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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-12-16
COUNTY JAIL
NOT COMFORTABLE

The writer of this little squib, hav-
ing never reposed behind the bars of
the institution supported by the coun-
ty, for the purpose of giving her
naughty men and women temporary
home, we can not speak as to the "aw-
full" conditions existing in our county
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~ However, one who has had that ex-
perience, has spoken and his voice has
gone forth as that of prophets of old
Paul Gottlieb, who has been irrigat-
ing the palates of those individuals
this summer, suff fering from the sud-
den cutting. off of the supply of fire
like humidity in the u. S. called up
States Attorney Ritchie yesterday
and from his position in solitary con-
finement, informed Mr.. Ritchie that
II don't want to stay up here in this
dirty place."
This suffering could not be endured
long, so he was released on bail of
$4,000 furnished about four o'clock
yesterday afternoon, and he is once
more enjoying the benefits of the
great wide outdoors, with nothing to
burden his mind but his trial, which
will be held at the January term of
district court.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-12-16
1900 MEMBERS
FOR FARM BUREAU

Estimates of the Barnes County
Farm Bureau officers that this week is
Farm Bureau officers that 1900 people
would join the bureau in it's drive be-
ing started this week is low, in the
opinion of V. E. Grant of Cuba Town
ship. The estimate of 1900 was bas-
ed on an average Of rs per cent of the
farmers in the county. Mr.. Grant
was the only solicitor in the county
who spent the entire day in the field
Tueday because supplies for the men
we're late in arriving, but 10 canvass
e are working all day Wednesday.
Three meetings in the interest of
the drive have been arranged in addi-
ton to the Valley City meeting Fri
day afternoon. One will be held. in
Getchell School Friday night, in Nome
Saturday afternoon and in Hastings
Saturday night. The afternoon meet
ing are at 2 o'clock, and the evening
ones at 1915. A representative from
the extension department. of the Agri-
cultural College will be at all of the
meetings.
A school for the canvassers will be
held in Valley City Tuesday.
Officers Of the Barnes County Bu-
reau which will be affiliated with the
American Farm Bureau Federation
are: A. J. MtInnes, president; Yer
non Grant, vice president; Howard
Wilson, secretary treasurer and E.
H. Emery, Valley City, R. A. Wegi,
Dazey, Mrs. Jas. Thoresen, Fingal,
Mrs. Nick Runck, Leal, who are on the
executive committee.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-12-16
MANY FARMERS
JOINING BUREAU

Meetings for the purpose of explain
ing the workings of the Barnes coun-
ty farm bureau. and the benefits to be
derived from the same were held at
Nome and Hastings on Saturday, in
the afternoon and evening respectively
County Agent Calnan tells us that
enthusiasm among the farmers was
great land that about 80 per cent of
them expressed their willingness of
becoming members of the bureau.
which will in turn affiliate with the
National Farm Bureau, composed of
over 1,0O0, 900 members. This is about
the highest percent reached by any
county in the state, in which the drives
are being staged, and officials in
charge of the drive in this county are
very much pleased with the results so
far
No reports have been received by
the county agent this morning, re-
garding the progress of the drive in
townships of the county in which So
icitors for members are working. Re-
ports are expected from some today.
however, and they promise to be of
satisfactory nature.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-12-16
SCHOOL VACATIONS
COMMENCE

Vacation will begin in the public
schools of Valley City on Friday, De-
cember II, and will last for two weeks,
according to an announcement this
morning. School work will be resumed
in the different schools on Monday
January. 8. Many of the teachers if
not all of them, are planning on leav-
ing for their respective homes to
spend the holidays either with rela-
tives or friends.
The Normal school holidays will
start also on December II, but work
will be resumed one day later than the
city schools, on January 4. This is
explained by the fact that school is
never held on Monday at the Normal.
At the Office of the school today, it
was stated that nearly all the students
had expressed their intentions of leav-
ing for their homes to spend the hol-
idays, very few of them intending to
stay in the city. The teachers also
are planning on spending the two
weeks out of the city.
The Normal School Budget, the
school paper, will not be published
this week.
Many employed yo1ng men and
women in the city are making plans
for a trip home or to some friends
during the lull in business usually ex-
perienced Immediately following the
big holiday shopping rush.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-12-16
BARGAIN OFFERED
IN THIS TRADE.
FOR TRADE-A perfectly good ready
to wear bathing suit for pair Of

