Willmar tribune., 1908-12-30
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the part Of the authorities lis lh6
needed, q few of the offenders
ought to suffer the penalty pre-
scribed by law. They ought to, be
made to realize that this habit. of
expectorating not only makes our
public places look filthy and unin.
viting. but that it shows a fragrant
ignorance Of or disregard for the
! fundamental laws of hygiene.
The little city of Princeton has
this fall shipped out about 5000
bushels of potatoes. the value Of
which is about $4OO, 900. They
were all raised by farmers who
own only 80 acres or less of land.
The Glenwood fire department
has organized a relief association,
each member paying one dollar 4
year dues, and receiving one dollar
per day in case of total disability.
In case of the death OF a member
his family receives $l00. Similar
organizations are being effected by
volunteer fire departments in vari-
GUS places thruout the state.
Because he snored when he slept,
Earl Tye. who broke into store at
Grove Lake, near Glenwood, was
discovered and caught. While spe-
cial deputies we're securing the
country for the culprit. he was
calmly making himself at home in
the attic Of the store, with enough
provisions to last him several days
until he should find some means Of
escape. But he fell asleep and
sno1ed and that proved his undo
ing. Which proves that snoring is
or is not good thing, depending
entirely on from which side you are
looking at it.
Madisons' new schoolhouse was
formally dedicated last Friday even
ing. Among those who were pres
ent to take part in the dedication
ary exercises were W. A. Shoe
maker, president Of the St. Cloud
Normal school, C. G. Schulz, as
sistant superintendent of public in
struction, and Supt. P. C. Tonning
Of this city. The building is per-
haps the finest of its kind in the
state. 1t is an oblong structure,
72Xl54 feet, three stories in height.
and has seating capacity Of $50.
1t contains IL grade rooms, two
laboratories, two rooms for COM
mercial work, rooms for library,
text books, office, domestic science.
manual training, boiler, fan and
fuel rooms. The heating and venti-
Iation is the very best. The cost
Of the structure is estimated at
about $65, 900. F. W. Dobbyn. who
was formerly county superintendent
here, is the superintendent of the
Madison schools.
1t is curious how the omission Of
letter in word will change the
entire meaning of sentence or an
item of news. The Ledger's Union
Grove correspondent last week
wro'e that Art Carpenter of Paynes.
vile dined at the home Of Mr..
Flanders day or so previous. The
Itypesetter and proofreader. with
malice in their hearts, left out the
| etter en- in the word "dined"
and thereby turned the happy Flan-
ders home into morgue and the
jolly Art Carpenter into q lost,
strayed or stolen corpse. Now the
Ledger thinks heap of Art and
wouldn't kill him off for six bits
and is only too glad to correct the
error by saying that he is the Iivest
cadaver that ever came over the
pike and that he has no intention
Of shuff1lng off this mortal coil un-
til he has at least sampled a num-
ber more of good dinners at the
Flanders home. We also beg Mrs.
Flanders pardon for thus careless
ly and metaphorically mussing her
house up with surprise party fu-
neral and if she will forgive us this
time, we promise it if happens
again we will make good by fur
nishing the goods, even if we have
to slaughter the office devil to do
so.-Litchfield News Ledger.
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