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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1919-03-14
Farmers Institute at Chokio.

The farmers institute held in Cho-
kio Wednesday of last week was we'll
attended and a success in every way.
Twenty-Five women were present at
the women's meeting in the afternoon
and there was an attendance of 40 in
the forenoon and $50 in the afternoon
at the mems meeting. Miss Sheperd
talked to the women and Mr.. Sprin-
ger, Mr.. Staples and Mr.. Eastgate
talked to the men. Mr.. Eastgate
talked on "Crop Rotation" and the
other two men on dairying and cream
cry organization.
The majority of the farmers were
so interested in a creamery that q
temporary organization was formed
and board of directors chosen to
make canvass of the territory to see
if the required number of cows and
shares of stock could be listed. In
order to be binding to the subscribers
$4,000 of stock and 700 cows must be
subscribed and all the requirements
were fulfilled yesterday. Next Tuesday
a creamery specialist from the state
dairy and food commission, will be In
Chokio to meet with the board OF de
rectors and to talk at meeting OF the
stockholders.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1919-03-14
COMPANY TX" MAKES
HIT WITH INSPECTOR
First Annual Inspection Pleases Capt.
VIM. F. Schroeder of q. S.
Army.

The first annual inspection of Co.
"'K" was held Friday evening of last
week and Captain VIM. F. Schroeder
of the 49th Infantry, U. S. A. pro-
nounced things as being saticfastory.
He thought the drilling of the COM
pany was very good considering the
time the organization has been I in
action.
Owing to the fact that the local
company has only recently been re-
cognized and not yet equipped, the
inspection was not as strict as can be
expected next year. There was no
equipment to check over so that all
Capt. Schroeder could do was to
check up the men and the officers.
In the afternoon he inspected the re-
cords of the company and found them
in fine shape and in the evening he
attended a drill at the armory, in
which most of the men of the COM
pany took part. The different Off
GERS put the men thru the different
manuevers and Inspector Schroeder
considered that the men did very
we'll considering the time they nave
been organized.
About ninety members of the COM
pany were present, the others being
absent on account of sickness or be-
cause they we're out of the city. The
Chokio boys started for Norris in two
autos, but got stuck and three of
them finally succeeded in walking in
but did not arrive until the drill was
just about over.
For every man present at the an
nual inspection the company is given
81 to go into the company fund.
This means that the fund will start
with about $500 in the treasury.
None of the equipment for the
company has arrived yet, but it is ex-
pected every day.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1919-03-14
WILL RAISE MONEY TO
HELP WAR ORPHANS
Pupils of Grades Will Give Enter
tainment Tonight At
Orpheum.

The grade pupils of the Morris
Public Schools have pledged them
selves to care for one of the French
war orphans and in order to raise
money for this worthy cause they
will give an entertainment at the
Orpheum Theatre this evening, Fri
day. This will be a chance for the
public to enjoy pleasant evening
and at the same time help those in
great need.
The entertainment will start
promptly at eight o'clock and the
program will be as follows:
A short play entitled, Fun in the
Photograph Gallery" by the pupils
of the 7th and 9Th grades.
An operatta, "The Pink Parasol,"
by pupils of the Longfellow building.
A folk dance by pupils from the
primary grades.
A minstrel chorus by pupils from
the 5th and 9Th grades.
"Pandora's Box" by pupils from
the 4th and 5th grades.
The Agricultural School Orchestra
has offered to play for the evening
and they will render some charming
music. The entire program is we'll
worth going a long way to see and
the audience will be more than
pleased with the different numbers.
Tickets are 25c for children and
soc for adults.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1919-03-14
Auto Club Officers.

A quorum of the Morris Automo-
bile Club met at the Commercial Club
rooms last Tuesday evening for the
purpose of electing officers, and as
no one present was ambitious to be
honored with the various Offices, it
was decided to fill the Offices from
among members not present and the
following we're chosen:
Pres.-J. G.. Morrison.
Vice Pres.-J. J. Gaffney.
Sec.-Treas.-J. H. Adams.
Governors:-P. L. Spooner, G. A.
Dushek, VIM. Brandt, F. R. Putnam,
A. L. Stenger.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1919-03-14
MORRIS REPRESENTED
AT STATE CONTEST
Miss Cora Ryhn in Minneapolis Today
as Representative of Morris
School.

