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Council Bluffs
Minor Mention
The OonnoU Staffs OVlN of tha
Omaha Bee tu at 18 afot UtTMt.
Both TPhonts 43.
Davis. drii(,i.
CORHIGANH. undertaker. Thoim W.
For rent, modern houne, 726 th avenue.
FAUST BKER AT KOOERS' BUFFET.
Woodrlng Undertaking' company. Tel. 339.
Lewis Cutler, funeral director. Thone 37.
Balrd A Bolnnd. undertakers. 'Phone 122.
Diamond of quality. Uerner'a. 411 B'way.
Wlien you want reliable want ad adver
ting, use The Bee.
Diamonds Special prices th!a month' at
Lffert's new iitore. MS Broadway.
WANTED TWO BOYS TO CARRY THK
MOKNINU BEE. APPLY BEE OFFICE,
IS SCOTT ST. n
Bee the "Copley Print-' of noted paint
ing by Taylor and of Abbey'a Holy Gratl
aerlea at Alexander'. &13 Broadway.
A mnrrlaKe license was Issued yest-rdiiy
to John Oidemeyer, Aged 46. and Kmmi
Blkjend, aged 44, both of Brush, Colo.
Born, to Mr. and Mia. P. C. Mooney,
Thurnday evening, a son. Mr. Mooney I
the popular manager of the Star theater.
Frank, the young wn of Ir. F. T. Sey
bert, suffticd a badly sprained left limb,
and .a son of I).-. ItafMtow suffered a
broken finger In a coaxtlng accident on
Willow avenue Inst evening.
"Oraustark. or, A Lovo Behind a
Throne," by George Barr McCutcheon, the
popular author of "Brewster1 Millions,"
lias been made Into a thrilling, romantic
five-act play, and will be presented here
for the flint time at the Star theater to
nlxht. with a notable cant of well-known
artists and massive acenlc production. In
fact, the management guarantees us the
tame Identical company that will be 'seen
In Xtw York und Chicago.
At the book has been read by nearly
everyone In town, a large audience will
DON'T READ THIS. Farmers are tak
ing better care -of their atock this winter,
hence we are getting In more country
butter than other seasons. We have extra
fine countcy butter at 36 cents per pound.
OrapgeB are of hotter riinllt'y; we have
rice ripe ones at 30 and 35 cents por dozen.
Extra choice sweet potatoes at 10 centa
peck. Try some of our canned asparagus
In large cans at 23 cents. Good celery at
10 cents a bunch. Tiy peanut batter for
change at 25 centa a Jar. Order a pound
of New York roasted coffee at 25 cents; It
will beat anything you ever tried. Oolden
Rule at 11.60. Battel & Miller. Telephone
369.
Better value In purs white, perfect dia
monds at Leffert's, new location 603 Broad
way, than anywhere else on earth. Every
stone absolutely guaranteed to be as rep
resented and prices the lowest possible.
CITY KNGIXEKH WlLsT THY AUAI.V
Present Official Will Ask Re-election
of the Democrats.
City Engineer Etnyre has finally de
cided to be a candidate for renomlnatlon
and announced yesterday that he would
sk the democrats of Council Bluffs again
to name him as their choice for this office
at the city primaries next month. Mr.
Etnyre, when asked as to his Intentions a
week or so ago, stated that he was not
decided whether lie would seek a renoml
natlon, as he had an offer elsewhere. He
has now decided to again be a candidate,
but will leave his campaign In the hand
of his friends, as he is leaving for a va-
cation In. West Virginia In a few days.
Luke. Graham of, 1906 West Broadway
will be a candidate for the republican
nomination for councilman In the Fifth
ward. He filed his papers yeesterday with
the city auditor.
H.' A. MoHher, who was recently men
tioned as a prospective candidate for the
republican nomination for councilman in
the Sixth ward, has filed his papers with
City Auditor McAneney.
Oscar Youiike'rmun, at present councll-nian-at-large,
said yesterday that despite
the importunities of his many friends he
would not seek renomlnatlon at the hands
of the democrats. "I am out of politics
for good," declared Mr. Younkerm-n r
have had all the honors 1 care for and
am willing that someone else should share
In the glories and the trouble anrl Wnrrv
that come to a fellow when he gets a
seat in the city council. It Is no bed of
roses by any means. There Is a in f
work connected with It ajid my business
now demands my whole time." Despite
ins abortion mat he is out of politics. It
is said, that Mr. Younkermaa has his e'yes
trained in the direction of the mayor's
chair and that when Mayor Torn Maloney
Is ready to step down and out he will
be a candidate for the office.
SATURDAY SPECIALS Trgr sweet
navel oranges, regular 40 cents per doxeti.
today 30 cents; small oranges, 20 cents per
doten; apples, per peck, 1.1 cents; celer
and cauliflower, green onions, radishes and
lettuce; solid packed oysters, per quart.
760 cents; fancy, pineapples, per can, 20 cent
fancy table peaches.
fancy apricots, per can, 15 cent.; large
cans beets por can. 10 cents; hand picked
nary fceans. per pound. 5 cents; prunes.
fAI lulling II
"! wnuie rice, per pound,
6 cents; hominy, per pound. 5 cents; pure
buckwheat, per pound. 5 cents. Flour 1
higher, but we sell our Lily Cream at $1.W,
warranted as good as any $1.75 flour lii
the city. L. Green, 134 West Broadway
Telephone 824.
