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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1907-12-28
DIES OF HIS WOUNDS.
Minnesota Constable Shot While sers-
ina Warrant,

Minneapolis, Dec. 27.-Donald J. Nc
Call, the Shakopee (Minn.) constable
who was shot on Christmas eve near
Prior Lake and was brought to this
city, is dead in st. Barnabas hospital
Thomas Nee of Prior Lake is under
arrest at Shakopee.
Mccall had two wounds, said to
have been inflicted by Nee. One bul
let entered McCalps side below the
ribs, while the other pierced his stom.
ach.
According to the Prior Lake au+
thorities Mccall went to Nee's home
to serve warrant charging Nee with
entering a hardware store and steal
ing $50 worth of goods. AS the con
stable came to Nee's door the latter
Is said to have fired twice, both buir
let's taking effect.
Although weakened by the wounds
Mccall pluckily held his ground and
got his prisoner. Nee was later turned
over to Sheriff Wagner of Shakopee,
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Recitation, Og Gud som bornepe har
kiar. .Rubelle Anderson
Song, Christmas Carol . Irene and
Sylvester Flatner and Harold
Lund
Recitation, Om Jesus. .............
Arthur Anderson
Recitation, The Beggar's Home. .....
...... Lawrence Flatner
Song, Guiding Star. Mollie Flatner
Recitation, Christmes Eve .,......
Observation-Disclosures. Aulis Anderson
Recitation, Christmas Snow. ........
........... Gladys Anderson
Song, Jesus, the Children's Friend.
.................. .ocnool
Recitation, Hoor Far og Nor kom fra
:. Victor Flatner
Recitation, Christmas Presents $3.50.
................ Arthur Danielson
Song, Sweetly the Echoes Come and
Go. Arthur Lund, Rubelle Ander-
sou, Sylvester Flatner
Recitation, Synge san vi nu .....,..,.
Clara Larson
Recitation, Christmas Bells. ........
Observation-Disclosures, Irene Flatner
Song, The Wonderful Story
81
Recitation, Gods Christmas. ..Gift... :.
.Mollie Flatner
Dialogue, The Story of Jesus
Address to the Children. Rev. Torvik
Address p. r. Riken
Offering to the Children's Orphans
Home at Willmar
Distribution of Presents
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WatSOn-MckniGht,

Mr.. Mark H. Watson and Miss
Agnes Mcknight were married at the
home of the BRIDES parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrew stcKnight at Kerkwall,
Ontsriee, aan Christmas Day. The
announcement was received with
considerable surprise by Mr.. Watson's
many friends here. The estimable
young lady whom Mr.. Watson has
taken for life partner is unknown
here except that she formerly lived
at Grafton, N. D., where Mr.. Watson
was employed for some time. OF the
groom it need only be said that he
has hosts of friends who extend con-
gratulations and best wishes, for he
has lived here all his life and alway 8
be recognized as young man of
character and ability, and later as a
successful business man as local
manager of the Lampert Lumber Go.
The Tribune joins many friends in
wishing to Mr.. and Mrs. Watson con-
tinued success in life. We
On their return to Morris, Mr.. and
Mrs. Watson will go to housekeeping
in the Smith cottage on West Sew enth
street.
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MARRIED
Heraly-Hurbert.

MIR. Joseph Heraly, teacher of me-
chanical drawing and manual train
ing in the Morris Public schools, and
Miss Cora Hubert were married at
s o'clock Christmas evening at the
Methodist parsonage by Rev. F. M.
Dowlin. The announcement of the
marriage occasioned considerable
surprise among their many friends
here. Mr.. Heraly came here at the
beginning of this school year from
Green Bay, Wis. He is successful
teacher and worthy young man. The
bride is the popular daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Hubert, of Everglade,
and not only has many friends in the
western part of the county where she
grew to womanhood bnt also here in
Morris where she mas recently been
employed at J. M. McCoy's store.
Congratulations and best wishes at
tend Mr.. and Mrs. Heraly in assum-
ing their new relation. ..
Mr.. and Mrs. Heraly left on Thurs
day for Chokio to visit with relatives
there and at Graceville. They will
retrarn next week and expect to 60 to
housekeeping.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1907-12-28
FOR THE CHILDREN.
A Pretty Game Appropriate to New
Years Day.
Savylla Elliott,
Librarian.

