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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-15

In a recent issue of the Times-Re
cord was published an account of an
action begun by Mr.. Mckenzie. fathet
of the lad who was burned at Aneta,
against the state to recover the re-
ward offered for the conviction of the
guilty parties.
Taking its information from certain
newspaper articles published at the
time, this paper stated that the burn
ing was done because of Mr. Mcken'
zie's connection with prohibition en-
forcement, and was inspired by his en-
emies
Since the publication of the article
in question, the Times-Record has
been informed by reliable business
men living at Aneta, that the burning
was nothing more than a boyish
prank, which was carried too far, and
that the young boys who were con.
victed have since been paroled be-
cause of this fact.
In view of the fact that statements
Of this character are an injustice and
injury to community if untrue, the
Times-Record is glad to correct the
article in question, and put the resi-
dents OF Aneta right before the people
of the state.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-15

The Times-Record is heartily in IA
yor of the proposed change OF Valley
City's municipal government to the
commission form.
Until the recent session of the state
legislature there were objections to
the plan as operated in this state, but
these have been removed and we be-
ieve that it's installation here will re
suit, in few months, in better sys.
tenn. of government, system more
economical to the city, in every way.
Local sentiment is apparently
strongly in favor of the proposed
change The petitions now being cir
rl1lated are being freely signed, and it
is probable that within 4 few days, o.
at least before the next meeting OF
the council there will be enough sign
ers to demand the calling of an cleo
lion
While interest is at it's height how.
ever. let it not be forgotten that there
is before the city most important pro-
iect in the construction of the trunk
sewer. 1t hardly seems probable that
any action Of the city could interfere
with is installation, but such change
always has more or less uncertain re.
suits, and we believe the people OF
Valley City should see to it that no
change is made in the city govern
Nlent which will impede the progress
Of this boon to the municipality.
The need of such a sewer is impera-
tive, especially to that part of the city
adjacent to the State Normal school,
ind the school itself Every official
and every teacher connected with the
institution should use his best ener-
xies to have the sewer installed. No
ssne who has visited the institution
Curing the dry months can have a
more convincing argument than the
xrOmas which greet his nostrils as he
crosses the Normal bridge onto the
school grounds. So long as the pres
snt conditions exist there is always
danger Of an epidemic of sickness
which would do irretrievable damage
10 the school and the city, and no &C.
sAon can be taken too soon which
VIII guard against it.
II the commission form carries, and
4 new city government is named, the
1Imes-Record believes and will urge
either that the old officials of the city
he retained so far as possible until
the completion of the sewer, or that
q commission be elected which will be
pledged to the same platform.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-15
THE PRICE OF MEAT.

There has been great deal OF dis
eussion as to whether or not the in.
crease in the price of meat has been
greater than the proporttonate in
crease in the price paid for livestock
Bearing on TINS point. it Is interesting
80 note the following quotation from
an address by Woodrow Wilson:
The price Of meat has gone UP in
she United States 80 and 40 percent
within ten years, and the price OF
American meat has not gone up a
traction of a cent a pound in the Lon
don markets. American meat is sell.
ing cheaper in England by so or AZ
ger cent than IL Is selling in the Unit
States, and when gentlemen who are
engaged in this monopoly tell me it is
because of circumstances Of local sup
vsy and demand, l ask them how it is
shat local supply and demand, how it
is that economic laws change when
you put the product on salt water and
send it across.
Discussing further the question as
10 whether the meat. as claimed by
ahe Government in their case brought
against the packers, he says:
I am not imagining this. 1t care
cut in the Trial Ct the meat-packe's.
There was 4 cular letter which, II.
lhe politest terms, suggested the ap'
vropriate prices for the various kinds
of meat, and with gentility quite I'm.
surpassed in the history of business
etiquette the suggestion was always
accepted. What law can prevent your
accepting a suggestion?'
Whatever may be shown there
seems good authority for believing
shat there has been an increase in the
cost of meat above that which is con
side;ed as due to the increased cost of
live stock
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-15

In the hasty preparation of the
story of the Russell-Miller Milling Co.
for Saturday, necessitated by the last
hour at which the facts regarding the
company were obtained, that part OF
it relating to Mr.. N. A. Johnson's con-
nection with the company was omit
ted. Mr. Johnson's connection with
the local mill for more than ten years,
at first in minor capacities, but for
the past five years as manager. In
der his management the mill has in
stalled many new methods of trans
acting their business here, systema-
tizing, and enlarging, and it is in no
small degree due to Mr.. Johnson that
the closest harmony exists between
the residents of the city and the Mill
ing company.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-15

