The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-10-26
GOVERNOR NEST0S TALKS
TO ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD
URGES FAIR COMPARISON OFIS'RESENT ADMIN
ISTRATION AND FORMER IslEGIME BEFORE
VOTING, SUPPORT OF O'CSNNOR FOR THE
UNITED STATES SENATE 41ND REFERS TO
DANGER OF LOSING CONTROL OF LEGISLA-
TURE, URGING SUPPORT OF p R. TRUBSHAW
AS REPUBLICAN NOMINEE.

over $4,000 for the home although il
had cost the state over $1,000 tc
build. In other words, Governor Mes
tos said, "Wallace pays $4,000 anG
gets the house, you pay $4,000 and
get nothing" The same condition ap.
plies to all of the homes built by the
state. Out Of a total expenditure Of
$528,0O0 in the operations of the
homebuilders department there is {
loss of $311 900, approximately fifty
nine percent. Governor Nestos refer
red to the records of the association
to show that Lemke, in his campaign
utterances regarding his home ir
Fargo, had deliberately lied when he
stated that the state had never had
more than $4,000 in his home at any
time as the records showed that the
amount owing to the state had only
fallen below $4,000 at one time in the
six months previous to the recall
election, and that was only for a
short while.
Farm loans, during the former ad.
ministration, were conferred as poll.
tical favors and the appraisers report
invariably stated whether the appli
cant was a Lacquer or not. The ap.
plicant's political belief evidently had
considerable bearing on the granting
of loan as shown by the records OF
the department. Certain counties
were favored. In Burleigh county
farm loans under the former admin
istration totaled $322,136.31, in Bot
tineau county they totaled $242,512
while in twenty other counties, which
contained one-half of the assessed
! valuation of the state and one-half Of
the population the loans totaled $685.,
263, or an average of $4,813.15 in each
county. Bottineau county, you know
is the home of Cathro. The present
administration deemed this policy Of
awarding loans as unwise and unfai,
and proceeded to correct the condi,
ton. During the former administra
ton only one loan was made in Barnes
county. Last Saturday night nine
teen loans had been completed in this
county and seven more will be made
as soon as the applicants have return
ed the signed papers to Bismarck
The Frazier-Lemke administrator
loaned slightly over $2,O0O,00O in the
twenty-eight months they operated
the department while the Nestos ad.
ministration had completed loans in
the amount of $3,720,884 a week age
after operating the department nine
months. Governor Nestos stated that
he believed in granting credits to all
who applied who could furnish the
proper security and had the ability tc
repay the loan, regardless of politica
affiliations. This policy would be car
ried out, he stated, as he wanted tc
be the governor of ALL the people
instead of one particular faction or
class.
Referring to the expense Of the
state government Governor Nestos
drew attention to the fact that the ex.
pense of running the Bank of NORTH
Dakota had been reduced from an av
erage monthly expense of $4,000 tt
an average monthly expense of $5,.
800.
The governor spoke of the false is.
sues which the leaguers had raised ir
the present campaign and said that
this action was customary when tho
opposition had no real argument tt
place before the voters. In this con
nection he spoke of the league blam
ing him for the low price of whea:
and showed the crowd how ridiculous
it was to think that he could in an;
way control the price of an interna
tional product which is affected by in
ternational conditions.
In advocating the support of J. F
! T. O'Connor for the United States
| Senate, Governor Nestos stated tha.
no republican need feel ashamed o.
supporting a democrat for that posi-
| tion as many leaders Of both partie:
i had lent their support to candidate:
: of the opposing party when they saw
that the opposing mans candidac!
was for the best interests of the coun
: try. He spoke of Mr.. O'Connor in tn,
, highest terms and urged every man O.
woman who had the best interests O.
, the state at heart to vote for him a.