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DASSEL HIT BY HAIL The sky lights in Dorsey's, Olson & Cos. Uayuer's, the Premier and the

~ Anchor office were all smashed and Storm That Touched Our County : the buildings more or less flooded

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Struck Meeker County Very Hard. One of the most severe hail s torms

of many years passed through a sec-

There were about forty windows in the north side of the school build­ing and all were broken.

The tar root* on Murphy's build­ing, also the ones on Millberg's and

tion of Meeker county last Saturday | the livery barn were stripped by the evening, hitting Dassel about 7:45. hail and badly damaged.

The main part of the storm seems As a mat ter of great luck, of to have hit just west of Kingston, , course, glass had just advanced near-the west end of it reaching Darwin ly 10U per cent just before the s torm and the east hitting Cokatc. Dassel created such a demand for it. The apparently was right in the center of i ts path and received the heavi­est of the storm.

It had been quietly raining all afternoon and while the clouds hung heavy no one thought a bad storm was brewing.

About 7:30 the wind changed to the north and it was but a short t ime afterwards that the storm broke upon us in all its fury. The worst of it had passed over inside of twenty minutes but while it lasted it proved active.

All the windows on the north side of the buildings in town, as well as all sky lights, were broken, trees were stripped of their foliage and gardens pounded into the ground. Many tar roofs were also torn off. Automobiles that were standing on the s t reets had large holes cut clear through the tops and in some in­stances the hoods on one or two Fords were badly dented by the hail . Hail stones measuring two and three inches in diameter were picked up on the streets .

In the country districts through which the storm passed rye was cut to the ground and will have to be plowed under. Wheat, oats and corn were not far enough advanced to be damaged by hail but in many places, particularly in the hilly section nor thwest of town, the grain was badly damaged by washouts in the valleys.

Frui t trees and bushes were str ipped of their buds. North and nor theas t of town some damage is reported from the high winds, many small buildings being turned over.

While Darwin had some hail no serious damage was done there. In Cokato we understand the storm was real bad and many windows were broken.

It was without doubt the heavi­es t hail storm ever witnessed in this section and one that will be re­membered for some time.

The telephone and electric wires were badly damaged by the storm.

Live stock that were caught out in the pastures without shelter were badly pounded up but we have heard no casualties among them.

About midnight another severe storm broke over the village but did no further damage.

Notes of the Storm. The rear end of Louis Norgren's

shoe store is nearly all windows. The hail took every pane out.

hardware stores have been kept busy ordering glass ever since the storm.—Dassel Anchor.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS May US

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Town of Holland -i 'robate Court to Sena Gort , section Z'l. Town or Willmar.

May -7.—Martin H. Hernianson and wile to L.ars Gustaf Lundgreu Lots 3 to U lni-1. Block 5, Sunny side Add. $95'J.

May -Zi>.—H. K. liakke and wire to L. T. KricKson, SK1/*, section 28, $1.00.

May 2i>.—Ule .Nelson and wife to Nels A. Llyeraas N \z of Sii!1^, exc. road, sec. 5, W1,. of NWii of S\VJA, sec. 4, |5,000.

Town of New .London. May '2D.—Ernest H. Siver and wife to

Hazel M. Oppe&aard Lot 4 of , \ W ^ of -\'E!4, section u, $1.00.

May ^9.—ole IS. Klgeraas and wife to .Nels A. Klgeraas, L,ot A of .Lot 2, section 33, $1.UU.

Town of Lake Andrew. May ~\>.—Math Kausch and wife to

J. O. (juisbery and E. E. Einderholm K\-2 of SEVi, section 21, $5000.

Mown of Bur bank. May ^U.—Ernest H. Siver and wife to

Hazel M. Oppeyaard, SW>4 of SEVi, sec. tion 32, $(see town of .New London.)

Village of Sunburg. May 2S.—Albert Teige to Elling E.

Swenson, Lot 3 of Block 7, ?1.00. City of Willmar.

May 27.—Probate Court to Eva Rydin et al Lots 10 and 11, Block 7, Spicers Add.

May 27.—Peter Bonde and wife to A. T. Bjur Lot 2 of Lot 3, Block 3, Nelson's Add. $4200.

