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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-04
Two Wellesley Girls Will
Teach in Porto Rico.
Mrs. Joanna Pierce Brown En-
teItains In a Unique Way.
Girls Home Tag Day June l9..Death
Of Mrs. Y. E. Curtis.

Belfast, Me- June 3--(SpeciaD -
Miss Elizabeth Quimby and Miss Cora
Morrison, who will be graduated from
Wellesley this month, have received
appointments from United States Com
missioner of Education Dexter of
Ponce, Porto Rico. to teach in tho pub
lie schools Of Porto Rico. A party IF
eight Wellesley girls will go there this
year and are due there Sept. 25. Miss
Quimby will spend the summer in Bef-
fast at the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. G. A. Quimby on Miller
street, and Miss Morrison will spend
her vacation with her mother, Mrs
E. J. Morrison.
A unique entertainment was enjoyed
last night at the Home for Aged Wo-
men, through the courtesy OF Mr.. and
Mrs. f. r.. Pierce OF Cincinnati, Ohio,
who are spending the summer at the
Pierce homestead on High street. Mr.
and Mrs. Pierce recently took trip to
the Pacific coast and with the aid of
their camera and views which they
bought to supplement their collection,
were able to bring back to their East
ern friends many of the beauties of
the trip. Mr.. Pierce has had these
views made into lantern slides and
last night gave an exhibition and talk
on the trip for the pleasure of his aunt,
Mrs. Joanna Pierce Brown, the oldest
member of the home. She invited the
other boarders to share the pleasure
and a few outside friends were invited
Mrs. Brown is one OF the brightest
women in the city and although 81
years old, is perfectly well physically
and mentally and says she expects 10
live to be 100 She walks out alone
and is still fond of out of door life.
She is the mother of Frederick W.
Brown of the Belfast postoffice staff
and of Hon. A. l. Brown Of Augusta,
secretary of State
June 10 has been selected as Tag
day by the committee from the Girls
Home in this city. 1t will be in charge
of seven ladies'.
Chief Justice l.. A. Emery has re-
Gently appointed Judge George f.
johnson of Belfast, and Ellery Bowden
of Winterport as masters in chancery
for term OF five years.
The Teconnet Club of Waterville will
play the Young Mems Association team
on the Congress street grounds Satur-
day afternoon.
M. r. Knowlton has purchased the
cafe on Phoenix Row. known as the
Mosher Cafe, having disposed of his
business in Old orchard and planning
to remain in Belfast this summer.
Mrs. Verena E. Curtis, wife of the
late Robert Curtis. died last night at
the home Of her son Maurice on Con-
don street after an illness of about two
weeks. Mrs. Curtis lived on Congress
street and went to make a short visit
with her son and family and was taken
i'll there. She was born in Stockton
Springs GO years ago and was the
daughter of Amos and Amelia (Staples)
Treat of that town. Several sons and
daughter, of which Maurice. James,
Allie and Miss Maude, live in Belfast.
survive
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-04

Just reason it out for your
self. Out of the sebaceous
glands on your head con-
stantly comes an oily secre-
ton to moisten the scalp and
give a gloss to the hair.
Floating in the air are mil
lions of fine particles of dust,
dirt and disease germs. These
settle upon the head, mix
with the oily secretion, and
in very short time dandruff
and scales are formed. These
scales stop up the pores, SO
that the hair roots are not
nourished as they should be.
And then the hair becomes
sick, dies and falls out. Some
people allow all this dirt and
disease and filth to accumulate
on their heads for weeks or
months without washing the
scalp and hair. Most cases of
badness come from this care
less neglect. Common soap is
not the proper thing to use,
for common soap leaves the
hair too dry, and does not
leave the scalp moist and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-04
MONA
Cures INDIGESTION

1t relieves stomach misery, sour stom-
ach, belching, and cures all stomach dis
ease or money back. Large box Of tab
let's so cents. Druggists in all towns.
..-.- j2-4-9
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-09

