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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-12
Nashville.

Miss Alice Bond Of Lamont was
in town Saturday delivering books
for which she took orders few
weeks ago.
A number FROM here attended the
Delaware County Fair Thursday and
Friday.
Mrs. VIM. Penny is quite ill at
this writing.
Mrs j. L. Marston of Minneapo-
lis is the guest of relatives here.
Dolphus Newman and wife former
ly OF this place, but who now reside in
Michigan, are renewing old ac-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-12

And 1t is further ordered by the Board OF Super
visors that the length Of the main track of the
railroads lying in each township. city, town, indie.
pendent district sub district and lesser taxing die
| trict, as shown by the foregoing schedule, be de
clared the true length of said railroads. situated In
said townships, city, towns, independent districts,
sub districts and lesser taxing districts forassess
| ment purposes.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-12
FOR SALE.

ON DALE. =,
A farm of about 1913 acres, on line
Of Cedar Rapids branch of Illinois
Central r. r., five miles south Of
Manchester, and one mile from
Golden station; ample buildings and
Of good quality; fine well water with
wind mill and tanks. No better
grain and stock farm in Delaware
county. Must be sold to settle an
estate. Is bargain at $4,000 per
acre, which will buy it if taken soon.
24O acre farm Il miles southeast
of Manchester; 40 acres under i'm
provement, balance pasture; fine
buildings, all new, and plenty Of
them; good we'll water with wind
mill and tanks. Best farm for the
money in the country. Come quick
if you want bargain. Price $1,000
per acre.
We have other farms and can suit
you. Call and see IFS
COLLINGE & DUNHAM.
Ibtf
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-12

ANpgRS d PAlL,PP
DRUGGISTS AND STATlONEks. Toilet
~ Articles, Wall Paper, Paints and Oils
Corner Main and Franklin streets.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-12

is a correspondent of the Chicago
Tribune.
The Progressive" Republicans in
Union county were voted clean out of
existence at their primaries last
week. But that is nothing to what
we expect to do to them before the
tides" of November. Or would 1t be
better ~ say at the "Ides" of Novem-
ber Whatever you call it, we will he
, there with the goods.
Governor Cummins has just got
home from vacation at Lake Oko-
boil and now he has gone to Colorado
to rest up while longer. II recent
indications are any sign, he will have
time TO do nothing but rest after the
November election.
We believe If we were a friend OF
Cummins we would ask the Burling.
ton Hawkeye, the Cedar Rapids Re-
publican. the Des Moines Capital and
half a dozen other standpat papers to
stop supporting him. The support
they give him would kill anybody.
Julian w. Richards is finding a
great many Republicans who are fall
ing away from Cummins." Let 'em
fall. Or in other words, in the Ian
guage of the poet: LET 'em fight"
We wonder what ever became of
Labor Commissioner Wright who rode
on a borrowed pass once upon time?
But what's the use
But what does Governor Cummins
care II all passes are prohibited. 1t
never touched him anyway.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-12

CHEAP-Rssidsnce Property in this city
enquire Of Bronson II Carr.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-12

A.E PETERSON.
IAEADER IN Groceries. Provisions, GrOek
~ CRY, Fruits. etc. Main Street.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-12
j. II. TEwARr

j. II. TEWART
~ ROGERS. Carry full line of Staple am
VI Fancy Groceries, Fruits, Vegetables. Can
ned Goods. Cr0ckery, Enc.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-12

MAKE A SUCCESS OF YOUR
TALENTS.
The opportunity OF your life is wait.
ing In the new towns on the Chicago
Great Western Railway. Openings In
nearly all lines of business. Write to-
day to E i. MagiIl, Mgr, Townsite
Department, Omaha, for full info rm.
alton and copy of "ToWn Talk" 80 g.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-12

DIR. H. HEYKEhS.
DENTIST. Once in Adams Bldg Telephone
~ 2l5 Successor to DIR. Leigh. German spo-
ken.
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And 1t is further found by the Board OF Super
visors that the main track of the Manchester h
Oneida Is situated In the several townships and
lesser taxing districts as follows:
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ALEX. sersraoM.
pENTlsTe.
ooaMAN sRos

nENTiST. Once on FRANKLIN Street, n ,rti
~ OF tho Globe Hotel, Manchester, law,
entail Surgery in all It's branches. Max.
'"quent visits to neighbOring towns Away
y ofice on Saturday.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-12

