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VOLUME 10
Democratic. Candidate for Gov
ernor SPoke at Opera House
—Praises Woodrow Wilson
and His Foreign Policy.
Hon- F- O. Hellstrom, demo
^atic candidate for governor,
addressed a large audience at the
Beach operai house last Wednes
day night. Hon. Tobias Casey
of Dickinson, also made a short
talk. Chairman Christianson in
troduced the speakers of the eve
ning.
Hellstrom Opens
His Campaign
In his address Mr. Hellstrom
praised Wilson
for
his foreign
policy of "Watchful Waiting".
In part he said: "One of the big
assets that the American people
are proud of today is their repu
tation ,for peace and good will
towards all mankind. In this
hour of supreme anxiety and
suspense, with the great struggle
of the nations of Europee for
mastery, the American nation
looms up large on the horizon.
Not because of the part she will
VW on the battlefield but be
cause of her peaceful callings.
We are blessed with plenty
of food and other necessities
of life. With a little time for us
to adjust ourselves to the condi
tions, we can feed equip and
clothe the entire world with the
1 Necessities of life-
Washington, Aug. 22—The
.postoffice department yesterday
issued an order against the Farm
ers, General service Co-, the Em
pire Realty & Investment Co.,
Simon P. Lesselyoung, W.
Brown, all of Minneapolis, bar
ring these firms and individuals
frcm the use of the mails.
The department states that S.
P. Lesselyoung, president of the
Farmers Gen. Ssrvice Co., rep
resented that it was a large manu
facturing corporation and that
great savings could be. made for
#ts metmbers in the sale of their
grain and produce and in the
purchase of things they required,
thereby inducing many farmers in
Minnesota and the Dakotas lo
subscribe for stock.
"Instead of being a large and
.reliable concern," the depart
ment states, "the Farmers Gen
teral Service Co. is but a name
adopted by Lesselyoung under
which to conduct business on a
comparatively small scale
"Lesselyoung has no means of
purchasing things needed by
fartners at lower prices than the
faifcners cculd procure them
Leg
KICKED OUT
BY THE U. S.
•Motorcycle and Automobile Col
lide Attempting to Get Around
Corner South of Yates.
Last Sunday afternoon a col
lision between a motorcycle, rid
en by George Noble 6f Yates,
and an automobile being driven
jby J. J. Greiner of this city, oc
cured at the corner just south of
Vthe Frank Emerson farm, on the
It is the greatest opportunity
that has ever been opened up to
our people- While Europe is en
gaged in marshaling her armies
and navies, we are calmly mar
shaling our finances and resour
ces, and equipping and enlarging
our shipping and carrying capa
city. The opportunity is
ours, and we as a nation are in
the pink of condition to embrace
the opportunity because of the
fact that we have at the helhi of
our good ship a wise, good, firm
and subtle guiding hand. As
time passes history will write his
name high in the ranks of the
great men of this nation yes, all
the nations of the earth today
recognize President Woodrow
Wilson as the greatest living
apostle of peace and prosperity.
Broken
Toad to Yates, resulting in Mr.
Noble sustaining a broken leg.
Mr. Greiner was returning
from the ball game at Wibaux
and Mr. Noble was returning
to his home in Yates after having
been to Beach to secure some
material needed in his black
smith shop, was apparent
that they would pass nearly at
the corner and as Mr- Noble was
coming with considerable speed
'Greiner slowed down and was
almost at a stop at the time of the
collision. In conversation wjth
Mr. Noble he stated that he must
liave go excited and instead of
turning off the gasoline so the
foachine would slow down, he
thought he turned it on. At any
rate his speed caused him to make
so large a turn that it was impos
sible to miss colliding with the
auto, catthing on the running
Today we realize that his for
eign policy is correct. It is re
plete with wisdom and laden with
the fruits of peace, "Watchful
Waiting" now has its reward."
Mr. Hellstrom received1 over
2000 more votes in North Da
kota than President Wilson, two
years ago and he received 8000
more votes than the average
democratic vote of 1912. He is
making a stormy campaign
which opened in Beach and he
says that his chances to be elect
ed this year are better than ever.
through direct dealings likewise
the respondent has no means of
selling products of the farmers at
higher rates than the latter them
selves could obtain."
The companies mentined the
above dispatch have done much
business in North Dak- and there
has been considerable contro
versy regarding the lfegitimacy of
their business transactions.
METHODIST CHURCH
Dr. S. A. Danford will be iwth
us Sunday evening. Aug. 30th..
and will preach and hold the 4th
quarterly conference for the year.
