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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-04

Regular meeting Of Cresco Camp,
121, w. o. W., next Tuesday evening.
The officers would like to see large
attendance OF the members at that
time. A large class Will be present
for initiation and there is business of
Importance for considera tion.
Gather the roses Of health for your
| cheek,
| While the parks are shining with dew.
Get CUT in the morning early and
| bright
BY taking Rocky Mountain Tea at
night. Sold by Dr. Connolly.
Mrs. Carrie Boughner passed away
about four O'Clock yesterday morning,
after long and painful illness, the
latter days Of which we're prolonged
l.simply by her indominatible will.
She was woman of character and
energy, who will be sadly missed in
the community and In the various
societies of which she was. . member.
but in those not SO much as in the
home circle where she was q most
potent factor. The funeral occurs
at the home at l:30 o'clock Sunday af-
ternoon.
Weather Report.
BY Arthur Belts, u. s. Weather
Reporter, Ridgeway, Iowa. For the
month OF February, 1904.
Max. thcrm, 46 deg, 28th.
Min. therm, 20 deg, 1st.
Mean for the month, ID deg.
Max. daily range, 81 deg,
Precipitation (Rain and melted
snow /. SO.
Rainfall, 4dates, 20 IN.
Snowfall, l3 dates, 1915,
Clear days, 8; fair, IL; cloudy, 10.
Days with precipitation, 16.
February YVES colder In 1899.
The month gave ITO hours. s.sunshine,
Sleighing generally good.
A good month for the farmer.
Thaw on I dates. The 9Th was
frostless. 5th, 9Th and 9th were very
foggy. Also fog on the 25th and 26th
A blizzard on Candlemass.
| December, January and February
gave IS days below zero and only 2i
thawing days. Januaryswas the cold
est month, 1t has been pretty colo
winter, with mean Of 13 IS deg. ant
a mean minimum Of 81 deg. We hat
prevailing northwest winds.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-03-04
Financial Report

