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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-07-27
Girls Will Play Baseball

The All.American Girls baseball
club has been booked to play at Oris-
ka on Wednesday, Aug 2. The club
comes highly recommended and is the
highest class girls ball club on the
road today. Unlike other girl teams,
the All-American girls carry three
lady pitchers, their feature being Miss
Elizabeth Pull, the champion lady
pitcher of the world, and the only girl
pitching ball today that can go for
the full nine innings. She is support
ed by Miss May Fay, spitball pitch
er, and Miss Anna McCann. Another
feature whom they offer and one whom
we all know is Carrie Nation, the
worlds greatest first base woman
player. The club is composed of all
stars and each girl has been chosen
for her respective position.
According to reports in the papers
Of the state they are real ball players
and the game will be the star attrac-
tion of the season at Oriska.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-07-27
Rain Causes Postponement
Of Tuesday Race Program

The race program that was to be
held at the fair grounds had to be post
poned until Friday afternoon on &C.
count of the rain Monday night and
Tuesday morning.
The promoters announced that on
account of the extra time to elapse be-
fore Friday afternoon it will give them
a chance to be better prepared and
that the program will be complete in
detail as advertised.
The track will become more solid
and safer from the wetting, and con-
sequently more speedy.
The business places will close in &C.
cordance with the agreement for Tues.
day afternoon so that everybody will
have an opportunity to grace the event
with their presence.
With all the concensus of opinion
seems to be Lets go!"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-07-27
RESIGNATION and Promotions
at County Auditors S Office

Mrs. C. w, Nelson has resigned her
position as deputy county auditor, to
be effective Aug. l. Her place will be
filled by Miss May Baillie, who has
been an efficient clerk in the office for
some time. Miss Jessie Thorkelson
will be promoted to the position Of
first clerk, Miss Constance Mcpherson
to second clerk, and Miss Clara Tol-
stad to third clerk
Mrs. Nelson started as clerk under
Auditor Gunderson in the year 1902.
Here she served until April, 1907,
when she was appointed deputy, and
this position has been held by her un-
til the present time.
During the several years of faith
full service Mrs. Nelson has made
many friends, and all who have bust.
ness to transact at the court house
will be sorry to have her leave. Her
efficiency is not only known locally,
but is statewide. Always pleasant
and accommodating, she has been one
of the most valuable and competent
deputies ever employed by the county.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-07-27
Fats and Leans STAGE
Six Innings Of Coined y

Monday evening at the ball grounds
north of the city the fats and leans put
on a six inning game of alleged base
ball.
The fact that the proceeds went to
augment the fund for Fairgrounds
made everybody overlook the acts of
omission and commission of those en-
gagged as players.
When you speak of this ball game
being treat you are only expressing
it mildly. Everyone present seemed
to thoroughly enjoy the hour and a
half at the field, it being question as
to whether the players or the specta-
tors enjoyed the game the more. The
contest was keen throughout and re-
plete with stellar ball. Many features
might be mentioned, one of which was
the brilliant steal and slide Of Chief
Swanson to second base. Another the
long run and catch of Mr.. Hilburn in
the left garden. The batting of Mr..
Bonhus with three-bagger and Mr. Nc
Culloch should not be sighted. Mayor
Moe was right there when it came to
cutting them off at first. The lean
team was perhaps little better bal
anced than that of their opponents
which to great extent accounts for
the score. .-.
The time of the game undoubtedly
prevented many from getting out to
see the game but those who were there
were very liberal in setting their own
price and $21.95 was taken in. Most
sincere thanks is extended to the play
ers and the others present for backing
the project. ..t,
Following is the lineup and score:
Fats - Hilborn, Bemis, McCulloch,
Bonhus, Rodewald, Johnson, Moe, E.
Swanson, Jones. ..a..
!. Leans-Purdy, Vic Swanson, Nelson,
Thorkelson, Smith, Palmer, Johnson,
Goodier, Brown. -.- ~
Score by innings:
Fats ................3 3 0 0 o. 6
Leans ...............6 2 0 2 1 XII
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-07-27
Every Farmer Needed
Here Coming Saturday

