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THURSDAY. OCTOBER 27. 1921. Frpm Wednesday's Daily 41 Mrs. J. A. Jardine, of Fargo, N. D.. was a Valley City visitor today. Rev. A. C. Barron, of Fargo, was here last night arid today. & W. H. Pray returned last night from a business trip up to Langdon and other points in that part of the state. Ex-Governor Hanna, of Fargo, N. D., was in the city a short time yes terday afternoon. Frank Fraker left the first of the week for Wisconsin to attend the fu neral of his brother-in-law who pass ed away at that place. C. E. Burgess journeyed down from Wimbledon last evening to look after business matters in the city and visit old friends. C. E. is now in the bank ing business at Wimbledon. W. W. Blacker left last evening for his home at Sanborn after spending several days in the city looking after business matters. C. S. Ackerman dropped into town last evening to look after business matters. C. S. is one of the wide awake salesmen who makes this place once in a while. John McAfee, representing the John Leslie Paper Company, and E. H. Light, representing the Minneapolis Paper Company, were callers on the trade in the city yesterday. Mrs. W. H. Wright, of Woodworth N. D., wife of editor and Postmaster Bill Wright, accompanied by Mrs. Margaret' Hutchins, were over night visitors'in Valley City, coming in from Sheldon and leaving this morning for Woodworth. The weather today is rainy. We sin cerely hope that it will clear up and that Friday will be bright and clear so that there will be no chance on eith er side claiming that the weather was against them if they get licked the coming election. Banker P. P. Pickett and Howard Willson represented Leal in the city last night. They came down to look after some business and incidentally to get an earful from some of the numerous political orators speaking here last night. A number of Mrs. Thos. E. Nugent's friends met at the home of Mrs. W. N. Palmer on Eighth avenue yesterday afternoon, the occasion being SJrs. Nugent's birthday. The afternoon was spent in a very pleasant way and re freshments were served later the afternoon. The entertainment was in the form of a hallowe'en party. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mansfield of Grandin, N. D.a were in the city today between trains visiting with Rev. Thos. E. Nugent and family. They were on their wtfy to Kewanee,- Illi nois, where they will be at home this winter. Mr. "Mansfield is managing his father's farm near Grandin, and spends his winters in Illinois. With a goodly number out last eve ning, Company held their regular weekly drill and after the drill a report on the dance was made. It was re ported that there was exactly $15 taken in which goes to show that a good number of the members attend ed the dance as the tickets sold for only fifty cents a piece. It is said an other dance will be held in the near future. We suppose that so far as Valley City is concerned the spell binding was finished last night and it is now up to the voter to do his own thinking in the meantime. We are rather of the opinion that most of them know just how to vote right now., although there might be a few wavering ones on the fence who might be knocked off on one side or the otter. If they had heard Brinton last flight apd seen the evidence there would be no doubt of the outcome, we think. The Rotary Club held its regular weekly dinner yesterday at the Rudolf D. W. Clark was chairman of the day and gave a very fine talk on fire pre vention, worthy of note. Mr. Clark pointed out the various ways that fire originated and gave the remedies for rectifying these evils. It was a very good paper. The club will meet next Monday at the usual time instead of Tuesday. The club is to" entertain the Rotarians of Jamestown on that day and the dinner is held one day earlier for that reason. I E. Hall, one of the old timers around this part of the country was laid to rest the Hillside cemetery yesterday afternoon. We are'able to iearn but little of the deceased but would be pleased to publish an obit uary of him if some member of the family will bring it in. We under stand Mr. Hall 3 been making his home with his son, Charles Hall, on a farm near Luverne in Steele county for the past several years and it was at that place he passed away. Death is said to have been caused from heart failure. The deceased was nearly 73 years of age. The Barnes County Y. M. C. A. is planning on a Tag Day on election day, Oct. 28th. This to help pay the expense of the work in Barnes County and every cent of it will be used here. This organization is the only character building one in the county working with all the boys regardless of creed or color. This is the first general ap peal the County Y. M. C. A. has made and they have been working in the county for three years and today have several hundred boys enrolled an^ are influencing as many more, for right living. There is no question but what the organization is doing good work, work that merits your support, and for that reason as well as the fact that thev need it, is why you will be asked next Friday. So when some boy or girl asks you to buy a tag, do not say no because of something you have heard about the Y. M. C. A. urjrance. but buy one for what the Y. M. O. A. is, has and will be doing here in