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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-09
Conditions at the Penitentiary at Fit.
Madison From Different Viewpoints
A FORT rAplsoN CITIZENS
VIEW,

a letter from a Fort Madison citizen
gives another side of the question. 1t
was published in the Hawk Eye the
gay following the appearance OF the
Dayldson article. 1t follows:
sort Madison. Jan. 5.-The Hawk
expressly for the purpose of getting
warden Sanders personal views on
ms pollcles. and to make picture of
u work being accomplished under
MN, as described and demonstrated by
hlpnsen. The warden had been
severely criticised for his new ideas,
and no one COLD better defend his pol
lcies than himself. He was given free
reign and when not quoted literally
the article took on it's color and tone
from him. so that it might be the
warden himself who was pleading his
cause with the public.
warden Sanders acknowledged to
The Hawk Eye representative that the,
people of Fort Madison were nervous
ABOUT his methods of treating the
CRIMINALS. This was found to be en-
phatically true in conversation with
CITIZENS. While Warden Sanders scouts
thelr Tears. and says there is nothing
TO 1t, the fact that prisoner es-
capped last Wednesday evening unde,
his method of leniency. is pointed to
as ample proof of the danger in which
the citizens feel themselves placed
by the new policies. Men and women
are generally uneasy concerning their
safety especially at night.
This is not the testimony of any
particular citizen but it is the feeling
III the air, and the trend of the COS
SIP ttat is heard among the citizens in
the homes, or on the streets. Where
ever Two or more people gather to-
gether there is liable to be heard some
thing about the doings at the pen II
is common gossip that prisoners are
allowed to wander about tho locality
Outside the walls. unattended. that
women and others have come upon
groups of them along the roads in the
vicinity of the prison. There is q
lumor that some of the convicts were
taken on an automobile ride into Illi-
nous. attended by a single guard and
tnat Two conVlcts We're seen in a local
restaurant after midnight recently.
Inc feeling apparent among people
mere is. that the honest, hardworlling
taxpayers Of Iowa. who have never
been convicted of crime. many OF
whom have not one-fourth of the lux
uries of a Fort Madison convict.
should get after the board and end
this opera bouff. which is making the
state a laughing stock
II is also held that the treatment
OF the convicts at Fort Madison is
more Objectionable because onlv con-
ylcts over thirty years of age or those
serving their second or third terms.
The most des- rate criminals, are now
sent to Fort Madison. The refornla :
tory at Anamo3a is established by law
Tor those supposed to be susceptible
70 reformatory influences. The Fort
Madison penitentiary is for the hard.
ened and habitiIal criminal
IT is the feeling here that the con
ditians which are complained Of will
lead: through publicity, to an invest
lgation by the legislative committee.
Warden Sanders has 50 much faith in
nus theories that he will welcome such
an investigation, and the public Ger
tainly will abide by the result"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-09

Anyone who has evcc bounced over
those cobblastones can readily under
stand just why those Chicago sky.
scraper Inhabitants imagined an earth
quake was loose when that load IL
iron was hauled along the street
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-09

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voted
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voted, not genuine signature"
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ture.''
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voted"
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voted"
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votad
chas. King-"Not registered or
voted,
Thos. G. Kelly-"Not bis sigma
lure"
G. w. Ludwig, by mark-"Not hi.
signature
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voted"
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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-09
Pages 1914 and PAS of petition
Ed Allepder-"Not registered

