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Vol. XLI—No 4* Austin. Mower County, Minnesota, Wednesday, January 13,1909. ;a Terms—$1.50 Per Annum, in Advance

FARMER BEN'S i chine turns out a lot of half baked j boys and girls who are up in routine

/,ft. ITmiliT and m®mory stunts to get marks but

CL11 LLl iVi IN ^ac'£ part of drawin' °at; their j original powers. They do say that the

Congress still keeps monkeyin' with eddicational machine in the state is the buzz saw and is pretty well chawed . now so mity that a teacher stands little and scarred up. They insisted on the chance of gettin' a leadin' position president givin' more information on j without enrollin' with some agency the secret service cuttin' down and he j where part of their salary is grafted accomodated 'em. He let 'em hav it away from 'em. If you can't show a straight pointin' out Tawney and the state normal or varsity diploma you other chief perpetrators by name. And ; ain't in it no matter if the normal is a if they don't keep still there's more j dummy so fur as makin' up the youug coroin'. I consider the president has idees. X tell you the old country school ben awtul considerate of the congress-, teacher launched rite out in original men's feelin's. He simply hinted m a ways and taught arithmetic and spellin' general way about the low lived busi- and grammar and readin' to stick for ness in curtaiiin' the detectiv service so ever. It's results that count and the that the thieves were protected and machine products of our cut and dried allowed to wiggle out of prosecutions, eddicational methods of today are

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The action of congress simply played stupids too much into the hands of the big thieves and robbers from the government and al­lowed 'em to hunt their holes and | A Chicago p reacher givs it out that escape merited punishment and also to 1 the best wife consists of 75 percent hold their stealin's. No matter what j ability to cook, 20 per eent physical detective work may be done now it'beauty and 5 per cent taste in dress, can't make up for the golden chance to • Now wouldn't that throw you down? catch the public thieves which nas gone , I know women that are good cooks irrevocably.

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Well, the supreme court refuses to open up agen the $29,000,000 fine busi­ness agenst the Standard Oil monopoly and Uncle Sam can't collect it. The monopolies extort untold millions out of the people and get enormously rich in rebates and such and so hav milli­ons to hire the smartest liers in the country to get 'em free from their just deserts. I'm glad that Uncle Sam is now goin' to prosecute agen and will this time go for the whole amount of $40,000,000 claimed to be due on the rebate penalties and the government lawyers wiil steer clear this time of the rocks on which the courts shipwrecked >em before. This hair splittin' by the court judges would make a mule latf if it didn't affect the people's rights so vitally. It looked to Farmer Ben like the gettin' of rebates was absolutely proved without a shadow of hesitation or doubt. If that was true then the rebaters ought to take their legal me­dicine. There's anly one real thing to do with the big criminals and that is to put 'em all in the pen.

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I've ben readin1 about the way the French folks save and it is a eye opener to the rest of the world. That country don't brag on bein1 the biggest nation on earth when it comes to pokin' into other's affairs and cuttin' a big swarth among the councils -of the other big ones and they've ben bled to death by indemnities and Devolutions and false investments like the Panama oanal and all that, But they hold the record on savin*. Everybody saves. If a man earns a dollar a day he puts part of it in the bank. If be runs a truck garden or a farm he saves part. Every meehanic livs below his income and eaves some every day. So it cometh to pass that they are rakin' in an annual ineome of $360,000,000 interest on for­eign investments and the French add wealth together to flgger to forty-five billions. The only way to hav anything is to save. You bet they don't hav automobiles in every family and they don't eat thirty cent steaks three times a day.

