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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-03-24
BRITISH ADVANCE IN AFRICA
Plan to Open Country Which the Huns
Had Picked 40 Worthy o.
Exploitation.

Railway development in Africa 10
evidently to be prosecuted with vigor.
At any rate. preliminaries are under
discussion for a branch railway into
Ruanda from the trunk line that Ger
man engineers had but Just completed
from the Indian ocean to Lake Tangan-
y1ka. The new line will advance into
country where the war in Europe
probably saved the natives from Ger
man attack. Ruanda had remained an
undeveloped part of the German pos
session, but had been examined and
written down as particularly worth
while to develop for the variety Of it's
products. The new railway had
brought German military force within
striking distance, and the history of
German management In Africa gives
every reason to believe that the open
ing up Of the Ruanda country would
have been q disaster for the Watussi
who inhabit 1t. From tho British
viewpoint, these natives are to be con-
ciliated rather than antagonized. They
are, in fact, one Of the superior races
Of Africa, held to be related to the
Egyptians, Assyrians, or some other
ancient African people, and should be
benefited rather than injured by the
coming of the iron horse and the
opening up of their country under
British Christian Science
Monitor.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-03-24
Devoted Nurse'a Death.

The story Of nurses devotion in
France was told by Maj. Gen. Cuth.
bert Wallace at a meeting convened
by the London national council of
women to consider shorter hours for
hospital stats.
There was," said the general, "a
certain hospital in France where the
German bombers were coming over
night after night. Some people get
restless when they know that bombs
may be dropped on them. The wound
ed man-although he was practically
Indifferent to shell tire-ln q hospital
very often gets seized with this hor-
rible fear, this inability to keep still.
There was q certain nurse who was
looking after a ward in which there
was a man who was bedridden and
could not get out of the way. She
had gone off duty one evening when
these bombers came over. She knew
Of this man and went back to her
ward. She was not on duty, but she
sat at this mans bed and sang to
him. A bomb fell. That woman was
killed, but the man was left. The
name Of this heroic nurse was not re-
vealed.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-03-24
GAR TO SELF-GOVERNMENT
IN india Idol Worship Of Brahmanical
Hierarchy Would Revive, Writer
Asserta

The danger, when it comes to self.
government for India, and every Anglo
Indian recognizes it, is that we may
put back into power the Brahmanical
hierarchy which, by all the wiles Of
priestcraft, by organizing aboriginal
worship and blood sacrifices, by as
trology and miracles" has held the
lowlier races of India enslaved, body
and soul, these three thousand years.
Even the English-speaking masters
OF art in Calcutta university, after
their graduation, 60 back to temples
reek1ng with the blood Of bulls and
goats, and chant Vedic mantras be-
fore hideous idols. Exactly so far does
their study Of Mill and Huxley emanci-
pate them. And this, In nat defiance
OF the fact that all the best Of their
sacred books sternly condemn this evil
ambition and its instruments, black
superstition and idolatry, the things
against which the Buddha made his
heroic protest. But long centuries ago,
tho dark Brahmanical reaction drove
the Buddha's followers out Of India.
Nevertheless the British trustees for
the welfare Of India continue to do all
things in their power to advance the
natives Of that many-colored congeries
OF peoples along the path of real lib
erty.-Charles Johnston, in the North
American Review.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-03-24
WHEN AVIATION WAS new
Benjamin Franklin Evidently Had
Expectations Of Its Value, Though
VenturinQ No Predictions.

