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Morris tribune., 1912-02-23
"Bum Show" at Raymond.

Raymond News There was bum
show in town last week. They sold
soap as side line and tired small
but long suffering audiences for five
consecutive nights. A long list of
marriageable young ladies they cat
alogued on a large chart and one of
them was promised diamond set
gold ring to be worn after business
hours of Saturday night. On Friday
evening they sold tickets in advance
for Saturdays grand performance.
and a free dance was offered by the
generous SHOW MANAGEMENT to
crown the passing event of weeks
successful performance. The lucky
winner of the DIAMOND RING was
promised to lead the polonaise and
as the year is leap the wearer of
the sparkling gem could select her
partner from the show manager down
to the editor of the local paper. In
addition to this they promised other
! 1OL ILlC t13OAAOV' AhNH W. y
night the Musical Metropolitan Farce
Co. arranged few worthless rags, a
pair of worn out lady's slippers and a
toot-horn from ten cent store in the
center of the elaborately decorated
stage, with a card, bearing the fol-
lowing message to the immensely
delighted hall manager: keep this
for the Hall rent ($20.) and take
good care of them.
At the hotel. where the company
had occupied a suit Of apartments,
they left a sweetly perfumed note,
with the reassuring intelligence II
German: "Wenn l komm: wenn
komm; wenn ] wieder komm. kehl
Ich len mein Schatz bel dir. - 1t il
needless to mention that they over
looked to pay the landlord for board
Morris tribune., 1912-02-23
LAUNCH ROOSEVELT BOOM
Judge Purdy Chairman Of Minnesota
Organization.

Judge Purdy Chairman Of Minnesota
Organization.
The Roosevelt movement in Mime
apolis was launched at a meeting at
which Minnesota Roosevelt commit
tee, headed by Judge Milton D. Purdy
of Minneapolis, was appointed, and
the committee instructed to call a
mass convention in the near future to
form a permanent organization and
to boost the work of getting the Min
nesota delegation for the colonel.
The committee is composed of one
from each congressional district, as
follows: First, H. H. Dunn of Albert
Lea; Second, E. H. Garfield, Luverne;
Third, DR.. ]. A. Gates, Kenyon;
Fourth, H. T. Halbert, st. Paul; Fifth,
NJ. D. Purdy Minneapolis; Sixth, F. A.
Dare, Walker; Seventh, Senator Frank
Clague, Redwood Falls; Eighth, Rep
resentative Henry Rines, Mora; Ninth
W. ]. Brown, Warren.
Morris tribune., 1912-02-23
PHONE THE TRIBUNE.
When You Have Items of Local
Interest.

The editor knows something but
he doesn't know it all nor does he
claim to. He exerts himself to get
the news, but even then good many
items get away. You can help if you
will. Why not: your assistance will
be appreciated. If you send in an
item and the editor doesn't print it,
you have "kick coming" If you
don't send it in and it doesn't appear,
you have no ground for complaint.
Did you ever stop to think that every
bit of news in the paper was put
there either because the editor was
present when it happened or someone
told him of it. AS the editor person
ally can see only small part of the
things that happen in community,
he must depend great deal on the
cooperation of his readers.
Here are some of the kind of items
that the newspaper always likes to
get hold of:
When guests come and 60 and
whom they visit.
When there are day. dinner OF
evening parties.
When citizens change their abiding
places.
When there are church doings.
When there are deaths, marriages,
births.
When anything happens that in
terests you and which you think may
interest others.
Telephone No. % or send in sucl
items. You may be sure they viii
be gratefully received at this Office
Morris tribune., 1912-02-23
News Of Especial Interest to
Minnesota Readers.
READY TO TACKLE HIS JOB
SRiEI" Rich, Who Promised Minneso-
ta's Delegates to Roosevelt, Re-
turns to st. Paul.

