The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-11-02

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paper of this county just as much as
any other paper has a right to go out
after votes and we fail to see why
this should disturb others SO much.
If the electors see fit to favor some
other paper we are not going out and
howl about it. But we do want to say
this, that any person who can bring
in any proof that the publisher of the
Times-Record has offered or attempt
ed to finance the Nome Tribune in its
campaign for official paper we have
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS of good
American money to hand to that per-
son. Now these are hard times and
to the person who has made this state
ment and the publishers of the Peo-
pies Opinion who have circulated this
report in the columns of that paper
we give this chance to make little
pile of good money and it will be
PAID IN CASH as we never did be-
lieve in issuing post dated checks.
In Bill Lenke's speech the other
night at the high school gymnasium
the recalled candidate for governor
started out by trying to be funny
about his house. He said that if he
could find some girl who would marry
the editor of the Fargo Forum he
would give her his wonderful man.
sion. To those who went there for
the purpose Of hearing him tell fun
ny stories they were we'll entertained
for he is buffoon of the finest type
when it comes down to stuff of that
kind, but there were lot Of people
present whose tax receipts had been
swelled twice the size they used to be
because for five years he and his fell
low socialists Lynn Frazier and Ha-
gan had control of the state govern
ment. These were disappointed be-
cause Bill did not tell them why all
that happened under his administra-
ton. He went on to tell what lot
of good he and his fellow sufferers
recalled year ago-would have done
for the people had they only been left
in power. He was right. The trio
would shave done" the people good
and plenty. Bill also went on to say
that if they would return them to
power even for the space of two
months the sunlight Of the new day
would illuminate the dark clouds of
uncertainty and bring the people and
state back to prosperity and great
happiness. To those who are not &C
customed to these flights of oratory
and were not deeply concerned as to
the welfare of themselves and the
state, this all sounded like a fairy
tale, but to those thoughtful, thinking,
tax ridden farmers who have been
fed up on the new day" for the past
five years, it did not make hit. They
are still wondering what Bill and his
associates have done with the half
million dollars extracted from the
farmers Of the state and the bust
ness men and placed in to the Scan
dinavian Bank at Fargo. This is all
a dead loss-and the farmer and the
business man and every person who
pays taxes large or small have got to
pay. Bills memory was blank
about this matter. He did not tell
about two hundred thousand dollars
sunk in consumers stores and like
amount sunk in newspapers of league
persuasion, nor did he mention that
sisal land in Florida that Mr.. Townley
and few Of his choice friends have
paid for by the hard work of the tax
payers of the state, and gone forever,
while we choose to continue our res
idence here we have got to pay the
bill. This was another matter that
had lapsed from the brilliant mind of
Friend Suffering Bill. He facetiously
alluded to the fact that hundreds of