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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-14
PASSING OF A PIONEER.
Biographical Sketch of the Late
Judge Upton.


James G. Upton was born in Hills
boro county, New Hampshire, Sept.
%, 1914, and passed away at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. 7. E. Glass, in
Cresco, Wednesday evening, Jan. sth,
aged SO years, 3 months and 10 days.
He moved with his parents to Yer
mont when five years of age. He was
placed upon his own resources alta very
early age, but secured as best he could
as much of the common school educa-
ton as was available to poor boy at
the time under the conditions confront
ing him, contributing to the support of
his worthy mother in SO far as he
could. Later he learned the trade of
wheelwright, which he followed until
about 35 years of age.
On October 4th, 1850, he was married
to Sarah A. Miles in Newport, Maine,
and soon after removed to Chicago
where he entered into the mercantile
business. His stay in Chicago was not
long, on account Of an epidemic Of
cholera, and he removed. to Allamakee
county, Iowa, where he engaged il
farming, and in May, 1854 came to this
county, where he has since resided.
The deceased was closely identified
with the pioneer history of this county
having been elected, at the first cleo
ton held in Howard county in August
1856, as county judge. His associate
officers, elected at that time, were E
Gillett, clerk; VIM. Woodward, record
er and treasurer; John Harlow, sheriff
and M. v. Burdick, prosecuting attorr
ey. Messrs. Gillett and Woodwar
still survive. Judge Upton served III
til 1860, when he was succeeded b
Darius Seeley. AS county judge h
made the first entry in the count
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-14

his intellect to yield one iota of its
manly strength. Until the attack of a
year ago which has swept him from the
grasp of friendships hand. he gave
promise of the fulfllment OF the pro-
phecy "and the child shall die 100
years DID,"
/ have not time today to speak in de-
tail of the influence of himself and his
worthy wife in moulding the sentiment
of this community. 1t was greater
perhaps than many who are now in the
thick of life's battle here in Cresco can
realize; but the lips that are silent to-
day and the tongue that death has still
ed have not been heard in vain. "Tho
dead he speaketh," for from. him has
sprung another generation of men and
women to whom the memory of such a
parentage will be held forever sacred
and to whom the strong manhood of
such father and the noble woman
hood of such mother will be heri
tage more precious than silver and
gold.
| l would not take undue advantage of
my opportunity today, but fain would
utter few words concerning my per-
sonal relations with Judge Upton. He
was true friend. Our friendship new
er had formal declaration, but it was
abiding. was drawn to him as to Q
brother. Through my ministry ant
! through my life shall carry pleasant
) memories of my association with him
7 We talked one day about his going init
, the valley. Whenever he spoke of hi
' children it was with affectionate ant
, commendable pride. The only time
: ever saw his eye dim with tears was th'
e day when Ada and Clark departed TO
q their new home beyond the western
l. mountains. The great deep was surg
d ing over his soul for it was his fina
l. farewell One day he showed me lei
If ter which he had received from Clark
il In it he spoke at length of the immol
il tai hope which is for dying men.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-14

Rev. Gammons also read the follow
ing obituary of the life companion of
the deceased published at the time of
her death:
Died-In tkis place Friday, Oct. 10,
1875, after brief illness Sarah A.,
wife Of j. G. Upton, Esq, aged 40 years.
Thus has passed away to better coun-
try another of our early settlers. The
long residence of the deceased in this
county, her many virtues and the ac-
quaintance of the family throughout
this whole region makes her death
come to the hearts of all as public be-
reavement.
Sarah A. Miles was born Sept. I,
1926, in Newport, Maine, where Oct. 4,
1850, she was married to our esteemed
townsman, j. G. Upton Esq. In her
early years she made profession OF
faith and united with the Congrega-
/ tional church OF her native place, and
| her whole life has been that of an ex-
emplary Christian woman.
/ Judge Upton and his wife moved into
this county May 16, 1854, since which
time their lives have formed no small
part of its history, better known to oul
readers than TO us. Their quarter cen
fury of married life has been blesse,
with happy and worthy family ant
with all the trials and hardships Of pi
oneer life their ways have been tn,
ways of pleasantness and peace.
, The funeral services were held o.
Sunday last at the residence Of Judg
Upton. The exercises were conducte
by Rev. G. w. Fall, who preached a
affecting and appropriate DISCOURSE
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-14

