v* i. New Sewers In S.German Park Committee Which Investigat 'H rted Turbine Engine at Virginia Reports. Storage Room To Be Provi ded For Electric Light Plant Supplies. Prof. A. Ackermann of the college appeared before the Council at their last regular monthly meeting and in cidentally reminded them of the promise of a cement sidewalk on Cen ter Street which the college should have had before now. His main reason for appearing however was to protest against the excessive charges for minor repairs to tbeir electrical switchboard such as the blowing out of la fuse. These they could repair tbenv selves if given permission to do so, but up-to-date this bad been persis tently denied them. The matter was finally referred to the pioper com mittee. The committee which investigated the low pressure turbine at Virginia, Minn, filed their written report. Although favorably impressed with this style of engine, the, gentlemen were not ready to recommend the pur chase of a turbine for our plant, but they did recommend that further in vestigation be made. City Clerk Albert J. Meyer and Supt. John Bol •tad were directed to communicate with manufacturers of various styles of engines andCity Engineer Minium waa requested to get into touch with a competent electrical engineer who is to draw up plans and specifications for the machinery and appliances necessary to adequately equip our electric light plant. On account of the numerous com plaints that are pouring in because several, of .the cross streets south of Center Street are fenced off and closed to traffic, an Investigation was made and it was discovered by an examina tion of the council proceedings that Spring street between Seventh and Sixteenth South Streets and those portions of Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Fifteenth and Seventeenth South StreetB had been vacated at the time the M.* & St. L. was built. City Attorney Somsen was requested to take up the matter with the railroad company and secure their consent to have Tenth South Street opened for traffic at this time. The committee on electric light was given Jfull authority to erect a shed near the station to store the supplies of the plant, it having been reported that no suitable storage room could be secured. The contemplated im provement will cost about $125. The committee which bad been ap pointed to investigate sewer condi tons in South German Park report* through its chairman that some of the property owners along South German St. had laid underground sewers from their premises to the park, and that Special Comedy Feature SUNDAY EVENING, DEC. 16 In addition to our usual comedy program for Sunday we will feature a new stuut, something that has never before been produced in a picture house in this city, tt is built for laughing purpos es ouly. We're not going to tell just yet. but try and be there. Uemember the prize to be given away Saturday, a handsome cut glass bowl, on exhibition in Sch len der's window. Bear in mind that this is no pressed glass imitation. Save Your Coupons AmericanTheatre by reason thereof there was grave danger that the water in the springs would be contaminated* As a majority of the abutting property owners are agreeable to having public sewers laid next year, this nuisance will soon be abated. ,.||fc The report of Fire Marshall Jos. F. Groebner which was read and tiled shoved that in general precautions for the prevention of fire were being taaen and that whenever it had become necessary to order premises cleaned up, the,, orders had been cheerfully complied with by the owners. Upon the request of Fire Chief Henry Engel, Joseph F. Groebner was appointed First Assistant and Fred Pfaender, Second. Assistant. An honorable discbarge was {granted August Niemann who for six and one half years had.been a'faithful and efficient member, of Hose-Company No 1. City Treasurer Gottlieb Oswald was advised that assessments could be collected from the purchasers of lots on South State Street where the former owaers had neglected to pay the sewer assessment. The request of Postmaster Liescb to have four of the mailboxes attached to standards of the "White Way" was laid over to the special meeting on December 17th. Night Policeman Anton Stiemann having bad DO vacation during the six months he wa^ on duty, was upon request allowed an additional 5 days' pay. ,. A building permit was granted to theNewUlm Brewing & Malting Co. for the erection of anew boiler house. WITHDRAWS FROM SHORT SHIP CIRCUIT At the meeting of the Nicollet Coun ty Agricultural Society held recently in St. Peter at Treasurer Jackson's office It was voted to withdraw from the Southern Minnesota Short Ship Circuit. The association faces a de ficit which may run up to $650. It is hoped to decrease expenses by with drawing