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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-08-07
ALWAYS WAS.

you see," said the country edi-
tor, Il have printed your poem
Thanks" responded the poet. Il
suppose I shall receive remunera-
ton according to your usual tariff"
Tariff! My good man, poetry is
on the free st."-Kansas City
Journal.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-08-07
STYLE

Old Lady-So you don't iike 'er
Younger Lady-Like 'er? II I'd
knowed music I'd ave wrote a 'ymn
of ate about 'er long ago.-Lon-
don Times
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-08-07
'IGTRED IT OUT

The Officer-Really, Smithers,
your figures are awful Just look
at this 8; anybody would take 1t
for a 5.
Smithers-It is a 5 sir.
The Officer-Good lord! I would
Sketch.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-08-07
SOFT ANSWER

Miss Sweetleigh-Me marry YOU
father.
Mr.. Oldtime-Far from it. But
I'll admit that you seem young
enough to be my daughter-Chicago
Daily ',.ws.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-08-07
OF STEADY HABITS

OF STEADY HABITS
Patricia = Quite a girl you had
at the game.
Penrod-Yeh, a peach. Knew the
game, too.
Patricia-Well, she ought to. She
hasn't missed one in twenty years
Cornell Widow.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-08-07
H LIGHT SIDE
POOR BUSINESS

POOR BUSINESS
HE says he intends to be the arch
itect of his own fortune"
Il predict a terrible stagnation in
the building line."-Judge.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-08-07
CULINARY TEST

Bicker-The optimist sees the
%doughnut.
Bocker-And the pessimist sees
the doctor.-New York Sun.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-28

In order that these lists may be
made out at as early date as posi-
BILE, samples should be sent to the pure
seed laboratory as soon as possible
after threshing. All who can should
grade the seed carefully before send
ing the samples to the laboratory.
When not able to clean the seed let US
know. Remember that seed quality Is
of more value than mere freedom from
weed seeds. Some samples OF seed
can be greatly improved by the use OF
a tanning mill, while no amount OF
grading can improve certain internally
diseased types. For this reason, it Is
recommended that every farmer have
seed plot big enough to raise seed
for his own farm, from which plot all
false varieties and diseased plants may
be pulled out. ..u. -.z..... T..
The wheat crop. in particular, sui
fers severely from blights because OF
the use of poor grades of seed. Wheat
is the most important Of all the seed
grown in North Dakota-most import
ant because more bushels of it are
needed for seed and because It is the
chief crop of the state. A small deter
ioration in the yield due to the use Of
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-28

poor seed results in the loss Of mil
lions of dollars. We wish to make the
laboratory Of the greatest possible use,
as well to those who have good wheat
which they wish to sell for seed as to
those who wish to find it. Wheat OF
another variety is the worst weed In
wheat.
Farmers who know that they have
raised high quality of wheat should
send in samples at the earliest date
possible that it may be listed and pos
sibly certified as a quality. We are
particularly interested in listing any
durum .wheats which are free from
common wheats, as such admixtures
are particularly injurious to the max
ing Of all durum products.
Address all such correspondence,
packages, ETC., to State Seed Commits
sioner, Agricultural College postoface.
N. D.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-28
svs-sTATIoN FARM YIELDS
(Farm Information Service N. D. Elk.
pertinent Station.)

(Farm Information Service. N. D. Elk
pertinent Station)
Reports on crop yields have been Sc
cured from all the sub-station farms
except the one at Dickinson. The
Hettinger sub-station farm leads in
wheat yields with 1914 bushels per
acre. Williston follows with 1913 bush.
els, Langdon so bushels and Edgeley
46 bushels.
The highest oat yield was 100 bush.
els. Barley went 1874 bushels on the
Williston sub-station farm, and at
Edgeley 81 bushels. Flax on the Will
liston substitution farm went 30 bush.
els and emmer 94.5 bushels.
These yields speak well for the Sec
ton known as the dry part Of North
Dakota and for the methods worked
out and demonstrated on these sub
station farms.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-28
OLD VALLEY OF MISSOURI RIVER

