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The Hickman courier., 1916-01-06
ing the summer months.

ing the summer months.
Ben (Pat) PoSey was re-elect-
ed to the office of Chief of Fire
Department.
w. o. Mcmillan and j. b.
Jones Were applicants for Street
Commissioner. The council de-
cided 10 take this matter up at
their next meeting.
DR.. j. NJ. Hubbard. at his own
solicitation was elected sanitary
officer. Upon second thought, he
decided il was the position OF
City Health Officer he sought and
the council kindly recimded its
vote and gave him the last nam
ed office. This procedure AT.
forded considerable merriment
at the doctors expense.
There were two applicants for
the job of Sanitary 0fficer-,Iack
Sarrctt and II. Il. Reilly. The
ballot stood: Sarrctt 2; Reilly 1.
Reilly will succeed Sarrett in
this office.
Mayor Tom Dillon then named
the following committees:
Finance: 4. d. johnson, d. p.
Leibovitz and A. o. Caruthers.
Building. A. o. Caruthers, Il.
d. johnson and II. o. Stone
cipher
Streets: A. q. CarutherS. w. A..
Johnston and w. T. Grissom.
The council discussed, informal
ly, the changing up of the city
financial condition by borrowing
money 10 take up all out-stand-
ing warrants and hereafter pay
ing in the order in which same
are issued. The city seems TO
have floating debt of something
like s., 600, but is in excellent fl
nancial shape, broadly speaking.
Considerable taxes are yet 10 be
collected and the board express
ed themselves as being in favor
of proceeding with advertising
and sale of property, at once, for
taxes due. An occupation tax
was also discussed.
City Attorney Powell reported
that during 1915, the records
show 2s5 arrests and almost as
many convictions. 63 of these
were for bOOtlegging, Isl breach
es of the peace, % gambling and
the remainder minor offenses.
The council also discussed the
feasibility of cutting down the.
police force 10 two members ri
chief and his deputy, with the
possible hiring of an extra man
for Saturdays and Sundays.
Chief Handy recommended the
appointment of Joe Wall for his
regular man, but as several ap-
plications We're made for the
place, all Were voted upon. The
names presented were A. g.
Kmbro, Joe Wall, Henry Me
Mullin, r. Il. Reilly, viii Copeland
Al Thomas, Pat Freeman and Vir-
gil Roberts. The vote was Wall
4 4; McMullm |.
Council then adjourned 10 meet
Monday night, Jan. 10th.
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Paints stark & Co.

Yes, sir; its safe TO figure on a
January rise this year.
Miss Lucille Matheny, of Cairo,
spent the holidays with her grand
father, b. Parham.
FOR SALE: 6 room cottage, in
West Hickman, in good repair, a
bove overflow, near school, at bar
gain on easy terms. This office.
Sc
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MN. Jno Plyc is visiting r..
tiycS 40 Ripley.
The price 0f gasoline is pu. .
sIght aud still gong
The Social Embruiderg
met with Mrs. O. Il. Powell
Monday afternoon from . U
! 80 Crochciing was emo.
during the hours after wh,.
hcious refreshments were ,.-..
The club meets with M, = H
Swift on Mondy, Jan 10Th
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when the attention Of The
Hickman Courier 10 called TO any
mis-statement Of facts, or To any
error concerning any man or
thing, correction will cheerfully
be made.)
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TURNING A
NeWleAf
G &. &. &. .
Dely,Ie erreeCass

FEATHERsTONE
rose late on New Years
morning with the barest
suggestion OF a headache.
That was the aftermath OF
the previous nights cele-
bratlon. memorabilia OF
which were scattered all
about the apartment in a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-06

T-NoCH ote daughter Eden ~ 1ntH their
  not only ushes Pdos hand at her but amds his tace Paldo the child Golden hi narromy Tceve beautiful womanhood Golden is hardened millionaire Paldor calls himself L0dr turns the girl CasaOant the tendeon pncng but
  her he the The d0a" Manley hs voou the "os Nes where Lar his there 0y the brandU cask ob6ery
  under the guise Many Kidnapped In the meantime Godens Lgdrs Limousine sndtch this from s Mdn ley returns the ih tue aid trained repeats the safe combination  continually the n the Golden Golden daughter dead m the rie be ball at the Golden home aud soth
  of the Uaut chamber
  from gasfled
  Laughing the 
 
  plant, just in time to save Margory from death
  ming logs ohich quickly
 
  aehirng teeth mysterious friend
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The Corridors of Dread.

