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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1913-03-20

alfalfa Pete" evidently has the
wrong zig 10y the ear and has his rail
roads confused Well, we can't blame
him so much for the latter for, with so
many paper railroads" crossing and
rriss-crossing the county, its enough
to confuse u Philadelphia lawyer how
ever, we don't like To be accused oi
stealing railroad. at least, until W.
get one, and so must set things right
for Brother Alfalfa Pete. You have
the wrong idea Beaver is not attemp.
ting To steal anything but is working
tooth aud toe-nail for some kind of II
railroad south of the river To Heayer.
We have been working for n stub line
to Forgan the past two months and
given no oJher project consideration
Within the past two weeks another
prospect has op ned up, this being the
proposed extension of the Santa Fe
from Englewood along the Kansas line
aud the stub liue promoters have taken
up the matter OF extending their line
on past FOrgan to "A connection with
this extension, Just how Alfalfa Pete
can figure Beaver is giving the east end
the worst OF IL is more than we know
The Santa Fe propose to build and we
hope To build To them. They are not
coming to Beaver nor Beaver county
but stay wholly within Kansas. where
state laws are more conducive to rail
way extension. and Beaver will make .
desperate effort To go to them Beav,r
il heartily in favor OF "A railroad up the
valley from east 10 west through the
county and would gladly do all in our
power to secure such n road but, " we
can't get what we want we'll take
what we eau get aud if we can't get
anything 1t will not he because we
have not tried So far as the county
seat is concerned, it is located about NJ
near the geographical center of the
county as il could be without taking
IL out To some cross roads and we rath-
rr imagine IL will be a long time be
fore the taxpayers will he eager TO add
many thousand dollars To their taxes
10y starting n squabble over the county
seat deal. The county buildings here
are good ones and paid for and the
people in general are satisfied ,-EDI-
TOR
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1913-03-20
Home Creek,

G. B. and W. b. Barker are busy at
this writing sowing oats.
j. e. Wilson returned last week
from visit with relatives in Eastern
Oklahoma.
Rev. Jewett, OF Laverne, Is holding
n meeting at the Busch Chapple this
week. A good crowd was out last
Sunday night.
G. J. Leisure has his new house
completed, and moved in last week
A. @. Doo.ey is sowing oats this
week.
De Coleman and Jack Bonner
ATTENDED meeting Sunday night at the
Busch Chapple.
Mr.. Ward had fine dog killed by
an automobile last week.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1913-03-20
Dombey Chronicles.

win Kiser who has been very sick
with pneumonia is reported getting
better.
While threshinG at j. w. Dunbars
last Wednesday Karl Eldridge's ma
Fchine set fire out and burned the barn,
granary and all the feed and what had
been threshed that was in the granary.
BY hitching To the back end Of the ma
chine Mr. Eldridge succeeded in get
ting IL out without much damage.
I j w. Dunbar sold his farm for
So 900 90, He has not decided where
he will 90,
I X, l. Miller sold his farm for $1,000
We are glad to hear that Grandma
Hamilton is better; she was not ex-
pected 20 live last week.
John Seybold Sold his personal prop
erty rented his farm TO j. W Martin
aud has gone To visit his father for a
year at Logansport, Indiana.
Burton Manning is sowing barley
this week,
j, l., Duerson has built new house,
something good many of us need
II NJ, Drake threshed his cane seed
last week, he had 2o54 bushels, odds
and ends
WnrLo Be Coon PLAN
EpIToR HERALDi
In the last issue of the II RAID see
quite a lengthy article in reference to
tlie rfilroad situation of Oklahoma and
No Mans-Land in partictnAr And nea
ticed what he said to do as u remedy,
and mis- way of meeting the awful con-
dition we are in, it may be good way
EOLEYSK~ lEEYm6TAR
ssr 0hiiarsns sats. Ssrs. No oDiStss
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1913-03-20
Official Directory

