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PAGE TWO 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 Postofflce in Valley City, North Dakota, as second class •nil matter. According to incomplete reports re ceived the anti-Townley forces have nominated over twenty senators in the various districts of the state. Twenty-five is a majority of the sen ate. There were fourteen tntis in the senate last time. Great gains have also been made in house members. There is absolutely no chance for the defeat of George M. Young for congress in the second district so far as the nomination is concerned. Mr. Young has a very comfortable major ity and the Courier-News might as well admit the defeat of Mr. Pendray first as last. 4 The question now is: Has the dem ocratic party of the state cast enough votes to insure getting a place on the ticket this fall If most of them vot ed the republican ticket Wednesday then there is an element of doubt as to whether they have received enough votes to get on the ticket. The governor of Vermont has fin ally gotten his ear to the ground and will call a special session of the leg islature to ratify the woman suffrage amendment. He does not like to do this but the pressure has been too great for him to resist and he will call the special session to convene im mediately. The nomination of the league can didate for governor and probably most of the state ticket, only makes it more certain that there is to be another bat tle royal for the state administration again in November. J. T. F. O'Con nor has undoubtdly been nominated for governor on the democratic ticket and the dems figure with a real cam paign of education put on there will be a chance to elect a democratic gov ernor in the fall. Such things have happened in the past and may happen again. Who knows The outcome of the senatorial sit uation must be highly pleasing to Sen ator McCumber, Alex McKenzie, Jim Shea and Tom Tharaldson, who have gotten just what they wanted by a three cornered fight for the senator ship. It was a very strategic piece of generalship on the part of the senior senator who has now cleared the track for himself two years hence. Politics required fine handling and in the sen atorial race we have had a real de monstration of fine political fore sight as well as a lot of foolishness. The only way to down socialism is by sticking to it. The recent election tells the story that there are _more anti-Townley voters in the state than there are those who favor the Town ley idea of state socialism. The nom ination of Frazier means a continua ance of the rubber stamp regime un less those who are opposed to this program get together and again go after the socialists in the fall. A get together ticket can be put on the ballot this fall with ev ery prospect of succes. We have won part of the offices at this majority by many thousands of votes. Victory is coming sure if we stick to it and pull together. It is remarkable what a lot of democrats there are since the primary election. The good government element of North Dakota may have suffered an other defeat at the hands of those who want to continue in state socialism but these good government forces have not been put out of commission by any means. The fight will go on and on until North Dakota is on the map where she rightfully belongs. The late election has not been without good results, however. The majority of the Townley crowd has been cut down to almost nothing and the so cialists ring has been rudely awaken ed to the fact that their hold on the state is slipping slowly but surely. There is still another fight coming in the fall and there may be a turn over at that time. William Langer has every reason to feel proud of the splendid vote he received in the state. He has receiv ed at least fifteen thousand more votes than Steen and more votes than Gov. Frazier received two years ago. The increased vote of the state at this last primary is the only thing that put Frazier over. Had the vote re mained the same in numbers com pared to two years ago Langer would have been nominated. He is entitled to much credit and respect for the great fight he did make and to him belongs the long end of whatever glory there is in it. Had every other county had the same persistent sup port from the press as did Barnes county with the truth being carried to the people, anger would have won out. In many counties of the state the only paper in those counties were league papers and the voters only read one side and did not know just what was being done to them. A good cartoon appeared in the papers the other day where Dame Ru mor and her pal had just gone through prised and disappointed not to have found some skeletons there. Now, some one made this remark the other and his good wife. There is one good thing about it he will have no sons in-law to provide jobs for. unite under the one banner of Ameri canism. f0rms- If we have to laugh very much more over the predictions of the Fargo Courier-News, we are liable to be a sufferer from^ heart failure. This morning's issue of the socialist sheet claimed the election of Frazier by 20,000 and the nomination of the en tire league ticket. Barnes county, which gave Frazier a majority of 521 The election is over, the Times Record rooster is not for sale, and Lynn the First is renominated for governor by a comfortable but much him. In many legislative districts of the state the anti-Townley forces have elected members of the house and senate and we look for at least Whatever is the outcome of the ment, and six legislatures in demo state in regard to the late election one cratic states. The president is urg thing stands out very clearly today ing Tennessee