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INCLODIffG AUSTIN JOURNAL.
AUSTIN, WEDjiesDA'y,. DEC 27.1905
OFFICIAL NEWS OF Mowsa UOUNTY
entered as seGond-classmailmatter at
the postoffice, Austin. Minn.
ONE
fact stands out clear, above all
arguments, and that is that the Ameri
can consumer of sugaviB the o^ly *one
%ho is not getting ,any %eaej|tf fronr
legislation of the pafct. •,"]"
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^Tpis Is thelaBt iwue of 1905. A
hippy New Year's til) all bur readers
and may the coming year be one
vfranght with noble achievements sucid
%ight ideals. .. '1
There is nothing uncertain as to the
future of Koreay JalpaH will govern
with a firm hand $nd probiabiy will do
far more for the Koreans than Russia
would have done.
THE Twin City papers are clamoring
for a state highway commission. This
would mean new offices to be filled by
favorite whose, best recommendations
many times is the ability to draw a
salary regularly.
.DEPOSITORS in all banks, national as
^well as state and private, Should be ab
rsolutely protected from lossf. There is
& way of making this protection sure
under all circumstances and the inno
»cent depositors should have it.
THE newspapers are chaffing Gov.
-Johnson, for having his shoes stolen
recently while on a western trip. The
iboys ought to chip in and buy him
another pair soon. He will have very
-cold feet after next election day
I TALK about race suicide. Why does
not the government tax the bachelors
and those people who are married and
do not have children and give each
mother who gives birth to a child a cer
tain sum of money? It might do some
good.
WE are watching with interest the
suit of the Northwestern Telephone
company to put in a local exchange at
St. Charles when the council refuses
them a permit. It looks as if the
monopoly tried to set itsdlf above the
people in this oase.
THERE is yet no clear light as to the
future of Russia. Anarchy and blood
shed abound and political matters arf
in a chaotic condition. We trust and
believe that out of it all the Great
Ruler will bring larger liberty and
privilege fpr the oppressed.
CHARLES E. Shiveley of Richmond,
Ind., supreme chancellor of the Knightb
of Pythias, has designated Feb. 19,1906,
as the time for the celebration of the
anniversary of the founding of the or
der, and urges all subordinate lodges
hi the world to arrange fpr meetings
on that date. The call should be heed
ed.
THE Albert Lea Times has been sold
to the Enterprise and consolidated with
that paper. $his is a wise move. No
town of this size has need »6r room for
four papers. We notice 4n several
towns that similar consolidations have
recently been made. Too many news
papers are an unnecessary burden to
merchants and subscribers and their
multiplication should be discouraged.
FARMERS' elevators aire rapidly ra
creasirig in numbers in ,Minnesota,
cording to Henry Felg, state superin
tendent of country elevators.
JOn
I THEU. S. senate appointments were
announced last week. Senator Nelson
T. .retains his assignments of last congtfbss,
namely chairman of Mississippi river
r^-and its tributaries, third on commerce*
"^second on judicidry,^
second tn public
^vjands and third on. territories^ Senator
•Clapp^ is chairman Of Indiak affairs,
g^v^vand has a new assignment on Pacific
iBla,ld8 and
June
1, 1904, there were only ninety-five
farmers' elevators in the state, but now
there are 141. There are now" 1,745
country elevators in Minnesota, of
which 1,220 are line houses, 384 inde
pendent, and 141 farmers' elevators
The farmers will succeed if they stay
together.
THE new law regulating the sale of
fowls, etc., which will go into effect
next March is in the interest of the
public health, it is as follows: "Every
person who shall offer or expose for
sale at retail, for human food, at any
public market, store, shop or house, or
in or about any other public placet, any
domestic fowls, or any slaughtered
rabbits, squiirrels or other small ani-'
mals, wild or tame, unless the entrails,
crops and other offensive parts are
properly drawn and removed, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor."
Porto Rico", as. well as his
""'"^pold places on interstate, commerce,
relations, education and hertather than kindness. There never
engrossed ^ills, industrialexposif was^ny good reasoni|orinterfering with
^jL-^tipns and patents/v^These worthy ser-^ the ctoe ^urse of -law in her cade and
^vants of the people are at tlie front -in
^influence and esteem at Washington-.
district a joint statement of the viewa
pfoach with the-req^est that a Return'
be made of each i^e'a preference? It
is a good suggtettdn. With 'character
istic plainness Mr. Eddy ^concludes his
cEallenge as follows: "We do not are
to bandyi further on this subject. 'Talfc
never settles a question. My propo
sition is eminently fair. It is up to the
standpatters. Put up or shut up."
Poor-McCleary will have to ,hunt his
hole now or fight back.^
qTHEB EDITOBS' OPIHIONt
ung having sold bis int
sameto €haiw Jim who cornea here
from Austin.
