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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-12-18
Nefahbors Elect Officers.

At the meeting of the Royal
Neighbor camp last week the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the
ensuing year: Oracle, Mrs. Eta
Johnson; Vice Oracle, Miss Esther
Sorenson; Chancellor, Mrs. Nora
Hackett; Recorder, Miss Matilda
Bonde; Receiver, Mrs. Madeline
Minton; Marshal, Miss Anna Berk-
ness; Inside Guard, Miss Clara AL.
len; Outside Guard, Mrs. Hulda
Palm; Manager for three years,
Mrs. Mary Stanford; Physician, DR..
c. Johnson; Pianist, Miss Grace
Ramsett. Mrs. Eta johnson was
elected as delegate to the State
Camp, with Mrs. Ida Kent as alter.
nate. A class of six candidates was
initiated, and refreshments were
served.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-12-18
First publication r,ov. 27l.
Citation for Hearing on Petition 70
Administration.

ESTATE OF AUGUST C. HOLMGREN.
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
County OF Kandiyohi, In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate OF August z.
Holmgren, decedent.
The state OF Minnesota to all persons inter-
ested in the granting of administration of the
estate of said decedent: The petition of Eme-
liza Christina Holmgren having been fled in this
court, representing that August g. HOlmgren.
then resident OF the County OF KandiyOhi
State Of Minnesota. died intestatez on the 2lst
tiers Of administration OF his estate be granted
to August Holmgren; and the court having fixed
the time and place for hearing said petition;
Therefore, you, and each OF you, are hereby
cited and required to show cause, if any you
have, before this court at the Probate Court
Rooms in the Court House, in the City Of Will
| mar In the County of Kandiyohi, State OF Min
| Resota, on the 23d day of December, 1907, at
O'Clock p. m why said petition should not be
| granted.
Witness the Judge OF said Court, and the
Seal OF said Court, this 21st day OF Nov. 1907.
! COURT A. F. NoRDIN,
| ! SEAL { Probate Judge.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-12-18
First publication Dec. II
Order Limiting Time to File Claims
and for Hearing Thereon.

ESTATE OF KNIT F. BACKLUND.
STATE OF MINNESOTA
County of Kandiyohi, In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate OF Knut F.
Backlund, decedent.
Letters of Administration this day having
been granted to Charles J. Nelson.
It is Ordered, that the time within which all
creditors of the above named decedent may
present claims against his estate in this court,
be, and the same hereby is, limited to six
months from and after the date hereof; and
that Monday, the 9Th day OF June, 1903, at
O'Clock P. NJ, in the Probate Court Rooms
at the Court House at the City OF Willmar in
said County, be, and the same hereby is, fixed
and appointed as the time and place for hear.
ing upon and the examination, adjustment and
allow ance of such claims as shall be presented
within the time aforesaid.
Let notice hereof be given by the public alton
OF this order in the Willmar Tribune as prOvid-
ed by law.
Dated Dec. 2, 1907. A. F. NORDIN,
| [sEAL] Judge OF Probate.
K W. STANFORD, Attorney for Petitioner,
Willmar. MINI.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-12-18
NOTICE.

hereby give notice that l will
not be responsible for any debts
contracted by my son, Hugo Hog
lund, from and after this date.
Dated at Willmar, MIMI, this
18th day of December, A. D. 1907.
442p Peter Hoglund.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-12-18
$64139.35 $64139.3s

$O+1SS.35 $64139.5
The Board found the treasurer in posses
sion OF funds as follows, at the close Of bust
ness hours December 9Th, 19O7:
Deposited in Bank of Wllmar.....$13265.S 2
DEPOSITED in kandiyohi County
Bank ........................ 14241 80
Deposited in First National Bank,
Willmar Observation-Disclosures. 14519.O2
water............. ..:.................... 100000
Deposited in Farmers State Bank
Of Atwater. ....... ............. 100000
Deposited in First National Bank
of Raymond ............ . 100000
Deposited in State Bank of New
London Observation-Disclosures. 100000
Deposited in State Bank Of Pen
mock ....................... 100000
Deposited in Green Lake State
Bank. ............. 100000
Deposited in State Bank of Kandi-
yohi. soooo
Cash in drawer OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $500
$6411O.26.
THos. H. OLSON, Chairman Board Of County
Commissioners.
H. J. RAMsErr, Clerk Of the District Court.
JOHN FE1C, County Auditor
BOARD OF AUDITORS.
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Minneapolis, MINI.
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REPORT OF BOARD OF AUDITORS.

