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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-09
wADENA, M1NNEsorA, July 80, 1906.

DEAR EDIToR:-Thinking that you
would perhaps like to hear from this
part of the country once in while,
take the pleasure in writing to you about
it. First wish to state that some time
last fall this country was run down by a
party down in Iowa, through your paper
about sandy soil. will tell about the
crops up here and then you may judge
for yourself what too much sandy will
do. Judging from the appearance at the
present time wheat will run from fifteen
to thirty bushels to the acre; oats will do
much better and judging from the fine
stand everywhere the yield should run
twenty-five to fifty to the acre: rye has
about all been cut, and barley is falling
before the sickel this week; corn is all in
the silk and looks fine; hay was never
better than this year and hundreds of
tons of the finest clover and timothy has
been stored away for the winter. l had
piece of clover which cut few days
ago that was six feet high, and in some
places it was impossible to cut it on &C
count of its being so high and thick.
Vegetables are coming along finely and
potatoes give promise of yielding abund-
natly. We have had splendid weather
all summer, and harvest will perhaps
begin in about two weeks. There has
J been great sale of land lately and the
prices range from twenty-five to thirty
five dollars to the acre, but wild land is a
little cheaper. hope this will give the
people of Iowa kind of an idea OF
what this country is like. You will also
find enclosed a money order for The
Journal which is something we could
not get along without
CLos MARrIs.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-09
Manila, P. l. June IS, 'Ot

Dear Friend Mr.. Cole:-
AS l have few spare moments will
drop you a few lines to let you know that
l am still alive.
am out of the police force now. re-
signed on the 18th day of last month and
bought restaurant. / cleared $500 the
first month. l have good location. it is
right at the entrance of the Red Light
Dist and have good night trade. With
what money have and my houses am
about $1,000 to the good. Don't think that
l got fired for did not. sent the order
for my discharge to you so you will be-
lieve me when say resigned because 1t
does not look right back there to hear a
person say he resigned $50 job because
these kind of Jobs are not found every day
but believe can do better working for
myself. l have four Cinnamon, five
Philippines and one Hungarian working
for me. got stuck for 500 last month,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-09

went on mans note and he got in trou-
BILE and have to pay the note.
Ibeleve can do we'll here as 1 am we'll
known and have lots of friends and you
see 1 am an old veteran now. wrote to
you little over a month ago. l suppose
you got it.
Do you ever hear from my mother?
have not heard from her for about four
months and now don't know whether the
letter was from her or not 1t was not in
her handwriting and was not even signed
by her and they were wanting money. I
did not send any as the letter looked too
suspicious. don't believe it was from
her. l wrote but have received no answer.
Wellhow are all my old friends back
there7 / don't know when / will return if
ever. 1 would like very much to come
back to Audubon to see my old friends but
1 don't think the place would be very at
tractive for me any more. As soon as 1
can get nice bunch of money together,
want to come back and start some bust
ness that can make a livingat 1 don't
expect to spend the rest of my life in this
| country, would rather be in some white
| mans country than here. Most business
| here now is at stand still but of course
people have to eat even if business is bad
so have my trade just the same.
| Did YOU get my picture that sent you?
Well this is all for this time so goodbye.
| Your Friend,
/ w
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-09
Will Beedle in Philippines
Audubon Boy Now in Business
Very Interesting Letters
Manila, P. L.
May II, 8
Mr.. ]. W. B. Cole,

AALs w. ~. SoiS'
Dear Friend:-Well Mr. Cole, sup
pose you will think am funny fellow
the way neglect writing some times. 1
have got nothing to write about so | Just
keep putting it off until l almost forget
about it.
am on night duty now at the residence
ofthe encouragement and have moth
ing to do but sit here and read.
This is the hot season and ii is very hard
to sleep in the daytime on account of the
heat and can not sleey a minute on duty
as have to report to my station every
thirty minutes by telephone and if miss
a report somebody will be down to see
what is the matter.
Twill send you one of my pictures in a
few days had some good ones taken a
while back. bought house two months
ago which cost me Sl100 with the repairs l
put on it. did not buy the lot but have
lease for fifty years. The ground rent
costs me thirty dollars year. have the
house rented to couple of Englishmen
for 1850 a month. With my salary and the
rent have $l27.50 month. am saving
SIS a month now, living is high but can
get along good on $3.50 month The
house is in good locality and can sell it
most any time for as much as it cost me
/ had it insured for $1,000. The man
bought it from was in need of money and
had to sell. got good bargain as the
house has five rooms besides the kitchen
and bath room. 1t has water in it and
eleven electric lights.
don't suppose you have heard from my
mother lately, have you! How are all the
people around Audubon! By next sprint
will have four months due me on full
pay. l may sell my house and return
there. With what l can save and my
four months extra can come back will
over $1,000. My half brother up in Soutl
Dakota wants me to come back and take
claim. This country is a bad place i
person stays too long. That will MAKE
about eight years and n half I've beer
away and that is about long enough.
Well don't know of anything more t.
write about so will bring my letter to
close. Hoping to hear from you soon,
remain Your Friend,
w. II. BEEDLE.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-09
Ten Years In Bed.

