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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-05-11
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By EDGAR FALES MOODY
Copyright, 1910, by American Press
Association.

Some years ago l visited the far
west. passing through region that
had been infested by the worst ele-
ment Of society.
l put up one night at the house of
John Murphy. u sheep raiser. His
ranch house was not large. but COM
Portable, and it's decorations showed
evidence of refinement. His wife was
a woman who impressed me as one
having considerable euuipoise and
character. After supper l went out
on the porch to have a smoke with
Murphy and listened with interest to
his account of the building up of his
region. During our conversation |
stated the opinion that men were
what women made them. Then he
told me his story.
you're dead right, stranger" he
said. land I'm one of the men that
has been made by a woman. When
came to this country it was from an
eastern city. and my education was
derived from the dime novel. was
a wait, with no ia Their or mot her to
F - .SE s -
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and Jane McRea called at A. E.
Dahl's Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Walby Wis
tied at the latter's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. E. Wilson, from Saturday
till Sunday.
D. McCrimmon, who for the past
few weeks has been convalescent,
is now very much improved and his
speedy recovery is looked for.
Miss Ella Upheber visited with
her friend Miss Ida Wittie on Sum
day.
Theo. Bjelland Sundayed at
Farks.
Tbos. McCrimmon made visit
ing tour Sunday and called on a
number of his friend.
M. C. Gunderson enjoyed few
days visit form his brother Edward
of Spicer.
This cold weather Of late has been
quite a setback to all grain crops,
but with little rain and warm
weather we hope to see it grow up
at a good rate.
Mrs. Erickson Of Crtonville is
visiting with relatives in this vi
cinity.
Miss Clara Skoglund of Atwater
is at present visiting at Mrs. P. G..
Hegstrom's.
Geo. Hegstrom. who for some
time was very low from an opera
ton for tonsilitis is now much i'm
proved and he will soon be able to
be about again.
Ward Ryan is laying thing for
sewer purposes for the creamery.
Farmers are busy preparing
ground for corn and some will be
planted this week.
Mabel Mohr. who has been an in
valid during the past six months
is slowly improving. Billiken.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-05-11

when he heard that he was defeated
by majority Of nearly 5000. For
once at least the Rochester political
boss spoke the truth.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-05-11

me. When l thought of the contents
of the box in my pocket and my offer
ing one of her own coins in payment
for her kindness. not the least part Of
which was the way she offered it. my
despicable meanness seemed to shrivel
me all up I couldn't look her in the
face.
"'You don't need to 60 on she said.
we have spare bed upstairs
II was thinking how would get the
money back in the box in the Chin
ney, and it occurred 70 me that if 1
stayed there all night l could slip
down in the night and do the job. So
said: Thank you. miss. If you
don't mind reckon I will. It'll be
great accommodation to me-
"'No more than to me. Ny brother
and his wife have gone away for a
few days and left me alone with the
children. They say that Murphy's
gang is operating in the neighbor-
hood, and 1 wouldn't mind having
man in the house,
"'In that case.' I said, 4 think I'll
sleep on that lounge, and I'll guaran-
tee that no man gets upstairs unless
he goes over my dead body
II knew two Of my men would be
along there that night. and l reckoned
they'd take in anything by the way.
The first thing I did before turning
in was to put the money back in the
box. When Id done that l felt the
first of kind of comfort I'd never
experienced before. didn't go to
sleep, wanting to be awake il any Que
called. In the middle of the night my
two men. Pete Barnickel and Colora-
do Bill, did call. l showered bullets
everywhere about them except just
where they were, and they concluded
there must be whole vigilance COM
mittee inside. When they had gone I
heard a soft voice call down the
stairs:
"Thank you
":Just you go to sleep. I'm in COM
mand here
"And I've been in command here
ever since. married the girl
didn't confess till shortly before the
wedding and have been living here
ever since. My wife owned the prop
erty, and after came in her brothers
family went of to a ranch they
bought farther west"
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HOW'S This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured BY
Halls Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & co.,
Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last 1 s years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business tranac
tons, and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by his firm.
WALDING, K1NNAN & MARIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists.
Take H alls Family Pills for constipation.
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or purpose. Alone IN the full sense
Of the word. There he goes down
the track with a vacant look in his
eyes, and if we could hear his wish,
it would likely be this: eff l only
had a good drink of whiskey." The
thought alone stimulates his steps
and he smacks his parched lips and
thinks of the next town and drink.
After few minutes brisk walk he
drops into the same aimless gait,
and while thus strolling along the
ties his thoughts maybe bring him
back to his home and boyhcod days
and plays. A different feeling
seems to have taken possession of
him. Many bright picture comes
before his vision, and he sees that
all his boyhood dreams of a big man
in a big business, a big farm or a
learned professor, a noted architect,
or whatever his dreams have been,
are all gone. vanished with the
bottle in the gutter. At the culmi-
nation of reveries he sees the town,
hasten his steps and in a few min
utes he enters, and the only place
of business he looks for is the licens-
ed saloon and there he enters. l
| was told of a particular one-stepp-
ed up to the bar and demanded
whiskey. The bartender and som
nystanders saluted him and asked
him where he had been, but he had
no time to answer, he simply said
"Do:'t bother me, give me
whiskey", and without interruption
he swallowed the stuff till he fell
on the floor. Then he was dragged
into another room-He was only an
lumberjack.
A very sad Casa striking ex-
ample of the end of everyone that
lets the bottle rule-happened just
about mile from our house. The
unfortunate victim was a big stout
man between As and SO years Of age.
While up here he became "snaky"
as they call it, left the camp dur
ing the night and didn't return.
Nothing was seen or heard of him.
Saturday and Sunday it showed all
day-he was only lumberjack.
Wednesday a dog friend of his
they haven't all a dog friend even
-came and scratched at the door.
Following the dog the body of the
missing man was found lying face
down. He had stripped himself OF
all clothing but pants and shoes.
Thus with upper part of his body
naked he had walked around in the
woods for two days, through snow
and sleet, and what he suffered nc
one knows. ''Only lumberjack!'
But some day he had been INA.
mas" dear boy.'
This meager sketch tells the story
of surprisingly large percentage
of the Iumberjacks, so don't be in q
hurry to leave the farm. boys. 80 -
J. B. Nygaard, Poupore, MINI.
NOE GAcOTJNEC
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Don't send job of printing on t
of town before the TRIBUNE has
had the chance to figure on 1t.
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Fine Piece of Road Work.

