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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-02-24

Here is recipe for raising a prize
crop of corn, ITO bushels per acre: A
clover sod turned over in September,
forty loads OF manure to the acre, one
blowing and six draggings in the spring
before planting, an average of two
stalks in hill, one dragging after
planting. one deep and four shallow
CIVILIZATIONS and the removal of all bar
ren stalks and suckers. You can raise
just such crop as this if you want to.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-02-24

A correct record kept of the rainfall
for ten years, 1893 to 1902, at a point
in east central Iowa shows the precipi-
tation by inches for each year as fol-
lows:
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-02-24

Wherever class legislation character
ICES the government of country it will
be found invariably that the favored
few get possession of the land, the
masses becoming in some form or other
the tenants and SO called interiors. Ii
this country is wise, it will enact re-
straining legislation of some sort which
will prevent the corporate ownership
of real estate in large quantities. So
long as the land is free the people are
free.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-02-24

The foreign laborer rarely eats meat,
1t is beyond his reach. He supports life
on brown bread, macaroni spaghetti.
skimmilk, oatmeal, potatoes, olive oil
and vegetables, coupled with ration
of cheap beer or wine. The laboring
man in America usually gets meat
twice day and often three times and
is without any doubt the best fed la
boring man on the face of the earth.
The attempt to feed him as the Euro
pean laborer is fed would start an i'll
surrection at once.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-02-24

We think there were more poor ap-
Piles raised last year than we have ever
known, the eastern fruit particularly
being gnarly, understood and defective.
1t is evident that more attention will
have to be paid in the future to the va
rious insect pests, which were the pri-
mary cause Of SO much poor fruit. To
quit killing the birds would be good
starter in this direction.
How many acres of corn should one
man and a team try to care for? One
man says fifty, another forty, another
thirty. One says he would not keep q
hand who would not average ten acres
a day in blowing the corn, while anoth-
err man says he would fire hand who
would try to get over more than six
acres. We have noticed this much-that
it is the ten acre day fellow who usu-
ally raises the thirty-five bushel an
acre crop, while the six acre man often
gets sixty.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-14

The state tax levy is two-tenths OF
a mill higher this year than last, but
the increase comes from the special
levy for the agricultural school, au-
thorized by the Legislature last win.
ter:-Minneapolis Journal. -
Which is certainly not very compli-
mentary, nor encouraging, when we
consider that the assessed valuation
of the state was raised many millions
of dollars. We had at least hoped
for the small consolation that as the
valuation was increased the rate
would have decreased. This appears
to be a game of catching the tax
payer, both going and coming. The
value goes up, so does the rate
Preston Times.
Hush, boys! Don't you know that
the present state administration is so
busy growing over it's great merger
case lin which it has 80 far been de-
feated J that it has no time to attend
to such paltry matters as economy in
state administration? Think of Vans
gallant attack on the competitors of
the 500 road, and then grin and pay
your taxes without comment.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-14
SCIENCE SETTINGS.

Arsenic in appreciate amount has
been found by Gabriel Bertrand in all
parts Of the hens egg. This confirms
the new belief that arsenic is in all liv-
Ing cells and probably serves a special
function.
For many years scientists have
known of the existence of faint COM
panion to the north star. So close and
faint is this companion that owners of
small telescopes have often used it to
test the power of their eyes and instru-
ments.
DR.. William Oswald, professor of
chemistry in the University of Leipsic,
has made the discovery that light is
not needed for the printing of photo
graphs. He produces the required
changes in the sensitive paper by the
use of silver on negatives treated with
a solution Of peroxide of hydrogen.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-14
= ~ . s.-,f;->-sia-s,G : IN
DUNN HEARD FROM,

Robert Dunn in bis paper, the
Princeton Union, discusses the can
didacy of Judge Collins, and incident
ally gives the impression that he is a
candidate for governor, in the follow
ing words: -
! ''If the judge gets any delegates out
side of Stearns county he will have to
fight and hustle as never before. Hun
dreds Of letters received at the Union
Office from all parts Of the state, and
assurances of support from q large
majority Of the, country newspapers
give us general grounds for, this be:
lief. IL =. II Z: & =. .;s5 = +. !.
He disposes OF the cry that he is the
merger candidate in the following con-
else and strait forward manner:
"a candidate for governor who has
any regard for BIS oath 81 office will
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-14