OF tn. Secretary Of the Independ', School
Dlstric. of cresco. Iowa, for. the year
ending Feby aSth. 1904
Monies received aud paid out of Teach.
ers Fund during the year.
TEACHERS FUND.
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soil ingredients are practically inexhausti-
BILE and consist principally of soluble
silica, lime, potash Soda phesphoric acid,
nitrogen and unlimited quantities of veg
etable humus The deep freeZings and
consequent spring thawings dissolve these
elements and raise them to the surface
to support plant life. The lake region
valley, from which it is separated by a
well developed grade of hills, forming
the shore of the geological lake which
once covered that valley Its western
border is the ranges of sand dunes with
the consequent light and sandy SOIL 1t
can thus be seen that Ramsey county is
in the very best of the garden spot of
the Northwest and is truly the land of
opportunities. The. surface and soil con-
ditions are just what is needed to de-
velop and mature the famous No. l hard
wheat, which is becoming the bread
staple of the world.
There are fifteen national and state
banks doing business within the borders
of Ramsey county These banks are all
in a prosperous condition and are doing
decidedly large business, while the
large resources seem almost Incredible
were they not absolutely facts.
Then, too, it should be remembered that
there are no mines or manufactures in
Ramsey county, and that the money
which permits the banks of the county
to do business is that primarily of the
agriculturists. 1t is Therefore easy to
comprehend the actual wealth of the
farmers of the county. 1t is a fact also
that the average North Dakota farmer
especially those of Ramsey county
neither carry large sums of money in old
socks. nor keep long time deposits in
the banks at per cent interest, but in
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house in the city. This-is a thirty-room
house. just opened.
The Ramsey County bank is one of the
leading banks in the state. 1t has a
president, is ST. Paul man, and one of
the old settlers of the state. E. j. Cham
berlain, vice president, is also an old
Minnesotan. Blanding Fisher. cashier
J. ] Bnrtscher is manager, Of the Burt
Scher Tailoring company. This firm has
been in business for six years and gives
the best of satisfaction.
E. o. Greenleaf is the manager for the
Robertson Lumber company, and has been
in the lumber business for ten years and
is formerly of Dubuque Iowa A. D.
Robertson. presidents Alvin Robertson,
vice president, and J. L. Robertson, sec
retary
Charles Anderson is manager of the
Anderson store, one of the general mer-
chandise stores of the city, and owns a
$40 acre farm three miles from Crary
ID; b. Thompson. is the proprietor of the
Devils Lake Steam laundry, having been
in business two years. and was in bust
ness for twenty years at Grand Forks
VA. Hamilton is manager for F. H.
Stoltze lumber and coal yards. was post
master for i've years and. has been in
Devils Lake for eighteen years. This firm
has twenty-one lumber yards in North
Dakota.
!, John Gordon is proprietor of one of
the leading livery, training, feed and sale
stables of the city, and has the stage line
between Devils Lake and Fort Totten
Miller & Baker are dealers in grain and
fuel, ground feed and zee in season. Their.
elevator has capacity of 80 900 bushels.
Esta bliShed in 1S97.AE. tI04
G.. w. Greene syspEeprietor of a very
line drug store, and was the organizer
of the fire department. Has been in bust
ness for thirteen years and IS a rustler,
for Devils Lake.
F. w. Cockburn is safle of the wholesale
and retail dealers in this section of fresh
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are so eagerly sought after by well In
formed farmers.
There are also considerable improve
mentS of a public and Sectarian character
At Fort Totten, now abandoned, are located
Catholic mission and school for Indian
children, under governmental supervision,
and mission Of the Episcopal church is
also maintained. Nearly 1000 acres in
the reservation, embracing the romantic
Suley's hill. Devils lake has been bridged
at two points, one at Pelican point. Civ
ing easy access to the city of Devils
Lake, with mercantile and other trading
advantages equal to those of the larger
cities, with the government land office,
where the homesteaders will transact their
land business with the government, and
which city, in all probability, will be-
come the future county seat of the opened
territory. Within a very few months aft
er the land is opened for settlement, homes
of enterprising citizens will dot every
quarter section, schools and churches will
be built without delay. and within year
from the opening the Devils Lake reSer-
walton will be one of the best and richest
farming sections of the state. All this,
too will be possible without the settlers
experiencing the long years of privation,
isolation and hardships invariably attend
ant upon homestead life on the frontier.
There will be all the marvellous advan-
tages of the homestead with none of the
dlsappointments and privations. The
homesteader will begin practically in a
community quarter of a century old.
One thing to make this county and res
ervation success is people, progressive,
energetic and Industrious people.
The writer Is under obligations to the
publisher of the Inter Ocean of this city
and NJ. p Neff. the main land man Of
Devils Lake, for the informa tion Of this
county For further information write
M. p. Neff, Devils Lake. Following are a
few of the leading business firms of the
city of Devils Lake.
The Dacootah M Machinery company was
people. They handle threshing machin-
cry, rubber and leather betting and are
founders. nachinists, do boiler work,
l.smbiEs and steam heating. and have
a Very large business. III. M. William
son. the president was with the Russell
Thresher company at st. Paul for fifteen
years as assistant manager.
j. Goldberg is proprietor of very
large furniture store and has full line
of carpets, rugs, and is a complete house
furnisher. He has $500 square feet of
space in his store, and has been in bust
ness four years
s. L. Wineman runs one of the leading
clothing. stores and carries full
line of hats. caps. shoes and gents fur
nishing goods; has been in business for
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and salt meats. fish. game and oysters in
season. Mr.. Cockburn has been one OF the
city council since 1883
& The First National bank wa Established
IN 1875 and Is one of the solid banks. A.
o. Whipple, president; H. E. Baird, vice
president. and F. Fl. Routier cashier Mr.
Baird is one Of the large land owners Of
-the county.
G. A. Dodge & Co. are one of the lead
ing land loan and insurance firms of the
city. They control about 5000 acres Of
improved and unimproved land in Ram
Sey and Towner counties, and were in the
land business in northwestern Iowa for
twenty years.
b. ]. Ness is lately from ST Paul, and
business here and is having a fine trade.
Mr.; Ness. was with A. T. Hall, the drug
gist. at st. Paul for years.
Nlckolaus Rothecker Is proprietor of
the Devils. Lake Bottling works, and has
saiesmen through North Dakota over the
Great Northern railroad and does a large
business This firm manufactures all
kinds Of soft drinks. Ss
Haslam, Rodenbach & Co are proprie-
1orS of very large general merchandise
store, and have been in business for six
years. and have the trade.
William A. Wilson is proprietor of the
stashton livery stable, also feed and sale
stable, hack and transfer line. and has
eighteen fine turnouts. credit to the
7 rdunder Ulstad is dealer in all kinds
OF farm machinery, and sells the famous
Northwest thresher, made at Saltwater,
Minn., and owns. 480-acre farm five
miles from the city.
Maj. F. o. Getehell, fer~six years In
dian agent on the Fort Totten reserva
ton, is now with the NJ. p Neff Land
company, as locator sthrough the opening
of the Devils Lake reservation
The Richardson tonsorial parlors- and
bath rooms are the finest in this state, and
employ the best Of workmen. Mr.. Rich
ardson also runs a four-chair shop at the
Chantauqua grounds.
A, B. Kerlin is president and treasurer
of the Devils Lake Improvement COM
pany, stock company with a capital of
100000. This plant was established in
1902 and furnishes the electric light wa
ter, local and long distance telephone for
the city, and was the first firm running
wires under the ground in the state. They
have two engines. 400 horsepower. Two
story brick building. engine room on lower
floor, Offices on second floor and boiler
room in the rear. They cover the whole
city with water mains and wires. The
plant cost $85, 900, and is the finest in this
Northwestern country.
E. w. Wellington company are the
main cycle and auto repairing firm of
the city. also full lines of sporting goods,
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BOY AND HIS MOTHER
FIGHT A MAD BULL
Farmer Had Been Tossed and cored
When Heroic, Rescuers Came to His Aid


