Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-01
Women and Men Homestcaders
in North Dakota Far From
Lines of Communication
THE BLIZZARD IMPRisoNs THEM
Remained Too Long on Their Claims
and Now Can't Get Away-Livins in
Temporary shacks and Short Of Pro-
visions-Relativss Very Greatly Wor-
ried-GeneraI News.
Special to Times-Republican.

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distinct and separate from those of
ether people Of North Dakota living
along the lines Of railroad but unable
to get fuel. The Iowa colony lives In
land forty miles from railroad.
Last spring score Of women from
Des Moines, mostly stenographers and
clerks, went to North Dakota A few
men went with them. They all took
claims under the homestead laws. They
built little Sx10 shacks OF a very tenn
porary nature and because the colony
is forty miles from railroad and pro-
visions and equipment difficult to Sc.
cure they have been getting along with
nothing but gasoline stoves.
The intention has been to leave the
country on the first approach Of bad
weather! But the weather has beer
very pleasant for the most part ur,
there SO they stayed on. January APP,
preached. II they could but stay till
January they would have completed
the eight months residence necessary
and could then prove up on theil-
claims and get patents for the land.
The weather was so inviting that they
stayed.
But recently a blizzard visited their
colony and now they are showed In.
Miss Lena Watrous from this city,
drove forty miles to Phillips, N. D., In
an attempt to get some provisions and
mail letter written by Mrs a.. Fl.
Pritchard to her husband, a street car
motorman In Sioux City, asking for
help. She was able to make the trip
and returned to her colony. Conditions
grew worse and she wrote q letter her
self which has reached her relatives in
Des Moines,
A great many Of the colony are mar
ried women who are attempting 10
prove up claims for their husbands.
something the law does not contenl-
plate or allow. 1t is for this reason
that they are endeavoring to get alorg
till January l and have been guarded
against allowing their condition to be-
come known for fear 1t would prevent
their getting the land Practically ill
the members OF this colony are Iowa
people, only a part Of them are from
Des Moines.
Strong efforts are being made to SCI
cure the parole of George Burrier, of
Clinton county. on whose testimony
Micheal Conroy and others were Goa
victed Of burglary. There seems to De
little doubt that Burrier was the wisest
one Of the whole bunch Of thieves
which operated thru Iowa few years
ago. He planned most Of the jobs and
then got men like Conroy, Dolan Rog-
ers, Murphy and Burnstein to do the
rest. But Burrier did, in fact, turn
states evidence and upon his testimony
the gang was broken UP and the others
were sent up for various terms. There
was q sort Of understanding that il
Burrier would tell it all he would be 4
dealt with leniently. He got a l5-
year sentence and has served four or
five years. Persons interested in the
cases in eastern Iowa ar not averse to
Burrier being put out on parole.
The Conroy case is peculiar He app
piled for parole and when he got 1t
refused to accept it. Conroy first got
a 10-year sentence and served year
and half; then on second trial was
given three years. He claimed that the
other year and half should be de-
time that was taken into consideration.
case and appealed to the supreme
court, after there had been agreement
to submit the case for parole, and now
Conroy refuses to accept parole.
1t was thru Burrier, in connection
with the Fay diamond stealing case,
that track was got Of the diamonds
Frank Shercliffe sold in Omaha, and
the subsequent disclosure Of the politi-
cal aspects Of that famous case.
The military department of the state
is somewhat amused at the somewhat
complaint which is said to
come from the direction of Sioux City,
the complaint that the state govern
ment is entirely too economical. Gen.
Thrift read with some amusement a re-
port that the militia men in Sioux City
are going to fix 1t So that Governor
Cummins will not reappoint him. AS a
matter of fact he does not have to be
reappointed, but his commission runs
right along. But the complaint Is that
he cut down the armory allowance at
Sioux City This was done by a
board consisting Of the fourth lieuten-
ant colonies and the assistant sdjutant
general. Neither Thrift nor the COVER
nor passed on the matter.
but if a committee will come down
here from Sioux City," said Gen.
Thrift, with Perkins at the head, and
soIemn1y declare that this state gov
eminent is being too economically adj
we will take it under con-
The controversy is over places where
more than one military organization
uses one armory
The local office of the Pennsylvania
railroad, or the freight line operated
in connection with it, was draped in
yesterday for the funeral of
President Cassatt. Mr.. Wentworth, at
the head of the Pennsylvania interests
in Iowa, was personally on intimate
terms with President Cassatt. 1t is his
expectation that Mr.. McCrae, Of Pitts
burg, who has long had charge Of all
western business for the company, will
become president. He was considered
for the place at the time Cassatt was
made president and he is very close
~ c. Prick, the controlling spirit IN
ennsylyauia system-