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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-11-24

Carl j. Olson and son, David, re-
turned from Fargo this morning on
No. z at which place they had spent
Sunday with Mrs. Olson who is in
the hospital at Fargo, and who is re-
ported to be getting along nicely.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-11-24

The criminal case on at the court
house Saturday was the State VS.. Earl
Bower of Long Prairie, Minnesota, on
a charge of forgery. Boyer was
found guilty of forgery in the third
degree and will be sentenced probably
today. Boyer was charged with forg-
ing check on John Eldrich at Pills.
bury, N. D.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-11-24

Senator Frank Ployhar left Satur-
day night for Minneapolis where he
went to join Mrs. Ployhar. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ployhar and Mrs. Persons expect
to return to the city about Wednes-
day night.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-11-24

The thermometer has been hang
ing about eight and ten below zero
for the past two or three days, Whlch
is pretty strong for the first touch
of winter. The cold wave seems to
have touched the northwest and near
east generally. Up in some points IN
Canada it has been as low as "a be-
low zero.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-11-24

Clifford Ferguson came down from
Jamestown Saturday night and spent
Sunday at home returning to Ghe
Stutsman county capital last night
Cliff is much pleased with the new
business so far. Lee Ferguson went
up to jamestown today to spend, the
dav looking over the business there
and will return tonight.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-11-24

The regular Rotary Club dinner will
be held at the Rudolf Hotel at 12:lO
tomorrow noon. All members not able
to be present should notify the hotel
management to that effect before ten
o'clock tomorrow morning.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-11-24

Citv weigher c. L. Wylie LETT Tor r
nnhu1ue Iowa, yesterday morning
over the 500 railroad, called there Dy
the serious sickness Of near req
i've While he is away his son. L. D.
WIFE will look after the scales.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-11-24
York. The two gentlemen were trav.
cling west in an automobile.

The fremen will give their annual
ball in the High School gym Wednes-
nesday evening of this week. This
is the big event of the year with the
firemen Of the city and it is expected
that there will be record crowd pres
ent.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-11-24

daughter Elsie is located in the Opt
cal business. Mrs. Holman will spend
the winter in California. Mrs. w. H.
Yaeger, daughter of Mrs. Holman
will accompany her mother to the
Twin Cities.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-11-24

Andv Anderson. formerly connected,
with the teaching staff of the local
high school is spending a rev. VIZ %as 10 - q
the city visiting friends. Amy 10
busy farmer near Rogers.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-11-24

The moonshiners taken into Gus.
toby the latter part of last week will
probably be up before Judge Englert
some time this week. The court start
ed in on civil cases at the court house
this morning. There are number OF
these civil cases on the calendar which
the court wishes to clean up.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-11-24

M;tt Mason who has been out wes'
m a ranch since returning from ove, =
seas with Co. G, is in the city v's 1;.t1e
old friends and recuperatlng h'''e
after long summer of hard work.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-11-24

Mrs. George Holman and son Ray,
mond leave this evening for st: Paul
where they will spend several days
visiting friends and relatives after
which they will leave for Pasadena.
California where Mrs. Holzman's
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-11-24

Rud Fisher, who was the instlgator
of the "Mutt and jeff" comic opera "a
accompanied by c. A. Ellerman, OF 81.
paul were visitors to Valley City
Sunday. Mr.. Fisher is from Ne"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-11-24

F. W. Becker and j. l.. Stearns WEI &c
down from Rogers yesterday ~ W
snend the day. While IN the SitX
3Seck" was busy talking paseoa''
and visiting old friends.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-11-24

If you take the word Of those who
are filing this election contest at Bis
marck for it, there has not beer an
honest man sign one of those recall
petitions or women either. Every day
we read of hundreds of names that are
fraudulent and now they claim that
thousands of them are all wrong. 1t
is very strange that they did not find
this out before the election instead Of
waiting until they got licked at the
polls.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-11-24

