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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-09

the beaver will pass away. bat the
roots of the corn will never be torn
out. Here is your wealth, Du Mesne."
The sturdy captain scratched his
head. II only know, for my part"
said he, that do not care for the
settlements. Not that would not be
glad to see the king extend his arm
farther to the west, for these sullen
English are crowding us more and
more along our borders. Surely the
land belongs to him who finds it,
Perhaps better to him who can both
ind and hold it. But this soil will one
day raise up people of its own"
''Yet as to that" rejoined Du Mesne,
as the two turned and walked back to
the stockade, I'VE are not here to
handle the affairs of either Louis or
William. Let us cen leave that to mon
sieur the intendant, and monsieur the
governor. and our friends, the gray
owls and the black crows, the Recollets
and the Jesuits mind to call this
spot home with you, if you like.
shall be back as soon as may be with
the things we need, and we shall plant
here no starving colony, but one good
enough for the home of any man.
Monsieur, wish you very well, and
may congratulate you on your daugh-
ter. A heartier infant never was born
anywhere on the water trail between
| the Mountain and the Messasebe
What name have you chosen for the
young lady, Monsieur"
! II have decided" said John Law, ste
call her Catharine."
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-09
ITO be continued
A GIRL swITcHTENDER.
only One Employed I'm That Capacit,
I'm United States Is But Ia
Years of Age.

The only girl switchtender in the
United States is Nancy Msy Shriye, the
14-year-old daughter of the family
which keeps the Violet Hill dollhouse
on the Baltimore pike, half mile from
York, Pa.
One Of the lines of the York County
Traction company passes the dollhouse.
A spur Of the line runs westward, a half
mile distant. 1t is at the beginning OF
this spur that Nancy has been throw
ing the switch for the passing cars ever
since the two lines were opened two
years years ago. In sunshine and cold,
in storm, rain or snow. the little switch
woman leaves the dollhouse to perform
the duty Of throwing the switch when
she hears the sound of an approaching
electric car.
Nancy's services as switchtender
for the traction company were at first
voluntary. She observed that the mo-
tormen would be required to leave the
cars and throw the switch themselves.
One day she procured a pick-handle,
carved one end of it down to point,
and with this she would slide the switch.
The motormen and conductors, in ap-
probation of this labor, would almost
daily give her small tips. One day the
superintendent saw the girl performing
the work, and few days later he sent
her a switch bar which she now uses,
and recommended the company to give
her compensation. She now receives q
small stipend on pay days.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-09

ing. 1t his chosen
vocation is that of steam engineering he
will be given theoretical knowledge of
the construction of a steam engine.
Given tools and time enough, he might
build an engine, while the man who
learns his trade by practical expert
ence will do better work with the engine
after it is built.
In the printing trades the old method
made of every journeyman a master of
all branches. He could set the type.
make up the forms, run the press or feed
it. He was competent workman either
at job, book or newspaper work. To-
day he may. in general way, learn
something of all these things, but after
he has completed his apprenticeship he
settles down to some one line, and either
becomes an expert machine operator, a
proficient job man or makeup. Or, if he
takes more to machinery, he drifts into
the pressrooms, and after serving yir-
tually another apprenticeship becomes
a pressman.
The same is true in practically all the
trades in the city, and while there is
more money to be made as specialist,
while serving as journeyman, the
system does not make competent gen
eral superintendent. and it is becoming
harder and harder to secure men fitted
for such positions.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-09

o* e,lr!oyee al TIE laoo. re naa i,si.
for "A few years ago." said he, time
keepers were almost unnecessary; fore
men were needed only in the capacity
of trained workmen, they were not
hired to keep men at work. But a new
spirit has entered the industrial field.
and it is now problem to keep the men
at work during working hours. A large
number of our employees will kill time
at every opportunity they can find.
Their main object in life seems to be to
hear the whistle blow. They have nei-
Their an interest in their work or their
employers. have been employing men
in Chicago for nearly third of a CEN
tury, and it is within the last ten years
that this spirit has developed. Previous
to that time our men were not afraid
of doing something for which they would
not be paid. They worked ave minutes
after quitting time if it was necessary
to complete task. Now they have
their coats on and are ready to bolt five
minutes before the whistle blows. The
old spirit of loyalty to the employer
seems to have given place to one of ami
mostly"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-09

