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AUSTIN WEDNESDAY MAY 27, 1908
OFFICIAL NEWS OF MOWER COUNTY
entered as second-cSass mail matter at
the postoffice. Austin. Minn.
AND next Monday is the first day of
June, the month of roses and of wed
dings.
JAME3 MANAIIAN owes Frank Day
a hard one and he will give it if he has
to wait five years for a good chance.
IN the nation's capital the current
designation is: "The Do-Nothing Con
gress." .N ot eo far from the truth.
IOWA has
construction
trolley lines,
hurry.
under
completed or has
431 miles of interurban
Minnesota will have to
A big flying machine with 16 people
in it fell at Oakland, Cal., Saturday,
killing or injuring most of the lot.
Walking is always safer.
GOVKKNOR Hughes speaks of the
"colossal power of unrighteous wealth."
That is what we intended to say but
could not shape it up that way.
ALL hope of a ship subsidy at thi8
session of congress has been given up.
The disposition with many is good but
the wrath of the voters is feared.
Two hundred and fifty volumes of
the Congressional Record, bound in
half Russia, were recently sold in Phil
adelphia for 2 cents a volume. Worth
less trash, most of it.
FORMER oil inspector McDermott
ought to demand a receipt in full from
the state when he makes his next settle
ment so as to have a definite cutoff
from other possible discoveries.
TIIE provision to authorize the post
master general to suppress periodicals
which publish articles inciting anarchy,
arson or murder is none too extreme.
No one has aright to stir others up to
iawlessness.
THE western railrpads will not ship
goods of any kind taftiture unless the
name of the consignee.!! plainly writ
ten on each package'. Another bloW
at illicit liquor traffic. .w
REPUBLICAN state convention will
be held in the auditorium at St. Paul,
July 1st and couvenes at 11 a. m.
County conventions to elect delegates
will be held June 25. Total number
of delegates 1,143. Mower county is
entitled to 13.
A VIRGINIA editor tried to say that
a congressman stood for a certain set
of "political theories," and it was print
ed in the paper "political thieves"
The editor was not so far from the
truth after all.
THE Guimftss horror in La Porte,
Indiana, ought not to be possible in
this day with all the means of publicity
at hand. It seems as if the suspicions
of the authorities should have been
awakened long ago.
SUCII is human ingenuity in a crisis
that there is reason to believe that
every congressman will have an excuse
to offer when he reaches home and that
all the excuses will be different. But
excuses will never make up for failure
to act.
THE supreme court has rendered an
important decision in holding that the
mortgage registry tax law is constitu
tional. The law has thus far been ob
served and the tax has been paid on the
filing of a mortgage, but there has been
doubt until now of its validity. We
like this law.
JUDGE Buck of the Winona munici
pal court holds that no action lies for
breach of peace where the words were
spoken over the telephone, although
such words would be actionable if they
were spoken direct to the person ad
dressed We do not believe this to be
good law or .that it will stand the
higher courts.
THE commercial organizations of the
west do not believe that business con
ditions warrant an increase of ^freight
rates by the railroads and theyi are
ihaking a vigorous protest Wei. think
that the Interstate Commerce cominis
aion should first investigate the pres
eat rates and see if they are reasonable
and fair.
RECEIVER Whitridge of the Third
Avenue Street Railway of New York
imports that about $36,000,000 paid in
for bonds has been wasted, and that
not a dollar of it was spent for improve
ments,.but that it will be impossible
now to recover a dollar for the bond
holders. Its shops, tracks and equip
ment have been neglected for years
Tnis is a sample of "high finance". It
looks to outsiders like the worst kind
of robbery.
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DRINKING liquor while on or off
duty by employees ofthe H. C. Frick
Coke company of Pittsburg, a subsi
diary organization ofthe United States
Steel corporation, will result in the im
mediate dismissal of the offenders, ac
cording to the rules posted throughout
the Connellsville coke region. This is
in line with the action taken by many
of the great railroad corporations.
The good time is coming.
