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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
nR. CHRISTIAN JOHNSON,
PHYSICIAN, SUR6E0N, OBSTETRICIAN.
OFFICE IN JOHNSON BLOCK.
RESIDENCE, 412 2d ST. PHONE 33.
Calls from the country answered promptly, Jay
or night and phone calls tended to at all hours
AlwayH give name of responsible party, town
and sect louln the country, andstreet and house
number foi city Insist that phone messages
•re promptly delivered Willmar, Minn.
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Cor. Booker Avenue and Fourth Stroet.
Attending Physicians:
Ors. Petersen and Branton
Office hours:
I to 4 p. m. Sundays 12 to I p. m.
DR. JNO. C. JACOBS
Office Over
First National Bank.
I 11 00 to 1.2 00 A
Othce Hours-{ 1 OO to 4 00
I Sundays, 9 to 10 A
WILLMAR, MINN.
C. E, GERRETSON
DENTIST,
WILLMAR, UJNN.
Office in New Ruble Blook
H. F. PORTE
DENTIST
(SKANDINAVISK TANDLAKARE)
Office in Carlson Block. Phone 279
WILLMAR, MINN.
A, F= MANTOR,
DENTIST,
WILLIvlAR, I N N
GEO. H. OTTERNESS
ATTORNEY AT LAW
COUNTY ATTOKHBT EAKDITOHI COUNTT
Ofiice in the new Carlson Block
WILLMAR, MINNESOTA
R. W. STANFORD
LAWYER
Real Estate, Insurance and Collections
Office In Postofflce Building,
WILLMAR, MINNESOTA
CHARLES JOHNSON
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in I 0 Olson Block,
WILLMAt. Ml Nil.
JOHN T. OTOS,
ABSTRACTER AMD CONVEYANCER
Abstracts of Title to lands in Kan
diyohi County furnished promptly,
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WILLMAR. MISN
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E LIEN, Vice Pres
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PROFITS
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Crafts on all principal cities of the world
and steamship tickets to and from Europe
FABM LOANS AT 6 PER CENT INTEREST
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LIVER
Phone 48. One block south of depot
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(Licensed Embalmer.)
Offic*30*Lltchfield Avenue W Phone 217
Residence. 811 First Street. Phone 118
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(Successor to A Crawford)
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Make dates with Bank of Will
mar or Kandiyohi Co. Bank.
Phone call Willmar & St John Line.
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Trunks, parcels, packages, letters, etc
called for and delivered to any part of the
city. Prompt service Charges moderata
Office Great Northern Express Telephone 92
FARMS
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A View Of The Farms
we are prepared to show you will
reveal some wonderful bargains
They are not run doun, worn out old
places, but good fertile lands
There is Money in Farms
to day More than there ever was.
At the prices we offer some you
will make money the minute you
purchase. Let us take you round
and look at them. If you want a
farm at all we have just what you
want.
Anderson Land Co.,
Willmar, Minn.
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Minnesota, as second class matter, under
act oi March 3, 1879
VIC OK E LAWSON, Editor and Manager
LTJDVIC S DALE, City Editor
W E N E S A A N 26, 1910.
THE FEDERATION OF COMMER
CIAL CLUBS MEETING.
The meeting of the Federation of
Commercial Clubs of Minnesota
that was held at Minneapolis Jan.
13 and 14, was an occasion of great
inspiration for civic improvement
and of great practical benefit for
the state of large. There were
fiitv-three commercial clubs of all
the different sections of Minnesota
represented at this meeting. That
they were live organizations is evi
denced by the fact that thev would
send delegates to this meeting.
The writer of this, together with
T. 0 Gilbert and E. C. Wellin, had
the good fortune to be present as
delegates from Willmar. Willmar
was honored at the outset by the
appointment of T. 0 Gilbert as the
chairman of the committee on reso
lutions. The president of the Fed
eration is none other than D. P.
Neill of Redwing, who spoke at^the
publicity rally at Willmar last fall,
and who remembered the occasion
as one of the most successful of
that kind of meetings held in the
state.