from the circuit and thus escape the heavy drain due to the harness races. It was also agreed to raise the general admission fee from 25 cents to 50 cents. This, it is expected, will increase the receipts to such an extent that no new deficit will stare the directors in the face. The following officers and board of directors were re-elected: J. M. Turner, Oshawa, president J. H. Nutter, Traverse, firsr, vice-pre sident James Randolph, Kasota, se cond vice-president, John C. Hulett, St. Peter, secretary, and C. H. Jack son, St. Peter, treasurer. The direc tors are as follows: Geo. W. Studley and O. J. Quane, St. Peter Paul Mc Dermott and Fred Manske, Kasota Henry Fanning, Sharon Henry Lam pert, Washington Fred. Leath, Cleve land Martin Schwartz, Ottawa Jos. Seitzer, Oshawa J. P. Wright, Tra verse Julius Schmitt, Nicollet Theo. Ostrom, New Sweden Ole Peterson, Bernadotte F. D. Currier, Granby, Charles Braun, Courtland Claus A. Swanson, Lafayette Ernst Kienlen, Rldgely Matt Walser, West Newton Adam Epper,. Brighton, and Wendell Hodapp, North Mtankato. in /v .^ Jn&gft&Sl Late Building Is Completed New Ulra Ice Company Erects H000 Ton House For ,. Storing Ice. '. Roller Mill ami Seed Co. Com plete Elevator and 'J Corn Warehouse. *$ The Farmers Elevator Company has a new store bouse for oil, meal, Hour, feed and salt. The building is locat ed north of tbeir grain elevator and is a two story structure, 18x36 feet, and costs something like $500. The new boiler house and met*l chim ney erected at the south side of the Brewing & Malting Company's plant will cost from »2000 to $2500. The boiler house stands approximitely 23x28x14 and the chimney is 80 feet 'high. The building operations are complete and two new bolers each having a capacity of 50 H. P. will be installed this week if they arrive in time to do so. The $3500 warehouse erected by the New Ulm Ice Company will have a capacity of 000 tons of Ice. A little figuring will show that this means more than a dollar a ton merely for a storage place for the ice. The ware house is located between the M. & St. L. Right-of-Way and Water Street. It is of thoroughly modern construc tion with double walls. Between the two shells there will be sawdust and hereafter the ice will not be packed in sawdust but will be covered with bay instead. Electric machinery will be used'for hoisting the bloi ks of ice into place. The old house will still be used. Ice cutting will be late this year on account of the season's warmth. It will probably not begin much before New Years. Building operations at the Hospital have gone forward with speed also and a temporary roof covers the im mense structure so that all thru tne winter finishing operations can be con tinued on the inside and there's no doubt the building will be completed for use early next season. At the last regular meeting of the New Ulm Fire Department Alfred Schroeck, Fred Pfaender and Math. Pederson were named as a committee for the annual Firemen's Dance which is to be held at Turner Hall Sylvester Eve. Chief Henry Engel will be ex officio a member of the committee. OLUME XXXIII. NEW ULM, BROWN COUNTY, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11.1912. M!MKK.I5f •'A*:-'* The extremely late season has been most favorable to building operations in New Ulm and several large structures amounting to thousands' of dollars in value have been erected and have been so far advanced in con struction that only the inside finishing remains to be done. It is doubtful whether there has been a time when more large structures were in course of building at this season than is the case this year. Another favorable feature is the fact that all these operations have been entered upon because of growing business which called for more space for expansion and this indicates a healthier con dition than entirely new enterprises would. The Minnesota Seed Company have practically, completed tne work on their immense new warehouse. It stands three stories above a deep basement. Its dimensions are 85 by 50 feet and this gives the entire building a length of 165 feet. The basement Is built of concrete and the upper portion is ame covered with galvanized iron. It has a capacity of ten to fifteen thousand bushels of ear orn. The interior has merely warehouse fioisn and the curing of the seed corn will be done as before in the original plant. The company reports a successful year. •:.'