The weekly times-record., December 09, 1920, Image 8

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/'AGE EIGHT
HASTINGS LODGE
GETS NICE PRIZE
Mr. Elliott, the state manager, from
Fargo, in a few well chosen words
told of the many benefits of Yeo
man, and presented the beautiful state
prize banner, won by the lodge for se
curing the greatest number of mem
bers during a certain period of time,
just elapsed The eBachem-McFarland
orche.stra of Valley City furnished the
music for the dance, and the light fan­|
tastic was enjoyed by the greater part
of the crowd until the wee hours.
Many new members are to be taken
into the lodge soon, and everybody is
working for a service button. Almost
the entire membership of the lodge
plan on going to Fargo for the big
doings January 26.
STRESSNECESSITV
OF GOOD SPEECH
On Thursday, during chapel, three
members of the faculty gave some
very interesting talks on language.
The first talk was given by Miss Helen
M. Crane, the librarian, on the subject,
"Fundamentals of Language Struc
ture."
She began by stating the funda
mentals which underlie our entire lang
uage structure, and suggested some
books to which one may go to refresh
his or her memory and to learn addi
tional things which would be helpful
to know..
One of the books suggested was the
dictionary. This is the main source of
information about words, their spell
ing, pronunciation, meaning, and der
vation. Then there are a number
of smaller books which give the same
material as that contained in the dic
tionary, but which emphasize some
one particular phase, such as pron
unciation or synonymns.
Roget's "Thesaurus" was another
book mentioned. The arrangement of
the words in this book are not in
alphabetical order but according to
the idea the words are used to ex
press.
Ayres '"Verbalist" is devoted to
brief discussions of the right and
wrong use of words.
Phyfe's "18,000 Words Often Mis
pronounced," contains words which
are likely to be mispronounced
These books are most helpful and
almost indispensable to the person
who wishes to speak and to write with
accuracy and yet, in themselves, they
are not sufficient. Except in rare
cases no one can really express his
thoughts well until he has read
widely and deeply. I
Taste for rteading, as in anything!
cultural, can be cultivated and im
proved and even developed. Since it
is more difficult for an adult to de
velop a taste for reading than it is
for a child, it makes it more neces
sary that the children form the habit
of reading while they are in the ele
mentary schools.
Miss Crane urged the, students to
make the best possible use of the li
brary.
The second speaker was Dr. C. L.
Kjerstad who gave an interesting talk
on "The Mechanism of Speech. He
spoke somewhat as follows:
Aside from thought speech is the
one accomplishment which sets man
off from the rest of creation.
Thought and speech are intimately
related such that it is not possible to
decide which is the first in human
growth and development. Most of our
thinking is in terms of words. Dr.
Wundt says it is as foolish to argue
the question as to which is of first
importance, speech or thought, as it
would be to debate the question
whether the hen or the egg is of first
importance.
He went on to explain the speech,
mechanisms of the body which have
to work in unison for every word!
uttered and that this cooperation of
muscles, ligaments, etc., is made pos
sible by habituation, and by the spe
cial brain centers for the control of
speech. He also explained at some
length the three speech centers and
their functions.
The last speech was given by Father
Baker, the teacher of French. He
gave an interesting talk on "The Re-|
iation of Foreign Languages to the
English Language."
Mere knowledge of words is not cul
ture and does not produce culture.
Many do not know how to read or to
write. We should not overestimate the
fact that we are born and are Amer
icans. The matter of writing is con
fined closely to us. We communicate
our thoughts in the shortest way pos
sible by means of monosyllables. The
French language is, today, to the
modern world what the Greek lang
uage was to the ancient world. It is a
language of culture and refinement.
Parja ia the center of Europe from the
iktetrectual point of view. The speak
er also stated the advantages that
redound to the individual when he ser
iously makes a study of other foreign
languages. L. F.
COAL SPECIMENS
GIVEN TO MUSEUM
Three interesting specimens of coal
were brought to the museum this
week which si
in the
to the
1
1
show three distinct stages
development of coal.
wart Will^ of the fourth grade
Stewart
brought a piece showing the wood
stage of lignite coal. Mr. J. E.
Switzer contributed a piece showing
the lignite coal in half-coal and half
wood stage. Baby Davidson and Mil
dred Skonnord brought a piece of
petrified wood'.
