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*.* *1 f- THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3,1921. I From Thursday's Daily I B. Li, Cheney is a visitor in the city today. is a visitor in the city today, Born to Mr. and JVirs. Helmer C. Olson of this city, on January 26, a girl. Delicious manmp°hqtodaysfis' "The Woman in] Saturday. Voorhes chapel at Jamestown Tues day, we note the name of Esther Ped erson of this city. Miss Chrissie Budge, formerly sten- house special committee appointed to, Forsyth, Group -No. 6 of the Valley City, game was lively throughout, and tne teams bemg so nearly matched, n^de plrt of thd, Collins, for 31 years a* county' farmer, tion agent for the Soo Line, this campaign. A light lunch was served. Dancing 1^ jf1, jT r«5«J5?f Mont., formerly ot is y. who have ffn relatives in the city for left last night for their Montana hdme. Mr. Anderson has been em-,wteK proya With the Northern Pacific, Railway Co., as a _carPe"te^ Oill^V »*v wv. steady employment with the company repairing and rebuilding cars. Group -No. 6 of the Valley Crty, was again enjoyed until 11:30 when jen the guests departed, all voting the prices of 31.8 cents a gallon for gas- Mr. Christ Myrhow's sister, Mrs. .Gilbert Olson of Cottonwood, Minn., was here to attend the funeral of Mrs. John Holm returned Thursday from the Twin Cities where he had been Ivith two ?ars of Livestock and to at tend to other matters of business. George Vaught, local manager ofi —the Salzer yard reports that the retail price of soft coal has been reduced $2.00 per ton which is good news, es pecially if the ground hog should see his shadow. little daughter Helen were Vplley City visitors Friday. A joirit meeting of the school boards of District 33 and 55 will be hela in Cuba Thursday for the purpose of set tling some school jnatter. Theodore Danielson and son Ru dolph and daughter Miss Elsie were W. F. Strobbel of Fessenden, N. D.,' county seat visitors Friday. He re .'-u ii,. nnvfa that Mm. .Dftniemon l! ports that Mrs. -Danielson is riot en joying the best of health and will v,. probably consult a physician very soon Wednesday,' unless a change for the better takes place. At- the special school election held Ole Sunde, prominent farmer near Thursday almost an unanimous vote Lufverne, is looking after business" was cast for the bonding of the School matters in the city today. I District in the sum of $6000 for the I purpose of building and furnishing a Mrs. -.E. Allen entertained the new school house. This is as it Tuesday Club at her home on Tues-' should be as we are greatly need day of this week. Delicious refresh- of better school facilities. ments were served by the hostess. It is with sorrow that we are called upon to report the demise of one of I, I ..I.— I- upvii VV xvj/vr*v vuv W Mrs. L. S. B. Ritchie entertained at our beloved neighbors. Mrs. Chris foiir tables of bridge yesterday after-' tion Myrhow, whose maiden name was noon. refreshments were Maren Stevens, died at Riverside hos- served. I pit?al, Valley City Tuesday, January 25th, 1921, following a prolonged ill Mrs. Robert Anderson returned this' ness and operation, at the age of 54 morning from the Twin Cities, where years, six months, 18 days. Deceased she has been visiting for the past few w*as married in 1887 to Christian days. Myrhow, and to this union nine child- I ren were born, seven of whom are liv- Charley Peterson left for the Twin ing as follows: Carl, Annie, Harold. Cities and Chicago, to buy the spring Clara, Alfred, Arnold 'and Elsie. Mr. stock for his popular store, the Right, and Mrs. Myhro were among the early Price Mercantile Co., on No. 2 today. settlers of Cuba township, having set tied on the present farm home in 1892. L. B. Hogstad and C. T. Dokken,1 Services were held at Emanuel church, cashier and assistant cashier respect- Norma township Saturday, Jaru 29 at ivelv of the Farmer's State Bank of p. m., Rev. Struxness officiating and Ndme were business visitors in the interment was m'ade in the church city yesterday. yard. A large gathering of friends and neighbors were present to witness T. Melvin Lee, secretary of the the lagt sad rites of this splendid wo Middlewest Trust Co., returned Tues-: man. The floral offerings were very day from Fargo, where he had been beautiful. The bereaved relatives have attending an executive committee the sympathy of the entire community meeting of the North Dakota Bank- jn this their greatest loss, ers' Association. H. C. Healey, formerly connected with' the local Gamble-Robinson Co., I branch, is a business visitor in the, I city. We understand that Mr. Healey I is on the road for some house, travel- From Friday's Daily ing out of Minneapolis. I T. U. meets with Mrs. What maytruely be termed one of E- M^e Tuesday afternoon. Mrg Among the names of the students. Among tne luuues vx wig otuuvu^, tnuuru of the. music department df the James-, serving on the jury, returned from his town college, who gave a recital at farm near Oriska last evening. ITT—I— afternoon. Keiresnmenis were and a poeasana Lge Coweli went ter[jay .