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Morris tribune., 1912-11-08
Lecture by Fletcher.

The second number of the lecture
course will be given on Monday even
ing when Thos. Brooks Fletcher, who
delivered very popular lecture here
last year will again appear at the
armory.
1t is the common consent of the
critics of the Lyceum Platform that
no man of recent years has achieved
more brilliant success or met with
higher favor in the estimation of
Lecture Course patrons than has
Thomas Brooks Fletcher.
In thought MIR. Fletcher is profound.
keen and convincing. In delivery he
is powerful, fascinating and dramatic.
In personality he is cordial, refresh
ing and original.
Mr.. Fletcher is eminently fitted by
Nature for his chosen profession. He
has the personal gifts of the great
orator. With keen black eyes. with
profusion of jet-black hair, with
the face of an Edwin Booth, and with
a powerful and magnetic voice he
holds his audiences as no other orator
has been able to do since the days OF
Beecher, Phillips and Grady
Morris tribune., 1912-11-08
Land Bank.

Agricultural credit arouses great
interest today. The need is not pc
culiar to America. The report OF the
Acting Manager of the Rhodesia Land
Bank has some interesting observa-
tions on this question. Even far
away South Africa seems to have
some problems very similar to our
own.
The ordinary bank has done a great
deal for the farmers. 1t often caters
primarily. however, to the demand of
the merchant who turns over his cap
ital more rapidly. The short time
loan meets the needs of the merchant
much better than those of the farmer.
The Rhodesia Land Bank makes
loans secured by the first mortgage cn
real estate or by the deposit of some
other approved security.
Loans are made for the purchase of
land, the payment of debts on land,
the purchase of livestock or imple-
ments and for improvements such as
buildings, fences. drainage, or even
the planting Of forest trees.
No loan will be made for an amount
greater than so per cent of the value
of the permanent improvements. No
one man can secure more than $40, 900
in this way. Interest is payable semi
annually at the rate of six per cent
per annum.
These loans must be repaid gradual
ly within ten years. An amortization
plan provides for gradual repayment.
No payments fall due until the end
of the second year when 4 per cent of
the principal must be repaid The
rate of repayment gradually increases
until during the ninth and tenth years
it reaches Is per cent. after which,
of course, it has been repaid.
The borrowers pay an application
fee Of $5. 90. and the necessary ex-
penses of the bank inspector He
agrees to keep all improvements in
good repair. If he fails to do this,
the bank reserves the right to do so
at his expense. 1t may also specify
whether insurance be carried or not.
ii. o. Rankin. Editor, University
Farm, st. Paul.
Morris tribune., 1912-11-08
STEVENS GETS TWO.
Both Members of Legislature
from this County.

There was big vote out at the
election on Tuesday, as the tabulated
returns will show.
The most spirited contest locally
was for the legislature. and in this
c. P. Carlson was highest and L. C.
Spooner was next. leading J. E. Pet
erson. the Grant county Republican
nominee, by a safe margin. Grant
county is thus deprived of represent
alton in the legislature, and Mr..
Peterson. who made good record in
the legislature, denied second term.
For county auditor, F. E. Ware
won out over J. A. Gutter, by about
200 votes, tho the early returns indi-
Gated that the result would be close.
For county attorney, G. W. Beise
won easily over T. J. Mangan, tho
Mr.. Mangan made creditaple show
ing for his debut into politics.
In the state at large. the entire
Republican state ticket was elected.
Judge c. L. Brown, of this city,
was elected chief justice of the
supreme court.
According to the last returns Roose-
velt carried Minnesota for the presi-
dency, tho Wilson won a sweeping
victory in the nation and will have
over 400 electoral votes.
The following are the complete re-
turns for the district on representa-
tive -
Morris tribune., 1912-11-08
Real Estate Transfers.

