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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-09-22
MAYOR BONHUS
ECHAlRMAN

Hon. A. G. Bonhus, mayor Of Valley
City, N. D., has accepted the invita-
ton of the National Budget Committee
to serve as honorary chairman of the
local committee of that organization
which is engaged in nationwide eff
fort to gain popular support of the eff
forts Of Gen. Charles G. Dawes, di-
rector Of the Budget, to effect reduc-
tion of the burden Of Federal Taxa
tion.
Announcement of the acceptance Of
the mayor was made yesterday by
Stanley H. Howe, director Of the Ma
tional Budget Committee, whose
headquarters are at Z West Eighth
street, New York City. The mayor
will join with the chief magistrates of
thousand other cities throughout the
country in fostering the spirit of pop
ular approval of the policy of federal
retrenchment. 1@
Active heads Of local committees
are being selected daily from among
the most prominent business and pro-
fessional men in their respective COM
munities, and efforts are under way to
secure the cooperation of leading citi-
zens in thousand cities by the for
nation Of nationwide Budget
Guard whose members will simply
pledge their support to the establish
ment of business-like administra-
tion of governmental appropriations
and expenditures. ~
Every member of the National Bud
get Committee, which was instrument
al in initiating and passing the Ma
tional Budget, is asked to urge upon
his fellow citizens the necessity for
solidly supporting the present pro-
gram Of governmental efficiency and
economy bv the elimination Of every
possible item of expenditure. Every
taxpayer who favors a reduction of
the present unbearable tax burden is
invited to join with their fellow towns
men in helping to crystalize public
opinion and defeat unnecessary addi-
tions to federal expense.
Prominent members Of the board of
directors of the National Budget Com
mittee include: John T. Pratt, chair
man; Chief Justice William H. Taft
Samuel McCune Lindsay, DR.. Nicholas
Murray Butler, William H. Chad
bourne, Alton B. Parker, Paul M. War
burg, R. C. Lefaingwell, Benjamin
Strong, Nanny Strauss, and Stanley
H. Howe. "
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-09-22
P. R. TRUBSHAW.

At the meeting Of the Rotary Club
yesterday it was voted to instruct the
president and secretary of the club to
attend the meeting Of presidents and
secretaries Of the 18th district, which
meeting is to be held at Duluth. MINI,
September ~ and %. District Presi-
dent Zimmerman Of Wausau, Wis,
will conduct the meeting. which will
take up important matters connected
with the activities of clubs of the dis
trict. In case either president or sec
retary Of the local club cannot go, they
are asked to appoint some member to
go in his place. It Will be most in
teresting gathering bringing together
"a large number Of representative men
from several states.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-09-22
LEGION |. ! TO MEET
AT JAMESTOWN

Jamestown, N. D., Sept. 1.-THE
outstanding feature of the Third State
Convention of the North Dakota De-
partment of The American Legion to
81 I1eli here September 1929, will be
a mammoth parade to be held the eve
ming of September 2sth. The enter
tainment committee of the local Leg
ion post requests all delegates and Wis
itors to the convention to dust off their
uniforms and bring them to James
town in order to make the Legion pa
rade the largest ever held in this state.
Sufficient martial music is promised
for the parade and convention. In ad-
dition to the jamestown band the dele
,sations from Devils Lake, Lisbon and
Casselton have announced that they
will be accompanied by Legion and
Boy Scout bands.
The Convention will be called to or
der at 10 a. M, Sept. 28th by Depart
ment Commander F. R. Landers
Frank Rathman, mayor Of jamestown
will give the address of welcome and
the response will be made by Charles
Harmon of Jamestown.
Committees will be appointed on the
opening morning and reports of state
officers given. Wednesday afternoon
the delegates will hear officers of dis
trict and national veterans bureaus
Thursday state officers of the Legion
will be elected and convention city
for 1922 selected. Delegates to the
national convention at Kansas City
also will be elected on Thursday aft
ernoon. l
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-09-22

In demanding the recall against the
three state officials the independent
forces charges the members Of the in
dustrial commission with misuse and
squandering CT more than six million
dollars of public funds, and with the
destruction of the credit of the state
SO that the farmers and the business
men cannot get the necessary money
to finance their affairs.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-09-22