All of the officers of the church
are expected to be present at the
conference. It is possible that
Dr. Danford will be with us at the!
morning service also, but this is
not definitely known. There
will be a street meeting before
the Epworth League has its ses
sion. All are cordially invited
to attend any or all of these ser
vices.
in Bad Mix-up
F. W. Gress, P. C.
Somebody started this town it
is up to you to keep it moving.
board just hard enough to throw
him into the ditch and break
both bones of his left leg below
the knee.
He was put into the car and
taken to his home and Dr. Smith
summoned.
It will be some time before it
will be strong enough for Mr.
Noble to again resume work, but
no permanent injury will result.
INCREASED POLICE FORCE
Saturday, Chief of Police Pat.
Corbett appointed T. B- McDon
an to act temporarily as special
policeman, his especial duties be
ing to prevent the congregation
of hoboes in Dickinson. This
was made necessary because of
the presence here of an unusully
large number of brake-beam
travelers, and the difficulties ex
perienced by the police in keep
ing them moving.—Dickinson
Recorder.
W-*
Judge Buttz, of the Second
Judicial District has denied Ju
venile officer Blake the privilege
of pursuing his invocation in that
district, claiming that Blake gath
ers immoral persons, then has
immoral relations with them him
self.—Medora Herald-
First National Bank
Golden Valley State Bank
E- E. Dickinson
A. N. Eliason
Golden Valley Lumber Yard
Schulz Lumber Co.
J. B. Linger
Miller Bros. & Wieting
O. D. Brault, Elevator
E. Lloyd, Elevator
Beach Land & Loan Co.
E. E. Noble
J. R. Waters
Lee & Rice
Hotel Callendar
Beach State Bank
Farmers & Merchants Bank
T. L. Smith
Overstad & Hoverson
Beach Lumber & Coal Co
Goodridge Call Lumber Co.
Tri-State Implement Co.
Morris & Mathison
Pioneer Meat Market
.O. Doering
Hougen & Son
J. J. Greiner
J. C. Johnson
Geo. M. Stockwell Co.
Power's Clothing Co
F. J. Essene
H. B. Museus
R. W. Stough
O. R. Neice
State Board In
creases Tax Levy
Nearly $6,000,000 Added to
Real Estate Valuaion by State
Board of Equalization—Beach
Lots Increased 40and Farm
Lands 10'/
The state board of equaliza
tion has notified Auditor McCar
thy of an increase of 40% on
town lots in Golden Valley coun
ty 1 0 increase on city real es
tate structures and an increase of
5 on farm lands in the county.
This brings up the valuation of
lets in Beach to $149,612 in
stead of $106,866 as left by the
county board, and increases the
assessed valuation of city im
provements to $165,166 from
$150,151- The valuation of
acreage within the city is now
$1,265 or a total assessed valua
tion of $319,939 for lots,acreage
and improvements,against $326,
661 in 1913-
The above figures do not in
clude leased sites.
As a result of the action of the
state board nearly $6,000,000
was added to the assessed valua
tion of real estate in North Dak.
Personal property has not as yet
been completed by the state
board.
Annual County Sunday School
Convention
The Annual Convention of the
Sunday Schools of Golden Val
ley county will be held in the
Congregational Church at Sen
tinel Butte, Sunday, September
13th. The convention is a
branch of the state Sunday school
organization and includes the
Sunday schools of all denomina
tions within the county-
Reverend Walter A- Snow and
Mrs. Snow of Fargo will be pres
ent and a splendid meeting is as
sured. The sessions will be
morning, from 9 to 12 afternoon
from 2 to 5 evening from 7 to 8.
Not only members of Sunday
Schools are invited to attend, but
all who desire to hear the speak
ers and participate in the meet
ing.
All Sunday schools are en
titled to send four delegates who
will be entertained by the friends
at Sentinel Butte.
A program for the meeting will
be prepared for publication next
week.
A Newspaper that Causes Comment in a Town that is Talked About
PUBLISHED AT BEACH, GOLDEN VALLEY |0UNTYt NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28,1914
County Seat Boosters
The Chronicle this week starts the campaign for Beach for the County Seat
which will cover a period of ten weeks, to the November election. Below we give
the names of Beach advertisers who will co-operate with the farmers' paper
in the county seat fight. They are Beach boosters and deserve your pat
ronage.
This overwhelming force of the
Kaiser, crushed and broke the
armies of the allies and it now
admitted both in Paris and Lon
don that the allies have been
drove back.
The allies are slowly falling
back before the Kaiser's onpour
ing hosts and will make their
next stand at the first line of
the French defences on French
soil.
