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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-10-30

The following reports concerning
acreage and yield of alfalfa by Edwin
Maryland of the Better Farming Asso
citation will be of interest to Times
Record readers.
Nestor Farm, Valley City, s acres
yield Eli per acre.
Nestor Farm, Valley City-30 acres,
yield 1,25 per acre.
NJ. o. Walker, Kathryn-1O acres,
yield 80 per acre.
c. Eilts, Litchville-2 acres; yield,
is per acre.
A. H. Davidson, Valley City,
acres; yield 2.25 per acre.
l.. S. Reiten, Hastings-4 acres,
yield 2.13 per acre. "
Fred Getchell, Valley CITY, acre.
yield 8 per acre.
J. H. Whitcher, Valley City-1-4 acre,
yield per acre.
Ed. Selander, Rogers - acres,
yield acres.
C. Ferguson, Nome-2 acres, yield
: per acre.
James White, Valley City-1-2 acre,
yield is per acre.
Nick Johnson, Nome-1-4 acre, yield
3 per acre.
, II. r. Bruins, Oriska-1 acre, yield
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-10-30

Ing Moe, H. D. Mackey and Ben
Sykes returned Sunday from a hunt.
ing trip in the McHenry country. Ow-
ing to the wet weather and bad roads
it was necessary for Mr.. Moe to leave
his auto for which he will return when
the roads can be used for autoing.
Miss Rankin, one Of the National
workers for equal suffrage, spent sew.
eral hours here today. Miss Rankin
came here for the purpose of start.
ing suffrage organization of the wom-
en- of the city.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-10-30

2.5 per acre.
Henry Richmond, Tower City.
acres, 2.5 per acre.
Gust Gustafson, Fingal-2 acres
yield 3.5 per acre. ,..
NJ. H. Wilbery, Nome-4 acres, fail
ure. .. ...,.'... ST..
Skonnord Bros, Valley City
acres, failure.
The following fields We're also seed
ed in 1912 but from which only one
cutting of hay was obtained. The sec
ond crop was either left for seed OF
used for hog pasture. .
| A. J. Salthammer, Hastings acre
yield ton per acre.
Vernon Grant, Cuba-7 acres, yield
1.43 tons per acre. ........
J. Rogers, Valley City, acre, yield
rs tons per acre.
o. P. Emerson, Valley Clty-5 acres
yield ton per acre.
Even E. Gjovig, Nome-1.4 acre.
yield : tons pc acre.
J. J. Aandahl, Valley City, acres.
yield ton per acre.
The following yields are from yields
two to four years old:
Harper Bros, Valley City, acres,
yield is tons per acre.
James White, Valley City, acre,
yield tons per acre. ...
Ole Anderson, Valley City, acre.
yield 4 tons per acre.
VIM. Jones, Marion-1-2 acre, yield
tons per acre.
Christ Olson, Fingal, 1 crop-3-4 acre,
yield 2.67 tons per acre.
The above results. show that, the
fields seeded in 1912 averaged two
tons per acre and that the fields rang
ing from two to four years old aver
aged three tons of hay per acre.
A working record. has been kept of
the above fields. In the next issue
there will be discussion of the most
successful practices in raising alfalfa
and its place in the economies Of the
farm.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-10-30
FROM SATURDAYS DAILY

"
Mrs. Kirk Taber and little daughter
are spending a few days in Jamestown
visiting with relatives and friends.
L. S. Ward and 1. Void have been
hunting near Robinson, N. D., since
Wednesday and are expected nome to.
night.
E. C. Hilborn was host to number
Of his friends last evening at his home
at card party. Whist was the diver
sion Of the evening.
Mrs. N. ]. Green has as her guest
her sister, Mrs. Persus Hopkins Of
Hebron, Illinois, who will make an e1.
tended visit hero of several weeks.
Miss Jean Smith left this afternoon
on No. 4 for Fargo on = shopping ex.
petition and will return tomorrow
morning.
J. ]. Aldahl and family are planning
to leave next week for California
where they will spend the winter.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-10-30

Harold Kulseth, salary for Au-
gust, 1918, street commits
sioner 70. 90
Torval Gretberg, salary for Au'
gust, 1918, keeper Of dump
grounds ............ so. 90
C. L. Wylie, salary for August
1913, city weigher ........ 40. 90
Ole Glesta, salary for August
1913, Janitor, city hall $50. 40. 90
NJ. ]. Boyd, salary for August,
1913, and cash advanced, city
Auditor SIPS
c. A. Myhre, salary for August,
Continued on page eight)
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-10-30

