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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-19

were no forests near at hand from
which lumber could be made. But they
went to work under the direction OF IA
masterful leader, turning the waters of
canyon stream upon the hard alkaline
soil and stalking the last of their stock
OF potatoes on the venture. The result
OF this desperate beginning is seen in
the Utah OF to-day.
Utah of Today.
This latest of American States con-
taIns nearly 100000 people on the occa-
sion OF its fiftieth anniversary. OF
these less than one-third live in large
towns, Salt Lake City, the metropolis
and capital. containing about 10000,
and Ogden. it's cheerful rival. about TO-
O0o. More than two-thirds Of the total
population is dispersed in mining
camps. on the stock range and over a
MYRIAD Of farms.
While Utah owes much of it's present
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-19
The Extent Of His Superstition.

To little extent am superstitiou6,
says Virginian. moved into new
house a couple of years ago, and some
how things seemed to grow worse con
stantly. First it was one thing, and
then it was another. ] mentioned the
matter to an old colored auntie, who
did our laundry work. and She told me
it was because there was no toad frog
in the cellar. She said it was good luck
for new house to have toad in the
cellar and that many builders always
left frog in the cellar when they fin
ished house. AS it was such sim.
pie matter to set things, right caught
toad and put it in the cellar, and,
strangely enough, things began run,
ming all right Immediately. Since then
my cellar has never been without q
toad frog, and TO that extent am SUI
perstitious.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-19
THE MORMON TABERNACLE.

the things they consume, and having
the social advantages of town life to Il
considerable degree. The church is
also the dance hall, and in the remotest
hamlet there is a Sunday night dance
led by the bishop. These social ar
engagements have contributed much to
the contentment OF the farming popu-
lation. There has been less tempta-
ton for the boys and girls to leave the
soil and go to the large towns than
elsewhere. The people live under such
conditions that neither panics, strikes
nor wars could seriously menace their
three meals a day.
The MOrmonS are admittedly the
founders of irrigation among Anglo
Saxons. Until they made their first
rude canal from City Greek on that
July day, in 1S47. men Of their race had
never dealt seriously with this indus
try. AS the pioneers enjoyed a practi-
cal equality in the matter of property,
their irrigation works We're necessarily
built by means of cooperative labor.
Every man performed his share Of the
work and received his proportion of
stock in the company which owned the
canal. 1t was nearly forty years after
the first settlement was made before
costly works We're built by outside cap
ital. and the innovation was not re-
garded with favor by the Mormons. In
Utah the stores. factories and banks
are owned very generally by joint stock
companies consisting Of multitudes of
small shareowners.
The Mormon Church.
After half century the Mormon
church is still dominant factor in the
life Of Utah. In numbers and in wealth
1t is, Of course, a far greater church
than it was fifty years ago. The prac-
tice of polygamy, suspended by formal
edict in 1890, is now thing of the past,
speaking in broad terms. But the doc
trine is still religiously held among the
tenets Of the church. 1t is doubtless
sincerely believed in by the majority of
the people, and is usually more vigor-
ously defended by the women than by
the men. There are occasional arrests
under the Edmunds- Tucker law, but
there seems no reason to doubt the
good faith of the church in discounte-
nancing the practice.
The older generation OF Mormons
rule the church, but the younger gen.
Grafton rule the State. The Governor,
the two Senators and one Representa-
tive are natives and Of Mormon parent
age, though Senator Rawlins is said to
be an apostate. Contrary to general ex
pectations, this fact has not deprived
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-19
EOundinu a State.


