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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-11-01
Maoaroni Goes Up. Too.

Chicago. Nov l.-Macaroni has Joined
the ham sandwich and chop suey among
the foods advanced in price. SIanufac-
turers notified the trade to-day that the
advance in the price of -four. 30 per
cent increase in the cost Of labor. and
$50 per cent advance in the cost OF con-
tanners make the boost necessary.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-11-01
MUST GO UP.
Heavy Increase Predicted in Prices of
Canned Goods.

Columbus, O., Nov. Increases of
from 90 to 40 cents a dozen on canned
goods for 1917 were predicted by officials
of the Ohio State Canning association at
a meeting here yesterday.
The meeting was called to discuss acute
conditions in the canning industry caused
by the unprecedented rise in prices of ma
tarials
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-11-01

life insurance is not nav. Sir Walter
Scott carried f22,000 life insurance for
business security. Great Scott! Nation
al Life ms. Co., OF VT (Mutual) s. S.
Ballard, general agent, Rialto block,
Montpelier. Vt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-11-01
CONNECTIONS Cost More.

Chicago. Nov. MANY downtown re-
factories yesterday advanced the price of
ice cream soda and the leading candy
shops announced advances of from five to
30 cents pound for confectionery.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-11-01

ers of recent years. The prisoner is said
TO have confessed manufacturing three
most puzzling series of counterfeit bills.
At Wilken's place they found plates
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-11-01

recovered. Those detected were picked
up in Ell Paso, San Antonio, Boston, New
York and at the treasury.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-07
SHlFLET RISK is PAID

Darlington, Nov 3O.-The Home.
steaders fraternal insurance order OF
Des Moines has made settlement with
the estate Of J. w. Shiflet on the pol
icy held by Mr.. Shif1et. Under ordin-
airy conditions the company should
have paid $1,7S5, but it had the option
Of waiting seven years until Mr.. Shift
let's death could be legally establish.
ed. Settlement was made by G.. w.
Durham, attorney, at $3.50, the com,
pany paying the policy at once. In.
terests on this amoupnt for the seven
years makes the settlement an advan-
tageous one for Eddie Shiflet, the only
heir.
There we're many things to compli-
cate the situation. While the public
generally is satisfied that Anfield Shift
let murdered his father and burned
the body so that, scarcely single in.
eliminating thing was left, it would
be- difficult matter to establish in a
legal way that Mr.. Shifet was dead.
Another factor entering into the situa-
ton was the fact that Anfeld had in
duced his father to make the policy
payable to him. The insurance COM
pany provides that if the insured is
killed by the beneficiary, the insur-
ance Is void. In this case, after ...4l-
ing his father, Anfeld a few days later
killed himself.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-07
APPRECIATION WEEk.

Jan. q to q, 1917, has been set
apart by the committee in charge as
appreciation Week. The first observ.
ance of an appreciation week was in
the fall of 1915, the work i'elng car.
ried on under the auspices Of the
North Dakota Press Association and
North Dakota Development League
press bureau. Everywhere the results
were excellent, and so great was tho
satisfaction with the first effort that
at the Grand Forks meeting Ill Janu'
airy, 1916, the association decided to
make this week an annual affair The
committee in charge went over The
ground during the early autumn
months, and for number of reasons,
among which was that election work
would interfere with the proper OBJ.
servance Of Appreciation Week in the
early fall, and that the Thanksgiving
and Christmas holidays would inter.
fere with it's observance later on, 1t
was to postpone the celebration until
the early part of the coming year. At
:tis tine /, seems likely that this
practice will be followed in future.
The purpose of Appreciation Weel
is to advertise the state of North Da'
kota beyond its own borders, and to
stimulate among its own people feel
ing of thorough appreciation of it's
value as a state in which to live and
to engage in all the proper activities
of life. The matter of outside adver.
Using is important, but the develop.
ment of proper spirit among our
own people is vastly more important.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-07
"JlMMY" WOMAck DEAD