FOR TRADE-A perfectly good ready
to wear bathing suit for pair of
skates. : y.
The person who wished to nego-
tiate for pair of skates forgot to
sign their name to this ad, but is evil
IDENTIFY afeared that the warm weather
that we have been enjoying the past
few days is liable to relapse, and old
King Winter makes his appearance.
The sun has been rising in the morn
ing lin the east rather, all week, but
this morning failed to poke its nose
out, and up to noon had still remained
behind friendly bunch of rather bad
looking clouds, resembling snow.
We want it made plain, however,
that the above ad does not hold good
if warm weather remains with US for
a few days longer. Better not hustle
along your Christmas shopping too
fast until you know whether to buy
heavy woolen goods for presents, or
some of those transparent summer
clothes, if you are inclined to give use
full gifts.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-12-16
DO YOUR XMAS
SHOPPING EARLY

AS the Christmas holiday season
| draws near, you are again cautioned
to "Do your Christmas shopping
early"
In connection with this you are also
, reminded that during the Christmas
holiday season the mails are usually
heavy and in order to avoid conges-
tion resulting from every waiting until
the last moment to mail their pack
ages; you are asked to aid in the
prompt and early delivery of Christ
mas packages, by mailing yours as
early as possible.
Packages may be marked "Not to
be opened until Christmas" or SIM
liar direction.
Patrons of the Office should see that
all letters, bundles, and packages are
properly packed, correctly addressed:
and that the return address of sender
is on the same, so that in case for
any reason your package cannot be
delivered, it may. be returned to you.
Nearly every day patrons of the To-
cal post office drop letters in the mail
box upon which there is neither stamp
or return address, with the result that
unnecessary delays occur thru no fault
OF the office.
Patrons of the Office holding lock
boxes should be careful not to leave
letters or packages on desks in the
lobby, and in throwing advertising
matter in waste baskets, care should
be exercised so that first class mail
is not thrown therein, as first class
mail has been found in the waste
baskets, where those to whom it was
addressed carelessly dumped it into
the waste basket with circular mail
they did not care for.
Postmaster Smith is arranging to
have all parcel post packages which
arrive on Christmas day for local par
ties, delivered the same day if pos
sible which will prevent delay in de-
livery.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-12-16
BAS-
KET BALL STARTS

A league of eight teams has been
organized in the Junior High School
by Coach Fagin and great ricalry was
shown in the first round of the sched-
ule. Illinois toyed with the North
western five and held the long end Of
the score 81. Purdue handed Chicago
lacing to a tune of 80 and were
forced to the limit from the start but
a basket slipped in by Eberly the cap
tain of the Purdue team from the GEN.
ter of the floor did much to encourage
his team mates. Minnesota won by
forfeit to the Wisconsin team as did
Indiana from Ohio. State. The teams
were named after the conference
teams and each aggregation is fight
ing hard to uphold the name of their
respective school. Two round robins
will be played and then teams will be
picked to represent the respective
classes in an inter-class schedule.
The standing of the teams is as fol-
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-12-16
BOUND OVER TO
DISTRICT COURT

