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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-12-23
CHRISTMAS MUSIC
DELIGHTS AUDIENCE
Parents and Teachers Are Given
Splendid Christmas Carol Pro-
gram by Children

Tier-above tier of children, the
boys in the middle and the girls at
the sides and top greeted the men,
bers and friends of the Parents and
Teachers association who attended
the meeting last Monday night in the
high school assembly room, and sang
old Christmas carols as they have
very seldom been sung before in Nor
ris. Great credit is due to Mrs. Sor-
f1aten who directed them and who
showed Monday night that it was
we'll worth while to put music back
into the schools of Morris.
"The First NoeP' sung by the boys
with the girls joining in the chorus
and Silent Night" by Gruber parti-
cularly pleased the audience. The
children were ably assisted by the
High School Girls Glee Club. Miss
Mildred Adams, Miss Lenora Eystad
and Miss Margaret Kohler took solo
parts with the glee club. An anus
ing reading from "Penrod" by Booth
Harrington was given by Paul Bet
| ters.
The Rev. ]. S. Kettlewell who gave
short talk at the close of the musi-
cal program urged more cooperation
in the schools. He said the school
did not belong to the children and
the corps of teachers but to the COM
munity as whole, and that the
people of the community were res
ponsible for it, deserving credit if it
| Iuoro oood opd canc1Iro If If xunTo NOR
He used football squads and teams of
horses as illustrations of the neces-
sity for team work.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-12-23
Women's Auxiliary Meets.

Mrs. L. D. Trip was reelected
president, Mrs. F. R. Putnam vice
president, Mrs. E., T. Fitzgerald sec
retary, and Mrs. Otto Huxmann treas
urer at meeting of the Women's
Auxiliary to the American Legion
held in the Commercial Club rooms
last Tuesday night. The committees
will stand as they are for the present.
The secretary reported 38 active
members with dues. paid for 1921.
The auxiliary voted Ito sell poppies
again next Memorial day and decided
on 5000. Christmas boxes will be
sent to Individual boys in Asbury
hospital. .... :.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-12-23
FARMING EXPERT
ADDRESSES FARMERS
Says Price Fluctuations in Farm Pro
ducts Right Themselves; Advises
Fewer Changes in Industry.

"Pick out a type of farming that
will pay we'll over a period of ten
years and then stay by it,
This is the advise of Will Cavert
farm management expert from the
Agricultural Department of Minneso-
to who has given several talks before
farmers clubs this week on the con-
clusions to be drawn from compari-
son of prices of farm commodities at
the present time with prices for the
pre-war period and comparison Of
the buying power of the same COM
modities over the same periods. Mr..
Cavert says that differences in prices
of farm products take care of them
selves in time, and that if farmers
wait for the product they are putting
their emphasis on to rise in price,
when a period of depression comes.
instead of dashing into another kind
OF farming that is paying better for
the time being, the agricultural in
dustry would be more stable and the
farmer more prosperous. - s~~:..
In comparing the prices of commo-
dities now with the five year period
before the war, Mr.. Cavert said that
corn was So per cent of what 1t was
then, oats 81 per cent, wheat 109 per
cent, barley Sc per cent, hogs 81 pei
cent, cattle 81 per cent: Eggs are
one of the few commodities that are
higher. The buying power. has gone
thru a much greater change however
Wheat has purchasing power OF
only "A per cent of what it had before
the war, corn, oats and barley only a
little over 33 1-3 per cent, hogs and
cattle little over so per cent. Poul.
try and eggs alone have a greater
buying power. -
The surest way to make a parti
cular kind Of agricultural industry
poor according to Mr.. Cavert is fol
every farmer to go into it. because il
happens to be good for time. He
has spoken before clubs in Synnes Ell
dorado, Everglade, Morris and Stew.
ems townships this week.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-12-23
MAKE GIFTS FOR NEAR
EAST RELIEF BY JAN. |
Chairman John Willie Makes Special
Appeal To Townships Which
Have Not Given.

