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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-07
FOREST ON DRIFTING SANDS
Frenchman's Ingenuity Has Made OF
Waste Place Region Of FertiI.
ity and Usefulness.

In the southwest corner of France,
between the rivers Adour and Gar
onne, are long stretches Of pine woods,
green and cool. Where these pines
now stand was barren waste in the
middle Of the eighteenth century. Sun
and wind Wed with each other in max
ing the land drier and dustier. Over
the stormy bay of Biscay came winds
that set up great sand storms and
sometimes buried whole villages. But
at last there came along man who
acknowledged fate only as something
to be overcome. His name was Bre-
monitor and he was an inspector Of
roads. He began fencing in the des-
ert. He built fence and behind it
planted handful of broom seeds. Be-
hind the broom seeds he put seeds Of
the pine. The fence protected the
broom seeds and the broom grew
Then the broom in its turn afforded
shelter to the delicate pine shoots.
Soon the pines spread and their tough
roots bound this sandy soil together.
The first step was accomplished. Then
canals were made to drain the wet
parts and carry water to the dry.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-07
SAVING DID HIM NO GOOD
Fate Had Laugh at Man Who Prae-
ticed SeIf-Denial In the Use ~
Of Tobacco.

"Six years ago." said Smithson. Il
made up my mind that was smoking
too much. It didn't seem to affect my
health in the least, but thought 1t
foolish waste of money, and I decided
to give it up"
"A very sensible idea." remarked
Brownlow.
$50 thought a. the time, reck-
oned up as closely as I could how
much l had been spending each day
on cigars and tobacco. That sum
set aside each morning, and started a
banking account with it. wanted to
be able to show exactly how. much !
had saved by not smoking" -
"And how did it work?" inquired
Brownlow. Il
AT the end Of six years had ESQ
In the bank" I'll
"Good! Could you let me-" r.
"And a few days later" interrupted
Smithson, "last Tuesday, in fact-the
bank failed. You haven't got cigar
about you, have you?" i
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-07
To Give China a Bible.

Americans have spent $4,000 so
far to give China a Bible In its own
language, the Mandarin. And just now
they are agreeing to spend $3l,OOO
more to put the Bible into type and
plates and to print and bind an edi-
ton. However, it Is expected that
copies will be sold to sufficient value
to pay the printing bill, and It Is fur
Their explained that these sums for ex-
penditures are Mexican, which money
is the standard of China at this time.
It has been found by American schol'
ars that the Chinese Mandarin Is, a
wonderfully flexible language, capable
of expressing almost every shade OF
meaning. More than twenty-five years
has been the period Of preparation,
and foremost American and Chinese
scholars have had part. The aim has
been not only to give the Chinese
people Bible but to give them one
that is pure in language and will set
the standard for the republic that
English TRANSACTIONS set for the Eng
disappearing world. This new Bible
is for people who number more than
q fourth of the world population.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-07
FISHING m BOYH00D DAYS
Glorious Time When Mother Kept
Supper and Praised the Five @
litti9 Sunfish.

The city man who was the country
boy of yesterday closes his eyes a few
minutes and lives over again sum.
mer afternoon of long ago, notes the
Milwaukee Journal. A day when his
little crowd, equipped with enough
worms to feed school Of fish, betook
itself to the pool where 1t was annu-
ally reported and fervently believed
the big bass were hiding.
They didn't get big bass. Bites came
slowly, and those they landed were lit
tie sunflsh. Is there anywhere In any
lake muskie big enough to give him
as great thrill as those little sun
fish? He was late to supper, but there
was supper kept for him. And mother
didn't scold. She was pleased as
punch, and told him to hurry and clean
the fish, and she would cook them.
And she did.
No other grown person praised his
catch. In all the world he and mother
alone recognized how Worth while
those five little sunfish were. And yet
1t didn't seem wonderful that she
didn't ask him where the bass were.
That was what other people did.
1t was wonderful day, but as he
looks back on It, he sees that the Won
derful thing was not the little string
of "boy's fish," but the mother who
was so pleased that she stood over
hot stove cooking them. How glad
she was to do it. How happy she
would be if she could do it again, to-
day. But she lives too far away now.
We wonder If he remembers to write
and tell her of his discovery-his dis
covery that mothers heart was big
enough to make his little fish splen-
did catch,
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-07
HARDING teal Re-
PLACES PINK TEA

