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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-27
GETTING ONES MONEYS WORTH
Bh JOHN Va. RICHARDSON.
State Snpc ntendrnt of Weights and Measures.

money IS a medium of exchange to
determine value. Weights and meas
urcs arc mediums Of exchange to deter
mine quantity. \ person buying 80
cents worth Of AN article and giving
dollar bin in payment would he con
sidcr"d Il poor business person il he
ala not count the change. Should he
he short Changed | cent. he immediately
raises disturbance. bu; how few have
made enough study Of weights and
measures 70 know If they are short
weighed or short measured:
AS AM illustration: should YOU be
short weighed an ounce on - pound OF
butter ~ 80 cents a pound. you arr.
short-chang"d -. cents: am ounce
short At II cents a pound short
changes you nearly / cent: an ounce
shor, at % cents Il pound short
change YOU IA. cents: an ounce short
n p c"rts pound short changes YOU
~ cents: an ounce short at 20 cents u
pound changes YOU nearly :
cents. on"-half ounce short at - cents
Il pound sh"rt-ChanGes YOU more than
cent
There ar. various methods OF dealer;
sh"rt-chanGing ny short weighing. ON
all scales the hand pendulum OF indicat-
ine wire should rest at zero. II Is the
dealers fault # II does not. If it is
out OF balance one ounce. il viii short
weigh you on the first pound If the
scale is out of balance e-half ounce.
il viii short weigh you one half ounce
on the :irst pound. If il is out OF bal
ance two ounces. II viii shor;-weig Ii
you two ounces on the first pound.
INSIST On SCALES UEINt;
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-04-06
soNsTHAc ENTWElT

LitcKville Bulletin: Ludwig Sons
thagen and Miss Clara Tweit were
united in marriage at 8 a. M, on Tues.
day, March 20. The ceremony was
performed at Moorhead, by Rev. Mar
tin Anderson, Of, the Norwegian Luth-
eran church. The groom was attend
ed by his brother, Albert, and the bride
by Miss Josie Eckern, OF Kathryn.
The bride is a daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Amund Tweit Of Gonvimk, Mimi,
formerly in the hotel business at
Kathryn, and sister of Mrs. Oscar
Person. She is young lady of pleas.
ing personality who has many friends
in this city. The groom is son Of
Mrs. A. Sonsthagen, and is too we'll
known here to need an introduction.
He is clean, able and businesslike, and
numbers his friends by his acquaint-
ances.
The newlyweds arrived here Friday
and will go to housekeeping in the
Boiling house on the southside.
The Bulletin wishes the young cou-
pie all manner of joy and happiness
in their married life.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-04-06
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS {
To the People of the Fifth judicial

To the People of the Fifth judicial
District:
For five years, have had the honor
of serving you as Judge of the Dis
trict Court. When l took up this work,
l found many cases to try which had
been on the dockets two to five years.
Having just completed the winter
terms of the six counties of the dis
trict, am pleased to say that every
case ready for trial has been tried
and the dockets left clear. l have
given my best attention to increasing
juvenile work, work requiring much
patience and wise discretion. My
policy has been to allow no accumu-
lation of work though the litigation
of this district is considered the
heaviest in the state. The experience
of the past gives me assurance for
greater usefulness in the future,
should the duties of this high office
be further entrusted to me. The Of
flee is entirely non-partisan, of which
l heartily approve. l submit my can
didacy upon the basis of efficiency,
dispatch of business, and economy of
administration, and ask your conf
dence and support for reelection upon
the merits of the services rendered.
j. A. COFFEY.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-04-06
WANTS "BooTLEGGlNG"
ACT ON THE BALLOT