In the charges against the three Of
ticials it is also asserted that they are
guilty of resorting to Doodle and
graft, and that they have abused their
trust as guardians of public funds by
having used them for private gain
Besides, the indictment Of the present
state administration is charged with
a.;travagance and profigacy in Office
These are the main reasons for the re-
call Of Frazier, Lemke and Hagan.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-09-22
STORE !
HAS GRAND OPENING

4 The Robertson store enjoyed fine
patronage last Saturday at the formal
opening. Mr.. Robertson expressed
himself this morning as being very
much pleased with the large number
Of Valley City folks and also people
from outside who came in to shop
and to get acquainted. He expects to
carpet the floor Of his store room, and
70 make some other changes which he
feels will make it more attractive. He
is determined to make his store lead
er in its line. not only for Valley City
but for the country around, and he
cordially invites the attention Of the
buying public to what he has to offer.
May he have abundant success.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-12-03

cepted another cigar out Of my pocket
case.
You'll be the one to be bored. 1t
was this way: A little over year
ago I was on my way to Chicago with
a report that [ had been making on
some properties in the Cripple Greek
district. In the Denyer-Omaha Pull
man I fell in with nice old gentle
man who had been buying himself
gold brick in the shape of flooded
mine. The mine had at one time been
a producer though not by any means
what you'd call bonanza After a
rather extended diydend-paying period
Il don't know just how long, though
it was some years-the luck changed,
as sometimes happens. In sinking and
drifting the operators had uncovered
another vein which was exceedingly
rich Don't let me talk your arm off. ;"
sGo ahead" said l. "My arms are
insured"
"WelI, at about the time that they
struck this new underlying vein, they
also struck water; SO much of it as to
lead them to suspect that they had
tapped an underground lake. The old
gentleman wasn't exactly WoOlly
sheep-in the Wall Street sense of the
term. He had owned stock in the mine
for d long time, and it had been pay
ing him dividends, right along. SO
naturally, after the new strike was an
nounced, he was perfectly willing to
own more. ! don't know what his in
vestment was, but he gave me to UNI
derstand that it was something like
half a million. In less than month
after the deal was closed the mine was
drowned and went out of business"
~"Still, don't see your lost oppor-
tunity," I threw in.
I'm coming to that. AS it happens,
my speciality as an engineer is the I'M
watering of wet mines. The old gen.
tleman had maps and profi1es with
him; the records of a very careful and
excellent Typographical survey Tn
reasonably certain that / discovered a
way ii which that rhine Gun be drained
at comparatively small expense.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-12-03
BEGINNING THIS WEEK READ THE STORY OF "A GIRL,
HORSE AND DOG" ONE OF LYNDE'S GREATEST STORIES

EZ-s$s
and Omaha. AS recall it now, 1t was
after the train had passed North
Platte that first became sensibly con-
scious, Us you might say, of the fact
that the man in the opposite section OF
the sleeping-car had little Pullman
studying maps-and blue-prints. he
was a rather ef1icient-looking fellow Of
maybe thirty-tWo or three, with dark
hair and eyes, and what Lisette would
have called a determined nose, and he
sported a beard and mustacheS, nut
brown as to color, and neatly trimmed.
Farther along we met in the smoking
room, at time when the stuffy little
den had no other occupants. Mr.. OPP
posite Sections only cigar turned out
to have broken wrapper, so natural
ly rendered my own pocket-case. That
served to break the ice and we talked,
dribbling along from one commonplace
to another until finally Brown-beard
said:
"You don't by any chance happen to
Far be it from me-" I laughed;
nothing SO useful as that"
II didn't know" he fastened to say,
half APOLOGIZE ally. 81 saw you study
ing maps as We came along"
Now, ordinarily I'm apt to talk lot
too much abdlt my own affairs-ln
admit it but This was one time when
n l had a .. sort Pf bunch not to. So |
II saw you doing the same thing"
"Sure you did, he admitted cheer
fully. Then he told me his name
which / got as Bullion, or Bulletin, or
something like that-and said he was
a mining engineer, which was the rea-
son why he had asked me if I wasn't
one.
Past that, the talk ran mostly upon
his profession, and since the myStert-
Gus lunch was still nudging me, / let
him have the floor, SO to speak, f1gur-
ing chiefly myself as Il good listener.
Eyes; we do run across some rather
queer propositions in our trade" he
SIlu, uIt6I llG Iliu given SO1lC SOA =
Of an idea of what mining engineers
job is like. "In my own experience,
for example, the only sure shot I have
ever had-or possibly ever will have
got away from me-"
1t was up to me to bite, and, Of
course, l did it.
"HoW was that?"
'The man died. he replied laconi-
cally.
That sounded rather interesting, so
/ gave him another pinch.
Tell me about it; if it won't bore
you"
He grinned igood- naturedly-and ac-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-12-03

