The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-02-24

who were concerned in the deal and
if there was any preVaricating done
at all it was done by those who want
ed to cover up the political machina-
tions of the Townley bunch to fool the
people. Every claim we have so far
made in the line Of these socialist poll
ticians has come true and those who
tried to shut off our wind by the boy
colt route and who stopped the Times
Record but who are now dropping
down into the basement across the
way to read the paper with alarming
regularity know it but they have not
the courage to say 50. The only way
that "the truth can be carried to the
people" is through the independent
press, and that is what has been done
by the few newspaper men who have
had the courage to stand up in the
face of threats and inuendoes to stand
up and give the people the truth.
Those big page ads. that the indus
trial commission is sending out at the
expense of the people telling about
the alleged attempt Of the I. V. AS
to destroy the industrial program of
the state, seems like rank mockery
in the face. of the damaging testimony
that Mr.. Brinton, Mr.. Lofthus and Mr.
Cathro have been giving under oath at
Bismarck. The page ad. concludes
with the sentence "the people shall
know the truth" You bet, and every
day those league men are put on the
stand under oath and tell the truth the
more the people will learn that the
whole bunch Of them have been falsi-
flying the books, bamboozling the su-
preme court. and lying most awfully
to the people who have been furnish
ing them the money to try and do
something for them. The investiga-
ton up to this time discloses the most
glaring and bald faced transactions in
state finance, no regard for honesty or
efficiency. One of the most glazing of
these transactions was the issuing OF
that 1000 check by Brinton to help
cover up the Fargo banks condition,
and which not only the bank examiner
knew about, but the state administers;
ton. Then when Mr.. LANCER said the
bank was .insolvent-and it was-the
leaguers sent up a cry, to the heavens
that the Independents were trying to
wreck that bank as we'll as the state
bank, and Mr.. Townley and his bunch
saw another great opportunity to come
and get some more easy money and
shake-down meetings were called, the
independents and the independent,
press were dashed to a standstill and
the crowds worked up to such a pitch
of excitement over the alleged wrongs
that were Detailing them that it was
easy to shake down some seventy odd
thousand dollars out of the pockets Of
the farmers of Barnes county and
some fifteen thousand of this amount
had to be paid by bunch of farmers
this week to help tide over the league
situation at the Bank of North Dako-
ia. Talk about feeding the people
calomel to clear their vision, as we
were advised two years ago by one OF
our local medical men, what we need
instead of calomel is some sense.
Garry the truth to the people and the
truth shall make US free" That is
what we have been advocating for
several years and. now the truth is
coming out of the mouths of "the
babes and sucklings" Of the state ad-
ministration who are discriminating
themselves in the investigation be-
fore the legislature