Litchville Bulletin: James A. Wo-
mack, Litchville's first barber, died on
Thursday, Nov. %, at the insane hos
ptal at Warren Springs, Mont, where
he had been an inmate for the past
three years.
Jimmy" Womack opened a barber
shop in this village, few months aft
er the town was started. We do not
know the exact date, but he had his
card in the first issue Of the Bulletin,
May 10, 1901. In 1908 he bought out
the e. T. Christianson pool room and
conducted that and the barber shop in
the building now occupied by the Vik-
ing restaurant, until the latter part OF
April, 1913, when he sold out to An
drew Carlson and went to Redstone,
Mont. But too much liquor and drugs
had done their deadly work and in a
few months he was committed to the
insane asylum where he ended his
days. He was born in New York state
and was AZ years of age March rs.
Thus ends the story of the life OF
one of the most unique characters that
ever lived in this village. In wit and
repartee he had few equals and his
store of invectives was large, lurid and
mouth-flling. In the years of his
prime he had staunch friends and bit
ter enemies; later when his mind be-
came clouded from dope" his friends
deserted him one after the other, and
he left here a broken and almost
friendless man.
We have no details about the funeral
or what relatives he leaves, except
that there is an aged mother to mourn
the death OF a hayward son.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-07

E. Murdoch was in the city Friday
from Sanborn, stopping at the Valley
Hotel.
The Misses Dorothy Tucker and
Maria Murphy were in the city Satur-
day from Sanbocn.
Miss Myrtle Lundgren, OF Sanborn,
visited with friends in the city Satur'
day and Sunday.
Edwin O. Bjerke was in the city
Friday from Kathryn and stopped at
the Kindred while here.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Junod are ex-
pected to return to the city Tuesday
from their wedding trip.
James Grady returned to the city
Monday morning from few days bus
mess trip to Minneapolis.
l.. O. Barsness, of Sanborn, was in
the city Thursday and was registered
at the Valley Hotel while here.
The Misses Cora and Lucille Dahl
visited with friends in jamestown over
Sunday, returning to the city Monday
morning.
Miss Lillian Anderson, of Litchville,
was an arrival in the city Monday, to
spend Monday and Tuesday visiting
at the home of Mrs. Oscar Aldahl.
Mrs. Clarence Peterson, of MakOti,
who spent Thanksgiving in the city at
the home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Reiten, returned to her home at Ma
koti Monday morning.
Contractor and Mrs. w. J. Curren
returned to the city Friday evening
from Fargo, where they attended the
Knights Of Columbus doings last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. R. Trubshaw spent
Thanksgiving with friends at Fargo.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-07
SOME READABLE VERSE
Tomorrow, when come to die,
Lay not my bones where highbrow

Tomorrow, when come to die,
Lay not my bones where highbrows
lie;
Let not my dust be mixed with dust
OF mortals who have had the crust
10 think tall shafts and carven stones
Which wealth could rear above their
bones
Will ever make the world revere
Their memory, or shed tear,
AS in it's car it Whizzes past .
Their monuments, pretentious, vast.
Not there, within the Handicapped plot,
Where pillars, like the wife of Lot,
Stand in a mock solmenity
To tell of pride that used to be!
My humble spirit, i'll at ease,
Would rise and say, Excuse me,
please;
I'm out of place among you blokes;
I'm going down to see the folks!
Out yonder, where that woman kneels
And weeps the sorrow that she feels
For her good man, whose kindly deeds
Were plentiful, as are the weeds
That round about his headstone grow
There could rest in peace, know!
So, when it comes my time to die
Drive past the place where highbrows
lie,
And lay my bones beneath the sod,
Among the lowly sons of God!
Charles B. DriscOll
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-07
IT MIGHT BE WORSE

Prairie Farm Breeze: II We are
alive ten years from now and price of
commodities keep climbing we may
expect to write an item something like
this. A Prairie Farm farmer
brought hog, sack Of beans and a
bushel Of wheat to town today and
after selling for cash bought Ford
suit of clothes, dress for his wife
and each of his four daughters. The
balance of the money, after paying
taxes and seventeen years back sub
scription on his home paper, he put
into the bank for safe keeping. He
has two more hogs, but does not in
tend to sell them until the family are
ready to take trip to Europe to see
the battlefelds where the war was in
progress until last spring.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-07
GREAT WORK ON THE
MEXICAN BORDER

