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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-05-06
OPPORTUNITIES on the Farm.

There was a time when the idea was
altogether too common. that the occu'
patton of farming was a sort of junk
pile where fate threw human diScards
who lacked ambition intelligence or
perseverance enough to succeed in
any other calling in life, observes the
Christian Herald. Then along in the
late ninetieS there was 'back to the
land movement" and ''moSsback' and
'hnySeed' We're relegated to the cot
umns Of obsolete slang.
The farmer sees life and growth on
every hand Even in winter, in the
localities where the landscape seems
Il symbol Of death with snow and ice
holding everything in its grasp, there
is the hope of renewed life, or reslr-
rccion as it were, typitied by the
stores of seed grain laid away for
the next springs planting.
Truly, on the farm there are special
opportunities for observation and
thought and happy is the farmer
whose thoughts 20 deeper than the
bottom of his milk pail and whose
pasture fences are not the boundaries
of his horizon. .
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-05-06
GONG is TO SOUND
NOON PRAYER CALL
Interchurch Movement Workers to
Pause Each Day For Appeal For
Spiritual Success.

The revival OF the custom OF family
prayers is one Of the ways whereby
the nation may win a closer walk
with God" is the belief of the Rev.
Ralph W. Hobbs of Fargo, N. D. AS
state representative for North Dakota
Of the Spiritual Resources department
OF the 1nterchurch World Movement,
Mr.. Hobbs has the responsibility Of
sounding the spiritual note at all con-
ventiOns and conferences.
One of the customs introduced by
him is the sounding of a gong daily at
noon at state headquarters as signal
for all I. w. NJ. workers to pause for
a moments prayer for the spiritual
success of the movement. The promo
ton of devotional hours, periods Of i'll
tercession, family Bible study, and
prayer groups are other methods he is
Introducing to intensity the spiritual
power of the churches.
Mr. Hobbs is widely known in the
Northwest, and is at present pastor OF
the First Baptist Church of Fargo.
president of the Fargo-Moorhead Min.
isterial Association, and chairman OF
the state missions department OF the
Baptist National Board of Promotion.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-05-06
WHEN THE CLOUDS GATHER
"6irth" Of Thunderstorm, as Seen by
Airmen, Is a Remarkable and
Beautiful Spectacle.

Have you ever been in the air to
watch a thunderstorm grow? asks
Popular Mechanics Magazine. II you
were merely on the ground looking
up, then you saw only the bottom Of
1t. The airInan is the one who sees
just what is happening in thunder
storm.
A few hours before the sky was,
perhaps, perfectly clear. All at once
few white patches become visible
to the eye, and If they quickly begin
to dot the whole sky, it is warning
sign. Each fluffy cloud represents the
point where moisture rising from the
earth has begun to condense. The
rapid formation Of the clouds means
uneven heating Of the surface of the
earth and the presence Of lots Of
moisture in the air. The clouds grow
together, forming a continuous roll
ing mass Of dense vapor. cutting Off
the flyers view Of the earth.
SO far the storm has only been
threatening. The clouds have spread
sideways as far as they can; now they
begin to grow heavier. The heated
air from the earth below pushes
through the heavy layer and bulges
it upward. Higher and higher it is
rondcnses, and This great bullying mass
of vapor. sometimes three or four
miles high, has become thunder
cloud. It's bulging tops are called
thunder peaks or thunder heads. and
they are responsible for the lightning,
the heavjness Of rainfall and the hail
we sometimes have in midsummer.
The energy Of thunderstorm is
amazing. A single great cloud may
contain billions Of pounds of water
cIond to cloud are sometimes 20 miles
in length, and when we stop to think
that it takes current of $4,000 volts
pressure to produce Il spark all inch
long, we can only wonder at the i'm
mense amount Of electricity involved
in a single fash. Sometimes the wind
from a thundprcloud, Oh the squall, as
il is called, is violent enough to level
trees and small buildings, and is I'M
properly called tornado. There is
big difference. A tornado Is a viO-
lent whirlpool Of air that sweeps
across the country and twists of trees
and roofs in its path. The wind from
thunderstorm blows straight away
from the storm and never twists.
Broadly speaking, there are three
general stages in the development OF
Il thunderstorm There must be
strong currents Of moist air rising
from the earth, as Indicated by the
appearance Of the white patches OF
cloud. This condition must continue
until the sky is covered. And lastly,
the force Of these upward currents
must be great enough to push the
clouds up into thunder heads A
thunderstorm then results.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-05-06
ALL FOR The BEST
Mr.. GosIington PHILOSOPHERS on
Human Ills.
Finally Comes to the Very Wise Con.
ciusion That Many Seeming Mis-
fortunes Are Really Bless
inqs in Disguise.

