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Willmar tribune., 1904-11-16
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NOV. II.
Misses Ada and Annie Johnson
visited relatives at New London week
before last.
Lawrence Sybouts of Roseland can.
vassed this locality the past week,
t,king orders for books.
Miss Laura Lundberg, who has
been on the sick list for some time, is
reported to be getting better.
N. Anson has had new windmill
erected, in place Of the one that blew
down during the storm this summer.
Victor Skoglund, who had the mis-
fortune to get his left hand badly hurt
in threshing machine this fall, has
now recovered the use of same.
sattard Adamson left for Moline,
Ill, Wednesday on a business trip
Mr.. Adamson was formerly in the
grocery business at said place.
Ed Lundberg has returned from
Willmar, where he had position at
the Delmonico Cafe. Ed is hustler,
so "waiting' did not agree with him.
Miss Cora Peterson, school. maam
in district No. 68, visited at her home
in Kandiyohi Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Peterson is teaching her fourth
term in said district.
A great many of our farmers are
hauling their wheat to Kandiy obi.
They say that they get better grade
and price for it there than in any
other OF the neighboring towns.
Our merchants, Nelson Bros, are
doing such q rushing business this
fall that they have been obliged tc
add another clerk to their force, who
is Miss Edna Olson of Tripolis.
Miss Hilda Rasmussen, who is at.
tending the Seminary, visited with hel
folks here Sunday week ago. Miss
Rasmussen is q Senior and expects
to finish the teachers course in thu
spring.
Rev. Nordquist, pastor OF the Chris
tiue congregation, conducted services
in the Lutheran church here Sunday
in place of the home pastor, Rev. J.
@. Lundberg, who is still in Canads
on q missionary tour.
We were very sorry to see our ole
and faithful brother Pen" quit re
porting. But when q person hal
stuck to such thankless callinI
until he is nearly three score year.
old, we cannot but say: swell done
thou good and faithful servant"
Mr.. and Mrs. Nels Trulsou hav,
removed to Willmar, where they in
tend to make their future home. Mr.
Trulson was one Of our Oldest an.
most well.to.do farmers. He was on
of the early settlers in town of Fshlun
coming there In the early sixties
and now owns one of the largest farm
in said town. His son Otto has takel
charge temporarily OF his farm. w
wish Mr.. and Mrs. Trulson much j.,
and happiness in their new home an
may their declining years be full Q
pebce and comfort. i. 3-.' :. "s... 4 H..
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Willmar tribune., 1904-11-16
LOCAL AND PERSONAL NEWS

Miss May Lester spent Sunday at
her home in Atwater.
Mr.. and Mrs. O: j. Paulson are
visiting with friends at Benson and
DeGraf1 this week.
Mrs. J. P. Madison and daughter
Rose made q brief business trip to
Minneapolis Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Finstrom of Kerk-
hoven, were the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. F. Millard over Sunday.
Hans Wooge of Madelia left for his
home yesterday after weeks visit
with his friend, A. A. Anderson.
Mrs. G. E. Birkeland visited with
her sister, Mrs. Omlie, and mother,
Mrs. Knudson, at Benson last week.
Miss Laura Erickson left for Belling-
ham, Wash, Sunday evening to spend
the winter with her sister, Mrs. Berg.
Mr.. Wendell, of the Great Northern
Offices at Benson, was the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Vance this week.
Henry Stene, the popular cashier
of the Security Bank of Atwater,
TRANSACTED d business in Willmar Satur.
day.
Miss Martina J. .hnson went TO Kerk-
hoven Monday, after q two weeks
visit with her sister, Mrs. Aug. he'd
lund.
Mrs. J. A. Waterworth of Duluth
left for her home yesterday after q
visit with the family OF Mr.. and Mrs.
e. W. LAWS.
Miss Jennie Griffith, who for some
time past has been working at the
Park Cafe, left for her home at Man
kato Saturday.
Mrs. Jno. M. Downs returned home
Thursday after q weeks visit with
friends and relatives at Saltwater
and St. Cloud.
Rev. II. q. Buell. attended q meeting
of the State Executive Committee OF
the c. e. society held at Minneapolis
last Friday.
Rev. E. E Gynild attended the bible
conference held at Benson from Thurs
day till Sunday by pastors OF the Nor
wegian Lutheran Free church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Evenson left for
their home at Morris Monday even-
ing after q visit with the families o.
F. F.. Nelson and Gustaf Peterson.
E r Calkins, Great Northern ex.
press messenger, has been transferred
from the Garretson & Yankton divi-
sion to the Willmsr & Sioux Falls
with headquarters In this city,.
Misses Marian and Julia Tautges
were among the willmar people who
went down to Minneapolis and witness
ed the Minnesota w isconsin football
game. They also enjoyed q visit over
Sunday 1T their home in the city.
Martin e. Tew enjoyed q visit this
week from bis brother, Gilbert O.
Tew, of Artichoke Lake. Both gen.
tlemen left last evening to take In the
Z Worlds Fair 1t St. Louis. They
were accompanied by ]. Emil Nelson
1ud Ludwig Dsle. @5 - >:...:>55' 2 - =
Willmar tribune., 1904-11-16
Passed Away Yesterday.

