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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01
VOLUNTEER STATESMEN

Bills are not the only thing inter-
esting to legislature. The commun>
ications that come to the lawmak1ng
bodies of the states are varied and
numerous. The Minneapolis Journal
reproduces one sent to the chief clerk
of the Minnesota legislature. It fol-
lows:
Oscar Arneson, chief clerk of the
house Of representatives, receives
freak letters every day, and occasion
ally some are trif1e "freakier' than
the others. Here's a sample:
knife River, MINI.
"Clerk H. of Rep.
Dear Sir: Please had these bills
to the proper commute.
"A bill making it misdemonar for
lawyer to collect fee greater than
the legal rate. A bill compelling a
lawyer to take every case as it comes.
A bill allowing person to hunt in his
vicinity without bothering getting a
license.
without the passage of the first two
bills l have no use for you or them
or your laws at present in force. l
would like to hear of their being pass
ed for l am foot weary and tired of
present conditions. Respectfully,
'Mr. Alba Artlip."
"P. S.-A bill killing of the power of
the bar association and giving per-
son with a common itelengence a op.
ortunity to present his case not PAM
pered by tecnicals would have my
support.
"A bill giveing you and the same
salary as the president of the U. S.
would also have my approval
'This is all this time"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01

ent member. The pail bearers were
C. G. Bjone, CLAUS Olson, Andrew
Kjelby, Ben Smedshammer, Andrew
S. Olso nand John Arves.
Anton L. Nelson, of Dunn Center,
arrived here Tuesday after couple
of days visit at Marion, and will re-
main here until Friday looking after
business interests. He still retains
ownership of the local post Office
building.
Rev. L. H. Froyen was the victim
Of a very pleasant surprise party on
Tuesday evening. It was the pastors
forty-seventh birthday and in honor
of the occasion his parishioners and
others, enough to fill the commodious
new parsonage, gathered for house
warming and surprise. A purse of
$54 was left as memento Of the visit.
Thor. Olson, who has been spend.
ing some time in this village and VIC
Unity, left again Tuesday. His Sis
ter, Miss Tillie, accompanied him as
far as Fargo, where they will spend
a few days, after which Mr.. Olson re-
turns to Kincaid, Sask., where he
has fine homestead. He plans on
homesteading again in Montana in the
near future.
T. I. Strinden, O. o. Dahl, A. P.
Hanson, T. NJ. Stixrud, Gust Anderson,
H. O. Hanson, Thos. Casey, L. E.
White, E. H. Headland, J. H. Froyen,
Hagen Oppegaard and Mrs. Lehne
have had their residences wired for
electric lights thus far. The post
office has also been wired the. past
week. Three different parties are do
ing the wiring, Lund Bros, Tom E.
White and Thor. Ringstad, each
working independently.
Merchant Edison was up from Kath-
ryn yesterday and today. '
Mrs. O. H. Reed and son, Carlos,
return home Thursday last week from
Freeport, ILL.,, where they have been
visiting relatives since Dec. 20.
Miss Ellen Linn, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John Linn, of Keldron, S. D.,
arrived in the city on the belated
train Monday evening and will take
care of her grandmother, Mrs. Andrew
Hanson, who is just recuperating
from severe illness.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01
As OTHERS SEE US

