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PROGRESS OF MODERN
LANGUAGE TEACHING
By Prof. J. N. Lenker.
LECTURE TOUR SOUTHWEST.
The school board of St. James,
Minn., being anxious to consider in
telligently the expressed desire of
some of its citizens to have Scandin
avian taught in the public schools,
sought information before taking ac
tion. I esteemed it an honor there
fore to receive an official invitation
from its superintendent to give a
public lecture Dec. 3rd on "The Im
portance of Teaching the Scandin
avian Languages in the
Schools." Printed circulars freely
distributed brought out a good aud
jience in the high school assembly
'hall. It was evident that both Am
ericans and Scandinavians want in
formation on this important study in
jour schools and that public discus
sion removes indifference and oppo
sition. The following morning I ad
dressed the whole school and accom
panied by Mr Sonnensyn, pr sident
-.of: the board, I visited several class
es. The superintendent of the coun
,ty said that Swedish was lately m
Itioduced into two country schools
and Norwegian into one. On this trip
of four days it was a pleasure to
speak also to the high schools at
-Mankato, Madeha, Heron Lake and
Mountain Lake. At the latter place
German is taught in the grades as it
is also in the neighboring towns of
New Ulm and Sleepy Eye.
SCANDINAVIAN FINALLY IN ST.
PAUL'S HIGH SCHOOLS.
The school board of the capital
city of Scandinavian Minnesota vot
ed down, without a hearing the peti
tion to teach Scandinavian in theknow
high schools. Nov. 6th a strong re
presentative delegation received a
hearing *before the whole board, and
on Dec. 14th the question was recon
sidered and after a long and warm
discussion it was decided by a ma
jority of one vote to introduce Swed
is and Norwegian* into the St. Paul
'Shigh schools. The opposition appeal
to the corporation attorney, who
-on Thursday of this week, gave his
.-interpretation of the law to the
'school board that a majority and not
»-an unanimous vote was required. So
the question is settled and the Scan
dinavian are trying to form classes
and the best teachers available will
be employed.
LIVING AND DEAD LANGUAGES
IN HIGH SCHOOLS.
In 1890 the number of high school
upils in the United States taking
erman was 21,338 or 10.51 per cent
the total in 1910 the number had
ncreased to 175,083 or 23.69 per
ent of the total The number in
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All December Coupons mutt be Recorded by Dec. 31
No Holdbacks in this Contest
How to get Vote Tickets
W I every purchase made at Gilbert O. Sand Co's, One Price
Clothiers, votes will be given—ioo VOTES FO EVERY
DOLLAR'S WORTH PURCHASED. Votes in the same pro
portion will also be given to persons paying accounts. If any of
your friends need anything get them to patronize Gilbert O. Sand
Cos., One Price Clothiers, and give you their votes. Now is the
time to get busy. The earlier you start the more advantage you will
have in final count. The date of the closing of the contest will be
June 4, IQ13/
Cut out Coupon below and present or mail to Gilbert O. Sand
Co. before Tuesday, Dec. 31, IQ12.
If your friends owe on account get them to pay and secure votes.
Claxton Upright Grand Piano Voting Contest
CUT THIS COUPON OUT
AND BRING TO
GILBERT 0. SAND CO.
ONE PRICE CLOTHIERS
Willmar, Minn.
IT WILL COUNT 25 VOTES
This Coupon and all printed in December must be recorded before
Tuesday, December 31.
1910 taking French was 73,161. Lat
in and Greek are decreasing, German
and Scandinavian are increasing.
The Greek decreased from 10,002 in
1905 to 5,511 pupils in 1910. The
languages having the greatest in
crease at present are the German and
Scandinavian, both in high
schools and also in the grades. This
is natural because these languages
are the basis of the English, they
compose the largest elements of our
population, are easiest learned by
English people and they contain both
an ancient and modern literature of
the greatest value and interest to
English people. Another advantage
that learning one of these langu
ages will help in learning the other.
In some schools that gave four years
Latin and two in German have
changed and now give two years in
Latin and four in German. In many
schools the fourth and third class
es in Latin are small. In Minnesota
for example in 1908, 129 schools
had junior classes and 126 senior
classes in Latin in 1912 these num
bers had decreased to 103 and
88had
respectively. The 1,628 junior and
1,315 senior students in 1905 de
creased to 1,222 and 992 respective
ly. The average in the state for the
junior Latin classes is 12, and for,
the senior Latin classes 11. Some
classes are larger and others small
er. The junior and senior classes in
German on the other hand are
in-performed
creasingly, the juniors from 1,438 in
1909 to 2,104 in 1912 ,with an
av-foundation.
erage of 24 pupils in the junior and
15 in the senior classes.
