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^1 OBITUARY PETER MERTZ. Last Wednesday Peter Mertz, one of the oldest pioneers of Brown county, succumbed to an ailment of the liver at his home on North Minnesota st-. where he had lived since his retire ment from business about 15 years ago. He was 74 years old. The deceased was born Dec. 24, 1844, in the Duchy of Luxembourg and came to America when he was only two years old, his parents emigrating to the new world. After having lived in Milwaukee, Wis., and on a farm near Port Washington, Wis., for sev eral years he came to Brown county in 1867, where he bought a farm in Prairieville township. Two years later he was married to Miss Angeline Stein of Port Washington, Wis. His wife and the following ten children survive him: John Mertz, Leavenworth town ship Jacob, Anton and Nic Mertz, Prairieville township Henry Mertz and Mrs. Matt. Hacker, Kensall, N. D. Mrs. Lorenz Flor, New Ulm Mrs.Her man Sell, Morgan Mrs. Jos. Hilles heim, Albin and Miss Barbara Mertz, at home. The following brothers and sisters of the deceased are also still living: John Mertz, Shakopee Nic. Mertz, St. Paul: J. J. Mertz, Seattle Mrs. P. Schommer and Mrs. J. Leiter, Fredonia, Wis., and Mrs. J. J. Weis, Shickley, Neb. For many years, Mr. Mertz held various public offices. During two full terms he was county commissioner of his district, and for 11 years he served as town clerk of Prairieville. He was also assessor for several years. The funeral services took place Sat urday morning in the Catholic church of New Ulm and the remains were laid to rest in the Catholic cemetery. MBS. HENRY HULKE. Monday evening shortly after 8 'clock Mrs. Henry Hulke, nee Dorothy Nibel, passed into the Great Beyond. She had been ill for only a very short time and died of heart trouble. The deceased was born in Germany, January 9, 1840, and was seventy-nine fears old at the time of her death. •She came to this country some thirty years ago and settled in Nicollet *ounty where she was married to Henry Eulke who preceded her in death six jcars ago. Mrs. Hulke had been living jlone at her home in Courtland and two weeks ago went to the home of Mrs. Henry Scemann of the same village where she died. The deceased is survived by eight children as follows: Mrs. Fred Buen sing, Mrs. Carl Preuss, and Henry Huel ke, Jr., of Wood Lake Louise, Wm., Sirs. Kate Precht and Mrs. Henry See :naiin, of Courtland and Mrs. August Klause, of Seaforth. funeral services were held in the Court and elmrch Wednesday and interment was made in the Courtland Lutheran cemetery. MRS. JOHN DOBN. On Thursday, January Hi, occurred the death of Mrs. John Born, nee Hele na Epper, at. one of the hospitals ,at frtrt Bodge, Iowa. She had been ail ing for the past five weeks with afflic tions of the stomach and bowels. The deceased was born April 21, 1886, hi Swan Lake and was thirty-three years old at the time of her death. She .-»-vew to womanhood on the farm of her parents and in 1905 she became mar ried to John Born in this city. They made their home here until 1915 and •for the past four years have been liv ing at Storm Lake and Fort Bodge, Sowa. The deceased is survived by her grief jtricken husband-,-• six children, Mar- jjaret,--Ada-tinej Vera, Aanacleta, Jerome and Ro&ina her mother, Mrs. Margaret Parpen of this city five sisters, Mrs. V. A. Carpen and Mrs. Mat. Sehou '/eiller of Minneapolis Mrs. Hubert •'X'arpen, of Brighton Mrs. J. F. Johan aes, of Nicollet and.Mrs. Sophia Hale, this city, and one brother, Wm. Ep per, o£ Brighton. The remains were sent to this city and funeral services were held in the Catholic ehurch Mon day morniyg after which interment was made in the Catholic cemetery. The deceased was a member of the Christian Mother's society. 1SABOE JUTZ. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Jutz was again saddened Saturday evening when their son Isador died at 6:45 p. m. He had been ill for only two weeks, luring which time he suffered from pneumonia. Isador Jutz was born November 25, £892, in Granby township and spent ill of his short life on the farm of his parents. At the time of his death he1 was twenty-seven years old. He made aiany friends who as well as the family mourn the loss of a pleasant companion. The deceased is survived by his sor rowing parents and four brothers and swo sisters. One of his brothers who was in the service in France died sev eral months ago. The surviving are Peter, of Pierz Frank, Theo., Isabella and Clara who are at home, and Nick who returned from overseas duty last Saturday. Private funeral services were held Monday and the remains were laid to rest in the Swan Lake ce metery. At the time of death the de-' v4 i-iS'SrlW ceased was„a rn,qmber,pf tbe^SLj^ter^s society. --. MABTHA L. STAEB. 