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Mower County transcript., 1903-03-04

ago that had his wife and mother of
his children incarcerated'in the asylum
so that he could through a tricky law
yer get his place mortgaged when the
wife refused to sign and after the dirty
trick was over the woman was let out
agen. I tell you when such things are
doin' its gettin' about as low down as
it can get in the scale Of depravity and
injustice and outrage l. just wish I
was superintendent of the department.
Of He'll for while: I'd Civ the liars and
greedy relativs what they deserve in
good shape. I'd order the fires seven
times hotter than was wont and I'd
pick out the; hottest corner and I'd
chuck the whole caboodle in there for
forty one thousand years until they be-
gan to come to their senses and realize
somethin' of the awful Nervousness of
their crimes in deprivin' sane folks of
liberty and the pursuit of happiness in
addition to what consider real life.
... .'<..:' FARMER BEN.
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Twin City Austlnites.

Twin City Atlstlnites.
Austlnites who have removed to
either Minneapolis or St. Paul will hold
a big reunion Tuesday evening March
10 at A. O. U. W. hall, a5-17 Seventh
street south, Minneapolis. There are
fully 800 Austinites in the two cities
who have lived there from one to
thirty years, and general good time is
expected.
! The object of this gathering besides
getting the Ausinites together will be
80 plan for a permanent organization
with social and benefcent features.
All Austinites visiting in either Min
neapolis or St Paul on the above date
are cordially invited to be present.
Tickets may. be secured Of J. A.
Sands at "New Store" Nicollet avenue
and should be bought soon az guar
antee must be made several days before
the meeting. Mayor Haynes of Min
neap0lis is intensely interested in the
influx of population from large and
thriving towns like Austin and will be
present at and address this meeting.
Tickets soc to pay expenses of hail and
light, refreshments to be served. :.
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Special Sermons.

A series of Sunday evening sermons
will be given in the Baptist church by
the pastor, Rev. F. L. Anderson, com
mencing March 8. The general sub
ject is "The Architecture OF a Life. ,
The following is the list: r
March 6, The Plan. ..
March Is, The Cost. 81
March q, The Materials. =.
March %, The Foundation.
April 5, The Superstructure.
Service begins at 7:3O o'clock.
You are cordially invited to attend.
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. MARRIAGE LICENSES

4. MARRIAGE LICENSES II
During February there were IA mar.
riagea licenses issuedin Mower County
to the following parties:
Thomas Siverson. ). ... ]. Dena Nelson.
Fred W CARL 80. .Lottie r Churchill
Carl "a Lehman. ]. :. z. =. Julia Slindee
Otta H Priebe !. 81. !. Elizabeth Durhmann.
Walter E Chapman ~ II attic 3 Snyder.
Charles Forest Carl ... Anna M Meanyi
% Bennett Emma Wagner
George Wybourney Christina Springer
John Kelly &. 3. &. ]. Margaret Adams
John - Reilly /. !. !. {. Daisy Denison5
Edwin lE,tl M Z Nseller.. J Maggie E Biladeaut
Carl w Wilbright Anna @ Anderson
4 ARA q Daniey Mas Della Thayer
Earl Rice. 3. IS. J. Mary jennings
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matics; Louise Minot, music; Agnes
Woodward, rhetoric and oratory. The
superintendent was assistant state SUI
perintendent of public instruction in
1899-19Ol, and came to Austin in
September, 1901. -
Special stress has been laid upon q de-
batting for the past year. The high
school in divided into two debating
societies, one including all freshmen
and juniors together, and the other:all
;sophomores and seniors. Each of these
has weekly meetings for debate Of
subjects and for oratorical work, and
occasionally there are reinter-society con:
tests. J.. - s..1:
The high school Building is one< OF
the most convenient in the state. Il
was built in 1850 at an expense exceed
ing $4,000 and contains Il eighteen
roems, all on TIVE doors The spacious
high school assembly room has ia
|dividual seating capacity for 49oRapils
The system of ventilation and heati1a
as superior. ..s s.sss. : - s,
There j. : tota elllnent f ~
ERnpil in9 ~ hissab
Iseachels. IS. biz schoo, buila
langs, fitted With aned eqluipa1 .ents.
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Amber Cane for Fodder.