An old valley through which the
waters of the Missouri and the Yel-
lowstone rivers once flowed has been
discovered in North Dakota. During:
the course of field work last sum-
mer, DR.. A. G. Leonard, state geolo-
gist and head of the university de-
partment of geology, made investiga-
tons leading to the discovery. This
old valley extends east and southeast
across Dunn and Norton counties.
It has a length Of 155 miles and
forms continuous, broad, hat-bot-
toned depression, extending from
the head of the Knife river west Of
Fayette. across the divide between
the Knife and Heart, and the Heart
and Cannon Ball rivers, to the mouth
Of the Cannon Ball.
From Almont to Hebron the North
ern Pacific railroad follows this great
valley. The Missouri and Yellowstone
rivers crossed the state by way of this
valley when the ice sheet Of the glac-
ial period blocked their valleys and
forced them to seek new course. The
waters Of these two streams backed up
to form large lake in the valleys of
the Yellowstone and the Little Mis-.
souri, which overlooked the divide at
the head of the Knife river. At the
close OF the glacial period the Mis-
souri, resumed its present valley, while
the Little Missouri forced 4 new valley
extending east from the mouth Of
Bowling creek, IL miles north of the
Billings county line.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-28
NOW TO MAKE USE OF
THE NORTH DAKOTA
PURE SEED LABORATORY

Farmers are gradually learning that
while proper systems of crop rotation,
cattle raising, corn growing, alfalfa
growing, potato growing, etc., give
great improvement in cereal cropping.
best results cannot be expected with
out the general use of good seed.
Pure, disease free seed is primarily
essential. 1t is not worth while to
work hard to clean up the land, If road
side weeds are allowed to 90 to seed,
and If one continues to sow the weed
seeds with the seed in the drill. 1t is
a surprising fact that many farmers
are yet sowing more weed seeds than
they kill by their methods Of cultiva'
tion.. This statement applies to mus
tard, wild oats, false fax pennycress,
tumbled mustard, quack grass-prac'
tically all of the worst weeds. These
troubles can usually be overcome by
proper seed grading, provided one rails
ed good, plump seed.
There are two features in cereal
cropping which are a persistent drain
on the results from better agriculture
One of these is the grdual accummula'
ton in the crop, due to constant chop
ping on the same land, Of diseased
seed-seeds which are internally dis
eased with blights, such as scab and
various head and root blights. To
overcome these the grower will have
to recognize their presence by the
characteristics of the seed. When a
large percentage of blighted heads ap.
pear in crop the grain is very likely
to be of poor quality to SOW on clean
land unless it is carefully graded and
purified by disinfection before sowing.
The pure seed laboratory was estab'
lished for the purpose of aiding farm
ers to understand these matters, and
to help them to recognize seed quail.
ties. Citizens can send samples OF
their seed to the pure seed laboratory
and receive immediate report as to its
quality, purity and viability without
cost. The botanist is authorized ia
certify to the quality of seed and to
make lists of those who have seed of
high quality. Such lists are sent to
any who wish to buy, whether seeds
men or farmers.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-28

Did you ever see one of those "su-
perior" persons, acting as if the well
fare of the world depended upon his
very nod, without having deep yearn-
ing come stealing through your soul
to soak it on the beak with blue silk
stocking filled with luke warm mud?
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-28
Locates an Ancient Indian Village