•'^4^ The Northwestern Hotel recently completed the addition of a third story which was necessitated by in creased business. The place is oow^a. twenty-five room hotel and plans are already made to enlarge it to thirty five rooms in the spring. The New Ulm Roller Mill Com pany's new elevator was completed last week so that it can beused for storing of grain. It has a capacity of 45,0)0 bushels. It, too, is a frame, ironclad building and was erected by Chas. E. Web9ter of Winthrop. The building was necessitated by the growing grain trade of the Mill. 15 Jury Cases 1 Will Be Tried #etit Jury Convenes To-day. 1 Criminal Cases Come Up Next Monday. I Two Cases Are Reported-Set tied Upon Opening of December Term. Promptly at eleven o'clock, Tuesday orning, Sheriff W. J. Julius at the irection of Judge Olsen, announced opening of the December term of District Court of Brown County. John Gratz, one of the grand jurors had not been summoned and George Guth of Eden was excused. Fred Pfaender was appointed foreman and H. C. Peterson was elected as clerk of the grand jury. Upon the preliminary call of the civil calendar, fifteen case* were set for jury trial, seven as court cases, two were reported as settled and dis missed, one was passed and there are motions pending in three to strike them from the calendar. County Attorney Erickson announced that be would move the criminal calendar next Monday. John gchapekahm is bailiff of the grand jury, Fred Prahl and John Scbons bailiffs for the petit jury Sod Emil Garbrecht is acting as Deputy Clerk of Court. The petit jury convenes at o'clock to-day (Wednesday) and the trial of civil cases will be taken up at once. We append herewith a Hat of the cases noticed for trial and their disposition at the preliminary call: State of Minnesota, Piff. vs. Lavis Larson, Deft. Jury case. State of Minnesota, PJff. vs. Win. Weuger, Deft. Jury case. State of Minnesota, Plff. vs. Geo. Hale, Deft. Jury case. Qiward Pearson, Plff. vs. Paul Gotkoecbt, Deft. Settled and dii missed. Fmma Arndt, Plff. vs Lavis Larson, Deft. Jury case. Margaretba Mack, Plff. vs. Chas. A. Engelking, Deft. Court case. Vacation, 10 day's notice. Edward Berkcer and Alfred A. Berkner, co-partners as Berkoer Bros.. Plff. vs. Wm. Schmitt, Deft. Motion to strike from calendar. Edward F. Berkner and Alfred A Berkner, co-partners as Berkner Bros Plff. VB. Martin Sherman, Deft. Motion to strike from calendar. Edward F. Berkner and. Alfred A. Berkner, co-partners as Berkner Bros., Plff. vs. Dudley G. D'Evelyn, Deft. -Motion to strike from calendar.' Ole T. Helling, Plff. vs. Hanska Milling Co., a corporation and Henry N. Somsen as Trustee, Defts. Passed Argument on demurrer. State of Minnesota, Plff. vs. Wm. Wieland, Deft. Jury case. World's Best Film Co, a corpo ration,Plff. vs. Otto D. English, Deft., and Harry Lewis, Max Lewis and Philip Lewis, ct-partners under the firm name and style of "Independent Film Exchange." Interveners. Court case. Vacation, 10 days' notice. Martin Neubauer, Plff. vs. Joseph A. Neubauer, Deft. Court case. Wolfgang Hacker, Plff. vs. Geo. Tauer, Deft. Jury case. Alma Zellmer, Plff. vs. Ernest Zell "mer, Deft. Court case. Vacation, 10 days' notice. Carrie Anderson, incompetent by N. P. Nelson, her guardian, Plff. vs. Thomas Larson and Emma Larson, Defts. Jury case. Chas. Baltrusch, Plff. vs. Burg Cigar Co. Defts. and Wm. H.Dempsey, Gam. Jury case. Bank of Perth, a corporation, vs. H. F. Berkner, Deft. Jury case. Motion for continuance. Geo. Reiser, Plff. and Resp. vs. W. E. Kortb, Deft, and Appl. Jury case. Sleepy Eye Land & Trust Co.. a corporation, Plff. vs. Otto Schreyer, Deft. Court case. Vacation 10 days notice. In the Matter of the Estate of Chas Feirer, deceased Joseph Feirer, Pro ponent'and appellant vs. Herman Weber, Guardian of Anna Feirer, Contestant and Respondent. Court case. Vacation, 10 days'notice. Albert W. Schmid on behalf of Margaret Scbmid, Plff. vs. W. M. Anderson, Deft. Jury case. Albert W. Schmid, Plff. vs. W. M. Anderson, Deft. Jury case. Wm. Mueller, Plff. vs. Axel New da!I, Deft. Settled and dismissed. Ida Klein. Plff. vs. Ida Renner, Deft Jury case. %A if Albert A. PaffratlC Plff. vs. Wni. Polkow, Deft. Jury case. Emma B. Nuodahl, Plff. vs. John C. Nundabl, Deft. Court ease. Henry Mueller, appellant vs. Super visors of Town of Courtland, Nicollet Co., Minn., Respondent Jury case CRIMINAL CALENDAR 8tate of Minnesota, Plff. vs. William Diepolder, Deft. For trial. MATHEWS CONTESTS JUDGE OLSEN'S ELECTION M. E. Mathews, the defeated candi- counties and personally examine and should not be allowed to count for either candidate. The results of this contest will be watched with interest, the official count being so close. As the count now stands, M!r. Olsen has 104 majori ty. A change of fifty-three votes from TSunday ,f# ft(J* «t'*S-«r"fif*r'Mt^3fly' jr .' Society Plans New Grandstand if** Receipts of the "Year Brown Co. Fair Ass'n. Out of Debt• Possibility of an Aviation Meet Here For Next Summer Discussed. .. «wt^" The good w^bjrk.done by the officers and directors of. the Brown County Agricultural Society for the past'few years is beginning to