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Mower County transcript., 1904-01-06
Retired Farmers in Town,

A farmer up at Cannon Falls retired
from his farm last spring and few
days ago met the editor of the local
paper, and, among other things said:
II don't know as I like the town as
well is do the farm, and I have
notion to move back there. The other
morning my wife sent to the market
for little slice of beefsteak for break
fast. It was only quarter and we
discussed itat the table as fairly good
eating. Then my wife said we must
have few potatoes for dinner and I
started for the store and bought a
whole bushel. I gave the clerk dollar
and he gave me back two little dimes
with the remark that potatoes were
eighty cents a bushel. This Jared me
a little but I took my medicine and
went home only to find that chicken
was wanted for dinner. Well, went
to the butcher and got one of those pin
feathered blue things, threw down half
dollar and got nickel back. Good
ness me, that was awful. At this rate
it will cost me five dollars day to live
here, I said to myself, and I shall go
bankrupt in just nine months or
mortgage the farm. With butter q
cents pound and eggs 25 cents a
dozen and other things accordingly a
retired farmer must have regular
Rockefellar income. il This thing Of
paying money for honey and every
little thing we eat keeps me running
to the bank for money every day, and
I don't like it. Out on the farm we
have nearly everything in meats,
vegetables, fruit and honey, eggs and
butter and it all seems as free as the
water we pump from the we'll. An
other thing, we don't have the comforts
Of country life. With the rural mail
service and telephone connections L
believe the farm is much the better
place to live, whether one works the
farm Or not, and the practice of farm
ers moving into town is q mistake, IN.
less they have some business 81 oc-
cupation To- absorb their attention,
which seems to me the only way tos
make city life endurable. j see plainly
now that ! will either have to do some
thing or so back to the farm. Z .
( sE RI
Mower County transcript., 1904-01-06
q Tle Proc + j Of w estern
Prosperity. 4.

SsiY1en years ago, the safety line for
lpans. ID Kansas was the sixth principal
eemefidian, which runs through the east
central portion. This year, of the thirty:
/ |flre counties that produces one million
sor more bushels of wheat each, only
two lie wholly east Of that line; two
Others have third of their terri.
tory On the sunrise side,- e,-the remainder
[o the wheat belt extends westward,
some of it within one county OF the
Colorado border. In counties Of that
territory over four. hundred and fifty
bushels for every person was produced.
These things Of themselves count for
prosperity, and the visible manifesto,
tion has been interesting. Seven years
lago, banks were chiefly at the county
seats and large towns. Now scarcely a
town of four hundred people exists in
the West where there is not bank.
In the CO., - seats where were two
tanks witn> small deposits now are
-four or Ave, each with more deposits
than both the Gid institutions COM
hned could show: While the number
lot banks. has practically doubled, the
deposits last September reached their
IMgt-water marx, thessurplus and un'
diyided profits likewise. showing most
Aattering condition. The Western bank
Ethat pays less than Is per cent divid-
ends is the exception. = a.
The reduction of indebtedness has
come along with the other signs. Of
prosperity. Every mortgage has writ
Eten in. it an agreement on the part OF
1.-The mortgage that he will accept part
orall of the principal in multiples of
E$lOO at the time of any interest pay
Iment-it must have that or the loan
cannot be made.
l'That man dislikes me- remarked a
North Dakota armer of a leading
Ecitizen the other day. Il borrowed
three thousand dollars of him for five
years and paid It off in two o-he has
sssr~- T. =,
Ibsen cross ever since" (.
tIn.ls9e, Chicago Investment jour
InN said g have come in contact
W5th a gentleman: who is trying to sell
1cSunty bonds -6 per cent, gold bonds
lilsa prosp perous county He has learn
II isht as vel .tTy t to sell sell
] stock III an irrigating schenne nthe
planet Mars as to dispose of securities
that carry on their face the name Of
Kansas Within four years over $5,-
OOO,OOO.of such Kansas bonds has been
refunded at from z to ~ per cent, and
a dozen bond housesshad agents scour-
ing the State for, more. Practically
every bond issued in boom times in
Nebraska and Kansas, capable of re-
funding, has been reissued at a saving
of from 2 to per cent-From "Good
Crops and Good Times in the West"
by Charles Moreau Harger, in the
American Monthly Review Of Reviews
for January. :
Mower County transcript., 1904-01-06
No rlention Of Doctors.

