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The oasis. [volume] (Arizola, Ariz.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-21
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Homestead Entry No. 1891.
DEPARTMENT or THE INTERIOR, !
LAND OFFICE AT tucson, ARIZONA. (


Notice is hereby given that the following.
named settler has filed notice OF his intention
and that said proof will be made before the
Clerk Of the District Court At Nogales. Arizona,
on Saturday, November Il, 1903, viz: Luka
Natejchich, OF Nogales Arizona, for the w. 4
s. E. and n. y S. ". 4 Sec. S r. 24-S., r. IA
E., g and $. X. B. and NJ
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivatio on
Of said land, viz: James Breen, of Nogales,
Arizona Frank j. Duffy. of Nogales Arizona,
John Wilson, OF Nogales. Arizona, Patrick
Hannah, NOgales, Arizona.
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separation from the ,el@ home, but that
has passed, for steam land electricity
have well nigh overcph1e distance and
long separation. There are openings
in Iitchfield, in the other towns of the
county. and on the fafnfs, for all class
es of intelligent, selfsfsliant, self-sus-
tanning men. Land Hfles are uncloud-
ed taxation is normal, educational and
social advantages are Of high order,
and new corners are greeted by as cor
dial and hospitable people as ever
crossed the Mississippi.
Has Two Railroads.
There are two railroads in the coun-
ty. The Great Northern, the principal
line, crosses the central part, east and
west, while the 500 line has two sta
lions in the northern part of the coun-
ty. Watkins and Maine. The Great
Northern has four stations, Dassel,
Darwin, Litchfield and Grove City.
Elsewhere we print a picture of the
Great Northern depot at Litchfield, a
substantial structure of brick and
stone The view does not include the
eight grain elevators and the Touring
mill and creamery which stand along
the track on either side. Three pas
senger trains run each way daily to st.
Paul, seventy-six miles distant, and
one train each day to and from the Pa
cific coast.
: Litchfield, the county seat and prin-
cipaI town of the county, began it's ex-
istence in 1869, when the ST. Paul &
Pacific railroad, now the Great North
ern, reached the site, which had been
plated in July of that year by the rail-
road company and G.. B. Waller. and
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GREAT NORTHERN DEPOT, LTcHFlELD, MINI.
which number had increased in 1900 to

