The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-10-26

"A crowd or between SIX ana seven
hundred persons greeted Governor
Nestos when he entered the High
school gymnasium last night to speak
on the issues of the present campaign
P. r. Trubshaw introduced the gov
ernor by referring to him as the best
governor the state of North Dakota
had had for several years and urged
the voters to finish the job of clean
ing up the state by returning him to
Office.
Governor Nestos opened his address
by asking the voters to consider this
election in the light of hiring man.
ager for their business. To consider
whether they wanted an efficient
manager for the state affairs, one
who would exercise good, common
horse-sense, or one who did not pos
sess that quality. Did they want an
administration that had showed its
efficiency in tax reductions and state
expenses or did they want an admin
istration that would spend state mon
eys for political favors?
Governor Nestos said:
eff selfshness and greed are per-
mitted to control, if carelessness and
ineficiency are in the saddle, and if
the controlling thought in the man.
agement of the business is it's politi-
cal effect and value, the chance Of
rendering any real public service is
gone. But if the official, whether
elected or appointed, will in the per-
formance of his official acts and the
conduct of the public business first Of
all ask the question as to whether by
such acts he is honestly serving the
highest interests Of the people of his
state, and becomes guided by that
thought in all Of his official conduct
then only has he the possibility OF
rendering a real public service"
Governor Nestos referred to the
former management of the Bank OF
North Dakota and the fact that state
affairs had been hard to check up
when he took Office because so many
letters dealing with doubtful matters
had been destroyed, giving as an in
stance the inability Of the Nestos ad-
rinistration to check up the Scandin-
avian-American Bank deal on this
account. Accounts had been juggled
and one instance at least amounted
almost to false entry, that being the
payment of $4,000 to George Webb
which the record showed to have been
authorized and paid in the spring of
1921 when it had actually been au-
thorized and paid in November.
Governor Nestos spoke of the ineffi-
cheney of the former administration ir
the selection of employees for the
management of state industries an(
quoted Mr.. McGovern who, after his
release as manager of the Drake
mill, stated that he was a grain man
and had never been a miller and
should have been relieved Of the du-
ties before he had been. However
McGovern had not made that state
ment until after his mismanagement
had cost the taxpayers of the state
over $4,000 and he had been allowed
to remain as manager until public
criticism had become too severe ever
though Frazier and Lemke knew that
he was inefficient.
It was shown that the losses to the
taxpayers of the state through mis-
management would total we'll ur
around one million dollars. The in
dustrial commission lost 6,S48.7t
through their operations, the Home
builders Association lost $311 100000
the Bank of North Dakota operated
at loss of $15O,475.64, and the mil
and elevator association showed de.
felt of $1S7, ,194.17. These losses rep
resent what the records of the state
show and what can be arrived at
There may be further losses but il
there are they are concealed at pres
ent.
In referring to the homebuilders as
.sociation and the losses resulting
from it's mismanagement, Governor
Nestos spoke of the George Wallace
home at Bismarck. Wallace had re
fused to pay the cost of this house
or rather, the cost as shown by th'
records of the association after being
audited. He would only pay a LITTLE