to ratify, and Mr. and that is that the Times-Record rooster is stifl on top of the fence that he hoped the state would make crowing his head off for the victory thte amendment effective so women won in Barnes county—one of the can vote for yresident. strongholds of the league. The peo-1 Other influences (besides political pie here voted right to our way of appear to have defeated suffrage lookin"- at it I ratification in several other states. (The demand for a wet plank in the After all the noise and the tumult democratic platform, and talk of has died away there is one great fact naming a wet candidate, do not har outstanding that gives us much joy, monize with the public statement of and that is that Barnes county. got the president that the legislature of right and her majority vote stands to Tennessee should ratify the amend the credite of the good government ment. forces of the state. We say that we The republicans have a consistent have reason to feel mighty good over record, on the suffrage question, of this result. the Harding closets and were sur- shrubs in bloom, flowers following spirit and we want to commend them time and work. for it. When it comes down to a The odd thing is that a good many question of sustaining the American, of these people would feel insulted flag, the American home and all those and go the whole range of their things which stand for the better, vocabulary if somone suggested to things of life, there seems to be no thm that they are poor citizens difference in parties but a desire to that the city goes ahead in spite of a very hard fight to have the demo-, vocation. sifting the whole platform down the Forum has consistently and persist democrats have no more criticism to ently advised against the program of make on their republican brethren, as' state socialism on which the state has both parties have shied at all these1 entered, and it has vigorously attack planks. less majority than he had at any!certain outstanding victories, and previous election. We gave them a there is no element of rancor or chag run for their money and for two days rin. Because the majority of the vot the leaguers admitted their own de-Jers of the state refuse to think the feat and the league roosters made way The Forum does, is no cause for their appearance after the editors of feeling bitterness toward them. The the league papers—particularly our' Forum suffers no more than any other own friend across the street had taxpayer in the state because of their Harding told a suffrage committee favoring and aiding the cause from the beginning.—Jamestown Alert. CUTTING CORNERS each one js at mowed day—when he was nominated for riches. Editor and Mrs. Wm. Steffin, of president "they have no children,: These home owners could put up Wimbledon, and their daughters were they should have some. Why don't picket fences around their yards if Mown to hear Mr. Taft Tuesday and they adopt some." It is amusing, they wanted, every fence different,! Mrs. Steffin and the daughter remain Well, there are worse things than that SOme 0ur painted this year, some last. We' which in no way affects the high moral shouldn't enjoy that. It would take1 guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. and good business qualifications of something fine and refreshing out of w. L. Witter. Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio, lives. No matter what the outcome of the election in the state is today the fact the grass is worn and remains that if Mr. Langer wins out isn't their lot, but then there are no his success has been very largely help- fences. ed by the democrats of the state who A good many of these people are sacrificed their political preference by simply untliinking. Tljay wouldn't voting for the republican tickets so steal a neighbor's garden hose with that bolshevism, socialism, free love which he makes his yard beautiful. I diction of last Sunday at which time and like ills might be wiped out in They simply steal the result he gets he predicted a big majority for Fraz a I a a in a them, but never because of them. But aren't they poor citizens. When it comes down to the prohibi tion question the democratic party in convention assembled in San Francis co are no braver than were their re publican opponents in Chicago. Both The Forum has tried to keep firmly in parties seem to be very reluctant to mind the fact that its chief vocation is touch the liquor question in their plat-1 publishing a newspaper, and that po- comes in for a sort of whitewash, so pursuance of that second duty, The ELECTION AFTERMATH Through the heat of the bitter poli tical struggles of the last four years ed the extravagant and unscrupulous methods of the gang of political leeches who have fastened themselves on this state. It has not minced words in expressing its men like Townley,, Waters, Stange land, Mills, Brinton and others of their type. For these views it has no apol ogies to offer and nothing to retract or "tone-down," and certainly the re sults of the election will not change' maP out a army wil1 role a°d state trict from the league, snowing J. M. e* themselves on the commonwealth Baer under and nominating O. B. Burtness, of Grand Forks. The result' reiterate where The Forum will be! City the results would have been different.) It shows that in the western part of| paee the state the voters are only reading one side of the question. ONE STATE LACKING Whether women can vote in the coming election for president may depend on Tennessee where a special sssion of the legislature has been call ed to act on the suffrage amendment. One state oniy is required to complete the 36 which are needed to secure full franchise. Republican legislatures