Business and trade. like lots Of 9TH
er things, follows along the lines of
least resistance. T..
Given an alternative between two
roads to given point, and the auto.
list or driver of teams will take that
which offers the best service, and Is
best cared for.
In Barnes county there are many
of the towns which have taken cog
nizance of this fact and have made 1t
their business to see that the roads
leading into them are the best with
the funds and help at their disposal
The township supervisors have had
the roads dragged and put in good
shape, as far as possible. and at vari'
GUS times during the summer they are
worked over, until it is pleasure for
traffic to pass over them.
To a certain extent. Valley City has
not taken the interest in this work
which it could. In all directions out
of the city, the roads are only pass
able, for several miles, aud autoists
and drivers look forward With any
thing but pleasure to the approaches
to the city.
Looking forward to travelling oves
these roads. farmers living between
this city and other towns in the coun
ty will be inclined to travel the other
way provided they can secure as good
bargains in some other center. and
the Commercial club can find no bet
ter outlet for its energies than to de-
wise some plan which will give Val
ley City roads which will be a pleas
ure to travel over rather than nui
Sance
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-15
(l'rum FRIDAYS Daily.)

The funeral of the infant child of
Mr.. and Mrs Louis Rohde who died
Wednesday night was held this after
noon at 2 o'clock at the Zion Luth-
eran church, Rev. J. F. l.. BohnhOf1'
officiating.
In last evenings issue of the
Times-Record it was stated that
among those circulating the petitions
favoring commission form of govern.
ment were Darby O'Malley, John
Skretting and J. II. S. Thomson. This
information was given US in error.
and we are glad to correct our infOr-
mant's and our own mistake. All
three of these gentlemen have express.
ed themselves heartily in favor of the
commission plan, but. have taken no
active part in the movement SO far as
petitions are concerned.
Mrs. Herb Weston who has been so.
journing in Cuba for the past couple
of months returned home this morn.
ing. Mr.. Weston who was with her
stopped enroute at Minneapolis and
is expected home Sunday.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-15

This year the Valley City people are
raising large fund for their Chautau-
qua association which meets in July.
Alex Kari has been engaged as secre-
sary and general manager, and a most
excellent program is being arranged.
Valley City has natural advantages
for summer camping grounds, such as
boating and timber, which makes it an
attractive place to go for an outing
Dickinson Press.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-15

If free signing of petitions is any
indication Of desire for a change, the
new commission plan should go thru
with rush. Already the necessary
signers have been secured several
times over, and the city council will
be asked to take official cognizance of
the movement at it's next meeting.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-11-13
WHAT IS HoRsEpoNERf

Among many engineers there arises
discussion as to the incidents surround.
ing the orgination of the term horse.
power as applied to the steam engine
The following quotation from "Farey on
the Steam Engine published in 1891
will be welcomed by many:
THE machinery in the great breweries
and distilleries in London was then
moved by the strength Of horses, and
the proprletors of those establishments
who were first to require Mr. Watts
engines always inquired what number OF
horses an intended engine would be equal
to.
I'm consequence, MIR Watt made some
experiments on the strong horses er1-
ployed by the brewers in London and
found that a horse Of that kind, walking
at the rate Of IL miles per hour, could
draw 80 pounds avoirdupois by means OF
a rope passing over n pulley, so as IN
raise up that weight, with a vertical
motion, at the rate of go feet per min
ute. This excrtion OF mechanical mower
| Is equal to 5000 pounds COR 52s cubic
feeD Of water raised vertically through
space of one foot per minute. and he
denominated 1t a horsepower exerted bv
his engines"
This estimate is much beyond the
/ capacity of the average strong horse
Smeaton and other early engineers est.
mated that ZOO pounds per minute was
+ more acCurate.-Power.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-11-13
AN Epidemic OF UoMICIDEs.

The great number of violent deaths
occurring in Vermont gives cause for
serious concern. Ia there any way in
which this epidemic of homcides can be
stopped? Is 1t possible to ascertain the
can be removed? II this thing goes on
much longer we shall have men arguing
about our laws against murder just as
they argue about laws against drink,
that men will kill each other and there
fore we ought not to pass laws just to
have them broken. But this case is more
serious because laws for the preserva-
ton of life and property are of the very
essence of government.
1t is doubtful If any single cause or any
limited number of causes can be found
for this prevalence of homicides. The
horrible double murder and suicide which
occurred in the southeast part of The
State the other day seems to have been
caused by drink. The shooting OF Ossie
Prouty still more recently In the same
locality was due In one way or another to
bad feeling between neghbors. Tho West
Haven shooting seems to have grown
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-11-13
WHY WOMEN WEAR CLOTHES.

