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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-04-12

CPRINGF1ELD, MO.-Nearly 80 years
~ old, with IS years Of teaching to
her credit, Mrs. Mary S. Boyd, the pho.
neer school teacher of the Ozarks is
still engaged in instilling into the
minds Of youth the first elements Of
learning in one Of Springdeld's public
schools.
III there is one thing in the Ameri-
can public school of which I disap-
prove" Mrs. Boyd tells her friends. lit
Is corporal punishment
Il remember very distinctly how,
when young girl going to school In
log cabin schoolhouse, l sat in my
seat, frozen with terror, whenever the
schoolmaste: chastised an unruly pu-
pill. Even when I was nearly grown,
the sight of a pupil being punished
made me feel sick and faint. How
greatly I feared the slender birch
switch, whole bundle of which stood
In one corner of the schoolroom, just
behind the masters desk.
Il began teaching school in Spring
field In 1862, before the terrible war
had begun. 1 have trained probably
four generations from that time to
this-and have seen from teachers
standpoint, all their little traits and
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-04-12
BIG ROOSTER WHIPS A HAWK
Indiana Fighting Cock Who Can
Thrash His Weight in "Wild-
cat Meat"

Morocco, Ind.-Clyde Barnell, south
OF Fair Oaks, owns rooster that can
whip its weight in wildcat meat" &C.
cording to Barnen. The rooster will
fight almost anything from cat to q
turkey gobbler, and in its numerous
daily scraps" it is invariably the
victor. The other day Zeke, as the
rooster is called, was out in a wood
lot near the house, trying to pick a
fuss with an old ram, when a large
hawk. in search of a chicken dinner,
swooped down on the rooster and tried
to carry it away. The result of the
encounter as told by Barnell follows:
1T want no time fore tibet hawk
was the wust s'prised critter in these
here parts, I reckon. The fust thing
Zeke done wus to git the strangleholt
and then he ripped tibet there hawk
one acrost the abdomen thet caused
1t to let out yell you could hev hear'n
fer a mile.> From tibet Zeke turned
hisself loose proper and fer the next
minnet er SIGH a matter the way he
'bused tibet hawk was acshully shame.
full ippin', poundin' and pecking all
to onct-and when Zeke fin'ly slipped
and let the critter git away, it was
minus every blame tail feather and
one laig was hengin'. No, Zeke hain't
much fer looks, but when it comes to
D tout he's thar every time"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-04-12
Dreadnoughts Showing Marked Advance

overheard and the type which she
embodied was revealed, there was
hurried busting of OF the pigeon.
holed plan and a clamor for appro-
priations wherewith to build the
ships.
The main battery of the new ships
will consist Of ten 14-inch guns, while
the secondary battery will have over
score of five-inch weapons. The
guns Of the secondary battery are in
tended for repelling torpedo attack
These guns have range of five miles
and an extreme rapidity of fire, each
being capable Of firing Is shells q
minute. With IL available for q
broadside that would mean rain Of
$50 shells minute, which could be
concentrated on any attacking flotilla-
While it is inconceivable that any
flotilla would have the hardihood to
make daylight attack on any vessel
of this type, yet it is interesting to
calculate the volume OF fire that
could be directed against attack by
dreadnought Of the New York type.
Suppose that the destroyers of an at
lacking dotilla had a speed of 80
knots. They would then be able to
traverse the fve-mile danger zone''
in the space Of ten minutes. But in
that lurid ten minutes the guns of tho
dreadnought would be able to hurl
1900 shells at her foes.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-04-12

NJ ASH1NGTON.- Sam has
W more gold in his possession to-
Gay than he has ever had before in
his life. Treasurer Lee. McClung
looked over his balance sheet recent
~ and found the government had
more than $1,00o,0oo,000 in gold coin,
to say nothing of 126.0OO,000 in bull
lion. Never before in the history Of
the government has it had so much
gold piled up in it's Golfers.
Not only is this recard-breaking
amount for the government to have,
but there is more gold in the treasury
now than in the vaults of Great Brit
ain and France combined, or of Great
Britain and Russia combined.
In other words, this government
has more gold, in gold coin and bull
lion, than any other two nations.
This vast golden hoard represents
the accumulation Of a long series of
years. 1t is not ascribed to any par.
ticular financial development Of re.
cent occurrence. BY no means is all
this gold coin and bullion stored in
Washington. Any burglarious gentle.
man who thinks he can tunnel under
the treasury and find all this gold in
that institution is in error. The gold
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-04-12
Bedrooms Bad Form in Kansas Civ

