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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-10-31

St. Cloud Journal-Press (23): Mrs.
A. L. Riley and Miss Gladys Riley en-.
tertained one hundred and twenty Of
St. Cloud 3 society members at their
home from four until7six yesterday, at
a reception in compliment to Mrs. Karl
N. Ladner, formerly Miss Eva Berg Of
Little Falls. The front room at the
Riley home was prettily decorated with
white and gold chrysanthemums while
pink roses were used in the dining room
where Mrs. E. F. Moore, Mrs. c. L. At
wood, Mrs. John Gale and the Misses
Marion Schaller, Frances Erwin, Edna
Bunnell, Josephine and Kate Sheehan
Lucille Fisher and Mabel Berg presid
ed.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-10-31
saw Mill THROUGH
CLOSING OF MILL THIS WEEK
MARKS END OF LUMBER IN
DUsTRY HERE.

Little Falls, which has since early in
mil town." has finally cropped into
industry is concerned. The big mill
OF the Pine Tree Manufacturing COM
pany, which has been IN constant opera
zion during the summer months SINCE
1892, cut It's last log Monuay morning
at 10 O'Clock. AS the mill whistle
blew a moment later, announcing the
closing, the old-timer here who heard
it anu knew the meaning could not help
but feel lump in the throat as in the
passing Of an old friend.
In 1891 G. A. Weyerhaeuser, then Of
Rock Island, ILL.,, and X. u. Ausser, of
Muscatlne, La, came to Little Falls and
purchased a small saw mill which was
located across the river from the pres
ent plant, just above the present bridge.
| These men proceeded to- have a new
! mill built ON the west side, which was
completed and began operations the fol
lowing year. Little Falls was then a
town of less than half it's present pop
..ulation> The lumber industry has been
/ the biggest industry in this city aud has
been big factor in the growth Of L it.
i tie Falls.
For a concern employing largo
number Of men the Pine Tree Manufac-
turing company has enjoyed very
friendly relations with it's employees and
labor troubles have been as scarce as
hens teeth. Many Of the employees
., who were with the mill at the time it
shut down had worked there in one
capacity or another since it opened in
1892. Among them are 7: Amo, 7: o.
Berg, M. G. Davis, Ec. Fourier, Jos.
Supa, Peter johnson, Ed. Hughes, Nels
Nelson, Napoleon Varano, Gust Peter
son, Alfred Peterson, Ed. Bouck, Peter
Ploof, Eric Peterson, Herman Utsch,
Vital Rasicot, Frank Sobieski and Jer-
~ Jarvis. Many others still with the
mill have been employed there 20 to
Is years.
Messrs. Weyerhaeuser and MQsses
have during their residence here been
good boosters and have tried to make
the city better place in which to live
They have given freely to all public
institutions and to charity.
i While the saw mill is now q thing OF
the past here the concern will he here
for some time to come and the planning
mill will no doubt be operated for an
otLer year. Most Of the saw mil inen
are still working as there is consider
able cleaning up to be done about the
mill. The number Of men to be en-
ployed by the company this winter
twill be about 200. the company esti
mates.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-10-31

John Armstrong Of Hutchinson, Kan.
returned the first Of the week to Du'
buque, Ia, where he attends college
after brief visit with friends here
Mr.. Armstrong, who Was catcher for the
local ball team this summer, is now
playing on the Dubuque college foot,
ball team. Rev. Sherman w. Arends
who served the Presbyterian church
here this summer, and stephen Besse'
mer, another member OF the ball team,
are also at this school and are on the
football team.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-10-31
,etter feeding and care Of dairy cat,
tie: As & IN. 4.
A Holstein breeders association Of
is members was organized.

