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filmtir WILLMAR, MINNESOTA, MARCH 12, 189b. NO. 4

Would How a Boom of Wdlmar Help the Farmers.

We meet occasional ly business mtMi in our t o w n s and a l so farm­ers in the country who entertain a not ion t h a t the interest of country an<Vto'n , of farmer aud merchant, is 'fit-agonistic. This no t ion is founded on the delusion t h a t our ordinary leg i t imate trade partakes a l w a y s of the na­ture of sharp trick-bargaining-. It is admitted t h a t there are mer­chant s who trade with the object of m a k i n g all they can, foul or fair, and t h a t there are farmers who d o the same th ing in turn whenever they ge t a chance. But we hold t h a t such trad ing is the exception and not the rule. \Ve know t h a t farmers often com­plain of being treated unfairly. And now we ask such complain­ing farmers how they expect t o remedy this unfair trading, where it really exists? The an­swer is, by g e t t i n g a chance t o trade with some fairer dealer, by compet i t ion a m o n g dealers. But t o be sure of t h a t healthy com­petit ion a m o n g business men t h a t keeps prices down t o a fair l iv ing profit in all branches of business there must be a certain size of the town , and the larger the better. Of course business men somet imes combine t o keep u p prices, but if the range ot prices is t o o high, and the town of any size, such arrange­ment cannot las t long . We say , if the town is of any size, and the volume of business large, some enterprising outsider will s o o n discover this fact, and. come in and bid for the trade on fair terms. This then is the advan­t a g e of a large tow n: t h a t there is a l w a y s sharp compet i t ion and g o o d s of all kinds a t fair prices. The lat ter m a y be true, aud very often is true, of small towns , but of larger t o w n s it is a lways true. Except ing of course g o o d s whose prices are set by manu­facturers, t r u s t s and combina­t ions . Hence, looking a t th i s quest ion from a farmers' s tand­point puiely , we assert t h a t a large t rad ing mart within a day ' s drive of a tanner guarantees the latter absolute ly aga ins t unfair deal ing in trade. If his home t o w n treat s him fairly, well and g o o d , there is where he o u g h t t o trade; if not . he can hitch up his t eam and g o t o t he larger town where the numerous business houses and more intense compe­t i t ion assures him of a fair deal. Hence it is directly a s a matter of fair prices for g o o d s , and indi­rectly in m a n y other ways , of the greates t importance t o the farm­ers of Kandiyohi county t o have a large t rad ing m a r t within the county , and the larger the better. S o when the Tribune urges the upbuilding and b o o m i n g of Will-m a r it works directly for the ben­efit of the farmers of Kandiyoh i c o u n t y a s much, and perhaps more so , t h a n for the interest of t h e property owners and busi­ness of Willmar. Nor should any of the smaller surrounding t o w n s feel jealous, and we are certain the}- d o not , because every intelli­gent; business m a n knows t h a t the boom of Willniar would di­rectly benefit them all. Suppose Willniar should ge t an iron foun­dry. Would t h a t hurt New Lon­don , or At water, or Kerkhoven? Surely no t . Because i t is moral­ly certain t h a t neither of these places would ever g e t such a p lant and Willniar is the nearest po int t o either of them t h a t such a plant can be established. Such a p l a n t a t Willmar would t)e of g r e a t convenience and benefit t o all the surrounding towns . Sup­pose Willmar should s t a r t np a b o o m and a t t r a c t t h a t Chicago road headed for her, d i s tant only a few miles south-east of the county , would t h a t hurt any­body?" Nay, isn't t h a t just w h a t would d o in some measure justice t o the l o n g suffering patience of the Lake Lillian farmer, and ben­efit th i s wholesect ion of country? T h e Tribune believes in political reform, but i t a l so believes in business reform right here a t

s h o m e a m o n g ourselves. We have s tudied these problems some­w h a t , but stil l we m a y be wrong in s o m e particulars . But if we are, we should like t o h a v e some­body correct us. We invi te criti­cism and discussion of th i s mat ­ter in the Tribune.

OURGREEN LAKESUMMER RESORT.

