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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-12-27
MALE OSTRICH BUILDS NEST
Sets on Eggs at Might During the In
cubation Which Lasts Forty to
Fifty Days.

After pairing, the ostrich begins to
make his nest. 1t is the male alone
that performs this duty. To do it, he
squats upon the ground, and, balanc-
Ing himself upon his breastbone,
scratches up. the earth with his legs
and throws it behind him. When he
has dug out enough on one side to suit
him he turns round and begins to dig
on another side, and continues this
operation until he has made hole
large enough for him to sit in comfort
ably. A few days after the nest is
finished the female begins to lay one
egg every alternate day for eighteen
or twenty days. She then rests for a
while, which time varies from four to
ten days, and then lays more. A pair
Of ostriches yield about forty eggs,
though it is not unusual for well-fed
well-kept pair to yield fifty to sixty
eggs. The eggs are placed SO as to
leave no space between them. The
male and the female brood alternate.
". At night the male is always on
the nest, as 1t possesses greater
warmth than the female.
These birds perform their duties
with the greatest skill, without any
noise or breakage Of the eggs. The
incubation lasts forty-five days on an
average, sometimes fifty days, but new.
er continues beyond that. When the
chickltngs hatch out they can be heard
trying to break the shell Of the egg
Sometimes they succeed in doing 50,
but usually the father breaks the egg
under the breast bone, tears the inside
skin with his bill, and frees the chick.
ling. Upon first reaching the air the
chickling remains limp and weak. But
the warmth Of the parent soon revives
1t, and a few hours afterward 1t be-.
gins to run about, exercising Its long
legs, topping over at each step, and
recommending again it's stumbling
journey. -Four days after their hatch
ing the chieklings begin to eat. They
run after insects and swallow small
pebbles. The father and mother do
not help their little ones to find food.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-12-27
His Waterloo.

"There is fellow they call the Mir.
acle Man,"
"Why?"
Because they say he can do any.
thing"
I'LL bet, there's one thing he can't
do"
whats that?'
I'LL bet he can't convince q woman
that she shores in her Sleep"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-12-27

Miss Florence Busdicker arrived
Saturday on No. from Golden Val
ley, where she is teaching school. She
will spend the holidays with her par
ents Mr.. and Mrs. John Busdicker.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-12-27
In the Riqht Place,

"You seem at home here" remarked
a man at the post office to the post
master. y.
''Yes,' replied the latter, "this is my
stamping ground"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-12-27
Not Satisfactory.

"What did she say when you kissed
her?''
'"Told me to come around Fridays
hereafter, as that was amateurs
night."-Judge.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-12-27

Miss Mabel Knudsen, of the State
University, is home for the Christ
mas vacation.
Gordon Cox came from Grand
Forks to spend the holidays with Mr..
and Mrs. A. B. Cox.
Miss Leona Anderson left Sunday
for Mountain,N. D., to spend the
,olidavs with her parents.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-12-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank King, of Tow
er City, were shopping in town this
week.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-12-27

N1oiSs H.
verse opinions. We d
understanding ah>s,
life, leaving its ernulat
can do II. with ease q
TO live well, easily, aspl
,emplatively is an achi
years of effort have II
This achievement pelol
of whom Tho5iau Was {
Evening POST :
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-12-27
sookke epers.stsncsras hers

II bank or business once with It's s
postai LOT
for and VII! attend un1u
position enroll
competent but THIS course
rrove others the al
have done Tor oners unoe 1888
favorable II viii cost YOU hots IL
please that postal LOT wv.
Z Ianeu Bismarck, N
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-12-27
An Achievement in Living.

Thoreau's life was an achievement
In living. That was his art, ana he
did it SO inimitably we'll that, like all
The Yale expositor., 1917-01-04
FERRIS AIDE TO HOLD JOB
e, c. Austin, Democrat, Will be Pri-
vate Secretary TO GoV.-Elect
Sleeper.

