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FARMER BEN'S
COLUMN
My paper Rivs a list of repub and
democrat senator! in the state senate
who have gone into a combine to take
the appointment of committees for the
com in' session out of the hands of
Lieut. GOT. Burnquist and hog 'em all
for theirselyes. Farmer Ben is onto
the trick. Two years ago with Sam
Gordon presidin' the senate was quite
progress!? and the blouse was organiz
ed to defeat al[ meritorious legislation.
This trip it looks like the House was
lo be progressiv and the SeDate be the
agent of the trusts and corporations.
That is the way the unholy trinity, the
railroads, the brewers and the steel
trust, alwus work it. They hay one of
the houses fixed so as to oppose all laws
for the interests of the common people
and they don't care a rap then how
much progressiv legislation is inter
duced and passed by one house, for
their paid boodfin' agentB in the other
will control to defeat what the corpor
ations don't want passed. It was ever
thus but I giv notis that any senator
goin' into such a combine is gain' to be
rode on the neck to destruction.
This parcels post business startB in
with the new year and I'm watchin' it
with lots of iuterest. 1 can't see how
it's goin' to do the farmer much good
in sendin' in his stuff to town. Who's
goin' to weigh packages so as to know
what to prepay and who's goin' to hav
special stamps in every farmhouse in
the land? The rooral carrier ain't
•sposed to lug around a big scales with
him and unless articles are prepaid
they won't be taken. It's a queer law
anyhow you study it. I can't hav a set
of auction bills sent out from town on
the rooral at as cheap rates as 1 can get
a pound of tea by the grocer and
can't send a book to Chicago as cheap
as I can a pair of shoes of the same
weigh. It's mity unhandy when
can't weigh a package at home and put
.AP.r^e stamps I use on my
letters. Uncle Sam gets the same out
of the deal. But I ain't a knocker on
the parcels post for if it will hav any
effect on reducin' the robbery of the
re pa I
my hat.
Helen Gould holds up her reputation
for bein* a levelheaded, wise and sensi
ble woman. She's about the richest
woman in the world but yet when she
decides to marry she clubs off the
dukes and spiderlegged, iujit titled
paupers of the old world and pick6 a
official in the railroads her father es
tablished and which the big interests
are tryin' to steal from her family con
trol. Her man, Shepari .'ain't got mil
lions but he's got better, he's got brains
and a heart and he'll carry on her rail
road interests in a business and suc
cessful way and he'll make a apprecia
tiv as well as helpful companion. Both
are Interested in humanitarian work
and both hav many other common in
terests. I tell you Helen will help to
redeem the Gould name from lots of
the odium attachin' to it. If the boys
had all stuck to business and looked
sharply after the improvement and
management of, the Gould lines and
had married sensibly their finances
wouldn't be imperilled as they are al
leged to be today.
Speakin' of marryin* for love and
comfort and happiness and congenial
ity lnsted of for rotten titles and money
^iand social polish, I
Bee
that recently a
nephew of Carnegie married a daugh
Nter of a workingman, herself at one
time an employee in the Carnegie mills
and when Andrew heard of it he said
with his Scotch wisdom and good judg
ment "If she is a good girl, an Ameri
can working girl, she will make him a
-letter wife than any other girl in the
world." 1 spect Andy has hen readln'
np on Farmer Ben's views bat all the
samee his head is level. The gal who's
brought up practical and knows how
to work and has ben compelled to man
age and economize to get along is the
one that knows bow to ran a big house
I or ranch if she 6ver marries one. I
wouldn't marry a doll gal if she giv
herself without askin'. The man who
practical, sensible, modest, IOT
in', economical gal for a wife draws
Grand Prii© every time.
