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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-09-19
PICTURES ASTONISh.

The five reels of motion pictures
staken at the battle of the Ancre by
official British photographers, will be
Sept. Fl.
1.-THE pictures are wonderful" de-
clared Mr.. Dietz, in the Omaha Bee.
Several times I caught myself grip
ping my chair with both hands, CON-
pletely lost. never dreamed that war
is such an awful thing.
In the picture Red Cross ambulance
corps men are shown rushing out over
mo Mans Land" picking up wounded
men in spite of deadly shrapnel fire.
In some parts of the picture the cam
era men, with the aid of telescope
lenses, obtained views of the first line
German trenches.
The monstrOus tanks" are shown
mo Mans Land" and, later, the tri-
umphant return, the Ancre having
been taken. The sides of the giant
crawler are denied from heavy rife
and machine gun fire, and several of
the crew have been hit by bullets that
found their way inside. AS the men,
sober faced, some crying and others
limping, move along in front of the
camera, they make brave attempt to
appear cheerful.
Another interesting feature of the
picture is small black kitten which
rides inside a tank with the men.
1.-THE only other way we can get as
eloquent a picture of. war conditions
as we have had today, is to 80 over to
the trenches with our brothers or sons
and fight" exclaimed Richard Kitchen
of the Paxton, when the films were
run off. II am surprised that the mo-
ton picture camera could catch some
of the scenes we have seen here"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-09-19
ITEMS FROM NElGHeoRlNG
COUNTIES.

Norman Johnson, a Granite grocer,
has enlisted as musician in a Navy
band.
Mcleod county exhibit took second
prize in southern section of State
Fair.
Eddie Wee of Farwell has been as
sessed a fine of $40 for slandering a
widow.
All schools must fly Old Glory &C.
cording to an order from the Safety
Commission.
Hardly a drop of water is going
over the dam at Granite where re-
Gently there was so high water.
w. H. Russell of Stoneham purchas-
ed Big Wonder Duroc pig from John
Swenson of Hawk Creek farm.
Hans A. Hatelid was run over by a
wagon while with a threshing rig
near Benson Sept. 8, and was so SER
iously injured that he died on the fol-
lowing day.
Dave and Frank Newman of Fair
haven, Stearns county, were found not
guilty of the charge of stealing oat
bundles. The knots tied by different
binders figured in the evidence.
Power from waterfalls now furnish
the electric juice at Hutchinson, the
city fathers having made a contract
with the Northwest Light and Power
Co. Their Diesel oil engine is being
shipped to Oklahoma.
The stockholders of the Glenwood
Summer Hotel company last week re-
fused to sell their stock at soc on the
dollar. They believe it is worth par.
They have Is acres of land with lake
frontage Of 700 feet.
Hutchinson turned down the play
grounds and recreation project. They
concluded that there were enough or:
CARNATIONS before, and besides they
want to give their best community eff
fort to the Red Cross work.
The safe in the Benson Monitor of
flee was robbed last week. Henry G..
Meyer writes that he nearly had heart
failure when he found on opening the
safe that the cash drawer was miss.
ing on morning Of pay day. at that.
The loss was $500 in cash. Some
checks taken were found with the
drawer by a>G. N. employe.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-09-19

is carried on, will not be allowed here
after to permit their vessels to return
empty from the East. They will take
coal. Great saving In time has been
realized by the lake companies dur
ing the past years in ordering their
ore boats not to take on coal cargoes
on the return trip from Buffalo and
other Eastern lake and river ports.
Evidently coal shipping is not as prof.
table business as ore shipping. The
companies must have realized a tire.
mendous profit to allow the coal trade
to slip thru their hands. This is pre-
cisely the case. They have calculated
closely and have found out that the
time consumed in the loading and
shipping of coal does not pay for it.
self. During the time needed for load
ing and shipping the coal an empty
vessel can make it's way back to the
docks at Duluth or any other shipping
point and in less time than it takes to
load coal it can be refilled and already
on its downward trip. A great saving
of time is thus made profitable to the
transportation companies. But this
has not been done with justice to the
people of the Northwest. The great
Northwest has been helpless as to it's
coal supply and the chief cause has
been in this management of the lake
transportation. This has been cor
rected now and we may all feel con-
fdent that our Government will secure
obedience in this matter as we'll as all
others. 1t is a necessity that can not
be wantonly ignored but must be man
aged with justice to all.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-09-19
BOYS LEAVE SATURDAY.