The trial of Paul Gottlieb, arrested
on complaint of w. A. Jarvis on a
charge of shooting with intent to kill,
came up before Justice I. J. Moe yes-
terday afternoon. It was some trial
all right. The complainant alleged
that Gottlieb took shot at him with
a big forty-five that defendant had
been carrying around with him. The
defense set up the contention that the
shot was accidental and the. revolver
was discharged after the defendant
had dropped his overcoat. onto the
sidewalk. There was some dispute in
the evidence as to whether the coat
was on the sidewalk before or after
the shot was heard. The fact remains.
however, that shot was fired, went
through the Fair Store window and
that the defendant took hike after
the shot and was finally arrested by
the officials. There is no doubt but
what the evidence regarding the shot
is conflicting but the court was of the
opinion that the evidence was strong
enough to bind the defendant over to
the district court for trial fixing the
bail at $4,000 which was not given up
to this time today and the prisoner
was remanded to the care Of the
sheriff. Passing this case by and leav-
ing it to the higher court to determine
by jury, we want to say that the
defendant was very loquacious, and
gave the states attorney some real
facts as to his business. He talked
too much for his own good and proved
himself guilty of whiskey running
and at the same time of carrying
around a great big loaded revolver.
Answering questions put to him by
the states attorney he very freely ad-
mitted that he was engaged in whis-
key running. He said he had trans
ported cargoes of whiskey through the
state and. through the county of
Barnes and also that he had pur
chased at Minot this big gun from a
pawnbroker and carried it around to
protect himself from hold-ups while
travelling through the country. This
man Gottlieb is evidently one of
gang connected in this nefarious traf-
fic and if he should continue to talk
like he did yesterday afternoon on the
stand, he might give away some. vel
liable evidence that would not sound
very nice to several local parties who
are sitting on the ragged edge of un-
certainty wondering what is going to
drop. Speaking from a personal view
Of the whole business the editor hopes
that there will be a general cleaning
up of this business no matter who is
hit. If the people put themselves in
this sort of company and in a law
breaking class they must blame no
one but themselves if they are caught
at the game. It is time that all real
citizens upheld the officials in breaking
up this illegal whiskey traffic. The
state is getting very undesirable rep
,utation from these awhiskey runners
who are so brazenly Haunting their
feats of law breaking in the faces of
the officials and law abiding citizens
of North Dakota. We understand that
after the defendant had admitted car
rying a concealed and loaded weapon
around on his person. that States At
torney Immediately filed another COM
plant against Gootlieb for this Of
fense, which is serious one in this
state.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-12-16

Fire damaged the residence of R.
B. Cox~on Thursday morning to the
extent Of about $1,000. While endeav-
oring to start fire in the kitchen
range with the aid of kerosene Mr..
Cox got the flames mixed up with a
dish of kerosene and the kerosene can
and Instantly the blaze spread all over
the room. The fire alarm was turned
in, but before the fire department ar
rived the flames had been subdued by
the use Of water and a chemical fire
extinguisher. Much damage was
done to the interior Of the kitchen and
TO the contents Of the room. Wimble-
don News.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-12-16
FUNDS FOR RED
STOCKING Club

Another organization Appealing
to us to join? Belong to too many;
contribute to too many; have too many
uses for my money now.
Just wait a minute, Miss or Mr.,
Reader. Just a minute of your time
please.
~ This is Christmas club of a great
national organization, born out Of the
pity of good hearts and named after
a loving fathers daughter. Its work
is to bring bit of Christmas to un-
fortunate girls. It is a club of an
institution for the state located in
Fargo, an institution where little
girls and big girls, who average in
age just a little over sixteen are liv-
ing, trying to regain health and nor
malcy.
Does the Red Stocking Club mean
toys, dolls and dolls clothes for these
little girls? A little toy cradle or a
doll buggy, or new booties TO rthe
Not means for these little girls,
most Of them not yet seventeen, few
things that will make them happy.
Dolls clothess-No! Babies clothes,
yes! For these little girls are all
mothers. .t-a.. ~ 81
Impossible! No. Cold, cruel facts.
Little girls that should be romping
with their dolls, or tasting the thrills
of the first few years Of high school.
are in this home with their babies.
Are they to 60 without Christmas just
because they, in their youthful ignor-
ance, have been betrayed.
The. Red Stocking Club of the Flor
ence Crittenton Home says not. You
may be member Of this club by send
ing your contribution, it matters not
the> size. to Mr.. H. w. Geary, treas
urer Florence Crittenton Home, Far
go. ND. -
X. S. Ramsett arrived in the city
fsom Fingal this morning and is
spending the day looking after mat
ters in the city.
"Live Wire Zack" who has been in
charge of the advertising department.
of the Peoples Opinion, , expects to
leave tonight for Fargo to take up a
similar position with THE Courier
News.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-12-16

:: Mr.. S. P. Brown, of the Browndale
Ranch, five miles northwest of Dazey,
was q caller at the Times-Record Of
nee this morning to order the Times
Record sent to Potsdam, N. Y, for
which place he leaves today to visit
his brother for the next three months.
Mr.. Brown complimented us by saying
that they were taking the T. r. on the
farm and enjoyed reading it and he
wanted the same privilege out in New
York. We are glad to receive this en-
couragement from our friends. Drop
in again Mr.. Brown on the way back
next spring.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-12-16
BUREAU DRIVE IS
PROVING SUCCESS