In the form of writ Of mandamus,
Attorney James Sullivan of Mandan,
has started action against Attorney
General H. J. Linde of North Dakota
in an effort to compel the placing on
the ballot next November of the so.
called "bootlegging' act.
The attorney general recently held
that under the newly operative clause
of the state constitution that the ref
ferendum petition filed against the
measure by which it was proposed to
bring the law to vote of the people,
was invalid, because of failure to han
die the signatures in the proper man.
ner.
The point of efficiency of the petit
lions will be raised under the action
started by the Mandan attorney, who
maintains that the action of the at
orney general in holding that this
ballot is insufficient is not binding on
the secretary Of state, and that the
petition is valid.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-04-06

cold place where they can be stored
without drying out, the crowns should
be dug late in autumn. If the digging
is left till spring, growth may have
started before they are dug, result
ing in a serious check when trans
planting takes place. If you want the
best kind Of an asparagus bed, sort
out the crowns and plant only the very
strongest ones.
When planting the asparagus bed,
remember that asparagus is crop
that is planted once for IL or is years.
Therefore, it is worth considerable ex.
ira care. Open deep burrows and
plant the crowns at least six inches
deep, covering them with about two
inches of soil and filling in the rest
of the soil as the small shoots grow
till the entire furrow is filled. Guilt.
vate the asparagus constantly to con-
serve moisture and keep down the
weeds. For the welfare Of the bed,
do not cut any asparagus for table
use till the third year and then cut
only few weeks. After the third
year shoots may safely be cut for.
six or eight weeks. Asparagus will
respond readily to liberal application
of manure. The best results are OBJ
tanned from we'll rotted manure ap-
piled during early summer just after
the last cultivation has been made, as
from that time on, the plants are stor-
ing up food for the next years crop.
This will also take the place of cult
walton during the summer. Just as
the first berries start to turn red in
autumn cut off the tall feathery leav-
ed shoots, pile them up and burn
them. Next spring, as soon as the
ground thaws out start cultivating the
ground, even before the shoots ap-
pear, as this helps to warm up the
soil, thus inducing earlier growth.
The asparagus roots are perfectly
hardy and therefore need no special
winter protection. If one is located
near a town, asparagus offers excel
lent opportunities for commercial pur-
poses. During the past season, an
asparagus bed of one-third acre at
the Agricultural college, that had been
given only ordinary attention, yield
ed at the rate of 1900 pounds per
acre. The price averages around ten
cents per pound, being Is to 20 cents
part of the season and frequently five
cents per pound for other parts of
the season. AS it should not cost
more than $50 per acre to plant aspar-
agus and not much more than $50 per
acre per year for harvesting and car
ing for the asparagus when all labor
is paid, it is very evident that this
crop offers excellent opportunities for
many North Dakota people.-d. o
Werner, North Dakota Experiment
Station.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-04-06
PIG-cLUR PROFITS

Four brothers near Macon, Ca, join
ed the ham-and-bacon project of the
pig club. This meant raising, fatten-
ing and slaughtering a grade pig.
Each brother purchased a pig, and all
started together in the race to pro-
duce the best pig most profitably.
The pigs were weighed at intervals,
kept free of lice, and fed regularly and
we'll. The boys wanted cheap gains,
so several times week they drove an
old mule to town, sold vegetables they
had raised, and brought back the kit
chen wastes of the townspeople.
These wastes were cooked and fed
to the pigs. A little bran and corn
green feed were fed. In the fall the
pigs were turned into field planted
in corn and cowpeas. AS the pigs
were handled and fed under Identical
conditions, the race was always close.
Calamity overlook one of the boys
in the sixth month. His pig died.
The others continued to grow. They
were shown at the district show and
the state fair The race continued to
be close, with not more than 20 pounds
difference in their weights.
Slaughtering time arrived. The
boys killed their hogs, which dressed
8O3 pounds. They were made up into
old-fashioned country sausage, souse,
lard, cracklings, and fresh cuts of
pork. The products from the first
sold for $39.40; from the second for
$41.15, and from the third for $45.25,
making a total of $125.SO. All the
boys made a substantial profit, the
gains being put on the pigs at rs
cents, FL cents, and cents per pound,
respectively. The total cost of pigs
and feed was $45, leaving net profit
of 5000 on the three hogs. A neigh.
Dor who had started to feed his two
pigs at the same time as the boys did,
sold them for $43.4O. BY the use of
wastes and green feed, the boys put
gains on their hogs at about half the
cost of gains made under the feeding
methods usually practiced in their re.
gion.
Encouraged by the results Of their
first pig-feeding enterprise, the boys
intend purchasing a start toward d
herd of purebred hogs. They have
found profits in feeding grade hogs on
a small scale. They are now going to
raise purebreds on larger scale.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-04-06
ROADS AND SOCIAL LIFE.