Gottlieb Wurst to August Fensche,
nw4, sec. SO. Moore. $1.0o
Carl Kegel to Jerry Shurhaum. sw4,
sec. IA, Moore, So. $50.
Carl Koehntep to Emil Trantow.
Ise3 nw4, sec. 15, Swan Lake. ST.
500. as,
Emil Trantow to Martin Anderson,
e3 se4, sec. Is, Swan Lake, So. 200.
G. N. Ry. Co. to Jacob F. Meyer.
e32, sec. 81. Horton, $25.
]. F. Meyer to S. M. Angus. ne4
e3 se4, sec. 21, Horton, S1.0O.
Elizabeth A. Farley and o. w.
Farley to Frank M. Garrett, sw4,
sec. 2, Synnes. $1.0O
Minnie Young and r. ]. Young to
F. T. SchIegel and L. F. Brett
Krentz, sci, sec. %. Baker, ST. 900.
G. N. R. R. Co. to j. H. Daley
and George Coleman, sw1, sec. 9.
Everglade, $50.
Rose B. Eames to W. F. Cooley,
lot 10, block 81, City of Morris,
$3.50.
HuIdah M. Caswell to Mary E.
Torrey, lot /. block 4, City of Morris.
81. 900.
Morris tribune., 1912-11-08
Death of Mrs. S. Burt.

Chokio and vicinity paid tribute last
Saturday when the funeral of Mrs.
Stephen Burt was held. The business
places of the village we're closed and
every mark of respect for the de-
ceased and of sympathy for the sur.
viving relatives was shown. The
funeral services were conducted by
Rev. James E. Parker.
Laura Annette Brown was born al
Princeton, Maine, Oct. 8. 1861, OF
American parentage. At the age OF
sixteen she moved with her parents to
Minneapolis, Minn., and three years
later to Beardsley, where she was
married to Stephen Burt of that place
May 18, 1880, the ceremony being
performed at Morris. The first five
years Of her married life were spent
on the farm, and during the next
seven years in Beardslev. after which
the family moved to Chokio where
they have lived the past twenty years.
She died at Mounds Park Hospital.
St. Paul, Oct. 30th where she hac
been taken for treatment of a malig.
nant disease from which she had beer
sufferer for over year. She leaves
a husband and three sons. Jay J. Burt,
of Tacoma. Wash Leonard H. Bur
of Rosette, N. D., and Allen Brown
Burt who is only eleven years old.
The funeral was held at the Ger
man Methodist church at Chokio anC
burial in the Protestant cemetery a
Morris, Rev. Jas. E. Parker, of thiI
city conducting the services.
Morris tribune., 1912-11-08
Methodist Church.

The public is cordially invited to
attend the services of the church the
coming Sunday. Special music will
be re 1dered at the various services,
and instructive and helpful sermons
by the pastor. Come, and worship
with US. You will find a cordial
welcome.
The meeting of the Woman's Home
Missionary Society was largely at
tended last Wednesday afternoon at
the parsonage. An excellent program
was rendered, elegant refreshments
were served, and all seemed to have
a delightful time. May the good
work continue.
ANNUAL FALL FESTIVAL AND
CHICKEN PIE DINNER
CAT IL O'CLOCK NOON)
IN THE ARMORY THURSDAY.
NOV. 14TH. 1912.
COME.
INSPECT THE WARES.
GET YOUR DINNER.
Where shall l -eatf Where shall GO?
To some hotel? o, bless you, no.
The Ladies Aid Dinners the spot
Where all your hunger is forgot.
The sale of comforts, aprons, fancy
work during the day.
Will certainly be very gay:
And the dinner, their chicken pie,
| Vegetables, fruits, bread and hutter
Will set your heart all in flutter,
Till you get started, then you w
/ be
AS happy as bird set free.
Satisfied. you will go from thence.
All you can eat for Thirty Five
Cents.
! Calvin j. Graves. Pastor,
Morris tribune., 1912-11-08
The Clearance List for Farm
q Products.

The officers of the Stevens County
Farm Club are trying to arrange a
clearance list for farm products of
the county. Any member having
some pure seed grain or corn or re-
gistered animals of any kind for sale,
may list them with the clearance
committee and the list will be printed
and distributed freely in Stevens anG
other counties. This is to encourage
the production of a better quality Of
prod1cts and aid in their exchange.
Read the Farm Club program in an.
other column.
Morris tribune., 1912-11-08
WHY TAXES ARE HIGH
Summed up in Closing Article
by Tax Commisson.

