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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-09-27
Normal Teachers
Won't Take Rural
Jobs in N. Dakota

Mayville, Sept. 19.-Mayville normal
pleads guilty to the charge often pre-
ferred against the states higher in
stitutions of earning that they do not
train teachers for the country schools.
Of 81 members of the last graduating
class who expected to teach this year,
all havedocated good, paying positions
and only six Of them are to teach
country schools The chief objection
to the rural school seems to be its
lonliness and lack of social diversion.
Another quite important obstacle to
the obtaining of normal-trained teach
ers is the comparatively small wage
paid. All of the young women grad.
yates of the class of 1917, except one,
who takes a village principalshtp, 60
into the grades at $50 to SIS month
all of the young men take village prin-
cipalships at $50 to $10O' per. month.
The normal has supplied a number Of
undergraduates for country schools,
but its graduates all demand and COM
mand higher positions and better pay.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-09-27
Eight Cents a Pound
to Be Retail Price
Of Sugar, Agreed

Washington, Sept. 2O.-Beet sugar
producers in conference with the food
administration today reached unani-
mouse agreement under which the
staple retail price of sugar will be 8
cents pound. They will sell to
wholesalers at eastern refining points
at " cents pound, cane basis, and
the retail price, 1t was stated, would
normally be not more than Il of a cent
higher.
At. the same time, the food admin
istration announced that an interna-
tional committee Of five had been
named to arrange for the purchase and
distribution Of the vast quantities Of
sugar needed by The United States and
allied countries. The committee will
control large proportion OF the
worlds sugar output. ss
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-09-27
Valley City Girl
Graduate at Chicago

r.. Chicago Evening Post: Ida A. My
hro, normal graduate of the Maclean
School, has been elected director of
the expression and music departments
of the Congregational Training School
for Women on Ashland avenue Miss
Myhro, who also is private vocal pu-
pill of DR.. Maclean, has been appointed
director of the Fellowship Congrega-
tional Church choir, which position
she will occupy after Oct. 1. DR.. Mac
lean, who directs the Plymouth Church
choir, is Offering partial vocal scholar
ships in the Maclean school to voices
which are adequate. Such persons
may earn this privilege by singing in
DR.. Maclean's choir on Sunday morn.
ings. Applicants may consult with DR.
Maclean at the Maclean school, sixth
floor, ga South Michigan avenue. DR.
Maclean is the originator of the Mac
lean method of voice development
which gives unusual range, rare tonal
beauty, splendid diction and excep
; tional power of interpretation
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-09-27
Dripping Blood Tells
Story Of Elevator Death

. e r-.s I -r s f. g..
Plaza, Sept. Attracted by the
sight of blood sluggishly dripping
from the cupola of the Farmers ele-
vator at Wadek, farmer who had
called there to deliver load Of grain
investigated and in the cupola dis
covered the badly mangled body Of
E. F. Davis who had been dead for
some time.
Davis was IS and is survived by q
widow who resides on the homestead
near Parshall. He had been EN-.
ployed for some time by. the Farmers
elevator at Wadek. How he came to
his death has not been explained. It
is presumed, however, that he was
caught in the gears while working
about the machinery in the cupola.
4 j : .
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-09-27
Stick, Sublime Traffic
Cop, Makes Good on Big
Job Al Alabama Cam

