The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-10-26

| We read with much satisfaction IN
the Peoples Opinion last week in an
editorial from the pen of Editor Moe;
that so far as he was concerned he
would refrain from mud-slinging, etc.,
the effort being really gem Of
thought calling for the full applica-
ton of the golden rule as exemplified
in our modern politics, edo them or
they will do you" We say we went
home feeling that life was worth the
living, that we had competitor who
was going to live up to the high ideals
he so smoothly and eloquently advo-
Gated, and the sun shone bright in our1
North Dakota home and oh, boy! what
a gladstone feeling we had. Then we
dropped down into the old rocking:
chair by the window to pick up some
of our exchanges and read them
through and the first one we picked
up was the Tower City Topics, one of
the neatest and best edited weeklies
in the bunch, but on the front page
of this excellent journal was a big
adj. running several inches across the
front page. 1t read like this: "Vote
for the Peoples Opinion for official
paper of Barnes county. 1t has the
largest "Legitimate" circulation in
Barnes county" Bang. Who threw
that brick. Away went our vision of
high ideals of journalism as enunci-
ated by Mr.. Moe in the Peoples Opin-
ion. Shattered We're the hopes and
Inspirations Of clean, free from mud
singing campaign as proclaimed by
Mr.. Moe. "The largest LEGITIMATE
CIRCULATION" Does this great
apostle Of the divine injunction to
love thy neighbor as myself mean
what he says in print to play to the
galleries while he jabs the dagger up
to the hilt in our back or is he just
talking through his hat 49, as usual.
Is it his intention to say in that one
sentence of his ad. in the Topics that
the Times-Record subscription list is
not legitimate-that we are giving
papers away to get a large circula-
ton? If he thinks that he is badly
mistaken. Does he think that the
Nome Tribune has a circulation that
is not legitimate? Are all his fellow
newspaper publishers who aspire to
be the official paper Of Barnes county
crooks and are padding their lists,
while the Peoples Opinion sitting SO
high and dry on the pedestal of mo
mud singing" is the only paper that
has valid and legitimate circulation?
Perish the thought. 1t cannot be that
at one fell swoop he has nullified in
that one sentence in his Tower City
ad. the wonderful words of inspiration
for a clean campaign that was con-
tanned in that editorial of last week.
The blow has almost Frustrated us.
We had been lifted up from the depths
of low grade of newspaper work
according to his new code of ethics
to the ethereal heights of high ideals
in our journalistic work. 1t is rude
awakening and has shaken our faith
in humanity, but we have an indon1-
liable spirit and we are going to live
and brace up
"Still achieving, still pursuing"
remembering again another scriptu-
raj injunction modernized to read "be-
ware of him who casts the first chunk
of mud" Mr.. Moe threw the first
chunk so he has no kick coming if we
throw a chunk or two back by way Of
retaliation. We desire to state at
this time however, that the Tines
Record list is an absolutely legitimate
one, it is the largest list of subscrib-
ers in Barnes county to any one pa
per, it is not putting up any contests
to bolster up fast waning subscrip-
ton list, nor is it sending out paid
solicitors to get subscriptions. 1t is
growing steadily all the time. Why?
Because it is the only paper in the
county that reaches the people daily
with all the local, county and foreign
news. The latest telegraph and the
latest in the news field. It is can
''didate for the official paper of
Barnes county, and has a mighty
good chance of winning. It practices
what it breaches and lodges no is
sues, neither does it straddle the
fence. You know just where to find
it all the time which cannot be said
of some of our competitors. It is the
oldest paper in Barnes county and for
the past five years has been deprived
of the official business of the county
for political reasons. We want your
support, we believe that the Times