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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-18
cHlNA's MOST HOLY TEMPLE.
Enclosure Within Which 10 Altar Of
Heaven for Centuries Consecrat.
ed to Use Of Emperor.

The Temple Of Heaven Ia Pek!o IL y
Chinese temple without idols. a temple
sacred to the use Of Chinese elnpcrors:
and nAalls. q temple that ts not one
building, but park several miles ~
area, with wonderful pagtNass aBd
affairs scattered among its groves.
The Temple at Heaven has been tnf
centuries rs 1t Is now. There IL rem
tiled nall Enclosing grove. and within.
a yellow tiled wa|l tnc|osiny another
gr.-<e. with blne-rnOfeA temples tn W.
expected places. In the most secluded
pies holy at holjes.
The Altar Of Heaven Is a series nj
broad terraces and steps OF white mar
bic. leading. to a circular platform OF
marble. On this elevated platform. Nh-
der the open Sky. the emperor> OF the
old Chinese empire kllelt twice a year
to offer sacrifices to the spirit "r
heaven On lower steps Of the altar
knplt The courtierS. while the emperor
went through traditional rites and Of
ItIPN prayers anu 'c!iH VI N''''A ''''''''
This Altar of Heaven is said by the
Chinese to be The tenter of the earth.
In proof Of this the sightseer is today
allowed to-. stand on. the top OF the
altar. the place so long reserved for
emperors only. and tap the marble so
that he may note the kollowness. OF the
earth below. o
Since the last living representative
OF the dragon prayed for prosperity at
N,e Altar Of Heaven. the temple has
hecnme neglected and MOSS grown. A
president Of (lhnn offered to sacrifice
FOR the people sit the e,nperor's altar
but the spirit TT Old China WAS strong
er than be calculated. The Altar or
Heaven is still unteslded.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-18
strong p,ea.

The local scout. executive had Wis.
tied the school for the purpose Of or
ganizing q troop. He talked to the
boys for time and then taught ther,
several yells, some for their school,
and some for the principal, all Of
which made a decided hit with them.
A few days later they asked their
teacher to invite him back, but she
refused, pleading that their tiIp- ~ss
needed for their regular school work.
Another few days and their request
was repeated, only to meet with the
same refusal and the same excuse.
1t was almost week before the
subject was again. mentioned, at1d
then the genius of the class did it.
"Say. Miss w." he begGa,
don't you feel like you would like to
be yelled for again?"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-18
Law on Vampires.

Some one has dug up an old anti
vampire law which Indicates that
vamping was just as much in vogue in
the seventeenth century AS it is at the
present time. The law reads: "Female
shams--A law against obtaining hus-
bands under false pretense, passed by
parliament in ITO, enacts: That w0m-
an of whatever age, rank. profession
or degree, who shall after this act inn
pose upon, seduce and betray into
natrimony any Of his majesty's sub
jects by virtue Of paints, cosmetic
washes, artificial teeth, false hair, iron
stays, bolstered hips or high-heel
shoes, shall incur the penalty now i'll
force again; the marriage under such
circumstances upon conviction Of the
offending parties shall be null aud
void"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-18
Rahv and His @.

Santa Claus brought an educational
board to Baby Jack Woerner, son OF
Mr.. aud Mrs. G. A. Woerner, Jr., 1918
Gracaland avenue. He took more In,
terest in the new board than In any
of his toys and after few evenings
of diligent study, with mother as in
structor, he could pick out most OF
the letters Of the alphabet. o became
his fayorite letter, however, and any
thing resembling that letter in shape
was an O to him. One evening mother
was asking him to point out his eyes,
nose, chin, mouth. etc, which he did
with much success. Finally she point"
ed to his ear and asked: "What Is
that?" After short pause, he
glanced across the room at his new
educational board and answered:
'srhat's my O."-Indianapolis News
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-18
CATTLE CONGRESS
C0NVENES THURS