In the old Dreyer building Saturday
afternoon an innovation in politics
took place in the shape Of q Harding
Tea" Mrs. Frank White, assisted by
Mesdames James Kelly, L. =. He'd
strum and Bert Lippold, assisted in
the serving. The windows Of this
building had been properly decorated
with Harding pictures and literature,
while the inside had been costly ar
ranged for entertaining the callers. A
big crowd of people from the city and
country awaited themselves Of this OPP
portunity to attend this first political
tea, and from the many favorable ex-
pressions heard, we guess that Hard
ing brand of tea was popular favor
tie with a majority. AS each guest
departed they were given buttons and
literature to post them up on the cam
paign issues and thus fit them to help
spread the gospel of efficiency in the
nations affairs by supporting the best
candidate now running for that most
important otfice-W Warren G. Harding.
The first Harding tea was a success
and the women voters of the city are
planning more such doings, and alto
gether in many ways our new voters
are organizing the city and county in
good shape and their work will be
felt on November 2.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-07
FEW IDEAS or REAL VALUE
Wireless TeIeoraphy and Telephony
Are Still Comparatively In the
Stages Of infancy.

"As every one knows, It Is COM
paratively simple thing to get patent
on anything, so long as you have a
good patent attorney and are able to
incorporate few new knickknacks In
your device. But such thing as q
really new idea, not to speak OF q
basic one, is scarcer than the proverb-
ial hens teeth"
Thus 81. Gernsback. In the Radio
Amateur News, comments on the
rarity of anything new In wireless
telegraphy or telephony. Inventors, ne
says, content themselves with making
improvements in existing devices.
These are good, but inventors should
not get the idea that the last word
has been said in basic principles. he
says some one will probably discover
more sensitive detector tEan the
vacuum tube; some one will devise
better transmitter; some one will IN
vent receiver that makes use OF the
eyes instead of the ears. Get on the
beaten patti" he says, 81
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-07
Ammonia From the Air.

A syndicate has been formed to es.
tablish a nitrogen factory for the man.
ufacture Of ammonia synthetically
from the nitrogen of the air, says the
American Chamber of Commerce in
London.
The syndicate has purchased the ex-
tensive site in County Durham which
the British government acquired more
than two years ago for the purpose Of
building a factory. The capital re-
CURED will be 1925, 100000.
The process to be adopted, says the
American chamber. will tie on the prin-
ciple of the German chemist. Haber.
Nitrogen and hydrogen will be COM
bined into ammonia under pressure at
a high temperature, the ammonia then
being converted into nitric acid or
other nitrates as may be required
either for the manufacture of explo-
sfves or for use as fertilizers.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-07
CRASSWICK TAKES
SECOND AT MANDAN

At the auto races at Mandan last
Saturday, Lee driving the Elgin from
Fargo took first money. Grasswick
and Higgenbothem both Of Valley
City, took second and third prizes, re-
spectively.
Marc Harkins, driving the Essex,
was unable to take part in the auto
race at Mandan Saturday, due to a
near fatal accident. The car was a
total wreck after hitting a soft spot
in the east end Of the race track. The
car was going between SO and 60 miles
an hour when the accident occurred.
The car hit the poor spot in the track
and skidded to the far end of the east
end Of the track, blowing its way thru
three lengths of the big board fence,
tearing out two poles and crashing
into one of the big trees alongside.
When the car struck the tree, Harkins
was thrown about thirty feet back onto
the track, while the car, after a leap
in the air of about ten feet, landed up
side down on the down grade behind
the outer edge Of the track.
"Harkins was taken to his home at
Bismarck, suffering a few scratches
and badly wrenched back.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-07
Rea! Neiahtor!iness.

An interesting experiment in neigh
borliness has been carried on for near
~ year in a part Of Toledo which is
populated almost exclusively by Polish
immigrants and their descendants. The
Polish Business Mems club Of the dis
trict conceived the idea that the needy
Polish families in the community
should be taken care Of in a neighbor-
ly way, rather than by charity organi-
cations. The latter were requested not
TO extend aid in the district, but to
notify the cl1b, SO that it might meet
ali emergencies. This is not done from
the club treasury. however. An nves-
tigation is made to determine whether
the need is for money. supplies or
work, and the other residents of the
block, including the tradesmen. are
then Informed that their neighbors
need their assistance, which. the club
reports, is always forthcoming.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-07
MORO "A DANGEROUS. FANATIC
He Meets Death While Killing
Christians.

