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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-06-03
SAM SAMSON'S Will
An Old Will, Thirty Eight Years
Old, PrObated in SteamS
County.

The will of the late Sam Samson
Of Belgrade, which was made out
80 years ago, was filed in the pro-
bate court this morning by Will
mar attorney. The document was
made out on Sept. IL, 1870, and
was witnessed by two men whose
names are Thomas Mikkelson and
Charles S. Geer. According to the
terms of the will the widow, Sara
S amson, is made the sole executrix
and all the property is assigned to
her. The estate is valued at $14,-
900. OF this $4,000 is in notes,
bonds and certificates and $4,000 in
real estate. Samson was a man
about 80 years Of age. He resided
in Burbank township. At the time
the will was made the deceased was
in rather poor health. Believing
that his end was not far off, he de-
cided to dispose Of his property.
Samson was known under five
different names, which are men,
toned in the petition asking that
the will be admitted to probate.
He was known as Sam Sampson,
Soren Sorenson, Sam Samson, So
rem Sampson and Sam Sorenson.
His property now stands in the
various names.
The document itself which is on
file at the probate Office is badly
faded. 1t was written on a piece
of cheap paper with yellow ink.
The will was folded and is in three
pieces. The handwriting, however,
is plain and can be read easily. st.
Cloud Journal-Press.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-06-03
Married at Atwater.

The marriage Of Miss Emily E.
Nelson to Mr.. Carl Peterson was
solemnized at the Swedish Lutheran
church in this village on Thursday
afternoon, May Fl, at 2::3O O'Clock,
Rev. G. 0. Schoberg performed the
ceremony in the presence of a large
number of relatives and friends.
The bridesmaids were Misses Annie
and Mabel Nilsson, sisters of the
bride, and the groomsmen were
Helmer Nilsson of Minneapolis, a
cousin of the bride, and Theodore
Bergstrom of St. Paul. Ellen John
son of Minneapolis, a niece of the
groom, and Esther Monson, niece
of the bride, were flower girls.
Ellen and Edwin Johnson of At
water acted as ushers. The bridal
pair will make their home on the
groom's claim at Rainy Butte, N.
D., for which place they expected
to leave shortly. -Atwater Repub.
lican Press.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-06-03
First publication May 2O.]
Articles Of incorporation Of Atwste,
Hardware Company.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRES.
| ents that We whose names are hereto sub.
| scribed, do hereby associate ourselves to.
ton under and by virtue of Chapter So OF
| the Revised Laws of Minnesota for 1 O5, to.
gether with the several Acts of the Legisla.
ture of said State relating thereto, and do
hereby adopt the following Articles of Incor.
The name of said corporation shall be
"ArWATER HARDWARE COMPANY"
The general nature OF the business of said
corporation shall be the buying and selling
| of all kinds of goods, wares and merchandise
and dealing in farm products.
| III.
The principal place of transacting the bust
lage of Atwater in the county Of Kandiyoh
and State OF Minnesota
The time of commencement of said corpor
D. 1908 and the period of it's continuance
shall be thirty years.
The amount of capital stock of said cor
poration shall be twenty-five Thousand
| (25.OOO) dollars, which stock shall be di
vided into Two hundred and Fifty (25O)
shares of One hundred (1OO) dollars each
fully paid for. Stock shall be issued from
time to time as authorized by the board O.
| directors.
The highest amount of indebtedness or liza
bility to which said corporation shall at any
time be subject, shall be the sum of Five
| Thousand $1,000 dollars,
| VII.
| The names and places of residence of the
persons forming this association for incor.
poration are, as follows:
Walter ]. Neal, residing at st. Paul, Min.
| nesOta.
George Cahill, residing at St. Paul, Min
| nesOta.
| Gyda S. Hansen, residing at St. Paul, Min.
| nesOta.
| VIII.
The government of said corporation and
the management of its affairs shall be vested
| in board of three directors, two of whom
| shall constitute quorum. The board OF di.
| rectors shall have power to fill any vacan
cies arising in said board by death. resigna.
ton or otherwise, and the director elected to
fill vacancy shall serve for the unexpired
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-06-03
First publication May 2O.l
Citation for Hearing on Petition for
Administration,