A large number Of cattle for the
Cattle Congress, Show and Sale to be
held at Valley City beginning Thurs
day have been entered. Mr.. Williams
of Paramount and Mr.. Burkhart of
Omemee have their Hereford herd
here. Howard Wilson of Leal has a
fine shorthorn bull recently purchased
at the Springdale Stock Farm and a
number Of other herds have been
brought in, including Hammer Bros.
Of Cooperstown, Armstrong of Han
naford, Sebby of Fingal and Somsen
Of Woodwork. Practically all of the
cattle will be in place by tomorrow
morning
The live stock will be judged and
premiums awarded on Thursday aft
ernoon. The Boys Judging Contest
and Farmers Judging Contest will
take place on that afternoon also. The
Hereford Cattle and Duroc Jersey
hogs will be sold on Friday. Short
horns will be sold Saturday afternoon.
A large tent has been secured from
Moorhead and will be placed directly
in front of the Marsh barn where the
Show and Sale will be held. This
tent will be provided with seats and
stoves so it will be comfortable for
visitors to attend the Show and Sale
Entertainment for the evenings has
been provided for by showing live
stock films at the Grand Theater on
Thursday evening and banquet will
be held at the Rudolf Hotel on Friday
evening, at which time prominent men
includi!S. Wesley Mcdowell of Mar
ion, L. P Green Of Minneapolis and
a number of others will give addresses
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-18
GOT FACTS SLIGHTLY MIXED
Representative Osborne Evidently Had
Net Taken Keen Notice Of Pssi-
ton ef She rn1an Statue.

One Of the best speeches in the
hohse in years came from Representa-
tive Osborne Of California the day OF
the Pershing parade. says the Los An
geIes Times. Having been one of the
soldiers who marched up Pennsylva-
MIA avenue at the close Of the Civil
war for a final review by General
Sherman, he was able to draw beau
tiful and striking contrast with the
return Of the veterans Of 1919.
At one point in the address the rep
.res.nlatiye spoke feelingly OF how
Sherman, at the head OF the column,
at Fifteenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue had turned on his horse and
looked back at the advancing Veter-
ans
'Thus," said Mr.. Osborne, 'the fig
urc Of sherman, east in bronze, sits to-
day at the head OF Pennsylvania ave-
nue., as he sat that day more than f1t-
ty years ago
The reference to the Sherman statue
aroused great interest and many were
the pilgri:i:;Gcs made to the statue
within the rr*s few days to see how
Sherman looked gazing down the ave-
nue.. But horror, Of horrors! 1t de-
veloped that Sherman was looking not
toward the advancing column, but to-
ward the White House, which stands
in an opposite direction.
Now Osborne is looking for the man
who placed it thus.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-18
Synthetic Vinegar and Acetie Acid,

Acetic acid is now used in great
quantities in making acetate Of Gel
lulose for Airships. Before the war
this was obtained by distilling wood,
but it no longer suttices. A synthetic
way Of making acetic acid was die
covered and now the price Is much
lower than it used to be.
The process is simple; it calls for the
production Of acetic aldehyde by re-
action Of water with acetylene and the
oxidation Of the aldehyde gives acet!c
acid.
Three French companies are now
using this process and La Nature says
they bid fair to drive the distillers Of
wood out of the f1eld, even planning to
produce a synthetic vinegar that shall
be much cheaper than the natural A.
tlcle. 49, -,
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-18
DIDN'T SEE MUCH OF FIGHT
Rider on Elephant Attacked by Loop
ard Chiefly Occupied In Stick
ina to His Seat.

/ scene that to r,,e spectator might
have heen EuilicrouS. hut that to the
man who took leading part proved
more exciting than amusing, is de-
scribed by G. f. Gouldsbury.
He was travelling through an Indian
jungle when a leopard spran: out and
seized the elephant on which he was
riding by the trunk. Mr.. G"uldsbury
had no time to think-much less to
raise his gun.
"What happened Immediately after
warfl.' he says, Il never could quite
tell. for dlrin" the next few minutes
I WAS not in II position favorable for
observation. All | can remember is
that our movements We're extremely
rapid and irregular, bringing me at
times dangerously close to the leopard,
which still retained his hold.
"The elephant, in its efforts to rid
itself OF the tenacious brute, was dane
Ing about with an agility strangely ut
variance with its otherwise solemn and
djgnifed appearance. Fortunately, the
tussle did not last long. and the next
thing remembered was seeing the
leopard hurled violently back into the
Jungle. where it lay, fully exposed to
view, growing savagely. but showing
no intention of renewing the struggle.
''The elephant stood quiet fcr mo-
ment, and. taking advantage Of the
opportunity, put bullet through
the leopard's head; then, forcing the
elephant quickly through the scrub, /
made good the distance between US"
From Life in tire Indian Police"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-18
AirpIane Prospecting.

