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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1922
Page
3
A Rogers, North Dakota visitor list includes Monday’s Daily Ben Engle guest and Sunday callers, with Martens details. Guests arrive from Aurora, Kathryn, Lewis town and Fort Wayne, while others tour Minnesota and Wisconsin. Local car purchases, threshing yields, rain impact, and ongoing city improvements are reported along with golf club arrivals and police reminders.
Over the weekend twelve citizens appeared before Judge C A Zabel and paid a $3.50 fine each, pledging to sin no more. The carnival company then departed for Jamestown, prompting criticism of such events. M H Scott announces a tire hospital and car storage business in LaMoure, taking over Sept 1 with a suitable location for twelve to fifteen cars.
Mr and Mrs Iver Roaldson and family of New Rockford North Dakota visited the C J Anderson home on North Conklin Avenue Sunday. They planned to return to New Rockford last evening with Mrs C J Anderson Sy and Mr and Mrs C A Isaacson and family and then proceed to Jamestown.
Farmers in the district were arrested and fined eight dollars and fifty cents for driving cars lacking proper rights. Most claim they were unaware of enforcement orders and must pay fines. The Times-Record offered subscription savings of fifty cents. Nearby, youths burned grass to create a private golf course, prompting a fire response led by Chiefs Craswell and Swanson. A charity baseball challenge arose between local businessmen and the post office for milk fund support, while Miss Carrie Daniels visited from Connecticut for Near East Relief work with Mrs Kjelland-Kerr, discussing travels from Seo to Japan and European routes.
In Bridgn and Trebizond tensions rise as Thompson Yards manager Ben Grote accuses Jack Thomson and Jack Laird of breaking into the Thompson Yards office. Tools of both men turn up in nearby locations, prompting suspicion though alibis are unclear. Citizens appeal for restraint amid playful intrigue.
Shoestring city life article reports a street sprinkler on Main Street showering parked cars, many new and well kept, with water. Drivers question waste and extra cleaning work, noting the need for a smaller stream to save water and protect car finishes.
Bottineau County farmers form the Bottineau Cream Producers' Association to cut margins from 10c to 4c per pound butterfat, boosting returns to about 5c per pound. By June 20, 250 members marketed over 21 thousand pounds butterfat, with patronage dividends around 8c per pound. The manager Asa Blair emphasizes education to improve cream quality from under 85 percent to 40–45 percent, aiding keeping qualities and dairy industry progress.
Washington August 21 The Fordney McCumber tariff bill now faces a fierce fight as the senate and house conference committee meet to decide valuation. Republicans back American valuation, while a majority in the senate favors foreign valuation. Farm tariff bloc members push for American valuation amid rising support.
Washington officials report rapid rail equipment decay endangers transport and prompts railroad executives to push a conciliatory stance in the shop men's strike. Government agents say a settlement is hoped for, with administration leaders aiming to end the dispute.
Ranger A B Gibbs reports three towns Markham White Face and Central Lake may have burned after aerial surveys of Lake and St Louis county. A small store outside Kelsey burned as fires laid waste over 80 miles of timber near Kelsey and 18 by 10 miles near Markham. Washington President Harding presents Congress with the crisis from the coal and railroad strikes.
Kiwanis met with President T Melvin Lee presiding. Nelle Smith of Russel Miller Milling chaired. A prize bag from the mill went to Dr Zimmerman. A paper on Occident and Russel Miller Milling traced growth from Valley City to today producing 14 000 barrels daily and owning 140 grain elevators nationwide. Grand Forks convention plans discussed. 16 attendees booked for the trip.
SIBLEY TRAIL Mrs Raynard Kinn Mrs Gunder son and Mr Henry Curtis were Valley City visitors Saturday Miss Blanche Stewart who visited friends and relatives in the neighborhood returned home in Valley City last week The Harry and Ernest Ladbury families were Jamestown visitors last
Sunday Mrs Ann Wright and her granddaughter returned with them. Miss Ellen Johnson and Miss Star of Hannaford were callers at the Max Sudbury home Friday evening. Miss Gladys Mosher visiting her grandmother Mrs Em met Mosher of Darey returned home Saturday. Miss Anna Wright visiting E J Mosher this week. Mr and Mrs Edgar Curtis and Mr Henry Curtis callers at Max Ladbury Tuesday evening for a Kansas City lecture concert. News and social items are scarce as farming men feed the nation and women feed the feeders.
In a survey of 55 000 children across 150 Los Angeles schools, Dr. Everett Beach finds milk drinkers reach schooling milestones earlier and show athletic edge. The piece warns malnourishment raises disease risk and burdens taxpayers, urging community support for a milk campaign to improve children’s growth and health.
Frank McClafflin aged 67 died at his Nortimier township farm after collapsing while unloading hay in his barn. Heat and heart trouble are blamed. He leaves a large family. Funeral services set for 2:00 PM tomorrow at Salem M E Church in Noltimier township with Rev. Bublitz officiating.
Norfolk Va Aug 21 The Shipping Board steamer Luke Streynon is afire twenty five miles northwest of Frying Pan life ship off the North Carolina coast. The crew fights to control the flames which have consumed cargo and threaten the ship as two cutters and a Shipping Board steamer hurry to the scene.
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