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PAGE TWO WEEKLY TIMES RECORD VALLEY CITY, NORTH DAKOTA P. R. TRUBSHAW Subscription, $1.50 a Year, in Advance Official Paper of Barnes County Entered at the Postoffice in Valley City, North Dakota, as second class nail matter. Speaking about sensationalism the people of Minot go the limit. We are informed that a Minot paper came out with an edition containing big head lines to the effect that the German Crown Prince and 250,000 prisoners had been taken. This very naturally was great news and stirred up the people there to fever heat, causing big crowds to parade the town in divers way, some noisy, some mod erately so, and some overwhelmingly so, to show their appreciation of the great feat accomplished. If these things really happened we would not blame people for getting thoroughly enthusastic about it—we would feel like kicking a hole in the sky ourself— but there was no truth to it, there fore such reports should not be put out. The Times-Record could do the same thing were it inclined to that kind of sensationalism, but we are not built that way. We get the latest war news it is possible to get up to the time we go to press at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and if anything hap pened after that we get a wire from St. Paul informing uS so that we could get out a special if it was of such importance as to warrant it, and that we certainly would do, so that neither Minot, Fargo, or the Twin Cities can get anything later than the Times Record can up to the time of going to press and if you do not get it in your local paper we do not think it will be very reliable. It is easy to print great big black headlines that such a thing has happened, then in the real article itself say that it is "reported." The Times-Record will try and give you reliable information It is true that all the dispatches we get are not ab solutely true, but they are published as received by wire without change and are sent out by the United Press. During battles that are in progress the military leaders have no time to send cablegrams but are watching earnestly every move of the armies just like two people play a game of chess, therefore the war correspon dents get as nearly the correct infor mation as it is possible to get and flash it overseas to New York and on to all the papers in the counter. No tele graphic news, unless officially con firmed by the government, is correct, ,but it is reasonably so in most cases. The Times-Record will try and not color any news as we want the people to rely on what they see in these col umns. -•VV W. 3. S.- The government will cut down the sugar rations commencing August 1, after which date only two pounds of sugar per capita will be allowed to meet the world's shortage and to care for the immediate demands of the al lies and American military forces. The government warns that unless the consumption of sugar is reduced both by householders and the public gen erally, the food administration says that, supplies for Belgium, the Red Cross, Y. M. C. A., Knights of Colum bus^ Salvation Army and other organ izations working for the welfare of the Ameriean military forces in Eu rope cannot be maintained. The sug ar situation confronting the United States is described by the food ad ministration is as follows: "The sugar supplies throughout the country are at low ebb the production from the American beet and Louisiana cane crops have been disappointing the yield in Porto Rico has been small er than anticipated and the inability of the United States and the allies to secure sugar from Java and other dis tant sources because of the imperative call for ships for the movement of troops and their supplies has mater ially reduced the supply from such quarters. "The quantity needed by the army and navy greatly exceeds earlier esti mates we must send a large amount to France and Italy to take the place of the great volume lost through the German invasion, during which much beet land was overrun and many fac tories destroyed we have to supply certain quantities to neutral nations under agreements and finally more than 50 million pounds were list re cently through sinkings off our At lantic coast." The statement says that while su gar is often used as a luxury in America it has becbme an essential for the success of the war among the nations of Europe. To assure equitable distribution of the sugar the American public is to be allowed, the food administration has worked out a scheme of allocation to the states based on population and the needs of sugar using industries in the state. Each state food admin istrator will have charge of the dis tribution in his state. BUY W. S. $.