records, issuing an order on the county
treasurer in payment for the first
books and stationery used by Howard
county. He also issued at the July
term, 1857, a proclamation for an cleo
ton to vote on the issuance of $3.50, 900
bonds to buy stock in the proposed
Northwestern Railroad, the county's
first effort to secure railroad. In
1866 he was appointed to succeed G. E.
Brown as member of the board of
supervisors. With this Office he closed
his official capacity with the county,
but he never lost interest in the affairs,
the growth and development of the
county in which he so long resided.
He was the father of seven children,
all of whom except one, Sarah A., who
died in infancy, survive him. The liv-
| ing are Mrs. Emma River, of Oak Dale;
IL. H., of Cresco; Mrs. Ada Barker and
C. c., of Spokane, Wash; Mrs. Alma
Glass, of Cresco; and Abraham L., of
| Chicago.
Funeral services were held at the
home of I. E. Glass on last Friday
afternoon, conducted by Revs. Cannon
and Human. Interment was in Oak
Lawn cemetery.
Rev Gammons gave brief eulogy
of the deceased, saying in part:
Judge Upton is dead. This maj
whose stalwart body seemed to def,
the natural encroachments of time ha
yielded up the spirit that "mortalit
might be swallowed up of life" T
see him was to admire him, to knoy
him was to respect him, to know hin
! we'll was to love him. In natural en-
dowments he was favored beyond tn
; average man. It is given to few me
!, to behold the glowing dawn of two Gel
turtles. Yet this mans pathway lie
: him across nine decades of the 10Th Gel
y fury and we'll over the first decade I
: the 10th. Age seemed unable to CHS
its shadows upon his brow or to comp
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-14

The remains Of the deceased were fol-
lowed to the grave by very large con-
course OF relatives, friends and neigh
bors.
The sympathy Of the public in an I'M
usual degree is extended to the bereav-
ed husband children.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-14

Mrs. Gertrude Boynton, Santon, Mimi;
Mrs. Helen Martin. Niagara, Wis;
Miss Ethel Seelye, Preston.
Funeral services were held at the
home of his son and the remains we're
brought to Cresco for burial in Oak
lawn cemetery.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-14

Cook stove, side board, chifoner,
iron bed and springs; also tables. /
wish to sell the above before my return
to Texas January 21st. Call on me
at w. H. Woellstein's grocery store.
1878. ROBERT PHELAN.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-14
Death of Mrs. John G. Melaas.

-
Last Tuesday morning, after an i'll
ness Of only few days, ending in
pneumonia, Mrs. John G. Melaas, a
resident of section 18, on the border
line road between Bluffton and Orleans
townships, passed into eternal rest.
Mrs. M. and her husband were pioneer
settlers in that part of Winneshiek
county, and besides by industry and
thrift accommodating handsome prop
erty. also reared family of ten sons
and five daughters, all of whom, save
one son, survive their aged mother.
The father still lives, but is in feeble
health, resulting from old age. DR..
Kessel of Cresco was called to attend
the deceased last Sunday, but pneu-
monia had already begun its subtle and
fatal work. We are not supplied with
the details needy for complete obitu.
AIRY. 1t is enough to say that faith
full wife and mother has completed /:
life work. DEBORAH Republican.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-14
Notice Of Time Given.

Notice is hereby given that have
this day given my minor son, John
vokaty, aged Is years, his time and
will hereafter be responsible for no
debts or contracts he may make and
will claim none Of his wages.
AL VoKATY.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-14

Yesterday when they lifted the
shroud and looked again upon the
kindly face upon which grim death had
at last penciled his lines. thought Of
the inevitable path down which we
shall all go and the one bright hope of
our changing humanity.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-14
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a Safe \ edi
cine for Children.

