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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-21
DANGERS IN HUNTING

The hunting season is here. We
wonder how many farmers will lose
property because of hunter thought
lessly setting the prairie afire, either
by dropping a cigar, a cigarette or a
match, or by other carelessness while
hunting. While we sometimes hunt a
little ourselves, we never can critisize
the farmer who prohibits hunting on
his premises. When we see the care
lessness of some Of the irresponsible
people who go racing over the country
killing everything in sight, there is
reason for not wanting them on a
good farm.
Then too, there is danger of either
being shot or of shooting someone
else. The hunter of all people should
be deliberate in his every movement
and careful in his every action.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-21
ADVANTAGES OF FALL FLOWING

Farm Life: There are many advan-
tages to be derived from fall blowing,
one of which is that the land, with
the possible exception of occasional
spots where the soil runs together
badly, can be put in excellent condl-
ton early in the spring with far less
labor than would otherwise be the
case.
Nine years out of ten the early
planted crops produce the most salts
factory yields. When breaking the
ground is delayed until late in the
spring, difficulty is sometimes expert
enced in preparing proper seed bed
and one finds that instead Of being
busy fitting his land for planting he
is still blowing. When the soil Is
turned up and exposed to the frost of
winter they penetrate it to consid.
cradle depth. 1t has been found that
unplowed soils are not penetrated
more than half as deep by the frost
as are those soils recently plowed.
It is desirable to loosen the earth
below the depth to which the llow
goes. This ground plowed w.ll be-
fore frost, the soil will, after freezing
weather has arrived, be found frozen
often to the depth of 20 inches. This
means that every particle to that
depth is moved to a small extent. The
expansion of the particles of moisture
pushes apart and breaks up the most
retentive soil.
l have found many reasons for fall
blowing and always do as much of 1t
as deem necessary every season, but
l do not wish any reader to under.
stand me as preaching the practice for
the hillside, of which much of the soil
will wash away.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-21
SOME READABLE VERSE
THE MAN FROM HOME

met a man from home the other day
And paused to chat bit of time away.
Like mine, his clothes were not the
very best;
1t seemed that he had met and failed
. the test.
Half vagabond, he dearly loves to
roam,
But, after all, he is a man from home.
No finer lad than he was there in
school,
No better swimmer was there in our
pool;
No leader ever led his eager band
Who showed whit more clever mas
ter hand.
How mem'ries come to top, mental
And make a boy again the man from
home!
He's tasted of the wines and bitter
dregs,
He's travelled desert sands with weary
legs,
He's followed golden trails and in the
camps,
He's smiled when Fortune herded him
with tramps;
He's sunk his pick in Klondike's gold
en- loan
He's down and out, but he's a man
from home.
A lad, he played his games as honor
rules;
A man. he did his best with honest
tools.
He turned his young face toward the
setting sun,
Nor feared the finish when the day
was done.
He knows the trails from Mexico tc
Nome
He's poor but spurned loan, this man
from home.
He's lived his life as others might not
live,
He's given of the strength he had to
give;
He's been where Satan has his firmest
hold,
He's been where men will sell them
selves for gold;
And yet there are for me, meath heav
ems dome,
Few better men than he, the man from
home.
-PittSburgh Post.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-21
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT

Tney have snapped him in bucket in
the bowels of a mine;
They have snapped him on the beaches
as he battled with the brine;
hes been mugged beside the throttle
in a locomotive cab,
And beside a quarry windlass, hauling
up granite slab.
And he always looks unhappy and he
always hangs his head.
But candidate must do it; for It
proves his blood is red.
he shakes hand with noted pitchers.
ne shakes hands with engineers:
tie goes up with aviators, though he
quakes with horrid fears,
ne ascends tall snow-capped noun
talns to their tipmost, topmost
And you notice-in the pictures-that
ned rather be at home.
IN new subway excavations he goes
sioshlng through the mud.
FOR MS managers demand it: it re-
veals he has red blood.
IN a soiled and tattered sweater and
cap upon his thatch,
he IS pictured posing proudly with a
fish he didn't catch.
IN the dark and tractless forest. where
the awful screech owls boot.
He is snapped beside a rifle and a haar
he didn't shoot, ''
For in this, our country's annals, since
election first began,
These things prove a politician 10 .
real red-blooded man.
New York American.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-21
EVERYBODY WANTS GOOD ROADS