These specimens give valuable in
formation and add new interest to the
lignite coal exhibits and are
nrcnated liT Mrs. Efedrickso
POLICE COURT
HAS DEAD MONTH
The grand celebration given Thurs
day by the Yeomen Lodge of Hastings,
Barnes County, was well attended by
a very large number of members from
•nearby towns and surrounding coun- collected/ in court amounted to only deavoring to repay this service by
try. I $22»
one
went into effect, his records prove the
T7i
price nearly a dollar and a half a
bushel, or from forty to fifty percent,
Drums
The month of October was a poor wheat, the consumer got the full ben
one in police court, according to re-1 ©fit of the efforts of the miller and
cords. There were only four cases of. baker to absorb as much as possible
thieving and drunkenness. Fines
the year. The biggest months of the' a reduction of forty or fifty per cent
year are usually August and Septem- from the price which was made possi
ber, when all the harvest hands are ble only by the readiness of the mil
flocking to North Dakota, to work dur- lers and bakers to cut their profits for
ing the busy season, bringing with the public benefit.
them many professional crooks and I May we ask you to kindly read the
vialoters of the law. ... above carefully—we believe you will
Police Magistrate Zabel this morn-
about one drunk to every twelve in-IMAN
those days. However, perhaps not iJlIvl 1 LIU
all of them are brought into court, as
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STATEMENT ON
BREAD PRICES
of any bakery goods, while the same
graPuhs were taken from a recent issue
a !lu Northwestern Miller
there has been no corresponding de
crease in the remaining three-quarters
of the service represented. Labor is
no cheaper than it was six months ago,
and freight rates are materially high
er. Overhead costs all along the line
are higher rather than lower, largely
on account of increased interest rates. cause
Some of the .other ingredients used
have shown a slight decline while oth-1 NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS
ers
have scarcely come down in price
ranted anything more than a. reduc-
tion of one or two cents in the retail hours of 2 anil 4 o'clock p. m., Tues
selling price of the pound loaf. day, January 11, 1921.
It is important to note, however, c. F. MUDGETT
that bread prices never followed the 9_5tw Cashier.
extreme advances-in wheat. In 1913, .—:
when the average terminal price of
$1.95 to $5
Tool Chests
$2 to $8.90
Girls Chest
$7.25,
Doll Buggies
Erector Sets
Doll Beds
Kitchen Range
on current wheat quotations, would
have put the price of bread last May
up to seventeen cents a pound, and the
price at present would be almost ex
actly what it actually is. During the
period of the 'extreme advance in
0f
see
ing told the Times-Record that al-' charged for the loaf. The consumer
though some people still contend there js
are as many drunks at the present loaf of bread than can be secured front
time as there were before prohibition
the extra cost—yet now he is en-
p£^the smjillest monthsof, forcing the baker to sell his bread at
any
0f
the justification for prices being
stiH
getting more food value from a
other food for the price of a loaf
bread.
contrary. He stated that a drunk a Butter-Nut Bakine Co
I day used to be the average before the Bv W Blum*
Sahara like dryness was instituted in L_
this country, but now there is only
Vlf 0 AiAnnrnfl
\HIIKKpI(\
nrp
some of the stuff that is taken for \l All I IIMli AltTY
booze at the present stage puts them1 IaTIHI 1
into hospitals instead of police courts, Many of the stores in the city are
getting their Christmas goods out in
the
tor last t. chants, and they are urging that the
old adage "Do your Christmas Shop
ping Early" be carried out again this
year, to avoid the usual last hour
rush. Some very nice window dis
plays are noticed in the different win
dow.
Many folks are inquiring as to why retailing a£ somewhat lowef prices
the price of bakery goods remain at a than last year, according to one rner
seemingly higher level than wheat and chant .yesterday. Other gifts are also
flour prices. We recently had a letter lower than what they were last year,
in these columns igiving prices on var- according to this same merchant,
ious items
that enter into the cost of Candy, nuts and other goodies are
bakery goods and attempted to show here in plenty and not at an- unusual
how prices on these different items had ly high price,
been advancing all summer—and yet
—there was no Advance in the price
nVf 11/1 w% 1
nuir
windows in preparation for the big
I Christmas toys for the kiddies are
nnn nnT
standard of quality was being main- 111/1/ vllV/lJu Ill/LL
tained. We have repeatedly stated
ment that flour was but thirty-six per A
of the cost of a loaf of bread—Herbert vALL lili
1
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Hoover recently gdve out the state-1
DEVI |c||\\ Dill I
r|VI
ment that flour was but hirty-six p^r yaijey city brought, in memberships
cent of the cost of a loaf to the con- totaling approximately $639, accords
sumer. The following three para-
Although wheat has dropped in
small
sent to
plainecL Thi is only afiMlt half theJ
amount
as
at
a
wheat was about ninety cents a bushel, the Valley City State Normal School
the standard retail price of bread was on January 4, and by remaining: in
five^ cent a pound. In 1917, when school to.the close of the summer
wheat was costing two dollars and term, September 3, secure a diploma
thirty cents a bushel, an advance of and a second grade professional' cer
one hundred and fifty-six per cent, the tificate to teach. 6-2tw
pound loaf was retailing for eight
cents, or sixty per cent more than in
1913. Last May, with wheat at three
dollars and ten cents, or nearly three
and a half times the prewar price,
bread was selling to the consumer at
eleven to twelve cents a pound, or two
and three-tenths times wha tit cost in
1913
A strict following of. the rule which returned to Valley City Sunday evev
the consumer wants to see applied now ning.
