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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-02-07
Government Orders Two
Ounce Bread Ration

Washington, Feb. 5.-A two ounce
bread ration was ordered by the
food administration today for pa
irons Of hotels, restaurants and
dining cars. This allowance is about
that now observed in England.
kilograms went out today to the
food administrations hotel represent
tatives in every state designating the
new ration. Not more than two
ounces Of wheat bread may be served
to any one at any one meal except
that when rolls or bread made from
corn, oatmeal or bran are served and
when only one kind other than wheat
bread is ordered a portion may con-
sist of four ounces. Rolls may not
weigh more than one ounce each.
Public eating places are now
licensed under the new bread regula-
lions and the bread ration rule is
issued under this authority. Hotel
representatives have been instructed
to see that immediate observance is
given in hotels for Monday and
Wednesday as wheatless days, Tues
day as meatless day, Saturday as a
porkless day and that there is one
wheatless meal and one meatless
meal every day.
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GETCHELL PRAIRIE
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Feb. 6.-Mr. and Mrs. Levi Getchell
and Mr.. and Mrs. Savaides were
guests at Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Rogers
for dinner Wednesday.
Elmer Wicks, who is advertising
the Champion Silo, spent Thursday
night at j. H. Whitcher's.
Edna Whitcher spent Sunday at
home. 49,.
A number of our young people
spent very enjoyable evening at Mr..
Lloyd SIMPSONS Saturday.
Mr.. Geselius, Of Valley City, spent
Monday and Tuesday at J. H. Witch
ers, repairing the lighting system.
VIM. Young and son, Henry, spent
the week in Bismarck on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Harper, Rather
inc Wiebe, Ed Harris and Emil Ros-
entreter, spent Saturday evening at
VIM. Martins.
Chas., VIM. and Gussie White,
Kathrine Wiebe and Mr.. Spencer took
in the basketball game at Noltimier
Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Getchell and
family were guests at J. H. Witch
er's for dinner Sunday.
Mrs. Ed Eolcomb returned home
from Valley City Saturday,.
Ida Holcomb, who has been i'll sew
eral days is much better.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-02-07
Letter From Over There
Litchville Bulletin:

Lltchvllle Bulletin:
January 5, 1918.
My Dear Mother: AS this is Sat.
urday afternoon, and I did not 20 out
to drill, I. am @oing to devote my en-
tire time in writing and washing ur
my clothes. We surely have some
good times here in our little home
but have not been out of the camp
limits since we arrived, so you see ]
have been a pretty good boy since
left home.
This is surely some beautiful coun-
try, and the climate surely is fine
one. When l return home l will be
so fat that you folks will have to
come up to the train to carry me home
as will be too fat to walk.
Mother, surely did enjoy the trip
across the ocean, and I didn't get a
bit sea sick. We had a good time up
on the deck every day watching the
ocean waves, and we couldn't see
anything but water, which was some
thing very new to me.
I surely do like it here, the only
thing hate is that we can't get any
American tobacco or cigarettes and
some of the boys are very near wild,
but manage to get along with this
English tobacco, rather cigarettes.
Will close now, mother, with love
to you all. Your son,
Guy.
Corp. G.. A. Petersen,
Co. G., 164th US. Init.
American Expeditionary Force.
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John |. Sullivan
Takes Final Count