It is a good sign that the advanc
ed classes in German are growing.
Many Germans and Scandinavians
their languages and-can not be
held in the classes unless advanced
work is offered. More advanced work
should be taken in German and
Scandinavian in high schools than in
Latin or French for tne reason that
many pupils hear and learn these
languages in their homes and on the
streets. The danger is that the work
in German and Scandinavian is too
easy for many. Hence wherever
possible two courses should be of
fered, as is done for German in Mil
waukee, one course for pupils in
whose homes German is spoken and
another course for pupils in whose
homes it is not spoken.
GROWTH IN GRADES OF
CHICAGO.
Chicago may be taken as an ex
ample of the growth of modern lan
guages in the grades of our public
schools. Last year German was
taught in 53 grades to 7,923 pupils,
this year in 74 schools to 12,032 pu
pils, a net gain in one year of 21
schools and 4,109 pupils. The aver
age number to a school increased
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from 149 to 163.
THE BANNER COUNTY FOR
SCANDINAVIAN.
We have been gathering statistics
of Scandinavian in the rural schools.
The banner county, as far as the re
turns show, is 25 country schools
teaching Norwegian in one county.
Other counties may have better rec
ords, but we have not learned of
them. The work of gathering statis
tics on this subject is slftw and we
would be thankful for any informa
tion. A merry Christmas and happy
New Year to all friends of this cause.
Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 14, 1912.
Robbers on the Job.
Robberies at Randall, Morrison
county, Sauk Rapids and Rockville,
Stearns county, within four days has
led to the belief that the crimes ha\e
been committed by the same thieves.
At Randall on Tuesday evening one
of the general stores was entered and
clothing stolen. It is believed there
that the robbers left by team.
At Rockville it is thought the men
a waiting buggy at the door and
hurried in the direction of Kimball
after the robbery. The Sauk Rapids
clews are lacking.
Due to the proximity of the three
visited villages and the similarity in
method of attack, nature of goods
taken and manner of escaping, the
theory that the same group of men
the "jobs" in the three
plaees appears to boast of some
Examination for Mail Clerks.
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces an open com
petitive examination for Railway
Mail Clerks, for men only, on Jan
uary 11, 1913, at Willmar, Minn.
Applicants must have reached their
eighteenth but not their thirty-fifth
birthday, and must measure at least
five feet five inches in height and
must weigh at least 130 pounds in
ordinary clothing without coat or hat.
Persons who meet the require
ments and desire this examination
should apply at once for Forms 304
and 1407, to the U. S. Civil Service
Commission, St. Paul, Minn.
Per ARVH) I. CARLSON,
Local Secretary.
XONEY FOB TOTTB JXTHK.
Tbls la the fail season when every
body la cleaning house. Save your raffs,
robbers and metals. Bring* them or not
ify me by mail or telephone. I am al
ways ready to buy. also boy hides
and furs, always paying* highest mar
ket prices. Coma to me with your
staff. also buy poultry. J. J. KiT
Wn, 608 Idtohfleld Ave. W. 'Phone Ho.
434.—^AdT.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Eckdahl spent
Thursday visiting the latter's brother
at Darwin.
WILLMAR TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1912
HANDSOME
$400 UPRIGHT PARLO GRAN PIANO
GILBERT O. SAND CO., and THE WILLMAR TRIBUNE will give away, absolutely without cost, the Claxton Upright
Grand Piano shown below. This is open to anyone, and nomination blanks may be obtained at the TRIBUNE office,
GILBERT O. SAND CO'S. store or cut from this ad. This will be the most interesting advertising proposition ever held in Kandiyohi County, and every
one has an equal opportunity to secure this Beautiful Upright Parlor Grand Piano.
WILL BLAZE NEW TRAILS
St. Cloud Automobilists Planning to
Mark New Routes in Spring.
St. Cloud Journal-Press: The St.
Cloud Automobile club will blaze a
few trails of its own in the early
spring, as soon as the automobile
season opens, in the opinion of sev
eral of the members of the club, who
ha've discussed the matter.
There is another blazed route from
Sauk Centre to Itasca Park, the cen
tral color being green.