Maddox, N. D., Oct. 29.-seven-
teen horses and two cows were Gre
mated in a fire which destroyed the
Barnard livery barn in this city, doing
a total damage of about $4,000. The
Tom Solverson confectionery store
and blacksmith shop was partially
destroyed.
The fire originated. it is believed,
by lantern which is believed to have
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-10-30

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, as
County Of Steele.
], H. P. Rice. cashier of the. above
zamed bank, do solemnly swear that he
above statement Is true to the best OF my
knowledge and belief.
H. Rice, cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
s,ah day Of October, 1918.
L. c. Bergen,
3Seal) Notary Public
Notary Public. Steele county, North Dakota.
My comm ission expires Nov. :, 1918.
T,arrect-AGtest:
I'D. Brown
M. E. Cassel
Directors
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-10-30

been accidentally left in the hayloft.
A man sleeping in the office of the
barn awakened only when the flames
had started breaking their way thru
the ceiling of the room in which he
slept.
The North Dakota Banking depart
ment is asking for a betterclass Of
securities in country banks. The re-
suit is a general hustle.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-10-30
Better Farming Association News

Edited by Edwin Maryland S1pt Barnes County
Accomplishments the Better Farming AS
Cooperators in Barnes County
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-10-30
No. SAG
Report Of the Condition
OF TIE
PiNSburu State Bank

At Pillsbury, in the State OF North Dakota
at the close Of business Oct 21st. 1913.
RESOURCES.
a.oans and discounts. 49, 200 02
5SYeTdrafts. secured and unsecured 1853 "A
snres' "ou.e. 49, - w. 1000 90
Epsrent expenses. taxes paid, over
undivided profits ............... 45i 20
Due from other banks...... l1,993 o.
'Ghecks and other cash items 81
cash. ......., .............l,92 800 81 1891 Is
i. Total, 5O,S2O 81
ranital stock paid in........... ..... 10000 90
.lnat ydual deposits subject
tGcheck .................. @2,s94 ~
Demand certificates of de-
posit :. ............... s,O22 81
Tase certificates of deposit Il. sos 50 +O,S2O 81
Total 5O,S20 81
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No, "a
Report Of the Condition
OF THE
Bank Of Leal.

At Leaf, in the state Of North Dakota, at the
close of business Oct. 2lst. 1913.
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts ................ 6S,a38 II
Ove-drafts secured and unsecured 4l6 Is
Warrants, stocks, tax certificates,
Banking house, furniture and tx
lures .............. .................. osooV W
Other real estate. 80. none
Current expenses, taxes paid, over
undivid profits .............:... none
Due from other banks 2O.0S3 O8
Checks and other cash items 49, - - q >, %, g.
Cash s'oov 70 S0'o0A %
Total, s o., 7oe u
LIABILITIES.
CAPITAL stock paid in .............. 8 c0,CO %
Undivided profits. less expenses and
taxes paid .................. ga o.
Dividends unpaid :. ................ none
Ind,v deposits subject to -, "a >,
Demand certificates Of de.
Tine Certificates OF deposit es,slss5
Savings deposits none
Certified checks ............. none
Cashiers checks outstanding s.6s5 - 7s.43l 50
Due to other banks.... none
IOt8l ................... ...... $oo'sVo -
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
/, p. A. Pickett, Cashier of the above
named bank, do soiemnly swear that the above
statement is true to the best Of my knowledge
and belief. PA. Pickett,
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th
day Of October. 1913. 10 1o,,.n
Notary Public, Barnes county, N. D.
Ny commission expires Aug. S, 1918.
CorreCt-Attest:
''e Howard Wilson,
J. o. Jensen,
Directors
The Detroit times., 1913-03-28
Cox says Flood II
Than FRISCO ]

COLUMBUS, Ohio. MARCIA
Colonel Byron s. BarGef.
Fourth regiment, Ohio. M4
guard. and safety director of
who has been In charge O. th4[
work, estimated the dead IN
morning at 10l. He bqso4
reports he had received ot4G
rescue work began.
Martial law was declared ~
flooded district and AL roliGe
was being done under the Gqn11u
der to that effect issued W.
Barger, of the Fourth regfme ~
G., which IL patrolling the 6lGk1 a:
At 3 o'clock, 70 bodies Ind 49,
covered. IN N VA 3y
. A general morgue has 49, Il
on Town-st.. and - fAet ~ yU~C
bodies were being brought aGro
II. Twenty of the bo03oD YucC1
had been removed to Osman's lr
on the west side. II n Z. <|'{ &
Rescuers who reached ~
dale u. b. church In the 1ooA G1
where II had been varlouSly -
that 100 to 200 bodies had bo1
declared today that they ma S11
no bodies In the structure. s.'
Two unidentified bodieG, p6UU
mother and daughter. 90 and ~ <
found floating In Jackson pInn >
miles south OF the city ~ 04o
SCsstinusA o. ras4 Usl1aD n
The Detroit times., 1913-03-28
SHrViVors Tell Graphic
Tales ofSnL1ersng