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j, Faftner Ben notices that the matter
jiot narrowin* up country roads is up
for discussion and it will not
^lidVn nntifi something is done. The
now workin* was made when land
lira* wortti-pothin' and a farmer didn't
Aif half bit farm broken and then
tdpris fonr rods wide with the
6J jfldenin' out to an even
hundred feet. Things hav changed
nowadays and lots of waste land is
thrown into the roads to be foul seed
beds and snow catchers and all other
nuisances. I'd like to see these roads
legally narrowed up to 35 to 40 feet and
some say much less than this. It might
be started by allowin' any farmer to
move his fence out to Buch a 40 foot
line when be wanted it for pasture or
hay. Then he could level it down and
get it so he could take a crop off. A
half mile strip 12 feet wide would be
worth lots to any farm and it's now
uselessly wasted and worse in the over
wide roadways. You travel thru the
country and you'll see that most any
farm fence could be moved out 12 feet
and hav the same road as now
Our old friend, Admiral George
Oewey, reached his 75th birthday anni
versary Thursday and he is as chipper
and lively as if be was sixty. He says
he never felt better in his life. He
names two things among others that
hav made for his splendid health in old
age, one is gettin' lots of air and phy
sical exercise. He has alwus ben a
great horseback rider and this givs him
just what he needs in the way of tillin'
his lungs with fresh air and keepin' so
fresh and young. The other thing is
his keepin' away from banquets. He
says be used to go to 'em and they laid
him up for two or three days at a time
and he cut out the whole business. I
tell you George is on the right track.
His stayin' away from the mongrel
feed they put up at banquets lis a big
factor. You can't load up your stomick
with a lot of conglomerations and
indigestibles without sufferin' for it.
When you get inactiv and lazy and un
exercised and gorge yourself with indi
gestibles you are a goner.
FAKMER, BEN.
Degree of Honor.
Past Chief—May Bassett.
Chief—Angela Cronon.
Lady of Honor—Alice Barr.
Chief of Ceremonies—.Nellie Hartley.
Recorder—Ida Myatt.
Financier—Christine McGee.
Receiver—Mrs. Martin.
Usher—Elizabeth Mattice.
Assistant Usher—Abagail Hilker.
Inside Watch—Carrie Wright.
Outside Watch—Rose Horrobin.
Trustee 3 years—Liliie Crandall.
Delegate to Convention—Mary flor
robin.
Alternate—Lillie Crandall.
Many to Enter High School.
Seventy-flve per cent of the pupils
who graduate from the grade schools
of Minneapolis in January are going to
enter the high schools, according to the
statistics compiled for the board of
education. Cards were given to all
pupils in the eighth grades of the city
and to all the seniors in the high
schools with the request that they fill
them out and return to their room
principals. All but 424 of the 1,700
eighth grade pupils said that they were
going to attend high school in Febru
ary. The following facts were noted
of the 424 who would not attend the
Miuneapolis high schools next semester:
One hundred and twenty-three re
ported they were going to other than
high schools.
Fourteen will enter the high school
in September.
One hundred and sixteen going to
work.
Twenty-one leaving city.
Forty-two will stay at home.
Sixty-five will learn a trade.
Forty-three undecided.
The report on the high school stu
dents has not been completed yet.
Bootleggers to be Arrested.
Mayor N. J. Amble of Peterson pro
poses to put a stop to the business of
furnishing liquor to minors and habit
ual drunkards and has caused to be
published the following notice, an ex
ample which all Mayors might well
emulate: "Notice is hereby given that
any person or persons who Bhall give,
treat or furnish intoxicating liquors to
minors and habitual drunkards, will be
{aw.
prosecuted to the full extent of the
Any minor or habitual drunkard
who has intoxicating liqnors in his
possession whether same is his property
or belonging to another person will be
prosecuted and dealt with in accordance
to the statutes so made and provided in
such cases."
Bank Notice.
The Citizens National Bank, located
at Austin, in the State of Minnesota, is
closing up its affairs, its corporate ex
istence having expired at close of busi
ness on the 21st day of December 1918,
All note holders and others, creditors
of said Association, are therefore here
by notified to present the notes and
other claims against the Association
for payment.
H. W. HUBLBUT,
President.
Dated at Austin, Minnesota, Decem
ber 27,1912.
The above notice is published for 60
days to comply with the law.
Jan 1 Mch 6
Oldest Inhabited House.