OF ef at OF
er's Office on December O. 10, II and I 9th, A.
d. 1907, for the purpose Of auditing the
treasurer's accounts, books, vouchers, and to
count and ascertain the kind, description
and amount Of funds in the treasury, as re.
quired by law, and the following statement
was made.
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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-06
An Honest Man.

When Alexander Pope said. AN hon
est mans the noblest work of God" he
was not thinking of Colonel Charles
Fremont Cochran, who died the other
day at his home in st. Joseph, Mo. for
Cochran was not born when Pope was
writing. but II that famous line il
true Cochran was the nobiest work of
God, for more honest man never
lived or more courageous. He served
with distinction eight years in con
gress, prior to which he had been a
state senator and editor in Missouri as
Wen as prosecuting attorney and law
yer III Kansas. In everything he I'm.
derfook he demonstrated marked abiI
lty. He possessed the most amazing
quantity and quality of information of
all the men with whom | have been as
sociated. and he could speak at mo-
ments notice Interestingly on any sub
Ject. ! used to tell him that his head
was sort of literary "old curiosity
shop. Where he learned all he knew
and why he took time and trouble to
learn IT were always mysteries. His
fellow members dubbed him king OF
The cloakroom" because he stared in
the fieakroom of the house so much
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-06
0ratuitous Advice.

whatever effect Mr.. Secretary Of
fEtafe Roots monarchistic speech before
pennsylvania Society of New York
have had In this country, il seems
~ Aave set English editors ON fire.
Y M one accord they agree that we
We outgrown our constitution. and
I ~ unanimously urge us TO discard
iG Thake enc UP TO date and thereby
break Into really frst class royal SO
ciaty. This advice is entirely gratui-
J taus. La fact. 1t In superfiuous, pre-
vided Root can induce the courts to
conEtrue the constitution out of exist
e1ce. His plan would be much cheap
er. and. as II II more insidious. 1t
would perchance be more successful.
In convention Roots scheme would
stand the same chance that Hnmlton's
monarchie scheme stood In the con-
vention Of 1857 and not one whit bet
ter. There is an old saying, beware
Of the Greeks bearing gifts" dictum
applicable to the Britishers' advice to
us to get us a modern constitution
Truth TO tell. they never did like our
constitution and did all they could to
prevent our being in position to
make one. Certain American states
men mixed up In that performance
were honored by having their names
In bills Of attainder and would have
been immortallzed by being hanged If
the f0rbears OF our present British ad-
visers could have laid hands on them.
"Throw physic to the dogs In d fs-
miliar comment. and in this instance
we are likely to throw advice to the
dogs. 1t II so cheap don't you know.
These British advisers are only repeat
ing the ancient performance of the sly
fox who advised all other foxes 10
have their tails cut off because be had
been forcibly separated from his own
caudal appendage. The foxes had
sense enough to reject his suggestions.
and surely we have as much gumption
as foxes have. No doubt Car Nieho-
las. Kaiser Wilhelm. King Victor EN-
manuel, the sultan of Turkey. the ali
koond Of Swat, Leopold of Belgium
and all the rest of the crowned heads
great and small. will join in the advice
Of the British savants that we 10
straightway and get us new and
more fashionable constitution. While
the constitution needs amending in
some respects and will in all human
probability be amended In due time.
We don't need a new constitution. We
have managed to wigwag along with
the old one. made by the fathers. for
III years, and. Notwithstanding the
opinion of the Britishers and all other
nionarchists. we can wag along with 1t |
for q good while vet. Signs are not |
wanting of a determination on the part |
Of the American people to return TO |
democratic principles, MIR, Secretary |
Root and his British admirers misread |
the signs of the tiines--thats all.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-06
SHERIFF'S SALE.
December IS, 1000.