1 Wednesday,\January 15, at 2 o'clock p. m. occurred the death of Mrs. Martha, Starr at her farm home near Tracy. She had been ailing the past nine years, suffering, with anaemia, which was the cause of her demise. The deceased was born June 10, 1884, at Washington, Vermont. When she was nine years old she moved to Min nesota with her parents and in 1876 they made their residence in Tracy. In 1861 she was married to the late Henry Starr. At the time of her death the de ceased was seventy-three .years old. She is survived by one sister and three sons, Fred Starr of this city being one of them. SISTEB THADDEA. Monday afternoon, January 20, 1919, at' 2:15 a. m. Sister Thaddea, nee Caro lina Verderitz, died at the Loretto hos pital of New Ulni from tuberculosis after a lingering* illness of more than a year. The deceased had been in charge of the old people at the Home for the Aged for nine years until about a year ago when her condition grew such that she was not able any longer to do the work. Sister Thaddea was born September 12, 1888, and was raised in Chicago. She leaves two brothers, one in Chicago and the other in some town of Michi gan, and one sister, living in Chicago. The funeral services were held at the hospital this (Wednesday) morning at 9 o'clock, from where the burial took place in the Catholic cemetery, Chap lain Sc'hmid officiating. DR. OSCAR WEBBING. Br. Oscar Werring, formerly a citi- zen of Sleepy Eye, quietly passed away at his home at Pasadema, California a week ago last Saturday forenoon after a lingering illness of several years. Br. Werring was born on a farm near Golden Gate May. 12, 1880, the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. William Werring. He graduated from the Sleepy Eye high school in 1900 and taught at his old school for a year. He then took up den tistry and was associated with Br". F. P. James at Sleepy Eye and later at Springfield. Ill health forced him to give up his work in both places. He was married in 19.12 to Miss Clements Glatigney of Sleepy Eye. Besides his wife and daughter, the deceased is sur vived by his father and mother and a brother and sister. The funeral services were conducted at Pasadena, California, by the Ma sonic Order, of which Br. Werring was a member. FLOYB L. CUNNINGHAM. Word was received at Sleepy' Eye rc reeently that First Lieutenant Floyd L. Cunningham, 29th Division, 116th I]if. had died of wounds received in ac tion, October 15, 1918. Floyd L. Cunningham was born April 1, 1882 near Sleepy Eye where lie grew to manhood. In 1907 lie entered the service at Fort Snelling and in 1908 went, to the Phil lipine Islands, returning to the U. S. in July, 1914. When the Mexican border trouble arose he re-enlisted in Co. North field, Minn., and was made 2nd Lieut., July 12, 1916. January 5, 1918 he was called to Camp McClollan, Anniston, Ala., where he was made 1st Lieutenant June 1, 1918. June 5, 1918 he sailed for France. He was in three big drives, was wound ed October 15 and died the same day. He leaves to mourn his untimely death his father, step-mother, half-brother, three sisters and one brother. REALTY TRANSFERS. (Jan 10th to Jan. 17th.) Bessie Johnson and George Paulson to Theodore Batten, SWy4 and SEVi of the NW'A of S. 21, 108, 30, $12,890.00. Anna Dana van to Albertino Berg, It 4, blk 53, North of Center street, New Ulm, $350. ',-.. At the annual meeting of the Sleepy Eye'.'.Commercial Club, the old officers were re-elected as follows: Pres., Rev. James Klein vice pres., F. W. Meyer, secy., Otto Buenger treas., Jens Jensen directors, William Brust, Dr. James and Emil Rasmussen. The annual dues were fixed at $6.00 and it was decided to have the annual banquet about the middle of February. Plans were also discussed to equip a suite of rooms for Commer cial club purposes and committees were appointed to take this matter in hand. Rev. E. H. Johnson, of Minneapolis, delivered an address at the Congrega tional church Sunday morning upon the Pilgrim Memorial fund of $5,000,000, for the pensioning of retired ministers on half their average salary. The quo ta for Minnesota is $175,000 and it is reported that the state has already raided more than this. In the year 1620, one hundred members of the First Congregational church cast anchor at Cape Cod, Mass. The memorial fund is part of the anniversary plans of the chureh. -. LOGS SAWED I will start up a saw mill between the Fra.uk Seifert and Frank Gross places, Smiles south of Essig.' Bring your logs': TcC06i7: Albert Domeier. "/AWf^ w$ Adv. 1- FOR SALE: 8 -Room brick house, good barn, good well, on So. Minn. St. Also other property. For informa tion call on Jul. Krause, Phone 1043. Adv. 47tf.- '. \-. STANDING POLE WOOD FOR SALE In any quantity. Inquire Robert Bunek, Route 4 New Ulm. Tel 2207. Adv. .3-4. We grow all the best varieties of carnations. To be had in separate or assorted colors. New Ulm Green Houses.' 