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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-05-20
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Chas. Harrison's entertained com
pany Sunday. *.s. ss
Harold Kroona is back from his
trip to Kimball. :s s,$.s, +:
Miss Daniels is assisting her sister
Mrs. Steve Klick. =..
Swedberg & PETERSON are remodel
ling the Fire Hall.
The Misses Amy Klint and Alma
Johnson were at Atwater on Tuesday
Miss Esther Norell Of Willmar Is
visiting here with. her uncle Nels Nor.
ell. -. }.~~
Miss Solomonson of Atwater is as
sisting with the Homework at Peter
Burns.
- A bunch Of the boys from here
went to Spicer Sunday to see the ball
game. -
Mrs. J. Lundquist spent Sunday al
Willmar with her daughter, Mrs. Pet
erson.
Andrew Larson is now driving &
Ford car which he has recently pur
chased.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Hanson O
Kimball spent Sunday at c. Z
Kroona's. s.~-~-
Mr.. and Mrs. Westlund left on Sat
urday for their new home at Ashland
WIS.,, after spending the week her
with relatives and friends.
Services next Sunday at the Eben
ezer church at three O'Clock in the at
ternoon. Sunday school at two O.
clock. Rev. B. E. Walters, pastor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phifer of Donnell!
was in our village the latter part o
the week. They came in their new
car which they purchased while i,
the cities.
News was received here that :
baby girl was born to Mr.. and Mrs
Ben Lundquist of Minneapolis. Mrs
Lundquist was formerly Miss Aim;
Fahlstrom of this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. o: w. Kroona an
sons and Mrs. E. c. Hallstrom an,
Margaret spent Sunday at Willma1
and also attended services at tn
Bethel church in the evening.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-05-20

Oscar Melander was in our burg
Saturday. .@ =: ..., -. =s
Edmund Backlund called at Will
mar Sunday evening. , ,S...
R. B. Dale of Willmar will open up
the meat market here. 5==. -
Bud French of Kimball spent Sun
day at c. e. Kroona's. + "
James Mattson was at Willmar
Saturday on business. IT,. II {
Robert Kroona and Ansgar Lund-
quist called at Willmar Sunday.
Miss Myrtle Peterson of Willmar
was here on Saturday to instruct her
class of music.
Roy Cederstrom OF Willmar spent
Sunday at the home of his sister,
Mrs. Elmer Johnson. 49,.
Florence Nelson of Rosendale
spent the week here with her aunt
Mrs. N. c. Sorenson. .....
Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Johnson OF
Wfllmar spent the latter part of the
week with friends here.
Miss Florence Johnson of Fahlun
spent few days at the home of hel
sister, Mrs. G. u. Peterson.
Miss Julia Peterson and mother
Mrs. J. A. Peterson were week enc
guests of relatives at Atwater.
Mr.. Edward Lundberg and Miss
Ada Broman Of Willmar attended the
concert given at the Whittier schoo
on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Lundquist ani
family spent Sunday at the homes o.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peterson and Samue
Nelson's at Willmar.
The Whittier school will be vel
represented at the Eighth grade
graduation exercises to be held at thu
court house, at Willmar next Friday
We congratulate Miss Berg and schol
ars with their work. It is hoped thu
district here can hire a fourth teach
or for next term as it is in need O
four teachers. This would give tn,
teachers second year high school her,
and would be of great benefit to tn,
lower grades which are very large IL
number for only three teachers.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-05-20
KILLED ON EVE OF WEDDING

Luverne Man Accidentally Shot
While on Railroad speeder.
Will Moriarity Of Luverne accident
ally shot and killed himself. He was
to have been married the following
day. The accident occurred on his
twenty third birthday.
Moriarity, accompanied by his
sweetheart, was on q railroad speed
er near Luverns. He carried q rifle
which slipped from his hands and fell
from the car. n attempting to pull
It toward him the trigger was caught
and the gun was discharged. the ball
lstaking effect ii his head.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-05-20

