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w% iv XXXX—NO. 45. COMPANY BAU, if A GREAT SUCCESS The great event of the winter sea son, Company G's annual ball, held iv the company armory in this city 1^ night was indeed a great success every detail. There, was a great crowd representing all walks of life, from the soldier boys in their smatft kahki. uniforms, to the full dressed man of society and the every day bus iness man, together with the fair la dies of the city and country, decked in the most becoming and up-to-date party gowns. It was a scene of great gnity and happiness, as everybody forgot their troubles arid were simply hypnotized to the strain# of Hub bard's high class orchestra and got into the game and dull care was a misnomer in that gay throng for hours. There was no reason foV the pessimist, the kicker or the scoffer all these were relegated the the rear and convivality and good cheer reign ed supreme. The only thing lacking was Company itself, but their time is coming. On last night's occasion, however, many soldier boys were pres et and all had a good time. It was a real ball with all the chivalry of the town and country present with all the fair ladies there and looking at. their best. Jollity and happiness permeat ed the air and the first ball since the war commenced was a'scene long to be remembered—because the specter of war had. gone and in its place had come peace—that synonym of all the trials, and all the worry of the past was forgotten and good cheer, good will, was the keynote of that great gathering. Speaking about this ball nothing contributes so much to the success of that as the decorations^ and in this line Herman Stern, assisted, by his aides, had done wonderfully well. On the stage in front of aback ground pf patriotic decorations was a veritable gatnering of the pictures of notable men, namely, Haig, Lincoln, Persh ing, Roosevelt, Wilson, Washington and Foch and in the extreme front was the picture of Theodore Roosevelt surrounded by mourning in the shape of the letter G. Why the wo do not know unless Mr. Stern had in mind that while this great man was not a member of Company, nevertheless he was a great soldier, a North Da kotan, and consequently had he been living he would have been immensely interested in the First North Dakota now en route home. The thought was fine. But the picture that had the most emphatic meaning of all to our mind was not a picture only as you made it so in y6ur mind's eye, but it was a statue of the Goddess of Liberty, carrying a lighted torch in her. hand, beckoning to the nations of the world to conie here where peace, freedom and liberty is guaranteed. It was a niost- inspiring sign arid the owner, Mr. Stem, again showed his love of country and patriotism in the cdgAbitiatibn. At the head of the drop' cattfiih w4d: a large elegantly painted sign in red, white and'blue, "Welcome Home, Boys," the fine art work of Edwin Bloom, and under neath that the words "Men who have fought for liberty andmade the world safe for democracy," a most in spiring selection also by Mr. Bloom. The hall generally was decorated in patriotic decoration, and electric, lights, while at the rear end, fronting a background of woodland scenery was the cannon presented to the city some time ago by congress and bring ing to mind that the old gun only rep resented thousands of others which had been employed in freeing the world from the mailed fist of a great military dynasty. The whole scheme was fine. In conclusion let us again say that the annual ball was a wonder ful success, a great fete of happiness and to the committees in charge can ttiost enthusiastically be said "Well done.'' The one great feature of this jV ball was the splendid souvenir given ki'rou^* was *n the shape of a patrio- tic folder on the front page of which was a splendid picture of Capt. D. S. Ritchie, commander of Company G. On the Inner pages were facts about the boys leaving Valley City and fol lowing them step by step until they landed in France and on the return also with a roster of the officers and men, a most welcome souvenir .and one fthat each who received it will cherish in years to come. siSALE SUCCESSFUL •The sale of Booster Tickets being carried out by the girls of the High school is being very successful in ev ery way and the public is responding very generously. The fact that the A local team won their eleventh victory this year Saturday night when they Vs- met the strong Mandan team was an 0i*/r, other great incentive to make.the sea fe|son as wonderful as was- that of last year. The Booster sale will close soon vjr' and it is hoped that enough funds will J' thus be raised to enable the manage y#^ment to be assured of funds to send ••^•the team to the tournament at Fargo :a week from next Friday and Satur day. Our team has a phenomenal rec ord this year and has had for the past three years and it is hoped that the record of the season thus far will con £f|Stinue at ... rwill the tournament where they have the opportunity to meet the ., same teams they have defeated be fore this year. Boost. *8^ George Reidman has his machinery building open—the old Emfaertson & «Olson stand just across the N P. ^tracks. The