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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-09-27

"Who are the people that belong to
the underworld, pop?'
Those people you see or the road
under their automobile, son"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-09-27

She-"Papa says that unless you
know how TO make money you cannot
marry me-" He-"But If marry you
/ do know how to make money."-Life.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-09-27

The block Of granite which is an OBJ
stacle in the path of the weak becomes
q stepping stone TO the strong.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-09-27

of endangered
plantation
puhea license This inspector
restaurant insanary ana
had become popular with railroad hds anu
quaint sayings
Sutherland interested great many %
in
lie commissioners
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-09-27

The total income Of real property,
capital and labor, was In 1913 eight
times larger than In 1862. If one
distributes -. over the entire popu-
latlon. IL means that in 1862 the in
come of Sweden from these sources
was $40 per capita, and in 1913 SIP.
or nearly six times larger.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-09-27

The Swedish steamer Gamen. of
2,617 tons register. has been sunk,
according TO Lloyds report The
crew was saved. The Gamen was
built at Blyth In 1902 and was owned
by the Rederi Aktiebolaget Condor Of
Stockholm.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-09-27

Gustav Vigeland. the most noted
Norwegian sculptor of our day. is
working on an immense statue of
Roosevelt mounted on horseback This
will eventually be erected in Fargo,
n. D.. by Rooseyelt's many admirers.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-07-21
RICE lake farmers PICNIC
TO BE HELD AT KENKEL FARM
SUNDAY-BIG PROGRAM OF
SPORTS

Next Sunday the Rice Lake Farmers
club of Little Falls town will hold it's
annual picnic at the Kenkel farm,
southeast of this city, beginning at 10
o CLOCK a. m. The club has extended
an invitation to everyone to attend
but desires to make it known that pro-
vision should be made by those who
come, for their own lunch. Light re-
freshments will be sold at the picnic.
A long program Of sports will be
pulled off, beginning at l p. m. ana
prizes will be offered for each event.
An auto race may also be arranged and
the Rice Lake and Vawter baseball
teams will play.
The program Of sports will be as
follows:
Free-for-all pacing race, to start at
l p m. sharp.
Green pacers' race, to start at 1:15
sharp.
Free-for-all trotters' race, 1:3O.
Running race between McLeod's and
Muncy's horses, 1:45.
Green runners race, 2 O'Clock.
Bicycle race, 2:15.
Boys foot race, for farmer boys,
$3.50.
Girls foot race, 2:45.
Horse hurdle race, 3 O'Clock.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-07-21
TOWNS CAN'T BE SUED
Supreme Court RENDERS Decision in
Bolland Damage Case

Contending that town is not liza
BILE for injuries caused by failure to
repair bridge or highway, the su-
preme court of Minnesota today hand
ed down the first decision of its kind
in the annals of the state, in the case
OF Otto Bolland VS.. John Gihlstorf and
others, trustees of the town of Hay
Creek, says the Red Wing Eagle.
Bolland sued the town for damages
of 1925 to his threshing engine which
went through what he claimed to be a
defective bridge. The defendants de-.
murred, alleging that the state of Min
nesota could not be sued and that a
township was only mart of a state.
Bolland appealed to the supreme
court when district court sustained- the
demurrer with the result that the s.l-
preme court sets a new precedent { nd
upholds the decision Of the lower
court.
The decision is based on common
law handed down from English courts
of long ago when the contention al
ways was that "the king can do no
wrong.' This has been applied to
states and townships, the last being
but parts of states. The law still
holds, it appears, with the exception
that cities have been placed in a sep
arate category and are held liable at
times.
Miss N6,,ao n.a.,1 -
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-07-21
ELECTRIC storm DOES DAMAGE
PINE TREE BARN STRUCK, SET
TING FIRE TO IT AND KILL
ING HORSEPOWER LOSES

A severe electric storm visited this
vinicity Monday morning between
and o'clock, several buildings being
damaged by lightning and some stock
being killed. The precipitation of
rain was over an inch in that short
time. -
The cupola on east side barn Of the
Pine Tree Manufacturing company
was struck and the building caught
fire, at about 7:10 a. m. The fire truck
and the company fire department. re-
sponded and the flames were extin.
guished before much damage was done.
One horse was killed by the bolt Of
lightning. The estimated total loss
was about $3.50, $500 on the barn and
$3.50 for the horse. The barn was
slightly burned on the roof and some
hay was damaged by water.
On the farm Of Chas. Swanson,
southeast Of this city, one horse and
one cow were killed when the light
ming struck the barn. At the Sylves-.
ter & Nichols factory trouble was ex-
perienced with the motors and it was
found that the electric current trans
former had been damaged. A wash.
ing machine at the M. Roberts home
was hit by the lightning and broken.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-07-21
AUTO KILLS FORMER RESIDENT
WAS WIDOW OF LATE GEO. SWIM
DELL OF GREEN PRAI-
RTE