Amber Cane for Fodder.
1t seems to be generally agreed that
sweet corn and sorghum are, the best
crops to put ia for summer feed to sup
plement the pastures when the grass
gets short and dry. The growing of
sweet corn for summer feed has been a
common practice, with many of our
best stock men ii Mower county for
several years, but sorghum will be a
comparatively new feed for us here. It
has been in use SO generally elsewhere,
however, that there is no doubt of it's
great value for fail feed, and no one
that puts it in will regret having tried
it. In sowing it the ground, of course,
should be prepared as well as possible.
The Early Amber variety of seed
should be used, and it may be put in
anytime from May I to July 1, but it is
perhaps best to SOW it just after corn
planting, say from May Is to, June s.
Some drill it in but an eminent author
ity advises to SOW the seed broadcast.
1t will be ready for feed about the time
Of the first frost. It may then be cut
and raked into big piles in the field to
be hauled and fed to the stock as de-
sired. The sorghum will not spoil in
the piles even if rained on. It is sur
prising how much feed an acre of it
will make. The cattle and even the
horses eat it with a relish and with
great benefit. There is only one dan!
ger in growing sorghum, and that is,
the second growth is often poisonous
for cattle and stock, and it is unsafe to
allow anything to feed in the field
where the sorghum has been cut. ~ =.
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mechanical turn, he is greatly interest,"
ed in, electrical engineering and may
pursue that study at the eur aftershe
graduates here. He is also an en-
thusiastic student Of scientific forestry.
He is II years old, member of the
junior class and ambitious in his school
work.
Roy Adams was born in Austin in
1886. He is a member of the sophomore
class. Alert and vigorous in his men
tai processes, he has taken good rank
in scholarship. He is strong in history
and rhetoric and expects to enter the
"U''' when he finishes here. He is q
son of W. H. Adams, engineer on the
Milwaukee. road. The family returned
from Minneapolis to reside in Austin
about seven years ago. ~ %, 81. s, -, !
! All three are1epular IL the circlefo OF
their school friemds and high hopes are
entertained 1hjt theyswill win further
victories 4 So J 5sss....>Ss u: /
The Austin nigh schod is recognized
Las one pf the heading schools Of south
ern Minnesota. Its first class of two
graduated in. 1877 Wide the class o1
sse1 6 st tiff 8 one membsr
There is5an attendance of 22O regula,
high school papils to-day, with thirty
one in the present sgraduating aclass
lOver twenty graduates are at present
in the state university. The. corps o'
teachers is as follows: Andrew Nelson
superintendent; G.sS. Hebberd, princi
pal; Hortense Robbins, history; .Lidil
Harold, German; D. NJ. Strang, science
Ora Dack, Latin; Clara Hughes, mathe
Mower County transcript., 1903-03-04
Homsseeker's Excursions.

. HOmkseeker's Excursions. !,
~ Homeseekers tickets to nearly al
points on sale at low rates by Chicago
Great Western Railway on first and
third Tuesday Of each month, Novem-
Der to April inclusive. Available in
the through tourist sleeping cars.
For particulars apply to any Great
Western Agent, or j. p. Elmer, G. P.
A., Chicago. Ill. ,.*z. ~ g
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TILES BIRKETT.
From Minneapolis Journal:

From Minneapolis Journal:
The Austin high school debating
team was winner in the first congress
sional district. The next contest will
come early in March at Blue Earth
with the Blue Earth team, the victors
of the second congressional district.
The lot has been cast for sides and Aus
tin will take the affirmative and Blue
Earth the negative.
The Austin team consists of Miss
Gertrude Kline, Miles Birkett and Roy
Adams. Miss Kline was born near Rose
Creek but has attended the grades
and high school in Austin.a She is cool
and collected while in debate and
has habit Of close attention of
thought which admirably adds to her
effectiveness in argument. She is a
member Of the Junior class, nearly Is
years old,:strong in history and English,
and has an active, bright mind, leading
her class in: scholarship. She intends
to enter the university Of Minnesota on
completion sof, the course here. She is
an enthusiastic member Of the high
i school basket ball team. Her folks
. moved to istii NJ d
She is the daughter Of r. $B. Kline.
Miles Birkett was born in Owatemna
and lis the son of Henry Birkett, who
moved to Austin in 1859: Miles il
prominent in athletics, being centre in
the high school football team, which
came out victorious in every ::oentes,
with Minnesota high schools last sea
son. He is fine mathematician and il
strong in English and oratory. Of;s
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S. M: HORTICULTURAL
Papers Read Before the Recent Meet
ing of the S. M. Horticultural
Society at Albert Lea.
Canning Strawberries.
Lena NJ. Freeman, Austin.


