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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29
CIVIL SERVICE BOARD
SEEKS SKILLED LABOR

Washington, March 22.-The civil
service commission, whose agencies
reach into every corner of the United
States, has been enlisted to aid the
federal government in lining up the
country's skilled workmen for public
service in the international emergency
In addition to instructing it's 5000 local
boards of examiners to secure as many
men as possible for work in navy
yards, arsenals and other government
plants, the commission has opened a
waiting list of eligibles who might be
called on should a more urgent need
arise.
Posters are to be displayed by the
commissions officials in postofices and
other public buildings throughout the
country, calling attention to the fact
that the the army and navy need ship
wrights. boilermakers, machinists,
blacksmiths and workmen of many
other classes. It is to be pointed out
that the wages paid correspond to
those offered by private employers and
that the examination required is based
largely on physical ability and expert
ence.
The commission hopes to stimulate
the national labor mobilization
schemes which have played such an
important part in sustaining the Eu-
ropean belligerents.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29
ON REALITIES

New York Sun: All the realities
of our everyday lives requires space
for their existence and time for their
apprehension. The philosophical
doubt of everyday reality is due to the
finite character of time and space.
For those of us whose speculations are
not concerned wholly with eternity the
everyday reality is what Immediately
matters.
The space occupied by the present
war is as broad as earth itself. The
times it has occupied is also con-
siderable, extending over thirty.one
months and some days.
OF course bullet killing a man in
stantly has no reality for the victim,
and has reality for others simply be-
cause they have time to perceive the
missile and its work.
The first shot of the present war
did not instantly annihilate American
consciousness.
We should say that sufficient time
had elapsed and that sufficient space
had been occupied by the war to en-.
able every American to grasp it as
an everyday reality of unprecedented
magnitude and of immediate concern
to his country.
Western papers please copy.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29
TREES ON THE FARM

The benefits reaped by the farmer
in North Dakota from the trees plant
ed on the farm are so numerous, that
it would be very logical step to have
the planting of trees be the first thing
done, on any farm, instead of one OF
the last things.
The following are few of the ways
in which trees serve the farmer:
l. They protect the crops from the
wind, frequently saving them from be-
ing blown out of the soil by the strong
winds and reducing the injury done by
dust storms. For every foot in height
a tree furnishes protection from the
wind for 20 feet, thus trees ten feet
tall will protect crops for about 200
feet.
2. They conserve the soil moisture
in many ways. Some of the most i'm
portant ways are reducing the Excess
sive evaporation by the hot summer
winds, and the cold dry winds of win
ter and increasing the amount of soil
moisture by holding the snow In the
fields.
3. They protect live stock from the
wind and thus enable them to produce
AAVAO AAAlh gun 1uOIc "c1SuI, Iudu
they would without protection.
4. They save fuel doubly, first by
breaking the force of the winter winds
and second, by supplying fuel from
the trees and branches that are cut
out as the tree plantations become too
thick.
5. They produce an abundance of
shade wherever it is wanted for the en-.
Joyment Of the entire farm family.
6. They attract birds to the farm,
which add enjoyment to life by their
presence and song and most of which
catch harmful insects.
Z. The greatest benefit of all pro-
cured from trees is that they beautify
the farm grounds and make possible
the establishment of comfortable and
beautiful farmsteads on the open
prairies. This is impossible without
trees.
The original trees cost little, as they
grow they increase both the beauty
and the value of the farm home. There
are many kinds of trees that will
grow on our prairies. All they need Is
well prepared soil before they are
planted, and the same attention each
year that would be given a crop of
corn. In a few years they will need
little or no attention but will be yield.
ing more profitable returns with each
; advancing season.-North Dakota Ex-
pertinent Station.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29
ECHO ANSWERS-NlT