the rule Of the majority, how will
this rule be protected by simply pro-
viding for majority nominations with
In parties and then leave the door
open for the multiplication of parties
which is almost sure to result in q
plurality choice at the final elections?
There will now surely be five can
dfdates representing as many parties
in the fall election in this state. There
is strong probability that none of
these candidates will receive a ma
jority and a possibility that COVER
nor might be elected on a decided
minority vote. If we are to have ma
jority rule it follows that such
condition must not be permitted.
How might this be remedied? BY
simply applying the principle of the
so-called non-partisan ballot to state
officers. Eliminate all candidates but
two in the primary and thus insure a
majority selection in the fall election.
You say this would destroy parties.
No, not any party which stands for
anything the people want. The DIFF
ferent parties or groups would have
their inning at the primary to decide
which should have the honor Of fur
nishing the candidates for the fall
election. Then the voters Of all the
groups would be free to cast their
ballots between the leading candi-
dates in the final decision.
The purpose of the direct primary
is to prevent corrupt or distasteful
political machines from securing con-
troll of the government. Did you ever
stop to think that with the adoption
of the Australian ballot the state has
granted patent rights to certain par
ty names and protected the holders
of such names whether they obtained
the same by fair means or foul?
In the old days any group of men
! could print ballots, distribute them,
and If enough voters could be induc-
| ed to deposit the same such tickets
would be elected. Political parties
were born, lived and served their
purpose, and passed away when they
had outlived their usefulness. No
laws prescribed rules for conventions
| and caucuses No political party re-
ceived an ironclad franchise from the
state, but must depend directly on the
public favor by the placing of win
ming candidates in the field pledged
to do what the people wanted done.
The Australian ballot was a vast
Improvement over the old method of
voting in the cure of abuses existing
such as stuffing ballot-boxes and CO.
ercing of people to deposit ballots
favored by certain interests, but in
legalizing existing party names the
state granted franchises which In the
hands Of INSCRIPTIONS men are more
dangerous than were the abuses Of
the old system. . s52. #. =..s=- g.
Men are elected to Office, not par
ties. Voters are grouped IN parties
sfGstS ksSLE X
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-05-20
DEAN OF MINNESOTA EDITORS
A. 3. Easton Dead at Saltwater,
Aged Eighty-six.

A. B. Easton, dean of the editorial
fraternity: of Minnesota, is dead at
Saltwater after an illness of two
weeks. He was eighty-six years old
Easton was a descendant of Puri-
tan family that came to America from
England in 1882. He was born in
Mesopotamia, O., graduated from a
high school and taught school. He
reached Saltwater on Aug. Z, 1857.
For some years he was employed on
the Saltwater Messenger, and was
its editor and proprietor during the
Civil war period.
He established the Gazette in 1870
and was associated with the Weekly
and Daily Gazette until his death.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-05-20

Cutting out names of candidates
having no opposition on party ballots
and all filings on the non-partisan
ballot except for offices having three
or more candidates will materially
shorten the primary ballots and save
a lot of useless clerical work in com.
piling results. The Republican bal
lot will not be over Is inches in
length, the Democratic and Progress.
sive about 511a inches, there will be
no Socialist or Prohibition ballots,
and the county ballot will be about
seventeen inches in length.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-05-20
IN HONOR OF JAMES J. HILL
Professorship at Harvard for Teach
ing Railroadinq.

Professorship at Harvard for Teach
ing Railroadina.
One of the finest tributes ever paid
to any man is now being prepared by
some of the greatest men in this coun-
try for James J. Hill of St. Paul.
A James J. Hill foundation and per-
manent professorship, to be known as
the James J. Hill Professorship on
Railroading, will be established in
Harvard and the curriculum of that
institution will be- changed to meet
the new study.
The movement has grown out OF
the gospel preached by Mr.. Hill that
the rising generation should be taught
the vital Importance of railroads to
the development of the country and
the nation. 1t was Mr.. Hills inten-
ton to establish such a foundation,
but his friends in New York will now
do it in honor of him.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-05-20
HONOR FATHER OF THE NAVY
Statue of Commodore John Barry IN
YELLED at Washinuton.

Statue of Commodore John Barry IN.
yelled at Washington.
Washington, May 17.-Thousands of
patriotic 1rish-Americans from all SEQ
lions of the country gathered in Frank.
lin park here to witness the unwilling
of statue of Commodore John Barry,
the nations tribute to the heroic Irish
patriot of the American Revolution, by
many called "The Father of the Amer
lean Navy"
Miss Elsie H. Hepburn of Philadel,
phia, great-great-grandniece of Com
modore Barry, pulled the cord which
uncovered the statue and President
Wilson, James J. Regain, national
president of the Ancient Order of HI
bernians, and other prominent men
delivered dedicatory addresses.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-05-20
MANY JAPANESE PERF0RMER9,
Greatest Japanese Troupe In the World
Hero With tho Robinson Circus.

