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FARMER BEN'S
COLUMN
Farmer Ben hopes he'll never quit
being young hearted bo as to lose his
interest in the youngsters. School be
gun this week and I tell you its just
music to hear the children along the
road goin' to the Fountain of Know
ledge. It's the same road we all had to
travel. Pupils nowdays hav a good
chance of gettin' a practical eddication.
There is less of the old time hum drum
and more manual training and domestic
science and normal course and business
methods and 1 can't see why these
don't exercise and eddieate just as
much as the dry theoreticals and ab
stracts. I'm not an extremist either
way. Eddication ain't wholly learnin
to do things but it's the trainin' of the
mind so that it can tackle any of the
problems of life with greater ability
and better judgment. I don't believe
we ought to make school course so easy
that pupils don't hav to think hard to
master 'em. I believe the big funda
mentals are to be kept and everybody
hav to take 'em. Our schools in couu
try and town are cert on the improve
all the time in their courses and the
only danger is that there may be a lack
of the old time thoroughness in the
three R's and Spellin'. But the boys
and gals today hav a great chance if
they only pitch in and improve it.
One of the meanest most contempt!
ble things in the whole catalogue of
meanness is the revivin' of old scandal
ous reports about people who long ago
lived'em down and hav braced up to
be among the cleaneBt and best. There
are alwus a few gossips and scandal
mongers who know every slip and
break that anybody in the community
ever made. It don't make any differ
how long ago it happened its never too
old to be forgotten. It don't make any
differ if these same folks hav lived the
cleanest aud best lives since their
youthful indiscretions. These carrion
eaters are alwus ready to giv a hint of
past imperfections and misdeeds. Wow
Farmer Ben ain't built that way. If a
man or womai has braced up for a
really good reformed life bygones
should be bygones. Why, if a man
who bad ben in the penitentiary Bhould
move to Austin a stranger and Btart
out on a new clean life and I was the
only one who knew of his previous
record, you bet I'd forever keep the
secret and give the man a square
chance. It strikes me however that
some of the scandal mongers who
themselves are hangin' around Dream
Land this very minit are in mity poor
business to be goesipin' about their
betters.
I do hope that Uncle Sam will wake
up quick to the prob of havin* a navy
of his own ships to do his foreign carry
in' business in. Ever since the Civil
War the ships of other nations hav ben
doin' nearly all this and the result has-,
ben that in every harbor of the world
the Stars and Stripes hav ben missin'.
Some claimed that the foreigners could
do the carryin' cheaper but just the
samee a large amount of American
money is invested in these same com
panies. Now when European war is
on we can't get our stuff hauled to
South America and to Europe, Asia
and Africa and bo oar trade Is disturb
ed and some lines of products are
scarce and higher. There is sure some
way by which we can own and run
fihipB as profitably as
the foreigners.
We don't need big ship subsidies to
monopolize to get this either. We can
giv our mail carryin' to our own ships
and can modify our laws so we can buy
BhipB where they are cheapest and we'd
find that we could Boon build up a big
bunch of our own ships that would
reach to every quarter of the globe and
let our flag once more fly on every sea.
I hope congress won't monkey with
this but will get right down to business
and act at once.
Folks keep askin' me how long the
European war is goin' to la6t. The
English commander talks about three
years but he is talkin' thru his hat.
War can't continue very long without
men and money and provisions and at
the present rate the European argues
can't hold out so long as they boast.
(Jncle Sam has refused to let our bank
ers loan money to any of the belliger
ants and when it comes to men they're
killin' 'em off in battles at a fearful
rate and so fur as food supply and
ammunition and equipments, these are
bound to run short after a while. So I
don't look for war to continue many
months befere some decisiv strokes
will bring matters to a quick issue of
settlement, and maybe quicker than we
think. There's a terrible drain and
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strain on all the governments in the f\|2XD AVnr
war and it can't keep up indefinite. If |/f^ f\\J|
they should quit today it would take
them years to catch up with what they
hav lost in life and property and every
day piles this load on bigger. This
war is cert showin' up some of the real
merits of the armieB and boasted fight
in' abilities of the differin' nations.
Some of 'em thus far ain't made a very
proud record but time will finally tell.
