THE OMAITA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBETl 20, 1007.
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A Real Farm
- Paper
Is read by farmers and stockmen. It
s a class publication- "t carries lire
stock advertising. And the Tolume of
this adrertlslng Indicates its circula
tion and standing among farmers.
This test hKbnfalling. The average
farmer Is conservative. He is not a
speculator and be Is not easily stam
peded. When be spends his money to
advertise his pure-bred cattle, horses,
sheep, or swine, he demands results.
He selects a farm paper that Is read
by farmers.
There are many fake farm papers.
They may fool advertisers, but they
do not fool the farmers. They have
plenty of fake advertising, bnt no live
stock advertising placed by real
farmers.
By This Tost
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
FARMER makes good. Nearly two
hundred farmers and stockmen are
advertising In each Issue. Their busi
ness shows an Increase of more than
0 over last year. ' V
la the months of October, Novem
ber, Deoember, January., February and
March the live stocV advertising in
this paper ran up to nearly 600 Inches
la each Issue. It filled nearly eight
page's of spaee. Most of this farmers
advertising stays In the paper the year
'round. v
This means something. It means
a great circulation among the best
class of farmers and stockmen in the
west. It means that THE TWEN
TIETH CENTURY FARMER Is a real
farm paper, read by real farmers.
65,000 Paid
Subscribers
The subscription list of THE TWEN
TIETH CENTURY FARMER Is a paid
list, and 66,000 farmers are paying
one dollar a year each for the paper,
There is no free list except to adver
tlsers. Thirty subscription solicitors
are now at work In Nebraska, Iowa,
Missouri and Kansas. They work, at
all the big fairs and live stock shows
In the central west, during the fall. At
other seasons they work, through the
country, & small towns and at stock
yard points. Each new name added
to the list means a dollar paid for one
year. c& 4 cent for six months. We
do not subscribers through guss
tag eoidests, or fake schemes. The
list is Cttwlng at such a rate that we
can lately guarantee from 70,000 to
76,061 ly January 1st, 1J08, bnt there
"will be M advance in rates. Write for
sample oepy aDd advertising rates.
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THE FARMERS OF TME CENTRAL WEST
THROUGH THE ADVERTISING ' COLUMNS OF
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It is today the greatest selling agent in the Trans-Mississippi country for the manufacturers of farm machinery, for real estate, for mail
order goods of any description, for anything, in fact, sold to farmers and stockmen, or to the women folks in the country home.v There never was a
time in the history of the we3t when our farmers were so prosperous. They all have money in the bank and they are Enjoying not only the comforts
but the luxuries of life. They buy pianos, automobiles and diamonds, to say nothing of the thousand-and-one necessities of life. And they are
peculiarly susceptible to advertising for many of them live remote from cities and towns. They buy largely by mail and only a few people in the
cities realize what a large volume of business is handled for farmers through the post offices and the express companies. Especial attention is
called to the demand for cheap land ta the west, southwest and in Canada. Thousands of farmers are selling high priced land in. the Mississippi and
Missouri valleys and are buying cheaper land farther west. .
REAL
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DEALERS
Should not overlook this opportunity to send word to, the 65,000 farmers who read The Twentieth Century Farmer. Why not tell them what you
have to sell? Why not send in ah order for a combination ad. for The Farmer and The Daily Bee? One will reach the people on the farms of the
west: the other covers the cities and towns of Nebraska and western Iowa like a "blanket. The rates are low. Write' for full information. We will
co-operate with you in every practical way to secure results. . ,
The. .'Twentieth Ceotey Farmer
OMAHA, NEBRASKA.
Letters From
Our Advertisers
You cover a very dslrabl section
noit thoroughly, end our clients are
universally aatUfled with results; In
fact, we do not know of a alngle In
atance last year when your paper did
not "mane good" for us. H t a pleaa
Bra U lend your advertiainc, aacaua
you inaRa it a prontapie inTmunrak
for our clients.
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Chicago, 111.. Jan. 23. 1M7.
Greater results have been attained
from tha advertising Riven you man
from any other paper we have U5l.
Khteldft-BeKRS Land Co.
