Newspaper Page Text
PAGto EIGHT BIG RICE SURPLUS"IN~CHlNA $10,000,000 Worth of Grain Stored in One City American Buyer* Hold Back. Hongkong.—Hongkong has been stocked with rice bought for export and held for a rise in prices even dur ing the rice shortage, which has be eome serious in some cities of southern China and other parts of the Orient. The manager of a big commercial firm here estimated that there was more than $10,000,000 worth of Saigon **long" rice stored in Hongkong. Recently the price fell rapidly and dealers and exporters found them selves loaded up with rice while the banks were pressing for the payment of bills. Japan was not able to buy owing to the tightness of her money market, and it was stated that Amer ica, ordinarily one of the largest buy ers of rice In this market, has ceased to purchase because she had obtained a sufficient supply. There were food riots in Shanghai in the latter part of June owing to the high prices of rice there. On June 29 there was only a four days' supply of rice available in Shanghai. CHIEF OF SLACKERS CTiarles F. Phillips, wtio was con victed in 1917 of conspiracy to defeat the operation of the draft Jaws, and who is now, according to latest re ports, the chief of a soviet of draft evaders who have taken their thin skins down into Mexico. BARS "MARRIAGE INSURANCE" Oklahoma Attorney General Opposes 5 Charter for New Policy System. Oklahoma City, Okla. Announce ment was made here that Attorney General Prince Freellng has advised against the granting of a charter to a savings investment company that proposed to Issue insurance to mature at the time of marriage Instead of death. According to the proposed plan of the company, policies would be issued on the persons of children between 1 and 15 years of age, on applica tion of their parents, payments to be made by the company only in case ©f the marriage of the person insured. "It is not impossible to conceive of case wherein the entire resources ©f a person might be tied up in this company and never become available until marriage," Freeling says. "Mar riage then might not be a free and •voluntary actv based on the proper motives, but simply a convenience to make available the resources of the policy holder." TROOPS WEAR RINGS IN EARS Senegalese Soldiers, Used by French in Constantinople, Oddly Decorated. Constantinople.—Black troops, many of them Senegalese, have been used the French In their occupation of this city. The Senegalese wetr bright jpreen uniforms and red fezzes. Their faces are decorated with scars across their cheeks and they usually wear large rings in the ears. A member of the Turkish foreign office who was educated at a Euro pean university, recently approached 3e group of Senegalese soldiers near the sublime porte and engaged them in conversation, addressing them in French. "Just why did you come over here?" lie was asked. "We came to bring civilization to the Turks," the leader of the group retorted haughtily. Hearty Breakfast, Then Jail. •Georgetown, Ky.—After eating an entire boiled ham and seven cans of hacon and beans for his breakfast, Henry Smith was arrested when he arrived in Georgetown and put in jail. 3t is charged he broke into a freight ear and stole his breakfast while tramping from Erlander to this place. Girls Give Prince Pajamas. Sydney, Australia.—Six hundred Sydney shop girls gave the Prince of Wales a pair of pajamas when he was here recently. The pajamas were made hi the shops where the.girls are employed. The prince shyly accepted Usin& Tractors tofiiU Capacity (Spring Wheat Crop Improvement Service.) About the usual amount of fall plowing will always be done. Farm ers have long realized that fall plow ing for wheat is much more profitable than spring plowing, for many rea sons. Wheat is the money crop of the Northwests and regardless of all other kinds ot farming, wheat must be paramount now and for years to come. No matter what the crop, fall plow ing is best. The important thing is to get as many acres plowed before frost as possible which would not be plowed under ordinary circumstances. There is generally power enough in every community, although like mon ey, some people liave a surplus while others have little or none. Every farm bureau should take Im mediate steps to learn how much plowing is likely to be slighted on account of lack of facilities. There ought to be a power club organized which wilt agree to plow this surplus