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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-05-06
GILBERT

May 2:-The Misses Esther Hedlund
and Anna Peterzen came up from Min
neapolis Saturday for short visit at
their homes.
There was q dance at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Larson Saturday
night. All had a fine time. A deli
On Wednesday. May 18th, The Little
Citizens League held their monthly
meeting at the school house. All the
ladies of the neighborhood were i'm
vited. Mrs. Joseph Kunz gave a talk
on Boys and Girls club work. A fine
lunch was served at the close of the
meeting. .rsrSIE
May s. There will be a play and pie
social at the school house Saturday
evening. Everybody come.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. futile visited at
John Olson's Sunday afternoon.
, Mrs. John Olson closed her school
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-05-06
SOUTHWEST PIKE CREEK

May 3:-Miss Susie Hall left Satur-
day for Minneapolis, after short Wis
it with her parents here.
Max Ecl<man and Bill Glubka re-
turned Sunday from a trip to the twin
cities.
4 baseball game was played Sunday
between Pike Creek and Swan River.
in which Pike Creek was victorious.
Hge sMsn vs um dE be- gaye up
the end of the sixth inning. The Pike
Creek Blacks defeated the Swan River
Jumboes by score of 20 to 2. Before
the game began, the Swan Rivers
were happy. the Swan Rivers were
gay; But when the game was over.
they felt just the other way. This
game was played on the former Wetzel
ter
Martin Ecl>man left last week for
Hibbing. Mimi, where he intends to be
emDlOved
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-05-06

George Thompson's on Friday evening.
The Longfellow and Thompson chill
dren called at A. p. Tubbs' Friday eve
ming.
Miss Nora Longfellow and Ruth
Tubbs were out picking wild flowers
on Sunday.
Mrs. A. p. Tubbs and children, Joy
and Ruby, visited at Geo. Thompson's
Sunday afternoon.
II. A. Dinsman called at Christ
Anderson's Thursday and Friday on
business.
Hewitt Thompson spent Sunday at
home
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-05-06


You will stay in the warm cotton nest
your nether has for you in the little
corner Of this CELLAR.
"You won't stay here for long,
though. You will not even wait to
grow up. You will 60 forth by your
selves when you are only partly grown
ard you will seek your fortunes in
the great world of houses and cellars
and pantries.
'As yet you do not know what 1t ID
to seek your fortunes.
You do not even know what the
wolT means. But in time you will
learn. You will know the smell Of
cheese and you will find it very
pleasant smell.
"You will care for all sorts of good
les and you will nope that people will
let you eat Of their food quite free
and without wishing you any harm.
"Of course, it is rather natural that
people win not care for you, for after
all we wouldn't care for creatures
that came and took our food.
MANY Of you will be able to make
sweet little sounds. You will chirp
and even sing!
Eyes, the little house mice can sing.
Many, many of them can.
"And you will not iced great hall
in which to give your concerts. You
will not want to stand upon a plat
form and have lot of people sit in
front of you ready to clap their hands
when you are through.
'You won't care to have a great
deal Of attention when you sing.
you will be perfectly satisfied to
sing your little soLgs in the pantries
or IN the china closets or in the
cellars
'And you won't ask for clapping.
In fact you wont care for clapping.
You will not want praise. You will
rather care to sing your songs when
you think no one Is listening.
1T seems strange to many people
that you sing. But we, Mother House
Mice, know that you can and the peo-
pie will learn that you really sing little
songs, or at least chirp little songs.
"And often you will MARBLE little
songs, too!
You will never grow to be very
big. It rs better that way. Then you
can get in and out of smaller holes.
''You will wear such nice, simple,
gray suits and you will become very
proud, each Of you, Of the nice, long,
hairless tail which Is part Of you,
and a most important part.
"You will all have thin little bodies,
for who wants to be fat3
mot a mouse certainly, and most
especially not q house mouse. For,
as said before, 1t II better to be
small, as then you can get through
smaller spaces.
'.Now, the House Rat IL often un-
able to get through a hole that you
can get through. That IL when We
can laugh at the House Rat and can
cay, Well, fine fellow; Is it the best
you can do? And we can go scam
pering off gaily.
Don't 60 where the weather Is too
cold. You needn't be too fussy about
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-05-06

mean you don't want to 90 up to tho
North Pole part Of the world.
II will let you leave me before long
and before the year 10 through win
pride myself upon having raised sew
e1al families Of dear mice children. I
Ike to welcome lots Of little mice and
tell them how they should act and
what they should do In the big world
into which they're soon going alone"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-05-06
SULLIVAN LAKE