[sat.-First publication Oct. 4.1
ORDER FOR HEARING APPLICATION FOR
APPOINTM ENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE
STATE OF MINNESOTA, 90
County OF Kandiyohi. SIS
In Probate Court,
Special Term, Oct Fl. 1903.
In the Matter OF the Estate OF Lewis Moline
IT., Deceased:
On Receiving and Filing the petition of Au-
gust Norman OF the City of Willmar of the
County OF Kandiyohi representing, among 9TH
er things. that Lewis Moline Jr., late Of the
County of Kandiyohi in the State of Minneso-
ia, on the 14th day of October A. D. 1908 at the
County of Kandiyohi. died intestate, and being
an inhabitant of this County at the time of his
death, leaving goods, chattels and estate with
u this County, and that the said petitioner is a
brOther-in-law of said deceased and praying
that administration OF said estate be TO Lars
Moline Sr. granted;
1t Is Ordered, That said petition be heard be-
fore said Court, on Monday the 10th day OF
November, A. D. 1908, at 10 O clock q. m az the
Probate Once, in the Court House in the Otv
OF Willmar in said County
Ordered Further, That notice thereof be Civ
en- to the heirs of said deceased and to all per
sons interested, by publishing this order once
In each week for three successive weeks prior
to said day OF hearing, in the w Allmar Tribune,
weekly newspaper printed and published at
Wlllmar in said County.
Dated at Willmar the 2lst day of October A.
D. 1903.
By the Court,
A. F. NoRD1N,
lsEALJ Judge OF Probate
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-14
THE ART OF WAR.

The 13 inch naval gun throws mis-:
sile weighing LOO pounds; the inch
100 pounds.
English military experts have decid-
ed that American army tactics, involv.
ing the principle of skirmishing rather
than that Of mass formation, is the
most effective in the world.
The British army under the new
scheme requires $4,000 recruits annual.
~. According to the director generals
report, only $4,000 are examined annu,
ally, and of these about 23,5OO are re.
jected, giving deficiency Of $500 pei
annum.s 3. ~
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-14
Public Auction :. !.

"A Assmy lease on the farm that have
rented in Section 2, town OF Green
Lake, has expired and T intend to quit
farming, Twill sell at public auction
Monday, November 80, 1903, beginning
at 10 O'Clock a, M, the following de-
scribed property: ii:
One 10:year-old horse, one 10 year
old horse, one 12-year-old mare, ]
mule team, 6 mich COWS, one 2-year-
old heifer, 6 spring calves, 5 pigs, 2
lumber wagons, 1 Deering binder, ]
Mccormick mower, hay rake, 2 hay
racks, two'horse riding cultivator,
l one-horse walking cultivator, 3 sets
working harness, 3 creamery cans, 3
dozen grain sacks, some hay, some
corn in shock, some oats, and many
other articles too numerous to men,
ton.
Terms: All sums of $500 and un.
der, cash; on larger amounts time viii!
be given until Nov. l, 1904, on ap-
proved notes bearing per cent inter.
est.
Free lunch at noon.
r. NELS BENSON.
"A. q. CRAWFORD, Auctioneer. 78-5bp
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-14

DR.. G. e. Gerretson, dentist. Onlot
In New Ruble block. Wtllmar 22t1
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-14
DANES AND DAUGHTERS.

Mrs. Margaret B. Guion, now resid.
ing in st. Louis at the age Of ninety
years, claims to be the oldest native
born resident of that city.
The Duchess of Marlborough. is very
superstitious, one Of her firmest be.
liefs being the very common one that
black cats bring good luck.
Lady Henry Somerset has con.
tempt for William Waldorf Astor be-
tause he once spoke disparagingly of
her work as temperance advocate.
Miss Minnie Eloise Kehoe, stenog-
rapher of Pensacola, secured the en-
actment by the legislature of Florida
of law providing for the appointment
Of official stenographers in the circuit
courts Of the state.
Miss Helen Keller, the blind deaf
mute, has been elected vice president
Of the senior class at Radcliffe college,
the woman's department of Harvard.
She Is pursuing four full courses, two
In English and two in Latin,
Mrs. La Toilette, wife Of the gov
ernor Of Wisconsin, Is said to be an
enthusiastic dress reformer and builds
much also on the physically regenerat-
ing effect Of physical exercises of all
sorts, though her favorite form is not
walking, but running.
One Of the mementos Miss Helen
Bertram, the actress, is said to have
discarded upon entering upon third
marriage was the ashes Of her second
husband, whose body had been cremat-
ed. She had been carrying them about
with her, but decided to bury them.
Mrs. Jerusha Gilillan of East Bar
net, VT, who is ninetytwo years old,
won the first prize for knit afghan
displayed at the Caledonia county fair
recently. Mrs. Gilfllan is blind. but
in the last five years has knitted and
sewed four rugs, eight afghans and
over 100 holders.
Mrs. Olga Goldzier of Chicago has
been selected to fill the new chair of
dressmaking in the Rusk1n university
at Glen Ellyn. This new professor of
dressmaking was awarded the gold
medal by the international exhibition
Of fashions in Vienna last year against
competitors from the Austrian capital,
London and Paris.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-14
RUSSIA.

