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SHENANDOAH
By
HENRY TYRRELL
CHAPTER XV.
"It's Only a Battle!"
OLOXEL WEST," said the
general, "we must get Lieu
tenaut Bedloe in exchange at
any sacrifice if he is still
alive. 'Let's see—why, there is Colonel
Robert Elliugham, our prisoner. We
might offer him in exchange If he
would go."
"Surely! Bob will go in a minute
I know he will. 1 will find hiui and
ride to the front with him myself, gen
eral."
"At once, then: Can you follow the
dispatch, Captain Lockwood?"
"Perfectly, general. Everything is
here in the book."
"11-22-1-12!" ,shouted the signal
man.
"'General Longstreet is coming!'"
"Longstreet! 1 feared that."
"1-21-3!"
'With 18,000 men.'
"Longstreet with his corps!"
"2-22-11-1-12-1."
'We will crush Sheridan's army.'
"Aha!" cried General Harerill, stirred
to deadly energy. "Now. men, signal
that dispatch up the valley to our own
station. Tell them to send couriers
and catch Sheridan with it at Front
Royal. They must catch him, so that
he can hasten back with the cavalry.
Major Burton, order our horses. We
will ride to General Wright's head
quarters at once."
"I love you! I have loved you all the
time!"
General Haverlll, while awaiting the
horses, watched Captain Lockwood
und his men lighting pine wood torch
es attached to long poles to flash their
signals up the valley. Another minute
and Barket returned with Robert El
lingham, the two supporting between
them Kerchival West, white faced and
with his coat thrown open, a crimson
stain on his shirt front.
"There, Bob, I'll be all right now,"
he was murmuring faintly. "It's only
the loss of blood that upset me. I got
a scratch of the knife, that's all."
"Go for a surgeon, somebody," said
Colonel Ellingham as they.helped Ker
chival to the seat. "The fellow has
knifed him. But they've got the
wretch!"
Corporal' Dunn and bis guard drag
ged in Edward Thornton for the sec
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"We were leaving the bouse togeth
er," explained Ellingham. "when this
wild beast sprang out upon us from the
bushes."
"This is murder, not war!" exclaim
ed General Haverill, turning to Thorn
ton, who, in his shirt sleeves, torn and
disheveled, looked a fearsome picture
of diabolical malice. "If you have kill
ed him"—
"Oh, do what you like with me. My
account is settled," retorted Thornton,
watching with an evil smile as Elling
ham handed to General Haverill a wal
let and a miniature case, saying:
"I took these from Kerchival's breast
pocket when he fell."
"My wife's portrait!" muttered the
general, with an involuntary gesture
of despair.
"You recognize the precious keep
sake, general?" sneered Thornton. "So,
you see, if I have killed him, your hon
or will be buried in the same grave."
Gertrude Ellingham ran out from
the house. She had come to bid her
brother Robert goodby. She saw him
"You love me 7"
now in the lurid glare of the pine
knots, bending over the prostrate form
of the wounded Union officer.
"Robert!" she cried. "I heard them
calling for a surgeon. Who is hurt?
Tou are safe, aren't you—ah, Kerchi
val!" With a scream she fell on her
knees by bis side, uttering wild, tender
words as she stroked, the dark hair
from his pallid forehead.
"Oh, Kerchival, dear, I never meant
those bitter words 1 said to you. For
get them and forgive me, won't you?
Do you hear me? 1 love you! 1 have
loved you all the time!"
General Haverill beard no more. He
did not look around as Thornton was
bustled away in irons, but sprang into
his saddle and dashed off down the
black road after the staff officers, who
at bis own impatient order had pre
ceded him.
The night of Oct 18 was full of in
quietude and alarms for the Inmates of
Belle Bosquet. A Federal guard was
posted there, and Barket served as
courier. Neither Jenny nor Madeline
West would think now of going on to
Winchester, with Kerchival West in a
precarious condition and the fate of
Captain Heartsease still uncertain.
General Haverill did not return to the
house, but joined General Buckthorn
•t the front, where, it was understood,
General Wright was making every pos
sible preparation pending the return of
Sheridan, for guarding against and re
sisting an attack upon his right, which
was the only point at which he appre
hended immediate trouble.
Before daybreak on the morning of
the 19th Madeline and Gertrude, who
occupied a room together, were awak
ened by firing in the distance up the
valley to the southward. Jenny Buck
thorn, in an adjoining chamber, heard
their voices and joined them for com
panionship and sympathy. Alas, what
a changed, subdued Jenny within the
last twenty-four hours! .,.
The girls dressed hurriedy in silence
and came downstairs. Already Kerchi
val West, haggard and excited looking,
was pacing the veranda like a caged
animal. Barket had been down to the
pike for reconnolssance and now came
back with startling news.
"Ife a battle, sure!" he said. "An'
Sheridan away, the divll only knows
where. Begob. they must have attack
ed by surprise before the screech o'
dawn, judglu* from"—
"Who has attacked? Who Is sur
prised?" demanded Kerchival with fu
rious Impatience.
