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FARMER BEN'S
COLUMN
At graduatin' time as 1 look over the
lists and see how many from the fam
ilies of the common people are the ones
tafein' advantage of our schools 1 so
often think of how many of 'em hav
ben kept goin' thru the sacrifice and
economy of the faithful mothers. Some
times the fathers come in too for their
share. There are mothers who hav ben
bringin' in their children from the
country six or eight miles every week
summer and winter, and mothers in
town who hav gone without many a
comfort in order to keep their children
goin' in school, who deserve high praise
and honor for they hav ben at this for
year after year. Sometimes the fathers
ain't so eager for their child's eddiea
tion but the mother is alwus right there
on this wise prop. I tell you it's a
proud night when the lovin' devoted
mothers get to commencement. and
hear their children's names read off to
get diplomaB. It is sacrifice that a
child ought never, never to forget or
lose appreciation of.
Funny how so many are alwus ready
to believe anything disreputable about
another while they are unwillin' to
believe with impartiality favorable
things. Take such a ease as Teddy
Roosevelt. Somebody started the yarn
that he took money for makln' an ad
dress in one of the big cities in South
America on his recent trip and scores
of papers all over were hot in their»
criticisms and curses of Teddy. Of
course, the report was false and was
officially denied later but why couldn't
folks just as well believe the favorable
side? Look how some of the lyln'
Twin City papers are tryin' to put VV.
E. Lee in the hole by tellin' what they
know ain't so. Us folks in the country
are gettin' BO that we just take the
opposit of what the big papers print
and know that is the truth. We've got
a fine set of officials in Mower coanty
and while they've held offis along time
yet if a new deal is comin' this trip,
why not refuse to believe the mean
yarns that may be started on 'em?
I ain't said much lately of the Mex
ican sit because I can't unriddle it. It
lookB like Huerta and Villa was two
black cutthroats neither of 'em lit to
hav anything to do with public affairs
and both ought to be eliminated. I'm
glad however to see that more atten
tion is bein' paid to one of the chief
reasons of trouble in Mexico and that
is the land holdings. As it has ben, is
now and ought no longer to be, affairs
down there are about the same they
used to be in good old Ireland. A few
big holders had control of practically
all the lands and the rest could only
rent and never own. The more a renter
improved the heavier he was taxed and
he had no show ever. Down iu Mexi
co the bulK of the population are kept
iu a 6tate of peonage ground down by
rich and immense land owners and che
yeons hav no inducement to improve
and no chance to own for theirselves.
In the present mediations, this land
business ought to be fixed right so that
every man who wished could get fee
simple to land of his owu.
Ain't it queer that in this enlightened
age inmates of the state reformatory
hav never ben allowed to talk to each
other but hav had the rule of silence
strictly enforced on 'em and the guards
hav ben compelled to report infrac
tions? The same rule holds at our state
prison. It must be a heathenish,middle
age theory, that those who hav ben
committed to those institutions are
practically shut up to their own com
pany and selves. It is rank at best. I
see that the super!n tender of the re
formatory at St. Cloud is now abolish
in' this rule of silence and now talkin'
will be allowed when not loud and
boisterous. This certainly is humane
at any rate for a good thoro trial. I
don't believe that the inmates will take
advantage to concoct achemes of break
in' away or mutiny. This alone busi
ness only drives to desperation and
ugly feelings. Wolfer at the state
prison ought to get busy on a similar
experiment there. Farmer Ben would
die if he had to keep his mouth shut
and never be allowed to talk for a term
of years.
I can't see that witb all our pretended
health laws and inventions that folks
liv any longer or die any fewer than
they used to sixty years ago. There's
such a thing as payin' too much atten
tion to your body so you're all the time
thinkin' of yourself and imagia' a
whole lot that aiBf so. I wonder if
more folks ain't scared todeath now
day* thanlttiflMftt otter
AH I he Official News of Mower County^JJg'j
We hear so much all the tiipe, ding
dong, about the multitude of diseases
abroad that if you put your mind on it
you place yourself wide open to such.
