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The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1909-12-04

@. L. Shumaker, who wns in
jur<i Monday afternoon trying to
cross the Rio Gnndo truck In an
automobile ut Blanca and collitletl
with light engine going west, re-
ceiving q broken leg and other In
ternal injuries, died at Blanca
Wednesday afternoon.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1909-12-04

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The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1909-12-04
FORTUNE AWAITS LUCKY NAN
Invent vsrnisn That VIII oatlsey
Plano MANUFACTURER, and Aslss.
enee 10 veUeo.

The piano manufacturer was tallI-
ing. "A fortune oe . million dollars.
at least" he said. awaits the man who
can invent varnish which will ~.
spond to changes of temperature b
exactly the same rate - which wood
responds.
Everybody who ever has made q
owned . highly polished article q
furniture knows that the surface b
liable to break into small cracks-bs-
come finely cracked-anA thus ~
beauty Is lost This Grabbing -
caused by the fast that sudden
changes Of temperatAfe acct vas1ieA
especially iins piaAo vaf1ioA-al
most instantly. wAije ~ WOOD -.
meath contracts q expands q . III.
ferent rate. This splintsss tAe va.
nish. and thus far no Manufactures
has been able to ct tAs best a ~
situation. We are waiting for tAis -
tirely possible elastie varnish. which,
when II shall come. Win - more woe
come to the manufacturers q me tn.
niturs than the flying machine b -
the world ut large. 4 plaao. delioato
NJ Il II. could b stored h a 10.
house without dstrtmsat . NJ ~
ishsd surface. provt1s1 ~ te0Desa'
ture was kept svsa, w changes. -.
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beauty Of the case"
10 there danger ut q Wo0e =
growing effete! Are ~ harry Virtues
Of the pioneers fatli1G q reDeat3oo -
the easier lives a tAsis ooosf 1uee
the ripencd crops la1guiGA Doe 1oek q
laborers. while ~ future hslfS ~
hsiresses disport tAe0oeavesf That
veteran friend q the oooe hoeay'
handed farmer. 0eefetasy W11eoa. ~
ports that his client = noee than ct
Of debt He has ~ soeshis barn. ~
fences and bis machinery. He has
money In his pocAsea. ~ eso0e keep
gu growing. and - = afraid a ease.
ern securities. t3eaes ~ buys 1uxu.
rics. In the WORDS g ~ sscrstasy:
Folks 10 the sast - ~ k1ow what
Injuries are. Thsy nsse . veee -
dud that out"
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1909-12-04

N. n. 4u1Iey and John Britton
went 70 Dsnvef Tuesday night on
basinsss bsloes the state land
boosd.
Willmar tribune., 1909-03-03
TO CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE.
Norwegian Americans Prepare for An
niversary.

Minneapolis, Feb. 25.-The Ameri.
and Norwegians who are residents Of
the Northwest, are beginning early to
plan monster American jubilee, to
commemorate the centennial anniver.
sary of the birth of Norwegian indie.
pendence, May II, 1914, to be held at
some city in the United States, pos
sibly Minneapolis.
A meeting was held at the Odin club
yesterday afternoon, by representative
men interested in the event, from sew
eral cities, and the first outline of a
plan agreed upon for an organization
which shall carry the plan to fruition.
B. Amundsen of Des Moines, pub.
Usher of the Des Moines Posten, one
Of the important Norwegian publica-
iions of the West; Professor Stub of
Hanlline university; Dr. Knut Hoegh
of Minneapolis, Senator Thorp of Will.
mar, T. Gulbrandsen of Minneapolis,
Professor Petersen of Augsburg semi.
nary, Minneapolis, A. c. Floan of St.
Paul, S. E. Olson, president of the
Odin club, and E. H. Hobe, Norwegian
consul at St. Paul, were the chief NOV.
ers in the organization.
1t is possible that Minneapolis may
be selected as the city. Plans are only
tentative as yet, as the organization
is not fully completed.
Willmar tribune., 1909-03-03
$cAMDLNA HxANMEMS]
P51noipaI Events Gathered II the
OH Scandinavian Countries

