Willmar tribune. [volume], March 17, 1915, Image 4

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GUARANTEED CIRCULATION, 3,400.
COUNTY OPTION PETITIONS.
Blanks for obtaining the 866 signers
necessary to secure a county election
on the saloon license question have
been mailed to all parts of the county.
We hppe there will be a prompt re
sponse.
Everywhere that there is a gathering
of voters, socially, during the coming
week or two let some one who is
qualified to take legal acknowledge
ments circulate one of these lists and
get as many signers as possible, and
the requisite number will be quickly
secured.
All petitions will be bound into a
book before being presented to the
County Auditor, and will become a
historic volume, in which it will al
ways remain an honor to have one's
signature recorded. The petitions will
go into the book into the order they
are received.
The County Auditor is required to
call a special election within not less
than 40 days or more than 50 days af
ter the petition is filed. It is expected
that this election may be held in first
part of June.
All those who sign will have the
privilege if they desire to attend a
conference to be called for the pur
pose of appointing a committee and
making the necessary arrangements
for the campaign for county prohibi
tion which will follow.
Now that we have secured the
rights we have contended for so many
years, let us go forward without hesi
tation and finish up the issue in our
own county in a manner that will do
credit to our traditions.
From the letters coming from dif
ferent parts of the county, we judge
that the matter of holding this elec
tion will be pushed with enthusiasm.
One hustling citizen from Spicer
writes:
"I will help to circulate a petition,
or I can get all the signers necessary."
We hope this good hustler will get
busy, but is would be too much to ex
pect him to get all the signers.
A resident of Lake Andrew writes:
"There is probably not a county in
Minnesota which can produce such a
showing in temperance and prohibition
work as Kandiyohi County can. Now
let it take the lead in pushing it to
completion. I am yours for speedy
action."
A Gennessee citizen writes:
"It seems reasonable and right that
we have a vote on the saloon question
as a county. Our people have worked
for county option for a number of
years. Now it would be inconsistent
to not let our people show their colors
on this Important Issue. Now, when
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would June be?"
One man writes:
"My opinion is simply: Go ahead,
shove and push to completion, the
sooner the better! Delay very sel
dom results in anything good. Do the
smithing while the iron is hot. The
trifle of money so spent is a small
matter to compare with the money
lost thru the liquor business."
The result at the election in Town
ship of Harrison will give an impetus
to the county vote. A letter from Kan
diyohi has this to say:
"It appears that the levees on the
eastern side of the county have brok
en, and the stuff that 'made Milwau
kee famous* will be pouring in. Harri
son township is wet by 54 to 58. This
makes a county option election neces
sary, and with every confidence in
the people let us proceed to wipe
out this foul blot on the otherwise
fair name of Kandiyohi County. Will
gladly offer my services in circulating
a petition in Green Lake township."
In commenting on the result in
Harrison, a town clerk, when sending
in the report of the town meeting in
his town, says:
"I would favor calling an election
and feel certain that if this question
is submitted to the people, old John
Barleycorn will get such a hoist from
Kandiyohi County that he will never
come back. Yours for a dry county.
The first step is the signing of
the petitions. If no blanks are availa
ble we will gladly send some on re
quest.
-Berg & Soderling, Tailors.—Adv.
WILLMAR TANNERY
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A WOLF FUR RUG
We are prepared to make up rugs from
any kind of fur—Wolf, Fox, Dog, etc.
We tan and line horse and cattle hides
for robes, etc.
BUT. your robes now at a low cut price.
Will guarantee to save you money if
you buy your robe now.
A O Sather Proprietor
WILLMAR, MINN.
YOU CAN FIND
Wealth. Health, Happiness, in the Great
Valley.
Send for the story
of a man who searched country wide for a
home pleasant and profitable and found It
on the rich fruitful lands of the Great Valley.
Call or write GRAVES, 804 Pioneer Bids .,
St. Paul, Minn.
ON SMALLMATTERS
Legislative Session Is Drawing
Towards the Close With
Much Work Undone.
(C. J. Buell for Willmar Tribune.)
The Legislature Making Little Pro
gress.
Things are moving very slowly in
the legislature, especially in the
House. Much time is wasted over
matters of little consequence, and
work of importance is allowed to drag.
Well, if the legislature should
waste so much time that few laws
could be passed, there would be one
consolation. There would probably
probably be fewer bad laws passed.
But the danger is that as the session
draws toward its end, there will be a
rush and a jam, and much poorly con
sidered legislation will be the result.
A prominent citizen the other day
made the wise remark that all laws
not in harmony with correct scien
tific principles are bad laws where
upon another observed "Then our
statute books are full of laws that can
only be described by the legal term
'malum in se'—vicious in themselves".
And that is only too true. Many of
our laws would be more honored in
the breach then in the observance.
