The weekly times-record., March 17, 1921, Image 4

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EDITORIAL
Contrary to the general opinion Edi
son did not discover the first talking
machine. Adam beat him to it.
Horrors. An Indiana law requires
18 inches of the. voter's legs to show
beneftth the curtains in the voting
booths. And the women vote in
North Dakota.
In view of the stringency in the
liquid funds of the Bank of North Da
kota is it not about time for Director
General Cathro to flood the mails with
another report on the Bank's financial
condition?
Of course the downward trend of
wheat prices tends to encourage farm
ers to make record plantings, doesn
it?—Courier-News.
Sure. And Senator Ladd and Mill
Wrecker McGovern advised our farm
ers to hold their wheat and through
this very fine advice they have lost
that two hundred million dollars of
money which the C. N. so vociferously
alludes to as the doings of big busi
ness. Did Mr. Ladd and Mr.McGovern
represent big business we are led to
ask? Now the league managers and
papers say "summer fallow and fight.
We presume they want to lose several
million dollars more and after that is
done will lay the whole trouble to big
business.
Although payment to injured work
men out of the fund of nearly a mil
lion dollars created under the work
men's compensation act are being held
up by the Bank of North Dakota, the
bureau is determined to force employ
ers to put more money into the fund
Yesterday it was announced that about
50 suits have been instituted by the
bureau against employers in various
parts of the state to
iiiilii'iv
force
payment
of levies made upon them. Many ad
ditional actions of like nature are still
to be filed, according to bureau offi
cials. The breaking down of the Bank
of North Dakota has resulted in
checks drawn for the widows of dead
workmen, or injured workmen them
selves, being dishonored by the bank
within the last few days.
Total appropriations made by the
last session of Congress for the next
fiscal year amounted to approximately
$3,800,000,000. The estimates sub
mitted by the retiring administration
reached a total of
$5,250,000,000,
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thus
indicating a saving to the people by
the republican congress of about
$1,450,000,000. That record of econ
omy is in line with that which has pre
vailed throughout the two years of
the Congress that has just expired
Savings will continue the, future
but there will not be the great dis
crepancy between estimates and ap
propriations. The budget in the fu
ture will be prepared by a republican
executive
branch of the government,
as intent on economy as the regubli
cans in Congress.
Ccunty conventions and caucuses
are to be held in the next few days to
elect delegates to the convention to be
held at Devils Lake at the end of next
week, which convention is to decide
the all important question as to
whether a recall election is to be held
or not. The sentiment in this vicinity
and in Barnes county is very strongly
opposed to a recall at this time and it
is probable that a delegation feeling
that way will be elected to represent
the county at that convention. There
is no division of opinion as regards
what ought to be done at this time
but the great question is: is it the
proper time to do it. It will cost
vast amount of money to put ovcr a
recall election and after it is put over
and should the independents win, it
would only put them in power for a
very short time and then the regular
election would be coming at the pri
mary next year.
How safe is your salary? How safe
is your Spending capacity How sate
is your ability to indulge yourself with
the things that you want, aside from
the things you actually need? These
things are as safe as you and your
neighbors make them. When the
Pub­
lic indulged in a buying strike last Oc
tober and November, it is true prices
came down. Incidentally, retailers
stocks remained stagnant. Wholesal
ers received no orders from retailers,
mills received no orders from manu
facturers, and both mills and manu
facturers stopped producing. In less
than two monthr""nearly two million
workers were out of jobs. Those who
stopped buying from their own free
will soon found themselves in a posi
tion where they couldn't buy if they
wanted to. Keep buying until the oth
er 65 per cent are back. There must
be no unemployed in America. It's up
to you.
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The.Bank of North Dakota yester
day paid its one million dollar debt
to the Chicago firm for the money se
cured for the sale of bonds to that
amount. The Courier-News this
morning goes out of its way to gloat
over this and to say that the I. V. A.
has received a severe blow on account
of this debt being paid. Good land.
Does the big state of North Dakota
have to run big headlines to tell the
people that it is honest and pays its
debts. We did not think that it was
necessary for any honest firm, corpor
ation or man to advertise that honesty
was the great foundation of its busi
ness life. At the same time if this
big bank at Bismarck is so honest in
meeting its obligations why does it
not pay the soldiers bonus checks, the
hail insurance checks and the compen
sation checks that it has been refus
ing to pay. We rather suspect that
this great institution that is advertis
ing to the four winds of heaven that
it is paying its bills has been saving
up the funds of these other claimants
for this purpose of paying this niillion
dollars so that it could use the fact for
political propaganda. If this is not
so why does it not honor all legiti
mate. drafts upon that institution?
