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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-15
COAL PRODUCTION
DECLINES SHARPL !

NEW YORK, Oct 15.-In the face
OF a greater need of coal than ever
before, the coal production is sharp
ly diminishing and many coal operat-
ors are in despaid because of the
price-fixing regulations of the gov
eminent, according to the current is
sue of Black Diamond, a coal trade
publication, which sums up the situa-
ton in these words:
Industries are starving for coal.
Retailers and householders are trying
to get it, but cannot. And produc-
ton of Goals is being sharply curtail-
ed by labor disturbances. The coal
situation is as nearly hopeless as we
can possibly picture it.
ITO sum it all up in a word, there
is this contrast between last year
and this. Last year the danger of a
coal shortage became apparent on
September Is. 1t did not become an
actually until the first week in De-
cember. This year an actual coal
famine developed in the Chicago
market OH September 10''
The out put of coal began to diminish
as soon as the Presidents orde"
was issued fixing the price of coal
on the basis of 81 ton it is stated.
A series of incidents beginning at
that time and lasting to the present
is sketched as follows to show the
effect of the order in cutting wown
production:
THE same week (when the Presi-
dents order was announced) one
operator in the Illinois field closed
his mine until further notice. I'm
the same week something like ten
different producing districts announe-
ed that unless prices were modified
they would close their mines in a
short while. They proposed to con-
tinue to operate at loss until there
was time for readjustment.
The following week important
operators in Northern Central Penn
sylvania announced the abandonment
OF plans to increase production by
making additional OUTLAWS of capital.
The immediate and tangible resule CT
all this is shown in few incidents
which arose in Chicago on Tuesday
and Wednesday, September II and IL.
The Sanitary District of Chicago ex-
lists to pump its sewage of Chicago
through the drainage canal. To do
that it needs coal. 1t couldn't get
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it readily so it began to appeal to the
Priority Board at Washington for a
ruling which would allow it to get
coal in preference to other users
ION Tuesday, September IL, the
representative of an eastern steel
corporation came into the Illinois and
Irdiana market to try to buy some
coal It's steel is needed by the army,
the navy and the railroads. 1t had
been unable to get sufficient guam
tity of coal and some time ago offer
ed an eastern coal operator premium
of So ton if he would break a con-
tract with another concern. Such
negotiations having failed, it came into
the Chicago coal market for coal. IT
got none.
"On Wednesday. September II,
manufacturer is necessity came into
the Chicago market to buy 1000 tons
Of coal for delivery between September
II and the first of next April. He
wanted only twenty cars of coal. He
worked all day Wednesday. At five
o'clock in the evening, having made
the rounds of the entire trade, he re-
ported that he had not been able to
buy a single car. On Wednesday,
September IL, user of steam coal,
after having spent two wees trying
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-15

to buy a considerable tonnage, went
to several coal companies and said:
Ship me any coal you can and
get and tell me about it afterwari.
Put down a blanket order for any
thing that comes your way and let
me have it,"
The Black Diamond Goes on to say:
There is no intention to disguise.
the fact that the coal men are ex-
in Washington. The writer of this
review has been conversant with coal
developments for twenty years. He
has known coal men intimately. He
has had quite a good deal to do with
coal companies. At no time has he
seen coal men in such state of mind
Some are in despair, Many are look
ing for something else to do.
THE American government has fixed
"a price and said that the coal proh-
lem is solved. Hence the coal bust
ness could go on as usual and every
body get supply. But it hast gone
on. 1t cannot, because the miners
arn't there, and those who remain
are in no mood to work The cars
arn't available to move coal, because
nobody this summer produced cars
and engines to increase the supply.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-15
Local Cotton Market.
Cotton Seed Quotation

Per Ton ..................... $500
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-15
AMERIcUs SHOWS
ALCAZAR THEATRE.

Monday.
Paramount picture, George Behal
in Cook of Canyon Camp Five acts.
Tuesday.
World Picture-Brady Made. Car
lyle Blackwell and June Elvidge, in
THE Price of Pride" five acts.
Wednesday.
Triangle Plays Thelma Satler ana
George Stone in 'In Sunderland, -
five acts, and can Innocent William
Triangle comedy.
Thursday.
Paramount Picture Lou Tellegen
and Mary Fuller in THE Long Trail,
five acts.
Friday.
Blue Ribbon feature Earle Williams
and Corrinne Griffith in "Transgres-
sion," five acts, and Chapter 6 The
Gray Ghost"
Saturday.
Triangle Plays. Charles Ray in
Sudden jim" five acts, and His Fa-
tai Move" Triangle Comedy.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-15
Country Produce.