Miss Cora Ryhn of this city won
first prize in the declamatory contest
held at the Orpheum Tuesday evening
of this week and today she is in Min
neapolis taking part in the state con-
test as representative of this dis
trict to which the Norris school be-
longs.
The entire contest Tuesday even
ing was very interesting. Four
schools we're represented in the ex-
temporaneous speaking and discus
sion contests. They we're Redwood
Falls, Elbow Lake, Sank Centre and
Norris. In the oratorical contest
Ortonville competed with Alexandria,
and in the declamatory contest Alex
andria competed with Morris. The
judges were Supt. Miller of the Agri-
cultural School, Supt. Foster of Will
mar, and Miss Fortner of the Wahpe-
ton School of Science Their decision
was as follows: first prize in the ex-
temporaneous speaking was awarded
to Sank Centre; in the discussion
contest the first prize was given to
Redwood Falls; in the oratorical con-
test the first prize was awarded to
Ortonville; and in the declamatory
contest the first prize was given to
Morris, Miss Cora Ryhn being the
contestant.
The winners of the various contests
went to Minneapolis today to COM
pete with the various districts repre-
sented there. There are seven dis
tricts in the state and two of them
have two contestants and the others
one each. In the oratorical and de-
clamatory contests, the first prizes
will be one year in the Northwestern
Conservatory of Music; the second
prizes six months in the same place;
and the third prizes, ten lessons from
any one teacher in the conservatory.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1919-03-14
Hagerman Engagement Announced.

Hagerman Engagement Announced
The following article is from the
Minneapolis Tribune of yesterday and
will be of interest to Morris people:
''The engagement of Miss Aldura
Haynes of Des Moines, daughter of
Mrs. F. W. Haynes of Nora Springs,
Iowa, to Capt. William F. Hagerman
of Minneapolis, who recently return
ed from France with the 337th field
artillery, was announced at a lunch
con which Miss Hayes gave recently
in Des Moines for group Of init
mate friends. The wedding will take
place in early June.
"Miss Haynes attended Iowa univer-
sity, where she was a member of
Gamma Phi Beta sorority. Captain
Hagerman is the son Of Mrs. M. L.
Hagerman of Minneapolis. He was
graduated from the University of
Minnesota Agricultural college and
belongs to Alpha Zeta Agricultural
fraternity. He enlisted in May, 1917,
receiving his commission in the first
officers training camp at Fort Shell
ing. He was stationed at Camp
Dodge before sailing for France with
the Eighty-eighth division. Captain
Hagerman just received his discharge
at Camp Dodge"
I q
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1919-03-14

Ben Amelsburg VS.. the Great North
ern Railway Co.
The case of Alfred Swanson VS. the
Great Northern has been continued
over.
The matter of the adoption of
child by Rev and Mrs. Stowe was dis
posed of.
Three men were admitted to full
citizenship. They are Soren Rolling
Of Chokio, Christ. Okeson of Morris,
and Andrew S. Anderson of Eldorado.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1919-03-14
AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL
WILL GIVE COMEDY
Public Speaking Department to Put
On Play At Orpheum,
March 26.

The Public Speaking Department
of the West Central School of Agri-
culture will put on a three-act
comedy at the Orpheum, Wednesday,
March 26. This play is entitled,
'"The House Next Door," and those
who will take part are now busy re-
hearsing. Tickets are SO cents and
they can be secured at Krueger's
Drug Store.
The theme of the play is the pre-
judice against the Jewish race. The
Cotswolds are an old English family
of noble birth who have lost their
fortune and are now indebted even
for house rent to Sir Isaac Jacobson,
the Jew who lives next door. In the
first act Cecil Cotswold, who has
achieved fame as an opera singer,
learns of the state of his fathers
fortune and determines to retrieve it.
He is in love with Esther Jacobson,
the daughter of the Jew. Ubrica
Cotswold is secretly IN love with
Adrian Jacobson, but fears her
fathers wrath if he should learn of
it. Sir John Cotswold enters and
when he discovers that the Jacobson
family has offered Cecil a hundred
pounds to sing two songs for them, he
leaves the house in great rage.
Act two depicts quarrel between
the heads of the two houses. Cecil
and Esther become engaged. In the
third act there comes the reconcilia-
ton between the families, brought
about by cupid who plays havoc with
feuds, hatreds and traditions.
The cast of characters is as fol-
lows:
Sir John Cotswold, Wesley Stegner.
Cecil Cotswold, Malm.
Ulrica Cotswold, Evelyn Carton.
Winning, the brother----Clarence Potts
Sir Isaac Jacobson------------
Kenneth Cummings.
Adrian Jacobson, n,----.----Carl Berg.
Lady Jacobson Lydia Stotesberry
Esther Jacobson, n,.----Agnes Carton.
Maximilian,. BroWnel.
Mr.. Lewis. Earl Leaf.
Captain Trever-- Sko1en.
Music for this occasion will be
furnished by the Agricultural School
Orchestra.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1919-03-14
INTERESTING LETTER
FROM LIEUT.. J. BERKIN
Got To France But Did No Actual
Fighting Over Front Line
Trenches.