Ft. Morgan, Cola., Nov. 2, 190.
Your Dacer has alwaya paid ma aai
you will get as much of our advertis
ing as any western farm paper.
M. M. Johnson, Incubators.
Clay Center, Neb., Pec. U. 106.
Yaur naoer la certainly O. K. Our
copy appeared In over 200 agricultural
papera and Inquiries averaged la cost
a trifle aver S centa earn.
Bt. Loni Bee4 Oft,
St Loula, Mo., Oct. 24. 1908.
I consider yaur paper the greatest
selling atent I have ever tried, or
ders are coming In as fast as I can fill
them.
A. J. Kennedy, Washing Machlaea.
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 1, IBM.
Wa are having very good business
this winter and have had many ia
qulrles from your paper.
A. B. Holbert, Haw luipurier,
Greeley, la.
Please atop our ad and send ua the
bill. Wa ara wen satisnea wun re
sults and will send you mere soen, n-
doubtedly.
FhUUps A Wheeler, Land,
Cottage Grave. Or.
Enclosed you will find draft for ad
vertlsment. It Is doing tha business.
M. M. Johnson, Incubators,
Clay Center, Neb.
Hera la what the Monitor Drill Com
pany of. Minneapolis, Minn., wrote u a
last winter:
"We hava .received' nineteen repllea
to 'our first advertisement of January
Sd at a cost of 2 9 centa each, which
la not bad."
Here la what tha Llnlnger lasate-nv-t
company of Omaha, one of tha
lancet wholesale implemaat dealers
in the west, said in a recent lettert
"After a thorough experience la ad
vertising to reach the trade in the vi
cinity of Omaha, we have come to tie
conclusion that tha best returns come
from The Twentieth Ceatury Farmer.
We have decided to drop our outside
advertising and make a year's contract
with you for apace. We have bad big
sales In the vicinity of Omaha, but
also hava inquiries from Maine to
Texas and recently sold quit a bill of
goods, through a Twentieth Century
ad. to a party in Kentucky."
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COUNCIL BLUFFS
Office 15 Scott Street. Both 'Phones 43.
SEARCH FOR MISSING WOMAN
3oes Out for a Walk and No Trace it
Found of Her Since.
IUST REC0VEBING FROM ILLNESS
Vear She Ha SnffeJed a Relapse aad
Brra I nable to Rtrach Howe Dog
Which ' AceoAipanled Her
la Alao Miasm.
Mrs. Annie Burna of 8t. Paul, Minn.,
wife of a conductor on tha Chicago, 'St.
Taut, Minneapolis & Omaha railroad, who
la visiting her sinter, Mrs. Robert Budats
of 1050 East Broadway. Council Bluffs, has
disappeared and the police and her relatives
had been unable to secure any trace of her
up to lat evening.
Mrs. Burna left the home of her slater
Thursday morning- for a walk, as ahe was
accustomed to do dally, and when she
failed to return by night the family he
fame alarmed and instituted a. search for
her. Falling to get any traces of the
mlaslng woman Mr. Budata called on the
notice yeaterdav morning for assistance
and aeveral officers were detailed to help
In the search. Up to late last evening,
however, not the slightest trace of the
woman could be obtained.
Mrs. Bums, who Is 40 years of age, was
operated on a few months ago for ap
pendicitis and was In a hospital In St.
Paul for two months. Following the op
eration Mrs. Burns suffered from nervous
prostration and In the hope of benefiting
her health was brought hera.to visit her
sister. Since coming to Council Bluffs
she hat been in the habit, when the
weather permitted, of taking a walk each
lay. usually going over the hills east of
town. When sha left the Burtati home
Tlfursday morning she was wearing a
white fascinator over her head In llcu of
a hat and a long, black, tight-fitting coat.
She was accompanied by a collie dog. be
longing to Mr. Budats. To add to the
mystery, the dog has not returned.
It Is feared that Mrs. Burns may have
been taken suddenly HI and lost her way In
one of the gulchea east of the city. All
4ay yesterday a party searched the hills
nd gulches In the Immediate vicinity of
hat part of the city but failed to ensure
tny trace of .the mlaslng woman.
will be detailed to give special Instruction-
to the company one evening In each month.