(Quoted by Buchanan Grocery Coz
Americas dealers were paying the
following prices today for country
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Hides and TaIIOw.
Heavy Groceries.

Quotations by Buchanan Grocery co.,
Selling prices prevailing today on
heavy groceries were:
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Latest Market Prices
Americus Chicago and New York Quotations on GRAIN
Provisions, Produce and Cotton.
Hay and Grain.

Quoted by Americas Grocery Coz
The local stores were today selling
hay and grain at the following prices:
Dry shipped feed oats. ..........$ .35
Timothy hay, per ton. ........ 5000
Hulle (delinted, per 1000 $50. 80
Velvet bean meal, per cwt..... 210
Sweet feed, per sack. ..... 2.75
Seed rye. per peck .....s....... rs
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-01
Champion Wrestler Has
Match Here for March 7

jamestown, Feb. 22-Wilfred Bar
rett, of Detroit, Mimi, and Henry
Kariumsarri have been signed for a
match at the Fargo auditorium March
by Promoter Frank Kellogg, of this
city. The match is for blood. The
two met at Frederick, S. D., last year
and Wrestled two houre and IS min
utes without fall. The match TAX
ing place on Saturday night and
running into the Sabbath, the citizens
thought it best to call it off and the
referee called it draw
"Wilfred Barrett is one of the best
wrestling kings in the east and when
in good condition there are but three
middleweights in the United States
who can beat him. declared Kellogg
here today. Barrett has agreed to
come west for a period of ten days
from March I to 10. He is booked at
Fargo on March with Karhunsarri;
at Valley City on March with Char
ley Miller; at jamestown, March
with Tony Bernard or Anderson, one
of the two men to meet him here or
at Bismarck"
The condition of the Fargo match
is that if the deciding fall is not made
within two hours and 80 minutes the
referee shall decide the match on
points.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-01

suffering from severe attack Of rheu'
matism and has been unable to sit up
for about six weeks. Mrs. WOlski,
who called at this Office to renew their
subscription, informs us that one day
last week he showed signs of improve
ment, but only for one day. We hope
Sam will get the best of his old enemy
soon.
E. r. Lyon, of the Fox Lake farm
near Eckelson was a friendly caller at
this Office Saturday and had his name
enrolled on our subscription ledger.
! Before moving to this section Mr..
Lyon worked three seasons with Will
Brewster's threshing crew.
Henry Menke, who some years ago
traded a small stock of clothing in
Sanborn for a. section of Montana
land, recently received call from an
|agent of a railroad company whose
visit was for the purpose of arranging
for the location of townsite on the
land.
Chas. Brandenberg shipped a car Of
stock Tuesday night to South st. Paul
under the care of Joe Noone.
Rev. Frank Atkinson left Tuesday
for Enderlin and other points on the
500, and will 60 over into South Da-
kota before returning.
Mrs. McLees left on No. Monday
afternoon for Winterset, Iowa, where
she was called by the critical illness
of her mother and brother.
The German Lutheran Ladies Aid
society will meet with Mrs. c. w.
Schreiter in Sanborn Thursday,
March 1, at o'clock p. m. Everybody
welcome.
( Messrs. Stephan and Bignall, the To-
cal lumber dealers, attended the meet
, ing Of the North Dakota Lumbermen's
association, returning on No. this
morning from Fargo.
The hard coal famine in this place
was broken Monday by the arrival Of
a carload of nut coal billed to the
| Andrews Grain company. Mr.. Lief,
the agent, and Peter Reid, the dray.
man, were kept busy distributing the
fuel.
Mrs. Ronald Mcdonald, of Valley
City, arrived on No. 7, for visit with
Mrs. Plus Stroh.
Yesterday was Ash Wednesday, the
beginning of Lent. Rev. Father
Kleidon of this place left for Darcy
Tuesday and will conduct services at
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-01
Riedman Promoting Valley
City Purchasing Company