"G!immerby, my friend Glimmerby."
said Mr.. Goslingtol, "propOunds the
theory that both poverty and worry
are conducive to longevity, and l
think there is something in that. !
am not so sure about the worry, and
yet | think even that may be true:
l can see, for instance, that if Il man
worried hard enough he would keep
himself lean and so escape the Ills
and Inconvenience attendant upon
obesity; but that poverty tends to
lengthen life l have no doubt what
ever.
"Ihe man who is poor, as we most
OF us are. has TO work for living
Surely it Is in work that we are most
blessed; and if We have work to do
in which we are interested, that APP
pealS to us, then are we fortunate in
deed; we find Il pleasure in labor and
a JOY in accomplishment and it makes
me smile to think how in such work
we forget our worries entirely.
$50 we don't really need to con-
slider whether worry is life pr0lOng-
or or not all we want to lengthen our
days is to be poor. poor enough so that
we have to work and keep plugging !;
but | do wonder that Gilmmerby did
not mention along with poverty and
worry, as among the things that might
tend to prolong life, our physical all
mentS.
Some years ago friend Of mine
began to lose weight and he kept on
in that way until he had lost %
pounds. Then he consulted a doctor.
It was something that could be
checked, controlled and perhaps en-
tirely cured If the patient would fol-
low faithfully the prescribed treat
ment; and then he was told that tn"
general benefits he would derive from
the treatment were such that his life
might be prolonged to a greater limit
than it would have reached if he had
never had this ailnlent at all.
81 might add that this friend has
now recovered several Of his lost
pounds, he is feeling very clipper and
cheerful and he fully expects to live
to be a very old man.
"The fact is that many things that
we may look at, when they come upon
us, as drawbacks are in reality bless
ings in Disguise
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-05-06
HAS SOCIAL HOUR
With PRES. CRANE

One Of the pleasant features of the
visit of President A. G. Crane last
Saturday to the Normal school was
the hour or more Of informal socia-
bility which the faculty and its guest
enjoyed. At 4:30 o'clock a meeting
was held on the stage in the auditor
iurn where the Dean of Women, Mrs.
Patton, and her assistants served
light refreshments. An opportunity
was provided for meeting Mr.. Crane
to deepen the acquaintance which
son3e of our faculty members have
WITT him.
Dr.. c.. E. Allen then introduced Mr..
Crane who spoke very informally on
several topics of mutual interest to
teachers, especially Normal School
instructors. He described his part in
a committee meeting recently held IN
Grand Forks which had for its con-
sideration the question Of certain
amount Of credit for advanced work
taken in the Normal Schools of North
UA:ota by students who may later
fin;:l, a curriculum at the University
or IN the other colleges Of the state.
"Teachers' Week" was also discuss
ed quite at length by Mr. Crane. He
outlined the plans now under way tor
it's general observance during the
week beginning May II. We feel that
the hour was one profitably spent.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-05-06

AS pastor Of a church where one.
third of the members are :.'tithers,
the Rev G. Leroy White, of the First
Methodist Episcopal church Of James.
town, N D., was the logical choice as
state Secretary for Stewardship in the
Interchurch World Movement.
Mr.. White, who was born in Mary
land, is a direct descendant of the
early Methodists who began their
work in this country under Francis
Asbury. He received his B. D. degree
from Drew Theological Seminary, and
has had>a wide.reaching ministry, in
Guiding Long Island, Baltimore, Wash
ington, D. c., and jamestown. In the
past year he has received 1926 new
members into the church
Life itself is trust from God, and
DOT only material wealth, but the
riches of body, mind, and spirit,
should have their due proportion set
aside for His especial SERVICE" Mr..
White points out.
The enrolment of League of Ten
Million Christian Stewards" .acknow-
lodging Gods ownership and pledging
a 1.-THE or more of their income for the
extension of the Kingdom Of Christ on
earth,' is one aim Of the Interchurch
World Movement.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-05-06
Maxine Starch From Potatoes.

