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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-11-25
Bouey Gives Instructions
to Improved Seed Growers

Prof. H. L. Bolley, secretary of the
North Dakota Improved Seed Growers
association, has issued the following
notice to the seed growers informing
them how to prepare seeds for exhibit
and for the contest:
The premium list this year will be
ready for general distribution about
Dec. 10. However, get ready for this
contest. Cash prizes, gold medals,
championship prizes for all kinds of
seeds, farm, garden, grass and forage,
are even more liberal than in previous
years. Over $3.50 worth of cash prizes
on flax alone; over $3.50 cash prizes on
bread wheats; over 5000 worth of
prizes on oats; fully that amount of
cash prizes on corn and large amount
represented in special eypes Of farm
machinery, given by those interested
in special crops. Just notice the lists.
There are special prizes on corn, oats,
barley, wheat, flax, rye, bronze grass,
timothy, alfalfa, clover, potatoes and
indeed upon all the special varieties Of
all kinds of farm seeds which are of
economic Importance in North Dakota.
1t is very seldom that any Of the
prizes on any one of the farm seeds is
less than $40; in most cases it is as
high as SIS to $25. The prizes this
year will extend from first place to
sixth to tenth place. For example:
there are ten prizes that may be won
on Early Ohio potatoes and usually
seven or eight prizes on each individ'
ual cereal. ...- .
Remember the amount to prepare for
showing at the show. Remember that
the seed you show at the show should
not be better than that which you are
able to prepare for sale as seed. You
should clean your sample before exhib-
ting it, but do not hand-pick it or pre-
pare it in a manner which will make
it better than it is possible for you to
prepare it when you sell it to your
neighbor for seed. You are, of course,
expected to show your best typical
stuff in the best possible form, but if
you are going to sell wild oats and
mustard, let them come along with the
sample which you exhibit. However,
remember that the prizes cannot of
necessity be won upon one feature
alone. The fact that a man has abso-
lutely pure seed of pure variety free
from all weed seeds and admixtures Of
other kinds of grain does not neces'
sarily mean that he has the sample
which will win the prize, because quail
ity, weight and color features, strength
of termination, etc., count in this con-
test. Write the secretary-treasurer,
North Dakota Improved Seed Growers
association, Agricultural college, N. D.,
for entry blanks, shipping tags, pre-
MUM list, etc. IT,
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-11-25

The many friends Of Miss Harry Hud-
son, now in hospital at Paynesville,
Mimi, with typhoid fever. will be glad
to know that she is slowly recovering,
and IL no further complications set in,
will be able to sit up In few days.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-11-25
SOME READABLE VERSE
THANK sGlXING

THANK SEWING
Our thanks we render DER and DER,
AS feet years come and go;
For harvests never yet have failed,
Men reap where'er they SOW. #
And suns We're hot and rains were
long, mi .s -=.
And every fertile field
Was green and gold with grasses and
grain,
And fruits a bounteous yield.
Now garnered is the precious store;
And as the harsh winds blow,
We close the doors against the chill
And make our hearth-fires glow.
We bid our kin to gather in
And share our rest and cheer,
And meet it is we give one day
To thanks in every year.
And while our homes are rooted with
peace,
And harvests bless our land,
Well share with all the needy ones
Who asks it at our hand!
Emma A. Lente.
THE SNOW FLAKE
All sheltered by the motherhood
The little flake looked down;
1t saw the city's seething crowd
It saw the shining town.
How fair and far those steeples rise
To greet us, mother dear!
1t is so lovely in the skies,
Why do we linger here.
The north wind says the merry earth
Is full of life and glow; -
l long to mingle with it's mirth-
O mother!~let US go.
The mother-cloud reached out her
arm
O, little fake, quote she,
The earth is full of sin and harm,
Bide here, bide here, with me.
But when the pale cloud mother slept,
The north wind whispered, "fy!"
And from her couch the snow fake
crept
And tiptoed down the sky.
Before the winter sun his fleet .
Brief journey. made that day,
All soiled and blackened in the street
The little snow fake lay.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-11-25

This is the last day Of booster week,
and the exchanges coming to our table
show that the newspaper men gen.
orally have grasped the opportunity to
extol the advantages Of the state and
their sections of the state in particu-
lar.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-11-25

DR.: D. E. McGillivray, of Port Ange-
lis, Wash, who has been visiting his
parents in the east, stopped of in our
city for a few days visit at the home
of his brother, C. N. McGillivray.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-11-25