building has been re inodeled, a new plate glass front put ^n, Ane show made,' and-m. very com fortable office arranged. Mr. Reid 'feinlinks' a' vfety'jiieer jilace in wlikh" to transact business. hTX^ NEW w:. SCHOOL. ,/SONDS WIN OUT .jJT, vote,on the proposition to issue jg in the sum of $91,000 for the Svurpose of\bonding to build a high schotil building carried yesterday by a'vote of about five to one, 321 to 63 against the proposition. We are pleas ed at the result because we feel that the school was needed and also that the people of Valley City have demons strated by their vote that they are in favor of getting those,' things that tend to a higher and better education for the children of the district in a modern school room such as they should have. The vote should have been much larger, aid more tax pay ers should have gone out, however taking the vote of yesterday had more voted the result would have been the same, so let us be thankful that we have a liberal minded class of people in Valley City who have gone on rec ord in favor of doing something that is to be. of great good to all concern ed. Ladies and gentlemen,' congrat ulations on your good sense as indi cated by your votes of yesterday. MISS NIELSON WON'T "FIX Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 20. Miss Minnie J. Nielson, superintendent of public instruction, takes the position that any curtailment of the duties or responsibilities of that office as af fecting the educational affairs of North Dakota, would be in effect to null the election by which she was made superintendent. Miss Nielson makes her position plain in a letter to Sen. J. I. Cahill of Grant county, chairman of the sen ate state affairs committee, who was sponsor of S. B. 134, the nonpartisan league legislative bureau" bill by which it is proposed to t&ke educa tional supervision from Miss Nielson and give it to a board appointed by the »governor. Senator' Cahill had invited Miss Nielson to attend a conference to "fix" S. B. 134, and she writes him as fol lows: Feb. 17,1919.—"Senator J.I. Cahill, chairman state affairs committee, Bismarck, N. D. (,"My Dear Senator Cahill: ??"I have thought a lot over our con versation of Saturday night in regard to having a conference over S. B. 134. 'j V'Yoq say, and others have said to me, that it is not the desire nor the intention of-the leagpe to take away from the state superintendent of pub lic instruction any of the duties or authority which fire now delegated by law to that officer. "As I pointed out to you when-we read-the bill over together, jfe will not. be possible to include the state board of education in the consolidation of boards. and not take away niost of the duties "from the superintendent of public instruction. "If you are sincere in your asser tion not to desire -to interfere with the duties of this' office, a conference is not necessary, for there is no way of 'fixing up' S. B. 134 and still leav ing with this officer the duties now delegated to her by law, except by eliminating the board of education in the consolidation of boards. "I was elected by the people of North Dakota to perform the duties of state superintendent of publie in struction as they now are prescribed by law and S. B. 134 cannot be so changed to permit that, except as I have stated. "If you give this serious thought, you can not but agree with me in this. With all kind regards, I am, "Sincerely yours, "Minnie J. Nielson." •V/b MR. FARMER PLEASE READ IDS After carefully following the ac tions of the North Dakota legislature during the present session I want to express my sentiments in regard to bonding our great state of North Da kota for a state bank and several oth er purposes. -The real wealth-of our state lies in the Eastern half while the western half though quite thickly pop ulated seldom produces a good crop of grain, has very limited bank cre dits and on account of the greater risk farmers thers are paying a high er rate of interest than the farmers in the eastern half. Yes the west half of the state may need a state bank capitalized by state taxation and it may need the state's sixty million dol lar school fund distributed among its farmers as farm loans. Of course we poor fish in the eastern half will pay the big volume of taxes. We will not get a lower rate of interest than we have now. I predict that for us mone£ will be harder to get and we will pay. our higher taxes and a higher r-ite of interest. That is North Dakota so cialism for you. Tax the $100 per acre land in the eastern part of the state and promote the $10 per acre dry belt in the western part of the state-. I think this political piogram was planned by the nonpartisan league leader, Mr. Townley, when he failed to produce crops near Beach several years ago. I give Townley due credit for being a good financier. The only question is: Will our eastern North Dakota farmer stand for such politics 'ANTON FECKLER. J. Y.. Johnson, of the Peoples iCo operative Trading Company, left Sat urday night for Chicago where he will purchase a large line of goods for this popular store. J. V. is an exper ienced buyer and you can rest assured, his seleqtioin will be of the best and' most up-to-date, m. FW :f u1' VALLEY