John Willie, chairman of the cam
paign for Near-East Relief which the
Farm Bureau has undertaken, asks
that all contributions be in by Janu-
ary 1, and states that he is especially
anxious to hear from townships
which have not yet responded.
The quota for Stevens county for
this work of humanity to save the
starving in the Near East is car
load Of wheat and carload of corn,
or from so to 20 bushels each OF
wheat and corn from each towr7h
The townships of Swan Lake nds-
Vile, Donnelly and Hodges h : al
ready exceeded their quota. Other
townships have done well. In others
the canvass was only partially COM
pleted, while in four or five there has
been no response at all.
Chairman Willie asks especially
thatsthe farmers in the townships
that ahaye not been canvassed make
an unsolicited contribution, and do it
beforei January /.
Contributions may be taken to any
elevator in the county. where direc-
tions will be given as to unloading.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-12-23
Town Basketball Team Organized.

A town basketball team was organ
lied Sunday afternoon in the Com
mercial Club rooms by twenty-five
local young men. Arthur Sherven
was elected temporary manager and
plans were made to play the towns in
this part of the state. In practice
game with the high school on Tues
day evening, the town squad was the
winner by score of 1913. The men
who have turned out for practice are
Arthur Sherven, Theo. nippstein,
Chester Stoneberg, Michael McDan-
iels, Richard Loeffler, Charles Scobey,
Rupert Sirr, William Rardin, Jacob
Rudnicki, Ezra Caine, Jack Smith,
Elmer Laschanzky and Horatio Gar
berick. A schedule for the season has
not yet been made out.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-12-23
COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS
PLANNED FOR MORRIS
A Big Christmas Tree With Santa
Claus and Free Candy for all
Boys and Girls Main Feature

A real community Christmas with
a municipal Christmas tree, Santa
Claus and bag of candy and nuts
for every boy and girl in town is in
store for Morris this year. On Christ
mas eve a great twenty-five foot tree
will be set up in the middle of the
city at Sixth street and Atlantic ave-
nue. which will be brilliantly lighted
every night until New Years day.
Santa Claus will arrive with the
candy on Monday night, and it is
expected that every child in town will
be on hand to meet him in front of
the tree. The children's chorus which
so delighted the Parents and Teach
ers' association with their Christmas
carol program last Monday night will
sing the old Christmas songs again
around the tree. They will be dir
ected by Mrs. Sorf1aten, but any adult
who will are asked to join in the sing
ing.
The best part about the Christmas
celebration is that no child in Morris
or in the country near town need be
without tree. Santa Claus prom
ises that there will be plenty of candy
and nuts to go around among all the
brothers and sisters as well as the
older children, and he will be very
much disappointed if all sizes don't
come out to see him.
L. G. Mustain is in charge of the
children's part in the program, and
C. A. Dushek of the tree and the
decorations. The celebration will be
worth while any trouble it may take
to get it UP if the whole community
enters into it and imbides from the
singing and the enthusiasm of the
children a real Christmas spirit.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-12-23

organize great classes Of producers so
that. they might effectively market
their products. He spoke of the SER
vicearendered to livestock shippers,
of the future Of grain pools and wool
pools. al
Mr.. Miller said the present freight
rates have moved Minnesota on to
Montana in relation to So, st. Paul.
He said he looked forward with great
hope to the time when Minnesota
(Continued on Page ID
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-12-23
SHARP DISCOUNTS ~
In VEAL CALVES
Prices Off Mostly 75c to $1.00 At The
Close Tuesday. Beef Steers
Mostly 25c Lower.

(By U. s. Bureau of Markets and
Crop Estimates and Mimi, Dept, of
Agriculture ga >':- IL -.
TUESDAYS CLOSING -.
Cattle LOO. Market slow, beef
and butcher she stock mostly Csc
lower than last weeks close. Gamers
and cutters steady+to strong, stockers
and feeders steady TO around 25c low
er. Calves $500. Market closing
mostly 75c to $1.0O lower. Practical
packer top at the close $500. Hogs
1900. Market fully steady, bulk
good light and mediumweight butch
ers $3.50, bulk heavy packers $3.50,
good pigs largely $3.50. Sheep 500.
Market steady. Good to choice lambs
$500 to $3.50, fat ewes of all weights
$3.50 to $3.75.
South st. Paul, Mimi, December
20, 1921. Prices of veal calves were
sharply discounted in today's trade,
losses of 75c to $1.00 being recorded.
Best lights sold early to outsiders and
city butchers at $3.50 to $7.75, with
packer top at 1925, but at the close
practical packer top was $500 on
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-12-23

in the price of grain followed. He
said that grain prices now will not
increase, but will remain stable. That
livestock farming is becoming in
creasingly profitable is shown by the
more general use of milk and other
dairy products. He said the only
real basis for agricultural prosperity
was reasonable and orderly system
of production. The great part the
farm bureau played in helping the
farming industry was in helping to
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-12-23
Medical Society ELECTS Officers,