The schools of the city will be closed
81, this week while the teachers go TO
Fareo to attend the educational con-
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-11-24

day set aside for the new officials to go
in. There is no real sentiment for a
contest anywhere but at Williston and
Devils Lake, and you can rest assured
the whole matter hinges on fat JOB
or two that those who have these jobs
are afraid of losing. 1t is not any
great love for the people or an cleo
ton or anything of that kind. No
one has raised a question Of fraud in
the late election. 1t was clean elec-
ton, but the office holders like Bloom
are building their hopes Of keeping
their grip on the state treasury on the
slender thread that some of the names
on the recall petitions had been dupll-
Gated. 1t does not look like anything
of this character could stop the will
of the people expressed at the polls
October %.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-11-24
Deputy Sheriff Lippold left Frid

Deputy Sheriff Lippold left Friday
evening for Tomahawk, Wis, to bring
back a man at that place wanted here
on a charge of grand larceny, 1t is
believed the man picked up by the
Wisconsin officials is the man wanted
here for stealing clothes from a con-
tractor by the name of Hutchinson
from LaMoure who was working near
Rogers last summer.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-11-24

About a dozen friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. N. L. Smith gathered at the
Smith home Thursday evening to Gel
citrate the eighth wedding anniversary
Of the Smiths. The guests were dress
ed in old fashioned clothes and the
bride wore her old wedding dress
which was used for the first wedding
eight years ago. The evening was
spent in playing cards. A very de'
licious luncheon was served late II
the evening and brought an end to the
happy affair.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-11-24

R. H. Winterer arrived in the city
from Darlington last night ana Is
looking after business matters mere
today.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-11-24

A big bunch of teachers wen went ~ TO
E.roo This morning to attend TT the
state meeting of the educators. Inc
Sessions will last for three days.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-11-24
From Mondays Daily

C. M. Montgomery is down from
Oriska and is spending the day IN tne
city.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-11-24

The nonpartisan press bureau IS
seeing things again. The following
dope is contained in a dispatch from
Washington in the Courier-News this
morning: "When the first returns
came in from the North Dakota cleo
ton some of the politicians in Wash
ington conceived the idea Of eliminate
ing the nonpartisan league from the
house. That would be by re-arrang-
inc the North Dakota districts on east
and west lines instead Of on north and
south. The argument for that is that
the bulk of the league vote is IN the
western part. Detailed returns, how
ever, show that instead of having
only one league district to carry, the
Red River Valley will have to carry
two, for the second district, repre-
sented by G. M. Young, who came out
against the league, went for the
league although Young carried 1t
against the league two years ago
Now it appears that while the state
can be sliced on east and west INES
so as to make three apparently anu =
league districts, the total margin Of OF
1000 by which the late returns lndl-
cate anti-league victory to have been
achieved, if you slice into three
leaves very scant margins and the re-
suit might we'll be that with a little
furry toward the league at the next
election, it might easily get all three
congressman. So what will probably
be urged in the redistricting OF the
State IS to detach one Of two strong
anti-league counties from the 'Ree
River valley district and help ou'
Young's district from which would b@
detached an equal population OF pro,
league voters on the western edge OF
Young's district.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-11-24

Some of the league papers are
playing foxy politics. They claim
that it is foolish to institute con-
test to keep .Nestos out of his office
because, they say, he will be a failure
anyway with the rest of the |. V. A.
and that next June the leaguers will
be able to give the independents a
good walloping. This is like counting
your chickens before. they are hatch
ed. Just because Frazier and his
fellow workers and Kate Richards
O'Hare have fallen down on the JOB
is no sure sign that Mr.. Nestos and
his fellow workers are going to 40 the
same thing. We have an abiding faith
that the new officials will accomplish
something of real service to the state
and one of the things that will be &C.
complished will be the opening up OF
the books of all the departments OF
the states business SO that any ana
all who desire to know what is beng
done can do so. Another thing we
feel sure can be accomplished by Mr.
Ncstos is the cutting off of thousands
of dollars of state money now beng
spent uselessly for propaganda and
Jobs for politicians. He can give the
$tate business Observation-Disclosures
thing we have not lad for at least
five years.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-11-24

