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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23
INSURANCE LONG IN FORCE
First Introduced When Sea Voyages
Were Accompanied by Many
PeriIs.

The practice of insuring originated
from marine insurance, for merchants
sending goods by sea in early times
usually accompanied the ship them
selves, and were liable to capture by
Moorish or Turkish pirates. With a
view to providing the necessary ran
som to secure their release 1t became
customary before embarking to paw
an agreed premium TO certain indivi.
duals called underwriters who were
willing to guarantee payment of the
ransom in the event of the merchant
being captured. From this beginning
the practice was gradually extended
to insuring the lives. first of mariners
and then of other persons.
In 1874 Queen Elizabeth granted a
patent to Richard Chandler under
which he established a Chamber of
Insurance in London with the object
of regulating all contracts of insur-
ance, but this Chamber, with prob
ably all its records, was destroyed by
the great fire of 1866. The earliest
recorded life policy was. issued in June
is, 1888, and provided that IL a GER
tain William GIBBONS, shall die with
In IL months the underwriters would
pay e3S3 6s. Sd, the premium being
at the rate of per cent
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23
USE OF GLASS BRICKS
Will Admit Light to the Dark Hall
ways and to Dark
Easements.

Germany uses glass bricks for build
ing purposes with measurable sue
coss. In Berlin is constructed small
villa. the walls of which are built of
glass bricks of several shades of dark
green and blue. The glass bricks are
especially adapted to construction
where light, cleanliness and neatness
are particularly in demand. In Ham,
burg they are utilized in place of
windows. They admit light in walls
which police regulations require to
be fireproof and windowless.
In addition to admitting light to
dark Railways, rooms ETC., they are
said to possess the same strength as
ordinary clay bricks They are also
utilized in walls In yards and parti-
tons in the interior of houses, sales
rooms, Offices, workshops, etc, as well
as for the construction of verandas,
hothouses, kiosks, bathrooms, hospi-
tails. ice factories. butcher shops, rail
road stations, breweries, stables and
In other places where cleanliness,
light and uniform temperatures are
especially desired.
The bricks are also made with a
wire coating for fireproof walls. In
some of the recently erected buildings
in Milan, Italy, bricks made of glass
have been adopted for ground and up
per floors on account of the light Oh
tanned. They are also coming into use
for partition work in some of the hos
pitfalls on account of the hygienic prin-
ciples.
In one of the leading banking insti-
tutions of the city { Turin the lobby
office floor, which is about 36x5S feet,
is entirely paved with glass bricks
laid in iron frames for the purpose of
admitting light into the basement,
where are located numerous private
boxes or vaults. In the Netherlands
hollow green transparent glass bricks
are used principally for lfght-giving
purposes in machine shops and con-
scrVatOries
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23

eq by the Northern Pacific railway for
iive years, IL has produced a general
average of S7is bushels of wheat with
other crops in proportion.
on n demonstration farms in North
Dakota grain yields have been in
creased from so to 100 per cent.
On one western North Dakota ex-
perlmental farm the new methods have
produced yields of AZ bushels of wheat.
80 bushels OF oats and $50 bushels of
potatoes.
These are official figures and they
Indicate that science has done much
to overcome natural deficiencies of
rainfall
DRY farming Is mlsnomer.
President Louis w. Hill of the Great
Northern railway has this year con-
Quoted am energetic campaign against
the use of the term, urging that dry"
farming is not dry farming. but the
scientific application of intelligent ag-
ricuture to exc out the natural rain
fall, and that farming I'm regions OF
scant precipitation would be impos-
sible without the natural rainfall and
the conservation OF the usual precipi-
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23
Dry Farming Is Retaining
"A Vast New American Empire