Mercedes, Texas, Nov. 3O.-The
Army Young Mems Christian AssOcia-
ton Is now operating Al large frame
buildings in % camps of troops on the
Mexican border There are, in addi-
ton, six large tents and travelling
equipment consisting of an automobile
plies to the isolated outposts In the
Big Bend district of Texas.
Work is also carried on In hospitals,
with troops on practice marches, at
target ranges and visits are made reg.
ularly to the camps Of patrol detach-
ments. At intervals of five or six
weeks, an expedition by motor truck
carries Y. NJ. C. A. supplies to the
men of General Pershing's command
in Mexico. The work is in charge OF
$50 secretaries, who are assisted by
committees of officers and men, and is
supervised by two field secretaries, one
at San Antonio and the other at Ell
Paso The general headquarters are
in New York.
About 100000 national guardsmen
and regular troops are served and the
cost of maintaining the work Is $1,000
day. Up to Dec. l, 80 tons OF writ
/ ing paper and 80 tons of magazines
had been distributed. Each center
has circulating library. Every build
a, ing has a folding organ and many
have pianos. Fifty monographs are
! in use and 80 motion picture machines
! in operation. An average Of $4,000
letters day are written and mailed
in the association buildings.
There are lectures, concerts and en-
tertainments in the evening. A regu-
lar educational program is being car
; ried out, the courses including mathe'
matics, English, Spanish and other
branches. Gospel meetings and Bible
classes are held regularly and are we'll
attended. The buildings are head
! quarters for the social life of the
camps and are visited by thousands of
. men daily.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-07
SPENCER D. REED, DC.
For Six Years Valley City's
Chlr0prdCtor
Phone 155
Office over City DRUG Store

Editor Trubshaw returned home Fri
day morning, while Mrs. Trubshaw re-
NAMED over until Friday evening.
jamestown will be represented by
Miss Jenevieve l.. MatsOn and party
of four in the Normal school auditor
ium when the San Carlo Grand Opera
company presents Faust" on Dec. H.
Mrs. G.. J. CroonQuist, of Kensal, is
visiting at the E. B. Wolff home. w.
q. Glotzbach, of Anamoose, is also
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Wolfe over
Sunday, and will return home Sunday
evening.
Mrs, C. R. Stonath, of New Rock
ford, spent Thanksgiving with her Sis
ter, Mrs. C. J. Rien.
Banker NJ o. Grangaard and party,
of Rogers, will be among those from
that enterprising little town to enjoy
the San Carlo Grand Opera company
in the Normal school auditorium on
Dec. II.
Mrs. C., +. Mason was in the city
Friday from Rogers.
Mrs. Val Potter, of Rogers, was in
the city Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Olaf Olson and daugh-
ter, of st. Paul, are in the city as
guests at the DR.. w. N. Palmer home.
Mrs. James Grady was a passenger
to Minneapolis Thursday evening on
No. 8. .
Mrs. Claude Eastman will arrive in
the city Friday evening on No. 8 from
Lisbon to make an over-Sunday visit
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. r. H.
poiIo1 IN third ovon,1o -..a
Cuyler Anderson, who teaches at
Cathay, and Fletcher Anderson, from
Jamestown, have returned to those
points after spending Thanksgiving at
the F. w. Heidel home in the city.
Gordon Cox, who is a student at the
state university at Grand Forks, came
home to spend Thanksgiving at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Beecher Cox, on North Fifth avenue.
Miss Katherine Conroy, of Fargo,
and Miss Cora Wolff, of Darlington,
were arrivals in the city to spend
Thanksgiving and the weekend vaca-
ton at the home of Mr. and Mrs. e. B.
Wolff.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. J. Bignall returned
to their home at Sanborn Thursday
evening after spending Thanksgiving
at the w. w. Fritch home. They made
the trip by auto.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Pratt, of Thief
River Falls, Mimi, were arrivals in the
city to spend Thanksgiving with Mr..
and Mrs. L. A. Fournie Mr.. and Mrs.
Pratt are uncle and aunt of Mrs.
Fournie.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. C.. Longway, of Far
go, are visitors in Valley City and are
registered at the Valley Hotel while
here. Mr.. Longway is looking for an
opening here for an automobile paint
ing establishment.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-07
HELD BIG HOG SALE

