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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-04
Made His Vacation Pay.

An example of industry worthy of
emulation by the Young husbandanm is
given bv that veteran farmer and fruit
grower of Wise township e. w.
Allen. Well in the sixties. and after
a most successful year upon his acres.
Mr.. Allen thought q vacation deserved.
He at once began to study how to
make the vacation profitable and at
the same time have a rest from the
humdrum of the farm. He shouldered
his axe. few trans and scant camp
equipage and made for the streams
mol tn of Clare. For four weeks he
enjoyed the beauties of nature. grew
stron in the atmosphere furnished
by the cedars and pines, and last week
returned to Clare. with Nfurs that
brought him eighty dollars. Not that
every farmer could make success at
trapping. yet the industry manifested
by Mr.. Allen. making his vacation
paw in so many wavs. is worthy of
the serious consideration of the
Younger man. who belevives that when
he cannot pillow he should cease labor.
and feast entirely upon the fruits of
the short season just passed. Glare
Courier.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-04

Henry Mccormack OF Ithaca, was an
Alma visitor Wednesday Of this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ferman NJ Dennis are
the parents Of baby boy, born January
81.
Mrs. K. Hannah has been spending
few days with friends in Sumner town
ship.
Mrs. Geo. Bates of Detroit, is the
guest of Mrs. S. A. Vliet of Wright
avenue.
Gloyd White left Tuesday for Sagi.
nav and other cities on the east shore
of Michigan.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Gee of Sumner
township, are the guests of Mrs. Gees
parents at Merrill.
The firm of Lewis & Yost of Ithaca,
has been dissolved. Mr.. Lewis will con-
tinue the business.
The Rebekah ladies will have sale
of baked goods at Miller Bros. store all
day Saturday. Come. x
Wanted-Three or four furnished
rooms for light housekeeping Address
X. l.. O.. Record, Alma. It-156r
FOR RENT-Buff cottage, Wright
avenue. Modern improvements. En-
quire of Mrs. K. Hannuh. 1t
Mrs. Gaffney has line of library
table covers which she is Offering at ten
cents each. Here is an opportunity.
I56I-t2x
J. M. Wheaton, who has been serious
ly ill for the past our.months. is rapidly
improving much to the qualification of
his numerous friends in this vicinity.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-04
Favor The Unit System.

At meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the Michigan association of
Farmers. clubs held at Lansing few
DAYS ago. the legislative committee
was instructed to secure. If possible,
legislation favorable to the unit
system. BY this system one board
superyises all schools in one township.
State Highway Commissioner Earle
was the subject of criticism bv the
committee. The conceDsus of opinion
seemed to be that Earle did not have
the interests of farmers at heart and
that his removal from the Office would
be desirable.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-04
His SeVenty.firSt Birthday.

Col. G. Fl. Morse has passed another
anniversary of his mysterious advent
into life. He is hale. hearty and as
jovial as ever. 1t occurred on We'd
nesday. He and Mrs. Morse served
dinner to the following relatives and
friends: DR.. and Mrs. VIM. Richard
son, B. +. Sweet and wife. Samuel
Ludwick and wife. Mark G. Morse.
wife and daughter. and Mrs. Pearl
Morse. 1t is needless to add that every
one present enjoyed the event--Carson
City Gazette.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-04
Marriage License.

Cecil Brewer, lo st. Louis,
Viva Ingersoll, Is
William II. Holiday, 54 Arcadia,
Nellie NJ. Pratt. SO Saginaw.
L. ]. Valance, % Riverdale,
Lena Erskin, 10 Montcalm county.
J. Vinton Gibson, 30 North Star,
Ethel Eickford, Is Hamilton.
Henry J. Bentley. % Wheeler,
Phoebe B. Allen, 20
Charles j. Bickford, ~ Ashley,
Alice Meredith, 20 Forth Star.
jeremiah A. Brodebeck, 81 Hamilton
Belva Derry, % Hamilton.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-04
ARtl-TuberCulOSiS Meeting.