't^^i^-% Adv. -3^4. WANTED. A girl for general house work., Telephone 1023. Mrs. A. Schulke. Adv. 3. FOUND. A lady's watch. Owner can have same by proving property and paying for advertising. Write to Henry Pick, Mt. Cavalry, Wis. c-o St. Lawrence College. Adv.3-5 We grow all the best varieties of carnations. To be had in separate or assorted colors. New Ulm Green Houses. Adv. 3 4. Fancy Fresh Roses, $2.00 per dozen Fancy Carnations, $1.00 per dozen Nar cissus, 80c per dozeu Fancy Sweet Peas, 75c per dozen. New Ulm Floral Co. The place where fancy floral designs come from. Telephone 66(5, New Ulm, Minn. Adv. 4 LOST, strayed or stolen, Gray Angora Cat. Finder Telephone 8fi. Adv. 4 RELATION OF FOOD TO WASTE. A 50 to a. hundred pound shoat re quires 4 pounds of feed to each pound of gain/ At this age, the average gain is .83 pounds per day. in order to illustrate to you the im portance of the right relation" between feed and waste, let us take as an aver age, a gain of a pound a day on the basis of 4 pounds of feed to one pound of gain. Figure corn on the basis of $1.50 a bushel. A bushel would be eat en by one pig in 14. days. It would cost therefore, $1.50 to put 14 pounds of gain on a pig in 14 days. Figuring pork at 17c a pound, and allowing noth ing for shrinkage, your $1.50 invested in feed returns you $2.38, or a gross pro fit of 88 cents, without counting any thing for labor, shrinkage, marketing, or anything except merely the cost of ,, the corn, and the cost of the po.rk..4 This is about as good. as.the, average feeder can possibly hope to do'.." In factj is is miich better than most feeders are doing. It|is .more likely to work out in this way. instead of getting one pound turn feed into pork, the more profitable pork, and the more feed he roquires'-fo produce si pound of pork, tluMess^pro fitable he is. Take the case of-a runt, for instance, or a hog that is not doing well, and you will find one or two- in almost every herd, aud sometimes you will find a whole herd of them. Suppose this runt eats 4 pounds of feed a day for 14 days that is $1.50 worth of corn, and if the hog doesn 't put on any gain-, as is of ten the case, you have had an' absolute loss of $1.50. You should therefore, see the necessity of having your" hog turn the highest percentage of feed possible into pork and doing'it in the shortest possible time. While the cost of feed and of hogs varies, the relation as to cost per pound of pork remains the same. of pork from 4 pounds of feed, the aver- Paul Thursday morning to attend to age feeder is much.more likely to get some business matters. He returned one pound from (5 to 8 pounds of feed. I again Friday. This certainly cuts down your profit. Henry Grundmeyer and son Louis The condition of the hog and the care you take of it, determines absolutely the percentage oi» feed he will tuni :into pork. The faster you can make 3iim Miss Mamie Koeper from Shakopee is the guest of local relatives and friends. a 1K5 is, especially under the food admin-' ited with friends in New Ulm last istration's plan for fixing the price of Wednesday. ELMER BACKER, NEW ULM, MINN. Mrs. G. W. Haynes entertained the Priseilla Club at her home last Thurs day. ,.-- .- -. :,i,: .-, ...., Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Lieu of near Hanska are the parents of a daughter born recently. Miss Lydia Zarbbock has returned to her home in Springfield after a visit with loeal friends, Mrs. E. T. Critehett from Minneapo- Will Otto from Morgan transacted business in New Ulm several daysi during the week. Alfred Gewerth has returned to his home in Morgan after a brief business visit in New Ulm. Mrs. R. Pollei and daughter Edna visited at the Herman Loose home in Morgan last week. Wm. C. Beyer from Gibbon was a business visitor in this city the latter part of last week. Frank Reiner from Springfield was a visitor in New Ulm several days during the week. Louie Brunner from Sleepy Eye en joyed a pleasant visit with friends in New Ulm last week. Mrs. John Lang- and son Joseph from Springfield were New Ulm vis itors during the week. Gust Gulke of near Cobden entered the Union Hospital last Tuesday and is receiving treatments. Edward. A. Gluth from Sleepy Eye was in this city during the week con sulting with a local physician. Mr. and Mrs. Andreas Weltsch of Lake Hanska paid a visit to the County seat last Thursday. Bankers Moe and Brust from Sleepy Eye were business visitors in New Ulm the latter part of last week. Elmont Anstett who is employed in this city.spent a few days visiting with his mother in Springfield. lis is a guest at the home of Mr. and'rooms in the court house last week. Mrs. N. Henningsen. The Judge needed a larger room to ac. TT M! M.1. comodate all his probate business. He, Andrew Moe of Hanska visited with .,• ,t ,, TT Mrs. G. E. Schmidt from Tracy is ing^7~^: ^vi~^^-::^ making a weeks/visit at'the. homc^of. & $ Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Schrader. The influenza ban is still on in the village of Hanska No meetings have John Henle of New Ulm left for St. from Sleepy Eye came to a local hos pital last week and are taking mud bath treatments. I Elmer Haugen, Gilbert Thordson Clifford Helling from Hanska vis- Arthur Wurm who recently return ed from Camp Forrest, Georgia, has left for Storden, Minn., where he will be employed. Miss Loretta Schmidt has returned to her home in New Ulm after a sever al days' visit at the home of friends in St. Peter. -•.