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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-01-18
Program for Dairymen
Promises Good Meeting

Mandan, Jan. 16.-The North Dako.
ia Dairymen's association convention
will be held at Mandan Feb. Z and 8.
Samuel F. .Crabbe, of Fargo, offers a
pure bred Jersey heifer, valued at
500, a granddaughter to the Great
Noble of Oaklands, who sold at auc-
ton for $4,000, to the writer of the
best essay on the dairy COW.
This contest is open to all boys and
girls between the ages of 16 and 20
years living on farms in North Da-
kota. Essays will be limited to 500
words, and must be filed not later than
Feb. with the secretary of the
North Dakota Dairymen's association,
addressed to Mandan. Judges will be
selected by the president of the as
ISOLATION. The award will be made
at the convention of the State Dairy
mems association at Mandan. The
first prize essay will be awarded the
Jersey heifer. The second and third
prize essays will receive honorable
mention and all three essays will be
read at the convention.
One hundred dollars will be prorat-
ed on all butter scoring SO points or
better. In the creamery class a 20
pound tub is the required package, in
the dairy class five-pound jar But.
ter should be sent transportation
charges prepaid to the secretary at
Mandan, so that it will arrive not lat
er than Feb. 6.
The convention promises to be the
biggest and best Of its kind ever held
in the state.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-01-18
British Paper Wants
a Stronger Sea Policy

Manchester, Eng, Jan. 16.-(By
MaiD-The British governments can
collation. Of the American $60,000,000
munitions contract justifies sterner
British naval policy, the Manchester
Daily Dispatch suggests editorially.
The cancellation means more than that
Great Britain has overtaken her re.
Quirements in the way Of becoming in
dependent of American aid, the paper
says. 1--WE do not undervalue Ameri-
can help in this war;" it says. with
out it we should have been at SER
ious disadvantage. But America has
not provided us with munitions for the
sake of our good graces. Every she'll
every gun and every machine tool has
had to be paid for, or will inevitably
have to be, in goods or gold. But that
is not all. Almost from the beginning
of the war we have had it dinned into
our ears that we must adopt pussy.
footed gait in our exercise of sea-
power, lest we put up the backs of the
Americans and cause them to shut
down their supply of munitions. Now
that we are getting into position in
which we can do without American
help, it is to be hoped that our diplom-
acy, will pluck enough courage to come
from under the table,"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-01-18
Il and 6 per cent:

The use of the borrowed money is
limited to the following purposes Ito
purchase land or additional land; to
pay off existing indebtedness; to pur-
chase live stock or to make any pro-
ductive improvements such as clearing,
fences, drainage, buildings and ma
chinery.
The object of amortization is to en-
able a farmer to turn mortgage into
an investment. When he can borrow
at less rate than it yields him he is
able to pay off his Indebtedness out of
the profits of his investment. A long
time loan enables him to use his mon
ey udiciously so that it will contribute
to increased value of his land and it's
increased producing power. Hereto
borrow for long periods. This dis
couraged investment in live stock and
for many other purposes because the
returns are slow. Snort term loans
made Spectator out of a farmer.
So the farm loan act in addition to
providing way for the farmer to
borrow to the limit of safety, induces
him to put his borrowed money to pro-
ductive uses and provides a way for
him to get out of debt from the profits
of the investment. Thus the farm
loan act places within reach of the
farmer the means to help himself and
stimulates his business initiative. The
long time loan with it's small annual
payments puts a quietus on the terror
of mortgage foreclosure.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-01-18
Bride Killed, He Sought
Broken Rails 70 Years

Ell Paso, Tex, Jan. 17.-They have
taken Arizona Charley" away. No
more will the light-hearted transcon-
tinental tourist catch glimpse of the
bent, grizzled old man trudging along
the lonely tracks on the desert as they
flash by. He was one of the best
known characters of the southwest.
Twenty years ago Arizona Charley"
was an engineer on the Southern Pa
cific. One day at the end of his run
he got word that his bride of few
months had been killed in train
wreck. A broken rail had caused the
wreck. He resigned and began walk
ing the tracks over the 500-mile stretch
Of desert between Yuma and Ell Paso,
looking for broken halls. With a blan
ket and frying pan slung over his
shoulder he tramped his beat winter
and summer for twenty years, report
ing to the nearest section house. He
has never ridden On train since his
wife was killed.
Nearly every tourist over the south
western route has seen "Arizona Char
ley" Conductors and Pullman porters
always pointed him out as the train
sped past, leaving him a speck in the
desert. Of late years the old man has
become feeble and now the Cochise
county court has adjudged him insane
and committed him to the asylum.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-01-18

