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VOLUME XL. i" DRAINAGE BILL IS HELD TO BE BEST PRESIDENT OF FLOOD CONTROL ASSOCIATION TALKS OF THE WORK DONE. AUTHORS OF BILL HAVE SAME INTERESTS AT STAKE AS OPPONENTS. y:it is somehwat discouraging, after have worked so hard to bring about some relief for the control of the disas trous floods that yearly cause thousands of dollars damage, and now when success is practically assured that a few dis grnutled ones should try to defeat our efforts," said A. B. Kaercher, president of the Tri-State Flood Control Asso ciation, who was in the city a few days ago discussing the situation in the Minnesota Valley. Mr. Kaercher was just returning from St. Paul, where a hearing on the flood control bill had been held before a legis latvie committee, which had met some opposition from a number of farmers living in the vicinity of Morton. Work Too Local "As nearly every one in the valley knows," continued Mr. Kaercher, "Dr. Fritsche, myself and a number of others .have worked constantly and faithfully i£ some ten or twelve years for some means to control the floods of this valley. Last fall it became apparent that we had been working too locally, and that if anything was to be accomplished we must enlarge our plans and bring in more territory. After considerable ef fort we got our fellow sufferers in the Red River valley interested, and at my suggestion, a meeting was called at Fargo, which was held in November. That meeting, as probably all of your readers know, was attended by the Governors of JSTorth and South Dakota, while GoveriiV Burnquist was repre sented by Attorney General Lyndon A. Smith. There were present several Congressman, United States Senators and members of the legislatures of all three states, and all of them endorsed the plan of flood control by the reservoir system, which has also been declared the most feasible means by several United States engineers. "There is but little use for me to go i*Sto detail as to the plans for the re Jervior system. It has been explained time and again, and was given a thoro discussion at various times, and especially at the conference held in New Uim on January 10, last. "After the Fargo meeting, at which I was elected president of the association F. L. Cliff, an attorney of Ortonville whom I have known for years, acknowl edged to be one of the best lawyers in Minnesota, and who is personally in terested as he owns, 1,200 acres of land in the Minnesota valley, was appointed chairman of the legislative committee which has drafted the bill presented to the legislature. This bill is identical (Continued on Page 2) NUMBER OF BIRTHS MORE THAN DOUBLE DEATH LIST Clerk of the Court Carl P. Manderfeld has received from the State Board of ^Healt the annual report of the births aild deaths in the various cities, villages. and townships for the year 1916. They were as follows: Births Deaths Albin township 16 2 Bashaw township 11 Burnstown township 23 Cobden village 3 1 Comfrey village 17 Cottonwood township 15 Eden township 17 Evan village 3 Hanska village 6 Home township 25 Lake Hanska township 26 "—-iLeavenw orth township 14 Linden township 15 Milford township 16 Mulligan township 23 New Ulm city 154 North Star township 12 Prairieville township 9 Sleepy Eye city. 58 Sigel township 18 ,, Springfield city 28 LV_.far, ,.. jfcely township flr. lf^f f6\5»,5 a 5 20 0 4 6 2 3 3 7 7 4 9 2 9 107 3 4 28 5 20 4 4 1 7 townshi„ 19 545 258 V^otal 'The fact that two hospitals, each with almost state-wide reputations, is a rea son why the death list in this city is so large. Patients are brought here from all over this part of the state. j^,i''^%l4^^%^4^^^ £-*-^K^y$?? ,•*, HELD AND HAEBERLE BUY NAGEL TRANSFER BUSINESS Monday morning Alf. G. Nagel, who has been in the general transfer business for the past thirteen years, turned the property over to Herman Held and Elmer Haeberle, who purchased Mr. Nagel's interest last week. The deal by which Held and Haeberle came into possession of the business involved the transfer of Mr. Nagel's residence, a number of wagons, an auto truck and fourteen horses, and Mr. Nagel took over the residence now occupied by George Bromley. The object of the purchase by Held and Haeberle was that they wished to extend their business, which to this time has been confined to the ice business as owners of the New Ulm Ice Company. They made Mr. Nagel an offer which he accepted. The business was established by Herman Nagel about thirty-seven years ago, since which time it has been in the Nagel family" In 1904 he transfered the busi ness to his son, who has now disposed of it. Mr. Nagel is yet undecided as to the future, but expects to engage in some other line soon. PIPES AND CIGARS SOON QUIT KANSAS SUNFLOWER STATE STARTS A MOVEMENT