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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-07

professionals, OF the Interlachen and
es here July $40, for the benefit of
twin city chapters of the Red Cross.
Detroit, Mich July IL wouldn't
be surprised if will be pitching base
ball when | am so years old"
Eddie Plank, the 42-year-old south
paw, with the st. Louis Americans,
made this statement to Detroit
friends after he had won the only
victory which his team was able to
take in the recent tive-game series
with the Tigers.
Although Flank has lost much of
his speed and the sharp break of his
curve ball, he has developed float
err that probably will stop many bats
men before the Gettysburg wonder
closes his career Plank's brains, plus
MS control, a fair curve and his slow
ball. enable him to pitch effectively
with minimum amount of physical
| eyerticn. In the Detroit series, the
ball came up to the plate as big as a
Zeppelin. The Detroit sluggers dung
| ed and swung, but seldom hit the
sphere safely.
In one inning Plank pitched slow
| balls to Cobb. Ty hit one and popped
| out.
Il ought to have my throat cut for
hitting at that stuff, Ed" shouted
| Cobb, as he trotted back from first
base tas
But Cobb knew that he had to hit
for Plank was putting his slow ball,
| waist high, across the plate.
| y =
Minneapolis, Mimi, July 7.-Charles
(Chick) Evans of the Edgewater Coli
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CY EAlKENBURG

the emery ball, which had been in
vented by Russell Ford He used it
first at Toledo with such effect that
he was sent back to Cleveland, from
which club he had been farmed. In
1914 Falky, then regarded as an old
man in baseball. a pitcher who had
outlived his usefulness, won his first
III games. He finished the season
with an earned run average of 2.21.
The use of this ball was discovered
the following year, when both Ford
and Falky went to the Federal league.
The use of the shineball this year
was first noticed in a game pitched
by Falkenb,lfs in game between
the Athletics and Cleveland, Nav %.
FAMOUS BASEBALL INVENTIONS
1S61-The first curve ball was in
vented by William Arthur Cummings.
Other curve balls had undoubtedly
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-07
Lime Output Increased.

Lime manufactured and sold in the
United States in 1915 amounted to g.
5S9,6D tons, valued at SLABS, 756.
This was an increase of 2OS,77l tons.
or q per cent over that of 1914, and
nearly equaled the record output Of
S'5o3,3OO tons In 1913, Uncle Sam re.
ports. 49, -. -.'.~.---
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Birds Weich Themselves.

An ingenious naturalist has been
making the tomtits record their weight
In order to obtain the food which he
places for them they have to alight
upon what appears to be twig, but
Is in reality the beam Of tiny scale. As
they rest upon 1t, so they register their
weight. which averages about one-third
OF an ounce per bird-4S tomtits to
the pound!
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Guess who it is.

Guess who It is.
Nobody but our old friend, Hank
Gowdy, hero Of the 1914 world series
two weeks ago one of the best catch
ers in the National league and now
private, Fourth regiment, Ohio Ma
tional Guard.
Gowdy has been made an orderly
in the headquarters staff and is now
in Columbus awaiting orders for his
regiment to 60 to the front.
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Feminine VieWpoint.

Naggs-The fact that old man Solo,
mon had 700 wives proves cOnclusively
that he was not as wise as he seemed
to be.
Mrs. Naggs-On the contrary, it
proves that he was the wisest ever.
Naggs-How do you figure that out
Mrs Naggs-Because it takes pref
ty wise man to manage even one wife.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-07
Not to Be Thouoht OF.

"Henry, there was an agent here to-
day who wanted to sell me patent
burglar alarm"
did you tell him we had nothing
anybody could possibly want to steal?'
certainly not. He might have gone
next door and told that hateful Mrs
Glithery what said"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-07
BY Hop

causes the car to be operated more and
more on the gasoline. At certain
point it will run as straight gasoline
car, neither charging nor discharging
the battery. Further advance uses the
excess power to charge the battery.
Using both motors the car will develop
a speed Of DO miles an hour.
The points Of the car are described
in this way:
1t may run as an electric, with any
Of the advantages possessed by an cleo
trio. 1t may travel as a straight gas
car. 1t may travel on both gasoline
and electric power at the same time,
with the same simplicity Of operation.
The gas engine charges the battery.
The car has all the luxuriousress Of
the higher class cars which have been
produced for years and looks like a
gasoline car. 1t has no transmission,
there is no shifting of. gears and the
clutch is operated by electricity. The
makers say it will travel through mud.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-07
An Object Of Sympathy.

