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The Benson signal., 1916-12-02

One hundred acres, all fenced, good loamy soil;
new three-room house, barn and smaller dwelling.
Short distance of town. Great bargain. No better
land to be found around Benson. Owner wishes to
engage in other business. A California farmer, ac-
customed to high-prced land, would snap this up
on sight Further particulars furnished to any one
interested. Price $2, 10000. No trades.
Small farm of Is acres, under ditch; all fenced;
small frame house, barn and two chicken houses;
good land. Fine location for chicken ranch. Seven
miles from Benson. Cheap for cash or might trade
for other property.
Several large and small tracts upon favorable
terms. Call in and investigate.
FOR RENT
Good Groom Adobe House with bath; partly
furnished. In good repair. Rent reasonable.
Several small dwelling houses for sale or rent.
Apply HOME REALTY CO., at Signal office.
The Benson signal., 1916-12-02
Good Service on the S. p.

A pretty tribute to western rail-
road service and one showing that
the west knows how to do things
as good as, if not better. than
other sections of the country, was
paid in a telegram to the Com
manding General of the Depart
ment of the East, Governors Is
land, New York, by Colonel Cren-
shaw, commanding a regiment of
Alabama infantry dispatched to the
border during the troop mobiliza-
ton. From the Quartermaster'
base at Nogales, Arizona, Colonel
Crenshaw sent the wire reporting
the arrival of three sections on
October 23rd. The service of the
Pullman Company on the entire
trip from Alabama to Nogales was
described as satisfactory. The
Eservice on one southern road was
likewise described; that OH another
was termed fair" and that on a
third was classed as very poor.
The service on the Southern Pa
cifc,' reported Colonel Crenshaw,
was very good - the best en-
route"
A testimonial of that kind, ="
said one Southern Pacific official
the other day, makes us feel pref
ty good, for it shows that a rail
roads efforts to please the public
and serve it we'll are not unappre-
ciated."
The Benson signal., 1916-12-02
The Normal Student

The Tempe Normal Student, is
sued by the students of the Tempe
State Normal School, is neatly
printed and illustrated eiglt-page
paper that would be a credit to any
educational institution. The cur
rent issue, November II, contains,
besides much other interesting
matter, some views of the school
and surroundings, showing the
pleasing environment of this grow
ing state institution.
Lewis B. Maier, II, of Benson,
is business manager with a corps of
editors from the student body.
We clip faom the issue mention
ed an article as follows
The trend of modern education
is more and more away from books
and toward experience. We all
realize that no matter how much
knowledge we gain from texts, it
is. of little use unless we can apply
it when involved in some real
problem of life. Education is no
longer thought of as being just
mere book learning, the crowding
of the mind with facts gained from
reading. It is training for social
ehciency-a high and lofty aim.
AS a result of this change of
opinion many activities are incor-
porated with the work of the school
which were formerly accorded no
place. In our Normal school we
do real gardening, real forge work
real manual training work, real
office work, and real teaching.
Occasional opportunities along all
lines. Our straw election, carried
out in the same manner as at the
downtown polls, was an instructive
experiment, giving many a clearer
idea of the manner of voting. The
debates preceding this election also
indicate an advance. Forensic
contests are no longer based upon
matters of the past, but upon mat
tiers of current Importance. An
other instance of learning by do
ing is the stock Judging done by
the class in animal husbandry.
The instructor was put on the
same basis with the class and
graded the same as they.
These are a few of the many
examples which might be cited of
how students of our modern schools
learn from real experience. We
think the change is for the better,
don't you?"
The Benson signal., 1916-12-02
Young Widow With a Million

George w. Hull, the Verde pi-
oneer who died at Prescott about
two weeks ago, left $4,000 On
deposit in Los Angeles banks.
His widow, Mrs. Mary A. Hull,
has filed in the superior court at
Los Angeles a petition for letters
of administration. She says in
her petition that a careful search
has been made and it does not ap-
pear that Mr.. Hull left a will.
Last summer, when it was given
out that Mr.. Hull had sold his
holdings to the Clark interests for
one million dollars, some skepti-
cism was expressed. A great many
people thought that he really re-
ceived much less than that. The
fact that he left $4,000 on de-
posit is evidence that the sum he
received must have been close to
81 100000, if not actually that
figure. Jerome News.
Mrs. Mary Titus, notary public.
Houses for rent. Benson Ariz.
The Benson signal., 1916-12-02
Assay or Analysis

