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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-10
SUMNER SCHOOL
Four Weeks Term in July To Be
Conducted By Prof. Marshall
Of st. Charles.

*'sWo,thiugton is to have state sum.
mer school for teachers the coming
summer, to be conducted by Prof. J.
9. Marshall, of St Charles, MINI.
The term will be for four weeks, be-
ginning July 1st, and will bring a
large number of teachers here during
that time. The instructors assigned
are as follows: ii. s. Kirk, Heron
Lake; Alma D. Wagan, Amboy; Kath-
lyn j. Libby, Glencoe.
Wortt ington has been fortunate in
being designated as the place for a
summer school.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-10

Weak blood may lack the elements to
resist and expel germs, then the body
sickens and dies. Strong blood is
the product of good air all the time,
good food, water, sunshine1and exer'
else part of the time along with Gle an
skin, rooms,' beds and a cheerful
mind. Ventilation is the thing we
are most careless about. Many quite
intelligent people seem to give it no
thought. Nature attends to most of
it for US IN sending the strong winds
of the north temperate zone (where
buildings are closed and heated to
force change of air. In future ages
whore the question OF ventilation is
understood the need of our high
winds will cease; and who can say
that the winds also may not be less
fierce' One question we leave for
some expert to answer: If germs are
everywhere ready to take hold if con.
ditions admit,- If they are in our
milk and cream from the air, if the
germs of npe cream (or some of
them J are the same as those which
cause tuberculosis, (aud who can
say that they are not) and they may
always enter the cream from the air
and are necessary to it's souring, then
what particular danger of coptagion
from the lung or other tissue of the
COW more than from the various other
sources? &. W. DEALAND.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-10

The annual meeting of the Minne-
sofa Valley Baptist Association will
be held June 18th. 10Th and 10th, ct
Window. While the proceedings are
of particular interest to Baptists, very
much that is said will be of interest to
others and cordial invitation is ex-
tended to all friends of the church at
Wo1thington to attend the meeting.
Entertainment will be provided, and
special party will go from this town (.
Further notice will be given in the
Weekly Bulletin, published by the
Baptist Church.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-10
COMMERCIAL CLUB
Opening Of Club Rooms Will Be
An Important Social
Function.

The Commercial Club will open its
new home this evening with recep-
ton that promises to be one of the
most important social events of the
year.
The Club has leased the second
floor of the Loveless block, which has
been handsomely decorated and fur
nished for a club home, and will
prove a convenient and pleasant
gathering place for business and pro-
fessional men of WorthiDgton.
The function this evening prom
ises to be largely attended and very
enjoyable affair, and an event of the
utmost importance in it's influence on
the future of the city.
The following brief program will
be presented:
The Commercial Club; It's Aim and
Object-Pres. A. R. Albertus.
It's Present and Future-Col. J. A.
Town.
Our Co Laborers at Home-Dr. G.
P. Dolan.
Response-MIs. A. H. Clark.
Why We Should Have a Hundred
Mem bers-A. E. Hart.
Baritone Solo-C, P. Loveless.
Music.
Refreshments.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-10
AT Present Nearly Every Room
is Crowded to the Limit. Nat.
ural Increase Makes
More Room I'm.
perative.
Plans for Five Rooms in Base.
ment are Being Formulated,
Contingent on Municip'
al Heating Plant.

The school room problem, which is
ever a live question in growing city
like Worthington, is again worrying
tho Board of Education. There has
been a steady increase in the school
enrolment for several years, and thie
last year it is Is. Several OF the rooms
have been badly crowded for many
terms and it was thought last year
that the limit was reached, but by
still further crowding it has been pos
sible to get through the year. The
point has at last been reached where
something must be done to relieve
the pressure.
The two alternatives are to either
finish up additional rooms in the
basement, or erect new building.
the great objection to basement rooms
is ventilation and lighting, The Sit
uation is such that in most Of the
proposed rooms fairly good light can
be obtained, but satisfactory ventil-
alton can only be secured by artifi-
cial means. The Board of Education
is waiting tossee what the city will do
IN regard to the proposed contra
heating plant. If this is put in heat
will be available the whole schoo |
year for operating ventilating sys-
%,n,, aad the plan seems to be, in
that event, to finish up five basement
rovms for school purposes. This it is
calculated would provide for the
school population for several years to
come, and it is probably the cheap
est way out of the dilema, but wheth-
er it would prove satisfactory is very
problematic, with the weight of ex-
pert opinion decidedly against the
use of basement rooms.
The erection of new building will
involve a new loan, and this requires
a vote of the district The demand
for additional room has reached the
point where It must be met, and it
looks as if the question would soon
be put up to the voters of the dis
trict for settlement.
The Board of Education is anxious
that the patrons of the schools
should familjarize themselves with
the situation, and contemplate the
calling of a mass meeting in the near
future to ascertain the public senti-
ment in regard to the question.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-10
WORTHINGTON WINS
Defeated Heron Lake High School
Ball Team Last Saturday in
a Swift Game.

