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EDITORIAL
Townley and Ponzi. Their names
don't sound very much alike but their
tactics in getting momey resemble
each other.
The Volstead act was one of the
great pieces of constructive legisla
tion passed by congress but it seems
to have been absolutely overlooked by
Friend Roosevelt in his speech yes
terday.
Franklin Roosevelt said he wanted
the high cost of living reduced. Then
follows the statement up by declaring
in favor of increased wages for every
body in the .United States. And still
some of the local wise ones say that he
is logical.
Mr. Roosevelt, democratic nominee
for vice president, speaking here Mon
day afternoon declared against the
high cost of living. It was upon this
cry Woodrow Wilson was elected
eight years ago. What has he done
to reduce it? Will the people be fool
ed a second time
Franklin D. Roosevelt takes a great
deal of pride in saying that he is a
progressive democrat and also that he
is a cousin of the late Theodore Roose
velt, who was the greatest progres
sive this country has known up to this
time. Wonder if Franklin ever voted
for Theodore Roosevelt—or whether
he is one of these progressives in
name only.
Franklin D. Roosevelt said in one of
his high spots Monday: "We do not
want a syndicated presidency," allud
ing to Mr. Harding's nomination by
what he terms a bunch of United
States senators. No, evidently not.
Mr. Roosevelt would rather have a
regularly Tammany branded presi
dent. It is more in keeping with dem
ocratic policies.
The Times-Record editor feels
grateful for the splendid publicity he
received Monday at the hands of a
national candidate. It is seldom that
a small newspaper like this gets to
be made a national issue and shows
that the democratic party not hav
ing a slogan "he kept us out of jyar"
to spring on the people this campaign,
must find something to talk about—
hence we were the subject.
Editor Carey, of the Courier-News,
has given up that strenuous job and
will be succeeded by Mr. McClintock,
who some time ago was editor of this
remarkable paper. It is some stren
uous job editing the Courier-News
these days. So many of the main guys
of the league are falling from grace
that it drives these editors crazy try
ing to provide alibis for them—and
then they do not succeed very well at
that.
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The republican party is somewhat
handicapped by the democratic party
this campaign. On account of the war
there are a miscellaneous assortment
of hammers left over from the black
smith shops used during the war so
that they have become part of the
present national administration. These
hammers can be used by democratic
spell binders now at a nominal cost
whereas it would cost the republicans
considerable to provide spell binders
with hammers.
The democrats may have kept us
out of war as they alleged last cam
paign but we have our doubts about
that just at this time, but we are sure
they have kept us out of peace, but we
feel very confident that they cannot
keep Harding out of the White House
after the fourth of next March if he is
living at that time. Peace, progress
and prosperity is a mighty catchy slo
gan for the democrats, but what they
really mean is bunk, bluster and bull
headedness.
The sixteen column wrie-upt of let
ters and correspondence between Gov.
Frazier and Mr. Brinton published
some few days ago has not resulted as
the C. N. predicted—in fact it has
proved to be a regular boomerang and
will cost the Frazier ticket a lot of
votes. The C. N. is now mighty sorry
it published this dope because it has
only convinced the public that all the
time it has been claiming to carry the
truth to the people it has been carry
ing untruths. Mr. Brinton in his let
ter to the governor has been telling
the truth and the telling of it has not
helped the socialist regime in this
state.
Mr. Roosevelt was strong for Wil
son's British made league of nations
and told that if Mr. Harding had his
way if elected that this country would
take a backward step. Mr. Roosevelt
did not say anything about the won
derful workings of this glorious league
of nations in regard to poor Poland
which is now grappling for life against
the Bolshevikes of Russia. Twenty
nine nations now belong to this great
and glorious league of nations and
twenty-nine of these members are sit
ting around allowing Poland to be
strangled to death, the big ones in the
league like England, France, Italy and
a few others just sitting on the fence
like vultures waiting to pick the bones
of Poland after she has fallen. By all
-means let us have this league of na
tions—if it works as scientifically as
it does at the present time. We are
stronger than ever for Harding if he
is against the present pact, which is
the biggest myth ever put over or
tried to be put over this country.