The New York World disagrees with
a certain Judge in his statement that
women dress to please the men. The
World says that women dress for no
such purpose, but to spite other women
or excite their envy The World thinks
that 1t If were not for other women no
woman would bother much about her
clothes for the sake of mere man.
1t takes all kinds Of opinions to make
a world Of woman and The Worlds
opinion as it usually is. Is interesting
But we are not altogether convinced
We believe that women wear clothes
or perhaps 1t might be correct to-day TO
say that they unwear them-for both
causes. Like other economic objects de-
pendent upon the law OF self-preserva-
ton, for they enter into competition for
the sake of adding interest to capt.
tai and capital to interest, those assets
being represented in this particular in
stance by that coy creature. man. It Is
supposed that Evn. there belag no ether
competitor in sight. appealed to Adam S
stomach rather than to his eye. But who
can be sure that Eve did not spend the
entire morning sorting fig leaves?
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-11-13
FISH IN LAKE CAAMPLA|N
Investigation in Progress, with
West SwantOn as Headquarters.
Much Data Obtained as to the sTOod,
Miprntions and Diseases of
Several Species of the
Finny Tribe.

The work OF the white fish inquiry, UNI
der the general supervision of state Com
missioner j. w. Titcomb, Is still under
way on Lake Champlain. The investiga-
tons, with DIR. II. +. Perkins Of the uni
vorsity in charge, and Hovey Jordan,
also Of the university, and Henry Rowley
Of shelburne, and Roy Morse OF Alburg
as crew are being carried on at present
from West Swanton as headquarters.
The professional fisherman from Lake
Erie, George w. Hallock. who was
brought on to see If it were possible to
apply the methods in use on the Great
Lakes to local conditions, after spending
six weeks on the lake. has returned to
Ohio
The nature Of the Investigation is two
fold: First, to determine whether p meth
cd can be devised for taking white fish in
marketable quantities without detrimcnt
to game fishing; and second, to ind out
everything possible about the habits, food
and diseases OF all the fishes in the lake.
The investigators have had no success in
summer hshing for whtcflsh nv any OF
the methods and in the parts o. the lake
which they have worked during the past
few months Considerable numbers OF
the northern part Of the lake but wheth-
er this method OF fishing is likely to de-
velop into a profitable industry can
scarcely be determined as yet There are
three species OF white ash in the lake and
they vary considerably in habit. as well
as In appearance. Comparatively few fish
Of the sort that are sought by the angler
are taken with the white fish In the nets
at this time of year.
! The general investigation of the habits,
etc, of all the food fishes of the lake has
] yielded many and interesting results and
Il Is proposed to continue this phase Of
the work for another year or more. The
smelt fishery and the sturgeon fishery are
! peculiarly interesting subjects for inves-
tlgation, anC It may be interesting to
some persons to know that smelt have
/ been taken In the nets every month since
the investigation was started last June.
They had never been supposed to occur
! in the northern portions Of the lake. but
are found there as numerOusly as In the
vicinity of Burlington. A large amount
of data have been accumulated dealing
with the food the migrations and the dis
eases Of a considerable number OF spe-
cies of the lake fish. Much OF this is IN
teresting not only to scientific people,
but also to anglers, a. explaining some
Of the little understood movements Of the
! FISH from deep water to reefs, or from
shallow to deeper regions of the lake
, As has heen before stated, the investi-
cation was organized through the ef-
/ forts OF Commissioner Titcomb and Is
being supported Jointly by the State
and the national bureau Of fisheries
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-11-13

to roughncss and ncrceness among IN
habitants than in thickly settled coun-
tries. 1t is also suggested that TINS IL
one of the few highly-civilzed countries
in which the rank and file have to do
with firearms, since in most European
countries hunting is restricted to the up
per classes. But these lines of reason
ing do not account for the fact that the
| rate of killings in Canada is very much
| less than in this country.
Perhaps it is nearest the truth to say
! that this frequency of killings grows out
of conditions Of lawless and unrestrained
| thought and action that these condi-
forces being felt In greater or less de-
gree all over the world to-day, and that
| the United States among the more civil
lized nations only happens to offer the
most fertile field of operation for these
forces. In the past fifty years there mas
been a vast breaking Of restraints and
questioning of standards. Particularly In
the religious domain has this gone on
In the new world 1t Is natural that things
and people should not be settled. In
this country the tearing down OF the old
has spread most rapidly. What among
educated people takes the form Of a mild
and philosophic atheisp, or agnosticism Is
taken over by others In the form Of IT.
religion which in most instances means
a freedom from leading strings and a
breaking down OF standards of conduct.
The sacredness of human life becomes
n mere expression, meaningless to GER
tain minds once hel-fre is removed from
the consideration.
In the older countries a routine OF GUS
settled religious machinery nave retarded
this tendency. Trence Canada "a really
European in It's customs and institutions
the habitant mas become settled In the
routine OF his peaceful life. and will not
easily ne disturbed or changed. The
other portions OF Canada are under the
influence Of the stern, earnest English
law. Swift ana terrible punishment Is
associated with the crime. Judges and
laws are still looked up to, and the
prosecutor Is regarded with awe.
We can best check the prevalence OF
violent deaths 10y impressing on the PEG.
rie from whom juros are drawn as wei
as upon the Judges who rule in our
courts and the prosecuting officers who
represent the State, the need of making
the consequences OF these crimes swift
and terrible. In Vermont We have mark
ed reforms in this direction, and may an
ticipate a gradual falling off of homi
cides in the future.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-11-13
A CONVENIENT KNOT HOLE.