Lansing-E. c. Austin OF Battle
Creek, who has been private secre-
tary to Governor Ferris during the
last six months, will remain in the
executive Office temporarily at least,
In the same capacity under Governor
elect Sleeper. Sleeper has asked
Austin to continue as his private Sec
retary for a time, and Austin is will
ing to stay. Inasmuch as Austin is a
Democrat, unique situation has been
created, and 1t is the first time in the
history of the state, it is said, that a
Democrat will be private secretary
to a Republican governor.
G.. Fred Carson of Bay City has
been appointed executive clerk and
secretary of the pardon board. Car
son has been secretary to Congress
man George Loud. He served in the
executive office during the Warner
administration.
The Yale expositor., 1917-01-04
RAILROADS.&C. ASK new
PASSENGER RATE
WILL AGAIN ASK MICHIGAN LEG
ISLATURE TO GRANT HALF
CENT RAISE.
"HlGH LIVING" COST BLAMED
Pers Marquette Receivers Have Not
Indicated Their Attitude On the
New Rate.

Lansing-Michigan railroads will
again ask the Legislature to grant an
increase in passenger rates OF one
half cent per mile, bringing their COM
pensation up to the point established
by the United States interstate COM
merce commission for interstate pas
senger traffic. Whether the Pere
Marquette which is still in receivers
hands, will take part in the movement
is not known, nor have the receivers
announced they will make an indi-
vidual attempt 20 obtain Legislative
aid. The effort will be along the same
lines that governed the attempt made
before the legislature of 1915, when
the measure to increase fares to two
and one-half cents failed by com
paratively small margin.
So far as is known, no new fea
lures Of a probable argumentative ma
/ ture. have developed. and the railroads
Will rely upon their showing of pas
I senger receipts and expenses and Tho
general rule that railroad receipts
/ must be considered by periods in or
der to convince the Legislators the!
must have more income from the pas
senger end of their business.
The Yale expositor., 1917-01-04
GERMANY TURNING OUT
THOUSANDS OF NEW GUNS
The Campaign Of 1917 Will BE Fought
With a Heavy Concentration OF
Artillery.

Berlin, by wireless to the Associated
Press via Sayville, n. Y.-Many thou
sand guns per week are reported to be
the measure OF the mighty manufactur'
ing effort which Germany is making
for the campaign of 1917-an effort
upon which the entire manhood force
of the nation which can be spared
from the front and their regular occu-
pations is being concentrated under
First Quartermaster Won Ludendorf's S
universal labor service law.
Counting four months before the
probable renewal of the world war
in full vigor on all fronts, these figures
mean a new immense supply OF can
non of all calibers, to meet the admit
tedly gigantic effort which the Entente
Allies are expected to make in this
the third year of Kitchener
prophecy, to turn the scale of the
war.
Along with these guns, the German
factories are turning out correspond
lingly stupendous quantities OF ammu
milton. and the production of machine
guns. each Of which virtually replaces
a platoon Of men, has been placed ol
a scale far beyond that OF the pas
year.
The campaign of 1917 will, it i
already evident, be fought as a wild
extension and development of tn
Somme battle, with even a heavie
concentration of artillery over a ia
wider front and with lines literall
bristling with machine guns. Conf
dence that their opponents will be III
able to break through this wall c
steel and fire is not only expresse
by the higher commanders, but ais
is manifested right down into tn
ranks of the common people.
The Yale expositor., 1917-01-04
TWO BODIES FOUND IN TANK
II Is Believed That Men Entered
Reservoir to Sleep of Jag.

