The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-02-25
News, Politics, Fun
Facts.nsS Suggestions
BY Associate Editors

A Sioux County State Bank has
been organized at Fort Yates.
Dawson reports that big gray wolves
are becoming menace to live stock
in that vicinity.
There seems to be no doubt but that
Lotus killed the terminal elevator
bill in this state.
The new Hotel Lorraine at Lisbon
was formally opened at fine ban
quet last Tuesday night.
The Mohall and Crosby high school
debating teams will appear in debate
at Mohall Monday night.
The Business Mems Cub of Courte-
nay promoted a very successful dance
and social at Larsen's hall.
A farmers meeting will be held at
Lansford on Tuesday. Farm experts
will contribute to splendid program.
Steps have been taken by the COM
mercial club of Dickinson to organize
permanent Stark county fair asso-
citation.
George Alt, farm laborer working
near Westhope committed suicide by
shooting himself through the temple
with shotgun.
Frank Milhollan of Dickinson has
cen elected president of the Missouri
Slope Poultry Association which was
held recently in that city.
A most elaborate and enjoyable
function marked the opening of the
elegant new quarters of the Dawson
Country Club last Friday night.
The county commissioners of Rich.
land county are going to make the
sheriff pay rent for living in the Jail.
They consider he has too easy a job
to get his rent free.
Flasher will have Farmers 1nsti-
tute on March 9. The farmers in the
Ineighborhood of Morton county are
looking forward to the interesting and
instructive program prepared.
The members of the Monango band
gave basket social last week to raise
money for a bass drum and some mu-
sic. A considerable sum was raised
and the social was well attended.
1t is now claimed that the amend
ment voted on for terminal elevator
is so written that the elevator must
be built in this state if at all which
seems like a rather good mistake, if
such it was.
The German pioneers of the New
Salem territory consider this contin-
ued foggy weather with white frosts
as an indication of good crop. They
count on having a rain 80 days after
each white frost.
Last Tuesday evening the members
of the Langdon commercial club met
at the Odd Fellows hall for the pur-
pose of hearing reports on the work
of the club. They will make some
much needed improvements.
Claiming that his law business has
been injured, that his reputation is
smirched and that stories were told
which were detrimental 10 his cnar-
acter, Attorney Samuel P. Halpern, of
Hebron, commenced suit for $4,000
damages from Fred Patzwold.
AS Gottfried Grosz, of Kuhn, was
cranking his automobile, the engine
backfired and somehow ignited the
gasoline running out of the carburetor,
making quite blaze. The car was
quickly pushed out of the building and
the fire was soon put out without
much damage to the car.
G. H. Jansen, of Bismarck, brake
man on the South 500, was killed
while uncoupling passenger coaches
one and a half miles from Ransom.
Jansen had signaled the engineer for
slack. He had uncoupled the safety |
chain on his side and was in the act
Of reaching for the opposite chain
when the rebound of the cars caught
and crushed him. He was instantly
killed..
The suffrage bill is undoubtedly
killed which means that there will not
be another vote on the question for
four years. In view of the fact that
the measure was lost last fall it may
be a swell as it will give the people
ample time to fully consider the mat
ter. In this state there is no crying
wrongs to be righted and no needed
laws that the women cannot have
passed by merely requesting it so that
no real harm will result
The pupils of the public. school of
Glendale will present the operetta
cinderella in Flowerland" at the op-
era house soon.
On account of domestic troubles the
wife. of homesteader living near