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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19

Mr.. Walter DeLaHunt left Tues
day morning for a trip to Arizona,
where he will inspect the Copper
Creek property. He accompanied
a party from Minneapolis, consist
ing of his father-in-law, George A.
Reyes ST., and Col. and Mrs. F. j.
Sibley,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19

The five year old boy of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Radunz, living east of
Greenleaf village, was scalded by
the overturning of dishpan of
boiling water last Saturday week
ago. He was so badly injured that
he died 40 hours after the accident.
Litchfeld Indepedent.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19
Prison Irvine.

The S. E. Stansberry Implement
Co. will keep on hand a supply of
Minnesota Prison Irvine. Those
who leave their orders with them
early get the precedence. If you
are figuring on getting prison
Irvine, leave your orders with
5Of S. E. Stansbery Implement Co.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19

Money to loan at a very low rate
of interest on farm land. Borrow
ers may pay 500 or all he wants to
pay at any interest pay date. A.
P. Adams. 35f
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19

The Northwestern Mutual Life
Insurance Company's annual state
ment just issued reveals facts of
much interest to Minnesota people.
Of leading Importance is the large
amount of it's funds loaned on Min
nesota real estate, SIP, ST. 1923. 48;
over ten million dollars being in
farm mortgages in Southern, Gen.
trail and Western Minnesota. While
the company made new loans in the
state last year of 81, 253, 331 .03, our
borrowers repaid the company out
standing loans and took advantage of
the on or before privileges to re-
duce their indebtedess 81, 1922, $685.
so: The Northwestern has more
than twice as much money loaned
in Minnesota AS it has in it's home
state, Wisconsin. The most of this
money has been loaned at 5 and 81
per cent, and the company is now
inviting and making all the i'm.
proved farm loans it can secure in
this district.
The First National Bank is the
Company's Correspondent at Will.
mar, authorized to take and submit
applications for loans with the Com.
pany.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19

The Metropolitan barber shop,
Bank of Willmar building, B. T.
Otos, proprietor, is the shop to get
shave, hair cut or bath. 22f
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19

P. K. Olson, one Of the pioneers
of Willmar township, now residing
in the city, is: very i'll and death
is expected at any time.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19

If tired of paying rent. buy a
home on the installment plan from
the Crawford Leslie Otos Land
Agency. 27f
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19
A BARGAIN.

so acres 6 miles west of Willmar
fair buildings; all fenced, grove;
near school; $23 per acre. Also sc
acres 5 miles west of Willmar, same
price for quick sale. Address, !
A. C. Brown,
81 r. 4, Willmar, MINI.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19

The Ladies Aid Society of the
Swedish Lutheran Bethel church
has been obliged to postpone the
supper which wa@ to be given on
Wednesday, the 26th. The date
will be published later.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19
NOTICE TO BUTTERMAKERS

NVllCE 10 DU lEhMAhEI>o
The directors of the West Lake
Creamery Association will meet at
the creamery on March II, 1908, at
two o'clock p. M, for the purpose
of hiring buttermaker. Prospec-
tive buttermakers are requested to
be present at said meeting.
A. J. Syse, Secretary,
3 Route 2, Kerkhoven. MINI.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19

Miss Dora Lawson returned to
New London today, after a couple
sof weeks stay with her brother.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19

MAIDS Knutson, the rugged old
pioneer, lies critically i'll at his
home in this city.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19

FOR SALE-Some clean early
white seed oats. Price 50 cents a
bushel. S. Dykema, R. 3, Ray
mond. 13p
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19
Marriage Licenses.

Feb. 15-Theodore E. licensing
to Ella M. Juergemeyer.
Feb. 18-Chas. B. Ludwig to Der.
tina isabelle Olander.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19

Dr.. c. E. Gerretson, dentist
Office in new Ruble block, Willmar
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19
SW. LUTH. BETHEL CHURCH.

SW. IUTH.. BETHEL CHURCH.
Owing to the absence of the pas
tor, there will be no services next
Sunday. The following Sunday
there will be services in the even
ing. Rev. Peterson and John Berg
quist are attending the meeting of
the Minnesota Conference at Min
neapolis. The Ladies Aid Society
will be entertained tomorrow after
noon in the church basement by
Mesdames John Holmberg and John
Dahlin.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19
PRESBYTERIAN SERVICES.