New York Times: The neo.grangers
of North Dakota are thorough. They
are pledging their judges to support
the constitutionality of whatever the
NOnpartisan league does, and Justice
elect Robinson is printing letters sug
costing how this may be done. That
strong medicine will be necessary ap
pears from the intention to fix a Legal
price on whatever the farmers buy OF
sell: Inasmuch as they purpose to be
gin with insurance, it may be useful
for them to read the message of the
governor Of South Carolina, published
yesterday.
The result of the passage of Ger.
tain insurance laws at the last ses-
sion of the legislature has pro-
duced a condition which was not
anticipated. I'm consequence, a
large majority of the insurance
companies have withdrawn from
the state, and the result has been
inadequate insurance, no reduction
in rates, and in some cases the
kind of insurance obtainable is not
a guarantee against loss.
The eyes of the country are on North
Dakota. just as they were on the grang.
ers of generation ago, who had to re.
peal their own futile laws. In our re.
cent times, Tennessee, Missouri, Ken.
lucky, Texas and Washington are
among the other states which attempt.
ed in vain what North Dakota is now
putting on its list of things to be made
constitutional" They will learn after
they are made constitutional that
there is no substitute for making them
practical and economic. If the out.
come shall be that the farmers provide
themselves with cheap insurance at
the cost of the taxpayers, the farmers
alone will be surprised. Everybody
else will be edited. It is a pity that
the process is necessary about once in
a generation. One teaching ought to
be enough for those willing to learn
more easily than by hard experience.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01
GO NO FARTHER
The Evidence is At Your Door

The Evidence is At Your Door
Valley City proof is what you want
and the statement Of this highly re-
spected resident will Danish all doubt:
'Adolph Hovelson, 71S Tenth Ave-,
Valley City, says: Il highly recon-
mend Doan's Kidney Pills as a good
remedy for kidney trobule. l used a
box about four or five years ago for
backache and general disorders of the
kidneys. They had previously been
taken in my family with good results
and am glad to say that they did me:
as much good as they had done the
others. They cured me of backaches
and other kidney disorders"
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't,
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get'
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Hovelson had. Foster-Milburn.
Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01
that political advertising is not con-
sidered real substance.

The great advantage in having a
small legislature would be in the mum.
Der of bills introduced. The average
number of bills introduced by each
member is about ten, and on that basis
can be figured the number introduced
for the session. If reducing the men,
bership would reduce the number of
bills, that alone would be sufficient
reason for a smaller legislature. The
fact remains, however, that there is
little prospect of any member father.
ing bill that might mean his removal
from his present position, and the un-
wieldly bodies of the various states
will probably continue as they are.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01
THE OPTIMIST

A lovely morn is every morn!
There are no ugly days; III
l laugh the weather man to scorn, q
And flout his shifty ways.
IT'S pleasant when the sky is gray;
l glory when it's blue;
And beautiful, o Love, the day
That takes me unto you!
The snow l love, the rain, the sleet;
love the sunshine, too;
And every day l gayly meet
Whatever may be due.
There are no gloomy days, say;
IT'S always splendid weather,
And fine, indeed, the lucky day
That brings us two together.
philadelphia Record
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01
SOME READABLE VERSE
ShUFFLE-SHOON AND AMBER
NHk


LOCKS
Shuffle-Shoon and Amber-Locks
Sit together building blocks;
Shuttle Shoon is old and gray,
Ambre-Locks is little child;
But together at their play
Age and youth are reconciled.
And with sympathetic glee
Build their castles fair to see.
when l grow to be man.
So the wee ones prattle ran,
Il shall build castle So
With gateway broad and grand;
Here a pretty vine shall grow,
There soldier guard shall stand,
And the tower will be so high
Folks will wonder, by and by"
Shuffle-Shoon Quoth: Eyes. know;
Thus l builded long ago.
Here a gate and there q wall;
Here window, there a door;
Here a steeple wondrous tall
Riseth ever more and more!
But the years have leveled low
What l builded long ago."
So they gossip at their play,
Needless Of the fleeting day.
One speaks of the Long Ago
Where his dead hopes buried lie;
One with chubby cheeks aglow
Prattleth of the by.and-by.
Side by side they build their blocks
Shuffle-Shoon and Amber-Locks.
Eugene Field
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01
THE SPIRIT OF ENTERPRISE