—— "Say, pard, I'm a 'prairie dog' from North Dakota and I want to go over there and become a 'devil dog'," and, relieving himself of this sentiment, William D. Knickerbocker, of Dog den, N. D., took his place in line in the U. S. marine recruiting station at St. Paul. Knickerbocker passed an almost perfect physical test and is now on his way to Paris Island, S. C., to the Marine training station there. -BX7Y W. S. S. The democrats and requblicans in joint meeting at Minot recently de cided to fuse at the coming fall elec tion and endorse the democratic nom inee for governor, S. J. Doyle, Miss Minnie Nielson, for superintendent of public instruction and C. J. Fisk, for judge of the supreme court. The bal ance of the ticket was left to a com mittee to handle and fill as they saw fit. The great fight this fall of course is to be made on the governorship and Mr. Doyle will undoubtedly have the support of a great majority of the republicans who were opposed to Frazier and in addition will be sup ported strongly by the democratic party. Mr. Doyle will .make a safe governor if he should be elected that is one thing certain, and there would be an end to wild cat legisla tion. Business men both in and out of the state do not know where they are at at this time and capital is being withdrawn from the state because those who have money to loan are afraid to loan it on chattel security because of the recent order of the council of defense in regard to the foreclosure of chattel mortgages. -Br \v. s. s.- North Dakota gave a grand total of $645,036.38 to the second Red Cross war fund. This is 323 per cent of the state's allotment as made by the Red Cross war council in Washington, D. C. It puts North Dakota on record as the banner statt, on percentage of subscription, in the Northern division, and makes it the fifth ranking state in the entire union. The total over head cost of the campaign at the state headquarters was $677.81, or only a fraction more than one-tenth of one per cent. The entire campaign was handled by the Red Cross organi zation alone, and without the addition of any help at the state headquarters at Fargo. The state headquarters with State Director N. C. Young and Executive Secretary Harry Cttrran Wilbur in charge, even routed the speakers sent to North Dakota, re lieving the division management of all this part of the work. -1UY W. S. S.- We heard some fellows discussing the big advances made by the French and American troops this morning on the depot platform and most of the crowd standing around were feeling fine over the way the Yankees were pushing ahead on the Marne front. But one man said "well, that is all right, but they have a long distance to go yet." Quick as a flash came the response from Conductor Melchoir, who has a boy over there, "but my friend, we have the long distance men over there." Say, that hit the nail square on the head that time. No mat ter how long the distance, we have the men to eat that distance up. No mat ter how hard the task, we have the men who will solve the probl!em.f That is the secret of American suc cess—and that is the kind of work that is bound to win this war. «cv w. s. a Germany is trying to make another peace pact througti^gpain according to dispatches received ty the Times Record yesterday. Germany has made several of these proposed peace rmovep the last, few months but every' time the kaiser does this he always has a lot of things he wants that makes it impossible for the allies to grant. There will be no German made peace under any circumstances. When peace is declared it will be under the dictation of the allies and your Uncle Sam will have considerable to say at the peace conference—but then Uncle Sam will make no unjust claims when it comes time to settle with the Ger man nation. With the allies a just and humane settlement will be made. The kaiser will be ready for most any kind of peace before we get through with him. —BUY \V. S. S.- We hear lots about propaganda these days but if there is any organi zation in the world that beats the au tomobile propaganda we have not heard of it. These automobile manu facturers are making fabulous profits out of their automobiles on account of the war, of course, and now they are sending out tons of nicely worded ar ticles touching on war industries and the like which is a camouflage to try and get a lot of very choice advertis ing for nothing.' If the Times-Record were to publish one-tenth of the mat ter sent us along these lines we would' need to keep a couple of linotypes go ing all day long to publish free adver tising camouflaged in this matter. The printer seems to be a lone hand in getting none of these big war profits. -BUY W. S. S.- In the appointment of the state game wardens the Courier-News says that politics were not considered. The Fargo league organ is eminently cor rect. Outside of the league politics all other politics were cut out. The new appointees are league men. Knappen, of Bismarck, runs a league paper and is the guy who tried to gain control of the press association. Ed Wood, of Deering, is a league or ganizer. No, politics evidently do not govern in these appointments—if you don't happen to belong to the league political machine. -BUY W. t. S.- The official count from the primary election held in June reveals the fact that Gov. Frazier has a majority of 15,720 over John Steen. In the race for superintendent of public instruc tion N. C. Afacdonald has a majority of 4,517 ove|? Miss Nielson and Harry Bronson ha?( a majority of only,. 