^Vnr hhp S vention of the Implement dealers of the P?|t weew we^v"hi since he moved .to Forsyth, having hiisiness matters. He is dinner' last Y. M. C. A played the Sanborn paujson birthday. Covers were laid team last evening at Sanborn, defeat- evening was delightfully ing the Sanborn five by a score of 16, ior nine, „iavino. cards. the game interesting. {secretary, baskets Hme was snent George B. Caley accompanied 'the. ™»£i^basicets^ tearn^ '5W Soo in line wltt other ^-oon was enjoyed by all. interests both great and .small thru-1 Edwin Bloom entertained at out North Dakota is openmg a spr 1S ing in the state the interests taMty last evening, of the Officers anS 1 executive committee of the Auxiliary 1 \_ of the tg hostesses as royal entertainers. _____— I Rev. George B. Caley left for Grand A reduction, of two cents a gallon (Forica n. D.t today where he goes to in the retail price of gasoline was an- ]00fc after business matters. From nounced today by the local branch of Grand Forks he will go to Devils Lake the Standard Oil Company. The new where oline at this service station, and 30.8 secretary of the Y. M. C. A. in from tank wagons are the lowest Barnes county. since the war, according to Standard Oil officials. Reductions are under stood to be due to the price of crude oil going down. CUBA"" .w Myhrow and will remain a few days. Miss Clatfa DuPuis, sister of Mrs. Joe Schieb, left Sunday for Valley quarters. City where she will do dressmaking, --. Miss DuPuis is an amiable young lady Mrs. A. B. Cox of^this city recently and will no doubt make good in her won the ?25 prize^offered by the Min new field of endeavor. I neapolis Journal fpr a title to a pic- Joe Schieb's son Alvin, will attend ture published m.that newspaper. The the Cathplic school at Valley .City the title Mrs. Cox submitted was Never remainder of the winter. Edgar Fonder of Valley City, is vis iiing his sister, Mrs. Leonard Londer. Joe Schieb journeyed to Anselm Tuesday evening, returning Wednes day morning "and while there sojd^ a a«,«, W evening in honor of Mr J.UI iilliCi v» C5 to'14. The"fiVst half"ended 12 to 9! spent.in visitin? and playing cards, in favor of the Valley City team. The game was lively throughout, and the A number of the Dorcas Ladies' Aid the home Qf luncn The time was spent visiting and doing hand work, after which lunch was served. A pleasant two tables of bridge thl'Sorthwe'?. F»nt| consolation gift. Refreshments were it., raiiK Bottineau, served. n°w state imnngra- yesterday after- Group No of the local of American Legion. Under the The 0. G. Society will hold a Rum management of Miss Trudie Olsby Dancing was then engaged in by all. j- j0hn Wertin is visiting in Far- gaged.in the grain business. He was wh0 is ems,oy" afternoon enjoyed ographer for Combs & Ritchie of this. .— Treglawney city, is official stenographerofthe Percy PerSons earl of the week for conduct an investigation into ^he where they went to look aftei state owned industries at Bismarck. Mr.' and Mrs. A. P. Anderson of Mayburn down to Fargo yes- who are meeting "y. M. C. A. nlaved a Spectacular game of basket SattheNormal yesterday after- 4.30 with nfton at About 60 guests enjoyed the hospi- jq jn favor the Junior High TT.,. school of the Normal. The score was 0f team mage and Mrs. Fired Ijfredtfickson stunts BUjjding. Much excellent woolen ma and several contests were put on- 'rial the Y. M. C. A. ga]e tomorrow in the Reidman suitable cl)ijdren ajs0 to be made over for Georgette blo^aes, men's cfothing shoes, new and old, and coats all to be sold for a few he will attend the state conven- tion 0f the Y. M. C. A. Rev. Caley is The Stern Candy Co., has secured the space over Fritch's Jewlry Store, and are enlarging their factory. A cooler will be installed to enable the factory to operate all day in the sum mer time, also a chocplate dipping .ma chine arid a marshmallow machine. The office of the company will be mov ed from its present quarters under the American Exchange Bank to the new Play Bridge With Your Own Hus- other players. Dr. and Mrs. E. A. Pray were host esses to about seventy of their friends Prays. &!X5NV 'SojiZk day morning ana wuue u«ac wiu carload of seed wheat of the Red Dur- W. S. Emery and E. S. ^eLancey of ^^40 um variety. this city were named on the Jjoard Mr. and and Mrs. Vernon Grant and of directors of the Northwest Horse rt .i' 1 •?!.