The people Of the State of Utah re-
Gently completed their big celebration
Of the semi-centennial anniversary Of
the arriva! of Brigham Young and his
hand of 1,16O pioneers in the valley Of
III, Great Salt Lake. Almost a full
week was required to fittingly observe
the great empire building work Of Brig
ham Young.
1t was on July "a, 1S47, that the pio-
nerrs emerged from the rugged detile
now known as Emigration Canyon and
faced IA broad and sunny valley, which
slopcd gently to the shores OF an in
land sea. On the east, the Wasatch
Mountains, and on the south and west
thN Oouirrh range made grim walls
ab6lt the desert. When the pilgrims
had proceeded little further they saw
n large fresh lake few miles to the
soutA, elnptying its surplus waters into
the inland sea through a slender river
These odd conditions suggested a strik
!ng comparison to Brigham Young, who
felt that he was Moses leading new
tribe Of Israel to Il new promised land.
The fresh lake was the sea of Tiberias,
the salt one the Dead Sea, the river
was, Of course, the Jordan. This, then.
was the new Palestine; and here the
leader and his followers would build
new Jerusalem. Advancing few miles
into the valley, and hating near the
banks of roaring brook, Brigham
Young struck his staff upon the ground
and exclaimed: Here we will rear our
temple in holiness to the Lord.'
The small party Of emigrants who
ended their tiresoEe and dangerous pill
grimagc in the Utah desert fifty years
ago gave but the slightest promise of
founding an enduring State. They,
had come to an arid land. and possessed
neither canals nor the slightest knowl-
edge Of the art of irrigation. They had
but scanty store of provisions, and a
thousand miles Of deserts and noun
tans lay between them and any base
of supplies. They had no shelter save
that offered by the canvas coverings
OF their crowded wagons. and there
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-19
Present Decision.

If, instead Of being Influenced by a
hazy and underlined feeling. we bring
clear thought to bear upon it, we shall
find that the only supreme and final
test of conduct must ever be the convic.
tons which we hold at the time.
Not whether any other person or the
whole world approve or disapprove, nor
even whether we may or may not con-
tinue in future years to maintain them
ourselves, must be our question, but
whether at the present moment we be-
lieve in our Utmost heart that such q
course is the true and right one to pur
sue.
If this be not our guide-if any other
voice, opposing that of conscience, be
obeyeti-then we act in defiance of our
own moral sense, which is plainly the
swapping Of character.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-19

prosperity to its mines, and will be
even more deeply indebted to this item
OF its resources In the future, the Moad
foundation Of its economic life Is IN It's
irrigated soil. There are some remark
able facts to be recorded about Its w.
SIG farms. In the first place, 17,6S4 of
them are absolutely free Of all mcum-
3brance. The average size OF these
farms is twenty-seven acres, but as
some large ranches are included In this
estimate. the figure given for the aver
4se y rather too high. The typical
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-19
INSPIRED A FAMOUS POEM.
Mrs. Amelia koehler Who Suggested
1.-THE Last Rose of SUMMER

Considerable interest has been awak-
ened throughout the country by the an
nouncement of the death of Mrs. Ame-
liza koehler, Of Mount Vernon, New
York, at the age of 81, owing to the
fact that she is supposed to have in
spired Thomas Moore's famous poem,
"The Last Rose of Summer" and to
whom the poem was dedicated by it's
composer.
The incident, as often told by Mrs.
Koehler to her friends, is full of inter-
est. When she was ID years of age
she was sent to London, and there she
attended school kept by sister of
the poet, who frequently visited the
school and became acquainted with the
pupils. Moore took a decided liking to
her and would spend hours in convers-
ing with her. One day, as they were
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-19
THE GREAT MORMON TEMPLE.

him of strong support among the men,
bers Of the church. not even when he
vigorously attacked the leaders for
'.using the livery Of heaven to serve the
devil ill.," as he once did In the heat OF
the campaign. The first Representative
chosen to Congress, c. u. Allen, had
been for years powerful and uncoln-
promising opponent Of the church. But
he was elected with the aid OF Mormon
votes. The twelve apostles are divided
between the two great parties. The
division which has come after forty
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-19

farms range from three to twenty acres
the smallest Of any State in the
Union. They are universally devoted
to diversified agriculture, and thus rem
der their unmortgaged proprietors alb
solutely self-sustaining.
In another important respect these
farms differ from those elsewhere.
Their owners do not live, as rule.
upon the farm acreage. but in villages
or home centers. These are located at
central points in bodies of 5000 to TO-
goo acres. The farmers have their
homes on acre lots in these villages.
getting from this small area MANY of
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-19
Reason for 1t.

