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Morgan County republican., 1913-07-17
Making The Flies Take The Count.

recent ny swattlng contest
Conducted by the City Federation Of
Wonan', Clubs Of Mcpherson. Kan =,
the successful contestant reported
no ~ ounces OF flies killed. Now,
if. as the scientists tell us, one June
ny swat,cd saves a million in August,
the same rule should apply to ounces.
Therefore this youth has rid his
community OF no ~ million ounces
ol flies, or 7,30a,S7i pounds and 3
ounces, which /, some fly story. In
repeating this formula done iogget
thc three ounces.
Morgan County republican., 1913-07-17
DR.. DUNLAP OSBORNE,

Practice limited to diseases Of Eve.
Ear, Nose and Throat, and Consultation n
EYES TESTED AND GLASSES FURNISHED
OFFICE: Short residence, Versailles, Mo
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FAMILY ILL; TAKES POISON
Ernest johnson, Living Near Man.
kato, First imbibes Alcohol Used
for Disinfecting.

Mankato.-With one Of his children
dead and his wife and other four chill
dren and one of the attending nurses
Ill with scarlet fever, Ernest Johnson,
living on the north side of Eagle Lake,
eight miles east of Mankato, nearly
succeeded in killing himself by taking
strychnine while suffering from insan-
ity brought on by indulgence in alec.
hol the nurses had in the house for
disinfecting purposes.
His wife found him lying in the
barn, suffering from commissions, but
a doctor was called in time to save
his life Neighbors found where he
had a concealed revolver in the barn.
Today he was examined as to his san
ity and ordered committed to the asy-
lum. He admitted drinking the al
cOhol.
Two or three weeks ago Johnson's
five children were taken sick with
what he and his wife supposed to be
measles, and they were given some
simple home remedies. When the doc
tor was summoned from Mankato an
S-year-old boy was dead and two
others desperately sick, and the dis.
ease was diagnosed as scarlet fever
Later Mrs. Johnson and one of two
trained nurses who were engaged were
taken with the disease.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-28
WOULD IMPROVE MISSISSIPPI
Object Of Meeting Of Members Of
Commercial Clubs in Northern
Towns at Cass Lake.

Cass Lake.-''Bemidji to the Cuff"
The above slogan was on a huge
banner which greeted the convention
of commercial club members of the
cities and villages of this section,
which met here. Delegates were pres
ent from nearly every town along the
Mississippi river from Aitkin to Be-
midi. Walker, to the south, also sent
delegation, but the banner bunch
came from Bemidji via special train,
more than a hundred strong, with a
band of twenty pieces.
The purpose of the meeting was to
inaugurate united action of all the
towns in the territory above men,
toned, with view of improving the
headwaters of the Mississippi to make
them navigable. Speakers from near
ly every town sending delegation
expressed views on the question, and
every one held that, with compare
lively small appropriations, the mead
ows and crooks in rivers connecting
the lakes forming one of the largest
watersheds in the world could be
made navigable for quite large boats.
Cooperation of all the towns inter
ested was expressed freely by every
one, and before the meeting closed
a motion was adopted that the presi-
dent and secretary of each CONNER
cial club in the district act as an ex-
ecutive committee to formulate reso-
lutions to forward to the legislature
now in session, and later to have the
matter brought before congress.
Another meeting will be held soon
at a place to be designated by the
committee.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-28
URGING GREAT SALE
OF CANNED FOODS

Dealers, grocers, jobbers and manufac-
turers all over the country are joining
hands during the week Of March Slst to
April 9Th in an effort to acquaint house.
wives with the economy and quailty OF
canned foods.
. 1t is now a we'll known fact that heat
is the only preservative used in preparing
these economical foods. The cans are
sealed and sterilized at a temperature OK
$50 degrees, which prevents any contami,
nation and keeps the contents fresh and
wholesome as the day the tins were filled
In the cannerleS.
National Canned Foods Week. during
which dealers and grocers Will make
canned foods their sales-features, is for
the purpose Of demonstrating to house
wives that the cost of living can be cut
with such foods, and that they may be
served in hundreds Of delightful ways.
and thus served daily without monotony.
The farmers wife especially finds 1t ad-
vantageous to relieve herself Of all the
cooking possible and Canned Foods en-
able her to do this and at the same time
improve the quality of her meals.
Women in every community should OBJ
serve National Canned Foods Week by
going to the dealers and putting in a sup
ply. The saving and general satisfaction
in the use Of Canned Foods IL entirely
worth while.-Adv.
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PLENTY OF MOISTURE NOW
Farmers in Redwood County Begin
Field Work-Some Wheat
Already Planted.

