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It's only fair that the big fi8hSH|uKl
be hooked, with the little fr.y it^fche
government investigations. I se$r£hat
they are now overh^tin't^e millionaire
lumbermen- for tlmtjer frauds reacliiri'
into the millions! of ad^is^ ^everal hav
already been indicted out in Oregon:
and they are workin' this way. It is
hinted that some of the Minneapolis
lumber bafdn^are in the frauds. THey
hire poor people to make homestead
entries oh rich timber lands in the far
western states and in a short time
commute their entries and pay for'em
at the rate of $2.50 an acre, money bein'
furnished by the timber thieves to
whom vthe title is passed by the dum
mies. Som£ of the land offices and
some S senators are said to be
smirched in the deals. Thisre seems
little doubt th^t there is a, ting of rich
tim^*speculators y?ho are reapin' rich
profits thro these frauds on govern-,
ment, gobblin' up timber at $2.50 an
acre that is worth 840. No wonder that
these big chaps can liv in palaces and
ride in autos and be dpthe4 in flfqe
broadcloth every day* No wonder fhgit
they can add millions every year id
their ill-gotten gains. Anybody that
violates the laws in regard to timber
claims and homesteads the way they
do could pile up wealth. One big tim
ber robber boasts that he has got $6,
000,000 salted down in timber lands out
in Washington and the Pacific coast
territory and his profit can't be measur
ed. All I can say^is that I hope secre
tary Hitchcock will giv 'em the limit.
-This leads me tt Cogitate about the
boasted homestead' law. The old idee
vwas that it was forithe actual benefit
of folks that wished in good faith to
settle down ton a'jquarter section aiid
.... make their home thera. and improve
the country. They had to li bona fide
five years on their homestead before
gettin' title. It looked reasonably that
after a family had got settled this long
they were in for keeirs, That's the way
jv Mower county was largely settled up In
the old pioneer days^ of thie!
family is livitf today on thfe very claims
taken nigh fifty years ago. I calkerlate
that the iniquitous Commutation pro
vision is what is doin' the mischief
Under this, title can pass in fourteen
months on payment of $1.25 an acre.
Instead of five years continuous resi
dence and cultivation with improve
ments reachin' out for the future,_the
game now in thousands of cases is a
pure bluff. A shack is erected and the
owner does well if he sleeps on his
claim once in six months. Fourteen
months after entry he commutes at a
nominal price and he can sell at once
to whomsoever he pleases. This in
these fraudulent cases, means & sale to
big corporations or cattle or timber
barons who back up the dummies
makin' the entries and get the lands
for, pastur or timber. It. certainly is
possible to protect the people from
these frauds and no one in future
should get a homestead who ain't an
honest settler.
What amass of big scoundrelism is
revealed in the exposure of the affairs
of the shipbuildin' trust. It appears in
evidence that the Bethlehem steel plant
was bought in for about three millions
and sold to the trust, for thirty millions
with bigrakeoffs to some of the pro
moters who didn't lift a finger to do
any of the work but simply got in their
graft. Schwab and J. Pierpont Morgan,
were is the deal with lots of others. It
was »given out cold to us small heads
that this big ship buildin' corporation
was a model one with unlimited backin'.
Now when its affairs are turned inside
out to the light of exposure we discover
the hirin' of bogus directors who voted
millions of stock and didn't actually
own enough to buy 'em a new suit of
clothes without tick. One of the high
officials of the company testifies that he
foolishly signed papers that he did not
understand and knew very little about
the %fta^pial operations goin' on and
yet his naisg^was lent to. the concern
and the publk? felt confident, that it
must be financial ^tablet and solid
with such men at tlfo head. And all
this time they yras workin' off their
stock on an innocent public: and was
pocketin' millions of money on inflated
stocks that were ballooned to enormous
capacity. False circulars about the
earnings of the trust were put out to
influence buyers of stock and deceive
'emvi^iThis is what they call masterry
financierin'. Wellfl don't want any of
it'^j An honest deal is the noblest work
ofmanr^j1 .,:..^
Those" Canucks don't mean one bit
of what they pretend in the way of in*
dignation- and wrath over the Alaska
boundary righteous JeiJision. If any^
thing ^Ise had come las the outcome of
arbitratin', the Cfuiiu&B would hav h9en
the most supprised folks on thc^coiu
sars*
tate Soc
Vol. ^X^yi^No 35 AUSTIN, MOWER COUNTY. JttlNNESOTAT.
