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New Ulm review., 1913-12-10

! Nothing succeeds like success. Blu
success can only be assured by 81
optimistic spirit. For the first time
| in q decade or more the spirit O
optimism has found lodgment in ou'
citizens to the extent that without
exception they have faith in the future
of our fair city. No better proof car
be adduced than the keen activity in
the real estate market and the build
ing operations that have been going
on here for the past summer. Altho
We are at the threshold of winter,
cellars are being excavated for houses
to be erected next year aud some are
being hurried along as rapidly as
possible to get them under roof so
that the interior can be finished during
winter, There is an air of prosperity
apparent every where which every
sojourner in our city can but potice
The substantial improvements at the
electric light pls snt shows that the
city administration is keeping abreast
of the times and is emulating the
spirit of our citizens in improving the
,ity's property. The question caturaI-
y arises what the City at large can
10 to foster a1d enhance the feeling of
optimism that has taken hold of us
md is being manifested By the build
ng operations planned for next year.
t the city fathers haven't formulated
ny plans yet, We would suggest at
his time the serious consideration of
be proposition of building city hall
ext year. We certainly cannot feel
roud of the bull lding in which the
re department with its fire apparatus
, housed The faithful fire laddies
aven't even room OF their own
here they can hold their meetings.
.nd'the city clerks Office in which the
uslness of the city is carried on is
ertainly Inadequate for growing
nd prosperous city like ours. |,
New Ulm review., 1913-12-10
Wednesday, Dec. 10 1913

ANY one who has lived in New Ulm
during the past seven months must
he convinced that there is prosperity
of the real dyed-in-the-wool variety
here. This has been evidenced IN
many ways, but we do not believe
that any one outside Of the Review
office has found quite the convincing
evidence that we have had thrust
upon us. Every one realizes that an
enormous amount of building and i'm
proving has been done this year but
do you know as matter OF absolute
fact that not one dollar has been ex-
pended in speculative building? Not
one property has been improved ex-
cept where tenant stood impatient
ly by waiting to move In. Not one
residence property has been erected
for renter, not one. Nor are the
old homes just vacated occupied by
renters now. They, too, are owned
by their occupants with very rare
exceptions. Is this not really
marvellous record when you consider
that there have been more than
score Of new homes completed with
in the city limits this year? Does
this not bespeak solid foundation
for steadily increasing business and
happiness? We think it is not likely I
to make much difference to the IN
habitants of the "City Of Homes"
whether a Roosevelt or Taft or
Wilson sits in the Presidential chair.
So long as we are city of home
builders ''hard tines will have few
terrors for us. -....
New Ulm review., 1913-12-10

Nor has all this building activity
gone on chiefly among the well-to-do
class. Indeed, very great many OF
the new homes belong to people in
moderate circumstances. There are
more new homes costing under four
thousand dollars than above it. The
Iaboring man here is building and
improving side by side with the pro-
fessional man and has equal or even
greater right to feel proud and hap
py over what he has accomplished.
New Ulm review., 1913-12-10

Another thing to be commented
npon in speaking of the homes re-
gently built. Every one, even to the
New Ulm review., 1913-12-10

smallest has been well built, inside
and out. First class lumber has been
used verywhere and the interior fin
ish without exception, is Of hard
woods. Many Of the more expensive
new homes are finished in the solid
oak which will last until the walls
shall crumble away. The oak fairly
represents the type Of improvements
made in New Ulm this year.
We have mentioned first the homes
because on them depends the ability
of the city to expand in q business
way. It happens, however, that the
business expansion of the past year
has nothing in it Of the nature Of a
boom. Again without execution, the
new quarters OF business firms were
put up to meet absolute immediate
necessitv. Nothing was built but
what was imperative. Up and down
Minnesota Street one finds not three
vacant buildings which are fit for
occupancy and few or none which are
unfit, Go over the situation care
fully in your mind and you will be
convinced that whatever has been ex-
pended in improvements has been
wisely used. Think on these things
and become an enthusiastic booster !
'or New Ulm, the City of Homes.
New Ulm review., 1913-12-10