Somebody has been quite naturally
reminded, by events in the air, of
what Benjamin Franklin said to Con-
dorcet about aeronautics 1875 years
ago, in Paris. The French capital
was just then much interested In the
balloon ascensions Of the Montpelier
brothers, perhaps even more excited,
on the smaller scale of the times,
than modern cities over the actual
crossing Of the Atlantic, and wher-
ever men came together the future
possibilities of ballooning made an
immediate topic of conversation. Con-
dorcet, meeting Franklin, asked him
If he thought an aeronaut would ever
be able to steer his balloon. 1.-The
thing IL in it's infancy" said Frank
lin. 1T is necessary to wait" but
what il the good Of it?" demanded a
doubling Thomas. "What useful pur-
pose will it serve?" "Gentlemen," re-
piled Franklin, ut is child Just
born; let US wait to Judge it until its
education is completed" And even
now the education is far from FIN
iShed.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-03-24
NEVADA AS GOLDEN STATE"
From Reports, It Is Not at All I'm.
probable She May Become
Thus Known.

When they began to dig out silver
by the ton from the Comstock group
or mines, Nevada lost it's original
name of 1.-THE Sagebrush State" and
became known to the whole world as
the "Silver State.'
But recent developments in the Di.
vide district seem to indicate another
change OF name, for they do say that
the gold Is so thick just q little under
the surface that the owners of the
mines refuse to dig lest they be ruined
by the excess profits tax. They Just
take out shovelful from time to
time to pay living expenses, and sit
tight over the hole where they took
it out till they need q little more.
Possibly, also, these mine owners are
Influenced by patriotism, as not WISH
Ing to disturb values by flooding the
world with gold and thus adding to
the economic confusion. California
has hitherto taken pride in calling it.
self the Golden state, but even in Ne
vada they are getting ready to de-
mand the belt and title and say they
are going to get it.
And with all due allowance for new
born enthusiasm and for the pic
turesQue way in which prosperous
miners are wont to express them
selves, If tenth Of what is claimed
is true-and it may be-we may ex-
pect the people Of Nevada to change
from the most loyal Of silverites to
the most determined and irreconcil-
able gold bugs. Circumstances do al
ter cases. That they have found q lot
Of gold is certain.-SiOux Falls Press.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-03-24
Was Bio Railroad Project

The summer brings the semicente-
nary of the opening of the Mt. Wash
fngton railway, which, so years ago,
distinguished the White mountain re-
gion of New England by making it the
location for the first important noun
tain railroad in the country. Remark
able railroading to high attitudes has
since been accomplished, but the climb
Of some $500 feet to the summit Of the
highest of the White mountains was
then regarded almost as an achieve
ment Of the impossible. And it did,
for that matter, Immediately make Mt.
Washington possible to many a tour
list who would have spent his life at
the bottom rather than try then to
climb to the top on foot.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-03-24
Appreciated American Spirit

Here is an anecdote from Maj. Ian
Hay Beith's 1.-THE Last Million" that
shows the feeling Of one British off,
Ger toward the American doughboy.
II like the young Americans passion
ate affection for his country" said the
officer, "and his fixed determination
to boost everything connected with her.
One day was waiting In a village for
an American staff car which was be-
ing sent for me from Chaumont.
found one standing at the corner Of
the street, so I asked the chauffeur,
thinking he might be from headquar-
tiers, Where are you fromY And he
sat up and replied all In one breath,
az II I had pressed button, "Sir, I
am from Marion, Ohio. the greatest
steam-shovel producing center In the
worldv Just like that. That 10 what
l call the right spirit"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-03-24
he ROSE TO THE OCCASION
Teacher insisted That Norman Should
Write Poetry, and Result Was
Remarkable Effusion.

The sophomore class at n high
school had genius for a teacher.
She could write poetry and every Fri
day required her pupils to do the
same. Norman could play baseball,
but poetry was outside his ken. Still
the teacher insisted that he do it,
and finally issued as her ultimatum
that he either write it or she would
mark him failure on his monthly re-
port. A failure mark meant that the
team would lose one Of its best play
ers, so Norman tried to write q poem.
His attempt was so wretched that his
teacher tried sarcasm.
'*You are a genius" she told him.
"Now see II you can't write a poem
about yourself and your wonderful
abilities"
Later she found Norman's effort in
his memorandum book, but she has
kept the finding secret. For he had
written:
Lives Of school teachers all remind W
That they'd better got a man.
And departing leave behind them
Fewer nuisances II they can.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-03-24
Tribute to Porridoe.