Ripley and Minnebelle lakes in def
ance Of the law, and that they have
been keeping it up for the past Is
years without anybody's putting
any stop to it.
And here we've been thinking all
along that Litchfeld was such a
nice. model town, and that it's citi-
zen all lay awake nights Matching
out schemes to help their neighbors
and see to it that the law were en-
forced. Somehow we thought only
dry towns could have any trouble
about law enforcement; that when
people only got all they wanted to
drink they would fall over each
other in their anxiety to assist the
officer in keeping the town straight.
The reflection Of Litchfeld in the
Ledger mirror rudely knocks this
idea into cooked hat. and the
burg with the brick depot will have
to fix up considerably before she
will be able to regain her place in
the hearts Of her neiehbors.
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-09
DOVRE & MANIRE IS
GAINING GROUND
Township Insurance Company
is Increasing Amount of In
Surance I'm Force.

The Dovre & Mamre Insurance
company held its annual meeting
on Monday, May 81, at the court
house in this city. The following
were elected officers for the ensuing
year: J. P. Larson, president; C.
O. Bergquist, vice president; Ole
R. Sletten, treasurer; K. T. Ryk-
ken, secretary; J. 0. Kloster, C. C.
Hanson, B. 7. Benson, o. O. Berg
strom and H. P. Lofgren, directors.
The secretary's annual report
showed that the company is in a
very prosperous condition. The
following figures are taken from
the report: Losses paid during the
year, $1909.50; cash received,
$1609. 10; balance on hand in banks.
$2868. 73; policies in force at begin.
ming Of year, 718; policies issued
during the year, 211; policies ex'
pired during the year, 1854; poll
cles in force at the end of the year
765; total amount of insurance il
force, Isl 1865. .652.
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-09

city has cleaned up a profit on the
business. We know of no exchange
controlled by the Trust, HOW
EVER SMALL, where rates are as
low as these.
You must not forget that the
present contest at Willmar is be-
tween the telephone users and the
trust. The telephone users are ask
ing the city to act as their agent in
establishing an independent ex-
change. They. will furnish the
money and will pay the city we'll
for its trouble. With absolute city
control, there will not be the dan
ger of another sell-out. The indie
pendence of the exchange will be
assured; every telephone system
within twenty-five miles will run
direct lines into the city and rea.
sonable rates will stimulate the
business so that every householde,
will desire to have a phone, thus
assuring that the development o1
the telephone system will keep pace
with the progress of the city il
other respects. In opposing thi'
chance to correctly solve the tele
phone question at Willmar the Ga
zette is doing the work for th'
trust. It has so far been begging
the question on every point raised
Now let it get busy and produce
some arguments in favor of contin
ued trust domination, if it can.
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-09

4. Pray suggest some plan of
''endeavor' by which any inde-
pendent line can now connect with
Willmar without tying up their
lines from end to end in favor Of
the trust. owned lines?
We defy the Gazette to show
anything in the present attitude Of
the Northwestern that will give the
city or any body Of its citizens the
remotest chance to regulate"
rates, connections or anything in
which the public is interested.
The Tribune wants no favors over
the telephone lines not granted to
other citizens of the city. When
it speaks for more free connec.
tions with outside communities it
does so because it believes that all
means of communication with trib.
utary country should be welcomed
and not be permitted to be used by
a corporation TO stifle competition
and tie up lines connecting us with
other points.
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-09
&4'< MlAN\RE.
~ ~ 49, Ma005