*»* i. «»"V^' THK WEEKLY TlMES-REOORP, VALUttY CITY, MOUTH DAKOTA man's Association, formed at Fargo last week, during the Tri-State Gram Grower's convention. William P. Hammer of Cooperstown, was named president of the association. The first team of the Reserves of the Normal school will both play games at outside towns tonight. The first team meets the Wahpeton Sci ence team at Wahpeton tonight. The Reserves meet the Enderlin High schbol. From Wahpeton the first team goes to Moorhead, where they meet the Moorhead team Saturday evening. The Moorhead team is one of the strongest aggregations that the Val ley City Normal will play this year, and are strong rivals for conference honors. The defeat of Jamestown by the Moorhead Normal on the James town floor, makes prospects for a close game look good. Chas. Ratzlaff, a prominent farmer near Coopersitown, was 'burned to death Wednesday, when the straw pile in which he was' evidently sleeping caught on fire, perhaps from the sparks .of his pipfe. The body, which had been very badly burned, and hav ing^iot much more than shoes left up on it, was found by a neighbor. The face had been badly burned and non club. His widow and a 10-year-old son, Donald, survive him. Clifford Lampman of Oriska, who is INDEPNDENT FIVE .• WINS FROM "CONGO* Mrs. J. E. Featherstone entertained tional the i0 be in attendance at the con- uasKets—iregiawney o, wnua there this Attorney Lee Combs is spending the ^Mandan" and Bismarck, at- weetv xxi Yf tending to business matters, ne is expected home this evening. ,, Mrs A. P. Paulson entertained at From Saturday's Daily I Mrs. J. N. Green esterda afternoon bringing their ning was pleasantly enjoyed by those occupied by the Wardrobe Clothing present in playing cards and visiting Co.. and will have his office connected after which a delicious lunch was serv- with the Sanitary Heating & Plumb ed. This is the second of these lange ing Co., which has also moved to the and enjoyable functions given by the new location. Mr. Baarstad's new of is (vflfaiHerablp imnrovement fice is a cifflhsiderable improvement over the old location. -Wt A. G. Becker of Rogers was in the call, city yesterday. J. Kaiser of Oriska represented that city here yesterday. J. P. Sheehan, of Fargo, "cigar king," was-in the city yesterday call ing on4his trade. A. J. Mclnnes of Dazey looked after business matters in the county seat yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Duff of Dazey were Valley City visitors last evening, returning home this morning. Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Richardson of Farfgo, will arrive this evening to spend Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Hubbard and family. The committees for the reorganiza tion of Company will be starting work next week," we are told. An ac tive campaign for members for the company is being planned. stalled. The Royal Neighbors of the city .gave a very delightful dancing party, 1HUV "WW wwww each member was supposed to ask a friend. Delicious refreshments were served, $nd a delightful time enjoyed. The Rathje Orchestra of this city played for a d3nce at Litchville last evening. The dance was given under the auspices of the Litchville Post of the American Legion. A fine time is reported by those from here that at tended. age v*iui iuui cently purchased tHe Henry Wilb^rg band." The picture showed -a man farm near Nome at the sale price of wrangling with his wife at a bridge $125 an acre. A valuable residence in tiartv much to the amusement of the this city was taken in part payment 1 fVia lanrl Mi» SVinrmfln will take for the "land. Mr. Sherman will take possession in thefspring. esses to aDout seventy ui uicu uwimB Paul Baarstad has moved his Elec last evening at their home. The eve- trie Shop into the building formerly ni/usmfw oninvpri hv those crannied hv 'the Wardrobe Clothing last evening at Wieir nome. me uric loiiuy mw Uic "Uiiuiu William Sherman of this*city re- 6 'TOT'Ic* trV 7 fv". Today is the birthday of William McKinley, once president