Local clubs are expected to mark
the shorter local routes. The pres
ent plan is to have a trail blazed
from St. Cloud through Luxemburg,
Maine Prairie and.Kimball to Litch
field. Another to Foley, and part of
No 1, Name of Contestant wjill not be known. 2, No names of candidates will
be published. 3, Every Contestant gets 2,000 votes to start with. 4, Every con
testant gets a number. 5, Standing by Numbers published weekly in the Willmar
Tribune. 6, All votes must be brought in Tuesday for recording. 7, Votes must
NOT be written on. 8, Tie votes in package with Contestant's number and amount
on top slip 9, Color of Certificates will be changed each month and must be re
corded before change. The color for month of December will be yellow. All
yellow certificates must be recorded by Dec. 31, to be accepted. 1C, Votes are
transferable only before recording. 11, Contestant having the largest number of
votes on June 4, 1913, wins Piano. THIS IS SURELY A PRESENT WORTH
WORKING FOR.
St. Cloud is on the ocean-to-ocean
trail, New York to Portland, Ore.,
and the blaze is a red stripe, between
two A Lite ones. One can =tcit at
St. Cloud and follow this trail to the
Twin Cities, then to Chicago, and
New York City, going east, or going
west will have a plainly marked route
to Sauk Centre, Fargo, and on to the
Pacific coast. A second trail starts
from this city, the central color be
ing blue, which goes by way of Rice,
Royalton, Little Falls, Brainerd and
to Duluth. This is known as the St.
Cloud-Duluth route.
this will be used for the one to Duelm
and Princeton Another prospective
route is by Bowlus and Elmdale to
Long Prane, which is some 14 miles
shorter than by Sauk Centre. One
of the popular routes is to Cold
Spring, Richmond, Paynesville to
Willmar. It is an easy road to fol
low as far as Paynesville, but a blind
one from Paynesville to Willmar.
About the only remaining route is to
Clearwater by way of St. Augusta.
By blazing these trails, by the one
already marked by the national as
sociation, it will be easy for auto
mobile drivers, although strangers in
the country, to have a route so plain
ly marked that he who drives, al
though deficient on locality, cannot
err therein.
A different color will be selected
for each route, and the club, or some
of the garage men will have cards
printed giving the various routes,
with colors, and other information.
The annual meeting of the Auto
mobile club will be held in February,
when the colors will be selected and
men employed to do this work by at
least the middle of March.
Miltona of Douglas county has a
consolidated school district and last
week dedicated a new $5,200 school
house.
FARMERS
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Exchange your wheat
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New London Milling Go's. Elevator
We Give
98 lbs. Fancy Patent Flour for
1% Bus. Wheat
Every sack 6f flour guaranteed.
Figure it out and see how much
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POST OFFICE
WILLMAR, MINN.
CREAMERIES HIT HARD
Internal Revenue Department Class
es Butter With Much Mois
ture as Adulterated.
The business of the small dairy
men throughout the Northwest is
menaced by the ruling of the com
missioner of internal revenue, ac
cording to members of the Minnesota
delegation. This ruling is that but
ter containing more than 16 per cent
of moisture is adulterated butter and
must be taxed at the rate of 10 cents
a pound. In addition, the makers of
such a product are required to take
out a dealer's license, which costs
$280 a year and a manufacturer's
license for which $475 is required.
This question was brought today to
the attention of R. W. Cabell, the
commissioner of international reve
nue by Representatives Hammond
and Volstead in connection with a
case arising at LeRoy, Minn. A cream
ery company at Le Roy shipped a
consignment of butter to the East.
It was seized by government officials
at Pittsburg, samples were examined
and the product found to contain
more than 16 per cent of moisture.
This butter was held to be "adulter
ated" within the meaning of the law.
The Le Roy firm was notified that it
would be obliged to take out a lieense
as a maker of adulterated butter.
Representatives Hammond and Vol
stead appealed for a reversal of the
ruling in the Le Roy case. Commis
sioner Cabell informed them that he
was powerless to act. He said fur
ther that Congress only could afford
relief through amendment and the
laws that the ruling in the Le Roy
case was to be applied generally.
A rigorous enforcement of the
"moisture provision" of the adulter
ated butter act will prove a bad thing
for-the small creamery, it was ad
mitted by Commissioner Cabell. It
was pointed out today that in order
to ascertain the precise quantity of
moisture in butter, it is necessary to
employ highly paid chemists and util
ize expensive apparatus. These lux
uries the officials say, are beyond the
reach of the small creameries.
The big creameries that are so
equipped, the officials say, are able
to inject moisture into their product
to a point just below the legal limit.
In this respect, they will have their
small competitor at a disadvantage.
The small creamery man, in turning
out his products without a scientific
knowledge of its contents, must take
a chance in 'being -hauled up as a
dealer and manufacturer of adulter
ated butter.
Representatives Hammond, Vol-
Join the Fun of the Contest—No names published—The
exact standing known at close of each Month.