Margory Golden, as she sat in tho was comforted by the thought that she had at least saved the life of d factory girl to whom she stood in debted for her own escape from death. The further thought that she had sent Dan O'Mara and his exhausted daughter safely home in her luxuri- ous limousine even reconciled her to the somewhat stuffy aired public con- veyance in which she found herself. She blinked meditatively out at the back of the heavy-faced driver so sullenly and yet so adroitly plotting her through the tangle of traffic Then the abstraction suddenly went from her eyes and the listlessness from her pose. For, from the back window of the red-wheeled taxicab immedi- ately in front of her she caught sight of a peering face. And it took no sec- ond glance to tell her that it was tho deep-seared face of the Iron Claw himself.
 When she looked again, however, that face was no longer in sight. Yet at the next corner the red-wheeled taxicab suddenly swung off Broad way and started westward. increasing it's speed as it went.
 The next moment Margory was shouting to her sullen-faced driver.
 Follow that red-wheeled taxi" she told him, pointing down the side street. Keep within sight of it, whatever happens!"
 Soon they had left the city we'll
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This chamber, she saw, was empty. except for two mysterious strands of iron chain that ran from ceiling to floor, close against the wall, while against the other stood deal table and a camp couch, across which lay a couple of very dirty blankets. But along the floor at the far end of the room her quick eye detected a thin pencil of light. She tiptoed quietly forward until she stood close to the door above this illuminated crevice. Then she stopped lower, listening in
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NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY

that the artist was out, but would5re- turn in a minute or two. The sec ond came with the quiet movement of yet another man who sidled up to the studio door and promptly locked and barred it. But the greatest sur prise of all awaited her as she turned from the door and saw Legar himself standing before her, with a calm smile of triumph on his face. She knew then, for the first time, the peril of her position.
 She stood there, white tipped, star ing from one evil face to the other as Legar's companions closed in about her.
 You're a fine bunch O cradle snatchers!" she finally and wrath fully burst out at them, with the ulti- mate and reckless anger of despera- tion in her eyes. You're a grand army O heroes, you are, to come i've strong agin' a girl like mel"
 Stop that brat!' commanded the lrate Legar. And there was a gen. eral movement in the direction of the blazing eyed girl.
 