Diet. Judge X II. Lcofbourrow'
Co. Treasurer John Sims
Co Clerk Geo. II. Wright.
Co. Judge Geo. II Healy.
Co. Supt. John f. Swain.
Clerk OF Diet. Court o. +. Pruett.
Sheriff NJ Jones.
Clerk Of Go, Court G G.. DcGraw,
Co. Atty. Claude I smith
Reg. of Deeds n. NJ Bulick.
Surveyor Oscar Gardner.
Com. lst Dist. X. Hngan, lvanhoe.
Com. I'd Dist. A. A. Haskell, Elmwood.
Com. Sd Dist Thos McLain, tray.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-11-14
Anti Woman Suffrage
Agitation May Result
In State Organization

for the purposes and possibilities
of the anti-suffrage movement.
Before returning east, Mrs. Scott
will set we'll on foot the plans for a
statewide organization. She has
been engaged in similar work for a
number of years in the east and is
sent out by the national association
whose aim is the defeat of the suf-
frage movement, Mrs. Ssott was orig.
inally suffragist and was actively
identified with the prosuffrage move,
ment. Her connections with it, how.
ever, led her to abandon the move
ment.
Mrs. Scott appeared before, the
joint legislature committee in Albany
in 1909 and her arguments against
equal suffrage prevailed. She has
been selected to appear before the
congressional committee, when it con
siders the question in nocc~-ar, Mrs
Scott has written many articles set
ting forth her reasons for opposing
the granting of the ballot to her sex
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-11-14
Spugs New Society That
Opposes Useless Giving
Of Christmas Presents
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.

the orator of the day. The original
purpose of the society, she said, was
to prevent compulsory giving by
girls in stores and factories to their
employers, the custom of collective
giving which the girls felt they
could not afford, but which they could
not avoid without embarrassment
and possible loss of their positions.
This was one Of the chief objects
of the society, she added, but not the
only one. Another prime attain
ment sought, she said, was general
cultivation, by all classes of givers,
of more thoughtfulness and express
sion Of personality in making Christ.
mas gifts.
1--WE do not disapprove of collective
giving when it is done on the spur
of the moment" she said. cor for
some particular cause, because then
it means that you have collected
sense of human fellowship of which
the money collected is but an en-
preston. We do approve of it
when it is for the man lower down
instead of for the man higher up.
Not Opposed to Giving.
Some persons think that we op.
pose giving. Far from It; we do not
Continued on Page Two.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-11-14

An anti-woman suffrage league
composed of women, will be organ
lied in St. Paul and Minneapolis
this week to wage an active state
wide campaign against the extern
sion of the franchise to women in
Minnesota. Mrs. William Force Scott
of Yonkers, N. Y, for years promi-
nent in the East as an opponent of
equal suffrage, will make addresses
and hold conferences with women
of the twin cities and start the
war against the suffragists.
State Organization.
Mrs. Scott is being sent out by
the Guidon club to organize the
movement. She arrived in st. Paul
this morning, held conference with
st. Paul women at noon and this
lecture at night. Mrs. Scott will
lecture at the First Baptist church,
Minneapolis, Friday night and set
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-11-14
Rev. P. X. Edwards Read Paper
On The Playhouse
DEFENDS ELEvATlHe DRAMA
However, Other Ministers Take Posi-
ton That Show Places Should Be
Stunned Entirely

"The Theater" was discussed by
the members Of thn "~~'~' "o'O"""
club last night, when Rev. X. Ed
wards read q paper on that subject
and DR.. r. N. Andrews led the dis
cussion. Rev. Edwards approves of
the theatre of high class end be.
lieves that it has good Influence.
DR.. Andrews took the same stand
and said that the cheap shows should
be suppressed and good drama en-
couraged There was warm dis.
cussion, in which nearly every mem
Der took part. One objection which
was made to the play house was
that it was an extravaganza which
should not be INDUCED in. Another
man raised the objection that
good, even if they h"a - 49, effect
and attendance there was a waste
of time. Among those who took a
very active part in tho discussion
were j. M. Mcconnell, F. F. Ellis.
worth and J. r. Brandrup 1t was
also brought out during the evening
that eight per cent Of the 'heotre
goers are women, and large part Of
them are young women.
Rev. Edwards took the ground that
every good play, the tendency OF
which was 20 uplift, should be sup
ported II should be seen by the best
people just the same as they would
read A good book 'sis;--7 -
Ministers Take Exceptions.
Rev. r. w. Hobbs, pastor of the
Baptist church, and Rev. W. r.
Keesey, pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal church, took exceptions to
this advice. They maintained that
the theatre should be summed en-
tirely.
w. d. Willard was inclined to agree
with the two clergymen, but his
views on the subject were not quite
SO pronounced.
DR.. Roy Andrews in general
way agreed with Rev. Edwards. His
paper was more in the line of a
discussion of particular plays, theil
merits and dement's.
In the general discussion all who
participated agreed that the theatre
was mixture of good and evil.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-11-14
Nogales, November 12.-Am-
bassador Hale is in conference
with Carranza and the entire New
lean constituencies cabinet.

