THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: PATUKDAY, )ECEMBEB fi, 1906.
r
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA
COUNCIL
Office, 10 Pearl
HI Oil ME5TI01.
Davla drugs. .
Storkert Belli carpets.
Fine engravings at Leffert'e.
Ed Rogers' Tony Faust beer,
fcee Borwlck for Xmu roods.
I'luraWig and heating, Blxby Bon.
I.ewts Cutler, funeral- director, 'phone 97.
Woodrthg Undertaking company. TeU S.
CIOAR BANDS AND D18HE3 AT
ALtJiAMiKK 8, .S B WAT.
DIAMONDS A8 AN INVESTMENT,
TALK TO LEFKERT ABOUT IT.
- Jt. Paul church basar, 17 Pearl and M
'Main Bts.. December 12, 11 and 14.
' All sixes of storm doors, storm saah,
storm windows and weather strips at Geo.
lioagland a
' Mao's felt lined orershoes, $1.60. Men's
. Boston pyre gurr. overshoes, II. bo. Duncao
A Dean, 23 8. Mala.
. - If your shoes need repairing bring them
.to a. We fix them while you wait. Sur
ents Family . Shoe Store.
A beautiful and ornamental u burner,
- the W1 bach chick lamp, complete, (1.2a.
--Stephen Bros.. West Broadway.
OLD CROW, TAYLOR. GORDON, Mc
1 P RA Y ER ANET MANY OTHER BEtST
KAiDS AT THE J ARVL9 8IUKE.
, .1 Ueodars Trede, Ferd Volken and Dedrlch
Srhraaer of Treynor. thle county, were In
" the city yesterday en route for a visit at
,. tneir oia noma in Hamburg, Germany
' Before buying a suit or overcoat it will
pay you to see E. H. Hicks. Good suils
Irons .00 to IJb.vU. -Pants. fc.Ou to llojtiu.
Everything nrsl-ciass. E. b. Hicks. 14 Pearl
strati. .
High grade granite work, from the best
- Barre Imported granites, lettering, carving
and tracing. r ine monumental worn
specialty, ttneeley &. Lane, ii Last Broad
way.
id
A money-saving coal, the Cross Creek
Lehigh. Why? Because It Is clean.
burns to a clean asn and makes a Tiler
glowing fire that lasts. Co. Bluff Coal k
, loo Co. 'Phone 72.
,' J." M.-' Small of Stephenvllle, Tex., who
has been visiting friends In this city for
the last two weeks, will leave today for
Ouldtlrldy Nev., where he has some valu-
. able mining claims.
- John, the lsfant son of Mr. and as.
Charles' Bandberg, 34J Avenue C. died yes
terday from pneumonia. The funeral will
be held this afternoon and burial will bo
In Fairview Cemetery. .
James H. B. Gordon of Henderson. Ia,
filed in the United States circuit court here
. yesterday a voluntary petition in b&uk
' ruptcy. He schedules his liabilities at
$l,l!&ti6, with no assets.
ONLY ONE FAMILY LIQUOR BTORE
IN cuUNCIL BLUFFS. NO BAR, LADY
IN CHARGE. LlWvOR, A Lij KINDS,
ALL PRICES.. JARV1S, 226 MAIN ST.
. I am km the -market to, buy bOD tons of ma
chinery Iron, 3W tons stove Iron, 20 tons
of rubber and 30 tons copper and brasa.
Write for prices before you sell. J. Katel
man, (01 S. Main St. Both phones 650,
.-. High art pastala, the finest water colors
if pictures in the city. One of these pictures
v will make an Ideal as well ae lasting Xmas
I present. Come' and See. our new .Xmas
stock of pictures. H. Borwlck,. 2U So. Main
street. -
THE LOWEST PRICE FOR A GIVEN
: QUALITY-. AND THE BUST DUALITY
FOR A GIVEN PRICE. IF TOO WANT
EITHbHi, BUY YOLK GROCERIES AND
: MEATS AT, THE CENTRAL GKOCERT
.' A-ND MEAT MARKET. .'PHONES Li.
- FOR ADVICE AND JUDGMENT ON
GOOD CIGARS GO TO MA-LONKT. 0
' PEARL ST."- HIS XMAS " STOCK OF
CIaRS IS COMPLETE. TELL HIM
WHAT YOU WANT AND YOU'LL GET
JUST THB CTOAR TO SUIT THE TASTE.
Place your orders tor Xinas pictures now,
espoclallr - when you want us to make the
framea. Do not wait Uil the last day; we
.'will be rushed. If you wait too long we
"Can't give ycu as good work as we Can
aow. Council Bluflt Paint. Oil and Glass
Co., Merrtara bloc.
An Inventory of the Charles Casson es
tate, whtth Is now In litigation In the dis
trict O-urt here, was filed yesterday, it
,''nhoWs abodt' (7,000 moneys and credits and
' loo acres In Mills county, ltifr acres In
Pottawattamie cuunty, Iowa, and WW acres
, la Wayne county, Nebraska.
Clyde McClelland, who has been held at
the city iall lor several aays on the sus
- plctou of . having rolled" J. C. Martins,
who on being arrested for drunkenness
complained he had been robbed of (oo, waa
released yesterday, a fifteen days' sentence
lor vagrancy being suspended.
NOT ONLY OCR WORD, BUT U. 8.
GOVERNMENT BciAL OF PURITY ON
ALL GOODS FROM THE JARV1S STORE.