in twentv SUfe" Jif0 t^5*"18 *et to guying nh» states ha./ratlSth" Kta, ulttaj. THE WEEKLY TiME»RECORP VALLEY CiTY. NORTH DAKOTA op jng from 0_ two years ago will give Langer a good its attitude toward either the pro- here on the fifth of July, next Mon majority from yesterday's election. If gram or the men back of it, one ota. I is going to be a real old every other county in the state does I The whole world is suffering from fourth of July celebration, even if it as well by the league as does old an epidemic of jazz music, jazz mor-! does come on the fifth, and the diner Barnes county it won't take long forials, jazz politics, and jazz economics. ent that twenty thousand majority to be, as one of the after-war evils. North the best programs possible for the wiped out. They must have a humor- Dakota has been getting a little of day. ist who is both deaf and blind on the the back-wash of this, and has been dulged in. A refl old hamburger and CourierrNews editing the election economic or political schemes, just sojco"e® feed will feature the days en news. Better give him a dose of cal- willing to experiment with almost any tertainment. omel—which is highly recommended I economic or political schemes, just so to clear the vision. long as they were new, and irrespec tive of whether they were preferable to the old or not. Of course, The Forum is disappoint ed at the outcome of the election, but that disappointment is leavened by shed briny tears of regret at the state views, and there is a steady increasing Jamestown this morning to look after going for Langer before half the number of citizens with whom we do some business matters. votes had been counted. The state has agree in political beliefs. Where I the fire de- given the present administration a there were 37,600 citizens who voted There will be a drill by new lease of life. A majority has the way The Forum advised them to partment at 7:30 this e\ said Townley and his program is the. vote two years ago, there are today members are requested to be present, thing they want. They say that a ma-' more than 50,000. Meanwhile the men I jority should rule—and we guess they who do not agree with us politically! Druggist and Mrs. Will Siegfried will—but very often the majority is show no increase in numbers. It is autoed in from Sanborn this morn not right, and that is our opinion of doubtful if Governor Frazier will poll, ing. Mrs. Siegfried is down to have the outcome of this vote. We feel that as many votes this year as he did two some ear trouble adjusted. the farmers of this state will regret years ago, despite the much larger to that they supported this Townley pro- tal vote. F. J. Jaberg of Sanborn and F. O. gram at the end of the coming two I As for the future plan of campaign. Olsen of Fargo, passed through the years. Very little has been received —that bridge will be crossed when we up to this writing on the rest of the &et to it. The anti-league forces are They were.on the way to argo. state ticket but if Frazier is nomi- in 1 the position of an attacking army nated by a fair majority of several that has carried some of its objectives States Attorney R. F. Rinker, and thousand votes, the inference is that hut has failed to "break through." It family, of New Rockford, N. D., au most of the state ticket will go with must government, for a sane economic! one house of 'the next legislature to Program. and for the elimination of party autoed in from Rogers this be right. In the congressional dis- the horde of imported radical and so tricts we have captured the first dis- cialist office-seekers who have fasten- of. North From Thursday's Daily I I W. R. Barnes and family will leave by auto for the Minnesota lakes where they will spend the next month fishing, boating, etc. Page and Valley City will play ball this evening at 6 o'clock here on the local diamond. It is said that the Page team has strengthened consid erable since last game wes played. Mr. and Mrs. R. Kenneth McFar land are the proud parents of a 7 1-4 pound baby girl, born yesterday, June1 30. The mother and child are both' getting along nicely. Valley City seems to be the ban ner precinct and the third ward is a Every day we pass green lawns,1 humdinger. Langer received 270 votes other through the season. Some-1167 votes over two years ago. Guess work keeping the lawns that is going some. and watered. He adds to our I ed But some people don't care. They| You have got to hand it to the vil didn't plant the grass or take time lage of Leal when it comes down to making it beautiful. So they cut the voting the Victory Ticket. It was 25 corners, make a track across the lot for Langer and none for Frazier. If if someone doesn't stop them, until, they ever had any calomel up there* patchy." It it worked wonders. However, Leal al ways was right. 3irS are bUt inCidental 10 that crats put in a dry plank but they have A newspaper's first duty to, the,. &A caused bv an infected turned a deaf ear to his entreaties and community it serves is to publish, have turned him down. The Irish fairly and impartially, the news of its J™** fht vlld Tit? question in the platform is also as community, of the state, the nation 'tLp funeral will nroh weak as it the one in the rpublican and the world, and secondly to present ^0. The wir fi' platform and the labor question also its own views on public questions. In and Frazier 32. The city gained over for a couple of days and were Organizer Papke will have to re vise his estimate of the vote of Barnes county over his Courier-News pre- 1 of money and ier. Calomel, sulphate of magnesium and doubled taxes seem to have open ed the eyes of the voters of Barnes county. Trying to get out a