May 2l».—S. P. Swenson, exec, to Bank of Willmar Lot 7, Block 11, Hanson's Add. $2400.

June 1.—Mary DeLine and Halvor Arntzen to Anton Olson Lot 3, N. 15 ft. of Lot 4, Block 13, Ferrings Add. $3350.

Tragedy at Dassel. Word was * brought up town Mon­

day shortly after dinner tha t John Sallberg, Sr., had been found in the loft of the barn on their place with his throat cut. A razor still clutch­ed in his r ight hand told the story —he had committed suicide.

Mr. Sallberg had been in poor heal th for several years pas t and it had undoubtedly unbalanced his mind. He had also been worrying about his son John being called to the army. Saturday evening he was out in the great hail s torm and became so be­wildered tha t he could not tell where he found shelter. His mind was fail­ing him.

Mr. Sallberg was a nat ive of Sweden and was pas t 71 years cf age. He had been a resident of Das­sel some forty years, coming here with his brother, August, a merchant of this village in former days.—Dassel Anchor.

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ENLISTMENTS ARE BETTER EACH MONTH

Record Has Been Broken Each Month for Five Months.

For the fifth successive month the Minnesota Recruiting Dis­trict has bettered its record for the previous month. Gradually climbing from an obscure position near the bottom of the list of 64 recruiting districts in the country; in April the Minnesota District bettered the re­cord of the San Francisco district, which has been leading the country for the past two years. In April 1103 recruits were secured in the state, which is believed to be the highest record in the country. When the final count was made for May, however, it was found that 1240 recruits had enter-erd the service. A rush of men during the last few days of the month net­ted 175 men, May 31, which was the banner day for the month. The rush was largely of men 21 years of age who would be compelled to register June 5th.

A recruiting and loyalty tour of the state conducted by Major John D. Yost Recruiting Officer for the Minnesota District, accompanied by Corporal Harry A. Welcome, one of the fifty men recently returned to this country by General Pershing and A. A. Farrington of Duluth ^a speaker for the Bureau of Public Information at Washington, D. C. was productive of excellent results and helped materially to swell the total enlistment for the month of May. The tour included all the range towns, Virginia, Hibbing, Eveleth and Chis-holm. Enroute to Bemidji meetings were held from the rear end of the recruiting car "Soudan" at Deer River and Grand Rapids. Bemidji, Fari­bault and Mankato \srere visited. Final meetings were held at Winona and Wabasha.

In commenting on his tour Major Yost said, "In all my experience I have never seen such warm enthusi­asm, the entire trip was a triumphal tour, with overflow meetings at all places. Our reception throughout the state, and the number of men get1

ting into the service from the state is back of the beys at the front, and can be counted on for whole hearted support at all times."

JOHN LIND SPEAKS MIND ON POLITICS

Food Facts of Week. (By State Food Administrator.)

Our immediate pressing duty is to see that the peoples and armies of Great Britain, France and Italy are fed, so that they will not collapse as Russia and Finland have done because of the disorganization due to Ger­man propaganda, injustice and above all, lack of food. It is imperative that we save and send wheat and other foods absolutely required in Europe during the months before the next harvest. We cannot do it un­less we stop using them here. We must realize that food is the weapon with which America is going to be able to maintain a position in this war long enough to win it. The food administration is not asking that food be saved to save money, but to save lives that will win the war.

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The food administration is urg­ing that the sugar regulations provid ing sugar for canning be taken ad­vantage of now and the maximum of all kinds of food preserved in every household for future use. The pre­servation of home grown perishables is one of the greatest possible aids to food conservation and the possi­bility of furnishing to the armies their required amount of food. Food grown and preserved at home guards against a possible food shortage; food grown and preserved at home requires no railroad transportation to bring it to the family table and it re­leases for export shipping that rail­road transportation that would be ne­cessary to bring food in that it re­places.

These are the reasons why the food administration has anounced that so long as sugar is available it may be purchased by householders in quanti­ties for canning and preserving only upon certificate signed at the store upon purchase. Sugar distributors report big supplies on hand now and the home canner should take full advant­age of the opportuity, the food admin­istration states.

