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Bu JOHN A. NOROSO
Copyright, 1913, by Little, Brown ft Co.
CHAPTER III.
Murder in the second degree."
HERS it required three months
to bring about a mistrial foi
a murderous young million
aire in this same vilely kept
building, with its horde of idling polit
ical appointees, it required only three
hours to dispose of the ease of this
pale country boy facing a hurried and
Impatient judge and a sleepy jury.
W
In those three hours Kearney, the
man from headquarters, had his wit
nesses present the case for the state.
The three men from Hell's Kitchen
told of seeing the prisoner lurking in
that neighborhood. He was in the
company of two yeggmen. The pollce
mau who arrested him told of his at
empted escape after the vault of the
bank was blown with nitroglycerin.
Carrett then learned why the expert
was brought into the case. The ex
pert qualified as such in a brief direct
examination. He identified a heavy
iron wrench handed him by the pros
ecutor as one of the tools found in the
kit takeu from the prisoner.
"You made a careful examination of
this implement, did you not?" asked
the assistant district attorney.
"I did."
"Tell the jury what you found there."
"I found a spot about two inches long
by a half inch wide and by laboratory
tests found it to be a spot of human
blood."
'•What else did you find?"
"I dusted the wrench with a white
powder and found the prints of a
thumb and two fingers."
The prosecuting attorney placed the
wrench in evidence as Exhibit A and
then offered as Exhibit an enlarged
photograph of the prints found upon it.
"I offer you for identification this
document, which is the Bertillon rec
3rd of the accused taken at police
headquarters following his arrest,"
said the prosecutor.
The expert examined it
"What do you find in this record
that bears upon the case before us?"
"The thumb print and the prints of
the index and middle fingers of the
right band in this record are the same
prints shown upon the wrench with
the spot of blood."
"That is all," said the prosecutor,
with a smile and an air of triumph.
He was young and eager for a record
of convictions. He looked significantly
toward the jurors as if to say, "It is
now up to you, gentlemen, to send the
prisoner to the chair."
This trump card of the police brought
to James Montgomery a realization of
the utter hopelessness of his plight, and
bis face became a chalky white. Death
in the electric chair was before him.
He was but a boy, and his patient, old
mo!her was sitting beside him, her
halid clasping his.
Fortunately she could not compre
hend what was going on. She had
never beard of the Bertillon system.
Montgomery choked back the sobs of
despair that kept rising in his throat
and returned the pressure of bis moth
er's hand.
The witnesses for the defense were
put on in quick order. They told in
homely language what they knew of
the accused. He had been a faithful
son and the support of his mother. He
wns working as an apprentice machin
ist in a factory in Nyack when hard
caused the factory to close.
Work was scarce and he had left
borne to seek employment in the city.
The mother took the stand. She
turned in the chair and looked to the
judge appealingly, as a wounded bird
would look up to the bough from which
it had fallen.
"Just tell the jury about your boy,"
said darrett. standing and twirling a
heavy gold watch charm.
"My sou was born in the cottage in
which 1 now live near Nyack"— she
began.
"You must speak louder," the judge
Instructed.
She finally raised her voice and told
her story. The mother love sang in
every word she tittered it glistened
with the soft light of holy candles in
her faded eyes, and it fairly trembled
forth from her fragile body as she told
«»f the life of her only child and of
cbeir mutual struggle.
"it is not in the nature of my son to
barm any one." she started to say, as
ber story drew to a close. The young
prosecutor popped from his chair as if
a powerful spring bad been released
beneath bim.
"I object!" he cried wrathfully. "1
ask the court to have that remark
stricken out as irrelevant, incompetent
and immaterial. *Mt is not evidence."
"Gentlemen of the jury." said the
court, after rapping with his gavel,
"yon are instructed to pay no attention
-.o the remarks just made by the wit
ness. They are not in the nature of
evidence, and they are ordered stricken
from the records."
Being only the mother of the pris
oner, her frail body having brought
bim into the world. Mrs. Montgomery's
opinion of him had no value in court.
There was no place in tbe trial for an
account of maternal trust and love.
Garrett took her from the stand, the
prosecuting attorney declining, with an
air of scorn, to cross examine her.
The prisoner was then sworn. He
I bad spent nearly a month in the Tombs
waiting trial, and the prison pallor, the
ghastly yellow tinge that would make
a saint look like a convict, was upon
Kjj/^iini. Tbe spectacle of his little mother
'•&- on the stand had shaken his nerve, and
his hand trembled as he took the Bible
and made his oath. His story was slm
plf enough despite the havoc wrought
with It by tlie district attorney.