Redwood Falls-Dragging, seeding
and field work generally, have been
started in this section. Many farm
ers have sown some wheat, while
others are preparing to plant Ac-
cording to well-substantiated reports,
there is an ample supply of moisture.
The snow and light rain have placed
the soil in ideal condition
The cool weather stopped many
from planting seed, but it is expected
that with the first warm day, the
prairics will be alive with men and
teams.
The seed problem is of little conse,
quence this year. Nearly all of the
farmers in Redwood county and vi
cinity have an ample supply. Some
ground was broken last fall for al
falfa, and more will be prepared
this spring. A. C.. Schmahl, Red
wood county farmer, and Sears &
Cold who own one of the largest Hol
stein farms in the state. have expert,
mented with the plant and succeeded
in establishing large fields of it that
yielded beautifully. 1t is believed that
Redwood county has future in al
falfa growing. All ruffage and feed
have been unusually plentiful here
the last year and stock raising farm
ers have cleared excellent profits from
fattened cattle There is practically
no market for wild hay, as there
was such an unprecedented yield last
year. Farmers are remodeling thel1
stacks with the intention to hold
them over until next winter.
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HOW TO TREAT PIMPLES AND
BLACKHEADS

For pimples and blackheads the fol-
lowing is a most effective and eco
nomical treatment: Gently smear the
affected parts with Cuticura Oint-
ment, on the end of the finger, but
do not rub. Wash of the Cuticura
Ointment in five minutes with Cuti-
cura Soap and hot water and continue
bathing for some minutes. This treat
ment is best on rising and retiring.
At other times use Cuticura Soap
freely for the toilet and bath, to as
sist in preventing Inflammation, irri-
tation and clogging of the pores, the
common cause Of pimples, blackheads.
redness and roughness, yellow, oily,
notify and other unwholesome condi.
tons of the skin.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample OF each
free with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L. Boston"
Adv,
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To Have Farm Bureau.

Elbow Lake. Grant county is
awakening to the advantages of hav.
ing a county farm bureau and a coun.
ty agricultural superintendent who can
look after each acre of it's SIC square
miles. The West Central Minnesota
Development association, with the CO.
operation of the county bureau, has
furnished powerful stereopticon Ian
tern to each of it's seven county agri-
culturists for the purpose of illustrat-
ing the effects of farm and stock i'm
provements by better and more eco
nomical methods, by means of slides
furnished by the Minnesota agricul-
tlral extension department showing
development work in corn, silos and
other up-to-date methods of farming
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-28
Third Time in Six Weeks.