Barnes county farmers as whole,
want the Farm Bureau.
This is evidenced by the reports be-
ing turned in by those conducting the
membership campaign to enlist men,
bers.. Fourteen men are touring the
county, taking each township individ-
ually, and making thorough canvass
Of it, approaching every farmer, and
attempting to enlist him as member
Of the bureau. The results as a whole
that the county will go at least IS
that the county will 60 tleast IS
per cent for the Farm Bureau. Re-
ports received from few townships
show the following percent of the
farmers signed up: ,
4 Cuba 81 per cent. .. .
Uxbridge IS per cent.
A Stewart 20 per cent.
Brimer 80 per cent.
y Rogers 50 per cent.
Ashtabula 80 per cent.
,8 A meeting for the purpose of ex-
planning the Farm Bureau movement,
and it's purpose will be held in the city
hall this afternoon and at the Getchell
school at 7:15 tonight. w.
The 'American.Farm Bureau Feder-
alton, with which the Barnes County
Farm Bureau will affiliate, has per-
manent marketing committee of sew
enteen at work on 2 scientific work
able plan for marketing the nations
wheat crop. DR.. E. F. Ladd, of the
Agricultural College, and j., N. An
derson of the Equity Exchange, are
members. A similar committee of
fifteen will work out the live stock
marketing problem, and another will
.hapdle the wool pool. The demands of
a million and half farmers will then
be pushed by this national organiza-
tion in congress. The demands include
protection for farm products, just tax
laws, and fair rail rates. -.
S Meetings similar to the ones to be
held in Valley City this afternoon and
at Getchell school tonight. will be held
in Nome Saturday afternoon and
Hastings the same night. F..
Andrew Davidson has charge of the
Organization work in the unorganized
township of Valley City, and Jack Nc
Donald has charge of the work in Ho-
bart township.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-12-16
SCHEDULE OF BAS-
KETBALL GAMES

The following is a schedule Of the
basketball games for the Valley City
High. School team: fa >
.:-.7s , At Valley City
Dec. II, Sanborn. - 4
January Z, Leal. (
January, open. =.
- February 4, Casselton. :
Bebruary 3 or 5, Bismarck. r.
February 25, Fargo. ~.. IL.
Trips E. d
January 81, Jamestown. ~ ~
January %, Bismarck. z
January 20, Mandan.
February IL, Jamestown.
February 18, Casselton. ~
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-12-16

We are beginning to check Of our
subscription list today, and those
found in the arrears will have to be
cut off until settlement is made. To
avoid this and at the same time not
miss your paper, we ask that you
kindly call and straighten your sub
scription account up. Start the new
year right. Don't start it with q de-
linquent subscription. i
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-12-16
FRIEND M0ULTRlE
WRITES LETTER
Chair Orphanage, Beirut, Syria,
Nov. II, 1920.

Chair Orphanage, Beirut, Syria,
s@ , Nov. II, 1920.
ARMISTICE DAY
How are you, any way? And how
did the election suit you? We out
here Of course heard of the victory of
Harding, which pleased me nightly,
but as yet have not heard what hap
pened in North Dakota. I am hoping
with all my heart that the Townley-
Lemke- Brinton gang got defeated, but
am afraid that their organization was
too strong, if they did get in, we shall
rule, graft and socialism. It GER
tainly is too, bad that the good farm
ers in North Dakota who still are
able to stand for these unprincipled
leaders cannot see where it is leading
them to. ~ .@
We are getting along very we'll with
our large family; there are now $50
little ones here, with over 100 en-
ployees, making nearly 900 in all. The
feeding, clothing, 1--WE make all their
clothes) and schooling of such a num-
Der is no small job. Just now we are
occupied in getting shoes for them all |;
during the summer they 60 bare foot
ed /; we make about 20 per cent of the
shoes, the rest we get from the Near
East Relief warehouse. The rainy
season has commenced, and that
means wet weather until about March.
Of course there is fine weather part of
the time, but there is lots of rain. It
is raining hard as write.
/ am writing this with the first
finger of my left hand, so you must ex-
pect mistakes; about three weeks ago,
when I was cranking my Henry" the
thing back fired, and broke couple
of bones in, my wrist, and generally
disorganized the muscles; l am still
carrying my arm in q, sling. But /
can still eat and talk, so / am able to
keep busy. 80.
Today is Armistice Day; there is to
is it being observed as sort of Deco
ration Day. There are 300 British
Tommies buried in the cemetery there,
and service with addresses is to be
held; should have liked to be there,
but as cannot drive my car, can
not get there. /
. On Thanksgiving Day there is to;
be Community dinner in Beirut; Mrs.
Moultrie and expect to go in, and get
a taste Of Turkey, something we have
not seen since we arrived. This too
depends upon the condition Of my
hand, which certainly ought to- be well
by that time.
Well, remember me to my many i
friends in Valley City, including of
course your good wife.
j Fraternally yours,
L., G. Moultrie.!
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-12-16