MEMORIAL DAY comes again next
Saturday. It is a day of peculiar asso
ciations to multitudes who were bereav
ed of loved ones by the civil war or by
premature death caused by the expos
ures of the war. It is the Veterans'
day and should be reverently observed
by all patriotic citizens. It is no day
for sports and levity but one on which
the thoughts of the nation should turn
in sympathy to those whose homes are
desolate and in earnest endeavpr to
show suitable respect for the sleeping
heroes.
OTHER EDITORS' OPINIO*!
Chicago News: After settling with
the parson the newly made husband
might as well keep his pocketbook in
his hand, for that is only the beginning.
St. Peter Herald: The First congres
sional district is another where, as old
Pease puts it, there is to be a campaign
of the postmasters against the people.
It is going to be hard work for Tawney
and his henchmen to win.
Public Opinion: A Northwood man
contrived an automobile from an ordi
nary gasoline engine and some
farm machinery wheels. The machine
will go four miles an hour and makes
as much gasoline stink as a $5000 auto.
Minneapolis Journal: "Nobody pre
tends," says the Boston Herald, "that
our military establishment is paying
expenses." This is something we don't
know in advance. There is an impres
sion however, that in the run of our
history the army has paid a handsome
dividend on the investment.
Anoka Union: When our congress
man gets so big that he imagines that
the people are going to endorse him for
standing by the corporations and
against the president, it is safe to pre
dict that there will be a deep incision
in said congressman at or about the
place where the hen's husband got the
cleaver.
Northfield News: The kind of econ
omy which suggested to the senate
committee on public lafads the propie
ty Of cutting out the appropriation for
a public baflding'at Austifa will not be
approved in Minnesota, Mpheyspent
on Duiiding in cities the size of Austin
is' a godd investment:' ThisSthte is
entitledtomore, not fewer ofthem.
St. Cloud Journal Prpss: Frank A.
Day has taken advantage of..-.Jitt' posi
tion as chairman of the Democratic
through with Frank the latter may con
clude that he had more gall than judg
ment.
Campbell News: It you are a real
tail man and want to be noticed, just
take a stroll with a short, stout and
squatty woman with a regulation sized
Mercy Widow hat and you will attract
attention every time.
Mapleton Enterprise: If nominated
by the Republicans Joel P. Heatwole
will be the next governor of Minnesota.
No man understands the game of poli
tics better than Joel. He is a good
organizer, and furthermore has his ear
to the ground and is in touch with the
needs and wants of the people. In ad
dition to ail this he has the necessary
backbone to stand for principle.
Fairmont Independent: F. H. Ster
ling left Wednesday morning to accept
a responsible position with a wholesale
lumber firm at Dubuque, la. He will
be joined by his family about July 1st.
The departure of Mr. and Mrs. F. H.
Sterling from this city is regretted by
many friends.
Albert Lea Times-Enterprise: The
Anoka Union thinks that the Denver
convention will never, know there is
such a man in Minnesota as' John A.
Johnson. Well, what if it don't Pease?
Frank A Day will have the pleasure
for a few weeks of thinking he-has
reached the role, of president maker,
and it gives the governor some good
advertising for the lecture platform,
Let them nave their day.
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Blue Earth Register: Joe Cannop,
Speaker of the Honse, with brutal
frankness told the people that this sea
Bioa of Congress would do nothing«ie'^,UcT
but kill time and spend the people's
money. He may make good but the
President has certainly built some
)retty hot fires under him, and here's
loping he smokes him out.
Albert Lea standard: Recently the
parents and friends of a httle girl, who
died and was buried in the cemetery, •.
decorated the grave with a profuse 11 ff0,
quantity Of flowers and they were so' The Fire Department will form on
prepared that they would remain fresh
for days if left undistuibfcd, but were
soon stolen by some conscienceless van
dals and the parents are naturally very
indignant over the outrage. They
have some information as to who the
guilty parties are.
