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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-14

The forces of wrong tremble every
time a talented person comes out
wholly for Christ.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-14

Sharing the Source of Strength.
Terse Comments on the Uniform
Prayer Meeting Topic of the Young
Peoples Societies - Christian En-
deavor, Etc.-for September 10: "A
Christians Power"-Acts LIS.
The secret of power, the secret of
endurance, the secret of success in
the Christian life. is, seeing Him who
is invisible" We get all our faith
by keeping the eye firmly fixed upon
Him in whom faith has its beginning
and end. Would you have more pow
err? Then look at Jesus more.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-14

knowledge is power" knowledge
of God is the highest wisdom and the
greatest power.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-14

Strength is imported from hidden
sources even as the tree gets power
for fruit from the mysterious regions
of the root There is this mystic
fundamental to be born in mind when
talking of strength for Christian serv-
ice; the branch's power comes from
the very roots of the Vine. Fruitage
depends upon rootage. Christ Iveth
in me-"
ct can do all thingsi" cried the
mighty Paul in Alexandrian tones.
What colossal self-confidencei But
hold: there is more to it: There's
reason" as the advertisements say.
IT can do all things through Christ
which Strengthened me-" All right.
Paul: that's not Alexandrian, but
greater than any boast OF the world
conqueror who fell beneath his own
vices at Babylon. with Him. all
things are possible The splendid
confidence of Paul may well be the
ambition of every young person, as he
goes forth to dare large things in the
name of Jesus.
1t is easy to yield to temptation,
much easier than to resist But with
each resisting comes added strength
and by the continual overcoming Of
sins besetments is stalwart char
acter created God has promised
grace to help in time of need He
will not suffer you to be tempted be-
yond what you are able.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-14
A Kings Rage

Employees who know the unbridled
and 7unreasoning anger of the boss"
can understand something of the
plight of the three when they faced
the hot rage, born of pricked pride,
of the greatest monarch of the time,
a king possessed of the power of life
and death. He was incredulous that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-14
The Boys WORKING RE-
SERVE AT WORK
B., THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL
INFORMATION BUREAU
By Frederic j. Haskin, Director.
Washington, ID. O.

Washington, Sept. 1.-THE first
campaign of the United States boys
working reserve has been a great sue
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04
i, Copyright, 1916. by H. c. Tuttle.)
been spending the summer in Hast
ings, assisting her sister, Mrs. Col
burn, left last Friday for Hawley,

been spending the summer in Hast
ings, assisting her sister, Mrs. Col
burn; left last Friday for Hawley,
Mimi, for few days visit. From
there she will go to Mortified to re-
sumo her studies at st. Olaf College.
Miss Gena Johnson is teaching in
the east schoolhouse District No. so.
Clarence Lasseson was at home
over Sunday. He returned on Mon
day to Fargo, expecting to begin work
at the Manchester Biscuit factory.
Albert Norberg unloaded a small
sized gas tractor last Saturday and IL
now busy turning over the stubble
with aatriple gang attached to the en-
CINE. i5 u:
Word has been received from
George Wennerson and Thorvold Nor
dahl, saying that they arrived at Camp
Dodge last Friday and are both in the
33Sth Field Artillery. @:r.
Edwin Froid and family and Elmer
Ffoid of Valley City visited at the
Carl Froid home on Sunday.
Mrs. A. j. Peterson went to Mime
apolis via Valley City Sunday to visit
her mather and other relatives. s
S. L Reiten received yield OF
nearly Is bushels of macaroni pei
acre on his north quarter, which goes
to show that wheat can be raised in
this state under very adverse condi
tions, with the right kind of work on
the land.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04
Az REVolR

So long, boys! You are of on thu
big adventure. May you return safe
and sound. In any event the home
folks will watch and pray, watch FOL
your welfare and pray that your duty
be well done. The North Dakots
troops and our own Company G have
already been tried and not found want
Ing. And while you are away to fight
for humanity and liberty it would be
cowardly for the state which sends you
out to do anything less than its full
share in feeding tn world, supporting
the government and helping the army
Here at home the news columns will
be scanned for the accounts of your &C.
tons, and there is every confidence that
the news will be good news, that your
record will be right. And when you re.
ceive news from home you have the
right to expect loyalty, support and en-.
couragement from those left behind.
The parting should not be sad one;
the stakes are too large, the glory to
great to be considered in any light ex-
cept grand opportunity to conquer
for humanity and liberty. It's mans
fight, and you are going to help win.
So long, boys; take care of yourselves!
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04
SOLDIERS WANT BOOKS