Endorses Judge Comstock for Democratic Nomination for

Governor at Primary. Speaking at the opening- of the cam­

paign for the nomination of Judge W. L. Comstock as Democratic candidate for Governor, former Governor John Lind made a significant speech. We re­produce the report of the same appear­ing in the St. Paul Daily News:

Mr. Lind said in part: '•1 am not hero to oppose Mr. Wheaton:

we all like him; he is a good fellow; he has rendered good service; but I have known Judge Comstock a long, long time," said Mr. Lind.

"I don't fight the other man, but I prefer this man. I have known him many years, and he has grown every day of his life since I have known him.

TIMES DEMAND BIO KEN. "I want you to forget such as­

persions as have been cast around, that people are putting him up to op­pose somebody, to fight old quarrels, to thresh old straw. These times are too serious for bickerings, but they do demand men, and big men.

"A great deal has been said in the papers in this state and peddled by word of mouth, to the effect that the president wants the Democrats of this state to support a certain candidate for senator, and to support another certain candidate for governor. I t has been .said that he wrote letters to that effect. I tell you, and I know, that those reports and statements are false.

NOT ANT OUESSWOBX. "And this is not guesswork with me.

This is not rumor. I know it to be false. Why, you would think, almost, to hear some people talk, and and to read some of the publications, that there is no patriotism outside of certain party ampliations. That is absurd. There is another absurdity that, to my mind, is worse. They say tha t every man should vote for a certain official, and a certain other official, because they are patriotic, because they are loyal. That is a great argument for our Republican friends. Vote for this can­didate, or vote for that Republican candidate, because he is loyal—be­cause he is patriotic. Have loyalty and patriotism become such a special virtue with Republican officeholders that they have to be paid for in votes? And Democratic votes, a t that.

THROWING- OFP CAMOUFLAGE. Now, let us see clearly. Throw

aside all camouflage. Let us talk busi­ness. Why, 99 per cent of the people of this state are loyal. Not only loyal, but patriotic. And then, to say that because a certain individual does his duty as a citizen, does his duty as an official, and supports the president and the government and the nation in this hour of trial—that he is entitled to special credit, on account of his pa­triotism, for doing that which he could not avoid doing, if he is a citizen and an honest man! I t is absurd. Why, nearly all our people are loyal. The exceptions are fewer and rarer than many think—we are all standing to­gether, 'Democrats and Republicans. ies, and the others are getting in line pretty rapidly, even the Socialist*. And you could not offend a Nonparti­san leaguer worse than by saying he was not standing by the government, was not loyal.

DOMESTIC CONCERN. In the prosecution of the war, we

should ignore party lines, we should stand together as one great American people, presenting a united front There is little room for difference of opinion, except perhaps in some detail; but when is comes to our domestic concerns, then there is room for differ­ences, and these differences are just as important to bear in mind in times of war as in times of peace.

"The trouble, in spots, during the Civil war was that the country became so engrossed with what was the equiv­alent of the foreign war that we now have on hand, that they forgot thei»-internal, domestic concerns, and many evils fastened upon the body politic so many that it took us 50 years yes, down to the time of Wilson, to get away from them.

WATCH THE PROFESSIONALS. "Now, don't let these professionals

who are interested in politics, not merely as citizens, but because they have financial interest in things that are procured by legislation and other­wise, lull you into the grievous error of saying, 'Forget domestic things, shut your eyes to them, look only to fighting the kaiser.' We will fight the kaiser— we cannot forget him—and we don't propose to—but neither do we pro­pose to forget or ignore the little kai­sers at home.

"You have got to put your shoulder to the wheel and make this country live up to its ideals, live up to the Dec­laration of Independence, live up to the highest and best that the fathers .have given us, from Washington down. You cannot do that by political trading and bartering. You can only do it by hav­ing clean cut, well defined convictions of your own and living up to them.

