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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21
RHEUMATISM MEDICINE FREE
US bus

We want the name of every person everywhere who is suffering with rheuna tisrns we can send him a free sample bottle of HiII's Rheumatic Remedy. We don't care how long or how severe he has had it, as there are very few cases that have not yielded and been thoroughly cured with it. It works at once. In twenty-four hours it stops the pain. Don't take our word for it-test it at our expense. This is not a new untried thing. For twenty five years it has been regarded by physicians as practically the only cer- tain treatment for this terrible di- sease.
 Over 0,0OO Testim onials Like These: Mir E. M. Ehlers, Sect'y.l Grand Lodge of Masons of New York City, writes that, Although a sufferer from rheu- unatism for many years two doses stopped all pain and one bottle cured me-"
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 Marshall F. w. Geraty, of 70 Man haitian St.. New York, says: T have suffered with rheumatism for many years, have tried almost every known remedy but got no relief or cure until I took yours. In forty-eight hours I was entirely cured and free from all pain. send this unsolicited"
 Hills Rheumatic Remedy is on sale at most drug stores at $1.00 per bot tie. One bottle generally effects @ complete Acure. Call or send for free sample bottle and booklet at once. There is no greater service you can perform for humanity than to tell any rheumatic sufferer about this wonder full preparation. Address: Hill Medi- cine Co.,. IF East 34th St.. New York, N Y.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21
TAXES. 1915

Notice is hereby given to the tax payers of the City Of Bridgeport that the taxes cn the grand list of 1915 are now. due and payable at the Tax Coll lector's Office, Room 6. City Hall. The undersigned will be at the Collector B Ofice5 as above, on May 1, 1916, and daily thereafter. Sunday excepted. from a. m. to 4 p. rn., and Saturdays from g a. m. to 1 m.: for the purpose of collecting said taxes. After June Is. as required by law, interest at the rate of three-quarters of one per cent. will be added to all unpaid taxes. and the same on the first of each suc- ceeding month.
 HOWARD F. SMITH,
 US bus Collector.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21
THE WORKERS AND
 THE PLUM TREE

The time draws near for thet quad renniaI shaking of this famous fo- Iiage Also there are interme ediate haryests, raised from lesser sprouts of the same root. Theoretically, when the campaigner comes around and asks your vote for some friend or leader, he is seeking to advance the interests of state and nation
 Interest in public affairs is most necessary. and many of our ills flow. from lack of such interest. So when a man so1icits your vote, it may be merely spontaneous enthusiasm for a rishteous cause But too frequently it is a task tacit1y bought and paid for.
 The plum tree is rich and fruitful There are a great many men lacking capital and ambition enough for suc- cess, to whom a snug berth in publ lie building is the ideal life. They prepare themselves for this service, not by studying business adTnIn1stra- ton but. by making themselves sol- Eid'' with the politicians.
 The man who controls fifty votes is quite an autocrat in his own little kingdom While our civic reformers are toasting their feet before the open fire on cool nights, the political worker is ever active. It is more re+ creation than work to him. He en- joys the chances of the game ana tne social life of campaigns
 Tn some hang-out or loafing place, or working through some organiza- ton, he gathers a little group around him His underIings may not sus- peet that they are being led for ul- terior purposes. But in some subtle way, they control the casting of bal lots, and vastly influence primaries and elections, particularly the former. Politicians take off their hats to this force No word of understanding may have passed, yet when the appoint
 nents are made. the claim of the poh- tical worker is not easily ignored.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21
'. Finance, Real Estate Insurance :.
The Last of the Vaudreuils.