SEATTLE. June 19- X. Labounty
was gored and tossed in the air by a
bull In corral this week. His wife,
slxty-hve years, old. rushed to his as
slstance and made heroic efforts to save
her husband. and Noah, their fourteen
year-old son. attacked the bull with a
pitchfork. Mr. Labounty received prob
ably fatal injuries
When he fed the animal at O'Clock
Labounty, instead of carrying a fork as
usual. took heavy club For a few
seconds after the attack the old man
managed to keep the animal away from
MIN with the club. but finally the bull be-
came the master Labounty was thrown
many feet in the air. After having tossed
his victim, the bull was stamping him
When MRS. Labounty and her son ran to
the mans aid. Although old, small and
iran, Mrs Labounty grabbed the bull by
both horns. Whether by some unnatural
strength or because the bull was taken
Dy surprise she forced him back from
his victim Just as he shook loose from
the hold OF the little woman the boy
drove the prongs of the fork deep into the
Enraged by the sudden attack from a
new quarter, the animal turned and
started after his new foe. The boy was
agile and managed to divert its atten-
tlon long enough to allow his parents to
escape from the corral.
Then the lad had to begin battle for
his own life. He jabbed his three tined
fork into the animal whenever opportunity
presented itself. and lodged the horns of
the beast with the agility of bull fighter
He was fighting for time to allow him to
scale high fence. When the opportunity
came the boy dropped the fork and rushed
for the fence gained the top and dropped
painting on the other side.
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HARVARD'S BUTLER
IS GOING TO MARRY
Presents Pouring In From All
Quarters of GIobe Upon
Old Lunch Tender