If you have not taken advantage of our
20 per cent discount sale on shoes, you
should do so at once. Sale continues un
til Jan. IS. Duncan Shoe Co., 23 8. Main.
FOR MEDICAL AND FAMILY USE
BUY YOUR LIQUORS AT ROSENFELD
LIQUOR CO., 61 8. MAIN. 'PHONES S323.
Center's, the store beautiful. 411 B'way.
Leffert's for watches.
Geo. W. Klein
Upholstering, Furniture Repair,
ed and Iteftnlshed, Feather
Renovated, Mirror' Reputed,
and all kind of mattress work
done.
Both Tnone.
10 So. Mala SC. Council Bluff a.
"Have II Done IUaht"
A. A. CLARK & CO.
LOAN r.lOHEY 0!
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
AM ANV CHATTEL fejECTIUTY AT OXE-HALF THK I'HUAL RATKS,
Twenty Years of riuereaaful lltiNineaa "
COIt.NKU MA1X AMI BROADWAY, OVKR AMERICAN KXl'RKMH.
No connection with the firm calling themselves The Clark Mortgaae Co
BOTH WlOMuSi SIT, JXO. 1 TINLKY. Mr.
Council Bluffs
ANOTHER PERSON IS MURDER
Police Not Satisfied that Mri. Collins
.Killed Husband.
SEVEN SHOTS IN ALL FLUED
Ballets of Kind that Could Mot
Have Been Fired from lie
volvrr of Ilasband or
Wife,
Eugene Collins, a colored - waiter on the
Los Angeles. Limited train, was shot and
liiHtantly killed at 8 o'clock Fiidy morn
ing at the home of Mrs. Collins' mother.
23 South Eighth street. Council Bluffs.
While his wife, Grace Belle Collins, who
Thursday filed suit for dlvoroe, said to
Coroner Treynor that he shot her hus
band in self-defense, the police, finding
that Collins was shot three times and that
one of the bullets In his body was of a
kind that she Could not have fired with
her weapon, are Inclined to doubt the
stories of the crime. They are trying to
find out who used a third weapon In the
house. It la possible that Mrs. Collins
did not fire at her husband at alt, the
officers say.
Mrs. Collins Thursday riled suit for di
vorce from Collins, whom she married on
June 23, 'l909, and the shooting of Collins
followed, it was claimed, an attempt on
his part to kill both Mrs. Collins and her
mother, Mrs. Jennie Powell.
Collins called at the Powell home early
In , the morning and Mrs. Powell rose to
let him In. He fired four shots at her, but
all missed and she ran screaming from the
house. Mrs. Collins then rushed out and
Collins fired twice at her, but neither shot
hit her. Mrs. Collins then ran back Into her
bed room, secured a revolver and returned,
blazing away at her husband. Her first
shot struck him In the temple and as he
sheeted around she fired agalQ, the bullet
striking him between the shoulders and
parsing clear through body.
Mrs. Collins was arrested and taken
before Judite Snyder, Who Immediately re
manded her to the grand Jury, which Is
now In session.
Mj tor Ions Third Person.
The fact that Collins was shot three times
indicated, the police ay, that . some one
clso other than the man's, wife also shot
him, as only two Of the five cartridges In
the revolver which Mrs. Collins claimed to
have used were found to have been dis
charged. Mrs. Powell, when first telling her ver
sion of the killing, declared that Collins
fired four times at her and twice at his
wife. His revolver, a six-chamber Colt
of 38-callbre, showed; that only two shots
had been fired out of It. The weapon
which Mrs. Collins claims to have used Is
a 38-callbre Smith & Wesson, with a long
barrel. That an automatic revolver firing
copper Jacketed bullets of S2-calibre was
used by some one in the house during the
shooting Is the belief of the officers, who
say the evidence Is that seven shots In all
were fired. Two of the wounds In Collins'
body, It is said by Coroner Treynor and
City Physician Tubbs, who performed the
autopsy, were caused by 38-callbre bullets,
while the third wound, which was In the
right side Just above the hip, was caused
by a copper Jacketed bullet of 32-caltbre.
This bullet was ,, found low down In the
right thigh ' . ...
Ballets la Wall. '
In the dining room of the Powell home
the officers found trace of two bullets, one
of which was Imbedded In the wall. The
other had gone through a partition into
the hallway, where It embedded '.tself In
the wall. In the room upstairs, wh-?re the
body of Collins was found lying face down,
two copper-Jacketed bullets were fjiind
on the floor near wjiere the dead man's
nead had lain.
Efforts by the officers to locate the third
revolver had not been successful ip to Inst
night. All living In the house denied there
was any other weapon besides that which
Mrs. Collins claims to have used on her
husband.
The officers say also that they doubt If
Mrs. Collins shot at her husbind at all.
They have learned. It is said, tti.-tt aftet
the first shot was fired, presumably b
Collins, she fled from the house mil took
refuge at the hospital conducted by Mrs.
Pangle at the corner oi First avenue and
Eighth street, ' and only returned to the
house after her husband bad neea killed
Coaple Has quarrel.
