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The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-06-03
ROUTE NO 4

Peter CRANES spent Sunday at home
Mr.. and Mrs. Will ]. Botz were
Sauk Centre visitors Sunday.
Mrs. j. B. Orth called on friends
at Sauk Centre Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. NJ. Smith called at
the home of John Smith Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Orth were Sauk
Centre callers Saturday.
August Gamradt spent Sunday at
Birch Lake.
Mrs. Smith of Wadena is here visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Henry Pauly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Mager and fami-
ly visited at the home of E. B. Hard
er Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William CRANES and
son, George, were Sauk Centre visitors
Saturday.
Gamrath, Jos. L. Minette and Will
J. Botz were Sauk Centre callers Sat-
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Wolter and son
visited at the home of c. F. Botz
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Orth and son
Tony visited at the home of Anton
Miller Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will j. Botz and Joe
and John Klein visited at the home
of c. f. Botz Sunday.
Mrs. C. F. 4Botz and Miss Kate
Brill called on Mrs. Sondermon Sun
day afternoon.
Mr.. SwaItzbauer, of Sauk Centre,
called at the home of Anton Klein
Saturday.
Frank Minette of Minneapolis visit
ed his brother, Jos. L. Minette, Sun
day and Monday.
Mrs. Mike Klein left on Monday for
St. Martin to visit with her brothers
and sisters.
Mrs. Tony Elgroth and brother Fred,
spent Monday and Tuesday with their
brother, G. F. Botz.
Mrs. C. F. ,Botz and Mrs. Tony Ell
groth called on Mrs. Henry Pauly
Tuesday.
Joe L. Minette attended the double
wedding at the home of Mr.. Wathe
at Miers Grove Tuesday.
Peter Minette and sister, Kate, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Korf and fami-
ly spent Sunday at the home Of Jos.
L. Minette.
Mrs. Kraumer and children of Mel
rose who have been visiting friends
and relatives here returned to her
home Monday.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-06-03
STRANGE FISH IN KANSAS.
Has Four Legs and Each Leg Has
Foot With Five Toes.

Has Four Legs and Each Leg Has a
Foot With Five Toes.
A great many guesses have been
made to-day by the residents of Fair
bury as to the name of couple of
animals, Or fish, whichever they may
be, brought in by Gus Bitter, Rock
Island engineer, when he returned on
his run from Belleville, Kan.
In appearance the things resemble
channel catfish, being of the same
color and shape, but they have four
legs each, and each leg has a foot
with five toes. immediately back Of
the head three growths appear on
each Of the animals. The strangers
seem to get around every bit as well
on dry land as they do in water.
They have been on exhibition all
day to-day, and hundreds of persons
have seen them, but no one has been
found who ever had seen anything
like them before. Bitter caught them
in a pool of water near Belleville yes
terday. He says there are many speci-
mems in the Belleville neighborhood,
but nobody there seems to know what
they are The animals appear to be
vicious and snap at anything held
near them.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-06-03
MISSING WILL IN OLD BOOK.
May Lead to Redistribution OF
Money Left by French Bachelor.

May Lead to a Redistribution Of
Money Left by a French Bachelor.
A curious story of a missing will
comes from Paris
In 1906 M. Frossard, director of the
Mont de Piete at Dijon. a bachelor,
died without heirs, leaving a fortune
of about 100000 francs. He had pre-
viously announced to his intimates
that he intended to remember them
in his will, but on his death no will
could be found. The fortune then
went to three distant relatives.
During the last few days a German
book collector passing through Dijon
bought a lot of old books which had
formerly belonged to NJ. Frossard. In
one of them the c~llector came across
the lost will, in which one of the old
est friends of the dead man was ap-
pointed residuary legatee.
The collector sent the will to this
gentleman. and the aid of the French
courts will now be invoked to distrib-
ute the property in terms of the will.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-06-03
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Dickhans and
children, Bennie, Clara and Frances
attended the wedding in Miers Grove
on Tuesday,
GETTY GROVE