G. L. Brewel-',Not voted as G. Il.
Not his signature.
Lazell Bellville-"Not registered or
voted
Geo. A. Brown--"Not voted"
Frank l.. Brown-"Not registered or
voted
J. Bowron-"Not registered or
voted"
f. E. Clark-"Did not vote"
NJ. Cohn-"Not registered or voted
H. Cressup-"Not voted or register
ed by that name
W. A. Crowell--"Not registered or
voted"
Henry Cravatzo--"Not voted or reg
istered."
E. Davis-'Not registered or voted
by that name"
j. II. Dale-"Not registered Or
voted
Cole Davis-"Not his signature.
G. F. Eades-"Not registered or
voted'
John Fogleson--"Not genuine sigma.
ture. Not voted or registered"
August Frank, his mark-"Not hts
signature
Wells Fowler-"Not voting by that
name"
Robert Forbes--"Not his signature :
o. A. Giltner--'sNot registered or
voted by that name"
John Green-"Not registered or
voted"
Jas. Green-"Not registered 81
voted"
J. Lester Gossag Not registered or
voted"
Fred Githens--"Not registered or
voted
G. D. Githerns-"N registered or
voted"
S. Huddleston-"N Not voted by that
name Not his signature
John H. Hukman--'Not registered
or voted
Ed 0. Hunting-"No voted
E. H. Hutsonfeller--"No registered
Or voted"
Wesley HanlSins- Not registered or
voted"
Thomas Hendrickson-" Not register.
ed or voted. Not his signature
]. l.. Hawks--"Not registered III
voted
Jeff Horton, by mark-"Not genuine
signature"
w. B. Harris-"Not registered or
voted"
G.. w. Hall-"Not registered or voted
by That name
b. Johnson-"Not registered or vot.
cd by that name.
s. p. Johnson--"Not registered or
voted
G. Kaiser-"N Not voted by that
name"
J. f. Kendel-"S Signed on back OF
Page 1874. Not certified Did not sign
petition
G. M. Leedom-"Not voted or reg.
istered.''
Stephen Miller-"Not registered OF
voted"
r. F.. Martin" Signed on back Of
page liza. Not verified. Not original
petition. Not signature"
c. W. Mader--'Not voted on regis
tered by that name'
d. r. Me,ritt-"Not registered VI
voted
John McGufey registered OF
voted"
VIM. McGuffey-"Not registered o,
w. II. Mcshear- Not registered o,
voted
r. A. Newport-"Not registered or
voted
]. w. Newton--"Not registered 81
voted by that name"
Chas. Owens-"Not genuine sigma,
ture''
]. Fl. Owings-"On Back of page
1874. Not verified. Not sjnged petit
ton
Ed J. Pilchart-" Not registered or
voted,
On page 179 Of petition--ten names.
Not voted or registered. Illegible.'
G.. w. Proctor-"Not his signature. .
Willis Parks mot voted or regis.
tered"
J. A. Pentzer-"Not registered or
voted by that name
d. w. Parker-"Name duplicated on
pages 211 and 237''
: J. A. Rosenauer-"Not registered OF
voted"
VIM. Redesonhed- Not registered
or voted
G.. G. Tovera-"Not registered or
voted.'
e. RI. Junkins--"Not registered or
John Johnson-"Not registered or
Toted."
Edgar Kcnyon"Sot registered or
voted
Allen w. or N. Kullr-''Not voted
by that name,
9. w. Ludwig, by msrk--''Not his
signature
F. NJ. Louden Not registered or
voted
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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-09

Let the coal man enjoy that grin.
Hes had it coming for some time.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-01-30
Don't Miss This

Don't miss get-there-and-back ability. No
matter what you pay for your car, get
that You can get it for $500 or $1,000
in REQ. You can get it for $4,000 or
more in big car.
But get it.
Don's miss real power the kind that levels
hills. Don't mistake lot of wasted horse
power for that. Wasted power in
motor-car is like bad temper in man -
wears it out and does nobody any good.
Get real power
Don't get car that looks better than it is,
and is apt to be in the repair shop when
you want to 60 motoring. w
Whatever you pay for your car, get the
real thing; get motoring every day in the
year, and pay what it costs. :.-.~
$1,000 and $500 in REQ.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-07-14
To Report Death of It.li.n.

Governor Shafroth has sent a let
ter to Judge Bradfield and Coroner
Macy and no doubt to all the other
county judges and coroners in the
state asking that in the future no.
tlces OF the deaths of all Italians be
sent to the representatives of the
Italian government at Denver.
This action has been taken by Tue
governor in view Of the neglect of
some county officials in other Sec
tons of the state to comply with the
regulations of treaty now existing
between the United States and Italy.
Judging from the number of Italians
In this county the local officials will
not be called upon to send any no.
tees in the near future unless some
OF the gang now working on the
street railway should undertake that
long journey up the golden stairs
The Greeley tribune., 1909-07-14
Lightning KILLS
VALUABLE HORSES
u.ILN THE PLEASANT VALLEY
Innocent Looking Cloud Proves Dis
astrous to Farmer

The little storm which passed over
Greeley Friday afternoon ana sent
down "A volume of water whlie the
sun was still shining was not as
innocent as it looked. Besides
terrific hailstorm, which was scat
tered along the path OF the cloud IL
killed pair of valuable horses for
T.. T. Leake, who owns a large ranch
two miles east of town ON OAK street.
They were both young horses ana
worth Mt least $500. When the hail
haean to fall the horses sought the
shelter of tree about 200 yards
from the house. A few moments
later the lightning struck the tree
sIiyering the bark all the way down
and killing both horses instantly.
The damage from hailstones III
that vicinity was also severe. Ihere
were not a great many fell, put the!
were so large that they cut on an
.vesetation which they happened 10
strike. Mr.. Leake says that the
farmers in his neighborhood 40 not
hone for more than half crop.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-07-14
ORDERLY GRADE
CAMPS THE RULE
NO TROUBLE WITH LABOR HERE:
Absence Of Scraps Credited to the
Lack Of lntOXiCants

