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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-27
TO FOUND BoER COLONY
Uotod Seer Leaders Pass rhr.u.h
Wt'Imas sn.Route 70 Moatsna 10
Look W Location.

Gen. G. D J,ubert and Capt w
>. O'D>nn' II were two Boer officers
who passed through Willmar last
W. din sday night enroute to M. ntana !,
where they 60 to found colony If
their people. The noted gentlemen
had been speeding some time in St
Paul gathering needed Information
and looking up mates relative to
their e. terprise.
Gen. Jouoert and Capt. Old nnell
expect to be joi"ed later by Gen. De-
larey, whom they are il ducing to bring
. colony of 800 Beer pris ,ners from
Bermuda to locate in Montana. Gen
u. lsrey went to Cuba some time ago
with the purpose Of finding home for
these B 'er soldiers who had been held
ut Bermuda by the British because
they refused to take the o ath of alle-
glance. Gen. Joubert has written ask
Ing him to join them in their proposed
colony ana it is most probable that
he Will accept. Gen Joubert said:
I'VE have lent Geo D lar. Y q lono
letter, telling him If all the ayailahle
lauo In Montana and the Dakotas and
OF the hne opportunities which I be-
neve our people wi | fin1 there. We
nave sent him copies of Un ted States
laws on lrrlg CATION, and her f. q ures
OF the life and citizenshi here. He il
today just where We we're year ago,
when We Il It started out to find a home
Tor our poverty. stricken compatriots
Gu - Is not the place +. r him, as I
think he will quickly fnd out II is
l1k- Mexico. The people vii, be liable
to attack by yellow f-ver and will not
want to 60 there. P e-ident Diaz re
celved Us as honored Cit ens of the
Boer republic, took US right into h S
home and gave US good land, but OF
course when the yellow fever broke
out we could not bring our people
over: We did not know then OF th+
wonderful mount of good Ia, d which
can be secured ia the Ur iten States
which will be mucn bitter adapted
the use OF the Beers
''We expect to spepd about six
weeks in M.ntana ve<tigatipg til.
M1'k river aud Shields river valleys
We believe that We shall find eat
deal Of land there that Is available
and to b. had at reasonable rates
The Beers 10 South Africa, accord
ing to the papers from there which W,
have just received, are in very
serious condition. The papers stat
that Is yer cent of the people arr
destitu and living on charity, 50 pt.r
cent q e just existing and the o.he.
are hvi' on the more they hac
saved before the war. The dr. ugh
th-re has been something terribl.
They just recr ntly got the first rain ir
eighteeo m :nths in some parts OF tht
country
Gen. Joubert and Capt. O'Donnen
spoke at the Commercial Club in S =.
Paul Wednesday afternoon before
taking their departure for Montana
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-27
ohlekaaa Paw.

The following facts and figures con-
corning the value producing qualities
OF chickens ought to open the eyes Of
every farmer who thinks they are not
Of much account on 4 farm and that
the csre OF them should DO left to the
children. Ole E. Stevens. one of the
best known farmers In Yellow Medi.
cine county, has given 10 figures
showing what his chickens have pro-
duoed for him In eggs only from
March II to October l or about six
and one halt months. During this
period he has sold e227 worth of eggs
alone. Think what this means. It
means that his income from biz chick
ems for eggs, besides what his family
has used is about as per month or
e42o = year. At the present price OF
wheat, 10 cents, s42O represents tie
crop on forty acres OF land.-Hsuley
Falls Press.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-27
You CAN GET

xVV taCIcS VI
land FREE by buying a
Il section of us in country where corn.
wheat. oats. barley, rye. alfalfa. tame
grasses and all kinds of vegetables can
be raised in abundance, and where
HOMES can be
made as easily as anywhere in Uncle
Sans domain. These crops are abund-
ant in yield and fine in quality. There
is no guess~work about this for We have
samples OF the crop of 1903
IN. our field Office
and are prepared to prove that they
are genuine products, of the country.
No stumps to dig out, no stone, gravel
and sand streaks, good water and con-
venient railroad facilities. We fur
nish free fuel to our customers for two
years. This place is
GOLDEN VALLEY
in North Dakota and Montana. II you
have no stock and desire to engage in
the stock business, we will furnish you
COWS on shares, and creameries to use
the milk.
Prices Of land range from ST. to $i2 SO per acre.
terms one.fhrd cash. balance in i've equal annual
payments with six per cent. interest.
For maps and further particulars address
GOLDEN VALLEY LAND & CATTLE co.
z6-7-s Chamber of Commerce, ST. PAUL, MINI,
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DEATH Of Old SETTLER
Emil Hanson. Of Lake Lillian. Sue
eumbs 70 erights Dlsosse-An
lnvsjid for Many Years.

