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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-08-01

Brigham Young was 76 years old
when he died. He had Sc children.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-08-01

E. ]. Hansen returned from AT
lantic, Monday evening after q
short business trip.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-08-01

Orion Clure of Logan, Iowa, was
IN this city Saturday on business.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-08-01

Landlord Smith of the Park
Hotel and Date McClain were
Atlantic business visitors over
Monday,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-08-01

1t is said that ten percent of the
natives of Hawaii have the leprosy.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-08-01

Italy has more theaters, in pro
portion than any other country.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-08-01

Prof. F. A. Minis, late of our city
schools, writes US from Topeka,
Kansas, that he has been retained
for two more weeks by State Super
intendent Riggs of this state to
examine the prospective teachers
naDRra
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-08-01

Kirk Knox went to Audubon
Monday to witness that ball game
and the downfall of the Invincibles.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-08-01

Mr.. j. Milner went to Shelby,
Monday on visit to relatives.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-08-01

Lazy men are always talking a.
bout other mems luck.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-08-01

Norway has five leper hospitals
with about six hundred patients.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-08-01

Messrs. Roy and Ernest McClain
started Monday evening for Der
rington, Washington, where they
will work for f. M. Hensley & Com.
pany in their sawmill. We wish
the boys all success in their new
avocafion
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-08-01

England is in need Of ten thou
sand more teachers to fill it's schools.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-08-01

j. NJ. Dimick started for Chicago
Saturday night with two cars of
cattle from his home feed Yards.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-08-01

Martin Jensen and wife of lhe
upper Heights are out of town
visitors leaving Que day last week.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-08-01
FOR SALE CHEAP.

An organ for sale. In good con.
dition. Call in and look it over.
MRS. f. M. HENSLEY
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tanned from the clerk of a court dupli-
cafes or his own certificate, from which
he erased his name with acids and then
inserted anOthers.
Uniform Fees.
One-half of all the court fees received
for naturalization must now be turned
into the Treasury through the division
of naturalization. Under the former law
each state authorized its own fee for
naturalization in its courts. but under
the new all fees must be uniform-s1 for
filing a declaration, 81 for filing a petit
ton and 81 for the final order of the
court. The last fee incud IS the cost of
the certificate, If granted. Under the
former law the fee for a certificate varied
from nothing to $40. The court clerks
are now allowed to retain one-half of
all fees, provided their income from this
source does not exceed $4,000 per year.
The great fileroom of the new office
contains one solid wall of modern filing
cabinets. AS each alien makes his dec
iaration a duplicate of the declaration Is
sent to this room and an index card is
filed under the aliens name. This card
contains the data necessary for his iden-
LITIGATION, and when the duplicates of his
petition and certificate come in they will
be noted on the same card. By this ex-
cellent index system access may be had
to each aliens papers, giving a record
of his case from the time of his declara-
ton. AS shown by the number of certifi-
Gates being filed here, naturaliza tons are
now occurring at the rate of about 1900
a month, which would be 10000 a year.
Last month there were about 5000.
Mr.. Campbell is arranging to have all
naturalized citizens classified by nation
ality. When this is done we will know
Tor the first time the proportions of the
different foreign elements which are be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-02