George Riedman, of the North Da-
kota Motor company is busy perfect
ing the organization of company to
be known as the Farmers Purchasing
& Sales company. The company will
be incorporated at $4,000. The OBJ
ject of the company is to handle all
kinds of farm machinery, from thresh-
ing machinery to garden tools, also
Irvine, oils, etc. They will also act as
an exchange, handling real estate,
live stock and in fact everything the
farmer has to sell or desires to pur-
chase. Mr. Riedman has been investi-
eating this proposition for some time
and feels that the time is ripe and
conditions in and about Valley City
call for this kind of an organization
His proposition has the endorsement
of many of the prominent farmers of
this part of the county and already
many have signed up for stock in the
concern. The selling of stock is still
on and he expects to have a meeting
Of the stockholders in the near future,
when the permanent organization will
be perfected. Mr.. Riedman is prac-
tically product of Barnes county and
his friends, who feel he is on the right
track, wish him all success.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-01
Town Basketball Team
Being 0rganiizedhere

r. H. Bonynge, of Fargo, is in the
city making an effort to organize an
Independent team to represent Valley
City and play schedule of games dur
ing March. Mr.. Bonynge has been
playing with the D. B. c. quint this
winter, that team winning 10 out of
16 games played. He has met with
good encouragement and finds there is
plenty of material for a fast team.
Coach Stevenson of the High school
will lend his assistance in getting
team into playing trim. At the first
workout Friday nine candidates came
out. The lineup will be ready to be
given out by Monday.
Games will be scheduled with such
teams as the Fargo Y. M. C. A., Moor
head Independents, Jamestown Tigers,
Bnderlin, Hendrum, Mimi, and other
fast teams. The Valley City team will
rank right up with any in the state,
and the plan of staging about seven or
eight fast games should be well sup
ported.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-01

St. Mary's mission near that place
Rev. Father O'Beirne, Father Klei-
don's assistant, had charge of the ser
vices in Sacred Heart church.
Volney Green, living three miles
west of Eckelson, has purchased from
Thompson Yards, Inc, material to
complete an entire set of buildings on
his farm. Mr.. Green used the Thomp.
son Yards service department for de-
signing these buildings.
Dan Left is laid up with an attack
of pleurisy, and Jim Knable is man
aging the elevator during his absence
Andy McLees was storm-stayed in
SanbOrn yesterday, but left for the
farm at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the
storm having subsidized.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cramer, Mrs. Tucker
and Mrs. Blewett boarded No. this
morning for jamestown, where they
will take No. 4 for Fargo, to attend
some Masonic doings.
We are glad to be able to say that
J. L. Wetherill, who has been quite ill
for the past ten days, is now much i'm
proved, and will be able to be out
again in few days.
Among the Sanborn boys who re.
turned with the First North Dakota
regiment are R. E. Jaberg and Olaf
Hervey, who enlisted with Company
G., and Bob White, who was a mem
Der of Company H.
Charley Blackwell, the old-time lum.
herman Of these parts, formerly with
the Gull River Co., was an arrival on
No. Z this morning and left on the
branch train for his home in Coopers-
town.
Mrs. S. L. Thoraldsen received a Wis
it from her brother, Harry Hoeft, and
his wife, of Havre, Mont, who left on
No. Z this morning, for Bismarck,
where the father of Mrs. Thorldsen is
lying very sick in the hospital.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-01
Annual Ball Of Company G Was
Notable Event Of Season 1917

The annual ball of Company G. was
given at the Armory Thursday eve.
ming. Washington's birthday is cele-
brated every year in the same manner
by the company, and this year the
function proved to be one of the most
pleasant in the history Of the organi
cation.
A fine concert by the Haering or
chestra occupied the time to $50,
and this was followed by the grand
march which was led by Major and
Mrs. Frank Henry, of Bismarck. Then
came the military in order of rank,
followed by civilians. Nearly 100 cou-
pies participated in the march. Cap
tain Richie supervised the move
ments %,.
The Armory was Hastily decorated
with false ceiling of blue and white.
Portraits of Washington and Lincoln
occupied the stage draped for the &C.
casion, along with Old Glory, the fine
company flag received from the Elks
before leaving last summer for service
on the Mexican border. The lighting
and decorations were faultless and
added much to the pleasure of those in
attendance.
A satisfying supper was served by
the w. R. C. in the basement rooms,
the first call coming at 1870.
While the attendance was not quite
as large as expected, the spirit was 50
fine and the enthusiasm so great that
everybody seemed charmed and de-
lighted. There were no wall flowers,
all taking active part in the program
of dances
Major and Mrs. Frank Henry, Lieut..
John Murphy, of Bismarck, and Cap
tain Anderson, of Fargo, were among
the out-of-town guests.
Home, Sweet Home was played at
2:30, bringing to a close the 1917 so,
cial success of Cocpany G without
trace of anything to mar the pleasure
of this brilliant event.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-01
NOTICE TO BIDDERS FOR UNDER
GROUND HEATING SYSTEM

