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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-09-09
OLD
SEED CORN

TO the People of North Dakota:
The seed corn situation in North Da.
kota may be serious one and every
thing possible should be done to save
and to care for any corn that may ma
ture in the state this year.
For the first time in the history of
North Dakota, practically the entire
corn acreage of the state was sown
with North Dakota seed corn. It may
be many years again before we have
such an early frost as we had this
year. If there is any old corn left in
the state anywhere it should be care
fully conserved and taken care of.
sincerely hope that the people of the
state will do all that lies within their
power to conserve any of the old corn
that may still be on hand in North Da-
Dakota and protect and care for any
corn that may mature in the state this
year. u
L. B. HANNA, Governor.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-09-09
British Liner Iorpedoed

Queenstown, Sept. 6.-Six second
cabin passengers, six third class pas
sengers and 13 of the crew of the
Hesperian, torpedoed $50 miles off
Queenstown Saturday night, were un-
accounted for tonight, according to re-
vised official figures by the Allan line.
This brings the probable death list,
including Miss Garderry, of st. Johns,
whose body is here, up to 26. w.
The captain of the second class
liner remained by his ship until it
sank. He declined to comment on the
disaster for publication. Since the
official statement whether the ship
was the victim of torpedo or mine,
must come from the admiralty, the
captain, however, is quoted as saying
that the Hesperian was torpedoed.
Captain Main and the officers who
remained aboard the steamer while
efforts were being made to tow her
to port, were able to save some Of
their effects before the ship plunged
to the bottom, 7S miles southwest of
Tartnet taking with her 3,545 bags of
mail, much of it originating in neutral
countries.
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Kenlnare People Lost
Fortune yCernlanW Wa1

Kenmare, Sept. 6.-The European
war was brought home to two Ken
mare people in an unusual way re.
Gently when Mrs. Harry Foster and
her brother, Henry L. Won Schenck,
who has been a guest at her home
for the greater part of the summer,
learned tht the greater part of a
100000 fortune left them by their
father, Charles Adolphus Won Schenck,
a German baronet, had been cont1s-
Gated by the German government to
be used for war purposes.
The elder Schenck passed away
nearly 80 years ago. A brother Of
the local heirs, now living in Mime
sofa, was made executor of the es-
tate, and there are four children, all
claiming equal shares. The estates,
al in moneys, had been held by two
uncles living in Germany. Since the
war broke out the government finding
itself in need of all the cash it could
raise, has taken over all moneys held
by it's subjects, over and above their
immediate, needs, for war purposes.
Hence were the heirs to agree now,
and demand a division of the estate
the government would take 81 per
cent of the total, leaving only the re-
naming nine per cent to be distrib-
uted.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-09-09
Mott Men Devise a
New Motor Binder

Mott, Sept. 6.-Ira Banning, one of
the prosperous progressive farmers
living southwest of Mott, has been
having his fields of grain cut during
the past week by a motor-driven bind
er which not only saves the work of
the horses but is time saver as we'll.
Sometime ago Mr.. Banning and his
two sons conceived the plan of having
a real auto-binder to do their grain
cutting this year, and forthwith ord
cred a new twelve-foot Mccormick
push-binder, which usually requires
six horses to do the work. But horses
were not what they wanted for power
and in their stead they planned to
make use of a twenty horse power
motor which had been obtained from
an old automobile With the binder
and motor they proceeded to the firm
of Jackson & Blanke to get the two
pieces of machinery to work in har:
mony.
The Motor-binder consists of the u.s.
ual twelve-foot binder with an extra
large drive wheel, and the frame re-
inforced to hold the four-cylinder en-
gine and the double set of gears. One
set of gears is used to propel the
machine while the other runs the bin
der part of it. And there is also
clutch to shift from low to high speed
according to the hills or knobs in the
field, and for turning in small space
the machine has a reverse. Both the
clutch and the speed are controlled
from the drivers seat.
The engine furnishes far more DOW
er than is needed and it is very easy
for the machine to cut on hilly land
at the rate of four or five miles an
hour, and in one trial on level
stretch it covered mile in eight min
utes, which shows that the work of
horses is easily exceeded and also that
the acreage cut in a day depends en-
tirely upon the condition of the fields.
Mr. Banning has nearly 500 acres of
wheat, oats, rye and barley this year
and this new binder is most valu-
able asset for the rapid work that is
so essential in caring for the quickly
ripening grain.
Messrs. Jackson and Blanke have
received many inquiries during the
week concerning this binder from
other farmers in the neighborhood,
and they will have few more to build
before harvest time rolls around next
year.
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Moorhead Man Killed
Under Overturned Car

