The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1912-10-17

The Congregational church at Car
rington raised a crop OF 1900 bushels
of potatoes this year to hedp pay the
services of their pastor.
Six cars of wheat were demolished
and the grain scattered along the
track because of spreading rails near
Jamestown.
E. R. Swartout, prominent banker,
of Hampden, this state, has the rec
ord for turnips SO far this year. Two
of them weighted 26A pounds.
George Stenson, resident Of Milo,
n. D., met death when canoe in
which he was padding capsized near
Moosejaw, Canada.
The Woodrow Wilson political club
of Fargo will hold series of MONDAY
meetings with speeches attached from
now until election day.
Another township has been organic
ed in Stutsman county named Severn.
The Fargo Trades and Labor AS
sembly will give big harvest festi-
val ball on October rs.
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North Dakota University will send
a strong football team to battle with
Hamline on the Minnesota grounds
next Saturday.
opipes that any man who tries to help
the farmers out there is bound to
catch hell.
Some great threshing stories are re-
ported from various parts of the
state. Many of them read like-fsh
stories.
Bismarck Tribune: The James
town Alert wants primary differences
forgotten and thinks the republicans
of the district should unite on George
NJ. Young.
William Hanks, thresher, who was
arrested near Walhalla, charged with
a murder at Fresno, Calf, was re-
leased because of insufficient evil
dence.
Cong. L. B. Hanna, republican can
didate for governor. received an en-
rhusiastic reception from the Young
Mems Republican club of Devils Lake,
when he visited there this week.
Exposure and liquor were respon-
sible for the death of William Schmitt
OF Milwaukee, found dead in a barn
near Hansboro.
At Lisbon help has become so
scarce that number of threshing
rigs have pulled into winter quarters.
Wages are $3.50 day, and several
high school boys have been excused
from their school duties to help with
the work.
An active campaign has been start
ed by the faculty Of the North Da-
kota Agricultural college to prevent
the spread of horse disease now
prevalent in South Dakota and Ne
braska, several cases of which have
already been discovered.
The shortage of cars in the state
is said to be responsible for fight
between the Northern Pacific and 500
railroads at Mandan. Both roads are
securing the country for loaned cars
to make delivery of the crop to the
eastern markets. ss%@@
Thomas Bush of Burlington who at
tempted to commit suicide in Minot,
after protracted spree, has been re-
leased from Jail where he was placed
to sober up $50 a'57''
. While threshing on the Evan John
son farm, near Kindred, Edward
Aask, who for many years has run
the separator, stepped through the
feeder cover and one leg was ampu-
.tated. The man will live. ~
'Presbyterians at Fargo have plan
ned an active and systematic cam
Daign of the citv for donations tn take
care of the churchs finances during
the coming year.
A mass meeting of Cavalier county
citizens was held in the county court
house this week. to perfect an or
ganization of the new Progressive
party.
Thrown from the buggy when the
horse which she was driving became
frightened Miss Lolita Ieutz danat1.