The LaMoure Echo has been sold
and consolidated with the LaMoure
County Chronicle. In fact the two pa
pers were sold, consolidated and will
be continued as one. Maybe they were
married. And look who grabbed the
prize! None other than our old friend
Walt Taylor, ex-insurance commission.
er, but not ex-good fellow. The mem.
bers of the Fourth Estate will rave
him mad welcome to the ranks once
more and again. Sure thing, too, they
will felicitate and condole Brother
Lowe, but he shouldn't sigh for an
Echo when he can be cheered by the
sound of plunks. The consolidation
ought to mean big, strong paper fo1
LaMoure. We" hope all three of the
transactions, Brother Lowe, Brother
Diesem, and the new Brother Taylor
will have many happy days before the
high cost of living shall cause them to
draw slug thirty.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29
ENGAGEMENT is ANNOUNCED

The many friends of Miss Margaret
Plank will be interested to learn that
she has recently announced her en-
gagement to Stanley Ganssle, of St.
Ihomas. The wedding will take place
July 3.
Miss. Plank has charge of the Eng
lish department of the Valley City
high school last year and will also be
remembered as the composer of the
North Dakota State Song, which was
CHOSEN by the judges from the songs
submitted during the 1915 song con
test conducted by the State Federation
OF Women's clubs. Miss Plank re.
signed here to enter the Emerson
School of Oratory in Boston. She will
finish her work there in June.
Mr.. Ganssle is a prosperous young
business man of st. Thomas, where he
is cashier of one of the banks. Miss
Plank taught in st. Thomas before
coming to Valley City.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29
ON THE RIVER

Vast and starless, the pail of heaven
Laps on the trailing pail below;
And forward, forward, in solemn dark.
ness,
AS il to the sea of the lost we go.
Now drawn nigh the edge of the river,
Weird-like creatures suddenly rise;
Shapes that fade, dissolving outlines,
Battle the gazer's straining eyes.
Towering upward and bending forward,
Wild and wide their arms are
thrown,
Ready to pierce with forked fingers
Him who touches their realm upon.
Tide of youth, thus thickly planted,
While in the eddies onward you
swim,
army,
Lining forever the channels rim.
Steady, helmsman! you guide the i'm.
mortal;
Many wreck is beneath you piled
Many a brave and yet unwary sailor
Over these waters has been be.
'guiled.
Nor is it the storm or the scowling
midnight,
Cold or sickness or fires dismay-
Nor is it the reef or treacherous
quicksand,
Will peril you you most on your
twisted way.
But when there comes a voluptuous
languOr,
Soft the sunshine, silent the air,
Bewitching your craft with safety
and sweetness
Then, young pilot of life. beware!
Walt Whitman.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received and opened at 2
o'clock Thursday, April 9Th, 1917, at
the county auditors Office, for furnish.
ing metal culverts, also concrete cul-
verts, for ensuing year,
Bids to be per foot for different
sizes, together with prices for Diff
ferent quantities.
Culverts to be delivered to such
places as the county commissioners
shall order
A certified check of $4,000 will be
required with each bid.
Successful bidder to furnish con-
tract and surety bond for 100000.
The board reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
BY order: Of county commissioners.
C. w. NELSON,
County Auditor
Dated March 7th, 1917.
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SOME READABLE VERSE
] AN THE FLAG

! lam the Flag:
My Red is for the blood of Free Men,
shed that their children and children's
children might be free-not for the
screaming of Anarchism.
My White is for the purity of ideals,
for the preservation Of which a hun
dred million people stand responsible
not for the White Feather.
My Blue is for the azure of the
skies-not for the blood of aristocrats.
was conceived in Liberty, nourish-
ed on Freedom and dedicated to the
great cause of Humanity.
Clinging to my folds are the people
of the whole world, who have come to
me from their native lands to find
better things-and who have found
better things.
l have been torn to shreds, ripped
by the storms Of adversely, shot at
and shelled, but l am still here-stili
symbol of honor, of hope, of liberty.
Am worth preserving?
l am the Flag!
WHAT THE WISER MAN DOES
Don't look for flaws as you go through
life,
And even when you find them,
1t is wise and kind to be somewhat
blind
And look for the virtues behind
them.
For the cloudiest night has a hint Of
light
Somewhere in the shadows hiding;
1t is better by far to hunt for star
Than the spot on the sun abiding.
The world will never adjust itself
To suit your whims to a letter.
Some things must go wrong y'r whole
life long;
And the sooner you know it the
better.
It is folly to fight with the infinite,
And go under at last in the wrestle;
To adjust yourself is the wiser plan
AS the water shapes into the vessel.
E. Wheeler Wilcox.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Norman Nelson to Mrs. Hilda e.
|strom, both of Valley City, married by
Judge Irgens Monday.
Klaas F. Wynia, of Platte, S. D., to
Elizabeth Vanderberg, of Litchville.
Harry O. Henrickson to Jessie l..
Nayes, both Of Fingal.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29

