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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-11-15

-four, instead of an average OF SIX
pounds now used, and two POUNDS OF
vegetable oil shortening must be USED
instead of six pounds of lard or OIL
The food administration expects 10
save 1OO,O0O,OOO pounds of sugar ana
the same amount of lard in this way.
Bakers may use only skinned milk
for bread, and rolls will be permltteai
only if made in standard sizes and OF
regulation bread dough.
Through the cooperation of the pax.
ing industry and with the backing Oh
the license system, Food Admlnlstra-
tor Hoover hopes to work reforms IN
the present method of distribution
from wholesale bakeries to retailers
and from retailers to customers. tie
will urge grocers to buy regular guam
titles, limiting thei4 purchases TO
single bakery instead of buying from
four or five, and to make lower charg
es to customers who pay cash and car:
| nv their goods home. Under 1.-The cash
and carry" basis, he says, bread can
be sold at a profit of one cent loaf
An attempt will be made to get whole
salers to sell direct to customers.
In licensing the baking industry, Mr.
Hoover indicated no effort would b.
made to encourage the use of mixe'
flour containing other cereal products
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-11-15
Fancy Breads Eliminated
by New Government Rule

Washington, Nov. 11.-Steps to
standardize bread and lower it's price
will be taken tomorrow when Presi.
dent Wilson issues proclamation
placing all bakeries under government
license, December 10 and subjecting
them to food administration rules pre-
scribing ingredients and weights of
iOaves. Prices will not be fixed, but
with the Standardization it is expected
that competition and simplification
of distribution will force down prices
for pound loaves to or cents.
Fancy bread will be eliminated and
the many sizes now produced will be
reduced to four with standard in
gradients. The weights will be one
pound, one and half, two and four
pounds. Loaves will have crease III
the middle to permit their sale in
halves.
In baking, only three pounds of SUI.
gar will be allowed for barrel OF
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-11-15

than wheat, since experiments have
shown such -four does not keep we'll,
The administration will not ask
housekeepers who bake their own
bread to mix flour, but will seek to
have them observe one wheatless meal
a day a week. Restaurants and hotels
will be asked to have one wheatIeas
cay a week
Milling standards which now require
manufacture Of about Y per cent OF
the wheat grain into -four have been
found most efficient, from consider.
alton Of health and keeping qualities,
and probably will not be changed.
The requirement that all bread
Shall be baked in multiples of one
pound" Mr.. Hoover said in his state.
ment announcing the Forthcoming
proclamation, "has several detectives"
economy in labor of baking and
economy in materials, as small
breads are more wasteful in baking
than larger units. The bread remains
longer in larger loaves, and there will
be less loss of stale bread
Furthermore, a standard weight
will protect the consumer. The tend.
ency now is to adjust the weight to
the cost. OF the bread in an endeavor
10 maintain a unit of price. If the
bread in the country is of fixed
weights. the consumer will be able to
determine at once the cheaper bread ;"
Inc administration considers COM
merc1al bakeries of three types:
Those selling to retailers, those bak-
ing bread for chain stores of their
own management, and the small
bakers selling direct to consumers
the greatest reform in distribution
probably can be effected in the first
CLASS, OF which the wholesale baking
cost and profit represents about 81
per cent of the retail price, 10 Ger cent
the cost of delivery to retailers and
~ per cent the retailers profit and
distributing cost.
Therefore" says Mr.. Hoover, "the
cost OF distribution from the whole
sale bakers door represents 33 ner
cent OF the cost of bread, or over three
cents pound at present prices"
Reports reaching Mr. Hoover indi-
cate that since September 1 from -
to IA per cent Of the flour supply has
been saved by household economies
promoted by the food administration.
The bakers voluntary rule against &C.
ceptlng returns of stale bread is
estimated to have saved 100000 bar
rels Of -four
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-11-15