Since the Goodhue County Med ical
association became involved in the
question Of medical ethics with refer-
ence to- advertising, resulting IN the
refusal of fellowship to certain physi-
clans in Goodhue county, newspapers
and medical journals in various parts
of the country have discussed the ques:
tion. At the annual meeting of the
Goodhue. County Press association at
Red Wing, Dec. IL, it was also taken
up, and as result the following docu-
ment was adopted and spread on the
records of the association: "
Enlightened by recent experience,
County Press association, wish to 60
observe carefully hereafter the REQUIRE.
ment of medical ethics. We have O ten
slnned against the code, but it was done
unintentionally, and the newspapers
Of Goodhue county will try not to let
it happen again. f.. -:
1t has been the habit of all newspa,
pers to mention CDR. Sqqil]s" as treat.
ing such and such case or that Dr.
fSawbones" performed given opera.
tion. 1t was intended as favor to
the doctors, JUS as q newspaper gives
favorable mention to hundreds of oth1 rs
in business and the professions and
those in artistic or social prominence
without thought of compensat' on AND
the doctors have been so forbearina
under the infiction that thu newspa
pers actually supposed they iken it
1T was a shock therefore to tn
publishers to be told last summer tina
all this was a grave of1ense and tnat
any physician who willingly; submitted
to it was in q class with the charlatans
And when. they found that the doctor
had not only submitted willingly, but
had in some cases paid for value thus
received, the medical association de
tnOunced him and refused him fellow
Eship: m.
AT this the first opportunity for tht
Press association to formally correc1
its error, the following resolution
calculated to give the fullest repara
tion possible for past offenses, was of
fered unanimously adopted and spread
upon the records of the association:
Whereas, The members of this as
sociation have unWittingly offended
the sense of propriety of the Goodhut
County Medical association by thrust
ing upon them mention in the pres.
contrary to the ethics of the medica
profession. ~ .@..s9 -. So
o,ol,1oI3 MI .,,.s:a q: - !, ).
Mower County transcript., 1904-01-06
Postponement of the Southern rlinne'
sofa Horticultural rleeting
for One Year,

Iva ONS 1 ~SsAs
1t is pretty we'll understood in south
eastern Minnesota that the TERRITORY
covered by the Southern Minnesota
horticultural society consists of Free
born, Mower and Fillmore counties.
and the meetings of said society have
been held at Albert Lea, Austin and
Spring Valley alternate each year.
Albert Lea and Spring Valley have
made it rule to entertain all visitors
outside Of the state and their respective
counties free of charge. All local
horticultural societies in adjoining
states follow the same rule. The meet
ing of the Southern Minnesota society
was to be held at Austin in: January,
1904. The members of said society
living in Austin solicited from the peo-
pie Of said city free entertainment for
all guests outside Of Mower county.
But they declined to put forth an effort
to this end. And for this reason there
willsb no horticultural meetmgsof this
society in Austin in January 1904. Our
next meeting will be inspiring Valley.in.
the winter of 1905. The:members of the.
Southern Minnesota horticultural So
ciety and its delegates and visitors from 1r
adjoining states are not beggars and
personally do not ask free entertain.
ment. But as all of the local horti-
cultural societies Of the northwest are
following the free entertainment plan
the Southern Minnesota society pro-
poses to give the same courtesy. Q. w.
MOORE, President Southern Minnesota
horticultural society. s
Mower County transcript., 1904-01-06