q 4* I see that the supreme court has

waked up at last and declares the wide open tax amendment to the constitu tion which we voted on in 1906 as truly carried. This givs the legislator power to strike out in a new way in makin' taxes. There's a whole lot of things we've got to take into consideration. There's the iron ore goin* out of Min­nesota by the million tons and we get­tin' practically nothin' from it. There's the taxin' of mortgages which is gener­ally evaded and covered up and lied about or else charged to the poor bor­rower. There's the good will of the big corporations which is worth milli­ons to 'em. There's the robber express and sleepin' car companies which take everything in sight and giv back little. The point in the'amendment is simply to tax property of the same class uni­form. That is square but it don't mean that all property, in sight and out of sight, franchises, notes, cows, railroads shall be put in the same class. We ought to profit by other states and equalize the burdens of taxes so that they should be equable and even and the rich pay in the same proportion as the poor, '' , • ' V • 1

that are regular Xantippes and terma­gants and prudes, women who Can make it so uncomfortable and hellish in the home that a man would he driv­en to Texas for relief. There'e a whole lot besides outside to a woman's attain­ments. The biggest factor is the dis­position and the heart. I ain't sayin that a good cook is bad in a wife. It's a big thing in favor. But Lean see ho^v there may be and often are count­eract^' things that overtop and out­weigh these virtues of culinary skill and good looks. Some women that are pretty good lookin' don't know enuf to go in the house when it rains when it comes to mind qualities and some wo­men that are so homely they would scare a mule or stop a clock can cook and spiel to beat the band. I want somethin' more than a animated clothes hanger for mine frau. My ideal would be good horse sense and a mild dispo­sition combined with neatnesB and fine cookm'. FARMER BEN.

r A Dangerous Operation • ' is the removal of the appendix by a surgeon. No one who takes Dr. Kings New Life Pills is ever subjected to this frightful ordeal. They work so quietly you don't feel them., xhey cure con­stipation, headache, billious'ness and malaria. 25c at K. O. Wold's drug store.

Fine Austin Property For Sale —I wish to sell my six acres on the

Brownsdale road within the city lim­its. Good house, cook house, barn, well etc. An ideal location for some one who wishes a quiet, home with plenty of pasture and garden,

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? Giv me the old country school as it used to be every time*as up agenst the machine town schools of today^It's gettin' so children are run all thru by machine without any allowance of the teacher to be individual or original. They hav the same old stunts and

ll ' lyie Business PropeH)||i| For sale or rent for hardware arid

machinery business only, as the store is shelved for hardware, best corner brick building in Lyle, Minn. Will

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EXTEND THE JUVENILE COUjtT.

The Minnesota state conference of Charities and Correction is undertak­ing the work of securing the pass­age at the coming session of the leg­islature of legislation that will ex­tend the juvenile court system into every county in this state, and it is a, work that ought to receive the en­thusiastic- support of every citizen. . >

At the * last conference a commit­tee consisting of Prof. Geo. A. Frank­lin of Austin, A, J. Eckstein, E. T. Towne, F. L. Randall, R. B. Macheari, F. A. Whittier and Andrew Johnson, was appointed whose duties will be to prepare a proper bill to cover the above and present it to the next leg­islature. The committee has already started an active campaign for the passage of such a bill and are appeal­ing to both business men and legis­lative members for the support of the measure. We are pleased to state that the committee is Meeting with splendid success, but to win out it must have the co-operation of all.

Most of our people have either read or heard Judge Lindsley of Denver or Judge Orr of St. Paul lecture on the good results attained through the juvenile courts over which they preside, and those who have taken any interest at all in the subject can­not help but wish that such a court was in operation in every commun­ity. , r r ,

It has been suggested by Some that if this system is extended to a}l the counties the work can be added to the "duties of the judge of , probate, who should receive a compensation from the county for his additional la­bors. This would'seem to be-a splen­did plan.

FOR SALE. - -The parcel of land containing about

thirty acres; known as the Flaxfibre site, is again offered for sale. It has been broken up and a fine crop of corn is growing upon it. Parties desiring to purchase can inquire of A. W. Wright, Austin, Minn. -t t-. , tf

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Readjustment of the legislative districts is a problem already engag-j ing the attention of a number of the^ members of the new legislature. The <j work of reapportionment was taken.] up two years ago, but by* commons consent was put over to the present session. .

