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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-02
ASKS GRANT TO LADY MAUDE.
King George Urges Gift Of S125,OOO
to Widow of General

Correspondence Associated Press,
London. March 18.-There was
stir in the house of commons the
other day when the prime minister.
David Lloyd George, suddenly ap-
peared on the floor just before the
close with an important-looking doc
ument in his hand. Instantly men,
bers began to speculate as to what
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-02
Stop Paving RuSsion Coupon

Stop Paying RuSSion Coupons.
The British government announc-
es that after April l it will not pro-
vide funds to meet coupons on Rus
sian Government bonds.
The Russian revolutionary gov
eminent having declined to meet the
payments. the British government,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-02
Use DR.. Hands
Teething Lotion

And have baby that
Does not slobber
Does not fuss
Does not cry often
Eats well and sleeps well
Most of these troubles come
from the pain of cutting teeth.
Apply DR.. Hands Teething
Lotion to the gums with your
finger. Rub it on frequently; if
baby swallows some, it is all
right.
1t reduces the swelling, sof-
tens the gums, eases the pain
and baby likes it.
This is a scientific lotion, pre-
pared by a famous baby special
list, and every mother should
know of and use DR.. Hands
Teething Lotion. 1t only costs
Is cents at your druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-02

un capable OF nur.,is suehs from u
is no record of a practical test by the
government.
1t is thought the Germans may be
using a gun fthis type in Smelling
Paris from a range of estimated to be
over seventy miles.
The gun could hurl nineteen-inch
shells. each containing a high charge
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-02
Judging by Appearance.

Don't judge by appearance. The man
who looks like bank president may
be a farmer who has rots Of business
with Exchange.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-02

CTeCtTO" TUs1JTICCIC
The picture shows type of electro
magnetic gun for which a patent was
granted by the United states patent
office in 1915 to Prof kristian Birke-
land Swede. Thru this gun tor
rent of explosive shells on an end
less belt could be thrown by the oper-
alton of electro mas netic force. There
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-02

" 70 sixty mITeS,
Of explosives for great distances.
would be noiseless and smokeless. T
gun besides being mobile enough
permit transportation from place
place at short notice. would be fir
from wear and tear, as in the cases
cannon using explosives to charge t
projectile from the barrel.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-03-07
Red Cross Information

- Et cry american soldier now enter.
ing the trenches carries a Red Cross
comfort kit containing towel. shirt
writing paper, pencil, soap, handker-
chief, socks, mirror. and tobacco, &C.
cord:ng to a cablesram received at
the national headquarters OF the Am
erican Red Cross. H% &@ I
I The number of kits cannot" be sta.
ted. the cablegram continues, but the
fact that every soldier has one means
that the work done by American wo-
men is a big comfort to the soldiers
now on the firing line. This fact
should be a solace to the American
women, who have made them, as we'll
as to the soldiers. More kits are
wanted with socks and tobacco.
Dewitt Clinton Moore, Z year old
boy of Grafton, N. D., is doing his. bit
|by economizing on sugar in order to
buy thrift stamps. He uses but one
fourth ;of-theramolint ,of sugar he has
been accustomed to, and sellA the
remainder to his mother.
w. J. A. Meyer, food administration
Of Missouri, who read notice in a
Missouri paper Of DeWitt's "thrRt ha-
11it,' wrote the boy letter commend
ing him on his patriotism.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-03-07
Our Foreign Trade Ia January

January imports were valued at
$685., 900 900, an increase of $7,0oe, 900
over December, but exports showed a.
falling off of $80,000,000 from the
very high figure of $751;, 000, 900 rec
orded for December.
According to a statement issued
today by the Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce, Department of
Commerce, the imports for the seven
months of the fiscal year ended with
January were valued at 81 ,634, oo0, 900
against $1,348;00O, 900 for the COR
responding period of the previous
year. Exports for the seven-nonth
period totaled 3,448, 600, 900, as COM
pared with $3.50, 000, 900 for SINH
lar period the year previous.
Gold imports in January were 81
404, 900 and for the month per-
Fied &72;99Se60. Exports were valued
at So, 746, 900 in January at Sal, 18e, 900
for the seven moths ending with that
month. -,
The imports of silver in january
totaled $685., 455 and for the seven
months, Sal, $4,000. Exports In JAM
uary were valued at Sc, 628 900 and for
the seven months ended with January.
So, 032, 900.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-03-07
Y ~ - .fNN-..-I 7 ~ - IS.F" {,
A MILLION injured

