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


CITY, North Dakota. as second class
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The democrats of North Dakota are
coming into their own. Gov. R. A.
Nestos has recently appointed w. E.
Byerley, of Velva, chief game warden
for that district of North Dakota.
Hellstrom should now get busy serv-
ing papers on Byerley on the ground
that his appointment is contrary to
the corrupt practice act.
It is probable that before many
months arrangements will have been
made with both Great Britain and
France for the payment of interest on
their debts to the United States, aud
for eventual liquidation of the prirci-
pal. Their combined obligation totals
about ss,00O,O00,0O0, and the interest
on that sum at IL per cent would
amount to $340,00O,0O0 a year. An
nual receipts of that amount would
reduce the interest on our own nation
al debt by third, and when princi-
pal payments begin, the retirement of
Liberty Bonds will go forward rap
idly.
Ohio certainly put stop to any
thought that the state wanted light
wine and beers at the primary cleo
ton held in that state Tuesday. Carmi
Thompson, running as a anti-saloon
candidate was nominated by major
ity of over one hundred thousand.
Ohio is one of the most populous
states in the union and many big cit
les are in that state, and in the cities
is where the saloon adherents usually
get their strength. If Ohio is any
criterion to go by the United States
has forever thrown out the saloon.
However, the country faces a still
grave crisis in getting rid Of the horde
of moonshiners and illicit whiskey
makers and runners.
The Courier News wants bill pass
ed by the next legislature showing
who contributed to the several politi-
cal party campaign funds with the
names of the donors to be published
and how the money is spent. That's a
good idea. It will show how much
of that one hundred and seventeen
thousand. dollar campaign fund for
Frazier really went for that purpose
and how much went to keep the Cour-
ier-News from going under. And by
the same token, if it is against the
the corrupt practice act for the l. V.
AS to spend money to help elect
O'Connor why is it not against the
corrupt practice act for the nonparti-
sans to provide money for the en-
which is purely political organ be-
ing used to defeat the l. V. AS
The help the war finance corpora
ton is giving the farmers of North
Dakota is going to be big thing for
the early birds all right but to the
other fellows who are little late in
getting their grain into the elevator
it will not help very much. OF what
good is this five million going to dc
those farmers who cannot get Their
grain into the elevator so that they
can get storage tickets? Under the
present conditions the farmer who
gets his crop threshed first and gets
it to the elevator is all right, but il
the car shortage continues and tbs
elevators get filled up after the first
rush then the fellow on the outside
is out of luck, but then we must cheer
up and hope for the best. This idea
was inspired this morning by a farm
err who put it up to us this way. He
couldn't see what benefit that five
million dollars was going to be to him
with the present prospects in sight.
The editor of the Fargo Courier
News is a sort of crab the least you
can say for him. Yesterday morning
he jumped onto Nestos and the admin
istration board because it has been
said that it will be impossible to fin
ish the mill at Grand Forks before
October. The delay in getting mater
ial is the reason given by the board
but the Courier-News intimates that
it is a we'll defined scheme for Nestos
and his board to wait until the big
gest part of the crop has been sold to
the grain gamblers as the en-. edi-
tor puts in, then the farmer will be