I t is well known but somet imes forgotten by parties who o u g h t t o remember it, t h a t Kandiyohi Co. conta ins the most wonderful summer resort west of Minueton-ka. Thestretch of country around and between Spicer and New Lon­don will s o m e day in the not dis­t a n t future rank a s the g^reat summer resort of central Minne­s o t a . T o the west aud south of us stretches for hundreds and hundreds of miles the a lmos t un­broken sol i tude of m o n o t o n o u s plains. You m a y travel for d a y s and d a y s over the prairies of Southwestern Minnesota and the DakOtas, and further s o u t h through Nebraska and Kansas , and u o t a lake worthy of the name, nor a s ign of nat ive forest greet your straining eye, or re­lieve the t iresome m o n o t o n y . Few people can stand this prairie m o n o t o n y very long. They soou develop an irresistable desire t o g o t o s o m e place where they can feast their eyes on natural scen­ery, on beautiful lakes and forest clad hills. Hence we see the dwellers of the plains come here in t h e s u m m e r t i m e and enjoy our beautiful natural scenery. Our Green Lake summer resort is just beginning t o be properly appre­ciated. But Willmar Tribune be­lieves t h a t a l itt le effort rightly expended could bring one hun­dred t imes the number of visitors t h a t come here now. An effort o u g h t t o be made t o make Green Lake a pic-nic place for some of our S t a t e or Nat ional societies. How would i t be for the Spic'er and New London people, and others interested in developing Green Lake a s a summer resort, t o organize s o m e society or cor­porat ion t o work for th is object. Willmar Tribune s t a n d s ready t o second s o m e such move if taken in hand by the proper parties. Why n o t d o someth ing now so a s t o b o o m the lake next season.

The editor of Willmar Tribune made a short visit t o Belgrade las t week. T a k i n g in to consider­at ion the dull t imes there was lo t s of people injjcftvn and quite a hustle. The^feill is running a t full c a p a c i t ^ ^ n $ n i i a l l y , and is a graphiugflpttstKation of how a wide-awal^^ir td \ene^ie t i c firm can build up a flourishing busi­ness even cturing hard t imes. The irrepressiofo T. %^ was lo , , busy in t e n d i n g ^ ) the f a n n e r s Union Cash Store\£hat o u t usual politico-economic discussion with him when up thei-eVhad t « \ be postponed t o another^jme. O^r old friends Harapeu Brtos.' werk so busy count ing eggs am|vveigh- J ing butter, t h a t we came t o the conclusion t h a t the farmers up around there must be do ing some diversified farming. The latter, firm has built up an extensive trade of late years. We even noticed in their store customers from the western part of the town of Norway Lake. We also met the genial Bro. Campbell, doctor and editor of "The Sun," and inspected the sanctum where The Sun rises and sets every week. Bro. Campbell inquired about t h a t Argus-eyedsourrnash down in Willmar who was mak­ing faces a t doctor-editors. We informed him t h a t no one paid any at tent ion t o what the Will­mar Argus said; t h a t the fault­finding disposit ion of the Argus editor was undoubtedly due t o a const i tut ional idiosyncracy for which he was hardly accountable. Bro. Campbell is a s t rong Repub­lican, but he is a gentleman, and philosopher enough t o realize t h a t radical reform in our nat ional affairs is necessary in the near future.

Everybody spoke words of praise of the Willmar Tribune and a number of new subscribers was added t o our list.

FACTS.

STATE CAPITOL.

It will remain a t St . Paul . The senate so decided las t Fri­day by a v o t e of 4 1 t o 12 . The law now s tands substant ial ly as it did a t last session's close. The fees t o architects were left for decision by the commission. The bids of Minneapolis for the s i te were sjmply so much bhister, t o compel the} St . Paul delegation t o agree t o a large appropria­t ion t o the University. I t is re­ported t h a t Duluth ge t s a Normal school in the same deal. One t-hiiig is certain, the t w o big cities, .with a few smaller ones <with S t a t e inst i tut ions , practi­cally parcel o u t the revenue of t h e - S t a t e a s they please. The r e s t \ f the S ta te is n o t in it.