In buying cough medicine for chill
dren, never be afraid to buy Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. There is no dan
ger from it, and relief is always sure to
follow. 1t is intended especially for
coughs, colds, Group and whooping
cough, and there is no better medicine in
the world for these diseases. It is not
only certain cure for Group, but, when
given as soon as croupy cough APP
pears, will prevent the attack. Whoop-
ing cough is not dangerous when this
remedy is given as directed. 1t con-
tains no opium or other harmful drugs,
and may be given as confidently to a
baby as to an adult. For sale by MILF
Drug Co. T
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-01-14
For Sale Cheap.

Paris twp, Jan. II, 1903.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-05-14

some particular week or month than at other
times, it is given better and more feed. Land
is more like stock than people think. 1t does
not get lean and show it's bones, but it gets
poor and what tries to grow on it tells its
story.
But Up-To-Date Farming need not tell It's
readers much about production. Other papers
tell them that and nothing else. So if we told
the people all there is to tell about production,
the other papers would have nothing to say.
We are interested in abundant yields ali the
same. 1t does not take so much work per
bushel to grow and harvest 80 bushels Of wheat
to the acre as it does Is bushels per acre. and
we want farmers to get the very best returns
for their labor We urge, then, that the land
be brought to the highest production-to the
best filth, the greatest richness, and the long
est yields. But such work as that must be
accompanied by another line Of work. The
farmer must know what he is going to do with
his surplus. He must know what about the
market, what the price is to be and who is TO
make it, In palmer words, he must get IN
position to say who shall get the profit
the surplus. It is the profit on the surplus
that makes intensive farming attractive; there
is nothing in the mere accumulation Of prod
ucts.-Up-To-Date Farming
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-05-14
INTENSIVE FARMING.

Farmers will have to farm intensively.
There are as many acres now as there will
ever be in this world barring the few that
may be reclaimed from swamps or deserts or
built up from the shallow waters But the
people who want acres are constantly increas-
ing This means that the ranches and big
farms are going to break to pieces, and fewer
acres must be taught to do the work of many
This is not difficult task. The experiment
stations are helping with it, When land is
expected to do little better than it did last
year, treat it little better, that is all. IF
a team is to do little more or harder work
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-05-14
A "NIGGER" CROP.

"The way we raise cotton, 1t is a negro s
crop Grains are the white mans crop. The
trouble is that the farmer is niger to the
merchant, and the merchant is niger to the
fnancer. The merchant who does the general
advancing business is not a benefactor. The
farmer who expects to prosper must shorten
his account with his own farm It has been
my observation that the diversifer sets good
table. He is the man who stands for levying
taxes for schools, good roads and other things
that tend to make desirable community If
you are looking for a rundown farm, don t 60
to the diversifer Don't go to him for low
priced land. If you are looking for man who is
'agin the government and society in general
a knocker and kicker, den It 60 to the diver
sifed farmer. It is in him that the hope Of
the future lies the hope Of the resurrection
of a new earth rising out Of the old. Through
him the mortgage ridden, soil-depleted, cheer
less home will pass away and we shall have
fields we'll kept, good barns, happy homes,
healthy children, good schools, good roads
and every tie to the rest of the world. It
will give broad men, in sympathy with their
fellows, and happy women, cheerful with their
kind We shall have that which is purest,
best and most ennobling in life. '-Extract
from speech by Prof. W. R. Dodson, at Dallas,
Texas, before the Cotton Convention.-Farm-
ers' Union Banner
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-05-14
Was the Decision of the Union Depositors
who held Meeting Tn Conway
Saturday.

It was decided by majority of those pres
ent that they would continue to hold their
cotton for better price and it is the inten-
ton Of the directors to ship to Little Rock,
for the purpose of holding all warehouse
cotton that can It be financed here The meet
ing was fairly we'll attended, and spirit Of
determination seems to have been renewed,
Notwithstanding the conditions that confront
us; and therefore, no cotton will be sold from
the Conway warehouse, until better price is
obtained. It is for fifteen cents or rot, say
many Of them.-Arkansas Union Tribune.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-05-14
ROADS AND ROAD MAKING.
BY Prof. w. F. Massey.

