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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-15
NEWS Of MINNESOTA.
state still After Taxes.

st. Paul-In addition to the taxes
on gross earnings voluntarily reported
by railroads and other public utility
companies assessed under that plan,
the state public examiners depart.
ment has succeeded, up to date, in
collecting $270,000 on gross earnings
omitted by the companies from their
reports since 1902.
A considerable proportion of this
amount has been collected recently as
a result of a series of examinations Of
the books and accounts of the railroad
companies, conducted by E. w. Nc
Grew, deputy examiner.
In most cases the railroad compa-
MES have paid the claims of the state
there have been differences of opinion
between the state officers and the Off
GERS of the roads as to the liability,
and under those circumstances it has
been necessary for the state to begin
suit.
Anton Schaefer, public examiner,
now has in hand report under which
the state will begin suit against the
500 road for $49,760.SS back taxes.
This company recently admitted it's
liability for $4,000 of the taxes shown
in the report and paid that amount.
A Bad Woman.
Rochester-A woman giving her
name as Mrs. Adolph Nelson, and
claiming to live near St. Paul, came
into town Saturday night and put up
at one of the rooming houses. In the
morning she went to lunch counter
to get something to eat, and going be-
hind the counter took possession of a
knife and some dishes and threatened
to clean out the establishment Ia
cowboy.
The proprietor sent for policeman,
who succeeded in capturing the wom-
an and caging her. The next morning
she appeared before the city justice
and admitted that she was drunk and
disorderly. She said it was morphine,
but she admitted that beer also had
something to do with it.
The justice fined her IS. which she
paid.
Grow Alfalfa In Valley.
Crookston-Joel G. Winkjer, for.
merly deputy state dairy inspector for
this part of Minnesota, now assistant
dairyman for the government at Man.
haitian, Kan, and travelling over three
of the West Central states, urged the
farmers of the north valley here to
take up the development and cultiva-
ton of alfalfa, the growth of which
has been commanding great deal Of
his attention and study. In Oklahoma
they raise five crops a year which
sells for more than $40 a ton, and in
Kansas they raise four crops a year,
which sells for $12, and he believes
that crop of better quality could be
raised in the soils and climates of the
north valley than anywhere else In
the country.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-15
TWIN CITY MARKETS.

Minneapolis, July ..
Wheat-No. northern, SLIP; No.2
northern, $1.10. Sept. 931tc. Durum
No. /, SIC. Oats-No. white, 100
Barley No. 4, Csc. Rye-No 2 $50
Corn-No. zoe. Flax-No. 1 81. 21.
Butter Creamery extra 21c; firsts
Ice. Dairy, fancy, 100; firsts II.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-15
Time Hard to KIN.

"Time," observes the Philosopher Of
Folly. has moro lives than q cat. I've
killed It more than q million times my.
SELF. and eternity doesn't seem : 1T
closer"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-15
NEWS NOTES

Observation-Disclosures is at last
70 be a city. At a special election
held here q charter incorporating
Montevideo as such was adopted.
There were 11S votes for and Is
against the charter. A special cleo
ton will be held soon to comply with
the charter.
Hastings-Judgment was entered In
the district court in the sum of $751;
1904 in favor of p. E. King, OF
Ravenna, and against the Milwaukee
road, in the action brought for per
sonal injury.
Minneapolis-A mysterious fire d.
stroyed the pavilion at Minnehaha,
thus ending the bitter controversy
over closing of nearby fence erected
by the park board.
st. Cloud-Next Minnesota legisla,
ture will probably be asked to pass Z
law compelling the pasteurization OF
all milk taken into creameries.
Duluth-The Great Lakes Dock
company has purchased from the Cap,
itol Elevator company nine blocks in
the vicinity Of Grassy point. The
dock company represents the 500 road
in this matter.
st. Paul-Explosives placed on the
tracks by West Seventh street rowdies
caused considerable damage to street
cars. and passengers were thrown into
panic.
Crookston-The North Dakota Met.
al Culvert company has donated $50
to the Crookston 25,00o club to help
Its road improvement project.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-15
Fire in Long Island.