Mamre, June 7.-Services next
Sunday afternoon at three o'clock
at the Lundby church.
Messrs. Oscar and David Hagman
visited relatives and friends in
Minneapolis from Thursday till Sat-
urday last week.
Remember the ice cream social to
be given by the Cyclone club next
Saturday evening, June IL, on the
south shore Of the Mamre Lake.
Albert Lind was in Pennock last
week painting the hotel there.
Mesdames G. A. Erickson and
John Edberg, of Willmar, called on
their Mamre and Dovre friends one
day last week.
c. F. Olson of Willmar was
around in this neighborhood last
week.
Albin Ecklund, who has been sick
for some time, is slowly recovering.
Several from here attended the
band concert and basket social in
the Pennock schoolhouse last Satur-
day evening. They reported a
good time.
Miss Lydia Erlandson visited at
the A. Ryden home in town of Dov-
re last Monday.
Peter Rodman and son Sam went
to Kerkhoven today on business
trip.
G. F. Akerson and C. G. Aker-
son who are working at bricklaying
at Litchfeld, spent Sunday at their
homes in this town.
Albin Benson Of Lake. Andrew,
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-09

AS a rejoinder The Tribune begs
leave to submit the following:
l. If the telephone exchange
were operated by the city the con-
sumer would know just how high
the rates needed to be to give the
service and pay the city a reasona-
bic profit. The books would be a
matter of public accounting. Now
no one but those on the inside
knows whether the rates charged
are reasonable or not. AS long as
the exchange was q local enterprise,
up to 1906, it was paying big divi-
dends. It had during ten years IN
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-09

Fred Bergren and the Hoglund
boys, of Dovre, spent Sunday even
ing at the Mamre Lake.
Oscar Butler made a business
trip to Willmar Monday.
Rev. A. w. Franklin came home
today, after spending few days in
the vicinity of Montrose and Buffa-
10.
Miss Hannah Ryden of Dovre
called on Mamre friends the other
day.
Buster Brown.
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-09
Harrison Hits.

Harrison, June 7.-Harry Martin
attended band practice at Spicer
last Saturday evening.
A few of the young ladies were
out last week hanging May baskets.
E. G. Pagel attended the church
dedication at the German church
last Sunday.
Miss Nellie Peterson of Atwater
was the guest of Misses Tillie and
Bertha Maier last Sunday.
Wedding bells will soon be ring
ing in this vicinity.
Robert and William Benin,
Charles ad Matt Ferguson and Au-
gust Mascher will have telephones
installed at their homes this week.
Mr.. Gratz will have charge of the
work of installing the instruments.
Rain is plentiful nowadays.
Misses Alma Boese and Alvins
Seneschal arrived home from the
Normal school at St. Cloud last
week, and are at present staying al
their respective homes near At.
water.
Misses Edna Berglund and Jane
McRae, of Spicer, arrived here Sat.
urday evening and spent Sunday at
their respective homes.
H. M. Walby made a brief bust.
ness trip to the cities the latter
part of last week.
The corn crop is making rapid
headway Notwithstanding the heavy
rains and cold weather. If the
weather is favorable henceforth,
the prospects are good for a bounti-
full crop.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Pagel are vi
sitting with the formers relatives
in this precinct.
The dedication of the German
Lutheran church took place last
Sunday. In spite Of the recent
rain and muddy roads, a very large
audience assembled. Revs. Kohl
morgen and Aerthal had charge of
the dedication services. Both of
them have been ministers of the
congregation.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Feig and
family, of Atwater, made brief
call at the home. Of Mr.: Fieg's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. Feig.
They departed last Sunday evening
for Valley City, N. D., where they
will make their future home, Mr..
Feig being employed in a hardware
store at that place.
VIM. Dowdell's house is nearing
completion rapidly. He is erecting
a very fine and up-to-date residence,
which will be equipped with all
modern conveniences.
John Swan of Willmar moved all
his household furnishings and i'm
plements onto his farm west of
Diamond Lake last Wednesday. He
will now 60 to farming again.
Henry Stene Of Atwater was out
autoing last week, and made a few
calls on some of his friends.
Mr.. ard Mrs. John Feig of Will
mar attended the church dedication
last Sunday.
The creamery received another
carload of coal last Friday.
Martin Olson of Atwater was out
in this vicinity last week demon
strating the work of his new auto
mobile.
Miss Winnie Masters called on
Mrs. A. E. Dahllast Wednesday.
p. D. Ringstrom. travelling sales
man for the World Medical COM
pany of St. Paul, was seen on our.
roads last week.
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-09
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1909.
THE TELEPHONE QUESTION.

