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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-06-24

The young amateur author was in a
quandary.
would you,' inquired he. "have
your hero tear down the street or tear
up the street?''
"That depends. Is your hero a sprint
er or paving contractor Y'-Kansas
City Independent
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-06-24

Abstracts of title to Kandiyohi
county lands and city property
promptly furnished by J. T. Otos,
the bonded abstracter.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-06-24
Swearing Alleqfance.

Eight residents were admitted to
full citizenship at the district court
this week, viz, Sam Gilbertson of
Burbank, who changed his name to
Simon Gulbrandson: Martin Melan-
der, John johnson Sandell, John
William Carlson and Carl Fredin,
of Kandiyohi; Chas. Erickson, Fab
lun; Amund Amundson jacobson,
Colfax; and Ne]s Anderson, White
field. The hearing on the applica-
tion of Ludwig Anton Bjorling has
been placed for Saturday. Judge
Qvale fixed a special term for act
ing on citizen papers for next Nov.
Z. Two applications have already
been received to be acted on at that
time-those of Johannes Aadland
and Ole O. Flesland.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-06-24

"How, for instance" asked the in.
Qufsitive boarder, "would you define a
compliments
In loves warfare" replied the d.
dactic boarder, "a compliment is a
skirmisher sent out for the purpose of
bringing on an engagement Chicago
Tribune.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-06-24
Willmar Markets
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Corrected June 81, 1905
prlces on creamery butte flour bran. ahcrta
and apples are dealers selling prices. iii Other
are prices paid to producers,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-06-24

When you are in need of Fire In
surance call on me. When YOUR
policy expires | would like to re-
new it for you.
LEWIS JOHNSON.
lot 214 4th St.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-12-13
'The City Of Encounter"

r. Horace Hazeltine Published b. Mltcneil
,Kenneriev New York. Price Si5e.
OF all the exciting books Of the year
this latest one by Horace Hazeltine'
The city Of Encounters" is the limit
Every possible device in the world IS
lsed. but so well is the story told that
ore moves along with the story filled
with conviction until the end
II all starts from railroad accldent'
the hero. John Brooke. carries an un-
conscious young woman to farmhouse
and falls in love with her, but is too
dazzled 10 find out her name. The
porter OF the train gives him the wrong
bag in the excitement Of the accident,
and Brooke does not discover that fact
until he attempts TO shave in his hotel
Il, New York Then the troubles begin,
for he discovers over 100000 in the
strange grip. and the rest of the book
is filed with his adventures In search
q the owner. Every WORD IS amusing
and so plausible that while reading il
one makes no excuse for anything. The
hero has nerve of iron and so. too, mas
lis sweetheart; in fact, all the charac-
ters seem singularly welt balanced and
possessed Of marvellous recuperative
powers. It is a perfect orgy Of eX-
element, but relaxing withal.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-12-13
"Patty's Friends

By Carolyn Wells. author OF Patty at Home. :
Patty In Paris" etc. Published by Dodd
Mead & Co., New York. Price 81 %.
Carolyn Wells is one of the most
versatile of the writer's of the day. Not
only does she appeal to the grown up
readers of dainty verse, but to that
other large class, the readers of
comic papers and magazines, her name
is a household word. Her tales for
children and young girls can not be
too enthusiastically praised, for they
are full of healthy, exciting interest,
and also have fine literary quality.
Readers who have followed her
Patty" through the FIVE previous
books will be charmed with "Patty's
Friends" In this book the clever little
American girl is in England, and her
establishment, pleasure and enthusiast
tic appreciation of the country and the
people win a place for her in the
hearts of all. The books reads like a
bit from the life of any young Ameri-
can girl visiting abroad and can not
fail to interest the young reader. The
illustrations by Clara ID. Davidson are
excellent and the book is we'll printed
and daintily bound.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-12-13
''The Silver Butterfly"