of either bones or pottery.
Having found the village, the next
point of interest and Importance was
to locate the source Of the water sup
ply. This DR.. Libby proceeded to do.
He found lake nearby which was
apparently old. He also found
spring and near it a pond, into which
apparently the unused water taken
from the spring was allowed to rum
off.
He next sought to identify the vii
lage. He communicated with the
Mandan and Hildasta Indians, but they
knew nothing about it. Among the.
Arikara he found an old Custer scout
eighty-four years of age named Sol
der, who said that in his boyhood a
very old man of that period called
Blacktailed Deer said that in his boy
hood he had heard the old men speak
ing of such village. DR.. Libby be-
fieves that it dates well back into the
eighteenth century, and that there is
no question but that it was an Arikara,
or as the tribe is commonly called,
Rec village. The Arikara now live at
the Fort Berthold Indian reservation,
the nearest postoff1ce being Elbo-
woods,or Armstrong, across the river
Rec. They have good memories and
remember accurately many of the de-
tails of Clusters campaign. They can
remember where each man was wound
ed in that memorable engagement,
and can tell whether particular man
was wounded in the foot, arm, etc.
General Custer had negro servant,
and he was great curiosity to the In
dams. They tried to rub off the
color thinking he was painted. They
also have distinct recollection of how
frightened he was when General Gus
ter scolded him for some offense
which he had committed. The ap-
pearance of the frightened darky made
an indelible impression upon the old
Arikara chief and he recounts the in
cident with gusto even today.
DR.. Libby will have the village ex-
plored and surveyed, and an attempt
will be made to count the houses
He has also found an old Hidatsa vii
lage near Devils Lake. He heard that
this tribe had once lived there, and
seeking for remains of their villages
he was gratified at being able to To-
cate them. The name of the Arikara.
village near Beaulah means THE
Ones Who Went After Sinew." It.
would be interesting to know how the
village came to be placed where it.
was. -,.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-28

People should break away from the
daily grind long enough to enthuse
a little over the beautiful tints with
which autumn is tinging the trees
and foliage.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-28

Americans are rapidly getting the
knack of making the products we
formerly imported from Germany.
They are now producing Limburger
cheese of the regular horse power.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-28
MILLIONS TAKEN FROM FARMERS

st. Paul News: The organized mar
ket raiders who operate on the great
terminal markets Of the country, are
now doing business on full time, and
the farmers of the northwest are be-
ing feeced out of hundreds of mil
lions of dollars. As the new crop
approached maturity, and before even
bushel of it had reached the mar
kets, with elevators empty and the
freight cars waiting for call to &C.
ton, the manipulators forced down
the price of wheat, oats, and barley
until on an average from one-half
to one-third of the entire value Of
the years crop is taken.
On the basis of Liverpool prices
the market raiders are now taking a
toll from the farmers on wheat over
and above all legitimate charges and
commissions of go cents per 100
weight, or IS cents per bushel. On
oats they are taking more-74 cents
per 100 weight, or 231a cents per BUSH
Ell. Reader. the above statement
scarcely seems possible, does it?
Here are the figures:
Wheat, American, No. /. Nor.
Y Liverpool ................. lis Sd
In our money, per 100 lbs. 1910
Duluth, same grade, 93c bu.,
or 100 lbs ................. lis
Spread between Duluth and
Liverpool .................$1.15
Handling cost, insurance,
ocean freight, elevator
charge and cents commits.
sion for handling .......... "a
Amount taken over fair profit
and all cost Of handling Us 81
American oats, Liverpool, As
POuAOo 10 TIN
Reduced to our money, for
1VV IDs. .............. 1900
Oats, Duluth, No. 3, 80 cents,
or per 100 lbs. ............ 1903
Spread between Duluth and
Liverpool .................$1.3O
Cost of handling between Du-
luth and Liverpool ....... ga
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-28

A sentiment recently expressed by
q loyal American should be endorsed
without argument. He said: If there
Is anyone in this country who feels
that he can't give the United States
loyal support in it's troubles today
after all this country has done for him
then for heavens sake let him get
out"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-28

North Dakota is probably not con-
sideral warlike or prepared for war.
However, it is quite likely Barnes
county could lick Rhode Island or Mex.
leo. BY using kernels of wheat for
shells after drilling and inserting ex.
plosives, they could be blown through
the straws on the principles of a wind
stacker, and quarter section would
furnish enough ammunition to deluge
and overcome the enemy.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-28

These are the days when man will
carry a heavy gun, hundred shells,
walk all day long, kill mud hen
and call it sport.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-28

Mrs. w. F. Shortridge, whe has been
visiting at the home Of her sisters, the
Misses Egge, left with her baby on No.
I Thursday afternoon for Dearborn,
No.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-28

Who was it that gave the priceless
thought to the world that you can
make fountain pen drink, but pen
Gil must be lead?
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-28

Colonel Goethals will have to double
track the Panama canal before every
body will be satisfied.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-28
autumn tang in the air and there isn't
packing house in the state.