England is dissapointed but
hot disheartened at the outcome
of the first titanic struggle. The
bull-dog spirit is aroused and the
English press is unahiimous in ex
pressing the opinion that the al
lies will yet crush the Kaiser's
forces-
The details of the great strug
gle in which the Kaiser comes
out victorious are not yet at hand,
but it is admitted that the loss of
life was appalling on both sides.
Germany has now won her
way across Belgium, and holds
imporant positions all along the
Franco-Belgikim frontier. The
way to Paris is a bristling net
work of fortifications, however,
and the Germans have a hecu
lean task to perform if they hew
their way through to the French
capital-
Russia's army is begining to
fcour into the eastern frontier of
Germany and already has won
several notable victories. The
Russians have captured Inster
burg, and several other iknportant
German cities and are preparing
to strike at some of Germany's
strong fortifications in thi. east.
Austria has practically aban
doned by its Servian conquest, in
fact its forces have been hurled
out of Servia, and the Austrians
are rushing troops to the Russian
border in the effort to head off
the invading hosts if the Czar.
tDaUey Chronicle
Farmers Elevator Co.
Burke Ins., Loan Agency
Woodward Bros.
Farm Security Co.
George McClellan
Otto Stensrud
The Bijou
Wall's Eat Shop
New York Restaurant
Ed. Perry
W. ,W. Larsen
John McColeman
Beach Electric Co.
Model Clothing Co.
Albert Couser
,-•••. E. B. Logan
A. B. MacNab
L. G- Smith
BIG WAR SITUATION
The great victory of the:war
is with Germany.
The flower of the German
army, estimated at 1,800,000
men, made up of about 800,000
first line soldiers and 1,000,
000 reserves, was concentrated
against the combined army of
the allies, estimated at 700,000
French and 120,000 English
troops, in the vicinity of Namur.
G. M. Foster
C. H. Letson
L. M. Burkey
John L. Koeppler
Joseph Denoyer
John M. Baer
J. A. Shepard, Bakery
E. Sutter
C. L. Waldron
R. M. Andrews
J. A. Miller
C. G- Johnson
Beach Opera House
Piesik Land & LoanCo.
R. E. Walker
Welles-Thompson Co.
Steel to Be Laid
By October 10
A. L. Martin Interviewed at
Jamestown Says Steel Will Be
Laid on South Branch by Oct.
10th Towns to be Called
Burkey and OUie-
The following item is taken
from a Jamestown paper of last
week and will be of interest to
our readers: "A. L. Martin of
Sentinel Butte was a west-bound
passenger today from the twin
cities. He states that grading
operaions are going on in the
construction of the new branch
railroad from Beach south to the
Montana line, a distance of 2 7
miles. There will be two towns
on the new line, one called Bur
key, in North Dakota, and the
other called Ollie, in Montana.
The first will be about 14 miles
south of Beach and will be locat
ed within four miles of the pres
ent village of Burkey. A sale of
lots by auction will take place in
the near future.
'"Mr. Martin says the new line
goes through a rich wheat produ
cing region and will serve a
country which is capable of mar
keting 1,200,000 bushels of
whea'tthis year. Steel on the new
line, will be laid by Oct- 10.
THE NORTH DAKOTA POTA
TO PATCH
•.
TheNorth Dakota Irish potato
patch contains 61,000 acres this
year and the total production
will be approximately 6,454,000
bushels, according to estifnates
made by the United States Crop
Reporting Board. The condi
tion of the crop is 61 per cent of
normal and the price at present
time is averaging around 66 cents
per bushel.
In Continental United States
there are 3,708,000 acres plant
ed to this product and this year's
production is estimated at 360.
614,000 bushels by the Federal
Department ofAgriculture. This
year's crop will exceed the aver
age crop of the past 5 years by
approxiately 4,000,000 bushels.
The nation's production last year
was 331,525,000 bushels, was
produced on 3,668,000 acres of
land and sold for $227,903,000,
or an average of 90 cents per
bushel.
Two Thieves Get 15 Days .Each
While the Third Draws 30
Days and .$10 Fine—Stole
Gun, Money and Clothing.
Chief, of Police Staith was a
busy man the first of the week ap
prehending petty thieves and
bringing them before the magis
trate of justice.
A six shooter of no small
dimensions and considerable
clothing was stolen out of the
rooms on the second floor of the
Gilbertson biulding and an over
coat belonging to Otto Stensrud,
from his auto, were stolen some
time Sunday night The facts
were reported to Chief Smith
who had quite an interesting
time locating the culprits. Two
men were apprehended and the
goods recovered. One was ar
rested Monday morning about
eight o'clock on the streets while
the second party, who stole the
gun, was caught dcwn near the
Farmers Elevator, under which
he had hidden the stolen prop
erty- After being placed under
arrest and lodged in jail, both
admitted their guilt and Mr
Smith took one of them down to
the elevator where he directed
the chief to the stolen goods. On
Bismarck, Aug.' 25 When
the members of the next legisla
ture assemble in Bismarck
in alittle over four months from
now, many people will follow
them with some subject in view
setae for the purpose of get
ting a job, others who will pro
pose amendments, repeals or
new laws, others again who will
fight them and there will be
something doing all the time, as
there has never been a shortage
yet on any of these.
