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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-06-30
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Mr.. and Mrs. Berg of Stockholm S.
OAK. visited relatives here this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Swan Lndblom and
family and Mr. and Mrs Sven Swenson
left Thursday morning for La Porte.
for visit with the Haldin brothers.
John lAindherg purchased a new
Buick Six car Wednesday,
Mrs. Albert Floren and baby left
THURSDAY OF this week for visit at
MISUNDERSTANDING Banner
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-06-30
OSMUNDSONG GARAGE
Minnea

Mrs. Paul Cotea of Brainerd ar
rived Saturday for weeks visit with
her sister, Mrs. James Storm.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-06-30
{Pub. June 1880; July y
NOTICE OF SALE OF DITCHING JOBS
ON COUNTY DITCH NO. &c.
Bids close July Is, 1920.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
Notice is hereby given, that on Thurs
day.. July 18TH 1920 at o'clock p. m.
in the County Commissioners Room in
the County Auditors Office in the City
Of Willmar Minnesota, I will receive
bids for the construction of County
Ditch No. 4e. Kandiyohi County, Mime
sofa. for digging and construction of
the entire work. either one job or
IN one or more linear sections of one
hundred feet each. as indicated by
stakes and m 1S1 fnn as placed by the
as shown in the engineers report.
:, Bids will be received for the entire
job in a lump sum including all mater
ial and labor, for any sections mention
ed above
Bids are invited for this, ditch and
fhe W be Sddsr to the
they agreeing to finish said ditch in the
time and manner specified in the engi-
TaneerS report.
No bid will be entertained which ex-
,ceeds by more than thirty 800 per
scent the enginesr's estimate Of cost of
or bidders will be required to give a
satisfactory surety bond. to be approx
led by the County Auditor and the Coun-
fstt hIFP peTformanee and ' Of
the contract. and to liquidate all dam
ages that may accrue by reason of his
The successful bidder or bidders for
tile work will be required to furnish
amount Of s25,ooooo in accordance with
Section 10. Chapter AL. Session Laws OF
Minnesota for 1917.
Plans and specifications, prof1les
and orders are on file and may be seer
at the office of the County Auditor OF
The approximate amount of work tt
be done in the construction of sale
ditch is as follows:
Open work-the excavation of 10000
cubic yards Of dirt. being team ant
scraper work; and e4,e9o cubic yards o.
dredge or dragline work.
Tile work as follows:
400 feet of 36-inch tile
1900 feet of 3O-inch tile
$500 feet Of 2S-inch tile
1900 feet Of 22-inch tile
$500 feet of 2O-inch tile
1900 feet of 1S-inch tile
$500 feet of 16-inch tile
$500 feet of 14-inch tile
1900 feet of 12-inch tile
7&f3 feet of 1O-nch tile
1890 feet of S-inch tile
1880 feet of 6-inch tile
Total estimated cost Of construction
S*1,4O0.7S.
mar. Mimi. the nearest station.
All bids shall be sealed, in plain en-
velopes. and marked on the outside
Bids for County Ditch No. 46'. an
shall be accompanied by certifie
cent of the bid.
The right to reject any or all bids
he f. x. Ro Ssfneq Engineer in charge VIII
mar. Minnesota
21st day Of June, 1920;
County Auditor,
Kandiyoht County, Min
(Seal, -
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-06-30

Anton Bjorling and John Lind
qulst returned Sunday evening from
trip to Hallock.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-06-30
(First Publication June 16-3t)
NOTICE

Notice u hereby given, That a petit
ton Of which the following is a COPY.
will be presented to the Honorable r. r.
DAILY. one of the Judges of the District
Court of the Twelfth Judicial District
of the State of Minnesota, at Chambers
in the City Of Renville, Renville County,
Minnesota, on August 7th. 1920. at two
o'clock, p. m.
Dated June 18th, 1920.
HAROLD BAKER,
Attorney for Petitioners.
Renville, MIMI
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-12-30

