THE OMAHA DAILY DEE: FRIDAY, JANUARY 6. 1905.
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA
COUNCIL
BREAK IS BRIDGE COMBINE
Hii Eevinl Bid.
OTHERS ALSO SUBMIT NEW FIGURES
Omaha Firm (oniri In with Bst Pro
posal Aftr the Contract Had
Been Awarded by the
County Board.
The Roard of Supervisor yesterday
awarded the contract for the county bridge (
work to W. M. Lana of Harlan on his
revised bid of U 12 per lineal foot. In
giving the contract to Mr. Lana thn board
figured that It will save about t2,! under
the figure of the lowest bid submitted
Tuesday. Mr. Lana also has the contrari
for the bridge work In Shelby county,
where ha resides.
The contract at present, which Is held
by the Canton Bridge company and whirh
expires April 1, Is for 3.f per lineal foot.
The lowest bid received by the board Tues
day was 14 90. and 'his the supervisors
decided was excessive and they accord-.
Ingly voted to reject all bids. The Can- j
ton Bridge company yesterday submitted j
a revised bid 6f $4.15, but Mr. Lana went I
the Canton concern 3 cents better and se
cured the contract. The bids received by
the board Tuesday Indicated that there
was a pool among the bridge builders and
In fact this was practically admitted by
some of them berore the supervisors. An
Omaha firm which had a bid In last Tues
day called 'he board up by telephone yes
terday and slated that It was prepared
to offer still better Mgurs than Mr. Lana,
but It sent wora too kite, as at that time
the contract had been awarded to the Hur
lyi man.
' ' Antl-Totn to, the Poor.
DP N. J. Klce, county physician, ap
peared before the board tn the afternoon
with a request that he be authorized to
ujm anti-toxin at the cost of the county
In the treatment of the county's charges
suffering with, diphtheria. Anti-toxin is
an expensive remedy and Dr. Itlos , ex
plained that the remuneration of $300 per
annum, which he received as county phy
sician, would not permit him to use It.
He stated that a few days ago he had used
the remedy In a case with the result that
the county hnd probably been saved $100
and In this statemept was corroborated by
Supervisor Baker, who had Investigated
the case. Another case called to his at
tention yesterday In which the use of anti
toxin was necessary, caused Dr. Rice to
bring the matter before the board, which
readily consented to bear the expense of
this remedy when deemed necessary.
Alxaniler Osier Carson notified the board
that he wa unnhle to accept the appoint
ment of commissioner for Pottawattamie
county In the matter of the proposed Harrison-Pottawattamie
county drainage
dltohes, owing to "the Illness of bis wife.
Former State Representative Oeorge M.
Putnam of Grove township was tendered
the position and word was received from
him before the board adjourned for the
day that ho would accept the position.
City Assessor W. D. Hardin was before
the boord a.nd discussed; the matter of his
compensation, which had been fixed at
$&IOO. He showed where his predecessor
had been allowed $2,600 and the board
agreed to allow this amount. In the mat
ter of compensation for taking the census
Mr. Hardin asked J900 In place of the $300
fixed by the board. The supervisors told
Mr. Hardin they wanted time to further
consider this matter and no action was
taken yesterday.
At the afternoon session the board be
gan checking over the books of County
l rea surer LonaiKny in ina sviiii-ujiuutii
settlement with that officer. This work
was not completed when the board ad
journed for the day.
.' - Hal Estate Transfers.
These transfers were reported to The Bee
January S by the Title Ouuranty and Trust
company of Council Blutra:
Margaret Bernard' to Fred L. Latnson,
part lots fi and 10 in nw4 nw4 30-76-fe.
w d... $1,000
Fred Rapp and wife to N. L. Jensen,
lots s ana in diock at, uurns- aau
w d , . .....
Lena Peterson' and husband to Annie
Nelson, lot 20, block 2, Sunnyside
add. W d ,
rniuiiv treasurer to F. J. Day and J.