II don't know how we should live
without your books" writes one
wounded soldier. Il am just waiting
until my pal has finished, to get hold
of his book" writes another. :.
1--WE have no books" is the appeal
of an isolated group of wounded in
Egypt. All we have had to read here
was a scrap of the advertisement page
of a newspaper picked up on the des'
ert, and on it we saw that you send
books to sick and wounded Please
hurry up and send some."
"The lads were never so pleased in
their lives as when told them l had
some books for them" is the way one
lance corporal puts it.
THE long hours of waiting that fire.
Quently fall to the lot of a unit in the
trenches are not nearly so trying il
the men have good supply of books,
is the testimony of an officer.
A soldier wrote from the trenches
to the Y. M. C. A. headquarters: eve
sit in our dug-outs and Just think
wonder if you could send some books
and magazines over here?"
"A WdH III ESypt, begging Tor maya
zines, said recently that he didn't won
der that the Children of Israel grum
bled when they went that way.
A Y. M. C. A. worker in France
writes: eve never can secure enough
reading matter to while away the
hours in the long French train jour
neys."
ION the Mexican border last Sum
mer can remember that in some Of
those lonely camps, as the train stop
ped at the watering tank, the soldiers
would come through. asking if we
had ANYTHING to readEa book, . maya
zine, or even newspaper They were
absolutely without anything to read
, and often had nothing to do.''
Your dollar will furnish one book
to help meet this need
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04
TO THE PEOPLE. OF VALLEY CITY

Friends: AS we are about to leave
you for awhile, before going, l wish
to express to yot, my appreciation of
the courtesies and goodwill extended
to me and the men of the Headquar.
-ters company by the good people of
this city. My good friends, know that
you have earned the everlasting
friendship and esteem Of all Of my
men, many Of whom have homes in
other parts Of the state; and Of the
ten weeks stay in this city we shall
hold in fond remembrance as one OF
the brightest and best periods in our
lives. Through me these boys wish
to thank you good and patriotic PEG.
pie for your good fellowship and es.
TEEN. Naturally, am proud Of these
boys who have been gentlemen at all
times, proud of the uniform they wear
and the cause in which they are about
to engage. Z
With the kindest remembrances and
good wishes Of myself and the men OF
Headquarters company; am,
Yours sincerely,
Theodore s. Henry,
Capt. LIST N. D. Inf, Adjutant Com.
manding Headquarters Company.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04

Nov, Work SIM: General Ell y:
11ovIe commanding the department OF
rho east. was able to engage the sym'
nothies Of the men conscripted for ser
rica from exemption district ITO Wnen
ha anneared to welcome them into the
army as their neighbors were treating
them to a God-speed dinner. General
Hov1a was "glad to call the selected
men "comrades," and that set them on
- from their hosts; and ne was not
AFRAID to recommend the army, not
only for the good it. can do man, Dut
for the good times man can maze -
I want you boys to look on another
side of a soldiers life.
I don't want you to think OF II 'oo
solemnly. $50 1904 ,eo
General Houle should know: ne
has had "A years Of 1t. and his only re-
greet is that his body Is not TO De sem sem
where his spirit has been ever Since
Genaral Pershing's men landed some
whera IN France He would not TRACE
his army life for all the gold IN tne
world" ,;.o
There is q pleasure in the army lie
Unknown to those outside 1t.
II YOU get the right viewpoint IN Gu
tering the service, you will be nappy'
Put your heart in your work, and re,
member all the time that the united
States has won all her wars.
"Remember there are two Things
Cod always looks kindly on-one Is tne
army mule and the other the United
States.
If we had to fight the whole world
we would win.
We have had a disproportlonates
amount of severely gloomy talk about
the army life. It is not all striving
and fighting and trench digging: There
are pleasures and pleasantries OF
which the civilian knows nothing.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04
nuisances of their machines

nuisances of their machines and
themselves. -5-
Use of the cutout has been prohibit
ed by many ordinances, few OF which
are adequately enforced.
But now comes news of better
remedy than that not to put cutouts
on the machines at all.
The national automobile chamber OF
commerce has recommended that mo-
tor vehicles built after January l
shall not be equipped with muller cut.
outs. 1t is said, too, that nearly half
the one hundred and ten automobile
makers in this organization are not
now lifting cutouts to the cars they
produce. ,
This is a recognition of the fact that
cutouts have no earthly use except to
make noise; and there are useless
noises enough now. %
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04

