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The Huttig news., 1907-12-07
Was Holding Hia own.

A wealthy man, revisiting his native village, was telling his old cronies around the store stove how he had achieved his great success. At the close of his recital an old village char acter that he had known as a boy en. tered.
 "How are you, Tom?" said the great man, holding out his hand. And how have you been getting along all these years?"
 The old fellow shifted his quid and spat.
 'Wa'al," he said, "when I hit this town more'n 40 years ago I didn't have red cent, an now-wa'al, ] guess I'm holdin' my own all right"
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07

Get together and talk over the neigh borhood crops for the coming year and try to have some sort of CO., operation in buying seed, raising, har- vesfing and marketing your crops. That is what the Union stands for.
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07

Keep it in mind that the county mass meetings are to take place on December 14th, and that the National meeting will take place on January 7th. Go to both meetings if you can. but at any rate be present at your county meeting. You may not be needed, but if you are it is mighty good plan to be in a handy place as soon as you are wanted always.
 Have you any new things up your
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07

All Union men know that it is easier to keep stock of all sorts we'll have been sick; also it is easier to keep them in good order than it is to get them in shape after they have been run down by starvation and cold.
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07

Have you fixed up the kitchen and all it's belongings so that the partner of your ills is as well fixed for com fort as you can make her? If not, you. have reformation coming before you are even a tolerably good Union man.
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07

For the encouragement of the faith fui. 1t is not inappropriate to state that there are dead oodles of cotton in the warehouses waiting patiently for i5 cents, and the time is not far away when 1t will get that 15.
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07

A piece of land bought for sale and not for use is as much specula- ton as the buying of cotton futures. 1t is the hope of getting something for nothing out of somebody's needs that prompts the purchase.
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07

Texas has been struck amidships with a peanut boom. Thousands of acres are to be planted this spring if reports of the daily press are to be believed Plant all of 'em you want to. if you plant plenty of pigs and poul-' try to consume 'em if the price hap pens to take a tumble.
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07

This is another fine week for fight. ing the implement trust by putting away all your tools and implements in A dry place and greasing them up so that they won't rust, and so that they will be ready in your own shed next spring instead of in the dealers ware house.
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07
THE SYSTEM IS WHOLLY WRONG.

What mean the vacant lots in the midst of towns and cities? Why skip tbem and build beyond? Land specu- lation is the answer The owners do Rot wish to build, neither will they sell. as they expect prices to go high. CT. Hence the builders, the really useful people, must settle farther out from the center, and the city spreads over an unnecessarily large area, in. creasing the cost of streets, water mains, phone and light service, etc. The same applies to the farming dis tricts as well. Why is speculative land-holding tolerated at all in civil lized communities?
 The man without land and without money to buy land has no legal right to live on the earth except as those who hold the land convey him that right. And they generally see to 1t that he pays in hard labor the market price before they grant him the right. That's why they acquire and hold more land than they can use It gives them the power to sell to their fellow beings the right to exist The law al. lows 1t, but is it right? Will men al. ways consent to pay price in sweat and toll for earth room which is theirs by right of birth?-Farmers Journal.
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07

sleeve for the coming year that will make the Union meetings more inter esting2 Mighty good time to get busy and think up" something to start the year off right. How would big open meeting do, with a fine entertainment by your boys and girls?
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07

The very fact that the farmer is de comfortable living is the proof that he is the most independent man on earth. This independence is bartered away when mortgage or consuming debts are made
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07

Don't think that the Union will re- lieve you of all the work and the worry of this life, for that will never come. It is the business of the Union to help you get the full results of your labor, but it is not tackling the acts of providence. Not yet.
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07

The thing to do about your school is to consolidate it with bunch of others, and get a better house, better teachers and a higher school course. You owe this much to your boys and girls.
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07

What this age needs more than any, thing else is the impressive preaching of the gospel of content. Not that sort of content that comes from an laziness, but the godly content that comes from the heart of the man who has made reasonable endeavor to help himself and those whom he may be able to help, and who has no desire to own the whole shOotin match"
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07