H I L B E ^ T ' S STOLEN SWEETS. Made ivbm the choicest flowers.

Quadruple s trength An exqui­site ^dor. Sold only by Carlson Bros. & Frost.";

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DALE, ROISE & OVALE.

Those who take pleasure in buying where the variety is the best will greet

with joy the daily arrivals of new fancies in goods at our store which

we are able to show simultaneously with their advent in the Eastern

Centers.

We call especially the farmers at tent ion t o our F A R M E R S W A N T S A N D F O R SAT/B COLUMN begun in th i s issue. This is only one of the m a n y ways t h a t a wide a w a k e newspaper like Willmar Tribune can makeitself generally useful t o the communi ty . ,-

R. It. Rasmusson has started a cheese factory on his farm, close t o Pennock, and will h a v e full cream cheese for sale the las t p a r t of the month .

Al though everyth ing i s very sti l l , we predict t h a t New London g o e s dry.

In the Argus of 1 4 t h of Feb. , 1 8 9 5 , we find t h a t i t was howl­ing a g a i n s t the people in school district No. 6 3 , for do ing what they t h o u g h t t o be right.

The Argus sneered a t the reso­lut ions passed, a t meet ing held in the said district, o n the date s ta ted , because they did n o t in­clude what Birch preached.

N o t only this , but Mr. C. A. Birch accuses our Co. Supt . and blames him for being the framer of these resolutions. Now how does the Argus know a b o u t this? I hope t h a t the Argus in the fu­ture will s t o p with i t s manufac­tur ing of g o t t e n up n o t h i n g news. The truth is t h a t our Co. Supt . had n o t h i n g t o d o with the resolutions.

A commit tee on resolutions was chosen, and they framed them a t the meet ing and they were adopted .

The Argus wise max im used t o be "Let the people see both sides of th ings and let them judge for themselves ." but the Editor instead of fol lowing th i s noble thing, s imply throws the resolut ions sent t o him for pub­lishing, in to the w a s t e basket and then begins t o howl.

Now if these resolut ions were such an obnox ious mat ter , why d o n t the Argus publish them and let the people see what i s in them.

T h a t C. A. Birch is a g a i n s t our County Supt . of schools for put­t i n g his shoulder aud s trength with the common schools is nat­ural, but we demand s a m e r ights for a pupil of our c o m m o n schools a s those of the high schools , and when we see t h a t a pupil of the former school works hard in order t o come up t o a s tandard , and comes o u t a s gloriously a s the pupil of the lat­ter in the branches taught in our common schools , why then n o t let him have the use' of the hiirh school S t a t e examinat ion? We did not mean t o so lve the ques­t ion in regard t o the said high school examinat ions , but we be­lieve in equal r ights t o all, spec­ial privi leges.to none. F o r th i s we passed the resolutions, wish­ing t o h a v e th is sys tem of exam­inat ion extended t o the whole S ta te . Now, Birch, let us have our r ights and we'll be silent, and n o t before.

Yours , E V A N ERICKSON.

Willmar, Minn., March 2 , 1 8 9 5

The Argus Menagerie t h a t went up in the cyclone t w o weeks a g o came down last week in the form and similitude of fine mud a t the devoted heads of theTribune edi­tors , pretty good proof t h a t the latter are doing their dutv t o hu­manity in general, and Kandiyo­hi county in particular. Indeed, t o be assailed by such classical writers a s Birch and his Peunocl: correspondent, and such legal abil ity a s Hazel ton, proves t h a t we are no small po ta toes . In­deed we are not , brethren. Why, t o be attacked by this tr io is equivalent t o a certificate of re­spectabil ity. We doubt n o t t h a t St . Peter will admit any person who can prove t h a t these three characters opposed him in life. The success of the Tribune is now assured.

The editor of the writes us a s follows:

PHILADELPHIA, March 8,18»5 Dr. Chrristian Johnson,

New London, Minn. D E A R SIR:—I am in receipt of your

letter of the 5ih instant and have read what you say with great inter­est. We must strive to overthrow the power of the money cliques aud to effect this through the ballot box.. When the American people under­stand fully the efforts of the gold-mono-nietallists toenslave them, they will rise in their might and under the leadership of men of knowledge, ability and integrity of purpose, they willsweepall before them. The Presi­dential candidate for 1896 must come troin the people as Lincoln did. No man now in public life is a fit man to lead this people in the crisis now before them.

