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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-04-01
asst, as compared with s115,215,ss1 for

last, as compared with $115,215,SS1 for
the same period of the proceeding
year. Figures given out by the de-
partment Of commerce showed the
greatest increase was in wheat ey.
ports which rose from s67,654,60S a
year ago to 1928, 205,142. For last
month alone the breadstuff export to.
tailed s62,S75,959, compared with 49,
772,255 in February, 1914, and the
wheat export increased from $3,S93, 1896
to $3S,399 1898.
The departments tables do not show
the destination of these shipments, al
though it is known that the great
bulk of them went to feed the soldiers
and civilian populations of the bellig-
erent countries Of Europe.
Exports of corn and oats also leap
ed upward by millions of dollars last
month and the eight month period
and in February cotton shipments
showed an increase of approximately
$40, 100000 over the same month a
year ago. The total of cotton exports
for the eight months period, however,
fell below the 1914 figures by more
than $2OO,000,0OO, the respective
amount being $49S,910,35S for 1914
and SPAS, 1872 for 1915.
Some idea of the part American beef
is playing in feeding the men in the
trenches may be gained from the fact
that exports of fresh beef increased
last month Of $17,S13,161 from $751;
S45 in February of the proceeding
year, while during the eight months
period the total export was $4,000, 900
greater than in 1914. Canned beef
valued at $7,264,72O went abroad last
month as against $243,766 a year ago.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-04-01
IF YOU WERE A BELGIAN

Duluth Herald: If you We're Bel
gian; had seen your home and your
place of business destroyed by one or
both the contending forces; had some
of your family and friends killed and
others suffering from wounds or pri-
vations; had yourself felt the pinch of
hunger and wondered where your next
meal was to {" lie from, or whether
you we're to e. another
If you had gone through all this and
then had received substantial and sad
ly needed help in the form of food,
clothing and perhaps a little money,
and we're informed that this help came
from a country away across the ocean
and called the United States of Amer
lea
II all this had happened to you, what
would be your opinion of the United
States of America? Have you any
idea. Would you think it land worth
living in and caring about? Would
you think that a nation that could not
only keep out of the war rage, but
that could at the same time give lib
orally and quickly to help others was
deserving of support for its ideals and
institutions?
OF course all this hasn't happened
to you. You haven't had to endure
the trials of other lands, and you have
not had occasion to appreciate what
the United States has done and is do.
ing for you, by contrasting it with the
things not done for you elsewhere.
1t might be a good thing for lot
of us il we could be Belgians for a lit
tie while; if we could be made to ap-
preciate some of the things this coun.
try of ours offers us that cannot be
had everywhere. 1t might make us a
trifle more appreciative of what our
country stands for and what We could
do to help get little nearer the ideal.
Some of us need the lesson rather
badly, sometimes, it would seem. At
least it might teach us the worth
Wilderness of taking more personal in
terest in public affairs and making
greater personal efforts to better our
communities and our political bodies
generally.
If you were Belgian you would
see lot of these things in a differ
ent light than you see them in now
If you doubt it, just Imagine for hal
hour that you are a Belgian and see
what kind of conception you get Of
the land you live in and the oppor
tunities it gives to you.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-04-01
ELKs OF DEVILS LAKE TO BUILD