At the close Of Wednesday, Febru.
airy 10, over 100000 soldiers and sal.
lors and Army and Navy nurses had
applied for Goverament insurance I'm.
der the soldier md sailor ;insu12
law. The amount of insurance appli-
ed for is more than $4,000, 000, 900.
The maximum permitted to any per-
son is $4,000, and the average ap.
piled for is 1922. There are many
applications mailed from distant
points which have not yet reached
the Treasury department. The above
figures are only Of applications that
have been actually received and grant.
ed.
The amount of Government insur-
ance in force is more than three times
as much as the total ordinary life
insurance in force with any life in.
surance company In the world.
The splendid result which gives to
more than a million Of the soldiers
and sailors of our country the bene.
fits Of this insurance, which Secretary
McAdoo has justly described as the
most just and humane provision ever
made by any government for its fight
ing men, is due to the quick apprecia'
ton by the beneficiaries of the value
Of the insurance and the invaluable
aid periodically given to the War
Risk Insurance Bureau Of the Treas
ury by the press Of the country, the
officers of the Army and Navy, and
many of the individual soldiers and
sailors, to which must be added the
earnest and efficient work of officers
and agents of the insurance compan'
les, fraternal beneficiary associations
and many patriotic organizations.
The campaign. which has for It's
purpose the insurance of each and ev-
cry person entitled to insurance I'm
der the law, will be continued. The
time within which insurance may be
applied for has been extended by a
general resolution of Congress, ap-
proved by the President. until April
H. 1918.
The automatic insurance. however,
which automatically gave insurance to
all entitled to receive it until FebEu-
airy IL. although no application was
made. has expired. Hereafter only
those who have applied for and re-
ceived policies will receive insurance.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-03-07
NOW TO PRESERVE EGGS

Surplus eggs, preserved In the
spring, will supply the home with good
eggs in the fall and winter, when
eggs are hard to get and are high
priced. EIl-st3 ~. -.s3D,, ';asE ~
Eggs to be preserved must be fresh,
and should be placed in the presery'
ing conta ner as soon as poss bic al
ter they are laid. !. Cne Of the Ysbest
methods Of preserving is by the use
of waterglass, pale yellow, odorless.
sirupy liquid that can be bought by
the quart or gallon from the drugg st
or poultry supply man. It should be
diluted in the proportion of l part OF
waterglass to parts of wate: which
has been boiled and allowed to cool.
Earthenware crooks or jars are the
best containers, since their glazed
surface prevents chemical acton from
the solution. The crooks or cans
should be scalded and allowed to cool
before they are used. A container
holding five gallons will accommodate
Is dozen eggs and will require one
quart of waterglass. =.
To Use Waterqlass Solution Is,
eiEa1f. FIR hee%; cc6ntafnsf with the wa.
terglass solution and place the eggs
in it. Eggs can be added from day to
day as they are obtained, making sure
that the eggs are covered by about
2 inches of waterglass solution: Gov
or the conta.ner and place it in cool
place where 1t will not have to be
moved. Look at it from time to time
and if there seems to be danger of too
much evaporation, add sufficient cool
boiled water to keep the eggs cover
ed. Eggs removed from the solution
should be rinsed in clean, cold water.
Before they are boiled holes should
be pricked in the large ends with a
needle to prevent them from cracking.
LimeWater Also Preservative y
Limewater is also satisfactory for
preserving eggs and is slightly less
expensive than waterglass. A solu-
ton is made by placing 2 or 8 pounds
of unslaked lime in gallons of water
which has been boiled and allowed to
cool, and allowing the mixture to
stand until the lime settles and the
liquid is clear. The eggs should be
placed in a clean earthenware jar or
other suitable vessel and covered to
a depth of 2 inches with the liquid.
Remove the eggs as desired. rinse in
clean, cold water, and use Immediate
w. ... ~ = 4 - r.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-03-07
COST OF MANY BUILDINGS
NORMAL, .. <q... D.