.When the factory^ closed he left Ny-
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ack and came to New York, bringing
his kit of tools with him. He had nev
er beard of tbe Hell's Kitchen section
and was asking work along Tenth and
Eleventh avenues because factories
were located there. He met a mas)
who seemed to take an interest in him.
This man introduced bim to another,
and they bought him his supper at a
restaurant near the river. They told
him that they could get him work, but
he would have to work at night. They
looked over his kit of tools, and one of
them admired a steel drill and said it
was a fine one.
"After nightfall," Montgomery told
the jury. "1 went with the men a num
ber of blocks east One of them took
my tools and bade me wait at a corner.
I was begiuuing to suspect that some
thing was wrong when 1 heard a dull
explosion as if in a cellar. A minute
after one of the men passed me. run
ning. He dropped the kit of tools and
the wrench. My tools were all that
stood between me and starvation. If
they were lost I could not hope to get
work at my trade. 1 grabbed up the
wrench, threw it into the bag and
started to run away when 1 was ar
rested."
The cross examination furnished the
young prosecutor with excellent prac
tice in those sophistries supposed to be
necessary in the practice of law. The
boy was as wax in the hands of tbe
questioner before him. After an hour
of misery and bewilderment he was
excused from tbe stand.
The court and counsel conferred in
whispers. The arguments followed.
They were brief. While the rules of
evidence would not permit the mother
of tbe prisoner to beg for his life and
proclaim her belief in his innocence,
they allowed tbe prosecutor in bis ad
dress to tbe jury to paint him as a des
perate young thief, crouching in the
dark with a heavy iron wrench uplift
ed and quick to do murder for the sake
of loot
Garrett's address was short and
weak. His vocabulary was that of
the money hungry lawyer who sits in
a hole in the great city shuffling bonds
and mortgages through bis fingers and
always nibbling away at tbe little
boardings of ignorant clients. His
sense of humanity and his apprecia
tion of the pity and horror of the
whole drama in which be was par
ticipating were nil.
The judge's instructions to the jury
were a string of empty words, mouthed
hurriedly and tonelessly.
The case was entirely clrcumstan
tial. There was one way for the jury
to avoid the risk of sending an inno
cent man to his death in tbe electric
chair. They took it The clerk order
ed the prisoner to stand and face the
jury and the jury to look upon the
prisoner.
"Gentlemen, have you reached a ver
dict?" asked the clerk.
"We have," replied the foreman.
"We find the defendant guilty of mur
der in the second degree."
The country people who had jour
neyed to the metropolis to do what
little they could for the widow's son
took Mrs. Montgomery back with
them. What little brightness of hope
had been within her during the trial
of her boy vanished with his convic
tion.
She had tried the day after the trial
to reach the judge and appeal to him
for mercy and a light sentence, but
the importunings of widows, wives and
children are avoided by the judiciary
as much as possible. Tbe legal repre
sentative of a great banking institu
tion or some mighty estate or corpora
tion has the open sesame to tbe cham
bers of the men wearing the ermine,
but there is not such a great number
of these and the poor are a mighty
multitude.
At every turn the mother of James
Montgomery met with an obstacle.
She had no "Big Mike" This or "Little
&e«*«*o
"Guilty of murder in the second de
gree."
Mike" That with political power
enough to make a judge tremble, back
of her. She had no money with which
to allay the itching of the palms of
petty grafters who would sell the right
eous for silver and the poor for, a pair
of shoes, as they have been doing since
Isaiah's time.
At last she turned away and suf
fered herself to be taken back to the
little cottage out in the country. A
month before she had been a sprightly
old lady, quick of step, delighted with
every household task, and always find
ing her reward in the pride that a
mother takes in a good son. But lb
the city she bad found«the waters of
Marah and the city's system had forced
ber down, down, down to drink of
them.
Her little, old limbs became heavy,
her tiny face whiter than the untouch
ed scroll of judgment before sin and
sorrow had ever come under heaven,
and her heart—ber good, gentle, tender,
compassionate heart—was turned to
lead.
A week after her departure her son
was taken from bis cell in the Tombs
and over tbe Bridge of Sighs to the
Criminal courts building to be sen
tenced*
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Tn~e~~boy stood up when the'clerk
bade him. He heard the question ask
ed whether there was any reason why
the penalty of the law should not be
exacted from him. He could think of
nothing to say save, "I am innocent"
The formula of sentence was mum
bled by tbe judge and an officer took
bim by. the arm and led him away.