c..h,, 7, a., .t pu.,.e. suffering because
-' : of the closed play
houses. Buyers from the country, who
make their spring business trip to the
city serve also as holiday, are passing
Chicago by and going to other whole
sale markets, where they can attend the
shows during the evenings. This is
hard on both the wholesalers and the ho-
tel men. Pleasure seekers from the
country, people who come to the city
on pleasure trips and patronize the re-
tail stores while here, are staying at
home, or going elsewhere. And all Chi
cago seems to have shut itself in the
house. At night the downtown streets
are deserted. Night suburban trains on
the railroads are not carrying passengers
enough to pay the train crows The ny-
erymen find no demand for their car
riages. The fashionable atter-the-thea-
ter restaurants are unpatronizsd. The
hotels have lost the business derived
from catering to the theatrical com
panies, and business in general seems
paralyzed.
In the meantime the owners of SO
fate from the city council. Churches and
halls are being forced to make changes
so as to comply with the city ordinances,
and the coroner is trying to locate the
blame for the Iroquois fire, in which
500 lives were lost by someone's care
,esSneSS.
WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.
Uncle Mark" is far-seeinp man
and it is hardly necessary to warn him
that when he obligingly writes his auto
graph these days he should leave no
blank space above. Authorized state
ments from him are In demand.-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
Mars was being rebuked by the
mighty Jupiter. What require of nv
soldiers" said Jupiter, lis some atten-
ton to the strenuous life" Perceiying
that he was in bad with the administra-
ton, he hustled over to the Philippines
and dispatched few Moros.-Milwau-
kee Sentinel.
The question how Mr.. Roosevelt
stands in the west is one of deep inter-
est. Not long ago it was in that quarter
that his name excited the greatest en-
thusiasm among the people, Has he held
his own? If in the republican party some
powerful and rich interest should oppose
the denomination of Mr.. Roosevelt his
colored delegates might be bought away
from him. There are some nothern
states, too, In which under skilful DO
litical leadership, delegates secretly or
openly pledged against him might be sent
to the convention. The position of the
west, however, is the point of chief In
terest and importance.-N. Y. Times =
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-09

q d vi a Die. i ue
passing of the individual employer
marked the opening Of the contest be-
tween capital and labor.
The whole manufacturing interests
of the city has not yet been consolidated
into trusts. There are still hundreds OF
individual employers, but the rules OK
the unions are applied Unfortunately.
and the individual employer who would
much prefer the old system of give and
take with his employees finds the new
system is at work in his plant quite as
much as it is in that of the trust, and in
sheer self-defense he is forced to drop
the democratic ways of the past and In
stitute rigid working rules to combat
the rules of the unions
The same spirit has invaded the Offices
SO far as the city-born employe is con-
cerned 1t is for this reason that the
merchants, the brokers, the La Sale
street interests are seeking intelligent
young men from the country more than
ever.
The head of the Chicago branch Of a
big insurance company said to me
few days ago that the most trustworthy
clerks he had in his Office were from the
country. Men who had remained on
the farm CT in the villages until their
life habits had been formed. They do
not have to be watched to keep them at
work." said he. They are interested
in what they are doing. Their depart
ments are never behind. / cannot say
nearly SO much for the city-born man. y
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-09
70 nEsunRrCI BURIED TOWN.
Hindostan, Ind, Dead to the World
for So Years, Is to BE Rebuilt
By Capitalist.

