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VOLUME 44, NO. 15
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CHILD WELFARE BOARD
FOR COUNTY NAMED
Charged With Enforcing Laws Re
lating to Defective, Dependent and
Neglected Children
The State Board of Control has
appointed as the Stevens County
Child Welfare Board Mrs. W. H. Ma
haffie of Morris, Miss Nellie Moran
of Morris, C. C. Erstad of Donnelly,
besides Conuty Superintendent Ray
S. Roberts and Commissioner D. H.
Lawler, ex-officio.
This board is created unaer the
provisions of the new laws relating
to children which were passed by
the last legislatiure.
The board will act as a local ad
ministration unit for the county in
the enforcement of all laws relating
to the protection of defective, de
linquent, dependent, and neglected
children. It is an official body act
ing throughout the county and in
behalf of the state, for the protection
of children who are in need of the
State's care and guardianship.
The board will work in close con
tact with the probate judge, A. !S.
Stenger, who is the judge of the chil
dren's court. It will investigate for
the judge applications for county al
lowances (so-called mothers' pens
ions) and will visit frequently the
homes where such allowances have
been given in order that the fullest
possible measure of help and assist
ance may be rendered to the mother
and her children. The judge will al
so be assisted in the administration
of the new juvenile court law. Cases
of delinquency and neglect of chil
dren will be investigated by the wel
fare board, and the shaping of an
enlightened policy in dealing with
delinquency should result from the
mutual labor of the board and the
judge.
The new laws require special con
sideration for the feeble-minded,
whose numbers are constantly in
creasing, and the menace of whose
existence without supervision and
oversight becomes more alarming as
times passes. The state's present
facilities are' totally inadequate and
yet some temporary policy must be
worked out until the legislature at
the coming session can take action,
which is imperatively needed. The
county welfare board will advise and
assist the State Board of Control In
the establishment of temporary rem
edial measures.
The new laws require that homes
which seek to adopt children must be
visited and approved. In the same
way a home that receives a child for
permanent care without adoption
must on investigation prove to be a
proper one to receive the child. The
welfare board will assist in making
these investigations and will recom
mend the proper action to be taken.
The unmarried mother and the il
legitimate child who are so often In
need of friendly assistance and care
will find the welfare board ready to
help in every possible way.
In general it may be said that the
child welfare board becomes respon
sible within the county of its juris
diction, for the protection of children
and the promotion of their interests
in all the varied ways in which those
interests may appear. The welfare
board serves without compensation
but it may have a paid executive
agent if the approval of the board
of county commissioners is secured.
Oftentimes in other counties a coun
ty nurse or other social worker in
the county has been chosen to do
this work, which results in economy
and prevents duplication of effort
and expense.
HUNDREDS OF SCHOOL
CHILDREN EXAMINED
Visiting Nurse Gives Most Valuable
Suggestions to Improve Health
of Children
Miss Frances Prenette, the regist
ered nurse sent out by the Minnesota
Public Health Association, has com
pleted her work in the Morris school
and is spending this week in the rur
al schools of the county. Next week
she will spend at Chokio, the board
at that place having made an appro
priation to defray the expense.
Miss Prenette has submitted the
following statement on her work
here, and the following report on
health conditions as she found them
la the Morris schools:—
Finishing up my work here in the
time allowed Morris for the sale of
Red Cross seals I am more than glad
to publish reports on all schools vis
ited with lists of all defects found, in
order that every one may know under
difficulties pupils *fe striving
THE
to make their grades. Is it any wond
er they fail repeatedly? Pupils with
large tonsils and adenoids are bound
to be retarded in school work.
It is the duty of parents to see
that their children are not hindered
in growth or retarded in school, be
cause when this boy or girl grows up
they are bound to be deficient in one
manner or another. But do parents
know the physical conditions of their
hoys and girls? No! Therefore it
is only fair that they provide the
(Continued on page 4.)
DORWEILER FILES
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
Popular Chokio Banker Will Content
for Place with N. P. League
Candidate
L. C. Dorweiler, the popular Cho
kio banker, this week filed for repre
sentative after having been strongly
urged by farmers and business men
from all parts of the county to make
the race. Mr. Dorweiler has been
active in movements for county and
community betterment ever since
coming to the county, is a man of
sound and independent judgment, a
loyal citizen, and has been active in
the Red Cross, Liberty Loan, and
every other campaign of volunteer
patriotic workers since the war be
gan.
The Non-Partisan League have al
so announced their candidates for the
legislature in this district, as fol
lows
Senate—L. C. Spooner, Morris.
Representative Stevens County—L.
J. Schlattman, Alberta.
Representative Grant County—C.
M. Iverson, Ashby.
Representative Traverse County—
John Zimbrick, Beardsley.
