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NEWS OF
COUNCIL
Office 15 Scon Street.
MIWOIl MKNTIOX.
Davis, drugs.
Stockert sell carpet.
Ed Roger. Tony Faust, beer.
Block pastured. Fhlnney. Thon al
Lewis Cutler, funeral director. 'I'hon 87.
Woodrlng Undertaking company. TeL 839.
Pyrography outfit and auppllea. Alexan
der s, VS3 Broadway.
For general house cleaning call on J. W.
Woolsey. Bell 'phono F 17N9. 1
HERMAN BROa.,FLORISTS. 10 PEARL
BT. fhones: Ind.. t:'4 Black; Bell, 623.
200 lawn mowers on sale at Petersen
Bchoenlng Co. Prices from 82.28 to 81&
FN ROM- IN THK WB8TERN IOWA
COLLhaE, A SCHOOL OF INDUSTRY.
The largest atock of wall paper In Bo.
HiKtn Iowa. H. Borwlck. 211 So. Main.
We know we have the bent flour. Eaeo
la the name. Bartell & Miller. Phona &.
IT PATH TO SEE HOSPtt BEFORE
BL'YINO A PIANO. 20 PEARL, STREET.
Reed A. Fllcklnger ha gone to Iowa City
to attend the Pan-Hellenic aoclal festivities
at the slate university,
i Long handle lawn rakes, 6c each. No
phona orders taken. No delivery. J. Zoller
Mer. Co.. 100-102-104-H Broadway.
Let ua send you a One-Mlnuta Waahing
machine on trial. J. Zoller Mer. Co., l'O
' 102-104-108 Broad v. ay. Four 'phones, all 320.
A building permit was Issued yesterday
I to Albert W. Dlllay for a 11.300 one-story
I frame cottage In Bayllss & Palmer's addi
' tlon.
1 Farmers. Notice! Call and see our One-
Minute churn. Price, $7.60. J. Zoller Mer.
! Co., 1M-102-104-106 Broadway. Four 'phonea,
all 320.
A marriage license was Issued yesterday
morning to William A. Center, atred 61. and
Mrs. Arcadia Baldwin, aged at, both from
Thurman. Ia.
LADIES' TMMONT RTNOS FROM
tlO.CO VP. OTHER PIAMONPB FROM
11000 TO 5.W.00. O. MAUTHE. 228 WEST
BROADWAY.
CSfy Treasurer True haa gone to Holt
i cotimy, Nebraska, to look after his ranch
no. feast of O'Nell. He expects to be
bn-k In lila office Monday.
You can get better coal for less money
from William Welch. 16 North Main. The
raon why la because he sells for cash.
Both 'phones 128. Yard 'phone, Bell 977.
. It Is no use to hunt any further for
gasoline stove. We have what you want.
Do not let the price worry you. You will
I e satisfied with that, D. W. Keller, 103
South Main.
Peter, the Infant aon of Mr. and Mra.
James Chrlstenson. !119 South Ninth street,
die Thursday. Tie funeral was held
. yesterday morning, Interment oelng In
Fairvlew cemetery.
An unruly oil cook stove In the kitchen
of the apartments over the Eagle laundry
at "18 West Broadway, gave the fire o
1 partment an exercise run nt 7 o'clock last
evening. The oil burned Itself out before
the arrival of the department.
George E. Hunter of this city has filed
n's nomination petition for Justice of the
peace for Kane township on the republican
ticket. Fred Tctercon of this city is an
nounced aa a candidate for the republican
nomination for county auditor.
Our spring stock of oxfords. Mack and
tans, la now In. Ifa to your Interest to
call. Our expenses blr.g so low we ran
. undersell the other fellow and thus give
you the best qnnlltv for less money. Lun-
can Shoe Co., 23 South Main street.
Tools valued at 8i-. belonging to J. C.
Illxhy Son, .which were stolen from a
house at Third street and Fairvlew avenue,
were recovered by the police In a Broad
way pawnshop, where they . had been
pawned for 11.76 by a man giving tha name
of James Rockwell and his residence as
Omaha
George W. Thomson, the newly appointed
polltax collector. Is Bending out notices
that all persona subject to the tax must
pav the same bv April 29, or become sub
ject to the penalty. Tha tax which la $2.
.can be paid In cash to the city treasurer
or by working' it out with the atreet com
missioner. ' ..
"The hearing of George Pavia and
Richard Dempsey, the young men charged
With breaking Into and ronning me Darner
fchop of F. B. Stroud on South Main street
last nljcht, was continued in police court
yesterday until this morning, owing to
the absence from the city of Assistant
County Attorney Ross.
i-A stranger giving the name of Wyman,
and etalming to be from Orlswold. la.,
eomplalned to the police late Thursday
night that he had been "touched" for 8100
by two women with whom he had been
drlylng during the afternoon and evening.
The women boarded a car for Omalia and
after thev had left him Wyman said he
discovered h!a lots.
' W. E. Lewis of this city waa found
hillty Thursday in the district court at
Harlan on the charge of fraudulently ob
taining a promissory note from Mra. J. P.
Miller of that pJace In connection with a
transaction relating to the purchase of a
tnmbnone. Charles M. Harl of this city,
attorney for Lewis, filed yesterday n
motion for a new trial.