Devils Lake, N. D., March pam
other step in the direction Of provid-
ing an Elks home for Lodge No. 1915
of Devils Lake, the last move prelim-
mary to letting the contract for the
erection of an elegant structure, was
taken this week when Holmboe and
Lafferty of Clarksburg, w. Va, were
ordered to prepare plans and specifi-
cations.
The structure which the local lodge
will erect is Al by 40 feet in dimen-
sion with three full floors and sub
basement. The front is of colonial de-
sign, handsome columns setting off the
structure. In exterior appearance,
general arrangement and interior
completeness the proposed Elk home
will be second to none in the entire
northwest, costing when complete
about $4,000. It will be located on
the lots on Fifth street, near Earring
ton avenue, which have been held by
the Elk lodge for some time in anti
cipation of the new building.
The ground floor will be most strik-
ing, embodying the latest ideas, some
of which are not to be found in the
west. In the front will be the gen.
tlemen's lounging room, the ladies re-
ception room, the stewards office, the
board of governors Office, and the Sec
retary's office. The back half, of both
the first and second floor, is devoted
to the lodge and ball room which will
prove a revelation of beauty. The
front half of the second floor will be
devoted to a dormitory, eleven rooms
being provided.
The basement is devoted to a ban.
quet room and private dining rooms, a
billiard room, bowling alley and kitch-
en-. ....-.. 8HE'
A sub-basement provides room for
the heating plant and the machinery
for the modern ventilating system, in
Guiding a fan room.
The structure will be made just as
near fire proof as possible. It is ex-
pected the plans will be completed in
a very short time, following which
bids will be invited for the construc-
ton work. The Devils Lake Elks
have reached a decision and hand
some new home is the result.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-04-01
GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY
GIVES HoMEsEEkERs' RATES

Deveils Lake, March 24-The Great
Northern is arranging to do it's share
in boosting along the immigration
movement of North Dakota. A re-
duced fare is recognized as one of
the most essential features in import
ing landseekers and on May Is this
plan will be inaugurated by the rail-
way Col. Jos. M. Kelly received the
following letter from e. c. Leedy, gen.
eral immigrant agent, which explains
the proposition.
Dear Sir: You will probably be in
terested to learn that arrangements
have been made for placing in effect
the low round trip homeseekers rates
for parties of five or more travelling
on one ticket to points on the Great
Northern railway in North Dakota.
The first date of sale will be May Is.
All the details have not been definitely
worked out as yet, but we will be able
to advise definitely within a short
time. II you contemplate any active
work in eastern territory this season
and the low rate will have any effect
upon your plans this information may
be of some service to you. I am in
hopes that we will have an oppor.
tunity Of cooperating with you in the
further advertising and settlement of
North Dakota.
III you have any agencies in other
states or if you contemplate soliciting
business personally, We will be in po-
sition to supply you, for distribution,
some of our new North Dakota bulle-
tins which give detailed information
concerning the resources and oppor-
tunities in North Dakota.
"Please advise if we can cooperate
in any way. Yours truly,
e. C. Leedy,
General ImmigrationAgen
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-04-01
can't measure success with yard
stick or weigh it as you would pound
Of butter. ...

The following lines were written to
apply to Texas, but the Mexican stu.
alton arouses the suspicion that mis-,
take was made and it should have in.
cluded the tract across the Rio:
The devil in hell, we're told was
chained.
And thousand years he there re.
mained;
He never complained, nor did he
groan,
But determined to start hell of his
own,
Where he could torment the souls OF
men
Without being chained in prison pen.
So he asked the Lord if he had on
hand
Anything left when he made the land.
The Lord said: Eyes, I have plenty
on hand.
But l left it down on the Rio Grande.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-04-01
PRESIDENT TALKS TO NATION.

''In the following words President
Wilson addressed the people of the
nation tonight through several hun
dred representative business men at
tending the annual convention Of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States. ..
There is shortage of food in the
world now. That shortage will be
more serious few months from now
than it is now.
1T is necessary that we should
plant a great deal more. It is neces-
sary that our land should yield more
per acre than it does now.
1T is necessary that there should
not be pillow or spade idle in this
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-04-01
THE stLo, NORTH DAkoTA's
COMING TRADE MARK