If the Bank of North Dakota is pay
ing its debts as fast as they become
due will the C. N. please explain to
the peoole why the soldier boys checks
f&oed by the s^ate treasurer, and for
which the money has been deposited
in the bank, are not paid That is the
vital question a tthis time to establish
whether the bank is honestly meeting
its obligations.
A MAN'S PRAYER
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On the walls of the Henry T. Per
kins wholesale hou|s of Springfield,
Mass., appears the following practical
workaday petition to the Supreme Be
ing. Its application is-universal —its
practice a wholesome habit:
"Teach me that sixty minutes make
an hour, sixteen ounces one pound and
100 cents $1. Help me so to live that
I can lie down at night with a clear
conscience, without a gun under my
pillow and unbaunted by the faces of
those to whom I have, brought/ pain.
Grant that I may earn my meal ticket
on the square, and that in earning it I
may do unto others as I would have
them do unto me. Deafen me to the
tingr'e of tainted money ana to the
rustle of unholy skirts. Blind me to
the faults of the other fellow, but re
veal to me my own. Guide me so that
each night when I look across the din
ner table at my wife, who has been a
blessing to me. I will have nothing to
conceal. Keep
me
young enough to
laugh with little children, and sym
pathetic enough to be considerate of
old age. And when comes the day of
darkened shades and the smell of
flowers, the tread of soft footsteps
and the crunching of wheels in the
vard—make the ceremony short and
the epitaph simple—'HERE LIES A
MAN."—Manufacturers News.
Governor Frazier addressed two
meetings at Grand Forks recently on
the crisis that confronts the state and
according to the Courier-News roasted
the business men for not keeping their
promises in regard to pledges made
for the mill and elevator being built
at that place and warned these busi
ness men that if they wanted these
industries put into operation they
would have to come across with some
plan to finance them. In other words
he is roasting business men for not
buying state bonds that are not worth
the paper they are written on in the
open bond markets of the country.
They have been telling us all the time
that the state is in good shape so why
is it necessary for the governor to go
around telling of the impending crisis
if the state is all right. It is he and
his fellow state wreckers that have
made this condition now let them drag
the state out of the mire. State bonds
were good as gold—when Mr. Frazier
was first sworn in as governor and it
is his bunch that have pounded their
worth down to nothing. If state
bonds are such fine things to buy we
would suggest that Townley, LeSeuer
Mills, Bowen, Lemke and the rest of
that bunch should hold a few shake
down meeting and sell bonds to these
rabid believers in state socialism m
I stead of getting membership fees
The farmers have spent more money
in promoting Townley schemes—
money that is absolutely lost than
would have floated several million
dollars of state debt, kept state war
rants at par, and no school teacher
would be compelled to go without her
pay as is the case at this time. If
there is any impending disaster com
ing to the state it has been brought
about by profligacy and mismanage
ment coupled with 'the payment of
hundreds of thousands of dollars in
promotion fees and commissions that
has put us on the rocks. That is the
story in a nut shell and that is why
our dearly beloved governor now has
to go around the state begging for
succor and at the same time using a
club over the heads of the business
men of Grand Forks who have been
either fortunate or unfortunate
enough to have had a state eleva
tor located in that city. The great
outstanding feature of this great in
dustrial movement is: that the loud
mouthed advocates of this new day
stunt are the very ones who are brok
en reeds when it comes to buying
state bonds that they are now so
blatantly urging other people to buy
and which they claim advocates of
big business are trying to stop the
sale of. They want other people to
take their medicine but they take
none of it themselves. In the lan
guage of the divine healer we would
say "physician heal thyself."
Front Friday's Daily
I
I Mrs. B. S. Ottis and baby of Wynd
I mere, N. D., are guests at the A. C.
Thorkelson home
Mrs. R. B. Hustad left on No. 8
last night for Tower City where she
goes to visit her home folks for a
short time.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Ayrea, of Coop
erstown. N. D., are guests of Dr. and
Mrs. C. E. Spicer and family, arriving
here Wednesday.