All political parties and all factions
thereof declare in favor Of good roads.
State administrations have declared
in favor of road Improvement, and re.
Gently the national government has
gone on record in a very practical
manner in favor of better highways.
The step taken by the federal govern
ment in appropriating money for road
improvement in the several states is
likely to do much for the cause of
good roads, because the law calls
for the use of both federal and local
funds, and for the use of better meth
DDS of construction and maintenance
than are often employed.
By the terms of the federal good
roads bill there will be expended on
the roads of North Dakota for the year
ending June 30, 1917, approximately
$4,000, provided the conditions fixed
in the law are met locally. 1t is wise.
ly provided in the law that federal aid
will be granted in the construction or
improvement of road only when an
equal amount derived from local sour
ces is also expended thereon, and the
work must be done under conditions
and according to specifications approx
ed by federal and state engineers. In
other words, if we are to receive aid
in this matter from the federal gov
eminent, we must be prepared to dc
our own share, and to do it as il
should be done.
In view of the attitude taken by the
political parties there is no good rea
son why any of our state Legislature
should this winter shy at a compre
hensive and effective good roads bill
for scientifically built roads is becom
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-21
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Enterprise, Sept. 14.-Frank Lam
non motored through Sanborn Tues
day.
School opened Monday with an en-
rolment of 131.
Rev. John Kleidon was a branch
passenger last Saturday.
A. G. Dale visited friends in James
town last Sunday.
Anton Holden and M. c. Gilligan
were down from Eckelson Friday.
C. r. Baker, the Eckelson. caterer,
was Sanbon visitor last Monday.
Marshal La France has resigned and
w. H. Kyrk has been appointed by
the board of trustees as his successor.
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. O. LANCER and Leon
ard and Mrs. C. F. Revell and chill
dren were Sunday visitors with Me-
dina relatives.
Miss Ethel Raymond, of last years
Sanborn faculty, was passenger to
Darcy last Saturday, where she is en-!
gagged for this year.
Mrs. Wogsland, of Walum, returned
Monday from the hospital, where she
underwent treatment for goiter. She
said she was feeling fine, which is
good news for her many friends. Mrs
Wogsland was formerly Florence Zing
of this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. C. Carlin of Angola
Ind, arrived here Tuesday evening to
visit Prof. and Mrs. M. D. Willennar
Mrs. Carlin is a sister OF the latter
Mr.. Carlin is lawyer and proceeded
to Dickinson Wednesday morning tt
take deposition in a law suit.
DR.. Miles, Of Excelsior, Mimi, was
an arrival Monday morning for long
promised visit with Mr.. and Mrs. J. F.
Jaberg. Mr.. Jaberg went to live with
the doctor when but Is, and he re-
CARDS the old practitioner and veteran
soldier as sort of foster father. Mrs
Jaberg was also an inmate of the
doctors home, and he has the feeling
that the long-severed ties are reunited
with his children in the present re-
union. ...
Robert Kee and daughter, Blanche
have returned from the national en-
campment at Kansas. City, to which
gathering of veterans Mr.. Kee was an
accredited delegate from the depart
ment of North Dakota. In his officia
capacity he received one of the beau
tiful and artistic ribbon and meta
badges, which he is naturally proud tt
add to his collection. The meetins
was the fiftieth annual meeting of the
national G. A. r.
Conductor T. ]. Blewitt has the
branch passenger run this week.
A. J. Linn and M. D. Willennar wen
to Van Hook the opening day of the
season for hunt with Carl Hoffman
on his claim in the northwestern part
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-21

We predicted some time ago that
there would be decision from the su-
preme court enjoining the secretary of
state from putting the capital removal
proposition on the ballot for the gen
eral election. The whole thing has
been farce from start to finish. The
best that can be said for it is that it
was an advertising venture and that it
pays to advertise. Justice Goss wrote
the decision and he is immune from
political punishment because he was
licked in the primary. Now that the
capital cannot be brought to New
Rockford we wonder if the two daily
papers there will 60 to the capital.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-21
Are You Looking Old?