We could not undertake to re
port at length the many spendid ad
dresses that were made, nor the
practical observations that were
made in the discussions which fol
lowed after each address. One of
the first subjects taken up was that
of reforestration, and it was brot
out thru the recital of the exper
ience of some of those present that
this subject is one of the greatest
imporcance. One speaker insisted
that no more permanently lucrative
use could be made of land that for
any reason is not available for til
lage. Expei iences were cited where
groves of most valuable black wal
nut trees are now flourishing,
where they were planted by the
early settlers and from the fruit,
nuts, of the trees alone, a nice in
come is derived year after year
while the trees are growing and be
coming valuable for the high-priced
lumber they will yield. Immigra
tion Commissioner Welch said that
there is no truth in the often ex
pressed statement that walnut trees
will not grow on the prairie, for he
has a most flourishing grove on his
farm in Renville county which is
not protected in any way. The dis
cussion also brot out that chestnut
and beech irees will grow well in
Minnesota. A scheme of refores
tration of tne lands along the Miss
issippi on tha lands that are subject
to overflow and therefore valueless
for agricutute has been undertaken
by a syndicate of Redwing people,
who expect to realize a handsome
return on the money invested on
the lands.
The writer could not help but
think of certain land areas in this
county of which portions do not, as
they lie now, pay the taxes hardly
of the land that might in this way
be made not only to yield good re
turns to the owner, but as well be
a benefit to the whole community
in preserving the humidity of the
atmosphere and keeping up the
beauty of the fine lakes of which we
are so justly proud. It is plain to
anyone who stops to think, that if
wooded fringes about the shores of
our fine lakes are not preserved or
where they are lacking are not
provided it is only a question of a
very short time when the beautiful
sanded beaches will be a thing of
the past. This owing to the soil
that is blown into them from the
cultivated fields.
One of the things necessary to be
done at Willmar, if Foot Lake is to
be improved to become a beautiful
sheet of water, is to fringe the
northwestern shore with woods to
catch the great amount of soil
that drifts into the lake every
spring and fall when the strong
northwesters blow over the newly
cultivated fileds.
But we have strayed from our
subject. State development was of
course one the subjects occupying
a good shaie of the time of the
convention, and a number of speak
ers discussed the questions of need
ed immigration, and the need of
the conservation of the soil. This
subject was introduced by Mr.
Welch of the Immigration Bureau.
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A resolution was adopted strongly
condemning the practice of newspa-
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Received Highest Award
World's Pare Food Exposition
Chicago, 1907.
per correspondents of exaggerating
reports of snowstorms in this state.
Clippings containing reports of
eight feet of snow burying Minne
sota towns, clipped from eastern
newspapers were read, as instances
showing what damage is done in the
popular mind in the older states
by these grossly false "news
items."
The subject of good roads was
taken up,and an address was made by
George W. Cooley, Engineer of the
Minnesota Highway Commission,
lhis was a very interesting talk
and brot out a profitable discussion.
Mr. Cooley had spent last summer
investigating the road systems of
Europe, and spent a great deal of
time in Sweden and Norway,
lhis good roads discussion so im
pressed the Willmar delegation at
the convention that they then and
there resolved that it would be a
good idea to secure Mr. Cooley to
come to Willmar and address the
people on the subject in which he is
so well posted. Mr. Cooley prom
ised that he could come some time
in February, and we have no doubt
that the Willmar Commercial Club
at its next meeting will arrange for
a good roads rally at Willmar to
give the people a chance to hear
Mr. Cooley. For this reason we
will not go deeper into the subject
in this connection.
On Thursday evening the dele
gates were the guests of the Minne
apolis Commercial Club in their
elegant new quarters in the two top
floors of the new Raddison hotel.
An informal banquet was spread
and the after-supper speaking in
cluded an address by Gov. Eber
hardt. The governor made his
usual talk along the line of state
development and spoke of the
reasons for calling the Conservation
Congress to be held at St. Paul in
March.