away before you could get back to Bos-
girl; if she should bring you fortune,
you'd have to marry her, wouldn't you?
You are big and strong, and-Well-er
nice in a good many ways, Stannie,
and much too good-looking for your
own good; but when you marry-if
you do marry-you'd better be sure
that the girl has money enough to buy
her own hats. | haven't enough as
you know"
II know only too well that the love-
in-a-cottage idea has never appealed
to you,' I said, with the re9retful stop
pulled all the way out in Difference to
the sentimental decencies.
mot in the least, Stannie, dear; not
in the littest least
This appeared to be the end of our
rather lul1ewarm love-dream, and to
be really honest and aboveboard about
1t, l am obliged to confess that it
didn't break as many bones for me as
l suppose it should have. Anyway, a
half-hOur or SO after I had said good
by to Lisette l met Jack Downing
and when he asked me if didn't want
to go with him and bunch of the
fellows for little spin down the coast
of Maine in his motor cruiser, I fell
for the invitation SO suddenly that he
hadn't ghost of a chance to back out,
if he had wanted to.
So, few hours beyond that touch
ing little scene at 'The Rockerie," you
may figure me, if you please, spinning
the wheel Of one of the nattiest little
boats on the North shore, with fresh
nor'easter blowing and the sea getting
up to give me the time Of my young
life to hold the Guineyere to her
course, nor nor east, half point east,
as we lifted the Shoals on our port
bow.
In such jolly good company as we
had aboard the stout ship Guinevere,
three full days elapsed before a
thought of Percy or his joke ever en-
tered my head again; and it's ten
tOone shot that I wouldn't have
thought Of him, or it, during the re-
mainder Of the cruise if we hadn't
been obliged to tie up at Rockland for
motor repairs. This. as I recall it,
was on the fourth day, and it was a
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-12-03

dog that made me remember; mon
,grel cur that followed the motor Se-
pairman down to the wharf; most
disreputable looking mongrel, at that,
but-by Jove! he had the magic mark
ings! Half Of his face, measuring from
line drawn straight down over the
tip of his nose, was black, and the 9TH
er half was a dingy, dirty white.
So then 1 did little rapid figuring
on train schedules. If Percy had left
Washington as I knew he was plan
ming to-, my diplomatic cousin should
have been, at that figuring moment,
Just about due in San Francisco. That
being the case, or the likelihood, 1 tod
died up to the telegraph office and sent
a message, addressing it in care of the
captain Of whatever might be the next
steamer due to sail for ports in China.
All / said was: "Your letter was as
funny as an hour In dentists chair.
Bon voyage to you"
Night found us still tied to the
Rockland wharf; and just as we were
getting up from dinner in the yachts
saloon, here came a boy with tele-
gram. The wire was from Percy, and
it said:
Don't be complete fool. It was
no joke at all. Ask my lawyer"
Even then, didn't go off at half
cock, though have often been called
an impulsive jackass. The thing was
still too ridiculous to bite very hard.
But farther along in the evening" when
1 got to thinking it over, and more
especially when it was showed in upon
me that I really did owe 1t to Lisette
not to turn down even the tenth part
Of a chance to provide her with the
means Of buying her future hats, the
die was cast, as the play-writers say.
made some sort Of foolish excuse
to Jack Downing and the other fell
lows, caught night train for Boston,
stopped off at the home station long
enoAgh to pack a couple Of grips and
to tell my mother and sister good-by,
and the thing was-oh, no; not done
nothing like that. It was only just
begun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-12-03
) CHAPTER Ill.
Waits and Strays.