Collins and his wife,' who had been living
at 3624 West Broadway, had a vloU-nt ,Ur
rel Tuesday, and Collins, It Is said, drove
his wife from the house. She went to the
home of her. motber on Eighth ibeeU Col
lins came In from his run ear'y yesterday
morning and falling to find his wife at
home went In search of her. Ho went to
the home of Mrs. Sally W. Williams. 1103
West Broadway, and not finding her there,
started for the Powell home. Mrs. Wil
liams, as soon as Collins left hor place, tel
ephoned Mrs. Powell that Collins uaa com-
lng and that he had a revolver, and
warned her to be on her guard. On his
way to the Powell place Colllnj, it la said,
stopped at the Davis saloon at the corner
of Broadway and Eleventh street and drank
a glass of whisky. From there he went di
rect to thePoweli home.
Mrs. Collins, her sister, Mrs. J. W.
Watts, and the tatter's husband; her
mother, Mrs. Powell, and Needliam Whit
man ana Quito Calamase, two young
negroes stopping at the Powell place, were
all taken before the grand Jury during the
afternoon.
Afterwards the three men. Whitman,
Calamase and Watts, were locked up In
the city Jail, while Mrs. Collins was taken
to the county Jail. Mrs. Powell and Mrs.
Watts were permitted to return to their
home. Coroner Treynor announced that
he would hold an Inquest this afternoon.
Collins was wen thought of and was
said to be a hard-working man who saved
his money. He bought the home at '24
West Broadway and his bank book showed
that he had about $300 saved.
Mr. and Mrs. Collins were married at
the home of her mother by Rev. John Al
bert Williams, rector of the church of 8c
Philip the Deacon of Omaha. In her di
vorce petition Mrs. Collins accuses her hue
band of cruel and Inhuman treatment. She
Is 23 years of age and he was 29. They
were prominent In colored society In Coun
ell Bluffs. ...
Brother Dies la Baowsllde.
William and Alfred Boehm of Dumfries,
la., started last evening for AnacOnila,
pf Mont., iry rep
Mont., Irv response to a telegram recttved
Council Bluffs
last Tuesday by Chief of Police Richmond
from Lawler A French, undertakers of
that city, announcing that R. It. Iloehm,
their brother, had been killed In a snow
slide. Chief Richmond experienced some
difficulty In locating the dead man's broth
ers a the name was given as Boh me In
the telegram.
The brothers say that R. H. Boehni left
Iowa about twenty-two years ago and that
they knew nothing of his whereabout -cept
that he was In some place In Mon
tana, where he was engaged In prospecting
for mines. They said before leaving? t'ist
they would bury the body In Montana, end
telegraphed to the undertaking firm to
hold it until they arrived.
Delta Taus Win
Debating Contest
Seventh Annual Event Gives Trophy
to This High School
Society.
The seventh annual debating contest be
tween the Delta Xau end Phllomathian Lit
erary societies of the high school, held Inst
evening In the auditorium of the Institu
tion, was won by the Delta Taus. Miss
Balrd won the declamation and Charles
Ovlen the oration. The subject debated was
Resolved. That thrf cities of the United
States should adopt the commission form
of government." The Delta Taus, repre
sented by Mlsa Mary Chapman, Miss Ruth
Henderson and Miss Eula Sigman, tojK
the affirmative, while the Phtlomaililans,
represented by Kenneth Snyder, Ray
Mauer and Guy Leavltt, had the negative.
The Judges were Prof. E. Anderson of the
high school, C. E. Swanson and F. E.
Eastman, general secretary of the Young
Men's Christian association. Harry Cooper,
president of the Phllomathian society, V re
sided. The winners of last night will now- hird
the sliver cup presented by the class of Jl7,
during 1910, which they held last year.
The balance of the program last evening
was as follows:
Music. High School Oiee club.
Declamation. "Arena Scene from 'Quo
Vadls.' " Miss Etta Balrd. '
Declamation. "Soartacus to the iiaai-
ators," Theron Gretxer.
Oration, "America's Duty to LilDena.
Mls Helen Hetrlck.
Oration, "Andrew Jackson," Chester or-
cutt.
Vocal solo, Ruth Fields.
Piano solo. William Chrlstensen.
Selection, Delta Tau Glee club.
WANTED TWO BOYS TO CARRY THE
MORNING BEE. APPLY BEE OFFICE,
16 SCOTT ST.
Ladles, save a 'dollar or mora on our
ladles' boots. At $1.95 you can't equal them
for the price. Duncan Shoe C, 23 S. Main.
BIOnB WITNESSES IN SCOTT CASE
Countr Attorney Hess Names Other
, Who Will Testify.
Coihty Attorney Hess filed yesterday In
the office of, the clerk of the district
court notice of the introduction of fur
ther evidence. In the case of the State
against Frank Scott, alleged "steerer" for
the Mabray gang, which Is assigned for
trial on Monday,' January 21, In addition
to the list of witnesses, of which notice
had previously been- given.
In the new list are J. O. Bowman, a
retired merchant of Denver, and W. H.
Bedford of Bolckow, Mo., two alleged
Mikes" who went up against the Mabray
game to their cost. Bedford was one of
the star witnesses In the recent trial of
John R. Dobbins. Other witnesses named
In the list are H. S. Campbell, a farmer
of Pander, Neb., where Scott lived, and
Gus Eyle of the same place, who are ex
pected to testify to statements made by
Scott aa to the swindling of John Her
melbrecht, which is the basis for the in
dictments against Scott. H. V. Hancock,
a clerk In the First National bank of
Pender, Is expected to testify that Scott
paid a -large sum of money to the bank
shortly after Hermelbrecht had "bumped
the bumps" In Council Bluffs.
SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY-In our
grocery department: To Introduce our new
brand of flour, J. Z. M. Co., Clover Leaf,
regular 11.85 value, special today, per sack,
$1.68, guaranteed to make more bread tn
the sack than any flour on the market;
do not conflict with the ordinary brands
selling at $1.26 to $L46 per sack. Every
sack guaranteed satsfactory or your money
returned. Ten bars laundry soap, 25 rents;
10-cent bromongelon, per packago, 7 cents:
26-eent can Dr. Price's baking powder, 22
cents; corn, peas or tomatoes, three cans.
25 cents, eta In our meat department:
No. 1 skinned hams, pound, V cents;
bacon, by the atrip, 15' cents; pot roasts,
pound, up from 8 cents; fancy rib roasts,
pound, 18 cents; chickens, pound, 124 centa;
brains, per set, S cents, etc. In our hard
ware and pump department: Pumps up
from $1.90; Inverted gas lamps, complete,
68 cents; Inverted or upright mantels, each,
7 cents; upright wire globes, 7 cents; long
distance readng thermometers, !J cents, etc.
J. Zoller Mercantile company, 100-102-104-106
Broadway. 'Phone 830.
Glasses fitted, falling eyesight preserved,
clentlflo work. ' Ask about our Invisible
tlfocal lens. Leffert's, new location, 60J
Broadway.
One of the best attractions to be seen
here during the present season la due on
Sunday at the Star theater, "As the Sun
Went Down," a new play by Geo. D,
Baker, which Is reported to have made
an undisputed hit In every city It has so
far visited this season. It Is described as
a comedy drama, the story containing love,
pathos and ccffiiedy skillfully blended.
Our line of children's shoes at discount
prices ought to Interest you. Children are
always needing shoes, and you can't al
ways, save 20 per cent on them. Duncan
Shoe Co., 23 8. Mala.
I
Real Estate Transfers,
These transfers were reported to The Bee
January 14 by the Pottawattamie County
Abstract company of Council Bluffs:
Kaka Benjamin, unmarried, to Samuel
Newton and Josle Newton, lota i
and 7, auditor's subdlv. of lots 50,
f,l, 66 and 66 of Johnson's add.,
q. o. a $
D. L. Swaney et al. to William Um
baugh. lot 5 and n4j lot I, block A,
Allen Cook's add. to Avoca, w. d.
C. W. Meier and wife to D. L.
Swaney and W. D. Bloan, lot 6 and
n lot 6, block. A. Allen ft Cook's
add. to Avoca, w. d 1,500
A. A. 1 ir ana wire 10 Alloa Uavla,
lot It block 2. Terwllllger's add.,
w. d
Total, four transfers
..-$ 1.607
LEFFERT'S JEWELRY store, new lo
cation, 602 Broadway.
Paul Revere silver. Complete assortment
Gerner s 411 Broadway.
Teaatster Seta Cleaa Bill.
Elmer E. Bayers, a teamster, charged
with the theft ef a wagonload of coal from
a car In the Wabash railroad yards, was
discharged yesterday afternoon after a
heeling before Justice Cooper. Payers tes-
j tlflcd mat he was employed by Pat Moran,
Council Bluffs
a switchman for the Wabash, to haul the
coal and that half of It was haulej to
Moran's house and the other half to the
house of a man working for the Union Pa
cific railroad. Sayers' testimony was corrob
orated by Moran, who said the coal was
contained In a "drop" device for catching
coal shaken off a car In transit and that
the car had been turned over to the Wa
bash as an empty. The coal, he said,
would have been lost unless taken and
used.
N. Y. Plumbing Co. Tel. & Night L-1702.
Howard watches, fio upwards. Oerner's,
411 Broadway.
probably be In attendance.
Arthur C. Alston's production. "Aa the
Sun Went Down," by Geo. D. Baker, which
will be seen here Sunday at the Star the
ater, will have a very strong company.
Estha Williams, to whose work lit the
leading, role of "At the. Old Cross Roads"
much of the lasting .success of that play
Is due, Is featured tn the new production.
Prominent among the well-known people
who have been engaged for her support
are Edwin Walter, W. A. Whltecar, Ar
thur E. Chatterdon, Phil Connor, Arthur
W. Bentley, R. F. Sullivan, William Sex
ton, Jenny Dunbar, Flora Byam, Margaret
Hlllar and several others of equal note.
Iowa News Notes.
ESTHER VILLE Miss Alma O'Connell
died here yesterday from tuberculosis. She
was 23 years of age.
ESTHERVILLE Arthur H. Davis and
Pearl Willey were married here yesterday.
Agnes Schumacher of this city and Clyde
Rosewell of Mason City were married here,
today.
NEWTON At a meeting of the city coun
cil last night forty-five blocks of paving1
were ordered for the coming year. The
cost will be about $100,000, including the
street Intersections.
CRESTON The January term o' ctuit
begins here Monday, January 17, tth
Judge Towner presiding. It Is fi.viitiit it.i
entire time of three weeks w'll Ik ,on
sumed In disposing of the docket.
NEWTON-MlloVan Travlch, the Austrian
who has been In jail charged with mur
dering a fellow countryman, Dan Gorougs,
at the mining town of S"evrs lt Fri
day, .was this afternoon held to the grand
Jury under $2,000 bond by Justice Carey.