Oie Floren, the aged father of John
Floren, who lives three miles north of
the city, died yesterday morning at
1890 at the h ,me of his son. Death
was due to general breaking up of
the vital forces. d. &C ased was IS
years of age. He leaves to survive
him his wife, besides the son with
whom the aged couple have made their
home for some time.
Funeral services over the remains
will be conducted tomorrow afternoon
at one O'Clock. The funeral will take
place from the Solomon Lake Synod
church, Rev. Anderson officiating.
Willmar tribune., 1904-11-16

The old Jacobson & Peterson build
ing on the corner of Pacific avenue
and Third street is again occupied as
q place OF business. Tomorrow AFTER
noon Mr.. Guy Grove, of St. Paul,
will open the place and dispose of 3
big stock OF clothing, dry goods and
shoes which have been saved from q
fire in an Iowa town. The attention
of the public is called to an "ad"
elsewhere.
Willmar tribune., 1904-11-16

Miss Olive Stansberry let for Min
neapolis Thursday for visit with
friends and relatives.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-10-19

forestry and the enactment of such
laws as may be necessary to enable
it to make our forests more perma-
nent and useful"
And the republicans adopted this:
We earnestly recommend necessary
legislation to provide for a depart
ment Of forestry, whose province
shall be to prevent profligate waste
OF timber, and by so doing, conserve
the water supply of the state"
Thus the way is open for a meas
ure providing for the permanent care
and improvements of our forests and
the enforcement of the forestry laws.
Such department run on rational
lines would be of inestimable value
to the state and should meet with
the approval and support of all good
citizens.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-10-19
Adopts New Signal.

The Union Pacific has adopted a
new system of handling trains by the
block signal system, and hereafter it
will be impossible for an engineer
without disobeying orders to pass a
station until he has been notified
that the track ahead is clear Under
the old rules engineers did not
slacken speed at stations if the SEM
aphore arms indicated Il clear track.
Now, however, the semaphoreS are
always set at danger and an engineer
upon coming in sight of station is
compelled to whistle to notify the
agent of his approach. If the track
is clear the agent drops the sema-
phore arm and the train proceeds.
If there are orders for the train he
drops the semaphore and Instantly
raises it again, thereby signifying to
the engineer that he must stop. The
new system removes the greater part
of the responsibility for trains
welfare from dispatchers and con-
ductors and places it on engineers
and agents. If no orders have been
received for a train the agent is re-
quired to stop it and wire to the
dispatcher for instructions.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-10-19
Weather Mans Troubles.

The weather man brought out cold
winter machinery Monday night for a
trial test to see that everything was
i'm shane for use after crops were all
in. In some way the lever controll-
inu the cold air valve caught just as
the sprinkling apparatus was being
tested. and the cold air escaping con-
ueoled rhe water until it fell to the
Ground in huge quantities as snow.
This somewhat ratified the weather
man and he turned on several differ
ont kinds of weather within few
minutes in his efforts to either shut
off the cold air draft or the sprinkler.
IT. was several hours, however, before
he succeeded in stopping the flow OF
moisture. He is still monkeying
with that cold air valve, and 1T Is
probable that unless he is himself
able to repair it Immediately he Will
send for Jim Potter.
Outside of the delay in potato and
beet digging for few days, the first
SNOW storm of the season did prac-
tically no damage to crops.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-10-19
Will A. Hopkins.

Several years ago viii A. Hopkins
was considered one of the best farm
ers in the Greeley district and his
prospects were more than good for a
secure competence for his old age.
But man proposes and God dis
poses.' An accident to Mr.. Hop
kins has kept him in an invalid state
the past five years, and he not being
able to devote his time to farming
was forced to sell, and engage in
other and lighter duties. His ply
sician says it is imperative that he
keep out of doors as much as pos
sible, and acting on that advice the
democratic county convention NOM
mated Mr.. Hopkins as one of the
conStableS for the seventh justice
precinct. 1t is a position not spec
tally remunerative, but to man in
Mr.. Hopkins physical plight an
election would be of great benefit.
He is intelligent and better adapted
for the Office than nine out of ten of
the average nominees, and the cleo
tors of any party could not do better
than vote for Mr.. Hopkins.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-10-19
7. M. Sampliner Here.