at a price which will compete with horse plowing, and every tractor should be used to its. fullest capacity with a night crew, if necessary, to get the extra plowing done as early as possible. The owner of the power should be paid the going rate and the tractor agencies would be more than willing to keep the tractors in first class shape and to furnish expert service. eedWSieai siriify'/iii (Spring Wheat Crop Improvement Service.) The great Northwest should follow the example of Kansas. State inspec tors are sent around to examine the growing fields and to locate seed wheat growing so that the plants may be taken into consideration. It Js not always possible to judge of seed wheat merely by looking at it after thrashing. First, it should be the best variety, Marquis preferred. Second, It should be fanned and cleaned of trash and weed seeds. Third, all smut and other fungous diseases should be treated with for maldehyde, float and skim method. Fourth, several one-hundred kernel samples should be selected from dif ferent parts of the "bins and tested in wet blotting papers to see how strong it will grow. The weather is the greatest factor, of course, but attention to these de tails' often means the difference be tween success and failure. IW I I I (Spring Wheat Crop Improvement Service.) You cannot grow crops without re storing fertiltty, any more than you could keep on drawing money out of the bank and never putting any in. There may be some excuse for the burning of straw when a man consid ers that labor is the scarcest article and that burning saves days of work but the phosphorus in the straw should be returned either through ani mals or by spreading on the land. Much good paper Is made from straw, the only difficulty being that enough straw cannot be taken toethe mill cheaply enough, but If any county wishes to make an additional profit, a plan should be devised to concentrate all of the straw by sending a baler around. It would be easy to get a pa per mill if the supply of straw were assured. MARQUIS THE^EST WHEAT. (Spring Wheat Crop Improvement Servlc*.) Marquis is the best variety thus far introduced in the spring wheat coun try. It matures several days earlier at the critical time when most damage is likely to occur. It is beardless and has a milling quality somewhat better than any other spring wheat. It is well distributed and there is now no excuse for growing other va rieties habitually. Of course this does not mean that in some localities am ber durufn to a limited extent may not be profitably grown. Wheat la the money crop for the Northwest and should receive the' serious attention of every farmer's ""organization and the townspeople as well.. s1 .v* NEW CHANNEL-SWEEPER IDEA Claimed That It Will Be of Vaat Inv portance in the Maintenance of Barge Canals. boats, each 18 feet long and 6 feet wide. These are placed 15 feet apart and joined by timbers. An operating floor 30 feet long and 5 feet wide will be constructed near the stern, and suspended from this will be a 60-pound STRATEGY FAILED TO WORK Last Resort of "Locked Out" Son-in Law Only Served to Make Mat ters Worse. members of the household went out the key be left In the mail box. The others did go out and the key was left In the designated place. When they returned the key was missing. Mother-in-law had locked the door an$l carried the key inside. She was seen sitting near an upstairs window, read ing. The doorbell was rung until* it ran down. The telephone did not reach her ears. Those left out in the cbld, cold world were in despair. The neighborhood had been aroused by the noise made in attempting to make mother-in-law's defective hearing take spark. She read, peacefully on. Finally Mr. Son-in-Law had a hap py thought. He would try strategy.-He turned the hose on her window. Mother-in-law thought it was rain ing, got up and closed all the .upstairs windows and went back to her book. Strategy had not only failed, but had tightened the barrier of sound. It was not learned just how those outside got inside.