NORA SPRINGS Homer Latimer, who
Is well known here, and who has been the
head of the science department of the
Charles City college, has resigned to en
gage In other work. He Is a graduate of
the University of Minnesota with the class
of 1903. . ,
CRESTON-Charged with sending defam
atory postcards through the mall, Earl
nyaer 01 mis city was arrested and brought
Deiore ine ieaere.1 commissioner here ves
terday, where he waived a hearing l efoie
the grand Jury and gave bonds for hlu ap
pearance at the next term of court.
CRSETON That the supreme court hss
sustained the motion to strike "from ti e
flies the petition of John Hall for a re
hearing of his suit with the Burll-vrtvn
for a large sum for personal damages, is
the word recoived here by D. V. Hl.oec,
one of the attorneys for the Bui'Ungton.
ESTHERVILLE Joint InstuJluHnn was
held here of the Women's Relief corns and
Grand Army of the Republic. The officers
Installed In the Women's Relief corps were:
President. Mrs. G. E. Bern is; chaplain, Mrs.
Lucy Phillips; treasurer, O. McRae; sec
retary, uecena Van Voider; conductor,
Lena Coats: guard. Diana Cole: Instructor.
M. Gallagher.
IOWA PATJ.fi Alnln- tsultr- xrrt 1
Knights of Pythias, of this city, has elected
the following delegates ana alternates to
represent the lodtre at the next (rind Indue
i-. " v w t ifiumna 111 Au
gust: Delegates, B. R. Bryson, James Otis
uregg, jonn walker and E. B. Benedict;
alternates, P. McCallum, E. D. Whlllng,
H. B. Martin and F. D. Hay.
EAGLE GROVE V. H. Ho It on una fif
ths oldest passenger conductors on the
northern Iowa division of the Northwest
ern, is lying In a hotel In this city danger
ously sick of blood poisoning, resulting
irom a saver rrom a hand rail entering
his hand aa he was alighting from his
train a few days ago. The silver was a
rusty piece of iron, which caused infection
to oeveiop raplldly in the wound.
CRESTON Miss Elizabeth RtirU
former Creston girl, who Is now a stulent
at Chicago university. Is to take a pr.nl
nent part In a suffragette comedy presented
by the co-eds of the university, which Is
Intended to serve a serious purpose. The
comedy is entitled, "How the Vote Was
Won," and it la to be staged by the Uni
versity Equal Suffrage league.
IOWA FALLS Among the new incor
porations In thla. county Is the Johnson
Bros, company at Radcliffe. with a caDltal
of $26,000. O. J. Johnson and E. B. Watson
are the Incorporators and will manufacture,
buy and sell merchandise, farm implements,
etc. The Bftme parties are the Incorporators
of Watson A Co. of Union, with the same
capita) and for the same purpose.
IOWA FALLS The sustaining of the de
cision of the lower court bv the sunrema
court in ine case 01 Liuca against tne Wood
men of the World Is of interest In fraternal
Insurance circles. Augusta .Luck brought
suit to recover on a pollcyheld by the
plaintiff's husband. The order contended
the contract was void because of suicide,
and tn this the higher court concurs.
IOWA CITY Twelve high schools In the
state of Iowa will receive this week a set
of human bones from the University of
lowa college of Medicine. The high schools
to receive the sets are located at Oelweln.
Crenco, Fairfield, Wapello, Denison, Ana.
moea, Lemars, Davenport, Dows, Fayette,
Sao City and Shenandoah. The purpose
of the gift is to promote the study of
anatomy in the secondary schools of Iowa.
MARSHALLTOWN Mrs. Charles E.
Wilson was dangerously burned and nar
rowly escaped being killed today, when
she stood on a hot air register and turned
on an electric lamp, which was hanging
from a drop cord. She received the full
charge carried by the lamp, but, although
leanuuy Durnea on tne nana ana one
foot, she could not let go. Loelng con
sciousness she fell und broke the light
cord and stopped (he current.
CRESTON Governor Carroll has made a
statement that the petition recently sent
him by John Hall of this place, asking the
removal of County Attorney Armltage, for
non-performance of official duty under the
Cosson law, would not be complied with
unless there was mora substantial com
plaint forthcoming and a petition endorsed
by others than the original five. He alwo
refused to turn the complaint over j the
attorney general for further Investigation.
LOGAN Balances on hand, according to
th. repprt of County Treasurer M.i P. Pitt
in nia recent settlement with the Board of
Supervisors, are: Harrison and Pottawat
tamie ditch. funds. I14.136.U6: Monona-Harri
son ditch fund, $10,174; Boyer sub., $3,6t2.43.
The tout balance In all the different funds
on hand Is $u5,924.3. In the June and Janu
ary settlements of the county treasurer
with the Board of Supervisors the balances
In the many different funds checked out
to the i.-enu
LOGAN The official count on the $100,000
ccurt house proposition, voted on Monday,
January 10, reduces the unofficial majority
of tti to 8X1. The supervisors have au
thorised correspondence to be opened up
with Peterle Bros, of Omaha, with the
thought of moving the old building to one
side and thereby permitting the new build
ing to be erected on the site of the old
court house, and at the same time not
Interfere with the official work of the
county officers.
IDA G HOVE At a meeting of the Board
of Supervisors the Ida County Pioneer, the
Ida Grove Record-Era and the Holsteln
Advance were named as the official county
papets. The board rejected all bids for
county bridge lumber and decided to buy
Its lumber as needed from the nearest
lumber yard In the county. The board
named a schedule of prices it proposes to
pay. Heretofore the lumber yards have
refused to carry stocks for the count v
and have forced the county to buy by the
carioaa.
