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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1912-09-12
RESOURCES.

Loans and discounts. $685. 32 90
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured 5,sA II
u. 8. bonds to secure circulation. 5.OOO W
Other Bonds to secure postal say.
Bonds. securities, etc. Ischooi war.
osS:s ::.i Estate Owned ' Ss!s g g
serve aRentsS ....................... 7,1ss 81
Due from state ara private banks
and savings banks. ............. 331 20
Due from approved reserve agents 69.603 SO
S Soss 81 f1s sssh
Fractional paper currency, nickels a. =,
Lawful avn is money reserve in bssx:xi: "
iegai,tender notes ,lo1 90 42.e7s 70
urer Is per cent OF circulation].. 1850 90
Total =. :. se24. 345 IS
. LIABILITIES. *E
Capital stock paid in. 500 000 %
Tndivided profits, less expenses ~ wv :.
Nation eafe baRk notes outstandn9 sseoo %
Due to other national banks. ::...:. 1885 Sc
Due to State and Private Banks ~ -
1nd R daai deposits subject to 49, ~
pe%snd Certificates Of deposit:::: sas's!s g
Certified checks. .......... ........... ISL 10
posits7. ........ 81 ,473 "A 1,473 "a
Notes and bills rediscounted....... 26,30O 90
Bills payable, including certih-
roWed. .......................... None
Total. ...................4 924, 34s IS
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, Ice
County of Barnes 900
/. John Tracy. Cashier of the above named
bank, do solemn1y swear that the above state
ment 10 true to the best of my knowledge and
belief. =. John Tracy. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th
Z. lSeal) - - - R. W, Bassett.
Notary Public. Barnes County, n. D..
my commission expires April II, 1870
CorFect-Attest: - ~
81 - "a Herman Winterer, .
Robt. Anderson, e."
=. Darby O'Malley,
1855. .... g,. .&a.ah Directors.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1912-09-12

Returned HOME.
w. L. Whitcher after several days
spent in the twin cities on business
returned home this morning.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1912-09-12

The best horse feed on the market
for tho price is ground corn and oats.
For sale by The Peoples Fuel Co.
Ask for prices. 5-9-wH
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1912-09-12

II VISITED IN FARGO. 4
Mrs. DR.. A. w. Macdonald spent
the weekend the guest Of Mrs. DR..
Chandler in Fargo.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1912-09-12
{From ;donday's Daily.)

p, (From Mondays Daily.)
VISITED PARENTS.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. P. Roti of Wimble-
don spent Sunday the guest Of Mrs.
Roti's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. ID.
Trosdale.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1912-09-12

BACK FROM sPIRITWoOD. .
Mrs. J. W.. Weiser, Mrs. DR.. Bus
sen and Mrs. N. G. Hesch, who have
been visiting at Spiritwood, return
ed home yesterday evening.
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NO. 2s4s
Report Of the Condition
OF THE
First National Bank

at Valley Oity, in the state Of North Da-
kota. at the close OF business,
Sept. 4th, 1912.
The Washington times., 1912-12-06

and prove you that with Upstairs, Small Rent and
everybody. Il
That's why these shoes marked $500 instead Of
pair shoes is practically sold loss order to gail
MOST ASTOUNDING SHOE BARGAIN EVER OFFERED in
variety of feathers and abrics Every pair shoes in this
lasts and patterns Of the largest shoe manufacturers the
The Washington times., 1912-12-06
&@W0
SHOE STORE
Il Dedicated to
A Lower Cost of Livins

TN word this establishment 10 to be
manufacturers outlet store. We
will carry nothing but good shoes
these shoes Will be the same, or better
than models Of what are selling at other
Warrington stores at regular prices.
But We will give them to you at lower
prices than you can get them at any
other Warrington store because Of the
way they come to 10.
These shoes will comprise model
lineS, manufacturers and dealers over.
stock, etc. In some cases We will prob.
ably be compelled to sell the shoes
without the manufacturers name to
prevent that manufacturer from getting
into trouble with his lbcal agent. But
in every case possible We will leave the
trademark labels In the shoes. 20 that
you will know the makers name.
However. In every case, a. an assur-
ance that you get the full moneys
worth represented. we guarantee the
entire satisfaction Of every pair Of
shoes We sell. no matter what the price
you pay.
It 10 apparent to 10. a. It must be to
you. that q shoe worth the public's
money should be guaranteed. There are
one hundred cents In, every dollar you
spend. and our guarantee will see that
you get one hundred cents worth Of
shoe value for every one hundred cents
you spend with u.
This store 10 for mon. women. and
children. Watch our newspaper an
nouncements and there will no longer
be any high cost Of living 20 far ~
shoes are concerned.
We expect to appeal to your sense Of
pride with our smart styles-appeal to
your sense of comfort by giving you
perfect htting shoes and seeing that you
are perfectly fitted-sppeal to your
sense OF economy with prices that will
mean positive saving Of one dollar or
more on every pair Of shoes you buy
here.
Don't Miss
The Opening Day
Bargains
The Washington times., 1912-12-06