The manufacture Of starch from
potatoes is not complicated process,
the drying, however being somewhat
painstaking. The tubers are first
cleaned then ground. This sets the
granules of starch free. The ground
mass is then washed with cold water
and the starch settles at the bottom.
This is collected into watts, spread out
on shelves and artiticially heated. 1t
dries into Jumps and is then the COM
mercal starch. The residue from
this manufacture is like alcohol mash.
a valuable cattle food. 1t may also be
used as fertilizer. With characteris-
tic wastefulness we in this country
have thrown it away.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-05-06
Radium Economy.

The use of radum on a large scale
Independently involves danger of
loss, and this factor has been Il big
one in inducing hospitals and clinics
with gram or more Of the element
in use to utilize radium emanation in
stead Of applicators containing the ra-
dunn itself. There has been installed
in Pittsburg laboratory an elegant
and useful apparatus for the collec-
ton, publication and tubing Of radia-
ton emanatiOn obtained from salt
of the element. It differs from earlier
apparatus in that liquid air is replaced
by chemical means of purifying the
emanation, which are felt to be more
reliable.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-05-06
All Alike.

Lady Astor, the American NJ. T., told
in London the other day a story about
an anti-suffrag iSt.
"Anti-sutfragists are all alike
she said. "Once | was canvaSSing for
signatures to petition about Lord
Nlilner, the vicerUy to India at that
time. When called on Mr.. BoggS, the
grocer, he read the petition carefully
and then said:
"'Who is this here Miner, MA ';m?'
Sour Indian viceroy.' said I.
"'Wot's a viceroy" said Mr..
Boggs.
"a pro-conSul, you know And ex-
planned Lord Miners position in de-
tail.
"Mr. Boggs satisfied, dipped his
pen in the ink; then he looked anx-
iously.
"'You're not 1ettin' the women sign
this. are you! he said.
"'Oh, no, indeed said I.
"That's right said Mr.. RoggS, as
he slowly traced his signature THAT s
right, ma'am. Women don't know
uothin' about these things.''
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-05-06
Airpianes for Statesmen,

A Sydney New South Wales)
business firm engaged in the manu-
facture of rubber is equipping its
commercial travellers with an air
plane. This is the first of three to
be similarly employed by the firm.
Miss Dorothy Perdriaus made trip
with the "bagman-pilot," Lieut. J. II.
Butler. It is stated that Australia i'm
ports annually S5,O0O.O0O worth Of
rubber goods. BY their aerial delv-
cries this firm expects to get a great
er share of this business.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-05-06
ENGLISH Call This Aumor.

Dobson-Tve got a fine riddle for
you, old man.
Extraordinarily? Out with it.
Dobson-If there's pile Of boxes
outside a drapery store, and man
walks round them, what is his name?
ACKNOWLEDGMENT the fainteSt idea.
Dobson-His name is Mitchell.
Hobson-How do you make that out?
DObson-Because his fathers name
was Mitchell, you silly chump Lon
don Tit.BitS.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-05-06
She Wanted to Know.

"John, want to ask you something"
"Well, my dear?"
"When we were married. didn't you
say: with all my worldly goods thee
endow?'"
II did"
''Then l want to know why you is
sue them to me on the installment
plan, in such small lots and only A.
ter wearisome 1rc;ng?"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-05-06
As a Liniment.

