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'If 1 A i' PAGE POUR WEEKLY TIMES-RECORD VALLEY CITY, NORTH DAKOTA P. R. TRUBSHAW Subscription, $2.00 a Year, in Advance Official Paper of Barnes County Entered at the Postoffice in Valley City, North Dakota, as second class matter. Congressman Royal C. Johnson, of South Dakota, has returned from Prance and now that the war is over will take up his duties in our national congress. Congressman Johnson en listed a year ago as a private, went over to France and worked up to the rank of firgt lieutenant. He did not look around for a soft job but went right in with the boys and took a chance of winning his bars, which he has done. At the last election, while he was in France fighting the battles -of his country, his constituents re elected him to congress which shows that South Dakota appreciates the loyalty and good citizenship of her people. -BUY \V. S.- Supreme Court Justice J. E. Robin son in his Saturday night letter ren ders an opinion—which of course is not the opinion of the court—to the effect that the state canvassing board was wrong in declaring five of the pro posed amendments carried which had not received the majority of all the votes cast. Judge Robinson also in timates that the court will probably abide by the decision of the attorney general and uphold it making the ac tion of that board legal so far as the supreme court of this state is con cerned. If Judge Robinson votes on the bench as he talks in the newspa pers, the court is liable to decide the question 3 to 2 if it comes up for ar gument in the supreme court, but there may be another judge on the bench that might view the action of the canvassing board in the same light as Judge Robinson and the whole thing may be declared wrong.- You can't always sometimes most general ly tell what a court will do. BUY W. S. S. Miss Nielson, state superintendent elect, has officially announced her as sistants to go into office with her the first Monday in January. In making these selections Miss Nielson has been wise, and has appointed assistants that will work in harmony with her ^nd at the same time has secured some I of the most efficient helpers to be ob tained in the state. Mr. Arnsdorf is a young man of much ability, is a live wire in every sense of the word and will fill the important position of deputy superintendent with credit to himself and to the people of the state. We very much regret to see Mr. Arns dorf leaving the city and the Normal school where he has most ably filled the position of registrar and publicity manager. But we rejoice at his pro motion and wish him success. In George A McFarland as assistant Miss Nielson has made an exceptional choice. A capable, experienced edu cator and a splendid adviser, he is equipped to render valuable service to his chief and to the state. His ap pointment will please the thousands of graduates from this Normal school who graduated while he was president of the institution for a quarter of a century. We likewise congratulate Mr. McFarland on his appointment. In the other cases we are not quite so familiar, but Mr. Riley is at pres ent superintendent of schools of Cass county, and is said to,be one of the best officials in the state. Miss Pal mer comes well recommended and while we do not know the lady we know that Miss Nielson would not se lect her for the position unless she was capable of filling it with credit and ability. The incoming state sup erintendent has chosen her staff wise ly, we think, and we feel that the people of the state will realize that the new regime so soon to take up the responsibilities of the educational in terests of the state, is one that will appeal to all the people. We have a very competent staff to start off with and one that will make a success of that department. BUY W. S. S. We got into a discussion with a prominent young farmer the other day—a good friend of ours—and of course the talk hinged on the league program and other questions of eco nomics. The young farmer took the editor to task and said that we "hated SMS Main St. Fifth A ve. For Home-Made Candies, Friiits, Nuts, Box Candies, Xmas Candies, Cones, Pop Corn Balls, Stick Candy, Box Cigars, Tobacco, Pipes, Dates, Figs, Raisins, Honey, Etc. HEADQUARTERS For Holiday Shopping YouMMD^BetteMHerj STERN BROS. to see the farmer thrive" or words to that effect. He intimated that be cause we do not endorse socialism that we are against the farmer. We told him that that was the whole trou ble with some of the farmers. If a person did not agree to every myth that they and their leaders stood for "we were against the farmer." In answer to his criticism we mentioned the fact that we followed an ox team and ordinary walking plow before he was born up on a homestead north west of Jamestown before even a rail road was built. We had to drive 20 miles to Jamestown with the same ox team to get provisions for the farm. We lived in a single boarded shack that you could throw your hat through the cracks and in