local paper to day is harder than for a camel to crawl through the eye of a needle. We just have to keep answering the tele phone to give the pople the results of the election and so we are not going to try to do much else. This election business only comes once in two years and is more important than so ciety doings at this time. Laura Catherine Pickord, the 14 nf wimhledon died at ttTt %doxe„ thb (Tuiv Thp cause 0f T, ab^f ment at death tatP», tn thp Woodbine cemetery. We received through the mail this morning an issue of the Sunday Ore gonian, a paper published at Portland, Oregon, and take it from us it is some paper. It "only" has ninety-six pages, divided off into eight sections. It tells all about the big Shrine doings which Avas held out there recently, and judg- way "dig in," re-form its forces and toed through the city this morning Dakota. We don't need to. is disappointing to us in the state but 'ound in that fight as long as it is Home conomics Department of the it is mighty comforting for us in the necessary to wage it, and meanwhile State Normal School, was in Coop good old county of Barnes where we job of publishing the best news- erstown Wednesday. She went to made a gain of practically eight hun- PaPer possible in the "Biggest Little judge the exhibits in the Women dred votes. Had the other counties in of the state had the enlightenment demand the best effort of th meen and and work put into it that we had here women engaged in the enterprise. and Tower City played a spirited game of ball here on Monday morning the former winning, out by a score of 6 to 1. The game was made all the more snappy for the lo cal folks here from the fact that both Page and Tower City are great scrap pers among themselves when it comes down to base ball and the root ing of the rival factions kept the grandstand and bleacher fans in a happy frame of mind all the time. new plan of attack. The Jen route for Fargo and points east, continue to fight for home bent on a vacation trip. for economy and efficiency in Mr- and Miss Wrth 10 jt tells about it, the Shriners must hav had th time of their lives. Valley City is going to have one of the- biggest celebrations ever put on committees have arranged one of Sports of all kinds will h.e in- From Friday's Daily Dr. P. M. Kellogg, of ogers, was a Valley City visitor last night. Rev. Elfring of Fargo will occupy the pulpit of the Congregational church next Sunday morning. Attorney Lee Combs went up to city this morning en route for Fargo, Mrs. M. O. Grangaard and morning and went on to Fargo where .they will spend the day probably re turning tomorrow. Esther America" is quite enough to Building at the Griggs County Fair, A Clark head of the Supt. Minnie J. Nielson went up to Cooperstown yesterday to present di plomas to the eighth grade class of the public schools in that city. Miss Esther Clarke also went up to Coop erstown yesterday to judge the art exhibits at the Griggs county fair. President C. E. Allen left this morning on No. 7 for Minnewaukan where he will address the school of ficers of Benson County tonight. He will also give the association a second address Friday forenoon. He expects to return to Valley City Friday eve ning. Senator Frank Ployhar ran like a steer in a corn field in the election Wednesday in the fifteenth district. This morning with all but half a dozen precincts reported he had about 475 majority. Mr. Ployhar will also have nearly enough to nominate in the country precincts without the help of the city. We are mighty pleased to know that Frank is renominated and with such a handsome majority. A few short hours makes an awful difference in one's feelings, doesn't it. Yestrdaywhad that grand and glor ious feeling that Langer was nomi nated and so the other fellows were going around looking like they did not have a friend in the whole wide world. Then this morning comes an other feeling when we learn that Gov. Frazier has beaten Langer and we are correspondingly disappointed while the other fellows are feeling full of glee. Oh boys, these politics. Married—On Wednesday, June 30th, Miss Nora Monson, of Valley ity, to Mr. George Holm, of Cuba. The cere mony took place at the home of the bride five miles west of Valley City. Mr. Fred Holm acted as best man and Miss Pauline'Monson was the brides maid. The ceremony was performed by Rev. O.-F. Domeij, pastor of the Swedish utheran church. The friends of the contracting ^parties will extend hearty congratulations. Up to noon today there was no de finite result known about the gover norship. Each side was claiming it and there were yet many prcincts out around the state that had not been accounted for. We should get some authentic information by night as the weather is fine and the returns should be brought in to the county auditor's of the various counties of the state. On the vote for United States sena tor in the city of Valley City the fol lowing is the vote: Frank White, first ward, 59 second ward 53 third ward 112 fourth ward 85. A. J. Gronna, first ward 66 second ward 69 third ward 152 fourth ward, 112. E. F. Ladd, first ward 41 second ward 21 third ward 34 fourth ward 42. We have been unable to get any re turns on Barnes county at this time outside of the governorship which we gavg yesterday. There was one pre cinct missing this morning, that of Thorkensjhold and with that estimat we will have a majority of 150 in the county for Langer. On June 29 Rev. O. F. Domeij, pas tor of the- Swedish Luthran church united in marriage at the home of Louis Johnson, seven miles southeast of Cooperstown, Miss Amanda Stadig and Mr. Axel Nordquist of Stillwater, Minn. The newly wedded couple will go to Stillwater where they expect