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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-26
PHONE COMPANY IS
IN IT'S new HOME
NEW ULM RURAL LINES OCCUPY
MOST UP-To-DATE OFFICES
IN COUNTRY.
PUBLIC IMPLoRED TO DISPLAY
PATIENCE DURING PERIOD
OF MOVING.

Is OIGO n. NOM, manager OF the New
Ulm Rural Telephone company, is the
busiest man in town these days. In
fact everybody about the establishment
is busy. The cause of all this is that
the company is moving into it's hand
some new building, corner of German and
Second North streets. The building
was completed early in the year, but
delay in the delivery Of the new switch
board has prevented the company
from occupying it until now.
Asks Public to Be Considerate.
In the meantime, and during the
period of moving, Mr.. Kohn particularly
requests telephone users to restrict their
calls to business affairs as much as
possible, and use the telephone as little
as can be conveniently done. The
reason for this is that the disconnecting
of the old switchboard and connecting
the lines with the new naturally democrat
ICES the service temporarily. This will
be for not more than a couple of weeks,
and when the work has been completed
the service will be greatly improved so
that the telephone subscribers will be
more than repaid for any Inconvenience
they may suffer at this time.
Offices Are Up-to-the-Min
When the local telephone company is
fully settled in its new quarters the
officers will have the satisfaction of
knowing that they are in the most COM
splete and modernly equipped Offices
Of any rural or Independent telephone
company in the state, or the entire
country.
The building is a handsome structure,
so By SO feet in size, one story with
a deep basement under the entire build
ing. It is constructed with a view to
the future growth of the business, the
switchboard room being adequate to
accommodate more than four times the
present needs. Additional equipment
may be placed as necessary, without
disccmHnoding the work Of the operators
or interfering with the present service.
Complete in Appointments.
On the first floor there are the Offices
of the manager, secretary and book
keepers, the directors room, the operat-
ing room, terminal room, restroom for
the operators and a lavatory. The
entrance, which is from the Second
street side of the building, opens into a
large lobby, from which the offices are
entered.
In the basement there is a large work
shop, store room and the heating plant.
The building cost, complete, $14, 900,
and with the new equipment, new poles,
cables and wires, there has been an ex-
penditure of upward Of $4,000. The
company now has approximately 1000
subscribers, $50 miles of poles and $50
miles of circuit wire.
The present officers of the company
are as follows: President, Fred Pfaen-
der; vice president Henry P. Bastian;
secretary, A. G. Bierbaum; treasurer,
William James; manager, Otto r. Kohn.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-26
DRAFTED MEN ALL
PERSISTENT TO GO
EXEMPTION BOARD HAD HARD
TIME TO GET EXTRA MEN
TO RETURN.
BROWN COUNTY BOYS GIVEN a
HEARTY FAREWELL ON WAY
TO CAMP.

When Sheriff w. ]. Julius, chairman
of the Brown County Exemption Board,
reached Mankato Friday evening, with
his quota of men for the new drafted
army, he was confronted with the fact
that he had two more than needed.
His quota called for eighty men, and was
not permitted to send more, until the
next call which will be some time
next month. Then came the task Of
sending two back home, and it was more
Of problem than he anticipated. In
stead of expressing an anxiety to- return
home the boys were, without exception,
DESTROYS Of going ahead.
Addressing the men in group, the
sheriff explained the situation and asked
who would like to return. Instead of a
unanimous voice in the affirmative,
there was a unanimous silence. Then
he went among the boys and interviewed
them separately, but no one was willing
to turn back. Finally, becoming des-
perate, he selected Andrew F. Berger of
New Ulm and Carl G.. Wee of Hanska.
and simply told them that they would
have to wait.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-26
CITY HALL NAY BE
ON PRESENT SITE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS LAND
OWNED BY CITY FOR NEW
BUILDING.
COUNCIL DECIDES TO INvEs-
TIGATE MERITS OF PUMPS
OFFERED.