As they reached the bridge over
Franklin street,, connecting the Tombs
and court building, and the sunlight
from the square windows struck upon
them for a moment Montgomery ask
ed his keeper:
"How many years did be say? I
could not hear him."
The officer looked at him uneasily and
hesitated.
"Life Imprisonment"
Montgomery staggered and tbe offi
cer released bis grip and caught him
under the arms, thinking that be would
faint
There was a sob, bard and bitter,
and then the young man cried as a
child would cry when an ugly temper
ed servant took from the nursery floor
its toys newly given.
The sentence of the court had swept
from him the toys of young manhood
and had cast them as grass into the
furnace. He would never hear the
sound of a woman's voice, nor the
sound of laughter by man or child. He
would never again see the magic line
where sky and sea or woodlands meet.
Even the seasons of tbe year were
taken from him. The beauties of na
ture familiar to the eyes of a whole
some country boy, tbe spread of smiling
fields, tasseled corn waving in tbe
wind, bending roads, glimpses of the
sunlit river through foliage, quiet lit
tle gardens in front of quiet little
houses, were all taken from him as if
the tail of a comet loaded with cyano
gen had swept the earth and had wiped
out all the loveliness that God had
fashioned for his children.
As the sentenced prisoners were be
ing taken from the Tombs for the jour
neys to the state's various prisons De
tective Lieutenant Michael Kearney
sat in the office of his inspector and
received the congratulations for his ex
cellent work in the Montgomery case.
Inspector Ranscombe looked over his
list of assignments for the day and
found nothing worth the time and skill
of his favorite man hunter.
"You have a day off. Mike," he told
the detective.
Kearney rose, saluted and left head
quarters. A man absolutely unappre
ciative of the ordinary pleasures of
life, he found himself at a loss what
to do. There was only one thing worth
while on a day off—his little fiat in
Oliver street. He made his way borne.
He rang the bell in the vestibule. Tbe
lock clicked and he entered.
Kearney mounted tbe stairs and
opened bis mother's kitchen door with
out knocking.
"Well, Mike," exclaimed Mrs. Kear
ney in surprise, "what brings you
home at this time of day?"
"I gotta day off," he told her. "Ye're
scrubbing the kitchen flure again.
When'll you be done?"
"Pretty soon, Mike. You go in the
parlor and make yourself comfortable,
and I'll bring tbe beer and your pipe."
He did as she bade him, and she fol
lowed, clearing off a center table and
placing his beer, pipe and tobacco on it.
He tried several chairs. They were
all stiffly tufted—bought for "compa
ny." He could adjust himself to none
of them comfortably. He returned to
the kitchen.
"Could ye spread down some bagging
so I can stay in here?" he asked.
"Sure, lad," she replied from ber
knees. "I'm finished now."
She made bim comfortable In his old
chair by the window. He was engag
ed in balancing himself at his favorite
angle when he noticed something black
on tbe end of the kitchen table.
"What's that, old lady?" he asked
curiously.
The mother's face paled.
He reached over and picked it up.
It was a filmy and torn veil. Beneath
it was a little black fan.
"She forgot them—Mrs. Montgom
ery," explained the mother, taking the
two articles from tbe band of ber son.
"The poor little woman, the poor little
woman!"
She hurried with them to her bed
room, which opened on the kitchen.
When she returned and began shaking
down the ashes in tbe stove she sighed
"It's terrible, Mike." she said. "The
poor old mitber is left out in tbe world
to starve or die of a broken heart.
Blessed Mother in Heaven, look after
her."
Some of the cozlness of the room
seemed to leave it Was there chill in
the air, or did he just imagine it? He
closed the window back of bim.
"The evidence was all one way," he
grunted. "I didn't try bim. I wasn't
the judge or the jury. I didn't decide
whether he was guilty or innocent.
That ain't my job. My job Is to get
the evidence for the prosecution."
He tried to think of something to
say that would turn tbe conversation
to some more agreeable subject, but he
was a one idea man, and there was no
fancy in him.
From the open door of bis mother's
bedroom came a soft, ruffling sound.
It startled him.
"What's that?" be demanded.
"It's that divil of a kitten. Mickey,"
she told bim.
As If in answer for himself. Mrs.