Congress and the president hav ben
monkeyin' along with the anti-trust
and corporation business long enuf and
should get to doin' somethin'. After
all these years of study and experiment
there's sure some way of lettin' the
business corporations know what they
can do and what they can't. It ain't
simply a lew big ones that are interest,
ed to hav this matter decided but halt
a million of all sizes. Every company
of people who put their money together
for business is vitally concerned. They
can't invest their money and branch
out in their business bo long aB there is
all uncertainty. I a,m't bo much for
pitchin' into everybody who's got
money. If they wish to combine with
others to form bigger concerns so as to
work more economically and exten
sively I can't see why it ain't a good
thing. But Uncle Sam properly comes
in and tells these combinations that
they mustn't drive out their competi
tion unfairly and they can't run mon
opolies and dictate excessiv profits but
that all, big and small, must hav equal
chance before the law of conductin'
their business legitimately, so I hope
congress will right off let 'em know
where they are at.
FARMER BEN.
PREPARE FOR A GOOD POSI
TION.
As Bookkeeper, Stenographer,
Teacher or Engineer. Write for cata
log. Address, University of Southern
Minnesota, Austin, Minn.
Adv. 26-10,
WILLIAM E. LEE. ON THE LIQ
UOR TRAFFIC.
(From Owatonna Speech.)
"I believe in county option and
that the people of any governmental
unit should have the legal machinery
provided for the expression of their
will upon the liquor question. In
addition to providing a county option
law, I believe in further reducing the
power of the brewery in politics and
curbing the sinister influence of the
liquor traffic by preventing brewery
ownership of saloons or buildings oc
cupied by saloons, by enforcement
of law? prohibiting the sale of beer
or liquor to any but legally licensed
retailers, thus doing away with blind
pigs and other illicit places whose ex
istence depends upon the illegal sale
of liquor, and by such other legisla
tion as may be necessary to destroy
the power of the liquor traffic."
SCHOOL NOTICE.
Important to All High School and
New Grade e+udents.
High school and new grade stu
dents are requested to read careful
ly the following notice:
On Tuesday, August 25, from
A. M. until 4 P. M., all seniors or
those planning to do senior work are
requested to call at the High School
and enroll.
Wednesday, August 26, at the
same hours Juniors will enroll.
Thursday, August 27, Sophomores
will enroll
Friday morning, August 27, Fresh
men will enroll.
Friday afternoon, August 28, Reg
ular teachers' meeting preliminary
to opening of school.
Saturday, August 29, the superin
tendent will meet and enroll all
grade pupils, not members of our
schools, who have moved to Austin,
or enter school this fall.
H. E. WHEELER,
Superintendent.
Advertisement. 24—2t.
WE NEED MORE LIKE THIS.
One of the best school houses in
this part of the country will be built
soon for District. No. 127 near Elk
ton. The building will be of good
size and will be built of brick and
fire proof as nearly as possible. A
good basement will be put in, here
there will be a play room and a place
for the children to eat their lunches.
A cistern, well and toilet rooms will
form part of the improvements. Slate
blackboards and a hardwood floor
and a first class system of heating
and ventilating will be improvements
in the schoolroom. As children
spend a large part of their time at
school these days it is no more than
right that the equipment should be
such as to make the school work -as
efficient as possible. The old box
car schoolhouse is going and the
people of Dist. No. 127 are setting a
fine example which will no doubt be
followed by others whenever it be
comes necessary for the others to
build again.—Grand Meadow Record.
DAN PATCH TO HAVE NEW STOP
AT CANNON LAKE.
The Dan Patch trains, running
from Faribault to Mankato, have es
tablished a stop station at Linden
Park, better known as Bultman's
Crossing, near Cannon Lake. That
is where the tracks cross the main
road from this city to the lake.
This change will undoubtedly be
agreeable to camping, picnic and
hunting parties, at Cannon Lake.,
SI
READY FOR
GRAND ARMY
All arrangements for entertaining
the Grand Army of the Republic at
the expense of the Detroit taxpayers,
for the forty-eighth annual encamp
ment of the old soldiers here August
31 to September 5, have been com
pleted, with the prospect that the
veterans will find themselves the ob
ject of unusual attentions on every
hand.
For several months since the city
council acquiesced in a proposal by
Mayor Oscar B. Marx that a special
tax levy of 8 cents on every thous
and dollars of taxable property be
made to raise funds for entertaining
the veterans, a score of committees
made up of 200 leading business and
professional men cf the city has been
at work with headquarters in the
mayor's office working out the details
of entertainment.
The souvenir programs and badges,
which alone represent an outlay of
over $12,000, will be handed over to
the veterans gratis. To avoid the ap
pearance of operating on a profit
making basis the city has refused all
advertising propositions both requests
for advertising space in the programs
and all application^ for permits to
sell souvenirs or souvenir badges of
any kind.