Yours very truly, SAMUEL If. BARKER,

Prest. The American is a weekly na­

tional journal with a circulation of over 1 0 , 0 0 0 and is do ing g o o d work for humanity .

A Grand Display In New Spring Goods and Novelties.

We.offer Special Bargains for This and Next

WEEK in the following lines, all fresh and

new goods just arrived:

MEN AND BOY'S CLOTHING

An Ocean

of Latest novelties In Men's &

Boys' Spring and Summer

HATS & CAPS.

for Spring and Summer—An IMMENSE A£80I&pENT— in any shape or style de­sired.

Ingrain & Brussels Carpets And Art Squares

Will be sold at enormous reductions for we must make them move.

A LARGE ASSORTMENT of Ladies' Spring

CAPES and JACKETS

IN the very

Latest Styles.

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T)r. Gbristiai) <Jobi)SOi).

Physician j n i [ Surgeon. Office at Willmar, over Lundquist's

Hardware Store, corner of Litchfield avenue and Third Street, on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

You have

The rest of the week home in New London.

I shall be at

The Willmar Tribune is the name of a new paper, the initial number of which was issued las t Tuesday, Febuary 1 9 . I t is ed­ited by Dr. Johnson of New Lon­don, who ran for the legislature on the People's party ticket last fall and was beaten only 2 9 v o t e s by Henry Feig . The pa­per will support the People's party , and as t h a t party cast over 1 ,500 v o t e s in Kandiyohi county las t fall, i t o u g h t t o s tar t o u t with a large subscrip­t ion list. Dr. Johnson is a n in­cisive and logical writer, and he will g ive his compet i tors a hus­t le in t h a t direction. The fiisfc number is well edited, neat ly printed and displays a g o o d a-mount of advert is ing patronage . The paper is beinjr printed tem­porarily in Editor Crosby's Re-Eublican Gazette office.—[Mooi-

ead Daily News.

Those who have not paid in the dollar for their subscription will please g o t o some one of our agent s and do so a s soon a s con­venient. When we are sure of prompt and satisfactory returns from our subscribers w e c a n m a k e arrangement t o enlarge and otherwise improve the Tribune.

Calls left at my office at New Lon­don or per telegram to me at Willmar when there, will be promptly attended to in any part of the county as here­tofore.

Be sure to inform me in your call in cases of confinement, so that I may bring necessary instruments, etc., also in cases of injury that needs immediate attention.

Great Opportunities in the many Bargains we offer in

various lines of goods, as we furnish you with correct

styles and qualities at much less (in many instances)

than other dealers pay for them.

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I tend to my medical practice now as ever, all the assertions to the con­trary notwithstanding, and intend to do so in the future.

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The editor of the Argus op­poses a Normal school for Will­mar, and ridicules Willmar Tri­bune for try ing to aid farmers t o ge t o u t of debt. Farmers, what do y o u think of Mr. Birch anvwaw?

Priestly Black Clay Pure Worsted Suits, Indigo Blue Clay Pure Worsted Suits.

Thompson All Wool Black Melton Suits, Thompson Indigo Blue Melton Suits,

CHOICE

FOR Ten Dollars Samples sent to any address. These suits are as well sewed, lined and trimmed

as any suit tailor would charge $25.00 for. All sizes, from 33 to 46.

RODLUN & JOHNSON.

A FLORIST'S FAKE.

H I L B E R T S STOLEN S W E E T S Will surely please y o u . The

perfection of handkerchief ex­tracts . Sold only by Carlson Bros. & Frost .

1 0 , 0 0 0 bushels of corn on- the cob or shelled wanted a t P . Sonde ' s Feed Store.

J u s t yeceived, a car load of Glidden Barb Wire and Nails. Our prices are r ight . J u s t call and see. J O H N L U N D Q U I S T & Co.

