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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1912-05-24
AFTER KNUTE NELSON'S SEAT
James A. Peterson Seeks Minnesota
Senatorship.

James A. Peterson Seeks Minnesota
Senatorship.
James A. Peterson of Minneapolis,
former county attorney of Hennepin
county, has announced his candidacy
for the Republican nomination for
United States senator at the senate
rial preference primaries to be held
next September.
Mr.. Peterson's announcement is
brief, but he reserves the privilege at
a later date to set forth his policies
at length. The announcement fol-
lows:
in response to number of re-
quests coming from different portions
of the state announce that l will be
a Republican candidate for United
States senator at the next primary
election. Although the progressive
principles for which l stand are gen.
orally understood, will take occasion
at the proper time to state my views
in detail on all the public questions
involved in the campaign
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1912-05-24
News Of Especial Interest to
Minnesota Readers.
ROOSEVELT MEN IN CONTROL
Republican State Convention Instructs
Delegates for coIoneI-casweII
National Committeeman.

Roosevelt men held absolute sway
in the Republican delegate convention
at Minneapolis, beat down the efforts
of the La Toilette delegates to start a
second choice movement for the Wis
consin senator and to insert La Fol-
lette policies In the resolutions and
elected six delegates at large to go
to the national convention at Chicago
under binding instructions to fight for
the nomination of Colonel Roosevelt
to the last ditch.
The delegates at large are Moses
E. Clapp, st. Paul; Milton D. Purdy,
Minneapolis; ]. F. Jacobson, Madison:
E. K. Roverud, Houston county; o. J.
Larson, Duluth; A. L. Hanson, Ada.
Frank B. kellogg, Republican ma
tional committeeman, will be succeed
ed by I. A. Caswell, clerk of the SUI
preme court and state Roosevelt man.
ager. Caswell's name was the only
one presented to the convention and
he was unanimously elected.
Strong resolutions, that endorsed
Colonel Roosevelt and progressive
principles, took a fling at the STATE Re
publican central committee for it's op.
position to presidential primaries and
termed this opposition "the oppression
of bossism."
Want Primary for Governor.
%a &hn oov
trail committee that Republican voters
be permitted to express their choice
for governor at the coming primaries
was recognized by the delegates as a
direct slap at Governor Eberhart for
aligning himself with the Taft element
and refusing to call special session
of the legislature to enact presi'
Dental primary law.
There was scarcely a noticeable
hitch in the program mapped out by
l. A. CasWell and other Roosevelt
leaders. Taft delegates played nc
part in the convention. The one real
fight on the floor was on resolutions
Here a handful of La Toilette dele
gates attempted to obtain instructions
for delegates to vote for their leader
in case Roosevelt's nomination is ar
impossibility.
Frank Knox, vice chairman of the
Republican national committee, who
came to Minneapolis to head off LIE
Toilette sentiment, engineered the
! move that killed off the attempt fo1
La Toilette second choice instructions
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1912-05-24
Order Limiting Time to File
Claims, and for Hearing
Thereon.

Estate of F. c. Sp!itstoser

Estate of F. G. Sp!itstoser
State of Minnesota, County of Stevens,
in Probate court.
In the matter of the estate of F. c.
SplitStoser decedent.
Letters testamentary this having been
granted to George Splitstoser.
1t 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 three months from and after
the 26th day of Aug. 1912, at 10 O'Clock A NJ,
in the Probate Court Rooms at the Court
House at the city of Norris, in said coun-
ty, be and the same hereby is, fixed and
appointed as the time and place for hear
ing upon and the examination, adjust
ment and allowance of such claims as
shall be presented within the time afore-
said.
Let notice hereof be given by the publ
cation of this order in the Morris Tribune,
as provided by law.
Dated May 7th 1912.
Court SeaD A. L. STENGER,
Probate Judge
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1912-05-24
Advertisement for Bids for Grad
ing State Road No. 10.