This Is under a new arrangement recently
instituted by the government for the In
struction of the National Guard. A regular
army officer will be assigned to a district,
to be covered at stated Intervals. The dis
trict In which the Dodge Light Guard,
forming Company L of the Fifty-sixth reg
iment, Iowa NattonalGuard. is listed will
include Red Oak, la., and Lincoln, Neb.
Mid-winter term Western Iowa college
opens Monday, December 30. Send for cat
alogue. 'Phone for Information.
Wanted, place for young man to work for
room and board. Western Iowa college.
N. V. Ilumblng Co. Tel. 250. Night, L6D
CITY IS PLAINTIFF IN TWO CASES
THE BROWN1K BPR1NQ ICE SKATE,
THE TALK OF THE TOWN. IS BOLD
EXCLUSIVELY BY P. C. DEVOL IIDW.
PO.. 60 B'WAT.
lanlrartar (or Llakt Gaarda.
Captain S. A. Greene of the Dodge Light
Guards has been given to understand that
In the near future a regular army officer
Are Lights at Itallroad Crosalnca and
Helena uf 1'lre Horac Wanted.
City Solicitor Kimball has served origi
nal notice of suit to compel the Mason-City
& Fort Dodge and the Chicago Great
Western Hallway companies to comply
with the ordinance granting the former
company a righ-of-way through Council
Bluffs, which requires It to Install and
I maintain electric arc lights at its crossings
at Main street. Tenth avenue and Tostevln
street. Efforts on the part of the city to
compel the railroad lo comply with this
requirement of its ordinance have failed.
The original notice of the mandamus pro
ceedings wss sent to the sheriff at Fort
Dodge for service on the offlcers of the
railroad there, but the notice was returned
unserved for some unexplained . reason.
The notice. however, was served yesterday
on a local representative of the railroad.
Recently acting on instructions from the
city, council Mr. Kimball served notice on
the railroad to Install the lights within
three days from service of the notice,' but
the railroad paid no attention to the notice.
Kaillnto get any reply to his telegram
to State Veterinarian Dr. Paul O. Koto
demanding the Immediate release of the
fire department horse which has been
quarantined for alleged glanders since last
May City Solicitor Kimball yesterday filed
In district court original notice of a man
damus suit. The suit Is directed against
Dr. Koto and Dr. 8. T. Miller of this city,
a.Mstant state veterinarian, under whose
orders the animal was quarantined. Serv
ice was had on Dr. Miller yesterday and
notice of suit wss sent to Des Moines to
the sheriff of Polk county for service on
Dr. Koto. The papers In the suit will be
filed todhy by the city solicitor.
The street railway company was made
defendant In three personal Injury damage
suits filed In the district court yesterday,
John Walker wants 1.9S(9 damages for In
juries alleged to have been received No
vember Tt of this year while alighting from
a car on the bridge near tha toll office. It
la alleged that tha car was started suddenly
while the plaintiff was alighting and he
was thrown heavily to the ground, causing
severe injury to his back. Mrs. Bridget
Miller asks damages, placed at 110,260, for
injuries alleged to have been received in
Omaha on August 19 of this year, while
en route from tjie union depot to South
Omaha. While alighting from a car at
Harney and Fourteenth streets to trans
fer, Mrs. Miller alleges the car was started
suddenly, and she was thrown to the
ground with such force as to fracture her
left hip. Samuel Peterson seeks to re
cover $1,P09. Ho states tn his petition that
on November 11. while alighting from a
Par at Tenth street in Omaha, he waa
thrown to the ground by the sudden start
ing of the car and his knee Injured. For
this ho asks m. A little later the aama
day, lie suffured another Injury to the
same knee while boarding another car, the
result of the csr being started suddenly,
snd for the second mishap ha asks $1,000.