Continuous Success
satisfied with them, quality
of the goods and the they especially
truew competition 5 as $ in -four trade.
The Fact that the past year has given
us the GREATEST VOLUME Of business
the history of plant evidence that product
satisfying growing number of Let
the conditions that insureth
popularity Of
|. deman for a flour of refine
mentth Standard Patent outstanding eitsare
flavor and nutrment.
2. Carefully selected miLed
process the quality.
is smainta by daily bakings
that
a. Our mill machinery is all and nothing but
the heart ofthe wheat berry, the most nutritious portion,
othat Clean wheaty favor is secured, untained
of the husk
up wholesome
dependable
We make speciality other cereals as we'll
wheat flour.
New Ulm Roller Mill
New Ulm review., 1913-12-10
Continuous Success

and increasing business unmistakable signs that
patrons satisfied with treatment given them the quality
Of the goods and the prices they pay and especially is this
when competition is as keen it in the -four trade
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-09-06
CY7YLxT5 -ATHl2lZT

favor with the English winter spa. The
village of Vernet which faces the luxurlo
grounds OF the modern etablissement, Is a typlc> .
Catalan village, and owing to its situation, Is
strangely picturesque. The red roofs OF the
crumbling houses cover both man and beast. and
the narrow twisting streets follow the outline
of the hillock in the manner usual with southern
mountain hamlets. but they crowned by
mediae val church and chateau, and framed BY
distant blue and purple heights Near at hand
Catalans Mont Canigou is the "delectable noun
tain" an object of admiring wonder. almost
legendary god.
Another spa made fashionable by the Romans,
is Amelieles- Bains, a trim. Spanish-looking town
close on the frontier whose warm climate at
tracts the French consumptive. Not far from
Amelie is the pass across which Hannibal led his
lesions on the historic march to Italy. The
Romans had previously sent ambassadors to beg
the Catalans not to allow the Carthaginian mer-
cenaries to traverse their territory. but to turn
them back Hannibal however, contrived to
fatter the owners of the soil: Catalans and Garth
aginans made friends, and the soldiers were al
lowed free passage. The Col de Perthuis-Han-
nibals route-and another Catalonian col are the
only two passes across the Pyrenees which are
convenient means OF egress retreat to Moor
ish and Spanish invaders Had there been no
good passage through the great chain the his
tory of the Galatians must have been less cheq-
uered and the Cataonian seaboard might not
have formed a fairway for the restless warrior
peoples Of medieval Europe
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-09-06
4 Ho1lE " Old EE2NtT

known TO newspaper fame, does the travelling
public know very much yet OF the beautiful
and varied land which they proud to
inhab bit
II is the Frenchman's boast that samples OF the
worlds best scenery and the range OF all its de-
sirahIe climates found within the boundaries
of his native country In these respects French
Catalona-which with portion OF old Langue
doc is defined upon the modern map as the
department Pyrenees Oreutales-may be de-
scribed France in miniature Mont Canigou.
admittedly nf the most majestic, most i'm
pressive OF the Pyrenean peaks is $500 feet
high, Puig Nal. less conspicuous neighbor
stands trife higher; and, clustered close, are
other splendid heights. The scenery among these
giants Is OF the kind usually term Alpine.
but from the snow-slopes of the Canigou you may
look down upon the sun-burnt shores OF Spain
and the blue, cleaning floor of the far stretched
Mediterranean. Or, deserting the heights, and
starting, say. from Mont Louis. loftiest or the
fortified towns of France, and new center for
winter sports you descend the winding valley OF
the Tet and in hour you find yourself
among the olive orchards. Soon magnoias, the
pointed aloe palms. seen among the
vineyards and in the roadside gardens, while II
It be springtime. mimosas haunt their feathery
plumes, and and far under the sunny SKY
stretch fields OF pink peach blossom.
ITO this favored land said "Dagonet.~ writing
in the Referee. Mature has been more than KIND
she has been effusve." But a sun-hlled, spar
king the striking contrasts of the natural
scene are not the only charms of Catalonia FOR
the historian the antiquarian or the archaeolo-
gist the country abounds in interest Its success
sive conquerors failed appreciably to mold the
temper or to change the habits OF its people; IN
evitably they left behind them concrete vesuges
of occupation Local tradition makes much OF
les Arabes and the curious tall towers upon the
mountain spurs, Of which the Tour de Goa. near
Vernet-es Bains, is conspicuous example, are
popularity ascribed to the vigilance of the Saracen
rulers Obviously, however. these watch towers
ar. of far later construction and. like many 9TH
or socalled Moorish remains date from the Ar
rae6n dominion or-more probaby-from the
tenancy or the Majorcan kings. 1t was the Kings
of Maiorca who made Perpignan. now the chlef
town Of the department, royal capitai. Inc
architecture O; Perydgnan cathedral-as, indeed
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-09-06
SHIPS WHICH WILL NOT SINK

