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Morris tribune., 1919-03-21
State Basket Ball Tournament

The annual Basket Ball Tourna-
ment of the Minnesota State High
School Athletic Association, of which
the Morris High School is member,
is being held at Carleton College,
Northf1eld, today. The district of
which Morris is a part is represented
by the Wheaton Basket Ball team,
the Morris boys not having won
enough games to get the champion
ship of the district. This tourna-
ment is being put on under the joint
direction of H. P. Buck, director of
athletics at Carleton, and the Off
GERS of the state athletic association,
of which Supt. Utne is secretary and
treasurer. The state is divided into
IA districts and each district was to
send it's championship team to the
state tournament.
Morris tribune., 1919-03-21
Cora RYhn Wins Prize

Miss Cora Ryhn of Morris won 3rd
prize in the state declamatory contest
held at the Northwestern Conserva-
tory of Music in Minneapolis last
Friday afternoon and evening. She
represented the district in which the
Morris High School is located. There
are seven districts in the state and
two of them had two contestants,
making nine who took part in the
contest. Virginia Wooley of Park
Rapids won first prize and a young
man from Chisholm won second
prize. Miss Ryhn will be entitled
to ten lessons free from any express
sion teacher in the Northwestern
Conservatory. In the oratorical con-
test Excelsior got first prize, Hibbing
second prize and St. James third
prize. Lucian Kaercher of Orton-
Vile represented this district in the
oratorical contest but he did not get
a place.
Morris tribune., 1919-03-21
Mrs. Block

Mrs. Aug. Block of Morris, died
Sunday from pneumonia, after a
short illness of only few days. She
first had influenza and this later de-
veloped into pneumonia, from which
she soon passed away. The funeral
was held Monday morning from the
home, Rev. G.. A. Pilgrim officiating.
Interment was in the Norris ceme-
terry.
Mrs. Block was formerly Miss
Ernestine Lentz and was born in
Poland in 1857. She came to the
United States in 1892 and to Stevens
county with her husband in 1902.
She was married to Aug. Block in
1879, before coming to this county.
She is survived by her husband and
ten children, four sons and six daugh-
ters, all of them grown to manhood
and womanhood and many of them
married She had Is grandchildren.
Mrs. Block was a christian woman
and a member of the Lutheran Peace
congregation Of Morris.
Morris tribune., 1919-03-21
FARMERS OF COUNTY
SHOULD TREAT SEED
Considerable Money Lost Last Year
Thruout State on Account of
Smut

If every farmer in Stevens county
would treat his wheat and oats by
the wet or sprinkled method before
planting the seed, there would be a
gain of over $4,000 worth of wheat
alone in 1919, or an average of $40
per farm. Treating for smut is a
cheap insurance on the crop.
The dry and wet methods for
wheat and oat smut is explained by
County Agent Nash in circular sent
to the farmers lately, and the proper
way to use these treatments is ex-
planned.
$6,5O0,000 was lost by the farm
ers of Minnesota from covered smut
Of wheat in 1918. This is AZ per
cent of the value of the total crop.
$4,000 was lost by one farmer of
Stevens county or 23 per cent of
his entire crop. Many other farm
ers lost from one to five hundred
dollars. Three neighbors in Stevens
county planted from the same lot
of seed wheat. One treated the seed
for smut and the other two did not.
The first got twenty-six bushels per
acre and a top market price, while
the other two had to load their wheat
into separate cars for which one re-
ceived $1.88 and the other $1.6O per
bushel. They lost from twenty to
fifty cents per bushel in price besides
losing a large per cent of the crop.
Morris tribune., 1919-03-21
Chris Lnthi

Chris Luthi, one of the oldest resi-
dents of the county, died Sunday at
his home about seven and a half
miles south of Morris. He was 72
years of age and the cause of death
was paralysis. He had been feeling
very we'll of late and Sunday walked
to church in the afternoon, about a
half mile from his home. On his
return he had a stroke of paralysis
and died the same evening. The fun
eral was held Wednesday from the
Christian Apostolic church, Rev.
Danwart from Iowa officiating. In
terment was made in the church
cemetery. Mr.. Luthi is survived by
four sons and three daughters, all of
them grown to manhood and woman
hood.
Morris tribune., 1919-03-21
Raising Money For Orphans.