$. Washington, Feb. 2.-John L. Sui
Mvan, one of the most interesting
agures of pr.ze-zing renown, died sud
denly of heart disease at his farm IN
West Abingdon today. AS was his
wish he died with his shoes on. Al
slough stricken with heart trouble
three weeks ago, he had quickly i'm
proved and was in no sense an inval-
id. He was about to leave his house
today to pay visit to Boston to see
his old friend, Captain James P. Sui
hvan, OF the Boston police depart
ment, when he received his final
Knockout.
Ills friend and companion, George
N. Bush, rushed to his side as the
old gladiator sank to the floor uncon.
scious. and revived him with cold
water applications to the head John
L." responded quickly to the treat
ment, as in his palmy days in the
prize ring, struggled to his feet and
refused to take the decision of time
He consented to have a physician cal
led, but after receiving medical at
tention announced that he would
have a bath and keep and appoint
ment. Even as he announced his De
sIsion he became unconscious and
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Tribune, Feb. 1.-Edd Onstad left
yesterday afternoon for brief bust
ness visit at Fargo. IF
Nick Stoutland and John Koloen
left Wednesday afternoon for few
days visit at Fargo.
Edwin Wilberg left yesterday after
noon for few days visit at Fargo.
M. H. Wilberg left yesterday after
noon for Fargo Mr.. Wilberg expects
to drive back in car which he pur-
chased at that place.
Mr.. and Mrs. K. A. Mikkelson have
arrived from Nisswa, Mimi, where
they have made their home for the
past few years, Mr.. Mikkelson coming
the latter part of last week and Mrs.
Mikkelson arriving Tuesday noon.
They have purchased the Nick Stout
land home where they will reside.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mikkelson have a large
circle of friends here who welcome
with pleasure their return to this COM
munity.
The NJ. w. A. donated $500 to the
Red Cross last Friday evening.
Henry A. Wilberg left Monday af-
ternoon for Fargo where he is look
ing after business matters.
Martin Larson returned from BIS
marck yesterday afternoon, after
spending the past week attending the
legislature. He reports lively ses-
sion.
Mrs. A. o. Eye left yesterday af-
ternoon to join Mr.. Rye, who is cash
Ter of the State Bank at MELVILLE, N
D., position which he accepted a
short while ago.
The M. w. A. basket social and
dance held last Friday evening prov.
ed to be one of the biggest affairs
that has been held here this winter.
A large crowd was in attendance and
everyone report a most enjoyable ev-
ening. >
The basket ball game of Tuesday
evening between Raritan and the To-
cal team resulted in a defeat for the
locals with score of Z to Is The
visitors seemed to have the best Of
the game from the beginning to the
end although the locals made them
work for the scores that they obtain.
ed,
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Bismarck, Jan. 3O.-'"That's none
Of your damn business; that's my bus
iaess," was President A. C. Townley's
emphatic response to questions re-
aating to the disposition of the vast
surplus being piled up by The Con-
sinners United Store company, The
National Nonpartisan League Store
company, in its campaign to doml-
mate the retail business in North Da-
kota, when he met the directors OF the
North Dakota Farmers Uuldn, IN
local hotel room Monday night and
early Tuesday morning.
'1lhat't none of your damn bust
negs; that's my business" Townley's
response, was given when he failed
to parry questions on that vital point
hy telling funny stories.
What protection have the farmers
get if the stores 60 bankrupt" one
Farmers Union man asked.
<SI've got enough money to protect
the stores. Nobody will lose
nickel" responded Townley.
Additional details concerning the
all night conference Monday and
Tuesday morning are slowly coming
to the surface.
That Mr.. Townley planned to talk
them to DEATH" is the opinion of the
Farmers Union men, who chung abb
zoIutely to their purpose of getting
from Townley statement of the
store plan, but which he absolutely
refused.
Farmers Union men had the task
Of Kidding the conference of league
supporters who had been brought in
to the meeting to outvote and out
shout union men, just as they outvot-
cd and outshouted the Society of
Equity men when Townley event to
shat" last year with M. P. Johnson
and other league men in conference at
Fargo
This time Townley had the assist
ance of Governor Frazier, who was
one of the cheer leaders.
Townley had several times been
asked what was done with the store
chain surplus money. Once he re-
sponded to that question by telling
funny story, and Governor Frazier
and other league men, most of them
Legislators, cheered and applauded
gociferously. ~~>
Ar all-day session of he directors
of the Farmers Union of North Da->
kota followed the conference.
The Farmers Union board prepar-
I'd set Of resolutions setting forth in
detail the basis for it's objections to
Tow1Iey's store plan. A copy of the
resolutions, together with copies of
the famous buyers certificate" con-
tract, will go to every member of
zixty local units that make up the
Farmers Union.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-02-07
Commercial Club Annual
Meeting Tuesday Evening

