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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-09-01
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BEN CLARK, WHOM THE INDi-
ANS CALLED "MI-E NO-TO.WAH."
9, Western Newspaper Union.

When General Clusters Fighting
Seventh charged down upon Chief
Black Kettles Cheyennes on the
Wushita to the tune of "GarryoWen"
that cold November morning in 1868,
at his side rode man whom the In
diuns recognized, and they shouted to
each OtE r Look out for Red Neck!
lies !; lead shot!" ~
Clark played an important part In
Clusters campaigns that year, but his
most valuable services were performed
as scout for Gen. Nelson Miles In
the war with the Cheyennes, Arapa-
hoes, Comanches and Kiowas in 1874.
His greatest feat was his part in the
| rescue Of the Germaine sisters, two
little white girls who had been cap
tured when their parents We're muir
| dered by raiding Cheyennes in their
| Kansas home.
| Two Of the girls, Adelaide and Julia
Germaine, We're recaptured from the
Cheyennes when Lieut.. Frank Bald
| win struck the camp Of Chief Gray
Beard so suddenly that the Indians
had no chance to kill their prisoners.
as they usually did. The girls in
formed General Miles that two OF
their sisters, Catherine and Sophia
Germaine, still were held by another
band Of the Cheyennes.
Ben Clark Immediately set out to
discover where they were. After
long search he found that they were
in the camp of Chief Stone Calf. Cen
eral Miles secured photograph OF
Julia and Adelaide and on the back
of it he wrote message to the other
sisters telling them that every effort
was being made to rescue them. he
gave this message to friendly In
dian who visited Stone Calls camp
and, unobserved by the Indians.
slipped it into the hand of one of the
girls.
The general next sent message
% Stone Calf, demanding his surren-
der and telling him that no mercy
would be shown his warriors unless
the Germaine girls were brought to
the nearest army post alive and un-
| n;iiHleu. III d 9Aoit tiiiio o''i'S S"AA
came in to the Cheyenne agency, sur
rendered his white captives and all
four sisters were reunited. Ben
Clarl's scouting had not been in vain.
When the Cheyennes were finally
subdued, Clark settled down at Fort
Reno, Okla, with them. He became
their interpreter in all their dealings
with the white men, and the Chey-
ennes came to honor RED Neck" al
much as they had feared him when
he was fighting against them. Later
he was custodian Of old Fort Reno,
and when he died a few years ago,
after more than 80 years in the gov
eminent service, his passing was
mourned by white and red men alike.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-09-01
CONSTRUCTION OF GOOD ROAD
Careful Design and Best of Workman
ship Required, Especially for
the Foundation.

Every element of a modern road re-
quires careful design and the best Of
workmanship. The foundation es-
pecially must be deep and substantial,
and for this it would seem that the
usual layer of crushed stone is entirely
inadequate and unsuited. Underdrain-
ing is also very important, but usually
is laid out on theory rather than a con-
sideration of actual conditions that
vary every few yards The surface is
vitality important, for it should be alb
solutely smooth, as any initial ir-
regularity forms a starting point for
disintegration under the trip halamer
blows of heavy truck wheel.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-09-01

Losses from flax wilt, the worst
enemy of fax culture in North Dakota,
have been greatly reduced through the
breeding at the North Dakota Agricul-
tural college of wilt-resistant varieties
of fax that will grow fair crop on
the worst wilt infected land.
The photograph shows rows of wilt
resistant flax growing beside a row
where a non-resistant variety was kill
ed out entirely by the disease.
The resistant strains were developed
by selecting the seed of single plant
that thrived on infected soil and using
the best seeds from this plant to sow
on infected soil again. Through con-
tinuous selection of the best plants,
the strains were built up to high
degree of resistance, although not to
a state Of immunity or wilt proof.
The wilt is fungus disease that is
found in most lands that have grown
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-09-01
PLANT LEGUMES IN ORCHARD
Good Practice That Crops Be Kept
Growing Between Trees in Sum-
mer and Early Fall.