TO DRIVE OUT SMOKERS. LOVERS OF WEED WILL HAVE HARD TIME ENJOY LIFE THERE. Poor old Kansas has got another notion. She is going to put a ban on smoking. And when Kansas goes after anything it sometimes gets it. Don't you dare pollute the atmosphere of Kansas with your vile cigars and your dirty- pipes. And as fo^ those "coffin aaH&"—self-rolled or factory made— they are an abomination on the soil of "Bleeding Kansas" and in the sight of Kansans. The same men who made Kansas the prohibition capital of the United States are now going after the "weed" in every shape. Introduces Bill. Representative O. P. Jewett of Dighton, Kansas, has just introduced a bill in the legislature of that state to banish tobacco. The Kansas mind has decreed that tobacco is wrong. And when the Kansas mind decrees that any particular thing is wrong, there is never a com promise. Kansas keeps hammering a way until that objectionable thing is eradicated. Kansas started after pro hibition thirty-five years ago. Since then it has enacted 1,500 laws and reso lutions to get prohibition enforced. And still the legislative mill continues to grind out prohibition laws and resolutions. So, while some smokers laugh at the new anti-smoking bill, others, remembering the tenacity with which Kansas sticks to its sumptuary ideas, are inclined to fear that sooner or later the anti-smoking bill will be hammered thru some legislature and will become the law of the state. The Jewett anti-smoking bill is very sweeping in its provisions. If you happen to be a bachelor and can go down to the "club" which, by the way, must have a special room for smoking and, yes, the name "smoking room" must be on the door, you can escape its provisions. And if you are a married man without any "encumbrances," you can smoke to your heart's content—provided you stay with in your own doors. But if you happen to be one of those home-loving fellows who, after a hard days work, like to spend their evenings home with wife and children and a pipe or cigar, you sre in trouble, if this bill goes thru. You can't smoke if there are any children in the house and that's all there is about it. Can't Smoke in Street. And you cannot smoke out the street, no matter who ou are. Nor can you smoke in the caboose of a freight tram. In fact, you can't smoke on a tiam of any sort, a stieet car, a taxi, an omnibus, a public park, or any other public place, n«r in "any room or buildings where children are kept." And if you do you will be fined from ten to twenty-five dollars. And furthermore, if the cus todian of a building, or a watchman, or a policeman, sees you smoking and fails to arrest you, he is subject to the same fine as is the smoker. After the anti-smoking bill becomes a law in Kansas, it is the intention of its backers to spread the doctrine into other states, they say. So, look out, you smokers, Kansas is after you. jf' NEW ULM, BROWN COUNTY, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1917. PRIMARY LAWS DDE FOR MANY CHANGES SENTIMENT IN STATE DEMANDS A REVISION OF ELECTION STATUTES. LAST DAY FOR INTRODUCTION OF BILLS IN LEGISLATURE ARRIVES. From legislative circles in St. Pau there comes almost positive assurance that there is to be some radical changes in the election laws during the present session. Sentiment, it is claimed, comes from every part of the state for some change that will return to definite party re sponsibility, and the Legislature is very likely to take heed of the demands of the people. Members of the elections committee of both House and Senate are said to be anxious to pass such a bill. That it will be put thru is the confident expectation of leaders in both branches. The Senate has made the Rustad bill, providing for paity conventions pre ceding the regular primaries, a special order of business for Friday at 2 p. m. Four Bills Before Committee The House elections committee, with four bills before it, will meet Wednesday or Thursday to whip some measure into shape. There has been a growing sentiment for the so-called Odland bill which would provide for the selection of nominees for United States senator, governor and all other state offices by conventions. The bill was introduced in the House by Representatives Ahipstead, Indrehus and Odland. Democrats and Republicans alike have been seeking some modification in the primary election laws. Papers of both parties thruout the state have joined in demanding a change. The St* "Cloud7Trme¥,'ohefof ^fchV strongest Democratic dailies in the state, in an editorial devoted to the Odland bill, points out that the measure is aimed at preventing every "Tom, Dick and Harry" frcm forcing himself upon the people as a candidate as did "Tom" Dwyer, Democratic nominee for gover nor, at the last election. Last Day for New Bills. This