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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-08-19

Oldsmobile sets the pace. Twenty
second year.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1920-01-23
Champion Wrestler to Appear

Emil Aker of Sisseton, S. D., will
meet Private William 'Deistler of
Company X in wrestling bout at
the Orpheum on the evening of
February 2. Aker takes the place of
Ed. Asmus of Chokio who was sche-
duled to appear on that night, but
who has refused to meet the Company
K champion as agreed
Aker is the welter weight cham
pion of South Dakota, and a man of
much greater reputation than the
one whose place he is taking. Local
fans may be assured of classy
wrestling bout when the two men
meet. D. L. Kennedy, athletic direct
or for Company K, states that many
Of the men are planning to take their
wives to see the bout, and special
invitation is extended to ladies to
take this opportunity of seeing. a
match of this kind
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1920-01-23
"A PROSPEROUS YEAR"
REPORT LOCAL BANKS
Annual Elections Held and Past
Years Work Reviewed. Better Year
Predicted for 1920

"It has been year of prosperity, "
agreed the Norris bankers, as they
reviewed their past years business at
their annual meetings held last week.
Five thousand dollars has been
added to the surplus account" reports
the Morris National Bank, which held
it's meeting on Tuesday, January 13.
"Thsi gives the bank a capital and
surplus of $4,000, besides $4,000 in
a prosperous year and largely in
creased it's business" The following
officers were elected: Directors, J.
H. Devenney, F. r. Putnam, George
w. Beise, J. R. Kruger and M. B.
Lord; President, J. H. Devenney,
vice-president, J. R. Krueger; cashier,
F. r. Putnam; assistant cashier, W.
E. Frame.
The Stevens County Bank has ap-
pointed the following to office: Pres
ident, w. F. Cooley; vice-president,
Alfred o. Clave; cashier, VIM. E.
Saunders, Jr.; assistant cashier, W.
F. Cooley, Jr. The board of directors
consists of the officers of the bank,
and James J. McCanney, J. J. Gaff-
ney and Max Trantow. while 1919
was a prosperous year." is their state
ment, 1--WE look forward to 1920,
during which year we shall develop
our farm loan business with which
we have recently become connected,
as a more prosperous year still"
The Citizens Bank too expresses it
self as being well satisfied with the
increased business of the successful
year we have just closed" This bank
held it's meeting on January 6, and
makes the following report: Direct
ors, C. F. Raiter Of Alexandria, N.
A. Nilsson and S. A. Siverts; president,
H. Thorson, vice-president, L. H.
Ickler of st. Paul, and cashier, S. A.
Siverts.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1920-01-23
FIRE-SWEPT BLOCK
IS BEING REPAIRED
Work Will Be Completed By March
L; Sale of Stock to Begin Next
Week

The work of repairing the Mullen
Block, which was partly destroyed by
fire on Friday, January 8, has be-
gun. The loss to the building is
estimated at $4,000, as the portion
which contained the Canty store will
have to be entirely rebuilt, the Soc
ond floor and stairway repaired, and
the Mullen store replastered and re-
finished.
AS the adjustor did not appear un-
til last Saturday, it was impossible
to began work on the building before,
but it is progressing famously now,
and the work probably be entirely
finished by March 1.
A sale of the entire stock in Mr..
Mullen's store will be put on by Mr..
A. G. Herman of Minneapolis begin
ming next Wednesday. At the COM
pletion of this sale, the shop will be
closed for repairs for two or three
weeks.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1920-01-23
p. L. SPOONER, PRES.
FOR COMMERCIAL CLUB
P. E. Miller Made Vice President and
Stanley Hunter Seetary for
1920 =