Next Sunday at 1890 a. m. and
7:30 p. M, preaching services; 1900
M, Sabbath school; $50 p. M,
Christian Endeavor meeting. Mid
week services each Wednesday at
7:45 p. m. All are cordially in
vited to any or all of these SER
vices.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19
SWEDISH BAPTIST CHURCH.

Sunday school at 10 a. m. preach
ing at II a. m. and 7::3O p. m.
Subject for evening sermon: "Is
there a Hell?' Young Peoples
meeting at $50. All are cordially
invited to any and all of these SER
vices.
Next week there will be evange-
listic services at the Swedish Bap-
fist church every evening, except
Friday and Saturday. Services be-
gin at 7::30 o'clock.
NORW. LUTH. SYNOD CHURCH.
Next Sunday there will be SER
vices in Norwegian at 1890 o'clock
a. M; Sunday school at 1915; Eng
lish evening service at 7:30. The
Ladies Society here in the city
meets tomorrow Thursday. Mes
danes Bonde, Rannestad and Dalen
will serve refreshments. The East
Vinje Ladies Society meets with
Mrs Edward Tailakson Thursday,
Feb. 81.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19
I'm the Churches
SWEDISH M. E.. CHURCH.

DIV ED1Of1 WI. u. C11U INC11.
Sunday school at 10 a. m. Ep-
worth League meeting at GAS p.
m. Preaching service at 7:3O p.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19

Of the city.
The special committee appointed
by the city council will make re-
port to the council at its meeting
next Monday night, we are told.
Whatever the nature of this report,
the Tribune hopes there will be no
retreat sounded in the council from
a position demanding that full JUS
tice be done to the city's interests.
Every loyal citizen will back the
council in a fight, if necessary, to
make the company submit to rea-
sonable control by the city, or drive
it from our streets. The streets
and avenues Of the city of Willmar
are the property Of the people of
Willmar, and are not to be lorded
over by the telephone trust. The
citizens OF Wlllmar take too much
civic pride in their home town to
meekly submit to dictation from a
foreign corporation. Willmar is
not simply speck on the map, but
live municipality of free Ameri-
can citizens. The company will in
the end find that without the good
will of the citizens of Willmar their
outfit here will be simply junk.
An increase of one dollar per
month for each phone in the city
about 6OO-will mean an extra tax
of 81, O2O a year for our people.
Quite a neat donation to company
that takes our streets without even
saying "By your leave"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19
]. T. KRAMER,
LICENSED AUCTIONEER

Will sell anything from tooth-pick
to farm. Farm sales speciality. Years Of
experience. Terms reasonable.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
NEW LONDON, MINI
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19

VICTOR E. LAWSON, Editor and Manager
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1908
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-10
Showing Them How.

0H0Wtn1 tnem TOW
When large fat man who hasn't
had on skates for twenty years puts
on a pair Of bright new runners to
show the boys how. the air In those
parts is oiled with an incredible num-
Der Of legs and arms in the next few
minutes. while the clear. innocent ice
wonders what It has done to deserve
such humping.
Skating looks easy to one stand
ing on the bank watching the process.
and 1t Is II one knows how. but hav-
ing the art down to an exhibiting point
and having known the way years ago
are two different matters.
A man may never forget how he
earned his first dollar or the form Of
his first love- but he does forget how
TO skate. For pathetic one act drama
that never responds to an encore the
skating gyrations OF a man who once
was champion are well worth going to
see. but a surgeon should always be
among those present.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-10
THE OWNING ROD.
French Scientist Says Magnetism
Causes Its Action.