Chicago Tribune - DR.. Wilbur F.
Crafts of the national reform bureau.
issuing a statement on moral %necessi-
ties, is unduly pessimistic. The coun-
try never was on a higher level of
avowed morality. Probably no coun-
try ever was. Mr.. Crafts comedies
that some improvement has been
made, but views with alarm the gen.
eral tendencies, as follows:
The social evil remains. Some states
have legalized boxing. Some citizens
wan their 2.75 per cent. Some states
want Sunday sports. Some movies
have vampire suggestions. Some dane
ing is provocative. Crime exists. DR..
Crafts might have added that human
nature still is.
The United States has just fought
a "a in which it asked no profits.
IT has just given its women the ballot.
1t has just abolished the liquor traffic.
These are three evidences of a moral
civilization which never have been be-
fore evidenced on so large a scale. Are
we not to have any credit?
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-12-30
WHY THE FOUR BILLION

st. Paul Pioneer Press-Unless the
pressure OF public opinion is applied
to congress in the most strenuous
fashion people are going to be dlsap-
pointed of the hope of lower taxes
next year, or any other year. II looks
as though it were necessary TO take
a bludgeon and beat into the congress
sional head the idea that the first
thing TO be done is to cut down the
total thought to be required for gov
ernmental expense. Chairman Ford
ney of the house ways and can com
mittee talks naively of the 1000, 600,
900 Of revenue needed annually by the
government. There is the essence of
the whole question. Why does the gov
eminent, or why should the govern
ment, need $4,000. OOO, 900 annually !!
Until that idea is knocked permanently
out of the head of congress there will
be no tax reduction. With this nOr
nous sum 70 be raised there is no
course other than to soak the people
with taxes.
Just before the war, the slowly climb.
ing cost Of government reached the
billion mark. The war shot it up 20
last years record altitude. But is
there any reason why it should not
now decline to approximately the 1916
figure? Is there any reason why con
gress should blandly levy axes on
the assumption that $4,000, GOO, 900 is
the standard annual living cost of gov
eminent and on no account to be at
tackled or reduced
In the next three years about 49,
600, 900 600 Of war and floating obliga-
tons must be taken care of and these,
of course, figure in Mr.. Fordney's cal
culations. But why the government
should adhere to the policy of paying
off the national debt of $4,000, 900, 600
at a rate that would ~extinguish it in
ten years, through a grinding, crush
ing system of taxation is something
the average patient taxpayer is un-
able to comprehend.
All of the genius and talent Of the
congressional committees and the ex-
perts invited into council with them
is directed to the one point of laying
the tax where it will provide the maxi.
mum revenu with the minimum bur
den. But it all runs to the laying Of
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-12-30

now reselling them to the people at
a trifing price. The discovery OF
these sales Of goods created a storm.
The secretary of war explains that
it was a mistake on the part Of the
department. No one doubts the ability
the department to make such a mis-
take. Mr.. Baker says the Red Cross
supplies were stored in the same ware
house with regular government sup
plies, and that when the contents Of
the warehouse were sold to France
the Red Cross goods were inadvert.
antly included, and that having made
the mistake, the department was not
disposed to make any protest against
the French contention that the goods
belonged to that government. But
when the women who knit their souls
into those garments learned of the
blunder they became convinced the
war department needs a more efficient
administration.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-12-30

number of sites capable Of develop
ment, the site near Mobridge offering
the best, most economical n safest
first development, according to the
engineers. 1t is estimated by the engi-
neers that an annual output OF 81
500, 900 kilowatt hours can be secured
at the Mobridge site at a cost of Is
cents per kilowatt hour, including the
cost of the dam and the transmission
system and upkeep. This power is
figured at a fat rate over the entire
state. The cost of the dam under
the high building costs that prevailed
last year was estimated at $4,000, 600,
and the cost Of the transmission sys-
TEN $7,044, 600. The plant would save
this state two million tons OF coal
every year which at present prices
would more than pay for the dam
in n year.
Above all it must be remembered
that building this dam and transmits
sion line will not raise the taxes in
this state one cent. 1t will be II
nanced on the credit of the state and
the plant will pay for itself year by
year, just as other big projects like the
KeOkuk dam gradually pay off the
original cost. Our legislators should
get busy at once.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-12-30
OUR SICK ROADS AGAIN