There ain't any more germs afloat than
there was a hundred years ago. Austin
won't be any healthier with forty
boards of health makin' regulations
and restrictions that are some of 'em
foolish. The best way to keep healthy
is to forget yourself aud just liv ac
cordin' to correct hygiene and sanita
tion and cleanness.
This street pavin' business is a regu
lar fad. Folks are gettin' crazy over it.
All you've got to do is to neglect a
piece of street a few years until it gets
hollow in the middle and rutty and
boggy and then howl that the street
has got to be paved and you fetch 'em
every time. It's all fool nonsense.
There ain't a residence 6treet up to
Austin that should ever be spoiled by
pavin'. If a street commissioner knew
his business he could fix up any piece
of Btreet in a scientific way, keepin' it
round in the middle with a good coat
of gravel on it and run the heavy roller
over it audit will bold up as good as
pavin' and be a thousand times better
than the noisy dusty dirty pavin' for
residence tedious. But the nabobs
push for pavin' aud they get it. Mean
while the poor man is pestered to death
if he tries to keep a cow or horse or a
few chickens. I Know that I can build
a good permanent street without pavin'
it. Can't we get any man to be the
champion of common every day folfes?
Bible the_World's Best Seller.
At the recent annual meeting of the
American Bible society its reports
showed that the last year's sale of
Bibles was the greatest on record. Dur
ing the twelve months the society put
out 5,251,176 copies of this book which
crystallizes the world's hope and this
was an increase.of nearly a mllion and
a quarter over the preceding year.
During the ninetv-eight years of the
society's history it has
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Vol XLVII—No, 13 Austin, Mower County, Minnesota, Wednesday, June 3, 1914.
doctors won't look at you but they hav l^Tin ¥17 A T) 1/
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FARMER BEN.
is. M. Development League.
The Southern Minnesota Better De
velopment League will hold its raid
summer meeting for the counties of
Dakota, Goodhue, Rice, Waseca, Le
Sueur, Scott, Steele and Sibley at Fari
bault June 24th. The program is being
prepared, and will be of great interest
to everybody living in these counties.
Special Features are being arranged
for the day's convention, and anyone
attending will have on* of the best
events of this kind ever offered them.
The League meeting for Mower and
adjacent counties will be held at Roch
ester June 25.
sold
more than
a million copies of the Bible each year,
on the average, and it is estimated that
when the societv's hundred years is
completed in 1916 the totnl issue will
be about a hundred and twenty million
copies.
Thus the Bible not only remains the
world's best sellev, but its sales are in
creasing with great rapidity.
And we hope that every Bible sold
was bought to be read and studied—
not merely for dec-native purposes, to
left neglected in a conspicuous spot.
PAID ADVERTISEMENT
AH announc^me) t-
!n
thi? column
are paid t'. at the usrf price of ten
cents a line|^ach insertion.
GEORGE GILBERTSON,
AUSTIN, MIMfl.
Candidate for State Senator
for the Mower-Dodge District.
To stand for the people and
the people's rights. Good roads
better service,, lower taxes. Have
resided in the district 45 years.
Rational Flowers.
National flowers are as follows:
France, lily England, rose Ireland,
shamrock Scotland,"thljrtle Germany,
cornflower Canada, Sugar maple
United^golden rod-!and others
status.? pomegranate
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FOR AUSTIN
The Board of Public Parks of this
city has had longing eyes on Beveral
tracts of laod in the city and vicinity
to add to our park system but have
been hampered by lack of means to
buy. One of these tracts is the nine
acre Slaven tract extending south from
Dobbins street to the creek and running
east from the Milwaukee railroad to
East Oakland avenue and includes the
whole bank of the creek on the north
side and a large tract on the south Bide
of Dobbins creek. Four lots right on
the corner of East Oakland avenue and
Dobbins street are not included. This
used to be a popular place for holding
Sunday school picnics and other gather
ings before Lafayette park wa6 opened.