Minneapolis Tribune (2o): A wom
an, believed to be Mrs. Caroline NJ.
Swindell, 40 years old, was run down
and killed at 1890 p. m. yesterday by
an automobile driven by Mrs. G. A.
Miller, 70l Ninth street south, at Mar
uuette avenue and Sixth street.
Mrs. Miller was driving her car at
the rate of six or seven miles an hour,
according to William Healy, traffic po-
lceman. She had looked back to see
that she had obeyed the traffic signal
and while she did SO the woman step
ped in front of the moving car. The
victim died before she could be taken
to a hospital. Her body was taken to
the NOR que. Papers in her pocketbook
gave the name of Mrs. .Swindell and
her address as III North Seventeenth
street.
Mrs. Miller. the driver of the car
was questioned by the police and per
mitted to go to her home.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-07-21
YELLOWSTONE TOURISTS HERE
-AUTOISTS AND SPECIAL TRAIN
PASSED. THROUGH CITY YES
TERDAY

= Yesterday afternoon Little Falls was
visited by about hundred people who
are making tour over the Yellowstone
Park National Highway. The pilot
car arrived here at about p. m. and
after that the cars kept coming for
over an hour. All reported the roads
In good condition thus far.
At the Elks hall all the visitors
stopped and were treated to a lunch
and refreshments. The tourists all ex-
pressed themselves highly pleased with
the appearance Of the country in this
section and they praised Little Falls
very highly. A special train carrying
tourists is travelling as fast as the au-
tomobile tourists are, the Yellowstone
trail following the N. P. the entire
way from St. Paul to the park. The
tour started at st. Paul. Automobiles
conveyed the people from the special
train to the Elks rooms for refresh.
ments.
From here the tourists continued to
Randall, Cushing, Lincoln, Staples and
Wadena. They expected to reach De-
troit last night.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-07-21
relay S0C|AB|uTY TOUR "
OVER JEFFERSON HIGHWAY THIS
WEEK-RoUTE THROUGH MIN
"s. NESOTA UNCERTAIN

A relay sociability tour which is one
Of the biggest ever attempted in this
country, is now being made from ST..
Louis, Mo-, to Winnipeg, Canada, over
the new Jefferson Highway. The tour
started from St. Louis yesterday.
The run is being pulled off in relays
so that good time can be made and vet
permit Of road talks at each town on
the route. Three or four speakers have
been provided for each town for fifteen
or twenty minute talks each. The par
ty expects to reach Minneapolis Sunday
and will make its fourth nj ght control
there.
AS yet the itinerary through Min
nesota after Minneapolis is reached
has not been decided, owing to the
competition for the route in this part
Of the state. However, a tentative
route will be selected by the touring
party and, should the central route be
selected as the tentative route over
which the tour will be made, they will
be in Little Falls next. Monday.
Local persons who are keeping in
touch with Jefferson highway matters
state that the final decision as to the
route through this state will not be
decided until after August 1.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-07-21
LOCAL; EIKS LAND 12 CANDIDATES
AT LONG PRAIRIE

Twelve candidates and two prospec-
tvs candidates for B. P. o. E. No. no
were the result Of visit of several
local E]ks to Long Prairie Tuesday
afternoon. Those who made the trip
were W. E. Penfeld, exalted ruler Of
the local lodge, Ed. M. LaFond, Ralph
Nichols, T. c. Gordon, Warren Gordon
and Albert Enke.
Although the party Of Elks were
unable to visit only a limited number
of the Long Prairie gentlemen, owing
to the short time which they had to
spend there, the results We're highly
gratifying and the local lodge is con-
fident of being able to get class of
twenty or twenty-five candidates from
that place to be initiated here on Sep
tember IA. Geo. M. Gordon of this city
is in Long Prairie this summer in con-
nection with the construction Of the
electric transmission Aine from this
city and he, together with two resident
members of the lodge, expect to bring
the number of candidates up to twenty
Or twenty-five. '.-.. .,5 Z. -
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-07-21
WILL PLAY LAST GAME SUNDAY
COOKS NINE FROM BRAINERD Is
COMING DOWN TO TRY TO
GET REVENGE

