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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-06-15
NECESSARY FOR BOARD
CANDIDATES TO FILE
Names Must Be Given to Clerk Not
More Than 80 Not Less Than IL
Days Before Election

Citizens desirOus of serving on
school boards will do we'll to peruse
a law recently enacted in this state.
The old practice of having a cand1-
date entered at the eleventh hour,
or nominated at the time of the an
nual meeting is something OF the
past. Under this new law any per-
son wishing to become a candidate
for a position on the school board in
any district employing more than
one teacher must file with the dis
trict clerk, not more than thirty
days nor less than twelve days pre-
ceding the election, his application
to have his name placed on the bal
lot The law reads as follows:
Chapter 384-H. F. No. 1872.
An Act relating to school district
elections. Be it enacted by the Leg
islature of the State of Minnesota:
Section 1. Any person desiring to
be a candidate for school district
office at the annual meetings of such
district shall file with the clerk of
such district an application to be
placed on the ballot for such office,
or any five (5) voters of such dis
trict may file such application for
and on behalf of any qualified voter
in the district that they desire shall
be such candidate. Such application
shall be filed not more than thirty
800 nor less than twelve G2) days
before the annual school district
meeting. The clerk of the district
in his notice of the annual meeting
shall state the names of the cand1-
dates for whom applications have
been filed, failure to do so, however,
shall not affect the validity of the
election thereafter held. The clerk
shall prepare at the expense of the
district, necessary ballots for the
election of officers, placing thereon
the names of the proposed candidates
for such Office, and with a blank
space after such names and such bal
lots shall be substantially prepared
as are ballots for general election
but without the necessity of having
the ballots marked or signed as Off
cial ballots.
Sec. 2. Provided, hogever, that
nothing in this act shall apply to, OF
affect school districts employing but
one teacher.
The annual election this yeal
comes .on July 21, therefore names
of candidates must be filed not earl
July 8.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-06-15
NORWEGIAN CHURCHES
UNITE AT ST. PAUL
Various Organization Reconcile Their
Differences and Form One Great
Union

Many from this vicinity were pres
ent in st. Paul last Saturday at the
monster meeting in st. Paul when
amid stirring scenes the Norwegian
Lutheran church of America" with a
membership of more than 100000
came into being.
This union of various branches of
the Norwegian Lutheran church
brings into one fold 95 per cent of
the Norwegian Lutherans in Am
erica affiliated with churches, and is
expected to attract numerous thou
sands of nominal Lutherans who
have held aloof mainly because of the
cent Of affiliated church members are
divided among the three organiza-
tions which have declined to- parti-
cipate in the general consolidation.
The separatist movements, which
began Immediately on the formation
of the first synod in America in 1846,
were the heritage of two currents of
religious life within the established
church of Norway, and resulted, in a
brief history of fewer than 70 years,
in the establishment of at least IL
different branches.
Numerous efforts at reconciliation
were made from time to time, and a
great advance was attained in 1890,
when the Norwegian Danish Luth-
eran conference, the Anti-Missourian
brotherhood and the Augustana Nor
wegian Lutheran synod were merged
into the United Norwegian Lutheran
church. Within three years, how
ever, the faction first known as the
Friends of Augsburg, and now as the
Norwegian Lutheran Free church, Sc
ceded to form an independent organt-
zation.
Concluded on page 8.J
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-06-15
FATHER CLAREY WILL
SPEAK ON RED CROSS
Eloquent Priest Will Present Appeal
for One Hundred Millions Next
Monday