- It doesn t taks a fat purse to buy your
Cluistmus Jewelry here, Just the averuge
cue will do. - U l not my purpose to taao
all your money. 1 am swuslied with a
small profit., It you have any repair work
to be aoae. bring It to me. 1 will M-e that
It 1 done rlguu O. Mauthe, ZJi W. Broad
way. The Misses' Otis, PotU, Sherman and.
- Larson,- teachsra in the. public schools of
Emerson, ia., spent ytsteruay In- the city
vuuung the schools und inspecting . -tne
. work la. the grades correHponaing to thoso
In which they teach. One went to tne high
school, another to the Pierce street seuool !
":.tuid two to the Avenue B school.'
-.'l Mrs. Huttie 8. Dye, wife of Sylvester
.'. Dye, died at her borne, t17 Fifth avenue,
aeaieruay morning after a short illness
nSrom pneumonia, aged years. Besides
Vi.ur husband, two .daughters, -Mrs. Cora
Young of Moulds, Mont., snd Mrs. Charles
i - Murpny of Bonner, Mont., survive , her.
4 Ths remains will be takeh to Macedonia,
! Is.,- former Home- of the deceased, where
, ..the' funeral -will be held Monuay attor
'.HooiL It pays to bake your own bread, and, be
sides, it's so much be-tter than bakers'.
Try is' Sack of Diamond Blutf, (Le per
sack- "Vv have old-fasnioned buckwheat
ftoun, 40c per sack. We have moat all of
our fall srooda in now. peas, tomatoes.
peaches pears and so forth. Try lor your
Sunday ttinnes some of our macaroni. 2
pkga, for.-c; lettuce, . cabbages, turnlpj
ana tomato soup. Ws have a new lot of
Unco ep!ea tney are .very tine, fee per
iiir- a miiurv butter le coming In mole
freely;-' we have a nice lot for today s
.trade. Do not forget (that ws win have
turkeys, geese and tMckeika for Cbrlstuias.
bartel si Muir. leL .
. .'to Make the Heart Grew Foster.
Our. high grade JCnias home made can
dles, will de that. If you don't believe It
take a box to .your wife or somebody elss
who may beeome your wife If you hustls
hard enough. L MuccL Phones (64.
NOTHING LIKE A LITTLE GOOD
LIQUOR FOR COLDS GRIP OR THROAT
TROUBLE. SEE JARVIS, Z MAIM Bl
Jt Is no task, for us to make you figures,
and If ws are not the lowest we don't ex
pect the business. Haf er. Council Bluffs.
Some fin bargains In pianos st Bourlclus,
i tub Broadway, Council Bluffs, Ia,
BOTH 'PHONES 251.
fetflCE 8K0CEBY
SPECIAL FOR SATURDAY:
Granulated Cane
Sugar. J 00
2 pounds
GH man' Gold Medal
v riuur. sack
MsaUow Oold Flour,
sac..";
; Cream of the Valley
Flour, sack
Up-lo-Dat Flour,
sac
1.00
1.00
1.00
93c
Jeesey Cream Flour. 80
. sack. ................... uu
"pounds hand picked
4Nty Beans..,.....,
4 founds Japan
Rice-t i . . r. . . '
25s
.25c
r
lci4 Coffee.. - 25C
. a pvuu. . .
Orspe-Nuta,-
package,
10c
BLUFFS
St. Tel. 43.
CUILL FUR FiYE-CENT FARE
General Mantetr Emith Infsnni Cetnmittee
Each t Bate is Impottib!.
CUTS TOO HEAVILY INTO THE PROFITS
Cesapaay, He ' Says, ' Contemplate
KrectinsT New Spaa to Preseat
Bridge Some Time Darlsc
tke Coming Year.
The directors of the Omsha A Council
Bluffs Street Railway company may deem
It advisable to grant a straight s-cent fare
between Council Bluffs and Omaha but
the rrospects are not of the brightest.
The committee from this city which
waited upon General Manager W. A. Smith
yesterday did not receive any encourage
ment from that official, but on the con
trary Mr. Bmlth told the committee in
plain, hard, Cbld words that "the reductlou
of the fare between the two cities was an
utter Impossibility." At the same time
Mr. Smith was very candid In his avowal
that he would not recommend to the di
rectors the reduced fare asksd for.
The committee, despite the cold wste
thrown on Its mission by General Man
ager Smith, decided to present the mattei
to the directors of the company and left
for presentation to them the following pe
tition:
To the Directors of the Omaha sc Coun
cil Blutls Railway and Brioga Jompany
and the Omaha Hz Council Bluffs Street
Kailwav Comoanv: The West End 1m
provement club, the Commercial cluo and
the city council of the city of Council
stiffs by their committees duly ap
pointed, and the city of Council Biuffs at
large by a committee appointed by the
mayor, under a resolution passed at s
mass meeting of the cltlsens thereof,
hereby request that an unlimited 6-cent
fare be made over the lines of your street
railway company between any point In the
city of Council Bluffs and sny point In the
city of Omaha, as is now in force between
the city of Omaha and the city of South
Omaha Believing that such an action on
your part would be for the mutual benefit
or the cities Interested ana or your com
pany in increase of revenue and removal
of a present discrimination against th"
city of Council Bluffs, w respectfully ask
tne careful. lair and favorable conaiaera-
tlon of this request.
Pleasant, bnt Hot Receptive.
"The committee was most courteously re
ceived by General Manager Smith, and he
listened to the arguments presented by It
with evident, Interest, but be was perfectly
candid In Ws statement that he dltt not for
one moment anticipate that the directors at
their meeting next Monday would favorably
consider the' proposition of the 6-cent fare
between the two cities.