The following letter from Lieut..
Jay J. Berkin was written to his
grandfather in Benson and is taken
from the Swift County Review of last
week. The letter was written on Feb.
27 from Hoboken, N. J.
Received your last letter and was
glad to hear from you. I must have
lots of mail over in France yet, as I
didn't receive any after Christmas.
''No, didn't get any actual fight
ing over the lines. I was to go up
to the front Nov. 1st, but fifteen of
us were held back as instructors at
this bombing school so that the old
instructors would get chance to get
up to the front. This was only for
month and I would >have gone up
Dec. 1 Il the war had lasted. We
we're all disappointed that we didn't
get up over the lines but it wasn't
our fault.
''My pilot was held back too, and
during November he taught how to
fly a DeHav1land plane from the rear
seat. I took off five times and landed
eight times without having his hands
or feet on the controls. 1t is hard
to handle a ship and it takes good
eye and a steady hand to land one
safely. The last trip made with my
pilot, we went up $4,000 feet. 1t
was very cold up there and I wasn't
dressed warm enough so was very
cold. 1t took us about two hours to
one goes, the harder it is to climb as
the air becomes thinner and the pro-
pellor of the ship hasn't the resis
tance against it. At $4,000 feet we
must have run into a layer Of air
that didn't have much oxygen in it
as we gasped for air, but as we went
up higher, it was as easy to breath
as it is on the ground. We had a
wonderful view of Mt. Blanc, which is
near the spot where France, Italy
and Switzerland touches. 1t looked
like it was only a little way off and
French Alps joined it and ran to the
south. TO the north of us was solid
clouds covering all of the ground
from view and we're about 1000 or
1000 feet above the ground when we
started up. When we were many
thousand feet above them they look
ed like an ocean with waves and the
sight was beautiful. There were lots
of mountains below us that had been
volcanoes and they looked cup-shaped
from above. When we commenced
to come down we found that this
mass of clouds had crept under us,
had settled on the landing field and
it was so foggy that we couldn't land
on the field and had to fly around
over the fog and pick out clear
spot to land in. We had to land in
small soft ploughed field and just as
we we're landing three trees loomed
up in front of us and as we ducked
these we settled to the ground and
broke the landing gear, the lower
wings and the propeller. The ship
nosed into the ground but it didn't
turn over so we weren't hurt a bit.
We were pretty lucky tho to get down
thru the fog like that. don't think
I shall fly anymore. It is alright
during wartime but not during
peace-time.
I certainly had a wonderful time
in France. I enjoyed my seven days
in Paris the most tho. That is GER
tainly beautiful city and we have
nothing like it in America, and of
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course there is no city like it in the

course there is no city like it in the
world.
Last Saturday I went down to
Lawrenceville, N. J. to visit with
Archie Stone. He is an instructor
there at a salary of $4,000 per year
in the Soldiers Agricultural School.
He has a fine position but think he
and I will go to Montana in May to
prove up some land. If we do, we
will engage in some little business
on the side. He is coming up to
visit me Saturday night and we are
going over to New York to see good
show. I like it here very we'll, as
I like to be near the ocean where I
can see large steamships. The old
''Vaterland," now named the "Levia-
than" comes in soon with about
10000 troops abroad. She docks at
Pier No. 4, only about a block from
where work. She is next to the
largest vessel in the world, the 'Tm-
perator," another German ship, being
the largest.
Lu1uh WILL NC uOAu0 0OuACIAAu0
in May, if not sooner. If I wait
until May, Stone and I will probably
drive back in a Ford, which we in
tend to buy here.
''I have certainly been we'll lately.
Never felt better in my life. am
still a Lieutenant in the army, as I
have not been discharged yet. I will
not sign up for the regular army tho,
as I don't want to stay in the service,
so will likely be home soon.''
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1919-03-14
Angus Breeders Offer Prize.