The West Central Minnesota Medi-
cal Society met in the Commercial
Club rooms at Morris on Wednesday
afternoon with about fifteen physic-
ians and surgeons present. DR.. G. R.
Christensen was elected chairman,
DR.. E. T.. Fitzgerald vice-chairman,
DR.. Amos Leuty secretary, DR.. Ewing
of Wheaton delegate to state conyen-
tion and Drs. C. e. Caine, M. Ransom,
Linde and Opheim censors. The next
meeting will be held in July on Big
Stone Lake
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-12-23
Santa Claus Mail Bag.

Judging from some of the letters
which were forwarded to the Tribune
by Santa Claus this week, the old
gentleman will have to- spend a long
time in Morris the night before
Christmas to fill the needs of his be-
levers. Most of them make no claims
for unusual virtue, but ask for re-
cognition rather on the strength of
their affection. Very few ordinary
mortals and certainly no Santa Claus
will be able to resist their appeals.
Debating his letter all but the
name, Richard Walsh expresses few
desires, but shows at the same time a
willingness to let Santa Claus do some
of the selecting. Let us hope the old
fellow remembers the headlight. .-
Morris, Dec. IA
Dear Santa Claus:
I will tell you what want.
want big ball, a train with a head
light, bladder for my football and
anything else you think would like.
Yours truly
Richard Walsh.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-12-23
$1,000
Fleet Of Trucks Arrives.

: A feet of State Highway trucks
arrived from Willmar on Monday to
do graveling work between here and
Herman. In the feet are 10 four ton
trucks, tank and 4 truck trailers.
Therentire feet has been used on
pavement work east and west OF Will
marfor the past few weeks. Approx
imately sixty men will be employed
in the work near Morris.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-12-23
Morris Defeats Cyrus.

The Morris high school quint de-
feated Cyrus S-6 in the fastest game
of the season last Saturday night.
Played on the Cyrus floor the team
was handicapped somewhat by the
low ceiling. *Twenty-one shots were
missed and five baskets were not
counted because they hit the ceiling.
Quammen starred for Cyrus and
johnson played the best for Morris.
Petric of Glenwood was referee.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-12-23
Legion Meeting Tonight.

The Walter Trip Post No. 29,
American Legion will hold its annual
meeting tonight in the Ex-Service
Mems. Room in the Morris Armory.
The election of officers for the coming
year will take place. The members
are asked to bring along as many ex-
service men as possible and to adver-
tise the meeting today.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-12-23
St. Paul Man Dies Here.

Hokan w. Benniche of st. Paul
died Tuesday morning in Morris. He
came here for an operation few days
before, but was too far gone when he
arrived for the operation to be per-
formed. His son arrived few hours
before his death from Iowa. The body
was shipped to st. Paul for burial.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-12-23
Dance Next Wednesday.

A Christmas week dance will be
given next Wednesday, December %
in the Morris Armory under the aus
pices of Company K. Dougherty's
Orchestra from Browns Valley will
furnish the music. The general pub
lie is invited to attend.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-12-23
State Bonus Board, i,

All applications for state bonus
must be made on or prior to Decem-
ber 81, 1921. Otherwise they will
not be considered.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-12-23
Health Seal Drive in Morris.

Mrs. C. M. Bagstad, county chair
man for the Health Seal drive reports
$215.89 contributed by the people of
Morris to date. The contributions
were distributed as follows:
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-12-23

Robert Walsh, his brother must be
q mechanical genius in the making.
He is evidently fitted for life Of ac-
tion.
Dear Santa:
want switch engine, want
fire wagon, / want a tractor and q
rocking horse.
That's all
want something else.
want an auto coaster
That's all.
's-~ Can I have all these things?
From Robert Walsh,
Morris, MINI.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-12-23

Dear Santa Claus:
I want you to bring me a little
piano and some ribbons and doll
and some nuts and candy.
Please bring these because mama
said was good girl.
Margaret Schroeder,
210 East LIST St.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-12-23

Cynthia is the scribe for the Hall
family for her little sister and her
self. She also speaks for her baby
brother>whom few people besides her
self can understand.
Dear ntaSCIaus:
When you arrise in Morris on
Christmas eve sure and bring me
a doll that can sleep,
and my little brother Drum
and bring nay little sister a sled hop
ing we see you come
I love you -
z Cynthia Hall,
..~.--....1 -, 113 w. 7th st. !,
Morris, Mimi.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-12-23