which number had increased in 1900 to
1873.
The county was the scene of the first
blood shed in the great Sioux Indian
war of 1862, and the five victims lie in
one grave in the Norwegian Lutheran
church cemetery, few miles west of
Litchfield, under a monument erected
in 1873 by the state.
Like the other counties of the Park
RegionS Meeker has a varied land
scape, rolling prairies alternating with
forests of hard and soft woods, and
pretty lakes and streams of running
water. The soil is peculiarly adapted
to the growth of all the staple cereals
and grasses of this latitude. The wa
tiers of the lakes and rivers abound
with fish and during the spring and.
fall flights of wild aquatic fowls, thou
sands of them, stop to rest and feed
along shore, to become victims of
hunters. The surface of the country is
undulating and therefore we'll drained.
The lakes and streams add much to
the beauty of the landscape, not to
speak of the greater advantage of a
fine water supply for stock purposes.
And it is needless to more than say
that with the abundant forest growth
there is wood to burn and plenty of
building material.
Money in Wheat.
The raising of small grains, notably
wheat, has been a profitable industry,
and the evidence of that is seen in
eight elevators at Litchfeld and SINH.
lar structures at the other railway sta
tons in the county. While grain farm
ing has not been abandoned, yet during
the last few years it has been diScov-
cred that there is money to be made in
the live stock industry and dairying.
With a favoring climate, rich soil, fine
pasturage and abundant water supply,s
Meeker county stands high for diversi-1
fed farming, and in no part of the
state is there greater diversity. We
have already said that it enjoys high
rank for it's field crops, but it may not
be generally known that it is a top
notcher in the production of butter.
only cone other county exceeding 1t in
the number of creamerieS, while in the
total output of butter it has led the en-
tire state. 1t was butter made at the
Litchfield creamery that took the first
prize at the worlds fair in Chicago and
gave Minnesota it's first boost as the
bread and butter state" by which it
is now becoming well known.
County Well Settled.
Meeker county is pretty well settled,
there being an average of about a
nevertheless there is room for more
people. There is still homes to be made
for hundreds of families, with no fear
of overcroWding or overtaXing the pro-
ductiveneSS of the soil. Cheap land
with some is the first and only thought.
AS land is the foundation of the home,
this is important but let it he remen-
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present secretary of state, and q. O..
Hammer, cashier. 1t occupies It's own
building, handsomely finished through
out and enjoys the reputation of hav-
ing it's stock quoted at higher fig
ure than any other bank in the state
outside of the Twin Cities. The Bank
of Litchfield, organized in 1890, under
the state law, is also a prosperous
concern, and has it's own home in a
handsome brick and stone structure.
1t has in it's directory some of the
leading citizens of the county. The
president is Andrew Nelson, who is
ably assisted by T. F. Mcclure as
cashier, and A. j. Campbell, assistant
cashier.
Its Banks.
Litchfield is not only the home of
Hon. Peter E. Hanson, secretary Of
state, but Hon. A. T. Koerner, re-
Gently state treasurer, is a citizen of
the city. Charles H. Dart, state sena-
tor, also lives in the city, and when
we say that Mr.. Dart is a Democrat
and now in his second term in the
state senate from a county Republican
by nominal majority of 500 to 900, it
is evidence of his popularity. He was
born in Meeker county in 1862, at For
est City, and came to .Litchf1eld in
1878, and has been county treasurer
and mayor of the city. In his first cam
paign for the senate he defeated Hon.
P. e. Hanson, present secretary Of
state.
Among the strong legal firms is that
of the March Brothers, Nelson D., for
merly county attorney, and Charles H.,
formerly colonel of the Fourth regi-
ment of Minnesota volunteers. The
latter is also secretary Of the Manitoba
Land and Investm company, of
which his brother, p. w. March, at
Winnipeg, is president. Their firm
was the first American one to engage
in the sale of Canadian lands.
Mercantile Establishments.
Few towns in the country equal
Litchfield in the substantial character
of its mercantile establishments. The
leading hardware stock is carried by
the Litchfield Hardware company, of
which F. w. Lucas is manager. In
addition to regular builders supplies
the firm is prepared to contract for
plumbing and heating work and has
on hand full stock of goods In that
line. Mr. Lucas is one Of the public
spirited citizens, and is secretary of
the Street Fair association, Of which
Mayor Learn is manager, and which
next month, Sept. IT, Is and 10, will
give it's first exhibition.
The drug interests of the city are
we'll represented by 3. T. Dillner, a
practical and efficient pharmacist, who
succeeded L. l. Lundemo a year and
half ago. His store, one of the hand
soonest in the city, is stocked with the
best of everything in drugs, medi-
cines and sundries common to drug
houses.
The jewelry store Of e. c.. Cross, who
came here three years ago, is one Of
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streets are lighted by arc lights and
the business houses and many of the
residences with incandeScent lamps.
The fire department is a volunteer one
OF fifty members, stands high among
the departments of the smaller cities
of the state, and it's efficiency has been
instrumental in giving the city low
rate of insurance. The next annual
meeting of the Minnesota State Fire
mems association is to meet in Litch-
field.
About Litchfield.
The city owns the opera house, an
up-to-date structure in furnishings
and stage equipments, which seats 500
persons. A comfortable feature of the
city is to be noted in the excellent
sidewalks, over twenty miles in
length, much of it cement blocks.
Litehfield is one of the cities recog-
nized by Mr.. Carnegie in his library
requests, and $4,000 building is now
under way, another addition to the
many substantial public and business
blocks of the city. The financial con-
dition of both city and county is
healthy, due to excellent management
by past and present officials.
J. M. Learn, mayor of Litchield, is
a native of New York, and has lived
twelve years in the city of which he
is the efficient chief magistrate. He
began his Western life in South Da-
kota, where he lived for several years,
and then came to Minnesota. He is
the principal real estate dealer in the
city, and makes specially of Meek
er county lands, having on his list bar
gains for people who want to get right
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Northwest News


SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Aug. 10
Information has been received here to
the effect that the Sioux Indians be-
longing on the Rosebud reservation
have not yet consented to the Sur
render to the government of that por-
ton of their reservation which is
situated within the limits of Gregory
county. Some opposition, much to the
surprise of everyone who has watched
the progress of the negotiations, has
developed.
The tract proposed to be opened
contains an aggregate of 100000 acres
of land, which, when opened to white
settlement, will provide farms of 100
acres to each of about $500 home
steaders.
Major James Mclaughlin, inspector
of the Indian bureau at Washington,
has been at the agency for two or
signatures of the Indians to the amend
ed treaty enacted by congress for the
surrender of the land
The several thousand Sioux on the
reservation were assembled at the
agency, where a number of councils
were held, at which inspector Nc
Laughlin explained the provisions of
the treaty, which among other things
provides that the Indians shall re-
ceive the sum of $3.50 per acre for
the land proposed to be surrendered.
The councils terminated rather I'M
satisfactorily. Opposition developed,
and when the Indians were called upon
to step forward and attach their sig
natures to the treaty only a small
minority Of the braves responded, and
the council broke up.
1t is understood that Inspector Nc
Laughlin will now visit the various
districts on the reservation and treat
with the Indians at their own homes,
where they will not be Influenced by
the disturbing element among them on
the reservation.
On the reservation reside num-
Der of Ponca indians, and it is among
them that the chief opposition to the
treaty developed.
Those who are in. a position to
speak for the Rosebud Indians de-
clare there absolutely is no question
that when they give proper considera-
ton to the favorable provisions of the
treaty they will no longer withhold
their consent.
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CITY OF THE PARK REGION

Litchfieid, in Meeker County, Has No
Superior the State for Wide-Awal<e
Activity and Progress-First Settled
in 1869, It's Growth Since Has Been
Substantial and at All Times Steady
Some of the Business Firms Who
Have Aided in Building Up the City.
Meeker county is not one Of the
largest counties in Minnesota, but it is
one of the best. 1t is one of the ia
nous Park Region counties, region
noted for the fertility of it's SOIL it's
beautiful lakes and streams, it's rolling
pra1rieS, interspersed. with natural
groves of timber, and it's excellent eli
mate.
The first settlers came in 1855, to
what is now Forest City township, and
the village that grew up as the result
of the coming of John Hay and asso-
ciates was fer twelve years the county
seat. DR.. f. N. Ripley, who came the
same year, was the first white settler to
die, having been frozen to death one
cold morning in the spring of 1856 on
the shores of Litchfield's pretty lake,
which now bears his name, the waters
of which this year TEEN with black
bass.
Named After B. B. Meeker.
The county has it's name from Hon.
B. B. Meeker, of st. Anthony, and was
created by the territorial legislature in
1856. When the census of 1860 was
taken there were 92S Inhabitants,
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the attractive institutions of the city.
A large and carefully selected assort-
ment of watches, clocks, jewelry and
novelties will be found in stock. Mr..
Cross is practical optician and makes
a speciality of the properly fitting Of
eye glasses.
The Litchfield Fruit store, managed
by b. herman, who came here tTo
years ago from Minneapolis, is de-
servedly popular with lovers of con-
fectionery, fruits, ice cream and smok-
ers articles, in which category nearly
every one must be included
Olaf M. Olson for nine years has
been a resident of Litchfield, and deals
in flour, feed, wood and salt, and has
constantly increasing business, due
to his faithful regard for the interest
of customers.
Commercial travellers and fishermen
who want rigs to drive to neighboring
towns or visit the many resorts scat
tered over Meeker county, find them
at the livery, feed and sale stable of
Wheeler 6 Lasher, whose barns stand
on First street, opposite the depot.
Lovers of good horsefiesh DESTROYS of
buying reliable animals are invited to
correspond with this firm.
Jeff Schelde, who came here three
years ago from ST. Paul, has taken
leadership as an architect and build
er. His first important contract was
the opera house, and now he has in
hand the new creamery and Carnegie
library, each of which will be decided
additions to the city.
Manufacturing.
The manufacturing interests of the
city give promise of becoming i'm
portant.. The glove factory. managed
by G. A. Settergren, although only
about year old, gives employment to
thirty people in the factory proper
while much work is sent out to be
done by the piece in private families,
after the style of factories in the East.
w. S. Tooker, the foreman, has had
forty years of experience in the bust
ness, and the catalogue shows that
they make 175 varieties of gloves and
mittens, all leather goods and their
orders to date exceed 5000 dozen. For
Innings of certain gloves they use wool
ems made by the Litchfield Wooden
mill, which is under the control of the
same company.
Another concern that is making
goods for which a demand comes from
distant localities is the P. & K. Iron
works, of which Parsons & Kellman
are proprietors. They make a special
ty of gasoline engines, on which they
hold patents for important improve
ments. Their engines are of the up
right variety, occupying much less
space than the horizontal, and are not
only far more durable, but they cost
less to operate. Any of our readers in
need of an engine should correspond
with them
Litchfield has its share Of hotels, but
the Lenhardt, opposite the depot, is
the principal one. F. E. Wren, the
landlord, understands his business. His
house is a four-story brick, we'll fur
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named for e. D. Litehfield, one of the
chief promoters of the road. The first
house was built by Mr.! Waller. In No
vember of 1869, by a5majority of SO in
total vote of 927, it was made county
seat instead of Forest City.
The first school in Litchfield was
opened in 1870 and during that term
forty six pupils were enrolled and the
total expenditure for school purposes
was trifie under $50. Now the city
has four school buildings, an enroll
ment of over 800 pupils, under the care
of eighteen progressive and efficient
teachers supplied with modern appara-'
tus in rooms affording every facility
for health and convenience. Besides
this the city has a very successfully
managed business college now in its
fourth year, of which Prof. S. G. Boom
is president.
That the religious tone and character
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of the community is active and potent
is shown by the support given to ten
different church organizations, each of
which has substantial structure, to-
wit Methodist, Episcopal, Swedish
Methodist, Presbyterian, Protestant
Episcopal, Swedish Episcopal, Roman
Catholic, Christian, Swedish Lutheran,
German Luthern and Adventist.
Proud of Their City.
The citizens Of Litchfield may well
be proud of their little Jcity, not only
for its beauty of location, but for the
cation has been beautified. No town
of it's size has a larger number of
neat homes. surrounded by well-kept
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Minneapolis
FOUND DEAD ON
RAILROAD TRACK
James LaveIIe, Well Known in
Labor Circles, Meets
Tragic End.