CITY NORTH DAKOTA, VALLEY CITY DEFEATS BISMARCK In a very fast and exciting game the Valley City High school team de feated the Bismarck quint last night on the Bismarck floor by a score of 14 to 32. Bowen and Busdicker did the spectacular work of the team and Bowen managed to get the most bas kets regardless of teams. Willson played his usual stellar game .but un der a little different formation than usual for stragetic purposes and as a result did not get into the limelight as much as he has during the past few games on the home floor. It is expected that he will give a wonderful surprise to the Mandan team tonight. Coach Anderson worked in a new for ward last night in the person of George Wertin who thus far this sea son has not been in a single game. He gave an excellent account of himself and it is expected that he will mater ially strengthen the team for the re mainder of the season. Thayer, the midget wonder as forward, was under the weather last night and did not even appear in uniform. After the game was secured without a doubt .Qoach. AiKl&fsoh put in his tw subs to give them additional experience and to give the remainder of the team a chance to take it easy in hopes of being able to meet Mandan tonightin good form. Crosby Richards of Dick inson, a former U. N. D. star acted as referee and J. F. Taylor, of Bismarck and formerly of Uxbridge acted as umpire. The Bismarck High -school entertained the local team very, royf ally. INVESTIGATE WRONG USE OF LEAGUE NAME The following from the Capital City Press, the league daily at Bis marck explains further matters in regard to the bank deal at this place. It seems that the bank was granted a charter under certain conditions and these conditions are now being com plied with. The Times-Record is giv this as news taken from the Bis marck daily, in order to let our read ers and all interested get the facts in the case. After hearing testimony by J. J. Hastings Thursday afternoon, the state banking board agreed to issue a charter to the re-organized Ameri can National Bank of Calley City on condition tl)at J. J. Hastings the pro* moter, brought the surplus up to the required point by turning back $15,' 000 cash which he had accepted as SHu commission, to replace several unse cured notes not considered good col lateral. Governor Frazier, Attorney General Langer, Secretary of State Hall and Bank Examiner Waters called the meeting to investigate complaints that the name of the Nonpartisan league had been, used in promoting the sal eof bank stock. It developed during the hearing that the promoters had a contract calling for 15 per cent commission on the re organization of the $200,000 bank and that before the property actually was turned over to the new corporation the value of the bank buildings had been increased from $41,000 to $60, 000. Mr. Hastings declared that this in crease was justified because the bank building» had been carried on the books at an unnaturally low valu ation. Bank Examiner Waters was in structed to go to Valley City to in vestigate this before the charter is granted. Paul Halderson, deputy state bank examiner, testified he had examined the American Exchange bank and found it in exceptionally good condi tion. Secretary of State Hall introduced a resolution which he asked to have published in the newspapers of the state warning the people against pro moters of speculative securities and calling to the attention of prosecuting attorneys the provisions of the blue sky law. Attorney General Langer also fa vored this resolution but said it was not drastic enough. He agreed' to vote for a stronger resolution along the same lines if put forward-at the meeting of the state bimldng board next we«k.. STEADY GROWTH Is the best indication of a •HEALTHY CONDITION OUR TOTAL RESOURCES ON— December 31st, 1914 were ..$282,702.42 December 31st, 1915 were 434,497.78 December 31st, 1916 were 461,398.27 December 31st, 1917 were .. ...... 491,428.59 December 31st, 1918 were 571,342.89 BANK OF VALLEY CITY THURSDAY FEBRUARY 27, 1919. NOTHING WRONG S EXAMINER SAYS The following was handed us by a prominent member and stockholder of the reorganized bank here this morn morning and was taken from the Courier-News, the league papier, at Fargo. We publish it as news just as we did the other. The people can get both side's from us any old time. J. R. Waters, secretary of the state hanking board and bank examiner, who reached Fargo early this morn ing, was asked for a statement re garding the story carried in the Far go evening paper to the effect that League men had' cleaned up $57,000 on a Valley City bank deal. Mr. Waters said: i'l "The Forum as usual is attempting to cast reflection on the farmers or ganization, and the men connected with it, by publishing false and mis-' leading articles for which there is no foundation. "A Valley City national bank-is reorganizing under North Dakota law to become a state bank. And as is Usual, the entire assets of the bank npust be passed. upon before a state charter is granted. Because of our guarantee law, our examination is, more severe than that required under national banks. Because we asked fpr additional securities and demand ed some changes in paper before