Good orcharding practice requires,
in many instances, that crops be kept
growing between the trees during late
summer or early fall. For one thing
the soil will need humus and protec-
ton from the burning rays of the sun.
It is a good practice to plant cow
peas, soy beans, or other crops that
thrive in late summer and early au-
tumn to protect the soil and to add
fertility to it for the next season.
Most of the legumes are well adapt
ed for summer crops in orchards. Cow
peas are in many instances better
than other summer legumes for this
purpose. ~
Usually, planting peas or soy beans
in rows between the trees and giving
them a cultivation or two is better
than broadcast. sowing. However,
some prefer to sow broadcast.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-09-01
Ancients Did Not Temper Copper.

The general belief that the ancents
we're able to harden or temper copper
to a greater extent than is now posi-
ole is a myth in the opinion of the
United States geological survey. De-
partment of the Interior. 1t is Welt
Known to metallurgists that processes
If rolling will harden copper to some
extent and that it can also be hardened
~ the addition of other metals. Speci-
mems of ancient so-called tempered"
copper that have been examined have
Invariably proved to be no harder than
copper that is manufactured to-day, or
o be simply an alloy Of copper and
some other metal.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-09-01

fax. The disease can be carried over
from one year to the next on the seeds.
| and will remain potent in the ground
for several years. It sometimes is
found also on new lands.
For the eastern one-third of North
Dakota and eastward, the wilt re.
sistant variety, N. D. r. ia. is recon-
mended as being the best variety, as
most Of the land is wilt infected In
the western twO-thirds, on land that
has not previously grown fax, N. D.
155 is one Of the best yielders. 1t is
not resistant variety. N. D. r. 50 is
a resistant variety best adapted to
western North Dakota and eastern
Montana. 1t does not do so we'll as n
D. R. ia on the heavy soils of eastern
North Dakota. .-
Methods of growing fax are de.
scribed in "Flax Cropping" Extension
Circular "a, to be had upon request
from the agricultural college.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-09-01
GOOD
HIGHWAYS
CALIFORNIA; ROAD SYSTEM
Bureau Of Public Roads Has Com
pIeted Impartial and Thorough
Investigation.

prepared by the U. s. Department Of
Agriculture.)
Eighty-seven and one-half per cent,
or 1862 miles, of CALIFORNIA; high
ways paved with concrete has been
found to be in good or better than
good condition by the bureau Of pub
lie roads Of the United States Depart
men. of Agriculture. Some months
ago an adverse report was made by
two of the large California automo-
bile clubs regarding the condition Of
CALIFORNIA; highway system. Recent
ly the bureau of public roads has
completed, on request an impartial
and thorough investigation of Califor-
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-09-01
WINDBREAKs ARE BIG ASSET
Soil Is Prevented From Drying Out
Quickly and Protection Given
Grain and Trees.

Windbreaks are in many ways a
farm asset. They tend to prevent the
soil from drying out quickly and they
protect grain and orchards from in
jury by the wind. A belt of trees near
the farm buildings protects them from
extreme cold and from summers heat.
Trees make the farm a pleasanter
place in which to live. The windbreak
may be also q source of wood supply
for fuel or for sale.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-09-01

ing power longer, and the cost Of
treatment may be lessened by reduc-
ing with an equal part of kerosene.
Crude petroleum will spray better if
thinned with one part of kerosene
to four parts Of crude oil. Both the
crude petroleum and the coal
tar products often contain for
eign particles, so should be
strained before attempting to spray.
One must. be sure that the spray
reaches all the cracks and crevices,
giving special attention to the roosts,
dropping boards, and nests, and the
treatment should be repeated two or
three times at intervals Of week or
ten days.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-09-01

In feeding poultry valuable lesson
may be learned from nature. In spring
the production of eggs on the farm is
an easy matter. Fowls at liberty to
roam find an abundance of green and
animal feed on their range, which with
grain furnishes a perfect ration for
laying hens. In addition to this they
get plenty Of exercise and fresh air.
So far as lies within his power, then,
the feeder should aim to make the
winter conditions springlike.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-09-01
"1-2-3-MIX" ROAD SURFACE
Found Extremely Satisfactory on Main
Travelled Roads by PennsyI.
vania Authorities.

