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This is the highest state tax rate
since 1865 In forty-eight years it
had not been exceeded or equalled,
and it has been equalled or exceeded
in but one year in the history of the
state. In 1865, when the state was
poor, when its area was but scantily
settled and when valuations were low
and the state's needs great, there was
a state tax rate of six mills.
The next year it was five mills, and
in 1874, the state having settled rap
idly in the meantime, the rate drop
ped to 2.33 mills
THE AVERAGE STATE TAX
RATE FOR THE THIRTY-SEVEN
YEARS ENDING WITH 1910 WAS
BUT 1.83 MILLS.
Since 1910 the rate has gone from
1.47 mills to the 1914 rate of 5 03
mills.
THE STATE TAX RATE HAS
BEEN MULTIPLIED THREE AND A
HALF TIMES IN FOUR YEARS.
This year the rate was 3 58 mills,
and the increase in next year's rate
over this year's will be FORTY PER
CENT.
The appalling increase in the state
tax rate has come in spite of the fact
that railroads which used to pay less
than a million dollars a year through
their gross earnings taxes are now
paying close to five millions a year.
It has come in spite of the fact that
indirect taxes of many kinds have
been created and multiplied.
It has come in spite of the fact that
the iron mines, which were paying
the state in taxes less than twenty
thousand dollars yearly a dozen years
ago, will next year pay the state in
taxes more than a million and a
quarter!
The greater the state's revenues
from new sources, the higher
climbs the rate on which the farmer
and merchant, the laborer and bank
er, must pay taxes.
The Herald said, shortly after the
legislature adjourned, that the legis
lative issue for 1914 should be ECON
OMY AND EFFICIENCY.
Can there be any doubt, in the face
of these figures, that this is the issue
on which the legislature of 1915 must
be pledged?—-Editorial from the Du
luth Herald.
INTERESTING NEWS NOTES.
(From The -Public)
United States District Judge, Cor
nelius D. Murane of Nome, Alaska,
was removed on October 3 by Presi
dent Wilson, following his refusal to
comply with a request to resign sent
to him several weeks ago.
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modern times. Only the command of
unlimited money has made
them what they are.
You can be as successful if you start sav
ing now. A- dollar -will open an account
here. Bring what you can in today.
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WILLMAR, MINNESOTA. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER IS, 1911
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The estate of the late August Bebel,
the German Socialist leader, is valued
at $100,000, of which he bequeathed
$5,000 to the Social-Democratic par
ty, and $2,500 to the labor press.
The English actress Marie Lloyd,
ordered deported by the Immigration
Bureau, was ordered released on Oc
tober 4 by Assistant Secretary of La
bor Louis Post on filing of a $1,500
bond.
Justice Van Devanter of the United
States Supreme Court was exonerated
on October 1 by the House Judiciary
Committee of charges brought against
him by Blodgett of Des Moines,
Iowa.
The Senate Appropriation Commit
tee on October 1 approved the Urgent
Deficiency bill provision abolishing
the Court of Commerce, but disap
proved the paragraph removing -the
members of the Court from office
One hundred and forty thousand
emigrants from the United States
settled in Canada during the year
ending September 30. This is accord
ing to a statement issued by the Com
missioner of Immigration, Bruce
Walker.
In an address on October 4 before
the Irish Fellowship Club of Chicago
the Hindu scholar, Basanta Koomar
Roy, declared that the British Gov
ernment has forbidden circulation in
India of Secretary of State Bryan's
pamphlet on British rule in India
The penalty inflicted when found in
possession of a native is from six
months to two years in jail.
By a vote of 66 to 4 the Peruvian
Chamber of Deputies on the 4th adopt
ed an amendment to the Constitution
granting freedom of religion The Ro
man Catholic religion has heretofore
been the only religion legally tolerat
ed, although the government has per
mitted the buliding of a number of
Protestant churches and mission
school in spite of the Constitution.