Saturday of this week Kandiyohi
county will give it's first contribution
to the great new national army being
created to uphold the dignity and hon
or of the United States and the prin-
ciples it stands for in the world.
Different localities of the county
have had farewell gatherings to their
boys during the week, and on Satur-
day all will unite to give the entire
county delegation an outburst of pa
triotic godspeed as they entrain at
Willmar. The boys will assemble at
the courthouse in the morning to get
their official instructions and creden-
tials. The Commercial Club of Will
mar will be their hosts at banquet
to be given at noon time, and a big
parade will be organized to escort the
boys to the train which will carry
them on their way to the training
camp at Fort Dodge, near Des Moines,
Iowa.
Our county has already very cred
liable quota of men who have volun-
teered for service in various branches
of the war service. Many of these are
now trained for service and have join
ed the fighting units, either at home
or with the expeditionary forces in
France. This new contingent, drawn
from all parts of the county, will and
should receive the same consideration
and credits as the groups who have
gone before. Let everybody do their
full share in giving our first quota of
the national army fitting send-off.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-09-19

that the workingman stands chance
to get his just proportion of the prof.
its his hands earn. It is only in a
that the workman forms a
part Of the government. It is only I'm.
der such a government as ours that it
is possible for him to realize the bone
fits he should realize as a part Of the
state.
"A strike at this time is a stab in
the back to America. All thought OF
wages, of hours Of labor and of condt-
tions of labor should be forgotten.
This is the time for every working
man to put forth his whole effort to
win the war. The time is coming
when these things will be settled. And
Certainly it will be in his interest II
democracy prevails. 1t is up to the
working man to see that it does
prevail. 1t lis vital to him to be
an American. For an autocracy
will give him nothing. He becomes 2
thing, creature of another's will.
And this war is q war of democracy
against autocracy as was no other
war. in the history of mankind"
Mr.. Russell told in a dramatic
manner the story of the Russian revo-
luton. Only thin line before Riga"
stands between this country and the
barbarities that have been melted out
to Belgium and France, he said. If this
line holds, the war will be won short
ly. If it breaks it twill be America
that breaks it," he declared dramati-
cally. The people Of America who are
talking peace, who are misrepresent-
ing conditions here in speeches and
newspaper editorials, who are repres-
enting that the country is not behind
the president and who are proclaim.
ing that this is a war kept up by mu.
milton makers-these are the TRAITORS
who are stabbing America in the
back" he said. All of these speeches
and articles are reproduced in Rus.
STA. PrO'German agents tell the PEG
pie and the crowds that gather around
the speakers that America is not in
favor of the war. They make insid
|
American people and to prove their
statements they bring forth newspa
per clippings that report speeches by
United States Senators, by we'll known
publicists who are asking for peace
or embarrassing the government in
the conduct of the war. These speech
es are being made, these editorials are
being written, in this country, the
speaker said. And the men who are
writing them are playing the game OF
the German emperor as no other paid
spies are playing it and are working
against the continuance of the Russ
ian democracy, undermining it and
planning to wreck it.
The stability of the republic in Rus
STA, Mr.. Russell declared, depends on
the patriotism and loyalty of the PEG
pie of America. The Russians are
looking to America for support for
counsel and for guidance. If America
fails them, they are lost
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-09-19
A FATAL TANK.

The two year old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Johnson living on the Bert Col.
berg premises about mile south OF
Dassel was found dead Tuesday at:
ternoon in the water tank by his
mother. Mrs. Johnson had been wash
ing and while hanging up the clothes
missed the child. She made search
and finally located the body in the
tank. Three years ago the parents
lost a boy Of about the same age and
by drowning in the same tank
Litchfield Saturday Review.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-09-19
WONDERFUL STUFF!
LIFT OUT YOUR coRns
Apply q few drops then aft eorrA Or
calIuses of with sinsers-
no pain.