on the Des Moines rapids. at Keokuk,
Iowa. The dam TO be erected will be next
in siZ" to the famous ASSOuan dam in
Egypt. and the power developed second
only to the largest pant at Niagara. the
estimated output DeiEg 100000 horse pow
er. The plant is expected to cost from
SI,OOJUO0 to S9,000.H0 and the work s
to be completed within two years The
dam will be 6,0O0 feet long and of stone,
reinforced by steel.
Ii has been claimed that the railroads
OF England in many instances discrimi-
nate against the Industries of the interior
of that country by their unjust charges,
VIII CHI tend to favor some districts at the
expense of others. The proprietors of the
potteries of the Staffordshire district have
recently entered into an arrangement
with motor company to haul freight
from the plants in that locality instead OF
relying on the railroads. In view of the
agreement the motor company wi |, under
the encouragement given by these manu-
factureTs undertake to inaugurate regu-
la serv:cr between the pottery district
apo the city OF Liverpool 1t is hoped to
give superior service al a decreased cost
II is impossible 10 estimate with any
accuracy the extent Of the submarine coal
operations of Bell Island, Newfoundland.
This island is eight miles long and two
miles wide, and has about one-ffth of its
surface laid underlaid with ore. One
bed Is chiefly on the surface and the other
underlies 1t by 220 to 240 feet. The two
companies have estin ated that the land
ore amounts to &c, onO or 40. 600 GOO tons.
Indications are that much larger bodies
exist under the sea. the continuation OF
the land seams. AS the sinking progress
es the thickness Of the seam increases and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-02
SCIENCE NOTES.

The production Of cement in 1906
amounted to the enormous total of u ,"'5,-
10 barrels. valued at $55302 21T. exceed
.ng BE- 10, eU7. I3I barrels III quantity and
1910 IA in valu- the production of
1873, which had oeen the banner year.
Class ned according TO character. the
production was as follows: Portland ce
ment, a. ~; - barrels, valued at $J2.-
,,G.ls6. natural cement, 1000, 7J7 barrels,
valued at s. ~, 10; pUzZolan cement, 49,
224 valued at S412,t2l. Although the
prices at which cement was sold in
1914; were higher than those which pre-
vailed in 1909, they were not inflated but
resulted from a normal growth in demand.
That the quantity OF cement exported by
the United States 10 foreign countries is
not 50 large as ii should lie is prob
ably due 10 the great home demand. but
with continued increase in production the
fore. gn trad" caunct be long neglected.
In connection with pneumatic hammers
ordinary work is no'S done at a price for
labor ecu vaient to a reduction of from
y to 60 pr cent from hand labor rates
The eng'n c.s of Great Britain and the
,On .insut are nav as fully alive to the
very important advantages 10 he derived
from the use of pneumatic tools as the
American engineers, who We're the first to
use such too on an extensive scale At
pre- sent pneumatic tools are TO be found in
practically all engineering works, ship
ards and mines throughout the world
and are larg " is ID by contractors or
constr uctional work.
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m-Titaniferous, Titanium.

Titanium is now being made use of in
the manufacture of both incandescent and
arc lamps. In the incandescent electric
lamp 1t Is used as flament but the
reduction of titan!um to a metal is so
difficult that the lamps have not yet been
extensively placed on. the market Tita-
nferous magnetic and titanum carbide.
the titanium of which Is derived from
rutile are used as electrodes In arc lamps
When one clectrode is made of these sub
stances a block OF carbon Is used for the
other. Titanium, although generally re
ferred 10 as one of the rare elements is
really one of the more common ones Ac-
cordIng 10 Dr.. F. W. Clarke. chemist Of
the survey, x forms 0.43 per cent of the
surface rocks of the globe and is much
more plentiful than lead zinc. copper and
other metals classed as common" a
great many schists and gne!sses carry
tit9n!um, and IL is found IL appreciable
quantities in clays-not only surface clays.
but also those that have been dredged
from the sea bottom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-02

The factories of Japan close on the lst
and 18th of each month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-02

a mammoth water power is projected
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The PEOPLES Choice.

