The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-01-30
NEWS or THE STATE

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Packard must be proud Of his en-
dorsement by the people of Valley
/, City among whom he lived so long and
who knew him best. And yet he has
the nerve to call other people dog
robbers. Bismarck Palladium.
H. j. Blogett, pioneer of Beach
and Mrs. Louisa Snow, were recently
married. The fact that the bride
groom is "A and the bride three score
attracted more than the usual amount
! of interest in the ceremony.
Mandan City commissioners have
caused to be circulated among the
citizens a petition relative to the gas
franchise question. The American
Gas Construction company of Newton
,, Iowa, has made application for thir-
teen year franchise.
DR.. f. F. Ladd, pure food chemist of
the state, has prepared Liza which
will be introduced at this session of
the legislature which is designed to
place a ban IN all objectionable ad.
vertising of patent medicines.
The New England schools closed
this week on account of two cases Of
small pox developed Saturday. The
eight year old daughter of Otto Thress
and the four-yearold daughter of Aas
Gardner have the disease in mild
form.
Between 1 and 2 o'clock in the
morning, fire broke out in the vacant
store room near the pool hall building
at Pettibone, owned by Charles An
derson. The pool hall was burned, al
so the restaurant and machine shed,
the latter owned by Mr.. Hennis. The
loss is estimated at $4,000.
Two years ago H. A. Hanson was
defeated as states attorney of Burke
county because number Of votes
were thrown out through county seat
fight. He began a contest and the
case is still pending and now he has
been legally elected states attorney
and is placed in the peculiar position
of being the attorney against his own
case.
The latest mechanism is truck
arrangement that can be attached to
autos and they can be used to haul
plows, harrows, etc. 1t is said that
this arrangement is geared in such a
way that the auto can be put on high
gear and the power will be trans
ferred so that a thirty horsepower
machine will pull four gangs at the
rate Of three mics per hour with
little effort.
The governor named to the Federal
Aid Good Roads convention, to be
held at Washington, D. c., March 6
and Z, 1908, as follows: T. R. Atkin.
son, Bismarck; w. e. Hopes, Car.
rington; Hugh Mcdonald, Valley City;
Frank Eberley, Wahpeton; w. W.
Smith, Fargo; Ed. Liton, Larimore: A.
I. Hunter, Grand Forks.
The Mems Literary club of Caring.
ton is engaged in the laudable enter.
prise of stimulating the interest Of the
children of the city in flower gardens,
and it will this year follow the GUS
tom which it has already established
of giving prizes for the best results.
The children take great interest in
the contests, and they have done
great deal of good.
Mrs. Samuel S. Townsend, one of
the best known of the pioneer citi-
zens of Fargo and noted throughout
the city for her charitable work, sud-
denly passed away Tuesday at her
late home at 1011 Fifth avenue south.
The cause of her death was heart
trouble, with which the deceased had
been suffering for some time.
Although there are already six cit
les in the field making bid for the
proposed new state tsylum for the in.
sane, Kenmare has decided to make a
bid for the institution. Kenmare bust.
ness men are backing the proposition
and will give support to the measure
that will be introduced in the senate
shortly by Senator Englund of this
city. The fact that Minot which also
is located in this county, has a state
institution, makes the opposition to
the establishment of the asylum in
this city more formidable than it other