The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-06-01

that we have made the amende hon
orable we trust that Friend North
ridge will be satisfied and that in the
dim and distant future he will come
out and say where he intends to line
up. If league support is good to have
and what he is trying to get we would
not think that he would get so peeved
over such small thing. But then
there is no accounting for the moods
of men.
Recognizing that golfing and other
sports are going to be patronized on
Sunday as well as on other days, Rev.
Lucy w. Markley, Of Chicago, is 60
ing to advance her ideas to conform
to modern times. She has organized
Coolers and Cutters" church and
plans to hold services at 7:45 and
8:15 a. M, in order to give those who
want to go out golfing or to any other
sports on Sunday an opportunity to
attend to their religious obligations
first. This is surely taking an ad-
vanced step. Rev. Markley evidently
goes on the broad-minded theory that
religion is moral obligation as we'll
as one of spiritual uplift, and goes on
the supposition that if one really is
in earnest in attending church service
as tribute to the power of God and
christianity, that after discharging
this obligation if people go out and
indulge in clean sport and harmless
pastimes, that there is nothing very
wrong about it. 1t is certainly very
advanced way of looking at this mat
ter that has in the past been the
cause of much criticism from those
who believe that Sunday sports
should be entirely removed.
P. D. Norton has used exceedingly
fine common sense and good judg-
ment in withdrawing at this time
from the senatorial race. He realizes
that this is no time to help turn the
state back to the socialist party by
keeping in the race and thus help
elect Frazier to the senate. He is a
big enough man to get out and sac
rifice his personal likings to do some
thing for the independents, who have
been making a hard fight to again
place North Dakota on the map-and
under the present administration it is
doing just that. If McHarg would
swallow his grudge or personalities
and to have withdrawn it would have
shown him to be big man AS it
is he is remaining in the race with
the sole hope of defeating Senator
McCumber-because he has absolute
ly no more show of being elected to
the United States senate from North
Dakota at this time than we have
and we won't even be on the ticket.
The fight has simply to be narrowed
down to two men, Porter J. McCum-
Der, whose rank and prestige in the
senate means much to the state, and
Lynn J Frazier, recalled from the
governors chair because of incompe-
tency and Encouragement. We trust
that the common sense of the voters
will prevail on June % and that no
political blunder will be made by NOM
mating Frazier.
Mr.. Ben F. Northridge in this is
sue Of the Times-Record, publishes
his platform. We are frank to con-
fess that he has built a good one so
far as the general material of it's con-
struction is concerned, and it is one
upon which not only Mr.. Northridge
but anyone else can stand with ,>ase
and comfort without disturbing either
his equilibrium or his peace of mind.
In other words it is one of general
declaration without color and without
stand in conviction upon those grave
questions that are now before the
public-league or anti-league. The
socialist gang captured North Dako-
ia several years ago under the guise
of republicans because the republican
party was the dominant party of the
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