The annual meeting of the Morris
Commercial Club last Friday evening
was well attended and enthusiastic.
The treasurer's report showed a good
balance on hand in the treasury, and
new officers were elected. by the in
formal ballot method with the best
of good feeling, and the work of the
club for 1920 was auspiciously be-
gun.
A nominating committee composed
of N. Vinje, H. o. Eames and VIM.
Cooley, Sr., submitted a list of NOM
nations for the various offices, and
the club decided to take up each one
by informal ballot first, in order to
give the fullest opportunity for
further nominations.
Under this procedure, P. L. Spoon
er was elected president and P. e.
Miller vice-president by a practically
unanimous vote. For secretary Mr..
Phinney was nominated by the COM
mittee, and the informal ballot dis
closed a strong vote also for VIM.
Cooley Jr. and Stanley Hunter, be-
sides some scattering. On the form
al ballot, Stanley Hunter received a
majority and was declared elected.
For treasurer, w. J. Cooley Sr., was
elected by acclamation.
For directors, J. R. Krueger, F.
A. Hancock, C. A. Dushek, H. o.
Eames and T. J. Mangan were NOM
mated by the committee and elected
by the club, but Mr.. Mangan de-
clined the Office on account of being
away from the city a great deal. An
informal ballot was taken to fill this
vacancy, and disclosed a very scat
tering vote, but on the second ballot,
A. o. Clave received nearly a un-
animous vote and was declared
elected.
A committee on the annual party
was appointed consisting of C. A.
Dushek, F. A. Hancock and N. Vinje.
1t is planned to hold the annual
party some time soon.
r. M. Adams, the retiring presi-
dent, spoke Of how his own business
had interferred with his attendance
at meetings the past year, and ex-
pressed his high appreciation of how
c. A. Dushek as vice-president had
performed the duties of president
He moved a standing vote of appre-
citation to Mr.. Dushek for his SER
vices, and this was unanimously car
ried.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1920-01-23
Skiing Club Passes Awav

The skiing club has suffered sud-
den and very violent death. On Sun
day it was still living and thing of
joy. It's members betook themselves
to Government Hill, for the purpose
of indulging in the magnificent but
somewhat difficult art. There was a
high jump, and a very hard stone,
and unmanageable skis, and the COM
bination of these brought grief upon
the mayor, and in a lesser degree,
upon other members of the club
among whom might be mentioned,
c. B. Sylvander and H. Probst. Mr..
Geenty did not appear for several
days afterward, and his colleagues,
showing unmistakable evidences of
the result of their outing, declared
that the skiing club "was not"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1920-01-23

suit with the county attorney regard
ing it.
Following is the cases that have
gone thru the county attorneys
Office during the past years, and
their disposition:
PROSECUTIONS DISTRICT COURT
Grand Larceny Second Degree, 1.
Saltwater, 2 yrs, mos.
PROSECUTIONS IN MUNICIPAL
AND JUSTICE COURTS
Bastardy, 2, both pending.
Violations, game and fish laws, 6,
all guilty.
Drunkenness, 2, all guilty.
Defrauding hotel keeper, /, dis
missed.
Non support of wife, 1, pending.
Abandonment of child, /, dis
missed.
Violation of auto laws, 1, guilty.
Assault, 3rd deg, and assault and
battery, 6, 8 guilty, 2 acquitted, l
pending.
Forgery, 1, pending.
Petit larceny, 8, 2 dismissals, 1
pending.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1920-01-23
HARNESS THIEVES ARE
NOW In REFORMATORY
Law Violations, However, Are Not
Numerous Here According to
County Attorney

County Attorney w. H. Cherry has
made his annual report to the At
torney-General, and this report dis
closes that Stevens county suffers lit
tie from crime. There have been on
ly a few minor infractions of the
laws involving residents of the coun-
ty, and the community has also been
fortunate in escaping the depreda-
tions of the criminal class, due no
doubt, to the reputation for vigilance
enjoyed by the peace officers of this
community.
: The nearest that this community
came to a visit from professionals
was last fall when there was a series
of thieveries committed about the
county. Several farmers lost har-
nesses, blankets, saddles, chickens,
and other property easily taken. One
man had a Ford car stripped of
everything that could be taken off.
The perpetrators of some of these
were George Grebeldinger and Chas.
Schoen and they are now under SEN
tence at the st. Cloud reformatory.
They we're arrested at South St. Paul,
and an investigation disclosed that
they had stolen an automobile near
Marshall, and had prowled the coun-
try stealing harnesses, chickens, etc.,
which they disposed of to supposedly
innocent people. A number of har-
ness were lost in this county be-
tween July and November, and Coun-
ty Attorney Cherry has been sue
cessful in tracing number of losses
to these men, and up to the present
time has been successful in recover
ing one set of harness, one saddle
and one blanket. He is still trying
to find out what became Of other
property that was stolen, and to find
the owners for several sets of har-
ness in the hands of a farmer near
Correll and still unclaimed. Any
one who had harness stolen about
October 28th would do we'll to con-
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1920-01-23
The Morris Literary Club