The different classes in the Morris
High School are raising money for
the Fatherless Children of France
Society. All sorts of methods are be-
ing used to get the money, such as
food sales, candy sales, parties and
basket ball games. The Junior class
had a box on Valentines Day in
which they received cash subscrip-
tions and when the box was opened a
stick of gum had been contributed
by one of the pupils. This stick of
gum was later auctioned off and
brought the sum of $3.50.
Morris tribune., 1919-03-21
Chokio Will Have Creamery

A cooperative creamery for Chokio
is now an assured fact, between
$1,000 and $4,000 in stock subscrip-
tions having been raised and over
700 COWS listed up. More COWS and
more subscribers are expected. A
meeting of the stockholders was held
at Chokio Tuesday afternoon, Supt.
Gustafson of the Dairy and Food
Commission being present to give an
address. 1t is expected that cream
cry will be erected this summer.
Morris tribune., 1919-03-21
RAISES STANDARD AT
WEST CENTRAL SCHOOL
Students Doing Work Above the
Average This Year-Much In
terest Being Shown

There has been a marked improve
ment in the grade of work done by
students of the Farm School during
the last month. The students have
taken considerable interest in doing
their work in the best possible way.
This is shown by the fact that out Of
1876 students only 13 were below
grade in more than one subject and
only a very few we're below IS per
cent, the passing grade, in even one
subject.
There has been good deal of COM
or places in the different classes and
in the school. This competition re-
suited in raising the average grade
of students in all subjects from 80.75
per cent for January to 83.9 per cent
for the month of February. Miss
won first place in January with an
average of 9O.77 per cent while
Reuben Define of Holloway, Mime
sofa, won highest honors in Febru-
ary with an average grade of 1888
per cent.
The Junior Class claims that it is
the best class in school because one
Of it's members, Reuben Define, car
ried off highest honors and also that
the average of the class is fraction
of per cent higher than that of any
other class average. The Seniors are
very close second to the Juniors
there being only. IA of 1 per cent diff
ference in the average between the
two classes.
The Freshman Class was somewhat
below the other two but prides itself
on having among it's members the
student who carried off the second
highest honors in school for the
month of February. Myrtle Hoffman
who is a Freshman and who earned
second place, is Stevens county girl
and lives in Framnas township.
Myrtle is the daughter Of Mr.. A. w.
Hoffman who has recently moved to
Aitkin, Mimi.
The West Central School of Agri-
culture is completing one Of its most
successful years measured from the
standpoint of scholarship. Owing to
the industry of the students and the
care which the faculty exercises over
the students, there will be very few
failures at the end of the year.
SUMMARY. SCHOLARSHIP REPORT
Second Term-S Second Month
Morris tribune., 1919-03-21
Mrs. Geo. Pushor

Mrs. Geo. Pushor of Donnelly died
Wednesday from influenza, after an
illness of only a few days. She was
26 years of age and was married to
Mr.. Pushor only a couple of months
ago. She is survived by her hus-
band and one son, born to her by a
former marriage. Mr.. Pushor lives
in Donnelly, but is well-known in
Morris. The body of Mrs. Pusho1
was brought to Morris yesterday and
a short service held at the cemetery
Rev. F. A. Stever officiating.
Morris tribune., 1919-03-21
District Court Adjourned