Kearney's mouser rolled into the kitch
en, slapping and playing with a black
object, the mourning fat*of Mrs. Mont
gomery.
Kearney left his chair and went to a
closet, taking down a rusty felt hat
and a raincoat
"I think walk around to th' Oak
street station Fr a bit of gossip," bo
said.
"But I'll be gettln' lunch ye pret
ty soon, Mike," she protested.
"Naw I guess I'll eat out a
change." With a grunt of goodby he
reft the flat
(To be continued)
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CANNED GOODSOR
YOUR CHILDREN?
Which Are the Most Valuable?
Cannars Disregard Question.
PALMER-OWEN BILL NEEDED
"If it is necessary to can children in
order to can fruit better go out of the
canning industry altogether," is tbe
opinion of Rev. Charles Stelzle on the
continued fight of the canning interests
against the restriction of their employ
ment of small children. Canners have
protested against the Palmer-Owen
bill, now before congress, on the
ground that in prohibiting interstate
commerce hi the products of child la
bor it materially affects their business.
In Maryland, too, there has been a
clash between the canners and the up
holders of child labor laws over a pro
posed amendment to the Maryland law
whereby canners would be allowed to
employ children as young as ten. This
bill passed both houses of the Mary
land general assembly, but was vetoed
by the governor, and on its return to
the senate the attempt to pass it over
the veto was defeated.
Canneries have long been exempt
from the restrictions of child labor
Photo from National Child Labor Committee.
laws. In some states they are classi
fied as "agriculture" and so fall out of
the sphere of factory and workshop
regulations in other states they are
specifically exempted from the prohibi
tions of the child labor law. There
seems, however, to be a growing feel
ing that they should be classified with
factories and workshops. New York,
Ohio, Illinois and other states where
the canning Industry is large have al
ready passed laws prohibiting the em
ployment of children under the normal
working age in the canneries. Ken
tucky has Just passed a bill fixing four
teen as the age limit for employment in
canneries as well as factories. Yet in
the states where no such law exists the
canneries use so many small children
that their owners regard a bill prohib
iting Interstate commerce in tbe prod
ucts of child labor as a menace to their
prosperity.
They claim that tbe work the chil
dren do in canning sheds does not hurt
them that they are not required to
work, but do so because they like to
help their parents that they come and
go as thev please and that the work is
.- Little Breaks.
Among "blunders in emphasis" the
prize must be awarded to the remark
of the beautiful Miss Gunning to
George II. She told the king that she
would dearly love to see a coronation.
A compliment not infrequently takes
a questionable form. G. W. E. Rus
sell in his "Collections and Recollec
tions" tells of a working class admirer
who once said to the dean of Windsor*
(Dr. Wellesleyi. "I always say there's
nothing of the gentleman about you."—
St James' Gazette." c*\. :-'.- X. ..£
ACCORDIN TOXAW^PPf
no hardship for them. Canneries, how
ever, always run for long hours, begin
ning the day's work at 4 or 5 a. m., and
recent investigations of. oyster and
shrimp canneries in the south, fruit
and vegetable canneries farther north
and the sardine canneries of Maine
show that the children go to work when
the adults do and work the whole day.
because the pay is so poor they have to.
In a speech against the proposed weak
ening of the Maryland child labor law
a gentleman acquainted with canning
conditions said: "The supporters of tbe
bill cannot dispute that in tbe canning
factories under the measure children
ten years old would be required to
work as much as twelve hours a day.
Gentlemen, you voted for this bill, but
there is not one among you who would
dare vote for a bill which would frank
ly fix a twelve hour day for children of
ten."
That children of ten are old com
pared to many of the children em
ployed by canners is shown by tbe
same investigations. Children so small
that they had to stand on boxes to
reach the tables were found doing
steady work. In speaking of the wage
scale the report on these Investigations
says, "Children Of seven earn about 25
cents a day and at eight or ten years
of age often make 60 cents a day or
more." Children four years old "learn
the trade" and help their elders. One
four-year-old who worked irregularly
was pointed out by her mother as one
who would work steadily next year.
All this work goes on in sheds that
are often filthily kept and that are
usually so poorly built that the work
ers are exposed to all shifts In the
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weather. In the flab canneries the
stench is often unbearable. When
President Wilson was taking bis vaca
tion in Mississippi last winter he vis
ited a cannery, but at the door was so
overcome by the odor that he could not
go in. In this same cannery were
many small children doing steady
work.