Many authorities agree that the silo
will soon come to be the trade mark
of the North Dakota farmer. From all
over the state comes endorsement of
the usefulness and profitableness of
the silo. Here is one from the Cando
Record of March II:
Under the heading "Silo Pays for It.
SELF the Record says:
IF it did not come from a pretty
reliable source, We might be inclined
to doubt it, but it was R. F. Powell who
told us, and r. F. is generally consider
ed as a paragon of reliability and so
we give his silo experience the way it
was told to us.
Last summer Mr.. Powell built silo
on his home farm east Of Cand0. 1t
was large silo, with a capacity Of
100 tons, and costing about $500. Aft
er harvesting his corn silage he found
he had only sixty tons, or not much
more than one-third enough to fill the
silo. From the first regular rations Of
silage gave the best of results, and
after ten weeks of feeding he finds
that he has paid for the silo out Of the
gains made in his live stock. And he
still has lot of silage left. OF course,
this is only an estimate, but everybody
that knows Mr.. Powell will agree that
he is a pretty careful and conserva-
tive estimator.
If one man with $500 silo one
third filled can pay for it out Of the
first ten weeks operation, what will
be the result when every farmer in
Towner county owns one Of those
money-making contraptions? Why, it
brings to our view such a celestial Wis
ion Of fatted calves, paid up subscrip-
tons, automobiles, macadamized roaus
unmortgaged churches, cash stores
and high salaried baseball clubs that
it is impossible for us to give our
grand view of the future adequate or
tons, automobiles, macadamized roads
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-04-01
SHAW SAYS FARMERS
LIKE THE SHORTHORN

st. Paul, March 25.-Prof. Thomas
Shaw, live stock expert of the Great
Northern road, returned from trip
through the southwestern part OF
North Dakota, where he addressed
five meetings Of farmers last week
Nine-tenths of those who attended his
meetings, Prof. Shaw said, favor the
milking Shorthorn cattle as the best
all-round stock for farmers ..7@.
Montana and Washington farmers
agree with Minnesota and North Da'
kota as to fodder crops and more live
stock" he said. "They also are COM
ing to understand the dual purpose
Shorthorns. We have placed Il
Shorthorn bulls in North Dakota.
"As to the formation of new Short
horn association, I shall Immediately
correspond with representative Short
horn men through the northwest and
ascertain their views as to the best
way of proceeding with this work
There is no division of opinion as to
the need of reducing the registration
fee from 500 to nominal figure, say
81, and also on the need of stimulat
ing the upgrading, that is, crossing
grade COWS with Shorthorn sires."
Prof. Shaw, much pleased with the
action of the cooperative committee
of the commercial club in taking ul
the live stock campaign, will attend q
preliminary conference at the clul,
within few days when members Of
the club will confer.
President John J. Flanagan of the
Stock Yards National bank has been
consulting President n. P. Rogers Of
the South St. Paul Live Stock ex
change and others as to details Of a
plan for circulating live stock litera
ture. Officials Of Union Stock Yards
company also are considering this
phase of the question.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-04-01
A BOYS DOG.

No, stree, that dog won't bite;
Not bit of danger!
What's his breed? Sure, I don't know
Jest boys dog" stranger.
No st. Bernard, yet last year,
Time the snow was deepest,
Dragged a little shaver home
Where the hill was steepest.
Ain't a bulldog, but you bet
'Twouldn't do to scott him.
Fastened on a tramp one time
Couldn't pry him off him.
Not a pointer-jest the same
When it is all over,
Amt a better critter round
Startin up the plover.
Sell him? Say, there amt his price,
Not in all the nation!
Jest boys dog" that's his breed
Finest in creation!
-McLandburgh Wilson.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-04-01
GRAND coMMANDERY TO MEET.

Bismarck, March 24.-North Dakota
Grand Commandery Knights Templar
will hold their twenty-sixth annual
conclave in this city Tuesday and
Wednesday,, April 20 to Fl. This is
the twenty-fifth anniversary and there
will be appropriate ceremonies con-
Quoted. Walter L. Stockwell, of Far
go, is the grand recorder and John W.
Carroll of Lisbon is the grand COM
mander.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-04-01
CORRESPONDENTS WANTED.