On Saturday last the Righ School
ball team shocked the ball fans of
Worthington by a decisive victory
over the Heron Lake team and it was
so effective that they have not yet re-
covered sufficiently to give the boys
the glad hand.
The game was very snappy, agree
ing precisely with the weather.
"Buster" Brown soon warmed the
rooters by causing the visitors a shut
out for the first two innings while the
Worthington boys ran in two scores
and followed up with three moro in
the fifth.
Cluster" was retired in the sixth,
Petit going in the box, an Happy
Lawton behind the Bat. - Z
The Heron Lake boys ran in four
scores in the sixth and then "chewing
a little dirt" Happy and Reddy
pulled off sweater No. 4 on the out
side and from then on everything
went rolling in good marble fashion,
Haggard tagging three out of four
steal attempts at second.
Fellows and "Jolia" Hilldyard
played the fancy field and were there
with several others at the "big stick
sticking"
The boys have asked Rob. Reed to
notify the ''knockers" as to when he
will change the weather and some of
them will be looked for at the next
game.
Batteries-Heron Lake, Stumney,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-10
The Egg Contest.

~ With only another week in which to
enter the Egg Contest at Torrance's
Cash Store, the leaders in the race
for the prizes are kept on the anxious
seat by new entries and the sudden
upward jumps of several of the lead
ing contestants. These who were in
the lead the first week are striving to
keep their positions, and change
places every day or two. This week,
however, the leaders are in just about
the same positions as they were the
first week.
The IL highest on the list on Wed.
Fnssday morning Feass follows: s,s5.- 9.
1-Walter Paine, 1881.
2-Peter Hawkihson, 1854.
3-Henry Uden, 2293.
I'D. M. Holland, 2043.
5-John Loehmer, 1896.
&C. F. Martin, 14O4.
u. Fitzgerald, 1243.
8-John Miller, 1881.
9-Chas. F. Anderson, 983.
10-J. Rogers, 936.
III. Silver, 1854.
12-H. Leistico, 855.
The last day of the Egg Contest is
Saturday, May 18th, and the prizes
will be awarded on Monday, May 20,
at which time the winners may re-
ceive them. Only the eggs brought
in up to and including Saturday, May
18th, will be counted in the contest.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-10
The Germ Theory Of Disease, o.
the tuberculosis Question.

bacteria Of disease is still not we'll un-
derstood even by experts, and the
whole subject is of rather recent date.
While we make no claim of any ex-
tensive knowledge of the subject, we
believe that there are many things
about disease germs that almost any
one can understand, and the more
general this knowledge Of the subject
is, the better for tho health and hap
piness of both mankind and animals.
These germs are very SMALL of great
variety, vary much both in shape and
size; they are supposed to belong to
plant life, mostly. Speaking gener-
ally, they are as much smaller than a
common house fly as an elephant is
larger. 1t would require from ten to
twenty thousand of them side by side
to extend an inch, and from fifteen
hundred upwards taken lengthways.
Their purpose seems to be TO decom-
pose tho dead and waste matter of
animal and plant life and prepare it
again for natures food. They are
everywhere--in air, coil and impure
water-in yeast, ferments, sour cream,
abcesses, wounds and bruises, unless
sterilized and kept out. They do not
penetrate the skin unless scratched,
pricked or cut. They may be dry or
dormant in the dust of the air, espec-
tally of closed rooms where the sun
does not enter. They are special agent
of all infectious diseases as fevers,
diphtheria, consumption, lockjaw,
etc.. and probably, also, Of contagious
diseases as smallpox, mumps and
measles.
We are told that a single o1e can
develope millions between one sunrise
and tbe next. In what we call cold
they make the trouble in nose and
throat. If they get into the lungs it
is pneumonia. If they obtain a per-
permanent footing in the lungs the
result is consumption, known as tub.
erculosis in animals.
They can injure the body only
where the blood is weak, OF breathing
dust, or some injury has made a lodg-
ment for them.
PREVENTION.
Man uses three means or antisep-
tics to destroy disease germs. First,
soap and water; Secondly, a boiling
heat of fifteen minutes; Thirdly, va
riety of chemical substances are pois-
onous to germs of which carbolic acid
is perhaps the best known.
The body also has three very eff
cient means of defense. The white
blood cells-the plasma of blood and
lymph-and the serum of the blood,
each have special power to resist the
entrance of germs. Serum can pro-
duce an antitoxin to poison and expel
them. Hence the important thing to
know and do is to keep up the power
of the blood by giving it plenty of
oxygen at all times from pure air.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-05-10
Everybody Works But Mother.