Governor Lowden, of Illinois, says,
"we must strive for a situation where
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It would pay the republican com
mittee to hire Mr.' Roosevelt to con­|go
tinue on the stump to insure Senator
Harding's election. The more he
talks—if he continues along the same
lines as h^did at Valley City—the
more votes he will make for Mr. Hard
ing. If Gov. Cox is doing the same
stunt for the love of Mike get him
out in the west as quickly as possible
and every state that went for Wilson
four years ago will give Harding big
majorities next November.
a young man of health, brains and in
I dust»y. can start out with an expecta
I tion of owning his own farm in a
reasonable length of time—state loans
even as great as 90 per cent of the
value of the farm have proven safe
for the state and resulted in the break
ing up of large estates and division
I into small farms owned by working
I farmers." South Dakota under their
farm loan system loan 70 per cent, of
the value of the farm. Why not try
this in North Dakota?
The high cost of living and the pol
icy of the government or what ad
I ministration would be best for the
wholo people is not half as much con
cern to a whole lot of voters as the
question as to which side can prom
ise them booze. The stomach gov
erns the politics of a whole lot of
these fellows more than the good of
the country. The candidate who comes
nearest to lifting the dry lid is going
to get the vote of millions of men
who do not care a picayune what be
comes of the country so long as they
can get the booze—and yet there are
lots of supposedly intelligent men
who say the women of the country are
not intelligent enough to vote. Men
stand around on the street corners
roasting the profiteers and cussing the
high cost of living who will spend a
hundred dollars in auto livery hire to
go to the Canadian border to pur
chase a quart of rotgut for $20 the
quart, who will go crazy with the heat
if their wives or children ask them for
a nickle to buy an ice cream cone or
a pint of milk. And we allow these
men to elect our presidents aud na
tional legislators. William Jennings
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while supporting a candidate nominat
ed by these men and whose chief at
tainment is his leaning towards the
wets.
culated that he could take some of the
great Eastern States away from Hard
ing on the wet isue, despite the strong
reaction all through the East against
the Wilson League of Nations.
Since the convention Governor Cox
has found it necessary to espouse the
Wilsonian Covenant with ardent com
pleteness. He also deemed it the part
of wisdom not to offend his dry sup
porters of the South and West by ad
vocating any relaxation of the Vol
stead law.
Under these circumstances Tam
many, which for the first time in half
a century has won a national conven
tion fight, is worried about its ability
to put New York in the Cox column—
a thing Tammany is naturally eager
to accomplish.
In order to improve its chances,
therefore, Tammany ordered the adop
tion by the recent New York state con-
vention of what is described by for
mer Mayor Lunn of Schenectady as a
"suds platform." This demands the
boon for the people of beer containing
2.75 per cent of alcohol. "Light wines,"
usually coupled with beer of that ex
I hilarating power, were omitted, be
cause Tammany thought it best not to
too far.
I The effort is thus to be made to
carry New York on the "suds plat
form" while soft-pedalling the Wil
son Covenant. In other states farther
west, the reverse English will be used,
emphasis being put on the League and
the wetness of Cox being ignored or
spoken of in a whisper.
Two questions arise:
Will the wets of New York, even if
thirsty for 2.75 beer which Tam
many has no power to give them, per
mit an unattainable vision of that sort
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Bryan swept the San Francisco dem
ocrats off their feet with his eloquence
and had'it not been for his dry pro
clivities he would have been nom
inated hands down, but Tammany
liked this man Cox better because he
is supposed to be "wet" and so he
was nominated—showing that booze
is the greatest factor of them all at
this time. Bryan made a wonderful
plea for a dry plank and lost out.
Then we see that the love of party
again rises above the innermost con
science as to what is right by reading
in the papers that Mr. Bryan has de
cided to support Mr. Cox. In view of
these facts does Mr. Roosevelt want,
to go on record and claim that he is a! promptly spat in the faces of the vot
strong progressive with a capital P.]
NEW YORK'S "SUDS PLATFORM."
