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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-11-13

Besrd.,e annf Bsi:a. ARRR1iseP
ham, Be1yiew. Benson. Bird Island, Bon
Brownton, Bunalo, Bufralo Lake. Camp
bell. Carver, Cholxio, Clara City, Clark
field, Clinton, Clontarf. Cold Spring, Co.
iogne, Cottonwood. Cyrus, Danube, Dam
Doran, Echo, Eden Valley, Elbow Lake,
Franklin, Gawick, Glencoe. Glenwood.
Graceville, Granite Falls, Green Valley.
ske. Hazel Run, Hector, Herman, Hof-
Kerkhoven, Kimban. Kossner. I.afay-
Lake. Marietta, Marshall, Maynard. Nil
an, Montevideo. Monticello, Morgan, Nor
ris, Morton, Murdoch, Myers, Nassau, New
London. New Ulm, Norcross, Olivia. Or
Redwood Falls. Renville, Richmond, Sa-
cred Heart, Sanborn. Seaforth. Sedan.
South Haven. Spicer, Starbuck, Stewart,
Sleepy Eye. S.; Cloud; Sank Center: Tin
Wahpeton. Watkins. Watson. Westport,
Wheaton, Willmar. Wood Lake and
Young America together with all ex-
ton, Beardsley. Bird island. Buffalo.
Clinton, Cold Spring, Glenwood. Grace
vile, Granite Falls, Lamberton. Monti-
cello, Norris, New Ulm, Olivia. Orion
Vile, Sleepy Eye and Wheaton: together
with ali switch boards terminal racks,
protectors, calculigraphs, generators,
storage batteries, pole changers, booths.
local and rural poles, wires, cables. cable
terminals and subscribers sets (not In
GLIDING transmitters or recaiversl. to-
gether with all Office furniture. toll sta
tons, booths, toll station booths, signs,
switchboards, switchboard drops and
jacks, together with all equipment ana
line material, tools, teams, construction
wagons, together with all franchises,
easements, licenses. rights. tmmuntties
nances and other rights held, used or en-
joyed by said Defendant, with all con-
tracts and agreements with railroad
companies or other corporations or In.
dividuals, with local exchange compa-
MES or other companies, Including es-
understandings with The Northwestern
Telephone Exchange Company at MIN.
neapolis, Minnesota, together with All
rights Of way, privileges. all contracts
with subscribers, together with all Tolls.
incomes, revenues, issues and pronts
from said property and al tnereot' . ,o
Equipments In the State of Minnesota:
and especially at the general once OF
the Defendant in the City Of Minneapo-
lis, consisting of. desks, typewr1ters,
cabinet filing cases, safe, rugs, electric
lamp stands and other Office furniture
and fixtures. and all contracts. agree
ate at said general Office or elsewhere.
Dated October End, 1872
PETER BONDE.
Sheriff of Kandiyohi County. Minnesota.
J.. M. MARTIN & C. v. SMITH.
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
A. NJ. KEITH, Of Counsel. =
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-11-13
OF Incorporation
OF tho
Forum Investment Company.

