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lie, Mars, Iowa, Sept. z15.-That
.Cupid's cables reach around the world
is shown by the departure Of Miss
Kitty Henry, daughter. of j. H. Henry
of this place, last week, on 6,200mile
journey to the man she loves. George
Struble, son of former Congressman
Struble of LIE Mars, and Miss Henry are
to be married in Japan, and there the
girl has gone to become a wife: She was
accompanied as far{as San Francisco by
her sister, Mrs. J. E.. Robinson. i.
4! Miss Henry and George Struble, a
former banker at Los Angeles, were
children together in lie Mars, altho
they have been separated for several
years, Mr.. Struble going to California
a few years ago and making small
fortune in the savings bank business.
T. With all the native daughters of Cal
ifornia around him, and with the glitter
Of riches and the flattery> Of society in
which he entered in the golden state.
young Struble did not forget the boy
hood playmate when he came to look
for wife. He wrote to her, having
learned thru a sister in California that
kitty was still single. Other letters
followed and Miss Henry answered
them. 81 =
!: Then Mr. Struble went to Japan to
enter the banking business in the far
east " Both the bride-to-be and her
sister are artists of more than ordinary
ability, having attended the Chicago
$Art institute and studied under well
known masters. 4 u.
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fish a residence" If they did not want
the conjugal partner to know anything
about it, they served him with notice
by publications. selecting any obscure
paper published in the acquired resi-
dence. Of course, if there was no: pos
sibility of defense, the complaint could
be made effective and the mismated one
was granted freedom to return quietly
home and select anew partner without
any fuss. ''a1. y ~ = .
When the judges of Omaha awoke to
the situation, they made some new
rules, and 81 all agreed TO stand by the
vidual causes, even stretching profess
sional courtesy. the. divorce pilgrims
found stone wall. 81 -
10y Dung. Hartman sand4his family be-
1ieVed he would BE happier unattached
to the beautiful girl he. had made his
wife, but.she { did not entirely agree.
and would not give any cause for di.
vorce. He, came to Omaha, rented a
fat and set MP domicile, not an Eve.
less Eden, and much was written about
his taking up the business Of railroad.
general Omaha general offices of the
Union Pacific, paid $50 "a month He
was all for business. His wife re-
! manned elsewhere. When he had been
six months i'm Omaha he applied fol
divorce from his wife on the ground OF
desertion. go: y -
During his hard work at railroading
! he had whispered to his companions
| that he was only staying in the "back
woods town. until he could get free
Of his wife, who knew nothing about
it; and the whisper reached the ears
! Of the court in which he applied. j.
y" You are not really located here q!
your permanent home,' the judge said
and added "a lecture on housekeeping
that sent young, Hartman back to New
York, where he has been more success
full, for he has his decree which was re
fused in. the divorce Mecca. t: .S.3 i.
Marriage@on the day of the divorce
has been i practiced with impnnity i
Omaha, but there is none of that now
The Divorce must wait six months, o
not let the judge find it out. Legally
the defendant in divorce suit has 81.
months in which to perfect an appea
to a shigher. court. Consequently, in {
fine point Of law, the. divorce is not alb
solute until the six months have elapsed
The Omaha Judges make the SIX month
a period of waiting. IF the divorce,
one. remarries and the judge hears of il
he annuls the marriage and puts tn
welded ones in jail: for contempt; o
court, if he can get them. $sSs 55.g t IS;
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that between John Holman and Titus
E. Price. Of this place, for the repub-
lican nomination for representative in
the legislature Interest was added to
the fight by the fact that Senator Gam
BILE was.2draWn. into it, Mr.. Holman,
his law partner, being candidate for
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& Mr.. Holman was mayor of Yankton
one term. He was states attorney two
terms, leaving the law practice after
that to enlist; in the First South Dakota
for service.in the Philippines Upon his
rsfurn ne ssEas g.. chosen s'u ess
tive. 49, '''>-'''
While in the Philippines, Mr.. Holman
performed an act Of bravery for which
he was promoted by President Mel in-
fley Afrom private to second lieutenant.