Fargo, Sept. Louis Engh, former
bartender in Moorhead, was killed out.
right; Henry G. Rogers, former Moor.
head agent for the Duluth Brewing
company lies in the Northwestern hos
pital, Moorhead, with injuries that
might prove fatal, and two other men
-one being c. A. Shorner, of Moor
head, and the other person not known
barely escaped with their lives when
the automobile in which they were
riding, driven by 'Engh and travelling
at high speed, turned completely over
one mile northwest of Baker, at $40
O'Clock yesterday evening. 1t was the
climax of Labor Day celebration in
GAINESVILLE, from which city the four
men were returning to Moorhead.
Four hundred passengers on No. 1,
the Great Northern Oriental limited,
in charge of Conductor l.. B. Weller,
of Grand Forks, and filled with stud
ents, many of whom were bound for
the Moorhead state normal, shuddered
and turned pale when the Limited,
running 35 minutes late, stopped near
the scene of the accident, and they
watched rescuers labor over and under
the machine to extricate the bodies
pinioned beneath. Many women in
the train turned their heads away
from the sight as the body of Engh
was taken from under the wrecked
car and plcaed alongside the railway
track. 1t was brought to Moorhead
on No. II, the evening local. and taken
to an undertaking establishment. Rog-
ers was placed aboard the Limited and
rushed to the Northwestern hospital.
Shorner's injuries were not serious.
Eye-witnesses to the tragedy state
that Engh was killed outright. His
head was crushed almost beyond rec
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Cray's Department Store Closes Big Land Deal

practically new stock of goods. Not
an old garment in the ladies' ready
to-wear department remains, nor a
piece of past season furs. The dry
goods section was thoroughly combed
of all out-of-date, soiled, and shop.
worn numbers; the sorting was done
by the Gray company themselves, so it
is assumed that only such merchandise
as was undesirable was moved.
This progressive store believes in
keeping it's stock clean and up to the
minute and such enterprise and effort
should be appreciated by the buying
public. This cleanup of old stock, TAX
en- in connection with the new mil
linery department just added, is al.
most the same as a new store for Val.
ley City and should make Gray's one
of the shopping centers of Barnes
county.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-09-09

One of the best stock-cleaning
stunts ever pulled off in this vicinity
was closed Saturday by the Gray de.
partment store when they completed
a deal for three quarter sections of
Mclean and Sheridan county lands
in exchange for odds and ends and
out-of-date merchandise from their big
department store stock.
The merchandise exchanged con-
sisted of all past season garments in
their ladies' ready-to-wear department
and all such merchandise in their dry
goods section as they wished to clean
up, in addition to their entire stock
of ladies' furs, which have been re.
placed with new goods.
The deal involves an exchange value
of close to $4,000 and puts the Gray
company in position to show a
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-09-09
Border Troops on Alert

Washington, Sept 6. - American
troops along the Rio Grande remained
on the alert today to check any re-
currence of raids into Texas by Mexi-
can brigands.
Extraordinary precautions had been
taken by border patrol officers after
the circulation of reports that pre-
parations were underway for a general
invasion of United States territory.
Major General Funston had full con-
troll to deal with any emergency and
officials here indicated that the Ameri-
can commanders would not hesitate to
pursue to rout the participants in
any movement approximating an
armed invasion. If the raiders con-
tinue to apepar only in small bands,
however, it was understood they
would not be followed across the from
tier.
News dispatches from the border
stated the situation had been relieved
by cooperation of the Carranza mill
tary authorities who removed their
troops from the river bank at Cavazos
crossing, the scene of clash on Sun
day.
The Carranza agency in Washington
also issued a statement denying re-
ports that some of the Mexican raid
ers who were killed wore Carranza
uniforms and that Carranza leaders in
Coahuila and Nuevo Leon were seek
ing to stir up Mexican sentiment
against the United States.
Another meeting was in prospect
this week. Some hope was expressed
today that Carranza in his long delay
ed reply to their appeal for peace
conference Of Mexican leaders, might
leave the way open for negotiations
aimed at restoration Of order.
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German Menace to
Russia More Serious