With this issue the series of articles
upon taxation which the tax commits
sion has been publishing in this
journal for the past ten months will
be discontinued for the present. The
commission has been deeply impressed
with the fact that Notwithstanding
the widespread complaints of the un-
fairness and injustice of the existing
method of taxation, comparatively
few taxpayers have taken the trouble
to familiarize themselves with the de-
tails of those methods, and fewer
still have devoted much thought or
study as to how those methods may be
best improved.
The articles have been prepared
and published in the hope that, brief
as they necessarily are, they would
to some extent familiarize the public
with the details of the existing system
and thereby stimulate that discussion
and consideration which must always
precede any legislation tending to a
reform or improvement of the system.
They have been mainly devoted to
the general property tax which comes
nearest to and directly affects all of
the people, and which is based upon
the assessed valuation of all property
owned by each individual.
The amount of taxes collected does
not depend upon the amount of the
assessment of property. nor upon the
rate Of taxation. Taxes are high
when and where the expenditure fol
public purposes is large; they are
low when such expenditure is small.
Assessment and rate are merely the
means of raising the money to be ex.
pended, and of determining how
much each individual shall contribute
for that purpose. But an equality oil
taxation as between the individual
taxpayers depends entirely upon the
fairness of the assessment. The only
remedy for high taxation is reduc'
tion in public expenditures the remedy
for unfair taxation is a fair and equit
able assessment.
The commission acknowledges it,
Indebtedness to the newspapers of thu
state for their cordial and unselisl
assistance in the publication of these
articles. Although their publication
has not been as productive of as ,mucl
criticism, suggestion, and discussion
as was expected the commission feel
that sou e public good has been ac
complished.
Whatever of good there may be. i
is largely to the press of the stat'
that the credit is due. Without th'
least compensation and with some in
convienence to themselves these news
papers have given their space literally
to the work of enlightening thei
readers upon the perplexing and little
understood system of taxation in Min
neSota.
The commission will publish tht
entire series in pamphlet form for free
general circulation. and will be pleased
to distribute them to those who BY
letter or in person may so request.
Morris tribune., 1912-11-08
CAMPAIGN PLANNING.
Meeting to Discuss Farm De-
velopment Program.

The following program has been
arranged for a meeting at the School
of Agriculture, Morris. Friday even
ing and Saturday, November 9Th and
9th. The Friday evening session is
especially for those interested in the
work of the county fairs. The Sat-
urday morning session will be of value
to all interested in agricultural de-
velopment and the Saturday afternoon
gathering will be chiefly to get the
county men organized for their work.
Friday Evening, Nov. 9Th.
Supper School of Agriculture, 6
o'clock. |
Evening Program. 700 O'Clock.
l. Revised Premium Lists. .......
........ ............P. Il. Miller
2. Farm Exhibits. . W. 7. Ziebarth
8. University Cooperation with
County Fairs. .....A. D. Wilson
4. County demonstrators and the
fairs..., ........,J. Fl. Erickson
5. An open discussion to develop
plans for the above work.
Saturday Forenoon. Nov. 9th.
$50
l. Pure Seed Law. %. Andrew Boss
2. Cooperation between High School
Agriculturists and the County
Demonstrators Frank Marshall
............... and r. C. Palmer
3. High School teams for stock and
seed Judging. g..........E. G. Cort
4. School of Agriculture and High
School Cooperation. j. H. Sherlock
Saturday Afternoon, Nov. 9th.
Saturday afternoon will be devoted
to the work of the county demonstrate
ors. District Director Geo. Bake,
will be il charge. The following
topics will be considered:
l. An efficient county agent. .....
o.. ............ ........T. P. Cooper
2. Stock and seed grain purchase
3. Farm Clubs 1858
a. Schoolhouse meetings
s.. Institutes
| 6. Demonstration farm
Z. Transportation
8. Expense accounts, supplies anC
stationery
g.. County organization
t. Gas Lighted 6uoys.
There are 287 gas lighted buoys 10
cated on the waters Of the Unitet
States.
Morris tribune., 1912-11-08
Washinqton's End.

Washington survived the perils of
the wilderness, the dangers Of Indian
warfare, all the bullets and balls of a
score of Revolutionary battles and the
hardships of a seven years campaign,
only to be bled to death by his doctors.
Morris tribune., 1912-11-08
For Sale.

Good eight room house and barn,
two choice lots, water, cistern and
cellar. Further information and
terms apply to G. w. Dopkins, Nor
ris. MINI. If. adv
Morris tribune., 1912-11-08

A Pointer.
Two thieves were breaking into a
door when the master Of the house.
hearing them, looked out of the win
dow and said: Friends, come a little
later. We are not yet In bed."-"Hu-
NOR Of Spain"
Morris tribune., 1912-11-08
Stevens County Farm Club.
Saturday. November 16.
Forenoon and Afternoon.