Kings are having hard time these
days with but one exception, and that
is King Cotton.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-28

Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Fisher, of spo.
kane, Wash, were arrivals in Valley
City Friday morning, and are register.
ed 40 guests at the Hotel Kindred.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-28

Mrs. Otto Zetterberg and daughter
Jean Margaret, and Mrs. Mark Smith
returned to the city Thursday eve
ming from Minneapolis, where they
have been spending few days this
week. Mrs. Zetterberg and Mrs
Smith went down to the cities on Mon
day in company with Mrs. Cummings
mother Of Mrs. Zetterberg, and Mrs
Jane Pearson, Of jamestown, who left
Minneapolis the early part of the week
via the Santa Fe route for California
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-28

The last number of the Grant Coun-
ty Tribune, c. K. Bassett's paper pub
ushed at Hyannis, Neb., shows a Anal
proof of a homestead for Mr.. Bassett
The people of Valley City will be
pleased to hear of his success since
leaving the Barnes county metropolis.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-28
Amount taken above fair pro-

Amount taken above fair pro-
fit, costs of all kinds ......$ .76
The above figures disclose that of
the selling price of wheat 80 per cent
is taken; of the selling price of oats
70 per cent Is taken, and this is after
every known charge is deducted, allow
ing 2 cents commission to the ex-
porter:
These figures are compiled from the
market reports of Sept. 8, and further
show that wheat is now being export.
ed at the rate Of 100000 bushels a
week, and oats at the rate Of 10000 600
week. Thus, on the amount of wheat
and oats exported without figuring 10.
cal needs at all, the farmers are rob.
bed of the real value of these cereals
to the extent Of $4,500,000 each week.
1t is not to the advantage of every
person living in the northwest to use
his influence and energy to put stop
to this wholesale robbery of our great.
est industry? How can it be done ?
BY building great terminal elevators,
where grain may be stored and cash
drawn against warehouse receipts.
Farmers must have money to meet OBJ
legations; a small percentage of grain
now being shipped, il put in public
elevators would steady the market at
this season. It would also be there to
prevent the raiders from cinching the
consumers later.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-28
VERY POPULAR MOVEMENT.

Probably no movement in North Da-
kota in recent years has met with such
universal favor as North Dakota APP
mediation Week, which was presented
by the North Dakota Press association
and which was made an official act
of the state through a special procla'
nation by Governor Hanna, naming
the the week Of Nov. IA to 20 as the
official week. Briefly outlined, the
plan is to have every newspaper issue
= special booster edition during that
week. filled with special matter pre-
pared by the commissioner Of agricul'
ture at Bismarck, together with local
writeups of the local communities.
Large numbers of extra copies of these
papers are to be mailed to other parts
of the country. In addition to this,
commercial clubs and community or
CARNATIONS are to hold dinners with
special programs of North Dakota ad-
dresses, all churches are requested to
hold special North Dakota services on
Sunday, Nov. IA, and Friday, Nov. 10,
has been set aside by the schools of
There seems to be some misunder-
standing about the reports sent out
that DR.. Craighead had been selected
by the board of regents for commits
sioner of education. He was chosen
to supervise the educational survey,
but was not elected commissioner. The
commissioner will not be selected until
the survey is completed or even later.
the state for special North Dakota ex-
ercises, when prize essays will be read,
special music rendered and other ap-
propriate features given.
North Dakota has enjoyed great pros
perity this year. This state stands at
the top of the whole country in the de-
partment of agriculture reports from
Washington in point of value of all
crops. There is every opportunity for
expressing our appreciation of the vir-
tues, opportunities and resources of
our state and we are we'll justified in
making known her greatness to others.
We will all unite in making North Da'
kota Appreciation Week week long
to be remembered because of its per-
manent value to US.
The Times-Record is making prepa-
rations to issue a big booster edition
for that week. We wish to secure
from farmers and others concise state.
ments of their experience and success
es since coming to North Dakota.
These are the facts which will make
= booster edition OF value to the city
and county and it is these facts that
the Times-Record wishes to secure
within the next week or ten days.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-28

