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Newspaper
The Weekly Times Record
Location
Valley City, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1913
Page
3
Thomas Brooks Fletcher opened the 1913 Citizens Lecture course in Valley City with a forceful address on fools. He drew a large crowd at the armory, mixing dramatic oratory with a strong message about self control and the dangers of idle thoughts.
Lew White plans to net about a thousand dollars from a twenty acre potato patch in Litchville this year. He nearly finished digging before a cold snap and reports a yield of three cartloads. White ships to Kansas City and urges regular planting to weather price swings, noting potato ground yields can rise five to ten bushels of grain the following year.
The State of North Dakota is summonsed in Barnes County District Court against Northwestern Fuel Company and others to answer a complaint seeking to determine adverse claims to multiple parcels in Sanborn and surrounding areas. The action alleges ownership interests in Lots and Blocks in Zingz Addition, with defendants to respond within 30 days or face default judgment. Attorneys Wolff & Schneller, Wahpeton, ND, represent the plaintiff.
Fargo reports hog cholera outbreak has spent its force as hundreds of farmers lose large hog herds. In Empire township near Absaraka some lose hundreds while a few farms drop 90 percent of stock. Former Speaker Twitchell loses hundreds but many disinfect pens and plan to restock. Spread traced to shipments of newly purchased hogs and fair exhibitors. Some farmers favormite foot hogs for resistance.
Condition of D C Bye grew critical last Saturday because of cerebrospinal meningitis. He was transported by stretcher to Platou hospital in Valley City on Sunday morning. Reliable authorities say recovery typically takes weeks with no quick change. Dan Ia a popular Fingal figure, his friends hope for a speedy improvement.
A gathering of Tat tous Chautauquas in North Dakota met in Valley City to form an organizing body to coordinate talent and secure strong programs for 1914 Chautauquas. Attendees included G. A. McFarland W. Hanna J. F. Sullivan E. A. Tosteyin and A. Miller with Redpath Lyceum Bureau representatives. A committee was named to finalize the organization and select acts in cooperation with the Redpath Bureau to maximize value and avoid extra rail expenses.
The North Dakota state tax commission has completed assessing leased rail right of way sites and escaped Barnes county property totaling 279 178. With a 5 percent rate, estimated new county revenue is 15 915 next year. Existing sites taxed bring over 243 503 in value and about 10 000 in net county revenue. Church property totaling 28 875 is moved to the tax rolls, excluding religious use. Fraternal property and boarding houses for young women form the remainder.
Ten federal sleuths will be deployed as special deputy collectors of international revenue to trace taxable income in Minnesota starting Jan. 1. Married men earning over 4000 and bachelors over 3000 yearly face audits and a tax on incomes above those thresholds. The retroactive law covers earnings since March 1, 1913 with first levies on year end 1913 earnings and due taxes by June 1, 1914.
Governor Glynn orders a New York grand jury investigation into Harry Thaw escapes from Matteawan on August 17. Attorney General Carmody appoints W T Jerome as special deputy to lead the inquiry. Justice Gavegan swears in the grand jury as DA Whitman halts routine cases to focus on the matter. The probe, centered in New York, targets a Duchess County claim of a plot to free Thaw with conspirators said to met in a West Side saloon. Witnesses are to be called, with hearings set for tomorrow evening in New York City.
Boston October 23 Fresno Dan Russo sold has been named true heir to the late Senator D B Russell in the Daniel Blake Russell identity case. Fresno Dan defeats Dakota Dan in a lengthy dispute begun September 20 1909. Peavey as master finds Dakota Dan is Jim Rousseau once a New York rancher now in North Dakota with no Russell traits while Fresno Dan shows the family traits to a marked degree.
Minot North Dakota October 24 D T Dillon his wife and a 12 year old child were murdered by a man named Maurice Culbertson on the Dillon farm six miles north of Ray The killer jumped a freight east and was caught by conductor N Harkelrood and brakeman Holm hiding in coal on the tender He was taken to White Earth by the sheriff overnight and to Williston next morning A mob threatened lynching but the sheriff prevented it The murderer believed to be the dead woman’s former husband appeared at the farm asked for work and was refused He then shot the husband four times in the barn the wife in the breast and the child in her bed He later registered at a Ray hotel escaped by sheet rope and was captured by two trainmen at Temple seven miles east of Tay and held for the sheriff He was identified by a picture of himself and his former wife in wedding clothes taken ten years earlier
Washington October 25 The controller of the currency issued a call for the statement of condition of all national banks as of the close of business October 21 4
Washington reports that a major railroad provided water for passengers shown by the public health service to be grossly polluted. Bacterial tests found more than 60,000 bacteria per teaspoon, with turbidity and peculiar taste. Water tanks drawn from a supply 300 yards downstream from a city sewer outlet were implicated.
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