150
$50
p. Hess, lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 6. and 8, block
2; lots 3 and 4, block 3, OakMeld
add, t. d... 8
Same to same, lots 1. 22, 23 and 24,
block 4. Oakfleld add, t d 2
James Bird and wife to W. H. Zent
mlre, part lot 7. Auditor's1 sub nw4
seVt 1-.6-40. q o d v " v 1
F, O. Qloason and wife to Henry Jaeoh
Luhben, rart lot 1, Auditor's sub sw4
ti 29-76-43, wd 250
"VVIIber Morehouse to Hdwln More
house, w4 rV, nwVi 7-75-43. q c d 1
Charles Olusford to August Oodlnirg
sen. lot 15, block 36. Ferry add, w d.. 660
August GleM and wife to A. K. Glene,
y, n, swi neVi, 17-76-41, w d 8,000
Edwin Morehouse and wife to Wllber
Morehouse, e4 nw4 7-76-43, qod 1
Eleven transfers, aggregating $5,411
"n. T. Plumbing Co. Tel. 230. Night, F667.
Township Board Organises.
The Board of Trustees of Kane town
shlp met yesterday afternoon at the county
court houso and reorganised for the new
year with Harvey De Long as chairman
and A.- Fcllentreter as clerk. H. J. Smith
took his seat, succeeding John Halle, and
O. P. Kemp, whose term- had expired,
will - remain as a member of the board
until the 'next election, hs being appointed
to fill the vacancy caused by the resigna
tion of Robert Green, who was elected
last November, but Is unable to serve.
Chairman Pe Long appointed Trustee
Kemp as the committee on roads and Trus
tee Smith as the committee on health.
The other business before the board was
merely routine.
Plumbing and heating. Blxby & Bon.
Antl-laloon Lrasra Convention.
State Superintendent I. N. McCash of
the Iowa Anti-Saloon league has Issued a
call for a convention to be held In this
city Monday, January 16. to form a county
organisation. ' The convention will be held
In Trinity Methodist church, commencing
at 10:39 a. m. and closing with a mass
meeting in the evening, at which Super
intendent McCash will be the principal
speaker.
Attached to the call are the signatures
CHATTEL LOANS
A. A. CLARK A. CO.
BaUDllaaaa UM
BroaCwif ana Mlu St. oxr Ptaraa'a Shoo Stora,
To eta barrow on amouut ca ciilli, hor,
fcoui-hoid furniluro or soy chatlol aacurity.
rajauu ea bo sua oa urtclnl at oar tlata
to auil borrower, aaa lalaraat rvdurad accordingly.
All BiMlncaa coned.'itlal. Lowaat rain Hr, ua
aar eMalas Ult t;MI; Saiuroaa .o4o till .
LEWIS CUTLER
MORTICIAN
28 PEARL ST.""
Lady Attendant If Daalred.
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BLUFFS
of twenty-five cltliens of Council Bluffs
and Pottawattamie county.
Arrested for Stealing Far.'
Walter GofT Is behind the bars of ths
city Jail charged with breaking and en
tering the hide house of J. R. Lindsay
& Co., on Ninth avenue, and stealing sev
eral mu.kr:t and mink fur skins." The
theft Is alleged to have been committed
Wednesday night and was discovered yes
terday morning. Mr. Lindsay, Instead of
notifying the local authorities at once,
called up the different hide houses In
Omaha and asked them to be on the look
out for the furs. GofT happened to be In
one of the houses trying to dispose of the
skins when the telephone message was
received. The Omaha police wire notified
and Goff's arrest followed soon after. The
first notification of the robbery received
by the local police was when word was
received that Ooff was nndtr arrest across
the river. He was brought back by De
tective Callaghan and will have a hear
ing In police court this morning. GofT,
who Is a stranger to the. police. Is said
to live In Hamburg, la.
Matters In District Conrt.
The hearing on the motion to dissolve
the Injunction secured by the motor com
pany restraining the sheriff from carry
ing Into effect the execution Issued by the
superior court In the Manawa fence case
was continued yesterday until this morn
ing. The continuance was at the request
of counsel for the motor company, who
stated they wished to file an amended pe
tition end several affidavits.
Alice C. Bloss was granted a divorce
from Milton P. Ulnss, to wfiom she was
married In 1878. Mrs. Bloss charged her
husband with habitual drunkenness and
failure tn support.