young minds and lift 'em up and
Civ 'em noble ambitions and start 'em
out along the paths Of usefulness and
amountin' to somethin', There's no
aecountin' for tastes as the woman said
when she kissed the COW but tell you
this teacher corner and pokin' up of
their wages sky high means lots of
trouble for the deestrict schools and
deestrict taxpayers. ~
So the Nelson boys hav< got to hang
after alls for the murder of Krier at
Owatonna last April. It's a pretty sad
case all right but can duplicate its
possibility in a thousand boys minds
and disposition right round US. There
are boys in every town that are Nelson's
in embgyo. They are readin' dime
novels and blood and thunder stories
and hangin' round saloons illegally
and smokin' cigarettes and drinkin'and
playin' truant and ruinin' girls just
like the Nelson boys were to a dot.
The only differ is that the chance for
the murderin' hasn't yet come but is
likely to at any day and then there'll
be more hangin'. Those Nelson boys
were true pictur of Young America
as it actually exists in lots of places
They had a den of their own and had
young girls in it and they had the
worst and toughest story books to read
and they never attended school or Sun
day School any more and they were
helpers in a saloon where they were in
contact with evil all the time and got
to be reckless and lawless young des.
peradoes and when it. came to little
matter of murder for the sake of get
tim few paltry dollars, why what did
it amount to in their eyes? 1t was
nothin' much to them familiar as they
swere with readin' about all kinds o1
desperate deeds and certainly not much
harm could come to 'em any way il
they were caught and tried for of course
some smarty lawyer would be foun6
that would get, 'em clear in spite Of
evidence and Justices and they coulG
appeal to the supreme court and any
way there was dead easy board o1
pardons that was openin the peniten
tiary doors and lettin' out the big
criminals and they could be worked Sc
as to prevent hangin' and after littli
LET 'e1ns 60 scot free agen for anothe
fcarser s. Il criime. I'M 8 1s ten YOU there
screw loose some where in allowin' boy
Ito come up with such idees in thei
heads.
FARMER BEN.
Mower County transcript., 1904-01-06

Mower county schools took lions
share of the prizes awarded in the edu-
cational exhibition held in connection
with the Minnesota Educational associ-
alton convention last week.
The schools of Mower collectively
were, awarded tie first prize of 500 in
competition for the best county exhibit,
beside which the first prize for the best
semi-graded school exhibit, also $10O,
went to Waltham, in this county. In
the competition for the best rural
school exhibit, district No. Z of Mower
county won first prize, 800, and dis
trict No. of Mower, second prize, $50.
Thus the schools of this county won
first prize in three out of five classes,
making clean sweep of the prizes for
rural schools and took $3.50 Of the 500
awarded in prizes.
These premiums were offered by the
Minnesota board of managers for the
St. Louis exposition, and the competi-
ton was open only to schools in towns
Of 5000 population, or less. It was re-
quired that the exhibits should be made
up of the regular work followed in the
schools. --.. ) .-'t 80
The prizes were awarded by com.
mittee appointed by the Minnesota Ed
ucational association and consisting Of
K. W. Buell., Preston county, superin:
tendent Of Fillmore; Miss Emma Rob.
erts, supervisor Of drawing, Minneapo:
ills, and Miss Emily Brown, teacher Of
English in the st Peter high school
Following are the awards insfull: -
First prize, 500; to district. No 4,
Mower county; Miss Mary Lukens,
teacher. r.. r - ..:ss
Best semi graded school exhibit, first
prize, 300; to w Waltham, Mower county;
Anna x. Peterson, principal.
Second prize, $50; to Hancock, Ste.
vens county; J. B. Babcock, principal,
Best graded shool exhibit, FIRST prize
300; to North Mallkato, Blue Earth
county; Ella g. Olmstead, principal.
II Best high school exhibit, first prize,
800; to Wells, sFaribault county; w
a. Hollands, superinten dent.
s Second prize, $50; to Sauk Center,
stearns county; George II. Stanton, su-
perintend dent.
Best county exhibit, first prize, $10O;
to Mower county; Miss Fannie G. Giles,
|superinte tendent s1.s.
Second prize. go; to Douglas county;
g. Z. Englpnd, snperinte dent.
Mower County transcript., 1904-01-06

Home Brand goods are the best.
Fiester & Thomas.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-23
Pronortionate Values.