A wonderful old man is Mr.. James
Nicol, who has just celebrated his
one hundredth birthday in the Kent
ish village where he lives, and is still
going strong. Mr.. Nicol, who is a
Scot, was born III Tullibody, Clack-
mannanshire, and joined the Seventy
fourth Highlanders during the reign
Of William ", later taking part in
suppressing the Indian mutiny. He
can do the Highland fling even yet,
he says, and claims that the recipe
for long life is porridge when one is
young. He did not know the taste Of
meat or tea till he was over seven
teen. Mr.. Nicol married his second
wife when he was ninety-three.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-03-24
Lithuanian Exnorts.

Lithuania is shaking of the grip Of
German economic control. First of its
products to be freed will be its lum-
Der, which Germany controlled to her
own great profit
Lithuania exported about 100000
600 cubic feet 7of timber annually
through the portaof Memel by the Riv-
er Niemen. Germany's control Of the
Niemen1 river has been ended.
Lithuania will therefore come for
ward as a world trader as soon as her
independence is recognized. She IL al
ready planning the purchase Of metal.
machinery and foodstuns In Ameliea.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-03-24
Not Her Honey.

I was expecting a call on the tele-
phone from my wife ut eleven o'clock
one morning. Exactly at trat hour
my bell jingled, and. taking down the
receiver, l said: "Hellow
The response came: rs that you,
WhiteY'
"This is your honey, sweetheart"
was my reply.
In icy tones came: "You've got
your nerve. Wait till zee your
wife,"
Bang went the receiver.
recognized the voice as that OF
my wife's chum.- Chicago Tribune.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-03-24
May BE Bio Gold Field.

That free gold of untold quantities
would be found in the gravel Of the
channel where once flowed the Rogue
river has been the belief Of Oregon
miners for more than half century.
And so 1t happened that the owner
Of the old Waldo mine near Grants
Pass the other day made the greatest
strike ever made in this section when
he turned gravel for the first time.
His holdings consist of 1920 acres
and it Is believed that almost every
foot Of them lie over the old river
bed and that nearly all of it is rich
In pay dirt.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-03-24
Not Particular.

Two local fire ladies recently went
on a hunting trip.
Hearing a shot, one yelled to the
other:
Get something's"
you betcha," the other replied
"What is it?''
"Pheasant."
The other, approaching, laughed de-
risively.
Huh" he said, that isn't a pleas
ant; it's a screech-owl."
"Oh, WE'LL" said the first hunter,
whats the difference7 When eat
bird I eat its meat. amt particular
what kind of a voice it's got."-London
Tt-Bits.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-03-24
New Kind Of Contribution.

Several exhibition halls and Assem-.
bly, rooms have been built In Norway
by attaching to the uprights a met
ting" fashioned from wooden rods
about third of an inch square In
cross-section, which are bound to-
gether with tin-plated iron wire, and
subsequently covered with a durable
plaster. Structures Of this sort, says
Popular Mechanics Magazine, are
easily and quickly constructed and are
said to be useful in winter time.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-03-24
WASN'T ASKING FOR MUCH
All Buffalo wife Wanted Of the Hus.
band was Just zone Of Those
Regional eant<s."