French Scientist Says Magnetism
Causes Its Action.
Louis Probst, French scientist sta
toned at Oloron ste. Marie, In the
Pyrenees, thinks there is something In
the divlnlng rod. His theory Is that 1t
does not point to water or a precious
metal. but that its action Is controlled
by any change in the density OF the
earth's crust over which 1t is carried.
Thus he believes It would make the
usual response II It were carried across
the line of subterranean watercourse
which had run dry just the same as IL
water were lowing In II, and 1t would
respond to deposits of oil or natural
gas just as readily as to water, ore Of
precious metal or coal. He thinks that
an important change in the earth's
density such as is caused by a sub
terranean river may be detected In
passing over 1t In a carriage or even a
railway train. II n subterranean wa
tercourse crosses the line OF superb
cial one he thinks the line OF the hid
den one may be traced with the rod by
RNAEOh SbCAAtAuh ~ Al boAb vi tAo
surface stream.
He considers that the phenomenon
Ii one OF magnetism. The earth at
tracts the rod differently according to
the hidden features Of Its structure, II
the operator wears rubber shoes or II
he grasps the rod with rubber or silk
or other nonconducting gloves, nothing
viii happen. A magnetized rod. on the
other hand, will give far more positive
results than plain one. He has, he
says. authenticated this by giving the
two alternately to blindfolded opera
tor. Though he never knew which rod
be had. the magnetized one always
showed FAR greater activity.
Really. however. II is indifferent
what material Is used Operators usu.
ally prefer hazel twig. but NJ. Probst
thinks whalebone or malacca better,
but best OF all thin rod OF steel about
an eighth OF an inch In thickness with
the ends wrapped In fine copper wire.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-10
FESTIVAL OF THE DEAD.
es:Simos Provide Food and Clothes For
Returning Ghosts.

essCinos Provide Food and Clothes For
Returning Ghosts.
The natives Of the Yukon river region
hold a festival of the dead every year
shortly before Christmas and a greater
festival at intervals of several years.
At these seasons food. drink and
clothes are provided for the returning
ghosts In the clubhouse of the village.
which is illuminated for the occasion
with oil lamps Every man or woman
who wishes to honor a dead friend sets
up a lamp on a stand in front Of the
place which the dead one used to &C.
cupy in the clubhouse. These lamps,
filed with seal oil. are kept burning
day and night until the festival is over.
They are believed to light the shades
ON their return to their old home and
back again to the land of the dead. If
any one fails to put up a lamp in the
clubhouse and to keep 1t burning, the
shade whom he or she desires to honor
could not find its way to the place and
so would miss the feast. When per-
son has been much disliked his ghost
is sometimes purposely ignored, and
that Is deemed the severest punishment
that could be inflicted upon him. After
the songs Of invitation to the dead have
been sung the givers Of Ihe feast take
| a small portion of food from every dish
and cast it down as an offering to the
shades. Then each pours little wa
| ter on the floor so that 1t runs through
the cracks. In this way they believed
the spiritual essence of all the food and
water is conveyed to the souls. With
songs and dances the feast comes to an
end and the ghosts are dismissed to
their own place. The dancers dance,
not only in the clubhouse. but also at
| the graves and on the ice If the dead
met their deaths by drowning On the
eve of the festival the nearest male
| relative goes to the grave and sum-
mons the ghost by planting there a
| small model of a seal spear or of a
wooden dish. according as the dead
! was man or woman. The totems Of
| the dead are marked on these imple-
| ments. The dead who have none to
make offerings to them are believed to
| suffer great restitution; hence the Es-
| kimos fear to die without leaving be-
hind them some one who will sacrifice
to their spirit and childless people
generally adopt children lest their
shades be forgotten at the festivals
New York Tribune.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-10
chIsaao., Mat.r . na Pursr.

A menace to Chlcago's drinking wa
ter supply Il removed by decision OF
the Indiana Harbor council to spend
$4,000 on new sewer system for
East Chicago and Indiana Harb0r. The
sewage OF the two cities, heretofore
dumped into Lake Michigan. will be
reversed, and the new system will
empty into the Grand Calumet river,
near Hammond. After that Whiting
VIII. bo the only northern Indiana city
sending Its sewage to the lake where
northerly currents run toward Chi.
cage The new sewer system VIII be
the first OF its kind In Indiana. II will
DO Of REINFORCED concrete on the model
Of the recently completed system Of
Grand Rapids. Mlch. II win drain six
square milea.-what to Eat.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-10
A QUEER TREE