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. June 79.-Because
ne has more personal friends among
harvard students than the dean himself
ana because Ii would cost him several
nundred dollars to send out engraved
invitations to all of them, William Ro-
1dnd walker, better known as Butler"
mas Tor the first time in Harvard's his
tory, inserted into the columns Of the
Harvard Daily Crimson a wedding no.
tlce requesting the presence of "all
members Of the university" at his
marriage to Miss May Theresa DeIand.
Of Boston, al St PauPs rectory. HoI,
o'clock ~
Butler is the famous '.hot- dog dis
penser and fancy drink compounder in
Union-the university club Without
doupt ne is the most popular character
Harvard has ever had, and his wedding,
promises to be unique in history In
vItations will be sent to all the famous
old graduates now living. including
President Roosevelt, and ali the clubs
VIII be represented at the occasion.
Gifts have already begun to flow in and
1t looks as if the genial lunch tender
would be fairly swamped with them.
aney come from all quarters of the globe,
from the Philippines and Japan. One
present Is a wedding trip to the st.
st. Louis exposition, which some inter-
ested graduates living in Cambridge have
provided for.
Buffers" inspiration to extend
wholesale invitation 10 Crimson under
graduates came to him after he had gone
Systematically through the college cata-
logue and found that he knew almost
z,99o students by name: One day last
freshmen came in for something to eat.
one of them made bet that Butler
d1dnt know their names He lost for
Butler knew their full names
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Dakota. and are thinking of coming to the
state, the writer viii give what informa-
tion he can on the banner county in
North Dakota. Some of the facts taken
from the Devils Lake Inter Ocean will
show you why you should come
TO this county, In the first place you can
buy the best land that ever lay out doors
from $40 TO $50 per acre ON very easy pay
mentS and all farming land.
Some wears ago when lands in Ramsey
county were too cheap to sell we. began
to advertise the advantage of that sec
tion and PROMISED immigration and in
creased value for lands. Our advertise
mentS brought the settlers, who improved
the county, and we sold land in Ramsey
county two years ago from $12 so to $40
an acre, whereas So to So would have
been an exorbitant price a few years
back for the same land Such is the testi-
mony of one of the most experienced land
men of the west. Why this marvellous ad-
vance in price? A gentleman recently re-
marked to the writer that in an expert
ence of seventeen years in Iowa land that
cost $f20, the yields of grain were not
better than those of q we'll titled Ramsey
county farm. The average price of land
in Iowa is $50 per acre. 1t can readily be
seen that If North Dakota land will yield
as great If not grea ter returns in grain
than Iowa land, that the former must
necessarily increase by the law of com
mercial equilibrium until they reach a
point equal to Iowa lands. The vast tract
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or land heretofore open for homestead
erS mas retarded this advance, but within
the last few years when good home
SteadS are practically thing of the past
Il 1IIoIheSIeaoerS are buying up the lands in
the Older sections. This is the cause of
the recent rise in land values in this coun-
", ana lt Will continue at more rapid
rate until every quarter section is occupied.
Nor VIII investments at higher prices be
!allufeS. Tor at the present prices of Iowa
IduuS, men are realizing good returns.
with net profits of $40 an acre. thing
very probable on an investment of $40 or
S40 per acre, means a. profit of 25 to 33
per cent The peculiar thing is that prices
IN ramsey county are as low as they are
An investigation will prove, however. that
the surface. and soil of what is termed
the lake belt of North Dakota, of which
Ramsey county is the best portion. is,
Tor all agricultural purposes, the very
pest to be found in the great North
west The surface is a gently undulating
or rolllng prairie, the very best surface
for farming. as the depressions or sloughs
collect the water from the surface of the
land early in the spring. so that the
higher lands become surface dried much
earlier, and consequently permit the
planting Of grains much earlier than can
be done in the valleys and uniformly level
prairies The crops are planted earlier
and mature before the autumn frosts
which frequently ruin those on the low
and level lands The sloughs formed in
the depreSSions dry up during the summer
and afford the best hay in the world
without cost except for the cutting.
ai -'@i7s soif
The soil consists or a ri1p- a11uvia1 loan
from two to three feet deep, underlaid
with a strata of clay which forms the
subsoil, and possesses a remarkable ability
of collecting and retaining moisture. The
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DEVILS LAKE

Devils Lake is a beautiful city. located
on the north shore of Devils lake, in the
southern portion of the county of which
it is the county seat. The city is situ-
ated on the Great Northern railroad 405
miles northwest of ST Paul Devils Lake
was established in 1888. organized as a
village in 1884 and Incorporated as a. city
In October, 1887 The city contains seven
very fine churches of the different de-
nominations, graded public and high
school, with an attendance of about 600
scholars. The city schools of Devils Lake
are justly the pride of the people, The
graded school has eight grades leading up
TO the high school, and the high school is
one of the best in the state They have
tourteen teachers. and are of the very
best, public library, with over ], 600 vol
umes, two banks. with a combined cap
ltal and surplus of $125,000. five hotels,
TOUR elevators, two machine shops, doing
all kinds of machine work The Devils
Lake Improvement company own the
water works and electric light plant, of
which the city can be proud brick yard,
employing about twenty men, three news
papers, Inter Ocean, Devils Lake Free
Fress and the Devils Lake News. which
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guns and ammunition. Mr.. Wellington
will have plenty Of wheels to make the
race for lands on the reservation
Louis Hansen has been in Devils Lake
LOT SIX years and came fTon7 Hudson,
WIS, He is the main jeweler and opti-
cian In the city and county. He has
very line store and the best Of goods, also
full line Of optical tools.
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RAMSEY COUNTY

For the information of the people in the
East and those without the state who
are interested in Ramsey county, North
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-29
Ojeda Is Welcomed.

