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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1920
Page
5
Critchfield stockman from Pergo, Loftus of Minneapolis and others visited Valley City. A fire destroyed two old houses near the Soo elevator. The Commercial Club plans a meeting to revive its dormant status and boost local business. Peter Schwartz faces theft charges after late payment for a car. Court delays to next Monday.
Today a teacher's institute is under way in the city with educators arriving from neighboring towns by train. P. O. Ludvig and family are visiting friends and handling collections and business matters during their stay. N. G. Rowley leaves for Minot, North Dakota, to pursue a large contract for the Stern Company with a major jobbing house in the Magic City.
The district meeting saw Royal Neighbors Anna Peterson Dora Fredrickson Lucy Ranney Nellie Cysewsky Stella Cruff and Carrie Ells bury present. Local events include football clash Enderlin versus the town, Home Economics Club gathering, and social visits amid health updates and nearby travel.
For sale items include a Rumiley tractor one year old from Valley City Welding Mfg Co. Also wanted to buy a small improved farm in Barnes county. Several listings for cattle and Hereford ball. Rummage sale announced by Mrs Harvey Pray and Mrs Frank Hermes in support of PEO education fund aiding Valley girls.
State Senator Gilbert W. Haggett of Fargo arrives in town with a sling on an arm after falling from a front porch breaking elbow bones and insisting he had been faithfully observing the eighteenth amendment. A Ford owned by Victor Latt of Hobart township was stolen from in front of J C Penny last Saturday evening and found abandoned south of town Sunday. George Windom, who stole the Heynes car from E A Duff of Darey near Grace City, pleaded guilty before Judge Englert and received one year and six months at hard labor. two companions were released as they were not implicated.
Mrs J E Featherstone of Valley City North Dakota will address the Federated Women's Clubs of Minnesota at the court house in Wadena next Monday evening on Sound Government. The talk is nonpartisan and she comes highly recommended as a prominent North Dakota figure. She has chaired the War Victory commission and led the North Dakota Council of Defense, and she aided Miss Minnis Nielson in her first bid for state superintendent. She is touring Minnesota and invites all to attend.
The narrative describes a copper sliver in a man’s right eye needing removal after an explosion, his Minneapolis treatment attempts, and hopeful recovery. It also covers Nome’s recent large fire, the lack of firefighting resources, heroic local effort, and plans to rebuild better while boosters persevere.
Wednesday's society page records T J Spurgeon and wife of Ligioner Indiana visiting Valley City with other arrivals from Roger N D Minnesota and Harlem Montana. Local trips include Rev J S Wilds to Helena for ministers conference and a Cooperstown visit. A deranged Frank Kaiser from the county jail seeks Oshkosh treatment. baby girl born to a Glasgow, Montana birth. and Perham Minn trip announced.
A family plans to travel by automobile and train to North field Minnesota to visit daughter Helen at school. O L Larson and family return from Omaha and may move to North Dakota if a suitable house is found in Valley City. William Burchill schedules an October 21 farm auction featuring horses cattle and machinery with Ben Northridge as auctioneer.
Judge Englert sentenced Ray Barringer of Michigan to 15 months at hard labor in Bismarck for stealing a car last summer. His partner Jack Willis was apprised earlier. Willis did not plead guilty and remains in custody until the next term.
The last Dakota Drug store bulletin on the Rexall straw vote shows Harding losing eight Maryland votes by a small margin, leaving 364 electoral votes for Harding and 182 for Cox. Total votes reported: Harding 403 1628, Cox 263,869, with overall votes at 867,487. An address is planned Friday at 8 pm in the city. The Odd Fellows hall gathering featured a speech and initiations, with a large turnout from Rogers and local members, plus a Rebekah meal and lively atmosphere.
Dr. E R Roberts underwent a perilicitis operation in the Medical Block with Doctors Zimmerman and Nolte. He is reported improving and expected to return to work later. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Green visited from Leal and described calm conditions in their Barnes county area. J F T OConnor to speak Friday in the new schoolhouse auditorium. J H S Thomson reports Burl Carr reached Portland Oregon by car and enjoyed a seventy mile stretch along the Columbia River in sixty five minutes in his Jordan.
Congressman Baer spoke from a gas powered tractor to farmers and townspeople in town on Monday. The piece notes Townley paid debts through bankruptcy court over two years ago and this year rides in a flying machine, suggesting a contrast with rural life.
The local American Legion Post plans a series of concerts with the Jubilee Singers opening on Oct. 25 at the Normal School auditorium. Tickets are being prepared for advance sale and further entertainments will follow at regular intervals. Two men were arrested for drunkenness. Frank Stag paid a $5 fine and costs after appearing before Justice Zabel, while Andrew Mathron will have a hearing later today.
In the gathering gloom a day or two ago, Attorney Lee Combs was tending two cows when a thief, lacking fear of the Lord or law, drove off with the livestock. The incident occurred near the district courthouse after January 1st, leaving Combs seeking recovery and justice.
In a city outskirt scene a man in a limousine had an occupant exit to tear down a campaign card of Mr. Combs. The attorney calls it the meanest trick and says if it recurs he may face prosecution and a penitentiary sentence with the prison baseball team.
A lively Commercial Club meeting discussed many subjects and liquidated bills. Members voted to back the lecture association to sell 1000 tickets at one dollar for the first four entertainments to fund the program and cover school exhibit premiums.
Bismarck reports show the Bank of North Dakota earning profits by redepositing state treasurer deposits. From Sept 30 1919 to Sept 31 1920 the average balance was about 3.23 million dollars. The bank paid 2 percent interest to the state and redeposited funds, yielding a claimed profit of about 32 thousand dollars, while the state would have earned about 97 thousand if left with 3 percent. The bank does not pay rent on its building, while the state pays about 1 thousand dollars monthly.
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