Il never hear you speak of your
son"
NO. There are occasionally some
little matters of family history that
one does not like to discuss.
He hasn't disgraced the family
name lbs he?"
NO. Fortunately he had decency
enough to change his name before he
would consent to run for the Legisla,
iure. Chicago Post.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-19

sitting in the garden. she plucked
rose and, placing it on the lapel of
the poets waistcoat, exclaimed, ooh,
now l have given you the last rose of
summer" And, as the story runs, this
very rose was in fact the last rose left
blooming in the garden.
"My child" said the poet. you have
made a beautiful suggestion. and when
l have written some verses on it they
shall be dedicated to you"
A short time after, Moore wrote the
famous lines which follow, and dedi-
Gated them to her:
'Tis the last rose Of summer,
Left blooming alone;
All her lovely companions
Are faded and gone;
No flower Of her kindred,
No rosebud is nigh
To reflect back her bushes
Or give sigh for sigh.
I'll not leave thee, thou lone one,
TO pine on the stem;
Since the lovely are sleeping,
Go, sleep thou with them.
Thus kindly l scatter
Ihy leaves Yer thy bed,
Where thy mates Of the garden
Lie scentless and dead.
So soon may follow.
When friendships decay,
And from loves shining circle
The gems drop away;
When true hearts lie withered
And fond ones are flown,
Oh. who would inhabit
This bleak world alone!
Mrs. koehler's maiden name was
Amelia Offergeld. and she was born
in Aix-la Chapelle. Her father was
an officer in the Prussian army and her
mother was Of British descent. She
was Is years old when she married
Charles Koehler an importer of Bond
street, London. When he died, forty
years ago, she came to live with her
daughter in this country and remained
there until her death.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-19
A Concrcssman's Horseshocs,

Congressman Russell, OF Connect
cut, has something like bushel of
horseshoes which he has picked up.
Six or eight fine specimens ornament
or disfgure his apartments at the Ham
ilton in Washington, and the remainder
of the bushel, except few, are stored
in an old box 1T his home in Killingly.
The few which are especially reserved
from the collection in the box are
hanging on the port waist oar which
Russell used to pull winning stroke
with in the old six-oared crew OF Yale
College in '73.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-19
TO CARRY BICYCLES.

Brooklyn Plan for Trausnorinr
Wheels on the Trolley Lines.
Many bicycle riders in cities would
welcome the adoption of a plan for
transporting wheels in operation ON one
of the trolley Lines in Brooklyn. The
illustration shows how four bicycles
can be carried ON each dashboard with
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-19
Lives on Insects.

There is a quaint plant which grows
in pea boys. 1t has large flowers, with
an odd umbrella-like shield in the cor
ner. The leaves are generally abom
half full of rain water, in which many
insects are drowned. Some naturalist.
insects.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-19

out interfering with the motorman or
conductor in any way. These racks
are also in use in the baggage cars
which have been equipped for wheels
by the New York Central. Long Isl
and. Manhattan Il" and other rail
roads. The racks used on the trolley
cars are riveted to the sheet iron Of the
dashboard instead Of being screwed to
the wall, as in the baggage cars.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-19
Uncrowncd Rulers.

There are many reigning sovereigns
at the present time who have never
taken the trouble to be crowned
Among them may be mentioned the
German Emperor, the King Of Italy.
the King of Spain, the Queen of Hol.
land, the King Of Bavaria, the King OF
Saxony.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-19
Paved with Grass.

II is proposed to pave London roads
with compressed grass blocks. The
claim is made that the pavement oe
these b.,cks is noiseless and elastic, re-
sists wear well. and is lmpervious to
heat and cold. Its manufacturers guar.
antee it's life for five years.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-19
He WAS A BRILLIANT CLERK.

How Virginia Prodigy Gave a 10
Per Cent. Discount.
once had promising bud of genius
IN my store down on the James River.
said a Virginian to reporter. I keep
general store there, and this bud, that
promised to bloom into seven kinds Of
a loo loo flower, came to me from the
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-19

We do not admire everything Cupid
does. but there is no denying his good
taste and sense In dressing.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-19
lTTAH'S BIG JUBILEE.
RECENTLY CELEBRATED HER
MI-CENTENNIAL..