How to get Vote Tickets
^yTTH every yearly subscription to the Willmar Tribune accom
panied by $1.50 in cash, 3,000 votes will be given. This applies
to back subscriptions, and you can pay for as many as you desire.
You will be surprised how easy it is to get subscriptions to the* Will
mar Tribune if you try. CLOSES N E 4, 10,13.
The subscription money is to be paid to the Tribune Printing
Co. in the usual way, and the receipt taken be presented on some
Tuesday of the same month to Gilbert O. Sand Co's. where the vote
coupons will be issued.
It is easy to get anew subscriber to the Willmar Tribune in
any home where it does not already come. In most cases they may
be had by simply asking for them.
I NOMINATION BLANK
Good For 2,000 Votes
I hereby accept the nomination as a
contestant on the CLAXTON PIANO CON
TEST. Please place these 2000 votes to
my credit.
NAME
stead and other Minnesota members
will try to devise legislation to give
the small creameries relief from the
operations of the Cabell ruling.
Non-Partisanship.
St. Peter Herald: When the next
legislature meets it should lose no
time in amending the primary elec
tion law so as to provide for the
nomination of all county officials as
non-partisans. In the majority of
the counties of this state securing
the republican nomination is equiv
alent to election, but there are a few
in which it is necessary to be nomi
nated as a Democrat to be elected.
Whatever the local situation, the
voters of the minority party are dis
franchised. Every man wishes to
have a voice in county affairs, and
public sentiment throughout
state will be overwhelmingly in favor
of the change that is contemplated.
The reform is needed and should be
granted before the next election.
The Miss-s Florence Eriekson and
Ada Fridlund spent from Thursday
until Monday visiting relatives and
friends at Pennock.
WILLOW RIVER
The only registered townslte of
WILLOW RIVER: on main line
Grand Trunk Pacific, Pacific & Hud
son Bay Railways at junction of
the Fraser and Willow Rlyere. Brit
ish Columbia right at the entrance
to the great Peace River County
THE TOWN OP IMPORTANCE,
with more natural resources sur
rounding it than any new town in
interior British Columbia. WRITE
NOW for maps, plats and printed
matter.
PAC. LAND & TOWNSPTE CO., Ltd.
Joint Owners and Sole Agents
781 Pacific Bldg., Vancouver, B. O.
Agents Wanted
(First publication Dec. 18-4t)
Citation for Hearing on Final Ac
count and for Distribution.
Estate of Halvor H. Hande, also
known as H. H. Hande.
State of Minnesota, County of Kan
diyohi, In Probate Court.
Id the Matter of the Estate of Hal
vor H. Hande, also known as H. H.
Hande, Decedent:
The State of Minnesota to all per
sons interested in the final account
and distribution, of the estate of said
decedent: The reprsentative of the
above named decedent, having filed
in this court his final account of the
administration of the estate of said
decedent, together with his petition
praying for the adjustment and al
lowance of said final account and for
distribution of the residue of said
estate to the persons there
unto entitled THEREFORE,
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YOU, AND EACH OF YOU,
are hereby cited and required to
show cause, if any you have, before
this court at the Probate Coma
Rooms in the Court House, in the
City of Willmar, in the County of
Kandiyohi, State of Minnesota, on
the 13th day of January 1913, at
o'clock 2 p. m., why said petition
should not be granted.
Witness, the Judge of said Court,
and the seal of said court, this 17th
day of December, 1912.
(COURT SEAL) T. O. GILBERT,
Probate Judge.
GEO. H. OTTERNESS,
Attorney for Petitioner, Willmar,
Minn.
Order Limiting Time to File Claims
and for Hearing Thereon.
Estate of Guri Hande.
State of Minnesota, County of Kan
diyohi, In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Guri
Hande, Decedent.
Letters Testamentary this day
having been granted to P. A. Gand
rud, of said county,
It Is Ordered, that the time with
in which all creditors of the above
decedent may present claims against
his estate in this court, be, and the
same hereby is, limited to six months
from and after the date hereof and
that Monday, the 16th day of June,
1913, at 2 o'clock p. m., in the Pro
bate Court Rooms at the Court
House at Willmar in said County, be,
and the same hereby is fixed and ap
pointed as the time and place for
hearing upon and the examination,
adjustment and allowance of such
claims as shall be presented within
the time aforesaid.
Let notice hereof be given by the
publication of this order in the Will
mar Tribune as provided by law.
Dated December 9th, 1912.
(SEAL) T. O. GILBERT,
Judge of Probate.
GEO. H. OTTERNESS,
Attorney, Willmar. Minn.
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