room was made permanent, Mra. Qx,hx
said:
when Mr.. Swift began to sleen Z,
the open air four years ago he was the
only one in this block. who embraced
the fad. He liked it so well that orr
neighbors took up the idea and now AZ
the 10 houses in the block only three
are without sleeping porches. Manv
have sun parlors in addition"
In addition to the sleeping porch
most of the houses under construction
in Kansas City have sun parlor. Il
IS usually built on the first floor. WITH
windows to enclose it on three sides
during the winter In the warm wealth,
er the glass is removed and screens
substituted.
Furniture stores are all carrying en-
pecial furniture for sleeping porches
I'VE had to put in porch BEDS" said ,
furniture dealer. 1.-THE demand re
Gently has been enormous. The whole
sale houses say the need for such fur
niture has grown to enormous proper
tons all over the country and will
make for better health generally in til.
course Of time"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-04-12

=
sibly more. Darwin puts forward the
hypothesis that all of these are de-
scended from q single species, having
been modified in form and color dur
ing the course Of ages.
OF the reptiles, the most interesting
are the turtles and lizards. The for
mer, the Galapagos, are found no
where else, and at one time literally
swarmed over the islands. They were
huge. measuring sometimes three feet
from the breast shell to the dome OF
the back; slow OF movement, making
about four miles day when walking;
long, thin necks. and curiously small
heads and broad flat flappers; their
whole appearance suggesting some
dwarfed descendant of the Pleistocene
age. Some specimens weighed as
much as 600 pounds, but these giants
are very rare nowadays. An expedi-
ton that sailed from San Francisco
with the special object of getting spec
linens of the Galapagos turtle, after
considerable difficulty could only find
a few weighing 40 or so pounds. For
merly, cruisers or ships that stopped
at the island had no difficulty in kill.
ing great numbers Of these reptiles.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-04-12

NEW YORK.-The first woman stow.
IN away to come to this port in many
years was brought in from Glasgow
on the Anchor liner Columbia. She is
Scotch, 10 years old, and her name is
Annie Mexican. The lassie's presence
was discovered three days out from
Glasgow, mad she was taken at once
before Captain Wadsworth.
She was not even wee bit afraid,
and told her story with the uncon.
Germ of professional stowaway. The
first question asked by the skipper
was why she had boarded the Column
bia without ticket. That was easily
explained. She tossed it of in SEN
tence. She had no intention of sailing
for America.
1T was like this, ye KEN" said Annie
calmly. Mrs. David Mcdowell of
Glasga and her Ave wee BARNS were a
sailin' for New York. Her mon was
TO join her at Neville. She needed help
with the BARNS and luggage, an l
went along as far as Moville."
well. why did you not get of at
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-04-12

DRESIDENT TAFT has proved to
i the satisfaction of official Wash
ington that he can lead the strenu-
Gus life, even if he does not wade
through Rock creek every rainy Sat
urday afternoon and make 90-mile
horseback rides to show his physical
fitness.
During the past winter the president
has gone through program, official
and social, that would have left many
a younger man gasping for breath. In
spite of it all the president today
looks as If he were in the best of
health, bit pale from lack OF golf
and plenty Of outdoor exercise, but
still in good trim.
Anyone who thinks the president
has an easy time should remember
his daily schedule. He is up before
seven o'clock. and with his physical
director, DR.. Barker, he does some
stunts which serve to give him an
appetite for breakfast.
Mr.. Taft leaves the executive man.
sion for his Office shortly after nine
o'clock, and from the time he arrives
until 1870 or o'clock, he is constant
ly with the cabinet or with callers
Many a day he shakes hands with
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-04-12
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but latterly a combination Of circum.
stances are working for their complete
extinction.
The turtles yield a peculiar quality
Of oil that can be used In place OF
lard. The medium.sized ones contain
from five to six gallons Of this prod
uct, worth about Is cents, gold, per
gallon, and as it is a very simple mat
ter to extract the oil, it is easily seen
how the turtle hunters would pursue
their calling until they had complete.
~ exterminated this remarkable rep.
tile. The dogs that roam the islands
have also contributed to the destruc-
ton of the turtles.
The Ecuadorean government has
several times begun negotiations for
the disposition Of the islaads, and as
far back as 1851 the preliminaries Of
transfer were arranged with the
United States, the sum offered being
s., 000.000 for the right Of collecting
the guano that could be found on the
islands. For various reasons the deal
fell through. and while since that
time tentative negotiations have been
commenced during different admins
trations, no definite. agreement has
ever been reached.
GRANVILLE FoRTEscuR,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-04-12
Work Planned for the Extra Session

