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New-York tribune., 1908-10-11

and the iron men will tell ypu they have the starch
industry beaten 20 standstir" To allow the
Anes Iron Company. the largest OF the four .
double the size Of its plant. which already ocrn-
pies whole cit. block. two fails. belonging
to the city and the other to the county. and a
number OF other buildings are to be torn down As
soon as the site be- cleared and the plans per
feeted work will go forward the big addition 20
the plaut which will cost about 10000 The pres
ent force Of about four hundred men will he
doubled. increasing jhc total number Z ironwork-
ers In the city to nearly fifteen hundred
Already OsweEo's iron industry has developed to
the point where the producers can deliver their
product on bbth the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
10 points along the Gulf and In Mexico at lower
freight rates than can be obtained from cities in
the middle West. and the iron men Of Oswego as
sert that because OF tine climate here through
out the year and because the cost Of living IS
lower they steadily taking from Pittsburg that
city's best ironworkers.
When plans for increasing the size of the Diamond
match factory plant In Oswego, which are now be
ing worked out completed and put into eNeCu-
tion the city Will be able boast the iaIgest match
factory in the world. The present plant, which is
said be the second largest in the world IS TO be
increased by addition which Will probably cost
500 900. The present output Of the plant which
aggregates 100000 matches day, or nearly two
matches for every man. woman and child in the
United States and the present working force Of
over five hundred employees will be correspondingly
increased.
To ERECT entire new plant at a cost OF about
$500 900 IS the plan Of the Ontario Knitting Com
pany. another of Oswegos big industries, which as
serts that its present plant will be rendered prac-
tcally worthless through the widening OF the barge
canal. The old armory site in East 1st Street is
the site selected for the building and work viii
probably be begun the matter of damages
TO the present plant Is adjusted The great plant OF
the Columbia Shade Cloth Company Is being in
creased by the erection of a finishing factory
which is TO cost when complete 81 0.0OO and plans
have been made by this company for the erection
next year. at a cost of 100000. of new cotton
New-York tribune., 1908-10-11

feet through the streets OF the city and across the
river TO East 4th and Cayuga streets. from whlch
point a 1S-inch main Will extend 10 the east reser-
vor. A Pinch main Will extend from Liberty ana
Seneca streets TO the New York Central carshops'
and there is 10 be q storage tank having capacity
Of % 900 gallons situated on the Orphanage Asylum
hill in the southwestern part of the city.
In addition TO three boilers. each Of l6D-hoTse-
power. the equipment Of the pumping station Will
IncIude two great pumps. with capacity of
10000 gallons and another with a capacity or
100000 gallons a day. AS soon as the state en-
gineer reIocates the dam in Oswego River 1t Is the
intention of the city to demolish the old power
house now there and TO erect new ana larger
one for generating there electricity for the opera
ton of the pumping plant the lake front This
power house. equipped with the necessary machn-
ery wifi cost about sl2S,000
Another important piece OF work projected by the
New-York tribune., 1908-10-11
INDUSTRIAL IMPROVEMENTS.

The railroads always a safe barometer Of busi-
ness activity. playing small part in the de-
velopment of Oswego. A new passenger station.
erected last year at cost Of $500 has been sup
plemented by the New York Central with big
roundhouse and car shops, constructed at q
cost OF 10000. and more shops. 20 cost about
800 90, planned IN the near future. At a cost
Of s. 900 the road is now constructing a new
steel and concrete cover over the tunnel In East
I'd street
Down on the west river front. close to where
Bridge street crosses the Oswego. the Delaware
Iacka wanna G. Western Railroad now has large
force of men at work building a freight house,
which will cost about $4,000 new passenger
station be erected in the future, Will cost
about 10000 and the railroad recently erected
a big trestle at an outlay of S6,0O0.
But large as these undertakings OF the county,
the city and the quas-public corporations seem.
when considered separately they sink TO compara-
tive insignfcance when viewed alongside the i'm
provements either recently made in progress
made necessary for the future by the rapid de-
veopTnent of Oswego's great industries
To the outside world the city is still known as
the home of the starch industry, but recent deve-
opInents have left Oswego itself in doubt to
whether the place is really tho starch city, the
iron city the match city the shade cloth city.
Each Of these great industries TO be vying
New-York tribune., 1908-10-11