AT the battle of Mariloa, the natives,
in retreat, fired q bridge to stop the pur.
suit of the United States troops. The
colonel called for volunteers to cross
the bridge and sextinguish the blaze
under the. enemy IS fire. Holman threw
down his musket, and with bullets fly
ing around him, put out the fire and en-
:abled his regiment to cross. When in
called Holman out Of the ranks and
complimented him. -.....
~ Mr.. Price moved to South Dakota in
1888, beginning the practice of law at
Highmore. For three terms he was
treasurer Of the town of Highmore, was
county superintendent four years and
prosecuting attorney Of Hyde county
one term. In 1890 he was elected to tn,
legislature from Hyde county, beins
reelected in 1892. In 1895 b,
moved to Yankton and six years Later
was sent to the legislature and then re
elected. AS member of the seventh
assembly he placed Senator Gamble il
nomination for United States senator.
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company, which is constantly making
progress. This year it is building a;
clear circuit from Aberdeen to connect.
with the twin cities and extending to!
sthe new towns on the Central Dako-;
ta' extension Of the. Minneapolis &
Watertown, exchange and making
countless little improvements. All
phones in its exchange at Aberdeen are
automatic and it's plant there is the
most improved in the northwest, the
large cities considered and given full
credit for all they have got.
The Dakota Central has about 5000
miles Of pole lines upon which are
strung about $4,000 miles of telephone
circuits. Fully one-half Of this mile
age. is of copper metallic; one-fourth is
grounded circuits. The company has
eighty-four exchanges and employs 500
persons. Its expense account for March
last amounted to $4,000. The mainte-
nance account was outside Of this. Prac-
tically all Of this money is paid out in
South Dakota, and remains there to do
it's part in building up the common.
| wealth. The company's shareholders
are conservative South Dakota men and
locked up In musty vaults. The com
1 pany has lines in North Dakota and
Minnesota and touches Nebraska
Eventually it will invade the Black
Hills. s.55
I Mr.. Zietlow went to South Dakota
in 1888 because he had q tree claim
adjoining town which it was thought
was destined to be the chief city. OF
3Ea central DakotaD and the James River
valley. He proposed to cut his claim
tSihto lots and retire in a few years
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q responsible position with the North
western Manufacturing & Car company,
which operated it's plant by means Of
convict labor. He had become inter
ested in telephones and electrical de-
vices and projects and made the ac-,
quaintance Of prisoner who had
genius for mechanics. The two wviked
and eventually made crude telephone
and other apparatus. The patent Of an
inventor by the name of Ries was so
improved upon that it became the back
bone Of the original company which
Mr.. Zietlow had at Aberdeen and was
called the Emner after another in
ventor, rather than after the Mime
sofa convict, who was really the man
who made it workable By Ries'
patent it was possible to transmit me-
chanical sounds over wires with some
success. Mr.. Zietlow and his prison
friend found that by turning one-half
way round certain nsignifcant-look-
ing screw of the Ries device, the sounds
of the human voice could be projected
long distances.
1t may be said in conclusion that this
convict was no ordinary prisoner and
by no means belonged to the criminal
classes. He used the money of his emf
.ployees, but had not train bearing
him funds been stalled in the snow he
would have been able to have paid
his obligation and no one been the
wiser. But exposure beat the train and
| his enemies never desisted until they
saw him on his way to the penitentiary.
After serving his term he entered
the real estate business in the city of
Washington, D. C.,and became prominent
and successful. That the inventive
! genius Of this convict, working behind
! the barred doors of the Minnesota
penitentiary, should bear rich fruit on
Dakota plains years after, is not so
ton Of the theory that nothing is lost
and that honest effort, no matter where
directed, will eventually be turned into
channels that will improve and brighten
this old world. Edwin G. TorreY.