GROUND HEATING SYSTEM
Sealed proposals will be received by
,, the City of Valley City, North Dakota.
at the Office of the City Auditor Of said
City, up to 8 o'clock p. M, on Monday,
March 10Th, 1917, for the construction
of an underground steam heating sys-
tenn
Separate proposals will be received
on the entire work, or on any of the
following subdivisions:
Excavation, Backflling, Manholes
and Drainage.
Conduit and Insulation.
Steam Piping and Accessories.
All proposals must be accompanied
by certified check in an amount Of
| not less than five per cent (59o) of the
total amount of the bid, endorsed and
made payable to NJ J. Boyd, City Au-
ditor of Valley City, North Dakota.
Plans and specifications may be
seen at the Office of the City Auditor OF
Valley City, North Dakota, and of Will.
lard Doud, Consulting Engineer, Old
Colony Building, Chicago, Illinois.
Sets of plans and specifications can
be secured from Willard Doud, Con-
sulting Engineer, upon the payment OF
Two Dollars ($2.O0) to cover cost of
printing and postage. No refund.
Payment for the construction of said
underground system to be made partly
in cash and partly in City Warrants
with interest thereon at the rate Of six
per cent per annum, payable annually
The City Council reserves the right
to reject any and all bids.
Dated at Valley City, N, D.. this 23rd
day of February, 1917.
M. J. BOYD,
24-1d-1w City Auditor
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-01
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SANBORN

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Enterprise, Feb. 22.-George Moe
has bought a barber shop at Chinook,
Mont.
C. o. LANCER and son, Leonard, were
county seat visitors Saturday.
Prof. M. D. Willennar visited Valley
City Saturday last, returning on No. Z.
Rev. Fathers Kleidon and O'Beirne
were Jamestown visitors Friday Of
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Jaberg and Miss
Gertie Schriever returned from Valley
City last Friday.
Erwin Holiday left last Friday for
Butte, Mont, to work for a copper
mining company.
Rev. J F.. l. Bohnhoff held German
Lutheran services in Sanborn last
Saturday afternoon.
Chas. Potter, Mr.. and Mrs. E. v.
Boughten, and Harold Malm were pas.
sengers to Fargo Tuesday evening.
Corp. R. E. Jaberg, who returned
from the Mexican border with Com
pany G, is suffering with an attack
of quinsy.
Mrs. C. F. Luessen and daughter,
Florence, was an over-Sunday visitor
at the home of her father, Leo Noe.
cker.
DR.. J. T. O'Day, of Eckelson called
on the Enterprise last Saturday and
left with the editor another years
subscription. He was accompanied
by the other Jack O'Day. The two
Jacks are pretty we'll known in west
ern Barnes.
Sam Wolski, one of the young and
successful farmers who have grown
from boyhood in this section, is again
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-01
Government Says Arviua
Postmaster Used Money

Grand Forks, Feb. 21.-Harvey J.
Perry, postmaster at Arvilla, was ar
rested today by United States mar
shall on charge of embezzlement. He
was released under bonds. An exam
liner is at present checking over the
Arvilla postoffice records. The exact
amount of money said to be missing is
not known as yet. Perry was taken
before U. S. Commissioner Robbins Of
this city and bound over to the next
term of the United States court.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-01
Valley City Automobile
Firms Arrange Credit

Representatives of the Valley City
automobile concerns held a meeting
Tuesday evening to consider the mat
ter Of extending credit and decided up
on a plan which will become effective
April l.
On account of all wholesale and job
bling firms extending credit to dealers
for only 80 days, it was decided to ex-
tend credit for that length of time on.
ly. Therefore the credit among local
dealers will have a strict 30-day limit.
For any further extension Of credit
arrangements must be made by secur-
ity or bankable paper. All bills Of
credit that are not paid at the end of
60 days will be disposed of by adver>
tisement in the papers.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-01
WERE MARRIED TUESDAY