Capac, Mich.-A Thanksgiving de-
bauch which ended in death by drown
ing in the reservoir here is the solu.
ton which officials have placed on the
finding of the dead bodies of John
Mckinney, 33 years old, and Hartford
King. 26 years old in the Capac wa
ter supply.
The two men were friends and
resided in Inlay City. They were in
Capac on the day before Thanksgiving
drinking. IL is presumed by the Off
GERS that the men entered the door
of the, reservoir believing that they
had found place to sleep. There is
a small platform at the door and ther
a drop into 16 feet of water. Ir
Kings pockets were found bottle o.
whisky and two bottles of alcohol.
The Yale expositor., 1917-01-04
TRAIN GOES OVER HIGH BANK
Passengers Slightly Injured When
Coaches Jump Track.

Iron Mountain-Three coaches Of
the Copper Country flyer were ditch
ed at a sharp curve three miles east
OF Sidnaw, when a rail spread and
rolled down an embankment 30 feet
high. The coaches struck some trees
along the right of way and turned
nearly upside down. The brakeman
received a bad cut on his head and
was rendered unconscious. One pass
enger had his leg badly injured and
another had a rib broken. They were
removed to a hospital. Fifteen or
more persons received minor inhr.
les
The Yale expositor., 1917-01-04
MORTAGE TAX HELPS WAYNE
County Treasury Realizes Large Sum
Above Expenses for Fiscal
$50 Year.

Detroit--Approximately $220,779 was
collected by the county treasurer dur
ing the last fiscal year for mort
gage and bond taxes. The expenses
of the treaslrer's Office amounted to
$50. 800. leaving net gain of $780,
45s for the county.
The mortgage tax amounted to $780,
O55: the bond tax under act 142 yield
ed s25 .131 and the bond tax under act
1879 Welded $591. These sums repre-
sent only half of what was actually
collected. az half was turned over to
the stateg.
The mortgage tax, which went into
effect September, 1911, charges liz OF
| per cent on mortgages. The other
two taxes went into effect in 1912.
The amount made by the office places
il in the front rank as moneymakeT
for the county. The recorder OF
deeds Office made about $4,000 above
expenses during the past fiscal year
which gives II second rank.
The Yale expositor., 1917-01-04
MILLIONS PAID U. S. FOR FOOD
Shipments Continue TO Leave U S
in Vast Quantities for Europe

Washington-Foodstuffs continue to
leave American ports for Europe in
vast quantities. Figures just publish.
ed by the bureau of foreign AMI do
mestic commerce show that in the
first eleven months of this year they
reached a value of about $3.50, ,00l 900,
or at the rate of more than $4,000
month.
Breadstuffs lead in value of oods
sold abroad. In the eleven mlnths
they reached total of S404,000,0l0.
Meat and dairy products amounted
to $245, 100000. Shipments of c1ttle
hogs and sheep fell off during the
year.
The Yale expositor., 1917-01-04
STATE Bean CROP
EARNS S16,5OO,O
INVESTIGATORS ESTIMATE sALA-
BILE PRODUCTS AT 2'7e1'ooo
BUSHELS.
WHEAT MADE GOOD SHOWING
The Hot and Dry Weather OF July Is
y Due to Small Yield OF EarS
Planted Crops.

