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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-08-09
YOUNG MAN RESPONDS

Nome Tribune, Aug. 8. - Freddie
Furgeson came forward the first of the
week and displayed his colors by going
to Valley City and enlisting with Com
pany G.
Freddie was not old enough to reg
lister last June, so it was pure patri-
otto move on his part, and this makes
the second time that he tried for en-
listment, the first last winter, but at
that time was unable to pass the ex>
animation, so he tried it again Tues.
day, and made it all right, and went to
Valley City yesterday and joined Cor
pany G.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-08-09
Paid Electric
Light Bonds

' City Treasurer Craswell Thursday
paid the original electric light bonds
of the city, amount $4,000, these
bonds were issued 20 years ago, and
the annual interest was $3.50, so that
in the 20 years the amount Of interest
paid has exceeded the principal by
$1,000.
1t is a source of much satisfaction
to the city officials to pay off these
6 per cent bonds, as in recent years
the city has borrowed money at 4 per
cent.
The bonded debt was also reduced
$4,000 June 1st, by the payment of
that amount of City Hall bonds which
had run five years at 4 per cent.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-08-09
Canadians Make Gains

Canadian Headquarters in France,
Aug. 5.-(By the Canadian Press, Ltd.)
Another forward movement southwest
of Lens has been made with mini
mum loss.
For the best part of two weeks in
the Cite Du Moulin, have patrols and
those of the enemy have been living
an uneasy life almost side by side with
only a few tumbledown walls between
them. Yesterday afternoon small at
tacking parties set out from that part
of the Cite Du Moulin already in our
hands and drove in the enemy's patrols
along front Of over 1000 yards. A
new outpost line was prepared for a
counter-attack. but none had been
made up to the time of the filing of
this dispatch.
This advance carries the Canadians
well within 1000 yards of the center
of Lens on the western front of the
city. AT Avion and Leauvitte on the
southern front. our outposts are now
about mile from the center and in
the northwest sector opposite St. Lau-
rent our line is sdant 1900 yards
from the heart of the city.
A remarkable story is told concern
ing the cool bravery of one of our ar
tillery observation officers. The post
from which he had been observing the
effect of our artillery fire, was an ex-
cellent one for the purpose. The Ger
man gunners, knowing it was being
put to use as an observation post. de-
termined to destroy the building. They
began shooting at it early in the morn
ing and continued thruout the day.
The building rocked and swayed un-
Ger the impact Of bursting shells, but
only twice during the day did the OBJ
server leave his post. Once he did so
to report that the top of his reriscope
had been carried away by bursting
shell. On the second occasion he told
his battery commander, over the tele-
graph wire, that the enemy had forced
him out for few minutes by throw
ing part of an adjacent building upon
that in which he was located. Devo-
tion to duty enabled the gunners to
continue work in day when aero
plane observation was impossible.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-08-09
League Team May Go
to France TO Furnish
Fun for @Sammies .

Washington, Aug. 5.-A wealthy
baseball enthusiast has offered to f.
nance the undertaking of Clark Grif-
fifth, manager of the Washington
Americans, to take two major league
baseball teams to France for series
of games behind the lines for the en-
tertainment of the American soldiers
and their allies. Mr. Griffith said to-
night that he would submit the project
to Secretaries Baker and Daniels. A
condition Of the offer is that Walter
Johnson, the Washington pitcher, be
one of those selected for the trip.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-08-09
Senator Martin Thoreson.
Found Dead August |

o. A. Barton spent Friday and Sat
urday in the southern and eastern
parts Of the county inspecting the
school gardens and other industrial
club work done by the boys and girls
who are members of the industrial
contests which are being carried on
throughout the state under the direc.
ti0n of the extension department of
the agricultural college and the county
superintendent. He reports some
very excellent results in spite of the
dry weather and hot winds. The girls
will can the tomatoes and other vege-
tables raised for the canning contests
which will be conducted in the fall.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-08-09
Hindenburg /! S Sees s|
Honorable Peace