Senator LaFollette was talking in Madi-
son about crushing monopoles.
'"These concerns" he said. live on the
people. and. therefore, they try to fatter
and delude the people. They pretend that
it is on the peoples sufferdnce that their
existence depends. But this, really, is not
the truth The people have no choice in
the matter"
The senator smiled
The people and the corporations h
said, ere mind me of a lady and her it'll =
BOY l was lunching at this ladys house
one day. There was a very large chicken
and a very small duck on the table. and
the lady, pausing with the carving-knife
raised, said:
Johnny, which will you take, chicken
or duck?'
Duck, piped Johnny.
But the mother shook her head.
No, Johnny she said in firm, yet
kindly voice, You can't have duck my
dear. Take your choice. darling, take
your choice-but you can't have duck "
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the employees under surveillance and sees
that they do not allow one sheet to 60
astray. He sees also that it is properly
shipped to Washington, where it is stored
In one of the big Treasury vaults. Thence
1t Is sent to the bureau of engraving and
printing. where the lettering is added
from engraved plates having borders of
complicated lathe work which only the
most experienced engraver can counter
felt.
Stops the minor Children" Frauds.
The duplicate of each certificate given
the new citizen after his oath taking
must be sent by the court clerk to Mr..
Campbell's office, and the clerk keeps the
stub. containing the same number and
data that appear on the certificate. These
data include the age. height. complexion,
color of eyes and hair and visible distin
gushing marks of the new citizen. There
are also the data concerning the birth.
names and places of residence of minor
children. This is added to provide against
the old frauds which occurred under the
claim of many foreigners that their ia
theirs were naturaliZed when they (the
children) were minors; for under the law
naturalization of an alien confers citizen
ship upon not only his wife but his minor
children. Children making such claim
of citizenship hereafter will, in case of
dispute. have to have their claims cor
rODOrdIeO on the OupllCdte OIL the 1dlleT 5
certificate filed with the new Washington
bureau.
There were almost as many distinct
forms of naturalization certificates as
there were naturalization courts under
the former law, and there were over 5000
different courts. There was no central
office to which these courts made returns
of any kind. The federal government took
no interest in the matter and there was
no means of knowing even how many
persons were naturalized in any month or
any year
Clerks must account to the Washington
office for even spoiled certificates, under
the new law. Every precaution is taken
to keep the engraved forms, well as
the blank paper, out of the hands of I'M
authorized persons Each certificate must
not only compare favoraby with the
original description of the alien recorded
on the register of the immigrant station
when he landed, but must contain such
a description of himself and his family
that it will be impossible for another
to make use of it. Thus are the fraudu-
lent mills which turned out bogus GER
tif1cates put completely out of business.
Counterfeit certificates have been sold in
the past for from $15 upward, and two
italians who turned out such papers a
few years ago were found to have a
forged seal of the New York federal
court. Another man Systematically OBJ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-02

