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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-09-17
BOARD PROCEEDINGS,
September Session.

oSPlCL1DCI SCSSlOH.
Auditors office, Audubon, Iowa.
September, 1908.
bers present Shingledecker and J
c Bonwell. Chairman Niels Hoegh
being absent j Shingledecker was an
pointed chairman. Board proceeded
to the consideration of bills and the
following were allowed:
G e Weston, clerk of Lincoln
township II 90
0 Donaldson, postage 8 IS
o G Donaldson, recording plat
and deeds 3 10
Nat McFadden, repairing
county bridge 90
Arthur Farquhar, office ex-
pense 9 so
Arthur Farquhar, postage S 81
F Anderson, telegraph and
telephoning 8 Is
F L Anderson, postage 3 90
9 w Hoover, mdse for county 5 So
c w Marlin. publishing board
proceeding SO 81
G w Marlin, printing and
supplies so
A II Roberts, mdse for poor
farm 975
J Hill, postage and office
expense 4 so
6 n Weighton, livery for
board 3 so
On motion Board adjourned to meet
again at one o'clock p M.
One O'Clock p m, Board met pursu.
ant to adjournment. All members
present.
Auditors minutes during vacation
of Board were examined and APPROX.
ed as follows:
O B Train, commissioner on
~vacating highway 2 80
+ NJ Leet, unclaimed fees 2 35
w q Butler, balance salary as
court reporter 6 90.
John 81 Clark, balance salary
as court reporter 8 80
0 B Train, serving notices in
~vacating roads 2 70
D G Mott, publishing notices
in vacating road 5 90
John Dennison, unclaimed
fees 9 o5
} w Mount, wolf cub 2 90
Auditors report of fees collected
from June l, 1908 to Sept. S, 1908, was
examined and approved.
On motion fees were allowed as per
IlduSCIlpG TOLL Gue CLERK OF UQo QlS-
trict court in the following case:
Alvin Minta
L Hill, clerk IL 90
A L Brooks, physician 6 90
Joe 81 Ross, attorney 6 90
On motion Clerk L Hilps report of
fees collected for the months Of June
and July and August was examined
and approved.
Auditor was ordered to draw war
rant on the Bridge Fund in favor of
Ellen and Catharine Roche for One
Hundred and Fifteen Dollars to pay
for a piece Of ground for Highway pur-
poses to avoid bridging.
The apportionment of mileage of
the Railroad and Express Companies
of Audubon county for the purpose of
taxation for the year of 1908 was
approved as follows: See table.
On motion a consent Highway 40
feet wide was ordered established as
follows: Commencing at the north
east corner of the northwest quarter of
the southwest quarter of section Bits
30 and running thence south one. half
mile and terminating at the Cass
county line.
On motion Board adjourned to meet
again at eight o'clock a. m. Sept. Sth.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-09-17

Ns ~ ~
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
On motion claims We're allowed as
follows:
J r Pound, work for poor farm l 40
E NJ Johnson, work for poor
A F Greenwaldt, postage and
Office expense Is 10
Nels S johnson, mdse for poor I IS
j Black, clerk and making
Road tax list IS 90
Hooker, telephone rental ~ 90
o r Jones, wolf scalp 5 90
Lars c Christoftersen, trustee
Sharon township 2 90
f A Drury, draying for county 35
Peter Nadsen, trustee Hamlin
township 10 90
Peterman & Voss, Road stakes 10 40
Otto WHITAKER, clerk of Extra
township 5 90
Saml McGaffin, trustee Extra
twp 4 90
o F Ide, trustee Extra twp 4 90
J D Barhan, trustee Extra twp 2 90
81 Poulsen, work and ma
terial for bridges 4 %
Green Bay Lumber Co., Lum-
Der for bridges So 40
Hammond q Stephens Com
pany supplies Is 90
] F Russell, typewriter for
county IS 90
D w Bushnell, supplies IA SO
G Rose, Clerk Audubon twp 4 90
Bilharz & Son, mdse for Co., 2 40
q W Preston, mdse poor farm 80 IS
f L Anderson, trying in good
faith to serve warrant 19 As
Aaron Anderson, Clerk and
making road tax list 16 90
L j Anderson, trustee Douglas
township 8 90
Thos Williamson, board and
care of Jno Davidson 80 90
On motion Board adjourned to meet
auaip of ono ojolooL ), ~
The Washington times., 1903-12-13