the winter I we used to have to pile robes about a foot deep on the bed to keep warm and then had to chop ourself out of bed the next morning—it was so cold our breath had frozen and formed icicles We saw father's crops burned up, froze up and hailed out in the early pioneer days when it was Dakota ter ritory. We fought for the farmer along legitimate lines in those days just as they are doing now—but it was not Bolshevikism. We know more about the hardships of pioneer life than this young critic will ever know. As a farmer he was born with "a silver spoon in his mouth." C»me here when the country was settled up, improvements made, good houses to live in, no ox teams to gee-haw to, have modern tractors to plow with, fine horses to draw their loads, ride, in automobiles &nd all these things that go to make farming worth the' living. To those pioneers who have done this same thing we say nothing is too good for them, and we hope that they are fixed so that they can enjoy all the blessings and comforts of life and we also hope that exery farmer in the land will be able to do this same thing—it is his due because he has earned it, but that doesn't say that he is always right and the rest of us all wrong. We have gone through some of the real experiences of life on these broad prairies of ours, and it rather makes us a little bit tired to hear some fellow come along and tell us we know nothing about farming and what a farmer has to contend with while he, with his superior wisdom and under such favorable circumstances takes up the burdents after having all the modern improvements of the day to farm with. Our good father's early years of work in Dakota territory, in which the editor of this paper took an Dreytr's active part on the farm in those days, 1 did not turn out very lucrative in those days and the old farm passed into other hands. Father went south and made money. We went into the printing business and stuck to it, not thinking about cussing the govern ment because we were not a bloated capitalist, but plodding along to make a living. We have succeeded in get ing three meals a day and a little over 'and we are rather glad to be living in such a good country under such a good government. We do not think we have much complaint coming and the ills we hear so much about are imaginary more than anything else. We shall hear of them until the end of time in some form or other and these schemes are like the old ones— designed to capture political offices— that's all. We cannot very well be called a carpet bagger—this is more than our critic -xan say for some of THE WEEKLY T»MBaRE.CQI»* VALLEY CITY, NORTH DAKOTA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1918. DRE YER'S Exclusive ReaayvtcvWear Shop Valley City, N, D, Fifth Avenue For Christmas give them—get them—suggest them for others and: for yourself—because OFFERINGS sensible and economical Christmas Blouses Satins, Crepes, Georgettes, high and round necks— at $3— $5— $6^ to $17— Dainty Camisoles $1.75 to $4.95 Gift Petticoats $1.25 to $7.95 Handkerchiefs 5c to $1.00 Silk Envelope Chemises, Bloomers, Teddys and Nightgowns Gloves $1.00 to $3.00 SHOES Are Useful Gifts. PRF-ffOLIDAY 'Hosiery DRESSES at 1 Holiday Giving 16 :§2 a splendid assortment of the newest and most wanted styles in Women's and Misses'1 all wool Serge, Taffeta and Satin, $25, $27.50 to $31.50 values. $39.50 to $45.00 Dresses at $25.00 $50.00 to $68.50 Dresses at $38.50 his idols in his particular political firmament. -BUY W. S. S.- ALUMNI DIRECTORY NEARLY COMPLETED The new Alumni Directory of the State Normal school is nearing com pletion and will be mailed to alumni bythe first of the year. The directory contains a list of the names of the members of the several governing boards that have served since the opening of the Normal school. This is followed by a list of the members of the faculty who have served since 1892, and their present addresses and occupatioh. The alumni list contains over 2150 names. The names of graduates who have married are cross-indexed for COATS at 13150 Values. $50, $55.00 to $60.00, high grade all-wool fabrics. In terlined and Silk lined. Tailored or Fur Trim med, including Fur Collared Plushes, all sizes. $25 Cloth Coats at $15.00 $39.50 Cloth and Plush Coats at $21.50 convenience. Addresses and occupa tions are given also. An appendix will contain only the .names of the members of each of the 25 graduating classes, and a geogranh- IcaJ iist the names of states and in North Dakota by cities, towns .and counties. This will be for the convenience of the county organiza uonr President C. Es Allen has a word of to the alumni, following the Copies will be mailed to all gradu ates. The art work in the Normal school auditorium was the subject of a short but interesting and instructive address by Miss Mary G. Deem at the general exercises on Thursday morning. Miss Deem explained the differences in Greek and Roman architecture and told how the greeks had influenced the Romans in this branch of art.