tie. IS.
A Holstein breeders association OF
Is members was organised.
r.. Il Potato Association Started
As result Of the work by the county
farm breau, number of potato
growers associations were formed.
Zach member was pledged to mann
tain a seeding pant, using special
care in the selecuon OF seed and
treating it for diseases. AS an out
growth OF these plans a county po-
lato growers association has been
organized. The farmers Grub at Ram
ey decided to RAISE only kural new
Workers.. The Pine farmers club at
human agreed to raise only Green
Mountains. For this cub carlot
OF selected Green Mountain seed po-
latoes were obtained. The Motley
community club have agreed to RAISE
only Green Mountains. Sixty or more
potato growers are maintalning-seed
pats as planned.
Gram Smut Control
J.. AS q Result OF grain smut control
project OF the farm bureau, druggists
report sales OF more than double the
amount OF formaldehyde sold any
previous year.
Miss Anna Truog, member of one
OF the boys and girls cubs formed
in the county, won third pr4ze in the
state contest at the stale TAR with
her pig. The results of other boys
and girls clubs activities. OF course,
are not yet ready to announce. Five
TO he H.,
county agent, making II in Morrison
county. =a
Office and Field Work
During the period covered by this
report, I23 calls were received a,
the Office requesting Information
along some line of farming; 22l farm
VISITS were made on project work;
81 meetings were held with a total
attendance OF 4,4O3 persons; $50 let
tiers were written exclusive of circu
lar letters; 8 monthly Farm Bureau
exchange bulletins were sent Out
listing farm produce, livestock, and
farm machinery tor Farm Bureau
members, The circulation OF these ex
changes averaged 308 for each issue
TWenty-seven articles were writer
for and used by the local papers il
the county.
Such is the report Of the work &C
complished in a period OF about Il
months in one OF the counties O
Minnesota by county agent. MIR
Jacobson retired October l to go in
to business for himself. His place i.
to be filled by Clyde Campbell, forme
county agent tor Hubbard county
Mr.. Campbell is Minnesota man
born in Hubbard county, a gradual,
OF Ames Agricultural college, has Civ
en- special attention to the standard
ization OF potato varieties and to Do
tato marketing problems in tn,
county where he has been employee.
for the last two years. An OTTER O
Increased salary makes him tn,
agent OF the farmers Of Morrison
county.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-10-31
BOARD OF EDUCATION
PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF IN.
DEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
OF LITTLE FALLS, MINI. <
(Onicial.)

(Official.)
October 26, 1919.
The BoArd Of Education held a speci-
a meeting at the Gordon Motor Co.'S
emice at o'clock p. m. members being
All present with exception of G. w.
Massey.
1t was moved. seconded and carried
that the Board of Education purchase
Of w. w. Gowan five circulating water
arches. two for the Central building,
and ono each for the Hawthorne. Col
ambia, and Lincoln buildings, at a total
cost Of 31.150.0O. completely installed.
and that the president and secretary
he authorized to sign contract for
samo.
It was moved. seconded and carried
that n tho Board Of Education haxe the
stab, its American Smoke Consumer.
enc IN each Of the high school boilers
tory after so days, the Board Of Educa-
ton viii pay $4,000 for them. # not
satisfactory the st. Paul Boiler & Man
ufacturing Co. will have them removed,
and leave the boilers in as good shape
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-10-31

goes towards the benefit of the school,
also part to the Red Cross.
Everybody was out trying their sleds
Tuesday.
0ecoT Lagegeuist done carpenter
work for O. B. Nygaa11-. Tuesday:
Ernest johnson went to brainerd
last week in search of employment.
B. E. Nygaard was a county seat WIS.,
itor Tuesday.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-10-31

The erection of the new. laundry
building for the Franciscan Sisters, is
progressing rapidly and the structure
is fast nearing completion. Mr.. Kopacz,
the contractor, states that it has been
exceedingly difficult to secure material.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-10-31

Miss Johanna O'Neill sustained a
fractured arm Saturday when she slip
ped and fell on an icy walk. She was
taken to St. Gabriel s hospital for care.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-10-31
Potato Warehouse Built


A cooperative potato warehouse as
ISOLATION at Genola was organized
with capital stock of $10,O0O.OO, di-
vided into shares of $500 each. Dur
ing the summer, a warehouse 36x96
had been constructed and equipped
with the Modern potato handling ma
chinery.
A poultry association was organ
lied in the county. The first show will
be held during the coming winter.
Experts from the University Farm
have given five poultry culling demon
STATIONS, showing how to distinguish
good layers from poor
Sweet clover has been introduced
to demonstrate it's value on run down
sandy soil. Sandy fields cropped for
18 to 20 years without fertilizing,
have been used for the demonstration.
soybeans Introduced
'Soybeans have been introduced by
the purchase Of seed from Wisconsin.
The beans were grown in the rows
with corn to be used for silage. This
is common custom in Wisconsin,
where all who have used the soybeans
declare they add greatly to the quail
1ty and considerably to the quantity
OF silage grown. A start has been
made in Morrison county.
e'ackleg Vaccination Demonstrated
To control an outbreak of blackleg
in Swan River township, 80 head of
cattle were vaccinated at three dem.
onstrations. After seeing the work
done, the farmers ordered instru-
ments and a supply OF vaccine and
will treat their own cattle hereafter.
Balanced rations were figured by
the county agent for ~ dairymen in
separate communities to encourage
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-10-31

81 a. E. Joslin has taken q position q
weigher, at the coal sheds of the Ryan
hardware. .s.s 5ss
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-10-31
Co. AGENTS VALUE n |
FARMERS SAVED $1,000 A MONTH
BY o. P. JACOBSON, SAYS
NORTHWEST FARMSTEAD.

