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Morris tribune., 1911-03-24
SPELLING CONTEST.
Great Interest Aroused and
Many Resulting Benefits.

Fifty-nine pupils entered and more
than two dozen schools were repre-
sented in the spelling contest held at
the School of Agriculture on Saturday
afternoon. The capacity of the as
sembly room was crowded to the ut
most.
The contestants were graded 80 per
cent on written tests. which consist
ed on writing ten words. defining ten
words and using ten in sentences and
were graded 70 per cent on the SPELL
down. The contest was won by Char
lotte Macarthur, of District 3, Han
cock, who won a prize of $40. The
other winners, the district each repre-
sented, and the amount of the prize
was as follows -
2. Martin Mumbleau, l, Morris.
SO.
8. Alma Brunkow, 81, Edlorado.
Sc.
4. Philip Messner. %. Hodges. Sd.
5. Edmund Hanrehan, /, Morris,
So.
6. Pearl Park. %, Hodges, 81.
7. Emma Ernst, 25. Pepperton.
81.
8. Alice Rowles, 16, Horton. 81.
9. Ethel Rotramel, so. Darnen, 81.
10. Julian Thornton. 81, Synnes.
81.
The other participants in the SPELL
ing contest were =
Anna Askim. Clara Anderson, John
Anderson, Martin Bangle, Emma
Bredy,, Beda Bengtson, Edna Brunkow.
Nina Bruer, Pearl Dunkel, Thomas
DeWane, Emma Ernst. Vesta A. Frier
Alma Gaarder, Sidney Gausman, May
bell Gauschow, Jennie Gregerson,
Cora O. Hanse, Edna B. Hansen,
Daniel Hanrehan, Mayme Hanrehan,
Bernard Hennessy. Hulda L. Heuer,
Thelma Holmes, Irma D. Horn. Gina
Johnson, Clara Kruse, Minneis Loher,
Louie Mohr, Margaret Metsger, Char
lotte Macarthur, Irene McNally. Edna
McNally, Lucille Mclaughlin, Agnes
Michels, Martin Munbleau, Alma
Morris tribune., 1911-03-24
Specifications Of Model T

splash system, integral with motor. Single
sight feed located on dash in view of oper-
ator; automatically oils motor and clutch.
Cooling: Honeycomb cooler, natural cir
cuation, no pump.
Transmission: Sliding gear type, three
speeds forward one reverse; direct drive
on high speed.
Clutch: All metal, multiple disc.
Drive: Bevel gear, with two universal
joints.
Frame: Pressed steel.
Morris tribune., 1911-03-24
Hamline Glee Club Concert.

Given at the Armory. tonight Mar.
"a. under the auspices of the Senior
Glass Of Morris High School. Every
body come out to the best entertain
ment given this year. Tickets SOC,
35c for school children. Get them re-
served at Krueger's.
Morris tribune., 1911-03-24
Spring Millinery Now Ready

Rarely have millinery styles been
so charming as the spring and summer
styles this season. Competent critics
tell US that our styles are so different.
Hats of every style for every occasion.
We extend to the public cordial in
vitation to view the best showing of
medium and low priced hats that we
have ever made. Mrs. P. H. Canty.
Morris tribune., 1911-03-24
A Big Deal.

F. G. Troppman purchased over So,
900 worth of goods at the bankrupt
sale of trustee of Tibbs. Hutchins &
Co., of Minneapolis, at one half to
one fourth less then wholesale cost.
The goods will he placed on sale at
the Farmers Store Friday.
Morris tribune., 1911-03-24
M. E. Church.

Glass meeting at 10 a. m. followed
by preaching at 10 80, Sunday school
at II m. Junior League 3 p. m.
Senior Epworth League at 6 80 and
evening, service at 7:3O. Prayer
Thursday 7 80 p. m.
J. T. Hammond.
Morris tribune., 1911-03-24
Essay Contest.

