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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-11-02

ran s,.nants t. place it in safe place
competent in lgeS tn he one Of the best
specimens of the bookmakcr's art made
in modern times. In addition ii is 4
uni lue possession as there are only three
others like it.. one in the possession uf
the el,,Ar Mrs. Mack;ly, one has been
pres .nted 10 Colonel Harvey and the
thlr mas been kept by Mr.. Mackay.
rne book, Il quarto volume, is kept
in a beautiful case of holly wood no
table for It's simplicity of workman
snip ami the perfect selection of the
wood. The clasp is of gold and the
interior 10 lIIcd with white velvet and
SAX.
The book itself is bound in leather
witn holly wood plates on which the
Title ana inscription is worked. The
leather back Is finely fooled and is of
turquDl,>. blun and gold, while the white
plates. POLISH "a like ivory, bear i'll gold
the llpwn-; inscription: In Honor of
John William Mackay, Patriot, Pioneer;
Whom Misfortune Could not DLunt nor
Success Spoil.
Be.ow the inscription is IL reproduce
tin of the seal of Nevada in gold,
Thr inner binding of the book is in
white silk and the first page is de-
! voted to an excellent etching of an oil
painting, of J,hn w. Mackay by Alex
CabAncl made in 1878. The next half
dJzan pages are devoted to IL finely
Wrought illumination on vellum of the
reclamation issued by Governor Dick
erson on the occasion of Mr.. Mackay's
former visit. Then follows an excellent
photograph of Clarence H. Mackay and
numerou, en5ravings of photographs of
the SCENES 1T the university in the early
days of June 1908.
The volume for the most part is de-
voted to i. reprint of the newspaper
articles and Comment on the occasion
of the former visit of the MackayS to
RcnI. All papers are represented and
I'll manner If comment is reproduced,
even that ON the small-sized furore
created by the report that Mrs. Clarence
II. Mackay smoked a cigarette on the
verandah of the Riverside hotel, "even
shu king REM"
There are also reproduced Mrs.
Mackay's Iii to Il Plute," verses
winch appear..l in the state papers at
the time and made {, delicious news
paper 'Stnry.' 4
President '5.ubbs is very much pleas
ed with the box as it is an accurate
history of an c.)ochal time in the UNI
vcrsity life, and the volume. will be
jealousy guard d.--Reno journal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-11-02
University Has a Rare Volume

When Clarence H. Mackev came to
reno recently he brought with him u
Unique gift to the University of Neva-
Ia in the shape of book of which there
ire but four volumes extant.
The book, which now rcpOses in
President Stubb's house pending ar.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-11-02
No Mystery.

Son. shy cont you marry Emily?
You have b2el attentive enough to
her"
Father, l will never marry Emily.
There is an insuperable bar to our
union"
What mystery Is this?"
mo mystery Only I asked Emily
and she won't have me-"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-11-02
Ships Sixth Sense.

1t Is superfiuous to comment on the
benefcent possibilities of the sunken
bell. which, in effect, endows ships
with the sixth sense" that fish are
supposed to possess-the ability to
sense. in the deep sea, the fact that
land is near. "a.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-11-02
ST Paul's Church,

November 3rI 1909
Holy Communion mt 10 II. m.
Evening Prayer and Sermon 40 p. IN.
All are cordially invited.
HOYT f. HENRIQUES,
Missionary.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-05-06
VI: AT WORK
Force of Three Men Busy laying
Out Stub Line to Site of
Girls School

Not withstanding the fact that the
1909 Minnesota Legislative Manual,
issued by the secretary of state, stat
es positively that the Board of Con-
troll has not yet selected a location for
the Girls Industrial School, force
of three men is at work this week
surveying the right of way for the
stub line to lead from the Northern
Pacific railroad to the site at the
north end of Main street. These men
began work Tuesday morning and are
still at it. The appropriation of S25,
600, made by the 1907 legislature, is
sufficient to defray any expense the
Board of Control may incur until
July 81, 1909, when the appropriation
of S125, 900 made by the 1909 legisla-
ture is available. 1t is not known
whether the trio of surveyors consult
ed the secretary of the state before
they came to Sauk Centre to begin
work. But they 60 right along and
attend gtrictly to their business just
the same as if the "Blue Book" hadn't
said the school has not yet been locat-
ed.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-05-06
SPECIAL MEETINGS
Two Weeks Campaign at the Metho.
dist Church Results in Mach
Good Done

