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1 alwus pity a lot of big boys and
gals just dumped out of high schools
with diplomas who actually don't know
what they're goin' to do next. Lots of
'em pick up the first openin' that opens
without any idee of fitness or likin'.
It's a critical time in every life and lots
get into misfit places that alwus turn
out unsatisfactory. Some gals rush
right into the matrimonial business be
fore they know their own minds andi
wake up sorry for incompatibility later.
Some get tied down to jobs that they
can't let go of later without too -much
sacrifice. Now most boys and gals hav
a nateral bent and likin' for some spec
ial line, Some are nateral mechanics
and some traders and some farmers
and some languidge spouters. If there
could be some way in connection with
our teachin' to note theBe nateral tastes
and encourage and develop 'em I spose
millions of mistakes in life's choices
could be avoided. I ain't say in' it
would alwus be plain to determine but
in lots of-cases it would.
My paper says that the repubs stand
a good fightin' chance of regainin' con
trol of the House of Representativs in
the November election. The Wilson
tariff and other whacks hav knocked
the farmers hard and hav disturbed
general business so hundreds of thous
ands of laborin' men are idle and still
the high cost of livin' hasn't ben re
duced. There certainly has ben a let
down in business and the immense in
crease of importin' of farmers' products
from abroad and the much smaller ex
ports of our farm products are bound
to knock prices to the farmer much less
while the cost to the consumer does
not let down. Then to add to all this,
Bryan's rotten foreign policy under
which we're gettin' mixed fearfully
with other nations, and Wilson's hesi
tatin' and crazy policy with Mexico
that's leadin' no oae knows just where
in trouble and it looks cert that the
vftters are sick and puky over the pres
ent admin and will vote back to the
repubs.
That General Federation of Women's
Clubs in biennial convention assembled
at Chicago just scored the immodest
gtyies which women use for fashion
and some of 'em talked straight about
it. They talked rite out in meetin
agenst slit skirts that show legs lackln
in symmetry and agenst the neck ex
posed to the waist line and legs nearly
up to the knees and said what is true
that if only style is followed, health
and e'Aggestivness are lost sight of.
This is not Farmer Ben's languidge
but that of the women at Chicago and
I say Amen to every word of it, It's
pretty tough when the cockatoos of the
half world set the standard which our
fashionable women, follow with naive
avidity. We're glad to see this agita
tion for dress reform growin' and wid
enih' and women are goin' to rise in
such determined favor of it that clothes
more modest and becomin' are sure to
be in sight soon. French fashions are
net designed for virtuous women
I'm glad the U. S. supreme court has
passed finally on the scatter of sellin'
liquor in former Indian territory. The
saloon chaps up north thought they
had an easy mark when Pussyfoot
Johnson,
the government agent,order»d
the saloons up around Bemidjl to close
up, there had ben so much trovble frith
Bellin' rotgut to the Indians. fact
is that when Uncle Sam got these lands
from the Chippewa Indians in 1855 in
the treaty it was expressly laid down
1 that no liquor should w« be sold in
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that that treaty has never ben
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News of Mower County
A
FARMER BEN'S
COLUMN
It looks like Farmer Ben was read
all over the world. Since he started the
movement for Rooster Kiilin' Day
everybody is pickin' it up with enthusi
asm and my paper says that June 6 was
rooster day in Kansas, Missouri, Ohio
and Indiana. These are in addition to
previous states. The idee is this: the
hatchin' season is over and the un
fertilized eggs will keep indefinitely
longer than those laid by the hens
when rooBters run with 'em. It is big
economy to kill off all of laBt year's
roosters all over the world except fine
blooded stock and these should b© kept
apart. It's easy to catch the roosterB
and make pot pie of 'em. It will bQ
a savin' of meat and of feed and worth
millions in better keepin' eggs. It just
makes me tired to go along the roads
and see on some farms fifty old roosters
that ain't earr.in' their feed bat are a
positiv nuisance and financial loss. It
looks like Bome folks lacked both
gumption and ambition.
changed^ Of course it hasn't and the
saloons hav ben law breakers all these
year8. If it wasn't for the Indian
liquor cases we wouldn't need hardly
any session of the deestrick federal
courts. Any one who has ben a TJ. S.
juryman knows this. Almost every
case is onev of that miserable kind.
Now let the saloons up there close up
forever and most of our Indian dis
turbances and troubles are at an end.
One of the useless sets of etate offic
ials holdin' down fat positions is
knocked out for a few months, on ac
count of the decision of the supreme
court. The state game and fish com
mission exhausted its fund for the pay
ment of salaries and proposed to take
the $33,000 collected since last August
from huntin' licenses but Sam Iverson
wouldn't let 'em hav it and now the
supreme court says likewise. We might
just as well begin here as any where on
Cuttin* down the awful needless ex
pense of a horde of state agents and
commissions. The game wardens are
out of salary until August 1 and no
body would be hurt if it was forever.
