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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1921
Page
6
A long opinion piece argues North Dakota must reform election laws to prevent political manipulation by factions from both major parties. It claims current rules enable deceptive ballots, party plotting, and potential one party dominance, urging immediate changes before the next statewide vote.
The second election law allows third party groups to appear on ballots if they secure 21,000 votes or more or gather 300 electors or signatures. It aims to prevent fringe groups from clogging election machinery while preserving the option for new parties to compete in primaries and general ballots.
Friday’s Daily N P Hanson reports a visiting tailor enjoying Fargo business. Mrs McDonald is recovering well after Riverside Hospital surgery. Irene Brandvold returns from Fargo after a Gateway city visit. Carl Knutson of Kathryn attends to business matters. Beachem McFarland orchestra hosts a dance with Jamestown guests. Coyle ill with pneumonia. Lieut Dan Richter notes political outlook and predicts an independent victory. Zackie Sigerson and Ed Starke return from Minnesota fishing with a fine bass. Cooperative Trading's Harvey Taylor notes 28 car loads of potatoes shipped totaling 16 800 bushels. Rhoades leads football veterans to Wahpeton for Science School duel. team to stay in Fargo overnight.
A. E. Padden delivered a fine lot of potatoes this morning from 945 bushels raised on the Lee Cowell farm near Cooperstown. Andy says the land yields anything and has made a nice bit of income from this crop.
The Royal Neighbors of America plan a Jamestown gathering next Monday the 24th with Eva Child the Supreme Oracle present. A 2 p.m. school of instruction precedes a large class adoption in the evening.
The report notes 19 camps represent and many from Valley may attend the recall election. It warns that if the recall advances, supporters of Bill Heywood face grave charges and possible penitentiary exposure, with no prison baseball team placements for those who enter.
A well dressed middle aged woman about thirty years poses as a shopper and cashes checks at Crookston Grafton and Grand Forks merchants. She endorses with a large flowing backhand signature and supplies a fictitious address to appear legitimate. Merchants urged to beware of her convincing talk and consistent success.
A large crowd witnessed Laurance Clark's traveling company present The Climax in three acts. Joseph Stanhope starred as Luigi Golfanti with Dor othy Peterson as Adelina von Hangen, a plot featuring love triangles, sacrifice, voice loss and a triumphant return on stage. The comedy kept audiences amused through Jasper Deeter, Pietra Golfani, and David Fuller in various humorous predicaments.
Senator E F Ladd spoke to under 200 at the courthouse last night in place of Borglum. He criticized Wall Street and the Federal Reserve, avoided state tax and farm concerns, and drew mixed reactions with one leaguer calling it poor. The crowd’s reception left the I V A base wary of him.
Saturday arrivals include John R. Larson and wife from Fargo and William Langer entering banking via the First National Bank of Casselton. Teachers College football faces State Science at Wahpeton while high school veterans prepare for Lisbon clash. A Zabel buys Otto & Carr insurance agency. Mrs Strouble and Emil Keller reunite after the war.
The Peoples Opinion this week published the list of recall petition signers and claimed the action safeguarded democracy. Signers express pride at having their names printed and assert they signed for democratic ends.
Last night the college presented Ghosts in a near capacity auditorium drawing many out of town attendees. Mme. Borgny Hammer starred as the leading character delivering a highly pleasing performance. The Norwegian star drew notable notice from those familiar with her work.
J. W. Brinton will speak at the Rex theater on Tuesday evening October 25. He charges 60 cents for the illustrated lecture and is said to be worth three times that amount. In other appearances he held crowds for four hours with high interest and has slides of notes and checks from the league, providing insider information on the league.
Walter Barr of V C Plumbing and Heating Company was buried up to his belt when the ditch collapsed on Ninth avenue Thursday around five. He suffered a broken right leg, was removed to Riverside hospital, where the leg was set and he rests as well as can be expected. A civic note criticizes league papers for recalling petition coverage and questions the new day program.
Prom Mondays Daily Victor Vaupel returns from a trip to the Twin Cities while locals from Halstad San Diego and Tower City are noted. The Teachers College football loss at Wahpeton 29 to 7 and recall election urging voters to register and vote are reported along with hospital visits and community notices.
Service and others have called at the post office to secure information as to the correct number to be placed on their residence. This information can be secured at the city hall by all those interested in the matter.
In Valley City sweet peas bloom near the editor’s home on October 24 and strawberries are picked in local gardens as North Dakota enjoys mild weather. A Path er and Son banquet is planned for November 5 with a limit of 100 men and 100 boys. reserve by calling Geo. B. Caley. A Fargo party in a Buick on Normal avenue breaks a spindle, hits a curb but no one is injured. car repaired at Pegg’s garage and they continue.
Major John D. Black and Mrs. Smith depart from the city last Sunday over the Soo Line to San Diego California to visit Mrs. Smith’s mother Mrs. M. L. Ridgeway and then return to Valley City. The note also mentions a Ford starting system offer to John Faust of the Peoples Store and a mail route receptacle campaign started October 19 to equip city delivery routes per post office rules.
Gov J A Preus of Minnesota will address a high school gym audience at eight o'clock with arrival from Lisbon this afternoon. The event features local band music, expected large turnout due to favorable weather, and visitors from surrounding districts.
Rev. Thos. E. Nugent delivered a pre election sermon urging voters to choose the ticket they deem best for the state's interests. Mrs. Ed Starke narrowly escaped serious injury when her Cadillac Eight rolled in a ditch after a Ford car allegedly passed unsafely.
Reverend Dr. J J Kingham in South India improves many blind or near-sighted lives by repurposing donated second hand spectacles from America. Usable glasses can be left at the Peoples Store with Mr Harvey Taylor during the last week of October and will be forwarded to Dr Kingham through Mrs F P Mansell. Phone 3873.
Mr and Mrs David Williams of Duluth were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs James J Earley on South Highth Avenue. Williams, a boyhood friend of Earley, left New York State for Minnesota more than two years ago and remains First National Bank of Duluths first vice president.
The subject is heavily involved in iron mining in Minnesota and previously engaged in banking, lumber, and grain at Webster South Dakota where substantial interests remain. He ranks among leading bankers and business leaders at the head of the lakes, with additional investments in the Dakotas. Mrs. Williams is the penciler of Judge Page Morris of Du cy.
Ex United States Senator A J Gronna returned from Ransom county by No 2 to Fargo and onward to northern areas for more campaigning. He spoke at Fort Ransom drawing four to five hundred mostly leaguers, with reports crediting his speech as strengthening independence sentiment across the region. Gronna praised the reception and noted a noted shift toward independents in the areas visited.
In line with Treasury directives and President Harding’s proclamation dated September 30 1921 Armistice Day observances are set for Friday November 11 1921. Citizens are asked to pause from noon to 2 minutes past for silent prayer and to display the national flag at half mast on public buildings and all military and diplomatic facilities worldwide from sunrise to sunset that day.
Mary Frances Davis extols dramatic play for young children as a way to translate knowledge into action. The piece outlines mother led activities where kids imitate animals and stories from Mother Goose, Little Miss Muffet, and Jack Horner, using simple props to dramatize familiar rhymes and tales at home.
Joseph Henry Lee a prominent Barnes County farmer and brother of T Melvin Lee died at St Luke s hospital Fargo after two weeks illness He was born September 27 1874 in Wisconsin age 48 years 23 days The burial party returned from Fargo with the body Funeral services will be held at the T J Lee home Norman Township at 1 PM and at the Norman Township Church at 2 PM
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