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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-03-29

Elsie Baker spent Sunday with
the family of Grant Baker near
Knobsville.
Mrs. Jane Miller visited her sis
ter, Mrs. X. +. Brown, the past
week.
j. w. Mowers purchased a fine
horse from Scott Ramsey last
week. Johnny guarantees him
sound, with the exception of his
eyes.
w. l.. Fields, j. Ii. Baker and
&C. Fields started Monday morn
ing to build a house for Levi An
derson near Three Springs.
John a. Henry is improving
his property by having stable
built. He is also having an addi-
tion built to his house.
j. A. Irwin and wife of McCOn-
nellsburg visited the Huston fam
/ lily on Sunday, as did also Harry
Huston of Saltillo.
James Carmack made business
trip to Altoona last week.
VIM. Henry is building II new
house.
Those who visited the County
Seat last week were n. b. Henry,
j. H. Fields, j. A. Henry, j. w.
Grove, l.. II. Grove, j. II. Baker,
r. L. Fleming and j. X. Wood
cock.
Richard Miller, wife and son
Eugene visited her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. j. w. Grove. over Sun
day.
The Clear Ridge cornet band
paid visit to the town of Fort
Littleton Saturday evening. Aft
er delivering some music at the
places of business the boys return
ed home, glad that they had gone.
Mrs. G. l.. Henry and Miss
Mile Huston spent Il day during
the past week with the family of
A. j. Fraker.
Mrs. Hannah Brown is still suf-
ferlng with rheumatism.
Mr.. b. 5. Winegardner had the
misfortune on Monday to cut his
foot.
Miss Maude Fields, teacher of
Winegardner's school, spent Satur-
day and Sunday at home.
Mrs. Mary a. Fields spent the
past week at the County Seat visit
ing friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Il. Fields
spent Sunday with w. l.. Fields
family.
Mrs. Il. h. Brown who has been
laid up with grippe is some better.
Mr.. j. V. Carmack's S family have
moved to the G. l.. Henry farm
and Mr.. William Groves family
will move to the house that Mr..
Carmack vacated.
The Clear Ridge band will hold
a social in the Hall on Saturday
evening April 1. All are invited
to attend.
Mr.. G. Il. Shore left Sunday for
Webster Mills where he has en-
ployment. We miss him in our
town.
Miss Lou Brown and Miss Col
die Winegardner spent Saturday
and Sunday at Bert Browns.
Mr.. James H. Fields lost vaIu-
able two-year-old colt on Monday.
Mr.. William Miller spent Mon
day very pleasantly with the Hus-
ton family.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-09
stock be sold to. the disadvantage Of

stock be sold to the disadvantage ot
tho corporation.
Locally the manager Of the state sup
ply house probably will do most OIL the
buying where goods can he purchased
to advantage, which 1t is presumed
will be the case frequently. The cata-
logs will show prices aus low II not
lower than those OF the present cata-
log houses. Freight from the state
supply house to the consumer VIII De
very much less, and there will be no ex-
pense in transmitting the order as the
merchant who is presumed TO De
member or a stakeholder will propaply
have an account at the central mousse
No order will be filed unless a check
or draft accompanies 1t. NO order
will be recognized by the state supply
house unless 1t Is transmitted by
member or stakeholder. Goods VIII be
sold from the catalog and state sup
ply house only when merchant falls
to sell a customer from his own stock.
1t is fully believed that the advah-
tages derived by the formation OF the
companies in the various states VIII
be of mutual benefit to tho jobber.
wholesalers, retailers, commercial
travellers and consumers. State agents
will at once be appointed In various
states.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-09
BIG PARK PROJECT
Iowa City Board Has Authorized Pur-
chase Of Eighty Acres at Cost Of
$4,000 for Public Park. Extensive
Systems Will Eventually Cover
Large Areas.

