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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-02-02
DIED

Passed away Wednesday of last
week. at the age OF 50, Mn. Mary
Vedin of Clough town, cause Of "eatn
heing kidney trouble and OH aga..
Two sons, John ana Alfred, survive
her. Services were held at tho hcre
Sunday. luterment being ut 0reeu
Prairie. - =" .>.*.s: :, ..si :..ssl
!. &Tha father. m Mn A1e4 .Roale. 60
this city ;, Robert B. Wels, died Yefy
suddenly at the home of lis FdanRhtGf,
Mn. Louis Wnlletk at Puint R5EAt
mond, Cal, on January ~: beceas6d
was ~ years ot age. Nj. Wells spent q
few months with his daughter at this
place, some years ago. - ~ - -:
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-02-02
new WOODMfN RATES.
Plan Will Advance Assess
: ments From 50 to
100 Per Cent

At meeting of the head camp OF
the Modern Wuodmen Of America In
sessinn in Chicago last week, toe pTO-
posed re-anjustment plan, increasing
the lite insurance rate of the society,
was adopted, by vote of 460 to 2O7.
The new plan will increase assessments
of 'Dembers under 81 years of age, 50
to 100 per cent. ,,..s -.
Tue re-rsting proposal was raade by
the bead officers after notice from 16
states that they had ADOPTED q uniform
fraternal insurance bill which lad
been drafted ny state insurance exp rt@
at Mobile, Ala, aud thereafter KNOWN
as the Mubllu bill. go, /: -.
Figures showing tho condition Of the
society we're prepared BY head officerS
anu the statement was made that in
1904. under pr sent rlans. the lodge
would b1 unable to pav $500. 600. 600 Of
its liabilities, or about $535 of q 81 OOO
policy. : p,
For the benefit of those who object
to the higher rates, the committee an
noucced q cheaper insurance, known as
the ''turm plan, will be offered. The
"term plan'' lrisures a person tn tnep
age Of fifty years or tn any age de-
sired. 1t the person carrying such in
surance lives through the term for
which he is insured, the risk ceases
and the transaction IS closed. Persons
IL years old will be given insurance at
the rate OF 40 cents for ST. GOO to he in
sured until the age of SO. A sliding
scale accoruing to age is established
in@the+ term plan' insurance, the
sa me as tho "whole life" plan.
The new rates adopted which win
apply to new as we'll as old memb bera,
will Ga into effect January 1, 1913.
A .ulletin rec~ive.i bv the clerk Of
the local camp, J. W. Cross6eld, givee
Do%a o1~ nAAA
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-02-02
GOOD INSTRUCTORS AT : SHORT
= 5: -, .COURH3f,; F.: -

Supt. 81. e. White. who was in tho
cities, on business with the 1armeTa'
snort course, returned Saturday night.
The superintendent of thu EXTENSION
division promised to send some very
able instructors. among whom will be
C. e. Brown, potatoes and corn, and
Miss Mary Bull. VINO will be in. charge
Of the women's department q couple of
DAYS. Mr.. White states that it is i'm
possible for the extension department
to fill all the dates thev are asked for,
and that we we're very fortunate in
arranging for the course as early as ne
did.
Members of the committee who have
charge IF the farmers short course, re.
port THAT there is every indication that
the attendance Will be very large,
Peter Blair, one of the committee hav-
ing about IS signatures Of those who
vii attend.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-02-02
TAXATION IN MINI NfS01l
From the Minnesota Tax.
= Commissions 4 Pre-
lininary ArticIo