We, the undersigned; for the purpose
of forming a corporation under and pur-
suant to the provisions Of Chapter Fiji
t tyte (5S qSs Revised Laws of Mime.
thereof, do hereby associate ourselves
as a. body corporate. and do hereby adopt
the following Certificate of Incorpora-
tom
The name of this corporation shall be
The general nature of its business
shall be to acquire, own, sell and other
wise dispose of, and deal in, stocks,
bonds, mortgages, securities, notes. COM
mercial paper of corporations and indiv-
iduals, real estate and loans, banking,
publishing and printing; to engage in
manufacturing and mining, to promote
and sell: patents ana patent rights, to- to
sell and lease territorial patent rights
and to engage in any other business that
may be for the interest of said COM
The principal place Of transactlng the
business Of this corporation shall be IN
the City Of Willmar, County of Kandl-
yohi and State Of at,a Minnesota ne
The time for the commencement of
this corporation shall be November LIST,
1912. and the period Of its duration
shall be thirty years.
--... Article III.
The names and places Of residence of
the persons forming this corporation
are: j. Emil Nelson Of Willmar, Mime
sofa: A. O. FOrsberg Of Willmar Min
nesota; E. J. Wahl of st. Paul, Minne-
sofa; Lewis Johnson of Willmar, Mime
sofa, and Swan Anderson of Willmar,
Minnesota.
Article Nv.
The management Of this corporation
composed Of not less than three and
not more than nine members. The
names and addresses of the first Board
of Directors are: J. Emil Nelson, Will
mar, Minnesota; A. o. Forsberg, Will
mar, Minnesota; E. J. VAIL, St. Paul,
Minnesota; Lewis Johnson, Willmar,
Minnesota and Swan Anderson, Willmar,
corporation shall be: President, J. Emil
Nelson;, vice president, A. o Forsberg;
secretary-treasurer, Lewis johnson. Ali
the above named officers and directors
shall hold their respective offices Afore-
said until the next annual meeting OF
the corporation to be held ON the End
Tuesday in January. 1913: at which
of directors shall be elected from and
by the stockholders of this corporation.
The annual meeting of this corporation
shall be held at its principal place of
business on the End Tuesday In Janu-
airy in each year. Immediately after the
election Of directors, or as soon there
after IS practicable, the directors shall
president and a vice president, and from
their number or from the stockholders
q secretary and treasurer. Any office
except that of president and vice presf-
dent may be held by one person The
directors and officers of this corporation
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-11-13

be foreclosed. and the premises and pro-
perty covered by the same be sold for
the purpose of paying the amount of
said judgment, together with interest,
premises and property, real, personal
and mixed, be sold in one parcel, If q
bidder or bidders therefor can be OBJ
tanned; II not, then In two or more par
cells. ~ a..
I. the undersigned, the Sheriff of said
Kandiyohi County, in said State Of Min
nesota, will sell at public auction to the
highest bidder. without redemption, for
at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at my,
the said Sheriffs main Office in the Coun-
ty Court House in the City Of Willmar,
in said County Of Kandiyohi. State of
covered by said Trust Deed or Mort
gage, and described in and covered by
said judgment and decree, to-wit:
M s1 tho 6Hs Paa a4S
rights of every name and nature, cor
poreal and incorporeal, owned and held
by the said Defendant, to-wit: all the
telephone systems, lines, exchanges, toll
PENDANT, including all poles. wires, cross
arms pins, insulators, brackets, booths
at stations, tools and all other apparat-
u.s. appliances. implements ana supplies SUI pies
Defendant; all franchises, easements: IL
censes, rights, immunities and priv1leg-
es including all corporate powers, Or
dinaoces or other rigt is, together with
Guiding Lots seven % t ana Mget ac ~;
Addition to Appleton, Swift County, Min
nesota, according to the recorded plat
thereof, and the following lands IN Big
Stone County, Minnesota, viz: Lot Sey-
enteen (l7), Block Two ~ Of the VII
age Of Beardsley; Lot Eighteen lS),
Block One az in the Village of Gin
ton: Lot Two (2), Block Twenty-four
(24j, Original Townsite Of the village
Of Ortonville, according to the respec-
tive plats on file and of record. together
upon all of said real estate, and all otn-
er property, real. personal ana mlAeo
now owned or held by said Defendant
all documents, contracts, leases and bus
mess records used by or belonging to
said Defendant, including it's entire te1e.
incomes, revenues, issues and profits
therefrom arising, including those Ger.
tain lines, systems and plants now con.
structed and used by said Defendant In
and extending from and through the
Lyon, lincoln. Yellow Medicine, Rem:
vile, Sibley. Mcleod, Carver, Hennepin
Wright, Meeker, Kandiyohi, Chippewa
Lac qui Parle. Big Stone, Swift, SteaEns
Pope. Stevens, Grant, Douglas and VIII
kin, in the State Of Minnesota, being one
thousand sixty $1,000 miles soI more te 81
wires, aggregating three thousand nifty
(3050) miles more or less, and iron toll
wires -aggregating three thousand one
hundred fifty (3150) miles, with poles
sad sESa eses
lines extending from. between and to
one hundred and fifteen (115) cities and
villages, as follows:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-11-13
s'The Private Life Of No. $780,"