The Punjab Sanitary Conference,
held at Simla, India, August 26, adopt
ed the following resolution: "This
conference is of the opinion that
measures should be taken by the Gov
ernment of India to secure for muni
cipal purposes an adequate proportion
of the unearned increment accruing
to landowners in urban areas by rea
son of demand for building sites* aris
ing therein."
German militants are disturbed by
a fifteen per cent falling off in the ex
cess ove deaths
foof
former year being 879,000, and of the
latter 740,000. Marriages for the two
years Increased from 496,396 to 612,
819 births dropped from 1,982,836 to
1,927,039 and the deaths rolls
from 1,103,723 to 1,187,094. The in
creased mortality has been attributed
to the extraordinary heat and drought
that prevailed during the summer of
1911.
Joseph Knowles, the Boston artist,
who on August 5 entered the Maine
wilderness to test his ability to live
as a primitive man, emerged on Octo
ber 5, the date set for his return. He
had entered the wilderness naked and
empty handed. He emerged fully
clothed in deer and black bear skins
and carrying primitive tools he had
fashioned. He was in good health and
physical condition. For sixty days he
had not seen a human being. He had
built a rude hut of boughs and had
lived on edible barks and fungi and
on animals, fish and frogs he had
managed to catch or kill.
FAHLUN RESIDENTS
HAVE MANY FRIENDS
Ole Larson and Wife are Twice Sur
prised on Their Departure to
Become Willmar Citizens.
the
year.of
191births
0 and 1911,rthe excess the
Mr and Mrs Ole Larson, who re
cently moved into the residence they
had purchased at 626 Jessie street,
were given very complimentary sur
prises by their old friends and neigh
bors in Lake Elizabeth and Fahlun
before leaving for this city. The first
occurred on Sunday. Sept. 28, at the
Swedish Baptist church at Lake Eliz
abeth, of which Mr. Larson has been
an active member for many years.
After an interesting service by Rev.
Klingenberg, a man who has built
and maintains an orphanage in Mich
igan, dependent entirely on unsolicit
ed gifts and donations, the friends
gathered about the Larsons, and Rev.
O. E. Erickson spoke the kindly feel
ings of regret of those assembled at
the departure of the friends from
their midst and wished them God
speed to their new home. A neat
sum of money was given them as a
token of the esteem in which they
are held.
On Tuesday evening of the same
week, as the Larsons were topsy
turvy in the midst of packing their
household goods, their home was
presently lighted up with the glare
of auto lamps, and autos and teams
soon filled the yard. It was their
Norwegian brethren and neighbors
under the leadership of Frank Mat
son, Ninus Nelson, Hemming S. Nel
son and others, who had come from
ten miles around to pay their res
pects. The ladies had with them all
the necessary things, including dish
es, for serving refreshments, and a
most pleasurable evening was spent
Mr. and Mrs. Larson were also the
recipients of a sum of money from
these friends The Larsons moved
into their Willmar residence Oct. 2
Mr. Larson spoke very feelingly of
these farewell gatherings to the Will
mar Tribune editor, and asked us to
express his heartfelt appreciation of
the kindness shown by the people of
the community where he has resided
for forty years.
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MAMRE
Aecaer
Mamre, Oct. 13—Mrs. Anna Swan
~son of Long Lake visited friends and
relatives in Mamre from Saturday un
til Sunday, and also attended the con
ference in Lundby.
The Ladies' Aid of the Lundby
church will be entertained at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Lofven
on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 22.
There will be Sunday school next
Sunday forenoon at 10 o'clock.
Mrs. Oscar Fondell and daughter,
Ruby, and Miss Agnes Mattson came
down from Dawson, Minn., last Fri
day to visit with the former's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Rodman, and
other relatives and friends, for some
time.
Miss Florence Erickson of St. Cloud
is at present visiting at the J. O. Hag
man and A. J. Swenson homes.
Mr. and Mrs. Dahlgren and son of
Strandburg, S. D., are visiting with
their daughter and son-in-law, Mr
and Mrs. George Larson this week.