Special to Times epublican.
Iowa City, Dec. 9.-The city board
of park commissioners have authorized
the purchase of an eighty acre piece
of land on the banks of the Iowa river
at cost of $4,000 to be used as a
public park. The property belongs to
NJ A. r. Sanders q prominent resident
Of the city, who cut the market price
of the property $1,000 in the sale The
piece Of land is to form the beginning
of the most extensive park system OF
any city Of the size in the state, which
will eventually include both banks OF
the Iowa river inside of the city Inn
its and adjoining the campus of the
State University Of Iowa Professor
7. H. MacBride, head Of the depart
ment Of botany In the university, will
have charge Of the betternent of the
parks, and it was on his recommends
ton that the purchase was made.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-09
SCHOOL QUESTION UP
e.
The Election Of an Entirely New School
Board in Fort Dodge, 10 Made Nee
essary by the Annexation of Part Of
the Cooper Township School District.

0V~iA VI sVS S0NSSS - "'"SS 49,
essary by the Annexation of Part Of
the Cooper Township School District.
Special to Times Republican.
Fort Dodge, Dec. 9.--The annexation
Of part Of the Cooper township school
district, will make it necessary for the
election Of an entirely new school board
in Fort Dodge. The territory in ques-
ton was added to the limits of Fort
Dodge some time ago, but no action
concerning the school question was
taken Recently it was found that this
territory was still outside the local
school district. All the children. how
ever, were attending the city schools.
The Cooper township people at pres
ent are paying the tuition for the chill
dren residing in that district, but 1t
is. thought that the district will be
added to Fort Dodge in the near flu
ture. In case this is done it will neces-
state the election Of an entirely new
school board. There are about forty
school children in the district to be
added to the city school. The children
have to attend the city schools during
the winter months at least, because
of the great distance to the Cooper
township school.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-09
FROM ALL OVER IOWA

most of his laboratory were destroyed.
His loss was partly covered by insur-
ance. The building belonged to DR.. G.
H. Ellis and we are informed that he
had no insurance, his policy having
lapsed some time ago.
1reda.
Station Agent Canady has received
from the Northwestern list Of mater
ial that has been ordered for the new
depot to replace the one destroyed by
fire. The plans call for a Standard
No. 2 depot, much larger than the one
that was burned and it will have two
waiting rooms 1t is impossible to tell
more about the building until plans
are received of same, but the chances
are that the town will have a depot
that it need not be ashamed of. AS
near as the agent can learn it is the
intention Of the company to begin work
on the depot at once.
WaverIy.
A rather unusual and serious acct
dent befell Bessie Nelson only daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Nelson
Tuesday morning. Her father is we'll
to do farmer, living about one mile
north Of the city. In order to particle
pate In the exceptional advantages Of
fered by the local high school, she has
been daily riding to town on horseback.
Tuesday morning while riding along
at brisk gaHop, and while turning
from Bremen avenue toward the school
her horse suddenly slipped and fell,
throwing her violently to the ground.
In the fall her left limb received a
very severe fracture just above the
ankle, and she was otherwise severely
bruised.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-09
Scheme For Cooperation in
Purchasing Power, of Propos-
ed State Supply Houses
UNITE MERCHANTS OF COUNTRY
It Is Proposed to Fight the Chicago
catalog Houses to Finish, With
Gigantic Organization Beins Formed
Trade to Be Kept at Home In Its
Regular Channels, at Same Time.
sneclal 70 Times Republican.