The fifth meeting of the Auti-Tubercu-
locis society will be held OH Friday eve
ming, February 5th, at the Baptist
church. at eight o'clock. Or. J. n. Day
will give the lecture and DIR. |. N.
Brainerd will lead the discussion.
These meetings are entirely free to
the public and the citizens of Alma are
urgently invited to attend.
The subject for discussion st this
meeting will be 1.-The Diagnosis and
Prognosis of Tuberculosis. -
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-04

f. M. Boyless and VT to II. s.
Kenyon, pit of ne of sw and pit
NV of Sc, sec %, Pine River 5 700
w. A. Seamon and VT to Frencis
Kellogg ct al, ne of sw of sec 2,
and pit of NV of sec %, Emerson,
and pit Of lots and 8, blk 10,
s. A. Fletcher to W. A. Hutchin-
inson, So of So of sw of sec,
Sumner acknowledgements. 1916
NJ. b. Udell TO Geo. r. Dersham,
ne Of Sc Of sec ss, Bethany - 5000
o. l.. Eddy and VT to G. II. Ban
sill and VT, ne of ne of sec 2S,
Arcadia ..................... ...... loOO
p. S. Leonard and VT to +. Rich
mond, M of slS of ne sec I,
Pine River .................. 400
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-04
Fern Hotel Closed.

The Fern Hotel which for the past
fifteen months has been In charge of
E. w. Miller. has been CLOSED. Mr..
Miller served his last meal last Satur-
day and this week moved out his
belonings. The hotel property is owned
ed bv Marshall Dallas. who expects
soon to have the place opened and
ready for business. Mr.. Miller and wife
have gone to Mt. Pleasant.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-04
Names Committees.

At the closing session of the Michi-
an State Veterinary Medical associa-
tion at Lansing. committees for the
coming year were appointed by
President Muir:
Clinics-T. G.. Duff. St Louis; DIR.
d. G. Switzerland. Saginaw; DR.. O..
II. Carter Saginaw; DIR. Daniel Hisey.
Saginaw.
Intelligence AND Educational--Dr J..
Q. Whitney. HiIlsdale; DR.. r. f.
Erwin. Alma; DR.. T. f. Key, Detroit.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-04
Don't Believe All You Read.

Don't take my word but ask any one
of the millions that have used Warmers
White Wine Of Tar, the best remedy on
earth for coughs and colds.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-04
The Best In The World.

DR.. 5. w. Hamilton of San Francisco,
writes: 81 have sold Warmers White
Wine of Tar for years. 1t is the best
remedy ever saw
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-04

The storm which visited this section
Friday and Saturday was general over a
wide sweep of country. Trains we're
delayed and traffic was suspended dur
ing the greater part Of Friday. The
weather became suddenly colder and
lowered around the zero point for a
few days.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-04
Help Wanted.

We want 20 girls to commence work
Monday, February Sth, picking beans.
Alma Grain & Lumber Co.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-02-04
Alfalfa Hay For Sale.

have few loads of choice alfalfa
hay for sale. Nothing like it for mich
cows. i5Got2. O. #. Brown.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-12
SNAPS, CONGRESS SAYS NAY
Government Viii Collect Rent From
Property Il Has Acquired.

Washington, Feb $40 longer will
snaps, such as William Henry Eustis,
former mayor of Minneapolis, is said
10 have enjoyed for Il year or more
be open TO forehanded men who help
Uncle Sam buy real estate for pub
lie buildings. subcommittee of the
house committee on public buildings
and grounds will soon report a bill
which contains a clause to the eff
feet that when property is acquired
by the government for future use as
building sites, the buildings thereon
shall be leased at fair rentals and the
rents be turned over to the govern
ment
This clause in the new law, it is
said, was inserted after an investi-
CATION of the Minneapolis case. In
that city n block of land was wanted
as site for new postofiice.
The block that people in general ia
vored was found to be too costly, so
the government finally decided on what
Is known as block So bounded by
washington avenue, second avenue,
Second street south and Third avenue.
Mr.. Eustis was n strong advocate of
block 3S, and it was largely through
his influence that it was selected. Al
ter 1T was selected he secured options
and contracts for deeds in his own
name, and FASTENED to Washington,
and had voucher for the purchase
price.
Then he wired the money to Min
neapOlis bank Mr.. Eustis returned to
Minneapolis at his leisure and col
lected the, rents, which, according to
the finding. of the house subcommittee.
amounted to $4,000 a year
The Minneapolis assessor tried to
assess taxes against Mr.. Eustis. but
as the government held the deeds the
assessment could not be made to stick.
Members of the committee say that
there is no suspicion of fraud in the
Minneapolis case or in the general
practice, which has been for the for
mer owner of the property to have
the use OF the buildings until the
government is ready to build
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-12