Mr. Ole Ryden of Stockholm, S. D,
is visiting Lars Ostlund of Pennock
these days.
Revs. Konstantin Olson of Minne
apolis, Arvid Ostling of Willmar, A.
W. Carlson of Frank Lake, C. F.
Sandstrom of Minneapolis and A. W.
Franklin were the presiding minis
ters at the Northwest Mission soci
ety conference held in Lundby.
Miss Bertha Thyden of Willmar
visited at Carl Norman's last week.
Mr. and Mrs Anton Ostling of Lake
Florida attended the conference in
Lundby last Sunday.
Mr. Swen Carlberg and daughter,
Augusta spent Sunday at K. A.
Krantz'.
There will be a harvest festival
held in the Mamrelund church on Fri
day, Oct. 24.
Youngsters of the male sex under
eighteen years and girls at fifteen
will have to go to some other state if
they desire to be married legally, ac
cording to an opinion handed down
by Attorney General Lyndon A.
Smith, and who adds that district
court clerks who issue licenses to
such people do so in direct violation
of a statute provision and are liable
to a charge of malfeasance despite
the fact that the consent of the par
ents may have been given. The op
inion was given in reply to an inquiry
from Willmar—Norwood Times
A number of the Odd Fellows came
down from Willmar and participated
in degree work in the local lodge
Wednesday evening. The Willmar
team had charge of the floor work,
two degrees being conferred upon 3
candidates. Supper was served at a
late hour by Mrs. Skoglund.—Repub
lican Press (Atwater).
—Mrs. J. Johnson left Saturday for
Benson to be present at the large re
ception given in honor of her brother,
Rev. J. C. Strand and wife, which was
given by the members of the Free
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gundty.
BUILD DEPOT
jNJFIVE DAYS
Big Fire at St. Paul Did Not
Delay Traffic at Atl.
St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 13.
Building, equipping and opening a
Union Depot in less than a week is
the new record which St. Paul has
just established.
On Friday night, Oct. 4, the Union
Depot in St. Paul was burned. The
fire was one of the most spectacular
ever seen in the city and the build
ing which had long served as a Union
Station was totally destroyed. For
tunately no lives were lost although
there were about 200 travelers in the
building at the time the fire was dis
covered
On Thursday, Oct. 9, a new Union
Depot was opened, fully equipped and
even more conveniently arranged
than the old one. Before the ashes of
the ruins were cold hundreds of men
were put to work to convert a large
store building directly across the al
ley into a temporary station. Walls
were cut thru, stairways were built,
a ticket office and large rest rooms
were established and today business
is going on as if nothing unusual had
happened. Three hundred and thirty
nine passenger trains, more than
29,000 passengers and 9,000 pieces of
baggage a day have been handled in
spite of the fire without a single train
being delayed a single minute. The
400 employees of the depot, aided by
hundreds of other workmen have
been on duty night and day and not
a train has been delayed, not a pas
senger has been annoyed. The su
perintendent of the depot worked
ninety-six consecutive hours without
sleep but results were obtained and
today St. Paul is better equipped to
handle all business than it was be
fore the fire.
Not one piece of baggage in baggage
room was destroyed or even wet dur
ing the fire although there were six
teen large truck loads there not one
letter was lost although 1,200 tons of
mail pass through the mail room in
the station every day.
There is no delay in St. Paul now.
Trains are running in and out as they
did, transfers are being made in the
same manner and passengers are
taken care of in even better shape
than before the fire.
STARTED A BIG YARN
Attempted Hold-up of Marshall Start
ed Bank Robbery Report
at Granite.
Granite Falls has a "nervy" night
marshal. Last Wednesday morning
six men tried to hold him up at point
of guns but he disregarded their
threats and turned a fire alarm
Tie men escaped, but tne jreport of
the affair grew and grew When it
reached Willmar the report had it
that six men had blown up the leading
bank of the town and that the whole
town was out and fought a pitched
battle with bandits The supposition
is that the six men were contemplat
ing some mischief if they had suc
ceeded in putting the lid on the, mar
shal.