No. IoeoI-In First Judicial District
P Court of Caddo Parish. Louisiana:
Mrs Mabel A. Norwood, ct ais. VS..
+. NJ. Currie. ~s
BY virtue Of a writ of seizure and sale
to me issued III the above entitled and
numbered suit, by the Honorable First
Judicial District Court of Caddo Parish.
Louisiana. | have. seized and will offer
for sale. at public auction, for cash, ac-
cording to law. without the benefit of
appralsement. at the principal front door
of the court house of Caddo Parish, in
the City of Shreveport, Louisiana. dur
ing the legal hours for sales. on
SATURDAY, FEB. Q, 1907.
Lots 81, 49, "a in ten-acre lot of the
Allendale subdivision of the City Of
Shreveport Louisiana, together with all
buildings and improvements thereon.
Said property seized as belonging to-
the defendant and to be sold to satisfy
the debt specified in the said writ in the
slim of three thousand dollars with eight
per cent per annum interest from No
vember II, 1905, until paid, and all cost
OF suit, including FIVE per cent on said
sum and interest as attorneys fees.
S. Y. ALEXANDER.
Coroner and Acting Shriff, Caddo Par
ish, louisiana
Caucasian, Jan. 8, 1907.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-06
- S% 80 81 fts -: 49,
CLARK'S :. ::
A~ - - y ~ ~ 49, -
-,
The CoIored Mans Vote -Root s1d
the Consiitu, on-fhe Rewt~j OF :
-Vslot Foraker and Fairbanks =

Alton and the Burlington r4ilWa% tom
panies for nyorpowcring. digaHm ID, H-.
delivering train robbcr 10 Tia" r.lc"r
of the law The inGiguiiiCanC" Of INC r.
ward would lead one to think that an
at less daring than a volunteer battle
for life against great odds would rutitle
a conductor to n ham sandwich wrapped
In tissue paper and tied with baby ribbon
Surely that's hot right off the shower
and to the point. Perhaps Colonel
Moran never read that rich and racy
passage wherein William Makcpcacc
Thackeray describes how the noble
tutor of the Prince of Wales was made
an earl for mistake in prosody and
Horatio made, n baron for winning the
battle of the Nile. one OF the greatest
naval victories In the history of the
human race. but nevertheless Moran
and Thackeray's minds seem to have
been running in the same channel. Mo
rams paragraph is likely to be widely
quoted. as ii deserves to be. No man
at any time or place or under any cir
cumstances ever performed more
heroic action than did Conductor Hey
wood IL Andrew Carnegie fails to
give him a heru's reward. he will miss
golden opportunity to prove that he
knows genuine hero when he sees
one.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-06

Mr.. Vice President Charles Warren
Fairbanks would do well to look to his
laurels as the corraller of the colored
vote. Senator Joseph Benson Foraker
OF Ohio is after ii hotfoot The papers
have been telling us that the V. L. has
a einch on the coored man aud brother
for 1908. but lie will be able to learn
something to his advantage in this
crisis of his fate by perusing John
Sherman's book carefully and prayer
fully. In which there is pathetic story
as to how John after rounding I'D the
colored delegates to the Republican
national convention Of 1888 was cruel
~ hornswaggled out of them by Gen
eral Russell A. .Alger of Michigan. sub
sequently secretary Of war and now
senator of the United States. Joseph
Benson is using strategy and language
to win the colored man and brother
from the V. p. but IL John IL to be
believed General Russell used n more
powerful. II more vulgar. persuader
True. John and Russell A. were mem
bers subsequently of the same McKin-
ley cabinet. but he never did retract
the statement az to how he was "cir-
cumwented" by the plutocratic Mich
igander. AS before stated in these let.
tiers. Senator Foraker introduced res
olution of inquiry in the senate ask
Ing Mr.. Secretary Of War William Fl.
IN xr.hn b, n
loved old Capulet, TO give the facts
touching the unceremonious dismissal
OF certain colored soldiers. It will be
remembered also that for some occult
reason Senator Boies Penrose intro
duced a resolution Of inquiry touching
the same subject matter. his resolution
asking the president for information.
The president took his pen In hand and
furnished that pair Of inauisitive sen
ators with lots OF information In about
as vigorous English ~ has ever been
used In state paper justlfying him
self and his war secretary. Thereupon
Senator Foraker took the floor and I'M
dertook in fiery style to answer the
president and the secretary of war.
He did not mince words. but used Ian
guage calculated to provoke a breach
of the peace-in fact. many breaches.
Evidently the war is on. and 1t is to
be a war to the knife and the knife to
the bllt 1t may be that up to the time
when the president fired the colored
troops aforementioned Vice President
Fairbanks had the eolored voters cor
rallied. IT So the chances are ten to one
that Foraker's trumpet blast will cause
them to break through that corral and
to range themselves under his defiant
banner. Tie V. Il. will have to get a
hustle on himself or be will be in "a
woeful plight as was j. s. at Chicago.
Foraker denies the presidents facts.
denies his construction of his constitu-
tional right and runs amuck generally.
Joseph Benson is playing for big
stakes, and, whatever else may be said
of his performance. he is playing his
hand boldly above the table and for
all its worth
In the meantime poor Penrose seems |
to have been lost In the shuttle. and II |
liz well
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-06
Plain Talk.