Dear Santa Claus:
aF0When you arrive in Morris on
Christmas eve be sure and bring me
a rockinghorse and pair of shoe and
some doll clothes :.
I love you f. .s,. .--'.
From Mary Hall
-113 Norris.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-12-23

This is what Marguerite's letter
sounded like to her father as he took
it very carefully at her dictation. Her
request for drum is an indication Of
the entire emancipation of her sex.
Dear Santa Claus:
Bing me a dolly, bing me drum,
bing me some cups and saucers and
bing me, and bing me, l.
You's truly
Little Marguerite Harris
P. S. live in Morris, MINI. and dear
Santa Claus don't fergit to bring me
a drum That's all. -
Dear Santa:
want A sled A train. A gun.
Some candy and some nuts. please
Sent these things because think
have been good boy long time.
s Matthias Schroeder,
210 East 1st ST. y
Dear Santa:
want train and gun and an
airoplane and some, thing else.
Please don't forget a big box Of
candy because have been good boy
and did what mama said.
Your little boy
Edwin Yarger.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-12-23
Morris, Mimi.

moIEAS, mInA.
Dear Santa Clause:
I want a nice train and truck. a
sled, a big drum, air plane, a lot OF
nuts and a box of candy.
With love,
Donald Yarger
P. s. I have been a real good boy.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-12-23

Here's a letter from Pearl Linden
berger who says she will be very
"heppy" if she gets what she wants.
Pearl Lindenberger,
Morris, MINI. -..-..-
Dec. 8, 1921. .
Dear Santa Claus:
How are you am fine and hope
you are the same. Dear Santa Claus
/ want sleeping doll. will be hep
py to get the doll and some candy:
Good by from Pearl Lindenberger.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-09-16
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BEMlDJI TOWNSHIP I

Theodore and Leo Fenske, who won
a free week at the fair IN the Eel
trs,n,i county boys potato contest
retui ned home SATURDAY.. They won
second place for their demonstration
at the fair thus just missing Il free
trip TO Chicago. .s..'@. g.. f.a'. l9@".
Miss Argyle Boyer who won first
place in the Bcltraml county bread
baking contest enjoyed her free week
at the state fair immensely. She re-
turned home Monday forenoon.
We are especially proud of Iharles
r. Schroeder for his work in helping
the county win the silver CUP. He
had able assistants to whom VIC give
due credit and appreciation but to
MI. Schroeder whose talent ard
years of experience make him cs.
pecially lifted for this line of. work,
We hand most OF the glory. Bel
trani county had the stuff to show
and Bemidji township furnished the
man to show~it.
Virgil Soper, who has been i'll at
the home of his father, John Soper,
for about eight weeks, is improving.
Miss Laura Foley is attending the
Beniidji high school in the JUNIOR
class.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Burch are now
occupying their new cottage near
the city limits.
The Misses Ethel and Maine
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-09-16
THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER

Boyer have taken room at the Ar
chic Chambers home in Nymore for
the school year. These young ladies
are attending high school. sas H..
The would-be hunter who mistook
Mr.. Blatter's best horse for deer
has not yet bee ncaptured. The horse
which was shot in the leg had to be
killed. - 5a. AZ y e.
G.. Lewis, who has been seriously
i'll for several weeks, is improving.
The Jarchow family reports a jolly
time and the best of luck on their
motor trip south, They attended the
fair and visited at Cambridge, White
Bear, saltwater and ST.. Paul D..
The city veterinarian gave the
tuberculin test to cattle in the Ed
Larson and William Boyer herds on
Wednesday. There were no reactions
in either herd. On Thursday the Car
ter and Phibbs herds; we're also
founl to be free of tuberculosis. -.
Joseph Payne and daughter, Doro-
thy, returned to Bull Thursday after
visiting at the j. p, Payne home.
The board of education OF .Inde-
pendent district No. 6 held a bust
ness meeting at the Carr Lake school
house on Wednesday evening. Par
ent-teacher cooperation was dis
cussed.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-09-16
Praises the Y. M. c. A.