There are fine trees along the creek
banks and a splendid spring which
needs cleaning out to make it as good
as new. The city of Austin has just
purchased this entire tract for a very
reasonable price and it will be reserved
for park purposes. It is one of the
best investments the city has made for
a long while and part of it had to be
obtained for the approaches for the
new bridge over Dobbins creek to Slav
en's addition. The Fourth ward peo
ple are also to be congratulated that
this beautiful outing place has been
obtained for their use apd recreation.
If some wealthy citizen could see his
way clear to become a Dr. Ma*o to
Austin and give the park board $10,000
for other needed lands to be purchased
for the benefit of future generations it
would be a splendid gift and invest
ment. In a few year.« these chances to
get hold of some of this property will
be gone.
U. of S. M. Commencement.
The graduating exercises of the class
of 1914, University of Southern Minne
sota will be held at University chapel
tomorrow evening, June 4, with the
following program:
March Orchestra
Invocation Rev. F. E Knopf
Salutatory Lyd'a Kreuger
Selection Orchestra
Annual Address Burton E. Smeltz
Selection Orchestra
Valedictory Walfred Swanson
Presentation of Diplomas—
Benediction Rev. J. F. Stout
The officers of the graduating class
are: President, Paul Skarstad vice
president, Signe Petergon treasurer,
Leonard KerJ ieg secretary, Bertha
Eyeneon corresponding secretary,Helen
Egan class historianTJCarl B. Knutson^
class prophet, Charles Edwards class
poet, Hazel Torney.
There are nine graduates from the
Teachers course: James Boulton, G.
Landstrom, Hazel A. Torney, Victor
Ostlund, Margaret Harpman, Edward
G. Luescher. L. Ruth Farran, Signe O.
PetersoD, Esther Snell.
In the Commercial department there
are thirty graduates: Clarence Briss
man, Grace Mahachek, Harold Chris
lock, Lillian Peterson, Martin Hagen,
Herman Kurk, Jr., Isabelle St. Martin,
Carl Heineke, Reuben Huesinkveld,Al
fred L. Lundby, Clara Nelson, Elberda
Keune, Leonard K. Kerling, Mildred
Scofield, Carl B. Knutson, Walter S.
Olson, Theodore Ryerson, B. M. Chris
tianson, Herman R. Glasser, Otto Har
er, Hardin L. Lindblad, Peter Strom,
C. S Howen, Melvin Kinneberg, Mamie
an ah a
Champion, B. A. Stuberg, Helen Egen,
Howard W. Madison.
The graduates in Stenotypy number
twenty two: Clarence Bisbee, Harold
Cnrislock, Eddie M. Knutson, Byrl
Rathbone, Bertha Evenson, Beldin H.
Loftsgaarden, Albert Anderson, Elber
da Keune, ChaB. Edwards, B. A. Stu
berg, Howard. W. Madison, Walters.
Olson, Grace Mahachek, Violet Kav
anagb, Lillian Peterson, Caroline Ehr
lich, Helen Egan, Paul Skarstad, Cora
Kensrue, Robert Stangler, Charles Ed
wards, Frances Moreland.
High School Course: Walfred Swan
son, Ernie Emmons, Lyd.la Krueger.
Fifteen have completed the engineer
ing Course: Prescott Bouteile, Onno
Ryken, Reid M. Davis, Albert Morton,
A. W. Koenig, Homer Goltiet, Floyd
Hummohd, John Pritchard, Oscar
Doble, Taylor Rawlings, Oliver M.
Tommerdall, Everett C. lorns, John
Bontreger, Carl B. Knutson, Rupert
Dummond.
One Chief License was issued in en
gineering, fourteen first class licenses,
twenty-five second class and fifty spec
ial licenses.
Married Men May Stay at Home.
