The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-31
News Of the State
The days are growing longer.


times but no bad storms and clear
sunshiny days.
Learning to nurse crouch" will
not entitle the nurse to a diploma in
the Red Cross society.
Hundreds of men are sleeping night
ly in the de;pots of Fargo as there is
not room in the jails.
The Rogers baseball team will give
a grand New Years ball on New
Years night. This will be one of the
large events in Rogers.
Jamestown and Valley City are still
waiting for those lady buffalos which
are coming one to each town and also
for the gentleman buffalo who is to
board around.
Jim Hill will speak at the Auditor
ium dedication at Fargo. Jim besides
being farmer and giving away bulls,
seems to take keen delight in appear
ing before the people in his territory.
The ladies of the Congregational
church at Tower City took in 1854 at
/ the big supper and sale which they
held in their city last Saturday even
ing.
Last Christmas Eve while imperson-
ating Santa Claus and dressed in a
suitable costume, Mrs. C. L. Larson
of Mandan was very badly burneo
when her costume caught on fire from
the candles on the tree. She suffered
painful injuries but is improving.
Trying to explain the superior adj
vantages of the particular brand of
salvation furnished by their particu,
lar church intereferes with some fel-
lows religion. But then never mind
the religion, stand by the church.
The state editorial meet at Fargo
on the 9Th and 9th is the subject OF
considerable newspaper publicity.
The boys seem to think it an honor
to hold the first convention in the
great Fargo Auditorium.
A bill will be introduced this session
of the legislature to reduce the inter-
est rate. There are many who think
the time not yet ripe for the lowering
of interest rates as the country is new
yet and banks sustain many heavy
losses.
More than half of the U. S Con-
gressmen indicated the sentiment of
their constituents when they voted
to abolish the saloon in the United
States. The vote shows which way
the wind is blowing.
DR.. J. c. Staley, formerly of the hos
pital at Mandan, now located in St.
Paul will see active service in the
war hospitals. He has been highly
honored by special appointment from
one of the greatest surgeons in the
world.
A lovers quarrel is supposed to
have been responsible for the death
of Miss Mary Terrill of Grafton whose
body was found ground to pieces on
the railroad right of way. She was in
charge of the Western Union office at
that point.
Statistics which have been compiled
by the city auditor of Dickinson show
that during the year of 1914 buildings
to the total value of $1,4SO,S74, were
erected at that place. The greatest
item was the Willard Hotel, $4,000.
Dickinson with a population of 5000
is proud of her record.
! Joseph Froelich and Jacob Schaff
OF Buffalo convicted of blind plugging
before juries in the district court will
receive their sentences soon. They
were granted suspended sentences D,
Judge S. L. Nichols in order to spend
Christmas with their families.
Wllllston will send an exhibit OF
North Dakota coal to the Panama Elk.
position. This will be the kind of ex.
hibits that will call attention to North
Dakota and let the world know that
North Dakota has heat and power
enough stored in the ground to las,
the state for centuries or until an arti.
hclal heat is discovered that will no
longer require fuel.
Frank Sunich of Dickinson wanted
at that place for forgery has been ar
rested at Wibaux, Montana. The To-
zeal officials have asked for extradition
papers from the governor of Montana
Because of the demand for flou,
from the local dealers and farmers
David Deitz of New Salem, mas start
ed work Quitting mill that will pro
duce rs barrels a day.
The elevators of the Regent Grair
Co., and the Bagley Elevator Co., a,
New England, the largest primar,
market in the United States were de
stroyed by fire yesterday. The los!
Is over $4,000. There was a heay,
wind and the fire burned nearly thre,