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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-27
THE REoRGANIZED NEW YORK
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

The new Board of Trustees Of the
New York Life Insurance Company,
chosen by the policyholders under the
Armstrong laws, has taken charge Of
the company's affairs and has begun
the work of reorganization.
In choosing the principal officers of
the company, the Board has adhered
to the idea that a life insurance com
pany should be managed by life in
a The new president is
Darwin P. Kingsley, a college bred
man of good New England stock, who
has been in the company's service in a
variety of capacities for a period Of
nearly twenty years. In the parlance
Of life insurance, he began with the
rate book and has advanced step by
step up to his present position.
The first vice president of the COM
pany is Thomas A. Buckner, who has
served the company for more than a
quarter of a century,-indeed has
never had any other business connec-
ton.
Associated with these men are
others long trained in the company's
service, each an expert in his own de-
partment of work. VIM. E. Ingersoll.
who has for many years had charge
of the company's great business in
Europe, is one of the second vice pres
idents, and will continue at the head
of the company's office in Paris.
Rufus w. Weeks, who has been in
the company's service for nearly forty
years, ranks next to Mr.. Buckner as
vice president, and continuous as chief
actuary of the company.
The policyholders have expressed
their belief in this company in no I'M
certain terms. The upheaval in life in.
surance within the last two years has
resulted in a great deal of misunder-
standing and policyholders, alarmed on
matters which were not very clear to
them, have been disposed to give up
their contracts at a heavy sacrifice.
This has not been true in the New York
Life to any great extent. The com.
pany had 2 1000, OOO, 900 insurance on
it's books when the life insurance in
vestigation began, and while the laws
of the State of New York now do not
permit any company to write over
$3.50, O00, 1000 a year (Which is about
one-half the New York Life formerly
did, the company's outstanding bust.
ness still exceeds 50, 200, 900, 900.
Policyholders generally will be still
further treasured by this action of the
Board, as it places at the head of the
company to protect their interests mer
of thorough training and unexception
able character.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-27
Who Makes thu ToMn2

The editor of the paper at Coyle.
Okla, asks in large letters, Who
makes the town." To make a town
requires the work of many people. 1t
is surely not the man who earns his
wages tn the town and then spends
his earnings elsewhere; not the farm
er who sells his produce to the home
merchant and then takes the none
to the express or post office and sends
It to the Chicago mail order house
for the goods he needs; nor the minis
ter who is paid Pr preaching by the
business Interests of the place. and
spends his spare time in working up
grocery clubs for an outside concern.
No, brother, these men do not make
towns.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-27
SAFEGUARD THE HOME.
GOOD CITIZENS ARE THE Bull.
WARk OF THE NATION.
EDUCATION AND PROTECTION
Two Vital Things to Be Considered by
Those Who Would See the
Greatest Progress and
Advancement.