The d-time road makers seemed to think
that straight line was the shortest route be-
tween two points. This is true only on per-
fectly level country, so far as roads are con-
cerned. [ have seen many instances in tie
hill country of North Carolina where the road
goes straight up a steep hill and then straight
down another side of the same hill, while a
level road could have been made around the
hill, and not only no longer, but far easier on
team and wagon. It takes some men long
time to learn that a road around hill may be
short as one over it.
Some Roads Have Travelled
In the western Piedmont I once drove over
a road where at one point it had been taken
originally right down the crest of long
ridge. But the torrents Of generations had
washed it into deep gully, and in trying to
keep up road in this gully the road-makers
had started a deeper gully alongside of it, that
risked the life Of every one driving down if
the vehicle swerved a little from the narrow
track. And there are many such. Right on
the sides of this ridge there were valleys up
which a road could have been made of easy
grade alongside the ridge, that could have been
kept in good repair and drained easily down
one side by proper breaks, and never gully
formed.
Out in the mountain country, driving from
Boone to Linville the road runs on ridge
and suddenly drops, by the steepest of hills
I ever saw on a travelled road, into the Wa
tauga Valley, while right alongside was
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-05-14
valley up which gradual grade could have
been made, and the steep hill avoided.
Good Road Material Everywhere.

GOOQ hOau N1dGGIld4 hVo1yW4OAOs
Wherever practicable, in the Improvement
Of roads, attention should be paid to improving
the line Of the roadbed. In billy country
a road in directly straight line is never the
best, and if some attention is paid to the
proper engineering Of the roads there would
be far better roads. Then there is not sec
ton in North Carolina where good road
making material cannot be had. In the
Coastal Plain the oyster shells are IN many
places cheap and convenient, and nothing
makes a better road than shells. Then in
other parts Of the East the shell rock is
handy and makes the finest Of road material
In the Piedmont country the granite rocks are
abundant and convenient. I once drove from
Raleigh to Durham, tumbling down into the
Crabtree Valley over one Of the quilted excuses
for road, and then into trench of red mud
where the road repairers had been at work
throwing mud and sods into the middle Of the
road till the mud was SO deep that our team
pulled the doubletree IN two, and we would
have been in a bad plight but that we found
some bale wire in the carriage with which we
lashed a pole on from the woods And right
alongside Of this trench called road, the
fields were fairly macadamized over with
little broken rocks, and in some places the
rocks had been gathered from the fields and
placed in ridges alongside the road. And yet
the road workers had repaired the road with
mud when they could have covered it with
these rocks with the same shoves.
Why Do You Not Take the Lead in Road
making?
There is no part Of the community more
interested in good roads than the farmers who
have to haul over them. I am glad to see the
South, and note that some cities are making
beautiful roads out from the town through the
township With a little cooperation among
the farmers, these roads could be extended
all through the State, and the Legislature
should aid in the construction Of the main
lines of travel If man has farm for sale
and it attracts the attention Of would-be
purchaser, it would sell more readily and for
better price if on a we'll built road, for no
one would want to buy farm where he would
be tied up all winter. Big loads Of cotton can
be hauled over the roads around the cities,
but the man living off these roads can haul
only what he can start with over his own
country roads, SO that the improved roads are
Of little use to him, and in many cases he
has to pull up steep hill only to go down the
other side, when a level road would take him
around easier and quicker. Think of this,
too, in improving your roads.-vProsressive
Farmer
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-05-14

We should always hope for the best in life
and endeavor to see the very best there is
in humanity.-Rev. F. E. Mason.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-03-17
Ole Olson, deceased. to-wit:

Olo OlSOu, ueCSdSeu,. IO-WN.
The east half (E ~ southeast
quarter Use ~, of section fifteen
(15), in township one hundred forty
two (142), north, and range eighty
one (S1), west of the 9Th P. M.
And it appearing by said petition
that it is for the best interests of the
said estate that said above; described
real estate be sold and that the wild
ow, said Inga Olson, does not desire
longer to live upon and continue her
home upon said tract.
1t is, therefore, ordered that me said
petition be heard and considered by
the judge of the county court of the
said county of Burleigh, at the court
rooms of said court in the county
court house, in the city of Bismarck
in said county, on the 21st day Of
March, A. D., 1908, at 10 O'clock, in
the forenoon of said day.
1t is further ordered that all per
sons interested in said estate, appear
before the Judge of this court at SAID
time and place, and then and there
show cause, if any there be, why saii
petition should not be granted.
BY the court:
Seal M. J. MCKENZIE
Judge of the County Cour
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-03-17

comes to pass, and it is coming, like
Father Abraham's army of GA and
'65, zone hundred thousand strong"
then will we do things that will turn
about the imports and make exports
of them. a9-ba AS
The great New England spinners
of cotton are following the raw ma
terial and building factories close
to the cotton fields of the south, and
where macaroni should be made is
close to the wheat fields, and as we
are growing now the best durum
wheat in the world we should per-
force be making the best macaroni
in the world, and it is only ques-
ton of time when macaroni with
American brands will be found in
the shops of Naples, Genoa, Leghorn,
Venice, Milan and Rome, because,
when it comes to macaroni the Ital.
ian will have none but the best. And
we will make the best. But woe be-
tide the export trade if the cheap,
weak -four macaroni manufacturer
gets busy and tries his fist at export
ing his truck to Italy and France I'd
1t would be cheap for the macar.
onf manufacturer of the country to
dig out such chaps and, forming an
association, raise fund and pension
such weak macaroni manufacturers
for life and take them out of the
business. There should be an ex-
port test for macaroni and anything
short of the standard should. not be
allowed to leave the country.
Well, here is something to think
about, anyway.
Charles Cristadoro.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-03-17
BIRTHS Il and DEATHS
MUST Be REPORTED
UNDERTAKES AND PHYSICIANS
ARE BEING SUPPLIED WITH
VITAL STATISTIC BLANKS aUN.
DER PROVISION OF THE STATE
LAW. sH6s

The local undertakers and embalm-
ers are in receipt of the new blanks
and other stationery which are pro-
vided for by the last session of the
legislature, but which were not issu
ed sooner owing to the fact that no
appropriation had been made for the
printing of these blanks nor the
carrying out of the new laws which
provide that more systematic aud
rigid rule shall be followed in the
issuing of burying permits. A copy
of the session laws of 1907 with re
gard to the vital statistics was also
sent to the undertakers which give:
the method of disposing of bodies.
This law aso applies to births and
the duties of physicians in making a
registration of all births. fi
The establishment of the vital sta
tistics bureau by the last legislature
was for the purpose of securing /.
complete and proper registration of
births and deaths for legal, sanitary
and statistical purposes which is un
der the immediate supervision of the
state board of health. For the se-
curing of this registration the state is
divided into registration districts,
each incorporated village or city and
each township exclusive of any iii.
corporated village or city, constitutes
primary registration district.
This law provides that the clerk
of each township, village or city
shall be the local registrar in and
for the township, village or city OF
which he is the clerk. This compels
the undertakers to fill out one of the
blank forms which states the name,
age, cause of death and everything
regarding the deceased and the cause
Of death, and have it signed by the
physician who was attending the per-
son before he died. The undertaken
then takes the signed blank to the
city auditor Gin the case Of Bis
marck) who issues a burial permit
to the one in charge of the cemetery.
In this manner a complete record OF
the deceased with regard to his iden
THY and cause of death is secured.
This law went into effect after the
publication Of the law but was not
enforced on account of the lack of
proper blanks and funds. However,
the new ruling will now be strictly
enforced with such penalties as are
provided in the session laws.