The White bill of last session, Ht. F. 1082, was "drawn with especial intention to give every county atfTHE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE AND SriflTSSiSl CONGRESSMAN TAWNEY. ber of senators, sixty-three, but it|: The president's answer will prove increased the house membership by, ;a shock to those who assumed that ten, bringing it up to 129. The bill Mr. Roosevelt was not absolutely, was not carefully considered or re-1 sure of his ground when, in his an-vised, but is in shape to form the Fnual message he told congress that in groundwork for the committee to b#|pi-oviding "there should be no

: Fifty-eighth—Hubbard and Cass counties, each one representative: a Fifty-ninth—-Clay and Becker} each one. ,. Sixtieth—Norman, Mahnomen and

Clearwater, two representatives. Sixty-first—Polk county, two rep­

resentatives. ^Sixty-second—Marshall and Red

Lake, each one. Sixty-third—Beltrami, Roseau and

Kittson, each one.

gin on this winter. The districts as marked out by the

White bill are given as follows, each district having a senator and the number of repi-esentatives indicated:

First—Houston and Fillmore counties, each one representative.

Second—Winona county, two rep­resentatives.

Third-—Wabasha and Olmsted, each one representative.

Fourth—Dodge and Mower, each one representative:

Fifth—Waseca and Steele, each one representative.

Sixth—Freeborn, two representa-, tives. * . . V?

Seventh—Blue Earth, two repres GfttltfltTVOCl

Eighth—Faribault and Martin, each one representative.

Ninths—Brown and Watonwan, each one.

Tenth—Cottonwood and Jackson, each one.

Eleventh—Murray and Nobles, each one.

Twelfth—Rock and Pipestone, each one.

Thirteenth—Lincoln and Lyon, each one.

Fourteenth—Redwood, one repre-S6iitativ6

Fifteenth—Sibley and Scott; each one.

Sixteenth—Le Sueur and Nicollett, each one.

Seventeenth—Rice, two represen­tatives.

Eighteenth—Goodhue, two repre-

Nineteenth—Dakota, two repre-QPTltfltiVPQ

Twentieth—McLeod and Carver,; each one. V

Twenty-first—Renville, two repre­sentatives.

Twenty-second—Yellow Medicine and Lac qui Parle, each one. •-,,I

Twenty-tkirChippewa "?-'an<i Swift, each one.

Twenty-fourth—Kandiyohi, one representative.

Twenty-fifth—Meeker, one repre­sentative.

Twenty-sixth—W^i^t.'tw'o" repre­sentatives.

Twenty-seventh-—St. Paul, ninth ward and part of first,' two represen­tatives.

Twenty-eighth—St. Paul, second and third wards and part of first, two representatives.

Twenty-ninth—St. Paul, fourth and sixth wards, two representa­tives.

Thirtieth—St. Paul, seventh ward and part of eighth, two representa-tives.

Thirty-first—St. Paul, fifth, tenth and eleventh wards, two representa­tives.

Thirty-second—-St. Paul, part of eighth ward and country districts of Ramsey county, two representatives.

Thirty-third :— Minneapolis, first ward and parts of third and tenth (same as present thirty-eighth), two r epresen ta tives.

Thirty-fourth—Minneapolis, sec­ond and wards, two representatives.

Thirty-fifth—Minneapolis, fourth ward, two representatives.

Thirty-sixth — Minneapolis, fifth ward ward, two representatives. <

Thirty-seventh—Minneapolis sixth and eleventh wards, two representa­tives.

Thirty - eighth —- Minneapolis, seventh and twelfth wards, two rep­resentatives.

Thirth-ninth—Minneapolis, eighth and thirteenth wards, two represen­tatives.

Fortieth—Minneapolis, parts of third and tenth ward, two represen­tatives.

Forty-first—-Hennepin county out­side of Minneapolis, two representa­tives.

Forty-second—Washington qoun-ty, two representatives. Si £

Forty-third—Pine arid Chisago, each one.

Forty-fourth—Anoka and Tsanti, each one. • • - v;:v

Forty-fifth—Mille Lacs, Benton and Sherburne, each one..

Forty-sixth—Stearns county, three representatives.

Forty-seventh—Douglas and Pope, each one. - „

Forty-eighths—Grant and Stevens, each one. . Forty-ninth—-Traverse, Wilkin, and

Big Stone, each one. Fiftieth—Otter Tail, three repre­

sentatives. Fifty-first—Todd - and Wadena,

each one. , , Fifty-second—Crow Wing f-and

Morrison, each one. " .v Fifty-third—Aitkin, Kariebec and

Carlton, each one. Fifty-fourth—Itasca, Koochiching

and northwestern part of St. Louis county, two representatives. 1

•, Fifty-nftb—Duluth, third; fifth, and sixth wards and part of St. Louis county outside, two representatives.