concerning the private life Of these
+ men. How do you know the accuracy
Of the facts you state in single line,
for instance, about the private life and
habits Of the president of a certain
trust company"
"You don't suppose would make a
statement like that unless know it to
be true?''
''How did you discover it?''
every simply"
Bivens stepped to one of the great
steel safes and drew out a manuscript
notebook Of some 300 pages of type
written matter. On the back of the
morocco cover was printed in plain
gold lettering: 1.-THE Private Life of
No. $780,"
He handed the volume to Stuart,
closed the safe and resumed his seat
''You may take that book with you,
Jim" he said quietly. II trust to your
honor not to reveal its contents ex-
cept in the discharge of your sworn
duty as an officer of the law. You will
find in 1t the record of the distinguish
ed presidents private life for the past
ten years without the omission of a
single event Of any Importance
Stuart glanced through the book with
amaZement. :; ~ r.. -. .
How did you come into possession
Of such facts?' ! IS: IS. *,
mo trouble at ALL was the easy
answer. ut only requires little mon.
y and a little patience and i little
cara n selecting the right men for the
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si1ty-nins and twenty-four hundrsdths
Dollars (3170.169.74) principal and I'M
terest to October End, 1912, Two Hum
dred Dollars 5000 attorneys fees. Five
Hundred Dollars ($600) Trustees fees,
amounting in al 70 One Hundred Seven
" Thousand, Eight Hundred Sixty-nina
lt170,s62.24). with interest from aid
October End, 1912. together with the sum
OF Nineteen and $1,000 Dollarn lS1S.6o1
costs and disbu1sements taxed "a this
Thousand. Eight Hundred eighty-eieht
and 74-100 Dollars l3170. $3.50 With in-
terest from the date Of said tudgment
and decree. and adtudg1ng ana decreeing
that that certain Trust Deed or Mort
gage described In the Plaintiffs Con-
plant herein. bearing date March ~.
1902. and executed by the Defendant,
Minnesota Central Telephone Company.
TO the Plaintiff, The Minnesota Loan and
Trust Company, as Trustee, and record
ed In the ONCE OF the Secretary Of State
Ct the state Of Minnesota, ON April -.
1902, In Book 10 Of r. r. Records, on
Page 4s5. and recorded in the oflces Of
the Register OF Deeds Of each Of the fol-
lowing counties. in the State Of Mime
sofa, viz:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-11-13
STATISTICS OF KANDIYOHI COUNTY
POP ulA11ON SCI EEllCHTIS SCANDINAVIAN