The kandan Pioneer man went
nutty over the "Only Two Vacant
Houses in Valley City" article, and de-
clares there is not a vacant house in
Nandan. It's a cinch the squirrels in
the woods along the Missouri will not
90 hungry.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-28
SILENCE

SILENCE
The birds are silent in the wayside
trees;
No more we hear the hum of vagrant
bees.
Homecoming from the fields when
day is DER,
Their honey-baskets filled with frag-
rant store.
A lonesome cricket chirps at close of
day,
Where erst the robin sang his rounde-
The cornstalks rustic as the west wind
signs
A requiem DER the land as summer
dies.
Bob White gives forth his merry,
coaxing call,
Perched like sentinel upon the wall;
Gross the far blueness of the autumn
sky
Wild geese in trailing fight sail
honking by.
The apples redden in the purple haze
That ushers in the Autumn's golden
days;
And all the choicest fruitage of the
land
Fair, regal Autumn holds within her
hands.
Helen r. Richardson.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-28

About the time the papers were
printing dispatches saying the presi-
dent would be married Nov. 10 it was
also learned that the prospective
bride had been given clay rolling
pin.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-28

It will not be long until the cam.
paign committees are around to tell
the people how hard up they are and
the saving of the country depends up
on the election of their party candi-
date. ."<
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-28

Winter may be coming on and the
coal man will want seven-tenths of
your wages, but with the recall Of
such days as these all will be forgiven.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-28

It. was easy to recognize Gar
rama. Nobody could have guessed
Nrong on those whiskers.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-28

DR.. Macdonald. J. ]. Farley and "
]. Westergaard we're at Darcy Thurs
day.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-28
SOME READABLE VERSE
JITTING

The newest occupation ..
OF our cousins and relation -.
Is fitting. ... ..
They lit to town and back again.. 4,
They turn about and tack again,
While fitting.
,, Some distant jittress flaps her hand
At the jitoneer, to beat the band
o. fitting!
And so he drives up to the pave
Like some land life.boat bent to save
The fitting.
They've started in to making love,
Like trolleyers they hog and shove
While fitting.
They meet the same folks day by
day;
Each looks for each along the way,
While fitting.
They run on streets where cars are
not,
And into many carless spot,
While fitting.
It makes the traction magnates sore
To deafened heavens it makes then
roar,
This fitting.
The newest avocation
OF our cousins and relation;
Is fitting.
They lit to town and back again;
Make business brisk and slack again
BY fitting.
S. w. Gillian.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-28

Most everybody Il talking abost the
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-28
THE OLD SONGS


plain:
We sang them DER and DER again.
Twas long ago, yet now and then
We meet and sing them DER again.
And when the last sweet chord had
died,
We sit in silence side by side.
Our hearts are full to running DER
With raindrops from the skies OIL
yore;
And none dares speak, but, silent all,
We almost hear the shadows fall.
Then, while the twilight deepens fast
AS dim and somber as the past,
Like souls revisiting the spheres
Come back to us the buried years,
And in their light, but not as then,
We live their seasons DER again,
Till closing round our downcast eyes
We feel the binding tear-mists rise.
The olden songs, the simple lays,
Full Of the breath of other days. 81.
With dear associations rife, .
Have come to be part of life, /.
And though they touch the heart will
pain ....
We sing them DER and DER again. o..
John D. Long.