CLEVELAND, Ohio. March 2S.-
The curtain OF mystery that has en-
shrouded the food-stricken district Of
Ohio for more than 48 hours. began
slowly TO unfold today. Refugees
from Columbus. worn by their ex-
periences. reached this city on two
trains, bringing stories OF suffering
and hardship seldom equalled. They
told graphic stories of men. women
and children dying. entrapped In their
homes. while would-be rescpers were
forced to watch. unable to do any
thing towards rescuing the dying.
w. b. Kirkpatrick. legislative rep
resentative OF Trumbull county, and
John c, Cooper. OF Mahoning county.
picced out together picture that
brought into bold relief the happen
ings In the capital, even though they
had been exaggerated.
only one bridge remained intact
In Columbus when We left there late
last night. II Is the Rich-st. structure,
the Oldest In the city and one that
has been condemned for years. The
work of rescue has been systematized.
Boats are being sent through the
flooded district As fast as the POO
pie are taken from their uninhabit.
able homes they are rushed to the
city hall, and registered.
Last night I saw mother and her
seven children, the eldest II. the
youngest three months, brought into
the hall go faint from exposure and
lack Of food they could hardly stand.
They had not heard from their hus-
band and father since the storm
broke.
whoever was responsible for the
wild rumor that the Columbus storage
dam was broken on wednesday after
noon may have been responsible foT
several deaths from fright alone. We
were In a picture show when sudden
ly the film stopped, then the light
went out, and the cry that the dam
had broken was set up.
+ when I reached the street. people
were running In all directions. HAN
dressed women from the resorts OF
Front.st. were scattered through thu
The Detroit times., 1913-03-28

q mile south. suffering from cold and
hunger.
Josephine Underwood. IL. was found
dead today. frozen stiff. In tree. Her
brother. Albert, -, was drowned
when the Underwood home was swept
away, The father and another son
are missing. but the mother Is said 10
have been saved with her baby.
The dead body OF an unidentified
boy. 13 years old. was taken from
home at Mound-st. and Centr6l-ave.
Blind Baby Rescued.
Mrs. b. +. Tobin. and her hlins
baby were rescued from the attic d
their home where the woman had
lain on the lrafters without food oil
heat since Tuesday.
Two daughters OF Mrs. Ada Pfeifer.
daughter OF Mrs. \Tobin. foated away
from the house In a tub and were res.
cued. Their parents were away from
home and are safe.
Supt. Gillian, of the state hospital
was the first to cross the flooded ds
trict to the east side since Tuesday
He drove through at o'clock In .
buggy.
A live 16-months-old baby was taken
from an attic at "a Princeton-ave.
The babe was well dressed and
warmly wrapped. A note was found
pinned under It's clothing on which
was written only walter Taylor.
Nothing Is known OF what became OF
It's parents.
One of the heroes Of the Columbus
food Is Albert z. Dutoit. Hooking
Valley engineer. He was at VOL
bridge when he heard of the Hood.
His wife and four children. the young.
est baby girl Of nine months. were
trapped In their home.
Dutoit cut his loo omotive loose
from his train, sped on to Columbus
through water-covered tracks, finally
was stopped by washout, and wad'
ed on, crossing the Fifth-ave. bridge
in water waist-deep. It was late Wed
nesday when he arrived In the city
Then sentries refused to allow him
to recrois the Rich-st. bridge to the
west side. All night he tried In vain
Thursday he slipped across with q
gang of workmen and got q boat and
rescued the wife and four children
from the upper story of their home
where they mad been prisoners OF the
food so hours.
Four food babies have been born
Twins were born last night in the up'
per story of water-surrounded house
at NJ. 26O Hawkes-ave. One baby
was born at West High school an
other at Avondale school.
The citizens of Columbus nave CON
tributed nearly 100000 for relief
fund and have given abundantly OF
clothing. food and supplieG.
A dispatch from Troy, Ohio. says
the dead there will number about 126
Dead bodies can be seen In the tree
tops, where the refugees died from
cold and lack Of food. Many dead
bodies may be seen in the bushes, but
It is impossible to recover them, ow'
ing to the high wafer. The known
dead, whose bodies have been recov'
cred. number 26.
Troy Death List.
The towns OF Roswell and Shawnes
The Detroit times., 1913-03-28