In the olden days. before the wane Of
ecclesiastical training. men prayed for
the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, the
second of which was understanding,
or a sense of proportionate values.
Alas, that the prayers should have
ceased before the gifts were perma-
nently bestowed! All through life. now
adays, we miss the sense Of relative
values, but nowhere more than in lit
erary criticism. Even as in the field
of ethics we hear conventionality and
grace of manners put on par with
loyalty and courage; in literature we
meet the permanent and the current
yoked together, regardless of effect
Pegasus and the dray horse jog-trot-
ting side by side.
In this age of chaotic criticism how
are the public to choose books? If our
reviews seriously advise the public
that book is worthy to stand by
Shakespeare's Hamlet" and Marie
Corellis Boy" what is a bewildered
reader to think? If Miss Glasgow's s
large and seriously wrought novel,
THE Deliverance," comes bracketed by
the unfortunate chances Of time and
season of publishing with Mr.. Har-
lands MY Friend Prospero." how are
the readers to know that one Is a
Rodin statue and the other a Dresden
china shepherdess. 1t almost amounts
to the impossibility Of the growth Of a
literature in this country.-Harper'
Weekly.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-23
The Largest Grapevine.

The largest grapevine in the world
is growing in the Carpinteria Valley,
twelve miles east of Santa Barbara,
Cal, and is called La Para Grande. 1t
was started from a cutting sixty-one
years ago by a Young Spanish woman,
Dona Ayala. 1t is eight feet four inches
in circumference at its base and one
Of the horizontal branches measures
more than three feet in circumference.
The trellis covers about a third OF an
acre and sixty heavy posts support it.
The vine produces as many as 5000
punches annually, at a conservative
estimate, and in good years many
clusters measure twelve to fifteen
inches in length and weigh six to eight
pounds. It's owner estimates that In
1895 the vine yielded ten tons Of grapes.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-23
NOTED HOUND
PASSES AWAY
Rubber Ankles, Winner Of
the American Waterloo,
Dies of PleurO Pneumonia
ILL BUT A SHORT TIME
Dead HorYd, Pronounced the
Most Beautiful in America,
Was Bench Show Winner

Rubber Ankles, the most beautiful
greyhound in all America and one of
the gamest, died yesterday at the ken
nels of James Sweeney at Colma-
Pleuro-pneumonia was the cause of her
untimely taking off.
Rubber Ankles was bred by j. II.
Rosseter Of this city. She was by the
noted imported English dog Fortuna
Favente from the kennels Of the
Messrs. Fawcett, and was out OF Bril-
liantine. The latter was bred by H. C.
Lowe of Kansas and was by Lord New
ersettle- White Lips. Rubber Ankles
won the American Waterloo last year
in the nomination of Mr.. Rosseter. thus
proving her quality on the field against
the f1eetest OF American courserS.
Two years ago she was awarded the
blue ribbon for being the best grey
hound in the dog show. She was fault
less in her dainty conformation, but
beneath her graceful lines were muscles
Of steel and a heart as stout as ever
throbbed within the frame Of grey
hound.
The loss is doubly felt now, as she
was rounding into her best form and
great triumphs in the field seemed with
in her reach.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-23
Racing Will Be Resumed at
Hawthorne Course on
Next Friday.
Special Dispatch to The Cali.