IDA GROVE At the Holstein short
course Allen Joslln Won first prize for
the best 100 ears of com raised in the
county and received a $1U) buggy. Leon
Toner, a farmer, bought the Hlu prise ears
for $IS.M. For raising the best single
ear U. 8. Baxter of Sliver Creek township
received a cash prise of $26 and sold the
ear to Henry Schneckloth for K A. Will
won lii cash fur the best bushel of oats
and Fred Meyer won $25 for the best
bushel of barley. Ida Grove has asked the
authorities si Ames to hold a short course
nere next uecemoer.
CRESTON Yesterday about 4 o'clock in
the afternoon, the little 1-year-old Ctrl of
Mr. and Mrs. Itovld Breellng of Neviuvllle,
fourteen miles north of hers, was uumnrf
to death. Mrs. Breellng had gone usrosi
Face The Future
With the Certainty of a
Substantial Income for Life
The working life of the office man, the railroad man, in fact every city wage
earner, is short. Few men in offices and factories are free from the haunting fear of
the future when they will be crowded out of their places by younger workers when
, they can no longer care for loved ones or keep a home roof to shelter whitening hairs.
Yet this is the natural right of every man to have, when his share of the world's
work is done, his own warm fireside where in the glow of a comfortable prosperity he
can see around him the home-faces, knowing that the future is secure for them all.
To provide for the coming years is every man's duty.
The land owner, whose money is invested in real value which cannot be destroyed
by bank failures or business depression, is sure of safety for himself and those he loves.
Such an Opportunity is How Offered to You
Hear tke Great
We are the largest orchard operators In the Spokane country. More than 8,000 acres of this richest apple and frutt-bearlnf
property In the world have been sold by us within the last two years. We know the good and bad points of this country bet
ter than anyone else, and by dealing with us you get the tremedous advantage of our expert knowledge of land .values, and oul
wide experience In caring for orchard property.
Own an Orchard Home at Meadow Lake .
Our newest enterprise Is a 1,000-acre addition located at Meadow Lake, only ten mlleB from Spokane, Wash., connected by
both steam and electric railroads to this booming city of 136,000 population, which Is growing at the rate of 26,000 a yean,
Ideal climate and soil conditions make this the greatest fruit district In the world.
No Gravel, No Rock, No IRRIGATION
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Our soil Is deep, blar-k loam, clay sub-soli. The Spokane country has all the advantages of climate offered by any other sec
tion of the United States, combined with a richness and productivity of soil which Is truly marvelous. Some orchards In tha
Spokane country netted their owners more than $1,600 per acre last year.
We Grow Your Orchard for You ,
Here Is our proposition: Let us select a 6 or 10-acre tract for you at Meadow Lake, you pay for the same on any terms that
beat suit your convenience. We will furnish the trees your own selection), set them out, spring of 1910, and under expert hor
ticulturists they will get the best of care. Including cultivation, pruning and spraying, for four full years, bringing your orchard
to the fifth year, when it comes Into bearing.
The Most Profitable Crops
Commercial winter apples have proved to be the most profitable crop in the Spokane country, and they provide the greatest
certainty of a big yield on the Investment. Full bearing commmerclal apple orchards are now selling as high as $,000 an acre.
However, although we advise the cultivation of apples, we are showing the choicest pears, peaches, prunes, plums, cherries,
apricots, quinces and all varieties of vegetables. All of these crops are grown absolutely without irrigation.
Have a Talk With Mr. Lusk.
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Our Mr. J. R. Lusk who Is thoroughly posted on the points of the grest Spokane country, is now In Omaha and will be glad
to talk over everything In detail with persons Interested In the booming Northwest. If unable to call on him In person at the
Hotel Loyal, Omaha, mall the atta'ched coupon to him and let us send you our dainty booklet, "An Orchard Home in the Spokane
Country."
THE HAKAUER-GRAYES COMPANY
Spokane, Washing-ton.
(Or Call at Hotel Iioyal, Omaha) .
J. R. LUSK, Manager.
D. W. Twohy, President Old National
Bank, Spokane.
W. D. Vincent, Cashier Old National Bank,
'Spokane. l'
A. Kuhn, President Traders Natonal Bank,
v.Spokane.
J. P. M. Richards, President Spokane A
Eastern Trust Co.
R. L,.' Rutter, President Western Union
Life Insurance Co., Spokane.
T. H. Brewer, Vice-President Exchange
National Bank, Spokane.
to a neighbor's for milk, and had been gone
from the house but a short time, but iipon
her return the little one was found burned
to a crisp. A young brother of the burned
child said they were making paper pipes
and lighting them in the stove, and It Is
supposed the child's clothing became ig
nited In that way. Mr. Breellng Is a
brother of Rev. Mr. Breellng, pastor of the
Methodist church at Fontanelle.
IOWA FALLS The "do things" spirit in
this city crystallised Wednesday evening In
a representative meeting of business and
professional men at the city hall to discuss
the future welfare of the city and devise
ways and means of promoting the industrial
advancement of the city. C. H. Burlingame
was chosen chairman of the meeting and a
committee of ten was selected to devise
plans for future action, and a meeting of
the committee for that purpose will be held
next Wednesday evening. There appears
to be a united sentiment In favor of taking
steps to advance the Industrial side of the
city and It was In hopes of accompllHhlng
something along this line that these steps
have been taken.