Valley City has a first-class, chance
to get the big Equity packing plant if
the farmers of the county will show
that they are interested. Much has al.
ready been done to impress the Equity
leaders with the fact that we want it.
The other cities after the enterprise
realize that our chances are exception
ally good and they know why we have
this chance. The Minot Optic-Report-
er places it squarely before the people
when it says: AT Valley City there
is a united movement by the farmers
and business men to get the location.
Both are working hand in hand to &C
complish the desired results"
The location of the plant here will
mean dollars in the pocket of every
farmer in the county. 1t will mean
more profit on their stock; it will
mean a bigger market for every ar
ticle of produce they raise; it will
mean better city and county, and an
increased valuation for their land.
They have nothing to lose and much
to gain by showing that they are in
terested.
The Equity committee is to meet
here Saturday to make its decision as
to the location of the plant. Every
farmer and business man of the county
ought to be here that day to meet the
committee. Pass this word along to
your neighbor-he may possibly not
have paid particular attention to the
matter, and his presence and your
presence may possibly turn the scale
in favor of Valley Citv
The Minot paper further sums up
the situation, which is clearly seen to
be in Valley City's favor: 1T would
not be surprising if the fight narrowed
down to Valley City and Minot. Fargo,
it is contended is and always has been
contended by the farmers is too near
the jaws of the big packing industries
in the twin cities. 1t would place the
stock raisers in the grip of those con-
Germs because there would be little
competition in the buying market and
none in the selling market The farm
ers of that section of the state are not
enthusiastic for it's location there, real
izing that while immediate location
would be some local advantage, there
would be enough differences in the
conditions to more than Offset the ad.
vantages."
IF YOUR OWN PROSPERITY IS A
NATTER OF INTEREST TO YOU
YOU SHOULD BE ON HAND SATUR-
DAY WITHOUT FAIL.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-07-27
Bandmaster Frustrated;
Engagement Is Cancelled

NJ. J. Boyd received telegram Mon
day stating that the bandmaster of
the Kilties Band had been overcome
by heat Saturday at Little Falls, Minn.,
and that their engagement here had
necessarily been cancelled. This news
will be learned with regret by many
in Valley City, but the regret will be
tempered by the statement that they
will come here later. Ample notice of
the date will be given and the audi
ence will probably be larger than it
would have been this evening, as many
who have heard and enjoyed their mu.
sic are telling friends of the treat in
store.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-07-27
Sudden Death Of Mrs. Hirt

Mrs. w. E. Hirt, who lived at the
corner of Thirteenth avenue and Third
street, passed away suddenly on Tues
day at 1 o'clock from heart trouble.
She had not been in good health for
some time, and for the past week had
been confined to bed. Tuesday she
thought she would get up and dress,
but suddenly expired upon making the
attempt.
Mrs. Hirt was the wife of w. E. Hirt,
who runs an auto livery, and besides
her husband leaves two children. She
was 80 years of age. The funeral will
be held at Marion, and announcements
of the funeral will be given later.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-07-27
Pioneer Foster County Man
Passes Away in Washington

Darlington, July 20.-Geo. H. Esta-
brook, one of Carrington's grand old
men and pioneer citizens, died Monday
at North Yakima, Wash, where he has
been making his home the past two
years with his son, Albert. He has
been in poor health most of the time
since he went west, but had been some
better of late and was planning to re-
turn to Darlington within few weeks.
A brief wire was received here Tues
day announcing the death and stating
that the body would be taken to Chip.
peWa Falls, Wis.,, for burial beside the
bodies Of Mrs. sEstabrook and son, LOU
Mr.. Estabrook was one of the ear
liest settlers of this region and one of
it's most prominent citizens. He was
universally respected for many sterl-
ling qualities. Although nearly sc
years old, he was gifted to the end
with an unusually bright mind and
was a fluent and most interesting talk
or.
He was an attorney by profession
and during his residence in Foster
county held the Offices of states at.
torney and judge of probate. He was
also at one time editor of the Inde-
pendent. Mr.. Estabrook was a char
ter member of the Masonic lodge in
Darlington.
Mr.. Estabrook was born Oct. 5, 1880,
at Springfield, Ill. He was nearly SO
years old.
In the Civil war, Mr.. Estabrook
went early, joining the Seventh Illi-
nois infantry. He served his country
faithfully and was promoted from the
ranks to be major of his regiment
Albert is accompanying the remains of
through Jamestown this evening at
1925.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-07-27
Co. 6 Veteran Given Post Of
Honor at Mimi. Encampment