Postmaster A. 8. Haielton .and forme
Mayor M. F. Rohrer presented the matter
to Mr; Smith on -behalf of the committee.
Mr. Hazel ton. In his argument, tock the po
sition that Council Bluffs, Omaha and South
Omaha ought to be considered by the street
railway company as one city. The cltlsens
of Council Bluffs, he said, considered they
were being discriminated against in the
matter of street car fares and felt that they
ought to be accorded at least the same fa
vors granted the citizens of South Omaha.
Mr.. Rohrer urged a reduction of the
bridge tolls both for pedestrians and vehi
cles and took advantage of the opportunity
to call attention to the need of better serv
ice during-the evening hours when residents
of Council Bluffs are returning from their
employment kv. Omaha. - The service. . he
contended, was Inadequate during these
hours and the cars were In consequence un
comfortably crowded.
General Manager Smith, In support of his
position, that a 6-cent fare between the two
cities was not to be considered, stated that
the cost of maintaining the bridge over the
Missouri river and the line between Coun
cil Bluffs and Omaha was "enormous." A
6-cent fare, he argued, would mean the cut
ting In two of the revenues of the oompany
on this line, and ha gave it as his opinion
that the possible Increase in travel over the
line would not materially make up the loss.
Mr. Smith further told the eommittee that
the company was at present planning re
pairs on the bridge and the construction of
a new span at the east end which would
oost in the neighborhood of (SO, 000 to 1100,-
000, and with this expendltnre In sight It
was not likely, in his opinion, that the di
rectors would see their way to cutting the
Tare between the two cities in half. Con
cluding, Mr. Bmlth said: "I am confident
that the directors will not for a moment
consider the proposition and will regard it
as I do, -an, utter Impossibility."
Appeal te Commerce Commission.
The committee, 'it Is understood, will
await the meeting of the directors of the
street railway company, when, if the re
quest for the reduced fare is turned down,
it will appeal to the Interstate Commerce
commission, as directed by the resolution
which prevailed at the mass meeting in the
city hall last week. While the Interstate
Commerce commission will be appealed to,
the opinion Is that this body lacks Jurisdic
tion over street railways and that it will be
powerless to Interfere in the matter. If this
proves to be the case, there Is talk of at
tacking the right of the street railway
company to operate In Council Bluffs, it be
ing alleged that it has no franchise in this
city.
JARVIS'S WINE STORE, 226 MAIN.
LADY IN CHARGE.
N. Y. Plumbing Co. Tel. 250. Night. 603
Mew Cnanrll Knlahts of Colambna.
The Council B its, Omaha. South Omaha,
Missouri Valle ' and Neola councils
I Knights of Columbus, will go to Atlantl
I Ia.,' tomorrow to Install
a new council.
1
C20 BROADWAY.
Fancy Dates,
pound '
Fancy Prunes,
pound
, Fancy Cookies,
pound
Sou or Oyster
v Uracksrs, pound....
Pottawattamie Corn,
4 cans
Large sise Oranges,
doya
. M.l'-d Nuts.
2 pounds
Fan;y Cream. Cheese,
pound
Fresh Eggs.
dosen. .'i
Sweet Cider
gallon
SOc can Salmon,
1 eacb
.. 5c
...5c
..5c
...5c
25c
.20
25c
..15c
23c
25c
10s
which starts out with a membership of
seventy-five. The councils will meet In '
Council Bluffs and go from here la a ape- 1
cial train over the Rock Island. leaving St
JO a. m.
A New Xmas Preseat.
to you want to give your wlfs some
thing new for Christmas? Well, Just hsvs
that front room or dining room papered
and decorated. You will find there is noth
ing will please her better. We sre making
special prices for this time of the year
and want you to take sdvantage of them.
Jensen A Nicholson, 23 W. B'way.
Just received a line of mission oak
frames with gold burnished tips. Also
ovals of sll styles snd colors. Order your
frames made now for Xmas. A large stock
of pictures to select from. W. S. Hewct
son, Broadway, Council Bluffs.
Do you want to be good to your wife?
Get her a carpet sweeper. The Blssell is
the best. For Xmas it will save her lots
of hard work she will appreciate it. See
them in our window. Btockert Carpet Co.
NO SALOON, NO DRINKS SOLD AT
JARVISS BTORE, 226 MAIN ST. LADY
WAITS ON YOU.
Choice pictures for gifts. Alexander's Art
Store, 133 B'wsy.
FRCIT GROWER PCT IS FIXI DAT
t'rge the Erection ef a Cold Storage
Plant la City.
It required forenoon and afterneon ses
sions to complete the deliberations of the
ihlrty-flrst annual meeting of the South
western Iowa Horticultural society yes
terday instead of a morning session as had
been planned. The treatment accorded the
society by the people of Council Bluffs
not only prompted it to select this city
as the place for holding next year's meet
ing, but elicited the following resolutions:
Whereas, This society has Just com
pleted the labors of ths thirty-second an
nual meeting, and.
Whereas, Owing to the co-operation of
the cltlsens of Council Bluffs and vicinity
it has been an exceptionally profitable and
pleasant meeting; therefore, be It
Resolved, By the members of this so
ciety that the thanks of the society is due
the ladles of the Associated Charities and
of Council Bluffs for the literary enter
tainment rendered at our opening session.
We thank the presses of Council Bluffs
and Omaha for the courteous mention made
of this association and their efforts to as
sist In making our meeting a successful
one.