—Indianapolis News. "Deadwood Dick" English Born. Richard Bullock* known as "Dead wood Dick," was born lit Cornwall, England, some eighty years ago. At America and at length drifted, to the West. For while he worked in the mines in Black Hill country. At that time miners there were greatly discouraged, and vexed by the unusual activity of bandits. Desperadoes op erating Individually and 1n groups were holding up stages running be tween the mining country and the settlements in the East with such reg ularity that chances of getting their gold shipments through were slim. Bullock saw in this situation an op portunity to do the miners a good turn and himself, too, to earn a good live' lihood and to enjoy no enil oTf thrills and adventures. So he laid away his pick and shovel, armed himself with a wicked-looking gun and embaried in the business.of hunting "road agents." A "Burning Well." Water and fire aren't usually con sidered good friends, but under certain circumstances they may unite to form an interesting and beautiful natural phenomenon. This is the case near Mobile, Ala., where for years a "burn ing well" has been the center of at traction for visitors and residents of the city. Bored originally for an ar tesian well, the product of the hole was a. tremendous flow of salt water, heavily charged with chlorine'gas. How this gas first took fire is not known, but burn it does, and the deep orange flames, uninjured by the water, orange names ntot only sPurt crystal oam' FOR SALE One new 10-20 Moffd tractor, cheap one Moline tractor *r^th plow* ard truck, oractkally new. 1 WIKKLY T»MK«.RECORO. VALLEY CITY. NOrtTtl OAKOTA To aid in the maintenance of the New York state barge canal, a channel sweeper has been devised, not here tofore demanded by the construction of the older canals, writes Gordon P. Gleason in Popular Mechanics Maga zine. As time goes on and the banks disturbed by recent excavations as- A. J. Beaver, bookkeeper at the Se sume their natural slopes, the need of curity National Bank, has returned dredging will become less. Investiga- from a vacation which he spent at his tlons, however, show that within one, 1909, yet, in 1917, it was so washed in the age of twenty-one he came to taking a course in mining engineering at'the University of North Dakota, and is expected to take this kind of a course during his school days. He will get the proper credit for his work in the mines and expects to resume his studies at the University this fall. flrora Tuesday's Daily The Episcopal Guild will meet Wed nesday, in the Guild hall, Mrs. Burl Carr as hostess. The Degree of Honor will meet at K. of P. hall Thursday, Sept 2. Cards promptly at 8:30 p. m. home near Lidgerwood. year sufficient material may be de-1 posited within the canal to make the Prohibition officers and police made available depth of water considera- a raid 0n bly less than the prescribed 12 feet, Sunday evening and secured several An example of this was found In the quarts of home brew. No arrests were channel east of Oneida lake. This was made. completed in a full 12-foot depth in with sand that It was necessary to re- yakama Wash., will arrive this eve move thousands of cubic yards of this 'ning rested in these so that three of them may be jnai Hbel against A. C. ^ownley, ac placed on the canal. companied by his brother, A. M. Brin The new sweeper consists of two, ton, were Valley City visitors last rail, 30 feet long, held by two- chains sent out by the motor vehicle depart at each end. ment. The various counties of the state are veing apportioned their share of the amount due from the lic ense money. His mother-in-law is deaf, "thick o' hearin'," as they said in the old days. Mother-in-law went to the movie the other evening and, before leaving the fer^pt shows make the rounds house, requested that if the other the Moose Hall at Fargo Mrs. William McKinney of. North on material. To aid' in the locating of obstruc tions in the canal the state engineer has designed a novel channel sweeper, and boat builders have been asked to Brinton, who was recently ar submit estimates as to the Cost of No. 8 for a visit with Mrs. A. B. Cox. Mrs. McKinney is a former resident of Valley City, her husband being in business here some years ago. Bismarck for alleged crim- night. They left early this morning for the west Barnes county auto owners have paid $14,834.09 into the state treasury for motor fund according to statistics Frank M. Petit, advance agent for the Westerman Shows, left this morn ing on No. '7 for Jamestown to bill the city for the fearnival for next week. Mr. Petit is one of the many real accommodating"# advance agents that drop in to see us each year as the dif- J. H. Sampson has sold out his cigar and soft drink business together with the lunch room privileges to Heiling Brothers, who will