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

price. The channels are choked and
deliveries are uncertain. The tragedy
Of transportation.
Country elevators have posted no
tees that no wheat can be taken in.
The tragedy of transportation.
Wheat is damned back at the sea-
board, at Buffalo, at the upper lake
ports, at the country elevators. The
farmer pays. 1t is the tragedy of
transportation.
! While the vote in the city yesterday
on the matter of bonds was not as
heavy as it should have been consid-
ering the Importance Of the issue and
the amount of bonds issued, yet the
result Of that election is concrete. The
people who took the time and interest
to 60 out and vote evidently believed
that what additional tax might be i'm
posed by this bond issue, the fact that
the additional water protection in
sured more competent work by the
fire department and therefore CIV
ing to all better chance to- save
their property in case of fire, more
than offset the added taxation. The
people Of Valley City do not shirk
their responsibility when the cause re-
quires the spending Of money for pro-
lection. The fire Of last week was an
added object lesson and our people
certainly voiced the need for more
water for fire purposes by their vote
of Monday. There were only fourteen
Votes cast against the bonds which is
certainly a fine showing for the vot-
ers. We believe in cutting down tax
alton in places where they can be cut
without detriment to the people but
lvoting against issuing bonds for fire
protection is about as bad as putting
paddock on the stable door after the
horse has been stolen.
A good republican was talking TO
another republican the other day and
the subject of United States senator
came up and was discussed. Said one
to the other: II just cannot vote for
a democrat for United States sena-
tor" "Why not?" asked the other
lone. * do not want to send demo-
crat to the senate" was the reply.
His friend looked at him minute and
said: If MI. O'Connor is big
enough man to go out and take the
stump for the republican ticket and is
today going to vote for more republi-
cans than he is democrats, you should
be big enough man to vote for Mr..
O'Connor and what few democrats
there are on the fusion ticket. There
are approximately $4,000 democrats in
the state. Suppose all those demo-
Gratis should at this time take the
same attitude about voting for the
republicans as you are taking about
voting for some democrats. We would
not get very far in this election,
would we?'' The light of reason
soon seeped through the brain of this
stalwart who couldn't vote for any
body but republican and he said he
would vote for O'Connor. That is
the way to reason it out. 1t is not a
question of democrats and republicans
at this time but question of good
government and it is up to the indie
pendent forces to get solidly behind
the O'Connor- Nestos ticket and put it
over. We need the democrats just as
much as the democrats need the re-
pubIicans but more than all we must
elect men to office who are men of
ability and efficiency but more than
all American citizens who believe in
supporting the constitution of the
United States instead of preaching
anarchy and socialism like some of
those who have been endorsed by the
league =. ~, .-tt.-
II expect that things will go
along about as usual excepting
that the Press will not get so very