STSFPOBTXNCt THE PRESIDENT. "They are speaking about these men

as supporters of the president. When and how have they ever supported him, except in connection with the prosecution of the war? Why, I will give you a very recent instance, a very recent illustration: Our president, un­fortunately, found it necessary to take

in order to carry on the work of the nation. And when I speak of the rail­roads, I do not refer to the Northern Pacific or the Great Northern, or the Soo, or the Chicago & Northwestern, and perhaps others—they have been operated as business propositions, they have not figured in Wall st. They were equipped to perform their duty to the public ai\d to their government in the hour of need. If they had all been like them, it would not have been necessary for the president to appoint a director of railroads.

MAXXNO PRIVATE FORTUNES. "But there were scores and scores,

aye, hundreds of railroads in the United States that had simply been manip­ulated to make private fortunes, to buy princes for daughters —private yachts—to speculate in Wall St., and they were in a condition of helpless­ness; and». in order to get the work done, the president had to take them over. The president knew that it meant millions of money to rehabili­tate these roads; he knew it meant time to fit them into condition for service; and so the bill that he sent to the senate provided that the roads should be taken, that adequate com­pensation should be given for their ujse. He took the average of their earnings for a period of three years, one lean year, one medium year, and one rich year, and demanded that earnings be based on that average be guaranteed, tha t the government should keep the roads until congress should decreee their return. Why did he wish it left that way? So that, after the war was over—during the war there would be only expenditure, outlay, investment and burdens, but after the war was over, after the troops had been brought back and dis­tributed, after the men returning from France had been placed—in due time, when congress felt that it was an op­portune time to return the roads, that congress would return them.

LOBBYISTS BUST. "The president felt that the roads

should be kept until such time as the high public purpose had been sub­served. But that did not suit the rail­road interests. I t did not appeal to Wall St.- not a bit; there was conster­nation among the lobbyists in Wash­ington. They rushed up to the senate: 'We have got to have a time limit, we have got to fix the limit beyond which the government cannot hold the roads a minute, whether it has gotten its money back or not.'

"And one of the men who voted not to support the president, but against the president's policies, and against the interests of the nation—because surely it was for the best interests of the nation that that question should be kept open—who voted to fix the time limit—that was the Hon. Knute Nel­son. His biography would read better without that vote than it will read with it.

"And still they say that it it essen­tial to the welfare of the country that he should be returned to support the president.

AFTER WAR PROBLEMS. "After the war this nation will have

greater problems than she over had to face before. *We will be getting back millions of men who have been in the employ of the government. They will be suddenly thrust upon the na­tion, to house, to feed and to em­ploy. Do you not think it is proper for us to provide for that situation, to

,have a little vision. I think the presi­dent had this in mind in taking the railroads. Wouldn't it be a good thing to have an outlet for those men—for work? Many of these roads need dou­ble tracking, all need repairs, they need cars, engines. These men who will come back, thousands of them equipped as mechanics—all their skill can be utilized. Roads will need depots, improvements. Wouldn't it be an admirable thing to have this work done to keep all these men in the serv­ice—not a t army pay, but a t current wages—say to them, 'Here, you have a steady job which you can work at and continue in until you are relocated in your old home, on the farm, in the shop, or in the factory, until you are absorbed.' Don't you think it would be pretty nice to have an outlet of that kind?

NEED FOR DEMOCRATS. "But it can't be done—unless we get

enough Democrats in congress to pro­vide it. And here they say, vote for Republicans in this state, forget your Democracy, go and hibernate and suck your thumb. Do the Republicans of this state present such a wonderful inviting spectacle to a t t ract the voters of Democratic affiliations? Here is one faction of. them who are traitors— traitors—every one of them, according to the other faction, and if some of the other faction had their way, there would be courts-martial and trav­eling gibbets set Up in the different counties around the state to hang rhe opposition. That is a glorious pros­pect for our Republican friends to in­vite us to.

THE Ch O. P. FACTIONS. "One faction st irs up strife and class

feeling and the other has nigh for­gotten that there is such a thing as a bill of rights. Some of them—to hear them talk, are perfectly willing and anxious to suspend all civil rights, to do away with juries and judges and substitute courts-martial; and I hear they are organizing a negro company of home guards over in St. Paul.

