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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-02-03

At the annual meeting Of the Zion
Lutheran church, held in Getchell
township Friday afternoon, Jacob
schafer was elected president for one
year; John Froelich, treasurer for one
year; Henry Uloth, secretary for one
year; VIM. Dotting, trustee for two
years; VIM. Rohde, trustee for three
years. Finances were found to be in
excellent condition.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-02-03
''MoN ley"

The mint makes it and under the
terms of the CONTINENTAL MORT.
GAGE COMPANY you can secure it at
$50 for any legal purpose on approved
real estate. Terms easy, tell us your
wants and we will cooperate with you.
PETTY e. COMPANY
1419 LyttOn BLDG. Chicago.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-02-03
Government Plant Is
Likely to Be Costly

Washington, Jan. 27.- Estimates
were given the senate military com
mittee today by Brigadier General
Crozier, chairman of ordnance, show
ing that plant costing $4O0,000,0O
operated by 100000 men would be re.
quired to manufacture ammunition
and war materials to keep an army OF
100000 men in the field and equip
an additional million recruits.
General Crozier strongly disapprov'
ed any proposal for government mo-
nopoly for war supplies, insisting that
the best recruits would be obtained by
relying on private establishments to
support the. outputs of government
plants in time of war.
The commission received today from
Secretary Garrison, draft Of ten
tative measure suggested by Chairman
Chamberlain which would provide fol
the authorizing Of the proposed con
tinental army in general terms only
leaving the details of the proposed
system to be worked out by depart
ment regulations.
The original draft Of the bill sub
mitted to the war department contains
an outline Of the entire system.
Senator Chamberlain has prepared 6
tentative bill dealing only with in
creases for the regular army, and il
is assumed that the general author
ity contemplated on the brief section
submitted today by the secretary il
intended to be inserted in the Cham
berlain bill.
It provides that men in the contin
entail army shall receive not more than
three months training in any year
while serving with the colors, or more
than six months training in active
duty.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-02-03

Ross Hartwick left Friday for the
Twin Cities to take In the auto show.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-02-03

14l9 .LyttOn Bldg.. Chicago.
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psnl.s carransisss' '.,s r
ri Paso. Den. fsanc.
Asnisd - report &
pisoee " vtllistee
thirty 49, ni1ss = : |,
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keep telephoning him you want TO see
him since he stopped coming here
She made n long. low sound Of com
prehension before she said, And what
else did Edith want you to ask me?'
| II want to know what you say over
| the telephone to Lamhorn." he said,
| fercely.
as that all Edith told you to ask
me? You saw her when you stopped
| In there on your way home this eve
ming, didn't you? Didn't she tell
you then what I said over the tele-
phone to Mr. Lamhorn?'
NO. she didn't" he vociferated, his
voice growing louder. she said, You
tell your wife 10 stop telephoning Rob
ert Lamhorn to come and see her, be-
cause he isn't going to do 1t" That's
what she said! And l want to know
what it means. | intend"
A maid appeared at the lower end of
the hall. Dinner is ready" she said.
and. giving the troubled pair one
glance, went demurely into the dining
room. Roscoe disregarded the inter
ruption.
Il intend to know exactly what has
been going on" he declared. Il mean
TO know just what"
Sibyl jumped up. almost touching
him. standing face to face with him.
'Oh. you do.' she cried, shrilly. You
mean to know just what's what, do
you? You listen to your sister insinu
ating ugly things about your wife. and
then you come home making scene
before the servants and humiliating
me in their presence! DO you suppose
that Irish girl didn't hear every word
you said? You 20 in there and eat your
dinner alone! Go on. Go and eat your
dinner alone-because | won't eat with
you"'
And she broke away from the detain-
ing grasp he sought to fasten upon
her, and dashed up the stairway, pant
ing. He heard the door Of her room
slam overhead, and the sharp click of
the key in the lock.
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CHAPTER xVl-continued.