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AUGUST COPPER OUTPUT
IS WORTH So, $4,000
High Price of the Metal Turns Steady
Stream Of Gold into the Michigan

High Price of the Metal Turns Steady
Stream Of Gold into the Michigan
District. ID I'll r%>:s g. 80 (
Special to The Journal Z: . -
Calumet, Mich. Sept. Is Lake Su-
100000 pounds Of refined copper ii
August. AS lake brands Of copper av-
eraged about 1879 cents a pound last
month, the August production Of the
Michigan district sold for $3,515, 900.
While last month s output was 1,000,.
I 900 pounds greater than that secured
in the preceding month, it was 100000
pounds. behind the record output, which
was secured last May. The August
output of the lake mines would have
been much larger had it not been fol
the labor disturbances at some Of the
properties.
Coincident with the steady increase in
the rock shipments, the Centennial has
shown slight falling off in the aver
age mineral yield Of its rock since last
May Last month 1870 tons Of roch
were stamped, yielding an average OF
1914 pounds of mineral q ton. The
Centennial is steadily. opening ground
reserves. however, and will be prepared
to. supply rock to another stamp next
tW1nter.c a., .&5g
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COUNT TAKES A JOB
WITH A PAVING GANG
t,S
Italian Nobleman, a Wanderer for
Love, Works on the Streets
s..$ Of Calumet.
80 - : -. .s-lf.F. : L
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~ Calumet, Mich Sept. 15:-F'elix Bor-
ELI, an Italian count, under &c. years.
is working with gang Of men paving
the streets Of Calumet. According to
Borelli s story, his life has been a ro-
nance. He lived with his widowed
mother. at the family place in the pro-
vince of Lucca. His mother is woman
Of the old regime and insisted upon him
marrying the woman of her choice.
Borelli demonstrated and made his OBJ
jections particularly strong because Of
the fact that he already was in love
! with a beautiful daughter of an Italian
merchant in, Rome.
When Count Borelli told. his mother
Of his love, he was informed that he
would marry the woman she had picked
out or be cut off from his income.
Three months ago the count decided to
COME to America. His money soon be-
came exhausted. He heard that many
Italians were living in Michigan and
determined to come to this state. He
was in need and therefore took job
on the streets.
Borelli has made friends in Calumet
He has begun a correspondence with
his mother and is expecting a letter of
forgiveness and asking that he return
| home.
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obtained, and he repudiated the agree
,ment of his colleagues on the ground
that they were induced to sign it by
Misrepresentation and fraud. He met
bluff with bluff and charge witt, charge
and assumed the whole burden Of main
tanning the little system which he had
established Probably there would have
been asfght, but for the fact that the
Bell interests did not regard the field
as promising. Had the region been we'll
settled and prosperous the chances are
that the Bell people would have found
means to drive him from the territory
in question and that the independent
and there for all time.
The memories Of the struggles Of the
nextaha1f dozen years are burned IN
delibEy upon the minds Of Mr.. Zietlow
and every member Of his family. While
doing their utmost the. business could
not be made remunerative.. To keep
even a breath Of life in it became the
erything was sacrificed for lit. Added
to the lack Of appreciation Of the adj
vantages Of the telephone, which kept
it from anything like popularity, was
| series of dry years which drove many
to ruin and almost depopulated GER
tain sections Of the country.
In these days of stress Mr.. Zietlow
seemed to be everywhere. His right
hand was gone, but he used the remain
inc left to such purpose and with such
skill that few could beat him in doing
! line work of all kinds and in fashion
ing devices which he could not obtain
for love or money of the existing tele
phone manuf cturers. Mrs ietlow ant
her children enlisted for the campa
4 hours to the Aberdeen centra r. thar
4 they :cDnld spare for their Home. and 1
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and an excellent system Of waterworks
and sewers. All the different lines Of
business are well representa- and do an
immense business with adjoining towns
and the farming community.
The Zumbrota Clay Manufacturing
struction Of building and and drain tile,
brick and other clay products. It has
already expended about $4,000 in
buildings, and will be in operation this
fall. About two hundred men will be
employed. Already the town feels the
effects of this addition, for it is al
most impossible to find house for rent.
something unusual for towns Of its size
and improvements. It also has a vol
unteer fire department. of 120 men.
