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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-04-19

DR.. and Mrs. H. T. Perry and Mr..
and Mrs. j. H. Lubbehusen were visi-
tors in the city Sunday from Litchville.
Mrs. Perry will be remembered here
as Miss Isabel McGillis, Of the Normal
school. They were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clemens, of the Sheyenne apart
ments.
L. E. Hedstrum, who has been visit
ing with his daughter, Adolpha, at
Minneapolis during the past week, re-
turned to the city Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Hedstrum, who accompanied him
will remain with her daughter for a
longer visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. l.. McGee have start
ed from Long Beach, Cal, where they
have been spending the winter
months. They are expected to reach
Valley City some time this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Nelson, of Da
zey, were business callers in the city
Saturday. They made the trip by
auto.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-04-19
Examination Saturday for
Postmaster at Hastings

Ray P. Colburn, editor of the Hast
ings Times, and Peder Strinden, also of
Hastings, took the civil service exam
ination here Saturday for the Office OF
postmaster at Hastings. A. J. Salt.
hammer has been postmaster at that
thriving village for some years, but
when he sold his store he desired to
give his time to the farm and has been
trying to let go. Some months ago an
examination was held, bvt the success
full man later refused to go in and the
job is open again, hence the examina
tion Saturday. Vernon T. Gale, secre
tary of the local board conducted the
examination and it is expected that
the result will be made known from
Washington in a very short time.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-04-19
Former Valley City
Girl a Sunday Bride

charming wedding which will be
of great interest to Valley City people
occurred at high noon April Is in Fer
gus Falls, MINI.
The bride, Miss Jessie E. Thorkel.
son, who is daughter Of Mrs. Bertha
C. Thorkelson, is truly Valley City
girl, having spent the greater part of
her girlhood in this city.
The groom, Clayton B. Marvin, is
associated with the Missouri Slope
Land and Investment Co., of Glendive,
Mont, and in that city has prepared a
lovely home for his bride.
The full Episcopalian ring service
was used by the Rev. Headland and it
was as beautiful as it was impressive,
being read beneath a great white wed
ding bell before an altar of spotless
white.
Pink tulle stretched from basket to
basket of tulips made a f1owery path.
way across the living room to the i'm.
provised altar which was decorated
with smilax and Killarny buds.
The wedding march was played by
Miss Constance Mcpherson, of this
city, who also accompanied Ralph
Sherping when he sang, at the close OF
the service, Il Love You Truly"
Mrs. Marvin wore handsome suit
OF rogue brown, her hat being an ex
quisite creation from Gage. The beau
ty of her costume was enhanced by a
corsage bouquet of pink rosebuds and
string of pearls, both gifts of the
groom.
A. C. Thorkelson gave the bride
away and her sisters, Miss Bertha and
Miss Shelma, accompanied her as
bridesmaids.
A particular pretty feature of the
bridal procession was the little ring
bearer, Miss Doris Louise Thorkelson
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Thor
kelson, Of our city, who led the way
carrying the ring il, the heart of ar
Easter s4ily. 81 Hs '~4 ~ 81 .$
John Bonneville, of La Crosse, Wis.
supported the groom.
After the ceremony a short reception
was held for a few intimate friends
and Mr.. Sherping again added to the
beauty of the affair by solo, 20
Promise Me-
A six-course luncheon was served in
the dining room, where the color
scheme of pink and white was follow
ed out as in the living room.
A mound of pink Killarny rosebuds
formed the center piece beneath a
white wedding bell from which floated
streamers of pink tulle and smilax
Covers were laid for 20.
The newlyweds left on the 4:35 train
and never escaped grain of rice or
an old shoe, with which their we'll.
wishers were amply supplied.
The out-of-town guests were Oscar
Suennes, La Crosse, Wis, Paul Red
path, St. Paul, Mr.. and Mrs. A. c.
Thorkelson and daughter, Miss Doris
of Valley City, and the Misses Nc
Pherson and Nelson, also of Valley
City, John Bonneville, of La Crosse
and Mrs. B. o. Thorkelson, of South
Heart, N. D.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin will be at home
after May 1.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-04-19
Explosion Of a Stove
Kills Martin KjeDand

