Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-02-21
up, has proved true many times. Fol
the benefit Of those who thoughtless-

and poverty BY the so-called lizard
Time" dances and Up overly" dances
and run chances Of having fine i'm
posed upon them for wearing too
stylish clothes, we suggest that they
come out here and they will escape
the fine. The following may serve as
g reminder that real poverty and not
sham poverty knocks at the door.
A young homesteader, who was re-
sponsible for the care Of grand
mother and an orphan niece, and who
came here in poor health himself with
little money, clothes and food, real
izing the fact Of meeting poverty face
to face, did not yield to the soothing
lizard Time Dance" proposition, but
in a fit of dependency sent gun
charge thru his breast and ended this
earthly strife. 49,.
Another family-the husband and
wife had business in town, presum-
ably on account Of the hard times,
and got their married daughter, who
was also their neighbor, to keep
house while they were away. While
in the act of making a fire in the
stove, using kerosene to start it, the
same exploded. The young mother
wrapped her baby in quilt and de-
posted it safely outside, but she
wanted to save the house, if possible,
and sacrificed her life for her hero
ism. After four weeks of great suf-
fering she was relieved by DEATH
leaving a husband and an eleven
months old baby with grandma. The
young man was so Frustrated that
he decided to quit farming. He dis
posed of his property, rented his
farm, and went back to Minnesota.
In four months he returned, to meet
nothing but hard times and total crop
failure. Becoming desperate, he
walked over to the store ON Aug.
Is, bought shells for his gun, re-
turned to his father-in-law's place,
and seating himself on the same bed
where his wife suffered and died, he
sent a discharge thru his heart. He
now rests beside his wife in the Gem
etery of Bowman County.
Another neighbor went, like the
others, to seek work. the wife and
children making the best of it at
home. One day she sent a ten year
old boy, to the store on horse back
with pail of eggs. The horse SHE'D
and the boy fell to one side and hung
in one Of the saddle stirrups in such
a way that he was trampled to death
by the horse who brought him back
he me in that condition.
Another young homesteader went
into Rhame to work on a gravel train
to- make little money, needing it
badly on account of the hard times.
He fell under the train and was lit
orally cut in two, part of the body
lying on the outside Of the track and
tie other part being run over by sew
en- cars. He was buried in the Hauge
church cemetery. -.
Another young homesteader went
to work. with gasoline breaking OUT
fit, running day and night. During
the nj ght he was run over by the en-
CINE, the large hind wheel running
over him lengthwise. The same week
another was killed by a train in
Rhame.
Another young man left his home
stead to go north far enough to find
a threshing machine in operation to
secure work. In moving he had just
climbed one Of the stacks, and when
the engine passed thru it. was set
afre. In shouting fire he tried to
hurry down, lost his balance and fell
in such way that the back wheel of
the engine passed over him and killed
him instantly.
These accidents would undoubtedly
been avoided had there been no crop
failure to drive them to seek work
elsewhere. These are hard time pro-
positions versus hard time dances
and the name hard time. and power
ty should not be used in vain, It
would be well to use names more suit
able for their dances, me thinks. 49,.
GABRIEL STENE.