The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-04-23

The Towner w. C. II. U. recently
gave an oyster supper to raise funds
for the suffrage campaign The ladie:
cleared $45.
Miss Pearl Kirk, who has been Civ
ing illustrated suffrage letures in thi:
state, was recently called to Oregon b!
the death of brother-in-law.
A disclose is attacking box-elder tree!
in the state and unless they are spray
ed and attended to the disease cause:
death in less than two years.
Would be governor Burdick is a law
yer of some ability, a great orator ant
it will be up to the republican voter:
to say whether or not those are quail
cations they desire in candidate.
The Chautauqua has been the sub
ject of lecture magazine articles ant
books that has given publicity to Val
ley City that 100000 could not have
bought.
The candidacy of Governor Ham;
seems to be received very kindly BY
the press of the state. Zone good tern
deserves another" seems to be the slO
gan.
John Hughes, of the Hughes Bros
of Bismarck while riding a motorcycle
Thursday evening was thrown from
the machine and severely injured a
bout the head.
The Woodwork elevator at Southan
in the southern part of Ramsey county
on the 500 line was destroyed by fire
There were 10000 bushels of grain in
the building.
President John H. Worst is a" m
didate for the United States Se4tate
Andy Miller is also making campaign
speeches, calculated to open the doors
of the United States Senate to him.
There is one splendid thing that can
be said of both of the republican can.
didates at the head of the ticket either
is vastly more capable than anyone yet
suggested by the democrats for the
same offices.
The w. C. T. U. ladies in Hankinson
have taken up a course of study to pre-
pare themselves for voting. These Ia
dies intend to vote intelhgently when
the time comes, and to train the com.
ing generation for intelligent voting.
The ice is out of the Red river and
will open at once north Of
Grand Forks.
Eddie, the 4-year-old son of August
Rtola, who lives just south of Caring
ton, had the misfortune of having one
of his legs badly crushed from a wagon
wheel. The bones werebadly crushed
ed and the little fellow was taken to a
hospital at Fargo.
The Herr elevator in MoClusky was
destroyed by fire, the flames original.
ing supposedly from friction. When
discovered the fire had gained such
Roadway that it was impossible to save
There were about 10000
bushels of grain i'm the structure.
An empty box car, standing on the
side tracks near the North Dakota Pres
sed Brick Co., yards, about two miles
east of Dickinson, caught fire and
was considerably damaged. The fire
was caused by a lighted cigarette that
was carelessly thrown on the car floor
~ one of the tramps who had slept
in the car the night before. They sue.
,eeded in putting the fire out
Minot is to have a ZOO. This will
delight the youngsters and some of the
older boys and girls as we'll. The
park board has decided to buy two
ouffalos In South Dakota, bull and
! cow in calf. They will cost about
$500. There has been little objec.
lion on the part of one or two to buy
ing the buffalo, but Colonel Scarlet de-
;lares that these aniamls are very do
Gle and will require but little atten.
ton. In fact the Colonel could almost
ook after them himself. Five acres
will be fenced for the buffalo.
The w. C. T. U. ladies of Coopers-
town served lunch at recent MAR
did some good work for the suffrage
ket Day. held there, and incidentally
cause. The room in which the lunch
was served was decorated with votes
for Women pennants and suffrage pos
ters. Literature was distributed and
a large number of Votes for Women
buttons sold. The ladies not only made
a nice sum of money but demonstrated
their ability to serve splendid meal
and take an intelligent interest in the
leading questions Of the day at the
same time. Farmers Clubs in that
vicinity have aroused much enthusiasm
for suffrage. About twenty go In a
covered rig. Addresses are given by
Mr.. and Mrs. C. S. Shippey.
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