CHICAGO, June 22.-Racing will be
resumed next Friday at the Chicago
Jockey Club course at Hawthorne. The
original Hawthorne dates extended
from July Is to July 80. Announce
ment was made to-day after a formal
session OF the Western Jockey Club in
the offices Of the Ashland Club. At the
meeting were President Lawrence A.
Young, Richard Fitzgerald of Haw-
thorne, Louis Celia of st. Louis and
Martin Nathanson, representing the
Harlem interests. The official an
nouncement of the jockey club was
made by Secretary Harvey Woodruff
as follows:
'The Western Jockey Club received
from the Washington Park Jockey
Club to-day the notice of the surrender
of the remainder of it's racing dates al
lotted for the season of 1904. At a
meeting of the stewards of the West
ern Jockey Club 1t was decided. in or
der to protect the horsemen now locat-
ed in Chicago, to apportion the remain
ing days among the Chicago tracks.
Permission was given the Chicago
Jockey Club to open on Friday, June
a. HARVEY WOODRUFF,
Secretary"
OF the twenty days received from
Washington Park, Worth and Harlem
are each given seven and Hawthorne
six
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-23
CHAMPION GREYHOUNDS
TO MEET AT UNION PARK
Old Rivals Are Entered I'm the Prin-
cipal Event on This
Weeks Card

Palo Alto, Pocateln, Rector, sacra-
mento Boy, Full Moon, Richard An
ton and other crack greyhounds will
meet in champion stake on Sunday
at Union Coursing Park. There will
also be a sixty-four dog open reserve
stake. The draw last night resulted
as follows:
Champion stake-Richard Anton VS.. sacra-
mento Boy; Belle Free Pocatelli; Rector VS..
Tom King; Full Moon Palo Alto.
Open reserve-Firen VS.. Haphazard: Cuban
ola vs.. Lord Brazen Orsina Rich Array;
Racing Auto VS.. Bright Fortune; Golden For
tune Carlow Boy; Colored Lady VS.. Plum
kett; Pagliacci VS.. Tom Upton: Silver Cloud
VS.. Rural Artist: General Dewet VS.. Ina Cissus:
Galveston VS.. The Referee; In Time VS.. Rene
gade Apache; Liberator Tammany Maid:
Fontenoy Red Pepper; Aeolus VS. ] Z H;
Chilimara False Alarm Texas Jill VS.. Oc-
tavius; Ragged Actor Free From Flaw;
Merry Go Round Mark Twain; High Born
VS.. Angus Cissus; Gambit VS. Rich Argosy;
Sea Lion VS.. Tamora; Friendless Boy VS.. Money
Musk; Sempronius Fancy Free; Ready Ad-
dress Master Rocket; Quita VS.. Honest
John; Raby Aurora VS.. Texas Mamie; Rose Of
Gold Texas Hoo Hoo; Little klamath VS.
Mickey Free; Big klamath Rocker Arm;
Lily Wright vs. Texas Ginger; Frank Dunn VS..
Rapid Water; All Bahia VS.. Icelus.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-23
IEFFRIES' KNEE
IS IMPROVING
Champion Chafes Under the
Restraint, but the Wisdom
of His Doctor Is Apparent
RESORTS TO TAPPING
Swelling Is Reduced for a
Time, but the Injured Part
Fills Up Again Gradually

The knee that interfered with the
worlds heavyweight championship
battle was slightly on the mend last
evening and big Jim Jeffries and DR..
W. S. Porter both agree the trouble
some joint will soon yield to treatment
Just how long it is going to be before
the big fellow can move around cannot
yet be told 1t is big and red from
painting and IS puffy around the joint.
Tapping took away lot Of the swell
ling yesterday afternoon, but there was
a quantity OF water there again last
night. This is expected to be absorbed
naturally.
In speaking Of his patients condition.
DR.. Porter said:
From the change already noticeabls I can
say that this injury will be entirely cured
But when you ask me how long II will take
you ask more than I am able to say. i have
told Jefrries he must stay in bed ten days
better and feels better than II did Tues
day and there Is no question about its ultimate
recovery.
In the meantime Jeffries is chahng
under the enforced idleness. The big
arms and brawny chest of the boiler
maker are encased in a silk shirt. while
he lies prOpped up with his game leg
Strengthened out in big double bed
which he makes look like a cot There
is splint under the knee to keep 1t
straight and the entire leg from the
ankle to the thigh Is wrapped in ban
dages.
A professional masseur was sent up
to knead the champions muscles yes
terday and Jeffries laughed heartily as
he told the doctor about the efforts OF
the man. He just ticxled me-" said
the champion. Jeffries has been accus-
toned to have two and sometimes
three burly heavy-weights rub him
down with hands callOused and coarse.
and the soft hands Of the masseur
made no impression. 1t was agreed.
however, that rubbing would aid in
keeping him in good condition and Joe
Kennedy or some other big fellow will
visit the champion hereafter every day
to give him a hard rub down.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-23
sExTH RACE-one and quarter miles
sHEEPsHEAD BAY ENTRIES.

