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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-15
NOTICE or MORTGAGE FORE
CLOSURE SALE.

Notice is hereby given, that Ger
tain mortgage, executed and delivered
by Herbert Weston and Phebe E. A.
Weston, his wife, Mortgagors, to the
Alliance Mortgage and Investment
Company, Limited. Mortgage, dated
the 18th day Of February. 1910, and
iled for record in the Office of the Reg
lister of Deeds Of the County Of Barnes
and State Of North Dakota, on the 26th
day Of February, 1910. and recorded In
Book AZ" of Mortgages at page 1856,
will be foreclosed by sale OF the
the premises in such mortgage and
hereinafter described, at the front
door of the Court House in the City
of Valley City, in the County OF
Barnes, and State Of North Dakota,
at the hour of 2 o'clock in the after.
noon on the 18th day OF May, 1913,
to satisfy the amount due on the date
of sale upon certain installments OF
principal and coupons secured by said
mortgage being overdue and unpaid,
and certain taxes advanced by the
mortgage being unpaid.
The premises described in said mort
gage and which will be sold to satisfy
the same, are those certain premises
situated in the County of Barnes, and
State Of North Dakota, and described
as follows, to.wit:
The Southeast Quarter (SEA) OF
the Southwest Quarter (SWA) of Sec
ton Thirty-four (34), Township One
Hundred Forty-three (143) North OF
Range Fifty-eight (5S); the Northwest
Quarter (NWA) OF the Northwest
Quarter (NWA); the South Hall
(S1h) Of the Northwest Quarter (NW
~; the North Half (N1A) of the
Southwest Quarter (SWA) and the
Southwest Quarter (SWA) Of the
Southwest Quarter (SWA) of Section
Three (3); the South Half (S1@); the
South Half Of the Northeast Quarter
(NEA); the Northeast Quarter (NE
~ of the Northeast Quarter (NEA
and the Southeast Quarter (SEA) OF
the Northwest Quarter (NWA) OF
Section Four a., and the Southeast
Quarter (SEA) of Section Five 80
all in Township One Hundred Forty
two (142) North of Range Fifty-eight
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-15
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING.

Notice is hereby given to all mem
bers Of this company, that the an
nual meeting OF The Barnes County
Farmers Mutual ms Co., for the pur'
pose of electing a board of directors,
and for the transaction of such other
business as may come before said
meeting, viii be held at the home of.
fee of the company in Valley City,
N. D., on Thursday, June 26th, 1913 at
2 o'clock p. m. ...
5.2-5w. w. W. SMITH, Sec.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-15

Miss Selma Erickson who has been
the travelling representative of the
Terry Dressmaking school, has return
ed here where she expects to perman-
emily remain
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-15

The absurd man is tho one who
never changes. Take our advice when you
have cough or cold and try Aliens Ceugh
Bslsam. There Is nothing more soothing,
nothing that will bring greaterrelief. Con
tains no harmful ingredients. Used for
many years with satisfaction and success.
25c., SOC. and 81 90 bottles.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-15
RAYEO,

Two bay colts, 2 and years old,
estrayed from Kings farm six miles
south of Valley City. Finder notify
Henry King, Valley City N. D.
5-1-4tw>
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-15

Will. Bascom is visitor here to-
day enroute from Winnipeg to points
east
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-15

The premises described in such mort
gage and which will be sold to satisfy
the same are situate, lying and being
in the County of Barnes, State Of
North Dakota, and described as fol.
lows, to-wit:
All of Section Seven ~ in town.
ship one hundred forty Q40) north
of range sixty (60) west, containing
432.67 acres, more or less, according
to the United States Government
Survey thereof: and also lots number.
ed five (5) and six (6) in the north
east quarter IN. f. ~ Of section
eighteen (1S) in township one hund-
red forty (14e) north, or range
sixty (60) west, less or except a strip
207 feet wide of from the south side
Of said lot numbered six (6), the said
lot five (5) and the balance Of said lot
six (6) together containing SO acres.
more or less, according to the United
States Government Survey thereof;
There will be due on such mortgage
at the date of sale the sum Of one
hundred dollars ($10000), together
with the costs Of foreclosure and sale
Dated April 5th, 1913.
o. A. ANDERSON,
Assignee and Mortgages
| T.. s. LINDLAND,
Attorney for Assignee of Mortgage
Valley City, N. Oak. 4-10-6tw
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-05-15
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.