Barnes County, at home. If we are to keep this work going, and it should be, we must not stop at small amounts. Do not be afraid »to put jm a bNl or a check with several figures on it. Re member the da.te, Oct. 28th, Friday. —Contributed. In an effort to stem the tide of pop ular disapproval the league leaders with their backs up against the wall imported in here yesterday one Henrik Shipstead, of Minneapolis, who was the choice of A. C. Townley for gov ernor of Minnesota but was defeated by Gov. Preus. He was run in here as a counter bluff to try and stop the crowd from going to hear Brinton, but the ruse failed. Bill Olson, who is so deeply interested in the Sisal trust and has a note of $5,000 in the Bank of North Dakota, which he will have to pay if Nestos is elected governor, introduced the speaker. Mr. Brinton made it clear why Bill was so inter ested in the league winning. Mr. Shipstead was greeted by perhaps 150 people, certainly not more than 175. and he did not tell the people anything about state affairs but confined him self to a gentlemanly" talk on big bus iness, the federal reserve bank and the usual bugaboo "Big Biz." That is the defense of all the speakers for the league and it is a shame to spend the people's money in paying these men to come arid talk—they do not tell the voters anything. The meeting was barren of results, of course. From Tuesday's Daily Mrs. A. E. Lundy was down from Leal last night. N. J. Nelson, was down from Dazey yesterday looking after business mat ters. Remember there will bfe no absent ballots, so that every voter needs to come home and be on the job. Harry Sweet and wife are Valley City visitors, arriving in the city from Fargo last night. Druggist Will Siegfried, accompan ied by Editor Wm. McKean, autoed down from Sanborn Monday afternoon and spent a few hours in the city. Mrs. M. G. Hanson, of Kenyon. who has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Olsen and family for the past week, returned to Kenyon on No. 4 Sunday evening. Attorney Lee Combs left this morning for New Ulm, Minn., where he goes to try a law suit in court at that place. He left over the Soo line. G. N. Rasmussen and A. 0. Tolstad, of Dazey, were among the many comI ing to hear Gov,, Preus last night. There were many from their neigh borhood present. The three section hands who were injured -when, the speeder on which they were riding went into an open switch several days ago, are reported to be getting along very nicely at the Riverside hospital and are expected to be out very soon. Fred Colby in making his report to the state administration about^ the State Teachers College showss that on the 29 and 3-10ths acres of land he has raised for the use of the institu tion produce amounting to $3,171.05. This would indicate pretty good stew artship on the part of Mr. Colby. That the people are getting inter ested in this election was evidenced last night when farmers for miles around came in to hear Gov. Preus. About every town in the county was represented. It was the biggest politi cal meeting held this year in this county. They want the truth and are getting it. Gov. J. A. O. Preus, of Minnesota, left on No. 1 this morning for Steele N. D., where he talks at 11:30 this morning. He then comes east to Tap pen and other points and speaks to night at Jamestown. The governor says he was greeted by 1500 people at Grand Forks' yesterday morning and at Lisbon and Enderlin great crowds. There is marked enthusasm for the in dependent cause, the governor says, and if he is any judgment of public sentiment he is confident that the .pres ent state officials will be recalled on Friday of this week/ The governor was greatly pleased at the audiences he is getting and particularly of his reception at Valley City last night. From every part of the state where J. W. Brinton has spoken and given his illustrated lecture he has met with great crowds who have remained with him for hours as he bared the doings of the inner circle of the league. It is said by those who have heard and seen this lecture that it is the best re call argument of any now being pre sented. It makes the leaguers breathe hard when they see tht official doings presented to them. through this lec ture. From all over Barnes county come reports that farmers are coming in to hear Brinton and the High School Gym tonight is gofng to be jammed to the doors. Go early and avoid the rush. GETCHELL PRAIRIE Mr. and Mrs. Fred Getchell and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rogers attended the Old Settlers meeting Wednesday. Ellenore Maresh spent aev6ral days with Donna Grube last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. White enjoyed dinner with Mr.' and Mrs. Ed Harper Tuesday. "The annual Thanksgiving offering of the Congregational chruch was held Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Chas. Whitcher, with a large number present. Mrs. Manfred of Valley City gave a very interesting talk about her experiencs in India. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bond entertained the force from the Peoples Store Thursday to a turkey dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Whitcher and daughter Harriet and Dorothy' Rog ers spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Nakel of Green township. Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Harper and daughter Helen and Mrs. Skidmore en joyed dinner Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Martin. Mr. and Mrs. I. V. Jbndahl and fam ily of Galesburg, N. D.. were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Grube. Jean and Jimmie Getchell spent a couple of days last week visiting Ellen and Earnest Holcomb. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Whitcher were callers at the home of Mrs. J. H. Whitcher Sunday evening. Harriet Whitcher and Helen Colville spent Friday night at the home of Dorothy Rogers. IBSEN'S "GHOSTS" AT AUDITORIUM When Ibsen wrote "A Doll's House" he was conscious of certain evils in the marriage arrangement. We may disagree with him about the way Nora should act at the end of the play, but we must certainly feel that she had right on her side, a greater degree of it by far than her husband, who re garde'd her life as a means to satisfy his vanity, his pleasures, and his ex alted sense of possession. The outcry was so great against Nora asserting herself that Ibsen a few years later turned his hands to "Ghosts." Mrs. Alving is a Nora of the dutiful type. In the beginning she does everything society demands of her. She marries a man she does not love, and remains true to him in spite of his ceaseless debauchery. When at last she can no longer endure the enormity of his excesses, she flees from him as Nora had fled from her husband. But unlike Nora, Mrs. Al ving is a dutifuf wife, and after a lit tle persuasion returns to her home, en during her husband until his death rids her of him. The play'begins a few years later when Oswald her son, whom she sent away to school young in order to get him away from the influence of his father, returns home. It is at this point that Mrs. Alving begins to learn the mistake she has made in marrying and living with a man whom she did not and could not love. Oswald has the same expression as his father, be gins acting in the same way. Mors., disease that had been lying in his blood since birth has sprung upon him, and is devouring his lifei Mrs. Alving tries in vain to shut out the ghosts that stalk upon her household out of the past. But the ghosts will not be stopped she must bear the bit ter burden of her mistake. It is the common misfortune of all humanity to err. Ibsen, in his por trayal of Mrs. Alving's life, makes it clear to us that she is no better nor worse than the rest of us, is caught in the meshes of fate, so that we feel toward her and her household a sym pathetic, tolerant attitude. At the end of the play when she cries out in ter ror, in horror, in bitter grief, we know so intimately the sincerity of all her past acting and thinking that we cry out with her. In the great tragic mo ments of life, such as Mrs. Alving and her son inevitably met. all that counts is human sympathy and under stand ing- "Ghosts' is Ibsen's modern master piece, and one of the greatest master Dieces of modern drama, because in it there is no needless exposition, no in tercepted letters, no coincidences of chance and plot, in fact, none of the mechanisms of the older drama. Peo ple meet as they irieet in real life and by the very nature of their meeting and association with each other certain things happen that givet our atten tion' to them. The play is great spir itually because it breathes the spirit of tolerance, a spirit much needed in the complexities of modern industrial civilization where the souls of men are apt to grow hard and callous, and where their minds are ant to become dogmatic and stereotyped. GETTING THE MOST OUT OF RETAILING Announcement has been made by I. J. Moe, secretary of the Commercial Club, that he has arranged to bring to Valley City an illustrated lecture on retail merchandising. The lecture, together -with a feature film, "Getting the Most Out of Retailing," will be given Monday night, Nov. 14, at 7:30 o'clock, in the Rex theater. Mr. W. H. Farltey, representative of The Nation al Cash Register Company, of Day ton, Ohio, will give the lecture. The lecture deals with the value 01 newspaper advertising to the mer chant, tells him how to prepare adver tisements, and-also explains in detail the best methods of window display. store organization, personal ^elling and business control. The film tells the story of a mer chant who was discouraged and dis heartened because he was not success ful. The story shows the indiffer ence of his clerks, his bad system, poorly arranged stock, and other caus es of trouble. How he finally rose to success and prosperity through mod ern methods is shown in the film. Many ideas of importance to mer chants and clerks will be brought out In other communities where it has been shown, it has met great enthus iasm. It is expected that THE WEEKLY TlMBA-RECOftDh VALLEY CITY, NORTH PAiKOTA every busi- ness man and clerk in the city will at tend. There will be no charge for ad mission. PIONEER CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS The annual meeting of the Barnes County Pioneer Club was held on Oc tober 19 in the city hall with 250 mem bers present and was called to order by T. Melvin Lee, president. A pro gram following and then the election of officers came which resulted as fol lows: President—F. W. Heidel. Vice President—Mrs. Wm. Beacham. Secretary—W. H. McPherson.' Treasurer—A. C. Thorkelson. The