District court for Stevens county
adjourned last Saturday, after a
two-weeks session. A special term
will be held in May.
In the case of Sam Hoffman
against G. F. Kirk the jury gave a
verdict for the plaintiff for $4,000.
Five cases were settled out of
court. They were: Nellis E. Nord-
strom, Walter R. Burnham and Carrie
Hankey VS.. B. e. butcher and Albert
Durkee; G. H. Stevens VS.. Chas.
Mesenbrink and Edward Mesenbrink; :;
John Anderson VS.. c. F. Kirk; J. A.
Yarger VS.. the Morris National Bank
J. H. Devenney and F. R. Putnam !;
and F. H. Richardson VS.. r. H. Ian
don.
The case of John A. Bengtson VS..
F. A. Zahl was dismissed.
Several cases we're continued over:
They we're, County Ditch No. Is,
Keating Land and Mortgage Co., VS..
The County of Stevens; County Ditch
No. II, Keating Land and Mortgage
Co. VS.. the county of Stevens; Judi
cial Ditch No. 3, Keating Land and
Mortgage Co. VS.. Judicial Ditch No.
3. Big Stone and Stevens counties; !;
A. F. Hinsch VS.. F. A. Zahl, Sheriff !;
Citizens Bank Of Morris VS.. Dan
Meyer; Ernest Nenow VS.. Louis o.
Berg; John Pearson VS.. Village of
Donnelly; and R. M. Adams VS..
Northwestern Cement Drain Tile
Company.
Morris tribune., 1919-03-21
NINE DEATHS IN
ONE WEEKS Time
Many Homes in Morris and Vicinity
Mourn Loss of Their Loved
Ones
THREE OLD SETTLERS
Influenza Again Prevelant But Only
Four Died From This
Disease

Death with it's bitter pangs of
sorrow has visited Stevens county
during the past week and claimed
nine victims in Norris and vicinity
The influenza has become quite pre-
valent again in this locality, but on
ly four of the nine deaths can be
laid to that dread disease. The other
four died from different causes, some
of them being old settlers of the
county and quite along in years.
Morris tribune., 1919-03-21
Mrs. Geo. Austin

Mrs Geo. Austin of Stevens town
ship died Tuesday of last week from
Bright's disease, after an illness OF
1.-TWO weeks. The funeral was held
Thursday at the home of J. o. Ralston
and the body was shipped to the old
home in Missouri for interment.
Mrs. Austin's maiden name was
Miss Olivia Laird, and she was born
in Chareton, Mo-, April 5, 1852. She
was married to Mr.. Austin Nov. 18,
Morris tribune., 1919-03-21
Mrs. Peter Schouweiler

Mrs. Peter Schouweiler, living be-
tween Morris and Donnelly in Nor
ris township, died Monday from in
1uenza, after an illness Of only a
few days. The funeral was held
Wednesday at Donnelly, Father De-
vorak officiating Mrs. Schouweiler
was nearly A years Of age and is
survived by her husband and ten
children.
Morris tribune., 1919-03-21

1873, and they moved to Stevens
county about year ago.
She is survived by her husband and
five children as follows: Carrie
Austin of Kansas City, Mamie Aus
tin of Jefferson City, Mo-, Herbert
Austin of Goodive, Idaho, Geo. Aus
tin, Jr., of McComman, Idaho, and
Mrs. J. o. Ralston of Chokio.
Morris tribune., 1919-03-21
Petra Hegg

Petra Hegg died at her home in
Morris Tuesday from old age, being
past II years of age. She would have
been 72 years old the 9Th of April.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
from the Scandia church.
Morris tribune., 1919-03-21
SVver Larson

Syver Larson Of Framnas township,
one of the oldest settlers of the coun-
ty, died Tuesday as a result of stom-
ach trouble. He was 50 years and 1
month of age. The funeral will be
held today. Mr.. Larson had lived
in this county for over forty years.
Morris tribune., 1919-03-21

Rev. Fox, an Episcopal minister
from Glenwood, was in Morris Tues
day to give talk at Masonic
gathering. He has only recently re-
turned from Farnce and had some
interesting experiences to relate.
Morris tribune., 1919-03-21