Saturday, November 10.
Forenoon and Afternoon.
Forenoon Session 1000 o'clock.
The First six months of the Club
.............. Prof. P. E. Miller
An Effective Farm Bureau .........
.Supt. A. D. Wilson
The Development Association. ......
...........Sec. B. F. Woodland
Dinner: Served by the girls of
the school for 20 cents.
Afternoon Session 1 100 O'Clock.
Pure Seed Law. Mr.. T. Fl. Mcguire
Farm Clubs Prof. o. M. Olson
Clearance list of Farm Products. i.
..,......... Mr.. F. D. Hawk
Topics for discussion
/. Trade Mark
2. Work for coming year.
3. Cow testing associations
Note-Any member of the club or
any one who wishes to join may bring
/ 2 quart samples of any grain that they
may have that will do for seed. A
committee will look the samples over
and decide whether they can be listed
for sale on the Clearance List. The
seed should be pure and of known
variety.
STOCK SALE.
The following stock will be sold at
auction during the afternoon:
Two Holstein bull calves. regist-
cred.
One Holstein grade COW.
One Holstein heifer, grade, fresh.
One Holstein heifer. grade, will
freshen before long.
| One Holstein heifer calf, grade, 2
months.
WOMEN'S CLUB.
The Stevens county Women's Club
will meet at the same time. See
separate, program.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-20

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"If sick and ailing women would only
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Berry, Route 6, Box 49, Upper SanduskH
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For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's
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for female ills, and such unquestionable
testimony as the above proves the value
of this famous remedy and should give
every one confidence.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-20

Mr.. Automobile Owner, how would
sou like to he free from Punctures,
BIow-outs, Rim Cuts, LcalSy Valves
and Flat Tires and still get the easy
riding quality of a pneumatic tire.
You can by tho use Of
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-20
ESTATES
Pay inheritance Taxes to the
Tax Commissioner Of
This State.

CHARLESTON, April 2O.-Two
more small estates have settled the
inheritance tax with the state tax
commissioner. One came from Berk-
eley county and the other from Ohio
county. In the case of the latter the
estate was that of a colored woman.
The estate was valued at $1S23.33,
and the inheritance tax amounted to
$4,000 1t was, paid by the executors
of Ellen Barnes, the estate being left
TO two sisters, one nephew and three
neices.. The tax in this case was
three per cent of that received by the
two sisters and five per cent in the
other cases.
The estate of Wilson P. Coe, OF
Berkeley county, was also settled to-
day, when the tax commissioner re-
ceived a check for $S92.S5, from the
estate valued at sS9,S6O, which was
left to the widow, a son, and five
grandchildren. The. widow is Fannie
g. Coo; the daughter, Anna H. Keitt
and the son, Frank D. Coe.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-20

u
me ait0Hnt * me llld All bids VII
BE opened biieig me 5flce 1t tas
Board 81 eeatton f6o.I 81, EN-
PIKE Building, clarksburg. West VII.
sinia on Monday. May 8, 1912, al
two o'clock in the afternoon. The
Board Of Education reserves the right
to reject any and all bids and to allot
smaller amounts of said bonds than
are bid for
Bonds awarded upon bids must be
paid for on delivery. and on failure
sof any bidder to pay, on or before
Wednesday, May 1G. 1912, for the
bonds awarded to him. the certified
check accompanying his bid viii be
forfeited to the Board Of Education,
which will have the right to resell
such bonds.
Further information as to said
bonds may be had upon application
to the undersigned at ciarksbnrs,
West Virginia.
Dated April s. 1912.
p "A RTFuR x. THORN, Pres.
JAMES N. HESS. secy.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-20
SALE OF s275.OOO obARKsBuRG
SCHOOL DISTRICT FIVE PER
CENT COLD BONDS.