eyes, we will come down. No, we
will not come down. Yes, we will
come DOWN. That's the way Fred
Cook Of Brainerd talked with Jay Ber-
kin, the manager for the Little Falls
team, in regard to game here next
Sunday. At any rate, our nine is
scheduled to cross bats with the Brain
erdites for a fourth time this season
at the fair grounds Sunday afternoon.
At this game the requiem will be sung
for the locals, as this will be the last
game of the season for them, and
requiem may as we'll be sung for the
Brainerd team too, as the locals intend
to do something which will cause the
Drained team s undoing when the
Brainerd fans get hold of the news.
The slaughter is scheduled to commence
at $3.50 p. m.
The game Sunday with Brainerd is
the last of series of three games
which were scheduled some time ago.
After the terrible slaughter of last
Sunday Cook called up the first of the
week and cancelled it, saying that
game here would not draw crowd
large enough to pay expenses for the
Brainerd team. He asked Berkin to
| bring his team up to Brainerd again
but this the manager could not see his
way clear to do, in view OF. the fact
that the locals had handed the Brain
erd nine three defeats, two of which
were goose-eggs. On Tuesday, how
ever, Cook called up again and said
he had reconsidered the matter and
that he would bring his team down
here Sunday.
| Only one change will be made in the
lineup of the locals Sunday. Miller
will not be with them and Dunphy will
perhaps be used to fill the vacancy.
Purch and Williams will be on the Job
again Sunday, as will Tanner, Gourd,
Allison, Meyers, Briere and Longley.
Come out en- masse, fans, and help
the local boys make a clean sweep Of
the last game of the season.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-07-21
fLkS PICNIC next TUESDAY
ANNUAL BEAN BAKE TO BE HELD
AT THE PINE GROVE
PARK

Next Tuesday. the local Elks lodge
will hold it's annual picnic at the Pine
Grove park. The picnic, which will
be for Elks and their families only,
will start at ABOUT o'clock p m. and
will be concluded in the evening with
a dance.
A big bean bake, a feature Of the
Elks picnic, will be held. Refresh
~ments will be served throughout the
afternoon and evening and in the af-
ternoon a program of sports will be
pulled off, prizes to be awarded for the
various events.
A big bowery will be constructed in
the park for the dancing and it will be
Illuminated with electric bulbs. Dur
ing the afternoon the band will play
and in the evening Bastien's orchestra
will furnish the music for the dance.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-07-21
COME AND GONE

MISS Vefna Miller returned yeSter-
day from a visit with relatives and
friends at Akeley and St. Paul.
Mrs. A. A. Fueger and children are
visiting relatives in Platte
Miss Esther Brisbane returned to
Brainerd Wednesday, after visit at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. j.. F. Nc.
Nally.
Misses Emma Plettl and Agnes Bill
stein have returned from visit at
Brandon.
Misses Nina Venners and MYRTLE
Armstrong have returned from visit
at Staples.
j. j. Gross was in Royalton on busi-
ness yesterday.
Mrs. E. N. Ebert and son returned
to their home in Bemidji yesterday
after visit with relatives here.
G. w. Massey came up from Minnea.
polls Wednesday for a short visit with
his family. He made the trip by auto.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Firnstahl of Col.
by, Wis.,, are visiting at the home of
their son, G. w., of this city.
Mrs. Lucy Moody of Los Angeles
Calf, arrived the first Of the week
for a visit at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Renick. Mrs. Moody and Mrs
Renick went to Royalton Tuesday fo1
a visit with relatives and friends.
Mrs. Signor johnson went to Crooks.
ton for visit with relatives Tuesday.
Miss Mary Schermerhorn went to
Randall Tuesday for a visit with rela.
tives: From there she will 90 to Bis.
marck, N. D., to attend school.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Ragan of Staples
visited. friends here Tuesday, enroute
home from an outing at Birch lake.
MI. and Mrs. Harry Weimer returned
Monday from visit with friends al
Minneapolis.
Mrs: H. Foisy Of Minneapolis and
Mrs. Edna Buck of Diamond, Iowa. re-
turned to their homes Wednesday eve
ming, after visit with relatives here
Misses Mary Zipoy and Frances
Green of East Grand Forks visited al
the home Of the brother of the former
M: W. Zipoy Of this city, Tuesday and
Wednesday, enroute to -Minneapoli.
for a visit.
Lawrence Longley returned Tuesday
from an extended visit at Park RAPIDS
U. L. Sutliff of Loomis. Calif.' ar
rived the latter part Of last week fo,
J. Sutliff.
Frank Minars spent Monday at hi.
home in Browerville, returning the fol
lowing day.
Mr: and Mrs. W. H. Muncy returned
Monday from visit with friends i,
Minneapolis. :
Mr.: and Mrs. A. H. Vernon visited
friends at Bemidji Tuesday.
Mrs. Joseph Belanger and children O.
crosby arrived Tuesday for a visi
with relatives and friends here.
Albert A. Barton and Vincent Kliscl
Of Bowlus were in the city on business
! Tuesday.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-07-21
BOARD OF EDUCATION Meets
PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD CT IN
DEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
OF LITTLE FALLS, MIMI.
lOffciall
Little Falls Mimi II