Judge Thornell has Issued an order cit
ing John F. Mass and John Timm to ap
pear In court within ten days for an ex
amination as to their administration of
the estate of the late Henry P. Mass. The
heirs of Henry P. Mass make complaint
of the management of the estate and de
mand an accounting.
Boy Is Brla-ht, bat Bad.
Harry Cross, a 13-year-old boy who has
been cared for at the creche for some time
past, was yesterday taken by Sheriff
Canning to the reform school at Eldora
on commitment from the district court.
The boy was an Inmate of the Christian
Home for several years, but returned to
relatives In Illinois and only recently came
back to Council Bluffs. The boy Is un
usually bright and for awhile was em
ployed as a telegraph messenger. Judge
Thornell, at the suggestion of those who
have taken an interest In the lad, wrote
a letter to the superintendent of the in
dustrial school recommending that young
Cross be given Instruction In electrical
science, for which he had shown consid
erable aptitude.
Taking- Vp Telephone Franchise.
The city council will meet this afternoon
In committee of the whole to consider a
number of matters, among them being
the ordinance submitted by the Council
Bluffs Independent Telephone company and
which has been passed to the n'cond read
ing. At the city hall yesterday the under
standing was that the ordinance In its
present shape is not acceptable to the
aldermen, and the company will be asked
to present another and more tangible
proposition. '
Marrlaare Llrensea).
Licenses to wed were issued yesterday to
the following:
Name and Residence. Age.
ErneHt F. Bolton, Dunlap, la... 22
Laura. Vrobanca, Dunlap, Iav 18
Solomon Schwerdt, Beatrice, Neb 66
Margaret Kupple, Beatrice, Neb 38
W. V. Holmes, Wichita. Kan 28
B. T. Miller, Wichita, Kan 29
MIOIl MKNTIOX.
Davis sells drugs.
Leffert's glasses fir.
Stockert sells carpets.
Duncan sells the best school shoes.
Drs. Woodbury, dentists, 30 Pearl street
Duncan does the best repairing, 23 Main.
Western la. college winter term Monday.
Ijow prices on water color calendars for
gifts. Alexander's, 333 B'way.
Cigars for Christmas presenla at Morgan
& Dickey's drug store, 142 Broadway.
The regular meeting of Council" Bluffs
lodge of Klks will be held this evening.
Morgan & Klein, upholsterers and; mat
tress makers, moved to 19 S. Main. Tel. 648.
Abe Lincoln Woman's Relief corps will
meet In regular suasion this afternoon in
Grand Army hall.
Louisa Williams, 736 Madison avenue, was
reported to the Board of Health yesterday
as suffering from diphtheria.
Claude Dentler, son of Police Sergeant H.
B. Dentler, Is seriously 111 at the Dome or
his father, 196 Harmony street.
Kaney mirrors, single and triplicate, at
Morgan Vt Dickey's drug store, 142 B'way.
The gymnasium class of the Loyal Tem
perance legion will meet this evening at
the clubroums, 43 and 46 Main street.
John K. Moroney of Omaha and MIk
Louisa K. Cravens of this city were mar.
ried Wednesday evening by Justice Field.
Mrs. W. C. Ross, 13d Graham avenue will
entertain the members and friends of Grac
Episcopal church at her home this evening.
The installation of officers of Fidelity
council, Royal Arcanum, next Monday night
will be followed by a banqimt and soyial
Session.
W. V. Holmes and E. T. Miller, both of
Wichita, Kan., were married In this city
yesterday, the ceremony being performed
by Justice Gardiner.
The first regulur meeting for the year of
the Woman's Christian Terftperance union
will be held this afternoon In the club
rooms, 45 Main street.
Missouri ouk dry cordwood $6 a cord,
cobs $1.75 per load, shell bark hickory 7
per cord, delivered. William Welch, 16
North Main. Telephone 128.
The hearing of William Blackburn,
charged by Sawyer Tuli with asrault and
battery, was continued In Justice Field's
court yesterday for one week.
Tlgredla temple, Kulhbone Slitters, will In
stall otlicers at Its regulur meeting this
evening. Refreshments will be served at
the close of the bu.slneim session.
Judge Smith Mct'lierson will hold a spe
cial session of federal court next Tuesday
to heur matters in connection with the
Green Cattle company bankruptcy case.
