New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-21
CLAIM STORIES ARE FALSE
DR.. C. Rowland and J. C. Hack
man Have Grievance.
Claim Stories of Fake DOctOrine
are Infamous Lies.
Will Return First of November to
Resume Their Soliciting.

Some weeks ago the Review con-
tanned an article concerning DR.. Row
land and Mr.. Beckman, in which it
was stated that they were going
through the country working up cases
for treatment and selling atomizers,
and that they were charging all the
way from $40 to $3.50 for the atomizers.
A large number of notes were secured
from farmers of the county for this
treatment and the notes were disposed
of to the banks in this city.
Mr.. Beckmann was in the city Sun
day and called upon the Review for
the purpose as he said, of setting it
right in regard to the merits of the in
stitute that he represented and to have
it made public that great wrong had
been done both him and the doctor.
He claims that he is representing an
institute in St. Paul that is sanctioned
by the State Board of Medical Exam
iners and is recommended by such men
as the president of Hamline university
and others of equal veracity, and that
it is not engaged in fake business of
any kind.
He says that he goes before the doc
tor and finds those who need treatment
and reports them. If it is best that
they be cured by using an atomizer,
they are directed to buy one, and as
the institute puts out only the best the
doctor sells them one of that kind. If
it is treatment that they require they
are either sent to the institute Or are
treated at their home. He claims that
the institute has been doing business
for the past ten years and is one of
the best in the state and many of the
cures that it has affected are really re-
markable so much so that in many
cases the doctor is urged to return to
fields that he has left and it is one of
these cases that has decided him to
return to this city about the first of
the month and open up his business on
a larger scale.
Mr.. Beckmann refused to give the
name of the institute that he represent
ed and did not care to have it appear
in this article. The writer requested
him to accompany him to DR.. Strick-
ler's Office and get his opinion of the
institute and his recommendation, but
he said the home doctors were so
prejudiced that they would give it a
black eye, and he would not go. He
wears a button in his lapel which in
dictates that he is a member of the
Commercial Travellers Union, and
states that he has line, which is his
regular business, and he works for
| the institute in connection with this.
During his stay here he was quite a
favorite with the girls at the hotel,
believing, as he says, 'that we pass
| through this world but once and we
better enjoy the trip while we are
making it," The money that is Sc
cured by both him and the doctor, he
claims is all sent to the institute and
all they receive is a small salary.
He states that they worked as quiet
ly as they could because it was no.
body's business what they were doing
and they didn't care to be advertised.
He also stated that this is the first time
a paper has had the effrontery to say
anything about them Or their work.
He also claims that at the earnest