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Willmar tribune., 1909-05-26

''Now, for the information of
new comers to this section and the
younger generation that do not
know us, it is proper to say that
the ''Old man of the Herald" never
stops to enquire whether or not he
will lose money or popularity by
advocating or refusing to advocate
any public measure. The only en-
quiry we ever make in discussing a
public question is, "ls it right?"
or "Will it promote the public well
fare?" The question of whether
or not our course will be popular or
whether or not advertisers or others
will boycott US never enters our
mind. If a certain course seems
to us RIGHT that is enuf. This
has been the rule of our life, now
more than three score years, and we
still live, with no desire to depart
from it. We are we'll aware of the
fact that a certain few narrow
minded, bigoted, ignorant, selfish
and defective minded men-poor
fellows-don't like our style
can't understand why we are not
ION the make" etc.. but that is
not our fault simply their misfor-
tune"
Willmar tribune., 1909-05-26
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Examinations will commence
Friday, May %, and end Thursday,
June 3.
The Commencement chorus has
been practicing every evening fthis
week, as thier new songs have ar
rived.
Misses Ida and Daisy Sanderson
visited school Friday afternoon.
Lillian johnson spent Friday,
Saturday and Sunday in Kerkhoven.
Sadie Barrett went to Benson
Saturday.
Everybody was pleased to hear of
Willmar's victory at Benson.
Supt. Tonning. and Misses Gould
and Olson went to Benson as root
ers for our boys.
Marion Minton visited school
Monday morning.
The invitations for the Alumni
banquet are out.
Walter De La Hunt, Fred Smith.
Charles Couling and Frances Downs
went to Benson last Saturday to
witness the game.
Mabelle Odell spent Saturday in
Kerkhoven.
Karen Hanson is at present visit
ing relatives in Hutchinson.
George Engh spent Sunday at his
home in Murdock.
Rhetoric examinations were CIV
en- last Saturday morning.
Ethel Carlson and Hattie Selvig
spent q couple of days last week
visiting friends in Benson.
The invitations for the COM
mencement are out.
Willmar tribune., 1909-05-26

Prinsburg, May 24.-Garret Le-
deboer went to Willmar last Mon
day to consult one of the physicians
in regard to his health,. He came
home again on Tuesday.
Miss Tina Markus has been help
ing with the house cleaning and
sewing at H. Visser's home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Molenaar and
younger children spent a couple of
days with their son John, north of
Raymond.
Carpenters from Renville are at
work building an addition to Her.
man Ledeboers' house.
Miss Martha Rietz, who has spent
three weeks visiting with Mrs. De
Chaine in Raymond, returned home
Wednesday.
Miss Rena Markus spent couple
of weeks with her sister Mrs. N.
Vos of Roseland.
Effie Kamstra, who was report
ed i'll with pneumonia in last
weeks paper, is slowly improving.
The picnic of the Prinsburg
school which was held last Wednes-
day was quite we'll attended. The
program was we'll rendered and all
enjoyed the occasion. The ball
game did not come off as promised
because of the threatening weather.
Miss Ellen Swenson, the teacher,
left for her home in Willmar Thurs
day.
Sam Roelofs was in Raymond on
business Thursday.
j. Mats went to Raymond Fri
day and there met an emigrant
from the Netherlands who has come
here to find work.
Rain, rain, and still more rain,
is what keeps the farmers from
making great progress in the field
work. Some of the farmers are
not yet thru with corn planting and
of course wish for sunshine. The
grain is up nicely and makes good
showing. Roads are in poor condi-
tion and the mail carriers are
grumbling.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Roelofs Sr.
spent a day with their daughter,
Mrs. Henry Van Hanen near Ray
mond.
Johnnie Dunink, who has been i'll
almost month, is slowly imrov-
ing.
Henry Brink was in Raymond
Saturday with a horse which he
offered for sale.
Mrs. H. Wiser is somewhat i'm
proved in health these last days.
A meeting will be held soon in
order that a new pastor may be
called to take charge of the Chris
tian Reformed congregation here.
A. Kleinhuisen Sr. is still on the
sick list and does not gain any in
strength.
Willmar tribune., 1909-05-26
A New Railroad.