That we, as an sssocistlon, owe the
Grape Growers association snd the Com
merclal club of Council Bluffs a special
vote of thanks for their cordial reception
and their royal entertainment and the sne.
ciai en oris put xortn oy saia sssooations
In co-operation with the citlsns of Coun
ell Bluffs and vicinity to make our stay
so prontabie ana pleasant that It will be
with a feeling of regret that we leave It;
and we cannot leave without expressing
to j. p. Hss our thanks for his Individual
effort to make our stay pleasant.
The society also adopted a resolution In
dorsing the proposition to establish a cold
storage plant In Council Bluffs and guaran-'
teeing its support and patronage at the
earliest opportunity It 18 possible to do so.
An Interesting feature of the closing ses
sions was the talks of H. W. Colllngwood
-f New York, editor of the Rural Now
Yorker, who spoke at both the morning
and afternoon meetings. Mr. Colllngwood
was on ths program for' the opening day,
but could not reach here until yesterday.
He did not confine himself to any special
subject' In either of his addresses, but
touched on a number of matters of Interest
to the fruit grower in general and those in
the west especially. He said among other
things that the fruit growers of the west
do not make a sufficient effort to create a
market. People should be made to realise
that apples are a necessity, and not a
luxury. Consumption of fruit, as In other
things. Is increased by educating people to
the need of it. He told of the methods
of orcharding and gardening in ths east.
which were materially different to those
of the west. In his state the fruit grower
produced for the local market and did not
export. Now the eastern fruit grower had
to contend with those from the west, who
were invading his market. The only way
they in the east could compete with the
west was by raising special fruit, which
would of necessity bring a greater prire
than that shipped in from the west. Eight
thousand Italian fruit stand owners ha
created, he said, a great demand for th'
Ben Davis apple in New York on account
, of Its color, making It a. popular seller.
This peculiar demand for one special kind
hurt the market to a considerable extent
on the other varieties.
Prof. H. P. Baker of the State Agricul
tural college at Ames discussed "Iowa's
Fence Post Problem." The only solution,
he said, was to continue the use of the
wooden post, and be believed every farmer
and fruit grower ought to be able to raise
ymber sufficient to produce all the posts
neeaea ror nis lana. ana it ns aia mis ns
believed that the (10.000,000 or more sent
out of Iowa every seven or eight years for
posts could be kept at home. Waste land,
he suggested, could be utilised with good
profit for raising timber such as would be
suited for posts.
E. Kretchmer of this city read an Inter
esting paper -on the advantage of fruit
growers keeping bees as a side but profit
able issue. They would find that not only
Was the apiary business on of pleasure.
but one of profit.
Great Opening; of Oar Toy Department
MONDAY, DEC. 10, 1806, WE OPEN O'-'R
GREAT TOT DEPARTMENT. LARGEST
EVER BEEN IN CO. BLUFFS. EVERY
CHILD VISITING OUR STORE WI1X
GET SOUVENIR. ALL THE LATEB
MECHANICAL. TOYS. PETERSEN
SCHOENINO CO., HARDWARE AND
FURNITURE.
Combination gas and electric chandeliers
and the celebrated Welsbach Incandescent
gas burners. Why not see us before you
buy. We can certainly pleas you on price
and quality of goods. Slephao Bros., IJt
West Broadway.
BOTTLE OF WINE FREE WITH EACH
PURCHASE BEFORE XMAS. COME
EARLY AND GET THE BEST. JARVI8.
Marriage Licenses.
Licenses to wed were Issued ysstsrday
to the following:
Name and Residence. Age.
G. W. Walker, Burr, Neb
Luisy Hall, Nebraska City 21
Charles E. Brink. Omaha II
Margaret Ray, Omaha is)
Nowdayv a business educatloa Is ths first
principle to success. Ths place to get a
good business education Is ths Western
Iowa College. Their students when turned
out ars the best In southwestern Iowa
Maks a start right.
Before buying a gas or electric portable
call and see our line. New, up to data
and prices are right. W. A. Maurer.
See our window display our asbestos
sad Irons the best sad Iron on earth all
kinds and sixes. Swains A Mauer.
Parses Asked fer Slnkbe.
Friends of Dsvid T. Btubbs, former cash
ier of ths Citizens Gas and Electric com
pany of this city, who was sentsnced to
eighteen months la the Fort Madison peni
tentiary for enibcsxllng the funds of the
company, are petitioning the governor for
his release in order thst hs may be able
to spend Christmas with his family. Btubbs
sentence will expire la February, and this
being the rase his friends sre hopeful of
either securing a pardon or at least a
parole for him before Christmas.
Did yon evsr think bow much longer
your clothes wear when you have thsm
cleaned? We can make them look as good
as new ones. We dye everything, any
shade desired. Carpets cleaned, laid and
refitted. Both 'phones Sll Council Bluffs
Cleaning Co. and Rug Factory, N. Main.
JARV1B S BTORE FOR BEST WHISKY.
ROTTLED IN BOND. FOR FAMILY USE.
MODERATE PRICE.
Matters In District Conrt.
In the district court yesterday peter
Nelch, one of a gang of Hungarian railroad
laborers employed In the Union Pacific
transfer yards, who was Indicted for break
ing and entering a freight car snd stealing
several cases of shoes, was acquitted, the
Jury taking less than ten minutes to arrive
st Its verdict. Nelch. with several other
members of the gang, was found to be
wearing some of the stolen shoes, but they
claimed to have purchased them from a
peddler. The only evidence against Neich,
in addition to the fact that he was found
wearing a pair of the stolen shoes, was the
discovery by the officers of sn old shoe In
the car which had been robbed, which they
tried on Nelch and found It fitted him per
fectly, even to the piece which had ben
cut out and patched to fit a bump on his
foot.