Big Yield of Sugar Beets.
A yield of sugar beets is reported
from Renville that surpasses in size
anything heretofore reported. It is
said that on the farm of Daly & Bar
nard the average yield per acre was
21 tons and 8 pounds. These were
sold at $5 00 per ton making some
thing over $105.00 per acre. The
cost of raising the beets was about
$18.00 per acre, leaving a net income
of $87.00. The owners of the farm
attribute the rich yield to the, fact
principally that the ground was
plowed about 14 inches deep in pre
paring it. The beet crop on other
farms near Renville is not as good
as it was last year*—Olivia Times.
Short of Gasoline.
It has been impossible for our mer
chants to get gasoline from the Stan
dard Oil Co. since last Friday. We
understand that the company has a
lot of motor spirit on hand and want
to force the merchants to buy that in
stead. If that is so that is a high
handed way of doing business.
Wright's garage, who get their gaso
line shipped direct from another con
cern, have had no trouble in getting
gasoline and have sold a large quan
tity of it the past week.—Benson Mon
itor.
EAST DOVRE.
East Dovre, Oct. 13—Mr. Walter
Bakken assisted Mr. Baklund with
some work a few days last week.
Miss Maude Olson left for Swift
Falls to visit with relatives.
A large crowd visited with Berg's
last Sunday evening.
The Ladies' Aid will meet at the
home of Mrs. C. A. Backlund next
Thursday afternoon, Oct. 22.
The Girls' Society of Eagle Lake
will be postponed until Oct. 25th, in
stead of Oct. 18, as was first decided
The meeting will be held at the E
E. Gynild home.
Miss Ruth Thorstensen visited at
Berg's Sunday afternoon.
A few from the Bethesda Home
called at Larsen's last Sunday eve
ning.
Mr. G. Baklund visited at New Lon
don Thursday of last week.
Miss Ida Grannum of Crookston is
visiting at Roan's.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Baklund autoed
to Spicer last Sunday afternoon.
Services will be held by Mr. K. T.
Rykken of New London next Sunday
at 11 o'clock. 4
Mr. and Mrs. N. 'Roan, Miss Ida
Grannum, and Mable Roan were Sun
day afternoon visitors^at Rev. E. O
Larsen's. -,
Mr. Ronning and son from Spicer
are painting at the Eagle Lake
church.
Mr. Grondahl of Willmar Visited at
M. Olson's last Sunday, »c 4^
Mr. Carl Bakken has accepted a
job with the Kallevig threshingjrig.
Oscar and Carl Olson were* -Sun
day visitors at the Berg home.
—Mrs. Sidney Stone and son,]Walt
er, returned Monday from her extend
ed visit at her parental home In St.
Paul.
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Renville County" Jail Prisoners at
Olivia 8aw Their Way Out 7
to Liberty. jt
Olivia Times: The two prisoners
confined in the county jail made their
escape Tuesday night and are still at
liberty. The escape was made through
a window on the north side of the
jail, one of the bars having been saw
ed off and the iron screen pried open
A small metal saw was found in the
cell and also a stick a few feet long.
The prisoners made their getaway
during the night, presumably about
three or four o'clock in the morning.
The Sheriff and Mrs. Sunde were both
absent from home being on their way
to St. Peter with an insane woman.
Deputy Sheriff Haack served the 'pris
oners at supper time ana left them
locked in their cells. Just how they
got out of their cells is not known, but
it is thought that they manipulated
the levers with the stick .which was
probably passed to them from the out
side. Whether the saw was given to
them by a confederate or was contriv
ed by themselves is not known. One
bar was sawed off and this left
a
opening of only 7 by 12 inches through
which the men pulled themselves to
liberty. Prof. Brodie, who rooms in
the jail was awakened by a noise at
3:30 in the morning, but thinking it
was a telephone call, he paid no at
tention to it. Other roomers in the
building heard no sound.
BUNCOED THE FARMER8
A Number of Farmer* Purchased
Cheap Cyclone Insurance Last
Spring and are Forced to
Pay Assessments.
