The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-01-20

At night and thereby reduce the
amount of night work required OF
nost office clerks. The Federation dc.
sires to educate the public to mail
Earlv and Often" If the practice OF
depositing mail for collection early IN
the day becomes general it will i'm
nroye service efficiency and service
morale and reduce operating expenses;
therefor. the "Mail Early and OFTEN"
campaign of the N. F. P. 0. G. is IN
the interest of better postal service.
Do YOU know that the postal service
handles million and half letters
every hour and each letter, IN ITS
course through the mails IS handleo
on an average of eight times. Inns
means the service handles twelve mil,
lion letters every hour OF the day ana
night, and IS per cent of all letters
are handled during the rush hours
from to p. m. You can help to I'M
prove the service. by signing your let
tiers at noon and at frequent Intervals
thereafter; by depositing mail ire
uuently during the day, and by mall
jng circular matter and rel atively un-
important mail in the morning. Early
mailing-or a Mail in the Morning..
habit will permit the speedier and
more accurate handling of important
mail during the rush periods and re-
duce excessive night work OF post
office clerks. The movement should be
assisted.
With the league Of nations pretend
ing to be operating, we have as many
if not more wars going on at the pres
ent time than before the league OF ma
tions idea was ever dreamd Of. Greek
forces are driving the Turkish Nation
alists back to their last defense, and
press dispatches indicate that the Ma
tionalist's capital will fall within
few days. In Russia, we have what
Nigh be termed a civil war. Although
there is no active fighting at the pres
ent time, there is plenty OF dlsrup-
lions, and the whole country is in tur-
moil. In Ireland we find about the
worst condition existing at the pres,
ent time. 1t is not an open method
of warfare, but something new ana
unique. If you were to visit Dublin
or Cork. two of the Irish cities around
which much interest centers at the
present time, you would find no trench
es or other modern devices used dur
ing the late war to stop enemy drives.
Instead you would find business being
carried on, apparently the same as
usual, except for the large number OF
British military noted on the streets,
minglng with the people. Then per-
haps suddenly without moments no
tice, you would hear a spasomadlc
outbreak of firing. causing citizens to
scurry to cover. Many civilians have
been killed in this way. Men promln-
ent in social and political life live IN
fear of their lives every moment. II
would be hard to find a name suitable
to this kind of warfare. Press dis
patches few days ago indicated that
our little sister on the south--in other
words Mexico, is not feeling very well,
and may have some kind OF an out
break before long, just what we 90 not
know. Anyhow we are positive that
there is still good field open IN that
country for Sunday School workers to
go in and convert some of the lnhaol-
tants.
The United States finds itself enter
ing upon it's second year Of prohlbl-
ton enforcement.
Has it proved successful? This is
the question that is being debated be-
hind country store stoves, in clubs, in
homes: in fact in perhaps every home
in the country, there has been discus
sion as to the effect the law has had
on LIQUOR business in this country:
and the resulting conditions there
from.
Prohib;tionists and anti-liquor or
carnations in the country are more
than pleased with the results obtained
during the infancy Of the law. On the
other hand, former booze vendors, sa-
loon keepers, and manufacturers, are
loud in their denunciatlon OF the law
and declare that the first year OF en-
forcement has more than proved that
prohibition can never exist, and that
the country will at some near date be
"wet" again
Stop and give a little thought to
this matter. Can any man honestly
state that he sees as many effects OF
liquor as he saw in pre-prohlbitlon1
days. It is true that many men and
sometimes even mere boys are noted
struggling under a ''load,' which
somewhat unbalances their equili-
Drum, and causes them to take more
cruising radius than is needed under
ordinary circumstances, but it is a
certainty that the number is decreased:
as compared with days when whisky
could be purchased for 1Oc a glass
and a schooner Of beer would be yours
for the sum of SC. y
u1ho,, nrohihition went into effect