My 3:-Mr. and Mrs. Bowen opened
thor hotel Saturday.
There was q large crowd-about AZ
people. 5s
Dernice Look from Hillman stayed =
week with her sister and aunt at Sull1-
u. Hayes called It d. N. rhompson's
g. johnson was Ct Pier. Saturday: !
5. ~: CALDWELL was q NJ. Thompson''ls
&: Iak savs dance Saturday
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-05-06


not see as yOt
because you have
come into the
world quite blind.
That is the way
you all do. 1t Is
the way l did.
$50 you did
quite right. You
took after your
mother, and she
took after her
mother before
her.
But in q short
time you will BE-
able to see. Now,
you are quite
helpless and can.
not do anything
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-05-06

the weather, but
you don't want to
20 way, way up
north, where you
might freeze.
II do not be-
lieve there IL any
danger Of your
going too far
north, thou g h.
You can 60 pref
y far without
CU0I1l8 uCUA 0uy
Of the bitterly
cold, polar re-
gioDs. Regions
m ca n neighbor-
hoods you know
and when l say
you don't want to
20 to airy Of the
D01ar regions I
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-05-06
WANTED
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WANTED
Your savings account. We credit in
terest semi-annua1ly at 4 per cent per
annum.-Merchants State Bank, Little
Falls, MINI. lott.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-05-06

BY HAULING YOUR CREAM.
10Th SWEET AND SOUR, 70 Us,
YOU WILL MAKE MONEY KH-
VEL ASSOCIATED PRoDBUF8 CO.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-05-06
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G6Eyenil\8
Fairy Tale
THE HOUSE MICE.
61WARY GRAHAM BONNER
--loftNlhI n NfsItah hfYspAPfl UliloN--.o

Dear Little Mice" said Mother
House Mouse to her seven small chill
dran ssvOT c211-
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-05-06

Saw catskiil Mountains.
1reshie-When was on q farm last
summer saw cat kill chicken.
Sophomore that's nothing;
VIXEN was In New York last sumuoe
I ~ the CatSkill mountains."
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-29

Tho mines opened Tuesday after
being shut down for the three days
during tho Christmas holidays, and ac-
cording to the companys reports 2,2al
men were employed on the first day OF
operation. Wednesday showed an in
crease yf 1sg men and reached the
highest total for men employed since
the strike, yesterdays total showing
o.iSo.
Mines In the Trinidad district will
get full time this week according to
statement of L. H. Weitzel, general
manager OF the CcrC.-ado Fuel and Iron
company. who also thought u was
probable that the Walsen district
would work their mines with greater
regularity. Mr.. Weitzel stated that the
eighty-siN cars OF domest coal IN tho
walscn district, that had been side
tracked as surplus production. had
been sold.
Crested Butte was added to tho new
Iy opened mines and had $50 men en-
ploved yesterday. Tho production in
tucrfauo and Las Auimas counties
was s5S2 tons on Tuesday and the pro-
duction yesterday win reach the high
mark for coal proAlccd since the strike
II was thought.
Tho steel works arc using between l.
500 and 2.o00 tons OF coal each day, ac-
cording to company officials and with
an Utf'dNf IN inc operations bl An'
Miuucgua plant. there is every indics
tlon that the mines In Las Animas
county will work full time. Railroads
are also showing some strength in buy
Ing coal. which Is attributed to the In
creased freight business
II Is thought that rails will be rolled
by the first OF this coming week, five
open hearths are now in operation and
five others will he heated soon. The
increased number of batteries at the
coke plan has raised the coke produc-
tion to nearly 100 tons day.
Independent mines arc falling in line
with the wage reduction. according to
reports from tho southern part OF the
state. The Oakview mine OF tho oak
dale Coal company was requested to
start operations at reduced wage rate
by the eighty miners employed there.
This mine o. now working and several
other smaller mines are cNpeCtcd to
start working in tho next few days
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-29
REJECTS
SUB0RO|NAT|0N
Determined Not to Be Helpless
Voluntarily and By
Agreement