Bismarck, Sept. 19.-Capt Warren
A. Stickley, "Stick," to his thousands
of North Dakota friends, is an old
time knight of the fourth estate who
is making good in military affairs.
Several weeks ago he was assigned as
captain quartermaster to construc.
ton work at Camp Mcclellan one Of
the great environments for the national
army, at Annison, Ala. There the
newspaper boys spied him out, and
this is what they say of him:
Some Transition
From q newspaper editor to traffic
cop is some transition. but when the
work is. for Uncle Sam, and the cop
job consists in regulating traffic and
transportation of hundreds of trucks
and wagons and thousands of work
men, it assumes the proportions Of a
large size order, and the dignity Of
labor done for live Of country.
Back, or rather, way up, in North
Dakota, Capt. Warren A. Stickley had
considerable to say about the run
ming Of his state government, and now
he has merely transferred his activi-
ties and acumen to the United
States army.
Did All Of That
Though former editor OF the Bis
marck Tribune and contributor to
leading magazines and newspapers
and correspondent of the Associated
Press, he never was theorizer, and
as publicity agent for the imperial
state of North Dakota, he put that
commonwealth on the map-in fact,
on several maps.
"And at all times he was interest.
ed in the military, and twenty years
| before his present answer to the call
to arms, he had served in the militia
and had answered two other calls
: serving through the Philippine insur.
/, rection in 1898 and on the border OF
Mexico last year.
He's a Beauty
"Over six feet tall, hair black and
! straight as a Dakota Indians, big
! framed and strong jawed, it is not to
l be wondered that the part of fight,
ing man suited his vigorous DISPOSE
ton, though good humor and kindli.
ness are among his strong character
istics.
! But Then
when he hit Camp Mcclellan, the
first thing Major Dulin did was to
put hlm in charge OF the traffic on
the high road between Annison and
the camp. 1t was his job to see that
workmen were transported to their
work and back again and to cut out
the dead-heads who were riding free
ard cluttering up the trucks. He soon
/ regulated that, and moreover, he had
4 soldier road-guards put the fear OF
God into the hearts of number OF
reckless jitney drivers who hogged
1.-The road and interferred with the
/, movement of the trucks and govern
ment business"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-09-27

Word has been received Of the ar
rival Of an eight and half pound son
to Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Campbell, for
mer Valley City citizens, and now liv-
ing at 402 South Goth street, Billings,
Mont.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-09-27

Bullying foreheads can't conquer a
squared jaw, but commercial train
ing acquired at the Mankato CONNER
cial College, Mankato, Mimi, con-
Quers every obstacle. You who are in
terested in practical education should
send for our catalog.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-09-27
RIGHT PRICE
NERO. co.
Liberty Loan Campaign
10 Last Four Weeks

Washington, Sept. 2o.-The second
Liberty loan campaign will last four
weeks, opening October and closing
October e.,
Wednesday, October "a. will be cell
ebrated as liberty day throughout the
country. Details Of the second liberty
loan, it was announced tonight will
be made public as soon as possible aft
er congress disposes Of the $11,0OO,-
100000 bond bill.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-09-27

Mrs. John A. ellis, Of Fargo, is q
guest Of Mrs. o. P. Emerson for few
days this week.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-09-27

Victor, Jaimer and Miss Martha
Wilberg, Of Nome, spent Saturday in
the city.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-09-27

Saturday night at O'Clock Grant
Shepard, Of Valley City, and Miss
Georgia Thomas, OF Columbus, Ohio,
were united in marriage at the Rudolf
hotel. Rev. C. E. vermilya was the
officiating minister After few weeks
Mr.. Shepard expects to return to Co.
lumbus with his bride and these es-
tahlfsh permanent home.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-09-27

c. G. Chaffee was host Friday evening
at a delightful I've course banquet,
given in the Rudolf dining hall. There
were about IS guests, including the
members Of the Chaffee family, EN-.
p1oyes at the G. C. Chaffee store, the
ladies' who were models at the style
show Wednesday evening, and all
those who assisted in the work of pre-.
pairing and conducting the show Mr..
Chaffee takes this way of showing his
appreciation of the efforts put forth by
these people to make the annual style
show success.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-09-27

Rev. F. L. Baker, of Spring Arbor,
Mich, field secretary for the general
missionary of the Free Methodist
church Of North America, with head
quarters at Chicago, will preach next
Sunday morning and evening at, the
Light and Life Mission church
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-09-27
.Chafee's Style Show
Unqualified Success

The Fall Style Show at the Chaffee
department store September 10
had been announced to open at $50
but by S:15 the S. r. O. sign had ia
be displayed and the show was on
The first feature of the program was q
musical selection by Hubbard's popu.
lar orchestra.
After the music the style show
proper started, the first garments be-
ing shown were party gowns, followed
by Betty Wales dresses and other
dresses of silk and serge, also many
beautiful silk kimonas, petticoafs,
skirts and waists. Following this there
was big showing of the seasons very
newest models in coats. ~
Many suits were shown and hats,
gloves and furs were worn with these.
The models entered in groups of four.
The last act of the Style Show was
the IL models all dressed in hats and
coats entering on the stage together.
The models were the Misses Es-
Their Hamilton, Essie Hamilton, Hope
Wallace, Elsie Holman, Constance
Mcpherson, leila Martin, Gladys
Schroeder, Laverna Busdicker, and
Mesdames Won Schultes, Bolton, Iver-
son and Harkins.
The store was decorated with roses
and asters. Mr. Chaffee credits the
success of the show to the untiring ef-
forts of the clerks and the splendid
work done by the models. In all about
100 garments and Is hats were shown.
Many expressions Of pleasure were
heard from those who attended the
style show Wednesday evening and are
becoming more enthusiastic about the
popular events with every succeeding
show. J--t @ ss
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-09-27