1t is the purpose to present t0sthe
readers Of this Newspaper IN q series
articles q concise and accurate statGf
ment of the revenues raised tor tho
state ana it's subdlvislUns, the metl.os
Of determining how much rev. nt1e
shall he 'alstd the puI Ipt,ses to whtch
it 10 put and the several consecutive
steps IN arriving at what shall no each each
property owners share of tue general
bnrden. The experience 1T the commtgs
sion in the f0nr years Of its work B9e {
convinced il that there 10 q RoDer4l
lack Of Information on ali these points
especially that relating to the aassaa.
ment Of real anu personal property.
Nor Il this surprIsiug when one Ye.
tiecth that the laws relating to theee
matters are buried IN the statMtb
boOks. consulted Onlv by those char9eo
With their administrations, while tia
mass, to whom the stat ter are not ac$
ceasible, remain IN ignorance Of tne1I
provlslons. Generally men know little
more If tho details III taxing than that
an assessor visits them once asyear ara
asks sra,ching questions relative i4
their property, ana that, once or tW1r4
a year, they 60 to the county treasuyS
ers to paw the tax levied an their pnof
perty.. It is to give publicity to th.se
matters thai these articles are dlrect01s
They will be made as brief as is cOl1
si>tent with c)earhess and with; their
relative importance in tie, systems
Thy will be carefully prepared to <ins
sure accuracy and tie put" in simph
larguage. The commission hobes and
expects that they will rrate discussion
DJ both the editor aud the readers Of
this newspaper, and it solicits thei4
opinion bvtn On the articles and tbd
taxing system. 1t is only by such
means that reforms are ever accOml |
plished. ..z.
lhe commission takes this oportu.
nifty to express its appreciation Of the
public spirit Of. tue editor Ut tltis
paper, shown by his giving Ut valuable
space without other compensation than
the satisfaction Of perfol lmlng q
valuable public service.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-02-02
VERDICT OF GUILTY|O. H. HAVIll ON TRIAL
Returned Against III. ].
Schwartz Sentenced
to Reformatory

''Guilty" was the verdict returned
by the jury Tuesday evening at 3 ~
O'Clock, after being ont about three
hours. in the first bank case tried at
the present session of tho district
court, that of State of Minnesota w..
H. J. Schwartz, cashier of the defunct
Royalton State Bank, which closed its
doors on August 2, 1911. He was
charged with having accepted q 0e-
pOsit OF $50 from JOS Scbrieber, when
he bad reason to know the bank was
insolvent. This verdict settles the
question as to the insolvency of the
bank at the time of closing. which has
all through the case been denied by
the defense.
Defendant appeared before Judge
Taylor Wednesday noon and was sen.
fenced to the ret0rmatory for an IN
discriminate time, the maximum being
This case has cost the county sone-
thing over 81. .OUO. the cost Of impa,e)'
ing a jury and for tbe services of the
jarors alone being $557. 20 Witnesses
for the state, ousi ide Of expert. Wit
nesses, cost the county $4O8. 80.
According tn the prosecution deb-
C4S u oOA0o VOOS "Os Woo ooO"o a. WIZ
accounts Of the tank after notes 0f the
Western Granite company of st. Cloud.
tho Armstrong Implement company of
Royaltun, the Northern Securities
company, personal notes Of officers Of
the bank and a number of individual
notes, he1d by the bank as security for
loans, had been either thrown out al
together AS valueless or had been given
q rating of considerable less than their
face value. The bank had 1000 in
notes of the granite company, about
$3, coo in notes Of the implement COM
pany and smaller amounts from the
others. Testimony was introduced by
the prosecution to show that the West
ern Granite company WAS not on q
sound footing anu that its liabilities
were greater tnaD its assets. To show
the value of stock of the implement
company. a witness for the state tes
titled that be held $500 worth Of the
stock and that he had offered samo for
q second hand ooat valued at about
81. SO. The state showed that there was
outstanding largo amount Of other
notes against the implement company.
The defense introduced evidence in
an attempt to show that the granite
company property was valued as high
as $55, 600 with trackage while the i'm
plement company was valued at
80, 600.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-02-02
LOOKING AFTER LAWS IN RE.
GARD To MINORS.

A factory Inspector is making q stir
in Brainerd by forcing the regulation
in regard to minors frequenting pool
balls, ETC., also as to the curfew or
dinance. A like procedure has been
taken in Mankato, where mum ber Of
citizens have been arrested under the
cigar law. It is sad that these matters
will be taken up in all the towns of
the state. -. -...,s -. ~.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-02-02
SLEIGH RIDE AND LUNCH.

The LADIES' Working club of the
Congregational church will give a
sleigh ride and lunch tonight for the
benetit of the gymnasium fund. The
rine will he of an hours duration. The
older folks will start at Z O'Clock, and
the youngerfolks will take their ride
onmcncing at 8 O'Clock. The first
loads will be taken up from various
places but the younger folks should be
ut the church. Tickets will be 25 cents.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-02-02
GROUND HOG DAY.