granting that state charter is no evi dence that the men back of the bank are dishonest or thieves. "In fact, some, forty banks in North" Dakota that had been doing business in the state for years, had a hard time getting under the guar antee law because of our severe re quirements. There is nothing wrong at Valley City and the" new bank, which is meeting our requirements, is one of the strongest institutions in the state. "The matter of increase in the ^alue of the bank building has noth ing to do with the organization of the bank or the value of the stock, as the more the building is raised, the more surplus the bank will have. jPThe deal there as far as my knowl edge goes is legitimate, fair and hon sit, and whatever commission was paid for promotion was outside the bank and was stipulated openly in the transfer which every stockhalder knowingly agreed to and paid at the time of making his subscription for $tock. "The story carried in anti-League papers seems to me to simply be a campaign to .misrepresent and dis credit an institution because it is backed principally by farmers and nien connected with the league. The public cai^ rest assured that there will be no wild cat banking nor bank promotions under the present bank ing board, or while I have oharge of the examiner's." office. PROfflNENET RANKER DIES ON SUNDAY C. E. Batcheller, a prominent Barnes county banker, died at his home in Fingal Sunday morning from ery sepelas. He had been sick for some espilis. He had been sick for some time and it was known for several days that he could not live. He has beer, prominent in banking circles in this state for many years, and was at one time president of the North Da kota Bankers Association. The fu neral will be held this afternoon at Fingal and the body will be shipped here and probably sent to Fargo to be placed into a receiving vault until Mrs. Eatcheller gets here to determine where the remains are to be buried. We are informed that Mrs. Batcheller has been reached by cable and that she sailed for the United States on Saturday. A delegation of Barnes county bankers, consisting of Johfl Tracy, of the First National Bank T. Melvin Lee, of the Middlewest Trust Co., and M. O. Grangaard, of the State Bank of Rogers left this morning for Fingal to act as escort in bringing the body to Valley City and to attend the funeral'. Tliey also took floral offer ings down to bemused at the funeral. Pf® Ifn: Van Houten returned to the city yesterday afters two weeks visit thrill dlicK Si® & riMES-RliCORD MISSIONARY TELLS I SOME EXPERIENCES Miss Cecilia Cross, a former ntu dent of the Normal school for three years and for several years now a missionary, in Africa, occupied the pulpit of the M. E. church Sunday forenoon. Miss Cross gave an in structive and inspiring account of her work in Angola, one of the large states on the west coast of Africa. This province belongs to Portugal and is about the size of North and South Dakota combined. Miss Cross is a missionary-teacher in a school about 350 miles inland. She not only teac 350 miles inland. She not only teach es but helps to carrjr the simple gos pel message to the superstition bound, fetich-bidden population. The main points of her address follow.: Traveling where there was no rail roads is either in wheelbarrow fash ionjr in a hammock slung on a bam boo pole carried on the shoulders of native men. White and black women missionaries are usually accompanied by 6 to 10 men and have never been molested by them. In fact they offer every protection even to the point of losing their lives, so great is their affection for them. There is a mistaken notion in America that the natives of Africa are altogether happy. They are not! They have no religious system and ever live in the fear of countless evil spirits that lurk everywhere according to their belief the result of centuries of ignorance and unscrupulous, deceiv ing, lying witch doctors. The gospel message is presented in terms of their daily life and little by little the natives are led from the depths of despair and mental de gradation to the freedom which only Christianity can bring. The story of the Resurrection and the application of the Ten Commandments contain the greatest difficulties in their acceptance by the population yet, wherf once em braced, lead to a faith worthy that of saintly classification. Witchcraft in all its horrible manifestations is one of if not the greatest evil that the missionary must meet. Does Christianity teaching make any difference? Here the speaker gave_ several illustrations of that bounHless. faith and freedom demon strated in the lives of young and old that have come under her observation. The status of women in Anola is one of drudgery and slavery and results in broken lives at an early age. Polygamy prevails with all that such a marriage system implies. The great Centenary mov 'gu.