Alfred Bonhus arrived from Minne
apolis recently and is spending a few
days here looking after business mat
ters and visiting friends.
1 Miss Helen Bascom of Fargo is a
guest of Miss Annie Baillie of this
city. Miss Bascom has also been visit
ing with friends in Fingal.
I The fellow who howls that the news
papers suppress a lot of news always
.calls up to ask that nothing be said
about his arrest for driving an auto
mobile without a license tag or for be
ing arrested f^r being intoxicated.
I TV sn^w storm is over for this
period and it has cleared off bright
but cold. The thermometer registered
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five below zero this morning and we
are now having some real( winter
weather.
Ander H. Solem. a resident of Val
ley Citv about 1883, and known to
manv Barnes county pioneers, passed
away in Prairie township Thursday
March 3rd. at the age of 81 years,
three months and 20 days.
V. E. Grant telephones to the Times
Record this morning that a ten pound
bov was born to the Grant family
fv.Se rnornm". Mother and son dojng
nicely and V. E.- Is recovering yfery
rapidly from the shock. Congratu
lations. *1 .»
THt VKIEKU TlMElMtECORIV VALLEY ClTY. NORTH DAKOTA
The cash register in Heiling Bros.,
Billiard parlors was broken into Wed
nesday evening and about $20 secured.
It is believed that entrance to the
building was made through the base
ment. A small amount of merchan
dise was also taken. -j
S. V. Jones, who was formerly the
chief of police at Cooperstown, N. D.^
has signed up to play baseball 1vith
the Fargo club this season. 'Jones was
catcher for the Cooperstown aggrega
tion last year and is a cracking good
ball player.
The local telephone operators en
joyed a very pleasant time last eve
ning at the home of the Misses Ruth
and Esther Milton, the event, being a
kitchen shower in honor of Miss Lil
lian Corby, a bride to be of the near
future. The evening was spent in
playing cards, singing and various
other amusements, after which a delic
ious lunch was served.
Mrs. Mathilda Sievert, of Rogers
N. D., died at the home of her father.
Fritz Becker in Valley City on Wed
nesday afternoon. The deceased
leaves a husband and four children.
who reside northwest of Rogers. The
funeral will be held tomorrow after-1
noon at the German Lutheran church
at two o'clock, Rev. J. F. L. Bohnhoff
officiating.
We received a letter this morning
from Hugh McDonald at Biloxi, Miss. I
in which he states that he ^ill soon
leave for Kansas City, Mo., and wants,
the paper sent to that place. Mr. Mc-1
Donald is against buying any more!
parks at this time but seeing that he I
is not one of our "representative" cit
izens, his opinion does not count.
Olaus Kjelland, one of the pioneer I
citizens of Valley City, passed away:
yesterday morning in a Fargo hospital
from the effects of an operation. We
are unable at this time to give any!
further particulars and would like to
have some member of the family sup
ply the Times-Record with an obitu
ary.
We are informed this morning that
there is to be a political meeting held
in the city hall on Monday evening
next, at which time Rev. Allen Birch
enough, the fighting parson, Lieut Dan
Richter and Theo. G. Nelson will be
present to address the crowd on mat
ters pertaining to recall election and
other things. The main topic to-be
discussed will be "How Long to you
Want to Stand for Townleyism."
Come out and hear what, these gen
tlemen have to say whether you agree
with them or not. Publicity of the
pitiless kind, is what is needed and we
guess that bunch can give it to us.
The snow which fell yesterday
while it does not spell a million dol
lar crop, will prove of immense bene
fit to farming operations, say Barnes
county farmers who are in the city to
day. Not for many winters has the
ground been as dry as it has been un
til this last snow fall. The moisture
of the snow, will be a great boon'ito
the fall sown grain, while it will also
loosen up the earth for spring seed
ing. The. ground is not frozen ,hard
enough at the present time so that the
snow when it melts will run off but in
stead will soak into the ground. Old
timers in the city recall a heavy snow
fall in the 80's, which came before
the ground was frozen. Those living
in the low places along the river pre
pared to move out in the spring, fear
ing a flood, but the snow when it melt
ed, soaked into the unfrozen ground.
C. A. Porterville, of Cooperstown.
in Fargo serving on the federal grand
jury, was arrested by Fargo police
Wednesday night with a woman
charged with resorting to rooms. Mr.