Kilkenny oastle to one of the oldest
Inhabited houses in the world, .many
of the rooms being. much JM the/
were 800 years ago.
Vol XLV—No 43 Austin, Mower County, Minnesota, Wednesday, }^an. 1913. Terms-—$1.50 Per Annum,
Parcels Post Begins.
The new parcels post laif will go
to effect today and the public will
have relief from some of the extortion
ate rates by which thtrexprees compan
ies have grown enormously rich. It
will make some difterence whether we
pay 25 cents for a two pound package
from Austin to Rose Creek or Grand
Meadow, as the express companies de
mand,or eight cents for the two pounds
under the new parcels post.
Under the new law, any article is
mailable if not over 11 pounds in
weight nor more than 72 inches in
length and girth Combined, nor likely
to Injure the mails or postal equipment
or employes.
Flat rate of 1 cent per ounce up to 4
ounces regardless of distance.
Above 4 ounces, rates are by the
pound or fraction thereof, and varying
with distance, as follows:
First Each addi- 11
Lit. tinnal Lb.
Lb. tional Lb. Lbs.
Home rural route
and city delivery.
50-mile zone
150-mile zone
300-mile zone
600-mile zone
1,000-mile zone
1,400-mile zone
1,800-mile zone.....
Over 1,800 miles....
.05 .01 .15
.05 .03 .35
.06 .04 .46
.07 .05 .57
.08 .06 .68
.09 .07 .79
.10 .09 100
.11 .10 1.11
.12 .12 1.32
For small parcels and short distances
this is much cheaper than present ex
press rates or fourth class mail but
for large packages and long distances
exceed them. Ordinary stamps such
as are used on letters wrll not be ac
cepted on parcels by post but special
stamps must be provided and all must
be fully prepaid
New Year's Resolution.
How would this be for a New Year's
resolution: "1 solemnly promise myself
that during the year 1913 I will pay my
bills when they become due that I will
save a little money that 1 will act more
like a man and less like a bear around
home that 1 will bang up my hammer
and quit knocking that I will keep
silent if can't say anything good
about my fellow men that I will do all
in my power to advance the interests
of my home town that will be more
charitable in deed and thought that
will think less of self than of those who
are depending upon me that I will be
courteous to all, and servile to none."
If it suits you, you are welcome to it.—
Winnebago City Enterprise.
Open Air Celebratioa
Lea.
in Albert
Nearly 3,000 school children of Albert
Lea and the surrounding districts were
served with Christmas goodies by the
Business Men's association on Monday
evening, 23rd. The festivities were
held in the open air, a monster Christ
mas tree having been erected on a
prominent street corner, and decorated
with tinsel, ornamentB and hundreds of
electric lights.
Santa Claus, in the person of the
president of the Business Men's club,
drove in from the north. It required
an extra four-horse team to carry the
packages for the children. A brass
band greeted Santa Claus' arrival.
The school children were formed in
two lines stretching away for blocks.
At a signal from Professor Baker, su
perintendent of the city schools, led the
procession down Broadway to the tree,
and there assisted' Santa Claus and the
committee from the Business Men's as
sociation in handing out the generous
packages of candy, nuts and fruit.
This, it is asserted, was one of the
first public open air Christmas tree
celebrations held in the United States.
It was also a splendid advertisement
for our unexcelled climate.
A similar tree, much more elaborate,
65 feet high was decorated with 2,000
electric lights as a Christmas tree for
all the children of New York City. It
was erected in Madison Square park
and was the gift of Mrs. J. B. F.
Herreshoff.
Rug* and. Carpet Weaving
I am prepared to do rug and carpet
weaving at short notice. Bring in your
rags and have them woven ihto good
rugs and carpets. Henry Knoble,
38-tf. 600 East AHtghany
Progressive Legislative Program
The State Progressive legislative
committee has decided to uBe the influ
ence of the Progressive^Vorganization
for the enactment of the following
measures at the coming session of the
Legislature:
Minimum wage law.
Mothers' pension law.
Old age disability law.
Woman suffrage..
Presidential preference primarieen.