to make their home. When it comes down to getting the votes M. O. Grangaard is some little vote getter. He will have enough votes against his opponent in the dis trict to nominate him with out the help of Valley City which gave him about six hundred majority, so tfiat they cannot say that it was the Vote of this city that nominated Gran gaard. Congressman George M. Young, of the second district, won out yesterday by a very comfortable majority, about one thousand. Taking into considera tion the fact that his district is the strongest league territory in the state, his victory is a fine one and we want to congratulate him oh his success and the district in nominating the best man. Mr. Young is more valuable to the state with his experience and com mittee appointments than any new man could be for years to come. In the first district, where Cartoonist Congressman Baer has been holding down the seat, returns indicate that Mr. Burtness has won out. STARTS LIFE ANEW mm I yj Wmmm* !M One of the many "young men" of Roumania starting out to make his fortune. He is one of the thousands that American Red Cross relief work ers met on the roads of Roumania. On his back, he carries his entire worldly possessions after a lifetime of steady work. He Is only one of the thousands of war sufferers who are wandering along the roads seeking a place to set tle down. He is a typical war refugee ot the Balkans. THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1920. AMEMN LEGION (Copy for This Department Supplied by National Headquarters of the American Legion.) THE WORK IN PATERNALISM Policy of Adopting Orphaned Chil dren la Arousing Interest All Over the Country. A total of three French war orphans, two girls and a boy, had already been assured of adop tion in the Amer an campaign for con tinuation of the late A. E. F.'s overseas pater nalism, by con tributions re ceived at nation al headquarters of the Legion up to the close of business on May 25. MISS LULA B. VIZE, Member Head quarters Staff. The fiorty-two members of the national head quarters staff of the Legion contributed $150 for adop tion of the first two orphans, and the American Red Cross will "be asked to select for them a boy and a girl waif as mascots for the next year or more. Miss Lula B. Vlze, a member of the headquarters staff, assisted In raising the money for the orphans. The first post to send in its $75 contribution to the fund was Karl Ross post No. 16, Stockton, Cal. In a letter of transmittal, Ted Cloudsley, a member of the post and editor of the San Joaquin Legion, official Ameri can Legion newspaper of San Joaquin county, Cal., writes in part: "We were told that there was a wide range of choice for us, so I hope you can secure as our war orphan a little Alsace-Lorraine girl of from six to ten years whose father was killed in battle. You see, we have a big post here and a big twice-a-month newspaper and such a little orphan would suit the boys best because of the sentiment attached. "Please be sure that we receive the little one's picture and address. We will put her picture in our publication and would like to have her write to us. At Christmas time, too, we will be able to remember her." THE RETURN OF THE DEAD Red Cross Will Send Advance Notifica tion of Arrival of Bodie* From Over There. The American Red Cross, as an es pecial courtesy to the American Le gion, hereafter will send advance no Uflcntion of the arrival of the bodies of American soldiers from overseas to posts of the Legion in towns and cit ies In which reinterment Is to be made. The Red Cross home service la each community will receive notice from Hoboken and in turn'"notify the relatives of the decedent and Inform the Legion. Information will be re ceived In time for local posts to make arrangements for the reception of the bodies and to provide for the formal honors due their dead comrades. Where there Is more than one Legion post In a community, the county head quarters of the Legion will be notified, that It may designate the post or posts which shall render the honor. Attends Vocational Conference. At the request of Uel W. Lamkln, chief of the division of rehabilitation of the Federal Board for Vocational Education, Gerald J. Murphy, national vocational officer of the American Le gion, was designated by the national commander, Franklin D'Oller, as the legion's representative to attend a re cent conference of the board's district vocational officers at Washington, D_ C., recently. The legion has Inaugu rated a plan of co-operntion with the federal board, extending to each of the more than 9,000 posts of the organ ization in every state and community throughout the United States and many foreign countries, by which thousands of disabled ex-service men are being rounded up and gotten Into Immediate training every week. Plans for con tinuing the campaign until every pend ing case is definitely settled and all eligible persons are receiving the vo cational training to which they are entitled, were laid at the conference. Who Gen. George Crook Was. The latest Issue of The Crook Whizz Bang. published spasmodically at Chicago by Gen. George Crook Post No. 434, American Legion, con tains an interesting biographical sketch of the military leader of Civil war fame after whom the post is named. "He fought the Indians tooth and nail as commandant of the de partments of the Platte and Arizona," the article reads. "Hid Inst official duties were performed as head of the Department of Missouri." Will Erect Memorial Building,. RIggs-Hamllton Post No. 20 of llus fellvllle, Ark., Is planning the erection ef a $75,000 memorial building, $80, 000 of the amount being already sub scribed. The po«t has 150 members^