Bismarck, Nov "a civilian Of
North Dakota, familiar with the work
ings OF The selective service system
is to be commissioned as reserve Off
Ger in the United States army and to
be called into active service to super
wise the examination and classifica-
ton CT the remainder of the drafted
men under the new regulations put
out by the war department.
A letter received by Governor Lynn
J. Frazier from Provost Marshal Gen.
eral CrowGer today carries this infor-
nation and asks Governor Frazier to
recommend three men who have
shown aptitude in the handling of the
draft, one Of whom is to be chosen by
the War department and commissioned
tor the work. He is to have rank, &C.
cording to General Crowder's letter,
not higher than MAJOR and is to be
attached to the adjutant generals Of
nee or other appropriate state depart.
meht.
you have doubtless already found
man of such conspicuous initiative
PATRIOTISM, zeal and familiarity with
TINS Jaw that you will have no diff
Guilty making this nomination at once"
says the adjutant general in his letter
10 the governor. The new regulations
require that this officer shall act as
dlsbursing officer, and it is our
thought, that by giving him a posi-
ton and pay that will enable him to
devote his entire time to this work,
ne will develop even further and tina:
you Will inns have
most valuable assistant"
To Give more Help
In addition to this announcement
The letter also makes known that the
government intends to provide IAN
adequate clerical force" Of men under
government pay for the assistance of
both the local and the district boards
IN the new examination of drafted
men and to adopt other means to
tighten their labors. The same men.
however, are to be retained as mem.
bers of these boards.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-11-15
Prominent Orator Will Sneak
at Old Settlers Meeting

Arrangements for great program
are being made for the Old Settlers
meeting to be held at the Armory
Friday afternoon, Nov. Is. The Hon.
). =. L. OCornor of Grand Forks will
make the address Mr.. O'Connor is
recognized as one Of the greatest ora
TORS OF the northwest, he is a product
OF North Dakota, born on farm near
Grand Forks and has experienced the
thrills OF pioneering. He will have a
patriotic message for the pioneers ana
1t Is hoped eople will come from all
parts OF Barnes county to hear this tall
ented orator. A musical program will
also be rendered and real Old Set
tiers patriotic meeting is ANTICIPATED,
Inc proceeds of the dance to be given
IN the evening will be turned over to
sohe war fund, so everybody come
out and have good time and the dol
lar you spend for your own pleasure
Will be started out to help win the
war.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-11-15

The Women of the D. A. r. met at
the home Of Mrs. Floyd Tenney, Fri
day evening to outline their years
work. Hereafter the meetings will be
spent in Red Cross work, the business
to be during the first part of the pro-
gram, and while the program itself is
in action, it will be so the members
can work on surgical bands, and
dressings Arrangements will be made
whereby only few shall appear on
the program for each session. While
knitting is great necessity for the
soldiers and sailors, surgical articles
are also in great demand, and a ma
jority of ladies can work on the sur.
gical dressings who could not knit.
The chocolate fund is also a plan of
the D. A. r. and so far has been very
successful. Figures will be given of
the amount at an early date at inter
walls throughout the year. Money will
be raised to add to this fund for our
sailors and soldiers. Mesdames
Lyon, Hilborn and Tenney were elect
ed as the executive body of this com
mittee. The D. A. RS supported a
French war orphan last year and will
also support the little boy during this
year, and with their plan of having
the salute to the flag by the school
children, which is carried out; the pa
triotic posters, etc., one can readily
realize that the work of the D. A. r
/! is strictly in accordance with wal
work, and an exceedingly splendid
plan.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-11-15
Ransom Has Pauper
But No Poor Farm

Sheldon Progress: Ransom county
has it's first pauper after an existence
Of more than thirty-six wears. The
pauper resides in the northwest part
of the county in the fourth commits
sioner district, of which j. L. BirkIid,
Of kidville is commissioner Commits.
sioner Birklid was in Fargo last week
making arrangements with the Cass
county authorities to care for the party
there. Ransom county is one Of the
few counties in the state which does
not have poor farm, and not having
pauper in it's confines since it's Or
ganization, is a pretty good record.
The cost of keeping the party at the
Cass county poor farm will be borne
by Ransom county.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-11-15