According to history the United
States favors April as the month to
inaugurate war. If war with Germany
comes it will be something of para
dox, for it will really be war to es-
tablish peace.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29
THEoRizING ABOUT FOLKS

Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin:
From the airs Of superiority that some
city folks put on, merely because they
are city folks, it might be inferred
that they regard the population to be
divided into two classes-those devot.
ed to culture and. those devoted to ag.
riculture.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29

The following is from the Minneapo,
lis Journal Limo O. Type Or Two col
umn. You are to guess whether it is
wheeze or poem:
Spring has come, Lykelle, Lykelle.
Merrily sing, Lykelle! B. T. T.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

The North Dakota Motor Co. has
sold out to the Farmers Purchasing &
Sales Co., and all who are indebted tc
the North Dakota Motor Co. will please
call and settle their accounts and take
up notes past due.
21-2d-2w North Dakota Motor Co.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29

Farming never was of such absorb
Ing interest as it is today. But it's 3D.
Grafton should be supplemented bv
profitable Investigation, so that ron.
tine monotony may be chased away
by the added pleasure of pursuing
profitable specialties. Contentment is
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29

one of the main factors making for in.
dividual efficiency, and never before
in the history Of the agricultural
world has efficiency held out such a
prodigal promise.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29

The concensus of opinion is that we
are at war without having it announc.
ed. Such a condition also seems to
prevail among the various boards Of
regents.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29

The U. S. supreme court passed the
Adamson law by vote of five to four.
That will afford fine opportunity to
start an argument that will be longer
than the road to Tipperary.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29

St. Paul Dispatch: Statistican says
England will exhaust her coal supply
in 720 years, while Germany's supply
will last 1900 years. When the bel
ligerents run out of ammunition are
they going to throw chunks of coal at
each other.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29

Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Nicho.
IL, living near Cuba, Thursday morn
ing, baby girl. Mrs. Nicholi was for
merly Miss Gertie Keohn, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Koehn, of this citv
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29

Congress has been called in extra
session April 2, just missing April l.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29

The Nonpartisan League of Mime.
sofa has been Communicated and
there is going to be lively scrim-
mage to decide who has the right to
collect the dues from the farmers.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29

They say the Car wept when hand.
ed his release from the big league. He
could come over here in the movies
and get spondulicks without the trou.
BILE of issuing an ukase.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29

Along with the many other thing
that are addicted to shrinkage are tn
snOwbanks.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29

Every little bit added to what this
country has already suffered brings
war just little bit closer.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29

The fellow who can believe all he
sees pictured on his packages of gar
den seeds is a genuine optimist and
then some.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29

The hogs might as we'll be kept i
the garage with the automobile an
other high priced stuff.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29

The Car abolished vodka and when
the people got sobered up look what
they did to him.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29

fore hitting Germany with bung
starter. But as it continues to stand
more the query is whether it will con.
tinue to stand or lay down.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29

| A man can't take a long walk any
more without being up against the
hike cost of living.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29

Day after day is passing without a
snowstorm.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29

This is robin weather all right. but
safety first would indicate they come
with cough drops and return ticket.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29

Everybody will tell you that this
country can stand only so much he.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29

Minnesota is taking an extra 81
days to have fun with its legislature.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29