Washington, D. c., Dec. 2S.-tBy
The Associated Press. )-Discussin
the conclusion of consideration of the
submarine tonnage question by the
Washington conference French dele
cation spokesman tonight said their
government was determined not to be
agreement in tho presence of Great
Britain. Members of the delegation
smiled at suggestions of A. j. Balfour
of Great Britain in the naval commit
tee which they interpreted as sttribut-
ing to France. a desire to make a sea
war on England. Deprecating this,
they pointed to the relative size of the
two fleets and declared there was a
great difference between unarmed and
being moderately armed
1t is not believed at French head
quarters tl0t the approaching CONVEX
sations OF NJ. BRAND and Mr. Lloyd
George at Cannes on reparations and
associated economic subjects Will
touch Washington conference uucs-
uons. The question of submarines
and other light tonnage vessels is be-
lieved by the French to go FAR deeper
that current financial problems and
Of having in it some fundamental and
traditional principle reaching back
into tho long rivalry which has exist
cd more or less since 1888 between
Great Britain and France.
The policy of Great Britain Is now
said by French spokesman to look to-
ward tho subordination of France.
something which Frenchmen will not
consent to-" with their eyes open, all
tho unseeinE American opinion may
be against them
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-29
SEEK RECE|vERSH|P
FOR XII kLUX KLAh

Atlantic. Ca. Dec. 2S.-Hearing on
petition OF IA member OF tho Ku kluN
Khan that it br thrown into receiver
Khan that It be thrown into receiver
nip and that Edward Young Clarke
and Mrs. Elizabeth Tyler. rwo officers
hs removed, was set today for January
s before judge Pcudloton in superior
court.
Judge Pcndlctou granted q t"mpor-
AIRY order restraining tho Organization
from disposinE OF IT, property or dis
bursting any money except FOR ordinary
expense. which must not include sal
aries OF officers. pending the heariug.
Sisnyra OF the petition included four
grand gohlins r-cyutiy dcpuscd by or
dor OF Wihiam Joseph simmons, inn
perial wizard aud for and against vari-
Gus suits have been filed. They are
Harry b. Terrell Lloyd r. Hooper,
+, w. Atl,iu and. \. j. Padon, yr., all
OF wsom had been representing the
Khan In northern states. Tho tenn
porary order stipulated tho Khan
should take no further steps against
them pending the hearing.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-29
-ARMSSee00kffRfHcE
TALKS OF Many
NAVAL MATTERS

Washington. ID. C. Dec. 2s.-(By The
Associated PreSs)-A proposal present.
cd by Senator Elihu Root to the naval
committee when it resumed its session
this afternoon to apply certain rules of
intcrna tional law to use of submarines
in warfare was referred to a subcom-
mittcc for consideration. The Roo
proposals were said to contain speci-
hc principles which no outlined but
were not made public Immediately
when tho committee adjourned late
today.
Tho French delegates objected to the
American proposal for maximum of
10000 tons for auxiliary vessels. their
spokesmen >-ayinE they could not &C
ccpt 'sich limitation without express
authority from their government. They
agreed to refer tho question TO Paris
with tho expectation of an answer pos
Sibly by tomorrow when the committee
resumes it's discussions.
Definite agreement however was said
to have been reached to limit tho size
OF guns on auxiliary ships to S inches
as proposed at the morning session.
The size OF guns ON capital ships not
previously disposed of 1t was agreed
should he limited to t6-inch guns
Great Britain aud Japan. it was said
offered no objections to- the American
suggestion for 10000 ton limit on
auxiliary craft.
In American quarters Il was said
that the French attitude on auxiliary
vessels, rs on submarines, was holding
up ~ possible agreement.
The question Of the limitation OF air
plane carriers also was taken up for
the first time late in the day. The
American limitation proposals. given
in Secretary Hughes opening address
were laid before the committee but
further consideration went over until
tomorrow.
Later It was explained that the Root
resolutions to require the observance
Of civilized rules in submarine war
fare. provide that submarine com
manders should be prohibited from
torpcdoiug commercial vessels without
warming and should he required to
observe the usual rules Of visit and
search in dealing with such craft
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-29
FARM CROPS
SHOW LOSSES
Com and Hay Were Only
Billion Dollar Crops
For Year 1921