It is an interesting problem in bust.
ness psychology to determine why
people trade at one store rather than
another. Prices, location, quality, are
all vital, but not the whole thing.
The wide-awake manager Of real
store comes down town full of the
spirit of enterprise. He does not ask
to be, sure of two dollars back before
he will spend one. Start something"
he calls out to the boys, and soon the
place radiates his pushing personality.
His first move is to spread the news.
He finds this or that line in his store
where he got unusual values, or some
thing he wants to turn into cash. He
realizes that the public will never
know what he can do for them unless
he takes some pains and goes to some
expense to inform them. BY persist
ent advertising he gives the public the
news of his store. Pretty soon the i'm
preston is spread abroad that it is a
store where there is something do.
ing"
The American people have little use
for inactivity They care little for the
business man who sits down and waits
for opportunity to knock and business
to come. They will go out of their
way to trade with man who seeks
their trade and shows some spirit of
push.
The only way to convey this impress.
sion is of course to advertise. Circu.
lars don't give it to any large extent,
as they are so apt to be thrown away
unread. While the circular reposes
all crumpled up in the waste basket,
the newspaper remains on the parlor
table until the whole family has been
through it.
Solicitation from door to door II
done by tactful and competent man,
gives an impression of enterprise. But
advertising is 20 times cheaper and
quite as efficient. It spreads the news
all over and makes a man seem like
pusher instead of waiter.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01
HEMAN
= = = = = = + Z $&+$

'Sanborn Enterprise, Jan. 25.-Wm.
Campbell, Jr., called on Sebastian
Kirscher Tuesday.
George Sauer called at the Philip
Sauer home in Clark City Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Clark spent
last Thursday with Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Campbell.
Miss Rose Lettenmaier is assisting
Mrs. Sam Wolski while Mr.. Wolski is
ill.
Miss Anna Lettenmaier was a pas
senger to Valley City last Friday, re.
turning Saturday.
Henry Cowdrey arrived from Valley
City Tuesday morning, and will spend
a few days on the farm.
Ray and Earl Swartout drove to Val.
ley City Wednesday and spent the day
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. B.
Swartout.
Sam Wolski is again laid up with an
attack of infammatory rheumatism. It
is not quite two years since he had a
long siege of it, and it is to be hoped
that he will not have huch a hard
time Of it this time.
Alex Sauer left for Montana with a
carload of horses for a horse buyer
who bought several horses in this
vicinity.
Boyd Thompson left Wednesday for
his home in Baylor, Mont, having
spent the past month visiting at his
parental home.
Howard Stoll substituted for teach
er Miss Hazel Clutter in Dist. 81, Lake.
side school, last Friday, Miss Clutter
being i'll.
Mrs. J. A. Stoll and Miss Hazel Clut-
ter were passengers Tuesday evening
to Valley City, where Miss Clutter is
having her face treated.
E. c. Thompson and family and Mar
tin Ukestad and family and Howard
Stol and ALIVE Lasiner We're visitors
at the c. Lettenmaier home last Thurs
day evening.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01

The North Dakota soldier boys have
left the border and it will be only a
few days when Johnny comes march.
ing home. The members of the regl-
ment have demonstrated they are not
too proud to fight, but when it comes to
fighting for the jobs they relinquished
many may be found backward and SEN
sitive. Other cities having companies
in the regiment have appointed COM
mittees to adjust this delicate matter,
and Valley City might profit by hav.
ing committee.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01
NORTH DAKOTA SHARE
OF ROAD AID is $3.50 600

Washington, Jan. 25.-North Dakota
will get $152,2S6 out of the $4,000, 900
to aid the states in the construction of
rural post roads, out of the second an
nual distribution in accordance With
the federal road aid law, it was an
nounced today by Secretary Houston.
The funds are the apportionment for
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1913.
Minnesota will get $284,7SS and South
Dakota $166,892.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01

If the Federal government can pass
an act regulating the price newspa-
per can charge for political advertise
ing, then it can also pass one to con-
troll the price the paper must pay for
print paper. Along that line might
follow the price of coal, bread or beef
steak. This regulation of prices en-
braces a wide circle of subjects, and
the only difference we can discern is.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01

Whoever invented the saying that
figures don't lie, ought to hear what
speaker at Valley City said the other
day when he declared that the farm.
ers of the state of North Dakota loose
each $500 per year. That's going
Forks Independent.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01