3,767. over Judge Fisk in/the race for mem* ber of the supreme court. Not one of those having a majority are dead sure of havng a majority in the fall. -t""Y W. SAME HERE BROTHER HEIXZE Lives of editors remind us. Honest men don't get a chance. The more we work there grows be hind us Bigger patches on our pants. On our pants once new and glossy Now are stripes of different hue, All because subscribers linger And won't pay us what is due. Let us then be up and doing, Send your mite, however small' Or when the snows of winter strike us We will have no pants at all. —Tower City Topics. There are two newspapers in the state that the Times-Record editor takes a great deal of pleasure in read ing from the simple matter that the editorials contained in both are or iginal and forceful. One is the La Moure Chronicle edited by our old time friend Walt. Taylor, and the other, the Wahpeton Times, edited by John Andrews. Both editors write along different lines, but both wield a trenchant pen, and have something to say—even if you don't agree with them all the time. What we like about these editors is the concrete, forceful tone of their writings that gives the reader something to think about and this is what makes a paper worth while—an editorial standard so that you know where you are when you read these papers. -BUY \V. S. S.- The worst pjfece of road in the city is the one winch winds around our beautiful city park. If a person does not suffer from appendicitis or any other trouble after a ride over this corduroy road, then he has a system made up of boiler iron and is impreg' nable. We have a good park board and here is a chance for them to get busy with a few loads of gravel on a spot that needs it badly. -BUY W. S. S.- Just to show how rapidly the Unit ed States government is moving men to Europe the war department is plan ning on sending 300,000 men to France during the month of July, When you stop to think of it this seems to be a stupendous undertaking but it is being done just the same de spite the submarine menace. -BUY W. M. S.- WHAT WE FIGHT FOR The high aims of America and her allies are well expressed in President Wilson's greetings to France on Bas tile day: "As France celebrated our Fourth of July, so do we celebrate her Four teenth, keenly conscious of a com radeship of arms and of purpose of which we are deeply proud. The sea seems very narrow today, France is so close neighbor to our hearts. The war is being fought to save ourselves from intolerable things, but it is also being fought to save mankind. We extend our hands to each other, to the great peoples with whom we are associated and to the peoples every where who love right and price jus tice as a thing beyond price, and con secrate ourselves once more to the noble enterprise of peace and justice, realizing the great conceptions that have lifted France and America high among the free peoples of the world. The French flag flies today from the staff of the White House, and Amer ica is happy to do honor to that flag. ABOUT ARMIES An armp corps is 60,000 men. An infantry division is 19,000 men. An infantry brigade is 7,000 men. A battalion is 1,000 men.\ A company is 250 men.. A pkfcfcon is rarh, A corporals iquadi? 11 men.. A firing squad is 20 men. A supply train has. 28& men. A field battery-has 165 men. A machine gun battalion' has 296 men. An engineer's regiment has 1,098 men. An ambulance company has 66 men. A field hospital has 55 men. A medicine attachment has 13 men. A major general heads the field army and also each army corps. A brigadier general heads each in fantry brigade. A colonel headfe each regiment. A lieutenant colonel is next in rank below a colonel. A major heads a battalion. A captain heads a company. A lieutenant hefids a platoon. A sergeant is next below a lieuten ant. A corporal is a squad officer. People are greatly interested in the war these days and in qrder to keep posted on the advance of the various armies engaged in this fight they should have a map so that they can see at a glance what is goin on. The Times-Record has a few very fine maps that it is selling at one dollar each while they last. These maps contain much valuable informa tion besides giving maps of the var ious battle fields and are well worth the money. Come in and get one be fore the supply is exhausted. USE MORE POTATOES. THE WEEKLY TIMES-RECORD, VALLEY CITY, NORTH OAlKOTA ELP consume the 1917 record break ing potato crop. Government ex pert* have esti mated that over 700,000 extra acres of potatoes were planted last year. The United States Food Administration is endeavor ing to push the nation's big po tato stocks into channels of trade and has placed potatoes on the list of substitutes that may be bought along with wheat flour. Potato soup has become a war disb. Here is a recipe that haB been tested by United" States Food Administration experts. In gredients needed are three pota toes, one quart of mlik, two slices onion, three tablespoons butter substitute, two table spoons flour, one and one-half tablespoons salt, one-quarter teaspoon celery salt, one-eighth teaspoon pepper, few grains cay enne and one teaspoon chopped parsley. Cook potatoes in boiled salted water. When soft run through a strainer. Scald milk with on ion, remove onion and add milk slowly to potatoes. Melt the fat, add dry Ingredients, stir until well mixed, then stir into boiling soup. Cook one minute, strain and sprinkle with barley. RHODES SCHOLAR SHIP EXAMINATOINS The Rhodes Trustees in London an nounce, through the American secre tary and the local committee of selec tion, that they have, after careful con sideration, for the same reasons which influenced them to take this course last year, decided to postpone the selections for all the Rhodes Scholarships which would normally have been made during the present year .but they have also decided that candidates who are eligible this year will be held to be qualified whenever the selections for the scholarships are made. The qualifying examination will be held in all states where