The petit Jury was excused until next
Monday, at which time the regular law cal
endar will be taken up. No more criminal
cases. It Is said, will be tried at this term.
Verne Lewis, Indicted for throwing a
brick through a window in a residence in
Lewis township during a fight which fol
lowed a dance there, filed a demurrer to the
Indictment, which was argued before judge
Green yesterday and by him overruled.
WHISKY-PUREST AND BE8T, AND
A LADY TO WAIT ON YOU, AT JAR
VIS'S STOREX
We make a specialty of children's shoes
and also fitting children's feet. Largest
stock in ths state. Sargent's Family Shoe
Store.
Notice All photos taken before Decem
ber 23 will be finished before Xmas. Come
any . kind of weather. Open Sundays.
Schmidt, Photographer.
Waterworks Report Next Week.
Councilman Wallace, chairman of the
special committee on waterworks, has re
ceived a letter from William Klerstedt,
the expert engineer employed to comput)
the value of the rreeent plant and fur
nish an estimate of the cost of a new
one, confirming the announoement roads
in The Bee several days ago that he will
be here Saturday of next week ready to
submlth his report. Sickness, Mr. Kler
stedt explains in his letter, prevented him
from being here on December t, as previ
ously arranged.
Mast Be Sold 5otv.
Dwelling, S rooms, rents for tlO. A bar
gain. Chas. T. Officer, 19 Broadway.
Go for you holiday wines, liquors and
cordials to L Rosenfeldt, Bit S. Main.
'Phone
NOT THB CHEAPEST, BUT THB BEST
WINES. BRANDIES, WHISKIES, AT
JARVIS'S.
Real Estate Transfers.
These transfers were reported to The Bee
December 7 by the Pottawattamie County
Abstract company of Council Bluffs:
H. F. Rohling to J. W. Squire, H
swtt, 1-77-44, w. d KWO
Cora A. Wilson to Anton uundram,
lot 2. block tJ. Beer's subdivision to
Council Bluffs, Ia, w. d 900
Anna K Strong to Sarah Ann Lydick,
one-half interest in lot 14, block 10.
McMahon, Cooper & Jefferis' add
to Council Bluffs, Ia., w. d
600
Three transfers, total,..
14.2U0
Xmas Ptctare Framing;.
Place your orders at once for frames to
be made for Xmas gifts. C. E. Alexander,
833 B'way.,
If you want a guarantee that protects
you on your piano, purchase it of A. Hospe
Co., 28 South Main street, Co. Bluffs.
Railroad Men Get a Raise.
OSKALOOSA, Ia., Dec. 7. (Special.) The
Iowa Central Railway company this aft
ernoon granted a new schedule of wages
to train employes, after four weeks' con
ference with a Joint committee representing
four branches of the service.. The manage
ment grants Improved labor conditions and
a substantial Increase in wsges to con
ductors, brakemen, engineers and firemen.
The eommittee of employes expressed en
tire satisfaction with the outcome.
A. Metsgar Co.
New Location of Wholesale Bakery,
618 Mynster Street, Council Bluffs, Is,
Home-made Bread a Specialty.
Visitors Welcome.
Great northern Man Transferred.
SIOUX CITY. Ia.. Dec, 7Bpec!al.r-P.
C. Allen, superintendent of the Wlllmar
and Bloux Falls division of the Great
Northern railroad, with headquarters In
Sioux City, has been transferred to become
superintendent of the Montana central di
vision, with headquarters at Great Falls,
Mont,
pnas! Spaas! Spnde!
C hales early Ohio potatoes at fi&c de
livered In five-bushel lots or more. Both
'phones 1C Brldenstlns Smith, 1401 0.
ttb street.
Conrt nt Iowa City.
IOWA CITY, la, Dec. 7. (Special Tele
gramsGeorge Thomas, Indicted for safe
blowing at Hills, is on trial today. The
Jury In the Miller-Fuller case, In which
grand larceny was alleged, disagreed afTir
considering the matter twenty-four hours.
BROWN'S
C. 0. D. MARKET
128 West Eroadwiy
Doth Phones G5
Specials for Saturday
FRESH DRESSED
.CHICK EN 6, per lb IU5
SIRLOIN STEAK, e,
per lb IbC
PORTERHOUBE 4
STEAK, per lb JVC
ROUND STEAK,
per lb lUC
BK-T RIB BOILING J .
BEEF, per lb 4C
BKPT POT ROAST C C ,
BEEF, per lb 3"05
HOME-MADE SAUSAGE. Ifl.
per lb J5
Ws maks a Fare Verk easage te
comply with the pare food laws. We
sise de not ass aay preserrattTea.
RICCS ASRSFOR REVISION
r resent Echoil Lawi Fsldvto Eg an
InefScient Fttchwork.
RECOMMENDS PREMIUM fOR HIGH WAGES
Cennty Snperlateadent-F.leet, Wno
Falls In Esamlnatloa tor Certio
rate, Brings Salt te Enable
Her te Hold Office.
(From a Staff Crrretondent.)