~ The new city hall will probably be
Quilt on the property owned by the
city Of New New Ulm, and on which
are now located the city clerks office
and the fire hall, on the west side of
Broadway, midway between North
First and Second streets. At least that
is the recommendation made by the
special committee appointed some time
ago by President Fred sBehnke of the
council. The committee submitted its
report to the council at an adjourned
meeting last Tuesday evening. The
report was accepted and placed on file.
When further action will be taken has
not yet been desided.
Postpone Pump Purchase.
The prime object Of the meeting was
to let the contract for pumping appara-
tus for the new city well in North German
Park, but definite action was not taken.
. It was decided, instead, to postpone
action for week or ten days, until the
merits of the various pumps have been
! investigated. The question in the minds
Nof the aldermen lies between the Cook, !"
rnp, offered by ]. G. Robertson of st.
pul, and the "Downey" pump, offered
~ John w. Hildred & Co, also Of St.
Paul. BY the purchase of the Cook
equipment nearly $1,000 can be saved,
which is that much less than is wanted
for the Downey, and the aldermen feel
that it is up to them to determine if
they should not purchase the lower
priced machine, provided that it is
adequate for the city's needs. To this
end it has been decided that two
members of the council, accompanied
Superintendent A. Z. Mueller, shall
visit G Champaign, H., and possibly other
cities, where the pump is in operation,
to make personal examination as to
its merits.
Will Hold Special Meeting.
A special meeting will be called to
decide the question as soon as the com
mittee:is ready to report as to its findings
Ts the meter.
y Building permits were granted to the
T,,follcwing: DR.. j. l.. Schcch, dwelling
house at the corner of German street
and First South street; F. w. Johnson,
garage; Wd. Eibner, addition to bakery.
The assessments made the Board OF
Public Works, against tie Front street
property for the payment of the sewer
constructed there during the past year,
was confirmed.
Acceptance of the ordinance permitting
the Northern States Power company to
Construct its lines thru the city, adopted
at the regular September meeting, was
received from that corporation. -
A license to conduct moving picture
show in the armcry, was granted to E.
IL. Juni.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-26


Given Great Send-off.
The drafted men were given a great:
send-off by the citizens of New Ulm
and Brown county, when the day came
for them to depart for Camp Dodge, near
Des Moines, Iowa, last Friday.
Notices had been mailed to the men
telling them to assemble at the Armory
in this city at 8 O. clock a. m. The first,
ones reached that building at 7:42. Some
who lived a long distance from New Ulm
and failed to receive their notices prompt
" were later in arriving. One young
man, who was in Madelia when he re-
ceived his notice, started at once, but
did not arrive until the train had pulled
out for Mankato, and followed on the
next train, joining the party at the Blue
Earth county seat.
All during the day people from different
parts of the county began arriving I'm
town, all intent on giving the boys
farewell that they would all remember
for the balance of their lives. Long be-
fore the time scheduled for the departure
of the train there were several thousand
people and hundreds of automobiles in
town. The streets were ablaze with
flags and bunting in honor of the boys.
Early in the afternoon it was learned
that the Chicago & Northwestern train.
due to leave at $3.50, was nearly an hour
late, and the parade, which was to have
left the Armory at 8 o'clock, did not
move until twenty minutes later. A
large delegation from Sleepy Eye brought
the band from that town, and that
organization took part in doing honor
to the boys.
Parade With Three Bands.
The procession was headed by Hof-
meister's Band, and contained, besides
the departing soldiers, the New Ulm
Concert Band, members of G. "A. R..
ladies Of the Red Cross, the Sleepy Eye
Band, and hundreds Of New Ulm and
Brown county citizens. Geo. j. Glotz-
bach of Sleepy Eye had been appointed
temporary captain of the contingent of
soldiers, and John F. Gerber, lieutenant
At the Northwestern passenger station
an extra coach had been left on a side
track, which the boys boarded as soon
as they reached the depot. About one
hundred citizens accompanied them as
far as Mankato, and saw them safely
on the special, which was to carry them
to Camp Dodge. They were also ac-.
companied as far as Mankato by the
New Ulm Concert Band, which was
engaged and the expense paid by F. 81
Retzlaff, who felt that it was no more
than his patriotic duty to show that
much honor to the Brown county boys
who were going forth to fight the battles
of the country. The train carrying our
boys also had on board the Lyon and
Lincoln county contingents, each IN
special car.
All Get Comfort Bags.
Before their departure each Of the
boys received Comfort Bag from the
local Red Cross, and Oswald & Groebne-
of the New Ulm Steam Laundry pre-
sented each with a laundry bag. Both
presents were evidently highly APP
preciated.
At Mankato the train was met by
policeman, who directed them to the
Methodist church, where supper was
Continued on last page.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-22
THROWING A WORLD AWAY.