of giving the vessel greater buoyancy as 1t sinks
in the water There is really nothing new In
this ideea and it has been applied successfully IN
building lfeboats and other small vessels 1t
adds to the width Of the vessel above the water
line and the inventor is wrong In claiming that II
would not interfere with its cargo-carrying capa-
city
Modern steamships are safe enough when at
sea, so far the storms and lashing OF the waves
are concerned. The dangers that threaten them
are collisions with other vessels. with derelicts or
with iceberss, and Of course, running ashore or
on rock in a dense fog. Take two vessels OF
equal size crossing each others paths let one
strike the other amidships and the vessel struck
would be cut in two II the other were going at full
speed The tremendous force Of the blow is al
most beyond calculation. In the case OF yes
sci the size of the new Imperator. 1t would PROD
ably be equal a striking force OF 100000 FOOT
tons No cellular belt any other conceivable
construction would save ship under such condl-
tons The thing to do is to avoid all such risks
as far as possible. The Titanic was lost because
Its captain had too much confidence in Its unsink'
able construction.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-09-06

Once more we hear talk of an unsinkaole SNIP
remarks the New York Commercial An English
inventor claims to have solved the problem, Due
his experiments have been confined TO smaii
model only four feet in length and nine inches
wide SO the problem of applying his system 10 a
vessel 500 or IL 900 feet in length is by no means
solved.
Few people outside Of practical shipbuilders ana
nayigators understand the difference between
large vessel and small one In point OF structural
strength The strongest vessel that floats IN tne
water is a common rowboat. One can take an OF
binary rowboat and carry it by the ends or II
can rest on cleats under each end without oreaK-
ing in the middle but the strongest mano1-"ar
or ocean liner that floats today would break IN
two IL subjected to similar strain. The larger
a vessel the weaker 1t becomes in this respect
and for this reason many apparently good IDEAS
which work out well in model form nave 1aiea
utterly when applied to large vessels.
1t is doubtful II any real progress IN oullolns
ships has been made since the days OF the Great
Eastern as far as the use Of water-tight compart-
ments and bulkheads is concerned. The designer
of the Great Eastern divided that vessel into eel
lular compartments, and no improvement on tnls
plan has as yet been made. although 1t is not USED
extensively because it requires too many natches
for the loading and unloading OF cargo.
The invention to which reference has been
made consists Of surrounding the vessel with
watertight belt divided into cells for the purpose
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-09-06

the frontier was built upon the site Oh Temps
dedicated to the goddess Venus, and was origin
ally 'Portus Venerus
The Romans were 500 years in Catalonia ana
besides the building OF numerous ROADS 'hey
naturally found time to exploit some OF the many
mineral springs. The lhslehihcahl Wv me-
pr,das stiII nossesses the remains of baths
which were constructed by the Romans; locai
chroniclers assert that they also discovered the
healing waters at Vernet-l les Bains Nernet
which stands among the foothills OF Mont Sani-
gou Is a yeritable beauty spot" Of the Pyrenees
For centuries 1t has been frequented by French
men and Spaniards; latterly 1t has leaped into
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-09-06
Unpardonable Sin.

Some mis'bul sinner took an
runned off wild the collection hat las
meetin' day." said Brother Dickey.
and we'll knows dat eff dar was no
sich place ez hell. de good Lawd would
make one for dat sinner"
Was there much money in the
hat"
No, sub; day waren't SO much ez a
brass button in it"
Then why are you so mad about
i,?"
Hit wus my hat" he said.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-09-06
5 @i1sS3
Gathered Smiles
Our Foolish Contemporaries

Willie, aged twelve, was teasing MS
busy mother When she gave MIN
sharp rebuke he said contritely: on
mother. you mustn't mind my littlel
contemporaries
What's that" asked his mother IN
surprise.
You mustn't mind my little contem-
poraries," he repeated
DO you know what the means
queried his mother
Why. yes. mother; contemporaries
arc little jokes like Life publishes IN
the back of the paper every week
Life.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-09-06
Good at Addition.