NEW YORK, June 22.-Proper,
Savable, Hurst Park, Dick Bernard
and other flyers will hook up to-mor-
row at Sheepshead Bay in the Sleeps
head Bay handicap at one mile. The
days entries:
First race. five and a half rurIones two
year-ods, Eclipse course-Voladay III Aster-
isk III Lochinvar 112. Hot Shot 1l2 Jerry c
112. Rusher 112 Lindsay Gordon 112 Phoebus
112. Occur de Lion 112. Bill Bailey II 112. Red
Second race. one and an eighth miles. three
year-olds and UP, selling-Alack 11S, Mackey
Dwyer lie. Sir Ship 113, Agnes D lib, Hyd-
rangea 81. Stonewall III. Allan 1oe Garnish
104. Conkling 1o4 Champlain 104 Bobadil IO1
Reveille 101. Oradell eS, Hatchet 9s; Glisten
mour 90.
Third race. full course, the Rockaway CUP
WAGE 1853. Twilight 15e Pure Pepper i4e.
Whitecrest 14e, Tom cogan las. AEio 145,
Princess Chic 151, Ailanthus 15s GartnasaiIen
lbs. Bonfire 132. Graceway 100.
Fourth race, one mile the Sheepshead BAY
handicap-Hurst Park 1870, Savable 124 Proper
11s Buttons 105 Roehampton no C;raziallo
1o4. Dick Bernard 100 stalwart 100, Ingold
Prudence 60 Illyria es. Marmee 81, Pentaur
81. CMarmee and Lady Prudence. Watt entry;
Buttons and stalwart, Thomas entry)
Fifth race, six furongs two-year-old maid
Rsiment 1o5. Prince Joseph 1o5. Dance Music
105, Harpoon 103 Knight OF Weston 1o2 Only
One 1o2 Hildebr4nd 102 Benlala 102 TorchelIo
100. Cashier 81. Little Buttercup se. PeIion
90, winchester 81 Ida Stack 81 Maggie Stroup
81 F1eur de Marie 90.
Sixth race, six and a half furlongs on the
turf handicap-Grand Opera 126, old England
122. Stamping Ground III. Montreson 113
York es Sweet Alice 9s Niskayuna 95
Weather clear: track fast.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-23
FIELD TRIALS DERRY
ENTRIES BEING SELECTED
Sporty Settlers and Pointers VIII Be
Placed in Training Soon for
Competition.

The owners of sporting dogs are
looking over their kennels in quest OF
suitable candidates among their set
ters and pointers for the twenty-sec-
ond annual Derby OF the Pacific
Coast Field Trials Club. This will be
held as usual on the Haggin and
Tevis property near Bakersfield in
January next
Nominations will close on July 1.
The entrance fee is $40. Of this S5
must accompany the nomination, the
second forfeit of So is due November
/. and SO additional for starters. The
entire entrance money goes into the
purse, being divided so per cent to
the winner, 80 per cent to the second
and 20 per cent to the third. In add
ton to the money award there will
be valuable cups.
The season has been most favorable
for large broods of quail, which Is
promise of good sport when the set
ters and pointers are let down by
their handlers.
Information regarding the trials. to-
gether with entry blanks. may be OBJ
tanned of Secretary Albert Bez. 201
Parrott building