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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-10-27

home last Sunday.
Mrs. Samuel Kern from Republic,
and sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. J. B.
Jacobson this week.
Mrs. Rudolph Halldeen and son, VII
lard, accompanied by her sister, Miss
Amy holland, were Willmar visitors
last Thursday and Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. M. Steberg returned
last Saturday from Williston and 9TH
er North Dakota points. The Stebergs
were well pleased with their trip.
Messrs. Albert and Ole Helmer re-
turned last Saturday evening from St..
Paul where they have visited relatives
and friends for a couple of weeks.
Miss Florence Erickson came up
from Willmar last Thursday and went
out to visit her uncle and aunt, Mr..
and Mrs. G. J. Nelson north Of Pen.
mock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Leslie returned
last Sunday morning from White
Earth, N. D., where they have spent a
week visiting with relatives and
friends.
Miss Edith Eckman who has been
visiting at the Jonas Johnson home
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-10-27

| transacted business in our burg last
Washington is visiting her brother
Saturday.
Mrs. Jonas Johnson is visiting her
sister and brother-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Svedberg this week.
Miss Selma Gunderson left last Wed.
nesday for Kerkhoven where she will
visit relatives and friends.
The Mamrelund Ladies' Aid will
meet at Nels Peterson's east of town
Tuesday, Nov. End at 2 p. m.
Mr.. Adolph Berglund came up from
New London for couple of days. Wis
it with relatives and friends.
Miss Vigen Of New London is visit
ing with her sister and brother-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Skaalerud.
Miss Florence Anderson spent Sun
day at her parental home in Kandi.
yohi, returning Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Oman went to
Winmar Monday evening to visit Mr..
Oman's mother who is reported to be
quite i'll.
Misses Mary and Lydia GRANDSON,
Eleanor Ostlund and Edith Rolline
were entertained at the K. A. Kranz
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-10-27
PERHAPS SOLE SURVIVOR
+. OF FIRST TRAck.LAYERs
Mayor Receives Letter From Green.
bush Resident Whose Memory
10 IoQued by First Snow. !.

Mayor Receives Letter From Green.
bush Resident Whose Memory
10 logged by First Snow.
Mayor E. c. Wellin today received
a letter from an old-timer in Roseau
county whose memory was refreshed
by the cool snap which must have
brought snow to that far-away coun-
try nearly three hundred miles to the
north. The letter to the Mayor fol-
lows:
Greenbush, Mimi, Oct 26, 1915.
To the Mayor of the City of Willmar.
Dear Sir:
Memory: AS it is showing here this
morning, the first of the season, it re-
minds me of the morning of Oct Is,
1869, AZ years ago. Then Foot lake
and the boys were frozen over and the
settlers in the woods (none on the
prairies at that time), crossed the ice
and set traps. This was one of the
earliest frosts and hardest winters
that I remember in the three score
years in our state. We had our head
quarters between the track and the
lake. Still we kept laying track un-
til the first half of December, toward
Chippewa River. Col. DeGraff had
the construction contract. Messrs.
Murdoch and Bell were the foremen
OF the track laying crew. Some of the
men had their ears and faces badly
frozen before we gave up the job. One
morning there were only seven men
including myself who turned out for
"a t.
handlers had all left. The most were
all first year old country men and
track laying was q slow thing in those
days compared with methods of this
day. Mr.. Leib had the first little
store and post Office that fall, and liv-
ed at Willmar with his wife and little
daughter. He was Pennsylvania
German and a good man and it was a
nice family. Willmar must be quite
city now after nearly half century
founded. wish I could see your city
once more before I -. As many
more in our good state, l helped to
lay out beginnings and did my share
as an old pioneer.
Are any of the first settlers who SET
tied In Willmar living yet? I will
close my letter and remain your hum
BILE track layer (maybe the last liv-
ing, as my good old friend, A. Guthrie
died last June, two years ago. He was
one year older than myself)
Yours truly and sincerely,
P. Y. JOHNSON.
If Mr.. Johnson should come to Will
mar he would find several old settlers
who could discuss the early days at
Willmar with him: Among these are
Gov. A. E. Rice and Hon. L. o. Thorpe
who were both here when the first
track was laid. Gov. Rice says the
writer is off when he says they con-
tinued to lay rails toward Chippewa
river in that winter. Rails were laid
to Willmar but the western terminus
during the winter was DeGraff's con.
struction camp on Summit lake this
side of Atwater.
Archie Guthrie, spoken of above, and
Horace Breed, were the two first con-
ductors in charge Of the tri-weekly
train that first made. Willmar. The
train came one day and returned the
next. Mr.. Guthrie died a millionaire
several times over.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-10-27
Rocket Cameras.

