The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-12-18

THE WEEKLY TlMES-H
DIR. Mildred Hanson, Of Fargo, is
here today and is stopping at the Ho-
tel Rudolf.
E. w. Herbert, Of Bismarck, N. D.,
is a Kindred Hotel guest today and
is looking after business matters in
the city today
Judge A. B. Guptill, juvenile court
commissioner for Cass county, arriv-
ed in the city today and has business
here before Judge Englert.
F. L.. Watkins, census supervisor
for this district has been in the city
the past two days looking after mat
tiers in connection with that work
The job Of taking census will begin
int near future. Mr.. Walker comes I
from Glendale.
Tomorrow morning you know is the
time the astrologers have set for
few stars to bump into the sun. The
superstitious ones should make pre-
parations for the end of the world
the sensible ones will pay no attention
to it as we do not believe anything
startling is going to happen.
A.. j. Hamm, that versatile and ge-
MIA salesman for the Remington
Typewriter Company is looking at
ter the interests of his company here
today.
N. Gauche, one of the substantial
and pioneer business men Of our
neighboring city of Oriska, is here to-
day looking after some business mat
tiers in the city.
"A. O. Tolstad, of Darcy, N. D., ar
rived in the city last night and is look
ing after BUSINESS matters in the city.
Mr.. Tolstad is one of the old timers
from that end of the county.
The Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety will meet Wednesday afternoon
at o'clock at the Methodist Parson-
age. Mrs. Seymour will review the
chapter on languages, in the study
book, Americanization.
The Woman's Guild of All Saints
Episcopal Church will meet on We'd
nesday the 18th with Mrs. Hugh Nc
Donald at her residence on North
Fourth avenue.
Mrs. Albert Hollinshead is here
from Oriska today doing some Christ
mas shopping and while she was try
ing to make others glad this holiday
time she also made the editor glad by
subscribing to the daily over a year
in advance-she does not believe that
tomorrow will see the end of the world
and she says if it is to be the end the
money would do her no good anyway.
The I. V. A. flying squadron consist
ing Of Theo. G Nelson, E. L. Richter,
Rev. Allen o. BirchenougE: f. w. Ev
erson, and Geo Murray, were Valley
City visitors this moring and last
night and were Kindred Hotel guests.
They left on No. 8 this morning for
Beach where they hold meetings to-
day.
Miss Ella Holtquist, who has been
proprietor Of the Right Price Mercan-
| tile Millinery establishment, has sold
her interests to Miss Olive Hagenson,
from Minnesota. The new owner has
already taken charge Of the business.
Miss Holtquist contemplates going to
| Minneapolis but-has not definitely de-
cided where her permanent location
will be.
I Station Agent j. j. Chamberlain has
received official notice from the rail
road administration to the effect that
Trains No. l and 2 which were taken
off few days ago on account OF the
fuel shortage, will be put on again at
midnight Thursday, December 18 The
ending of the strike and the almost
| normal output Of coal at the mines
| has improved conditions so that re-
strictions are rapidly being lifted and
all the trains put back into service. i"
We forgot to state that on Saturday
! an explosion Of dust or something at
the big Russell Milling Companys
mill started a fire in one of the bins
and the fire department was called
down to put out the fire. Chief Cras--
well took few Of the firemen and
some of the apparatus and quietly
went to work with out much noise or
| fuss and put out the blaze. Spontan-
| eous combustion caused the fire it IS
thought.
In speaking with Theo.s G. Nelson,
secretary Of the I. v. A., who was here
this morning, he stated that people
1 who have never taken much interest
/ in politics are beginning to wonder
what has been happening during the
| last few years. We are told that
three times as large crowds are gath
ering to hear the independent speak
ers as there were in many places, JUST
before the referendum last June when
/ a,1tomobiling was good. This shows
that the people are waking up, ana
most of them are farmers, the busl-