In the Matter of the Estate of John
Ellingson, Deceased:
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, Bertha Ellingson executrix of
the Last Will of John Ellingson, late
of the city of Valley City in the county
of Barnes and State of North Dakota,
deceased, to the creditors Of, all per-
sons having claims against, said de-
ceased, to exhibit them with the nee
essary vouchers, within six months,
after the first publication of this no.
tice, to said executrix at the law Of
fee of A. p. Paulson, attorney for the
executrix, in the city OF Valley City,
in said Barnes County.
Dated April 25th A D., 1913.
BERTHA ELLINGSON,
5-1-4tw. Executrix
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-03

the spring from the inside OF the
room. It is different when you are
behind the wall and can act directly
on the counterbalance. Then the mir
ror turns at once and is moved with
Incredible rapidity."
What counterbalance?" asked
Raoul
why, the counterbalance that lifts
the whole of this wall on to its pivot.
You surely don't expect it to move
of itself, by enchantmnnt! II you
watch, you will see the mirror first
rise an inch or two and then shift an
inch or two from left to right. 1t will
then be on a pivot and Will swing
round"
ITS not turning!" said Raoui i'm
patiently.
ooh, wait, You have time enough
to be impatient, sir! The mechanism
has obviously become rusty, or else
the spring isn't working. I'm
less it is something else" added the
Persian anxiously-
WHAT"
He may simply have cut the cord
of the counterbalance and blocked
the whole apparatus
why should he? He does not
know that we are coming this way!'
Il dare say he suspects 1t, for he
knows that understand the system.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-03

risk your life for her! You must GER
tainly hate Erik"
NO. sir" said the Persian sadly.
81 do not hate him. II | hated him.
he would long ago have ceased doing
harm"
Has he done you harm?''
81 have forgiven him the harm
which he has done me-"
Il do not understand you. You
treat him as a monster, you speak OF
his crime, he has done you harm and
I find IN you the same tnexpiicable
pity that drove me to despair when |
saw 1t in Christine!"
The Persian did not reply. He
fetched stool and set 1t against the
wall facing the great mirror that
filed the whole Of the wau-space op-
posite. Then he climbed on the stool.
and, with his nose to the wallpaper,
seemed to be looking for something.
r"Ah," he said. after a long search.
II have it,"
And, raising his finger above his
head, he pressed against a corner IN
the pattern of the paper. Then he
turned round and jumped of the
stool
In half minute" he said. we
shall be on his road" and crossing
the whole length of the dressing
room he felt the great mirror.
No. it Is not yielding yet" he NUT
tered.
"Oh, are we going out by the mir
ror?" asked RaouI. Like Christine
Daae."
so you knew that Christine Daae
went out by that mirror?''
she did so before my eyes. sir!
was hidden behind the curtain of the
inner. room and l saw her vanish not
by the glass, but in the glass;"
and what did you do?"
81 thought it was an alteration OF
my senses, a mad dream.
COR some new fancy of the
ghostst" chuckled the Persian "Ah,
NJ. de Chagny." he continued, still
with his hand on the mirror, would
that we had to do with ghost! We
could then leave our pistols in their
case. Put down your hat.
please there and
now cover your shlrt-front as much
as you can with your coat as
| am doing. Bring the lapeis
forward turn up the collar.
We must make ourselves as
invisible as possible.
Bearing against the mirror, after a
short silence. be said:
ut takes some time to release the
counterbalance, when you press on
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-03

IT'S not turning. And
Christine. sir. Christlne?"
The Persian said coldly:
we shall do all that it is humanity
possible to do! But he may
stop US at the first step. He
commands the walls. the doors and
the trap-doors. In my country, he was
known by a name which means the
'trap-door lover
But why do these walls obey him
alone? He did not build them"
Yes, sir, that is just what he did,"
RaouI looked at hin in amazemert;
but the Persian made sign to him to
be silent and pointed TO the glass.
There was a sort of shivering
reflection. Their image was troubled
as in ripping sheet Of water and
then all became stationary again.
You see. sir, that it is not turn
ingi Let US take another road"
Tonight. there is no otheri" de-
cIared the Persian, in singularIy
mournfuI voice. And now. look out!
And be ready to fire"
He himself raised his pistol oppo-
site the glass. Raoul initiated his
movement With his free arm, the
Persian drew the young man to his
chest and. suddenly, the mirror
turned, In a binding daze Of cross
lights; 1t turned like one OF those re-
volving doors which have lately been
fixed to the entrances of most res
, I'D yiT7r
and the Persian with it and suddenly
hurting them from the full light into
the deepest darkness.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-03
Truthful Advertising.