Washington. Nov. l2.-President
Wilson's cabinet stands firmly behind
him in his efforts to force the retire
ment of Provisional President Huerta
as a necessary step to the pacification
of Mexico.
For more than two hours the cabi-
net discussed the Mexican situation
and the consensus of opinion was that
the United States government should
not take a single backward step in
it's announced program looking to the
restoration of scnstitptioual govern
ment in the neighbering republic.
Though the secretaries were reticent
afterward about expressing their
views 1t became known that they all
favored steps which would convinu'
Huerta that the United States was
earnest in it's demands that he elimi-
nate himself from the situation.
There is q hope on the part Of both
the president and Secretary Bryan
that measure so radical as permit.
ting expectation OF arms may not be
required to solve the problem.
Influences are at work which many
officials believe may force the early
collapse of the Huerta regime.
There is closer understanding, for
instance, and more frequent commu-
nication between the state department
here and foreign governments gen.
orally than has been in evidence at
any time since the Mexican problem
became so widely international.
So far as is known there have been
no direct requests for foreign sup
port.
few weeks of financial isolation,
it is believed by high officials here,
will force the retirement of Huerta.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-11-14

New York, November PA coun-
try-wide appeal for the abolition OF
the useless Christmas gift and a
plea for intelligent and thoughtful
giving instead were voiced by Mrs.
August Belmnot, president of the
Spugs, at the opening meeting of
the 1913 campaign to be waged by
that organization against insincerity,
compulsion and waste in Christmas
giving.
At this meeting the membership
rolls of the Spugs--the Society for
the Prevention of Useless Giving
were thrown open to all residents
of the United States who might want
to enroll against the foolish Christ
mas gift. Having grown from a
handful to more than 5000 within
"a few weeks during the last Christ
mas season, the Spugs have outlined
for this year a national campaign
and hope to establish societies in all
cities and towns throughout the
country.
Mrs. Hartman Presides.
Mrs. ]. Borden Hartman presided
at the meeting. District Attorney
whitman, newly enrolled as mem
Der, and Francis Crowninshield de-
livered addresses. Mrs. Belmont was
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-11-14
Governor CurIs Up In Seat and
Sleeps In Dreamland
IvERson SEES THE SUN RISE
Expense Of Drainage Commission Cut
While Rival Candidates Are Per-
forming Their Labors

Crookston, Mimi, Novembe" 12.-
With two candidates for governor
in the party, the state drainage com
mission is travelling in truly demo
cratic style this year.
Heretofore on its trips into the
Northern swamps, where accommoda-
tons are poor at the best, the COM
mission members have lived in club
car All is changed this year. Gov,
ernor Eberhart and State Auditor
Iverson, the rivals, are mingling
with the masses. Then the tour first
was planned Mr.. Iverson objected
to the club-car feature. Secretary
of State Schmahl wanted to continue
the private car custom ard appealed
to Governor Eberhart. Unwilling to
give his opponent a chance to make
political capital, the governor sus-
tanned the auditor.
Schmahl Is Disguised.
This so Disguised Mr.. Schmahl that
he left the party at Moorhead late
Monday night for home, and his as
sistant, James A. Larson, met the
commission here today and will com
plete the tour.
ut is cheap politics." said Mr..
Schmahl before he left, in a mighty
huff. diversion never before objected
to decent accommodations 1t makes
me tired and am going home. Moth
ing much will be saved"
The commission left Mocrhnad ~
$50 a.. m. yesterday, and Governor
Eberhart snoozed in day coach seat
with his grip as pillow until Crook
ston was reached. He took jaunt
to Warren, where he spoke at noon
while the remainder of the party
went on to Fosston, where in the
afternoon another ditch was in
spected.
Schmahl Is Sore.
ST. Paul. November 1.-THE state
saved $12O because the drainage
commission dido not take club car
On it's present trip, said Secretary
of State julius Schmahl, who left
the party late Monday and returned
to the capitol yesterday. Mr.
Schmahl, however, thought the board
was penny wise in its action, as get
ting up early yesterday to ride in
day coaches to CrookstOn did not
leave the members in the best con
dition for the important work of in
spection.
The drainage commission has had
a private or club car on nearly all its
trips, Mr.. Schmahl said, but in most
cases there has been no extra ex
penses to the state, the railroad fur
nishing the car as an accommodation
and the members paying the regular
fares and SLEEPER charges. In
some cases the cost actually was
less than if the board members had
eaten and slept at hotels, he said.
At the auditors office it was
stated that no charge had ever been
made against the state for pri
vate or club car for the drainage
commissions jaunts.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-11-14
County Inquisitors I
Death of Str
COURT WAS q : } TODAY
Calendar Is Length, 3 and Number
OF Causes Are Set For Jury
Trial