Rev. G.. E. Tindall, of Alexandra,
preached the concluding sermon on
Sunday evening of the two weeks
special meetings held in the Metho-
dist Episcopal church, and there was
a large audiance present and much
good done. Rev. w. H. Farrell, Wa
dena, preached the first week and
conducted bible study every after
noon with considerable spiritual sue
cess, he being good, bible expositor.
He also proved splendid soloist, and
excellent results followed from his
preaching.
Rev. G. E. Tindall preached every
night and at three in the afternoon
gave an expedition of the bible.
These meetings were exceedingly
helpful to the members of the church
es, and conversions followed his
preaching.
Both preachers were earnest and
Jealous for the salvation of the people
and several persons were converted,
and many more were quickened
spiritually.
The Y. NJ. G. A. Quartette sang
two selections and Mrs. Butler had
charge of the music, Gladys Brecount
assisting.
,Deaconess Hintz of Randall spoke
three times with great zeal and did
much visiting and good service.
On Sunday evening, Rev. ]. T.
Brabner Smith received into full
membership Elsie Platten and Gladys
Brecount, and into membership on
probation Florence Buck, Vera Peart,
Lynda Johnson, William Parker,
Leora Carlton, Henry Kurrell, Dora
Kurrell and Dewey Kurrell. Several
others expect to join the church lat
er. The pastor also baptized eight
persons recently, and expressed him.
self encouraged at the outlook.
At the close of Sunday evening SER
vice Mr.. Smith thanked Rev. G. E.
Tindall, and all who had assisted in
the revival.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-05-06
MEMORIAL DAY
Joint Committee Meets to Make Ar.
rdngements For Observing
the Occasion

The joint committee of the G. A. R.
and the fire department met at the
city hall Wednesday night to arrange
the Memorial Day program. Chas.
Brown, committee on speaker, report
ed that one has not yet been secured.
A committee on teams was appointed
consisting of Geo. Fish and II. E.
Tobey. By vote the mayor was re-
quested to issue proclamation ask
ing all business houses to close on
Memorial Day from $50 to IL and
from 1:3O to $3.50. Geo. Fish was elect
ed marshal of the day. An invitation
was extended to all old soldiers and
the general public to join in the par.
ade. Jas. A. Norris was appointed a
committee to secure some person to
read Lincoln's Gettysburg address
Mr.. Norris was also chosen to preside
at the afternoon exercises. A flag
drill by the pupils of the public
schools may be one of the features o1
the afternoon exercises. The Herald's
offer to donate neat and appropriate
hall programs was accepted with
thanks. The committee meets again
next Wednesday evening.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-05-06

The special train of the general
manager of the Northern Pacific pas
sed through Sauk Centre enroutt
west shortly after the regular trair
had left on Wednesday. On board
were; Geo. T. Slade, general manager
E. c. Blanchard, general superinten
dent; o. C. Greene, superintendent OF
telegraphy; w. C. Smith, engineer o1
maintenance and ways; Newman
Kline, division superintendent; Geo
R. Merritt, travelling passenger agent
Austin Grimes, road master. The
train consisted of an engine and two
private cars. Returning from Morris
the train passed here at II p. m. The
officials are making a tour of the
system.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-05-06
With THE WOMEN
Annual aAt Home of the Grada-
tim Club Is Held
A PLEASANT FUNCTION
Quartet Of Sauk Centre Women At
tend Sixth District Federation
Meetinq at Brainerd ~,

The annual SAT Home" of the Gra-
datim Club was held at the home of
Mrs. T. w. Peart Wednesday after
noon and was, as usual, a delightful
affair.
The club entertained as guests the
Ladies' Monday Musical Club of this
city and the Woman's Literary Club
of Long Prairie. Each member also
invited guest. A committee con-
sisting of Mesdames C. M. McCollum
and D. Cleveland met the Long
Prairie visitors, eleven in number, at
the train and escorted them to their
places of entertainment.
The program began at three O'Clock
with an address of welcome prepared
by Mrs. C. c. Tobey and read by Mrs.
Jas. Ingram. Four sketches of noted
artists were given by Mrs. L. L. Fish
er, Mrs. Jas. Ingram, Mrs. o. Wheel
er and Rev. F. H. Oehler. A quartet
from the Monday Musical Club con-
sisting of Mesdames Geo. Fish, r.
E. Hansen, Alex. Jameson and J. H.
Simonton, rendered two vocal selec-
tions in an artistic manner.
Refreshments were served at five
o'clock. There were seventy-tive pre-
sent, including the club members.
'Mesdames A. Barto and E. J. Lewis,
Misses Maud White and Marion
Lewis went to Brainerd Thursday
to attend the annual meeting of the
sixth district Federation of Women's
Clubs. The sessions opened at 2:3O p.
m. Thursday and will close Saturday
morning. Mrs. A. Barto responded
to the address of welcome to the dele
gates; Miss White rendered piano
solo, and Miss Lewis read a paper on
"What We Owe To Society,". Miss
Lewis is secretary of the district fed
Grafton.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-05-06