turned to their posts. congress will
want to know the reason why they
were assembled.
II President Taft believes that tho
Democrats in the present congress
are going to pass the reciprocity bill
to carry out the Canadian agreement
and then go home and wait for tho
regular session Of congress in Decem-
Der before they do anything, he 10
very much mistaken.
The Democrats declare their inten-
ZION Of keeping faith with the presi-
dent and passing his reciprocity meas.
urS just as quick as possible, but they
are net going to stop there. There
was no understanding with the presi.
dent prior to the calling Of the e1-
ira session as to what legislation
should be attempted beyond the car
rying out Of the reciprocity compact
Messrs. Clark and Underwood told
'he president that it was their pur-
pose to revise the tariff. It is stated
that the president thoroughly under
stood the situation, and for this reason
the reports which emanated from At
lanta that the president expects the
congress to pass reciprocity and then
go home are discounted.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-04-12

VANsAS CITY, MO.-The style of
n domestic architecture in Kansas
City has changed entirely in the past
year or two, say architects, on account
Of the prevalent habit of sleeping out
of doors. It Is veritable return to
the open-air life that is animating the
people. Sleeping out of doors is not a
tad In this city; it is a custom as firm
ly intrenched as eating breakfast, al
though not yet so common.
The desire for open air does not stop
with sleeping. There are families in
Kansas City that throughout the sum-
mer live In the open air-eating, sleep.
ing and visiting. Whether at work or
play, everything is done out of doors.
Such a family lives at 1884 Campbell
street, the Swifts. J. G. Swift, a for.
mer president Of the Livestock Elk.
change, four years ago began to sleep
on his porch. At the time he built
only makeshift over his rear porch
where he could place . cot. But as he
BEGAN to feel better upon awaking IN
The morning after a restful night, he
resolved TO live more in the open air.
An open-air dining room was added
- the 0oa1d doar and the sleeping
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-04-12
President Taft Leads Strenuous Life

scores Of visitors and talks with
members Of congress and other on.
Gals about important matters.
After luncheon the president usu-
ally comes back to his Office for an
hour or more Of work. Then he goes
for a walk of several miles through
the capital. After the walk he sees
more callers and frequently does not
get into the White House until close
to eight o'clock-the hour for din
ner
Although Mr.. Taft probably likes
home life as we'll as any other Amer
lean, he has accepted far more invi.
tations to go out" than did his prede-
cessor. The president has almost
completely forgotten a custom follow
ed by Mr.. Roosevelt Of not attending
social functions outside the White
House except those given by the vice
president and members of the cabinet.
Mr.. Taft has frequently attended re.
ceptions or balls given in honor Of
his daughter, Helen, a debutante Of
this season. He has also lent his
the season at the homes of friends and
at several public affairs. In addition
to all this social activity the presi-
dent has consented to make dozens of
speeches and to attend many ban.
quets Of national organizations which
have met here in the winter months.
Altogether, 1t is seldom that Mr..
Taft gets through the days work.
until midnight. His average Sleep
must not be much over six hours q
night.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-04-12
sponsible for the Introduction

sponsible for the Introduction of
bananas into the western continent.
His discovery Of the Galapagos
islands was quite accidental and came
about during voyage from Panama
to Peru. whittier he had been sent to
report on the doings Of Pizarro, for
the worthy bishop enjoyed the conf
dence of his king. The good bishop
was scientist as we'll as a church
man, and he determined the exact lat
itude and longitude Of the archipela-
60; but he gave no name to the group,
and after stay Of ten days turned
the PROV Of his ship toward Peru.
Tho archipelago now was we'll known
to the Spanish mariners, and for rea-
sons already suggested were called
the Enchanted Isles. During the De-
Rod Of revolution against Spanish au.
thority in South America the islands
were much used by the privateers
that preyed on Spanish commerce.
With the fall Of Spanish power the
isles were in Z measure forgotten
and these desolate shores were only
touched by an occasional whaler OF
some circumngvigatlng sailor, the
archipelago actually remaining nc
mans land until February IL. 1892
Mheo - Eouadarean government for
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-04-12
Teacher Has Never Whipped a Pupil