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One subject which was taken up
by the convention was the matter of
"ecuring special homeseekers rates
on the eastern railroads to Minne
sota. As conditions now stand it is
possible for eastern land men to
secure better railroad rates tor
land-seekers to Montana and other
tar western states than to Minne
sota. A strong committee was ap
pointed to take up this matter with
the passenger associations and see
if concessions cannot be secured.
One of the last subjects under
discussion was that of advertising
die advantages of Minnesota. Mr.
R\ G. Crisswell, of the World's
vVork Magazine of New York, ad
dressed the convention on the gen
eral subject of effective advertising
work for Minnesota. One of the
things emphasized by the speaker
was the necessity of employing
~ome one who understood the art of
advertising if it was to be made
effective. He said it was just as
•oolish for a business man who had
no special training along that line
depend on his own judgment in
lie matter of advertising as it
'ould be in matters of law or one
equiring expert knowledge in any
branch. Mr. Crisswell mention
the fact that many of the lead
ing industries of the East had late
ly moved toward the West, and
rearer to the source of supply of the
iaw material, indicating that as
the competition among the cities
Mcreases, it will tend to do away
with the excessive long hauls and
(ost of transportation, making the
oost of manufacturing cheaper. He
haracterized advertising as a busi
ness in a class by itself, brought
about by present day conditions.
To show the enormous extent of
this business of advertising, he
quoted the fact that 700 million
pounds of advertising material are
handled through the U. S. mail per
annum now. He advised that a
careful investigation be made first
of just what each community, desir
ing to advertise itself, needs in the
way of development then having
ascertained what is wanted, adver
tise persistently for the particular
object required, and it will come.
Mr. Crisswell laid particular stress
en the necessity for advertising
continuously if done intermittent
ly, the effort is wasted. No adver
tising of this sort should be under
taken for a lesser period than three
continuous years. Such advertis
ing should not be done "by
halves." Do it energetically and
on a broad scale, and results will
surely follow. Make up a definite
plan of campaign, advertising costs
money and must be paid for if you
want good results, pay for your ad
vertising, buy it the same as any
other commodity, and you will have
the right to expect good results
from your purchase. The great
thing in work of this sort is har
mony and co-operation among those
engaged in and responsible for it.
Above all, keep politics out of such
an organization, and steer clear of
individual interests and advance
ment. Make such a movement a
broad one, doing the work for the
general public good to come from
it, and eliminating petty jealousies
and private ambitions, and it will
be found to be a success. Unless
this is done, such a movement will
surely fail and prove a loss to those
engaged in it.
Prof. F. V. Robinson, of the Un
iversity of Minnesota, made a splen
did address regarding Minnesota
problems. One of the draw-backs
to the securing of a greater popula
tion, he said, was the tendency of
people holding a great deal of land
for speculation.
Minnesota land is so good that
those who have much of it prefer
to hold it on account of the certain
increase in value. He also said
that present laws for the sale of
state lands are absolutely wrong.
Great tracts of state lands are be
ing bought by speculators. He
said that the state ought to repeal
the present laws and enact some
kind of state homestead law, which
would compel the buyer to make
bonafide settlement on the land and
improve the same.
Some Alcohol Questions
Is alcohol a tonic? No! Does it make the blood pure?
No! Does it strengthen the nerves? No! Is Ayer's
Sarsaparilla a tonic? Yes! Does it make the blood pure?
Yes! Does it strengthen the nerves? Yes! Is it the only
Sarsaparilla entirely free from alcohol? Yes! Ask your
doctor about this non-alcoholic medicine. If he approves,
your confidence will be complete. J.C.AyerCo.,Lol^lLM^.
Dull boys! Dull girls! Dull men! Dull women! Heavy-headed! Downhearted! All
very often due to constipationI Yet the cureis soeasv.—Ayer's Pills. Ask yourdoctor.