At Its meeting next Monday evening the
Board of Trustees of the public library will
take up the matter of the purchase of fur
niture for the new Carnegie library build
ing. August Klopplr.g and John Myer, both or
Vnderwood, la., were In the city yesterday
visiting friends, enroute tt California,
where they expect to spend several weeks
sightseeing.
There will be a general meeting of the
membership of the Council Bluffs Woman's
club this afternoon at 3 o'clock In the club
rooms, when all members are requested to
be present, as there Is Important business
to come before the meeting.
The First National bank began ault In the
district court yesterday against Morris
Cohn and wife to recover $8,268 on promis
sory notes and for foreclosure or mort.
gage. The bank also asks that Its lleji on
the property be declared paramount to that
of Maurice Cohn and Morris Cohn, who art
alleged to have an interest In the property.
Mix Louise Palmer has tendered her
resignation as substitute tencher at the
high school snd her plsce will be filled
when school reopen by 'Mlo Blanche
Noel, a graduate of Grlnnell college, whn
has been teaching In the high school at
Rockwell City. Miss Palmer has secured n
place In the high school faculty at Musca
tine. Ia.
The hearing of Jake Bethers snd Arthur
FcBley. rharKed with disturbing the meet
ings at the Pentecostal mission, was con.
Ilnue.l In police court yesterday until this
morning. Bethers Is also charged with lar.
ceny bv embesilement of a shotsun whleh
he rented from Sam Snyder about a yea
ago and failed to return Fethers en!tn
to have loat it In the PUttt river whlls
hunting.
IOWA TOWN IS F1RESWEPT
Pattenoi, in Kadiioa Coiuty, Loses Mst
f Iti Butiisss Honsts.
TALK OF RECEIVER FOR DEDHAM BANK
Horse Disease Imported from France
Is at Last Stamped Ont by Joint
Action of Stnte aad Sa
tlonal Governments.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES." Ia., Jan. 6. (Special.)
The entire business section of the town
of Patterson, In Madison county, near
Wlnterset, was destroyed by fire today,
causing a loss of fully $10,000. The fire
started in the rear of Ralmond s general
store and, though the origin Is unknown.
It Is supposed to have started from the
stove. The fire. In the stove was banked
for the night and the stove door left open.
The Ralmond gencarl store, the EtchCrson
& Rlcketts' meat market, the Odd Fellows'
lodge rooms, a barber shop and several
small buildings were entirely destroyed.
The loss Is partly covered by Insurance.
The men and women of the town fought
the fire desperately, but were unable to
do more than confine the flames to the
business center. "Very little was saved
from any of the stores.
Monument Mny Be Moved.
Governor A. B. Cummins has received
a letter from Carl E. Tefft, the artist who
constructed the monument at the St.
Louis exposition to the honor of Iowa
In which he states that the monument
can be removed and would remain In
fairly good condition till next year, when
the legislature Is In session, at which time
the legislature could consider the propo
sition of making It permanent. One such
monument was erected to each state in
the union. They are of plaster of parls,
and at the close of the exposition were
donated to the states. The proposition
to remove the monument to the state is
now under consideration by the executive
council. Governor Cummins wrote to
Artist Tefft at Brewer, Me., and in reply
received the information that the statue
is constructed in four pieces and could
be taken apart by a competent workman
and loaded on a flat car and shipped. If
this course is followed It is probable the
next legislature will be asked for an ap
propriation to put the statue in marble or
bronze.
Receiver for Dedham Bank.
A. J. Ayrhart is the most likely person
to be named as the receiver of the Ded
ham bank. President Caton of the bank
has again disappeared. The receiver will
be named by the court, but State Auditor
Carroll has designated Ayrhart and an
other citizen of Dedham as men acceptable
to the state. Auditor Carroll was In Ded
ham and made an investigation. It was
apparent that the property of President
Caton would be subjected to Involuntary
bankruptcy proceedings and this made
impossible ths rehabilitation of the stock
of the bank. It Is claimed that Caton
never lived extravagantly and the cause
of the failure Is not yet explained.
Disease Is Eliminated.