It will probably the the first time
in the history of the encampments
that the G. A. R. men have been free
from bombardment by street hawk
ers.
The plan cf street decorations in
cludes large white columns, twenty
two feet high, in the heart of the
city. Large oil paintings of men of
valor will be suspended between
these columns, and the whole will
be ornamented with flags and elec
tric lights. Throughout the city the
local commercial organizations will
help to carry out an elaborate
scheme of decoration and illumina
tion.
Notwithstanding that the ranks of
the G. A. R. are thinning rapidly
each year, the reception committee is
preparing to welcome one of the
largest gatherings in the history of
the organization. Ohio, Indiana, Il
linois and Michigan will be almost
fully represented, each with several
thousand veterans.
It is estimated that in all there will
be some 25,000 visitors. In addition
to the G. A. R. gathering there will
be the annual encampment of the la
dies of the G. A. R. the Woman's Re
lief Corps, the Daughters of Veter
ans, the Sons of Veterans' Auxuliary,
the National Association of Naval
Veterans, and the National Associa
tion of Union Ex-Prisoners of War.
Commander-in-Chief Washington
Gardner, of Albion, Michigan, who
represented Michigan in congress for
12 years, will establish headquarters
here on Saturday the twenty-ninth.
Patriotic services will be held in De
troit churches on Sunday with ad
dresses by comrades of the G. A. R.
Monday the encampment will be
fully established. The day will be
largely given over to business meet
ings. All of the old soldiers and
their companions will be treated to
Lake excursions on Tuesday after
noon. All the available steamers
have been chartered for this trip and
I it is said the fleet of pleasure gather
ed in the Great Lakes.
Governor Ferris will welcome the
soldiers at the first big meeting on
Tuesday-night.
The parade day is Wednesday,
with the line of march not. over 1 Vz
miles in length over asphalt pave
ments. The day of the long, parade
for G. A. R. men is gone. The city
has made provision for several hun
dred automobiles for the lame and
disabled veterans who are unable to
march. Every precaution will be tak
en to care for the aged who over
reach their strength in trying to walk.
The parade will be headed by^ the
mounted officers, escorted by the De
troit post, and the line will be made
up of all the 44 department represent
ed in the order of the department's
seniority.
STUDY AUTO ENGINEERING.
Also thorough courses in Steam
and Gas Engineering, manual train
ing, etc. Send for catalog. Address,
University of Southern Minnesota,
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MOWER COUNTY TRANSCRIPT
Adv. 26-10.
$1,025 FROM COUNTY HOGS.
That the county farm, as the an
nual report shows, pays for itself,
was again evidenced this week when
the supervisors were paid $1,025.45
for a load of pigs taken to the Deck
er Packing' plant of this city. The
pigs were raised on the farm, the
same as any other private farm. This
is only one of the products which are
disposed of from the county farm.
The check for the porkers rerched
the auditor's office this morning.
Mason City Globe-Gazette.
GAVE $15,000 BONDS.
When Ringlmg Bros, visited Man
kato a few weeks ago. a ~ole fell and
struck one William Boswell and his
daughter. Mr. Boswell was so badlv
injured that he died about a week
ago. Monday while Ringling Bros,
were in Albert Lea 'a writ of attach
ment was filed against^ the show. A
bond of $15,000 was given by the
management to insure judgment in
case they did not appear at the trial.
The family of Mr. Boswell has
brought suit against the show- ^or
•$7,500.
INCREASED PRODUCTION OF
MINNESOTA BUTTER
FOR 1914.
Officers of the State Dairy and
Fpod department anticipate a big in
crease in the number of pounds of
better made this year over that of
191.^
The excellent condition of grasses
is said to be the principal reason why
a good butter year is expected. Fig
ures recently compiled by the de
partment give the butter comparisons
fcjr 1912 and 1913 as follows:
Pounds of butter made in
1.913 122,649,721
Pounds of butter made in
1912 116,051,878
Increase 6,597,843.
C&sh paid for butter fat
•1913 $31,997,486.07
Cash paid for butter fat
1912 39.040,975-32
Increase $ 2,956,510.75
Average price paid for butter
fat in 1913, cents 31-33
Average price paid for butter
ifat in 1912, cents 30.22)
Increase, cents
The Industrial teachers visit Enter
prise and supervise their line of work
there but the Woodson district chil
dren will be brought right into Aus
tin and receive their training in the
city schools.