STATEMENT
Showing the mileage, assessment per mile, and
aggregate assessment of the property of the sew
eral Express Companies doing business in the
last, d. fixed by the Executive Council Of Iowa,
the 18th day of July, 1906 under the provisions
of Chapter lb4, Acts of the 18th General Assembly
Of Iowa:
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-12

Fifty cents on each poll as returned by lie
| county assessors and fifty cents tax on each ma e
dog and two dc. lars on each fema dog as r..
| turned by the assessors
For township road fund to be levied in the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-12

We wonder what ever became of
Labor Commissioner Wright who rode
on a borrowed pass once upon time?
But what's the use
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-12

But what does Governor Cummins
care II all passes are prohibited. 1t
never touched him anyway.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-09-12

Annual report 81 the Soldiers Relief Com
m ssiOn approved.
Resolved that r. NJ. NJ irwin be appointed u
member Of The Soldiers Relief Commission for v
term OF three years from Sept. l. 1916.
appointment OF John Hetheringt0n as over
seer Of the Poor for the City Il chichester for
tenn Of ooe ear from Sept !; 1909. Aiopted.
The newspaper., 1906-09-07
NEW YORK, Aug. II, 1906.

+. N. Loomis, of E. p. Loomis
& Co., is back again in New York
after an absence from the city
since the beginning OF April
During that time MIR. Loomis has
done a good deal of globetrotting,
his itinerary having included
pleasure trip through Europe by
automobile at one end of the long
line and a business trip through
the apple growing section OF
Colorado on the other.
Mr.. Loomis had not been away
from his business in six years, SO
the vacation end of his program
was well earned, and needless to
say, the two weeks or more that
he spent in Colorado was equally
we'll employed. Let MIR. LOOMS
tell of his Colorado experience
first.
Said Mr.. LOOMS in converse
ton with a Guide man:
"Colorado's apple orchards are
situated in the heart of the Rocky
mountains and exemplify to the
highest degree the triumph OF
mans energy and ingenuity over
Natures most rigorous handicaps.
To use that much hackneyed
expression, truly IN Color ado not
only the desert but the mountains
have been made to blossom like
the rose Soil naturally arid has
by the wonders of the irrigation
ditch been transformed into a
modern Aladdin's Garden. What
comparatively a few years ago
was nothing but desert stretch,
is now tremendous eXpanse OF
orchards bearing what are, with
out doubt, the finest apples and
peaches in all Gods round globe.
Tie irrigation ditch has done
it all, because with plenty OF
water, supplied through the in
genuity of man, Nature herself
supplies every other requisite for
the formation of the perfect
apple and peach. There the air
is so clear as to almost defy belief
The wonderful atmosphere has
the purity born of attitudes from
1000 to 10000 feet above sea
level. All through the summer
without interruption or without a
cloud to heck the spotless tur-
quoise of the sky, there is a
heaven that rivals, if not sur
passes, that of Italy, so famed in
song and story. In this heaven
of spotless blue there shines all
through the day the glowing
sun, which reflected from soil
on which in the orchards no
weed or no blade of grass is per-
mitted to grow, creates glare OF
light that is ideal for the putting
of color and sugar into fruit.
The newspaper., 1906-09-07

observing Royalty at short range,
for while we were in restaurant
there, the Queen of England, and
some of her suite, sat at the next
table to US. They were travelling
incognito, and were as democratic
and happy as one could wish ALI
ordinary mortals TO be.
"Of course, no fruit man ever
goes abroad without having an
eye open for the main chance,
and when l went to Berlin /
made Investigations to satisfy
myself whether or not that city
offered any opportunities as a
distributing center for apples, and
whether 1t would pay TO ship them
there direct instead of to Ham
burg. Under the present arrange
ment with Hamburg as sole dis
tributing center for our apple
exports, the goods are too much
congested there. AS many as
10000 barrels of apples are sold
at auction in Hamburg in single
day. With such tremendous
offering it naturally follows that
the buyers cannot properly dis
criminate between the different
grades of goods offered for sale,
and consequently poor fruit has
a much worse effect on good fruit
than it should normally and drags
down the prices out of all pro-
portion.
1T was my idea that direct
shipments to Berlin. which has
some very good fruit auction
houses through which great
amount of every kind of fruit is
handled daily, would relieve
Hamburg of the glut, and help
conditions all around My opin-
ion was confirmed by my investi-
cations.
Il found that in Germany the
demand was constantly increas-
ing for good red apples from this
country. The German wants a
good apple, but he doesn't want
fancy apple, for as a rule he is
not very discriminating as to the
bouquet or high grade of the
fruit, nor will he go far aheld or
pay high price to get a beauti-
full specimen of an apple for table
decoration. The Baldwin with
its rather commonplace good looks
and its good ordinary flavor, is
quite high priced enough for him.
and the fancy boxed apple he
will have nothing TO do with At
the same time it must be remem-
bered that the man who sends
poor fruit to Germany is doing a
very foolish thing. The Germans
have lots Of poor fruit of their
own; in fact they have nothing
else, and they can sell their poor
fruit just as easily as the Ameri-
can exporter, without having the
additional 81 so expense which
the American exporter has to
face, piled up on them.
I'm France the story is a very
The newspaper., 1906-09-07
OBSERVATIONS OF AN APPLEMAN
E. N LOOMS Tells What He Saw During Trip Abroad
and in the Course Of Visit to Colorado