]. NJ. Wilson'S delivery horse ran
away Tuesday and did some damage.
Mr.. Wilson's son was at dinner and
the horse was standing in front of the
house. An automobile passed, fright
ening the horse, which Immediately
struck of across lots. The animal
ran into A. G. Kay's yard, the wagon
crashing into the porch and
smashing it to some extent. The
wagon was badly wrecked. The horse
was unhurt.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-05-06

found many inaccuracies in the en-
rolled laws as they come to him fol
his signature, and asked the secretary
of state to explain. Schmahl grew
somewhat wrathy and told the COVER
nor that the work of enrolling had
been more accurately and better done
than ever before. The governor in
timated that he came from Missouri,
and thereupon left the room. What
ever may be the facts in the case, the
matter has caused any amount OF
gossip at the state house. Only one
daily paper has referred to the matter
and that one has always been antag-
onistic to the secretary of state.
Referring once more to Mr.. Schmahl,
there is at least one man in Minnesota
who is after the job held down blythe
former Redwood county publisher and
politician. This man is E. A. Nelson
of Hallock, who tried to get the no
mination at Duluth in 1905 and fail
ed. Nelson is a former state libra
rian, having served under Van SAINT,
and owns newspaper up north. He
figured in the Collins Dunn campaign
in connection with Jim Hill and the
Great Northern some may remember
the incident-and was cared for by
the last legislature. Nelson is now
doing some clerical work for Schmahl,
but that does not prevent him from
laying the wires to electrocute his
employer. There are also said to be
others who are casting sleeps eyes at
the Office. Schmahl, it is believed,
will have to fight for a denomination.
Be that as it may, he has made "a good
official and has never failed to look
out for the interests of the newspaper
men.
Lieut.. Coy. Eberhardt cannot separ-
ate himself from sundry desires and
longings to fill the gubernatorial chair.
He is said to be working overtime
along those lines. Bob Dunn is also
busy, and-thefe are others. ''What
will the harvest be"p
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-05-06

F. M. Eddy has consented to speak
before the Congregational Club on
Monday evening on Pending Tariff
Legislation Before Congress-" This
topic handled by such an experienced
legislator will be of unusual interest
at this time. All men are cordially
invited toattend. Meeting begins at
8 o'clock. No admission charged and
no collection taken.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-05-06
MUCH SNOW and COLD
May Day the Worst Ever Known In
the History of This Section
of the Country
DRIFTS SIX FEET DEEP
Mail Carriers Compelled to Turn
Back and Railroad Trains Ron
Behind Time '-~---.--.-