There is one promise Russia is striv-
Ing with all her might to keep. She
promises to dominate the world. New
York News: . ...s n :. ... IL, s,s
Russia is one of the coolest post
p0ners in the business. A law proof
debtor could not be cooler about tt
Minneapolis Times. ..ss ..=5 q
It is now firmly believed that Russia
will go 50 far in the interest Of pa
cifc settlement as a promise to evac-
nate Korea at some date - the future.
Pittsburg Dispat ch. &.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-14

[Sat.-First publication Oct. 241
ORDER FOR HEARING PROOF OF WILL.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, Sc
County OF Kandiyohi. s.
In Probate Court, Special Term, Oct. p, 1903.
In the matter OF the estate of Christen Aren-
son, deceased.
Whereas, An instrument in writing, purport-
ing to be the last Will and Testament Of Chris
ten Arenson deceased, late of said County,
has been delivered to this Court;
And Whereas, Ingebright Tollefson has fled
there with petition, representing, among 9th
er things that said Christen Arenson died in
| said County on the 10th day OF October 1903.
testate. and that John Edward Andreason is
the sole executor named in said last Will and
Testament, and praying that the said instru.
ment may be admitted to probate, and that let
1t is Ordered, That proofs of said instrument,
and the said pc tition, be heard before this
Court at the Probate ONCE in said County. on
the 18th day OF November, A. D. 1908, at 10
O'Clock In the forenoon. when all persons in
| terested may appear for, or contest, the pro-
bate OF said instrument;
And 1t is Further Ordered, That notice of the
time and place OF said hearing be given to all
persons interested. by publishing this order
once each week, for three successive weeks
prior to said day OF hearing, in the Willmar Tri-
lished at Willmar in said County.
Dated at Willmar the 21st day of October A.
D. 1908.
BY the Court:
[sEAL] A. F. NORDIN,
Judge of Probate
! Bitterness & Downs. Att'ys, Willmar, Mimi
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-14
Real Estate Transfers,
LAKE LILLIAN,

= - LAKE LILLIAN. - tsss-1sz$S22ss:
Nov. ll-John A. Swenson, trustee.
to Olivia State Bank, sw4 of net, sec.
81, 40 q -S46O. 80 - III 'z..-
FAHLUN. -.
Nov. IFS. M. Sfvertsen to Erick
W. Berg, set sw4, sec 20, 40 a.-s650.
EDWARDS.
Nov. 12-Geert Stob to Eric Eric
son, sw4, sec. 9, 100 a.-s6,OO0.
ROSEVILLE
Nov. 11-John O. Nelson to Peter
Hanson, ct net, sec. IS, 80 all.
BURBANK.
Nov. 10-Jens Anderson to Hans
Syverson, II q. of net of net, sec. l8.
-$75.
Nov. 10-Hans Syverson to Nicolai
Johnson, part net net, sec. Is, a.
S12.
Nov 12-sivert shipstead to Over
Shipstead, und. ] int. in the.s4 ne4,
sec. Is, 40 a.-$1.
Nov. l2-Over Shipstead to sivert
shipstead, p of eel mel. sec: 10, 81.
VILLAGE OF sP1CER. -
Nov. 12-Spicer Land Co.. to .Erick
Anderson, lot Is, bl. IA. q
CITY OF WILIMAR.
Nov 12-Peter A. Andreen to Axel
Bjelkengren, part of lot 7, Highland
Add. 81, 700.
Nov. 12-Nellie Peterson to Maria
l. Golding, lots IL and ~, bl. II.
1867.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-14
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER IA, 1903.
Platform.