The Times-Record wants a cores.
pondent in every neighborhood in
Barnes county-we wouldn't object if
we had two in each neighborhood. We
can't afford to pay for the items, but
we will furnish all the stationery and
send you the paper. Write us or, bet
ter still, come in some time when you
are in Valley City. We need your
help in making the Times-Record the
best paper in North Dakota. We
really can't do it without you. Come
and help US. .' s.r.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-04-01

May has been set apart as Arbor
Day, and this beautiful custom should
be observed generally over the state.
The trees planted now about the
schools and grounds means much to
future generations. Let everybody
make an effort to plant tree.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-04-01
GOT PASSPORT TO HAPPINESS

Judge Irgens, of the count court, is
sued a marriage license Thursday
morning to William F. Preitline, of
Wimbledon, and Miss Anna Hendry,
also of Wimbledon. ...
The happy couple were married in
the M. E. parsonage Thursday after.
noon, Rev. C. E. Vermilya officiating
They were accompanied by J. F., Treit.
line. and Caroline Krisp. They will
make their home near Wimbledon.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-04-01
MExlCANS TEAR UP .-
AN AMERICAN FLAG

Washington, March 25.-Secretary
w. J. Bryan revealed today that in the
original report of the murder Of John
B. McManus. an American citizen, in
Mexico City, by Zapata troops, the
Brazilian minister had notified the
state department also that the Ameri
can flag was pulled from the house and
partially torn up. r
The secretary said that request for
PREPARATION for the indignity to the flag
was sent at the time, but he did not
reveal what form it had taken. He
denied, however, that there had been
any request for salute to the flag.
Secretary Bryan said that, while re-
greet had been expressed for the killing
Of McManus, he did not recall that any
regret had been expressed for the flag
incident
Rear Admiral William B. Capperton.
commanding the American feet in
Mexican waters, today ordered the bat
tleship Georgia from Vera Cruz TO Pro
greso, where there have been local
troubles. His dispatch reporting the
movement of the Georgia said the port
of Progreso still was open.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-04-01

People who improve the shining
working hours in honest labor, con-
tent with real friends ind the simple
inexpensive pleasures found in the low
ing lap of nature, are the real kings
in kingdom of happiness, content
ment and peace.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-04-01
LAND AS PRODUCTIVE
AS THAT OF ILLINOIS

blSIlldICh, MdICIl H. CldIL Iudl
a man can take 100 acres of this good
land and put it in a good state of
cultivation and make just as many
dollars year after year, as he can no
100 acres in Illinois. If anyone doubts
this come to me and l will prove it
to him."
This is the closing paragraph of a
letter written by Geo. W. Ashbury, a
Grand Forks farmer to Commissioners
Flint of the Agricultural department.
The letter is interesting and shows
what can be accomplished by attend
ing to business and staying on the
job in North Dakota. After a few
Introductory remarks, Mr.. Ashbury
says:
II came here in the spring of 1910,
and made a failure that year, sowed
100 acres of clover and got nothing.
OF course they all gave me the laugh,
but l went ahead the next year and
sowed 40 acres of clover and got a
good stand, and have been successful
with clover ever since. found my
mistake the first year.
"In 1911 l had 300 acres Of rye and
100 acres of wheat. Ttey gave me
the laugh at that, but 1 threshed OUT
Is bushels to the acre, just the same.
have had good success will alfalfa,
also. I have raised and fattened ATS
head of hogs in the last four years.
l claim that hogs will do better right
here than in Illinois, where l fed hogs
for 20 years before came here.
made 81 head of hogs weigh 260 pounds
each last year. When nine months
old I sold them at So per hundred.
weight. The last 80 days 1 fed these
hogs they paid me $1.27 per bushel
for the corn they ate.
II have stock scales on my farm
and weigh my hogs every two weeks.
l also weigh every bushel of feed
they eat. That is the only way to
know what they are doing. I have
104 hogs and "a head of cattle on feed
at the present time. l raised 5000
bushels Of matured corn on the 80
acres of the poorest land l have this
year. l hired this corn husked and
weighed it over the scales. l have
40 acres of clover and alfalfa on my
farm now and am going to SOW more
next spring.
II raise horses, cattle, hogs, poultry
wheat, rye, oats, barley, fax, clover
alfalfa, potatoes and corn. I aim to
have something to sell any time of the
year.
II just got back from Illinois.
think that one has five times the op
portunity for making money here that
he has in Illinois, and I also think il
a much better climate to live in.
"As to my success in North Dakota
I have no kick coming, in fact none
of any kind to make. All there is t.
it is to keep a stiff upper lip and g
ahead.
II claim that man can take Is,
acres of this good land and put it ir
good state of cultivation and make
just as many dollars year after year
as he can on 100 acres in Illinois. i
anyone doubts this, let him come tt
me and will prove it to him"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-04-01