Roosevelt will be candidate and
will accept the nomination.
"In my opinion, Minnesota will send
Roosevelt delegation to the Repub-
ncan convention"
With this statement w. w. Rich,
sometime officeholder under President
Taft and Moses E. Clapp, "insurgent
senator" entered the political lists in
Minnesota as Roosevelt boomer
Mr. Ricn had a conference with the
former president in the Outlook Office
last week
He said Mr.. Roosevelt had number
Of things he wanted to do and which
had not been done by the present in
cumbent. These were not named spe
cifically by Mr.. Rich, but it was in
ferred that Mr.. Roosevelt had told
Rich that things were not running just
right down at the White House
Morris tribune., 1912-02-23
EDITORS CHOOSE OFFICERS
st. Peter Man President of Minnesota
Association,

Fl. G. Miller, editor of the ST. Peter
Free Press, was agreed on by mem
bers of the Minnesota Editorial asso-
citation, in session at Minneapolis, for
president of the association. r. c..
Dunn of Princeton, who was the popu-
lar choice, refused absolutely to serve
and forbade having his name present
ed. Mr.. Miller has been active in the
association for twenty years.
The other officers are: First vice
president, G. B. Bjornson, Minneota;
second vice president, P Schaefer,
Ely; third vice president, M. S. More
lius, Lindstrom; secretary, Carlos
Avery, Hutchinson; treasurer, David
Ramaiey, st. Paul; executive COM
mittee, c. C. Whitney of Marshall,
Frank ]. Meyst of Minneapolis, w. e.
Easton of Saltwater.
Morris tribune., 1912-02-23
Trees VS.. Wheat.

The average production of wheat
pei acre in Minnesota, for long
period of years, has been 13 bushels
per acre. Some experts declare that
it takes II bushels of this to pay the
cost of raising and marketing the
crop. This leaves only one bushel for
profit. The farm value of this bushel
of wheat, Jan. /. 1912, according to
the Government report, was 81 cents.
Supposing these averages, both of
production and price. are maintained
for fifty years, the net income from
100 acres of land for that period would
then be $4,7OO. Supposing the
cleared wheat land to be worth $40
an acres, this means net return of
only 2.35 per cent per annum on the
investment.
Land devoted to forestry. in various
European countries, pays three per
cent net on the investment; often con-
siderably more. Some experimental
paintings of pine in our Eastern
States. and of quicker-growing trees
in the West, have yielded far high
er return. But on the basis of only
3 per cent, the 100 acres of $40
wheat-land included in the foregoing
calculation if planted with trees.
would in so years yield an aggregate
net return of $4,000, or 81. 800 more
than if devoted to wheat.
The addition of only one more
bushel of wheat per acre to the aver
age yearly product would of course
wipe out the above difference in favor
of forestry; but. on the other hand,
forestry can be as successfully carried
on on rough, broken land as upon the
comparatively level ground desirable
for wheat. Such rough land being
obtainable at from SIS to 500 an acre,
percentage of profit returned from
forestry is again brought into rivalry
with that obtainable from larger
per-acre production of wheat.
1t is taking a long time to disabuse
narrowed twice. One bushel of wheat
or barley. two bushels of corn, OF
one-half bushcl of fax, increase per
acre will pay for this ezra labor.
Good seed is one of the important
factors in the production of good crops
Good seed should be plump, heavy ir
weight, should germinate well, and
be free from weed-seeds. and shoulc
be pure as to variety. Cleaning and
grading seed grain is a timely opera
tion at this season of the year, and il
likely to return more per hour of lab
or than one gets for doing the ordinary
farm work.
Weeds cause an annual loss to this
State of many millions of dollars
Weed. are often distributed with the
grass-seed or seed-grain sown. To-
much care can hardly be taken il
making sure that no bad weeds ar
sown in this manner. If.you do no
know any of the weed-seeds found il
any of your farm Seeds. send a small
: sample to the Experiment Station, AM
have them identified. This will b.
, done free.
Morris tribune., 1912-02-23
ROAD TAXES IN CASH.
Townships May Pay Cash In
stead of Working Taxes.