Beyond all question the greatest
troupe of Japanese in the world are
with the Yankee Robinson circus. This
Japanese troupe were imported to this
country last season for the New York
Hippodrome, where they appeared for
thirty weeks. They were then engag-
ed for the Yankee Robinson circus and
made the greatest hit ever recorded
under a circus tent. This Japanese
troupe Immediately went back to Japan,
left the port, Of Yokohoma on March 81,
landing at Seattle April IL, going direct
to circus winter quarters. They are in
this country by permission Of his Roy
al Majesty, the Emperor of Japan. At
Willmar June 10.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-05-20
INTERESTING NEWS NOTES,
(FrOm The Pub1ic).


Los Angeles, California, on May by
vote Of more than two to one de-
cided in favor of a bond issue to ac-
quire and operate a municipal electric
light plant.
AS further evidence of sincerity in
Its war on opium smoking the Chinese
government has announced that per-
sons found smoking it under forty
years of age will be shot, if over forty
years of age they are to be sentenced
to terms of servitude.
oping center of Jewish knowledge in
Madrid is seeking to recall the descend
ants of the Jews expelled from Spain
In 1892 by Ferdinand and Isabella.
These Jews, known as the Sephardic, or
Spaniole Jews, live in northern Africa
and eastern Europe.
Battleships also have run into the
high cost of living. A first-class bat
t1eship, whose up-keep amounted to
half million dollars a year in 1904
now requires a million. AS the life of
one of these fighting ships is very brief,
1t costs the country an average of about
two million dollars year.
The Colorado legislature is in special
session. The House passed on May II
the bill authorizing a million dollar
bond issue to pay military expenses,
and also passed a bill already passed by
the Senate authorizing the Governor to
close saloons in riot districts. The bill
creating state constabulary was de-
feated on the same day in the Senate.
Owing to the fact that the black SOL
diers. in the German colonial army DO
or and joy in obedience" new order
Of the Imperial Chancellor establishes
corporal punishment for the native
troops of the colonies. Any commits
stoned officer may order fifty lashes;
noncommissioned officers may order
twenty-five. The soldier has no appeal
from sentence to be dashed.
Statistics of exports and imports of
the United States for the nine months
ending March, 1914, were as follows:
Merchandise: Exports, $1,883,042,965;
Imports, $1,397,727,313; Balance, $685.
315,652, in excess Of imports. Gold, &c.
eO1,355 Imp. The imports of merchan-
disc for March, 1914. were $181,930,03s,
of which 61.O4 per cent were entered
free Of duty; for March, 1918, the i'm
ports were $155, 445,498, of which SALT
per cent were entered free of duty
Silent pfcketing continues before the
Offices Of the Standard Oil Company in
New York and before Rockefeller's
Tarrytown residence. At Calvary Bap-
tist Church, Of which the Rockefellers
are members, disturbance occurred
on May 10. Mr.. Bouck White the au-
thor, requested the pastor. DR.. Cornell
ius Woelfkin, to answer q question, but
before he could put his question he was
seized by ushers and forcibly elected,
together with q number of companions.
The Executive Committee Of the Soc
ialist party Of New. York County has
issued warning to all members and
friends Of the party against the danger
Of being misled either by irresponsible
free-lance agitators or by capitalist
spies and provocators. It emphatically
and unreseryedly repudiates ali persons
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-05-20
THE DIRECT PRIMARY ISSUE
AND MAJORITY ELECTIONS,