hock0c VamoTaSs
The military camera Of Saxon
named Maui is carried by a rocket over
the landscape to be photographed. The
rocket, twenty feet long and weighing
fifty pounds, is mounted on special
support, which is raised to the degree
necessary and aimed by means Of
sights, and the electrically ignited pow
der charge carries the rocket to a
height of about 1900 feet. AS it turns
to fall, exposure is made by an electro
pneumatic shutter worked by a small
battery. Directly afterward para
chute opens. holds the camera thirty
feet above the rocket, and the whole
apparatus falls gently to the ground.
Very distinct pictures seven inches
square are obtained. -,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-10-27
TOBACCO STRIPPING MACHINE
Ernest Person InstalIs a New Machine
in Cigar Factory Which Strips
and Cleans Leaves.

Mr.. Ernest Person, Willmar's enter.
prising cigar manufacturer and own.
er of Willmar's leading tobacco house,
believes in keeping in the front rank.
The latest improvement in his fac.
tory is tobacco stripping machine.
Not only does the machine strip the
tobacco, but brushes each leaf thoroly
as it passes thru the machine, thereby
removing any grit or dirt which may
be fastened to the leaf. The result is
more sanitary and better smoking
cigar. Mr.. Ocksreider, the salesman,
was here last Thursday and installed
the machine. It is run by an electric
motor and is operated by a girl. This
is the first machine Of this kind in
Western Minnesota.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-10-27
Warmers Hog Sale Next Week.

w. J. Warner of Spicer has entered
the lists as breeder of Duroc-Jersey
hogs for breeding purposes. Read his
ad on page and send him a request
for one of his catalogues, which shows
not only his line of breeding, but con,
tains much other information about
the "red hog" His sale takes place
on Thursday, Nov. 3. He is not max
ing any extensive bid for outside buy
ers, but hopes to place his offerings
with the home folks.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-10-27
Carried the Message Well.

St. Paul, Oct. 20, 1915.
Willmar Tribune,
Willmar, Mimi
Gentlemen:
We noticed your edition of the 18th.
That sure covers the ground in good
shape and is one of the best of the
many Booster Week Editions that we
got in here.
1t is dignifed, substantial and pros.
porous looking and it carries the mes
sage we'll that you have evidently in.
tended to convey.
Your force is to be congratulated
upon the work they did. Making up
an edition like that is no small job.
With best wishes, we are,
Yours truly,
c. I. JOHNSON MFG. CO.,
Per w. T. Johnson
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-10-27
PARENT SENTENCED-kEE
CHILDREN FROM SCHOOL
County Superintendent Invokes Law
to Compel Attendance Of Chill
dren of School Aue

O.. A. Melbye of School District No.
SO was arrested on complaint of
County Supt. w. D. Frederickson for
neglecting to send his three children
of school age, from II to Is years of
age to school. The case was tried
this morning before the Municipal
Court, and the defendant was found
guilty. Judge Muller imposed fine
of $40 and costs or ten days in jail.
The sentence was suspended on con-
dition that the children are kept in
school.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-10-27

The third-that of Mycerinus or Mem
kaura-was. never completed, but Il
stood, nevertheless, 215 feet high and
346 feet square at the base.
In all nearly seventy Of these pyra-
mids have been located, and, inasmuch
as they all appear to have been royal
sepulchers, it is the belief that the
dynasties Of the builders covered a pc
Rod of at least a thousand years. The
area of the Great Pyramid IS more than
thirteen acres-above twice as great
as that Of st. Peters at Rome. The
passages leading to the chambers con-
tanning the royal mummies defied de-
lection for thousands Of years, only to
be torn open at last and their contents
ruthlessly made away with.
OF modern ediflces the tallest by far
is the great Einel tower Of Paris,
whose steel webbed structure pierces
the blue to a height Of 984 feet Then
comes the Woolworth building in New
York, the Hottest Office building in tho
world, its 6fty-dve stories rising 75O
feet into the air. The height of others
is: Metropolitan Life building, New
York, fifty stories, 700 feet 8 inches;
Singer building, New York, forty-one
stories, 612 feet / inch; Washington
monument, Washington, SIS feet; Co
logne cathedral spire, Cologne, Ger
many, SIT feet; Rouen cathedral spire,
Roueh, France, 492 feet: cupola Of st.
Peters, Rome, 400 feet; st. Paul's.
London, 1874 feet
The Hottest obelisks ever constructed
are those mentioned by Diodorus Sicu-
lus, which rose 158 feet and were elev-
en- feet thick at the base and seven feet
thick at the top. One Of the worlds
largest domes is that of the Roman
Pantheon. 142 feet in diameter and 143
feet high.
The ancient peoples were great for
their methods Of embalming, for their
art their literature, their general cul-
ture. But when 1t comes to building
skyscrapers they win have to give way
to the builders Of the Eifel tower and
the Woolworth building, who have
! pierced tho clouds without their Ian
guage being COMPOUNDED in the slight
est-san Francisco Chronicle.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-10-27