Washington. u. G.. Dec. 2?.-lmport-
ant farm crops OF the United States
this year We're valued ut s5.6I5. 81. 600
today 10y the department OF agriculture
in its final estimates for 1891. That
Is almost s3.iO0 c00.oo0 loss .hau last
years crops were worth and
5000. .o0o. 900 less than the crops Of two
years ago when high prices prevailed
for farm products. The values are
based on prices paid to farmers Dc
Comhcr /, and the crops comprise about
90 per cent Of the value OF all farm
crops.
There were only two billion dollar
crops this yesr-corn and hay, while
last year four crops were valued at
one billion dollars or more. Produc-
tion was below last year for almost
every crop. altho tho acreage n the
important crops was slightly larser.
except cotton.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-29
MCORMICKS END MARRIED LIFE
AFTER TWENTY-SIX YEARS TRIAL

Chicago. III. bee. Is, After mar
ried life OF twenty-stN years Mrs. Edith
Rockefeller Mccormick. daughter OF
John II. Rockefeller today obtained
divorce from Harold I. ,IcCormtck. IN
vhRt was said to he q record time IN
Chicago. FiftN minutes elapsed from
tho time Mrs. Mccormick filed hcr NH
until tho decree was siEucd bN judE"
Mcdonald Mrs. Mccormick appsarH"
IN court at % O'Clock and flied her
bill which charged her husband VITA
deserving hnr ON May "a. lalS. in lurlcn
Switzerland shortly afterward Mr NC
CormiclCs attorneys fil~d an answer
admitting tho charge aud in less than
flvo minutes the hearing was started
MIR Mccormick did not appear.
Mrs Mccormick WIS asked loss than
half o Dozen questions hy her attor-
news cliCitiuE the statements necessary
to sustain the bill. Sho testified thni
she WAS married In 1925, that MIR Nc
Cormirk left hero I'm zurich in lalS Win
out reason aud that he had since ian
sd to provide for her.
Mrs Emma Buckley fcrwcrly maid
FOR Mrs Mccormick testified sh" was
with MrH Mccormick I'm zurich aud
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-29
GERMAN REPUBLICAN C0NSULS
TOHOIST BUSINESS BANNER

New York, Dec. 2s.-CRy The Asso-
ciatod Prcssl sl-Gcrmany's diplomatic
and consular forces today pressed their
preparations for hanging out their flag
again In Washington. New York and
other cities The steamer Nieuw Ann
at terdam arrived with Kari Lang.
charge of the German embassy and
consular agents for western cities. The
new German consulate here opens Jan
uarv 3. Most of its staff already has
arrived.
Among those who arrived with Herr
LanE-who on appointment of Ger
man ambassador will become German
consul general at New Nork-was
Armand Nalette, vice consul at San
Francisco. Herr Lang, who has been
twenty-tour years in the German dip
lomHtic service. summed up the ques-
ton Of indemuities in these words.
AT present Germany cannot pay. We
must devise new ways"
Expanding on conditions at home,
he continued: Economic conditions
are much sounder. The new rspubli-
can government is doing it's best to es-
tahlsh good conditions. II they leave
us the means to do things, We will GER
taiulv come back The people are in
clined to live in an ordinary manner
and want better conditions Of life.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-29
AGENTS RAID
ROCK SPRINGS BOOZE

Rock Springs, Wyo, Dec. 2s.-Raids
by federal prohibition agents from
Cheyenne hero today in an attempt to
make dry the "wcttast spot in west
ern America resulted in tho arrest
or forty persons aud confiacation Of
nearly 5000 gallons OF Illicit liquo- and
more than ryprc OF stills.
Late today fifteen members OF tho
posse or forty that conducted the
ids hero left FOR an unannounced
destination. supposedly Superior. wy
ominE. whore further arrests were OK
pected. Tho men were armed with
pistols and United states Marshal
Hugh l., Patton, who headed the posse
carried search warrants. Raids were
also under way at Grccnriver. near
here.
The alleged moonshiuors and boot
lesgers submitted mcskly to arrest and
not In one tnetauc" did officers report
meeting any resistance m the Rock
Springs raids. AS fast as the arrests
were made the defendants were ar
rstgued before United States Commits
sioner l.. II. Brown, who accompanied
tho posse in an automobile. Thirty
places Of business, mostly soft drink
pAtlors Verc raidcd IN the morning
The confiscated liquors. including b.
600 gallons Of "pago Red wine and
scyrral huUdrsd gallons Of whisky We're
placed on chartered railroad car for
despatch to cheyenne as evidence
The arrests we're made under the
dire-tur Of Marshal Patton and carl
Jackson federal prohibition director
Tor Wyominc.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-29
W|NDELL SAYS OTHERS
SHOT TWO POLICEMEN