Fifty-sixth—Duluth, third, fifth and sixth wards and part of .St. Louis county outside, two representatives.

Fifty-seventh—Lake and Cook counties, Duluth, ( first, second -and fourth wards and part of St. Louis county oqtside; Lake and Cook, one representative; r^st.'ol district, one

/representative,

de ftail from the secret service." its chief argument for the provision was "congressmen did not . themselves wish to be investigated by secret ser­vice men."

* ; In the special message read to the house of representatives. today, the president takes occasion not only to make his meaning so clear as to ab­solutely prevent misunderstanding, "but to read the house a well-deserved lecture through the medium of a strong, clear-headed argument for the necessity of financial provision for a thoroughly equipped secret service.... The document is not long and carries with it an interest unus­ual to state papers, so that it will well repay careful perusal.

To Minnesota and the Northwest the message bears the added interest that Congressman Tawney, as chair­man of the appropriations Commit­tee, is singled out by the president as One of the special champions of the amendment provisions referred to, and upon him and three other conr pressmen is placed the responsibility of the situation. While the language is exceedingly temperate and digni­fied, the position of the executive,

i fortified by document and record, is -so strong in facts, and forceful in statement as to leave no apparent loophole of escap.e.

? Chairman Tawney may have a villid defense, but it cannot be that he was not fully informed and care­fully posted upon the scope of the work of the secret service, as well as its declared results. As transmitted tb; congress a copy of the letter from the secretary of the treasury to Mr.

iTawney, written while the secret Service appropriation was under con-^.deration, emphatically protesting against the proposed amendment and .setting forth at length the beneficent results of the service in departments ofjb^r •i-rthferi-by- this amendment practically lim­ited. Rigid economy in government expenses has been a political shib­boleth of the congressman from the JCfcr; Minnesota district, but in the

"clear-""light''"bfresidential ex­planation the public will be apt to regard the cutting down of the sec­ret service appropriation as not only of benefit to criminals, as the mes­sage bluntly asserts, ' but of that species of thrift which saves at the spigot and wastes at the bungnole.

The message is the reply to a reso­lution of inquiry from the house, and in the very first paragraph the presi­dent places the house upon the de­fensive, presenting to it the point of its own weapon. He confronts it with the congressional record and some pertinent correspondence and might have rested his case there, but for the opportunity afforded of urging measures for.the betterment of the secret service, now that the subject was reopened. It will appear to the public as if the house inquiry had been answered. — St. Paul Dispatch.

The G. A. E. Anneal for a Proper Celebration of Lincoln's Birth­

day.

To the People of Austin, Minn., and Vicinity: The following appeal has just been

Issued by the National G. A. R. Headquarters:

"Pursuant to the recommendation of the committee authorized by the 41st National Encampment, Grand Army of the Republic, and appointed to take into consideration the fitting celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, which was made a report to the 42d National Encampment that was unanimously adopted, the under­signed have been appointed a com­mittee to prepare a - program for the occasion, met in New York city, Oct. 19th, 1908, and submits the follow­ing as the result of its deliberations:

That the Commander in Chief be requested to invite the President of the United States, Governors of the States and Teritories and Mayors of Cities, to participate with the Grand Army of the Republic in public recog­nition of the Centennial Anniversary of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, Feb. 12, 1909, and by proclamation as far as practical, recommend that the day be observed as.a special holi­day. • . Y .

That every Post shall recognize the day in some fitting manner, either in special meeting, or in attendance as a body where a public celebration is held..

That the co-operation of the Wom­an's Relief Corps, Ladies of the G. A. R. Sons and Daughters of Veterans, and all - other patriotic_ societies be invited to participate in alt func-. tions arranged for this- occasion. ,

That all departments of education controlling colleges, universities and public, parochial or private schools, be requested to arrange for recogni­tion of the day with appropriate and special exercises. .