mill. which it IS said will be the largest IN the
United States.
Additions made recently to the plant OF the STAND
ard Spinning Company cost about S32OOo- An
SIS 900 addition made short time ago 70 the
big paper machine works in Oswego and at cost
of $4,000 the new plant OF the Citizens Lighting
Company was erected. big sawmill. valued az
$4,000 is one of the buildings. and among
those for which plans being formulated IS d
new Polish church. to go up for St Stephens par
lsh at cost of $4,000. Keeping pace with the
business developments Of OsweBo are the residential
improvements New houses are springing UP IN the
outlying districts OF the city, and CsweGo seems 70
be on the verge OF a real estate boom Fire Mar
shaI Thomas Morrissey places the value Of the
private dwellings erected in the city during 1907
nd thus far This vear at S3OO.Ol0-
New-York tribune., 1908-10-11
WORK ON THE BARGE CANAL.

To enumerate all Of the improvements which
trave recently been made. are now in progress OF
fsre projected in Oswego is a wellnigh endless
task but few Of the principal ones will serve to
give an idea Of what the city is doing and plans
do.
without doubt the greatest improvement now
going forward Is the work the barge canal
Two sections Of this big undertaking are within
the city limits Of Oswego and the work upon
them involves an expenditure Of 100000. On one
of these sections the last Of the series into which
the canal work IS divided, and the section which
because of he that Il ties the canal to
Lake Ontario, Is considered the most important
portion the work involves expenditure Of S8o0'o
Aiong the extent of the new work in Oswego the
canal is being increased in width to the standard
OF ss feet and the locks being made the
standard size 425 long with z5-foot chambers
The double locks Of the old canal were 200 feet
long and Is feet wide. In the work on the cahal
within the limits OF Oswego two ne" locks VIII
he fu,iit. lock No : south and lock No north OF
Utica street Some idea Of the proportions OF this
work is TO be gained from the fact that the con-
tract calls fer zo0O yards OF excavation and about
6oOo0 yards Of concrete construction
Itis a four years contract and over two hundred
yvorizmen are hustng day and night TO get 1t done
In December 1911 In the guardlock wall are ten
cubic Yards Of concrete TO the running foot ana IN
both locks are thirty thousand cubic yards The
new canal wall which built OF solid concrete is
IO15 feet wide and 2S feet high six feet higher
is six feet deeper than the old pool, having total
depth Of about nineteen feet In the construction
of The concrete walls 1215O0 tons Of concrete Will
be used and about forty thousand tons Of imbedded
steel.
the canal work the most expensive under
zaking is the work the breakTateT which the fed
ral government rebuilding about the citys har-
bor at an outlay Of 100000. This work for
which several years VIII be required, involves the
airing down Of old timber breakwater and the
erection in its place Of concrete structure,
the parapet Of which rising TO height OF a feet
inches above low water. viii have a width Of IL
feet at the top
At cost OF about s500.0 the government has
recently rebuilt and regarrisoned Fort Ontario on
the lake front. This historic old fort, which was
the last 10 EVACUATED by the English troops. was
originally built by the English under Governor
Shirley IN 1755. captured and destroyed by the
French under the Marquis Of Aiontcalm in 1885.
rebuilt by English under Lord Amherst in 1883,
destroyed by the Americans IN 177S, rebuilt by the
English in 1882. surrendered by the English and
garrtsoned by the United States IN 1886 captured
and DESTROYED by the English feet under Admiral
Yeo IN 1914, rebuilt Of earth and timber by the
United States during the period 1s3s-1S42, and
again rebuilt OF stone and concrete 1863 TO 1870
II January 1901, the post, then garrisoned by Com
pany @ OF the 18th Infantry, was abandoned.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-11

city is the erection IN the future az cost OF
$1,000 Of school building 70 take the place OF
the destroyed by fire some time ago at East 5th
and Mitchell streets. There has also been talk OF
high school building. but II IS considered prob
able that instead OF going the great expense OF
putting UP a building now the city Will walt
and take the present building OF the Normal and
Training School when that institution moves Into
its proposed new home Ct. Mary's PaTorhal School
IN 9th street which was put up at cost Of about
5000 is one OF the latest OF the buildings for odu
cauonal purposes to b. erected IN Osw"Bo.
Two OF the most attractive OF the ne~ buildings
in West lst street one OF these. the imposing
srmory OF the 4sth Separate Company Of militia,
was built at a cost Of 10000. and near by is the
artistic home OF the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation. which cost 1900
An achievement IN which the board Of women
managers OF the Oswego Hospital takes tust pride
the erection last spring, at cost Of S1o.oV1'
OF large brick addition to tho hospital. Increasing
the capacity Of the institution 20 per cent
New-York tribune., 1908-10-11
A NEW FORT ONTARIO.