ESTATE OF MATTHIAS MATHIASON ALSO
KNOWN AS MATTHIAS MATHISON.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Kandiyohi,
In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of Matthias Mathia-
son also known Matthias MathsOn dece-
dent
THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO all persons
interested in the granting of administration of
the estate of said decedent. The petition of
Alethe P. MathiasOn having been filed in this
court, representing that Matthias Mathiason
also known as Matthias Mathison, then re-
sident of the county of Kandiyohi, state of
Minnesota, died interstate on the 18th day of
February 1908; and praying that letters of admi-
nistration Of said estate be grated to Hemming
S. Nelson and the court, having fixed the time
and place for hearing said petition Therefore.
You, and Each of You, are hereby cited and
required to show cause, if any you haye, be-
fore this court at the Probate Court rooms in
the Court House, in the city of Willmar in the
county of KandiyOhi, state of Minnesota, on
the 10th day of June, 1908. at one o'clock p. m,
why said petition should not be granted
Witness, the Judge of said Court, and Seal of
said Court, this l4th day of May, 1908.
! COURT A. F. NORDIN,
] SEAL. Probate Judge.
GEO. II. BITTERNESS,
Attorney for Petitioner.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-06-03

Sivert S. Reigstad,
Andrew Johnson,
John E. Bitterness,
J. E. Ramstad,
Heirs of Erick uldbrandson,
Andrew E. Rood,
Unknown,
Thomas E. Rood,
Ole A. Boo,
H. E. Ekren,
Otto p. Nygaard,
John Georgeson,
Anna S. 1versOn,
Jacob Ramstad,
Norval Helgeson,
Ingval Hanson,
Anders O. Hcnium,
JOrgen p. Ytterboe,
A. o. Henjum,
John 8: Jacob Forshager,
Albert Syse,
Gunder Johnson,
NJ artha P. Skare,
Ole f. Sagedal,
Even E. Rood,
Gemil Carolina X ampestad,
Herman & Chas Edman,
sivert T. skindelien,
G. T. Skindelien,
Edward H. Hauge,
Lars o. Netland,
Nels Helgeson,
Edward J. Husaby,
Lena J. Jacobson,
Hans o. Myhre,
Anna Georgeson,
E. k.Lund,
Albert 4 Even Lund
Township of Arctander, municipal cor
Edward J: Husaby,
Ingval Hanson,
Township of Arctander, a municipal cor
pOration.
And that the engineer appointed by the
Board of County Commissioners of sail
County to make a survey of the route O.
said ditch has completed his work and made
due report thereon, and filed the same in the
office of said County Auditor; and that the
Viewers appointed by said Board of Count
Commissioners to view the same have com
pleted their work and filed their report there
on in the Office of said County Auditor;
Commissioners of kandiyohi County, state
OF Minnesota, will hold a special meeting on
Friday the 18th day of June, 1908, at the
County Auditors office in the City Of Will
m ar in said county at O'Clock p. NJ of said
day, tor hearing and consideration of said
Petition and order of County Board, dated
M ay 9Th, 1908, instructing the engineer and
posed ditch between stations mentioned in
said order and to review and to reassess pro
perty affected thereby as to damages anG
benefits and for the hearing of the amended
reports thereon of said surveyors and view
ers' and that all persons interested in tn,
of said ditch are invited tc
appear and be heard by and before sale
Board of County Commissioners at said tim,
for or against the construction Of said ditch
Dated this 10th day of May A. D. 1908
Auditors office, Willmar, MINI.
[sEAL] JOHN FEIG,
County Auditor of K andiyohi County, MINI
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-06-03
Will be Ordained.

Among those who graduated
from the theological department of
the Augsburg Seminary at Minnea-
polls last week Gustav Nordberg, a
brother of Rev. C. E. Nordberg of
New London. Gustav Nordberg
will be ordained at the annual
meeting Of the Free Church held at
Minneapolis this week. and has
been spending the week with his
brother. He has accepted a charge
in Michigan.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-06-03
Too Many Women.

Carl Knutson, who used to drive
a beer wagon for the Gund Brew
ing Co. at Wil]mar, is in trouble at
Renville on the charge of non-sup-
port of his wife who resides there.
1t seems that when the business he
was engaged in languished at Will
mar, he left his wife at Willmar
and went to Superior to work for
the firm. There he met another
woman with whom he lived for
some time, and in turn abandoned
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-06-03

O. A. Klopp, former proprietor
of the Negord store, who of late
has been on the road selling cigars
for Person & Johnson, of Willmar,
has resigned his position with that
firm and bought an interest in a
general store at Lowry, MINI. He
intends going to Lowry the last of
this week to commence work in the
store.- Kerkhoven Banner.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-06-03
First publication May, 27l.
Citation for Hearing on Petition for
Administration.
ESTATE OF OLE J. Peterson