"Who was that dapper little man you
spoke to just now?"
MY dancing teacher. Did you no.
tice the look of commiseration he
gave mel"
"Yes." ',
II recently confessed to him that
thought it waste of time to dance"
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GAMES FRIDAY.
Cleveland at St. Louis.

Batteries-Davenport, Groom, Ham,
ilton, MOlineauX, koOb, Park and Sew
ereid; Coumb, Morton and Billings,
O'Neill
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BASEBALL SCORES
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:: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. ::
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GAMES FRIDAY.
Kansas City, 6; Minneapolis, 2.
Milwaukee, 8; St. Paul, 2.
Columbus, / Toledo, 0.
Louisville, 6; Indianapolis, /.
GAMES SUNDAY.
Louisville at Columbus.
Milwaukee at Minneapolis.
Kansas City at St. Paul.
indianapolis at Toledo.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-07-07
Chicago at Detroit.

observation-disclosures and Stanage; Fa-
Der, Scott and Schalk.
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GAMES SUNDAY.
Washington at Detroit.
Philadelphia at Chicago.
New York at St. Louis.
Boston at Cleveland.
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RatterleS-Maycr Fittery, Oeschger
and Killifer; Adams, Maguax, Carlson
and Fischer
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:. NATIONAL LEAGUE. :.
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GAMES FRIDAY.
Chicago at Brooklyn.

Batteries-Pfefrer, Galore and E.
Meyers; Douglas and Wilson.
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Cincinnati at Boston

Batteries-Allen and Tragesser; Re-
gan, Eller and Clarke.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-08
INCOME. AND oUTGo

Walt Mason. I used to earn one
PUNK day when I was shearing
swine. l could not salt much coin
away and often I'd repine. And yet
no doubt you'll be Amazed saved a
little store and knew that when my
pay was raised I'd save a whole lot
more. l got a job at herding ducks
and teaching hens to swim; for this
each day l drew two bucks and yet
my roll was slim. l found that as my
income grew had to spend more
mon; saved less cash when drawing
two than when drew but one. got
a job at making soup of bran and
prairie hay, and joy was in my humble
coop-I earned three plunks day.
Nov l will make my bank roll hum;
each week I'll take goodly sum and
put it down in Brine" But my posi-
ton called for buds much better than
I'd known, for scrambled shirts and
stunning studs-my needs had greatly
grown. It didn't take me long to see
and seeing made me blue-that l
was saving less on three than when l
pulled down two. And now l earn ten
wheels day dehorning muley steers,
and (oh, grievous to say!) I'm in debt
up to my ears.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-08
THE DAYS RESULT

Is anybody happier because you pass.
ed his way?
Does anyone remember that you spoke
to him today?
This day is almost over and it's toiling
time is through;
Is there anyone to utter now kindly
word of you?
Did you give a cheerful greeting to the
friend who came along?
Or churlish sort of "howdy" and then
vanish in the throng?
Were you selfish, pure and simple, as
you rushed along your way,
Or is some one mighty grateful for a
deed you did today?
Can you say tonight, in parting with
the day that's slipping fast,
That you helped single brother Of
. the many that you passed?
Is a single heart rejoicing over what
you did or said?
Does a man whose hopes were fading
now with courage look ahead?
Did you waste the day or use it, was
it well or poorly spent?
Did you leave trail of kindness or a
scar Of discomfort?
AS you close your eyes in slumber do
you think that God would say
You bave earned one more tomorrow
by the work you did today?
Detroit Free Press.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-08
CONSIDER THE MERCHANT