Aside from the effect upon the dip
lomatic relations between the coun-
tries directly concerned and indirectly
interested and from the possible bear
ing upon the application of the Amer
lean export embargo, the action of
the German minister to Argentina in
sending unneutral information to Ber-
lin thru the Swedish legation in
Buenos Aires probably means the elm
nation of German influence from
the Argentine market for years to
come.
For years prior to the outbreak of
the war German trade with Argentina
had been growing at a marvellous rate,
and its growth had not been unwel-
coined by the Argentine people. Ger
man exporters catered in every way
| conceivable to Argentine business;
German merchants erected imposing
establishments in Buenos Aires and
| other of the large cities of the country;
| German travellers went into every
nook and corner of the republic, and
the German banks opened branches
to assist in taking care of the business
developed. The Germans had come to
understand the requirements of the
market in the way of kind of goods.
quality of goods. prices and liberal
terms, and they had adapted their
business policy to make it fit into the
customs and needs of the trade. AS
a result of this solicitude the German
business interests had gained the con-
fidence and respect of the Argentine
commercial circles.
This goodwill proved a most val
liable asset, for example, to the Ger
man traders resident in Argentina. Not
until long after stocks of German
goods had become exhausted, and only
when the British blacklist made it all
but impossible for the German
houses in Argentina to obtain their
supplies in the United States or other
neutral countries, did the Argentine
merchants transfer their dealings te
traders of other nationality Even Their
this transfer was regarded as but q
temporary arrangement, to be main
tanned only until such time as condi.
tons would permit the long-establish-
ed connections with German firms tc
be renewed.
The contempt for the Argentine
government and the secret warfare
planned against Argentine ships anG
citizens. as disclosed in the intercept
ed messages of the German minister
in Buenos Aires, says the Philadelphia
Commercial Museum bulletin, car
have no other effect than to shake the
confidence of the business men of Ar
gentina in the whole commercial fab
rio of Germany
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-22
WedH|l;lnleI alea1
ho..lsr.AgssSS

Let me introduce you to my friend
Rusty Grouse. You may not know
Rusty now, but you will know him
before very long and as soon as you
do know him, you will like him. L
can tell you that because 1 know
what a Ekeable follow Rusty is
In the first place Rusty is hand
some. OF course beauty isn't every
things, but it is something, there's no
doubt about that and you'll be glad
to know that your new friend is good
to look at. Rusty wears a coat of
rusty brown all cross-barred and dot
ted with beautiful white and black
markings: his tail is so handsome, ell
brown and black and white in a Won
derful array of markings and plaids,
that it's no wonder that Rusty is proud
of it and that he is fond of spreading
1t out and then strutting up and down
for his friends to see and admire it.
On his head Rusty wears a crest of
brown and white and around his neck
he carries a handsome reddish brown
ruff that makes him look very comfy
and warm these wintry days.
But tho Rusty is more than usually
well dressed and is something of a
dandy. too, he is not silly and vain
as some dandieS are-no, sir, he isn't
He is quick of eye, clever of brain
and kind and friendly, too. Do you
wonder that the birds and squirrels
are glad to call him their friend? L
don't
But perhaps you are wondering how
it happens that such a nice creature
has lived in Shadow Woods all these
days and you have never heard a
word of him. l can explain that in
a fifty. Rusty didn't live in Shadow
Wood No, he didn't even know
about Shadow Wood: he lived way.
way down the River, far below the
spot where Crooked Creek empties its
waters into the big River, far, far
down in another great woods.
All the beautiful spring and the
long, lazy summer Rusty had lived In
these other woods: there he had beat
his wonderful Dunn dum-dum- dunn
dumdum' that you shall hear about
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-22
DINNER STORIES