Mrs. J. E. Beam has filed suit against
two South Main street saloon keepera to
recover damages for selling liquor to her
17-year-old son, Stsnley, snd to her hus
band. From John Mergen, who conducts a
Falcon at A17 South Main street, she ssks
$100 for selling liquor to her son. From
William Pfaff, who conducts a saloon at
610 South Main street, she' asks $5,100. Of
this amount $100 Is demanded for the al
leged sale of liquor to her son and J5.O00
for the sale to her husband, whom tha
plaintiff accuses of having become a ha
bitual drunkard. The Title Guaranty &
Trust company of Scranton, Pa., which
furnished Pfaff's bond In the sum of $3,000
to the courtly. Is made defendant In this
suit.
Katheiine f. Burns, administratrix, filed
original notice of suit for $10,000 against
the Rock Island Railway company for run
ning over and killing, on April 1, 1907,
"plaintiffs Intestate." No information as
to the Identity ct "intestate" Is furnished
by the original notice.
Llllle M. Owen fifed suit for divorce from
Manford J. Owen, to whom she was mar
ried September 29. 1900. The plaintiff
charges cruel and inhuman treatment and
asks the custody of the two minor children.
RoswS. Decker, tired of being beaten
und driven from home, as she alleges, by
her husband, John W. Decker, to whom
she was married February 10, 18U8, in Prai
rie City, la., brought suit for divorce yes
terday on grounds of cruel and Inhuman
treatment.
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Chambers Is chairman, waa appointed to
draft a constitution and by-laws and an
other, with Attorney I. N. Fllcklnger as
chairman, was apuolnted to make ar
rangements for a general meeting tn the
near future. Whether this general meet
ing will be In the nature of a banauet
as at first proposed, or a reception, will
be determined yy the report of this com
mittee, v
The club adjourned subject to the call
of the president, it being understood a
meeting would be called for soma day
next week.
The purpose of the club is to stimulate
Interest In the Stats university among the
alumni and former students of that Institution.
THEVjUICKEST AND BEST WAY TO
GET YOUR LAUNDRY DONE RIGHT,
IS TO SEND IT TO THE BLUFF CITY
LAUNDRY. PHONES $14.
Special dale.
on uncalled for unholstered furniture; will
sell for enough to pay cost of unholstertng.
Upholstering, repairing of all kinds; mat
tress and feather renovating. Morgan Up
holstering Co., 331 Broadway. Bell 'phone
$93; Ind. 37 Red.
New Vear's Gifts.
'Artistic calendars and a varied Hue of
framed pictures from which to select New
Year's gifts. Alexander's S33 B'way.
A. A. CLAQK G.
LOAD r.'OHEY OS
And any CKatUl Seeaalty $4 svaa tutU (ha suaal rata.
, Twenty Tear ol auccessfuj baataaas.
Ooraer Majst a Hswadaray , Over AtowicM Kaarawa,
Ne eonaectlon with tha fu-rn aalling aeiaerM The Ciak Kortvaura Co
Beta 'taaaes 17. at M wUta, 1M.tr.
I'pholeterlns;.
George W. Klein, 19 South Main street.
'Phones: Ind. 710 Blsck: Bell, MS.
I ! veSalt)- tJnb Oraaalaed.
The Iowa State University club of Potta-n-attamie
county was organised at a meet
ing held laat - evening In tha auditorium
of the public library -ulldlng. The club
starts out with a charter membership of
about twenty-five and these officers;
President, K. R. Jackson, county super
intendent of schools; secretary and treas
urer. Miss Agnes Pheney,
The meeting wss opened by Emmet
Hawkins, who waa selected as chairman
by the students from this county at tha
preliminary gathering at the university.
He outlined the purpose of the club, which
is similar to those being organised In the
other counties throughout the state, and
a number of short talks were made by
Dr. V. L. Trey nor, member of the Board
of Regents of the university, 1. N. Flick-
raw - mm.wt. n j nift.r j. J. Chsmbers and others.
WB"' B"WliBa V I a committee of which Attorney If. J.
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MINOR MENTION.
Davis, drugs.
Stockert sells carpets.
Ed Rogers, Tony Faust beer.
Lewis Cutler, funeral director.' "Phone 97.
Woodrlng Undertaking company. Tel. S39.
COME AND SEE OUR 1908 WALL PA
PER. H. RORWICK. 211 8. MAIN.
