The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-12-17
News Of the State
Do your Christmas shopping early.

does not boast of the job
The female of the species never but
ton anything she can pin. .
Deliver us from the man who only
loosens up when tight.
Some women prefer poodle dogs to
children which is probably just as well
for the "kiddies."
There are many things that may in
terfere with maus appetite but love
isn't one of them.
Ole Smith lives at Glendale. We
will bet this is the first time in the
state that Ole and Smith have Joined.
"There's some foreign substance in
my SOUP" said the diner.
The head waiter-Foreign substance
Yes, sir. Your waiter will make the
proper charge. Imported foods are
very expensive.
Some smart alecs insist that there
is real relationship between the vein
lie and the dogs but the dogs and
butchers have all the inside informa-
ton.
Going for a bucket of water after
dark, Dewey Casker of Manadan a II
year old inmate of the state reform
school never came back. He was sent
there from Fargo and it is supposed
that he has returned to that city.
The minister of a small Missouri
town called the grocer on the phone
the other day AMI gave the following
order. Send = d:'Ia:'s worth Of meat
out to my house. If there is no on
at home just poke it thru the keyhole."
Mrs. W. H. Cuthbert, wife of DR..
w. H. Cuthbert Of Crazy sustained
broken collar bone last week when the
cutter in whici, she and her husband
were driving struck culverl and was
overturned. The accident will not
prove very se:jous.
When the 4 year old son of John
Jones of Center, exploded gun cap
by striking It with a hammer on an
anvil, piece of metal flew into his
eye. Physicians recently say that the
sight is permanently lost.
Center, this state will this year
adopt a novel plan for the celebration
of Christmas A community Christmas
tree on Christmas eve at the town
hall, with gifts for all and with farm.
ers Of the districts as special guests,
is the program to be carried out.
Live stock brands that formerly cost
81 will now stand the stockman $2.10
on account of the war tax. It is ne
cessary to affix a ten cent revenue
stamp to the live stock brand certif.
cate and the state always charges 81
for the brand.
Andrew Munson, WHO lives Just
north of Hettinger has lost six valua
BILE horses by some disease. Several
weeks ago the horses started dying
and one by one they have gone until
, now he has lost six of them anu now
another is dying. None of the veter-
anarians seem to know what the dis
ease is.
The state board of control of penal
and charitable institutions has issued
calls for bids for commodities for the
various institutions under its control.
An item of 10 tons OF coHe- and four
tons Of tea is included in the schedule.
All told there are so schedules of item
for the various institutions.
The Dart Farms and Ranch Of Sen
tinel Butte mailed by parcel post the
largest single mail shipment ever sent
out from Sentinel Butte. 1t consisted
of "a sacks of special Marquis wheat
each weighing so pounds making tot
al of 1900 pounds. That the shipment
was valuable may be known that eact
sack was sent by insured mail ant
consigned to the second parcel pos
zone in Montana.
S. A. Burns, the Mckenzie count,
homesteader charged with the killing
of Henry Sese, a neighbor, severa
months ago. was found guilty of mul
der in the first degree by jury in tn
district court last night. Life impr
sonment is recommended by the jury
Sentence will be pronounced later.
William Flanagan Of Mandan wen
to Jamestown where he is receivin
care for his injuries which he receives
when he was thrown from a speedel
They were running at IS miles an hou
when they saw switch open at tn
east end of the yard and jumping FLAIR
'nigan sustained several serious inju1
les.