Sunday was day given over very
largely in Valley City to a considera.
ton Of the needs and the work OF the
Army Y. M. G. A. In the morning
union meeting Of the Methodist ana
Congregational churches was address,
ed by Hon. Walter L. Stockwell, state
director Of the Army Y M. G. A. cam
paign Mr.. Stockwell gave master
sful presentation of the things that
are to be accomplished this week in
the national campaign to raise $751;
600 200, of which the quota for North
Dakota is $4,000. 49,.
The speaker, told of what is being
accomplished in all parts of the state,
and predicted that North Dakota will
over.sub scribe its quoto.> After hay
ing heard Mr.. Stockwell's address, one
man said, s"There is only one thing to
be done, and that is for each man to
give as little as his conscience will Let
him, and this will give far more than
the national Army Y. NJ. C. A. is ask
ing for at this time"
Secretary Dale Speaks u
Following the address Of Mr.. Stock
we'll, Allen Dale, Camp Secretary of
the "Y" at Camp Dodge, where many
North Dakota boys are now stationed,
spoke briefly, telling in the main OF
what the Army Y. M. C.. A. is accOmp-
fishing. He said that the highest mil.
itary authorities are cooperating in
every way with the association, for
they realize that this organization is
filling a place in our present crisis,
and supplying a need that would not
otherwise be supplied
The entire country, the state, and
Earnes county, have been organized
much as they were organized for the
Liberty Loan drive. Local chairmen
from all parts of Barnes county to the
number of nearly so met in the Metho-
dist church at o'clock in the after
noon.
Here Rev. L. G.. Moultrie, who was
with the North Dakota regiment on
the border, as chaplain, told from his
own observations of what the Army
''Y" had done there. He said that
while each regiment is supplied with
a chaplain, there is no working mater
ial furnished by the government, and
that it is hard for one chaplain to do
effective work in regiment of 800
men, as they are now organized. Rev.
Moultrie heartily endorsed the work
of the Y. M. C. A.
Mr.. Stockwell again appeared and
gave a short address, and in turn was
followed by Secretary Dale.
At this point, Mr.. Hilborn, county
campaign chairman, proceeded to the
matter of organization Of committees
and teams. He announced central
committee for Valley City to be COM
posed Of DR.. S. A. Zimmerman, T. Mel
vim Lee, Rev. l.. G. MOultrie, l.. E.
Hedstrum, ana D. W. Clark. This
committee met with all other teams
in the Congregational church and per-
fected plans to lay the entire matter
before the citizens of the city.
Z Practically every township in the
county was represented in the after,
noon meeting, some coming in IS and
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-11-15
JUNIOR RED CROSS

Perhaps there are some who are not
aware that there is Junior Red
Cross organization. The Barnes
county committee is composed of F..
T. Goodier, chairman, R. L. Brown
and 0. A. Barton. This committee is
planning to have regular programs
to be carried out in schools and other
juvenile organizations. The George
Law school near Leal has made a re-
mittance Of SIS which was raised by
entertainments. If every school in
the county would contribute this way
a fund of about $1,5OO could be raised.
1t Is work. that should interest the
of the county, ,~ .-~,...
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-11-15
Bravery Shown by
Americans In Battle