Complaint has been made to the police
that rldeia of motorcycles failed to carry
lamps on their machines at night. Pcde
atrlana have had several narrow escapes
from being run down In the dark by riders
tit motorcycles. Chief Richmond when hi
attention was called to the matter, yester
day stated that the ordinance requiring
iiWycles and motorcycles to carry lamps
at night would be strictly enforced.
' Every kind of fruit or vegetable has its
eason. Asparagus la now In Its glory. We
Tve 2ft) pounds on band of extra fine qual
ity that w are having a sale on at only
10c per one-pound bunch. We also have
soma extra fine cucumbers at 5c each. New
recn beans. 15c quart: new potatoes. 10c
quart; beeta. 10c bunch; pieplant, 8 bunches
for 10c;' green onions. 8 bunches for 5c;
radishes. 3 for !0c; spinach, 15c peck. We
will have fine atrawberr!" today. Extra
fine bananas. 20c per dosen: celery, 10c. If
.on want some of the finest dried beef you
ave ever used order some of us. We slice
It fresh every dv: also ennked ham. We
Veo cabhage and tomato plants. Bartel &
Miller, Ttlepnone 3oS.
"THIS WEATHER -TOU SKF.D COAL
THAT WILL MAKE A QUICK FIRE.
TRY BOULDER. SOLD ONLY BY THE
COUNCIL BLUFFS COAL AND ICE CO.
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If Reuben should show up In town and
commence rubbering, send him up. We Just
unloaded a full car of the beat rubber roof-
injr on the market. C. Hafer.
neal Estate Transfers.
These transfers were reported to The Bee
April 24. by the Pottawattamie County Ab
stract company of Council Bluffs.
Edith Grirflth et al, to Andrew Jacjb-
' sen. nV seV, of l-7-39 ...8 8,000
Eftdle R. Shepherd and husband to
Rose Martin. n42 feet of a 07 feet of
lot 1. block 5. Grimes' addition to
Council Bluffs, la
Benedict Hagg and wife to B. F.
Cook, part nwVi se of 30-75-43.
Hsrrw F. Pierce and wife to J. B.
1.80
l,37i
Siveet, part lot 8 In subdivision of
' ne. nwU of -75-3 l,0CO
F. Albert Sehott to Peter Hansen and
. wife, s 10 feet of lot I, and n 10 feet
of lot . in block 3. Btutaman'a First
addition to Council Bluffs
Mrs. B. M. Ha wood to H. G. White,
lot 10, block 9, Bejitley. la
L'icln.la Carter to Nancy Jane Chand
ler, lots 12. 11 and It. In block 8 In
Carter's Third addition to lUncock.
la
Minnie M. Foster and Solomon H.
Foster, to. William I Yetter. lot
X tn block 8. in Sackett's addition
t- Council Bluffs. Ia
Samuel J. Prllchett and wife to
Nancv Jane Chandler, lot 10 and 11,
In block 3. Carter'a Third addition
to Hancock, la ,
1,010
600
300
SO
Total
A. A. CLARK & GO.
innn P'flffFV n?l n0RSE3, cattle and
LU1UJ UUiiEI Ull HOUSEHOLD FUTilflTTJItE.
AND ANT CHATTEL eLKCURITY AT ONE-HAL1 THE USUAL. RATES.
Twenty Yews of Btaoceaafal tfualnena.
(vjejiH MAW AND BJVUADWAY, OVKK AMKiUCATf EXPRESS.
No ooroectlen with tha firm sJ.llog lasmaolvaa Tbe Clark Mertgcge Ce.
INTEREST FROM IOWA
BLUFFS
1 Both 'Phones 43.
ASSESSMENT ROLL FIGURES
Council Bluffs Appears to Be Short on
Pergonal Proptrty.
UTILE IN MONEYS AND CREDITS
There Also Appears 'la Be m Paaelty
of Household Fnrnltara Sit tha
Time the Assessor Mad
His Calls.
The citizens of Council Bluffs cannot be
accused of being wealthy, at least the as
sessment of their personal property aa
certified to County Auditor Cheyne yester
day by City Assessor Hardin would not In
dicate that they are overburdened with
riches. . The total actual value of the per
sonal property in the city of Council Bluffs
aa flg-ured out by Mr. Hardin Is 83,400,984,
and of thla amount 8350,752 represents the
value of new buildings. The assessed val
uation, which Is one-fourth of the actual
valuation. Is consequently but 8937,939.
There are evidently no millionaires among
the citizens of Council Bluffs, aa the actual
value of all moneys and credits owned by
them only totals 8300,4;!. The actual value
of merchandise Is 81.134,756.
Although Council Bluffs has always been
considered a city of homes the owners of
these homes apparently do not possess any
furniture to spare. The actual value of all
the furniture assessable for taxation In
Council Bluffs amounts to only 817,100. In
fact the people of Council Bluffs own more
vehicles, at least In value,, than they do
furniture. The city assessor haa aasessed
730 vehicles at an actual value of 849,380.
Pesplte the fact that many Council Bluffs
citizens own automobiles the horse la atlll
in the field as shown by the actual value
of 858,230 placed by the assessor on 878
members of the equine race. . There are,
however, not as many cows In Council
Bluffs aa there are horses. The 810 cows
discovered by Mr. Hardin are assessed at
an actual value of 819,364.