Mrs. Geo. Stiles entertained six la
dies at a theater party at the Grand
Thursday afternoon to witness the pro-
duction of Judge Not
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-11-25

Miss Florence Busdicker came home
from Washburn Monday night for a
visit with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Busdicker. The Washburn
schools, in which she is teaching, clos
ed for the coming week for Thanks
giving.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-11-25

Now that the rivers and lakes are
freezing over it will not be amiss to
caution skaters about being too ven
turesome. 1t is much better to wait
until the ice is safe than to have the
newspapers record something like
this: "A little boy, pair Of skates;
hole in the ice, and Golden Gates"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-11-25

The corn.husk prophet says 1t will
be a hard winter, but the goose-bone
prognosticator asserts the opposite. 1t
might be just as we'll to remain neu-
trail on the weather question until
along about spring.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-11-25
"T No. 25l0
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
the FIRST NATIONAL BANK

city the close Of business
Loans and discounts lnotes held in bank) ssSa
deposited circulation lpar 10000
Bonds securities etc. sehooi warans unpledged
Bank sSSSS
Less amount unpaid 0OooVo eoooon
100000 1725oo
Net Federal Reserve ls4o5ss
Net amount due from approved agents in central
Net amount due from approved reserve agents in
Ne. .n.as ,' , banker, :s:s:
Outside checks and other cash items ssSSS
Of 2s7soo
To %o eon t snd eertae 1aas
aed@pion fcs With
Total .,11s1o42s2
Capital stock paid .',eeeesee
Surplus fund AVVoooo w
Less current expenses interest," and taxes paid
S Sns to 5as1 sG sss bankers 5ssssss
Dividends unpaid 10000
deposits check @4o21oe42
than 80 days 1so7asss
Cashiers checks outstanding 1884 1885,
's"' '"-e 'p'0'N --@5s57s71s
Certificates Of deposit due after 80 days a5ss1s!
sea otess s WITH af Fde Reserve bank None
Bills ae n S,s ogacns money None
do .v. that
the above true to the pest 5oS
# '''Ss } SSS$ $Ss x3sTDnnn
Subscribed sworn me this PRbn Day M
(Notaral Ny Commission expires Aug 1st 1913
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-11-25

The special number Of the Times
Record for Appreciation Week is be-
ing put out today on time. OF course
it isn't perfect, but is full of the boost
er spirit and that was the main object.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-11-25

A rich mans home in North Dakota
is a mighty good ad, even if he goes
to California for the winter.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-11-25
OLD RED "zlNNIEs"

My wife puts out some posies every
springtime of the year,
A lot of new doodaddles their
names and colors queer.
We try to rave about 'em, but it al
ways seems to me
That they lack a lot of being just
what flowers ought to be.
So last spring, when we're buying
stuff to fix the garden up.
l says to her, Melissa, seems to me-
my little cup
OF joy would be much fuller if we'd
stop this modern craze
And get some good old 'zinnies' like
our mothers use to raise"
Melissa she consented and we bought.
a lot O. seed,
And every plant just bumped itself and
prospered like weed.
And early in the summer days they
started in to bloom
We giggled like pair of kids and
hollered, "Give 'em room!
Git out the way, you critters with the.
foolish Latin names,
Protect your pallid faces from the
ford, Haunting flames
OF these beloved standbys of our
simpler, sweeter days
These good old-fashioned 'zinnies' like
our mothers used to raise"
IS. w. Gillian.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-11-25

Millions for defense ought to make
the battle ships attain a speed of IS
knots while going through congress.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-11-25

The "Clean Your Sidewalk" sign
should be trotted out and kept handy
for reference.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-11-25

Because it is harder to handle the
fountain pen is considered mightier
than the machine gun, or words to that
effect.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-11-25

Instead of telling aspiring and per-
spring poets that their poems are too
long, editors now tell them they are
too thick.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-11-25

The meeting of the Child's Welfare
club has been postponed one week
The next meeting will be held at the
home of Mrs. Herman Stern Friday
evening, Nov, rs, when DR.. thinner
man will address the club.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-11-25

before this 18th November 1915
#.'*% 41@&# &N&&& FRED FREDERICKSON, 80
Notary Public Barnes County N D.
SeaD Commission
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-11-25

THE SNOW FLAKE
All sheltered by the motherhood
The little flake looked down;
1t saw the city's seething crowd
1t saw the shining town.
The Dermott news., 1915-11-18