Courtenay Gazette: Ed Cox, former.
iy a Courtenay citizen, but who is now
connected with the Tax Commission
ers office at Bismarck, was in town,
Wednesday calling on his many
friends, coming in from Valley City,
where he is spending two weeks va
cation. Ed has made good since going
to Bismarck, and has been on the job
steady for some time and has been one
of the hard working assistants at the
capital building. He is greatly taken
up with the. work and is very popular
with the state officials. He has been
assisting in the states attorneys office
also and Is in touch with some of the
big deals of the state. We were Nigh.
ty glad to see Ed, for he has always
been Courtenay booster and he has
q very warm spot in his heart for this
place which will remain there forever.
Mrs. Cox is also visiting In Valley
City.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04
Will the conflict ever end?
: LITTLE SLICE OF LIFE

A little girl came to our
Modest but comfortable home tn,
The other day, and l decided to
Name her Josephine, I settled
This important matter in about three
minutes, at
Eastern Standard Time.
Then my wife decided to name her
Margaret.
She decided it in one minute.
For two weeks it was a ~stalemate
and
Our friends advised us to arbitrate.
was for peace without annexa.
tons or
Reprisals, but my wife was not.
So 1t dragged along, getting worse all
the time.
And ollr friends interviewed, and $50. 80;
we decided to compron1is - - !
The compromise name was Margaret,
Then we mailed the announcement
cards.
My wife had picked them out and
Had them engraved two weeks before.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04
NOTICE AND CITATION HEARING
OF FINAL ACCOUNT AND DIS
TRIBU1lON or ESTATE

NOTICE AND CITATION. HEARING
OF FINAL ACCOUNT AND Dis.
TRIeU1IoN OF ESTATE
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA. COIN.
" OF Barnes. In County Court. Re.
| 1ore Hon. 0. H deS Irgens, Judge
In the Matter of the Estate Of George
Sowden, Deceased.
! Annie Sowden, Executrix, Petitioner.
vs..
William George Sowden. Alice Sow.
den, Annie Sowden. Elizaheth NJ.
hay, Jessie Algeo, Annie Burchill
Jennie Benson, and Emma Weaver
and Thos. Collins, County Treasurer
u Barnes County, North Dakota
me State of North Dakota tn tho
above named Respondents:
you, the said respondents above
named are hereby notified that 80
maj account of the executr;v ~ ~
iast VIII OF George Sowden, late Of tho
City, OF Valley City, in the Comfy ~
6arnes and State of North Dakota
deceased, has been rendered tn 80
Court, therein showing that tho esta+o o
OF said deceased is ready for f;na1 sat
Ilement and distribution, and petition.
ing mat her account be allowed. the
residue OF said estate be distributed to
me persons thereunto entitled her
administration closed and she he dc
charged, that Monday, the 22nd Ilav ~. ~
OCTOBER, A. D. 1917, at 10 o'clocI ~
me forenoon of that day, at the Cont
rooms OF this Court, in the Govt
House, in the City of Valley C;tr
county Of Barnes, and State ~ North
th,s mas been duly appointed bv
- e4ls Iourt 1or the settlement thereof
a. wnlcn tlme and place any person in.
tsrested In said estate may appear and -,
ME his exceptions, in writing r. sa; d
account and petition and contest tha
same: 'est tne
And you, the above named resnord-
ents, and each of you, are hereby c;tad
ana required then and there to no and
appear before this Court. and shan,
cause, II any you have, whv said oo
count shall not be allowed tho ras;da.
oI sad estate distributed, the admin.
lstration Of said estate closed and said
Annie Sowden discharged. @'''1u
Dated the 10Th day of September
D. 1917. oei' "A.
BY the Court:
Q. H. deS IRGENS, !;
Judge of the County Court
LEE COMBS AND L. s. B. R1TCHIE !.
Attorneys for ExecutriY
Valley City, North Daho+.
First Pub. Sept. 20, last pub Oct ~
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04
HASTINGS