Il. L. Bendickson and A. J. Syse
of Sunburg made call on the Tribune
last Thursday. Mr.. Bendickson will
have a sale of personal property on
Tuesday, Nov. %. He has sold the old
home place two miles north of Sun
burg.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-10-27

Misses Evelyn Berkness and Thel-
ma Curran entertained about twenty
four of their friends at the formers
home last Saturday evening. The eve
ming was spent in playing cards and
dancing and at late hour, a dainty
luncheon was served.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-10-27
MURRAY & BAKER
Bird Island, MINI.

The Redwood Falls Sun issued it's
Minnesota Booster edition, Oct. %. 1t
comprises 80 pages and is a fine ex-
position of Redwood Falls and Red
| wood County.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-10-27
GRADED THE HASH.
High Cost Of Living In tho Early Days
In California

High Cost Of Living In tho Early Days
In California.
The high cost Of living? Bless you,
you don't know the first thing about
high prices in these days. Compared
with what Mark Twain, Horace Gree
ley and others used to pay for
square meal in CALIFORNIA; early days,
your eight course dinner at Astrobilt
or Cherry's is really cheap affair.
But all who frequented the famous
old Ell Dorado hotel at Hangtown
(now Placerville, Cal.) paid these
prices, and gladly. Those were the
palmy days of pioneer life, when the
hash was graded in two classes-'1ow
grade and "18 carat" Here Is the
Way the menu ran:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-10-27
ANCIENT TEMPLES
Mighty Structures Of Old Dwarfed
by Modern Skyscrapers.
TOWER OF BABEL A MIDGET.
Il Would Not Reach Two thirds Of the
Way Up to tho Top Of the EiffeI Tow
or, That Sways 9s4 Feet In the Air.
Big Buildings and the Pyramids.

Vs~J W ~ sbO " ~ wv .s"Ss
or, That Sways es4 Feet In the Air.
Big Buildings and the Pyramids.
1t has long been the popular impress
sion that the modern effort to pierce
the clouds with skyscrapers Is but a
feeble imitation of the work of those
ancient sons Of Noah whose memory
is perpetuated in the Bible. Reading
in the eleventh chapter Of Genesis,
where it tells of the people attempting
to erect the Tower Of Babel, whose
top may reach unto heaven" it strikes
one that they must have gone farther
toward realizing their ambition than
we Of today may ever hope to do.
But as a matter Of fact when the
Lord halted building operations by
confounding the workers language and
scattering them broadcast over the
earth the summit of the tower was but
one stade, or 6O6 feet 8 inches, from
the level of the plain.
The Ziggurrat, or temple tower of
Babylon, is described by Herodotus as
having eight stages, each somewhat
narrower than the one directly beneath
it. The top was reached by a gradual
~ rising spiral ascent, and on the top
most tier was shrine wherein the god
Marduk was supposed to dwell. Do
dorus says this shrine contained three
colossal golden images-one of Bel, one
of Belts and the third Of Rhea or Ish-
tar-together with two golden lions,
two enormous silver serpents and a
golden table forty feet long and fifteen
feet wide.
The tower, as the Bible sets forth,
was built of brick, with slime for NOR
tar. This slime, 1t is believed, was
natural asphaltum obtained from near
by springs. Ages after the building
operations had been interrupted by the
Makers wrath ACKNOWLEDGMENT under.
took, with Indifferent success. to restore
the ruins to their former state.
The modern ruins of Babel were sup
posed to be represented by the great
pile of Birs Nimroud, which stood in
Borsippa, eight miles from the ancient
city Of Babylon. Its sides were from
375 to CAB feet long, and the edifice still
rises to height of 153 feet.
The next structures in point Of an
tiquity are the pyramids Of Egypt.
These are the oldest and most mysteri.
GUS of mans works still existing. But
they are not really SO tall, considered
In the light of present day achieve
ments. The greatest. known as the
Great Pyramid Of Cheops or Khufu
was originally 481 feet 4 inches high
and 755 feet square ut the base. The
second-that Of Chephrcn or Khafra.
was 412 feet hish ard 700 feet vide
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-10-27
Fine, Says Murphy.