!. Many people have wrong impress
sion Of the difference in the cost Of
buildings at the present time compar-
ed to what 1t was a year or so ago.
This idea is, we believe, largely form
ed from the fact that the cost of ma.
terials has, owing to the war shown
true that materials which enter into
the constructions of buildings, which
are made of metal, have increased in
price, there is but very little differ
ence in the cost of other materials.
This difference is so slight that it has
but slight effect on the cost of resi-
dences and buildings Of many other
types. When the cost of building be-
gan to increase ten or twelve years
ago, many people then, and many
have since, waited from year to year
believing that prices would go down
and that a saving on their investment
could be made. The history of the
building business during the past ten
years has been, anything but what
these people anticipated. Each year
there has been slight increase in
the cost of building, due largely to
Increased wages, resulting from con-
d1tions, which as every one knows,
have increased the cost of living.
Comparatively speaking, the percent
age Of Increase in the cost of build
ing during the past ten years has been
much less than thai in practically
every other line of business. Persons
contemplating building can, we be-
heve, safely decide that the cost Of
Their buildings at the present time
will be the minimum for some time
to come. The building of homes and
all buildings necessary for business
and other purposes should not there
fore be delayed because of the ques-
ton Of cost. We do not advocate the
building Of unnecessary buildings,
but We do favor meeting all legitimate
demands for buildings with feeling
Of assurance that cost is not a sound
reason for delaying the erection of
the same.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-03-07
WHO'S WHO,

Isn't it a fact that the merchants
are considered the backbone of a
town? It must be so because they
entertain more people, and get more
requests for information. than
any other class in a city. Even those
seeking subscriptions to this that
and the other enterprise never over
look the merchant. 1t has been often
stated, and lis quite likely true, that
the merchants are the greatest con-
trlbutors in this line. Be that as It
may, the merchants Of our stitieS5 and
villages play an important part in
the dofngs and. welfare of each and
every community. Their position and
prestige depends upon their activity
and fair dealing. The merchant who
arrives at the top is he who's up and
doing. His advertising NAV b. taken
as a criterion for his desire b ad-
vance. The fact that a merchant
does not advertise is proof
that he is willing to drift ard let
things take their course. II q ner-
chant does not let people know what
ne mas and how attractive are the
prices, how can he expect them to
come to him when other menehants
make those items known throuah ad-
vertising?
u is the same old story q going
ahead Z 0rss goingNback-the live wire
Or the one that is insulated or fsola.
ted.
Get in touch with the people By giv-
ing them the information that YOU
have something which they cdn huy TO-
advantage, and don't forget 20 make
II known to them that you are NOV
ing to the front instead Of treRhinx
70 the rear. We commend The nper-
chants who are using this paper. Or
any paper for that matter, "a an i'd
vertis1ng medium You cant eet TOO
much Of good thing.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-03-07
WITH THE FARMERS

One of our esteemed contemporar-
les in a recent issue made the follow
ing statement as part of an article
in the form of an announcement:
From this time forth we. are with
the farmers"
This is a rather unique declaration
and might be taken to mean that
previously it had opposed the farmers:
This being strictly agricultural
state it is difficult to understand why
a country paper should not be with
the farmers first, last and all the
time.
Further on in the same article 1t
says: Eve are going to give the
farmer the best Of it and will work
with him and for him."
Would this imply that the mer-
chants and business men who furnish
the bulk of the advertising and sup
port Of the newspapers are to be CIV
en- the worst of it?
During the three years the Times
Record has been under the present
management it has made it an IRON
clad rule to be alike to the farmer and
city man. The one is just as essen
tial to the success of a paper as the
other and they are entitled to the same
consideration. Any paper making the
assertion that it will give a certain
class the best Of it will arouse sus-
picion that formerly they may have
been getting the worst of it. And the
merchant and business man will won
der if they are to be Disseminated
against in favor of the farmer.
The Times-Record is not dabbling
in politics because it was political
mistakes under former arrangements
that contributed largely in sending it
into bankruptcy. Its policy is to
boost for he city and every village
and township in the whole county; to
give the farmer who takes the Week.
~ the same efficient service as the
city man who takes the Daily; to CO.
ordinate the farm and city jewellers
in one big friendly community. If we
can aid in bringing about such a sit
uation by a policy that is equitable
and fair to all classes, we will be on
the right track and worthy of their
continued patronage.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-03-07
RECALLS ECONOMY OF 1864