"The inimy has attacked us, sor, an',
what's more, they seem to be drivin'
things before 'em. By the direction of
the firm* It should be our left flank
they have pounced upon Instead of the
right, where they were dacintly ex
pected. Sure, thim rebels have no po
liteness nohow"—
^Doyou mean to say our troops are
falling back?"
"Well, sor, I did hear some cavalry
gallopin' down the pike, but whether
It. was ours or theirs or only Mosby's
gorillas, that 1 can't tell yez."
"Then I'll go and find out for my
self!" Kerchival cried fiercely, making
a move into the hallway for his hat
The sudden exertion proved too much
for him, and he sank lntq_a_chair,
clutching with one Mho" aThis breast
"Hark! There Is the firing again,
worse than ever, and it Is coming
nearer," said Gertrude, unconscious qt
a certain exultation in her tone.. "If
Genera] Longstreet only has—I mean.
if really he"
"He can never drive General Sheri
dan back—of that I am certain," spoke
up Madeline with unwonted spirit:
"Let us go—oh, pardon me, Gertrude
—ladies—I beg," said Kerchival, start
ing up, then at once seating. himself
again.
But they all had risen, as impatient
as he was* and hurried out.
Kerchival and Gertrude took the
path up the elevation to where the big
cottonwood tree overlooked the valley.
Jenny and Madeline lingered on the
veranda.
"Go on, go on!" muttered Kerchival,
instinctively feeling for his sword and
looking loweringly in the direction
from which came the roar of the
guns. "Fight to a finish and have it
over. Keep the battle to yourselves.
I'm out of It"
"Kerchival," said Gertrude, "your
sister Madeline says that now she
must pray for the man she loves, ene
my or no enemy."
"And she is right Anything else
would be worse than treason. I can't
pray. Can you. Gertrude?"
"Yes. Ah, Kerchival!"
He leaned against the tree, his hand
clutching at his breast agaiu.
"Your wound! Let me call the sur
geon, Kerchival."
"Wound! I have no wound to bother
about now. You love me?"
"Look! There are soldiers running
through the woods. Oh, what shall
we do?"
The firing, very close now, was
faster and more furious than ever. It
seemed to have given Kerchival West
new breath of life.
"Never mind that!" he cried delirious
ly. "It's only a battle! Say that yon
love me!"
"Be quiet, Kerchival, dear. I do love
you. 1 said so last night before every
one, only you didn't hear me. 1 said
the same thing at Charleston when
first we met. And some one I told
wrote it in a letter—that letter which
General Buckthorn gave you and told
you not to read nnlesn 1 became un
ruly. 1 aw not unruly, am 1, dear?*
"No, my precious girl! Nothing can
separate us now. That letter"—he
searched in bis pockets, but could not
find It "Ah. I remember! They must
have taken it when I was laid out by
Thornton's dagger. And—a miuiature
I had—that's gone too!"
Josephus Orangeblossom on a mule
without saddle dashed up from the
direction of the pike, shouting:
"Miss Gertrude, Marse Bob be done
get a gyard aroun' dis house, but 'tain't
no use now, for de Yanks is runnin*
away. We's got 'em licked, missy we
sho' has!"
"Begob, the naygur's right," con
firmed Sergeant Barket. "The gray
back divils have sprung up out of the
ground. They're pourin' over our lift
flank like Noah's own flood. Our camp
Is wiped out. an' they've got our guns
an* wagons an' wounded an' prison
ers, an' the whole Union army is
a-startin' to beat it down the pike for
Winchester, worse luck! Colonel West,
yonder is your own regiment in full
retrate!"
"My regiment!" roared., Kerchival,
jumping up. "Great God, no! Get my
horse, Barket! I'll stop that or"—
"Yer harse, is it? Hooroo! I'm wld
ye, colonel! There's a row at Flnne
gan'8 ball, an' we're goin' to be In It!"
"Kerchival," pleaded Gertrude, throw
ing her arms around him, "you must
not go! You may be dying!"
"Dying nothing! I'm all right now,
Gertrude, my life! My regiment won't
retreat any farther unless it retreats
over my dead body!"
"Here's yer horse, colonel! Now give
me that mule, ye black contraband
naygur!" called Barket, wild with joy,
to the rolling eyed Josephus.
"Goodby, Gertrude, darling! Tell
Hadeline! Pray for us!"
And two flying figures hurled them
selves down the .hillside Into the roar
ing maelstrom of battle that filled the
valley.
(To be continued)
AGED VETERAN IS IN LUCK
General Le Due, Minnesota Pioneer, Is
Willed $100,000.
Prom a poverty so great that he was
dependent in his declining, years upon
the needlework of his daughters. Gen
eral William G. Le Due of. Hastings
has risen to the heights of affluence
and independent wealth.
This change in the fortunes of the
ninety-year-old retired soldier was due
to the fact that he had a chum during
his young manhood and middle age
who was as good a friend as any Jon
athan and any David.
General Le Due has inherited a
fortune of $100,000. It came to him
through the will of Mrs. Julia Loril
ard Butterfleld, filed In the surrogate's
court of New York city. Mrs. Butter,
field was the wife of General Daniel
Butterfleld, the chum. Her first hus
band was Frederick P. James, a mil
lionaire broker, and the associate of
Russell Sage.