on the V of a new year every
citizen should take an inventory OF
his environment and find hat thing
which il most nOticeably lacking and
seek to do his part in remedying the
condition during the mex year 1t
does not take half an eye to see what
Bookings county needs above all
things. II is roads. We believe every
reader will find much of interest and
a great many facts that he should
know in the article written by A. J..
Willis, county highway superintend.
ent, which appears in this issue. We
recommend it as a piece Of wilmer
reading well worth your while. The
question is OF sufficient Importance TO
command the earnest thought and CON
sideration of every citizen in Brook
ings county, We hope it will stir a
large representation Of our citiZenry
to meet with the county commissioners
and the highway superintendent and
give them the benefit of their sugges-
tons and criticisms. If you have been
hOllering, complaining and passing the
buck. here is your chance to put IN
an oar and help pull Bookings county
out OF the mud.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-12-30

the tax. not to the more important
subiect Of a fiscal policy which VIII
maize II unnecessary 10 tax SO heavily,
Thoro is No IMPERATIVE necessity for
a rapid liquidation of the war deo'
and there is no earthly reason why
the mounting cost of government
should not be checked and started
downward. Members of congress say
they are working for lower taxation
but they seem headed toward the last
rear mark of $4,000, O00, 900 revenue
and with the n concern of making
the taxes as fair and uniform as pos
sible. The way 10 reduce Is 10
cut down the revenue demand; n
that is the way toward which con
gress is not heading.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-12-30
HYDRO-ELECTRIC LIGHT

If the entire output Of the proposed
ydro-electric plant on the Missouri
lver for one year were to be sold to
he consumers Of South Dakota at the
resent electric light rate in Bookings
/ 16 cents per kilowatt hour, the cost
I the dam would be paid in one year.
another year the cost of the trans
lission system would be paid. And
fter that the state could sell electric
over for about one cent a kilowatt
nd make a profit on it. But that is
OF the plan. Electric power will be
FINISHED to the users from the start
t less than two cents a kilOwatt in
tead Of 16. Think of the saving that
ill mean for the citizens of this state
Tho are grooming under the huge cleo
ric light and power bills every month.
Why pay 16 cents when the Missouri
liver will furnish it for 10 cents?
The state hydro-electric commission
asst year employed the best engineers
hey could find in the United States,
dead and Seastone Of Madison, Wis,
o investigate the proposition In South
Dakota. Exhaustive study was made
II the Missouri river across the entire
tate. They found that hydro-electric
development in. South Dakota is feast
de, financially sound, and physical
conditions adaptable. There are a
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-12-30
LETTING HIGHWAY CONTRACTS

Engineering News-Record New YORK
With the experiences of this year
in mind one would expect that high
way engineers would plan to let their
next seasons contracts early. Inquiry,
however, indicates that such is not
the case. Only here and there is
next seasons program determined.
The reasons given vary. In some cases
the departments are waiting for lower
prices and will not determine their
programs until the decreases appear.
In other cases, no reasons are given,
If departments propose to do work
next year, they should definitely ar
range to invite bids in January n
February. That requires that the pro-
gram be at once determined and the
letting details be taken in hand. What
important decrease there may be in
prices will probably materialize by
January Is. Early letting not only
will insure an early spring start, but
will allow materials to be put on the
ground in advance and Will give the
materials producers and equipment
manufacturers early warning of what
the road program will demand of them.
If work is to be done at all next
year, wisdom demands early letting.
Lower prices secured by delay are
likely to be offset by losses due to
inability to get the work done within
the seasons limits.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-12-30
BAKER BAk ED

