The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-01-12

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IL ANY Otlle- la. Ida CIV. l..efe mas
Jcen a Sene4a. -.pAU..y on t4.e part of
.nI..y to ignore 1Ae neeas Oh the city
along these lines and it has come to
the time where there must be some
sort of general get together or a
parting of the ways and the club dis
banded. Valley City needs and must
have commercial club that can func
ton. If there is any project propos-
ed to benefit the city, the commercial
club is the proper organization to
bring it before. If you need any action
taken on any important matter that
will be for the best interests not only
of the city, but Of the state, the COM
mercial club is the proper organiza-
ton to bring it before. A city like
Valley City can hardly afford to get
along without such an organization if
it has the support and backing of all
the business men of the city. This
system of bunch of business men
pulling this way, and another bunch
pulling the other way, is no way to
push your city ahead. Valley City
has splendid future before it if we
only can get together for the common
good and there is absolutely no rea-
son why we cannot do so. The big
bone of contention has been the Sec
retaryship to make the matter plain.
Now that the secretary has resigned
and has offered to work for nothing
for the next two months, and in ad-
dition to that has said that he will
help the club to his full capacity, it
would seem to US that at the next
annual meeting to be held in February
we can meet together, forget our
troubles and with the single purpose
in mind of being Of value to our city,
reorganize along unified lines and
thus function as a commercial club
in the proper manner for the good of
all. Think this over and if you are
of the opinion that there is merit in
our argument and nou really want to
be of service, come to the annual
meeting next month and have your
say and help put the town on the
map right.
The state administration is making
progress in regard to getting money
to pay hail warrants and we expect
ere long that our farmers will be able
to get their pay for this. If this can
be done it will give the farmers a
lot of money which will help in way
to tide over the financial depression.
There is no need Of anyone selling
their hail warrants at twenty per cent
discount because you can get ninety
per cent and we have heard that in
some places they are paying ninety
five per cent for them. Just hang
on to them for little while and we
think the state will be able to take
care of them for you.
Authorization to- begin immediate
steps toward opening sales agencies,
one of which will be in St. Paul or
Minneapolis, was voted last week by
directors of the U. S. Grain Growers,
Inc, according to an announcement
here today by the Northwest head
quarters of the company. The COM
pany's $4,000 members have pledged
about 1O0,OOO,000 bushels Of grain,
one sixth of which comes from the
Northwest. A district advisory board
of farmers will be named, the men,
bars to be elected from amaong Off
GERS of cooperative elevators, Grain
Grower associations or other farmer
owned local or terminal marketing
| companies. The authorization is suf-
ficiently broad as to permit the pur-
chase of seats Of the organized ex-
changes and such steps as are neces-
sary to comply with the regulations
Of UGH institutions. Steps to unity
organization work in all states also
were taken. The board will meet in
Chicago again on March 18 to pre-
pare for the annual convention Of its
members, which will be held there on
March 21. 1t has previously been an
nounced that the convention would
be held on March 20.
The United States senate is now in
the throes of the Newberry-Ford con-
test case in which the manufacturer
of the famous tin Lizzie is trying to
get Newberry thrown out Of his seat
in the senate on account of having
spent too much money getting elect
ed. Mr.. Ford, you remember, was
brought out as democratic candi-
date by President Wilson to help keep