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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-29
DEATH RATE HIGHER.

The gradual rise in the death rate in
Minnesota the last three years, as re-
ported recently by the census bureau, is
attributable to the fact that the popula-
ton of the state is becoming more stable
and less affected by influx of young per-
sons from other states and countries,
according to DR.. H. M. Bracken, secre-
tary of the state board of health.
The federal report shows that the
rate in Minnesota for 1914 was 1916 to
every 1000 of population, as compared
with 1914 in 1913 and 9.5 in 1912. The
rate in Minneapolis shows like rise in
the period, having been IL in 1914, as
against 11.6 in 1918 and 1914 in 1912.
''The showing does not mean that
Minnesota is becoming less healthful
state" DR.. Bracken said: 81 am inclined
to think that the real explanation lies in
the fact that Minnesota is becoming a
settled down state, one in which the
population is becoming stable and
less augmented from year to year by
immigration Of young men and women
from Europe and from the eastern states.
As Minnesota becomes more and more
self-contained in her population the
ratio of old persons to the whole popu-
lation will increase, and higher death
rates will necessarily result.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-29

Mrs. c.. w. Miller was called to
Rochester last Wednesday by the news
that her mother, Mrs. o. G. Hanson
had suffered stroke of paralysis: The
Doctor accompanied Mrs. Miller and
when they arrived, Mrs. Hanson had
regained consciousness and tho the
entire right side is paralyzed the at
tending physicians hold out hope of her
ultimate recovery and use of the para
lyzed members. DR.. Miller and the
children have returned home but Mrs.
Miller will remain with her mother for
some time. Meantime, the Doctors
mother will return to New Ulm from st.
Peter Wednesday of this week as hel
son, E. E. Miller has returned home with
his bride.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-29
President Wilson'S True Friends.

Democratic congressman, who oppose
the preparationist suggestions of Presi-
dent Wilson's message, are truer friends
of the administration than their party
colleagues who are ready to follow any
course to curry favor with the President.
Should Congressman Bailey secure enough
help to prevent adoption of the prepared
ness program, or should he at least sue
coed in defeating the reactionary revenue
propositions in it's behalf, he will perform
a service of great value to his party as
we'll as to his country. Even should he
fail to prevent adoption of these measures
the fight made will tend to discourage
further concessions to militarism, and
in the end will lead to retracing of any
steps taken in that Objectionable
Public.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-29
DON'T TRY THIS ON MINNESOTA
STREET.

Engineers interested in the construc-
ton of automobiles have recently COM
pleted series of tests to determine the
shortest distances in which motor car
can be stopped when running at different
speeds. The experiments have proved
that for every increase of fifty per cent
over twenty miles an hour, the distance
required for stopping increases over a
100 per cent. A car, for example, run
ming forty miles an hour, cannot be
stopped before it has gone four times as
far as car running twenty miles an
hour. At eight miles an hour, cars were
stopped within six feet; at fifteen miles
an hour, they could not be stopped under
fifteen feet. At twenty miles an hour
twenty-five feet were required for stop
ping fifty-three feet at thirty miles,
eighty-seven feet at thirty-fve miles
and 103 feet at forty miles an hour.
The tests were made with fifty horse
power car equipped with brakes in perfect
working order.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-29

Under date of December 18th, the
San Diego Union writes as follows of
the debut Of a young pianist:
Miss Lorle Mayer, the 14-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund
Mayer of this city, made her first bow
before the public as pianist Friday
night when she appeared in recital at the
Thearle Music rooms under the auspices
of her teacher, Miss Vida Reed Stone.
The youthful musician scored success
with the large audience that listened to
ner. Her program was as follows:
'Etudes, OPP. 49," Andantino con
Tenerizzo, Allegro, Allegretto, POGO
Maestoso Heller).
.'Alt-Wineer Tanzweisen," s'Schon
Rosmorih, 500 Liebesfreud" (Kreisler).
Moonlight Sketches" ''Tlo the Fire
fly, 'tNocturne," ION the Water, |" .sTo
the Stars" (Gronow).
.'Traumerie" (Reverie) Op. 8, No. q
(Strauss).
'Kamennoi Ostrow' (Rubenstein).
The talented young girl is daughter
Of the former Miss Olga Mueller and !
granddaughter Of Mrs. Frances Bosch.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-29
Ringing the Old Year Out.

