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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-29

Our advertising brings us, every
month. letters from men of wealth and
influence in every community, who are
interested in real estate investments.
These deals involve too large amounts
to be handled by mail. 1t requires the
personal aid of our representatives. Sc
we have built up an immense organiza
ton of men to assist us in closing these
transactions after we secure the pros
pective customers.
We want just one representative
in your county.
If you are the right man we will
explain an arrangement by which
you can earn as high as $l,000every
month without interfering with
your present business.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-29
. 10000 ACRES OF
RICH SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY

We own 10000 acres of Califor-
MAS richest fruit land in the heart
of productive San Joaquin Valley
the treasure chest of the world.
This tremendous tract lies in
Kern county to the southeast of
Bakersfield. 1t is near the foot
hills of the Sierra Nevadas and
frs N zoo 20 600 feet abI.'e Sc level
NJ, e T., .Tr',. '.'rIc " 4. n,
,a&-., ~ he Crca,a-'s hSna- -l0s
only in beauty bus IL Tea;th
that lies n the rick granite '.e-
posits that bsspeak elSrh NuA Oh :
III. "ti-a ~ ar >f s'~A ~.
, To, ~:~~'a~ cs fAr,iiA ~9"~,
:een divided into 20 acre tracts,
-cpable of netting their owners 1
5000 70 $4,000 each season--and I
are conservative estimates.
We dare not place an average p
figure on any of this rich land-the
sibilities are so immense that they
scarcely helievable.
We are located in the therma
frostless belt--cool in winter and "
not hot-in summer.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-29

optician. Winn. Blk.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-29
345 SUNNY DAYS A YEAR

That is the average number of days
of sunshine for the past five years,
The climate is healthful--warm in
summer, but never so hot that the fruit
farmer cannot work all day. Sunstrokes
are unknown. The atmosphere is dry,
and this in itself makes this section of
California one of the healthiest in the
world.
Tremendous opportunities for every
trade and profession are here-an in
vestigation by our clients has given
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-29
THESE ARE
THRIVING INDUSTRIES

The beauty of this great proposition
is that the wait for fruit trees TO come
into state of bearing is shorter than
anywhere else in the "Orchard State"
During that short period of develop
ment the fruit farmer will pay for his
land by side industries, and when the
golden oranges. lemons. peaches, april
cots, raisins, prunes. ETC., etc. are ready
for market the money they bring is net
profit.
The chicken industry is source of
immediate profit = so great are the
returns from this side line alone that
poultry keepers find this land better for
chickens than any in the Middle West.
Bee culture. the most fascinating
business pursuit known, is among the
leading money-makers of the San
Joaquin side lines. This land of sun
shine is haven for the tiny producers
of honey and money.
Portor andC.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-12-29

Bakersfield is the home market for the
Early Fruit Lands. Here highest prices
obtainable are paid for all products of
this fertile territory. Bakersfield, one
of the liveliest, busting cities on the
Pacific Coast. owes much of it's great
ness and prosperity to rich Kern county
and san Joaquin Valley.
Its streets are wide and teeming with
healthy energy that is bred of prosper
Gus times on every hand.
1t has five strong banks; five great
school buildings, county high school and
business college; large armory; fifteen
church organizations; up-to-date depart
ment stores; a 1000 volume public
library; an unexcelled sewer system;
Greek theatre given by public spirited
citizen; spleudidly equipped sanitari-
um, Sisters of Mercy Hospital and
County Hospital and close to 10000
population.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-08-21
K00TENAY HAS
BAD FOREST FIRE
One Town Entirely Destroyed
and Others Threatened
Fire is Spreading.