.Breckenridge Gazettes People who,
wheK Johnson, was ekcttd governor
asked the question, What will he do?"
are now asking What has he done to
deserve a re-election V"
Anoia Unioh: Quite a number of
the weekly newspapers are increasing
their^nbscription price to $1.50 a year.
All will have to follow if the cost of
getting out a newspaper keeps ascend
ing upwards.
Albert Lea Times: Hon. Lafayette
Fi-ehch will return to his home in Aus
tin after being here several days trying I
law suits and awaiting his turn, Mr.
French is one of the best attorneys in
this part of the state and he always has
several cases on the calendar here.
Inter-Lake Tribune: Wonder if so
ciety ladies of the "400" who happen to
get to Heavec will get up and indig
nantly leave the place when th find
girls who worked for a living on earth
have been invited by the good Lord to
share the hospitality of his holy temple
throughout eternity'?
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St. Louis Globe Democrat:- The
mills using the water power of the
Genesee,river have turned the falls at saddle in congress
Rochester into a dry precipice, and'
electric lighting at Quebec has reduced
the falls of Montmocency to a thin riv
ulet. It is no false alarm tbat repre
sents Niagara to be in danger.
Brownsdale Leaflet: An Austin
little boy who had just had an opera
tion performed for appendicitis at the
Rochester hospital, writes home and
says:/ "You would be surprised to see
how many operations they have. Why
they do nearly as much cutting here as
they do at the Hormel's Packing
House." I
Fairmont Independent: Some may'
think it a mistake that Senator Nelson
is not a blatherskite, but most people.
honor him and admire him the more
because, to use a homely phrase, he
"keeps his mouth shut an'd saws wood".
Tha first, sort of people no amount of
talkt will satisfy unless they do the
talking.
Cannon Falls Beacon: The value of
all farm lands in the United States ac
cording to the Chicago Record-Herald
is $6,133,000,000. The capitalization of
the railroads is $18,000,1)00,000, more
than twice its cost. In other words
there is water in the railway capital to
exceed the value of the farm lands of
the entire country.
Windom Citizen: Mr. McCleary's
disappointment at Washington is an
other case of talking too much. He
had weighed his own worth, to the
party—naturallysomewhat magnified
and to his friends and constituent^
talked over his chances so much that
he came to think it a dead certainty.
But Speaker Cannon didn't see things
as he did. Another case of counting
chickens before they are hatched.
Heron Lake News: Country news
papers, generally, are warning their f0n0J8iiit
readers to, look out for sharks and
frauds, but about a dozen publishers in
Minnesota swallowed |he bait set by
C. W. Post of the Postum Company.
These publishers circulate his advertis
ing matter free, and also that of his
customers. Post sits in his office at
Washing toil and laughs at ttap "easy
marks" as he collects the advertising
bills earned by his dupes.
Rochester Message: Pastor Ed
ward Say les of the Austin Baptist
church is leading his people forward
splendidly and they are very happy with san
him in the pastoral relation. He visit- got
ed Rochester recently and took home)
one of Prof. J. W. Grainger's best stere
opticons for use in his church work
Just now he is marshalling his forces
$2,300.00 and with such success that
they are confidently'looking forward to
the burning of the mortage.
Minneapolis News: A vital, living
burning truth is being forced down the
throats of a class of Americans who
shout loudly that they are good citizens,
and. Who are not. It is that the com
mon, every day, rugged honesty that is
part and parcel of every successful
business is none [too good for public
offices. This country is full of men
holding both large and small places,
who have one standard of rectitude for
their private live and another for the
conduct of their political holdings. --'V
is the only effective way to put a stop to
the business.
r»*i»rovidence Journal: There will be
a -general feeling of relief the country
over to know that tne Rogeis woman
has at lafet paid the penalty of her crime
and beenr removed from a world where
her presence was no benefit to anyone,
least of all herself. As it turns out
the^ef persistent efforts to secure a re
prleve or atelease have been cruelty to
plaud^d tor doing his duty in the. face
of excited protests by intermeddling
wotn«i, whomightfar betternhave4e
votedxtheir,MKime ai^d energy to the sier
irmstheir
,... &
two y^arb ago, frequent complaints
.have been made by cittizena that
through faulty construction i^ndpbor
connection the deadly ifumes of the
connections
gas wete p^r
troying. veg
beauti
within the past year have died ind
many others aaye begun to show signs
of decay. All the splendid trees on
Senator Knatvold's lawn and many
beautiful oaks on Mr. Gillrup's prop
erty across the street succumbed to
some blighting influence and it has
been thought the escaping gas was re
sponsible for tha loss.