 There was one man in that group, however, who did not join in that movement The reason for this lay in the fact that at that moment he happened to be looking up at the painting of "The Vigilante." He stared deliberately up at the painted figure staring in turn so challenging ly down at his. Then he shifted his position little, apparently perturbed by the discovery that the eyes of tho painted f1gure-and they were not pleasant eyes-followed him as he moved.
 He was about to reach for a heavy easel peg to fling at the canvas when he suddenly strengthened up, clapped a hand to his shoulder and turned about. There was a look of mingled wonder and incredulity on his face. Then he slowly drew from the fleshy part of his upper arm a small steel dart little bigger than knitting needle.
 The next moment a second man, moving across the room to catch up a curtain cord with which to tie the captured girl, felt a sudden sting in his hip, stopped abruptly and pointed with a shout of anger toward the canvas above the mantel.
 ''The painting!' squeaked Mauki, staggering out against the model throne. "The painting-it is splitting steel at us!"
 Legar, however, was no longer in reed of that warning. Standing to one side of the mantel, close beside the wall, he attacked the huge can- vas with his fire tongs, beating in the center of the picture at the same time that Peggy O'Mara. realizing that sEe was no longer being held pris- oner, caught up lockwood tabouret and with it precipitated herself on the preoccupied Legar. [
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 He ignored that flank attack, how
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behind them and were in that twi- light zone which is neither quite rural nor quite urban. But Margory, the moment she saw the redwheeled taxicab come to a stop, commanded her driver to draw in under the shadow of Q dense row of catalpa trees. There, from the running board of her car, she beheld Legar step out on the road, pay his chauffeur and stand looking after the departing taxicab until it disappeared from sight. Then re turned about, pushed his way in thr ough (. tangle of shrub bery, and left the lonely roadside as empty as a desert trail.
 Then the resolute browed young woman turned to her chauffeur.
 I'm going to follow that ruan. If I fail to return here inside of ten minutes I want you to get any help you can and come after me-"
 Margory held a couple of bills out to him. He took them in his hand, examined them minutely, widened his eyes at their denomination, and then tucked them stoically away in his pocket.
 You're all right, lady," ne pro- claimed. And I'll be there, wit bells on, as soon as you take the count"
 But Margory was already stealing along the shadowy roadside to the spot where she had seen Legar creep in through the bushes. She followed as best she could, found herself face to face with a tunnel-opening that showed itself dimly in the moonlight and after a moments hesitation stopped low and crept into this tun- the smooth brickwork of its walls. She came to a turn, buttressed with heavier masonry, and padded along this wall until her groping fingers tame in contact with light switch. This, after a moments thought, she turned on. The next moment a num- Der of bulbs along the corridor roof above her lowered into light.
 Staring ahead of her, she saw that the corridor ended in nothing but a blank wall. But as she stared intent ly at the wall she detected on one side of it partially concealed electric button. She moved toward this eau tiously, for she had learned of old to be wary of approach to any of Le- gars fastnesses. Then. as she ad- vanced, she came to a sudden stop. For she saw on the flagstone upon which she was about to step a small cross There was also a minute crew ice, unnoticeable in it's companions, about this quadrangle so suspiciously marked by it's cross. So she stepped carefully over the suspected area, crept forward to the button and touched 1t with tentative finger tip.
 The next moment a remarkable thing happened. A section of the heavy masonry shutting off the end of the corridor at that touch swung silently about on its axis, leaving an aperture wide enough for a human body to pass through. The girl, hold ing her breath. stepped through the ponderous masonry. Then a sudden pang of fear took possession of her, for she noticed that the moment her left hand left the revolving stone it swung back into place, shutting off all retreat. But she breathed again when she found wrought-iron ham, dle set in the back of the stone and discovered by actual experiment that it could be swung into place without diniculty by anyone inside the cham Der where she stood.
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yellow mask, tossing to one side a slender blowpipe as he came. Before he could regain his feet after that hurried leap from the mantel shelf Legar himself had dropped the fire tongs and whipped a revolver from bis pocket. This he leveled directly at the body of the Laughing Mask But before he could pull the trigger Peggy's tabouret struck against his outstretched arm, knocking the weapon up in the air.
 By this time the Laughing Mask was up on his feet and face to face with his enemy. Before the revolver could again be brought into play the two had clinched Then the Iron Claw went down before clean-cut blow from his opponent. He recovered himself sufficiently, however, to roll to where his fallen revolver lay. But before he could level that firearm at his adversary the Laughing Mask. re- membering that even the officers of the law were no longer his friends, dived out through the small door at the rear of the studio and disappeared from sight, for already the sound of O'Mara and his rescuing party could be heard as they swarmed up the stairs.
 The Iron Claw himself heard those sounds, drew himself together and stared helplessly about the disman- tied studio. Then the instinct of self preservation reasserted itself. He ran to the back of the room, dived into kitchenette, found a small door in its wall, swung it open, discovered a dumb waiter shaft in front of him and escaped to the street.
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He ignored that flank attack, how ever. for the Iron Claw suddenly found himself confronted by figure ,f more importance than either the spindle-legged girl or painted gun man.
 Out from behind the tattered can- vas had emerged a man wearing a
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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-02-02
Auction Sale