The Hon. j. NJ. Sampllnef Oh
Grand Junction was in the city rom
"Wednesday noon TIL lliu's"'l,
th, p,lest of his old SchooIma'e anu
playfellow, S. NJ. Goodman VIZ
Sampliner is candidate lor s,''e
treasurer on the democratic 'lcNe''
ue is about 40 years of age ana 'l'e
mast twenty years he has resided III
Colorado, most of which 'i'''e was vas
nossed In Grand Junction. "''ei' NV
is engaged in mercantile pursuits.
Asa token of regard and respect ,e's
for Mr.. Sampliner by ms 'en'u" ',,.
toyynsmen he has filled the may o'"'''
chair for three consecutive 'e'.,S'
although that city is strongly rep''p
lican,fully AS much as is "ree,eJ' 1
MIR. Sampliner is a leSei ''." n,a r.
straight forward business 'na'' ''u ~, -
elected will fill the Office ol lreas"'''
with credit to the state,
The Greeley tribune., 1904-10-19
RUN OVER BY A RIG
Young Andrew Palm Has Skull
Fractured.

Andrew Palm, young Swede, is
living in the Weld county hospital
with a fractured skull and several
other injuries, as a result OF being
run over by two-horse rig on top OF
the hill on the Evans road Saturday.
Fears are entertained that he may
die.
The injured man, in company with
Hiram Stone and Gus Johnson, was
going toward Evans on his bicycle
SATURDAY evening, when two-horse
rig driven rapidly came up from be-
hind the three men, who were rlalhs
on the cycle path. The driver
shouted to them to get out OF tlle
pwya, although it is said they were
ten feet away from the wagon loao
proper. The next thing they knew
one of the horses ran against the
man on the wheel, and knocked nm
over. The horse also became en-
tangled i'm the wheel and was THROWN
but regained his feet again ana .lie
RIG continued on. Shortly after tins
Red" Darnell and c. A. Al1oro
came along from Evans in rig ana
carried the injured man to town.
where DR.. milford attended nm.
and afterward turned the case over
to DR.. Spaulding, county physician.
Sunday Tom Geiger was arrested
hv Marshal Camp for being the driver
Of the rio that struck Palm, and
George Wickman, ahotlier occ"'".''
of the buggy. was ofoereu iio. w
leave the town. They 90 hou oe''s
being the drivers, but ueisef states
that the team was running """,
They also state that with tlleih III
the buggy were Mrs. Jemlma baroei'
and Mrs. Alice Yates.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-10-19
Won a Stove.

The free stove at Pier Brothers ;
Saturday was won by Miss Matte
lversen. Unlike most ratllles, in
this case all tickets We're free.
Over 600 tickets had been given out
and at O'Clock. the time set for
the drawing, every one was rep
resented, and then some. The side
walk was blocked for half block,
and the crowd extended into the
middle of the street. The big SIS
Coles Hot Blast stove that was to
fall victim to the lucky number,
stood out on the sidewalk, radiating
heat and good cheer to everybody,
having had fire in it since morning.
The free stove feature had been
extensively advertised, and it paid
Pier Brothers, for within half an
hour after the drawing they sold
three more stoves in the store, and
they say it is almost impossible for
them to meet the demand for the
heaters.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-10-19

original investment of $40, 900. This
Is over 400 per cent Il year. This was
but one member of the firm. If is
estimated that the profits of this
firm are s3, 600, 900, year. and their
net Investments was originally less
than $780, 900.
How Is it possible for these people
to make such enormous profits? The
farmers send their money in advance,
and wait from two to six weeks for
delivery of the goods. Thus the
mail order house has all the capital
1t needs, and there is absolutely no
risk to itself. Again, their prices
are such as, except in few staple
articles, no regular retailer would
dare to charge. Just think of send
ing couple of Chicago mail order
houses five or six million dollars a
year as a present.
Farmers, be not deceived by the
mail order man. You will be many
dollars ahead at the end of the wear
by trading at home.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-10-19
A GREAT INCREASE
This Is Shown in Property Values
in Greeley.