peculiarities. Boys and girls Of today
do not get the physical punishment
that was administered to their parents
and grandparents. And sincerely bel
lieve the modern child can be managed
better without it. My views on this
subject are firm, and never in all OF
my experience have I ever chastised
one Of my pupils"
Mrs. Boyd's control over her schol7
arr was clearly demonstrated at the
burning of the Mary S. Boyd Public
school building, named in her honor, a
few weeks ago. Soon after the fire
was discovered she marshalled her pu-
pills who, at her command, marched
from the building in an orderly man
ner, leaving books and wraps behind.
Had it not been for the mastery han
ding there would undoubtedly have
been great loss of life among the
four hundred or more children In the
building.
AS Mrs. Boyd converses, her eyes
sparkle like those Of 16-year-old
girl, and looking into their depths one
would never imagine themselves look
ing at one whose hair has long since
turned gray. Her face, though slightly
furrowed, is marked with wrinkles
caused by smiles, and is still fresh and
rosy. The love of work has discovered
for her the true fountain Of youth,
the elixir Of which does not allow her
spirit to become old, even though her
body has become frail. Her brain Is
as clear and If unaware that she Is
talking for publication she gives he's
listeners a veritable treat.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-04-12
Seventh Son In BELGIUM,

Brussels, Belgium.-In the early
days Of the reign Of the late King Leo.
pold of Belgium, a seventh son was
born to Brussels woman, and when
the king heard of it and was told that
the boy was the seventh successive one
and that no girl had come to the fam.
lily. he asked to be the baby's god.
father.
Ever since then every seventh son
born In Brussels has had the same
honor. and the mothers have received
gifts in keeping with their station in
life. King Albert, In carrying out the
old usage short time ago had some
dif11culty because the seventh son was
twins. He could not stand for both
boys. because that would give tho fam
tly two Alberts. The remedy wa1
found by Queen Elizabeth, who sus
Rested that her little son, the duke Of
Brabant, >be the godfather Of the eighth
hoy, who consequently received ths
name Of Leopold.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-04-12
Scotch Lassie Sails as a Stowaway

Neville when we stopped there?'' ask
ed Captain WadswoYth.
"Weel, when we got there" replied
Annie, seriously, II was 81 awfu' sick
from the pitchin' O. the ship that :
really didna take time to think O. goin'
ashore"
Some one would have helped YOU
ashore" said the skipper.
Weel, I didna even think O. that"
returned Annie.
There was only one thing that Annie
Mexican did think of during her sea-
son of forgetfulness, and that was the
fact. pleasing to her, that David Nc
Dowell did not join his wife aboard the
Columbia at Neville.
1t occurred to Annie, merely as IN
afterthought, that inasmuch as Mrs,
Mcdowell had tickets for herself anG
husband and children, and inasmuch
as Mr.. Mcdowell did not appear at Mo.
vile, it would not be we'll for his ticket
to go vacant" over the Atlantic. So
Annie assumed that she might travel
on the transportation of the missfna
mon"
When the Columbia locked the skip.
per sent the stowaway to Ellis Island
where the immigration officials will
probably deport her.
Mrs. Mcdowell and her five children
also face deportation. They have nc
means Of support, and are likely to be
come public charges.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-04-12

0NE of the last acts of the last con-
~ gress was to make provisions for
two of the most powerful fighting ma
chimes in the United States navy. The
limit of cost and time OF completion
of the dreadnought Florida was ex-
tended and additional funds were vot-
ed for the new New York and the
Texas, the keel Of which will be laid
in a few months. Each vessel will
cost $6,400,000 and 5000 skilled work
men will be employed in the New
York navy yard for the next three
years in the work of construction.
The dreadnought type is one Of
very recent date: Through her alli-
ance with Japan Great Britain was
the first to learn the lesson of the all
big-gun ship, and Immediately set
about solidifying it In steel. Some Of
our own progressive navy officers had
earlier read the lesson in the war
with Spain and plans Of the U. 8. s.
Feasible and the u. s. 8. Possible had
been drawn and pigeon-holed. Then
when the British Dreadnought went
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-04-12
G|.ARK'SEARlY HOME
Cottage Where Champ Spent His
Boyhood Days.
Democratic Leader Chose for He
Birthplace Humble Pioneer
Cabin Located Among the
Hills Of Kentucky.