Special to mes-Republican.
Sioux City, Dec. "a. f. Crandall,
Of Beresford, S. D., Is in Sioux City in
the interests of scheme to fight the
big catalog houses of Chicago. He
will establish state supply house for
South Dakota and may locate 1t in
Sioux City. He claims to have $4O,-
100000 behind the scheme. After the
scheme is set on foot for South Da-
kota. arrangements win be made to
establish supply houses In Iowa and
other states. The ultimate object is to
unite the merchants of the United
States into one gigantic organization,
to fight to finish the big Chicago
catalog houses.
The plan includes the printing of
large general catalogs containing
1,20O pages and describing upwards OF
10000 articles of goods and n,erchan-
disc. L. e. Crandall q millionaire
brother Of the Beresford man, is a
New Yorker with influence among the
monied men of the east. These two
men have secured the cooperation Of
Charles Miller, president Of the Gem
eral Manifold company, OF New York,
and Franklin, Pa, an institution with
$40, 000, 900 back of it. This company
already has signed contract to print
a catalog.
The Manifold company will deal
simply in catalogs and will sell them
to merchants who become members OF
the catalog company. After state Is
thoroughly canvassed and good per-
centage of the merchants be
come members meeting will
be called for the purpose OF organic
Ing a stock company, which will be
Incorporated. The plan is to establish
in each state a supply house at some
point to be determined upon by the
stockholders. The stockholders will
also name the purchasing agents for
the state supply house.
The agents when appointed Will act
in conjunction with the agents OF the
other state supply houses. The CO.
operation of the different state supply
houses In purchasing power. will far
exceed any present catalog house, by
millions Of dollars thereby making II
possible to compete and possibly un-
dersell the big Chicago catalog hous-
es, and at the same time keep the
trade at home in It's regular channels
The agents of the state supply
houses will have their offices in the
principal cities of the United States
for the purpose of buying such gooss
as will be required by the state SUP
ply houses in their competition with
the Chicago concerns
The shares of stock of the state or
ganizations probably will be fixed at
500 per share, and each merchant
can subscribe for as many shares as he
desires, except that he cannot hold
controlling interest, neither can he
pool his interest with another member
with the object Of controlling the
stock of the corporation. Neither can
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-09
A TEMPERANCE PATROL
How the 1tinerant Liquor
Agent Is Suppressed In
Louisa County
BY THE "PAuL REVERE GUARDS
Sort of Mounted Vigilance Committee
Which Allows No Liquor Agents to
Take orders-TeIephone System
Calls Them Together When Agent
Is Found Attempting to Do Business
Special to Times Republican.

opSCldI 10
Let's, Dec 9.--Hon. e. f. Brockway,
of Let's. once member OF the legls-
lature from johnson county, now
wealthy retired stocllman, 20 years of
age. has appeared in an interesting
new role as the captain of a squad of
seventy or more anti-saloon league de-
voices, who are patroling Louisa coun-
ty under the name of the Paul Re-
we're Guards" The scheme is not new
to temperance workers. but 1t is new
to Iowa, having recently been tried out
in Louisa county for the first time.
Last week the citizens of Let's and
other towns OF Louisa county witnessed
the interesting spectacle of ex-Repre-
sentative Brockway. his gray hair con-
trasting strongly with his still active
body, mounting a spirited horse and
dashing away under call which had
been turned in that wholesale liquor
agent was abroad in Louisa county,
trying to sell his wares illegally to
druggists and bootleggers. With Mr.
Brockway in the course of few min
utes were his seventy patrolmen. The
whole squad met at a given center, and
there confronted the liquor agent, who
was courteously asked to withdraw
from the borders of the county. FAIL
ing to acquiesce with the request, the
Paul Revere Guards" escorted him to
the boundary line of the county and
told him not to return. They then went
back home.
This was repeated several times DUR
liquor agents are afraid to come back
to Louisa county and face the stern
faced, gray haired leader and his pa
trolmen. There is nothing secret about
the workings Of the Paul Revere
Guards" They have no uniforms, but
they go about at their usual duties
When one of them learns of the pres
ence Of the disposed liquor man, he
turns In telephone call, and every
member of the guard responds as
quickly as possible, all headed for the
same center to meet the agent who is
on the ground.
Mr. Brockway is one of the wealth.
lest residents of Louisa county. He
has always been interested in the tenn
perance cause. having worked for tenn
perance legislation and against saloon
measures when he was member of the
legislature. The scheme has been tried
out in other states and is said by anti
saloon league people to have proved
very successful. Under the leadership
Of Mr. Brockway, it bids fair to be
successful here.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-09
lost END OF FINGER.
sibley Man Has Member slashed
s Z. Ar,,A oEe ~