At the annual convention of the
United Spanish War Veterans, depart.
ment of Minnesota, which was recently
held at Albert Lea, Mimi, o. G. Sand.
stad, a member or Company G, of Val
ley City, that served in the Philippines,
was elected department commander
A part of the report of the convention
is taken from the Freeborn County
Standard, and is as follows:
"The annual, convention of the
United Spanish War veterans, de-
partment of Minnesota, closed here
Tuesday night with a big dance and
entertainment for the visitors at the
Casino. A large proportion of the
delegates had left for home, but
there were enough left to make a
merry night of it.
''The sessions of Monday and Tues.
day were taken up with the various
details and routine matters of the
various camps. Business Of import.
ance was transacted, but it is i'm.
possible to print the minutes at this
time because they have to be ap-
proved by the senior council first.
"The election, which was held Tues
day afternoon, resulted in the election
of o. G. Sandstad, of Kenyon, MINI.
"The new commander has had a dis
tinguished war record AS a member
tof Co. G, First N. D. regiment, he saw
service in the Philippines. He has
been an active member of the veter
ans association ever since it's found
ing in this state and has held many of
it's important offices. He was clerk
of Lieut.. Gov. Burnquist during the
past two sessions of the state legisla-
ture. The new commander was pre-
seDted with gavel by VIM. U. Shields,
of Pipestone, the instrument being
made from the famous rock taken from
that place."
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-07-27
WON'T GO THERE AGAIN

Kathryn Recorder: The Misses
Jennie and Clara Jensen, Annie Dahl,
Alice Gustafson and Flora Walker and
the Messrs. Albert and Evert Gustaf-
son Henry Jensen, Nils Tangen and
Hiram Walker compromised party of
two automobiles who attended the
Spiritwood chautauqua, at Spiritwood
lake, from Saturday until Monday,
They reported that they spent very
little time at the chautauqua; they
were too busily engaged trying to get
through mud holes and sloughs. They
promised they would never, never go
there again.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-07-27
Holland Brings Action
for Patent lnfringen,ents

Fargo, July %. - Albert Holland
through his attorneys, Fowler & Green,
has served notice on Aasheim & Son
that they cease manufacturing and
selling the Aasheim wild oats separa
tor, which Holland alleges is an in
fringement Of his patents in eight diff
ferent particulars. Unless Aasheim
& Son cease making this machine Hoi.
land will hold them liable for dam:
ages, he claims. ..a .'.@
Holland some time ago invented a
separator which takes the wild oats by
means of a flannel cloth over which
the grain is made to run. He patented
this machine and the parts of it. The
separator has proven success and is
meeting with great demand. 1t is
claimed that Aasheim & Son are using
tho same flannel process in their ma
chine. Holland has patented this pro
cess and claims that his patent is be
ing infringed upon. "
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-07-27
Dedication Is One Of
Nome's S Biggest Days