Where is found the greatest ad-
yancement and civilization there is
also found among the people the high
est type of fealty and love of home.
The American homes are the most
substantial pillars of the nations
greatness, and in American citizen
ship is found the bulwark of our re-
publican government.
Where the home life is ideal, there
is found genuine patriotism which is
always commensurate with the en-
lightenment and the domestic happi-
ness of the people. How important it
is then that every safeguard be
thrown about the home, which is the
hotbed where are produced for devel-
opment all the strength that is neces-
sary for the perpetuation of a govern
ment and the maintenance of a ma
tons greatness.
The student who will study into
conditions of the countries that are
continually wrecked by internal tur-
MOL, such as Russia and the Central
American republics, will discover the
homes are far from ideal homes, and
that there is an absence of the love
of country that should be found in the
hearts of it's citizens. There is a duty
that involves upon all, and which is
due to the generations growing and to
come. The duty is to surround the
home with such environments as will
max 1t attractive and develop in the
growing youth the highest qualities of
manhood and womanhood. Where the
people are oppressed by monarchy
and feudalism there is no incentive to
develop the highest state of home life.
In America where all are upon an
equal plane and opportunities are
open to every citizen, and where the
people are ecure in their rights to
homes, there is every reason why
each n should make the greatest en-
deavor to found for himself and his
progeny a residence place that will
be sure from intrusion and be an in
centive to higher mental and social
development.
Education is all important and no
other country in the world offers to
all such glorious advantages to re-
ceive enlightenment as does the Unit
ed States. 1t is important that the
home be located near good schools.
Good schools are generally found
where there are good homes and good
towns. The quality of citizenship of a
community can generally be gagged by
the standard of it's educational insti.
buttons. 1t is important to the home
builder that the town wherein he is To-
Gated or which he may reside near,
be a progressive place. And the bet
ter that this town be, the better will
be it's educational facilities for the
youth. 1t is essential to the GREATEST
good of a community that it be real.
lied by all residing within it that the
more wealthy it can be made, the
greater will be it's advantages both as
to education and otherwise. By sup.
port to home institutions the home is
made better in every way. Patriotic
citizens will make it their first aim to
be loyal to their own home interests
and then their state and nation. One
who is loyal to home is generally
faithful in the performance of all the
duties that good citizenship implies.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-27
Reform School for Rich Boys
(To be Continued

inclosed the window; a paddock and
chain enabled the door to be opened
about four inches when required.
"You see," our guide showed us, "by
this ean they hear the masses in
the chapel without quitting their
rooms"
In these cells, he told us, the boys
lived day and night, for two, three,
sometimes for six or seven years.
Professors come from Tours and give
them instructions at the small writing
table.
Once a month they take a bath,
more often if their relatives are will
ing to pay extra for 1t. They are es-
corted to the bath by a guardian. The
isolation Of each boy is so thorough
that two brothers were once there to-
gether for two years without ever
knowing 1t. The price for the priv
ilege Of placing your son under this
parental roof is IL pounds sterling a
month, all instruction being extra.
The boys are known only BY the
number on their cell door, 50 that
their sojourn at the parental house
may not tell against them In after
life. Their friends suppose them to
be en- voyage or in an English or Ger
mar family, learning the language.
One inyents a little romance, YOU Geo.
said cur guide.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-27

The Maison Paternelle at Mettray,
near Tours, France, where the sons Of
rich people between the ages Of IL and
81 are ~incarcerated because they are
unmanageable at home, is a curious in
stitution.
We were greeted at the entrance
with a frontage of iron bars, says a
writer in the Fortnightly Review. No
bell was rung; our guide noiselessly
inserted a gigantic key and we en-
tered a large hall.
A long row Of locked doors greeted
us on each side, and a gallery rum
ming around the top Of the hall re-
peated the same thing. "These are
their rooms" said our guide in an
awful whisper. "They are shut up in
there now-they must not hear us."
This grewsome hall oppressed one
with a sense OF doom and despair
quite ind~escribable. No windows, no
air from the syklight overhead.
They are permitted to 90 out only
In charge of q keeper for one hour In
the day; but / will show you how
things have been arranged for Them"
he added. There is, / believe, one
room vacant at the moment"
A small, bare cell, just big enough
to contain the narrow ped, small writ
ing table two chairs and a minute
chest Of drawers and ~wEshstand. Iron
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-27
Contrary to Home BUILDING.

Trade is the life of the agricultural
town. ANY system that diverts this
trade is injurious to the community.
Here lies the evils of the mail order
system. BY drawing the trade from
the towns, the principal support goes,
n with its going disappears the I'M
ployment for the people, the school
system, and the churches and all the
advantages that the town affords to
the people of the community. Not
alone this but home markets are de.
stroyed and the farmer finds the value
of his land reduced. Have the impor-
tanoe of home trading and home sup
port instilled into the minds of the
farmers in general, and there will be
a rapid falling off of the catalogue
house patronage.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-27
The Mules Understood.