DRS MOINES. Dec Special -In his
report to the legislature, filed todsy with
Oovernor Cummins. John F. Rlgg, state
superintendent of public Instruction, recnm- j
mends that a commission be appointed o I
entirely revise and harmonise the statute -relating
to the schools, this commission is?
report to the Thirty-third general assembly. J
The report says that the revision Is urg- i
ently needed, as many of the laws are
contradictory. Prof. Rlggs then proceeds
to recommend the most radical legislation
that has yet been recommended to sny '
legislature relating to school laws. He ad- '
vises a state levy of half a mill for the aid
of the schools, and would apportion the
Interest on the school funds, not on basis
of the number of persons between the ages
of 6 and Jl In the district, but with rela
tion to the number of months school Is
maintained, the wages paid the teachers
and the average dally attendance In the
district. The interest on the school fund
smounts to 2.3 per cent of the totsl raised
for school purposes and the county tax to
5.2 per cent, leaving M.5 per cent to he
raised by local taxts. Prof Rlggs main
tains that some districts, through false
economy In wages paid teachers snd the
" t ;
numner oi monins scnoai is roiimnnni, , f0l0wlnif ou.cbts ,w ere elected for the en
sre sble to draw as much from the Interest, j suing yenr: E. A. Smith, V. M ; Dr. Fred
on the school fund as others maintaining bpearuian. S. V.; Charles Tippens. j.
nine months of school and employing only
the bet teachers.
He advocates also that there be state
supervision of high schools, with some
... . " . ... .
State am, in oraer max tne courses oi in
struction be more uniform. Prof. Rlggs
argues that under the present methods the
State university by examinations places
some high schools on the accredited l'st.
but that this method turns the high schools
Into schools for preparing pupils for the
universities and colleges, whereas he be
lieves the high school hss a field distinct
and separate, though In harmony with the
colleges.
Prof. Riggs advocates compensation to
school directors for attending the annual
meetings and finds that H.3X directors
favor It to 2,130 who oppose. He recom
mends some slight changes In the new
teachers' certificate law; calls attention to
some defects and errors in the existing
laws; takes a position sgalnst fraternities
la high schools and advises - in favor of
stronger compulsory attendance laws.
One of the most radical recommendations
le -that the office of school treasurer be
abolished. Figures are given to show that
the funds In the hands of the 4.984 school
treasurers of the state on the third Mon
day In September, 1896. amounted to
I3.137.SH and by June 30, 1904, had grown
to $5,408,294. He argues that this amount
In the hands of the school treasurers at
the close of the school year Is for no good
purpose. Is entirely unnecessary and is
accumulating ths money of the taxpayer
uselessly and makes the election of the
school treasurer a matter of greater Im
portance than the election of the directors.
He would abolish the office at once and
provide that the county treasurer disburse
the funds.
Mrs. Hnegle Seeks Cwarts.
Mrs. Jennie Huegle of this city, who
failed to pass the slate examination for
teachers In October, but was subsequently
elected county superintendent of schools of
this county, will seek the aid of the courts
to secure the position to which she has been
elected. Mrs. Huegle ia without a state cer
tificate, as required by the law, and so. It
Is asserted, cannot qualify for the poaltlon.
Mrs. Huegle has employed Judge George H.
Carr as her attorney. He asserts thst the
law gives the supervisors authority to pass
upon the sufficiency of her bond, but is
silent as to the supervisors passing on her
certificate or other qualifications, and hence
that she wllK take the position. It Is be
lieved that an injunction will be asked by
other persons to restrain her from taking
th position. Mrs. Huegle's attorney aiso
attacks the new certificate law and claims
that If Mrs. Huegle Is excluded from taking
the position to which she hss been elected
a large number of other county supenn-
tendents-elect must be excluded also.
Will Give Basse Hearing.
Governor Cummins has granted the at
torneys of Louis Busse a public hearing, to
be "given next Tuesday. It Is understood
that an effort will then be made to induce
the governor to grant a further reprieve to
permit the customary thirty days In which
to argue a rehearing motion before the su
preme court.
Larceny Case from Harrison.
An appeal to the supreme court has been
taken In ths case of the State against
George E. Relff, a supervisor of Harrison
county. In which he Is charged with the
larceny ct 60.7O belonging to the county. In
the district court a verdict was directed In
favor of Relff on a demurrer to the Indict
ment. The question Involves the law pro
hibiting supervisors being Interested in
oounty contracts.
ReqaUltlen Granted.
Governor Cummins today granted the
requisition asked by Oovernor Mickey of
Nebraska for Joe Lutton, charged with
breaking and enuring and wanted In Doug
las county, lie is now la Plymouth county,
Iowa, under arrest. Us was Indicted with
Lawrence Donavan.
Wsuca Uant Lobbyist.
The question of who wlil be selected to
act for the Eqaal Suffrage society at the
coming session of the legislature Is both
ering the association. Heretofore the cus
tom has been, to pay one or two women for
their time and expenses In attending the
sessions. This year It is proposed to have
the entire local society act as lobbyists. Ths
resolution submitting ths question to the
people has been presented every year for
the last twenty years.
ell Groands for Arsenal.
In his report to ths legislature filed today
with the governor, General W. H. Trtit,
adjutant general of the Iowa Nat.onal
Guard, recommends that the campgrounds
of lbO acres near Fort Des Moines and
south of this city, be sold and the proceeds
used. In erecting a state arsenal. He holds
that the government is likely soon to re
quire that the state have an arsenal for
storing ths valuabls property It will g.vs
the state. He believes the guard will en
gage In practice inarches and rifts range
work and needs an arsenal and rifle range
more than a campgrounds.
See Btephan Bros, for the latest and best
Inverted burners. 1.3 West.Broadway.
Iewa Sews hates. '
GLENWOOD Last evening Mrs. U BcoU
Robinavn fell while passing through her
home yard and sustained a dislocated and
broken elbow.