When it comes to making real estate
deals everybody must take off their
hats to Uncle SAM He managed to
get title to Alaska for $7,0O0,OO0, and
secured the whole Louisiana territory
for $15,00O,O00.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-04-01

A farmers reason for the high cost
of living is that he is supposed to
know the botanical name of what he
raises, the chronological name of the
insect that eats it, and the pharma-
ceutical name of the chemical that
will kill it; and for all that somebody
must pay.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-04-01

How to pronounce the word Pre-
mysl: Jay-meezle, with the accent on
the "meez" and giving the "j' the soft
sound, as in French. Or as though it
were spelled Szhay-meezle.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-04-01

Any man who lives pure, clean,
frugal life, raises and educates FAM
lily and leaves the world better for his
having contributed to it's welfare has
been successful. Such man has done
for his generation hundred times
more than many a nan who has left
merely millions to his posterity. You
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-04-01

Settlers who have been flocking to
every doomed piece of wilderness
throughout the west might better turn
their attention to the desirable land
in Barnes county, North Dakota.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-04-01

There's bound to be trouble in the
public schools until a course is sup
piled for learning how to run a gaso-
line engine.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-04-01

A Cleveland, Ohio, Judge has decided
that married man is the boss of his
wife, and in the state of presidential
timber the sun is shining for father"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-04-01
GREAT INCREASE IN
EXPORTS OF WHEAT

Washington, March 25.-American
breadstuffs worth $357,091,s23 were
shipped abroad during the eight
months period ending February 2S
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-04-01

A new definition for a smile is:
the lighting system of the face and
the heating system of the heart.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-04-01

It is just as difficult to find farmer
who says "by Heck" as it is to find
a city chap who says please, sir"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-04-01

There is talk of Valley City having
a jitney bus-maybe.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-04-01

One thing to be thankful for is that
the new styles in mems hats are not
cast on military lines.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-04-01

The American National Bank has
been designated a reserve agent for
the Stutsman County Bank, of Cour-
tenay. .. l.s
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-04-01

"The Lord will provide" is about all
the re igion a lazy man cares to know
about.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-04-01
4 Happy Home
Tread Whit Peruna DID

Mrs. James F. Summit, No. 1905
East Eighth St.. Muscatine. Iowa.
writes:
my health was SO miserable for
years that I was practically an in
valid. We had no family, owing to
my Ill health. was induced to give
Peruna trial, and found very quickly
that it was helping me.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-04-01

The United States exports now are
mostly protests.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-04-01

Entered at the Postofflce in Valley
City, N. Oak, as second class mail
matter.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-04-01

st. GATHERINGS Altar society has set
the date. for their social gathering and
entertainment for the evening of We'd
nesday, April Z.
Evening star., 1915-12-18
ASK EMERGENCY FUND.
Delegations Want Destroyed Canker
Infesting Orange Groves.

The subcommittee Of the House COM
mittee on appropriations today gave a
hearing to representatives OF the citrus
fruit industry OF California and Flori-
da. who are asking Congress for aid In
eradicating the canker which threatens
to destroy the orange groves of those
states. The House committee on ag-
riculture expects to provide an appro-
priation of 100000 in the next ap-
preparation bill for this purpose. but
that appropriation would not be avail
able until June 1, 1916.
The committee on appropriations was
asked to provide 100000 in the de-
ficiency appropriation bill as an emer-
gency fund. the delegation claiming
that the canker disease can be Destroy
ed IL taken In time.
1t was stated that the citrus fruit In
dustry represents an investment of
500, ,00o,0 It was said that in Flo
rida more than 100000 trees have al
ready been destroyed, and that the
Florida orange industry is threatened
with determination.