of the t,* iace naa Deen Daaiy Durneu ana uuuu peratiire was low enough to_ let us of the hai,r on the head had been burn- know that such a thing as winter in ed. A cap found a few feet from the! North Dakota is still possible. Pros body indicated that the head had had I pects for sleighing, which has been its protection until the clothing had badly hampered this winter, began j, 1 1 1 i.L^M »vii'nnt' iirhav) a TflW been burned. The coroner's jury views the case as cme of pure acci dent, and believes that Ratzlaff dozed off while sitting on the straw, and the fire from his pipe ignited the straw. The friends of Mrs. D. A. McDon ald, formerly Zela Dobbin of this city, and a sister of Mrs. L. A. Woodt will be sorry to hear of the death of Mr. McDonald, on the twenty-fifth of Jan uary, 1921. 'The item in the Twin City Press says: Donald A. McDon ald, 57, president of the firm of Mc Donald & Wyman, grain dealers, died at 7:30 p. m. Jan. 25, at his home 2444 Girard ave., of heart failure following illness of three weeks. Mr. McDon ald had been a resident of Minneapo lis 30 years, coming here from On tario. Shortly after his arrival he be came a member of the Chamber of Commerce and ever since has been en- In a thrilling game of basketball ter^Mertice Dorothy, left Saturday to Thursday evening at the Congrega-' spend the week-end with Mr. Hon inciependent Five de-! parents in Fargo. at- three, tables of bridge yesterday fea^ecj the Congos by a score of 29 to afternoon. Refreshments were served The lineup was: Dorothy Jagd has accepted a I on go position as principal of the Hastings and wife left the v/ilds If Treglawney rf Moe. school, and left for that place the first early part 01 tne ween majuun., Brown Spicer, Canada, where they went to look after Earley rg Wold Mrs. Alida Skonnord arrived fro .. 1 1 1.^ T/]«iUa lacf MnnnflV flTlfl IS dt Velzy. lg. Substitutes: Clark for second half. Baskets—Treglawney 8, Wilds 2 Bl0Wn 4 Moe Free 2, Eggert 2, Spicer 1. throws: Earley 1, Coop 1. Free throws: Earley 1, Coop 1. The officers and members of the fovitafion •.-,=V-L-V W.c vWV?*,*/ «. United States who was shot and killed at Buffalo, N, Y. It is linown as Mc Kinley Day or Carnation Day, the lat ter name coming from the custom that has grown up of wearing red carna tions—Mr. McKinley's favorite flower —on that anniversary. Several women of the city are mak ing use of their spare time by taking up different courses at the. Normal School, during this winter. Accord ing to Secretary Lee, there are about six who have enrolled thus far, for different courses, some of them for commercial, and other branches of study. Fargo was selected by the N. D. Im plement men as the 1922 convention city at the final sessions of the 1921 convention ai Fargo jfesterd&y.. Geoi'ge E. Berg of Kensal is the new president Of the association. R. A. Lathrope of Hope was re-elected sec retary and given an increase in sal ary that will allow him to devote more, of his time to the work of the asso ciation. Bur-r-r! Who said something about California. North Dakota caught cold last night, and this morning the tem- to look good this morning when a few stray flakes came wending their way down. From Monday's Daily I. S. Cowles and Henry Gahloff of Pillsbury were Valley City visitors yesterday. Prof. W. H. Walker of Fargo Col lege wsis a caller at the Epworth M. E. parsonage this morning. Miss Gene McLachlin of Fargo, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Knute Froysaa of this city. Miss Corinne Hager, a former Val ley City girl, spent Sunday in the city, the guest of Dr. and Mrs. Palmer.. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Willson of Leal N. D., were visitors in the city yes terday. The officers ana memDers 01 me M. O. Grangaard of Rogers, came Congregational church- enxtend a cor-1 down from Bismarck and visited over dial Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hoff and daugh- Eggert of the week. Coop 1 Burke, Idaho, last Monday and is at Wold in present visiting with the Skonnords here. She also visited a w^ek with Rev. Jno. Skonnord and her son at Napoleon, N. D. to the members of the Sunday with his family at Rogers, various churches and other interested returning to Bismarck today friends to be present at a reception in the parlors of the church this eve ning from 8 to 10:30 to welcome Dr. and Mrs. Nugent to our midst. Senator Frank E. Ployhar returned to Bismarck this morning after spend ing Sunday in the city with his fam ily. R. R. Raney. editor