New York, July 9.-Hundreds Of
men are fighting fire which is burn
ing through the center of Long Is
land near PASSPORT. Several small
dwellings have been consumed.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-15
South 81 panl Iii. 4

South st. Paul, Ju i've.
Cattle Steers, $500 and ]5.75,
cows 4.50 and $3.50. Hogs-38.O 90
and $6.46. Sheep-Muttons, }4.75;
lambs 1915.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-15
VILLAGE Loses,

Crookston-The jury in the suit
brought by Mrs. Laura M. Gaylord,
wife of Attorney Gaylord, of Fertile,
Mimi, against the village of Fertile
for $4,000 for damages alleged to
have been incurred by slipping On ice
caused by a broken waterspout in
that village was decided in favor OF
the village by the jury. Attorney
Gaylord dropped his case against the
city for the same accident upon this
verdict Court has adjourned sine die.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-08-22
The President and the Plumber.



When he throws off the cares of Of
flee and romps with his children, Presi-
dent Roosevelt becomes, for the time
being, a prank-playing, big boy. More
over, ne can enjoy joke turned
against himself. Once, while visiting
his sister, Mr.. Roosevelt entered the
room aIter every one else was at the
luncheon table. He was laughing
heartily.
Il have Just played a mad prank on
the plumber" he declared. Then he re-
lated how he had gene to the bath
room to wash his hands, when he heard
what seemed to be stealthy footsteps
coming down the hall. The boys had
played number of Jokes on him, and
he Immediately surmised that they
were about to spring a new one. He
sopped weshrag in water, then, with
the dripping cloth in his hand, he wait
ed the attack. The steps came nearer
and nearer, then stopped, and some one
tried to open the door, which the presi-
dent was holding shut. Suddenly he
threw the door wide open, simultane-
ously swinging the wet cloth over his
head and shouting gleefully, "pve got
you now!" The washrag landed, not on
the head Of one Of the boys, as he had
anticipated, but square across the face
| of a startled plumber who had come
| to repair a defective pipe. 1t was hard
| to gay who was the most surprised, the
| president or the plumber, Mr.. Roose-
welt apologized profusely, explained the
circumstances, and then descended to
the dining room, shaking with laugh
| ter,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-08-22
CURING HIS STOMACH
BY GIVING IT A REST
Afflicted Indiana Man Tries
Fasting for a Week and
Reports Good Results.

Logansport, Ind, Special: A seven days
last at cost of 10 pounds of weight has
been finished by William M. Loner, of
this city, who saye he has obtained re-
ihef from stomach, liver and kidney trou-
BILE. from which he had suffered previous
ly All symptoms OF those ailments have
disappeared and he is enjoying better
health today than he has for the last sew
eral months.
Last summer Loner tasted p days in
hope of curing this same complication Of
diseases He succeeded in obtaining re-
lief and until two months ago he thought
that he had effectually cured himself.
Then the old symptoms returned, and
after trying several doctors without re-
suit he again decided to fast Being OBJ
liged to work daily, he was unable to
stand the strain OF total abstinence more
than one week. When he tasted H days
last year he was not working
Loner says that this fast has not cured
him, and he knows he has only obtained
relief Great confidence is expressed In
his belief that he can effectually cure HIM
self II he only fasts long enough. He is
| going to try a 40-day fast. He is con-
| fdent that he can go that length OF time
without food OF any kind, and he thinks
that II he does, he not only will recover
but that he viii forever eradicate stom-
ach. liver and kidney trouble from his
system.
Long will start his To-day fast In the
| fall, and his condition win be watched
daily by the Cass County Medical associa'
ton, whose members wish to ascertain
whether or not there Is virtue In the claim
that fasting will cure certain diseases
This time Loner will not work while alb
staining from food. He will rest quietly
and his only exertion will be daily spir
on his bicycle. While making his seven
day fast, he daily worked at Mount Hope
cemetery, digging graves, moving grass
and keeping the grounds in condition.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-08-22
Couldn't Tell Dukes.
From London Ideas,