At a result of long experiments the
Pennsylvania state highway depart
ment has found the "1-2-3-mix" high
way surface extremely satisfactory on
main travelled roads. This mixture con-
sists Of one part cement, two parts
sand and three parts stone. The high
way is eight inches thick at the side,
is eighteen feet wide and reinforced
with wire mesh.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-09-01
LIVE TOPICS IN A LINE

The wax-moth or bee-mOth never
kills strong colony Of bees. The col
ony must first be weakened by some
other cause. Find out what that
other trouble is.
Take your tonic from Jars, not bot
lies, next winter. Can vegetables now.
here are kinds and kinds Of insur-
one of which is seed testing.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-09-01

Of soured milk, contains too valuable
materials to be thrown away, and may
be used in preparing many table deli
cacies. The fluid holds in solution
some lime, phosphorus and carbo.
hydrates, as well as containing the
growth promoting substances so nee
eSSary to good diet. .
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-09-01
Good Repair Materials.

Broken stone and tar binder are
the only satisfactory repair materials
for macadam roads and many Im-
proved country roads are of that type.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-09-01
Heavy Duty Roads.

OF the 2,500,0O0 miles Of highway in
the V-sted States, only $3.50 miles
are subject to the demands of heavy
duty traffic
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-09-01
OF Course,

She-Tve cOntided the secret Of our
engagement to just three Of my dear
est friends.
He-Three all told?
She-Yes-all told.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-09-01

Standing with reluctant feet.
Where the brook and river meet, i
Weary farmwives stoop and dip,
Rise, and make another trip.
Sink well and put in plumbing;
Speed the happy day that's coming
When the bucket to the shore,
Shall be lifted-nevermore.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-09-01
Lees Cxorhit:nt Prices.

1t bts:l.s - appeal: that .,;ls can
be butt :nr .ess :h;n exOrbitant prices.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-09-01
8 o o o 9 8 o o 9 8 o o o o o @ q
o STITCHES IN TIME 9

. . . . . p . . . . . . . . . Q .
Nothing less than the effete tea
wagon of the society novel, made big
and. strong enough to do housewives
work, saves many a step between the
stove and diningroom. Any old table,
given wheels, will serve
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-09-01

1nfer,ile eggs kept dry will never
rot. Swat the rooster!
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-09-01

The COW chews the cud, but you
choose the COW. Be sure you choose
and select those that will improve the
herd.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-09-01

The two prime essentials in success
full registered livestock production are
outstanding sires and capable care
takers.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-09-01

/ Says Sam: The best theory Of rel
ativity is the brotherhood Of mau.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-09
Wings Of the Morning

tNtN tIh NIloDt)
From London comes the report that
q $50 passenger seaplane is in course
of construction, and that next year
it will tune up its motors and send
its 400-fOot span westward at 1870
miles an hour. leaving Great Britain
at midday and sighting the Statue of
Liberty twenty four hours later
This is quite possible. Of course. 1t
is, in fact, inevitable. Science per
mits it and men wish it, and even
tually it will he done. There will he
larger motor units accessible to
mechanicians. cabins inside the wings
tas are promised for the present
British machine). steel construction
paralleIing bridge work, and more
speed than we yet dream of.
If yesterday brought news OF aerial
possibilities from London. it brought
news of aerial performance from
Omaha. The Pulitzer speed race was
held there yesterday. and the Curtiss
haNy racer was piloted for $50 miles
by Bert Acosta at a speed of 173
miles an hour. Two other machines
or American make pressed upon him
with approximately 1876 miles per
hour and 1o6 miles per hour, respect
lively, for the course.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-09
THINK BEFORE you BELIEVE