Today is ''Groundhog" day, and we
are to know according to tradition,
whe1her we are still to have plenty Of
winter or not. II the groundhog fails
to see bis shadow, we will have an
early spring. but if the pesky little
thina sees otherwise, we are up against
It for at least six weeks more. ~s.<.".E
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-02-02
ZALOUDEK: &. MEDVED DISSOLVE
PARTNERSHIP.

The partnership OF Zal0udek & Med
we'd, which has been conducting the
Little Falls Produce company, located
on Second street northeast, was on
Tuesday dissolved. Mr. Zaloudek con-
tinuing with the business, which will
be conducted along the same lines as
in the past. Mr.. Medved has not az
yet decided what he will do, but will
likely take q trip through the West
and Canada and take look at the
country,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-02-02

The Arthur Com"au saloon on Broad
way east closed its dD0rs vesterda y
morning. This is the drinking empor-
ium formerly conducted by John
DQlan. -.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-02-02

The dancing party gwen for the
teachers of the local schools by Messrs.
and Mesdames l.. NJ. Roberts, e. J.
Richie, W. E. Penfield ami T. e. Cor.
dod at the Elks hall Wednesday even
ing. was very pleasant affair. Frappe
was served throughout the evening, a
light lunch being served ut eleven
o'clock.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-02-02

The new rate will be fought .hy q
considerable membership OF the Wood
men, and a paper, to be called Kill
the Bill will be edited from Mime
apolis by J. L. Sundean, one of those
who opposed the raise at the Chicago
meeting. He thinks there is little
chance for the bill to become law ID
Minnesota.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-02-02

f Complaint has been made to this
nflice freanently hy the rural carr iers
Wa0 perform aefvices on the rulal
Foutes fIpm Little Falls that patrons
90 not lend their assistance IN peri.ds
Of yinolo0ent weather, aBd consequent
!drlfted roads. by breaking the reads
or in Otner ways seek to maintain
them In tit o0nnitlOn for travel: and
+that ny reason Of this failure they are
delayed in c0veFlnR their routes and
fall Denin0 their scheGules T.
= l desire to state that ore of the, con.
ditions under which the service 10 FIRST
established ny tue Department in anv
community is the assurance given that
the people who receive the benefit
from the service shall lend the necess-
ary assistance to keep the roads to be
Travelled by the rural carriers at all
times IN GOOD condition for travel.
With no other understanding would
the Department he Justified in order
ing the establishment of the SO, vice.
It sh0nln also be stated that the rural
carriers, from this Office travel daily a
aistancaa Of 90 90 -m1}os ~oto ~briug. to the
rural patrons their mail each Gay. 1t
Is the proud record Of this office that
0NSos 0AHNV SOo VoV0tb4SUuhOBt ud0 lA0
service heen abandoned for one cay,
ana few times only has partial ser.
vice heen given. 1t 10 necessary that
the c0nveyances used by the rural car
rlers be Of the hghtest weight possible
In ORDER that tbey may cover the
allotted distance OF 80 miles daily
within the schedule time given them
for the purp.'se-9 hours.
Rural patrons receiving the benefits
from this service are expected to per-
form their mutual part in n. .aintaining
tho efficiency of tho service as at
present instituted. This can only be
dane by their willing assistance in
breaking roads in their localities,
whenever necessary, and in otherwise
helping IN all p1ssible ways to main
,tatn them in good condition at all
times, in order that the rural carriers
nay not be delayed in covering their
toates- Of 80 miles daily. It patrons
1.s ta do: hair ahaxo ii. .ihia leapect,
aNafteT, theoe fats viii d. 0ado
Known to thu Department with the
Htber recommendation that tho aer-
'slc,G s66 3thdro m ln0m those roado
that remain blnckadsd with AMOS. -: :: ,7@'
May ! not hnpe to- hear more favor.
able reports through thu rural carriers
hereafter as to your attitude toward
the ssrvice ana to observe q desire on
your part to contribute to making tho
service more efficient and more salts.
factory to all concerned2
request your. earnest cooperation
in this matter, to the end that hard
ships may not be imposed on the car.
f1erS and their horses and that It NAV
not be found necessary to Withdraw
the service from any patron.
f. Respectfully yours
e >,--'. Clara e. Fuller,
.~. Acting r. II.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-02-02
FIREMEN ATTENTION.

