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.~~RV VOL. XXX NO. 40. "S» Bismarck, Jan. 8.—Governor Lynn J. Frazier, by proclamation issued late this afternoon called the Fif teenth legislative assembly to meet in extraordinary session at the capitol in Bismarck on Wednesday, January 23, at 9 o'clock in the morning to re vise the county seed bonding law in order that the necessary feed and seed can be supplied the farmers of the state to assure a good crop acre age being planted this spring and to provide for any other war measures that may be deemed necessary. The proclamation was placed on file in the secretary of state's office at 5 o'clock this afternoon and the mem bers of the assembly will be notified immediately. Coal Miners Object To the New Prices Minot, Jan. 8.—The Northwesteern I district of the North Dakota Lignite Operators association met here. to day. After a long session in which they took up the reduction of price of 50 cents per ton they decided to ask for a hearing and will submit •evidence of the impossibility of run ning their mines at less than $3 per ton on the car at the mine at present cost of mining. They claim that during the last year the cost of timbers has increased 30 per cent, steel tracks and tools has in creased over 100 per cent and labor 50 per cent. All claim that they are not getting the «profit of former years at the present higher price and claim that the n^w price of two and one half dollars will cause them to shut their mines down. They will have a hearing at Bismarck by petition on the 14th before Adminstrator I. P. Baker and will ask for a reinstate ment of the three dollar price for this part of the state. They claim that thecoal is more expensive to dig in the northwestern part of the state than in the southern part because of soft roof, "water, thin veins and other reasons of a similar nature. E. E. Devol presided at the meeting which closed by authorizing Chairman Dorr H. Carroll of the Council of De fense to offer the use of the mines to the government'for the period of the war, and for at least one year for any equitable compensation to be determined by H. A. Garfield the {fed eral administrator. tial' w^^'^^5^00 per day. Economic Uses of Meat Will Be Demonstrated Some people are just beginning to realize wnat food conservation means in just what measure we help our boys "Over There" when we do conserve. Our government asks us to con serve certain foods and then does her Resources Loans and Discounts. Bonds and Warrants. Cash and Exchange.. Total Our Deposits on December 31,1914 were $205,282.80 December 31, 1915 were 349,296.26 December 31,1916 were 371,659.84 December 31, 1917 were 396,765,80 part by sending to us experienced demonstrators who teach us the best way to do this. Valley City is fortu nate in having Miss Newton as our regular demonstrator each month. Last month she demonstrated cereals and gave receipts for Liberty Breads which many of our women are using entirely. This month Miss Newton will give a demonstration and lecture on "Economical Uses of Meat" in the city hall on Monday evening at 8 o'clock, Jan. 14, and repeat the same demonstration on Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Jan. 15. From a financial standpoint this subject will appeal to every woman in our city, but from a patriotic stand point it should appeal to every per son and each one should be present. Do not miss one of these demons trations. They are valuable. Come and catch some of Miss Newton's pa triotism and enthusiasm in this work in which every woman can "do her bit." Bring a friend with you. STATE*CONVENTION OF HOTELMEN OPENS JAN. 10 Jamestown, Jan. 8.—The annual convention of the North Dakota Ho telmen's association will open here Thursday morning with Dr. E. F. Ladd, state food administrator, as the principal speaker. Food conser vation will be the main topic for dis cussion. Miss Frauds Sly Will Direct Home Ecomics (Normal School Budget) Miss Frances W. Sly, of Burlington, la., has been elected head instructor in home economics at the State Nor mal school to succeed Miss Nellie W. Farnsworth, President McFarland an nounced upon his Return from the east early this week. Miss Sly secured h'er bachelor's degree at the Michigan Agricultural college at Lansing and has furthered her work at the same institution for her higher degrees. Further grad uate work has also been pursued by her at the University of Chicago. Home economics has been her major study. For a number of years, Miss Sly has been supervisor of home econo mics in the public schools of Burliing ton, including tire grammar schools, the high schools, and a Normal train in or a a accepting this position, she was di rector of home economics in the Lockport, 111., Township high school, Idaho Springs, Col., high school, and Pendelton Academy, Pendelton, Ore., serving for a number of years at each point. Miss Sly is well fitted for the posi tion here, both by her extensive train ing and by a rich experience in her field. She will arrive in the city to assume her new duties on Monday. Victor Wood is expected to return from Minneapolis, where he has been visiting his mother. [l)T is in accordance with a custom adopted sev eral years ago that we publish below a state ment of our condition at the close of the year, De cember 31st, 1917. We enter the New Year with hope and confidence, and we wish you all an abund ance of Happiness and Prosperity. Bank of Valley City VALLEY CITY, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1918 War Aims Statement Brings Down Stocks New York, Jan. 8.