Fred Lamphrey called on Herman
Hager Tuesday evening.
Henry Wuner was Sauk Centre
caller one day last week.
Albert Molitor and son, Kenneth,
were Sauk Centre callers Saturday.
Mesdames John Ripka and Joe Mill
er visited with Mrs. Earlien Saturday.
John Kusba was in Sauk Centre
Friday.
Geo. Stienbaur was a Unity caller
Saturday.
John Ripka visited with Leonard
Earlien Sunday.
Mr.. and Mr.. John Ripka were in
Sauk Centre Thursday.
Miss Elsie Gritzmacher visited with
Tillie Ripka Sunday.
Mrs. John Ripka and Mrs. Joe Mil
ler visited with Mrs. Clar Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Weber were
in Sauk Centre Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Gritzmacher visit
ed with Mr.. and Mrs. Breskee Sunday.
John GritZmacher visited W h
Frank LaRock Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugo Clar visited
with Mr.. and NJ. John Ripka Friday
evening.
Emma Gritzmacher visited with
Mary and Edna Jones Sunday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Strouse enter
tained a number of their friends Sun
day evening.
Miss Katie Ripka visited with her
grandparents at Sauk Centre the past
week.
Mrs. Joe Miller of Sauk Centre is
visiting with her daughter Mrs. John
Ripka the past week.
Bennie Flahaven and Herman Hag'
er visited with Willie Gritzmahe1
Saturday evening.
Miss Mary Kells spent Saturday and
Sunday with her uncle ]. E. Key neal
Melrose.
Mrs. Lewis Lietz and children OF
North Dakota are visiting at the
home of Ed LietZ.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Kleinsmith and
family of Grey Eagle were visiting
with friends and relatives at. Unity
over Sunday.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-06-03
RRfSPONDENCE
McCORMIC LAKE

Mr.. Hudson went to Britain S. Oak,
last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lloyd called at
Mr.. Wilcoxes last Wednesday.
Mrs. Hudson lost COW one day last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Evans and daugh-
ter of Sauk Centre were out to Nc
Cormic Lake Sunday.
Miss Martha Wolfe returned home
Saturday after attending the Baptist
Convention at Long Prairie.
Mr.. Elliot has improved the appear
ance of his house by fresh coat of
paint.
The McCormic Lake Helping Hand
Society will. meet with Mrs. +. Tank
on Wednesday, June 9, 1909.
Most of the people of this vicinity
attended the Memorial exercises in
Sauk Centre Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Rice of Sauk
Centre were out to McCormic. Lake
on Sunday.
Miss Katie Stafford and Miss Shafer
of Sauk Centre were out to the SAT-
ford farm Sunday.
Mrs Effie Stafford of Sauk Centre
visited at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. d. c. Wolfe last Tues
day.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-06-03
ROUTE NO s.

Henry Weiner was in Sauk Centre
on Wednesday,.
Mrs. Joe Miller from Sauk Centre is
visiting her sister Mrs. Ripka.
Mrs. Joe Miller and Mrs. John Rip
ka spent Saturday with Mrs. Ahrlein.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Orth and son
Toney spent Sunday at Anton Millers.
Joe Botz and sister Helen and Pete
Botz and sister Lizzie spent Sunday
afternoon at Dickers.
Messers John Gritzmacher and Sam
Graham were in Sauk Centre on Satur-
day,
Tom Flahaven, Albert Molitor and
son, Kennel, and Fred Lamphrey were
in Sauk Centre Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tony Elsgroth, Mr..
and Mrs. Knoettle and Katie Ripka
spent Sunday at Mrs. John Weiners.
Mr.. Mike Jung and children, Nick
and Louise and May Doyle, were in
Sauk Centre on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake BotZ left last
Saturday for Minot, N. ID. where they
will have an extended visit with the
formers brother Adam Botz.
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Miller and
daughter, Chritine, and Katie Ripka
are spending few days at the home
of Joe Miller.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-06-03
The LATEST One.

One of the contractors in Panama
was very much annoyed by the ex-
ceeding laziness of the native work
men under him. He resolved to make
them ashamed of their Incidence, so
one day when they were all lined up
he said:
I've got a nice easy job for the
LATEST man in the company. Will the
LATEST man please step forward?" e.,
Fifty-nine of them stepped forward,
and but one remained behind.
why, didn't you come forward with
the others?' he asked.
Because I'm too lazy" was the re-
ply.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-06-03
Cheap Wedding Breakfast.

After making special arrangements
with a restaurant proprietor to deco
rate table with flowers and assign
special walters to it, a bridegroom
who was married here recently, who
had said that a wedding party of
thirty-two persons would order after
they had seated themselves, appeared
at the appointed time with the party
and ordered coffee and cake for them,
which they took one hour to consume.
After finishing their feast the happy
husband gave the much chagrined pro-
prietor 1920 and left.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-06-03
A TAME GRAY WOLF.
Fierce Looking Pet That Plays With
Little Albuquerque Girl.

