TOE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 24. 1P0D.
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BLUFFS.
Both 'Phones 43.
V MINOR MENTION.
Iftvlt, drugs. '
Hteickert sells carpet.
Kg Roitri, Tony Faust beer.
tie wis Cutler, funeral director. 'Phone J7.
WiHMfrtni I'ndertaklng rompany. Tel. int.
Majestic ranges. P. C. De Vol Hdw. Co.
The laying rf the floor In the Auditorium
riiitldlng In practically completed.
IRA NO E BALK TODAY at Bartel &
Miller, 2b centa per dosen. Telephone 3&9.
2 per cent discount on wall
, Pater, c. jensen. masonic tem-
i Jttst to morn day of the 10 per cent
; discount sale on shoes, at Duncan's, 23
Uifr St.
A.VNIXAT, 50 PER CENT DlflCOl'N T
o frames made vp from mould
ings ALEXANDER'S, 331 B'WAY.
Xha! having trouble with your eyes? Bp
O. '.Mauthe, 228 Broadway, and have your
glasses rutca right. Prices reasonable
county supervisors, after disposing
some routine matters yesterday morn-
adjourned at noon until January 29.
JnYtn Dunn, Wllhelma Francis A Co. In
'"The Holdup:" a comedy sketch, Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, at the Diamond
theater.
Rev. Henry Deling performed the mir-
i.och
iwoml,
che
glasses
TBe
of aoni
i lnV ad
nag ceremony yesterday for Adam
1 net, and Fysnna Ralmer, both of Gler
; Viti nd for Arthur Wentsel and Itlani
) l 'W etanwood,, both of Omaha.
I order was received bv the clerk
1 a- district court vesterday from Jn
of
idee
Rn denying the application of A. O. Oll-
Ct In Ms suit against the first National
production of nooks of Ernest
Incorporated, and Ernest E. Hurt,
not made defendants In the ac-
f Ct In Ms su
LI ink for the
l ' I . tlart. Incor
I 1 "4 were not
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1 4k C. Chey
pvne. who rAiired at tlin flr.l
orillie year from the office pf county
aufttor. will leuve today for Gooding,
Idaho, where he bus rented a 170-acre fsrm.
N Cheync snd the children will visit
revives at Oakland, la., before Joining
Mw Cheync. Charles Altmansncrger and
fathlly leave today for King Hill. Idaho,
where Mr. Altmansperger has secured forty
of fruit land. He will he located
about thirty mllea weft of Mr. Cheyne.
rfr P. G"lser, was arrested late Thursday
nlitiit at the Metropolitan hotl, where he
WeiS alleged to be dealing faro. An ln
ij rotation charging C!ser with running a
' rVsolln house was filed, but this charge
l dismissed nnd another Information
charging gambling waa filed by Assistant
CoUnty Attorney Ross. On this charge
Jugge .,yder bound Oeisr over to the
gtaurid Jury, fixing his bond at which
heAvaa unable to give, and was committed
to jtlie county Jail.
rtRANGES are now being shipped In ear
Ioa4 lota. We have on sale today the finest
lot:of navel oranges we have had this year,
2o rnts per dosen. We have fine cauli
flower, only 15 centa and 20 cents per head.
Kx-tta choice Jonathan apples, at 65 cents
pet. peck. Try our 25 centa per pound coffee
and; you will use no other. Our customers
coirrn In and tell ua we have the best oysters
In flown. If you want to bake the best
bread you ever had, Just try a sack of our
Golden Rule flour, $140 per sack. We also
have sauerkraut, 10 cents per quart; dill
plisilrs, 15 vents per dosen; Imported Swiss
cheese. 35 cents, and strained honev, In
JurJT. at 25. centa. Rartel & Miller. Tele
phone 308. ,
Pl,l9 FOR STATU UNIVERSITY
At Trsynvr Fearful of Resalt of
Lew Snlarlea.
llr. V.. L. Treynor, who arrived home
jt.rday morning from Des Moines, where
Ka fftlended a meeting of the board of re-
geal or the State university, or which he
Is K member, ia fearful that, the low scale
of Salaries paid the faculty will result In
they university losing Its best teachers.
5Sie meeting was for the purpose of con-
tip(rYi'Slty. The Institution baa an annual
futv) for buildings, but plans for new
ladings must first be submitted to the
legislature ror approval Derore construc
tion? can be ordered. , Plana were adopted
forTan extension of the hospital building
an$- of shops for the engineering depart
ment. The question or a new chemistry
building, or an addition to the present
burhiing of this department was discussed,
but no decision reached. Borne of the re
gents favored submission of plans for a
new gymnasium, but the need of the other
buildings was considered more pressing.
Freight Ante Ca tehee Fire.
An auto freight truck belonging to the
; Omaha Jug and Barrel' company, west
ftiound on Broadway, took fire at Thirty
fourth street. The blase, which resulted,
It was said, from a leakage of gasoline,
alarted under the seat occupied by the
driver. An alarm waa ser t in to the fire
department and No. S company hastened
to the scene, but by the time It reached
there the driver, with the assistance of
some volunteers, had succeeded In ex
tinguishing the flames by shoveling snow
nd wet mud onto the part of the machine
which waa afire. !
I.oeal High School Wlai Debate. '
The Council Bluffs High school debating
team won another victory laat evening over
Missouri Valley High school. The same
queatlon debated with Red Oak was used
at Missouri Valley, only the local debaters
took t he o,! oslt i i Ida I rim t be o le i asl n d
them on that occasion.
There was a large attendance at the de
bate and the Council Bluffs representatives
were given a generous reception. In addl
yyn to the debate the local school had
puvlded on Interesting program of music
na other numbers.
LIVE STOCK VALUES FIXED
Pottawattamie Assessors Meet
Settle Rate for Year.
and
NO SCHEDULE ON REAL ESTATE
Debate Lengthy Whether I.aad Shoald
Re Assessed on Selling Valae or
Rental Brssgbt la and De
rlsloa Sidestepped.
Of the forty assessors of Pottswattamle
county thirty-two were in attendance at
the annual meeting yesterday to discuss
values of real estate and live stock. The
meeting was presided over by L. C. Ward,
assessor of Knox township, while Philip
Cunneen, assessor of Oakland, acted as
secretary.
The following schedule on live stock was
agreed upon:
Bulls, 1 year and older: Ter head, $.
Colts. 1 jesr: Per head. tV; 2-year, til.
Horses: Per head. M: stallions, left to
discretion of assessor; mules, !.
1 year: Per head, z-year,
steers, 1 year, 120;
Heifers.
120.
Cows: Per head. $24
2-veHr 128: J-VMr. t:iR.
Feeding cattle: Four cents per pound.
Hogs, over 8 months: Four cents per
pound.
Bheep and goats: Per head, $.1.
Land Schedale Impracticable.
While valuations of land were discussed
no schedule was agreed upon, this being
deemed impracticable owing to the differ
ence of quality of land In the several town
ships. Some of the assessors expressed the
opinion that land In Pottawattamie county
Is assessed higher than land or equal value
In adjoining counties. The question of
whether land should be assessed on the
basis of Its selling value or on the rental
It brings was discussed somewhat at length.
Opinions differed and the question ' was
left unsolved.
County Auditor Innes was present and
gave the assessors instructions as to their
duties and distributed supplies.
COMMITTEES FOR LINCOLX DAY
Meeting; Tonight to Arrange Program
of Eserelses.
The following committees to take charge
of preparations for tho public celebration
of Lincoln's birthday anniversary were ap
pointed by Chairman John M. Galvln last
night:
Program V. K. Bender, Superintendent
J. H. Beverldge, Leonard Everett. G. F.
IfAighes, Mrs. Page Morrison and Airs. A.
S. Hazelton.
Music L. W. Tulleys, A. A. Covalt, Miss
Grace Barr, J. P. Mulqueen, Mrs. P. J.
Montgomery, Mrs. Walter I. Smith, C. H.
Parks, Mrs. T. V. Harrison and C. W.
Coker.
Finance Mayor Thomas Maloney, TI. W.
Binder, M. F. Rohrer, Mrs. Donald Macrae
and Mrs. 8. T. McAtee.
Place of Meeting William Arnd, J. P.
Hess, P. C. De Vol, Mrs. C. M. Harl and
Miss C. Dodge.
Invitations Mrs. George T. Phelps, Mrs.
J. B. Atkins, H. H. Field. George Csrson,
Captain L. B. Cousins and Mrs.- R. E.
Montgomery. .
Decorations Mrs. D. W. Bushnell, Mrs.
W. A. Southard. Mrs. O.. H. Richmond, J.
V. Cooper. Joq W. Smith, L. ft. Hypes, W.
M. H'endrlx and Roy Wilcox.
These committees will meet to organize
this evening at ,7:30 in the auditorium of
the public library building.
Real Estate Transfers.
These transfers were reported by The Bee
January 22 "by the Pottawattamie County
Abstract company of Council Bluffs:
Ellas F. Engelman to John Engleman,
lots 9. 10, 11, 12 and 13, block 4, Noes
add to Walnut, q. e. d S 1
Cora Engleman to Banie, same, q. c. d 1
Laura A. Ast et al., same, same, q.c d. 1
Annie E. Bone to James B. Bone, pt.
orlg. plat lot 189, Council Bluffs, w.d. 1
Seventh Day Adventlst Church to Iowa
Seventh Day Adventlst association,
pt. lot 8, block 6. Jackson's add. to
Council Bluffs, w. d 1
Portsmouth Savings bank to Edmund
G. Shocmake.-, lot 18, block 2. Street's
add to Obuncil Bluffs, w. d 1
Edith Baker and husband to L. B.
Graves and wife n4 ee' and se4
neS, 26-76-44. w. d
B.OOO
seven transfers 26.006
Total,
Water Works Plana in Thirty Days.
"The revised plans and specifications for
the proposed municipal water works system
will be ready as soon as the financial pre
liminaries are settled," said C. 8. Burns,
senior member of the engineering firm of
Burns & McDonnell of Kansaa City, who
arrived In the city yesterday to consult
with City Engineer Etnyre and further
look the ground over. The plana and
epecificatlona.-Mr. Burns said, undoubtedly
wculd be ready In about thirty days to
submit to prospective bidders for the con
struction of the plant, but he said he
thought It doubtful If other matters In con
nection with the proposition would be set
tled by that time.
Rappo la Trouble Again.
Mike Rappo, who had Just served a sen
tence of ten days In Jail for the theft of an
employe's annual pass from the desk of the
general foreman In the Great Western rail
road yards, waa before Judge Snyder in
Diamonds for All
At prices which' cannot be dupli
cated by our competitors for
the same grade of stones
perfect' in cutting and color.
The large number of stones sold by us since
Inaugurating this season of special induce,
rnents has not depleted our stock. See what
we have.
LEFFERT'S
409 Broadway, Council Bluffs, la.
A. A. CLARK & CO.
LOAD MONEY OH HOUSEHOLD FUENITUBE
AO ANT GHATTVX SKOTMTT AT ONE-HALF THE USUAL RATES.
J Tweatjr l'eaa of tocaaafoj Baalacaa.
C3R5SR MAEff AKD BBOADWAY, OVEH AM ERIC AH KXTTUBM.
No eoanertlon with the firm calling thamaelTea Tte Clark Mortgage Co,
boxh ruoKKa air. jso. p. tial&V mt.
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police court yesterday morning charged
with stealing and cashing an express money
order of $30 belonging to Antonio Scava,
another foreign section hand.
nantly denied the theft, but w
In a local cigar store, who cashed the order
for Rappo, took the stand, he wilted and
admitted having taken the order and aigned
Rcava's name to it.
Rappo waived any further preliminary
hearing and waa bound over to the grand
jury. His bond was fixed at $W. In default
of which he waa committed to the county
Jail. Rappo expressed a willingness to pay
back the I.Tf. and It Is likely thst he will
he given the opportunity to reimburse the
cigar store. The charge on which Rappo.
waa bound over to the grand Jury was that
of forgery.
lert exactly as it is now. Mississippi
nd Missouri river railroad bridges, ele
vators aurh rest estate, buildlnra and
nwiiu DMivn, - - "
Rappo Indig- j "ther property as is not used exclusively
hen the clerk ,n tne operation of the railroads, will be
assessed by local assessors, ah oiner
property. Including main lines, side
track and switches, rolling stock and
property used exclusively In the opera
tion of railroads, will be assessed by the
executive council."
DOWNFALL LAID TO GREEK'S DOOR
Yoang Goodwin ays Qaialce Indaeed
II Ira to Steal.
If the story of Walter Ooodwln, the boy
burglar, told yesterday morning to Major
O. 11. Richmond, chief of police. Is true,
James Quinlce, the cook of the Greek
railroad section gang In the Rock Island
yards, who Is charged with receiving stolen
property, Is responsible for the young mtr.'t
downfall.