A Pretty Game Appropriate to New
Years Day.
A pretty game appropriate to New
Years day is played at this season in
many of the kindergartens In Philadel-
phia. The children form a circle, hold
ing hands. One Of them is left on the
outside and is given the knitted driv-
ing reins, decorated with bells, used
by young children in playing horse,
After the circle is formed a child per-
sonating the New Year dances around
the outside Of the circle, shaking the
bells she holds, while the children all
sing or repeat in unison:
am the little New Year, oh, no.
Here I come tripping it over the snow,
Shaking my bells with q merry din.
So open your doors and let me in.
Blessings bring for you, one and all,
Big folks and little folks. short and tail.
Each one from me a treasure may win,
So open your doors and let me in.
While they are singing this the little
New Year pauses first at one door"
formed by the interlocked hands of
two of the circle) and then at another.
At the last verse she slips through
whichever door" she chooses, and the
little girl whom she favors by kiss
takes her place.-Philadelphia Ledger.
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0rOve.A Anderson

Mr.. George Grove and Miss Cora
Anderson were married at the Metho-
dist parsonage Christmas Eve, at $3.50
O'Clock by Rev. F. M. Dowlin. After
the ceremony, an elaborate supper
was served to the near relatives of
the contracting parties at the home
of the BRIDES uncle and aunt, Mr..
and Mrs. N. A. Nilsson. Both of the
contracting parties are well and
favorably known here. Mr.. Grove was
for years employed by Nilsson, Han :
son & Co., but more recently has been
with the Bank of Donnelly as assist
ant cashier. The bride has lived here
in Morris all her life, and is held in
high esteem among large circle OF
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grove have the con-
gratulations and best wishes OF their
many ! friends and acquaintances.
They will make their home in
Donnelly.
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Eat More Candy.

'sGive children plenty of pure sugar,
taffy, and butterscotch and they'll
have little need of cod-livern, says
DR.. Woods Hutchinson IN the Christ
mas Woman, 3 Home Companion.
s'In short, sugar is after meat,
bread and butter, easily our next
most important and necessary food.
You can put the matter to a test very
easily. Just leave off the pie, pud-
ding Or deserts at the midday dinner.
You will be astonished to find how
quickly you'll feel empty again and
how unfinished the meal will seem.
You can't get any working man to ac-
cept q dinner pail without pie in it.
And he's absolutely right. The only
thing that can take the place of sugar
here is beer or wine. 1t is signifi-
can't fact that the free lunch counters
run in connection with bars furnish
every imaginable thing except sweets.
Even the restaurants and lunch grils
attached to saloons or bars often re-
fuse to serve desserts of any sort.
They know their business! The more
sugar and sweets a man takes at a
meal, the less alcohol he wants.
Conversely, nearly every drinking
man will tell you that he has lost his
taste for sweets. The more candy a
nation consumes, the less alcohol.
"The United States government
buys pure candy by the ton and ships
it to the Philippines to be sold at cost
to the soldiers in the canteens. All
men crave it in the tropics, and the
more they get of it, the less vino
and whisky they want.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1907-12-28
MAIL POUCH LOOTED.
Empty Sack Found in Box Car at Mad
ison. Wis.