The following is a dispatch from
Washington to The Minneapolis Jour
nal:' "Lf the .National Guard of Minne
sota is called out for service in Mexico,
I have given instructions to the officers
to clear the guard of married men,"said
Adjutant General Ered B. Wood of
Minnesota, here today.
"I do not believe in married men go
ing to war. There is no sickness so
depressing, nor that makes a man so
unfit {or service, as homesickness. I
would rather a man have anything else
than that, and married men are more
inclined to homesickness than single
men Therefore, 1 don't approve of
married men going to war.
"Moreover,, married men cannot af
fordito go to war,unless they be officers.
It is, not right for a man with a wife
and children, a man who works on a
salasy, to leave his home and go into
the fleld for 820 a month. His family
cancjot exist on that.
"ieis right for -these who are com
mMoped^tthafe *alte*eiMmffci to keep
Central Baptist Association.
The annual meeting of the Central
Baptist Association will be held with
t«eJ
Bt
baptist church in Austin
Wednesday and Thursday, June 3 and
4. rhe following ie the complete pro
gram:
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 3.
2:U0 Devotional.
2:!0 Address of Welcome,Moderator
C.
Hoy
Adams, Austin.
Response, J. E Billman, Waterville.
Appointment of Nominating Com
mittees.
2:30 Annual Sermon,Rev. W.Welch,
Brownsdale.
3:00 Report of Nominating Commit
tee and Election of Officers.
Reading of Church Letters.
3:30 Address. "Objective for 1914
1915^" \V. E. Risinger.
I Conference.
1. Personal Work and Social Serv
ice, Iiev. E. R. Pope.
a. Need of.
t». Lines of
2. Promotion of Mission Study, Mrs.
A. F. Gale.
a. Literature.
b. study Classes.
c. Training of Leaders.
3. ThefEvery Member Canvass, Dr.
Bruce Kinney.
a. .Preparation.
b. Conduct.
c. Follow Up.
5:00 Adjourn.
EVENING.
7:30 Praise Service, Rev. Robert
Nelson, Blooming Prairie.
8:00 Special Music.
Address: "America's World Obliga
tions," Dr. Bruce Kinney, Topeka,
Kansas.
8:35 Address. "The Unity of Chris
tian Missions," Dr. E. V. Pierce, Min
neapolis.
THURSDAY, JUNE 4.
MORNING.
9:00 Devotional, Rev. J. Rickel,
Clinto^FallB.
9:30 Reading Church Letters con
tinued.
10:45 Address, Rev. Magnus Berg
lund, Cambridge.
Conference on Sunday School Work.
11:45 Business.
AFTERNOON.
1:30 Devotional, Rev. J. H. Pierce,
Albert Lea.
1:40 Doctrinal Sermon, Rev. H.H.
Hewitt, -Kenyon.
2:15
1
Pres. O. Heilman
Report of Standing Committees
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WOMEN'S SESSION.
3:15 Heports.
3:30, "Our Young Women's Work,"
Mr6. A.t'F. Gale, Minneapolis.
^l^fSpecial Music.
3 50 jAddress "Introducing Missions
into the Sunday School," Mrs. Carrie
W. Mi^r, Austin.
4:10 Prayer.
4:15 Women's Conference.
5:00 Adjourn.
EVENING.
6:00 Young Peoples'Banquet.
Business. "Table Talks."
7:30 Devotional, Rev. C. T. Hallo
well, Northfield.
Address, Prof. Milo B. Price, Owa
tonna.
8:35 Address, Dr. William A. Hill,
St. Paul, Minn.
Do You Know It?
C. J. Myhre does the best and cheap
est shoe repair work in town. See him.
223 E. Mill St. All work guaranteed.
Look at the Gold Boot Sign. 18tf
Union Sunday School Picnic.
The Protestant Sunday schools of the
city are planning to unite in a big
parade witb a picnic at Lafayette park
on Wednesday, June 10. The churches
invited to take part are the Baptist,
Lutheran, Christian, Christian Science,
Seventh Day Adventists, Methodist,
Episcopal, Presbyterian, Congregation
al, and German Evangelical and the
East Side Sunday school. If the 10th
should be stormy, the picnic will be
held the first pleasant day following.