81 got some alleged liquor, but I'm
afraid to drink it," ...
"Going to throw 1t away?"
"Naw: I'm gonna take chance on
using it to rub with. louisville Cou-
rier-Journal.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-05-06
All But That.

ct can make any boast that my hus
band can make" said the equal rights
lady, who was making a speech.
"All right" said man in the audi
ence "go ahead and do it. just heard
your husband say that he was man
of few words"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-05-06

Viewed from missionary stand
point Indo- China constitutes one of the
most neglected corners of the world.
With a total area Of 451,O00 square
miles and 2S,OOO,OOO inhabitants, only
sixty-nine missionaries are on the
f1ald-an average of one to every AGO.
900 souls. .a.'
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-05-06

The Interchurch World Movement
program for Colombia includes As
chapels, 46 schools, 9 hospitals, 1S dis
pensaries, 4 social centers and l bust
ness agency, with a sufficient number
of missionary and native workers ade.
quately to man this needy field.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-05-06
Euyptts,l "kisSar."

The kissar is one of the most an.
Client Of Egyptian Instruments. 1t Is
found represented IN monuments an
te0ating the birth Of Christ by 1000
years. 1t consists of a circular body
with large triangular frame above,
from the cross-bar Of which five strings
pass to the bottom of the frame. 1t
10 tuned to the pcntatonic SCALE
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-05-06
Light Always Ready

1ALLEY-LIGHT is
electric light for the
farm.
1t is always ready-in
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-05-06

machinery.
Lalley- Light
isproved right
by more than
seven years.
actual farm
use. We will
demonstrate
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-05-06

With electric power into
the bargain to run your
water pump, churn, separ-
ator, and other light
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-01

They have become acquainted with the
habits Of cows. chickens and other AMI
mails and display a startling interest in
such things which are SO common to
those who live away from paved streets
and crowded tenements.
That people live as they do in the
big cities often causes wonder. But ex-
perience has shown that many of them
prefer the crowded districts to the open
spaces. The bright lights have more
OF an appeal tor them than the glories
Of sunset, the clang and noise OF the
city they prefer to the quiet of the
country and the songs of nature which
are 80. delightful to ears attuned to
their music.
Some people live in the larger cities
through force of circumstances. But
one fact overlooked by many So
called reformer is that other people
prefer such life and this being free
nation they can live there IL they SC
wish. Hence the nature school in New
York city.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-01
: AMAZING RGPoRTs AeoUT
HEAVEN.
philadelphia BuIletin.)

Gnu2USlVuI4 0OIletIH.y
For. many years sane investigators of
psychic phenomena objected to re-
ported messages from the other side
on the ground that they were Of no
value whatever, that generally they
were puerile, and especially that no
information was given ~ to conditions
In the spirit world. Answers to these
criticisms were never satisfactory and
the investigators always disappointed.
Since the great war broke out there
has been q "Reminiscences Of belief in
spiritism, better word than spiritual
ism, especially In Great Britain, and
one extraordinary result IL that We
get abundant details OF every phase of
life In tho great beyond. II the state
ment could rest here all would be sat
isfactory. Unfortunately, every per-
son sending messages through gives
details which differ SO radically from
all others that the sane man is con-
fused and must believe none of them,
or else that heaven Is by no means
the delectable abode we have long sup
posed.
The latest report that there is beer
and tobacco in heaven may suit some
present thirsty souls. but is hard on
Jealous prohibitionists. Indeed, moth
Ing which is alleged to have been re-
vealed II. in any way, generally sat
isfactory, and conservative people still
rely on faith and divine revelation
rather than on any testimony from de-
parted friends.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-01