The studied silence of Governor Cox
°?, prohibition question is a part board clerk is merely carrying on the
of the strategy of the Democratic cam-
was one of the chief arguments in his] the polls. If the voters haven't lost
favor. The state bosses who finally
put him over, Murphy of New York,
Nugent of New Jersey, Taggart of
Indiana and Brennan of Illinois, cal-j teachings into the school curriculum.
of beguile them into endorsing the Valley City, read the service. Miss
plan to internationalize the Repub-' Flora Lewis, sister of the bride was
lie?
Will the drys of other parts of the
country relish a bit of political stra
tegy that does violence to their prin
cxples and involves palpable insin­|man.
cerity?—Minneapolis Journal.
A FRANK CONFESSION
WANTED: Nonpartisan high
school teacher and one for 7th and
8th grades. Only Normal gradu
ates will be considered. State
qualifications, experience and sal
ary in first letter. T. G. Glesne,
Clerk, Bergen, N. D.
Want Ad in Sunday's Courier
News.
1 wood of Minneapolis, George and
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At least Mr. T. G. Glesne, the clerk Homer Dixon of Grand Forks the
of the school board at Bergen is to groom's mother, aunt and sister, of
be commended for his frankness. Valley City the groom's brother.
"e believes that the way to get a Adrian Pfusch of Valley City,
'nonpartisan high school teacher" is Mr. and Mrs. Pfusch will leave to
to advertise for one. day on an automobile trip to Lake
He believes that if the socialist gang Itasca and will make their residence
13 going to^turn the schools of the at Valley City where Mr. Pfusch is
state into a political machine, the way connected with the First National
to do it is openly. Bank.
He doesn't believe in beating about' Mrs. Pfusch is one of the popular
tne bush. "Catch 'em young" is evi- young women of Moorhead and has
dently Mr. Glesne's motto, fie has no been the guest of honor at a number
foolish notions about "keeping the of parties since the announcement of
s-hools out of politics." It is sur- her wedding date. She is a graduate
prising that he does not prescribe of the Moorhead high school and the
some religious qualifications for the North Dakota Agricultural college
new teacher, also. 1 where she took the dietician's course.
And what about the curriculum of During the war Mrs. Pfusch served
the Bergen high school? Will copies as dietician at Camp Dodge for six
of the Nonpartisan Leader be used as months and in New York for a year,
a textbook? For a course in English, For the past year, she has been feach
Uey doubtless would prescribe a study, ing at Valley City. Mr. Pfusch is a
of the Courier-News editorials clipped graduate of the Valley C'^v
from the Wisconsin State Journal of' school and is employed at the First
Madison. For the course in banking National bank of that city.
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For the "major" course in ethics,
they might prescribe Mr. Waters' well
known formula of how a banker
should" act when he is embarrassed
.with too much worthless paper—
"shoot it to the other league banks"
—or might even use as the motto for
the ethics class, Mr. Townley's famous
advice to "go home and lie like a
horsethief."
The class in Americanism could
study the reports of Mr. Townley's
trial for seditious conspiracy.
The class in social hygiene could
use fillen Key's "Love and Ethics" for
a textbook, and study her views on
"free love."
The class in finance could study the
methods by which Mr. William Boy
cott Lemke acquired a newspaper, and
a string of stores by being a "friend
of the farmer,"
School could be opened with the
singing of the "internationale" and a
salute to the red flag.
be practical. Every graduate should
be compelled to demonstrate his abil
ity to extract $18 from a farmer with
in 15 minutes. He should be required
to make a 15 minute speech on one of
the three following subjects: "Boy
cotting," "The Hoodlums of the Amer
ican Legion," or "Our Friends, the 1.
W. W.", with Mr. William Lemke as
judge of its merits. He should demon
strate his thorough familiarity with
the vocabulary of radicalism and
should be required to write a pamph
let on some such subject as "Free
Russia" in which he would be com
pelled to use 100 selected words, such
as "bourgeois," "the capitalist class"
and "the kept press sewer."
But, speaking seriously, Mr. Glesne
has merely blundered into doing open
ly what the gang has sought to do in
underhanded ways. We elected Miss
Minnie Nielson as head of the educa
tional system of the state, in the hope
of keeping the schools out of politics.
Even the voters who voted for "the
farmers' program" in the state offices,
voted for Miss Nielson, for she alone
was elected by the independent voters.