Skeptic (after long-winded argu-
ment)-The fact is, man is a bungled
job. Even you, sir. must Lave noted
defects in the human organism and
thought of better physical contri-
vanceS.
Parson with cool sarcasm why,
yes, I really think I have. You see.
when l want to shut anything dis
agreeable from my sight. 1 can draw
down on my eyelids; but, unfortunat e-
ly, I haven't any flaps to my ears.
There is a tide in the affairs of
men," said the man who habitually
quotes Shakespeare, (which. taken at
the flood, leads on to fortune"
Yes replied the man who had
married an heiress, Il remember the
tide that led to my fortune we'll
''What tide was that?''
1T was an eventide and we were
sitting in the garden"
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We can't AFFORD to pay

to find none. We can't aHoro To pay
much rent
sam" stated the young man, IT m
interested in music, and I'm interest
ed in your band. How would you IKE
American hall for your practices:
For an answer, sam grinneo IKE
man on holiday.
Il can't promise it to you longer
than for a week..
.Das all right. Mr.. Frank" re-
sponded Sam. "A weeks better
nothin."
Want to start tonight, Sam?"
| asked the young man.
Yep. seben O'Clock. Play straight
thru till leben.''
Fine" declared Frank. I'll ex-
plain a little. Sam. The reason I'm
renting this hall for you is because 1
some good music. See?"
Yes, SIR answered Sam. But
really, you know, he didn't.
If things work out the way I ex-
pect them to- promised Frank. I'm
going to buy your band new uni
| FORMS
Good heabens, Mr.. Frank! Real
ones. blue with gold braid? An a
| drum major hat for me to march in -
| Surest thing you know" answered
have the band play loud. You know
| want all the neighborhood to be sure
to hear the music" This Sam guar
anteed. And see here" added the
young man: IF you don't care, I'd
like to be known as the manager of
your band. May I?''
lob course" magnanimously. It'll
be big thing for the band Mr..
Frank Lucas, manager"
| And remember this, If anybody
comes up and wants to cut out the
music-some people like music; others
dont-or threatens to kill the from
bone specialist, you tell 'em I'm the
manager of the band, and send 'em to
| me, will you? Tell 'em I'm running
the circus, will you?''
L shore will promised Sam. at
don't want no scraps wild nobody. 1
don't An, tank you, sir. The bandit
give EN- good concerts all week-nice
loud ones. So long, Mr.. Frank"
Well, it all came out as we expected.
- weeks music from Sans band re-
hearslng "Swanee River" each night
from until IL O'Clock in the hall di-
rectly opposite his residence. was all
the music Mr.. Boyd could stand. He
demonstrated with Sam in vain-he
was sent to Mr.. Frank Lucas The
police told Boyd, when he complained
that they had no right to interfere so
long as the band was orderly. At last
Mr.. Boyd went to Frank. Frank ex-
planned to Mr.. Boyd that he had been
thinking of moving his band to an
: other part of the town, but that he
was also interested in buying a GER
tain strip in the Jackson block site.
Boyd saw the plot, but trombone
crazy, he forgot his jealosy and sold
the property for its true value, five
| thousand dollars.
In return for the deed, Frank re-
! ceived from Thomas Henry $4,000, as
/ per agreement. Franks ledger read:
Received fee, $1,000. Profit, S1O,-
, 000." The band removed to its old
quarters, but marched the following
Sunday ir new uniforms. Then the
cash account in Franks ledger was
credited with $500, charged to per
sonal account. With the $500, Frank
: purchased solitaire for Florence
, Copyright, 1917, by the Mcclure
1 Newspaper Syndicate)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-22