Senator Vardaman, at a luncheon at
the New Willard, said Of certain trusts
defense
The defense is worse than the offense
It takes me back to Bath Beach.
"A young lady at Bath Beach had oc-
casion to complain about one of the
hethhouse attendants, an old fellow, who
in the hurry Of cleaning up, would some
times burst in upon her in her bath
house without knocking.
zone morning after this had happened
for the sixth or seventh time. the young
lady took the old fellow to task
See here, Peters she said. there's
no lock on my bathhouse. as you know
and must insist on your knocking before
YOU enter 1t hasn't happened vet. but Il
might very well happen that you'd come
! IN on mo when / was NJ. undressed
Peters with a chuckle fastened 10 re-
assure the young lady on this point
" 10 fear " that miss, he said. No
fear Of that There's knot hole in the
door what 7 always look through before
/ venture in '-Globe-Democrat.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-11-13
STEAMER WRECKED IN hay FIELD

The remains Of an excursion steamer
may he seen In n bayfield, 300 feet above
the lake of Loen, In Norway. SAYS
writer in the Wide World Magazine This
oddly placed wreck IS the sole relic OF a
terrible landslip which took place in 1906
when tho whole side OF a mountain sud
denly slipped into the lake, raising a
great wave over 300 feet high which
drowned everybody living along the
shores. over GO people perishing. The
steamer. which was moored on the lake
at the time. was carried on the crest of
the wave over a perpendicular cliff and
deposited, as already stated, more than
900 feet above the normal level Of the
water. over a quarter of a mile away
from its anchorage. 1t Is n torn and
battered wreck. every bit Of woodwork
has been wrenched of, and the twisted
steel work testifes 10 the force of the
wave which cast It ashore.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-11-13

out Of another feud. The violent death
In Bellows Falls of George Fields would
seem in the light OF the recent acquittal
to have resulted from n drunken debauch
The increased number of killings which
we notice here in Vermont is not con-
fined to Vermont alone but is noticeable
In many If not all parts Of the country.
1t is quite as much an American prob
lem as a Vermont problem 1t would be
easy to say that drink was the cause
Of most of these murders, because in most
cases 1t can be found to have played
some part In the commission of the Of
Tense. And yet such a diagnosis would
be superficial though as far as it went
it might have an element truth in IT,
What men do when they are drunk is
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-11-13
THERE is No DEATH.

There Is 90 death The stars go dowr
To rise upon some falrer shore;
And bright in heavens jeweled crown
They shine forevermore.
Shall change heneah the summer show
ers
To golden grain or mellowed fruit
ninbow-tinted flowers,
The granite rocks disorsanize
And feed the hungry moss they bear;
The forest leaves drink daily life
From out the Newless air.
There is no death, The leaves may fall
And flowers may fade and pass away
They only wait through wintry hours
The coming OF the May,
There is no death An angel form
Walks DER the earth in silent tread;
He bears our bestowed things away;
And then we call them dead"
lie leaves our hearts all desolate.
He plucks our falrcst, sweetest flowers
Transplanted into bliss, they now
Adorn immortal bowers.
The hird-like voice. whose Joyous tones
Made glad these scenes of sin and
strife,
Sings now an everlasting song,
around tho tree Of lie,
Where'er He sees n smile too bright,
or heart too pure for faint and vice,
He bears it to that world OF light,
To dwell in Paradise.
Born unto that undylng life,
They leave us hut 10 come again,
With Joy we welcome them the same.
Except their sin and pain.
And ever near MS, though unseen,
The dear immortal spirits tread.
For all the boundless universe
Is life-there are no dead.
". l.. McCreeny in Boston Transcript
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-11-13

only a kind Of exaggerated and unre-
strained version Of what they think and
feel when they are sober, The true
cause is not alcohol
Sometimes the attempt is made to ac-
count for crime in America by blaming
the fostering mass of immigrants who
are constantly being dumped on our
shores to increase the revenues of steam
ship companies, This argument receives
an apparent setback when attention is
called to the fact that the murder rate
in the very countries from which these
immigrants come is in practically every
instance less than in our enlightened land.
The argument is sometimes put for
ward that this is still country of vaet
eNpanses where there Is moro tendency