LaMoure, Nov 27.-Geo. D. Enyart's
big sale pavilion at Edgeley was pack
ed with an interested crowd of bidders
on high grade hogs. The attendance
taxed the pavilion and even broke
down some of the seats.
Forty registered Duroc sows and Is
registered Duroc boars were offered
for sale. The bidding was lively and
sows brought a top price of 5000, while
there were several sales at $50, SIS,
$50 and one at $3.50. Bears ranged
around $40, top price being SIS.
-Four soWs went to Iowa on main
bids, three to South Dakota, while Is
head were shipped to North Dakota
points.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-07
MOTHERS CHRISTMAS GIFT

1t never comes to Christmas but
think about the times
We used to save our pennies and our
nickels and our dimes;
And we punched them all together
even little baby brother
Put in some thing for the present that
we always gave to mother.
We began to talk about it very early
in December.
Twas a very serious matter to us chill
dren, l remember,
And we used to whisper nightly OuI
suggestions to each other,
For by nothing cheap and tawdry could
we show our love for mother.
Hers must be a gift of beauty fit to
symbolic her ways;
1t must represent, the sweetness and
the love that marked her days;
1t must be the best our money, all com
bined, had power to buy,
And be something that she longed for
nothing else would satisfy.
Then it mattered not the token, once
the purchase had been made,
1t was struggled home and hidden and
with other treasures laid.
And we placed our present proudly iI
her lap on Christmas day,
And we smothere dher with kisses anC
we laughed chr tears away.
1t never comes to Christmas but
think about the times
We used to save our pennies and oul
nickels and our dimes.
And the only folks envy are the sis
ters and brothers
Who have still the precious privilege
of buying for their mothers.
49,, Edgar A. Guest.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-07
RAY FARMERS LAUNCH
FIRST LOAN ASSOCIATION

Williston, Dec. 1.-The first loan as.
ISOLATION organized in North Dakota
in anticipation of the federal rural
credits act, has been launched at Ray,
this county, where 20 farmers have
combined in loaning association, as
provided by the act.
The Ray National Farm Loan asso.
citation is the name adopted by the
farmers.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-07

While at Fargo Thanksgiving day
mr.. and Mrs. F. G. Chambard enter
tanned at dinner at the Waldorf hotel
Attorney and Mrs. w. H. Rasey, of
Uien, Mimi, Miss Hazel Mcbride, of
bismarck, and Miss Marguerite
Chambard. Mrs. Rasey is still under
the care of a throat specialist at
Fargo.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-07
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE.

A year ago an Aurora, ILL.,, girl adj
vertised for husband at a cost of $11,-
rs. She was successful and last Sat:
urday he died leaving her $4,000, or a
net profit Of $18,989.75. We simply
can't refrain from remarking again
that it pays to advertise.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-07

will have the business of a morning
daily without the ruinous competition
that would have followed with two
morning papers. J. w. Brinton is to
be the manager and Herbert CASTOR
will be the editor.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-07
PREDESTlNATlON

REPRESENTATION
Somewhere upon a shelf now lies
A shirt that's just about my size,
And twined around a button twice
There is tag that shows the price.
do not know whose hands have toiled
Upon this shirt; whose fingers soiled
The calico of which it's made,
Nor how much for the work was paid.
l cannot with assurance say
II it is modest, loud or gay.
IT'S one of thousands of it's kind,
That wait some loving eye to find,
And this one shirt, upon shelf,
That might never buy myself,
Is destined mine at last to be
And hang upon our Christmas tree.
Somewhere to catch friendly eye
Within a store there hangs tie;
And, somehow now, live in dread.
This piece of neckwear's fiery red;
Thousands will see it Haunting there,
But only one will count It fair;
Yes, only one will count it fine,
And she will be friend of mine.
cannot tell just what she'll see
In it to make her think of me,
But once she looks upon that tie,
To ME her gentle thoughts will fly.
Though she has never seen me wear
A thing like that, she will not care.
On Christmas day, by every sign,
That ties presdestined to be mine.
Somewhere there lies a pretty box
That hold suspenders, scarfs and
socks.
And, oh, shudder when think
The color scheme of them is pink,
Because l know on Christmas day
That outfits bound to come my way.
am as sure as can be
That certain box will fall to me.
Though many will their beauty view.
Those pink forget.me-notsc or blue,
Surprising all that ever bloomel,
To be my Christmas gift are doomed.
In fancy now plainly see -
The gifts that fate selects for me. ~
Detroit Free Press.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-07

