Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-01-27


The WILLARD ART LECTURES
Three lectures on Art, with repro
duction of masterpieces by steroDti-1
COR, are now as assured treat for
Little Falls people in the near future. /
The lecturer. DIR. H.. F. Willard, Of
Chicago. for six years student and
lecturer among the great galleries Of
Europe, has had abundant opportunity
to master the subjects he is to present;
and he is vouohed fur by Dr.. 81. 81.
Powers, who lectured here last year,
as most competent and gifted speak
e.. A recent letter from Miss Rebeccat
Ashley, a former resident of Little
Falls, now of Washington, I'd. c..
speaks Of him saving: II am sglad yo1
are to have tie pleasure of Dr...Wil-
lard's lectures. He Is fine man and
an unusual one, and you are very for
tunate to be able to secure him.
DR.. Wizards subjects will be Flor
ence and her Art, THE Rise and
Fall of Venice and "Pompeii. : "a
The lectures will be free to the
public, as all expenses have been pro-
vided for except the rent and trans
portation ,,'of stereoptioon J from
Minneapolis. It is probable that ..on
one of the evenings collection Twill
need to be taken for this purpose. -
The lectures are to be given at the
Congregational church on next. Mon.
day. Tuesday and Wednesday even.
ings. January 80 and 81 and Febru-
airy a.,
--s1An are cordially invited. It is SIN
cerely hoped that the people will ap-
preciate this rare opportunity =. and
avail themselve Of it. -
WHAT POTATOES CAN Do FOR
"A TOWN.
,.Few people realize what the potato
will do for town, says E. M. Britts
of Verndale in the Motlev Mercury. II
will give you one Instance, Is years
ago. Motley was, Il think, fully three
times as large as North Branch. To-
day North Branch has eighteen to
twenty potato warehouses;, two starch
factories, in short has population Of
twelve to fifteen hundred. and still
improving quite rapidly. The potato
has done It, and that too, with the
most expensive power they could use,
man power. With .rthe exception .:of
the starch factories, ..they use steam
power: About five hundred Thousand
dollars is paid out annually for pota-
toes. For the past ten years the starch
factories have cleared from nothing to
80 per cent. the average being Is cent.
A PROGRESSIVE RAILROAD.
It is stated by those who know
that the many new features in
railroad equipment such as the club
room, In which no extra charge is
made, the cafe. library buffet car and
the drawing room library observation
car have all been introduced by that
new line Chicago to st. Louis and the
South west-the Chicago & Eastern
illinois Railroad.
To people who live on the lines of
the Lake Shore. Nickel Plate, Pere
Marquette or Pennsylvania railroad,
no change of depots in Chicago is ne
cesssar7, another feature that is max
ing Chicago & Eastern Illinois Rail-
road popular in this section Of the
country.
EXTENDS THE TELEPHONE
SYSTEM.
John Stroman, of the Morrison
County Telephone Co., has decided to
extend his sYste q Of lines along the
cutoff, and when spring opens, will
commence work. The line will run
from Little Falls to Darling, Gushing
and Randall and Lincoln, and possibly
to Staples. Mr.. Stroman has met with
much encouragement from business
men and farmers along the line. .Rura
lines (which will connect with Mr..
Stroman's are ~projected in several
towns, one being from Clough to
Randall.
The cutoff towns have long desired
this improvement
Miss Clara Sohlbursky is still at her
home in Preston. ill with append:
citis, and there is some question
whether she will again take up school
work here Miss SohihurskY was