The Willmar Tribune brings forth
five reasons" why the city should
own the telephone exchange. Let
US see if they are conclusive.
Il. To give the patrons reason
able rates, determined by public
accounting
What guarantee have the voters
of the city of Willmar that the
rates would be any more reasonable
under city ownership than they are
now? Judging from the cost to
consumers of city water and light,
we have no good reason to expect
any reduction in rates. There is
one thing that we are absolutely
sure of, and that is that our tele.
phone service will not be improved
under city ownership. The service
at the present time is wellnigh per-
feet. It is all foolishness to try to
make people believe that an ex-
change of six or seven hundred
phones can be run at as low a price
per phone as an exchange of only
fifty or a hundred phones.
"2. Because the attitude of the
Northwestern in refusing to acknow.
ledge the City's right to control is
opposed to good public policy and
the square DEAL"
If the City of Willmar has any
rights that the Northwestern will
not recognize, bring the matter in.
to court-that is the only business
like way of doing it.
"3. Because it is better that the
profits should add to the revenues
Of the city than that they should &c
to enrich eastern stockholders
Reason No. 3 is just as applica
BILE to number of other industrie.
as to the telephone. If local capi
tai desires to obtain ownership o1
the local exchange, there is un
doubtedly an opportunity to do so
Home parties owned the local ex
change at one time, and, if tht
plant had been a source of great re
venue, it is but reasonable to sup
pose that they would have retained
it.
~. To give all lines entering
the city a chance to connect on fail
terms, thus increasing the efficienc!
of the exchange"
If the country lines cannot a
present secure connection with tn
Northwestern on fair terms, an en-
deavor should be made to obtai1
better concessions. The telephon,
business is subject to reasonable re
gulations like any other public util
ity. AS a matter of fact, are mo-
the present terms reasonable? W.
understand that the terms are quit,
satisfactory to all the outside line!
that connect with the local ex
change; but it is also known thai
the terms are not satisfactory t,
certain local individuals who have
stock in some of the outside com
panies and want to talk free.
'5'. Because the exchange cal
be run with less poles to disfgurt
streets by the city in connection
with its present plant than by an,
outside corporation.
Reason No. 5 is merely a conten'
tion that every we'll informed mar
knows is not true. We challenge
the Tribune to prove that any bust.
ness can be run cheaper by the pub
lie than by private corporation
Willmar Gazette.
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-09

AUTO LIVERY-Am now pre-
pared to furnish automobile livery
on short notice. With a IS h. p.
Queen and an expert driver you can
depend on getting there in time.
Telephone 489, Halvorson's Garage,
Willmar.
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-09

You will feel better when you
make your shoes look better by
treating them to q shine at the Pam
torium. Five cents. 14f
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-09

NOTICE-We are now in posi-
tion to care for cattle in our 16O
acre timothy and clover pasture
south of Big Kandiyohi Lake. For
further particulars see o. X. Sever
inson, at N. w. Elevator. 1ef
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-09