The question is frequently asked
of the United States Geological
Survey, Department of the 1nte-
rior, What is the difference be-
tween an assay, an analysis, and
an expert examination of a speci-
men of rock or mineral such a
specimen as may be sent to the
Geological Survey by anyone who
has found or thinks he has found a
valuable nineral?" Most of the
Surveys correspondents ask for
assays of their specimens, others
ask for analysis, and few appear to
distinguish between the two. The
Geological Survey can make Meth
er an assay nor an analysis for pri-
vate parties; it can, however, make
visual inspection of specimen,
or it can make a simple chemical
test to determine whether the speci-
men contains a commercial amount
of some valuable mineral, such as
potash. Ninety-11ine out of every
hundred specimens submitted to
the Survey are found to be COM
mercially va1ue1ess. Such an in
spection, or test, however, is wide
ly different from an analysis. A
complete analysis of rock that is
composed of many different min
erals may require the more or less
continual attention of a chemist
for a month or six weeks, and such
work is done by the Survey only IN
connection with its own scientific
Investigations. An assay, on the
other hand, is usually fire test
made to determine the exact metal
content of an ore specimen. The
Geological Survey makes no assays
for private parties.
The Survey has recently reprint
ed it's Bulletin Az, by w. F. Hill
|lebrand, entitled The Analysis of
Silicate and Carbonate Rocks.
This is a revision of Bulletin 3O5,
which was so highly valued in
Germany that it was there trans
lated and republished.' 1t contains
a detailed description of the analyt-
ical' methods employed III the
laboratory of the United States
Geological Survey and represents
the experience gained in the analy-
sis of more than thousand igne-
Gus rocks alone. These analyses
have been carried to a degree of
completeness previously unknown,
bv methods that have been care
fully tested and proved, some OF
them devised in the Survey.
A copy of the Bulletin No. az
may be obtained on application to
the Director of the Geological Sur
yev, Washington, d. 6.
The Benson signal., 1916-12-02

J..J. Clements, a dry farmer
from San Simon, took first prize at
the State Fair on Dent corn and
second prize on soft corn, and d.
G. Hoover took first prize on black
eyed peas. These dry farmers
should be congratulated on their
success. Arizona Bulletin.
The Benson signal., 1916-12-02
Amend Election Laws

SAYS the Tombstone Pros
pector:
Our present election laws are
woefully deficient and should be
revised bv the incoming legisla-
ture. One important thing that
should be added to the law is the
method of delivering the returns to
the board of supervisors. They
should be returned by some single
method and probably by messen-
ger from each precinct. 1t appears
that there is no positive law OH the
method of the secretary of state
notifying the governor. There are
many shortcomings III the present
law that need revising and the
next legislature should see to it.
The election laws should
provide for every contingency
likely to arise. For instance
in a situation like the one in
Mohave county, where the
Republican and the Demo-
cratic candidates for sheriff
each received 888 votes.
There being no law providing
for a settlement of the ques-
ton in a case of the kind,
the board of supervisors and
local attorneys were up in
the air as to how the matter
should be decided. Of course
the rival candidates could
have recourse to the we'll
known makeShifts of tossing
a coin or "draWing StraWS
but that should not be neceS-
sary. On such good author
ity as Attorney-General
Wiley Jones, the statutes
make no provision whatever
for a tie vote on a county
The Benson signal., 1916-12-02
PRESS COMMENT

A Canadian suggests that the
name of the United States be
changed to Unistatia. Not very
alluring. but if we've got to
change, it's preferable to ''Verein-
igten Staten. Bisbee Review.
The Benson signal., 1916-12-02
The official canvass Of the

The official canvass Of the
vote of COchiSe county has
been made by the Board of
Supervisors and sent on to
Phoenix. There was a delay
of six days, due to the nom
arrival of the returns from
Wilgus, a precinct in the
eastern part of the county.
Somehow the sack containing
the returns of that precinct
got lost in transit, and the
board, after meeting daily for
six days, during which time
the missing sack failed to ar
rive, finally decided to ignore
the missing returns and GER
tlfY the vote WlthOut them.
1t was suggested that the
Wilgus vote be admitted upon
affidavit Of the precinct elec-
ton officials, but the board
rejected the proposition upon
the advice of legal counsel,
fearing the act might lead to
further complications, posi-
bly, throwing out the entire
county vote.
Tom Campbell's plurality
has been dwindling little by
little since the day of election
now reported from Phoenix
as being 49, Still a majority
of one over the next highest
candidate issufflcient to elect.
If majority rule holds good
Campbell seems to be the
governors -elect Of Arizona.
The Benson signal., 1916-12-02