Be mice Long, (14 Stutsmsn street, was
reported to the Board of Health yesterday
as suffering from diphtheria.
BUY YOUR HOLIDAY WINE9 AND
LIQUORS, PUREST. OLDEST AND BKHT.
FROM L. RuBENFELD CO.. 61 SOUTH
MAIN.
Ambrose Austin, colored, and a coach
man by occupation, died yesterday at the
Edmundaon hospital, aged 64 years. He
was single.
Overstocked on diamonds. Fine diamond
engagement rings, $12.50 and Up. Muxt sac
rifice and turn into cash. Snyder, Si
li roadway.
Mrs. Elltha L. Beverely, 100 Union street,
died yesterday, aged 79 years. Ehe Is sur
vived by one dsughter, three brothers and
two sisters.
Members of the Council Bluffs Bricklay
ers' union and their families will enjoy a
Christmas tree and social In Maccabees'
hall this evening.
OFFICE PPACE FOR RENT. $ A
MONTH; CENTRAL IyOOATlON, STKAM
H EAT AND ELECTRIC LIGHT FUR
NISHED. OMAHA HEE. 15 SCOTT ST.
Frsnk. the young son of XV. 8. Keellne,
8(4 Glen avenue, suffered a slight fracture
of the knee yesterday as tha result of his
pony, which he was riding, slipping and
lulling on his leg.
The funeral of the late William A. Mc
Aneney, '.'&U7 Avenue D, will be held Mon
day morning at 9 o'clock from 8t. Francis
J.avler'a church and burial will be in St.
Joseph's cemetery.
Council Bluffs .tent. Knights of the Mso
caheea, will entertain its members snd
their families with a Christmas tree and
program Sunday evening, In accordance
with the annual cuetom.
Fay Connors, 106 East Broadway, com-
tlalned to the police yesterday that he had
een worked by an alleged solicitor for a
Khotograph enlarging firm. The fellow got
is money and photo and had then left
uiwn.
J. J. Naven of Omaha will render the'
tenor aria from Elijah, "If With All Your
Hearts," at the regular concert of tha
Broadway Methodist choir tomorrow even
ing, when the Christmas song service will
be given.
Fred McCarthy, who has a bain In the
rear of the C. Huber meat market on
Broadway, reported to the police yesterday
the loss of his wallet containing tl-a. Mc
Carthy Is under the Impression the money
wss stolen from Mm.
Counsel for tha plaintiff In the famous
mining suit of James Doyle against James
F. Burns, former president of the Port
land Gold Mining rompany, have flltd
trial notice for the January term, which
will ba urusiriawi uvar bv Judas Thotntll.
before whom the second trial, which re
sulted in a verdict for Burns, was held.
Judge Thornell granted a new trial and
nis ruling was amrmea ny tne supreme
court recently.
Mrs. M. A. I.ee. matron of the Tlnley
Rescue Home, Omaha, gave an Interest
ing talk at the Union City mission on
Broadway last evening. Bhe was accom
panied by her secretary, Mrs. Eva Coffy,
who also gave. a briur talk.
The body of Mrs. J. O. Bates of Hum
phrey, Neb,, who died at St. Bernard's
hospital Thursday, will be taken to Oak
land, la., her former home, where the
funeral will be held Sunday. Besides her
husband Mrs. Bates leaves two daughters
and four sons.
The Sunday school of St. Paul's Episco
pal church will hold Its annual Christmas
party next Bionaay evening in tne iagies
hall. There will be a Christmas tree, with
the usual presents for the children, and a
program of recitations and songs, followed
by a dance.
AH members of the Woman's Relief corps
are expected to be present at a special
meeting to be held this afternoon In Grand
Army hall. The retiring and newly-elected
officers are specially requested to be present
to practice for the installation ceremonies.
Congressman GllbWt M. Hitchcock of
Omaha addressed a good sized audience last
evening at the club house of the West
Council Bluffs Improvement cluh. explain
ing the provisions of his postal savings
hank bill and giving his reasons fur the
need of the same.