The remarkable increase in real
estate values in some parts of Gree
ley is illustrated in the plating Of
the new Crawford addition up in the
vicinity of the standpipe. Net much
over two years ago it was believed
that the city owned two entire blocks
on the hill in that vicinity, having
been given to the city by Mr.. Gran
ford in return for water for all the
other Crawford property in that
vicinity. 1t afterward proved that
the city could not furnish the water,
and the property was decided back to
Mr.. Crawford. But while the city
was supposed to own the property,
Robert Steele and J. NJ. b Petrikin
bargained for a part of it at the rate
of $50 an acre. The land was lying
idle and there seemed no prospect or
possibility of getting water to the
lots, so it was considered practically
valueless. Now this same piece Of
property has been plated, and Rob-
ert Steele, who two years ago was
about to purchase some of it at $50
an acre, has offered $500 for half an
acre of the same piece, or at the rate
of $1,000 an acre.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-10-19
IS CALLED A FARCE
Government Mango Inspection
on Colorado Ranges.

Eastern Colorado cattlemen are
bemoaning the day they ever NEIL
toned mango to the bureau of ami
NAL industry While the bureau has
taken hold of the matter with appar-
emily the best intentions in the
world, yet the conditions that exist
upon the range and the methods
necessary in handling and shipping
range cattle are so little understood
by the Washington authorities that
the efforts made are resulting largely
in confusion, inconvenience and
much loss. The complaints of the
cattlemen are first, a scarcity of in
spectors to do the work, resulting in
many delayed shipments. Second,
imperfectly understood orders result
ing in the refusal of bills of health to
perfectly clean cattle or so marking
the bill Of health that when the cat
tie arrive at the market they are
quarantined and compelled to dip at
a heavy expense. Third, green in
spectors who have had no practical
knowledge of cattle scabies or mango,
who do their work so bunglingly
that they are creating a large amount
of disgust in the minds of the cattle
men for the bureau and all its works.
II have contended with mango
ever since | have been in the cattle
business, remarked an old cattle
man yesterday, ''and | tell you hon
estly that l would q blank sight
rather have the mango in its worst
form than put up with the trouble
and the loss the government inspect
ors are causing.
And this is not the expression of
one individual, but there is a gen
eral howl going up all over the range.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-10-19
A JAIL BREAK
WAS FRUsTRATED;BY:TURN-
KEY EUGENE WILLIAMS
Escape Planned for Saturday
Evening-Two Bars Were
Sawed in Two
Already

A daring attempt at jailbreak was
discovered in the county jail by
Turnkey Eugene Williams, and
frustrated just in time. The wouldbe
Jail breakers sawed through one of
the large one inch by two inch steel
bars on the big cage in which pris-
oners are all herded together, and
another bar almost severed Already
there was hole large enough for a
man to crawl through, and it was
planned to make the break tonight.
Some days ago Mr.. Williams was
given tip by one of the men con-
fined in the jail, that some of the
prisoners were at work upon Jail
break. He watched them carefully
for several days, until there could be
no doubt of their intentions. Saturday
he went to the Jail and informed the
prisoners that he knew what was be-
ing planned, and that they might as
well give up their tools. He also
Informed them that he did not eX-
pect to make things any harder for
them for what had been done, but if
they did not at once deliver up the
tools, every man would go into cells
and be kept there. He then left the
Jail for a few minutes and when he
returned a saw made from an old
case knife, another made from a
razor and a piece of fine steel band,
not yet made into saw, had been
pushed out through the bars into
the corridor.
The big cage of the Jail stands in
the middle of the floor with corri-
dor running all around it. In this
corridor are the individual steel cells.
The main entrance to the Jail comes
into this corridor. 1t was evidently
planned to get into the corridor by
saving through the roof of the big
cage, crawling out and dropping to
the floor. Then when the turnkey
opened the front door tonight, when
he would retire as usual, he was to
be overpowered and the men escape.
There are now in the jail about ten
desperate characters, with varying
charges from highway robbery to
forgery hanging over them, and
every one of them stands an excel
lent chance OF going to the pen for a
term of years.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-10-19