won't you come in?" urged Mrs.
vertrees, cordially, hearing the sound
of cheerful voice out of the darkness
beyond the approaching glare of auto
mobile headlights. "Do! There's Mary
now, and She"
But Sibyl was halfway across the
street. NO, thanks" she called. Il
hope she won't miss her piano" And
she ran into her own house and
plunged headlong upon a leather divan
in the hall, holding her handkerchief
over her mouth.
The noise of her tumultuous entrance
was evidently startling, for there fol-
lowed the crash of decanter upon the
floor of the dining room, and. after a
rumble of indistinct profanity. Roscoe
came forth. holding a dripping napkin
in his hand.
whats your excitement?' he de-
manded. "What do you find to go into
Mysteries over? Another death in the
family?"
"Oh. it's funny she gasped
"Those old frost-bitten people. l guess
they're getting their comeupance"
Lying prone, she elevated her feet in
the air. clapping her heels together re-
peatedly. in an ecstasy.
Come through. come through"
said her husband. GROSSLY. what you
been up to?"
"MeY she cried, dropping her feet
and swinging around to face him.
Nothing. It's them. Those Yertreeses."
She wiDed her ewes "They'ya had 10
sell their pianov'
"Well, what of it;'
THAT Mrs. Kittersby told me ali
about 'em a week ago" said Sibyl
They've been hard up for long time.
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CHAPTER XVIII.

He emerged only upon second sum.
mons to dinner, two hours later, and
came to the table so white and silent
that his wife made her anxiety mani
fest and was but partially reassured
by his explanation that his lunch had
disagreed" with him little.
Presently. however, he spoke effec-
lively. Bibbs, whose appetite had be-
come hearty, was helping himself to a
second breast Of capon from white
Jackets salver. Here's another dif.
ference between Midas and chicken. :.
Sheridan remarked. grimly. II reckon
you overlooked that. Midas iookb 10
me Hike be had the advantage there"
Bibbe retained enough proeence of
mind 70 transfer de eapon brsast q
~ plAts wttAoat Afopplns It an6 q
eteeeeG ~xeD-1De essWs eees NJ B.
nas1ng eetas1ee - ent1e lstb -
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.You changed: you didn't Ioos mo

you changed: you didn't Iook mo
same. You were all strung up and ex-
cited and fidgety; you got to looking
peakid and run down. Now then, Lam
horn had been going with us a good
while. but noticed that not long ago
you got to picking on him about every
little thing he did; you got to quarrel
ing with him when l was there and
when I wasn't. l could see you'd been
quarreling whenever came in and he
was here"
"Do you object to that?' asked
Sityl, breathing quickly.
"Yes-when it Injuries my wife's
healthw he returned, with quick lift
of his eyes to hers. You began to run
down just about the time you began
falling out with him" He stepped
close to her. "See here, Sibyl. I'm go
ing to know what 1t means"
"Oh, you are?" she snapped. THAT
was what you were going to say the
other day. Yes, What else have you
to say tonight?"
'Tonight." he replied. with grim
swiftness, 81 want to know why you
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CHAPTER XVII.