Ealf way they stopped, for her escort,
VI RomanoT. had rearpeared. He
smi-d as Joe came up with Annette
ana waved his hand
I've been looking at the moon. he
said.
Annette, already bored-chiehy by
the close proximity Of Joe Wolcher-
glanced or towa>i Neal
Let's 20 and ger some grape juice.
she said
Joe drew ner out to the railing
through the same aperture from
which Romanor had watched the cir
cling motor boat
IN get the grape Juice" said Joe
aloud Wait here until l return"
Annette started after him. but tho
aperture was closed now by tho broad
back OF RomanoG, who talked viva.
ciously with Irene Courtier Annette
was not averse to looking at the
moon. and she looked But-all she
saw was the moon itself She did not
see and could not know that motor
lduINu, hllSlt as the nlcut, nal
fetched up alongside OF the anchor
chain. She did not know aud could
not see a black shadow that stole
alorg the railing behind the canvas
curtains that hid the dancing deck
Suddenly she gave a choking cry
The black shadow like some black
panther had sprung upon her from
the night and clutched her in IL.
grasp. She cried out once more. or
tried to. She found she could not
A strong wiry hand closed across her
mouth and a wiry form forced her
back across the rail.
With a superhuman twist OF her
1.-THE young body-and she was strong
was Annette Ilington-for one in
slant she wrenched herself away and
gave vent to a piercing scream. Neal
Hardin at the punch bowl heard IT.
Forgetting all discipliLe-and all
grape juice-he bounded across the
dancing deck and with one sweep of
his arm brushed the nonplussed
Romanoff and his charming escort to
one side. His eyes were blinded by
the deck lights and as he rushed
through the curtains he could only
The Dermott news., 1915-11-18

his note, hoping that you and your
charges can add one more evening TO
your round of gayety in Newport so
ciety, | beg to inclose an invitation
which may give you few hours OF
pleasure. Wish / could go myself
Anything on a pattleship suits me.
Inclosed in the missive was heavy
white card engraved in script,
The officers Of the U. S. S. Alabama
request the honor of your presence
with friends at the dance on ship
board Tuesday evening, June.
The words with friends" were in
terlined in ink Annette read the In
yitation and then handed it to Inez.
Good" exclaimed lnez These are
worth while-these shipboard dances.
Five minutes later she called up a
private number on the wire in her
boudoir. waiting impatiently until she
heard a voice she knew. Then she
talked rapidly, almost in whisper.
It's worth taking a chance, is il
not she queried.
All returned the voice at the 9th
er end of the wire. we do nothing
without chances. We shall take q
chance. Farewell
1t must be understood that an able
seaman like Neal Hardin, while his
good behavior his natural aptitude
and his general liability gave him
many privileges he was still the
victim of easte-nayal caste. As q
civilian he might travel with ladies
Of dignity. such as his mother, and
young women of STYLE and beauty
The Dermott news., 1915-11-18

see that some terrific struggle was at
hand.
In another instant it was all over.
Two figures clutching at each other
frantically darted suddenly over the
rail. There was splash below.
Man overheard" yelled Neal
He sprang to the rail and dove into
the moonlit water-taking good care
not to foul the other two.
Two minutes later 1t was all over.
Annette was on deck half fainting in
Meals arm-but with smile upon
her face.
Don't worry" she said to the
crowd about her. Il haven't swal-
lowed drop of water. | assure you,
I'm a regular little water rat-Neal
knows that. don't you Neal?"
Half an hour later in the Courtier
villa in Newport. Annette nestled in
n huge arm chair in a kimono before
blazing fire She laughed trium
phantly. She seized a dripping little
chamois bag and took from it a very
damp old piece Of paper parchment.
This Is what he was after-you
can't tell me-" she said. She spread
It out and exhibited it to Inez Castro
Why. it is blank piece of pa
per" said Inez Castro.
Look at il closely" said Annette
oh. yes said Irene. lit has one
word upon it-longitudc."
1T has more than that upon it,
said Annette Watch and see"
She spread 1t out upon the hearth
TO dry. 1t is a piece OF the map
of ns map. Irene" she went on. the
map OF the lost Isle of Cinnahar
Scar-face got portion OF it-don {
you remember. at Crooked Crag-but
a harmless portion. | got part and
so did Neal Wait. Look. The piece
is dry-see what the heat has done
lnez Castro bent over her. where
did the writing come from" she de
manded.
THE heat brought the writing out,
said Annette. See. Look now at
the longitude What does 1t say"
Incz locked eagerly. "One hundred
and twentyEhree degrees" she ex
claimed slowly. land forty minutes
west
That isn't all" wont on Annette
There's message-a message from
the past upon our pieces. Neal's and
mine-a message that I've got by
heart.
What" queried Innz. yawning. 10
the message from the past"
Annette nodded proudly This is
the message" she returned Granted
The Dermott news., 1915-11-18
FIFTH INSTALLMENT
A MESSAGE FROM THE PAST
CHAPTER XXI.
Grapc Juice.