board of directors is composed of the following ladies and gentle men: Mrs. Henry Miller, Sanborn Thomas __ Davis, Spiritwood Archie Ferguson,' Eckel son Mrs. Howard Hall. Willson, Leal Sam Aandahl, Litch ville Mrs. L. K. Stillings, Valley City H. W. Green, Leal Mrs. George Ras mussen, Dazey: Niel McKay, Hope Mrs. Joseph Rogers, Valley City Peter Hanson, Valley City Mrs. James Thorefcen, Fingal T. J. Lee, Valley City N. P. Langemo, Fingal Mrs. Jesse J. Taylor, Oriska Mrs. S. J. Noxon, Luvelrne. A committee on picture and relics was appointed consisting of Frank Sanford, T. M. Lee, John Alderman. D. W. Clark, and Mrs. Wylie Nielson. Rev. Thos. E. Nugent and Frank Sanford gave two very fine talks which were appreciated. A resolution was passed sending greetings to Dr. E. A. Pray, who was sick at home and could not be present. It was a great gathering and those present had a great time. STUDENTS INVITED TO ATTEND PLAYS President Allen opened chapel exer cises last Saturday morning by read ing that inspiring poem by Maude Annette Drake entitled "Not Under stood." Not understood—we move along asunder Our paths grow wider as the seasons creep— Along the years we marvel and we wonder Why life is life. And then we fall asleep Not understood! Not understood—we gather false im pressions And hug them closer as the years go by— Till virtues often seem to us trans gressipns And thus men rise and fall, and live and die Not understood! Not understood how trifles often change us The thoughtless sentence, or the fan cied slight Destroy long years of friendship and estray us, And on our lives fall a freezing blight Not understood! Not understood—how many hearts are aching For lack of sympathy—oh, day by day How many cheerless, lonely hearts are brc&kin^f How many noble spirits pass away, Not understood! Oh, God, that men could see a little clearer, ,, Or judge less harshly when they can not see ,, Oh, God, that men would draw a little nearer One another. They'd be nearer Thee And understood! The reading of this poem was fol lowed by singing after which an nouncements were made by several members of the faculty. Miss Susan McCoy gave a short talk on the advantages of State Teach ers College students in regard to hear ing good music and literature. She spoke of the splendid plays and mus ical programs which the College brings here during the year in order that all of us may see and hear something worthwhile. She urged in particular that everyone attend Ibsen's play "Ghosts" on Friday evening and "The Climax" on Thursday evening. Before adjournment President Allen expressed the desire that students be of service to the visiting teachers of Barnes County Teachers Institute whenever occasion arose. In conclus ion he repeated the well-known in junction, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." TALK AND MUSIC MARK EXERCISES In the chapel exercises on Thursday, Dr. C. L. Kjerstad gave a brief ex planation of the play. "Ghosts," which was given on Friday evening by the Traveling Theatre Company. The main idea-that he gave us was that the play was tragic from beginning to end. He said we should not come with the intention of being entertained from the standpoint of comedy for the play was "terrible," "awful." Dr. Kjerstad pointed out that lati tude may be freely taken in the inter pretation since the critics themselves are not in agreement. He also made other suggestions which were helpful to those who attended "Ghosts" on Friday night. The remainder of the program was given. Jjy three members of the music faculty and was as follows: Piano—The Minuetto anc^ Scherzo from Sonata opus 31, No. 3. Beethoven Mr. Thomas B. Kemp Vocal Boats of Mine Miller Down in the Forest Ronald Miss Letha Peckham Violin— Ave Maria Schubert-Wilhelmy Mr. Knute Froysaa A very fine impression was left with the audience. We were given a keener realization of the talent that members of the faculty of the Music Department possess. The Barnes County teachers were guests during the chapel period. C. H. PARK AVENUE COTTAGE Louise Jesperson spent Saturday and Sunday night, with Mary McMil lan. Our dear little kitchenette has been in use morning, noon and night of late. Sarah Wright visited with Mary Mason Sunday afternoon. Blanche Houses is spending three weeks at the F. W. Heidel home. The students who enjoyled the hos pitality of the various churches last Monday evening vote the people of Valley City royal entertainers. Hertha Klug and Helga Larson ^"nt Sunday with friends at Wesley AUTO WITH WIRELESS TELEPHONE Showing How the Top or the Car Is Wired for the Wireless Telephone. Physicians, business men, or In fact anyone who owns an inclosed auto mobile can now equip their automobiles with a wireless telephone at a coat of about $50, or Just about the price of a new tire or battery. With autes thus equipped physicians could be In constant communlcaties with their homes for emergency calls, and the business man In touch wttfc his office. AVOID COASTING DOWN ALL HILLS Mistake to Suppose That Motor, Clutch and Transmission Are Benefited. The Instrument installed la the automobile, shown in the photograph, an work successfully up to five miles and use only a small part of the auto bat tery current. In some states, especially in the west, a driver caught going down hill with his