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conditions generally. In addition
thereto, they must be of unquestioned
integrity, free from local Influence or
prejudice ad actuated only by the
highest sense of justice and equity.
The cost of such experts and the
necessary mechanical equipment is
prohibitive to all municipalities in
this state with the exception only of
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth. 1
will gladly concede that these large
cities oan afford this great, expense,
hut granting that, why should the
taxpayers of those cities pay for
three sets of experts and equipment
when one set is not only sufficient
but can serve all the cities better?
The question is unanswerable. The
very object of regulation is to secure
the best possible service at the low
est cost to the consumer,-and the
necessary duplication of regulating
authorities is not only a great eco
nomic waste but also a needless di
vision of responsibility which neces
sarily must result In a proportionate
inefficient service.
4. Using Equipment in Common.—
Finally, there is much equipment that
can be used by several utilities
common. In the construction of un
derground conduits and mains through
the streets as many public utilities a&
by the nature of the service can op
erate together should co-operate in
the cost of construction and the use
of common equipment. There is no
valid reason why three or four dif
ferent sets of telephone or telegraph
poles should .disfigure and obstruct
our public highways and the com
munity at large be made to pay for
such unnecessary duplication of
equipment Since nearly all of the
public utilities are inter-municipal, it
follows that there must be a state
commission vested with full authority
to. order such common use of equip
ment after due investigation and to
apportion the pro rata cost thereof
among those benefited.
WILLMAR TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, AUQU8T 20, 1913.
III. UNIFORMITY.
1. Accounting.—In order to secure
the highest standard of efficiency and
economy, is absolutely essential to
have comparative statistics showing
the operation and experience of the
various utility plants throughout the
state as well as other states. There
must, therefore, be established a uni
form system of accounting. Such ac
counting should show in detail the
financial and operating experience of
every plant. Under the present sys
tem it is impossible for one plant to
benefit by the experience of the other,
because there is no uniform system of
computing the cost of operation so as
to determine net results. Wherever a
uniform system of accounting has
been established and reliable sta
tistical information furnished to the
various plants of the state, there hat
always resulted a general improve
ment from the standpoint of efficiency
and economy. Today surprisingly few
plants know the exact cost of their
own operation, much less that of any
other plant, and the state can render
no greater service to the public at
large, as well as to the utilities them
selves, than to establish a uniform
system of accountings and a bureau
for general statistical information.
2. Inspection and Examination.—
Without a uniform system of account
ing, there can be no reliable inspeo
tion or examination. Under state su
pervision the state through its experts
will be able to examine and properly
report the financial and operating con
dition of every public utility and sug
gest to the various officials, in charge
such Improvements in management
and operation as will be found neces
sary. In making a physical valuation
it is also important that a uniform
method of determining and expressing
values should be adopted. This can
be accomplished only through a state
wide accounting and statistical de
partment.
3. Municipal Plants— Municipal
plants are not operated for private
gain, and their regulation as far as
the state is concerned is therefore
largely a matter of accounting and
reports. They are therefore inter
ested principally in the accounting
and statistical departments of the
state commission. These plants, when
properly segregated from political
domination, very readily adopt the
improved methods of other utilities
and profit by their experience. The
uniform system of accounting enables
them at all times to know the exact
cost of operation which is essential In
the interest of economy. This is oc
casioned sometimes by lack of ex
pert advice and sometimes by political
Interference. Oftentimes municipal
plants do not provide sufficient funds
for depreciation, and the complete re
construction of a plant has to be met
by excessive taxes instead of a grad
ual charge against the consumers.
Errors of this kind are always
checked by the state commission and
corrected. While there has been a
disposition on the part of some mu
nicipalities owning public utilities to
oppose complete state regulation,
there has been v^ry little objection
raised to the control of such utilities
to the extent of enforcing proper uni
form accounting and the furnishing of
reports.
4. Service, Rate*, and Returns.—
The uniformity in service, rates and
returns of similar public utilities
through the state, as far as the local
differences in the cost of operation
will permit, is desirable, no one will
question, and it is difficult to see how
any one can consistently advocate
any other method of securing such
uniformity than by state regulation.
RELATION BETWEEN STATE REG
ULATION AND HOME RULE. .*
While t*e "home rule" argument'
has often been used to defeat state
regulation, there is no valid reason
why* the true home rule principle
should not be made effective in con
nection with state regulation. If any
municipality should desire special or
additional service and is willing to
pay for it, such service should be
granted. In the location of car barns,
power houses and other similar build
ings, if the municipality has reserved
certain sections for such purposes it
should have a right to enforce such
regulations in all cases. Oftentimes
in the granting of franchises and cost*
SIMM
aerylce through
territ'dry, it Is desir-
able to secure an expression of the
local sentiment in regard thereto, and
no state commission will disregard
such sentiment but rather seek, its
guldanoe. Where new important im
provements are under consideration
for adoption, an expression-of the sou
tlment in the community affected
thereby is not only desirable but often
necessary. Wherever the home rule
principle can be applied for the pur
pose of securing service more suit
able to the need of the community in
question, it cannot in any way con
flict with proper state regulation, but
will on the other hand be a valuable
aid. "/•.•--- r'"V"-- 1
As to the maintenance of separate
expert service and equipment for the
purpose of testing products, determin
ing reasonableness of rates and mak
ing valuations by the municipality, it
is largely a question of economy. If
the local taxpayers are willing to Im
pose this unnecessary burden upon
themselves, the taxpayers not affect
ed thereby should not complain.