Charles L. Sinnixon, London ad-
vertising expert, was praising in New
York the change that has come over
the advertisement In advertising,
as in other things" he said, cit has
been found that honesty pays, and to-
day throughout the world the success
full advertiser is modest and cOnserva-
tive in his statements. Advertising is
no longer mistrusted. Things are. no
longer as they were in Phatt's day.
You know Phatt, our 400-pound book
keeper? said one man in the street
to another. Yes, what Of him2
Wei, he saw an ad in the paper
Fat folks reduced, five dollars and
he answered it. Did he get any re-
ply?' oh, yes; it was just as adver-
tised That's good. And how much
was he reduced?' Why, just as the
advertisement said-fve dollars"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-03
Game Didn't Work.

To illustrate how well the late
'"yed" Marks was known In theatrical
circles beyond the metropolis, drum
pler for a New York house told this
story: "a lot of boys were sitting.
around in the lobby of a Kansas City
hdtel one evening, when one young.
fellow volunteered to take any one
who would go along to the theater. I
accepted the offer and we went to the
besx office, where our fresh friend
greeted the man inside with a hale
and merry How are YOU? and re-
quest for two tickets. Marks said,
he, you know. Teddy Marks-it's all
right The man inside gave the drum
mer another look, and said in a very
cool but determined manner: Moth
ing doing, Something'II happen to you
if you don't move quick We did, and
he paid my way into another show to
avoid meeting the crowd"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-03
HE Is NOT ALWAYS MODEST
So-Called Seif-Made Man Sometimes
Overestimates Himself, Asserts
Minister.

Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick voiced
the pentup conviction of many
thoughtful men when he said to his
Yale audience that the self-made man
is not the greatest creation in the!
world There are many truly self-made
men whom we honor, and hoNcarry
their honors with becoming ,modesty.
Such men recognize the fact that,
though they get the credit for their
own success, they owe it much to
their conceit that everybody wishes
they had wholly let out the contract
to somebody else. These are usually
the ones who in fact owe most and
credit least to others for their sue
cess.
In the analysis we find that Mr. Fos-
dicks conclusion is correct. There is
no such thing as a self-made man.
There are some men who owe success
much to circumstances and very little
to their own endeavor. There are on
the other hand men who have won
their place by adding self-sacrifice and
hard work to circumstances less IA
vorable than those on which the 9TH
ers rose. In men of both sorts mod
esty is becoming.
1T is not infrequent that the small
man achieves what is commonly &C
cepted as success. He is the one who
pirates about his self-making, who is
particularly obnoxious and deserves
this rebuke. There are not so many
of him, but the few go long way to
make noise like a multitude. He
is cocksure that, since he deems he
has achieved what he set out to
achieve, his opinion on matters and
things is the final authority
BY sheer force of that pertinacity
and will force by which he has arrived
as he thinks-he will often face
down in argument the man who has
a better reason. He assumes to be
a correct type Of selfmade man. He
may indeed do much good, and stand
as an example of what effectively APP
piled will power can do, but he needs
to be reckoned for what he is worth.
And what he is really worth is much
less than is commonly supposed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-03
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5 49,
Gathered Smiles
SAME WITH HER.

Eleven o'clock was the hour, and
the lady was both tired and bored.
He was paying his addresses to her,
but she was not very sweet to him,
and yet she did not know how to dis
pose of him kindly and gently.
Half an hour later he was still
rambling on, and then he turned to
that ever-eferYescent subject, his
health.
Yes. Miss Mollie," he said Il know
I'm not well. Seldom, indeed. do l
feel myself. It's only my nerve that
keeps me up at all
She was a nice girl, but she couldn't
resist the temptation. 1t was too, too
much.
oh" she said, meekIy. that's
funny! That's what's keeping me up,
too.'
Then he departed, slowly, sadly, for
ever and day
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-03