Minneapolis Journal: The revolt
against Speaker Cannon among plain,
ordinary republicans of the state is
spreading in a way that will very likev
ly involve all the republican candidates
for congress this fall, and most of them
will have to take some sort of a stand
on the question of machine rule in con
gress. The democrats are figuring on
making an issue of CannOn, and will
try to put the republican congressmen
on the defensive thereby,
Ortonville Journal: After all com
fortable borneIn a^hrifcyjc.un'ry jwn
is better in many respects*- than the
suburban city residence. While Our
city cousin lives in constant dread of
streetcar strikes and tie-ups and de
lays of all kinds we country folks de
pend upon our gbod pair of legs to
carry QS the six or seven blocks back
and forth from our business and are
the better for the exercise. "Suburban
residence" sounds kind of catchy but it
has its drawbacks nevertheless.
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Montevideo Leader: Oh, boys, come
off Your Johnson machine is a pretty
one and has cost a lot, but it doesn't
draw votes: Why, Alabama and
Michigan and Missouri and Pennsyl
vania that you banked on so strongly
ate going over into the Bryan camp ar
fast as they can get there, so what's
the use? Better pull in your sign now,
and be good.
Fulda Republican: The Austin Reg
ister, one of the oldest newspapers in
the state has gone in bankruptcy. The
newspaper business is having hard
sledding in the|last few'years and will
for the next several years. The trouble
is high prices for what they have to
buy and low prices for what they have
tosell. Advertising and subscription
prices have been cut down, on account
of there being too many papers started,
and it is a slow process to advance
prices.
Luverne Herald: According to the
present line-up of affairs political there
will be contests for only two otlices at
the Republican State convention to be
held July 1st. One of these will be for
the ottice of governor, for which Attor
ney General Young, J. F. Jacobson
and Joel P. Heatwole are avowed can
didates, and the other for railroad com
missions, Ira B. Mills and W. E.
Young being candidates to succeed
themselves and opposed by C. E. Elm
quist, of Bush City John H. Gross, of
Fergus Falls and A. C. Aaby, of Rock
Dell.
Cannon Falls Beacon: It would
seem that it was like adding insult to
injury for the present congress to joint
ly agree upon a more or less complete
"investigation" of the conditions upon
which are founded our present tariff
schedules and to revise them if need be
next winter sometime. It is possible
of course that the public may not look
upon it in that light and that they may
old'return every standpatter to his seat
including the famous quartette,
Cannon, Dalzell, Payne, and Tawney.
The Beacon will not tie surprised
how­|
ever if the folks who do the voting
should resent the all too obvious disin*
clination of the congress to give the re
lipf demanded by a revision of the
schedules,
Memorial Day Exercises in Austin,
Satusday, May 30,1908.
PROGRAM
9:30 A. M.—Parade will be form 3d on St. Paul
headed north and march north to
Water stre9t, thence east on Water
street to Main and south on Main
to Lafayette Park bridge where the
procession will halt and 24 girla, act
ing as special escort, will cast flow
ers on the waters in memory of de
ceased sailors and marines, thence
to Lafayette Park where the exer
cises will be held.
3.00 P. M.—Delegations of the W. B. C. and G.
A. R. will leave Q. A B. hall for
Oakland cemetery and thenee to St.
Augustine's cemetery to decorate
the graves of the deceased soldiers.
PBOGBAM AT LAFAfETTEPABK.
Mayor GeorgeSatton, presiding.
Maai'e by thei Band? ..
Invdoatioa.
Music by Quartette.
.'* Balatts to tfie Flw,.' -r^ "fl
Recitation, "The G. A. R. Button"
Ljren Woodle.
Beading of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
Music by the Band.
Decoration of Chairs of Departed Comrades.
Address by Judge Edwin A. Jaggard
Of St. Paul.
Music by the Band.
ARRANGEMENT OF PBOCES3ION.
City Police.
City Marshal and Aides.
.luotia Band.
FIRST DIVISION.
P. Bump, Marshal.
Co. Gas Escort.
24 Girls as Special Escort.
Mclntyre Post, G. A. B.
Woman's Belief Corps.
Flower Brigade.
Ladies of G- A. B. and their Honor Boys.
SKCOrsD DIVISION.
Barr Maxwell, Marshal.
Drum Corps.
Mayor and Members of City Council.