By Mrs Wilson Woodrow. Published by Bobbs-
&erriu company. indianapolis. Price Sl5o-
For a man who has knocked about
pretty much all over the world Robert
Hayden is remarkably ingenious. one
almost writes gullible. When the tale
opens. Hayden was back in New York
again after several years spent in the
uttermOst parts Of the earth.f While
in South America he has become the
sole pOssessOr of the secret of the
Lost Marip0sa" mine This mine was
of fabulous value, but plague has
visited the place and carried of the
workers and owners, and an earth
quake had followed, which destroyed
the lay OF the land Whereabouts and
only lucky accident reveals the secret
10 Hayden. He goes 10 New York to
hunt for the heirs and bargain with
them.
AT the opera he meets Marcia Old
ham. who wears a silver butterfly at
her breast and similar ornaments on
her slippers. She loses one Of the sill
yer butterflies from her slipper. Hay
den finds il and after advertising re-
turns il and falls promptly in love. 1t
Is hard 10 tell why, but one knows on
the spot that she is one of the owners
OF the lost mine. From this point on
one is tangled in a web Of unrealities
that almost spoil the story. The idea
IS good one but so much 1ummery
rfes the reader. one bit of foolish
ness is the manner of Marcia's life. She
lives as extrava gantly and extensively
as II she were possessed Of an unliD-
tied income and vet she is the lost
owner Of q lost mine. She makes the
money she is spending on society for
tune tellers, electric automobiles, cost
liz dinners, and silver butterflies by
secretly making little bits of silver
sewelry and selling them 10 her friends
Mrs Woodrow writes charmingly
and her style IS as good in this as In
her previous work, but readers VINO
know her by such books as The Bro
Of Time" and The New Missioner VIII
End IL difficult 10 believe that this nov
81 Of New York society is from the
same pen. She is a born story teller
and this book viii hold the interest
10 the final page. but the tale VIII De
forgotten tomorrow.
The illustrations for this book are
nv Howard Chandler Christy and are
wen printed in color The fact thai
he continues TO be chosen 10 illustrate
books shows that some people must IKE
him. so the less said, perhaps amour
his work the better. His men aho
women are as deformed as ever and
he has not at all caught the SPIRIT OF
the author.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-12-13
Judith Of the Cumberland"

pr Alice Nact;ovan. author Of The Last
Word - etc Published by 9. z. Putnams
sons New YORK. Price Sloo
one likes 10 hear OF so conscientious
2 writer as Miss Alice MacGowan. She
has always lived in a small city IN the
heart OF the southern Appalachian
range and spends a part of each year
a. lie mountains themselves; but she
VS. not content with that much knowi-
edge OF the country when she began her
hook. Judith Of the Cumberlands." At
the suggestion Of General John 7. VIII
der. an old soldier who knew the coun-
trv ike book, Miss MacGowan bought
: Inountain bred saddle horse and went
On an eight weeks trip. depending abb
solut6Iv upon the hospitality Of the
,ysvside dwellers and so got to know a
side of these people which she never
would have been able TO otherwise.
"At first" she says, I shrank very
much from riding UP to a cabin-a
Young woman, alone, with garments
80 out6t that must challenge the at
tentfon and curiosity OF these people
In the dusk Of evening or In heavy
rafnstorn. and asking in set terms for
7oFofne But It took only a few days
Cor me to find that here ! was never TO
Re sta red at. wondered at, nor ques-
toned. and that. proffering my request
under such conditions, / was met by
slant hospitality and grave, unin-
ouiring courtesy unsurpassed and not
always eoualed in the best society, and
7 seemed TO evoke a swift tenderness
that was almost compassion.
The author has confined herself abso-
lutelv to that one locality in writing
this tale Of the Cumberland mountains
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-12-13
Two least Books

Scottish Toasts'' by Ivcr Ben McIyor. and
Irish ToastS." hy Shane Ma Gael. Pub
lished by II. NJ. Caldwell & Co., New York
and Boston.
Two dainty little companion volumes
of toasts are out, the Irish toasts bound
in green. with shamrocks as a decora-
ton. and the Scottish toasts bound in
a red and green plaid, very pretty but
not Scotch tartan OF any we'll known
family.
The collection OF Irish toasts is not
the best possible. 1t consists principal
ly of some unfamiliar songs and short
familiar quotations, not all of them ac-
curately quoted. None of the selections
is signed. an omission that detracts
from tile value OF the book.
The same fault is observed i'm the
Scotch toasts. but the selections are
better known and chosen with more
taste and judgment. Some of the toasts
in the Irish collection are in Gaelic, and
some in the Scotch collection in old
broad Scotch which may add to the
interest of people who can understand
those dialects.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-12-13
First and Last Things