The Minnesota State Board Of Immt.
grafton has issued q pamphlet entitled
Minnesota by Counties The infor.
nation concerning Kandiyohi county is
given below. The statement as to az.
erage value Of land il very conserve.
tive being that Of y. s. census OF !
years ago. The assessed valuation was
also Increased since then:
5ss KANDIloHI COUNTY. m. j
This county was organized March 20,
1858, with the county seat at Willmar.
1t iss located in the south central por-
ton OF the state. about Is miles west
Of the cities Of Minneapolis and st.
Paul. being connected herewith by the
Great Northern and 500 railroads, which
afford excellent transportation facil-
tiles for the county. IL S:
The soil is a dark loan, with a clay
subsotl. The surface is rolling prai-
RE. ffj>%%i. 7s-
The county is we'll drained by the
Grow and Hawk rivers. These, togeth-
er with the many beautiful lakes which
abound with fish, make it an ideal spot
for the angler -.-'&
The area of the county is 867,14
square miles. or 554,969.04 acres, of
which 497,101.35 acres are land, AMI
57,S67.69 acres are water. The land
surface is divided into 2,237 farms at
an average value per acre Of $33.11. =
The population Of the county in 1910
was 1889, of which 1886 were native
born. the foreign population being as
follows: Germany, 348; Sweden 1884;
Norway. 2,299; Great Britain and Ire
land. PA; Denmark, 1853: Bohemia, g.;
other countries, 257. Their occupations
are agricultural pursuits, together with
manufacturing industries of which the
county has sc, with an invested capital
of $271,972.
This county Is devoted to diversified
farming. In 1910 the county had 10
creameries with an output of 1,52O,187
pounds Of butter. The live stock of the
county in 1911 was as follows: horses.
1883; cattle, 1885, sheep, 4,4S7;
swine, 5,396. The county has IL banks,
the deposits of which are $2,S54,3S7.03.
1t has 104 rural schools, two graded
schools, two high schools, three private
schools and 81 churches with denomin-
atoms as follows: Catholic, Methodist,
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(First publication Nov. 6-4t.)
Order Limiting Time to File Claim
and for Hearing Thereon.


and for Hearing Thereon.
Estate of Nels Peterson, also known as
Nils Peterson.
State of Minnesota, County of Kandi-
yohi, In Probate Court.
In the Matter Of the Estate Of Nels
Peterson, also known as Nils Peter
son DcCedent.
Letters Of Administration, this day
having been granted to c.. S. N. Peter
son, of SAID County,
It Is Ordered. that the time within
which all creditors Of the above named
decedent may present claims against his
estate in this court. be. and the same
hereby is, limited to six months from
and after the date hereof: and that Mon
day, the 18th day of May, 1913, at 2
o'clock p. m, In the Probate Court
Rooms at the Court House at Willmar
in said County, be, and the same hereby
is fixed and appointed as the time and
place for hearing upon the examination,
adjustment and allowance of such claims
as shall be presented within the time
aforesaid.
Let notice hereof be given by the pub
LEGATION of this order in the Willmar
Tribune as provided by law.
Dated October 31st, 1912.
(SEAL) T. o. GILBERT
Judge Of Probate
GEO. H. BITTERNESS,
Attorney, Willmar. MINI.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-11-13
(First publication Nov. 6-4t)
Order Limiting Time to Pile Claims
and for Hearing Thereon.
Estate of Nels TrulsOn.

Estate of Nels Trulson.
State of Minnesota, County of Kandi-
yohf, In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Nels
TrulsOn, Decedent.
Letters of Administration this day
having been granted to N. o. Nelson, of
said County,
It Is Ordered, that the time within
which all creditors of the above named
decedent may present claims against
his estate in this court, be, and the same
hereby. is, limited to six months from
and after the date hereof; and that
Monday the 18th day of May, 1913, at
2 o'clock p; M, in. the Probate Court
il said County, be, and the same hereby
fs fixed and appointed as the time and
place for hearing upon and the exam
ination, adjustment and allowance of
in the time aforesaid.
Let notice hereof be given by the pub
LEGATION of this order in the Willmar
Tribune as provided by law.
Dated November LIST, 1912
(SEAL) T. o GILBERT,
~ Judge Of Probate
r. w. STANFORD.
Attorney, Wil1mar. MINI
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-(First publication Oct. 23-4t) :
for Hsaring on Petition for AA-
Hnini0tr1tdon. -. ~
Estate Of Charles Smitl