Then when the sun sets there
come the cool nights, SO cool as
to render blanket necessary for
the sleeper, and there you have
all the conditions that make the
growing of perfect fruit not only
possible, but almost a certainty.
Plenty of the finest kind of water
tapped from the myriad streams,
coming from the snowy tops of
the mountains that encircle the
orchards; unlimited sunshine to
color and sweeten the apple or
the peach, and cool nights to
firm and harden the flesh, render
this fruit an ideal shipping and
keeping proposition.
Generally speaking. the Colo
RADIO apple crop is not larger
than it was last year. The peach
crop. however is very large and
fancy. To my mind. Colorado is
the peach state par excellence,
aud these Colorado Elbertas,
when they come East, are bound
to create a sensation with their
perfect, large conformation, their
high color. their wonderful SAVIOR,
redolent with bouquet and flavor,
and their keeping qualities that
will enable them to be shipped to
Europe without danger of dete-
rioration, providing reasonable
precautions in the way of refriger-
alton. etc, are taken.
The first car of these Colorado
Elbertas will be shipped east
about the 25th of August, and
under arrangements made with
the Santa Fe and Rock Island
roads, intermediate roads to
Chicago, should arrive in New
York in nine or ten days. These
peaches will last for about a
month and should be all through
by about September 25th, Pali-
sades is the peach center, and
will, | believe, ship from 1000 to
1900 cars Paonia occupies the
same position of importance
with regard to the apple shipping
business as Palisades occupies
with peaches; then comes Grand
Junction, and other very import
ant stations are Montrose, Delta,
Cory, Hotchkiss and Canon City.
Grand Junction, as matter of
fact, ships more cars of apples
than does Paonia, but when it
comes to the question of quality
and high grade of fruit, Paonia
leads them all, and Hotchkiss
and Cory come very close behind.
Grand Junction, it is possible,
will ship 1000 cars of apples this
season, while Paonia will ship
about 400. Delta, too, will have
from 800 to 400. Hotchkiss some
200. while at Montrose there are
some six large orchards which are
The newspaper., 1906-09-07

There are no clashes or friction
between the members, and every
thing is done with the smoothness
and expedition of clockwork.
Nothing is left to chance, moth
ing is done haphazard, and the
Association and the Association S
manager, who very necessarily
has to live up to the Western
standard of making good, has
full control of everything. In
short, Colorado's apple and peach
growing section is one to make
proud the heart of every Ameri-
can, and it is not to be wondered
at once you have been there, and
seen those beautiful orchards set
on mesas arising like steps
against the bare flanks of the
bleak snow-capped mountains,
that men are offering from $500
to $1,000 an acre for them, and
very often failing to secure them
even at those figures.
ION my way back east 1
stopped all along the line through
Missouri and what | saw leads
me to believe that that state will
have the biggest apple crop, not
only of her own history, but that
of any state in the Union ever
recorded in the annals of the
country. The quality of the crop
is uniformly magnihcent-l can
find no milder term. | myself
have never seen such crop
either as to quantity or quality.
OF course, Ben Davis forms three
fourths of the yield. Along the
Frisco line through southwest
Missouri going on into Arkansas,
there is SIMILAR condition of
affairs. The foliage is remarkable,
the yield is tremendous, and the
crop astonishes everybody"
LAS to my European trip
continued Mr.. Loomis, that of
course was mostly for pleasure.
Our party consisted of four, and
we toured through Europe in an
automobile, taking in France,
part OF Germany, Italy and Monte
Carlo. We had the luck of
being at Pompeii at the time that
Vesuvius was still displaying
some ominous, but at the time,
no dangerous signs OF the erup-
ton which caused such world
wide interest, and which did such
terrible lot of damage, and
while we were in Naples the old
mountains pipe was smoking
furiously. Life in Naples in those
days was somewhat disaereeable,
because one could not go out on
the street for half a block with
out getting their clothes covered
with the fine almost impslpable
dust that descended constantly
on the city.
"ln Rome we had the very great
pleasure and privilege of having
an audience with His Holiness,
the Pope, and our party was
deeply impressed by his extra
ordinary personality. In Venice,
too, we had an opportunity of
The newspaper., 1906-09-07