In view of these conditions In can
neries those who know tbe facts agree
with Mr. Stelzle that tbe welfare of
the children is more important than
the welfare of the canners and so ad
vocate the removal of small children
from canneries. They say that for the
sake of the children it is absolutely Im
perative that they be prohibited from
working In canneries as they are gen
erally prohibited from factories. The
national child labor committee Is tak
ing a firm stand on the subject Such
influential people as Owen R. Lovejoy
and Mrs. Florence Kelley have gone to
Washington to lay before tbe house
committee en labor their arguments
against the claims of the canners. It
remains to be seen what action the
bouse will take on this question.
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Arrival and departure of trains at
the Willmar Station:
No. 3 from St Paul 2:05 a.m.
No. 13 from St Paul 1:30 p.m.
No. 21 from St Paul 9:10 p.m.
No. 9 from St Paul 10:46 p.m.
No. 31 from Duluth 7:00p.m.
No. 62 from Yankton 3:45a.m.
No. 32 from Sioux City 2:00 p.m.
No. 2 from Coast 4:45a.m.
No. 10 from Grand Forks.. 3:60a.m.
No. 14 from Fargo 1:40p.m.
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No. 3 for Seattle 2:10a.m.
No. 13 for Fargo 2:25p.m.
No. 9 for Grand Forks 10:45 p.m.
No. 31 for Sioux City 2:00 p.m.
No. 61 for Yankton 11:15 p.m.
No. 32 for Duluth. 6:00 a.m.
No. 10 for St Paul 4:10a.m.
No. 22 for St Paul 7:00a.m.
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Purebred Stallion
Marnix De Woestyn
5759 (Vol. XVII)
State of Minnesota Stallion Registra
tion Board License Certificate.
The pedigree of the stallion, Mar
nix De Woestyn 5759 (Vol. XVH.),
owned by E. M. Sanderson, P. O.,
Willmar, County Kandiyohi, color
bay, breed Belgian, foaled 1908, sire
Prince du Chenoy (20318), dam
Mieke de Woestyn (61035) has been
examined at the College of Agricul
ture, Division of Animal Husbandry,
and it is hereby certified that the said
stallion is of pure breeding and is
registered in a studbook recognized
by the Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D. C. The above named
stallion has been examined by Ed
ward Wanner, a duly licensed Veter
inarian, and is reported as free from
infectious, contagious or transmis
sible disease, or unsoundness, and is
licensed to stand for public service
in the State of Minnesota.
Dated at S Paul, Minnesota, this
6th day of April, 1912.
(SEAL.) T. L. HAECKER,
Professor of Animal Hus
bandry and Secretary Stall
ion Registration Board.
Renewed, 1913 renewed, 1914.
Will stand during season of 1914
at the livery barn of the owner at
Willmar at all times, except Mondays.
On the latter day of each week at
Kandiyohi.
TERMS: $15 to insure standing
colt
E. M. SANDERSON, Owner.
Votice to Culvert Dealers.
Office of County Auditor, Willmar, Min
nesota, June 23, 1914.
Sealed bids will be received at this
office until Thursday, July 16, 1914 at
10 o'clock a. m., at which time the said
bids will be opened by the Board of
County Commissioners of Kandiyohi
County, for furnishing to said County
the following described culverts, to-wit:
18' corrugated Metal Culverts of 12
inches diameter.
9 corrugated Metal Culverts of 15
inches diameter.
13 corrugated Metal Culverts of 18
inches diameter.
7 corrugated Metal Culverts of 20
inches diameter.
'8 corrugated Metal Culverts of 24
inches diameter.
These culverts must contain not less
than 99.80 per cent pure iron, and shall
be manufactured by the basic open
hearth method. In every detail of their
manufacture these culverts must con
form to the specifications for corrugat
ed Iron culverts which are set forth in
Bulletin No. 14 Issued by the State
Highway Commission of Minnesota on
April 15, 1914.
Bidders will note the conditions in
said Bulletin No. 14 In regard to grade
of purity of iron, mill inspection or
laboratory certificate, test price attach
ed tests of tensile strength and elastic
limit, galvanizing, Tiveting, corruga
tions, and reinforcement, shape, work
manship, thickness of metal, reams,
etc.
More detailed descriptions of culverts
may be seen in the office of the County
Auditor of said Kandiyohi County.
