MOWER COUNTY NEWS, AUSTIN, MINNESOTA FAGE TWO THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1920 Highest Prices Reached Muskrat farming is a profitable industry The increase in the total of Methodists members of Methodist families. 18TH ANNIVERSARY OF DOUBLE BAR CROSS in Maryland. Marsh owners The crest of the rising wave of during the last nine years is The Methodist Episcopal church in Dorchester County harvest from fur values was reached at the auction CENTERS INTEREST ON CHRISTMAS SEALS 3,935,341. and Methodist Episcopal Church 100,000 to 125,000 muskrat skins a sales of February and March, 1920, •South, in the /United (States have year. There is a market for the when weasel brought $4.10 muskrat, Misses Ida and Julia Johnson of 7,950,809 members, the census states. meat as well as for the fur. A single $7.50 skunk, $12.25 raccoon, $30 His cheeks are pale and sunken. erally who are interested in the betterment was formed, and for the thirteen intervening Pasadena, California were guests Canada reports 387,421 Great Britain Baltimore firm handles 25,000 to lynx, $66 red fox, $71 mink, $75 The frail boyish form, its emaciation of health conditions is centered years, the Double Barred Monday of their niece Electa McCullee. 1,269,482 Australia 204,395 and 30,000 muskat carcasses a year and otter, $105 marten, $201, and fisher today upon the famous Double C^oss has been carried over this evident despite the concealment of is unable to supply the demand at Japan 20,000. $365. The fur market has been country with ever-increasing power. heavy blankets enveloping the wheel Barred Cross, for the scarlet emblem that. One Maryland hotel has them greatly depressed recently, but its The Double Barred Cross has stood chair on the sun-bathed screened is eighteen years old this month. ECLIPSE CORNER on the bill of fare as "marsh-rabbit." recovery to normal demand and prices This emblem of the world's fight for every feature of the great battle porch, shakes violently as the rasping Marshes that were considered valueless in the near future is anitcipated. against the scourge of humanity. against tuberculosis is the standard cough tells the story. He is a and now worth from $30 to $40 It has signalized international gatherings which has called thousands to the Foresees Greater Demand victim of tuberculosis, one of the an acre for muskrat culture. by Weekly Shavings Edited fray during the eighteen years, and at which long studies have many thousands attacked by the archenemy In the resultant stimulation of the Experiments in propagating fur animals Vol. 344 Thursday, Nov. 4, 1920 Splinters it has been followed persistently and ibeen made in stamping out the disease. of mankind, the great white fur-garment trade the department in confinement have been tried with ever increasing hope by physicians, It has provided mobile tuberculosis plague. NOW IS THE TIME— foresees an intensified pressure on Coming back home is much easier with varying results. The Department scientists and laymen. Tuberculosis exhibits which have taught to make your plans for next season. His eyes gleam brightly from theil if you have a good home to come fur-bearing animals, which have been of Agriculture has already determined Put in as many improvements as possible still is the greatest scourge thousands the insidiousness of the back to. deep sockets. But the flash from rapidly decreasing in number as a between now and next spring so that silver foxes, black of humanity, but the influence of the disease and it has established tuberculosis within, from the soul housed by that result of excessive trapping, clearing you will not have to take the time at .... SUITABLE LITERATURE foxes, blue foxes, skunks, and muskrats Double Barred Cross has been felt. weeks, in which Americans "planting time." diseased body, is not the revelation of forests, and draining of "My son will soon graduate from can be farmed profitably under The toll of lives taken annually by have learned how to fight the plague. college. What would you advise him of despair. It is the pronouncement marshes. Already beavers and martens suitable conditions. We can stand a lot of cold if we tuberculosis has steadily decreased in It has created 600 or more institutions to read?" of hope. For toward him, with cheerful have been exterminated over a are dry so can a cow, horse, hog, The department calls the attention "The 'Help Wanted' column." recent years. in which cures are brought smile, comes a young woman radiant large part of the country. Even in sheep or chicken. Get rid of the MAKE YOUR HOME A LITTLE of farmers to the desirability of keeping about. It has promoted legislation So much has been done under the moisture. with