Madison, Wis, Dec. PA man
pouch with about 1000 letters con
tanning holiday presents of money,
jewelry, money orders, checks, etc.,
was stolen at Merriam Junction be-
tween the hours of and II o'clock
on the evening of Dec. "a. The empty,
pouch was discovered in box car at
Madison by two boys. The case is
puzzling the local police and the post.
office department.
The mail was made up at Winona
for the Green Bay and Western train
and besides containing the mail from
Winona had all that was picked np
on the route going north. The pouch
was transferred at Merriam Junction
for the Northwestern road to 90 to
Elroy. It is believed that the pouch
was stolen from the truck and that
the thief then jumped on freight
train going to Madison, rifling the
mail en- rcute.
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New Years In Ancient Rome.

The good old Romans. who had some
hard common sense in spite of their
self conceit, believed thoroughly in
New Years day. They were charac-
teristically careless as to when it
should be celebrated and sometimes
1t was held at various dates of the
year by communities living at no great
er distance from each other than Il
railroad train would take them in
these days in few hours Bit 50
long as tkcr got the full number OF
high days and holidays into the twelve
months the good old Romans cared lit
tie whether they adhered strictly to
the almanac or not
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1907-12-28
ORGANIZE TO FIGHT
New York Tenement Dwellers Op
pose Increased Rents.
WANT REDUCTION INSTEAD

Declare Rates Were Increased to the
Limit During the Prosperous Times
of the Last Few Years and That a
Decrease Is Imperative.
New York, Dec. 27.-The movement
to protest against possible increase
in rents in the Lower East Side ap"
pears to he gathering force as the
first of the year approaches. Plans
already have been made for great
mass meeting of tenants to be helH
in Clinton hall next Tuesday evening
At that time the occupants of tene
ments in the district will be urged not
only to refuse to accept any advance
in the present rent rate but to insist
on reductions ranging as high as 90
per cent. It Is contended that rents
were increased to the limit which
tenants could stand during the pros
porous times Of the past few years
and that with the changed conditions
a decrease is absolutely necessary
On, the other hand, the landlords take
the stand that they can find tenants
to fill their houses at the higher rate
A large number of tenement houses
have been torn down as result OF
recent improvements, including the
terminal for the new Manhattan bridge
across the East river and the land
lords declare that the demand for
cheap apartments is unequal to the
supply. The landlords declare that if
rents are not paid promptly the first
of the coming month the tenants wiN
be dispossessed. q.
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ANOTHER FARnER'S nEETlNd
Under the Auspices of the Stevens
County Farmers Club.

Under tne Auspices OF tine Stevens
County Farmers Club.
For two years last past, the Stevens
County farmers Club has given
Farmers meetings here at Morris,
and last year also gave one at Chokio.
All of these we're successful and did a
great deal of good as the speakers
they secured were authorities along
the lines on which they spoke.
In accordance with their custom
the Club has arranged for another
meeting this winter. While at the
State Fair last fall, Mr.. Randall, the
Secretary of the Club, asked Mr.. A..
D. Wilson, the head of the Farmers
Institute, if meeting could not be
slated for Morris.
Negotiations have since been carried
on with Mr.. Wilson by Mr.. Randall,
Mr.. Aune and other members of the
Club, asking for the meeting also,
which has finally resulted in de-
mite promise on Mr.. Wilson's part to
give an Institute Meeting here at
Morris.
Heretofore the expense of these
meetings has fallen on the merchants
of Morris who have always contribut-
ed literally towards the expenses Of
the meeting, but under the arrange
ments of this year the only expense
will be the hiring of the hall and the
securing of an orchestra to enliven
the meeting, and thus save it from
getting too tiresome, if such . thing
can be possible.
The exact schedule has not yet been
announced but this meeting will be
held on Thursday, January 30th from
TO o'clock a. m. to O'Clock p. m.
The topics to be dicussed will be corn;
the feeding of dairy cattle and care OF
same, soils and fertilizers, blowing,
manure, etc. The program in detail
| and the names of the speakers viii be
| announced later.
Meetings will also be held at Cyrus
on January 29th and at Chokio, JAM
uary 31st.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1907-12-28
GIVEN LIGHT SENTENCES,
Promoters of Lost Spanish Bullion
Mines Company.