The trolley line, the telephone and the rural delivery of mail leaves only one thing due the farmer that he can't get by himself, and that is good roads. He can make himself a good split log drag, and can set an example that will soon give him this last great blessing.
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07

On most of the well-regulated Union farms are lot of large frying sized chickens about now. Have you we'll regulated place?
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07

Whatever you do this coming year. do not confine yourself to one crop. It takes more thought and more care to be a successful diversificationist than it takes to be. one-cropper, but if you are able to partially succeed at one crop, you are dead sure on di- YersificatiOn.
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07

Locality has much to do with the success of any crop. but common sense methods has much more to do with 1t, hence EDUCATE as to methods.
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07

Have those who are expecting to plant cotton next spring paid any at tention to saving the very best seed they can get for the planting? If not, it is likely that they have already lost maybe 25 per cent of next years crop.
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07

Don't neglect an opportunity to plant tree. The day is almost here when trees will be of more value than the land on which they grow.
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07

Don't have little enough sense to jump on heightened horse with a whip thinking that you will make him forget his fright; you will give him two scares instead of one by such folly
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07

+ IS true enough to be accepted as aa axiom, that so long as you are under the control of your creditors, jusr 80 long is the market for your products under the control of the rings.
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07
fARMERS' EDUCATIONAL
 AND COOPERATIVE UNION OF AMERICA -
OF AMERICA

It was Josh Billings who said: Tt duzent pay tew own anything yew cant pay for''
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07

Leaye off running the government occasionally to take time to run the place around home.
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07

The first duty of the Union is to devise some way to take the S0.000 women out of the cotton fields of the SoatEi and to establish good schools for the children
The Huttig news., 1907-12-07

There never was a time when the pig and poultry crop was too large.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-05-02
Paderewskl Versus Mozart

The story of how one of Paderew-
skis most popular compositions came
to be written was told recently in
London by the famous composers
wife.
1t was in those earlier days when
the master pianist was professor
at the Warsaw conservatory, and the
scene was the home of the Polish
poet Swietzochowski, who had just
expressed the opinion that no living
composer could compare in beauty
and simplicity with Mozart At the
moment Ignace Paderewski merely
shrugged his shoulders, but the fol.
lowing evening he appeared, asking
permission to play for the poet a lit
tie Mozartian thing which perhaps he
did not know. Then he played his
own famous minuet.
"Ah!" exclaimed SwietZochowski,
triumphantly, as the last note died
away, now you must acknowledge
that a composition like that could not
have been written in our time"
Perhaps" came the quiet reply:
"only it happens that l composed 1t
this forenoon. "-Lippincotts Maya
zine.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-05-02
Graft In personals"

THE personal columns of newspa.
pers make a rich field for swindlers. /"
said detective, and this field is
sedulously titled.
Suppose X puts in a personal to
the effect that G.. C. S. is to write to
him, addressing him in the newspa.
per's care. Well, the swindler com,
poses letter. half love and half hard
luck, in C. c. SIS name, and begs
that remittance be sent. AS like as
not the remittance comes.
Suppose again that May Smith, a
heart-broken mother asks her son
Harry to come back home to Squee-
dunk in a 'p0sonal The swindler
answers the personal in Harrys
name, saying he is i'll and begging
for little money. Even though the
handwriting is off, the mother, rather
than risk repulsing her own son, is
apt to send the swindler what he asks.
Personals are good things, but
they who insert them should be care
full always to withhold addresses and
real names"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-05-02
Military Pona.