EinEmau. Ariz., Dec. 2S.-Thc body
Of Jake Windcll, also known as Earl
Niutur. who fatally wounded himself
when surrounded by posse near
Ashfork. yesterday, was turned over to
Los Angeles police officers who ar
rived hero today. Windcll, who died
in a hospital here last night. declared
to the last that he was innocent Of
the killing Of two police officers in Los
Angeles in connection with whose
deuths hc was sought by the posse.
Mother. EucJackct, oklahoma.
goodbye" was Windclls last messa gc.
lie scribbled II in notebook. Just
before he died he asked for priest
who administered the last rites to him.
sheriff w. =. Mahonev and deputies
Harris aud rlummcr Of Mohave coun.
tv. viii receive 1000 reward Tor cnt-
turing windell n was said here. Re
wards totalltug $4,000 had been of
fsrcd FOR the arrest Of five men al
legged to have implicated in the slay-
inE of the policemen.
windcll before he dicd declared that
he was in the rear seat OF the auto
mobile from which the shota that
killed Policemen Clever and Brett in
Los Angeles. December 8. were fired.
lie blamed other members Of tho party
IN the car for the actual killings.
windcll's body will be taken to Los
Angeles where other alleged members
Of the party are being held in jail.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-29
RUSSIANS DIE
FROM FAMINE
Half of Children, One
Twentieth of Adults Have
Chance for Life

Riga. Dec. 2s.-CBy Tho Associa tod
Prcssl-Thc flrst official report OF
cannibalism in tho famine districts of
Russia has been made to tho all-Rus-
sian soviet congress by Delegate ov-
sienko OF Samara, according to a dis
patch to dhe official Rosta News
agency. dated Moscow.
At Ramikoveksy the parish people
arc eating the bodies OF their dead"
he told tho congress. 1T is danger
Gus to bury the famine victims in the
presence OF the people and guards
must be kept over them until they
are I'm state that makes eating i'm
possible
Ito said that Dr. Nansen, high com
missioner of the iuternatiosal commit
tee OF Russian relief. even tho hard
oned explorer. returned to Mo/ow
sickcned by the scenes he witnessed.
Tho speaker said that children are
being taken to steppes and loft there
to die; that mothers maddened by
thoir experiences cut the throats OF
their babes.
At the beginning of January. he con-
tinucd, the sovicts. with all their out
side aid, will he able to feed only half
the starving children and only one
twentieth of the adults. The rest OF
tho people would have to die while
awaiting help.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-29

"1t IN very hard for the peop'. to
face the future under conditions i'm
posed In the treaty of peace. Accord
ing to the treaty we have to furnisi,
coal and dyes and pay clearing
money OF more than 500, 900 600 marks
year, and in addition we have the
repara tions.
We have been hurt great deal
ny tho cutting off of the eastern prov.
inces. That compels us to go outside
of Germany for much of the food W.
have the idea that the present con
dttions and methods cannot go on We
tried two ways Of meeting the con-
ditions. the only two ways We knew
and they would not work Some other
way must be found, so that we San
pay. What It will be I do not know.
I do know that We felt the only wsy
to get money was to export our goods
to all countries and this we have tried
TO do, Many countries objected and
passed laws to keep our merchandise
out. In this way thsy deprived us of
the only sensible way to earn the
money they ask of us
This being failure our only vsy
was to buy foreign money. This low
cred our mark and acted as a tsmpta-
tion to foreign buyers
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-29

knew Of the dcsertion and similar test-
mony was given by Miss v. Bo'ey who
told Of Mr. McCormicks departure from
zurich. Attorneys for the defense
waived the right to cross examine the
witnesses. Mrs. Mccormick and h"r
party Immediately left tho courtroom.
attorneys arranged the final details
aud Judge Mcdonald signed the decree
nt n in O'Clock
Tho decree contains no slimouy pro-
vision but according to- MI McCor-
micR'a counsel an agreement had boon
made IN advance on property dt-
vision. Counsel FOR Mrs. N'HorWirk
however, denied this,
Aside from the prominence" Of tho
Mccormick aud Rockefeller families
Mr.. and Mrs Mccormick became
known thruout the country thru their
financial support or tho Chicago Grand
Dpsrn company.
Tho decree docs cot mention tho
three children. Harold r. Nc, crUiok.
Ir. and Miss Nuriol Mccormick. who
arc living with their father hero Wnlls
Nathilde the second daughter. V
abru.d