How many of those who ask and
receive credit from business people
ever stop to compare the position OF
the merchant with that of a banker?
Isn't it fact that when you go to
your banker to seek loan that you
approach the cashiers window with
feeling of timidity and pusillanomous
lack of courage that you find it hard
to overcome? Yet you are asking for
an accommodation for which you ex-
pect to pay every cent it is worth. You
wouldn't for one moment think OF
asking the banker to pass you out fifty
or a hundred dollars and grant you the
sue of that amount for six months or
a year without an interest compensa-
ton, would you? And it is generally
with the hat-in-hand attitude that you
approach the banker also.
How about the merchant? Cons1d-
er for a moment the number of per-
sons in almost every community that
dicker for hours with the merchant
over the price; then when the pur-
chase is made expect the merchant to
carry the amount of the purchase on
his books for six months or a year
and when a statement of account IS
rendered, roast the business man to a
turn for having the audacity to doubt
their credit standing. And what are
they paying for the accommodation
extended to them?
Why is the merchant entitled to less
consideration than the banker?
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-08
CANADIAN FIELD PEAS
VERY PROFITABLE CROP


A few enterprising farmers III North
Dakota have found that the Canadian
field pea grown as hog feed is an
immensely profitable crop in some
some parts of the state. Usually the
Canadian field pea does not make a
satisfactory growth in the heavy soil
OF the Red river valley, but in. most
Of the soils in the central and western
part of the state the Canadian field
pea will make very heavy growth.
It. may be seeded alone at the rate Of
two bushels PEI acre and pastured by
hogs when partly grown or It may be
allowed to mature and be used as a
fattening ration either by allowing
the hogs to harvest the crop them.
selves or by threshing the crop and
feeding the peas as part of the grown
ration. Usually the crop proves a
trifle more successful when one BUSH
Ell OF oats per acre is seeded with two
bushels of peas. The oats will help
to support the pea vines and the crop
can then be harvested better, either
by the hogs or with binder. If the
crop is to be pastured through the
summer months grain should be fed to
the pigs in addition. A field of peas
seeded beside patch of corn that is
to be hogged off will add considerable
to the ration while the hogs are on the
corn. One of the objections to the
use of peas as a forage for hogs has
been the high price of the seed. It
is, therefore, advisable to grow some
seed each year rather than to depend
upon buying it.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-08
YOUR BOY

Leslie's Weewly: This is a good
time to think of your boy. If you do
not look after him in the right way,
someone will do it in the wrong way.
Begin now! Teach your boy to fol-
low in the footsteps of his father, to
respect the law, to obey his parents
to regard the rights of all men, to
honor virtue, to respect Womanhood'
and to depend upon no one but him.
self for advancement. Teach him
that the Golden Rule of life will be
found in the Ten Commandments.
They are short. They have survived
the ages. They stand today unchanged
and unchallenged. They comprise the
first real written law by God to man:
Before these few commandments all
man-made laws fade into insigniti-
canoe. Teach them to your boy. There
is danger ahead If you do not. There
universal drift of mankind is towards
decadence. Heredity pays its prem
ium and also exacts its discount. The
son of a good father and an affection
ate mother, brought up in an atmos-
phere of parental regard, Will never
disgrace the family. The boys OF to-
day are to be the men of tomorrow.
The destinies of the American people
are to be in the hands of their sons.
If the boys are taught respect for the
law. both human and divine, obedience
to authority, manly independence and
the fear Of God, this great nation will
be a noble monument to mans capa-
CITY for self-government and self-con'
troll at a time when all the world is a
seething caldron of unrest, unreason
and disbelief. Teach your boy to rule,
hut first to rule himself.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-08
JOINT STOCK LAND BANKS

In the case the farmers do not use
the farm loan act as originally plan
ned, there are two alternatives pro
vided in the act itself. One is to use
local banks as agents of the land
bank. The second alternative is pro-
vided in the joint stock land banks.
These will be private banks under fed
eral supervision. They will resemble
the land bank in that they will sell
farm loan bonds. They will differ in
a number of ways. They must have a
paid in cash capital of at least $250,0O0
before selling any farm loan bonds.
None of this money comes from gov
eminent funds. They can't loan any
amount of money to any person on first
mortgage or farm land security. The
mortgages received by these joint
stock banks, and the farm loan bonds
issued by them will be exempt from all
taxation, federal, state and local. The
bonds are also made legal investments
for all fiduciary and trust funds, and
may be bought and sold by member
banks of the federal reserve system.
It is expected that these advantages
will cause these securities to prove at
tractive investments and thus provide
the bulk of the funds to be loaned by
the joint stock bank.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-08
A SAFE TEST

