The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-03-10
this basis, therefore, Harding would
be the 39th president.

ara Oh bOSJOU, WHO cSCdUfISucu a Icpu-
tation through his ability to gull his
dupes into investing in international
coupons, has offered his services as
sales agent of the bonds of North Da-
kota. Why would it not be a good
idea to close deal with him and at
the same time also secure the services
of Brother c. w. Birs. of rabbit fame.
Those who are working in conjunction
with Director General F. w. Cathro
and Bill Lemke, ought to make things
hum-besides the first two mentioned
might make suitable material to fill
in the vacant GU places where such
financial wizards are needed-in the
new day administration. Mr.. Ponzl.
Of course, is only willing to under
take the sale of our bonds after be-
ing assured that he will receive a
proper percentage to be fixed by the
administration board. He has proven
his ability in the bond line and is now
taking much needed and enforced
rest. At that, Ponzi has nothing on
Motley, of immigration department
fame, Waters and Cathro of banking
fame, and of Brinton of Consumers
Stores and newspaper fame. They are
all standing at the top of the ladder
as financial promoters.
Holding a club over our head by
saying that those who do not like the
Times-Record's attitude in regard to
the park purchase by taking patronage
away from US does not in any way
concern US. 1t is the usual method of
the peanut politician to endeavor to
bring those who are opposed to them
into their view of thinking by ia king
away business. We are not built along
those lines and if we lost our entire
business we would still be of the same
opinion and would not hesitate to ex-
press it the way we feel about it..
What business we may lose in one
quarter is usually made up some 9TH
er way and we shall still be doing
business at the same old stand. What
is our. loss in this way brings ray
of hope and of life to the other fellow
and we can retaliate just as we'll as
the other fellow. BY the way We no
tice that ordinance purchasing this
piece of property was published in the
official paper this week so that every
thing would be in shape to push the
project through just as soon as the
court had acted on that injunction. The
people should get another injunction
If it is possible to get one and in ad.
dition to that another meeting OF
"non-representative" citizens should
be called right away to again voice a
protest at having four men override
the wishes of a great majority OF the
people and tax payers of the city.
This meeting may not do any good but
there is much comfort in relieving
ones feelings occasionally. anyway.
The park board bill making it man.
datory for park board to submit pro-
posed bond issues to vote of the peo-
pie, passed the house Saturday by a
vote of 81 to 5. The result of the late
park board lobby is shown by the fact
that when this bill originally passed
the house it carried with it an emer-
gency clause but now it is passed
without the emergency, thus carrying
out the contention that it was the in
tention to push through this park pro-
position before the new bill goes into
effect July first. We do not know
why there is such great demand for
Valley City to buy more parks at this
time unless it is for the purpose OF
helping somebody unload piece OF
at a very extravaganza price.
This same property could have been
purchased not so very long ago for at
least half what the park board wants
to pay for it now and it might be per-
tinent to ask why has land value risen
so very high for this property while
for better land around it has not rails
ed at all? 1t seemed to be necessary
only week or two ago for certain
parties from here, some interested IN
this land, to go to Bismarck to lobby
against the passage of this park
board bill, and there was concerted
action by all the park boards in the
state to get up to the capital to lobby
against this bill. What is the answer,
and what are the people to infer from
such action? Do the people rule or
do they not? In Valley City it ap-
pears they do not.
South Dakota, which has repeatedly
spurned the offerings of the ToWnley
to inf1ict it with the new
day" idea with all it's emoluments OF
calomel, sulphate of magnesium and
a "busted" state bank. sets North Da-
kota a fine example to emulate. Con-
gresham Royal C. Johnson, Of South
Dakota told the house of representa-
tives at Washington that his state did
not need any help, that the state was
we'll able to take care of its own, then
he went into glowing and earnest
speech asking the house to appro-
pirate two million dollars to help
out the needy farmers in the bank
rupt state of North Dakota. It is fine
North Dakota is getting
now isn't it? Once the proudest state
in all the union. with fine credit, we
are today the laughing stock Of the
nation and to the financiers of the
country bankrupt and wrecked IN
What we should do now is
to take the Nelson bankrupt cure
like lots of others are doing to escape
paying their bills, and start with
clean set of books and a clean set OF