tinent. They know they didn't hay a
ghost of a claim and the whole project
was a case of pure bluff and nerve. I
sometimes feel In my bones that they
just got up the v^hole project1 to
arbitrate so that they could let their
selveB down easy from an ,embarrassing
position/ The Canucks ain't goin'to
secede from England and they aintl
goin' to do anythin' brash and des*
perate. They're just .puttin' on the
whole pretense so as to let theirselves
down wherethey ought to be and where
they're anxious to|ftt. They're no fools
and they needn't be supprised to find
that we ain't. It just makes jjjte laugh
to see how they pretend to be hotand
hsar 'em tell of what big things they're
goin' to do with England. They may
shoot off their mouths once too often
and Uncle Sam may take a notion to
annex the whole Canuck shebang and
then where would they be at? We
could use Some, of their maritine pro
vinces down New Brunswick way to
excellent advantage. Some of their
territory would round us out in great
shape and we really ought to hav it,
If the Canucks try to shake off Eng
land and be left all unprotected in this
great cold world without a protector
their territory would be picked up so
quick that they wouldn't know what
struck 'em.
FARMER BEN.
Hrud|pM.
Wisdom'ap^ied to practice is caller
"pradence." The mian who is j^ot
caught by the alluring prices for worth
less goods is applying wisdom to praci*
tice. They depend on us for high quall^
and low prices—that is practicalpiu
ence. C. A. Emmons
tf Austin Lumber an4.Fuel Qo
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NewOreatWesternScrvIce.
Although permanent passenger ser
vice over the Chicago Great Western
between St. Paul and Omaha oyer the
new. line through Austin was instituted
on Sunday night the road will make
no attempt to mark the event, but will
wait for the new equipment, ordered
last summer. This has not been de
livered and the new trains, which have
beenpromised^will^Otljfeptft^n for*
another month or twol. When tfceae g^ ^ausiH Who sang,^the sltor.pa
into service headquarters officialis plan
to give them a ceremonious advent. :T
The new equipment for the Omaha
service willjue finer than any the Maple
Leaf now operates. The Pullman com
pany is building new cars for the fast
trains, and these will embody many
late ideas in construction. In interior
conveniences and finish they will sur
pass anything the road at present owns.
It is expected that deliveries will begin
in about thirty days. There are two
through trains each way daily leaving
Omaha at 7:55 a. m. and 7:35 p. m.
passing through Austin north at 3:51
a. m. and 4:18 p. m. Going south they
leave the Twin cities morning and eve
ing, passing through Austin at 11:36 a.
m. and 11:02 p. in.
The present local passenger train be
tween the Twin Cities and Mason City
will be retained going north through
Austin at 6:55 a. m. and south at 9.-00
in the evening-
Floral Club Should Not Disband. ,,
The Albeit Lea Tribune says that
our Floral Club should not disband. It
says: "The Ladies' Floral Club and
Library Association of Austin, claimed
proposition of disbanding. The organ
ization was effected March 16,1869, and
it has had a continuous existence ever
since. One of its objects was to estab
lish and maintain a Kbrary and this
the club has done until now there are
nearly 3,500 volumes oh the strives and
as the club expects to turn tihe books
over to the new Carnegie library build
ing being built and the regularly ap
pointed board the- members of the
club deem Uiat their services will not
longer be desired or required, but therti
is-where they are in error, for there will
be need of all the assistance that can
be secured to properly carry on the .le
gitimate "work that now devolves upon
a library to perform. After thirty-four
.and over years of usefulness it would
be unwise for the organization to be
allowed to die and the members should
ifeconsidefUie idea^of abandoning the
work but resolve to pitch in-and work
harder than ever for the success of the
library, now that it has a home of its
own and all the- other literary work
that naturally goes along with it. The
citizens of Austin should see that the
The Minneapolis Symph
ny Orche$tra.
to be the first women's club to be incor
porated, in this state, is considering the English horn, the bassoon or fagoV, the
Ladies' Floral Club is kept in existence'
for many years to come to push on the
good work that isso abundant if taken
up in anjr city."