Sealed bids will be received at the
office of the County Auditor of the
County of Stevens, at the Court
House in the City of Morris, State
of Minnesota, until 10 o'clock a. M,
May 25th, 1912, for making cut and
building a grade on State Road No.
10, in Section 80, Town 125, Range
Al. Crown of Framnas) County of Ste
vens, State of Minnesota; amount OF
earth to be removed 9177.4 Gu. yd.,
also for cutting a new channel for
the Pomme de Terre river, in said
Section 80, requiring the removal OF
1777.4 Gu. yd. of earth; and for the
clearing and grubbing of one-half
acre of timber in said Section 80. K
Plans and specifications may be
seen at the above named office.
All work must comply with the
specifications prepared by the High
way Commission, and filed in the Of
flee of the County Auditor on the 10th
day of April, 1912.
Each proposal or bid must be accom-
panied by cash or a certified check for
not less than five 90 per cent of
the amount of the bid, payable to
the County Treasurer of said Stevens
county. All bids must be upon the
blank forms furnished by the under
signed.
The Board reserves the right to
accept or reject any proposal.
(sEAL) F. E. WARE,
Sealed bids will be received at the
office of the County Auditor of the
County of Stevens, at the Court
House in the City of Norris, Mimi.
until 10 o'clock a. M, May oath, 1912,
for building State Bridge No. 275 on
State Road No. 10 in the Town of
Framnas, in the County of Stevens,
State of Minnesota.
The superstructure will be sixty
(6O) it. span, eighteen (1S) it. road
way; reinforced concrete floor; on
concrete foundations.
Distance from top of floor to bot
tom of foundations about fourteen
(14) it.
(A) Plans and specifications may
be seen at the above named office,
or at the office of the State High
way Commission at st. Paul.
OBJ Plans are to be submitted by
the respective bidders, which shall
comply with the specifications of
the Highway Commission dated April
9th, 1912.
Each proposal must be accompan-
led by cash or a certified check for
not less than five 60 per cent of
the amount of the bid, payable \ to
the County Treasurer Of said Stevens
county. All bids must be upon the
blank forms furnished by the under
signed.
The Board reserves the right to
accept or reject any proposal.
(sEAL) F. E. WARE,
County Auditor, Stevens County,
MINI.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1912-05-24
For Sale.

The S. W. /. of Sec. Is, Town
ship 1913, Range AZ, 100 acres, II
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. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1912-05-24
SCORES MEDICAL BOARD
Minnesota Public Examiner Files
Charges With Governor.

Charges With Governor.
Reveling in 500 dinners, smoking
choice cigars, taxicab rides and split
ting up" practically all the money that
has come into it's hands the state board
of medical examiners has spent near
ly $4,000 since May 1, 1910, which
rightfully belongs to the state, &C.
cording to charges made by Andrew
Fritz, state public examiner, in a re-
port made to the governor
While he makes no direct accusa-
ton Mr.. Fritz points to an opinion
given by Lyndon A. Smith, assistant
attorney general, in 1910, in which he
said that the reciprocal fees" of $50
each, collected by the board, should be
turned into the state treasury.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1912-05-24
DULUTH CAR STRIKE NEAR
City Officials Suggest That Dispute
Be Arbitrated.

City Officials suggest That Dispute
Be Arbitrated.
The threatened strike of street car
men at Duluth is still holding fire.
Arbitration has been suggested by the
city aldermen, who are alarmed over
the prospect. The carmen are said
to be awaiting the word to leave the
cars and the company officials declare
they will replace the men the day they
walk out.
The peculiar formation of the city,
Eight miles long and one mile high"
would, it is maintained by the alder
men, in case of car strike, maroon
many citizens at each end where they
could not reach the downtown district
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-04-11
sAyoYARD.
The Great Issue Of Free Sugar.
From the Macon Telegraph.

TIE Great Issue Of Free Sugar.
From the Macon Telegraph.
Shakespeare makes the great Cardi-
nal who moulded nights states de-
crees. regretfully, mournfully, to say,
when adversely came to him:
Elsd / but served my God with
half the zeal ! served my King, He
would not in mine age lave left me
naked to mine enemies"
And So Louisiana. had she served
the Democratic party with half the
ardor she has promoted monopoly
taxation, she would not Be il dread
Of free sugar today. OF all our inn
portations Of competitive products
sugar Is decidedly the best from which
to raise revenue. The consumption of
it is enormous in our country per
capita as wen as in total the largest
IN tbs woodland had Louisina been
content with the incidental protec-
ton Of tariff on sugar for revenue
only there would now be no more
question Of putting sugar on the flee
list than there is Of putting whisky
on the free list.
But on the tariff question Louisina
is as strongly Republican as Pitts
burg, Pa, or Lawrence, Mass and
if it were respectable to Be republican
there Louisiana, and not Vermont,
would be the banner republican state.
Thus it came to pass that when Lou
isiana had to be democrat to pre-
serve civilization, she got to be a
Democrat, all right; but Randallite,
and 50 for nearly fifty years Louis
lana has been a dependency, and most
OF her statesmen vassals, of the re-
publican party wherever the para
mount issue in Congress was the vital
one Of taxation.
The consumption Of sugar is uni
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-04-11
NEGROES MAKE BIG GAIN
IN TAXABLE WEALTH