Father j. NJ. Clarey, of Mime
apOIis, will speak at the Orpheum on
Monday evening, June IS, in the in
terest of the campaign for the War
Council of the American Red Cross
for a fund of $1OO,OOO,OOO, of which
MinnesOtas apportionment is $4,000
900 and Stevens county's share $1O,-
900.
Harry Wilbern, Associate Cam
paign Director of the Department OF
Minnesota of the War Council of the
American Red Cross wrote Identical
letters the first of the week appoint
ing Geo. W. Beise, F. R. Putnam,
S. A. Siverts, Paul L. Spooner, P. E.
Miller, Chas. A. Lee and J. c. MOrr1-
son. asking them to act as commit
tee for this Red Cross work. The
committee met and selected Paul
Spooner for chairman, and late Tues
day Mr.. Spooner received a telegram
that Father Clarey will be here on
next Monday evening to present the
needs of this work. J. j. Carney
has generously donated the use OF the
Orpheum for the purpose. Father
Clarey is a most eloquent speaker
and for many years has been among
the leaders in various humanitarian
and charitable works, and every one
should plan to hear him next Tues
day.
The letter which was sent to the
local gentlemen before named and
somewhat explains the purpose of the
campaign, says in part
"The United States has entered in
the most tremendous conflict in the
history of the world. The issue is
of such tremendous Importance that
the thought of failure is impossible.
Steps have been taken to solve the
problem of the actual fighting men
and equipment for these men. How
ever, this is but the first step. The
soldiers and the civilian population
in the war devastated areas must
have proper attention.
Recognizing the necessity for i'm
mediate action, the President of the
OHlISu OLdLSS hCIO I'LL AAON w IAS @AAAA
erican Red Cross as the one effective
organization to properly meet this
tremendous responsibility. He has
appointed a War Council upon which
devolves the responsibility for rails
ing funds for properly carrying on
the work and to actually supervise
the work itself.
THE War Council has determined,
as an amount necessary to carry out
the work on a scale commensurate
with it's Importance, the sum of
$1OO, 100000. It has. further ap-
portioned this amount over the Ma
ton, Minnesota's share being $2,-
100000. The Department of Mime
sofa has been created under the
leadership of the Governor to raise
this sum. 1t is our purpose to solicit
and secure the cooperation of the
entire state in this great task. To
that end I am instructed by the
chairman to ask you to form an or
ganization within your city and con-
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-06-15
WILL TAKE LABOR
AND CROP CENSUS
Public Safety Commission Sending a
List of Questions to Every Farm
er of the State

Every farmer in Stevens county
will received in few days list of
questions addressed to him by the
Commission of Public Safety, which
he is required to fill out within three
days and mail to the person repre-
senting the commission in his town
ship.
The Commission wants to know
the number of men on each farm,
whether any can be spared and when,
whether any more farm laborers are
needed and when, whether inexperi-
enced men can be used, whether Wo-
men are needed and when, the total
acreage of the farm and acreage in
crops, and what crop out of the or
binary the farmer expects to market
The Commission is doing this so
it can know how many men are need
ed and what sort of help will be
needed to make and save the crop,
That is all it is for.
The questions about products out
of the ordinary refer to semi-perish-
ables so the commission can have
some idea how to deal with the busi-
ness of finding the best market for
them.
The Commission looks to the Stew
ems County Industrial League act
ing under it's authority to gather
this information in Stevens county
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-06-15
Club Doing Red Cross Work

Contrary to the usual custom the
Students Club are continuing their
meetings during the summer, and are
devoting their time to Red Cross
Work. They we're pleasantly enter
tanned by Mrs. A. P. Andersen on
Monday afternoon, and large
amount of old linen made up into
Red Cross supplies. A ten cent lunch
was served and the money will be
used for Red Cross purposes. Next
fall the club will resume study, but
will devote certain portion of each
meeting to Red Cross work.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-06-15
MORRIS CENTER FOR
RED CROSS CAMPAIGN
Next Week Is Red Cross Week and
Each Town Will Attempt to Out
do It's Neighbor in Generosity

