The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-03-24

The meat packers say that there is
only enough meat in cold storage to
last % days. What is getting into
those packers? Are they getting
ready for, another upward drive on
prices sof meat and are getting the
Consumer ready for what is coming?
Press dispatches state that the W.
C. T. U. will start April 3 cam
paign against tobacco, and for the
strict Sunday Blue Laws on golfing,
pleasure automobiling, baseball NOV
les, theatres and dancing. Why. not
start it .on April and make an April
fool stunt out of it right.
Clara Smith Hamon has signed up
witha movie outfit to get out and get
the money. She was baptized in the
First Christian church at Ardmore
yesterday. What Clara needs more
than anything else is to get little re-
generation and by going away back
and sitting down. She has been in the
limelight long enough.
Is Barnes county going to be repre-
sented at the Devils Lake convention
to consider the question of recall
or no recall? That is the burning
question of the hour. We. hear a lot
of fellows standing aroundI0n the cor
ners talking against the recall but we
do not hear of anyone who wants to
take up the white Mans burden by
going to this convention to represent
this county. If Barnes county does
not take interest enough to register
it's preference there should be no
kick coming after that convention II
things go contrary to our wishes.
President Harding's proposal to
combine the Departments of War and
the Navy into one department to be
known as the Department of National
Defense, with Secretary Of Defense
at the head instead Of the present
Secretary of War and Secretaryaof the
Navy, sounds mighty good to those
who are looking for economy and ef1i.
cheney in governmental affairs. just
why we have continued for so many
years with our army and navy almost
ready at any time to start little war
of their own, each department duph-
eating the work ofsthes btheE ana Sbtdss
ding against each other for supplies
and even for men. is hard to see. We
hope the president will be able to put
it Overland at the same time effect
a number of other reforms in the ad-
ministration Of the country's business.
-Qhe Globe-Gazette.
The recent session OF the Legislature
passed bill with the emergency
clause providing 1or the publication of
the official proceedings Of the city
council in the cities of the state. The
bill also provides that the official pa
per of the city shall be designated by
the city council. Under the old law
passed by the nonpartisan league, the
various cities had nothing to say
about appointing the official paper Of
the city-no matter what paper won
out as the, official paper of the county
that paper was made by this law the
official paper of the city whether it
was acceptable to the people Of the
city or not. Last May the Times
Record was designated the official pa
per Of the City of Valley City, for
which we gave good and sufficient
bond for one year, then along came
the Peoples Opinion elected as the Of
fetal paper of the county and we were
automatically ousted out of our job
but our bond has not been refunded.
Under this new law does the Times
Record automatically again become
the official paper of this city? That
would be only fair, wouldn't it?