The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-31
News of the State
Start the New Year right.

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The Devils Lake Journal seems to
enjoy the War Tax. ...
The trains are now carrying mail
into Golden Valley
Taylor Hutchisnon of McHenry lost
his house and it's entire contents by
fire last week.
Sibyle Mcdonald a local Minot
singer will take part in some musical
productions in Chicago.
Good resolutions broken are better
than no resolutions at ALL
Courtenay and many other of the
smaller towns of the state are to have
roller skating rink this winter.
The real difference between por-
Gus plaster and sponging relative is
that you can pry the porous plaster
loose. ...
A dusky coon was convicted of per-
jerry at Minot for which crime there
will be another Shine" added to the
pen for ten years.
BY the time the average man reach
es the age of fifty he knows lot OF
things he would like to get rid OF
at 80 per cent less than they cost him.
Botfred Bindwell of Cathay was ar
rested charged with taking from the
postoff1ce watch belonging to anoth
err. The federal authorities ordered
the man released.
+. M. Crazy of the Devils Lake
World complains that the job work is
not being evenly distributed by the
various societies and that he is not
given a chance to bid on it.
Congressman P. D. Norton Of North
Dakota assailed the saloon in a speech
before congress in which he urged the
adjustment of the saloon, was re-
warded by having his picture printed
in the St. Paul papers.
Editor Olson of New Rockford who
gained some notriety several years
ago as the inventor of a gall cure"
will take enough time from the work
of removing the capitol from Bismarck
to New Rockford to attend the state
printers meeting in Fargo in January
and read paper.
The keeping of a complete set OF
books by farmers is being urged by
the press at this time. Farming is a
business and a business without a
double entry set of books is a failure
as soon as started for business is moi
a business unless it is conducted as
such.
There is case at jamestown that
is causing some interest. It is a CASE
in which an employee of the Carpenter
Neuman Lumber Company is attempt
ing to recover because Of being cut by
a wood saw with which he came II
contact after slipping on rount
stick.
Deputy Sheriff Olson of Mandan anG
posse are securing the country in the
neighborhood of Thinner searching fol
Sioux Indian named Red Fox who
dragged an aged woman, Mrs. C. Bur
dick, from her home and assaulted her
The woman is the mother of a hote
proprietor at Thinner.
There is some talk of anti-newspa
per lobbying at Bismarck during the
coming session of the legislature. The
fact is that about all the skull
duggery" committed in this state CIR
ing the past few years has been I'm
covered by the press and there is {
strong disposition by some of the in
terests to repay the newspapers.
In the debate on the Hobson prohi
bition resolution, Representative Bar
tholdt of Missouri came strongly t
the defense of the saloon, saying thai
he knew of saloons where a gentle
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wife and daughters" But even 81
valiant a defender of the institution
as the congressman from st. Louis
finds it necessary to discriminate.
The name of E. D. Lrm of the
Times Record has been placed on the
program Of the Editorial Association
meeting next month for discussion
of "Transcient Advertising" Evi
IDENTIFY the officers of the association
considered that fellow that could be
"stuck" with a phony check and
"stung" for advertising by tran
scient dancing teacher was we'll quail
flied to talk transient advertising.
N. D. has 5000 tuburcular patients
and only accommodations for seventy
There is a great demand on the
pure seed laboratory Of the state fol-
pure seed
Besides wanting the State Capitol
New Rockford is willing to also take
an insane asylum.
Fargo has started war on canvas
bankrupt signs. Gave the city the ap
pearance of being hard-up