Last Friday morning at three
O'Clock death relieved all earthly suff-
ering tor Emil E. Hanson, who had
been An invalid for the past eighteen
years at his home in the town of Lake
Lillian. The immediate cause of
death WAS Bright's disease with which
the deceased had been confined to his
bed for about two weeks, during which
time he suffered intense pain. Dys-
pepsia and complication of diseases
had contributed in the undermining of
the health OF the deceased until his
last and fatal attack.
The deceased was we'll and favor
ably known In his community and In
his death the county loses one of her
earliest rs we'll as one OF her most
highly respected residents. he came
to Kandiyohi county 36 years ago
and was one of the pioneers of those
early days who by thrift and energy
managed to succeed in farm life until
they were reckoned IS among the we'll.
| TODD citizens. Mr.. Hanson had just
passed his cath birthday, having
! reached the age of 81 on the Tuesday
orior to his death. Before taking up
bis residence In this county he con-
Quoted . general merchandise business
ct Greenleaf, Meeker county. His ma
tive home was in Tromso, Norway,
from where he emigrated to America
and became settler OF Minnesota.
Besides the widow who will mourn
the loss of . kind and loving husband
are the following children: Ida, MRS.
Lewis johnson J, formerly of Rose
dale, but now = resident of Lake ILL.,
Ian; Abbie Mrs. B. E. Anderson) OF
Elbow Lake; Emil Walter, Willie,
Hattie, Evsline, Esther and Florence.
The family circle was broken some
years ago by the death of two memb-
ers-Laura and Elvin.
The funeral occurred on Saturday
1t one O'Clock p. N. from the family
burial lot at the Norwegian Lutheran
cemetery. Rev. Chr. Mohn conducted
the funeral services In the presence Of
. large number Of Borrowing relatives
and friends.
Deceased was possessed of q true
Christian character and WAS happy In
the thought OF ending q life full of
faith.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-27
Hired MASS oeldes Aso.

There 10 no inserdependence of the
farm hand and the theater. Not in q
generation hae the theatrical business
betn worse than now in most paris Of
the country. Not in . generation has
tie farm hand been more prosperous
The farmers hired man In Mime
sota Low averages, accordicg to the
bureau Of statistics. o33 IL . month
without board, or or 70 with board
Never have farm wages been 80 high
10 this state. Away back in 1866,
when there was lot to learn about
agricultural machinery and farm 10
borers were smashing new machines in
order to prevent competition, the
hired man OF Minnesota recei ved about
q less than he does to-day. The dr.t
selfbinder ret up on . Minnesota farm
was burned by the angry laborers.
Farm laoorers get about % more q
month In Minnesota than they did in
1879, and at no time between 1895 and
1899 were they within a of being ~
high as the point they have now
reached. Speaking generally, the
wages of farm labor have advanced
at about the same rate throughout the
west and north.
Now 1911 without board or az 79
with board seems mighty small pay,
after all, to the man who has difficulty
In living in the city on o25 . week.
But how many of your city men On.
j"ying good salaries have surplus OF
s23 q month after paying for board
and room? Not many. Then, too,
your hired man is no Beau Brummel,
though he may sometimes seek to be
the prize swain of tho countryside.
Even at that, an outlay of $50 . year
for clothing is liberal. II he 10 q pro
vident and ambitious man, it won't be
long before the savings from his
wages will prepare him to rent or buy
q farm.
The hired man is no wage-slave,
either. Your pale-faced city clerk hss
heart failure every time the floor
walker comes his way for fear he il
about to lose his lob. In the country
it ia the other way. Every time the
hired man approaches the farmer the
latter is apr. hensive OF IN irrests-
tible demand for more pay OF of no.
tice of leaving.
There are plenty of farmers but a
sc ,rcity of hired men. There are
m re than 5000, 900 farmers In the
United States and less than 1900 000
hired men. Farmers sons to the mum
Der OF 1900 600 more help the farmers
extract wealth. from the soil, but there
remain about q million farmers who
must be their own hired men.
And still our cities continue to
swarm with loafers and with men
>quirming and struggling With each
other in overcrowded occupations for
the scant rewards of impure food and
squalid lodgings.-Minnespolis Jour-
nal.
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olaakOt VovP Horses.