liable to turn out all the way
from so to 100 cars apiece. The
varieties to be shipped are Jona-
thans, W,nesaps, Rome Beauties,
Ben Davis and Ganos-and in
cidentally it may be mentioned
that the Colorado Ben Davis is
an apple that has not only at
fractions for the eye, but for the
palate besides, and there is as
much difference between it and
its Missouri cousin as between a
plate of oatmeal and a mess of
sawdust.
What impressed me immensely
on my trip through Colorado was
the quality of men with whom |
came into contact. As men they
grade as high as do their apples
and peaches as fruit. They are
business men from the word Go,
we'll informed IN everything per-
tanning to the business and horti-
cultural end of fruit raising, clean
cut, cleanrun. straightforward
men all of them full of the best
American spirit. They have no
shilly-shallying tactics. but are
quick to think and to act on their
conclusions. men who want a
square deal themselves and want
to give square deal, and know
no other kind of business policy.
They have plenty of good, red
blood in their veins, and like all
men of their type, have an in
herited admiration for anyone
who can make good. And be-
yond all this they are brimming
over, everyone OF them, with a
hospitality and good fellowship
as wide and all embracing as
their own eXpanse of mountain
and valley. Nothing tickles
them so much as to show the
eastern visitor the time of his
life and they certainly showed
me mine; and to cite one instance
the recollection of some trout
fishing that | enjoyed in the
Black Canon, with walls OF rock
towering up on either side some
1000 sheer feet above the bed of
the river in which | was trying
my luck, will forever live with me.
Very naturally, men who have
fought so hard against the set
backs of Nature to create these
wonderful orchards, are taking no
chances as to their successful
perpetuation. No classes of men
engaged in agricultural pursuits
are better posted than are these
Colorado apple growers on every
thing pertaining to the cultiva-
ton and nourishment of orchards.
and not a trick of the eternal war
fare against insect pests is un-
known to them. They spray dill
gently, prune vigorously, and Gull
conscientiously.
AT every station is an Asso-
citation, at the head of which is
an experienced man hired at a
high salary, to conduct the Asso-
cations business and to market
its product to the best advantage.
The newspaper., 1906-09-07

Concluded on fifth paxe.l
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-21
BICKNELL TO QUIT
RELIEF WORK.

Ernest P. Bicknell, secretary Of the
Relief Corporation, has rendered his
resignation to take effect on October l.
As a matter of fact, Bicknen resigned
his position a fortnight ago, but pres
sure was brought to bear on him to
continue in his position until the cor
poration knew definitely what its plans
for rehabilitation were TO be, The
work now being in hand, Mr.. BicknelFs
resi- gnation viii be taken up at the
meeting Of the executive committee of
the corporation today and acted upon.
Bicknel states that his business in the
East requires his presence there and
that he cannot well stay longer IN San
Francisco.
The retirement OF Bicknell. which
was foreshadowed in The Call at the
time Major CASTOR resigned, viii leave
the corporation short another expert in
relief work On October ! Major Gas
camps, will retire. While working in
entirely distinct departments Bicknell
end Castor have been among the most
effective workers engaged in better
ing the conditions OF the destitute In
this city.
BickneIl was one OF the first TO come
70 San Francisco to assist In the relief
work He has for several years had
fun charge OF the Associated Charities
eft Chicago and was sent here by the
Commercial Association and Citizens
Committee sn conjunction with the Chi
cago Associated Charities. These
bodies have paid his salary during the
term Of his work in San Francisco and
his services have been had at no ex-
pense to the relief fund
When DR.. Devine went East Bickneil
became the personal representative OF
the National Red Cross IN San Fran
cisco. When the relief commission was
organized BfckneIl was made secretary
Of that body. When the commission
retired on August / he was appointed
secretary OF the Relief Corporation,
which position he has held until the
present time.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-21

NOTABLE GOLDEN wEDDING.-Karlsruhe
germany Sept. 2o.-Tbe Grand Duke and Grand
Duchess Of Baden celebrated their golden we'd
Ting today. They were awakened at early
tour BY the ringing Of all the city bells and the
Azing Of salute OF 10l guaA
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-21
MANS EAR SEWED ON AND
HE WILL RECOVER ITs USE
DE-. WaIIgren Restores John Keily's
Hearing Organ After Naughty
Dog Scorns 1t.