By II. G. Wells. author Of New Worlds Tor
Old" etc Published by 6. p. Putnsms Sons,
New York. Price $3.50.
The title of Mr.. Wells new book,
First and Last Things" would suggest
very little TO the reader If it were not
for its subtitle. "A Confession of Faith
and Rule of Life That part suggests
a work on religion. and in a way the
work is religious. 1t is a statement of
Mr.. Wells personal views on religion,
and also his social creed. After reading
this book one understands his other
books better, especially his works which
deal with socialism.
Here, in a word, is the procedure OF
this book II contends that a benevo-
lent and, one might say. providential
scheme is unfolding itself in human his
tory. A great aspect of this scheme, as
Mr.. Wells apprehends IT. is the develop
ment OF mans sense of community with
his kind and a resultant towering of
richer human happiness and well being.
The benefcent possibilities of collec-
tivism, of fraternal cooperation, are in
his view well nigh undreamed of. On
the destructive side this book attacks
the present regime of individualistic
freebooting: on the constructive side 1t
indicates the nature of the economic
and social institutions which collec-
tivism would establish.
Mr. Wells writes with much charm
and very convincing sincerity The
volume is divided into four books
each with numerous chapters or divi-
sions. He tells the reader what his
convictions are on metaphysics, on the
various phases of religion, on general
conduct. He discusses the problems OF
war, democracy. justice, sex and mar
riage. and concludes with Some Per
sonal Things" which embraces chapters
on love. life, death and failure.
There are many rather startling views
expressed, especially on love and mar
riage, though he hastens to say that
he believes in "the general social desir-
ability of the family group" and I'm the
extreme efficacy in the normal human
being of the blood link and pride link
between parent and child" Many oil
Mr.. Wells views will be disputed, bat
the book as a whole makes very inter
esting reading. II has all the good ma.
ture, the charm, the amenity and the
humor that have brought Mr. Wells his
large audience. It has, too, the kind Of
authority that belongs to works tina
proceed from mans whole nature anc
total convictions-the product at one.
of heart and head
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-12-13

already done so much for the boys OF
today. The illustrations are fair, by
E. B. Comstock. and the printing and
binding are of the best (McLaughhn
Brothers. New York;
Very valuable are the compact little
volumes of the Great Galleries OF Eu-
rope series OH. NJ Caldwell company,
New York;. They have issued The
National Gallery" The Tate Gallery,
The Louvre" and The Luxembourg.
Now comes The Glasgow Gallery
There are so or more examples OF the
work in this collection. with concise
notes on the pictures and the artists
and historical account of the gallery
itself.
The Higher Sacrifice" by David
Starr Jordan is a reprint OF a sermon
to college students. The object OF the
sermon is to incite the young men to
high endeavor and unselishness- one
can imagine IL would sound better than
IL reads, for the language IL rather
strained and affected at times (The
american Unitarian association, Bos-
ton. 80 cents.)
Amanda M. Douglas has done much
6sr the good. and at the same time the
interest. OF little girls. Her Little
Girl series has a new addition. making
q full dozen. The latest is "A Little
Girl in Old Salem" and Ii Is written
with the same care and accuracy which
have characterized each OF the other
books in the series. (Dodd. Mead & Co..
New York. s1.50)
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-12-13
AlGlALICE MCGOWAN >

ana premature specialism where II does
not waste by aimless dispersion.
Some of the raps which Mr.. Flexner
gives the American college may seem
hard. but IL they will only rouse inter
est sufficiently to make some radical
change the book will have accom-.
plished its mission. One. more quota
ton Is so strong 1t is worth remem-
boring:
The important thing is to realize
that the American college is pedagog-
icaily deficient. and unnecessarily de-
ficient. alike in earnestness and In in
telligence that in consequence our col
lege students are, and for the most
part emerge. Eighty. superficial and
immature, lacking. as class. concen-
tratfon. seriousness and thoroughness-"
The book. is written with so much
earnestness and holds the interest so
thoroughly that it is sure TO do some
good by rousing an interest and gen
eral recognition of the conditions or
our great institutions of learning.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-12-13
/" The American College .