PLATFORM.
For direct issue of money by the government.
For public ownership OF railroads, express
service. telegraph and telephone lines, and
public utilities in general.
For direct legislation.
For tax re forms.
For county option on liquor question in Min
nesota.
For thorough common school education in
fundamental branches as against university
system fads.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-14
Marriage Licenses.

Nov. 1l-Olof 81. Eng and Nellie
Skaare; Nels Anderson and Hannah
Johnson; Fred Plowman and Maggie
Gort.
Nov. 12-Thomas F.. Mulkern and
Mile Bidwel]; Sam P. Olson and Jo-
sic Olander.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-14
WANT TO BE RIGHT.

WANT 10 BE KJGhI.
The grafters are generally as good
as the average voter that gives them
their opportunity.-Freeborn County
Standard. ". "~
Bro. Day had probably not got over
the shock given him by the Ohio cleo
ton when he penned the above pessi-
rnistic utterance Even then, if he had
thought twice he would have thro wn it
in the waste basket. If that statement
were true the majority of the people
would be rascals and thieves. If that
we're true the conditions would GER
tainly be hopeless. But it is not true.
The large majority of the people in
any party are honest. They may be
ignorant, hidebound partisans, blind
ed by prejudice so that they do not do
their duties as citizens. This helps
the grafters to get into positions of
trust where they can rob the people.
This condition is bad enough, but it
is not hopeless. It is easier to over
come ignorance than dishonesty.
When the ignorant or prejudiced par
tisan once realizes the necessity of re-
form in certain lines he becomes q
very active factor in the movement
But you can never hope to turn the
dishonest man into q true champion
of the right-one that you can rely on,
Pessimists point to New York City
and Philadelphia as examples of
places where the government is known
to be corrupt, and insist that the
voters must be corrupt themselves to
permit such governments to exist. 1t
is true that in such large cities the
dishonest class is much larger than is
generally the case throughout the
country. 1t is also true that those
cities contain a very large proportion
OF ignorant people. Those people
probably know less about actual con-
ditions of government in their cities
than Intelligent people in other parts
of the country do. They do not read
the papers. They take their opinions
ready made from the local ward boss
or his beelers. 1t is easy to hold such
people inside of party lines. New
York, commercial city doing an i'm
mense foreign business, is naturally
inclined to the low tariff doctrine of
democracy. Philadelphia, with its
immense protected industries, is as
naturally a republican city. Thus
the rascals can use this partisan
prejudice to maintain themselves in
power. It takes good many indie.
pendent thinking citizen to overcome
a normal party majority of 100000
votes. But the idea of independence
of party lines in municipal affairs is
gradually gaining ground, and where
the parties are somewhat. evenly bal
anced this independent vote holds the
balance OF power. The people,, as a
rule, want to do right, and though
they may grope about in the dark
they will in the long run get some
where near the right. ...5.> -.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-11-14

stand for the fearless and impartial
enforcement Of laws and will show no
favoritism to- corporations or indi-
vfduals." = II
The evening world., 1903-11-30
Aircere, Member Of Monk
Eastman Gang, Drops to Floor
When Recorder Sentences
Him to Seven Years.
is CARRIED BACK TO ToMBS.
Has Served Several Terms on the
Island, Been In Many Encounters
with Police, but at Last His
Nerves Give Out.

Talk about exuberance of emotion, that
subtle power which exhibits itself when
a delicate girl faints. Their imagine a
criminal. a footpad who has
the nerve to hold up and rob another
man at dark OF night, and then imagine
this footpad to be a leading member OF
the notorious Monk Eastman rang Of
d~esperadoes! Can you picture such a
man yielding to the subtle power In a
pretty faint?
Well. that's what happened in Re-
corder COTS branch Of the Supreme
Court to-day when he sentenced Jacob
Aircere TO serve seven years In Sing
Sing prison. Aifcere Is Just about as
hardened a specimen of the Monk East
man school of crime as a be foundi In
a youth of twenty. years.
Jacob Is a disciple INT great admirer
of Monk Eastman. The police have had
trouble with hin since he wore trousers.
He has served several terms on the
island. but that III him no good. On
Oct. 2 he held up and robbed a man In
Monroe street and the police captured
him red-handed. bu not without a
And yet when he wa brought up for
sentence to-day he tainted clear away
when he heard Recorder Goff say Seven
years" He dropped to the floor and re-
manned unconscious until Coroner Soho
Ter, who Is a physician, came and re-
vived him. Then he was so veroom
that he could neither speak nor walk
and a to be carried back to his cell
in the Tombs.
The evening world., 1903-11-30
RECLUSE FALLS
L|FELESS At MEAL
Courtney Lourie, a
Scholar in History and Music,
Drops Dead in Restaurant
After Drinking Some Water.