The little that 1 have to say on the
above topic will have special impor-
tance to those persons who raise just
enough berries for home use. Under
these conditions the time for canning
must necessarily be very limited, as all
the early and late pickings will be con-
sumed while fresh, by the family.
We're it not for this reason, the first
picking would be the best to use for
quality and appearance. As it is ], as
sort while hulling into two grades.
The large, firm and well-colored ber-
ries for extras, and the rest for COM
MON use. Aim always to can the same
day as picked. Fermentation occurs
very early, and E relieve, this is the rea-
BON why, Strawberries, bear a bad re-
pptation; when canned, Nearly all
who. buy, and many who raise them,
allow ehe' berries to romain twelve or
more hours before canning, even to the,
point tef sheNii aiie off ergnentation.
81 inrhair
(kssepaadg, kss.eefa when canned me TIC same day Us
4 ss>s St% T.. "a : -s,'{DF
,t1114G& IA e,,sssitty,i 4ly!3II 7I'+.
Take enough freshly; hulled berrie es
tofnl two quMt cans;' this will be about
three quarts. Place these in d good
preserving kettle, with a tablespoonful ful
of hot water aorjsyrup in the bottom, to
prevent the fruit from burning, until
the heat has extracted the Juice from
said berries, Place over a medium fire
land allow them to just come to the
}tboiling point, then add the sugar, one
}coffee cup Of granulated to each quart.
lStir thoroughly once, and can imme-
diately upon again reaching the point
of boiling.
See that the cans have good new
rubbers themselves and covers perfect,
and perfectly sealed. Thoroughly wipe
the cans and invert them, letting them
remain in this position over night, keep
reversing them for day or two, until
the berries no longer remain matted
together, but are suspended in the
!; syrup. If Eou have used large, firm,
hard berries, you now have in store a
luxury, which will be treat to any
and all who are lovers of the straw.
4 berry. The flavor Of the smaller berries
canned in this:s way is fine, but of
course they do not look as well, for the
i color is apt to be lighter, as well as the
berry smaller. Sometimes I have only
saved the juice and canned that, where
berries have been injured by rain. But
this method is uncertain, as the effect
Of rain on ripe berries is similar to that
produced by remaining over night after
picking. The secret of the appearance q
of berries canned in this way is allow
ing the juice to be extracted by ar
tificial heat, before adding the sugar,
and immediate canning, as soon as
picked, is the secret Of the fine flavor
and preservation. ..st -' ,>.@ +
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Splendid Opportu,nitIesi.

If you intend to buy !. farm or farm
land in Central or Northern Minnesota,
write at once for our farm pamphlet
"Splendid Opportunities where many
good and cheap farms are described. I
isss Ss4t f. w. LoNEGREN,
3m Little Falls, MINI.
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Healed by the X-Rays.

Faces SCARED with surface cancers
have been healed perfectly and skin
diseases from which the patients had
suffered in many instances all their
y lives 1gsf have been and are being cured at
the Boston city hospital by the use of
the Arrays. 1<-s & .sS5 ,ts.t Ii Ss ss5s
n Some Of the cancerous growths COM
pletely cured had been previously ,oper-
3ated upon with. the, knife unsuccess-
fully The effect Of the X.rays seems
TO be to soften the surface cancer, and
repeated application Of the X-ray light
heals them perfectly. Among the skin
diseases healed are eczema and allied
affections. estigations are going
on, and the doctors hope to cure inter-
nal cancers. a I. 81
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: :Oilllas Id Mower ''I:l County. L

Omas Id Mower County.
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For the Transcript. .-..,, /, 49,. =
In these enlAglltened,days Of rural uoate
And telepAsaa, the :'rube'' knows all aIboat
The latest things In nsndence and in war, -,
And dies kfns- -nezt day he finds it out.
- go Il II, 1f-! .EffiE3 g %f$@ !
But in tho visher when he: hatls his grain,
He sees the snow piled up out on the plain
Puts forty sacks upon!his sleigh, and then
Out on the road he locks for snow in vain
He then his load npona wagon piles
And starts again to cover many miles,
Till tween two rows Of trees his wagon sticks
1s't any wonder then that his blood biIess
But some day cen this hardship won't b.
When farmers all haHeaizships Of their ovn
And navigation Through the atmosphere
2s,common as the farmers telephone.
Austin, Minn., Feb. %.
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FARMER .BEN'S COLUMN.

