Mower County transcript. [volume], December 13, 1905, Image 1

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It beat3 all how much caii be got off
of a small piece of land if it's well car
ed for. I verily' believe that if most of
the farmers who are ori quarters and
halves and hirin' a lot of expensive
help and .runnin' big machinery bills
could only be satisfied to get down to
an eighty apiece and then do all their
own work and not hire and not hav
such a big outcome, they'd make Just
as much profit and would hav a bigger
bunch of happiness and a smaller
bunch of worry. I'd like to lrv to see
a good house and family on every
eighty of land in Mower county. I tell
you then we'd hav nayborhoods that
wottld equal the towns and with rural
mail and telephones and plenty of
children in schools we could hav ideal
rural life and no drawbacks. This
runnin' large farms and handlin' lots
of stuff and money and .payin' out
most of it for expense ain't what ap
peals to Farmer Ben's good judgement.
Spose a man had concentrated crops
and raised valuable stuff by takiri' bet
ter care and put all the receipts into
his own pocket at the end of the year,
it would be about the proper caper.
We don't begin to farm it like they do
in Holland and Maine.
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A woman club down at I)esMoines
has got out a new mdtto for its propa
gation and they've engrossed upon
their banner the sentiment "Quality
rather than \Quantity fewer but better
babies." The chairwoman likens child
ren to blooded Htoek and declares that if
people were as careful in rearin' and
developin' their progeny as some of the
stock raisers with their p-rize cattle
there would be a speedy upliftin' of the
human race. Most of this is pretty
good stuff but the trouble is to put the
brakes on in the right place. If we
could go into the dirty slums of thw
great cities where children .are bred'j
like rabbits and teach folks to practice
on fewer but better babies it would be
a big uplift, but when a lot of club wo
men who don't average half a young
one to a family talk about fewer babies
it simply means no babies at all- I al
wus stuck to the proposition that there
are too few babies in the families of the
well-to-d© where good care and advan
tages and culture couid be given to 'em,
and I ain't sayin' but that there are
too many babies in lots of low-down
families where crime aad degradation
and iniquity .breed side by side, but club
women that don't Hav children are put
tin' up a mity poor motto when they
cry for fewer babies in their set and
.station.
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A St. I'aul woman chased her hus
band out of the house with a revolver
at one o'clock Thursday mornin' be
cause he kicked because she didn't hav
a hot supper for him when *h^ came
home after midnigfat. The man was
glad to escape behind the woodshed un
til the woman of the house got her
bearin's agen. I reckon that the wo
man wan't fur off from the right of
the case tho I don't know the law of it.
There's lots more men that ought to be
fetched .to time with a short turn for
comin'home and growlin' unjustly and
outrageously because victuals don't
suit 'em. I tell ,you its mity little
praise'and appreciation lots of these
hard workin' wives get from their hus
bands that they slave and toil for. The
men that spend their dollars in the
saloons and their dimes in providin'
for their families and thei} 'growl and
kick ought tier be hit hard. They hay
the easy end of it every time. If they
would only be at home more of their
time and help and encourage, things
would run lots smoother, and if the
men would divide evener with the wife
and home in furnishin' money for all
around support there wouldn't be any
cause for kickin' at alt.
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The carried woman that ain't satis
fied with her own husband but allows
attentions from 'Other men and runs
after 'em is just breedin' a scab on her,
nose as sure as fate and this is true of
a married man that is payin' attention
to other women than his own wife.' ^It
does beat all how these things are al
lowed and carried on in some quarters.
It ought to make a man or women hide
their heads in a straw pile so folks
wouldnVsee" their guilty shame. I
never could see what there was smart
iq such cries cross infidelity" either.
Ui bet if a man would try the same' soft
fit., words, and fine presents on his oWn
1*'! wife-that be tries on the other women
he'd find appreciation that would gl
she ep, and, swine,
dividfeu as "follows:
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den his hearf.^The'^t rouble is with
some of 'em they forget thai their own
wives are human and appreciate kind
treatment. It's no great conquest or
brag to be false to your own wife and
lavish presents and kindnesses on other
women. It shows^ weakness both sides..