Let the Townley-Lemke dictatorship
ers,
and announced that whatever the
voters decreed, Miss Nielson would
not be head of the schools. They de
prived her of her office by act of their
legislative caucus, and put a good so
cialist in charge.
In advertising for "Nonpartisan
high school teachers", this school
Work
paign. At San Francisco the well. the political mire. There is just one
known wetness of the Ohio governor
way
of dragging our schools through
to defeat the plan, and that is at
polls.
their capacity for indignation, they
will surely resent this brazen attempt
to make otir school system a political
machine, and to introduce socialistic
A law has been initiated toT restore
to Miss Nielson her former powers.
Vote for that in November and vote
for Miss Nielson.
Also vote for a general houseclean
ing at Bismarck, for until such men
as Frazier and Lemke are retired
from public life in North Dakota, we
will never be safe from such attempts
to make'the schools one of the import
ant cogs in the state political machine.
—Fargo Forum.
LEWIS-PFUSCH
WEDDING THURSDAY
The home of Mr. and Mrs. T. I.
Lewis, 515 Seventh sreeit soujth,
Moorhead, was the scene of a pretty
wedding Thursday evening at 8 o'clock
when the marriage of their daughter,
Helen Drew Lewis to Bernhard Ru
dolph Pfusch of Valley City was
solemnized.
Southern smilax was used in the
decorations of the Lewis home and
above the place where the bridal
couple stood hung a white basket of
rose petals. The false bottom of the
basket was drawn aside' at the close
of the ceremony and a shower of rose
leaves fell upon the bride. Florence
Beck Heywood of Minneapolis played
Mendelssohn's wedding march. Mar
garet Jane Shotwell and Billy Shef
field, five year old cousins of the
bride, clad in white, preceded the
wedding party and drew ribbons of,
tulle forming an aisle for the proces
sion. Rev. W. C. Lyon, formerly of
the maid of honor and was gowned
in orchid organdy. She carried an
arm bouquet of roses. Adrian Pfusch,
brother of the groom, was the best
The bridal gown was fashioned
of heavy white satin, with simple
trimmings of pearls and real lace. Her
bouquet was of lilies of the valley and
orchids.
Following the ceremony a wedding
luncheon was served. Assisting Mrs.
I Lewis in the serving were Misses
Ruth and Helen Huntoon, Dorothy
Sharp and Edith-Thorson. Miss Mar
garet Huntoon was in charge of the
wedding book.
I Out of town guests were Mrs. Hey
wood of Minneapolis, George
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WBEKLY TIMES-RECORD. VALLEY CITY. WORTH DAKOTA
the pupils would be referred to the Last year the bride taught schoolin of the H. C. of L. and so far have had
marvelous reports of Mr. Cathro. the Valley City public schools and has no voice in the combatting of the H.
For the study of economics, they again been engaged to teach the ?om- C. of L. by being appointed on inves
might also examine Mr. Cathro's, ing year. She is a young lady of tigating committees in Congress for
methods of getting free board. They
are economical enough.
her intimately. The groom is one of I
POUR OUT COW FOR
MARINE STATUE
School children of North Dakota
have contributed $855.00 toward Am
erica's gift to France a statue
sculptored by MacMonnies, to com
memorate the valiant fight of the1
French at the first battle of the
Marne, The statue is to be placed
on the battle-field.
Many kiddies contributed only pen
nies but they contributed this
cheerfully. Many of the girls and
boys contributed from their savings
banks, and many children whose fa
thers were in France contributed largr
er amounts. One little Valley City
girl, it was reported, approached the
teacher with 50 cents she had saved
up and when the^ teacher suggested
that it was too large an amount to
give, the little girl replied:
"My papa was overseas and when
he came back I didn't know him, and
I hope there won't be another war."
Mrs. Carl Farup, of Park River, is
state chairman of the fund. The
state quota is $2,500. Miss Minnie J.
Nielson, state superintendent of,, pub
lic instruction, was asked to super
vise the collections of pennies in the
schools and each county superintend
ent was named county chairman
Over $250,000 has been raised in- the
United States for the fund.