The Aberdeen Angus Breeders as
sociation has ocered prize of $15 to
the boy or girl having the winning
calf in the baby beef contest at the
county fair next fall, provided the
winning calf is a half grade Angus
or better. Since then the Shorthorn
association has offered $40 in two or
more prizes for the winning short
horns.
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Senator McNary Who Calls Himself "Nu" and Tells Why

practice, business men retired from
business, newspaper men worn out by
night work and a superannuated min
lister, here and there, have come among
us and will say. That limb should have
been cut of last spring or. The spray
missed that branch Their language
would not interest you. but 1t interests
them, and that's the main thing in this
life.
II 60 into these details" Senator
McNary said, ''for the purpose of Gre
ating a background on which to place
the political opinions that now rule
Oregon. We were ready for new
things in seeds, cuttings and ma
chinery. New things paid. They
made US feel competent and respect
able. When one failed we cast II
aside, but we didn't lose our confidence
In the long category of new things
that were good.
show Us Your Goods.
I'm the meantime we caught the
spirit Of the merchants and manufac-
turers who had moved In and who
managed their land just as they had
run their stores and shops-on bust
ness principles. No big merchant goes
into the basement and unboxes goods.
No manufacturer hauls the coal that
Is to run his engine. A smart farmer
doesn't feed the pigs or clean the
horses. He hires men to do such
work and he works with his brains.
"U'Ren, therefore. when he appeared
nf OF -
pertaining to government, was not
shouted down. Show US your goods.
we said. They looked all right and we
tried them and, from our standpoint,
found them acceptable. The rest of
the country Joked about US but that
made no difference. So far we have
never voted an amendment into our
Constitution that now would be voted
out by our people. That's my answer
TO the sneers and ridicule of Bour-
bons and mossbacks who dwell else
where"
what do you see In the future?"
asked the interviewer.
"A more satisfactory arrangement
for those Americans who work." Sem
ator McNary answered. Il am not re-
ferring 10 wages or hours Of labor but
to opportunities. PROFIT sharing will
become more general. Taxes on in
comes will continue. Huge profits, as
consequence, win be discouraged
Inheritances will be more heavily
taxed. Why should a father leave
millions to his son or son-ln-law to be
spent in immoral or idiotic practices
Take good part away from his es-
tate, say. and spend 1t for roads
schools and other useful purposes.
But am not Socialist Put that
statement down in language that will
| be understood, You know the arGu-
ments against Socialism. I use them
all when talk on the subject, Since
the Government has been running the
railroads have travelled number OF
times across the continent l would
about as lief walk"
| "Are you afraid Of the Bolshevtsts? p
mot for moment. That tribe will
make no Roadway In this country, II
the East is apprehensive, the West is
! not. And II the East desires the Boil
shevists kicked out all 1t has to do Il
to send US word and the Job will be
done.
Eyes. I like Oregon, and that feeling
grows the more see OF the rest Of
the United States
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I'm Willing Try Anything Once Says He and This Goes Even for
the League Of NationsOgn He Adds Was Made Daring
AS Lief Walk Ride Government Controlled Railroads