Compared with the paucity of their other
personal property the citizens of Council
Bluffs are strong on corporation stocks,
the actual value of these holdings being,
according to the figures of the assessor,
i6,2S4. .
As a whole the personal property assess
ment this year is in round figures 8302,000
In excess of that for last year. Thla ia due
to the value of the new buildings The
value of merchandise shows a decrease of
about 80,000 and that, of moneys and cred
its a decrease of about 140,000. The recent
fires on Implement Row are responsible
for the loss in merchandise and the "finan
cial flurry" of last fall la said to be the
cause of the drop In the value of moneys
and credits.
Notwithstanding the population of Council
Bluffs ia steadily increasing, the fact re
mains that its assessable valuaton for tax
ation purposes does not.
Picture framing Is a specialty at Alex
ander's Art Store, 333 B'way.
gatarday Hake Special.
'Long handle lawn rakes, Be each. No
'Phone ordera taken. No delivery. J. Zoller
Mer. Co., 100-102-1O4-1O8 Broadway.
. Foot Crushed Under at Train.
Joseph Rich, an Italian enroute from
Denver, Colo., to Pittstown, Pa., by the
box car route, had his left foot almost
aevered aa the result of attempting to Jump
an east bound Rock Island frc'ght train
about 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon. ,
Rich, in company with Harry Roberts of
Des Moines, reached the eity about noon
yesterday from Fairbury, Neb., and waited
around in the Rock Island yards, with t&e
Intention of boarding an eastbound freight.
As freight No. 96 came peat; Roberts suc
ceeded In boarding it, but Rich, who caught
the lower rung of a ladder on a car failed
to secure a footing and after being dragged
for some distance was thrown under the
wheels. The accident occurred at the in
tersection of the Rock Island and the Mll
vaukee tracks on South Main street.
Rioh was taken to Mercy hsuttat. where
it was found necessary to amputate the
foot, the operation being performed by City
Fhyalclan TuLbs.
Long handle lawn rakes, 6c each. No
'Phone orders taken. No delivery. J. Zoller
Mer. Co.. 10O-102-1O4-1O8 Broadway.
If you buy . a piano from A. Hospe Co.,
29 Pearl, 28 So. Main St., Co. Bluffs, you
get advantage of all discounts, as their
prices are so low they can not pay com
missions. Bankers Meet In May.
At s meeting yesterday of the executive
committee of group t of the Iowa Bank
era' association, Wednesday, May 30, was
nsmed as the date for the annual meeting
! which will be held at the Grand hotel
The meeting will convene In the morning,
lunch being served at 1:30 p. m., and the
program bejng concluded in the afternoon.
Several prominent men will be invited to
address the meeting, but nothing definite
J aa to the program has been arranged.
. The executive committee consists of J.
F. Lake of Shenandoah, prealdent of the
group; James Hunter of Mlnden, Ernest
E. Hart, C, E. Price and John Bereaheim
of Council Bluffs.
If. Y. PJumbing Co. Tel. 250. Night, L698.
BPECIAL FEATURE In watch selling:
Fine 18 Jewel Ball nickel movement, patent
regulator, a watch particularly adapted for
heavy use, in sllveroid case, Saturday only
$10. Lefferfs.
Ditch Cases Postponed.
Judge Wheeler yesterday continued In
definitely the hearing In the matter of the
application for an injunction against the
Pottawattamie-Harrison County Drainage
board, on account of the Inability of any
of the Judges of the district to give time
to the case. At the same time Judge
Wheeler continued In effect the order la
sued a few days ago, which restrained tha
drainage board from accepting. the ditches
or paying for them, with the modification
that payment may be made 'or the work
done oq tha Boyer Cut-off No. 1 since
April 1.
The effect of the order la practically the
earn as if the temporary Injunction aaked
for were granted, as the board is not per
mitted to accept the ditches or to make
final settlement with tha contractors un-
til after a hearing before one of the dls
trlct judges, which may ba arranged later.
Tha modification of the order made by
Judge Wheeler was at tha request of At
torney Killpeck. appearing for the drainage
board, and waa agreed to by counsel for A.
D. Annls and others, who Instituted the
mandamus action and secured the restrain
ing order on an amended petition.
The principal complaint of the persons In
stituting the suit is as to the condition of
the Willow creek ditch, which. It Is claimed,
has filled up with silt. They seek to have
thla slit removed aad the ditch put In
proper condition before the board accepts It
from the contractors.
Drink Badwelier,
King of all bottled beers. L. Rosenfeld
Co., distributors. Both 'phones 323.
rphelstc-rlasr.
George W. Klein, 19 South Main street.
Doth 'phones. Have It done right.
GAMBLING QtESTIOX VP AOAIX
Lav Enforcement Leaane aad Aa
therltlee Have Conference.
The executive committee of the re
cently organised Law Enforcement league
held a conference with Mayor Maloney
and Major O. H. Richmond, chief of po
lice, yesterday "morning. The conference
waa at the request of the committee,
which had received anonymous 'communi
cations charging that gambling waa again
rampant In the city. Members of the
executive committee present at the con
ference were D E. Stuart, president of
organization; F. C. Lougee, Thomas
Green and John M. Galvin.
The committee In stating Its errand
explained to the mayor and chief of po
lice the purpose for which the league
was organized and arauredthem that It
waa tho Intention and desire of the com
mittee to do whatever waa necessary to
enforce . the law prohibiting public
gambling houses, but at the same time
the committee would much prefer that
the law be enforced by the public offi
cials than to attempt Its enforcement
Itself.
When shown the anonymous communl
catlona by the committee, both Mayor
Maloney and Chief Richmond declined to
pay any attention to them. "If a man
has not the courage to sign his name
to such v a communication, it should not
be given attention," declared the mayor,
but at the same time he and Major Rich
mond assured the committee they would
willingly take cognizance of any com
munication bearing the signature of the
writer.. That public gambling house
were running in Council Bluffs was de
nied by both the mayor and chief of po
lice. Since the closing of the gambling
houses poker games had sprung up la
different parts of the city, but had been
closed as soon as reported to the au
thorities. "If the league can suppress
these poker games It will have the sin
cere thanks of myself and the police do
partment," said the mayor.
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The result of the conference. It Is said,
waa a perfect understanding between the
committee and the municipal officers.
Speaking of the meeting a member of the
committee aaid: "The executive committee
of the Law Enforcement league desires to
fully carry out the object for which the
league was organized and wishes It to be
publicly known that any citizen having
information as to violations of the laws
prohibiting gambling and governing the
saloons may feel free to give such Informa
tion to the committee and the committee
asks the co-operation of all law abiding
citizens It does not, however, desire to
receive ana win not consider anonymous '
communications. The committee feels that
any person desirous of Imparting informa
tion on which the committee may be ex
pected to act, should disclose his own
Identity and take his share of the responsi
bility for the correctness of such Informa
tion. In this connection both Mayor Ma
loney and Chief Richmond told tha com
mittee that they desire to have'any citizen
having a Just complaint to make on account
of the nonrenforcement of the law to feel
perfectly free to make such complaint to
either of them and it will be given proper
attention."
. Jewel Gas Stovca.
These stoves must not be confused with
In Chicago and Is a gas saver. Petersen
the Detroit Jewel. Our Jewel stove Is made
ft Bchoening Co. ,
Farmers, Xotlcel ,
Call and aee our One Minute churn. Price,
87.50. J. Zoller Mer. Co., 100-102-104-106
Broadway. Four 'phones, all 330. i
TROUBLE BREWS IN. PARK BOARD
Commissioners Brown and Graham
Clash.
All Is not harmony among the members
of the Board of Park Commissioners and
the dwellirg erected by the board osten
sibly as a residence for a caretaker for
Ftlrmount park Is the cause of ths trouble.
At the recent meeting of the board Com-'
mlasloner J. J. Brown charged Commis
sioner Graham with nepotism, and the lat
ter, in language more plain than polite,
told Captain Brown that the charge waa
false.
The trouble started when Commissioner
Graham produced a lease for the real-ience
for another year to his niece, Mrs. John
F. Oliver, who haa the refreshment privi
leges at the park, at a rental of but $15 a
month. Captain Brown treated that a
caretaker should be placed In the house, it
hav:ng been erected by the board for that
purpose. Captain Brown also took the
stand that the ient was too low, in view
of the fact that the house had been built
at an expenditure of over 32,500 of tho
park funds; was modern throughout and
was such as rented anywhere In the city
for at least J2S a month. He also took
the position that 875 waa not sufficient to
ask for the refreshment concession at the
park, seeing that the net profits from the
concession on the Fourth of July, last,
were, aa he said he had been Informed,
over 3400. Commissioner Brown insisted
that bids be asked for thla concession.
The house in Fairmount park, which was
originally Intended aa a residence for the
park caretaker, has been occupied by Mis.
Oliver and her children ever alnce it was
completed. As her husband ia a member
of the fire department he haa to sleep aj
the ebglne house and Captain Brown takes
exceptkn to the park being without a
caretaker at rJght.
Captain Brown was stated yesterday to
be seriously considering the advisability
of applying to the eeurt to restrain the
Fairmount park cottage being used for
any other purpose than that originally In
tended.
Pianos In all tbe latest fancy veneers, of
the very best makes procurable at A. Hospe
Co s. 2 perl, 28 8. Main St., Co. Bluffa,
Iowa. Easy paymenta.
LADY'S O-SIZE WATCH, engraved 50
year gold filled crsa, Elgin or Waltham
movement, apecla! for Saturday, 812, at
Leffert's.
FnmlalasT School Bnildlngs.
The pupils of the Second Avenue school
are enjoying an enforced vacation which
will coins to a close, however, Monday
morning. The building waa closed In order
that it might be thoroughly fumigated and
di!nfcUd. some case of smallpox having
developed among the children attending the
school. The enrollment at the Second Ave
nue school, which ts located at 'the comer
of Second avenue and Twenty-third street,
is 454.
To save time and a great deal of trouble
while you are spring housecleanlng. send
your family washing to the Bluff City
laundry. 'Phone 314 Rough dry, to a lb.
All flat pieces Ironed.
6.000 FINE DOO COLLARS on sale at
retersort .8choelng Co. Trices from 15e
to $3.
DR. TERRY'S optical work at Lefferfs
Is one of the pronounced successes of the
town. Glasses fitted for all. Dr. Terry in
sists upon satisfaction In every Inatance.
FILINGS FOR PRIMARY CLOSED
amanaanaaa
l-'orty-F.laht Republican Representa
tives and Seven Senator
Keek Re-election.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES, April 25. (Special.
When the secretary of state closed his
office at midnight last night the last
chance to file nomination papers to get
a name on the primary election ballots
was cut off. The papers are all In now
and the county , auditors will soon make
up the ballots. The ballota, by the way,
will not be one-half aa large aa many
have claimed. Thla was one of the ob
jections to the primary law that the
primary ballots .would be so large that
country newspapera could not print them
on their presses. The fact la they will
not be nearly so large aa the ballot at the
November election.
Of the legislative candidates forty-
eight republican' members of the present
house are candidates for renomlnatlon
and twenty-three democrats out of a to
tal membership In the house of 108. Of
the senate members only aeven of tha
present membership seek renomlnatlon at
the primaries. There are twenty-nine of
the fifty state senatorial districts of the
state In which there will be nominations
thla year.
Of the present republican members of
the house who ' are seeking renomlnatlon
three voted agalnat the primary law when
it was passed at the last session of thu
legislature and of the democratic mem
bers seeking renomlnatlon eleven voted
against the primary.
There were soma surprises sprung yester
day when the last of the papers were filed,
One of these Is in Black Hawk county.
where It waa understood that all differ
ences had been composed between the
standpatters and the progressives for a dl
vision of the offices so that Feeley could
come back; without opposition. But yea
terday Edward L Hllderbrand.of Waterloo
filed as a candidate. In Jasper county,
where the democrats have four candldatea
for the legislature, General James B
Weaver, one time greenback nominee for
president and for three terma a congress
man from Iowa, la one of the candidates
E. J. Sankey of Leon, In Decatur county.
a democrat who Introduced one. of the first
2-cent fare bills years ago, is a candidate
for renomlnatlon after being out of tha
house for a term or two.
No surprises were given In the filing of
candidates for state offices.
The democrats . failed to file for presi
dential electors In the Ninth and Eleventh
congressional district. The prohibitionists
are short In the Third, Eighth and Elev
enth. The socialists are short In tha First,
Fifth and Seventh.
Friends of the primary law are pleased
with the results of this first' filing. The
primary law la being used this year for the
first time. The primary election will be
held June 2. One of the contentions agalnat
It during the discussion In the legislature
was that candldatea wcHild not come for
ward of their own motlcn and that it took
tha excitement of a convention to, get men
out. With the exception of a few demo
cratlc counties, where a republican stands
no show, the - republicans have candidates
for the legislature In every county and dis
trict, and, with tho exception, of a few
more strong republican counties, the demo
crats have candidates everywhere.
The law provides that names may be
written in on the primary ballot. Where
there are no candldatea filed, if a few votes
are written In for one man he will get the
nominatloh, since he will get 35 per cent of
the vote if there la but one name written in
for the office. Conventions will be held
following the primary and where-no candi
date hat been nominated by the primary
or where no candidate gets 35 per cent of
the total vote cast for that office, the
county convention can make the nomina
tion. !
Battle flags carried by Iowa regiments
In the Spanish-American war, both in Cuba
and the Philllplnca will be installed in steel
cases for preservation at "the atate house
tomorrow. The exerclaea wilt be at
o'clock in the rotunda of the state house,
The senior officer of the regiments will
receive the flags from Adjutant General
Thrift. Ex-Adjutant General H. M. Byers
will be the presiding officer.
FORT DODGE WINS THE DEBATE
Cedar Falls Long; on Oratory and
Short on Argimeit,
IQWA CITY, Ia.. April 25.-(Speclal Tele
gram.) The Fort Dodge High school worn
the champlonahtp of the Iowa High School
Debating league tonight. The question
was, "That limited disarmament of the
leading powers would promote the clvlllza
tlon of the world." Fort Dodge advanced
the argument that the balance pf power I
preserved by the establishment of a mill
tary organization, that In the absence of
such an organization the balance could rot
be preserved and that the nations of In
fluence would override the interests of th
weaker nations. The Fort Dodge team haa
not been defeated in twe rears.
The Cedar Falls team placed great stress
on the recommendations of the Interna
tlonal peace conference at The Hague, and
dwelt on the demoralising Influence of war.
ine aocirina or -.nignt makes right was
attacked, and historical Instances were of
fered to prove the degression of military
powers in the progress of civilization. Tii
Cedar Kails team was polished ln delivery,
but lacking in citations of facta and fig
urea. The Fort Dodge team la Ray Miner,
Charles Melloy and, Richard Mitchell, and
they were coached by Ray Miles, an alum
nua pt the 8tate University of Iowa. The
Cedar Falls team are Max Cunning, Glen
Davia and Carson Taylor, and they wera
coached by D. M. Kelley. city superintend
ent of Cedar Falls schools.
Prlao Fifth! Pletarea Barred.
' BOONE, la., April 25. (Speclal.)-Mayor
A. 8. Farrow of thla city haa taken a de
elded atep agilnat the exhibition of movln
pictures at tha local moving picture the
atera of prise flt',ht films. Last night Man.
ager Kohn of the Bcenlo advertised a prize
fight, but the ma. or got busy and put a
stop to it without deiay.
Morainaalde Wins Debate.
SIOUX CITY. Ia.. April .-;Speclal Tel
r gi am.) Morningside college won a debit
from Nebraska Wesleyan tonight on the
subject. "Resolved. That for cities of the
United Slates of MX to 100,00 population
the form of govetai.ent known as the (Jal-veston-Pes
Mclnea plan Is preferable to
tin) ore now In use." The cpeakers for
M(Jrinrr'.l? 'ver';, J-lt;': P. I'-onier, Ar
thur Cushman and If. It. Sawyer: lor Ne
braska. F.arl Kendall. Miss Bertha Behle
and W. It. Klechal.
IOWA THAI PALLS IXTO CREEK
Two Trainmen and llnndred Head ot
Stock Killed.
CLINTON, la.. April S&.-EnglneeV J. W.
Baxter and Fireman H. D. Seymour were
killed, and Brakeman John Doherty was
badly hurt last night, when freight train
No. 132. east bound, went through a bridge
over Clear Creek, three miles west of Pe
wit t. The deaths occurred instantly.
The swollen condition of the creek fol
lowing a cloud burst, weakened the bridge.
The engine of the freight passed over
the bridge first A car went througa,
toppling the engine and piling seventeen
cars In the creek and on the track.
The cars were all loaded v Ith cattle and
hogs and there was awful carnage among
the animals. Many were crushed to death
end drowned.
Ions News Tfotea.
rRMTON The annual reunion of the
Fifty-first Iowa infantry will be held In
Des Moines, April -5.
CRESTON John BhsIi and Mrs. Mary
Kirk, well known citlsens ot this place.
perpetrated quite a surprise upon their
lrieltaS last nigni oy msing upun ineniseivcs
nunttal vows. Rev. Klsea of the Christian
church performing the ceremony at the
home of the Driue.
CRESTON--The Majestic moving picture
heater of this city has changed hands.
Mr. F. B. Mvtlnger of Chicago, the owner,
selling his Interest to C. R. Disney of
Davenport, la., and E. G. Moore of Oel,
wein. who will conduct the theater along
the same lines aa it has been heretofore.
MARRHALLTOWN According to ad
Ices from Washington. P. C, Walter R.
Pnbbin of 8tate Center, Marshall county,
has been appointed United States consul
at Letlihrldge, Aiherta province, ianaaa.
Mr. Dobbin has been living at Lethbrldge
for three years, where he has been inter
ested in the land business. He is the son
of J. W. Pobbln, president or the First
National bank of State Center.
FORT PODGE Because the poor ouallty
of the oats at present the Great Western
Cereal company's big oatmeal mills hera
have been shut down Indefinitely, throw
ing L'ii neonle out. of employment. The
highest grade of oats are demanded by tha
mills, ana tne present ngnr. oaia, in wnicn
re mixed much foreign matter, cannot oe
used. Tha mills are among the principal
employers of labor in this city.
MARSHALLTOWN Within twenty-four
hours after the purchaso of the plant of
the Marshalltown i'oltery company, wnicn
was effected lato Wednesday afternoon,,
workmen were put to work on the prop
erty to get It In ahapo for the rebuilding
and repaira whloh are to be made. All of
the kllna are to be rebuilt and the Fort
Dodge capitalists who bought it expect to
nave tne plant running by tne miaaie oi me
ummer.
FORT DODGE The reven druaelsts
against whom the Anti-Saloon league
wishes to secure Injunctions restraining
them from selling Honor anDeared in court
Quietly late Tuesday afternoon before Judge
iee in aisinci conn ana ruea answer to
the chargea of the ahtl-saloon men. All
allege that chargea ahould be more spe
cific. All tho cases were taken under ad
visement but one. which waa decided in
favor of the defendant, the Lewis Prut
company.
SIDNEY Attorney J. 8. Estes has re
moved to Sulphur. Okl., where he will
engage in the practice of his profession.
Mr. Kates is a native of this (Fremont)
county and one of Its brightest sons. He
naa practiced law in Wdney for the last
four years and waa eiccesful from the
start. Two years ago he was the demo
cratic candidate for congress in the TBhth
district In opposition to the re.toubtuble
Colonel Hepburn and put up a strong
fight, winning renown as an orator and
campaigner, and cutting Hepburn's major
ity irom ii.oco to IS.IW.
Wednesday night and part of yesterday,
and while the atorm was accompanied by
ngnimng ana nan in some parts of the
county, notably the east end about Anita,
wnere tne lightning and hall did much
damage to crops and outbuildings, the rain
on the whole waa welcomed by the farm
ers. Up near Lorah a barn belonging to
Bam Keeta was slightly damaged. Tele
phone wlrea were put down in the country,
but In town no damage was done.
CRKSTON The called nubile meetlnir
last night, held for the purpose of selling
stock in the proposed electric Interurflan
net ween here and Dee Moines, resulted in
J35.O0O being pledged. This with other
pledgee practically subscribed will bring
the sum ud to nearly 3100.000. This is the
first public opportunity given here for buy
ing the slock. It was decided last nignc
to appoint a committee of five persons to
take charge or canvassing tne city to as
sist thu local repreaentativea of the com
pany In raising the required amount asked
of thla place.
MARSHALLTOWN The annual state
convention of the Order of Eaglea ia to be
held in this city June 16, 17 and IX. The
state Eaglea will be tha guests of Mar
shalltown aerie No. 234, and becauae of the
central location of Marshalltown it ia ex
pected that the convention will be the most
largely attended of any ever held In the
state. Waterloo and Cedar Rapids are
both In line to bid for the 1909 state con
vention of the order. Cedar Rapids came
within a few votes of being the choice last
year when Marshalltown secured the con
vention, wnu'll wttfl ueiu iii rfuij, A9vi,
In Council Bluffs. '
ATLANTIC The atorm that passed here
yesterday was peculiar In that the lightnlna
riasnea ana tne rain reu in torrents witit
scarcely a cloud In the sky. It rained all
IOWA FALLS-After years or dickering
It' looks as though the city of Ac k ley and
the Iowa Central Railroad company would
get together and a new depot will be built.
The city council has proposed to donate
the aite the railroad company has long
desired, but the proposition must be ac
cepted and the new depot commenced
within ninety days and no title is to be
given the railroad company until the de
pot, for which plans have neen aUDnntteit,
la completed and ready for occupancy. The
dealgn offered by the company shows a
very attractive passenger depot. '
A; BIT ABOUT NEW ZEALAND
Little KnoTvn of m Stranare Country
Which Onr Jackles Will
Visit.
The battle fleet la to visit Australia and
New Zealand. We know a little of the
former,' practically nothing of the latter,
by many travelera declared to be the fore
most country in the world south of the
equator. Our Jacklea may learn much
there. ,
The original New Zealanders were known
as the most ferocious cannibals and the
most warlike stvages; but they possessed
many noble and affectionate traits. The
warm bodlea of their enemies were cut in
pieces, broiled and devoured with peculiar
satisfaction. They were big, gaunt fel
lows, of Immense muscular force and
great sagacity.
Many an aristocrat in the " country of
Tasman today can trace ihls lineage back
through two centuries to ancestors who
dined on the choicest cuts of .the human
body and enlivened the feast with tra
ditional songs, accompanying themselves
with a rude flute made of the femur of a
abwok.
It la not so many deendea ago when'
Lord Maeaulay, seeking for a peg upon
which to hang one of hla brilliant literary
thrusts or adjustments, selected the "Igno
rant and savage New Zealander" to stand
upon a broken arch of Ixmdon Bridge and
sketch the ruins of St. Fe.ul's.
About that time it was known in Eng
land that the New Zealanders interred
their dead, and they also believed that
the third day after burial the heart sepa
rated Itself from the corpse and waa car
ried to the clouda by an attendant spirit.
Of course, slavery and polygamy were per
mitted. Among the New Zealanders suicide was
an hoporabla way of shuffling off the mor
tal coil. Feople took their lives on the
slightest ' provocation and often without
provocation. For instance a wife, beaten
for some slight fault by her husband,
would hang herself Immediately.
There waa no auch system aa divorce.
A separation meant deaUi for one or both.
Oh, yea, our Jolly tars will learn much In
New Zealand. They might learn more In
Borneo, and If allowed to remain a few
daya In Bajigkok or 81r.gapor welj. Lord
bless eui!-Nw York fresa
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BEDS -This ia a very handsome de
algn, with heavy double and large
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TABLE Thla massive pedestal table, .
made of select quarter-aawed oak,
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FROM PIPE J0 CIGARETTE
John Chinaman Paaaea from roppy
Dope to Coffin Nail for Re
laxation. f
"Chinese are inveterate smokers, and they
like cigarettes, but there are few cigarette
factories tn the empire," Bald M. D. Albert,
a lawyer of Chicago, who haa Just returned
from a tour of the Orient. "A few months
ago a wealthy bean oil manufacturer es
tabllahed a modern cigarette factory at
viunhwmii Two claarette machines of
Japanese manufacture were installed, and
ihA turn out 14O.0CO cigarettes a day. ine
business has proved ao profitable that more
maehinea will soon be put in. w ncn tne
faetnrv waa tarted tho working force con
sisted only of Chinese, but as the business
then was run at a loss, and the owner De-
came susplcioua of the Chlneeo overaeers,
he discharged them and substituted Japa
nese. Blnce then the business nas oeen
i.i.hiv ,r,,ri(tile. Four styles of cigarettes
are made, which are aold at from 41 to iS
cente a box. These boxes contain from uo
niarettes. so it will be seen that they
are much cheaper than in this country. The
Japkneae overseer Informed mo that in the
K-n,.r trades of cigarettes American
leaf tobacco Is used, the tobacco being pur
chased from Chinese Importera. , Most ot
i, i. v'nrth Carolina tobacco. In the cheaper
cigarettes , mixture of Chinese and Ameri
can tobacco ia used.
"This factory employes about eighty
workmen, the majority of whom are boya.
The wages rar.ge from 81 to 81.66 a month
ih. hove and from 83.60 to 85 50 a month
for the more experienced workmen. Tho
wages Include their food, which consists or,
two meala a day."-Washlngton Post.
FAVORITE DISH OF HAWAII
Inroads of American Manners and
Cnatoms Leave Pol I ndls-
orbed.
' Hatlve life la fast becoming a thing of
tho past with the Hawallans and they are
adopting American manners and customs,
but it la doubtful whether the will ever
give up their favorite food, mad from the
laro plant and known aa pol. In yeaia
gone by each native took a particular pride
In producing hla own pol. but nowadays
it la made in factorlea. the work being done
almost wholly by tha native-born China
men, who receive 81 Pr day lor their la-
I was fortunate enough at Lalialna. how
ever to aee thla stuff of life made In. the
old-fashioned way. The taro plant seem
to be a cross between a sweet potato and
a turnip end the root Is long and fleshy.
This after steaming, must be pounded Into
a sort ot flour before mixing. A atone
pe.lle ia used, and often it required l.oura
to beat tha root to the proper conalsteiicy.
When a certain stage Is reached
added and It la wprke.l Into a thin paste,
put Into a barrel and allowed to ferment
The U.te for pol has to be acquired and
few, if any. foreigners v-r care for It as
food; to me It auggested sour starch. It
1. served on the native table In a huge
wooden bowl, known aa a calabash, from
which It is eaten with the fingers, each
member of the family dipping Into the
same dish. .The number of fingers, uaed
la measured by the thickness of th lol
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The Out-land Oaji Range was the flrt
one-piece blue steel range ever pro
duced. The Uarland safety lighter
and latch Insures you aira'.nst acci
dent from explosion. Them are ex
clusive features not found on any
other gas range on thn market. All
lining can he removed without taa
Ing out a single holt or nut. thin
enabling the iiHcr to keep the range
rlean and wholesome, without the
slightest trouble. The tlarlaml cer
tainly peeks for Itself. p ye
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Morris Chair, valued at
810, with every purchase
of $30 or more.
GO-OAST Very strongly hrnced and
securvlv locked, making a perfect
rigid and almost unbreHkaole cart,
folds easy and compactly; finished
In best imitation leather, in black,,
unless otherwise specified, "I
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Some Low Prices
Ton will (lad these big bargautai
Nottingham 7,aoe Curtains. B8o
600 Linsn Snides Mo
76o Oak Taborettes v9o
Boom Slse Rug's, 93.48 and 3.ii8
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three fingers being required for the thin
nest and one for that mlx'.'d to the con
sistency of mush. The taro plant la easily'
cultivated (thla Is also done by Chinamen),
and 1 am told that ono square mile of taro
will feed 15.000 natives. Factory-made pol.
which Is pinkish-purple In color, .costs (1
a bag, about the slse of a flour sack, con
taining an eighth of a barrel. I(. is nu
tritious, cheap and fattening. Tol la tho
principal food of the latias (native feasts.
Roaat pig Is usually the mcut on theee
festive occasions. Leslie's Weekly.
HIGH LEVEL IN MARKSMANSHIP
Remarkable Reeorda Made by Onr
Men .Behind the DIs
Usui.
If this country shpuld become Involved
In a great war. would the marksmanship
of ltb army and navy bo equal to the oc
casion? This question Is anBwered by
Llvingaton Wright In an article on "Shoot
ing to Hit. with big Clans," in the Tech
nical World Magaslne lor April. The ar
ticle la based on tho recent artillery target
practice nt Boston, at Fortress Monroe and
at Magdalena bay.
To appreciate this shooting It is neces
sary to understand that every singlo shot
was necesssarily studied out In the light
of the following facts and conditions: Tho
curvation of tho cnrth, tha spued of tha
projectile, the distance of tho target, the
density of the air, the direction and
speed of the wind, the 'temperature and
uge of tne powder when placed In the gun,
the height of the tide at the moment of
firing, and tho "drift" of " the projectile,
which answera the "curve" of a base bail.
In estimating tho effects of these Influences
there aro , required hairline teleacopts,
thermometers. anemometers. weather
vanes, atop watches and many other deli
cate Instruments.
AVhat. then, will be thought of the data
ment that recently a ten-Inch battery la
the (oft at Boston harbor, firing at a target
four and one-half miles distant and mov
ing at the rate cf five miles an hour, struck
It with every one of six successive shots,
fired within less, than four -minutes, and
that on the following day even thla record
was excelled by a battery of twelve-Inch
guns. The slxe of the turget la not given,
but the hits of both batteries were bunched
In a rectangle of ten to twenty feet.
At Fortress Monro Captain Kilhoura
was called upon recently to fire ut a inov
lng pyramidal turget, without knowing Its
distance or P od. Its dlatance want in fact,
three and half miles. Thu calibre ot the
gun Is not given, but Captain Kilbourn put
four shots through the target In less than
one minute and nine seconds, the last shut
demolishing it.
At Magdalena bay tho whole fleet, steam
ing back and forth In battle tonuutlun, filed
at a target twelve to twenty-une feet In
a'.xe at a. distance of 1,700 yards. The
world's battery lire record was broken, and
on the Maryland the record of hits. with its
six-inch guna was 8.11 tr gun per minute,
while tho record of one of these guns a
i;.5 hits per minute, wh'.ih Is close to t .
world's record fyr a single gun. Chica,j
Record-Herald. 1
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Bee Want Ad Faes vou Bet uuk4 rot arc a
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