The Zion. v. S. Srinivasa Sastri, an
Indian official, gives this testimony:
"You have done me the honor to ask
me to state what think of the work
Of the Y. NJ. G. A. in India. It is be-
You'd praise. ! do not pretend to know
all about it. but what have seen Of it
fills me with admiration and gratitude.
The association neglects no promising
field of service. The magnitude and
many-sidedness Of its operations are
a wonder to me, and have sometimes
felt the nonotilcial organizations in
India would gain in persistence and
holiness of conception by a study of
the aims, methods and ideals Of the
great movement known throughout the
world by the letters y. NJ. c. A.
Chicago Post.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-09-16
Last Of Three Friends.

Chauncey NJ. Depcw is the last Of
three distinguished friends, of whom
General Horace Porter and Joseph
Fl. ChOate are dead, remarks the
Detroit News. They were for years
a link between the present generation
and that of Civil war days. General
Porter campaigned with Grant and
was present when Lee surrendered.
All three were noted orators. General
Porter was regarded as having the
superior mentality and his achieve
ments as soldier, diplomat and rail
road financier and builder made him
most conspicuous.
Choate's oratory was closely associ-
ated with his winning personality.
Depew's addresses are notable for
their spontaneous humor and wit, while
General Porter drafted speeches with
infinite. care and delivered them with
impressive intensity and sincerity.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-09-16
BURGOMASTER MAX TALKS

The following little address was
made by the famous Belgian patriot
Burgomaster Max of Brussels to the
Boy Scouts Of Belgium. Its message
rings as true for the Boy Scouts OF
America as for their brothers across
the sea:
I'm becoming a scout, each one or
you has made the most important res
Olution of his life: that Of seeking to
acquire those manly qualities and
moral virtues which make the good
citizen.
you. know already that to be a
scout it is not enough to wear the
uniform. You must obey the law which
YOU have voluntarily imposed upon
yourself, whose ten points embohy
your duties toward yourself and to-
ward your neighbOr.
"ln subjecting yourselves to the
training which renders the body sup
pie, in exercising your will power, III
developing your powers OF observa'
ton, Of decision and Of judgment, you
serve your apprenticeship to active
life. You will learn to act quickly ana
we'll and to surmount difficulties and
obstacles.
"The habit Of discipline and the
consciousness of frnternal solidarity
combined with exercise in the open
air, will prepare you to defend your
country, following the example OF the
heroic boy scouts who fell In the
course of the war. The devotion that
you bring to this sacred mission will
ennoble your desire always to keep IN
practice the principles Of duty and OF
honor.
1.-THE scout school is school Of
self-denial ard loyalty. The good
scout ought to have the cult OF moral
beauty, the unwavering desire to be
worthy Of his own and to merit others
esteem. You will reach this goal If
your spirit is vigilant and your effort
sustained.
"All that you accomplish of good.
however small may be it's results, will
contribute toward the growth Of your
soul, to make of you a man without
reproach who has no guide save honor.
Courtesy. correctness, good humor,
and .cordiality, service and the con-
scientious accomplishment of your
task will strengthen your heart and
your spirit
"Those will become men of worth,
who strive to observe this scout law;
to seek each day to do good turn"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-09-16
OF DEATH IN DOUBT
Authorities Puzzled as to Whether
Mans Being Pronounced Dead
Makes Film Legally So.

AL f. Williams, United States dis.
trict attorney for Kansas, received a
letter a short time ago asking his opin-
ion as to the status Of person upon
whom O death sentence has been exc
cuted, who has been legally pro-
nounced dead, but afterwards regains
consciousness and RECEIVERS. sa,.
The case cited was that of five ban
dts who were convicted of highway
robbery in the province Of Cagayan,
Philippine Islands, and sentenced to
die by the old Spanish method Of
strangulation. After the execution the
five bandits were placed on the floor
of a church to await funeral rites in
the morning. In the night three re-
gained. consciousness. Two Of the
three died "again" in couple of days,
but one recovered, although left in a
deformed condition.
The questions asked are whether the
bandit who lived could be strnngled
again, or, if he could not, would the
fact that he was legally pronounced
dead prevent his being tried in the
courts If he committed another crime.
Mr.. Williams wrote an opinion to the
inquiring person, declaring that he be-
leved that an order could be obtained
from the court setting aside the first
execution as having never been per-
formed and another one ordered.
His opinion was that if the bandit
were not killed, finally, he could be
held amenable for other crimes, al
though legally he was not in existence.
"Of course" Mr. Williams said. you
will probably find as many lawyers
and judges disagreeing with my epin.
ion as cOncurring."