Denver, Dec 27.-Promoters, min
ing engineers and other persons con,
vfcted of using the mails with intent
to defraud in connection with the
sale of stock in the Lost Spanish Bull
lion Mines company were sentenced
by Judge R. E. Lewis in the United
States district court here as follows:
George S. Dubers, Lee Dubers and
c. L. Blackwell, thirty days in Jail and
$1,000 fine each; William H. Wilson,
w. B. Cameron, A. E. Keabler and
Arthur Lawrence, fifteen days i'm
prisonment and $500 fine each; Arthur
Ievan and E. w. Sebben, $100 fine
and costs, amounting to 5000; r. C.
Hunt and Danton Pinkus, $50 fine and
$3.50 costs
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Library Report.

Gentlemen: I have the honor to
submit the report of Morris Free,
Public Library for year ending Nov.
IL 19O7-the second in the history Of
the Library. 4
Circulation. :
The total number of registrations
on the book is sO4. 1873 were made
this year, no adult 7s juvenile.
The library was opened for circula-
ton of books 800 days. 5,s44 volumes
were issued for home use, of those
1904 were juvenile 1924 adult, non.
fiction 369.
Reading room, having on attendance
of 2,273. Reference workers number
ed $50. SO volumes of bound periodicals.
have been added to reference room.
Cataloging.
235 books by purchase by gift.
53 bound volumes of magazines and So
rebound vols, 3s1 by school lib, max
ing total number of accessions 754.
Periodicals numbering II with the
Morris Sun and Morris Tribune are on
reading table. The extension of Lii
brary privileges to county residents
! have been given in the past year.
81 books have been withdrawn on
account of their worn condition, and
6 lost, one having been paid for.
Fines collected amount to S1177.
Number of volumes in library about
3,415. g. ....
Savylla Elliott,
Librarian.
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Striking Laborers Emiqrate.

Valparaiso, Chile, Dec. 27.-Accord
ing to a statement issued officially the
recent encounters at Iquique between
nitrate strikers and the police result
ed in the killing of 210 men and the
wounding of about fifty. IQuique is
now calm, but there is no work going
On in the greater portion of the nj
trate plant, because the laborers have
emigrated in large numbers
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In France and Snain.

In France and Spain New Years is.
quite similar to%the Christmas of this
country, only it is the occasion of ex-
cessive mendicancy in the streets and
the Spanish custom Of dancing in the
thoroughfares in hope Of receiving
"aguinaldos' or small gifts in money
or sweets from the householders and
spectators enjoying the performance.
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New Years Eva In Ennoe

In Rome the last day OF The wear
there are religious services 1T all the
churches. with high mass by the pope
at st. Peters. surrounded by his ,iir-
dina1s. clergy and the whole conrt. II
Is an imposing occasion and II mid-
night all the bells toll as the year. ends
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JOY. FOR THE CHILDREN.
santa Claus Visits All the Sun day
Schools of Morris.

Christmas exercises were held in all
the churches of Morris this week, and
presents distributed to the children
after delightful programs of recita-
ton and song. We cannot review
the exercises in detail, but give the
program as rendered by the Sunday
schools of the various churches.
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Held Up in Railway. Station.

Chicago, Dec. 27.-Five men, one Of
whom carried a revolver. robbed two
other men in the waiting room Of the
La Sale street railway station, which
Is situated in the heart Of the busi-
ness section Of The city. Two of the
robbers were arrested within few
minutes after the attack and third
two hours later. The others escaped
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Norwegianss Free Church.