Word was received at the Times
Record Office just before going to press
Tuesday that Martin Kjelland, son of
Ole Kjelland, Of Hastings, was dead
from the effects of a stove explosion.
The accident occurred at the Kjel-
land farm, 13 miles southwest of Val
ley City. It is unknown how the acci-
dent occurred. Neighbors who called at
the place soon after breakfast time
found him unconscious with every evil
dence Of terrific gas explosion which
had shattered the stove and disarrang-
ed the room. Medical aid was sum-
moned, but the young man died with.
out regaining consciousness. In the
report by telephone particulars were
meager, and further information may
throw some light on the cause of the
sad fatality,
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-04-19

Major Frank White went to Fargo
Sunday afternoon to attend the meet
ing of the business men of the state,
called for that point, and from there
will go to Grend Forks and Bottineau
to attend meetings Of the board of
regents.
Bankers Wesley c. Mcdowell, of
Marion, A. P. Hanson and E. H. Head
land, of Litchville, we're in the city
Saturday evening and went to Fargo
Sunday to attend the bankers meet
ing.
Misses Ruth Witter and Elsie Sten-
shoel have returned to their school
work at Litchville after spending a
couple of weeks with their parents in
the city.
Miss Hopkins and Miss Stenshoel,
teachers Of the Litchville public
school, were in the city Sunday.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-04-19

Fargo, April 16.-Nearly 100 bankers
from all sections of the state attended
Sundays conference on the question
of furnishing seed grain for North Da,
kota. Chairman John H. Rich, chair
man OF the ninth district federal re-
serve bank at Minneapolis, brought as
surances that the national reserve
banks would provide the country
banks with plenty of money to finance
the farmers of North Dakota in their
farming operations and also guarantee
plenty of help to harvest the crop. Ses-
sions were held at 10 in the forenoon
and 2::3O in the afternoon.
During the morning session resolu-
tions were adopted pledging the bank
ers of the state to extend all necessary
aid to the farmers to put in a large
grain acreage. A committee was also
appointed to look after the transporta'
tion of seed to North Dakota. This
committee consists of E. Y. Sarles, of
Hillsboro; E. J. Weiser, of Fargo, and
A. l. Hunter, of Jamestown. Farmers
who have ordered seed from, other
states or Canada and are having trou'
BILE in getting it delivered are urged to
notify this committee. These men will
take it up with the railroads and see
that the seed is rushed to it's destina.
tion.
Among the speakers at this session
were E. w. Decker, president, of the
Northwestern National bank of Mime
apolis; John H. Rich, chairman of the
ninth district reserve bank in Mime
III ~ e l,~
North Dakota Agricultural college;
Thomas Cooper, head of the extension
department of that school. These two
men told of their plan of having the
field agents personally interview $4,000
farmers in the state in the next few
weeks.
Other speakers were F.. NJ Prince,
chairman of the executive committee
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-04-19
label HAS ROUGH RIDER

Judge label, who presides over his
court in the basement at the city hall
with much dignity, appeared in anoth-
er role Saturday when he secured a
new Ford and did the demonstrating
himself. He did not try to derail a
street car, but disregarded sidewalk
ordinances and minor legal formalities.
BY using all the levers at once the
product Of Henry reared and bucked
until two tires were thrown and the
inner tubes exploded with big bang.
The effect was the same as riot call.
Help and advice arrived on the scene,
and the judge was made comfortable
both physically and mentally. We
wonder if the popular justice will i'm
pose fine upon himself for disturb
ing the peace.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-04-19
NO WONDER HE BOOSTS

Chas. Peterson has a warm spot in
his heart for his former home town, St..
Paul, and pulls for their baseball club
to win. Our attention was called to a
picture of one of their players printed
in the St. Paul Dispatch which is an
exact likeness Of Charley. It was a
picture Of the famous Lefty Li6eld,
former Pittsburg star.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-04-19
HAVE GONE TO MONTANA