health, garbed in the white Alaska trappers have had a close season MORE ATTRACTIVE INSIDE? poachers off their forest lands by which lessened the dangelr1 of the Double Barred Cross that it is fitting apron and cap of the nurse, and the of several years, declared for the a Many homes can be improved preserving hollow trees and by substituting A hen will lay some eggs in spite disease. By co-operating with labor, there should be some marked observance eyes of the youth are focused on the great deal without spending much protection of beavers. of the bad conditions under which she animal-proof chicken yards it is crushing the force of the plague money. of its eighteenth anniversary. scarlet emblem on her sleeve and cap lives in the winter, but she will lay Reports from, raw fur buyers indicate for the gun and trap in protecting among workingmen and it has provided Sometimes it means re-finishing For that reason, the greatest educational more eggs with proper housing and band. that fur-bearing animals have their poultry. 43,000 beds for tuberculosis patients. plenty of fresh air. walls and ceilings or a new partition. campaign ever conducted in the An Embblem of Hop* decreased approximately 50 per cent Sometimes a new door, windowor war against the white plague is being And that emblem speaks confident METHODIST CENSUS OUT IF YOUR PIGS COULD TALK— during the last decade. A raw fur -some built-in feature. undertaken this year by the National Persistent in Fight the first thing they would ask for hope to that youth and to thousands buyer in Boston declared that the Whatever it may require in your 36,622,190 Members In World, Compilation would be Tuberculosis associatioin and of other men, women and children. It would not be~possible to record muskrat supply of 1918-1919 was home the Eclipse can help you withboth "SUNSHINE WINDOWS" Reveals its 1,000 affiliated state and local It is the symbol of hope, the cross all of the things the Double Barred 50 per cent short of normal, and the Plenty of sunshine in the hog house plans and the material. agencies, of which the Minnesota Public of victory to the tuberculosis stricken. Cross has accomplished. It has been is good insurance—it prevents loss. following winter had decreased an Our wall boards are wonderful remodeling Chicago—A census of Methodists, Health association* is one. And The price of one hog will easily pay It is the Double Barred Cross, the persistent in the fight. It has reduced and improving materials. other 50 per cent. In 1917, Wiscon compiled by Dr. H. H. Carroll formerly for the complete equipment of your Minnesota is determined to lead the Let us tell you all about them—help emblem of the fight against the great the number of tuberculosis patients sin trappers took 800,000 muskrats hog house. of the census bureau, for the you plan their use in making your nation not only in per capita sales of white plague, which is waged unceasingly and it is gradually ridding the in 1918, less than 300,000 and in ECLIPSE SUNSHINE WINDOWS home more attractive and more comfortable centenary conservation committee of Christmas Seals but in accomplishment r. in Minnesota as elsewhere by nation of the insidious monster which are easy to put in. 1919, only 150,000. for winter use. the Methodist Episcopal church, shows in the fight against tuberculosis means of funds raised annually has gripped'it. The department urges stringent 36, 622,190 Methodists in the world, and other diseases. a thru the sale of Christmas seals. There are today about 1,000 local J.J. CLEMENS uniform State laws and close seasons according to figures made public today. Emblem Offered in 1902 'ONE PIECE OR A CAR LOAD jJ Preparation for the 1920 health and state anti-tuberculosis organizations over a period of years for the protection seal sale in this state to raise a $250,000 in the United States all fighting In October, 1902, the International of species, but it believes that There are 9,832,107 members of fund with which to fight tuberculosis Anti-Tuberculosis association met in an uncompromising battle under the still further measures are necessary Manager the church, the remainders being adherents and other diseases in every Berlin and before that body, Dr. Double Barred Cross. They have to preserve fur-bearing animals. and probationers who are Minnesota community next year are Sersiron of PariSj proposed that a practically all been organized since Department Circular 135 asserts F. FAIRBANKS being made in every county under the double-barred cross be adopted as 1904 thru the agency of the National J. that a greatly increased production MIL FARMER direction of the Minnesota Public the emblem of the fight against tuberculosis. Tuberculosis