Minneapolis. = 500 Line passenger
train Number 4, eastbound, was
wrecked for the third time within six
weeks at North ST. Paul Wednesday
night. 1t ran into an open switch
shortly after 10 o'clock. The locomo-
tive left the rails and partly buried
itself in the mud, the mail car was
derailed, and passengers shaken up.
The engine crew jumped No one
was injured. The train was travelling
at about 20 miles an hour when the
crash came. Passengers were piled
up in the cars, windows were broken,
and one trainman was thrown several
feet
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said that IS to 100 were dead. but
more conservative figures cut these
reports in half
The telegraph companies in many
instances made unavailng efforts to
confirm many of these rumors, but in
few cases were unable to trace them
to a definite source
Three States Affected.
Ohio and Indiana, and in lesser de-
gree, Illinois and Missouri, felt the
brunt of the disaster.
When the Associated Press CORE
spondent succeeded in reaching Day
ton, anxiety caused by the eXaggerat-
ed reports of loss of life was set at
rest, although there was a great diff
ficulty in obtaining details.
Marooned in Office Buildings.
Marooned in Office buildings in the
center of the town, hundreds of per-
sons were vainly awaiting rescue.
Streets heretofore considered miles
from the danger line. are running
eight feet of water the torrential
forces of which precluded rescue in
boats. Millions of dollars in property
damage has already been incurred and
the flood is still on the increase
From Indianapolis came reports of
100000 homeless throughout Indiana
and property loss reaching the enor-
nous figure of $20,O0O,O0O in cities,
towns and villages alone: This does
not include the losses to farmers.
The loss of life. while not so great
as in Ohio, has not yet been estimated.
At Dayton, Ohio where three rivers
the Miami, Saltwater and Mad, and
| another stream known as Wolf creek
| join, there undoubtedly occurred loss
of life as well as destruction of DroD-
erty For the most part the city lies
| on level fiat with the four streams
place. and is protected by levees %
feet sgh. The levee protecting the
Miami river broke about 6 O'Clock
Tuesday morning and the food was
| augmented by the rapidly rising
waters of the other three streams and
F., finally rendered uncomfortable by the
breaking OF the Laramie river, over so
| lllileS dpONc lay tOI.
% Bodies in the River
! Governor Cox of Ohio received a
message at Columbus from Phoneton
six miles from Dayton, saying that %
bodies had been swept into the Great
! Miami river. They were supposed to
have come from Sidney. Shelby county
A message from Dayton said the
Leonard building collapsed and many
persons were believed to have been in
/ the building at the time. Other build
ings were expected to be undermined
At Delaware 10 persons were report.
| ed dead, many missing and 400 fami-
lies homeless. B. " Leas. mayor OF
that city, reported drowned, has been
| saved. He estimated the death list at
! from % to 10
} Scores of unfOrtunates were ma
rooned and a wall of water is mum.
| dating the town.
Otto, hamlet of 100 persons. was
! said to have been destroyed and the
fate of the inhabitants is unknown.
i, Columbus suffered also enormous
damage from the flood The washing
I out of several bridges across the
| Scioto river in and near that city. re.
! suited in almost total paralysis of rail.
| road traffic early in the day Late
| yesterday the west side levee broke
| and large area of the western part
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Locked in a Box Car Two DAYS,

Red Wing, Mimi, March 19.-To bS
locked in a box car for two dag, dur
ing which time he suffered greatly
from cold and hunger, was the ex
perience of Claude Raymond, II
year-old boy who was released from
a box car in the Milwaukee yards
Monday. The boy, who claims Chi
cago as his home, was hiding in /,
box car in some little town in Iowa
The car inspector sealed the doors al
night and he was made prisoner
Raymond tried to pry open the door
but failed in his efforts.
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$4,000 Estate In Courts.

Albert Lea.-Miss Inga Svenson,
formerly of this city, but now of Sioux
Falls, s. D., has won victory in her
fight to obtain possession of the $40,-
900 estate of her father, Nels f. Sven.
son, farmer who was killed in an
automobile accident a month ago.
Upon Svenson's death Miss Alma
Martinson, his housekeeper, asked to
be named as Administrative, contend,
ing she was Svensons common law
wife. Miss Svenson made her fight
in the Turner county court.
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Women Flash First Flood News.

Cincinnati, March 27-It remained
for two young women to be the real
factors in giving to the world the
news of the first day of the flood. Both
are operators but in different lines.
One, telephone operator in the main
exchange of Dayton flashed the only
tidings that came out of the stricken
city by telephone and also gave the
news to Governor Cox, which enabled
the executive to grasp the situation
and start the rescue work. The other
is the telegraph operator at Phoneton.
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$35, 900 Fire at Winona.

Winona, Mimi, March 25.-Dispatch-
ers in the Minnesota division head
quarters of the Northwestern road at
5 o'clock Sunday mornins were driven
from their keys when a dense volume
of smoke rushed in on them. They
srread the alarm and when the fire.
m& responded they found the entire
upper portion of the mammoth brick
structure afire. The building contain
ed the offices of the division officials,
the dispatchers' department, the pas
senger depot and the railway hotel.
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1t Didn't Matter.

When Fred Kelly made start in
journalism he was put on reporting.
One night he was sent to a big fire
down town. A reporter named
Brown was sent with him. 1t was
large fire, and presently Brown dis
appeared. A wall had fallen, and
Kelly was sure Brown was under it.
He rushed to the telephone and called
up his city editor.
"Say," he shouted into the tele-
phone. Brown is gone. He's burned
up!"
What's that?" asked the city edi-
tor.
Brown is burned up, tell you.
He fell into the fire."
"All right" said the city editor.
hanging up the telephone, "Tll send
down another man."
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Thirty Chinese Lads Held.