The Tumbo Is a Monstrosity Of the
African Desert.
The mature Jumbo is a tree with
trunk about two feet long, shaped
much like an inverted cone. Almost all
the trunk Is below the surface of the
ground. the visible part rarely exceed
ing few inches But the remarkable
feature of the stem is that it is often
fourteen feet in circumference and be-
comes more or less two lobed image.
The stem looks more like great mass
of the burned crust of a loaf of
bread" to quote Or. Welwitsch's letter.
than the trunk of tree. The under
ground portion becomes greatly elen-
gated, and its continuation is the top
root of the plant This goes down sew
eral feet In its effort to get the few
drops of water that the arid conditions
of the country permit.
There are never more than two
leaves after the seed leaves drop off,
and very curious leaves they are. Start
ing from a groove on opposite sides OF
the depressed mass. they stand straight
out on both sides of the plant. They
are often six feet long and two feet
wide and usually split into ribbons
that undulate over the ground In a way
striklngly suggestive of the tentaeles
of an octopus With its great ugly
body and Its tentacle-llke leaves 1t is no
wonder thnt 1t has been the most re-
markable plant novelty of the last CEN
fury The Sewers are borne in scarlet
cones on cymose infiorescence COM
ing from the crown of the trunk.
Tumboa bainesil belongs to the joint
! FIR family. or gnetaceae, and is known
only from Portuguese West Africa to
Damaraiand. This is a region that
seldom gets any rain, and desert condi-
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-10
ArtlFcial cema.

AristIde Charette has discovered a
method OF producing very beautiful
diamonds by passing a powerful elec'
trie current through liquid sulphAte
Of black carbon Another French sa
want now claims TO have discovered a
means OF converting the common min
eral corundum. which Is only worth
about . francs per carat into rubies
and sapphires Of a marked value equal
10 80 francs per carat by a simple
process, A months exposure to the
action OF radium turued yellow corun
dun into "a fine clear ruby" while the
red varieties became amethyst. the
violet sapphire and the blue topaz.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-10
Standard. Of Measure.

The Institution of Mining and Metal
lurgy OF London has suggested and
recommended the adoption OF the fol-
lowing definitions: That the ton be a
weight OF 1900 pounds Rvoirdupols;
that the miners inch be dow OF Is
cubic feet per minute: that the gallon
be the gallon Of ten pounds; that all
temperatures be expressed In degrees
centigrade; that gold and silver re.
turns be stated in terms OF ine metal
and not as bullion: that the gold con-
tents OF ore be expressed in the troy
ounce OF flne gold. worth S2067. or 50
shilltngs.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-10

ring is also arranged outside Of the
pipe, where 1t is found to be equally
efficient, with the additional valuable
feature that 1t affords means for the
fastening to the building. In other
words, when the spring is on the out
side OF the pipe 1t Is suitable for use
as regular conductor pipe. and when
1t Is within the pipe the pipe can be
passed through circular hole In a cor
nice, as illustrated in the cut. 1t is In
this part Of the roof drainage system
that most Of the leakage troubles oc-
cur. the successive freezing and thaw-
ing usually bursting the tube at about
the point shown by the arrow.
The leaders are made Of copper and
Of galvanized iron or tin and where
for architectural reasons 1t is desired
can also be rectangular In section. the
expansion spring being provided in the
same way.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-10
Cloth FlnI.hIna Machine.

A new finishing machine for wooden
and worsted goods, in which the cloth
Is drawn over rolls covered with finely
ground glass, Is described In the Tex.
tile World Record. Says this maya
zine: THE pressure Is applied by a
pneumatic device which enables the
energy Of the machine to be regulated
very closely. The millions OF small
glass crystals act on the thread IN a
manner that cannot be otherwise du-
plicated. and the result Is a uniform.
smooth, polished surfaes with a very
tl4rk nap"
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-10
ousation Of Nationality.

An Englishman, a Frenchman and a
German sitting together in the smok-
ing room of an ocean liner, the CONVEX
sation turned on their nationality, and
one of them asked what each Of the
three would choose TO be If he were not
Of his own nation. The Frenchman said,
"If / were not a Frenchman, ! would
be an Englishman." The Englishman
said, "If l were not an Englishman, I
would wish to be one" The German,
"If / were not German / would wish
not to be a German."-Carl Peters In
Deutsche Monatschrift.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-10
nAmREL ELEvAroR.

by pairs OF arms which are connected
TO corresponding gears and shafts OPP
Grated by an electric motor. The arms
are arranged 10 successfully bear
against the barrel TO push II up the
incline. The lowest arm engages the
barrel as It rests on the ground and
pushes II up the beginning Of the In.
cline. The next arm In turn takes up
the task and pushes the barrel farther
up the incline. The number OF arms
il limited only by the height OF the i'm
cline.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-10
ORIGINAL COAL ENERGY.
Small Proportion Can Be Turned Int
Mechanical Power.