The cabinet has authorized the min.
lister Of finance to appoint committee
of nine experts to report on the de-
STABILITY of levying a special tax on
the increase of the value Of real e.
tate.
Six hundred workless men sent a
greeting to August Strindberg on his
sixtieth birthday. He wrote a long
answer explaining that, although he
is taxed on g. nominal income of So. 100.
he has lately been as hard up as many
poor man.
The Swedish Peace and Arbitration
Society has s0nt communication to
the Norwegian committee for awarding
the Nobel prizes and counseling that
this years prize be given to the in.
ternational peace bureau at Berne.
Switzerland.
The oleomargarine manufacturers
refused to sell their products on easier
terms to the cooperative "household
stores than to others, and the latte,
retaliated by buying factory and an.
nouncing boycott against the "oleo-
margarine ring" This boycott has
caused great stir in industrial cir
cles.
The Nobel committee has resolved to
change the date for handing out the
Nobel prizes from Dec. 10 to June 8.
But the names of the prize winners
will be announced Dec. 10, as before
The Norwegian peace prize committee
is expected to make a similar change,
though that matter is left mostly to
the Norwegians.
During the year 1908 the number OF
postal money orders sent from Sweden
to the United States was 13,1O7,
amounting to $594,227S8 and the mum.
Der passing in the other direction was
159,715, amounting to $3,423, ,799. 80.
This left difference of $2,829,571.92
in favor of Sweden. The balance in
favor of Sweden was s461,7 larger in
1907.
Willmar tribune., 1909-03-03
PERSONAL.

ernard u. Rawl of Lexington, s. c.,
appointed chief of the dairy d.
,slon of the department of agricul-
ure at Washington at $4,000 a year.
Lieut.. Gov. Sherman in the Repub-
lican primary at Springfield, Ill.,, de-
feated Mayor Reece for the nomina-
ton.
Former President Castro, who is at
Dresden, says he is going back to Vene-
Euela to live as a private citizen.
Sylvia Green, daughter of Mrs. Hetty
Green, Americas wealthiest woman,
was married to Mathew Astor Wilks,
q multi-millionaire
After q period of physical training
Senator-elect Elihu Root left Hot
Springs for Albany, where he will
make an address before the state legis.
lature before going to Washington for
the inaugural.
President-elect Taft arrived in Phila-
delphia and conferred with Frank H.
Hitchcock on the cabinet, which is all
complete but the secretary of the
treasury.
The emperor of Bulgaria arrived in
ST. Petersburg and is guest of the
czar. He was greeted by the notables
Of Russia, who escorted him to the
palace.
President-elect Taft, amid great hi
larity was initiated as a member of
the "Knockers" club in Cincinnati
The object Of the club is to knock"
everything detrimental to the city.
Congressman Thomas d. Nichols of
Scranton, Pa, resigned as president
CT District Nc. /, United Mine Work
ers of America, an office he had filled
for II years. lN-health is given as
The req son
Willmar tribune., 1909-03-03
BRIEF NEWS NOTES
FOR THE BUSY MAN
MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF
THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN
CONDENSED FORM,
ROUND DABOUTThEWORlD
Complete Review st Happenings Of
Greatest Interest from All Parts Of
the Globe-Latest Home and For.
eign Items.
WASHINGTON NOTES.


The house of representatives cut the
salary of the president to $4,000, the
vice-president to 81, 900 and defied the
senate which had fixed the amounts
by amendments to the legislative ap-
preparation bill.
The senate passed a bill which
closes the Brownsville incident and
gives partial victory to Senator For
aker who fought the presidents dis
charge of negro soldiers.
On motion of Senator Daniel of Vir-
Elnia, the omnibus pension bill passed
by the senate, was amended to pro-
vide pension of $50 month to Ellen
b. Lee, widow of the late Brig. Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee, U. S. army.
Before the close of the siXtieth con-
gress, a ship subsidy or ocean mail
subsidy law will be enacted by con-
gress, if new plans of house leaders
are successful. The ocean mail bill,
which passed the senate March 20,
1908, will be reported out of the house
committee on post offices and post
roads. n canvass of the committee
indicated that the vote on this meas
ure will be 10 to 8. OF the IL Repub-
licans, Representatives Stafford of
Wisconsin and Murdock of Kansas
will vote with the six Democrats
against the bill.
Congressman Burton of Ohio re-
buked Representative Rainey of 1lli-
nois for his attack on the Panama
canal purchase, following Rainey's re-
ply to Mr. Lowering.
Senator Hemenway is accused by
the president of making an inaccurate
"'d '',;~'c"':~~ report on the use of
service
Willmar tribune., 1909-03-03
GENERAL NEWS,

