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The San Francisco call., 1909-12-15
BALLIGER REvERsEs RULING

Manson thereupon wired to Washing
ton and through Judge Stockslager eX-
planned the city's contentious. Now
Ballinger has reversed his ruling and
will have the money retained pending
the citys application to carry on its
work at Lake Eleanor.
Manson expressed himself yesterday
as greatly pleased at the turn of events.
Advices were also received from
Washington yesterday that City At
torney Percy V. Long was busily en-
gagged there in consulting federal Off
cials on the question of San Francisco s
Sierra water supply. He has conferred
with Senators Perkins and Flint, Con-
gressman Kahn, Secretary Ballinger
and Commissioner bennett. A dispatch
from Washington quotes Long as fol-
lows:
There is no obstacle in the path of
San Francisco if it decides to go ahead
and acquire Lake Eleanor. | have OBJ
tained assurances from Secretary Bal
linger that the grants made by Secre-
tary Garfield will be carried out to the
letter. The question of timber cutting
is mere detail
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-10-22

brave ghost, indeed, that would put
in an appearance before Hogan. Ho
gan began work as cemetery sexton in
Des Moines in 1866 and he is now
siXty-siX years old and looks good for
more than score of years yet.
Father John F. BRAZIL came to me
and wanted me to take a job as sex
ton | first refused and then took
the place. He had secured twenty
acres and it was all covered with trees
and thick hazel brush. To put the
fence around it alone was big task
cut 100 cords of wood off the field
before it began to look presentable
Step by step the cemetery has pro-
crossed till it is in it's present condi-
ton. Some winters dug graves when
the ground was dug to depth of
four feet. Never have | had any seri-
Gus trouble. One time there was a
nun buried and report was started
that the body had been robbed from
the grave. looked at the grave and
told the sisters that it had not been
touched, but they insisted till / dug
up the body and showed it to them
and then they were satisfied. l have
never seen a thing in forty-two years
work about the graveyard that would
make me believe in ghosts or be the
least superstitious."
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-10-22
VISITING NURSE FOE TO DISEASE
Five Iowa Cities Adopt Plan for Com.
battinu Tuberculosis,

Ottumwa, Fort Dodge, Davenport,
Sioux City and Des Moines have or.
ganized visiting nurses associations
Each Of these cities employs regular
ly one nurse, and some of them two,
who spend their entire time among
the poor people of the cities where
they are employed bringing sunshine
and health into darkened homes.
tuberculosis, especially, and ali 9th
er diseases generally, get thei. foot
hold first among the poor. This is
true of tuberculosis, because the per-
son who gets insufficient food and
lives in the most unsanitary surround.
ings is the most susceptible to the at
tacks. insufficient or improper food
makes the best conditions on which
tuberculosis can thrive and this con
dition is found first among the poor
people of a city
Ottumwa has just organized it's as
sociation and has employed Miss
Janet Worden as the visiting nurse.
These associations are kept going by
voluntary contributions of the people
and the people are ever willing to con-
tribute to this cause when it is once
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-10-22
No Rest
Day or Night

II would lay awake for hours
without any apparent cause, or
dream terrible dreams which
would bring OH extreme spells
of nervousness. After taking
DIR. Miles Ncrvine and Tonic
for awhile | could sleep we'll,
and the nervous spells have left
me-" MISS ALMA HUG,
r. r, No. a, Canal Dover, Ohio.
Without sleep the nervous
system soon becomes a wreck,
and the healthful activity of all
the organs obstructed. Restful,
bodybuilding sleep accompanies
the use of DIR. Miles Nervine
because it soothes the irritable
nerves, and restores nervous
energy. When taken few days
according to directions, the most
restless sufferer will find sleep
natural and healthful. Get
bottle from your druggist. Take
it all according to directions, and
if it does not benefit he will re-
turn your money.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-10-22