Maludie du colt, a disease among horses
said to have been brought from France to
America three different times, has at last
been stamped out In southern Iowa and
northern Missouri. The disease appeared
there a year 'ago and for a time the De
partment of Agriculture at Washington
threatened to put a quarantine on all ths
horses In that section of the state. The
governor and the state veterinarian fought
hard to prevent this and promised to do
everything to stamp out the disease. The
veterinarian and a representative of the
Department of Agriculture at Washington
havebeen constantly on the ground. Every
horse has been traced and killed. The last
three known to have been exposed to the
disease were killed a few days ago.
Caae at Last Dismissed.
The case of murder against Dr. W. R.
Trotter will likely soon be dismissed. Cora
Lacey, a Mltchelvllle girl, died .at his home
and the doctor was immediately arrested
for illegal practice. The case was hard
fought twice In the Slstrlct court, both ver
dicts resulting In a disagreement of the
Jury. The case was one of the most sensa
tional In the history of the court and at
tracted wide attention.
Advertise for Bids.
The State Board of Control advertises
today for bids on the construction of three
new buildings and the remodeling of one
old one, for the new asylum for Inebriates
at Knoxville. Plans are to be ready on
January 14 and bids are to be received on
February 1.
The board has between $100,000 and $106,000
to spend on the new Institution. Of this
amount about $20,000 will have to be saved
for Interior finishing, furnishings and equip
ment. The four buildings are to be a power
and heating plant, administration building,
new cottage for Inmates and another house
for inmates to be made from the building
now at Knoxville, which was formerly uses,
as an Industrial home for the blind.
The new cottages will accommodate 100
men. They will have Individual rooms
about 9x7 feet, surrounding on each floor a
large Interior court, where patients will
spend much of their time during the day.
The buildings are to be as nearly fireproof
as possible. There will be no women
patients. As heretofore all women Inebrlntes
will be sent for treatment to the hospitals
for the Insane.
PLAlfS OF THE GREAT NORTHER
Passenger Depot and Enlarged Term.
Innls for Sioux City.
SIOUX CITY. Ia., Jan. 6. (Special Tele
gram.) F. E. Ward, general manager for
the Great Northern Railway company, to
day authorized the following statement:
"The management of the Great Northern
road Is now Investigating the possibilities
of the development of Sioux City railroad
facilities. If - the plans of the company
meet with the approval of the city and
the property owners it la proposed to de
vote the space between Third and Fourth
streets from the viaduct to Division street
to yards and tracks of ample capacity and
to erect a commodious passenger station
In the city, probably on Fourth street
near the present viaduct, and to connect
these yards and this station with the com
bination bridge' by means of a double
track, elevated atructure, with a surface
track for switching purposes beneath the
elevated structure, with spurs for the pur
pose of serving the different Industries de
siring them.
"These Improvements are to be made
upon a scale of sufficient magnitude to sup
ply the needs of ths Great Northern and
the Burlington, It being ths plan of the
company to connect the Great Northern
with ths Burlington road In both a wist
erly and eoutherly direction.
"These Improvements are proposed to be
made In view of these connections, but
without any absolute promise as to what
will be done, for, aa everyone knoms. rail
road plans are always subject to i hange."
Creamery Manager Healans.
MAGNOLIA, la., Jan. 6. (Special.) Frank
Hill has resigned his position as manager
of the Magnolia Co-operative Creamery
coinMuy and tba busluoas la now being con-
ducted by F. H. Cadwell and R. C. Harrington.
BOG19
ADVERTISING
SCHEMES
Cedar Rapids Man Arrested oa tbe
t'harae of Frand.
CEDAR RAPIDS. Ia.. Jan. S. (Special
Telegram.) Clinton D. Smith was bouna
over to the federal grand Jury In $3,000
bonds today on the charge of using the
malls to defraud. He had sent out an ad
vertisement to a number of large adver
tisers, claiming to have contracts with fifty
papers, none of which can be located by
the officials, and represented himself to be
the Iowa State Advertising agency. He
gave his address as 2t2 postoffice building
and claimed to be able to place advertise
ments In these fifty publications at a low
price. He was arrested on complaint of a
firm which had a local representative ana
Is said to have received much money on his
scheme. There was no such firm tn exist
ence os he represented to be president and
secretary of and his address was the num
ber of the box he used In the postoffice, he
having no office In the city. He was ar
rested as he was taking mall from this
box.
