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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-01-17

Bismarck Palladium: The Peerless
Jazz Orchestra left Tuesday for a
three weeks tour of 500 line towns.
They will make the south line first,
and will return by way of Valley City,
Minot and towns on the north line.
The organization is as follows: Vio-
lin, Harry Budner; banjo, Chas. Oh
son; piano, Allan Granger; drums, Ed
Dalbec. :. Miss Mayme Brady has re-
turned from the south.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-01-17
;. G. BOUGHTON IN
MOORHEAD COMPANY

Moorhead News: The annual meet
ing of the stockholders of the Equity
Manufacturing and Supply company.
Moofhead was held at the Offices
Wednesday evening, and the follow
ing directors were elected: Major NJ.
r. Steele, T. G. Boughton, Geo. F.
Brown, NJ. W. Murphy, L. T. Thomp-
son, c. E. Remley, John LIGHTHOUSE,
Geo. M. Huffaker and Harry T. Alsop.
Major NJ. F. Steele was elected pres
ident; Z. G. Boughton, vice-president
and L. A. Thompson and Geo. F.
Brown were reelected as secretary
treasurer and general manager, re-
spectively.
The third Monday of each month
was chosen for the regular meeting
of the board.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-01-17

Those big maps are going to move
fast. If you are not satisfied that
it is the greatest map on the market
for 81 return it and let some one
have it who can appreciate bar
o,aiD
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-01-17
Cold in Dakota? Well lis
Only 20 Below in Sweden

Stockholm, Thursday, Jan. 10
UNPRECEDENTED temperatures for Swe-
den are reported at various places in
the north. Some of the lowest figures
are 7O.6 degrees below zero faren-
heit at Asele; 81 below at Soerfors
and 63.4 below at Hogdalsjoe.
While authorization has been re-
ceived for doubling the size ofthe
hospital weather conditions may hold
up construction until after Feb: Is.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-01-17
HORSES WANTED

want to buy horses t TO years
old, any color except white. Must be
sound. Weight from 100 up r.. e.
AcCready, Valley City ~i..:. awrf
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-01-17

Miss Alice Fisher, Of the Normal
Faculty, is spending her years leave
Of absence in California. Miss Fish
er. writes that she has attended a
splendid teachers institute and at
present is in Long Beach, taking a
: course in surgical dressings for the
Red Cress.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-01-17

See the new maps at this office.
The automobile roads for North and
South Dakota are shown, the battle
line on the western front, and every
important place in the world. Six
pages 28x36 and all for 81.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-01-17
Valley City Swamps
Jamestown in Opener

In a game marked by no spectacu-
lar playing Valley City defeated
Jamestown by score Of 43 to 6 on
their floor.
The game started fast, Jamestown
scoring the first point.
Valley City then strengthened and
rushed the ball through for two field
baskets. From that point on Valley
City was in no danger, the ball being
in Valley City territory all the time.
The defense worked perfect, break
ing play after play up and the for
wards were able to connect with the
basket, though many Of the shots
went wide.
Capt Cook at center was able to get
the tip off consistently and outplayed
his opponent at every stage Of the
game.
The line up was as follows:
Y. G. H. J. H. S.
Bowen. ...... .f.e..... Rathman
T. Anderson. 49,. .rf. ....... Thomas
Cook, Capt. ..... c.. Kaiser. Capt.
stenshoel. ...... lg. ....... Bennett
Busdicker. .rg.... E. Anderson
Field Goals: Cook 8, Bowen 7,
Stenshoel 2, I. Anderson 1, Personals
l, Rathman /, E. Anderson /.
Free Throws: Bowen 5 out Of 7
tries.
Rathman, out of 7 tries.
Substitution: Reed for E. Ander-
son; Personals for 7. Anderson, Mud
gett for Bowen.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-01-17

Times-Record want aus bring results
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-01-17

