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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-15
WHAT COUNTY FAIRS INDICATE.

rho county fair attendance has long
an conceded to be an excellent indl-
zion of the condition of the country
especially of the feeling in the ceun-
IL districts If times are hard ana
grmers disconnected and discouraged
lie attendance and receipts fall away.
everybody is prosperous and optl-
sfstic of further prosperity the hoildaS
Eaking farmers crowd the fair grounds
nd swell the Golfers of the assoeia-
ion. Despite the weather which has
gaen bad this fall the county fair re-
yorts are of record breaking attend
snces. If rain fell for two days the
lthird brought a crowd that amply mace
an for the Snort receipts of the wet
aays. Continued sunlight and good
weather brought the people in swarms
~ make merry, meet Old friends and
have a good time generally. III the
halonce sheets of the county fairs of
1908 are to be taken as evidence the
is generally IN very con-
tented and satisfied condition.
This sort of evidence appears to be
admissible. People make holiday
Men they are happy. The discon-
tented ana unhappy are prone to stay
& home. 1t is when mankind is pros
oering and hopeful that 1t gathers a
.rowd to share its pleasures together.
olscontent grumbles. 1t does not play.
he inference is fairly to be drawn
rom the reports of generally success
III county fairs that the people are
pntented with the present conditions
I'D satisfied that prosperity will en-
IRE.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-15

for a wall; but SO long as the losses
are confined 10 the companions OF
dudes and guests at monkey dinners
there is no justification for the pehei
that patriotism viii take a plunge INTO
bankruptcy"
The Boone Republican declares:
tFormer state Auditor Merriam ought
to migrate to Minneapolis along With
Pansy Butler and the Northwestern
Life. Iowa has no use for any OF
them
On the heels of Council Bluffs street
carnival the Nonpareil observes that
be good and you'll be lonesome some
times seems to have been written espe-
ciany for street fairs
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-15
THE IRRIGATION CONGRESS.

A very important gathering is con-
vened at Ogden, Utah, today. where
the National Irrigation Congress Is met
to consider the reclamation of the arid
west as a national problem. No better
selection could have been made OF a
meeting place than Utah, where the
learly Mormon settlers began the work
OF irrigation which has made the small
farms Of that state verttable gardens
Al an object lesson In the possibilities
OF irrigation in the west to furnish
homes for a dense population the five
seven and twenty acre irrigated farms
Of Utah are convincing. The congress
composed as 1t Is of interested and
representative men, advised as It will
be by the foremost authorities in prac-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-15
SERVICE PENSIONS.

The pension talk at the 6. A. r. en-
npment at Frisco favored what
go,,ld be If adopted practically serv-
Ice pension. Without doubt the adop-
lion OF such plan would for time In
Z xrease the pension list and increase the
cost Of pensions. But If 1t had this
effect the increase would be retained
for a short period only. The tide OF
pension payments has practically
Reached its limit and Is due to recede.
THE old soldiers are dying by files and
Splatoons, The death rate Is appalling
and its growth is cumulative. It will
mot require many more years to mus
ter out the Grand Army. Per-
rps one-half of the civil war veterans
sho constituted the most magnificent
my Of modern times Is still alive,
Ut they are old. Another decade will
Ne thinned their ranks to a corporafs
Nlard In comparison to the muster
Bills Of '61-S5.
Pension Commissioner Ware reports
hat 7o3,45S surviving soldiers of the
N.ivil war are receiving pensions. He
Estimates that 100000 surviving SOL
ldierA have not applied Ter pensions. II
the estimate is correct there are still,
living 100000 of the 2,772.40S soldiers
who enlisted in the union army. on
the 2.772,40S men on the army rolls
61,s62 were killed in battle. 34.773 died
soon after receiving wounds in battle,
and 1s3,2s7 died of disease during the
war. Before the war ended 223,535 men
had been discharged as disabled by
wounds or disease.
Y OF the 100000 men wounded In ac-
ton, one-half probably were partially
disabled. OF those who returned sick
or were released from prisons In the
last year of the war, many died before
the muster out of the army. On these
figures 1t is safe to assume that nearly
one-half the union soldiers able for
duty in June, 1866, are still alive.
There are many among such of the
survivors who are not pensioners to
whom the suggestion of a pension In
the years Immediately following the
war would have been resented as an
insult to their patriotism and ability
to earn their own living. Grown old
and perhaps Strengthened In finances,
they now, when proof Of infirmity ac-
quired in service is hard to obtain re-
gre. that they failed to file a just claim.
There are not all of the 100000 who
j have claims to file, hut there il a
worthy and suffering proportion OF
them that should receive pension re-
lief. Perhaps a service pension would
cost the country little more than the
present system and serve the ends of
! Justice better. At any rate the expense
OF civil war pensions is at the apex and
is certain to decrease in the same RAJ
tito with the increase of the death rate
OF the worthy men whose necessities
made pension expenditure the debt OF
a grateful nation to the defenders
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-15