CHARGED WITH KILLING HIS SO
Lester Clark Arrnsed of Remarkable
Crime at Manchester, la.
MANCHESTER, In., Jan. 6 Lester
Clark, charged by Indictment with the,
heinous murder i.f his feeble-minded son
through cruelty, was placed on trial today.
Clark's crime, if he Is proven guilty, has
no parallel In the history of crimes. It Is
claimed that he planned and executed a
system of vicious treatment toward the
imbecile that undermined the constitution
and resulted In a slow death. The tor
ture continued over a period of nearly a
year befi.ra charges were filed.
Murderer Outwits Officers.
BROOKLYN, Ia., Jan. 6. (Special.) By a
clever ruse the murderer of .aged Tom Rcea
has outwitted Hoffmelr's bloodhounds and
escaped. The ofllcials are determined to
capture the man who has so far cleverly
evaded them and a thoroughly organized
search began today. The bloodhounds fol
lowed the trail to the schoolhouse, then to
a creek through the woods, when It doubled
back to the schoolhouse three times, com
pletely frustrating the hounds. At the
creek bridge the trail was lost. It Is be
lieved the murderer was taken up by a
buggy at this point and the dogs could go
no farther, as there were tracks of half a
dozen buggies there.
Sioux City Wants Steamers.
SIOUX CITY, Ia., Jan. 6.-(Speclal Tele
gramsGeorge M. Kellogg, chief of the
fire department, will recommend In his
forthcoming report that two steamers be
purchased by the council and mat on ad
dition of eight men be made to the fire
department. This Is a result of the big fire,
when It was found that the ilre-flghtlng
apparatus of the city was Inadequate and
that the city wns sadly In need of steamers
to aid the pressure of the water woiks.
It Is estimated the two new steamers
will cost In the neighborhood of $11,000.
One Democrat on Board.
CRESTON, Ia., Jan. 6.-(Speclal.)-The
Board of Supervisors at Its regular meeting
this rrfbnth settled with the county treas
urer, fixed the compensation for deputies,
named the poor physicians and let the
bridge contract, aside from transacting a
large amount of business, J Supervisor John
Danlelson was selected chalrman of ths
board. Only one change In the personnel
occurred, James Shade, "democrat, taklns
the place of L. H. Converse, republican,
making the board four republicans and one
democrat.
Royal Neighbors Elect.
WOODBINE, Ia., Jan. (-.-(Special.)-Holly
camp No. 285, Royal Neighbors of
America, has elected the following officers
to serve during the coming year: Oracle,
Mrs. B. R. Mills; vice oracle. Mrs. O. M
LaSourd; recorder, Mrs. G. W. Young; re
ceiver, Mrs. E. T. Roaers:
W. G. K. Mutendam; marshal, Mrs. Emma
KInner; Inner sentinel. Mrs. J. A !.,.
outer sentinel, Mrs. James Feagins; man-
xoung. These officers will be
installed on Monday, January 23.
Sion. City Man Promoted.
SIOUX CITY. Tn t.n 1! .
, -" vopei mi ieie-
gram.) F. W. Green , v, , . .
- -.v. naa 1 1 1 1 e i cierg
under both W. L. Stevenson and B S
Josselyn, general manager of the Union
Terminals Railway company here, has been
promoted to the position of superintendent
- uiviHion or tne iron Moun
tain road, with hanart ......
Rock. Arlc
Found Dead In Yard.
CRESTON. Ia.. Jan. a.i,
gram.)-Mrs. Kate Dwyer, aged 66, was
found dead this mnmino i i w... .
by a neighbor boy. The body had been
ZnfZ, I ,"n,gm- ful Play Is sus
pected. Relatives thought xi t- . .
gone to her daughter's to. spend the night
Still naaenH ... .. . . " fc
noi maae for her.
S. K. Wilkin Promoted.
CRESTON. Ia.. Jnn k q
' vucuuti.i con.
ductor 8. N. Wllklns has been named as
trainmaster of the western division. In
place of C. T. Leonard, who has been made
superintendent, vice O. E. Stewart, trans
ferred to Ottumwa. Mr. Wllklns Is an ola
railroader and has been with the "Q" for
about thirty years.