Sioux City Journal-Secretary Baker
Of the war department is in not water
In truth, he is being roasted, which is
equivalent to saying he is being baked.
1t has been discovered that France
is selling goods knit and supplied by
the women of this country during the
war under the Red Cross plan for the
comfort of the soldiers. These Red
Cross goods were sold to France by
the war department, and France is
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-12-30

count of the lack of respect for laws
when so many are unenforceable.
However, we do not believe that the
good sound citizens of South Dakota
are being undermined by these infu-
ences. 1t seems to be largely with
the floating population. In the towns
of the state where there are a large
number Of transients, crime statistics
run high. Here in Brookings law
breaking is as rare as a moving pic
ture show on Sunday.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-12-30

Brookings printers and others who
use city power, heat, light, etc, Will
not be able to make any material re-
duction in prices for some time to
come owing to the large increase in
their overhead expenses caused by the
recent advance in rates. Our city COM
m~issioners may be justified in their
action, but it is working a hardship
upon the consumer and perhaps a lit
tie explanation might not be out of
order at this time when other things
are taking a tumble.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-12-30
SOUTH DAkoTA's CRIME WAVE

At the present time there are nearly
twice as many prisoners in the state
p~enitentiary at Sioux Falls as there
were two years ago. The prison popu-
laticn is now 263, two years ago it was
l47. Last week there was an average
of two admissions a day. 1t is begin
ming to look as though the crime wave
which we read so much about in the
big city dailies and in the magazines
that has been attracting the attention
of the large centers of population in
way into South Dakota. 1t is a qucs-
ton in our minds whether OF not it is
the crime wave which is affecting our
citizens or whether it is a wave of
the criminals themselves who are COM
ing from the large cities into our
state. While a number of these who
have been consigned to prison recently
have been residents Of South Dakota,
a large part of them have been fioaters
from other states. Many reasons have
been assigned to the great increase
in the number Of criminals in the
United States. Many blame the war,
others are equally certain that it is
the reaction of extravaganza and lux
urious living resulting from a period
Of unexampled prosperity. These de-
out followers of Goldsmith quote, all
fares the land, to Fastening ills a prey.
where wealth accumulates and men
decay" Others say that it is on ac-
--~-y-AAS
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-12-30
W. S. S.

The editor Of the Sunshine State
says: "A good commercial club is the
life of a town. But it takes a live
membership behind a live secretary
to make a good commercial club, and
that's why some of them are afflicted
with a sort Of sleeping sickness"
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w. S. S.

have a little fattery than a lot of
sympathy.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-12-30

It's easy enough to forget your other
when you have the toothache.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-12-30

The New Years resolution OF busl'
ness in this country is a simple
healthy command, Forward, March
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-12-30

Year is whispered to be a girl this
year instead OF a boy.
Wv. 6. So
Just as OOn as we get used 10
writing 1920 old Father Time makes
us start writing 1921.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-12-30

President elect Harding is due to
make a New Years resolution. The
International Anti-cigarette league
have requested him to quit smoking.
The United States has had no smok-
ing president since Mckinley. Roose-
welt, Taft and Wilson did not use the
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-12-30

The little baby that the artists have
always used to represent the New
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NOT so BAD

w, S. s
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-30

But II doesn't protect you against btooos brnases an
rim c,u.-t doesn't protect non against sudden and en-
barrassinq tire trouble far out on a lonely road.
You hare suffered from tire failure in SPITE of th
guarantee, and you had to roll up your sleeves, q
out your tire iron and put that spare tube an
casing The manufactures couldn't adjust ths
difficulty.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-30
E. C. STOKES ON THE

r. c. Stokes, the former Governor of
New Jersey, who is now president Of The
Mechanics National Bank of Trenton, N.
j., q member of the Federal Reserve
system, has written the following letter
giving his views on the automobile in
dustry.
"As a banker, interested in the pros
pcrity of the country and the necessary
maintenance and development Of an In
dustry that furnishes employment and
wages and thus promotes the general well
fare Of tho masses, beg leave to call the
attention of the banking fraternity to the
Importance of the automobile, not only as
a factory in the necessary transportation
facilities of the country, but as con-
tributor to one of the largest of our in
dustries and promoter of the happiness
and morals of our people.
at is mooted question whether the
automobile industry stands second or
third in the country. No banking fra
ternity or government has right to say
that an industry of such size rs the auto.
mobile industry, based upon the needs and
requirements of the public, is unnecessary
and therefore unworthy of credit.
''The automobile is of immense value to
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-30