So iong as a farmer has to raise and
feed prairie chickens and other game
birds and not allowed to get one for
hi8self after the hatchin' season is over
but the law saves 'em for the grand
onslaught of a lot of selfish townieB
who clean the whole country the
firBt
week after open season comes, Farmer
Ben ain't much use for game protec
tion. Why not bounce thousands of
the other useless state employees?
FARMER BEN.
711,111,111 Suit New Haven Plan
Interesting light on the inside work
ings and gigantic stealings of "high
finance" is suggested by the following
telegram from Boston:
Suit against J. Pierpont Morgan es
tate William Rockefeller, Lewis Cass
Ledyard and other directors of the
Now Haven iB to be instituted by Bos
ton stockholders, according to plans
announced Friday. The proceedings
will mark the first step to compel the
men involved in the New Haven and
the Boston & Maine railroads' financial
juggling to restore the millions which
are said to have been lost to both roads
in the last ten years. The direct pur
pose' is -to compel the. Morgan estate,,
Rockefeller and other New Haven
directors to make restitution to the
stockholders of the '••vast sums which
the stockholders«believe have been
taken from the railroad's treasury and
used for improper and illegal ends in
defiance of law. The suit, it is said,
will involve at least $100,000,000."
A Good Combination.
We can give you the Daily News of
Minneapolis, The VVoman's World, a
monthly Magazine, six late Bpngs with
music published to be sold at $1.00 and
the Mower County Transcript all for
$3.00. If you wish you can have the
Northwestern Agriculturist instead of
the Woman's World.
Where can you get a better combina
tion than this at this price? Send all
orders to the Transcript and you will
get a bargain.
Austin Liquor Licenses.
Fourteen applications for saloon li
censes at $1000 each are before the
Austin sity council and will be heard
Friday evening, June 26. They are
as follows:
Patrick Smith,111 East Bridge street
Jas. Geraghty.llB East Bridge street
Frank Gaul, 115 Ea&t Bridge street,
Henry Hartman,129 E. Bridge street
Herbert Exner, 201 E. Bridge street
J. B. Wei8s, 119 East Mill street.
Frank Ververka, 200 E. Mill street
John Kloyda, 134 East Mill street
Soren Peterson, 126 East Mill street
N. C. Nelson, 122 East Mill street.
Geo. Dolen. 1010 East Water street,
A. G. Voight, 114'East Water street
Geo. Umhoefer, 429 Railway street.
Adam Arena, .431 Railway Btreet.
How can all of these keep within the
ordinances and prosper year after year?
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
New High School Inspector.
Eugene M. Phillips was elected in
spector of high schools to succeed Geo
B. Aiton, who on August 1 will have
completed twenty-one years of service
At the meeting of the high school
board in March Mr. Aiton announced
his intention to retire from active
school work at thtf end of his present
term. The board met at the University
of Minnesota.
Too Close Reefed.
Two seames^Were walking down
Superior streetr yesterday afternoon,
viewing with iqterest the street crowdii
isifd the ofrdit|el £f dress worn br somf:
.ofjbuiu tit's woqaiha
$ idlinty-'hi^of'femiaity. Wearing
among other things, a hobbld#kirt,
passed the pair and one of the seamen
turned to watch her as she went along.
Then he said to bl* companion:
replied the ofhir,
laconically.-^liews-Tilbane.
PROGRAMS BEGIN PROMPTLY.
Junior Chautauqua— 9:00 A. M.
.„ Morning Lecture—10:00 A. M.
Afternoon Music—2:30 P. M.
Afternoon Lecture—3:00 P. M.
Evening Music—7:30 P. M.
Evening Lecture—8:15 P. M.
(Thursday, June 18.)
Afternoon—Opening Exercise and
Important Announcements, Vocal
and. Instrumental Music.
The Dunbar Singing Orchestra.
Popular Lecture—"The Measure
of Man." Dr. Alva M. Reitzel.
A Fine Opening for the Great Pro
grams to Follow.
Admission 25 cents.
4:00 P. M.—Organization of the
Junior Chautauquas for all Children
of fourteen years or less. A new de
parture of wonderful interest to
children.
Evening—Popular Concert The
Dunbar Singing Orchestra.
Illuminated Story.
"The Panama Canal and,Exposi
tion"—Dr. Frederick Poole.
Fully illustrated by Beautiful Col
ored Stereopticon Views and Moving
Pictures.
Next to a Trip to Panama. This
is the Grandest Chance to Learn of
the Big Ditch.
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Austin, Mower County, Minnesota, Wednesday, June 17,1914..
CHAUTAUQUA
CHAUTAUQUA PROGRAM TO BE
GIVEN AT AUSTIN. MINN,.