Atlanta, April 6.-The negroes Of
Georgia gained 81, 1888 in taxable
property last year over 1910.
In 1910 the total value of property,
real and personal, owned by the ne
groes Of this state, amounted to $780,
2s4, 037, and in 1911 it had gone to
$s4,O22, 379.
The digest just compiled by Capt.
Tip Harrison, of the comptroller's Of
fee, shows 1851 negro polls, with
1883 defaulters. There are seven
negro lawyers, 1873 doctors and 16
druggists.
They own 1,6S9,919 acres of farm
ing land, valued at $1O,S58,659, while
the city property owned BY them is
valued at S9,615,604 showing that the
negro prosepers best at agricultural
pursuits when he puts himself to it
earnestly and intelligently. The
stock and cattle owned by them in the
state is valued at S7,9S1,264.
These figures should go far to show
certain people that the negro has his
real chance IN the South when he is
industrious, sober and saving, and
that they can easily be independent.
WHEAT IN TERRELL COUNTY.
From Telegraph.
The proposal Of John r. Mercer, Of
Terrell county, to erect a flour mill in
that county, and the statement that
many farmers (ineluding Mr.. Mercer
himself) have concluded to plant lib
orally Of wheat, has caused consider
able comment throughout the lower
portion Of the state.
In noting these favorable express
sions, the Dawson News says:
"The growing of wheat has long
since passed the experimental stage
in Terrell County. Ever since the.
Macon Telegraph's great wheat CAM
paign several years ago number Of
Terrell county farmers have been.
growing not only enough wheat to-
supply their own needs but also e.
nough to divide, at the market price
for flour, with their less fortunate
town friends who have not forgotten
the good old time biscuit and bread
when the people of Georgia lived at
home and boarded at the same place.
These wheat growers are among Ter
rell's most substantial and independ-
ent farmers. Heretofore wheat grown
in Terrell county has had to be ship
ped a considerable distance to be con-
verted into flour, and the erection Of
Mr.. Mereer's -four mill, besides being
Of great local convenience, should
the growing Of wheat
throughout this section.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-04-11
coNQUERING TROPICAL DIS.
EASES.

EASES.
The occupation Of the philippines
BY the United States has brought The
medical officers Of the army into con-
tact with many new tropical diseases.
Few persons realize how much scien-
tifc investigation has been made into
the cause and course Of these diseas-
es, and the effects Of residence in the
tropics on white men. In a recent
number Of The Journal of The Ameri-
can Medical Association appears an
interesting article by Major Weston
P. ChanberIin of the medical corps
Of the Army, who has been for the
past two years President Of the Army
Board for the Study of Tropical dis
eases at Manila. While it is impos-
sible to describe all of the work car
ried on by this Board, a number Of
the items are of public interets. One
theory by which the injurious effect
Of tropical sunlight was explained
was that it was cause by the so-called
actinic rays found in the sunlight.
These rays are not able to pass
through any cloth colored .orange-red.
An experiment lasting one year and
involving 800 soldiers proved that the
exclusion of the actinic rays was of
no value. Half of the men were
clothed as usual, while the other half
wore shirts, drawers and hat-linings
dyed orange-red. A careful record
was kept of the physical condition Of
these men and a comparison was made
between those wearing orange-red
clothing and those not SO protected,
but no ESSENTIAL difference could be de-
tected. A similar experiment inyolv-
ing 1 500 men for two years showed
that blends were no more susceptible
to tropical conditions than brunettes.
AS a result of these two experiments
the conclusion has been reached that
the main cause of the degeneration
of the white men in the tropics are
infections, heat and humidity. Exper-
iments were also undertaken to de-
ternine the value of ultraviolet rays
| in the publication of drinking water.
If was found that these rays would
kill the amebas which are the cause
Of tropical dysentery and that they
would also kill the typhoid germ,
These results are of much practical
| Importance in the sterilization Of
/ drinking water in the tropics, as fiji
tiers cannot be relied on. The board
also demonstrated from experiment
that beriberi, a peculiar tropical dis
ease found among the Filipinos, coulc
tbe controlled by substituting unpol
ished rice for the polished product
Experiments on fowls showed thai
/ when fed the polished Flee exclusively
they have developed a disease closely
resembling beriberi. Many other in
yestigations were carried on, among
which. may be mentioned those t.
show the unsuitability for tropica
wear Of certain proposed uniform ma
terials, examinations on beef and e
mergency rations kept in cold storage
experiments on the influences o.
tropical climate on weights and body
temperature, study Of typhoid fever
hookwofm, leprosy and other tropica
diseases. The work of this board j.
Of great interest as showing the pos
sibility by constant study and inves'
tigation Of bringing all these tropica
diseases under control.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-04-11