Contractors are now preparing
to build the much talked of branch
road from Mandan northwest
thru Oliver and Mercer counties,
North Dakota. and the road will be
finished in time to handle this
years crop, which is anticipated to
be good one. Part of this coun-
try that this road goes thru and
that has not been too far from rail-
road is we'll settled and has been
for several years, having fine i'm
proved farms with good buildings.
It has been proven in the past that
whenever a new road has been
built the land has more than dou-
bled in price the-first year after
the road was commenced, and in
this case it is expected to more than
double in value, for the land is as
good as the best in North Dakota
and located as it is close to the
state Capital and in the very center
of the state makes it very valu-
able. Quite rush for land in this
locality is expected this summer as
there is some exceptionally good
bargains to be had. There are also
a few relinquishments to be had
cheap in Mercer county N. D. Mr.. l.
C. Tollefson of Willmar owns con-
siderable land in this locality,
where his mother, sister and other
relatives are now living and for the
benefit of any one wishing maps or
further particulars concerning this
locality in North Dakota these have
been placed for distribution at A.
H. Browns land office. l5f
Willmar tribune., 1909-05-26

The baseball fan employees of the
Norfolk, Va, post office will have
to think of something new if they
Willmar tribune., 1909-05-26
WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1909.

The Republican Gazette chal-
lenges the advocates of city owner
ship of the telephone exchange to
give arguments they may have in
favor of such ownership and an
nounces that it is opposed to such a
policy, and will take that side in
the controversy. The Tribune will
be very much pleased to champion
the cause of city ownership, for it
sincerely believes that is the only
settlement that will give US one
system of the greatest possible eff
cheney. The Tribune will be glad
to furnish a reasonable amount of
space to anyone who wishes to air
their views or who have any sug-
gestions to make in reference to
this subject, regardless Of what side
of the question they take. The
question will come up for it's first
vote by the people of Willmar on
Tuesday, June 22, less than one
month hence, and we quite agree
with the Gazette that every phase
of the question should be thoroly
discussed for the benefit of the
electors before the vote is taken.
Willmar tribune., 1909-05-26

In Marshall county they are Dig
ging a drainage ditch which is to
be So miles long. A highway will
be made from the dirt the entire
length of the work.
The merchants of GAINESVILLE
have offered prizes to the pupils of
the schools for the best grown po-
tatoes and flowers. The girls will
compete for the flower prizes and
the boys for the potatoes. The
prizes range from So to $40.
The Green Lake Breeze states
that with the arrival of DR.. Schu-
man Of Willmar the lake season has
been officially opened. The doctor
is always a reliable harbinger of
the seasons, being the first to come
in the spring and the last to leave
in the fall.
An Annandale farmer sold "a
steers lsat week for which he re-
ceived $768.88. The animals aver
aged 308 pounds and brought $6.1O
per hundred. They had been fed
six months on corn, clover and tim
othy hay and had made an average
gain of 400 pounds.-Swift County
Review.
1.-The Norwegians celebrated
their victory over Denmark on Mon
day of this week." says the New
London Times. Now if Brother
Covell will arise and give further
particulars regarding the Victory"
about four million Norwegians will
be everlastingly indebted to him.
Icnidentally it would add an entire
ly new chapter to the worlds his
tory.
A Clay county farmer has paid
for his farm, one of the best in the
county and one which he bought ten
years ago for $35 an acre, solely
out of his potato crop. Last week
he received a check for $1.102, COW
ering a sale Of tubres at 76 cents a
bushel, and out Of that check he
made the last payment on the home
farm. Out of his grain, stock. and
poultry he has maintained his fam
lily and made numerous improve
ments on his now we'll equipped
place.
It is said St. Louis man who
had a third of his stomach removed
is recovering and will soon be as
we'll as ever. Science may yet sue
ceed in proving that the stomach is
nothing but an enlarged apendix,
and that consequently it is super
f1uous and ought to be removed.
At any rate the case opens up a new
and hitherto unexplored field of ar
gument for a high potective tariff
on food necessities, or suggests a
new way of getting around it-de-
pending entirely upon whether you
are an Aldrich or a consumer.
The baseball fan employees of the
Norfolk, Va, post Office will have
to think of something new if they
Willmar tribune., 1909-05-26
CEMETERY LOTS.