The psychology Of Accommodation
is incomprehensible to persons reared
In the atmosphere and teachings OF
American Christianity. With us the
separation of church and state is as
much matter of course as the air we
breathe. With us suicide is immoral
and the killing Of an unbeliever Is
crime punishable with death. The Mo.
hammedan has no conception of ecclesi-
astical and state law. There is only
one law, the Koran; and while In fact
the priest and the ruler may be diff
ferent persons. they are different only
in functional way, like Judge and
an executive in our government. The
spiritual ruler is also temporal ruler,
as was Mohammed in his day. The
killing of Christians is virtue that
merits everlasting bliss in paradise.
The martyrs of the early Christian
church burned with no more consum-
ing ardor than the humble, ignorant
Mohammedan peasants who swear be-
fore the priest that they will go forth
and devote their lives to killing Chris
tians. Mohammedans who have sworn
to kill Christians are called in the
Philippines juramentados, from the
Spanish, meaning one who has sworn
or taken an oath. Up to decade ago
it was no uncommon occurrence in
Jolo for a Moro fanatic to conceal his
bolo knife, or kris, in a basket OF
fruit until he had passed the guard
at the gate of the walled town, then
draw his blade and cut right and left,
killing man, woman or child, with
perfect impartiality, until bullet from
the guard stopped his advance. 1t was
this indomitable will to kill that gave
the Christian Filipino his mortal fear
of the Moro in times past.-O. Garfield
7opoc
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-07
LONDON MOURNs FOR IT'S KIWl
Only Apteryx II England 10 No More
---Winoless Bird ls Believed
Nearly Extinct.

The total extinction in England Of
the kiwi Cor apteryx) has become
reality. The London Daily Mail an
nounces TIE death Of the Regents
park zoos only specimen. The species is
nearly extinct In New Zealand now,
but the British Geological society has
written to the New Zealand govern
ment asking If just one more kiwi can
be spared from the island sanctuary.
biologists will mourn the loss Of the
dwarf wingless ostrich more than the
zoo visitors, for not one In ten thou
sand ever saw it while It lived there
more than nine years. The keeper
would turn out this Queerest OF birds
every now and then, but the long
billed bundle of apathy and sleepiness
scrambled back into its box as soon
as released.
A curious point about the kiwi Is
the fact that it's nostrils are at the tip
of its long worm-hunting beak, and IN
the ardour Of the chase it emits an
unpleasant snuffllng noise. Its mating
call is a pig-like squeal.
England is responsible for, the vir-
tual extinction of this rare bird. Brit
ish ships brought rats to New Zea-
land, so weaseis were sent to extermi-
nate the rats. When they had nearly
wiped out the kiwi, the New Zealand
government found a ratless island and
consecrated it to the poor bird. But
the problem of saving an idiot bird
that puts all it's eggs into one shell,
so to speak, was difficult one. The
kiwi laid one egg a season, nearly as
big as itself. Exceptional mothers
would lay two eggs and then find 1t
almost impossible to hatch both, as
the ends would project out beyond
their feathers as they sat on them.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-07
Must Not Disturb Swans.

Even the highest in the French Re
public must bow before the edicts Of
tie French protocol, as Nine. Des-
chanel, wife Of the president, learned
when she objected to the presence of
five white swans in the Elysee palace
ponds. The swans, Nine. BeSchanel
admitted. were very beautiful, but
nearly every morning early they dis
turbed the rest of the presidents
household, and therefore she inquired
whether they could not be removed
The chief of the protocol found that
sixty years ago clause was written
In the protocol which provided that
not less than five swans must be kept
In the Elysee palace grounds, for the
feeding Of which the keeper of the
presidential gardens was responsible.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-07
She Objected at Last.