C. L. Larson and Mr.. and Mrs. Alt.
o. CRANES left Saturday with two cars
Of goods and implements for Inga-
more, Mont, where they have pur-
chased relinquishments on two claims.
They are just between the Milwaukee
and Northern Pacific roads and have
two good claims. Mrs. Larson expects
to leave Wednesday,
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-04-19

raging along the entire western front,
British and French alike, each detail
of the offensive plans has been worked
out at prolonged conferences between
General Viville and Field Marshal
Haig, and the war councils of France
and England.
The part to be played by each bel
ligerent has been definitely agreed
upon, and a schedule has been ar
ranged for the great cohesive force.
Various tasks have been precisely al
lotted along the wide reaching battle
lines, and the results, thus far at
tained, justify the conclusion that the
supreme military test Of the war is
near at hand.
1t was planned the British should
strike from Arras, while the French
guns were still roaring preparation for
infantry hostilities along wide front
further to the south. The successes
gained in the first stages Of the Brit
ish advance, have given the French
great confidence in the Inauguration of
their own enterprises.
The whole struggle in the western
theater promises to be titanic one.
The allies are prepared as never be-
fore, in material and personnel, and
are cooperating with a smoothness
which comes from complete under
standing, and through appreciation of
the work in hand. The Germans have
more divisions on the western front
than would have been thought possible
a year ago, and however much of an
"easterner'' Field Marshal Won Hin
denburg may have been in the past,
he will have to devote his entire at
tention to western events for some
weeks to come
Already half score of Germany's
best divisions have been smashed to
pieces by the British onslaught and
their own unsuccessful counter at
tacks. The Bavarian divisions were
sacrificed first, but the Prussian guard
divisions, thrown in to stem the Brit
ish food tide, have been suffering such
casualties in the last few days that
they will have to be relieved.
Caught within the meshes of this
wire, the German guardsmen screamed
for help and guidance. Some, like
trapped rabbits, scurried up and down
the outer barrier, searching for open.
ings. The British troops, meantime
had the greatest opportunity for open
field rifle shooting since the battle of
the Marne. Lying fiat upon the ground,
they poured bullets into the panic
stricken gray-coated Germans until
each man had fred a full 100 rounds.
While, this was going on, the Brit
ish field guns came into play with a
shrapnel barrage, which completed the
demolition Of the entrapped enemy.
1t was little wonder that later, $500
German dead could be counted, or
that four guardsmen surrendered with
upheld hands and emotional cries of
"Kamerad."
Their efforts to dig in everywhere
and seek the shelter of fortified lines
do not tend to corroborate the oft
stated German hopes that the war
fare might become open again. In
fighting these retarding actions, the
Germans are sacrificing their picked
troops as they did during the rear
guard engagements in the recent re-
.tirement on the Somme. The charac.
ter of the troops selected for these en-
gagements is considered the best evi
dence of the Importance the Germans
attach to what appears to be their
desire to avoid decisive battles just
at this time.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-04-19
FATHER DIED MONDAY At
HIS CALIFORNIA HOME

G. o. Easton received word Monday
that his father, Ole Easton, died at
Stockton, CAL, Monday morning at s
O'Clock.
The late Mr.. Easton was a former
resident of Valley City, removing to
California about three years ago. He
was Is years old at the time of his
DEATH. The funeral arrangements
have not been made, and it is not yet
known whether he will be buried there
or brought here.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-04-19

DR.. Effie McCullum Jones went to
Enderlin Saturday evening after day
or two spent in Valley City. Dr. Jones
was very favorably impressed with
our city and says her stay here was
the most pleasant of any in the state
thus far.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-04-19
Allies Dri' ! Germans
Back on a Wide Front
YARDS ARE
LOCATED IN NEW OFFICE

The Thompson Yards, Inc, have
moved into their new offices. The Of
fees are located in the west end of the
new bungalow shed. They are mod
ern in all respects, with hardwood
floor, walls panelled in fir and stained
dark oak.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-04-19
COmmittee.'' u

Governor Hanna also suggested that
the proper authorities be conferred
with to get the schools to not open
next fall until Oct. l, so that the chill
dren can be kept on the farms to help
with the farm work.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-04-19

|. Mr.. and Mrs. Kuntz, of the Nester
farm, spent Sunday in Sanborn.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-04-19
Bankers Are Ready to Finance
1917 Crop for the Northwest