James E. Lavelle, well known in
Union labor circles, was found dead on
the Northern Pacific tracks near Twen-
ty-fourth avenue northeast at 6 80 yes
terday morning.
Lavelle had been visiting friends in
Northeast Minneapolis Saturday night,
and it is probable that he was run over
as he was crossing the tracks on his
way home. When found the body was
terribly mutilated and death probably
was instantaneous.
The funeral services will be held
tuesday at a. m. at ST. Charles
church under the direction of the Pack
ers' and Nailers' union, of which or
ganization Mr.. Lavelle was president,
and interment will be at st. Mary's
cemetery
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-17
WATERS GO HIGHER
AT KANSAS CITY
No Serious Results Are Feared From
Present Flood.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. 16.-Not-
withstanding the fact that the Kansas
river at this point had risen foot in
twenty-four hours up to o'clock this
afternoon, when it became stationary,
and that further rise is expected to-
morrow, no great damage is likely to
result. West of here, at Lawrence and
Topeka, the Kansas river has risen
slightly since last night and at Salina
and Junction City it's tributaries, the
Smoky Hill and the Republican riv-
ers, are rising at steady gait and
sending the water this way. Most of
this water will reach Kansas City
within twenty-four hours, but while
a further two feet rise here is pre-
dicted, fall from that time on is look
ed for Traffic between the two Kan
sas Citys is still suspended, as the
temporary public bridges are unsafe.
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III