—President Wil son's re-statement of war aims be fore congress was reflected in the stock market today by a reaction of two to five points after an early ad vance of one to three points. The selling seemed to be based on the theory that the central powers would refuse to meet the terms pro posed, particularly those involving the evacuation of territory and the de mand for the abandonment of Alsace Lorraine, and that therefore peace was remote. WARS Is it! BANK OF VALLEY CITY •1 MISS FARNSWORTH LEAVES TO ASSUME NEW DUTIES Mrs. Mary McQuigan of the Normal faculty, is quite ill with a bad case of grip. Liabilities $368,677 44 Capital Stock $ 50,000.00 16,974 62 Surplus and Profits 44,662 79 105,776 53 Deposits .... 396,765 80 .$491,428.59 Total $491,428.59 Officers and Directors: JAS. J. EARLEY, President LOUIS NOLTIMIER, Vice President WALTER COOP, Cashier K. A. BONHUS, Director JOHN H. EGGERT, Director FRANK HEIMES Director WILLIAM OLSON, Director United States Aviators Are Graduated Go to Battle Lines After spending the holidays with friends in the- city and relatives in Fargo, "Miss ^Nellie W. Farnsworth4 left last week to. assume her new du ties as home economics agent for the city of Omaha, Neb. Miss Farns worth reported first at the University I of Nebraska at Lincoln, under the. ex tension division of whifih she is work ing in conjunction with the federal government. Miss Farnsworth has been granted leave of absence from the headship of the home economics department at the Normal school. 1 K.V ••.»- r- -ar- Sub Barred Zone London, Jan. 8.—Further extension of the submarine barred zone is an nounced in a wireless statement sent out by the German government. It becomes operative January 11. Lidgerwood Broadaxe: Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Marquisee came down from Valley City on Saturday and remain ed for New Year's at the M. Bent son home, returning on Wednesday. Mrs. John McFadgen of Steele, is renewing acquaintances in the city. Purchasers of War Savings Stamps and War Saving Certificates at this Bank, a sort of Liberty Bond junior costing 25 cents and $4.12 respectively, say in effect to their Uncle Samuel, "You need material and labor now worse than I do, so I will not compete against you during the war. I will get along without things and will buy Savings Stamps and Cer tificates instead of unessential luxuries." "All right," replies our Uncle, "if you do that I will pay you 4 per cent compound in terest on.all you save. Is that satisfactory?" S=z With the American Army in France, Jan. 8.—Officers picked out a site and establish another corps aviation school which will be placed in charge of a major who has gained ^experience in turning 'out fliers at other schools. A recently graduated flyng class will be sent toward the front next week for actual front line experience, using their own ma chines, but accompanying experienc ed British and French aviators. The Americans are looking forward to the event with the greatest eager ness. Many wagers are being made as to who will be the first to cross the German lines, who will bring down the first enemy plane and who will get the first photograph of a Ger man battery. Barnes County to Have Rabbit Drive "Johnny, get your gun!" The big gest hunt ever pulled off in America is to take place at an early date in Barnes County.. The county is to be thoroughly organized for a rabbit drive for the benefit of the Red Cross. New York City wants a car load of rabbits the Red Cross wants the money the men and boys of Barnes county want a day off fine sport. These three needs will be brought together in the Barnes coun ty rabbit hunt in about two weeks. A committee of the county's best sports men has been appointed by the exe cutive committee of the Red Cross and they will appoint organizers for sach township. The plan is to be* gin at a certain hour in the morning at the boundary lines of the township and work inward, sending the results of each township to Valley City by immediate express. A special car will be waiting here to carry the re sults of the hunt to New York where arrangements, have been made for their care and disposal. can have the opportunity of shooting Boches, but every man, woman and child who can fire a gtm may on the date soon to be appointed, shoot rab bits for the benefit of the boys who shoot the Boches. Barnes county is undertaking to set a plan for the rest of the country. Judge N. C. Young, state director of Red Cross for North Dakota, will, aft er the results of our hunt are in, re port the plans and results to the oth er counties in the state. "Johnny, yet your gun," and get it in order with a suitable supply of ammunition for this great day's sport! Y. M. C. A. Buys 150 Tons of Candy Fifty tons of lemon drops, fifty tons of chocolate, fifty tons of gum drops! This is a big order of sweets with sugar as scarce as it is, but it repre sents a single purchase of the Y. M. C. A. for candy stock for its canteens and huts with the American army at homeland abroad, according to in formation just received here. The •t-.