For those who are in need of a rem
edy for kidney troubles and backache,
it is a good plan to try Doan's Kidney,
Pills. They are strongly recommend
ed by Valley City people. '.....
John NJ. Koehn, r. F. D. mail car
rier, Ninth avenue and Third street,
Valley City, says: II suffered consid-
erably from backache and finally got
so bad thought would have to give
up my work. suspected my kidneys
and used Doan's Kidney Pills. They
benefited me from the start, strength
ening my kidneys and removing the
backache, headaches and dizzy spells.
When a cold settles in my kidneys, a
few doses of Doan's Kidney Pills fix
me up all right" ~. ~ - sa-r, -
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney .Pills-the same that
Mr.. Koehn uses. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, N. Y. -. -.-. 81. s---
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-08
SOME READABLE VERSE
DREAMING

DREAMING
hate to read of millionaires,
Because such reading seems
To hypnotic me utterly
And start me dreaming dreams.
How many times I've figured out
What I'd be apt to do
If l were in that fellows place
And had million, too.
OF course, I'd use my fortunes we'll;
More sensibly than he,
For I'd give 10 per cent at least
TO worthy charity.
Another 10 per cent would 60
To help along a few
OF my deserving relatives
Whose bills are overdue.
And then my duty to the church;
OF course, a goodly share,
Say Is per cent or so
Would be devoted there.
I'd give this latter quietly,
Insisting that may name
Must be withheld, that none might
know
Whence this donation came.
I'd only let the pastor know;
He'd have to know, you see,
DcCduSc AAy udAAO upoA tAO SAONA
Would show it was from me.
Another Is per cent
Would do myself and wife;
The income we'd derive from that
Would keep us both for life.
Then, after that-well, after that
l dream away and plan
To spend still another 10 per cent
To help my fellowman.
And finally my dreaming gets
A bit confused, and then
/ take tumble and my feet
Touch solid earth again;
And common sense assures me as
It stops me with jerk,
I've wasted time enough to do
A dollars worth of work.
Tom Daily in the Philadelphia
Evening Ledger.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-08
veryone Depends On

mittee' of the association will ap-
praise the property offered as security
and approve all applications for loans
which are sent to the land bank. The
secretary-treasurer Of the association
will transmit the papers and carry on
all correspondence with the land bank
relative to the loans. The association
will guarantee the mortgages of it's
members, the liability Of any individ-
ual member being limited, however, to-
an additional sum equal to the amount
of his capital stock, or approximately
to five per cent of his own loan. AZ:
One important function Of the new
system will be to establish safe stand.
ards for the farm mortgage business
of the United States; for it is not pro-
posed to extend any credit except on
the basis Of proper security. In addi-
ton to the Endorsement of the local as
sociation, every loan must have the ap-.
proval of one Of the salaried apprais-
ers appointed by the government for
the several land banks.
Further, not more than $4,000 may
be loaned to one borrower, nor more
than SO per cent Of the value of the
land offered as security plus 20 per
cent of the value of the buildings; and
the money must be used for specific:
productive purposes, such as the pur-
chase of farm land, improvements,
equipment, fertilizers, or live stock, or
for the payment of existing indebted
ness.
The federal loan board of the treas
ury department has general charge of
the system. The department of agri-
culture will cooperate with this board
in supplying information and render
ing assistance to farmers who desire
:, take advantage Of the federal farm
loan act, especially with reference to
the organization Of local loan associa-
tons.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-08
FEEDING the COW

The we'll fed COW will return more
profit than the poorly fed one. A poor
ly fed COW will often be found to give
no profit At the Ohio experiment
station a COW increased her milk pro.
duction 80 per cent through better
feeding. This increased quantity of
milk cost II cents less per hundred
pounds than what she produced on the
small quantity of feed and the butter
fat cost % cents less per pound. This
extra feed would not have been sufi.
cient to feed another COW. BY feed
ing the one cow we'll about as much
milk is secured as by feeding two COWS
poorly. And feeding the one COW
we'll required less work, less barn
room, less feed and less pasture. In
many cases the quickest way to in.
crease the profits from herd is to
feed and care for them better rather
than by increasing the number.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-08
EARLY CROP OF POTATOES