tell. In spite of a at date for judical honors has demanded °t received the support from our a recount, which really does not citizens that it should have received, come as a surprise, in view of the present management wheh has rumors that were current immediate- shaped the distinies of the associa ly after it became definitely known tiop for some years, has doggedly re that he had been defeated by a small mained on the job and has fought ad margin. In speaking of this appeal verse conditions to a successful con the News-Messenger of Marshall, says: elusion. For the first time in its Thursday afternoon Robert Hell- history, the Fair Association is out Qf mann, who was one of the supporters debt and has money in the bank. .% of Mr. Mathews* candidacy for the This was the report that was sub office of District Judge at the gen- roitted with a great deal of satts eral election, not being satisfied faction by the officers of the Brown with the close vote, and at the In- County Agricultural Society at their stance of many friends, filed an an- annual meeting which was held in the peal for a contest, with Clerk of Commercial Club Rooms last Tues Court Bumford, which was served on day evening. /-'^f *M- 5 Judge I. M. Olsen at the close of the From a purely financial standpoint district court. As we understand it, the year just closed has been the the appeal is made to the District most successsful in the history of the Court of Lyon County from the de- Society. This was made possible on cision of the state canvassing board, account of the attractions that were which decided in favor of the elec- booked at the Fair Grounds during tion of Lv M. Olsen. The Governor Home Coming Week. The total re will be notified of the appeal, and. ceipts aggregated the sum of $6,627. it will become necessary for him 54 and the total expenditures amoun to appoint a Judge from some other ted to $5,843.90 leaving a balance of judical district to hear the contest, $784.05 in the hands of the Treasurer, which hearing must be set within To this will be added the sum of thirty days from the date of the $777.75 premiums paid out at the last decision of the state board, which Fair and for which amount the So was made on November 27. Each ciety will be re-imbursed by the State, contestant is allowed to choose one a 8 2 7 person to-, act on the^,committee" to ,„_,.«„ „i.^„* „«i,««- ^...wi •«•«.! inspect the ballots, an* tbe two chps- last turxey shoot, making a grand total en will select one other, making a of $1830.80 on the right side of the committee of three, who will go to ledger. Besides that the management the auditor's offices of the various association has a a W a off a 0 recount the ballots cast at the last $1210.50. an overdraft of $103.2S general election. In connection with and purchase a lot for the sum of the appeal, the question of the citizen- $110. This will make the actual profits ship of Judge Olsen has been raised. There have been doubts expressed .... ,. „„„,_ as to the irregularities of the past election, and of the count, and it sure. In addition to this valuable should be the interest of every elector property it has title to nearly two in the district to see to it, where they directly north of the Fair know of illegal voting, that such votes „. Turne Theatr Eve., Dec, 15 JONES & CRANE OFFER A DRAMATIZATION OF GRACE MTLLER WHITE'S FAMOUS NOVEL "Tess'of the Storm Country A wonderfully interesting story of York State fisher folks Last Year's Best Book— •t This Year's Best Play Selected Cast. Complete Production of Scenic and £li*I^Ligh't Effects. PricJeV^^fellery, 25c Balcony, 50e Dress Circle, 75c Parquet, oOand'T^?- Seats now selling at ttii^loneer Drug Store. 3r ill ,ealiaed at the indebtedness „„„.«»„«#* «msoa figcal a inasmuch as no record of natural- „«„--. „„J ,,,•„,.,„„ ization can be found, and this matter aggregate $3,260.59. a at at offlcers a is also being brought to the atten- may justly feel proud of. tion of the District Court as one of the With the purchase of the lot in grounds of the appeal. question, the Society has become the directors a land tte mt%t „„t„ *K-m „„„liai Groundsf which. Mr. Olsen would elect Mr. Mathews, which not only are needed but which In the district, there are 137 precincts, and it is not unlikely that one or more' votes will be thrown out of each, in the recount which would make a ma terial difference in the result, and might favor either candidate. nets them an annual rental $75.00 It is highly gratifying to note that "progress" will be the watchword in the future also and that permanent improvements will be entered upon will make future fairs more success ful. 'In the first place the cattle sheds which burned to the grounds last Sep- Contlnued on 2nd Page. ~f^- 'j 1 -4 ''J W A I „,1