They do nothing by halves
in Canada, The government
of that Dominion has passed
a penal enactment of S years
in prison and a fine of IS, 900
for any person found with a
copy of w. R. Hearst's
newspaper in his possession,
The turkey will now have
a respite of nearly a whole
month-till Christmas.
The Benson signal., 1916-12-02

AS near as can be predicted now,
the State of Arizona has gone
bone" dry. Even a fellow COM
ing across the state line with a
hic" on can be stomach-pumped
and evil days have fallen upon the
logger of boots for the law promi-
ses them few generations in Jail
in case the up-lifters of the law
gather them in.-Coconino Sun.
The Benson signal., 1916-12-02

About the first thing some one
knows the mines south of this
place will develop revelations that
will startle the natives and cause
the oldest citizen to open his eyes
in amazement at the wealth hidden
away Bowie Enterprise.
The Benson signal., 1916-12-02

The roadNace from Douglas to
Phoenix is probably the last that
will be run in this state for it ap-
pears to be the general concensus
of opinion that we have had enough
of them and they no longer serve a
good purpose. When the state
highway is completed in it's entirety
from Rodeo to Yuma then there
should be a race run from state
line to show the speed that can be
made upon the only all year round
route across the continent and
which now is the official route of
the Border1and and Old Spanish
Trails Route. Tombstone Pros
peCtor.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-03-10
DIXVILLE

March s-The first crow was seen
here last Thursday, so we may have
An early spring.
Frank Wise returned from Brainerd
last Thursday, after a two weeks visit
with relatives there.
Ferdinand Sauer took two loads of
-fenoe posts to Ramey Friday.
fChance Parkins and Bob McKrees
were Royalton callers Friday
Otto Sauer is employed by John
Sneider for some time.
Miss Anna Shultenover visited at
the Britt home few days last week.
She is giving music lessons to Miss
AIargeret Britt.
Peter Wischneski was a Genola call
er Saturday.
The auction which was to be held at
the G. L. Giles place Monday, has
been postponed until next Tuesday,
March IA. Mr.. Giles sold his farm
here and will move to Sacramento
California, where they will reside in
the future.
.Udhn Bauer purchased new set OF
i" harness at Buchanan last week.
Those who attended the surprise
party held at the home of Mrs. Mary
Britt Friday evening were Rhinolc
Kriefall and family, Geo. Kowitz ani
= family, Mr.. and Mrs. John Bauer, Mel
'.Daniel and family, Peter Houn ant
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-03-10

Misses Laura Bailey, Bertha Munson
and Emma j asorka attended dance
given at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Annie Friday evening. 44
J. Kiewel Of Little Falls was a
Randall business caller II lrsday, be-
tween trains. n a Ss
Goyne Sitter, who is attending bus
mess college in Little Falls, spent the
weekend at his home near here.
/ D. Sheedy and P. ]. O,Brien were
county seat visitors Friday.
The Ladies Aid Of the Presbyterian
church will meet next Wednesday,
March Is, with Mrs. s. G. Cochran.
John Kempenich, Jr., has returned
home, after a several weeks visit
with relatives in Minneapolis md
Hamline.
Miss Burt left Saturday for her home
in Royalton, after weeks visit here
with her brother, Will Burt and fami-
ly.
Miss Marguerite Evans visited Sat
urday with friends in Little Falls.
The Misses Minnie Ritter and Mar
tina Schmidt, Little Falls, business
college students spent Saturday and
Sunday at their homes here.
DR.. and Mrs. s. G. knight were Lit
tie Falls visitors Saturday.
Herman Ritter left Tuesday for a
short stay at Courtenay, N. D.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-03-10
FAWNDALE