ESTATE OF OLE J. Peterson
STATE OF MINNESOTA.
County of KandiyOhi. In Probate Court.
In the matter of the Estate of Ole J. Peder-
son, Decedent.
The state OF Minnesota to all persons inter-
ested in the granting of administration of the
estate OF said decedent: The petition of
Anna Elise Hamnes having been filed in this
court, representing that Ole J. Peterson,
then resident of the County of Kandiyohi.
State of Minnesota, died intestate on the 1st
day of February, 1908, and praying that let
tiers OF ADMINISTRATION of his estate be granted
to Peter r. Sletten; and the court having fixed
the time and place for hearing said petition;
Therefore, you, and each of you, are hereby
cited and required to show cause, if any you
have, before this court at the Probate Court
Rooms in the Court House. in the City of Will
mar in the County of KandiyOhi, State of Min
nesota on the 23rd day of June. 1908, at one
O'Clock p m, why said petition should not be
granted.
Witness the Judge of said Court, and the
Seal of said Court, this 21st day of May, 1905.
J COURT A. F. NORDIN,
SEAL. Probate Judge.
SEQ. H. bitterness. Attorney for Petitioner
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-06-03
Real Estate Transfers.
TOWN OF HOLLAND

TOWN OF HOLLAND
May 26-Joe Ulferts to Mathew
S. Carl, sw4. sec. 6, 1875 a.,
$6S00.45.
TOWN OF EDWARDS.
May 28-Gold, Stabeck Land &
Credit Co. to Behrend 7. Frueh-
ling, sw4, sec. q, 100 a., $500.
TOWN OF WILLMAR.
May 28-Martin C. Tollefson to
Harold B. Handy, swl eek. 3.45 a.
and exc. r. o. w., sec. 20, 154 a.,
$770O.
May 2S-Orlando J. Andrews to
Geo. H. Bitterness, nw4, sec. %,
100 a., 81.
TOWN OF IRVING.
May 27-Peter Hagen, Adm, to
A. E. Borsheim, mel of mel, sec. %,
40 a., 5000.
May 27.-Nellie Anderson to A. E.
Borsheim, und. ] Of mel Of mel
sec. %, 20 a., 81.
May 29--Peter Hagen, Adm, to
A. K. Anderson, part of nw4 of
sw4. sec. Is. SIS.
May 29-Nellie Anderson to A.
K. Anderson, part of nw4 of sw4
sec. Is 81.
TOWN OF NEW LONDON.
May &c. E. Krause to Jens c.
Herming, sw4 of sw4 of mel, Sec
IL, 20 a., $50.
TOWN OF LAKE ANDREW.
May 28-Albert o. Anderson tc
Bersvend O. Anderson, part of LOT
7, sec. 5, $50 a.; Ole 0. Anderson
to Bersverd 0. Anderson, part OF
lot Z, $275.
TOWN OF ROSEVILLE.
May 25-Kandiyohi County Bank
to Geo. w. Harris, sci exc. r. O.
w.. sec. 4, 1880 a., $685..
May 25-Lars O. Thorpe to Geo
w. Harris, nw1 of nea, sec. 9, AZ
a., $1400.
May 28- William H. Feddem;
to George A. Weidner, sci exc
plated parts, 81 of ne4 exc. plated
parts, sci of nw4 exc. r. o. w., ne:
Of sw4, sec. 5, 800 a., $1,000.
TOWN OF COLFAx.
! May 25-Nels Peterson to VIM
N. Peterson, lots l and 3, sw4 O:
sci and S. 3 a. Of mel of sci, sec
80; lots 3, 4 and 5 and sw4 of ne:
eek. a strip of lot 5, sec. 81; lot l:
of lot 6, sec. 80, $4,000.
TOWN OF NORWAY LAKE
! May Pc. O. Veltikold to Oh,
IS. Ristad, ea of sci of sci of nw4
sec. 3, 5 a., 500.
May 27-Iosten E. Roa to Ed
ward 0. Torkelson, lot 5 of sw4 O:
nw4, sec. 3, $500.
VILLAGE UF SPICER.
May 23-Henry Westin and Aim;
Smith to VIM. Gratz, lot So and e:
of lot So, bl. 2, Park add, $4,000.
CITY OF wILLMAR.
! May l8-Barney Leary ct al t,
Charles Wallin, lots 10 and II, bl
46, $425O.
! May l8--P. C. Peterson and E
| c. Wellin to Charles Wallin, 5-13:
part Of lots 10 and II, bl. 46, $l51.
81.
May 25-Aug. Lundquist t,
Frank E. Holmberg, und. 1-3 par
of lots 8, 8 and 10, bl. 20, $1,000.
May 30-W. w. Knight to Herr,
A. Hanson, lot II, bl. Y, $25.
GREEN LAKE BEACH.
May 16-Joseph M. Olson TO,
public purposes, lot l, bl. l, 81.
VILLAGE OF CRESCENT BEACH.
May 26-Henry Westin and Aim:
Smith to VIM. Gratz, lots 10 AM
II, bl. 4 Haverley's add. $4,000.
Anderson Bros. & Co. are sellin,
Z jewel Elgin or Wa;tham 16 siz,
movements, fitted in 20 year guar
ranteed cases, for $1,000. Casl
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-06-03
WILLMAR BOAT LIVERY.