OF course the unexpected navalse-
cret-serviee raid on the Crooked Crag
hotel created some sensation-as well
as did the rescue of two beautiful
young women, Miss Irene Gourtier
and her friend Miss Iington. But
Newport is a place of many happen
ings-sensatonal and otherwise-and
after all the Crooked Crag had been
raided many times before
In its balmy days it had been Clev-
erly constructed and maintained as
a secluded gambling place for New
York millionaires a place full of cub
by holes and uncanny getaways. For
the thirteenth time in its history it
was closed up and its proprietor
jailed
But the three weird characters who
had been the cause OF all the VIC
lence still remained in hiding-tIer-
nandez. the Portuguese adyeRturer.
Ponto, his Mexican side partner. and
their strange and unusual companion.
the brute
Annette, for her part gave full de
scriptions OF these three TO the au-
thorities and accompanied secret-serv-
ice men on many fruitless trips.
AT any rate" she said to he-
friend Irene Courtier. 4 know now
whore l stand. was warned to look
out for man with a saber cut across
his face Her face grew wisttu
Il thcught-feared she went on. at
The Dermott news., 1915-11-18

the Coronado is a likely ship and II
you are bound to go. God speed"
He looked the Coronado up and
found her quite a likely ship. He
saw her captain and found him salts
factory.
The next day Annette and her
friends, including Welcher. booked
for the cheap trip on the Coronado.
You're my only passengers so far, .
said Captain Handy. and | don't care
if | don't have any more
Capt. Peter Handy sauntered down
the wharf A big. staggering individ
ual was looking the Coronado over.
bill" said Capt Peter Handy. I'll
tell you how it is. | picked you out
as a cheap bargain and took chance
on you, not knowing you before. This
is cheap trip down, Bill. I'll leave II
to you to pick your crew. Pick them
| cheap. Bill, coming back ! can make
ii up to you Get the best for the
money. Bill. and get EN- cheap
Il got 'em already" returned Bill
and got EN- cheap. Leave that to
me"
On the evening of the fourteenth
the four booked passengers boarded
the Coronado and were assigned to
staterooms
Bill left the captain snoring in his
| BUNK and stole across the deck and
! down the gangplank to the wharf be
yond. Once upon the river front he
| turned east and strobe on rapidly for
quarter OF mile. He darted into
q narrow alleyway. reached n dimly
| lighted window in an old board house
on the shore and raped sharply or
! the window pane. A door was opened
stealthily and he shambled in.
Huddlcd at tables and flung care
| lessly in corners were the forms OF
sailors. supine. drunk. drugged. Bill
! took an electric flash light from his
pocket and examined carefully each
manity.
I'll take him." said Bill. "and him
there with the broken face; and him
and that chap over there.
Ten minutes later he nodded in n
self-satisGed way and icrked his
thumb over his shoulder toward an
other door
Is he inside?" he queried
oh" said the proprietor. the three
Of en- is there"
, There were three men in that small
room. a strangely assorted trio. One
was huge individual, bigger and
stronger than Bill himself; another
was an uncanny. fat. little Mexican
with dangerous eyes; the third was a
Portuguese with saber cut cross his
! face.
ELL grinncd Huh. he raid
were all here. mates. Outside
picked up enough men TO fill up the
Coronados crew and here run
against three of her passengers
Hernandez smiled and showed his
teeth. Three unlocked passengers.
he said
The Dermott news., 1915-11-18
CHAPTER XXI.
Inccqnito