Last spring a representative of the
St. Paul Mutual Hail & Cyclone In
surance Co., came to town and solic
ited many of our local farmers in re
gard to insuring their crops against
loss by cyclone or tornado. He offer
ed insurance on very reasonable
terms, the rates being 15 cents per
hundred for every hundred taken.
During the past week the policy hold
ers have been notified that there was
an assessment due on their policies
that must be paid at once. Farmers
that held $4,000 policies were asked
to send a check for $45. The matter
has been taken up with the state in
surance commissioner. There is a
moral to this*—Hereafter buy all
kinds of insurance from local men
that you know.—Dassel Anchor.
Dairymen to Go to Willmar.
At the annual meeting of the execu
tive board of the Minnesota State
Dairymen's association held state fair
week the board voted unanimously to
go to Willmar for the next annual
meeting to be held in January. A
proposition was presented by the Min
neapolis Civic & Commerce associa
tion to have the meeting held in that
city, but the board very wisely turn
ed it down, ff these meetings are to
be in the future what they have been
in the past—a great big success—
they should be kept away from the
big cities and out of politics. The
bulk of the attendance at these meet
ings must be local and must come
from the farm for each day's meet
ing. Furthermore, the meetings
must be held where they are the big
thing for the week and not in a big
city with a lot of side shows, the
atres and other attractions—Minne
sota Dairyman.
ROSELAND
Roseland, Oct. 13—Mr. and Mrs
John Brouwer were entertained for
supper at the home of the former's
sister, Mrs Isaac Gort.
Miss Abbie Damhof made a busi
ness trip to Willmar last Wednesday
Mrs, McKlane and daughter, Car
rie, called at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. A. Van Beek last Tuesday after
noon.
Miss Mountain and Miss Mayme
Rasmusson spent last Sunday with
Miss Mabel McKenzie.
Miss Katie Hoffman assisted Mrs
Isaac Gort during threshing last Mon
day and Tuesday.
Mr. John Dragt and Miss Jennie
Bergsma called on Mr. and Mrs.
Van Den Einde last Saturday eve
ning.
Miss Mary Williams spent Sunday
afternoon with the Nype girls.
Mrs. C. Kohrs was on the sick list
last week.
A social gathering was had at the
A. Van Beek home last Tuesday eve
ning and all those present report hav
ing had a pleasant time.
Miss Katie Hoffman was entertain
ed for supper at the H. Dragt home
last Sunday evening.
News just arrived that a son was
born to Mr and Mrs. Gerhard Dam
hof this morning (Monday
WEST RINGO LAKE.
West Ringo Lake, Oct. 13—Mr. and
Mrs. John Peterson and children vis
ited at the Edward Carlson home last
Sunday
Rev. Swenson from New London
was a Willmar visitor last Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Monson and
children visited at the Nels Monson
home last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Carlson and
children Mr. and Mrs. George Bengt
son and children Mr. and Mrs. Au
gust Muller, Nels Monson and Lena
Monson visited at the August Mon
son home last Sunday.
Miss Olga Berg assisted Mrs. Ed
ward Carlson last Tuesday and Wed
nesday during threshing.
Mr. and Mrs. August Muller from
Twin Lakes, visited at the Nels Mon
son home last Sunday.
A number of friends visited at the
Ekblad home last Sunday afternoon
and evening
Rev. Swenson conducted services
at the August Monson home last
Sunday.
Oscar Grorud visited at his paren
tal home last Sunday
There will be services in the Long
Lake church Sunday, Oct. 26, at 3:00
o'clock.
—Mrs. N. H. Day left the latter
part of the week for her home at Se
attle, Wash., after an extended visit
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. W.
Hedman. .,*,*•„
TAX COMMISSION
MAKESJHANGES
Items Changed from Assessed
Valuations in County as
Equalized by Local
t*e
if
The Minnesota ,Tax Commission
has notified County Auditor Feig of
the following changes made in the
items of the assessed valuations in
this county as left by the County
Board of Equalization. Outside the
bank items mentioned the entire in
creases will not amount to over $5,000
in Kandiyohi county, in the opinion
of County Auditor Feig.