Qulnlce was arraigned before Judge Sny
der In police court yesterday morning, but
his preliminary hearing waa continued until
this morning. His bond was fixed at $1,300,
In default of which he was again locked
up In the city Jail.
In telling Chief Richmond the story cf
how he came to start on a career of crime
young Goodwin said that when he left the
Harvey Lewis farm shortly before Christ
mas he had but $5. After being a week In
Council Bluffs without being able to secure
employment this money was exhausted. One
day Goodwin met the Greek, Qulnlce, In a
Broadway pool room and asked him If he
knew a place where he could get work.
The Greek said he did not, but orrered to
buy Goodwin's overcoat, which waa the
young man's own property. Goodwin, being
penniless, sold the coat for $4.50 and with
this money secured a room and continued
his search for work. When the money re
ceived for the overcoat was gone Goodwin
happened to again meet the Greek cook.
Goodwin told tho Greek that he was abso
lutely penniless and must get work some
where. "You go and get clothes and I will buy
them from you," Is what the Greek said to
him, so Goodwin told Chief Richmond.
This, so young Goodwin, declared started
him out robbing houses.
Goodwin, after several dealings with the
Greek cook, thought he whs not receiving
enough for the articles he stole, so he sold
some of the plunder to other members of
the Greek gang of railroad laborers. When
Qulnlce discovered this, Ooodwln said, the
Greek cook became angry and threatened
him that If he did not sell him everything
he secured In his house raids, he would
have him arrested for stealing. Fearing
that the man would carry out his threat
and expose him to the police, Goodwin
handed over everything he stole to the
Greek cook, receiving only what Qulnlce
saw fit to give him.
Goodwin was remarkably successful In
lis short career as a sneak thief and
Qulnlce found himself overburdened with
plunder of every description. To relieve
himself of the surplus, Qulnlce took a quan
tity of the stolen clothing and other ar
ticles and left them at a pool room and
barber ahop conducted by some fellow
countrymen of hla at the corner of Six
teenth and Howard streets, Omaha, whore
they were recovered by the police yesterday.
It was from the Greek that the police
learned where he placed much of the' stuff
bought from young Goodwin. In the quan
tity of plunder recovered by the police yes
terday were two more overcoats and numer
ous other articles of clothing, a woman's
gold watch and a gold bracelet stolen from
the residence of W. Hanna, 216 Tenth ave
nue, a pair of gold trimmed opera glasses
with the owner's name engraved on them,
taken from the home of E. H. Lougee.
A silver match safe and a silver handled
pocketknife, which were among the goods
recovered yesterday, were admitted by
Goodwin to be part of his plunder from the
W. A. Maurer house. Qulnlce, when taken
into custody Thursday evening, had In his
possession a gold handled pocketknife with
Mr. Maurer's name engraved on It.
Ol'TLOOK FOR TERMINAL TAX BILL
Changes Made la Measure aad
tbanees Are It Will Pass.
The prospect for the passage of the
railroad terminal tax bill at the present
sonHlon of the state legislature Is re
garded by City Solicitor Kimball as ex
cellent. Mr. Kimball arrived home yes
terday morning from Des Moines, where
he attended a meeting of the legislative
committee of the Iowa League of Munici
palities, of which he Is chairman. Mr.
Kimball Is also of the opinion that the
bill providing for tTTe condemnation of
public utilities, such as waterworks
plants, will be passed by this legisla
ture. Speaking of the terminal taxation bill
yesterday, Mr. Kimball said:
'We called on some of the prominent
railroad attorneys In Dea Moines for the
purpose of getting their Ideas on terminal
taxation. They have known for a long
time that such a measure waa coming,
and their desire waa chiefly to secure
the passage of a law which would be
fair. They made little objection to as
esement of terminals, their chief oppo
sition, .as expressed, being to the pro
posed method of assessing and the pro
posed method of apportionment
"After consideration of this feature the
committee determined upon a compromise
between the method proposed In the bill
drafted by me and the method now In
use." said Mr. Kimball. "The railroad
companies objected to local assessments
of dtpots, stations and other terminal
property, on the ground that It would
Involve Inequalities and unfair assess
tnenet. The committee decided to leave
the method of assessing terminals in the
hands of the state executive council, as
at present.
"The committee, however, decided to In
corporate In Its bill the system of ap
portionment provided In the preliminary
draft. This method was worked out by
the Council Bluffs men who have been
interested In the subject of terminal tax
ation, and I waa much gratified by the
action of the committee In accepting It.
"Tha bill as adopted by the committee
provides for apportionment of railroads'
taxes on a basis of all trackage, Includ
ing both main and sidetracks, Instead
of on the basis of main line trackage,
which Is the ayatem now followed.
"The effect of the bill, ahould It be
come a law, will be to Increase the pro
portion of railroad property taxed In
cltUs and towns. It will also benefit in
tha same way townships having railroad
terminals within their borders. Town
ships whlah have, railroad mala lines, but
no railroad terminals, will lose slightly
on their school and road taxes, but town
ships having no' railroads at ail will gain
In pre portion as tha county levies are In
creased In the city on railroad property
In cltlea and towna.
"Under tho proposed bill the method
of assessing railroad property will be
nana for Y. M. CA. Meeting.
An interesting program Is being prepared
for the Voting Men's Christian association
mass meeting at the opera house Sunday
afternoon. There will be a number of mu
sical features. Including singing by a male
quartet and Secretary . Harry Curtis has
secured about forty views of Young Men's
Christian association buildings In different
towns within a radlua of about frtt miles
of Council Bluffs which will be thrown
upon a screen. These views are Intended
to show the people of Council Bluffs what
other cities have succeeded In doing In this
respect.
Subscriptions to the building fund did not
come In very briskly yesterday and not
quite $500 represented the result of the
day'a canvass. Tha total secured up to last
evening waa $19,92. exclusive of the $5,000
promised by five business men if $15,000 Is
collected by 10 o'clock of Wednesday night,
January 37.
Marriage Licenses.
Licenses to wed were Issued yesterday to
tho following:
Name and Residence. Age.
Adam Lockner, Glenwood. Ia 21
Fyanna Balmer, Glenwood, Ia 18
Arthur Wentsel, Omaha 24
Blanche Marie Stanwood, Omaha IS
Hamburg Mar Get eir Road.
HAMBURG. Ia., Jan. 23.-(Speclal.)
Wednesdav J. W. Russell, a capitalist of
Adel, and M. H. Miller of Des Moines were
In this city on their way to St Joseph In
the Interests of a proposed line from Des
Moines to Red Oak by way of Adel. Tlu-y
went to St. Joseph to look up the prospects
for extending the line to that point. M,
H. Miller Is vice president and manager of
the company that proposes to build from
Des Moines to Sioux City next summer
and also secretary of the company that ex
pects to build from Des Moines to Council
Bluffs.
Carnegie Medal and Pension.
MARSHALLTOWN, Ia., Jan. 23. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Catherine Schwlndlnger of Du-
buque has become a beneficiary of the
Carnegie hero fund. According to notice
received today Mrs. Schwlndlnger is t
receive a silver medal, a pension of $50 a
month for herself and $5 a month for each
of her seven children under 16 years of
age. 1 hese pensions are to be paid to
the woman because her husband, John
Schwlndlnger, gave up his life last Labor
day In trying to save Louis Trout, who
was drowned in the Mississippi river.
Iowa !Mevrs Notes.
IDA GROVE Charles Hartnebush's lit
tie 2-year-old daughter drank a bottle ot
cough medicine and had a narrow escape
from death. The medicine was evidently
f iled with powerful on gs. The doctors
saved her and she is now all right.
MAR8HALLTOWN A church of the
United Brethren denomination Is to be
organized In this city next week. With the
arrival oi uiaiiop w. M. Weekley or Kan
sas City next Sunday, the preliminary
sieps ror me organization .win be begun.
HAMBURG An early morning wedding
looa piace Wednesday at the Catholic
church when Miss llellce Cross and Herb'
ert Gordon were united i.i marriage, Rev
Father Murphy officiating. Only members
or ine famines were present to witness th3
ceremony.
IOWA CITY-Iowa City will have anew
street railway if the proposed stock com
pany ot Messrs. Negus and Hamlel or this
cuy is carried through. - The. company
which has been tentatively formed will
thoroughly canvass Iowa City and ascer
tain the number of business men who will
purchase stock.
IDA GROVE The Scotch or Ida county
and vicinity will hold their annual festival
In Ida Grove next Monday and at the same
time celebrate Bobby Burns' birthday,
which falls on that day. An elaborate
program lies been arranged and delegates
are expected from Sioux City and many
neighboring towns.
WEBSTER CITY Monday evening at the
armory in this city the largest class in
a -fraternal order ever initialed In Hamilton
county will be taken in by the Modern
Woodmen. There will be ninety in the
class. This big class is the result of a
contest inaugurated among the members.
Following the initiation a banquet will be
served In the basement by the losing side.
IOWA CITY-Dr. Henry Albert, state
bacteriologist, has completed an examina
tion of the brain of the dog which bit -year-old
Cecil Jenkins of Laurens, Ia., the
first patient In the Iowa Pasteur Institute
and has found a negative result which re-
lesses the patient from all danger. Two
rabbits have been Inoculated by the ex-
aminer, however, and their symptoms will
be carefully watched.
IDA GROVE The Ida county farmers'
lnbtltute proved a great success. Hereto
fore little interest las teen shown In these
annual meetings by the farmers, and it was
planned to give them up if this year's
failed. For next year A. C. Garner was
elected president, J. J. Smith vice president
and L. C. Jordan serettry. A. C. I.miham
won the sweepstakes in corn, a $J6 cash
prize, and his name ei graved on Ihe big
AnUerson-Lipton trophy cup of solid silver.
CRK8TON At a Joint meeting of the
Potter post and citizens here last night in
cident to the Lincoln centenary It was de
cided to observe the event on an extensive
scale. Consequently committees have been
appointed to have charge of the various
features that will be carried out. It is
evident from the committees selected that
a unique and elaborate observance of the
great Lincoln's birthday will result. The
public schools are also planning elaborate
programs.
CEDAR FALLS The resignation of Dr.
James E. Snowden from the pastoral rela
tions with the First Congregational church
of this city waa read and accepted last
evening to take effect August 1. Dr.
Snowden upon that date will close a pas
torate In this city of twelve years and a
ministry of fifty years and will at that
time be 75 years old. He was elected pas
tor emeritus and the church made provi
sion for his home and something towards
his future support
A FT ON A rtecullar anri wM H n o- I r. ,.!.(,. .
happened at the home of George Blair one
B hub wem. Mrs. uiair was called
up by telepiione by her daughter and while
talking was suddenly taken sick and
fainted. In a few moments anoth.-r daugh
ter entered the room and seeing her
mother lying on the floor, supposed she
had been stricken with apoplexy, and being
thoroughly frightened, full to the floor in
a dead faint Just at this moment Mr.
Blair appeared on the scene and was also
overcome and Joined the wife and daughter
In a fainting attack.
GRIN NELL Mrs. Elizabeth Shaw, who
has been ror some yejrs matron or the g rls"
coitse of Iowa cullte. in this city, iia
Just made public the fact that she resigns
that position to become the wife of A. B
Terrll or Manchester, la. Mr. Terril Is a
warm friend to Iowa college and is the
giver of the excellent organ In use in
Herrick chant! and priced by the makers
at $10,000. It was while here a year ago
at the dedication of this organ and being
entertained at the cottage that the ac
quaintance between htm and Mrs. Shaw
began which has ripened into marriage in
prospect In the near future.
SHENANDOAH Last October Llovd
Harris of Shenandoah and Miss Staples "of
Maryville, Mo., were married and the wed
ding was kept a secret, until last Wednes
day, when the first Intimation of it came
to the public. The bride s mother, who Is a
milliner, waa preparing to remain at home
to do some light housework, when her
daughter orrered to do It and allow her
mother to go to her atore. After the
mother had gone, the daughter packed up
her belongings and calling a cab left for
Shenandoah to Join her husband, leaving
letters to her friends, telling of her mar
riage. Her parents had not the faintest
Idea of their daughter having been mar
ried to Mr. Harris. Mrs. Harris was for
merly in charge of the Western Union tele
graph office at Maryville aa operator for
her father, who is the local manager for
Ua corporation. 1
A RICH HARVEST
CAN ONLY BE REALIZED FROM
THOROUGH CULTIVATION
To Manufacturers t
IF you wished to get the
bluest harvest from a
given tract of land you
would not blow seed to the"
winds thinly scattered over
the country. You would
plant it regularly and sys
tematically in a section no
larger than you could have
properly watched and cul
tivated. You would then
get the richest crop possi
ble, and if you were wise
you would not overwork
your land and thus shorten
its productive life, but you
would produce this year what would help the income from your land
next year, and the year after, and so on.
It is just so in advertising. The use of so-called national me
diums," of general circulation scattering your seed too thinly over too
great a territory. You may get valuable general publicity in this way
but you cannot expect it to do any thorough cultivating. This is no
disparagement of general mediums, for space in them is well worth
what it costs, but you must not expect them to yield anything like
maximum results for a given territory.
You can only obtain maximum results and profit from any given
locality by the means of Daily Newspaper Publicity. The newspaper
will cultivate the local field as no other medium can possibly do it. It
goes to the home. It takes the news of the day to the home fireside.
It is the messenger between the outer world and the reader you seek
to reach. It sells things. ,
By selecting any section of country which best appeals to you for the
purpose, you can in a short time and at practically no cost, demonstrate
the value of this great cultivating agency the daily newspaper to
your entire satisfaction. If you have "been a user of space in general
mediums, then you are all the more
able to get the best value from local
cultivation. Take almost any one of
the general mediums for an example.
It may have 200,000 or even 500,000
circulation, but you will not find a
great number in any one city or town.
You can only get the maximum pub
licity by the use of the local daily
newspaper. Take for example a cer
tain city in Michigan of 100,000 pop
ulation. A canvass of 21,132 homes
showed that 19,781 of them took
some daily newspaper. Can there be
any other way to thoroughly cultivate
the home field which can approach
the messenger of the day the
newspaper ? It stands supreme in
power to cultivate trade locally and if you do not recognize the fact
you are not awake to your own best interests.
For Information address
THE DAILY CLUB
901 World Building:, New York City
LINCOLN DAY NOW HOLIDAY
Only One Vote in the Legislature Cast
Against the Bill.
SCHOOL MEASURE INTRODUCED
Resides Making Radical Changes In
Filming I.arr, the Measure CodlMes
All Existing Larrs Relating
to the Schools.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DISS MOINES, Jan. 3.-l8pecial.) The
Iowa legislature made of Lincoln's birth
day, February 12, a legal holiday In the
st&t by a vote which lacked only one
of being unanimous. The bill was
fathered by Senator Stuckelager and Rep
resentative Moore of Linn. In the sen
ate De Armand sought to amend by cut
ting out New Year's day an a holiday,
but this received only six votes. The bill
was then passed unanimously. In the
house one vote was recorded against It.
The house adopted a program for cere
monies in connection with the unveiling
of an oil portrait of General James B.
Weaver In the state historical depart
ment on February 15. William J. Bryan
and Congressman Nate K Kendall of
Albta will be the principal speakers on
the life and character of General Weaver,
fhe portrait has been secured by popu
lar subscription and Is ready for the
state. General Weaver, who lives at Col
fax In retirement, will be present.
Short sessions were held, at which a
number of bills were Introduced.
tiehoul BUI Introduced.
Representative Holmes of Kossuth was
given charge of the bill to revise and
codify the school laws of the state and
to make material changes In the general
plan of school administration in accord
ance with the recommendation of the leg
islative commission appointed two years
ago. He introduced the general school
bill today, and It will make 100 or more
pages in the bill book, for It Includes a
complete codification of the school laws.
The legislature has ordered printed 10,
000 copies of the report of-4he commis
sion and these will go out to the people
Interested. The school bill undertakes to
consclidate schools and to centralise the
school authority in a county unit.
Highway romsslsalaa BUI.
Representative Bonwell 0t Audubon In
troduced the highway commission bill de
sired by those interested In good roada
at the state college. It makes of the col
lego at Ames a highway commission to
have extraordinary powers over tha high
ways of the state. It provides for ap
pointment of a civil engineer in each
county to act aa supervisor of highways
and ta plan or vtrmaneDt roads. Aa
I
appropriation of $100,000 Is made for
state aid and this ia to be given the
counties on the basis of the miles of
good roads completed. The commission
headquarters will be at the college at
Ames, from which place the state work
will be directed.
Many Mevr Bills.
Among new bills were those to make
the appropriations asked for at Ulcr.
wood, Cedar Falls, Cherokee and Mount
Pleasant.
By Senator Francis A bill to simplify
the' appeal of criminal cases and forbid
ding new trials where the supreme court
is not convinced that some substantial
wrong has beeu done by reason of terhni
calitles. By Nichols Inrreuslng the state aid
given to county fairs.
By Sullivan Providing for a Jury com
mission to be named by the district
court to draw all Juries.