Old age comes quick enough without
inviting It. Some look old at forty.
That is because they neglect the liver
and bowels. Keep your bowels regu-
lar and your liver healthy and you will
not only feel younger but look younger.
When troubled with constipation or
biliousness take Chamberlain's Tab
let's. They are intended especially for
these ailments and are excellent.
Easy to take and most agreeable in ef-
feet. Obtainable everywhere.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-21
MAKING A DRIVE

The Times-Record is on the war
path. 1t is going to make drive to
round up every farmer and business
man in the county We already have
the county we'll covered by our sub
scription list, but we want every strag
gler to come in. Every business man
and advertiser knows the value OF a
strong county seat paper that gives all
the news both in a business and so
cial way. We are going to invite you
to join and make it unanimous. We
believe the benefit will be mutual.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-21

According to the reports of the Far
go and Mandan papers the meeting of
the committee to locate the packing
plant did not come through with a de-
cision yet, and both cities are making
further claims based mostly upon
hopes. 1t may be several days before
a decision is announced they state, and
in our opinion it may be considerably
longer.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-21

The Maine difficulty with the repub-
licans seems to have been a lack of
the usual number of votes.-Duluth
Herald.
That must have been written before
the returns were known. The results
show the democrats rather than the re.
publicans had the Maine difficulty.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-21

Mandan now hopes the selection of
a site for the Equity packing plant will
go to the Equity meeting next winter.
Don't worry! The Times-Record has
contended all along that it would, but
we may be mistaken. There seems no
valid reason why an enterprise of such
magnitude should not be handled by
the society rather than committee
when the selection by the committee
might be so partisan as to cause a
ructiOn.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-21
FRUiT.JARS ON THE PICKETS

FRUiT-JARs ON THE PlcKETS
Fruit-jars on the pickets-saw a row
of them today.
thoughts 60 scurrying away!
l could see the burdocks and the hop
vines once again
Even felt the aching in that boyish
back of mine,
Things l hadn't thought of since III
never tell you when.
l could see the grindstone underneath
the Concord vine
When the mower-sickle in my fathers
horny hands
Had to get an edge before we cut the
bottom lands.
Fruit-jars on the palings! There's the
old potato patch;
There the bare strawberry plants that
wait for winter thatch;
There the ras'bry's misty canes beside
the currant hedge;
There the tawny tansy growing near
the gardens edge;
There the gray-green cabbage; rad
ish gone to seed;
There some ripe tomatoes-little salt
is all need!
There the pathway selvaged with the
podded Fundamentals
Fruit.jars on the palings, and those old
familiar spots!
Fruit,jars on the pickets! By the wood.
pile ragweed grown
Lies the humble "hack.block" that
was once my royal throne.
Seated there at dusk-time when the
evening chores were through,
All my dreamed-of glory days went by
me in review.
Things I smile at, tearfully, after they
are done,
In my boyish pre-view seemed the
grandest victories won.
frult-Jars on the paling-and fruit
less train of thought
Let me see through boyhood's eyes
the little things I've wrought!
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-21
ABOUT WEEDS

Montpelier Magnet: Be as careful
to keen the weeds out Of the mind as
YOU are to keep them out Of your gar
den. But remember that something
will grow there. If you don't plant
them with good grain, the tares will
take root in spite of you. Keep Ii:
brary of good clean books, and by all
means keep the home paper before
them
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-21

For the last thirty years farm lands
in the Northwest have steadily in
creased in price and value. A short
crop does not check the advance ma
terially, and it is expected the rise
will continue indefinitely. A good
farmer with good farm in this Sec
ton can be independent and in a po-
sition to enjoy life under the most
favorable aspects.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-21

