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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-04-08

Another matter discussed and
adopted at the Club was recon-
mendation to the county commits
sioners that some permanent home
for the county poor be provided. so
that the hardship of making annual
arrangements and moving the poor
back and forth be obviated.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-04-08

i Ben Ruyan came down from Tin
tab Saturday to visit with his folks.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-04-08
following cities having substantially
the same number of phones as Will
mar.
Subs

the n. W. Tel. Elk. Co. is giving it's
|patrons in the city Of Willmar good
service at reasonable rates and is con-
fident that reasonable guaranty can
be obtained that it will continue 80
to do.
10. Your committee finds that no
city in Minnesota, North or South
Dakota, where the N. w Tel. Elk.
Co. is operating, receive any mon
eys whatever from said company for
the privilege of operating in such city
and your committee believes that any
such sum which might be paid by the
company for such privilege in the city
of Willmar must necessarily be in
Fcluded in the expenses of the operat-
ing company and would in the end be
paid by the company's patrons ard
not by the company itself.
II. Your committee has for com
parison secured copies of the ordi-
nance under which the N. w. Tel.
Elk. Co. is operating exchanges in the
cities Of Fergus Falls, Red Wing and
Faribault, and has also made compar-
jsons with similar ordinances in other
cities, and we find that said ordi-
nances are substantially the same as
Ordinance No. 60 under which the
company claims to be operating the
local exchange at the present time.
IL. Your committee does not pre-
tend to be able to decide the validity
or invalidity either of the ordinance
above REFERRED to or the alleged fran
chise, but your committee has, after
careful study, inquiry and discussion
been unable to arrive at the conclu-
sions that any, substantial, material
or practical benefit would be derived
by the city from any lawsuit with the
N. w. Tel. Elk. Co., even assuming
that the outcome of such litigation
would be favorable to the city on ev-
cry point of contention.
l3. 1nv view of the economic waste
and the Inconvenience resulting from
duplicating of telephone system, your
committee would discourage any ac-
tion which would result in the estab-
lishment of dual telephone exchanges
in the city of Willmar.
IA. Believing it would be inequit-
able and unjust to issue bonds and
mortgage the homes of all the citizens
of the city of Willmar for the benefit
of the few who use phones, and be-
lieving it to be unfair to impose a
burden upon the whole city for the
benefit of the few, your committee
would discourage any attempt on the
part Of the city to obtain the owner
ship of the telephone exchange.
Is. Your committee would recon
mend that the legislature be asked to
so amend the law that all property
belonging to telephone companies be
assessed in the respective cities, vii
lagos or townships wherein located,
and that they be required to pay the
tax direct to such localities instead of
as now paying 3 per cent on their
gross earnings to the State Treasurer.
This change would net the city OF
Willmar more than $500 per annum.
Respectfully submitted,
E. C. Wellin,
A. E. Rice,
C.. w. Odell,
L. .. Thorpe,
T. o. Gilbert,
Committee.
Another matter discussed anC
adopted at the Club was a recon-
mendation to the county commits,
sioners that some permanent home
for the county poor be provided, 81
that the hardship of making annua
o~,,o~~ro,,oookc q orl ,,oo.,:~,. +L- .oo@,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-04-08
I'm the Churches

SWEDISH M. E. CHURCH.
Sunday School at 10 a. m. Ep-
worth League meeting at 6:45 p. m.
Preaching service at 7:30 D. m.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-04-08
SW. LUTH. BETHEL CHURCH.

The Young Peoples Society
meets tomorrow night in the church
basement. See program elsewhere.
Services next Sunday evening. On
Easter Sunday there will be con-
firmalion exercises, beginning at
10 o'clock a. m. Communion ser
vices in the evening. There will
also De reception #. raw members.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-04-08

That in consideration of the above
country line revenue the company fur
nishes the services Of one extra oper-
ator. and all apparatus such as cables,
terminals, switchboard drops. etc.,
from the city limits to the central
office.
That the l5c which is paid by resi-
dents of the city for talking over the
country lines goes to the country lines
and not to the N. w. Tel. Elk. Co.
That the N. w. Tel. Elk. Co. pays
to the State tax of per cent on it's
gross revenue
8. Your committee has for COM
parison ascertained the rates in the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-04-08

Average rate per station per month,
$1.32.
That there is included in the above
revenue the following items derived
from the country lines in this county
who are connected with the local ex-
change:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-04-08
SWEDISH MISSION CHURCH.