OF all sounds Of all bells. most SOL
emn and touching is the peal which
rings out the old year. never hear it
without gathering up Of my mind to
a concentration of all the images that
have diffused over the past twelve
month, all have done or suffered. per-
formed or neglected, in that regretted
time. begin to know its worth when
a friend dies. 1t takes personal color.
nor was it poetical fight in a contem-
porary when he exclaimed. II saw the
skirts of the departing year" Charles
Lamb.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-29
Unpatrlotlc Preparatlonlsts.

Five hundred millions for preparedness
means IS from every man, woman and
child in the country. 1t means $25 from
the average family and more than that
from larger ones. Since one-half of wage
earning fathers earn less than $500 a
year, the burden which militarists would
put upon them is equivalent to an income
tax of five to ten per cent. Before con-
sidering measures to increase the wages
of these underpaid workers, prepara-
tionists insist that more of their earnings
be taken from them, for purpose of no
benefit whatever to them. It is not
patriotism, but ignorance or self-interest.
which enthuses over so outrageous a
proposition.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-29
OBITUARY
GEORGE INHOFER

Sunday morning shortly after o'clock
George Inhofer passed away at his home
on North Franklin Street. Death was
due to stroke of apoplexy from which
the deceased had been ill for six weeks.
For time it looked as tho he was re-
covering after he had suffered the first
stroke. A relapse, however, set in and
the end came Sunday. The last three
weeks he was confined to his bed.
The deceased was born in Schillert's
Wiesen, Bavaria, Germany, November
Is, 1910 and was therefore rs years old
when he died. He came to America
with his parents when he was lad
twelve years old. The first three years
in this country he spent in New York.
Then the family came west to Minnesota
and settled in the eastern part of Nicollet
County. Three years later they moved
to West Newton in the same county
where the deceased followed the occu-
patton of farming until seven years ago
when he moved to Gibbon and two years
ago to New Ulm where he has since re-
sided. He was married in 1868 to Miss
Agnes Nickel who survives him. OF the
9 children born to them the following
seven survive: George of Winthrop;
Joseph and Louis of West Newton; John
and Mrs. Milo Current of Home Town
ship; William and Mrs. Albert Flor of
New Ulm. He is also survived by four
sisters: Mrs. Frances Eckert, Gibbon;
Mrs. Barbara Marti and Mrs. Josephine
Huber, St. George and Mrs. Theresa
Bastian of Ridgely Township.
At the time of his death the deceased
was member of the St. Joseph Society
of St. George. The funeral was held
yesterday morning with services at Holy
Trinity Church in this city. The re-
mains were then taken to St. George
where funeral services were held at the
Catholic Church of that place at 1915,
Rev. Pozek officiating. Interment was
made in the Catholic cemetery at St.
George.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-29

it that way. Their spring had been
given them for their use and it had good
water in it and no one should say any
thing about II and they were quite hurt
to think that the city authorities would
dare to question it's continued purity.
Now they are justified for the State
Boards report shows that the water from
that spring is without pollution.
The other city supplies were also
tested and one Of the wells was found
to contain a slight amount Of pollution
and the sample taken from the mains
showed the same conditions. The other
well and the new supply however,
showed no contamination. In speaking
of the new well on the heights, the water
is decribed as being Of excellent physical
properties and has a good sanitary
quality at this time.
The report contains recommendations
of minor changes to be made at one
point and another in the system to pro
tect the supply from surface contamina-
ton and it is likely that these recon-
mendations will be needed. There are
no recommendations made with regard
to disuse OF the water which shows slight
contamination and it therefore follows
that the contamination is of harmless
nature and New Ulm citizens may feel
quite safe in using the city supply Of
water, whether from the mains or from
the Valley Street spring.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-29
FAIR APPoRTIoNMENT FALLS
SHORT