With bran worth $35 per ton it will
nave to be a high grade animal that
gets served with bran mash.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29

This is the vernai equinox
Don't be rash and change your-socks.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-03-29
WEEKLY IIMES-REC0RD
GREENWOOD & HoUGHTALINo
subscription, $3.50 Year, in Advance
CITY, NORTH DAkoTI

Entered at the Postoffice in Valley
City, North Dakota, as second class
mail matter.
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1.-THE FIGHTING cHANcF0

1.-THE FIGHTING
% af.fe , 1% es.s
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II It's newsy, call the Times-Reeord.
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II It's newsy. call the Tlmes-Reeord
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-15

American theater on Friday evening
December 20.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-15
WESTERN MONTANA
At Glance
Brief Bits of News From
Western Montana.

Auron.-E.ar nest Bonchet. J. O'Dorc
D. Matt, B. FiOrey, from Alberton, at
tended the dance at Huron last Sat
urday.
Nellie Bacon is visiting with her
sister. Mrs. Frederick Hammel, OF
Frenchtown.
Bertha Cyr OF this vicinity is visit
ing with relatives in Frenchtown,
Mrs. q. Hughes Of Hnson went to
Missoula to meet her sister. Miss l..
Mooney from the east.
George Matt has gone to Garrison
as timekeeper for the extra gang on
the Milwaukee.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. l.ebert motored to
Missoula last Saturday on business.
Lncien Dufresne. Julia Dufreshe
and Flora Matt visited at Trencttown
Mrs. j. Ray went to Mlssonla last
week. Visiting relatives.
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SEES SALVATION
IN SMALL NINE
Swindlehurst Says They Will
Save State From Danger
Fuel Famine.

Helena, Dec. lit is the little OBJ
scure coal mines of Montana that will
save the state from u fuel famine this
winter in the opinion Of state Fuel
Administrator w. j. SwindlehurSt. Un-
der the government regulations these
mines, employing from one to five men
that heretofore sold their output at
$50 a ton now receive SASS a ton ant
as a result hundreds of them have
started operations. The quality Of the
product in many instances IL poor, but
The stuff burns and commands ready
sale in the immediate communities
where il is mined. This relieves the
regular commercial mines and the car
ierS to Just that extent
Not Il day goes by but Mr.. Swindle-
hurst is advised of the operation of
from one to a dozen of these mines. In
some instances the operators are home
steaders, whose crops We're a failure
and turned to coal mining to get
through the winter. In other instances
they are regular coal mines, but never
had a sufficient demand for the prod
uct before to operate at "A profit.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-15
PUPILS ORGANIZE
JUNIOR RED CROSS

Hamilton, Dec. 14.-(Special.A VA
Junior Red Cross chapter has been or
ganized in the Hamilton high school,
and sufficient funds are in the treas
ury for the admission of three or four
hundred pupils. A chapter school
committee has been appointed and is
as follows: Prof. II. Schwarm. chair
man: Miss Mann. superintendent OF
girls work; Miss Sinner, Mrs. II. l..
Jones and II. A. Stewart.
a good spirit has been shown in the
local schools and the girls and boys
have taken to the work. Saturday.
Dec. s, was Junior Red Cross tag day
in Hamilton and about $40 was raised.
The Junior Red Cross will work in
harmony with the Hamilton chapter
and the work Of knitting and making
articles for the soldiers will be carried
on under the direction of Miss Mann.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-15
BULLET JOE BUSH
IS SOLD TO BOSTON
Mack's Crack Pitcher, With
Two Others, to Red Sox.