A story is told of Senator Knute
Nelson, who spent some of his early
years in a logging camp. He there
discovered the necessity of certain
emphatic language in order to make
mules move GAIL varieties Of
tongues were in demand in that camp:
Scandinavian, German, Italian-but
none of the words used seemed to
have the explosive force to adjust
the tempo of the mule to the desired
pace. Along came a strapping Irish
man, who used some popular exple-
tives, usually indicated in print by
blank, blank, or --. The mules
moved! There's a language all
mules understand" said the Irishman
-"and it's not me mother tongue,
ayther."-Joe Mitchell Chapple, in
National Magazine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-27
Importance of Good Roads.

The town that has good roads lead
ing to it is blessed. Surely there is
no more disagreeable thing, nor any
thing more adverse to the business
interests of a place than impossible
Doggy roads. There is a little excuse
in the well settled community for poor
roads. 1t may in the beginning be
somewhat expensive to put the roads
in order, but in the end it will prove
that the saving in wear and tear on
wagons and horses will well repay all
the additional expense. And to the
town good roads are almost vital. The
average farmer would rather drive
three or four miles farther to a town
over good roads than do his trading
when it is necessary to go hub deep in
mud to the nearer place.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-27

tune, 70 snter and go slowly. When
ever a lamp flashed in at 10, l had .
glimpse OF her progress toward COM
posure-now she vas drying her eyes
with the bit of lace she called a hand
kerchief; now her bare arms were up
and with graceful fingers she was ar
ranging her hair; now she was
straight and still, and soft, fluffy ma
terial with which her wrap was edged
drawn close about her throat. l
shifted to theopposite seat, for my
nerves warned me that l could not
long control myself. If l stayed on
where her garments were touching
me.
l looked away from her for the
pleasure Of looking at her again, of
realizing that my overweight enses
were not cheating me Yes, there she
was, in all the luster Of that magnetic
beauty I can not think of vel now
without an upblazing Of the fire which
is to the heart what the sun is to a
blind man dreaming of sight. There
she was on my side Of the chasm that
had separated us-alone with me-
mine-mine! And my heart dilated
with pride. But a moment later came
a sense of humility. Her beauty in
toxicated me, but her youth, her fine
ness, so fragile for such rough hands
as mine, awed and humbled me.
II must be very gentle" said l to
myself. Il have promised that she
shall never regret. God help me to
keep my promise! She is mine, but
only to preserve and protect"
And that idea of responsibility in
possession was new to me-was to
have far-reaching consequences. Now
that / think of it, l believe it changed
the whole course of my life.
She was leaning forward, her elbow
on the easement of the open window
Of the brougham, her cheek against
her hand; the moonlight was glisten'
ing on her round, firm forearm and on
her serious face. How far, far ave.
from-everything it seems here!" she
said, her voice tuned to that soft, clear
light, land how beautiful it isl" Then.
addressing the moor and the shadows
of the trees rather than me: Il wish
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-27

| could go OF and on-and never re-
turn to the world"
Il wish we could" said /.
MY tone was low, but she started,
drew back into the brougham, be-
came an outline in the deep shadow.
In another mood that might have a n
gered me. Just then it hurt me so
deeply that to remember it to-day is
to feel a faint ache in the seal of the
long-healed wound. My face was not
hidden as was hers; so, perhaps, she
saw. At any rate, her voice tried to
be friendly as she said: we'll
have crossed the Rubicon. And ! don't
regret. It was silly of me to cry. l
thought I had been through 50 much
that | was beyond such weakness. But
You will find me calm from now on
and reasonable"
mot too reasonable, please" said,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-27
A Hose Hint,

In the blush dusk of the mild, sweet
May evening the suburbanite squirted
the hose gravely.
Look here" said a florist, mo won
der your grass and shrubbery don't
thrive. That is no way to water them.
Hold the hose high. Don't aim it at
them like a gun, man."
MOI" said the other. "Why not?'
Because" said the florist, grass
and flowers must be watered as nature
does it. You must initiate rain with
your hose. That's the idea. Up in the
air with it. Point it toward the sky.
Let the spray descend gently in a
shower. Now you'll get results"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-27
uistorin Island for Sale.