l have decided to retire from farm
ing and will sell at public auction in
the town of Green Lake, Section 80,
east side of Eagle Lake, on
MONDAY, FEBRUARY Fl, 1916
the following described property:
One sorrel horse, 8 years old, w.t.
1900; one black horse, IA years old,
w.t. 14O0; one black mare, 10 years
old, W.T.. 1900; one bay horse, II years
old, W.T.. 1850; one black horse, 9 years
old, W.T.. 1900; ten mich cows, eight
fresh this winter, and two coming
fresh in March and April; two heif-
two years old next summer; eight
brood sows, about nine months old;
$50 Chickens; some grey Leghorns and
binder, good as new; one Deering
feet wide; one hay rack; one 17-shoe
Van Brunt drill; one 4-horse drag;
one 2-horse drag: one riding cultivat-
or; one 1-horse walking cultivator;
one 16-inch P. & o. sulky plow; one
16-inch walking plow; one 14-inch
walking plow; one disc; one Deering
corn binder; two wagons; two wagon
boxes; one platform buggy; one 1900
pound Champion scale; one DeLaval
cream separator;2 sets bob sleds;
stone boat; top buggy; one slusher;
l set blacksmith tools; 2 sets breech-
ing harness, l set god as new; l set
driving harness with breeching COM
bined in good condition; two and one
half bushels last year seed corn;
some seed oats and barley; some hay
in stack; one coal heater and numer-
Gus household goods and articles too
numerous to mention.
FREE LUNCH AT NOON.
Sale begins at 1913 o'clock a. m.
Terms: All sums of $500 or under,
cash: sums over that amount, time
will be given until Nov. l, 1916, on
bankable notes bearing per cent in
tereSt.
MRS. AxEL NELSON, Owner.
Peter Henderson, Auctioneer.
Oscar Orred Clerk.-Adv. 2-2-9-16
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-02-02
Auction Sale

Having rented my farm, will sell
at public auction on the place in Sec
ton %, Roseland, 3h miles southeast
of Roseland store, II miles north OF
Danube, on
WEDNESDAY,, FEBRUARY 9, 1915
the following described property:
HORSES.
One black mare, years old, VT.
400; one black gelding, 4 years old,
W.T.. 1850; one black mare, years
old. W.T.. 1850; one black gelding, s
years old, W.T.. 1850; one gray gelding,
> years old, VT. 1850; one gray mare,
20 years old, W.T.. 1900; one bay mare,
5 years old, with foal, VT. 1850, reg
istered Belgian, pedigree furnished;
one bay geiding, 8 years old, W.T.. 1900;
one bay mare, 8 years old, VT. 1850;
one bay horse colt, coming years
old, registered Belgian, pedigree fur.
nished; one team ponies, years old,
W.T.. HOO.
COWS.
Six mich COWS, some fresh and
some coming in soon; one coming g
year-old Hereford bull; eleven year
lings; three calves; twenty-four fall
pigs; one hundred chickens; ten full
blood LeghOrn ROSTERS; two McCor-
mick grain binders, one it. cut with
truck and one 6 it. cut; two Deere
corn binders; one 1S-disc Imperial
drill; one Dowagiac drill, 17-shoe; one
manure spreader, 70 bushel; one
GAINESVILLE corn planter, 100 rods wire,
good as new; one Mccormick mower;
one hay rake; one hay stacker; two
hay buckers; one hay rack; two gang
plows, Emerson and GAINESVILLE, one
II and one IA inches; one Grow En-
erson cultivator; three riding cult
vators; two 4-horse drags; two disc
harrows; four lumber wagons; one
platform buggy; one 1900 lb. scale;
one bob sleigh; one threshing tank;
two grindstones; one 2-horse power,
with grinder; one pumping jack; one
swiH barrel cart; two cream separ-
ators, one DeLaval No. Is and one
Sharples; three sets working harness
one set buggy harness; one hun.
dred bushels seed oats; some flynets
three bushels seed corn; one combi-
nation bookcase; some blacksmith
tools; many other articles too numer-
Gus to mention.
Sale begins at 10 o'clock a. m.
FREE LUNCH At NOON.
Terms: ALL sums of $500 or under
cash; on sums over that amount time
will be given until Nov. 1, 1916, on
bankable notes at per cent interest
No property to be removed until set
tied for.
HENRY GoRT, Owner.
John Miller, Auctioneer.
Ben Shredder, Clerk.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-02-02
A Letter From o. Joreen Olson.

o. Jorgen Olson, now Mayor OF
Yacolt, Wash, RENTS subscription to
the Willmar Tribune. Mr.. Olson is g.
brother of Manager C. S. Olson, man
ager of New London Milling Company
and son of l. c. Olson. He was form
erly register of deeds Of this county
Mr.. Olson writes: THE Tribune is
my most welcomed weekly visitor.
would hate awfully to do without it.
Our good state Of Washington is
now in the dry column. We had a
strenuous fight to place it there as
the liquor interests were not satisfied
with their defeat at the polls, but
carried their fight through three
courts. The people, however, won the
day and now Washington is no doubt
dry for good.
II had the pleasure of meeting my
good friend. Mr.. A. P. Adams, form
erly of Willmar, on the streets of
Vancouver, a short time ago. Mr..
Adams looked prosperous and natural.
He expressed the opinion that the on
ly noticeable change in me was that
my hair had faded.
"Sincerely yours,
20. JORGEN OLSON"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-02-02
Oddities Of Calendar