Next week is Red Cross Week and
Morris has been designated as one OF
the concentration points of the state
and the committee here will be eX-
pected to receive the reports from
the committees working in surround
ing towns. The territory assigned to
Norris is all the Browns Valley line,
the Milwaukee line from Clinton to
White Rock, the N. P. line to Star
buck, and the Great Northern line
from Hancock to Tintah. The COM
mittee for these towns are as fol-
lows:
Alberta-L. P. Norby, Fred Grafel-
man.
Barry-F. L. Collins.
Beardsley-O. J. Lofthus, G.. J.
Mack, C. H. Schopmeyer, T. E. Caver-
ly.
Browns Valley-F. E. Maxson,
Sam Y. Gordon, Leo F. Schmitt, H.
J. Van Valkenburg.
Chokio-L. c. Dorweiler, H. G.
Tembrock, A. L. Bragg.
Clinton-S. P. Steen, J. H. Erick-
son, Theo. Condit
Cyrus-C. o. Ofsthun, o. E. Bjor-
gard, R. c. Gust.
Donnelly-C. c. Ersted, J. P.
Steinfort, Irve Townsend.
Dumont-O. D. Guglie.
Graceville-C. w. Luedke, J. A.
McRae, H. L. Day, E. C. Baird, w. M.
Mcdonald
Johnson-Chas. N. Evans.
Hancock-A. F. McKellar, H. F.
Frisbee, E. J. Bahe, G.. Cushing.
Herman-E. E. Peck, A. w. Wells,
E. M. Chesebrough.
New Prairie (Starbuck P. ON.
o. ROnnie.
Norcross-Alfred Lund, Hans T.
Johnson
Concluded on page 8.)
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tiguous territory for solicitation of
funds within your district.
Further, we have established
your city as one of thirty within the
state as a concentration point for
various towns tributary to your city.
1t is our desire that during the COM
ing week, meetings be held in each of
these thirty cities which will be ad-
dressed by speakers sent out from
this Office.
eve will supply you within the
next few days with list of the in
dividuals from towns contiguous to
your city who will be asked to CO.
operate with you. Immediate action
is mandatory, for the time remain
ing before the actual opening of the
campaign is so short that organiza-
tion must be completed at once. To
that end, we ask that you get in
touch with others within your town
as indicated in this letter, and ad-
wise us by wire the moment the or
ganization has been completed, Civ
ing the name of the chairman.
"It would seem necessary to add
that our work is in no way to be
considered as running counter to Red
Cross work already underway. Rath-
er, the task is of such magnitude as
to demand the united action of every
agency within the state, to make
possible early action by the War
Council"
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News Snapshots
Of the Week
Tuesday of this week

Tuesday of this week.
I particularly wish to thank Mr.
Joseph Gaffney, who contributed the
use of his splendid hall, the Ladies'
Quartette and the band whose music
was real inspiration, the commit
tee who so effectively decorated the
platform and those men and women
of the community under whose aus
pices the meeting was given and who
so ably colIaborated in the conduct
of the evening.
With many thanks,
Cora Wells Thorpe,
Red Cross Instructor
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-06-15
Missionary Union Meets

The Missionary Union of the Con-
gregationaI church will meet at the
home of Mrs. Ray Roberts with Miss
Newell assisting as hostess on Friday
afternoon, June Is. An interesting
and helpful program is being pre-
pared on David Livingtone's work,
and our Mexican work. Mrs. Towner
is leader for the afternoon. Every
one is invited to the program and
lunch.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-06-15

In behalf of the future Stevens
County Chapter of the American
Red Cross" and that of the national
organization I wish in this issue of
The Tribune to heartily thank those
of the community who so largely
contributed to the success of the
Red Cross mass meeting held on
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-06-15

Children's Day exercises were held
at the Methodist Episcopal church,
Sunday, June 10th at the usual Sun
day school hour. A large company
was present and very pleasing pro-
gram was rendered.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-02-02
Admiral Dewey
Sea Fighter
Victory Of Hero Of Battle Of
Manila Bay Led to Perma-
nent Planting Of Our
Flag In the Pacific

-HE news of the death OF
George Dewey, admiral of the
United States navay and world
famous as the victor Of Manila
bay. came as great shock to all
Americans. Admiral Dewey was
stricken in his Office at Washington.
He suffered a general DISCRIMINATION
Of the system, due to his advanced age
seventy-nine years.
Brevity and directness, whether IN
word or in deed, were always char
acteristics of George Dewey.
Preached Manila at daylight I'M
mediately engaged the Spanish shlps
and batteries at Cavite. Destroyed
eight Of the former, including the Rel
ma Cristina and Castillo. Anchored at
noon off Manila"
It was George Dewey, then com
modore in the United States navy, who
found these few words sufficient to re-
cord in his diary on the LIST day OF
May, 1893, the items Of a days work
the importance Of which is not even
now, after the lapse of almost nineteen
years, fully understood. This simple
entry in a sailors logbook portrayed
nothing less than the extinction OF
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Most Famous :
Since Farragut
A Born Fighter, He Always Dis
played Courage and the Spirit
of Daring Even In Face
of Great Obstacles