Pope Julius H., who died in 1913,
was the first pope to allow his beard
to grow in order, 1t was said, to in.
spire greater respect among the faith.
full. He was called the military pope.
When Michael Angelo was making
his statue he said to him: Holy Fa-
Their. shall place a book in your
hand?" NO." answered his holiness.
"a sword rather-I know better how
TO handle It,"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-05-02

| have related this interview to give
you something of an idea of the bitter
antagonism existing between the gen.
eral manager of the paper upon which
| was employed as city editor and the
promoting agent of the Genoa Water
company. Van Buren, had sent in
structions to us that the $4,000, 900
when | laid out the paper for election
day am frank to say that believe
never was more severe arraignment of
any scheme ever put into type. There
still remaiHed the task of preparing
the schedule of "To-day's News" l
was scrawling this off as the chimes
from the city hall sounded midnight.
pulled out my watch to verify the
time. When | raised my eyes | was
looking into the wicked, yawning bar
rels of two shining revolyers. Back
of each were keen eyes gllstening
through a mask of black. MY
first impulse was to shout for
help. But those shining barrels cast
some hypnotic spell upon me and my
tongue cleayed to my throat.
"Sit down." gruffiy commanded one
of my assaulters. He differed in an.
pearance from his fellow only in a
jagged scar which showed upon his
chin below the mask. dropped mute
ly into my chair
do as you are told and you need
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-08
KNOWWHATYOUBUY
You Can See Quarty and
Quantuy N the Local
Stores.
PAYS TO TRADE AT HOME
The Purchaser Must Take Mail-order
House Goods on Faith-keep
the Money of the commu-
nifty at Home.

When the consumer buys merchan-
disc he is interested in three things
quality, quantity and price. When he
goes into the store of his local mer-
chant he sees the goods that he is to
pay for displayed before him; he can
determine whether the quality is first
class, and whether the quantity is all
that is claimed These two points
settled, he should have fair idea as
to whether the price asked is fair
one or not.
But how is it when he attempts to
buy of the big mail order houses of the
cities? The only guide he has to the
quality and quantity they are Offering
is what the catalogue says, and the
catalogue is prepared with the one OBJ.
ject in view of selling the goods.
When the consumer buys of his
local merchant and finds the goods he
has purchased were not as represent
ed he can promptly take them back
and receive his money. When he buys
of the mail order house in the large
cities he has practically no recourse
but to take what he gets and look
pleasant at the results.
1t is cheap goods and short weight
that is making mail order house
profits. They can buy but little, if
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-08
MONEY TRluMPAs OVER NEGRO
Vanderbilt Gets Log Cabin Which He
Long Tried VainIy to Buy.

Asheville, N. C.-The famous "Col.
Inns" cabin, adjoining Biltmore house,
known as 1.-The house that Vanderbilt
could not buy" has become the prop
erty of George w. Vanderbilt. To-
gether with the cabin was transferred
Collins siX-acre lot.
Collins, negro, purchased this lot
and cabin 20 years ago for 5000. When
Mr.. Vanderbilt decided to build his
famous Biltmore house the site he
selected was within stones throw of
the cabin He repeatedly offered to
buy Collins place, but the negro held
out for fabulous price.
When Mrs. Vanderbilt came to Bilt-
more house all of Mr. Vanderbilt's Of
fers to buy were withdrawn Mrs.
Vanderbilt said the Collinses were an
fnoffensive negro family and were not
Objectionable neighbors. Mr.. and
Mrs. Vanderbilt got Collins consent to
change their cabin into pretty cot
tage. covered with vines, and pretty
walks were laid out. Mr.. Vanderbilt
told Collins that he would give him
$4,000 and no more. This was a
standing offer.
1t is said that Vanderbilt had Of
fered him at one time about $4,000.
Several years ago Collins removed to
Pittsburg, and has since made Penn.
sylvania his home. He proposed to go
into the livery business at Pittsburg,
and wrote his agent here to let Mr..
Vanderbilt have his property. Collins
has been holding out against Mr.. Van
derbilt for Is years.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-08
MIXES SLANG AND PHILOSOPHY.
Creed of Cornell University According
to Modern Professor.