London, Sept. 6.-The menace to
Riga, an important Russian seaport in
the Baltic, is becoming more serious.
The Germans still hold the bridge
head at Friederickstadt, the occupa-
ton of which effectively cuts off Ri
gas railway communication to the
south, while German aircraft are ac-
tive in the gulf perhaps presaging an
other naval clash as a part of a con-
certed German movement from lanu
and sea to complete the isolation Of
the city and force it's abandonment
by the Russians.
According to an unofficial Berlin
dispatch received via Copenhagen, the
Germans claim possession Of the gulf,
the Russians having abandoned na-
goe, the northernmost of the three
islands just outside the gulf.
Today's Berlin official communica-
tion lays no claim to further progress
by Field Marshal Won Hindenberg
from the Baltic to Grodno, but thence
southwark the arms of Prince Leo
pold and Field Marshal Won Machen-
zen are said to be moving forward
while the Austrian official statement
covering the battle line farther south
and east, records nothing but Teu-
tonic gains.
The great artillery duel in the West
goes on unabated with the French and
presumably the British, the aggress-
ors. The fact that it has continued
for a fortnight unabated leads to the
belief in some quarters that it may
mean preparation for an allied often
sive before the approach of cold wea-
ther.
The Turkish torpedo boat Destroy
er Var Hissar has been sunk in the
sea of Marmora by an allied submar-
inc. The Var Hissar was built in 1907
She was 1874 feet long and displaced
2S4 tons. The vessel had a speed of
% knots.
The British steamer Mimoso from
New York for Belfast has been sunk.
The crew was saved. The Mimosa, a
S,466 ton vessel, left New York on
Aug. 81 for Belfast.
In reprisal for a German aerial
raid on Lumeville during market day
which resulted, according to French
official reports, in many casualties, for
the most part to women and children,
a squadron of 40 French aeroplanes
has bombarded the station works and
Continued on Page 81
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Holdups Work
at Devils Lake

Devils Lake, Sept. 6.-Frank Ira
cey, accompanied by his wife, had a
thrilling experience last evening en-
route to the Sportsman farm about $3.50
in which a couple of woold-be robbers
came out second best in the encounter.
On the grade west of the Ryan farm
Mr.. and Mrs. Tracey noticed a couple
of men ahead of them, one on each
side Of the road.
The team was put to lively pace
AS the rig approached it was clear to
Mr.. Tracey what was the intention of
the men. They made an effort to grab
the horses by the head, but failed.
They then raced along the side of the
rig, apparently figuring on jumping in
and getting hold of the lines.
At this juncture Mr.. Tracey treated
one Of the individuals to fine welt
from the whip to the face, disposing
of him. The other was soon outdis-
tanced. No guns were displayed
Outside of fright experienced by
Mrs. Tracey the young folks were lit
tie the worse for the experience
A short time afterwards, but too
soon to have been done by the same
pair, two men held up a pair of ne
groes in the Great Northern yards.
These men used guns and according
to the colored men they were of the
young cannon size. No money was
obtained, the visible supply being too
low.
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Villa Stops Troops

Ell Paso, Tex, Sept. 6.-Report that
General Angeles, on way to Nogales
via Juarez, was halted by General
Villa and sent to Monterey, lacked
confirmation but was generally &C.
credited here. Angeles was due at
Juarez several days ago.
A train bearing his escort of so Off
GERS and 100 men arrived last Friday.
kilograms addressed to Angeles at
Torron by his officers here remained
unanS Wered.
No official word of the progress of
the attack which was made by the
Villa forces on Monterey has been re-
ceived here.
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Civil Service Exalllina-
ton in This City Soon

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces an open COM
petitive examination in Valley City
Nov. 6.
Vacancies in frst-grade, or clerical,
positions in the customs service; in
the positions of clerk, storekeeper,
guager in the internal-revenue SER
vice; and in other positions that re.
quire similar qualifications, as they
may occur in the United States classi-
fed service in the city named or its
vicinity, unless it is found to be in the
interest of the service to fill any va
cancy by reinstatement, transfer, or
nrOmOtiOn
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Minnesota Wets"
Lose in Legal Fight