Dlespoon. 3 tin plates, pocketkn1ves.
, butcher knives 40 inches,. saw
knife (13 inches,. long knife as inch
esl. rife tSharpe,. ! rifle Winchester,
22). 40 cartridges. hatchet, Alpine
ak. extra line and lashings. personal
bags
The sled equipment was 2 sleds
weighing SO pounds each. II foot fold
ing canvas boat. 81 pounds; silk tent.
= canvas sled covers. = sleeping bags
Teindeer skim. floor furs. extra wood
for sled repairs. screws. nails and riv-
cts.
The instruments were as follows:
Three compaSSeS. ] seXtant. l artificial
horizon glass. ! pedometer. 3 pocket
thermometers. ! watch. charts. map
making material and instruments. 3
thermometers. aneroid barometer. /
camera and films. notebooks and pen
ellis.
The personal bags contained four ex-
( ira pairs of kamiks. with fur stockings,
wooden shirt. three pairs of sealskin
mittens. two pairs of fur mittens. a
piece of blanket. a sealskin coat met
sha,. a repair kit for mending clothing
and dog harness. ira fox tails.
On the march we wore snow goggles
blue fox coats tkapitahs,. birdskin
shirts. wooden drawers. bearskin pants.
kamiks and hareskin stockings. We
/ fastened a band of fox tails under the
! kEee and about the waist.
Helping the Advance.
On the morning of March IL prepare
tons were made to divide the party.
The advance must be helped over the
rough ice of the pack edge. and for
this purpose koolootingwah and lnu-
gito were selected. The other six Es-
kimos prepared to return. One sled
was left with the cache to insure a
! good vehicle for our return in case the
two sleds were badly broken en- route.
A half gale was blowing into Nan
sen sound from the northwest but this
did not interfere with the starting of
those home going Eskimos. With
abundant game for the return they re.
qured little but ammunition tC sup.
ply their wants.
the dogs were gathered and the sleds
were spanned with a jump. Soon they
disappeared in the rush Of driving
snow. The crack of the whips and
the rebound Of cheering voices were
the last which we heard Of the faithful
savage supporters They had followed
not for pay. but for real desire tc
be helpful. from the dark days of the
ending of night to the bright nights
OF the coming double days. and theil
parting enforced a pang of loneliness.
Another Sleep Before the Start.
With snow charged blast in oul
faces it was quite impossible for us
to start. so we withdrew TO the snow
igloo. entered our bags and slept few
hours longer. At noon the horizon
cleared The wind veered to the south
west and came with an endurable
force The dogs had been doubly fec
the night before. They were not tt
be fed again for two days The 1,20t
pounds of freight were packed on ou1
sleds. and quickly we slipped AROUND
deep grooves in the great poliocrysti'
foes.
The snow had been swept from thu
ice by the force Of the preceding
storms. and the speed attained by thu
dogs through even rough ice was sucl
that it was difficult to keep far enough
ahead to get good course.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-10-22
of the P ole
Eighty Three Degrees Be-
Iow-Willing Savage Hands.
Marching Over the Polar
Seas ~ ~ ~
FIFTH ARTIcLEl

DRY. the lightest wood consistent with
great endurance. but every needless
fiber was gouged out. The iron shoes
were ground thin. and in every way the
weight of nearly everything was re-
duced even after leaving headquar-
tiers.
The little train. therefore, which fol-
lowed me into the farther mystery
was composed of two sleds. each
carrying 600 pounds. drawn by 13
dogs, under the lash Of an expert
driver. The combined freight was as
follows: Pemmican. S05 pounds; musk
OK tenderloin. so pounds; todnu. %
pounds; tea. pounds; coffee, pound;
sugar. 25 pounds; condensed milk. ~
pounds; milk biscuits. 60 pounds; pea
soup. powdered and compressed. ~
pounds; surprises. pounds; petro-
leum. 40 pounds; wood alcohol.
pounds; candles. 3 pounds; matches. l
pound.
The Camp Equipment.
The camp equipment included the
following articles: One blow fire lamp
(JeuelD. 3 aluminium pals. 3 Alumni
UNI cups. aluminium teaspoons. t.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-10-22