That the clergy are requested to have special services, in their church­es, synagogues- and Sabbath., schools, on the Sabbath preceding Feb. 12th_

-And it further urgda, 'without waiting for more definite'

that immediate steps be taken to carry out the program, that it may , be complete, and its example a stimu- I lation for a general recognition of the day. : v "

We, therefore, would appeal to all Loyal and Liberty loving people of Austin and vicinity to join with us to make this day, Feb. 12, 1909, the Centennial birthday of our martyred and lamented President, Abraham Lincoln, a day of universal commem­oration. Committee G. A. R.

C. N. BEISEKER, J. C. HAWKINS, PERCY BUMP.

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Pat it in Some 8afe Place, for it May Come in Handy Some Day

Here is a simple home made mixture as given by an eminent authority on Kidney diseases, who makes- the state­ment that it will relieve almost any case of Kidney trouble" if taken before the stage of Bright's disease. He states that such symptoms as lame back, pain in the side, frequent desire to urinate, especially at night; painful and discolored urination, are readily overcome. Here is the recipe. Try it.

Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half ounce; Compound Kargonjone ounce; Compound Svrup Sarsaparilla, three ounces. Take a teaspoonful after each meal and at bedtime.

A well known druggist here in town is authority that these ingredients are all harmless and easily mixed at home by shaking well in a bottle. This mix­ture has a peculiar healing and .sooth­ing effect upon the entire Kidney and Urinary structure, and often overcomes the worst form of Rheumatism in just a little while. This mixture is said to remove all blood disorders' and cure the Rheumatism by forcing the Kid neys to filter and strain from the blood and system all uric acid and foul, de­composed waste matter, which cause these afflictions. Try it if you aren't well. Save the prescription.

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Wyandotte Cockerels for breeders. Inquire Mrs. F. H. Pike,

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HOGMANAY DAY.

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Quaint Scotch Customs Qescribed by vr :rr; ^ James' Barrie.'

The last day of the old year in Scot­land is called --hogmanay^ the deriva tion of which word is in grave doubt. With their faces concealed w£th paper masks arid' wrapped In large sheets forming a big pocket in front of their little persons the children go a-begging for their hogmanay. Halting before the door of a house, they sing one of various verses, one of which runs: Get up, good wife, and dinna swelr And deal your bread to them that's here, For the time will come when you'll be

dead. And then you'll want neither ale nor

bread. They are then promptly admitted

to the house and supplied with oat cake, cheese and a dram. Mr. Barrie has pathetically described how Senti­mental Tommy and Little EUspeth ob­served this custom in their mother's sqnalid London lodgings, playing the part of mummers arid visiting her for their hogmanay. While waiting for the right time to act their little play Tommy lured his mother into telling them "how they would be holding hog­manay in Thrums that night, how cart loads Of kebbo^k cheeses had been roll­ing into the town all the livelong day and In the dark closes the children lyere already gathering with smeared faces and in eccentric dress to sally forcL at the clap of 8 when the ring­ing of a beli iets hogmanay loose. In-aide Ihe houses men and women were preparing (though not by fasting, which would have been such a good way that it is surprising no one ever thought of It) for a series of visits, at every one of which they would be of­fered a dram and kebbock and ban­nock and in the grander houses "bridles." which are a subliine kind of pie.—San Francisco Chronicle.

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Canadian Govern­ment has increased the area that may be taken by a home, steader to 320 acres— 160;firee and .160. to be purchased at only $3.00 per acre. '

These lands are In the grain-raisine area, where .mixed farming: is; also car­

ried on with unqualified success. A railway will shortly be built

to Hudson Bay, bringing the world's markets a thousand miles nearer these wheat fields, where schools and churches are convenient, climate ' excellent, railways close to all settlements, and local markets good. "It would take time to assimilate

the revelations, tjiat a visit to the great empire lying to the North of us unfolded at ever? turn." Corre­spondence of_ an Illinois Editor, who visited Western 'Canada- in August, 1908.

l<ands may also be purchased from Railway ana I/and Companies at low prices and on easy1 terms. For pamphlets, maps -and information as to low Bailway Bates, apply to Superintendent ofr . Immigra­tion, Ottawa.' Canada.or to tha authorized Canadian Governpient Agent.

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