No hu1hbug! Any corn, whether lard,
soft or between the toes, viii loosen
right up and lift out, without . particle
Of pain OF. soreness.
This drug lis called freezone aSnd iss<
compound Of ether discovered by . Gu
cinnati man. >@ = Sc
Ask at any drug store for anall
bottle of freezone, which viii cost hut
q trifle, but is tsuf6cie1t to rid ones
feet of every corn or ca1lis.
Put few drops directly upon sany
tender, aching corn OF callus. 1nstlntly
the soreness disappears and ahsrtly the
corn or callus will loosen and can be
lifted off with the finge1R
This drug freezone doem't eat ont the
,corns or calluses but shrivels them With
out even irritating the surrounding skin.
Just think! No pain at all; no
ness or smarting when applying IT,.
afterwards. If your druggist don't have
freezone have him order i for you.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-09-19
COAL SITUATION BETTER.

The Northwest has been assured of
it's winters coal. BY the recent leg
islation acts passed by Congress, the
coal kings will be stringently COMPEL.
ed to allow their coal to be shipped
out and the lake transportation com.
panies will be likewise forced to carry
1t. The question of transportation has
been a vital one the past few years
and would have become alarmingly
serious had not the Government acted
as it did. The transportation com
panies in whose hands and under
whose orders the traffic Of the l&kes
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-09-19
BOOSTS FOR HELLO GIRL.

"A fellow that has one says that tele-
phone girls make the best wives.
They get in the habit Of hearing kicks
and growls and are compelled to keep
their mouths shut and look pleasant
letting the other fellow do all the
talking and they are 90 different from
the rest Of the sex that he'd advise
anyone in the market to make a break
for the telephone office forthwith. It
looks MISUNDERSTANDING.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-09-19

Mr.. and Mrs. G. p. Erickson and
daughter, Rachel Of Lake Lillian left
Friday morning for visit with their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Bloomquist at Niobe, N. d.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-09-19

Miss Garda Wickrie of Red Wing
arrived Thursday Tor "a couple Of
weeks visit with friends here. .
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-09-19

w. E. Scott was called to Mime
apolis last Thursday morning by the
death of his father. Mrs. Scott left
for Minneapolis in the afternoon.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-09-19

Mrs. John Berg arrived last week
from Minneapolis for visit with her
mother, Mrs. Ed. johnson near Lake
Wagonga.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-09-19
Anno11nCenle

-. / wish to announce to the public that
have bought an interest in the Farmers
Blacksmith & Wagon Shop, formerly run
by Mi. S. A. Rasmussen and ask for
your patronage and will in return guaran-
tee you absolute number one work in
every respect and also first class material.
Mr.. Axel Gilbert an old hand in shop
here, is well known for his good work in
the line of horseshoeing, plow work,
spring work and general repairing: He
will do your work in a first class work r.
manship manner.
I have many years experience and I'm
capable to turn out nything from wheel
barrow an Auto Body 81 the latest models have
considerable experience in Iemodelng and repairing
Auto Bodies, and if you wish to have them painted
we can do that also.
Soplease do not forget to give a fair trial.
Respectfully
JOHN KAARIJPl(k CO '';s -. 49,: !. =
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-09-19