is the last day for the introduction of bills. About a thousand bills have so far been introduced in the house and about eight hundred in the senate. This is a much larger number than was in troduced during the first ten weeks of the session of 1915 and more, perhaps, than was ever introduced during the same period by a Minnesota legislature. Also a much larger number of bills have been passed during the first ten weeks this winter then has been the case in former sessions, all of which goes to prove that the present legislature is an industrious bunch, whatever other failings it may have. Prohibition Bill Killed Another surprise last week was the big majority against the statutory pro hibition bill in the house. Ever since the bill was introduced it was believed by the dry leaders that the house would send it over to the senate to be killed there, but it developed that almost half of the representatives who voted for the constitutional prohibition bill would not stand for the statutory brand of prohibition. They reasoned that it would be illogical to submit the prohibition question to the people and at the same time pass a statutory bill. They felt that Senator J. D. Sullivan hit the nail on the head when he said that such a procedure would be like submitting a case to a jury and then withdrawing it before the jury could act. The boxing law enacted in 1915 will remain force at least two years more, for the senate has killed the Sageng bill which sought to wipe it off the statute books. This action was a surprise to ever so many, for popular sentiment seemed to be against professional boxing. Some of the best men in the senate felt, however, that the lovers of boxing in the twin cities might as well witness matches at heme as to see them at Hudson, Wis. Absent Voters May Vote The absent voters bill, fathered by Senator W. A. Campbell of Minneapolis, has passed both houses. It provides that a Minnesota voter can vote by mail from anywhere in the United States, and its author maintains that at least 25,000 will take advantage of this privilege at the next election. Senator Campbell is a traveling salesman who has been great (Continued on Page 2) LOCAL SOCIETY IS TO RETAIN YORORT TURNERS OF STATE SELECT NEW ULM AGAIN AS HEAD- QUARTERS. NATIONAL DELEGATES CHOSEN TO GO TO BROOKLYN IN JUNE. At the annual meeting of the Turn bezirk Minnesota which was held at St. Anthony Turner Hall in Minneapolis last Saturday and Sunday, New Ulm was again selected as the place for the executive committee known as the Vorort and it was also decided to have a Turntag in the open some time during the month of June this year and the New Ulm Turnverein was asked to take charge of it. This will be in the nature of a Turnfest with this difference that no prizes will be awarded and that only one day will be devoted to the meet. As now planned, the Bears, Actives, Ladies and Youths classes of the societies in St. Paul, Minneapolis and New Ulm will participate. The meeting was well attended, every society belonging to the district being represented by its full quota of delegates and matters requiring the attention of the delegates were speedily dispatched. French in Limelight Considerable merriment was caused shortly after the meeting had been called to order when the names of the delegates were read and for a few minutes Attorney Burton French of this city was in the lime-light and practically all eyes of the delegates were focussed upon him. The assistant secretary who read the names of the delegates is a typical German and when he came to the young attorney's name, he asked, "Wer ist French?" and it sounded as tho he felt that some one inimical to the German cause was trying tot8y§£k inta the ^meeting 'and there was spl&t^&eeus^oiilWrs^ c£lighter. It was decided to publish an official organ for the Bezirk, this to contain news and announcements of special interest to the members of the district. The executive committee was entrusted with this work and requested to have the first issue out by next September, about the time the societies will resume their activities after the summer rest. Several resolutions were adopted which if carried into effect will help to increase the activities of the societies during the coming year. The next district meeting will be held at St. Paul. Delegates Chosen William Mueller of the St. Anthony Turnverein, A. F. Schintz of the St. Paul Turnverein and Herman Hein and Albert Steinhauser were elected as delegates to represent the Bezirk at the Bundestags satzung which will be held at Brooklyn in the latter part of June, this year. For Saturday evening the St. Anthony Turnverein had arranged a Kommers for the delegates. Prof. Koenig of the State University delivered his illustrated lecture on "Castles of the Rhine and