Miss Nell C. Collins, of Detroit.
Mimi, was an arrival in the city We'd
nesday evening to spend THANKSGIVING
at the home of her aunt, Mrs. H. Col
Inns. She will also remain over for a
few days visit and will return Sunday
evening to Detroit, where she is a
teacher in the public schools. Miss
Collins arrived in time to attend the
tiremen's ball Wednesday evening.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-07

The Fargo Courier-News has been
sold again. Its record will almost
surpass Finnegan's "off ag'in, on
ag'in.' The Times-Record has been
falling behind in this respect for near
ly two years. and the palm must be
conceded to the Fargo paper. 1t ap-
pears that the Nonpartisan Leader
was out to get Parson Guilds goat,
and finally succeeded through a round.
about route. After all it looks like a
happy arrangement. The Leader
wanted a daily paper where the field
was crowded. BY eliminating the
Courier-News or taking it over they
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Simon Simonson, who
live near Ray, are in the city for a
visit at the home Of Mrs. Simonson,s
father, M. E. Jaten. They will be here
until some time next week, when they
Will go on to Cambridge, Wis.
Prof. E. ]. Whalian was in the CITY
Friday from Fingal, registering at the
Valley Hotel.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-07

Other cities are discussing the
community Christmas tree and at.
tendant exercises. Valley City has
heretofore been leader in Christmas
cheer, even to having tree and car
OILS in the street. Is the idea dormant :?
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-07

There has been considerable COM
ment, telephone and personal calls at
this Office regarding the publishing of
certain sermon by one Of our local
preachers. If what the minister said
is true, there seems to be no valid
reason why it should not be published.
If not true, we are willing to publish
evidence to the contrary.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-07

Time was when the poet sang 1.-THE
plowman homeWard plods his weary
way" but out here in North Dakota
he kicks if the conveyance isn't bet
ter than a Ford.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-07

Why does man use the expression
"a fat chance" when he means a slim
chance?
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-07
SUM MARY OF SENATE

The current issue of the Norpatsan
Leader prints the following summary
of the North Dakota senate:
Total membership ...............4 9
HoldOver senators ...............24
Elected Nov. 7, 1916 ...........25
Elected with League Endorsement. .18
DC1AOSlo to v
League Republican senator's ..... IA
League Democratic senators .......
Necessary for majority ...........25
The Leader adds that more than
seven of the holdover senators are
known to be favorable to the League
program, assuring the League program
a majority
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-07

G. A. Beardsley, OF Wing, was an ar
rival in the city Friday evening to
spend Sunday visiting his daughter,
Miss Ellen Beardsley, who is stu
dent at the Normal school. While in
the city Mr.. Beardsley is stopping at
the Valley Hotel.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-07

The Litchville Bulletin man had a
long list of thankfulisms, among
which appeared is new subscribers.
That is enough to make most country
editors bust with pride or get so
looney they would buy an automobile.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-07

It's about time for the newspapers
to begin mapping out program for
the legislature.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-07

Reformed spelling advocates keep
right on adopting lists of words, but
SO far have had poor success in get
ting the revised words to appear in
dictionaries.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-07

Bismarck Tribune: Miss Isabelle
McGillis, teacher in the Litchville
schools, is spending the Thanksgiving
vacation with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. D. j. McGillis, of the Van Horn
hotel.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-07

Mr.. and Mrs. F. C. Chambard and
daughter, Miss Marguerite and Miss
Hazel Mcbride autoed to Fargo to
spend Thanksgiving, returning home
again Thursday evening.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-07

Mrs. w. G.. Woodruff, of Bismarck,
was an arrival in the city Saturday
afternoon on No. and is a guest at
the Abe Eckel home for several days,
expecting to return some time next
week.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-07

That Montana woman who was
elected to congress may not be speak.
er of the house, but it is already
known that she will have something
to say.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-07

3. r. Weber was in the city Satur
day from jamestown.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-07

An acre of potatoes is now reckoned
as worth so many limousines.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-12-07

When women get the right to vote
the long ballot will be doomed. You
know what they did to the long skirt.