Berlin, via London, Aug. g. Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg in tele-
gram to the imperial German chan
cellor on the occasion of the fourth
anniversary Of the commencement of
the war, says: .s. ....-s.
Firmly consolidated in the interior
and unshaken on all fronts, Germany
braves the exasperating thrusts Of her
new enemies.
"The German army is fighting far in
the enemy's country and is marching
with unbroken strength to new sue
cesses. 1t enters the fourth year Of
the war supported by confidence as
firm as rock that our home spirit and
united perseverance will remain alive,
which is a guarantee of victory, and Of
an honorable peace to our nation"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-08-09
Delaney Named
Horse Inspector

E. s. Delaney, of this city, has
been given the position of horse in
spector with headquarters at Bis
marck. He will have supervision of
the purchasing of horses for the gov
ernment. Mr.. Delaney is we'll quail.
flied for the job, having been in the
horse business for years at various
times, both as dealer and importer.
He knows horses and the horse busi-
ness from every angle. His Valley
City friends will be glad to hear of his
good fortune.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-08-09
Registrants Evading Call
TO Be Held As Deserters

New York, Aug. IAN order that
applicants for marriage licenses here
today be required to show their mill.
tary registration cards was expected
to put an end to the rush of men OF
conscription age to marry to escape
service in the national army.
Yesterday many admitted they were
being married to evade the military
draft and but few of the SIT men
granted licenses were not of military
age.
Washington, Aug. 1.-Registrants
for the draft army who fail to respond
to the summons of the exemption
boards will be apprehended and pun.
ished as deserters from the army II
they do not appear within ten days.
This is one Of several. new rulings
by the provost marshal general ndl-
eating the strictness with which the
draft law is to be enforced.
Another ruling explained that a
man married before or after the draft
drawing cannot be exempted On that
score, unless it be established that MS
wife is actually dependent upon MS
daily labor for support.
Moreover, if it appears that the
registrants married after the draft
drawing of July 20 in order to escape
service by marriage exemption, both
he and his wife are liable to prosecu-
ton.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-08-09

Tower City Topics: Mr.. and Mrs.
H. H. Roberts and two sons and Mr.
and Mrs. D. E. Vowles autoed to Val
ley City Sunday where they evaded
the heat in the Sheyenne. Mr.. and
Mrs. Otto Ehrler and daughter Hazel,
went to Valley City Tuesday WHARF
the two latter underwent operations
for tonsilitis. The patients are doing
very we'll and we trust will soon be
home again. Kenneth Frederick
went up to Valley City Monday to visit
his cousin, Dale German.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-08-09

State Superintendent of Public In
struction N. C. Macdonald announces
that examinations for professional
teaching certificates, which are held
annually, will be conducted in Bis
marck, Valley City, Minot and Grand
Forks throughout the second week in
August. In Bismarck, the examina-
tions will be held in the senate cham
ber of the state house, with M. J.
Kernall of the state superintendent's
Office in charge. In the other cities
the county superintendents of schools
of Barnes, Ward, and Grand Forks
counties respectively will be in
charge.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-08-09
Man Killed Near
Jamestown Believed
to BeLester Carlna1

Chief Swanson was at Jamestown
Monday to investigate the identity of
a man killed on the railroad track
near Jamestown. From what he as
certained in the way of information
he concluded the unfortunate man was
Lester Carman, son of c. H. Carman,
formerly employed here on the police
force, but now resident of Dilworth.
He left here some two years ago. He
is expected to arrive in the city to-.
night, and may go on to jamestown
for further Investigation to substan-
tiate the identification.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-08-09

A marriage license was issued Fri
day to Ralph Pirnie and Miss Isabel
Wittig, both of Eckelson. They are
both popular young people of that
place and we'll known in this city.
Henry Johnson, formerly a resident
of this city, while weighmaster at the
Russell Miller Milling company's mill,
is in town for few days on business
His many friends are glad to see him
back. al,
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-08-09
If Man Can Keep Family As
Well In the Army As Out,
Keep Him, Crowder Says