\ A general meeting of the tire depart
ment will be held this evening at y
O'Clock. Important business will be
transacted. A full attendance il de-
sired, George Emdsr, Chief.
Regular monthly meeting Of the
Fire Mems Relief Association this
evening. Frank Lyons. presldent.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-02-02
BASEBALL MEETING.

BASEBALI NJ EE TING.
"A meeting of fans will be held Tues
day night at the city hail, as we'll us
those VINO viii be- likely to play this
season. The election of a delegate to
attend the meeting at Sank Rapids
February 81, at which time it is hoped
q league will be formed, will be taken
up.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-02-02

A warrant was issued from Justloe
0audet's court for the arrest Of Frod
Bachmannsof 8wanyille town, for, .tho
deseftion Of his family. . - -
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-02-02

VIM. Raymond, who has been in the
city the past two weeks. left yesterday
for st. Paul, from which place he u ill
leave for his home at Wheelock, N. D.,
where he is in the hardware and bank
inR business.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-02-02

DR.. Fl. W. Kal,her went to Bemidjl
Tuesday night to visit brother, who
10 IN the hospital, having met with an
accident by being struck by log
while at work in the woods.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-02-02

Invitations have been issued for a
leap year party to he held at Elks hall
next Friday evening.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-02-02

j. n. Hardeubrook, second trick
operator at the depot, 10 Laid up. and
to time ,s being divided betWeen the
two other operators.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-02-02
{ REV. ATWOOD DEAD.

Rev. E. NJ. Atwood, according to
news received died In Oklahoma at
the age Of 50 years. Mr.. Atwood was
pastor OF the Baptist church here up
to 1907 and moved to Winterset, Iowa,
from there moving to Oklahoma a
couple of yoars ago. -. . ia -
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-02-02

Levi Sweeney of Belle Prairie and
Geo. Miller Of Randall collected wolf
bounty on one wolf apiece this week,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-02-02
SHOULD AID CARRIERS
Local, .Postoffice Notifies:
/. - Rural Patrons. Of
:. st..s Their Duties

= Roads over which rural mail carriers
travel, it seems have not been kept in
proper condition this winter by the
patrons AND letter is being sent out
by the local postmaster to pers ms in
the districts OF which complaints have
been made.
The letter follows:
=. - '- Little Falls. Minnesota.
- February 1, 1912
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-02-02

= Born-To Mr. aid Mrs. H. Qherni.
kovsky, Friday, January 2o. daugh-
ter.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-02-02

Botn-To III. aad lfra 9ohn larson
of Pike Creek, Monday, January ~, q
daughter.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-02-02

A marriage license was issued to
John j. Koch and Miss Mary
Tombreull Wednesday.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-02-02

There wilt be . regular Meeting OF
1AosVoodnen ledge this evening.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-02-02
TOWER DID NOT ACCEPT.

In our reference last week to .
Morrison county white hope, = We are
informed by Mr.. Tower, that although
representative called on him, he did
not accept the proposition offered.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-02-02
Jury Secured In Short Time
--MaDy Witnesses to
Be Heard