of the First and Second National bank
of Minneapolis; Geo. H. Prince, chair.
man, Of the board of directors Of the
Merchants National bank Of St. Paul;
Curtis l.. Moshern, assistant federal
reserve agent; Lewis F. Crawford, of
Sentinel Butte; w. L. Richards, of
Dickinson; A. P. Hanson, of Litchville;
R. S. Lewis, of Fargo, and A. B. Nc.
MILAN, of Hannah.
A motion was adopted authorizing
the chairman to appoint an executive
committee. Mr.. Mcdowell will do this
shortly and call meeting of the body
some day this week. The resolutions
committee was also appointed to re-
port at the afternoon session. which
they did, as follows:
Resolved, That to enable farmers
to command the resources necessary to
produce the largest amount of food
possible and to encourage them to that
end, that congress be memorialized at
once to follow the action already taken
in England and fix minimum protect
i've price to the farmer for all food pro
duced from year to year during the
continuance of the war, to the end
that all classes rather than the farmer
alone may share the hazard Of great
depreciation of values which might re-
suit from sudden termination Of the
war;. Il. B. Hanna.
-"Charles F, Amidon.
James Grady.
Frank White.
Lewis F.. Crawford.
&C. A. Nye.
~. M. Witherow.
-"P. Lamb.
Committee u
Governor Hanna also suggested that
the proper authorities be conferred
with to get the schools to not open
next fall until Oct. l, so that the chill
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-04-19
ENTERTAINED FOR GUEST

Mrs. A. Beecher Cox entertained at
two tables of 500 Saturday in honor of
her guest, Miss Julia Swanson, Of
Jamestown. Mrs. Paul Featherstone
was winner of the high score, and
there was also a gift for the guest of
honor. The hostess served a very nice
luncheon at the close of the evening
Miss Swanson spent Saturday and Sun
day with Mrs. Cox.
Fred Carlson who. has >been con-
nected with a big drug establishment
in St. Paul during the past seven
years, arrived in the city Friday of
last week and has accepted position
with the Dakota Drug company, TAX
ing the place of Clarence Issacson,
who has accepted position at Minot.
Mr. Carlson's old-time friends are glad
to welcome him back to the city.
DR.. and Mrs. Geo. H. Hansen are
spending two weeks with friends and
relatives at La Crosse, Wis. Upon
their return to the city, DR.. Hansen
will open up his Offices over the City
drug store, on Main street.
Gust Spencer, hardware merchant
of Litchville, spent Sunday and Mon
day in the city, being en- route to Far.
go.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. L. Cheney went to
Fargo Sunday afternoon on No. 4 and
returned Monday, bringing back a new
Glide automobile.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-04-19
"HAM" TO BISMARCK

Rudolph Hammered, sometimes call
| ed Rudy" and sometimes Ham"
went to Bismarck Monday evening to
hold down a chair in the Office Of the
! Bismarck Gas CO. This time he went
to the high line depot to take No. in
stead of standing at the downtown de.
pot with new ledger under his arm
| as on former occasion, when absent
| mindedness caused him to think the
limited ran through town. =, ..,. .,ss.
/ /. ----
Pursuant to a call from some of the
bankers and business men of St. Paul,
a number Of our business men went to
Fargo Sunday afternoon to confer with
others from over the states of North
Dakota and Minnesota on matters of
finance and business in general in con
| nection with the state of affairs now
existing on account of war. Among
those attending from here were John
Tracy, C. F. Mudgett, Frank White,
Pres Geo. Mcfarland and James
Grady.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herb. Flewell, of Vim.
bledon, visited friends in the city Sat.
urday They have just returned from
Los Angeles, where they spent the
winter.
Elmer Daul and the Misses Cora and
Leuella Dahl and Ellen and Charlotte
Gray autOed to Sanborn Sunday and
spent the day visiting friends.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-30
THE NATURE OF THE BEAST.

Nowadays Nietzsche's philosophy OF
force and frightfulness is blamed for
German ruthlessness of warfare. 1t
would appear. however, that this In
huence Is overestimated, as German
pitiless campaigns were notorious
long before Nietzsche was born.
After the battle OF Waterloo Robert
southey thus describes a visit to Bel
GUM:
"You will be rejoiced to hear that
the English are we'll spoken of for
their department in peace and war.
1t is far otherwise with the Prus-
SLAMS. Concerning them there is but
one opinion; of their brutality and
intolerable insolence / have had but
too many proofs"
The Duke OF Wellington, writing to
his mother, thus describes the opera
tions Of the German legion:
IT can assure you that from the
general Of the Germans down to the
smallest drummer Joy In their legion
the earth never groaned with such a
lot of numbering, infamous villains.
They murdered. robbed and ill-treated
the peasantry wherever they went"
Bluecher was with difficulty re-
strained by wellington from plumber
ing the Bank OF France.
That time has made an improvement
in the Individual character Of the Ger
man soldier can hardly be denied.
But the same cannot be said Of the
German general staff. which under
the direct influence OF the Kaiser in
sists on extreme barbarity to the
enemy, and Is as uncivilized today
as 1t was at the time of Bluecher.-
New York Times.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-30
Racine and BoiIeau Were Poilus.