800 pairs Boys Outing Shoes leather tops chemically
soes $500 values; all sizes es............. ..........
Five large tables full Ladies' Hand Shoes $500
Mostly small sizes sire but nearly all sizes styles
trademarked shoes that will know $35 and $400
Other styles too mention ranging price from
complete stock Of shoes for Everybody prices Evey
You will be surprised the magnitude Of Everybodys Shoe
visit look and what Eveybody Shoe Store has
living.
See Large Show Window on D S.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-11
r FIGURED up the other day that, in the last

ED up the other day That, IN the last
three years of my life as a comedian
before the theatergoing public, have
been interviewed by Sunday news
paper reporters and Others on Just
about three subjects, and no more
than that; furthermore, | have been
interviewed on these three subjects
in that small period of years some
thing like one hundred times apiece.
And venture to add that anyone of
nv brother comedians before the
American public at this day might
make the same statistical report.
These three most dearly beloved
subjects that a comedian is usually
called upon to talk about and express
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-11
The New Play
THE MAN IN BLACK"

But the comedian Glance at the nearest billboard,
window placard, ashcan poster, newspaper ad
vertisenent. Nine times of tenthe ratio in
which this style of billing holds true for the dramatic
actor-you will observe something like this:
JACK ROBINSON
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-10-27
Presidential Elections
XVI-The Democracy Reunited
BY Frederic J. Haskin

William A. Graham Of North Caro-
lima, as Scotts running mate.
The Free Soilers held convention
in Pittsburgh and nominated Hale of
New Hampshire and Julian of Indi-
ana. as their standard bearers. But
the Free Sellers had lost ground in
four years and, although they kept
Lewis Cass out of the presidency In
184s by dividing the New York vote,
they We're not able to affect the re-
suit in a single state in 1852.
The democrats had nominated a
man of whom nothing particularly
great could be said and nothing very
bad He was not the most brilliant
Of the men who had rendered service
to his party, but it was a sort OF
matching of quiet colors against
gaudy ones, for General Scott had
long been known as "Old Fuss and
Feathers" II the Wings had thought
to win a third president on the war
hero issue. they reckoned without
their host, for, from the day that a
delegate, Immediately following his
nomination, read a letter from Cen
eral Scott accepting it--a letter so
plainly written before the nomination
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-10-27

fire in the belief that If they burned
kthey forecasted prosperity for those
who threw them in whereas if they
smouldered and turned black without
really burning, the outlook for wealth
was unpromising.
1t is to be hoped that the unpre-
eedented rainy season of 1912 in
Ireland has not seriously affected the
nut crop in Erin for it is important
for the purposes of NutcraclS night
that there shall be plentiful supply
of nuts To be sure, it is not essen
tial that all the nuts shall be of ed
ible quality inasnuch as many of
them are to be burned. The Irish
girl who enters into the spirit of the
occasion is supposed to toss into the
bed of flaming peat as many hazel
nuts as she has suitors or prospective
suitors. Secretly, "A swain's name is
assigned to each nat and then the re-
suit of the fiery test is watched with
interest. TheEbursting of the nut is
supposed to signalize that the lover it
represents is unfaithful, but ii the
nut burns with q bright, steady
flame it is taken to indicate ardor and
constancy on the part of the youth
whose proxy it is.
A variation of this form of fireside
fortune telling is designed to deter
mine for the belle with violet eyes
and midnight hair whom she shall
marry or whether or no she is ulti-
mately to bestoW her hand upon the
lover she then favors. Under this
plan two nuts are dropped stimuli
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-10-27