purpose to vote for the League of Ma
tons.
II am willing to try anything once"
he said, referring to the league. $50
are my fellow Oregonians. But we
think matters over first. Then We act
That Is the reason our State in recent
years has been the pacemaker for the
rest of the Union"
Left an orphan at an early age,
Charles L. McNary went to live with
his sister in Salem. During four sum-
mer vacations, while a student at the
high school, he worked In a nursery.
He saw what miraculous things could
be done with trees and flowers under
the hand Of a man who understood his
business.
II is true that Charles McNary,
after two years at Stanford Univer-
sity. read law; that he was admitted
to the bar; that he became the partner
of his brother John; that he gained a
large and profitable practice; that he
was elected a Judge of the highest
court In his State, and that he is now a
Senator in Congress, but Charles Nc
Nary all along had been what might be
called an incipient orchardist.
Nut and Fruit Orchards.
In thought. at first. but actually one
after he had accumulated money
enough to purchase parts of his faith
er's and grandfather's old farms. This
he did about twelve years ago. And
now he has ITO acres Of prunes, 30
acres of walnuts. 2s acres of cherries,
20 acres of filberts, an equal area OF
hops and is acres OF pears. Then
there are other orchards of prunes that
he Jointly owns with other men. In
short. he is Americas prune king.
He IL fond of his fruit trees, and
has photographs Of them in his once,
but he prefers TO talk of nuts, es-
pecjally filberts. concerning which he
is the oountry's greatest specialist
There are perhaps 1900 acres of wal
nuts in the United States, he says
Such trees will begin paying their ex-
penses in about fifteen years after be-
ing planted. The profits are large In
twenty-five years. Walnut orchards
will live indefinitely.
"Filberts were not being CONNER
clally grown in the United States,
Senator MeNary said, when I began
studying them scientifically. I found
that the climate In the region OF the
Mediterranean Sea. where the finest
n,berts In the world are produced, Is
similar In many repects to the climate
" western Oregon.
Our consular agents in Spain sent
me twenty-four varieties Of trees.
began at once to experiment. This IL
very interesting work. And pruning Is
as much of an art as surgery, A sur
geon must know where and how &c
cut. So must an orchardist.
"As my hilbert trees developed
found some among them that bios
somed late. Winter killed the nuts
These trees called 'sleepers.' Theo'
reticaliy. sap is forced up a tree and
into It's branches from the roots. The
sap OF the 'sleepers.' then. didn't star
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-10

PLANTING a GOVERNMENT
SiGk POST IN TIE ARIZOftA
WASTE
sssoroseAss " ne. GEOLOGICAL svavsv

Signs directing travellers to water
were erected at 1877 localities in Cali
fornia and 1873 in Arizona The sign
posts are galvanized iron, 1.9 inches in
outside diameter and IL feet long.
Each post Is anchored In the ground
with two redwood blocks. The signs
are of 1S-gauge steel, galvanized, are
white, with dark blue letters. They
are Of two sizes, 18x20 inches and 9x20
inches.
Most Of the larger signs. of which
470 were erected, give the name, dis
tances and directions to four watering
places; most Of the smaller signs, Of
which 165 were erected, give the
names, distances and directions to two
watering places. Thus the traveller
has q choice of two or more founts Of
relief and may seek that we'll. spring
or water hole which lies nearest TO his
desired route. Because Of the height
Of the posts and the vividness Of the
white signs these guides can be seen
from a long way off.
Mr.. Parsons wrote about a year ago
for private circulation the story of a
tHOdouiiu iIiAiC uCoSiN zip uluuS ny
and Prof. w. L. Watts. II was this
venture into the arid wilderness that
led to his agitation regarding the erec-
ton of sign posts. His brochure bris-
ties with characteristic bits OF local
color which bring out In striking fash
ion the peculiar features of the deserts
and the possibilities Of reclamation.
He tells us:
Desert air, we discovered. extracts
all moisture. drying up shoes and all
leather goods In the stores. so that
they have to be kept underground and
cellars are necessary. Tobacco is too
powdery for use unless tightly timed.
1t Is an extremely hard climate on all
wagons and wooden material espe-
cially. The dry air gets in deadly
work 100 per cent. greater than any
swelling in wet country. SO that In
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west Of Tucson and Phoenix and south
Of Wickenburg and Parker. 1t was
selected not only because 1t Is in the
driest, hottest and least explored part
of the desert area. but also because Of
the strategic Importance Of obtaining
Information on the water supplies
along the $50 miles of national frontier
that 1t includes" That is to say the
country Immediately north of the
Mexican border line.
Continuing. Mr.. Smith says: 'The
entire region that Is so arid as TO re-
quire guides to watering places and
sign posts directing to these watering
places comprises q fan shaped area
covering approximately $4,000 square
miles, or nearly one-fifth of the coun-
try. The handle Of the fan is In south
ern California; one side is formed by
the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Noun
tains. the other side extends 500 miles