LOGAN The town lots of Harrison
county, according to the auditor's report,
are valued at $3. 80S. 732; personal property,
$4,770,962;. express companies, $18,006; tele
graph and telephone, $lt6,9W; railroads, $4.
1KI.418. Listed acres of land in the county,
428,0X4. valued at $37 per acre, a total of
$15,3,000. From the fact that Harrison
county land Is being sold from $li6 to $100
and $l.r0 per acre. It Is believed that a rair
average price would at least not be below
This would give the land valuation at
.100.000. The valutlon of the Harrison
county lands Is largely due to the proximity
to Omaha markets ana tne productiveness
of the soil.
AMES Some remarkable high beef and
pork dressing records, which came cIohb
to equalling the world's mark, were made
here today at the Iowa snort course, being
held at Iowa State college. One of the
champion Berkshire barrows dressed out
88.2 per cent, wnicn lacxs nut v.4 oi l per
cent of the highest record ever made In
Chicago. The Annus steer. First Choice,
touched a high mark by dressing out 689
per cent. Gosling, of Kansas City, who
had charge of the dressing demonstration,
said this wps the highest record he had
ever known for a steer of the age of First
Choice to make.
' CRESTON The water works company at
this place has filled all Its ice i.mtra.t
up to date for the railroad company and
local partle. and has shipped . j Kttl Osk,
Psciflo Junction, Charlton, . Mumy ami
Missouri for the burlington, fllllnij: lit
houses at those places. Now the lailrou l
company Is building a 2.600-ton home hero,
one of the same capacity at Ottmnw i, a
2.000-ton house at Pacific Juncti in and a
1,000-ton .house at both Albla and Chari
ton, for which the water works peoplo will
harvest the Ice aa soon as the building
are completed, providing cold weather con
tinues. The Burlington Is building ennoy-h
storage rapacity to guard against having
to buy ice next summer, as it has ha to
do for a number of seasons past. htcaue
of lack of the proper storage room.
"GrauHtark, or, A Love Behind a
Throne," to be presented at the Star the
ater tonight, proved to be a record breaker
In outselling all other romantic novels of
tka same period. And according to all re
poits Is also proving a record bresker as
a play, capacity audiences seeming to be
the rule wherever the play Is produced.
Ilnron After Commission Form.
HURON, 8. D., Jan. 14. (Special.) Pe
titions have been filed with City Clerk
Schoenert, asking the city council to order
an election to determine whether or not
Huron shall adopt a commission form of
city government. .JTtie petitions represent
more than 20 per cent of the voters of the
city and ask that the election be ordered
for February 1, at which time a vote will
te taken on the question of Issuing bonds
In tha sum of $,0o0 for a new system of
water works.
City of SPOKANE, WAStllHGTOIl
ZT UWABX.B TO CAXI. IS FXSSOV, CUT THIB OUT AID XAU TO V.
J. B. XVBK, Mgr. Kananer-OraTes Co., Hotel Z.oyal, Omaha, Heb.
I am interested in Orchard Lands and would like one of your Booklets,
"An Orchard Home In the Spokane Country."
Sign
Town
OUR REFFERENCES FOLLOW:!
O. M. Green, Mgr. Credit Pepartment Ex-
, change National Bank, Spokane. -
J. C. Cunningham, Sec'y-Treas. Unlot.
Trust Co., Spokane.
R. Inslnger, Mgr. Northwestern and Pa
cific Hypotheek Bank, Spokane.
S. Oalland, Sec'y Northwestern Loan and
Trust Company, Spokane.
Hon. Miles Polndexter, House of Repre
sentatives. Washing-ton. D. C.
F. E. Ooodall, Pres. Chamber of Commerce,
Spokane.
DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE
General Condition.., Are Normal and
Volume of Business it Large.
NO FUNDAMENTAL WEAKNESS
Confidence and AetlTlty In Prodne
: tlve Industries Contrasts Skarplr
with Depression Prevailing:
In Speculative Market.
NEW YORK. Jan. 15. R. G. Dun & Co.'s
Weekly Review' of trade today said:
Notwithstanding the seasonable lull In
business, general conditions are fully
normal and the volume of trade, as meas
ured by bank exchanges and railroad earn
ings, Is heavy. There Is a wide diversity of
reports from the different trades and trade
centers, but even the least satisfactory In
dicates no fundamental weakness, while a
majority of the reports, particularly vhose
from cities farthest removed from the In.
fluence of the unsettled conditions in the
financial markets, show a healthy condition
of affairs. The distinguishing feature ttt
the whole business situation is the sharp
contrast between the hesitation prevailing
in the security markets and the confidence
and activity prevailing In productive enter
prise. An increased demand for pig Iron if. Ir.
dicated, with buyers displaying more inter
est than for several weeks past, and prices
show a hardening tendency In soma uls
tricta Inquiry is broadening quite gen
erally, with sales of from W.OOy to rw.000
tons of various grades noted at the wejt,
while business In some parts of the citst
shows an appreciable expansion, mostly
In malleable iron. Steel-nuiklng Iron, how
ever, continues active, and in some mar
kets basic is stIU available at $17.00 Con-
siaeraDie irreKUiarity nas aeveiopeu in uu
lsbnd Hues, but some dullness in this di
vision Is not surprising after the phenom
enally heavy buying before last year closed.
This has resulted In the accumulation of
large stocks in Jobbers' hands, yet buy?.
In many Instances, still appear willing: to
make contracts for distant periods.