taneously into the bed of GOALS, one
nut being named for the fair inquis-
itor and the other for the eligible
suitor. II the two nuts burn together
the circumstance is supposed to fore
tell wedding, whereas. ii they DO not,
the lack of harmony bespeaks the
parting of the ways for the lovers 1T
is obvious that many a yivacious
colleen may have to repeat this oper-
alton many times to account for all
her shitors, and, indeed, it Is some-
times necessary to try the experiment
number of times (with different
names each time, or course), ere there
is semblance of unity.
Old Irish books tell of the eating of
nuts and appssts In abundance at the
Halloween feasts and Of certain, now
obsolete forms of telling fortunes by
means of the ashes of burnt nut
shells: hut the above outlined plaza, eof
roasting or burning the nuts seems to
have been the most universally fol-
lowed and the most enduring in pop
ularity. AS evidence of it's early or
igin 1t may be noted that a poem pub
lished in Dublin, in the Year 1901,
reads as follows
These glowing nuts are emhlems true
Of what in human life we view,
The III matched couple fret and fume
And thus in strife themselves CON
sumo.
Or from each other wildly start
And with a noise forever part
But see the happy, happy pair,
or genuine love and truth sincere;
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-10-27

had been made--their war hero coun-
teracted the effect of hero worship by
doing ridiculous things. A New York
paper published his stump speeches
under the headlines: .'The Modern
Epic. Fifty-tWo speeches by Major
General Winfield Scott embracing a
narrative of a trip to the Blue Licks
and back to Washington in search OF
a site for a military hospital. The
Had of the nineteenth century,
Scott did not want to appear as
going on the stump, for such q thing
was unpopular in that day, SO he
had trip arranged which would take
him to Blue Licks, Kentucky, to To-
cate military hospital, and he
swung around the circle to get there.
Much fun was made of his gushing
flattery as he tried to counteract the
effect of some of the letters he had
written leaning toward the stopping
of immigration. He told how he
loved the rich Irish brogue" and the
sweet German accent of his audi
tors, and his efforts were SO obvious
as almost to laugh the old hero out
of court.
The democrats loved to tell ridicu-
lous things about General Scott. He
posed as hard worker they asserted
| One day he was out of his office
when the Secretary of War came to
| see him. When he came back he in
| formed his chief that he had been
| too busy for weeks to eat square
meal at noon, and that he had Just
stepped out for hasty plate of SOUP
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-10-27

ern Wings could accept the candidate,
but they declared that they would
! spit upon the platform" The
| southern Wings could accept tho
platform but did not like the candi-
| date.
When the vote was taken it was
found that the Wings were indeed
/ beaten to a FRAGILE" Only -four states
fell outside of the democratic column
and General Scott went down to one
Of the worst defeats In the history of
the country. The defeat was SO
great that it tore assunder the foun-
dations of the Whig party and pre-
pared the way for another purity
4 which should, fall heir To it's strength
and escape its weakness. party
that was destined to live more than
half a century without a single seri-
Gus split.
Daniel Webster one Of the candi-
dates before the tWhig convention in
4 1852, consented to head another party
that year, called the union party. Bur
he died before the election and his
little party died with him. He sent
a message to Rufus Ghoate, who had
nominated him in the Whig conven-
Alol1 III QItG III Tile I1iIpSL f1DniiDIIlhG
speeches ever heard in a convention
ana advised him not to ruin his fu-
ture by voting the Whig ticket, say
Ing that 1t was destined TO defeat
and the party destined to exist only
in history after that campaign. The
message was published iii the demo
cratic press and proved one Of the
Fulfilled deathbed prophecies of Amer
lean political history.
4 The campaign Of 1869 was like the
one of today In the activity of the
woman suffrage advocates. The suf-
/ fragettes held a great national con-
ventlon, made up mostly Of bloomer-
wearing woman Elizabeth Cads
Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were
two prominent figures. The prohibi-
4 tion party also got into the field with
a good deal of activity, and how
lstrong the prohibition sentiment was
is disclosed by the fact that Sam
Houston, of Texas, was considered b.
some for the democratic presidential
nomination because Of the fact thai
he was a "maineac' as the prohibi-
tionists of the Maine variety were
called. But the democracy was no,
ready to bitch its wagon to. pro-
hibition stSa
The election of Pierce was taker
by the country at large as ending per.
manently the threatening danger o
civil war over the slavery question
Henry Clay had proposed his ceie,
brated compromises of 1850 and con.
gress. with the cooperation or Presi
dent Fillmore, passed them. DAME
Webster and many other northern
Wings aided in their passage.
4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ELEc
TIONs. 81
Party.
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-10-27