about twenty years ago, used to sing
I'm THE Merry War ''Nanon" and
THE Queens Lace Handkerchief on
this same Casino stage.
The son first came into favor in the
London production of The Belle of
New YOri-," and is the husband of that
clever ana tiny soubrette, Toby Claude
Another member of the London Belle
company is found i'm James l.. Sullivan
who was the Polite Lunatic i'm that
more or less well-known troupe
Jobyna Rowland has evened things
up with Marie Tempest by beginning
ia dr. ma--she was leading woman
Syith Hackstt in Rupert of Hentzau''
and ending up in musical comedy
Previous TO that she was known quite
extensively as the Gibson model
j. c. Miron is leading comedian, and
very clever one. He used TO be, WITH
Francis Wilson. and nov has the, good
fortune TO sing the Number ih's'fWin-
The Washington times., 1903-12-13
Voices of Men That
Live After Them.


In a phonograDh store down town the
superintendent was directing the pack
ing OF a dozen records for shipment to
Japan. No collection of costly jewels
could have received greater care. Each
record was wrapped, first in soft tissue
paper, and, then in a thick layer CT
cotton of the finest quality. such as is
used in surgical operations. Each wss
secured with a seal furnished by the
Japanese gentleman who bought the
photograph a month ago. and then took
the records back to be packed for ship
ment. The superintendent said he did
not know whose voices he was packing
mp TO send out to the country in this
way, but he believed the records were
utterances by public men which 1t was
desired to preserve in Japan after their
death.
There are a number OF relics OF this
scrt in existence said the superintend-
ent. 1T is no trouble at all TO hear
President McKinley's voice today. if you
know where to find the records. The
same thing is true OF other eminent
men who have joined the great majority
since the photograph came into gen
eraI use. Such records are not for the
public, of course. and little is heard
Of them.
"T'he greatest care must be taken in
handling them, particularly in moving
them from place 10 place. The greatest
collection of voice records in the world.
1 believe. belongs to Col. G. K. Gouraud,
Of London. who vas on General Nc
Cleuan's stan during the civil war. and
who subsequently became Edison's first
agent in England. That collection in
cludes Queen Victoria. King Humbert.
Bismarck, and Gladstone among the IL
lustrious dead and King Edward and
Queen Alexandra among the living. Not
long ago. when Colonel Gouraud moved
his collection from London TO Brighton,
he carried the precious records in steel
safes. which we're placed in feather beds
on fiat cars In the safes the voices
were wrap "a IN cotton batting and in
cased in tinfoa. Jolting spoils them. and
dampness ruins them. New York.
Press.
The Washington times., 1903-12-13

her one song about being a grand lady
in "A Runaway Girl but trafled
through whole evening. it is apt to get
on ones nerves.
Still, there are others, and very ca
pable others, too. Helen Redmond. who
made such an admirable Dolores in
''B1Nrodora,' has a charming duet
Two Little Doves" with William T.
Philip, who used to be In "a Gaiety
GirV' and THE Geisha'' in London.
Then there is that fine figure of a
man, and worthy son of a talented
father. William p. Carleton. William
T. Carleton, the father aforesaid, just
The Washington times., 1903-12-13