The Norris Literary Club met at
the home Of Mrs. F. r. Putnam on
Monday, January 10th. Mrs. Geo.
Beise, president of the club presided
at the business meeting during which
it was decided to invite some we'll
known woman to give lecture at
some future meeting of the club.
In the absence of Mrs. Hemming
the leader for the day, Mrs. Sylvander
took charge of the program, the sub
ject of which was Memories Re-
f1ecting Various Phases of War Life.
For the first number Mrs. W. D.
Witwer gave some very interesting
sketches from Hutchinson's book,
1.-THE Doctor in War" showing the
wonderful progress made by surgery
in caring for the wounded during the
late war compared with former wars.
This was followed by most vivid
description of High Adventures" by
Hall given by Mrs. r. M. Adams.
Then as her other topic Cavalry of
the Clouds" by Bolts was not avail
able she chose "The Capture and
Escape of Captain Botts' which
proved to be very we'll chosen sub
stitute.
The last number of the day was
review by Mrs. VIM. Cooley of Ad-
miral Sims story of "The Victory at
Sea" graphic portrayal of the vital
part played by American destroyers
in conquering the submarine menace.
At the conclusion of the program
dainty refreshments were served by
the hostess in honor of Miss Irma
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1920-01-23
FARM BUREAU TO JOIN
STATE FEDERATION
Votes to Apply for Membership at
Annual Meeting, january 80:
w. E. Morris Outlines Plan

Application for membership in the
State Federation of Farm Bureaus is
to be made by the Stevens County
Farm Bureau, in accordance with a
vote taken at the annual meeting on
Friday, January 20.
The meeting was held at the Agri-
cultural School with fifteen members
present. The day was the stormiest
of any this winter, and many
who had planned to be present were
unable to attend. President R. W.
Keeler presided, and County Agent
Nash acted as secretary.
A nominating committee, consist
ing of J. Graham, L. J. Schlattman,
John Peterson, Dan Koppenol and
Paul Miller was appointed, for the
purpose of nominating candidates for
office.
An address giving the outlines of
the State Federation Movement was
given by w. E. Morris, assistant
county agent leader, while the nom
mating committee prepared their
report.
Upon a motion made by Mr.. Miller
and carried the secretary was auth
orized to cast an unanimous vote for
the following candidates: President,
R. w. Keeler, vice-president, L. ].
Schlattman, secretary, w. T. Bris-
bane.
1t was voted that an executive
committee was to take the place of
the former board of twenty-six mem
bers, and the bylaws changed &C
cordingly. The former board is to
s&-be retained, however, as an advisory
board, which is to meet to discuss
matters of greater Importance once
or twice year. The new executive
committee is to consist of the presi-
dent, vice-president, secretary-treas-
urer, and five directors. The secre-
tary was authorized to cast an un-
animous vote for the election of the
following five directors, recommend
ed by the nominating committee:
VIM Gausman, C. J. Eystad, E. c.
Summers, Lyle Hubbard and w. F,
Movers
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1920-01-23
MANY ATTEND SUPPER
AT CONG'L. CHURCH
Vote to Raise Salary of Pastor
Annual Reports Most
Satisfactory

One hundred and twenty-five peo-
pie were served at the annual supper
given at the Con fegational church
last Thursday evening.
After the supper the annual meet
ing was held and reports of the
church societies and of the trustees
heard The church has had an un-
usually successful year, both socially
and financially. The report of the
Ladies' Aid, whose funds have in
creased amazingly was particularly
good; and the trustees, reported that
they had collected their pledges for
the year before the meeting, and be-
fore the making up of the years
budget, a feat which had never been
accomplished before.
! Thanks were rendered the pastor,
Rev. SymOns, for the services he had
given the congregation since his ar
rival here and it was unanimously
voted to raise his salary from $1,000
to $500 a year.
The following officers we're elected
for the coming year: Sunday school
superintendent, F. A. Stever, church
clerk, Mrs J. R. Krueger, treasurer,
A. A. Stone, deacon, Philip Johnson
deaconess, Mrs. F. A. Gould, trustees
P. e. Miller, Adds Brisbane. It was
also voted to give to Mr.. A. A. Stone
the title of honorary deacon, in rec
ognition of his long and faithful SER
vices to the church.
A program consisting of a violin
solo by Miss Stella Watzke, a read
ing by Miss ]. Isabella Dodds, and a
vocal solo by Mrs. c. B. Sylvande1
was given. The evening closed with
short talk by Rev. Symons in
which he thanked the members OF
his congregation for their express
sions of appreciation of his services
and for the many kindnesses and
acts of friendliness which had been
shown him and his family since they
have come to Morris.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1920-01-23
Left Handed But "On the Job"