iEE Well, I'll Civ the legislator credit for
I one one good thing and that is the passage
y,the house Thursday of the Stone
srfilroad rate bill which provides that
common e'l carriers may not raise rates or
ssgslassif sl g fcation without consent of the
5fallroad and warehouse commission.
1lsh Enc bill went through whoopin', 80 to
.I|s, EY, even if one Of the Mower county re-
presentatiyes did vote agin it. The
are onto this business pretty
fauaress and anybody that don't line up
far 'I3l the people!but jumps in on the side
4 the corporations and agin the people
Al named Dennis no matter what per
tpnal emoluments may. seem to- come
0yntaQf it. IN ow the Stone, rate bill has
1Assed the house, we're goin' to watch
dose to see what the senate is goin' to
s q1s,With it. There is rumors comes
W grapevine telephone that the rail-
roads amt nothin' to fear in the senate
this trip with a lot Of corporation liars
andiagents composin' itiso largely and
thateven some of the railroad folks in
the house vote anti railroad KNOWN
that the senate will hold up all hostile
tsgislatin' any how and the corpora
lions won't be hurt and the people
Will be blinded by their votin' rite in let
ter= when their spirit is with the COM
Ebines and corporations. Anti we come
t1,a pretty pass when the people can't
:get brave defenders to stick by their
rites in the halls Of legislation?
=l g o. o +
Speakin' Of legislatin', one of the
boys was askin' me the other day wha,
Farmer Ben would do if he was in the
legislator. WE'LL. I don't pertend. te
mueh but Pm teetotally, convinced i1
ny mind that I would just, follow
along the trail Of helpin' the people ant
protectin' 'em from imposition. Fo1
1 osne sthing, I'd hav dog tax law .tha
would clean out ;999 9iput Of every thous
a and worthless ours runnin' roand ant
1 they're all worthless with mitg,few ex
\ .ceptions. I had. to laugh when tina
Moscow chap saed a farmer up ther,
I fpr shootin. his { dog M that came out an,
\ Iatked and fnig ahltenesds teams and mad,
I'm run away. OF Course, he didn'
!. j st nythin' and he oughtattt TO- K Thec
A and ail 8 paperiy riylaal take up but you I'D.
a Ilaoouta ants caused by dogs 3
||sas3ak &C., 81 J IsssB ls li'I,s r 81 8
I torn by 'eanzaad thereaty rtat 7 crave damae
lentatted upon j human aife Shown Ii, Ii
: harborin' Of dogs tobe subyersive .
|safetyi and sonmfoEt.! Now thats o.,
practical thin that Farmer Ben woal
legisiate. Another, thin I'd tackl
; would be the Aadu1teration of feed
Why, wehe6ust rottia' our CUTS rite sx
. with all the acids and adulteratior
they put into our foods. Take tt
rocky amber cane syrup, that is sci
There aint one barrel in forty takat
pure. They take glucose and mix 4v
=: gallops of glacose to one of real aaab'
cane and sell itfor the pure uaaau
terated. ~...4: y ;
,. A. . 90 81:
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Do you know what glucose is? at lis
soaked corn starch extracted by gr7inain'
corn soaked in water till it looks
like milk. If you Mant to start fac
tory here's the formula: 1UO galaons
starch water, two quarts sulphuric
acid, that will atH hole in your clotkes
in one minute, to cut the starch. Treat
this with lime SO kill the acid SO far as
you can but you newer can kill it en-
tire. Put some,@f this adulerated syrup
into a cup Of tea and see how the tan
mic acid will tum it black as ink. This
is t1e way the people are protected by
.alot Of St. Paul and Minneapolis law
y9ers who get control of the legislator
committees and Kill all such protective
measures Now, why shouldn't the
people be protected from impure and
adulteratod foods? Another thin Far
mer Den would do and chat is hold up
the new statehouse commission until a
proper accountin' was had. I see the
architect gets rake off of five percent
on. the total cost of the buildin'. That
would ste 100000 on. two million
buildin', eesJo, 600 81 four, million dol
lar buildin' and $3o6,too ona six million
dollar buildiD' Of course, he amt at
all interested in sinkin' eight millions
into this sinkhole Of extravaganza and
fraud. But that's the way it goes and
I'll be blamed if I would vote another
dollar for the yensered fraud until I
got a square settlement on what had
been wasted thus far and a billion dol.
lar bond that the buildin' would now
be completed teetotally with what is /
now asked for.
What a horrible, indeserib able,, unut-
terable, inconce ceivable outrage land
calamity it must be- to be shut up in q
mad 4 l house when you amt entitled to
be sent there but|When relatives and
sharks and liars conspire to seize sane
and aI innocent folks and commit EN- for
insane iIlls when there amt good reason for
II q motifs that generally it's somethin'
~ u the property line that Is the chief
cause. There was. q fellow . few years
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-09
A GOOD BILL BURIED.