Little Falls, Minn., July 10, 1916.
The Board of Education held a spe-
cial meeting at the high school build
ing at 4 O'Clock D. m. Members being
all present with exception Of G. w.
Massey.
The bids for the ventilation and
plumbing Of the Central and Lincoln
school buildings were opened and found
as follows:
Lincoln School, ventilation,
r. 5. Spencer .......... $2991 90
Lincoln School, ventilation.
E. A. Lamb H. & P. Co. 316O 90
Lincoln School, ventilation,
VIM. NJ. -Splan & Co. 324O 90
Lincoln School, ventilation,
Worthingham & Co. ...... 1890 90
Lincoln School, ventilation,
w. H. Ryan ........... 1868 90
Central School, ventilation,
F: S: Spencer ......... $3.50 90
Central School, ventilation,
E. A. Lamb H. & P. Co. -. 1896 90
Central School, ventilation,
VIM. NJ. Splan & Co. 1880. 90
Central School, ventilation,
Worthingham & Co. ....... 449O. 90
Central School, ventilation,
W. H. Ryan ............. 4O9S. Is
Central building, plumbing
and. two drinking fountains, ,s5s:. 49,.
E. A. Lamb H. & P. Co. 1896 .84
Central building, plumbing
and two drinking fountains,
Worthingham & Co. 1924 .29
Central building, plumbing
and two drinking fountains,
W. H. Ryan ............. 1856. 80
On motion duly seconded and car.
ried the bids for the ventilation of the
Central building were all rejected.
On motion duly seconded and car.
ried the bid of w. H. Ryan for venti
lating the Lincoln school building as
per plans and specifications Of G. H
Parsons, in the sum Of $2563.OO was ac
cepted, provided that a satisfactory
contract is entered into.
Board adjourned till 9 O'Clock a. m.
July 20, 1916.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-07-21

July 20,1916.
Pursuant to adjournment the board
met at the high school building at 9
o'clock a. M, members being all pres
ent.
On motion, duly seconded and car
ried, the bid of Worthingham e. Co.,
for plumbing in the Central building as
per plans and specifications of C. H.
Parsons, including two drinking foun.
talns in the Lincoln school, in the sum
OF $2224.29 was accepted, subject to a
satisfactory contract being signed.
On motion, duly seconded and car.
ried, the bid of Worthingham & Co.,
for connecting all the lavatories in
the Central building with hot water.
including So gallon water tank and
an individual heater, sufficient in size
to operate above tank, for the sum of
$S4.O0, including all. labor and: supplies
needed and subject to the approval eof
our architect.
On motion, duly seconded and car
rled, the president and secretary were
authorized to sign the contract with
W. H. Ryan and Worthingham & Co.
On motion, duly seconded and car
ried, the president and secretary were
authorized to issue an order of $4,000
to c. H. Parsons, architect, as part
payment.
On motion, duly seconded and car.
rled, Carl Bolander and G. H. Parsons
were authorized to make necessary ar.
rangements with some carpenter to do
the necessary work for the repair to
be done in the Central building.
Board adjournd:
IT. G. Gordon,
u. r.. klchard, President
Secretary
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-07-21
R SPR|NkuNG NATTER SETTLED
MIR. GREISCH EXPLAINED SITUA-
TON AND PROMISED GOOD
SERVICE HEREAFTER

An adjourned meeting of the city
council, the third meeting this week,
was held at the city hall Wednesday
evening, Aldermen Moeglein, Blake,
Brown, Johnson, LaFond and Farrow
being present.
}. s. Kaye, who had the contract for
the street sprinkling, appeared before
the: council to answer the complaints Of
citizens in regard to the street sprink-
ling. Alderman LaFond, who brought
the matter up at a previous meeting,
on complaint Of local business men,
that the work had been poorly done.
Mr.. Kaye recently turned the work
there was no assignment of the con
tract and Mr.. Kaye was held respon-
sible. Mr.. Greisch was present at the
council meeting and he stated that
when he learned that the driver was
not performing his work we'll he" dis
charged him. He said that he would
try. to have the work satisfactorily
done and mentioned that he had been
using two teams, one in the morning
and one in the afternoon, to take care
Of the work.
Mr.. Kaye stated that it was his de-
sire to turn the contract over to Bur-
ton &: Greisch. The council indicated
that they had no objection to the con-
tract being assigned to Burton &
Greisch provided a new bond approved
by the city attorney as to form be
given by them. This Mr.. Greisch
agreed to do.
Adjournment was taken to Tuesday
evening, August /.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-07-21
FORTIER HEADS GUN CLUB