Porterville and the woman were reg:
istered at a local hotel as Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Mortell. "Mr. Mor
tell" gave $100 bail which he for
feited when he failed to appear in
police court yesterday afternoon but
he failed to give bail for the woman
and she was arraigned in police court
yesterday afternoon. Judge Monson
after hearing testimony from Captain
Welsh and Officer Witcik of the Far
go police department found the wo
man guilty and sentenced her to pay
a fine of $50 in addition to serving a
30-day sentence in the county jail
The same couple were arrested in
Fargo on a similar charge on Febru
ary 5. Mr. Porterville then put up
$100 bonds for each, which were for
feited.—Courier-News.
From Monday's Daily
Rev. A, Lincoln Shute, of James
town, N. D., occupied the pulpit of the
Methodist church Sunday evening.
A. D. Poe, one of the prominent
business men of Tower City, was a
Valley City 'visitor Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Cowell of
Cooperstown, N. D., are guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Lee Cowell of this city.
tfrm. E. Strehlow and Bert O'Con
nor, of Casselton, were visiting
friends in the city Sunday.
Several lady friends pleasantly sur
prised Mrs. M. A. Pompilio last Sat
urday evening at her home, 214 South
Fifth avenue. The evening ^was very
pleasantly enjoyed by those present.
The University of North Dakota de
feated the Agricultural College at
Fargo Saturday evening by the score
of 32 to 30. Many had it that the
University would walk away with the
Aggies) but not so. ,x
P. Longfellow, one of our good citr
izens from the Wimbledon neighbor
hood, was here "Sunday., visiting
friends'and acquaintances. Mr. Long
fellow is always* a welcome visitor to
the city. y.
The ladies of .the W. R. C. are well
pleased with the result of the parcel
post sale held Saturday, March 5. All
t.he parcel post-packages going in a
short time and many more could have
been sold. The sale of the packages
bringing about $90 and .about $20
taken in from the lunches. .,
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A company of twelve little folks en
joyed a most happy time at the O.
Simenson home on East Front street
Saturday afternoon in honor of the
birthday of Master Edwin Simenson.
The time was spent in playing games
and in music and those present had
a most delightful time. A very appe
tizing supper was also served.
The .local telephone operators en
joyed a very pleasant time Thursday
evening at the home of the Misses
Ruth and Esther Milton, in giving a5
kitchen shower in honor of Miss Lil
lian Corby, a bride to be. The eve
ning was spent in playing games
singing and various other amusements
after which a very delicious lunch was
served.
W. L. Witter, who conducts the civil
service examinations at the local post
office, tells us that a dozen applicants
attended the examination Saturday.
There were some from Litchville
Hastings, Nome, Marion and Sanborn
The examination was'for postmasters
and rural carriers, and the fellows
giving in the bast papers from the
examination will probably be the ones
to get the jobs.
Much interest is being evinced in
the Normal and American Legion bas
ketball game to be played the coming
Saturday evening. The game will de
cide the championship of the city
which the American Legion team thus
far seems to have a cinch on. Dope
seems to favor the American Legion
team, which is composed of heavier
and more experienced players, but
dope is upset sometimes and the Nor
mal team may be the one to doe it in
this case.
The local K. of P. lodge is planning
on a big time on Thursday, March 24
An entertainment somewhat resemb
ling one of the real degrees in the
lodge, will be put on, according to
members. After that dancing will be
enjoyed, supplemented by various en
tertainments in between dances. Re
hersal of the play yesterday brought
out the fact that some good actors be
long to the K. P. lodge, and the play
will undoubtedly be carried off in
great shape.
C. W. Birs, known in North Dakota
as the rabbit king, who is charged by
the government for using the mails
to defraud, will not have his trial this
term of federal court. Operations of
the Fur and Specialty Company ex
tended to many points in the east and
south. Children and adults gave up
Our New
Taf fetas
In Black, Navy, Taupe, Gray
Y°drdJap.Blue.