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TI^ First Organization of Jjts
the Nort.h^^^ -:S'^.:
Minneapolis is to have a permane:
grand concert or^estret of 50
This has b^h'decided,* and 'durinjg. tl
spring and summer tHye plans -h
gradually been perfected so: that
orgiAhization' is" now^ in Workih^ sha
Mr. Emil Ot^rhoffer is the direc
of this new orchestra-' and behind
stands the lJhilarmonic Club with
250 singers from amongst the b€«t' ci
zen sofMi neapoli^', still further in
background, feeing the/xeal foum
tion upon wMeh itfa«
v%fiole
struct^
rests, we find 50 pf' ^e city's leadfng
business men andfiqfehcial institutio^s,
whb have snbscribed a guarantee fuAh
of $30,000 to insure thie^ftnapcial oj||s
come of this great, undertaking.
concerts will be given ^during the w|
ter upon a scale never before attem
ed in the northwest.
Mr. Oberholfer went to Europe
i^g the summer to buy. the n^cessi
music for this undertaking, and wh^Te
th^|e he also engaged some of the fin«t
artists^who will appear as soioists^it
the different concerts.
Four oratorios will be given and ^x
instrumental concerts, at which ^ill ^e
played some of the. greatest. ^orks»f
the m^iers^
"Paradise Lost," by ihibois
Amongst the greit Soloists who ^l
appear at the Symphony coticeants n|tty
be mentioned Jacques Thiband/^e
French violinist who has been atj
ing general attention in Europe
the last two years for„ his wondei
playing, and who has ^feen ^fetj
decorated by royalty' such as no ,ot|
artist has ever been Wore.
Olive Fremstadt, the new ^on
of thinNew
Wagner Festival performances at
MunChen this summer, is of social in
terest tO:ihe nofthwest, as she is a Min
neapolis girl who left Minneapolis
twelve years ago with a determination
to gain ,^Eor herself
Harold Bauer and Adele aus der Ohe
are., the two piano soloists who will ap
pear during the season, and besides
those already mentioned there are
nearly twenty other noted artists com
ing.
The orchestra has been made up from
amongst the best musicians of Minne
apolis and St. Paul* but as there are
several instruments entirely Unrepre
sented in the Twin Cities, there have
been engaged about fifteen artists from
the-eastern cities, people who have
played with the noted orchestras of
Chicago, New jfork and Boston, Pitts
'burg, and even from Europe there will
be some. 1
Such instruments as the harp, the
oboe and the French horns are not
usedHn smaller orchestras and there
has therefore been no field in the Twin
HCities for artiste who: play on them.
The men have therefore been secured
on yearly contracts scr that they can
settle down and become permanent cit
izens ih Minneapolis.
The opening event will be on Thurs
day, Nov. 5. Mdme. Marcella Sem
brich will be the soloist on this occas
sion at an expense of 92,000. She oc
cupies today the position held twenty
years ago by Adellna Patti as the un
disputed queen of the world's singers
and her appearances ijni the west Will be
limited to this one night in Minneapo
lis, one night in Milwaukee and two
nights in/Chicago.
Mr. Harry' Randall is the business
manager of the new organization and"
may beaddresMSdin regard to securing
tickets, etc., at the Metropolitan Music
(Jo'u. store in Minneapolis. The prices
will jrange from 50 cents to $2.00 for
single reserved seats^nd orders are be
ing received from all points in Minne
sota^ S"*'j S
Therauditorium in' the Exposition
Building has .undei^one '.extensive im
provem^nts to fit it pr^i^rly for these
concerts^^
DNESDAT, NOVEMBER §,.1903.
to
WM^-
siih," by Saint-Saens, and Mendj|^
ssohn's "Elijah" will be sung^and tj|$
s$lo parts will be taken by the b^t
artists which this country
without consideration of price.
1
a-W£ar_
-fSlilll
We
are now
jM
jl
future on the
stage, afid now shie returns after
having captured Europe and placed
herself upon a footing as tfie acknowl
edged dfva amongst the leading con
traltos. ShjMs an exceptionally hand
some woman and will undoubtedly
create a sensation -when -she' appears
with the Minneapolis Symphony Or
chestra inMarch.