At the gun club shoot Monday eve
ming DR.. S. R. Fortier broke "a out of
25 pigeons, thereby getting his name
at the top Of the list for this week.
Richard Burton made a similar score
with Is foot handicap. The nearest
competitors were DR.. G. F. Hoist, F. r.
Ziske and Fred Larson, all Of whom
broke 81 out of 25. The ATTENDANCE at
the shoot was unusually small and at
the next one prizes will perhaps be Of
fered to stimulate the attendance.
Following are the scores made at
Monday EVENINGS shoot:
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-07-21
REPORT ON ROAD OIL NATTER
COMMITTEE REPORTED FAVORA-
BLY, TO NCIL-ADVERTISE
FOR MACHINE AND OIL

A favorable report was returned to
the council Monday evening by The
committee, which was appointed to in
spect the Minneapolis oil sprinklers
ald streets there when are treated in
this manner. The members Of the COM
mittee were Alderman Brown, City En-
gineer P. S. Randall and Street Com
missioner LaFond. They stated that
they had visited Minneapolis Friday
and found things practically as rep
resented to the counciy by Mr.. Ekberg,
representative for the Austin. Western
Road Machine company.
1t was decided to have the city clerk
advertise for bids for il 40 gallo,
capacity pressure toai oil machine, al
so to advertise for 3 carload cf special
road oil containing al least 80 per cent
asphaltum. It d,vetope.l the meet
ing Monday night that tho cost Of til:
oil is considerable more Than MIR. Elk
berg stated. He said that it formerly
cost from to cents Pc: gallon but it
had increased to :cn+s bnt it has
been learned since that the cost IF lie
oil, laid down here, would be about Z
cents per gallon.
The council instructed the city clerk
to notify Mr.. Kaye, who has the street
sprinkling contract, to appear before
the council at it's meeting Wednesday
evening and show cause why the
sprinkling service is no better under
the present conditions. Mr.. Kaye re-
Gently made deal with Burton
Greisch, whereby they took over the
sprinkling, but Mr.. Kaye was held re-
sponsible as the bond was not trans
ferred. There has been considerable
complaint of late about the sprinkling
with the above results.
j. H. Love, as agent for A. F. Kos
losky, was granted permit to install
a new plate glass front in the Adam:
& Love hardware store.
Joe Dinner asked the council to in
crease the license fee for junk peddler
in order to protect him as number 0:
outside junk dealers have been operat
ing here lately. The council woul,
have to pass an ordinance to take carr
of this and they did not feel that sucl
action was necessary. Police enforce
ment of the ordinance now in effec
should be sufficient, they believed.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-07-21
WHEELER CIRCUS WAS IN TOWN
YESTERDAY

Wheeler Bros. circus was in town
Yesterday afternoon and evening. The
weather was ideal for the circus but
the attendance was not large. Reports
were that the acts were, with one Or
two exceptions, not very high class.
Trouble was experienced with the
help at Branerd and when the circus
arrived here yesterday morning there
was shortage of about forty men and
a number of local young men and boys
were secured to help put up the tents,
etc The company expected to get a
crew of men from Minneapolis by to-
day, however.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-07-21

Ed. Arendt of this city was arrested
Tuesday by Special Agent Hubert
Friesinger, charged with grand larceny
in the second degree. He was brought
before Judge Lyon Tuesday and ar
raigned and his hearing was continued
until next Tuesday.
Arendt is charged with having
pawned handbag belonging to a local
school teacher, which he found
on the streets here on July
Fourth. Mr.. Friesinger states that
:Arendt promised him that he would
advertise his find so that the ownnr
could recover it but. that instead he
took it to. Minneapolis and pawned the
bag and contents, said to be q watch,
fountain pen and other small articles.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-07-21

Mr.. aal Mrs. Geo. Root of N[innea-
polls arrived Wednesday for a visit
with friends here. Mr.. Root was for
merly manager for the Northwestern
Milling company of this city. He is
now the proprietor of dry goods store
ON Nicollet avenue, Minneapolis