Don't feel revengeful towards the
weather prophet who predicts a mild,
open winter. They are only human,
and merely made a bad guess.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01
HlpE AND FUR MARKET

HIDE prices a little lower than in Decem.
back '
FURS continue to bring very high prices.
Write for price.list, trap-book and trappers
supply. catalog. For best results ship to and
buy of the "Old Reliable
NORTHWESTERN HIDE & FUR co.
Established 1890
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01

Truth is mighty and must prevail"
would have been about the best advice
to follow or everybody interested in
appreciation week or North Dakota.
This state does not need exaggeration
in regard to its resources or prospects.
The plain, unvarnished truth in this
respect will be the best possible ad-
vertising.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01

England has been given a contract
to furnish big shells for the navy, and
is shipping potatoes to Chicago. Don.
nervetter!
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01

Valley City is entitled to crow. The
State Poultry show was so success
fully handled that there is good pros
poets of the association holding the
1918 meeting here.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01

Advocates of good roads announce
that they are going after the bad
roads this season, which gives the i'm.
preston that their name is mud.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01

New Rockford is getting out of the
tank town class by having railroad
gates installed at the principal cross
ings.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01

Now that the Good Government
league has given up the ghost and the
farmers are in the saddle what is to
become Of us poor fellers in the
towns? With actual work if not star
walton staring us in the face we look
for hasty back to the land movement.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01

The gold bricks bought by the farm
ers are usually fully Offset by the
swamp land purchased by city dwell
erS
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01

The present great war has not de-
cided anything, and never will decide
any phase or question that could not
have been better handled by sane
and civilized commission.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01

The return of the North Dakota
troops from the border may be in just
the nick Of time. Indications are that
they will be called upon to maintain
order at Bismarck.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01

The North Dakota Gridiron clubs
first meeting was so successful that
another is scheduled for some time in
February when the antics of the leg.
islators will have furnished material
for hum.dinger program.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01

The Williston Herald had the most
comprehensive appreciation week is.
sue Of any lamped by our exchange
editor
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01

When the Twin Cities and vicinity
get buried under huge snow drifts and
the wind is gale, the papers there
say is was bad storm. When North
Dakota has little furry of snow it
is bowling blizzard. Sundays storm
deposited II inches in the Twin Cities,
and the wonder is how the dog teams
in the Winnipeg to st. Paul race are
going to get into St. Paul carnival
week.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01

II the -four mills can't get cars to
ship their product they might try stor-
ing it in family kitchens.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01

Citizen Bryan dissents in opinion re-
garding Scholar Wilson's address to
the United States senate.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01
IT'S A POOR WAY TO "sAvE"

Virginia Enterprise: The dollar
the merchant saves by not advertising
is usually spent paying interest on the
note made necessary to carry the
goods over.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01

The biological survey has found that
number of ducks around Great Salt
Lake, Utah, were suffering from lead
poisoning as a result of swallowing
the shot present in large quantities
about the shooting stations and blinds.
This reminds US that it might &C.
count for the large number of ducks
brought in from Eckelson and Hobart
by our local nimrods last fall. A pois.
oned duck is easy to bag, and knowl-
edge Of the craftsmanship of some of
the Valley City hunters would indi-
cate that the ducks they secured had
been fed on shot for years.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01

P. S-Our Sure Death Capsules for wolf
etc., are endorsed by the United States Gov
e e,1dn Forest Rangers as the best poison
charges prepaid (by express onlv) eo'
McCalis Decoy most powerful scent made.
OF. COG pint s1.oo. Express or postpaid.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01

The exchanges for this week are ar.
irving and many, are featured with
special articles on account OF appre>
citation week. They cannot be over
done because the state has more to its
credit and advantage than can be re-
viewed in one ISSUE. In fact the half
has never been told. Arthur Chap
mans "Out Where the West Begins
is used by some to convince distant
readers that Chapman had North Da.
kota in mind when he indicted his
worthy tribute. Some day when the
collectors are not too aggressive we
intend to plagiarize one on "Out
Where the Best Begins"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01