Laws, if they are to be respected,
must be worthy of respect. They
must square up with the principle of
equal rights. They must not grant
privileges.
The Elwell Road Law Again.
The opposition to the Elwell law
centered around three points:
First. Six petitioners and three
County Commissioners are able to
bond the County for large sums, and
the State for twice as much.
Second. This throws upon posterity
a burden that ought to be met and
paid for now.
Third. Those who get the benefit
of the roads do not pay the bills.
Others who get no direct benefit must
pay three -fourths of the cost.
Any good road, economically built,
where it is really needed, will cause
an increase in the value of land in its
immediate vicinity of at least five
dollars an acre.
Under this law, the owners of this
land, many of them speculators, get
all of this benefit immediately. They
can sell their land for that much more
and get the cash. They pay only one
quarter of the cost. All the people
of the County, many of whom get no
direct benefit, must pay one quarter,
and the people of the state at large,
must pay half. This is plainly unjust.
The Elwell Law In The House.
The House had set the bill to re
peal the Elwell Law as a special order
for Thursday morning, Mar. 11, but
they spent over an hour debating
whether to "do it now" or put it over
a week. It was finally put over to al
low some amendments to be proposed
which the friends of the law said
would take the bad features out of it.
Statutory Prohibition.
The Lobeck bill to make the state
dry by statute was debated all the af
ternoon, Thursday, March 11th. Mr.
Lobeck made a very forceful plea, but
could muster only seventeen votes.
It was noticeable that the County
Option men voted for or against the
bill according to whether their dis
tricts are very dry or only moderately
so.
This, however, does not apply to
Dr. Andrews of Mankato whose dis
trict is rather doubtful. He made an
impassioned plea for the bill, as a
matter of principle, regardless of the
views of his constituents.
The Prohibition Amendment.
It seems to be conceded that the
State Wide Prohibition Amendment to
the constitution will pass both houses
and be submitted to the people at the
next election.
In the meantime, the County Option
law will be getting in its work and
making much of the State dry.
The enforcement of the Indian
Treaty will make much more dry.
Between the two, it looks as if the
people would have a chance to test
the merits of water for drinking pur
poses.
I can assure you that it is good and
wholesome. I have used it all my life,
and want nothing better.
Indeed I have long had a suspicion
that the good God had something of
this sort in mind when he made peo
ple so well fitted to use water for this
purpose.
To Abolish the Immigration Depart
ment.
Representative Sawyer has a bill to
abolish the State Department of Im
migration. Well, why not? So far the
land speculators have got about all
the benefit, and the State has paid the
advertising bills. Sawyer himself is
a real estate dealer and ought to
know.
Hammond Urges the Efficiency and
Economy Bill.
Thursday. Governor Hammond sent
to House and Senate a special mes
sage urging the passage of the Econ
omy and Efficiency Bill. It is a spec
ial order in the House for Monday,
March 15th. Its fate at this writing
seems very uncertain.
Tax Reform.
Wednesday. Mr. Spooner introduc
ed into the House three bills, one of
which at least seems to be very
worthy of support. This bill proposes
to tax buildings and structures in a
class separate from the land they
stand on and at half the valuation of
the land.
This certainly would encourage peo
ple to build on their land for two rea
sons:
First: It would cost less in taxes
than now to own buildings. Hence
more buildings.
Second: It would cost more in tax
es than now to hold land idle and keep
labor and capital unemployed. Hence
again more buildings and more men
with jobs. More money for the grocer,
the butcher, the shoe maker and all
others who are making useful things
that people want.
Copyr*.' !t Hart Scliaffner & Marx
The second bill taxes all homesteads
—land and buildings—at half the rate
as other land.
I am not so sure about the merits
of this bill. Suppose a man rents his
homestead and moves out, what theu?
Must the assessor find this out and
increase his taxes?
And what about the poor man who
owns no home and lives in a flat or
rented house? Must he pay more tax
es than the one who is able to own a
homestead? For it is the tenant wno
pays the taxes, not the owner, in the
end.
Why not tax all land on the same
basis, no matter how it is used or
whether used at all and then cut all
buildings as low as possible.
I don't think buildings should be
taxed at all but am willing to get to
that ideal state step by step, but as
fast as we can.
Well, the idea is good—let's boost
it.
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Dying For Her Cause.
The papers have been so full of the
case of Mrs. C. G. Higbee, who died
at the Capitol a few moments after
making a strong plea for a separate
reformatory for women, that it need
not be mentioned here. But how long
it does take a disfranchised class to
make an impression on the law mak
ers!
For twenty-three years Mrs. Hig
bee had been urging this much need
ed reform in our prison system. Her
tragic death was a shock to all and
the legislature took action immediate
ly.