In many of the progressive counties
of Southern Minnesota it has become
customary for the farmers to pay
their road taxes in cash and then for
the road overseers to spend the money
on road improvement to the best of
their Judgment. Wherever tried out
thoroly the plan has been found very
satisfactory.
Inasmuch as any decision along the
line of paying road taxes in cash must
be made at the spring township meet
ings we herewith publish the law un-
der which the change can be made,
being an amendment passed by the
last legislature:
Road Taxes to be paid in Cash.
Section /. That section 1241 of
Chapter 13 of the Revised Laws of
1905, be amended to read as follows:
Section 1241. That all road taxes
be required to be paid in cash, in any
town whenever a majority of the
voters voting by ballot upon the ques-
tion shall so determine. Such ques-
tion shall not be voted upon unless a
petition signed by at least ten voting
taxpayers of the town, praying for
the payment in cash of all road
taxes is filed with the clerk ten (1O)
days before such town meeting in
which case the clerk shall specify in
the notice of such meeting that such
question will be voted upon. If such
question is decided in the affirmative,
all taxes there after assessed for the
maintenance and repair of roads and
bridges shall be paid in money and
disbursed as other town taxes. After
an annual town meeting has voted
the assessment of any road tax, the
board may further assess the property
of said town not to exceed five mills
on the dollar. on the last assessed
valuation thereof, and if they so as
sess they shall certify the same to the
auditor for extension and collection
and they may pledge the credit of the
town by issuing town orders, not ex'
ceeding the tax so assessed for the
expense of road and bridge work.
Section 2. This act shall be ir
force from and after its passage.
Note. THE sense of this amendment
is to cause poll taxes as we'll as al
other road taxes to be paid in cash,
Approved April 10th, 1911.
Morris tribune., 1912-02-23
Potatoes, Potatoes.

In order to fill a contract / have
made ! find l am several hundred bus
hels of potatoes short and in order to
make up this amount l will pay the
highest cash market price for potatoes
in lots anywhere from five bushels up.
If you have any potatoes you wish to
dispose of in the next week or so phone
No. 237 or see me personally.
C. W. Eckes, Morris, MINI.
Morris tribune., 1912-02-23
INDIAN ACCUSED OF MURDER

Chief Long-ga-ge-shtj Charged With
Staying Wife.
Murder in the first degree is the
charge which Chief ong-ga-ge-shij,
the CAPS Lake Chippewa, faces as a
result Of the death of his wife some
days ago.
A cofoner's jury at Bemidji return
ed verdict that the woman had
come tb her death by blows admins
tered by the chief
The accused Indian insists that his
squaw fell from the sleigh on the way
home and that as she could not get
back il he threw her a blanket and
went oh his way because it was so
cold"
Morris tribune., 1912-02-23
UPHELD BY SUPREME COURT
Minnesota's Anti-Discrimination Act 10
Valid.

Higher prices must not be paid for
milk and cream in one part of the
state of Minnesota than in an
other, merely to drive out competition.
The supreme court so held in an opin-
ion upholding the validity of the anti
discrimination act passed in 1909.
The Bridgeman & Russell company
of Duluth had been indicted in Pine
county for this offense. 1t demurred
on the ground that the law under
which the indictment had been drawn
was unconstitutional and appealed to
the supreme court. The company will
now go to trial in Pine county for the
alleged discrimination,
Morris tribune., 1912-02-23
Two Mlnnesotans involved.

Two MiInesotans are among the al
legged dynamiters who have been put
under arrest One of them is Charles N.
Beum. business agent and secretary
of the Minneapolis Building Trades
council The other Is Fred Mooney,
arrested in Duluth, said to be a men,
Der of the Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers organization
Morris tribune., 1912-02-23
For Sale.

The S. W. /. of Sec. 25, Town
ship 123, Range AZ, 16O acres, IL
miles south of Morris, half mile south
of German Lutheran church. improve
ments worth $500, will sell for $45
per acre. Write to E. A. Luedtke,
Fairmont, MINI.
Morris tribune., 1912-02-23
MACHINERY.

1 gang plow. Moline; suIky plow,
Moline; new Tiger drill; drag; l
nearly new disc; 3 wagons; 2 seven
foot Deering binders; l eight-foot
Deering binder. Numerous other
articles.
CATTLE: 6 milch cows, 1 fresh,
others will be soon; 8 head of young
stock.
Sale begins at II o'clock. Free
lunch at noon.
Terms: All sums of 10 and under
cash; on sums over that amount time
will be given until Oct. 1st. 1912 on
approved notes bearing 8 per interest.
PETER VADNER, Manager.
F. R. Putnam. Clerk.
Major Mccormick, Auctioneer.
Morris tribune., 1912-02-23

am now in better position than
ever before to do cleaning, repairing
and pressing of ladies' and gentle
mems clothes. Reasonable prices
and good work. C. J. Linden.
Morris tribune., 1912-02-23
Socialist Mayor at BemidIi.