Horses, 1 year and under 2, 5 per
cent increase.
Cattle, 2 years old and under 3,
10 per cent increase.
Cattle, 3 years old or over, 10 per
cent increase.
Threshing machines, 20 per cent in
crease.
Motorcycles and bicycles, 25 per
cent increase.
Wheat, barley and grains in hands
of manufacturers, 20 per cent in
crease.
Other materials and manufactured
articles, 25 per cent.
Manufacturer's tools and machin
ery, 10 per cent increase.
Furniture and equipment of hotels
and rooming houses, 20 per cent in
crease.
Office furniture, equipment and li
braries, 20 per cent.
The following increases jn the valu
ation of banks were made':
State Bank of Kandiyohi $ 235
Green Lake State Bank 295
Farmers' State Bank of Sun
burg 858
Bank of Willmar 747
Kandiyohi County Bank 3,249
U. S. CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATION
Willmar One of Sixteen Minnesota
Towns Where These Examina
tions Will Be Held.
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces an open com
petitive examination at Willmar on
Feb. 7, 1914, to furnish a list of elig
ibles for appointment to vacancies in
first-grade, or clerical positions in
the Customs Service in the positions
of deputy collector, clerk, storekeep
er, gauger, and storekeeper-gauger in
the Internal-Revenue Service in the
position of office deputy marshal and
in other positions that require sim
ilar qualifications, as they may occur
in the United States classified serv
ice in the city named or its vicinity.
Competitors will be examined in
the following subjects, which will
have the relative weights indicated:
Subjects Wts
1. Spelling (twenty words of
more than average difficulty)
2. Arithmetic (fundamental rules,
fractions, percentage, inter
est, discount, analysis, and
statement of simple ac
counts)
3. Penmanship (the competitor's
handwriting in the subject of
report writing will be con
sidered with special refer
ence to the elements of legi
bility, rapidity, neatness, and
general appearance) .. ..
4. Report writing (test in writing
in letter form a report not
more than 200 words in
length, summarizing and ar
ranging in logical order a se
ries of facts included in a
given statement of 400 or
500 words)
5. Copying and correcting manu
script (test in making a
smooth, corrected copy of a
draft of manuscript which
includes erasures, mispelled
words, errors in syntax, etc)
6. Geography and civil govern
ment of the United States... 10
10
25
15
25
15
Total 100
Competitors who fail to obtain a
rating of at least 70 in arithmetic
or 65 in report writing will not be
eligible for appointment and the re
maining subjects of their examina
tions will not be considered, unless
the needs of the service require oth
erwise.
Five hours will be allowed for
this examination.
Any of the following-named physi
cal defects is sufficient to exclude
a person from examination: Insani
ty tuberculosis paralysis epilepsy
blindness loss of both arms or both
legs loss of arm or leg badly crip
pled or deformed hands, arms, feet,
or legs uncompensated valvular
disease of the heart locomoter a
taxia cancer, Bright's disease dia
betes.
Age 18 years or over on the date
of the examination but no person
under 21 years of age on the date
of the examination will be eligible for
appointment to the position of depu
ty collector, storekeeper, gauger, or
storekeeper-gauger in the Internal
Revenue Service and no person un
der 21 or more than 45 years of age
on the date of the examination will
be eligible for appointment to the
position of day inspector or assistant
weigher in the Custom Service, or to
any position in that service whose
duties are partly those of inspector.
This examination is open to all
citizens of the United States who
meet the requirements.
Application forms may be had by
addressing Secretary Eighth U. S.
Civil-Service District, Post Office, St.
Paul, Minn. All applications must be
on file Jan. 2 1914, to be considered.
Dr. Johnson Lectures in Diet. 25.