We are prepared to care for GEM
etery lots during the season as u.s.
ual. We will put the lots in good
shape for Decoration Day and keep
the grass moved throughout the
season. Charges are very reasona-
BILE.
Willmar Green House.
Tel. 49. 10
Willmar tribune., 1909-05-26

Mother (from remote apartment)-
What is little Willie crying SO about,
Jane? Jane - About the peaches,
ma'am. Mother-Well, 60 and get him
some. Jane-He don't want 'em. Moth
er-Well, what is he crying about?
Jane the ones he's done had
Harper's Weekly.
Willmar tribune., 1909-05-26

NOTICE. have moved my bar
ber shop to the Hub Hotel building
on Third street, where l invite a
share of your patronage.
153 Charley Olson.
Willmar tribune., 1909-05-26
Among Our Neighb0rS.
,Sifted out by LudVi9 S. Dale.

uA sAN ~ O0AVs
wish to get off for the game, for
the wise and naughty postmaster,
remembering how they did" the
boss in the days of old, has sent out
the following notice: ''All re-
quests for leave of absence on &C.
count of toothache, severe colds and
minor physical ailments, and on &C.
count of funerals, picnics, church
soclals and the like must be handed
to the superintendent of your divi-
ison before 10 a. m. on the morning
of the game.''
Cokato, which had monster GEL
ebration because it secured one of
the ten state agricultural schools,
nearly went wild with excitement
when it woke up one morning last
week and saw workmen tearing
down the chimney on the Great
Northern depot. 1t looked like the
first move for the long looked for
new station. The excitement soon
died out, however, for few hours
later, when it dared take a second
look, it found nothing but new
chimney in place of the old one
which had done service "since the
war;
A jolly fellow in Saltwater called
a chance acquaintance of German
extraction "ein Spitsbub," mean
ing thereby "a foxy fellow. The
foxy one refused to look at it that
way, however, insisting that it
meant "thief,' and consequently
he sued for $4,000 damages to him.
self and his family tree. AS it
was, the jury must have been strong
on family trees, for they assessed
this one at $2999, leaving but 81
for the twig that brought the &C.
tion. The next time somebody
calls him "ein Spitzbub" he will
probably accept it as compliment
and invite him to have something.
This is a story about a boy, the
boys pa and a new whistle, Buick
automobile and oceans of lubricants.
The man was out exercising his au-
tomobile and the boy to whom the
man belonged was in the rear seat
exercising a new whistle with a
metallic squeak to it. The man
heard the squeak and being care
full driver stopped and oiled up..
When he started again the squeak
started again and the oiling opera
tion was repeated. This was kept
up till the supply of oil was ex-
hausted, and the man in his des-
peration began borrowing from his
neighbors. When the source of the
sqeuak was family located it is said
the man and the boy adjourned to
the woodshed for further delibera-
tion.-Appleton Press.
James E. Child, editor of the
Waseca Herald, was approached by
a gentleamn with the assurance
that he couldn't afford to stand for
early saloon cloisng or an increase
in saloon license, or if he did he
would find his business cut off in
every direction. Whereupop Mr..
Childs comes back at the gentleman
in the following vigorous fashion:
Willmar tribune., 1909-05-26