there are can didates on October 1 and 2 this year. For North Dakota this examination will be given at the university, in Grand Forks, and Candidates expect ing to present themselves for it should notify the chairman of the committee os selections' for this state, President Thomas F. Kane, Univer sity, N. D., on or before Sept. 12,1918. A PROCLAMATION Inasmuch as our nation is at war and is calling into active military ser vice those best fitted to perform the first and most important duty, and it is left for us who remain at home* to see to it that all producing agencies are constantly employed in order that our brave "soldiers and sailors may be supplied with an abundance of food, equipment and war materials, and Inasmuch as there is work for all to do, and provision for registration of the unemployed has been made at the federal employment offices, the offices of the Commissioner of Agri culture and Labor, the North Dakota Council of Defense arid their agencies, and Inasmuch as the North Dakota Council of Defense and their agencies, and Inasmuch as the North Dakota Council of Defense has passed a res olution to prevent idling and to re quire that all able bodied persons be tween the ages of eighteen and fifty years be employed in a useful occupa tion until the termination of the war, and has made it the duty of the execu tive officers of the state to enforce this order. Therefore, as Governor of the State of North Dakota, I call upon all state, county and municipal officers to assist all unemployed persons to register in employment offices and to report the names of idlers to the proper au thorities, that there may be no slack ening of our industrial forces, and that our nation may the sooner tri umph over her enemies, an dher sons the more speedily return to their homes and accustomed occupations. Done at the Capitol at Bismarck lis 26th day of July, 1918. .. LYNN J. FRAZIER, Governor. By the Governor. "Secretary of State. THOMAS HALL, A RESOLUTION For the taking of rough fish from the waters of the State of North Da kota, and the sale of such fish taken under this order which is hereby is sued, by order of The State Council of Defense of the State of North Dako ta, and this order is and shall be in force during the present war. Any person or persons may take with nets, seines, drag nets, dip nets and traps any such fish as buffalo, bullhead, suckers, carp, catfish, red-horse or sturgeon from the waters of this state provided it is done under the direc tion of the game board or chief game wardens or their duly authorized agent. Any person or persons desir ing to do such seining must notify the members of the game board or chief game wardens (of their dis trict) and the members of the game board or chief game wardens are au thorized oissue a permit ^llowir^. seining provided the pamies making -sen ws«t ... dates and place ik which they wish t?.s?'ne' 80 ^at the game board or chief game wardens or their duly authorized agent may be present at seining} and if any other fish such than the above mentioned kind are caught they shall be returned to the water's with as little harm as possi ble. It Is Further Provided, That seines, nets, drag nets, dip nets or traps may be used by any person without a per mit in Des Lacs Lake, Mouse River and the Missouri River, and any spe cies or variety of fish may be taken from the Mouse River or the Missouri River and bayous or backwaters of the Missouri River. But no person or persons shall use a seine, net or trap within a thousand feet of the mouth of any stream emptying into the above named rivers. It is Also Provided that pickerel are hereby considered a game fish and are therefore protected but the mem bers of the game board or chier game wardens shall have the power and authority to allow seining of pick erel at such time and place as in their judgment, it shall be beneficial to the waters of the state. This order for the taking of fish is declared for human consumption only, and any person or persons are prohibited fro mmaking a charge of more than -five cents ($.05) per pound (in the rough) for any fish I taken under this order. Any person or persons violating any part of this order shall be guilty of a misde meanor and punishable ty a fine as provided in Section 84 of the North Dakota Game and Fish Laws. Adopted by State Council of De fense of North Dakota at Bismarck, July: 8th, 1918. Make yourself necessary to the world, and the world will give you bread. The way to bring that about is by taking a course in the Mankato Commercial College, Mankato, Minn. Send for our free catalogue. A PROCLAMATION Enrollment of United State Student Nurse Reserve Whereas, The United States must have 25,000 student nurses between the ages of nineteen and thirty-five to release graduate nurses for work at the front, and Whereas, Our young men are fight ing for the achievement of the world's greatest ideals on the fields of France and upon the ocean, and if wounded will suffer for want of care unless skilled nurses are available, and Whereas, North Dakota's quota in this campaign is three hundred and seventy young women, and Whereas, A call has been issued by the Woman's Commitee of the North Dakota Council of Defense co-operat ing with the Surgeon General of the United States army, the American Red Cross and the Nursing Commit mittee of the Council of National De fense asking that the girls of North Dakota offer their services for this partiotic war work, and ate are ready and anxious to take Now, Therefore, as Governor of the State of North Dakota I hereby set asiJH wr^ application to is^in, forth the,"*nd enrolling student nurses, a,nd ear :.L npst.lv lirtrp anH poll nnnn flu i.. Done at the Capitol at Bismarck this 23rd day of July, 1918. LYNN J. FRAZIER, By the Governor: THOMAS HALL, Secretary of State. 