Row boats for rent. Gasoline
launch runs evenings and Sundays.
Landing on beach in Homewood
Park, across the bridge over the
railroad yards. Parties wishing
to charter boats for party or picnic
apply to Nels P. Nelson, at house
by landing. 13f
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-06-03

Anderson Bros. & Co. are selling
Z jewel Elgin or Wa;tham 16 size
movements, fitted in 20 year guar
ranteed cases, for $1,000. Cash
only. IL f
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-06-03

Ask your Grocer for Pillsbury's
Best and Graham Flour.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-06-03

May 26-Joe Ulferts to Mathew
S. Carl, sw4, sec. 6, 1875 a.,
@eQOO Ak
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-11
FOR THE FUN OF TT.

50 Mrs Gunson has only been mar ried once?'
 Yes but she made another man of her husband. "-Harpers Weekly
 fIenpecque Johnson has joined the silent army
 Henderson--Dcad?
 Icnpecque-No; married -Illustrat- ed Bits.
 "Norah. lnasmuch as your mistress Is her we called"
 "l won't have to. leddies, she knows II it"-Chicago Tribune.
 What has Congress been doing all winter, anyhow2'
 Getting printed in the Congressional Record speeches that have never been delivered and will never be rend."-Chl. cago Record Herald.
 "l never object to fair criticism, Q said the pompous young actor.
 What you object to, | suppose" re- most people have of the meaning of the word fair. Chicago Record Her aid
 What makes you think our candi. date Is not popular with the masses Y' inquired one political promoter
 Because answered the other. no one makes finn of his whiskers or calls him by his first name Washington Star
 "Yos." said Mrs Haddit Long. I've always have our family tree in tha parlor"
 DO you?" replied Mrs struckitt batoleiph. "Ours is go big that we couldn't begin to get 1t in an ordinary sized room "- Chicago Record Herald
 Vulcan had Just put four new horse shoes on tho feet of the Centaur,
 Easiest iob ever did, he said to the bystanders. He stood perfectly
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-11
THAT MAKEsHIFT AGAIN.

When that somewhat impudent an- the Aldrich bill or noth- Ing" was first made there seemed to be power enough behind II to give it ef- feet. But there have been changes since then. The power of the people and of the press has made itself felt And es- pecially has the power of those of the people engaged in the business of hon est and stable banking become appar- ent. The bill has been SO changed that it is no longer the Aldrich bill, except in name, and what 1t will be when the work is done remains to be seen. At the best it will probably continue to be makeshft, instead of the com- prehensive measure that Is needed
 Perhaps some bill much better than the original Aldrich bill will be passed at this session, but 1t would be no mis- fortune if the general attack on the Aldrich bill should result in a post ponement of the whole matter until 1t can be and will be rightly and thor oughly attended to- There is no hurry, except perhaps in the department Of stock speculation, and the wishes and the interests of that department are not the chief things to be considered.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-11
\ LITTLE BACK FROM THE FRONT.

The people of this country fatter themselves that they are rather ex- tenslvely in the canal business, and that they know how to carry 1t on. They are justified in such notions but 1t appears that they will soon have to take seats a little back from the front. This Summer will see the begin ming of canal that will make the Pan anna canal look small. This is the long projected Baltic and Black sea canal which will ntersect Russia from north to south, distance of 900 miles and the total estimated cost of which Is put officially at $500, 100000, all though it will probably largely exceed even this sum- Another wonderful canal scheme which Is being enthu- siastically taken up in Italy contem- plates nothing less than the joining by this means of Genoa and Lake Constance. ITO do this 1t will be nec- essary, of course, to cross not only the Apennine mountains, but also the Alps This 1t Is proposed to do by means of new invention of locks, involving the construction of a series of inclined tubular water lifts If may yet be possible to travel by steamer over the loftlest mountain range in Europe
 Perhaps when the Panama canal is done 1t will have cost, including what 1t cost the French and what 1t will cost us, more than any of the big dtches, but It evidently will not be the biggest and most wonderful of them.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-11