Over and over again has been shown
the tendency on the part of the ma
jorty of us to believe too soon in the
worst" the extreme, the reports that
come to our ears on the speedy wing
of the careless newsbearer, too often
more interested in his ability to
create a sensation than in the &C
curacy of his news. For instance:
six inches Of dirt descend upon a man
who is digging a we'll, an unfortunate,
dsconcerting experience to say the
least, Yet the news flies hither and
yon that well-disger has been
buried alive under several feet of
gravel and stone. Our sympathies
are aroused, we visualize the poor
man in his living grave, we COM
miserate his dear bereaved ones, all
on the basis of the flying tale, which
afterwards turns out to be much less
tragic than at first reported. Thus
it is in news Of food and fire and
hurricane; death tolls mount as re-
ports travel from person to parson,
damage is douhly increased winds
wreak havoc a hundred times m IRE
dreadful in report than in actually.
Nor is this tendency to eXaggera
ton in report and credulity in &C.
ceptance confined to news of physical
catastrophe. We are just as promo
to an easy belief in the moral de-
linQuencies Of our neiChbors as in
more striking disasters. We don't, %
percent of us, give the benefit of the
doubt which is due; it would almost
appear that we like to believ, The
worst, to realize that our noighbor is
weaker than ourselt, to rejoice in his
weakness. We need to put the lIakcS
on when our credulity runs ava
with our commonscnse and eonaros-
ity. Think before YOU believe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-09

Now it appears the New York
Garment manufacturers are tho ones
who have broken contract vita the
workers. IL so they should he held
up to scorn. There has been a de-
rlorable inclination on the part of or
aanized labor to break contracts and
a great need in these times of uncer-
tainty of a scrupulous regard for OBJ
legations. If the employers are now
to ignore contracts, to disregard
pledges made they will deserve The
scvercst structures. Recognition of
obligations is incumbent on all he
cause all profit from the security
which it affords, but or employers of
labor it rests more heavily because
they profit more largely from bust
ness confidence depending on stable
conditions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-09
GWAN-TO-BED STORIES
Maurice Monkey and the
Business Man
[ j. l.. McIlNNNl

Once upon time. dear children.
there was 4 darling little monkey
! named Maurice. He lived all day
on the end of a string and he
danced on the sidewalk To a lot of
| silly songs played by his master.
| Joe Gazobo, on fuddy -duddy hand
| organ. (JohnnN, get off the pianoD
Although Maurice danced and
carered about all day, nevertheless
/ away down inside of his little
monkey anatomy he was very sad.
| lie wished to 10 something more
| noble. more worth Whil" Than
| merely making comic little gcs-
| lures all day long. How wonder
| full it must he to he q man.. Maui
| rice would say. How | would like
to be one of those hig important
| looking business men, ANA then
| he would shake his head and a little
! tear would fan on the sidewalk
I with a splash.
one day when Maurice was feeling
! particularly bitter and wishing
| more than ever that Ae could he a
| business man. loo Gazoho took
| Maurice and his hand organ down
| to the business section Of the city.
and while he was playing ncar one
of the largest office buildings,
| Maurice suddenly jerkcd his string
| ont Of Joe'S hand and climbed up
the side Of the building. lie
stopped on tho ledge of seventh
floor window and looked inside
dorothy would YOU mind taking
the dogs ear out Of the hahys
mouth? Thank YOU for both Of usl.
There he saw 4 business man
seated at his desk. Tho man
picked UP some papers. looked at
them, and throw them down Then
he grabbed up little stick and
scratched the papers madly Then
he picked up something black and
h'ld something elise to his ear and
mad" awful faces into the black
thing. Then he sat down in his
three times. picked up more uapers
ana pied them up. then tore the pile
down and threw most Of them on
the floor.
Maurice watched him long
time, First hc was puzzled. then
ne was surprised. ana finally he
was terribly disappointed. $50
that's a business man At work" he
said. WHY. thor" isn't any more
sense to that than there is O. my
funny little gestures at the "rsd Of
my comic little String. If he
hasn't any more sense than To sit
there making faces into black
throwing them down all day. he's
bigger monkey than ! am"
50 saving Maurice climbed down
and went ID work with now CON
sentiment in his heart. ia rather
he moni;cT." said he. Il do this
because y have to. tut ] know
better. That fellow doesn't know
any better moor fish" Rnt Mai
rice was wrong. Your daddy was
the man whom Maurice watched
through the window. snd ne docs
know better hut he must make
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-09
THE WATSON CHARGES