clutch released is se verely dealt with. Over in France during the war, a driver caught do ing this was put in the guardhouse. There is no excuse for doing it says a writer in an exchange. Negotiating a Decline. Naturally when approaching a de cline, the vehicle is slowed up so that the "motor Is turning over slowly. On releasing the clutch the car Is no longer held back by the compression or the motor and gains speed at every revolution of the wheels. Very often, If the hill is at all long, the speed attained alarms the driver, who then applies his brakes. A brake which even under ordinary conditions would be sufficient to stand the car on end, or throw the driver through the windshield, will fail to hold very often when Jammed on at high speed on a down grade. It often happens that If the road is rough the wheels will lock and skid around, perhaps throwing the car over the bank. Have Car Under Control. There is no better brake for moun tain or any other grades, than the compression of the cylinders. Often it is necessary to supplement that braking effect with the service, or emergency brakes, but with the clutch In and the motor turning over slowly you always have the car under control and are far less likely to skid if you should come to a slippery spot, as you often do In the mountains, especially In the early spring when the snow is melting. AUTOMOBILE GOSSIP^ The Italian embargo on Importation of American passenger automobiles has been removed. Headlight lenses can be frosted by applying a saturated solution of Ep aom salts to the back. Commercial vehicles in England are paying nearly one-half the motor tax ation of that country. Approximately 1,200 American mo tor vehicles, valued at-$1,440,000, ha^e accumulated on the wharves, in ware houses and in lots at Buenos Aires, be cause of the general freight congestion there. The two young men, shown In the photograph, in experimenting, fouaf that it was not necessary to have antennae high up in the air, but found thac the wires stretched around the top of the car were successful. Four parallel copper wires run around the top of the auto on 6-lnch posts fastened to the corners. They then grounded the set to the auto's engine as Is deoe In al» planes. In their experiments they were constantly In touch with their hon* provided they were in the five-mile limit. PRACTICE QUITE DANGEROUS With Clutch In and Motor Turning Over Slowly Car Is Always Under Control and Much Less Likely to Skid. More than 90 per cent of all mo torists make a practice of throwing out the clutch when coasting down hill. The reason they give Is that "It saves the motor, clutch and transmission." In this they are In error, for such practice not only is dangerous, but Is detrimental to those very parts which one would save. PAGE FIVE DEFECTIVE HOSE IS. SOURCE OF TROUBLE Should Be Examined When-Elk gine Begins to Heat Up. Connection Can Be Replaced in Few Minutes by Anyone Who la Handy With Wrench or Screw driver and Other Tools. When engines which normally keep cool even in hot weather or heavy climbing begin to heat up, suspect the condition of the rubber hose which connects the radiator with the water Jacket. There are two such pieces of hose, but it Is the top one which usu ally goes bad, because it carries the hot water from the top of the engine Into the radiator. The bottom hose earries/the cooled water either to the pump, if there is a pump, or directly back to the water Jacket if the engine uses the thermo-syphon cooling sys tem. (Jars which use pumps for water cir culation have smaller pipes and con sequently smaller rubber hose connec tions than those which use the therm© syphon cooling system. Hot watet gradually disintegrates the rubber &nd cotton of the hose, and wheu the In ner lining of the hose breaks down into a mush It frequently stops up the hose connections to an extent suffi cient to prevent proper water circu lation. Replacing such a hose con nection can be done in a few min utes by anyone who can use a wrench or screwdriver, and is an operation which does not need the skilled and expensive services of a repair mfln. Sometimes engines which cool prop erly in winter heat up when the first warm days come. In engines of the pump circulation type this is often caused by a hitherto unsuspected freezing of the pump wheel blades, suited in broken pump wheel blades. Dismounting the pump and taking It to pieces is the only way to make sure of this trouble. The remedy Is a new impeller in the pump. SAFE LOCK FOR AUTOMOBILE Operates Automatically to Prevent Accidental Reverse Movement of Machine. I The Scientific American In illustrat ing and describing a safety reverse movement lock for automobiles, the invention of C. P. Clrac of Stillwater, Nev., says: One of the .principal objects of the invention is to provide a safety for use in connection with automobiles, for automatically operating to pre view Showing the Arrangement Where by the Device Is Controlled by the the Gear Shift Lever of the Auto mobile. vent accidental reverse movement ol the machine, the apparatus being mov able Into position to allow revere# movement, through the movement ol the gear shift lever into "reverse position. The device could be used all sorts of machines such as hoisting engines, traction engines, and streel cars. /It Is simple and durable.