Roads have large influence on Soc
ial life. The good road promotes it,
the poor road discourages it. The
good road has a good deal the same
effect as shortening the distance. The
good road that is passable at all times
makes it possible to arrange for meet
ings while the road that is at times
impossible or SO that it can be travel
led with difficulty discourages ar
ranging for meetings. 1t is notice.
able that when good roads are built
in community that the school houses
are improved and the general appear.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-04-06
ance Of the whole community is tuned

up.
This is only one phase Of the, good
road. 1t reduces the cost of market
ing and makes it possible to market
the social and economic life Of the
community. 1t is easy to secure good
whenever the prices are best.
The good road is big factor in both
roads in North Dakota. In most cases
the drainage is good. The rainfall is
not so excessive as to soften the road
provided the road bed is kept crowned
in the middle and is we'll packed.
The passage from winter to spring
is so quick that there is little chance
for thawing to soften up the road bed.
Where the rainfall is heavier and
spring comes slowly the road bed Of
ten softens up SO that the wheels 60
down to the hub.
Study the road this spring and note
that where the road bed is well
crowned and packed hard it will loosen
up but little, but where the road bed is
level or is little lower in the middle
or contains ruts note how the water
stands in the low places, softening up
the soil so that every passing vehicle
goes down little deeper. When
such places dry up ruts are formed.
When these ruts are ground down by
the passing of wagons they are
ground to dust So it is really the
low places in the road bed that fur
nish mud in wet weather and dust in
dry weather. Keep the low, places in
the road in mind till road fixing time
comes, then fill them and pack WE'LL
w. C. Palmer, North Dakota Expert
ment Station.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-04-06

long as a subject has news value it will
interest the public and no longer.
When it ceases to have such a value,
it at once begins to react. That is why
the constant stream of insipid farm
dope finds it's way to the Optic-Report
er waste basket, and why we believe
it would be better for the other papers
which give much Of their space and
composition to such matters to adopt
the same policy.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-04-06
MiNoT NEWsPAPERMAN
HITS NAIL RIGHT SQUARE

Mlnot Optlc-RepOrter: If news
paper were to print all the junk sent
to it by the publicity agencies and pub
licity seekers it would have no space
for anything else. Farm organizations
are sending out literature every week
that finds it's way into the waste bas-
ket in many editorial rooms. Occas.
ionally. a piece of it is good. But the
vast majority of it is junk, and that
which is good is not read by the farm.
ers in one case in hundred. The
farmer of today is a man of culture.
He reads and studies farm problems
probably more than any other class Of
people study their avocation, except
the bankers. But he gets that informa-
ton from farm journals devoted ex-
clusively to the scientific discussion of
farm problems and farm development.
He subscribes for a newspaper, wheth-
er it be local or distant, for the news
it contains. He wants to1ead some.
thing besides diversifcation and stock
raising and how to feed pigs and bal
anced ration for calves and how to
care for young colts. These are semi
sclentifis questions which he studies
from his scientific farming publica-
tions. He wants newspaper for the
things in which the world is interested
as news.
It would be just as absurd to load
up the daily or weekly paper of the
lawyer with court decisions and rules
Of procedure and practice, or the news,
paper that goes to the physician with
reports of abstruse clinics and reac-
tions Of toxins, or the one which is
delivered to the banker with market
quotations and financial news as to
fill the one the farmer receives with
matter in reference to his occupation.
The writer's of many of the stories
sent to the press are Missionaries and
impractical farmers. Many of them
are faddists. None Of them know the
conditions on ninety per cent Of the
farms. This reduces the results Of
their production to very small mar
gin.
The constant publication of such
matter in time reacts on the public
mind and the perusal of scientific mat.
ter on the questions ,of farm business
becomes irksome. There is too much
publicity Of this kind of matter. In
fact, there is too much publicity on
most subjects in which it is desired to
interest the public. Most laymen
think that constant repetition forces
conviction. The reverse is true. Too
much reiteration disgusts the public
and 1t not only fails to read the matter,
but II 1t does read it, reaches hostile
conclusion because Of its disgust. So
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-04-06
HOW, TO GROW ASPARAGUS