SWEDISH MISSION CHURCH.
Next Sunday the pastor will con-
duct services at New London, but a
prayer and testimony meeting will
be held at II o'clock a. m.
The Ladies Society Of the Swed-
ish Mission church will meet in the
basement next Friday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock. Refreshments will
be served between $3.50 and $50 by
Mrs. Nils Oman. Everybody cordi-
ally invited.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-14
The WHEATFlELD.
Who're the eIlowine Golden Waves
Stretch From Sky TO Sky.

Who're the 6illowine Golden Waves
Stretch From Sky TO Sky.
Take a look at the wheatfleld tina.
has been brought up to perfection as
It stands, yellow as gold, with the
sheen of the sea, billowing from sky
line to sky line like an ocean of gold,
where the wind touches the ripping
wave crests with the tread of invisi.
BILE feet. in California in Oregon, In
Washington, In Dakota, In the Cana-
dian northwest. you may ride all dny
on horseback through the wheatfields
without break In the flow of yellow
heavy headed grain-no fence lines,
no meadow lands, no shade trees,
no knobs and knolls and hills and htd-
lows OF grass or black earth through
From dawn till dark, from sunrise in
burst OF fiery splendor over the
prairie horizon, to sundown. when the
crimson thing hangs ike n huge shield
Of blood In the haze Of a heat twi-
light. you may ride with naught TO
break the view between you and the
horizon but wheat-wheat II Is like
Ant Eolu ntluSs ~ FptS W gbul ntbh
You grow dizzy looking at It. You rub
your eyes Is it n mirage? The biz
lowing yellow waves seem to be
brcasting the very sky You look up,
The sky is there all right with th,.
black mote of a meadow lark sailing
the azure sea. He drops liquid notes
of sheer mellow music down on your
head. does that meadow lark, aud that
gives you back your perspective, your
sense Of amazing reality. You are
literally. absolutely, really. IN the
midst of sea OF living gold II Is you
and not the lark that Is the mote.
You begin to feel'as II your special
mote might be a beam that would get
lost in infinity IL you stayed there long
and so you ride on and on. and some
more on. and by and by come out OF
the league long, fenceless fields with
an odor in your nostrils that isn't ex.
actly like incense its too fugitive too
ine, too sublimal of earth 1t is aro-
matte. sort Of altar OF roses, the i'm
prisoned fragrance Of the billions upon
billions of wheat flowers shut up In
the glumes of the heavy headed grain
there. And that's the odor Of the
wheat-Agnes G. Laut In Outing Mag
azine.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-14
olE oR ForH AAMns7 2

Graves Deeper is wondering why le
was defeated. Nothing 90 wonder at
II all. Leep. Didn't you g. TO Dallas p
-Oklnhoma City Times.
And this from Oklahoma City's favor.
te newspaper. Il newspaper that glee-
ully denounced Guthrie few days
lgo for the conduct of several irrespOn-
.ible, partisan crazed persons; the
same newspaper that extended a well
s-me to Governor Haskell and the
state administration to seek refuge
rom insults In that haven of moral per.
ection-,btat urged thai the seat of gov.
,rnment be brought along. Yes, there
vas a trip to Dallas to do honor 10
)klah mas governor Guthrie sent a
arge, enthusiastic delegation. Okla.
.oma City was represented by three
,eople. This a tale of two cities
M Guthrie is proud of that day. 4
residential assassin hid the hand that
grasped the instrument of death. He
walked forward smiling 90 welcome tue
nan whose hfe he sought. Deception
$ not confined 90 the individual. Is
Oklahoma City willing to permit this
ale of two cities to stand as an in
lictment against her sincerity? Does
nat favortte newspaper of the aspir
.ng town to the south welcome the
tate administration with one hand, od
10Th?
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-14