Everybody works but mother;
She visits around all day,
Goes to woman's meetings,
Takes in the the matinee,
Father tolls and worries,
He has good time,-
Everybody works at our house
But Ma-she's quit.
Everybody works at BLuME's,
We stay home at night; Z, i
So send US all your washing, z
., Ital come back all right
We lessen all your worries, '-'1 z4ss 4ss>>3:se'a
And do your clothes to fit.
Send your washing to BLuME's
If your Ma has quit. 5-17
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-01-30

Closing out plows at cost. Coffin
Bros.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-01-30
CUTTING AFFRAy
At TOPPEN|SH
Ed. WOLF STABBED BY G. SWAzEy
Sleighing Party at Toppenish Ends
in General Fight, Which Re-
suits Seriously to One.

TOPPENISH, Jan. 29.-Special
to the Herald: Ed Wolff lies at his
home in this place suffering from
several stabs and cuts as the result
of a personal encounter with Geo
Swazey. The affair occurred about
1 o'clock this morning and originate
from words passed during a sleigh.
ride in which a number of young
couples of this town participated.
The party started out early in the
evening in a pair of bob sleds drawn
by four-horse team, and seemed to
have passed pleasant evening un-
til nearing home. when it is said az
insulting remark was passed regard
ing one of the ladies of the party
The talk was resented by the hus-
band of the woman, when others oil
the party Clipped in and genera
scrap ensued.
Swazey is said to have drawn :
sharp knife and given Wolf severa
severe cuts across the left arm, sew,
ering several arteries, one stab ir
the breast, which it is feared entered
the lungs, and number in the
back. Wolff was taken in hand BY
DR.. Johnson, who found him wound
ed in eight different places and re
quiring a number of stitches.
1t was rumored early this mornins
that Wolff was likely to die from hi,
wounds, but this is thought un
likely.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-01-30
MAY TRY TO |Ez[! IbELAHSTREET
The Northern Pacific az North Coast Railroads
are Liable to CLASH on the Streets of
North Yakima Any Night

From many indications the North
ern Pacific railroad is getting ready
to hand bunch" to the North
Coast on the side and outside of the
regulation court proceedings. A
large force Of men, composed Of rail
road engineers, laborers, and also ties
and steel rails are being assembled
in close proximity to North Yakima
and the Northern Pacific is making
a bluff of intending to do things at
Union gap. The North Coast people.
however, are preparing to meet an
attempt of the Northern Pacific to
lay a track down Selah street and
across the twenty-eight acres east OF
town about which the roads are con-
tending. When the Northern Pa
cific attempts to lay track on Selah
street and across the twenty-eight
acres aforesaid it will find the North
Coast mighty wide awake. Mr.. H.
J. Snively, the attorney for the North
Coast, was seen tonight by reporter
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-01-30
CREDITORS WANT
A CHANGE MADE
IN administrators OF ESTATE
Were the People Who Held Claims
for Merchandise Sold To.
bias Beckner of Mabton.