ments from the critics there. Only
the prevailing bad business can keep
it from filling the house during the en-
gagement at the Hudson. which runs
through the holidays.
Miss Tempest's company is wholly
English. and so capable that II is neces-
sary TO use display type for three names
besides her own on the house bills.
Leonard Boyne. her leading man. filled
the same post when the American The
alter was opened about ten years ago.
with the racing melodrama, "Tbe
Prodigal Daughter"
Boyne's Large Salary.
1t was stated that Mr.. French, the
manager of the theater, gave him the
largest salary ever paid to any leading
man in New York-S5OO a week. The rid
ing of horses was such a prominent
feature in that piece that it was denied
in print that Mr.. Bayne's ability to ride
well was what had given him his posi-
ton in the cast.
He had then, although young man,
been on the stage for twenty years,
having starred through England in
"Claudian" and other parts in the VIII
son Barrett repertoire. 1t was a coin
cidence that in his early days as utility
man with Henry Stanley. who played
Richard III on horseback, Boyne was
awarded the role Of Richmond because
the regular leading man of the com
pany could not ride.
Ada Ferrar was here in 1900 as the
Duchess of strood with John Hare in
THE Gay Lord Quex," in which GIL
bert Hare, the son. made a distinct
success as the old roue In Miss Tenn
pests play Hare has the rather color
less role of the lawyer overburdened
with the matrimonial affairs of his
clients.
There are but seven characters and
two sets of scenery in The Marriage Of
Kitty" and in the case of both people
and furniture IL is a case Of the right
thing in the right place, even to the
English telephones with the transmitter
and receiver all in one piece.
New York Without Music Hall.
New York is the only metropolis in the
world without a music hail. for Weber
& Fields is really a burlesque house,
but the Casino comes pretty close TO
hiling the bill Nowadays the shows
there are actually built with the idea
that a man may come in at any time
during the evening and enjoy the music,
the girls and the jokes without bother
ing about plot or story
"winsome Winnie" is a banner offer
ing in this respect. Written by the COM
poser and lbrettist Of ''Erminie,' - il has
been Americanized with a vengeance by
The Washington times., 1903-12-13
Woman's Privilege to Change
Her Mind as Often as She
Pleases Illustrated in Stage
Shifts, With Marie Tenn
pest the Latest Example.
BY MATTHEW WHITE. Jr.
New York. Dec. p.

New York. Dec p
r T is woman's privilege to change
her mind. and of late it appears to
be the prerogative OF the woman
player to shift from one phase OF
her art to another at her own sweet
viii. Cissie LOTUS quit variety for
comic c9era. and then went on into
tragedy; here is Marcia Van Dresser
fitting from melodrama adventures
back 10 light opera and thence to TRACE
dy queens. until now she has evoluted
into a "Parsifsl'' flower girl.
And on top of this we have Marie
Tempest. whom we associated with the
Casino in The Red Hussar" and THE
Fencing Master" camping out at the
stately Hudson in French comedy.
II was question of tights or knicker.
bockers. I believe. that brought about
Miss Tempest's detection from the lyric
stage. And. oddly enough. not because
but because she wanted TO keep them
on. while her manager wished her 10
substitute lSnee-breeches therefor.
Wouldn't Wear Knockers.
The affair occurred in London in the
latter part Of 80. soon after the start Of
San Toy on its long run at DaIy's
over there. Miss Tempest, who had
been accustomed to tights in The Red
Hussar." declined to change into the
less becoming article Of dress, and Man
ager George Edwardes gave her the al
tentative, which she accepted. with the
result that London gained a mighty
clever coincidence.
Miss Tempest was born in the Eng
lish metropolis. but was educated in
Paris. and spent much OF her youth
IN Belgium. so she is quite cosmopo-
lite She first became a West End IA
vorite n the musical comedy An Ar
lists Model" the predecessor Of 1.-THE
Geisha.'' and written by the same men
In The Geisba" she made another big
hit. and after that appeared in another
of the musical pieces that have been so
closely associated with the London
Days. "A Greek Slave" This, how
ever, failed to make the hit OF its com
panions in the series.
Miss Tempest's Winning Way.
Miss Tempest was last seen here
about seven years ago In ''rhe Tyro-
lean" a comic opera from the Ger
man, and II strikes me that she seems
20 be received as a stranger by the
bulk Of our theatergoers. She is not at
all pretty. and never was, but she has
chic and a winning way with her that
can give cards and spades 10 mere
beauty when it comes to winning favor
with an audience.
The comedy I'm which she is now be-
ing seen at the Hudson. "The Mar
riage Of Kitty" is an adoption from
the French by Cosmo Gordon Lennox.
a welI-connected English actor, who
also enjoys the distinction of being Miss
Tempest's husband The play ran all
last season ia London, and has re-
ceived the most enthusiastic indorse-
The Washington times., 1903-12-13