Peter Miller of the Stevens County
Creamery offered SIS for prizes for
the best essays on the "Care of Cream
from Cow to Creamery" Twelve
essays were submitted from six diff
erent districts, the winners being.
1. Vesta Frier, II, Donnelly, 81.
2. Ruth Schmidt, 27, Chokio. ST. SO
3. Aurelia B. Mclaughlin. II. Dom
nelly S1.5O.
4. Hazel McNally, 27. Chokio, 81.
5. Chester D. Awe, II, Hancock,
81.
The essays which won first and Sc
cond places are printed in another COL
umn.
The fund for the spelling contest
was contributed, SIS by the Morris
district, ST. so by Hancock, ST. so by
Chokio and SIS by Donnelly.
Morris tribune., 1911-03-24

Motor: Four vertical cylindars, Aka
nches cast in pairs. giving % horsepower
at normal speed. Inlet and exhaust valves
mechanically operated and interchange
able; located on opposite sides. Motor fully
protected by sheet metal pan.
Carbureter: Our standard design; float
; feed, single assortment type.
Ignition: Double, magnetic and battery,
with non-vibrating coil.
Oiling: Force-feed, single delivery
Morris tribune., 1911-03-24
Dress Goods at Half.

Forty pieces of dress goods worth
6Oc to $1.O0 going for only 39c at the
Big Purchase Sale of the Farmers
Store. Begins Friday.
Morris tribune., 1911-03-24
For Sale.

Good 7-room house, city water in
kitchen, good cistern and cellar, 21S
lots, nice location. Will sell cheap if
AIKEN soon. @. w. Sisk.
Morris tribune., 1911-03-24
Corn Contest.

There was also prize of $500
donated by T. H. Maguire) offered to
the pupil who would bring in the best
ear of corn. Twelve pupils entered
this contest, and the prize was award
ed to Olga Senholt, of District II,
Moore.
Morris tribune., 1911-03-24

Nelson. Antonia Olson, Robert w.
O'Brien, Mary O'Brien, Charley M.
Petersen, Bertha Strand, Bernice Hall.
D. H. Rotramef. Ethel Rotramel,
Alice Rowles, Minnie Schick, Virginia
Steinfort. Joyce Smith. Ralph Smith.
John D. Sullivan. Ray S. Thompson.
Julian Thortion, Leonella Walz, Sadie
Warner.
Morris tribune., 1911-03-24

Wheels: so inches, wood, artillery pat
tern.
Wheel base: 1O4 inches; tread, 56 inches.
Springs: Half elliptic in front, three
quarter elliptic scroll in rear.
Brakes: Two sets, double acting on rear
hubs; one set internal expanding, one set
external contracting.
Body: Metal, with stamped holdings.
Upholstered in high grade leather and
hair.
Tank Capacity: Gasoline, 1919 gallons;
Morris tribune., 1911-03-24

water, 5 gallons; OIL 5 pints.
Tires: 32x312 inches, standard cincher
type.
Equipments Magnetic two brass oil side
lights, one oil tail light, horn with flexible
tube, tool kit, jack pump tire repair kit,
tool box on running board, foot rest, robe
rail, carpet tonneau floor.
Color: Blue black with cream wheels.
Price: $3.50 F. o. b. factory where
manufactured. Top, wind shield and gas
lamp equipment, extra.
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discharged him. Hadn't the least idea,
he told me over and over again, in his
quavery old voice. Certainly. he said, he
was just as well able to work now as he
had been forty years before. He was a
little on in years. maybe, but, etc, etc.
1t was very distressing.
Often before in Washington l had met
with such old gentlemen. and always in
meeting them / had felt sense of the
cruelty of the government in throwing
such faithful old employees into the street.
after their years Of drudsing service, with
out pensioning them making the least
provision of, any sort against the want
bound to come upon them. This old boy
had reared large family. but the chill
dren had dispersed, and he was living
with his eldest daughter, whose husband.
ii appeared. didn't much care to have
the old gentleman around. And SO he
didn't spend much time at the house of
his daughters husband-didn't feel very
welcome there he said, without the least
attempt at pathos. but merely by way of
stating a fact. He was going to try to
get reinstated in his position. Some
friends were working for him. At least.
they had told him they We're working for
him, though nothing appeared to be done
toward getting him his job back. He'd
be willing, he safd-yes, mighty glad-to
get a job as Waterman in one of the
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ALFRED. H. Brooks, GEOLOGlsT In CHARGE
~ M@W1De : Oh. ALASKA.

