Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-10-27
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS

will adjourn this term of court next
Saturday afternoon until the follow.
ing Wednesday when he will return
aud continue court until all the cases
for trial are disposed Of.
Miles Graf returned last Saturday
from his New York state trip, anc
will leave in few days for South Da
kota, having been engaged ,as com
mercial traveller by Bell Bros, of Du.
buque, and assigned to that territory
G. B. Laub, for County Treasurer
meets with words of announcement
from all parts of the county, and has
strong hopes of sple ndid victory at
the polls. He is certainly amply
qualihed, honest and thoroughly re-
| liable.
Wesley o. Swenson left last week
for Chicago, where he has gone to Sc.
lect his goods for the Holidays, which
will be finer and larger than ever this
year. His brother VIM. X. will take
charge of the store and repair work
during Wesley's absence.
Geo. Raab has opened meat mark
ct in the Foley building, across the
street from the water works. He
will sell steak way below the prices
that prevail at the other markets, he
tells US. He is an old butcher and
knows how to cut steak.
Marriage licenses were issued last
week to the following couples: Frank
Samec and Barbara Hron, VIM. J..
Murray and Bridget A. Sullivan, Fred
A. Strich and Augusta Lambrich, Jo-
seph Kunt and Anna Reha, Emery
Pembleton and Elsie Hart.
20 finely bred heavily boned Poland
China fit for service, for sale at
reasona BILE price, II mile west of
Cresco. Also Scotch Short-Horn
bull seven months old, perfect beau
ty, the best of the breed.
w. j. WEBSTER.
Having secured the service of Mr..
S. L. Price, first class Jeweler and
| Watch Maker, we are prepared to do
all kinds of watch, clock and jewelry
| repairing. Satisfaction guaranteed
Bring in your work.
9W4 P, A. CLEMMER.
Mr.. Albert o. Aundson, has recent
ly accepted through Hapgoods, Mona
dock Bldg, Chicago, very desirable
position in the office of Sears Rcbuck
Co, the we'll known mail order house
OF that city. Mr.. Amundson was for
some time employed as a salesman
with AmundSon s. LofthuS of Cresco.
If the farmers of the county desire
some legislation in their own interest
they will cast ballot for J. f. SHUT
for represen tative. In point of ability
for proper discharge of of the duties
and responsibilities of the office he is
certainly more than the equal OF the
republican candidate and his sympa-
thieS are with the toilerS.
Saturday night the shop of ice
Block was broken INTO and about $3.50
Of rubbers stolen and carried away.
Sheriff Campbell was out in search
early Sunday morning and during the
day the stolen property was located
and restored to it's owner and the
burglars will be run down as soon as
court is over and the sheriff is at lib
erty.
Miss Helen Chaplin will make an ex-
cellent run for the office OF county
superintendent. The criticism of the
Times is calling out vast amountsof
criticism of that luckless sheet. A
communication from a prominent life
long republican elsewhere in this is
sue shows the general feeling among
the independent men Of that party.
The case Of the State of Iowa VS..
Thomas y. Robinson, indicted for
murder,.is now occupying the atten-
tion Of the court. County Attorney
Upton is prosecuting and P. sF. Nc
Hugh is attorney for the defense. The
following are the Jurors empanelled:
Owen R. Jones, H. L. Perry, A. L.
Halver, e. N. Tibballs, w. f. Kohl
man, Charles Mintey, w. T. Beau
master, ]. f. Madden, G.. w. Moar,
Henry Baker, T. P. Logsdon, James
Duschek.
Cresco was we'll represented in the
field meet at Iowa City, Oct. 90, as
shown by the following records:
Ted River got second in the 100 and
22O yd. dashes; Irwin Barker got 1st
place in the high jump, at 5 TT. 6in..
End in the hurdles and tied for End
place in the broad jump, jumping 20
TT. inch; Elmer Davis won the 100
and 22o in 10 2 and % A sec. respective
ly and second in the high jump at it.
in. Will Davis, who is now one of
the regular players on the Varsity
foot ball team, came over in his hea-
Wy foot ball suitand shoes long enough
to run in the hurdles, getting 3rd
place out of I starters.
Notice.
All persons knowing themselves in