The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-06-15

}, VALLEY CITY, NORTH DAKOTA
now the governor OF North Dakota
whom it was a great pleasure to pre-
sent to the people of this city because
he was 100 per cent an American citi-
zen and was standing for those things
!. that tend to build up better citizen
ship and better state. The COVER
nor was greeted by standing vote
and long applause.
Governor r. A. Nestos had been out
in the air campaigning all day and
when he arrived from Enderlin after
a hard days work, his throat was
sore and his voice was raspy, never
theIess for fifteen minutes he gave
the convention and visitors a nice
talk on what the organization stood
for as he saw it and what it meant to
have the state back to real citizen
| ship. The governor had to leave i'm
mediatcly at the close Of his remarks
for Fargo and went out on No. s.
| Prof. J. B. Meyer was next on the
pro gram with solo and pleased the
gang so we'll that they insisted on
an encore which the Prof. gave in his
usual manner.
John McGran then introduced Hon.
| Wesley Mcdowell, Of Marion, who
spoke in part as follows:
"The commercial traveller is man
with smile, he's full of optimism,
he never admits defeat, he is i be-
llicver in that the fact that things are
always coming out all right" declared
Wesley Mcdowell of Marion.
Hes the bearer Of good news to
the trade - he never dispells gloom.
Things are always going to be better
tomorrow. In fact, the commercial
traveller is just the type of man we
need in the northwest. He has bust
ness sagacity and the ability to sell
goods and is the important link be-
tween the manufacturer and the job
ber
"Optimism and good cheer-wher-
ever you meet successful salesman,
that's what you find.
"North Dakota needs good cheer
! and optimism. The people want to
feel that they live in the best and
most favored spot in the country.
That's the spirit we want to get. Our
troubles are never as large as We
sometimes make them. A little time,
a little patience, little conservatism
are the main things needed.
1T isn't as hard to get beck to the
times Of 25 or 80 years ago when
patience and thrift were practiced as
We sometimes think. The conditions
Of those days are still practiced BY
the pioneers Of this country, who have
never gone astray,' who have been
careful in their expenditures, conser-
vativc and thrifty at all times.
''Ihe younger generation needs to
pattern more after the pioneers who
settled and made this country. They
are prone to lhink there is faster
way to get back to normal.
eve cannot expect the government
to put US on our feet We have to do
it ourselves. Neither can we expect
the organized forces Of labor or cap
ital to REMEDY our evils. We have to
do it ourselves.
ave cannot recover from the eff
fects of a world war, from six or sew
en- years Of destruction, the upheaval
of governments, the shattcring of Or
gariZcd society, the destruction Of
business, tremendous loss CT man.
power on the battlchelds, losses ag-
gregating in all phases total Of 49,
100000, 600 in day or a year. It
will take the ordinary lifetime of the
average man before the entire effects
Of this war are over"
Mr.. Mcdowell discussed the part
this country has to play in the re-
building Of Europe, financially and
commercially. He' declared that the
United States had great mission to
perform there. He urged that the
people get behind the government and
support it Loyalty as they did during
the world war, and in the same way
throw their efforts solidly together
to work for better business.
'In North Dakota we must have
: faith in our business institutions,
both commercial and financial. We
need more cooperation between the
capital of our country and the every
day citizen. The banks and the bust
ness institutions are all carrying
heavy loads and only by the coopera-
ton of all can the best results be OBJ
tanned.
"a good crop will not pay all of