Whether Rear Admiral Sperry will
keep the command of the battle fleet"
until he returns in September or be
replaced by action of the president is
interesting naval circles. -.
Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner
OF corporations, in report shows how
a few men control the tobacco indus
try.
The Ohio river reached the food
stage of so feet at Cincinnati and
threatens to cause great damage.
Miss Jennie Crocker was robbed of
a $4,000 pearl necklace at a ball at
tended by San Francisco's most ex-
elusive society.
A bill introduced in the Illinois leg
islature bars drunkards from marry.
ing.
A train struck street car in Cleve.
land, o., fatally injuring three persons
and hurting many Others
AS thousands cheered President
Roosevelt reviewed the fleet which re.
turned to Hampton roads from its
world voyage.
The next meeting of the Interna.
tional Conference of the United Nor.
wegian Lutheran church will take
place at Des Mo:nes, Ia, June 8 to 10.
The keel of The battleship Utah, sis.
ter ship of the Florida now being con.
structed at the Brooklyn navy yard
was laid in the yard of the New York
Shipbuilding Company, at Camden, N
j.. Her tonnage is 1000 tons greater
than the North Dakota and Delaware
the most recent "Dreadnoughts.
Mrs. William Crist, IS years old,
and John Teean, her hired man, nearly
as old, were cremated when the cabin
on the Crist ranch, six miles from
Jefferson, Mont, was burned. It is be-
lieved they were the victims of a dou
bic murder, the motive of which was
robbery.
An unsuccessful effort was made to
wreck south-bound local passenger
train No. 81 Of the Illinois Central
railroad, three miles south of Amite
La, Five cross ties We're placed OF
the rails, but were discovered by the
engineer in time to avert an acci
dent.
Willmar tribune., 1909-03-03

st. Paul, Minn., Feb. 20.-The lower
house of the legislature met today,
but there was no session of the SEN
ate, that body having adjourned till
Tuesday morning. The house today
also adjourned over till Tuesday, Mon.
day being a legal holiday, Washing
tons birthday.
The house today concurred in the
senate amendments to the Spooner
bill, which appropriates $2,500,000 for
the completion of the new prison, un-
der course of construction at South
Saltwater. The bill now but awaits
the signature of the governor to be-
come a law. 1t is understood this
signature will not be withheld.
The house spent considerable time
today debating resolution offered by
Representative Spooner of Morris,
providing for appointment of a COM
mittee of three to visit Morris and
report as to whether the state desires
to accept the gift of the federal In
dian school there, and its 290-acre
farm, which the federal government
contemplates presenting to the state
A bill is pending in congress for this
purpose, introduced by United States
Senator Moses E. Clapp. DR.. Gates
and several others questioned the ad-
visibility of the state accepting the
property, for the reason that it might
become white elephant" on the
states hands, and cost considerable
money to maintain-the plan being to
turn it into an agricultural school.
The resolution was passed with but
few votes against It's ayes, 27 nays.
New bills introduced today includ-
ed the following: BY Saugstad, to
compel elective county officials to
keep their Offices open three hours
each morning, and 31k hours each aft.
ernoon. Two bills by Mork, one pro-
hibiting adulteration of seed grain,
the second to prohibit adulteration of
live stock foods. BY Dorsey, to per-
nit members of county boards of
equalization to draw IS per diem, and
10 cents mileage. BY Spooner, to es.
tablish a legislative reference bureau.
The school book investigating COM
mfttee met this afternoon. The event
of the committee meeting was testi.
mony of High School; Inspector G. B..
Alton that several years ago the
American Book Co.-the alleged
trust the drafting of a
legislative bill providing that school
boards shall contract for school books
for five year periods. Alton stated
the superintendent Of public instruc
tion found the "woodchuck" in the
nick of time, and managed to get the
word shall" changed to may thus
making the contract system optional
instead of compulsory, as at present
Willmar tribune., 1909-03-03
MINNESOTA SOL0NS.
SENATE PASSES APPROPRIATION
FOR NEW PRISON.
Bill Introduced to Increase Power
Of State Medical
Board.