A completed list Of the prizes Of
fered 70 the young corn growers Of
Sumter county was given out yester-
day by Mr.. @. v. Cunningham, who
has been chiefly instrumental in hay-
ing these prizes contributed, shows
that the young farmers Of this coun-
" have very rich rewards offered
them for their efforts in growing this
important crop.
The membership Of the local boys
corn club is larger than ever and the
boys have gone into the work Of cap
turing the prizes offered to them this
year with renewed energy and enthus-
iasm, which shows that the competi-
ton this year will be more spirited
than ever. The fact that the season
II late viii not interfere with the work
* the young corn growers, who will
take advantage Of this fact to diver
sify their crops with corn.
Meetings Of the club will be held
regularly after the season begins, in
order that the work Of corn growing
may be discussed and thoroughly UNI
derstood by all the members Of the
club, as they are growing their corn
crops this season. The complete list
Of prizes offered is as follows:
Sheffield Huntington Co, One Fer
tilizer Distributor, value $3.50.
Reed Phosphate Co, One ton Guano
to boys who use their guano, value
$3.50.
s. A. Daniels, One Gold Watch,
value $500.
Thomas l. Bell, One Gold Medal,
value $500.
Central Of Georgia Railroad, One
Berkshire Hog, value 500.
Bank Of Southwest Georgia, $500
cash.
Americas National Bank, $500
cash.
G. I. Ansley, Halves Hat, value
$500.
Americas Grocery CO., One Barrel
CapitoIa Flour, value $500.
Americus Home Mixture Guano
Co. $500 to be divided in two prizes
and limited to users Of Home Mixture
goods.
i'll Dudley, One Standard Graph
ophone, value $500.
Farm Machinery Co, one Gee Whiz
Cultivator, value $3.50.
Americas Steam Laundry, $500 if
One Hundred Boys enter club.
Tennessee Chemical Company, Ton
OF Guano, value S22.50.
Bank Of Commerce, 2-Horse Pillow,
value $500.
Coe-M Martinez Company, Tive Tons
Thomas Phosphate, value $4,000
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-04-11
TYPHOID FEVER A PREVENTA-
BILE DISEASE.

1t is rather startling to be told that
in 1909 there were more cases Of ty-
phoid in the United States, with d
population not half as large as that Of
India, than there were cases Of plague
in India; and that there were four
times As many cases Of typhoid in the
United States as cases Of cholera in
Russia during a period including the
epidemic Of 1910 These figures are
taken from an article by Mclaughlin
Of the Marine Hospital service, who
says chat we consider with apprehen-
sion the countries ii which cholera
and plague occur frequently and call
them pest ridden countries, but do not
consider the problem Of typhoid fever
in our own country with sufficient Sc
robustness. He gives tables to show
that within the registration area in
the United States, in fifty cities hay-
ing an aggregate population Of over
2O,000,O00 the average typhoid death
rate for 1910 was rs per hundred
thousand Inhabitants. In one city in
that year it amounted to 86.7 per hum
bred thousand, and in several cities
it amounted to as or more. In ten Of
the largest cities of northern Europe,
comprising population of $4,000, 600,
the average typhoid death rate per
hunder thousand Of population during
period of ten years, from 1901 to
1910, was only ga, and in 1910 the
rate had gone down to 2.5. It is con-
sidered in Europe that death rate
Of 13 to Is per hundred thousand con-
stitutes rather serious reflection on
the sanitary management or the wa
ter supplies Of such cities. And yet
the figures are far below the average
of the fifty cities in the United States
above referred to, in which the death
rate was rs per hundred thousand Of
population. Leaving out Of account
such causes of typhoid as infected
food and milk, contact, carriers, etc.,
Mclaughlin believes that this death
rate can be very materially reduced
/ by filtering the water supplies Of our
cities, which are too largely contami-
mated by sewage Not only is this
high death rate from typhoid fever to
be deplored on humanitarian grounds,
but the occurrence of such large
number Of cases represents an econ
onic loss SO great as to be almost in
calculable. The Journal Of the Amer
lean Medical Association says that
our legislators and city authorities
should feel the obligation to adopt
more vigorous methods Of preventing
this enormous waste off human ener.
gy, earning capacity and human life.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-04-11
FOR COMMISSIONER.