Times-Record want ads bring results
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-09-27

Here is an artist who has been lit
tie heralded III this country. He is a
Canadian, making his first American
tour. He comes across the northern
border after having made an enviable
reputation among Canadian music low
ers by his admirable vocalism, fine
presence and thorough knowledge of
technique, as well as for the SINGER
ity of his work. Mr.. sherris selects
his repertoire from the works Of mod
ern composers, American as we'll as
foreign.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1917-08-25
SPORT.

Pennsylvania fairs will distribute
purses aggregating 1927 ,299.8S for
horse racing if the schedule of annual
fixtures throughout the keystone state
is carried out this fall.
The Woodman, unbeaten 1917 trot-
ter, met defeat when Miss Perfection,
in the 200 trot opening the second
Grand Circuit meeting at North Ran
dali, at Cleveland, Ohio, won the race.
:. The first day! of the nineteen-day
race meet under the auspices CT the
Cheyenne, Wyo., Thoroughbred Breed
ers' Association witnessed two good
events and six others Of average in
terest.
Single G., besides walking off with
the feature event of getaway day at
the North Randall Grand Circuit meet.
ing at Cleveland, Ohio, set seasons
record by negotiating one heat Ct the
free-for-all pace in 2:02%, the fastest
mile travelled by harness horse this
season.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1917-08-25
GEN E KAL-.

The province of British Columbia
will become prohibition TERRITORY on
Oct. under law passed by the Pro-
yincial Legislature.
The war will last from four to five.
years, in the opinion of DR.. T. M. Neff,
former associate of the late DR.. john
B. Murphy, who was in Chicago after
two years at British. base hospital
'near Boulogne. 1t will be won on eco
nomic rather than military lines, he
added. q
Because a woman named Dora"
from Ell Paso, Texas, had sent tele-
gram to her husband notifying him
she was coming to Chillicothe, Ohio,
to claim him as her real spouse, Mrs.
James Nelson shot, and, killed her hus-
band, shot her 8-year-old boy and then
killed herself. #l.,%I
:. : One week after Jose Ynez Salazar,
Villas former chief of staff, was killed
at Nogales ranch, Chico Cano, another
of Villas commanders in the Oiiraga
district, was shot and killed opposite
1Iu1uO6d, CAc1c. AO hAAAAA6 WUo SAO
result of feud. Cano was a Villa
colonel. = =,
The body Of former Senator John w.
Kern of Indiana, who died at Ashe-
Vile, N. C. was taken to the Kern
summer home in the Hollins valley
near Roanoke, Va, where the funeral
services were conducted. Messages Of
sympathy were received by the fam
lily from President Wilson and many
members of Congress.
Max H. Houser, one Of the largest
individual grain dealers in the world,
announced at Portland, Ore, that he
would turn all his immense profits in
the future over to the Red Cross. 1t is
authoritatively reported that he mads
between 100000 and 100000 last
year.
The United States has approximate
ly 1000 900 volunteers under arms in
the war against Germany. OF this,
100000 men, in addition to the thous-
ands in the navy fighting on the other
side, will be in France before the snow
flies.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1917-08-25
WASHINGTON.

Government control of coal produc-
ton seems assured.
Cubas offer to provide: mobiliza-
ton and training ground for some
American forces has been accepted.
President Wilson is making a per
sonal study of the labor situation in
the Northwest, especially in Washing
ton, Oregon, Montana and Idaho.
Authorization to issue bonds and
certificates 'totaling 81, S,945,460 at
one time is provided in the new war
budget bill embodying recommends
tons of Secretary McAdoo.
Thirty days in the reformatory at
Occuquan, Va, is the sentence handed
out to the six White House pickets
who defied the ultimatum of the police
department that suffrage banners and
pickets would no longer be tolerated
Among the six women who were SEN
fenced for months stay was Natalie
Gray of Colorado Springs,
Perry Belmont resigned as. vice pres
ident and director of the Navy league.
McAdoo asks Congress to provide
SO 100000 war fund.
New economies necessary to over
come huge wheat shortage.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1917-08-25
FOREIGN.