"A LTHOUGH Father Beret was
IA for many years missionary
"a on the Wabash, most Of the
time at Vincennes, the fact
that no mention Of him can be found
III the records is not stranger than
many other things connected with the
old towns history. He was, like nearly
all the men of his calling in that day,
self effacing and modest hero, APP
parently quite unaware that he de-
served attention He and Father
Gibault. whose name Is so beautifully
and nobly connected with the stirring
achievements of Colonel George Rogers
Clark, were close friends and often
companions. Probably Father Gibault
himself, whose fame will never fade,
would have been today as obscure as
Father Beret but for the opportunity
given him by Clark to fix his name In
the list of heroic patriots who assisted
in winning the great northwest from
the English.
Vincennes, even in the earliest days
of its history, somehow kept up COM
munication and, considering the cir
cumstances, close relations with New
Orleans. 1t was much nearer Detroit,
but the Louisiana colony stood next to
France in the Imagination and longing
of priests, voyageurs, coureurs de bois
and reckless adventures who had
Latin blood in their veins. Father
Beret first came to Vincennes from
New Orleans, the voyage up the Missis-
sippi, Ohio and Wabash in a pirogue
lasting through whole summer and
far into the autumn. Since his arrival
the post had experienced many vicissi-
tudes, and at the time in which our
story opens the British government
claimed right of dominion over the
great territory drained by the Wabash,
and. indeed, over large, indefinitely
outlined part Of the North American
! continent lying above Mexico, claim
just then being vigorously questioned,
flintlock in hand, by the Anglo-Ameri-
can colonies.
| OF course the handful Of French peo-
pie at vincennes, so far away from
every center Of Information and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-15

the cigar counter. ''See that fellow
trying to lift that chain You keep an
eye on him while l get Repetto, the
detective. said the man to the girl
behind the counter. Why, that's Mr.
Shaw, secretary of the United States
treasury she explained. Then she
wondered why the man beat such
hasty retreat.
There is an evident moral in news
story told by the Chicago Tribune OF
4 refined looking man who stopped to
listen TO a street band. When the mu-
|scians struck up "Hiawatha' the
Listening stranger drew bottle of car
bolic acid from pocket and swallowed
/ its contents.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-15
80 N A14N.
Fearful Odds Against Him.

Bedriddell, alone and destitute. Such
In brief was the condition OF an old
soldier by the name OF ]. j. Havens.
OF Versailles. Ohio. For years he was
troubled with kidney disease and Meth
err doctors aor medicines gave him re-
lief. At length he tried Electric Botters.
I. put him on his feet IN short order
and now he testifies, "Im on the road
to complete recovery" Best on earth
for liver and kidney troubles and all
forms Of stomach and bowel COM
plants. Only so cents. Guaranteed by
George p. Powers. druggist.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-15
Tn. Genuine W. tho count.rf.it..

The genuine is always better than q
counterfeit, but the truth OF this state
ment Is never more forc.bly realized or
more thoroughly appreciated than
when you compare the genuine De-
Wits Witch Hazel Sa.ve with the
many counterfeits and worthless sub
stitutes that are on the market. w. s.
Ledbetter. OF Shreveport, La, says:
after using numerous other remedies
without benefit one box OF DeWitts
witch Hazel Salve cured me- For
blind, bleeding itching and protruding
piles no remedy Is equs, to DeWitt's
witch Hazel Salve. Sold by all drug
wicfa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-15

err. but II the German carp has got into
our Iowa rivers thru the efforts of some
fish commissioner then the Lord have
mercy on his soul AS food fish
they Justly rank below the buffalo fish.
which are only fit for fertilizers on a
poorer soil than we possess in Iowa
one can eat a soft sucker in July and
think he has, a brook trout. comparing
the carp with the sucker. 1t Is we'll we
should know who has been doing this
thing" Or have these garbage caters
escaped from somebody's preserved
fish pond and taken possession of the
Iowa river?
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-15
New Jersey Editor. Testimonial.