Their Legends" and Albert Steinhauser delivered a short address. Other num bers on the program were recitations and song selections. Sunday afternoon a Turntag was held at the St. Anthony Turner Hall in which the bears, actives, ladies and youths classes of the Twin City societies and New Ulm participated. Those who attended from here were Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Kemski, Mr. and Mrs. George Hogen, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Puhlmann, Albert Steinhauser, Herman Hein, Chas. Hauenstein, August J. Mueller, Chas. Emmerich, Franz Nie mann, Burton French, Kurt Bell and Roman Brust. PLANS BEING MADE TO REORGANIZE COMPANY A Capt. W. Bates, of the United States Army, held an inspection of Co. A, Second Regiment, M. N. G., at the Armory, Monday evening. The com pany, which now numbers forty-six mem bers, including the officers, made an ex cellent showing in its drill work, and Captain Bates said he was well pleased with the condition of the company. ^.He is detailed by the Central Division of the War Department to inspect the various National Guard companies of the section. Following the inspection a company meeting was held, at which it was decided to effect a reorganization at once. An other meeting will be held Wednesday evening, April 4, when some plan of procedure will have been decided upon. The company is now below its minimum, and must have a membership of eighty by June 1. SHERIFF JULIUS SELLS BIG SLEEPY EYE MILL Last Wednesday Sheriff Julius sold at sheriff's sale the big flouring mill at Sleepy Eye, for $60,000, the mill at Albert Lea for $18,000, and the personal property of the United Flour Mill Com pany, for $2,500, making a total of $80,500. The company, which is a Minneapolis concern, also owned a mill at Sioux City, Iowa. The purchaser was Walter J. Engel, of Chicago. The property was sold to satisfy a mortgage, which with the interest, ag gregated a total debt of $411,129.07. There had also accumulated debts of $3,200, of which $3,000 was the expense of the trustees, and $200 attorneys' fees. The Sleepy Eye mill closed down a year ago last January, at which time Judge Booth of the United States court, ap pointed the E. A. Thayer Mortgage Company, Minneapolis, receivers for the two milling properties. It is understood the Sleepy Eye mill will be opened within a short time. No definite announcement has been made as to the exact date of opening the mill, nor what has been decided on as to the future of the Albert Lea property. ILL LUCK CAUSES SUICIDE ATTEMPT DICOURAGED MANKATO MAN IN NEW ULM HOSPITAL BADLY WOUNDED FAILURE OF ABILITY TO SUP- PORT FAMILY GIVEN AS HIS REASON After writing a note in which he told of his financial troubles, and his dis couragements, Anton Vogt, of Mankato attempted to commit suicide in this city last Friday night. Vogt entered Esser's saloon about twenty minutes before -passed thru the rdbm into" the toilet at the rear of the building, where he stabbed himself seven times in the left breast, each of the cuts just missing the heart. Found By Traveling Man He was discovered by a traveling man who happened into the toilet only a moment after the unfortunate man had attempted to take his life. He im mediately gave an alarm and the police were notified. A physician was called, the flow of blood stopped, and the man taken to Loretto Hospital, where he is said to be recovering. He has a wife and four children living at Mankato who are said to be in destitute circum stances. In Vogt's pocket was found a note evidently written only a short time be fore he attempted to kill himself. In this letter he related the troubles that had beset him during the past few months in which he had been unable to earn enough to keep starvation from his wife and children, He is a tailor by trade, but for some reason he had been buffeted about from one poor job to another, earning but little and then beaten out of his money, until he declared that he was unable ro supply food for family. Well Known Here Vogt, who is deaf and dumb, is quite well known in this vicinity, and especially at Sleepy Eye, where he formerly lived. He is said by those who know him, to be an honest and hard working man, about 48 years old, but that fate seems to have been playing him false. Beyond the statement written before committing the act, Vogt has so far failed to give any further details of his troubles that caused him to wish to make way with himself. FIREMEN BUY AUTO-TRUCK The firemen of Morris became tired of wheeling the old hose cart around by hand, and have made arrangements to buy an up-to-date auto fire truck, costing $2,200. They took the money out of the Firemens' Relief Fund, and the city dads didn't have to put up a cent. The "only fly in the ointment," however, according to the Tribune, is that they will have to keep the new machine in an old rattletrap of a fire engine house. They are invited to bring it over and keep it inthe brand new fire hall that New Ulm is going to have. The annual township and village elec tions were held thruout the county yesterday. The Review goes to press too early to give results. The warmest contest in the county was between the wets" and "drys" at Springfield. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY NUMBER 11 NEW CITY HALL IS NOWA POSSIBILITY COUNCILMEN TAKE ACTION ON NECESSARY IMPROVEMENT FOR NEW ULM. ALDERMEN ALSO START MOVE MENT TOWARD ADDITIONAL WATER SUPPLY. The citizens of New Ulm will be per mitted to say whether they want a city hall and fire headquarters, or if they will be content to continue with the present inadequate "city clerk's office", the ram shackle shed in which the fireapparatus is stored and the excuse for a police head quarters. The proposition of issuing bonds to build a city hall will be sub mitted to the voters at the annual election to be held on Tuesday, April 3d. This was decided on at the meeting of the City Council Tuesday evening, in re sponse to a petition, signed by 195 citizens, presented by a committee of the Fire Department, Messrs. Henry Engel, Fred Pfaender and Joseph F. Groebner. Members of the committee urged the necessity of better quarters for the fire apparatus owned by the city, and at the same time argued that the present facilities for housing the other city de partments is a disgrace to a progressive and up-to-date city like New Ulm. With but little argument the council adopted a resolution instructing the city attorney and clerk to proceed toward calling a special election, which will be held on the same day as that of the general election in April. May Censor Films. A communication from the Ladies' Aid Society of the Congregational church requested the council to take the neces sary steps toward requiring only films that had been passed upon by the National Censorship Board ter be shown at the moving picture" theaters? in this*" city. Members of the council expressed themselves as favorable to the request, and the city attorney was instructed to report at the next meeting the rights of the council in the matter. Alderman Eibner brought up the matter relative to the necessity of ad ditional water supply for the city. He said the superintendent of the Water and Light Department had called his atten tion to the fact that while there is no shortage at the present time* during the summer there will be, unless some steps are taken to relieve the situation at that time. The well on the hill is now supplying but 100 gallons a minute. The city sold last year 4,000,000 mc*re gallons than in the previous year, and with the prospect that much more will still be used in the future, it is none too soon to make provision for the increased con sumption, he said. Other members of the council agreed with him, and Super intendent Mueller and the water and light committee were instructed to in vestigate the best methods for securing the necessary additional supply, the cost etc., and to report at the next meeting. Tree Planting In Cemetery A plan for tree planting and improve ing the City Cemetery, prepared by Max Pfaender, was examined by the members of the council with considerable interest. It was referred to the cemetery committee with instructions to investigate the cost of the trees to be planted under Mr. Pfaender's plan. A petition signed by F. H. Behnke, as a stockholder and director of the "_ New Ulm Grocery Company, was pre sented, asking that twelve feet of Valley street, in front of the lot where the company expects this season to erect its wholesale warehouse, be vacated. The petition was referred to the street com mittee, and will be acted upon at the" next meeting of the council. The proposicion to place the electric'9 light wire from the light station to Minnesota street under ground" was taken up for consideration, ferred to the committee to determine'* 4t Vy/i •»J 8 •5AS 3 & $ ,3 1 wl *ri I APBC( It was re- the cost. That the poles on which the wires are now strung are old and getting1' *U'J rotten, subjecting the city to ^ossiblenifT heavy cost from an accident, should7 some of the poles break off, which it was vertise for bids for spririkling'the streets9T"upa and also*for teams for hauling W hook39 and ladder truck ii*Jr*fio2# to"ffi« and Alvin Hanrfeifing W S clerk. "la*ss&'vi ^3 (Continued on Page 2) 9i 9 10(JsI said is liable to happen at almost knyMimo1 time, was the contention of the aldermen^ The city clerk was instructed & ad-1 A a 9 alarms. .&iiJ»q »t» csayjimaiuj sd? oS Monthly report, tydSfrW PSgSe Adolph Klause,'Paipmeii^o nn Hef^ 9d?^, 9nbd W 9 f° ™(v dMd*- 8 ltv*A M^lt^