and publisher of the Kensal Progress is looking after 1 business matters in the city today, and paid the Times-Record a friendly Oscar Hallenberg of Fargo, was winter which the state! has here yesterday looking after the ap- enjoyed. This will mean Prosperity praising of the stock of merchandise in the western part 0 in the Bateman Drug Company. Feeders of liye stock have bee e^P Fargo experienced an epidemic of automobile stealing during- 1920. A total of 104 automobiles were report ed as 'stolen at police headquarters. Eighty-six were recovered. Mrs. Earl D. Pegg and Mrs. B. R. Pfusch will entertain the Tu-ana Drynque Club Tuesday evening at Mrs. Pegg's home on Riverside ave nue. Approximately $108 was secured at the special show at the Grand theater yesterday for the Hoover Relief Work Fund for children in the Near East. The entire proceeds from yesterdays show goes to the Hoover Fund. Old timeTs in the state are predict ing a wet summer, following the inild ially' lucky, the animals being able to find plenty of feed in the open. Miss Joyce M. Plait and Miss Glee E. Jordan of Minneapolis have ac I cepted positions with the Stern Candy H. E. Garner, former chef of the' their duties this morning. Mrs. G. E. Kindred Hotel, has returned and ac- Bowers has also accepted a position cepted the same position again. Mr. with the company in the wrapping Gamer is having some fine new equip-1 partment. ment for the kitchen of the hotel in- Co., as chocolate dippers, and assumed Henry Layer, confessed slayer of eight persons near Turtle Lake last April, is denied a new trial in court bv Judge W. L. Nuessle of the district UJr last evening. It was guest night, and court, in an order handed down 1 1 .1 i.. i_" Mifo o4 Mar unless t.r The wUlvi 111 ViMV* decision puts at rest, unless there is an appeal to the supreme court, or the pardon board, the agitation begqp by Layer's friends, immediately after he pleaded guilty in district court at Washburn and was .brought to the Bismarck prison. Approximately 88 miles of ground ed rural telephone lines in this vicinity have been made metallic by the crew of the Northwestern Telephone Co., which has been working out of yal ley City for some time. About thirty miles are still to be made metallic. The service to be rendered over these lines is greatly improved after making them metallic, the usual buzz and hum characteristic of a grounded line, be ing eliminated. Several people in the city have re norted seeing robins arid also other birds which are said to be indicative thats spring is here. We can't vouch for such statements but will have to be shown the birds' before we believe it. Meantime old mother earth has been given a nice coat-of whitewash this vicinity. The weather moder ated considerable during the evening Sunday, and the thermometer was sit- 4** 1 5.. •-.* -H'-. ting comfortably above the zero mark this morning. Students of the Agricultural College at Fargo, have gotten strongly" be hind the "non-smoking" rule, and are working in cooperation with the fac ulty in an attempt to make the mat ter a college pride and tradition. What would be the matter with the students of the Normal .and High School of Valley City taking such a stand A little cooperation will work wonders. The Northwest Nursery of Valley City has secured a nice contract from the North Dakota State Fair Associa tion, to furnish trees, shrubbery, and flower beds, for the North Dakota State Fair Exposition grounds. The parking project, as planned by the nursery company, will extend over three years, a little of the work being done each year. The shrubbery and trees set out will be carefully watched and cared for during that time. The winners of the bean guessing contest at the Hedstrum Grocery Sat urday were: S. Overgaard, 2333 Mrs. O. F. Thofson 2360 Mrs. Chas. Maier, 2400. There were 2,344 beans in the pint jar. The contest was put on by the Holstad Coffee Co., and the prizes awarded to the "winners were five pounds, three pounds and two pounds of Holstad's "A" coffee. Each person was given an opportunity to guess, after- a purchase of coffee. Several other guesses were registered, but the three named above were the closest. Joe Brady of this- city passed away early Friday morning. The remains will be buried at Edgeley, N. D., and the Elks Lodge at Jamestown will have charge of the funeral. Mr. Brady has lived here for several years, and leaves a wife and two children. He formerly was in business in the city, but during the last two or three years has suffered from, paralysis which finally resulted in his death. The remains were taken to Jamestown Sunday evening, and the services were held at Jamestown this morning. In terment will be made at Edgeley to morrow morning. One of the most enjoyable recep tions ever given in the Congregational church was enjoyed by about. 