Howard Courtney Lourie. ~sixty-fve
years old. "a gentleman of the old
school," as he was described by the few
who knew him, died suddenly to-day in
a cheap restaurant at No. I'D Bleecker
street. r-
A man of rare ~attainments, a scholar
In history and music. he had been great
ly reduced i'm finances recently. and for
two months had lived almost as a re-
cluse In h Mills Hotel in Bleecker
street. He confided his story to no one
at the hote and made no acquaintances.
Uourie had ordered a humble meal In
the restaurant and asked the waiter TO
bring him a glass of water. No n
saw him place anything in the g.ass.
but a moment after drinking he fell
from the chair to the floor me before
a doctor could be called he was dead.
When the body was taken to the MerA
Ger street police station several letters
were found in TIL pockets OF the neatly
brushed clothes. Among them was one
addressed to his sister. on the envelope
of which was this inc
'"ro be opened only In the event of my
daeth or serious Illness"
This letter was sent to the Coroner's
office.
The evening world., 1903-11-30

G%reenpoint avenue and ran In the d.
rection Of the Twenty-thlrd street ferry.
Carter called upon him to stop and
threatened to shoot. Tit man then
surrendered.
Al the police station the prisoner saad
his name was Patrick Dobbins. He re-
fused to give his address or TO say any
thing about himself. He was locked up.
and n search OF the leather bag he car
ried revealed a saw, chisel. screw-driver
and other tools.
When arraigned before Magistrate
Higginbotham in the Manhattan Avenue
Police Court Dobbins denied that he had
any intention of robbing the bank. He
still refused to say anything concern
ing himself. and he was held. Meantime
the police will endeavor TO md out more
about Dobbins.
The evening world., 1903-11-30
MYSTERIOUS MAN
ARRESTED At BANK
Policeman Thought He Was
Trying to Break Into the In
stitution and Arrested Him
Aftasa Hot Chase.

Policeman Carter, Of the Greenpoint
Avenue Station, Brooklyn. vas patrol
ling Manhattan avenue when he saw n
shabblly dressed man standing in front
OF the Seventeenth Ward Savings Bank,
on the corner of Milton street. The man
carried a bag such as i~etter-carriers use.
and the policeman suspected hat he
had a bank robber to deal with. Ca-.
ter hid in a doorway. where he could
get a good view without being OBJ
served.
Finally he was CONVINCED that the
man was trying to open one of the
bank windows, n decided that 1t was
time to make an arrest.
As Carter Stealthily advanced the man
dropped the leather bag and ran down
Manhattan avenu He turned into
The evening world., 1903-11-30
POPE ne .Eivf 5 McR sEToN

ROME. Nov, aOs-The Pope to-day ne
celved In private audience Mgr. Rober1
eetonAoE NeWarks :. u Titnlak Ash
The evening world., 1903-11-30
SLABS MAN AFTER
He AWAKENED HIM
Thomas Tracy Wounds Room
mate. VINO Attacked Him
When Reused from Sleep, and
Slashes Another Companion.

In a free fight in a hat-house at No.
al East Eleventh street to-day Jere-
miah Hill and Joseph Woods, alias
Smith. were stabbed ty Thomas Tracy
and Tracy was kicked in the stomach.
The three men lived In the nat to-
g.ther and Han was asleep when Woods
and Tracy. In a spirit of fun. awoke
him
Hal a.tAc ked Tracy The latter drew a
knife and stabbed Hill In the side of the
face. Woods tried TO separate the men
when Tracy turned upon him. Woods
kicked Tracy In the stomach and was
then stabbed In the head.
BEFORE the police arrived Tracy es-
capped. Hill and Woods were only slight
ly injured.
The evening world., 1903-11-30
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