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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1917
Page
4
Washington dispatch reports a request for 350 million dollars to expand destroyer construction and shipbuilding capacity. The plan aims to speed deliveries and increase training for crews, with a minimum estimate likely to rise. Also noted is a separate update from North Dakota on troop movements to concentration camps and temporary headquarters in Bismarck.
Fort Snelling Minnesota Aug 27 a base hospital will be established at Fort Snelling to care for sick in the new national army which will train at Camp Diode Des Moines. Lt Greenleaf said the hospital capacity will rise from 120 to 500 beds as 1676 men admitted to the second officers training camp report today. Camp commander Cale and Leisch will hold their places open until Saturday and replacements may be assigned from alternates.
Farmers plan to use harvested straw as winter feed mixing with legumes or hay and grain. Straw quality is high with minimal rust or moisture. many will bale and haul grain near threshing sites to keep straw usable. The effort to conserve crops is praised as commendable.
Mr and Mrs L K Stillings were guests at the McLees home Sunday. Misses Mary Ryan and Mary Williams of Milwaukee visit Mr and Mrs Jon Hinschberger this week. Mr and Mrs Frank Stillings were at Valley City Sunday with Miss Aileen Demming joining for a short visit. Mrs Burrington of Omaha visited D R Jones and family. Mrs Frank Hinschberger went to Staples Minn for her brother's death. Mr and Mrs Brueske of Wimble don visited D R Jones and took him home briefly. Hi Mrs McCully and Adeline returned to Jamestown after visiting Wm Jones. Mrs Edwards Flora and Mrs Robinson and two gaias of Jamestown stayed at the Campbell home Thursday.
Grand Prairie community diary records Mrs Noxon and daughter Steven attending a Colseith’s society event on Wednesday afternoon. Various locals including Mable Coates, Jessie Noxon, Mrs Lindquist, Mrs Ward and Malcolm Noxon appear in visits to Valley City, Milnaugh, Laverne and Page. Threshing is underway and rain is hoped to stay away to finish.
Mrs J A Rogers entertained the girls aged 10 to 12 with games and school days stories. Families visited neighbors Sunday and dinners were hosted. Nellie Whitcher hosted a party for John White departing to join the navy. Nellie Zoeller assists with threshers this week.
Dazevaries PA Gee Aug. 24. Harvey Ras Miussen spent a few days at Walum late last week. Mrs. P. J. Owens and Kenneth returned from Valley City where Kenneth had tonsil removal surgery. A big patriotic picnic for Nelson county draftees was held at Stump Lake on Aug. 19. Hang Thompson visited from Rogers to stay with his sister Mrs. Nele Larson. John Shipp and Miss Emily Anderson planned to work on a cook car near Malum for threshing season. Mrs. George S. Walker and Algerna returned from Valley City after Algerna’s tonsil operation. The Friday dance drew about 18 couples but was enjoyed. Protests circulated Thursday in Darey and other towns against a proposed wheat price of 1.85, seen as too low by farmers in the Northwest.
Reports show Darey Wimbledon and Hannaford meetings voting terminal grain prices at 3 dollars and 2.40 dollars per bushel. The article also lists residents traveling, visiting Fargo and Valley City, breastfeeding updates, health updates, and community events from Darey and nearby towns.
Peter Rusk went to Fargo for a short business trip. Albert Holland of Fargo transacted business here briefly. Miss Netta Johnson visited Hastings with friends. L. B. Green was in Fargo for several days. Mrs Bronson returned from Rice Lake Wisconsin. Rev and Mrs N. I. Berg spent days with old friends at Valley City. Mr and Mrs M. T. Rye returned from Fargo where Harold was treated. Mr and Mrs M. H. Wilberg autoed to Lisbon for business. Cashier and Mrs L. B. Hogatad returned from a week’s auto tour in northern areas. Bernard Johnson added Pathe phonographs to his jewelry business and sold instruments. Miss Selma Suby returned from Iowa and Colorado visits. Mesdames Hones Prise and Plum autoed from Fingal to visit Le B. Horstad. M. Bollum of Red Wing arrived to manage farm interests near here. Martin Peterson suffers from blood poisoning but is recovering. Adella Johnson returned to Fargo after visiting Munsey home. Mrs A. J. Ostrander of Enderlin spent days here. Mrs Halvorson of Davenport visited Nels Anderson’s. Mazee Cooke and Marguerite and Wesley Moore accompanied M. Rye home from Fargo. Mrs Ole Beseth, visiting relatives, returned to Fargo. Reports say C Z Dokken got his Ford stuck in mud near the schoolhouse. All particulars available.
Lucca Nome Tribune notes good grain quality as threshing starts. A local farm reports wheat at 62 pounds per bushel and barley 25 to 30 bushels per acre, pointing to promising conditions despite statewide crop stress. Mrs P J Smith and daughter Miss Polyth from Marple Creek, Can, visited the Ellsbury family and then proceeded to Valley City for a brief stay.
R J Leahy and several Valley City visitors stopped in Rogers this week with short visits to friends. Many residents including Mrs Gust Gilbertson, Clifford Colville, Lew Wallace, M O Grangaard, Carl Knutson, and others were seen visiting relatives in Rogers and nearby towns. A home defense league formed last week with two watchmen assigned nightly. Keen notes on local health including Robert Moore and Donald Stephenson seeking treatment, plus reports from A Farrell about Eastern OntarioWar sentiment and returning wounded.
A long list of local movements includes Mrs. Lewison visiting Valley City, Adelaide Wigtil and Amy Evenson traveling between Litchville and Valley City, and numerous residents delivering brick, hauling, or visiting relatives. Alfred Vance plans an extended visit from Cottonwood, Mont. The Red Cross meeting drew several Kathryn residents, and Isreal Henrikson sought medical help in Fargo. Henry Strom and others accompanied Signa and Edna Strom to Valley City, with a family reunion nearby before a draft-bound brother departed.
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