The writer had occasion to ride
over the new state road from Eagle
Lake to New London the other day,
and must confess that he has not
seen a better stretch of road of that
distance anywhere. For the entire
distance the road has been widened
and graded in the most acceptable
fashion. There is not a prettier
drive anywhere in the state, either.
To one who has not made the trip
through the Green Lake woods for
some thirty years the new road
will be a revelation. Then it was
a narrow track up one steep hill
and down again with a fearful
mudhole in each depression; now
it is a wide and nicely rounded
pike. When the work that is con-
tempIated on this road near Will
mar is completed, and the changes
to straighten the road at several
places between Willmar and Spicer
are completed, it will be a road of
(which the whole county will be
proud. And we believe that it
will stimulate the rebuilding of
other roads along similar lines.
"Aladdin'-can you pronounce
it?
1t is pronounced the same as
IA Lad In tears for the want of
an aladdin" mantel lamp, the
greatest lamp in the world.
See ad. on page 3. 12f
RIFLES AND GUNS. The
latest patterns, and some special
bargains. #...:. >.s:.E..z. FL
LEWIS HARDWARE Co.
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Profit In Ancient History

A gentleman who was visiting one
Of the public schools in Scotch town
asked bright looking boy:
"What profit is there in the study of
ancient history?' +
"About is pence, suppose" was the
reply. +
"What?" y
"Well. the teacher makes us buy the
books from him. and we have to pay
3 shillings. think he gets them for 1S
pence apiece, so he has a clear profit
Of Is pence. according to my calcula-
tion."- London Standard. .5ss
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-05
EVENING CHAT
BY RUTH CAMERON