Last evening at the Commercial
club rooms the annual meeting of the
club was held. Secretary Moe report
ed that IS members had responded
to his call for annual dues, such be-
ing RENTED before the meeting,
which speaks well for the interest
being taken in the organization by the
business men of the city. The sec
rotary predicts that the membership
VIII reach at least $50 for 1918. Sev-
eral bills were allowed and other mat
ters taken up after which the election
of directors for the ensuing year was
taken up. The election resulted as
follows: C. C. Chaffee, C. ]. Olson,
John D. Gray, l. J. Moe, w. D. Jeffrey,
Herman Stern, Rev. w. C.. Lyon, C. E,
Hamilton, F. E. Ployhar, H. E. Tay.
Tor, DR.. E. A. Pray, DR.. F. L. Wicks
j. Fl. S. Thompson, A.. S. Sigurdson
o. H. Aldahl.
The board of directors will meet in
regular session this evening to elect
their officers for the year. Secretary
| Moe recommended the naming Of {;
| finance committee which will be TAX
en- up this evening with general out
line for the work for 1918. The spirit
of the meeting seemed to be, "every
body push" all for a greater Valley
CITY.
The following is list of the mer
who are wiling to wait on you and re
ceive Your money for your member
ship dues. Every member of the clul
for 1918 is a committee of one or
membership and will be on the look
out for new members Come and BIZ
one of us.
Oscar Dahl, W. T. Craswell, jacob
! Faust, Rev. Lyon, C. A. label, E. H
Swanson, H. c.. Aamoth, C. E Sp;cer
! HermanWinterer, John Tracy, J. E
Jones T. Melvin Lee, John D. Gray, +
G. Arnsdorf, James Grady, H. E. Tay
lor, F. G. Chambard. Henry E Mel
son, DIR. E. A. Pray, F. E. Ployhar
Jas. w. Nelson, H. H. Kniprath, R
E. Skonnard, c. e. Hamilton, w w
Smith, NJ. J. Boyd, N A. Johnson, N
l.. Smith, V. c. Grocery, l. S. Ward
DR.. w. N Palmer, Chas. G. Lund, C
A. Olson, Floyd T. Goodier, Ernes
Liljeholm, G. w. Hanna; F. L. Wicks
J. H. S. Thompson, L. G Moultrie, o
H. Aldahl, D.. w. Clark, H. A. OILS
berg, C. A. Carpenter Lbr. Co., E F
Wyttenbach, X. S. Schmidt, R. M
Stee. V. C. Courier, c. E. Greenwood
| A. S. S,gurdson, Emil Feldmann. w
j. Curren, Geo. A. Mcfarland, F. w
Heidel, Carl J Olson, Frank Bailey
W. D. Jeffrey, C. C. Chaffee, C. M
McGillivray.
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SHEYENNE VALLEY

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Feb. 3D., B. Hanson was a bust
ness visitor at Kathryn last Monday
forenoon. Z
John F. Henrikson was a visitor
with Conrad jacobson and Andrew
Lund last Sunday afternoon.
Anton Sebby was busy last We'd.
nesday afternoon hauling home corn.
Last Sunday was Mrs. L. B. Han
sons birthday.
Don't plant seed grain that is in
oculated with smut. Grains are high
priced but smut is still worthless
it is not only worthless but deterio-.
ates the grain it grows in and makes
it sell for less money. Use for
maldehyde or anything else that you
prefer, but don't plant smutty seed.
Albert Westby was business Wis
itor in Valley City one day last week.
L. B. Hanson was a visitor with
James G. Thoreson last Tuesday aft
ernoon. ~.~.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Froystad were
eastbound passengers a few weeks
ago. 4
Among those who were Kathryn
shoppers last Thursday from this
neighborhood were James G.. Thorea
son, Carl Henrikson. Peter Gregerson,
Anton Opperud and Ole Stevens and
son, Peter. sa
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Enock Rode
land baby boy last Wednesday eve
ming.
Mrs. L. B. Hanson who has been
suffering for sometime with infamma-
tory rheumatism was taken to Fargo
last Wednesday. She was accompan-
led by Mr.. L. B. Hanson and Mrs.
James G. Thoreson and they returned
last Friday afternoon.
Conrad jacobson was in Kathryn
last Saturday afternoon after a load
of coal.
Gust Collins and liver Rudd were
Valley City business visitors last
Saturday.
Martin Langestad was James,
town visitor one day last week.
MIR. and Mrs. James G. Thoreson
were Valley City shoppers last Sat-
urday.
John F. Henrikson was visitor at
Ed. Kvilvang's home last Tuesday
forenoon.
Anders Opsahl did some shopping
at Kathryn las Saturday.
Ole P. Olstad helped Edwin Maasio
one day last week hauling home
straw.
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Wilton Man Killed
In Action in France

Washington, Feb. 5.-Private Lewis
Ousley, infantry, was reported today
by General Pershing as killed in &C.
ton on February 2. His home ad-
dress is Wilton, N. D.
Private Joe Matthews, sister, Mrs.
John r. Falconer, Bismarck, N. D.,
was slightly wounded the same day.
Wilton, N. D., Feb. 5.-Private
Louis Ousley was a son of A. B. Gus
ley, well known Mclean county form
er, residing about eight miles north
Of Wilton. He was member of
Company A Of Bismarck, in which he
enlisted with his brother, Lawrence
Ousley, last summer, spending sew
eral months at Fort Lincoln under
command of Captain Jack w. Muir
ply.
Announcement Of this first casualty
in the ranks Of Company A of the
fighting first is the first intimation
received here that Bismarck's pioneer
national guard company already is in
the trenches. It became known that
the fighting first crossed the English
channel about a month ago, but it
vas not anticipated the guardsmen
would see active service so early.
North Dakota men, since the lat
ter part of last week have been
figuring in the casualty lists sent tc
America by General Pershing.
Saturday night three North Dakota
men were reported wounded, while
today the casualty lists carry one
North Dakota man killed, and one
wounded.
Private Joe Matthews, listed today
as slightly wounded, is brother o.
Mrs. John R. Falconer, of Bismarck
wife of the former deputy stat
treasurer of North Dakota.
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lsNone Of Your Damn Bushes"
I Townley Tells Farmers Union