association. Now thty can. be made possible only by domesticating Health association. All state campaigns His emblem was approved have joined in a campaign to teach the animals, just as live stock are under the general supervision and from that day, the double-barred the people that tuberculosis can be are now raised, and by establishing of the National Tuberculosis association. cured and can be prevented. cross has been the symbol of hope DEALER IN preserves for them where they will County quotas of the to millions of tuberculosis people. When the Bouble Barred Cross first Coal, Wood,Lim be safe from molestation. Protected Advertise state fund are on the basis of 10 cents threw its influence over this country Dr. Sersiron took a simple method, areas stocked with the best fur animals worth of Christmas seals, or the and yet an effective one, in choosing fourteen years ago, there were only that can be found will become Cement, Sewer equivalent in health bonds, for every 115 tuberculosis sanitoria with a bed the emblem. It was a combination of centers from which choice breeding resident of the county. The sale of capacity of 9,000 in the country. Today the Croix de Lorraine and the cross Pipe, Brick and stock can be obtained for establishing gourSate it the famous penny health stamps will there are 600 such institutions of the Greek Catholic church. Both other preserves and for private begin November 29. An intensive with a bed capacity of 43,000. 4*. crosses are symbolic of charity and Wall Plaster. use. sales campaign will be waged from this Newspaper* help to humanity, and their combination There are, however, by a close estimate, Soon Learn Places of Safety December 1 to 10. This will be followed was selected to be the symbol of at least 2,000,000 tuberculous Wild creatures soon learn where Office 301 Ea*t Bridge St, by the sale of school children the hope of civilization. persons in the country. More sanatoria they are safe from molestation. Wild Both Phones No. 32 It and "clean-up" drives by local seal Four years later the cross came must be provided. There must waterfowl in city parks swarm around Austin, Minn. sale organizations until Christmas over the ocean to become the emblem be more beds, more nurses, more open visitors who feed them as if they were Day. of the fight against tuberculosis in air schools, more of everything that will bring domesticated. Wardens in Jasper Attention of Christmas seal sale this country. It was in 1906 that the goes into the war to crush the DELCO-LIGHT Park, Alberta, say that as soon as the workers and those of the public gen­ National Tuberculosis association scourge. hunting season approaches many wild you btujers animals take refuge in the park. The complete Electric Light and! URGES PRESERVES TO PREVENT Power Plant to $205 skunk from $3.36 to $10.60 Electric light and power for less than you are paying for poor marten from $15.20 to $145. light. AUCTIONEER LOVE LI tut*?** OF IIIMKI mm 1 N O I E Talk with people I have MOWER COUNTY NEWS cried sales for and those that I SAVE YOUR PAPER. WE have had other auctioneers ard MAIN 450 High—I for BUY IT prices paid Supply of Country Being Diminished to Vanishing Point. Fur decide who you want to make boa* Rap. Rubbers end Clarence W. Rosenthal Wild Creatures Soon Learn Where They Are Safe From and Metals, Hide* And WooL your sale. 400 Se. St. Paul Phone Main 666-L Molestation—Farming of Wild Fur Bearers Tried With 1 Get oar prices before Selling elsewhere. Varying Success—U. S. Center of Trade Secure your date Chas. Dubinsky Jfc Co. •••'I'** 'I'»'!• 'I' 'I' 'I' 'I' »|. •'I' »I' »'I' 'I'» 'I1 Phone Main 909 fur became popular under various Farming of wild fur-bearing animals TEL. NO. 4004. MAIN AUSTIN, MINN. Business and Professional and the establishment of large trade names. A comparison of the sanctuary tracts is urged by the United highest prices paid at the October States Department of Agriculture sale in St. Louis in 1915 with those in as the only sure means of preserving 1919 illustrates the increase in fur Greg's Cafe J8. Directory the fur supply, which is being diminished values. Beaver advanced in these to the vanishing point. Muskrats, four years from $17 to $38.50 otter 408NORTH MAIN ST. skunks, foxes, and minks are from $14 to $101 muskrat from Regular Meals At All Hours are among the animals which can be 36% cents to $5.10 red fox from successfully bred in captivity or under $15.20 to $64 fisher from $25.50 Open Till 12 Midnight conditions of semi-domestication. I Coffee* Chops and Steaks a Specialty J. M. HEIMER ••MMMlMMHmiiilHlIlflnilBinHlBUlis Decrease in the supply of furbearing J. K. LYNDE F. H. MAYER Prices Reasonable Live Stock and Real Estate animals in