(Farm Information Service, N. D. Elk
pertinent Station.)
Asparagus is the first vegetable to
make it's appearance in the spring.
Many people consider it about the best
in quality of all vegetables. The
young tender shoots are used, when
they attain height Of several inches,
during late April, May and early June.
The most ideal soil for it is a moist,
deep sandy or loamy soil with heavy
sub-soil, which will retain the mois-
ture. However, for home use, it will
do well, when given proper attention,
on any soil reasonably well supplied
with moisture. An asparagus bed Is
started in early spring by planting
crowns" about four feet by two feet
apart at depth of at least six inches.
These crowns" are simply young
plants in the dormant stage, consist
ing of a large amount of feshy roots
with a number of small dormant buds.
These can be bought from any seed
house or they can be raised from seed.
When buying asparagus crowns get
large one-year-old crowns in prefer
ence to two-year-old crowns, as trans
planting checks their growth too seri-
ously. When raising your own crowns,
SOW the seed about three or four
inches apart in rows about two feet
or more apart. Give them constant
cultivation all season. II you have a
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-04-06
THE DAWN OF PEACE


Put off, put off your mail, o kings,
And beat your brands to dust!
Your hands must learn surer grasp,
Your hearts better trust.
o, bend aback the lance's point,
And break the helmet bar;
A noise is in the morning wind,
But not the note of war. ...
Upon the grassy mountain paths
The glittering hosts increase
The come! they come! How fair
their feet.
They come who publish peace.
And victory, fair victory,
Our enemies are ours!
For all the clouds are clasped in light
And all the earth with flowers.
Aye, still depressed and dim with dew;
But wait little while,
And with the radiant deathless rose
The wilderness shall smile.
And every tender, living thing ~
Shall feed by streams of rest;
Nor lambs shall from the flock be lost
Nor nestlings from the nest.
John Ruskin.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-04-06
SOME READABLE VERSE
AFTER The YEARS

When you went back to the old home
place had the mountain become a
hill?
And the raging river your boyhood
knew shrunk down to a peaceful
rill?
Were the monster trees in the old
front yard but half of their former
size?
Was something gone-and you don't
know what-from the blue of the
arching skies?
Was the swimming hole but a muddy
pool where once is was crystal
clear?
Were the apples but half as big and
red as they were in that other
year?
When you went back to the old home
place did the red barn seem 50
small
It didn't look like the one you'd
know? Was the mighty waterfall
That used to roar in your boyish ears
but a little dash of spray
That fell so light you could hardly
hear a dozen feet away?
Were the corn rows only half as long
as they were in the long ago,
When you measured them with aching
arms and the weight Of heavy
hoe? a
When you went back to the old home
place had the mill pond dwindled
down?
Was Main street only a muddy track
in the heart of a sleepy town?
And the we'll that was fathoms,
fathoms deep, with it's wheel and
creaking chain.
Did it seem to you like shrurken
thing when you looked at it again
Was something gone of the bygone
days, from the sod and the arch
of the sky
That we used to see when we played
as boys in the old days-you
and /?
Nay, Heart, the mountain rises high
as it did of yore; the rill
Was a. river once and the boys near
by see raging river still.
The we'll is fathoms, fathoms deep
and the apples ripe and red;
The sod is cool and green and soft
and the sky up overhead
Is blue and clear, and the days are
rare and glad as they used to be-
But where is the Heart of the olden
time-hast thou brought it back
with thee?
James w. Foley.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-04-06
AIR CASTLES.
I would rather be a builder
OF castles made of air.