Company D, Third infantry, M. N. G.,
has been: stationed 4 here twenty-one
years. 15s ,..
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Dakota is perhaps the most
- unique of that in any state OF the
union. The industry's uncrowned king
is an Independent. The Independent
lines sscover' almost all parts of the
state No subsidiary company of Alex
ander Graham Bell, or Of the interests
commonly associated with his name, has
a Judgment in the sunshine state save
in the extreme southeastern portion.
where the state dips down to touch
Iowa and Nebraska, and in the Black
Hills district, where the Bell people
gained a foothold at an early date.
All the rest Of the state, including that
vast empire which rolls thru central
South Dakota, and all the counties Of
the north, and the trans-Missouri re-.
gion, which but even now is being
Opened and made ready for the homes
Of thousands of sturdy settlers, is the
heritage Of the independent telephone
operator and manufacturer.
It was in the early eighties that the
Bell people took possession Of that
fringe Of settlement in southeastern
South Dakota-all the rest, except the
gold country in the. Hills, being sort
ola unknown region and regarded as
next to valueless by many Intelligent
persons. At about the same time, or in
g82 and 1913, the land hungry started a
movement which eliminated in central
Dakota, the name then commonly given
al the vast middle ground Of the giant
territory. Three years later at Aber-
deem IL w. .Zietlow, whose capital
& was5a natural bent for electrical stud:
les and operations, and whose faith was
DO great. that he saw all the little com.
munitiesaM struggling pioneers pros.
pereus: cities and towns, and all the
countryside a vast garden, and who
matched this faith with determine
ton that never onfessed defeat, organ
lied the Dakota Emner Telephone com
pany. ,s2g.
All saof nsi who were residents of Aber
deem still keenly remember the strug
giles and vicissitudes Of those early
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the Stafford Western Emigration COM
pany, sent men westward to invest in
land and found city. This party
divided at; Red Wing, and started to
explore the country. One Of these par
ties, composed Of Albert Barrett, Ira
Perry, Samuel Chaffee, Joseph Bailey
Doty, and all were. SO favorably i'm
pressed with this@ location that they,
readily agreed to lay out site for
town. ...:;]>a.
The following summer, 1856, the town
was christened and ready for habita-
tion. Then came sturdy, God-fearing
people from the east who were seek
ing fertile soil and place to call
home.
The growth Of Zumbrota has been
slow but sure; the little log houses
gradually gave way to more imposing
! structures. The town has become a. lit
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Ample Ijeeway..

days. The. people needed many things
before telephones and, a series Of hard
years coming on, even. the Findomitable
will and ingenuity Of Mr.; Zietlow al
most .succumbed. The intention Of his
company was to build toll lines and
took a month Of persistent effort to:
secure forty subscribers in the city Of
Aberdeen, which was by far the most
hustling place in the northern part Of
the state. Watertown and Huron were
thoroly canvassed for two weeks by
Mr.. Zeitlow, and the best he could do
in each was to get ten pledges for tele-
phones. In those days Of financial
stringency and crop uncertainties the
waste Of money. \.
building exchanges at Aberdeen, Colum-
bia and Watertown and connecting
Aberdeen. Columbia and Groton,
ali in Brown county, by a toll
| line. Lacking means to provide the
best equipment Mr.. Zeitlow bridged
the Groton line at Bath upon the Aber-
deem and Columbia line, designing and
using 9 device which practically en-
| bodied all the points involved in the
Carly bridging patent.
Mr. Ziet1ow's trial as by fire, was
vet to come. He had undertaken to
connect WATERFOWL by toll line, but the
people regarded it as q visionary
scheme and questioned his Judgment to
the extentaof intimating that he had q
Timing a visit when Mr.. zietlpw was
absent, the attpTneyssof the Bell com
panya descended upon the hand full s;o1
sstoekho ders az ;Abe rdeeis Goluinbia
and Watert ownanda by Threat suits sui
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Special to The Journal.
r. 5Zumbrota, Mimi, Sept. 15.-Begin-
ming Wednesday, Zumbrota, the second
largest city in Goodhue county, will
celebrate its f1ftieth anniversary. Five
hundred invitations have been sent to
brota their home, and it is expected
that many of them will be present.