The good roads matter was also
touched upon. The building of
good roads is equivalent to bring
ing the farm that much nearer to
the market because of the larger
loads that could be hauled. Thus
improving a road so that the load
could be doubled is the equivalent
of cutting the distance to market to
half. Again, Door roads necessitate
the marketing of crops at a time
when the roads are in the best con
dition, causing the glutting of the
market and poor prices This also
compels the railroads to provide an
immense number of freight-cars to
haul the crops that are useless the
rest of the year. This ties up a lot
of money, which they are compelled
to make up in other ways and adds
to the rates. In Europe where
they have good roads, grain is mar
keted at a cost of from 5 to 7 cents.
In this country on poor roads, it
costs to haul the same amounts 25
to 27 cents. The present excessive
cost of hauling on poor roads is one
of the very heaviest taxes on the
American farmer.
The first thing necessary is to get
public sentiment aroused and the
people educated to see what poor
roads are costing them.
The report of the Committee on
Farm Demonstration Tracts was
made, and provided for the location
of such tracts the first year at the
following places: Breckenridge,
Renville, Pipestone, Osakis, Delano,
Bemidji, Wadena. East Grand
Forks, Detroit, Rothsay, Willmar
and Stewartville. There were
seven applications from other towns
that could not be provided for at
this time, but they were recom
mended to the favorable considera
tion of the Agricultural College
authorities. One of the first con
ditions required was that the city
should have an active commercial
club so that the purposes of these
demonstration tractb would be as
sured the necessary local interest.
Willmar has therefore its live
Commercial club to thank for having
been selected as one of the points.
The plan in brief is this: Some
tract of land will be secured near
the city limits on which all work
will be done under the supervision
of Prof. Boss of the Agricultural
College or one of his assistants.
Whenever a demonstiationof parti
cular interest is to be made this fact
will be advertised so that all farm
ers of the county and vicinity who
are interested to see how such work
would be done by the Agricultural
College may come and see, discuss
local soil problems, etc., each dem
onstration to be followed by an
evening session when helpful ad
dresses and discussions would be
had. The plan seems to be to bring
some of the practical work of the
Agricultural College out to the farm
ers in various parts of the State. All
the details have not yet been worked
out, but the Willmar Commercial
Club officials are expecting full in
formation at any time that will
enable them to make the necessary
local preparations. It is to be
hoped that the farmers of this vicin
ity and the citizens of Willmar will
take an active interest in this pro
ject and give this innovation a most
enthusiastic reception, for no doubt
if the Willmar station proves suc
cessiul and popular, the move will
lead to something permanent for
our county in that line which will
On Wee
wide values up to ioc,
sale price per yard
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be of inestimable value to the
munity.
Space will not permit the repro
duction of the resolutions passed in
full, but the following is a brief
synopsis:
The first resolution deplored the
tendency of local correspondents to
exaggerate the reports of snow
storms and cold weather in Minne
sota, asked all editors and news
associations to edit all news reports
carefully so that none but truthful
reports would be published broad
cast and clones with the statement
that "no prospective settler need
fear the rigor of the winter climate,
or be deterred from coming to this
state by such fear «nd that being
carefully compared with conditions
in other states, Minnesota is and
has been for many years a more
desirable state in point of healthfull
ness during the winter season than
any of the central or eastern states
and that there is no cold within her
borders sufficient to at any time
become a serious menace to the
conduct of farm or business opera
tions or to the well-being or comfort
of any resident."
2. "It is the sense of this federa
tion that the great success of the
Minnesota state fair and its surpass
ing value to the state has been won
by its devotion to the primary
objects of displaying and fostering
the agricultural and other material
resources of the state and the re
commendation followed that "the
chief emphasis should be increas
ingly laid upon these primary ob
jects."
3. Memorial resolutions to mem
ory of Gov. Johnson.
4 This resolution asks that the
State sell the foreign state bonds in
which much of the permanent funds
of the State are tied up and that
the mon- becomes available for
the local bonds of the counties,
school ard drainage districts of
Minnesota. A committee of five
EMBROIDERY
N 1 FmG cambric edges and fc^
insertions, 2 to 4 inches
2 Fine cambric
ed edges and
all widths values up to 15c,
per yard only
I of- N Fine Swiss, nainsook and
cambric embroideries and
large variety of widths and
insertions
patterns good 20c values
at
High grade embroideries,
all widths and patterns
iry dainty worth up to 30c,
Je price only
com-
At Berkness, Peterson & Co.