There alwus comes a collapse after
these infidelities and then .the
kind of a scandal and racket and -jam
boree ensues, and homes are broken up
and reputations are smashed and nay-:
borhoods are agitated all because wo
men and men sometimes don't know
enuf to keep their own place and re*
sent improprieties from, outsiders.
FARMER BEN.
More of Sam Fullerton's Fool Notions.
F. J. Morris, a Bear river valley home
steader last spring found a little doe
fawn, scarcely able to walk, staggering
into his farm inclosure. Mrs. Morris
took the waif in and by feeding it with
warm milk from a bottle soon gave it
strength. It soon showed no disposi
tion to return to the woods to live in
the wild stage, and it became a great
pet of the children. Intending tore
move with his family to Hibbing to
spend the winter., and desiring to take
the fawn along., Morris addressed State
Game Warden Samuel F. Fullerton for
permission. Mr. Fullerton replied that
he could not grant permission to keep
a deer in captivity. Morris does not
know what to do with his pet. If he
takes it to town he is liable to arrest
for violation of the state game laws,
and he has not the heart to kiil the
little animal ieh voluntarily put its
life in his hands. It is about time that
the freaks were fired from our
corn and grain judging February 22,
23, dairy stock February 24, 20, and 27,
sheep and swine February 28 and
March 1, beef cattle March 2 and 3,
horses. The expenses for the entire
course of eight weeks is a registration
fee of .$10.00. For those who take ^on
ly the two weeks of judging or any
part thereof the registration fee will be
$3 GO. Board may be had from S3.50
to 84.50 per week. This is an excellent
course and should be taken advantage
of by a great many in this vicinity.
Pake Magazine Canvassers.
The scheme employed by two travel
ing agents is described by the Winona
Independent as follows: One of them
would caii at a house and represent
himself as an agent for a syndicate hav
ing for its object the formation of
magazine clubs.A great many of the
leading magazines of the country are
sold at Si per year, but this fellow was
able to make an offer of any two $1
magazines at a yearly subscription price
of $1. It didn't make any difference
to him what magazines were taken
and he made his sjjpry all rthe stronger
by saying that under, no- condition
could he accept a, cent of money, but
that a collector would call Ground and
make collections.v .The scheme worked,
like a charm and a great many people,
who saw a chance to save money, sign
ed contracts agreeing to take the maga
zines. The only requirement stated by
the agent was that a club of at least 100
must be secured and it .was necessary
for one subscriber to -refer him to an
other possible subscriber.
$ioo Reward.
During the last two months the lead
cables of the Interstate Telegraph &
Telephone Co. have been maliciously
damaged in various parts of the city.
The company now offers $10000 re
ward for the arrest and conviction of
the guilty parties either in the past or
future.- Keep your eyes. open. If you
find a man up a 'pole don't let him
down until you have evidence to prove
who he is and what he has been doing.
A. O. DINSMOOR, President.
JAMES KEENAN, Secy.
How's This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars! Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be fared by
Hall's Catarrh Cure,
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O.
We, the .undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business'transactions
and financially able to carry out atoy^obliga
tions made by nis firm. -t
WALDING, KINNAN St MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo O.
Hall's Catarrh Cute is taken,Intently, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of .the system. TeattmonijjJs sent free.
ir&tfie: Sold by all druggiBts. S
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Mower County
Austin.
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The time.'will be
'February 19,20, 21, pevly oome before said meetin'g.
Dated Austin, Minn. Dec. 2, 1905.
J. L. MITCHELL, Cashier.
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The Chicago, Milwaukee .& St. Paul
Railway company will lay ..three thou
sand tons of new rails On theu Southern
Minnesota branch of their road as soon
as possible. The work is already start
ed but the-Hack of meh to lay the steel-i
and the scarcity of material has delay
ed the affair so that the work is held
slightly in check. /The rails will be
distributed over the entire length of
the Southern Minnesota vdivision of
549.82 miles.' It is believed that these
improvements are made in anticipation
of the western extensions of the Mil
waukee road to the Pacific coast.
The extension of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul to the Pacific coast
will cost about $100,000,000. It will en
tail the building of over 3,000 miles of
new road. Of this about 1,700 will be
standard, 80 pound rails,, constituting
amain line from Evarts, through the
Dakotas, Wyoming, Idaho and Wash
ington. The remainder Will be branch
lines, reaching into territory either
now served altogether by the Hill and
Harriman lines, or tapping virgin ter
ritory.