The advantages of the plan to the
associate district are:
First. Their children pay no tui
tion.
Second. They can withdraw from
association by giving a year's notice.
Third. They still draw State Aid.
Fourth. They draw $50.00 addi
tional for associating.
Fifth. Better school advantages
than they could possibly give in 1
their own district.
The advantages to the Central dis
trict are:
First. Under the Lee-Benson act
the district receives $2500 state aid.
Second. It receives $150 for each
extra district added.
Third. It receives a two mill tax
from the associated district.
Fourth. It enlarges its work and
brings into its schools good material
from the country.—Mower County
Rural Teacher.
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 Gilt Boot Sign. 18tf
Happiness.
I have lived to know that the seoret
it happiness is never to allow your
energies to stagnate—Adam Clark.
Strange Fate ef Qravedlgger.
A gravedlfcger named James Ham
bleton was burled alive la a grmye at
Bt. Stephen's churchyard. Andershaw,
Ashton-under-Lyne, the other day. He
had been digging a grave and was get
ting out when he fell backward and
a large portion of the sides collapsed
upon him. A conductor on a passing
tram car who saw the man's legs
in the air, ran to the spot and found
the gravedlgger buried, head foremost.
The man had ceased to struggle and
was dead when extricated.—London
Times.
NEW POSTAGE STAMPS.
A new issue of postage stamps of
the two-cent and five-Cent denomina
tions is being prepared by Postmas
ter General Burleson to commemor-'
ate the centenary of peace between
the United States and Great Britain.
The stamps will be ready by early
falL These particulars are given as
to what is coming. The two-cent
stamp shows a hemisphere in the cen
ter! at the left a female figure repre
senting America holding an Americ
an flag and at the right Brittam hold
ing a British flag, and the two fig
ures clasping hands across the hem
isphere. The five-cent stamp ^shows a
winged female figure typifying the
spibt of peace with the dove of peace
befjore her. Upon both stamps the
words "Peace" and "1814-1914" ap-
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1914.
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Statistics for the last seven years j|
follow:
Value of
Year Butter Made. Butter
1906 86,217,727 $18,364,820.06
icp7 87,144,817 21,099,415.86
igo8 86,579,914 20,722,749.70
90,834,262
24,557,434-57
1910 95,668,216 26,946,296.53.
1911 98,984,789 24,626^763.23
1912 116,351,878 29,040,975.43
It is expected that 1914 will show
an even better increase in the num
ber of pounds produced than that of
6,597.843 pounds for 1913 over 1912.
This will increase the total amount
paid for butter fat, as there is no
jikelhood that prices will drop. With
good prices prevailing, the farmers
ha^e an incentive for big production, iI
PUPILS NOTICE.
All pupils having school text
books for use during the past summer
are requested to return them this
week, that books may be checked up
before the opening of school. Adver
tisement 24-2t.
WOODSON DISTRICT ASSO
CIATES WITH AUSTIN.
By unanimous vote, the Woodson
District No. 26 just south of Austin,
has voted to associate with the Aus
tin school district the coming year
and the children will be transported
to the schools of our city.
This is the second district in the'
county to associate with Austin.']
Districts 16, 17, and 35 in the eastern
part flf the County are associated with
the Siiring Valley Schools.
Special valuesthis
week in Boy.*' Suits.
Good Suits, age 4 to
15 from
$3.00 to $7.50
Young Men's good
Suits, Engligh style
from
$10.00 to $25.00
Terms—$1.50 Per Annum* in Advance
Fail and Winter Suits Now Ready
Qreatest line ever shown. Newest "Models,
Beautiful Patterns,
Wonderful Values,
Our line of Baron
Suits surpasses all
previous seasons. ^Ev
ery garment .guaran
teed and a new one
given tree if not satis
factory.
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New arrivals of Fall
Hats, Sweaters, Shirts
and Neckwear. Every
thing the latest.
Best line of Men's
and Boys' Shoes in
this city at reasonable
prices.
During The Fair
mak& our store your
Headquarters. You
Are Always .Welcome.
George HirsH.
Cook
AUSTIN GAS CO.
FIRST NATIONAL. BANK
OF AUSTIN. MINNESOTA*
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY
Capital and Surplus $250,000.00 Resources $1,500,000.00
0. W. SHAW, President N. F. BANFIELD, Vice-Pres. & Cashier
Ass't Cashiers: H- L. BANFIELD, H. J. DROST, N. f. BANFIELD, Jr.
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