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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-01-09
K0RTHE-LARS0N
Wedding Vows Spoken by Miss Jessie
korthe and Henry Larson in This
City Saturday Afternoon.

One of the pretty home weddings of
the holiday season was that which was
solemnized last Saturday afternoon at
four O'Clock at the home of Rasmus
Korthe, BOB Eighth street north, when
his daughter, Miss Jessie Sophia, was
united in marriage to Mr.. Henry
Walter Larson.
The ceremony took place in the
parlor, Rev. Horatio Gates reading
the marriage service in the presence
of about thirty guests, relatives and
friends of the bridal pair. Miss Ida
Lorentzen played the Lohengrin We'd
ding March as the bride entered lean
ing on the arm of her father, who
gave her away in marriage. They
were met near the bay window by the
groom and the beautiful ring service
of the Episcopal church was performed
amidst decorations of Christm as greens
and ferns, while soft strains of music
pealed forth from the piano. The
bride was gowned in white Persian
lawn trimed with Baby Irish lace. She
carried white carnations.
Following the wedding service con-
gratulations were showered upon the
happy couple and wedding dinner
was served at five O'Clock. A color
scheme of green and white was carried
out in the house decorations, which
consisted principally of ferns and
white carnations.
Among the guests were the following
out of town people: Mrs. Nels Larson
and son Alfred. of Grove City, mother
and brother of the groom; his sisters,
Misses Lulu and Bessie Larson o1
Minneapolis, and Miss Nora Jensen o.
st. Paul.
The bridal couple departed on the
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RinRville, Wrinkles.

RINGvILLE, Jan. 7.-on saturday night of
last week occurred the death of Mrs. Berthe
Loite, who passed away at the advanced
age Of some over 80 years. Deceased had
been confined to her bed for many years and
death came as great relief to the poor
sufferer. Funeral services were held this
week at Crow river church. Rev. ToIo con-
Quoted the last sad rites. 80
Paul Peterson Of New London was around
buying stock last week. =: -.
: C. Christopherson and family returned to
their home at Edenburg, N. D. last Thurs
day after many weeks visit with relatives
and old friends In Ringville. .~-7-r c-r5 -
Mr. and Mrs. John Gunderson. Of New
London visited with Stenersons' last Sun
day. 5s .:.@ + #>: :s
# Mr.. and Mrs. Pete Quisberg entertained q
number of friends last Sunday evening. A
very good time was. reported by all present.
Julia Johnson returned home from North
Dakota last Tuesday. III ~ .a$. :Ss
Ingvald Evenson is at present working for
August Sonstegard. I ss<1. 5l*= 49,: n
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with his son-in-law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. Nels M. Swenson, who have
cared for him during these declining
years.
Arne Olson Sagholt was born Feb.
IA, 1918, at Sagholt, Damsbraaten,
Brandvolds Ian, Norway. He was
first married in 1889 to Ola L. Sag
holt, sister to the elderly L. L. Bak-
lund of the town of Dovre.. With her
he had four children, viz: Ole, de-
ceased; Lars Arneson, now of Dovre
township; John Arneson, of Green
Lake township; Anna, now Mrs. Ole
-Boe of Arctander. In 1869 his first
wife died, and in the following year
he emigrated to America, where his
son Lars had preceded him in 1866.
Olson purchased two forties of school
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DEATH AND OBSEQUIES OF
LAKE ANDREW PATRIARCH

AS briefly stated in our last issue,
Arne Olson Sagholt died at his old
home in Sec. 36, Town of Lake An
drew on Wednesday morning, Jan. 2,
at an age Of nearly 80 years. After
having risen and partially dressed he
lay down on the bed to rest. When
he did not respond to the call for
breakfast his room was entered and
he was found apparently in a peaceful
slumber, which, however, proved to
be the deep sleep of Death. During
the last eighteen years he has resided
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land in Sec. 36, Lake Andrew, where
he has since made his home. In 1871
he married Miss Lovisa Swenson.
With her he had one child, M athilda,
who is now Mrs. Nels NJ. Swenson.