The editor has been invited to at
tend an all day annual joint meeting
of the North Dakota Tri-State Flood
Control Association to be held at Far
go at the Commercial Club Rooms on
December 16. Several good speakers
are to be present and there will be
general discussion on practical angles
and on the report of the engineers on
their actual field work of the past
year in flood control projects. The as
sociation is represented in this county
by Gen. A. p. Peake and S. Fletcher.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-12-16

O. P. Emerson expects to leave on
Monday for San Diego, California,
where he will join Mrs. Emerson who
preceded him some weeks ago, and
will spend the balance of the winter:
o. p. feels rather ashamed Of leaving
this summerlike North Dakota wealth
er, but seeing that Mrs. Emerson is out
there he feels he should 60. Well:
here's hoping to see them back with
the birds in the spring.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-12-16
MEMORIAL HOME
TO BE BUILT
u Rev. E. E. Sd
in the city receI
North Dakota

.s Rev. p. =. Sa : ers of Fargo was
in the city rece s !, representing the
North Dakota e ldren's Home So
cie-., WITH VIII Is the pioneers of
EIto. s. u Akota s cooperating in the
.ere-.!on Of =. Receiving Home
ar -ao4p.ta" 8 IN the very site of
the E-s, acme : lat was established
Witt the pres s town site Of Fargo.
-a-s. Henry 2.iBack and two chill
dro.- arrived ! 81 St. Paul, Mimi, in
lc.- md end d many lonely days
the G. before er settlers arrived to
ma, taeir cinanent home in the
nig1oornood. Mr. and Mrs. Charles
A. t:cperts were living in tent and
gave them their first supper. Mrs.
Back was a sister of the late Governor
Austin, of Minnesota and Mr.. Back
was appointed by the late Governor
Burbank, the first treasurer of Cass
county in. 1873.
4 Memorial Hall'' will be estab-
1ished in the new building ir, which
will be preserved many interesting
souvenirs and relics Of early days also
biographical and historical informa-
tion that will be of particular inter
est to the pioneers Of the state. The
society wants to hear from every pio-
neer in the state, who located here
previous to 1889, giving information
as to their experiences in pioneering
an dtheir present attainments. b
! When the foundation Of the building
is laid we hope to dedicate a "Hazel
Miner Corner" to the memory of the
brave young heroine who covered her
younger brother and sister with the
horse blankets and her own cloak
protecting them from the cold and re-
Signed herself to the elements and
was frozen to death, in the great
storm Of March 16, 1920, near Center,
Oliver county. Nearly thousand
dollars has already been collected for
a suitable memorial.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-12-16

Another, of the series of dances be-
ing given at the Elks home this winter
was held last evening. Those pres
ent report large crowd, and very
ENJOYABLE evening. Music was fur
nished by the Beachem- Mcfarland or
chestra. Following the dancing, 4
delicious lunch was enjoyed in the din
ing room Of the home.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-12-16

The second round will be played to-
morrow night at 3:15. Everybody well
come. No admission. Come and see
the future High School stars.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-12-16

The P. E. o. sisterhood will meet
st the home Of Mrs. J. Van Houten
Monday evening, Dec. 13 at 8 o'clock.