The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-10-09

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In the passing of The Schafer Rec
ord, on Sept. 10, the OBITUARY" offer
ed by Editor Graham is characteristic
Of the spirit of consistency the paper
always maintained. With not a re-
vengeful word toward the powers that
be whose grasping clutch descended
upon his publication with strangle
hold, he lays down his burdens cheer
fully at Schafer. The "Obituary,"
which is a gem in itself, follows:
Since the new law, giving our friend
Townley monopoly on the newspaper
business, went into effect, the Schaefer
Record has been pretty sick old
woman. ..~.a
The Record began to show signs OF
failing health about August l.. AS the
weeks sped by her pulse became weak
err and slower voice dropped to mere
whisper, and her complexion became
whittier and more pallid. The end was
not unexpected. She expired at 3:15
p. M, Thursday, Sept. 18, 1919, within
a few hours Of the time she was ex-
pected to depart this world. Her low
ing father was at the bedside until the
end came.
The Schafer Record departed this
earth at the age of fourteen years,
eight months and three weeks. She
was favorably and unfavoragly known
over the Northwest as an enemy to
the majority and a friend to the min
GRITTY. She had associated in her time
with Tin Lizzies, millionaires, and
pearl necklaces on a free and equal
footing. She had an everlasting love
for gossip and loquacious tongue.
She found willing listeners to the stor-
les of all the doings and the scandal
of the community, in the telling of
which she never tired until the more
loquacious tongue of self-appoonted
political boss talked her to death. She
gloried in the prosperity of all the
farmers. She was we'll pleased in the
farmers getting fifteen or twenty
bushels of wheat to the acre and SELL
ing it for So per bushel, happy when
they got go cents per pound for but
terfat, and rejoiced in the maternity of
their best mich cows. She had al
ways been true to the one of her
choice She was asked to choose be-
tween True Democracy and Rank So
cialism as she could not accept them
both for the reason that Townley had
not made polygamy good form. With
out hesitation she gave her good right
hand to the former and with the other
endeavored to give the latter some
points on democracy by pushing him
had truly believed Rank Socialism
would accomplish what he said he
would, she would not have rejected
him. She knew that Rank Socialism
would not and could not put these loaf
ing prairies to work for all the people.
The Record slid off of this world
with that glow of satisfaction that
springs from a sense of duty well per-
formed. The fact that her dying state
ment was not pugent with annihila-
ton shows that even in her death
struggles she was not the least bit
discouraged. She expected no graft
tude and received none. She knew
that the big boss had merely clouded
the sound, wholesome understanding
of many Of the farmers of the state
and that those clouds would sometime
drift away. She sacrificed her life for
lie cause. Way HeT pure anu WTOHSeu
soul lie in peace and quiet evermore,
if that's any satisfaction to her en-
emies.
She leaves a perfectly good and up
to-date printing equipment, a good,
substantial building, number of true
and faithful employees, and cheer
full but not wholly discouraged editor
and publisher to mourn her loss.-W Will.
liston Herald.
-BUY W. S. So
T. M. Murphy is down from San
born today visiting with his son. Lieut..
Ben Murphy. We guess T. M. has
done his share in the war, she had
three boys in the service, two cap