Saturday, Jan. 29,
to Sal Feb.5th
UR Annual sale of Embroideries has become an event that is looked
forward to by a very large number of our patron friends and we are
sparing no efforts to maintain the reputation earned for showing the
best display and without exception the greatest bargains offered
anywhere. We have to buy in immense quantities and direct for
import in order to be able to make these prices but it is a pleasure to give
our customers the best that money will buy. Our assortment this year is
larger than ever, and although all cotton goods have advanced, we had our
orders placed so early and in such quantities that we are in a position to
offer better values than ever before.
W Have Them Arranged in Lots as Usual at Lower Than Ever Prices.
4c
embroider
insertions,
Tc
lOc
113c
White Goods, Wash Goods & Ginghams
and we cordially invite you to look them over. W feel confident that
selection will please you and the prices, in spite of the high
price of cotton, have not been advanced.
members was appointed to take this
matter up with the proper author
ities.
5. Asks for support of the legis
lature for the improvement of the
highways and roads.
6. Endorsement of the Conserva
tion Congress called by Gov. Eber
hardt.
7. Resolution of sympathy in
regard to the death of Prof.
William Robertson of the Experi
ment station at Crookston.
8. Made proper acknowledg
ments for the hospitality of Minne
apolis and its citizens.
D. M. Niell was again elected
president of the Federation, which
was a well-deserved honor. His
work of traveling over the state,
instilling civic pride and creating
enthusiasm for progress at home
is one of the greatest importance,
and he is the right man in the
right place. The other officers of
the Federation were also re-elect
ed. F. J. Murphy of Wheaton was
selected as the representative of the
Seventh District on the Executive
committee. V. E. L.
How's This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
anv case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure
CHENEY & CO Toledo, O
We, the undersigned, have known J.
Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business trans
actions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by his firm
WALDING, KINNAN & MARMN,
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the svstem Testimonials sent
free Price 75 cents per bottle Sold by all
Druggists
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation
We owe it to the community in
which we live to do everything
can in every way possible that will
be to its advantage. Our neighbor's
prosperity means a great deal more
to us than someone's who lives
elsewhere. We should bear this in
mihd in buying our goods. We
Lot No.5
Lot No. 6
corset cover embroideries
bargains at 50c sale price.
Lot No. 7
overs, worth up to 75c
sale price only.
Lot No. 8
erkness, Peterson & Co
all-overs,
bargains at $1.00
sale price only __
can afford to pay our honre man a
firm price for his wares rather than
send our money away, knowing as
we do that every dollar our own
citizen mak^s will help in sustain
ing our schools, churches and pub
lic institutions. In this way the
money you spend is only loaned. It
will come back to you again with
interest. Praise up your city—
don't run it down. Stand by your
merchants and manufacturers—
they are the bone and sinew of your
municipal structure. Stand by
Very high grade embroid
eries, insertions, flounc-
ings and bands most of them «SJ» f\t*
very cheap at 40c sale price ^f
Extra fine embroideries,
wide bands, flouncings &
Extra fine specially
ported novelties and
The very highest grade
of imported novelties and
These would be exceptional
Lewis Hardware Company.
ioo pieces
$1.25 and $1.50 value each
Take your pick for
Wednesday, February Second.
1
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all-
50c
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your churches and your schools—
they are the hopes of your future.
Stand by your press—it is the tire
less sentinel that guards your inter
ests.
DON'T WALK ON NAILS.
The neatest job of Halfsoling is
done at Erickson's Shoe Store with
a New Electric Stitcher and Polish
er.
You can have the soles sewed on
for the s^me price as nailed, so
don't walk on nails.
The New Shoe Store.
27f G. A. Enckson, Prop.
Extraordinary I
Handsome New Patterns
Direct from Factory at
CONDITIONS: Consenting at 9 a. m. Only one of each
article to a customer.
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