Upton, operator have been exempted
by the local and district boards. They
passed the required physical exami-
nation but the boards were directed
by the government to exempt certain
employees in the railroad business.
J. E. White, travelling engineer
from ~Pittsburg, Pa, was a visitor in
the yards Friday.
John Sheehan, travelling engineer
from Breckenridge was in tho yards
and roundhouse Friday and made an
inspection visit.
Torpedoes and fuses are dangerous
things at times but they are used In
large quantities by the railroad men.
Eleven gross, Q684) torpedoes were
used by them the past month. They
cost the company about $40. Three
gross fuses were also useq up and cost
about $50.
The complete payroll for the month
of August for the mechanical depart
ment, which includes the roundhoase,
car repairers department., was $751;
372.O5.
The following items are taken from
the timekeepers' and store clerks re-
ports for August: The cost of freight
train repairing was $4,902.77; the cost
of repairing engines was $5,562.24;
cost Of cleaning and care taking of en-
gines in the roundhouse amounted to
$2,453.73; repairing and taking care of
the roundhouse totalled $66,356;
$1916.18 worth of material for loco:
motives were taken from the store;
payroll for the employees in the pow
er plant was $217.49; various repairs
for trains cost $2,607.32; passenger
trains repairs amounted to but $2214;
engines handled 800 times at an aver
age cost of $4.18 aggregated to 49,
380.45; $50, 200 pounds of soft coal
was used by the furnaces; 1920 pounds
Of cotton waste, 14111k pounds of wool
waste, 867 gallons of car oil and 609
gallons of Fort Night oil (kerosene)
were taken from the store.
The fetal cost of all the material,
supplies, repairs and lubricants
amounted to $10,511.11 The present
stock in the store is valued at $751;
1918 and will last about forty days.
A VETERAN RAILROAD MAN.
Last Sunday A. Adams celebrated
the day which marked his twenty-fifth
year in the employ of the Great North
ern as locomotive foreman.
On September 16, 1892, he en-
tered the roundhouse as its foreman,
and has acted in that capacity ever
since. He has an engineers ability
and we'll understands his work which
he has demonstrated both in the Brit
ish Navy as well as in the railroad
business. He worked for seven years
on other divisions Of the Great North
ern before taking up his. present posi-
ton which he has held with great
credit He was employed on several
roads before attaching himself with
the g. n, among them being the
Northern Pacific and the Milwaukee.
We all join in wishing him success
full future.
Mrs. John Berg arrived last week
from Minneapolis for visit with her
mother. Mrs. Ed. johnson near Lake
Wagonga.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-06-07
DICKINSON DEFENSE WORK
IN EXCELLENT CONDITION

A report filed with Governor Cap
per yesterday by Pres. H. ]. Waters
Of the state council of defense, tells
in unmistakable terms of the fine
organization and activity of the
people in the movement for a great
er food production. DR.. Waters
says: so far as have been able to
learn, there is no doubt as to the
response which the people of the
towns will make when the need
really arises. Kansas has enough la
Dor to take care of all her needs"
Dickinson county which was or
ganized by C. A. Case. chairman. is
highly complimented. The report
says:
'Dickinson-An exhaustive survey
Of the possibilities of every farm in
The county is being planned. Wei
organized"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-06-07
KANSAS DRAFT
HAS low FIGURE
Not Up to the Estimates by About 1S
Thousand
NO DISORDERS ARE REPORTED
Topeka Fell 1000 Short of the 5000
Expected To- Register-Did
Some, R0pget to Act

Topeka, June. 6.--Kansas prob
ably has not come up to the expec-
tations of the government officials
in the number of registration. The
government estimates were that
180,1S3 were within the draft ages
in the state. The indications we're
today from tie incomplete reports
sent to Topeka that the total actual
registrations would fall fifteen to
eighteen thousand short of this es-
innate.
In Topeka alone the actual regis
tration was one thousand short of
the estimate, $500 being expected
to register The incomplete returns
from other counties indicated that
there was falling off from the es-
figures in most counties.
There were no disorders anywhere
the registration. The
great work ahead of the government
and state officials now is to ascer-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-06-07
SOME POINTERS FOR THE
BUSINESS MEN OF TOWN

From Secretary Cowan's month
ly bulletin:
The regular monthly meeting for
June will be held in the Abilene
club on Wednesday evening, June
9Th. A good attendance is desired.
A short time ago a large coffee
house upon the solicitation and in
quiries of many grocers, started an
investigation to ascertain just why
the tea and coffee peddlers made
such inroads on the local grocers'
business. The conclusion was that
there is a very slight difference in
their business and that slight diff
ference was due to the fact that the
tea and coffee companies go after
the business and have a tangible
sales proposition to place before the
housewife. The grocer waits for
the business to come to him.
The stores will not close on
registration day, June 5th. Plans
were contemplated at first to make
a holiday with a parade and con-
cert but on further reflection 1t has
been decided that the day will be
observed seriously by the majority
of people.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-06-07
PUBLIC AUCTION
SHOT ANTI-DRAFTER WHEN
HE TRIED TO HIDE IN WOOD!