Estate Of Charles Smith.
State Of Minnesota, County Of Kandiyo-,
hi, In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate Of Charles
Smith, Decedent. ~ -
The State of Minnesota to all persons
interested in the granting of admins
tration Of the estate of said decedent:
The petition of Hannah Smith having
been filed in this court, representing
that Charles Smith, then q resident Of
the County Of Kandiyohi, State of Min
nesota, died intestate on the Sth day Of
September, 1912, and praying that let
tiers of administration Of his estate be
granted to Oscar Smith. Of said coun-
ty; and the court having fixed the time
and place for hearing said petition:
THEREFORE,, YOU, AND EACH OF
YOU, are hereby cited and required to
show cause, If any you have, before this
court at the Probate Court Rooms in the
Court House in the City Of Willmar In
the County of Kandiyohi, State Of Min
nesota, on the 18th day Of November,
1912, at o'clock p. m, why said petit
ton should not be granted.
Witness, the Judge of said Court, and
the Seal Of said Court, this 18th day Of
October, 1912.
COURT SEAL) z. O. GILBERT,
Probate Judge.
CHARLES JOHNSON, 80
Attorney for Petitioner, Wtllmar.
Mimi.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-11-13

/ Norwegian Lutheran Synod. Norwee-
ian Free Lutheran. German and Swedish
Lutheran and Swedish Mission. It al
SO has seven newspapers. ID
Nearly every farm home in this conn
ty is supplied with United states rural
free delivery, and local ana long dis
lance telephones are within reach az
all. Ss.z; ss SC. sc:
Z There is one city and six villages in
this county, viz: Willmar, population.
Abs; Atwater, 600; Kandiyohi, 1856:
New London, 418; Pennock, 1879; Ray
mond, 1874; spicer, 228. =,
b. The total assessed valuation OF the
county. in 1910 was $S.722.ss7, OF which
$1.654.649 was personal property. 80
Land can be purchased in this coun-
ty at $40 to SIS per acre. according to
improvements and proximity, to mar
kets. ~..:.@s. - S. -
Kandiyohi county farm lands are in a
highly developed state and the soil is of
the best, being a heavy black loan
which produces abundant crops. Wheat
was and still is a very important agri-
cultural product in this county, but Of
late years corn has come to the front
rapidly. SO that today thousands of
acres of corn are raised here each year.
Hogs and fat cattle are shipped from
here each year.
Some of the finest apples the writer
ever saw were raised in Kandiyoht coun-
ty last year and were exhibited at the
Northwest Land Products Show in st.
Paul; December, 1911. Small fruit Is
also grown here in abundance 81
important branches Of the agricultural
industry.
The crop acreage for 1912 was: corn,
92,s09: wheat, e1,s95; rye, 95s; potatoes,
1,513; oats, 55.472; barley, 34,112; fax,
7.011: hav II 463
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-11-13

into the mass of corruption Bivens had
lplaced in his hands the more profound
became his surprise. That men whose
and fair dealing. men Entrusted with
1.-THE management of companies whose
assets represented the savings Of mil
lions of poor men. the sole defense Of
millions of helpless women and chill
aren-that these trusted leaders of the
world were habitually pr0st1tuting
their trusts for personal gain, stagger
ed belief.
He delayed action and began a care
full. patient. thorough investigation
As it. proceeded his Amusement In
creased He found that Bivens had
only scratched the surface Of the truth
( New York. the financial center Of the
nation. had gone mad with the insane
passion for money at all haZards-by
Ill means. fair or foul. The nation
was on the tidal wave Of the most
wonderful industrial boom In it's his
tory. The price of stocks had reached
fabulous figures and still scared to
greater heights. NIillfonaires were
springing up. like mushrooms. 10 a
might.
Two months had passed since Rivens
placed In the district attorneys hands
the document which was destined to
make sad history in the annals Of the
metropolis. Stuart felt that the time
' had come to act It was his solemn
duty to the people.
the great skyscrapers downtown hold
ing in his hand list of the men b.
was about to ask the grand jury to in
dict for crimes which would send then
to prison, exile and dishonored death.
! 1--WE got to do it-that's ALL But be
fore do, I'm going to know one O
two things beyond the shadow Of
| doubt"
| He seized his telephone and made a.
| appointment to call at once on Bivens
The fnancier extended his delicat
hand and with cordial smile led Stu
art to a seat beside his desk. The onl
sign he betrayed Of deep emotion wa
the ice like GOODNESS Of his slende
| fingers.
well. Jim, you've completed you
very thorough investigation"
How did you know was making
thorough investigation?
II make it my business to know
things which vitality interest me. Yo
, found my facts accurate. and you ar
ready to striker"
"When have confirmed some state
ments you have made in your stor
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-11-13
(First publication Oct. 23-4t) >-~s
Citation for Hearing ON Final Aoooun
and for Distribution.