-nt in its plan to include the cause sions foreign to American shoi brought the greatest joy to the mis sionaries working in Africa arid else where. The greatest need that mis have is an "interest at If work. When this is awakened alltnings else needed in World Evangelism will come. HIGH SCHOOL NOTES Rudolph Hedstrum and Ralph Fer gusoh have er-entered school and are members of the sophomore class. Verna Bergan is reported on the sick list. We all hope to see hej* in school again soon. A dramatic club has been organized in the school. The students seem to take a great deal of interest in this organization. Miss Brown has been absent from her schood duties the past week on ac count of her father's illness. The following example of intelli gence was shown in the civics class the other day. Miss DavisT "Who is the head of the executive department of our government?" Student "Swanson.'' Mrs.' Miles, of Mitchell, S. D., has been visiting her daughter, Miss Miles of the high school faculty. A number of students were rejoic ed to find their name taken off the 8th period list. Our brightest class seems to have the largest number of casual ties on this honor role. The sophomore program to be giv en Thursday, Feb. 27, is reported to be very good. You will be sorry the rest of your life if you miss it. -*vi.,.).}]. ls tslliiftii DON'T STAY IN THE RUT IMPROVE YOUR LIVESTOCK Come to These Sales and jet some of the best pure bred bulls, cows, bred sows, mares, stallions and reg istered ewes that ever have been sold in the northwest. March i, Hosmer's Duroc Sale at Fargo March 4, Hammer Bros Shorthorn Sale at Fargo. March 5 ChritcnfieldjBros. Poland China Sale, Fargo March 6, Livestock Assn. Sale of Shorthorns, Grand Forks. March 7, Live Stock Association Sale of Bred Sows Grand Forks. March 7, Live Stock Association Sale of Horses at Grand Forks. March 7, Live Stock ,Association Sale of Bred Ewes at Grand Forks.r.7. N. D. Livestock Association Meeting, Grand Forks, March 6. One of the Greatist Weeks woe History of North Dakota. .:!' !XW A Gatf •. Ml CirltaMteM, wW bring yw e1 "t«M $ ESTABLISHED 1«7«. N. D. STOCKMEN WILL HOLD SALE **f, A 4, i' A ,t i» s* The North Dakota Livestock as-1 sociation will hold its annual meeting and sale at Grand Forks March 6 and 7. The association has issued a for mal invitation to every breeder of livestock in the northwest to be present. The Northwestern Breeder, the new journal published at Fargo,, devoted to the livestock industry, has the following regarding the meeting: No livestock or farmers' gathering has been held in recent years has a greater drawing power that the sale and annual meeting of the North Da kota Livestock association that is scheduled for March 6 and 7 at Grand Forks. Following two days of the highest class livestock sales we have ever participated in at Fargo, this state-wide event promises to be the greatest of its kind ever held in the Northwest. The benefits to the breeder of any kind of registered livestock derived from attendance at this meeting are too outstanding to mention. Every progressive breeder in the Northwest will be there and many prominent breed association officials and live stock breeders from other states have written that they are coming. But to the man who has never at tended a livestock sale or the meeting of the Livestock association, what good will he derive? Attendance, at this affair will mark a new chapter ii^ his business career as a farmer. His eyes will be opened to the live stock possibilities of his Northwest, he will look with a little different attitude on his neighbor, he will be broadened by tlie contact with good stock and good stockmen. To the man who has never attended a livestock stock sale and meeting, a most cordial invitation is extended to come out and get acquainted ifrith your live stock breeder neighbors and friends—you do not necessarily need to be a buyer—come and look our stock and ourselves over. The program at Grand Forks brief ly outlined will be as follows: On Thursday morning, March 6th, regis tration of members and visitors at Dacotah hotel lobby. Badges will be given out and new members receiv ed and listed. At 1 p. m. the Short horn sale of the association will take place in the "Curling Rink." Street car service to and from the sale pavilipn. At 7 p. m. the traditional banquet the Livestock as&Qmtien -riJ'Jbe in the Hoi A .^ordiaV, tended to ev attend the banquet and the Dsmuno meeting and spioker following. The latter part of the evening will be de voted to a geneifel~Vftriting session in 'thr-hrtrby-and loowgMigro«Ha«4f.the. hotel. 'J At the conclusion of the horse sale the first "offering of registered ewes ever made in the state will be sold, adding to the attractiveness of the entire sale. The Committee on Arrangements acting with the officers have been named. Registration and Membership Wm. P. Hammer, Earl Stonehouse, and Wm. Guy. 1 Reception J. H. Shepperd, Don. V. Moore, John Donnelly and John G. Mills. The following are the officers and directors: President—John Wild, Milton. Vice president W. P. Hammer, Cooperstown. Vice president—H.- J. Divine, Map leton. Acting secretary—B. H. Critchfield, Fargo. Directors—Geo. M. Robinson, Cole Harbor B. W. Aylor, Grandlin H. R. Hartman, Page L. F. Crawford, Sen tinel Butte A. H. White, Kramer., Times-Record. Old newspapers ror sale at tbm 4 Friday March 7th, at 9:30 a. m., the annual bred sow sale of the associa-. tion will be* held in the pavilion and at 1:30 p. m. the sale of registered draft mares and stallions takes place. "W