150 peo ple Friday evening. The guests were Rev. and Mrs. Nugent, who recently moved here from Kewanee, 111., Rev. Nugent accepting the pastorate of the local Congregational church. R^v. Wilds of the Epworth M. E. church and Rev. Fox of the Episcopal church both gave short addresses of welcome. This was followed by a musical pro gram consisting of violin solos by Knute Froysaa and two vocal solos by Mrs. Froysaa. Delicious refreshments were served, and a delightful time enjoyed by all present. Those who were present speak of the affair as one qf the most successful and most enjoyable of any ever given in the church. The Royal Neighbors held their regular meeting last Friday night in the K. P. hall with a large attendance which was very encouraging to the pew officers, this being their first meeting. It was decided to change their meeting night to the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month. Members please remember that the next meet ing will be held on the first Tuesday of February at which time a large class will be initiated. After the bus iness meeting the evening was turned over to the committee of entertain ment for January. When the commit tee retired to make preparations there was an audible whisper throughout the audience of around 200, wondering what surprise was in store for them, they had only a short time to wait then 12 couples all dressed as they were dressed 25 years ago marched in and very gracefully danced the Vir ginia Reel. From then on most every one joined and tripped the light fan tastic until both hands of the clock pointed upward, every one feeling bet ter for the evening's enjoyment and looking forward to the social meeting in February. From Tuesday's Daily P. H. Pickett of Leal is looking aft er business matters in the city today. C. S. Brown and wife of Rogers were in the city last evening. Jas. Larkin of Wimbledon is looking after business matters in the city to day. Mrs. J. S. Wilds has been removed from the hospital and now resting at home. M. A. Anderson of Eastedge, N. D. is here today attending a meeting of the county commissioners, of "which he is a member. A. B. Ferguson of Eckelson, mem ber of the board of county commis sioners is here today attending a meeting of the' board. Floyd McClure, night clerk at the Kindred, went down to .Fargo this morning to attend to business mat ters. Miss Mildred Mcllhergey, who is employed ait the Rev. Nugent home, is visiting with her sister, Mrs. White at Fairmount, N. D.. Lane Slaloney, district prohibition chief agent, was up looking over the city Sunday, we are told, returning the same day to Fargo. Rev. W. H. Walker Of Fargo College, took luncheon with Rev. and Mrs. Nugent yesterday, and returned to Fargo on No. 2 yesterday afternoon. A. M. Dorgan. day clerk at the Kin dred, returned today from Fargo where he has been the last few days visiting with friends and looking over the Gateway City. Prank Oglesby of Dazey, N. is a business visitor in the city today. Mr. Oglesby is one of the Barnes County commissioners, and is here to attend a meeting of that body today. 4 /V PAGE FIVE L. Dorothy of Page, N. D., was a business visitor in the city yesterday. Mr. Dorothy is planning on having a sale the early part of March and was dbwn making' preliminary aiTange ments for it. Rev. George B. Caley returned Sun day from Devils Lake where he had been attending the state convention of the Y. M. C. A. Rev. Caley re ports a very successful meeting. R. R. Davis returned yesterday from few weeks vacation trip to South Dakota and the Twin Cities. Mrs. Davis will remain'in the Twin Cities for about a week before returning to Valley City.'u Mrs. Olonzo Morsbach, who was known to Valley City people as Miss Florence Hedstrum, arrived in the city last evening for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Hedstrum, and friends in the city. Dr. E. A. Pray went down to Fargo yesterday, returning home this morn ing. He accompanied his daughter Francis down to Fargo, and from there she will go on to Northfield, Minn., where she will resume her studies at Carleton College. The P. E. O. society had a very en joyable meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Witter last evening. The big surprise of the evening was when Mrs. Olonzo Morshbach, nee Florence Hedstrum, a former Valley City girl, dropped in for the evening. Light refreshment? were served. Dr. E. F. Ladd, who becomes United States senator March 4, has tendered his resignation as president of the ag ricultural college at Fargo, effective Feb. 28. His successor has not been named. There is am effort being made to have Dr. J. H. Worst returned to the presidency of the college. A delightful party was given by a few of the Royal Neighbors last eve ning in the K. of P. hall. Progressive whist was played, and about nine or ten tables of players enjoyed this pas time. Prizes were given and Miss Carrie Lovstuen secured the high prize, and Charley Lockwood the con solation gift. A delightful time is re ported by those who were present. The American Railvvay Express Co., has organized its Right Way Plan, which has for its object the education of its employes and the public, for better service. Local employes have been instructed to the "right vvay essentials of express receipts. This is very important as the receipt is a contract and basis of settlement in case of loss or damage. An educational campaign in behalf of crippled children has been started in the st&te by Mrs. Charles E. Jones of Lisbon, N. D. A report of the county nurse of Barnes county, re veals the fact that there are 100 crippled children uncared for, and 54 in LaMoure county. Mrs. Jones says she will be glad to give any one in terested, particularly the America.n War Mothers, an outline of what is being done for crippled children, and how individual medical care can be se cured, for until l^orth Dakota makes provision, the individual case must be cared for. Carrying out tne decree of Judge Woodrough, of United States district cdurt, the railroads operating in North Dakota have paid to the state treasurer, $1,233,880 for taxes. The case arose out of the increased valu ation made by the state board of equalization on railroad property. In the dfecree Judge Woodrough held part of the increase valid, and part confiscatory'. It was announced at the time that the railroads were satis fied with the decision and would pay the tax. Clarence Eddy, the dean of Ameri can organists, who will play in the Congregational church on Tuesday, February 8, under the auspices of the Auxiliary Guild of the church, has had a most remarkable career. Mr. Eddy was born at Greenfield, Mass.. and be gan studying the pianoforte at the age of 11. His first organ lessons were taken from J. Gilbert Wilson two years later, after which he studied a year under Dudley Buck, at Hart ford, Conn. For two years he officiat ed as organist at the Bethany church at Montpelier, Vt.. and then went to Berlin to study under August Haupt, organist and Albert Loeschhorn, pi anist. After completing his studies abroad he made a very successful con cert tour of Germany, Austria, Swit zerland .arid Holland. He then re turned to the United States ^nd lo cated in Chicago where he was or ganist at the First Congregational church"*for two years and later the First Presbyterian church for 17 years. In Chicago he gave upwards of 400 recitals, including a series of 100 programs without a. single repe tition. This last feat made him fam ous and his reputation grew rapidly. Mr. Eddy's repertoire comprises practically everything written for the organ as well as numerous manu scripts which have been dedicated to him. Mr. Eddy has published several works which are used extensively over the United States. He was made an honorary member of the Saint Cecelia Academy in Rome, following a reci tal given there. Judge M. J. Englert heard a case from Cooperstown the early part of th week, involving the passing of some bum checks by a youn? lady who gave her name as Mae Dolen. and her place of residence at Bcscsbel. Wis. Miss Dolen has been in and near Cooperstown since October, and has engaged in the sale of g"bods through a house for which she canvassed. In the month named she forged a check given at a Cooperstown store, and just recently another check of like charac ter at a Cooperstown bank. The last named check was a forgery, in which the woman used the name of Wm. Margach to the check. Judge Englert sentenced her to a term of one year in the penitentiary, and then "?H Er-^er.ce with the under- standing that the ypun? lady, would •eturn t6 ?er*home in Wisconsin and -ervin v'th her parents and honor ind obey them. 4