CEntered December 8, 1902, a Willmar,
Minnesota, as second class matter, under
act OF NJ arch 8, 1879
Willmar tribune., 1909-05-26
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Ringville, May 24.-Miss Anna
Christensen closed a successful term
of parochial school in Dist. No. II
last Saturday. She returned to her
home in Irving on Sunday.
On account of the rainy weather
the concert at Crow River church
last Sunday was not as we'll attend
ed as it would have been had the
weather been favorable. However,
fairsized audience was present,
and all report a very enjoyable af-
ternoon. The address by Prof. Mel
son of New London was very inter-
esting and the singing by all three
choirs was very good. The collec-
tion taken up will go to the new
Swedish church of New London.
Peter Halvorson enjoyed a pleas
ant drive to Irving last Sunday =,
even tho the day wss dark and
dreary.
Peter Quistberg, our storekeeper
at Georgeville, has decided to take
a vacation, and left last Monday
accompanied by his father, for an
extended visit with his brothers in
Canada, and from there they leave
for Seattle, Wash. Meanwhile the
Georgeville store and post office
will be in charge of Clara Quist-
berg. who has had many months of
experience in the work and will un-
doubtedly run the business without
any difficulty.
The Aurora Y. P. S. meets with
Mr.. Lars Anderson Sunday. June 6.
The "White Cross" were to meet
in Gausdahl church last Friday, but
only three attended.
Louise Larson visited at Halvor-
sons place from Wednesday till
Friday.
George Romness of Belgrade is at
present assisting in the Georgeville
store.
The Minerva" met with a large
attendance last Saturday evening
and both the debate and other pro-
gram were very interesting. The
next meeting will be held on Sun
day evening, June 6, when the
question for debate will be IRE
solved, that the little red school
house should receive more favors
from the government than our ad-
vanced schools Affirmative
speakers, Edw. Sonstegard, Knut
Mork and Josie Larson; negative,
Mr.. Patchin, George Sonstegard
and Olof Sonstegard.
The Ringville Telephone company
will hold it's annual meeting in
Burbank town hall on Saturday af-
ternoon, June S. Remember the
date and don't fail to be present.
Ruth McDougal visited with MAY
Schultz, over Sunday.
John Stenerson has been unfortu-
nate in having the wheel of his
windmill badly blown to pieces so
he will have to take it down for re-
pairs. Mr.. Stenerson admits it is
impossible to be without wind
mill after having had taste of
how handy it is to have on a farm.
Willmar tribune., 1909-05-26

A. H. Sperry has for sale some Of
that 100 per cent in growing quail
ty and variety seed corn. 10fI
Willmar tribune., 1909-05-26

The senate is still busy revising
the tariff without changing it. AL
drich is anxious to have vote on
it so that it can 20 to the place
where the real work will be done
the conference committee, but the
other senators are not yet thru with
talking for Buncombe,' - and
therefore refuse to fix date for
voting on the bill.
Willmar tribune., 1909-05-26
One Dose for Coughs

toral. Often single dose at bedtime will completely
control the cough. Good for any with cold or cough
Good for easy cases. hard cases. good for acute cases.
chronic cases Ask your doctor to tell you honestly and
frankly just what he thinks Of this old standard remedy
No alcohol in this cough medicine. Lc7ye7co Lop Mas,
bette
laxative f and girls Pills. Ask
Willmar tribune., 1909-05-26

SOUP. chucksteak and brown bread
would undoubtedly have gigantic
moral strength, while roundsteak,
sirloin, pie. etc., would mark the
beginning Of the downward road.
Tenement rooms would be consi
dered especially conducive to moral
development, while nice little
homes would be delusion and q
snare, a danger that If unchecked
would soon ruin the nation.
We ought to be thankful to the
professor for thus pointing out the
danger Of making life easier for
the toiler-but we won't be. l for
one would be willing to take the
risk Of doubling my present income;
l would even risk having an income
that would enable me to take a va
cation for a week once q year and
enable me to eat good beefsteak
once a day. And l am afraid that
three are millions Of the laborers
of America who would like to get
that much and who wouldn't give a
whoop for all the moral danger con-
nected with the granting Of such an
extravagant wish.
The proverbial luck of Gov. John
A. johnson has received another
striking illustration recently. The
governor in an interview in an
eastern paper said something about
Democratic senator's who are be-
traying their trust. He mentioned
no names, but Senator Bailey, the
Standard Oil senator from Texas,
Immediately realized that no one
could possibly talk about Demo-
Gratis who betray their trust with
out referring to him, and he got up
in the senate and roasted" Gov.
Johnson in his usual fierce manner.
This "roast" served two purposes:
it attracted more attention to John
sons candidacy for the presidency,
and it showed that he must be
right, when such fellows as Bailey
are opposed to him. It was really
the best advertising the Governor
has had for a long time, and his
friends everywhere will congratu-
late him on his good luck.
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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-07

the deeds of her ancestors in behalf of
their country. for Mrs. Mclean is
descended from men and women whose
history forms part of the nations
annals, and in their records mother and
daughter take much pride.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-07