King and Queen of England review
American troops
German U-boats have been unable
. to starve Great Britain out, says
Lloyd-George.
Jose Gutierrez Guerro, former min
lister of war, was inaugurated presi-
dent of Bolivia.
Trading in wheat for future delivery
will cease on all grain exchanges in
Canada on Aug. 81.
The Costa Rican government, it is
reported, is contemplating withdraw
ing from the pan-American union.
A report from Rigaud, Quebec.
places the dead in the Curtis & Har-
vey powder explosion at one, and six
injured.
A revision courtmartial at Paris has
rejected the appeal of the Dutch dane
er, Mata Hari, who recently was con-
demned to death as spy.
The Russian torpedo boat Destroy
er, Lieut.. Bourakoff, has been sunk
by German mine in the Baltic sea
near the Aland archipelago.
The appointment of Count Won
Bernstorff, former German ambassa-
dor to the United States, as German
ambassador at Constantinople, is fore
cast.
The allied governments will discuss
jointly the peace proposals of Pope
Benedict and a reply will be issued in
due course, according to Lord Robert
Cecil.
The Masons of Italy, France, Bel
GUM, Portugal, Serbia and some of
the European neutrals met in Paris
two months ago and adopted what are
known as, the white peace proposals. !"
Twelve American missionaries and
dozen other foreigners, mostly wom-
en- and children, who were besieged
by Chinese bandits at Tabul, town
about 100 miles northwest of Picking,
United States marine corps.
The official statistics which relate
to German towns of $4,000 and more
inhabitants, show that the number of
infants born alive in such towns de-
creased by 131,O6S in 1915 as COM
pared with 1914, and that in 1916 they
again declined by 114,557, making a
total decrease between the beginning
Of 1915 and the end of 1916 of 245,625,
or 1915 per cent of the number of liv-
ing births recorded in the year 1914.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1917-08-25
WILSON TO FORMULATE PLAN.
Reply to Pope May Suggest Way to
End Militaristic Rule.

hingtOn.-Secretary OF State
Lansing admitted that this govern
ment is "informally'' exchanging
views with the entente nations on
Pope Benedict's peace proposals. No
other authoritative information on the
subject was available in official quar-
tiers except the statement was made
that there would not be an immediate
reply and that this government before
replying would not enter into any
formal conference with other bellig-
erents on the subject.
1t is known also that the Belgian,
Serbian and .Rumanian. governments
will follow the course to be pursued
by the major powers at war with the
central empires. Z g..
No doubt is felt that Russia will re-
turn a negative reply to the Pope but
it may go: further than that, outlin-
ing possible peace plan which would
be acceptable to Russia.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1917-08-25
WESTERN.

San Diego water main was blown up
by bomb.
Mexican launch blown up by explo-
sion on Mississippi river.
The double track line on the west
division of the Rio Grande road, at the
place where it was washed out in east
ern Utah; has all been replaced and
connected.
A speaking tour of the West for
the purpose of arousing the enthusi-
asm of the people for vigorous pros
ecution of the war will be begun by
Vice President Marshall in Denver on
Oct. %, according to word from Wash
ington
A call to laboring men to play our
part in the war manfully' with "un-
stinted loyalty to the United States"
was issued at Indianapolis in state
ment on Labor Day, 1917" by John
p. White, international president of
the United Mine Workers of America.
The government took action in the
Industrial Workers Of the World stu
alton at Spokane, Wash, when com
pany of Idaho National Guardsmen,
now in federal service, arrested TWEEN
ty-seven members of the organization,
including James Roman, district secre-
tary, in their headquarters at Spokane
on the eve of a threatened strike in
four states.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1917-08-25
FRENCH TAKE 11-MH-E. LINE.
italians Are Victors in Great Isonzo
Offensive.

Italians Are Victors in Great Isonzo
Offensive.
Paris, Aug. 21.-A smashing French
victory on the Verdun front is record
ed in the official report issued by the
war office. The French have captured
the enemy defenses on both sides of
the Mouse over front of more than
eleven miles, penetrating the German
line at divers points to a depth Of a
mile and one-quarter. More than 1000
unwounded German prisoners have
been taken.
Italians have crossed the Isonzo
river and have defeated the Austrians
with heavy losses, captured more than
1000 prisoners and an enormous
amount of guns and war supplies.
= Dead Mans hill, famous in the Yer
dun fighting, has been captured by
the French, together with AvOcOurt
wood and other German strongholds.
The British have strengthened their
position in Flanders and have beaten
back the German attacks at several
points. -.N~..
The Austro-Ge-maus have defeated
the Rumanians and captured seveIai
thousand. prisoners. * ;f~'.'.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1917-08-25
A Good Comeback.