st. Panl. Minn., Dec. 23.-Wben
private and government irrigation I'm
the West has been extended TO the
limits of the available water supply
there will still remain 200, 900. 600 acres
of excellent land, rich i'm fertility and
capable OF producing crops, in districts
where rainfall is light and where irri-
cation is impossible. What is TO be
done with this great empire?
DRY" farming has answered this
query, demonstrating that any land
with a total of 10 inches OF rainfall
per year can be made to grow crops.
Such lands exist according to Score
tary Wilson of the agricultural depart-
ment, over half of the United States.
In practically all OF these districts OF
insufficient rain supply the new meth
cd of farming has gained a foothold
and proven it's worth. Here are a few
of the wonderful things dry farm
ing has already done:
Near Billings. Mont, Is has produced
AZ bushels of wheat ION lands few
years, ago considered absolutely
worthless.
on five experiment farms maintain
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23


as a peacemaker in all differences be-
tween students and faculty. and per-
haps ne Is the most popular man cons
nected with the institution. When the
students write songs and hand down
traditions in praise of a members oil
the faculty his memory is sure to be
kent green in his own institution at
least. College men not only Column
hia but elsewhere, are familiar with
the song beginnings: -
D.ve ken Van Am with his snowy hair,
D'ye ken Van Am with his whiskers
rare.
D,ve ken van Am with'h his martial air,
As ne crosses the Quad in, the morning.
II is said that when an 'alumnus gets
within sight Of the campus he raises
his hat and cheers for Van Am
Boston Transcript
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23

The strongest proof that our Hia-
Watha slippers are just what the pub
lie has been looking for lies i'm the bis
total sales TO date The slippers are
far beyond the experimental stage; the
fact Is completely established that
they are the ncatest. most comfort
able. most durable slippers yet pro-
Nnced rfor. lounging. chamber. or bath
room wear. andYwhcrever once intro
duccdlt they become "A permanent pet
of the family
Il Any style COR size OF Hiawatha slip
pcrs may be had promptly Of vcrtin
Bros. and II is well 20 remember that
cach,pair Is sold not only under the
guarantee OF the dealer, but OF the
nPnufactvrcr as we'll
Many people OF Calumet and vicin-
ity havc'already made purchases from
ou- well selected stock and many are
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23
An Awkward Compliment.

An inspector-general was relating
incidents of famous national encamp-
ments.
81 remember little Japanese who
attended one of our banquets," he
said. smiling, land a queer compli-
ment that he paid to colonel's wife.
sat between the two and the lady
said across me:
"'Mr. Takashira, you compress the
ladies' feet in your country, don't
your"
"'Oh, no, madam; that is a Chinese
CUSTOM said the iJapanese. We Jap
anese allow our ladies feet to grow, to
their full size. Not5that-' !
f"Ands he bowed and Kissed in the
polite Japanese way: 81.
s"'Notl that they could hope to- rival
yours. madam !'"-xzModern Society,"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23
ElECTRIFYING AMERICA.
Fifteen Million Miles Of Wire
Used for Telegraph and
Telephone.
= *"****** !. **+*****s

More than 10000 900 miles of single
wire is used by the people of the
United States I'm communicating with
each other. OF this amount about
1900 900 miles is operated by tele-
phone systems, the rest by telegraph
companies. The length Is enough to
encircle the globe at the equator 600
times.
In fact It must be even greater by
this time as the above figures,
though recently published by the CEN
sus office refer to 1907. At the 1880
census the telephone companies re-
ported 34,3O5 miles of wire. about one
ninth of the mileage of the tele-
graph companies. In 1907 the tele-
phone mileage was eight times as
great as the telegraph.
In the amount of business done, the
sum paid i'm salaries and wages and
the capital invested in 1907 the tcle-
phone business was a little over three
and ione- half times as extensive as the
telegraph industry. and during that
yearli It farnished employment for more
than hyef times as Smanyypersons.
sBdtwepn 1902 andt19O7 there was an
additionfof. s.O9s.e1S .mileslof wire for
theS use ofi-the telephone systems. as
compared with an increase rof but
25a5sf, in the, miIeage OF owned and
leased wiret for commercial telegraph
THE Increase in the wire
ofsthe telephone, systems. dur
ing 1.-THE Five years 5 rcferrcdf to was
mores than six times as great as the
totaIl amount of wire added to the
business since 1850.
Tile use OF. telephones by railroads
exclusively in connection withT the
op6ration OF the roads has .iucrcased
rapidiytsi 1909. Althoughsthe cleo
trio 'intcr1,rban roads early recogniz-
ed thetadventages ofAthe. telephone for
dispatchins purposes the larger steam
have been dlsinciined to
substitute the telephone for the tele-
graph.
The bulletin points out that II
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23
WIFE D0UBLY HIS PARTNER
American Man Of Business Proud to
Accord Position to His Bet
ter Half.

