The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-02-03

/ From Mondays Daily
I. S. Cowles and Henry Gahloff of
Pillsbury were Valley City visitors
yesterday.
Prof. w. H. Walker of Fargo Col
lege was a caller at the EpWorth M.
Z. parsonage this morning.
Miss Gene McLachlin of Fargo,
spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
Knute Froysaa Of this city.
Miss Corinne Hager, a former Val
ley City girl, spent Sunday in the
city, the guest of DR.. and Mrs. Palmer.
Mr.. and Mrs. c: H. Wilson Of Leal:
N. D., were visitors in the city yes
terday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Hoff and daugh-
ter Mertice Dorothy. left Saturday to
spend the weekend with Mr.. Hotf's
parents in Fargo.
Miss Dorothy Jagd has accepted a
position as principal of the Hastings
school, and left for that place the first
Of the week.
Mrs. Aida Skonnord arrived from
Burke, Idaho, last Monday and is at
present visiting with the Skonnords
here. She also visited a week with
Rev. Jno. Skonnord and her son at
Napoleon, N. D.
M. O. Grangaard of Rogers, came
down from Bismarck and visited over
Sunday with his family at Rogers:
returning to Bismarck today.
Senator Frank E. Ployhar returned
to Bismarck this morning after spend
ing Sunday in the city with his fam
lily.
r. R. Raney, editor and publisher OF
the Kensal Progress is looking a1ter
business matters in the city. today,
and paid the Times Record friendly
call.
FARGO experienced an epidemic OF
automobile stealing during 1920. A
total of 104 automobiles were report
ed as stolen at police headquarters
Eighty-six were recovered.
Mrs. Earl D. Pegg and Mrs: B. R.
Pfusch will entertain the tijuana.
Drynoue Club Tuesday evening at
Mrs. Pegg's home on Riverside ave-
nue..
Approximately sos was secured at
the she cial show at the Grand theater
Yesterday for the Hoover Relief Work
Fund for children in the Near East.
The entire proceeds from yesterdays
show goes to the Hoover Fund.
Old timers in the state are predict,
ing a wet summer, following the MID
winter which the state has thus Tar
enioyed. This will mean prosperity
in the western part Of the state.
Feeders of live stock have been espec-
iallv lucky. the animals being able to
find plenty of feed in the open'
Miss Joyce M. Plat and Miss Glee
f. Jordan of Minneapolis have ac-
cepted positions with the Stern Candy
Co., as chocolate dippers, and assumed
their duties this morning. Mrs. u: r.
Bowers has also accepted position
with the company in the wrapping de-
partment. .-
Henry Layer, confessed slayer OF
eight persons near Turtle Lake last
April. is denied new trial in court
bv Judge w. L. Nuessle of the district
court. in an order handed down. The
decision puts at rest, unless there is
an appeal to the supreme court, or
the pardon board, the agitation begun
by LAYERS friends, Immediately after
he rleaded guilty in district court at
Ws shburn and was brought to the
Bismarck prison. a.
Approximately 88 miles of ground
cd rural telephone lines in this vicinity
have been made metallic by, the crew
Of the Northwestern Telephone Co.,
which has been working out OF Val
lev City for some time. About thirty
miles are still to be made metallic.
The service to be rendered over these
lines is greatly improved after making
them metallic, the usual buzz and hum
characteristic of grounded line, be-
ing eliminated.
Several people in the city have re-
ported seeing robins and also other
birds which are said to be indicative
that spring is here. We can't vouch
for such statements but will have to
be shown the birds before we believe
it. Meantime old mother earth has
been given nice coat of whitewash
IN this vicinity. The weather moder-
ated considerable during the evening
Sunday, and the thermometer was sit