fed. the $'cmen are graduates of the
best schools of learning and taught
that molesty is a virtue, the price
of which Is beyond computation. These
men and women of the Ridgeleys
were cultured. modest folk when the
present swift" society of Kansas
City's ancestry we're running fatboats
on the Missouri. or making paste In
fhe supply mouse at Atchison. There
can be no snobbery in cultured folk
but because one does not enjoy cock
fight on Sunday evening, nor deems u
proper TO take his wife or mother to
prize fight, beer garden or other
Kansas City Sunday amusement, he
should not be accused of "snubbing
or Deing a snob.
Kansas Cityans will recover from
their amezement that there be other
customs they know not of they will
In the sweet afterwhile when they
commence going to school in prefer
ence to prize fights AMI speak the
English tongue without the nasa,
squeal peculiar to a hog-sticking com
munity, even learn TO walk. drive, ride
AMI eat without doing violence to the
plGiuest customs known in other parts
of the world.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-14
a MEDFoRD STORY.
Legend Of the Phantom ship and Its
Mad Pirate CAPTAIN.

The town OF Medford, Mass, has Q
legend OF phantom ship beside which
the Flying Dutchman is only a peace
ful merchantmen. The Medford story
runs that e ship laden with rum and
gold and silver bars put out from that
place in the days when the Spanish
main was infested with pirates. II
was headed for a West Indian port,
but got into the doldrums and was so
long becalmed that water and provi-
sions gave out, and all hands persisted
of thirst and starvation. When the
wind came up again the ship sailed
away with her ghastly crew, was seen
by q buccaneer. chased and over
hauled.
The pirate captain made fast to his
prize without firing a single shot. and,
attributing the vessels nonresistance
TO fear or lack OF arms, he was the
first man TO leap on board. But the
rope with which the captured ship
had been careleSSly lashed to his own
parted under the strain of the seaway,
and he found himself rapidly borne
away from his comrades ON what he
soon discovered 10 be a floating cofin.
A stin breeze filled the sails of the
derellct. and before hls own vessel
could overtake It night descended on
tie ocean. and the pursuing ship lost
sight of Il altogether Left alone IN
pitch darkness on the grewsome craft,
the pirate went mad with terror and.
setting the wheel. raced away before
the wind and. according 20 the legend.
was condemned 10 range the seas for
ever thus in command Of his horrible
prize
Wee TO the ship that encountered II
scudding along by moonlight or In the
lightnlng's glare. manned by skeletons
aud steered by shouting, gesticulat-
ing madman. and when on several oc-
caslons Il was sighted In the fog on
Medford Il was considered as the her
Md Of storm and disaster and the loss
Of Hany shlps New York Press
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-14
a oREAr MAN,s soRRow.

After all the world is male better
through sorrows and we approach the
light even OF THE Mysterious Beyond
only through our attendance at the
obsequies following the death of loved
ones. But few days since the wires
old Of the death OF Harvey Watterson.
In New York. He WIS the son of the
great editor at Louisville and the
friends feared the parental heart would
not survive the shock of being told
7 hose iWhc loved him and knew him
gave the news in fear and sorrow
The blow Drought neither tears OF
protest. He who hal sorrowed with
others am -ejoleot witch them seid In
the majesty of his greatness.
u loved him So!
In that short sentence the master
~ words. he who has charmed the
English-speaking world by hts dicton
and beauty of continuing descriptive
ana analyctal power, spoke the simple
words, the simplest sentence! Yet
in the speaking ne said all that could
be told and In the sadness OF the tay.
waiting for tae remains OF HIS of.
spring-he who had been his hope and
ambition-the man who is known in
every land an1 honored around the
ni>rld felt he had spoken al.
In the manner of accepting the re-
result Of unknown decree of power
and action, is there not much for those
of US who wall against misfortune or
failed purpose2
How much I'm the simple utterance:
embracing all - loved him So"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-14
AMorAgR lMFAMr lNpusrRY.