Raasay island, in the Inner Heb
rides, which lies between the main
land of Scotland and the Isle of Skye,
has failed to find a purchaser at the
upset price of s225,00 placed upon it.
Its name is the Scandinavian for the
place of the roe deer" and the shoot
ings, with the mansion house and
grounds at the southern end, consti'
tute the chief value of the island
Near the northern end are the ruins
of Brochel castle, the residence OF Its
ancient lairds, the MacLeods. IN
celtic lore Raasay has a place and in
England literature it is mentioned IN
Samuel Johnson's Journey to the
Western Islands of Scotland"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-27
AduIterated Enodstuffs.

Recently a number of samples Of
coffee, extracts and canned goods
sent out by a premium giving concern
were examined by chemists in Mis-.
souri, and in South Dakota and found
to be greatly ~adulterated, These goods
were sold at prices as high as the
local grocers charge for the best class
of articles. Those who are careful OF
health should not buy foodstuff that
comes from the mail order houses, OF
from the premium giving oncern
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-27

their apparently elegant, graceful
lives. The storm had ripped off the
attractive covering; the framework,
the reality Of that system, was re-
vealed, naked and frightful.
Anita, go to your room!" almost
screamed the old woman, her fury
tearing away the last shreds Of her
cloak of manners.
''Yodr daughter is of age, madam"
said L. "She will go where she
pleases. And I warn you that you are
deceived by the Langdons. l am not
powerless, and"-here | let her have
a full look into my red-hot furnaces
Of wrath-T stop at nothing in pursu-
ing those who oppose meat moth
ing!"
Anita, staring at her mothers wv
full face, was shrinking and trembling
as if before the wicked, pale-yellow
eyes and quivering, outstretched ten
tacles of a devil-fish. Clinging to my
arm, she let me guide her to the door.
Her mother recovered speech.
"Anita!" she cried. What are you
doing? Are you mad?"
Il think ! must be out Of my mind"
said Anita. "But, if YOU try to keep
me here, / shall tell him all-all."
Her voice suggested that she was
about to go into Mysteries. l gently
urged her forward. There was some
sort Of woman's wrap in the hall. /
put it around her. Before sheer l
realized it, she vas in my waiting
electric.
"Up town." ] said to my man.
She tried to get out.
"Oh, what have I done! What am !
doing!" she cried, her courage oozing
away. Let me out--please!"
you are going with me" said I, en-
tering and closing the door, l saw
the door Of the Ellersly mansion open
ing, saw old Ellersly, bareheaded and
distracted, scuttling down the steps.
go ahead--iast!" I called to my
man.
And the electric was rushing up
the avenue, with the bell ringing for
crossings incessantly. She huddled
away from me into the corner Of the
seat, sobbing hystericaily. knew
that to touch her would be fatal--or
to speak. So ! waited.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-27
EXAMPLE Of TRUE cHIvALRY.
Modern Lover Proves Himself Equal
to Heroes Of the Past.

There was a moment Of profound
silence. He was the first to speak.
-You are richer than l am" he fal
tered. with emotion.
She bowed her head, replying moth
ing. But now the true nobility Of his
character manifested itself.
yet for all that / am no better
than you arel" he cried. and folded
her to his breast.
And when, her conscience accusing
her, she tried to tell him that not
only her father but four of her uncles
we're Pittsburg millionaires, he sealed
her lips with kisses. and would hear
nothing.-Puck.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-27
Gov. Folk on Home Trade.

we are proud Of our splendid cities
and we want them to increase IN
wealth and population and we also
want our country town to grow. We
wish the city merchants to build IN
but we also iesire the country mer.
chants to prosper. / do not believe h
the mail order citizen. If a place 4
good enough for a man to live in and
make his money in, 1t is good enough
for him to spend his money In.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-27
KILLING the Small Towns.