The Christmas exercises by the Sun
day school of the Norwegian Free
church was given on Thursday even
ing. The program which was excell-
emily rendered is as follows:
Song, Glade Jul. .............. School
Prayer .... ..... Rev. Torvik
Song, Welcome 49,. Irene Flatner
Recitation, Christmas Carol.
.............. -. Harold Lund
Recitation, Christmas Melodies.
............ Sylvester Flatner
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The WassaiI Bowl.

The "wassail bowl" or, as the ''Mid
summer Nights Dream" calls it, the
"gossip's bowl" was a heterogeneous
mixture OF spiced ale, nutmeg, sugar.
toast, roast apples and sometimes roast
crabs and was the crowning achieve
ment of the feast at New Years eve
and the promoter of friendship. when
all resentments and strife were laid
aside.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1907-12-28
IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS.

An Iowa Editor Sees rlany Changes
Since He was Boy. And When
the Boys of To-day become sold
:1en," They Will likely See as
rlany Changes.
"Nothing is as it was in those good
old days." says an aged Iowa editor.
"Then a boy was boy; he wore
overalls and always dressed for work.
He had half days work to do be-
fore going to school and another after
his return, and you could kick him
ten feet and he would bound back.
Now boy is 'kid'. When he gets
ready to go to school he can't bring
in a pail of watea for fear of spelling
his clothes. If he gets home before
the evening meal is done, something
is wrong; and if you keep him home
after 8 p. M, you will require gat-
ling gun. Then the clothing was
made at home, and the only way you
could tell which was front or rear was
to watch the frontpiece of the cap.
The clothing was so lose that he could
turn around in it after putting it on,
and thus fool his best friends. Our
sisters worked then and helped to
cook, wash, mend and do all other
kinds of work. Now they have good
luck if they get their duds on in time
to eat breakfast and to go to school.
When the preacher came, the boys
and girls were expected to sit up as
straighttas cob and speak when they
were spoken to. Now they are
brought to the front and put thru
PAGES. The girl must knock few
bars out Of the piano, and the boy
must speak his piece, and look like a
sick monkey begging for raisians.
Everything is progressive. They
used to get married for $2 and begin
housekeeping ON $50. The bride.
made her own clothes and the groom's
mother made his. One suit lasted a
year for good and two for every day.
They rocked the baby to sleep in a
sap trough and had chunk of salt
pork for dessert. The whole com
munity could work sixteen hours and
then go to 'shind1g," and old and
young danced until daylight. They
had no brain storms, heart failure, Or
appendicitis. Brain storms were
cured with a water elm club, heart
failure was called fits and appendi-
citis was called 'bellyache.' They
rolled the sufferer on barrel or ap-
Piled a hot brick, and no one Knew
he had a vermiform 'duficker' that
was liable to get full of cherry stones
Or ground cherry seeds. We used to
eat soup and have sass of all kinds.
Now we eat fruit salad, 'consomme,'
and have biscuits made with baking
powder tnat look like some one had
sat on them. We used to have bread
made with sraisin's that smelled liked
a glue factory when it was rising, but
tasted better than anything made from
xxx roller process flour ground
into nothing but dust. One suspen-
der was enough for any boy. And if
girl chewed gum she bad to climb
tamarack tree and dig it out with a
screwdriver. Progress doesn't al
ways mean betterment. These old
pioneers were as happy as any people
on earth; they needed less than a
quarter of the Injuries of to-day and
six times the necessities, They neither
froze in blizzard nor roasted in the
heat, being too tough to be affected
seriously by either cold or heat"
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Assumption A Churcn.