Sanborn Enterprise: Alvin Noeck-
er brought to this Office last Tuesday
a remarkable freak of nature pretain-
ing to the vegetable kingdom. This
oddity consists of several live tubers,
some of them as large as walnuts, in
fact nearly large enough for new po-
tatoes," attached to and growing from
an old decayed "spud" by thread.like
connections, but without visible signs
of vines or other apparent germina-
ton. The attention of Prof. James,
county agent, is respectfully directed
to this new improved method of grow
ing early potatoes and the suggestion
is thrown out that it might afford an
interesting topic for discussion at the
short course in agriculture at the far
mers' meeting.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-08
TO YOU

(By Stafford King, of Deer River,
with Battery F, First Minnesota artil-
lery, Lano Grande, Texas.) .
When the long, hot day is over and re.
treat has blown at last
And the darkening cool of evening is
falling sure and fast;
When the stars peep out like silver,
shot upon maze of blue,
Then it is my thoughts are turning
ever homeward and to you. r.
From the gray of early morning to the
dusk Of evenings rest, -a
We do our best at duty, for our duty
is our best;
But when the duty's over and there's
D. no more work to do
Then my thoughts are homework fleet
ing, mother dear, to far-off you.
Oh, the Joy and pride of soldering
looks we'll on painted boards,
Where the uniforms are laundered and
the hats have golden cords,
But on duty that's forgotten, when a
fellows feeling blue
And a'wishing he was going on the
home march back to you.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-08
THE BOY THAT WAS

When the hair about the temples
starts to show the signs of gray,
And a fellow realizes that he's wander.
ing far away. ~.
From the pleasures of his bOyhOod
and his youth and never more
Will know the joy Of laughter as he
did in days Of yore,
Oh, it's then he starts to thinking OF
stubby little lad
With a face as brown as berries and
a soul supremacy glad.
When gray-haired dreamer wanders
down the lanes of memory
And forgets the living present for the
time of "used-to-be;;".
He takes off his shoes and stockings,
and he throws his coat away,
And he's free from all restrictions,
save the rules of manly play.
He may be in battered garments, but
bare-headed in the sun
He forgets his proud successes and the
riches he has won.
Oh, there's not a man that liveth but
would give his all to be
Inc StuUDy llIClo AcAO" ludI III uIe0AA
land he can see,
And the splendors that surround him
and the joys about him spread
Only seems to rise to taunt him with
the boyhood that has fed. =
When the hair about the stemples
starts to show Times silver stain,
Then the richest man that's living
yearns to be a boy again.
Detroit Free Press.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-08

t
A big bonus is coming from the fed
eral government this year for good
roads, $10,0OO,O00. 1t will be increased
next year and further increased in sub.
seQuent years. North Dakota will
share in this good roads money, and
the results in the state will depend up.
on the cooperation Of the proper offi.
Gals and the right use of the fund.
1t is time the vast sums spent for road
work in North Dakota commence to
make a showing. Heretofore the road
work has been done and the road left
to take care of itself. We claim that
maintenance is just as important as
making a road, and only what roads
can be maintained should be built. It
may be a slower process, but what
roads we would have would be roads.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-08
WHEN LOANS MUST BE TAKEN

Nineteen farmers recently met to
form a national farm loan association.
No two of these persons had loans
falling due at the same time, yet all
desired to joinathe local, in order to Sc
cure loans when needed The farm
loan board has sent out information to
the effect that the farmer will be
granted as much as six months time
in which to file his loan application
after joining his local. North Dakota
Experiment Station.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-02-08

Valley City needs commercial activ-
ity. Not the go-as-you-please kind, but
hustling, bustling activity. To help
along big, active commercial club Is
an absolute necessity. 1t must soon
be decided whether this city is to be
kept up among the leaders in the state
or left to drift. The case has been
diagnosed and the remedy prescribed.
Why not have every business man
and woman acting as a committee OF
the whole to furnish the sinews to pro-
vide the prescription?