Last Thursday Frank H. Behnke re-
ceived from the State Auditor q warrant
on the State Treasurer in the sum OF
$4,000. This is the local County Fair
organizations share Of the state aid
furnished to agricultural societies to help
defray their expenses for premiums ex-
pended at County Fairs in the State.
The sum received is about $4,000 less
than the officers Of the Brown County
Agricultural Society had expected to
receive. This is a sore disappointment
to them and cuts the surplus in their
Treasury to this extent, because in his
annual report the Secretary had esti-
mated the amount due from the State
at $1217.74. In transmitting the
warrant the State Auditor says that
under the law only $S5, 100000 is avail
able for this purpose and that the maxi
mum amount allowed any Society
$15OO.OO. It became necessary tnn,'
year to pro rate the appropriation and
each Society receives only 1877 per cent
Of the amount actually expended by
them for premiums. This reduction in
the amounts paid to the various fair
associations can be due to only two
factors, either the number of fair asso-
Citations has been increased, or if the
number has not increased, then to the
increased premiums paid by the existing
societies, because the appropriation this
year is 100000 greater than it was
in the years 1911 and 1918.
The Public Examiner also submitted
his report of the auditing of the books
of the Association. The audit was made
by G. E. Johnson. In his report he says
that the Society is in very good condi-
ton and that the books of the Secretary
and Treasurer are well kept. From
his report it further appears that
the active membership of the Society is
ITO and that the capital stock amounts
$4700.00. The resources he tabulates as
follows: Cash, $780.27; lands $12, 100000;
buildings $6,50O.00; accounts receivable
$1,6OO.00; making a grand total of
$2O,S80.27. Deducting from this the
capital stock outstanding leaves net
worth of $16,180.27 as of December 1,
1914. The total receipts during the
year amounted to $5,982.8O made up of
balance cash on hand of $7.69, other
sources than the fair $1,000 and receipts
during the fair of $2,9O6.3O. The dis
bursements for the year 1915 aggregated
the sum of $5,202.53 made up of expenses
other than the fair of $1,444.51 and ex-
penses of the fair of $3,758.02, with a
cash balance on hand of $780.27. The
improvements to the grounds amounted
to $534.65. The net gain is given for
the year at $131.71. The total atten-
dance at the Fair is given at $3.50.
The public examiners report further
shows that the report was filed with the
Register of Deeds and the State Auditor
as required by law.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-29
LOCAL NOTES

Mrs. Mary Schriever Of St. Paul is
visiting at the home Of her daughter and
son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. STAINS Sperl of
this city.
MI. and Mrs. VIM. Roedel, who have
been visiting at the home of the latter's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Reinke, re-
turned to their home in Sleepy Eye
Yesterday. Alfred Reinke accompanied
them on the home trip and will spend a
few days in Sleepy Eye.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-29
Good Work.

AS soon as our old friend Special
Privilege, whose other name is Graft,
meets with any opposition, he proceeds
to get very busy. The force of this has
been brought home recently to Mr..
Thomas Mott Osborne who was made
Warden of Sing Sing prison last year.
Mr.. Osborne is politician in way-a
man of purpose, determination, brains
and means. He believes that prisons
should be used to reform men and follow
ing the thought, instituted the Honor
System among the convicts. He did
nothing new-nothing which had not
been tried successfully in dozen other
states, but he did seriously interfere with
the perquisities of the N. Y. A. O. G.,
which means New York Association of
Grafters. Whereat the word went out
to 'sget Osborne" Never mind how
just get him good. Now the machine
never fights in the open because primarily
a CRATER is a coward. So Mr.. Osborne
becomes of national Importance, since
he happens to be the kind of man who
cannot be swerved from his purpose by
dirty tricks 1t is the same kind of fight
that kept Judge Lindsay busy in Colorado
and if Mr.. Osborne does not win out in
the end, shall be ashamed of my native
state. The idea that man becomes a
moral leper because of one mistake which
lands him in jail is giving way to the be-
lief that there is lot of good in the worst
OF us. We must still punish wrong doors,
to deter others from following in their
paths, but that does not necessitate
wrecking man for life. The man who
never makes mistakes never makes any,
thing. We are all liable to slip, especially
in the formative period, but it is sad to
think that one mis-step may wreck life.
Our hearts should go out to those who try
to help men up after a fall-when little
boost means so much. In the millennium,
we will have no jails but on the way to
that bright age we should do all we can
to bring out whatever of God there is in
any human being. Work which is being
done along this line by Mr.. Osborne or
any other man similarly placed, should
have the earnest support of all thinking
people, Home Life.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-29