The second of the bank cases, that
Of State Ut Minnesota vs. y. H.
Havili, president of the defunct First
State flank Of B0wlns, came up fur
trial Wednesday morning. lhe impanel.
ing of u jury took MP even less time
than in the first hank case, nine Jurora
having been selected by We0nesnay
NOM and the otner three shortly after
tpe opening of the afternoon session.
Tire Jurors are j. III. Hustmann of
Clonxh, John Green and Ralph Syues
|of Motley, Hugh Nutt..r of Parker, jos.
Martineau of Ripley town, Birt Hanks
OF Motley, O. Kazock of Randall, A.
K. johnson Of Cpshipg, Dick Thor
sen OF Cushing, Mark Ralph of Clough,
William Siegel, Jr., of Clough and
John Warner OF Motley,
Mr.. Havjll is charged with having
on August 4 1911 accepted deposit
OF $2t,0 tUm Knuth H.Gunderson when
he had II asnn to know that the bank
was lnsoivent.
,:Copnty" Attorney Cameron and
A. j. Edeerton of the alto, ney gen.
erals ohice,' are conducting the plose.
cptioc, while Ripley e. Bruwer of st.
Cloud and F.. W. Lyon of this city
have charge of the defense.
In his op.ning address County At
torney Don NJ, Cameron stated that
the prosecution would prove that the
banks assets ON the date mentioned
were less than its liabilities, the
amount of shortage being immaterial
under the law as to the feloniuus
nature of his act Of accepting a de-
posit under those condrtions TIE Do.
Tense holds that the bank was solvent
at tn, time its dOors were closed.
j. F. Mlllard OF tie state hank ex-
aminer's office. who examined the
bank At the time of clnsipg was the
first witness put on the stand and dur
ing the Wednesday afternoon and
evening session and the greater part of
the morning session yesterday tes-
titled as to the conditions in " hich he
found the bank at that time His
estimate of the lnss to depoeitors he
gave as $40, O,21924. A $500 draft is
sueu to the BOwlus bank by the Royal.
ton State bauk. against q reserve it js
supposed to have had IN the Merchants
National hank Of st. Paul, and which
was protested by the st Paul bark On
August 5th. and returned to the
Bow lus inst,tntion, Mr.. Aiiiard
claimed should not be figured in the
assets of the Bowlus hank as was done.
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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-09-18

L. H. ST. L. passenger trains carry passengers into
and of the Tenth Street depot than others terminating there
The Henderson Route the shortest ST. Louis Louisville;
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-09-18

Many of the seventfve thousand that COL Roosevelt
tread in Portland Oe picked because the
Colonel had his foot them Give him chance he will
put his foot good many hngsthat Uncle Sam will
TO keep souvenirs.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-09-18

ca parties campaign badges pins and buttons The button
again Sixty million dollars for advertising buttons since
last January.
Master Mechanic j. b Randall reports nearly 200 busy at
shops lie says plans foot for big improvements the
shops in the future
thousand Democrats in this county who able and
contribute something the Democratic campaign fund
William Gus Fisher is dead He wrote the 81 Love to
Tell the Story which favorite church workers.
Money demand for moving copye should like to have
O weeds
Little Marion ehen says she lives in breckenridge News
county,
One thing the trusts control is the weather.
Maine didn't 90 ''hell bent
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-09-18
Unfair To Mr.. Taft.
From The Atlanta Constitution.

Acrimony and recrimination and In
vective seem more or less inseparable
from the three cornered presidential
campaign the country is now undergo
ing, but it does appear that there
should be some limits.
For instance in an address recently
delivered in Columbus Ohio, Governor
Johnson, of California, vice presiden-
tial candidate on the ticket of the
national progressive party, declared
that, at is with shame as an American
citizen that say that today the most
humiliation character in all American
history is the president of the United
States"
Governor Johnson is man of many
excellent qualities and undoubted
achieveme nts. He has wrought well
in his own state for advancement and
decent government.
But the sort of criticism he leveled at
Mr.. Taft were much better left unsaid
not only because it is undignified as
pertains to the office, but grossly ex
aggerated as it pertains to the man now
occupying it.
We hold no brief, personal or partisan,
for Mr.. Taft save as we recognize in
him broad and courageous American
who has here and there made mistakes
at the instigation of ll-advised or MALI
cious counselors. In that respect he is
by no means singular. But to hold him
up as the most humiliating character
in all American history" is to utter
rasping and unfounded generalization
which will find little sympathy with
lovers of fair play in this country. The
annals of America are tolerably well
filled with undesirable characters, as is
the case with the history of all large
and strenuous countries. To set up a
comparison between many men of this
type that will recuI to the average citi
zen and the honorable and upright man
who is now president of the nation is to
perpetrate a grotesque injustice.
Unless Governor Johnson is more
temperate in his figures of speech he
will find he is losing rather than gain
ing friends for the cause he represe nts.