At the meeting OF the Minnesota
State Historical society, held in st.
Paul last night the original copy of
the above letter was read, accompanied
by a history of the letter, written by
General James II. Baker of Mankato.
This interesting history is as fol-
lows:
That man of God, that marvellous
leader. Abraham Lincoln, is every
where present to the American people
this memorial day, the patron saint
of the nations second birth to Liberty,
after Washington its greatest apostle,
and one of the grandest figures of his
tory. 1t follows that every word, every
tradition, every sentiment, every speech,
every authenticated letter of his, should
be preserved as a sacred legacy to the
nation. | have the pleasure to here
present an autograph letter of Abra-
ham LincOln's never before published
or in any manner given to the public.
This letter shows his noble qualities.
his large heart, his sympathy, his ten
derness. That in an hour when the
nation was buffeting the iiercest storms,
and when public peril was everywhere
present, the president could pause from
his high duties, with all the sweetness
and tenderness of woman, to en-
courage a Responding youth and soothe
bn &c oil A.
the supreme kindness of his nature.
The letter itself is stimulus to the
young men of the country never to
abandon hope and courage in the battle
oc l;co
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-12
BURNED THEIR WHISPERS
A. C.. Hedbers and Rev. Mccormick
Have an Excitino Experience.

from FrldaVS D3fiv.
An exciting time occurred in A. C.
Hedberg's residence in North Mankato
Wednesday evening, resulting in the
injury of two persons and the narrow
escape of several others. A w. C. T.
u. reception was in progress, when a
gasoline gas burner went out. Mr..
Hedberg got a bottle of alcohol and !,
torch and attempted to relieht the
lamp, when in some unknown manner
the alcohol exploded. The blazing fluid
shot out of the mouth of the bot
tie and fell upon the persons in tine
room.
Mr.. Hedberg was the worst burned,
one half of his hair being burned off,
and his forehead and the left side of
his face and left ear being painfully
burned. Rev. j. ID. McCormick's hair
was burned off, and his right ear was
burned. Fortunately tine burning al
cohol did not all upon the faces or
hands of any Of the other people pres
ent. but it fell upon the dresses of
several, but being of wool fabric, the
flames were put ont before the clothing
could be set on fire. Mr.. Hedberg's
daughter had a narrow escape, as her
skirt got on fire.
A physician was summoned, and the
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-12

As | was unwittingly the melting
cause of the writing of this letter, let
me briefly recite the story. BY the
turn of events in the war, and as an
officer commencing a regiment. l was
vile in that state Here it was my
good fortune to find a temporary home
with Mrs. Ann Campbell who was an
own cousin of Mrs. Lincoln. The Camp.
bells were strong Union people. Mrs.
Lincoln was Miss Mary Todd OF
Lexington, whose father had been gov
ernor of Kentucky. Mrs. Campbell
was the daughter of Chief Justice Todd
Of Missouri, who was Il brother of the
governor. The cousins had been very
intimate and Mrs. Campbell had often
visited Springfield, staying weeks at a
time with Mrs. Lincoln. Many were
the details which she gave me of the
domestic life of Lincoln in the years
Immediately preceding his nomination
for the presidency.
Mrs. Campbell had Il son, Quintin,
who Just previous to my acquaintance
with the family had been, through the
influence of her cousin, appointed by
President Lincoln to West Point. On
one of my sojourns with the Camp
bells, | found Mrs. Campbell in a sOr-
rowful state of mind, very
respondent. She informed me that she
had recently received II letter from ner
son at West Point. and that he in
formed her, quite positively, that he
had reached the conclusion that the
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-12
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

Advertised list for week ending Feb
5, 1909:
DR.. F. c. Adams, DR.. f. Garlic
Adams.
r. S. Brown.
j. w. Clark.
j. w. Dovan, Miss Marie Daniels.
A. Fl. Gould, Notify Gitlin.
Walter Hatch.
Miss Rena Lindsay, p. b. Little, III.
Lucius.
Archie Moore, T. G. Mckay, Miss
Pearl Moore.
John Nordstrom.
Miss Elsie Olson.
Miss Leanore Pickle.
The Grand Hotel, Miss Lucy Tonnes.
Geo. o. Ulmen.
Miss Jennie Who's, Fred Waeldon.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-12
WILL RETEST ENTIRE HERD
State Veterinarian to Examine Cows ,
Or. BjeIIand's Stand.
From Tuesdays Paily.