Dr. Christian Johnson of Willmar
will lecture at the school house in
Dist. No. 25, next Saturday evening,
Oct. 18 at 7:30 p. m. .Dr. Johnson is
so well known as a public speaker
and lecturer that no one should fail
to come and hear him. Admission
will be free and everybody is cord*
tally invited.
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8tefansson's Well-Equipped Canadian
Expedition Believed to Be Look
ing for Thla Land.
St. Michaels, Alaska Oct 11—The
Russian government steamers Taimyr
and Waygatch, under Commander
Wilitsky, which have been engaged in
Arctic explorations for three years,
arrived here today for coal. Captain
Wilitsky reports the discovery of a
body of land as large as Greenland,
extending beyond latitude 81 north
and longitude 102 east.
Admiral Peary and other Arctic ex
plorers have believed that a large
body of land, almost a continent, ex
isted in the polar regions. The Can
adian government had so much faith
in the theories of Stefansson, Peary
and other explorers, that last sum
mer it sent Stefansson with the best
equipped polar expedition that ever
entered the ice.
Three of Stefansson's boats are
frozen in the ice pack near Point Bar
row, Alaska. Two of these boats car
ried supplies which were to be landed
at depots east of the mouth of the
McKenzie The third was to explore
the mainland and islands east of Mc
Kenzie delta.
Stefansson, with the whaler Kar
luk, got away safely from Point Bar
row, and steered for the north, seek
ing the unknown continent which the
Russian expedition that arrived at St.
Michael reports having discovered.
Will be Soloist of Orchestra.
Prof. N. B. Swalin has kindly con
sented to assist the Bethel chorus
as solo violinist in the orchestra
which is to accompany the chorus in
the grand concert to be given at
Willmar this fall by Miss Esther
Pearson of .Chicago. The concert,
which will be announced for some
date in November, will be held under
the auspices of the Young People's
Society, and the proceeds are to be
used to assist in raising the society's
pledge for the G. A. C. endowment
fund The orchestra will attend the
rehearsal with the chorus tomorrow
evening.
Colfax,~Oct. Id—Mrs. Anton Berg
and two daughters, who have visited
relatives and friends here and at
Norway Lake the last three weeks,
left on Thursday for Cooperstown,
N. D., enroute for their home at Sil
verdale, Wash.
Miss Millie Evans is at present
assisting her aunt, Mrs. Alfred Berg
at Sunburg.
Mr. Leonard Larson, who has vis
ited relatives at Grand Forks, N. D.,
and at Oslo, Minn. has returned
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Lars Hanson and
Mrs. Elsie Johnson visited at the
John Torrison home at Norway Lake
a couple of days last week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Mikkelson and
children of Belgrade visited with
Lars Hanson's on Sunday.
Mrs. George Lawrence of Spicer is
at present visiting at the home of her
daughter,. Mrs. Martin Thompson.
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Johnson and
family are at present visiting at Hans
Gerhardson's. Mr. Johnson has sold
his farm and property in Stearns
county. The family will leave for
Everett, Wash., within a week.
Mr. Andrew Jorgenson of Wadena,
Minn, visited at Even Olson's over
Sunday.
Miss Evelyn Evans left on Sunday
to have charge of a school near Broot
en.
Mr. O. A. Severade of Roland, la.,
is at present visiting with his daugh
ter, Mrs. Severin Olson.
Mr. Thomas Evans, who has visit
ed his parents here for a couple of
weeks, left on Friday for Cyrus, Min
nesota, where he will work.
Miss Malene Olson visited with
Miss Clara Knudson a couple of days
last week.
Mrs. Olof Anderson will entertain
the North Ladies' Aid on Thursday,
Oct. 16.
Mrs. Mikkel Olson visited with Mrs.
Katherine Olson on Tuesday.
Mrs. Reinart Erickson and two
sons, who have visited with relatives
and friends at Sedan the past week,
have returned home.
Mrs. Albert Thorson and son Rus
sell, visited with the formers' moth
er, Mrs. L. Olson on Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Wallen of Mc
Henry, N. D, are at present visiting
with relatives and friends here.