Anaconda MONTY Standard: Let
the persons who think wheatless and
meatless days are "a hardship listen
to the venerable men and women
whose memory takes them back to the
Civil war.
Roasted barley, parched corn, CHI
cory roots, dried and roasted, were
used as coffee substitutes. White or
granulated sugars were a rarity, and
only on the table for company. Brown
sugar and old fashioned black molas-
ses. bread and honey, and even bread
and ham fat, were considered plenty
good enough for all but the very old
people. III those days nearly every
family in town kept cow: Those
who didn't, as a rule. went without
milk. The papers Of that day enlpha.
sized the fact that coffee and tea were
more nutritious when used without
milk. ,
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-03-07
THRIFT AND THRIFT STAMPS

The average business man is much
inclined to undervalue the penny, and
even the twenty-five cent pieces. It
is the big things that appeal more
strongly to all. To sell a 25c Thrift
Stamp seems small, but that the re-
suits are Of vital Importance is evil
denced by report issued by the war
department in regard to what may be
purchased by the proceeds Of the sale
of Thrift and War Savings Stamps,
as follows:
"A single Thrift Stamps cents
will buy tent pole or five tent pins,
a waist belt or hat cord, shoe laces
and identification tags; two Thrift
Stamps will buy one trench tool, one
pair of WOODEN gloves; four Thrift
Stamps will buy two pairs of canvas
leggings;>six Thrift Stamps :
will buy five pairs of wooden socks,
three pairs summer drawers, summer
undershirts; IL Thrift Stamps will
buy steel helmet to protect some
soldier at the front; one War Savings
stamp will buy 100 cartridges another
will buy cartridge belt, a scabbard
for bayonet; four, War Savings
0CdmpS Will guy rlHe IOr some SOL
der at the front fighting for the
cause Of liberty; three and one-half
War Savings Stamps will buy three
pairs of wooden blankets for the COM
fort of the man in the trenches and
two and one-half War Savings
Stamps will buy a gas mask for the
protection of some mothers boy from
the deadly attack of gas; three War
Savings Stamps will buy an overcoat
or two wooden service coats. Two
War Savings Stamps will purchase
two pairs tof wooden breaches or 1.-TWO
flannel shirts. >"''' % = Ss'@''
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-03-07
TRAMP, TRAMP, TRAMP


Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys are
marching; ~. :.
The kaiser wants to rule on every
SnOfe, '~F $50. u.s..
But with Freedoms mighty sword
We will soak him on the gourd.
And you'll never hear of William,
any more.
In the trench tonight we sit thinking
Liberty of you
And of Freedoms star that on US
shines;
With the courage that you lend
Well lick the Germans in the end:
Well sink the kaiser in the waters
6 of the Rhine. go. +.
Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys ARE
marching; '..4.,4-,.'
The kaiser's almost at the door,
But with "tank" and air machine
We will biff him on, the bean,
And therell never be kaiser any
more. -Thad Way.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-03-07