The present calendar year is unique
and will offer a number of unusual
features. The movoble feast, Easter
Sunday will be one Of the most in
teresting of these.
Ash Wednesday and Easter Sun
day were established by the council
of Nice, A. D., the former always to
occur forty days in advance of Easter
Sunday, which is fixed by solar and
lunar calculations. Easter shall occur
according to the Nicene laws, annual
ly on the first Sunday on or after the
first full of the moon on or after the
vernal equinox, which is always
March 81. From this it will be seen
that the earliest date on which Easter
may fall is March 81 and the latest
date is April Is. This year Ash We'd
nesday will come on March 8 and
Easter Sunday, April %. The next
period in which Ash Wednesday will
come as late as March is the year
21O6 A. D.
The year 1916 began on Saturday
and will end on Sunday, happening
that seldom occurs and one that gives
to the year fifty-two Saturdays. This
would occur regularly every twenty.
eight years except that the compilers
of the Gregorian calendar provided
that centuries not Invisible evenly by
four shall not be leap years. Hence
when such century occurs as did
1900, there is lapse of forty years
between leap years that begin on Sat
urday and end on Sunday. From this
year on the twenty period
proceeds according to the established
misunderstanding Telegram.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-02-02
Auction Sale

AS l, the undersigned am going to
leave the state, will sell at Public
Sale on
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY IS, 1916
commencing at 10 O'Clock in the fore
noon on Section "a, Town of Edwards,
IL miles south and miles east Of
Raymond and l mile east and 81
miles north of Prinsburg, the follow
ing personal property, to-wit:
LIVE STOCK.
One bay mare IL years old, weight
1900; one bay mare, years old, VT.
1900; one bay horse, 3 years old, W.T..
400; one gray horse, years old, VT.
400; one bay horse, Z years old. VT.
1900; one black horse, IA years old.
w.t. 1900; one colt, 1 year old; eight
mich COWS, coming fresh about May
1st and two coming fresh about June
1st and one heifer calf. This stock
is all young and in No. 1 shape.
FARM IMPLEMENTS.
One Deering binder, 6 #. cut; one
Minneapolis mower, It. cut; one hay
rake; ono 20 shoe Van Brunt drill;
one 5-section iron drag: one John
Deere No. 999 corn planter, with 80
rods of wire, new; one IA inch Moline
gang plow; one 16 inch John Deere
sulky plow; one 16 inch walking plow;
one See Saw cultivator, new; one
Moline cultivator, each shove1s; one
Mandt narrow tire wagon with triple
box, new; one wide tire wagon, double
box; one narrow tire wagon with
rack; one Osborne 16-disc harrow :;
one 1-hole corn shelter; one IL barrel
steel water tank, new; one pump jack ;
one top buggy; one hard coal heater
good as new; one Acorn range; one
hog chute; about 200 bushels Of good
corn in crib; two sets of good work
harness; $50 chickens; one washing
machine; one Sharpless No. cream
separator; one bob sleigh and other
articles too numerous to mention.
FREE LUNCH At NOON.
Terms: All sums under $500, cash;
over that amount time will be given
until October l, 1916, on approved
notes bearing interest at the rate OF
per cent from date of sale. No pro
perty to be removed from place until
settled for.
S. sJAARDA, Owner.
R. Poortinga, Auctioneer.
H. N. Ashley, Clerk.-Adv. 2-2-e
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-02-02
Who Gets the Nurse?

A nurse was offered by the Mime.
sofa Public Health Association for one
month to as many as five commun-
tiles of above 5000 population which
would sell the most Red Cross Seals,
per capita.
Worthington lead all the other cit.
les, having sold about 10 seals per
capita. Thief River Falls came next
having sold about seals per capital
Bemidji took third place in the race
with about seals per capita
A number of other towns are SO
close for the other two places that
more detailed information will have
to be determined before it can be
decided which will get the nurse
heading this group are Brainerd, Lake
City, Fergus Falls, Fairmont, Will
mar and Warren.