TIC SHlNO
In a dingv little hotel room in Prov
ideuce. Rhode Island. there sat a man
At a dressing table gazing into a mir
ror al doing unusually queer things
With his face Hernandez was past
master at certain art-disguise
Ten minutes later stranger stood
erect within that room tull-balrGed
stranger. clad in an evening coat OF
foreign cut. with well padded paaach
and shoulders, cycling himself sun
critically in the looking glass. Ito
raised his high hat and bowed pomp-
ously to Ponto.
In reality, friend Potion he re-
marked 4 arr NJ Romanon-a Rus
sian uoblemaa."
Ny friends and I are invited to
the dance on board the Alabama he
said NV friends and | shall go
eall in that beast Now for the final
test"
Ponto disappeared and a moment
later the brute crcpt INTO the room
He glanced fearfully toward the chair
where Hernandez had been sitting;
then he glanced about the room 4
puzzled expression oyersprcad his
eountenanee and then with a deep gut
tural cry he sprang for the appari-
tons throat
Hernandez twitched himself TO one
side just in time and then tapped the
brute smartly on the arm.
~, cc+f.RoJ
that the brute Immediately recog.
ni2ed. Even he did not know me
he with all the instincts of savage
but faithful dog Let us be off.
An hour later he was standing ex-
pectantly in front OF the huge punch
bowl Oh the dancing deck of the Ala
bama. Clustered around this punch
bowl were a group of officers and
pretty women-and among them Inez
Castro and her friend Annette ling
ton.
Ronanoff stared boldly at them
both. then he turned to- Neal Hardin
A glass of punch. If you please"
he said in foreign accents
Neal Hardin did not answer. He
was otherwise engaged. Annette
llington was standing at the table
with a young ensign at her side.
hey were both drinking from the
punch bowl. The ensign drank with
his right hand so did Annette, but
Annette left hand was firmly
clutched in the hand OF Neal Hardin
of the punch bowl. Ii was the only
chance the evening could afford them
"A glass of punch" reiterated the
unknown Russian nohleman
Neal jumped as though shot. Has
tlIy he ladled out a glass and pre-
scented 1t to the RuSo:dn. The Rus
sian took one sip OF it and sat down
his glass.
The Dermott news., 1915-11-18
"B-r-r-r," he exclaimed, as he
walked awav in DISGUST

"B-r-r-r," he exclaimed, as he
walked away in disgust
There was genteel litter from the
picturesque little group around the
punch bowl Inez touched Romanoff
upon the arm.
1T is perfect" she whispered, mo
one could ever tell"
The pseudo Romanoff glanced at
her significantly. paced across the
dancing deck and passed out upon the
moonlit deck beyond. Inez. flirting
with an officer, excused herself beck
oned to Joe Welcher. who came
swiftly at her beck and call and with
in the wake of Romanoff. AS they
reached the low RomanofY turned sud
denly and confronted them. He seized
Welcher by the arm.
Friend Welcher," he said his grip
tightening, ION the canvas curtains aft,
on the port side, you will find one
black cross mark upon the curtain and
one black cross mark upon the deck.
They are my marks. You will dance
with Annette Ilington-"
Welcher hurried on and Romanorf
with the beautiful Miss Irene Cour-
tier upon his arm, strobe slowly to-
ward the lights.
With her escort she stood glancing
out between the curtains at the moon
light upon the sea. Her escort. how
ever. was not watching the moonlight
his eyes were fixed upon a motor
boat that sported itself like some
huge shark in the waters just beyond.
He drew forth a white handkerchief.
He stepped into the aperture between
the canvas curtains, grasped the rail
with one hand and shook the handker-
chief
lnez noted that a small black cross
had been placed upon the canvas cur
tain She looked at her feet There
was another cross upon the deck.
Then she turned and faced the crowd
watching with keen eyes
Joe Welcher from far across the
deck caught the CLINT of those same
eyes-he had been watching for them
He bent over Annette
Look at the freak" he said, that 8
tied UP to Inez | mean Irene Courier
always call her Inez somehow. Let $
go and see the freak
The freak said Annette has dis.
appeared"
She was not the only person on the
deck who noticed that Some half
dozen naval officers in spiek and span
uniforms noted il also and started
double quick toward Inez Castro.
The Dermott news., 1915-11-18

10 llington. Spanish-American eyplor
er. for distinguished services. By 10
seph Bonaparte king OF Spain In the
year eighteen hundred and nine. the
original grant. being in the poss, ssion
OF the fathers" She stopped.
What was tho rest of that she
unused Il cant remember
Think" persisted Incz. with curl
GUS insisteuce.
Annette laughed. 1T has escaped
me will have TO ask Neal about
that the next time | see him
Part o. tho message is on his por
ton too said Inez. And what
about the Iatitudo?"
Annette shook her head. THAT |
can remember either" she returned
stupid that | am. Yes. the latitude
is on his piece too"