When the first peek-a-boo waists be-
gan to appear last spring I found the
usual crop OF masculine TRADES against
them in the magazines and newspa pers.
Some were on the grounds of moraH
ty, but several ere on the grounds OF
health.
Think Of that from man.. L shouldn't
think they'd dare to.
! Why do 1 say that?
| Well. I'll tell you why. Ask any doc
! tor if it isn't just as unhealthy to be
| too heavily dressed as TOO lightly and
see what he says.
| How any man would dare to protest
against tie wearing of unduly thin
clothes in spring when he himself Of
| fen0s nature and common sense every
| lit as much by wearing such obsurdly
thick clothes in summer is more than
! / can understand. st
| I was out on the street with man
en- very hot day recently. Coatless
| { nd in my sheerest gown / was fairly
suffocated by the heat.
! What m lst he have suffered in d
! shirtwaist about the thickness of my
| winter shirtWaists and a coat quite as
| heavy as what many women wear in
| January.
Several years ago. as perhaps you
! may remember. a crusade was started
| to make it proper fer men to appear
! in their places of business and on the
streets without their coats.
| Unfortunately it was good opportun-
| ity for lidicule and men can never en-
dure ridicule. Talk ahOu: vemen rcing
convention bound. Anyone with aiIy
| common sense at all knows that Wo-
/ men aren't a circumstance to men i'll
| chat particular
! AS you doubtless remember, c:Irica-
lures and the name the shirtwaist
| man. frightened most men away from
| this move towards common sense and
the movement died Now il. doesn' t
| seem to me it would have. deSD e
mems Nv ardice. if women had given It
| their cnt- usiastlc support, and l wish
! another one could be started and have
the thorough backing of my sex.
| Nuw don't say you mt approve OF
anv such movement because you think
| it looks nOrrid TO see a man on the
street without his coat. There is moth
In that you have any reason TO OBJ
| ject to in a man wearing a negugee
shir.. 1t is simply because it is all I'M
accustomed sight and not i'll any way
an Objectionable one that you feel that
way about it.
1 wish every girl vino reads this would
say to her father or brothers or men
| friends the next time she sees any Of
J them obviously suffering from the he At.
! why don't you take off your coat? l
think it locks all righG.'
| Yes. probably they will look horri-
| fed or laugh at you the first time.
But if enough girls say it to them
| enough times they VIII probably begin
| to consider the matter.
Yes of course, it would take years,
ybe Il generation or two to get men
! to do such tremendously radical ching
as to take off their coats.
But if it made them sWeeter tenn cred
\ and more reasonable-and of course
anything that added so much to their
| comfort would do that-dont you think
1t would be worth even several genera
| tious Of effort?
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ton remained a carefully guarded Sc
cret.
From Investigations made by James T.
Gardiner, King learned that it lay
within an area already carefully gone
over by his corps of engineers. Sur
prised, but yet unsuspicious. he imme-
idately arranged to visit and study the
field as a new source of national wealth
of incalculable value.
Upon examination. however, he found
nothing but raw African stones scatter
tered loose upon the surface, and none
in a characteristic diamond bearing for
nation. He promptly barred the swim
die to he world, and stopped a sale,
then nearly closed, that ran high UP
into the millions. Even the crudest
and boldest knew they could not buy of
King false report, but on his return
from the field he was offered $1.000,000
for the exclusive use of his information
Cor two days, which. of course, he re-
jected.-Edgar Beecher Bronson, in
July Century.
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A Diamond swindIe.

At large dinner at the Pacific Union
club in San Francisco as late as 1891
attended by score of the leading bus
mess men of the city l well remem-
her a remarkable scene in which all
Joined in acclaining and loasting CIar-
ence King as the savior of the reputa-
ton of California
But the king" said one bank pres
ident, ''the free flow of capital for de-
veloping our mineral resources would
have been set back 20 years"
The incident referred to was the fam
CTS diamond swindle of 1872. A large
tract near Fort Bridger. Wyo.. had
been sailed with crude diamonds
Two prominent California mining engi.
neers had examined the diamond
flelc'' and reported on it favorably. The
coast 5lazed with excitement. and
none the less because the precise luca.
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Society, Eugene Elkins. wakefield: oc-