"Now, I repeat, is that such a won­derful display of patriotism, of states­manship, to invite us to—we, who are accustomed to better fare and to clear­er thinking? We, the Democrats of the United States and the Democrats of this state, have always proceeded on the principle that the great body of

Each day adds its quota to the grow­ing army of American wheat abstain­ers. "Total abstainers Clubs" are being formed in some places by those who are willing to pledge their entire wheat ration to the Allies. In one western state both merchants and consumers are offering stocks of flour to the government, some cities re­taining two pounds of flour per month per capita. A large proportion of the parishes in Louisiana have agreed to use no wheat until the new crop conies in. One church congregation has adopted resolutions pledging the entire congregation to consume not more than three pounds per person per month. Prominent clubs through­out the country, both men and women's clubs have held patriotic meetings pledging themselves to abstain from wheat until after the next harvest. The state of Texas has gone on a wheatless basis from April 15 until June 15 or longer. What Is your or­ganization doing to urge those who can afford it to perform one of their greatest war services by going with­out wheat and wheat products in any form until the next crop comet in?

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body of our people are patriotic, and that they can be trusted—I believe that today as much a s I ever did. I know there are some who are not right, and I have gone as far as any man to prosecute them within the law, and I will do it yet, for I believe in prosecuting offenders.

AOAXSrST FBOSBOTTTXOZr. "But I do not believe in persecuting

citizens who are loyal and innocent. That is Democracy—that is our at t i ­tude. Instead of arraying section against section, class against class, as our Republican friends are doing, and nationality against nationality, we Democrats know only one class—the American citizen—whether his cradle stood in Germany or in Sweden, in Norway or in Holland—so lone as he is a law-abiding citizen, he is one of us—no other. That is our atti tude.

"I grew up in a German community in this state, and I have always loved the German people. I love the loyal German people of this state today just as much as I ever did, and I hate and despise the kaiserites among them as keenly as any man living—but I am sick of this German-baiting. Jus t let us stop and think. Twenty per cent or more of our population is of Ger­man descent; I and my children, you and your children are here to live with them and their children so long as the sun passes over this world. And we, as good citizens of our state, cannot afford to create strife, class feeling, nationality wrangling, to fester in our society from now on forever.

AUTOCRACY'S WEAPONS. "Strife and class distinction are the

elements by which autocracy rules. The ideals of democracy are—confi­dence, co-operation, patriotism, com­mon thought, common work. Why, stop and reflect jus t a moment. I t won't be long until we can see by the names reported in the papers that there will be many an empty chair in the German homes in this state. Three lieutenants from this city have already passed away in Prance; they belonged or their fathers did, to the nationalities that have been so woefully malinged. These citizens have contributed their sons, they pay their taxes, they buy liberty bonds; they do all the things that we do. and should we not share the burden with them, should we not sympathize with them in their sor­row? Why abuse and make wholesale charges against them, when we know that the great majority of them are a s true and as loyal as we are?- Let us greet them and treat them in the true spirit of our common citizenship, and let them help us blot out disloyalty wherever it may exist in any particu­lar community. That is the sensible way, that is the American way, and that is the Democratic way of treating our fellow citizens."

Class of Five Graduates at Clara City. The Fourth Annual Commencement

exercises of the Clara City High School was held Tuesday evening in the High School Auditorium and was attended by a large crowd, the friends and relatives of the class which num­bered five, the largest in the history of the high school.

The spacious gymnasium was art­istically decorated in the colors of the class, Red, White and Blue while several large American flags formed a beautiful back ground on the stage. The class had chosen for its flower the Red Rose and adopted the motto, "Loyaute M' Oblige" which was dis­played in large letters above the stage.

The graduates this year numbered five and they are:

Martin E. Behrends Ulfert L. Ulferts Florence S. Yock Angeline K. Swiers Mamie L. Kuiper.

—Clara City Herald.

RAYMOND Wesley Marrow left Monday to join

the United States Army. Mrs. Wm. Kohm and children who

visited here with friends returned to Willmar Monday.

Rev. H. C. Kishpaugh left Monday for North Dakota on business.

Louis De Houx of Hinckley arrived Monday for a visit with his sister, Mrs. Joe Kirk.

Mrs. John Hintzsen, returned from Good Thunder and moved into her own residence this week.

Mrs. Henry Wieberdink and two sons left Wednesday for Baldwin, Wis., where they will visit relatives.