Will Flht Damaaro Caae.
LOGAN, Ia.. Jan. 6.-(Speclal.)-Harrlson
county's Board of Supervisor, ho.
an appropriation of $200 to assist Monona
county in carrying a drainage case through
the supreme court that constitutionality
the new drainage law may be tested. A
Edgecomb of Missouri Valley was re-electea
chairman of the board.
Latest Food Product
Comes In Tablet Form and Replaces
to the Blood and Nerves What Is
Worn Out and Wasted Away.
Ia this way it builds- up and repairs
all manner of weaknesses, and en
ables one to throw off most of the
alls of life. This preparation, known
as Dr. Chase's Blood and Nerve Food,
overcomes and cures not only such
common alls as nervous headache,
nervous dyspepsia, sleeplessness, ner
vous Irritability, general debility, etc,
but even suc,h serious conditions aa
profound blood poverty, neurasthenia,
paresis, dementia, locomotor ataxia,
which have hitherto resisted all drug
medication. It j not a dope, having
stimulating and only temporary ef
fect, but Is a food that feeds the de
praved blood and starving brain and
nerve cells, and In a natural manner
restores them to structural Integrity
and perfection of function. To con
vince you that It Is really a wonder
ful food cure.lts makers. TheDr.Chasa
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PRESIDENT ON F9RESTRI
Chief Ixecnt'vs Tells of Kccssiity fo
Preserviif Timber of Country.
GENERAL MANDERS0N TALKS ON SUBJECT
Former Xebraaka Senator Says Pres
ervation and Flantln of Trees
Is Paramount laane of
Present Time,
WASHINGTON. Jan. ti.-Presldent Rooe
velt woj the principal speaker at a spe
cial session of the American Foiest Con
gress held this afternoon at the National
theater. The president, accompanied by
Secretary Loeb, arrived at the theater
promptly at 3 o'clock. He waa escorted to
the stage entrance'and as he appeared be
fore the Immense audience, which filled
every part of the house, the reople re
reived him standing, while the theater
rang with nrplnuse and the orchestra
played a patriotic air.
President Howard EUlott of the North
ern Pacific presided at the morning res
elon. The board of directors reported ac
tion looking to the creation of an advUory
board of the forest congress, to consist of
representatives of various Industrial bodies
and to meet annually In Washington.
Talks of Eiprnaea.
Charles t JVlundLTson, geuerul solicitor
of the Chicago, Uuilington & (juincy and
former I'nited States senator from Ne
braska, characterized the preservation of
the timber Industry of the country as
"the paramount Issue" and urged the
planting and husbanding of timber wher
ever trees can be grown. He spoke of
the enormous demauds fur ties. "Of the
ties now on the railroad tracks of the
country," he said, ' io per cent have to be
replaced annually; their average cost is
50 cents, making an annual expenditure
for this purpose of HO.OvO.OJO, which Is ex
clusive of the labor employed and the
cost of local transportation. No feasible
substitute has been found fur the
wooden tie." He urged the sub
jugation of private rights to public
necessity, the study of means for eliminat
ing waste and mismanagement, and the
repeal of the timber and stone land sale
act. Other addresses were made by j. T.
Richards, chief engineer maintenance of
way, Pennsylvania railroad; President JL.
K. Johnson of the Norfolk & Western
railroad, and Herman von Schrenk of the
Bureau of Forestry. The latter detailed
the good results already announced In
the preservative treatment of railroad
timbers to prolong their durability.
Mr. von Schrenk also gave some facts
adduced In recent experiments by the gov
ernment, showing that, contrary to many
reports, the injection of creosote into wood
brings about no brittle and weakened con
dition of the wood. Secretary of the Navy
Morton was expected to make an address
on the dependence of the railroads on
forest preservation, but was unable to
attend.
President Delivers Address.
Secretary Wilson, In presenting President
Roosevelt, who was the ftrst speaker, made
no address, simply introducing Mr. Roose
velt as the president of the United States.