When I crawlea out OF my berth at
the porter's call the next morning, my
Pullman was standing IN the Denver
yard While. was shaving in the
washroom I asked the colored boy II
my srnoking-room chuin of the night
before was up yet.
"Yas, sab; he done been up an gone,
for the longest.
OF course, this was mere idle ques-
tioning on my part. Tracing the
brown-bearded mining engineer who
had used nc as a convenient dumping
ground for his story was the least Of
nv intention st tie s,lcsnent For that
matter, since We badn't exchanged
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-12-03

and then diedY' An answer to that
would tell the story.
For two whole days, an interval
which I spent in hither-and-yon chas-
fngs Of piebald ponies and harlequin
faced dogs about the streets Of Denver
and found no blue-eyed girls at
tached to any of them-I thought I
had merely shot up into the air with
my telegram, and missed the whole
face Of the EARTH Then, one morn.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-12-03
CHAPTER II.
A Needle in a Haystack.

Since my happy huntinggror 4 be-.
san in the middle os Colorado, took
a ticket to Denver by way of Chicago
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-16

Herndon left home about o'clock,
stating that hc was gong to drive
up his cattle. He carried his shot
gun with him.
A short time later children of the
neighborhood on the way home found
his body, face up within few feet
of fence. The gun with one bar
rel empty was between the body and
the fence. The entire load of shot
pnetrated Mr.. herndon's body in the
region of the heart
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-16
new PROPOSAL
FOR SHOALS
California Men To Send Repre-.
sentatives To Washington For
Conference Dec. 26

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. &c. C.
Tinker, president; Fred c. Hitch
cock, George Perry and other officers
of a local construction company
which is now building the Hetch-
HetchN project to supply San Fran
cisco with water, announced today
that they had outlined to the fed
eral government a plan concerning
the utilization of the Muscle Shoals
power project, and that the govern
ment had requested the company to
send representatives to Washington
for conference there on December
90.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-16

Backbone and Spareribs. Mathews
& Co. Phone 81. 1856
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-16
TOWNSVILLE CLUB
GIVES $50 TO FUND.

TOWNSVILLE, Dec. 1G.-The
Rotary club donated $50 at its meet
Ing yesterday to the Christmas
Stocking fund for Thomasville. This
will be used in preparing boxes for
all Of the poor and preparing stock
ings for the little children, supple
mcntary to the general fund that is
being raised for that purpose and to
which many people are subscribing
most literally.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-16

CENTRAL GIVES HOLIDAY
RATES; PULLMANS CUT

Effective Wednesday, Dee: 81, spe-
cial holiday rates will be given by the
Central Of Georgia Ry Co, George
Anderson, local agent, told a Times
Recorder representative today In
making the announcement Mr. Ander-
son said that the amount of reduction
in rates has not been officially given
to him, but that tickets would be
on sale from Wednesday, December
81 to and including Sunday night,
December rs. The return trip limit
has not been announced but will be
given when tickets are bought.
Mr.. Anderson in discussing this
interesting announcement said, Il
have another bit of good news
that may help those buying sleeping
car tickets to sleep more comfortably
All sur-charges will be taken off the
sleeping car tickets effective today.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-16
EACH ROTARIAN
0HT0 GIVE BASKET
= Individuals To Play Santa Claus
To Some Poor Family Christ
-. mas Morning

NO Each member of the Americas Ro-
.p9 taBy club will visit some needy fam
lily Christmas morning, carrying a
well filled basket. A committee COM
opposed Of D. R. Andrews, Herbert
E Hawkins, Silas Johnson and John
~ ~ Sheffield win make the assignments
to the individual members mo child
~ III Americas, no family in our midst,
should fail to receive Christmas
- cheer" said Carr Glover at yester-
& days luncheon. LET us live up to
our motto Of service by each individ-
ut Rotarian contributing toward the
N happiness. Of a-Aeedy family. Let's
aoa dispense with the habit of giving
All expensive presents to those who pos
,ai sihly care little, and instead, give to
those who are unable to buy even
Aaneeessities for themselves"
a Christmas package will be sent
the ward of the Rotary club now in
school for feeble-minded. This boy
is making splendid progress, Prof
Mathis reported. 1--WE must remem-
Der him this Christmas tide"
NM. Arthur Rylander, Jr., was selected
by the Rotary Boy Scout committee
as seoutmaster of the Boy Scout
troop which is being fathered by the
club. Mr., Rylander has accepted.
Daniel Ballard of Brunswick, was
n guest of Prof Mathis at luncheon
todayeand spoke briefly.
MRS Sherlock appeared before the
|. dublin the interest of the Empty
Stosking fund.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-16
3 OFFICERS shot,.
| OUTLAW KILLED
Fight Between Dry Officers and
Moonshiners Results When
Huge Still Is Seized