St. Paul Dispatch: In its.circular
stating the reasons why it abolishes
all free passes, the Pennsylvania com
papjr say* that "it would' ,t^ke a train
of ten coaches every day, including
Sundays, to handle the passengers lipid
:in|r £ree ttansportitibn'otf ohriineeast
-of Pittsburg and Erie." HVhen ihe
matter was before the latest legislature
of this state the railway men told the
committee that the amount of dead
heading was "Infinitesimal". And the
members each with a bunch of free
transportation in his wallet, concluded
that a ^legislature was too dignified a
body to take notice of infinitesimals.
From Washington we "learn that the
order of the Pennsylvania has caused
some anxiety among congressmen who
are wondering if it really nutans them.
FARMER BEN'S COLUMN
It just makes me tired to see the
trusts and monopolies, still in the
President Roose
velt is a bear fit,er or he could never
stand the suspense and strain of havm'
his righteous measures conceived in
the public interest so ruthlessly tramp
led in the dirt. I see there's a big kick
from the sugar trust about givinf the
Filipinos a chance to sell sugar in this
country without payin' a prohibitive
tariff. The Filipines are a paft of
this country yet we tax 'em to death
unsimilarly to what we tax the states.
The sugar trust squeezed over $40,000,
000 more money out of the consumers
last year and didn't sell any more pounds
of sugar. Just slapped the price on
extra. Our gal Sarah figgered* nipj on
this sugar business the other day for
us. In 1903, this country used some
thing over 2,567,000 tons of sugar and
of this we imported 1,982,600 tons. In
other words, this country ineludin'
Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Filipines
I produced one-fifth of what we used and
Germany, Cuba and other foreign coun
tries produced four-fifths. The sugar
that the Filipinos would perduce if
they were encouraged taken all togeth
er would be a drop in a bucket com
pared to what we hav to get from for
eign countries and would effect our
home industries nitty nit.
Did I hang up my stockin' for Christ
mas? Sure I did same as I hav for
nigh onto seventy years except when I
was* at, the war. If folks think it is
childish, all rite, they don't |hav to
ainst the troublesome church debt of happy today same as I was. The boy
It takes me back to bur
childhood days when old Santa could
get down the wide-mouthed chimney
to the big open fireplace. I can't see
how he manages to squeeze thro into
folkses houses now they are so shut up.
Christmas was the day of happy sur
prises when I was a lad. The stckin's
alwus had somethin' good in them and
I intend alwus to make my children
and children's children liappy in the
same old fashion. remember when I
my first pair of high leg boots with
apiece of red leather let in at the front
top. "They was ahead of any thin' else
in the heap. I like to see little folks
or girl that don't know what it means
to hang up their Christmas stockin' has
got some of the brightest pages of
child joy torn out of, their individual
histories and tlie loss is irreparable. It
doL't take a fortune either to make .'em
haipy. Folks are gettin' nowdaysto
hav too big idees of presents and judge
'em by theirxsize and cost. It ought to
be that the feelin's of the giver was
every thin' whether with a small or a
big present /.V
Pioneer Tress: The presence iti
court a day or two ago of several boys
as a result of the enforcement of the
law against the sale of liquor to minors
is an evidence of good faith in the an
nounced determination, -of the police extreme that that Nebraska chap has
uXbteTtVis move ?s?o'to^Mlowed
Every little while I read some big
piece about gettin' back to Natur and
there's a good deal in it. if rightly fol-
It ain't essential to go to the
haa
by the arrest and punishment of those of the Llkhorn river and intends to.
Who sell ais well as of those who buy.! sleep in his canvass home until the
This was indicated in the arrest of a} warm sun of spring returns. He may
leastone saloonkeeper yesterday. This
1
P''che4 on the shore
get a slice of newmony that he can't
cligest if he tries this scheme. How
somever, he's on the rite trail. I tell
you most folks get too leetle fresh air
all winter in their tight houses -and
mansions. They shut out every chance
of a breath of air creepin* In by puttin'
on storm winders and doors and keep
in'..everythin' up tight and the air they
breathe over and over again until ic is
foul diseased and no better than in a
hogpen. Natur never intended such.
Our great Mother planned to keep a
constant flood of pure and unadulter
ated atmosphere pourtn' into the lungs
andcle^nin' out jaU the'^Bad jisaues
and rejuvenatin' &nd
the constitution
JVMag^ She never intended that we
lOUld^Hckbut ^11 the sw^t freshness
of ozoned universality and poison our
selves in sealed and corked houses.