Winnipeg, Aug. 21.-A disastrous
forest fire, said to be a mile wide, is
sweeping over the country in the ter
ritory adjacent to Grand Forks,
Kootenay. The fire is famed by q
brisk wind. The residents of Grand
Forks turned out to fight the flames
but the latest reports said they were
spreading SO rapidly that the fire was
assuming the proportions of the fire
which destroyed Fernie, B. c., last
year. Reports from Roseberry state
that practically the entire town with
the exception of the Canadian Pacific
railway round house has been burned.
The steamer SLOGAN came from Almo
and took the women and children of
Roseberry and the adjoining town Of
Hutton to place Of safety. The fire
warden Of Roseberry, assisted by all
the amble men of the town, are fight
ing the flames and deeds of heroism
are being performed amidst the clouds
Of smoke. sparks and scorching
flames. Thousands of wild animals
are being driven from the woods. The
damage already done Is reported to
be enormous. The fire warden claims
that the fire was started by careless
campers.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-08-21
ONE MILLION
FREE SMOKES
PHILIPPINE Cigars Held in Bond
Awaiting Passage of
Payne Bill =

Washington. Aug. 21.-Nearly 1,00o.-
600 Philippine cigars have been sd-
mtted to this country under the free
provisions Of the Payne tariff law.
Practically all of these came in before
the law became operative on August
6, but had been held in bond. In
warehouses in anticipation. Of The
passage Of the act Six hundred tllou-
sands of the cigars were admitted
at New York. 100000 at San Francisco
and $4,000 at Seattle.
Importers of Philippine cigarsfhaye
entered protests against the decision
rendered by Acting Secretary of the
Treasury Reynolds yesterday. that
cigars from the Philippines trans
shipped at Hong Kong or other for
eign ports, must pay the regular duty
levied by the general tariff on cigars.
One of the contentious made was that
there were no direct steamship lines
between Manila and the United States.
but the collector at San rancisco has
reported to the department that there
are two lines Of steamers making
trips direct between Pacific coast
ports and Manila. The Payne law
stipulates that products of the islands.
in order to get the benefit of the free
trade provisions. must be shipped
direct from the country of origin to
the port Of destination, or IL shipped
through territory contiguous to the
United States the shipment must be
in "bond.S
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-08-21
REAL CASE Of ].
THuNDEfslRuCK
Woman Dropped Dead After a
Particularly vivious Peal
Street Car Panic

Pittsburg. Aug 21.-One woman died
Of fright, q panic occurred in a street
car. which was struck by lightning,
and house roof was ripped of while
the inhabitants lay in bed, during a
violent electrical storm today.
Unheralded by any antics on the
part Of the barometer or any of the
delicate instruments Of the weather
bureau, the storm struck Pittsburg
shortly before noon. Traffic of car
lines was suspended within ten min
utes after the rain started falling.
Telephone and telegraph lines were
for the greater part incapacitated. The
reverberations Of thunder caused the
one death of the day, that of Bridget
Conley. who fell dead after a particu-
larly vicious peal Of thunder.
A policeman was injured when he
tried to lift live wire from the
car tracks where it had been blown
by tae severe gale.
The entire western section of tne
state reported losses to farmers. On
many of the county turnpikes bridges
were washed out.
The loss caused by the storm will,
1t is said, by the weather bureau, ex-
coed half million dollars.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-08-21
DESPERATE WOMEN
Broke into Political Meeting Through
the Skylight

Glasgow. Aug. 21.-Three rain
soaked and benumbed but still vali-
ant suffrageties were this afternoon
dislodged from the roof of st. An
drews hall, where the Earl of Crewe,
secretary Of the state for the col
onies. spoke last night.
Strict orders had been issued to
exclude all women from the meet
ing so the suffragettes decided to
break into the building through the
trap door on the roof. In the mid
die of the night the three women Sc
cured a ladder and climbed to the
roof, where they hid behind a CHM
ney waiting to put their plan in op-
eratior When they were discovered
they were nearly perishing from wet
and cold, but they declined to come
down and much difficulty was expert
enced in removing them from their
perilous position.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-08-21

cipher letter telling the convicts how
to escape and where to 60 we're left
in the house.
Everything was ready for the de-
livery; the convicts we're to climb to
the top Of the wall some dark night.
drop down into the tunnel and es-
cape. when another woman in the
neighborhood regarded the constant
piano playing as suspicious. She con-
fided to others and the facts soon
reached Warden Wright, who exposed
the plot.
Immediately upon taking charge of
the penitentiary Warden Francies
gave orders that all floors be concret-
ed and reinforced in such a way as to
make tunnel-digging an impossible
undertaking. The work of concret-
ing the floors had not yet reached the
woodshed. Knowing that in time this
floor would be made impregnable, the
convicts were hurrying the tunnel as
rapidly as possible.
Only two convicts work in the
woodshed. They are short-term men.
When watchman last Thursday
night found the hole these men were
placed in confinement, and are said
to have given the prison authorities
valuable Information.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-08-21
STEAMER BURNED
TO WATERS EDGE
No Casualties but the Escape
Of the Passengers was
Miraculous.