call me early, mother dear,
For tomorrow'll be the happiest time
Of all the glad new year,
OF all the glad new year, mother, the
maddest, merriest day;
For I'm to be queen of the May.
mother, I'm to be Queen Of the May"
So sang the lovely, charming maiden
immortalized by England's greatest
poet laureate, on the evening before
the first of May. Had this same
maiden resided in Minnesota, instead
of warbling the above cheerful round
clay on the evening of the thirtieth
of April, in the year of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and nine, she
would probably have given voice to
some such sentiment as:
"Don't you dare to call me early in
the morning, mother dear;
For tomorrow'll be the measliest day
of all this measIy year;
OF all this wild new year, mother, the
widest, snowiest day;
The May Queen business languishes,
mother; I'Il stay in bed all day."
And who could have blamed the
sweet creature. 1t was enough to
make angels weep; then what could
poor mortals dor If, perchance, they
had let slip few ''cuss words, don't
you think the recording angel would
have forgotten to write them down in
his big book?
OF all the weeks in the history of
Minnesota, that closing Monday night,
May 3, was the worst for the time
of the year. Mr.. coolest Inhabitant"
had to take back seat and for once
in his life remain silent.
One solid week of wintry weather
with a snow storm lasting two thirds
of the time, freezing temperature at
night and fierce northwest wind
blowing all the time.
Snow drifts piled up over six feet
high in many places, delaying trains
and interfering with telegraph and
telephone service. On Saturday two
of the rural mail carriers were COM
PEELED to turn back. Mrs. Wallace
reached point four or five miles out
and had to turn around and and re-
turn to town. Mr.. Mcintyre covered
half of his route but couldn't get any
further. Frank Pangburn got stuck
in six foot snow drift and it took
him an hour to get through. But he
nearly wrecked his rig. He covered
the entire route but said it was the
worst day he had encountered during
the four years he has carried mail
The other carriers all had serious
times but managed to get through.
E. E. Compton made the trip on rum
ners Saturday.
Even the snow birds played in hard
luck. They lowered around the
houses and were fed by the kind heart
ed citizens. A. c. Kay used over q
loaf of bread this way. Jim Wilson,
Mrs. L. Kells, Mrs. G. HI. Allen, Mrs.
Geo. Fish and others ministered to
the feathered sufferers.
Business was at standstill every
where. Those who ventured out got
back under cover as soon as they
could. 1t was a record breaking
storm. Tuesday things cleared up
and since then the weather has been
fine.
Continued on page 8
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-05-06
AN Old SETTLER
Jos. Capser's been Here Nearly
Half a Century
HALE and HEARTY YET
Last Monday He Quietly Celebrated
the F0rty-Fifth Anniversary
of His Marriage

Monudy, MAY D, was the lOruy-niCn
anniversary of the marriage of Hon.
Jos. Capser and his estimable help
meet. Mr.. Capser is one of the estab-
lished institutions of Sauk Centre,
and notwithstanding the fact that
he passed the seventy-eigth milestone
in his journey through this vale Of
tears, he's hale and hearty as many
men much younger. Watch him
going down the street and just as like
ly as not you will be led to suspect
that he's simply out practicing for a
foot race with DR.. J. A. Dubois.
1t was on the third day of May, in
the year 1864, that Mr.. Jos. Capser
and Miss Mary Ley were Joined in
matrimony. The happy event took
place at St. Joseph, and week later
Mr.. Capser brought his young bride
to Sauk Centre to live. At that time
what there was of the town was en-
closed in the stockade in the east
part of the present city, and which
had been erected by the settlers to
protect themselves from the Indians.
There were then but two buildings
outside Of this stockade, the Boobar
house which was recently removed
from Main street, and a store build
[ ing just outside the enclosure.
Mr.. Capser rented the latter and
opened country supply store. He
had his goods hauled from St. Paul
by team. There was no railroad in
those days. Troops passed through
Sauk Centre to and from the Indian
country, and the Indians were often
seen. Mr.. Capser thrived through it
all and accumulated considerable
property. a-
About two years after he opened
the store near the stockade, Mr.. Cap
ser moved his building on to the lot
now occupied by the First National
Bank. He can tell many anecdotes
of the early days.
During the early days it was neces-
sary to take many precautions to pro-
tect life and property. Mr.. Capser
had some stout shutters made for
his store building. They were held
in place by strong iron screws worked
from the inside of the building. Two
of these windows are now doing duty
on Ben Vogeps livery stable on Third
street, where they can be seen any
day.
Mrs. Capser's father was the first
ocOtiCI III Uilc OOWuSIlip VI OG. Wdi ClIf
and plated and owned the townsite
by that name.
Speaking of old settlers, Albert
Dahlem came to Sauk Centre about
the same time. He was member of
the regular army and did duty in the
Indian campaign.
Sam Beidelman is another of the
old timers. Mr.. Beidelman stepped
into The Herald Office Monday to re-
new his subscription, remarking that
he had taken the paper ever since it
was established forty-one years ago.
Mr.. Beidelman has been in Sauk Gen.
tire forty-three years. All three OF
the men mentioned in this article
have seen many changes since they
Il q
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-05-06
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvOR
FIourishine Society of Young People
in the Congregational
Church