Sammy was not prone to overexer-
ton in the classroom; therefore, his
mother was both surprised and de-
lighted when he came home one noon
with the announcement, Il got 100
this morning"
That's lovely. Sammy" exclaimed
his proud mother. What was 1t in?'
Fifty in reading and fifty in 'rith-
metic." was Sammy's prompt reply
Lippincotts.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-09-06
Youthful Independence

Youthful Independence.
Father" said the fair girl, Il have
arranged a very important interview
for you this evening. Harold is going
to call on you"
ITO make a formal request for your
hand. l suppose"
Not at all. He wants to look you
over and see how you would do for a
father-in-law."
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-09-06

of most Catalan churches
shows marked trace OF
Spanish influence.
i little below Perpig-
nan is the small town OF
Elne with the ruins of an
abbaye and some beauti-
full, richly-ornament
cloisters. The Visigoths
made Elne the seat OF an
important bishopric. In
Roman times the little
town. which then stood
actually upon the coast,
was known as Helena, so
called In compliment to
the mother of the good
Emperor Constantine. Col
lioure, tiny but extremely
picturesque, also owes its
name to the Romans.
Port Nendres, another
fishing port, still nearer
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-09-06
Political Economy.

What's the wrangle about in PUNK
ville?"
maintain mudholes and swell their
private fortunes by hauling automo-
biles out. Others want to improve the
highways. pinch 'em for speeding. and
apply the proceeds to public works of
all kinds"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-09-06
Sad Effect Of Imagination.

"How's your husband, Mandy"
Hes poly, miss. very poly. He
amt able to do muffin at all"
What the trouble?"
why jes' few weeks ago I axed
him II he couldn't carry your washin
to your home. a'am, and de idee give
him such a stitch in de side dat he
jest bout sick all de time"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-09-06
His Prospect.

Stude-Do you smoke. professor?
Prof-Why. yes. I'm very fond of .
good cigar
Stude-Do you drink, sir?
Prof-Yes. indeed! I enjoy nothing
better than bottle Of wine.
Stude-Gee! It's going to cost me
something to pass this course!-Cor-
nell Widow
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-09-06
The Messenger Boy,

Where are you going. senator!
You seem busy"
I am busy. Got to take this pack
age OF soil over to the agricultural
department to be assayed. then must
send some seeds to one of my con-
stituents, and find some summer
boarders for man who says he voted
for me last fall"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-09-06
Modern Way.

"Sakes alive" calculated the Stork
upon meeting the little God OF Love
crying bitterly What is the matter.
Dam"
The m-mum-matter.' sobbed Cupid,
lis that Cupidity is making twice as
many matches as l am! Uh-wah.
hah, a-a-a-ah,"-Judge
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-09-06
kia Eavorjte Flour

McMasters was walking with beau.
tiful girl in a wild New England wood.
What is your favorite flower, Mr.. Nc
Masters" ?" the girl asked softly.
McMasters thought moment, then
he cleared his throat and answered:
Well. believe like the whole wheat
st"-Washington Star.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-09-06
M odern Life,

What's the quickest way Of getting
to the sixty-seventh floor of the Sky.
high building?"
Take an express elevator to the
dfty-f1fth floor. Then take a tram in
the corridor to the other side Of the
building, where you can make close
connections with a fast local elevator
to the point you want"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-09-06
Good Way.

A person said to q physician:
Well doctor, Mr.. B. Is dead, not.
withstanding you promised to cure
him"
The doctor replied: You were ab-
sent. sir. you did not follow the prog
ress Of the cure. He died cured
Judge.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-09-06
Fair Trial,

Success will come to any one who
perseveres."
Il don't know about that. I've been
married for ten years now. and my
husband hasn't liked anything I've had
for dinner yet.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-09-06
Respite From RaatIme.

so the parade was a success?'
Yes. 1t was a remarkable pa
rade."
In what Particular
THE band played tunes that were
appropriate to the occasion"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-09-06
THEN TROUBLE BEGAN.

.rThose who are unlucky in love are said to b
lucky at cards." remarked Mrs Gnagg
IF that's the case" responded Mr. Gnagg. III
bet I could break the bank at Monte Carlo
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-09-06
Rare Bird.

"A unique editor, you say"
Very much so. He has never
asked, Is poetry on the wane?"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-09-06
Still. It's a Good Motto,

The Golden Rule does very well
When hung upon the wall.
But oftentirnes, the truth TO tell,
1t doesn't work at all.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-09-06
N aturaIIY So.

What makes your husband taste
everything he sees lying around?"
"A consuming curiosity"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-09-06
A knoeker.