M. f. Lynch, editor of the Philips
burg. N. j., Daily Post. writes: Il have
used many kinds Of medicines for
coughs and colds in my family, but
never anything so good as Foley's
Honey and Tar. cannot say too much
in praise of it." Sold by B. A. Morgan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-15
Ohio and Indiana Home Visitors Elk.
cursions.

ON Sept. 1, 8, Is and Oct. 6. the Iowa
Central will run their annual Home
Visitors Excursions" to Ohio and In
diana. Tickets Will be on sale on above
dates with limit for return thirty days
from date Of sale. For rates and de-
tails, cell on agents or address. A. B.
CUTS, CT. p. & T. A.. Iowa Central rail-
way. Minneapolis, MINI.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-15
EIalf Rates 10 CHICAGO.

For the centennial celebration to be
held in Chicago. H., Sept. 26 to Oct
j. the Iowa Central will sell excursion
tickets at one fare for the round trip.
Tickets on sale Sept. &c, "a and %:
limit for return, Oct. 20. 1908. See
ticket agents for particulars.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-15

Ion are waits adopted by Gaspard
Roussilon, a French settler at Vim
.cennes. Father Beret is the parish
priest.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-15
LOW one WAY Rates to the Coast.

The Iowa Central Railway has plac-
ed on sale daily special one way colon
lists excursion tickets to California,
oregon, Washington, Idaho and Mon
tana at very reduced rates. Tourist
cars thru without change every We'd
nesday via the popular Santa Fe sys-
tenn. Call on agents for particulars, OF
address A. b. Cults, G. p. and 7. A..
Minneapolis, MINI.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-15
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

Senator Clark having cautiously OBJ
served that If the democrats nominate
the right man ,or president they will
win, the Sioux City Journal surmises:
THE senator must be thinking of get
ting in ahead If the republicans and
nominating Roosevelt"
Resenting somewhat the criticism of
the standpat papers the Carroll Herald
declares that IS. X. Way, committee
man for the Tenth district Is all wool
and yard wide and possesses good
qualities Of endurance. Editors who
are shocked at his plainness OF speech
will like, him better VIXEN they know
him more"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-15

!. ALICE Of OLD !
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! VINCT,lJNES !
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) By MAURICE THOMPSON +
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always came to the rescue of threat
svnopsis Of PRESIDING Chapters.
By MAURICE

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-15
The Lehigh Argus say. union,sm is

Will like him better wren tney KNOW
him more"
The Lehigh Argus says unionasm is
here to stay. There have been pitt
falls In the past and there will be OBJ
stacles yet to overcome, but these will
surely be met in a more satisfactory
manner both for the employer and en-
ploye Unionism has already done
much to prove to the world Its right to
a permanent recognition in the indus
trial field The same advantages are
attained from labor organization as
those obtained by capital. Labor is or
ganized to protect those that are I'M
able to protect themselves, make bet
ter conditions of labor for the men and
women who do the manual labor Of the
world. Wher. this is Done it makes
better men and women of those that
are under its influence"
The Dubuque Times wonders what
WOUND DGCOUlc Oh IIlSii oNSI SCdAS Si0
|is the rule la d down by the Erie We're
adopted by employers universally. In
the Times opinion, the true rule is to
Judge every case on its own merits and
this responsibility rests especially up
on large employers of labor. 1t Is
shirked whenever a subordinate Off
cial is given positive instructions to
employ no man who has reached an
age at which men should be at the
height of their usefulness
The Cedar Rapids Gazette thinks
Mrs. Sage takes too gloomy view Of
the marriaga of American girls to for
eign titles. IF the United States was
Losing hired girls there would be cause
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-15
CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER II.
A LETTER FROM AFFAIR.
"A LTHOUGH Father Beret was
IA for many years missionary
"a on the Wabash, most Of the
- fimn nt Vincannns Tho fact
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-15

lcontinued on FaftA Pas~,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-15