The Socialists ~won victory in the
city election at Bemid.ii, electing Fred
Nj. MalEahn mayor over William Nc
Quaig by twenty-four votes. There
were two other candidates for the
office.
Morris tribune., 1912-02-23

Wanting SO Horses at Once.
Horses wanted from four to seven
years old. weighing from 1900 up,
must be sound and free from blemishes.
st. M. F. Finnegan.
Morris tribune., 1912-02-23
20 HEAD or HORSES.

1 bay mare, weight 1900; 1 grey
mare, weight 1900; 1 bay mare,
weight 1000: black mare, weight
1O0O;2 grey horses. weight each
100; bay mare, weight 1900; 2
colts, 3 years old; 8 colts, 2 years
old: 3 spring colts,
Morris tribune., 1912-02-23
COAL

Pine Knot Cannell $500
Lehigh Anthracite Stove 1925
Lehigh Anthracite Nut $3.50
Lehigh Anthracite Pea $S.75
Hooking Stove $6.25
Zenith Splint $6.25
At the coal house.
Csc a ton extra if delivered.
Morris City Mills
Morris tribune., 1912-02-23
Public Sale.

On the Forg Lake Farm, z miles
southwest of Morris, on sec. 25, Scott
township and five miles southeast of
Alberta Tuesday, Feb. 9th. The
following personal propertY:-
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There was a disturbances the door and
Roosevelt entered, escorted by policemen
His face was scowling He walked
through the crowd, which shouted in wei
come, and mounted the platform. 1t was
some minutes before he could be heard
Il am going to ask you to take recess
until l can get certain facts" said Roose-
Welt. Il ask you not to enter into ais
cussion until ! am able to put certain
facts before you.
II can tell you the general outline OF
how I intend to act.
Il don't intend to abide by the decision
of the majority of a convention created
by fraudulent delegates.
They are the convention OF the repun-
lican party. I am for a convention IN
which the men elected by such states as
Washington and Arizona and not men ap-
pointed by the defunct bosses OF New
Jersey, Pennsylvania. Kansas and Massa-
chusetts hold the reins-,
Now, gentlemen, | should like TO ASK
you to come back later. Can you come
back iater?"
You bet we cam went up a chorus
from all over the lower part OF the nal
Very we'll. gentlemen. 1t is now II :s",
Suppose you come back here at l2:3o.
have certain things to look up. And Ger
tain facts to ascertain. l want to lay
them before YOU
subsequently Roosevelt returned ana
delivered his address counseiing mae
pendent action.
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provoked a scene of wild disorder In the
corridors of the Congress Hotel. A crowd
of Taft delegates burst into pandemo-
MUM OF cheers and sang GLORY, Glory,
Hallelujah!'
In every quarter the Taft people made
no secret of their elation.
Progressive Leaders Oppose Bolt.
Some of the leaders of the progressive
states declared this morning they would
not lend countenance TO bolt
North Dakota will rema n regular and
will not bolt" said Senator Gronna. Il
have seen several of the Wisconsin dele
gates, and they assure me they will re-
main in the regular convention
Senator Kenyon gave the same assur-
ance as to the ten Cummins votes In
Iowa.
A man who has been close to the Roose.
welt leaders asserted the belief that Col
Roosevelt could not control more than
200 votes on a bolt.
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restore order. Mrs. Davis, somewhat
rumpled. returned to the galleries. was
cheered for a moment, and then sat down.
There was considerable disorder during
a great part of the afternoons proceed
ings. George l.. Record Of New Jersey.
speaking in behalf Of the Hadley motion
to purge the roll had difficulty in getting
a respectful hearing. At last. in sheer
desperation, the chair ordered a recess of
five minutes.
Mr.. Record afterward continued his ad-
dress. He presented the Roosevelt side
Of the Indiana and Arizona contests. Be-
cause of its small delegation. the specta-
tors refused to be much interested in the
story of the new southwestern state.
Judge Robert e. Morrison of Arizona
defended the rights of the seated dele
gates from that state. and Thomas IL
Devine of Colorado continued in opposi-
ton to the Hadley motion. Speaking IN
one place of an understanding ne said
he had with Gov. Hadley, he remarked,
ironically:
Gov Hadley always stands by his
agreements when 1T is to his interest to
do So Roars and "boos" Of resent
ment followed
c. c. Middleton. Taft instructed dele
gate from Texas. SPOKE only long enough
to defend Cecil Lyon and the republican
party of Texas. John d. Mackay of Mich
igan defended the seats of the Wolverine
Knox, thrdterm boomer. and eulogizins
John w. Blodgett, whose votes In the
national committee helped make up the
roll of delegates that has been attacked.
NJ. L. Calvin of Kentucky opposed the
Hadley motion and challenged the Ken
lucky contests as without merit
Mr.. Watson. leader of the Taft forces
on the floor. then took up the argument
against the Hadley motion.
Not in Fit Temper.
Take Michigan. too said Mr. wat
son In his argument What evidence OF
testimony has been given on these con-
tests today? What information OF evil
dence have you that fits you to decide q
matter of this Importance? The answer
is that you have none. / say that this
convention is not in a fit temper to decide
these matters. and. furthermore. that i,
is not sufficiently informed on these con.
tests to decide them. Now. isn't that
so?
1T is not my intention. nor the inten-
ton of my friends. to abuse any man.
am not used to using vilihcation OF
abuse in place of argument. What
say is that l am not able to judge myself
here is able to do So what is the
right and proper thing to do?"
Throw them all OUT" shouted a dele.
gate.
1T is easy enough to preach mob rule, =
said Mr.. Watson. but we do not do these
things. Such a course is neither repub
lican nor American The thing to do is
to send these contests to the committee
on credentials. where they will receive
the careful consideration to which they
cided on the evidence. And l want tc
say right here that so impressed is my
friend Gov. Hadley by the present tenn
per of this convention that he himself is
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Demonstration as Mrs. Davis
Waves Roosevelt Picture.
CHEERED FORTY MINUTES
Attempt Made to Lift Young Won
an to Stage at Convention.
TAFT MEN WIN SECOND POINT
Fight to Dust Contested Delegates,
Led by Hadley, Defeated
by 564 to $40.