Coyotes are often caught when
young and tanned, making playful and
intelligent pets. However, they are
never trustworthy, letting pass no op-
rortunity of paying a surreptitious
visit to the hen roost and being quite
likely to bite the hand that feeds
them.
To say that the big gray timber
wolf can be tanned is to run the risk
of being branded a nature faker. So
many ranchers, hunters, plainsmen
and miners have made the attempt
and failed that few believe it to be
possible. Little Susan Ross Cobb Of
Albuquerque, N. M, had two pet
wolves. Jack and Jill, widely known
throughout the territory as the only
tame gray wolves in America" A few
months ago Jack showed signs of sur
liness, and as a precautionary meas
ure Mr.. Cobb had him shot, not desir-
ing to run any risks. Jill is now more
than two years old, larger than any
Newfoundland dog and of a much
more friendly disposition than could
be expected of an animal having her
pedigree. Her little mistress is accus-
toned to play with her as familiarly
as other children play with big house
dogs, but strangers witnessing the un-
calmly gambols of the fierce looking
pet cannot rid themselves of the fear
that some day her savage nature may
reassert itself.
sometimes Mr.. Cobb takes her for a
walk through the streets Of Albu-
querque, leading her by heavy chain.
All goes we'll unless stray cat hap.
pens to cross their p; tn; when that
happens it requires all Mr.. Cobb's
strength to hold the wolf. She pays
no attention to dogs, being accustomed
to tbs fellowship of Mr.. Cobbs hunt
ing dogs.
Jack and Jill were caught in the
"mailpais' of lava beds of the Rio
Grande valley when only few weeks
old with five others, which were
killed. These two were given to Mr..
Cobb, who resolved to make the ex-
pertinent of trying to tame them. 1t
is believed that Jill, the survivor of
the pair, is the only really tame gray
wolf in the entire country.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-06-03
Central Minnesota Power {
Milling Company
publication. J une 3-16l
Citation for Hearing on Final Account
and for Distribution.

Estate of Ann Parker, Deceased.
State of Minnesota.
County of StearnS,
In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Ann Parker,
Decedent.
The State of Minnesota to all persons inter-
ested in the final account and distribution
of the estate of said decedent: The represen-
tative of the above named decedent, having
filed in this court his final account Of the ad-
ministration Of the estate of said decedent, to-
gether with his petition praying for the ad-
justment and allowance of said final account
and for distribution of the residue of said
estate to the persons thefeunto entitled;
Therefore you. and each of you, are
hereby cited and required to show cause, If
any you have, before this court,at the Probate
Court Rooms i'm the Court House, in the city
of ST. Cloud i'm the County Of Stearns State of
Minnesota, on the 25th day of June 1909 at
o'clock A.. NJ, why said petition should not
be granted.
Witness. the Judge of said Court, and the
Seal of said Court, this End day of June. 1909.
A. III. KLASEN
[COURT sEALl Probate Judge.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-06-03
[2O-27-3l
Citation for Hearing on Petition for
Administration.

Estate of Phebe X. Boobar Deceased,
State of Minnesota,
County of StearnS
In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Phebe X. Boo
bar Decedent.
The State of Minnesota to all persons inter-
ested i'm the granting of administration of the
estate of said decedent. The petition Of John
J. Boobar having been filed in this court, re-
presenting that Phebe X. Boobar, then re-
sident of the County of StearnS State of Minne-
sofa, died intestate on the 9th day of May
1909: and praying atletters of administration
of her estate be granted to Oliver b. BoObar
and the court, having fixed the time
and place for hearing said petition; There
fore. you, and each of YOU, are hereby
cited and required to show cause, if any you
have, before this court at the Probate Court
Rooms i'm the Court House, i'm the City of St.
Cloud in the County of Stearns, State ofMinne-
sofa, on the lth day of June 1909, at 9
o'clock A. NJ, why said petition should not be
granted.
Witness, the Judge of said Court and Seal of
said Court, this nth day of May 1909.
\. III. KLASEN,
lCoURT sEALl Probate Judge
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-06-03
Some Few Escaped.

ooh, john" whimpered the wife as
she seized the morning paper, "see
what that editor has done with the
account of our musicale. He has
placed it alongside the column of
deGth notices. It's shame. And we
had such prominent people as guests,
too"
Il suppose" said the husband
wearily, that the editor wishes to call
attention to the fact that some people
are more fortunate than others"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-06-03
Less Sentimental Fiction.

Any one who follows developments
of modern fiction will have noticed
the general decline of love interest.
Life has not only become less leisure
ly, but also more scientific and more
serious. Love scenes are not only cut
down; they have been transferred
from the drawing room to the motor
car or the aeroplane, and the new set
ting demands a certain seriousness. !,
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-06-03
Please Take Notice

We have just received a car load of
new buggies. Come in and see them.
We'wil take horses and cattle in
trade for all kinds of machinery,
Pianos and Organs.
MARSHALL & LYMAN.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-06-03
About Operative Suruerv.

