The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-01-06


noon to attend the Birth of Nation
The sky in the northwest Thursday
evening was bright with light from the
grain which is still burning at Rogers
where the Acme elevator was destroy
ed by fire Sunday night. An immense
pile of grain is still burning fiercely
while the work of salvage is being car
ried forward, with the result that quite
little grain will be saved.
Phillip Stephan was in the city Fri
day from Eckelson township on bust
ness.
Mrs. Waite, of Aberdeen, S. D., is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. E. H.
Briggs. m
Thos. Davis, of Eckelson township,
was business visitor at the court
house Friday.
Mrs. George Fredrickson, who has
been visiting with her sister, Mrs.
John Deibler, returned Friday after
noon to her home at Pennington,
MINI.
w. Ripley Dorr, of St. Paul, was in
town Thursday in the interest of the
Hall organ company.
Gunner Nelson and Oscar Furgeson
were in the city Thursday evening
from Nome.
J. J. Collins and family, who have
been spending the holidays with his
mother in the city, returned to Bill
ings, Mont, Wednesday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. C. Macdonald re-
turned Thursday from Lidgerwood
where they spent the week with
friends.
Mrs. Geo. Rasmussen and family,
who have been visiting in Wisconsin
during the holidays, returned to Valley
City Friday morning.
; L. E. Hedstrum, who went to Min
neapolis Monday morning on matters
of business, returned home Friday
morning on No. 3.
A baby boy was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Betzina, of Hensler, early on
Thursday morning at the home of Mrs.
Betzina's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. A.
Hansen.
Misses Margaret and Sophia Kram'
er have been spending q couple OF
weeks at their home on Helena ave-
nue. and will leave Sunday for Center
where they are teaching in the con
solidated school.
Mrs. Matt Dreis and children, OF
Darcy, left for their home on No.
Friday morning after spending a week
visiting her mother, Mrs. Marion
Kramer, and sisters on Helena avenue
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kaiser were In
the city Friday from near Cuba. They
report their son, Gordon, who has beer
on the sick list for some time past, al
convalescent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Linderman, of Red
stone, Mont, will arrive in Valley CITY
Friday evening for visit with Mrs
Linderman's parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Lew Whitson. They are on their wa!
home from a holiday visit with Mr.
Liuderman's parents at Enderlin.
The children of Rev. and Mrs. W
C. Lyon have been taking turns a
entertaining severe colds and stayinl
in the house, thereby keeping thei
parents housed up too. Clarence i
! the last one to be on the entertaining
committee and is confined to his bed
but is somewhat improved.
John Krug, bonanza farmer of La
mona, who has been in st Paul all thi
week on matters of business aonnecte
with the Equity elevator; returned FIR
day morning on No. 3. ''.... Fl
Ole Amundson, of Hettinger, was
the city Thursday and Friday. He wa
clerk at the Kindred hotel for a nun
Der of years, and is calling on some
his old friends. He renewed his sui
scription to the Weekly Times-Recor'
which will still keep him in touch wit
his friends here.
Mrs. Frances Hougen entertaine
| Wednesday evening at dinner
honor of her niece. Miss Katie J0hl
son, who was visiting in the cit
There were eight young ladies pre-
ent and a most delicious dinner We
enjoyed. Miss johnson left Thur
day morning over the 500 line, for h
home in Alexandria, Mimi.
Herbert Weston returned Frida
morning on No. from an extensi,
trip through the state of Iowa. He r
ports that he was trying to locate
place that would suit him better tha
VALLEY City, but we know the gent
Herb well enough to know that
must have been some other bushes
that took him away. At any rate,
says that Valley City and North D
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