March 8.-Andrew Melby was
county seat caller one day last week.
Frank Kay is employed at the Jake
Pointek farm this week.
Arthur Taylor. and brother Walter
were Sobieski callers Saturday.
Nick Kuka, ST., transacted business
at Little Falls Saturday.
There was program and basket
social at the school house in district
50 Friday evening, the program being
a fine one. The baskets sold rather
high, the proceeds being nearly 500,
which will be used for the school.
Miss Hildur Peterson left for the
cities, where she will reside through
the spring and summer.
The Country Cousins held their reg
ular meeting Saturday evening at the
old Hans Twist house. They all gath
cred for the purpose Of coasting, but
one member was accidentally hurt, and
| the club spent the evening in playing
games. At midnight everyone enjoyed
weiner and marshmallow roast, serv-
ed with dainty sandwiches. Every
thing was enjoyed to the letter. At
about the time the rooster first crows
in the morning, the members all re-
tired to their respective homes.
The Misses Judith Peterson and
Pearl Smith, who attends high school,
enjoyed the basket social and club
meeting, also visit at their home
here over Sunday, returning Monday
to resume studies.
There was social gathering at the
Old Gentleman Pirowecz's home Sun
day afternoon and evening. A large
crowd was present.
| The dance Monday evenin~ at the
sobieski hall was largely attended
and everyone reports a good time.
! We were visited with a March snow
storm the 5th and 9Th. Rather lat<
in the year.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Brodcorb, wht
have sojourned at the latter's home
since their marriage, will leave fo1
the cities in a few days, where they
will make their home. lt s-4E
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-03-10

family, Wenzel Houn and family,
Mrs. G. Parkins, George and Lillian
Kuschel, Mrs. Amelia Hodorf and
family, George and Tracy WINNER,
Ewald Roehm, Jack Herman, Mike and
Nick Weiers, Mrs. Aug. Sauer and
sons Willie and Henry, Miss Anna
|Shultenover and Miss Mildred Logan.
The evening was spent in playing
games and cards. At midnight lunch
was served. This was time that will
long be remembered.
Carl Heurung is busy hauling lum-
Der for his new barn, which he will
build in the spring.
A number of our young folks at
tended the dance held at Rice Monday
Jack Keehr, Fred Kowitz, G. w.
Miller, Rugust sauer and Rhinold
Kriefall each. hauled a load Of butter
tubs from Royalton Tuesday.
Geo. Denzen was Pierz visitor on
Monday.
Everyone had good time at the
party held at the home of Peter
Schroeder Sunday evening.
The program given by the Farmers
club in the Dixville school house will
be held Friday evening, March 10.
Don It forget to hear the sketch "Pete
Yansen's Gurl's Moder' given by a
Swede from Minneapolis.
Those who atteI7ed the party held at
the home Jos. HU,ssr Monday evening
were Geo. Kowitz and family, George
and Tracy WINNER, Joseph and Frank
Zormeier, Jack Herman, Fred Wisch:
newski and John Anderlie and family.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-03-10
5ROY Z j ]

March 9----Mr. and Mrs.. Cramer, who
are about to leave for Montana, were
given a farewell party the past week
at which about forty Of their Royalton
friends were present and presented
them with token Of their esteem and
good wishes.
r. 4. Carnes and John Weiner were
Little Falls visitors one day last week.
Miss Marie Feitsam came home the
last Of the week for few days. va
cation.
Gordon Rosenmeier spent the week
end with his friend Donald Rhoda.
Mrs. Barney Feitsam went to st.
Paul Friday, to visit friends.
Mrs. A. G. Wilson entertained the
teachers Saturday evening at her
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Rosenmeier visited
Royalton friends the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Hollenbeck
left Friday for Minneapolis, enroute
to their home in Sask., Canada.
Miss Lucille Miller was here from
Minneapolis the past week, the guest
of Mrs. A. o. Heiberg.
l. w. Bouck went to Sturgeon Lake
the past week on business.
Miss Morarity went to her home in
st. Cloud for the weekend.
Miss Irene Noggle gave pleasant
evening to her young friends Friday.
r. K. Carnes was St. Paul bust
ness visitor the last of the week.
Mrs. E. J. McCollum spent the week.
end in Little Falls with Mrs. Rosen-
meier.
The Sunshine guild was entertained
Saturday afternoon at the home Of
Eleanor McGonagle.
and high school teachers Monday eve
ming at the home Of Marion Wilson.
Farmers institute is being held in
Royalton this week, beginning Thurs
day. A good program has been ar
when four men and one woman will
speak on various subjects along the
line of agriculture and domestic mat
tiers.
Henry Dries of Salona, was here on
business Wednesday.
G. Boyce shipped a car load o: hogs
and cattle to Duluth this week.
w. H. Gilmer went 10 Waden.4 last
Wednesday, where he is receiving
treatment from an eye specialist.
Henry Armstrong OF BoWlus was in
town Wednesday on business.
Board of education will meet on
March 20, for the election of teachers.
Grace church guild met with Mrs.
"A. G. Bouck Thursday afternoon.
Services was held in Grace hurch
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock and
during lent each Friday night there
will be short service. Everyone is
very cordially invited to be present.
One of the most enjoyable and bril-
liant entertainments ever given in
Royalton took place Thursday eve
ming, when Mr.. and Mrs. G. R. Rhoda,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. O. Heiberg, Mr.. and
Mrs. F. B. Lakin and Mr.. and Mrs.
w. H. Galley welcomed their many
friends at the opera house. In add
ton to elaborate decorations IN the
hall, supper table was arranged on
the stage at which every guest could
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-03-10

