The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-08-24

the spring and fall. Three times are
recorded when the mercury jumped 81
r egrees in day. This occurred in tie
spring and fall also. Once it drop
ped from 27 above zero to 27 below.
That was in February. Only last
week the thermometer registered 90
for this section of Minnesota and
North Dakota. 1t was hotter thar
that in many parts of the state. The
week before a county agent report
ed frost in one county of North Da-
kota.
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, came in
to the public eye very quickly recent
ly by a proclamation of the mayor
who said that he would allow the
manufacture and sale Of pure beer to
all corners and a pilgrim age to Johns
town was Immediately started by the
thirsty ones living in nearby cities
and sta !.as until the old town woke up
and put on the appearance of an early
California gold strike or latter day
oil boom and the steady stream kept
growing larger and larger and Mayor
Cauffiel was acclaimed the greatest
emancipation for the rights of personal
liberty that had ever been given birth
in this great and glorious country OF
ours. Enough of this beer was sold
in one day to sink battleship but
after it had all been washed down the
parched Threats of the populace the
desired exuberant effect did not seem
to have been reached-there was not
that joyful kick in the beer apparent
ly that so many men crave for. Pro-
hibition agents and secret service men
were sent to Johnstown to arrest the
law breakers who were selling near
beer containing more than one-half
per cent but they could not find any,
but the money kept flowing in to the
dispensers of the alleged beer and
kept coming back for more. They
actually thought they were getting
the real stuff, which shows that Bar
mum, the great Snowman, was right,
when he said that the American peo-
pie liked to be humbugged. After
parties had been told that it was a
fake thew would not believe it but gave
three cheers for the mayor and asked
the dispensers to trot it out. Such is
life and what a furore a little beer
will create. Yet there are people who
saw it does not pay to advertise.
According to the press dispatches
today the end of the anthracite coal
strike will come today, agreements
having been reached that will put an
end to this strike which has been IN
progress for such long time. Inc
end is coming too late to stop short
age of hard coal in the northwest, but
with other kinds of coal coming IN
and the miners of this state working
overtime we will be able to get along.
Many people are planning on using
Ignite this coming winter who have
never done so before. Several of our
citizens used this coal last winter
and their experience is that it is bet
ter than hard coal after one gets the
hang of using it rightly. Some OF our
citv people who used Ignite last Win
ter tell US that they would not use
anv other coal and will continue to
burn it. In addition to it giving a
great heat it is more economical and
one person told US his fuel bill was
cut in half by the use of this coal last
winter. The railroad strike is still
very bad with both sides hanging on
to their positions like grim death to
Niger. Passenger trains are be-
ing run practically on normal basis
and the railroads claim they are get
ting more men all the time, and the
railroad heads are building hotels on
the railroad properties to care for
the men who have entered the employ
of the railroads. This morning head
lines on the daily papers tell US that
the railroad executives are weakening
while on the other hand the executives
: say they are going to fight it out to
finish. Out of these two statements
you can pay your money and take
your choice. 1t is a case of heads
win, tails you lose, anyway, and the
,, public gets stung every time, no mat
ter which side wins out, it means
,, higher prices for railroad service and
fuel.
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