Dr. Ward, state veterinarian, has
agreed TO retest of the twenty eight
condemned cattle of the milkman re-
ferred to at the last meeting of the
city council. The test will not be
made for ninety days, by which time
it is expected that the effects of the
first test will have largely disappear
ed. In the meantime the condemned
cattle have been picked out and mark
ed by DIR. Bjelland's assistants, and
have been placed in separate barn,
and the milk dealer has promised not
to sell any of the milk from these
cows. On this condition he will be
allowed to sell the remainder of his
mix
DIR. Bjeland insisted that if the
twenty eight cows were retested, the
remainder of the seventyfive should
also be tested. DIR. Ward has acceded
to this, and he will have the entire
herd retested at the end of ninety
days by state inspectors.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-12
CHANGE LIQUOR LAWS
Representative Elmer Adams Makes
Staten nt to Public.

st. Paul, Feb. 9.-Speaking of pro-
posed temperance legislation, Elmer
Adams of Fergus Falls said today that
an effort would be made to pass sew
eral anti-liquor bills. Said he:
IAN attempt will be made to change
the law so that county boards can no
longer issue licenses. There is a de-
cided sentiment that licenses should
not be granted, except in villages or
cities where there is at least police
control.
Another change, which we shall
try to make, is to enable the people
of every township. in which village
is located, where liquor is sold, to have
a vote. on the question of whether it
shall be sold or not, and unless a ma
jority OF the voters in both the town
ship and village are i'm favor of the
license they shall not be granted.
'There is also demand that the
minimum license fee should be in
creased. The law at present provides
that it shall be $500 in cities of the
fourth class and in villages. There
are certain cities which have been kept
in the fourth class because the license
would he raised from $500 to $1,000
II they passed ont of that class.
The bill which has been recommend
ed Tor passage pretending TO limit
the number of saloons in each commu-
nifty to one for each 500 voters, is not
satisfactory The real effect of this
bill is to allow the big brewing COM
panies, which have now so thorough
ly and widely entrenched themselves,
to hold Il monopoly of the business, be-
cause 1T prevents other brewing com
panles and other individuals from
starting in the business
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-12

strenuous, and he had decided to give
up his place and return home. She
asked for my advice in the matter. |
suogesed that she write at once to
President Lincoln in regard to the
matter, and that his kind neart would
induce him to write Quintin and per-
suade him to fight it out. She said
she thought it would be impossible to
reach the president with so trivial
matter, when he was so overwhelmed
with the War of the Rebellion. | then
suggested that she write ner cousin,
Mrs. Lincoln, and secure her assistance
and help. This Mrs. Campbell did. and
at his wife's request, Mr.. Lincoln wrote
to the boy the letter here given.
The son, inspired by the letter. re-
afterward met him when he was sta
toned ut Fort Eeavenworth. Soon
after his graduation, young Campbell
married. and | was at the wedding. The
letter of Lincoln was read to the
guests at that time. A few years
later he died, and, after the subse-
Quent deaths of his wife and father.
Mrs. Campbell gave me the letter. All
parties interested having passed away
except herself, she said that [ was
surely entitled to the sacred memento.
Mrs. Campbell herself has since died.
| have kept it as memorial of the
immortal Lincoln, and it is now for
the first time given to the public. No
thing he ever wrote more clearly shows
the kind and sympathetic heart of one
of the purest, greatest and best of
men
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-12

burns received by Mr.. Hedberg and
Rev. Mccormick were treated, and
they will be able to be about as usual,
although temporarily disfigured. In
fact, Mr. Hedberg was able to 90 to
Minneapolis yesterday.
1t is thought that Mr. Hedberg
must have brought the bottle of alco-
hol and the loren too close together,
or else that spark from the torch
must have fallen into the bottle. The
bottle did not break.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-12
Bankruptcy Petition Filed.

Judson s. Campbell, farmer of
Royal. Lincoln county, today filed a
petition in bankruptcy, alleging mis-
liabilities as $2,212.55 secured and s445
unsecured, and the assets as Sl,lOO. all
exempt
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-12
Railroad Gross Earnings.

The gross earnings of the Chicago &
Northwestern road in Minnesota for
the year 1908 were S2077 ,540.3S; the
Omaha, 81 ,l35, 977.47.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-12
Cleveland Bankers Assign.