Fifty Years Ago Brigham Young, the
Mormon Prophet. Led His People
Into the "Promiscd Land" and Laid
tbc Foundation of a State.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-19
The Tiger snake.

There is no known antidote for the
bite of the tiger snake Of Australia,
Persons bitten die almost instantly, and
the Government mas a standing offer Of
II 900 for any one who will discover .
remedy. Some few years ago man
actually discovered an efiicacious anti
dote. To prove it's value he allowed
himself to be bitten repeatedly by
snakes in full possession Of the power
to kill. One day he gave an exhibition
before some Government officials, but,
being much under the influence ok
liquor, he did not recollect what be had
dole with his antdote, and he died
shortly after the bite, his secre1
perishl4g With
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-19

years OF political solidarity appears to
be genuine, and the people carry on
their discussions with the proverbial
zeal of new converts.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-19
Had Lost Caste

"You no longer recognize Miss
Barnes
mo. I can't afford to-
'Wsy not??'
"She is still riding a '96 wheel while
I have '97 model.--Chicago Poat.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-19

Every one believes he does not sget
n, credit he deserves.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-08-19
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His ldca

HE Idea.
isn't the Emperor Of Germany Tho.
grandson Of the Emperor William TIN
IT,
YES; but he thinks be + the efaak
grandson.
Willmar tribune., 1897-10-05
NOTICE.
W1LLMAR, MIMI, Sept. Ia, 1897,

W1LLMAR, MIMI, Sept. IA, 1897.
TO the Public:
.. Notice is hereby given that the part
:nership heretofore existing between
Christian Johnson and Victor E. Law
'1pn, under the firm name of Johns on
2& Lawson, as publisher< Of ihe Will
mar Tribune and as general printers,
has this day been dissolved by mutua
consent; and that the said business
will be continued from this day bv the
Tribune Printing Company, a new
partnership this day organized by the
undersigned.
All accounts of the old firm will be
collected by the Tribune Printing: Co.
which also assumes all unpaid current
bills of the late firm.
The new firm especially solicits a
continuation of the patronage so gen
erously accorded the firm of johnson
& Lawson in the past, and hopes. TO
merit the same by prompt and fair
dealing. -. :. 49,:
CHRISTIAN JOHNSON.
l. H. T. OLSEN;,
VICTOR E. LAWSON.
Willmar tribune., 1897-10-05

:: O. Prof: F. M. Erkel. magnetisk
Healer fra Minneapolis, vii for en-
kort It'd v@re at tretfe paa ''MarloDw
House" her i Byen. Dette er den
magnetiske Mand, som har gjory: aaa
mango merkelige Kure af kroniske
Sygdomme i sgd Minnesota i den
sidste It'd: Han bruger like Medi-
ciner, han helbreder alligevel alslags
kroniske Sygdomme. som andre ekke
har vseret istand til at kurere. Alle
Personer, som PLACES af PARALYSIS,
Gigt, sygdomme Nave, Lever,
Nyrer, Aff6ringsorganerne, Hjerrnil,e,nu
eller ryKraden, helbredes sikkert ::ic Or
hurtigt foruden Mediciner. L1geledes
kureres ale slags: Kvindesygdomminte. 81
skriv til ham fors narmere oplys-
ninger. Hans Adresse er nut viii,
mar, MINI. P. o. Box 229. IS =:
Willmar tribune., 1897-10-05

Ditmar Ditmarson while shingling
the house of Andrew Bursheim last
Tuesday fell down from a scaffo]d to
the ground distance of ii feet and
received several injuries.
Willmar tribune., 1897-10-05
Rose1and.

Threshing is rather backward this
year but we are in hopes that the work
is done before the snow flies. .4
Our school opens this year with Mr..
B. Fehr in the chair. Mr.. Fehr is a
graduate of the advanced course of
the state Normal school at St. Cloud,
and comes we'll recommended by that
school.
Mr.. H: T. Olsen, who had engaged
the school resigned in order that he
may give his full attention to the
Willmar TRIBUNE. =.
Mats Renstrom was in Wil]mar one
day last week.
Andrew Nordlof is offered a posi-
tion ). Ed Nelson's store in Svea
Mr.. Nordlof will be a valuable help
to Mr.. Nelson.
Willmar tribune., 1897-10-05
Read This.