over to form two states the size Of New
York.
1t is almost as large as the combined
area of Germany. France and the Spanish
peninsula. and If it were lifted up and
dropped down on the United States prop
er it would cover all Of the states which
border the Atlantic from Maine down to
Florida
general about the same features as the
western half Of the United States. 1t IL
composed OF three of four great regions
There are two ranges of mountains up
with a wide stretch of Arctic plain at the
north The southern mountains CORE
spOnd to the Sierra Nevada and other
ranges. which bound the western side of
the Rocky mountain plateau. North OF
them Is a region of plains corresponding
to that plateau. and on the other side
is great range of mountains which cor
responds to the Rockies with plains be-
yond like the great plains farther south.
The latter are the tundras of the Arctic
slope They are covered with thick
growth of moss. which ends at the sea
and which for many miles inland is bed
ded on perpetual ice.
The mountains are wooded. Those at
the south have a vegetation as dense as
the Jungles of tropical countries, and the
whole southern slope has a rainfall which
in places aggregate more than 100 inches
per year. Across the mountains we find
an arid region where the rainfall is scanty.
1t Is not as dry as the great plains of the
Rocky mountain plateau. but so dry that
the vegetation Is scrubby and the big
trees disappear. 1t is through this region
that flow the chief rivers which are fed
by the SHOWS of the mountains. The
Yukon. which runs for LOO miles from
the Canadian boundary to Boring sea, is
the largest. and the kusko kwim, which
flows through the same plateau farther
south. comes next. The plateau where it
joins British Columbia is about a. high
as the average altitude Of the Allegheny
mount aims. and it slopes from there north
to the sea.
or this rough territory DR.. Brooks tells
me that only about one-fifth of the whole
has been geologically explored. The geol-
ogists have gone over the most accessi-
Bile and most desirable parts Of Ii and
have tramped across the other portions.
making explorations here and there, so
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that in general they know about what the
country contains and have specific knowl-
edge of at least one-fifth of it,
A great part of our conversation today
related to the coal fields. which are now
attracting SO much attention III the minds
of the people. DR.. Brooks says there is
coal all over Alaska, and that the beds
are of such an enormous extent that they
probably contain hundreds of billions of
tons. and there is no doubt that they
contain at the least 15.GDW0OO0. This
can he estimated by the fields which
have been more or less carefully tested
but it Is safe to say that at the minimum
estimate the coal amounts to 10, 900 O00,
rD tons. and that 1t may be many times
that amount. The coal resources are far
in excess of those OF the Appalachians
although greater part of the coal Is of
far lower grade.
One hundred and fifty billion tons, The
figures are large and the mind cannot
comprehend them. All the coal mines of
the world are now producing just one
billion tons per annum. and at this rat
if this coal were accessible 1t would sup
ply the whole world for 1856 years and
probably leave much to spare.
If the coal amounts to only fifteen bill
lions it would heat and move the world
for fifteen years, and IL we had it on
shipboard or in the markets it would
make US rich beyond the dreams of ava
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the wild and adoring love of
your children and all the rest of your
relatives is not to be always exactly
right.
Haven't YOU. often and often, beheli
a fine and noble woman, incased, on the
proper occasion. in trim house gowns
or engagingly correct evening frocks: Il
woman who was always compacently
and completely buttoned down the back
even though she had entertained the
Ladies' Aid Society the afternoon before
while James had had toothache ever
since midnight: not one of whose hairs
would dare to emerge from correctly
manicured couture or raise a rebellOuS
crinke where IL had been commanded to
lie straight. meek and properly Subdued;
a woman who always spelled 1t right;
whose jelly always jelled: whose cake
never came crashing down in the middle
Just before there would be company com
ing: whose spring sewing never danger
ously haunted her August hours whose
club paper was already prepared and
not entirely and completely by the aid
of the most obvious encyclopedia: who
says with IA sweet but capable smile. Il
think you would find my way much more
satisfactory and meeting her as she
steps capably through life, have you
not marveled in your mind that she
should have been permitted by an i'm
perfect public to live and reproach 1t
so long?
When you see approaching YOU down
the street Of your dear home town the
woman your husband has informed you
has read the Bible through ten times, DO
YOU feel toward her great arising of
Christian and kindly love? Or is it your
instantaneous instinct SO to disable her
that she may never read the sacred book