On one occasion the Duke of Sutherland
had a highly amusing experience when
travelling north. At Edinburgh an Ameri-
can got into the same compartment as
the duke and a conversation was opened
At a small station another traveller, as
unassumng and as plainly dressed as the
duke, entered the carriage, and, recog-
n!Zing his grace, the new conner greeted
him cordially. The three talked amicably
until they reached Perth, where the last
arrived alighted. Seeing several footmen
respectfully approach the traveller, the
American turned TO his companion, and
said, Can you tell me who that gentle
man was?" "Oh, yes" answered the
duke, carelessly; that was the Duke OF
Fife" Indeed" calculated the Ameri-
can. 1T was very condescending of him
to laugh and chat with ordinary chaps
! like ourselves" The duke smilinglS
agreed Presently his grace reached the
station where he wished to alight, and al
| the train came to a standsill he shool
hands with the American and said good
| by. To his great surprise the American
noticed that his late fellow traveller wa
| also met by q retinue of servants, and
leaning out of the carriage window, h,
asked the guard the name of the gentle
man. THE Duke Of Sutherland" CAM
the reply. II did not know the aristo
cracy Travelled in such an unceremoniou
way" said the American; pray tell m
who you are, so that / shan't make an!
| more mistakes"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-08-22

Consul Wilbur T. Gracey, of Using
tau, transmits the following report re-
garding cattle in the Chinese province
OF Shangtung:
II am informed by DR.. Martini that
a most curious fact has been discovered
by him and his assistants in relation to
the percentage Of butter fat contained
in the milk of the Chinese cows. These
locally grown animals are much smaller
than our home cows, and give much
smaller quantity OF milk, but 1t con-
tains TO per cent fat, while cows
milk in the United States seldom yields
more than to per cent fat, and 4
per cent is considered extraordinary.
This increased percentage OF fat Is said
to be due to the bean cake fed to the
animals here. Peanuts and beans are
grown throughout this province in large
quantities and crushed into peanut Oil
and bean Oil, which Is exported In large
quantities. The refuse from the mills
is pressed into round cakes, measuring
about Is inches in diameter and two TO
three inches thick, which is largely ex-
ported to Japan for use as fertilizer,
and is fed to cows, oxen and all draft
animals. The bean cake when used
is pounded up in rough granite NOR
tars and mixed with animals food, and
all domestic animals in this country
seem to appreciate its peculiar flavor.
THE large percentage Of fat con-
tained in the milk here makes It unsat-
| isfactory for drinking purposes, espe-
cially for children, but it produces ex-
| cellent butter in large quantities, there
| being very little waste material, and II
| is so easily manufactured that merely
| shaking the milk in a stoppered bottle
| for a few moments will produce but.
ter"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-08-22
is Pe-ru-na Useful
I for catarrh?

Should q list OF the ingredients OF Pc
runa be submitted to any medical ex-
pert, OF whatever school or nationality,
he would be obliged to admit without
reserve that the medicinal herbs COM
posing Peruna are of two kinds. First,
standard and well-tried catarrh reme-
dies. Second, well-known and gener-
ally acknowledged toni, remedies.
That in one or the other OF these uses
they have stood the test of many years.
experience by physicians of different
schools. There can be no dispute about
this, whatever. Peruna is composed OF
some Of the most efficacious ana uni
versally used herbal remedies for CO.
tarrhal diseases, and for such conditions
Of the human system as require o tonic.
Each one of the principal ingredients
Of Peruna has q reputation OF its own
in the cure of some phase Of catarrh or
as q tonic medicine.
The fact is, chronic catarrh is dis
ease which is very prevalent. Many
thousand people know they have
chronic catarrh. They have visited doc
tors over and over again, and been told
that their case 10 one Of chronic catarrh.
It may be of the nose, throat, lungs,
stomach or some other internal organ.
There is no doubt MS to the nature Of
the disease. The only trouble is the
remedy. This doctor has tried to cure
them. That doctor has tried to pre-
scribe for them.
No other household remedy SO uni
versally advertised carries upon the
label the principal active constituents,
showing that Peruna invites the full
inspection Of the critics.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-08-22
SELF DELUSION.