Miss Regina Olson is assisting Mrs.
Ole A. Olson during threshing.
Mrs. Sam Hystad and two daugh
ters of Kenmare, N. D., are at present
visiting with A. O. Hystad's
Mrs. Ole Hendrickson and children,
Angeline and Maynard of Belgrade,
visited with the former's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. M. T. Johnson on Friday
Mr. J. C. Norby of Starbuck, was
seen in this vicinity canvassing for
the Watkins Medical Co., last Satur
day.
Miss Lillian Kiefer visited at her
parental home near Brooten on Sun
day.
Mfss Lillie Leite visited with Mrs
John Severade on Monday.
Mr. Edward O. Larson of Belgrade,
visited at his home here on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Gudroph Hanson and
family visited Maurice Kittelson's on
Sunday.
Cora and Elvira Naas visited with
their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E.
L. Naas over Sunday.
Misses Ada Thorson and Anna Aus
tin visited with Thilma Odland over
Sunday.
Christ Lentz of Belgrade spent
Sunday at Peter Thompson's.—.
Olof Imsdahl visited at Nick Hag
en's on Sunday.
Miss Marie Hamburg is at present
assisting at Hans Petterson's.
Mrs. Nick Hagen -visited with Mrs
T. J. Leite on Sunday.-f %£X*g
The Crow River choir met for prac
tice at ,Knud Olson's on Sunday eve
ning.
IS
—Misses Sophia and Margaret Tal
lackson spent Sunday with their
mother, Mrs. Ellen Tallakson east of
Willmar.
Ten cents
now buys
the best toilet and
bath soap made.
Twenty-five cents or
even more—can't buy bet
ter soap, because
JAP ROSE
"7JW
SOAPBath"BabbU
contains chemically pure
glycerine—expensive—but
not too good for so good
a soap, and one so uni
versally prcfcrcd.
Sold at 10c by good mer
chants the world over.
Jame S. Kirk o% Co
ARCTANDER
ARROWSi]?
Arctander, Oct. 13—Mrs. Roe from
Marshall county is visiting friends
and relatives in this vicinity this
week.
The Ladies' Aid society of the East
Norway Lake church met at S. A.
Syverson's last Thursday.
Albert Johnson called at C. A. Nel
son's last Sunday.
Rev. B. S. J. Sund conducted serv
ices at the West Lake church Sun
day.
Threshing is all finished in this vic
inity and corn shredding will be start
ed next week if the weather is favor
able.
Misses Selma Gunderson and Net
tie Nelson called at the S. Reigstad
home last Sunday.
A new floor is being laid in at the
school house at District No. 56 this
week. Martin Walby is doing the
work.
Invitations are out announcing the
marriage of Miss Clara Swenson to
Olaf M. Berg of Enumclaw, Wash.
Gust Adams took in the carnival at
New London Saturday night.
Wedding bells will soon be ringing
Arctander.
Melvm Hjelle is assisting M. A. Sy
verson with the farm work
Miss Hazel Bergman of Pennock is
staying with Mrs. Chas. Edman at
present.
NEW LONDON, ROUTE 3.
New London, Rt 3, Oct. 13—Serv
ices in the Swedish Lutheran church
Sunday at the usual time.
Mrs. Charlie Bredberg and children
spent the latter part of the week at
Alfred Olander's.
Mrs. Edwin Bengtson and Miss
Sylvia Olander were visitors at
France Newstrom's Saturday.
Ruth Soderlund visited at Willie
Norstedt's Thursday.
Mr. Peter Bergeson and family of
Willmar and Mr. John Bergeson of
New London spent Sunday at August
Olander's.
Miss Stella Olander spent last week
at C. Bredberg's in New London.
Mr. Edwin Bengtson and family vis
ited at Frank Bergeson's last Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. Mallin is visiting at Henning
Olander's this week.
Mrs. Carl Bengtson and Miss Han
nah Ogren visited at August Oland
er's Thursday afternoon.
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