There is one little incident connect
ed with Charles X. Flint's life which
shows us how some American men
place their wives on pedestal in a
way that is puzzling to foreigners.
One night he invited a Russian dip
lomat TO dine with him at home, the
invitation, which was an informal one,
explaining that the dinner would be
small, in fact there would be no other
guests, only his Junior Partner"
The diplomat arrived punctually,
dressed in his official costume and
decorated with orders. He was ush-
cred into the drawing-rooa and shown
the trophies which Flint had brought
back from his many journeys around
the world. He is a collector and a
connoisseur, as well rs a business
man. But no Junior Partner" ap-
peared.
The conversation was general, with
now and then a reference made by
Mr.. Flint to the importance of this
person. He confessed to the guest
that he never took an important bust
ness step without first consulting his
partner, that he relied almost entirely
upon the judgment and sound advice
Of the Junior Partner" Finally,
when he could no longer refrain from
showing his curiosity, the Russian
looked at Mr.. and Mrs. Flint and
asked whom this mysterious person
was. Flint's reply was to make a
courtly bow to his wife and present
the foreign diplomat to his Junior
Partner. "-Detroit Free Press.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23

DIR. Katherine sFleischer has, Just
been. admitted TO, the bara in Russia.
andswill practice her profession In lSt.
Petersburg. She is tthe first woman
lawyer in the cars dominions. and
she PASSED the final examinations w'Nh
high honors. She. met with much OPP.
position when she first announced her
intention Of studying law. prejudice
was strong. even sfrom Influential
members :of'her sex. tShe persisted In
her ambition against all OBSTACLES,
however. and camelout triumphant. 1t
Ia her hope TO fishtithe legal battles
Of women. and she seeks them espe-
cially as clients. DR. F1eisoher Is an
ardent suifragette and predicts she
will live TO see women sitting In the
dunn.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23
Had Little Nose for News.

A Cub" reporter on an upstate pa
per was sent out by the city editor to
get story on the marriage of young
society girl and man well known In
the city. says the Philadelphia Times.
The cub" was gone about an hour
and then returned and went aimlessly
over to his desk. by which he sat
down. Shortly afterward the city ed
itor noticed his presence and his evi.
dent idleness.
Here, kid" shouted the superior,
why aren't you at work on that wed.
ding?"
"Nothin' doing" replied the boy.
Nothing doing? What do you
mean? Didn't the wedding take
placer"
Nope; the bridegroom never
showed up, so there amt nothin' to
write"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23
FACILITATING PA.

My pa says when he was boy. :
wy. all he'd get was just one toy
\ jumpin' pack. or pop-gun. when a
z. 'uz Cluistmas-time where he's llv'
then. rt
lie never looked for any more
lie didn't 'spect a whole toy store!i
My pa he says at in those days
Folks did things fdifrent. anyways
lie says, he never. got az stack
o. candy-1more'n he could pack.
Two sticks o. candy's all he got
An he'd think that was a lot
My. pa says when he's a child
Folks didn't all try To go wild
An make their children think they
gct
Enough 10 run their pas In debt
o. course. u wasn't from their pas
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23

gives the first statistics for the COM
mercial wireless systems already es-
tablished. and states that they were
operated at loss of $4762S in 1907.
There were six commercial wireless
telegraph systems i'm 1907, operating
122 tower stations, located almost OF
the large ports of the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans. the gulf of Mexico, the
great lakes, and in Hawaii. They
transmitted 1857 wireless messages.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23

over the telegraph wires in 1907 there
were flashed 36S,470,509 messages. of
which 5,s69,317 were cablegrams.
1t is shown that 90.5 per cent of
the cities with a population of at least
10000 in 1900 were equipped with cleo
trio fire alarms. II appears that for
1907 there were 12O,719 fire alarms re-
ceived. Concerning police patrol sig
mailing the bulletin says that there
were Al, 961,650 calls.-New York Sun.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23