with Spain had come then it is pos
sible that l should have enjoyed the
same privilege that was to be mine
twenty-five years later" This suffices
to show that when the real crisis ar
rived George Dewey and the Philip.
pines were not total strangers.
Victory Despite Handicap.
There is much in the admirals mar
rative of events leading up to the action
in Manila bay that did not come out
during the stirring days Of the war. The
nation has always reflected with pride
on the courageous action of our little
squadron, 1000 miles from the home
base, in steaming into hostile waters
and risking its very existence in the
contest with foe of unknown strength.
Yet even Americans have not known
the full extent of the handicap under
which the battle of Manila bay was
fought. Not only were our ships small
and ineffective. as judged by the stand
ards Of today, but they were not even
equipped to do the work that was ex-
pected of them. However" said the
admiral, speaking of this subject,
"even if we had had less ammunition
we should have gone into Manila bay.
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DELAYED, Grew In Value.

One Lewiston (Me.) man ordered six
carloads of material for his factory
from the west. and it was a little
more than two months on the way,
but when it arrived the six carloads
we're worth $4,000 more than they
were when they left. Another Maine
man shipped carload of foodstuffs
to New York. The shipment went on
a sight draft basis. and the carload
has been In New York yards for about
two months now and has increased In
value by more than $1,000.
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him over with their breath, while he
held firmly to the bridge rail. Every
time the dark came back I felt sure
that we would never see Dewey again.
But at the next flash there he stood.
His hat was blown off, and his eyes
were aflame. But he gave his orders
with the air of man in thorough COM
mand of himself. He took In every
thing. He saw a point Of advantage
and seized it at once. And when from
around the hull of the Pensacola the
Confederate ram darted Dewey like a
flash saw what was best to be done, and
as he put his knowledge into words the
head of the Mississippi fell off, and as
the ram came up alongside the entire
starboard broadside plunged a mass
of iron shot and shell through her ar
NOR, and she began to sink. Her crew
ran her ashore and escaped. A boats
crew from our ship went on board
thinking to extinguish the flames which
our broadside had started and capture
her. But she was too far gone. Dewey
took US all through the fight and in
manner which won the warmest praise
not only of all on board, but OF Farra-
gut himself. He was cool from first to
last, and after we had passed the fort
and reached safety and he came down
from the bridge his face was black
with smoke, but there wasn't drop of
perspiration on his brow"
A year later, when Farragut took his
squadron up the river, the Mississippi
ran aground er some unknown shoals,
and the Confederate batteries literally
riddled her. She was hit 25O times In
half an hour. Dewey commanded two
small boats, which took sailors to the
Richmond and then returned to the
Mississippi, which by that time was
afire in five places. When Captain
Smith asked Lieutenant Dewey If he
felt sure the vessel would burn the
lieutenant, at the risk of his life, went
to the ward room. The two officers
then left the ship, dewey without
his coattails, sorrowfully, with the
shot splashing around them
Since his retirement from sea serv-
ice Admiral Dewey lived in Washing
ton, constantly in touch with naval
administrative naval boards. He was
made a rear admiral with the thanks
Of congress when the news of Manila
bay reached America and admiral In
1899.
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X DIR. C.. r. SANBORN
X PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
< 0fice-Miles Block
< 4 4 4 X 4 4 4 4 + = + + 4
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Spanish dominion in the eastern hemi-
sphere, the emergence Of America as
a world power, the raising Of the stars
and stripes in the far east and the
tutelage in the free atmosphere OF
American institutions Of an alien race
oppressed for centuries.
Won the Philippines.
Before Dewey's guns were heard In
Manila bay the Philippine archipelago
was as little known to Americans as
the land around the poles. The Philip
pines, indeed, was nothing more than
a geographical expression, and to most
of us it was name that we had not
learned to spell correctly. The war
with Spain over Cuba was upon us be-
fore We had realized that SPANS sole
surviving dependencies in the Pacific
might come to have new significance.
But, swift as was the movement of
events after the destruction of the
Maine in Havana harbor, there were a
few men at Washington who, partially
at least, sensed the outcome. Provi-
dence, plus Theodore Roosevelt. plus
Senator Redfield Proctor of Vermont
decreed that the man who should &C.
complish the downfall of Spanish pow.
er in the far east should be COmmo-
dore Dewey. To him was intrusted
the command of the Asiatic squadron
at the most momentOus period in the
fortunes of the United States navy
since our second war with Great Brit
ain. Only a few knew then what has
since become known to everybody that
the one man best fitted for this respon-
sible post, by training, inclination and
spirit, was the man picked out by AS
sistant Secretary of the Navy Roose
welt and strongly recommended by the
senior senator from Vermont.
A quarter of century before our
declaration Of war with Spain the
United States ship Narragansett was
employed I'm Mexican waters survey
ing the peninsula of Lower California.
When the newspapers arrived bring
ing word of the Virginius affair in
Cuba, with the statement that war
with Spain seemed inevitable, the Off
GERS of the ship. with one exception,
were respondent, because they believ-
ed that, being marooned so far from
home, they would never be able to get
at close quarters with Spain. That
exception was their commander, young
George Dewey, who said without hest
tation. as Rear Admiral Badger, then
an ensign, recalls. eff war with Spain
is declared the Narragansett will take
Manila" In his autobiography Ad-
miral Dewey relates this interesting
bit of conversation and remarks: Il
had always been interested in the Phil
ippines and had read whatever books
/ could find relating to them, and my
familiarity with the subject immedi-
ately suggested that as logical point
of attack. If the inevitable conflict
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WmOOSkl liver, III ueIlOIy pfeSuud-
bly, Of one Of the vanished Indian
tribes. .sr ~ e.. v,
EARLY Lost His Mother.
Georges mother died when he was
but five years old. From what writer's
have given us of the youth Of Dewey
it is plain that he was by no means
an ordinary boy. Every boy is not
natural leader, for example, and it is
apparent that George even in his
knickerbocker days showed a talent
for commanding and a determination
to be obeyed. Though smaller than
most boys Of his age, he was exceed
ingly strong and active, and he never
had any difficulty about holding his
own in physical contests. X
Dewey was graduated the fifth in
his class from the Naval academy at
Annapolis in 1858. Only fourteen mem
bers of his class Of sixty-five succeeded
in finishing the course. As midship-
man he cruised two years on the Wa
bash, devoting himself constantly to
the study of his profession. He was
at home in Montpelier when Sumter
was fired upon, and a week later he
was made first lieutenant Of the Mis-
sissippi, the only side wheeler in Farra-
quits west gulf squadron. The Missis-
sippi was the third vessel in the line
that steamed toward the batteries of
st. Philip and Jackson. This is what
Chief Engineer Baird says of the way
Dewey acted: II can see him now In
the red and yellow glare flung from
the cannon mouths. It was like some
terrible thunderstorm with almost in
cessant lightning. For an instant all
would be dark and Dewey unseen.
Then the forts would belch forth, and
there he was away up in the midst Of
it, the flames from the guns almost
touching him and the big shot and shell
passing near enough to him to blow
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Held Nations Confidence.