Each proposal must be accompanied
by cash or a certified check upon a
Bank in Minnesota, payable to the
County Treasurer, for at least five per
cent of -amount of proposal, which shall
be held until execution of- contract.
The Board of County Commissioners
reserves the right to reject any or all
bids.
By order of the County Commission
ers.
JOHN FEIQ.
3Wi County Auditor.
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Order Limiting Time to File Claims
Within Three Months, and for
§1 sijj^ Hearing Thereon.- ^v
Estate of Hans A. Johnson. 0
State of Minnesota, County of Kandi
yohi, In Probate Court
In the Hatter of tbe Estate of Hans
A. Johnson, Decedent.
Letters of Administration this day
having been granted to Sophie Lund,
of said County, and it appearing by
the affidavit of said representative
that there axe no debts of said deced
ent:
It Is Ordered, That the time -within
which all creditors of the above nam
ed decedent may present claims
against his estate in this Court be,
and the, same hereby is limited to
three months from and after the date
hereof and that Monday, the 14th
day of September, 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 hereby is,
fixed and appointed as the time and
place for hearing upon and the exami
nation, 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 June 8th, 1914.
(SEAL) T. O. GILBERT,
Judge of Probate.
GEORGE H. OTTERNESS,
Thorson also known as Tollife Tor
son and Tolef Thorson, Decedent:
The State of Minnesota to all per
sons interested in the final account
and distribution of the estate of said
decedent: The representative 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 thereunto en
titled THEREFORE, YOU, AND
EACH OF YOU, are hereby cited and
required to show cause, if any you
have, before this court at the Pro
bate Court Rooms in the Court House
in the City of Willmar, In the County
of Kandiyohi, State of Minnesota, on
the 27th day of July, 1914, at 2 o'
clock p. m., why said petition should
not be granted.
Witness, the Judge of said Court,
and the seal of said court, this 24th
day of June, 1914.
(COURT SEAL) T. O. GILBERT,
Let notice hereof be given by the
publication of this order in The Will
mar Tribune as provided by law.
Dated June 24th, 1914.
(SEAL) T. O. GILBERT,
Judge of Probate.
CHARLES JOHNSON,
Attorney, Willmar, Minn.
(First publication June 17-4t)
Citation for Hearing on Final Account
and for Distribution.
Estate of Frank Sjerstrom, Decedent.
State of Minnesota, County of Kandi
yohi, In Probate Court:
In the Matter of the Estate of Frank
Sjerstrom, Decedent
The State of Minnesota to all per
sons interested in the final account
and distribution of the estate of said
decedent: The representative of the
above named decedent having filed in
this court his final account of the ad
ministration of the estate of said de
cedent together with his petition
praying for the adjustment and allow
ance of said final account and for dis
tribution of the residue of said es
tate to the persons thereunto entitl
ed THEREFORE, YOU, AND EACH
OF YOU, are hereby cited and re
quired to show cause, if any you have,
before this court at the Probate Court
Rooms in the Court House in the City
of Willmar, in the County of Kandi
yohi, State of Minnesota, on the 13th
day of July, 1914, at 2 o'clock p. m.,
why said petition should not be grant
ed.
Witness, the Judge of said Court,
and the seal of said court, this 17tb
day of June, 1914.
(COURT SEAL) T. O. GILBERT,
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Attorney, Willmar, Minn.
(First publication June 24-4t)
Citation for. Hearing on Final Ac
count an4 for Distribution.
Estate of Tollef Thorson also known
as Tollife Torson and Tolef
Thorson.
State of Minnesota, County of Kand
diyohi, In Probate Court
In the Matter of the Estate of Tollef
Probate Judge
(First publication June 24-4t)
Order Limiting Time to File Claims,
and for Hearing Thereon.
Estate of Annie Christina Berglund.
State of Minnesota, County of Kand
diyohi, In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Annie
Christina Berglund, Decedent
Letters of Administration this day
having been granted to A. Berglund,
of said County,
It Is Ordered, That the time within
which all creditors of the above nam
ed decedent may present claims
against his estate in this court, be,
and the* samefhereby is, limited to six
months from and after the date here
of and that Monday, the 4th day of
January, 1915, at 2 o'clock p. m., in
the Probate 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.
Probate Judge.
GEO. H. OTTERNESS,
Attorney for Petitioner.
(First publication June 17-4t)
Citation for Hearing on Petition for
Determination of Descent of Land.
Estate of Edward TaUakson.