grounds. There are four handsome
parks, wisely considered and planned,
and attractively Kept. 4 There may be
more pretentious places, but there are
none more delightfully."- social and
safely prosperous There are three
good newspapers, thes News-Ledger,
established in 1872; the Independent in
1876, and the Review in 1881, and they
work earnestly and tremendously to-
gether for Litchfield. The editors are
on speaking terms. and help each other
out in a pinch. -
Litchfield has an 9 excellent electric
light plant and wafer works system,
with pumps capable Of handling 2,000,-
600 gallons per day, drawn from twen-
feet high gives gravity pressure
for all ordinary needs except fire. The
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bered that price is usually regulated by
distance and location. The cheaper the
land the greater the distance from CIV
ilization and its comforts, and the
longer the wait and the greater the cost
for improvements. Sometimes the wait
is SO long and the expense is so great
that the homemaker becomes weary
and the family disheartened.
Mothers and little ones are not in
vited here to enter wilderness. A
greater combination of advantages
cannot be found than good soil, pure
water, trees, rural mail delivery
schools, churches and markets all at
hand. Coming to Meeker county no
longer means hardship and adventure
It means the Improvement of an OPP
portunity. The first settlers tell Of
their deprivations. dangers and long
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into the heart of Gods own country.
T e Glob e takes pleasure in COM
mending him not only as gentleman,
but worthy of consideration by those
who may be looking for homes in a
land of plenty. Mr.. Learn Is manag-
ing street fair to be held Sept. II,
IS and 10, which is to take the place
of the exhibit heretofore given by the
county agricultural society. The
premium list is complete in awards to
be given farm products, and the affair
promises to be the most successful
ever known in the county.
me- Solid Business Firms.
The city has solid financial institu-
tons. The First National bank began
its existence in 1878 as the Meeker
county bank, but later took out a
charter under the federal law. The
president is Hon. Peter E. Hanson, at
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-17
Kills Himself to End Pain.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. To-
Stephen L. Hall, of Aurora, ILL.,,
a protege of Senator Albert j..
Hopkins, killed himself in his
room here today. Hall, shortly be-
fore ending his life, had suffered great
pain due to some stomach trouble, and
had applied at a nearby drug store for
a certain medicine, which the druggist
was unable to supply. He was a clerk
in the department of commerce and la
Dor, having been transferred recently
from the census bureau, where he had
been employed during the past two
wears
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nished, steam heated and electric light
ed, with bath and sample rooms, and
table that brings a crowd of travel
ing men to spend Sundays.
The Great Northern agent at Itch
field is A. j. Whitaker, who has been
in the employ of the company for near
ly twenty years, and deserves his pop
ularity with both the company and the
public. T h e. G / o b e has many other
friends and patrons in Litchfield, and
hopes later to speak of them.
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HARVESTER is KILLED.
John Lynch, of Dubuque, Struck by
Great Western Train.

Special to The Globe
was found dead between IL and L
o'clock last night near the Chicago
Great Western track at Hampton sta
ton, having been struck by train and
his skull crushed. He was harvester,
supposed to be John Lynch, of Du-
buque, Iowa. He was aged about
forty-five years, and had a crippled
leg, wearing a high heeled shoe on his
left foot. Coroner F. w. Kramer, of
this city, viewed the remains today.
The body awaits further Identification.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-17
Plenty of Birds to Practice On.

Special to The Globe
SIOUX FALLS, S. D. Aug. 16.-En-
tries have been closed for the fourth
annual trials of the South Dakota Field
Trial association, to be held on grounds
near Sioux Falls, commencing Aug. %.
Practically every state in the Union
will be represented at this years trials.
The judges will be C. B. Whitford, of
Chicago, and E. H. Gregory, of Sioux
Falls. Birds are unusually numerous
this year and the trials promise to be
the most interesting and successful
ever held in this portion Of the North
west.
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Insane Man Is Captured.

J. B. Huntington, who escaped from
the insane asylum at Anoka some days
ago. was recaptured Friday night at
Nineteenth avenue south and First
street. and will be taken to Anoka to-
day.
Huntington is forty-seven years of
age and has been insane for upwards
of thirty years. For a time he was at
st. Peter, but of late years he has
been confined in the Anoka institu-
ton He has relatives at 360S Twen-
tieth avenue south.
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CYcLERs WANT PATH REPAIRED.
Ride to Minnetonka Is Laborious and
Even DANGEROUS.

Cyclists say the county commission
ers are paying more heed to the de-
mands of the three hundred odd own
ers of automobiles than they are to
the $4,000 cyclists of the city and
county.
A trip over the Minnetonka cycle
path demonstrates that the officials are
permitting this thoroughfare to run to
weeds and ruts. Never has the path
been in such a miserable condition.
Some portions of the path are dan
gerous, and if a rider is not constantly
on the alert, disaster is sure to follow.
Weeds have overrun the path and
progress is made with difficulty.