At seven o'clock on the last morn
ing of that month, Sheridan, passing
through the upper hall, found a cou-
pie of scribbled sheets of note paper
lying on the floor. He recognized the
handwriting and put the sheets in his
coat pocket, intending to give them
to George or Jackson for return to the
owner, but he forgot and carried them
downtown with him. At noon he
found himself alone in his office, and,
having little leisure, remembered the
bits Of manuscript, took them out, and
glanced at them. Having satisfied
himself that Bibbs' scribblings were
only sample of the kind of writing
his son preferred to the machine shop,
he decided, innocently enough, that he
would be justified in reading them.
1t appears that lady will nod pleas
antly upon some windy generalization OF
| a companion, and will wear the most
| agreeable expression Of accepting II al
the law. and then-days afterward, wher
the thing is a mummy to Its promulgato1
she will inquire out of clear sky
why did you say that the people down
! town have nothing in life that = CHECKER
hasn't7 What did you mean?" And sh,
may say 1t in a manner that makes
sensible reply very dihicult-you will b,
30 full Of wonder that she remembered
30 seriously.
Yet. what does the rooster lack? n,
has food and shelter: be II warm In win
ter: i-S wives raise not one fne famil,
for him. but dozens. He has . clear sk.
over him: he breathas svsst air; he walk
IN bis april oeehaFd u1b1er . roof Of nOw
srs. ~ nugt - yloaeatly psehaps. ~
quislkly. II Nlda9 eaaosf . hstesv Vav
1he rereoero utveD - eaot1Boa nnef ~
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=, ,h,s fashion, bs biushed-foe y
corId blush distinctly now-and hn
mother looked upon him with pleasure.
though the reference to Midas ana
roosters was Of course jargon to her.
ENID you ever see anybody Improve
.h. wav that child has!' she exclaimed.
"I declare. Bibbs, sometimes iate'y Jou
look right hnndsome!
"He's got to be such n gadaoout'
Edith giggled. 49,
~ found something of his on the
noor upstairs this morning, before any
bodv was up," said Sheridan. II
reckon II people lose things In TINS
house and expect to get 'em back, they
better get up ns soon ms l do
"What wns It he lost" asked Edith.
"ue knows!" her father returned.
Seems to me like forgot to bring II
home with me. looked 1t over
thought probably II WAS something
pretty important, belongin' to BUSY
man like him." He affected to search
his pockets. what did do win H.
now? Oh yes! Seems to me ike ! re-
member leayin' 1t down at the ONCE
in the waste basket
Good place for It," Blbbs mur
INJURED. still red.
Sheridan gave him a grin. Perhaps
pretty soon you'll be gettin' up early
enough to find things before I dor
1t was threat, and Bibbs repeated
the substance of It, later In the eve
| ming, to Mary Vertrces-thcy had come
to know each other that well.
"My times here at last" he said, as
they sat together in the melancholy gas
| light of the room which had been de-
nuded of Its plano. But the gas hght'
| though from single Jet, shed no
melancholy upon Bibbs. nor could any
| room seem bare that knew the glow
| ing presence of Mary. He spoke
| lightly, not sadly.
Yes, it's come. I've shirked and
put It OFF. but | can't shirk and put on
any longer. It's really my part to go
| to hm-at least 1t would save my face
He means what he says. and the times
come to serve my sentence. Hard Labor
for life. think"
Mary shook her head. 81 don't think
so. He's too kind"
"You think my fathers kind" And
Bibbs stared at her.
"Yes. I'm sure of It, I've felt that
he has n great, brave heart. It's only
that he has to be kind in his own way
because he can't understand any
other way"
"Ah yes" said Bibbs. "If thati
what you mean by kind"
She looked at him gravely. earnest
concern in her friendly eyes. "lt's go
ing to be pretty hard for you, isn't it?'
"Oh-self-plty" he returned. smiling
This has been lust the last flicker o.
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mis- mouth was distorted, and he was
deathly pale. The father stood aghast
by Georgew he muttered. "Ros-
coe"
"My name" said Roscoe. Can help
that"
"Roscoev' Blank establishment was
Sheridan's first sensation. Probably
nothing in the world could have more
amazed him than to find Roscoe. <ts.
steady old wheel-horse-in this condi-
ton. How'd you get this way?" he
demanded. You caught cold and took
too much for it?'
For reply Roscoe laughed hoarsely,
"Yeuh! Cold! been drinkun all time
lately. FRS you notice lit"
by Georgew cried Sheridan. al
thought I'd smelt 1t on you good deaI
lately, but I wouldn't "a believed
you'd take more'n was good for you
Bob! To see you like common hogr
Roscoe chuckled and threw ont hi,
right arm in a meaningless gesture
Hog" he repeated, chuckling.
Eyes. hogr' said Sheridan, angrily
I'm business hoursi I don't object T.
anybody's takin' 4 drink II he want,
to, out O business hours: nor. II q maj
Keeps his work right up to the scratch
! wouldn't be the one to haste him h
ne got good an drunk once IN tvc
three years, nayhs. Il amt ny way
4 ] ~ Il aiensy but Asyse bsossyed 4
fsse1k ~ Nuv - 4 GrUWAr0p - 4
1etM ne4ek j. g I ~ sl11il
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SYNOPSIS.