A remarkable operation was per-
formed by DR.. wallgren at the City
and County Hospital last Wednesday
night, when the physician sewed a com
pletely severed ear on the head of John
J. Kelly, whose hearing organ was
kicked of by a vicious colt during the
afternoon. DR.. Wallgren says that Kei-
ly's injured ear will be just as useful
to him as before, the delicate opera
ton proving a complete success
Kelly came to the hospital minus his
right ear. He was weak from loss Of
blood and while DR.. Wallgren was
working over him the injured man said:
We'll, Doc, 1 have that chewed ear
In my pocket, but don't think you can
DO any good with H. / Just offered Il
TO q dog down the road and he would
not eat it, so / stuck IL in my pocket
again"
The doctor was amazed, but he took
the profered ear and after washing the
dirt off It sewed 1t on The operation
proved TO be one OF those peculiar
freaks of medical science The ear
stuck. and If complications do not set
in Kelly will be thankful to that dog
whose appetite rebelled at such a
tempting morsel as a horse trainers
ear.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-21
ROBERT R. HIT
PASSES AWAY.
Aged Representative From
Illinois Dies at His Rhode
Island Summer Home
LONG IN ILL HEALTH

NARRAGANSETT PIER, r. /. Sept.
20.-Congressman Robert r. Hit Of
Illinois died at his summer home here
today Heart failure, following long
period of increasing physical weakness
due to old age caused his death He
was seventy-two years of age. Mrs.
Hit and her two sons, w. c. Hit and
R. H. Hit. were at the bedside of the
Congressman when he died.
When Congressman Hit, accompan-
led by his wife, arrived at Jenney
Lodge, their summer home here, in
June 1t was understood that the aged
man was not in good health, his cOndi-
ton being attributed to ailments due
to advanced years. For some time the
patient showed Improvement, but few
weeks ago most serious symptoms were
noted. Subsequent treatment seemed
to have little beneficial effect although
the advice of specialist constantly
was sought.
There was no alarming sudden
change. and up to early today immed-
late death was not expected. A collapse
due to heart weakness came during the
morning hours with fatal results.
Arrangements will be made to re-
move the body to Illinois tomorrow
WASHINGTON, Sept 20.-Ill health
continuing through two years, had un-
fitted Congressman Hit for his duties
in Washington. In fact the greater
part of the work of the important COM
mittee on foreign affairs of the House
of Representatives of which Hit was
chairman, was during the entire ses-
sion of the last Congress discharged
first by Representative Robert Adams
of Pennsylvania up TO the time of his
tragic death, and afterward by Repre-
sentative r. c. Cousins of Iowa, Rep
resentative Lands of Indiana and Rep
resentative Perkins of New York.
Hit was one of the most popular
men in Congress. his friendships in
cluding men of all parties and because
of his wide experience and ability he
was always listened to with the great
est of attention when he dealt with
matters pertaining to the foreign SER
vice.
The San Francisco call., 1906-09-21
MARCONI WILL BE PRESENT
AT WIRELESS CONFERENCE
To Take Part in Controversy Over
Charges of Appropriation OF
Ideas Of Inventors.

BERLIN, Sept 20.-Marconi- viii be
present at the sessions Of the Inter-
national Wireless Conference, Tnich is
to open on October s. as a delegate
from Montenegro. AS the operations
Of his company viii be one Of the main
subjects Of controversy his participa-
ton in the proceedings is likely to
make them interesting.
Another delegate VIII lie Sunkichi
Kimura, who is accused by the Slaby-
Arco Company with having aDpropri-
ated the general Slaby-Arco ideas for
the japanese Government, the same as
the MarconisCompany says tire Slaby-
Arco Company did with the Marconi
inventions. Thirty-one out OF thirty
three governments invited to repre-
sentation in the conference have ac-
cepted. China and Peru declining on
the ground that they had no suitable
representatives to send