( ENATE BILL NO. 17S. by Mr.. sher-
- man. is to authorize the establish
ment Of state banks with a capital of
$4,000 in communities Of less than 5000
Inhabitants. The bill has passed the
senate, but is reported adversely by
the house committee. to which it was
referred.
The Herald believes the authorization
Of banks with small capital would pro
mote the commercial and financial in
terests Of the state, particularly in
those sections where the population Is
sparce and accommodations for inan-
cial operations limited. A very large
area of Utah is without banking IA
cilities and 10 change can be expected
unless such institutions can be given
the benefit Of the state banking law
with small capital. Practically the
whole southern end OF the state. both
east and west, is interested in any
movement to aid I'm the development
Of its business. and no one factor con-
tributes TO the legitimate Improvement
Of business as a properly managed
system of banking institutions. 1t is
hoped that the house win see the adj
vantage TO the state at large Of such
a banking system and that the bill
viii be passed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-09
UTAH AT ST. LOUIS.

THE BILL carrying an appropriation
i OF $4,000 for a Utah exhibit at the
ST. Louis exposition fin 1904 is on the
house calendar for consideration today
The measure has already passed the
senate and AN that is necessary TO in
sure Utah credltable representation at
this great exhibition is favorable action
by the house, for Governor Wells
stands ready 10 aHix his signature TO
the bin as soon as it reaches him.
We believe that if the question Of APP
proprlating $4,000 10 be used in eX-
plotting the advantages Of Utah at ST..
Louis next year could be submitted 20
"a vote Of the people. it would prevail
by a tremendous majority. We believe
that a majority Of the people would
be willing, II It should be necessary. 20
cut down the appropriations for use at
home I'm order that the state might
have all the money necessary to use
at the ST. Louis exposition.
This is an opportunity that comes but
rarely. The Worlds fair at Chicago
was such an one. Everybody remem-
bers the bewildering beauty of that
greatest of all great exposluorsi every
body remembers the crowds that daily
thronged the enclosure, crowds that ag-
Eregated nearly SO.000 900 people during
the six months the gates were open.
Utah was Wen represented at Chicago,
although at that time 1T was but a
territory without prestige and without
fame
Times have changed since then.
Statehood has come 60 us and with it
weighder responsibilities. Utah has met
those resp Utilities: she has grown
O. I'd prospered as few states have grown
and prosperedi her mines have been
opened, her farms made more produc-
tive, her manufacturing enterprises
have been enlarged. Hundreds Of thou
sands of people who saw the Utah eX-
hlb.t at Chicago IN 1898 win see the
Utah exhibit az ST, Louis in 1904,
They win have an opportunity 90
judge as 90 whether the state has gone
forward or backward. We cannot az
ford FOR them 10 draw the latter in
ference. Our exhibit az ST. Louis must
Doe as much better than our exhibit
at Chicago as the state of Utah In 1904
is better than the territory Of Utah in
1898. The sum of $4,000 for a Utah ex-
hibit at ST. Louis is not a dollar too
much. Those I'm charge Of it's dlsburse-
meat win not have a cent to waste.
stil it is enough to make the dis
play more than credItabIe; IL is enough
TO present the resources Of the state in
a way that win attract the millions OF
people that viii see IT, The matter
rests entirely with the lower house OF
the legislature today. The Herald
trusts the appropriation bin viii be
passed without a moments unneces-
sary delay or a word Of adverse argu-
meut.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-09
THE HAsLAM BILL.

A MONG THE BILLS which come mp
II this week for final consideration
by the legislature is II. B. lO2. intro
duced by Haslam. IL is supported by
some of the local labor unions. appar-
entity in the belief that it viii be of
value TO the cause OF union labor. It's
chief features. however, are more apt
20 prejudice the public against unions
than TO advance their interests.
To has been argued ia support of the
bin that &c Is similar 20 the Illinois
law. The conditions there and here
are SO entirely different that what
might DE of value I'm Illinois does not
apply here. In the Illinois cases. it
was sought TO displace white labor by
imported negro labor. Here there is
more difficulty Ga getting men than I'm
finding work for them. The supply Of
labor in Utah is so small that no able
bodied man need lack for employment.
while great undertakings in the near
future win demand still more men. In
Illinois armed guards were used to
guard imported laborers; I'm Utah the
legal authorities always have been
able TO furnish every safeguard under
the law that could be required. and
they always win bee able 20 furnish It,.
The chief obstacle 10 the passage OF
the Haslam bin IS The fact that it is
special legislation. carrying with il "a
provision which might easily be used
20 emharrass legitimate business en-
terprises in Utah without any compen-
sat.ug advantage 10 either union labor
or the employers of labor For these
reasons the bin is likely TO fail Of pas
sage. and until the state is congested
with labor out of employment any Sim
liar measure must necessarily fail 60
and the support ia public sentiment
which would entitle Ct to serious con-
sffaraff0n