The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-02-06
NEWS OF THE STATE

$500 49, ~ -
The chief of police at Bismarck was
exonerated after a sensational trial, on
charges preferred by Superintendent
Watkins of the enforcement league.
There was a new game worked at
Drake Peddlers sold cloth to citizens
Of that town, with the understanding
that tailor was to visit the town and
make up the cloth into suits at $3.50
per suit-and the tailor-oh, he forgot
to go to Drake. s.. .,.-.- A-,.....,.4o
The Finley Commercial club, at its
meeting month ago decided to or
ganize Steele county and Join the Bet
ter Farming association. At this reg
ular business meeting this week
ways and means committee Of FIVE was
appointed to take up the matter, with
power to act, and make arrangements
to hold a meeting at Sharon on Fri
day, Jan. 81, at / o'clock p. M, and
have invited delegates to come from
every town in the county, and un-
doubtedly the movement will gain
considerable momentum from this
meeting and an association formed.
Twenty box cars of an N. P. freight
train, together with the engine, went
into a ditch about three miles south
of Pembina. A split rail was respon-
sible for the accident, in which for
tunately no one was injured. The
freight train was long one and had
a push engine, in addition to the head
engine. When the first engine hit
the spread rail, it went into the ditch
and was followed by the next twenty
cars, the rear engine forcing the cars
over one another. It was nearly mid
night before the wreckage was cleared
away. The wreck caused consider.
able delay in the, time of the N. P. fly
er which went through at $780,
The fact that contractors are spend
ing money lavishly in order to place
grading machinery and supplies on
the right-of-way of the New Rockford
to Lewiston extension of the Great
Northern through this part of the
county, is significant. AS all the
heavy grading material needed for the
work in the bad lands south of Schaf-
err, consisting of dump cars, steel rails
and steam shovels, is being hauled
across country in wagons from the
railroad at Williston to the right-of-
way, distance of approximately sew
enty miles, at rate of from Is cents
to 81 per 100 pounds, it is evident that
the line will be rushed to completion
without regard to COST.
A five days farmers institute opens
in Darlington Monday. 1t is being held
under the direction Of the agricultural
department of the Darlington higa
school and many outside speakers
will be here during the meetings to
assist the local director, c. w. Nash.
The big dinner which has become an
exceptional popular feature of far.
mers' institutes in Darlington will be
served Tuesday noon. It will be big
spread, fully up to the high standard
already established. The institute
meetings will be held afternoons and
evenings. The afternoon sessions will
be held at the court house; the even.
ing meetings in the high school assem-
bly, room.
jeff Young, 20 years old, is serving
a sentence of u days in the county
jail at Fargo, after having been con-
victed in Judge Hanson's court of US.
ing indecent language in the presence
of women Young was fined $95 but
refused to pay his fine and the court
named IL days as the equivalent SEN
tence. According to the statement of
the officers, Young entered the restau-
rant in connection with the Northern
Pacific depot and purchased a cigar.
He refused to pay the money to the
cashier and when asked for payment
said to have used obscene and indie.
cent language.
Petitions were put into circulation
at Wlliiston among the voters ask.
ing the mayor and city council to call
a special election to vote on the adop.
ton Of the commission plan OF govern
ment for Williston. For some time
there has been some agitation along
this line with the result that It will be
put up to the voters. Already more
than the required number of sigma.
lures have been obtained. The mat.
ter OF calling the special election will
be brought before the council at the
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