Stevenson. we believe It was-our
memory isn't as good as it was befoAe
the income tax passed-tried to To-
cate the greatest happiness IN
married life, remarks a writer in Buff
falo News. He said the greatest
need of Joy comes from recount
Ing tales of courtship, didn't he? Or
is the pinnacle Of happiness found in
social contact with others, whereby
husband and wife are spurred by the
law of contrast to love one another
more dearly7 We forget which was
his conclusion.
"Tennyrate, both are wrong and un.
worthy Of so great q master of litera-
ture. Our notion, you may say, is I'm.
important, and very probably you
speak within the law when you say
so. But to us the greatest Joy comes
In that mystic hour beside the eve
ming lamp, when the gray moss hangs
low from the nuptial tree, casting
shadowy fancies about the heart Of the
home. To sing to her, to write odes
to her, to recount the days work to
her-an are pleasant occupations.
TO read to her, though, is the very
height Of evening enjoyment; she is
so attentive, hangs so interestedly
upon every word, and then her re-
freshing woman's views on what has
been read! For example, last night,
when he read two columns of compre-
hensive matter on the currency inno-
walton, after which she yawned, wound
up the clock and said:
Il wish you would stop tomorrow
and get one of those regional banks
and bring it home. 1 have one of the
A. M. & A. banks and dime bank,
too. But think one of those regional
banks would be so much more desir-
able for larger money"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-03-24
Proof.

Proof.
my dear. was one of the very
drst to leave" said man, who, on re-
turning from an evening party, was
greeted reproachfuhy by his wife.
"Oh, you always say that" she re-
torted.
swell, <:an prove it this time, any
how" insisted the husband. Look In
the hall and see the Eold-mountod una.
Srolla I've brought home"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-03-24
Danced to Death.

It was a Polish wedding and there
were quite a number Of guests. Each
one that danced with the bride was to
Gay 81. They had been dancing and
celebrating all evening and it was
early the next morning when the bride
had danced about forty-ive times,
therefore making about SIS. She was
determined she would make $50 be-
fore she quit and had almost succeed
Cd when she fell to the door dead. =
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-03-24
Qualified.

He was applying for a position as
attendant in an insane asylum.
Have you had any experience han.
ding irrational persons?" he was
asked.
Some" was his response. II was a
motion-picture director for several
years."
And he was hired forthwith.-Tilm
Fun.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-03-24
Called 70 Canada

Called to Canada
A. o. Hildahl was called to Esteven,
Canada, last week by the illness of
his son, Miner Hildahl. He left Fri
day morning for that place accom-
panied by Stella johnson, who ia q
sister of Mrs. Miner Hildahl.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-03-24
Loft for Irvinu

Gilbert Erickson and family left
last Wednesday for Irving township
where they will reside on a farm. The
farm consists of 60 acres and is To-
Gated in section 2. Mr.. Erickson pur-
chased the farm from Even Israelson,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-03-24
AUCTION SALE

Auction sale at Farmers Feed
Barn on Saturday, March 9th, at l
p. m. Horses, harnesses and wagons.
Usual terms.-Paid Adv.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-03-24

Basket Social This Evening
The American Legion is giving q
basket social at the Odd Fellows Hall
this evening.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-03-24

Mrs. c. E. Watkins and son left
yesterday for Litchfield to visit few
days with relatives. They will re-
turn tomorrow.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-03-24

Social Postponed
The social in District GO North. will
be postponed until a latter date.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-03-24

Louis L. Guam of Ulen is visit
ing his brother, Hon. Nels Guam.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-03-24

Judge T. o. Gilbert spent last
Friday and Saturday on business in
the Twin Cities.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-03-24

Ole Bjerke of Raymond was in
this city on busintss Tuesday.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-12-24