Mrs. H. H. Luitjens and children returned from a visit with relatives at Hinckley, Minn., on Wednesday.

Miss Frieda Holtz returned from Willmar Saturday. Miss Holtz was assisting at the Millinery parlors in that city during this year's season which has been closed now.

August Barbknecht sold his town property on Monday to R; Schueler. Mr. Barbknecht and family, who are long time residents of this village in­tend to leave in the near future for Ohio, where they expect to make their home.

Miss Marie Bauman of Lynden, Wash., stopped with relatives here this week. Miss Bauman is the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Bau­man, who will be well remembered as residents of this village some years ago.

Miss Ida Falkingham teacher of the Taatjes district returned, from Will­mar Monday after spending over Sun­day at home.

Over twenty of her lady friends surprised Mrs. F. Weihbraugh in honor of her birthday anniversary on Mon­day.

Mrs. W. S. Brown and Ella Lindner left for Willmar Monday. The former will join her husband who has made arrangements to live there.

Mrs. R. Roelofs and daughter left Saturday for Milaca, Minn., where they will visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Groenveldt.

Walter Wegner after a months stay with relatives and friends in his vicin­ity left Saturday for San Francisco, California, where he intends to spend the summer.

Mr. and Mrs. Rueben Peterson of Willmar rejoice over the arrival of a ten pound baby girl Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Aug. Wenzel became for the 29th time grand parents.

Miss Clara Ursely returned to her home at Herman, Minn., Saturday after completing a successful term of school in the Poortinga District South of Prinsburg;

One of the most impressive servic­es ever held at the Methodist church was held last Sunday evening, when a service flag with seventeen stars was

dedicated. Rev. Kishpaugh had a very good program arranged for, consist­ing of songs, readings and the serv­ices were concluded by having the the service flag unveiled by Jeanette Knott and Mark Haima after which the mothers and friends of the various men in the service pinned the stars to the flag. Rev. Kishpaugh reminded his hearers that these men "Have made the supreme sacrifice" and furth­er admonished those present to prajr for the boys just a little oftener than they had been accustomed to. A col­lection for the Red Cross was taken up and netted $10.14.—Raymond News.

GROVE CITY. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Waylander ar-

rived home from the cities last Sun­day where they attended the com­mencement exercises of the Minnesota College Friday evening, of which their son Arnold was a graduate. They , were accompanied home by Mrs. A. Hallbeck of Minneapolis, and Mrs. J. A. Setterman of Clarissa. Mrs. Hall-beck returned home Tuesday.

A Red Cross picnic will be held on the "Mrs. Thor Olson farm" on the east shore of Long Lake, commencing at one o'clock p. m., Thursday, June 6th. There will be music by the Li teb>\ . .field band, and a patriotic address by "^j Hon. Frank M. Eddy of St. Paul. ' There will be a baseball game between the business men of Grove City and Litchfield. An auction sale of donated articles will be held at the picnic. Those who have articles to donate should bring them along.

Peter Johan Schoberg, one of the respected farmers of Swede Grove town, passed away at his home Fri­day morning of last week at one o'clock, after an illness of about three weeks. Deceased was born in Smo- „ land, Sweden and was 74 years and one month and 16 days of age. He came to this country about 40 years ago, locating in Swede Grove, where he has made his home ever since.

His wife and the following children are left to mourn his death: Mrs. Wm. Carlson, St. Paul; Magnus, of South Haven, and Mrs. Fred Palm, of Swede -Grove; nine grandchildren and one great grandchild also survive.

Mr. Schoberg was a man who was well liked by everybody and during the many years that he lived in Swede Grove town, made a host of friends who will miss him now that he is gone.

The funeral was held Tuesday af­ternoon with services at the home and at the Swedish Lutheran church here. Rev. M. Le Vander conducted the serv­ices.—Grove City Times.

—Miss Ida Johnson returned on Fri­day of last week from Warren where she has been teaching school the past year.

—F. L. Washburn, zoologist of the experiment station, St. Paul, will bei glad to tell you how to go about poi-j setting frK&et gophers, ground squir/ rels and field mice. The time to do it' i t now.

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