Sheridan's attempt to make a business
man of his son Bibbs by starting him in
the machine shop ends in Bibbs going to
. sanitarium. n nervous wreck. ON his re-
turn Bibbs finds himself an inconsider-
able and unconsidered figure in the New
House. of the Sheridans. The Nertreeses
oid-town family next door and impover-
ished, call on the Sheridans, newly-rich
and Mary afterward puts into words her
parents unspoken wish that she marry
one of the Sheridan boys. Mary frankly
encourages Jim Sheridan's attentions. Jim
tells Mary Bibbs Is not a lunatic-''j just
queer" He proposes to Mary. who half
accepts him. Sheridan tells Bibbs he
must go back to the machine shop as
soon as he Is strong enough, in spite of
Bibbs plea to be allowed TO write. Edith,
Bibbs' sister, and Sibyl, Roscoe Sheridan's
wife quarrel over Bobby Lamborn; Sibyl
goes to Mary for help to keep Lamhorn
from marrying Edith, and Mary leaves
her in the room alone. Bibbs has to break
to his father the news OF Jim's sudden
death. All the rest OF the family helpless
in their grief, Bibbs becomes temporary
master OF the house. At the funeral he
meets Mary and rides home with her.
Bibbs purposely interrupts tete-a-tete
between Edith and Lamhorn. He tells
Edith that he overheard Lamhorn max
ing love to Roscoe's wife. Doctor Gurney
finds Bibbs well enough to go back to the
machine shop. Mary and Bibbs meet by
accident and form a pleasant friendship.
Roscoe Sheridan and his wife quarrel
desperately about Bobby Iamhorn.
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revolt. Nobody minds work IL he
likes the kind Of work. There'd be no
loafers in the world II each man found
the thing that he could do best; but the
only work l happen to want to do IL
useless-so I have to give it up. To
morrow I'll be day laborer."
what is 1t like-exactly?"
1T wasn't muscularly exhausting-
not at all. They couldn't give me a
heavier job because l wasn't good
enough"
But what will you do? want to
know"
when left" said Bibbs, II was
on what they call over there clip
ping machine and that's what I'll be
sent back to. It's, very simple and
very easy. feed long strips of zinc
into pair Of steel jaws, and the jaws
bite the zinc into little circles. And
yet was very bad hand at it."
He had kept his voice cheerful as he
spoke. but he had grown a shade
paler, and there was latent anguish
deep In his eyes. He may have known
II and wished her not to see 1t, for he
turned away.
You do that all day long! she ex.
claimed. mo wonder" She broke
on and then. after keen glance at his
race. she said: II should think you
would have been bad hand at it!'
He laughed ruefully. II think It's
tDe noise, though I'm ashamed to say
IT. You see. It's very powerful ma
cnine. and there's a sort Of rhythmical
crashing-a crash every time The Jaws
bite OF circle"
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and she says AZ long ago as last winter
she knew that girl got pair Of walk
ing shoes re-soled and patched, because
- ~ It done the same place Mrs.
Kittersby's cook he'd hersi'
sweil, vslIf" be urged, impatientiy.
sWe1l I'm telling you'll Mrs.. Kitters-
~ sasu thsy haven't got = thing! Just
'a1ooeu4oly nethans -and they don't
H1ow ai0Whsee t. tnrui sbe says ~
- cSSnien - wen1sr1ng What
4 fd jo u -. sE1e ~ ~
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Imagine the feelings Of
hard-workine, dutiful husband
/ when he learns that his wife is
dangerously flirting with a
worthless bacheIor-and when
his wife defies him to do any
thing about the matter. Does
such situation justify divorce,
Notwithstanding the until death
do US part" vow?
The Topeka state journal., 1916-11-18
Personal Breefs

Brad Tucker while drawing off his
boots tother evg about 7 p NJ perpara-
tory to retiring was suddintly seized
with stitch in his back which dub
beld him up to stitch extent that he
tried to lay down with his boots off but
to his intents disgust he found he
couldn't lay down without being TUX by
the stitch agin & he couldn't set down
neither nor skeercely stand up and Brad
says what he sufferd for the next three
davs no huming being will ever know
being as he couldn't take long breth
and he don't see how he lived thru it.
Brad says he hopes to goodness if
there is emmy stitches going around
they'll stitch sumbuddy else being as
that one stitch is enuff for him.
Rev. Saml Moore our beloved paster
preeched red hot sermon last Sunday
morning on how mutch easier it was
for camul to 90 thru the eye of a
needle than a rich man to pass thru
the pearly gates Rev Sam1 Moore got
this sermon up espeshially for our well
thy citizen Cyrus Hoskins and our be-
luved paster must of been awful dis
appointed when Cy diddent go to
church last Sabbath morning being as
he started on two day trip over into
Pottowassie Co to foreclose a mortgage
oAA "iuuCi q SCiiC OiiliSS over that
wav.
Hod S1ocomb says that as soon as
spring opens he is a going to resoom
the DIGGING of his we'll Hod has re-
sootnd the digging of this well every
spring for the past 8 yrs. He only
works on it about day each spring and
as result it amt down moren five #
in all
Miss Mary Ann Whittacre wore a
thin lawn dress to a taffy pull give last
Satterday evg. by Miss Amelia Tucker
our raining sossiety queen to few of
the upper crust of Bingville and Mary
Ann exposed herself to stitch a extent
going and comeing from the pull, cold
as it was, that she ketchd severe cold
in her head and is all stopd up and
hoarse as a result.
Hez Wilkins OF Zion Crossroads was
saw shaking hands with friends in Bing-
Vile one day last wk but we forgit
The Topeka state journal., 1916-11-18
Lokal Items