The people are being called on tc
foster another "infant industry. This
time It is a prohibitive tariff upon tn,
lead Of Mexico; rather that is the bur.
den of the song. While the railroad
rate is sufficient TO more than make
up the difference In cost, and there Il
no occasion, we are supposed to sub
sidize, levy special duties etc, all u
help lot OF infants" to get in an
other trust. Some few years since We
allowed Che sugar drust TO get sixty
millions on the strength OF FOSTERING
bee, Industries an Michigan, and the
producers have never gotten any bet.
ter prices for taeir beets than before
but the sugar trust has a monopoF
that will take ten years to make oDey
the law The time Vixen this Republic
can affo.l to subsidize any industry
Is OF tho past, II ever there were q
time Hike that. There are a Thousand
industries the country miglt make
profitable for an individual, but, for
that matter. why not pension the indi
vl1uals seeking the privilege. and no.
bother with all the governmental red
tape Of making the general public
carry an industrial loss?
We have requests to pay toll to tho
shipowner the lead miner, the beet
raiser, the sugar cane producer, ant
oven the man who raises sheol chang
es MS II 1t can in any manner be shown
he is infantile In the performance.
There is one way TO trest all who
whish bonus money and subsidies
4, Se the agent arrested and the ap
ptcant sent to Jail. That would be
fair to the people willing to use thell
own talents 10 make living ami pay
Fart CT their earnings towani the sup
port of government in the way of taxes
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-14
Watch sprinas.

The watch carried by the average
man is composed of ninety eight pieces,
and It's manufacture embraces more
than 1000 distinct and separate opera.
tiOns.
Halrspring wire weighsIcne-twenti-
eth OF a grain 10 the inch. One mile OF
wire weighs less than half pound.
The balance gives five vibrations ev-
cry second, 200 every minute. $4,000
every hour. AZ. 600 every day and 157.-
6S0,000 every year, m
The value Of springs when finished
and placed In watches Is enormous IN
proportion to the material from which
they are made. A ton Of steel made up
into hairsprings when in watches is
worth more than twelve and one-half
times the value OF the same weight In
pure gold.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-14
RoW's THIsY

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ard for any case of Catarrh that
annct be cured by Halls Catarrb
lure.
2. ]. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, o
We, the undersigned have known f
Cheney for the last IS years. and
elieve him perfectly honorable in all
> lslness transactions and financially
BILE to carry out any obligations made
y his firm
Walding, Kinnan G. Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
ally, acting directly upon the blood
nd mucous surfaces of the system.
estimontals sent free. Price rs cents
er bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti'
alton.
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o MUCH IN LITTLE. O
9 o 9 Q o o @ C @ g @ o . @ @ @ Q


We deny any man can not b.rrow
something Of value since we lost an
umbrella we borrowed of neighbor.
A contemporary who must have been
a stranger to custom asks why
actresses refuse to pin their waists to-
eether.
Fort WErth has announced she has
a hold of the hog industry and intends
to retain same.
Following the Thanksgiving procla-
nation the black brethren go coon
bunting each night.
The opossum crop Is short this year,
pr bably caused by the high waters.
The difference between what poll.
tician may say before and after an
election is SC vast as to be indescrib
able.
As we understand the case. the Sons
of Washington ana ultra Prohibs dc
not want en- agency that keeps high
priced booze.
Some OF the fellows whb can't pay
the ice man are wondering what Mr.
w. Jennings Bryan is going to do now
and still Mrs. Bryan and babies are
not worried with bill collectors.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-14
A ROYAL. FUNERAL w
Strange Ceremonies That Mark che
Burial Of Spanish King.

Burial OF Spanish King.
Strange and almost weird is the GER
emonial which accompanies the burial
Of Spanish kings. The pantheon, or
royal tomb. Is at the palace of the
Escurial, situated 1900 feet above the
level OF the sea and some distance
from the capital. Only kings, queens
and mothers of kings are buried there.
the coffins OF the kings lying on one
side, those of the queens on the other
After lying In state for several days
IN the thrope room in Madrid an enor-
nous procession is formed, accompany
ing the body to the Escurial. A halt
Is made on the way, and the corpse
rests there for one night.
In the morning the lord high cham
berlain stands at the side of the coffin
and says In loud tones. rs your majes-
ty pleased TO proceed on your jour
neyT' After short silence the pro-
fession moves Oh and winds up to the
grand portal of, the palace These
doors are never opened except to ad-
init royal parsonage, dead or alive.
When the casket containing the re-
mains is at last placed in the vault
the chamberlain unlocks II and, kneel-
Ing down. calls with a loud voice;
Senor Senorl Senor!'
After solemn pause he cries again
His majesty does not reply! Then It
rs true, the king Is dead"'
He then locks the coffin, gives the
key to the prior and, taking his stafI
# office, breaks II in pieces and filings
hem at the casket The booming Of
he guns and the tolling of bells an,
louncc TO the nation that the king has
cone to his final resting place.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-14
QUEER TELEGRAPH POLES.
Made Of Adobe In Bolivia-Growins g
Trees Uscd In Africa.