| y = =
Times, Sept. 26.-Mrs. C. Olson re
turned to her home at Fargo last Sat
| urday, after several weeks visit with
friends here. go =
The Andrew Eggen house has been
completed and is one of the finest in
town. The family are moving in to
day. ? = ~
Mrs. Geo. Norm left on Monday fol
her home at Duluth, after a visit with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. sOle Simon.
son. ,3 :.
Mrs. A. Jothen and daughter Ruth
returned last Friday from Thief River
Falls, where she has been visiting her
sister, Mrs. J. T. Neseth.
Miss Dagmar Strom. who has made
ner nome at Torger Syverson's for
some time, left last Friday for Vernon
Center, Mimi, where she will visit for
few days and then go to st. Paul to
work.
George Froid has rented his faith.
er's farm and is preparing to move
onto 1t this fall and begin blowing It
right away. We have not learned
what Tom Annundson will do when he
leaves the Froid farm.
Mrs. Jens Nahum went to Fargo
last Friday, returning Saturday.
Pastor Lasseson left Monday for
minneapolis to attend meeting of
the home mission board.
Most Of the threshing in this local
lty was finished last week, but there
are few rigs running yet, threshing
out flax.
Elliot Aandahl, who has been in
China as missionary is visiting his |
brothers in Svea township. His
health Is not the best and he is taking
chiropractic treatments from Dr..
Skonnard.
Mrs. Alberta Davidson, who has
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04
"shE OWED US NOTHING, BUT
SHE GAVE US ALL"

New York Times: Andrew Alexan.
der Bruce, a native OF the Madras
presidency, India, went to school In
England till he was Is or older. He
was graduated at the University OF
Wisconsin in 1890. He came here an
English alien. In 1911 he was made
IN associate justice of the supreme
court of North Dakota. At the dinner
of the American Bar association,
Thursday night, this naturalized citi
zen, who has found an honorable and
distinguished career in the United
States, uttered sort of confession OF
Z faith in his adopted country, doc
trine of loyalty that Is sound for all
times and of the deepest particular
truth and necessity in these:
and millions of others like me
came to this country alone and with.
out friends. We sponged on all that
America had, her free lands, her free
schools, and, above all, her spirit Of
openhearted comradeship. She owed
US nothing, but she gave us all. We
should be ingrates, we should be ours
il in this hour of her need we coun.
seled with her enemies or were dis.
loyal to her cause. - |
I : But there is a deeper reason for our
loyalty. Ours Is government Of law
and not of despots, and our flag is not
merely the flag Of a nation but of the
nation Of nations. We should be loyal
because the German doctrine of d:
vine right and might is opposed to an
that we have inherited and all that our
flag stands for. ~.
To Americans of foreign BIRTH to
all Americans, these words apply.
Born here or elsewhere, we owe Amer.
tea everything. We must be ready
and willing to pay the debt.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04
"JIMMIE" VIDAL IS
NOW IN WAR ZONE

Fargo, Sept. Eli. H. ("Jimmie)
Vidal, son of DR.. and Mrs. J. w. Vidal
Fargo, former city salesmanager of
the Fargo branch Of the Ford Motor
Co., is somewhere in France" with
an American aviation unit, according
to cablegram received by the parents
this morning.
Jimmie enlisted in the aviation
corps IN Chicago, where he conducted
an advertising agency, and took his
preliminary pr training at Champaign
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04
THE MUELLER curouT

Automobiles have mufflers to drown
the harsh noise of the exhaust.
Somebody invented fendish device
known as the "muffler cutout," by the
use Of which the exhaust is allowed to
make the most fiendish noise it is cap
able of. And by the use of the cutout,
thus laid ready to their quaint de-
vices, people who like to have atten-
ton drawn to them no matter how it
Is contrived have gone about making
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04

II Bernstorff thought to handle con-
gress with $4,000 he had 1t figured
considerably less than any one would
believe it could be done.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04
sLAckER PARENTS

Bismarck Tribune: Parents who
are slackers add big sums to the cost
Of education. So here is chance for
patriotic elders to try new kind OF
wartime economy. Help the teachers
by raising children who know how. to
behave in school, Then see that they
DO behave. : ~ IT, $50:
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04

McHenry News of Foster County In
dependent: Mrs. O. T. Hart and daugh
ter, Ruth, returned to their home in
Valley City on Wednesday Lloyd
Worden and family were passengers
for Valley City on Tuesday at which
place they will make their home. 1.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Nelson, of Valley City,
were McHenry visitors on Sunday and
Monday. John Wesley, Mrs. Nelson's
brother, returned with them
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04