Representative Big Stone County
—Mike Eastman, Beardsley.
Each county of the district wifl
elect one representative, and the four
counties will elect one senator. Un
less there are more than two candi
dates for an office, the names of the
candidates will not appear on the
primary ballot, but the contest will
come at the general election in the
fall.
Death of Florence Nobbs Lawson
E. W. Nobbs was called to Harvey,
North Dakota, last Friday by a mes
sage announcing that his sister, Mrs.
Florence Nobbs Lawson, was not ex
pected to live. He left immediately
for that place, and succeeded in
reaching there before the death of
his sister, which occurred on Satur
day.
Mrs. Lawson was known to many
Morris people, and the news of her
untimely death has been received
with many expressions of sympathy
for the sorrowing relatives.
Deceased was born August 2, 1886,
at Norwich, England, and came to
America with her parents, Rev. and
Mrs. Henry Nobbs, in 1893. She
graduated from Hamline Univeristy
in 1910, and later taught school for
three years, and made her home here
for one year with her parents. She
was married at Morris, October 17,
1914, to Joseph Lawson of Harvey,
N. D., and has since made her home
at Harvey.
She is survived by her husband, by
one son, Joseph, Jr., two and a half
years of age, by her parents, Rev.
and Mrs. Henry Nobbs, of Renville,
and by two brothers, E. W. Nobbs of
this city, and Lieut. A. H. Nobbs of
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
The funeral was held at Renville
on. Wednesday.
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A
ART. CLARK WRITES
FROM CAMP DODGE
Describes the Big Base Hospital at
the Camp—Meets Other Morris
Boys
Arthur Clark, writing to Mrs. F. A.
Hancock, says that he has met two
other Morris boys, Rupert Sirr and
George Rowles, who are also in the
Medical Department of the Base Hos
pital.
"My idea of the army and the
camp here have changed immensely,"
he says, "for we are all enjoying it
fine, doing well. Sleeping facilities
and edibles are the best that can be
had in the army.
"We have at the present time
about 450 men in the base hospital
including about 196 men who have
recently arrived here from Chicago,
111. Included with this number of
men we have a large number of
nurses, of which I am unable to give
the number. The base hospital con
sists of about 50 wards included with
a few minor wards which are used
in the barracks. We have about
1500 to 1700 who sleep each night
in the hospital. Certainly is a large
number, isn't
#it,
Last evening we, (75 members in
all) were guests at a reception held
at the army club in Des Moines, by
the young ladies of one of the clubs
which consists of about 1200 divided
into clubs, known as the Social So
ciety of the Red Cross. We all had
a very good time. We have very good
entertainment here in the camp. The
Y. M. C. A. motion pictures, and our
own dances each Monday evening.
"Have seen several from near and
in Stevens county and sure am glad
to see them."
Ole Christopherson Dead
The sad news was received here
yesterday of the death of Ole Christo
pherson of Starbuck, which occurred
at Minneapolis on Wednesday. Mr.
Christopherson has been in poor
health for some time with liver trou
ble, and went to Minneapolis for an
operation. He died from the opera
tion.
Mr. Christopherson is very well
known here, having worked as a
barber here for a number of years.
From here he went to Cyrus and then
to Starbuck. For a number of years
he served with honor in the U. S.
Marines, and at the time of his en
listment was considered by the ex
aminers as perfect physically. He is
survived by his widow, and by his
mother, Mrs. Larson, of this city,
and a number of brothers and sisters
in the West.
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1 Lieut. S. Campuzano, a Cuban aviator who has won fame on the French front and has returned to instruct
the Cuban esquadrille. 2—The beautiful city of Bassuno pn the Brenta, in northern Italy, which is believed to be
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MORRIS, STEVENS COUNTY, MINN ESOTA, FRIDAY, ARPH 12, 1918
but not when you
think of the number of boys and
young men who are in the army.
Each ward is for a different disease,
some having two or three for the
same one. As to myself I am in the
mumps ward consisting of,
tWo build
ings, two floors each.
"In fact you would be" surprised
if you were to visit the base hospit
al for it covers an area of four acres.
New barracks are going up each day:
for use and new ones are being ad
ded in general to the camp.
"The members of the hospital are
i v i e i n o o u o a n y s A
and D. As to myself, I am in Com
pany C. We have drill twice a week,
lectures twice a week, inclusive with
gas mask drill, and go to work at
seven in the morning working twelve
hours seven days a week. Oh, we get
an afternoon off of course, but even
then you can see We have not much
time to waste.