Tnere was man away down south
Who dearly liked to croak,
And people when he oped his mouth
Were sorry that ha apoka
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-09-06
And Mothers. Too,

Mother. said the small boy at the
piano, may l quit for a while?"
Why? Are your hands tired?"
NO. My hands aren't. but my ears
are"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-09-06
Gentle Reminder,

IF I had my way" said the asser-
tive man.
Yes. yes" said the sardonic friend.
"but you speak too late. You're mar
Y1ed now"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-09-06
Queer Terms.

Queer Terms.
There is one funny thing about q
successful play"
What is that?"
"Vhen 1t is \ walkover they call
It q run
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-09-06
Not Too Simple.

The simple life would suit my bent.
I'd seek the forest path
II knew just where | could rent
A cavern with bath.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-09-06
Oh, JOY!

The corn is waving in the field
The beans denote a handsome yield.
All nature smiles, and it's a pipe
That succotash will soon be ripe.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-09-06

sereney their selfappointed way have always
marked this hardy people. Hence it is that TO
this day the Catalan retains his racial character
!stics, cherishes his old traditions and-Catalan
to Catalan-speaks in the ancient tongue
Again and again his country has changed
hands. The seaboard plains and the lofty high
lands upon the eastern Spanish frontier known
TO IT, mediaeval world Catalonia, have shared
the sual fate OF border territories Peoples from
the north and peoples from the south-Romans,
N!sgoths. Noors. Franks. counts of Roussiilon.
kiEgs OF Arragon and of Majorca. rulers OF
France rulers of Spain-in turn have conquered
or possessed the land. But the Catalan has never
cetscd to feel himself Catalan or lost his mas
teriug sense OF race.
The name Catalonia is usually taken to imply
rn-frely the Spanish province, and TO mention the
Galatians is to call up disturbing visions OF In
dgstrial strikes. eyoking memories OF anarchist
actiyIty and desperate barcelona riots. The pic
ture 1t may, par parenthese. be said is perhaps
hardly fair to the men whose energy has created
the largest. most fourshug seaport of Spain
who all said and done certainly the most pro-
gresslFe. most intelligent, most resourceful of
King Altouso's subjects In any case. the Cata-
iaus the French side OF the border
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-09-06

"Baw-w-waw. I've set me heart on
bein' a pirate when | grows up and
ma sez ! gotter be president
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-09-06

The Easterner-Strange that you
never drink water.
Westerner-Say, from the part OF
the west where l come from water ia
too much needed for irrigation to be
wasted
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-09-06

WO sentiments. says the little his
tory OF the province, which a wise
educational committee has provided
for the children's use in old French
Catalonia, two sentiments are native
to the heart OF every good Catalan
love OF his country and the love OF
liberty. An ardent Independence. as
the same authority explains, and a
Hlsfi II p1i : hing ca nacifN for purSulng
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-06-17
OF THE World BOILED DOWN

= Springfield.-AII union pIasterers
went on strike in, sympathy with
building trades strikers already out.
Detroit 900 employees of Stude-
baker automobile manufacturing
company went on strike. Wage dis
pute.
] SpringfieId.-f,20o strikers con-
hected with building trades now out.
: Sterling, III. Benjamin Glass,
wealthy farmer, suicided following
filing of suit against him for aienat-
ing affections Of Mrs. VIM. Martin.
Sacramento.-WiIliam J. Burns,
detective, will be paid $4,000 by
state of California for capturing Nc
,Namara brothers in connection with
dynamiting of Los Angeles Times
building.
Cleveland, o.-SeVeraI lives lost
and thousands of dollars worth of
property damaged as result of cleo
trical storm.
Peoria, lII.-19 horses cremated in
fire which destroyed livery barn of
E. w. Osborn. Loss $4,000.
Pittsburgh. - jerry Elmer told
Justice Schroedel he was walking in
his bare feet because it was hot.
Judge gave him choice of paying $25
or serving 80 days in workhoUse and
Jerry chose the later.
BerIin.-Andrew Carnegie gave
S25, 900 to German Peace Society to
further, Anglo-German understand
ing.
Washington.-Sec'y of State Bry-
an announced nomination of Thomas
Miscarriage, novelist of Virginia, to
be Ambassador to Italy.
New York.-Dr. F. F. friedman,
whose turtle serum for tuberculosis
stirred up the widest discussion here,
sailed for Germany today.
Bunker Hill, Ill.-BeIt Bros Co.
bank, oldest financial institution in
Macoupin county, suspended because