He had just gone into the grocery
business and did nothing except talk
"shop-shop-shop" when he went to
see his best girl. At first she endured
it because she did not wish to offend
him; later merely because she could
find no way to reprove him.
But her chance came. One night
when he was at her house he picked
up the telephone book and began
idly to. glance through it, His idle
manner became one of interest as he
scanned one page. Then her wrath
overcame her. cts been bad enough
to hear you talk about nothing else
but that old store" she stormed, but
It's too much for you to come to my
house and go through the telephone
book hunting out prospective custom
ers." s. 81
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-07
NEED Of FOREIGN Markets
New York Business Man Tells How In
His Opinion America May
4 Control Trade Marts.

"If the United States expects to OBJ
tain its share of the worlds com.
merce," a New York broker was over.
heard to say. 1T must keep pace with
other world powers with which 1t has
to compete. Trained men are neces-
sary in any line of business and for,
eign commerce Is one line In which
training is absolutely essential"
II believe that the United States
merchant marine is again to come into
its own" continues the same broker
In the Washington Post, "but the finest
lot of merchandise on earth, coupled
with the greatest fleet of merchant YES
sells ever known. is Of no avail unless
backed up by the selling ability and
understanding of trained men who
know how to place American goods in
foreign markets. '
"AL the large mercantile firms are
taking steps to train men specially for
each country in which they expect to
do business. The prospective salesman
or manager for any particular coun-
Try IS cuuCuIcu III llc AAu6uu6c, Hio
tory, traditions and peculiaritfes OF
that country, so that he can in a sense
meet the people on their own ground.
He knows just what to do under given
conditions and Is of vast value to the
firm that employs him.
1.-THE bureau Of foreign and domes-
tic commerce is doing a great deal OF
good in aiding in the Introduction OF
American goods abroad, but l think
the government should go step furth-
er and have regular school for such
experts, maintained on the same stand
ing and in the same relation to COM
merce in general as West Point stands
to the army or Annapolis to the navy
The students should be taught every
possible fact regarding European, Ash
attic and South American countries, so
that they could step forth as experts,
each on some particular country. Such
q school would amply repay the gov
eminent in the large increase In vol
ume of foreign business which would
be attained"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-07
Tractor Which Walks.

A new type Of tractor that has re
Gently been developed has series Of
legs and walks like horse. There are
four craHkshafts, each having set OF
four legs, giving the tractor sixteen
legs on which it walks. In addition
there are four wheels automatically
operated by tie tractor engine, so that
they can be lowered to the rOadbed
thus converting the machine into q
motor truck. The feet are shod to con.
form to the ground conditions.
It IS said that the tractor may ba
used to pillow, seed, cultivate, harrow
nov and harvest, rake. furnish power
for other machinery as tractor and
power plant and also to act as truck
for road work and heavy hauling.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-07
3O-5td-5tw
OF MISS MCCOY
DIES IN HOME CITY

Two weeks ago alst Monday, Sep
TENDER Is, the father Of Miss Susan
Mccoy, head Of. the Department of
English, after short but rather Sc
we're illness Of about week, passed
to his death. The family has lived
for years in the beautiful city Of Des
Moines, Ia, where Miss Mccoy was
raised to womanhood. At the close
of the recent summer session Miss Nc
Coy went to Des MONIES and at once
noticed that her father had failed to
quite an extent but had no thoughts
that he was 50 near his LIES end. He
was more than seventy-three years
old when death came upon him. The
many friends Of Miss Mccoy both in
and out Of the school will sympathize
with her in this bereavement.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-07
Praise for Hioh-Heeled Shoes.

Women's high-heeled shoes, regard
ed by medical science for years as
production of nervous troubles. paral-
ysis and other ills, have at last come
in for professional commentator.
That high-heeled shoes may be re-
garded as preventive of consumption
was the declaration of Doctor Gautfez
before the Academy Of Sciences.
Doctor Gautiez, following expert
ments, found, he declared, that the ac-
ton of standing or walking on the toes
is conducive to chest breathing as op-
posed to abdominal breathing. Many
cases of consumption, he pointed out,
have their origin in. the fact that the
upper lungs Of abdominal breathers
become diseased through lack Of COM
plete use-a condition from which the
wearers Of high-heeled shoes seldom
suffer.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-07
Immunity From Whoopinq Cough.