When the system is completed the
Milwaukee will have about 10,500 miles
of railroad, with a bonded d&bt of per
haps $225,000,000. The bonded debt on
the present mileage is about gl7,000 a
mile.
The announcement that the Milwau
kee road would extend its line to the
coast is fraught with important conse
quences to LaCrosse and its suburbs,
involving the expenditure of a quarter
of a million dollars. Plans have been
made by the company for building larg-
commission. er shops, erecting a new round house:
and greatly extending the switching'
yards in that city.) It is understood*
Short Course Fbr Farmers. much of the freight service .will come'1
over'the Southern Minnesota division^
The short course for farmers at the
through La
Crosse.
State Agricultural School, will this year .«.*«
open on January Dth. During the first
six weeks, a course of lectures on sub
jects of vital interest to Minnesota/ annual meeting of the stock
1 holders of the Austin National Bank,!
farmers will be given, following orAuetin, Minnesota, will be heid at
lecture course, two weeks will be de- their banking house on Tuesday, Janu-j
voted to judging grains, dairy stock ai 9,1906, at four o'clock p. m. for the
and live stopk, including horses,, rattle, I ))llrPose electing five directors for,
the year ensuing, anu for the transac-1
tioit of snChvother business as ufi&y pr6-
NOTICE.
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The coincidence of the State Senator!
From "Railroad Rebates," by Ray
Standard Baker, in the Decern
ber HcClure's.
One of the concerns, enabled to send
out its traveling men free by the device
of getting their mileage rebated was
the Northern Grain Company I al
lowed to print the names in this case
because they have already been public
ly used by Governor La Toilette. The
Is! orthern Grain Company owns a large
number of elevators along the line of
theN orthwestern and the W isconsm
Central railroads. It has been success
ful in driving out competition and
monoplizing the grain business in
many towns. Independent elevator
men have been forced out of business,
and the Northern Grain Company has
the farmers of a large territory wholly
at its mercy. Why? In live years the
Northern Grain Company received in!
rebates from the Northwestern Rail-j
road alone $151,447.47—or $30,000 a:
year, a fine profit in itself if they made
no money at all on the grain business:
Part of this was paid in passenger mile
age-books in the way I have described
the ^remainder in cash rebates. 'frhe
traveling men of this concern apparent
ly paid their fare like ordinary citizens
arousing no suspicion, while as a
matter of fact they were traveling, free/
But' this is not the only interesting:
thing about the Northern Grain Com
pany. Its president is O. W. Mosher
of New Bicbmond
Wisconsin. •_ In 1001
and 1903 Mr. Mosher was a state sena
tor. And as a state senator he wps
one of the leaders in the fight against
every reform measure proposed by
Governor La Follette, especially the
railroad bills. He defended "individual
liberty" and the right of railroad com
panies "to control their own property"
—and at that very time, though ncrone
knew it then, his company was getting
more than $80,000 a year rebates 'from
the(railroads. All of which throws an
interesting light upon the business
m$n in politics and accounts for^some
of the opposition to proper railroad reg^
ulation. A real investigation of rail
road,affairs in other states would"show
many a similar "coincidence" —as I
heard this case euphoniously called^ S
Holiday Excursion Rates
On December 23, 24, 25. 30,31 and
Janiiary 1st, the Iowa Centjml Ry^ will
sell: round-4xip excutsion tickets at
rat^ of one and one-third fare, limited
for peturn to and including Janti?ury
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your money if not satisfactory.
A MORRIS CHAIR made off
Oak Golden finish loose Yelvour
Cushions $5.75
MISSION MORRIS CHAIR made
of Weathered Oak, Spanish
Leather Upholstering, special
price .,,.$12.00
We,have over 25 styles of Morris
chairs to choose from. Why not
select out of a stock that can show
you an assortment at Prices That
Are Right.
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OUR SHOES
Our sates in 1905 will exceed our Fond
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elsewhere. IT COSTS NO MORE.
Special Values this Week in
Men's and Boy's Over=
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Although Wool Fabrics of all kinds
have advanced, we closed out several lots
for Less than the cost of Manufacture,
and therefore will sell them at least 25
PER CENT Cheaper than you can buy
for elsewhere.
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