LOGAN The fourteenth annual meeting
of the Harrison County Farmers' Institute
will be held st the Ijogan opsra bouse on
December IS. II and 20.
ATLANTIC Prospects fr-r an electric
road from Wslnut to Klkho n are very
bright si preaent. The s.en who were
turned down here becaum they asked ths
suie of the electric I yiit plant a or. of
the conritt'ons of t-u Idir.g the road, have
succeetled ia getUn' a large aiuowut of
Onis Market
BOTH 'PHONES 4G.
New York Sweet Cider, per
Orvls' best Flour,
per sack
Chees.
per pound
1.00
..15c
25 c
...5c
...5c
I2ic
25c
Lemons,
per dozen
Soda and Oyster Crackers
per pound
Buckwheat Flour,
per pound
Bacon,
per pound
Oysters,
per quart. ,
money pledged at Walnut and Elkhorn. and
the city council at a.nut has voted to
submit the question of a franchise to the
voters.
IX)GAN The annual election of officers of
Columbia encanimnent. independent Order
c-f oou Fellows, resulted as follows: Ci.dei
Ptnarcn. e. biack; nit;n priest .narirs l.
lsbeil; junior warden, John M V'oie; scribe,
John S. Burrell; treasurer. John W. Liaid
ner. "
WHITING At the rtsular meeting of
Weston looge No. Ancient Free and Ac-
cepieu Masons Ihurstlay, December t, tne
Eastun. secretary.
UtXJAN The annual meeting of the Har
rlsuii county Faumeis juuiual tie Inaui-
I association will be held here at tne
i courthouse on ihursday. liecember 13. at 1
o clock. Ultice.s will be elected at thai time
nd other business trantacted. At these
meetlnKS there is alwaa a large attend
ance of the farmer members.
ATLANTIC The Rock island road may
put in a pumping station here and fur
nish its own water for train and depot pur
poses, it has been taking water from tne
city water works, but the rate was le
cently raised and this move may be made
In the interest of economy. Men have al
ready been here to locale the well.
GLEN WOOD The Mills County Medical
society met at Robinson's hall' yesterday
and elected the following officers for Iai,,
and transacted routine business: Freadenl,
Dr. J. M. Donelan. Glenwood; vice prs.
dent. Dr. Merntt, Emerson; secretary. Dr.
Benson. Glenwood; treasurer. Dr. C. W.
Lyon, Glenwood; censors, Drs. F. E.- Don-
cian and t. E. U. Heeler.
ATLANTIC Over 300 people attended the
wedding of Chris Larson and Alma enns
tensen at Elkhorn yesterday. The recep
tion that followed the ceremony was a
brilliant affair. The young people are rep
resentatives of two of the most prominent
families of that town, which is a Dai.lsn
settlement, and are highly respected. Many
from Atlantic drove over to tne weacing.
TRADEMARKS JM OLD SILVER
Imparlance of Their lie In Deter
mining Age and Genuineness
e( the Ware.
Every mark on your old sliver meens
something, and If you care to be sure
about Its age or maker a study of these
marks and the system is essential.
A record hss been kept at Goldsmiths'
hall, London, for five centuries of all an
nual date letters and of the1 registered sil
versmiths and their private msrks.
In 1337 King Edward III granted a char
ter to the Goldsmiths' guild. During the
reign of Edward IV the Goldsmiths' com
pany of London, as It came to be known,
invented and put Into practice an alpha
betical system of marks, changing each
year. There were similar codes in the pro
vincial assay offices.
This system is one of the few bequests
of the middle ages, which have stood the
test of time practically without change.
By the provisions of this system we bsve
not only a lasting Index by which to Judge
the tge of gold and silver, but ws have
a guarantee of genuineness.
Neither the date marks nor maker's
marks are hall marks, properly speaking,
though all marks on silver are commonly
referred to as hall marks. The true hall
marks are the leopard and the lion. The
leopard's head was used, first, from 1SJ0,
and In 156 a Hon passant was added.
These marks were punched into the metal
with a die, the animal appearing in a shield
or oblong field.
Until 1&S0 a small crown appeared over
the Hon; from 1&7 to 1&0 the puncheon
followed the outline of the lion's body;
after that the lion appeared on an oblong
shield.
These various forms of the hall mark
Indicate certain broad periods, and ars
sometimes helpful In determining the age
of a piece of silver when the date mark
Is Indistinct.
The date letter or year mark system
seems to have been definitely settled about
1518, for, although there was an alpha
betical system more than fifty years before.
It Is customary to go back to Hit as an
accurate starting point.
Charles II rsised the standard of the
metal, and In 1S& the new quality was
given a new mark Britannia, sitting in an
oblong puncheon, with a lion's ' head,
eised. Ths standard was found to be too
svtt for practical purposes, howevsr, and
In 173) there wss a return to the old and
present standard of metal, with the leop
ard's head and lion passant. Naturally,
these Britannia pieces are rare.
Makers began to use their private marks
about wB. At first they used ths first
two letters of ths surname; about 1733 the
Initials were substituted.
For example, prior to this dats Paul
Lamerle s mark was La; afterward It be
came P. L.
Thus there were four marks on the sllvet
up te 174 leopard's head, lion, date letter
Glen Avenue Grocery
BOTH 'PHONES 108. 236 W. BEOADWAY.
'SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY:
Extra Fancy Hand Picked Apples, per peck 15
Early Ohio Potatoes, per bushel 55
Gold Medal or Meadow Gold Flour, per sack. . . .$1.00
pounds hand picked Navy
Beans s&o
4 pounds Lima Beans B&o
4 pounds best Japan Rice s5o
4 pounds very One Prunes SAe
beeded Raisins or Currants,
per package 0e
t pounds pure Muple Sugar.... lc
tOc bottle Maple Kyrup Is
t pounds Mines Meal tSe
4 cans best Atlantic Corn
We also carry a full line of all kinds of vegetables at the la-west
market prices.
PROMPT DELIVERY.
:x3
and Grocery
537 BROADWAY.
gallon 35
Seeded Raisins, .
per pound
Fresh Hani Ucasts.
per pound
Loin Steak,
per pound
Pork Sausage, link or
bulk, three pounds....
Freth Pressed Chickens,
per pound
Pot Koast.
per pound
Boiling Beef,
per pound ; . . . .
10c
10c
10c
25c
He
...5c
...4c
snd maker s mark. In 17M the sovereign'
head was added-the governmental cus
toms mark-maktns five punches In all.
There were changes made from time to
time In the fixed iiall marks, which are
worth noting. For example, the leopard's
head was set in a puncheon following It
outlines until luTS, when it began to ap
pear In a symmetrical shield of five sides.
In 1696 the head was reduced somewhat
In slse. In 170 the leopsrd lost his bsard
and his shield became oblong, and In
his crown was taken sway from him.
These were all London maika There
were. In addition, provincial marks. The
Edinburgh hall mark dales from 1457. It
was a triple turreled castle or tower! The
standard mark was a thistle, which wss
substituted for the sssay master s Initials
in 1,57. The date letter cycles began In
Edinburgh In 1GS1.
Glasgow had a curious emblem a tree
with a bird in the top, a bell hanging from
one branch and a fish across the trunk,
stamped In an oval puncheon. The Shef
field and Birmingham hall marks were a
crown and an snchor, respectively, with
the lion passant aa the standard mark.
Dublin had a crowned harp. Other spe
cial marks were long used In Chester, New
castle and many Scottish towns. Familiar
ity with these provincial marks will often
prevent confusion In studying old silver.
Now to go back to the subject of date
mark a I canot do more than barely Indi
cate what there Is in the subject for
those who wish to go Into It seriously.
Different cities or halls had different year
marks. I will deal only with the London
marks, as being by far the most Important,
Each year had assigned to It a letter of
the alphabet, which was stamped on every
piece of silver msde or sold in London
that year. When the alphabet was used
up they went back to A again, taking usu
ally a slightly different form of letter.
These alphabets stopped at the letter U,
so that each of these cycles Is an even
twenty years in length.
One way of counterfeiting old silver is
to make a perfect copy of an old piece
In some alloy and give It a thick costing
of silver by the modern electroplate process.
Such counterfeits sre treated skillfully,
hall marks snd all being reproduced.
On the bottom or inside of the piece may
sometimes be found the granulated or crys
tal lied surface left by this process, though
these sre usually tooled over if In sight.
Sometimes English hall marks havs been
cut from a spoon or other small article
of great age and transferred to a larger
piece of more modern make. Country Lift -in
America. .
Chicago Broker Shot.
NEW YORK. Dec. 7. Wllllsm Hennlg,
said to be a Chicago broker, was shot and
wounded on Lower Broadway today by
Thomas O'Connor, a telegraph operator.
The shooting occurred while the street was
crowded and almost caused a panic. Two
shots were fired by OConnor, one striking
Hennlg in the leg. His wounds are not re
gorded as serious.
BAD JISK.S
Life Insurance Companies Reject Ap
plicants Under Soruial Weight.
Vital Statistics Prove That It la Dan
gerous to Ho Thin.
Ths Battls Creek Pood Experts Save Sis-
eovsred a Wsy By Which one cam
Put On Plash at Will.
The mortuary tables of Insurance com
panies are cold facts. From these, the big
financial Institutions draw their deductions.
W ith a certainty based on that Infallibls
law of sveraaa. they declare that a man of
certain height must also be certain weight.
or his chances of living are poor, bta
tlstfca do not say that he will die of "thin
ness." Insurance records do not stats the
remote csuse, but the medical directors of
the big companies, say "You may be well
and feel well, but you are too thin to be a
good risk. You can not fight off an attack
of disease. You haven't a surplus In the
bank of health."
Can anything be more convincing than
the eveldence and the opinion of great
financial Institutions, which without pre
judice, or sentiment declare that to be thin
is dangerous? Ths diet specialists and food
experts of Battle Creek have studied the
causes snd know why most people are un
der their normal weight. The reason is de
fective nutrition. These same experts have
discovered snd make for us a valuable food
remedy PKPTOL, prepared for immediate
assimilation, without taxing the digestive
organs. By its use most people can add
several pounds to their weight. This won
derful food not only contributes the ele
ments necessary for building up flesh and
blood but at the same time alas digestion
and aaslmulatlon of other food studs.
PEI'TOL Is not new. it has been pre
scribed by leading physicians and sani
tariums in raxes In whic h a rapid gain la
flesh is needed. It Is not yet on sale with
your druggists but upon receipt of one
dollar we will send you without further
expense enough to demonstrate the value
of the food. The Peptol Compauy, First
National Bank Building, Chicago, IlL
20c can Bartlett Pears laVfc
tic can Table Peaches 16
JOc can Salmon, two cans as
Onions, psr peck ,i0o
Very One Country Butter, feer
pound 'Be
1-pound can Tomatoes 10e
Extra One Navel Oranges, per
doxen
All kinds of Pancake Flour,
three package