This is the centenary of the dea tn in
 Paris of Jean Louis de Rigaud, Mar
 quis de VaudreuiI, the last scion of that
 famous French family to play an inn
 portant role in the affairs of the New
 World. Jean Louis took part in the
 siege of Yorktown and in the sue
 cessful assaults which forced the sur
 render of Cornwal1is and his army.
 During the French revolutions he
 fought with the allies and after the
 restoration, he became a favorite of
 the King. Another distinguished
 member of the family was Louis Phil ippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreui1,
 the French naval officer who took part in the action in Chesapeake Bay be-
 tween Graves and De .Grasse. Louis Philippe was a nephew of Pierre
 Francois, Marquis de Vaudreui1-Cavag-
 nal, who was governor of Louisiana in 1742, and in 1755 was made governor of Canada. He had trouble with Montcalnn, and after the latter's sur
 render of Quebec to Wolfe and his own surrender at Montreal, he was tried by court martial, but was clear ed of blame. The first Marquis de Vaudreuil to. win fame on this side of the Atlantic was Philippe de Rigaud, who was born in 1641 and had risen to the rank of brigadier-general in the French army when he was sent to Can ada as the commander of the forces there. After taking part in several Indian campaigns, he was made gov ernor of Montreal in 1898 and gover- nor-g general of Canada in 17O3. He was usually successful in his conflicts with the British, although they sue ceeded in capturing Acadia, and he
 temporarily put a stop to the British influence in Canada. He died in Que bee in1725. Pierre Francois, who was governor of Canada, in the years pre- ceding Wo1fe's great triumph, was a son Of the first Marquis de Vaudreuil.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21
T4ade Wtfn Russia.

Alexander w. Behr, vice president
 Of the American Russian Chamber
 of Commerce in Moscow, has sailed for Petrograd. ssI am sure,9 ' he said,
 s.ttaat the American Russian Chamber of Commerce working in conjunction with the business interests both{ in Russia and the United States, can ac- connplish much toward the creation of closer union between these two countries Russia desires and will welcome such cooperation, but the United States must make every effort to secure a footho1d in the Russian market. American manufacturers
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21
Sugar StiII Advancing.

Continued foreign buying, prlncl- paIly by the British commission, In both theNraw and refined sugar mar 1zets, has resulted in another upward movement of refined to 7-25 and 7-SO cents a pound The pressure on the market is entirely from foreign sour ces. as the domestic buyers who stock ed no fully earlier in the year have not re-entered the market to any ex- tent whether sugar continues in its upward course toward an cent price, which has been predicted, is believed to depend for some time entirely on lfhe foreign buying.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21

-l -72E April 20, I916-
 Estate of Abigail .Er wakeley late of the town of Trumbull in said dis trict deceased.
 The Court of Probate for the Dis- trict of Bridgeport, hath limited and allowed six months f. on, the date hereof for Creditors of said Estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to present their accounts, properly attested, within said time, will be debarred a recov- cry All persons indebted to said es- tate are requested to make immediate payment to
 JOHN w. TREADWELL,
 sssss@sss-@ss Administrator.
 Long Hill, Conn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21
THE PRErrIEsr FACE

and the most beautiful hands are off, ten disfigured by an unsightly wart. Is can easily be removed in few days without pain by using Cyrus WaFt Remover. For sale only at the Cyrus Pharmacy, AIS Fairfield Ave.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21

The New York Senate unanimously confirmed the nomination of pr. Le- land B. Cofer to be health officer o1 the port of New York
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21
LIVE STOCK MARKET.

New York, April Ordinary to choice steers sold at $S O $40 per 100 lbs; 2 fancy at $10.15; bulls at $5.25 O $s.2 .25; cows at $s.s .s5 O $7.2o; one extra COW at $7.25. Common to choice veals sold at $7.50
 O $11 per 100 lbs: cu1ls at $6 O ST. City dressed veals, 13 O 416 1-2c. with | a few choice selling at 17c; country dressed. 11a@ 15c. Common to good unshorn sheep sold at $6 O $8 per 100 lbs; unshorn lambs at $10 O SIP; clipped at $8.5o @ s1O.75; spring lambs Vat $6 O SIPS per head. Country dressed hothouse lambs, $5.50 O $9 per carcass. Light to heavy hogs sol6 at $s.75 O
 s1O.9o per 100 lbs; roughs at $8.50 O
 $8.75.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21

The Dominion Bridge Co. of Cam ada declared, the regular. quarterly dividend of per cent. and an extra dividend of 2 per cent.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21

Senator Hoke Smith objected to and prevented consideration of the woman suffrage amendment resolution in the Senate.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21

Articles of incorporation were filed at Indianapolis by the Roosevelt Steamship Co.,, of Michigan City, cap itaI, $125,00O.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21
American League
Yesterdays Results,

Washington 12; New York. 4. Boston '; Philadelphia l. Detroit 9; Chicago 1.
 St. Louis-Cleveland game postpon- ed on account of rain.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21
of Finance

must realize the importance of Rus sia and the necessity of developing a | closer cooperation between these two countries.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21
Standing of the Clubs
Games Today

Philadelphia in New York Brooklyn in Boston.
 St. Louis in Pittsburgh. Cincinnati in Chicago.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21
BIG LEAGUE EVENTS
National League Yesterdays Results

Philadelphia T; New York. 6: (12 'innings).
 Boston 8; Brooklyn O. St. Louis 5; Pittsburgh o. Chicago T; Cincinnati 6.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21

wool. except to England. until Oct 1, 1916
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21

A campaign to compel the repeal of the state cotton warehouse law has been begun by the Ginners' Associa- ton of Texas.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21

Ice oh the Great Lakes is fast breaking up and navagiatfon is open ing rapidly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21

Gold coin amounting to $65O,000 was withdrawn from the New York sub-treasury for shipment, $15O,0O0 to Mexico, and $5oo,ooO for Cuba.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21

Germany says she didn't torpedo the Sussex, and that anyway, her action in doing so was perfectly justihable.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, DISTRICT OF BRIDGEPORT, ss., PROBATE COURT.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21
Standinq of the CIubs
Games Today

New York in Washington. Boston in Philadelphia. Chicago in Detroit. Cleveland in St. Louis.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-02-25

is now running and logs are being
taken in every day.
Viola Michels went to st. Peter
Monday to see her grandmother who is
sick ar
Lydia Emz of Mankato spent sever
al days with her mother last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Dackins Of South
Bend township visited Mr.. AMI Mrs.
Elmer Grice Sunday.
Mrs. Charlie Severance and niece,
Miss Anna Severance, called on their
neighbors Friday afternoon last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Smith spent
Sunday with Mp. and Mrs. Joe Grice.
The men drawing gravel are get
ting along nicely. They will soon be
at the corner by George Johnson's
place.
Mrs. C. c. Busby is still with her
mother in Illinois.
Elias Johnson on the Valley road,
gave a supper last week Wednesday
evening to a party of his gentlemen
friends. Mr., Johnson proposed fine
oyster supper and served it himself
The gentlemen were well entertained
Those present were Ed. Gustafson,
Will Peterson, Charlie Severance,
August Peterson, Nels Johnson, Aug
ust Johnson, John Johnson and Fred
Johnson.
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Selling Prices

home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J.
r. Anderson of Rapidan. Before re-
turning home, Mrs. Allen will visit
her sister, Mrs. Brodersen in Decoria
and her brother, A. w. Anderson in
Mankato.
Wedding bells are soon to ring in
this immediate vicinity in the near
future. i.... .....
Mr.. Matson is the first to bring out
new drill.
Henry G. Cotton spent a couple Of
days in st. Paul on business last
week. ".,s
Mr. and Mrs. Paul GRANDSON and
daughter, Ruth, were visitors at the
Columbus Ballard home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Sturm visited
at the home of the latter's parents
Sunday in Spring Island.
Mr., and Mrs. Henry Cotton spent
Sunday afternoon at the home of P.
NJ. Broderson.
The many friends of Miss Irene Hall
are glad to know that she is home
again from the hospital at Mankato,
where she has been for several weeks
and hope to hear in the near future OF
her complete recovery.
Ed Erlandson and Lue Larson sawed.
wood for George Yaeger last Satur-
day and for H. l.. Cotton on Monday
and on Tuesday for Paul Erlandson.
Christ Knutson is saving wood in
Spring Island. 15
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Rapidan>Decoria
From Wednesdays ,,aIly.

From the amount of drain tile that
| has been hauled out from Mankato
the past few weeks, it is evident that
the farmers as never before, are awak-
ened to a realization of better sys-
tenn of drainage Among those con-
templating putting in tile the coming
season are A. w. Anderson, Hans
Knutson, Paul GRANDSON, August
Weigelt and Ed Torgerson.
George Rollings and family are now
full fiedged residents of ,Decoria, hav-
ing moved from Lake Crystal into the
Ziegler farm last week, recently va
Gated by Carl Birr and, family.
Henry Develmnick and family, who
have resided on the John j. Nielsen
farm the past year, moved his house
hold goods on to a farm he recently
rented in Nicollet county four miles
from Mankato last week. Mr.. Nichol-
son from Iowa has moved on the Nell
sen farm just vacated by the Develm-
hicks.
Mr.! and Mrs. Herman Peters were
formers parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Bronson of
Sterling were visitors at the Cotton
home Wednesday and Thursday.
Mrs. John Anderson, Sr. after
spending several days with her
daughter. Mrs. P. NJ. Brodersen of
Decoria, while Mr. Brodersen is serv-
ing on the jury in Mankato, returned
home last week.
Mrs. Anna Allen and two youngest
children from Madison Lac qui parle
county this state, are visiting at the
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UNION LITERARY MEET
Event Will Be Held At Lake Crystal
tuesday and Wednesday of
s- Next Week