Largely through the efforts of Congressman c. l..
Knapp. John T Mott, president of the First National
Bank OF Oswego and Brigadier General Thomas
Ward, L. S. A (retired). the War Department was
brought 10 realize that q serious mistake had been
made in abandoning such q strategic point as Fort
Ontario. and the building Of the new and larger
pos1 brae ,1Sf hacE - Iosse .sas ordered
The improvements up TO the present time have in
volved expenditure of $500. OoO and should the
War Department decide TO make Of il a two bat
New-York tribune., 1908-10-11

with the others In the claim to distinction as
Oswego's greatest. improvements are going for-
ward on a big scale the works Of the National
Starch Company and the Oswego Maize Products
Company. The big 100000 addition u the Ma
tionaIs plant at Oswego, which was completed d
comparatively short time ago. has recently been
augmented by two additions. erected at a cost OF
SOyOO0 and other extensions. for which plans have
not yet been made. must come soon. say those
familiar with Oswegos history as a starch pro-
ducer for the industry IS going forward by leaps
and bounds
Some idea OF what this industry alone means 10
Oswego IS to be had from the fact that plants now
argregating in value nearly S25ooDo devoted
to it. and that it gives employment to about six
hundred employees. whose paErolls total about $500
a week. OF the corn which comes to Oswego from
tho West shelled from the cob. six thousand
bushels or about eight carloads, are consumed in
tventy-four hours IN the work. and In the same
space OF time about uinety-ive tons Of the highest
grade Of starch produced. the value Of the prod
uct being about Sla5 "A ton. H1s75 result
OF the work tweuty-f-ur hours.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-11

Judge Gilbert. OF the United States Circuit Coa'i
OF Appeals upheld the decision OF the lower courts
this week IN regard 70 the invaldlty OF the 81
called earthquake clause IN fire insurance pohceA
The Williamsburg Fire InsuranCs company, u
Brooklyn. pleaded that the fire which destroSe-
the property IL had insured here was a direct -
suit OF the earthquake although proof was flf
nished that the fire came from several di1elsal
points several hours after the earthquake 10
Judge held that the earthquake clause was fsa,|
in its construction. as failed 20 mention loss
fire.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-11
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE
Trans-Nississippi Congress Hears
Some Plain Facts about Railroads.
- TsleErapt Il - Trbl.e ]

san Francisco. Oct I0--The meetings Of ths
Trans-Mississippi Congress here this week called
out large Audiences. and the discussions were
watched with much interest The most noteworthy
address was that Of J. c. StU5bs, traffic manager
81 the Hartman lines. who appeared as personal
representative and sp0kes-aaa Of Mr. Hartman
NJ Stubts made some plain statements a5oIt tho
railroad situation and warned the delegates that
until the federal goverUruc1t and Western states
showed more fairness IN dealing with the r0ads
there would be no constitution II new lines Hs
developed very ably the proposition that railroads
are closely dependent upon the general pcbic for
success and that the Development Of Western rail-
reading cannot 20 on with the recent spirit OF
picion and antaconisTu resulting in unjust laws
Mr.. Stubs declared that bodies IKE the congress
should see TO il that campaign OF edicallon
carried on throughout the West, thar people nay
come 70 understand that railroads are as much
property and have solid rights as an other
corporations His address made great impression
and Is sure 10 have ilf-eEce IN removing the Old
settled prejudice against railroads that has found
recent expression in harsh laws
New-York tribune., 1908-10-11

The transfer TO IT'S old quarters. y Market street
between 4th and 51h streets OF the emporium &C.
pa-ruent store has done more % bring Deops
downtown than ANYTHING else since ths ire. TAs
store fIls large five story building and me stocz
carried IS 50 heavy mat country customers can Hnd
almost anything they wish Last Saturday ngnt
was the opening and several thousand pe7soss
came downtown 20 witness IL Market street un1i
midnight. and even after. was filed VITA hyety
crowds that recalled the Old days The business
done by this store and others which have moved
TO their old locations IS proving great incentive
TO many merchants 10 follow their example
New-York tribune., 1908-10-11
IRON AND MATCHES.

| There are four big irorworking concerns IN Os-
wego Each Of them is daily increasing its output.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-11

A handsome building n Oriental style VIII 20,
ar7rtsd in stockton street between S1c-l-lslto and
Clay streets for the teaching oi the Chinese La1-
Suage. The Chinese government furnishes FUNDS
for building and maintenance. and ie-dins Chiness
merchants are taking much interest IN the under
taking on the first fOCr viii oe a .arss meeting
hall fo- the Chinese Six COupauies-
New-York tribune., 1908-10-11

Balfour Guthrie & Co.. one Of the largest wheat
shipping houses the coast Will erect a handsonas
I'VE story building the site OF IFS old offices IN
California street. just east OF the Alaska CONNER
ciaI COmpauys new building The 'front.' vii %
noteworthy for its Doric pillars IN granite.
4 small lot in Geary street. between Powell and
Mason streets was sold this week Tor a tTtfe less
than S2e0O a front foot This sale is noteworthy
as It shows that extensive rebuilding IN the neigh
borhood has brought this property nearly 10 HS
value before the fire
Ground has been broken To- rhe new Young
Mems Christian Association BuIdius az Golden
Gate avenue and LeayenwCrJh street. which IS 10
cost $4,000. y half million dollars was raised
for this building in the East by Superintendsns
Mccoy. The largest contribution was S-5@o9 from
John D. Rockefeller The late Norris h Jesla
OF New York started the list with 5000
Judge Henry A Melvin OF Oakland. took rs
seat on the Supreme Bench OF California I'D
week TO I'LL the vacancy caused oy the deain :
Justice T 3. Mcfarland Justice Melvin Is Eea
known not only jurist but as an after diH1s'
speaker.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-02-27
General Demand

Of the Well-Informed OF the World has
always been for simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy Of known
value; a laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because it, COM
ponent parts are known to them to be
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its ex-
cellent combination of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of SIENNA, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits of the laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one of many reasons why
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA is given
the preference by the Well-Informed.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents
per bottle.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-02-27
IMMIGRATION FROM
SOUTH EXPECTED
U. S. FARMERS ARE RECOGNIZING
SPLENDID OPPORTUNITIES
OFFERED BY WESTERN
CANADA.

ST. Paul, MINI, Feb. 9, 190S.--Pres-
emit indications are that the Canadian
Northwest will draw an exceptionally
heavy movement of new settlers from
the United States this year. 1t should
surpass the banner record for 1907.
This is not only based on the fact
that the Americans have come to
realize generally that the Canadian
Northwest offers splendid opportuni.
ties, but also because the railroads
have awakened to the fact and are
offering rates to the Canadian North
west which are exceptionally favor
able.
The lines which lead to st, Paul
from the east and south are offering
homeseekers' rates to the Canadian
Northwest this year which are on a
parity with those in existence to the
southwest for a couple of seasons.
These rates can be obtained from
any agent of the Canadian govern.
ment. who will be pleased to give all
information possible regarding those
districts which offer the greatest in
J ducements to settlers. The weather
throughout Western Canada has been
remarkably good this year. A tele-
gram from the winter wheat belt of
Southern Alberta dated at Cardston,
Alberta, January 10th. says:
This winter up to January % was
nothing short of a marvel, in fact, it
was the finest anyone can remember
for twenty-five years though there
have been others nearly as good. The
days were fine, sunny and warm with
gloves, ETC., were discarded by most
people in the day time. There was
SO little frost in the ground that post
holes could be dug without any trouble
after the first inch was broken
through. Winter wheat remained
fresh and green although there has
been no snow since the September
storm. If there is an early spring,
winter wheat should gain a great
start"
Amongst the reports of the yield
of last year the following extracts are
taken:
H. Howe, of Magrath. Alta, writ.
Ing on November, 1907, says: II have
70 acres in crop, SO acres Of wheat and
seven acres Of oats. My average yield
of oats was 35 bushels to the acre,
and of wheat As bushels. The value
to me was $35 per acre."
]. F. Haycock, of Magrath, writes
in November: II had 65 acres in win.
ter wheat, which went 60 bushels to
the acre; oats averaged 80 bushels. l
also had IL tons of hay worth $40
per ton. I got 600 bushels of pota-
toes from three acres of land; I got
eight tons per acre from five acres of
sugar beet"
]. F. Bradshaw, of Magrath, had
1000 acres of winter wheat last year
which averaged 1914 bushels to the
acre. The value of his farm products
per acre was: Wheat. $3.50; oats,
i s11.20 and barley. s25.15.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-02-27
Maearoni Wheat.