The return of Senor Ojeda, the Spanish minister after a two-months sojourn in Madrid, has been hailed with much pleas ure by his many friends; and some who gre fixtures here learned with great re- gret that he intends for he summer to transfer the legation headquarters to New York The minister gives assurance that his people are not nursing any enmity toward us for the war. They have ac- cepted the result as inevitable destiny with all that philosophical serenity that distinguishes the Latin race In disaster and which the Spanard with his admix- ture of Oriental blood meets perhaps with even a higher degree of dignified resigna- tion than his Gaelic and Italic cousins. The Minister irtimated that in Spain the view is becoming general that the loss of ner colonies has Eeen help to Spain, A liberation from a grievous burden. Now, the Spanish people. concentrating their energies at hcme and carefully isolated from any international entanglements, have a. chance to develop their glorious co,.ntrv along modern lines and Senor Oieda says there are signs everywhere that his people has awakened with eager rfss for the task. It is well; and am sure that vast majority Of the Amer fcan people earnestly wish to spain a renewal of her ancient glory, not merely in arts and letters and rank among the nations but in statle, widespread pros rerity for all classes of her picturesque population.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-29
ouays Retirement Rumored.

Curiously enough this act of brotherlv courtesy on the part of Quay has acted accentuatively On the talk of his impend- Ing retiracy. The appointment of MT. Wright, his faithful secretary, to the Munich Consulship is also construed as evidence that Quay Is preparing to quit and Is even now casting about for sue cessor to his Pennsylvanian throne, for 1t is remembered that whenever a Del aware chief of yore felt his years and deemed it time to get ready for the last long journey, he made elaborate prepara- tions for his aboication, strove to select A, suitable heir to his honors and to instruct said heir in all the secret rites and tribal customs Some assert that Quay has pitched upon his Governor, my old friend Pennypacker. Others say that Quay wants to see his own son succeed him and continue the Quay dynasty in the di- rect line. Quay's young hopeful is un- occasionally heir to much of his fathers great natural and acquired ability; but the sachem cannot be unwilling of the historical fact that succession in office among his tribesmen is not and never was necessarily hereditary. Frequently it went colatterally or from brother tol brother Ability and popularity deter mined the choice of a chief. Now, too, senatorial succession in many states goes collaterally. That is to say that the chap with the most collateral to put up gets the first shake at the plum tree" to adopt Senator Quay's own impressive and picturesque phraseology of high politics, which is nowadays on the shining at- titude of halte finance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-29
Turtle Soup Trust,

The idea of a turtle soup trust which I advanced few weeks ago in a spirit of Jocosity, may be after all, a good way on the way toward realization. Our govern ment, to be sure, is not yet government of the trusts, by the trusts for the trusts; but 1t has become profoundly a. larmed at the marked dimunftion in cur rative terrapin crop and Is now at work Investigating the causes of the alarming decrease in the catch of this staple arti- cle of millionaire diet. When. therefore the brightest commercial wits begin to realize-and soon they must-how com paratively scarce terrapin are becoming, bound to form itself, if only for the sake of giving the strenuous one a chance to bust 1t. Here are the facts on which this prophecy bases itself. In Chesapeake bay. where the oiamond-back reaches it's most palatable perfection, the catch in Maryland waters for 1901 was only one sixteenth of that for 1S91-a terrible ter rapin drop for a decade-and in Virginia waters 1t was only a tenth. At this rate in a few decades the glory of Baltimorean and Wasringtonian restaurants would be- gin ito suffer a seachange in something sad and strange" These --gures have startled Fish commissioner Bowers and he has taken steps to discover the cause of the deficit. Suppose canvas-backs too, should fall off. At the first sign of de- crease what ranic would ensue In sen atorial dining rooms, a panic that might even extend to Wall street. But no, ayast there, belay-and perish the fatal thought