objects of art at the end of the first
act, when girls representing ivory.
bronzes. iridescent glass. mother-of-
pearl. diamonds. and so on throng the
scene in a glittering array that is fairly
indescribabIe for splendor OF effect
Delightful Children
The most interesting episode is the
assemblage of the pansy faces at the
close of the next act. showing some
OF the cutest children ever put behind
the footIights, and in whom the audi
ence nightly finds more entertainment
than in the dancing Of the ballet it
self.
The funniest incident is undoubtedly
the travesty on the Grigolati troupe.
This brings three comedians. including
Cswthorne and Buiger. swinging on
five-inch thick ropes. which are hOisted
and lowered from the flies precisely as
were the wires in 'Mr Blue Beard"
the while the men, in tulle skirts, smile
sweetly and make the grimaees sup
posed TO be the proper thing under the
circumstances.
The cast has an extra talented men,
Der in the person OF Clifton Crawford.
who wrote the words and music of the
two popular songs. Mary Green and
Nancy Brown Mr.. Crawford has fur
nished several tunefuI numbers for
Mother Goose, among them a rollick-
ing Irish song. Rafferty," sung by
himself and chorus of policemen, and
The Masque Ball. which falls to Jill
della McIntyre).
The Footlights Via Golf
Mr. Crawford, who is a Scotchman.
did splendid work as leading juvenile
in Foxy Grandpa" during its long
New York run season before last. His
parents are both on the stage. and
when the father went on a tour of New
Zealand the son went along as accom-
PIANIST. He first came to this country
in 1901 as a teacher of golf. Among
the players of the game in Boston he
fell In with r. A. Barnet, the Hbrettist,
and in this way found his way back to
the stage in America.
Viola Gillette. the principal boy
(Co,in. JnTs sweetheart). like Maude
Adams. is a Salt Lake City girl. She
sang in the choirs of three churches
there--the Episcopal, the Jewish syna-
gogue. and the Mormon Tabernacle.
Jessie Bartlett Davis admired her
contraIto tones and tod her she ought
to go to New York to study While
acting on this advice Miss Gillette
sang in the choir of the Fifth Avenue
Baptisl Chureh. where the Rockefellers
attend. in Forty-sixth Street
She made another big jump when
she started In on her theatrical career,
Australia. On her return to this coun-
try she sang with thu Alice Nielsen
company. In Beauty and the Beast
she was the Princess Charming, and
toured with that show last season.
Christmas Pantomimes Waning.
This years pantomiTne at Drury Lane
is "Humpty Durapty.' which. / suppose,
we shall see over hers saxt winter, but
In England the interest n these Christ
The Washington times., 1903-12-13
Strange to Say. New York
Is the Only Metropolis in
The World That Has No
Music Hall = Webes &
Fields Merely a Burlezque
"Any Time" House.

mas affairs is beginning to die out A
sad feature in connection with Mother
Goose" is the fact that Dan Leno. who
created the title role in London. is now
in the asylum for the insane
A GaIrick Play.
It is a far cry. indeed TO pass from
comment on the botched work of Leo
Ditrichstein to the finished product OF
Henry Arthur Jones, as displayed in
embarrassing julia" put on view at
the Garrick, vice Lady Roses Daugh.
ter" retired as hopeless
To be sure, Julia" made no very
striking success in London, and viii not
draw the multitude here. but it has very
many delicious moments, and I very
much mistake if it is not the sort or
play to draw better and better the
longer it is kept on. permitting those
who have enjoyed it to tell their friends
OF the treat they are missing If they let
il pass.
Fay Davis Julia is a greai improve.
ment on her Julie and the comedy Is
well acted throughout by the members
Of the Empire stock. A great edition
to them has been made in the person OF
Edward s. aAbeles, as the rakisaly in.
clined son.
The Washington times., 1903-12-13