In the weeks and months Of uncer-
tainty that followed the battle the
American people had reason more than
once to rejoice and take heart In the
thought that a commander schooled in
the traditions of our navy was on
guard at that distant post. Our flag
was an unfamiliar one in the harbor
Of Manila, and the foreign ships using
the port were not easily compelled to
obey the blockade regulations neces-
sarily established. Those Americans
who were living in 1898 will never for
get the debt which the world owes to
the cool, confident and resolute COM
mander who in his own person repre-
sented for many months the whole
power and authority Of the United
States government in the eastern hem
isphere. To have commanded an Amer
lean squadron in the first important
naval action against foreign power
since the War of 1912 was in itself an
honor that many might have coveted,
but to represent with such signal dig
nifty and success a power that had
heretofore had little part in the diplo-
macy of that part OF the world was
quite as great a distinction.
George Dewey was born in Mont
pelier, Vt, Dec 20, 1887. He was the
third of four children The first Dewey
came to Dorchester from Sandwich,
England. in 1853. From the stand
noint of the ethnOpraDher it is inter-
esting to note in passing that the last
three generations of the Deweys have
lived in the most mountainous portions
of New England. The original settle
ment. from which has since grown the
beautiful little town of Montpelier. was
made literally on the mountain sides,
and it was not until several years later
that the people moved into the valley
where the town now stands. In those
days the stream which waters this val
ley was called by the not poetic name