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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1922
Page
8
Wednesday visitors fill the city as Mr and Mrs Pete Honus from Pingal and other travelers greet friends. Local business and bond of community life are highlighted with fairs, weddings, and a pending railroad strike affecting service.
Gasoline in the city falls two cents a gallon this morning delighting car owners while local traders with stock worry they may lose profit. The city tourist park draws crowds with twenty one campsites, busy kitchens and showers, as visitors from many states praise Valley City. L A Lyons of Fargo leaves after a week coordinating Woolworth opening, while Touls Lolling advances a modern new restaurant on Main Street South in a busy business block.
Roy Nelson and Lillian Olson motored to Fingal Sunday evening. Nelson returned the same day while Miss Olson remained to visit her parents and many friends of the city, returning Monday evening.
The article notes Valley City holding the tail position in the Dakota ball league with steady status all season. It highlights local pride and the saying that a strong wind prevails though no goals are scored. Arthur Mackey turns 28 with birthday celebration from parents.
Regular class is continued amid strong interest in health work. Of 46 pupils inspected in June 41 have defects and need treatment. 22 of 44 suffer malnutrition. A health task is assigned to each school, and more rural schools with hot lunch programs in winter could reduce problems. 11 of 107 county schools currently serve hot meals in winter.
Miss Geraldine Stringer of Coopers returns home from a week at Max Ladbury’s as neighbors attend flying elves in Valley City. Local gatherings include Ladies Aid at Max Ladbury’s and picnics with Curtis, Tolstad, and Curtis families. Visitors come from Tacoma Michigan and Karnak, with reunions at Eva Curtis’s home and planned July 27 Ladies Aid meeting.
Valley City social notes record visits and calls from Ernest Ladbury family and relatives from Laverne. Locals including John M Thoreson and James G Thoreson travel for business and lumber, coal, or joy rides with friends and neighbors in Sheyenne Valley and nearby towns.
A heated column blasts tariff big importers as misleading the public, arguing they misrepresent trade measures and economic impact while stirring fear and partisan resentment. The piece frames the issue as a battle over truthful policy facts.
Uncle Ted narrates a Washington trip focusing on the tariff bill struggles in the Senate. He meets Senator Frank B. Willis of Ohio and relays correspondence from a clothing merchant who warned of higher clothing costs. Willis explains wool duties, noting current 45 cent rate and proposed 23 cent rate, arguing the impact is smaller than critics claim.
A speaker argues that high foreign prices for wool and other goods stem from imports and tariff avoidance. He cites examples like knives, gloves, razors, and straw hats with steep price marks, warns against free trade, and urges a strong protective tariff to preserve American jobs and prosperity.
M F McNulty of Lind say Bros visits Valley City. Rev J S Wilds to preach at Salem German church tomorrow. A F Collar Fargo manager for Underwood Typewriter Co in city. Kenneth Helferty heads to Shoreham Minn for a week with Ward. Major Catlen of Minneapolis to lead Salvation Army meeting Tuesday. Senator Frank B Ployhar returns from Bismarck regarding gas plant matters. Miss Steffler Mrs Dubeck and Mr Mrs G R Halseide of Peever S Dakota visited Rev and Mrs Baxter. A car with a radio outfit passed through town yesterday offering up to the minute news.
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