Send y o u r job printing t o the Tribune We guarantee work-uintiship and prices t o be sat i s ­factory. Address

W I L L M A R T R I B U N E , / Willniar, Minn.

D o y o u notice our Farmers Wants and For Sale CQIUHHI? Three lines for 1 0 cents. UVhat d o y o u think a b o u t Willmar Tri­bune a n y w a y ? D o y o u wonder t h a t the other papers are making faces a t us?

H I L B E R T ' S STOLEN SWEET& 'Will please the most fastidious,

A, strictly high.ffrade hand her chief extract. Sold ouly by Carjji •on Bros. & Frost. * iw^

Reading "Farm, Stock and Home."

THIS TELLS J^JJSiJHgf i T U c G T n D V reader of Farm, Stoat I n s S l U l f l * and Borne, published

at Minneapolis, Minn-Is happy, his animals and fowls, bred, fed and cared for according to Its plain, prac­tical instructions, are sleek, thrifty and delighted; and his fruits, grains and vege-tables, propagated according to the teach­ings of the same authority, testify to their flavor, size and abundance with smile, song and dance.

Get the best, raci-DO LIKEWISE. QJSSJSSSt

the most practical and broadest-gauged agricultural paper published, and duplicate the picture nere-with presented I

Live, work and write ITS EDITORS & » J ^ * J » g l • . , - . , _ , ard, apiary, poultry and ft>rm home. Faring Stock and Bom & unkmei traHke others, AM improved from

fbe Story of the "Blanket of Flowers** on Mrs. Astor'» Grave an Invention.

Many women have visited Trinity cemetery, One Hundred and Fifty-fifth itreet and Amsterdam avenue, in the past few days to see the marvelous "blanket of flowers" which was said to "cover the casket" of Mrs. William Waldorf Astor, and which was to be "renewed every morning for a year" by Mr. Astor's order. Mrs. Astor was bur­ied on Jan. 9, not in a vault, but in a grave, in' the northwestern corner of the A stor plot. On the day of the funeral the mound of earth was covered with pine boughs. The evergreens have not been removed, and except at one corner, which has been uncovered by inquisitive visitors, the grass is covered with snow. The laborers in the cemetery have swept a path through the burial plot, and about the grave a path has been trodden by men and women.

The cemetery employees have grown rery tired" of having their word doubted by women who inquire the way to the Astor vault and the blanket of flowers

>ffln. No flowers at all have

part'unsatisnea anct aouonng nis worn. The old gatekeeper, who has been

employed about the cemetery 22 years, has to bear the brunt of their inquiries and disappointments. He said that the other evening, just as he was closing the gates, two women begged for admit­tance, saying that they had come all the way from East New York to see the flowers and would not go borne unsatis­fied. Some come from other states, and two came from what seemed to him the antipodes—Staten Island. .

All this annoyance and disappoint­ment is due to Joseph Fleiscbman, a florist, of Broadway. On the morning of the funeral he told the reporters that he had the contract to supply fresh flow­ers every day for a year for the grave For this he was to receive $100 a day, he said, and in all be would receive $40,000 from Mr. Astor. On the day after the funeral Mr. Fleiscbman tent to the newspaper offices a typewritten story of the alleged contract given to him by Mr. Astor. He was, he said, to furnish 4.000 fresh lilies of the valley

10 violets eat

Colored Florldlana In Clover. Nothing will kill a young negro but

a charge of dynamite, and their stom­achs must be wonderfully and fearfully made. The freeze was an unmitigated blessing to them, and they luxuriated on frozen oranges for two weeks after­ward. It was fun to see them. They would gather around the various ship­ping points, and when a lot of fruit was ordered to the cremator they would help themselves before it was hauled away. Some of the boys would eat two dozen frozen oranges at a sitting, or standing, rather, and the feat did not seem to harm them in the slightest Some of the bootblacks and newsboys made a point of buying 6 cents' worth of frozen oranges every day for their dinner. They could gei a dozen large ones for a nickel, and they would eat them way down to the yellow hide. A white boy who attempted the same performance would have had several different kinds of cramp oolio in less than 15 minutes. —Florida Times-Union.

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