The Commen ts! club Is making extensive
arrangements for the adrtres to be given
on the nlaht of January $ by Gilbert Mc
C'lurg, traveler and lecturer, on the sub
ject of "Texus." The free nubile library
will bo the place of the address and the
nubile will ne admitted without charge.
Mr. Medina Is on his fifth annual trans
continental tour and has agreed to deliver
the address without cost to the c'ommer
clsl club. Stereootlc.on views snd motion
pictures will be eliown, Illustrative of life
In the southern state.
OFFICE PPACE FOR RENT. $8 A
MONTH; CENTRAL LOCATION, STEAM
HEAT AND ELECTRIC LIGHT FUR
NISHED. OMAHA EEU 15 SCOTT ST.
ELEGANT CUT FLOWERS AND
FERNS. HERMAN BROS., FLORISTS.
1U PEARL ST. IND. 'PHONE. 24 BLACK;
BELL, 83.
SHAW IS TO SPEAK IN IOWA
Expected to Announce Hii Candidacy
for President at that Time.
CENSURE FOB CAPTAIN KTJLP
Belief Defect Haa Been Fnaad la the
Primary Law In Failure to Pro
Tide far Registration in
La rarer Cities.
Many Marriages In Atlantic,
ATLANTIC, lu.. Dec. 28. (Special.)
Christmas weddings were more numerous
In thin vicinity this year than ever be
fore and the record of December, 1907,
surpasses all previous Decembers. Christ
mas day at noon took place two weddhigs
of well-known young people of this
county. Mary Ellen Masteller was united
In marriage to Andrew E. Thompson.
They will live on a farm nar this city.
Katherliie Chrlstensen of Marne Was
married to Ira Ingram of Ladora at the
aine hour. They will reside on a farm
,near Ladora. At 4 o'clock the same day
Miss Mary Gardner of this pluoe was
Joined to Chsrles A. Dalllnger, now em
ployed In Council Bluffs, where the young
peoplo already, have a home prepared.
Goldte Brown of this place was married
to Glenn Cassady, living near Cumber
land, and they will reside on a farm near
that place. Chester Thompson and
Ethel De Voe. both of Massena, were made
husband and wife. Charles K. Longxtreet
and Bertha Roots of the same place also
jtook advantage of the holiday season.
J. E. Godfrey and Mabel Thompson of
Grlswold were added to the list of yule
tide marriages, and the announcement if
the marriage come time ago of Mildred
Bartlett and Arthur Anderson of Bray
ton was made on L'hrixtma day. Many
of the parties interested are from some
of the oldest and most highly respected
families of the county and all have a host
of friends.
Front doors of al' patterns and designs.
Inside doors f every kind. Look over
this big line at the C. Hafer Lumber
Company yard at Council Bluffa.
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(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DE9 MOINES, la., Dec. 28 (Special
Telegram.) Secretary Shaw has accepted
tho invitation of tha alumni of Cornell
college and the Des Moines Bankers' as
sociation to address them here next we?k
during the state teachers' convention. lie
will desiver two addresses, one to each
organisation. It has been announced that
If he accepted these Invitations It would
rnesn that he would be a candidate for
president and would endeavor to get the
Iowa delegation.
Reprimand for Captain Kalp.
The verdict of tha court martial of
Captain O. W. Kulp of Davenport on the
charge of disobedience of orders In not
topping tha prise right at Davenport was
announced to Governor Cummins this af
tsrnoon. Ho Is found guilty of disobe
dience but not "Wilfully," and Is sen
tenced to be reprimanded and his pay for
feited. The verdict of the court Is: "Of the
specifications (nillty, except as to the word
wilful, but guilty of conduct to the creju
dice of good order and Military discipline.
Sentence of court, reprimand and to suf
fer a forfeiture of pay and allowance due
during the period of arrest under this
charge."
Governor Cummins approves the finding
of the court and announced that the
reprimand will be administered later In
duo military manner.