He is left handed, is Bernard
DeCamp, but that did not prevent
him from being the first boy to sign
up for the soc on the savings ac-
count offered by J. J. Gaffney to each
boy under IA who came to his office
on Thrift Day.
Bernard has been impressed with
the idea of punctuality too, for he
was there at quarter to one, fifteen
minutes before the scheduled giving
away" hour. Mr.. Gaffney handed
him a pen with which to sign his
name and the boy grasped it in his
left hand. But he got his fifty cents
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1920-01-23
Alberta Bank Holds Meeting

The Alberta State Bank held it's
annual meeting on Tuesday morn
ing, January 20. Officers were
elected as follows:
President, M. S. Carl, Clara City;
vice-president, F. R. Putnam, Morris;
cashier, L. P. Norby, Alberta; the
directors include the officers and J.
H. Devenney, Norris, and Fred An
dert, Alberta. The bank has en-
joyed a very prosperous year, has
paid it's usual dividend, and increased
it's surplus $500, giving it a total
capital of $4,000, surplus, $4,000,
and undivided profits. $1,000.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1920-01-23
SOCIAL UNREST DUE
TO EXTRAVAGANCE
"Cost of High Living" Not High
Cost of Living" Reason for Dis
satisfaction, Says Speaker

"The development of the social in
stinct in the right direction is more
important than the development of
the spiritual and educational in
stincts.' mot one town in twenty
in the state of Minnesota offers to it's
youth, institutions which develop
rightly the social element" "The
home is for the children, and they
should be guided and ruled there,
not as by whiplash, but by the
trust and faith which they have in
their parents" cit is the cost of
high living which is the cause, and
not the result, of the present social
unrest"
The above were a few of the state
ments made by DR.. F. Osten-Sacken
at his lecture at the Orpheum on
Tuesday evening. Mr.. Osten-Sacken
is not a stranger to Norris audiences,
having spoken here last winter, dur
ing the "fiu" ban, to crowds who
gathered on the street in front of
the Merchants hotel to hear him.
He scored those optimists who re-
fused to take cognizance of the fact
that we are living thru grave
crises in our national development,
and also those who placed political
issues above Americanism.
Everyone is asking what causes
the present social unrest" he said,
''and many give as the reason the
cost of high living" According to
the speaker there is no H. G. L.; the
banks report greater savings &C
counts than ever before, the theater
and other amusement places are more
crowded, and more people are travel
ing. "The cost of high living has
not struck the average man in the
country" he stated; cit is the cost of
high living. And this is not the
effect but the cause of the social un-
rest"
Injustice has been done the labor
ing-man in times past, asserted DR..
Osten-Sacken, but this does not give
the laboring-man a right to do wrong
in return. There will always be
differences in social and religious
questions, but the true American
will, with the American methods of
justice and fair-play, adjust these
in a peaceable manner, and will not
resort to anarchy and lawlessness.
Each one must begin this kind of
Americanization work at home, the
speaker asserted and it must be car
ried on in every city and town. The
biggest asset of any community is
it's youth, and the most important
problem the guidance of it's youth in
the right direction. The church and
school are important factors in this
problem, but more important and
more needed at the present are pro-
visions for the correct development
of the social instinct. He suggested
that community houses be built as
fitting memorials of, the services Of
the boys who took part in the Great
War, and gave graphic portrayal of
the benefits of such a building. "On-
ly when all differences of the
churches that cause quarreling. and
dissension have been done away with,
and when all Christians work to-
gether for the good of the community,
will we realize the ideal of true
American democracy" he said in con-
clusion
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1920-01-23
Renew Pledges for French Children


A communication from Mrs. e. r.
Sanford of St. Paul, subcommittee
treasurer of the fatherless children
of France society asks the local
chairman to remind the friends of
the society that the year for which
they have cared for French orphans
has expired. And if any of these
benefactors care to continue their
support for another year, kindly
communicate with the local chair
man so that the report may be sent
in to the st. Paul headquarters.
Everyone who adopted an orphan
knows how much it meant to both
guardian and child for the letters
they wrote were pathetically CRATE
full and anyone who wishes to renew
this charity should do so now as the
money for last years support is now
exhausted.
(Signed) Mrs. Paul L. Spooner,
Local Chairman of the Fatherless
Children of France Society.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1920-01-23
Legion Game Tonight