Cavalier county children contrib
uted the' largest amount—$135.06,
Some counties contributed nothing
among them burleigh county. The
spirit of the children was evinced at
one place in Oliver county where a
little gfcl had no money to give but
brought five one-cent stamps.
Contributions of some other coun
ties follow: Cass county, $20.34 Lo
gan, $83.73 Stutsman, $43.41
Barnes 79:10 LaMoure, $90.25.
The MacMonnies statue as Amer
ica's gift to France, will be in real
ity a gift of the children of America.
WHY CONSERVE
ON SUGAR?
Once in a while I am moved to
"speak up and express myself." This
time the straw that moved me was a
communication I received through the
nUul saying that the women were urg
ed to continue the canning as they did
during the war, to help out on the
high cost of living.
As I see it the women of the coun
try haven't brought on the H. C. of
L. and are not a party to the keeping
sterling worth and is very highly there seems to be few women in the
spoken of by tmse who have known!
the most popular young men of this jsave
city. He is an upright, cleancut you g.
man of splendid habits, industriousL
and pleasing deportment, and we'
doubt if there is any young man in1
the city who has more friends and who
is better thought of that "Benny"
Pfusch. The Times-Record joins with
a host of friends in wishing the newly
married couple all the joy and pros
perity there is to be gotten out of life.
Mr. and Mrs. Pfusch are taking a tour
in what Ben calls his "honeymoon spe
cial" automobile.
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Dur*ing the war we
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released the best of food
army and navy and a hungry
as possible besides obeying all sug
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ed to continue, I see. groups of boys,
middle aged men, old men, going by
JUST IN
Men's 12 and 16 Inch High Topi
Whatever your requirements may
be, it will bie well to our1 stock
The Peopl esSt ore
I, among ™*ny.demonsteated' there are many" others, but that suf
my patriotism and loyalty by giving examnle.
as many hours to Cross work
thjBjr fair
then, there were car loads of tobacco their part, bu p_
going across. Now when we are ask-
using that same product in some form, Minn., arrived here this morning and
just as openly as if there was every is attending a meeting of the direc
law possible on our statute books mak- tors of the Valley City Fibre Co., bet
ing the sale of them legal. Still all ing held today, and of which company
our officers are men. .the doctor is a large stockholder. Dr.
I alw&ys have, long before this war, Brown is one of those optimistim souls
canned and preserved every summer it is a pleasure to meet. He says that
till in our cellar was enough fruit,
!while
jam, jelly, eggs, etc., to last us thru company all right, it has by no means
the winter. I'm willing yet to do my seen the finish, ana that tile work will
share. But when the women are ask- go on with renewed courage and vigor.
FARGO COLLEGE CONSERVATORY
The Leading School of Music in the Northwest
First class instruction in all branches of music by a faculty of At-,
tist teachers at reasonable prices. High standard maintained fdr
graduation. FALL TERM BEGINS SEPTEMBER 9th.
.Public School Music and Drawing Dramatic Art and Expression
Orchestra Glee Clubs Ensemble
E. Lee Howard, President Albert J. Stephens, Director
FARGO 617 First Ave. North NO^ DAK.
OUR VAULTS are how protected by
an up-to-date burglar alarm. Our vault
for safety deposit boxes is further pro
tected by a self-locking device, thereby
making our vaults as burglar proof as
possible. If you want your valuable pa
pers in a safe place, rent one of our safety
deposit boxes%
Every Dollar Deposited In This Bank Is
Also Protected By The Guaranty Of The
Deposits Fund Of The State Of North Dak
ota.
BANK
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THURSDAY. AUGUST 19., 192t
ed to stand and stew over a hot stove,
during the hot weather and hear of
carloads of potatoes standing on the
track freezing, and millions of dozens
of eggs held, in cold storage, and cars
of fruit sidetracked in the cold weath
er, all to keep up the H. of Lthen,
I say, somebody is not playing fair, to
put it in a very mild way.
The tobacco companies are not the
onlv ones that are doing the damage,
The women are aiways
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willing to do
_art—gladly, under tjie ex-
all doing that ^um£«j^they »U1 .till do
-Mrs. F. W- Heidel.
Dr. Edward I. Brown, of St. Paul,
the big fire put a crimp into the.
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