Times-Kecora want ads b-'ag result.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03

is knocked down. l try, but they hold my
feet over the fire until the very flesh cooks.
See for yourselves the burns on my feet
still
MY husband dies from the blow he
gets. for he is very old, over ninety. Just
then mon beau-ls sees revolver that
hangs by the side of the German officer,
and putting all his strength together he
leaps forward and grabs the revolver.
And there he shoots the off1cer-and my
poor little daughter-and then he says
goodbye and through the head sends a
bullet.
THE Germans did not touch me but
once after that. and then they knocked
me to the floor when they came after the
pig officer. By and by come you English.
and all is well for dear France once
more; but I am very desolate now. / am
alone, but for the petite-f file (granddaugh-
teri, but love the English, for they save
my home and my dear country"
l heard good many stories of this kind
of and on. but this particular one, l
think, brought home to me, at least, the
general beastiness of the Hun closer than
ever before. We all loved our little kiddie
very much, and when we saw the evil
dence of the terrible cruelties the poor
old woman had suffered we saw red. Most
of us cried little. l think that that one
story made each of us that heard it a
mean, vicious fighter for the rest of our
service. 1 know it did me.
One of the first things British soldier
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blue;
If she -. should prove tickle I don't know what
Molly. oh. my Molly. my love for you has grew.
When you are mine and l am thine,
My arms around your waist IN twine-
Molly, dear, thou art divine.
The appeal of this composition affected
the Observer greatly. For a moment
it seemed to him that he would be quite
overcome. His head swan and every
thing before his eyes appeared dark.
particularly when he saw the dozen or
more sheafs of poems and compositions
still in the ofring. He resolved to re-
sort to a desperate ruse. He sighed
and passed a hand over his brow.
whats the trouble?" inquired the
visitors in a chorus.
The Observer was silent for a mo-
ment Then he sighed again-about a
twenty-ons foot sigh. a la Mary Pick
ford probably. It aroused great in
terest. The young writer's crowded
closely about him.
"Once-." he said. slowly.
YES, yes" chorused his visitors.
"Once had girl named Molly" he
continued. "Oh. friends. friends. it is
all too sad The poem brings back
tender memories. 1t is more than I
can stand
The writer's withdrew at a respectful
distance for a moment and then one of
them said:
1--WE are so sorry. Is there anything
we can do oryou?
"No. No" the Observer moaned.
"Only leave me alone, leave me alone"
They whispered for another minute
and then one of them asked II the I'M
read manuscripts might be left for
reading. The Observer said they might.
<laI
promise that they would be read.
when may we come again." asked
one of the holder writer's.
"BIub. blub. blub. blub, blub." the OBJ
server gurgled. burying his head in his
arms.
"All right. next Monday night" the
leader said. and the party withdrew.
On the following morning the OBJ
server carefully returned the manu-
scripts by mail and moved far, far
away from the blonde with the literary
friends. He also is raising a mustache
as a camouf1age.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03