Peoria, ILL.,, Aug. 21.-The steamer
Fred Swayn, Capt. Verne Swayn in
command, leaving the port of Peoria
for LaSalle at o'clock yesterday aft
ernoon with twenty-five passengers
and q crew Of flvteen aboard, caught
fire OF the Avery Manufacturing COM
pany plant In Averyville at $500
o'clock and was burned to the wa
tors edge after being piloted into four
feet Of water amidst q patch of small
trees.
No lives were lost and but two peo-
pie were injured, one seriously. The
injured:
Joseph Casrider, Paducah, KY. en-
gfneer. seriously burned about the
face and body.
Charles Reicheberger. Peoria, right
arm broken.
The loss is estimated at $35, 900, $780,
900 Of which is on the vessel. Several
Of the passengers lost all of their be-
longings.
The escapes from the burning ves-
eel were miraculous. The majority
Of the passengers were women and
children and once the fire was dis
covered issuing from stateroom on
the second deck, panic reigned. To
add to the confusion, the ropes sup
porting the gang plank which had
been lowered to enable the passen-
gers to board the row boats that had
hNrrtedly been put out from shore,
burned, letting about fifteen people,
including several women and children
into the water. Tom Powers. q
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-08-21
LOUIS v. HILL
SPENT NIGHT
IN AAYSTAck
Auto Stuck in Mud Hole Be-
tween Helena and Great
Falls.
SETTLER IolD R|M TO GET
REFRESHMENTS At the PUMP
Searching Party Sent Out From Great
Falls Discovered the Machine and
Later Found the Railroad President
Asleep in the Haystack.

Great Falls. Mont. Aug. 21.-Presi-
dent Louis w. Hill Of the Great North
ern railway was compelled to spend
one night this week in a hay stack
He started from Helena to Great Falls
in his automobile. Near Fort Shaw
the machine stuck in mud hole. He
applied to settler for bed and sup
per. but was told that he could find
q bed in nearby hay stack and that
he could help himself to refreshments
at the pump. When he did not appear
here on time searching party start
cd toward Helena. They found the
automobile in the mud hole and a
short inspection of the nearby neigh
borhood revealed him and his chaffeur
sound asleep in hay stack.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-08-21
MAH0N FAVORS
ARBITRATION
Will Use His Influence to
Avert q Walkout Of
Chicago Carmen. -.

Chicago, Aug. 21.-The arrival in
this city Of President William d.
Mahon Of the International Street
Carmen's union gave brighter out
look to the controversy between the
street car companies and their en-
ployes who have threatend to strike
II their demands for higher wages
are refused. Although President
Mahon declined to make any state
ment In regard to the situation, 1t is
said he is strongly opposed to q walk
out and would endeavor to the best Of
his means to avert such action on the
part of the street car men. Immedi-
ately after his arrival here he was
taken to union headquarters where
he held conference with tn offers
Of th local union.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-08-21
old tree stumps, g await the arrival

old tree stumps, & await the arrival
Of rescuers.
D. NJ. swayn 81 saltwater, Minn.,
owner OF the burled steamer, was In
the Avery Manufacturing company
plant at the. time the steamer caught
iire and aided In rescuing the pas
sengers and crew from the shore.
His son Verne, naptain Of the YES
sci. was the last q leave the burn
Ing ship and wastWarmly congratu-
lated BY his aged father on reaching
shore. Efforts wree made by Peoria
and Averyville hrs departments to
save the hull Of the boat, but the han
dicap was too great and the steamer
will be total loss
The steamer Fred Swayn was built
at Clearwater, WiG., nine years ago,
and was at once put into commission
on the Peoria-Laaalle packet route.
She was one OF the finest packets
plying the Illinois river and enjoyed
q large passenger and freight bust
ness. ea
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-08-21
BOYLE PLANNED
DARING ESCAPE
Believed to Have Been Behind
Plot to Tunnel out of
Da,, -