st. Paul, Mimi, Feb. 1.-THE legis-
lature-both house and senate-ad-
journed shortly after ten o'clock this
morning, after barely an hours ses-
sion, and in special chartered street
cars proceeded to Minneapolis, where
the rest of the day was spent in visit.
ing the state university.
Prior to Introduction of bills in the
house today, lively debate was had
over the Alvin Rowe bill. This bill
aims at prohibiting the Armour COM
pany from establishing a packing plant
at New Brighton, just out of Mime.
apolis. 1t prohibits such plant from
being located within four miles of
the state university; prohibits it from
discharging its sewage within limit
of five miles about the st. Paul bath
houses, and in other minor provisions
aims to knock out the New Brighton
site. The st. Paul author of the bill
started todays fracas with a motion
to refer the bill to the committee On
public health, taking it away from the
tri-county delegation. This was .
move to take the bill out of the hands
Of the Hennepin members, and at once
the members from Minneapolis, led by
John Lennon, objected. Eventually,
the motion to refer to the public
health committee carried.
None of the new bills was of spe-
cial Importance. One by Senator Mel
son requires moving picture theaters
to have their moving picture machines
enclosed in sheet-iron casing with
the operator, with a view to prevent
ing the spreading of fire should the
celluloid films catch fire. A. L. Han
son offered two bills. One provides
that unexpended balances of state
funds for county road and bridge aid
shall be turned over to the respective
counties instead of reyerting to the
general fund of the state. His second
bill demands that owners of property
along drainage bitches shall cut all
weeds within a hundred feet of such
bitches. Senator Cushman had a bill
which provides that parties desiring
to adopt child from the state public
school at Owatonna must have the su-
perintendent of the institution join
with them in petition, and that such
petition shall be accepted as permis.
sion for the adoption.
Willmar tribune., 1909-03-03

st. Paul, Minn., Feb. 18.-A radical
change in the form of city govern
ments for St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Duluth is made in a bill introduced
in the senate today by E. E. Smith
Of Minneapolis. The bill proposes to
put into effect in these cities what is
known as the Galveston plan," be-
cause it originated in that city. 1t
was later successfully adopted by Des
Moines. The bill creates commits.
sion of five, to serve six-year terms,
and to absorb the powers and abolish
the Offices of Mayor, city council, city
treasurer, controller, and the various
city public boards. The bill will doubt
less become the leading issue Of this
legislative session for the tri-county
delegation.
Senator Smith also introduced sew
eral bills for the state tax commits
sion today, the most important inno-
vation being plan to establish sys-
tenn of county assessors throughout
the state, each assessor to be allowed
one deputy for each 5000 of popula-
tion.
Senator L. o. Cook of Kellogg in
troduced a bill which creates an ex-
ecutive council of the governor, aud
itor, state treasurer, secretary of state
and attorney general. This council is
empowered to fill vacancies in state
Offices in event OF vacancies caused by
death or withdrawals. 1t seems to be
an open secret that this is a republic
an plan to prevent the governor from
appointing a democratic state aud
itor in event OF Samuel G. Iverson,
present state auditor, being appointed
20 a membership on the state tax
commission.
R. J. Wells introduced bill in the
house today to establish a special an
nual state tax on water powers of 25
cents per horse power. N. J. Holm
berg presented a bill to appropriate
$4,000 for the state livestock board,
to be used in suppression of disease
among livestock. E. E. King offered
a bill to permit of appeals from coun-
ty boards of equalization by the dis
satisfied, to the state tax commission.
r. l.. Mork introduced a substitute for
his former anti.pool room and bowling
alley bill. The new bill prohibits boys
under 1S years of age from entering
these places and playing. The bill was
considered at some length by the
house in committee of the whole, and
recommended for passage.
This afternoon the house tax COM
mittee gave another hearing on the
iron ore tonnage tax bills. H. H.
Phelps of Duluth and c. A. Congden,
member from Duluth, spoke against
the tonnage tax system, claiming it to
Willmar tribune., 1909-03-03

st. Paul, Minn., Feb. 19.-The sen.
ate today passed the spooner house
bill, appropriating $2,500,00O for tho
completion of the new prison at Still.
water. There was little debate on the
measure, and no opposition, the need
of the new prison being generally
appreciated in spite Of the large ex
penditure.
But few bills Of importance were
considered in the senate today in ad-
dition to the prison bill. Among the
measures introduced, one by DR.. With.
erstine of Rochester, gives the state
medical board greater power in ex.
amining candidates for state licenses.
with a view to prohibiting "fake"
healers. Senator A. D. Stephens OF
Crookston, introduced a bill to appro-
pirate $4,000 with which to pay ex-
penses of taking prisoners to the state
prison and reformatory;; So a day for
sheritfs, and $3.50 day for assistant
guards.
In the house today, J. H. Rosenwald
introduced a resolution for an inves.
tigation of the state oil inspection de-
partment, on the ground that this de-
partment is run at an exhorbitant COST
The resolution went over for the day
on notice of debate by J. A. Carley.
Hubbard Carey introduced a bill to
prohibit cousins from marrying. The
house road and bridge committee Of
fered bill appropriating 100000 for
distribution to the various counties for
state road and briage aid. Burdette
Thayer introduced a bill to prohibit
discrimination in lumber sales; that
like prices, transportation cost taken
into consideration, must be charged
throughout the state.
The house committee on public ac-
counts is now drafting it's report of
it's investigation of the public exam
iner's examination of the board of
control. The evidence seems to show
that the charges of Deputy Examiner
w. G. Heilbron who did the inves-
tigating, were based on lack of knowl-
edge, and were an attempt at notoriety.
S. w. Leavit appeared before the COM
,mittee and satisfied the committeeman
that every charge made, was either q
misunderstanding of facts, or an in
correct assertion. The committee
passed a resolution holding that the
board of control was fully justified in
all it's operations. The house adjourned
till tomorrow; the senate, till next
Tuesday.
Willmar tribune., 1909-03-03
James eHarlin Is Said to Be Worth
100000.