gets out in the open somewhere so as not
to shed his little companions indoors
there's always enough there anyhow-and
he peels. Then he Systematically runs
down each seam-the cootie's favor1te
hiding place-catches the game and ends
his career.
For some obscure psychological reason
Tommy seems to like company on one OF
these hunts. Perhaps it is because misery
loves company, or it may be that he likes
to compare notes on the catch. Anyhow,
it is a common thing 20 see from dozen
to twenty soldiers with their shirts OH
hunting coolies.
X
Hi sye. AIRY" you'll hear some
one sing out Look ere. Strike me
bloomin' well pink but this one 'ere's got
black stripe along lis back"
Or, IF this don't look like the one
showed We fore we went into the
blinkin' line Ovid e git loose?'
And then, as likely as not little
farther away, behind the officers quar-
tiers, you'll hear one say:
II say, old chap. it's deucedly peculiar
I should have SO many of the beastiy
things after putting on the Harrison's
mothaw sent in the lawst parcel
The cooty isn't at all fastidious. He
will bite the British aristocrat as soon
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for coolies" are just that. They give
'em an appetite.
And that brings US around to the sub
ject of grub. Food is a burning issue
in the lives of all of US. 1t is the main
consideration with the soldier. His life
is simplified to two principal motives,
l. e., keeping alive himself and killing
the other fellow. The question upper.
most in his mind every time and all OF
the time is, when do we eat?"
In the trenches the backbone of Tom
my's dfet is bully beef. Maconochle's ra-
ton, cheese, bread or biscuit, jam and
tea He may get some of this hot or
he may eat it from the tin, all depend
ing upon how badly Fritz is behaving.
In the billets the diet is more varied
Here he gets some fresh meat. lots OF
bacon and the bully and the Machon-
ochies come along in the form of stew.
Also there is fresh bread and some
dried fruit and certain amount OF
sweet stuff.
1t was this matter of grub that made
my life a burden in the billets at Pc
tite-Saens I had been rather proud
of being lance corporal. 1t was. to me,
the first step along the road to being
field marshal. I found, however, that
a corporal is high enough to take re-
sponsibility and to get bawled out 1or
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$3.50. in addition to the pay Of a nurse: nurses
$3.50 for the first period Of three years. service.
ice. $500 for the third period Of three years
service, $500 for the fourth period of three
years service and 81 ,020 after twelve years
service in said corps uncluding in all cases
when upon active duty will receive the same pay
muses. who have served in the corps for
active service and all members Of said corps. in
addition to the foregoing, the sum OF SO 4
month when serving beyond the continental
limits Of the United States Excepting Porto
Rico and HawaiD.
That members Of said Nurse Corps who shall
have had active service therein of twenty years
Of service as contract nurse) shall. upon appii-
cation therefor to the Secretary Of War, be
placed upon "a retired list and shall thereafter
receive 70 per centum of the pay. exclusive of
time they became entitled to retirement a.
Aforesaid
Nurses travelling under orders are en-
titled at public expense to their own
transportation and to travelling allow
ances and transportation OF baggage.
These allowances include quarters, sub
sistence and expenses while travelling.
A leave of absence with pay for thirty
days is allowed for each year Of serv-
ice This leave may accumulate for
four years if the nurse so desires.
Miss Thompson called attention to the
fact that members Of the Army Nurse
Corps also come under the provision
of the compensation insurance and
compensation act recently passed by
Congress. Under this provision. in case
of total disability nurse is given $50 a
allowance may be augmented by the
nurse in accordance with the amount of
insurance she desires to take out.
A nurse at the age OF thirty would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03

learns is to keep himself clean. He can't
do it. and he's as filthy as a pig all the
time he is in the trenches, but he tries:
He is always shaving, even under fire. and
show him running water and he goes to 1t
like a duck.
More than once I have shaved in a
periscope mirror pegged into the side Of
a trench with the bullets swapping over
head, and rubbed my face with wet tea
leaves afterward to freshen up.
Back in billets the very first thing that
comes on is the big cleanup. Uniforms
are brushed up and equipment put in
order. Then comes the bath, the most
thorough possible under the conditions:
After that comes the -'cooty carnival"
better known as the shirt hunt" The
"cooty" is the common body louise, and
he is the soldiers worst enemy. He's
worse than the Hun. You can't get rid OF
him wherever you are. in the trenches or
in billets, and he sticks closer than
brother. The cooty is a good deal of an
acrobat. His policy of attack is to hang
on to the shirt and to nibble at the occu-
pant Pull off the shirt and he comes
with it, Hence the shirt hunt Tommy
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Skilled Women Needed as Nurses the United States Army