I
tell you if folks breathed more outdoof
air day and night there wojuld be less
consumption and bigger men and wo
,men. .(
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Those congressmen down at Wash
ington may monkey along with the
great propositions that .the people are
demandin' of 'em^ once too long and
then there will come another overturn
in' of things political same as there has
been before. They don't seem to hav
any idee at all but they cian go on for
ever defyin' public sentinfent, knucklin'
to the trusts, buildin' up millionaire'
fortunes by robbin' tariffs, and lettin
the common people gweat and fume
without relief. Teddy is right when he
sees this'' thing same as Farmer Ben
and he is doin' all he can to stir up ac
tion. The congressmen seem to think
that if they can stand in With the big
money bags all will be well with 'em
and as to their constituents they can
go to grass until they need 'em at elec
tion time. Some of 'am stand rite out
unblushingly and fight, railroad rate
supervision and tariff revision and
reciprocity and public land reforms and
such. I tell you it ain't righteous to
let the big fortunes own the whole
country body and britches. Somethin
radical and determined must be done
Smooth woids won't alwus calm the
risin' rage of the people who know
thfey are abused and robbed without
mercy or relief. I ain't in favor of do
in'any thin' that is unfair or extreme
but I repeat it, sir, I repeat it, if the
leaders in congress continue to }lay
hoise with the important measures be
fore 'em somethin' is goin' to rop
hard when the political uprisin' arises.
FARMER BEN.
Torture of a Preacher.
The story of the torture of Rev. O. D.
Moore, pastor of the Baptist churcn, of
Harpersville, N. will interest you.
He says: "1 suffered agonies, because
of a persistent cough, resulting from
the grip. I tried many remedies, with
out relief, until I took Dr. King's New
Discovery for Consumption, Coughs
and Colds, which entirely cured my
cough, and saved me from consump
tion." A grand cure for diseased con
ditions of Throat and Lunds. At K.
O. Wold's druggist price 50c and $1.00,
guaranteed. Trial bottle free.
Rival to Circus Trust.
Carl Hagenbeck, of Germany, and
several American theatrical men will
put a mammoth circus in the field next
April to compete with the circus trust.
The plans have been completed, the
advertising paper has been ordered and
the work of collecting the circus and
preparing it for exhibiting is nearly
finished The circus trust is composed
of Barnum & Bailey, the Ringling
Brothers, Forepaugh and Buffalo Bill
shows and Ringling Brothers control
the Forepaugh show. The promoters
recently agreed not to interfere with
each pther and it is to smash this com
bination that the Hagenbeck circus
will be put in the field. The circus will
be transported in 60 cars and will cost
$7,000 a day to operate. The largest
tents ever made are being constructed,
and many European promoters are
being engaged.—Sleepy Eye Herald.
State Y. M. C. A. at Austin.
The State Y. M. C. A. convention
will be held in Austin February 8. to
11, and it will bring to the state some
able meh. President Henry C. King
D. D., L, L. D., of Oberlin collegfe will
give four addresses on the following
of Christ," "The Supreme Claims of
the Christian Life Upon Thoughtful
Men," "How to Make a Rational Fight
for Character," and "Conditions of
Deepening Acquaintance with God.'
Dr. King has given these addresses at
Harvard, Yale, Columbia and other
western institutions. His addresses
have received the heartiest commenda
tion. There will be other speakers of
wide reputation
Noted Buffalo Herd Sold.
The herd of buffalo which has made
Luana station at Luana, Iowa, a not
able place, has been sold at public
auction by W. C. McNeil, assignee of I
Wm. H, Hanson. urges & -Hanson, I
who owned the herd, are credited by
the Smithsonian as being the most*suc
cessful breeders in the states. The first
pair sold brought $375 and were bought
by Thomas Fragksen of Spring Valley,
Minn. Another pair sold for $250 to
Frank Rockefeller of Cleveland, Ohio,
brother of John D. Rockefeller. He
was also the highest bidder on a lot of
sixteen, sold at $2,600.
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Week-ew! Exsiirsions.
The iowa Central Railway will place
in effect until December I7th the fol-.
lowing excursion arrangements:
Half rates on Saturdays and Sundays
to all points within 150 mites, good for
return until Monday morning, -mini
mum rate 75 cents.
Fare and One-Third—On Sale Fri
days to points not less .than 150 miles
distant, limit the following Monday..
One Fare Plus $2 00—Topoints more
than 150 miles away, limit five days.,
These rates fepply.' to cities,/ where
theatrical attractions and .other amuse
ments ape best at this seasOn qf the
year, and they also apply to all I039L
stationsohthe line.
For further particulars call' on Iowia'
Centralaguite.' $ 4i -^14
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years, steadily gaming in
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and general popularity, bat
best of all, the good old
to improfc l^n the weari^ qaaUties.,
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have made "Ig47 ROGERS BROS." the
most famous of all silverware. Do
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norislc. Ttere" are "other *Rggers?'
atastamped
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