An interesting article on what was
accomplished by O. P. Jacobson, form
er county agent of Morrison county, ap-
peared in q recent issue Of the North
west Farmstead. The article shows
conclusively that the county agent is
worth many times more than his salary
amounts to, to the farmers. Following
is the complete article:
One neighborhood in Morrison
county will save 100000 a month as
a result of the work of P. o. Jacob
son, county agent. For two years the
creamery al Cushing had been
closed. Last spring it was offered tor
sale or rent.
The county agent and a representa-
tive from the state dairy and food
commission investigated conditions in
the nelghborhood: 1t was found that
1900 pounds of butterfat had been
shipped out of the community during
the first week in March. In addition
several individual farmers had
shipped their own cream. A conser.
vative estimate was 5000 pounds OF
butterfat per week being shipped out
of Cushing. On March 8, the farmers
were receiving So cents per pound
for butterfat. New York extras were
quoted at 50 cents. The average CO
operative creamery of the state pays
at least 2 cents above New York ex
tras. This means that the farmers OF
the Gushing neighborhood were los
ing cents per pound, which would
amount to $4,000 per week or about
100000 per month, due to the failure
of having the creamery operating as
it should.
Creamery Reorganized
A meeting was arranged where II
was decided to reorgan1ze and star1
| the creamery on a new and sound
business basis as q cooperative In
| stitution.
An organization was formed which
bought the creamery and started thu
plant making butter again on Ma,
IL. Joe HOrstch, an experienced but
termaker, was secured by the county
| agent to manage the creamery. If thu
| creamery continues successful, as it:
I start promises, it will mean saving
of some $12,000.00 per year to thu
| Gushing community.
The Randall cooperative creamery
| which had been in trouble, wa!
| put on it's feet by much the same
means.
New Creamery Started
| AS result Of the efforts of thu
county agent, cooperative creamery
association was organized during thu
summer in the Hillman community
| A splendid new hollow tile building
! is under construction and the cream
cry will begin operating about Marcl
l.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-25

Ashland-At a meeting of AsA,..,
business men it was decided to h"n a
$4,000 addition to the Y. NJ q
building with a swimming pool -,
filtration system, also sleeping roon'
A committee of five headed by e =
Werden, with the state secretary ~
report plans for a drive TO bag;r
week hence. The present structnra !!
worth $4,000. The business NJ
pledge $4,000 as soon as the addi,;ou
can be added
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-25
NAVY GRAFT Barred:
BRIBERY IN PROMOTIONS is
CHARGED IN EAST.
Investigation of Certain Matters Or
dered by Secretary DanieIs-Many
Violations Are Cited.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE.

New York, Feb. 19.-ArrestS on.
charges of bribery and graft in the
personnel of the Third naval district
have been made following an investi-
cation ordered by Secretary Daniels,
the New York Evening Post says. The
Post quotes Secretary Daniels as say
ing that the investigation indicates
"that money was paid for assignments
and promotions in the service and dis
charges from the service" 1t is
charged that a system of bribery of
minor officials of the district, with par
ticular reference to the naval reserve
force, has been operating.
The investigation by the secretary
of the navy was ordered, it was said.
after he had consulted with Rear Ad-
miral Nathaniel r. Usher, in COM
mand of the district, who is described
as preferring that any investigation
that was undertaken should be made
by some one outside of the district.
The investigator is a member of the
staff of the judge advocates Office in
w
Rear Admiral Usher refused to dis
cuss the case, stating that all infOrma-
ton must come from the secretary of
the navy, who ordered the investiga-
ton.
The bribery charges are set forth as
consisting of the acceptance for en-
listment of physically untitled men
upon false medical records; the as
signment of men for duties far re-
moved from war zone and actual sea
service; the transfer of men from one
district to another in order to escape
sea service; permission to men to con-
tinue thte' business activities while at
tending to their navy duties for only
an hour or two day; and the passing
of men for early discharge after the
signing of the armistice.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-25
NOTES PROPOSED
FOR NEXT LOAN
May Take the Place of the VIC
tory Bonds.
SH0RT-TERM ISSUE is URGED
Tentative Decision Is Reached by a
House Committee on Victory Loan
Substitute-WouId Put ST.
100000, 900 Limit on
Amount