Pittsburg, Aug. 21.-A high-life
scandal seems to lurk behind the at
tempt Of two convicts to dig their
way to freedom from the western
penitentiary. Convicts, formerly rich
and influential, are said to have been
hoping for liberty through a prison
delivery planned by fellow convicts.
The men caught digging the tunnel
are short-term convtcts. experienced
prisoners who usually do not risk
detection and additional confinement
simply to avoid serving light SEN
tences. One was sentenced to two
years, the other to year and half.
The suspicion of certain authorities is
that these men were hired at large
price to uberate Riverside aristo-
cracy."
Through the vigilance of Warden
John Francies the scheme has been
frustrated. The two would-be de-
liverers have been placed in solitary
confinement. The prison authorities
hope to secure a confession from
them. When all the members Of the
board Of inspectors return to the city
a meeting will probably be held at
once. A prompt probe will be made.
Boyle ls Suspected.
The prison authorities suspect the
scheme involved the liberation of
James Boyle, convicted of KIDNAPPING
Willie Whitla, as we'll as certain fin
ancial convicts. The diggers are said
to have agreed not to escape them
selves. but would receive ample COM
pensation for their risk. This, it was
reasoned. would allay suspicion.
Warden Francies last night refused
to discuss the matter in the absence
Of the inspectors. He said he would
turn over his information to them
when they arrived, but would not
make anything public.
Life convicts, 1t is believed, are also
involved In the plot. The tunnel was
apparently begun month ago in the
floor of the woodshed in the center
Of the yard, about forty feet from the
rear wall. This floor is not cemented,
and the diggers had comparative ease
In digging through the earth and
sand. spanned by joists, on which
piles Of lumber rest.
The diggers had gone i've feet deep
ana between seven and ten feet
toward the base OF the wall, q point
directly under the center tower. It
is thought that the guards were
scheduled for an attack. When the
tunnel was discovered the diggers
had pulled the dirt back over the
joists. Part Of an old shovel and 9TH
or tools used In the woodshed were
the utensils Of the diggers.
Digging to the Street.
The tunnel was dug in the direction
OF the same wall followed out sew
eral years ago. when Warden Wright
discovered a plot to escape. This
was the most recent attempt at PEN
itentiary delivery previous to the
present sensation. The deliverers
had engaged q woman to play a piano
in the Sterling street house while
they dug from the cellar toward the
penitentiary wall. making a subter-
ranean passage ten feet deep by forty
long. They dug up through the wall
TO the crest. Clothes. money and q
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-08-21
Reduced From Maximum "a
Minimum Rates When Again
Given Employment.
MADE TO SIGN PERSONAL
CONTRACTS ANO GIVE BONDS
Strike Breakers Secured the Good
Places When the Strike Failed and
the Companies Scored Q Decided
Victory Over the Men =

Stockholm. Aug. 21.-The local
street railroad company has scored
complete victory over those of its
employees who Joined the strikers at
the beginning of this month. Now
that the strike is failure the men
have applied for their old positions.
but only few of them have been
taken back. These who formerly se-
cured the maximum wages have been
re-employed at the minimum rate and
they have been compelled to sign a
personal contract and to furnish
bonds guaranteeing their future loyl
atty to the company. On the other
hand the strike breakers have been
rewarded with the best paying posi-
tions.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-08-21
WARRANT FOR
ANDY JONES IS
SENT TO texas
Arrest Took Place at Canadian,
q Small and Rather Iso-
lated Place.
INFORMATION CANE FROM
WASHINGTON AUTHORITIES
The Warrant for His Arrest is Issued
Upon the Finding Of the Federal
Grand Jury Last May-Long String
Of Creditors.