They may be able to keep Colonel
Roosevelt out Of the army, but they
can't keep him quiet.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04
y -

La Toilette succeeded in putting
something over on Minnesota that will
keep the North Star state from boast
ing for quite while. -
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04

1t is about time the publishers and
printers were going over the top to
fight for higher prices. ,.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04

Tower City Topics: Mrs. Will Fur
geson of Valley City was guest at
the G. N. Buswell home between
trains Thursday morning. Mrs. M. A.
Buswell accompanied her as far as
Or1ska where she spent the day with
relatives and friends.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04

Wisconsin's Folly and North Da-
kota's Granny are about to get run
for their money. &
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04

Secretary Lansing Is showing that
Germany's intrigue was one damn
blunder after another.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04
-
STEWART
4 r + + - + + = + + + = r Z
4 SanbOrn Enterprise, Sept. 27.-Mrs.

Val aPotter motored to Valley City
fAfgshing has again been resumed
after a delay of 10 days. 4.
James Duffy is spending the week at
the home of Peter Clancy.
Mrs. M: S. Stinson called at Mrs.
George Cassatt's Saturday
Ed Lawry visited at Crarley Potter's
in Sanborn Monday.
!. Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Menke visited at
Peter Clancy's home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Rohde and sons
were Valley City callers Saturday
Mrs Harstad and Mrs. Peter Clancy
were shoppers in Sanborn Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Dotting and
daughters spent Sunday in Valley City.
Frank Neustel and Henry Menke
visited at Orph Thornberg's Sunday.
John Krnaz, of Hamburg, Wis, came
out to look after his farming interests.
Miss Margaret Clancy visited with
Mr.. and Mrs. O'Brien in Valley City
Saturday and Sunday.
i Mr.. and Mrs. R. w. Menke and Mrs.
Oliver Brobst transacted business in
Valley City Saturday
1u "Au OAy AoOUOAt VI CAdIA Clty,
visited at the Fred Rohde and Will
Schafer homes Sunday.
r. w. Menke has rented the north
half Of section 81, and he expects to
farm section and quarter next sum-
mer.
The Christensen boys travelled q
good many miles Sunday and returned
with only one chicken and five ducks.
Poor luck.
Mr.. and Mrs George Cassatt were
st. Paul visitors last week, returning
Friday. They report good time and
also did good bit Of shopping.
Dave Brtmer operates threshing
machine when the weather is fine and
in rainy weather repairs watches and
clocks. Nothing like being jack-of-
all-trades.
Those attending the "Fall of a Ma.
tom from this neighborhood were
John and Margaret Clancy, Alfred An
dersOn, and Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Menke.
All report one Of the best plays, and
think Mr.. Houghtaling surely selects
some fine pictures.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04

1t is q mistaken idea for anybody to
think they can be neutral any longer.
1t can't be done. Get lined up on the
right side while the lining is good.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04
SOME READABLE VERSE
rHEE GIRL + LEFT BEHIND NE

THE GIRL j LEFT BEHIND NE
I'm lonesome since I crossed the hill,
And DER the moor and valley;
Such heavy thoughts my heart do fill sf
Since parting with my Sally.
I seek no more the fine and gay, a
For each does but remind me
How swift the hours did pass away
With the girl left behind me.
Oh, ne'er shall l forget the night,
The stars were bright above me,
And gently lent their silvery light, q
When first she vow'd she loved me.
But now I'm bound to Brighton camp,
Kind heav'n may favor find me,
And send be safely back again
To the girl I've left behind me.
The bee shall honey taste no more.
The dove becomes a ranger,
The dashing waves shall cease to roar
Fer she's to me a stranger,
The vows we've registered above
Shall ever cheer and bind me
In constancy to her love, :s
The girl i've left behind me.
\ .i&s..ys:-e' ~. "a. isn-,..,
/ NV mind shall still her form retain,
In sleeping or in waking,
Until see my love again
For whom my heart Is breaking.
If ever should see the day
When Mars shall have resigned me
Forevermore I'll gladly stay
With the girl I've left behind me.
| y - An Old Camp Song.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04

F. Bartz received a telegram that
MS mother was very i'll and left on
No. 4 Thursday for his home in Iowa.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04

St Louis Democratic is an
unambitious inventor who has not
tried his hand on at least one device
for worsting the submarine.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04

Rallas News-Dispatches from the
eastern front would seem to indicate
that General Debility has assumed su-
preme command of the Russian ar
mics. =... s: