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NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA
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Of'ice 15 Scott Street.
MlOfl MBHTIOJf.
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Davis, drugs.
Rtockert Mils esrpeta.
Ed Roger. Tony Fsurt bf r.
trawls Cutler, funeral . director. Thons 17.
Wood ring Undertaking company. Tel. 13.
Pictures for gfta. C. E. Alexander, t33
Broadway.
County Attorney J J. Hm la confined
to Mi homo by sickness. County Treasurer
J. W. Mitchell la also again on the alck
Hit
Oak Leaf camp. Royal Neighbors of
America, win meet In regular eeslrn this
evening. The drill team Is requested to be
present.
We quote facta, not hot air, when we
pay we have the best system of do Ins
fine watch repairing In the city. Try us
once and be convinced. Only reasonable
prices charged. O. Mauthe, 22S B'way.
Fire starting. It Is believed, from a spark
from a chimney among a lot of empty
boxes piled np against one of the sheds.
Old considerable damage last evening at
the Wlioox greenhouse Ho. X
Three Nebraska eoupTea were married In
this city yesterday by RevV Henry DInng.
They were M. A- Pilgrim and Annetta B.
Henderson, both of Omaha; Anton Kohl
lioff and Maude Tansey, both of Albion,
and BUllngton T. Neal and Lucille M.
V right, both of BrownvtUe.
The Bchoentgen family home on South
fltxth street wss entered by thieves Satur
day night or early Bunday. morning and a
quantity of wearing apparel stolen. The
house has been unoccupied since the recent
death of Mrs. Bchoentgen. A large suitcase
filled with clothing was dropped by the
thief or thieves In the . alley at the rear
of the house. Entrance wss secured by
unlocking the rear door with a skeleton
key.
Mike Roppo, said to be a railroad
laborer, was arrested by the police last
night at the Instance of O. K McAnllne,
local agent for the Great Western railroad
It was state 1 at police headquarters that
Knppo was suspected of stealing railroad
transportation and that an Information
would be filed against him this morning.
Jtoppo said his home was In Omaha and
that he came to this aids of the river In
search of work.
William King filed suit for divorce in the
district court yesterday against IJr.ile
King, to whom he was married February
SO, 1M0, In Creston, la. He charges his
lfe with deserting him In August, WW,
end also alleges that prior to leaving him
she had treated him In a cruel and Inhuman
manner. In his petition the plaintiff says
that while the defendant offered no rihys
Ical violence to his person, she Incited
others to do him bodily Injury."
The preliminary hearing of Albert Hogan,
charged with breaking into the warehouse
f J. R. Lindsay on Tuesday night of last
week and stealing fur pelts valued at over
I3E0, was continued in police court yester
day until Wednesday morning. J. W.
McNeecn and C. Oi Kempster. employed
at the Rock Island railroad sandhouae, yes
terday Identified Hogan as a man they
found asleep in the sandhouse lale Turs
1sy night. At the time Hngan had with
him a sack, which the railroad men say
contained grcn hides. Tuesday night was
the coldest of the wlrter and Hogan or
the man with the sack of hides, sought
the sandhouae to get warm.
OLD MAN INJURED BY TRAIN
Araa and Lee Severed and Victim
Probahly Will Die.
Hanc L. Petersen", an aged cobbler, liv
ing at 1511 Third street, was struck and
thrown, beneath the wheels of a freight
train yesterday morning In the yards of
the Chloago -Great . Western railroad,
near tho corner of Sixteenth avenue and
Third street. His right arm was severed
at the shoulder and his right leg below
the knee. He was taken to Mercy hos
pital, where hti Injuries, which are ex
pected to prove falsi, were attended to by
City Physician Tubbs.
Petersen Is 77 years of sge and Is said
to be totally deaf. Although there were
no actual eyewitnesses of the accident. It
Is believed that Petersen was Injured
while picking up coal. The train had
been atandlng attll and the unfortunate
ma t was caught under the wheels of the
caboose when the engine was coupled on.
It la supposed that Petersen was reach
ing under the cars for eoal when the
coupling on of the locomotive moved the
cars.
Petersen has a wife and two sons'. His
hoe shop was at his home.
Committees far Y. M. C. A.
Joe W. Bmlth, chairman of the young
men's committee appointed to assist in the
campaign to raise the money needed for
the completion Of the Young Men's Chris
tian association building In accordance with
the original plans has divided his commit
tee Into ten groups with the following
chairmen: '
Group No. 1, K. L. Empkle; group No. 3,
Louis Orcutt; group No. 3, Frank Capell;
group No. 4. C. K. Swanson; group No. 5,
Henry Petersen; group No. t. Dr. D. W.
Met all; group No. 7, Koy unvoi; group No.
8, George E. VanMrunt; group No,
9. Dr.
Mac Hanchett: group No
10.
Prof. E. R.
Jackson.
The chairmen and members of the sev
eral subcommittees will meet this evening
at association headquarters, 122 South Main
street, to arrange plans for the canvass for
subscriptions..
Now lor a
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Refreshing
Smoke
CIGrAK.
A. A. CLARK & CO.
LOW! MOUEY Oil
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Twenty Tear of
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BOTH I SIT.
BLUFFS.
Both 'Phones 43.
REDUCTION IN WATER RATES
Council Passes Ordinance on Subject
to the Third Reading.
ATTORNEYS TO AH) IN BOND CASE
Hart A Tinier to Act Under Old Corn
tract and Receive no Pay Unless
the Case la Appealed From
the District Coart.
A new water rate ordlnanoe, calculated
to materially reduce the revenues of the
Council Bluffs City Water Works company
was Introduced at the meeting of the city
council last night, rushed through under a
suspension of the rules to the third reading
and then laid over to the next meeting
only at the urgent request of Mayor Ma
loney and Councilman Bellinger.
The following resolutions having reference
to fire hydrant rentals were adopted:
Wheraa, Some of the hydrants of the
Council Bluffs Water Works company are
by reason of their location Utterly useless
to the city of Council Bluffs and that other
hydrants are situated so low as to require
digging about them when making connec
tions: that some of said hydrants are fur
nished with such Insufficient water pres
sure as to be useless in case of fire, and
Whereas, The city of Council Bluffs has
been paying hydrant rental upon the same,
therefore be it
Resolved, That the committee on fire and
lights he Instructed to report the number
and location of hydrants which are of little
or no use to the city, and he Instructed to
report the number of and location of all
hydrants which do not come up to the ne
cessities for furnishing fire protection
within the loclalltles where situated, and
to report the location of such hydrants and
to report the condition of hydrants generally
over the city, with a view to their use by
the fire department, and to report the con
dition of the same as to being buried or out
of repair or unsuitable for use for fire pur
poses, therefore be it
Resolved, That the city solicitor be in
structed to collect from the Council Bluffs
City Water Works company by suit or
otherwise any and all sums which may
have been overpaid to the said company
for hydra.nt rentals due to claims made by
the said company under any former ordi
nances or by reasoa of mistake, error or
defective and Inefficient hydrants or which
which said sums may have been wrong
fully exacted from the city from any cause
whatever.
Attorneys for Bend Case.
The following resolutions authorising the
committee on water works to secure
the services of Harl A Tlnley, attorneys,
to assist the city solicitor In defending the
suit brought by the C. B. Nash company of
Omaha to enjoin the city from Issuing the
proposed (600.000 water bonds:
Your committee on water works has
been advised by the city solicitor that un
der the contract with special counsel.
Messrs. Harl & Tlnley. the city can require
their assistance In the case now pending
in tne federal court witnout rurtner expense
to the city for their services, further pay
ment under the contract being due only
upon an appeal of the case to the court
or appeals or to the supreme court, ana
upon consultation with the said firm of
Harl A Tlnley your committee finds that
It Is willing to perform this service and to
treat this case as Included within the con
tract. It being understood that the contract
as to payment In case or the appeal of the
rase shall lie carried out and If appealed
that they shall render service In that
branch . of the case as well as In
the lower court and receive payment ae-
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recommend that Messrs. Harl A Tlnley be
requested to assist the city solicitor In the
litigation now pending. In compliance with
the terms of the contract heretofore- en
tered into between that firm and the city
un juiy i, ut,.
The employment of Messrs. Harl and Tin
ley was vigorously opposed by Mayor
Malnney, who contended that it was a
needless expense.
"It Is a mere question of law. Of course
If the city solicitor says he needs assistance
In conducting this case for the city why
well and good, but If he does' not I do not
see the use of the city paying out an ad
ditional $2,500 for the hire of more lawyers.
We settled up with Harl and Tlnley and
we are under no obligation to them any
more. We paid them $5,000, but now if
they are brought Into this case I suppose
we will have to pay them 2,500 more under
their contract.
City Solicitor Kimball was present- but
he did not enlighten the mayor as to
whether he needed assistance In defending
the Nash company suit or not.
The other resolutions were adopted with'
out discussion. They were all Introduced
by the. committee on water works, which
also presented the new rate ordinance.
Cats Water Revenue.
The new rate ordinanace Is avowedly
calculated to cut down the revenues of the
water company to a figure which In the
estimation of the committee, of which
Councilman Jensen is chairman, will be
more In proportion to the value of the
I present plant.
I It was the desire of the committee to
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There's something about
the bouquet and flavor of
a King Alfred 10 cent
Cigar that places it 'way
ahead of any cigar ever sold
at that price. Having a
straight Havana filler with
a Sumatra wrapper, the
makes a delightfully soothing,
refreshing smoke. Smokes
evenly and sweetly from end
to end. From the first puff
to the last whir? it makes you
forget there's such a thing as
dull cart, in the world.
ASK YOUR CIGAR MAN. '
Chan. Donovan Cigar Co.,
Dlitrlhuters.
Oinaha, Neb., btoux City, Iowa,
LAKUEK blZK, 15c
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
AT ONE-HALF TUB USUAL RATES.
Bacc sfml Buatneaa.
lliaiiissliea Ths Clark Mtrirs Co..
ibO. , TLNLiU, IT.
reduce rates so thst the revenues of the
company would not exceed (W.COO per
annum, but as Councilman Morgsn stated,
this had not been accomplished and under
the proposed new rstes the revenues of the
company would be over $70,000. "We
figured," said Mr. Morgan, "to fix the rates
so as to produce an equitable and fair
revenue on a plant valued at $4(0,000, which
la what we consider the utmost value of
the present plant."
While the existing rates are reduced
practically all along the line, the most Im
portant change In the proposed ordinance
Is the reduction In the hydrant rental. The
new ordinance reduces the rental of hyd
rants from $00 to $40. Besides providing
for this reduction in the hydrant rental
the ordinance stipulates that all hydrants
not affording actual fire protection shall
be removed.
The s c;lon of the proposed new ordinance
governing the hydrant rentals is as fol
lows:
That the said city shall pay any such
Individual or corporation owning and op
erating a water woiks plant in the city
of Council Bluffs, the sum of $10 per annum
the rate of hydrant rental per hydrant
That such rate per year per hydrant shall
be paid by the city for said rental, on all
fire hydrants maintained by such individ
ual or corporation In a serviceable and
efficient condition and which will throw
two streams each from a one-Inch nossle
to a height of fifty feet when attached to
hose 260 feet or less In length, and which
will on the same main at the same time
throw one such stresm from each of two
hydrants. Provided, said hydrant rental
shall be paid only upon such hydrants as
are now used In said city and 3s shall be
selected by the city council as being ser
viceable for use in case of fire. But the
said water works company shall not be
required to maintain any hydrants which
the said city council shall determine are
not necessary for fire protection and which
meet the requirements hereinbefore speci
fied. That for all other hydrants not found
by the city council to be necessary for
fire protection or which fa'l to meet the
requirements herein provided, the city
Shalt pay no hydrant rental.
Some of the changes proposed are, rate
for dwelling houses not exceeding six
rooms, reduced from $7 to $6; bath tubs
In private residences, present rate of $4.50
to W, reduced to $3.26; barber shops, one
chair, reduced from $10 minimum to $5;
restaurants, present rate of $10 to $00, re
duced to $10 to $30.
Meter rates are reduced from S5 cents
per 1,000 gallons to SO cents, and so on.
The only other business transacted by the
council was the allowing of the usual grist
of bills for the preceding month. An ad
journment was taken to Wednesday after
noon.
CRECHE
BEING
APPRECIATED
Assail Meeting- Discloses Prosperous
Condition.
That the Associated Charities, with its
creche on East Pierce street, has come
to be recognised as a needed Institution In
Council Bluffs and was receiving the gener
cus support of the citizens, was the state
ment of Miss Caroline Dodge at the annual
meeting of the organization yesterday
afternoon when she was re-elected presi
dent for the ensuing year.
Referring to the recognition which the
association In Its work la receiving. Miss
Dodge said: "We are meeting with a
wider Interest and support from the cltl
ens of our city. We are finding that our
members will make many sacrifices of time
and pleasure to meet the Tlemands of mem
bership In the organisation and service
upon committees. Is this wider Interest
In the charity work In the city due to the
fact that we are realising that we owe
to the community In which we live a deeper
Interest In each member of that com
munity? It acems to me that we are be
ginning to realise that we are not bestow
ing charity, but paying a debt to those
less fortunate than ourselves."
In her address the president referred with
feeling to the loss the association had sus
tained In the death of the late E. L. Bhug
art, whose gift of $8,000 made possible the
berttiful home of the creche cn East
rierce street.
The- other officers elected were: Vice
president, Mrs. Lewis Cutler; recording
secretary, Mrs. II. P. Barrett; correspond
ing secretary, Mrs. Fred Johnson; treas
urer, Mrs. W. H. Dudley; auditors, Mrs.
George T. Phelps and Mrs. J. W. Bell; hU
torian, Mrs. J. P. Greenshlelds.
The trustees elected are Mrs. Horace
Everett, Mrs. Frank Keellne, Mrs. J. P.
Greenshlelds, Mrs. Frank Clark, Mrs. F. T.
True, Mrs. F. W. Miller, Mrs. H. W.
Binder, Mrs. George Keellne, Mrs. C. D.
Parmalee, Mrs. T: J. Shugsrt, Mrs. A.
Metzger, Mrs. M. "Wollman, Mrs. D. S
Frank, Mrs. J. P. Hess, Mrs. 8. T. McAfee,
Mrs. J. B. Atkins. Mrs. F. J. Schnorr,
Mrs. H. A. Qulnn, Mayor Thomas Maioney,
Major George H. Richmond and General
Grenvllle M. Dodge.
Chairmen of standing committees were
appointed by the president as follows:
Ways and means, Mrs. Lewis Cutler; mem
bership, Mrs. F. W. Miller; nursery, Mrs.
F. J. Schnorr; relief, Mrs. J. P. Green
shlelds; house. Mrs. Adolph Beno. ,
The report of Mrs. Johnson, matron of
the creche and superintendent of the relief
work of the association, showed that 100
children had been cared for at the crccha
during tho year. Of these eighteen were
under 1 year of age, thirty-two under S
years and fifty over 5 years. Thero were
only two deaths at the creche during the
year, one being from diphtheria and the
other from whooping erugh.
Thirty-eight of the children were cared
for at the creche because of the separation
of the parents, six because deserted by
mother, twenty because deserted by father,
twenty-seven on account of sickness, three
were orphans and six were deserted by
both parents. The parents of ten of the
children had been reunited through the
efforts of the matron.
Seventeen girls and five women had been
provided with temporary lodging and board,
while employment had been found for
twenty-eight girls, twenty women and
seventeen men.
The receipts of the creche for the year
amounted to $1,863.3$. A system of conduct
ing the creche on a cash basis since last
Beptetnber hds been adopted.
The report of Mrs. W. II. Dudley, the
treasurer, showed that the receipts of tha
association from all sources for the year
were $3,326.80 and the disbursements $3,208.80,
leaving a balance of but $07 with which to
start the new year.
In addition to a note of $1,000, the associa
tion had a flouting Indebtedness of $530
at the first ct the year.
The meeting was held In the parlors of
the First Presbyterian church and was
well attended. At the close of the business
session refreshments were served.
Albert Hlaebaaa Dead.
Albert Hlnebaugh, 1-30 Sixth avenue, died
yesterday morning at the Kdmundson
Memorial hospital, aged 48 years.
Deceased was formerly a railroad con
ductor on the Northwestern and I'nion Pa
cific roads. Seven years ago while em
ployed as yardmaster for the Missouri,
Kansas A Texas railroad at Gainesville,
Tex., he wss seriously Injured and was
compelled to quit railroading. He had been
an Invalid more or less evsr since.
He was a member of the Masonic lodge
at Redfleld, la., of the Order or Railway
Conductors at Oskaloosa. a charter member
of the Elks lodge at I.arml, Wyo., and
a member of the lodge of Knight of
Pythias at Denison, Tsx. He Is survived
by his wife.
Tha body wag taken last awning to
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Mount Pleasant, la., for burial, being
escorted to the depot from Cutler's under
taking establishment by members of the
local Masonic lodges.
neal Estate Transfers.
These transfers were reported to Tha
Bee January 11 by the Pottawattamie
County Abstract company of Council
Bluffs:
Portsmouth Savings bank to Oeorge
Borwlck, lot 14, block . Harrison
Street addition to Council Bluffs,
w. d $ 1
Verne Benjamin and wife to F. .1.
Pay, lot 2. block ,T3, Kerry addi
tion to Council Bluffs, w. d 1,200
J. W. Hqulre and wife to Josephine
Whyte. lots S and 40, block 5.
Squires' addition to Council Bluffs,
w. d S.B00
Three transfers, total.
.$4,701
Marriage Licenses.
Licenses to wed were Issued yesterday
to tho following:
Name and Residence.
M. A. Illgrlm. omaha
Anr.etta U. Henderson, Omaha
Ant .in Kohlhof, Albion, Neb
Maude Tansey, Albion, Neb
Blllli.gton T. Neal. Hrownvllle, Neb
Lucillo M. Wright, Brownvllle, Neb
Age.
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..45
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SALE OP I.NTEIUTRBAN DENIED
President and General Manager Are
Emphatic,
BOONE. Ia., Jan. 12. (Special Telegram.)
President Homer Lorlng and General
Manager Black of the Newton A North
western and Fort Dodge, Des Moines
& .Southern Intern rban today author
ised a denial of the published stor
ies that the Chicago & North
western company was contemplating pur
chasing the line. President Lorlng is to
return to Boston tonight. He said emphati
cally that no sale was even contemplated.
"Of course If any one has the money the
road can be bought."
Plans are being formulated here for elec
trifying the north end of the Newton &
Northwestern, twenty-seven miles, from
Fort Dodge Junction to Rockwell City.
CENTRAL. SHOPMEN MAY GO OUT
Entire Force of Iowa Road Threat
ens to Renew Strike.
MARSHALLTOWN. Ia., Jan. 12. (Special
Telegram.) Another strike of the entire
shop force of the Iowa Central railroad Is
threatened because the company has given
employment to W. D. Toler, roundhouse
foreman, at Monmouth, 111., who shot and
killed George W. Daviea, a striker. In this
city during the strike last summer. Toler
was acquitted In the Tama county court
He has been mads night foreman of the
roundhouse at Monmouth, 111. Notice has
been served on the company that unless
Toler Is removed the shop force of the en
tire line will strike.
City Clerks Organise.
IOWA FALLS, Ia., Jan. 12. (Special.)
Every city and town clerk In the state Is
interested In a movement that culminated
in a committee moetlng Saturday, for the
purpose of organizing the accounting of
ficers, of the ' municipalities of the state
with a view to bringing about uniformity
In the conduct of the affairs of the clerks'
offices throughout Jowa. At the-meeting
Saturday the committee formulated a re
port outlining the proposed organization,
which will be submitted to the next annual
meeting of the lows League of Municipali
ties for approval. The new organization.
It Is proposed, will ha a part of the league
and will co-operate with that organization
In ' bringing about' 4-eforms and improve
ments in the uniformity of municipal book
keeping and accounting.
Place for fereston Man.
CRESTON, Ia., Jan. 12.-(8poclal Tele
gram.) Ex-County School Superintendent
Frank M. Abbott of this city has been ap
pointed, by Auditor Bleakly as assistant
state Insurance examiner and assumes the
new duties Thursday, January 14.
Iowa News Notes.
CRESTON Dr. ,J. R. Suunders, assistant
state veterinary surgeon, died at his home
in Corydon lust wenk. He had submitted to
an operation for appendicitis the previous
Sunday.
CRESTON The dates for the annual
farmer's Institute held at Afton have been
announced for February 18, 19, 20, and
plenty of Inducements In the way of
premiums are offered by the Afton mer
chants. CRESTON Word has been received by
the relatives of Bruce Smith, a former
Burlington railroad man at this place, of
his death from acute pneumonia, at Fort
Worth, where he has been running a train
out of that city for a number of years.
His mother and a sister, Mrs. Ed C. Keith
live here.
CRESTON Oscsr Rayburn, son of J. L.
Rayburn of Corydon, wss slabbed to death
in Chicago recently while engaged In a
dispute with a Kansas City man over the
relative merits of Chicago and Kansas City.
Young Rayburn was a soldier and was
born and spent his boyhood days near
Corydon.
CRESTON The home of P. H. Stanfleld
of this city Is sadly afflicted. A few days
ago Mr. Stanfleld was stricken with
apoplexy and now Ilea in a low and critical
condition. His wlfo is also very 111 and
hourly growing weaker and her recovery
is doubtful. Their daughter, Mrs. Gray, Is
also severely 111.
CRESTON News of the death of Mrs.
Edward Ierr, wife of a former prominent
business man of this i place, has bern re
.ivrl here. She died In Denver. Colo..
Saturday from asthmatic and dropsical
trouble. She and her daughti-r went to
Denver several months sgo In the hope of
benefiting Mrs. Derr's health, but tha
quest was hopeless.
IOWA FALLS-Pr. W. M. Morton of this
city ajtaln heads the Hardin County Medi
cal association, having been re-elected at
the annual meeting held last week. The
other officers of the society chosen at the
ssme time ere Dr. W. E. Marh of Eldora,
vice president: Dr. James W. Thornton
of Arkelv. treasurer, and Dr. W. E. Whit
ney of Eldora. secretary,
IOWA FAT.TS The foreclosure of a Hen
on the Catholic church at Dougherty,
northeast of this citv. promises to preci
pitate a big hit of litigation and the out
come will attract much attention among
members of that faith In this part of the
state. The Hen Is for $1 954. and Is filed bv
a lumber concern at Mason City, which
now proposes to realise bv foreclosing. The
building committee of the church will
claim that the construction of the edifice
was fa"y and that the contractor did
not fulfill his agreement.
Don't Diet For Fat
You have no appetite for gruel, have
you? By the same token, if you scale In
excesa of ISO pounds, I know you have no
great liking for gymnasium stunts. As a
rule fat folks are neither athletic nor as
cetic, except under compulsion, and now
adays they are not under compulsion to
be either, no matter how necessary It Is for
them to reduce. There Is a tnird, beuer,
and surer way of getting rid of super
fluous flesh.
The trouble with both dieting and exer
cise Is, first the trouble; second, the dan
gertfatty heait); third, wrinkles; and,
fourth, stomach disgust. You are liable to
all four If you exercise or diet. On the
other hand, you can sidestep all four, and
still reduce as much or little as you
please, even up to losing a pour.1 a day
If you see fit, by taking a teaapoonful
aftor meals and at bedtime of the follow
ing simple home receipt: One-half ounue
Marmola. V ounce Fluid Extract Cascara
Aruiualte, and J Si ounces Peppermint
Water.
Any druggist will fill this prescription
for you cheaply, and yoj may lake li wltn
perfect I'unildvnce that It will do no man
ner of harm. Instead it almust Invariably
Improves tha healia and, likewise tiic
wuiplf ltioo.
If you have been worrying over lack of
money Read Bee Want Ads.
See how easily you can get it see how
unwise it is to worry.
You will read the ad of someone who will
pay cash for your old furniturethat will re
mind you that you have an old sideboard and
some pictures in the attic. Bring them down
and sell them.
Some woman who is unable to make dresses
will gladly pay you what you ask to make hers.
You can find a desirable boarder; you can
earn a set of dishes by writing letters. You can
exchange your oil stove for a carpet sweeper.
You will learn of hundreds of other ways
of making money.
Start to read Bee Want Ads TODAY.
START MADE ON ECONOMY
Iowa Legislature Proposes to Utilize
Clerks Where Needed.
POLITICAL HARMONY IN SIGHT
Five Contests To Be Heard, One ia the
Senate and the Others In the
liou HeCon teat in Elec-
toraJ College.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES, Jan. 12. (Special.) The
house of representatives of the Thirty-third
Iowa general asssembly In Its opening ses
sion mado a stagger toward retrenchment.
With commendable motives Representa
tive Arney of Marshalltown led the move
ment for keeping down the number of com
mittee clerks and succeded In getting es
tablished the same rule as two years ago
that all clerks must pass an examination
and be subject to the demand of any mem
ber of the house. Tho number was fixed
at thirty-eight, thirty for the republicans
and eight for the democrats. But while this
step wss taken toward keeping down the
expenses of the state the house elected
thirteen assistant doorkeepers for the three
doors opening Into that legislative chamber.
Then they consumed three-quarters of an
hour In a discussion whether the old mem
bers should be given the privilege of re
taining their former seats, the outcome of
which was that It was decided all names
should go into the hat for a drawing.
There was strong evidence at the opening
session however that the "business of the
session will not bo Impaired by political
factionalism and strife. Upon motion of
Representative Meredith of Cass county,
formerly a strong "progressive," Represen
tative Harding of Woodbury county, known
as a "standpatter," was made temporary
chairman. The compliment was returned
when Representative Hackler of Webster
(standpatter) offered the name of Guy
Feely of Waterloo (progressive) as the cau
cus nomlneee for permanent speaker. The
democrats nominated for speaker Charles
Miller of Waverly, who, after the vote was
cast, made a motion to make it unanimous
for Feely. He was then appointed to assist
In escorting the new speaker to the chair.
Then Mr. Feely In his address promised
that all men, regardless of party, would
receive recognition snd treatment on the
floor of the house erp:nl from his hands.
Then Nels J. Iee of Emeet county (pro
gressive) was made speaker pro tem. Truly
there la appearance of more political har
mony In the Iowa house of representatives
than for years. ' The lower house Is well
organized to do good and rapid work If It
Is so Inclined.
Contests for Meats.
With the contest over organizations In the
two branches of the Iowa legislature ended,
the Interest now centers about the con
tests of members from severs! districts
for seats In ths legislature. There are
five contests In the house and one in the
senate.
Speaker Freely Is expected to appoint the
committee on contests Immediately, that
they may get to work hearing the testi
mony. He will appoint this committee pre
ceding the other committees. In the senate
this committee cannot be named until the
senate Is permanently organized, with
Lieutenant Governor Clarke In the chair,
next Thursday. In the senate the one con
test Is brought by A. F. N. Hamilton
against John Ream (democrat) rtt Ma
haska county. Mi. Hamilton Is here, ready
to urge his claims before the contest com
mittee. One of the most Interesting fights be
fore the house contest committee will be
the one from Clinton county, wherein Sid
D. Robb (republican) will try to unseat Al
bert W. Kendail of Delmar. Mr. Robb is
here and says he expects to stay right on
the field until the battle Is fought out and
decided. Mr. Kendall la In his seat. Mr.
Robb's claim Is thst he was Illegally
counted out by twenty-six votes. He ss
serts that In four precincts In Clinton, over
100 bsllota were thrown out by judges and
not counted, because the voter had placed
a mark In front of the name of William
H. Taft. The tickets were -egularly voted
every other wsy. He contends this mark
should not destroy the ballot or disfran
chise the pisn who made it. If the con
test committee and the house of repre
sentatives rake this view he will be given
the seat In the house. This same claim Is
made by Mr. Hamilton In the senate In his
contest against Mr. Ream.
The other contests In the house are by
W. T. Davidson of Hamburg against A. V.
Penn of Fremont county (democrat), de
clared eleoted by five votes; I. D. Teter
of Marion county, against George W. Gro
ler; S. M. Corrle against Robert Baxter
(democrat), elected by eleven majority; and
L. F. Springer (democrat) of Buchanan
county, against B. F. Stoddard, declared
elected by two votes.
Electoral Colleare Contest.
There was a lively tilt In the Iowa elec
toral college when it met at the state house
today. It was discovered that one mem
ber was not present Mr. Anderson of
Mason City. He had written a letter, how
ever, to ex-Speaker Bowen of the Iowa
legislature, one of the electors, recommend
ing the eleotlon of William Muse of Mason
City to fill his place. Mr. Bowen, however,
offended some of the electors in some way
and they demanded a. secret ballot. When
the first ballot was counted Lafe Young,
sr., of Des Moines had seven votes, Muse
three, and two scattering. On the second
ballot Young received ten and Muse three.
Then the electors sent for Young, but he
could not be found for several hours and
the selection of a messenger to Washing
ton was accordingly delayed. T. F. Ander
son was finally chosen for the position.
BROWN TO TALK AT DA VEX PORT
nallroad Man Principal Speaker at
Commercial Clab Banquet.
DAVENPORT. Ia.. Jan. 12. (Special.)
W. C. Brown, president of the New York
Central, and J. C. Lincoln, commissioner of
the traffic bureau of the Merchants' ex
change of St. Louis, will be the principal
speakers at the annual banquet of the
Davenport Commercial club Thursday even
ing, January 14. President Brown sends
word that his subject will be "The Farmer,
the Country and the Railroads," and Mr.
Lincoln will speak on "The Railroad Ques
tion from a Shippers' Viewpoint."
Three hundred business men of eastern
Iowa and western Illinois are expected to
be present.
Davenport After Grange Meeting.
DAVENPORT. Ia., Jan. 12.-(8peclal Tele
gram.) Davenport business men met today
and Inaugurated a movement to secure the
meeting of the National Grange next No
vember. The place of meeting Is to be de
Franklins have always com
bined high power with strength
and . light weight
That gives them good speed and carrying
ability. They were always air-cooled. They
have no water-cooling apparatus to carry. That
cuts out weight and complication and all kinds
of trouble right at the start. It simplifies the
whole automobile. Franklins being air-cooled
have nothing to freeze. You can use any Frank
lin every day in the year.
ffi-lVjj U M
GUY L.
310-312 South 19th St.,
How to get
dollars
from Bee
Wait Ads
cided by the executive committee rn Wash
ington January 23, and it Is understood to
favor a meeting In the middle west this
year.
Blacksmith Commits Suicide.
LEMARS, la., Jan , 12. (Special Tele
gramsTimothy Klme, a blacksmith, aged
about 46, committed suicide at .Vest-field
by shooting himself through the light tem
ple. . Klme had been on a protracted spree.
He leaves a wife and family at Early,. Ia.
A nella-lona Author's Jtatemeat.
For sevetal years I was afflicted with
kidney trouble and last winter I, was sud
denly stricken with a severe pain in my
kidneys and was confined to bed eight days
unable to get up without assistance. My
urine contained a thick white sediment ami
I passed same frequently day and night.
I commenced taking Foley's Kidney
Remedy, and the pain gradually abated and
finally ceased and my urlno became nor
mal. I cheerfully recommend Foley's Kid
ney Remedy. For sale by ail druggists.
FLOOD VISITS HAYDEN STORE
Clerks In Basement Wade In Water
Over Shoe Tops for Time Be
eanse Water Pipe Bnrsts.
Six Inches of wster flooded the basement
of the Hayden Brothers"'store at 8 xteenth
and Dodge streets at noon Monday, when
the head of a four-Inch water main was
blown off. t'ntll workmen from the water
company arrived and shut off the supply
of water to the building, men went about
In the basement with the water over their
shoetops, unless they had rubber boots to
wear. The force of the stream that poured
Into the shipping room, where the break
occurred, was so great that no one could
go near the main to turn off the water,
and two clerks, Elmer Wagcn and Oeorge
Benjamin, who were near by, were knocked
against the wall by the piece of pipe which
was blown off. Joseph Hayden of the firm
of Hayden Bros., refused to estimate the
damage, but declared that not much of the
stock of hardware, crockery and groceries
was seriously damaged and that Insurance
was carried. The water soon ran out by
way of the sewer vents In the concrete
floor. ,. ;
A Life Sentence
of suffering with throat and lung trouble
Is quickly commuted by Dr. King's New
Dlscowry. 50c and 11.00. For sale by
Beaton Drug Co. ' .
MODEL H, $3750.
(Top Extra)
Isvsa tsagsr, 42 k.s. tlx-cyliBdrr sir
seals ser, saUcuvs Irssimliiisa, 127-ia.
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in, nra BWM. mqm as
dens Is raaMe sssi raasheat. DM. Uateas
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SMITH, '
OMAHA. NEBR.
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