The union literary meeting at Lake
Crystal will be held Tuesday even
ing, February 20, and Wednesday
March l. The committee in charge
has all reasons to believe that the
. coming meeting will prove grand
success. The opening concert will be
conducted by Hon. Owen Morris of
st. Paul The male chorus of thirty
five voices under the leadership Of
Robert F. Jones will render several
selections. DIR. and Mrs. III. j Lloyd
are on the program for a duet; the
Misses Hannah James and Tryphena
Lewis will. give selections in reading.
: Miss Mabel Jenkins and Mrs. Stan
ley Jones are on for solos. Jerusa-
lem church will furnish one quarter;
Salem and Lake Crystal churches
will also render several selections.
A prize of So will be given for a
challenge solo. Several have already
sent in their names for this competi-
ton. The concert will be held at
Union hall, and the admission fees
will be twenty five cents, and re-
served seats ten cents extra, which
will be on sale at Robert F. Jones
Clothing store on Monday, the 2S
The meeting of Wednesday will be
held at the Welsh church and admis-
sion for both meetings will be thir-
;ty-five cents.
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From Wednesdays Daily.

Had Carney went to Chicago yes
terday.
A. G. Ness went up to the cities last
evening.
w. c. CAMEL of Lake Crystal is in
the city today.
r. e. Brown has gone to Mudbader
for few days.
G. w. Ellis of Good Thunder spent
several hours in the city Monday.
C. C. Troy of Sterling Center wa:
in the city on business one day last
week.
Miss Margaret Ellis of Sterling Wis.
tied with her aunt Mrs. William FL
lis on Friday last
Peter Buss of Lake Crystal is in the
city in connection with business with
the Peterson Land company.
c. M. Faupel special agent of the
Northwestern road, located at Chi
cago, was in the city yesterday.
j. Johnson, trainmaster of the
Northwestern road at Waseca was a
business caller in Mankato yesterday
Attorneys c.. j. Laurisch, Franz
Morse and John F. Regan were all
in lie Sueur Center on legal business
yesterday.
C. l.. Young, district claim agent
of the Northwestern railroad at Hur-
on, s. D., was in the city on business
yesterday.
Mrs. D. G. Bromlee, who has beer
visiting at the home of F. A. Cote
and family, left for her home at Blue
Earth last night.
E. o. Anderson of Minneapolis
travelling passenger and freight agent
of the Missouri Pacific railroad, visit
ed in the city yesterday.
w. HI. Grover of Aines, Iowa, &
former resident of Sterling Center
was a guest at the Ellis home or
State street one day last week
ID. o. Tenney, day operator at the
Omaha passenger station, has gone tt
st. James to attend a committee
meeting of the Order of Railway
Telegraphers. His work is being done
in his absence by E. T. Brady of ST.
James
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From Wednesdays Danny.
Washington's Birthday Was Fittinsly
Celebrated

Washington's birthday was fittingly
celebrated last evening by Mankato
Lodfe No. II, A. F. and A. NJ, in the
Masonic hall The quarters were
packed to their capacity The hall was
beautifully decorated under the direc-
ton of DR.. NJ. r. Coulter and Wilbur
r. Taylor. Those present numbered
three hundred and fifty-siX.
Worshipful Master j. M. McCon-
nell presided and made the opening
remarks, touching on George Wash
ington's Masonic history. Washington
was the first grand master Mason in
the United States. Mr.. Mcconnell
called to mind the large part that
Masons played in the early history of
America.
Professor Miller of the state normal
school told how he had last summer
visited the very lodge in which Wash
ington had taken his Masonic degrees
This is Alexandria Washington lodge,
A. r.. and A. M located at Alexandria,
Virginia. Over this lodge, Washing
ton himself actually presided as mas
ter. This lodge was frequently visited
by Lafayette. Professor Miller told
how he had attended an installation
of officers of that lodge. He saw the
very chair in which Washington him
self sat as master, and the newly in
stalled master sat there while Pro-
lessor Miller was there. Professor
Miller himself sat in the same chair.
The chair is not used at all the meet
ings, but only in times of installation.
A nfI Co boz n <rIo
case. Professor Miller also saw the
trowel with which Washington laid
the corner stone of the national capt.
tai at the time when he was master
of that lodge.
The principal address of the even
ing was given by Professor J S. Young
of the state university, who was for
many years member of Mankato
lodge His subject was Broader
Fraternalism. He believed in feel
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kerns
From Wednesdays OaIIy.