q secret passage, long known to nfEs
sell alone and contrived at the tins
or the Paris Commune to allow the
jailers to convey their prisoners
straight to the dungeons that had
been constructed for them in the cei-
lars; Tor the Federates had occupied
the opera-house immedfa teIy after the
eighteenth of March and had made a
starting-place right at the top for
their Mongoifier balloons, which cars
RED their incendiarE proclamations To
the departments, and a state prison
right at the bottom.
Inc Persian went On his knees and
put his lantern on the ground. He
seemed to be working at the floor;
and suddenly he turned of his light
Then Raoul heard a faint click and
saw a very pale luminous square in
the floor OF the passage. 1t was as
though window had opened on the
opera cellars. which were still lit
Raoul no longer saw the Persian, but
he suddenly felt him by his side and
heard him whisper:
Follow me and do all that | do
Raoul turned to the luminous aper-
ture. Then he saw the Persian, who
was still on his knees, hang by ais
hands from the rim of the opening,
with his pistol between his teeth, AID
slide into the cellar below.
Curiously enough, the vtscount had
absolute confidence in the Persian.
though he knew nothing about him.
His emotion when speaking of the
monster" struck him as sincere;
and, if the Persian had cherished any
sinister designs against him, he would
not have armed him with his own
hands. Besides, Raoul must reach
Christine at all costs. He therefore
went on his knees also and hung from
the trap with both hands.
Let go!" said a voice.
And he dropped into the arms OF
the Persian, who told him to lie down
fiat, closed the trap-door above him
and crouched down beside him. Raoul
tried to ask a question, but the Per
slams hand was on his mouth and
he heard a voice which he recog-
nized as that Of the commissary or
police.
Raoui and the Persian were COM
pleteIy hidden behind wooden par
tition. Near them, small staircase
led to little room in which the COM
missary appeared to be walking up
and down, asking questions. The
faint light was just enough to enable
RaouI to distinguish the shape or
things around him, And he could not
Restrain dull cry: there were three
coFpses there.
The first lay on the narrow landing
of the little staircase; the two others
had rolled to the bottom OF the stair
case. Raoui could have touched one
of the two poor wretches by passing
his fingers through the partition.
"Silence!" whispered the Persian.
He too had seen the bodies and he
gave one word in explanation:
"Hei"
The comm1ssary's voice was now
heard more distinctly. He was ask
ing for information about the system
OF lighting, which the stage-manager
supplied. The commissary therefore
must be in the organ" or its imme
date neighborhood.
CTO BE CONTINUEDD
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-03
CHAPTER XIX.
The Viscount and the Persian.

The Viscount and the Persian.
Raoul now remembered that his
brother had once shown him that mys-
FERROUS person, of whom nothing was
known except that he was a Persian
and that he KVed in a little old
fashioned fat ia the Rue de R1voh.
The man with the ebony skin, the
eyes of Jade and the astrakhan cap
bent over Raoul.
Il hope, NJ de Chagny," he said,
that you have not betrayed Erik's
secret?"
And why should I hesitate to be-
tray that monster, sir?" RaouI re
joined haughtily, trying to shake on
the intruder is he your friend, by
any chance?"
u hope that you said nothing about
Erik, sir, because Et1k's secret Is also
Christine Daae's and to talk about
one is to talk about the other!"
oh, sir" said Raoul, becoming
more and more impatient, you seem
TO know about many things that in
terest me; and yet l have no time to
listen to you'll"
Once more, NJ. [de Chagny, where
are you going SO fast?"
Cannot you guess? To Christine
Daaes assistance. :"
Then. sir, stay here. for Christine
DRae is here!"
With Erik?"
With Erik"
How do you know?"
81 was at the performance and no
one in the world but Erik could con-
trtve an abduction like that! .
Oh" he said, with a deep sigh, Il
recognized the monsters touch!"
You know him them"
The Persian did not reply, but
heaved a fresh sigh.
Sir" said Raoul Il do not know
what your intentions are, but can you
do anything to help me? l mean, to
help Christine Daae?"
Il think so, NJ de Chagny, and that
is why l spoke to you"
What can you do?"
Try to take you to her e.
and to him"
If you can do me that service, sir,
my life is yours. -. One word
more: the commissary of police tells
me that Christine Daae has been car
ried OF by my brother, Count Phi
nppe."
oh, NJ. de Chagny. don't believe
a word of 1t"
IT'S not possible. is ft?''
Il don't know If it is possible or
not; but there are ways and ways or
carrying people off; and NJ. lie Comte
Philippe has never, so far as 1 know,
had anything to do with witchcraft.
Your arguments are convincing,
sir, and am a fool! Oh, let
us make haste! I place myself en-
tirely in your hands, How
should not believe you, when you
are the only one TO believe me .
when you are the only one not to
smile when Erik's name is men
tioned?"
And the young man fmpetuousIy
seized the Persians hands They
were ice-cold.
"Suence!" said the Persian. stop
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-03
Financial Talent on Farms