1t is impossible to build up towns
without there being business to EN-.
ploy the people who reside in them
The mail order system of doing bust.
ness is killing off the small town. and
as a result the farmers residing Lear
them suffer by having q poor ma1J.s4,
and poor schools and other blessit -
Of the kind that go with the live town,
Not alone this but farm values arc
kept down.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-27
Must Do the Work.

al new regulation In Victoria, Aus.
tralia, makes 1t an offense for q sub.
stance to be sold In that state lis a
disinfectant unless it will, when used
as directed, kill the germs Of disease,
and the explicit direction for its use
must appear on each bottle or wrap
per. The total imports Of disinfect-
ants into the commonwealth Of Aus
tralia amounts to about $25O.0O0
year.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-27
XXI

MOST uNGENTLEMANLY.
AS we neared the upper end OF the
park, ! told my chauffeur. through the
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-05-16

vegetation from the sidewalks, lots or
lands within three go days after being
notified to do 20 by the city marshal or
street commissioner, then the street COM
missioner OF said city shall cause such
work to be done and shall report the cost
thereof to the city council at its next
meeting. II the report OF the street COM
missioner shall be approved the city clerk
shall certify such amounts and costs to
the county clerk Of Dickinson county. who
shall place such amounts on the tax roll
as q special tax against such lots or par
cells Of ground and shall collect the same
In the same manner as other taxes are
Section g. This ordinance shall take ef-
feet and be In force from and after its pub,
LEGATION In the Abilene Weekly Reflector,
OF Abilene. Dickinson County. Kansas.
This ordinance passed the council May
O. 1907, and was approved BY me, the
~ 80 cHAs. W. BETHEL,
Attest; ls Mayor.
I GEO. II. HARVEY, city Clerk.
State Of Kansas, Dickinson County-ss
/, Geo. II. Harvey, city clerk OF the City
of Manchester, do hereby certify that the
above ordinance passed the council May 8,
1907. and was approved by the mayor May
GEO. H. HARVEY, City Clerk.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-05-16

son county, who shall tax the amount o.
the cost Of construction. reccnstruction
Repairing or clearing Of such sidewalk, TO
aether with the statutory penalty o.
twenty-five (25l per cent TO the amount
against each lot or piece OF ground along
reconstructed, repaired or cleared.
~ First Class Walks Required. Sec IL
All sidewalks which may hereafter be- con.
structed or reconstructed upon the streets
shall he sidewalks Of the first class viz
Main street, beginning at the east line o.
the right OF way OF the A., 7. e. 3. v. Ry.
Co., and extending east 10 Lima avenue;
49, Sidewalks Of the Second Glass Re
GuirsS Section T. All l.co sidswcIs,
upon the streets or avenues In the city Of
Manchester, except those mentioned In
Section II OF this ordinance shall be side
walks OF the second class. unless otherwise
ordered By the city council. 80. g..
tlOn IL. Whenever majority of the
resident lot owners along one side Of a
block shall petition the council that side
walk OF uniform kind and quality be built
along such side Of the block, or where a
block shall petition the council that side.
walk Of uniform kind and quality be built
around such block, the city council may,
by special ordinance order a sidewalk OF
either brick or concrete ana cement to be
built along the side Of or around such
block In accordance with the provisions
OF this ordinance, or under such specihca-
lions as the council may deem best for
the property owners interested.
Sec. IA. This ordinance shall take eject
and be In force from and after Its publ
catalon In the Abilene Weekly Reflector,
Of Abilene, Kansas.
The above ordinance passed the council
May !, 1907, and approved by me, the
mayor, on the LIST day of May, 1907.
CHAS. W. BETHEL,
Attest: Mayor.
GEO. II. HARVEY, City Clerk
State Of Kansas, Dickinson County--ss.
I, Geo. H. Harvey. city clerk OF the City
lboye ordinance was passed by the city
,ouncll and approved by the mayor.
GEO. H. HARVEY, City Clerk.