Suppose the women had not been
denied the ballot all these years, does
any one believe it would have taken
so long to get this result?
Will this tragic death help some
people to see the justice of equal suf
frage?
Read the "Want" Column.
I AN EARLY INSPECTION OF OUR STOCK I
Easter Bonnets
is requested and would be pleased
to be favored with your presence
at our
Opening Display, Monday and Tuesday
March 22 and 23,1915
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You are Welcome
This announcement of our readiness to serve you in all sorts of good things to wear, may also
be considered an invitation to you to come and see how well we've made our preparations. If
every man and young man in this community isn't stylishly dressed in the-best clothes made, at
prices that afford real economy, it will not be our fault. We've got the goods here.
Hart Schaffner & Marx
new creations for spring the most perfectly styled clothes you can find beautifully tailored of
fine foreign and domestic fabrics ready to wear, at prices anybody can afford.
Young men's special styles
Every one of you young men should make a point of seeing the new Varsity Fifty Five sack the snappiest sack suit
model ever put together. We'll show you this new style at $18 and up to $35 special values at $25.
Now don't miss an early look at these clothes they're here for you.
H0A6LUND & DIFFENDORF
This store is the home of Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes
HELLO, SAM!
"What is the matter. You look so
angry this morning?"
"Well, I took this thing to the
Quick Repairing Blacksmith Shop,
and they fixed it while I was waiting.
They told me it wouldn't take long to
take it in, slap it together and slap it
out, and they fixed it quick enough,
but I would sooner leave it a day or
so and get a good job of it. The
first time I went around the field, it
broke. Where the other shops are
using rivets, they seem to be using
broken punches just so they fill the
hole with something. I would sooner
pay a little more and wait a little
longer and have it done right."
"Well, you must remember you did
not go to the right shop. There is
another one just a block further west.
I commenced to go there and I am
very much pleased with their work
and I find that they do not handle
anything but the very highest grade
of materials, and their workmanship
can not be beaten. When you come
there, you will see they are busy
which proves that they are doing the
right thing."
"The proprietor told me that his
business gained 25 per cent during the
year of 1914, and 1915 starts out away
ahead of that again. He has the light
est and finest shop between Minneap
olis and Breckenridge, and it is the
best equipped with modern, up-to-date
tools and stock and he certainly knows
how to use them too, believe me: He
was for some time in a black cell
of a shop, but now he feels right at
home. He also says thanks to every
body for bringing their work to him
and he is in hopes that they will keep
on doing the same, and he will then
need no man on the street to rustle.
—Advertisement.
The Barber Shop.
The Metropolitan Barbar Shop.
Bank of Willmar Building, B. T. Otos.
Proprietor, is the shop to get a shave
hair cut and bath. Good sanitary batfe
rooms. Razors honed and scissoir
sharpened.—Adv.
Hello, Jim!
"Hello, Jim, where are you going?
Where did you get that fine team?"
"I am going over to Rasmusson's
blacksmith shop and get them shod.
Look at this buggy I just put on new
tires and axles, now it is nearly as
good as new and I don't nave to buy a
new one for years to come. I'm going
to have my disc, drill and lumber wag
on repaired this spring. It doesn't take
them long to do a job in that shop.
There are three men working and
Sam is at home now, too. They are
doing good work. Won't you try
them? "Yes, I will." "The shop is
on Benson avenue, near the Sash &
Door Factory." Adv 21
Dr. L. C. Harrison, Osteopathy and
Sulphur Vapor Batht Carlson Block.
(First publication Mar. 17-4t).
Order Limiting* Time to rile Claims,
and for Hearing- Thereon.
Estate of Ole O. Bakken.
State of Minnesota County of Kandi
yohi, In Probate Court
In the Matter of the Estate of Ole O.
Bakken, Decedent
Letters of Administration this day
having been granted to C. A. Baklund,
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 Mon
day, the 20th day of September, 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 appointed as the time and
place for hearing upon and the exami
nation, adjustment and allowance of
such claims as shall be presented with
in the time aforesaid.
Let notice hereof be given by the pub
lication of this order in The Willmar
Tribune as provided by law.
Dated March 15th, 1915.
(SEAL) T. O. GILBERT,
Judge of Probate.
10% DISCOUNT
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From and with March 13th and including March 20th,
1915, on the following goods:
All Majestic Ranges, Acorn
Ranges
Quick Action Ranges, Estate Ranges and
Alcazar Ranges
All kinds of Gasoline and Kerosene Oil Cook Stoves,
Wash Boilers, Wash Tubs, all kinds of Wash Machines
including Power Washers and Wringers.
Do not fail to take advantage of this sale as it will bring money
in your pocket by buying at this time.
Our stock of hardware is the most complete in the city and our
prices are reasonable.
Ohsberg, Sefyig & Co.
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