The supreme court has it's admirers
and there are some who express them
selves in a way not so complimentary.
The capital removal decision will not
help them to reelection, although it
should be admitted it was the proper
thing to do. However, it should have
been done long before and saved the
agitatOrs a lot of ammunition.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-21

Judge Murphy, of jamestown, has re-
fused bail to man accused of MUIR
der. That ruling enforced by all
judges would have a tendency to dis
courage the committing of murder off
hand.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-21

Housekeepers and mothers have
never been asked if they would like
to go on a strike. AS they are sup
posed to be proficient in about a doz-
en- trades, it is evident they are too
busy to be concerned about strikes.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-21
THE UNIVERSAL MANIA

Lives there man with soul so dead
Who never to the world has said
IN thunder tones inspiring awe: .-
They really ought to pass a law?
New York Sun.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-21

Mrs. Pete Dahl and daughter, Nettie
ieft on Thursday evening for their
home at New Ellington, S. D., after a
visit in Valley City at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Elmer Jones, on Fourth ave.
nue..
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-21

BY all that is fair we are entitled to
the very best Indian summer within
the gift of the weather man.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-21

The Denver Post runs a want ad
as follows: Young lady wants to
meet Ford auto mechanic. Object
matrimony." If he is any kind of a
mechanic he auto meter.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-21

The republicans will have good
slogan for the fall election-"Remem
Der the Maine."
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-21

Jarvis is a sister of Mrs. McFarlane,
and Mr.. Jarvis was formerly resi-
dent of Marion.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-21

Fargo is stalling around with the
packing plant committee on a promise
of getting options on sites. Valley
City and Mandan offer honest to good
ness sites instead of options.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-21

Getting to the front doesn't alyaws
mean the front page.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-21

There has been no new message
from Garcia, and not a word from
Villa, but Maine has spoken emphati-
cally.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-21

ing recognized, and if we put forth
the proper effort we can get some very
useful help from Uncle Sam.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-21

A CASE OF WATCH YOUR STEP
Bismarck Tribune: Marriage, they
say, has become stepping stone to
divorce. Yes, and divorce is usually a
stepping stone to marriage.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-21

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Of getting options on sites. Valley
City and Mandan offer honest to good
ness sites instead of options.
The fact that people complain about
the results obtained in the public
schools is no sign that they will
take the trouble to visit them occas-
ionally to learn what is going on.
Now that congress has adjourned,
by perusing the newspapers members
OF congress can find more interesting
reading than they have been putting
into the Congressional Record.
1t has been proved to the satisfac.
ton of many that it is the lean men
who do the fighting. Therefore, ma.
tons should be composed of fat men
} and avoid war.
, The obnoxious stamp tax has been
repealed, but not until the rolls of the
business men were pealed sufficiently
to help out the democratic administra
ton.
We have now caught up with Wha
was meant by that familiar stanZa
when the frost is on the pumpkin
and the folders in the shock"
Snow reported from Montana ant
the chilly rains in North Dakota ar,
a sure enough reminder that Medl
cine Hat can come back.
The stamp tax has been called of
just at an opportune time to make
bid for votes to continue the demo
cratic administration.
-o
Mexico for Mexicans is the lates
edict of Carranza, and to us thi
seems adequate punishment for mos
any sort of offense.
-O-
The eight-hour law will never b
recognized when the congressmel
get home and start to repairing thei
fences.
The politicians made a mistak
when they tried to get Henry Ford TO
a leader. He should have been a COZ
tributor.
The U-bOat contention is dying GU
to the satisfaction of the Democrat
administration which needs more tim
for politics.
Y,0y mi ~
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-21

The fact that people complain about
the results obtained in the public
schools is no sign that they will
take the trouble to visit them occas-
ionally to learn what is going on.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-21

Now that congress has adjourned,
by perusing the newspapers members
of congress can find more interesting
reading than they have been putting
into the Congressional Record.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-21