the qua'ity of the ore improves. At the
outcrop the ore Is Fix feet IN thickness,
at the face of the slope the thickness Is
en- feet. At\the outCrop the ore runs
from 40 to 81 per cent of iron at the face
analysis gives 80 Ter cent. Under the
sea the seam is regular as on land
and nothing has been encountered to In
foc miles under the water. In that event
the quantity NAV have to be figured in
hurdreds of millions of tons instead of
millions
The ice water bath in the treatment
Of typhoid fever has been largely aban-
doned for the reason that it was found
to be too heroic, the shock frequently
resulting in pneumonia. The electric fan
is now used as substitute and is said
to be an entirely successful one. The
patient is spon ed off with ice water
first. then a sheet that has been soaked
in Ice water is wrapped about tie body
and more Ice water sprinkled on the
sheet. The air from an electric fan is
then turned on him so that he is chilled
by the rapid evaporation caused by the
breeze.
The iarges. mica mine in I e world Is
located at Sydenhan, Ont sixteen miles
from Kingston. The produce Is mostly
amber mica, with some liver amber, the
highest quality mined. The mine is one
,nile from the upper end OF Sydenham
lake, and the mica is transported in bulk
from the mine by barge to the railrc ad
at Sydenham where IT is shipped to o.
tawa for trimming for tie market.
The factories of Japan close on the LIST
and 18th of each month.
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the possession OF aliens applying for
papers. Under the same roof that shell
tered the sanctity Of one court. an agent
conducted a school wherein aliens were
taught to repeat. parrot-like. the answers
to the questions to be directly asked by
the clerk of the court. But under the
new law the assistant district attorney
has access to the allen at all stages of the
proceeding. and may even question the
clerk If suspicious circumstances arise.
Must Now Speak English.
No immigrant unable to speak English
may be naturalized. under the new law
after remaining here the necessary five
years remains a foreigner In law as well
as in spirit: is either too deficient mentally
or too careless of his opportunities to
make a good citizen. This requirement
does not apply to the deaf and dumb, or
to other aliens physically unable to speak
English. 1t Is waived also in the case of
those who make homestead entries upon
the public lands. where they may be too
Isolated to learn English.
Taking up a homestead Is good evidence
of intention to reside here permanently
The final oath by which the alien be-
comes a citizen must also be taken in
open court. according to the new law.
Formerly it was administered by the
judge at odd times and without inter
ruptng the routine of the court. But now
all other proceedings must be stopped and
this ceremony made impressive. One
judge in Staten Island now requires that
every one in the courtroom. including the
spectators, rise while the oath is admin
stered.
Another requirement reducing anger
of fraud is that taking naturalization out
of the hands of the lower courts. Under
the former law any court having a seal,
a clerk and common law jurisdiction
might confer citizenship. Under the new
law Il can be granted only by the federal
circuit and district courts and the state
courts of record having jurisdiction in
actions involving an unlimited amount of
money.
An entirely new form of certificate on
safety paper is now issued by Mr. Camp
bells office to all courts with naturaiZa-
ton Jurisdiction. The design is exactly
uniform and they are printed in duplicate,
consecutively numbered and bound, like
checks, in a book with stubs. The paper
is of the same quality of linen as used
for cover lment bonds. 1t has the en-
blem of the Department of Commerce and
Labor conspicuouSly Watermarked upon
each sheet, also the letters ~. S. \. re-
peated number of times. 1t is given
peculiar pearl tint which would be diff
cult to produce. and an official inspector
of the division of naturalization posted
at the mill of the manufacturers keeps
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-02
CITIZENS OF BRooKLAND.
Members of Association Transact
Business.