HONOR ROLL UNVEILED
AT METHODIST CHURCH
Service Flag Containing Fifty-one
Names Dedicated with Impres­
sive Exercises
Last Sunday evening the entire
service of the M. E. church was de
voted to the unveiling of the Honor
Roll presented to the Sunday school
by Mrs. Mahaffie's class, and the dedi
cation of the Service Flag presented
by the official board, Sunday school,
Epworth League, and Aid Society
jointly.
The following program placed by
the committee in Mrs. Mahaffie's
hands was a perfectly successful
blending of the devotional and pat
riotic spirit.
The organ voluntary was played
by Miss Hazel Witwer after which
the Battle Hymn of the Republic was
sung by Mrs. Markley, and invoca
tion by the pastor, followed by a
sacred solo by Mrs. Cooley, Jr. The
pastor then gave a short address on
service which was followed by the
Male Quartette: Messrs. Voss,
Scheickhard, Kreiss and Hope.
The unveiling of the Honor Roll
was conducted by Mrs. Mahaffie's
class of young ladies, and the roll of
names inscribed thereon was read by
Mr. Cherry as follows:—
Alfred Bach
Roy Bastin
Lawrence Burbank
H. A. DeLashmutt
Earl Eames
Dr. John A. Halgren
Stanley A. Harris
Benny Hagen
Edwin Hagen
Arthur Den HartQg
Raymond Hesler
Theodore Jensen
Herman Jongeward
Charles Kirk
Paul Lentz
Chester Ma
George Moyer
Clinton A. Noble
Walter Ortman
John Ortman
Irvin Person
jppul Putnaga
^Charles Rotramel
Lloyd Slawson
Ralph Smith
Prank Smith
Erwin Stambaugh
Wilbur Stambaugh
Arthur Stevenson
Walter Tripp
Lawrence Zahl
Lloyd Lentz
Charles Swanson
William E. Maughan
Dick Quilliam
Arthur Nobbs
Elmer Nystuen
Shirley L. Pearse
Thomas E. ^paulding
Charles Moyer
Richard Chaffins
William H. Noble
Henry B. Finch
Harold Hammond
Henry Norman
Cyrus Ortman
Arthur Clark
Harold L. Baker
Prank Harris
George Maughan
Horatio Garberick
Mr. Cherry announced the fact at
the end of the list that Chester Ma
haffle had been wounded on the 11th
day of March in action in the
trenches in France, and also paid a
feeling and worthy tribute to the
memory of Walter Tripp who died of
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pneumonia in the
Cody.
After this a tableaux,
Democracy" was presented by th
same class as follows: Goddess of
Liberty, Amelia Eck U. S., Lois
Caine Great Britain, Nancy Harris
Prance, Josephine Zahl Italy, Em
ma Garberick Russia, Freida Hilde
brandt Japan, Clara Lang Servia,
Florence Judd Belgium, Elsie Ro
tramel, during which a cornet solo
accompanying was rendered by C. 1*
(Continued on page 4)
POSTMASTER EXAM.
AT GLENWOOD MAY 8
Nan# of 'Highest Qualified Eligible"
Submitted to President by Com
mission
Traffic on the Northern Pacific will
be heavy on May 8, for on that day
the United States Civil Service Com
mission announces an examination to
be held at that city for the position
of postmaster at Morris. The office
has an annual compensation of
$2300. Many have signified their
intention of taking the examination.
The position of postmaster at first,
second, and thrid class, offices has not
been brought within the competitive
classified service, and examinations
for such position are held only at the
request of the Postmaster General,
under an Executive Order of March
31, 1917, which reads as follws:
"Hereafter when a vacancy occurs
In the position of postmaster at any
office of the first, second, or third
class as the result of death, resigna
tion, removal, or on the recommend
ation of the First Assistant Postmast
er General, approved by the Post
master General, to the effect that the
efficiency or needs of the service re
quires that a change shall be made,
the Postmaster General shall certify
the fact to the Civil Service Commis
sion, which shall forthwith hold an
open competitive examination to test
the fitness of applicants to fill such
vacancy, and when such examination
has been held and the papers in con
nection therewith ^iave been rated
the said Commission shall certify the
result thereof to the Postmaster Gen
eral who shall submit to the Presi^
dent the name of the highest quali
fied eligible for appointment to fill
such vacancy unless it is established
that the character or residence of
such applicant disqualifies him for
appointment. No person who has
passed his sixty-fifth birthday shall
be given the examination herein pro
vided for."
Persons appointed as a result of
the examination will not attain a
competitive civil service status, and
will not be eligible for any position
in the competitive classified service.