The publication by the state depart
rnent of the cablegram from former
Ambassa dorv Won Bernstorff to his home
government goes far toward explain
ing much of the undetermined business
which has been going on in this coun-
try with the purpose of hampering the
actions of congress. In asking for an
other $4,000 the ambassador made 1t
plain that Berlin had been financing
certain organizations engaged in try
ing for some time to prevent our entry
into the war If the people had known
what was going on as well as did Of
fetal washington, there can be little
doubt that war would have been
declared long before it was. Who but
a German would have thought of max
ing declaration in favor of Irish in
dependence in order to influence the
Irish citizens of this country? When
reports of Teutonic intrigues in this
country first began to circulate, they
appeared to be so preposterous that
few believed them. Since the depar-
ture of the German ambassador from
Washington, piece by piece the whole
story has been developed in all its
hideousness. Yet some persons still
are asking why we are in the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-22

ials have caused people to postpone
construction work that would other
wise be undertaken. Labor is being
employed more extensively in the pro-
duction of those commodities which
in the construction of cantonments.
and several hundred thousand men
are about to enter the national army.
Building operations postponed now
will be conducted more rapidly when
labor. is again set free from its pres
ent unusual occupations. Business
apparently must remain unusual as
long as conditions remain unusual.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-22
WHITING NEW LAWS.

Former Senator George Sutherland
of Utah. as president of the American
abr association. has shown, in the an
nuaI address before that body at its
recent meeting at Saratoga, a capacity
for sound judgment and for just an
alysis of the tendencies of the day
He declares that the legislators of the
country, state and federal, have de-
veloped "a mania for regulating peo-
pie" that the interference of the gov
eminent with individual rights is
reaching intolerable extremes, and
that the general opinion among law
makers seems to be that statutes, like
crops, enrich the country in proper
ton to their volume.
Mr. Sutherland summarizes the
mental processes of a large number
of people: There ought to be a law
acea of every person with a griev-
ance, real or imaginary; and the time
Of legislators, of prosecuting officers
and of courts is taken up with matters
which should far better be left to in
dividual determination and where the
corrective, if any should be needed
will come by education and reason
rather than thru the handiwork of the
law
There is too much letter of the law
nowadays; for 1.-The letter killeth, but
the spirit maketh alive"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-22
GLOBE SIGHTS
IFrom the Atchison Globe.J

IFrom the Atchison Globe.
Some people travel and others wan
der.
Too many live wires become short
circuit
Grins are as common as real smiles
are scarce.
A good many entertainments should
be arrested for false pretenses-
There is a good deal of converse
ton considering how little really is
said.
Instead of admitting their mistakes
too many men try to make them good.
We have nothing in common with
the man who talks about his Purpose
in Life.
A man expects criticism from his
enemies but has friends for other pur-
poses.
You are so smart you may be able
to figure out how the losers at an
election figure that they have won a
moral victory.
The average persons capabilities
are so limited that looking after a
side line is like doing a Roman stand
ing race on horses, one going east
and the other west
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detected and disappointed. and after
a bit she admitted that the reason
was that when Jack proposed he sim
ply put the matter up to her as a
business proposition. Said he wouldn't
tell her she was beautiful because she
would know it wasn't true. Nor
would he threaten to commit suicide
if she refused him because he
wouldn't dream of doing such thing.
but that he admired her and respected
her and thought if they pooled their
finances and brains they could make
go of it.
"'Of course said Mary, that's the
sensible modern way to look at mar
riage. but oh, 1 did want the lovey
dovey stuff.too
And we are all like Mary. We
women are none of us happy because
we are fifty-fiftiers. We want every
thing in the world, both ways. And
we can't have it"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-22
THE SOLDIERS
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XIV

The battalion applies on somewhat
larger scale the movements learned in
the company. The commands of the
major will be repeated to the captain,
or thru him by the platoon COM
mander
The battalion is the largest unit in
which an officer can make his COM
mands heard and clearly understood
by all the men; hence, it is the largest
unit in which there is instruction in
close order drill. Regiments, brigades,
and larger units are controlled thru
orders given to commanding officers
which they carry out by issuing other
commands or orders to the officers or
men Immediately under their control.
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