The second wife died in 1902. In spite
of his advanced age, MIR. Olson re-
tanned his mental capacities until
the very last. He was able to read a
chapter in the Bible without using
glasses, and would read political dis
cussions in the Norwegian papers with
the spirit of young man.
Funeral services were held at the
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Trainmon'S Annual Ball.

The Brotherhood of Railway Train
men will give their eighth annual ball
at the Bonde hall on Monday evening,
Jan. Is Pepin's famous orchestra of
S.. Paul will furnish the music.
Tickets for the dance are being sold at
$l.0O and the ladies of the Catholic
church will serve supper for the occa-
sion at IS cents per couple.
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NEW HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING OF WILLMAR
DEDICATED WITH IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES

should be eliminated to give room for
some practical training for a useful
life. The dignity of labor should be
taught in practical manner so that
the pupils who are graduated from
our schools would not go out with the
mistaken notion that manual labor
was degrading. Every school should
make provision for some such train
ing and he hoped the people of WILL
mar would see to it that such work be
introduced here He also spoke about
the qualifications of teachers and su-
perintendents, saying that the great
est force in the world is love, and that
the teacher who loved children pos
sessed the best qualification for the
great work.
The high school chorus rendered
another fine song, "Italia," after
which Geo. B. Alton, state high
school inspector, was introduced.
He paid tribute to he beauty and util-
ity of the new building, and then took
up the manual training question, en-
larging upon the ideas advanced by
the preceding speaker and telling of
the excellent results brought about by
the work wherever introduced.
The next number was an excellent
vocal solo by Miss Helen Sather.
Mr.. C. G. Schulz, assistant state su-
perintendent of public instruction, was
then introduced and spoke for some
time on the value of the work done by
the state agricultural school in giving
practical education and making its
pupils recognize the dignity of honest
labor.
Miss Marion Minton followed with
a vocal solo, "Good Night, Little
Girl, Good Night" which was thoro
ly enjoyed by the audience.
The secretary of the board, A. o
Forsberg, closed the program with ;
brief sketch of the work of planning
: and building the schoolhouse and tn
{cost. .-.~-
The Superintendent then requeste
the audience to rise and sing Gamer
: ica." Just as the singing com
menced two high school boys steppe'
in front of the rostrum and unfolded
large American flag, which was he'll
up to view until the song was finished
While the people were going out t.
inspect the other rooms in the build
ing the high school orchestra playe
another selection.
The new building is one of whic
every citizen of Willmar can we'll
:, proud. Nothing speaks more for th
public spirit in town than the pro
visions made for popular education
and with the completion of this build
l ing Willmar will certainly be in tn
very front rank of the smaller cite
of the Northwest in regard to provid
ing ample and modern school
room. Not only does the new build
ing provide ample room for the hig]
{ school for long time to come, but i
| is a real gem both from an artistic
; and utilitarian standpoint. Grea
{ credit is due both to the architect, F
W. Kinney of Minneapolis, who drew
the plans and supervised the work
and to Mr.. Andrew Bjorsell, the con
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tractor, who took the greatest pains
to carry out the plans and do the
work in most satisfactory manner.
Credit should also be given to Supt.
Tonning, who devoted much time and
thought in helping the architect get
ting the plans into shape to suit the
special conditions of the school.
The building is 96x66 feet, two
stories and basement. The basement
up to the ground line is of rubble
stone with brick facing on the interior.
From the ground line to the water
table it is of Siskiwit sandstone with
brick backing. The main structure is
built of Twin City pressed brick ex-
terror, the middle course being of
Willmar brick and the interior course
of hollow brick. The roof is covered
with creosote stained red cedar shingle
The basement contains the engine
room, coal room, toilet rooms, jani-
itor's store room and a large gymna-
sium, 62x32. This has not been fin
ished yet. The first floor contains
two laboratories and recitation
| room between them, so constructed
that the teacher can supervise the
work done in either laboratory from
the recitation room: also two grade
rooms, superintendent Office and
library and a teachers room. The
second floor contains the high school
auditorium, capable of seating over
200 pupils without crowding, two large
recitation rooms and two smaller
ones.