Your earning power should always
be kept little in advance of your
spending power.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01

A flood of rain,
A lot of snow,
A little blow,
IT'S ten above,
Then twelve below; g.
A nipping wind
That makes us sore;
When you go out
Please close that door,
It's January.
Minneapolis Journal
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01
SPEAKING OF CROPS

Alfalfa is nifty,
Although somewhat queer.
For those who are thrifty
Get five crops year.
Hats off to alfalfa!
1t surely must pay.
But how about mushrooms,
A crop every day?
Louisville COurier.JOurnal.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-01
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Copyright. 1916. by H. G. Tuttle.)
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-11-30
New England.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS. Nov. 10, 1917

SPRINGFIELD, MASS, Nov. 19, 1917.
The tobacco growers of this section
are giving much thought to the high
cost of fertilizer and the scarcity of
labor. These facts may operate to cut
down the size of next years "Open
air" crop. A prominent grower in dis
cussing The situation with your CORE
spondent said that it had been estim-
ated that about 62 per cent of the 1917
crop had been injured by hail or frost,
and that the rest was being sold, or had
been sold, at very high prices. One
large grower in the Hllltown sold his
crop within few days at fifty cents,
the highest price ever reported. There
are at present a number of fertlllzlng
agents about the tobacco belt and they
are reported to have said that the price
of fertilizer next spring will be be-
tween $50 and $50 ton, instead Of $50
to $40 as in previous years. This fact,
combined with the labor situation, is
making many of the smaller growers
think seriously Of not growing tobacco
for a few years at least, as outlined
above.
1t is now predicted that by next
spring the labor problem will be even
more serious than during the present
season, so many of the younger men
have been called into the military Ser
vice. For the same reason the situa-
ton that will face the warehouses is
likely to be very serious.
A large number of buyers were in
town last week, but most of the crop
has been sold, while there are a few
growers who are still holding for high
er prices.
Many of the crops this year have
been sold in the bundle and this means
that the tobacco will be assorted in the
warehouses and not by the growers,
which will involve considerable more
work in the warehouses. The growers
are anxiously awaiting good damp to
take down the crop now hanging in the
sheds. It is estimated that only about
one-ffth of the crop has been taken
down so far this year.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-11-30
WISCONSIN TOBACCO MARKET.
EDGERToN, WIS. Nov. 80, 1917.

The week has brought a season of
fair casing weather, during which
small portion of the earlier tobacco has
been taken from the sheds for strip
ping. If the great bulk of the crop
was sufficiently free from heavy stems,
much more would have been removed
from the poles, as this is about the
usual date to commence stripping.
However, the fear of fat stems will
prompt growers to allow their tobacco
to hang until it is more thoroughly
cured out. There is but little advan-
tage in stripping this early, as few, if
any, of the packers are yet ready to
receive their purchases and are not
likely to find enough of the crop ready
for delivery to warrant the opening of
their warehouses until after the holi-
days. They are still urging the grow
ers not to commit the error of taking
down their crops until the stems are in
condition for packing.
Trading in old leaf from local pack
ers' hands is becoming rare because of
the lack of supplies to meet the press
ing demands of manufacturers.
The shipments out of storage reach
525cs and five cars of bundles to all
points since last report.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-11-30

DAYTON, o., Nov. IL, 1917.


During the past week buyers have
been burning up the roads trying to
buy Zimmer, Gebhardt and Dutch,
wrappers and filters running, at twenty
cents, but up to this time without ac-
aomplishing anything more than to
Occasionally crop is lifted, but the
best tobacco cannot be touched at this
price now.
A few weeks ago we all admitted
that we had an average good crop, but
the lack of a suitable curing season
has changed this condition materially.
Fat stems have already made their ap-
,pearance and the late green tobacco is
not curing out at all. This will give
the packers something to think about,
for it is well known fact that when