Nothink has been borned in Bine-
vile during the past wk. exsept a cali
to a COW owned bv Enos McCracken
& for this reason if you look thru this
ishue of the Boog1e expecting to find
acct. of Births" in our midst you'll
be disappointed Next wk according to
present indicashions we hone to be able
to cronicl1el at least one birth and per-
haps two depending on whether it's a
case of twins or not.
Yves Woodruff has jest put out a
cure for fleas on dogs which he is
selling cheep to them as has fleas on
their dogs and Wes says it's great
sucksess. If you happen to have fleas
on your dog you will do well to pur-
chase a bottle of this flea cure. (Ad-
vertisement)
Wild geese aint so plentiful in this
naberhood as they was few wks. ago
and we aint yet heerd of ennybuddy
getting ennv. Jim Peters who was out
hunting rabbits tother day seen flock
pass over and shot at em but diddent
hit emmy Jim calkilates they was up in
the air four miles ennyhow and his
shotgun wont shoot that fur.
Mrs. Gid Harvey persented our wife
with at of pickeld blueberries tother
day and we ct some for supper but
diddent etc them with as mutch gusto
as we would of liked to of ct them with
being as they was that sour they puck
erd our mouth up turrible.
Rufe Atkins who lives at the lower
end of town had hoop to bust often
a bari of hard cider tother night from
causes unlsnowd Rufe don't know how
he is a going to git thru the winter
without no hard cider to cheer him up.
Lem Brown reports to us that he
has went and lost his jackplane by hav-
ing sunbuddy borry it and then forgit-
ting to return same to him like they
ort to of did if they was a honest
man. Lem says he has hazy recol-
leckshion to who he lent it and if they
don't return it prompt or its equiyylent
the law must take its course.
These is about all the "Lokal Items
which we can think of at this writing
and therefore you will excoose us if we
bring said items to close being as its
so burned cold in the Boogle offs that
our teeth be chattering and we'll
haft to lug in some more wood for the
blamed old sheet iron stove.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-11-18

which day. We persoom Hez also for
got to drop in and pay us somethink on
his back subscripshion which would of
been very welcome being as our finances
is at turrible low ebb at the present
writing. Come again Hez-we are allus
glad to see you come & go.
Eb Wilson is so hoarse with a cold
that he cant speek above a whisper &
as result he talks largely by maxim
signs with his hands and arms and Eb
says he'll be glad when he gifts his voice
back being as his arms is lame usin EN-
so mutch.
Mel Sampson got up & got his own
breakfast tother morning being as his
wife had a headake and Mel billed a
cupple of eggs for breakfast but when
he broke em open the odor from same
neerly tnockd him down and Mel went
to work without no brekfast-he said
he diddent want emmy after he got a
whiff of them eggs. These was too old
eggs which Missus Sampson had in the
house for long time but Lem diddent
know ennythink about that
Mrs. Jerushy Perkins has our thanks
for n1intz pie which she left on our
desk at the Bugle offs tother day
whilst we was out and which we ct
with great gusto upon our return de-
vouring same to the last crumb of crust
with great pleasure and lickin the
platter clean as we might say When
it comes to bakin rnintz pie we don't
know of ennybuddy in Bingville who
can beat Jerushy
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Country Correspon-
dence
SLAB CITY

Hike Peters is down with the mumps.
Somehow or other Hike misd the
mumps when he was little shaver and
ort to of had EN-. and he says it makes
him feel like blamed fool to have a
spell of mumps when he's great big
crowd up man being as it looks so
childish
Mrs. Jim Bradley of here Sundayed
with Mrs. Jemima Peppers at Hickory
Corners last Sunday and as the gest of
Mrs Peppers indulged in chicken
dinner. Mrs. Jim says that the chik-
ken in this case was old hen which
she PERSONS dide of old age being as
it was tuffern soul 1ether and she
wouldn't give friend OF. hern a chik-
ken like that let along her dog.
Jaspar Tarbell was lucky enuff to
ketch large coon in steel trap in his
orchard but when Jasp went to look at
the trap he was good cal amazed &
surprised to find that the aninil had
excaped & took the trap with him. The
reason Jasp knowd it was a coon was
becuz it left some coon hairs behint it.
Jasp says he diddent care boot about
losin the coon but he hated like thun-
der to lose the trap which cost him
so cts and was almost new
Arioch Perkins went to the co. seat
to purchase new pr. of boots last wk
and put the new boots on in the store
and then like blamed fool went and
forgot his old ones and when he got