Aside from the four ornamental pill
lars in the upper hall there is not a
single pillar in the building. To ob-
viate the necessity of spelling the
utility and appearance of the audi
torium and the gymnasium with sup
porting pillars strong steel beams
) were used to carry the floors and cell
, ings in those rooms.
, The interior finish is of birch with
dark mahogany finish. The floors are
of hard maple. The walls, above the
. blackboards, and the ceilings are
: tinted and the parts of the walls be-
l low the blackboards and in the halls
l up to about shoulder height are treat
| ed with two coats of oil paint. The
tints used are light green: rose and
} light terra Gotta.
. The building is heated with steam,
direct and indirect, so as to provide
both heat and ventilation. That it
l will do the latter we'll was proven at
e the dedication. In spite of the four
2 hundred people packed in the build
= ing for nearly three hours the air
seemed just as fresh at the close as
at the beginning.
? The provision for light is excellent
) Every room has all the light needed,
> and in the auditorium Luxfer prism
lights are used in the upper sash so
as to throw the light to every part of
! the room, leaving no dark corners.
The building will be occupied by the
: high school and the primary grade as
/ soon as the furniture ordered has
arrived. The eighth grade, which is
now slowed away in the attic of the
old building, will be moved down into
the old high school room.
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IN the presence of about four hun
dred people the splendid new high
school building in this city was form
ally dedicated last Monday evening.
The meeting was held in the large
auditorium on the second floor. Seats
had been provided for over three hun
dred people and large number we're
standing in the room and the adjoin-
ing hall and cloak rooms. The meet
ing was called to order at 1870 O'Clock
by DR.. johnson, who officiated as
chairman in the absence of the presi-
dent of the board, Russell Spicer.
The first thing on the program was
music by the high school orchestra,
assisted by J. T. Otos, cornetist, and
it was highly appreciated by the audi
ence.
DR.. johnson then made the opening
address. He gave hasty survey of
the history of the Willmar schools
with special refer ence to the growth
as shown by the buildings erected.
Then in eloquent terms he contrasted
the schools of this country with the
schools OF Europe, showing how our
common schools, where rich and poor
meet on the same basis, are the true
basis of democracy, while the Euro
pean schools foster the class spirit
and tend to keep the common people
down on low level from which there
is very little hope of rising.
Then came the formal dedication
by the superintendent and the people,
all standing. The following form was
J used
Superintendent: To the study of the Eng
lish language, ancient and modern Ian
guages, mathematics science, history an6
| literature
The People: We dedicate this building.
Superintendent: To the study and pursuit.
OF such other subjects, sciences, literature
or arts, as the growth Of the school ane
the needs of the community may from tim
| to time require
The People: We dedicate this building,
Superintendent: To foster and cultivate al
social and moral virtues, industry, order
punctuality, obedience selfcontrol, pa
tience, selfdenial health, purity, temper
ance, honesty, truth, justice, politeness, Sell
respect, courage, perseverance, selfreliance
kindness and patriotism
The People: We dedicate this building
Superintendent: To foster, promote an
cultivate all things that will lay the toun
dation of good character; build'up nob1
and strong manhood and womanhood
moral, physical and intellectual; Great
high ideals and correct views of life; inspir
reverence for the majesty of the law am
love for our country and its institutions
: and develop the highest type of America
citizenship
The People: We dedicate this building.
The high school chorus rendered ;
song, "The Revel of the Leaves,' il
very pleasing manner, after whicl
5 the chairman introduced President w
A. Shoemaker, of the St. Cloud Nor
5 NAL school, for the first formal ad
dress of the evening. After paying I
glowing tribute to the public spirit o
the citizens of Willmar as exemplifiet
by the splendid provisions made fol
education, he spoke for some time O
, the need of a change in the schoo
work to make it more useful. He sai(
: that number of fruitless subject!
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Medical Men NJ Meet.

The medical fraternity of this city
will be represented in Minneapolis
this evening at the Sind meeting of the
Crow River Valley Medical Society,
which will be held at the Commercial
Club rooms in the Andrus building.