Louisville, Ky.-In the matter Of
preparation for the presidency, Abrar
ham Lincoln. in his early life. enjoyed
few advantages that the Hon. Champ
Clark of Missouri did not possess.
While It 10 true Mr. Clark was not
born in log cabin, he did the best he
could under the circumstances and
chose for his birthplace in the Blue
grass State q humble farm cottage
among the cliffs along the Kentucky
river in Anderson county. The cot
tage was small affair, with low cell
ings, and was constructed of rough
clapboards. It was the characteristic
pioneer home Of the period. There
were three rooms, the bedroom, the
sitting room and the kitchen and din
ing room combined.
At the time of Clark's birth there
were no railroads in this section of
the country, and the farmers rode on
horseback to the nearest grocery
store" and postoffice for their supplies
and mail.
James Beauchamp Clark, son of
James Hampton and Alethea Jane
Beauchamp Clark, was born March Z,
1850, on a little farm in Anderson
county. four miles south of Louisville.
His father, John Hampton Clark,
was native of New Jersey, and was
born where Atlantic City now stands
He was wanderer, and after rowing
from Philadelphia to New Orleans and
up the Mississippi ana the Ohio to
Louisville he finally dr1fted to Law
renceburg and settled there. Shortly
after arriving at Lawrenceburg he met
Alethea Beauchamp, a frail, beautiful
girl, and after an ardent wooing they
were married. He was an educated
man, a mechanical genius and an ar.
dent exponent Of Democratic doctrine.
John Clark, after marrying. took up
tinkering with old clocks and doing
dental work. He rode over Anderson
and Washington counties mending old
clocks and practicing dentistry and ex
pounding Democratic principles.
There were three children-Margar
ct Louise, the eldest, who died in in
fancy; James Beauchamp, known tc
the political world as Champ" and
Elizabeth, now Mrs. Elizabeth CLARK
Haley. After seven years Of happi
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-04-12

Four times had he been sent to the ma
ttonal legislative body and each time
his election was said to be due prin-
cipally to his wife. At the time of the
divorce suit trial friends Of Mr. Nc
CURE predicted that the unpleasant
notoriety Of the thing would finish his
career as leader. mot at ALL" said
the broad-minded ex-wife. "You
haven't reckoned with me yet. We
are friends and I'm going to see that
he goes to Congress again"
The former Mrs. Mcclure is con.
sidered one of Oklahoma's ablest wo-
men politicians and the fact that she
intended to take the stump in her erst
while husbands behalf stirred politi-
cal and social circles throughout the
state. For six weeks she campaigned
in a manner which would have done
credit to veteran politician. She
shook hands, made public speeches
and all the while urged the voters to
support Byrd 8. Mcclure. He won by
a safe majority and then Mrs. Anna
Marx-McGuire slipped quietly away to
the town Of Pawnee to marry George
LIE Motto. The congressman had won
out, was at that very time stationed
at his apartments In Washington, D.
c., and his former wife was satisfied.
Mr.. La Motto is of French and In
dian decent. He comes of the ancient
Chfppewas and was born near Still.
water, MINI. He was reared near
there and in Wisconsin, Canada and
Michigan, living about the lake coast
country. He attended a private school
in Quebec and then went to Kansas
University, at Lawrence, Kansas.
While there he became we'll known
throughout the Mississippi valley in
football, baseball and track and field
college sports. His reputation attract.
ed a playwright, who wrote Strong.
heart, woven about incidents of his
life. He went to Oklahoma in 1905
and shortly afterward entered the
United States government Indian
service at the Usage agency, where
he has been since.
Mrs. La Motto wi fle in Washington
was famed not only for her beauty and
brilliant mind but as the best dressed
woman in the capital.