Washington, Feb. 19.-Short-term
notes. maturing in from one to five
years, would be offered in the forth
coming Victory Liberty loan campaign,
instead of long-term notes, under a
tentative agreement reached by the
house ways and means committee 10
fix the terms of the loan by legislation
rather than to give Secretary Glass
wide discretionary powers to deter
mine them, as he Lad asked.
AT the same time Secretary Glass in
a statement explained that the inten-
sive popular campaign would be con-
Quoted as planned, regardless of the
terms arranged by congress, and that
it would start not later than April II.
Fear Effect on Market.
The secretary had asked congress to
issue either bonds or notes. as market
conditions at the time might warrant,
but members of the committee con-
cluded that new loan issue would
necessarily carry with it such high
rate of interest that financial markets
might be adversely affected for some
time.
Under the tentative agreement of
the committee Secretary Glass would
be given discretion of issuing any one
or several of four kinds of notes, to be
prescribed by the legislation. The
quantity of these nOnnegotiable securi-
ties would be limited to probably ST.
000,OO0,O00, of which the treasury now
plans to issue only about $6,000,OOO,-
900.
The principal features of each of the
four kinds of notes proposed would be
as follows:
One class would be at low rate of
interest, possibly 4 per cent, and eX-
empt from all federal taxation; one
would be at a comparatively high rate,
possibly per cent and subject to all
federal taxes; a third would bear a
moderate rate of interest-4A per
cent was suggested-and be exempt
from normal income tax levies; the
fourth would be exempt from taxation
up to certain amount.
These terms have not yet been de-
fined, but treasury officials said the
proposed alternatives would satisfy
the treasury department.
In denomination the notes probably
ould correspond with the past Lib
erty loans, ranging from $50 up.
Not to Increase Bond Total.
The ways and means committee also
decided tentatively not to increase the
authorization for issuance of bonds
from about $5,OOO,OOO,OOO to $1O,OOO,-
100000. This means that the treas
ury still would have power to issue up
to five billions in Liberty bonds at
the Az per cent rate of the last two
loans, and with the same terms. 1t is
possible that some of the notes to be
issued would be convertible in the next
three or. four years into Liberty bonds
of longer maturity.
The draft of the proposed legislation
for the short term notes was ordered
by the committee, and its experts be-
gan Immediately to consider the plans
for the new measure.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-25
JELLICOE TO VISIT AMERICA
Former British Naval Chief Will Be
in San Francisco October 20, After
Far East Trip.

London, Feb. 19.-The proposed
itinerary of Vice Admiral Viscount
.JellicOe. former commander i'll chief of
the British grand fleet, who will leave
Portsmouth February 20 on a trip to
the far East and the Pacific coast of
North America, will bring him to San
Francisco October 20, 1919. The an
nouncement says that the dates should
be regarded as tentative as they de-
pend mainly on the admirals work in
the various dominions.
Lord JellicOe will leave Portsmouth
on board H. M. S. New Zealand and
will arrive at Gibraltar February a.
He will visit Port Said, Suez, Bombay
and Colombo as well as several Aus
tralian ports.
After a stay in New Zealand he will
cross the Pacific by way of the Fiji
islands, Samoa and Honolulu, arriv-
ing in San Francisco about October 20.
The admiral probably will disembark
at San Francisco and go to Ottawa by
train.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-25
BIG SHIPS STARTED
SIXTEEN WAR VESSELS. CON-
PLETED IN FOUR YEARS.
Some of the German U-Boats Divided
Up-only Good as Coal
Barges.