CORNELIA, Dec 16.-In battle
with liquor runners near View, in the
hills of Habersham county near here
early today, Deputy Sheriff Vernon
Grant, Deputy VIII Ramsey and
Cap Fry were shot, one alleged
killed and another badly wounded.
Two automobiles and 1853 gallons
of liquor were captured and confis-
Gated by the officers iii the raid.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-16
F FARMERS DEATH BY OWN
GUN FOUND ACCIDENTAL

MOULTRIE, Dec. 16.-In the
opinion Of the coroner's jury, ]. F.
Herndon, prominent Colquitt coun-
ty farmer whose body was found last
Thursday with a gunshot wound
through his chest, came to his death
as the result of the accidental dis
charge Of his own weapon. Mr..
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-16

This aplies to all sleeper tickets sold
in Georgia"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-16
CUNBOAT SINKS
ARMS RUNNER
French Vessels Engaged In Carry.
ing Arms To Morroccoans,
Says Spanish Commander

MADRID, Dee. 16.-(By Associat-
ed Press.)-T Spanish gunboat
Bonifaz has captured two French
sailing vessels which were conveying
arms and munitions to the Moroc-
can insurgents, and sunk another
vessel engaged in the same occupa-
ton, it is announced in an official
report received here today.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-16
WAYCROSS ELKS TO
STAGE MINSTREL SHOW

WAYCRoss, Dec. 16.-The Way
cross lodge Of Elks have decided to
put on minstrel here during the
early months Of spring. The produc-
ton viii be staged under the direc-
ton of the Larry Miller Co., who put
on a minstrel for the Elks here a
few years ago.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-16

First Iecnrded life insurance
1olicy was issued in London in 1888.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-16

Waltz, which came from Germany,
was brought TO England about 1875.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-16

\ Skin of the human palm is rs
.imes "a sthick as that of the eyelid.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-02
GOT THEIR MONEY BACK
MANY Who patroni,cd Furniture
store ON January - Get Refund
L. Feature of Strange sale.

Persons paying cash for. furniture
bough, from the Rosser- -Cascbeer
company on Thursday. January 81,
are in luck All they havc TO do is
to present their receipt to the man
agcmcnt, their money will be re-
funded and they may keep the fur
uituro.
This is all according to the terms
OF "A successful advertising campaign
and furniture sale which closed
Monday night. At the beginning OF
tho sale the store manager placed in
the hands OF Mayor Evans "A sealed
envelop containing the date when all
money paid on cash sales would be
refunded. When opened by the
mayor the date was found to be
January -.
The store was dironged all day
Tuesday with persons entitled to n
refund which was promptly made
upon request
Because of THIS unique feature tho
sale attracted Considerable attention
in Tulsa and neighborinG towns.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-02
SABA CEREMONY
SCHEDULED TODAY
Parade to Precede Mid
winter Festival To- E.
night in Tulsa

Saba Grotto lodge No IS will
hold It's midwinter ceremonial this
evening in Convention hall. at
which time the order OF yelled
prophets will he conferred on more
than 100 candidates who are waiting
70 cross the river StyX."
Previous 10 the ceremonial prop
tr, there will he a parade which will
form at : o'clock at Convention hall
led by the bugler, drum corps and
patrol IN uniform. supper Will be
served at Masonic hall by women OF
,,he Eastern Star.
The Grotto is ono Of tho largest
organizations In the city. having a
membership Of nearly 1000. Mast
sr masons in good standing are
eligible 10 Join the order,
Dwight Il. Cone OF Fall River.
Mass, grand monarch OF the yelled
prophets, will pay a visit to the
organization February 10, II and
IS, at which time there viii be spc-
cal entertainment and tho work viii
Ne eNcmpified. An exhibition drill
w.l also he given.