Willmar tribune., 1908-12-30

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Chas. Birch, of Willmar, an old
time newspaper man, now repre-
5enting the Central Life Assurance
Co. of Des Moines, Iowa, wrote a
number of policies here this week.
l-Brooten Review.
All patrons of rural routes should
keep supply of stamps on hand.
1t is an injustice to the carrier to
require him to take off his mitts
and pick pennies out of cold box
N a day in winter. 1t will not be
long before the government will re-
luire all patrons to leave only
| stamped mail in the boxes. 1t is
very easy to keep a supply of
stamps on hand and by so doing it
will be just help to the carrier.
Eden Valley Journal.
A merciful man is merciful to
his beasts. We like to see our
farmers when they drive into town
N a cold, stormy day, get their
team in a barn or cover them with
blankets. In the heat of summer
they can always find shade in which
to leave the NJ BILE animals that
brought them to town. There are
many, however. who on cold days
rush for a stove themselves and
leave their horses in the storm.
while in the heat of summer they
seek the shade and leave their hor-
es in the sun. There is something
wrong about the man who thus
abuses his team.-Parkers Prairie
Independent.
And now conference has been
held at Gracevi'le between represent
tatives of the Minnesota Central
Telephone company and persons
representing Graccville, Browns
Valley, Beardsley, Ortonville, Du-
mont and Wheaton. After listen
ing to the reasons submitted for
the proposed advance in rates, the
conference passed a resolution re-
fusing to accept the new telephone
rates. The officers of the confer
ence were instructed to ask the tele-
phone company to submit detailed
financial statement for each local
exchange represented at the meet
ing, and the several localities rep
resented were requested to select
one person each to form a centra
committee to deal with the exist
ing telephone situation as the tu-
ture exigencies may require.
Last weeks Cokato Enterprise
contains an account of a double
tragedy enacted at Knapp. six miles
north of Cokato, when August Carl
son shot and mortally wounded his
divorced wife and then committed
suicide, in the presence of their
;our children. The tragedy CAME
as a climax to a sad domestic
drama. Carlson and his wife were
"arried in 1891, but they were
never quite happy, for the husband
drank and the family was neglect
ed. They were finally divorced
early last summer, and Mrs. Carl
son and the children moved from
Herman to a lite home furnished
her by her father. Carls n visited
them several times in an endeavor
to effect reconciliation but to no
avail, and after a last attempt a
week ago Saturday he committed
the terrible deed described above.
Judge Powers has decided the fa-
nous Homme-Snortum contest for
sheriff in Yellow Medicine county
in favor of the latter. Homme
was defeated by Snortum in the
primaries. whereupon Homme ran
independent, using the "sticker'
method of obtaining votes. and
when the ballots were counted he
was found to have 300 more OF
them than Snortum. Whereupor
he "hommed" to himself, while hi.
defeated opponent 'snortumed'
with rage and finally brought the
mater before the judge, wht
turr ed the tables on the "hom
mer," saying that under our pres
, ent system of voting stickers do no1
count. 7Homme and Snortum have
: now had one laugh apiece. The su
preme court will decide who is tt
, have the third.
Dassel is planning on installing :
$4,000 electric light plant. Ths
Farmers Elevator company has de
clared dividend of 10 per cent
There is no denying the fact tha
Clara City has been away behint
surrounding towns this fall as i;
grain ma ket. Maynard has and i
) still paying from two to FIVE cent
, more for grain than the local ele
vators pay. The Farmers elevate
may be making money for its share
holders. but as a trade puller TO
5 the town and as benefactor t
' other farmers it might as we'll b.
; located in Africa as in Clara City
The Farmers elevator at Maynar'