In conversation with two railroad
contractors who are now working
the Union Pacific new lines in Grow
Creek, both stated that they had
less trouble with their men and pro-
cured better class of laborers while
in this district than on any job they
had ever. undertaken. They attrib-
ute this entirely to the absence OF
intoxicants, and both contractors say
that as long as they are in the bust
ness they will make 1t an iron clad
rule never to allow a man to bring
beer or whisky on the dump
In most places the laborers haul II
by the keg on Sunday, practice
which was discontinued since com
ing here. There have been over nj
teen different grading camps in the
Crow Creek district since January
last, and in all that time there mas
not been a shooting scrape, cutting
scrape, or even fist fight The
contractors say that such quietude
has never before existed in any rail-
road camp.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-07-14
lmpromptu Musical

Thursday evening an impromptu
musical was given at the home Of
Mr. and Mrs. c. M. Good In honor
Of their son, Prof. Fred Good, and
bride. Prof. Good. who is at the head
of a college of music in the south,
played and his wife. who is also a
musician of more than ordinary abil-
ity, gave several selections. Prof.
Theo. Fitz Of the Normal sang q
number of solos. which were much
appreciated, and he and his wife
gave some pleasing duets. There
we're about fifteen guests present to
enjoy the program, which was ex.
ceptionally good throughout.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-07-14
TO GRADE SIXTH
AVENUE QUICKLY
U. p. IMPORTS IT'S OWN OUTFIT
The Track tO Be Laid Before Fall
Shipments Begin

Unable to procure teams in Gree
ley and anxious to have the Sixth
avenue track installed before the fall
shipments begin. the Union Pacihc
brought one of their own grading
outfits from Denver Saturday night
ard the grading of the avenue began
on Monday. The outfit. including
tents and machinery. belongs to the
railroad company and the teams were
all hired In Denver. They have
pitched camp on the open pasture
near the gas works, where they will
remain for the next thirty days, when
they expect to have the work COM
pleted. The track will be three
quarters of mile long,
The bridge builders for the road
in the Grow Creek district have had
some difficulty in the past two weeks
with the long bridge over Lone Tree
as the stream has been out OF Its
tanks for that length OF time and has
prevente d the driving of piles. The
track layers will have reached this
point by Saturday next and the bridge
outfit ia expected to have the Lone
Tree structure completed by that
time.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-07-14
A EERSEY BOOM
SAID TO BE SURE
QUARTER SECTION TO BE aDDt,,
wo1 q 'Hnver-Grceley Valley Ditcl,
Begins Monday
kersev Speciall


Ine oays OF Kersey's big boom
are at hand and no mistake. OF the
$4,000 acre tract recently acouired
soutn OF town by the Denver Reser-
vofr Irrigation company, the 100
acre9 adjacent to town are IN he
platted at once and sold for town
lots. rms 100 is on the hill and will
be the good residence district in
the Gays to come. A soft water we'll
Ia situated on this tract and it ia
proposed to soon sink another one.
BY this means Kersey will be sup
piled with as good water as any town
in the state.
But that which is OF immediate
interest to the great majority OF Ker-
sey people is Agent Roeschlaub's s
announcement that Monday 400
teams will begin work on the Den
vsf-Greeley Valley Irrigation COM
pany's ditch, The coming of the big
ditch, as il is familiarly known, has
been anxiously awaited for many
moons. Its advent means the trans
formation of prairies and dry land
fields into such spud and beetfields
a. have made northern Weld county
famous wherever agriculture receives
more than passing attention. With
climatic and soil conditions identical
with those of Greeley, there is every
prospect for great future for the
Kersey country. The new ditch will
reclaim 5000 acres. This tract has
been divided into twenty. forty and
eighty acre plats and will be sold
to settlers.
There is ripple of sugar factory
talk again and it is said by those
who know that Kersey stands an ex-
cellent show of landing the next fac
tory which the Great Western Sugar
company builds in this part of the
state. The rumor has excellent foun
dation, as it comes from q man who
understands the situation, II anyone
otuside of the sugar company's office!
does With the increased acreage
under irrigation, there IL NO doub
that fn6dlstrict can furnish the beet
II the sugar people will come throug
with the factory.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-07-14
TEN NEW LIGHTS
NOW INSTALLED
TRYING no BETTER SERVICE
Construction of . More Direct Line
Now Under Way