The airplane is destined to be Of
enormous utility in facilitating pros
petting for and opening up mineral
properties in the Andean valleys.
Hydroplanes can fly from the PACING
TO the upper waters Of the Amazon
in a few hours, while there are good
landing places for planes on many OF
the snow fields Of the higher Andes,
which have never yet been explored.
The airplane is almost ideal for
transporting precious metals. where
the value is high in proportion
to weight and bulk. and the time-sav-
ing is 80 important as we'll as the safe
ty from robbery. Already plans are
under way to use planes in Peru and
Colombia.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-18
WOMAN EARNED HER LIBERTY
unlookes.For Suffering Endured ~
stowaway. Who Was Making Har
Way to Freedom.

Gone was the .B0sporus and in It's
Mace We saw the leaden waters Of the
Black sea-. From the portfolio Of
Josef's cabin We could distinguish
many miles west Of US the coast nAe
Of the country in which White had
spent three years. according to Capt.
Alan Bolts "Stowaways. lnc.," in Asia.
Feodor. soon loft US, for hs had to
bring other stOwaways to the light f
day.. From every concealed Granny Of
lhe vessel men and women, almost ~
lixllt-hearted as ourselves 1T delivsr-
ance from the Turks, were coming iato
the open.
One Of the stowaways, a passport
less woman whom the. aged captain
was taking with him to Odessa, did
not rejoice for some time. As hiding
place for her the old man had chosen
n deep locker in his chartroom lon tide
bridge. There She had remained for
the last two days. Now, Rosa, the
kitchen wench, knew nothing Of the
captains. lady,. That morning, not
wishing to- send her own particular
stowaway-a Turkish. dcserter with
coal-bluckened face, untrimmed beard
and decidedly odorous clothes-back
to, the .bunkers, where he had spent
. the previous day, she thought Of the
locker: rs temporary home. Dump
ing him inside the locker, she IT'S
tened the lid and ran back to the
kitchen. The Turkish deserter landed
with some violence on the captain
lady and both received bad fright rs
they clutched at each other In the
darkness. Yet The lid could not be IT,
moved from. the, Inside and the wena'
ans screams were uaheard outside the
little room. The air In the unve1SSi-
lated locker grew more and nsrs
stutfy. Finally the woman tainted.
The Turk, tired after long spell II
cramped wakefulness in the bunksrs
and the kitchen, composed himss4t
philosophieany and went to sleep. a
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-18
Do You Need 4 Periscope?

Don't give up hope, even If you are
a tiny person in q large crowd. To
your rescue COMES an adaptation of the
periscope. designed specially for use in
crowds. According to Popular Mechan:
les Magazine: :s... :.
ut consists of a case, having a mir
ror set lat the proper angle at either
end, which can be extended to a length
of two feet or more by reason OF
a bellows connecting the two ends.
With the device heightened, the mir
rors are, exposed 80 that the user can
see over the heads Of . crowd without
dtsicuity."
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-18
''BEAUC0UP" BAS-
kET BALLPLAYERS

Valley City is full Of basketball
teams. Ten Barnes county school
teams will battle for the county
championship. Seven teams will con-
tr;t for the boys title and three for
the girls -
Both boys game and girls game
will be played this evening on the
Normal floor" Friday afternoon
there will be boys semi-fnish and Fri
day evening the big night with the
final games for both boys and girls.
Leal, Wimbledon and Sanborn are the
schools having representative girls
teams. Eugene Mcfarland will ref
cree the boys games. -.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-18