Whenever disputes arise under the
application of the home rule principle
between the municipality and the pub
lic utilities corporations, the state
commission must be the arbitrator
subject as in all cases, to an appeal
to the courts. It has been found by
experience, however, that the deci
sions of state commissions have been
so uniformly thorough and fair that
few appeals to the courts have been
taken.
FORM AND SCOPE OF THE PUBLIC
UTILITIES LAW.
This is a matter for the legislature
to solve. In my discussion I havo
pointed out the essential elements of
the law, the details are not so Im
portant. fter having made a care
ful study of the laws of other states,
I do not hesitate to state that the
Wisconsin law, with some modifica
tions, that apply specially to our state,
is the best Under it Wisconsin has
successfully regulated its utilities,
and while instances of inequalities, in
ferior service and high rates can still
be found there, its commission has
performed inestimable service for the
people of that state in improving serv
ice, lowering rates, and establishing
uniformity in accounting and opera
tion.
Practically every state which in re
cent years has established a public
utilities commission has followed the
Wisconsin plan and provided for an
appointive commission. Minnesota
formerly had an appointive railroad
and warehouse commission.- When
Governor Lind was elected, the Repub
lican* legislature did not want him to
appoint the members of this com
mission, and for that reason made
the commission elective^ The Repub
lican leaders in the legislature, who
succeeded in securing the passage of
this law, acted not in the interest of
better service, but purely for politi
cal expediency, in the hope that the
commission would select employes of
the Republican faith only and thus
strengthen the forces of the Repub
lican organization. True, Minnesota
has been fortunate in the election of
good men on the railroad and ware
house commission, but that fact does
not right the wrong nor justify its
continuance. Under- the appointive
system, where the commissioners are
appointed for a long period, the gov
ernor cannot change the entire board
except for proper cause shown upon
public hearing. This method insures
more stability and better service, be
cause the commission can devote all
its time to the service relieved from
the expense and troubles of* political
campaigns and indpendent of execu
tive dictation.
Minnesota should profit by the ex
perience of nearly all the other states
and make its railroad and warehouse
commission appointive. Two more
commissioners should be added, mak
ing five in all, its name changed to
the "State Public Service Commis
sion" and then be given the regula
tion of all state public utilities. This
afrangement would remove the ob
jections raised against two public
utilities commissions and would al
ways secure to the state an expe
rienced working majority of commis
sioners. They should be appointed
at a higher salary for a longer term,
and their employes should be placed
under strict civil service.
I am well aware that some of my
enemies will not let me make these
appointments if they can help it It
must not be forgotten, however, that
their objections are not made in good
faith. The character of my past ap
pointments furnish the only standard
by which I should be judged, and.I
am perfecetly willing to submit this
question to the people upon that,rec
ord. Should I so far forget myself
and my duty to the state as to ap
point on such an important commis
sion men of inferior qualities or men
under the control of any interest in
this state or make such appointments
as a reward for political services, I
earnestly hope, and now request, that
I may be made the first example of
the recall now before the people for
adoption at the next election. Let us
be frank about this matter. My po
litical enemies are not at all afraid
that I shall end my political career
by making bad appointments on the
public service commission.. They
would not shed many bitter tears i' I
did. But they are afraid that I shall
succeed in securing for Minnesota the
enactment of the most important and
truly progressive measure ever adopt
ed by this or any other state, and that
I shall get some little share of the
credit for its adoption.
EXPERIENCE OF OTHER 8TATE8.
While a large majority of the states
now have one or more important pub
lic utilities under state control, the
following stateB have all their utili
ties, or nearly so, regulated by a
state commission: Wisconsin/ Massa
chusetts, New York New Jersey, Ne
vada, New Hampshire, Rhode Island,
Vermont, Washington, California and
Kansas. During the last six months
the following states have been adied
to the list: Maine, Missouri, Ohio.
Indiana, Pennsylvania and Illinois.
Many of these states have followed
"the Wisconsin law, adapting It to local
"conditions. The experience of Wis
consin can, therefore, be used as am
example. In addition to saving large
sums of money In the operation of the
various' public utilities by uniform
accounting and'statistical information,
the direct, reduction of rates by the
Wisconsin commission- amounts to
about |2,500,000 per year It is esti
mated that in reduced rates and.
economy of service the Wisconsin
commission has since Its organization
made a net saving of about $12,000,000
to the people of that state. This is
surely most excellent record.