take charge of the business in the near future. A. L. Green has been running the lunch room end of this business and will probably continue to run it from this on, renting the privilege-from the new proprietors. Miss Emma VonDumaris, who has been spending several weeks of her va cation at Little Falls, Minn., and oth er points, returned home Sunday eve ning and has again resumed her du ties with the North Dakota Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Governor Cox is to speak at the Minnesota state fair on September 6 and Senator Warren G. Harding is to speak at the fair on September 8. Here is an opportunity for the fellows interested in politics to get a chance to hear both presidential candidates. Harold Bakken returned to the city last night from Salt Lake City, Utah, where he has been working in the mines for several months. Harold is 'George Flath, who was injured in an automobile accident near Carrington, N. D. on June 8, and who has been in a Fargo hospital since that time, died Sunday afternoon. He was the second victim of the accident, A1 Sydness, his companion, having died about two weeks after the-accident. The acci dent occurred when the large Buick car in which they werg riding turned over. 'v Lyle Solie, 20 years old, of Moor head, died Sunday from injuries re ceived when an Oakland car he was driving turned turtle, pinning him and the other occupants, two girls and a young man under It. Solie's neck and back were broken and his left shoulder dislocated. The girls escaped without injuries but the other young man was considerably, bruised. The accident oc curred when Solie attempted to pass another car. He was driving about 50 miles ar\ hour, it is said. The state board of equalization has reduced farm lands in Barnes county and raised city property fifteen per cent. The value of farm lands re turned by the state board in Barnes county is $45.91 per acre a decrease uninjured Dy tne water, three per cent. The fellows high with the flow of jn the city will have to stand a raise of stream and color Its white fifteen per cent. With the small they run along the circular decrease made by the state board .we pool ..about the well in continuous are going to make the prediction tnat sweeps of bright color. taxes will be higher next year even at the risk of being told to take some more calomel. r- WEEKLY WANTS? DR. F. L. WICKS. OCULIST Special attention given to the fit ting of glasses. Wicks Block. Phone No. 493. FOR SALE—Our residence at 1103. o0_frtri nrnnprtv Fifth Avenue North. Call phone me bought the O A. Ba^n^operty No 280 S Graneer 14-6twD on Normal avenue and someDoay else granger. 14 Btwp The Valley City Fibre Co There is something doing in houses theise days. No) long ago Willie Mur phy purchased the Casper Winkler property on Helena avenue. A very nice piece of property and one of the best locations in the city. Kenneth McFarland had to move so he bought Billy Thoreen's house on upper Fifth avenue. Another nice piece of prop erty. Billy Thoreen had to move so hft8 to move an(i so FOR SALE—12-20 Rumley Tractor keeping on the move and Valley City one year old. Valley City Welding residence & Mfg. Co. 31-Wtf as they are offered for sale. Oh yes, but we forgot to say that recently FOR SALE—Ford touring car. Phone 66L. 28-ltw-5tdp »4wt£ it goes, people are are being bought up fast Rew Healy bought the Cole house on upper Fourth avenue and has had it neat and nice place estate around this city is certainly booming. This is a good sign of a town ir- .5*t From Saturday's Daily Rev. N. Mohler and family, of Har vey, N. D., were Valley City guests last night. Mrs. F. O. Hellstrum and daugh? ter, Miss Mildred, arrived in the city last night from Bismarck, N. D. Mrs. Kate S. Wilder, police com missioner of the city of Fargo, was a Valley City, visitor last night and is also here today. Mrs. A. B. Cox, who has been vis itjng her sons Ed. and Gordon at Bis marck for the past few days, returned home on No. 2 yesterday afternoon. Editor W. R. Kellogg, of the James town Daily Alert, was a Valley City Visitor last night. He left this morn ing on the Soo for points west. Mrs. Sheldon, of Bottineau, N. D., arrived in the city Saturday, and will visit her sister, Mrs. J. H. »•?. Tliomayn, for a few days. Ole Sunde's farm house southwest of town, recently burned down we are informed. No information has been received on this fire. Mrs. I. Wold and children, who have been visiting at Duluth and other Minnesota points for the past month, are expected home the latter part of the week. Bernard Lee and wife, of this city, spent Sunday in Lisbon yisiting friends. Mr. Lee is the watchmaker and jeweler at the W. W. Fritch store. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Duff, of Dazey, N. D., were Valley City visitors Sun day, coming down by auto in the fore noon and returning in the afternoon. Mrs. J. F. L. Bohnhoff and daughter Evelyn, who have been visiting rela tives in St. Paul for the last week, returned home last evening on No. 8. Miles Chesebro, of Shell Rock, Iowa, brother-in-law of J. E. Jones,,was a Valley City visitor Saturday and Sun day. E. T. James, near Rogers, lost a big barn by fire last week it is reported to the Times-Record. We have had no particulars about this fire. Pi J. Hornbacher, bookkeeper for the Stern Candy Co., spent Sunday in Fargo visiting with, friends and ac quaintances there, going down Sat urday afternoon. The wind blew so hard Saturday aft ernoon on the prairie that a good many of the threshijig rigs were forced to shut down, letting their* employes come into town for the week end. Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Johnson enter tained at a six o'clock dinner last eve ning in honor of Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Isensee, who leave for Fargo today. Ole Maiasjo, one of the old timers in the Fingal neighborhood, who recent ly ^purchased the Floyd. Tenney resi dence on Riverside avenue, is moVing in today. Mrs. John Piller and children left last, evening for their home at Graf ton, N. D., where they will spend a few days visiting with frieAds. George -A. Totten, member i&f tne board of administration of the state. of North Dakota, is in the city today, looking after business in connection with his duties. L. L- Stair, wardijh of the state pen itentiary at Bismarck, is in the city today. We do not think, however, that he is after any of our citizens on this trip. Mr. Chas. G. Lund returned froto the Twin Cities Thursday morning. Mrs. Lund will remain until Septem ber. going to Lake Minnetonka as the guest of Mrs. F. W. Pearson. Didn't Judge W. ,F. DuVall make the cute little old lady in the suffrage parade Friday night. When it comes to catering to the wants of the women you just leave it to "Bill." Ben Goodsell, a former Valley Cityite, who has been working in Grand Forks, is visiting friends in Valley City, and is a guest at the F. G. Cham bard home. He is" on his way to his home at Aberdeen, S. D. The boys who went as delegates to the American Legion convention at Minot, returned yesterday. /They were well pleased with the hospitality ac corded them by the people of Minot, and ^report a very pleasant time. Rev. Eugene Nelson returned Fri day from a three months trip to Nor way where he visited with relatives. He will occupy the pulpit of the Scan dinavian M. E. church again this Sun day, which has been occupied during his absence by Rev. Jenson. Rev. J. W. Hilborn and family, of Cathay, N. D., are spending a day or two in Valley City. Some of the mem bers of the Hilborn family are having medical work done in the city. Mr. Hilborn is pastor of the Mv E. church at ha Mrs. J. W. Lahart 'and daughter Vergil, formerly residents of James town, left on No.' 2 yesterday for their home at Denver, Colorado, after spending a few days in the city visit ing with, their friend, Mrs. W. S. 'Hoster. j.?,! Mrs. A. E. Easton and two children who have been visiting with Mrs. Easton's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Vaupal, left last evening for their home in Montana. They were accom panied by Mrs*, Vaupal who goes to Af '.:V 1 'V ." *. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1920* another point in that state to visit relatives. Gust Swenson and family and Erick Anderson and family, of Sioux Falls, S. D., who have beeh visiting P. J. An derson and family at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Elizabeth street the past few days left for home yes terday. The trip was made in auto mobiles. Mrs. Swenson is a sister of Mrs. Anderson. Ferguson Bros., the progressive Fifth avenue grocers, have recently added a new Ford delivery truck to their equipment, and are now equipped to take care of their 'growing busi ness. Those Ferguson boys are com ers, all right, all right. A. L. Green- had his bunch of base ball pelters out for practice last eve ning, and says that they are in fine trim, according tcf his judgment. At the present time it is planned to have either McGarry of Rogers or Cun ningham of Luverne in, the box at to morrow's game for Valley City. Mrs. Wm. Von Domarus and daugh ter Emma who have been in Minneapo lis for the past several weeks, re turned, last evening. While away Mrs. Von Romarus had two operations at the Eitel hospital. Miss Emma Von Domarus is at present on her vacation and will return to her work at Valley City, N. D., in a short time.