Qvil les made by Mr.. Malcolm. Mr..
Buffers letter follows:
Twice recently Mr.. T. W. Malcolm
has called for information in regard
to our North Dakota taxes. a9
"He would like something definite
in regard to land tax and amount we
are assessed. will help him if can.
/ own in Steele County, North Dakota
the N. 1-2 Sec. S, Township las, Range
l57, and the S. E.. IA and the N. w. IA
Of Sec. 81, Town 146, Range 81, 639
60-lo0 acres in all. On the s. E. IA
of 50 is my home. 1t would cost at
least $4,000 for the improvements on
fthis quarter. In 1918 the land tax on
the S. E. IA was $43.85, on the N. W.
IA $3.50, on the LIZ Sec. s, $76.72,
total taxes on Sec. for 1918, $154.07.
In 1919 the tax on the N. IL Sec. s is
$l54.44; on S. E. IA 80 is 1882, and
on the N. W. IA 80, $l03.82, total tax
for 1919, $858.o8. I do not see the
justice Of taxing the N. w. IA Of Sec.
81 81 more than the same number of
acres and the same kind Of land that
the S. e. IA Of Sec. 90, with more
than $4,000 worth Of improvements
on the land. =
"This land is all cultivated or ro-
tated to hay and pasture. / located
on some Of this land in May, 1881,
and for thirty-five years, l managed
my own farm. But after two severe
surgical operations was obliged to
sell my personal. estate and rent my
land.
sit might be that l should be class
ed as an absentee landlord. But l.
hardly feel that way myself. live
near enough to my old home so / can
look in and see how business goes
So much for my personal part of the
question.
"ln regard to the taxes, the state
will have to pay this year and what
We paid last year will say: the land
tax in 1918, exclusive of improve
ments, were $ll 1877 1854. In 1919
the land tax was increased to $19,-
TAI ,9Q3.49, or from 5489 per cent in
1918 to 1895 per cent in 1919.
I'm all forms Of taxation our state
will have to pay in 1919, $36, 067, 153.-
|95.
Il have taken my figures from the
report of the state tax commission
and report Of Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Packard. And if Mr.. Malcolm
wishes to verify my figures he can
write to J. NJ. Mark, Finley, N. D.,
treasurer Of Steele county.
1T is not so much the tax one OBJ
jects to as the way the money is
used. One appropriation of $780,
900 was made for an immigration fund
by the league legislature. 1t is now
administered by John Worst at year
ly salary of $4,000 with the privilege
|of appointing twenty assistants with
salaries ranging from 81 200 to 49,
500 per year. And when you meet
league organizer in Minnesota ask
him how much of his expenses is paid
from the immigration funds of North
Dakota.
'The tax question is not used as a
club against the farmer, but rather
against the bunch of Socialist nom
resident cranks who are now looting
our state. For nearly all the taxes
are used for the current expenses Of
our league state government.
"The so-called public utilities that
are being pushed in our state are fin
anced by bond issues.
eve have before us in the coming
years a good prospect of greatly in.
creased taxes unless there is radi-
cal change in the administration of
our state government"
E. C. BUTLER"
Cooperstown, N. OAK, March 3.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-18
LIGHTS OF IMMENSE POWER
Rays From Points On United States
Coast Are Visible Seventy Mi'es
49, Out At Sea.

? The highest beacon lightrnaintained
by the United States for warning
navigators is at Cape Mendoclno, CAL,
422 feet above sea level. 1t has 4
range Of % miles. ~"
The brightest light and one Of the
most brilliant in the world Is At
Navesink, N. j., on the highlands ut
the entrance Of New York bay. IT
Is 26,00o,O00 candle power and its
glare has been seen from 20 miles cut
In the ocean. d..
The largest lighthouse liens" Is n
Makapuu point, on the island Of Oahu
(HAwaiian group. Its beam at night
brings first news. to voyagers from
the United States that they are near
ing the mid-Pacittc archipelago. 1t
is called 4 "hyperradicnt," the inside
diameter Of the lens being about nine
feet and that Of the glass lantern In
closing it 1G feet.
The lens Of the Navesink light In
closes" a powerful electric arc. But.
generally speaking, kerosene is the
preferred illuminant for many light
houses.
A lens frequently is built up OF
glass prisns arranged in panels, the
object being to concentrate the light
into a beam Of maximum brilliancy
and range. Some lighthouse lenses
IRE so arranged rs to revolve, con-
tri,ance of the sort, weighing perhaps
5000 pounds, being coated upon mer-
curry and thereby turned SO easily that
snail bit of clockwerk actuated by
1OO-pountl weight will operate 1t.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-18
Remarkable

. An cmorous young man met a math.
ematicaI maid at the Christmas dance
He was as keen on f1irtations as she
was on problems, and he asked her, III
the conservatory, to tell him her ag,-.
h: How old am I?' replied the gtr!.
:'Welf, when l am as old as my sis :t.,
was when she. was as old as I will be
when she Is twice as old as l then WAS
l will be twice as old as I now am"
!. The young man, eager to plea ".
looked at her in polite astonishmeat
and exclaimed:
'Never!"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-18
wild Section in Southern France.

An almost forgotten region latel y
pointed out by Samuel Wells to the
Liverpool Geographical society Is
southern and midland France. with
the desert lands on the Mediterranean.
Here the wild horse and IA breed Of
buffaioes are still extant, and great
rocks, gorges and caverns are features
of the country. The immense caves
abound in remains of the stone and
bronze ages, while wonderful staiac-
tites hang from the roofs. The build
ipqs show architecture centuries old,
especially that Of the Roman period.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-18
MORE ABOUT TAXES
i. c. Butler of Cooperstown Gives His
Assessment for 1918 and 1919 on
Several Quarter Sections,
Showing Increase From
Sl54.07 to $358.08.