Breckenridge, Mimi, Sept. 6.-The
litigation in connection with the coun-
ty option election in Wilkins county,
has been dismissed and as result
all hope of the wet forces to hold
Breckenridge the last hops of wet
stronghold on the North Dakota bor-
der, went glimemring.
The drys carried Wilkins county on
the face of the returns by twenty-six
votes. The vets contested. The drys
Continued on Page 8.)
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Berlin Reticent

Berlin, Via London, Sept. - The
German admiralty has yet no definite
information regarding the Hesperian
case. The sinking of the liner was Of
ficially commented on to this effect
1T is advisable to wait for more detin.
ite news as to whether the steamer
was actually torpedoed and if so, un-
der what conditions"
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500 FREIGHT TRAIN WRECKED

Bismarck, Sept. Ga 500 line way
freight was wrecked today between
Fredonia and Kuhn. Three cars and
the caboose left the track. Several
hundred feet Of track was torn up and
traffic delayed several hours. No one
was hurt IN.
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Miss Ella Holtquist Of the Right
Price Nero. Co., returned from the
Twin Cities on No. 3 Tuesday morn
ing, having ordered an immense stock
Of the latest styles in fall and winter
millinery.
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Fire Damages Minot Creamery

( f. p
Minot, Sept. 6.-The creamery of the
Northern Produce company, located on
the 500 right of way in the eastern
part of the city, was badly damaged by
fire late Saturday evening. The orig
in Of the fire is unknown. The dam.
age to the building and machinery is
approximately $1,50O 1t was fully GOV.
cred by insurance.
The fire department made a splen-
did fight against the flames which had
a good headway when the boys reach
ed the scene, though the run was a
record d-breaker in time. Adjuster
Turner of Fargo is in the city today
adjusting the loss.
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Bishop Vincent Wehrley, Of Bis
marck, was a visitor Of Father Sailer's
Monday, while en- route home from
Bowbells. He reports conditions in
church work in the West very prosper
GUS, also the crops fine and better
than for many years. His word
counts as he has been missionary in
North Dakota for Is years.
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Subject Weight
Spelling ................. 10
Arithmetic 25
Penmanship .................. Is
Report writing NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Is
Copying and correcting manu-
script l5
Geography and civil government Of
Total 100
Competitors who fail to obtain a rat
ing of at least 70 in arithmetic or 65 in
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NOTICE.

The Buckhannon and Northern Rail.
road Company, a West Virginia cor
poration, and the Monongahela Rail.
road Company. a Pennsylvania corpor.
alton, have, according to the laws OF
West Virginia and Pennsylvania, been
consolidated into q railroad company
to be known as The Monongahela Ran.
way Company; the agreement Of ON.
solidation having been fled in the OF.
fee Of the Secretary OF State Of West
Virginia on the tenth day Of July. 1915.
Here after the properly formerly
owned by the BuckhanDon and North
ern Railroad Company in West Viz.
ginia and the MoaonGaheia Railroad
Company in Pennsylvania will be own
ed and operated by The Monongahela
Railway Company.
The Monongahela Railroad Company.
Buckhannon & Northern Ral1road
Company.
The Monongahela Railway Company.
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to be provided for BY

Amount 10 be provided for by
levy ..$2,S63.45
1t appearing to the council that the
total valuation Of all taxable property
in this municipality according TO the
last assessment thereof, is SSls.13l;
being real estate to the value Of
SAL ISIS personal property to the
value OF $lS1,6OO; and railroad and
other property assessed by the board
Of public works 10 the value OF $194.-
646, as certified 10 the council by the
officer whose duty Il is 10 make such
report, and it appearing from the fore.
going estimates that it is necessary
to raise by levy, after deducting all
credits. $2,963.45 for municipal pur-
poses; therefore It is determined that
a levy on each One Hundred Dollars
valuation Of thirty.fve cents (35c) for
municipal purposes will be necessary
TO produce the estimated amount as
aforesaid for the ensuing fiscal year.
State Of West Virginia,
County Of Marion,
Town Of Monongah. To-wit:
/, Lee \. Satterfield, Recorder in
and for the municipality OF Monongah.
county of Marion and State Of West
Virginia. do hereby certify that the
foregoing is a true copy from the rec.
ords Of an order made by the council
Of said municipality on the 10th day
Of August, 1915.
Given under my hand this 18th day
Of August, 1915.
LEE n. SATTERFIELD, !,
Recorder of the Municipality OF Mo
nongah, w. Va. S-12-19
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SPECIAL NOTICES
ESTIMATES OF LEVY, 1915
CITY OF FAiRMoNT
August 10, 1915.