be conf ortably seated at long tables.
Each guest on arrival was given. a very
pretty and novel paper cap which
were worn throughout the evening,
adding much to the brilliancy Of color.
ing that prevailed. "A part Of the hall
had been reserved for dancing, willie
at the other end card tables provided
means of entertainment for any who
were not disposed to join in the Z Eight
fantastic. - Shortly before midnight
the grand march was led by Dr.. and
Mrs. Watson, who eventually conduct
ed the guests to the supper table upon
which sumptuous supper had been
prepared. Flowers also were very
much in evidence. Later the guests
returned to the hall and were treated
to several films Of moving pictures. 1,
was a. m. when the guests had de-
parted, each having had a delightful
evening.
A dance was given Monday night in
the opera house by the orchestra
which was well attended and proved
very pleasant entertainment.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-03-10
GREEN PRAIRIE

Mrch S.-Andrew Lundgren went to
Little Falls Monday, where he will be
employed.
Robert Mcconnell and Floyd Putnam
Of, Little Falls attended the program
here Friday evening.
John Eckerson and David Swanson
were business visitors in Darling Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Nauretz and
sons Raymond and Howard visited
with friends at Rice Lake Sunday.
The Misses Harlander and Peterson
Of Little Falls attended the program
here Friday evening.
Miss Laura Adams spent the week
end with relatives in Little Falls.
Reuben Nelson and Dewey Eckerson
went to Minneapolis Saturday for a
visit.
George Swanson went to Fl. Ripley
Monday, where he will be employed.
Miss Gertrude Tucker oc Little Falls
spent the weekend here with her
friend, Miss Mamie Nauretz.
Lee Cannon, the oldest son of Mr..
and Mrs. G. E. Cannon, is very ill at
his home here, with pneumonia.
Ernest johnson, who has been the
guest Of his friend, Fred Rettmcr fol-
several weeks, returned to his home in
Tracy, Tuesday.
A number Of the young people en-
joyed dancing party at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Eckerson Mon
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Meilke arriv.
ed Saturday from the twin cities
where they had been visiting, and will
visit a few days at the Eugene Ec'7er.
son home, enroute to their home in
lSwanville. w.
A large crowd attended the program
given by the Farmers club Friday
evening at the church. All the mum
bers on the program were very good
| Frank Larson returned Tuesday
from Little Falls, where he has beer
employed.
| Miss Title Helmerick and brothers
Frank and Herman Of Darling were
the guests Of Miss Bertha Larson Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Anderson were
called to Geneva, Ill.,, Tuesday, by
the death Of the latter's sister Mrs
Peterson.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-03-10
EAST DARLING

March 2.-Miss Esther Olson, cid.
est daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Oh
son of Darling, was married to Victor
Palm at Red Lodge, Mont, on Febru-
ary 26. Mr.. Palm is engaged in bust.
ness in Red Lodge and they will make
their home there. All their friends In
Darling join in wishing them a happy
and prosperous welded life.
March 7.-Arthur Lindahl is substi
tuting for Mr.. Buck as operator at the
railroad station here this week as Mr.
Buck is taking the place Of Clyde Bar
tee, the operator at Little Falls, who
was injured recently. :. S..
The sad news have reached here OF
the death Of Mrs. Hilma Swanson in
Minneapolis, recently. She is survived
by a son. Deceased was known tt
many people here as she worked here
last summer. >.
Darling was visited by another bac
snowstorm Sunday and as a result Of
it the attendance was small at thu
Swedish Lutheran church.
Mrs. John Zillich expects to. leave
soon for st. Paul to visit her daugh
ters, Mrs. Fred Peter and Mrs. VIM
Kemp.
Remember an election will be helt
at the school house in district z
March H.. All should turn out ant
vote. The polls open at 9 a. m. ant
close at p. m.
The attendance was small at tn,
necktie social on account of the COLI
weather. Another will be held soon
it is understood.