Cleveland, Ohio, Feb 9-Lamprecht
Bros. & Co., bankers filed deed of
assignment today
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-12
Borrowed of Banks Mankato.
o. 10000. 90

ted
WILLIAM SCHULTZ,
ALEC HANSEN.
ROBERT MADIGAN.
CHARLES T.. JONES,
DELOS p. YOUNG.
Board of County Commissioners of Blue
Earth County. Minnesota.
EDGAR WEAVER.
County Auditor.
Mankato, Mimi, Jan. 5th 1909
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-12

CONTINUED From Page Severn
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-12

u s SURPLUS. FUND.
faSt" RECEIPTS
Balance on hand Jan. l. 1908 SI63 OF
DISBURSEMENTS
None.
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE
COUNTY
Cash in the treasury ....... s7,O24 10
Due on uncollected taxes -. 1868. O5
Due on bitches unpaid and
extended into the tax
books TO be collected i'm
1909 ............... 2,S9G SIS
LIABILITIES.
Court house bonds outstand-
ing .................... IS 900. 90
Due in 1919 per cent.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-12

he"'''f bonds "'s'S' :" pay 1860. 90
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-12
DISBURSEMENTS
RefundingS

RelunulnBS .............-
Transferred to districts. ...
Paid to state treasurer. 49,.
Balance on hand Dec. 81. 1908
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-12

&c. c. Dnehart, June settle
ment ... 657. so |
&c. c. Dinehart Nov. settlement 399 10 |
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-12
SCHOOL,.
RECEIPTS.
SCHOOL DISTRICTS

Refunded taxes ............,
To School Urea SurerS viz -.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-12
STATE REVENUE AND
STATE SCHOOL LOAN Fund

C.. c. Dinehart ................ 4,O05 80
STATE SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY
LAND.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-01-07
sLEUTHS IN GRAFT PROBE.
Private Agency In Minneapolis 40
eused Of elaekmallIng saloonlsts.

Private Agency In Minneapolis 40
eused Of elaekmallIng ealoonlsts.
Minneapolis, Minn.-A big extor-
ton scandal is promised Minneapolis.
Startling revelations are said to be due
when the January grand Jury settles
down to probing extortion charges
against william Baxter. head Of the
Baxter Detective Agency; Harry @.
Blanchard and William Kidder. the
latter two being private detectives.
former employees OF Baxter.
Frank T. Corriston. superintendent
OF police. has been investigating the
case personally and is convinced
Wholesale business of extorting money
from saloon men and others has been
carried on.
Corriston says that more than a
score Of saloon men tactitly admitted
they have been approached for money
in return for immunity from arrest for
alleged violations of the law.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-01-07
ROOSEVELT DENOUNCED
SAMUEL ooMPERs SCORES PRES
IpENT IN EDITORIAL.
Labor Leader, In FedsratIonlst De-
MES Ever Abusing Judges
or Courts.

Washington, ID. Gin an editorial
in the Jenuary issue OF the American
Federatlonlst Samuel Gompers refers
to the alleged abuse Of the Injunction
power by the courts. points TO the In
dorsement of his attitude by the Dem
yer convention OF the American fed.
Grafton, denies ever having abused
judges or courts and refers In vigorous
fashion to President Roosevelt Com
pers says in part:
THE vicious and unwarTanted at
tacks from the exalted-and others
not 30 exalted--the attempt to direct,
control and subordinate the labor
movement Of the United States other
than by the men of labor themselves,
has been rebuked by the Denver con-
vention.
I'm view Of the utterances Of Presl-
dent Roosevelt, during the recent cam
paign. all looked forward with keen
interest TO what he would say IN his
recent annual message to congress.
He disported himself as was antici-
pated. e
I'VE wish to concern ourselves hero
particularly with what the press char.
acterizes as an attack on labor lead
ers In the presidents message. IL
does not call for much discernment
to infer TO whom the president directs
his abuse. II is doubtful that any
president Of the United States In an
official message to congress ever be-
for descended to such misrepresenta-
ton and vilifcation Of individual cit
liens as Mr.. Roosevelt has in his last
annual message.
president Roosevelt absolutely mis-
represents the attitude OF certain
leaders OF organized labor In his
sweeping denunciations. He does this
knowingly and willfully-
mir. Roosevelt can not quote, for he
can not find. any violent and sweep
ing attack upon the entire judiciary
Of the country which he charges the
men of labor with making.
''The fact is that no representative
OF labor made any attack upon any
individual, Judge or the judiciary as
such. We leave such Nominations to
Mr.. Roosevelt"