~ Miss Louise Kohl will go to Browns
Valley today to open UP the Canty
Millinery Store.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-09-22
Ell PROBLEMA De LA POBLACION

poner que 81 las actuales condolences
de la vida en- nuestra Isla Sc sostuvie-
ran por un periodo de diez afios mas,
alcanzariamos casi Ell maximum de nues
ira poblaci6n, este es, cerca de million
y medic de habitantes.
La NATALIDAD supera siempre Sc
sostiene en- estas estadisticas de nues-
tros censos.
Nuestra poblaci6n os9 amos Ell 1899 al
canzaba una buena proportion, con un
promedio- del 500 por ciento. Mientras
que en- Cuba era Ell 22.7 por ciento v en-
los Estados Unidos Ell 24.3 por ciento.
Refiriendose a la TABLA de LA
EDAD DE LA .POBLACIoN DE PUER
TO RICO, CoMPARADA con la DE
cUBAy EsTADos UNIDos, EN- CRU
POS DE D1EZ AMOS DE EDAD dice
Ell director del Censo de 1900:
Esta taBla muestra que la proper
cion de nifios de menos de diez amos en-
Puerto Rico, es mucho mayor que en-
Cuba los Estados Unidos. ES TAM
BIEN MUCHO MAS ALTA QUE EN-
CAST TODOS LOS PASSES DE EURO
PA, puesto que el lnico entire los dieci-
ocho mencionados, donde dicha pobla-
cion es mayor, es Bulgaria, donde ell
5 por ciento de la poblaci6n en- 1888
era menor de diez amos. NO HAY UN
SOLO ESTADO AMERICANA, donde
segin Ell censo de 1890, la proportion
de niiios memories de diez amos sea tan
grande como en- Puerto Rico. 81 Sc to-
ma como ejemplo la poblaci6n de los
Estados Unidos resulta que Puerto Rico
contiene mas niiios y la misma proper
ci6n de personas a la edad de veinte
afios' 4.
En- cambio es muy notable esta OBJ
servacion del mismo redactor de la
parte del censo que acabo de copiar:
Hay menos persoIias de mas de sesen-
ia afios que en- los Estados Unidos o
en- Cuba. estos tres paises tienen una
proportion menor de personals de edad
avanzada que cualquiera de los diez y
ocho paises europeos. La pequeiia proper
c;on ode sesenta afios) en- Puerto Rico,
Sc debe, en- parte, al rapido crecimiento
de la poblacion; pero tambien al bajo
promedio de longevidad debido con-
diciones POGO higienicas, a la ignoran-
cia de aquellas medidas que contribu-
yen sostener la buena .salud y la
pobreza, todo 10 cual prevalece entire
ciertas c.ases de la Isla''. @
En- Ell proximo articulo completare es.
te estudio, que voy hacienda muy su
mariamente, con los cuadros demogra
1icos del censo de 1900 para que ano
temos :ele iector. Y yo, una de, las eau
sas del desarrollo de nuestra poblacion.
M. Mel6ndez MUNoZ.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-09-22
Continuation de la pagina 81