Estate Of John Olson.
State Of Minnesota, County Of Kandiyo-
hi, In Probate Court. +
In the Matter Of the Estate Of John Oh
son, decedent. g.. - ~.
The State Of Minnesota to all persons
interested in the final account and dis
tribution Of the estate of said decedent:
The representative Of the above named
decedent, having filed In this court his
final account Of the administration
Of the estate Of said decedent,
together with. his petition pray
ing for the adjustment and allowance
Of said final account and for distribution
Of the residue Of said estate to the per-
sons thereunto entitled; THEREFORE,
YOU, AND EACH o.. YOU, are hereby
cited and required to show cause, II
any you have, before this court ct the
Probate Court Rooms in the Court House
in the City of Willmar, in the County of
Kandiyohi, State Of Minnesota, ON the
18th day Of November, 1912, at 2 o'clock
p. M, why said petition should not be
granted. 'z1 .5 "a b s.
Witness, the Judge Of said court, and
the Seal Of said Court. this 2lst day Of
October, 1912. E.:7.E ssS
|(COURTg SEAL) T. Q. GILBERT,
probate Judge
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-11-13

The census figures given in the above
show that the Scandinavian element of
our population is increasing, If there is
any change at all. Assuming that the
extraction of the native born averages
the same as the foreign born, which is
Il fair assumption, Kandiyohi countys
population is fully seven-eighths of
Scandinavian extraction. =
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A Question Of Respect.
A man usually has more respect for
smother mans size than for his age
Atchisou Globe. s g. :s., 8.
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Swift County ofncials.

The probable winners in the county
contests in Swift county are D. P. Car
ney, auditor; I. B. Anderson, treasurer;
J. N. Edwards, probate Judge; H. C..
Odney, Reg. Of Deeds; w. A. Poland,
Clerk of Court; O. r. johnson, sheriff;
and Miss Thorson, Supt Of Srhools.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-11-13
62120

52120
State Of Minnesota, L.
County Of Kandiyohi.
Filed for record the 25th day Of o.
tober A. D. 1912 at 1890 o'clock q. M,
and recorded In Book S Of Miscel., on
pages 14-15. e. i. =
-. ~ OLOF II. DALE,
Register Of Deeds.
By E. V. NICHOLSON,
r. ~ Deputy.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-11-13
County Of Hennepin, GO
State Of Minnesota,

e sfsta ~ Of M} hennepin' Lss.
On this goth day Of October. 1912,
personally appeared before me, Gilbert
Amonsen, Henry Amonsen and J. Emil
Nelson, to me known to be the persons
named in and executed the foregoing
Certificate of Incorporation, and each
acknowledged that he executed the same
as his free act and deed for the uses
and purposes therein expressed.
(SEAL) J. F. MAIN,
Notary Public, Hennepin Co., Mimi.
My commission expires Jan. IA. 1915.
State of Minnesota,
Department Of State.
I hereby certify that the within in
strument was filed for record in this
office on the 10th day of October, A. D.
1912, at o'clock p. m, and was duly
recorded in Book W3 Of Incorpora-
lions on page 90.
JULIUS A. SCHMAHL,
Secretary of State.
52148
State of Minnesota,
County Of Kand1yOhi,
Filed for record the Goth day Of Oc-
tober A. D. 1912 at 800 o'clock p. m.,
and recorded in Book Of Miscel. on
pages 1918.
OLOF H. DALE,
Register of Deeds.