some Winnie which will no doubt be
first TO reach the barrel organs and
gramaphone records. This is by Jak-
obowski himself. and is called The
Montenegrin Patrol"
Some four years ago Mr.. MirOn made
another hit with a chorus background
as Brevet in Princess Chic" This
comic opera, which was by no means
a Casino success. although it did great
business on the road. was written as
20 its book. by Kirk La Shelle. the the
atrical manager, with music by that
tuneful composer OF Dolly Warden" and
when Johnny Comes Marching Home
Julian Edwards
Rollicking Mother Goose"
For roIlicking fun, magnificent seen
cry and superb costumes, one assured
" gets his 81 worth at the New Ans
terdam in the imported Drury Lane
spectacle Mother Goose / say i'm
ported because the title and the prop
critics were brought across the ATTAIN
&c. but very little else But where tbs
Americanization of comic opera may
be regarded as an affront. the locaiizing
of London pantomime is a very worthy
deed.
To be sure. there is very little sense
in the story and a good deal of rough
house work in the acting. but Mother
Goose is neither Macbeth nor "Du
Barry" and / certainly found myself
far more interested throughout than in
that other child's play farther uptown.
Babes in Toyland." which. seeking to
combine poetic purpose with theatrical
fun. accomplishes neither. Much of
''Toyland" really bores the youngsters
for whom it is supposed TO be intend-
ed, while 1 cannot imagine a child fail
ing TO find delight in any and all por-
tions Of Mother Goose
Cawthorne and Bulger.
The cast is headed by the two come
dams who furnished most of the fun in
the first OF the pantomimes brought
out by TIIaw & Erlanger. THE Sleeping
Beauty and the Beast done at the
Broadway two years ago. Joe Cav
thorne was then the nurse, Lena: now
he is Mother Goose herself. Harry
Bulger-of the one-time team Mathews
and Bulger, presenting BY the Sad
Sea, Waves" at the Herald Square-has
descended from the majesty of King
Bardout 10 plain Jack. Mother Goose's
son.
None of these principals was in last
years show at the Knickerbocker, Mr.
Blue Beard" when Dan McAvoy had
the title role and Eddie Foy was Sister
Anne.
The most stunning stage picture in
Mother Goose" is the procession of
The Washington times., 1903-12-13

Frederick RanIen and Gustave Kerker.
Il is doubtful If Messrs. Jakobowski and
Paulton would recognize their own on
spring were they TO walk unexpectedly
irto a theater where il was being per-
formed. Every chestnutty situation in
musical comedy almost from the days
of THE Beggars opera" has been
pressed into service, but it does not
matter in the least.
Nobody thinks of paying any attention
10 the Casino libretto nowadays Given
a Tilt TO the music and a sufficient frou-
frouiug of the girls gowns, set off by
pretty faces atop Of them. and money
pours regularly into the box Office, no
matter what the critics may have to
say about the artistic value Of the thing
on the cold gray dawn Of the morning
after
The Washington times., 1903-12-13
In for a Long Run.

sic, as well as abundance OF the latter,
"Winsome Winnie" even discounts THE
Runaways." so that 1 should not be In
the least surprised 20 see It run on into
the spring, and perhaps straight through
the summer.
eG by Paula Edwardes as the star. Miss
Edwardes works too hard. 10 my mind,
and her nasal accent grows a bit tire
some. II was al right when she sang
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1903-04-10
OREGON MINES.