with bread prices predicated exactly Florence Ronzheimer, who Has bee*
TOYS TOYS TOYS TOYS
collected last year, when the-
sum of $1,254 was subscribed to the
cause. However, officials- who had
charge of the drive very much appre
ciate the support iven, and also the-j
service .given by workers who assisted
in the roll call.
The city of Fargo subscribed $2,828
The annual meeting
at all. Even if the maximum price holders of the First National Bank of
of bread had been accurately based Valley City, N. D., for the election of!
on the extreme cost of flour, it is evx- directors for the ensuing year and for
dent that the developments of the the transaction of such other business
past six months would not have war-
Girls Table
$2.75 to $4.65
$2.50 to $6«35
Ouija Board, Toy Trains$3.75
$2.50
Doll Couch Hammock
$1.50
Pollyanr.a, tfte g'ad game.
Duplex Fireless Stoves
Electric Lamps $12. now
THK WEAKLY TIMB«.RECORD» VALLEY CITY, WORTH DAKOTA
iTPmn /tk/*wv
The 1320 Red Cross
R011 Call in'
to a check of the
compieted
by the local officials.
amount, however, may be
headquarters yet, it was ex-j
of the share-
may come before them will be held
their banking room between the
high school graduate may enter
GETCHELL PRAIRIE
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Farrell were
called to Wisconsin on account of the
death of Mrs. Ferrell's father:
Mrs. J. H. White is sick in bed with
a severe cold
Miss Connor, who has been, visiting:
I at the home of Mrs. J. H. Whitcher
Bring in the children to see tht m. A better as
sortment to choose from than we have ever, car vied.
Come in and buy early while the stock is complete.
Dolls, large and small
75c to$5
$2.75
to $14.55
$2.25
$16 to $32
$9
$7.50 now
$5.50
E I E
A N E S
A W A E
ill for the past week is improving
slowly.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Martin, Mrs. W.
W. Harper, Mrs. Skidmore spent Sun
day evening at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. John Fenstad.
Mahlon Ronzheimer spent Sunday
with Alfred Martin of Rogers.
Olivo Esby is spending a few days
visiting at the home of Jay Rogers.
A number of the people of the
Prairie attended the play "Humor-
esque."
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Getchell were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Getchell
at dinner Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. David Colville and
family of Rogers entertained Sunday
for Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ronzheimer
and family.
Lilian Skadland spent the week-end
visiting Ida and Florence Holcomb.
Mr: and Mrs. Skudder' of. Grand
Prairie were guests at dinner of Mr.
Holiday Goods
Watches for Men and
Beautiful Bracelet Watches for Ladies in Gold
and Gold Filled Cases—New Styles
Every shape of Pencils in Gold and Silver
Fountain Penis for Ladies and Gentlemen
Jewelry of all Kinds in Solid Gold
Such as Brooches, Bar, Pins, Watch Chains, Gold
Knives, Charms, Lockets, Emblem Charms, Cuff
Links and Rings for young and old.
Pearl Bead Neck Chains from 15 to 30 inches
long at special cut prices.
I have a large stock on hand and prices are
marked down, and will guarantee to save you
money on- anything you need for Holiday Gifts.
All Our Suits marked off
Save 335^% on a new Coat
One Lot Skirts
Come in
O. KNUDSON
Buy Now at Pre-War Prices
so low that you will be pleased to see these values
Quantity limited—Buy Now
36 inch wide percales, light or darks, yard
27 inch Outing Flannel, light and darks, yard
32 inch Romper cloth, assorted patterns, yard
9-4 bleached Sheeting, good quality, yard 69c
Big Lot Remnants marked off
Ladies Handkerchiefs, 6 for 25c
Minerva Yarns, large hall 49c
You will find a grand assortment of useful holiday
gifts here for all members of the family
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THURSDAY. DECEMBER 3, Wi&
and Mrs. Ed. Holcomb and family Sun
day.
Mrs. Levi Getchell spent Tuesday
with Mrs. Jay Rogers.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis. Bond were
guests a't dinner of Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Martin Tuesday evening.
The Ladies' Aid met at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Holcomb. last
Thursday after a splendid dinner was
served mvsic was furnished by Ida,
Roy and Audry Holcomb.
Boys
$6.98