For the past 81 years the town Of
Hindostan, Ind, has been practically
dead. Previous to that time 1t had en-
loyed a boom and was looked upon az
the future metropolis of White river.
It had an excellent water power, which
was used for milling purposes But
bne by one the families that settled there
moved away, and for half century
there has scarcely been trace of the
once fiourishing village.
In 1915 a company Of eastern capital
lists was formed and town laid out at
the falls. Sawmills, gristmills, the
Hinostan Stone company, and various
other enterprises were started and did
dourishing business for several years.
The power to operate these plants was
procured by dam erected across the
river at the falls.
After many years successful opera
ton, an epidemic locally called the black
plague appeared, and literally swept
the town from the face Of the earth.
The county seat and county buildings
were removed to another town, and
with them went all the stores, mills and
business OF the place, which then was
rival to Vincennes, Henderson and
louisville. The houses were removed
DESTROYED. by the elements or permit
ted to decay. and for more than 60
years the old site of the town has been
cultivated farm land. To-day there is
NO trace Of the once flourishing town.
Recently northern Indiana capitalists
have been investigating the water pow
er, and the Indiana Hydraulic company
has been formed, with the purpose OF
utilizing it for manufacturing pur-
poses.
A traction company has just been or
ganized to construct an electric railway
from Vincennes to Shoals. with branches
from Shoals to West Baden and Indian
Springs. The company also proposes the
erection of dam and power house al
Shoals. as we'll as Hindostan, and 1t ID
said work will be commenced soon.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-09

the lawyer gets his
professional education. There can be
no doubt Of the value of the technical
schools, but whether or not the gradu-
ates Of these schools are superior work
men to those who served apprentice
ships under the old system is a de-
batable question. The head of one OF
the largest Chicago manufacturing es-
adjustments says he much prefers men
who have gained their knowledge and
ability by actual working experience to
those who have studied textbooks This
man employs thousands Of trained
workmen, men who must operate intri-
cate machines and build other intricate
machines, and he gives it as his expert
ence that while the graduate of the tech
meal school is more thorough scholar,
and has far wider range of book learn
ing, he is not nearly so competent a
workman as the graduated apprentice,
and at the same time his textbook
knowledge is very apt to make him so
less valuable than they otherwise would
be.
A resident Of this city was recently
arranging to go west to inspect some
mining properties, and was consulting
western mining expert. During the
conversation he said to the expert that
he had arranged to take with him man
of trained ability in mine engineering,
graduate Of local technical school.
Don't do it." said the expert. when
you get out there, ask for Jerry White.
He is not much on book learning, but he
knows more about a mine in one min
ute than your graduate does in month.
He is product of the school Of expert
ence."
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-09

Z -
unions. 1t is a part of the con-
test that is being waged be-
tween capital and labor. Union rules
say working day shall consist of so
many hours and minutes. That men
shall begin at such time and shall quit
at such time, and that they shall be
paid time-and-a-half or double-time for
all over that. and the unions are careful
that the rules are enforced. The spirit
OF giving nothing that is not paid for
has tendency to cause some classes to
give less than is paid for in their eff
forts not to give too much. 1t has de-
yeloped clock watchers. and, at times,
loafers.
A manufacturer in speaking of this
subject few days ago, said the hardest
'scn.enl Go nau tu Eotvs was to get from
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-09
lOopyrssht ~ b lnsssoa RousA.s
CHAPTER XXI.
BY EH1ERSoN I1oVGFl
MAIZE.

~ [
lola! Jean Breboeuf," called out Du
kne. to that worthy. who presently
feared, breathing hard from his
fglb up the river bluff. Know you
lit has been concluded"
NO; how should guess?" replied
IL Breboeuf. COR, at least, If I
build guess, what else should l guess
Se that we are to take boat at once
set back to MONTREAL as fast as we
r? But that-what is this? Whose
Use is that yonder?"
TITS our own, mon enfant," re-
= Du Mesne, dryly. Twas perhaps
property of the Iroquois moon
A moon before that time the soil
stsnds on belonged to the Illini.
1ay both house and soil belong to
See; here stood the village. There
che cornfields, cut and trampled by
bIroquois. Here are the kettles Of
natives
isut. but-why-what is all this?
do we not hasten away?" broke
lean Breboeuf.
Fish! We do not go away. We re-
Ia where we are"
semain? Stay here, and be eaten
he Iroqrois? Nay! not Jean Bre-
sE"
u Mesne smiled broadly at his ter.
Ii and q dry grin even broke over
features of the impassive old trap
Tete Girls.
lot so fast with your going away
|, my brother" said Du Mesne
hu'rt ever limiting of corn and the
now see what can be done il
ffsgarden-place of the 1roquois ant
gllini. You are appointed heat
4ner for the post!"
fessieurs, me, VOLTA" said Jea1
fpeuf, dropping his hands in de
~ Were not the bravest man II
few France should leave you a
moment. 1t is mad, quite mad yo,
asyery one of you! I, Jean Bre
SsY, will remain, and, if necessary
Mprotect. Corn. and perhaps tn,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-09