-:: boys in khaki love sweet things—and the- Y. M. C. A. is almost the sole agency to supply them. Many of the supplies needed abroad are now being shipped over-seas in trunks belonging to secretaries, who are allowed 300 pounds of baggage, but donate their share of their allot ment to Red Triangle supplies for the soldiers. Supreme Court Decides the Draft Law Is Constitutional Even before Gen. Pershing recom mended that the Red Triangle take over the management of the whole canteen system in France, orders had been placed for the entire output of a lemon drop factory and for the period of the war! This means about 15 tons a month for use in this country and abroad. An official report of articles ship ped to France for Uncle Sam's ne phews during- December alone includes the following: 75,000 tins of canned fruit 480,000 dozen packages of crackers 100 tons cocoa 100 tons of sugar: three carloads of flour 4,000 dozen tubes of tooth paste 300,000 packages of chewing gum 400 tons of milk, nut and sweet chocolate 75,000 bo::cs of cough drcps. The budget for the month nvoximatecl $600,000. The Y. M: C.'A., it is stated in the report, is shipping each month to France, 8,000,000 sheets of letter pa per and 4,000,000 enyelopes. Supplies are sold to the inert at practically their cost to the Y. M. C. A. Station ery, however, is for free distribution. When the troops move forward into the trenches, Y. M. C. A. supplies ox chocolate and coffee, sandwiches and cocoa are passed cut at no cost to the men. Regular Session ot City Council The city council met in regular ses sion Monday evening. It being the first meeting of the year considerable business was up for consideration. In addition to the regular gist of bills audited and allowed, two ordi nances were passed and one intro duced. The'first passed was an ordinance for the regulation and control of the fire department. This was necessi tated on account of the department having been reorganized with fewer members since the purchase of the motor truck and apparatus. The other was an ordinance regu lating the closing time of pool halls and bowling alleys. The ordinance introduced was in reference to having snow and ice re moved from sidewalks and charging the Expense to. abutting property. The mayor also sent a communica tion to the council members and em ployes of the city with reference to keeping down expenditures during the war. This communication is publish ed in another column. New Plan for Caring for Wounded Soldiers With the American Army in France, Sunday, Jan. 6.—Plans for the care of American soldiers include a radical departure from former methods of treating wounded. An announcement made today by Surgeon General Brad ley says that a method has been for mulated assuring that each case con tinuous treatment from the dressing station on the fighting line, through many hands to the base hospital. This coordination has been marked Plan for the care of the blind in elude instruction to begin as soon as possible after the wound has been re ceived, experience in other armies having shown that quick treatment and instruction are most valuable. Personal instruction will be continu ed until the blind reach the United States. Dr. George E. De Schweinit, of Philadelphia will be charge of treatment of the blind and also will direct all head surgery, such as throat and facial. Americans Have Advantage In these departures, as well as in others, American medical men have had the advantage of the experience of all the other armies. They have adopted the best of each and they have made improvements where it is .possible. 