Society," Eugene Elkins. Wakefield; Oc-
tober and Z.
Cloud County Fair AssoeiatIo:. Fred
S ~ 4s'urses' 'f' ' September
Corey County Agricultural Fair AS
sociation. Henry Jackson Burlington;
Cowiey County Agriculture. and Livs
st 1s5st A sseptemSer Si0ie'
CoWley Connty-Eastern C6wIey Fair
Association. w. A. Bowden, Burden; Sep
Dickinson County Fair Association.
Charles Morton. Abilene; September a.
Douglas County Fair and Agricultural
Society, Elmer E. Brown. Lawrence;
September 2T-3o.
ton, Howard. Kan. -Four days. August
16 to 10. Harry Bruce, secretary.
ton ON ]. j. Marshall. Grenoia; September
Franklin County Agricultural Society.
Gray County Agricultural Society.
Charles Bull. Cimarron; September % and
Greenwood County Fair Association. II.
T. Scott. Eureka; August 1928
tid marf L. 6. Jennings. Anthony ny August
Harper County Agricultural Association.
Leavenworfh County FAIL Association.
c. A. Sparrow. Leavenworth; September
logan Countrywide Inter-County Fair
AssGciation: G. A. SPENCE secretary enS
Morse. Mound City: September A-SO.
Lyon County Agricultural Society. D.
MCPHERSON County Agricultural Fair
Association. Carl A. Grant Mcpherson;
Mitchell County Agricultural Associa-
ton. w. s. Gabel. Beloit: September 3D.
Montgomery. County Fair Association.
Elliott irwin, Coffeyville; September 27-30
Nemaha County Fair Association, w.
Ness County Agriculturai Association.
H. NJ. Gilmore. Ness City: September
Norton County Agricultural Association
NJ. F. Clarity. Norton; August Pc.
Usage County Fair Association, E. j
Ottawa County Fair Association: ]. E
Johnston. secretary. Minneapolis: Octobez
Pawnee County Agricultural Assoeia-
colt secretaTy, tsTned, Kansas Fair
ISOLATION. A, L. sponsler. Hutchinson;
Pratt County Fair Association. E. L
Republic County Fair Association
1910 iI1te G. e. M. Arbuthnot. secretary
Riley County 1t'., Agriculture Gdfoh Society. c
ROCKS 5Eie County fSS FAIR Association. Charles
Riseley, Stockton: September SO.
Rush County Agrissp; dt and Fair As
Center; August so. 81 September 1.
Saline County Agricultural, aorticuI-
Hockensmith. Salina: August 3o-Septem-
Der 2
Shawnee County-Kansas State Fair As
ISOLATION. H. t. Cook. Topeka; septem-
Sheridan County Agricultural Associa-
ton. c. R. Pearson. Hoxie: September
Sheridan County-Selden District Fail
Association, c. C. Malcolm. Selden; Au-
gust 90 September 2
smith County Fair Association. H. C
Smith, Smith Center: August 30-Septem.
Der 2.
STAFFORD County Fair Association, WI.
liam Cadman. st. John: July N-e.
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Following is a list of fairs to be held
in Kansas In 1870 their dates. locations
and secretaries, as reported to the state
board of agriculture and compiled by
Secretary z. D. Coburn:
Allen County Agricultural Society.
Frank E. Smith. secretary. lola: August
30-September 2
Allen County-Moran Agricultural Fair
Association, E. N. Mccormack. Moran;
September 1916.
Barton County Fair Association. w. p.
FEEDER, Great Bend.
Brown County-The Iisawatha Fair As
sociation. C. A. Money. Hiawatha: sep
tember e-9.
Butler County Fair Association. w r.
Benson, FL Dorado: September 20-23.
Butler CONTEMPORARIES Agricultural
Society, J. A. Clay. Douglass: September
&-October /
Clay County Fair Association Walter
Puckey, Clay Center; September 1916.
Clay County-Wakefield Agricultural
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Published in The Topeka State Journal
August 5, 1901 -
NOTICE TO CUT WEEDS.
Topeka, Kansas, August ., 1910.
z. K. LEONARD.
Lot No. 302 Kansas avenue.
GEO. MUSICK.
Lot No. 30S. 80 Kansas avenue
ADELIA T. HUGHES.
Lot No. 500 Topeka avenue.
SUSAN E. WORRELL.
Lot No. Is, II, 10, q Tyler street
Lot No 81 9 T2Idr s GgAVE-
vERNAL BARBER.
]. w. EDMoNDs. sO7 N Kansas avenue.
Lot No. g, 60 Tyler street,
Lot No. 81 Polk street
S. J. JOHNSON. see
Lot No. $50 Taylor street
RAY McCLINTOCK.
Lot No 532, 534, 536. 53S Fillmore street.
MARGARET GUNDRY.
Lot No. 662. 654 Fillmore street.
j. H. STEWART, 1916 Harrison street.
Lot No. GA 676 Fillmore street.
JOHN S. BRITAIN, S19 Branner.
Lot No. rs. 720. 722, 724, 726 Fillmore
street
JOSEPH E. sIEBEN. 1927 Buchanan
Lot No. 73s, 7s5, 7S7, 739, 7E Fillmore
w. c. BARBER. 4s Norris.
Lot No. 747. 749 Fillmore street.
7. w. THOMAS.
Lot No 40, AZ Lincoln street.
J. W. EDWARDS.
Lot No. 436 Lane street.
MARY SHAW.
Lot No. AS Lane street
C. L. SMITH. 313 West 10th.
LOT NO. & siS re T ToRE ssSaet
Lot No. 225, ~. 229. West 18th street.
H c. BUELL..
Lot No. 81, "a Boswell avenue.
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State of Kansas.
First published in The Topeka State
journal August 3. 1901
GRADING ATHLETIC PARK.

