The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-08-17

z WEEhLY llMES.kECOHD, WALL
road and crowding others into the
ditch-they care not for consequences
so long as they hog the whole road.
Others seem to be possessed with a
mania to dodge in between two cars
approaching from opposite directions
and the result many times is that
some car is crowded into the ditch
or struck and a bad accident results.
Then we have the guy who seems to
want to flare his glazing headlights
into your face on the road instead of
using his DINNERS. A little more
consideration on the part of drivers
on the road at night would save many
bad accident and oitimes the lives
of people. The country is going speed
mad, it is no longer safe for the
sane, careful driver to go out onto
the good highways because they are
in danger Of being rammed by speed
fend or forced into the ditch. Then
we have the guy who goes out with
one lone lamp for headlights, making
it hard for those driving in the oppo-
site direction to tell which side of the
road he is on. These and many other
acts are what contribute to the great
death and accident lists that you can
read in any daily paper every day.
1t is far better to let railroaod train
have the right Of way. 1t is far bet
ter to give your neighbor half the
highway and do away with many acct
dents and possibly some deaths. 1t is
better to play safe all around and hive
to enjoy old age than it is to become
foolhardy and die young and cause
others to die young who do not desire
to do so. Why not cut out this fool
ish speed mania and use common
sense and decency in the operation of
motor cars and above all do not try
/ to beat out train because nine times
out of ten you will be the loser.
William Allen White, the 'indepen-
dent and versatile editor of Emporia,
Kansas, who defed the industrial law
of Kansas and displayed card in his
office window sympathizing with the
strikers, and was later on arrested
! for doing so upon orders of the gov
ernor of Kansas, is fearless sort Of
chap and you have to give it to him.
He seems to know how to think for
himself and refuses to be led around
by the nose Rather than edit mag
azine advocating the return of vine
and beer, the Emporla editor and au-
thor has resigned the editorship OF
Judge. In a statement he says: 81
stopped writing editorials for Judge
because the responsible editors Of
Judge felt that the paper should
stand for the return of light wine and
beers. They had every right in the
world to their opinion, and l respect
them highly. But naturally l could
not permit the use of my name as
contributing editor in a paper with
views l disagreed with so entirely.
Twenty-seven years as an employer OF
reporters and writer's and eight years
as a printer, a reporter and editorial
writer have taught me that the man
back of the payroll after all is the
man whose judgment should go in a
matter of this kind. He must win or
lose on his own judgment and no
writer should feel that he has been
'tromped on If the boss has his idea
and imposes them upon the papers,
this is a free country; if you don't
like your job, quit it. If I had lived
in New York or if Judge could be
printed in Kansas, !. might have tried
to out talk the boss, but as it was,
talking was hard and quitting was
easy. So I quit"
People are wondering if the gov
eminent of Illinois is going to do any
thing with the mob murderers who
murdered some thirty odd citizens
some time ago as result of these
strikes. The authorities have claimed
that they have secured evidence on at
least 500 of the lawless ones who par
ticipated in this foul wholesale muir
|der that has put blot not only on
the state of Illinois but on the United
States for allowing things to drift