There are . great many here who
are not aware OF . law passed by the
last Legislature, Judging by tho num-
bsr OF unb)anketed horses ono sees
hitched along the street. Any one
can take such . horse In and q lien 10
established for ito care and feed.
This law makes It Z misdeamer pun.
ishable by fine OF 900, or in default
ninety days in Jail, to leave . horse
out without blaukstine for over IN
hour between the months OF November
and Nay, and misdeamnor punish
able In tho same manner to leave .
clipped horse exposed for any lepgth
Of time 1t all.-Austin Herald.
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Suppev st Doado Natt.

Tomorrow evening, 1t the Blonde
Hall, our people will have IN oppor.
tuntty TO psrtske of IN excellent SUP.
per to be served by the Young Peo.
pies Society OF the Synod church.
Supper viii be served at $50 and
throughout the evening. Adults, 2:
oonts; children under ten, Is cents
The menu will include the followipa
dishes:
Meat balls, cold meats, baked
beans, escslloped potatoes, pickles,
cranberries, bread and butter, cake
milk and coffee.
AZ the proceeds will 90 toward TIT
church building fund, tho society so
licits . good shsre OF the public pa
tronsRe.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-27

AZ the result Of . small blaze 1t the
Irwin Roberts residence last Saturday
morning, Mr.. Roberts suffers from
severe burns on his right hand. The
accident was duo to the moving OF !
small gasoline stove during the break
fast hour BY his daughter, Miss Alice.
While tho stove Was UNDERGOING ,
change Of location. the gasoline iRnited
Aud for moment there was q blsze
thai Threatened destruction to property
In the immediate vicinity. Mr.. Rob
sr's hsstened to his daughters assist
anee and in:putting out the blaze met
with tho above result.
An alarm VS. In the meantime
turned in to the are department, but
- the bla2a WAS soon extioeuished
the services OF the IRE laddles we're
not needed. The accident resulted 10
no furth'r damages, and tho family
escaped what might have resulted in q
serious contiagration.
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the fires around which the savages
! were dancing, but the enthusiasm Of
the dancers as well. During the rest
| OF the afternoon and all mig ut long the
| tall was incessant, accompanied by a
rold, painting, wailing southwest wind
| Beverley lay on the ground face up
ward, the rawh1de strings torturing his
limbs, the chill Of cold water searching
his bones. He could see nothing but
the dim, strange canopy Of flying rain,
against which the bare boughs Of the
scrub oaks were vaguely outlined; he
could hear nothing but the cry Of the
wind and the swash Of the water which
fell upon him and ran under him, bub-
bling and gurgling as if fendishly ex-
ultant
The night dragged on through it's ter
r1ble length, dealing out its indescriba-
bic horrors, and at last morning ar
lived, with a stingy and uncertain gift
Of light slowly increasing until the
dripping trees appeared foriornly gray
and brown against clouds now break
ing into masses that gave but little
rain.
There waA great stir among the In
dams. Long Hair stalked about scru-
tin1zing the ground. Beverley saw him
I come near time and again with hid
eous. inquiring scowl on his face.
Grunts and laconic exclamations pass
ed from mouth to mouth, and present
~ the import of it all could not be mis-
taken. kenton and Jazon were gone
had escaped during the highland the
rain had comp Htoly ohliteratea their
tracks.
The Indians We're furious. Long Hair
sent out picked parties Of his best
scouts with orders to scour the coun-
Try in all directions keeping with him
self few Of the older warriors Bev-
erley was fed what he would eat OF
venison, and Long Hair made him IN
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-27
PRICES on BINDING Irvine
The Board Of Control Announces tho
Scale Of Prices for this
XAaR

The state board Of control, after q
conference with Warden Wolfer of
the state prison, has announced the
prices at which binding twine will be
sold to farmers this year. They are
as follows:
S.sal, 500 feet to the pound, 81 cents.
Standard, 500 feet to pounr i, st cents.
Standard m Aniila, $50 feet to pound,
8 cents.
Mixed manila, 600 feet to pound,
10 cents
Pure MANILA, $50 feet to pound, IL
cents.
These prices are half q cent lower
on each grade than the prices of 1903
As the seasons output will be about
5000, 600 pounds, the saving to farm
ers will be a., 600 NOR than last year.
The board has already purchased
or contracted for practically all OF
the raw material, and is able to figure
out the price very closely. The sisal
Is bought erect from Yucatan, and
large quantities of MANILA are Inn.
p'rted * the prison direct from the
Philippines.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-27