Racine and Boileau poilus! Incredi-
Bile, but true, except that the word
'poilu" in the seventeenth century
had not the meaning given to II in
the present war. The famous authors
of "Britannicus" and Of ''L'Art
Poetique" followed the Roi soleil in
his campaign In the Low Countries,
and the record OF their martial prow-
ess Is amusing. The campaign of
1877 was over, and Messieurs Racine
and Boileau had not yet finished the
preparations for their accoutrement!
The following spring saw them in
the saddle, accompanying Louis and
his court as far as Stenay. Racine
and Boileau, unmistakably gentlemen
Of the pen and not of the sword,
appear to have afforded the old cam
paigners of Louis army endless
amusement. Boileau declared that
forced marches and war operations
were not for him. Never again would
he be caught in such a predicament.
He kept his word. Eleven years
later Louis once more was on the war
path. Boileau refused to leave the
security OF Auteuil. but Racine did the
campaign, writing to his friend OF his
experiences and of the work OF the
French batteries, signing meanwhile
for peace and the Joys of home.
Boileau, scanning his war map in his
study. wakes more and more warliks,
develops an aptitude for strategy. dis
poses, one sweep, of imaginary
enemy regiments and in heroic terms
sings the couplets Of the prise de
Namur." There is something familiar
In the military record of these two vo-
taries of Apollo! The hero at home
and the peace lover at the front have
been known at other times than
the seventeenth century. - Christian
Science Monitor.
The Washington herald., 1917-09-30
THE WASHINGTON HERALD. SUNDAY SEPTEMBER so ,er7
Once u. S. Society Bellies
Pitted Against Own Flag
Girls Who Married Subjects of Central Pow.
ers Find Themselves Peculiarly
Situated in War.

defined that says to every man and
every woman that personal ties are
secondary to the grand duty Of patri-
otism, and 1t Is this higher law that
makes the officials OF the central mil
itary powers fear and distrust any
wife whose land is not their own.
Bismarck, the from chancellor. put
the thought into concrete force when
he issued an order that no German
diplomat In the service Of his country
might marry a foreigner. The order
fell into disregard when the Kaiser
took the reins completely In his own
hands until shortly before the Euro
pean war, when II was revived. In
the meantime there had crept into the
German and Austrian diplomatic So
ciety a number of brilliant American
women who are now under the ban
Of the old military law and who are
alien enemies of their native land
without being trusted friends of the
one to which Cupid led them.
Germsns Marry Americans.
Thus 1t was that Lillian May Lang
ham, q beauty of Louisville, KY,
came to be the bride of the late Am
bassador to Washington, Speck Won
Sternburg. and likewise through the
hiatus there came to Count Johann
Heinrich Won Bernstorff, his success
sor in this country. Miss Jeanne
Luckmeyer, one OF the fairest of the
daughters of New York. And Miss
Constance Hoyt was another of the
rich Americans who went to the dip
lomatic court of Germany throught
her wedding to Baron Won Stumm.
In many cases American girls with
money and without money married
into the German army set and into
the leading business circles of the
country, Germany, before the war,
treated the American woman who
came to her arms with great con-
sideration. The touch of business did
not rankle at the Imperial Court be-
cause the Kaiser himself embarked
in trade and was as proud Of his
pottery as he was of a new regiment.
But, there was a sadly different
story to be told in Austria, all of
which adds to the predicament OF
the talented and beautiful women
who are now forced by love to salute
nag that is arrayed against their
own.
Under the rules OF the Austrian
court no person could be presented
unless eight generations Of nobility
could be shown as a condition prece-
dent. Coming from America, where
| titles of nobility are not recognized.
these women found the imperial gate
closed, or hslf-closed, to them, while
anything with the required armorial
bearings might slide through the
chink.
Notable among them was the
Countess Sigray, who was Miss Har-
| riet DAILY, daughter of the late Mar
Gus DAILY. Her sister is Mrs. James
w. Gerard, wife Of the former Am
bassador of the United States TO Ger
many. She married Count Anton