BY Abraham Flexner. Published by the Cen
fury company. New York. Price ST.
Mr.. Abraham Flexner has made what
may be called life study of educa-
tional systems. He has himself taken
degrees at Johns Hopkins. Harvard,
Columbia and University of Berlin. and
has spent many years I'm teaching.
For the last three years he has been
studying methods and results in the
United States. England and Germany.
so that he is we'll fitted to write a
book on "a study in Contemporary
Education"
The second annual report of presi-
dent Henry S. Pritchett OF the Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement of
Teaching contained the statement that
the American college shows weak
nesses which its best friends clearly
recognize. Mr. Flexner takes this state
ment as his theme and analyses the
educational procedure OF our colleges
from the secondary school to the day
when the bachelors degree indicates
that the entire process is finished. The
chapter headings are: The Problem
Defined" THE Development of the Col
lege," "The Functions OF the Modern
College," The College and Secondary
Education" THE Elective System
Graduate and Undergraduate" and
The Way Out"
Mr.. Flexner finds many things To
criticise and puts forth strongly what
he considers some of the weaknesses
of our present system. His ideas are
Endorsed by some of our most eminent
men in education. There is much mat
ter here to startle the compiacent be-
lever in our present system. whether
parent, student, high school teacher
or college professor II the book has
no other effect than to awaken interes,
and stimulate discussion, 1t will be
productive of real good.
One quotation will interest readers
everywhere. for the elective system has
been discussed so thoroughly and pub
licly of late:
"The elective system ignores the edu.
cational aspects of the inclusive socia.
and human relationship. Further. II
leaves the student entirely free to fol.
low his special interest narrowly
The elective system i'm.
poverishes and isolates by excessive
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-12-13
FRoNTIS PIECE FROM THE Oliver
BUTTERFLY h.n- HES WILSON, WOODROW

personal characteristics every reader
of the newspapers and magazines is
supposed to be intimately acquainted.
Under the most transparent DISCUSSES
John d. Rockefeller. J. Pierpont Nor
gan Carnegie, Corey, Schwab, Ryan
Heinze. Morse and Barney OF the
Knickerbocker trust company make
their appearance in the pages of Sim
clair's book Perhaps the principal
interest of the story for many people
will consist in picking out the cap
tains of finance behind their masks and
delving into the scandals with which
the author coenects them.
Stripped of its disguise. the story
seems to tell how Barney of the
Knickerbocker trust company. which
appears as the Gotham trust COM
pany," was driven TO financial ruin and
suicide by the arbiter of Wall street,
who appears under the name of Dan
Waterman"
Waterman, we are told, had grossly
insulted the beautiful woman who af-
terward succumbed TO the wiles of the
president of the Gotham trust COM
pany" and jealousy prompted him to
bring on the panic which not only
submerged his rival but the whole
financial system of the country
There are many highly colored pic
lures of society always spelled with
q capital letter. in The AIoneychang
ers." and there is much retail of Cos
sip and scandal. but the motive insisted
on in the story is the complete cor
ruption OF New York's financial insti-
tutions.
The Moneychangers'' is not an en-
Pertaining story and 1t is not a very
well written one. but it has to do with
a crisis in which tens Of thousands OF
people are interested, and, despite its
imperfect perspective, it will prob
ably be much read.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-12-13
+" The Poetic Old WorId :"
Compiled by Lucy H. Humphrey.