IT, as it is really idle to suppose, the
statements of Watson of Georgia, the
charge that American soldiers in
France were hung without trial and
shot down like dogs by their officers,
be found based on fact then is he en-
titled to great credit. If those
charges are not supported Watson
will be conclusively shown totally un-
fit for the position he occupies.
With regard to his statement that
"the officers in too many cases made
courtesans of the nurses" Secretary
Weeks we'll summed it up when he
said: NO decent man would make
such charges, and l measure my
words when l say that" A decent
man il convinced of some basis for
the charge would think of the ninety
and nine out of every hundred of
those nurses who gave themselves so
generously and often with so much
self sacrifice to the noblest work of
the war; he Would be mindful of that
and spare his words, But Watson is
not accent. This has long been sus-
pected, now 1t is known. If Georgia
Z wishes to keep him in the Senate the
Senate ought toshave enough self
respect to wish to be rid of him.
1t can do no less than to insist on
the evidence; compel the Georgia
senator to bring forward his proof if
he has any and reveal it in the full
light Of publicity. The Senate would
be a contemplate body unless it in
sisted on this.
Secretary Weeks wisely calls on the
American Legion to assist in obtain
ing all the facts possible respecting
the Watson charge which coming so
long after the commission of the al
legged crimes constitutes a reflection
upon the entire personnel of the
American Expeditionary Force" The
members of the Legion are now free
men, at liberty to tell what they
know.
1t may be added that General
Pershing has no hesitancy in declar-
ing the Watson charges "the most
outrageous and untrue accusations
that could possibly be made and are
absolutely without foundation" In the
light of all this it is unthinkable that
Watson may avoid the demand for
the basis of the charges he makes,
and get away with it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-09
As Bad AS the hoy.

An inspector of schools was asked
BY the squire to dinner. During the
meal the squire asked him if lie had
had any amusing experiences.
Yes" rcpiied the guest. Il was
taking class Of small boys in the
subject Of general knowledge. J asked
somewhat abruptly. Who wrote Ham
iet""'
~ sman hoy held up trembling
hand and stammercd ont. 1'loaSc, sir,
didn't"
After the ladies had retired. the
squire moved his seat So 5 to get next
e the inspector and said, About that
s'ory--I suppose the little hecgar did
rrite it, didn't he?'-Pcarson's Week
~.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-09
1t Is the Southern Viewpoint
Birmingham News


1t is the Southern viewpoint now.
at least the viewpoint of the best
thOughtSof the South. The people of
the South have poured forth consid-
cradle treasure TO help the negro de-
velop. They have aided him, educat-
ed him and carried him on their
shoulders financially for more than
nifty years. They have given him
some opportunity and encourage
ment. they have given him to. an in
creasing degree fair show in the
courts, and there is less and less dis
elimination against him before the
law because he is a black man. But
the South has always drawn the line
at having an ignorant black man act
as the balance of power ana decide
the fate of State, local and National
Government.
The South will have no quarrel
with President Harding upon his ad-
dress. If the speech was greeted in
a measure of silence, it was because
such statements from a President
were astounding. and the people were
thinking and rejecting. 1t was not a
matter for cheering, but for study.
The cQlored contingent was some
what Hociferous-hecause in some of
his sentences they did not thorough
~ understand and that is the only
danger in the utterancc. If the negro
leaders understood thoroughly and
can make it plain TO their people.
then the atmosphere will be cleared
to a considerable extent; but the
great trouble is with many of the col
ored leaders that they are given TO
talking too much upon matters they
have not thoroughly digested.
II was a wonderfully courageous
speech 1t would have been so easy
for the President to have come here
and confined himself to q few glitter
ing hanalities that would have
pleased everybody and offended no
one. But he came with a message. a
message Of vital importance to the
South. the Nation and the world. The
Presidents visit made magnificent
success of the Semi Centennial cele-
hration. but il did more than that
it gave the South wholly now vision
of the clear headed. thoughtful cour-
age Of the man. His address made
profound impression, and it will do a
vast deal of good in the years that
are to come.