part, to the trades
unions. Another
part may be attrib-
uted to the employ
ing classes. When
combinations be-
gan to be the order
of the day the indi-
vidual employee was
lost sight of by the
employer. He was
one Of 10000 per-
haps, and he was
not con S i d e r ed
W b 9 n a cut in
wages was thought
49,. NIL -
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-09

fected general busi-
n e S IS conditions.
The clamor for
permission to re-
open has come from
the retail mer-
chants, the whole
sale merchants, the
restaurant and ho-
tel proprietors, the
railroads and the
liverymen quite as
much as from the
theatrical inter-
ests. All lines are
-
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-09

true OF the men
W h o learn their
trade at the bench
in the city than Of
those who get their
training at the
technical schools.
When the student
goes into the me-
chanical dep a r t.
ment of the latter
he gets at least a
smattering of all
branches connect
ed with the trade
which he is learn
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-09
Chance 5or Somehos,

It seems strange, says the Chicago
DAILY News, that some of the political
patent medicine mixers are not around
onering Japan and Russia superior
brand OF arbitration warranted to work
equally well in cold and warm coun-
tries. -
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-09
On. Fare Plus ss.oo Round Trip Rate Via

One Fare Plus sa.0O Round Trip Rate Via
Chicago Great Western Railway.
To p aints In New Mexico, Texas.
Oklahoma, Missouri, Ksnses, Nebras-
ka, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Ample
return limits. Tickets on sale Jan
5th and 10Th, Feb. End and 10th, Mcb.
lst and 18th, April 9Th and 10Th. For
further info, nation apply to an,
Great Western Agent, or j. P. Elmer.
G. P. a Shicagc, III. Ayr. le
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-09

system. In Chi
cago this class Of
schools is turning
out each year large
numbers Of So
called specialists
in all lines of me-
chanical and sci-
entif1c pursuits
young men who
have secured their
knowledge FIR m
t e x t-b o o k s and
paid instructors
much as the doc
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-09

much to develop
t h / S system of
competent special
lists and lessen the
supply of compe-
tent general men
fitted for superin-
tendents.
Trade unionism
is also responsible,
to a large extent,
for the growing
lack of loyalty on
the part of employee
for employer. This
Is not said in any
spirit of enmity
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-09

.ngsl An, Joan naws-~ s.sT uUQ nut
given thee the pure and well-contented
heart! For here in the Messasebe, that
Mind which made the universe and set
man to be one of its little inhabitants
surely that Mind had planned that
man should come and grow in this
place, tall and strong, and fruitful,
useful to all the world, even as this
swift, strong growing of the maize.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-09
Probate Notice.

To Whom 1t May Concern:
You and each OF you are hereby notified IL
appear at the Court House in Cresco, Howard
county, Iowa. on the 18th day or March A
D: 1904 at O'Clock p. m !, to attend the probate
Of an instrument purporting TO be the last vii
md Testament of Ransom d. Cady
ilie OF Howard County, Iowa. de-
O. 'seti, at which time and place you vii
anrr"r and show cause, II any, why sale
VIII should not be admitted to probate.
III testimony Whereof have hereunto sub
scrib'.d my name and affiAed The seal of the
District Court this 18th day of Jan. 10 4.
GE l. Halter.
39tg Clerk or Dist Court
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-09