Compiled by Lucy II. Humphrey. Published by
Henry Holt & Co.. New York.
Miss Lucy H. Humphrey is a sister
in law of Rev. E l.. Walz, pastor of
the Green street Congregational church
in San Francisco. and for that reason
first one notices this little book. Loyal
Californians wish to compliment their
own,i though they have been making
such successes everywhere latterly that
they need no advertising from their
friends at home.
Miss Humphrey will receive only
praise for her charming little an
thology anyway. so that her local inter
est will not add to her fame. When
she has been travelling in Europe she
has often longed for "a small volume
of the most famous poems associated
with the historic and classic localities "
and that longing led her to compile this
book. Here she has collected several
hundred poems referring to England
Ireland, Scotland and all parts OF
Europe. which are sure to please the
traveller.
Miss Humphrey says in her preface,
While it is a pleasure to read such
poems at home after the journey Is
done, IT. is more of a JOY to identify
haunting lines and to refresh ones
memory with familiar poems in the
places themselves and before impress
sions have become dim
One very interesting feature of the
book is the arrangement of the poems
the author having followed a suggested
and very possible itinerary. Miss
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-12-13

II is A love story, but one OF almost
primitive conditions. The rough life
OF the simple mountaineers is graph
ically painted. their narrow views their
simple pleasures, their bitter and Inc
tense loves and hates, all are faithfully
portray
Judith is very feminine creature,
curiously strong and curiously weak.
She is humanity selfish at first. but her
character is rounded and developed by
love and the tests she is called upon to
undergo The men characters of the
book seem drawn with more care but
less comprehension.
Miss MacGowan does rather daring
thing in her novel, considering the
amount of adverse criticism it has had
during the lastfew years. She uses a
mountain dialect for some of her char
acters that really adds TO the color and
pleasure of the story rather than de-
tracts in any way It is easy to read
and, curiously enough. helps one into
the spirit OF the mountaineer better
than pages Of description.
All the events OF mountain life are
pictured in this story-the terrors of a
feud the slight regard OF human life,
Illicit distilling and. withal, strong,
passionate love story.
This book is far above the everyday
output OF American fiction and deserves
more detailed praise than the space OF
a daily paper permits The author is
picturing for US a type as little known
to American readers as TO foreigners. and
with the constant and rapid spread of
educational facilities and the rapid set
Ting of ali the mountain districts these
people must soon vanish as type. At
present they represent the purest
American strain We have in the country
and this book. which so correctly
and Interestingly pictures them. should
take prominent place in the historical
literature Of the country
The book Is we'll illustrated in color
by George Wright and printed and
bound in excellent taste.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-12-13

plant pigtaii protruding In defiance.
The family tradition Is that these d.
rections were faithfully carried out.
Health and Happiness. or religious
therapeutics and right living, Is writ
ten by Rev Samuel Fallows of Chicago.
He, like so many other seekers now
adays. was amazed at the hundreds OF
sects in existence which believe and
teach miraculous healing OF one. form
or another. and this book Is the result
of his studies and prayer. The EN-
manuel movement In Boston was so
great and reasonable success that IL
is along those lines that the future
health and happiness must be taught,
thinks the bishop. The book Is very
sanely written and most interesting and
without doubt will appeal TO hundreds
who are not satisfied with other forms
of religion and medicine. "a. C. Nc
Clurg & Co.. Chicago; s1.5o)
Tanning the Barbary Pirates Is g
fine tale for boys: It's subtitle hints
what to expect. with Decatur and
Somers in the Mediterranean. and the
boys get their fill of lighting and ad-
venture and real history with 1T all The
book tells of the gallant exploits OF
Decatur and Somers in the Lucky
Little Enterprise and Nautilus. anc
is written by John de Morgan, who has
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-12-13
q Vega Of Iemagami y

By Cy Warman. published By II. II. Caldwell
company. New York.
Mr. Warman is so faycrably known
through his always readable and often
brilliant sketches of railway life (''The
Last Spike Tales of An Engineer.
etc. that this book, thread OF prose
and verse. through desert of margin.
comes as surprise. and only partially
a pleasant one.
The so called poetry would best be
passed in kindly silence-with eyes
averted, let US say. The stories on In
dian. Mormon and gold brick swind-
ling subjects may occupy spare hour
when one has no other reading at hand,
but they are very far below this merit
of the authors railway stories.