4 JUNE 18-24. 1914.
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Jl Superintendent—FRoy L. Smiths'
Morning Lecturer—TV E. Palmer.
Supervisor Junior Chautauqua—
Ruth Shaw.
Admission 25 cents.
(Friday, June 19.)
Junior Chautauqua—Play Festival.
Morning Lecture—Ideals and Edu
cation.
Afternoon—Musical and Literary
Entertainment. The Hinton-Mor
delia Company.
Popular Lecture—"America's Fu
ture." Chancellor Geo. H. Bradford.
Every young person should hear this
Address. Admission 25 cents.
Evening—Musical and Literary
Entertainment. The Hinton-Mor
delia Company.
Shakespearean Play—"The Come
dy of Errors." The Ben Greet Play
ers. This will be "a revelation of
splendid acting and wholesome fun
by fifteen artists. Admission 50
cents.
(Saturday, June 20.)
Junior Chautauqua—Play Festival.
Morning Lecture—Success and
Education. -.•
Afternoon—Music and Interpreta
tions. Rogers and Grilley.
Address—"The Mormon Kingdom
of Today." Hon. Frank Jr Cannon.
The greatest Anti-Mormon force in
the world today. Admission 50
cents.
Evening—Music and Readings.
Rogers and Grilley.
Address—Gov. Robert B. Glenn of
North Carolina. Admission 50 cents.
(Sunday, June 21.
Afternoon—-Concert. Schildkret's
Hungarian orchestra.
Address—"The New Woman and
the Old Man." Hon. Elmer J. Bur
kett of Nebraska. Admission 35
cents.
Vesper Service—5:00 P. M.
Evening—Concert. Schildkret's
Hungarian Orchestra. A delightful
variety of inspiring musical selec
tions. Admission 35 cents.
(Monday, June 22.)
Junior Chautauqua—Play Festival.
Morning Lecture—Progress and
Education.
Afternoon—Swiss Concert.' The
Alpine.Singers and Yodlers.
Lecture—"America as Seen by an
Oriental." Julius Caesar Naphe. A
native Athenian appearing in Grec
ian Costume. Admission 35 cents.
Evening—Swiss Concert. The Al
pine Singers and Yodlers.
Educational Entertainment
Portrayal of Life in the South
Seas—The Raweis Company. By
New Zealanders in Native Costume.
Admission 35 cents.
(Tuesday, Junfe 23.)
Junior Chautauqua—Play Festival.
Morning Lecture—Morals and Ed
ucation.
Afternoon—Music, Operatic Selec
tions. The Redpath Grand Opera
Quartet.
Popular Lecture—"The Antftote
for Pessimism." Hon. Henry" A.
Buchtel, Ex-Gov. of Colorado. Ad
mission 35 cents.
Evening—Music, Scenes from
"Martha." The Redpath Grand Op
era Quartet. A splendid production
in full costume.
Scientific Demonstrations—rProf..
Montraville Wood. The Gyroscope
Man. Admission 35 cents.
(Wednesday, June 24.)
Junior Chautauqua—Play Festival.
Morning Lecture—Education for
Work.
Afternoons-Grand Popular Con
cert. Quintano and His'Band.
Human Interest Lecture—"Oil for
Life's Machinery." Father Austin
Fleming. Admission 35 cents.
/Evening—Mulsical Festival. Quin
tano and His Band. A festival of
harmony for everybody. Admission
50 cents. ,,
Fellows Encampment.
pearly l,000*MianeSota ^Odcl Fellows
will att&nd the taM^ fof,Ae I
Northf
d4$afft Friday
to estimates by officers. The Northnel
meeting will be opened by the grand
encampment and the Patriarchs Mili
tant, the, military branch of the order,
Wednesday. The grand lodge and the
liaUonTvriiFl
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How About That Agreement oji
Senator.
Kasson Republican: According to
ah item in the Austin Transcript, one
wOnld think that the/ agreement rel
ative to the Senatorial question in the
jofnt^ district of Mower and. Dodge
counties is already being juggled by
bur MowOT county friends. The Tran
script says that the understanding was
that Mower county is to have the office
for two consecutive terme (eight years)
asnfe was the larger of the two counties,
and then Dodge was to have it for four
years. This is not as we understands
at all.. This was'the way that one of
the Mower county candidates, at least,
wanted it, but our understanding, of
the matter is that our delegation would
not agree to any such thing. The fact
is if McCaughey had stayed in the race
he would have been one of the two
primary nominees and be could have
beaten any one of the three candidates
fiftin the south end of the district in a
single handed contest in the general
Aii Opportunity for Farmers to
Increase Their Sales
The po8toffice department has just
started a campaign intended to bring
together the buyer and seller. As an
experiment, rural carriers in certain
districts will collect the names of farm-:
ers who would like to enter directly
into business relatione with city people.