Objections have been made to state
regulation, because certain publle
utilities are in favor thereof. These
objections are made only for the pur
pose of creating prejudice. It Is not
a question as to who are for or against,
It Is a. question of right justice and
equity. Many public utilities in this
state are favorable to state regula
tion. They know that It must come
sooner or later, and also that in other
states, while It has proven a great
benefit to the people, it has not in
jured legitimate business enterprise,
but rather helped it by establishing
more efficient and economic manage
ment, by furnishing expert service and
equipment to every municipality in
the state at a minimum expense, by
providing uniform systems of valua
tion and accounting, by eliminating
useless duplication of service as well
as equipment and by attracting to
this service a higher grade of experts
and employes through its merit sys
tem. The most powerful public utili
ties corporation in the state, however,
has been the leader in opposing state
regulation of all public utilities, and
through its influence largely the op
position to this measure in the last
house was made successful.
It Is needless to state that in this,
as in other matters, there are many
honest men who sincerely oppose
state regulation. The strong opposi
tion, however, comes mainly from
three sources/namely: the large con
sumers who receive special rates, the
ward-politicians, and the Socialists.
As to the first class the opposition
Is well founded. Under state regula
tion all special rates and privileges
would be abolished. The ward poli
ticians do not wish to let go of the
public Utilities. This is perfectly
natural. Under the guise of fighting
for "home rule," they have opposed
every advanced movement to strength
en and purify the administration of
our cities. They always, wanted to do
it themselves. When the fight for a
commission form of government was
taken up, they cried aloud that the
wards should be allowed to manage
their own home affairs and for many,
years succeeded in delaying the adop
tion of a strong centralized city gov
ernment The same opposition is
raised now by the same powers and
for the same purpose. Socialists be
lieve in public ownership.
RELEASED BY HIS FRIENDS
I. W. W. Leader Kidnapped by Rail
road Detectives.
Ten Industrial Workers of the
World and Socialists went from Du
luth to Holyoke and procured the re
lease of Frank Little, leader of the
striking dock workers, who, it is said,
was held captive in a farmhouse by
kidnappers. "'.,.- ,^v
The rescuers, unarmed, surrounded
the farmhouse and demanded Little's
release. The captors, said to be rail
road detectives, fired several shots
and during the excitement Little es
caped and joined his friends.
Little said he was well treated. He
intends to continue his strike activ
ity.
W. A. McGonagle, president of the
Duluth, Missabe and Northern road,
says that the ore dock strike now
practically is ended.
STATE PROPOSES TO TAX CITY
8eeks Gross Earnings Tax on Tele
phone System.
Barnesville may be called upon by
the state tax commission to turn over
$1,790 gross earnings tax on the op
eration of a municipal telephone sys
tem for ten years, from 1903 to 1913.
Members of the commission have
conferred with the attorney general's
office and the right to collect the tax
has been upheld.
This is the first time that any mu
nicipal owned plant will have been
called upon to make such payment if
such action is taken.
FOBFEZTED TAX SAXE.
Office of County Auditor,
County.of Kandiyohi,
State of Minnesota.
Notice of
Expiration of
Redemption
To Mrs. Lewis Anderson,
You are hereby notified that the fol
lowing piece or parcel of land, situated
in the County of Kandiyohi, State of
Minnesota, and known and described as
follows, to-wit: Lot 14 of Block 60, in
the City of Willmar is now assessed In
your name.
That on the 10th day of May, A. D.
1909, at a sale of land pursuant to the
real estate tax judgment duly given and
made In and by the District Court in
and for said County of Kandiyohi, on
the 24th day of March, A. D. 1909, in
proceedings to enforce the payment of
taxes delinquent upon real estate for the
year A. D. 1907, for said County of Kan
diyohi, the above described piece or par
cel of land was duly offered for sale,
and no one bidding upon said offer an
amount equal to that for which said
piece xr parcel was subject to be sold,
to-wit: the sum of Two Hundred Twen
ty-flve Dollars, and Fifty-three cents,
the same was duly bid in for the State
of Minnesota for said sum.
That thereafter, and on the 11th day
of August, A. D. 1913, the said piece or
parcel of land, not then having been
redeemed from said sale, and having
then become the absolute property of
the State of Minnesota, was sold and
conveyed at public sale* by the County
Auditor of said County pursuant to the
order and direction of the State Audit
or of the State of Minnesota, and in ac
cordance with the provisions of-the
statute in such cases made and provid
ed, for the sum of Two Hundred Doll
ars and no cents duly paid to the Coun
ty Treasurer of said County.
That the certificate of sale for said
piece of parcel of land executed and de
livered by said county Auditor upon said
sale last above mentioned has been pre
sented at my office by the holder there
of for the purpose of having notice of
expiration of time for redemption from
said tax sale of said property given and
served.
That the amount required to redeem
said piece or parcel of land from said
tax sale, at the date of this notice, ex
clusive of the costs to accrue upon said
notice, is the sum of Two Hundred
Dollars and Twenty-seven cents (and
interest as provided by law to the day
such redemption is made).
That the time for the redemption of
said piece or parcel of land from. said
tax sale will expire sixty (60) days af
ter service of this notice and the fUlng
of proof of such service in my office'.