signing engineer of the Phoenix Bridge company This design was examined and officially approved by MT Theodore Cooper, consulting en- gnecr of the quebec Bridge and Rail- way company The failure cannot be attributed directly to any other cause than errors In judgment on the part of these two engineers, These errors of judgment cannot he attributed either to lack of common professional knowledge to neglect of duty, or to a desire to economize The ability of the two engineers was tried I'm one of the most difficult professional problems of the day, and proved to be
 insufficient for the task, The specifl- cations for the work were not satls- factory or sufficient, tho unit stresses in particular, being higher than any established by past practice. The specifications were accepted without protest by all interested A grave er- Tor was made in assuming the dead load for the calculations at too low a value, and not afterwards revising this assumption This error was of sunl- cient magnitude to have required the condemnation of the bridge even if the details of the lower chords had been of sufficient strength. because, it the bridge had been completed as de- signed, the actual stresses would have been considerably greater than those permitted by the specifications.
 This Is straight enough and speci- lic enough After such accidents we ought to at least have the real reasons for them They have been given definitely enough in thls case.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-11

sec ilt to enter upon another phase of the controversy, 1t may be imag med that he would say 1t is for the people and not the senate of the state of New York to decide whether q new policy Of concession Is to be cptertlln- ed in this connections This may not be popular doctrine, and 1t may en- counter the impotence of the average citizen, who Is lax where his pleas ures are concerned, but as a doctrine having its roots in the constitution of the state of New York 1t cannot be successfully rofuted.
 And whIlesthc senate of New York cannot understand Governor Hughes William Barnes, Jro a republican state committeeman, who has JuSt been chosen q delegate to the national republican convention, labors under a similar cloud of darkness, He re- fuses to support the governor at Chi- cago because there is in his hind no deep concern for the party that created him" It will be news, we suspect. to many that Mr. Hughes was created by the republican party. The insurance investigation gave him q chance to create himself and he did it so well that he was drafted by his, party to pull 1t out of hole. Then all he could do was to pull the gover- norship out with his personal popu- larity. The rest of the ticket elected was composed of democrats. Clearly
 the politicians of New York should
 take a day off and more inteligently study this self-created governor, who
 somehow has formed the notion that
 the constitution is an instrument to
 be used according to directions.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-11

alternately with the traffic of the other street When driver Is caught in some trivial violation of the traffic rules, he is compelled to take off his hat and read the rule in question from the complete list of rules which he must have pasted there, When there are more serious charges he Is hied to the nearest police station without fur thor barley,
 Nothing has been said by the chief as to the future of the recently organ I2ed mounted officers. Their sphere of usefulness seems at best to be a negative one. They either have noth- Ing to do or they impede traffic by getting In It's way, In New York the traffic squad is unmounted. II would seem wse If the chief followed the hint and did away with these officers. They could do much more elfectual work afoot. We hope before long to see a couple of officers stationed at Church and Chapel and at other corr ners, there regulating traffic as 1t should be, and not the employees of the trolley company, usurping a field which Is not rightly theirs and per- forming the work in bungline fash lon because they have no control over any other traffic than that of the cars
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-11
Put up the sword.

l have sung of tho soldiers glory
 As l never shall sing again l have ga2ed on the shambles gory
 l have smolled of the slaughter pen. There Is blood in the InkgwcIl clotted, There are stains on the laurel leaf, And the pages of fame ate plotted
 With the tears of needless grief, The bird ls slaughtered tar fashion,
 And the beast Is killed for sort; And never the word comuAHSi1n
 Is whispered at Moloeh'g court, For the parent seal in She water
 Is slain, and her child mus. die. That some alster or wife or Laughter Her beauty may beautlfy And the morcIful thought we smother
 For such Is the way of man As we murder the useless lo:her
 For the unborn astrakhan." But season of rest comes never
 For tho rarcst sport of all. Will His patience endure forever,
 Who noteth the sparrow's 'all? When tho volleys of hell are sweeping
 The sea and the battle plain, Do you think that our God ls sleeping,
 And never to wake again? When hunger and ravenous fever
 Are staying the wasted frame, Shall we worship the red deceiver,
 The devil that men call Fame? We may swing the censer 10 cover
 The odor of ,blood-in valn; God asks us, oyer and over;
 Where Is thA brother. caln r --lames Jeffrey Roche, in the Century