Seattle, Wash, March 27.-Thirty
Chinese lads bound for Oakland, Cal,
some of them members of the wealth
lest families of Kwang Tung province,
and all sent to this country from the
Chinese government out of the Boxer
educational fund provided by the
indemnity payments RENTED by the
United States, were detained here by
immigration officers until bond of
100000 shall have been furnished 1t
is expected the bond will be forth
coming.
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INHERITANCE CASES
ONE TAX JUST PAID DiVULGES
ROMANCE OF NORTH
WOODS.
$4,000 PAYMENT TO STATE
Two States, Minnesota and New
Hampshire, Contend Over Fee in
the Other instance Which
Involves ellison Estate.

st. PAULA romance of the north
woods and the range country which
fairly rivals fiction is contained in the
story of the lii of Elisha H. Finn of
Detroit, Mich, multimillionaire, whose
estate has just paid a $4,000 inheri-
lance tax to State Treasurer Smith.
Was Poor Forty Years Ago.
Forty years ago Finn, with two
companions, Door and Murphy, com
paratively poor, came from Michigan
into the North country and bought
what is now the townsite of Eveleth,
Mimi. They obtained the land for the
timber there was on it, and subse-
quently disposed of the trees, although
they were unable to sell the land it.
self.
It was not until 1894 that they be-
gan to realize their property con-
tanned some of the richest deposits of
iron ore in the world. 1t made them
all immensely wealthy, but Door and
Murphy died before an inheritance
tax law was passed and the. state
obtained nothing from their heirs.
Finn died a year ago, and his hold
ings were appraised at more than
100000 at that time.
The estate still owns part of the
original Eveleth townsite, but the
town was moved some years after its
founding to it's present site, because
it's location was over one of the rich
est of the mines.
Two States Contending.
Minnesota and New Hampshire are
contending for the Inheritance tax on
the estate of Edna M. Gibson, who
died near Charlestown, N. H., Septem-
Der IA, 1912.
Miss ellison left bonds, mortgages
and stock in Minnesota property and
corporations amounting to $39O,969,
real estate in this state appraised at
$4,000, and $4,000 in North Dakota
farm mortgages. They were in safe
ty deposit vault in Minneapolis at the
time of her death and have been ap-
praised by the Hennepin county pro-
bate court.
Made Will in Minneapolis.
According to Assistant Attorney
General Stevenson Miss Gibson made a
will in Minneapolis in which she said
she was a resident of New Hampshire.
She lived in Minnesota, however, part
Of each year and it probably will be
put up to the courts to determine her
legal residence at the time of her
death AS New Hampshire has no
reciprocal provision in it's inheritance
tax law, Mr.. Stevenson is of the opin-
ion the whole tax can be collected by
Minnesota. af
Owned Hotel Interest
Miss ellison formerly owned part
interest in the Nicollet hotel, Mime
apolis, and was well known in that
city, where some members of her fam
lily have lived for more than half a
century.
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uroes Practical Trainjno.

Morris.-"Adopt the school work to
the life of the community was the
message of President Vincent to the
school officers of Stevens county, as
sembled at the agricultural school
Thursday Make the school the So
cial center of community life he
said, land through it so build up the
social life that the home in the coun.
try will be the ideal home" Presi
dent Vincent would not only make the
school the center Of social life, but he
would make it the center of com
munity life.
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Wilson Has Not Yet Approved.

Washington, March q. = President
Wilson let it be known that he has
not yet approved the tariff bill left
with him by Representative Oscar I'm
derwood, the Democratic leader, Mon
day night. The president indicated to
visitors that he had only begun to
study the measure, but that before
the Democratic caucus met to de-
eide whether they should revise the
tariff in a single bill or by separate
schedules, he would make known his
own conclusions.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-28
WHITE WOULD WE'D A NEGRO
Farmer is Able to Halt Marriage of
Daughter After License
is Issued


Marshall.-George Mercer, a negro
from Pipestone, secured licenes here
to marry Hilda Sorenson, a white
girl, giving her address as Florence,
in this county. The couple came to
town and tried to get married, but
were turned away by the Methodist
minister, and also by Justice Pike.
They then decided to take the train
to Sioux City. County officials tele-
phoned the girls parents, residing on
a farm two miles from the village of
Florence, and instructed the father to
take the girl home. Mr.. Sorenson di-
rected the officers to arrest the girl
and hold her until he could come,
which was done.
Miss Sorenson is % years old, and
declares she will marry Mercer, be-
cause she loves him. Both have been
working in a hotel here.
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Franchises Left to People.