Trading In cotton goods was restricted to
some extent by unsettled conditions In the
raw material market, although in the fa.-e
of a sharp decline in the staple there were
large sales of print cloths at the advanced
price of 44 centa for delivery during the
first six months of the year. There was
also a shortening of discounts on printed
goods ot a staple character, foreshadowing
to some buyers an advance from the base
price of 6V4 cents.
Considerable more activity is noted In
hides, some large tanners entering Ihe
market. Prices were lower than have pre
viously ruled, but the declines were not
great, considering the fact that .moat r f
the packers who sold were enabled to clean
out their stocks of branded varieties up lo
the first at the year. Leather continues
-dull and few sales of any size are made.
BH ADiTH KKT'S KBVIKW OF TRADES
Reports . Reflect Variations of
Weather renditions an Traffic.
NEW YORK, Jan. U.-Bradstreet's today
said:
Reports as to trade and transportation
reflect , variations of weather Irregularity
affecting ssles snd movement of farm
products and coal supplies and of spring
goods to various markets. Retail trade In
winter goods hss been helped by cold,
stormy weather and the usual January
price revisions. A very fair volume of re
orders is reported by Jobbers, while the
volume of orders for spring reaching
wholesale houses from travelers Is fairly
gooa. i ransporiation urns, particularly In
the north and west, have been hampered
by stormy weather and the movement of
crops has been interfered with. Something
approaching a coal famine still exists at
many western points! Building operations
have naturally been retarded by stormy
C3.GGU A YcaO IIICORIE
A moJest Uveitmeut la co.aturrolal wlnttr
sppls will yield a loo-.ae ef C3,ooo a yssr
as soon as the orchard comn to fall bloom.
This sounds big, bat let os prove It to yon b
people who have made and are still making
thla ninch.
State Date
D. L. Huntington, General Manager Wash
ington Water Power Co., Spokane.
Spokane Chamber of Commerce.
J. Orler Long, Vice-President Washlngtoa
Trust Co., Spokane.
A. W. McDonald, Pres. Washington Nur
sery Company, Toppenlsh, Wah.
R. N. Jackson. President Cltlsens State
Bank, Sandpoint, Idaho.
F. R. Culbertson, President Wonder De
partment Store, Spokane.
weather and there Is promise of some dam- ;
age on western rivers from gorges.
Indoor Industries Beem to be actively em
ployed, notably Iron and steel and shoe
manufacturing. Best reports aa to new
business in iron and steel come from tha
west, while eastern markets are rather .
quiet. There Is some disappointment at '
the volume of buying of rails by eastern
roads. Collections have been Interfered
with by Interruption to crop movement, and
are rather irregular, especially from coun
try district.
The question of higher costs Is belna;
MnnaiilArfiit hv tria.nv manufacturers, who -
are finding higher prices for raw materials,
nd requests lor advances in wj.
Business failures In the United States
for the week ending with January IS were
2ul, against 271 last week, 819 In the like
week of 10, S31 li 1908, Z34 In 1907 ana jfi
In 1906.
Business failures In Canada for the wee It
number 44, which compares with 3S for last
week and 36 for the like weex ot umv.
Wheat, Including flour, exports from tha
United States and Canada for the weak:
ending January 13, aggregate 2,677.115 bush
els, against 3,183,145 bushels last week and
3.210,822 bushels this week last year. For
the twenty-eight weeks ending January 13,
exports are 93,690,419 bushels, against 120,
939,517 In the corresponding period last year.
Corn exports for the week ars 1,502, Wtf
bushels, against 1,766.684 last week and
1,590.293 bushels In VMM. For the twenty
eight weeks ending January 13 corn ex
ports are 11,966.614 bushels, against 13.500.WH
bushels last year.
THREE SEIZURES OF 0PIIM
Attempt to SranitKle in Quantities 4
- Drsg at San Kranrlsoo, Seattle
, nnd Blaine. (
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15. Opium valued
at $4,000 was seised today by customs house
Inspectors on the Pacific Mail liner Siberia,
which arrived yesterday from the orient.
The drug was contained in 140 flve-tael
tins. This selsure brings. he valuation ot
opium confiscated within the last ten days
to $7,700.
SEATTLE, Jan. 15. Thirty-five pound
of opium, valued at more than $2,000, has
bt-n seized here by customs officers in
the last week while being smuggled to tha
United States by train. Twenty-five pounds
of smuggled opium, vslued at $1,700, wag
confiscated at Blaine, Wash., last night.
STRIKE AT FALL RIVER
Hill Operatives Dissatisfied with
Effect of Flfty-Slx-Ilonr Law
on Earnings.
FALL RIVER, Mass., Jan. lfi.-Op-erutlves
In sov rtil mills, here went on
strike today because of dissatisfaction with
wages under the new flfty-stx-hour law.
The operatives lose two hours' earnings
per week under the new schedule. Un
less the differences are adjusted, soma
mills will be forced to suspend operations.
BOSTON. Jan. li -The adoption of tha
flfty-elx-hour law has causd miner trou
bles at a number of Massachusetts polnta.
Strikes have occurred this week at tha
Slater mills, Fltchbury; North Adams
print works and In several other mills
elsewhere. '
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Reception for Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks
CONSTANTINOPLE, , Jan. 15. A "recep
tion was held In the American embassy
here this afternoon In honor of former
Vice President Fairbanks and Mrs. Fair
banks. The function was largely attended
by Amerloans resident In Constantinople.
Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks will leava fr
Athena neat Tl",-
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