Christmas exercises at Assumption
church were held Thursday evening.
The following was the program:
Address Father Jones
Mother Goose Play. Several Children
First Christmas Eve. Irene Mahoney
Address to Santa Claus ...........
Frances Fitzgerald
Christmas Chimes. -. Mary O'Malley
Christmas Greetings. Esther Shields
Solo. Maybelle Carney
The Holy City -. Evangeline Gagen
Santa Claus Joke. ........, Mary just
Christmas -. LEO huuhlchi
The Star of Bethlehem m.......
Edmund Hanrehan
Duet. Edward Starkey, Edmund
i ssa Hanreharl ..s--~--
Morning Star. -. ..... Agnes Shields
Star of Bethlehem Lena Peerboom
Alteration of the Wise Men.
........,. Margaret Kohler
Mothers Club. Several Children
Solo Blanche Flaherty
Catastrophe =. Robert Stenger
Three Wise Men. Ruth Shields
Santa Claus Will Come. ..........:.'
Evalyn Smith
Up on the House Tops. .............
Several Children
Bells Across the Snow. . Three Girls
Christmas Joys 49,. Eleanor Dushek
Offerings. Several Little Girls
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r1ethOdiSt Church.

At the MothOQlSG cnurcn the sun
day school held Christmas exercises
on Tuesday evening. The program
was under the able direction of Mrs.
W. F. Cooley and was as follows:
Song, Joy to the World .. School
PRAYER ..:.. Rev. F. M. Dowlin
Recitation. ....... -. Mildred Tripp
Recitation. Robert Leuty
Song. Olive Den Hartog
Recitation. .... -. Nancy Harris
Exercise, Filling the Christmas Box.
.......... Primary Children
SONG. ..... Edmund Adkins
Recitation. ........... Pauhne Penn
Recitation. ..... Willie Peterson
Song Ruth, Robert and Mildred
Leuty
Recitation. ..... Earl Seamans
Song Hazel Burbank and Mrs.
Lights class i
Recitation. .. -. Geneva Stebbo
Song, The Christmas Bells School
Song. Grace Mckee and Primary
Children
Recitation. .......... Lilly Swanson
Solo. Charlotte Borrill
Recitation ............ Rodney Smith
Song. Martin Mumbleau and Boys
Recitation n..O Olive Dixon
Duet. Roberta and Charlotte Borrill
Recita ton ........ Lloyd Slawson
Drill by Twelve Girls. ...,........>.#
....M Mrs. Beiter's Glass
The Angels Chorus. .. . Maud Slawson9
Violin Obligato Mrs. G. Lee
Song, Glory be to God 80. School
Distribution of candy bags.
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Congregational


The Congregational Sunday school
exercises were on held Christmas
Eve, and were presided over by Supt.
C.B. Randall. The program follows;-
Orchestra
Song
Prayer
Recitation by y....... Myrtle Smith
Song by Choir Mrs. ingalls,, Mrs.
Hancock, Mr.. Olson and Mr.. Han
cock
Recitation by. ... David Edmunds
Song by Miss Reeves class of girls
Recitation by. Florence Ringness
Song by. .Caoi1
Recitation by. Margaret CooK
Recitation by. ...........H Helen Smith
Violin Solo Miss Ruth Reeve
Remarks by .......... Rev. Hannant
Orchestra 4.
Santa Claus ~T
Song
Dismissal ~
Orchestra
The Ordway new era., 1907-03-01
Another Birthday Surprise

Last Saturday afternoon Post Com
man der H. l. Olmstead was the rccip-
lent of birthday surprise and din
ner that was a delight to all who were
present. The ladies' present were
Mesdam Gayetty, Henderson. Stew
art, Olmstead and Mrs. Charles Oln-
stead. Roll call showed the following
Comrades present: Burke, Cook,
Gayetty, Hale, Olmstesd, Stewart,
BOnham, Griffin and Tuttle.
Just previous to the dinner call,
Comrade Olmstead was presented with
4 handsome fountain pen, the best the
boys could skirmish up.
Then came the dinner cali, which
caused the old boys to fall into line as
lively as ever they did at any skir-
mish during the old time unpleasant
ness.
But the dinner Well, it just took
the blue ribbon and was as fine as the
most distinguished epicurian could
have desired. 1t was highly enjoyed
by all present. After this the visit
ors departed, wondering "Who's
next 2" Does any one kaow?