Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-02-14

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More carloads Of stock were ship
ped to South sSt. Paul last month
than have been received there any
January since 1888.
An acetylene gas lighting plant
on the farm Of John Hildebrandt Of
Richland near. Mortified exploded
Tuesday of last week and three
children were killed.
Old timers say that the good crop
seasons have almost invariably
been the ones following severe win
tiers. If that's the case it ought to
make the cold some easier to bear.
A man by name of J. G. Harris is
serving 30 days in Jail for passing a
worthless check at Morris. He evil
IDENTIFY is the same Harris who is
wanted at St. Cloud and Litchfeld
on the charge.
| Editor Foland's first official act af-
ter becoming Clerk of Court Of Swift
County was to issue marriage IL
cense to Martin Freeze of Norway
Lake and Miss Amanda Thune Of
Kerkhoven township.
The city Of Winona pays l cent fo1
each and every English Sparrow kill
ed in the city limits. This bird is &
dirty, noisy nuisance, and annoying
and destructive to other birds much
more preferable. All cities shoull
join in the effort to rid the country o!
this Observation-Disclosures Journal
In many of the progressive coun
ties of Southern Minnesota it has be
come customary for the farmers t.
pay their road taxes in cash and thel
for the road overseers to spend tn
money on road improvement to tn
best of their judgment. Whereve
tried out thoroly the plan has bee
found very satisfactory. :
Winnipeg, Feb. There are ID,
100000 bushels of damp wheat in tn
west facing problem of enormou
difficulty. If this wheat is not mar
keted and dried before spring, it vii
be a total loss, involving farmers i
ruin. There is no chance Of movin
it under the existing transportatio
condition. A mid winter thaw woul
do great damage.
| Exactly 10 years in the active ser
: vice of the government as carrie
on rural route No. l, Of St. Cloud an
| so far as is known has never misse
a day, is the unique record Of Mrs
Lester W. Allen, who celebrated yes
lterday the tenth anniversary of he
entry into the postoffice work. Mrs
Allen is the only woman mail carrie
: in that part Of the state. :,
i Now that Congressman .Stenerso
Of the Ninth Congressional Distric
has become a member Of the Whit
5 Earth Indian Tribe and has acknow
lodged the fact by making applica
ton for pine allotments, it has bee
suggested that being "ward Of tn
u. S. Government" he is not entitle
to vote and much less to be repre-
sentative to Congress. He seem
to be in a hard row Of stumps.
i On Sunday morning while passen
ger train No. Is was approachin
Glencoe a passenger who appeare
to have been asleep in one Of tn
coaches suddenly raised in his sea
and jumped through the window. Hi
action was noticed and the trai
E stopped. The man was picked up an
taken to the hospital at Glencoe
where he died the same afternoon
Had it not been that the ground wa
well covered with snow he would i
all probability have been instantl
5 killed as the train was running a
a high rate of speed. It is though
the man must have been dreaming a
the time he committed this strang
act.-Montevideo Commercial.
VI A year old moose, captured by
r farmer near Salol, west from .Bau
5 dette in Roseau county, has beea sen
to the state game and fish commits
;, sion at St. Paul, where it has bee
turned over to the Como park zoo
e The moose was caught when but
e few weeks. The animal has becom
: tame and was much attached to it
captor, who desired to keep it, bu
this the law would not permit.
Il This is the second instance of thi
d kind that has come to our notice late
lily. Will any one of the wise one
please tell us why man is not allow
ed to keep a tame moose or dee1
What can the object be for such
law7 We can see why man shoul
+ not be allowed to keep tame wolves