-'••-:/"•- -v- JVJrs. Joseph Nachreiner and son Jo seph have returned to their home in Springfield after a pleasant visit with relatives here. The Misses Hannah and Anna Schneider from Springfield visited with relatives and friends here sever al days during the week. Walter Mueller of Springfield un derwent an operation for the removal of his tonsils and adenoids last week. His mother, Mrs. Minnie Mueller, ac companied him to this city. The Morgan Messenger published a letter this week written by Arnold Loose who is with Co. H. 305 Inf., 77th Div., A. E. F., in which he states that he was on the front 11 days and wrent over the top 7 times and each time returned without injuries. He is anxiously waiting to return to the states now. Wm. B. Mather, Judge of Probate, and Carl P. Manderfeld, Clerk of the District Court, exchanged their office -rr therefore, is now in the larger of the his daughter ax the Union Hospital one __. two rooms and Mr. Manderfeld is day during the week. Midwinter Days Qf The new officers of Hecker Post No. 48, G. A. R., recently elected at their ^T annual meeting are: Commander, Jac S been held at the ehurches for several arschner Junior Vice Corn weeks. -4 ,v- S- imander, John Manderfeld Officer of Sessions of the Southern Minnesota the Day, John Schlumpberger Quar Medical association were held Monday termaster, W. Frank Officer of the a id yesterday at the Elks Club in Man- Guard, R. Pfefferle Adjutant, John Vice Command- Laudon Chaplain, Peter Penning, quickly pass and give place to those of spring. With spring will come the de sire to freshen up the home with something new in furniture. Now, while you have a little breathing spell before the spring work begins, come in and look over our stock of goods and get your mind made up as to what you must nave. We have many pieces both useful and ornamental which you will enjoy looking at and which may be just something you want. Yours for the best in Fine Furniture. ., J. H. FORSTER Swift & Company's 1918 Earnings How They Affected You During the twelve months ended Nov. 2, 1918 (its fiscal year), Swift & Company trans acted the largest volume of busi ness on the smallest margin of profit in its history. Profits of the meat business—under regulations of the United States Food Administration were limited to a maximum of 9 per cent on capital employed but not to exceed 2H cents per dollar of sales. Swift & Company in the regulated departments earned 7.57 per cent on capital employed and 2.04 cents per dollar of sales, out of which had to be paid interest on borrowed money and taxes. Here is how these earnings affect you. Live-Stock Raiser— Swift & Company killed 14,948,000 head of livestock, which weighed alive, 4,971,500,000 pounds. Swift & Company made a profit of only a fraction of a cent per pound liveweight. Consumer-—^ The sales of our, meat departments were 4,012,579,000 pounds on which our earnings were less than Vi cent per pound. The per capita consumption of meat in the United States is given as 170 pounds. If a consumer purchased only Swift & Company's products he would contribute only about 78 cents a year, or 1H cents a week as profit to the company. Government secret service men have, Edward Schwebe from Home Town ship, who at present is in France, sev eral days ago wrote a letter to his father saying that he took part in the fiercest fighting at the front. He ex pects to get home soon. This was the first news from the boy since October last. -S^' '•'".' Swift & Company, U.S.A. *L \WL K. i' r*\ «*OM A. W. Schmid and Emil Frenzel Ruth Moe and Lettie Johnson were transacted business in Springfield last able to return to their homes in Hans week. They were accompanied by|k a last Wednesday after undergoing] William Schmid of Sleepy Eye. operations for appendicitis at the Un 1 0 1 1 been confiscating suspicious suit cases) Arthur W^bbf a S at the Mankato depot and several agent of Brown county, has been mus bootleggers have been nabbed. tered out of the military service, and Miss Lydia Zarbock has returned to'ha*'been, selected as county agent of her home in Springfield, after a pleas ant visit with her aunt in this city.,, Hospital. j^ig.tf'$,-' & count Pipestone county. Mr. Webb will as sume his duties February 1st. ., *&*$ 1 Several days ago D. W. Needham*s Store at Fairmont was entered and the cash register was rifled of $122. A young man by the name of Bill Morgan is suspected of the crime and is being held on $500 Bond.