1t is almost truism that the ad.
vent. of anaesthesia and the antiseptic
regime has allowed the practice OF op-
erative surgery to fall into many
hands not essentially suited to this
most delicate Of all handicrafts.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-11-04

be made to suffer for its wrong doing,
There should be a sufficient element of
independence in every party to rebuke
the party if 1t undertakes to use cor
rupt methods or to elect unworthy
candidates. Ii is the intense partisan
or factional spirit which stands in the
way Of true reform, and the primary
method does not tend to modify or
remedy this evil. On the other hand
the primary rather tends to encourage
the partisan spirit by its enforced or
implied pledge imposed upon those
who participate.
Each political party should be held
to a rigid responsibility by the public,
for its policies and for its methods of
working. There might be a general
law safeguarding primary elections,
for the prevention of frauds, but why
should the state step in to compel Il
party to make its nominations by pri-
maries? Is it really any business of
the state to say whether "A political
party shall nominate its candidates by
primary or by delegated convention -?
Nashville Banner.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-11-04
DICKINSON FOR SENATE
War Secretary Says He Has Giver
the Matter no Thought, Bot
Night Make the Race.

Nashville, Tenn Oct. 26.-Judge
Dickinson was seen today in regard to
the continued rumor that he would be
a candidate for the United States sen
ate.
81 have not given any serious
thought to becoming a candidate for
the United States senate, and have
not expressed myself beyond an ap-
probation of the consideration OF
friends who have said they would like
to see me senator. 1t is distinguish
ed and honorable office; one that any
Tennesseean should be proud to FIJI.
| am engaged in discharging public
trust of great responsibility and | shall
not neglect the duties imposed on me
for any personal interest.
"The question of my candidacy is
one for future consideration and would
be determined largely by the way il
shall come up. | shall not engage in
any of the controversies that have un-
happily divided the democrats of Ten
nessee. If il would appear that ]
could be a factor of union this would
appeal to me more strongly than any
other consideration.
Judge Dickinson stated that the sale
of Belle Meade would have no effect
upon his continued residence in the
state, as he is planning nog to build I
home on the franklin road near here.
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rather claimed to have been enacted
as unconstitutional and void is the
first blow at the hysterical, ill.advised
and hurtfu legislation of the last gen.
eral assembly. The chancellor efIectu-
ally disposes of the law IN one para
graph against which not one single
objection can be made.
BY proper addition il will be seen
that there are excepted from the scom-
pulsOry" features of this law forty-two
Judges, not including county Judges:
twenty-one district attomeys-geneFal
and o76 county officers, a total of 639. X "
1t is neither "generaP nor ''compul-
sOry," but is an arbitrary, capricious
and unjust classification Of political
nominations.
If ii is not compulsory" then it
fails because that is what the caption
says il is, and if it is not "general'' it
is special, and that is forbidden by
the constitution. These defects are
fundamental and as result the whole
law fails. The formulation of a sound
primary law has taxed the ability of
the largest brains Of many of the
states Of this union and in few in
stances has law been devised that
meets the requirements and at the
same time standing the constitutional
test Nearly all attempts to establish
the statewide primary system have.
included some sort OF special privi-
leges to certain classes of officers and
that Of itself is repugnant to the con-
stitutional demand for equality before
the law of all men.
Continued on page'2
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-11-04

In all things it is better to hope than
to despair.-Goethe.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-11-04

TO deliver the principal address at the
unveiling of the monument at Syca-
more Shoals, on the historic spot
where the men under Campbell, Sewer
and Shelby met on their way to Kings
Mountain.
Mrs. j. H. McCue, regent of the To-
cal chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, who, with the
other women of the Bristol chapter,
as well as those of the Knoxville and
Johnson City chapters, has taken an
active interest in the matter, was seen
Saturday by a Herald Courier reporter.
She said that Senator Taylor had con-
sented to deliver the address, and that
the date set for the unveiling OF the
monument is June II, 1910.
The monument has just been COM
pleted by G. L. Bradford, the contract
or, and has been formally accepted,
though the unveiling has been deferred
until warm weather. 1t was to have
been unveiled October 7, on the occas-
sion of the anniversary Of the battle of
Kings Mountain, but owing to its in
completion it was necessary TO post
pone the ceremony. Bishop Hoss had
accepted an invitation TO deliver the
address.
The monument, which is thirteen
feet in height, and triangular in shape,
has a large base Of Tennessee marble,
and on it is triangle made of rocks
taken from Sycamore Shoals, all uni
formIy cemented together and capped
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-11-04
C. c. & 0. RAILROAD IS A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT


road would be funnel for the>rich
agricultural section of the Mississippi
valley, with PittSburg and Buffalo on
the east and Cincinnati and Chicago on
the west.
AS the construction of the Virginia
railroad, a line built for similar pur-
pose-the development of Virginia
coal property-was the life work of the
late Henry H. Rogers, so the Carolina,
Clinchfield and Ohio railroad may be
the greatest accomplishment of Thomas
Fortune Ryan, from the standpoint OF
benefit to the country.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-11-04

ed: Does the enactment of compulsory
political primary law conduce to the
best interests Of the people or the state?
Have the primary laws so far enacted
in the states or the primary elections
held in this and other states resulted in
the selection of higher and better
type of officials than were chosen under
the delegated convention system? Have
not the main effects been the multipli-
cation of elections and the increase of
political agitation and factional bitter
ness?
One OF the purposes, indeed the chief
avowed purpose of primary laws, is to
have primary elections made legal and
regulated so as to secure fair and hon
est methods of nominating candidi-
dates But the state proper, the organ
lied commonwealth, has nothing to do
with political parties per Sc, The of
ficers elected are not to be servants of
parties, but servants of all the people
regardless of political affiliations. A
A governor is governor of the whole
state, Legislators are representatives of
the people and all down the line oflici-
ais are under the constitution and the
law the servants of the public and not
OF any party. Why, then, should the
state undertake to regulate the method
by which any political party shall
chose its candidates ? If a party NOM
mate unworthy candidates the people
have the power to defeat them if they
chose to do so, and the party should
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-11-04
PRINTING OFFICE
CHARTERED.

A charter has been granted toathe p.
&. Muse Printing company, of Wash.
ington county, capital $5, 900; incorpor-
ators, p. c. Muse, r. c, Warren, w,
H. Hylton, Alex Patterson, II. H,
Carr
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-11-04
JUNE l4TH
Is DAY SET
SEN. TAYLOR WILL SPEAK
AT Unveiling of Monument at SYc-
amore Shoals to be Erected by
Chapters of the D. A. R.

United States Senator Robert l..
Taylor has accepted the lnvitatation
given him by sycamore Shoals Chap
ter, d. A. r., of Bristol; John Sewer
Chapter, of Johnson City, and the
Bonnie Kate Chapter, of Knoxville,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-11-04
THE COMPULSO-
RY PRIMARY

Aside from the judicial opinion which
has declared the compulsory primary
law invalid, anyone who will read the
law will be CONVINCED that it is full of
defects and Inconsistencies, and that it
must have been passed by the legisla-
ture without due consideration. As a
matter of fact it was hurried through
both houses without sufficient discus
sion and with an avowed determina-
ton 10 pass il regardless of any protest
or arguments that might be advanced
against il, however pointed or oogent
they might be. II this law could stand
the test OF constitutionality it would
prove a very confusing and unsatisfac
tory law, under the operation of which
there would tUme an inevitable popa.
lar demand fof It's amendment or re
peal.
Aft:r atl, the serious question is rs,
hlliv;
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-11-04

with large rock. The monument is
not only imposing, but most appropri-
ate On the face of the marble is the
inscription:
l780-l909.
John Sewer, Bonny Kate and Sycamore
Shoals Chapters, ID. A. r.
1.-THE Sword Of the Lord and Gideon. "
On one side is the inscription:
I" Fort Watauga, first Settles fort
built west of the Alleghanies l77O.'
On the other side is the inscription:
"Here was negotiated the treaty of Syc-
more Shoals, under which Transyl-
Vania was acquired from the
Cherokees, March 10, IT'S"
A bronze tablet has been completed
and will be attached to the monument,
containing the inscription:
ain memory Of the patriots who met
here September 26 1880, on their
way TO Kings Mountain, un-
der Campbell, Shelby
and Sewer
The site is on the farm of the father
of Senator Taylor, and Mrs. j. b. Thorn
as, who now owns it, has given the ID,
A. r. quarter of an acre of ground
ana made them the title to it. The
monument was designed by W. f. Stef,
fens, chief engineer of the Carolina
Clinchfield and Ohio railroad. The
movement for it was inaugurated by
the Johnson City chapter, and the Bris
tol and Knoxville chapters joined will
it in the work.-Bristol Herald Courier
In all things it is better to hope thar
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