I have again leased the Green Lake
mills, and from Sept. lst 1897, will be
found at the mill at all times ready to
promptly serve all who will favor me
with their custom.
I hope to see all my old friends and
many new ones. I will guarantee as
good work as can be had in any mill
west of the cities.
E. w. HOWARD.
Willmar tribune., 1897-10-05
RAYMOND, MINI. Sept. l, 1897

I had been sick with complaints of
the stomach, liver and kidneys: had
tried m any things but experienced no
relief. I was unable to do any work.
have now been under Prof. Erkel's
treatment about six weeks and am a.
good deal better and am able to do
manual labor. might add that I was
given no medicine at all, but the won
derful Improvement was brought about
by his magnetic treatment.
FRANK NYBERG.
Willmar tribune., 1897-10-05

We have the famous 'OHIO CULTIVATOR which all must
admit the best cutivator the
SAM Genuine Norwegian of which have sold
large number the county all than pleased with
them Do want Wagon? We have them good any
IN t9n We can also sell you hreshing OUTFIT single Engine
Separator with without Blowing Stacker either the
Geiser {or "Peeress') the "Massion," the "Aman
In fact supply you with most anything you
need in the machinery line at a fair price.
Willmar tribune., 1897-10-05

shaet6nlng, WOman1s TO t6ke her place
side by sidewith man mall of lies
relations, she must fit herself for that
position. To him has been given the
training of the ages; to her barely that
of a quarder century. We believe our
organization exists as did the law,
"as school-mistress," to bring us to
that better dawning when ~s:in~ Christ
Jesus, there can be neither Jew nor
Greek; bond nor free; male nor fe-
male. The lines of work are Organiza-
tion, Preventive, Educational, Evan
2gelistic, Social, and Legal. Under
these chief heads are grouped various
departments, each one under the charge
of a superintendent. -
The work of the w. c.. T. U. among
the children in Sunday Schools, 10y
al Temperance Legions and Kinder
gartens, its efforts to influence college
students and to train and organize
young women for philanthropic life,
it's evangelistic work for non-church-
goers, for railway employees, soldiers,
lumber-men, miners-especialy for the
drinking men of all classes all these
have proved the breadth of it's COM
prehension and the tirelessness of it's
zeal. It's efforts to reach the pauper
and the prisoner, to establish reform
itories and homes for the wretched VIC
Tins of inebriety and their suffering
children, and its Temperance Flower
Mission must appeal to every true
heart. 1t has sought to purify the
holidays of the people. It has bat
tied for the maintenance of the Sab
bath, sought to Introduce the non-fer-
mented juice OF the grape at the sacra-
mental table, and to secure day Of
prayer for.temperance in the week of
prayer.
It has circulated countless petitions
and addressed synods and conferen-
ces, teachers associations and medical
societies, as we'll as legislatures, state
and national. always for one object
and with one plea: 1--WE beseech you
to refrain from the use of alcoholics,
and to outlaw the liquor traffic. !"
Much has been done in the way of So
cial purity, by educating the youth of
the nation and uplifting and preserv-
ing them from the ways that take hold
upon death. It strives to redeem out
castfwomen from a slavery worsethan
.zant}a }a@byzahattar laws to
secure proaection to women and girls.
It has beensinstrumsntal in raising the
age Of consent. r. nearly every state in
the union, and: it's influence is being
strongly felt in the 'puri6cation of our
literature. and art. The w. G. T. U.
work is now all over the world. It is
organized in 40 nations, with a total
membership of about half a million. u =
- Our efforts have always been sadly
crippled forlack of means. Pleas for
help constantly comes to US. We need
money to. carry on the workeand con-
secrated hearts to join our ranks
Weplead with all good women through
out Christendom to join with us heart
and hand in the holy endeavor to pro-
.tect and sauctify the Home as that
temple Of the Holy Spirit (which, next
70 the human body itself, is dearest Of
all to our Creator. ...