CHICAGO, June 20.-A pretty woman
In white, waving a picture of Col. Roose-
welt in the galleries, created a stir In the
convention yesterday afternoon. She was
Immediately the center Of attraction. She
stood waving the picture in one hand and
a handkerchief in the other. smiling all
the while.
Finally in her excitement she dropped
the picture. Then some one found 1t and
returned 1t to her. and the cheering which
had died away for the instant was re-
newed
The California Teddy bear" standard
and several state standards were carried
to her side Reporters made a rush to
Davis of Chicago.
AS climax to the demonstration she
had helped to prolong, Mrs. Davis was
brought to the floor by several delegates
and an attempt was made to lift her over
the press seats to the stage.
The sergeant-at-arms stopped this. But
Mrs. Davis. from the press section. led
the cheers. still holding her precious pic
ture and trying to make speech. Sen
ator Root occasionally pounded with his
gavel on the table, but made no serious
effort to stop the demonstration for a
long while.
Forty Minute Demonstration.
The demonstration had been in prog
ress forty minutes, and Mrs. Davis had
disappeared from the floor. when Chair
man Root finally directed the officers to
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COLONEL BALKs AT JOINING.
Refuses to Become Member OF WON
an Suffrage League.

NEW YORK, June 2O.-Theodore Roose-
Welt has declined to join the New York
Mems League for Woman Suffrage. I'm
mediately after the recent announcement
bv Col. Roosevelt that he was for woman
suffrage the secretary of the league. Mr..
Beadle. called at the former Presidents
office and left membership blank Tor
him to sign The secretary has now re-
ceived his answer.
1t saws that Col Roosevelt at the
present time does not wish to avail MINI
self of your kind offer.
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COLONIES PICTURE FATAL.
Mrs. Hibbard Fractures Skull Hang
ing the Portrait.

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, June 2o.-Mrs-
Annie Hibbard Of Tompkins Corners fell
and fractured her skull in attempting to
hang a pi~ture of Col. Roosevelt last
night, according to a dispatch received
here today.
She was standing on the edge of a
chair and leaned over to rest the por-
trait on a shelf until she could drive in
the hook. The chair tilted and she struck
her head on the window sill.