Witness^my hand and seal of office
this 15th day of AugUBt, A. D. 1913.
(SEAL) JOHN FEIQ,
Sw Auditor Kandiyohi County, Minn.
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To John S. Robbing, Peter J. -Berg,
Axel Elfstrum, C. L. Englund, B. J.
Branton, Fred Schwartz, Alfred Berge
son, P. E. Parson, Carl Dahlhelm, Nels
Lind, Cecelia Carlson, Charles L. Col
lin, Anders Ryden, Trustees of Old
Swedish Lutheran Society of Willmar,
Swan Anderson, Ludvlg Ellefson, Lars
Moline, A. E. Rice, Hans O. Olson, and
to all other persons, corporations or co
partnerships claiming any right, title
or interest in and to any- of the proper
ty hereinafter described:
You, and each of you, will please take
notice that the undersigned commis
sioners, duly appointed and qualified for
the purpose, of assessing benefits and
awarding damages that' may accrue to
the property hereinafter mentioned by
reason of. the construction of that cer
tain sewer in the City of Willmar, Min
nesota, petitioned for by P. E. Parson,
Alfred Bergeson and others, commenc
ing at the center of the Intersection of
Minnesota avenue and Jessie street,
thence running northerly along said
Jessie street to the center of the inter-
ss=JSffi!iJs-M!f2Ls£5~
er avenue, thence running easterly along
said Becker avenue to the center of the
intersection of said Becker avenue and
Mayson street, and there terminating,
will meet at the Council Chambers of
the City of Willmar, in the City Hall,
on Saturday, the 30th day of August,
A D. 1913, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon
of said day, for the purpose of assess
ing the benefits that may accrue to the
property hereinafter described by rea
son of the construction of the said sew
er and for the purpose of awarding dam
ages,, if any, that may be caused to the
said property by the construction of
said sewer.
The following is the property that
may be assessed for the construction of
said sewer, namely:
Lots One, Eight, Nine, Ten, Eleven,
Twelve, Thirteen and Fourteen of Block
Four Lot One, North Forty feet of Lot
Two, South Ten feet of Lot Two, Lots
Three, Four and Five, the East Seventy
seven feet of Lots Six and Seven, of
Block Five the East One Hundred
Twenty-three feet of Lots One and Two,
the East One Hundred Twenty-eight
feet of Lot Three, Lots Four and Five,
and the North Sixty-six feet of Lot Six,
of Block Six Lots Eight, Nine, Ten,
Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen and Four
te'en of Block Seven all in Spicer's Ad
dition to the City of Willmar the East
Twenty-five feet of Lot One, the West
Eleven feet of Lot One, and Lot Two
all in Subdivision of Lot Eight of High
land Addition to the City of Willmar
Lot Twenty-three, the West Thirty-sev
en feet of Lot Nine, the East Thirteen
feet of Lot Nine, and the West Twenr
ty-flve feet of Lot Ten all in Highland
Addition to the City of Willmar also
the following described pieces or par
cels in Highland Addition to the City
of Willmar
The East Seventy-five feet of that
part of Lot Seven in Highland Addition,
described as follows: Commencing at
the Southwest-corner of said Lot Sev
en, thence running easterly on the
North' line of Becker avenue One Hun
dred Ninety feet, thence running north
at right angles with said north line of
said Becker avenue One Hundred Fifty
feet, thence running westerly parallel
with the said north line of said Becker
avenue One Hundred Ninety feet to the
west line of said Lot Seven, thence run
ning in a southerly direction on said
west line of said Lot Seven a distance
of One Hundred Fifty feet to the place
of beginning
That part of Lot Seven in Highland
Addition, described as follows: Com
mencing at a point on the north line of
Becker avenue at the southeast corner
of said Lot Seven, thence running
northerly on the east line of said Lot
Seven a distance of One Hundred Fifty
feet, thence running westerly parallel
with the south line of said Lot Seven a
distance of Seventy-five feet, thence
running southerly parallel with the said
east line of said Lot Seven a distance
of One Hundred Fifty feet to the said
north line of said Becker avenue, thence
running easterly on the north line of
said Becker avenue Seventy-five feet to
the place, of beginning
Said property and each and every part
and parcel thereof being in the City
of Willmar, County of Kandiyohi, State
of Minnesota, and said property and all
thereof may be assessed for the purpose
of paying the cost and expense of the
building and construction of said sewer,
.and you, and. each of you, are hereby
notified to be and appear before the said
commissioners at the time, and place
aforesaid, at which time and place you
may be heard in said matter.
Dated this 11th day of August, A. D.
1913.
J. H. MARTIN,
E. M. STANFORD,
J. A. HEDIN,
Commissioners.
(First publication August 13-4t)
Order xamitlng* Time to rile Claims, and
for Rearing* Thereon.
Estate of Oscar Erickson.
State of Minnesota, County of Kandi
yohi, In Probate Court.
In the "Matter.of the Estate of Oscar
Erickson, Decedent.
Letters of Administration this day
having been granted to C. W. Odell, of
said county.