State of Minnesota, County of Kandi
yohi, In Probate Court:
In the Matter of the Estate of Ed
ward TaUakson, Decedent
The State of Minnesota to all per
sons interested in the determination
of the descent of the real estate of
said decedent: The petition of Her
man S. TaUakson, haying been filed
in this court, representing that said
decedent died more than flye years
prior to the filing .thereof* leaving
certain real estate in said petition
described, and that no will of deced
ent has been proved nor administra
tion of his estate granted in this
state, and praying that the. descent of
said real estate be determined by this
court:
Therefore .Ton, and Each of Ton,
are hereby cited and required to show
cause, if any yon hare, before this
court at the-Probate Court Room in
the Court House In the City of Will
mar, In the County of Kandiyohi,
State of Minnesota, on the 13th day
of July, .UftL at 2 o'clock pv m., why:
Said petition should not be granted,
Witness, the Judge' ot- said court,
and the seal the^, this 18tb day of
June, 1914.w~:.r ^_- -_ ,-i%
(COURT SEAL) T. O. GILBERT,
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„Defa^lu*vlna been made in the con- .
ditions of that certain mortgage, duix
executed and delivered by JLO/N(M£'
comb and Male JL, Newcomb, jus wUm.
mortgagors, to. Sptoer Land Company,
a corporation, mortsacee, ttmttng date
the 1st day of March. 1911, with sower
of sale therein contained, and only re
corded. In the offloe of the Resteter ot
Deeds In and for the County of Kandi
yohi and State of Minnesota on the SSth
day of April, 1912, at 10 o'clock a. BDU, fas
Book No. 44 of Mortgages on page 177,
which default has continued to the date
of this notice, by the failure and neg
lect of said mortgagors to make pay
ment of the Interest on the principal
sum, as provided by said mortgage, and
also interest on unpaid interest, as pro
vided therein, and -which default has)
continued to the date of this notice
And whereas, There Is actually due
and claimed to be due and payable at
the date, of this notice the sum of One
Hundred Forty Dollars ($140.00) inter
est and the further sum of Seven and!
50-100 Dollars ($7.60) interest on un
paid Interest amounting in -all to the
sum-of One Hundred Forty-seven and
50-100 Dollars ($147.50) and whereas,
said power of sale has become opera
tive, and no action or proceeding at
law or otherwise, has been instituted
to recover the debt secured by said)
mortgage, or any part thereof
Now Therefore, Notice is Hereby
Oiven, That by virtue of the said power
of sale contained in said mortgage, and
pursuant ft the statute in such case
made and provided, the said mortgage
will be foreclosed by a sale of the prem
ises described In and conveyed by said
mortgage, to wit:
The Southeast Quarter of the South
west quarter (SE of SWK) of Section
number Eighteen (18) in Township
number One Hundred Eighteeen (118)
North, of Range, number Thirty-three
(33) situated In the County of
Kandiyohi and State of Minnesota, with
the heriditaments and appurtenances)
thereunto belonging
Said sale will be made by tbe Sheriff
of said Kandiyohi County at the front
door of the County Court House in the
City of Willmar in the said County and
State, on. the 26th day of July, 1014. at
the hour of ten o'clock a. m» of that
day. at public vendue, to the highest
bidder for cash, to pay said debt of One
Hundred Forty-seven and-60-100 Dol
lars ($147.56) and Interest thereon, and
the taxes, If any, on said premises an
stipulated in and by said mortgage in
case of foreclosure, together wl£h
Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) attorney's
fees and the disbursements allowed by
law, -subject to the right of redemption
at any time within one year from the
date of sale, as provided by law.
Dated June 9th, 1014.
SPICER LAND COMPANY.
By JOHN M. SPICER, Its President
Mortgagee.
R, W. STANFORD,
Attorney for Mortgagee.
(First publication June 24-7t)
Sheriff's Sale Vnder Sxeevtioa.
County of Kandiyohi,
State of Minnesota,
•88. it.
District Court.
Twelfth Judicial District.
P. C. Peterson and E. Wellln, co
partners as Peterson ft wellln.
Plaintiffs,
vs.