what we could-and, as markets had
not been systematized as they are now.
and transportation facilities were poor.
We paid what we had to, and roughly
tried to figure out profit One could
not take a slate and half an hour and
do that figuring in the rear of the
store, either 1t had to be done right
of the reel, and convincingly. I've
learned lot Of other things In bust
ness since then, but the best training
ever had was In that little Ohio gro
Gerry store. It taught nae the value OF
absolute knowledge Of the details of
my business"
Some one suggested that Mr. Arch
bold probably laid the foundation OF
his fortune there.
Let me tell you." said he. impress
sively. There is lot of good finan-
cial talent going to waste on Ohio
farms Most of those farmers wives
| skinned me-"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-03
Maxine the Best of Things.

There are several iniudicious ways
of making the best of things. One OF
them is illustrated by the humble
young curate, pictured long ago in
Punch. who protested when the bishop.
his host. expressed doubts OF an egg
the curate was eating. "Oh, no, my
Lord; assure you some parts OF 1t
are excellent Fancy looking on the
Upright sight of a bad egg! The effort
was surely less ingratiating than the
curate supposed. Indeed this habit
of seeing good In everything may be-
come the most uncomfortable of virtues
as distressing as grim patience.
which is q common and effective meth
cd of wearing out the mind. l Ike
to remenser the complacent old lady
who said, when a friend reminded her
that she had had little trouble in her
life YES, but I've made the most Of
what have had. Atlanta Monthly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-03
Plant Immigrants Help Feed Us.

After experiments covering nineteen
years the Smyrna fig was introduced
in California, where it now is being
successfully grown. More than one
half of the rice now grown in Louis
lana and Texas is the Kiushu rice of
Japan, imported here in 1899 The
Corsican citron. a superb variety, has
also been naturalized in California:
udo, Japanese salad plant Of great
value, is now being grown here; ex-
periments are making by the bureau
of plant industry with the date palm
in arid regions of the west; the carob
tree, or st. Johns bread, from the
Mediterranean region, is flourishing
near Los Angeles; Egyptian cotton,
introduced in the Colorado river val
ley, may make that territory the
American Egypt; the development of
alfalfa in the west Is we'll known; the
malta horseradish from Bohemia is
being grown in New Jersey; the man
gosteen, a delicious tropical fruit, is
now in Porto Rico, as we'll as in the
Panama canal zone, through the ef-
forts of the bureau.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-03
CHAPTER Xxx.
in the Cellars of the Opera.

Your hand high, ready to freI"
repeated Raours companion quickly.
The wall, behind them, having
completed the circle which 1t de-
scribed upon itself, closed again; and
the two men stood motionless for a
moment, holding their breath.
At last, the Persian decided to
make a movement; and RaouI heard
him slip on his knees and feel for
something in the dark with his CROP
ing hands. Suddenly, the darkness
was made visible by a small dark
lantern and Raoul tnstinctly stepped
backward as though to escape the
scrutiny of secret enemy. But hs
soon perceived that the light belonged
to the Persian, whose movements hs
was closely observing The little red
disk was turned in every direction
and Raoul saw that the floor. tha
walls and the ceiling were all
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-03
Cuhists Then and Now.

Job E. Hedges, while auctioning OF
In New York the "misapplied art"
pictures that caricatured the futurists
and cubists, told cubist story.
when | was boy" he said, '1f
a youngsters parents saw him draw
ing neutrality-suspicious. and hexagons
and triangles, they would exclaim:
"'Aha, we'll make mathematician
of HIM
"But nowadays, when lads par
ents find him making tetrahedrons and
poIygons, they say:
"Our son will win immortal fame
as an artist"