Wheaton, Oct. Is.
Your recent edition came to my Of
fee. It is a fine piece of work, and
is we'll deserved compliment to your
community.
Yours very truly,
F. w. MURPHY.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-10-27
Remodel GARAGE WiIlmar.

Remodel Garage Whitman.
A. J. Ekander is remodeling his
building on corner of Litchfield and
Third, occupied by the Garage Will
mar, owned by Nelson & Peterson.
The interior will be changed, a cement
floor put in, and the outside walls
succeed.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-10-27
A SURE Scheme.

Young Wife Il am determined to
learn at what hour my husband comes
home at night. Yet, do what win, I
cannot keep awake, and he Is always
careful not to make particle Of noise.
IL there any drug which produces wake
fulness3
Old Wife-No need to buy drugs.
Sprinkle the door with tackR.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-10-27

Henry Morrell has moved his five
and ten cent store into the new loca-
ton in the new Skoog & Nyquist block
on Litchfield avenue.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-10-27

Hunting notices &c each Ut this Of.
ice. Six for &c, postpaid.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-10-27

Cecil Polifka arrived today from
the west for a visit with friends in
this city.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-10-27

Miss Ethel v. Carlson who teach.
es near Raymond, spent the week end
at her home in this city.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-10-27

Albert S. Nelson of Glenwood, was
in the city yesterday negotiating for a
location on which to build ground
floor photo studio.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-10-27

Dressmakine by the day. Phone
522.-Adv
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-10-27
FARM FOR SALE.

Improved farm of 240 acres with
large good buildings for sale cheap.
Will also sell 100 acres of this farm
with buildings at same price per acre
if the smaller size farm is preferred.
This farm will double in value in two
or three years. AS this farm will not
be in market more then a very short
time, see or write us at once if interes-
f1H
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-10-27
THREsHER COMPANY OFFICE.

Chas. WaIIin Will Have Charge Of
District Office for Minneapolis
Thresher Company at
Whitman.
Chas. Wallin has resigned his pos
ition with the Willmar Tractor Com.
pany and has accepted the position as
district manager for the Minneapolis
Thresher Company, with headquarters
at Willmar. He takes active charge
Of his new position Nov. 1. He will
have Offices in the Bank of Willmar
building, employ two men and a stem
ographer and will spend most Of his
time at Willmar. The position carries
with it a handsome increase Of salary
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-10-27
Watch Your Children

Often children do not let parents know
they are constipated. They fear some.
thing distasteful. They will like Rexau
Orderlies-a mild laxative that tastes
ike sugar. Sold only BY u! 10 eeuts.
Carlson Bros.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-10-27

Read the "Want" Column.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-15
"cooN" ADOPTED KITTENS.

A large raccoon, mistaking an
open door at the home of William
Clayton of Murphy, N. c., for an in
vitation to walk in and make herself
at home, went on an exploring expe-
dition and found basket of kittens
which it adopted, after chasing the
mother cat away.
When Clayton returned home he
hunted for the kittens, and in feeling
under the bed he felt a sharp, sting
ing sensation. Investigation revealed
the raccoon, with the strange brood
at its side. Clayton declares the ami
NAL can stay as long as it behaves
and exerts no evil influence over the
kittens.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-15
TAME HENS LAY MOST EGGS
Poultry Keeper Must Be on Good
Terms With Members Of His Flock
Make Friends With Chicks.