But always came from Santa Claus.
He tells me that should be glad
don't have Christmas like he had
He says there's lots he was denied
But he learned to be satisfied;
He never dreamed, he says. that
boys
Should have a whole room full of
toys.
/ tell my pa I'm awful sad
About tn hard times that he had
But that he's really lucky now
He's in our family, anyhow.
An that he shouldn't raise fuss
But be real glad he lives with usl
Wilbur ID. Nesbit In Chicago Even
ing Post.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23
UP-TO-DATE

When the early red men found the
rough forest trails too harsh for their
unshod feet and were forced TO con-
trive some sort of foot castings as a
protective measure, they little dream
ed that the crude moccasins of their
making would lead after long gener-
atoms. to the handsome, soft, yet
of today.
1t is tremendously long line of
slipper styles which lead back from
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23

thickset and strong. and really Won
derful crops of potatoes, beets and
garden vegetables were grown, and the
potatoes from dry farms are of eX-
ceptional color clean free from scap
and rot and sound to the core.
Throughout Eastern Montana, the
land is a volcanic ash. { snendously
rich i'm the constituents which pro-
mote plant life. growing in wet sea-
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23
ingenious Decorations

, Following closely upon the smooth
ing and bleaching processes of the
moccasin feathers came the desire
among the squaws to decorate the
footwear with artistic or symbolic de-
signs-for it must be remembered
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23

that the written language of the early
American was symbolism pure and
simple. and wonderfully wide d.
versity of subjects were thus indelibly
pictured and preserved.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23

in crop each. year. With the large
farm the farmer crops one half while
he summer fallows the other half.
What THIS simple method will do is
really marvellous. In eastern Montana
this year wheat stood shoulder high
on dry farms, rye stood equally high,
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23

son tremendous crops of naturai
grasses but in dry seasons, dusty and
uninviting. In this region, an empire
as large as New York or Pennsylvania
dry" farms are scattered everywhere
and farmers are raising splendid crops.
intensely practical scientific investga-
ton is everywhere in progress to de-
termine the exact methods which VIII
produce the best yields. western
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23

the Indian models Of today to their
prototypes which were worn by the
a Origines, and an untold wealth of
Indian story and legend is figuratively
and literally woven into this product
of the many tribes For in the early
years the Indians made their footwear
serve not only as a protective pedal
covering but as tribal badge or in
sigma, even the shaping of the leath-
er having a special symbolic signifi-
canoe
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23
cooo-sy OLD IVAN AM
Venerable "Prexy" of Columbia
College Announces Retirement

The announced retirement Of Prof.
]. Howard Van Amringe at the end u
the year from his position IN Column
bia college New York. brings 10 q
close a record that Is deserving Oh
more than passing notice. For htty
years he has faithfully and helpiu"y
served in that Institution, beginnihs
even before his graduation. while TOT
twenty years he has ibeen, In charge
OF the administrative work OF Column
bia college and the head OF It's ue-
partment OF mathematics. He mas
been given credit not only for being
a great teacher. but also for his skin
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23

moisture in the ground where it will
help the roots Summer following Is
extensively employed and upon the
same fields, plowed one summer and
cropped the next year, it is proved
that the average yield for four or six
years is much greater than in many
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23

districts where with plenty of rainfall
the farmers crop their lands yearly
To accommodate farmers who employ
the summer following method the gov
eminent allows them to homestead
$40 acres instead of $50, giving them
the equivalent of an ordinary farm
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23

North Dakota affords thousands of
acres of land suitable for the same cul-
tivation. In fact from the Missouri
river to the Pacific coast there is
everywhere land available for dry
farming, embracing the former range
country and regions few years ago
good forfnothing but the grazing of
cattle.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23

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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-12-23

contemplating purchasing them as
Christmas gifts. They are one of the
many articles that would make a very
acceptable gift and YOU can easy make
selection here where the display is
large. our well trimmed windows
have attracted much attention for the
pas few days and give just a slight
idea of stock we are CARRYING. Any
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Mems sizes for S1.35 and S1.z5
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You can depend upon getting the
proper thing In footwear ifsyou make
your purchases al our up-t6-date Shoe
Department.
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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-08-11
Can You Tell the Cause
Of Your Trouble?