again. and thus bring before her ac-
qualntances sense Of what they ought
to have done and haven't?
"hen you run right i'll to your neigh
boris and discover her in the act of put
ting up peaches in cold water SO that
they look like a picture and you have to
have them mash all down, does it cause
you to consider that neighbor highly
do you go home with deep yearning to
set the dog on her?
| have witnessed many occasions when
all that was really necessary for a
acknowledge promptly her ignorance. l
have been present when all that was re-
uuired to get the world to rise up and
do her reverence was for that woman to
admit that she wished she could, but hon
estly she never had been clever enough
to accomplish it,
I have sat by firesides when the loved
ones were gathered there and the dogs Of
war were loosed, and the first moment
that anybody was smart enough to sigh
out humbly. 'Well, I know it comes
easy enough for you, but I'm not a bit
slre about this thing myself and 1
couldn't undertake to remember ii cor
rectly.' the dove of peace would get a
flutterins foothold on the parlor por-
there pole and a sweet atmosphere Of
quiet and contentment would all of a
sudden seem to envelop an establishment
which not one short hour before had
been a battlefield where conflicting state
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ing to the touch of a great and unex'
pected Joy.
have also been sure from certain
things that came under my observation
that there We're others at that hreside
who felt exactly the way | did about It..
But did II ever come to pass: Wot
not!
1t seems to me that the minute a
woman gets to thinking she can do things
a little better than somebody else she
gets to be as vain as man.
And when that happens you might as
we'll quit neighboring with her, because
IL you continue the dangerous practice
she is going to give you advice upon
every known topic within the ken Of
housekeepers wives, mothers and literary
ladies and then hurry through her own
work to come over and see that you full
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ing its topography. 1t is making plans
from which You can tell all the hills and
hollows. the height of the mountains and
depth of the valleys. Another division
is examining the water powers, and a
third and l should say. the most impor-
tant OF all. is composed of u dozen differ
ent companies of biologists. who are look
ing into the minerals and accommodating
data as to the coal. iron, copper and gold
which the country contains.
The mineral branch of the survey is
now under the charge of DIR. Alfred II.
Brooks, who has spent more than thir-
teen years in the work of exploring
Alaska. and who knows more about the
country than any other man in the world.
He has written a geography and geology
of Alaska, and with his scientific assist
ants has spent about five months every
year for the past thirteen years in MAX
ing explorations, with a view to the min
eral wealth. His parties have gone
through the wids on foot and in boats.
carrying their canoes from stream to
stream. and making long tours during
which their baggage has been carried on
sleds and drawn by dogs. They have
travelled to the headwaters of one stream
or river. then crossed to the headwaters
OF another and down that. until they have
explored altogether many thousand square
miles. 1t is from talks with DR. Brooks
that am able to give much of the infor-
nation contained in this letter.
In the first place let take a flying
machine view of Alaska | have gone over
the maps with the biologists, and the
country is like nothing / have ever i'm
agined. We shall suppose that We have
taken one Of Orville Wright's aeroplanes
and have sailed across it from the Pacific
ocean to the Arctic. and from British
Columbia to Siberia in Russia. What a
big land it is, Beginning at the south
east on the Pacific, where the land joins
British Columbia and flying straight
north. We go almost as far as from New
York to Cincinnati before we reach the
coast of the Arctic ocean. and from the
same point, flying westward we should
go 700 miles before arriving at Bering
sea. Roughly speaking. Alaska would
make square with more than 100 miles
on each side, and still leave enough land
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ments had hurtled together in midair and
delirious demands for a general recog-
milton of personal and specific mental
prowess had rent the circumambient at
mosphere.
There have been sad, sad moments at
many hearthstone where / have been
an agonized though invited guest when
1t seemed to me that IL only / could find
some woman willing to admit that she
could not under ordinary circumstances
fling her wide pinions to the breeze and
soar at least as well as a new model
Antoinette aeroplane, nor perform upon
the golden B fiat cornet as aptly az that
noted performer, the Angel Gabriel I
would lie down and die happy. content
and rec0nciled. knowing that I would
reach that better land while etill under
going a wonderful experience and thrill
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The Recipient of Hard-Luck Stories