When a man says his hens don't
lay or pay, or both, little observa-
ton will usually disclose the fact that
his hens are too shy and nervous to
stay on the nest long enough to lay
an egg. Have you ever watched the
successful poultry keeper. the one who
is making poultry keeping pay, how
has occasion to enter the poultry
yard? The best results cannot be OBJ
tanned from hens that are wild and
shy. The poultry keeper must be on
good terms with his hens or his hens
won't lay as they should. A hen that
is so wild that she will fly of the nest
or roost whenever anyone enters the
poultry house cannot be a good layer.
She is in continual nervous state for
fear someone will come within sight
of her and hasn't time to think of
laying eggs.
But there is another disadvantage
beside the one that directly affects
your pocketbook in having wild"
fowls. II isn't conducive to good
temper to have your fowls start cack
ling and growing every time you hap
pen to get near them. nor is it very
convenient when you have to chase a
long-legged cockerel all over the
place every time wife wants a chicken
for dinner. Viewed from any angle
the tame hen is by far the more de-
sirable. It isn't hard to tame chick
ems. On the contrary, it is the easiest
thing imaginable. 1t is simply a mat
ter Of being friendly whenever you
are around the fowls, instead of throw
ing stones at them every time they
get near you. But the fowls are by
far the easiest to tame when young.
Start making friends with your chicks
this summer and your next hens will
be tames ones.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-15
SEEK EVIDENCE or THEORY
Scientific Expedition Endesvorina to
Prove Existence Of Land Bridge
Across the Atlantic.

The gathering Of further evidence
to support the theory that there was
once a land bridge stretching across
the Atlantic from Newfoundland to
Great Britain and thence to Scandi-
navia is one Of the purposes Of a geo
logical expedition from Princeton
university which will visit New
foundland this summer. Similar
parties from Princeton have conduct
ed Investigations along the southern
bays of the island during the past
three years and besides obtaining val
liable collections of rocks, minerals
and fossils, have made discoveries
tending to solve various geological
puzzles.
Prof. Gilbert Van Ingen, who has
been at st. Johns, N. f., with two
IF the expeditions, found fossils bear
ing a marked resemblance to those
unearthed in Wales and Sweden.
This led him to formulate the theory
that in prehistoric times it may have
been possible for animals to travel on
dry land across what now is the At
lantic ocean. He considered that
this was supported by the fact that
an underwater shelf of rock, upon
which many telegraph cables have
been laid in recent years, extends
across the Atlantic.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-15

marketing. The hens are extra good
mothers. protecting their young as but
few fowls do. The chickens grow fast
and get to laying as soon as any other
of the American breeds. They lay
beautiful large brown eggs.
have shipped eggs to a small city
for the past two years and the gro
Gerry man says they sell better than
any eggs he handles. | have raised
poultry for 25 years and have kept
Leghorns. Brahma. Cochin. White
Wyandotte. White Plymouth Rock
fowls and crosses OF these breeds and
most of the time have had the Barred
Plymouth Rock. 1t has always been
a standby and still is a favorite.
From my two pens Of two-year-old
Barred Plymouth Rock fowls during
the past winter. had an average
of half as many eggs as hens. but the
Rhode Island Red fowls did better thar
that.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-15
Thirty-six For IS Cents.

Dr.. Kings New Life Pills are now
supplied in welI.corke 8 lass bottles.
containing &c sugar coated white
pills, for 25c. One pill with a glass
If water before retiring is an aver
erage dose. Easy and pleasant to
t. take. Effective and positive in re-
sulsts. Cheap and economical to use
Get bottle to-day. take a dose to-
night-your Constipation will be j.
lieved in the morGing. SO for 25c.
at all Druggists. Advertisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-15
UPLlFT MOVEMENT IN EGYPT
Women Are Now Being Educated, and
Only Opposition Comes From Older
Men of Country.

Egypt may seem far away and
conservative. But it is not too far
away or too conservative to be af-
fected by the progress which is being
made by the woman's movement to-
day. Thirteen of the government
schools for the training of teachers
have been especially set apart for
woman students and now have an at
tendance of 2,030 girls with ~
trained woman teachers. In one Of
these schools there were 1873 applica-
tions for 10 student vacancies. Last
year 1857 small village schools had
an attendance of 22,002 girls.
1t is said that the old men of the
country are opposed to this change
in attitude toward women, but the
Younger men are more advanced in
their ideas and want their wives to
be educated. Some of them are
sending their young wives to school
or arranging to have them taught at
home.
What this change means to the
women themselves may be imagined
on reading this description Of her
life as given by an uneducated harem
woman: 81 sit on one couch for a
time, and when | get tired | cross
over and sit on the other one"