I,-,rt m 1oIs
Aue.St e s..
a spec!a! session o. 1850 NJ %
AHdIES OF tne C!ty u La 80.
ron county Nese NHslu!S' Het u aae
SouncH chambers tIeEsot, ~ 'He Wy
buttulGs on 4 " u1E Hueuet,
$50 Heio as PEoNIueu aH@
pursuant 20 aoIouf"neH' u august
D $40
present: AnInoHy Bowen mayor
ana ). WalteF BARNES -. EeHiuau
ana Ira l. snltH, nnissso8eLS De,
ing a.! ne members Oh satu ous'G o.
Analrs OF sa1o cry OF auo
Aoert !. Kern cry clerk u s@1u Guy
Oh :,
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APPLICATION FOR PARDON.

Notice is hereby given that on or
about the 10th day OF September,
I3E5. On application viii be filed with
E. G. Pierson, Pardon Attorney.
Charleston. West Virginia, for the
Pardon of Bruno Earace. convicted OF
the crime OF unlawful woupding. at
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ESTIMATE OF LEVY.
State OF West Virginia.
County OF Marion,

county OIL MARION,
Town o! Monongah. To.wit:
Al a special session OF the council!
Of the Town OF Mononsah, Marion
county, held in the council chambers
thereof. in the Mayor 5 oIice build
ing on the 10Th day OF August. 1915,
there were present T. C. Price, Mayor,
Lee y. Satterde!d. recorder. and J. h.
Leonard. c. II. Arp and Clarence Cur,
rey. members OF The council OF said
town.
In accordance with section !, chap,
ter 8, OF the Acts OF the extraordinary
session OF the Legislature OF 1905. the
council proceeded TO make up an est.
mate OF the amounts necessary 10 be
levied for the current fiscal year. TO
cover all municipal debts and llabi!i.
ties payable during the said year. In
Guiding probable expenditures for mu'
nicipal purposes, and proper allow.
aaces for delinquent taxes, expense
OF collections and contingencies: but
dedVcting theretrom the money in the
city treasury applicable 10 the service
Of the year and mu!cipal claims. and
doth determine and estimate the sew
era! amounts 10 be levied follows:
EsN.--@
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GIOMGsTL4S, AGCEssoRIES

WANTED-Sour puto 20 repair. AL
work promptly d9ae and guarantee.
Quick service and reasonable charges.
Cars washed and stored. Carbon re-
moved by oxygen process. Fu!! line
guaranteed tires in stock. Standard
gasoline and auto accessories. FAR
mont Garage CO., Morgantown Ave.
7-2I-26t-No. 2G9
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MONEY TO LOAN

MONEY LOANED in sums OF SO 10
$50 10 anyone having steady wc-h.
Can be repaid il sma!! monthly pay.
meats. No reference or endorsement
required. Business strictly connden-
tial. Address Box 5S5. ClarksbG-g, ".
Va. 7-29.tf-No. 2S5
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CHAPTER Xxx.
b Sewer RaAs.

''Who was the thief that robbed you,
excellency" demanded Landozi. as
they drew up near the edge OF the
efty-did you see him weIl?"
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SITUATION ~WANTED-Female
WANTED-Home for self and seven
ycar.old daughter. Can do general
housework. Best OF references. Ad-
dress. 800 Baraey street, Consol. phone
$50 S-t9.8t-Eo. 32-.
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SPECIAL NOTICES


the May term. 1915. Of the rinna,
Court of Marion County andaenteneea
to Imprisonment IN the West uif
PeRitentiary for the period Of ge2r
Signed: BRUNO EARAcE
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ROOMS WANTED


WANTED-Tnree rooms with BATH.
furnished or unfinished Tor light
housekeeping. State price. Address
D. r. Lawson. Jacobs Bldg Con.
phone 382. S-l9-1t-No. 81
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Estimated pishursements.

Debts and demands owed by sad
municipality which vii! become due
aZd payable during the current fsca!
year, including interest on bonded in.
debte22ess of every kind and ch&Tac.
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Total Of expense account. .$lS3'o1o.o
Classification Of improvements.
Paved Streets.
$4,000
Equipment.

Furniture and iurnishiags...S 10000
Fire department equipment. 10000
Police ceoa-tneat equipment. 5000
Street department equipment. 1000 90