By Peterson tby request) To Increase
the compensation of shorthand reporters
to S a day.
By Hunter of Woodbury Requiring
that the county physician shall attena
cases of Infectious diseases instesd of
the township employing a special doctor.
By Swift Providing a, penalty ror fail
ure of railroads to comply with any or
der of the railroad commission.
By Reltz To approprlste money for a
monument to Indian Chief Blaikhawk.
By Smith of Mitchell Authorizing a
compromise of clnims by the slate
against corporations in certain cases.
Salt Over Kraarls Estate.
Suit has been started in the district court
here to break the will ot the late Dr. Daniel
Francis. He left an estate valued at $70,
uoO, and according to the provlslona ot the
will, all of the estate waa to be converted
Into cash and used to build a home for
superannuated ministers. Mlfs Emily Fran
cis and other heirs are seeking to break
the will on the ground that Dr. Francis
was of unsound mind at the time he made
it.
Might Fire Damage at Colfas.
Guests of the Grand hotel at Colfax were
thrown Into a panic this morning whin fire
broke out in the hotel. A gasoline tank
that is used to heat water caught fire and
before it could be extinguished caused
damage. The fire broke out at 6:30 and
the guests escaped in their night clothes.
Mrs. Robert O'Callahan of Des Moines had
one of her ankles badly sprained In leav
ing the building.
Drops Dead While Slgalag "ape re.
MARSHALLTOWN, Ia.. Jan. 23. (Spe
cial.) Jamea C. Bullock, a former clerk ot
courts and a well-known retired hardware
merchant, dropped dead this afternoon In
the office or Drs. A. C. and A. B. Conaway,
while he was securing an affidavit to pen
sion papers. Heart disease wss the cause
of his death. Mr. Bullock served six years
aa clerk of the district courts. He retired
from business about fifteen years ago. He
is survived by his wife and one son, David
J. Bullock, the latter of Amea,
JAPAN PLANS FOR ECONOMY
Present Financial Condition oi
Country Ilenders Stricture on
Kxpenilllarrs Necessary,
TOKIO, Jan. 23. Tho budget commit
tee of the Diet yesterday afternoon Hs
tended to statements from various mem-
Ibers of the cabinet regarding the ftlan
for economy and expenditures which the
government has mapped out. In acepN
Ins the suggestion that the premier has
postponed expenditures amounting to
107,000,000 yen, Viscount Terauchl, the
secretary of war, said that his depart
ment was endeavoring to decrease ex
penditures. Terauchl laughingly addedi
"We are doing this business because It
is desirable to disabuse the mind Of the
world of the Idea that Japan Is persist
ing In warlike preparations."
Vice Admiral Makoto Salto said that
decreases amounting to nearly 9,000,006
yen were made In the Department of
Marine, of which he is secretary. He
asserted that It Is absolutely necessary
for Japan to maintain a standard navy,,
but that the financial condition of the
country made the present economies un
avoidable.
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vertising la The Bee does for your
business, ,
GRAFT TRIALS POSTPONED
Pittsburg t'ounrllmen Indlgaaat that
They Are Not Allowed ta Prova
Inaorenre Before Election.
PITTSBl'UO, Pa.. Jan. 2J.-Judge Mar
shall Brown In criminal court today re
fused to set a date for the trial of tha
councllmen charged with accepting bribes
and left it for District Attorney William.
A. Blakeley to fix the time for the trial
to suit his own convenience.
Thi Indicted men expressed Indignation
that they have not been allowed to
"prove their Innocence" befora . the
primary election tomorrow. Three of
them who were candidates for re-election
withdrew from the race because of the
pending Indictments. It Is believed tha
trial will be held within a monthV
The special grand .Jury, which has been
perslftenly reported was probing further
into the graft cases, adjourned today
without making any report and It is
believed no additional arrests will be
made at least until after the city elec.
tlon.
ANOTHKR tOTK OS COINTY OPTION
Initiative Petition Filed with Dakota
l.eglslatare.
PIERRE. S. I., Jan. 23 -(Special Tele
gram.) After several efforts the Initiative
petition to again submit county option to
tho people at ihe next general election waa
filed with the secretary of state today.
It now carries over (.000 names and as
soon as the legislature resumes business
sfter the recess copies of tha netltiea will
be submitted to tola kasjMt far f erase!
actloo.
A.