There is one thing about Attorney
Pike, of St. Paul. who was employed
by the state administration to help in
our legal department at $4,000 per.
He is no piker.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-11-24

It beats all how bad these l. V. A..
fellows are Just at this time. After
reading the columns Of slush in the
Fargo Courier-News we are led to
believe that these l. V. AS are real
criminals. The real Office holders who
are about to lose their jobs have dis
covered that there has been great
frauds perpetrated in signing the re-
call petitions and in the election OF
Mr.. Nestos and his fellow victors on
the recall ticket and they are going to
bring suit to restrain these gentlemen
from taking their offices. 1t is indeed
nathetic to see how badly these state
Office holders feel over these great
wrongs that threaten to take away
from them their substantial meal
tickets. It must be great burden to
them TO see such horrible crime COM
mitted that interiors with their pock,-
nthook. But if there were any such
thing happened why did they not use
the legal department of the state 10
look after it before the election!
There was Bill Lemke who has tlne
house and who draws big salary az; as
the legal adviser of the state, ana ne
had crew of we'll paid assistants
Then there was fifteen thousand dol,
lars Pike who who could have looked
these petitions over. Now Pike mas
sued his employers for his pay ana
has tied up $128,00O of state money,
hv garnishment proceedings and
which money should be in our Bank OF
North Dakota to pay bills with in
stead of being in a bank in St. Paul.
The work of these office holders it al
together too coarse.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-11-24

Walter Coop boarded No. 3 Satur'
day night for California where ne
will spend the winter with his family
He took along his golf exit" along
with him and said he would BRING
back some record cards that woulc
make these local golf players tee
pretty cheap. This is to be done att
er he has practiced up whole lot or
the links out there.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-11-24

DR.. and Mrs. E. A. Pray will open
their home on Fifth Ave.: north, this
evening at 1880 for social and get
acquainted party for Rev. and Mrs
C, A. Baxter to all members and
friends associated or affiliated with
the Episcopal church. This invitation
given to ali those mentioned whom the
Committee is unable to see but who
are most cordially invited.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-11-24

It is asserted by Theo. Nelson that
the reason that J. H. Bloom, of Devils
lake. has been so active about insti-
tuting a contest over the recall cleo
tion IS because Mr.. Nestos gave flm
no promise of reappointing him to the
lob on the state fish and game COM
mission. Sure. 1t is the fellows who
600 their meal tickets disappearing that
are stirring up the fight to keep the
choice Of the people from taking over
the Offices. Mr.. Frazier, Mr.. Hagan
snd Mr., Lemke apparently are getting
ready to move next Wednesday the
The Colorado statesman., 1921-03-26
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Pre-Lenten Festivities.


With all the authority of the
church, in the early Christian CEN
turtles, 1t was impossible to lure the
masses entirely away from pre-Lenten
festivities and in some districts the
period was extended from the twelfth
day of Epiphany to Ash Wednesday
This period presently gained title as
the carnival" period, the wcrd being
derived from the Latin carnis, flesh,
and vale, farewell, signifying: rare
well to the flesh. According to an
other authority the derivation is from
carnis and levamen, solace. meaning
the solace of the flesh, but the former
seems the more probable origin OF
the term. In modern Rome these fes.
tivities are limited to eight days. In
several southern cities of the United
States, as New Orleans, Memphis, Mo.
bile and Galveston, short carnival
celebrations are held each year begin
ming on Monday before Ash Wednes-
day and continuing through Shroye
Tuesday. Mardi Gras is applied to
this carnival In America.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-03-26