The issue raised in the State cam
paign about the preservation of the
direct primary, whatever motives in
spire the action, suggests the follow
ing observations.
II we have been able to analyze the
contentious Of the two Republican
candidates for governor they stand
about this way:
Mr.. Lee believes in the popular
primary but wants it changed in some
way to provide for majority nominal
lions within each legalized party.
This would mean that each such par
ty must either have an early elimina-
ton primary or otherwise provide for
conventions that will eliminate all
but two Of the aspirants before the
regular primary.
Mr.. Eberhart contends that anv.
thing that looks like a political con-
vention is opposed to the spirit of the
direct primary. This would mean an
absolutely free-for-all field for any
number of aspirants, the plurality
candidate to win. The governor, be-
ing in possession of the States pat
ronage and the organization of his
party, feels confident that he will win
out and the more candidates in the
field the better chance he would have
to win. Therefore, it is we'll to take
his avowed devotion to the direct pri-
mary in it's present form with a grain
of salt.
Mr.. Eberhart's contention that the
elimination convention which unified
the opposition to himself within the
Republican party is opposed to the
spirit of the direct primary is mani
testify the merest political buncombe
Any group of citizens must have the
right to assemble and decide on a
concerted political course Of action.
In the Governors case he can hard
ly deny that he stands as the repre-
sentative of one large group of in
terested politicians and their sup
porters among the people. That SUCH
group arrived at mutual under
standing by private interest or in Sc
cret conference should give him nc
advantage over candidate selected
In open meeting.
Neither gentleman defines his po
sition far enough to enable one tc
know their final conclusions. Mr.
Lees idea Of majority nominations
within parties is good enough as far
asst goes. But are the rights of par
~ Organizations more sacred than the
rights Of the whole people? Why
should not the people first of all be
1 assured Of majority elections? If ou1
q government is based on the theory Of
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-05-20
INDIAN WOMAN IS SLAIN
S9uaw and Two Men In Custody on
Suspicion.

Squaw and Two Men In Custody on
Suspicion.
The dead body Of Kodegegun, an
Indian woman of the White Earth
reservation, was found within q
stones throw of the village center
of Ogema. The body was nearly
nude and the head and face were
battered and swollen almost beyond
recognition. The woman had appar-
emily been dragged some distance
fl ON the main road.
The woman, accompanied by an
other woman and two native men,
was seen in the vicinity of Ogema
the previous afternoon and evening.
All were more or less In state of in
tOxicatiOn. -s~--
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-05-20

and candidates are nominated for the
Offices to carry out certain policies,
but It Is obvious that party organize
ton should be free agent and not
dominated by the state.
In our humble Judgment, the off,
cial state ballot should not recognize
any party organization. Leave the
voters free to organize, maintain par
ties, hold mass meetings, conventions,
elimination meetings and what-not,
give every group or individual that
chooses the chance to get candidate
on the primary ballot, let the primary
eliminate all but the two leading can
didates and have majority election
at the close of the campaign. r.
Instead of complcating the election
laws and adding to them all the time,
this would tend to greatly simplify
them. We do not need complicated
election laws; we do need q simplt
fed ballot.
Elimination meetings which have
not been given any special privileges
by law need not be feared as inimical
to the idea Of direct primaries, or t.
the rule of the people. Concerted &C
ton by groups of voters are neces
sary in free government. But the
people themselves should be the
court of last appeal, and their rights
should not be abridged by confusing
official red-tape compelling falsely
aligned divisions.
Given a free and fair ballot and
possessing the rights of free speech
peaceable public assembly and a free
press, the people can be trusted tt
give us good government.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-05-20
Court UphoIds Duluth Charter.

Court Uphoids Duluth Charter.
Duluth's new commission plan city
charter, including the provision that
a voter must vote for at least two can
didates for commissioner to have his
vote counted, has been upheld by the
state supreme court. The election Of
William E. Prince for mayor also was
upheld. ~. .-,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-05-20
MILL CITY ICEMEN STRIKE
Drivers and Handlers Ask Increase
Of WAGES.


Of Wages.
The people of Minneapolis ard
facing an ice famine. Three hum
dred ice wagon drivers and handlers
of the Cedar Lake Ice company are
on strike. They demand a wage scale
of $50 to $50 q month. At present
they receive from SIS to $50. Better
working conditions are also demand
ed.
Officials Of the ice company, which
supplies nearly all the ice for the
downtown district, admitted that they
were unable to meet demands. The
company has 252 wagons idle. -
In the residence districts small ice
dealers are reaping harvest.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-05-20

Every ambitious farmer boy in the
county ought to get into the acre
yield corn contest which is referred
to in another column.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-05-20
CURTIS H. PETIT IS DEAD

