The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-08-09
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Commercial, Aug. 8. = Miss Anna
Peterson visited with friends in Val
ley City over Sunday.
The mother of Mrs. Hans Jensrud
arrived from the cities Tuesday for a
I, visit.
Mrs August Kunze is suffering from
an attack of inflammatory rheuma
tism.
! Carl Rasmussen is spending the
week on farm near Walum ASSISTING
F; in the harvest.
E. E. Keyes and son Ralph, attended
the fair at Fargo the latter part of last
week.
Mrs w. E. Osborne and Vera went
to Valley City Monday evening to con
suit with Doctor Pray.
Bert McInnes has been spending the
week on his farm north of town as
sisting in the harvesting of rye and
barley.
| Mr.. and Mrs. e. N. Mosher and Mr.
and Mrs. e. J. Mosher went to Fargo
Z, the latter part of last week to attend
1.-THE fair.
j Several farmers have been cutting
{ barley this week, and it is believed
!. that the harvest Of wheat will begin
, next week.
! E. McQuerry and family, accompan.
led by Mr.. and Mrs. G. o. Bruskrud
autOed to Spiritwood Lake Sunday to
tattend the Chautauqua.
! Miss Jennie McMullen left for her
home at Superior, Wis, on Monday
levening, after weeks visit at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Sorenson.
! A message was received from Ray.
mond Shearer Monday stating that he
was preparing to enter in the navy as
I a musician. Word has not been re.
ceived as to whether or not his appli-
cation was successful.
Ira T. Rankin, Of Upland, Ind, is
visiting at the home Of George Ecker
Mr.. Rankin is student in Taylor uni
versity, preparing for the ministry. He
occupied the pulpit at the Methodist
church Sunday morning.
! Mrs. Mary Mcbride, of Fargo, is Wis
iting at the home of Mrs. Chester
Wunderlich at Walum this week. Mrs.
Mcbride and Mrs. Wunderlich were
both former operators at the local tel
ephone Office.
The editor went to Crystal Springs
for few days visit last Saturday. He
returned on Wednesday, accompanied
by Mrs. Ratcliff and son, Glenn, who
had been visiting with relatives at that
place the past two weeks.
An eight pound boy was born to Mr.
and Mrs. VIM. Ermatinger at Bloom
er, Wis, on July 20. All concerned
are reported to be getting along nicely
Mrs. Ermatinger was formerly Miss
Susan Reyes of this place and Grand
pa and Grandma Reyes are all smiles
since receiving word of the event.
A heat record was established last
Saturday which will probably stand
for many years. Several thermome-
tiers in town went to no. While some
always know Of some other time that
was hotter, all the government wea-
ther stations in the state have given
out temperatures that broke records
for Is years or more, and in the case
as with Moorhead, Grand Forks and
Jamestown, the record for the time
since the stations were established
was reached. Jamestown showed the
highest official temperature Of North
Dakota, 112. At Fargo 100 was reach
ed and at Grand Forks 1G6. The ex-
IRENE heat was made almost unbear-
able by scorching wind from the
south, which blew all afternoon. It
was believed for a time that the crops
would be much damaged, but later
conclusion seems to be that the grain
had gained such strong foothold that,
with the light showers and the cooler
weather which followed Monday, little
damage was done.
Carl Schmidt came up from Valley
City Thursday on business matters.
DR.. c. S. Putnam was in town Mon
day between trains getting his music
collected, after having been with the
Second Regiment and on it's tour OF
the state and at Fargo through the
past week. Mr., Putnam left for Har-
vey Tuesday where he will have
charge of the band until the opening
of the Agricultural college sometime
in October.
A meeting to complete the organi-
zation of branch of the Red Cross
society in Darcy was held in Larson's
hall Wednesday evening and proved
to be a big success. ]. J. Farley and
Mrs. Nelson, of Valley City were th~