Three weeks ago a Christian En-
deavor Society was organized among
the young people of the congregation
al church. Two sides were formed
for the purpose of a contest. The
side losing in the effort to get the
largest number of new members
agreed to entertain the winning side
at a social function. This social takes
place on Friday evening at the Con-
gregational church. The sides stood
20 and 2l, and even now there is some
question as to which side really won,
but the side originally declared de-
feated has gracefully submitted and
are arranging for pleasant evening.
The society is steadily growing, and it
is the most flourishing that the church
has had in recent years. The officers
are: d.
President, Edwin Madsen.
Vice President, Elsie Hansen.
Secretary, Avis Rowe.
Treasurer, George Conkey.
Chairmen of Committees:
Lookout, Harry Hooper.
Prayer Meeting, Anna Parker.
Missionary, Frances Eddy.
Music, Hazel Pangburn.
Whatsoever, Richard Eddy.
The meeting last Sunday evening
was attended by forty young people,
being the first conservation. The
district convention is held in the lat
ter part of June. Meanwhile a de-
nominational rally is being agitated,
for the purpose of arousing enthu-
siasm for the great national conyen-
tion to be held in St. Paul in July.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-05-06
IGNORES SAUK CENTRE
States That the Board of Control
Has Not Located the Girls
industrial School
JOHNSON and SCHMAHL
They Clash Over Alleged lnaccura-
Cies in Enrolled Laws of the
Last LEGISLATURE


Book" is to be taken as guide, Sauk
Centre isn't on the map. And this
Notwithstanding the fact that
state institution was located in the
thriving metropolis of "Franklin
county" over year ago.
There's something funny about this.
The "Blue Book" is supposed to con-
tain down-to-the-minu information
concerning the state. But cog slip
ped somewhere, whether in the office
of the secretary of state where the
book is prepared, or elsewhere.
It's this way. On page 267 of the
1909 Legislative Manual, or "Blue
Book" as it is generally called, there
is some printed matter relative to the
Girls Industrial School. Two para
graphs recite the history of the separa-
tion of the girls from the boys de-
partment of the State Industrial
School at Red Wing, and tell of the
enactment providing for the location
of the girls elsewhere. The third
paragraph reads as follows:
"An appropriation of $4,000 was
made for the purpose of acquiring a
site and for the erection and construc-
tion of the preliminary buildings.
The members of the Board of Control
spent considerable time during 1907
visiting various cities and villages in
the state inspecting sites offered for
the training school, but up to the
present time, the Board has not a
greed upon site'.
So there you are. ''The Board has
not agreed upon site". And this in
spite of the fact that the question of
a site has been settled for a year or
more, and that the 1909 legislature
made an appropriation of s125,OOO for
buildings and equipment, available
for the year ending July 81, 1910; and
S25, 200 for current expense, available
for the year ending July 81, 1911.
These appropriations were part of
the general appropriation bill passed
by the last legislature. The 1909 laws
were published in the legal news
papers of the state last week, and the
appropriations referred to above are
printed on page II of the legal supple
ment. Both the "Blue Book" and
the legal supplements were edited in
the Office of the secretary of state.
The secretary of state has always
prided himself upon being first class,
high grade, dyed in the wool newspa-
per man and public official. How did
he happen to slip cog and thus de-
prive Sauk Centre of some first class
advertising for the coming two years9
Speaking of the secretary of state,
there appears to be nice little row
on between him and the governor re-
lative to the enrolment of the 1909
laws. According to a published story,
the laws were enrolled this year with
a typewriter for the first time, with
the result that there are any amount
of clerical errors, interlinear errors
and that sort Of thing. A St. Paul
paper even goes so far as to charge
that many of the new laws may be in
valid for this reason. Be this as it
may, the fact remains that, one day
last week, Governor johnson had q
lively tiff with Julius A. Scfmahl,
secretary Of state, over the matter.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1909-01-31
OUR EDITORS LECTURE TOUR.

By the time this issue of the Blade is i'll the hands of It's
subscribers the Editor will once more be in the field in be-
half of rationasm and humanity The campaign is to re
made altogether in Ohio. Two debates practically
arranged for, have agreed to Rev. McNey,
Campbele preacher at AcConnellsvc The trip will
occupy about weeks and the various points stepped
at would be pleased to meet friends, especially
Blade readers The list of dates and places for these
lectures and debates will be Is follows:
January 29,-Dennison, Ohio
January 3d. hrichsvile. Ohio
January 31,-Demson Ohio.
February 2,-Chardon, Ohio
February 4-5-Cmal Dover Ohio two days debate with
Rev. Leander S Keyyor.
February G-7,-Mlrctta, Ohio
February 9,-McC cmellsvilic, Ohio, debate with Rev.
NcNey
February 11,-Crcleville, Ohio.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1909-01-31

Having elected to paddle our own canoe in the matter
of publishing the Blade, rather than putting any depend
cncv upon IA plan of incorporation, must look to
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