After the applause had subsided the presi
dent spoke as follows, his address being
punctuated frequently with applause:
It Is a pleasure to greet the members of
the American Forest congress. You have
made by your coming a meeting which, Is
without parallel in the history of forestry.
For the ttrsl time the great business and
the forest interests of the nation have
Joined together, through delegates alto
gether worthy of the organizations they
represent, to consider their Individual and
their common interests in the forest. This
meeting may well bo called a congress uf
forest users, for that you are users of the
forest, come together to consider how best
to combine use with conservation, Is, to
me, full of the moat hopeful possible prom
ise for our forests.
The producers, the manufacturers and
the great common carriers of the nation
had long failed to realise their true and
vital relation to the great forests of the
United States, and foreuts and industries
both suffered from that failure. But the
time of indifference and misunderstanding
has gone by.
Most Look: Ahead.
No man Is a true lover of his country
whose confidence in Its progress and
greatness Is limited to the period of his
own life, and we cannot afford, for one
Instant, to forget that our country is only
at the beginning of its growth. Unless
the forest of the United States can be
made ready to meet the vast demands
which this growth will Inevitably brine,
commercial disaster is Inevitable. " Tne
railroads must have ties and the best
opinion of the experts is that no sub
stitute has yet been discovered1 which will
satisfactorily replace the wooden tie. This
is largely due to the great and continually
increasing speed at which our trains are
run. The miner must have timber or he
cannot operate his mine, and In very many
cases the profit which mining yields is
directly proportionate to the cost of the
timber supply. The farmer, east and west,
must have timber for numberless uses on
his farm, and he must be protected, by
forest cover upon the headwaters of the
streams he uses, against floods In the east
and the lack of water for Irrigation In the
west.
Timber Famine Threatened.
If the present rate of forest destruction
Is allowed to continue a timber famine Is
obviously Inevitable. Fire, wasteful and
destructive forms of lumbering and legiti
mate use, are together destroying our for
est resources far more rapidly than they
are being replaced. What such a famine
would mean to each of the Industries of the
United States It, is scarcely posib.e to Im
agine. And the period of recovery from the
Injuries which a timber famine would entail
would be measured by the alow growth of
the trees themselves. Fortunately the rem
edy la a aimple one and your presence here
Is proof that It is being applied.
I ask, with all the intensity that I am
capable of, that the men of the west will
remember the sharp distinction I have
drawn between the man who skins the land
and the man who develops the country.
(Applause.) I am going to work with, and
only with, the man who develops the coun
try. (Applause.) I am against the land
skinner every time. (Applause.) "Our policy
Is cohslstent to give to every portion of the
public domain Its "highest possible amount
of use, and of course that can be given
only through the hearty co-operation of the
western people.
French Ambassador Sneaks.
Secretary Wilson then Introduced M. Jus
seraud, the ambassador of France, who de
livered an address on "Tbe Forest Policy or
France." N
Ambassador Jusseraud waa given a most
cordial hearing, his address being applauded
frequently. It was aa follows:
We know It In France, we have known It
for about a thousand years (a moderate
computation). We have not your bound
less resources; we must husband what we
possess. Our land Is limited, our mines of
small Importance, our fields have been fur
rowed by the plow for eighteen centuries
more than yours, the accumulated public
debts, left by pst regimes, or caused by
present necessities, weigh on our shoul
deis, and yet with this weight, at this day,
we stand, and, If I may believe what I
hear reported, our friendship Is atlll worth
having, so well worth as It was ever In
times past
There Is only ons explanation: What we
do, we try to do with method; what we do,
we do with care. We have no other secret.
There Is nothing lost In France, nothing
thrown away, not a rag, not a bit of
bread, not a stick of wood.
Many think we are a laughing, singing
nation. If we were such and nothing more
we should have long since disappeared. We
are a living example that people may love
to have their laugh and their song snd
yet keep their forests In good order. Method
and gloom do not go neresaarlly together.
The sea coasts of France were being
gradually Invaded by the sand, and the
wind carried thia death powder further In
land as years passed on. In 1810 we tried
forestry, and the forest showed itself, as
usual, the friend of man; the sand country
has entirely disappeared, as well on the
ocean aa on ths channel, and the desolate
regions of yore are row weulthy, pleasant
ones, where people even flock for their
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