A law creating a legislative refercs.
bnrean.
The initiative, referendum and recall.
Gift to Colonel Wright
At the Second regiment meeting held
In Minneapolis Thursday Colonel A
W. Wright was presented withv a rap
pealer Swiss gold watch and fob!! with
the United States coat-of-arms ii a
pendant circle of gold, the gift or the
officers and men of the regiment Chap
lain E. C. Clemens had Toft Mew Or
leans in time to make the presen ution
speech, bnt was sidetracked at Des
Moines. In his absence, Major W. T.
Mollison made the presentation speech.
He said, that Colonel Wright enlisted
as a private nearly thirty years ago, In
Company G. Austin. He passed through
various positions nntil he became ma
jor, and about ten years ago was dec
ted colonel. He served as major in the
Twelfth Minnesota volunteers In the
Spanish American war and nearly died
from typhoid fever contracted at the
time.
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Farmers Still Threshing.
A special to the Minneapolis Journal
from velva, N. D., ©eoi 2i says that
thg threshing record for North. Dakota
is ^lalmed by James Eastland, a farmer
retid&g fourteen miles west of that
pli«f,who, operating a threshing ma*
chl^ail^mWliiEs datf 'Og his farm,
rounded Out about 800 bushels of flax
Ea^tand has operated his machine
almost constantly this fall and winter
and j&ays he will continue to thresh
through the whole winter if present
Hons continue.
Where Burnquist Stands.
lt*i a clear-cut statement issued on
Thursday, J. A. A. Burnquiet, lieuten
ant governor-elect, Btaied his position
on the movement among, certain Re
publicans and Democrats in the Benate
to deprive the presiding officer of the
power of selecting,thjjf committees. He
declares that if the senators in the pro
posed combine deprive, him of that
pc^er the responsibility #ill be theirs.
The people of the state elected me
to^the office of lieutenant governor,"
declares Mr. Burnquist, "with the un
derstanding that I should appoint the
committees of the senate. During the
campaign my speeches were based on
th^t understanding and I am now
ready to do my duty in that respect.
Committees appointed by me would be
in accordance witVtbe expectations of
the peojple and I am anxious to keep,
faith with them.
"The proposition of depriving the
presiding officer of the senate of the
power of appointment is a matter be
tween the seuators and the people Thii
people have elected a lieutenant gover
nor whose hands are untied, who is
free and independent of any interest or
clique, and who stands ready to appoint
as fair and as. honest committees as it
is (fossible to.appoint and solely for the
p»t:j[ydQf.of#!e^iirlQj^'hf». enactment of
^tp: ^hfcJpa^ie of the
8tate^ If tWe se&a.tpfiS' wdnfd deprive
him #.that:^6w0r theresposibility will
insatiable Ambition.
"I hope our ambitious friend is sat
isfied," Eai^ the philosophic observer.
"He has prospered so that he can do
as he pleases." "Yes. But that doesn't
content him. While he is doing as he
pleases he wants everybody to quit
work and applaud him for doing it so
nicely."—Washington Star.
Annual Meeting.
The Annual Meeting of the Stock
holders of the First National Bank of
Austin, Minn., will be held at their
banking house on Tuesday, January
14th, 1913, at 4 o'clock p.m., for the
election of six directors for the ensuing
year, and for the transaction of any
other business that may come before
said meeting.
N. F. BANFIELD, Cashier.
Austin, Minn., Dec. 9,1912. 40-4
"Who Eats—Pays!"
No indoor worker can continue to
ea^ meat thrice, or even twice daily,
after middle life—and middle life,
mark you, begins with the thirty-fifth
year—without paying the penalty in
an attack of gout, rheumatism,
Bright's or an allied disease, a few
Jrears later. This "few years" may, in,
special cases, stretch itself to a score
—-but, inevitably, "who eats, pays!"—
Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette.
Where Caraway Seed Abounds.
Caraway seed is extensively grown
In Holland. Groningen, in the north
east corner, produces more than any
other province, next being north Hol
land, In which Amsterdam is situated.