died apparently without further pain
The body will be taken to his sis
ter's home in Boston.
Sullivan in his time was popular
idol and he never entirely lost his
hold on the public. This was due
not only to the success of his prize
fighting days, but to his rugged bat
tie later against his old easy-going
habits.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-20
STYLES co BACK
TO EARLY DATES
France Takes Over a Fashion In
spiration From English
m History.
SUIT FROM CR0MWELL'S RULE
Coat and Stuart Collars Returned to
Favor and Henry II Straight Loose
Gown With Loose Cord Cir
E.s ..lz die Is Worn.

New York.-It is a long cry from
Henry II to Cromwell, but fashion
jumps that length in seven-leagued
boots and regards it as trifle. Fash
ion, indeed, asserts fashion critic,
places the two periods Of the worlds
history together without apology. She
takes a bit from one and slice from
the other, and calls it frock.
) History has been ransacked for three
years for Inspiration, strange to re-
cord, when one realizes that a few
decades from now fashion will proba-
bly, start in to register the impress
sions of these days, and throughout
all the ages to come, if there are such
things as fashions for women, those
who build them will go to this era of
world-war as an aid to jaded brains.
Possibly Napoleon was sufficiently an
egotist to foresee that the period he
created in the worlds progress would
last the fashion designers at least an
hundred years, as 1t has done, but he
might have been startled at the fact
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-20
EASY TO DARKEN
YOUR GRAY HAIR
You Can Bring Back Color and
Lustre With Sage Tea
and Sulphur.