1 ARE MEN TOO PARTICULAR A prominent gentleman remarked to us that he loses faith in the female part of the community when he sees one of the sex out in summer weather with furs over her shoulders or carry ing them on her arm. Really, he said, lt^showed a lack of common sense, which is, indeed, a sad judgment from one who thinks so well of the women, ,He went on to? remark that he gets so disgusted with that sort of camou-! flage that his faith in woman suffrage begins to weaken. Of course, it is not right for him to go to that length, for if he did he would rule out the men' for other and worse things. But we do think that if wearing' fur capes in summer would cause one brother to offend, the suffragist should not wear furs summer while the world standeth. And she shouldn't. If she could hear the fun that is made of her and the ridicule directed toward her she would consign her furs to I the cedar chest. Another gentleman sitting near said, Yes, and I am against the women, too, because of the little tufts of hair they wear to hide their ears. That is as big nonsense as summer furs. We agreed but said. "You must remember that some women haven't pretty ears and so they hide THURSDAY, AUGUST 1» 1918. The Name oi the Middkwest Trust Company On Your Pass Book Means Secnrily, Service, Satisfaction If you appreciate Security, good Ser vice and Sincere Efforts to maintain the highest standards of banking we invite you to keep your acxount withus. MIDDLEWEST TRUST CO. CAPITAL $100,000.0* Valley City, N. D. The Bank of the People" Farmers to Be Allowed Flour on Exchange Basis By North Dakota Food Administration Farmers are to be allowed a supply of wheat from the milling or exchange of their own wheat on the basis of I pounds per month for each member of the household Or establishment. For the present, farmers will not be allowei to take an excess of the supply needed on the above basil to October 1st. Following is the official rule governing this new regulation: "Rule 29—When a farmer brings to the mill or elevator wheat grown by himself, the miller or elevator manager may deliver to him on atoll or exchange basis, a sufficient amount of flour without substitutes to provide 8 pounds p'er month for each person in his household or establishment until October 1, 1918, provided the farmer signs a specified certificate and that the miller or elevator manager has reasonable cause to believe tha truth thereof." The certificate to be signed by the, farmer exchanging wheat for flovr reads as follows: "I hereby certify that the wheat, this day delivered by me to the mill (or elevator) at North Dakota, was grown on my farm, that the amount of flour to be delivered to me, together with that already on hand, will not give me a supply more than sufficient to meet the requirements of my household or establishment under the regu lations of the U. S. Food Administration, and that I will not sell, lend or deliver such flour to anyone, nor permit such flour to be used for any purpose exfept human consumption in my household or establishment. (Signed) Notification is being sent to all millers by Federal Food Administrator Ladd and copies of the foregoing certificate will be furnished to all millers. Whereas, The young women of our thini sSp0?®6/8 i?ea" state up work in any place that" offers a larger field of service for the exe-r .cise ftheir talents and abilities: them." But we didn't believe what we said. They all have pretty ears, but cover them up because some fool fashion has decreed, it. Butwehave noticed thiat really sensible girls don't cover their ears at all. They leave them exposed and thank God they have them.—Ohio State Journal. 1 the. period beginning July 29 ending AflgtfaOll^py recruiting —w icuuiuuk nestly urge and call upon the pe„^ of the state to assist in every way possible to make this campaign com plete and effective in order that those who fight our battles may have every care and be again assured of the loyal whole-hearted support of every man, woman and child in this great com monwealth. BEEN SHIPPING ROTTEN EGGS St. Paul, July —Ten car loads* of eggs from Newburg, N. D., have been seized by the Minnesota au thorities after beino- sent across the Dakota line. During the past year $1,500,000 have been lost to Minne sota dealers because of the eggs be ing decomposed. J£®nt banking is. a good policy. tlle„8*,me Citv and^ n" ??,rns Valley ™«.i, «i— i-i.-. and you will follow the good policy plan. 28-wtf Times-Record want ads bria* Phone: Oflice 20C-J. result* Res. 206*L J. VAN HOUTEN, M. D. Physician and Surgeon VAU.^eiTY1'0r? Governor. m°?k N. D. Res. Fifth Ave. N. Phone E. A. FRAY, M. O. ~Wiyaiclan and Surgeon Graduate Univ. of Pennsylvania ____oece in PoBtofllce Bio* WINTERER A RITCHIE LAWYERS VALLEY CITY N. ft THEODORE JB. LINOLANO Attorney and Counsellor at kaw Ofcbe in Farmers' atad Merchanta' Bank Building vallby city kd. R. E. Labbehasei VETEDIMRY SURGEIN •(silence Phone 670 ioffict fWw 8 Dr.C. E. Johnson DENTIST Phone 47 Over City Drug Store Valley City, N. D.