DETROIT Crop conditions In
Michigan during November are ue-
scribed as favorable in the summary
issued by the United States uepar''
ment of agriculture. -
.aWheat and rye made better
growth than was anticipated, but De-
ing sowI1 extremely late in most as
tricts are going into the winter with
less top than, usual" says the sum
mary. "That sown early is IN ABOUT
the same condition, because OF the Dry
ness of the soil at the time OF SEED
ing and for several weeks afterward.
The acreage of wheat Is greater tnah
that of last year, but the extreme
dryness of the soil in the central anu
eastern districts delayed plowlng IN
many instances until too late TOT seeu'
ing, and greatly lessened the coneeih'
Mated acreage. The acreage last year
was much below normal, and the III
crease this year is not sufficient to
overcome that loss, hence II is SUI
less than normal for the state as
whole. The condition OF the growing
rye crop is slightly better than tna'
OF wheat, and the acreage shows an
increase over that sown year ago.
"a special inquiry relative to the
bean crop OF the state was recently
sent TO several hundred OF the bu
reau's regular correspondents In th'
bean growing counties and to spe
cial list Of bean buyers. Nearly al
responded to the questions asked ah'
the information thus obtained is o
general interests. The average yiel'
for acre is found to be 6.6 bushels
which makes a total production TOT IN
state OF 100000 bushels. The aver
age "pick" is &c pounds per bushe
; or IL per cent of the crop, leaving
crop of choice hand-picked stock q
2.761 900 bushels, which at prevailin
prices is worth approximately Sl6,5Oo
coo to the producers.
, The unusually small yield this yea
, was due chiefly to the unseasonaol
4 hot and dry weather in July, whic
blasted many of the blooms on tn
early planted crop. A second settln
, of mods on these. and the late-plante
J.. crop. gave only a partial return
o the drought continued in most of tn
heavy-producing counties througho'
;. the growing season, causing the poo
Y to be short and poorly filed. The crc
= matured slowly and unevenly an
severe frosts did extensive damat
during the latter half of Septembe
these immature beans constitutr
practically all OF the pick as a
thracnose, the disease which cause
: such widespread damage in 1915 al
: 1915. did not develop to any materi
u extent this year.
y THE yield and pick vary wide
!, within short distances due TO the u
even distribution of temperature al
moisture conditions over the variab
soils comprising the bean distric
N of the state. The inquiry also sho'
D. that about 10 per cent Of the plant
m acreages was not harvested: tn
IN abandonment was chiefly confined
the eastern and central parts of I
state"
The Yale expositor., 1917-01-04

The coroner's jury reported that Mr..
and Mrs. Becker, wealthy Mason coun-
ty landowners, came to their death
from gunshot wounds at the hands of
unknown parties, and recommended
that Charles and Jack Thomas,
charged with the crime, be released.
The inquest was held at Mason City,
Ill.
The Standard OIL company raised
the price OF Caddoa crude oil to 81 at
Shreveport, La. This move on the
part of the Standard OIL company Is
In keeping with the raise recently
made by the Prairie OIL and Gas CON-
pany of Kansas and Oklahoma.
ss st
A declaration. that he had retired
from the presidency of the First Bank
of Japan for the purpose. Of promoting
"better friendly Feelings between
America and Japan" was made by n
Shibusawa of Tokyo, "the Morgan ol
Japan" in letter made public nj lsos
Angeles, Cal.
Three coaches filed with passengers
were hurled over 30-foot embank
ment at Sldnaw, Mich, when the 81
Paul railroads Copper Country flyer
was ditched by broken rail. Invent!
were injured.
The appeal of John d. Shoop' su
perintendent Of Chicago schools 10 th'
| war department to assign Capt. +. y
Steever, United States army, to en-
cago schools, has been granted. Sec
retary of War Baker gave his forma
approval to the plan which places Cap
tain Steever ut the head Of all mill
tary institutions there.
The Yale expositor., 1917-01-04

Berlin, by wireless to Tuckerto, N.
IA record achievement was made
by a German submarine, which has
returned to it's base after So days at
sea, without entering harbor or riceiv.
ing outside assistance of any orm.
The weather. generally, was bad
Susan c. Day filed a $4,000 lain
against the city of Mt Clemens, fr in
iuries she says she suffered in trip
ping over a plank left in the STREET ai
the corner Of South Gratiot avenue
and Church street.
The Yale expositor., 1917-01-04
Personal

Rt. Rev. Henry ]. Richter, bishop OF
the Roman Catholic diocese OF Grand
Rapids, Mich, died of pneumonia.
The engagement of Miss Gladys c.
G. Fries to f. Roland Hartman, son
of the late L. ii. Hartman, was an
nounced at New York.
The Yale expositor., 1917-01-04
Domestic