Are you sometimes discouraged, and
think you'll never be any better.
Can you tell the cause of your trou.
BILE, or what makes you sick?
Do you know that about nine-tenths
of all sickness is caused by kidney
trouble?
Have you ever stopped to think that
your kidneys may be the cause of your
poor health?
Most people do not realize how much
work the kidneys are required to do
every day.
Every drop of blood in the body
must pass through and be filtered by
the kidneys thousands of times day.
How can they do their work we'll if
they are sick?
If your kidneys need treatment, DR.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the wonderful
kidney remedy, will prove to be just
the medicine you need.
you will write to DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, every reader of
this paper, who has not already tried
Swamp Root, the great Kidney, Liver
and Bladder Remedy, may receive a
sample bottle by mail, absolutely free.
You can purchase the regular fifty.cent
and one-dollar size bottles at all drug
stores.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-08-11
@QluN64l

Kandiyohi, Aug. 9.-Miss Anna
Klint came home last Monday from
Willmar, where she has been stay
ing this summer.
Mrs. j. Aim and Miss Mamie Pc
terson visited at the home of C.
Gabrielson last Tuesday.
Mrs. John Dahlin and daughter
Elenor returned to their home IN
St. Paul on Thursday, having spent
a month with relatives here.
Mrs. Swan Anderson gave coffee
social last Friday at her home for
the Kandiyohi district of the La
dies Mission society of the Tripolis
church.
Miss Emma Cederstrom is at pre-
sent staying with Mrs. P. E. An
derson.
Claus Lundquist, of Braham,
MIMI, spent several days of last
week at the home of his uncle, John
Peterson.
August Klint and family drove
out to Whitefeld Sunday to visit at
the home of c. A. Bengtson.
Miss Esther Johnson returned to
Minneapolis last Tuesday. after q
three weeks visit with her friend,
Miss Hilma johnson.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-08-11
Have your shoes shined at the
Pantorium. Five cents. l41
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: - iB!|RBI

Norway Lake, Aug. 9. Mr.. and
Mrs. Gunerius Bratberg of Eagle
Lake and Mr.. and Mrs. Rev. johann
son Of St. Paul were guests at the
Rustad home from Saturday till
Sunday.
School district No. lO4 had
special meeting last Saturday even
ing at the home of Martin Syverson,
when a schoolhouse site was desig-
mated unanimously by 80 votes for
and none against. Five months
school was voted for the coming
year, and special tax of $500 was
levied for school purposes.
C. A. Syverson is erecting a fine
barn, under the management of a
Mr.. Carlson of Minneapolis and Mr..
Nyberg of Lake lillian.
Rev. Johanson of St. Paul
preached in the Hauge church last
Sunday morning. He gives a
listener the impression of being an
earnest and able speaker. and we
congratulate the charge upon their
luck in his acceptance of the call as
their minister.
The choir sang at the church SER
vices in the Hauge church last Sum-
day with the best of satisfaction.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Stene spent
Sunday at G. Stene's home.
Rumor has it that deal is pend
ing whereby Ben Halvorson will be-
come the owner of S. Arneson' s
beautiful home. What comes next,
Ben?
Elmer Stene visited with West
Lake relatives last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Larson visit
ed at John Holmdahl's home last
Sunday after attending services in
the Hauge church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amund Syverson
visited with the family of their son
&c. A. Syverson last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jens Skaalerud and
son Joseph visited at C. A. Syver.
sons home last Sunday.
The choir met for practice at the
Hauge church last Sunday evening
English services were conducted
in the East Norway Lake Synod
church last Sunday evening by Rev
ID. C. Jordahl.