The Journal is authorized to announce
that Mr.. E. J. Stocks win be eandi-
date for County Commissioner from Red
Bone district, in the ensuing election.
This announcement is made at the solie-
ita6on Of his many friends and not o.
his own seeking. It goes without saying
that EIr. Stocks will make a splendid
Commissioner.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-04-11

versal and every civilized people tax
It, even England, though one may be
sure that country would carry II 70
the free list il the British Isles grew
one-fourth as much sugar Is Louis
lana, for then and in that event sug-
az would cease to be "non-competi-
tive and customs tax on i would
have the vicious, the odious, the wick
ed element Of protection the taxa
ton Of one subject for the benefit Of
anothera an immortality and 2 god
Iessnesa @efFeteo England win not en-
dure or tolerate.
Under out protective tariff on sug-
ar the treasury gets over $5O,O0O,0OO
revenue annually, and if il were e
democratic tariff the government
would get $sO,O0o,OoO and the cost Of
sugar would be materially reduced TO
the conusmer. And it could be made
pretty fair tariff, too Is just as
it is possible when the article on
which It Is levied is competitive, that
is, carrying the hateful element Of
protection, though incidental" i be.
The rich consume much more sugar
than the poor. One class eats cake,
the other bread. 1t takes more sugar
to sweeten a cup Of coffee in q fine
house than in cabin. Your poor
man will take his whisky straight or
en grog-Christmas; the rich will
guzzle miserable and nauseating
mixture called eggnog that is thick
with sugar and sickening with spices,
The poor boy takes a bag Of parched
corn to school to crunch on the sly;
the rich boy has a pocket full Of can
dy. In the cabin Of the poor the
blackberry cobbler is innocent Of
@sweetenin'" other than the natural
saceharine Of the wild berry; in the
mansion Of the rich all such puddings
are opulent with sugar and sumtuous
with butte. These musings Of fact
might be inanlSed indefinite, but e
nough is said to show that a customs
tax on sugar is much more equitable
than the average tariff tax--far more
so than the tax on wool.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-04-11

w a NTE D-A Florida Corporal
composed OF Bankers, Real Estate nj
Capitalists. want district manager
Leesburg district. Duties consist in pl
ing advertisement; managing sales deps
ment, collections, etc. Salary $780,
month extra commissions, office 4
travelling expenses. Liberal alloWaf
for sub-agents. This position will &
found pleasant, permanent, and profitaf
for a hustler. Address Sales Manage
Pensacola Improvement Company, Pens
cola, Fla
STATE or ONO, Cry OF TOLEDO, =
Lucas County.
Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that he
senior partner OF the firm Off. i. Chen
4 Co., doing business in the CITY
Toledo, County and State aforesaid, a
that said firm will pay the sum Of $100.
for each and every case Of Catarrh I'll
cannot be cured by the use Of Hal
Catarrh Cure. FRANK j. CHENEi
Sworn to before me and subscribed
my presence, this 9th day of Deee1nbt
A. D. 1886. a. w. GLEASON,
tSeal. Notary Publ
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal
and acts directly on the blood and muco
surfaces Of the system. Send for ties
monials free.
T. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo,
Sold by all Druggists, 75c. Take Hal
Family Pills Tor constipations.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-04-11
coRN GR0WERS.

Local Merchants and business Men
Haze Contributed Literally to Re-
aOard Work 81 Young Farmers IN
Raising Best Corn Crops IN he
County.