The blame for this condition of
affairs cannot be attached to the men
in charge of the field work. The
orders from Washington are so cOnfus-
ing and contradictory that it is diff
cult to find three inspectors who in
terpret them the same. At one
point few days ago the Inspectors
refused to permit few head of year
lings in a single car shipment to be
loaded because he considered them As
''stockers. They were perfectly
clean, but the inspector would not be-
lieve that cattle as young as they
could be feeders, and DIR. Salmon
has said that stockers must be
dipped. Another inspector tried to
turn down large shipment because
he mistook blotched brand on all
old COW, that was still sore and
scabby from the branding iron, as
mango. The cattlemen present made
so much fun of him that he finally
permitted the cattle to move. Some of
the inspectors are so green that the
cattlemen regard them as joke, and
the whole business becomes a roar
ing farce. OF coures, it is amusing,
but it is also very exasperating.
Complaints of delayed shipments
waiting for inspection are becoming
numerous. This is due to scarcity
of inspectors and the government is
shipping out green eastern men,
when they could find plenty of prac-
tical inspectors right here on the
range.
There has been so much kicking
about this matter that cattlemen
are almost ashamed to protest any
more. 1t is fact, however, that
the loss to cattle shippers from this
poor service is likely to be much
greater than the loss would be from
the mango. If it was put to IA vote
it would be practically unanimous
to have the bureau withdraw all in,
spection and let the cattlemen fight
the matter themselves. The situa-
tiOn only emphasizes the necessity
of having some practical rangeman
connected with the bureau at Wash
ingtOn. If such a man did nothing
but look over the orders issued and
make them intelligible, he would
earn his salary.-Record Stockman.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-10-19
A HARD TIME
JOHN MUELLER HAD 1T IN
NEW MEXICO
Fourteen Days on Road Delayed
by Floods-Walked over
Yawning Chasms to
Reach Greeley

John Mueller, now clerk at Rocho' S
Red Front, arrived in Greeley
Wednesday afternoon, after being
fourteen days on the road, coming
from Holbrook, Arizona. Mr..
Mueller has a vivid story to tell
about flood conditions in New Mex
leo, where he was stuck for eight
days by washouts. He came to
Albuquerque on September % on the
first train to get stuck on the Santa
Fe. From that on trains from CAL
ifornia kept coming in. until there
were 500 passengers located at the
depot. The railroad company then
exchanged orders for meals at the
Harvey eating house for the tickets.
Mr.. Mueller says the passengers
would stand in line at the ticket
windows at meal times, and there
were so many of them that it took
about two hours to give out the
meal tickets to all. From one to
two hours would then be spent in
waiting for their turn at the table,
so that practically all day was spent
in securing the necessary meals.
Still they found time for concerts,
speaking and other amusement, as
there was all kinds of talent among
the passengers He stayed eight
days in Albuquerque.
On October Mr.. Mueller rode a
work train out of Albuquerque to
the town of Bernalillo and then
walked eighteen miles to Thornton.
There he hired Mexican to take
him to Santa Fe. Having previously
wired to Santa t'e to discover if the
Rio Grande railroad from there was
open north, he went there with the
expectation of going through with
out more delay. When he arrived
there, however. he found that a
cloudburSt that morning had washed
out the tracks on that line. He
finally caught a train out of there
that was preceded by handcar and
work train. They made % miles
that day, and did not have bite to
eat from the time they left Santa Fe
early in the morning until O'Clock
the next morning, when they aroused
an old lady at Alameda, who gave
them something to eat.
During his walk of eighteen miles
Oh the railroad track, Mr.. Mueller
says he several times had to cross
cutouts eighty to 100 feet deep where
nothing but the rails and ties hung
as a suspension bridge to cross upon.
Mr.. Mueller was for a long time
clerk at the Red Front, but few
months ago went to Holbrook to
work He was returning to take up
his old position when caught in the
floods
The Greeley tribune., 1904-10-19
Bartholomew Found.

Charles Bartholomew has finally
been located. He has been working
en- the HermoSa ranch between
Peckham and Platteyille since
Tuesday afternoon. lie evidently
took the train at Lucerne Tuesday
morning, right after he disappeared,
from home, as he arrived at the
Hermosa ranch about dinner time,
and it is Il walk of several miles
from Peckham. the nearest station
TO the ranch. He asked for en-
.nloyment from W. X. Starblrd,
owner of the ranch, ana was given
some light work. Later he lett
there and went to work on anothef
farm near there.
The Greeley tribune., 1904-10-19
An important Movement.

movement of more than usual
;,nort,uce to the citizens OF the
state has been undertaken by the
state Forestry association in the d.
rection of securing through appfo-
priate legislation IA department OF
Forestry.
To this end a request was pre-
senred by the association to poth 'he
leading political parties at their
st,te conventions last month asking
a plank in their platforms laVorine
such legislation. As a result ohe
adopted the following !:
wv. earnestly recommend such leg
islation under the state constitution
rs shall provide for department Oh