Washington, Feb. 19.-All of the is
capital ships already authorized for
the navy will be under construction on
the ways within a year, Rear Admiral
Taylor, chief of construction, informed
the senate naval affairs committee dur
ing consideration of the naval appro-
priatiOn bill.
These ships will be completed with
in four years at a maximum from the
time they are started, Admiral Taylor
estimated. in response TO questions of
Senator Lodge.
The committee approved apprOpria-
lions for improvements to navy yards
totaling $2,SO0,OOO, which Admiral Tay-
lor said were necessary to provide for
increased building economically and
expeditiously.
Replying to questions of Senator
Penrose of Pennsylvania about the
probable disposition of the surren-
dered German navy, Admiral Taylor
said he was informed some of the
submarines already had been divided
dLlOhS DIIlclII japan
didn't we get any?" asked Senator
Lodge.
"We will have to get few samples"
replied the admiral.
Admiral Taylor said the surrendered
ships would prove of little value save
as "coal barges," and that as scrap"
they would be practically worthless.
They could not be used for fighting
purposes by any nation except Ger
many, he said, because of their differ
ence in type from allied warships.
Replying to Senator Penrose's in
quiries, Admiral Taylor said he
thought only of a minority of navy
officers held the view that the German
ships should be sunk, although the
plan had been advanced.
The committee restored to the bill a
provision continuing wartime increased
pay in the navy.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-25
WAR CLOUD AT U. S. DOOR
Costa Ricans Peril Nicaragua-Men-
ace May Force Washington to
Send Army,

Washington, Feb. 19.-Alarms of
war, together with plots and counter
plots of conquest, are embroiling the
states of Central America to an extent
that is likely to require the dispatch
of an American expeditionary force
to maintain order unless the job be
saved for the league of nations.
Costa RIGA is on the verge of war
with Nicaragua, and, according to a
dispatch received by the Nicaraguan
legation, has modified 5000 troops I'M
der Julian Irias, premier of Nicaragua
during the Zelaya regime, on the Mica
raguan frontier.
Nicaragua is frantic with fear of the
threatened aggression. The republic
has no army, no weapons, no ammuni-
ton. 1t is at the mercy of any de-
signing neighbor unless protected by
the United States.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-25

Observation-Disclosures council No
710, Knights of Columbus, has added
seventy members to its rolls.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-25
DEFEAT RUSSIAN REDS
$1,000 ANARCHISTS MADE PRISON.
ERs, is REPORT.
General DenikiEes' Army Advances
233 Miles, Seizes 95 Guns and
Eight Armored Trains.

Odessa, UKrainia, Feb. 19.-The an
ti-bolshevik army of Gen. Denikines
has reached the Caspian sea after adj
vancing $50 versts (233 miles,. captur-
ing $1,000 prisoners, ninety-five guns
and eight armored trains.
In the victorious advance Gen. Deni.
kines' army scattered a bolshevik
force of more than 100000 Bolshevik
war material in railway cars which
stretched for a distance of thirty miles
also was captured.
By his victory in the Caspian region
Gen. Denikines will be able to turn his
attention to the Don region. where
the position of the forces opposed to
the bolsheviki has been precarious for
several weeks.
London, Feb. 19.-The Seventh boil
Shevik army in Esthonia and Livon;a
attacked furiously on all sectors of tue
Narva, PSkov. and Volmar fronts Sat.
urday and the fighting still continues,
according TO the Daily News HeIsing-
fors correspondent in a dispatch.
THE Seventh army" says the co..
respondent, consists of 10000 men,
who have more than 100 guns, sew
eral armored trains, and airplanes
from the Ural front.
Leon Trotzky, the bolshev.k
minister of war, gave the order to 1T
tack, in accordance with a resolution
passed at a secret meeting of the Pc
trograd soviet Wednesday. after Trotz-
Sy had stated that the occupation Of
Petrograd by anti-bOlshevik White
guards would mean an end of the boil
shevik revolution.
1.-THE EsthOnians had just cleared
Esthonia of the bolsheviki. but the rs
thonian staff was ready, and after sew
eral hours of stubborn fighting gained
the initiative. The battle is progress
ing with severe losses"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-25
100000 ARMY LOSES AGAIN
Administration Leaders Fail in Effort
to Get Special Rule to
Meet Obstacles.

Washington, Feb. 19.-Administra.l
their effort to have the rules commit
tee report a special rule to meet par
liamentary obstacles to legislation I'M
the pending army appropriation bill
for a temporary peace time army of
100000 men.
Instead, by close VOTE the commit,
tee decided to give a rule for imme-l
date consideration of a senate bill
authorizing the resumption of voluni
tary enlistments. A fight against this.
rule probably will be led by Repre-
sentative Kahn of California.