"For ten years 1 was confined to my
bed with disease of my Kidneys"
writes r. A. Gray, ]. P. of Oakville,
Indiana. at was so severe that |
could not move part of the time. 1
consulted the very best medical skill
available, but could get no relief I'M
til Foley's Kidney Cure was recon-
mended to me. It has been q God
send to me-" Nick Dotfing.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-09

Buying at home has this advantage
over purchasing from the catalogue
house: In the one case you are Gus
toner among q few hundred; in the
latter, one of several hundred thousand.
For this reason the home merchant is
under the greater necessity and com
pulsion not only of promising. but
giving you the greatest measure of
satisfaction.
1t Is worth knowing that the pure
food law has already begun to take eff
feet to such an extent that the local
merchants are required to state on
printed slips accompanying every pack
age sold the amount of beef suet which
Is utilized in the production of lard.
They claim that the suet is necessary
during the hot months to prevent the
lard from melting and wasting.
The success of n system of tile drain
age depends no less upon having the
ground properly surveyed and the
trench inspected before the tile is laid
than upon the quality of tile used. In
view of the fact that thing well laid
should be good for lifetime, it would
pay any one having any considerable
amount of the work to do to hire an
expert to see to it that this first part
of the work mentioned is scientifically
and properly done.
With view to making the best of n
bad bargain, the outgrowth Of batch
of two-year-old onion seed, friend of
| the writer last year set out half of an
acre of onions to Strawberries, giving
them the best care he could consistent
| with the culture Of half a stand of on
ions. Last fall he marketed $45 worth
of onions from the half acre and this
year sold $65 of Strawberries from the
bed thus planted. AS the strawberry
bed usually gives no return the first
I year, the plan followed proved very
| satisfactory one.
If reports in the daily press are tc
be believed, there is Plymouth Rock
hen owned near Arcola, ILL.,, which
should certainly be encouraged in hel
desire to have family Of her own
She wanted to sit In the hog shed a
the time litter of pigs was born, and
not being provided with eggs, she I'm
dertook the mothering Of couple O.
the little pigs, gathering one unde
each wing as night came on, an ar
rangement that seems to have proved
mutually satisfactory. The state eN
pertinent station should provide thi
bird with medal.
There is no plan that has yet beel
suggested looking to an arousing o
interest in u tree planting campaign
that would seem to be so simple an,
yet have SO much to commend it a
the withdrawal from taxation of al
,, lands devoted to timber culture. PEI
suade the ordinary man that he vii
be Immediately benefited in remis
sion of taxes and he will sit up an
take notice more than he would
promised $1,000 per acre for his Ian
at the end of twenty years. The propc
sition is one that legislators in ever
state should look into and act upon.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-08-09

Insure in the Continental Insur-
ance Company. THEo. PATTY, Agt.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1906-03-21
MIDDLETOwN BUSINESS MAN DISAPPEARS
Left Last Week Under Rather Unfortunate
Circumstances With His Account Short.