It Is Ordered, That the time within
which all creditors of the above named
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 February, 1914,
at 2 o'clock-p. m., in the Probate Court
Rooms at the Court House at Willmar
in said County, be, and the same here
by is, fixed and appointed as the time
and place for hearing upon and the ex
amination, adjustment and allowance of
such claims as shall be presented within
the time aforesaid.
s:
Let notice hereof be given by the pub
lication of this order in The Willmar
Tribune as provided by law.
Dated August 6th, 1913.
(SEAL) T. O. GILBERT,
Probate Judge.
GEO. H. OTTERNESS,
Attorney, Willmar, Minn.
Bids for Underground Heating Sys
tem for Library Building, Will
mar, Minnesota.
Sealed bids will be received by the
City Council of the City of Willmar
Minnesota, up to 8 o'clock in the af
ternoon of August 25th, 1913, for
the installation of a Tyler Under
ground Heating System for the Li
brary Building in the City of Will
mar, Minn.
Said bids to state price for all ma
terial and the complete installation
of the under-ground work from the
Power House to the Library Build
ing and re-setting of vacuum pump
in Power House and*all necessary
changing of piping in the Power
House and the Library Building.
Plans and specifications for the
said heating system may be seen'at
the Builders' Exchange, Minneapolis,
Minn., or at the City Clerk's office
in the City of Willmar.
All bids to be sealed, addressed .to
the City Council and endorsed "Bid
For Heating System" and must be
accompanied by a certified check
of $75.00, payable to the City Treas
urer of Willmar. r, „,- .-
The Council reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
HANS N E S O N
City Clerk.
Willmar Minn August 5th, 1913.
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DUPLICATE. RECEIPT BOOKS
with Willmar date line, 4 tn pig*,
with penes' carbon, 200reeetBts,G
cents 600 receipts, $1JOO. THIB-
uiEPflirnioco.
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onnntaAn OY^ivwB^OMATioir
Of the •fcadiyohTgroitT rate laeoeto
-We, the undersigned, for the purpose
of forming a corporation under and pur
suant to the provisions of Chapter nf ty-
£l
aPy*
-saas-^wiBa,
amendment* thereof. ««..
do hereby associate ourselves as a body^^&l
corporate, and do hereby adopt the tol- v&
lowing Certificate of Incorporation
ARTICLE I,
«r^
he nam
Jj
ARTICLE VI.
The highest amount of indebtedness
or liability to which this corporation
shall at any time be subject shall .be
the sum of $10,000.00.
In Testimony Whereof, we have here
unto set our hands this 26th day of
July, A. D. 1913.
J&^Hxi*
corporation shall be ^SU?
"Kandiyohi,County. Fair- Association."
The general nature of Its business shall
be. to conduct and hold county fairs in
and for the County of Kandiyohi and
State of Minnesota, and to that end to
acquire grounds upon "which .the. asso- '7^t3
elation might hold such fairs, and to '-S*
transact any other business connected MS7
therewith and appertaining thereto. c^%
The principal place of business of this JS?
corporation shall be In the City of Will- ^$
mar, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. -/.
ARTICLE II. P-&
The time for the commencement of
this corporation shall ne August 15th
A. D. 1913,, and the period of its dura-
tion shall be thirty years. r~
ARTICLE IIL
The names and places of residence of
the persons forming this 'corporation are
Peter Bonde of Willmar, Minnesota Ed.
Benson of Willmar, Minnesota John
Wicklund of Atwater, Minnesota John
Ahlstrom of Spicer, Minnesota
L-'
Johnrs..C
Anderson of Atwater Minnesota E.
WellinT of Willmar, Minnesota V. E.
Lawson of Willmar, Minnesota P. M.
Burns of Kandiyohi, Minnesota Wm. O.
Johnson of Willmar, Minnesota O. R.
Berkness of Willmar, Minnesota.
ARTICLE IV.
The management of this corporation
shall be vested in a Board of Manag
ers, composed of not less than five nor
more than ten members. The names
and addresses of the first Board of Man
agers are Peter Bonde of Willmar, Min
nesota Ed. Benson of Willmar, Minne
sota John Wicklund of Atwater, Min
nesota John Ahlstrom of Spicer, Min
nesota L. A. Tjosvold of Willmar, Min
nesota C. L. McNelly of Willmar, Min
nesota John Swenson of Willmar, Min
nesota J. S. Anderson of Atwater, Min
nesota.
The first officers of this corporation
shall be: President, V. E. Lawson vice
president, Peter Burns secretary, Wm.
O. Johnson and treasurer, O. R. Berk
ness.
All of the above named managers and
officers shall hold their respective offi
ces aforesaid until the next annual
meeting of the corporation to be held
on the first Tuesday in December, 1913,
at which time and annually thereafter,
a Board of Managers and Officers shall
be elected by the and from the stock
holders of the corporation. The .annual
meeting of ttiis corporation shall be
held on the first Tuesday in December
in each year. Any office except that of
president and vice president may be
held by the same person. The- manag
ers and officers of this corporation shall
hold their respective offices until their
successors have been duly elected and
entered upon the discharge of their du
ties. The first meeting of the Board
of Managers shall be held at Willmar,
Minnesota, on ten days* notice from
Secretary.