The Hagerman State bank of Hager-
man, Tex, was robbed by five bandlts'
The safe was blown open. The rob-
bers escaped in a motorcar with S5,OOO.
Butter Bros. a merchandising hrm
with plants in Chicago. New YORK, 81
Louis. Dallas and Minneapolis, an
nounced at Chicago that profits OF the
last few months would be shared with
employees. The amount involved Is
more than 100000.
"Put the Adamson eight-hour law
into effect January l, or we will not be
responsible for what happens" This
was the ultimatum delivered by the
brotherhood chiefs TO the railway man
ayers at an executive session In the
Grand Central conference at New YORK.
a fiat rejection of the demand was
made.
Birth control as means to an end
and higher motherhood" as the end
Such was the conclusion arrived at In
discussion Of birth control before the
Chicago Woman's club.
The interstate commerce commission
ut Washington and the railroads locked
horns on the power of the commission
90 order immediate return of unloadeo
foreign cars by all railroads to relieve
freight congestion. Railroad repre-
sentatives claim the interstate com
rNercc laws do not give the commission
suEh broad powers.
Belated reports from the all-PaI
Handle of Texas jackrabbit drive, hel'
held In n united effort 10 reduce tn
cost Of meat, Indicate that not les
than 10000 jackrabbits have beel
killed in the various drives.
The jury In the case OF IL defend
ants charged with use Of the mails
defraud i'm sales of phantom "wil
LQSssss In CocOnlno county, Arizona
I'd a verdict at Omaha. Neb., O
against nine defendants an
two not guilty. One defenfa2
ismissed by the
The Yale expositor., 1917-01-04
European War News

An entire Russian regiment VI CouS'
nrtillery-about 1900 men-with the
exception of 80 men, was lost when
the Finnish steamship Oihonne struck
n mine near the Gulf of Finland, ac-
cordlng TO Il Copenhagen dispatch 10
Rerlin. one thousand horses also were
drowned.
The battle of the Somme is pictured
as a sweeping triumph for entente al
lied arms in q detailed report by Gen'
Sir Douglas Haig which was issued Ut
London. The commander believes the
entente allies can win the war on the
western front.
French forces made counter-attacks
on the new position captured by the
Germans on Dead Mans hill, northwest
of Verdun. The Berlin war Office mace
this announcement and reported the re-
pulse Of the attacks.
The defeat of the Russo-Roumanian
forces by the invading Teutonic army
has been completed it is announced Of
ficially Mt Berlin. The Austro-German
forces took 1O,2OO prisoners.
British forces during the last ten
DAYS have taken over large section oi
the line heretofore included in the
French front, Major General Maurice
director of military operations, an
nounced at London.
Germany is ready to grant greatly
modified peace terms, according 10 In
formation obtained in official circles
The chief modification in this version
of the latest German peace terms l.
the abandonment by Berlin of the pro
posal for the establishment of Polan'
and Lithuania as independent king
doms and the proposal to pay BEL
gian indemnity Offset by allied IN
IDENTITIES.
The five-day battle in eastern wal
lachia has resulted in the piercing o
the Russian lines at several points
army headquarters announced at BEL
lin. The Russians were defeated der
nitely southwest of Rimnik-Sarat. SeN
eral fortified villages have been caI
tured by the Teutonic Danube army.
The London Daily Chronicle says
understands a Swedish note, idenuct
in purport with the note Of the Swls
government concerning President WI
sons peace initiative, has been presen
ed to the belligerent governments.
The reply Of the German allies to II
peace note Of President Wilson We
given to Ambassador Gerard at be
lin. 1t failed to name any peace term
The reply renews the offer made
Chancellor Won Bethmann-Hollweg {
December 21, to enter immediate
into a peace conference.
The Yale expositor., 1917-01-04