Middletown has been full Of rumors
of the sudden disappearance of one of
its business men, Oliver Nj. Matthews,
under circumstances most unfortu-
nate last week. Mr.. Matthews was
highly respected citizen of Middle
town, active in Church and other good
work. He was an employing painter
aud with his force of workmen has
filled some large contracts. He was
treasurer of the Middletown Council,
No. 2. Jr. o. y. A. M, and was con-
sidered highly trustworthy by the
lodge. William r. Holton, of Mid
dletown, who died on Saturday in the
West, was a member of the Council
and the benefits due his family at his
death amounted to $3.50. Before the
body was shipped from Colorado the
express company demanded guaran-
tee and Matthews is understood to
have given the company's agent q
check for $225 on the Peoples Bank,
which is the bank where the lodge
funds were kept, but the check is said
to have been returned as no good, as
the order had balance of only 81. 81 in
the bank. The check, however, has
been made good by the Mechanics.
Other officers of the order were under
the impression that their was a bal
ance of about four hundred dollars in
the bank to the credit of the council
and were greatly surprised when they
learned that there was about ST. 81
there. AT the bank it was stated that
the money had been drawn out in
small sums from time to time. The
Surety Trust Co.. of New York, Mat
thew's surety, is understood to have
notified.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1906-03-21
A Positive
CURE
EIy's Cream Balm
Is quickly absorbed.
cs.~. p.ff~k "A A.

Is quickly absorbed.
Gives Relief at Once.
1t cleanses, soothes
heals and protects
the diseased mem
brane. II cures Ca
tarrh and drive
away a Cold in the
Head quickly. Re-
stores the Senses of
m. r. -
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1906-03-21
Letter 10 cosgriff & Reynolds.
Smyrna, Del.

Dear Sirs' There are these FIVE ways
of badness in paint:
% stuffed out with chalk, or some.
thing like that;
~ barytes, better than chalk, but
no covering to it; nobody knows it's
there.
go benzire in the oil, or water, or
other such Btuffing.
(4) too thin-too much liquid, what.
ever it is, for the solid;
(5) short measure.
Now will you buy by the price PEI
"gallon?"
We furnish our agents with a State
chemists, certificate of analysis that
tells what's in Devoe. Yours truly
f. W. DEvoE & Co.
New York
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1906-03-21

Quick changes from hot to cold and hack
again try. strong constitutions and cause,
among other evils, nasal catarrh, trouble
some and offensive disease. Sneezing and
shutting. coughing and difficult breathing,
and the drip, drip of the foul discharge into
the throat-all are ended by Ely's Cream
Balm. This honest and positive remedy
contains no cocaine mercury nor otbe,
harmful ingredient. The worst cases ARE
cured in a short time. All druggists Soc,
Or mailed by Ely Bros, So Warren Street
New York.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1906-03-21

to the ways and cunning of those ami
mails; gifted with senses of sight, hear
ing, and smell superior to that of man.
So after an hour or two of careful
inaneuvering that brought them quite
close to the game, and within a few
feet from where he could get a good
shot, Pat Numbered: an unseen dry
limb caught him at the next step and
landed him broadside. He broke that
b. ush as he went down for it cracked
like pistol shot. After he got up he
found his rife barrel filled with snow
and dirt and the elk gone. Pat was
mad at himself for the next two hours,
you could tell by the pet names he was
calling himself, and Charlie was we'll
nigh discouraged. About two hours
later Charlie showed Pat in front of
him again-"Now," he says, "shoot
that elk-right there" pointing his
finger in the direction of the elk, Pat
saw--fred-and this time succeeded in
killing his elk and securinga fine spec
linen. By the time they had it dressed
and hung up on tree twas late in the
afternoon, too late for Charlie to make
bear hollow that day. They started
for camp about dark; had just lit the
the fire when in rushed Fred and Bob
During hearty meal that would
cost $1,000 day at the Walton, Char
lie soon learned that Fred and Bob had
killed fine elk IN the forenoon, and
that they had also run into the same
bloody trail in the afternoon that he
had seen IN the morning; also that they
had followed it for about two hundred
yards where they found it laying in
the snow, seriously wounded, and to
put 1t out of misery had killed it. At
ter Charley had asked a lot of ques-
tions about just where that carcass lay,
he said, sit looks to me fellows, if
there are any bears around here, they
will be at that carcass tonight for feed
and just as soon as can go out in the
morning and get that elk that Pat
shot to-day, 1 am going down there. u
Huge Bear Tracks Discovered In the Snow.
During the last night at Buffalo
Creek. snow fell to a depth of about
two inches, thus obliterating all old
tracks, and showing only the freshest
ones. fastened by this Charlie soor
had two horses caught, one for him.
self, the other for Pat. Fred did the
same thing for himself and Bob. Char
ley and Pat went after the elk they haG
killed the day before, and were soor
back with it to camp. Fred and Bob
started for the one they had killed, bu
Bob left Fred on the way and dropped
into where they had killed the wounded
elk, and lol he found the bear track
all around the remains of the elk. Fl,
turned his horse on seeing this anC
rode back to where Fred was and tolC
him of what he had seen. "Well,
says Fred, "We'll go down and lool
that thing up. So down they went an,
found some of the most monstrous bea
tracks that have ever been seen in tn
Rockies. They alse saw where Bruil
had reached into the carcass with on
paw and with one swipe had torn on
one hind quarter, and thrown it twent!
feet behind him. After which, b
helped himself to, at least, two third
of what remained of an eight hundre
pound elk in one night. Fred made
small circle around the scene of wher
Bruin had spent most of the nigh
feasting.
TO BE CONTINUED.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1906-03-21
A Scientific wonder.

The cures that stand to its credit
make Bucklen's Arnica Salve a Scien-
tific wonder. 1t cured e. r. Milford.
lecturer for the Patrons of Husbandry,
Waynesboro, Pa, of distressing case
OF Piles. 1t heals the worst Burns,
Sores. Boils, Ulcers, Wounds, Cuts.
Chilblains and Salt Rheum. Only 25c
at Benton N. Weldon's drug store.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1906-03-21

The japanese are to be increased
thirty per cent showing how much
harder it is to keep peace than to OBJ
tain it.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1906-03-21
Spring Medicine

There is no other season when good
medicine is so much needed as in the
Spring.
The blood is impure, weak and
impoverished-a condition indicated
by pimples and other eruptions ON the
face and body, by deficient vitality,
loss of appetite, lack of strength, and
want of animation.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1906-03-21
Hoods Jarsdparitid
and Pills

Make the blood pure, vigorous and
rich, create appetite, give vitality,
strength and animation, and cure
all eruptions. Have the whole family
begin to take them today.
Hoods Sarsaparilla has been used in
our family for some time. and always with
good results. Last spring was all run
down and got bottle of it, and as usual
received great benefit" Miss BEuLAx
BorcE, Stowe, vt. ~
Hoods sarsaparIIIa promises to
cure and keeps the promise.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-04
WIFE LANDS FIST
ON HUBBY'S JAW
CONTEST TAKES PLACE AT THE
POLICE STATION
After Swearing That She Was
"Afrald of Her Life" Mrs.
David Morrison Turns
PugiIist

Angered at the refusal of the prose.
cutting attorney to give her a warrant
for her husbands arrest, Mrs. David
Morrison took the law into her own
hands yesterday at the police station
and used her little fists with great
skill upon her husband.
The encounter took place just out
side of the office of Deputy Prosecuting
Attorney Frederickson and it is alleged
that the woman got the best of the
battle.
She sought police protection from her
husand, claiming that she was afraid
of her life.
When the prosecuting attorneys un-
raveled the tangled yarn, they advised
the pretty little blonde to kiss and
make up" with her young husband,
who was waiting outside the Office to
meet her.
Instead of the expected reconcilia-
ton, Mrs. Morrison flew at her husband
and inflicted severe punishment before
he could get out of reach.
According to his story he found his
wife in company with another man the
other night and gave her escort
thrashng.
He said that he had never i'll treated
nor threatened his wife, but simply
wanted her to confine her attentions to
him.
The couple live at Watts station and
both are employed in restaurants.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-04
JAPANESE SALESMAN THERE
Broadway Store Finds the Inno-
walton Mems Clothing Bus
iness=Brinqer

The wise and humble Japanese has
found new field wherein to labor and
at the same time study America from
the inside.
The pioneer little brown man in a
calling that has heretofore been ex-
cIus1vely monopolized by the Yankees is
Ryusuki Aol1i, clerk in the mems cloth
ing department of the Broadway store
Aok1 has held his position seven
months, giving perfect satisfaction to
MS employers. The cleverness of the
management in securing him is appar-
ent in the large Japanese trade he has
drawn to the store. it amounting almost
to a monopoly. When a child of the
setting sun comes in the floorwalker
calls Sixteen" and Aolli comes for
ward to sell him a suit of clothes. He
does 1T with exquisite politeness,
too,-perhaps one secret of his success.
Aoki is not obliged to work. His
father is a wealthy silk manufacturer
OF Yamaguchi, Japan, whose business
the son will succeed. Aoki is very
we'll educated also. having had four
years of college and three years of uni
versity work in his own country and a
year at the University of Southern Cal
ifornIa, where he specialized in eco
nom1cs. He has been in this country two
years studying the institutions and peo-
pie.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-04
OFFERS CITY LARGE
DUMPING GROUND AREA
WHITING HAS PROPERTY NEAR
EASTLAkE PARK
Posters Are Being Printed for Houses
holders, Telling Time of Garbage
Collections and Calling Attention
to Other Regulations