GRADING ATHLETIC PARK.
Sealed proposals will be received by the
president of the Kansas State Agricultural
college, at his office, until p. m. August
10th, 1910, and then opened. for grading
and draining an athletic park on the
college.
Plans and specifications for. the above
work may be seen at the Office OF the
Dean of Engineering.
All bids must be accompanied by certi-
fled check payable to the Kansas State
, Agricultural college, equal to S9d OF the bid.
to be forfeited in case the successful bid
der fails to enter into contract and fur
amount of the accepted bid, to insure the
faithful performance of< the contract
Bids must be submitted on the blank
may be obtained at the office of the Dean
of Engineering of the Kansas State Agri-
The right is reserved to reject any or
al H. j WATERS. President.
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NEW LAND OPENING.
NEAR PUEBLO. COLORADO

Two miles from. station on wo trunk
ply all ready to use 30 failure here
and get big results NCf6se to large mar
in the world Good altitude, pure Spring
irrigated land in Colorado. and the first al
water right at less than one-half the price
at first cost and double your money. Eek
round trip rates. Write for free booklet
THE HEATH COMPA
100 West +
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lines Of railroad. Finest quality of alfalfa.
ow with ample and perpetual water sup
water your own crops when they need it
kets with high prices. No healthier climate
water This is the lowest price, first class
lotment will be sold out with perpetual
of adjoining irrigated lands. Get in now
curs1on rates every day until September
Do it today.
NY. TOPEKA. KANSAS
tn Street.
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KEAL ESTATE TRANsFER.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
J.. Sence and wife to o. SeIander. lot
ii w. j. Fritz sub. ....................- 600
o. w. May and wife to J. Dwyer and
wife. s. II lot 81 Jackson St, North
w. A stone. and wife to D. March,
lots 81 and pit 1863 Kansas ave,
North Topeka ................. 1
Harper lots on Madore St -. so. $50
A. G. Klingaman ex. to J. L. Cottrell,
lot 5sl. pt. SO Clay, ST., Edwards
G. F. Lyon to r. n. McEntire pit. '''
lot IS Topeka .ss3 "a
honey, lot aO9, pit 207 Madison ST. $3.50
J.. Chubb and wife to II. Hammock,
Highland Park. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 26o
7. B. Bowers and wife to w. S. OF
finger lot 455. pit IS Kansas ave-. 1890
G. NJ Metzger and wife to o. w.
Place add ............. 1000
G.. p. Conroe and husband to A.
Rupin. lots 800 and Harrison ST.,
Orchard Place add. 5000
]. Merkei and wife to n Miller and
wife. lot Is Garden Place add. 26O
j. w. Doron and wife to G. w. Jones
and wife, lot 3S7 Forest ave-, Wal
L. Q. Braden and husband to p. I.
Foster, blk. 16 Berlin Heights. 49,. 1,50O
H. G. Nash and wife to P. L. Nash,
lots 3S7 and 80 Jackson St, North
p. l.. Nash to H G. Nash lots 1894 to
404 inc, Polk ST., Stringham's add. 2
]. Helm and others to j. Ingenthron
ave. Webb's add. ................... 1850
E. Bradshaw to M. Harberson, lot 40
Chandler St, South Kleins add. 49,. $50
A. NJ. Greenwood to H. Tacklam, lots
AT and 429 Garfield ave-, Elmhurst 800
]. L. Galbreath to F. G. Kelley n.
n lot 20 Greenwood ave-, Potwin. 1850
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KANSAS FAIR DATES

Eat big chicken dinner at Cope's
lunch room today. Special rs cents.
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FOR EXCHANGE
FOR EXCHANGE

acres. close in, to trade for small resi-
dence.
For trade, .51k acre tract, close in, plat
ted but plat not recorded. Want resi-
dence in good location.
100 acres Finney county land to trade for
good stock groceries or hardware.
$500 residence on Buchanan sts for
smaller house or vacant lots.
wv. T. WILEY
oil Kansas Ave. Phones 2M.
TO TRADE for piano liz corner lots on
paved street; good neighborhood; one
block to car. Price 500. ]. j. King Ind.
phone $685.
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FoR RENT-HoUsEs.

FOR RENT-For one year, log Exeter St.,
Auburndale roomed house. partly
modern. cistern, well. barn, 3 lots. Come
and see.
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August S. 1901