The Board OF Education of Clarks-
burg School District. Harrison Coun-
~, West Virginia, offers for sale
sS27yi 900 In principal amount Of cou-
pm bonds Being It's total issue OF
Rllding Bonds for 1911, dated Sep
ietpber i 1911, each Of the denom-
8aatlon Of $1,000, and payable on
September 1, 1871, with interest from
date at five per cent. per annum.
payabie setnl-anuually on March /
and September /, said bonds. or any
of them, to be redeemable on any in
terest day after September /,
1921, upon payment of the principal
of the bonds to be redeemed and ac-
vrued interest. Principal and inter
est are payable In gold coin at the
Empire National Bank, of Clarksburg,
West Virginia.
The Board of Education is author
lied to levy annually a maximum
st,eclaL tax OF IS cents per S1O0 Of
valuation of taxable property In
Harrisburg School District to pay the
interest and provide a sinking fund
10 discharge the principal. The Dis
,l.1ct embraces the prosperous city of
ClarlSsburg and populous suburbs adj
iacent to the corporate limits of the
CITY, The valuation Of the taxable
property in the School District for
1911. is $1IS66,6 6s, an increase Of
$1,000, $50 over the valuation of
1910
Upon n bill filed by taxpayers to
enjoin the issue OF these bonds and
levy Of the special tax to provide for
the same tThomas Raymond ct al.
V. Board Of Education of ClarKspurg
school District ct all, said bonds
and special tax have been held valid
by the Circuit Court of Harrison
county and the Supreme Court OF APP
peals Of West Virginia.
The bonds will be sold to the
highest bidder or bidders in writing,
to be approved by the Board of Edu-
cation, for cash for not less than par
and accrued interest thereon from
September 1, 1911.
scaled blds IN writing for all or any
part of the bonds will be received
until Monday, May 6, 1912, at two
O'clock in the afternoon. Bids must
be addressed to James n. Hess. Sec
rotary of the Board Of Education OF
clarkshurg school District, C!arks-
burg, West Virginia. Endorsed bid
for Building Bonds OF 1911" and ac-
companied by certified check payable
to the order OF Board of Education
for a sum equal to five per cent. Of
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-20
AS Shown by the Investiga-
tions of a German
Professor.

%. TO- Is q
BERLIN. April 2O-The Emperor
visited Cuxhaven before leaving fol
Corfu and held conferences there with
high naval officers; and he has now
desided to establish a war harbol
there. AT present the only naval
harbor on the North sea is wilhelm
haven, which is not capacioas
enough to accommodate more vessels
than are comprised in the first squad
ron. AS 1t has just been decided to
transfer the big new cruiser won
der Tam" and several others from
the Baltic to the North Sea, 1t be-
comes necessary to increase the har-
Dor facilities on that. coast of Ger
many The change is dictated by the
fact that Britain has the larger part
of its naval strength in the North
sea, and It has come to be an axiom
with German naval men and laymen
as we'll that the. German navy will
find Its chief use in that sea IL it
should ever come into action.
***"
That race suicide is encouraged by
Socialism is the opinion of Prof.
Julius Wolf, the economist Of Breslau
University. He attemptssto prove this
by studying the election returns Of
different parts of Germany in. COM
parison with the birth rate. He found
that the birth rate in Berlin in 1908
was only 2S!9 per 1000 Of the popu-
lation, and that sixty-six per cent of
the Berlin voters supported Socialist
candidates in the previous year. For
the whole province of Brandenburg.
the birth rate was 2S.4 and the So.
ciallst vote was 40.6 per cent. On
the other hand, in the province of
West Prussia the birth. rate was 3S.5
and .he Socialist vote was only seven
per cent, while in PeseR the figures
were 1917 per thousand and nine per
cent. respectively. Prof. Wolf does
not confine himself merely to demon
strating his opinion with statistics.
but also tries to show that the ir-
religious or atheistfca Opinions OF
most Socialists are unfavorable t.,
the production Of large families. The
Socialists meet Prof. VOLTS views by
pointing out that a comparison of the
two almost purely agricultural PROV
.nces of West Prussia and ,Posen with
Berlin is unfair and misleading, since
it is well-kio*nfa fact: that Socialist
opinions spread 1mosts easily in
crowded CITIES With large Industrial
establishments, where the struggle
for existence is sharp. Moreover, this
struggle itself. =. say the Socialists,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-20
GILES CURED AT HOME BY
NEW ABSORPTION METHoI

If you suffN" from bleeding, Itch,
Ing. blind cv protruding Piles. send
me your address. and will tell you
how to cure yourself at home by the
new absorption treatment; and will
also send some Of this home treat.
ment free for trial, with references
from your own locality, If requested.
Immediate relief and permanent,
cure assured. Send no money, but
tell others Of this offer. Write to,
day to Mrs. NJ. Summers, Box P,