Vlvania and Twentieth Michigan were
distributed along the irregular parapet
OF the fort The Confederates had de-
voted ten days to preparations for at
lack. Thirty guns OF Alexander's crack
artillery corps were in battery to IRE
upon the work at short range. Four
pieces were elevated upon slids 20 ~
to rain down shells vertically inside The
parapet.
The men In Fort Sanders surmised
what the enemy was planning to do
Every foothold on the exterior slope
was pared Oh, the ditch widened, and
r1demen stood on duty along the para
pet at the ticklish hours OF twilight
and dawn TO welcome the assailants In
due fashion. A happy thought Of Leu
tenant BENJAMIN placed another OBJ
stacle in the pathway Of the enemy.
Along the front Of the parapet was .
aeld Of pine stumps where the trees
had been cut two feet from the ground
BENJAMIN and his men wound tele-
graph wire around the stumps, stretch
ing 1t between them Just high enough
10 trip soldiers on the march: also an
abatis brush was laid under the screen
OF 4 ridge 20 AZ to be unseen until the
assailan8 were almost upon It.
The Confederate attack was made 1T
the first streak Of dawn on Sunday, .
day Of countless big enterprises In war.
The Confederate batteries ared 4 few
shells into the fort and were then call
cd OF from their exciting game to give
cold steel 4 chance. Suddenly three
lines OF men In gray. 1000 Mississip-
plans and 1900 Georgians from Cen
eral McLaws' veteran division, rushed
from their cover 200 yards from the
goal and beaded for 1t at double quick.
They movsd ON noiselessly. without
yelling or firing a shot, but holding
their bayonets ready for execution the
moment the parapet was reached.
When fairly In motion the column
wavered. the front ranks going down
on the tangled wire. BENJAMIN opened
his guns with canister. and the ride
men around him piled their bullets
upon the discounted assailants. A
setback for them was inevitable, but
the rear ranks crushed the wire BE-
meath their feet and pressed on In the
face Of the storm with matchless in
trepidity. They reached the ditch. but
with their ranks in 4 1umbled mass in
stead Of deployed lines, as soldiers
should move to the assault.
The northwestern bastion OF the tort
formed q salient and reached out, % IL
were, toward the Confederate lines.
In their haste to be drst On the works
and possibly because Of the confusion
over tho tangled wirs episode the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-27
MISS olsoa Recovering.

In convers alton with Hon. L. A.
Smith on the train last week with
reference to Miss Helen Olson, who
was 90 brutslly assaulted by the negro
Scott at Watson last summer, he In.
formed 10 that barring nervousness
she will ultimately recover from her
injuries. This seems remarkable 10
view OF the nature of her injuries, and
speaks volumes for the skill of the
surgeons who had charge OF the case
-Renville Star Farmer.
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4 SoSlous Operates.

Mrs.. Ole Glesne, of Norway Lake
who hiss been staying here for some
time with her daughter and soo-in.law,
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ F. Lundquist, TAX
Ing treatment for . diseased ear, was
ut the advice OF the local physician
taken last Saturday to St. Paul to I'm.
derRo IN operation. The operation
VAS performed by DR.. Boekman OF
that city at tho Luther hospital laet
Monday and was . very severe O, q
Indeed, requiring part OF tho bone
back Of the ear to Do chiseled away.
Ole Glesne OF Belgrade and Mr.. Lund.
quist accompanied Mrs Glesue to
st. Paul and stayed till after the oper.
ation.-New London Times.
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A1ok1ndo4.

y IN. 70
Gullick Soil has returned from b.
midi.
John II. Herjum goes to Willmsr
today to serve as jurymau.
Knute Huseby, of Sisseton, s. D.,
Is renewing old scquaintances here.
The Swenson boys recently killed q
wolf while 1T work hauling cornstaks
Ice was hauled for the West Lake
creamery last week. Ole Stat and B..
o. Anderson did the job Of cutting the
ice.
A few of the young people tripped
the light fantastic until q late hour at
J. Roisum's place Tuesday evening of
last week.
We are having the coolest weather
of the year now; which is saying a.
much as people will have to ST. near
the stove in order to keep warm.
Doctor Gray, o; Kerkhoven, was
tut to Andrew Larson's last Wednes-
day and treated horse which had 4
tumor in the breast. The doctor DID
DOT know the vicinity very we'll and
drove ore and half miles too far
east and landed at j. Foshager's
place. He unhitched his team and put
them in the tarn, after which he
marched toto the house, took of his
nvercoat just as if Le WAS at home
and then he asked the lady of the
house-the men not being at home
about the sick horse. 1--WE have no
sick horse' she replied. II was tele
phoned to come out to attend to .
horse" he said. 81 do not know any.
thing about it" she replied. "1s not
this A. Larsen's place." mo this 10
Foshager's." And to DO sure the
doctor did not stay long after that.
UNCLE ED.
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Ioestloas for Ovslsoso.