ciers and captains Of industry making
up the standard Oil crowd" as they
say in Wall street. With John D.
Rockefeller in retirement, William
Rockefeller entering old age and Rog-
ers dead some think that Standard
influence has now reached it's culmina.
ton and will soon be on the decline.
Though the combination still has great
wealth back of 1t no acknowledged
leader has yet appeared. Upon the
question whether any Of the new men
will develop unusual powers of leader
ship much of the future Of the com.
bfnation will depend.
The late H. II. Rogers devoted a
great deal Of time in his closing years
to the training Of his son in the hope
that he would be worthy to succeed
him in the management of important
Industrial interests. After Mr.. Brough-
ton married his daughter Cora he came
to repose much confidence in him and
seems to have planned the division of
responsibilities as to his estate be-
tween his son and his son-in-law. Mr..
Broughton is a middle aged man and
a mining engineer by profession, and
Mr.. Rogers put him in charge Of the
United Metals Selling company, gave
him the direction Of the construction
OF the Virginian railway, into which
he had put about $4O,OOO,OOO of his
great fortune. and made him a direct
or IN most of the important corpora
tons with which he was associated.
AS for young Mr.. Rogers, the finan-
cial world awaits with some concern
his proof that he is a chip Of the old
block. Mr.. Rogers Is thirty years old.
He was graduated from Columbia uni
versity in 1900. He married a New
York girl. Mary Benjamin, the daugh-
ter Of George H. Benjamin, Nov. 8,
1900, and has a home at Tuxedo as
we'll as a town house at 90 East Fifty
seventh street, New York.
Young Mr.. Rogers was called to his
fathers aid during the panic Of 1907,
when Mr.. Rogers was first threatened
with a complete physical breakdown.
He was made a director of the Rich.
mond Lighting and Transportation
company several years before that.
and his first responsibilities in business
were endured there. His father
brought it about that all sorts Of prob
lens were left to the young man, an
parently accidentally, until he had
learned to meet them with determine.
ton and resource.
With his fathers attack Of illness in
1907 the time came when his training
proved itself. He took an Office near
that Of his father at 26 Broadway. He
was let into his fathers innermost Sc
crets. and nothing was done with which
he was not made familiar. He has
Travelled much and been prominent in
the national guard.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-07
TAFT IN THE PITCHERS BOX.

How tae Chief Magistrate Twiried the
Ball at the Yale Ga.ne In Fittsburg.
The country knows President Taft
as Il golfer and has seen him pictured
in every possible attitude in perform.
ances on the links. But up to u few
days ago he had not figured-since COL
lege days at least-in the role Of base
ball pitcher. The way he twirled the
ball at the opening Of the game be-
tween Yale graduates at Pittsburg
would not have feazed a batter on one
Of the professional teams. but it served
to start the game, and as he is running
the government instead Of playing
baseball for a living professional stand
ards were not applied in his case. The
presidents pitching was done on the
diamond Of the Allegheny Country club.
and it did not enhance his reputation
as an athlete particularly, as he show.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-07-07

AT ABOUT THE q OF SIXTY.
FIVE.
memorate not alone the discovery Of
the lake, but the various episodes as.
ISOLATED with the history Of this beau
tful sheet of water which have had a
bearing upon the establishment and
perpetuation Of the institutions pecul-
lar to the republic Of the United
States and the self governing colony
known as the Dominion of Canada.
The story Of Lake Champlain Is close
~ interviewer with the story Of the
struggles between the French and
English for control Of the country Dor
dering the st. Lawrence and great
lakes and later the contest between
England and the newly established re-
public of the new world for supremacy
in the same territory.
When Champlain visited the historic
shores in July of 1909 it was partly
to learn about the country lying to
the westward and the rivers which he
thought might flow toward the Asiatic
coast and show him a route to India
and partly to aid his Indian allies in
their warfare against the Iroquois. He
had formed an alliance with the AL
gOnquins and Hurons and MontagnaiS,
whom he had met in the course Of his
travels in the vicinity of Quebec, and
to please them he promised to accom-
pany them on an expedition against
the red men whose bark lodges and
palisaded villages were to be found in
the northeastern portion of what is
now New York state. Champlain left
Quebec, which he had founded the pre-
ceding year, in June Of 1909 and arriv-
ed, with his Indian allies, at the north
ern end Of Lake Champlain on July 4
OF b same year.. The chief incident
OF this visit was a battle with the Iro-
QuOis in which he made use Of his ar
Quebus, a weapon the %Iroquois had
V seen before and which inspired
them with terror and enabled him and
the barbarian warriors allied with him
to win a comparatively easy victory.
Later he again invaded the Irouuois
country and fought these redoubtable
Indian warriors. and the enmity thus
aroused had much to do with prevent