Dwight Whiting yesterday made a
proposition to the board of public works
to use his property east of Eastlake
park for a city dumping grounds. The
board has taken the proposal under
consideration.
Mr.. Whiting owns property east of
the park that is now practically a
slump hole and he expressed a willing
ness to have anything dumped into i'm
order that it might be filled with refuse
and brought up TO grade.
The board is having posters printed
to be circulated by the garbage col
Iectors at each home where they visit.
The posters call attention to the fact
that there is city ordinance prohibiting
the placing of metal. glass; tinware and
other non-combustible substances in the
same receptacle with combustible ma
terials and suggesting the use of proper
garbage cans.
Printed on these notices will be the
dates on which garbage will be COL
lected as well as the dates on which
non-combustibe refuse will be taken
up.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-04
FLAMMER WEARS
A GOLD EMBLEM
DETECTIVE CAPTAIN HONORED
BY COMRADES
Commissioner James Makes EuIoelstic
Address to Which Recipient Re-
plies, After Which the Police
G 'e RousIng Cheers

In recognition of the promotion Of
Acting Detective Captain Paul Flam-
mer to the rank of captain of detec-
tiTes, police and detectives presented
him with solid gold star set with
large diamond, yesterday afternoon.
The presentation was in the officers
drill room at the central station.
AT the meeting of the police COM
mission the promotion of Flammer was
made public and Commissioners rank
James and Ralph Hagan were present
at the called meeting of the officers
not on duty.
Commissioner James made the
presentation after a little speech in
which he paid a high compliment to the
efficiency of the police force. He also
referred in terms of euiogy to the
work of Captain Flammer during the
years that he has been connected with
the department.
Captain Flammer responded thanking
the men for their generous gift. He
said in part:
IT have always tried to do my duty
honorably and do not deserve any more
recognition or credit than the rest of
you. The work of a police officer
is hard at best. We always get a few
knocks but that should not trouble Us.
We are not working for honor or glory
but for the people of this city. thank
you all very much for this beautiful
gift
He was given hearty cheers at the
close of his little talk and then Police
Commissioner James pinned on the
shining emblem of authority.
Detective Captain Flammer wore his
gold star for the rest of the day, but
will resume his less costly badge to-
day.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-04
NOVEL DEDUCTION MADE BY
WILDER
World Famed Entertainer Judges
Business Affairs In Los Angeles
by Quality and Quantity Of
Theater Goers

Marshall Pinckney Wilder, the world
famed entertainer who is pleasing hun
dreds of patrons at the Orpheum thea
ter this week. says there is absolutely
nothing that can prevent Los Angeles
from becoming one of the greatest
cities in the word.
Mr.. Wilder bases his assertions upon
several years of careful observation. 1t
is six years since he last visited Los
Angeles. During that interim he says
the growth of the city has been moth
ing short of remarkable.
THE people of Los Angeles are the
brightest with whom I have ever come
in contact" said Mr.. Wilder yesterday.
"As 1 am generally supposed to be a
funny man I have grown to judge con-
ditions by the response of the people
to the funny side of life.
You can always judge the business
enterprise of the people at large by
their appreciation of innocent fun. To
the credit of residents of Los Angeles
1 can say / have never encountered
more appreciative audiences than
have met here. They have been the
brightest and most responsive the most
keen and intellectual that l have ever
seen.
This mental condition of the people
of Los Angeles is made manifest in
every walk of life. 1t is demonstrated
in the condition of your streets. 1t is
distinct in the hustle and hustle. The
beautiful window displays that line
your main thoroughfares on both sides
show it, In the artistic tastes, in
everything and amongst all classes this
feature is the most prominent.
Not Prophet
owing to the fact that do not live
here and also to the fact that 1 have
not been here for a little more than six
years I do not feel that 1 am qualified
to make any prophesies as to the future
populat ation of Los Angeles. That it will