.Thomas Crowley and Sarah Crowley,
Defendants.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue
of an execution to me issued out of the
District Court for the County of Kandi
yohi, State of Minnesota, upon a Judg
ment rendered in a Justice Court in
said County on the 22nd day of May,.,
1913, in an action wherein P. Peter
son and E. Wellln, co-partners as
Peterson & Wellln are plaintiffs and
Thomas Crowley and Sarah Crowley
are defendants, in favor of the said
plaintiffs and against the said defen
dants, for the Sum of Seventy-Seven
dants, which said Judgment was duly
transcribed and duly docketed and en
tered in District Court of Kandiyohi
County on the 10th day of June at 3:46
p. m., 1913, for the Sum of Seventy-Sev
en and 52-100 Dollars and Two and 05
100 Dollars additional costs, which exe
cution was directed and delivered to
me as Sheriff in and for the said Coun
ty of Kandiyohi, I have on this 2nd
day of June A. D. 1914, levied upon all
the right, title and interest of the said
defendant, Sarah Crowley, in and -to
the following described real property
to-wit: The North half of the South
west quarter (N% of SWJ£) of Sec
tion Thirty-four (34) Township One
Hundred Twenty (120) Range Thirty
four (34) in Kandiyohi County. State
of Minnesota, with all hereditaments)
and appurtenances thereto belonging',
and I shall as such Sheriff of said Kan
diyohi County on the 8th day of August
A. D. 1914, at the hour of 10 o'clock
in the forenoon of that day, at the
front door of the Court House in the
City of Willmar in said County of
Kandiyohi, State of Minnesota, proceed
to sell the right, title and interest of
the said defendant. Sarah Crowley in
and to the above described tracts or
parcels of land for the purpose of pay
ing and satisfying the amount due up
on the said Judgment with interest
and the costs and disbursements to ac«
crue upon the said execution.
Dated June 2nd, 1914.
PETER BONDS,
Sheriff of Kandiyohi County, Minn.
GEO. H. OTTERNESS,
Attorney for Plaintiffs.
Votioe to Contractors.
Office of County Auditor, Willmar,
Minn.. June 23. 1914.
Sealed bids will be received at thin
office until Thursday, July 10, 1914 at
10 o'clock a. m., at which time said bids
will be opened by the Board of County,
Commissioners of Kandiyohi County,
for construction of the following State
Road Jobs, to-wlt:
Job No. 4 State Road No. 6 Township
119 Range 33 Length 7,239 feet.
Job No. 7 State Road No. 4 Townships
No. 117 and 118 Range 35 Length 20,400
feet.
Job No. 8 State Road No. 1 Township
121, Range 34 Length 0,550 feet.
Job No. 9 State Road No. 0 Township
.119 Range 36 Length 5,600 feet.
Job No. 13 State Road No. 6 Township
119 Range 34 Length 5,280 feet.
Job No. 16 State Road No. 4 Town
ship 118 Range 35 Length 15,840 feet.
Job No. 21 State Road No. 6 Town
ship 119 Range 36 Length 5.280 feet.
Job No. 26 State Road No. 6 Town
ship 119 Range 35 Length 5,280 feet.
Job No. 27 State Road No. 6 Town
ship 119 Range 35 Length 2,640 feet.
Plans and specifications may be seen
at the above named office. All bida
must be upon blank forms furnished
by the undersigned and accompanied by
a deposit of cash or a certified check
upon a bank in Minnesota, payable to
the County Treasurer, for at least 6
per cent of amount ot bid, which shall
be held until execution of the contract.
The successful bidder must furnish
bond in full amount of contract as re
quired by law, with sureties satisfac
tory to the County Board and County
Attorney.
The right is reserved to reject any
or all bids.
By order of the County Commission
ers.
JOHN FEIQ,
3w County Auditor.
(First publication June 17-4t)
Order Limiting Time to File Claims
and for Hearing Thereon.
Estate of Edward Eliason.
State ot Minnesota, County of Kandi
yohi, In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Edward
Eliason, Decedent
Letters of Administration this day %V*
having been granted to Jahnar Lar- V:
son, of said county, and'it appearing Q\?
by the affidavit of said representative
that there are no debts of said deced- tf
ent:
It Is Ordered, That the time within
which all creditors of the above nam- £r
ed decedent may present claims -H
against his estate in this Court, be,
and the same hereby Is, limited to "f'
three months from and after the date) 4
hereof and that Monday, the 21st day
of September, 1914, at 2 o'clock p.
m., in the Probate Court Rooms at fm
the Court House at Willmar In said
County, be, and the same hereby is,
fisted and appointed as the time and
place for hearing upon and the ex.
amlnation, 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 June IStiC ItleV
.SEAL) T. a QJLBERT.il
Judge of Probate,
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