themD He made me sit down and then
he started TO tell me all about it. Other
folks domestic difficulties are a trial to
listen to. l gently asked him to chop.
Where was he going? Oh. any old place.
He didn't know, didn't care. Broken
hearted, thash all. Jesh broken hearted
= l cheered him with soothful words,
told him his spouse no doubt would come
back when he came back himself, and
thus on. He asked me did / honesh
shink sho? And so l put him into d
taxi and he promised me to go to d
Turkish bath and get the purling mes
quite juice out of his frame and then look
up Friend Wife and make amendment
and atonement.
i left him, feeling a bit sorry. He was
and is a decent fellow. But there he was
with sad tale. and | hadn't been OFF
the train four minutes. The sunshine
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fill her expectations or your complete
and ignornfnious failure.
/ have sometimes even suspected that
this natural shrinking OF the human
mind from the perfection of others mas
some bearing upon the easily fulhiled
matrimonial ambitions Of the dear, sweet
she will. early and often and always gets
her pick.
Not only might this fact OF her not ad-
yancirg any particular claims 10 per-
lection except i'm the matter of mere per
sonal appearance have tendency Z"
attract admirng attention. but thcr"
would he also the apparent opportunii'
II would provide for the naturally PEI
feet man--person TO have right IN the
house with him somebody for him :"
direct. explain TO ard otherwise place GA
the straight and narrow way Of into
lectual development along lines laid
down by him. This is always a point
greatly appreciated by the gentleman
who is expecting to become husband
And this very fact. II seems 70 me-.
that this young person has been able Il
content herself with saying Isn't ii a
fright" or. My, amt you the awful
thing. brings about her frequent aud
successful matrimonial adventure, even
while her more competeIt sister sits
upon the front steps watching the var
ishing forms of admirable and amiaole
distance. while waited over their rapidly
retreating shoulders would be the words:
Oh yes, Miss Adeline, I'm sure you
could do it perfectly right and ever SO
much better than any one if you only
took the trouble. Excuse me-
After a few of your sentiments and
ideas on how the general affairs OF the
universe and the bringing up of your
neighbors' children. would be so much
better if they were conducted. there
may be found awaiting you in better
world than this a deferential attention
entirely free from that air of strain
which we usually see accompanying it.
But not here, my child, not here.
There is something within each and
every one of us. SO long as we dwell
here, sort of natural repugnance as
1T We're to be instructed by her who
needs no instruction.
I think if you would once in a blue
moon or so just whisper to your hus-
band that you have concluded that you
were entirely mistaken and you didn't
know much about it anyway. while n.
is perfect well or mine of inforrna-
ton, and valuab and unusual good
sense, you might be surprised ha.! to
death to have him catch you pretty
close with a nice, comfy, strong arm
all right all the time But a man docs
sometimes have an opportunity to OBJ
serve little more at first hand, as Ii
were"
On the principle of things that are
equal to the same thing being equal TO
each other-or on any other orinctpIe
on this broad. green. imperfecs:on- filied
earth. little dears, I honestly believe
you would find a little investment or
admission or something or other like
that would be worth the money several
times over.
Because almost any man does dearly
like to have his own perfection an
preciated once in a while
Copyright. 1911, by Charlotte c. Rowstt)