The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-10-19

ed us off our feet, because we had
really thought that Fargo was going
to give Nestos and O'Connor a fine
majority. If the prophet is correct
then eve" independents might as well
quit at once. If Fargo goes for Lem
Ike so goes the state.
; 10 you, as a taxpayer, want NeStos
to continue running state affairs as he
has done in the past or do you want a
return of the Frazier-Lemke regime I?
When Nestos took over the reins of
government he dismissed number Of
employees who were living on the
state without giving useful service in
return in an effort to reduce the tax
levy. He stopped the expense in the
famous Drake mill as being of no ben
eft to the state and useless propo-
sition which could only result in loss
to the taxpayers. He closed down the
experimental creamery which had
been opened by the former admins
tration, to provide an education for
Hagen as the short time it had run
1t had cost the taxpayers several
thousand dollars. He reorganized the
receiverships in the closed banks so
that the expense might be cut down
and the depositors receive greater
benefit from their efforts. He reor-
ganized the farm loan department chat
needy farmers in the state might re-
ceive loansat a lower rate of interest
and that the making of loans might be
speeded up. He established a mar
ket for overdue hail warrants at an
Improvement of eighteen percent in
the price. He sold state bonds at a
lower rate of interest than they could
be sold under the Frazier-Lemke adj
ministration and sold them without
giving any discount. He has restored
the credit of the state by his econom-
lcal administration and wants to COM
plete the good work he has started.
What did Frazier and Lemke do while
In office? They created statutes
which created bureaus and depart-
nents which were not needed except
for the purpose of creating jobs for
their supporters who were not colnpe-
tent enough to hold down positions in
private life. They put every deserv
ing nonpartisan they could on the
state payroll and kept them there
whether their services were needed or
not. They ran a political campaign at
the expense of the state by putting
about twenty new men in the pool
room licensing department whose sole
duty was to repair political fences.
They appointed man as manager of
the Drake mill who protested at his
own appointment by saying that he
was a grain man but not a miller.
forcing him to take the position even
though he knew he could not make
good, as being the best paying lob
they could provide for him even
though they knew that his appoint
ment would cost the taxpayers =
large amount of money. They insti-
gated the experimental creamery
which provided such a liberal educa
ton for Hagan at the expense of the
taxpayers They used the farm loan
department of the Bank of North Da
kota to loan money to political friends
and land spectators who resided out
side OF the state. They used the pub
lie funds of the state to bolster up de-
funct banks when they knew the
banks were insolvent and that the
money re-deposited with them would
surely result in loss to the state.
They mismanaged the homebuilders
department in such manner that the
taxpayers of state will be paying the
loss for many years to come. They
invited their friends and supporters to
deposit money in the Scandinavian
American bank at Fargo where they
knew that the bank was defunct. They
signed statements which they knew
were untrue to deceive the supreme
court Judges and obtain their sanction
for the re-opening of the bank so that
more friends and supporters could be
bled for additional money. Lemke
received several thousand dollars, os-