Rochester Rochester citi-
zens have signed petition which will
be presented to the charter commits
sion, asking that body to incorporate
in the charter section that will make
it binding to submit to popular vote all
franchises to be granted by the city.
The charter commission is framing a
new charter that will embody the COM
mission form of government. There
has been agitation for submitting fran
chises to the people, following the
granting of franchise to the Tele-
phone company.
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A School Savings Bank.

Rochester.-To inculcate the habit
of saving and also to train students
in banking principles, the board OF
education of Rochester proposes to
start a school savings bank system
at the beginning of the next school
year and its. members will investigate
the project in order to put the system
on high basis at the proper time.
Mankato.-The enrolment for the
spring term of the state normal
school, which opened Tuesday, has
Heaehed z15.
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Whoonina Couch Fatal

Fergus Falls.-Herbert r. Schwen-
deman, the 7-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Schwendeman, died here
from pneumonia, which had developed
from whooping cough. The entire
family is having whooping cough in a
severe form, and two of the other
children are in a dangerous condition.
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Any Old Way.
What is your name?"

What is your name?"
"Ephriam Ebenezer," replied the
small colored boy.
How do you spell it?'
"Tain' no use to worry bout dat:
les suit yourself l amt puhtic'lar."
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So .ss e .
Date. Place. Lives Lost.
. 1813-Austria-Hungary, Po-
land and Prussian ST.
lesia floods, caused by
incessant rains ...-...- 10000
1824LSt. Petersburg and
Cronstadt, overflow of
/. Neva 10000 t.
" 1825-Denmark, North sea.
broke through to limj-
ford making Northern
JutIand an island, one
third of FriesIand sub
merged ..-..-.-.-...
1s36-South of France sub
merged -............... 900.
t853-Canton, China, mum
!. dation ................. 10000 x
1s74LNorthampton. Mass,
Mill River valley flood
co ~
1876-Pittsburg and AIleg-
heny river overflows 200
f888-China, Canton river
overflow ............ 5000 :
1es9-Johnstown, Pa, Cone y
maugh dam broke. 2.142
1e4-Wisconsin floods,
heavy loss of life and
property ........... 49,.
1ss7-Mississippi valley
floods, heavy loss OF life
and property ........ -.....
4. t9o0-Galveston, Texas, in
undated ................ 5000 +
19o1-Quebec and other
Canadian cities sub
merged ................ =
: 1eo4-San Juan del Mon
be, Manila ...... 200 \
+ 904-BIoemfontein, reser-
voir burst ..... 20
3 1904-Hwans-Ho, China,
dam burst minimum. LOO I"
19o5-Bereen, Norway -. 60
/" 19o5-Mississippi valley :
HOODS observation-disclosures.
1910-Paris, River Seine s
overlooked ...... 70
1911-Austin, Pa, dam *
broke .............. ~
1911-Black River Falls,
Wis. "a =
1911-Southern Wales. so
1912-China, flooded fol- =
lowing typhoon ........ 10000
1912-lower Mississippi =
valley .. 80 =
& 1912 Bolivar county,
Mississippi ..... 200 s.
1912-Baton Rough, La. II
1e12-PennsyIvania . go
= y = : =
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eorrects constipation. Munyon's Paw-Paw
Pills are tonic to the stomach. liver and
nerves. They invigorate instead of weaken:
they enrich the blood instead of impover-
ishing it: they enable the stomach to get all
the nourishment from food that is put into
Il. Price as cents All Druggists.
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PILES CURED IN TO II DAYS
Your druggist will refund money II PAZO ONT.
NENT fails to cure any case OF Itching, Blind.
Bleeding or Protruding Piles in TO IL days. 800
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When an actress dies or is sued
for divorce her real names comes out.
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One touch of weather makes the
whole world sit up and talk about 1t.
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CONSTIPATION
MUNYON'S Paw-Paw

Munyon 5 faW-kaw
Pills are unlike all 9TH
er laxatives or cathar-
tics. They coax tho
liver into activity By
gentle methods, they
do not scour: they do
not gripe; they do not
weaken: but they do
start all the secretions
of the liver and ssom-
ach in a way that soon
puts these organs in a
healthy condition and
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Made Will in Minneapolis.
Owned Hotel Interest.

Miss ellison formerly owned part
interest in the Nicollet hotel, Mime
apolis, and was well known in that
city, where some members of her fam
lily have lived for more than half a
century.