! During the campaign he never heard
the end Of that "hasty plate of SOUP"
On the other hand, Pierce did not
escape the ridicule of the enemy. He
was accused of being a drunkard, and
a circumstantial story was told of
how "he had sworn off his eonvivial
land him in the presidential chair.
It was charged that while a Brigadier
General in the Mexican war he had
tainted from fright at the battle on
the plains of Churubusco. and cams
paign poem was generally circulated
comparing the fainting Pierce with
the daredevil bravery of "Old Chapnl-
| tepec
The candidacy OF Scott did not
strike the popular chord, and try as
| they might to capitalize ON Lnndy's $
Lane and Chapultepec, the Wings
could not enlist any particular enthu-
| siasm for their candidate They de-
cided to duplicate the great celebra-
4 ton Of the Harrison campaign and
! the splendid affair at New orleans
when Jackson was candidate. They
1 did hold the celebration and tried to
than the Harrison or the jackson
rally, but still the chilly political at
mosphere was everywhere evident and
! the celebration at Niagara Falls did
not arouse the Niagara of enthusi-
asm'' that had been predicted.
AS matter Of fact. the trouble was
that the platform and the candidate
/ did not fit we'll together. The north
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-10-27
vssANsSs1 SSs9ssvs,

each person the quest for the trinket
begins. The finder is supposedly or
dained to marry within the year un-
less, inayhap, already married, in
which event the finding Of the ring
is significant of good luck, Some of
the older generation of Irish folk yet
cling to the custom OF baking a Hal
loween loaf cake in which both a ring
and a key are hidden. Tho former.
of course, is a prediction of marriage.
whereas the latter forecasts o. journey.
And the message of the key. be it.
added, Is not always to be lightly re-
garded In 81 country where between
$4,000 and 10000 natives mostly
young people and the very flower of
the land~~set forth every year for the
land of promise beyond the Atlantic.
For all that Nutcracls night in Ire
land Is, as has been said primarily a.
young peoples festival. there are
some customs where the elders ap-
pear In the roles of participants as
we'll as spectators. For instance, there
Is the ancient custom, now almost ex-
tinct probably. wherein the peasants
were called upon to assemble with
show of force to proceed from house
to house collecting money and food
for the Halloween feast calling upon
the men to bring forth the fatted calf
and the black sheep and upon the
women to make the griddle cakes and
candles.
1t is suspected that young America
may. In one sense, owe the present
day Halloween pranks with cabbages
to some of the time honored customs
of Nutcraek night in ireland. And
certain it is that if ERIN did not actn-
ally originate the various games and
experiments with apples which are
now SO popular on Halloween III the
United States. these diversions were
known and practiced In the fair isle
centuries ago. Conspicuous among
these long established irish customs
is that of dipping or duclsing for APP
pies In a tub of water and the yet
more difficult feat OF attempting to
snatch apples Iusng only the mouth)
from u suspended, revolving frame
work on which the fruit has been al
ternated with lighted candles.
"Lambswool,' an old time Irish Hal
loWeen drink, is made by hruising
roasted apples and mixing them with
milk. Any person who has travelled
in rural Ireland and enjoyed the uni
versal hospitality of the proffer of a
readily such a Halloween toast fits in
with the scheme OF existence In this
fascinating domain OF the shamrock
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-10-27
Four Nations Fight Old Foe

There Is Il deeply human side, hu-
man because religious, to the present
trouble in the Balkans. The negotia-
tions Of the diplomatists and the
talk of military movements obscure
+ the fundamental issue which has
called to arms hundreds of thousands
OF men on both sides of the Turkish
frontier
-Four nations, erstwhile rivals, have
combined to make common cause
against their ancient foe, the Turk.
The explanation lies In the strength
of the religious tie. These four ma
tions~-Greeee, Bulgaria, Servia and
Montenegro--ar Christian nations,
and the motive that has called them
to conflict is the inextlnguishable fear
and hatred of their ancient Moalem
oppressor.
Dramatically and crueially 1t Is the
call that led the Apostle Paul to cross
from Asia Into Europe, which has been
needed by the four Balkan powers,
come over into Macedonia and help
u.s."
The co-religionists of these Chris
tldHS ueGiATe lney nave been pGrse-
euted to an insufferable degree by
/ their Moslem rulers and neighbors
| They say all appeals for help to the
| promises of Turkish government and
the conscience of Christendom seem
to have failed. Therefore, the lesser
neighboring powers. who hold to the
| same branch Of Christianity as the
prosecuted Macedonians, are offering
armed relief and insisting that this
] war cannot be avoided, except by the
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-10-27