Judge A. R. Pau opened the No
vember term of the district court
this morning. On call of the cal.
endar the following cases were SD
for trial by jury:
Allen B. Nichols vs.. Boettcher.
John S. Bradstreet VS.. the Four
Traction company.
The town of Rapidan vs.. Chris.
tobher s. Erickson.
The ZuelWood-Goff Company VS..
Frank M. Long and others.
Horace Cummins VS.. e. M. Zuel.
Title Hoverson VS.. Fred Hydorn.
Ella Tew VS.. Fred Hydorn.
s. B. Wilson VS.. Jabez r. Lloyd.
The Consumers Power Company vs..
C. A. Bishman
The Botsford Lumber Company vs.
Christopher S. Erickson.
The Mankato Plumbing and Heat
ing company VS.. c. Gust Carlstrom.
G.. G. Johnson and l. M. South.
wick VS.. P. R. Hammer.
ORIG A. Noble VS.. the J. B. Nielsen
Construction company.
The estate of Carl Pfeil VS.. A. r.
Pafu, Jr., and c. J. Laurisch.
Otis Dolson VS.. George A. Nc
Kinley and Fannie Monks.
Fred Christensen VS.. Evan Olson.
Johanna G. Brown as Administra-
trix of the estate of Edward M.
Brown VS.. the Chicago, st. Paul, Min
neapolis and Omaha railroad.
William Rees VS.. Thomas E. Wal
ters.
In re appeal of G. e. Francis from
order establishing county ditch, num-
Der thirty-three VS.. the County of
Blue Earth. Il
Gerhard Zerwas VS.. the Chicago,
st. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha
railroad.
Harold Johnson VS.. Zuel-Wood. Golf
company, a corporation
Charles Gilmore VS.. John Kazitza
Johanna C. Brown as administers
trix of the estate of Eward M. Brown,
ceased, VS.. Chicago and Northwest.
ern Railway company.
Herman Rosenthal vs. John
Soluble.
Herman osenthal vs.. John
Soluble.
Charles A. Webber vs.. w. G. P.
Smith.
In re-appeal of G. e. Francis from
order establishing county drain
known as County Ditch No. 33" vs..
County of Blue Earth.
Emil Uppstrom as administrator of
estate of Frank o. Uppstrom, deceased
vs. Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis
and Omaha Railway company, and
Dan Kelly.
Catherine E. Mcqueen VS.. Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul Railroad
company.
E. j. Zimmerman, as administrator
of the estate of H. Zimmerman, ST..
deceased VS.. The Girard Fire and
Marine Insurance company of Phila-
delphia, corporation.
E. J. Zimmerman, as administrator
fthe estate of H. Zimmerman, ST.,
deceased VS.. the Prussian National
Insurance company of Stettin, Ger
many, corporation.
j. S. Holbrook VS.. August Rubow.
John H. Macbeth VS.. Edward
Hottie.
w. A. Beach VS.. r. M. Gordon.
Village of Madison Lake, a munich
Continued on Page Two.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-11-14

Russell Schimmerhorn for forgery.
Owing to the death of Mike Hedding,
whose name is alleged to have been
signed by Schimmerhorn, the jury
concluded that an indictment would
be useless.
Barney Lauretzen was released from
Jail after four months confinement
He was held on forgery charge.
The main witness, p. r. Clark, an
Iowa banker, did not appear before
the jury.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-11-14
CHRIS VIRGINS PLEADS NOT GUILTY
WILL ASK FOR A CHANGE OF VENUE

I Chris yirgens was indicted at Fair
mont yesterday for murder in the
first degree. He is accused of the
Staying of John Steen. At twelve
o'clock today the prisoner was
brought before Judge J. M. Quinn
and pleaded not guilty. AT 1870
O'Clock Friday afternoon, A. R. Allen,
attorney for Virgens, will appear be-
fore Judge Quinn and armed with
affidavits, apply for change of
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-11-14
WOULD GUST SALOON
Once ''Wet' Governor of Tennessee Is
Now in Favor of Eliminating
Booze Parlors
Associated Press DlspatchJ