Bismarck, Aug. 1.-North Dakota's
net quotation of 5,272 men for the first
draft under the selective service act
has been apportioned to the various
counties of the state and notice there
of telegraphed to all the county ex-
enption boards. The task Of COM
putting the quotas was accomplished
by Charles Liessman, who took every
care to have them correct in every de-
tail. Barnes county's quota for the
first call will be 113 men. Barnes
county gross quota was 231 men with
total credit oils enlistments.
This is cne of the largest quotas to be
drawn from any one county. Rolette
county will not be required to furnish
a single man on the first draft, it's
gross quota of 80 men having already
been furnished by SO enlistments in
federal and national guard service
from that county.
Washington, Aug. 2.-Local boards
were formally Instructed by Provost
Marshal General CroWder tonight that
they may we'll hold that a marriage re-
Gently consummated, especially by a
registrant after he had been called for
examination, does not create a status
of dependency justifying immunity
from conscription.
'The selective service law" reads
the instructions, "does not require dis
charges in all cases of technical legal
dependence, but only permits dis
charges where in view of dependency
a discharge is advisable.
1T is to be expected that local
boards vii exercise this full discre-
tion in cases where they are con-
v1nced that unscrupulous persons have
violated the principles of the selective
service law in hope of escaping a
duty"
Bismarck, Aug. 4.-The question Of
whether man will be in better pos
ition to support dependents by enlist
ment in the national army will deter
mine to great extent the liability of
married men for service, according to
instructions sent out by the local ex-
emption boards from the provost mar
shal general today. The communica-
tion points out that the pay of the pri-
vate is $50 month and that any por-
tion Of this may be allotted to depen-
dents. The order follows:
"Please call attention of local boards
to the fact that soldiers pay is not
less than $50 a month and that all
clothing, subsistence, medical treat
ment, and housing are furnished him.
Under the law he may allot any por-
tion of his pay to dependent Many
soldiers receiving $50 a month are
easily able to allot SIS monthly to the
support of dependents. In case, Of
death in line of duty the, government
will pay to the beneficiary designated
by the soldier, six months pay. Sec
tion four of the selective service act
provides that men with persons de-
pendent upon them for support which
renders their exclusion or discharge
advisable, may be discharged. Boards
must determine whether, as matter
Of fact, the erson claiming such dis
charge will not be in as good or better
position to support his dependents af-
ter selection for military service that
he was before. If such is the case, Of
course, discharge should not be grant
ed.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-08-09
Nd. Companies
to Learn the Use Of
Rapid Firing Guns

Fargo, Aug. 1.-Two companies of
the First North Dakota and three com,
panies of the Smashing Second" will
be transferred into machine gun COM
panies, according to Major Frank S.
Henry of the First North Dakota in
fantry, who passed through Fargo last
night on his way to Valley City from
the Field Artillery school at Fort Sill,
Okla
Three machine gun companies will
be attached to every regiment under
the new organization plan of the war
department" said Major Henry.
The First North Dakota infantry al
ready has one machine gun company,
stationed at Grand Forks. Two more
companies will be organized from
among the companies already formed.
They will be equipped with rapid-fre
guns and will be given special training
in their use.
The Second North Dakota will or
ganize three machine. gun companies,
one from each battalion of the regi-
ment.
Henry Takes Training
Major Henry has been taxing q ten
weeks course in machine gun and
automatic rifle practice. He is major
of the first battalion of the regiment,
to which Company B of Fargo is at
tached. Designations of the companies
to be used as machine gun companies
will probably be made by the war de.
partment after the regiments have
gone to the training camp. No or
ders for requisitioning arms have been
received by the local company.
The company was drawn up on the
Northern Pacific station platform last
night to meet Major Henry, who came
through the city on train No. 1. He had
telegraphed Captain Colley that he
wanted to see him when he came
through and was surprised to see the
entire company present when he step
ped off the train. He was accompan-
led by Mrs. Henry.
Private Ralph E. HOLSTER was
transferred yesterday from Company
8 to the headquarters company of the
first regiment.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-08-09
New England Man Suicides
When His Son Joins Army