Ithaca, N. Y.-The Cornell creed, &C.
cording to a Cornell university profes.
sor who has his version on his desk
where he can look at it when he
works, is as follows:
Il believe in the stuff l am handing
out, in the firm l am working for, and
in my ability to get results. l believe
that honest stuff can be passed out to
honest men by honest methods"
Il believe in working, not weeping;
in boosting, not knocking, and in the
pleasure of my job. l believe that a
man gets what he goes after; that one
deed done to-day is worth two deeds
tomorrow, and that no man is down
and out until he has lost faith in him.
self.
81 believe in to-day and the work |
am doing, in tomorrow and the work
i hope to do, and in the sure reward
which the future holds.
81 believe in courtesy, in kindness,
in generosity, in good cheer. in friend
ship and honest competition.
Il believe there is something doing
somewhere for every man ready to do
it. I believe am ready right now"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-08

We stopped moment In the library
to say goodby to Delroy. He came
forward eagerly to meet us.
"Well7" he asked. Can you clear
Jack"
Yes said Godfrey, I'VE can.
What's more, we will"
THANK God.' and Delroy passed his
hand across his forehead. This whole
thing has been sort of terrible night
mare to me, Mr.. Godfrey. I'm hoping
that may even yet wake UP and find
that it was all only dream"
Godfrey smiled little bitterly.
"I'm afraid you won't do that, Mr..
Dclroy," he said, but, at least, 1 be-
lieve you'll find that in the end it will
sweep a great unhappiness out of your
life. And I'm sure that, with Mr..
Testers help, can clear Drysdale."
Thomas came to tell us that our trap
was waiting, and Delroy went down
the steps with us.
II hope to have you here some time
under More favorable circumstances"
he said, and shook us both warmly by
the hand.
Evening had come, and the darkness
deepened rapidly as we drove back
along the road to Babylon.
eve can't get train till S:42," said
Godfrey, so we'll have dinner at the
hotel and then go around for talk
with our client. think we have some
news that will cheer him up"
1T seemed to me-" observed, chat
1t was not at all about his arrest that
he was worrying"
ut wasn't" agreed Godfrey. That's
what meant"
The lights of Babylon cleaned out
ahead, and few minutes later we
drew up before the hotel. AS we en-
tered the office saw the proprietor
cast quick glance ut little fat man,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-08

plains this point
Sir: want to register my kick
right here on catalogue houses and
their misleading methods. 1 am
frank to acknowledge that | have been
duped to perfection. The only differ
ence between me and the other vic.
tins being that | am a little deeper
in and that l am willing to acknow1.
edge the corn.
TO begin with, last fall l with her
who is now my wife, decided to pur.
chase some stuff to furnish our new
home. Accordingly we ordered all
our furnishings of a-catalogue house
two weeks prior to our marriage
which we thought would be plenty of
time to get the goods around. But
by the Internal planets let me tell YOU
right here that ali the correspondence
diplomacy, appealing and pleading has
succeeded in landing only a kitchen
table and later mirror from Pitts.
burg.
Our honeymoon has been very
dramatic experience; cooking on an
old gas plate, eating on dry goods
box, sleeping on the floor and borrow
ing few necessary utensils of friends
and neighbors. No more catalogue
goods for us. We hope to get enough
more goods by April 1 to celebrate
all FOOLS day in fitting manner"
"A VICTIM"
Mr.. Consumer, it is to your advan.
tage in many ways TO buy honest
goods at honest prices of your honest
local merchant. See what you are
buying. Get what you are paying for.
Keep the money of the community in
which you live at home, and build up
your town instead of tearing it down
for the benefit of the mail order
houses of the big cities.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-08