Salzer's strain of Macaroni or Kubanka
wheat is absolutely pure and is from seed
obtained from the Department of Agrl-
culture, Our strain is Dakota grown
which laughs at droughts and elements
are positively Knocks black rust that ter.
rible scorch and would be ashamed OF
itself if it did not return from 40 to so bu.
of the finest wheat the sun snines on per
acre in good ILL.,, Ia, Mich, Wis, Ohio,
Penn, Mo, Neb., Kan, and other lands,
and 40 to GO bu per acre in arid lands. No
rust, no insects, no failure.
JUST SEND loo AND THIS NOTICE
to tie John a. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis, and they will send you the
most original seed book published, to-
gether with free samples of farm seeds
such as Macaroni Wheat, Billion Dollar
Grass, Victoria Rape, Sainfoin, the dry
soil luxurator, Bromus lnermis, the des-
ert grassitier, Emperor William Oats, more
original than the Emperor himself, ETC.,
etc, etc.
And if you send lac they will mail in
addition package of farm seed never be.
fore seen by YOU. John A. Salzer Seed Co.,
La Crosse, Wis. *. 4 w.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-02-27
HOW DO THEY GET INF
Physiological Problem That Nora
Could Not Solve.

A Philadelphia physician tells of an
amusing conversation between two
irish girls in domestic service who,
while on the board walk at Atlantic
City one day not long ago, were ex-
changing views as to their various
physical ailments.
Its sthrange thing, amt 1t,
Norah," asked one of the girls, chow
nanny new koinds of diseases people
get these days. Only this mor-rnin'
were readin' an advertisement of a
hew midicine. 1t said it were wonder.
fful for sluggish liver"
"Gwan!" exclaimed the other girl,
scornfully. Liver trouble ant no
Gew disase. Me own grandfather was
havin' liver trouble whin were not
more'n tin years old"
Maybe" was the laconic response.
But" added Norah, what want to
know is: how do thin slugs get inside
The liver, Observation-Disclosures Sun.
day Magazine.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-02-27
BRAIN POW Err
Increased by Proper Feeding.

A lady writer who not only has done
good literary work, but reared
family, found in Grape-Nuts the ideal
food for brain work and to develop
healthy children She writes:-
II am an enthusiastic proclaimer of
Grape Nuts as a regular diet. l for
merly had no appetite in the morning
and for years while nursing my four
children, had insufficient nourishment
for them.
unable to eat breakfast felt faint
later, and would go to the pantry and
eat cold chops, sausage, cookies, dough.
nuts or anything l happened to find.
Being a writer, at times my head felt
heavy and my brain asleep.
when read of Grape-Nuts began
eating II every morning, also gave 1t
to the children, including. my 10
months old baby, who soon grew as
fat as little pig, good natured and
contented.
"Within a week I had plenty OF
breast milk, and felt stronger within
two weeks. / wrote evenings ano
feeling the need of sustained brain
power, began eating small saucer o.
Grape-Nuts with milk instead OF my
usual indigestible hot pudding, pie, OF
cake for dessert at night.
"Grape-Nuts did wonders for me
and / learned to like it, did not mine
my homework or mothers cares, fol-
I felt strong and full of go grew
plump, nerves strong, and when J
wrote my brain was active and clear;
indeed, the dull head pain never re
turned"
There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich. Read, THE Road u
Weliville." In pkgs.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-02-27
HER CHOICE OF DEMISE.
Pathetic Thought of Little Girl Who
Had Lost Playmate.

Mary had for neighbor small play
nate, a much-loved and attractive boy.
The little lad rushed across the street
one day, throwing back glance at his
mother. At that instant trolley car
twept around the corner and the re-
.ulting tragedy threw the town into
mourning. Each family wept as
though it's own son had been lost.
Mary was utterly disconsolate and,
little as she had previously known Of
death, realized in childish way the
ldded horror of this one. In her con-
fulsive grief, and while her father and
mother sat with sobs in their threats
Ind tears overlooking, Mary straight
lned up and sobbed:
Mother, when die hope it will be
VI a disease and not of damaged"