conditions of life are resumed. In In
dianapolis. for example, three city
bridges. two interurban bridges and
Two railroad bridges were wrecked.
The destruction OF the West Washing
fon-st. aud the Meridian-st. bridges
Will interrupt for months trafic with
the west and the north sections Of
the city The rumors of great loss Of
life In West indianapolis have not
been verified and the death toll will
not 80 over 10, the police say Water.
street car and gas service were partly
resumed today. The city suffered
from milk. egg and butter famine
and only local mails could be deliv-
cred. railroad service being impaired
a careful search OF houses today In
a large part OF the previously flooded
west side. failed to uncover q single
fatality, effectively putting an end TO
rumors OF large loss of life. The
White river this afternoon was with
In few hundred feet of resuming its
own banks.
The Detroit times., 1913-03-28
EgM AGAINST FlOod
PyachcailylWon in Ind.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. March 2s.-
The fieht to relieve food conditions
lin central and northern Indiana was
won today. but along the lower emo
If the wabash river. which the crest
nas Just reached. their troubles were
Jeginning.
Not one of the tens OF Thousands
If refugees in cities suffered for lack
of water. food. clothing or attention
today. This was the positive and
,tticial word from Fort Wayne.
Lafayette, Peru. Logansport. koko-
mo. Wabash, Terre Haute. Indiana
polls. Martinsville, ShelbyviIle, AND
4 score of other cities and towns.
With partial communication re-
stored came the first direct word
from Peru that the situation there
had been greatly exaggerated. tnat
while the exact death toll 10 not
|known. only three bodies have been
recovered and the toll would not 60
over so at the outside. Relief had
reached Peru from q half dozen cities
on the north. and no refugee was
hungry.
franklin county. In tho southeast.
still appeared to be the hardest hit,
with Brookville, and several smaller
towns partly or wholly wiped out.
|It 10 certain, however. that the loss
of life will not reach over 80. Re
lief work was going on with help
from Connersville and surrounding
villages and the situation was de-
cidedly encouraging.
In Indianapolis. perfect organi-
ration cared for 1000 refugees In
>lblic buildings. which had room
FOR more and boats well provisioned
secured the flooded areas In West
indianapolis and Broad Ripple. Wis.
iting the last marO0ned household.
Conditions Are Rosy.
This Is the rosy but true situation
In the state today. four full days after
the local foods drove Thousands from
their homes In all parts OF Indiana
cut or scores of communities from all
communication with each other car
ried away thousands Of houses, sub
merged other thousands, drove the
refugees unprotected to the wet and
cold outdoors or huddled them by
the thousands In unsanitary buildings
paralyxed industry, destroyed at least
$50 200. 900 In property In the state
and gave rise to the widest rumora
that conditions made plausible.
1t will be months before ordinary
The Detroit times., 1913-03-28
INDIANA AND OHIO
!, DEATH LIST WILL RE-
MAIN BELOW 1900 TOTAL
tCssss.seA ire. pase eae,,