These names will be printed and given
to.prospective buyers, perhaps distrib
uted in cities by letter carriers. The
city housewife can 6elect some farmer
with whom she can deal regularly
through the mails. If the plan works
successfully in selected areas, it will be
adopted all over the country. There
seems no reason why it should not suc
ceed. There are many city women, of
course, who are lazy and unthrifty and
market in haphazard fashion because it
eaves them trouble. But there are
probably enough of the other kind to
make such a scheme practicable.—
World's Work.
Dropping Sex Hygiene.
:In Denver the school board has
dropped the teaching of sex hygiene,
and hereafter that profound study will
tipt be pursued by the boys and girls.
The board assigned no particular reas
ons. But the experiment has not been
successful. And yet it is only a few
tiaouths ago as the Cedar Rapids Re
publican remembers, when this fad was
On the lips of all the amateur reform-^
ers and improvers of the race. They
demanded that the children be at once
-J^^ainted with these aecrets, and that
through their public schools. Those
who dared to question the new thing
were called old fogies and those who
dared to suggest that it might be well
to wait awhile and see what came of
it were called reactionaries in education
and morals. The world,, for a while,
wasiiterally crazy about this thing. All
of a sudden the busybodies in morals
had discovered the secret of all that
was awry. All that would be necessary
to cure the world was to tell the boys
and girls, poor innocent things, about
how they were sexually constructed.
And now, who is there left to do
reverence to this exploded notion?
Where is it being urged as a proper
school study now? Those who advised
caution have won the victory. The
people have recovered from the sexual
hysterics and we may now expect an
other era of common sense on such
delicate questions.—Mason City Globe
Gazette.
RURAL SCHOOL GRADUATING
EXERCISES.
The Annual Rural School Eighth
Grade Graduating Exercises will be
held in the grove at Adams Village
Thursday, June 25 th. Program
both forenoon and afternoon with pic
nic dinner. Plan to be present.
Fuller particulars next week.
Eunice L. Rice, Co. Supt.
SETTING HENS.
Cleanliness a Big Factor In Success
ful Poultry Raising.
Hens make the best incubators.
Three or four should be set at one
time, as fifty or more chicks of the
same age may be fed and cared for
very easily.
The broody hens should he thor
oughly dusted with insect power when
set and again two or three days be
fore hatching and several set in one
room if possible. The nest boles
should be roomy, with fine hay or
straw aa nesting material. Water and
grit should be provided and whole
corn is the only grain needed by sit
ters. When the hatches come off the
twentieth or twenty-first day, each
chick should have a drop of sweet
oil'dropped on its head to avoid lice
trom the mother They should be
dusted frequently during the first
eight weeks. Early in the seaaon ten
to thirteen chicks are, enough for one
hen, and later a hen may care for
fifteen or twenty.—N. E. Chapman,
Extension Poultry Specialist, Univer
sity Farm, St. Paul.
COOPS FOR POULTRY.
Coops should be roomy, ~well
lllated, dry and clean. A r&movable
floor is the ntotnt desirable, pp it will
prevenfegtempapss and InajifiM eaeily
cleaned.
v'*foiere
should fee a sn|all
yard of lath or wire attached to e^ol
coop,
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as to be easily moved i^te
furnish new ground for the bried
ming until the grass Is di
Specialist, Univeuity Fara, St PaaL
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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?
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Be More Than a Depositor.
It is all right to be a depositor and have your
name 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.
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Terms—$1.50 Per Annum, in Advance
What Is The All Gas Kitchen?
It is a kitchen equipped with MODERN appliances
using gas exclusively. By installing a
Cabinet Gas Range, a Gas Water Healer
and heating1 your kitchen with the furnace you will
have an
You will find the Austin National Bank handy
in your various transactions and necessities, all
the way from the use of checks in making your
payments to the matter of arranging your vaca
tions without having to carry large amounts of
money with you.
W lieAustin INational Ban#
AUSTIN, MINNESOTA.
Capital 50.000.00 Surplus $10,000.00 Resources $635,000.00
C. H.DAVIDSON, JR., Pres. J. L. MITCHELL, Vice-Pres.
C. F. ROSS, tce-Pre*
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 offipe on East Brownsdale Avenue,
and let us figure your requirements?
Minnesota Farmers Brick & Tile Co.
AUSTIN, MINN.
Lumber, Lath, Sash and Doors.
Hard and Soft^Coal.
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assorted stock of Jail grades of Lumber,
V? and, as heretofore, our prices will always
be found to be the lowest. Parties who
sontemplate building will save money by
figuring with us before purchasing else
where
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Small JProfitsiand LargeESales,
F. I. Crane Lumber, company
THE OLD RELIABLE DEALERS
FOR SALE
City and Farm Property,
Anything yo^wan^ Bm^ig
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Come and see us if you want to buy or "sell House,"
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