The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-08-22

morning from the Twin Cities where
she had been on a purchasing trip.
Miss Holtquist will have all the latest
models in millinery for her customers
this fall and winter.
DR.. Paul Featherstone was raised
right but once in awhile when aggra-
waited he is liable, like any other man,
to. let his religious training 60 glim-
mering. He was fussing around his
car last night with complicated
piece of work and things were not 60
ing right and in his haste he said "Oh
Jesus" "Papa," said his little son,
"you are not in Sunday school now.
A Dedication service will be con-
Quoted at the Salvation Army hall on
Sunday evening at $3.50 p. M, in
which the Service Flag will be pre-
scented to the corps, in honor of the
members of the Salvation Army Of
this city who have answered the call
to the colors. Speci! music and
singing will be rendered. All are in
vited to attend the service.
Mrs. H. G. Chadwick arrived from
Fargo last night and was an over
night guest at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. H. Briggs. She leaves for
points in the western part of the state
today. = p.
Mrs. Louisa and Mrs. Annie SEVERN
have been doing their bit of late we
are informed. They have been driv-
ing binder, shocking grain and doing
all kinds of farm work to help harvest
this crop and are making great
success Of it.
| Ben Northridge, fat and jovial as
usual, was in town yesterday after
noon, buying Irvine and other stuff
for harvest. Ben says that for three
hours yesterday morning there was a
regular rain at Pillsbury.
Bill Burchill was in from his big
farm yesterday looking after some
business matters and it was fun to
hear him and Frank Ployhar telling
|about how fast they made the drive
to Fargo-Mr. Burchill in his big
Cadillac and Mr.. Ployhar in his tin
Lizzie. Ployhar says his boy Percy
drove to Fargo in about two hours
and the Times-Record editor hearing
the statement doubted it, then Ployha1
asked Burchill. Bill said l believe it
81 drove to Fargo and back in three
and one-half hours and part of the
time was going IS miles an hour.
Next?
L. S. Wood, who has one of the best
grain and stock ranches in the county
was in town yesterday. looking as
pleasant as basketful of chips, al
because things were moving along
nicely on the ranch. He has some yer,
fine Red Polled cattle-none better il
the state-and the demands on hi
herd keep him we'll cut down on sell
ing stock most of the time, but ne al
ways manages to have few goot
ones to dispose of.
Dan Daley came in this morning
from Minot where he had been look
ing over the territory and giving i
the once over for business. Dan has
sort of detected look on his face thes
days, we don't know why. Mayb
! this hot weather has gotten under hi
i skin and he needs little Peruna o
! something for his liver. Anyway h
saws if it doesn't rain today he is GO
ing down to the lakes to get his wit
and daughter and bring them bac
j Ihonle. They have been down at tn
sri lakes all summer.
5l Mrs. C. E. Hamilton feared yeste1
r day that Miss Esther had lost he
mind after receiving letter fro1
& that young lady who is visiting he
q sister at Crookston, MINI. This wa
4 the information given the Times-Ret
8 ord scribe when he dropped into tn
3 Valley Hotel this morning and aske
& for news. Getting such startlln
81 answer we wet the end of our penc
houled out our note book and prepa1
8 ed to get the horrible details for
|: write-up. Well, said Mrs. Hamilton
ESTHER says send me Times Recort
: there is no news in the Crookston pa
!! per-" Wow, doesn't that give the ed
q tor that grand and glorious feeling
g Miss Dorothy Jagd, day ticke
!: agent at the N. P. depot, is incapac
!! tated from duty today on account .
8 some throat trouble. However the Of
!; reliable agent, j. J. chamberlain,
i; on the job, and people are acceptin
g railroad tickets from him as good, an
Is John says they are guaranteed not t
s unravel and are good for the tu
!! amount of the mileage punched on tn
y face of the ticket-the governmen!
8 backing up his statement. There
4: one thing about the N. P. depot, a
g but the telegraph end-when all tn
s rest are sick John Chamberlain ca
q run the shebang when ne gets INT
e action-and if necessary can dlspatc
Is trains by>telephone.