When you darken your hair with
Sage Tea and Sulphur, no one can
tell, because it's done so naturally,
50 evenly. Preparing this mixture,
though, at home is mussy and trou-
blesome. For SO cents you can buy
at any drug store the ready-to-use
preparation, improved by the addition
Of other ingredients, called "Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Compound" You
just, dampen a sponge or soft brush
with it and draw this through your
hair, taking one. small strand at a
time. BY morning all gray hair dis
appears, and, after an other applica-
tion or two, your hair becomes beau
tifully darkened, glossy and lux
uriant. 800.
Gray, faded hair, though no dis
grace, is sign of old age, and as
we all desire youthful and attrac-
tive appearance, get busy at once
with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound and look years younger. This
ready-to-use preparation is a delight
full toilet requisite and not medi-
cine. 1t is not intended for the cure,
mitigation or prevention of disease.
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Gown Of sweet-gum eoIored veiours
showing the square contour for
which fashion is headed. The back
of the skirt is plated, the front
plain. Under the square bodice
there Is sash Of indian-red crepe.
the contour of the figure. It is get
ting square. If 1t succeeds there is
another blue ribbon of victory to the
house Of Cabot who moves along q
mysterious way toward changing the
fashion of the civilized world.
When Callot sent to this country
those primitive garments without belt,
or curve, cut straight from two pieces
Of cloth, or so it appeared, and sewed
up at each side, women simply uttered
an emphatic negative and passed them
by. Ever that little group of extrem.
lists which can be depended on to try
out everything once, at least, were too
doubtful of the experiment to put
money in II. And yet here it is creep.
ing in among all the best gowns from
important houses and promised as the
ruling contour for spring.
Copyright, 1918, by Mcclure NeWspspar
Stndicatel
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Street suit taken from cromweIPs rule
!. In Britain. 1t is of dark-bIue cloth
with two rows of tiny silver buttons
down the front, battIemented hem,
and wide linen collars and cuffs.
that, in a tremendous time like this,
which makes his mighty battles puny
events, we should 60 on playing varia-
tons on the theme Of clothes which he
brought about through his Marian ad-
ventures in other lands than his own.
None of the designers have gotten
very far away from the Napoleonic
era, and their apology Is that inspira.
ton was drawn from every source dur
Ing the reign of this one man, and that
1t would be difficult to find something
which had been omitted. Very true.
We Turn to England.
There was once time, in the be-
ginning of the Consulate, when fash
lon In Paris was turned toward the
ancient enemy across the channel and
borrowed ideas for dress. This was
done in spirit Of perversity by GER
tain sections Of society; but the Paris
designers now turn there in O differ
ent spirit-one Of intense gratitude
and friendliness, and instead of look
ing among present fashions for inspira-
ton, knowing full well by practical
evidence that they are Partisan, she
has gone back to British history.
Later she may remember Mesopotamia
and Palestine, and linking them to
Allenby and Marshall, swirl back to
Holy Land costumery.
At the moment she is interested in
eras of which she has thought little
and cared less. 1t seems q strange
thing that the temperamental design
ers of Paris, ON whom the world de-
ponds for the movement Of the season
In clothes, should revive the fashions
Of Cromwell. Curious juxtaposition Of
ideas. None has ever arisen In French
history who could be likened to this
Puritan, and we may find the reason
for this singular recrudescence in the
pleasant fact that Cromwell was sand
WICKED between two Charleses whose
frivolity is historically foreign to Paris.
The Cromwellian inspiration is new !;
the revival of those fashions which
were adopted before the word had
any significance when Henry I. was
king of England. In looking over a
book Of old costumery the similarity
shown between the frocks Of then and
and is startling. And this is all the fur.
ther we have gone in dress, is the ex-
esIorpaffnr hot
Those were severe fashions when
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Cromwell interrupted the pleasure-lov-
ing stuarts. Some one has said that
when Charles II came to the throne
England with a sigh of relief laid
aside her hair shirt to show that she
wore silk one beneath.
Just recently there has appeared sew
eral sorts with battlemented hens,
a strange sign of those times, and a
double row of buttons on each side Of
q long straight front opening. The
wide linen collar and cuffs are added,
and one sees that it is a new fashion.
Not so new, but equally Cromwell
ian, is the sleeveless blouse. or short
tunic that our shops sell as casually
as they once did the American shirt
waist. These, also, were battlemented
at the hem, while ours are not, but
they also showed the full sleeves of
the shirt beneath. In those days the
man chose the undershirt in broad
yellow and red-barred stripes.
AS we wear this other coat, the bat
tlemented one with long sleeves, fas-
tened at the neck, but not below, the
effect is good. 1t provides variant
from the accepted styles of jackets. 1t
Is beltless, which is fashion the
French designers are striving hard to
establish. The slim lines of this coat
keep the widths from awkwardness
and the small armholes aid the clean
cut look.
Sinuous Hips OF the Orient.
1t may be happy fact one that
gives cause for rejoicing that design
ers have no objection to punching"
the countries when it comes to fash
ions. To put the oriental hip drapery
alongside the coat of Cromwell and
the chemise Of Adele of Lauvain is
legitimate business.
All's we'll that once looked well,
might be their motto and they 60 on
making sartorial Tower of Babel, for
If costume could speak, this is what
would happen in any representative
gathering. The Orient is always too
seductive, too easy of imitation, to
escape constant usage; there may
have been periods in social history
when it would not have been posi-
bic to persuade well-placed women to
appear in the clothes of the Temple
girls and those of the Bazaars, but we
don't happen to belong to one Of them.
We have stopped at some things in
the last six years, but we have gone
far, very far.
Sedateness has entered into costum-
cry during the last two years, but now
we may see return to license in CO.'S
tumery that may make pre-war fash
ions appear anemic. Let us hope that
joy won't be too unconfined.
IF there is a pleasing sedateness
with freedom from occurrences and
ORA bness, then we will see good cos
tunes. Already there is a gracious
way Of employing orientalism which
cannot be objected to by conserva-
tives, even in the hip drapery whose
swathings are the sign and symbol Of
the Eastern dancers.
There is a tendency to combine COL
ored satin with black thread lace in
the oriental frOcks, which takes away
the suggestion of the East except in
the swirl Of fabric that goes about the
hips.
,. The Square Figure. -
These are minor changes, however
important they may be to the mass of
women who have no intention =, of
swinging their clothes into every pro-
cession that passes, in comparison to
the subtle transformation going on in
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DEFINING THE AGONY.

Chow does it feel to be gassed?"
--"Why, haven't you ever had to
listen to a long-winded bore who
wouldn't let anybody else get in a
word edgeways''
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She sat beneath the mistletoe
Without the slightest fear;
She felt no wild, glad tremor, though
She knew he fingered near;
She sat there calm and unafrat6.
And sleepily he yawned, for they'd
Bean married for a YaArN -.