Nome Tribune: The dedication ex-
ercises of the high school building
Thursday turned out to be probably
one of the biggest days that Nome has
ever had. The weather man was good
and gave US exceptionally fine wealth
er during the whole day, and the crowd
was larger than any of those in charge
anticipated, the assembly room being
packed both afternoon and evening.
1t is hard to say just how many there
were there, but at supper there were
somewhere near $50 fed by the ladies.
The afternoon program started lit.
tie after 2 and was opened by a song
by the. school and followed by an in
vocation by the Rev. N. l. Berg, Mayor
E. M. Lee delivering short address
of welcome, Prof. Eugene Woodlands,
dean of the conservatory of music
at the Valley City Normal, rendered
two vocal selections and both were
greatly appreciated by the audience.
w. E. Hoover, city superintendent of
the Fargo schools, delivered a very
interesting address and complimented
the people of the community very
highly on the successful elimination
of their plans and school building.
Miss Adolpha Hedstrum, of Valley
City, rendered several violin selec-
tions and was called back several
times by the audience. The dedica.
tion address was delivered by Deputy
State Superintendent w. E. Parsons
and was followed by school song and
the audience singing America.
The ladies of the community are to
be highly complimented on their work
and upon the supper that they served
to the crowd after the afternoon pro.
gram. There were somewhere be-
tween 500 and $50 served there during
the evening and everywhere you could
hear people complimenting the supper
served, and it sure was some feed.
? The evening program was opened
by two songs by the school, followed
by an address by o. A. Barton, field
deputy. Miss Adolpha Hedstrum again
rendered several selections on the vio.
lin and was again greeted with the
same enthusiasm that was displayed
in the afternoon. The primarys and
intermediate grades were very pretty
in their Japanese song, and F. T.
Goodier gave very interesting talk
which held the attention of the audi.
ence throughout. The Valley City
male quartet were on the program for
two selections, 4, but before the end
they had sung several selections, en-
core after encore calling them back.
Minnie J. Nelson presented a grad.
uating class of ten, one Of the largest
classes of the county this year, with
their diplomas. The class consisted
Of eight girls and two boys, Leonora
Suby, Alvina Myhre, Maize Cooke,
Ella Hanson, Ella Reishus, Valborg
Laugen, Beatrice Miller, Mable Knut'
son, Clarence Myhre and Albert Sme'
stad. Miss Nelson complimented the
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-07-27

class upon the fact that there had
been provisions made for them to fin.
ish high school at home and recon.
mended that they should take advan-
tage of the possibilities that have been
provided for them.
During the afternoon and evening
could be heard exclamations of ad.
miration from everyone at the build.
ing tand spacious grounds that have
been provided and everyone will have
the feeling more deeply imbedded in
their minds that Nome can and will
do things for Its development.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-07-27
Lost Boys Found With
Relatives at Nome

Fargo, July 24.-Henry Skaar, 20,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. Skaar of
Cayuga, N. D., and Victor Locken, 19,
Comstock, Mimi, who disappeared
while attending the fair here Friday,
were located by the local police at
Nome yesterday The boys were visit
ing relatives there.
They were last seen when leaving
the fair grounds Friday afternoon.
When they failed to show up Satur-
day, their friends became alarmed,
and notified the local police.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-07-27

Mrs. w. D. Movius and son, of Lid
gerwood, were arrivals in the city on
Monday and registered as guests at
the Hotel Kindred.
Frank White, of the Middlewest
Loan & Trust Co., was passenger to
Sheyenne on Monday on matters of
business. Mr.. White will return to the
city on Tuesday.
The Misses Bette Mcpherson, Tru-
die Olsby, Clara Stenhoel and Ruth La
Rue returned home Sunday from
Shoreham and Fargo, where they took
in the state fair and visited over Sun.
day at the lake. ....... a..
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-07-27
FINE BANK BUILDING
NOW ALMOST READY

Kathryn Recorder: The new Far
mers' State bank building is fast near
ing completion and will be ready for
occupancy in few days. They have
just finished laying the concrete side
walks and Tuesday received the fix.
lures, which will be installed immedi.
ately. Plumber Peterson is now put.
ting in steam heating plant which
will furnish heat FOR both upper and
lower floors.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-07-27
Barnes. County Boy Has
Gone to South America