trict, but it looks now as if some-
one else will have to take the money
which Uncle Sam pays his telters.
You see Gartside was a member of
the pay-in-advance-or -nothing-do-
ing legislature, and as such he has
drawn his full salary for the two
iyears term. It seems that he can
not serve as supervisor unless he re-
signs his position as representative,
but since he has already accepted
his pay in advance for that Office he
would have to return most of the
money drawn first. 1t is hard to
have to see a couple Of thousand
shining silver orbs roll right by
your very eyes-but probably still
harder to return the money which
you have already received and
spent, and Mr.. Gartside is very
naturally getting gray headed while
trying to decide ''vich side is the
odder."
Charles Peterson of St. Paul
wants a divorce from his wife be-
cause she insists upon his drinking
with her, upon his 'going out
sometimes with other girls'' and
upon his staying out nights once in
a while-all of which he maintains
is against his disposition. In the
same town Mrs. Fred Vanderbilder
wants a divorce from her hubby
because he does these very things.
Arnold Scutz of St. Louis left his
wife because she couldn't make
griddle cakes like mother used
to-" and Peter Farnham of Lin
coin, Nebraska, refused to support
his better half because she gave
him nothing but griddle cakes"
for breakfast. What's the matter
with establishing national matri-
monial exchange bureau?
Brother Joubert of the Litchfeld
News-Ledger believes a little more
law enforcement would not be out
of the way in his home town. He
claims that not only are minors al
lowed in the saloons, but some
times whole families 90 in and fill
up. A number of boys have been
seen in an intoxicated condition,
and they also seem to be able to get
all the tobacco they can do away
with. Furthermore Bro. Joubert
says that people are netting bass at
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-09

NOTICE. have moved my bar
ber shop to the Hub Hotel building
on Third street, where l invite a
share of your patronage.
153 Charley Olson.
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-09
Among Our NeighbOrS.
Sifted out by Ludwig S. Dale.

Madison needs new boiler for
it's electric light plant, but it has
no saloons this year and consequent
ly no funds with which to purchase
one. You see people are willing
to pay for a new boiler thru the sa-
loonkeeper, but as free American
citizens they hate to come across
with the necessary taxes.
The city council of Anoka has or
dered a special election for June 26,
for the purpose of voting upon a
$50, 600 bond issue, with which to
purchase and repair the waterworks
and electric light plant. This
amount includes $4,000, which was
the price offered the bondholders'
company. owners of the plant, and
$50, 900 for repairs.
The council at Fairmont revoked
a saloon license becaue the proprie-
tor sold liquor to a minor. and up
at Triumph a man who bought IL
quor for a man who was on the
blacklist has to stay in Jail for 60
days. The new state law is very
explicit on the last point, and the
punishment which follows its viola
tion will no doubt make this kind
of Accommodation" most unpopu-
lar.
What is there in dreams? Last
week young man in North Dakota
was accidentally shot and killed,
and a message was sent to his bro
ther, who clerks for Ole Ramsland
in Sacred Heart. The contents of
the message was told to MIR. Rams
land before it was given to the
young man and it was suggested
that Mr.. Ramsland prepare the
young man for the sad news. Ac-
cordingly he went to the man and
asked him whether he had heard
from his brother lately. Looking
up quickly the young man cried
out: "You need not tell me; [
know all about it. He is shot. II
saw it all in a dream last night"
IS
Getting your pay in advance also
has its drawbacks. F. E. Gartside
of Winona has been recommended
for the position of census supervi-
AL>
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-09

S. We accept the challenge.
The city of Barnesville of this state
has municipal telephone exchange
where residence telephones are fur
nished at Is cents month. The
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-09
Il or { Coughs axe his

Do you know remedy for coughs and colds nearly seventy
years old? There is one-Ayers Cherry Pectoral Once
in the family stays. It is not doctor, does not take
the place Of doctor II is doctors aid Made for
the treatment Of all throat and lung troubles. Ask
your doctor his opinion of it. Follow his advice
No alcohol in this cough medicine. LC7y1 Lowell Mas,
You
at directly henve Sold Ak doctor al aboathe
Willmar tribune., 1909-06-09

3. There the Gazette is mani
festly wrong. The telephone busi-
ness is different from other indus
tries in that it is a natural mono
poly. To be most efficient there
should be only one central COM
mon to all lines in the city. This
can be secured only thru city own
ership, because the Trust uses its
control of the central to keep out
every line which will not agree to
refuse competing business with the
Trusts outside lines. Then again
the telephone business requires the
use of the public streets and alleys.
and is distinctly a public-service
institution. It is more distinctly
so than other business we know Of.
The sell-out to the Trust at Will
mar need not be aired in this dis
cussion. It may be sufficient to say