Continuation de la pagina 81
BRES, donde la riqueza del cafe ha-
bia sufrido los azotes de la guerra y
Ell cicl6n, arrojan Ell mayor promedio de
habitantes por milla cuadrada:
Mayaguez, 31S y Aguadilla, AIS.
En- cambio los distritos de menor den
sidad son los del Norte, Sur y oeste.
en- los que estuvo radicada siempre la
riqueza provinente de La cana de azti-
car, cuyo cultivo industria desarro-
llaran y elevaran, en- las dos decadas
siguientes, nuestras riquezas una altu-
ra que no alcanzaron nunca.
Siendo Ell area de la Isla 3,6O6 millas
cuadradas v contando con 953,24 ha-
bitantes el ano mil novecientos, esta
proportion dara, como resultado un pro
medic de 264 habitantes por milla cua
drada. FL director del Censo de mil no.
vecientos al estudiar nuestra densidad
de poblacion, hace los siguientes jul
clos y atinadas consideraciones:
Puerto Rico tiene 264 personas por
niilla cuadrada. Esta densidad de pobla-
ci6n es casi igual la del Estado de
New Jersey, y Ell DoBLE de la del Es-
tado de Pennsylvania, TRES veces
mayor que la del Estado de Illinois Cen
el q. Sc encuentra Chicago, una de las
ciudades mas populosas del mundo, agre
go yo). Es mas de SIETE veces mayor
que la de Cuba. y casi al DoBLE que
la de la provincia de la Habana'.
Las estadisticas de los CENSoS an
teriores, que conocemos, me inclinan a
afirmar, terminantemente, que ell desa-
rrollo, 0 crecimientos, de nuestra pobla
'cion tfende sostener un promedio de
un diez y seis por ciento a un diez y
ocho, desde ell aiio 1887.
va sabemos que ell periodo de 1887
1899, dio un diez seis por ciento
de aumento. Del afio 1899 al 1910, tene-
mos un aumento de 164.769 haitian
tes, que corresponds, exactamente, a
17.S por ciento.
Todas .estas estadisticas contribuyen,
copiosamente, robustecer mi teoria So
bre el crecimiento de nuestra pobla-
ci6n en- raz6n directa con nuestras gran
des masas rurales. que son las que vi
ven en- peores condolences, ganan jor-
males mas bajos v Sc hallan mas cerca
del pauperismo. Con los datos de estos
dos dltimOs censos es .facil calcular que
para Ell afio mil noxscientos veinte, fe-
cha del proximo censo, nuestra pobla-
ci6n alcanzara un million trescientas
mil almas. 81 llegamos a esta cifra, ell
aumento respecto del censo de 1910, Sc
"a de un 1872 por ciento. En- este case,
Sc sostendria la progression Observable
desde el afo 1877 y-todo induce su-
= = y. =. ssss,-
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-09-22
LEA EsTo. LIE 1NTEREsA

Desea usted hacer algunas fotogra,
fias en- su casa tomar algunas vistas
de ssu establecimiento2 La fotografia
Alfonso, Cruz II, 10 hara un trabajo
bueno y barato. Tambien hacemos cli-
ches para cines. Advt.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-09-22
COrrespOnsal

Sc necesita un corresponsal de In
gles y Espanol para estar al frente de
una ofcina, debe dar buenas referen-
cias. Dirijase al apsrtado 725, San
Juan, P. r. -enso Advt.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-09-22
ocasion: Ia
FERRETER1A MER1No

acaba de recibir, BAsOs. LABAB0S.
inodoros, duchas Bidets que vende s
precios muy baratos. sts, s.s
San Juan. Adrt.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-07-30
A DISLOYAL QUARTETTE.

1t is beginning to percolate through
to the rank and file of the Republican
party, that Lodge and Borah and Pen
rose and Knox are laundering poll
ticians who are making their party
the victim of their personal folly.
These four men did all in their
power to undermine and weaken the
President and prevent him from Sc
curing anything at the Peace Confer
ence beneficial to this country, and
now they are blaming him for not
securing the things which they did
all that they could to prevent him
from securing. Such conduct is con-
temptible as well as disloyal. 1t is
out of line with the splendid support
everywhere given to the President by
Republicans during the war. We will
miss our guess if the Republicans dc
not whip from public life this un-
patriotic, obstructive, carping quar-
tette.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-07-30
WHY AMERICANS ASK FOE
LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