The society will be entertained by
the Minneapolis members. Among
those who will read papers at the
meeting is DR.. C. Johnson, whose SUBJ
ject is ''Therapeutic Abortion ~ DR..
Johnson is president of the society.
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house last Saturday at noon, by Rev.
A. F. Seastrand. The remains were
then taken to the Lebanon church at
New London, followed by cortege of
mourning relatives and frie n d S.
Here services we're held, and the re-
mains laid to rest by the side of his
second wife, who rests in the Lebanon
cemetery. The pail bearers were John
Bengtson, J. G. Monson,- Peter Nord-
stedt, John Nelson, Adolph Norman
and A. Carlson, Besides the four
children who survive him Mr.. Olson
leaves % grand children and II great
grand children. May the rugged old
Norseman rest in peace, and may the
qualities of manhood and character
which he developed long live in the
memory of his people.
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brother has rented the Nels Nelson farm east
Of town.
= David Ost1und has been running the
Mamre creamery while Mr.. Tuveson has
who was killed by a train in Atwater.
MAcNH
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There are several applicants for the
position of oil inspector for the city
of fWillmar, to succeed John M. Downs,
whose term expires Feb. 1st.
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early evening train for wedding trip
to Pacific Coast points, including
Spokane, Seattle, Tacoma and Port
land. They will be absent about five
weeks and will be at home in Willmar
to their many friends after April 1st,
at 303 Eighth street north. The bride
is we'll known among large circle OF
friends in this city, where she has
grown to womanhOod. The man of
her choice is popular freight con-
ductor on the Great Northern railway.
They have the best wishes of host of
friends for most happy union.
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Art Exhibit.


The celebrated Turner art exhibit
from Boston, comprising 200 of the
worlds most famous works of art and
costing several thousand dollars, will
be on exhibition at the new high school
building Thursday and Friday of this
week, both afternoons and evenings.
The lecture on art Friday evening by
Mr.. Ball, as we'll as the musical pro-
gram to be given, will be we'll worth
attending. Admission, Is cents for
adults and 10 cents for children. The
proceeds will be used for purchasing
pictures for the school,
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its borders. It IL a well known fact
that had It not been for the reductions
offered by the railroads to the pros
pectiye settlers In the newer portion
of the state. II not in the entire state,
much of the land which is now yield
ing the harvests which have submerg-
ed the railroads in the handling of the
crops. would be nothing more than
uncultivated wastes and unbroken
prairies.
Those who had hoped to see the
population Of the state increase DUR
ing the next few years by the influx
of the sturdy farmers from the older
states and from across the waters
will be disappointed because the cost
of transportation to themselves and
their families Is too much of an item
to be overcome by many of those who
if they were once here, would soon be
among the prosperous citizens OF the
commonwealth. I do not know how
many members of the legislature who
voted for the White bill came to North
Dakota on reduced rates which is
modified principle of the pass, but l
do know that the recent law on this
question has built an unsurmounta-
BILE barrier between home and COM
fort, if not wealth, in the land of gold
en- opportunities within our own bord-
ers and the men Who have been bat
Ting for years with unequal task of
making start in life for himself
and those dependent upon him in the
overcrowded regions of the east. The
removal of the high transportation
rates for passengers has given thou
sands of these men chance to reach
the land where by their energy and
industry they have soon carved out
a fortune and where the cornucopia
has always been open in their direc-
ton.
A writer asks if this will not be
equalized by the proposed rates in the
White bill, and I answer that it will
not. 1t is true that some of the things
that work against the immigrant rate
is the application of the national law.
The man who will be benefited by the
reduction in the passenger rate is the
man with means enough to travel hun
dreds of miles each year. What does
it matter to the farmer who makes
possibly half dozen trips of twenty
five miles year? The man who is on
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the move constantly will make con-
siderable. But the farmer who de-
sires to bring his old time neighbor
from some of the older states to this
to sell hmi the farm adjoining his own,
and who hopes by developing the
farm lands surrounding him to in
crease the value of his own, will find
that his neighbor must pay the loss
which the traveller for pleasure must
cause in order tosreach the state and
the number will be accordingly re-
duced. If there is no rush of honest
and Industrious homeseekers to the
rich and unoccupied lands of North
Dakota next year and the year follow
ing, it can be charged to the applica-
ton of the, law which at this time is
known as the White bill.