More tax comparisons, but then,
they are all the go in our state at
present. -.
The tax comparison produced here
with is,from Griggs County and is
very specific as to details. It is fur
nished by E. C. Butler Of Cooperstown
who was prompted to write It by in
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-18

After one of the most exciting ses-
sions of any state legislature acting
on the woman suffrage amendment
West Virginia is entitled to the head
prize. For. days this legislature has
been deadlocked by tie vote Of IA
to IA on the proposition and it has
been necessary to have one senator
q !. q
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-18

Miss Work who is instructing the
Red Cross classes in Home Hygiene
and care of the sick arrived in the
city yesterday from St. Paul. Miss
Work is a Red Cross nurse and was
in the service nearly two years.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-18

who was favorable to suffrage and
who was spending his winter in CAL
ifoania to return to vote and break the
deadlock, which he did yesterday and
the amendment was ratified Wednes-
day afternoon by vote Of IL to H.
West Vir1inia making the thirty
fourth state to rstify. Only two more
states are needed and Delaware and
Washington have called extra sessions
and both are expected to ratify in a
few DAYS, making complete victory IN
the nation for woman suffrage. To
break the West Virginia deadlock a
SPECIAL train was furnished by the re-
puh1ican national committee for Sen
ator Block from Chicago to Charles
tom so that be might cast the deciding
vote. If these two states had had the
foresight to call their legislatures to-
yether two weeks earlier, the women
cou,d have had full vote next Tues
day. However. ratification will come
soon and oil the legal voters Of the
United States will get a chance to
cast vote at the next election and
North Dakota women will vote at the
June primaries. This will help live11
things up in the campaign we will tell
the world.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-03-05

Some people beginning call the feline government
instead of the Lenine Every time you kill tn
darn thing comes back to ife
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-03-05
MAN AND DOG.

Somebody why likes dogs better than other animes
What could he choose chum wth2 One fly
birds with fishes and chew the cud with sheep
with pigs with fowl leap from
bough The larger beasts of danger
Mice and prolific and destructive be
aged large human habaons and their subteranean
be shared by Poecats and
the question Monkeys with their reedwelng instincts
moi be taught clearly habits And so goes
But the dogl He is of share mans interests, and
large enough rampe him down small enough live
inaccessible hooks and Like the and cavedweg
he cean, monkeys and grass-eang
He share home and bed He about by day but
alert by night Like he loves play and and hunt and
he makes brave and reliable fighter.
Best of ALL he is himself companonab afectionae and devot
ed No lamb loved Mary good dog loves
For like his the wolf he of social stock though
before the beginning of human history took him from
the pack to make him friend and helper for himself
The life of these species splendid example of
what biologists call mbioss and the fact that be
native tribes the globe argument
favor of the theory that lived together became
dspersed-takng their dogs with Them faof Australia
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-03-05
SUCH IS LIFE

wrongw
March George Washington in
augurated G793); his second term,
and Just as like as not: March A.
Herbert Hoover inaugurated 1921);
his first term.
March 5, 1770-Boston massacre,
which even the most reactionary citi-
zen cannot say was caused by the Boil
shevist tendency of the Boston police
force.
March 6, 1836-The big rumpus
with Mexico starts. Mex. cutthroats
butcher the defenders of the Alamo,
mission station near San Antonio,
Tex.
March 8, 1916 - Pancho Villa
makes the biggest mistake Of his life
by taking little trip to Columbus,
n Mex.
March II, 2-Twenty-one pion-
GERS left Boston for Oregon, blazing
the "Oregon Trail" Eight of them
got there and were the first white set
tiers of the northwest from the east.
1t took 'em a year to make the trip
and today trans-continentalists kick
if their train is eight minutes late get
ting into Portland
March Is, 1S67-Andrew Jackson
was born. Andy was a rough-neck
citizen, fiery warrior, possessed Of a
temper full as tempestuous as any
other president enjoyed, and inventor
of the theory that spoils of Office be-
long to the victors.
Famous Americans who chose
March for their birth month: James
Madison, DIETER known as the "hus-
band of Dolly Madison") 1851; John
C. Calhoun, 1882; Grover Cleveland,
1897; William j. Bryan, 1860; John
Tyler, 1890.