MiJid'itt
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Force is the Only Law Among Nations
Among nations there is but one way
in which the possession of the prizes of
nature can be determined, and that is
by force. Arbitration can only serve
where strength is equally balanced,
and the matter in dispute is not worth
the price of the conflict. So far as we
now know, the district in which iron
can be produced cheapest and in un
limited volume is Northern China.
Russia is, at present, massing several
hundred thousand men in Eastern
Asia preparatory to an attempt to
crush Japan and absorb this region.
Each citizen can judge for himself
what attitude befits the United States
in this emergency.
Furthermore, as industries acquire
momentum the necessity for a vent
grows imperative Germany feels this
necessity. Germany and Russia form
together an overland -economic system
stretching from the -Pacific to the
North Sea. In the main the interests
of the two empires are identical. Meet
ing in central Europe, the adjoining
ends of these empires are fixed, but the
extremities are free, and thus Russia
expands toward i*ekin, and Germany
seeks to enter South America. But
South America is the last continent at
once rich, vacant,, in the path of ex
changes, and accessible. Also South
America is the only certain vent for
our surplus in the future, as Asia is the
only certain base from whence we can
draw raw material §hould Russia ab
sorb Northern China, and by means of
German capital and talent establish an
industrial centre there, and should Ger
many occupy South America and de
velop it, with Chinese steel, the over
land economic system would girdle the
world, and the United States would
suffocate. Botlf base and vent would
be closed.—Brooks Adams, in the No
vember Atlantic.
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Robbed The Graver*
A startling incident, is nairated by
John Oliver of Philadelphia, as follows:
"I was in an awfuL condition. My
skin was almost yellow, eyes sunken,
tongue coated, parn continually in
backhand sides, no appetite, growing:
weaker day by aay.. Three physicians
bad given me up. Then ^pas advised
to use Electric Bitters to my great
ioy, the firsts bottle made a decided
Improvement I continued their use
•ror three weeks, and am now a well
IrOaan. I khow they ronbed the grave
of another vlcttml" No onn should
Wi to ftip/iOidy
w,
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7~%flt-- Fi^sa-
Men's good Overcoats ex
cellent wearers 'e
-style, fit perfectly..... v.
-Men's Overcoats, made from the
abrics, wor am
ship and fit equal to cus^
torn, tailoring, this week..
^Boysovercoats age i2to
20, good wearers, newest
style
ClM
Aline of extra good quality Overcoats
ages 121020, Very fine ma
terial, comfortable, and
stylish
-Boys Overcoats,
age 3 to io
$1.50,12.50..
longer than what "you buy. in average shoe
stores. We handle the best makes that are on the
market. We have the exclusive sale in this
of the
Dr. A. Reed Cushion Sols Shoes and
the celebrated Hanan Shoes. There is style,
comfort and wear in these makes.
have neve^ before offered such values in every department as we p.
oitering. Don't take, our word alone for this.- Compare, the
"I^that wh^t we sayaje* fadts. We earnestly
nbwer
/ercoats
$10
$3
Men's fine suits, in Scotch: Cheviots,
Black Clays, Blue Clays, Blue Serges,
Thibets and Homespuns," cut in the
newest styles, lined with
fine Mohair Serges, ex
ceptionally good wearing
A line of|Men's Suits made of best
We have just opened up Three Gases of the best
quality of Canvass Gloves and, Mitts.
While they last, pej*. pair ......
Our Men's and Boys' Shoe Department
grown to be qifite a factor in our business. This we
attribute to ihefact that we aim to sell only the best
quality^ It is 'a fact that shoes bought from us will
County Schools.
The annual report of our county
schools to the state superintendent
shows the following items.
There were four INDEPENDENT
schools last year, Austin, LeRoyAyle
and Grand Meadow, and th^foljpwihg
facts were gathered concerningVlnem:
I. No. of pupils entitledjto ap
portionment, 1793.
'2. No. of pupils not Xfetuled to ap
portionment 158. (T
3. Total enrollment l05lN \v
4. Average number or daysX^eh
a a 1 3 7
5. No. of men teachers 6.
6. No. of women teachers 4
7. Average monthly wages
teachers $91.63.