Fort Worth, Tex, June &c. H
Fulcher, a member of the Farmer
and Laborer Protective Association
of America, who had hidden himself
in the woods heavily armed for the
announced purpose of resisting con-
scription, was shot and killed near
Midway by a posse of officers from
Hood and Palo Pinto counties, head
ed by the sheriff of Hood county
and the deputy sheriff, John West.
of Palo Pinto county. it was learned
here today.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-06-07
To the Public

Having bought DR.. Richter out |
will continue the X-Ray work. Sat
isfaction guaranteed. 1t is the most
accurate way to locate your trou-
BILE. Consultation and spinal analy-
sis free. Investigate chiropractice
before you condemn it. When your
spine is lined up 1t releases the pres
sure on the nerves leading from the
spinal cord to the different parts of
the body, giving nature chance.
Then you get well.
office open from $3.50 to 1880
a. M; 1880 to p. m. and Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday nights till 8
D. M; Sunday by appointment Of
flee phone 2O4, residence 400.
j. A. DRAKE,
DR.. of Chiropractic.
Over Minick G Taylor's, Abilene.
7w1t7d3t
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-06-07
EASTERNERS ARE LOOKING TO
KANSAS FOR THEIR HOMES

Among the many requests coming
to the Golden Belt road in the. past
few weeks, asking for information
as to roads through Kansas was
one from New York City. In response
to a booklet and log of the road
sent came this reply: Have. just
received your booklet for which
thank you very much. ] certainly
am interested in your part of Kan
sas and so is my family-wife and
three grown-up children. n am As
years of age, Swedish-American
Have you many of my cOuntrymen
in your city and county? Business
men and farmers? Myself am a bus
inessman. Am planning to- join you
to settle down for life. Respectfully,
H. YourstoR."
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-06-07
$2OO,O 900 LIBERTY BONDS
TO BE TAKEN IN COUNTY

II. W. Rohrer of the Farmers
National attended the meeting OF
the bankers of Group at Concor-
dia Tuesday. The meeting was to
discuss the banks handling of the
Liberty bonds. The territory of
Group was divided into ~ dis
tricts, one district being Dickinson
county. The entire territory is to
take 100000 OF bonds and Dick
inson 100000. This amount will
be readily sold here 1t is believed.
The Abilene National and Citizens
bank we're named as county deposit
taries
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-06-07
MRS. j. w. CREECH, Herring
TON, DIED AFTER LONG ILLNESS

Mrs. Prudence Creech, widow Of
the late ]. w. Creech of Harrington,
died Tuesday afternoon after an
Illness of several months. She was
one of the wealthiest women in Kan
sas and an old resident of Herring
ton, where she and her late hus-
band were always active in the best
interests of the community. She had
large holdings in the Bank of Her
fngton and was member of its
board of directors.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-06-07
Followed Her Son

Lawrence. June 5.-The tragic
death of her son. J. D. Kinnear. who
two months ago jumped to his
death from the eleventh story Of a
Chicago building, today resulted in
the death. from a broken heart, of
Mrs. Lucy Kinnear of Lawrence.
Kansas, twin sister Of Mrs. George
Edwards. wife OF the mayor OF Elk
celsior Springs.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-06-07
Six Births Registered One Day

The following births were regis
tered at the city clerks office yes
terday; Mr.. and Mrs. w. v. Hale
man, girl; Mr.. and Mrs. Homer
Weir, a boy; Mr.. and Mrs. T. G..
Oats, boy; Mr.. and Mrs. C. E..
Romine, a girl; Mr.. and Mrs. A. E.
Issitt, boy; Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Romberger, a boy.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-06-07
CORN AND ALFALFA LOST
HEAVILY IN THE RAIN

The rain late Tuesday afternoon
was severe on the alfalfa, thousands
of acres of which is cut. From seven
miles north of Abilene to the Clay
county line three inches of water
fell-the heaviest rain of the sea-
son, doing much damage to born
and filling ravines with flood water.