—Little Falls (Minn.) Transcript. County Auditor Nelson has received a supply of hunting license blanks which can be procured at his office in the court house. The blanks were a little late in arriving, but up to yes terday 45 licenses had been issued. They cost $1.50. The hunting season this fall opens up on he morning of September 16th. A heavy fine will be imposed on those caught hunting without a license. Arthur Fitzpatrick and his mother arrived in the city yesterday front Flandreau, S. D. Mr. Fitzpatrick hafc a farm a few miles out of town, and came up to look over the crops. He came up by train, but reports the roads along the railroad tracks in the best of condition and expresses the belief that the trip up by auto would have been a more pleasant one. He is well pleased at the attitude which this paper takes on the political situation in this, state, and tells us to keep up the good work. HASTINGS NEWS The heavy rain Saturday night and Sunday put a stop,to the threshing for a few days. Some very fine wheat has been brought into Hastings, one farmer had. wheat that weighed 62 pounds to the bushel. Mrs. O. T. Olson returned from Glenville, Minn., after a few weeks visit there with O. T.'s folks. Mr. and Mrs. Enger were .visiting at Valley City last Thursday. Louis Workman and A. Bergen pur chased a new Case separator from An ton Anderson the local dealer of this town. Carl Knutson and Carl Helland of this vicinity, each purchased a hew Fordson last week. Contractor Nelson and his crew are rushing the work on the new co-oper ative store here. Work on the new garage is begin ning this week and in a few days we hope the bricks will be cleared from the sidewalk. A burglar alarm has been installed in the First State Bank here so we will not be disturbed by the yeggmen again. SHEYENNE VALLEY Conrad Jacobson and Jens Henrik son. autoed to Kathryn last Monday on business matters. Peter Stevens. is driving team for Emil Opperud in the threshing. .James G. Thoreson was in Fingal last Tuesday and got a load of feed ground. Mrs. Julia Henrikson and daugh ters Palma and Lillah of Kathryn were visiting with Mrs. Johanna Henrikson last Sunday afternoon. Oscar E. Aas did some shopping at Kathryn last Monday. John F. Henrikson was a visitor at the home of G. O. Aas last Tuesday evening. Jens Henrikson helped Oscar E. Aas last Tuesday stacking grain. Nels P. Hanson autoed to Kathryn last Wednesday afternoon on shop ping. Jens O. Aas is driving team for Jens Rensby in'the thrshing. Alfred Anderson and John F. Hen rikson auoed to Kathryn last Wednes day afternoon on shopping. Christ Hagen, G. O. Aas and. daugh ter Clara autoed to Kathryn last Monday afternoon on shopping. Oscar E. Aas helped Helge Olson last Wednesday afternoon stacking millet. Miss .Eva'Olstad came home from Valley City last Sunday evening for a few days' visit at home.. Alfred Anderson helped John F. Henrikson last Tuesday stacking hay. Carl Monson is driving team for Henry Hanson in the threshing.. John F. Henrikson helped Alfred Anderson last Monday afternoon cut ting corn. Mrs. Helge Olson and son Gayhart were Kathryn shoppers last Tueday afternoon. sQuite a number of farmers in this neighborhood have started to cut more hay. Julius Henrikson is driving team: for Nels P. Hanson in the threshing. Miss Marie Henrikson was a Kath ryn shopper one day last week. Mrs. Marie Johnson visited with Mrs. Johanna Henrikson last Friday afternoon. Martin Olstad and daughter Eva were Kathryn stoppers last Friday forenoon. John F. Henrikson was a visitor at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Gust Col-: lins last Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Gust Collins were. Kathryn shoppers last Friday after noon. Mr. and Mrs. Anton Opperud and family of Fingal were visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Ole Stevens and fttnfly last Sunday afternpon. iV"