Columbus, November 12-Former
Tennessee was the CeiIsrdI f1pure at
this afternoons session Of the Anti
saloon league convention. Twice he
was elected governor as wet"
candidate. Governor Patterson came
to Columbus in a special car, accom-
panied by Governor Ben Hooper to
endorse the nation wide program for
the elimination of the saloon.
The prediction that the manufac-
ture and sale of liquor in the United
ly before 1920 brought forth great
demonstration of delegates to the
anti-saloon league convention.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-11-14
SCORED MINING men
Secretary OF Labor Wilson Delivers An
Address Before the American Fed
eratian of Labor
IAssociated Press Dispatch.l

Seattle, November 12.-Secretary
of Labor Wilson, addressing the Amer
lean Federation of Labor convention
today, bitterly condemned the atti-
tude of the Michigan copper mining
companies toward the strikers. He
declared he would make public the
miners wages tnelr hours and con-
ditions' also the enormous profits
of the mine owners.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-11-14

venue, alleging that the feeling in
Martin county is so intense that it
will be impossible for his client to
obtain a fair-minded jury to try
him. 1t is the prevailing opinion
in Fairmont that Judge Quinn will
not grant the request.
The grand jury indicted Ralph
Newell for forgery and Eben Sailer
for grand larceny.
No indictment was returned against
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-11-14
DESTROYED BY QUAKE
Ten Towns Were Hit BY the Earths
Disturbance: Many People Were
Buried In Ruins
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch. ]

Lima, Peru, November 12-Ten
towns were destroyed and several
hundred people killed in an earth
quake last Friday, in the mountain
Gus Province of Aymaraes. The news
was received by courier, who said
that 120 bodies had been recovered
from the ruins when he left.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-11-14
SUFFERED A COLLAPSE
George Mcclure, Witness in Tan,many
Investigation, Went to Pieces; Made
Certain Admissions

New York, November 12.-George
Mcclure of Syracuse, is in the Sc
clusion of hotel recovering from
the nervous collapse suffered yester-
day, when he was forced to admit
on the witness stand that he had
sent to John Hennessy the an" tele-
gram relative to contractors contri-
again to Tammany. Mcclure will
again be forced take the witness
stand tomorrow If he is strong
enough.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-11-14
OPIUM AND RUM EVILS
They Are the Greatest That Japan Has
TO Contend Against Many;
Missionaries
Associated Press Dispatch

Decatur, H., November 12.-Bish-
op E. T. Inglehart OF Toxic adj
dressing the missionary board of
the Methodist church in convention
here, declared that Japan is "any-
thing but ChristianiZed." He said the
greatest enemies of China ar opium
and rum. He stated that there are
close to half a million Methodist
missionaries in foreign fields.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-11-14

Chicago. Nov. l2.-The shores OF
Lakes Superior. Huron and Erie are
strewn with the wrcckage of a three
days gale and snow storm which cost
the lives of probably three score sail
Ors, turned bottom up in midlake a
300-foot steel vessel with its crew:
wrecked or grounded numerous other
craft and caused property loss
which will run into the millions.
The full details of the storm, which
literally swept from the westernmost
end of Lake Superior to the eastern
shore of Lake Erie, became known
when survivors began arriving In
ports with tales of hardship and heroic
rescues seldom equaled on the lakes.
The storm hit hardest at Cleveland.
o.. where twentysfoar inches Of snow
fell and where five persons were Kill.
ed and ten others lost, and where
$2.000,000 damage was caused to. prop.
erty chiefly telephone and telegraph
systems, thus keeping that city out OF
direct communication for two days.
The death toll with many ports I'M.
reported, is told thus:
Twenty-Five or forty men probably
drowned in the overturning OF a
freighter found floating in Lake HUI.
ron.
Five bodies washed ashore at st. Jo-
seph. on the Canadian side of Lake
hod rl.n
ford" and one wore a belt marked
T.ondon.")
Three bodies washed ashore on the
west shore of Lake Huron.
Two bodies washed ashore opposite
the position of the overturned boat
Six members O! the lghtship
drowned in Lake Erie near Buffalo
n. Y.
1t was impossible to estimate the
loss to vessels wrecked or damaged
by grounding.
Shippers in Detroit estimated the
loss in Lake Huron and the Detroit
and st. Clair rivers alone to be sew.
eral hundred thousand dollars.
Three of the wrecked steamers in.
crease the loss by 100000, while the
scores of smaller craft driven ashore
In Lake Superior and Lake Erie will
send the total much higher.
Buffalo, NJ Y, Nov. 12.-t'ragments
of wreckage tossed ashore along
many miles of lake front confirmed
the fear that the storm which dashed
Lake Erie sunday and Monday had
claimed It's toll of dead.
Six men persisted when lightsh!p
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