New England, Aug. 4.-The lifeless
body of Anton Nilijohn was found
hanging from the piping in the boiler
room of the New England high school
building, where he had been employed
as janitor. He was an Austrian, about
so years old and is survived by wild
Ow and several children. 1t is
thought the recent enlistment of his
Oldest son in Company K of Dickinson,
had preyed upon his mind.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-08-09

Mrs. Carl Easton entertained Friday
afternoon for Mrs. o. Easton of Stock
ton, Cal, mother of Mr. Easton. There
were II guests, and the afternoon was
spent in conversation and sewing. A
delicious luncheon was served at the
close of the afternoon. Mrs. Easton
will make visit in the city for the
next three months.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-08-09
Return 4,090 Pounds of
Beans Of Poison Variety

Grand Forks, Aug. 1.-According to
Mrs. R. A. Sprague, local pure food in.
spector who has completed her inves-
tigation of the shipment of poison
beans sent to Grand Forks, 4,090
pounds of the dangerous product have
been returned. w. G. Miller of the
Miller Realty Co., had planted 10 acres
of that worthless product and on dis
covering his mistake, replowed the
ground,
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-08-09

Fargo Post: Miss Hazel Nelson,
sister Of Miss Minnie j. Nelson, OF
Valley City, and member of Fargo's
teaching force, left Saturday for
Grand Forks, where she spent the
weekend with friends. She will spend
the remainder Of her vacation with
friends at Willow City, and with rela.
tives at Valley CITY.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-08-09

Medina Citizen: Banker Shrawder
was business visitor at jamestown
and Valley City couple of days the
first of the week. ;. . Cecil Mccarthy
was up from Valley City and visited
at the w. E. Buckwalter home Sum
day.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-08-09
Professional Exams to Be Held
Second Week Of Next Month

Roy Wilson, son of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
G. Wilson of this city, who was one
of the first to answer his country's call
and join the navy, ismow located in a
navy training station at New Orleans
He was first sent to the Great Lakes
training station at Chicago, but later
transferred to New Orleans. He re-
ports that excellent training is being
given the boys.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-08-09

Miss Ruth Cranz and Miss Evelyn
Riebe, of the Normal school faculty,
will leave Tuesday afternoon for trip
to Akron, Ohio, and various points in
Illinois, to spend their vacation.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-08-09

E. ]. Whalian, principal of the Fin
gal schools, came in from Grand Forks
Saturday morning and spent the day
here en- route to his home in Fingal.
Mr.. Whalian is returning from Grand
Forks where he has been taking work
in education during the summer ses-
sion of the state university.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-08-09

E. L. Bow returned Saturday morn
ing from Durand, Wis, where he has
spent part of his vacation with his
parents.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-08-09

A number of the young folks of this
city attended the dance at Oriska,
Friday evening.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-08-03

the taxing power reach every dollar
United States.
twelve and one-half years! The
Napoleonic wars lasted that long. The
press reports from across the ocean are
not especially reassuring for an early
peace, however ardently we desire 1t,
We ought to begin right here IN con-
gress to save all we a in taxation"
1t was frankly stated at the treasury
department that there was little or no
probability that the appropriation
granted and asked for, huge q the TO-
tails are to date, would exceed the ex-
penditures; that there would be little or
nothing left over at the end of the year.
In and out of official circles the esti-
mates that within q short time the
United States would be spending ON
the war as much every day as even
England-that is to say approximately
S35, 000, 00O-were made freely and ac-
cepted as even conservative.
The call of the wal department for
an additional appropriation of $780,
OOO,OUO WIS Ldbeil every L0Io hh TIE
f%orerunner of another cab for perhaps
a similar or greater amount In the near
future. This was intimated In the
treasury department with as little ef-
fort at reticence as by the financial ex-
perts In the senate and house.
To Berlin Via the Air.
Berlin Will be entered by the air
route, and the United States Is stack
ing up it's behind the allies
30 furnish enough machines to make
the conquest possible.
This is the declaration of Brigadier
General George o. Squier, commander
of the signal corps. He said:
II am not here to make public our
plans or to indulge In prophetic figures.
The closest estimate l can give about
our aeroplane plans Is that the deter
mtnat1on of the allied governments is
to enter Germany by the air route, and
the United States government Is going
30 provide enough machines to make
itself felt In putting this program
through.
This is not saying that we win o n
struct 1900 airplanes or 100000 OF
ten or q dozen. If I knew how many
machines we would construct or could
construct In a year ! wouldn't tell, be-
cause that would be telling Won Hin
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-08-03
Especial Correspondence