Fargo. N. D., Aug. 21.-A certified
copy Of the warrant that has been
out for Andy Jones. the fugitive bank
er Of Rugby and Barton. N. D.. was
today forwarded by Assistant District
Attorney w. H. Barnett Of this city
to the authorities Of Canadian, Texas,
where he is under arrest. Definite
Information concerning his capture
was given out today by Attorney Bar
nett, who received first advices from
the department Of justice, Washing
ton, D. c., to the effect that the de-
faulting man had been found.
The information of Jones arrest
was received In Fargo by Mr.. Barnett
Thursday afternoon in telegram
This message only gave the bare
statement that Jones had been cap
tured at Canadian, Texas. by the sec.
ret service men, and was being held
there pending action upon the part
Of the federal officials Of the district
OF North Dakota.
In accordance with this informa-
tion, the copy of the warrant that was
out for Jones was forwarded today
and the long missing banker will be
brought back to the state to face the
charges that have been placed against
him.
Out Of the Way Place.
The scene of Jones' arrest lies in
Hemphill county, which is in the
panhandle of Texas. Canadian is q
town Of about 500 population, accord
Ing to the last census, and It is To-
Gated twenty miles west of the west
boundary Of Oklahoma. The Atche.
son. Topeka & Santa Fe railroad runs
through the city and, is tho<only rail.
road traversing the county,
F The announcement Of Jones' cap
ture yesterday occasioned no little
interest throughout the state. Jones
defaulcations, his flight from the
state leaving In his wake nearly 100
creditors together with many deposit.
ors In both the Rugby and Barton
banks in which he was interested
were Of most sensational character
and coupled with his prominence IN
the financial world of Pierce county
and other counties of that section
his escapade attracted more than
passing attention.
The warrant for Jones' arrest
which was issued on the findings oi
the federal jury, has only been out
since May. although the frenzied
fiancfer has been missing since about
January 1
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-08-21
NORTH DAKOTA
IN THIRD CLASS
Greatest Rifle Match in Coun-
try Will be in Full Swing
Monday.

Camp Perry Range, Ohio, Aug. 21.-
On Monday the greatest national rifle
matches this country has ever seen
will be in full swing. All week teams
and individual riflemen have been
pouring into Camp Perry from. all d.
rections and the range outside of the
firing lines, is dotted with their
camps. Friday the range was turned
pver to Lieut.. Col. r. X. Evans, u. 8. A.
who took command as executive off,
GER of the matches. He has nearly
100 regular army officers and 1000
men under him who will have charge
Of all firing, marking and scoring and
compilation of statistics during the
matches. 1t is expected that forty
eight to fifty teams will line up Mon
day morning for the national team
match for which congress provides
The trophy and tho cash prizes. Each
team is composed Of twelve men with
three alternates and complement Of
officers. The shooting is at 200 yards
slow fire, 900 yards 800 yards, 100
yards. 200 yards rapid fire and skir-
mish run. and 1t is expected that this
match will occupy all Of Monday and
Tuesday. The teams represent the
u. 8. infantry and cavalry. navy and
marine corps and naval academy, and
the national guard Of the various
states and territories. They are d.
vided into three classes on the basis
Of their standing in the match last
rear as follows: Glass A, d. s.. I'm
tantry, U. 8. navy, U. 8. cavalry. U.
8. marine corps, Wisconsin, Massa-
chusetts, U. 8. naval academy, Penn
sylvania, District of Columbia, Wash
lngton, Illinois, Iowa, Oregon, Maine
and Ohio: Glass B, Oklahoma, New
Hampshire. Colorado. California. New
York, Maryland, New Jersey, Mime
sofa, Kansas. Missouri, Hawaii. Indi-
ana, Michigan. West Virginia and
Kentucky: Class G. Wyoming, Con-
necticut, Georgia, Rhode Island, Ari-
coma, Alabama, South Carolina, Tenn
essee, Nebraska, Delaware, North
Dakota Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Ar-
kansas, New Mexico. Utah, Mississip-
ri, Louisiana and North Carolina.
For class A the first. prize 10 the
national trophy given by congress
with $3.50 cash: second prize. $3.50;
third, $500; fourth, $3.50. For class
B, the first prize is the famous Hilton
trophy, with $3.50 cash; second, $3.50;
third s2oE and fourth 5000. Class c
trophy and 5000 cash. with additional
prizes Of 5000, $175 and $3.50. Each
member OF q team winning trophy
will receive an appropriate medal. No
team ID eligible to win prize in the
class below It but can win the prize
In any class above It. lfta team IN