Business.
The B-5okland Citizens Association met
iast evening in the town hall. 9th street
and Michigan avenue Mr.. ~ + Kinnan
presided.
Ire secretary read communication
from the Commissioners IN reference to
tlc r"quoSt Of the association for the lay
ing % a cement sidewalk OF Monroe street
between 18th and 18th streets northeast, to
the enect that In view of the demand for
cement sidewalks and the limited funds
available. It IS not deemed advisable TO
lgy cement sidewalk in such a remote
location, az the use Of the same would be
very limited.
y communication n reference to re-
quest that the Commiss oners submit to
the control Ter Of the Treasury this ques-
t!On as 10 whether or not the Bunker
Hi school site !s III BrOokland' was
read. II contained the explanation that
as such Il question IS not properly within
the Jurisdiction of the controller they do
not feel warranted in propouuding tn
same to MIN.
The request OF the East WASHINGTON
Heights association that the Bruokland
association cooperate " tn IL in passing
Il resolution requesting the Commissioners
70 provide, along the curb line near the
city markets. where farmers gardeners
and florists stand, suitable protection In
bad weather, was discussed. 1t was de
cided 10 lay the matter on the table.
The committee on streets reported sew
eral of the main thoroughfares to be in Il
bad condition. and that an effort will be
made to have them repaired.
The committee on schools reported that
school building is to be erected in
Rrookland at cost of s.. 900.
Dr Butler made a motion that the posi-
ton Of the Postmaster General on parcels
post and savings banks be indorsed re-
ceived approval. and the secretary was
instructed to notify the Postmaster Gen
eral
DIR. r. W. Frischl;orn offered a notion
which was adopted, that the committee on
sanitation request the health department
TO improve the dislnfecting of school
rooms after diphtheria cases have been
discovered therein.
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tificate of landing containing the data on
the immigrant station register-heght,
color Of hair and eyes. p7culiarities, etc
This Identifies the petitioner as the man
who came over when he says he did, and
1t Is attached to the petition. The latter
must be verified also by the aff1davits Of
two credible witnesses who are citizens
and who swear that the applicant has re-
sided as long as Claimed in the country
and state. The old law required but on
witness. not necessarily a citizen. Under
this clause all sorts of abuses occurred.
There was no federal official pres ent TO
question the witness fitness, and often
there were professional witnesses en-
ployed to railroad petitions through the
courts Under the new law a federal at
torney always has access to the witness
and may question him as he sees fit
The petition Of the ctizen-elect is next
posted and ninety days must elapsa be-
fore the certificate Of citizenship is issued.
Under the previous law the certificate
was issued at once. This ninety days al
lows ample time for the petitioners case
the government-the naturalization ex
aminer."
Naturalization Examiners
There is a corps of these federal off,
GERS. whose salaries vary from 81 200 to
$500. Some of those receiving the higher
salaries are former pension examiners
who have been transferred to this new
service. while the lower grades are filled
through the civil service commission
which seeks men with experience as in
vestigating officers. There is one chief
examiner attached to the office of each
assistant United States district attorney
appointed especially to Investigate natural.
ization proceedings.
The ninety days having elapsed and the
examiners having found no irregularity,
the formal hearing takes place, and in
this ceremony the new law makes one of
Its most salient reforms. This hearing of
the applicant and witne sses must now be
in open court before the judge or judges,
all other proceedings being suspended.
Heretofore the proceeding has been nearly
everywhere cut and dried taking place
at the clerks desk while the court has
been engaged upon another case and the
judge has merely known that the clerk
has handed up an order book to be signed.
This lax procedure opened a way for all
kinds OF graft Professional ''naturaliza-
ton agents. often In league with these
court clerks. rounded up aliens and made
It very plain that the latter's cases would
not be INQUIRED into too strictly. indie ed
circular letters and postal card advertise
ments giving these agents headquarters
at clerks offices Were distributed in some
cases. In some clerks offices these I'M
official agents even came to blows over
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-02

FOX LAKE. Wis, November Jarvis
Wnlett, az ID sixty. became enrased yes
terday upon discovering that Halloween
merrymakers had carried off his wagon.
He was seized with heart failure. and
suddenly fell over unconscious. His death
followed almost Immediately.
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REPORT OF FIRES.
Chief Belt Submits Statement for
Month of July.

Fire Chief Belt submitted his monthly
report to the Commissioners today. show
ing the transactions of the local fire de
partment for the month of July. According
to his report seventy-nine alarms of fire
were received. of which forty-tve were bell
alarms and thirty-four local alarms. OF
the bell alarms four We're fa's> and of the
local alarms one was false.
The loss occasioned by the bell alarms
was estimated at sic, 1a5. covered by an in
surance of S201 900: less by the local alarms
was estimated at s., 500, covered by an in
surance of S14.66o The total estimated logs
Is $1964S. covered by an insurance of S216,-
260. The total estimated loss. $l964S. was
little over per cent of the total insurance
S21S,26O.
OF the "A actual fires. 80 were in brick
u were in frame and l in a stone building,
for the burning Of tent, l for the burn
ing of hull of steamboat. / for fire In
a pile OF lumber, for fires on public dumps
1 for q fire in q barrel of ashes, ! for the
burning OF rubbish, 1 for the burning Of
an automobile, for fire in a car load of
manure. l for fire on bridge and for
fires in motor cars.
There was only one fire during the month
for which an additional alarm was sounded
that for fire In the stables occupied
by Il. w. Charlton. feed warerooms occu-
pied by William r. Hoffman, the lumber
yards occupied by Eisinger Brothers and
the club house and a portion of the grand
stand OF the Washington Base Ball Club,
also the paint store of e. p. May.