With natural fondness while they
burn,
Still to each other kindly turn,
And as the vital sparks decay.
Together gently sink away,
Their mingled ashes rest at last.
Whereas nuts, of course, afford the
favorite means of forestallmg fate on
Nutcrack night there are other time
honored expedients resorted to by the
Irish girls One approved method for
catching a superstitious glimpse of a
future husband is for the colleen to
throw a ball of yarn out of the win
dow, first taking the preeaution to re-
tain hold of one end of the thread,
mayhap tying it to her wrist. AS soon
as the ball falls to the ground the
curious young lady begins TO wind in
the yarn. meanwhile saying the Pater
eyes upon the spot where the ball
rests she will supposedly see the Inn
age Of her future husband.
If this test is carried out without
any misty figure appearing there is
the suspicion that the girl is not des-
tined to marry, though, of course
1t is always possible to reconcile ones
self with the theory that owing to
the darkness the eyes did not rest
on the exact spot where lay the hall
of yarn. In some parts of Ireland
there are followed customs which are
merely a variation OF the one just
mentioned. For instance. there is one
sentimental recipe which calls for the
sowing of hemp-seed instead of the
throwing Of a bail Of yarn, the de-
sired apparition being supposed to APP
pear il the colleen looks back while
scattering the seed, Or again. q
Womans garment may be hung before
the open fire at the close of the HAL
loWeen festivities, and II u lone
watcher be willing to risk sitting up
all night In a shadoWy corner and can
manage to keep awake, she may hope
to see a specter of her future husband
oonne down the chimney and turn the
garment.
In many homes i'll Ireland the even
Ing meal ON Halloween is "a special
feast that is itself fraught With sig
nificance For instance, 1t Is custom-
ary to introduce a ring lottery that is
similar IN many respects to the one
which is popular at American we'd
vehicle for eoncealing the tell tale
ring is not a cake but II dish known
as call cannon" which is made up
OF "a mixture OF chopped onions, po-
tatoes and parsnips. Somewhere in
this appetizing mass lis hidden d gold
ring and as portions are served to
The Daily Missoulian., 1912-10-27

privation have by no means been

privation have by no means been
eliminated
It has been thus through force OF
circumst ances that the 1fght-hearted
lads and colleens OF Erin have dem
onstrated over and over again how
much Of fun and sentiment may be
derived from Halloween celebrations
conducted at a minimum of expense.
And by reason of these same limita-
tions have the majority of Halloween
events in Ireland been home enter
tainments. This statement does not,
Of course, apply to the cities but IN
the rural districts which hold SO large
a share OF Ireland's population and
even In many Of the towns OF, fair
size 1t has been unusual. until re-
Gently, find an available hall where
the young people could hold q Halo
ween gathering To be sure, there
has lately been an Improvement in
this respect in some localities now
that the Gaelic league and other ma
tional organizations are laboring to
not only revive the old language and
the old games, but also to provide
meeting places for the young people,
but for the most part Halloween re-
mains as of yore a rrolic to be In
dulged in before the inevitable open
fireplace and with illumination sup
piled by the glowing peat
Only in Ireland, for the most part,
this momentous vigil is not Hal
IoWeen" but "Nutcrack Night" The
name has come down from bygone
ages, but nothing could be more APP
propriate, for nuts play most con-
spicuous part in all the goings on OF
this night Of mystery much more
prominent part, indeed, than they do
here in the United States where the
preference of the merrymakers seems
to be for pumpkins and apples. Ac-
cording to some authorities this Irish
use Of nuts as the symbols of Hal
loWeen and the favorite vehicle of
Halloween fortune tells is in itself q
relic of Druid observances.
A yet stronger bond linking the
modern observance of Halloween in
Erin with that of the Druidic period
is found in the fact that in some of
the more isolated sections of Ireland
the 31st OF October was long known
(if, indeed. it is, not to this day) as
Oidhche Stamina or THE Vigil of
Saman." Now, Saman, be it known