In these two provinces more than
half the caraway plant acreage is
found. In the whole country the num
ber of acres devote# to caraway
growing was, in 1911, 20,337.
Peerless Roller Mills.
Betail prices for Holiday trade.
Peerless Flour, per sack $1.30
White Rose Flour, per sack
Standard Patent 1.
Bran, per 100 lbs
Middlings/per 100 lbs...... .95
Ton loads of each 18.00
Ground Feed, per 100 lbs 1.10
Ton loads 20.00
All mill stuff manufactured by us
guaranteed and if not satisfactory after
rait' trial will be taken back and money
refunded.
Yours for a Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year.
ALEX S. CAMPBELL.
Destiny of America.
A nation la not a conglomeration of
voters, to he represented by hungry
politicians empowered to partition
the spoils of office, hut a people ani
mated by a common Impulse and
seeking to work Out a common dea*
tiny. The destiny of America is mu
tual aervice labor is the comer atone
of our nationality, the labor of eadb
for aU.—Ralph Waldo Bmeraom
A BLOOD
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Stanley, N. D., also comes the
sirlate threshing operations. The
pafrtotlast week several machines
in operation within a ten-mile
us of that place.
the eastern part of the state all
.hreshing is done, but to the north
west and west, there is much grain that
is §tlll in bundles, the farmers digging
it Glut from under the snow and adopt
ing the stacking plan to prevent further
trouble. With the stacks up, the farm
ery have been able to thresh to this late
date unhampered by the additional
sn$w that has fallen from time to time.
HB&HBYXS.
Recently it has been definitly proven by experiments on animals
lowers the germicidal power of the'body and that alcohol paralyzes the
Duscles of the blood and renders them.puable to take up and destroy dii
mteasegerma cause the deathjjf over bne-half of the human. race.
A blood medicine, made entirely without alcohol, whieli Is a mire
tract of roots, such as Bloodroot, Qjieen's root* Golden Seal rodf^Mf^
.. .. tome which gives life to the
the vital fi?es of the body burn brighter and their increased activity ieonsu.
"WW rubbishwhich has accumulated during the winter*
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Light Your Kitchen wi
Efcracket
Sometimes in the kitchen or elsewhere you need a
high, where it will light the whole room, and Be out ofvtft,
reach of children. ./
The Rayo Bracket Lamp is made for exactly |nis purpose*
Qne of the famous Rayo Farmly—the best kerosen^am'ps ix^§de.
A^fclear, white light, steady, diffused. A strq^^s^bstanti«r bracket, easily
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for all purposes.
At Dealers'Everywhere
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(As Indiana Corporation)
at Your Box.
Every mail box or post-office is a
government station where you may
pay all your bills at one time.
Simply mail your Austin National
checks and concern yourself no
further.
This is one of the conveniences^
a checking account at the
The Austin National Bank
AUSTIN, MINNESOTA.
Capital 50,000.00 Surplus $10,000.00 Resources $525,000 00
C. H.DAVIDSON, JR., Pres. J. L. MITCHELL,
VKE-Prlis.
C. F. ROSS, Aics-Pres
P. D. BEAULIEU, Cash. F. C. WILB0UR. Asst. Cash.
Electric-Lighted Standard
and Tourist Sleeping 4||rs
Daily via El Paso—the direct route of lo#est
altitudes and via Colorado—the scenic route.
Choice of'Three
Via El Paso and New Mexico
winter way and route of the pioneer de luxe
*'Golden State Limited"
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in connection with the
E. P. & S. W. and Southern Pacific.
Via Colorado Scenic Route to Salt Lake Gty—
thence Western Pacific thro* Grand Canyon
of the Feather River.
Via Colorado Scenic Route to Salt Lake City
and Ogden—thence Southern Pacific.
For information, tickets, reservation, etc., addras
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Assistant General Faaaeats
Pee Moi—t Iowa
Mower County Transcript,
$1.50"per year
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surgical Institute, and a physician of large experie
practice, was the first to malce np an ALTBBATIVB
roots, without a particle of alcohol or narcotic.
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