Defect la Primary Law
Members of the County Accounts com
mission which Is meeting here for the
purpose of finishing the work of devising
a uniform system of accounts for coun
ties, think today that they have discovered
a defect In the new primary election law
in Ibi absence of any means of register
Inr voters In cities. It wa on the
thought of providing the blanks for reg
istering that the commission discovered
that there is no provision. Attorney Gen
eral Byers will be asked to exnml
law and give his opinion on It,
Lose "Color Line" Salt.
Mrs. 8. Joe Brown lost her discrimina
tion suit before Justice Cope today. Mr.
Brown Is one of the foremost colored
women of Des Moines and her husband I.
an attorney. Together they attended the
pure food show and a coffee company
which was serving samples refused to
serve them because of their color. They
brought suit under the civil statute to re
cover damages. The company manage
ment admitted refusing to serve the cof
fee, but claimed that tho statute coven
only Inns, hotels and restaurants. Justice
Cope decided In their favor.
' New ity Hall Mopped.
The erection of the new city hall wu-
gain stopped today by court proceed Inps,
F. H. Noble tiled a petition In district
court for an Injunction restraining Count,
Treasurer Murrow from collecting taxer
for the bonds and the city council from
psylng the architects.
Three Men t'lalsa Wesiss,
Three men claiming one &-pound woman
for their wife are aearohlng for her witli
the aid of the local police of this cUy.
Two of the men are In Des Moines today.
They are Gordon Perry of Newton, la.,
and John Carlson of Alberta, Canada. Tha
third la Charles Beckwith of Illinois and
he Is on his way to Des Moines. Perry
Is husband No. 1, Carlson Is No. 2 and
Beckwith Is No. S. The woman answered
a marriage bureau advertisement of Carl
son and married him. Caiiaon came to Daa
Moines later to hunt for her. Perry cama
to Des Moines to hunt for his wife, ln-
cidentlly they met and showed each other
pictures of their wives. The pictures wera
the same. This made both men mad. Thri
Perry began investigating and dug up let
ters of his wife that located Beckwith.
Maybe there are other husbands yet to
be found.
Davenport Is Obedient.
County Attorney Hainann of Scott
county has written to Attorney General
Byers that, the saloons of Davenport are
obeying tho mulct law and closing at the
proper times. He anticipates that, . there
yill be no further trouble. Attorney Gen
eral liyers was greatly pleased today oi
receipt of the letter. He has no official
Information thut the saloons vere open on
Christmas day. If any were open It was
probably through their ignorance . as to
the Isw, which in twenty years or more
they have never had occasion to study.
As a consequence the attorney general will
not dig into the matter at this time.
Hospital Nearly Beady '
Hon, John Cownie ui the Slate Board
of Control said today that the furniture
for the new tuberculosis hospital at Iowa
City is being delivered at this time and
the hospital will be opened to the publlo
about tha middle of January. The capacity
at first will be limited to eighty patients,
who must be passed' upon by a physician
appointed for each county. Tha painters
are just now flnlHhlng the Interior.
Iru the
Father' Problna; I)aKhler'a Death.
CRE8TON. la. Dec. 31. -(Special TeW.
grauvt A reward of $J00 has been offered
by the li'.lier of Mrs. Emma Pashek, who
aas round dead, November 18 with a shot
gun by her side and wounds on her person,
for Information allowing the cause of her
death. The coroner's Jury at the time re
turned a verdict of death from an un
known cause. The woman's father, who
lives at Holsliigton, Kan., is dissatisfied,
with the efforts made to Investigate tha
matter, believing murder was committed.
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BIG FIELD F0R MANEUVERS
Major Boushton Recommends Par
chase of ISt.OOO Acres Adjoining
Fort Leavenworth. -
ST. JOSEPH. Mo., Dec. ;S.- MaJor D. H.
Houghton, United PtBtes Army, head of
the war college at Fort Leavenworth, haa
plans for a great maneuvering field In
Platte county, to be used jointly each year
by the National Guard of Missouri, Kansas,
Nebraska and lor a. He has recommended
to the War department that I-Vj'jO acres of
farm land be purchased In Platte county,
Missouri, adjoining the reservation already
owned by the government In connection
with Fort l-avenworth. Altogether tha
maneuver field would Include 18,000" acres
of almost every conceivable topographical
forns