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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1916
Page
8
The document outlines a planned strike by railroad brotherhoods with a government takeover plan via President Wilson. It details the near-term counter proposal, expected Republican opposition, and the leaders’ briefing at the White House. It also sets strict strike conduct rules about timing, safety, and nonviolence for all railway workers.
The vote of train and engine service employees on the eight hour day and extra pay premium favored a strike. Despite efforts, representatives cannot secure a settlement. a strike under the respective laws becomes effective on September 4, 1916 at 2 a.m. Impart this information so those interested will understand that they are to promptly obey.
Washington reports President Wilson will appear before Congress tomorrow to urge a legislative package aimed at averting or stopping a nationwide rail strike. He plans to outline a three month investigation by a president named commission and press for an eight hour day, with further measures to boost federal rail authority if needed.
Blamarck Aug. 28 Active recruiting of the First North Dakota regiment to full strength starts immediately. The party is led by Captain Solum Mandan with Lieut Hill Fargo Sergeant Page Grand Forks Sergeant Baumer Valley City Corporal Talmo Hillsboro Corporal Dienhardt Jamestown and Privates Hill Grafton Craven Williston. Detachments will be across the state and recruits stationed at Ft Lincoln. If enlistments rise, a second regiment may follow under the Hay Chamberlain bill.
Rev. James Batten pastor of the Congregational church returned from two months on chautauqua circuits in Ohio Pennsylvania West Virginia and Kentucky He delivered a lecture on Lincoln The Pathfinder of Democracy to a union church meeting and compared Pennsylvania and North Dakota Miss Alice Leech visits Mandan Bozeman Mont teaches there Mrs Mary Sargent plans to return from Wisconsin Minnesota seeking a rental notice for a half section of land near Valley City to EB B Wolf.
An odd tale from St. Paul recounts Henrietta Libra in New York City intended bride of Frank Pospilwil being sought by police across North Dakota. After a six hour gumshoe chase the couple wed in Judge Gallick's office as calls and arrivals alternated between Clifton hotel and police headquarters.
Birmingham August 26 A Perry County inventor Grover Cleveland Tucker unveils a new flying machine sans motor driven by the rider with a simple guide. His one person craft costs about 100 to manufacture promising safe use by a child. Tucker has sold boll weevil machines widely and seeks patent rights in Washington to market the airbike.
Minneapolis reports Thomas P. Cooper, director of Fargo’s state agricultural experiment station, says North Dakota cannot be labeled a single crop state. Wheat shortages loom but other outputs and livestock gains offset 1910 losses, with oats, barley, rye, corn and potatoes contributing a $42,000,000 rise and livestock revenues surging to $16,000,000.
Williston men Leslie Grover and Robert Barnfather of Company EB arrived home from Texas after failing to pass the federal inspection along the Rio Grande. On their trip they were halted twice by officers and once by a Texas hanger. discharge papers always cleared them. They praised the Mercedes camp and said North Dakota troops faced hardships but reported no illness and improving conditions.
Mr and Mrs B L Burnham and others from Wheatland visited the city on Sunday. The group traveled by auto for a picnic in the park. Mr and Mrs C B Burgess, formerly Wheatland residents, joined the outing. Mrs W B McMurray then departed Monday for Indianapolis after several weeks visiting daughter Mrs Mar Raley.
Bismarck reports 1916 total acres discussed exceed 1914 by 424,872. Assessed value by counties set at 17,948,862 with sellers claiming 244,874,343. Telephone companies urged tax changes. railroads eyed a raised assessment to 60,681,553. Great Northern Northern Pacific Soo Line and Milwaukee earnings up by 50 million and net by 28 million.
Devils Lake Aug 26 J Halliday contractor finished a massive Bisbee farm barn for Hon C P Peterson covering 68 by 110 feet with a 50 foot peak and a 65 foot tower. It holds 250 tons of loose hay and nearly 100 tons of arrows, with 42 windows, Delco lighting, deep well water, wind mill power, and 90000 shingles. Family reunions and visits fill the rest of the page with local social notes.
North Dakota officers in Mercedes observe local conditions as the town strains to house troops and sustain family finances. Children hustle from ages four to ten toward makeshift labor while adults debate schooling and community roles. Father Henri Janvier, French mission head, welcomes soldiers at the Attic Catholic church as he reflects on Mexico’s governance and US intervention possibilities.
Fargo Aug 26 The contract for the preliminary survey of a railroad from Dickinson to Amidon was awarded to Equity Engineering Co Fargo. Preliminary estimates put the cost around 1 million and the plan is to levy 2 investment on each acre of farm land within a ten mile strip along the line about 60 miles long. The project faces rolling topography and a two percent grade requiring heavy cuts and fills. Survey to begin soon with construction hoped next spring. Frank Sanford of Rogers reports good alfalfa and millet crops and cautious wheat prospects.
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