Rev. Albrecht of Fairfax spent Mon
day at St. Paul's parsonage.
The annual meeting of the Congrega-
tional Church will be held Thursday,
January 9Th.
At Holy Trinity Church there will be
services New Years Day at the usual
Sunday hours but the 1890 service will
be Solemn High Mass.
Stanley Bingham accompanied by a
friend Mr.. Coonan, of Minneapolis, is
spending several days at his fathers
home.
Miss Clara Ross, who is teaching
school in Minot, N. D. returned to her
position Tuesday afternoon after spend
ing Christmas at the home of her
parents, Judge and Mrs. Ross.
There will be no New Years Day
service at the First Congregational
Church. There will be the usual Sun
day services in which the passing Of the
old year will be observed the day after
New Years.
At the Bethel Church there will be
special New Years Day services in the
morning at 1890 and in the afternoon
at 8 o'clock Rev. Schlaak will conduct
services at CORTLAND. At Nicollet ser
vices will be held Sunday at o'clock.
Mrs. Christ Filzen, ST., suffered an
apoplectic stroke Christmas Eve and
her condition is considered very serious.
She had rallied Monday but owing to the
presence Of relatives who were sum-
moned on account of her illness, Mrs.
Filzen became somewhat excited and
exerted herself so that Tuesday her con-
dition was worse and her friends feared
! she would not recover. Mrs. Filzen is
II years old and has not been well for
several weeks as she took a severe cold
early in the winter.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-29
CITY WATER is o. K.

Returns received from the State Board
of Health on the samples of water recent
ly taken from the various sources of
supply in New Ulm's city system would
indicate that the water provided for
use here is as good as is to be had any
where and the East Side residents are
feeling quite chesty that their pet
spring has again been indicated.
Some time ago it was suspicioned that
the spring down there was responsible
for some of the disease existing in town.
The East Side residents would not have
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-29

At the Friedens Church Sylvester
Services will be held Friday evening at
1880. There will also be service at 1890
A. NJ. Saturday and Sunday.
There will be New Years services at
the Lutheran church Saturday morning
at 1880. No other observance of the
day will be made.
The Armory Board have decided to
hold New Years Dance at the Armory
Friday evening of this week. They had
a good crowd at the Monday night dance
and believe that those who attended will
enjoy another chance to dance on the
floor which is said to be excellent. Their
ad appears elsewhere in this issue.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-29
FACING tho Nav Year.

A happy year will it be to those
who through every path of trial sr up
every hill Of difficulty or over every
sunny height march on in closest fell
lowship with Jesus and who will de-
termine that, come what may, they
have Christ every day.-Theodore L.
Cuyler, D. D.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-29
BUSINESS MEN GO TO SCHOOL.
CONTINUED from first page.)

Az Cne k1Ol6CelN HeeClNk, w. = I. SCnlluuS
of Mortified, Minnesota, and G. Wat
son French Of Davenport, Iowa, both
large breeders Of Holstein cattle, will
speak. The program for the Guernsey
breeders meeting, Friday, January q,
has not yet been completed, but will be
of the same character as that of the other
dairy breeders.
In addition to these meetings and con-
ferences during Farmers and Home
Makers Week, will be offered oppor-
tunity to hear lectures and demonstra-
tions on all of the leading phases Of farm
ing, especially as applied to Minnesota;
and for the women of Minnesota's homes,
will be offered most attractive courses
dealing with such problems as the home
care of the sick, the care of children,
foods, and clothing, together with con-
ferences of housewives and mothers.
Profitable and enjoyable entertain
ments and addresses will be given in the
evenings. s
One of the big features Of the Week
that should not be forgotten is the meet
ing of the farmers clubs of the state to
decide upon the question of a state
federation.
The third annual merchants short
course of the general extension division
of the University of Minnesota will be
held at the University in the week from
January "a to January %. Among
those who will give instruction are:
John S. Taylor, secretary of the Mime
apolis Retail Grocery Association, sales
manship instructor Of the Minneapolis
Y. M. C. A. and co-author of the National
School of Salesmanship text; H. X.
Zuppinger, lecturer on merchandising,
University of Minnesota, and director
of the vigilance committee of the Mime
apolis Advertising Forum; H. Leslie
Wildey, Graettinger, Iowa, proprietor of
one of the most successful small stores in
the West; H. S. Mcintyre, editor Of the
Twin City Commercial Bulletin and
Hardware Trade; Martin E. Smeby,
proprietor of the Twin City School Of
Window-Dressing; Otto Buchrmann,
merchandising expert of Chicago; H. o.
Roberts, secretary Minnesota Retail
Hardware Association, and C. H. Preston,
in charge of business courses, general ex-
tension division of the University.
The one-week's course will be followed
by three weeks course which will be
more of school than convention or
institute and will appeal more directly
to the employee than to the store manager.
Daily instruction and lesson assignments
will be given in show-card writing,
window trimming, retail accounting,
business law, business English, retail ad-
vertising,. and craftsmanship.
A special course for the hardware trade
will be given during these three weeks,
and for those in this group will be given
instruction in hardware materials and in
administrative subjects of special interest
to hardware dealers.
G.. A. Stolz of the New Ulm Hardware
Company is planning to attend this con-
vention and it is quite likely that other
merchants of this city will also attend the
merchandising course.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-09-09
Here's a Synopsis Of
the New Fall Fashions