Courtenay Gazette: Miss Clara liver
son, of Courtenay, we'll known, and
John Rudolph, also one of the we'll
known young men of Courtenay and
territory, were carried Tuesday at the
home of Mr.. Rudolph's parents at De-
lano, MINI. Mr.. Rudolph spent the
summer here and at Pingree. They will
make their home at Delano for the
present, and may later make visit to
friends in Courtenay A sister, Miss
Katie Rudolph, was married on Feb.
IA, to Jacob Wilson, of Delano, where
they will reside. Congratulations are
to the happy young people.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-01
YARDS SILO SALE
IS CREATING MUCH INTEREST

The Thompson Yards silo sale has
certainly created lot of interest with
the people who believe in diversified
ton and the upkeep and fertilization of
their land. Mrs. Mary Zetterberg and
Mrs. Gotha Chilberg are having Wey-
erhauser silos erected on their farms
this summer. These women run their
farms in a practical and businesslike
way and know the value of farming
on scientific basis.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-01

Medina Citizen: Bill Steuwig, Of
Valley City, was here Wednesday on
business. He and his father expect to
return here early in the spring and re-
engage in the carpenter business at
this point. The Steuwigs are good
workmen and will undoubtedly secure
their share of the building to be done
in this vicinity the coming season.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-01

Enderlin Independent: Joe Under.
wood returned last Friday from Fargo,
where he arrived the previous day
with the returning troops. Joe proved
himself good soldier by having been
promoted from private to sergeant
while on duty at the front.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-01

Miss Bertha Eldridge went to Fargo
Wednesday evening to spend Thursday
visiting with her sister, Miss Hattie
Eldridge.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-01

The Farmers Mercantile Company
will pay the highest market price for
Potatoes, Eggs and Butter. 15tf.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-01

Darby O'Malley has a severe attack
of grippe which will keep him confin-
ed to the house for several days yet.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-01
Some + eatures
of the
New Grace
Street Store

-inaugurated in the inter
est of greater efficiency and
better service:
Two new large passenger eic-
vators and freight elevator of ex-
tfaordinarv size
A special conveyor for packages
70 the delivery rooms as soon "A
purchases are made; also for stocks
from tho stock rooms 10 all lrst
foos department.
Inclined escal ator to carry freight
trucks from the basement delivery
section To the delivery autos in the
slley-
Private WAITING and retiring
rooms ana private fitting rooms In
the Women s shoe Section also on
the second floor
A refrigerating plant to serve
cafes. and to provide cooled drink
ing water throughout tho store at
al times
a belt oonveyor system for the
immecl late dispatch or goods pur-
chased on the first floor
a complete, modern vacuum
cleaning sry-7t; tfri
A Roofearden Tor the use Of en-
ployes.
No wonder that we. like
so MANY Of our patrons. are
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-01

bright sunny days Of early Spnngmeand just before Easter
when the freshest most beautiful OF merchandise
from all parts OF the world constitute the exhibits which,
goousy fascinating than at other
of the year
We think this is especially true Of the displays Of New Dress
Silks Dress Fabrics, Dress Trimmings which the
building gives of space the first floor But scarcely
less interesting are the sections of Baby Apparel Womens
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-01
Announcing the Formal Opening Of
Our New Grace Street Store

Monda Tuesday and Wednesday, April Second Third and Fourth
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-01

DIGIT in the heart of Richmond's
~ newest shopping district, mag
nihcent new Dry Goods establishment
will formally open its Doors tomorrow
morning to the shopping public You
are united TO attend
Although, since the United Spring
Fashion Openings Of nearl two weeks
ago thousands of people have been adj
mitted to certain parts of our new build
ing, and numerous as were those who
enthusiastically acclaimed the new stores
richness and beauty then, still it had not
yet emerged from its transtory state and
was far from being completed ready;
especially on the upper floors.
What difference now! With us, who
have patiently awaited the order that has
come out of chaos; watched the beauti-
full supersede the commonplace; seen
plenty come where once were only bar
rem counters, shelves and walls, it has
been like watching the work of some