Orator and Committee of Arrangements.
Fire Department.
THIRD DIVISION.
C. K. Boostrom, Marshal.
Faculty and Students of Normal College.
Teachers and Scholars of Public Schools.
FOURTH DIVISION.
Wallace Gregson, Marshal.
Civic Societies in order of arrival, ini»lm^ng
Ladie*' Societies.
FIFTH DIVISION
JohnF. Fairbanks, Marshal.
Citizens in carriages.
POSTS OF VARIOUS SUB-DIVI8IONS BE
FORE FOBMING COLUMN.
1 Police will take position on Water street
headed east.
2 The Band will first escort Co' to its posi
tion and then under direction of llanhal
Bump escort the Public Schools to their posi
tion, after which they will take position on Wa-
—Co wUlform on St. Paul street, headed
north right renting on Water street.
4 Mclntyre Post, Women's Belief Corps,
Special Escort of 24 Girls, Flower Brigide,
Ladies of G. A. R. and their Honor Boys will
form on St." Paul street in the rear of Co. G.
5 The Drum Corps, Council and Or&tor will
form on Mill street, facing west ready to follow
cto$B
nine^ eases out 01
whidh is nothii
Bridlre
street, headed west ready to follow in' placd.
7 The Normal and Public Schools will form
on Bridge street headed east ready to march in
place.
.8 Civic Societies will form on Maple streat,
headed west ready to foUow in place
9 Citizens in .carriages will form on St. Paul
street south of Mapie, headed north and may
also fqrm on
streets southrof Maple St.
-r IS Wiei lit
—TheEclipse Lumber Co. is noted
for its sq tare and holiest bukin&B
methods. When in need bf lumber,Or
fuel, it will pay you to see
-them. They
will use you right. -J
peafness Cannot be Cured
bV lociU applications, as they eannot reach the
diseased portion of the eaau There is only one
way to cure dftafness. and that is by eonatitnr
tionaLremedies. Deafness is caused by an in
named condition of_ the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When-Uiis tube is
jou have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear
.ng, aad whenIt is entirely Closed, Deafness is
the result, and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, heari"®
1
nr
the mucous surnces.
ng will bo destroyed forever
of ton are caused by Catarrh,
but an inflamed conditi^
5- 9 Hundred dollars forany
We will
1 of Deafnessfcaused by eatarrh) that can
be curdd by Halls Catarrh^Cure. Send for
ease of Dei
Srculars,
tt be curdd
free.
S Tak^ Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
5
$
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IN MEMORIAM.
A laurel wreath for each good gray head,
Honor for each of the scars- they bear
Tears for the blood that they had to
shed,
Sighs for the ills that they had to share
Love for their hope when hope had fled
From the weak who cowered in pale de
spair.
Fame, but not for the shame of those
Who fell for a cause that was better
lost
Cheers for their love of the gallant foes
Whose bayonets by their own were
crossed
L6ve for the grace that the hero shows
To the vanquished foe who has paid the
cost.
A laurel wreath for each good gray head.
Cheers for the heroes marching by
Tears for the blood that they had to shed,
For each of the ills that they bore a
sigh®
Love for their faith when the streams ran
red
And despair was written across the sky.
—S. E. Kiser.
I SCYTHE HIS
MEMORIAL
•fl Remain* in Tree Where Youth Hung It
When He Went to War
W
HEN the territory about Waterloo,
in New York state, was sparse
ly settled the principal industry
was the hewing of timber from the
forest along the Seneca canal
At a point known as Log Landing,
midway between Geneva and Water
loo, the woodchoppers were wont to
gather and tell their stories of early
Indian fights, and hefe young Hyman
Johnson, a farmer boy first learned of
the impending disaster to the union if
the southern states Were allowed to
withdraw from their early affiliation.
It seemed war was imminent and spec
ulation was rife as to the time when
the actual hostilities would-begin.
One day in 1861 Johnson, who was
then 21 years old, was mowing a lot
on the farm. A neighbor drove up
bearing the tidings that "the call to
airmls had been' soundedr Without hesl
tatfoit the youth walked to-the house
and placed his?