New York, Sept. 3.-Madame, the
fall fashions have arrived. In short
time, your best friend, male or female
will not be able to recognize you
You will be CARRIED in a coat with a
huge fur collar that will hide your
face up as far as your nose, and you
will wear short, voluminous skirts,
reaching but few, a very few, inches
below your knees. You know you've
got to show the tops of your boots
this season, and they're making the
boots very high.
If you want to be in the best of
form you've got to buy a rainbow
pigeon and carry it on your wrist.
This will mean that, since it would
be rather awkward to ask the pigeon
to move every time you wanted to
consult your wrist watch you will
have to dispense with this ornament.
Instead you will wear an ankle
watch. It's a rather perilous proce-
dure, consulting an ankle watch while
walking, so the kind Partisan dress
makers are sending you over some
divided skirts. They're something
like the directoire, only more so. The
slit is about three inches wide and
starts at the hip.
You wear pantalettes under them
and the trouserettes have cute fur
cuffs at the knee. This makes it a
bit easier to get the ankle in the stra-
tegic position necessary to consult
the watch, but it is probable that a
majority of the women will have to
catch hold of a policeman or lamp
post to see what time it is.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-09-09
BIDS WANTED

Sealed bids will be received by
School District No. SO up to 2 o'clock
D. m. Monday, September 13, 1915, for
the material and erection of central
school house, the contractor to furnish
all material Each bid must be accom-.
panied by a certified check of $500
payable to Martin Gjesvold, president,
as a guarantee Of good faith to enter
into contract.
Sealed bids will be received at the
same time for heating and plumbing
with certified check for 500.
Plans and specifications may be seen
at the office of the county superinten.
dent of schools, Valley City, N. D., the
Enderlin Independent Office, Enderlin,
N. D. and the Farmers State Bank at
Nome, N. D.
All work is to be completed Janu-
airy l, 1916.
The bids will be opened at the resi-.
dence Of the clerk on section "a, Rari.
tan township. All bids should be ad.
dressed to Hans Skramstad, Nome,
N. D.
BY order, Of the School Board,
HANS SKRAMSTAD, Clerk.
Dated at Nome, N. D., Aug. 13, 1915.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-09-09
Good Yields Near Wimbledon

Wimbledon News: Lueck Brothers,
of Clementsville recently took out a
60 horse power Hart-Parr engine,
Charles Gasedor Of Fried, 40 horse
power Hart.Parr engine, E. A. Buss, of
Courtenay, a 60 horse power Hart-Parr
engine and Paul Durupt, Gus Christ,
Fred Greek and James Murdoch have
each purchased new Aultman- Tay-
lor separator.
M. S. Mallough has his threshing rig
at work on the Fred Carlson place this
week and reports that much Of the
wheat runs 80 bushels per acre. Oats
and barley also yield big.
Frank Hatch threshed a field Of
Marquis wheat which yielded 80 bush
els per acre and weighed 621s pounds
to the bushel.
George Hatch threshed oats which
weighed A pounds to the bushel.
The Dennstedt Land Co., on their
farm two and one-half miles south
west of town threshed wheat averag-
ing IS bushels per acre and weighing
62 pounds to the bushel.
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