Satins
Id Navy, Black, Toupe, Plum,
Jap Blue, Gray and (DO Cf|
Seal, yard
Nancette
In Black, Navy, DeerCQ
and Bark, yard. *. tJ
Crepe de Chine
In all staple colors, yards
9*-'-
JPr»s
$1.89 to $3.75
Wash Satins
In Flesh, White and Maife,
per yard
$1.89 to $2.50
their savings purchasing bunnies
from the concern which they were in
formed would multiply and bring them
big returns from their investment,
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Calvin N. Rhodes, one of the pio
neer citizens of Barnes county, passed
away at his home on Euclia avenue
after a long illness. The Times-Rec
ord is unable a tthis time to give a
lengthy obituary of this good man who
has gone and will do so just as soon as
the data can be secured. Later: Fu
neral will be held Wednesday after
noon at.the house at 1 o'tflock and 3
o'clock at the Congregational church
at Sanborn, interment to be made
the Sanborn cemetery.
The Masonic Lodge of Valley City
is planning on a big time, on Wednes
day evening, March 30, when a social
evening will be enjoyed by the Ma
sonic" members and their wives or
sweethearts. The evening will be en
joyed in dancing and a concert by the
El Zagal chanters and orchestra of
Fargo. This alone will be one of the
big features of
the
evening. Tickets
for the affair are now on sale by Ed
Blume at the Straus Clothing Co.
and J. J. Grest at the Bank of Valley
City.
Rev. Thos. EuNugent in the Congre
gational church last nigh^preached a
rattling good sermon on profiteering
It was a mighty practical sermon and
the only regret is that all the big pro
fiteers in the country were not there
to listen to his arraignment' and what
he thinks about that sort of business
life. .He laid particular stress upon
the profiteer who sold coal at a price
beyond all reason and then
one-third
of every ton of supposed to be coal—
slate. The audience enjoyed that talk
and profiteers would not fare very well
had the crowd a chance to do some
thing to them.
The Russell-Miller Milling Company
of this city received word from the
Minneapolis headquarters to the ef
fect that all mills under the control of
that company would shut down from
1 to 2 this afternoon^as a mark of re
spect to the memory of the late vice
president of the company who passed
away recently at Pasadena. California.
H. L. Lyons was vice-president and the
funeral will be held today at Pasa
dena at 11 o'clock. In accordance with
the %equesv sent out our local insti
tution closed down for one hour.
The "Doodle-bacher" club composed
of some of the very best bridge play
ers in Valley City will meet at the
The Peoples Store
$ 3 5 0
Spring Silks are an inspiration for
many a Charming Frock. A generous showing
of both Novelty and Staple Fabrics awaits your
approval
We quote you below prices on the well known
Belding's Silks.
THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1921.
home of Mrs. Harry Codding tomor
row afternoon for the regular Veekly
meeting. The peculiar name adopted
by this "club has caused many specula
tions as to where it
was
secured, but
that is a mystery known only -to. the
sworn members of this organization
and will never be, divulged. At any
rate they always have a good time and
tomorrow will be no exception to the.
rule.
TEMPERATURE AT V. C. N.
While the temperature* have been
for the winter much above the aver
age, March seems to.be running more
nearly normal. The state monthly
summary for January which was re
ceived yesterday shows that the aver
age temperature for the state for that
month was 15.9, This is not a record,
breaking record. January, 1908, had
a mean temperature of 17 degrees
while January^ 1919 ha.d a mean of 18
degrees.
The highest and lowest tempera
tures for each day of the past week
have been as follows:
Friday, March 4, highest tempera
ture 43, lowest, 24.
Saturday, March 5, highest temper
ature 25, lowest 15.
Sunday, March 6, highest tempera
ture 38,lowest 2. below.
Monday, March 7, highest tempera
ture 34, lowest 24.
Tuesday, March 8, highest tempera
ture 11, lowest 2.
Wednesday, March 9, highest tem
perature 33, lowest 5 below.
Thursday, March 10, highest tem
perature 20, lowest l"7.
Friday, March 11, temperature at 8
a. m. was 8 below.
The snowfall of the week was about
five inches.
President I. J. Moe of the North Da
kota Good 'Roads Association left
last night for Bismarck, where he will
attend a meeting of all the directors
and officers of the North Dakota Good
Road's Association, which will be held
at the executive offices of the secre
tary in that city. The proposition T)f
initiating a law for boosting the
Good Roads project in North Dakota
will be discussed. According to Pres
ident Moe, reports from those in
charge of the soliciting
for
members
in various parts of the state, report
splendid success, and a growing en
thusiasm for at runk
system
highways in the state,
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