Sibley Man Has Member Slashed OF
in Cut-off.
special to Times Republican.
Sibley, Dec. 9.-Thursday afternoon
Matthew Wagner, Of this place, had the
end Of one of his fingers cut of III q
rather peculiar manner. Wagner was
assisting "A. w Harris in doing some
repairing III the pipes Of his gas light
ing plant. He had dug down to the
coupling at the rear OF the 81. E.Scott
building, and Mr.. Harris opened the
gas cut-on for him to examine whether
or not there. was any dirt lodged there
In. Wagner placed one Of his fingers
thru the hole to see IL 1t was clogged
up. and upon being asked by Mr. Har-
ris IF It v,as all clear" he answered
5 in the affirmative, whereupon the cut
OF was closed, cutting off about one
inch Of the finger. which had been In
serted by Wagner. It was no doubt .
misunderstanding by Wagner Of Mr..
Harris question, that. caused the acc
8cident, the former thinking that he
was asking IL It was clear Of dirt. The
wound was at once dressed by a ply
stefan and It will likely be some time
before he will be able to use the injur-
ed hand.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-09

Traer. :.
Harry Morrow has been declared OF
,,nsonnd mind by the commissioners OF
/ insanity and placed in a private instl-
| tuition in Des Moines for treatment.
Dolliver.
Dr. =. p. Maker. who has been 9
resident practitioner OF medicine al
i Dolliyer for some time, has decided to
look for q location elsewhere and is
/ This week preparing to move to Sac
/ CITY where he formerly resided and At
which place Mrs. Makers parents re-
! side.
New London.
| Several houses in town were enter
ed recently, but no heavy losses have
been reported. The homes OF D. w.
Brown, f. L. Clawson and Jas. Young
we're visited. Mr.. and Mrs. Clawson
were aroused and got glimpse OF the
intruders. This is the second or third
/ time in a couple Of weeks that houses
have been burglarized.
1 Waterloo.
| The first serious automobile acci-
dent in Waterloo resulting from col
lnsion with pedestrian occurred Tues
dav evening on the west side In front
/ of the Black Hawk National bank
when a machine operated by L. s.
parsons. knocked down and rendered
unconscious for a time Miss Carrie
BERGER. employed in the fremont no.
| tel.
lodeboIt.
The second annual exhibition Of the
Odebolt Poultry Association Will be
held in the bank building on the east
side of Main street, December 1S, IL,
20 and q. The premiums In cash and
merchandise aggregate over $500, being
as large as any offered in Iowa and
larger, with one exception, than the
amount offered by any other Iowa as
ISOLATION this season.
Scranton.
Mr.. e. E. Holmes recently sold five
wear old road horse for 100000. 1t will
he remembered that he sold another
last spring for $500. Messrs. Holmes
Bros. have sold in the last few years
seven road horses for $1,S00.00 They
are great horse men, and believe that a
good road horse, weighing eleven or
twelve hundred, is the best all purpose
animal.
Slater.
Postmaster Johnson met with a pc
culiar accident Wednesday morning
that he would not care to have repeat
ed for some time at least. While fill
ling his pipe with some loose tobacco
| from his coat pocket small rifle cart
ridge became mixed with the contents.
| Unaware of It's presence Mr.. Johnson
ura g 1ais,,rely enioying his usual morn
ing smoke. when all at once SUDDEN ex-
plosion told Of the presence OF some
thing unusual In the pipe. FOE To
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-09

moment Mr.. Johnson was unable to ac-
count for the peculiar incident. How
ever the presence Of the empty cart
ridge in the pipe soon explained the
strange occurrence and Mr.. Johnson
was congratulating himself that Moth
ing serious had resulted. Fortunately
for Mr.. Johnson, the bullet had taken
an upward course and was found lodg-
ed in the ceiling of the room.
Jefferson
Corn picking has become science
and experts now accomplish along this
line stunts that a few years ago would
have been deemed impossible. 1t Is
credib4y reported that Homer Cole In
four days picked 435 bushels for Waldo
Adams out in Cooper township and one
Of these days he cribbed 1872 bushels.
It would be well for che corn husking
machine factories to buy off lot of
these spry ear corn gralbbers.
Alden.
Rev. Geo. L. Marsh, Of the Congre-
gational church here, has rendered his
resignation to take effect at the end
of three months cor as much sooner
as the welfare of the church will war
rant a step necessary because OF
medical advice. Geo. A. Bar
hite has purchased lot south OF the
college grounds at Ames and expects
to become permanent resident Of
that place.
Maxwell.
The building occupied by Dr.. Hous-
holder was badly damaged by fire. Dr.
Householder succeeded in saving his
dentist chair and most Of his office
furniture, but his gas apparatus, for
the painless extraction Of teeth and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-09