Petition has been filed in the su-
perior court by Allen G Lewis,
Fleisehner, Mayer & Co., Honeyman
Hardware Co., Acme Harvester Co.
and the Moline-Blain Co. to have
Noah J. Beckner and Susie Beckner
removed as executor and executrix
of the estate of Tobias Beckner, who
died during October, 1902. The
former three companies are located
in the state Of Oregon, and the latter
two in the state of Illinois.
When Mr.. Beckner died he left
real estate and personal property.
and the executor and executrix were
appointed in February, 1908, BY
Judge Rudkin. The personal prop
erty amounted to $19,5S3.21 in
value. In the complaint it is stated
that debts outstanding against the
estate amount at the present time to
between $4,000 and $4,000, and
that the executor and executrix have
disposed Of all of the personal prop
erty with the exception of 800, and
that all that remains is the real es-
tate.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-01-30
SURPRISE IN THAW TRIAL.
Two Jurors Excused. and the Reason
Remains a Mystery.

NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-The first
big surprise in the Thaw trial came
today, when on the motion of Dis
trict Attorney Jerome, with the con-
sent of defendants counsel, Jurors
Arthur S. Campbell and Harold r
Fair were excused by the court
without any reflection whatever on
the jurymen" District ATTORNEY
Jerome said THE reasons for this ac-
ton will not be made known, but
they are of business nature"
When questioned afterward, Fair
said his being excused came as a
complete surprise to him and he is
ignorant of the reason. Campbell
said he had too much respect for the
court to grant an interview.
Two new jurors were secured to-
day, thus offsetting the loss. Forty
six talesmen were examined. using
up the original panel of zoo men and
taking eighteen from the new panel
Of 100.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-01-30

for the Herald and asked about the
situation. Mr.. Snively said: 81 can
not think that the Northern Pacific
will attempt, pending the proceedings
now before our courts involving the
rights to these stretegic points, to
use force to obtain advantage, but"
said the attorney, with his we'll
known smile, ut is said that all is
fair in love and war; l was in
structed as early as last September
to guard against surprises, and /
promise you that the Northern Pa
cific people will not lay track on Sc
lah street for more than twenty min
utes at any one time with the same
gang or during the same night. /
regard the Northern Pacific's efforts
at Union gap as too open and above
board to be seriously intended !
think the little joker is still up their
sleeve and the North Coast manage
ment, you may rest assured, will be
in the game when it is played"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-01-30

school to purchase books for the IL
brary for the high school. This is
matter that is essentially appreciat-
ed, and both the high school and the
faculty, as well as the management
of the school in general, desire TO
express their appreciation and
thanks to the club.
The general expression of the pub
lie at this time seems to be that of
approval of the recent bond election,
and while there was some opposition
at the time, the general opinion
seems to be that the schools stand in
great need of buildings and equip
ment The grade buildings continue
to be crowded tot heir utmost ca
pacity. and buildings are badly need
ed in the outlying districts
I desire also 10 call attention to
the matter of compulsory attendance
of children upon the schools. The
first semester of the schools will
close on the l 5th of February, and
at that time there will be promotions
and reorganization of classes, also
new classes will be received into the
schools. would therefore recon-
mend that especial attention be di-
rected to this matter. that all child
rem who are now out of school who
should he in attendance, may be
brought in at that time 1t is esti-
mated that there are now 500 child
rem of school age who should be in
school that are not attending, many
of them running the streets and pre-
pairing to graduate into the criminal
courts, and others are working as
errand and messenger boys. The
following statistics from Warden
Kincaid of the Washington peniten-
tiary at Walla Walla should be
sufficient comment upon this matter:
Convicts with no education 80. SIS
Number who can read only. -. 10
Number who attended the COM
| mon schools only ISL
Number who can read and write
only ......... ....+.... IS
High school graduates - 3
College graduates ..... 2
From the Isl who claim a COM
mon school education the warden re-
ports probably half Of these as hav-
ing gone no further than the third
grade.
4 Respectfully submitted,
i D. c. REED. City Supt.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-01-30
ACQUIRE TIMBER
LANDS IN MEXICO
AND IMPORT MAHOGANY LUMBER
Company Said to Have Been Formed
of Washington Capitalists
for That Purpose.