year varies from 1853 to 3SJ days and
because of this irregularity the jew
ish new year may occur anywhere be-
tween September 5 and October o
All other dates, including the Pass
over, are movable because of this
peculiarity of the calendar.
In 325 A. D. the date of the Easter
feast, in dispute because of calendar
and religious differences, was finally
settled, but this did not obviate all
difficulties. Because of the imperfec-
tions of the Julian calendar days OF
the month and year began to fall be-
hind. BY the year 1882 the calendar
was 10 days behind and the vernal
equinox. supposed to fall Invariably
on March 81, fell upon the 11th. This
caused difficulty in fixing the correct
date of the Easter celebration and
because of that the Gregorlan re-
formed calendar was invented and
adopted.
This festival was always preceded
by a fast of some duration. At first
the fast began on Good Friday and
continued for 40 hours. A little later
1t was extended to three days and
later still 1t was extended TO week
known as Holy week, during which
there was general abstinence from
flesh meats. The first mention of
the fast, corresponding closely to our
present Lenten period, occurs in the
fifth canon of the council of Nicea in
which it is styled "the quadrigesima"
or 40 days.
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The Colorado statesman., 1921-03-26
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Easter!-and the umper mold
Feels a kindling thrill OF gold
Gold upon the willow tips,
Gold upon the crocus lips:
Feathery gold of catkin-ore
And the colts-foot by the shore!
Easter!-and the bluebird's wing
Shows an azure shimmering;
on the robins breast there glints
Presage of the roses tints,
While the grackle's prismy throat
Glistens with each warbled note.
Easter!-and the lyric stream
Wakens from its winter dream;
Every strain the south wind breathes
Some fond prophecy bequeathes;
Every bough, throbbing Tyre.
Voices some aroused desire.
EasterI-and the wondrous clue
To the marvel ever new
Earth's renascence, wherein we
See revived mortality,
AS in root and branch and bole!-
Easter-andA the quickened soull
The Colorado statesman., 1921-03-26
The Two
Greatest
Festivals
T of the
Christian
! World

Easter, like Christmas, Is season
OF great rejoicing throughout the
Christian world, writes George b.
Catlin in the Detroit News. The two
might be termed the alpha and the
omega of Christian festivals, since
one celebrates the nativity and the
other the resurrection of the Lord
Jesus Christ from death and the
grave.
AS the early Christian records are
fragmentary and imperfect it Is i'm
possible to determine when the cele-
bration of Easter began. The early
Christians of the church In the East
were mostly converts from Judaism
and these Christians continued the
observance of the principal feasts and
fasts OF their ancestors, the ancient
Israeiites.
The death and resurrection of Christ
occurred at about the time of the
Passover which Jesus and his dis
cIples had gone to Jerusalem to OBJ
serve. The Last Supper, held In an
upper room" of a private home in
Jerusalem, by some authorities sup
posed to be in the home of the mother
of st. Mark. was the Feast of the
Passover.
The only allusion in the New Testa-
ment that would Indicate very early
observance of Easter, as feast cele-
brating the Resurrection, is in the
first collection of the letters of st.
Paul to the Christians of the church
in Corinth fifth chapter and seventh
and eighth verses: purge out the
old leaven, that ye may be new
lump, even as ye are unleavened.
For our passover also has been sac
yificed, even Christ: wherefore let
us keep the feast, not with the old
leaven, neither with the leaven of
malice and wicl1edness, but with the
unleavened bread of sincerity and
truth"
In. the subsequent records the first
aIlusion to Easter Is In connection
with dispute between two groups
of Christians as to the date of the
observance when, in the last decade of
the second century of the Christian
era. Polycrates, bishop of Ephesus,
and Irenaeus, bishop of Lyons, wrote
letters to Victor of Rome, differing
with him on the subject of the proper
date for the feast.
The crucifixion occurred on the
sixth day of the week. or Friday. The
following day was the Jewish Sabbath
and the Resurrection occurred on the
first day of the week. The early
Christians of Jewish ancestry wished
TO signify their separation from their
former faith, so, presently, they
ceased to observe the Jewish Sabbath
and made their holy day Sunday, the
first day of the week.
The Jewish calendar is based on the
phases of the moon, having months
of 20 and 80 days alternately. The
days of the month In the Jewish cal
endar, therefore, change from year
to year during period of 10 years
or the metonic cycle, at the end of
which period the phases of the moon
reoccur on the same day. A partial
reimbursement of the dates is achieved
by introducing an extra or interclary
month in the third, sixth. eighth,
eleventh, fourteenth, seventeenth and
nineteenth years.
The years having this interclary
month are known as "embollsmic"
years. The length of the Jewish
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-05
HASKIN TELLS OF THE MAKING OF JAZZ