Des Moines, Iowa, Feb. 25.-At At
lantic, Iowa, yesterday, James Starlin,
said to be worth 100000, and known
as "the Iowa cattle king of Cass,' was
sentenced in the district court to five
years of hard labor in the penitentiary.
Starlin was convicted on a charge OF
stealing cattle from Cass county
farms.
He refused to appeal the case and
started for Fort Madison tonight.
Willmar tribune., 1909-03-03
new BORN BABY
IN A SUITCASE
CRY OF CHILD ATTRACTS THE
NOTICE OF BARTENDER.
Minneapolis Physician Held Following
Astounding Discovery Dr..
Van Damme and r. NJ,
Bly, Held.

Minneapolis, Feb. 25.-Rescued from
suit case in which it had been lugged
about for four hours by a physician,
who is now under arrest charged with
performing criminal operation, a
newborn boy baby was rushed to the
Minneapolis city hospital yesterday
afternoon, where it is said that it prob.
ably will recover from the harsh treat
ment which marked it's entrance into
the world.
Shortly after 2 p. m. yesterday, w.
G. Van Damme, physician, who has
just finished serving four-year term
in the penitentiary for criminal prac-
tice, left suit case with Carl Thor
sen, a bartender at saloon at Ill
Washington avenue south. In a mo-
ment Thorsen was startled by hearing
cry from the suit case. Opening the
case, he found the naked and uncared
for body of newborn boy in which
the spark of life still flickered.
Patrolman Belair who had pursued
and arrested DR.. Van Damme at the
first call, took the case in charge. He
called for hot towels and wrapped up
the infant. Then, leaving his prisoner
in charge of the saloon men, he rushed
the child to the city hospital.
Van Damme was taken to police
headquarters. Up to midnight last
night he had been in no condition to
make a statement.
Police investigation has shown that
the child was born at 10 a. m. to a
woman at the St. Lawrence hotel, 221
Nicollet avenue, who had registered as
Mrs. Charles Johnson. This much the
prisoner admitted.
From the st. Lawrence hotel DR..
Van Damme was traced to the Ameri.
can house, next door to the saloon.
There he deposited his suit case in
the baggage room and went to bed.
About 2 o'clock p. m. he arose and
asked Jack Grove, the hotel clerk, to
get his suit case and come out and
have drink with him.
Bartender Thorsen's discovery and
the Doctors arrest followed shortly
afterwards.
The mother of the child. who was
found at the st. Lawrence hotel, gave
her name as Mary Johnson. She was
taken to the city hospital, where it
is thought she will recover from the
effects Of the ordeal through which
she has passed, though she. is still in
a precarious condition.
Ethel Anderson, a friend of Mary
Johnson, who has been with her since
she came to Minneapolis from a farm
near Madison, Wis, told the police
that they had engaged DR.. Van
Damme shortly after reaching Mime.
apolis. She said he had introduced
them to a young man named Bly,,
who obtained rooms for them at the
St. Lawrence Feb. II. She also said
that DR.. Van Damme performed an
operation on Miss Johnson Feb. IL.
r. NJ. BLY, has been arrested on the
charge Of aiding criminal operation.
DR.. Van Damme was convicted four
years ago in connection with the
Daisy Harden case. She was brought
to Minneapolis from St. Paul and the
criminal operation performed. DR..
Hadsel of st. Paul, one Of the physi-
clans involved, went to Saltwater
with DR.. Van Damme.
Willmar tribune., 1909-03-03

be unjust to establish law th.t will
put the taxes from the mines prac.
tically all IN the state treasury, and
further impoverish the st. Louis coun-
~ range towns, which even now have
q hard time to raise money to run
their local governments.