Small Proportion Can Be Turned Int
Mechanical Power.
The standard OF heat energy is the
thermal unit. and 1t is the amount Of
heat necessary to raise one pound OF
water a degree in temperature. The
mechanical equivalent of the thermal
unit is 77SS foot pounds. With this
statement OF definitions the following
percentages hold
A pound OF best bitumlnous coal
gives up In burning 1880 thermal
units. OF these 1900 are lost In the
Hue gases. l.400 are lost by radiation,
and the remaining l0.150 are utilized
In the boiler IL the engine or steam
turbine Is OF large size with high pres
sure. 1t viii transform about 1000 to
$500 OF these heat units into mechan-
ical energy. or about Is per cent Of the
original energy OF the coal II with
this percentage OF efficiency In the
steam engine we undertake to trans
form the energy into light by means
Of the incandescent light we find that
between 2 and 8 per cent OF this ener-
gy can be put into an electric light, or
about one-half OF per cent OF the
original energy Of the pound OF coal.
To recapituIate. about G5 per cent Of
the heat energy OF pound OF coal can
be put into boiler. and about 10 per
cent OF II can be turned into mechan-
zeal power. and OF this 10 per cent
from to o per cent, or about one-half
Of per cent OF the original energy In
the coal. is turned into llght.-Railway
and Locomotive Engineering
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-10
Humor @o Philosophy
By DUNCAN n. SMITH
SEAS0NABLE.

Oh. for a whin of winterI
Oh. for a breath of spring
Or the passing sigh
OF warm July
That would scorch a bluebird's wingl
The charms OF the icebound season
have often read about,
But on closer view
They are mighty few
And ones could do without.
With a taste of zero weather
And a north pole tempered chill
Or an iceberg pun
1t 10 quite enough,
And II more than fills the bill.
could stand a lot Of winter
And discuss II with a smile
II / owned a cot
On the corner lot
OF balmy south sea isle.
For the children under sixty,
With their brand new Christmas
skates
And painted sled
That Is bright and red.
There is fun done up in crates,
But for those sedate and aged
And out OF the infant class
There Is no delight
In a SNOWFALL fight
As they watch the winter pass.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-10
Eoonomy In Fuel on Ocean LIners.

Geonomy In Fuel on Ocean Llnera.
Wonderful advances have been made
In marine engines during the past few
pears. not only In construction. but In
economy Of fuel as we'll An 5000 ton
ship built for the Hamburg-Amerlcan
line In 1890 burns nearly twice as
much coal as a 1900 ton ship built
Cor them In 1900 The White Star
liner Baltic. $1,000 tons. burns less
fuel than the 1000 ton Bretagne, built
In 1885 AT the beginning OF ocean
steam navigation 1t took $50 tons OF
coal 70 drive 2.0OO ton vessel across
the Atlantic at a speed Of nine miles
an hour Today q 10000 ton vessel
can be driven across at u speed Of
twenty three miles an hour ON con-
sumption OF 1900 tons OF eoal.-Popu-
lar Mechanics.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-10
On Yawninn.

l have come to the conclusion that If
a man yawns and you don't want to
yawn, too, the only way to prevent it
is to blow your nose. A man Of my
acquaintance boasts that he can set a
whole railway carriage full Of people
yawning by merely taking time over 1t
himself, and l believe he can.-Fry's
Magazine.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-10
AN EXPANSION TUBE.

Device to Prevent Conductor Pipes
From Bursting.
The bursting OF conductor pipes by
the freezing Of the water In them Is
not an uncommon occurrence. Schemes
have from time to time been developed
for securing a form Of pipe that would
allow for the expansion of the water
in changing to ice. but these have
failed in the long run. says the Metal
Worker.
The cut shows leader tube draining
the valley back Of cornice. The elias
ticity OF the tube, allowing 1t to ex-
pand when needed and yet to take its
original form when possible. is effected
by giving the sheet metal re-entrant
angular seam, the construction being
indicated In the sketch. The expansion
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-02-10
Inoonsiderate Relation.

Poor man! What brought you to
thisT"
I'm ashamed to own it. but drink is
the cause of my lowly estate"
You couldn't resist temptatlonT"
"Oh, yes, | could 1t was my rich
uncle who should have left me for
tune, but he very carelessly drank 1t
up before 1t got to me-"