BILLS TO COVER
MANY SUBJECTS
It has been hinted that there
will be men and women here
who will ask the legislature to
enact a law which will prohibit
any women on the streets or pub
lic highways in the state of North
Dakota from wearing peek-a
boo waists, a slit skirt or a trans
parent dress hereafter, and mak
ing the penalty for the violation
of this, the same a3 that for in
decent exposure.
Some suggestions have been
made by politicians that the pres
ent primary law be repealed or
emended. It is argued that the
present system is expensive that
a poor man cannot afford to run
Farm House
Burned Down
Residence of W- M. Shallock
Burned Last Sunday Night,
Together With the Contents.
During the stortn last Sunday
night, the farm residence of W
M. Shallock, seven and one half
miles south of this city, was
struck by lightning and entirely
destroyed, together with the con
tents.
The occupants of the house
were Mr. Shallock and his two
boys, Mrs. Shallock being at the
home of her daughter, Mrs.
Edith Schemmeling of Alpha,
with wholm she had been looking
over the country during the day
for plums. Mr. Schallock was
awakened a few minutes before
the house was struck by a violent
clap of thunder and he beleives
lightning struck at the same time
in close proximity to the house.
He then dressed and was seated
on the bed at the time the house
was struck. He felt the shock
and saw a tiny streak of flame go
down the side of the wall and al
most immediately the entire
house was in flames-. Help was
near at hand and volunteered
services, but it was impossible to
even save anything of the con
tents, to say nothing of extin­
cQciety
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NUMBER 42
Tuesday they were taken before
Justice Rosenberg and sentenced
to 1 5 day in the county jail.
Tuesday Chief Smith located
another party who had stolen $6
from Joe Taylor from his room
over the Heath store- Smith was
given a description of the fellow
and he was located and taken
before Justice Heath and was
sentenced to 30 days in jail and
$ 10 fine.
The city has been overloaded
with a large number of unem
ployed for the past month and
considering their number very
little trouble has taken place.
They have been closely watched
by the police and ordered off the
streets at night, giving them little
opportunity to break into build
ings, etc. In addition to what is
already here, a large number are
reported moving west both along
the Milwaukee and Northern Pa
cific and it tnay be possible that
additional police would have to
be put' on to protect property
and citizens from the criminai
class who always follow the un
employed during this time of the
year.
he nuber cf outside laborers
ers at Dickinson has increased to
such an extent that extra police
man had to be put on there last
week.
for a office, etc. On the othei'
hand there are business men, far
mers and laborers who express
themselves of being highly in fav
or of the primary law, believing
it to be one of the best laws we
have that to repeal this law will
again give the political boss the
power of naming and selecting
officers for the offices, instead of
the people.
There is a strong sentiment fa
voring a law which will abolish
assessors and creating the of
fice of county assessor-
In the western part of the state,
farmers are agitating a law which
will empower the cou..ty com
missioners to levy a tax for the
destruction of jack rabbits. It is
claimed that the increase of late
years has been great and an im
mense amount of grain is destroy
ed by them each year-
While some people are al
ready figuring on new laws the
state board of equalization is
busy figuring up the cost of a
legislature and within the next
few days they will make a levy
to provide funds for this ex
pense.
guishing the burning building*
Mr. Shallock and the boys saved
only what they had on at the
time they left the burning build
ing, one of the boys going out
barefooted.
The house was valued at $800
and the contents at $500, with
no insurance on either, the policy
having expired a few days pre
vious. This makes the loss a
heavy one.
Game Warden Reko Issues War
ning That September 7 Does
Not Mean the Day Before.
Game Warden Reko issues the
following statement:
Hunting Season Opens Sept. 7
To All Deputies:
This does not mean that hunt
ers can go into the fields on Sun
day, September 6th. The law is
very explict* and those who are
planning to get a day's start by
going out Sunday,, the 6th, will
be dealt with the same as though
it were a week or month earlier.
Attention is also called to the
fact that hunters in the field must
carry their hunting license with
them, Receipts from county offi
cials for money deposited will!
not be accepted by deputies in
lieu of the regular license- Warn
all hunters to secure their license
early.