Clearly the adequacy of the Chicago
and Alton Railroad company's reward
Of merit to Conductor Haywood for
knocking down. overpowering. disarm-
Ing aud capturing train robber does
not commend Itself to one of my most
&teemed constituents, Colonel j. r..
ian editor and proprietor of the
sllsyille Record. and he is not at all
eaiy mouthel about expressing his
pion. for he says;
gold watch and xoe was the reward
eived by Conductor Beswood from the
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-06

lSpeclal Washington Letter
NE OF the most frequently quot
ed coupiets in our literature is
" whittier's
OF all sad words of tongue or pen
Ihe saddest are these: 1t might have
@Mose lines must come TO the mind
VI N3ery Democrat in the land as he
Thinks OF how easily we would have
erected majority of the members of
tne sfEtietb congress had the president
hreu the colored troops and expressed
nls opinion about the japanese muddle
Ten days before the election We would
hase carried the country hands down
ana not only had the next house. but
would have had twenty ige or thirty
members to spare. There Is no WHY
of getting nj the precise figures with
any reasonable amount of labor and
trouble. but there must he from thirty
10 fifty Republican members of the
next hotise who would have been de
feated but for the coloretl vote. which
as rule is cast solidly for the Repub-
uNaHs. iDdt vote counts TOR mite ID
TIE cotton states because in one way
and another 1t has been eliminated to
large extent hut from the southern
line OF Kentucky and Missouri north
ward the colored man votes as freely
as the white man. and his vote is.
counted. It's In that region where his
influence at the polls is felt most But
for the colored vote Missouri's delega-
ton in the Sixtieth congress would
stand fifteen Democrats and one Re.
publican instead of twelve Democrats
and four Republicans: the Kentucky
delegation would contain only one Re
publican instead of four: the Indiana
delegation would have not to exceed
two Republicans perhaps not that
many: the Ohio delegation would show
up with majority of Democrats. and
no on to the end OF the chapter. The
presidents illumination as 10 the Japs
would have given us a full complement
Of Democratic officers In California
and majority of the California dele
CATION In congress. That was case
In which procrastination saved the ba-
con of the Republicans. Too bad. too
bsdl
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-06
CHARTER
OF THE DIXIE MERCANTILE co.
LTD, OF DIXIE. LA.
December 6, 1906

Be it known that this day before me,
David T. Land. Notary Public in and
for the Parish of Caddo and State of
Louisiana, duly commissioned and quail
fed, came, in the presence of the wit
nesses hereinafter undersigned, the sew
eral persons whose names are hereunto
subscribed, who declared that availing
themselves of the provisions of Act No.
80 of the General Assembly of the State
of Louisiana, approved June 20. 1888,
and Act No. 70 of 1904, as well as those
of the general laws of the State of
Louisiana relative to the organization of
corporations, they have formed and do
by these presents form and organize
themselves into corporation for the OBJ
jects and purposes and under the stipu-
lations hereinafter set forth, which they
do hereby accept as their charter, to-
wit:
ARTICLE /.
The name and title of this corporation
shall be the DIXIE MERCANTILE
COMPANY, LIMITED, of Dixie, La.
By that name it shall have power and
authority to have and enjoy succession
for the term of twenty five (25) years
from and after the date hereof; to con-
tract, sue and be sued; to make and use
a corporate seal and same to change at
pleasure; to hold. receive. lease and pur-
chase, ALLEVIATE and convey, as well as
mortgage and hypothecate property, real
and personal and mixed; to name and
appoint such managers, directors, officers
and agents as the interest of such cor
poration may require, and to make and
establish such bylaws, rules and regula-
tons for the proper management of the
affairs of said corporation as may be
necessary and proper, and the same to
alter at pleasure.
ARTICLE H.
The domicile of this corporation shall
be at Dixie, Caddo Parish, State of
Louisiana, and all citations and legal
processes shall be served on the presi-
dent of the corporation, or in his abb
sence at the Office of the corporation ac-
cording to Article 1913, Code of Practice
of Louisiana.
ARTICLE III.
he purposes for which this corpora
ton is organized and the nature of the
business to be carried on by it are de-
clared to be general mercantile BUSH
ness and all business incident thereto
ARTICLE ".
The capital stock Of this corporation
is hereby fixed 1T the sum of twenty
thousand ($2o,ooooo) dollars to be d.
vided into two hundred fzoo) shares Of
one hundred ($Ioooo) dollars per share,
and the corporation may begin business
when three thousand ($3ooooo) dollars
of the stock is subscribed. The stock
shall be paid for in cash or its equivalent
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-06
+. w. HAMIIER.
]. L. BUSBEY.
K. l.. HOLSTON.
K. ID. ANDERSO ION.
K. l.. ANDERSO