8. Average monthly wagei
women teachers $43.85.
9. No. of teachtcs
high schools, 34.
10. No. of teache
normal schools, 25.
II. NO. of teache
colleges, 11.
12. No. of volum
braries, 370.
13. No. of tri
Day, 30.
14. Average
months, 9.
15. Average
mills, 11.
.sssrissar~
p^erthls ^elc^Iie^ greatest vahies^ tfiu^e^ohr
We Shall surpass all previous efforts.
best
$15
$5
•••.v.--.... Ki'Vir-
Per Annum, in Advance.
.'ported fabrics, hand made biittpnholes,
hand--padded collar and. shoulders,
equal' in every particular
to custom. tailor-x
ing
We are headquarters for Fur Coats.
We have the exclusive sale in this city
of the "North Star Guaranteed Fur
^Coats." Carry also a
large line of Fur lined
coats, price from $35to
Special Values in Underwear.
This Week.
Men's fleeced lirfed
Underwear, good
quality....
Boy's Fleeced lined
Underwear
good quality .......
Men's Natural Wool
Underwear
good quality
has
$1.00
16. Average rate of
mills, 3.8.
bought for li-
Arbor
of schools in
of special tax in
From the GOUNTEY schools the fol
lowing notes were taken:
1. No. of pupils Entitled to^p
portionment, 2780.1^,/
2. No. of pupils not entfued to ap
portionment, G60."
3. Total enrollment 3640,
4. Average number of days each
pupil has attended, 82.
5. Nov of men teachers, 11.
6. No. of women tciachere, 163. iBJ
7. Averajge monthly ..wages of men
teachersf $36^6^^^T^%.
8. Average monthly wages of wom
en teacher8,|$33.09.
9. No. of teachers graduates of high
schools, 40.
10.. No. of teachep graduates of
^Normal schools, 1&: P'%
llfeiNonaiSrom colleges,
12, No. of volumes bought for li
braries, 279.
13, -No. of trees ptanfed oil ^.rbdr
Day 4&9.
14,' ?No»rof school Rouses having no
tn«8«)}out them, 6
special tax in
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
The preliminary contest for the pur
pose of selecting the members of the
Austin high school debating team for
this year will be held in the high school
assembly hall about Nov. 20. This is
an» event in which not only the pupils
of our high school but the public
generally are interested. It is hoped
and confidently expected that the
creditable record made by out team last
year will be duplicated if not excelled.
The question for debate this year is,
Resolved that American cities and
villages should own and operate their
public utilities. This is a question in
which the American people are taking
an increasing interest, and the know
ledge gained in the study of it will be
of great service to any young man or
woman for years' to come. In order to
lessen the burden imposed on- the af«
irmative, the questiou uhas been re
stricted by the state ^management to
the following ntilitiesf lighting plants,
water and Sewer s^tttems, telephones,
and street railways! Already nine high
school boys and'girls have entered upon
vigorous preparation for this contest.!
They are Elisabeth Murphy, Gertrude
Kline, Lizzife Rush. Luther Roseland,
Lafayfette French, Jr., ilert Dibble,
Mitojji
^Birkettj. Roy Adams and Fred
Djigan.ffCtMoto will probably declare
•&eir0 intention, _to join in the neapi.-^
fntur^ a ali'Mr tfae contest will be a'
spirited and interesting one is warrant
od by ttie foct that the best debaters •.
among the stu^OTrb^^rTncluding all^J
the members pf-l^t year's te%nQ havel^
In ttie^first congressional district the
following^high schools have thus far^
joined the league^ Albert Lea, Bloom
ing Prairie and Austin. Owatonna,^J
Rochester and Winona are considering
the matter and may come in later."
A high school orchestra has been
organized under the leadership of Miss
Minert. A chorus composed of twenty
high school girls has aTso been formed.
These organizations will furnish musier
at the debating contests and the FTidayC^gd
afternoon literary societies.,
Austin 5taun Laundry.
Patronize home ^institutions .. an£f4
haveyourlauiidry work done at 'Ihe,
Aiistin Steam Iiwmdiy
style of the art/ No' chemicals
Xtsmdry delivered
/•i
the highe8t|
licais used^
free: of -rcharge^