Two of the fastest basket ball
games to be played by the American
Legion team this season, have been
scheduled for this evening, and for
February 8.
Tonight's game which will be
staged in the high school gym. is
with the Wahpeton Science team, and
a good game is assured.
On February 8, the Legion will
play Appleton on the home floor. Ap-
pleton is strong contender for the
district here.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1920-01-23
Masons Purchased Building

The local Masonic Lodge has pur-
chased the Mccoy building on At
lantic Avenue, which is occupied by
G. w. Suckstorff. The former owner
of the building was J. M. Mccoy of
st. Paul. The Masons are using the
second floor for their meetings at the
present time, and no plans for re-
modelling the building have been
made as yet.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1920-01-23
MORRIS HIGH TEAM
LOSES FIRST GAME
Tripp Post Wins From Hancock !;
Will Play Wahpeton Science
Team Tonight

ne nigh ICe1A AOOt
it's first game this season to Grace
vile on Wednesday night, with a
score of 20 to 81. The Morris boys
were undoubtedly at great disad-
vantage due to the fact that the
floor was smaller than the regulation
Vile has an excellent team, however,
and the game was marked by the
spirit of fair play and good sports
manship thruout. ..
The Norris girls won their game
with a score of to 2. The game
was a most UNUSUAL one, as the score
stood the same at the end of the first
half, as at the end of the game. Not
point being made in the latter part
of the game. The Morris team was
rather seriously handicapped by the
fact that the opposing team played
running centers, with the floor divid-
ed into three parts instead of two.
After the games luncheon was
served to the players, and a dance
given in the high school gym. A
return game will be played with
Graceville the latter part of Febru-
ary.
The Morris High School basket
ball team defeated st. Mary's High
School team, in both the first game
played at the high school last Friday
| and the return game played at ST.
Mary's school on Tuesday evening.
The grade teams played preliminary
games, and in both of these ST.
Mary's came out ahead.
At the game on Friday in which
the final score was High School Is,
and st. Mary's School, 13. ST.
Mary's was ahead up to the last
quarter, the M. H. not scoring until
late in the game.
The game on Tuesday was not SC
evenly matched, Morris High win
ming by a score of 27 to 9. The line
up for both games was as follows
High School: Stoneberg and Mussel-
man, forwards, Peterson and Johnson
guards, Powell center, Cosgrove
SUBJ; St. Mary's School: Hanlon
and Rudnicki, forwards, T. Kerwir
and H. Kerwin, guards, McCanney
center.
The grade teams showed excellent
team work; and their playing was
much enjoyed by the fans. The score
on Friday was st. Mary's School z
Morris Public School, g. on Tuesday
St. Mary's School, 13, Norris Public
School, IL. The lineup for St. Mary's
School included Hennessy and Lawlel
forwards, Nugent and GALES, guards
and Rudnicki, center; for the Morris
Public Schools: Baumgartner anC
WIGHT, forwards, Dixon and Rick.
man, guards, and Dohm, center.
The basket ball team of Company
K played the Glenwood City team al
Glenwood last Friday. The loca
team was evidently out Of form, due
in part, to the long ride to Glenwood
The score was "a to / 5 in favor ot
the Glenwood team. A return game
will be played in Morris in three
weeks. A lineup of the teams fol
lows:
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1920-01-23
Check for ssoss.7o to Government


A check for $303S.79 has been
made out to the Alien Property Gus
todian of the United States, in settle
ment of the estate of John NJ Raab
Of Alberta, who died on September
6, 1915. The deceased died intestate
and the heirs next in line were his
sister and her children who are liv-
ing in Germany. DE-
Before the notes which constftut-
ed the inheritance, could be declared
federal property, it was necessary
to prove that the natural heirs were
citizens of Germany, and the proofs,
which were obtained thru the office
of Alfred Karlen, Swiss consul, gave
evidence of the elaborate care the
family record of German citizen Is
kept. The final settlement OF the
estate was not made until this week.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1920-01-23
HAVE YOU BEEN COUNTED? E?

Enumerator Peter Peterson
has completed the count of
the City of Morris.
The report will be mailed
to Washington this week
Saturday, Jan. "a, (tomorrow)
and every person who is to be
counted must be counted be-
fore that time.
If you have been missed or
know of anyone who has been
missed, phone Mr.. Peterson,
65-J, and do it TODAY.
Morris Must Have a Full Count.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1920-01-23

Hathorn who is leaving next week
ito spend four months leave of alb
sence at Teachers College, Columbia
University, New York City. Mrs.
Putnam had as guests Mesdames
Leuty, Tripp, Phinney, Riniker and
Huxmann.