A few years ago there were over 700 in
the parade. This year the number is
expected to exceed 1,000.
A Good Combination.
We can give you the Daily News of
Minneapolis, The Woman's World, a
monthly Magazine, six late songs with
music published to be sold at $1.00 and
the Mowefr County Transcript all for
$3.00. If you wi6h you can have the
Northwestern Agriculturist instead of
the Woman's World^
Where can you get abetter combina
tion than this at this price? Send all
orders to the Transcript and you will
get a bargain.
At the Art Exhibit from LeRoy.
Several ladies, chaperoned by the
editor of the Independent, went to
Austin Wednesday to see the State and
National Art Exhibit, and all were well
repaid for the going. We have not the
ability to attempt any description of
the exhibition, but will say that it is
well worth anyone's time to go and see!
it. The picture are such as appeal to
people who haye not developed any 1
special artistic taste and can be appre
ciated by every one. Any one con
templating building a house would do
well to view the "$3,000 Village Kesi
dence" part of the exhibit. Full views
of a large number of houses are given,
together with the floor plans, etc., and
they give one some splendid suggestions
regarding- the building of a modern
low-priced home Those who went
from here Wednesday were: Mesdames
W. K, Porter, M. J. Hart, J*. B. Hine
H. W. Harrison, Miss Ethel Harrison
and the Prescott family.—Independent,
fe Woodbury Willing Workers.
The.Willing Workers of Woodbury
will bite then', annual sale and ptenic
-atBpMrtxStiu&eMaereflk the roadfrtm
Up cwtftferiiThutidar Jbn* 4tb§
P»id for by S. A. Smith, Austin, Minn., at the rate of $1.29 each insertion
S. A. SMITH,
All Gas Kitchen
Due to the advancing
price of hard coal and
the convenience and
economy of gas fuel the
majority of people are
discontinuing the use of
coal in the kitchen. Why
not change and gain
com
fort, convenience and clean
liness?
AUSTIN GAS CO.
Be More Than a Depositor.
It is all right to be a depositor and have your
nayne on a little card at the bank, but you ought
to go farther than that. Make up your mind to
use. as far as possible, the facilities which a bank
provides you.
You will find the Austin National Bank handy
in your various transactions and necessities, all
the way from the use of checks in making v-.ir
payments to the matter of arranging your vaca
tions without having to carry large amounts of
money with you,
The Austin National Bank
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Terms—$1.50 Per Aniium, in Advance
PAID ADVERTISEMENT
Treasurer of Mower County.'
There are only two county offices
in Mower county, Representative and
County Treasurer, on which there
will be a contest in the June Prim
aries. As the work in the Treasur
er's office during the next two weeks
is very heavy it will be impossible
for him to call and give his respects.
If you feel that his work in the office
has been satisfactory he would like
your indorsement at the Primaries,
June 16th, 1914.
AUSTIN, MINNESOTA.
Capital 50.000.00 Surplus $10,COO.0C Resources $635,000.00
C. H.DAVIDSON, JR., Pres. J. L. MITCHELL. Vice-Pres.
C. F. ROSS, \ice-Pres
P, D. BEAULIEU. Cash. F. C. WILB0UR. Asst. Casta.
Tile For Unproductive Land
Now is the time to tile the unproductive land.
We will sell you all the tile you want and give one or
two years to pay for it. Why not build an Austin
brick silo on the same terms?
Call at our office on East Brownsdale Avenue,
and let us figure your requirements?
Minnesota Farmers Brkk & Tile Co.
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MINNESOTA
HISTORICAL
Campaign Committee.
What Is The AH Gas Kitchen?
It is a kitchen equipped with MODERN appliances
using gas exclusively. By installing a
Cabinet Gas Range, a Oas Water Healer
and heating your kitchen with the furnace you will
have an
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