Many People Deceived by COfes
We like to defend our indulgencies
and habits even though we may be con-
vinced Of their actual haSmfulness.
A man can convince himself that
whisky is good for him OH cool morn
ing, or beer on a hot summer day
when he wants the whisky or beer!
It's the same with coffee. Thousands
Of people suffer headache and nervous
ness year after year but try to per-
suade themselves the cause is not cof-
fee-because they like coffee.
while yet child commenced
using coffee and continued It," writes
a Wis. man, until l was a regular
coffee fiend. l drank it every morn
ing and in consequence had binding
headache nearly every afternoon.
my folks thought 1t was coffee that
allied me, but liked 1t and would not
admit 1t was the cause of my trouble,
SO l stuck to coffee and the headaches
stuck to me.
FINALLY, the folks stopped buying
coffee and brought home some Postum.
They made 1t right directions on pkg.)
and told me to see what a difference 1t
would make with my head and during
that first week on Postum my old af-
Fiction did not bother me once. From
that day to this we have used nothing
but Postum In place Of coffee-head-
aches are thing of the past and the
whole family is in fine health"
Postum looks good, smells good.
tastes good, is good, and does good to
the whole body" There's Reason" "
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich. Read "The Road to Wel!-
yille," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and full OF
human interest.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-08-22
NEoRos BANDIT LEADER.
His Trick to Secure the Allegiance o
the Superstitious Islanders

From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
A war of determination against the
bandits in the island OF Negros, in the
Philippines, with the killing Of several
hundred natives, Is the prediction of the
Rev. Harry Maxfeld missionary OF the
Tabernacle Baptist church to this ISL
and. who is now at home on a furlough.
The bandits Of the island gave the
Spaniards trouble for eight years, and
It was only a year ago that our troops
wiped out the leader and broke up the
band" said the Rev. Mr.. Maxfield.
The leader OF the band was an OK
driver named Dionici, who was op-
pressed by the Spaniards in 1890 and
fled to the hills, where he quickly gath
cred band around him. The band he
later increased to several hundred men.
In 1900 ne could muster 1000 men.
He found that 1t was difficult to gov
ern such a large band Of wild and un-
ruly spirits and so manufactured a
scheme of worship. He dressed one of
his lieutenants in a black suit, put q
mosquito net over him, and between the
mosquito net and the suit placed thou
sands OF huge freflies.
Then he manufactured a mechanical
device to slide up and down, by which
this man slid down during the night
making II appear as though he came
from the heavens and as though he
were clotneu III ure' Inc DaHdlts
thought he was the Lord, and when he
spoke every one groyelled on the
ground. The manufactured lord ther
| appointed Dionici his mountain pope
and called him Papa Ysio.
| After that the bandits. who wer,
very superstitious, obeyed every com
mand. Every time they began to for
get their obedience Yncenlos, the manu-
factured god, would appear and fright
en- them again. Finally they wer
stirred up to such a fanatical frenz,
that they would do anything for tn
pope. In a battle with Spanish troop
in 1896 200 soldiers were killed. Whel
! the Americans took the islands Pap
Ysio was at his height, but the troop
drove him into the mountains. Late
the troops were recalled from the isl
ands and the native scouts left Il
| charge"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-08-22
One Of the
Essentials

of the happy homes of to-day is vast
fund Of information as to the best methods
of promoting health and happiness and
right living and knowledge of the worlds
best products.
Products of actual excellence and
reasonable claims truthfully presented
and which have attained to worldwide
acceptance through the approval Of the
Well-Informed Of the World; not of indi-
viduals only, but of the many who have
the happy faculty of selecting and obtain
ing the best the world affords.
One of the products of that class, of
known component parts, an Ethical
remedy, approved by physicians and COM
mended by the Well-Informed of the
World as a valuable and wholesome family
laxative is the well-known Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA. To get its beneficial
effects always buy the genuine, manu-
factured by the California Fig Syrup Co,
only, and for sale by all leading druggists.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-08-22
Queen Takes Lemon Baths.