Edgar Fisher, former Valley City
boy, and son of Arley Fisher, was an
arrival in the city Monday and left
Monday evening for Chile, South
America. Edgar has veen visiting
with his father and the family at their
farm, north of Oriska, for a short
time, coming here from Arizona, where
he has been spending the past three
years. He is a mining engineer, and
goes to South America to take posi-
tion with big mining company.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-07-27
SOUGHT SHADE UNDER BOX
CAR; HIS LEG Is CUT OFF

A man who gave his name as Jack
Ryan, 80 years old, was badly injured
Friday afternoon at Bismarck, on the
Northern Pacific tracks, when a
freight car passed over him, severing
his left leg below the knee. He was
removed to the Bismarck hospital,
where he is reported to be in seri-
GUS condition. He, with two other
men, had crawled under a box car in
an effort to find shady place.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-07-27

Miss Amanda Anderson, of the G. c.
Chaffee store, spent Sunday at James
town and Eldridge, returning home
Sunday night on No. 8.
Oscar Berg, of Eckelson, was a visi
tor in Valley City on Saturday and
was registered at the Hotel Kindred.
H. Tillish, of Hankinson, was a call
er in Valley City over Sunday and was
registered at the Valley Hotel.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-07-27

Marc Harkins returned to the city
on Sunday morning from Minneapolis,
where he spent a couple of days on
business.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. G.. Evanson, of Mi
not, were in the city on Friday be-
tween trains, en- route to their home
from the Yellowstone park.
Mrs. Norman Burch and Miss
GLADYS Fridd returned to the city on
Saturday evening from Fargo, where
they attended the state fair.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-07-27

E. A. Greenwood, the dairy commits
sioner, has gone to Grand Forks to at
tend the county fair there, and will look
after the supervising of the butter ex-
hibit.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-07-27
Return From Pleasant Trip

Attorney and Mrs. A. P. Paulson re-
turned to the city on Tuesday morn
ing from attending the Elks' conyen-
tion at Baltimore, Md. They also WIS.,
tied at Washington, New York City,
Niagara Falls, Philadelphia and Bos-
ton. On their way home they stopped
at Minneapolis and Mantorville, Mimi,
and were accompanied home by Miss
Bessie Paulson, who will spend cou-
pie of weeks here, later going on to
Duluth. While in Washington Mr.. and
Mrs. Paulson saw the George M.
Young family, and also saw G. D.
Jones, a former resident of Valley
City, in New York. They were gone
between two and three weeks, and 70.
port most delightful trip.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-07-27
LEE HARVESTS BARLEY

c. j. Lee started harvesting barley
Monday. He reports the crop to be
of average yield and of good grade.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-07-27

Tho rIme..Record. phone ,s No. 4.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-08-18

knowns to the respectable element
Horse thieves put on the livery OF the
Ku-Klux as a screen for their depre-
dations, as did Illicit distillers when,
detected in their evasion of the ex-
ercise. "Political outrages,'' says
Rhodes in his "HistOry of United
States," "were common enough,
Heaven knows; but by no means were
all the murders of negroes and white
men political and the South incurred
on this account much obloquy which
was not her due"
In order to understand and appre-
ciate conditions it is necessary to care
fully study the political situation in
the South following the Civil War.
The irresponsible element that crept
into the Klan finally threatened the
general security in the South and the
best class of people in both sections,
with the re-establishment of perma-
nent governments in the Southern
States, decided that it was time to
break up the disorder.
President Grant on March 90, 1871,
urged Congress to enact appropriate
to meet the situation.
Congress on April 20, 1871, passed the
enforcement act, the important pro-
vision of which was the extension Of
the jurisdiction of the United States
courts to all Ku-Klux cases, and au-
thorized the President to suppress the
disorders.
Although convictions were not nu.
merous, the law seems to have caused
a great falling off in the number of
outrages, and the Khan, as an active
organization, gradually died out.
After 1872 the outrages of the Ku-
Klux- Khan proper, for the most part,
ceased.