the United States, A. GREGERSON, Prop. DENTIST Auctioneer UNDERTAKING coupled with a vastly increased demand, Office la Hirsh Block Specially Conversant with Undertaker and Funeral Director 1! leads the department to urge Pedigree work. AUTO HEARSE Telephone Main 117 domestication of the animals and the Phone 9001. Adams, Minn. AUSTIN, MINN. Day Both Phones Call 677. establishment of preserves where they Can Night Both Phones I 120. may be safe from molestation. MOTOR G. L. BAKER, M. D. 1 lUMf To Prevent Extermination Physician and Surgeon CARS W. R. EARL FURNITURE CO. DONOVAN St GOSLEE Unless fur-bearing animals are rigidly Office in Lewis Building UNDERTAKING and Funeral Director! conserved, the Biological Survey Phones: Residence, Bridge 130 FUNERAL DIRECTION and Em ha liners jdeclares in Department Circular 135, Office, Bridge 277 Auto Haarse Equipment 198: the time is not far away when many Day Calls—Int. N. W. 281 Austin, Minn. Prompt Attention In Every Detail of the more valuable species will be Night Calls Donovan—Interstate 114-£j Business Residence T. W. exterminated and furs will be worn 1892 28 Years' Experience 1920 L. A. M0TT tt N. W. 44&J Phone Main 112 Phone Main 113 only by the very rich. This fact is DR. F. E. DAIGNEAU H. A. Goslee—Interstate 522-L AUSTIN, MINN. said to be recognized by the fur trade N. 1080 Eye-sight Specialist I Ca/f son's Garage W. generally, and by individuals who Scientific adjustment of GLASSES Motor and Carriage Service •miMMiiia.—!•—m have made a study of the subject. to all forms of defective vision Directly or indirectly fur contributes ARTHUR WEST ALLEN, M. D. ALBERT H0PFE 120 West Mill Street Surgeon Ocribt STORAGE] SERVICE to the support or comfort of a Surgeon C. M. St. P. Ry. BATTERY {STATION large part of the population of the Surgeon Geo. A. Hormel Jk Cak HOFFMAN & RICHARDSON United States. We import as much DISEASES OF THE EYE LIVE STOCK AND WINTER STORAGE fur as we produce. In other words, GLASSES FITTED ATTORNEYS AT LAW REAL ESTATE Office First National Bank im— we could sell at home twice as much When you are ready to put SIS N. Main St. AUCTIONEER Fhone Office Bridge 78 fur as we are now producing, in addition your car away for the winter, Residence—Bridge 499 AUSTIN, MINN to the foreign demand. OFFICE HOURS: call the Pierce Battery Co., to Since 1914, the center of the fur 10 a. a.—2 to 4 p. m. i» Apply early for dates, as I sell By Appointment. Tt30 to 8 pt m. trade has been transfered to the United take care of your battery, 112 THE HOSPITAL CLINIC jj nearly every day in the sale WELL-COOKED FOOD States. The greatest fur sales in E. Maple street. Phone Bride* season. C. A. Hegge, M. D. history are now being held here, and AUSTIN CLINIC O. H. Hegge, M. D. 301. all branches of fur dressing, dyeing, AUSTIN, MINN. P. A. Lommeu, M. C. MEANS HEALTH and manufacturing are being successfully Miss Maliada Lewis* X-ray mmd Chas F. Lewis. M. D. carried on by American enterprise. laboratory assistant. E C. Rebman, M. D. Chae C. Alien. M. D. FOUNDERS AND SURGEONS DRS. FENTON MEANY G. W. Havens. M. D. to St. Olaf Hospital. W. B. Grise, M. D. FOR SALE The success of MONARCH Ranges among housewives Most of the fur goods produced in* DENTISTS A Surgeons, C. M. St P. R. warrants your careful investigation. Twenty years of America are manufactured in or near Austin National Bank BIdf. SPECIAL ATTENTION given Eye, Ear, Nose and Timet New York City, wh«re in 1918 there, range building have gained for MONARCH Ranges a Office Phonei Bridge 108 to diaguoetlc accuracy, clinical, Choice registered Shropshire Classee fitted were about 60 dressing and dyeing national Reputation for unusual durability, dependability microscopic, chemical and radiographic Residence Dr. Festeni Main 488-R Ran UmU from imported aire. iRlma cOmEfmade-cretaoin etaoin u.' examinations accurately Surgs— St. Olaf TupHnl O rad economy. Residence Dr. Meenyi Main I Serviceable eiae, price $25 each. plants, 500 dealers, 1,200 manufac-:: C. G. W. IL R. Alw, Registered Puree Jersey AUSTIN, MINNESOTA General Surgery— turers, 18,000 operatives, and an investment Our salesmen will be^glad to show you the new Ge* A. Hecme! Co. Boars. Bi# Type. Beet of breeding. Eye, Ear, Ei Nose end Throat, estimated at between $200,4)00,0000 Serviceable else. Our local Mining Hsrmsl Caw Glasses properly fitted. DR. M* J. HARDY price $6040. and $300,000,000. P.Ot i9tr WTU mu ma HW •ver Haugan's Values of skins have risen toj Austin Hardware Co. DENTIST NTllaia 400 St. For Information Out National Bank BUf. heights that have surprised even Phone Main 222 Of Office Hours Gall those on the inside, and skins that iahiSFS CaHMM Any Of The Doctors formerly had little or no value as