A q gardiner, of Albion, Mich, was
critically injured when the buggy in
ybich he was riding was struck by a
Michigan Central train at crossing
two miles west Of Jackson.
william >Sampeer, as years old, 1877
Casper avenue. Detroit. who cut his
wife's throat In fit of jealousy June
81 and the unsuccessfully attempted
suicide. was sent to Jackson prison
for frora Z IL TO Is years by Judge
Connolly. His offer to plead guilty to
manslanghter after the trial had
started was accepted.
The Yale expositor., 1917-01-04

The Pontiac commission met u pre-
pare an amendment to the city 'shar-
ter which will permit making u the
budget in March instead OF My to
expedite summer work and allowplac-
ing of contracts earlier. The question
will be voted on at the special alec
! tion January q.
The Yale expositor., 1917-01-04
Mexican War NescS

of villa have occupied Saltlilo' the
capital of the state of Coahuila, 1t was
announced at Ell Paso, Tex, by villa
partisans.
Two prominent Mexican families,
said TO be those Of Governor Mireles OF
Coahuila and the late Jesus Carranza'
applied at Laredo. Tex, for permits 10
bring into the United States boxes con-
tanning S125,000 in money.
One more appeal for modification OF
the protocol providing for the WIN
drawal of American troops from Mex
leo is made by General Carranza In a
message delivered to Secretary Lane
MT Washington by Luis Cabrera, chair
man of the Mexican members of the
Joint commission.
San Luis Potosi, Mex, is In th'
hands of Villas bandits. The entire
garrison was taken prisoner by Nlll'
after a brief battle.
Hone was practically abandoned II
Washington that any working agree
ment can now be reached between TIT
American and Mexican commissions
First Chief Carranza's failure To aC
cept promptly the protocol arranged o.
the American-MeXican commission !
responsible for the present situation.
The Yale expositor., 1917-01-04
Foreign

The British foreign Office at London
has received advices that the Greek
government is carrying out its prom
,se to demobilize the Greek army. The
work is proceeding satisfactorily, the
advices Indicate.
The Yale expositor., 1917-01-04
Washington

President Wilson has tentatively
agreed with administration leaders in
congress at Washington on a bond Is
sue to meet part of the treasury deficit
which confronts the government for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1918, esti-
mated at about S1S0000,0O0.
The Yale expositor., 1917-01-04
WORLDS EVENTS
IN SHORT FORM
BEST OF THE NEWS BOILED
DOWN TO LIMIT. ~
ARRANGED FOR BUSY PEOPLE

Notes Covering Most Important Hap
penInss Of the World Compiled
IN 6rIefest and Most sueelnet
FERN for Quick Consumption.
The Yale expositor., 1917-01-04

President Wilson said at Washington
that he would veto the $2S,0OO,OOO pub
lie buildings bill If 1t comes to him In
the form in which it is now pending IN
the house.
The Yale expositor., 1917-01-04

Because of alleged mistreatment Of
inmates at Marquette county poor
farm and infirmary, special commit
tee of FIVE was appointed to investi-
gate the methods employed In the care
of inmates, by the county board of SUI
peryisors. This action was taken fol-
lowing several complaints by in
mates in letters to relatives and
friends regarding the food served
them, the methods used In cooking It,
and also against alleged mistreatment.
The Yale expositor., 1917-01-04

The Russian steamship Kursk' while
hound from Archangel, Russia, for New
york with 126 passengers aboard hit
a mine on November 70 of klrkwal''
scotland. One passenger and two
,namhers Of the crew were drowned.
s,x messengers were killed and sew
eral others were injured when tne east
hound Toronto-Montreal Canadian IA
c,f,c railway express crashed into the
s-os,-bodnd Cornwall local neal
y e calls. ont -
The Yale expositor., 1917-01-04

It was announced in Washington
that every able-bodied male citizen OF
the United States between the ages OF
eighteen and forty-fve years Is held
liable for service in the National Guard
in war time, without further act OF
congress, by war department regula.
tions for the government of the guard
issued under the national defense act.