Philadelphia, Dec. 1.-THE sale by
the Philadelphia Athletics OF Strunk
Bush and Schang to the Boston Amer
leans for $4,000 and three players is
the second big baseball surprise for the
Philadelphia fans this week. They had
hardly gotten over the surprise caused
by the sale Of the Philadelphia Nation
ais star battery, Alexander and Kill
fer. to the Chicago Cubs.
This is the third time in the last few
years that Connie Mack has cut deep
into his playing staff. The first was
when he let Bender. Plank ana COombs
go. The second was the letting out Of
Eddie Collins. Jack Barry. "Ilomerun''
Baker and Pitcher Shawkey. The sale
of Strunk, Bush and Schang leaves
''Stuffy" McInnis. as the only veteran
of Mack's former worlds champion
team. -
Bullet Joe Bush Is 81. He Joined
the Athletics IN 1912 and was one Of
Connie Mack's dependable pitchers
when his other twirlng stars began to
wane. In 1916 he pitched n no-hit. no.
run game.
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Victor.-William Cole. who has been
employed for several years rs clerk
at the local meat market, Is seriously
i'll at his home. William Fouler is
assisting during the absence of Mr..
Cole.
John Peterson, local contractor and
carpenter. returned Thursday from
Arlee where he has been at work
building Il fire proof vault for the
Missoula Mercantile company.
Registrar r. O. Wilson of the Mon
tana Agricultural college at Bozeman,
spent Tuesday visiting the local
school.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-15
StevenSville Basketball
TOssers Ready for Season

Stevensville. Dec. 14.-(Special.)- -
The Stevensville high school boys will
begin basketball practice soon in the
remodeled Empress theater building,
which was fitted up with level floor
baskets and screens during the past
week. The basketball season of the
Ravalli County Interscholastic assoc
citation begins on January Of next
year. Stevensville's first home game
will be on January IS. Three menu
hers of last years team are not in
school this year. They are George L.
Basgs, Jr., Arthur Colcord and Harold
Baird.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-15
Train Released After "a
Hours Spent in Big Drift

Helena, Dec. 1i.-A train on the
Marysville branch of the Northern Pa
eific railway has just been released
after having been marooned "a hours
in snow drifts. Other railway service
is well maintained. The thermometer
here had risen so degrees in "a hours
at 6 p. m, but another cold snap was
predicted for tomorrow.
The only fatality by the blizzard SO
far is Ben kember. a Broadwater coun-
ty rancher, who was found dead near
Winston, having persisted in the storm.
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WITH MYSTIC SHRlNERS.

Stevensvile. Dec. 14.-(Special) -
George kinneman. w. r. Stratton, p.
L. Cochran and Ashley G.. Dixon are
among the Stevensville people who are
now in Butte in attendance on the ses-
sions of the Mystic Shrine.
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lNDoRSE PRICE FIXING.

Great Falls, Dec. 14.-Price fixing by
the federal government was enthu-
siastically Endorsed by the annual con-
yention of the Farms Educational 4.
Cooperative convention here today.
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!" Bulbul" at Steveslsville
as a Red Cross Benefit

Stevensville. Dec. 15.-(Special.)-
The operetta. "Bulbul," staged by
Hamilton and Corvallis people under
the direction OF \. ]. Davenport, is to
be given as benefit performance for
the Stevensvillc Red Cross at the
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-15
Sheep Wandering Away
From Home Not Estray

Helena, Dec. 14.-Attorney General
S. c. Ford today rendered an opinion
on request for a ruling by d. w. Ray
mond, secretary of the state livestock
commission, that a sheep is not an
estray and that therefore the livestock
commission cannot proceed against it.
While the intent of the estray law
probably was to include sheep, it does
not do so.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-15
MIssoULA DANCING ACADEMY.

Instruction in modern ballroom
dancing. Glasses Monday and Friday
evening. Private lessons by appoint
ment. Barber 4 Marshall hall. Phone
167 Red.-Adv.
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aio DANCE.

At Midtown, December Is. for Mill
town Improvement association. Admis-
sion 75c. Sheridan's enthusiastically.
Cures Colds In South Africa.
LAXATIVE BfsOMU QU1N1NE tab
let's remove the cause. r. w. GROVES
signature on box. SOC.
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Cures Colds in Australia.
LAXATIVE BROMO QEININE tab
lets remove the cause. T.. w. GROVES
signature on box. 30c