Twelve divorces in one day an
twenty two during a ten days teri
is the record made by Judge Macy 9
Council Bluffs. This should put Coun
ell Bluffs above the sneers of omahs
There is not onsy individuality but
sort of prominence due city that ca
point to a wife exchange doing bust
ness at such lively rate.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-16
FIRST RAILROAD
In Arkansas, and the Pine Bluff
Connection Started

Beginning in the year 1863. the FIRST
railroad that traverscd the state OF
Arkansas was the Memphis and Little
Rock road Pine Bluff people never
dreamed Al that time that they would
ever be connected with the outside
world with steel rails and had no such
dreams until 1873 Stephen W. Dor
sey. one of Coy. Clayton's carpet bag
gers SAW the advantage of branch
from Pine Bluff To Memphis and Little
Rock. He went to work to build such
line. He comenccd grading across
the river opposite the Pine Bluff court
house and due north. He went ats far
as Scaton. Ark. sixteen miles this side
of Lonoke, and the grading is still
intact To this day, though somewhat
weather damaged.
Dorsey at that time, Was about
thirt Niivc years old He knew the
finest tiulbrred lands and cotton plan
tatiOns located between Pine Bluff
and Lonoke, and tried to open up this
district tributary to the commercial
world with connection with Pine
Bluff The Rock Island now owns the
Memphis and Little Rock road and
have Just finished the survey from
Des Arc to DeNalls Bluff All Pine
Bluff needs now is to get the Rock
Island to run the survey over the old
that some fine morning the people will
be awakened to find the surveying
party claiming their way into the
prosperous city of Pine Bluff and thus
add a fine shipping point to their
already great system.
Dorsey is the man that afterwards
went To Denver, Colorado, and has
ammassed great fortune of about
SIS 900 600 He was also connected with
the Star route scandal and many
may remember him in that way. He
expressed himself in one sentence on
Pine Bluff when he said, "Rairoad'
viii make Pine Bluff the distributing
point of the Southwest. and any read
viii do we'll to get to the city.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-16

means gratifying results, All that is
needed is few prods to get the
Commercial league started Off right.
.,or the next three years at least the
tribute literally enough to employ a
secretary who would devote his entire
time to the work. The best results
can not be obtained except as the Sec
retary devotes his whole time to
working for the interests OF the city.
What is worth doing at all is worth
doing we'll, and | am tired of seeing
the half-hearted way III which the
Commercial league moves along.
am not making any complaint against
Secretary Russell, as he is doing
enough for the salary he receives,
which is a mere pittance. The salary
should be large enough to afford a
good living for competent man. and
then he could afford to devote his en-
tire time to the work. Mr.. Russell
should be paid enough to justify him
to give all his time if he could afford
to abandon his private business to do
so. He is thoroughly competent, but
t is impossible for him to do the most
effective work and attend to his pri
vate business at the same time. II
he is unable to give the work all his
time al fair salary. employ some
competent person who can do SO.
The Commercial league wants tc
smoke up" if it wants to do anything
worthy of cOmmendatiOn.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-16

Pine Bluff is showing up we'll in
the Way Of building improvements.
The weather is anything but buildinG
weather. yet the buildings nov in
course of erection are so numerous
that to start out to find them all is
Job far to extensive to be accomplished
within a reasonable time. However
the Graphic has been able to get a
few of them. as follows: The Bluff
City Lumber company is building a
very fine brick building for kiln dry
ing lumber.
The Sawyer and Austin Lumber
company is building extensively. One
of the most recent improvements is
the box factory built by that company
and new boiler and engine house.
B. Atkins is building a house of six
rooms on Olive street in Lakeside
for Mrs. Marsh.
r. W. Lane is building on Beach
street near Twelfth avenue.
Mr. J. W. Dutton is building fine
two story house on West Second ave-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-16
Iron Mountain Runpr.