any, cheaper than your local merchant
can. First-quality, standard merchan-
disc is manufactured on a very mar
row margin OF profit, but the mail
order house can win and pay big divi-
dends on enormous capital if they can
sell to the people an inferior quality
and short weight quantity of merchan-
disc at the prices they ask Your
local merchant could do the same
thing, but you would not buy the same
goods of your local merchant that you
buy of the mail order house at an
equal price.
Here is an item clipped from the
Parma, Mich, News which shows the
nefarious system of the mail order
concerns, and how they victimize their
patrons:
"a farmer purchased two sacks of
binding Irvine of large Chicago. cata-
logue house, and upon it's arrival this
morning ball was unrolled and meas
ured with a ball of Plymouth Irvine
sold by local dealers, when it was
found that the Chicago article was lust
BOG feet short of that sold at home.
There being ten balls in sack, it will
be seen that the farmer lost 6,12O feet,
or over. mile of Irvine on two sacks
by not buying at home. Then, too.
the mail order house product was of
an inferior quality, being full of knots,
and one farmer standing near duriag
the measuring process remarked that
1t would never work on binder Now
we wish to ask you, does it pay to
trade at home? If there is anyone
who is skeptical of this story, Just
call and we will show you."-Parma,
Mich, News.
Bankrupt stock, merchandise that
reliable jobbers would not handle be-
cause of it's poor quality, the refuse
of the factories made over into cheap
merchandise. These are the things
the patrons of the mail order houses
are buying. Here is an extract from
an article that appeared in the Sioux
Falls, S. d. Leader:
THE mail order house selling vehi-
cles by the catalogue route, is more
than pirate, it is a turkey buzzard.
1t takes the freaks and failures that
have died for want of real merit, and
tries to stifle legitimate business by
selling the embalmed remains at a re.
duced price.
"The whole nefarious mail order sys.
tenn. in so far as it relates to vehicles.
almost the exceptional order that is
Is conducted on the theory that it is
possible to take an inferior job and
| foist 1t on credulous people by
means of reduced price and the
honest reputation established by the
neritorious original which it shame
lessly caricatures. These methods
have been crowned with success sole.
ly by reason of the fact-that mail or
der houses put more skill energy and
money into advertising than do the
manufacturers to whom the American
people are directly indebted for the
best vehicles on the face of the earth.
The mail order business Is the
quack doctor Of commerce. 1t prom,
ises much and guarantees nothing.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-08


with round face, who had been lean
ing against the cigar stand and who
Immediately came forward to meet u.s.
II am Coroner Heffelbower," he said,
with an evident appreciation of his
own Importance. Il believe you are tie
gentlemen who represent Mr.. Drys-
dale?"
"Mr. Lester here, of Graham &
Royce, will represent Mr.. Drysdale,"
explained Godfrey 81 am merely one
of his friends"
1.-THE inquest, believe, is set for to-
morrow morning at 10 o'clock?"
asked
Eyes, sir; tough we shall hardly get
to tie evidence before afternoon. Te
morning will be spent in looking ofer
tie scene Of tie crime.'
II understand" said Godfrey with
studied artlessness, "that you have
found the missing necklace"
The coroner flushed a little. Evil
IDENTITY this was sore subject.
mo, sir" he answered; 1--WE haven't
found 1t. l hat about come to tie CON
clusion tat Drysdale t'rew it into tie
pay"
But" objected, ''he'd hardly have
committed a murder in order to gain
possession of it only to throw it away"
HE would If my t'eory ISIS right,
SIR" returned the coroner with some
spirit.
"What is your theory?' asked.
mo matter, no matter" And he was
fairly bloated with self Importance.
"You will see tomorrow"
Godfrey was looking at him, his
eyes alight with mirth.
II see," lie broke in 'Accept my
compliments, Mr.. Heffelbower. 1t is
the only theory which fits the case
Don't you understand, Lester? Here's
young man Of wealth, who deliber-
ately goes out and kills man, steals
n necklace and throws it into the
ocean. He attempts to establish no
alibi; he refuses to answer questions;
after the murder he RACES around in
his room and breaks things; he insults
the girl he's engaged to; quarrels with
his best friend. Why, it's as plain as
day! A man who would behave like
that must be-
Cray" cried the coroner, beaming
with satisfaction. Il could not hat put
tie case peter myself, sir"
And Godfrey gravely bowed his
thanks at the compliment.
ITO be cunL1nued)