Washington.-The ship building pro-
gram, which had been long delayed by
disagI 5ements between Chatham Wit
liam Denman and General Goethals,
general manager, Is expected to be
pushed with all possible speed from
now on.
The president ended the controversy
by accepting the resignation Of General
Cocktails, which had been rendered
several days prior to its acceptance.
At the same time Mr.. Wilson requested
the resignation of Chairman Denman.
Rear Admiral Washington L. Caps
was appointed general manager, and
Edward N. Hurley was appointed chair
man. cambridge Colby, a New York
attorney, was also named a member of
the board. With the new men in charge
and all friction eliminated, 1t is ex-
pected that the program will be i'm
mediately carried out, and 1t has al
ready peer announced that several con
tracts have been let.
America TO the Rescue.
Only Americas billions and prodigfous
man power can save the allies from de-
feat and win the war with Germany.
This was the belief that c~rystallized
with magical rapidity in official Wash
ington, following the startling call of
the war department for an additional
$5.O0O.OO0,0OO and the report that Unit
ed States army observers just back
from France advised that the United
States must throw 100000 men into
the wal Immediately.
The whole conception of the part
America must play In the war under
went a lightning change when It be-
came known that the reason behind
the unexpected demand for an addition
al war credit Of SIS. O0O,0 900 was tho
critical financial and military situation
Of the allies. Senator Smoot voiced
The transformed vision Of Americas
role when he declared In the senate:
1.-THE appropriations already granted
and asked for will total nearer S17r
O00,0O0.000 han the S14,000, 100000
which / stated yesterday. No doubt
$4,000 900 900 more will be required to
be lent to foreign countries who r en-
gagged in the war with Germany.
17,000,0O0,o00 as a Total
"The total appropriations required
will approximate SIT ,O0O, 100000. And
our appropriations win continue to
grow. It is significant hat A. Bonar
Law In discussing the war In the Brit
Ash house of called attention
to the fact that the entrance Of this
country into the conflict had solved the
financial problem for the allies"
Discussing wal expenditures, Sena-
tor Sherman of Illinois said:
1.-The last known estimate of national
wealth In this country vas $751; 0O,-
100000. Counting the increase that has
eome with such prosperity as the war
brought prior TO 1917. we have at this
time, fairly estimated, no more than
b250yOO0,OO0,0OO. When we reach $20,-
p00.000,0OO of taxes or Indebtedness we
win have 8 per cent of the aggregate.
That NEAR if we keep 1t up that In
Twelve and one-half years we would by
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-08-03
sPoRTWE ATTIRE.

Bordered tussOre is the favorite for
sport skirts. Blue and white give
this snappy outfit, the coa being silk
Jersey on dashing lines. Velvet coats
will be worn this summer over sport
togs, replacing sweaters somewhat
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-08-03

A Half Portion.
The woman of good family was
showing her ancestral home to her
small son. She pointed with special
pride to a bust of her father.
And thar, Bobbie," she said, SIS
your grandfather"
Bobbie looked somewhat perpleXed.
rs that all there was of him?' he
asked.-New York Times.