From Wednesdays Daily.
George w. Johnson and Chester
Purrier drove to Lake Prairie one
day last week to look for hay. They
had long trip but found hay very
scarce along the way.
Henry Hilmer and his father took
dinner at Ned Rist's Wednesday OF
last week.
John Lind was out from Mankato
last week Wednesday and helped his
brother, Anton, saw wood.
Floyd Cole is still at Guthrie, Mimi
He has succeeded in getting a wolf
and lynx.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Burrill started
for Tracy last Friday. They expected
to drive through with their team.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Cole and chill
dren of Rapidan drove over Saturday
and stayed until Sunday afternoon
with the formers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Cole.
Mrs. Sharp, Paul, Edna and Hazel
We're guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Sharp Saturday and Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schultz and daughter
Carolyn, took dinner with Mr. and
Mrs. Hanson Sunday
The leap year social Saturday even
ing was a great success. There were
over one hundred present and every
one had good time Games were
played until midnight, when everyone
departed for home.
Mrs. Arthur Sharp spent Monday
afternoon with her sister, Mrs. Lind
say.
Penelope and Irene Hanson spent
Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Lucy
Culp.
Mary Steel spent Saturday and
Sunday with Cora Johnson.
The Mission Study club will meet
at the parsonage Saturday afternoon.
The Equity club meeting last Fri
day evening was attended by fifteen
or sixteen. Mr.. Fuller gave an in
teresting talk. There was election
of officers which resulted as follows
President, w. G. Clark; vice presi-
dent, H. A. Hanson; secretary and
treasurer, Chester Steel; shipping di-
rector, Harry Parsons.
Dave Goodridge now has a tele-
phone, which was just installed.
Mrs. Lucy Clup visited Mrs. l.. B.
Steel and Mrs. Sharp in North Man
kato last week
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Steel took
dinner at the Cole home Sunday and
enjoyed visit with Howard and his
family
Eleanor Clup spent Saturday night
and Sunday with her mother.
The saw mill at Mr.. Carm's place
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New Army Bill Will Increase
Number OF Guard
PROVISION OF MEASURE
Five Hundred To Every Con-
gresham; Will Be Under
Federal Control

Washington, February 23.-While
the new army plan has not yet been
drafted into written form, details as
to how it would affect the national
guard of Minnesota and other states
were outlined by a member of the
military affairs committee today.
I'm the first place, it is proposed
to increase the National guard to 400
enlisted men for each member of the
house and senate from the various
states" said this committee member.
in other words, it would increase the
national guard of minnesota to 5000
men.
Term of Enlistment.
"The term of enlistment will be de-
termined by the states.
"The discipline and training of the
national guard will be under the con-
troll of the secretary of war. The bill
will provide that in case of war all
the national guards in every state will
automatically be subjest to the orders
of the president and secretary of war.
at is planned to increase the num-
Der of regular army officers so that
two may be detailed to each national
W Ildll OIlICio anu
men, which would probably result in
a detail of twelve officers to Mime
sofa, assuming that the peace strength
of a regiment would be 1000 men.
This figure may be changed.
Federal Government to Fix Require
ments.
The federal government will deter
mine the requirements for national
guard officers, and before they are
chosen they must pass a satisfactory
examination before federal eXamin-
alton board.
Federal aid provided in the bill
will depend upon whether or not the
national guard comply in all respects
with federal requirements, to be
drawn by the secretary of war, as to
time of drill, field work, time in camp.
and the various phases of military
practices through which men, who are
training to become soldiers, must
pass.
1--WE have been assured by Chair
man Hay of the military affairs COM
mittee that questions of constitution
atty arising under the proposed plan
have been passed upon by competent
legal authority, and that when the bill
is finally submitted to the house it
will stand the constitutional test"