4 TIRE makers agreement to
~ replace at an adjustment
4 n price any tire of his manu-
facture that gives out before its
guaranteed mileage has been at
tanned, simply indicates his desire
to protect you against an undue
loss of money.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-30
National Rubber Products Corp

Must be accompanied
by either remittance
in full or $500 deposit,
balance to be collected
on delivery of tires.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-30
SEvEN-DAY TEST OF
"ESSEX" ENDURANCE
Motor to Run for l68 Hours With
out Check, While Car Makes
Only Needed Stops.

IL during the week ending Monday
noon. YOU catch sight of n motor car
scoo,ing around town under a cloud OF
canvas, and it Is going too fast TO enapie
one readily 20 read the legends dispiayeu
thcron. YOU may be reasonably sure that
i is the Essex breed and is being put
through its PAGES In order TO demonstrate
stamina and staying powers, In the en-
iurancc test staged simultaneously by
Essex dealers the country over.
The test is based on the constant run
ming of the motor during l6S hours con-
scc,Itiyclv. This is independent OF the
actual mileage made, although the reading
will bc noted The rider is to have the car
nretty steadily on the move IN the city ana
y1cinitv. so as to attract attention on the
road.
Samuel Solnek. service superintendent
os tho Central Motor Sales Company,
local distributors for Essex and Hudson,
which is the concern carrying out the test,
started the test car, which Is an ordinary
stock Job, with no special devices or other
alteration, nj II O'Clock noon last MONDAY
fam the front of the salesroom at lenth
and Orange streets, opposite the totei
An pont At midnight he was relieved by
William Schorr. service manager, who VIII
take the next tour of IL hours, and the
,anc arrangement will bc continued up 70
noon next Monday when the records VIII
be made up. The car will be shown at the
automobile races. afternoon ana evening"
on the State Fair grounds.
Gasoline will he taken from tank truck
of the Hearn Oil Company, which has
arranged "A special service for the purpose.
A hop on policy will be the order OF
The dav. so far as the public is concerned,
those who wish q demonstration being wei
coined as passengers at any stage of the
route. II they will make known their
desire 20 the skipper
While the Central Motor Company rs
occupvinr It's new display and salesroom,
the installation is not yet complete IN all
particulars. The two stores occupied have
a capacity Of ten demonstrating cars,
practically the full lines of both makes,
and n complete stock of accessories and
,arts is 10 Toe handled. The service end IS
well taken care Of by the shop, and garage
connected with the show room and also
entered by driveway further down
Eleventh street.
With the practical experience Of Mr..
solnck, who has been with the Blgelow
Wiley Company Of Philadelphia IN q
similar capacity, and the alert corps Of
salesmcn which has been assenrbled the
Central organization buds fair 20 be big
factor m local trade circles.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-30

the nation as promoter OF the spirit OF
contentment and rs nm effective sup
prcssor Of the spirit of unrest. No owner OF
an automobile even though it be pleasure
car. who is able to enjoy its use for his
family or his friends, is likely to become a
Bolshevist or Communist. He favors the
continuation of things rs they are, be-
cause no has means Of happiness In his
own possession and therefore is against
any upheaval of the present social order.
iNext to the church, there is no factor
in American life that docs so much for the
morals of che public as does .he au.o-
mobile. II every family in the land pos
sessed an automobile, family ties would be
closer and many of the problems of social
unrest would be happily solved. The bank
er who says that device of this kind is a
non-essential, possesses narrow vision
and fails to see the far-reaching influence
it has for good. The automobile is one Of
the country's best ministers and best
preachers"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-30

amount Of taking up IN tho bearings will
permanently overcome this source Of
bounding, unless the ''throws" are first
turcd up. This is rather delicate opera
ton, and it is stated that there arc no
facilities this side Of New York for doing
this work properly, except tho outfit re-
Gently installed by II. M. Cornell, ut
considerable expense and with gnaran-
teed results