for removal to the county Jail here,
and it is believed that 1t has been de-
cided by the attorneys and Willing's
YES who furnished the appeal
bond, that he will be as well off in the
.nitentiary as in the local Jail. 1t is
possible, however. that u reduction of
his bail could be secured to q point
WlAGe it would be possible for him to
get his liberty.
IT may be that Willing fears prose-
cution on one OF the three indictments
pending against him If he returns to
this county. Two of these are for
burning to injure the insurer and one
for larceny. One is individual and one
is jointly with Harry Allendorf.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-09
Case Against Tama County Far
mer IL Outcome Of Recent
Telephone Meeting
SHOOTING CLAIMED ACCIDENTS
Il i, Alleged That Cunning Went to
che Meeting Armed With Revolver
and Intended tho Bullet for Another
Man Than tho One II Did Hit--scuf-
fe to Disarm Him.
special to 1,imes-Republican.

Special to 1Nmes-Republican.
Toledo. Zee. 9.-The state of Iowa
vs.. John Cunning has been assigned
for next Wednesday. 1t will be re-
called that this case is the outcome or
ending "a telephone meeting tnae
was held Al. the Fairview school house.
tow miles west Of Toledo, in mid sum
mer. The Hinegarchness, Bergers an"
the defendant were the principal own
ers OF q neighborhood line and It ap-
pears that some froction had exitsed
for sometime in the management. on
fers to buy or sell. to close UP the
company had been in the air tor some
weeks, and on the part Of some the
impression was TO sell to some one In
dlvidual and he to reorgandze, dlsband
or in some. way to get rid OF object
ionable members, and the defendant
Cunning, got the impression that he
was the one to be forced out He evil
IDENTIFY had been annoyed and worried
about It AT any rate. during the at
ternoon preceding the meeting. he vis-
tied the hardware store Of Jones &
Co, this city and purchased q S2-cal-
ibre revolver. ana as the hour Of meet
Ing drew NEAR. proceeded to the school,
arriving with said gun. The meeting
was presided over by s. u. Berger. It
was but ,lhort time till Cunning very
6orcibly objected to the order OF busi-
ness, pulling his arm and firing one
shot, that missed Il man for whom 1t
was intended. The latter hastily
climbed under the table and thus was
saved. Then an attempt was made to
flisarm Cunning. AT this point there
seems to be. difference OF opinion, at
least between Cunning and the other
parties In attendance. At any rate Mr..
s. e. Perger received the second ball
In his SHOULDER, where 1t remains. Gum
ming claims, that he did not intend to
shoot Berger, but that it was acci-
dental, occurring during the struggle to
get possession Of the gun. Mr.. Berger
was disabled for q long time, but Is
gradually growing better. The indict-
ment was tor assault to commit MUIR
der. Mr.. Cunning is man G. pears
OF age, veteran Of the civil war and
an old resident Of the neighbo rhood.
He Is and has been the greater part
OF the time, out on bail. On the 18th,
the state OF iowa VS.. John Cunning
will be called for trial, In which Mr..
D. Hinegarlner Is the complainant, he
being the man at whom the first shot
Wvass fred
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BIT OFF HIS NOSE.
"A Fort Dodge Business Man Injured
Fierce Encounter,

"A Fort Dodge Business Man Injured N
Fierce Encounter.
Fort Dodge, Dec. 9.-During fierce
encounter in the White saloon, Sam
Pure bit OH the nose of Jake Song,
leaving the naval bone exposed, and
causing the injured man to bleed pro-
Eusely.
Friends who later attempted to locate
Ahe dismembered piece, were informed
by a bystallder that 1t had been cars
ried away ty q dog as the men fought
to the curbing.
The injured man IS now forced to
remain on his back to prevent violent
bleeding. He will be disfgured for
life. No arrest has been made so far.