With the American Army in France,
Nov. IL. Complete details and veri-
fed reports of the recent German
trench aid show that the American
troops on that occasion set an exam
pie for courage and yalor unexcelled.
The officer who had charge of verify
ing the accounts of the raid said to
the correspondent today:
II am proud to say that our men en-
gagged in the fight did everything with
in their power They jumped into the
fight and stuck to it. In the first
place, the troops had been in the
trenches less than three hours. They
had marched great part OF the prevl-
Gus night and we're tired. Some OF
them were allowed to go to sleep in
dugout Is feet underground.
Hand Grenade Attack
when the barrage began, these men
did not hear the racket. 1t is apparent
that the first they knew of it was
when the Germans started their throw
ing of granades down upon them. 1t
was these men who were taken pris-
oner, but they fought well, even when
surprised that way, for the stairs OF
the dugouts were covered with blood,
especially the top half, showing that
the Germans must have been hit. The
entrance tC the dugout also gave in
dications OF close hand to hand fight
ing. % ....
From the dugout through the
trenches and over the top through the
barbed wire and we'll out into No
Mans Land there was a wide red
trail. How much of it was American
and how much German blood is not
known. -.
49,. Corporal Does Good Job ...
There is corporal now in the hos
pital back of the lines who did good
Job. He was in the listening post
when the barrage began. During. the
firing an officer made his way through
the shells. God knows how, and yell
ed to the corporal to go into the dug
out.
The corporal saw the officers lips
moving, but did not understand the
command, and remained at his post.
At the end of the barrage, he saw Ger
mans all around him-ive being right
in front of him. He took careful aim
and fred three shots and three OF the
enemy were seen to fall. Then hand
grenade agment entered the cor
porals back and put him out of &C.
ton"
Investigation shows that all the
American telephone wires between the
observation posts and trenches and
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-11-15
North Dakotanto Be Made Major
and Supervise New Army Dr. aft

The food demonstration held at the
city hall Wednesday evening and
Thursday afternoon was very well at.
tended. On Wednesday evening there
were l27 ladies present at the demon
stration of four meat substitutes Civ
en- by Miss Newton, of Fargo. They
were cheese roll, peanut loaf, fish
scallop, Adirondack salad. On
Thursday afternoon the same demon
stration was given in the presence of
ID ladies'. The next demonstration
will be given Monday and Tuesday,
December 10 and II at the CITY hall.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-11-15

Sunday at II a. m in the cetcho,1
Pralrle church occurred the wedding
or Lew Getchell and Miss Mildred Nel.
SON. Rev. Savaides read the service
Mrs. F. E. Harper played the wedding
march and Mrs. NJ. c.. James sang -
Love You Truly" Mrs Sayaides Inc
orloes sister, was matron .of-honor
uetchell neighborhood attended in
oody. The out of town guests were
MRS. Otlo Bochert, the groom's sister
from McHenry, Mr.. and Mrs. Ladburv
ana Mr. and Mrs. Curtis from Ladburv
h r, ana Mrs. e. P. Getchell. Mr.. and
MRS. M. {. James and Mrs. Lois Cot.
cnell from Valley City. The bride and
Isoom Will spend their honeymoon in
(ne east returning to their home at
detchell Prairie. a.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-11-15
Stockwel and Dale Explain
Army ||Y" Work and Its Need

20 miles. 1t is a matter that makes
its appeal to every citizen. AS so
many have said who are fully &C.
ouainted with the work, it opens an
opportunity to every citizen, to enter
into an humanitarian work.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-11-15
Balance Varied at Times

Several friends of Mrs. Herbert Get
chell gathered up their knitting bags
and went over for little surprise
visit with her, at the home OF her
mother, Mrs. Irgens.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-11-15
Big Balance Long Due
From Halls Office