DR.. T. Luzzati of Rome was called
to three different houses, in each of
which a child had begun to cough. In
each case he suspected that it might
be whoopins cough; therefore, as a
precaution, he vaccinated all the broth
ers and sisters with an anti-whooping-
serum. Ten days later his suspicion
was confirmed by the typical whoop,
but in no case did one of the other
children catch the disease, though no
attempt at Isolation was made.
In reporting this to Policlfnfcs
tRome) Doctor Luzzati says he has
found no benefit from vaccination once
the disease has become pronounced.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-07
Palestine to Have Stamps.

Palestine is the only country which
has no postage stamp of its own. But
representatives. Of the Zionist govern
ment have informed London philatel.
lists that this anomaly promises soon
to be rectified. for, with the establish.
ment of Palestine as the national Eome
OF the Jewish nation, it IS believed
little time will be lost in emulating the
examples of other small nations called
into being by mandates of the peace
conference by the issuance Of distinc
tive stamps. Stamps sold by British
army post Offices in adjacent former
enemy territory are being utilized by
overprinting with the word "Pales
tine"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-07
Curing Intolerance Of Milk.

DR.. Genegrier reports to the French
Pedfatrics society that a newly born
infant which could not take milk in
any form was cured by three subcu-
taneous injections one every other
day, of s, 16 and 80 minims of steril-
ICED cows milk. The third injection
was followed by violent vomiting and
rigors, but from this moment the baby
tolerated milk by the mouth in pro-
gressive doses. beginning with five and
eading with $50 grams day.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-07
Material for Bridges.

Bridges now needed In national
parks and forest reserves are to be
built of the steel Orders and trusses,
and other bridge material, which was
ready to be shipped to France. for
the use of the American army, when
the war ended. There Is vast
amount Of this material on hand, ready
drilled and quite portable, 1856 pounds
being the maximum weight OF any
part-Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-10-07
n. D. Club GIRLS
WIN HON0RS

The North Dakota delegation who
represented CLUB work at the inter-
state fair held in Sioux City, Ia,
September 10 to "a inclusive consist
ed Of the following members: o. A.
Barton, state club leader; Miss Irene
Dunno, assistant state club leader;
Irving Courtice, club leader Of Sar-
gent county; Clara Z. Larson, club
leader Of Barnes county; Stock Judg-
ing Team made up Of Calm Perry,
Barnes county; Myrtle kearns Of
Walsh county; Herbert Warner of
Sargent county; Boys Demonstration
team made up Of Harvey Hill and Ell
mer Swanson of Benson county.
Girls Demonstration team made up
of Helen Noxen and Wayne Mckay
of Barnes county.
At this fair the following states
competed: Missouri, Iowa, Kansas,
Wisconsin, Illinois, Nebraska, Mime
lota, South Dakota and North Dakota.
The three classes of competition were
exhibits, stock judging, and demon
stration teams.
I North Dakota made very credible
showing, winning the following hon
ors:
First Premium-Early Ohio Pota-
toes awarded to Elmer Nolen, Darcy.
1st Premium-Best single jar of
canning to Clarice Hager, Green town
ship.
Second Premium-State Canning
hibit. Some of the garments for this
exhibit were made by Selma Lahlum,
Clarice Hager, Mabel Lundy, Lillian
Olstad and Edith Anderson Of Barnes
county.
First Premium-State Sewing Ex-
hibit. Some of the garment for this
exhibit were contributed by Leona
Noecker and Emma Ouren of Barnes
Co.
Third and Fourth Premiums-In
corn award to- club member in Grant
county, N. D.
North Dakota also ranked third in
stock judging out of II teams, Calm
Perry of Nome, the highest member of
the North Dakota team, ranked 5th in
stock judging among SO contestants.
In demonstration team contests,
Helen Noxen and Mayme Mckay, who
represented North Dakota scored SO
per cent on their demonstration, being
only two points below the Grand
Champion Team which was Bread
Baking team from Nebraska. The
Barnes equity girls ranked second in
the Bread Baking Project, winning out
above Minnesota, South Dakota and
Kansas, who also had bread baking
teams. Il
The North Dakota representatives
also prepared a booth exhibit of rope
work which brought many favorable
comments. The boys demonstration
team giving demonstration on the
tying of various knots in rope work
The rope exhibit in the booth also
included sample Of hemp fibre from
the Valley City Fibre factory.
The club members and their county
leaders received this trip free. Their
transportation was paid by the inter
State Fair Association, of Sioux City
as the prize awarded for state cham
pionship in their respective lines of
work.