The week will be called "9Old Home
! Week. At the same time the Good
hue county agricultural street fair will
be in progress. ~,
| Governor johnson, George B. Alton,
/ state inspector Of high schools; Herman
Biorn of Minneapolis, and other persons
I Fifty years ago the pioneers, Smith
and Doty, saw the possibilities fla fu-
ture town here and pre-empted claims
with: that end in view. About this
time a New England organization called
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answer belated calls The oldtimers Of
Aberdeen knew something of the bur-
dens that were borne uncomplainingly
by this family.
Paul Latzke, in his famous series of
articles insythe Success Magazine, on
the development Of the telephone and
the battles. with the trust, has over
looked the one Mr.. Zietlow waged so
long and successfully with the Bell peo-
pie. Mr.. Latzke says:
BY the end of 1888 not single plant
outside Of the Bel lsystem was at work,
except in the little town of Fort Smith,
Ark. There, Dr.: Harrison, a practicing
physician had built up little exchange
apparatus that he had bought in st.
Louis.
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600 STUDENTS AT LAWRENCE
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Appleton, Wis, Sept. 15.-Lawrencc
university opened this week and the ma.
jority of the students are on hand and
well settled. Upwards of six hundred
are already enrolled.
Two new. instructors have been en-
gagged for the new Lawrence Conserva-
tory of Music. Mrs. Harriet A]bee Of
Oshkosh will have charge of the violin
department. Miss Marion Beatty of Mil
waukee has been attached to the must
cal staff, to head the department: of
mandolin and guitar work. She is; q
1905 Lawrence graduate.
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HURON TO HAVE A PARK
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Huron, s.. D., Sept. 15.-Huron is to
have public park. An agreement has
been entered into between. Huron and
the Chicago & North w estern Railway
company, whereby the city gets pos
session Of four blocks almost in the
heSrt Of the city. This property, worth
att least $4,000, is transferred by the
company on payment of $4,000, the city
to expend 81 900 in it's improvement in
the next FIVE years.
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WILD RIDE ON A WIRE
FUN FOR APPLETON BOYS
Carriage Holding Two Persons Makes
lightning Trip from One Side of a
Rayine to the Other.


Appleton. Wis. Sept. 15.-Shooting
5000 feet across a great ravine on a
wire is the sport Of the youths of APP
pleton since one bright boy thought Of
stretching wire across and fastening
it at either side on monstrous trees.
When this was done a carriage to
hold two occupants was constructed and
one side of the ravjne being lower than
the other, the necessary incline for the
acceleration of speed was obtained. In
this manner they plunge across the ra-
vine like a shot and in climbing up
from the sag Of the middle of the wire
the pace is slackened so that they land
slowly on the opposite side.
Elders have become interested in this
bair-raising sport and the youths now
have monopoly and charge cents to
all the men who want to try the feat
and there are many who do, saving it
beats in sensation the 'seenic' rail-
ways and 'chute the chutes.' -
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tie city of some 1900 inhabitants and
is surrounded by one Of the richest
farming regions in the northwest.
Zumbrota has three railroads, the
Milwaukee, the Chicago Great Western
and the Chicago & North Western. It
has seven: churches and one of the finest
schoolhouses in the state for town Of
it's size. This building cost 10000,
and twelve teachers are employed.
Zumbrota has always taken immense
pride in its schools. Associated with
them stand out the names of several
prominent men who have at one time
been instructors here, among others,
Of high schools; A. W. Rankin, state
inspector Of graded schools; Professor
T. A. Weld, resident of the: Moorhead
normal, and several others.
Zumbrota has an up-to-date tel
ephone system and electric light plant,