Bismarck, Nov. 10.-A dozen wit
were put on the tand today by the at
torney generals Office in the prelim-
mary hearing before Justice of the
Peace C. F. Bleckreid, of Thomas
Hall, secretary of state, who is accus-
ed by the attorney general of embez
element of state funds in his care
Th hearing occupied nearly all the day
and was continued until Monday
morning at 1920, the state not yet
having completed presenting it's case
An effort was made to place on the
stand Eugene NJ. Walla, the deputy in
charge of the motor vehicle registra-
ton department of the secretary of
states Office, who also is charged with
enlightenment. This attempt was re-
sisted by Former Supreme Court JUS
tice E. T. Burke, counsel for Walla
The objection was overruled by JUS
tice BleCkreid but consent was given
to defer placing Walla on the stand
until Monday morning, Judge Burke
giving notice that at that time he
would still attempt to prevent the
State Examiner on Stand
The most important witness of the
day was w. G.. Edwards, former chief
deputy under former State Auditor
Jorgenson, the employee of the state ex-
aminer's Office who checked the secre-
resulting in the charges against See-
rotary of State Hall and his assistant,
Walla
Edwards testified that his examina-
ton showed that for several months
past there has been continuously due
from the secretary of states Office a
balance of several thousand dollars of
funds received from motor vehicle Ii
censes, funds which, so far as the
books showed were in the possession
of the secretary of state, but which
should have been in the hands of the
state treasurer, since the law requires
the secretary of state to turn over
these receipts promptly to tie state
treasurer.
Balance Varied at Times
This balance had run from slightly
over $4,000 to as high as $4,000 at one
time. At the end of the period COW
cred by his examination of the books,
which was at the close Of business
October %, Edwards says he mention
ed to Walla that the books showed
there should be something like $4,000
on hand to make up the defcic hey and
Walla told him that this "iusi abou'
agreed with his figures
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-11-15

Editor J. E. Nelson was over Satur-
day from Litchville to attend meet
ing of the Barnes County Drainage
board of which he a member.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-11-15

Mrs. C. G. Naeseth left for Roches-I
ter, Mimi, Friday. She was called
there by the serious illness Of her
niece
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-11-15

batteries at the rear were Cut by frag-
ments OF German Shells. which num-
bered approximately 10000. The Ger.
mans crossed No. Mans Land rolled
4 telephone wires behind them and set
up small field telephone exchange
outside the American barbed wire,
with branches running to at least
three points, while that raid was in
progress, to direct the enemy artil-
lery.
Conditions are Normal
Conditions in the american sector
continue to be normal, with inter-
mittent artillery firing on both sides.
At one place. the Germans observed
chat the grass had been trodden down
in the rear, and they threw in hun.
dred shells with no result other than
to churn up the mud.
| The weather continues cold and
rainy. The American infantrymen
/, have had two diversions. The first in
cident occurred near daylight. The
enemy apparently thinking raid was
imminent, opened up with machine
guns at the point where the lines are
closest. A stream of bull is whjstled
over the American first line
About the same time, French troc ps
Oh he American tanks OF served four
Germans who were cutting he BARRED
wire defenses A French patrol sue
ceeded in heading off the Germans,
Capturing them all.
General Pershing said to the cores.
pondent today:
'TrCops and supplies are arriving
in increasing numbers"
! Thanks to the French, British and
American navies, he continued, the
| submarine to date has not claimed
The life of a single American soldier
on the troop ships bound for France
The French officers, he said, were en-
thusiastic over the character, intelli
gence and eagerness of the young Of
tiCers who are arriving in France to
! continue their instruction. and the
| American army is proud of them.
Following is an interesting bit from
a soldiers letter from Camp Green:
1--WE two had permission to go to
Shelby, N. c., to spend Saturday and
Sunday visiting --'s relatives.
They met lis at the station and took
us in a big Chalmers eight" to fine
old southern home.---the house
was full of negro servants and they
were positively terrified at sight of us.
We went to church Sunday morning
and had just "a invitations out to din
ner. After dinner we all piled in the
Chalmers and visited the old historic
battlefield at the foot of Kings Noun
tain, we read the inscription on the
marble slab, commemorating that
event. Shelby is the home of Thomas
Davis, Jr., the author of Leopard
Spots, the "Clansman" the "Victim"
and the plot of birth of a Nation" l
was very much interested in seeing
his old home and also the colonial
mansion of Col. MacIllfie the real Col.
Cameron in Birth of Nation. He
was the commander of the Ku Klux
and is still living in Shelby
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-11-15

remunerate position bank Or business office with en
appealed mail
for
will nothing
dropth
Bismarck D.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-11-15

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