I We shall have; perhaps even
bf those little roots that the saw
hg and eat; but, look you, this Is
Scause you are with one who ia
! Enln, go. I bend me to the
tere in this place, like any peas
sexcellent hoe can be made from
ode bone Of an elk, as the wo-
Nabana will perhaps show you
{like," said Pierre Noir, derisive-
Ais comrade of the paddle.
In So" said Jean Breboeuf. II
me the hoe. Could l have but
I'd Pierre, to sit on a stump and
al the crows away, / make no
That all would go well with our
tdry. had as lief go censitaire
aasieur Las as for any seignieur
Richelieu; Of that be sure, old
"" replied the latter, when it
10 frightening crows, I'll even
20 sit on a stump with my
4 across my knees and watch
4rk. IT'S a good place for q
Ito keep the crows from pick
more bones than these which
ssbarrass you in your hoeing,
Aeboeuf."
axays the Richelieu, Du Mesne, /"
PA John Law, musingly. Every
hey 1t sounds. VI wonder II we
apser see 1t again. with Its little
farms. But here we have our
Ills and our own lands, and let
3 that Monsieur Jean shall
In his belated farming, And
Te the rest Of US, we must look
aiy to the building Of our
oibegan, slowly and In primitive
|ansIthe building of one OF the first
Cos the vast valley Of the Mes
|aEeAhe seeds Of civilization taking
"iSn the ground OF, barbarism,
{scr9 supplanting the other, yet
itself OF that other. AS the
sesn took over the crude fields
hparted savages, so also they
|,,,,tted the imperfect edifice
lille conquerors Of those savages
\ for them. It was in little the
old England herself, builded
traces and the ruins of Briton,
a Jan, and Saxon, of Dane and
a,uS
4 an,he direction of Law, the walls
1beN war house were strengthened
4 s1inner row Of palisades, sup
n "En embankment Of earth and
Isl. he overlap of the gate was ex-
aEto re-entrant angle, and
& Nx ements were erected at the
a ssrs Of the Enclosure. The
em of unfailing water was
q ia 8 corner of the fortress.
Jaetnter Of the Enclosure they
gouses; cabin for Law, one
Ton, and larger one to serve
AZ, Iom and as trading place,
. be opportunity for trade.
u these rude quarters that
his companion established
Mswas the nearest approach
sE lthat either for the time
lrMs; and 1t was thus that
lM pix once more that old and
AN AN experiment Of seeking
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-09
So 90 More rhan Half Fare W. sh,oag

&@ 90 More Than Half Fare va. Jhtcag
Great Western Railway.
To points In Arkansas, Colorado,
Kansas, Louisiana, Mss uri, New
Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Ticket.
m sale Jan. 5th and 10Th, Feb End anc
10Th, Mch l>t md 18th, April sub ar d
10th. For further particulars apply
70 any Great Western Agent, or j. p.
Elmer, G. z. a., Chicago, Ill. Apr. Is
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-09

Competency and Loyalty.
Working conditions brought about by
the operations of trade unions has done
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-09
0[D AND new Ways
Technical Schools Are Replacing
the Apprentice System.
THEY BOTH CLAIM ADVANTAGE
Some Chicago Employers Find the Old
Way Produces the Most Practical
Workmen - Changes Wrought
by Trade Unionism.

Chicago.-The technical school is the
successor of the old trades apprentice
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-09

business and the Theaters.
Never before did Chicago realize to
what extent the theaters Of the city af-
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-09

The Demand for Specialists.
The tendency of the day is the devel-
opment of specialists. This is nearer
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-09
CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN RAlLnAI

Time Card for Elme, Iowa.
In Effect Jan. 3, 1903.
SOUTH BOUND
Leave for Arr. from
Dubuque, Chicago 1920 a. IN. $40 p. m.
1915 p. m. S:3Ga. m.
and points East. 4:33 a. IN. 5:I6 p. m
Dea Moines, Kansas 1920 a. m. S:14a. m.
City and the South 4:a3 a. m. 1886 "a. m,
west. 1918 p. m. STOP. IN.
st. Paul. Mlnneapo- s:14 m. 1a:s0a. m,
apolls and the 8:s8 a. m. 4:33 a. m.
Northwest. 3:l0 p m. 1878 p. IN.
5:48 p. m. 2:45 y. m.
All Trains Daily.
W. e. DUNK EE. Agent
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-09
Classe. That Are Loy.l

/ have said that the trouble of which
this employer complains was due, in
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-09
Painin Head, Side and Back,

For years suffered with pain In the head.
pain In the side, and in the small of the back.
4 was nervous and constipated and could not
sleep. The pills and other medicines tried
only made O bad matter worse. Then tried
Celery King. One package cured me and
made new woman OF me.-Mrs. VAt 1Ale0
hammer, Croton-6n-Huds N. Y.
SSslssa IN sHs ss Rl9 sRe s's