A rumor that has been quietly cir
culating about town for the past few
days, when traced down. seems to
be at least founded on fact, although
the particulars are closely guarded.
The rumor is to the effect that cor
poration or company of capitalists
has been formed for the purpose Of
acquiring mahogany timber lands in
Mexico, bringing the wood to this
state and working it UP into finished
products of various kinds, princi-
pally furniture.
1t is said that the plans of the
company are about complete, and
that Miles Cannon, who recently re-
signed from the management of the
ST. Paul E. Tacoma Lumber company
and later sold his interests in the
Boston store, will go to Mexico with
in month or six weeks to complete
negotiations already begun for the
lands on which the mahogany is
grown.
Owing to the great and increasing
value of mahogany, a company OF the
character indicated would necessari-
" be capitalized for large sum. This
is said to be the case. The Herald's
informant state that among those
most heavily interested are various
members of the Cascade Lumber
Company, and that associated with
them are a number of the leading
lumber men of the northwest.
A Herald reporter sought an in
terview yesterday with Mr.. Cannon
but got little satisfaction. He only
smiled and said: 81 cannot imagine
who in this town would give out the
information you say you have
"But will you say whether it is
true or not?" he was asked.
81 will not say anything, one way
or the other" replied Mr.. Cannon.
"Have you any knowledge of such
company being formed" the re-
porter asked
81 haven't word to say, and | will,
not have any information to give
out" replied Mr.. Cannon; "but
cannot imagine where you heard the
rumor."
The exact location of the lands de-
sired by the syndicate is not known,
but they are said to lie near the
western coast of Mexico.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-01-30
A SPLENDID SERVICE.
Eight Additions TO Church Marked
Last Nights Revival Meeting.

At the revival services in the First
Christian church last evening there
were eight accessions in response 10
the invitation extended at the close
of the service by Evangelist Hamlin.
The meeting was pronounced the
best of the series. and ii is evident
that the expectations Of the congre-
cation that hundred members will
be added as result Of the meeting
are 10 be fulfilled
Tonight the sermon will be on
Church Unity" Ii is probable it
will be OF a. much general interest as
any that has been given Pastors of
other congregations and members of
their churches have been invited to
be present. Rev. Hamlin in his dis
courses has been so fair 10 other de-
nominations and so courteous and
Christian-like in his comparisons ~
religious beliefs that il Is heliev,
the invitation will be accepted.
does not hold others to account
having views different from the d =
nomination whose principles he IN
holds. and for this reason has been !
accorded reception and cooperation
that is pleasing to church members
and impresses others with the sim
certify and earnest desire to accom-
plish results of those engaged in pm
ligious work. es
&c. ST
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-01-30
SETS FORTH THE
SCHOOL CONDITIONS
REPORT OF Superintendent REED
Enrolment and Attendance Both
Show Gratifying Gains-Hints
on Compulsory Education.

Superintendent D. c. Reeds sta
tistical monthly report OF the city
schools for the fourth month of the
school year, together with COM
parison of similar statistics for the
corresponding month of last year,
has been submitted to the board, and
is as follows:
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-01-30
Situation Growing Worse.

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 29.-The
snow blockade and fuel famine in
the northwest continues, and relief
seems as remote as ever. Another
snow storm has swept North Dakota
and Minnesota and from points on
the railroads come reports Of stalled
trains, deserted engines and snow.
plows. Hundreds of cars of coal and
provisions started westward may not
reach their destination for days or
or weeks.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-01-30
Schooner Wrecked, Seven Drowned

BRISBANE. Australia, Jan. 90
The government schooner Pilot was
wrecked in q recent cyclone at Cook
Town. Seven were drowned, includ-
ing Sir Henry Hargreaves, a member
Of the Queensland legislature.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-01-30

The complaint is filed on the
ground that the executor and ex-
ecutrix have failed and neglected to
properly manage the estate and have
mismanaged the same and will con-
tinue to do so. Also that they are
not suitable persons to handle the
estate.
The above companies have claims
against the estate as follows:
Allen & Lewis =. .$1111.79
Fleischner, Mayer & Co. -. 1864
Honeyman Hardware Co. =. 477.13
Moline-Blain Co. ....... 1882
Acme Harvester Co. -. 1036.23
The petitioners state in the com.
plant that at various times they
have presented their respective
claims against the estate, lat moth
ing has been paid on ! the above
amounts. IN
The case has been set 'fsGr Febru-
airy 20 before Judge Rigg.