Attest:
NJ. JACKSON.
c. w. !. SMELL.
This done and passed in my Office in
said Parish of Caddo. NJ. Jackson and
{. w. |. Smell. competent witnesses. on
this the .3rd day of December 1000
PONDER S. CARTER.
Notary Public. Parish Of Caddo.
State of Louisiana. Parish of Caddo :
After examining the above and forego-
ing act of Incorporation and finding
nothing therein contained contrary to
law. ! hereby approve the same
Done and signed officially on this the
4th day of December A. D. 1000.
]. NJ FOSTER,
District Attorney First Judicial District.
Endorsed: Filed and recorded Decem-
Der 4, 1905.
S. o. WILLIAMS,
Deputy Clerk and ex-Oficio Deputy Re-
corder.
State of Louisiana. Parish Of Caddo ::
! hereby certify that the above an fore
going is true and correct copy of the
original act. as the same now appears on
file and OF record in my office
Given under my and and seal of of
fee this 4th day of December 1906.
S. o. WILLIAMS,
DEPUTY Clerk and ex.Oficio Deputy Re-
corder.
December 8. 1906.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-06
called for such purpose in the manner
hereinafter provided
ARTICLE VII.
h a. special meeting 10 :

AK 1ILE VII.
Whenever this corporation is dis
solved. by limitation or otherwise, its
affairs shall be administered and wound
up by two lquidators to be elected by
the stockholders at meeting called for
that purpose IN the manner provided in
this act These liquidators shall con-
tinue III Office until the full liquidation
of affairs of the concern. In case of the
death. disability. or resignation Of these
llquidators, or either of them, the va
cancy may be filled by the stockholders,
or the affairs may be conducted by the
remaining lquldators alone
ARTICLE VIII.
No stakeholder of this corporation
shall ever be subject TO or be liable for
any debts. contracts or faults of this cor
poration III any sum in excess of the un
paid balance, if any. due on his stock
herein; nor shall any informality in or
ganization have the effect of rendering
this charter null or of exposing any
stakeholder to any personal liability.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-01-06

and discussed SO many subjects there
in. In utter abandon of speech l'rest-
dent Roosevelt himself does not go
ahead of him. \ more independent
man never lived There WAS ~ half
way business ab-,ut his opinions touch
ing men and things. He spoke right
out in meeting. lis nay was EN-
phaticaily nay and his yea cmphatical-
" yea Positive himself in all things
his pet aversion was Il trimmer. Per
haps his huntupss made him enemies
unnecessarily. Il thing about which he
seemed to care not at MI. though he
was kind hearted and amiahle with
his intimatcS even playful and humnr-
Gus. The word policy seemed to have
no place in his lexicon. Had he been
more charitable in constituting the con
duct and judging the motives Of those
who differed with him he might have
gone further and accomplished more.
He was q stanch partisan and Il hard
fighter. qualities which commend them
selves to Il virile mind.
His Christian name. Charles Ere
mont. puzzled me for SOME time.
Knowing that he had lived long IN
Kansas. | concluded that his father
must have been Republican. When
| had become well enough acquainted
with him. / asked him to solve the rid
die. and here is what he said: My
father. pr Cochran of Missouri. was
rampant Democrat Thomas II.
Benton was his bette noirp. and he hated
the Great Missourian' SO intently that
he reioiced at any calamity that hefcll
him 1t so happened that John Charles
Fremont eloped with Jessie Benton.
the cooncls daughter. about the time
/ was born. and my father dubbed me
Charles Fremont because the Young
Pathfinder had done old Bullion Il
bad turn" So for sixty years Colonel
Cochran was Il living breathing monu-
ment to the bitterness of the Benton
and anti Benton feud which rent the
Democracy Of Missouri in twain and
which wrecked more careers than did
the siege of Troy.