From the New York Press.
The lemon bath" is, so 1t appears, the
newest summer craze. Queen Wilhelmina
of Holland, who champions the lemon
bath. borrowed the idea from the Dutch
Indies and attributes a great deal Of the
satin like softness Of her skin to the
cleansing effects OF the baths in which she
has been indulg!ng on the advice of one of
her colonial governors. The lemon bath
Is valuable aid to beauty" says a prom
inent beauty specialist abroad, "and the
proper way to take 1t is as follows: Five
lemons cut into slices are left to soak in a
basin of water for half an hour. The
water drawn into the bath must be mod
erately hot and the lemon water is added
to It slowly the whole being stirred Wig
orousiy the while, as Is the mode when
making cocoa. AS an invigorator the
lemon bath cannot be improved upon, and
many Of my clients are going to take il
daily during the hot wave"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-08-22
BABY CRIED AND SCRATCHED

All the Time-Covered with Tor
turing Eczema-Doctor Said Sores
Would Last for Years-Perfect
Cure by Cuticura.
"My baby niece was suffering from
that terrible torture, eczema. 1t was
all over her body, but the worst was
on her face and hands. She cried and
scratched all the time and could not
sleep night or day from the scratch
ing. l had her under the doctors
care for a year and a half and he
seemed to do her no good. took her
to the best doctor in the city and he
said that she would have the sores
until she was six years old. But II l
had depended on the doctor my baby
would have lost her mind and died
from the want Of aid. But l used
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment
and she was cured in three months.
Alice L. Dowell, AGO Easton Ave-, st.
Louis, Mo-, May 2 and 20, 1907"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-08-22
WE SELL GUNS AND TRAPS CHEAP
& buy Furs & Hides. Write for catalog 1O5
N. W. Hide & Fur Co., Minneapolis, MINI.
The Questions Were Pertinent,

From the New York Times.
Heinrich Conried, the retiring man
ager' of the Metropolitan opera house,
said at a recent dinner in New York:
Yes, in that crisis / made a mis-
take-as queer mistake as one that
was made last week by friend OF mine
"a Lutheran clergyman.
The clergyman had advertised for a
butler and the next morning after
breakfast well dressed, clean shaven
young man in black was ushered into
his study.
Name. please? said the clergyman
Hilary Arbuthnot. sir.
"Age?'
"Twenty-eight'
what work have you been accus-
toned tor
"T am a lawyer, sir
THE clergyman started. This was
odd. However, as he knew, many were
called in the law. few chosen.
But, he said, do you understand
the conduct of household?'
I'm a general way, yes,' murmured
the applicant.
"'Can you carve?'
Yes
Wash glass and silver?'
I-er-think so. The young mar
seemed embarrassed. He frowned and
blushed. Just then the clergyman't
wife entered.
Are you married.? was her frs
| question.
That said the young man, wa.
what l called to see your husband
about, madam. / desire to know II h,
can make IT convenient to officiate a.
my wedding at noon next THURSDAY
| week."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-08-22
Beauty in the Garden.

From the new YORK Press.
OF all the physical culture fads that
have been recommended to women, none
is so add as that championed by Ella G.
Grundy, an Englishwoman who is to visit
this country in the hope of interesting
American women in her ideas. Mrs
Grundy's gymnasium is the lawn or gar
den, or both, and she insists upon all
work. even to the handling of a spade.
"The beginner will find," she writes,
that ten minutes spade exercise is as
good as a brisk massage for making her
body tingle. Digging with a spade means
beauty. The constant bending of the
body works the muscles of the back aud
waist. waking up torpid livers and helpiag
to reduce size. Are you a round shou1-
dered, narrow chested woman? Than
drag the garden roller up and down the
lawn or the tennis court a few minutes
every day, and you will be surprised at
the Improvement in your figure. Your
chest will expand, your neck win grow
round and plump, and your back will be-
come upright. But never, never push tha
roller. Beauty culture in the garden does
not altogether depend upon the exercise
of the body. The finishing touches ara
given by natures cosmetics. which are
fresh air, sun and rain"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-08-22
A Tale BY Elihu Root.

From the New York Tribune.
When Secretary Root was at Panama
on his return from South America a
newspaper asked him how long he
thought the American occupation of
Cuba would last and got the following
story in reply:
"A kindergarten teacher asked a
class of boys:
Have you a warm coat?
"Yes, was the reply.
"'Can you take off your warm
coat?'
Yes
Has a bear a warm coat?'
Yes
"Can a bear take off his warm
coat?'
No
why cannot a bear take off his
warm coat
This puzzled the youngster a mo-
ment, and then one cub on the back
row yelled:
"'Cause God only knows where the
buttons are