E1HE United States War Depart
ment desires the young women
of the country to realize that
4 it requires their services as
trained nurses for the men who have
become sick in the camps at home or
have been wounded on the field Of
battle. The country also calls upon its
girls and young women to take the
necessary training so that they may
relieve the nurse shortage for work at
home caused by the response to the
call to duty by those already trained
and fit for service with the Army and
Navy and special war relief work at
home and abroad.
The War Department has now ap-
proximately 5000 trained woman war
nurses on duty. Something over
1000 fthese are in service abroad
and nearly 5000 are serving in the
camps and cantonments at home.
Should the war continue the military
service will require between 10000 and
10000 nurses for the work of its camps,
environments and general hospitals at
home and for the service in Europe.
Il
These facts and figures were given
out a few days ago by Miss Dora E.
Nurse Corps of the War Department.
Asked what the response had been to
the general call which had been made
by the department, Miss Thompson
stated that applicants were responding
very satisfactorily. but that it is de-
sired to keep the supply always ahead
of the demand, SO that the call is still
extended to the trained nurses of the
country to offer their services for war
work and to the girls and young wom-
en- considering vocation to realize
that they can render no higher service
to their nation than by responding to
nursing and to train for that service:
No unframed nurses can be utilized
either at home or abroad.
Il woud emphasize the fact that only
graduate nurses are eligible for mill
tary service either at home or abroad"
said Miss Thompson, land the nurses
must be physically At for the work for
which they are called. One of our
present efforts is being directed to the
building up of reserve force of nurses
which can be kept ready for call at any
moment This force is being stationed
at the general hospital at Lakewood,
N. J., known as General Hospital No.
9. There are duties there for the nurses
to perform, so that their time of wait
ing is made of use, but the service is
of such nature that it may be left
at the moment of call We want to
have that force fully established as
soon as possible, SO that when the call
comes for one nurse or for hundred
they may be supplied at short notice.
Applicants for appointment to serv-
ice in the Army Nursing Corps must be
forty-five. For the period Of the war
emergency the applications of all grad
uate nurses who are professionally,
physically and morally qualified for
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have to pay SO cents for each $1,000
dollars worth of insurance. This
amount is slightly increased each year
according to age. This would provide
an inome of $5.75 a month for each
$1,000 to herself in case of disability.
or to certain relatives who come within
the prescribed class OF benefciaries. In
surance is payable only to a husband
child. grandchild. parent. brother or
sister OF the injured or to herself
Miss Thompson stated the duties OF
army nurses to be of such a character
as are usually performed by trained
eral character. So far as practicable
their hours of duty will not exceed
eight hours a day. and they will not be
required. except under the stress OF
month in three on night duty.
Contrary to the general opinion, the
United States Army Nurse Corps IL by
no means a new institution, but dates
back to the Spanish-American war.
when it was established and did VAL
liable service. Last April there were
373 woman Army nurses on actual duty
and that small body is now being rap-
idly augmented to war strength.
Miss Thompson has served in the
Army Nurse Corps for sixteen year,
receiving promotion from nurse to chief
nurse and then to superintendent in the
line of duty. She is a graduate Of the
New York Training School for Nurses
which is situated on Blackwells Island
She was chief nurse at the Army gem
eral hospital at San Francisco at the
time Of the earthquake and nre. ana
was chief nurse at the Department Hos
pital at Manila, P. ]. Her service has
carried her to all parts Of the world: y
Patriotic devotion runs high In the
profession" said Miss Thompson. we
have letters from nurses in all parts OF
the country declaring their intention ana
willingness to serve in the Army. But
these women do not as yet realize fuiiy
time. We are, therefore. urgently re-
questing that nurses who have deter
mined to take up war service no longer
postpone making application. but ap-
ply at once with the idea OF immedieto
assignment. Any nurse who is Qualf-
fed for service no matter where she
may be In this country. should not nos
itate to make her application imme-
diately, for her services are greately
needed by her country"
Of the older nurses, Miss ThompsQn z
cited the case OF q woman OF over eighty
years. Of age who had seen Army eery-
ice in the civil war and did private
nursing for soldiers returned from the
Cuban campaign of the Spanish Amer1- 8
can war; She Is still in excellent healths
and made recent application AZ the
Washington headquarters OF the Army
Nursing Corps for enrolment fn~1t1
service and protested vehemen9y
gible. She said she had three grand
sons in the Army and declared that she
would yet md ~sAme boy who nee19
me-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03
Real German ChivaIry.