If they wanted to do anything in the
interests of the taxpayers they might
have investigated the state printing
graft which smells unto heaven and
determined the methods by which the
money unjustly taken from the people
might be refunded. They have instead
given the state the first step in law
which If enforced will work ruin and
disaster to the newer portions of the
state and which will place the citizens
OF those portions of the country trav-
ersed by the branch lines in the con-
dition Of having practically no COM
munications with the outside world
except by the use of mixed trains, and
the railroad traffic to the reputation
of that of Arkansas. It will add to
the freight burdens of the farmers and
serve only the conveniences of that
part of the population which is always
on the move. 1t will prevent the
building of new lines of road in the
state and the consequent development
of vast areas of rich territory and the
building of numberless towns. It will
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political Pharisee act, to believe that
they can be so easily corrupted. When
men refuse in law making body to
vote to return the passes held by them
upon the passage of the law it forces
conclusion upon the public that they
are not sincere in their pretensions
OF reform. They are deceiving the
people and proving themselves poll
teal hypocrites.
Another matter which has created
some comment among those who have
sought information on this matter, is
the reason why the house should be so
intent on the passage of passenger
rate-law, and entirely ignoring any
legislation looking to the reduction
of the heavy freight rates which are
paid by every farmer who sells load
of grain and by every merchant who
buys bill of goods, the excess in both
instances falling directly upon the
farmers of the state. 1t is interesting
to note in this connection that the
railroads admit they are operating the
passenger departments at no profit
even If not at loss. For instance, it
was stated on the floor of the house
during the debate on the rate bill and
was not disputed-in fact the figures
have been verified-that it cost in 1904
in this state 2,60S cents to carry every
local passenger one mile, while the
actual revenue received from the same
basis was but 2.137 cents, leaving a
loss in the passenger department Of
All thousandths of a cent for every
mile local passenger was carried.
But at the same time it is not claimed
that the roads were operated at a
loss. The other large source of rev.
enue Of course is the freight depart
ment and here not only the loss in the
| passenger department was made up
but a sufficient profit was made to
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of his bill were written the words
which would bridge the gap between
the railroad corporations and the peo-
pie. His bill was the most radical,
in my judgment, that has been offered
in either house, and in this he was
merely in the advance of the so-called
reform wave which has swept over the
state. He is the creature of the politi-
cal conditions which have demanded
as the payment of the political debt
the emasculation of the railroads. In
measure the bill may be termed the
policy of the radical reform element
So far as the anti-pass legislation
is concerned, that is emphatically in
the interests of the railroads, and
while am not in position to prove
1t, it is my opinion that the sentiment
on this subject has been fostered and
encouraged by the railroads them
selves. 1t is a sensible proposition
that if the passes were cut out, the
men who travel on them would be
compelled to pay fare, and it is a
matter of fact that they are the ones
who do the most of travelling and the
revenue of the roads would be thereby
enhanced to that extent; and if the
pass evil, as it is called, is as gigan-
tic as the reformers claim, it is sufi-
Gent in this state to make quite an
item in the passenger receipts of the
roads. The roads are placed in a
position with an anti-pass law in force
to say to those who seek free trans
portation that the law does not per-
NIT it's issuance and they are given
weapon to thus shut off all free
transportation without affecting any
one.
One of the inquiries which 1 have
before me asks how many farmers will
be financially benefited by the passage
of the law. am unable to see where
dollar will be saved by farmer by
the passage of the anti pass law. 1t
will take money from those who have
been riding on free transportation but
that does not include very many of
the farmers. The reformers claim
that it is step in the direction of
pure government. That it prevents
the railroads from using transporta-
ton to buy legislators and state Off
Gals. I have never had any time for
that class OF dyspeptic pessimists who
believe that the average citizen even
would sell his honor and his integrity
for few dollars in transportation.
It is reflection upon the honor of