People are discussing the tax ques'
ton now and the school question
and its management in connection
with It. Our editorial published We'd
nesday opened up the subject and
people are differing on the question,
Some Of them are roasting the editor
for suggesting that schools have too
much vacation with expenses going
on which are paid BY the tax payers.
Some Of the parents say they would
rather have their children in school
the week before Christmas and 9th
ers say they would rather have them
out Of school the week before Christ
mas. Some say the children are ner-
yous and full Of anticipation and be-
ing idle increases the difficulties.
Others. say they are anticipating
Christmas and might not do good
work this week II they were In
school. Some have put the children
to work in the preparation for Christ
mas and on that account are glad
there is no school this week. Mem
bers Of the school board claim that
since business houses give their en-
ployes q week Of vacation at full
pay once q year, the same rule ought
to apply to the teachers in the school
service. They consider that they give
the teachers one week salary and
that the teachers make up one week
in June SO that they merely get paid
for the weeks work they do and
that they lay of a week at holiday
time without pay and another
week in June, receiving pay for the
week they worked In May. or June.
The question was put up to the
teachers by the trustees to see which
way they would rather do and they
preferred to lose week Of their own
time at the holiday season, even tho
they are on expense here.
a teacher In the commercial de-.
partment, who has turned out many
pupils, thinks her salary is not as
high as it should be and cites as
proof the fact that some Of her pu-
pills 60 out into business and receive
a higher salary than she does for
having taught them. She gives Edi-
tor Tfego the dickens and says there
is a case in point where one Of her
pupils went out and took a position
in the Republican office and in few
years worked up to- where she had
an income Of $500 a year more than
her. teacher who taught her. She
takes the view that when Trego ad-
yanced this girls wages to such pro-
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-12-24

house absolutely avoid making mis.
takes. -f& ~ W~
= A BrilIisnt Teaches
A few years ago one Of our Black
foot teachers who kept q bank &C.
count and paid by checks, overdrew
| for q few dollars. The bank wrote
her q little note explaining that she
had overdfawn her account and told
her. the amount. They had already
cashed the check. She came In and
told the cashier that she received
his letter and that she was surprised
at the discrepancy IN the account but
she supposed the banks account Of
II was right, however she had not
knowingly overdrawn; she. did not
see hardly how it had come about
but of course she would Immediately
settle II and she took our her check
book and wrote him another check
for the amount OF the overdraft and
handed It to him thinking that would
pay 1t. He handed 1t back to her ex-
planning that that was not money,
and that checks were not worth any
thing except as they were backed by
Real money on deposit. That seemed
news to her and she said, We'll, l
never could understanding banking
anyway, -. Il.
"A rather interesting phase OF the
salary question Is that teachers,
trustees and superintendent do not
seem able to agree on just what they
are being paid. Some say they are
getting ten months pay and that 1t
Is understood that they are to do
only nine months teaching. Some
say they have two weeks holiday va
cation on full pay, but they have to
make up one week of it In June,
some say they make up both weeks
In June and some say the teachers
had the option of one week or two,
and Of course chose two because they
get full pay anyhow. One who
made this statement was getting a
full weeks salary as clerk in store
and had begun the chat by saying
they made up for the vacation in
June. Some of them dismiss it all
by saying it doesn't matter about the
rest of the details so long as the
contract is followed.
One Of the trustees remarks that in |
the course Of the spring and sum-
mer season the board hires about
ESQ teachers to finally fill fifty posi-
tons SO the matter of contract is a |
very. flexible affair. There is a |
thirty-day limit of acceptance, and |
in that time there is a whirl of |
jockeying for better positions. Each |
teacher has about one great-gross of |
positions on the string and each |
board has as many teachers In hail
Ing distance, and then "the stage !
coach, tips over 5't 73a1
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-12-24
WANTED

WANTED-Trac to overhaul at
the shops Of the Idaho Technical
Institute. Good work assured by sup
ervision Of experts and experienced
mechanics. Tractor owners are in
vited to enroll in the Tractor Me-
chanics course and bring their worn
tractors for overhaul and adjustment.
Address, Idaho Technical Institute,
Pocatello, Idaho, 156-12c.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-12-24
LOST

LOST-One red steer, 3 years old,
white face. Branded seventy-seven
with capital ID" connected with
the last seven, on left ribs, ear mark
ed swallow fork on right upper slope
On left ear. This steer got away from
sugar factory. Anyone holding or
having seen this steer, notify Fl. w.
Dixey. Reasonable reward. Phone
145J1. ,a 153-tf