WOulQ raCner De a Du1lder
Of castles made of air,
To be rebuildel ev'ry day,
And dwell in fancy there
With ev'rything to make me glad,
The doors all closed to gloom,
And the sunlight of tomorrow
Shining into ev'ry room,
Than ever keep within the walls
Of sad things, past or now,
For though my castles do not last,
: They're cheering anyhow.
And so / build and build again,
Rebuild from day to day,
And some time the Master Builder
May let my castles stay.
Indianapolis News.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-04-06

Some people just can't stop run.
ming for something. John Bruegger
lost out for chairman of tie der,ocra.
tic national committee and right away
1t was announced he would have to
be candidate for governor.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-04-06

Commissioner of Insurance Walt
Taylor has decided to come out for
reelection to his present position.
This announcement will make it easy
TOR any other aspirant-to lay down.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-04-06
ing: "The hope of America is in the
civic Righteousness he breaches"

There are numerous bad holes in the
streets in certain parts Of the city and
places that call for a knack of rough
riding. Why wouldn't it be capital
plan to put some of the surplus
money into street repair and main.
tenance that the light plant has earn
ed?
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-04-06

Entertaining" has come to mean
lot. An Ohio rural paper says one of
their prominent citienzs entertained
the lumbago the first part of the week,
and for the week end entertained the
grip.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-04-06

Unfortunately planting mines at
sea is high motive thai every nation
ought to encourage. Then after
while nobody would care who was, mis-
tress of the seas.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-04-06

A man in New York state sent an
objection to his paper because it was
too everlastingly neutral" He want
ed the sheet to take sides and whoop
it up for its choice.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-04-06

At Nome cleaning parlor has been
opened at TWedt's restaurant. It
would be good idea to establish
them at several other restaurants over
the state.-Bismarck Tribune.
This bird must have filled up on
mustard seed.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-04-06

The statement that villa is nearing
the end of his rope" would be more
satisfactory if it was revised to read
that the rope is nearing Villa.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-04-06

F. v. Hutchinson, of the Northern
School Supply company, of Fargo, was
in the city for few hours Friday, re-
turning to Fargo on No. 4.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-04-06

An undertaking firm in Tennessee
offers a good price for the body of
Villa if he is killed. There seems to
be no offer for him alive.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-04-06

That country people don't enjoy good
music has been refuted by an instance
Of a farmer trading mule for an
organ.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-04-06

The slippery condition Of the streets
and walks makes it appear that fall
might fracture more than the ten CON-
mandments.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-04-06

The Minneapolis Journal poll in Min.
nesota for choice Of presidential can.
didates gave Roosevelt two-to-one
vote over Hughes his nearest rival
Some Of Teddy's most ardent support.
ers were ministers, one Of them say
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-04-06

Since the Willard-Moran fight there
is mild interest in the possible SCRAP
in Mexico.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-04-06

1t would help lot if some of these
spring drives would land it in this ter.
ritory.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-04-06

England will never know what a real
fighting army is until they get their
married men into the ranks.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-04-06

If Villa gets into one of those ex-
tinct volcanoes he will probably per-
ish of ennui,
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-04-06

Villas taking to the brush will prob
ably be considered sage" idea.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-04-06
PAYING BILLS.

There's nothing more pleasant than
paying your bills, than paying your
bills at the time when they're due; it
sends through your heart most enjoy
able thrills to know that there's moth
ing charged up against you. You're
making the wheels Of your village 60
round, you're giving the workers the
best kind Of aid when you dig from
your wallet the shilling and pound,
and pay up your bills in the palace of
trade. You're filling the soul of the
merchant with glee, you're bidding the
banker to weep never more, you're
hanging new wreaths on your family
tree when you pay up your bills at the
dofunny store. That man is hind
rance and hurt to his town, brake
on the wheels of his own neighbor.
hood, who views the collector with a
whitening frown, who doesn't pay up
when the paying is good.-Walt Mason.
The Fargo Forum last Saturday
printed the picture Of gentleman
with football crop of black hair and
labeled it Prof. C. c. Curtiss, Of the
Valley City State Normal school," AS
Mr.. Curtiss has been teaching for 81
years his hair is not exactly black nor
does it grow as thick as alfalfa.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-04-06
" AN 7 S

WANTED-Lady cook by single man
on farm, near Litchville, N. D. Call
at this Office. 1-3d-2wp