Tom Moore, the poet, was the son
of Dublin grocer. Without any push
ing on his part his genius and his un-
affected manner made him welcome
guest everywhere. All London went
mad over him. On one occasion at
banquet he had made some brilliant
witticisms. A snob, thinking to humil-
late him, leaned over the table to the
poet and quite audibly said, in a drawl-
ing tone:
"Pway, sir, wasn't yuor father
grossah?" ~
Moore smilingly replied that he'w was.
"Then, pway," continued the snob,
"why didn't he make a grossah Of
you"
Moore quite affably retorted,
wasn't your father gentlemanw
- "Of course he was" was the rejoin-
der.
+. "Then why" queried Moore, didn't
he make a gentleman of yOu?"
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1917-08-25
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF The WEEK
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
Western Newspaper Union News service.
!. ABOUT THE WAR.

British lost 1,722 men in two weeks
in August.
British merchant losses fall off dur
ing past week.
Canadian troops capture hill 20, key
to city of Lens. f1
Austro-German forces occupy height
on Rumanian front.
Rumanian and Russian fronts wit
ness renewal of fighting.
Two strong German redoubts cap
tured by the entente forces.
Germans strive in vain to throw
British back by counter attacks.
French repulse attempts Of German
crown prince to break through lines in
Verdun sector. -, .
Address of Lloyd-George indicates
nature of entente reply to pope's
peace proposals.
American aviators of the Lafayette
esQuadrille participate in aerial COM
bats on the western front.
Fierce aerial battles in the west re-
suit in loss of twenty-four German
planes and eight British flyers.
German airmen in raid over British
lines kill number of own men who
were in prisoner clearing station.
British and French in Flanders con-
solidate positions near Lens won from
Grown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria.
Nine hundred and thirty-three Scan
dinavian ships have been destroyed by
tOrpedoes or mines since the begin
ming of the war.
British troops advance over a front
of a mile to depth of 500 yards near
Ypres. Renew attacks in Somme re-
gion with advantages.
Two army divisions instead of one,
comprising a total of at least $4,000
men, probably will make up the first
: contingent of the National Guard to
go to France.
From section of the French front
comes word that the renowned avi-
ator, Capt. George Guynemer, brought
down two more German machines,
making fifty-two he has accounted for
In clearing station during the bat
tie on the Belgian front four Ameri-
can surgeons in the operating rooms
were found hard at work. They were
assisted by business-like American
nurses.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1917-08-25
AlIeqed Wife Slayer Caught.

Santa FG, N, M-Isidore Martinez
alleged wife, slayer. bleeding from
half, a. dozen gllancing wounds, was
manacled in a wheat field in the
mountains north Of here by deputy
sheriffs after nearly half a hundred
shots had been exchanged He was
brought to the county jail to await
hearing. Martinez is charged with
shooting his young wife and trying tc
kill his mother-in-law at Santo Nino
He defied anyone to capture him and
emptied his gun at the posse before he
was taken.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1917-08-25
No Style.

First Girl-So you met Mr.. Blank,
the famous writer, at the. reception.
What do you think Of him?
Second Girl-Not much. His clothes
are quite old-fashiOned and under
stand that he was celebrated for his
style.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1917-08-25
Sufficient.

Mrs. MegsOn (not pleased with sup
plies)-Have you any of the sugar you
sold me on Monday left? -
The Grocer-Oh, yes, mum; plenty.
How much would you like?
Mrs. MegSOn-NOne
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1917-08-25
Calf and kip. Green Sailed.
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Metals.

New ork.-Lead-Spot, 1OK Ollie.
Copper-Electrolytic spot. and near
by, nominal; September and fourth
quarter, $25.5OQ 27.O0. -
Tin-Spot, $4,000.
Bar Silver-86%c.
Copper-Casting, $25.87h. -
ST. Louis.-Spelter-$S.46
London.-Bar Silver-44d per OF.
Boulder-Tungsten concentrates, 500.
s17.00 per unit. Crude ores, 6O96, $500;
$50, $1,000 1900; 1919, $S.70Q10.O0 per
unit