Americans ask for the establishment
of League OF Nations because they
know that If it is not now secured it
may remain for centuries an unrealiz-
ed dream.
Americans ask for it in the name
OF the endless debt that has been piled
upon the back of stricken world
Americans ask for it in the name Of
shattered villages and desolated
fields.
\Americans ask for it in the name Of
100000 dead.
Americans ask for it in the name
Of the widows and orphans Of all
lands.
Americans ask for 1t in the name
Of 100000 fellow creatures who
must creep brokenly through shat
tered life.
Americans ask for it in the name of
our common humanity and in the
name Of justice.
Americans ask for 1t in the name
of those who love America and desire
the creation of a League that will
keep the poison of Russian Bolshe-
vism from seeping into Western Eu-
rope and becoming a menace to their
own free institutions.
Americans ask for it because 1t pro-
vides for world wide, just and en-
during peace to be supported and
maintained by all civilized men.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-07-30
Why THE WOMEN ARE FOE
WILSON.

The women Of America elected
Woodrow Wilson to his second term
largely because he abhorred war But
when this country was menaced by
armies that killed babies. mutilated
boys and ravished women they follow
ed Woodrow Wilson into the war, to
help defeat that barbarous military
horde, and secure a peace that would
put an end to all future wars.
Through the Red Cross and in other
ways the women performed marvellous
war work that only womens' hands
could do. They did their full share
in helping to win the war, and win a
peace designed to prevent all future
wars. Woodrow Wilson stands for
that kind of peace, and that is why
the women Of America are still for
Woodrow Wilson.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-07-30
LUCKY MOSES.

When Moses came down from Mount
Sinai, With the, ten commandments
fresh from the hand OF God, what
would have happened had there beer
men among the children of Israe
like Senator Lodge and his support
ers?
Honor thy father and thy
mother, as the Lord thy God hath
commanded thee; that thy days
81 may be prolonged, and that It may
60 we'll with thee, in the land
which the Lord thy God giveth
thee
Had there been Hebrew lik'
Lodge in the days of Moses, he prob
ably would have moved to amend Thu
commandment by adding: PROVIDED
that thy parents strive nightly t
leave thee large patrimony.
If there had been Hebrew at tina
time like Senator Penrose he woult
undoubtedly have tried to amend tn,
commandment which forbids tn,
coveting of things belonging to ;
neighbor, by adding proviso tina
the commandment should not appl!
when anyone was able to get and GER
tainly keep the goods.
And the commandment, Thou shall
not bear false witness against tn!
neighbour" would have been laid OF
the table if there had been man!
men in the Jewish congregation IL
those olden days like Senator Knox.
Had Moses been required to submit
the ten commandments for approva
to body of men like considerable
number of our United States Senators
what would they have done or tried
to do to the ten commandments?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-07-30
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

Suppose some scarce money
sehemer, like our former Mark Hanna
should form pool among the big
bankers Of this country to finance Eu-
rope, or to finance some other gigantic
foreign undertaking that would call
for the expectation of vast quantities
Of gold, what would be the result!
The loss of considerable quantity OF
this country's gold supply would
cause a contraction Of our circulating
medium and an Inevitable fall IN
prices. And any other scheme that
would reduce our circulating medium
would produce like result.
The next four or five years VIII Dc
/. neriod Of reconstruction in Europe,
and an enormous balance OF trade
in favor OF this country can be reason
a5l- expected; and that will naturally
tend to increase, rather than diminish
our gold supply; and. unless artificial
means are used to check the natural
order of business, our gold supply
will increase and prices will increase.
But it is by no means safe to contract
upon the basis of any increase in
prices.
Unless majority Of the voters Of
this country know more than they
did in 1896, it will not be difficult for
the money kings, who know all about
the quantitatiye theory Of money, to
draw from our arteries Of trade and
retire from active use large quantities
Of our present money supply, and
that will reduce prices and make It
harder for every man who contracts
aydebt on the basis Of our present
money supply to pay the debt.
II the natural laws Of. supply and
demand are not Queered .bynsome
scarce money device, 1t is safe to con-
tract debts at the present time on the
basis Of present prices. But stealthy
attacks on present prices must be ex-
pected, and while business conditions
favor their maintenance, it is by no
means certain that they will be main
tanned.