Elmer Cowdrey, agent for the Cen.
trail Life, made a business trip to-
Darcy Saturday.
The Misses Josephine and Laura
Benson left Thursday evening for the
Twin Cities, where they will visit for a
couple of weeks.
Edward Coyle, of the United States
army, is registered at the Valley Ho-
tel. He is in the city on business rela.
tive to securing recruits for the fed
eral service.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. D. Hauk. (newlv.
weds) left Sunday evening for their
home near Ellingson, S. D., with the
very best wishes OF a host of friends
for long and happy life.
Miss Faye Stillings, a daughter of
L. K. Stillings, a farmer of this vicin-
ity, was operated on for appendicitis
at Riverside hospital Manday. Her
condition is reported as satisfactory.
Miss Jessie Gale has returned to her
school at Grafton after spending the
holidays with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thos. Gale. She was accompan-
led by one of her scholars, Miss Helen
Stoke.
A. D. Olson and the Misses Hanna
Williamson, Edith Olson and Ada viii.
helmson returned to Fingal Monday
evening with the body of Mrs. A, D.
Olson. who died in one of the local
hospitals Monday.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-01-18
SWEAR WORDS

Walt Mason: When things go
wrong the man who's strong. avoids all
futile fussing. 1T doesn't pay" you
hear him say; there's nothing gained
by cussing. Though l may know all
kinds of woe, have i'll luck on me sad
died, won't despair or rant and swear
or hand out language added. The
children near my words would hear
and then, of course, repeat them with
frill galore, and parents sore would
round them up and beat them. And
woman, too, would hear me chew the
rag profane, unpriestly, and they
would sigh as they went by, THAT
blink-blanl1ed guy is beastly!" Let
troubles rise and black my eyes, I'll
bear them all with meekness; wrath
never helps-the whines and yelps be-
tray spineless weakness. I may say
darn if some ones barn falls down
and pins me under; l may say gosh
if with squash you knock my dome
asunder; but l won't cry the words
that fry and smoke and smell of sui
phur; it's using these go-as-you-please
We reach the birthstone gulf for.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-01-18
Mortgages Are Gradually
Retired Under New Act

Washington, Jan. 17.-One of the
features of the federal farm loan act
which! makes strong appeal to farm
ers us that it compels them gradually
to retire their Indebtedness through a
long or short period of time. This pro.
cess is called amortization. Under it
the interest and principal are paid off
in equal annual or semi-annual install
ments throughout the period of the
loan, so that at the end of the term of
the mortgage the borrower is out Of
debt.
All loans under the farm loan act are
made under the amortization or install.
ment plan. Since the borrower begins
paying off his debt the first year after
he gets it, and because long time
loan is best suited to farmers, borrow
ers under this act are permitted to ex-
ecute mortgages to run from five to 40
years, at their option. Permission is
given to pay all of the loan or any part
Of it on any interest-paying date after
the mortgage has run five years. Bor-
rOwers are not permitted to pay off
within five years because the money
which they have borrowed has been
procured by the bank through the sale
of it's bonds, and bonds cannot be sold
for a shorter period than five years.
To give the prospective borrower an
exact idea of the size of annual pay.
ments required to wipe out a mortgage
in given period, tables have been pre-
pared The following table shows the
amount of the annual payment requir-
ed to extinguish in the period indicat-
ed $1,000 loan bearing interest at S,
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-01-18
NOME FARMERS BANK
ELECTS 1917 OFFICERS

Nome Tribune: The stockholders of
the Farmers State bank met at the
bank Tuesday afternoon and elected
the board of directors for the coming
year. In every case they were the
same as last year, with the exception
of A. A. Broen, who was elected to fill
the place left vacant by the death of
Chas. Furgeson. The following is the
list Of the officers and directors:
Thrill Hendrickson, president; O. K.
Myhre, vice president; A. C. Green, A.
A. Broen, directors; L. B. Hogstad,
cashier; C. T. Doken, assistant cashier.
Monday afternoon the board of di.
rectors held their meeting, cleaning up
the heavy amount of business that ac-
cumulates at the end of each year.
They also declared dividend and add
ed $1,000 to the surplus fund, which
now makes their surplus $4,000.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-01-18
POPULAR YOUNG ENDERLIN
COPUEE JOINED TT WEDLOCk