Competitors for offices having an
nual compensations from $1000 to
$2400, inclusive, will be examined in
the following subjects, which will
have the relative weights indicated:
Subjects Weights
Arithmetic and accounts
(this test will consist of prob
lems of average difficulty, em
bracing a knowledge of the
four fundamental rules, com
mon and decimal fractions,
ordinary weights and meas
ures, elemental arithmetical
analysis, and percentage, to
gether with a simple state
ment of a postmaster's month
ly money-order account in a
prepared form 80
Penmanship (the legibility,
rapidly, neatness, general ap
pearance, etc., of the compet
itor's handwriting in the sub
ject of letter writing) 10
Letter writing (letter of
not less than 150 words com
petitors may select either of
two subjects given) 26
Business tracing and^ ex
perience 85
Total 100
To be eligible for this examination
an applicant must be a citizen of the
United States, at least 21 years of
age, must actually reside within the
delivery of the office for which the
application is made, and must have
been such resident at the time the
vacancy occurred.
Applicants must submit to the ex
aminer on the day of the examina
tion their photographs, taken with
in two years, securely pasted in the
space provided on the admission
cards sent them after their applica
tion are filed. Tintypes or proofs
will not be accepted.
Persons who meet the require
ments and desire this examination
may obtain the necessary forms from
the local postofflce or from the U. S.
Civil Service Commission, Washing
ton, D. C., after the examination has
been announced. Applications must
be properly executed and filed with
the commission in Washington In
ie to arrange for th* examination.
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"World
society^ Section
One
$1.50 PER YEA*
STEADY STREAM OF
BOND SUBSCRIBERS
Banks Are Busy Selling Liberty
Loans Bonds Even Before the
Drive Starts
There has been a steady stream of
subscribers for Third Liberty Loan
bonds at the local banks ever since
nine o'clock .Monday morning when
subscriptions were opened. Begin
ning next Monday committees will
oall on the citizens soliciting the pur
chase of the bonds, but meanwhile
loyal citizens are flocking to the
banks to learn their allotment and
make their subscription, and will
thereby greatly lessen the work of
the volufiteer subscription commit
tees.
J. B. Ormond made the first sub
scription, and subscribed an excess
of 25 per cent over his allotment.
This record stood till later in the
day when Russell Baker doubled his
allotment.
Those who subscribe their allot
ment receive a window card, which
is a fac simile of the honor flag
which goes to towns which subscribe
their allotments.
Speaking Campaign Successful
The Liberty Loan speaking cam
paign closed with two successful ral
lies on Saturday evening at the
Strand theatre and the armory, and
in spite of the bad condition of the
roads both halls were filled to capa
city. Judge Flahetry and Judge
Kean each made especially strong ad
dresses, while the speakers who had
taken part in the school house meet
ings each gave short talks. The
quartets and soloists who had as
sisted at the week's meetings also
assisted in making these meetings a
success.
All who took part in the campaign
have reason to feel proud of having
by their efforts assured the success
of the Third Liberty Loan in Stevens
county, but especially credit is due
to T. J. Mangan and Dan Meyer for
the time and effort which they put
into planning and carrying thru all
the minute details connected, with
arranging and advertising the meet
ings.
French Class to Be Organized
On account of the great conven
ience which it will be to American
soldiers serving in France to know
at least some of the common French
words and phrases, Mrs. John Hal
gren has consented to organize a
class in French for the benefit of any
Class 1 men who wish to take the
course. The class will meet at the
Red Cross headquarters next Wednes
day evening at 8:30 and on each
Wednesday evening thereafter. Any
one wishing to consult Mrs. Halgren
regarding this class may call her by
phone at 57-R.
Roll of Honor
The Tribune intends to publish
soon the Roll of Honor of the county,
giving the present addresses of all
Stevens county boys now in the serv
ice of the United States, and desires
that anyone knowing of changes in
Address or of additional names should
Write to this office or to Mrs. F. A.
Hancock, who is keeping the list for
the Red Cross.
The following name from Hancock
appeared on the former list without
j|ddress, and correct information as
io whether he is in the service, and
if so, where, is espesially desired:—*
Julius Meshnick. r-
ANOTHER DRAFT CALL
FOR THIRTEEN MEN
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Will Leave for Camp Dodge Abotll
April 29—Men in Crop Produc-
v
tion Exempted -A :?1
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Minnesota has been called on for
3,^13 men under a new draft call,
and they will entrain for Camp
Dodge during the five day period be
ginning April 26. Stevens county's
quota is thirteen men. County Aud
itor Wollthan has not yet received
the official notice of the call, but is
expecting it by every mail, and he
will then notify the men who will be
subject to this call.
The men are to be taken in the
sequence of their order numbers,
subject to the special exemption for
men actually engaged in crop pro
duction.
They will probably leave here Mon
day or Tuesday, April 29 or 80.
Mayor Geenty, of Graceville, spent
Tuesday in Morris on buisneaa.
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