Rumors are afloat to the effect that
the Iron Mountain railroad will divert
its northbound freight train at Pop,l-
lar Bluff. Mo, and will run them to
Grays point via Dexter and Dalton,
over the Cotton Belt and from there
across the river to Thebes by boat.
and Mississippi railroad. The question
has been asked many times, whether
the Cotton Belt or the Iron Mountain
will get control of this system, but
the most recent information seems to
be to the effect that the Cotton Belt
will get control.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-16
Pine Bluffs Building Boom

nae for Mr. S Hluhentbal to replace
the residence which burned some
time ago
w S Hclton is building an elegant
tWo-Story brick double store building
at the corner of Third avenue and
state street, for Thomas James.
j. w. Dutton, contractor, is build
ing two tWo-story houses on Pine
street, between Sixth and Seventh
avenues.
Will Riley is building on Laurel
street between Sixth and Seventh
avenues an elegant two-story dwell
ing.
j. w. Dutton is building house for
Geo. Wells on Olive anad Laurel
streets, one-story.
On East Seond avenue two build
ings are under course of construction.
One is a one-story and the other a
tWo-story dwelling.
w. S. Helton is building a cottage
on Pine street between Eighteenth
and Nineteenth avenues for himself.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-16
Worlds Fair Fund investigation.

Mr.. Can't of Garland offered house
concurrent resolution No. 2. as fol
lows:
Whereas. 1t mas been reported that
large proportion of the 100000 ap-
appropriated by section 139 of the
act approved May l, 1901. entitled.
AN act to appropriate money for an
exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase EX-
osition of 1908" has been expended
and paid out for improper purposes.
and to persons unauthorized to re-
ceive it. therefore be it
Resolved, by the house of represen-
tativcs, the senate concurring, That
ioint committee Of two from the
house and one from the senate be ap-
Dointed to investigate such eXpendi-
tnres. ascertain the amount thereof,
the persons to whom paid, and on
what account. the amount received by
40 oh. together with the date thereof:
.',ot to enable them to accomplish this
they have the power to send for all
hooks and papers pertaining to such
expenditures, and to the conduct Of
it's business by the board of directors,
in connection with their duties. and
all, contracts and appointments made
by them; that they have power to
send .or persons and compel their at
tendance as witnesses, with such pa
| oers, books and documents as they
may deem pertinent to this investiga-
ton; that they have power to admins
ter oaths to such persons, taking their
! testimony in writing. SO as to preserve
- sann; and that they report the
result ~ their investigation, together
with The testimony as taken, to the
,encral assembly, with such recon-
nendation as they may deem proper
The concurrent resolution was
opted unanimously. The speaker
"ncline.d that he would appoint the
| mrait &C later.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-16
NEW BANK.
Sixth Financial institution for the
City Organized.

City Organized.
4 new bank has been organized and
will soon be launched in Pine Bluff
for business. 1t viii be known as the
Peoples Saving Bank and Trust com
pany with capital stock of 100000.
all paid up.
The officers are: w. H. Langford.
president; w B. Alexander, vice-presi-
dent; II. A. Mccoy, secretary and
treasurer
The Directors are: Leo NJ. Andrews,
p. p. Byrd w. II. Langford, w. l.. De-
Woody. J. f. Isbell, D. S. Bluthenthal,
S. Y. T. Knox, w. ]. Gallagher II. A.
Mccoy. w. B. Alexander Jno. b.
SpeerS.
It will make the sixth bank for Pine
Bluff. All the banks have prospered.
and there is no doubt but what the
new one will do we'll. 1t has some
splendid business men connected with
it. The banks already in operation
here are the Bank of Pine Bluff, Cltl'
zens. Merchants and Planters, Cotton
Relt Savings and Trust company, and
the Southwestern Investment Trust
and Banking association, the last nam
ed being the bank recently organized
bv the colored people.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-16
Cotton Belt Improvement,

The Cotton Belt has been working
all summer on the grades on its lines
and all the grades are now cut down
10 sixteenth grade equal to about
thirty feet to the mile The dirt from
these cuts has been used for making
fills in the low places until now the
general construction of the road is
exceedingly good. Some very exten-
Slye improvements have been done at
Camden. A brick depot has been
started, at the foot of Washington
street, and is five blocks nearer the
heart of the city, with good facilities
for getting to il The old coal chute
has been removed, the hill back of it
cut down and a fine new brick freight
house has been built, which well fixes
Camden for many years to come in
the way of depots.