The U-boat contention is dying out
to the satisfaction of the democratic
administration which needs more time
for politics.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-09-21

1t has been proved to the satisfac.
ton of many that it is the lean men
who do the fighting. Therefore, ma.
tons should be composed of fat men
and avoid war,
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-03-29
ALASKA ARRIVES AND
 SAILS FOR WESTWARD

The steamer Alaska of the Alaska Steamship line. arrived in port last night shortly after midnight and sail ed about o'clock this morning for the Westward. She will go as far as King Cove, about 75 miles west of Unga with cannery crew, and is not expected to return here until April 2.
 The Alaska had a. apacity cargo of freight, and when she left Seattle she carried 16O first-class and 1O2 second class p,sssengers Tnose r6T Valdez were Miss l.. Sanders. A. s. Bowling and Mrs. A. s. Bowling.
 The passengers from Valdez for the westward were Mrs. Lilly for La touche. Henry Miller, George Kirk, and Mrs. Holt for Seward.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-03-29

CLEVELAND, March 29.--~One of the worst wrecks in the history of the New York Central road occurred near Amherst this morning, just before dawn. in which thirty persons are known to have been killed and forty injured.
 A heavy fog obscured the signals. and as consequence the second sec tion of the east-bound fast passenger train crashed into the rear of the first section. which had been delayed by the fog, tearing through the rear cars and piling them on the westbound track. Within a minute after the crash the west-bound Twentieth Cen tury express came tearing through at terrific speed and crashed into the wreck
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-03-29
YUAN SH| KA| IS CHARGED TREASON NOTE IS SENT TO DIPLOMATS Members of the National Assembly
 Declare President of China is a
 Traitor for Declaring Himself Em- peror of the Nation.


 SHANGHAI, March ;. 29.-Forty prominent members of the National Assembly have sent proclamation
 to many of the members of the for eign legations charging that Yuan Shi Kai is guilty of treason in proclaim ing himself Emperor of China.
 It is predicted here that Yuan Shi Kai will soon be removed from the presidency. Notwithstanding his dec laration that the republic would be maintained, and that he has no in- tention of becoming emperor, there prevails an opinion among the most influential Chinese that Kai is only awaiting a more suspicious moment to again declare an empire~w him. self at it's head. The declaration is regarded only as a ruse to placate the rebels, and when the time is ripe he intends to again make an attempt to seize the government.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-03-29
LANSING PUTS
 DIRECT QUESTION
  WAS THE ESSEX TOEPEDOED9 of State Sends Note to tho German Government Asking If German CnderSea Boat Was Re-. sponsib'e for Sinking of Steamer
WAS THE ESSEX TOEFEDOED.

r WASHINGTON, D. C.. March 29-- Secretary Lansing has addressed a formal note to the German govern
 ment asking if German sumbarines
 were responsible for the loss of the channel steamer Essex. The note is Straightforward de
 mand for information. and calls for a confirmation or denial of the report
 that the vessel was torpedoed. with
 out affording any opportunity for equivocation.
 It is generally believed here that Germany will admit the vessel was torpedoed, but that the officer of the fuQdersea craft was acting without or
 ders. and that an offer will be made,
 to indemnify the families of the Americans who went down with the steamer.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-03-29

JUNEAU, March 29.--Thirty-flve sdeseyates to the Republican territo- rial convention at Seward. from the rsast5neau channel towns. were ban uueated here last night. The dele gates declared themselves for Wick ..r.sham for delegate and Shackleford for National Committeeman.
 < number of the delegates address sd the banquetters, and one and all voiced their sentiment of keeping the shackleford-W d-Wickersham compact ln good faith. There was no denial of the fact that Shackleford and Wick srsh:am had entered upon compact whereby the patronage of the terrl- tory was to be divided, and in fact this agreement was apparently well understood by every delegate present and concurred in by all.
 Speakers stated that the united federation would be solid for the eun, bination, and the assertions were