Wade or Adobe In bolivia-SroWtrq
Trees Uscd In Africa.
The most original telegraph line in
he world once extended from the cap
tal of BoTfvia. La Paz, 10 the town of
Orur0. In this part of Bolivia there
ire no growing trees, and wood is so
lifficult 20 find that even the ordinary
household furniture of the natives is
Invariably made not of wood, but Of
Tried mud or adobe.
So when the war broke out between
Chile and Bolivia and a telegraph line
became urgent 1t was adobe that was
hosen for the queerest telegraph poles
III existence. These pillars were built
IN stone foundations and measured
about five feet square at the base, with
l height of about fifteen feet.
They were placed at intervals Of
about 361 feet and thus held the wire
It a height sufficient to clear the only
animals OF the country, the llama and
The donkey. The total length of the
line was 1873 miles.
Among other curious telegraph lines
Is the growing pole line erected in
Uganda by an English engineer, who
could not find any dead wood which
would Withstand the white ants and
hit upon the idea of transporting grow
ing bark cloth trees TO the side of the
roads and using them as poles.
In the Dutch East Indies growing
trees are turned TO account also, but
there wire is stretched across the
road between the trees on either side.
and the insulator is suspended In its
middle. and the line is thus over the
road and clear from vegetation.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
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cARlTA.
'Do you ever dream. Ca.ita, of twi
light, long ago,
Wnen the stars rGined silver splendor
from the skies of Mexico?
When the moonbeams on the plaza
traced a shimmering brocale,
and the fountain tinkling tumult seem.
eGl rippling serenade
When the velvet petaled pansies. lift
ing light tips in the gloom.
3reathed their yearning for the night
winds in a passion of perfume ?
When in soft cascades of cadence
from a garden dim and far
'ame the mournful music Of a mur
mnrous guitar?"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-14
A CASE OF PARvE.
NUE. RESENTMENT

The news section Of the Leader to-
day gives what turPoits 40 bs the real
cause Of the iretirement offtlIa Illinois
Riigeleys from the control of the Ma.
tional Rank Of Commerce, Kansas
City the alleged "snub0ing" of Kan
sas CITY society upon the part OF
Mesdames Ridg sley. which has seem
irgiy s~oused bitterness IN the circles
n the m9rket town for hogs and cat.
ile. The Ridgeleys were an old family
back la the old city Of Springfield. Hi
EOis. The men are taught 20 be digni.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-14

II Is announced from Pans that the
Casa Blanca affair has been settled.
Don't know just what the affair is. but
presume 1t is polite and proper 10 say
nat we are glad Il is settled.
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stafford's Great seheme.

OtdbOibo 1icdN oCnene.
Handsome Harry Beeler. of Checo.
tab. is now Senator Beeler, thank you
Senator ROY Stafford who has been
the Adonis OF the senate. will have TO
go way S1ck and sit McAlester
News-Capital.
9IOh, we don't know! Our wifet tdls
flscwe.gR the handsomest man sh@etpf
met. We've heard this so often. every
time she wants a new dress. that we
are about to believe II. SO If Beeler
comes up to Guthrie with aspirations
for the Senate Adonisshfp. we warn
him now that ne has matched con
test In which we shall ask no quarter
until he satisfies us we can deasnd on
his vote for our bill to encourage the
wearing of the directoire gown In Ok
lahOina!-Oklahoma City Oklahonan.
Choice Of any of my Meme S4.0o
Patent Leather Shoes for $3.50. Rob.
inson's.