ties to the stricken district. Practical.
ly NO telegraph or telephone lines are
in operation save for the transmission
OF press dispatches and orders to res
cue parties.
In Indiana q very similar situation
obtains. indianapolis mas suffered
less seriously than Columbus and the
machinery OF the state government
has been less impeded. A 4 result
scarcely any OF the stricken districts
are without aid today and by night
fall II Is figured every refugee VIII
have been housed and fed.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 28.-
Tens of thousands were missing. and
hundreds were undoubtedly deaA to-
day, az the hood-waters, which have
swept the Miami. Scioto and Mus
kingum river valleys, began to sub
side.
The property loss was estimated at
@100.000.000. at the lowest.
With the rescue work bare be-
gun In Columbus, 20 bodies hay zen
recovered this morning aud 30 other
bodies were located by rescuers. who
said they actually witnessed the
fatalities. The number Of recovered
bodies was growing hourly.
Basing his estimates on personal
knowledge of the situation In Colum-
bus and Dayton. a. well az In Della
/ ware, Piqua. Troy, Sidney and other
hood.stricken cities, Governor Cox de-
clared today that the loss to life and
property In the Ohio Hoods exceeded
that Of San Francisco by the earth
quake.
Columbus was thronged today BY
frantic men who had reached the city
by way of the Big Four from Cleve-
land. the only method Of entering the
city by rail, and they were all striv-
ing to get to their families In either
Columbus. Dayton. or some other
nood-stricken city.
A special train was sent out from
Lancaster with supplies for Zanes-
Vile refugees, who were on the west
: side Of the river In Putnam.
4 Governor Cox today ordered
BrigadierG General John c. SPEAKS to
take full charge Of passenger and
supply train which the Pennsylvania
railroad was to attempt TO run from
Columbus today to Dayton.
The governor wished to keen those
impelled to 90 there merely by
curiosity from entering the city and
to reserve the train for such civilians
az had family ties or property rights
In the Gem City.
The rescuers In Columbus today
were laboring to reach 1000 or more
persons maro0ned since Tuesday
morning In the west side here.
Several bodies, dashed to treetops.
were recovered today, driven there by
the flood. The unfortunates persisted
from exposure.
! Colonel Byron 8. Barxer. command,
ing the Fourth regiment Of National
guard, and safety director Of Colum-
bus, today ordered militiamen and
police to shoot down any one seen
The Detroit times., 1913-03-28
Hnsdrsdy Unacco1j|
For IL Hauskko

HAMILTON. Ohio. March
When rescue workers satherp4
for further exploration % tho
ruins Of Hamilton, the dead Wec
mated at from 100 to 500.
Fifty bodies have been Nc
There are hundreds sti]l u1o
ed for and many reports o8''
declared by eye-witnessoo 18@
persisted. Z; n
Piles OF debris 6lled the Sk{1
1t 10 reasonable % suppose (
meath these and the WRECKS
kinds of buildings. there
found many bodies. u;
Conservative business N(Glr
placed the property damaGe ~
900. The water has largely e.
The Detroit times., 1913-03-28

crowd some carried blt1 eooo1b
others had pet dogs under theIr er1ns.
One salooukeeber with h1o oooA ~
lister In his arms took refuge ~ Oo
dome OF the state house. Fifty horses
from livery stable were turno4 loose
In the strest and dashed tbroueh ne
crowd. nm i.
lust before left Colunbns. Gov
Cox received q message from Daytoc
telling him that all that was wsnxeo
there was coffins and food
s. c. Randall, a Big Four trainmsns
said:
"one thing that stands out In my
memory was the sight Of . man on
horseback noatiug down the eiver,
absolutely unable to stem the fast
rushing current The water came %
fast that men on the east side who
started to give the alarm failed TO
reach the bridges before they were
swept from their foundations. Load
ed freight cars were tossed on the
top of the rushing waters like corks.
Factory buildings were undermined
and collapsed In heaps. A West
Spring street car. with passengers on
board. was caught on the east side
Of the Spring-st. bridge. The car
was swept against building and
the passengers clambered through
q window to safety. None was
drowned.
1.-TWO women frantically waved
for rescue from the upper windows OF
a house that was carried down the
stream but the rescue boats could not
overcome the current and the women
were carried away.
Youth Reseues 30.
"One youth In q frail skin rescued
80 persons on West Spring-st., and
was 30 exhausted BY his efforts that
he collapsed In the arms Of q friend
as lie completed his last trip. The
worst of the damage seemed to me to
be along the Central avenue"
Representative John q. Cooper
stated that the state legislature IL
prepared to make a second appropria-
ton of $3.50, 900, should the money be
needed. He praised the work Of the
governor. which he said has saved
many lives and prevented much
greater suffering.
G.. F. Barton, q Pittsburgh travelling
man. declared he saw seven persons
who had been swept into tree 10
slowly succumb to the intense cold
and drop one by one to death yester.
day.
First to collapse was q man." said
Barton. Then two women and man
fell. Their position was such that
| rescue boats which strove desperately
to reach them were tossed out Of
reach. At last the tree was cleared
OF its human freight with the excep
ton Of thinly clad mother frantical
ly clasping her baby. The sight drove
tho watchers In their. places of safety
| frantic and at last, by almost super
human endeavor, rescuers swung un
der the tree just as the mother drop
ped into the water. The baby wal
dead, In the mothers arms, from ex
posture, but the mother chung to It un
til a policeman tenderly forced hel
to unloosen her grasp and she wal
taken to the hospital"
A telephone message from Coshoc
ton. Ohio. says that nine lives were
lost there. Mrs. Ed. Hawley and hel