a song-producing plant for $50. The
firm published the song, and it be-
came very popular. Believing that
he had been deliberately deceived
as to it's real value, the young man
brought suit for IN accounting, and
the number has been withdrawn
ron the market pending develop
ments.
Most competent song writers, how
ever, have the sagacity to ally them
selves with song factories and not
to wander about attempting to sell
their products to chance acquain-
tances. They realize that jazz has
passed into the hands of American
industry. and that the Independent,
carefree days of Tin Pan Alley are
over. The old fashioned brownstone
houses on that famous melodic thor
oughfare otherwise known as West
Twanty-eighth street) and now ST.
lent, and of the valiant ragtime brig
AIDE that once made their old walls
CULVER with noisy melody, only a few
personalities have survived the SUBJ
stitution of modern industrial meth
DDS for what they chose to call
"art." Chief among these survivors
Is the Singing Waiter of Niger
Mikes dive in Pe1l street, who sue
cessfully bridging the chasm, now
owns a $780, 900 residence on Fifth
avenue. his own theatre and his own
jazz factory. He is Irving Berlin.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-05
Daily Letter by Frederic j. Haskin

An important item in marketing
a song is its cover. Songs with a
wide popular appeal are not nearly
as numerous as they used to be.
1.-The Love Nest" and Whispering"
which were distinctly of this order,
were only two out of dozens of songs
marketed the same year. But these
songs sold moderately well, in spite
of their lack of charm, probably be-
cause they offered something new
and because of their attractive COW
ers. A good contains the title
of the song in large clear print and
an extremely simple design. A who'll
ly black cover with the title in large
white letters has achieved great
popularity, while yellow is also apt
to attract the attention of the pub
lie.
Songs That Sell OH Their Looks.
There are some songs, known to
the trade as Counter songs which
sell altogether on the merits of their
covers. They are sc lacking in ap-
peal that no n expects the buyers
to sing them, yet some of them have
achieved a sale of more than 100000
copies, much to the gratified amaze
ment of the publishers. THE "coun-
ter song may be anything from a
fox-trot to a sentimental ballad, but
it Is always something which has
cost the song factory very little
probably not more than $50, paid to
some poverty-stricken hack.
The name cover" featuring the
author of the song and sometimes
including his likeness, is temporarily
out of fashion. for it has been found
that with the exception of one or
two familiar names like Ernest r.
Ball and Irving Berlin, the name of
the writer on a Is merely a
waste of print. The public does
not see it. Furthermore. as has
been intimated, names are handled
carelessly by song factories.
staff WRITER'S" says a song writer.
put their names on many numbers
which they may have heard only
once. The staff writer thinks he is
entitled to a split on the royalties
and authorship for Introducing the
writer to a publisher. Some houses
make it a practice to sign every
thing with standard names which
they ma attach to everything. Many
writer's who are in with the publish
ers buy UP songs outright for a few
dollars and turn them in as their
own work. There was a very popu-
lar war song that made a great deal
of money for a couple of fellows who
| signed it, but as a matter OF fact
they bought it outright from a poor
| fellow who needed a little coin right
away. Another big hit of several
| years ago was the work of a staff
arranger, who sold the thing to a
man who placed it on a royalty
basis"
In one ase a young amateur sons
writer sold a melody and lyrics to