Much better headway was made
clearing out the caved in shaft at the
Columbia mine than was expected.
Since operations commenced on the
Gold Bug property in the Red Boy dis
trict, Oregon. two important strikes
have been made.
The management of the California
mine near Sumpter has let contract
for hauling $50 tons of ore from the
mine to the railroad here.
The biggest mining deal of the year
is now pending whereby Patrick
Clark Of Spokane. it is understood,
will secure the Blue Ledge in south.
ern Oregon. The property is held at
$25O,0OO by it's owners, Cooper, Adams
& Mcveigh. and Mr.. Clark is negotiat-
ing for 1t on the basis Of $250,000. He
would pay $4,000 cash. $4,000 n
eight months, and $4,000 in LII
months.
At Sumpter, Ore, it is reported that
the Bonanza main compartment shaft
is now down 1000 feet. The Morning
mine, in the Greenhorn district, Is at
tracing much attention, and seems
destined to make the most wonderful
producer In eastern Oregon. The
Psyche mill is still idle and will not
start up until 1t is possible to deliver
wood at the mine. The Chloride prop.
erty, on Rock creek. is being thor
oughly developed by q large crew
There Is now 5000 feet Of tunnels
drifts and crosscuts run, and good
body of ore has been shown up.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1903-04-10
BRITISH COLUMBIA.

Some $50 men are now on the pay
roll at the CRANKY mines, the largest
number probably since the first coal
miners strike Of last May.
The White Bear nine at Rossland
will start shipping at an early date,
or as soon as the wagon road to the
railroad is in shape for teaming. and
the shelters are In a position to take
the ore.
Shipments from the Rossland camp
for the week were: LIE Roi, 1905 tons; ;
Center Star, 1885: War Eagle, 1860;
LIE Roi No. 2, 700; Velvet. 100. Total,
GAO tons; for the year to date, 96.1St
tons.
Trout lake. In the Lardeau coun-
try Of British Columbia. Ia experience
ing the most prosperous season In its
history, and during the coming sum-
mer all records OF production will pc
eclipsed," says J.. A. Griffith, q mer-
chant at Trout Lake City.
For the first time in many months
the mines Of the CRANKY company are
the only ones on the shipping list Of
the Boundary for the past week. Their
output was 4512 tons, making q total
Of 1922 tons shipped by the mines
OF the Boundary for 1903. The Gran
by smelter treated 445O tons of ore
during the week, making q total OF
1888 tons treated this year.
About three months or little more
ago the Trail smelter interests secured
q bond on the we'll known Seattle
claim, located on the north fork OF
Kettle river. The bond was for $685.
900. 1t Is stated. and is said to have
one unusual feature, In that 1t is to We
paid in the shape Of royalty of 10
per cent per ton for every ton of ore
shipped, with a minimum per month,
whether ore is mined or shipped or
not.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1903-04-10

Of good season, as there is an abund-
ance Of snow this year. The larger
companies, which have an abundance
Of water, will not resume work until
the snow is all on, which will be two
weeks yet.
A prominent producer says there Is
demand for all the copper that can be
turned out at Is cents. The offering
on the New York exchange was infer
Tor metal and had to be sold cheaper.
Exchange prices have always been be-
low those obtainable elsewhere, and
always will be. Some authorities
think the metal exchange Is manipu-
lated by the Analgamated people to
suit It's own ends.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1903-04-10
Hypnotism a Bad PIaything.

Monmouth, lll.-Mrs Marshall Mink,
who, with her husband, was hypnotizcl
by reading Professor Harraden's books
on hypnotism, died at Walkertown asy-
lum. The case is one of the most Pc
culiar and mystifying ever known. The
victims were under 80 years of age,
are parents of two children and both
were sound mentally and physically
Recently they saw an advertisement CT
Professor Harraden OF Jackson, Mich,
who purported to teach hypnotism in
20 lessons by mail course. Minks sen.
for the books. In the first lesson both
came partially under hypnotic inhu-
ence, and for several days they con-
tinued in that state, both endeavoring
to exercise their will power over the
other. The husband at last lost con-
troll over his wife, and both were
brought here. The case puzzled ply
sicians. A local hypnotist partially
succeeded in restoring Mrs. Mink TO
her normal state, but only for brief
period. She became worse and was
sent to the asylum.