ssN ERMANY'S treatment of Austria"
VI said Representative H m p t o n
Moore. reminds me of Cornelius Husk.
'Corn and Mrs. Husk came to town one
day. and at noon sought out-an eating
house..
Bring up Corn said to the waiter.
two plates Of roast beef and potatoes.
..Tm gosh-hang sorry, Corn, old man.
said the waiter. but on account of this
here food shortage we amt only got but
one plate of beef and potatoes left.
"'Gosh all Christmas!' said Corn, with
an embarrassed laugh. What on earth
Is nay wife to do for her dinner"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03

as anybody else. He. finds his way
into all branches of the service, and
I have even. seen a dignified colonel
wiggle his shoulders anxiously.
Some of the cooty stories have be-
come classical. Like this one, which
was told from the North sea to the
Swiss border. It might have happened
at that.
A soldier was going over the top
when one Of his cooty friends bit him
on the calf. The soldier reached down
and captured the bitter. Just as he
stopped a shell whizzed over where his
head would have been il he had not
gone after the cooty. Holding the
captive between thumb and finger, he
said:
odd Teller, I cawn't give yer the
Victoria cross-but I can put yer
back"
And he did.
The worst thing about the cooty is
that there is no remedy for him. The
shirt hunt is the only effective way for
the soldier to get rid of his bosom
friends. The various dopes and pat
ent preparations guaranteed as good
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-03

and was. therefore, the dean of the
club. This is the best reason for that:
oh. spring is here and everywhere the brides
Hit about the air,
And Elacs blossom all around, and angle worms
in the ground;
Ny heart is light rs bakers Loaf Of all the
gjrls -.e you most.
Can you tell me why the publishers
won't take my stuff he asked
II can't" the Observer replied. cit
must be plain prejudice
There, there cried the author. joy
ously, what did tell you, mates?"
He folded back his hair and sat down.
A second and huskier person stepped
into his place. He looked SO strong
that the Observer was moved to ask
him what-led him to write.
II amt what you call strong in the
back" he said. "snd I hear that writin'
ain't SO hard on the back as some other
things"
mo. that's true" the Observer was
forced to admit. but it is rather diff
cult on the muscles of the head"
"Well,S the author admitted. Il don't
mind exercising them a little bit. They
amt had much use lately, seeing as
I'VE been workin' in a brickyard."
Then he unrolled his sheaf of manu-
script, but as he did 1t he yawned.
simultaneously a happy thought came
to him.
III you don't mind" he said. It'll just
let you glance over my piece. 1t
fatigues me to read aloud"
The Observer thought that capital
idea. and this is what hit him squarely
in the face:
Ny heart is light. my hope ia bright.
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anything that goes wrong. He's not
high enough to command any consider
alton from those higher up, and he is
so close to the men that they take out
their grievances on him as a matter OF
course. He is neither fish, flesh nor
fowl, and his life is a burden.
I had the job of issuing the rations
of our platoon, and it nearly drove me
mad. Every morning I would detail
couple of men from our platoon to be
standing mess orderlies for the day.
They would fetch the char and bacon
froR the field kitchen in the morning
and clean up the dixies after breakfast.
The dixie, by the way, is an iron box
or pot. oblong in shape. capacity about
four or five gallons. 1t fits into the
field kitchen and is used for roasts.
stews, char or anything else. The cover
serves to cook bacon in.
Field kitchens. are drawn by horses
and follow the battalion everywhere
that it is safe to go, and to some places
where it isn't. Two men are detailed
from each company to cook, and there
is usually another man who gets the
sergeants' mess, besides the officers