAZER
regime. We have always looked up
on the governor as being the head OF a
big business, the State of North Da-
kota. We have further assumed that
the duty of the head Of a business was
to see that his assistants were efficient
and capable of attending to their var
ious duties. If the manager Of bus
mess fails in this, his main duty, the
business is doomed to failure. We:
citizens of North Dakota, find our
state as near the point of failure as
/ it is possible for this state to become
the situation becoming steadily more
acute during the past five years. Inc
ineficiency of state employees reflects
uaon the efficiency Of our late COVER
nor, of whomthe Courier-Newsspeaks
as the greatest governor of all time.
A bunch Of leaguers who have just
been separated from the state pay roll
after the recall Of Frazier and his as
socates, held meeting in Bismarck
Yesterday and started what is called
the liberal party" Resolutions were
adopted whereby the conference
adopted the name "Libertl Party for
the 1924 campaign. The nonpartisan
league administration in North Da-
kota was praised and resolutions
were adopted declaring Governor
Frazier, Lemke and Hagan were de-
feated in the recall through misrepre-
sentation and calling upon one of the
three to be a candidate for United
States senator next year. Nelson Ma
son, secretary to Former Governor
Frazier, presided. 1t seems hard for
some people to know just when they
are licked We are of the opinion that
Former Governor Frazier is only toe
pleased to turn the management OF
the State of North Dakota over to
R. A. Nestos and his lieutenants at
this time. You know, it's mighty easy
to get business into such hole that
smart man will have difficulty in
getting it out. We don't believe ex-
Governor Frazier feels that he is big
enough to handle the job. We heart
lily concur in this opinion. However
while Frazier no doubt knows his in.