for the strength, but for the skin OF
these mighty builders before the Lord.
THE question of how the Egyptians
made fire was one that had often
exercised Psychologists. No represen-
tatiOn of the process existed on the
monuments, nor does the nation appear
to have attached any religious signifi-
canoe to the origin of fire. The ques-
ton was settled by the discovery at
Kahun of a regular bow drill for max
ing fire. together with several sticks
showing the burnt holes caused by
fire. drilling.
I'm February. 1905, an American
explorer, T. M. Davis, discovered the
tomb Of Yuaa and Thuaa, father and
mother OF that Queen Tyi whose in
fluence played SO great q part In
Akhenatens religious information.
THE tomb was intact and the OBJ
jects 1t contained were az perfectly
preserved as IL they had been shut up
only few weeks. One of the arcneol-
ogists described his sensations on en-
tering the place as being very much
like those of man who enters a town
house which has been shut up for the
summer Armchairs stood about.
| beautifully carved and decorated with
gold, the cushions on one OF them
stuffed with down, and covered with
linen so perfectly preserved that they
might have been sat upon or tossed
about without injury. Two beds of fine
design decorated with gold occupied
another part of the chamber. while a
| light chariot in perfect preservation
stood in q corner.
Most startling of all was the dis
covery of a jar of honey, still liquid
and still preserving its characteristic
| scent after 1900 years."
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-01
RIPPING RHYMES
THE NEW YEAR.
BY WALT MASON.

hail the new year gladly, and
say to 1t, Good day" while still
surveying sadly the year that's
passed away. The old year seemed
q winner when first it's tour be-
gan, but now old Time, the timer,
has put 1t in can. That year
was punk and daffy, the worst Of
all bum bets: this much of cpl
taphy II all the dead one gets. But
now its bright successor with
gladness accost, and I'm q cheap
John guesser II It should prove a
frost. hail the buoyant stranger
and hope he'll set us free from
dread and doubt and danger. and
all the Ills there b.. ! hope he'll
bring good feeling. contentment. in
his train, and end tho foolish spiel
ing that's driving men insane. I
hope he'll bring q season Of quiet
and repose. and back 70 law and
reason lead people BY the nose.
For I an. oh, 20 weary Of riot
and unrest, Of frowsy skates and
bleary who do their dirty best, to
stir up useless Quaxxelss TO mako
mems passions llama, - undermine
their mosalav and bpoll their ueokul
game. The old yeaxse nalFleA un-
der : mflIlon tons u IN; ene neW
y4of ~ q Won4eRs ~ 1uuNe -
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-01
OUTLOOK FOR 1920.

FACING the year 1920. the United
States stands|as the only free gold
market in the world. and by far the
greatest holder Of gold in the world, as
the only important market for capital
on q large scale and as the most ex-
tensive source Of raw materials as well
as Of manufactures now in existence.
It's labor 10 fully employed and It's pro-
ductivs energies have moro than an
ample field for their application. This
inevitably means a continuance OF a
strong and active business develop
ment.
The shortage Of immediate loan
funds. the tightness Of money and the
effort to contract credit are elements
In the policy OF maintaining stability
and solvency, and they may be cx-
pected to continue. 1t cannot, however.
dissociate itself from European con-
ditions. In Europe economic dis
organization has not been overcome
and requires our aid for its immediate
relief. The outlook for 1920. given due
business caution, is hopeful; but the
difficulties to be overcome are great
and the necessity for self-control ir
the use Of credit is more marked thar
for a long time past. However. as the
year draws to q close q distinctly more
cheerful feeling Is discernibls in thu
Wall Street district; this IL evidenced
by the increased demand for the stand.
ard shares on the belief that the mar.
ket will be entitled to the customar,
January rise.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-01
APusLlc SCHOOL EDUCATION.

APusLIc SCHOOL EDUCATION.
17HERE are several unnecessary sub
jscts taught in our schools. and II
some Of those were eliminated there
would be more time to instruct our boys
and girls in those principles which make
for straight American citizenship.
Some persons seem to have the mis-
taken impression that the public
school is philanthropio enterprise for
the benefit of the poor. They need in
struction in American principles. And
it. Is just that instruction which the
public school can best give when study
courses are unhampersd by subjects
not essential to the groundwork Of =
good education.
There are enough essential things.
and among them are a knowledge Of
the English language. Of the frame
work of tho American government, Of
American history as affected by the
world and as it has affected the world:
a knowledge of the true meaning of
democracy and what are the rights and
duties of American citizenship; they
must have training in self government
that they may in time be fitted to gov
ern others. and to get such instruc-
ton in school they must have teachers
who are all-American.
There are many things like music
art, foreign languages. ancient history
and the best OF the worlds Literature
which are desirable in education. Blu,
essentials como first and should have
the right Of way in the public schools