Enderlin, Jan. ia very pretty
wedding took place at the J. M. Nealis
home when Miss Mamie Nealis and
John Peterson were quietly married
by Father Long. Miss Francis Ma
honey, of St. Paul, and Martin Nealis,
brother of the bride, stood up with the
bridal couple. The bride was attired
in a suit of blue broadcloth and mole
skin and the house was beautifully
decorated with roses and carnations.
The affair was kept very quiet and
only the personal friends of the con-
tracing parties were present. At 6
o'clock splendid five course dinner
was served and later in the evening
Mr.. and Mrs. Peterson left for Chi
cago and other points in the east for
weeks visit with friends and rela.
tives.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-01-18
TICKER TO CALL ABSENT
SENATORS TO THEIR DUTY

Washington, Jan. 17.-Tick! Tick!
Tick! mo quorum-the doorkeeper
will lock the doors, the sergeant-at.
arms (via the ticker) will notify the
absentees and the clerk will call the
roll" And the 'absentees," reclining
in their private Offices in the senate Of.
fee building, several blocks from the
capitol, will glance at the tape and
hurry, via their subterranean passage.
way, to the senate chamber to answer
present"
This will be the future procedure in
the upper house of congress, and pos
sibly the lower, if plans formulated to.
day carry. The senate chamber is to
be connected UP with the senate office
building, across the way, with a regu-
lar ticker" service, as are stock
brokerage Offices.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-01-18
CONSIDERING MOTOR
LICENSE REGULATIONS

Bismarck, Jan. Ex-senator Filing
son, chairman of the senate commit
tee on highways, is very busy man.
Highway legislation promises to be
among the most important of all mat
tiers taken up by the present general
assembly. Senator Ellingson is a
highway enthusiast, and he has COM
mittee after his own heart. Some un-
usually good senate bills are anticipae.
ed.
Just now the committee on high
ways has under consideration the i'm
provement of North Dakota's motor
vehicle registration law. Information
has been obtained from the tax COM
mission and the secretary of states
office, and several drafts of tentative
bills have been prepared. The tax
commissions bill, which meets with
the approval of the secretary of state,
the state engineer and automobile
road-boosters generally, would levy an
average license fee of IS the year on
each of North Dakota's 10000 motor
cars. This would produce a fund of
$35000O, which it is planned to devote
to the use of state highway commits
sion, which Governor Frazier advo-
Gated in his inaugural address.
The license fee is now SO fiat, re-
CARELESS Of horsepower or price of car,
and in 1916, after the expense of ad-
ministration were deducted, there was
returned to the counties but $112,337.
Cass county, whose apportionment
was greatest, received $1,000; Grand
Forks $5,207 and Ward $3.50. No
other county received as much as
$4,000, and in a great majority of cases
little actual good road work was ac-
complished through the medium of this
fund.
The tax commission has argued that
an average license fee of SIS per an
mum will not be burden upon any
one who can afford to own car; that
car-oWners are more interested than
any one else in good roads, and that
with the knowledge the fund to be &C
cumulated from this assessment is to
be devoted to the building of a state.
wide system of real trunk-line high
ways, there will be no objection from
the men who foot the bill.
Out of this fund of $350,OO0 would
come the $4,000 which would be re-
quired this year to match North Da-
kota's first apportionment of federal
post roads aid, under the provisions of
the Shackleford measure. North Da>
kota would therefore have a total of
$436,O00 to spend on good roads In
1917, and that amount would build
several hundred miles of good maca-
dam highway as starter.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-01-18
CUPID AND DAUGHTERS
OF EVE HAVE AN ALLY

Chicago, Jan. 17.-Cupid and girls
who overlooked their chance last year
have an ardent ally today in Mrs.
Elizabeth Guion Dormer, correspond
ing secretary of the Chicago Social
club. Her duties are to bring togeth.
er signing SWANS and blushing maid.
ems, who otherwise might never meet.
Object, matrimony.
The chief aim Of the club, however,
is to establish middle course be.
tween the expensive clubs and cheap
ca'barets. The first meeting of the or.
ganization was attended by 100 doc
tors, lawyers, dentists, students, de,
partment store clerks and stenograph.
ers.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-01-18
MISS Mccoy RECEIVES HIGHER
DEGREE FROM BADGER VARSITY

Miss Susan Mccoy, instructor in the
department of languages, has recently
received the degree of Master OF Arts
from the University of Wisconsin.
Miss Mccoy was a student at that in
stitution during the last summer ses-
sion and has done work in absentia.
Her thesis was forwarded some time
ago, which when accepted completed
her qualifications for the higher,
degree.
In addition to her work as instruct
or IN the department of languages,
Miss Mccoy is coach of the debate
teams and during the past two years.
has succeeded in arousing unusual in
terest in this activity.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-01-18
FORT RANSOM
$50 $50 + I. i + + + + !. /.