ARTICLE V.
The amount of the capital stock of
this corporation shall be Twenty-Five
Thousand Dollars, which shall be paid
in, in money or property, or both, in
such manner, at such times, and in such
amounts as the Board of Managers
shall order. The capital stock shall be
divided into Two Thousand Five Hun
dred shares of the par value of Ten
Dollars each.
V. E. LAWSON,
P. M. BURNS,
JOHN WICKLUND,
PETER BONDE,
JOHN AHLSTROM,
WM. O. JOHNSON,
E. C. WELLIN,
O. R. BERKNESS.
ED. BENSON,
J. S. ANDERSON,
JOHN SWENSON.
state of Minnesota, I
County of Kandiyohi,
On this 28th day of July, 1913, per
sonally appeared before me V. E. Law
son, P. M. Burns, John Wicklund, Peter
Bonde, John Ahlstrom, Wm. O. John
son, E. C. Wellin, O. R. Berkness, John
Swenson and Ed. Benson, to me-known
to be the persons named in and who ex
ecuted the foregoing certificate of In
corporation and —each acknowledged
that he executed the same.as his free
act and deed, for the uses and purpos
es therein expressed.
(SEAL) CHARLES JOHNSON,
Notary Public, Kandiyohi County,. Min
nesota. .„.
My commission expires Oct. 1, 1919.
State of Minnesota, »__
County of Kandiyohi, f8,fc
On this 4th day of August. 1913, per
onally appeared before me J. S. Ander
son, -to me known to be the person nam
ed in and who executed the foregoing
instrument and Certificate of Incorpor
ation and acknowledged that he execut
ed the same as his free act and deed,
for the uses and purposes therein ex
pressed. ''•'. y:'-y:.
(SEAL) J. A. JOHNSON,
Notary Public, Kandiyohi County, Min
nesota.
My commission expires May 7, 1920.
State of Minnesota, __
County of Kandiyohi,
Filed for record the 11th day of Au
gust, A. D. 1913, at 11:30 o'clock a. Bl
and recorded in Book S of Miscel. on
pages 229-230.
(SEAL) OLOF H. DALE,
-^3»
in-
Register of Deeos.
State of Minnesota,
Department of State.
I hereby certify that the -within in
strument was filed for record in this of
fice on the 9th day of August, A.
1913, at 9 o'clock a. m., and was duly
recorded in Book X-3 of Incorporations
on page 291.
JULIUS A. SCHMAHL,
Secretary of State.
(First publication July 30-41)
Order Umitinr Time to Pile Claliaa, and
for Hearing Thereon.
Estate of Anna C. Linderholm, Deced
ent.
State of Minnesota, County of Kandi
yohi, In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Anna
Linderholm, Decedent.
Letters of Administration this day
having been granted to A. E. Rice of
said county,
It Is Ordered, that the time within
which all creditors of the above named
decedent may present claims against
her estate in this court, be, and the same
hereby is. limited to three months froit
and after the date hereof and thav
Monday, the 3rd day of November, 1913.
at 2 o'clock p. m., in the Probate Court
Rooms at the Court House at the City
of Willmar in said County, be, and the
same hereby Is, fixed and appointed 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 Willmar
Tribune as provided by law.
Dated July 29th, 1913.
(SEAL) T. O. GILBERT,
Judge of Probate.
CHARLES JOHNSON, ...
Attorney, Willmar. Minn.
(First publication Aug. 13-4t)
Citation for Ksaxlnf on Petition for Ad
vrti'7 mlalatratloB. _•
-'V.%.Estate of Carl O. Peterson. ,.1 5
State of Minnesota, County of Kandl- ~M~-~
yohi. In Probate Court. -£"S S
In the Matter of the Estate of Carl- O.
Peterson, Decedent. itSfei
The State of Minnesota to all per- •''3^s&-^
sons Interested In the granting' of ad- fpgS'.2
ministration of the estate-of said de
cedent: The petition of Peter A. Peter
son having been-filed in_ this court, re- ^.tjb'^lj^w,
presenting that Carl O." Peterson, then soS*
a- resident of the County of Kandiyohi, -*«--3
State of Minnesota, died Intestate on
the 3rd day of August, 1913 and pray
ing that letters of administration of
his estate be granted to L. O. Thorpe,
of said County and the court having
fixed the time and place for hearing
said petition -THEREFORE, YOU, AND
EACH OF- YOU, are hereby cited and s~Si
required to show cause. If any you nave
before this court at the Probate Court
Rooms in the ..Court House, In.the City
of 'Willmar in' the County of Kandiyohi.
State of Minnesota, on the 8th day of
September, 1913, at 2- o'clock p. m.,-why
said petition Bhould not be granted. ,.
Witness, the Judge of said Court* andC
the Seal of said Court^this-lljth day of
-August,. 1913.
(COURT SEAL) '$GfT. GILBERT.
--. .%?* Probate Judge.
GEORGE MULLER, *",,-,--
M^
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Attorney for PeUUoner, WlUmar^tJ