E^app«p 'VVT WSI»K® **1$ &»&?* VfKSWI SPS^SJDf'" *-^£2*S£i4£ -fe*s» Aisa. fcfc* CfApJ- iX* _i ,r\ ,.v Page Four 1— MOWER CQPNTY NEWS.AUSTIN. MINN. jr-wjAV- Monday, June 19, 1922. w^jwyY *5rrs»i: County" News Mower 1 |oi|j|laint for thefiemoval of said away byrffaeir' own enan4 TO MAKE CHARGES!' HOMMEL ELECTRIC confidently expected Measurer, and "The County Paper" Ik •*. .revoliiilpnary changes "Be it further"' (resolved hereby, -^Published every Monday and Urar* CO. jinr/the status of agriculture. day, at Austin. Minnesota."?,' sAGAINStSMIffl That the "i&incipa! knd surety or 203 NORTH MAIN STREET ....*, ROE AND GANNON, Publishers. Mistakes were frequenttyTCade sureties liable upon the bond of said for Expert Electrician ^*"3^ CARL L. WEICHT, City Editor. in attempting tod artbitipns undertakings. (Continued from page 1.) County Treasurer, be forthwith notified (The News welcomes expressions (Continued from Page One) $*£« Yet, considering its of opinion from its readers. to make go04, said shortage and in DIAL 2 6 7 9 *i£ z&£ Communications must be signed speedy^deyelopnMftt, it. inmost n»* "2H County Board Acp. case they fail to make good and reA" On Mondayr .June 26, the first as a. guarantee of good faith, but surprising that more mistakes request for the resignation "of, imburse the County for said shortMr. 'J?*z%Sk name will be omitted in printing" meeting of the board of equalization •.„ were not made. The first «r* Smith as county treasurer, pro-' age, that the County Auditor of said if requested.) will be held. It is planned that" a twoday Jordan ft «f growth was alntost^lb^^ vision for complaint ^seeking his removal, 1.»<p></p>County,'be and he is hereby directed ineiATi /tniMnlftivif OAaln'rtfV liicr i*a. "L. *1 1 .i__ Spencer ^. -*ar ,t j- session beginning then will be COMPLIMENTS PAIR BOARD tb "be true, and it viras?ta l|fifee& should he refuse to'resign, and to cause a civil action to recover said ••To the fiditor: followed by a day's intermission, pe.cted that considerable philf notification-to the--surety and sure-" shortage from said County Treasurer I with a two-day concluding session, Funeral Director. It is with a great deal of-pleasure ing would be qec^s^ary befor$ ties liable upon his :bojid were provisions and his bondsmen to be instituted and Largest and Smallest Together. V»sJ that I hear that the board of managers The Establishment of this tree-like! $ organization of a resolution" passed by the prosecuted to completion." Side by side in the city tax books in Service. of the county Jair have just decided to Would bear the most perfect cdunty board at a. special meeting City Recorder Smith's office are the bar all gambling devices and carnivals Friday morning..^. LIGHTLY CLAN Northwestern Wdriftising Repi figures^ on the valuation of. the largest at ottr county fair. Fathers ahd When the* Farm Bureau Arthur W. fright, attorney for tatives: Miimerfta. Seliist HOLDS ANNUAL and smallest real estate properties mothers all oyer the county ought to movement was in the initial Mr. Smith appeared before the board South Sixth 'Street Mlnni Infallible IdentificaBureau in„ Austin. Following the George A. offer a prayer of thanksgiving for FAMILY PICNIC 709 fa change Bank, St. Plifaw^|' stages of its growth, The Farmer on behalf of his client. Hormel Company real estate, hidings the farsightedness of our county faii expressed the opinion that "I appear here today/' Mr. Wright SUBSCRIPTION RATES valued at $422,800, and?. ^. assessed ""St "ZJ* F4rm Bureau federatipns^itate said, "to urge that before the county Per Year, in advance .........$2.50 valuation return of $169,12b, is the .1 believe that the county commissioners The Lightly Clan held its seventh In case of Theft or Robbery, let vfe' Six Months .$1.26 ssfc: and national, would give the goes to any expense in this matter listing of a property valued at us investigate for you. and our businessmen all over annual picnic Thursday at the home Single Copies .05 most-useful servjce by acting as and before'you place any stigma upon Foreign subscriptions, per year. 3.50 $25.00 and carrying an assessed valuation of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lightly west of the county should unite in makinig our CONSULTING FINGER­ mouthpieces for agricultural our treasurer you obtain a better accounting of $10.00, the smallest return fair the best ever held in Mower town. Seventy-three were present. Entered as Second Class* Matter at thot and as clearing houses for PRINT EXPERT of the books. You should made by the assessor. county. We are on the right track, the Post office atAustin, Minn., under A delicious dinner was served at advanced information that know the exact condition before making the act of March-8, 1870.- anyway, For terms and information— would point the-way tS "constructive 1:30 on the lawn, one of the main features any charges against Mr. Smith." .—A Booster. News items from all sections of this being a roast pig. At four o'clock planning for the future. Mr. Wright told the board that the '"fe- LOCK BOX 43, The county board and county territory are wanted by The News. ice cream and cake were served. Acting in co-operation quickest and surest .way- of getting at Austin, Minn. officials are to be congratulated Send them to us by mail, tell us peronally with other existing rural organizations, the shortage was to deduct the amount WELL, DID YOU or Dial 2650. on the definite stand they such as the Grange to be collected from the amount collected. The following officers were elected: have taken in the treasury case. Sfc EVER?— and the Farmers' Union, the Taking this method," he President, H-. B. Lightly vice president, From all appearances there is, American Farm Bureau Federation,- found that Mr. Smith was short only Mrs. Will Sheedy secretary, H. an "awful muddle" in the affairs HIS we -believed, could Every man and woman likes to see $175.44 in the taxes collected in 1920' J. Lightly treasurer, Mrs. Val of the treasurer's office, perform real seiwife in his name in the paper and the editor and $304.89 in 1921. Schupp. which should be straightened building, national program likes to print it. Some say they object Mr. Wright pointed to the fact that GREATEST The next picnic will be held at the up to the satisfaction of all for agriculture. The state federations to publicity. But do they? The Atchison the, examiner's report did not show H. B,-Lightly home. concerned. Certain it is that and-the county organizations the existence of a check for over $700 Globe tells of a young man irregularities ••. have .v occurred ASSET were to serve as the from the "city of Austin to re-imburse who entered its office. "I was intensely Sixty-Five Present at that demand a thord investigation. foundation stones in the: structure the cbunty on a refundment which shocked to read a notice of my engagement," y. Chandler Clan Reunion to be recognized as an organized the county had made on cancelled he said. "I cannot tell agriculture So far curb assessments. This sum should A you how shocked I was.. I was positively father's greatest asset is his boy. Aside from its purely educational as co-operative busi^ss organizations be deducted from the alleged shortage, chagrined. My fiance was chagrined. and entertainment standpoints, Likewise the boy is his father's greatest Sixty-five members were present of farmers ^e concerned, the attorney declared.. To demonstrate We were all chagrined. How the summer Chautauqua at the twenty-second reunion of the liability. The Farmer has always believed much for fifty copies of the paper?" his honesty, Mr. Wright asserted which opened in Austin today Chandler Clan, held Friday at the they should be ^distinct that Mr. Smith had cashed embodies a fine spirit of neighborliness home of Mr. and Mrs. George Chandler, Some folks laugh at the Dream* Which is getting your best time and thot, from b\it encouraged and assisted $2,000 in Liberty Bonds, his own and community interest, 401 S. Chatham street. ers but that is because they cannot by the Farm Bureau organizations your business or your boy? savings, to pay. a shortage existing that makes it of outstanding The following out-of-town people measure the treasure of the the Faifm Bureaupointing in 1921, upon which it had been impossible value to the community. attended the reunion: Mrs. A. B. Wilder Dreamers. When a woman told the way and |he business to find the errors. You can leave your business to others and Austin has demonstrated, of Minneapolis,* Mrs. E. E. Richards Turner she could not see in the organisation seeding the Commissioners Discuss Matter. get results, but not so with your boy. The and will, doubtlessr do so and Helen, and Dan Richards of sunset the colors he put in his actual The commissioners spent the next again, that this city wants the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Mr. and Mrs. M. wise father knows this. Have him start picture, he said: "Ah, madam, but In oui*S^nibh thi^m Bi^ two hours discussing the shortage ChautaUqua and is interested P. Thornton and family of Worthington, a savings account at The Austin National don't.you. wish you could?" rea'u mpvehfient (wmjrefer to and what should be done by the in supporting it as an agency Minn., Lorain, Grace and Donald Bank. call it a movement ^ather than board. County Auditor O. J. Simmons Here's-how the Owatonna JournalChronicle that builds toward abetter city Trowbridge, of Charles City, Iowa, an organization) has tfeen very presented various facts to the explains Owatonna's recent and Mrs. S. J. Epler, and son, Robert, and a better citizenry. THE AUSTIN NATIONAL BANK much worth while. The most board in an effort to explain certain' defeat at the hands of Adams: of Billings, Mont. significant result has been the phases of the report over which they ARE THESE THE FACTS? "Bunched hits by Adams, a bad diamond molding of public thot about were puzzled. and resulting frequent errors Buy Buick Truck.—An increase in Do you really want to appreciate of Austin, Minn. agriculture. The "Farm Bloc," County Attorney Otto Baudfer and land a hostile crowd were contributing business, which Leonard Decker attributes the great Jefferson. made up almost entirely of F. G. Sasse, who was retained by the /factors to the first defeat for the largely to advertising and Member Federal Reserve System. Highway thru Freeborn County? non-farmers, is largely the expression county board to assist Mr. Baudler in Finnegan tribe." It looks as though service, has made necessary the purchase If you do, just take a trip of the thot that the "prosecution of the case', recommended J. L. MITCHELL, P. D. BEAULIEU, W. E. HOPFE, everything conspired against them. of a new Buick truck by Decker over the Southern Minnesota has b§en created by the Farm the passage of the resolution (The umpire isn't mentioned, unless Brothers hardware store. The truck President Vice President Cashier Air Line to Austin and then go Bureau and other organisations .embodying the' request -for Mr. he was included in part of the "hos was purchased from the Erdman garage. up thru Blooming Pmri« on Jhe to the feffect^that agriculture Smith's resignation- 'and covering the tile crowd!") .. ., Red Ball coming back west demands„a.MUare deal. 2: 3 S-* —(notification fo' the bendsmenv striking .the Jefferson east of Following a recent earthquake Resolutions Adopted. The problems of agriculture "Elfendaie. After riding over in a region that shall be nameless, Upoh motion of Commissioner Hotson, 3re very complex and the bumps of the Red Ball and five year-old Jimmy wa& sent by secQnded by Commissioner difficult of solution. We seriously Southern Minnesota you will his fond parents to visit an uncle Thompson, the following resolutions If ash Leads the' World in Motor Car Value doubt if any organization exclaim,- "Oh, boy, the Old some distance away. Three days were passed? .•••*• of farmers, however thoro or .1* Jeff has got 'em all skinned a after Jimmy's arrival his father "Whereas,, the Public Examiner of efficient in operation, could mile." Think of it, "From received this wire: "Am returning the State of Minnesota, in his official quickly solve these problems. Pine to Palm," with Albert Lea your boy. Kindly send me the capacity,jhas examined the books of They can only be solved when as one of the bi^ stopover earthquake." S. A. Smith, County Treasurer of an enlightened public opinion points!-!-Albert Lea Tribune. Stx-Tourtng Mower County, Minnesota, covering expressed by both business Granting that Austin was "The tourist season is soon to be the period/ for the calendar years men and farmers demands that extremely unfortunate when gin," says the Mower County News. 1920 and 1921, whf^h said report has agriculture be placed on a Albert Lea was selected as one Begin—have they ever stopped coming? been filed with the County Auditor parity with other industries of the cities on the Jefferson It has been a common sight for and a duplicate tjfegpof given to the thru legislation, when necessary, Highway, that will not deter the past three months to. see tourists County A.ttorney of said County, ancf, and ^ru businesslike cooperation. Austin and Mower county from the various states in the union "Whereas, said. Report upon its face -In achieving this from building roads that are hitting the Red Ball Trail, and it is and according to the findings of the result to date, we believe the just as good and better than the some, road at that. Henry Hanson, public examiner therein, shows that Farm Bureau has made some famous who came here from Wilbeaux, Mont, Highway. said County Treasurer is short in his worth-while progress and Austin civic organizations recently, said he traveled on good accounts for said year 1920 in the sum therefore is entitled to the sup-port thru a joint committee are roads until he struck the Iowa-Minnesota of One Thousand Six Hundred Fiftyseven of farm folks.—-The Farmer. working on plans to better road state line.—Lyle Tribune. v:.. and 11-100 ^Dollars ($1657.11) conditions and tourist facilities and 1921 of T.wo Thousand One Hundred here. There is assurance that Twenty-two and 73-100 Dollars CHOOSING A COLLEGE the results of the committee's ($2122.73) making 'a total shortage work will offset the advantages To give the graduates of as therein stated in the sum of Three of which our neighboring community Minnesota High Schools an intimate Thousand Seven Hundred Seventynine boasts. knowledge of the number, The certainty of getting* 51% greater in sales than and 84-00 Dollars $3779.84) size, and character of the (Continued, from page 1.)' and, institutions for higher education RESULTS OF FARM unusual riding comfort the same period last year. "Whereas, said report tends to scheduled to give a full evening con in this state, eleven Minnesota BUREAU show a misappropriation of a large cert. colleges and universities A few days ago we heard a portion of said shortage and a failure in the Nash is proving April set anew passenger Programs Are Exceptional, have sent out the first edition group of farmers discussing the to pay over and apportion to the Following is the full program for of "Minnesota's ^Leading results of the Farm Bureau state and municipal corporations the a powerful attraction to car sales record, and the Colleges.'—r the Chautaqua: movement to date. One of portions thereof they were entitled to Monday evening—-Music, Mitchell "The policies of these Minnesota these farmers expressed the receive according to said report and buyers in every section Brothers, banjoists address, "The month of May registered institutions," says the this opinion that movement had said report finds that the books of said Grim Glory and Cost of Flags," Hon. dreword, "are widely progressiv^ had been a failure ,5$cause it Treasurer containing the Saccounts of Robert G. Cousins- of the country. The first a full 23% increase over yet wisely conservative, solved very few of the agricultural such money received and disbursed Tuesday—Afternodn: Prelude by and embrace a wholesome and problems. Consequently have been erased, obliterated and-altered, Di Giorgio's orchestra reading, "The quarter of this year ran worthy idealism They cherish and abtye April. he proposed tOKdrop his membership, and, Fortune Hunter," Edward M. Whitney. the 'belief that higher education and he favored instead "Whereas, said report tends to Evening: Grand concert by Di and scientific knowledge some plan to support the show that said Treasurer disobeyed Giorgio's Orchestra. riljp must be accompanied by the the provisions of law regulating his Congressional^ f-^Farm Bloc" Wednesday —Afl ernoon: Prelude, best of moral culture and feel FOURS and SIXES official conduct in the matter of. collection which in his opinion was actually the Hgndley Trio lecture "Wills, Why it their duty to bring out the ,..- of penalties upon said taxes getting results. Another farmer and How?" John E. Pounds. Evening: noblest qualities in each individual." Prices range from $965 to $2jgoyf. 0. b.-factory. and the payment of taxes collected by in the group then raised Prelude, the Handley Trio lecture, the point that a Congressional him and tends to4 show that he has "What Europe is Thinking and High school Igrlduafes %ill "Farm Bloc" would never nave been guilty of malfeasance and non Doing Today," D. Thomas Curtain. do well to contemplate carefully feasance and neglec^of^duty and that come into existence and, if it Thursday—Afternoon: Prelude, All the value of the Minnesota his retention of said office as* County had existed, could not have secured College Glee: Club impersonations, institutions. If a young Treasurer jeapordk«s,thev public interest, results, had. it not be,en Miss Edna Means. Evening: Full man or woman plans to mak^ fz-J- 1 for the fact that there were program by Black-Face Minstrels. his home in Minnesota or in the "Now Therefore, be it^^dved by over one million organized farmers I 'U Friday—Afternoon: Solos by aftist'frftm northwestganywhere, attendance the Board of County Commissioners to fall back uj)on for support. triofilfecture, "Armageddon,5 at one of these institutions 31K of Mower County, Minnesota that the In the opinion of The John Templ&^Graves.v Evening: Re-^ provides- opportunity fbr farmer, Farmer, this tnis is is au an, argument' ai gumeai5j -%ital( by! -'tftetsriDeiZanco-Smith-Qsteif sow that Farm Bure^ Trkfiu fMtir 1 'vi quested because* pf the reasons set may well ponder over. Results Saturday—Afternoon: Address,' the same territory who will •Hi *&> forth in this resolution and in case from this movement may appear "Where"Does Religion Come In?" J. some day, at least we are told said Treasurer refuses to resign that slight from the viewpoint INN MOTOm Campbell White. Evening: Comedydrama, so, be the leaders of their of our immediate problems. The steps be taken forthwith by the pre« "Turn to the Right," given by communities. The value of a juration and filing of a compl point'to consider is, what it wide ^qua|ptancfship jof Keighley's Broadway Players. yith the Governor^f the State means to have an organfc|edj Sunday—A er noon: Lecture^ jfie&al-ef wei sorps^uld ully" nesota, asking for the rem_ American agriculture, as compared E. D. Hopfe, Prop., Austm* Minn. ed in comparing the relative "Shifting Gears," Robert L. Finchi jsaid Treasurer of gaidXounty with an unorganized Vesper service at^$ :0Ot o'clock.- ^yen-^ ^Merits of "loctfP^and Eastern pjf malfeasance |n& nonfeasance Agriculture. schools. ing: Illustrated Lecture, "An Evening office and that the Chairman of tfief The Farm Bureau "movement O With the Star%'5^ Baumgardt.^ If virtue itiakes good1 manners, County Board of- Mower County/ ft* made a phenomenal growth good manners also-make in a very short time Its promoters The newts twice a,. irtue.—Selected. in many cases were car- Niews-^-less than 6c a weekt,