= Mrs. Geo. s. Rector and Mrs., AL
fred Wauner, of Grand Rapids, Mich.
are in the city for a visit at the home
Of their Sister, Mrs. C., o. P. Smith.
! c o. P. Smith received word of the
death Of his stepfather, Grenville Fin
! ger, at Detroit, Mich. He left Tues
day to attend the funeral. He will be
away for about a week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shank are visiting
with the parents of Mrs. Shank. VIM
Barr on Eighth avenue. Mr.. and
Mrs. Shank, are about to move to
their new home in Jamestown.
C. J. johnson, of Colorado SPRINGS.
who: is visiting his brother, spent
Monday trapsacting business in San
F. B.>R ExiAith, of Grand Forks, was $
here Monday on business connected
With the Austin-Dakota Development
Co.
New Rockford State Center: Mrs
F: Greb Of Valley City, is VISITING
with her friend, Miss Emma Anders
son at the Hobbs home.
Mrs. Howard Wilson, Of Leal. was
a Valley City shopper Saturday.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-03-07
GOOD COUNTY SEAT ROAD

Mderlin Independent: A, plan is,
on foot to build a permanent first
class highway through Ransom co,ln-
ty from north to south. It is tacit|v
understood that our county comnlis.s
sioners stand ready to appropriate
5000 toward the project, there is
nearly like amount standing to tho
credit Of the county in the state treas
ury and the federal government has
an appropriation ready to be immedi.
ately drawn on sufficient to add dollar
for dollar to any amount the county
VIII raise for public highways. This
will give our county $50 600" with
which to build roads this year
enough for one splendid road through
the county from north to south.
1he' road as tentatively laid out by
the county commissioners, will go
from Lisbon straight north until with
in two and half miles west of this
city, then east into town and will con-
meet with road to be built north
through Barnes county to Valley CITY.
The Ransom county road will 90 south
from Lisbon to the county line, con-
Meeting with a road continuing south
through Sargent county.
Petitions have been largely signed
asking that this route be followed and
no doubt this will be DONE With the
impetus Of nearly million and half
dollars put into North Dakota high
ways, as has already been appropriate
ed by the federal government to be
used during the coming five years. it
will not be long until we can boast of |
as good roads as any state in the
Union and we ought to have the best.
for we have as rule, large level
stretches Of country where road build
ing is comparatively cheap. i;
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-03-07
PREMIUM IDEA JOLTED9

The publisher who uses premiums
and contests to promote circulation
believes he is selling subscriptions
and giving a prize as a special in
ducement. but he is deluding himself,
as what he is really doing is selling
premiums and giving his paper for
nothing. As the public seldom ap-
preciates anything that it gets for
nothing, it is apparent that reader
confidence can not be bought with pre-
miums.-Joseph P. Barry, circulation
manager of the Providence Journal
and Evening Bulletin.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-03-07

March came in like very gentle
lamb, and there is no use worrying
about the lion brand of weather for
the closing days. We are bound to
get the kind of weather that suits us
every six months anyway.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-03-07

Under the influence of Alexander
the Great, julius Caesar and Napol-
con, the kaiser says he dreamed of
world power that would succeed
He had the right bunch when he
called it a dream.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-03-07

p: r. Kopp, Of 414 Second street is
selling his household goods, prepare
tory to going to California. hey are
DONG this in the hopes Of 9ndinr
health for himself and wife.
Mrs. r: d. Smith, Of Oriska. was a
valley City shopper last Saturdav.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-03-07
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS

The machinery by which the Dur.
chase of a Thrift Stamp or a War
Savings Stamp is to be made as easy
and CONVENIENT AS the purchase of a
spool of thread or a pound Of nails,
in every community in the United
States, is rapidly being established.
Already $4,000 agencies have been
established and by the close of Jan
uary this number was increased by
$4,000.
In addition to these agencys there
will be 100000 "sales stations"
which do not receive direct authorize
ton to make the sales from the Sec-
rotary of the Treasury, but obtain
their stamps from authorized agents
and sell them over their counters at
their cashiers windows, and other
places.
Fifty thousand post Offices now
have War Savings Stamps on sale and
$4,000 banks and 5000 individual
firms and; corporations have been ap-
pointed agents. Nine thousandlintert
state corporations haxlpgs spIacss s:of
business in several states will consti-
tute $4,000 additional agencies.
An intensive campaign is now on
for the establishing Of War Savings
societies which can be organized by
IL or more persons in any communi.
ty, school, cub. church. factory or
ONCE and can be affiliated with the
National War Savings. Committee at
Washington upon application.