Pioneer Minneapolis Business Man
and Former Legislator.
Minneapolis, May 12.-Curtis 81.
Petit, pioneer Minneapolis banker
and veteran Minnesota legislator, Is
dead in his eighty-flrst year.
Mr.. Petit was a director of the
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste.
Marie railway. He WAS ten yest's 4
member Of the Minnesota legislature
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-05-20

Virgins Sharpens Lawn Mowers.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-05-20

the rule Of the majority, how will
this rule be protected by simply pro-
viding for majority nominations with
in parties and then leave the door
open for the multiplication of parties
which is almost sure to result in a
plurality choice at the final elections
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-05-20

Los Angeles, California, on May by
vote Of more than two to one de-
cided in favor of bond issue to ac-
qu1re and operate a municipal electric
light plant.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-20
BANKERS OFFER
COM PROM|SE
.D|RECTORB|LL
Measure Signed by Financiers
Provides for Officers Under
New Reserve System.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2O.--A COM
promise between the existing situa-
ton as to interlocking directories in
banks and the proposals in the Clay
ton interlocking directorate bill was
offered to the House Judiciary Com
mittee to-day by Thomas w. Patten
on behalf of the American Bankers
Association.
This tentative bill would permit an
oft1cer in any bank to be a director
in another bank in a different town
or to be an officer in both a national
bank and trust company, or in two
national banks in the same town
where the aggregate capital of both
would not exceed $4,000, 900. 1t would
permit a private banker whose capi-
tai does not exceed $1,000, 900 to be
an officer or director In a Federal re-
serve bank or member bank.
1t would also permit an oflcer or
director of a non member bank or a
trust company whose capital and sur
plus do not exceed 100000 to be
an officer or director of Federal re-
serve bank or member bank Compel
ing with it and located in the same
place. 1t would make trustees of mu-
tual savings banks eligible to serve
several such banks at the same time.
Finally, an officer of competing
trust company, Irrespective of the
amount of its capital, would be all
lowed to be an officer or director of a
Federal reserve bank or a member
bank
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-20
IF KIDNEYS ARE
WEAK TRY BUCHU
Mixed With Juniper Is Old Folks
Recipe for Flushing Kidneys.
Stops Backache and
Uric Acid.

When you wake up with backache
and dull misery in tn kidney region,
it generally means your kidneys are
weak. When your Kidneys get slug
gish and clog, you must relieve them,
like you relieve your bowels, remov-
ing all the body's urinous waste, else
you have backache, sick headache,
dizzy spells. your stomach sours,
tongue is coated, and when the
weather is bad you have rheumatic
twinges, channels often get sore, wa
ter Scalds and you are obliged to seek
relief two or three times during the
night.
To relieve this distressing condi-
ton at once, get from your pharma-
cist a 14-oz. bottle of Stuarts Blu
chu and Juniper Compound. Take a
tablespoonful in a glass of water aft
er meals. Stop eating sweets or sug-
ar. In few days your kidneys will
then act fine and natural A WE'LL
known authority says this Is the best
treatment.
Stuart's Buchu and Juniper Com
pound acts directly on the urine
through the kidneys. 1t keeps the
blood healthy 1t strengthens the
neck of the bladder. It regulates the
kidneys and does away with backache
and all disagreeable symptoms. II
discouraged with other medicines, buy
14-oz bottle of your druggist to-
day.-Advt.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-20

rowers can NIL their needs on easier
terms than heretofore, the income OBJ
tainable on savings bank investment
will decline, and, as a consequence,
the 4 per cent payment on deposits
will tend to fall to liz or even per
cent.
You see now, don't you, that the
subject is net purely academic one.
possessing no concern for ordinary
mortals?
I have already given my opinion
that the wages OF capital will stop ad-
Vancing and that the tendency from
now on will be toward an appreciably
lower level, especially after the eX-
traordinary Balkan demands have
been filed.
Seeing that l have embarked on the
perilous, venture of making prophe-
cies, l ann tempted to emit one more
-on a subject about which am often
asked to write:
I believe the cost of living has also
reached the high water mark, and
that, If n own and other crops are
reasonably abundant this year the
trend will be downward within the
next twelve months.
My reasons for reaching these con-
illusions must wait for presentation
in another article.
The views of othersIof more weight
will also be given on this question of
such vital moment to at least 10000
600 OF our nine-figure population.