Ten out of the fifteen new street
lights were in operation last week
for the first time and the other fiye
Will be installed In few days Ton
lights add just S3 per cent to the
city's reflection. and the difference
Is noticeable when entering the city.
In conversation with the mana
ger Of the Home Light company this
morning he says that terrific storm
at Loveland Thursday night is what
placed Greeley in darkness. The
wires which carry voltage as high
as twenty thousand attract the light
ming and when struck by heavy
bolt are unable to carry the load
and burned out. Thursday night in
the vicinity of Loveland the wire
on the Greeley circuit was melted
for several hundred feet. The COM
pany has a system whereby they can
locate break in the current in an
instant and start out the repair men,
Mr.. Lindner. who has charge of
the local plant. says that large
gang of men are now working on the
new line which runs along the Union
Pacific right of way through Lupton,
Platteville and into Greeley from
the power plant at Lafayette. The
line which sends the current here
at present runs north from Lafayette
to Fort Collins and then back to
Greeley along the c. & S.
Mr.. Lindner says the new line will
be constructed in about two months
and the distance to Greeley will be
only half as great as the Fort Col
lins route. When the two lines are
in operation it IS not probable that
both will be out of commission at
one time. If the people can keep
down rebellion for two months
longer the light company promises
to make amends for all the cuss
words they have occasioned in the
past three months.
Meters are being installed in all
the houses where the old Home COM
pany had given fiat rates. but the
price will not be changed unless it
appears that the customer 10 abus-
iIg the contract by using more lights
than contracted, or is needlessly
wasting current.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-07-14
Two in Police Court

Just two offenders at the police
station this morning. S. b. Draper,
nearby farmer, fell off the eXcur-
sion train from Denver last evening
with three bottles of booze and a
fair sized lag. lie paid ten and costs
and went home poorer but wiser
and thinks 1t is cheaper to sleep a
jag off in Denver than to bring 1t
down to Greeley.
Another fellow was yanked off
the back steps of residence in the
south part of town this morning. He
was regaling himself with roast
chicken and strawberry pie when
Officer Ahrend took him in tow He
will serve ten days for begging.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-07-14
win Have street Fair

Alderman Hays. who Is acting
mayor in the absence Of Mr.. Houston
has given the Reiss carnival sho"
n hermit to appear here for the week
beginning July 10. The advance
agent states that the show is abso-
lutely clean and moral in every par
ticular. He says they have at least
$50 people and as they carry no
sleeping or cook tents all these peo-
ple will have to find boarding houses
while here. The local order OF
Eagles are taking care OF the ar
rGngements and will receive n GER
tain percentage of the gross pro
coaic
The Greeley tribune., 1909-07-14
LAYING TRACK ON
U. P. EXTENSIONS
WORK BEGAN AT WHITE CITY
Large Gang and Machinery Will Lay
Mile a Day

Track laying by the Union Pacific
began in earnest Friday, and
though it took some hours for pre-
paration, a half mile of track was in
stalled. A construction gang with
fourteen bunk cars arrived the night
before and pitched camp at White
City. At that point Y has been
completed to connect with the main
track. so that trains coming from
Crow Creek can turn north towari
Lucerne or south to Greeley.
The track laying Friday morn
ing began at the center of this
and last night the curve toward
Crow Greek had been completed. be
sides several hundred feet of track In
that direction. There are over 1OC
men in the construction gang and
they are supposed to lay one mile OF
track per day. At that rate they
will have finished the Pleasant Val
ley line by July % and will have the
rails laid into the town of Gill by
the first of the month.
The largest bridge to be construct
ed is over Lone Tree on the Pleasant
Valley line and that will be COM
pleted by Wednesday next. 1t is 12O
feet long and, like the balance OF
the bridges, is built on piles.
The rails used were brought from
the main line in Nebraska, where
the 7O-pound size are being replaced
with 9O-pound rails. AT the present
time it is hard to find anyone who
oliues to the opinion that the Union
Pacific is still bluffing.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-07-14
SIOUX CITY. IOWA. INUNDATED
Fall From scaRoaatng Fractures the
skull Of Denver Man

Sioux City. Ia, July 10.-One
thousand persons we're driven from
their homes At an early hour this
morning by food waters-of the Perry
Creek which divides the east from
the west portion Of the city.
The water rose in the homes OF
the district. which 10 densely popu-
lated, and for time the people were
terror stricken. Thousands OF dol
lars worth of damage was done to
property and all trafhc has been tied
up. Leo Bethschaider. an express
ran, was drowned. So far az known
this was the only death.
The Greeley tribune., 1909-07-14
Humane Officers Busy

+. j. Mcconnell. a humane officer
from Denver, and George Gale, the
local officer for the same association,
went to the Union Pacific grading
camp in the Grow Creek district Sat-
urday and arrested Contractor Con-
over. one of the largest subcontrnct-
ors on that work. They allege that
Conover was working n horse with
It's spine affected and that the ami
nal was being worked in crippled
condition. Conover denies the
charge and has asked for jury to
try the case.