Kathryn Recorder, Jan. 11.-Noah
Lovelace was Lisbon visitor Wednes-
day.
Mrs. Albin Hide is spending the
week at the home of her brother,
Johnnie Gregor.
Eugene Rosbeck was Fort Ransom
visitor Monday and Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. c. w. Parker spent
Sunday at Walkers.
Mrs. Jacobson and little girls, Lottie
Nelson, Mr.. Ostness and Telvin Kline.
berg have gone to Comstock, MINI.
Rev. Berger departed Wednesday for
Kalispell, Mont.
Tillie Nicholson came home Satur-
day. She started to teach in the pri.
mary room Monday.
Pearl Saeter arrived home from
Nome Saturday. She was accompanied
by Grace Thomas, who is spending the
week with her.
The masquerade Monday night was
quite success. Fort Ransom is the
place to come to have a good time.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-01-18
Attendance at
League Meeting
Shows Interest

AS the Times-Record goes to press
just after noon Wednesday the crowds
on the street indicate that there will
be an attendance at the Nonpartisan
meeting Wednesday afternoon which
will tax the capacity of the Armory,
the city's largest hall. Farmers from
as far northwest as Velva have called
on the Times-Record, 50 it is evident
that the interest is intense. Senator
Ployhar, for whose benefit the meet
ing is supposed to be held, is detain-
ed at Bismarck. by failure of the SEN
ate to adjourn, but will be here Wed
nesday night to get reports on the &C.
ton taken by the meeting.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-01-18
WOULD GIVE POLICE
POWER TO OWNERS

Bismarck, Jan. 17.-Hotel owners,
managers and clerks, the owners or
managers of pool rooms, or any other
public place will be given police pow
ers to make arrests in their places of
business of any persons publicly drink
ing or offering to others to drink any
intoxicating liquors under provisions
of an amendment to present law con-
ferring same authority on conductors
of railway trains. A bill making this
amendment is to be offered in the
house by Representative J. e. Erb, of
Ryder, at the request of Attorney Dorr
Carroll, of Minot.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-01-18
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Geo. M. Young to Albert Perfect, lot
3, blk. l, Normal Park Ad., $2,S25.
Nickoline Nelson to F. C. Oien, n u
sw 22-137-57, 81.
F. C. Oien to Nikoline Nielsen, P. J..
Loberg and ]. Jacobson, n Il sw o.
1857, 81.
Robert Anderson to Sever K. Aft
stall, lot 2, blk. 81, orig. v. c., $4,000.
F. z. Haven to w. D. Jeffrey, lots 4,
5 and s, blk. 81, Org. v. c., $4,000.
Joe Curtis to Eugene l.. MCGEE, lot
8, blk. ~, Org. Oriska, $1,000.
Eugene L. MCGEE to H. E. Carlton,
same lot, 81.
Carl H. Bonde to Harie Iverson, lot
Is, blk l, Morrison's Adv. c., $500.
Ernest Enge1 to Eugent L. MCGEE,
e 40 feet Of 40 feet of lots S, s, and
T. in blk. %, Oriska, 81.
James Blaine to C. H. Hunzelman. e
" 5-143-59, 81.
Louise H. Boburn to Simon Stroh.
Sc 9-139-61, $3.50.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-01-18
Noltinier Second Biggest
Member Of the Legislature

Bismarck. Jan. 17.-There are some
big men in the present assembly.
Some big in attainments, Of various
kinds, some big of girth, and some big
of stature. The discussion waxed so
warm as to which was the biggest"
that they event to the wall" with the
proposition.
The official umpire decided that C.
q. Lanox, of Cakes, was the winner,
standing six feet, two and one-half
inches in his stocking feet. C. H. MOL
timer, of Valley City, was the second,
Paul Ravens, of Worthwhile, the third
and o. X. Lageson, of Grand Forks
fourth.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-01-18
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION

(By J. H. Seymour, Head Department
of Agriculture, State Normal Scho0l.)
Two weeks ago the writer contri-
buted the first of series of papers
containing suggestions for securing.
literature on a variety of agricultural
subjects. Any or all Of such material
should be valuable to the farmer, the
rural school teacher, or'to the princi-
pal of 2! consolidated school, The fol-
lowing are further suggestions:
/, At Grand Forks is located the Of
fee of the North Dakota Development
League Press bureau" Write card
to the secretary of this organization
asking him to enter your name on the
permanent mailing list to receive the
weekly issues of their publication.
There is a good deal of material in
these papers that will be we'll worth
reading and filing for future or imme.
diate use.- Last year this bureau dis
tributed free copies of the following:
Sweet Glover Adapted to the North
west," For More and Better Corn in
the Northwest" and For more and
Harder Alfalfa in the Northwest" 1t
also distribute free to schools the
Rag Doll Junior Seed Corn Tester"
The author of the booklets mentioned
above is the well-known J. G. Haney
who has charge Of demonstration work
in the Dakotas and Minnesota for the
international Harvester company. His
address is Grand Forks.
2. By writing to our state commits
sioner of agriculture and labor, Bis
marck, one may get a copy of the
Thirteenth Biennial Report" for the
term ending June 80, 1914. In writing
to this officer make inquiry concerning
the availability of the Fourteenth BIZ
ennial Report" for June 80, 1916. This
report contains valuable statistics for
reference on such topics as farm crops,
dairy products, vital statistics, manu-
featuring and other industries, from
labor statistics, live stock, etc.
8. BY sending card to the Dakota
Improvement Seed Company" Nit
chell, S. D., they will send you a copy
each of the following booklets written
by w. A. Wheeler: Alfalfa in the
Northwest" This consists of Sc pages
and discusses the various aspects of
alfalfa culture, such as soil prepare
ton, incubation, time, rate and meth
cd of seeding, etc., etc. The other,
booklet is Corn Culture in the North
west" and consists of 80 pages. The
The last few pages are given to the
history Of the origin and development
of several yellow, white and mixed
dent varieties suitable for that section
of the United States and also few
flint varieties. Rural and consolidated
school teachers can, no doubt, secure
several copies of each booklet for the
library by making proper explanation
to the company.
Next week the writer aims to give
some information concerning the orr
gin, development, and improvement of
wheat with some attention given to-
leading strains and varieties.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-01-18
Parents Of Over 400
Students Are Farmers

If you are student at the State
Normal School at Valley City, you are
pretty sure 10 be the son or the daugh-
ter of a farmer If that isn't the case,
you are probably the son or daughter
of a merchant contractor or labor
Ser. And, if that is still not the case
your father was, or is, engaged in any
one of the 26 other trades or profess
sions.
These facts are revealed in statistics
compiled in the general office which
show that out of a total of 625 differ
ent students enrolled thus far this year
400 come from parents who were or
are farmers; in 80 cases the father is
a merchant; in 20 cases, a contractor
and in II cases a laborer. Parents
who have been in other walks of life
are represented by the number of stu
dents indicated after each of the fol-
lowing.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-01-18
HENS NEED OYSTER
SHELLS AND GRIT

The hen needs lime for making egg
shells and she uses grit for grinding
her food. In the winter both should
be furnished. Oyster shells which
furnish lime and crushed stone known
as grit can be bought on the market.
Extension department, North Dakota
Agricultural college,
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-01-18
THEIR UNEXPECTED WEDDING
SURPRISES ENDERLIN FRIENDS

Enderlin. Jan. 16-Enderlin friends
of Lane Hammao& and Miss Ellen
Forsberg were greatly surprised to
learn that they had quietly slipped
away to Lisbon and were married.
They went at once to Fort Ransom,
where the groom is engaged in bust
ness and where they will make their
home. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Hammack
are we'll known here, having lived here
for a number of years and have many
friends who will unite in wishing them
all the joys and none of the disappoint-
ments of welded life
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-01-18

Enderlin Independent: Henry Shaw
was down from Lucca last Saturday
and made a pleasant call on the indie.
pendent. The gentleman is one of
the old timers of Lucca, but now lives
in Spokane, Wash, However, he has
been back to Lucca this last season,
running one of the elevators.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-01-18
CIGARET SMOKERS FACE +
ARREST IN OKLAHOMA

Oklahoma City, Okla, Jan. ia
law to make smoking of cigaret an
arrestable offense was in prospect in
Oklahoma today. A bill looking to.
ward that end was passed by the
house of representatives Saturday,