1 out by Dr. J. M. T. Finney of Johns Hopkins university, who has been ap pointed director of the surgery section It does away with the more frequent examination of wound dressings which has been the method in other armies. Splints Standardized Another departure is the standardi zation of splints. Heretofore every surgeon, even in the armies, used splints on his own devising, making a great number of vaiieties. The Brit ish army doctors have been so im pressed with the American plan and the manual explaining it, that they asked and received permission to adopt it themselves. Since it has been found that speedy treatment of wounds results in a greater saving of life, divisional am bulance sections have been mobilized to three-quarters of their strength It is expected the resulting speed will almost cause a merging of the collec tion, of field hospitals and evacuation hospitals, where there are special operating rooms and special wards for special injuries. Up to this time only male nurses have been used at advanced hospitals, but the new American plans provide for female curses there, the British and French having found them valuable. Mrs. Joseph Jones has gone to Columbus, Ohio. Mrs. Jones will vis it Mrs Van Patten of that city. ESTABLISHED 1879. Washington, Jan. 7. The su preme court today declares the draft law consttutional. Chief Justice White, in, handing down the decision on the nine cases against the draft law that reached the supreme court said the argument of the objectors was "absolutely devoid of merit." "Our mind is unable to conceive that raising an army by draft is slavery and violates the thirteenth amend ment," White said. The decision of the court was unan imous. Refuting the argument of the objectors that congress did not have the power to draft citizens Chief Justice White said: "As the mind cannot conceive an army wthout men to compose it, on the face of it, the question that it does not s'ive power to provide such men seems to be too frivolous for further notice." Settled in Nine Cases The decision of the coui settles the constitutionality of the selective ser vice law in nine cases. Eight of these were advanced and considered jointly in order to settle the draft question at one blow. In arguments before the supreme court December 13 and 14, the main attack of the objectors was that the constitution did not empower the fed eral government to make a direct draft on its citizens. This power was never surrendered by the states, it was held and the draft should have been made through the individual states. Big Red Cross Benefit Dance The Elmora club boys are giving a big dance in the Armory Jan. 17, for the benefit of the Red Cross. They have hired Tillotson's orchestra, one of the best orchestras in the state for the occasion. The ticket sale is now on and tickets can be purchased from any of the Elmora boys. So be pre pared to buy when they come around. This is for a worthy cause and should be generously helped by the citizens of Valley City. Red Cross Credits for Barnes County Schools Supplementary course in High school sewing (forN credit) for war time as prepared by Clara L. Larson, county home economics supervisor arid authorized by tne state high school inspector. First Half Credit I. For kimona. Substitute, 2 pair of bed socks, or knit a muffler. II. For combination suit. Substi tute convalescing gown. III. For underskirt. Substitute convalescing gown. Substitute for any two out of the three garments mentioned above. Do not substitute the same article for more than one garment in the work done for this first half-credit. Second Half Credit IV. For shirt waist. Substitute knitting sweater or making hospital shirt. V. For tailored skirt. Substitute convalescing gown or hospital shirt. VI. For dress. Substitute paja ma suit or knit sweater or make two pair of bed socks. Substitute for only two out of the last three garments also. Do not substitute the same article for more than one garment in working for this half credit. Note: Remember all work must be exactly and neatly done to pass in spection by the Red Cross. Each girl should always have on hand a piece of knitting to work on all idle moments when waiting for the cutting table, the sewing machine, or the teacher's attention. Note Book: Besides the other notes kept on textiles, etc., each girl should make an item of each garment made, giving its name, date finished, time used, and a description of the method. For the latter you may use the mimeograph directions given you. Also write similar notes on knit ting excepting the details of the stitches. And further state in the note book what other Red Cross work has been done that is not included in this list. The latest directions require the mufflers to be 68 or 72 inches long, and the s\\ eaters to be 25 inches lontr from the neck down the front. Ransom County Gazette: Miss Al ma Eikenbury who attends Valley City Normal, spent Christmas at the home of her brother, Homer, of this city... .Virginia Hume, who has been the guest of her parents, returned to school at Valley City, Tuesday.... I? red Dehn, of Valley City,*\vas trans acting business in this city yesterday. Enderlin Independent: Mrs. Kess ler entertained a few of her friends Wednesday afternoon in honor of Mrs. Fred Dehn of Valley City. At the close of the afternoon the guests departed, voting Mrs. Kessler a royal entertainer Mrs. Fred Dehn, .of Valley City, who has been visiting friends left Wednesday»for her hohie. Miss Charlotte Hallock, who has been visiting Dr. and Mrs. Van.Hou ten, has returned to Glendive, iVIont. Miss Hallock is director of music in the public schools of Glendive. •nl ijj