His regiment marched to the front
to the stirring martial music, and was
often in the fighting line. The mother,
true to the words of her boy, left the
scythe a3 it had been placed. Johnson
came hpme a year later on a furlough,
and laughed at the almost forgotten in
cident of the implement and Its posi
tion.
He inspired hope in the hearts of
those who thought of nothing else than
his safe return by saying: "I will yet
be back to mow that lot."
Soon after returning he was cap
tured in a skirmish and became a pris
oner in a southern pen, from which
escape was impossible. Disease laid
hold upon him and he died surrounded
by enemies. He was buried in an un
known grave 'With hundreds of his
comrades:-
Meanwhile the tire# grew apace and'
the blade became partially imbedded
in the trunk of the tree. The handle
rotted jiway, but the steel remained
fixed iiTthe wood."
A general proclamation was issued
from the White HOuse declaring one
day should be set apart as a time fdr
memory of those' who had -falleix
while defending their country. It was
the first Memorial day. Wbrd of the
proclamation was carried to Mrs. Jqhn
son, but she had no grave to decorate.
She fain would strew a few flowers
upon the spot wherein her boy lay, but
its location must ever remain a mys
tery. Kneeling in the garden, she
offered a short prayer. Then she
plucked few lilies from the plot, she
tended daily, and, making a wreath,
she bore it to the tree which gave
such a grim reminder of her sacrifice
to her country. With a caress she
reached up and hung the wreath upon
the acythe point:
1
Memorial day has long become an
established anniversary. Matiy years
have passed since Mrs. Johnson was
laid to rest in the village cemetery!
The old home is exactly as It stood in
the day of ,the civil war, but is occii
:Pied by^^^-faiMy/^^
Of.i^^Johnebn family a -brother'!
wldo^^nd'iier children are alf who
^jB*% ^rly in the WoM
ing c»-I^5wiai:i|ay/, ti\e remnant
the family gathers beneath the scytn|§
and places thereupon a Wreath of ever1
green and a tiny American Hag. Witlfe
in a few feet modern methoda ha|^|i
constructed trolley |lnei Huadrekii
carried by (he cars" gase uponj thift
tree, "the °a%tWrthe Hrreath and the
flag and ask to behold the atory of the
brt /e young, foldler.
Phone
8o
Scythe In the crotch of
a young Balm of Crilead trge. His
mother masked him what the mattef
was, and he said
"Mother, Lincoln needs men. I am
going to war."
"What, Hyman? You, my son, go
ing to enlist?"
"Yes, but do not fear any harm will
come to me. The war will be over in
a month. The southerners cannot face
the troops from the north for more
than that time. When I return I will
mow the rest of the lot. Leave my
scythe in the tree until I return."
Full cream Cheese
per lb
Brick Cheese
per lb
C°rpercan
Bacon
Boneless Breakfast
strip, per lb
Hams, Austin Brand
per lb.,
Picnic Hams, sugar cured,
per lb
V2 barrel Dairy Brand Salt Pork
(boneless side pork) l0(fpounds. ...
Dry Salt Pork, (boneless)
11 pounds .. ..........
ROSES A SPECIAL
DELICATESSEN DEPT.
I OC
IOC
Limburger Chesse
per lb 22C
Primost Cheese
per lb I2£
IOC
^rcan. IOC
Cash or trade for Butter and Eggs.
HORMEL'S
Austin
A. N. KINSriAN, Proprietor,
Austin, Mian.
•5'' Wholesale and Rietail
Choice Cut Flowers
Plants and
Floral Designs.
PRO
VISION MARKET.
Greenhouses^
Orders Promptly Fille.
Long Distance Phone 42.
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Capital, $50,000.
FOR SALE BY
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Lumpert. Lath, Sash a.
THE OLD
Phone
Tomatoes
per can
Pork and Beans
large can
Fresh Bread, 5c a loaf
6 for
German Rye Bread,
loaf... 10c and
Fancy Baldwin Apples
per peck
Sweet Oranges
per peck
I 2
IOC
25c
15c
50c
50c
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