II you ere seeking . location for
any mercantile business, for the prac
tioe OF . profession, or for the manu-.
facture OF any article, first CON .
municste with the undersigned, who
will inform you In regard to oppor-
tunities on the line OF the Chicago
Great Western Railway Co., tho most
progressive Railwsy traversing the
most fertile section OF the United
States. Maps and Maple Leaflets
mailed and moro specific information
given - requested. w. J. Reed, In.
dustrisl Agent, 604 Endicott Bldg. ,
st. Paul, MINI. =
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derstand that he would have to suffer
some terrible punishment on account Of
the action Of his companions.
Late in the day the scouts struggled
back with the report that no track or
sign Of the fugit1ves had been discov-
cred, and Immediately a consultation
was held. Most Of the warriors, in
Guiding all Of the young bucks, de-
handed a torture entertainment as
compensation for their exertions and
the unexpected loss of their own pris-
oners, for it had been agreed that Bev-
erley belonged exclusively to Long
Hair, who objected to anything which
might deprive him of the great reward
offered by Hamilton for the prisoner
If brought to him alive
In the end it was agreed that Bever-
ley should be made to run the gantlet,
provided that no deadly weapons were
used upon him during the ordeal
ITO BE CONTINUED
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suited to the movements Of the enemy
outside. When the days appeared on
the crest OF the parapet and he knew
that the ditch was filling with assail.
ants he began to pitch shells with
lighted fuses among them. A cap
tain Of the highlanders held q blazing
brand. the fuses were cut close, then Lit
at the brand and whisked over into the
luckless crowd. There, that will COO.
them OF some." he would cay blandly
- be tossed . lighted shell over the
hank on its deadly mission.
Benjamin's cannon. swept the ditch
once or twice with canister. But fresh
assailants continually poured In until
Il was crowded with men, and there
was for the fellows penned In there no
getting from under those murderous
srenades except BY retreat This they
At last did sullenly. leaving three nags
on the parapet The nag Of the Six.
teenth Georgia captured there 10 one Of
the war department collection.
The Confederate prisoners taken from
the ditch and their killed and wounded
outnunbered the whole garrison three
to one. The unhurt prisoners numbered
$50. The dead and wounded in the
ditch were 200, nearly ill Of the wound
Cd being MORALLY hurt The stump
aeld In front was also covered with
victims who fell in the charge, and
BENJAMIN estimated that at least 1000
Confederates were cut down between
the starting point and the parapet OF
the fort In the garrison Of Fort San
ders eight were killed and Ave wound
"a.
Amazed at their repulse where they
expected IN easy triumph, the Confed-
crate leaders speculated: for some time
about following up the charge with
fresh columns, but changed their minds
and called the battle OF. Al It turned
out, the actual clash Of arms lasted
only fifteen minutes Had It continued
TO the average length Of battles with
the same t4te Of slaughter. Nov. %.
1883, might have rivaled on the Con.
federate side the bloodiest Sundays OF
the war. GEORGE L. K1LMER.
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pvjnsburG.

O0us xSs
The yourg peoples meetings at the
church have be- n we'll attended OF late
Miss Ellen Cochran en'erts ined q
number OF her friends Thursday even
ing.
Rev. Manley of Raymond preached
in the schoulhonse Friday evening to
large crowd
Miss Dena Roeloeis has come home
from her visit with her aunt, Mrs.
Kleinhuisen.
TIE grippe has made itself felt in
this community and is making it's calls
at most of the b, mes. So far no bad
cases have been heard from.
Mr.. SIKH k and family will be home
hi- week.
J B. Bosch shipped his barley last
Thursday.
Sam Roelofs has a very sore hand
caused by boil
A. and 81 VanBuran made trip to
Willmar On Friday.
Geret Noteboom AID Neal Clabrock
left for Iowa on Friday.
Rev. Witwor h preached his farewell
sermon last Sunday evening. he left
TO preach in Wh'tefeld.