divorce case of Mrs. Golden Oberly
on the first anniversary of her mar
rage to Howard Oberly, and Sanford
Fair was her chief witness. Cruelty
was the charge and the divorce was
granted. Within five minutes Judge
McHenry married here again to San
ford Fair
While one deputy county clerk was
recording her divorce decree, another
was making out the new marriage
license. She would not have had to
leave the court room except that it
was necessary to go to the clerks Of
fee to sign the marriage license book.
After a year of tempestuous married
life, she enjoyed just five minutes of
single blessedness.
Judge McHenry told the Ministerial
association that the divorce laws of
Iowa are all right and that the rem
edy lay not in prohibiting divorces,
but in elevating the morals of the
community SO that there would be no
grounds for divorce, and he implied
that in that respect the divorce prob
lem was with the ministers to solve.
When one of the ministers claimed
that the teachings of Jesus forbade
remarriage, Judge McHenry told of a
seventeen-year-old girl who was di-
vorced from her husband only after he
had put one of her eyes out and 9th.
erwise mistreated her.
THAT husband should be punished
for the rest of his days and should
never be allowed to remarry," said
Judge McHenry, but you cannot con
vince me that the lowly Nazarene
would require that poor young girl tc
suffer all her life for her mistake and
forbid her to remarry. You cannot
make me believe that the social wei
fare of the community demands that
that innocent girl must sacrifice the
rest of her life
Some present claimed the CIR
should be punished for making the
mistake by not being allowed to re
marry.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-10-22
NO DIVORCE PROBLEM,
! SAYS JUDGE M'HENRY
Then He Follows 1t by Divorcing
a Couple and Remarrying the
! Girl Inside Five Minutes.

RnHITHIN little more than week
after he had told the Des
Moines Ministerial association
that there was no divorce evil,
Judge w. H. McHenry of the district
court divorced Golden Oberly from her
husband, Howard Oberly, and remar
ried her to Sanford Fair of Sigourney
inside the space of five minutes, and
this on her first wedding anniversary.
Now the ministers are wondering if
they fully understood Judge McHenry
when he said there was no divorce
problem.
Divorces are on the increase, yet
/ say to you gentlemen, there is no
such thing as divorce evil,'" is what
Judge McHenry told the ministers.
Then he invited the ministers to his
court on the next divorce default day
and promised them they would hear
such stories of cruelty that they
would say the divorce laws were too
severe, instead of too lax.
Many of the ministers took excep-
tion to Judge McHenry's views. A
few days ago the Judge, who was one
of the candidates for the position on
the supreme bench made vacant by
the death of Judge Bishop, heard the
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-10-22
Some Good Medical Advice.

Throw away pills and strong cathar-
ties hich are violent in action and al
ways have on hand DR.. Caldwell's Syr-
up Pepsin, which cures constipation
and all diseases arising from stomach,
liver and bowel troubles. 1t will cure
old or young, and is the greatest fami-
ly remedy that home can have. Keep
bottle always at hand. You may
need it any moment. 1t is absolutely
guaranteed to do what is claimed, and
if you want to try it before buying,
send your ad dress for a free sample
bottle to Pepsin Syrup Co., l19 CaId-
we'll Bldg, Monticello, ILL., 1t is sold
by all druggists at soc and 81 bottle,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-10-22
GUILTY, But DIDN'T
She Do RIGHT?
Mrs, Laura McC0nkey Steals Her
Own Child From Its Adopted
Parents and MustStand Trial.

Will it be possible to secure Polk
county jury that will convict Mrs.
Laura McConlley of kidnapping her
own four-yearold daughter from its
adopted parents. 1t may be that her
attorneys will frankly admit to the
jury that she kidnapped the child and
declare that her act is praiseworthy
and that she would have been less "a
mother if she had not done so. 1t
may be necessary to call in a K1ng
Solomon to threaten to divide the
child with sword in order to ascer-
tain to whom it belongs.
Mrs. McConkey voluntarily adopted
the child to Rev. John Med. Horn of
Highland Park. Horn claims that he
insisted that the child be left with
him six months on trial to see that
each side was satisfied. At the end
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-10-22

ARLY in January of 1908 the
X campaign opened. A few sleds
H. We're sent to the American
shores to explore a route and
to advance supplies
Clouds and storms made the moon
light days dark. and therefore these
advance expeditions were only partly
successful.
On Feb. 10. 1908. the main expedi-
tion started for the pole. Eleven men,
driving 1903 dogs and moving II heav-
lily loaded sleds. left the Greenland
shore and pushed westward over the
troublesome ice of Smith sound to
Cape Sabine.
The glc>sm of the long winter night
was but little relieved by few hours
of daylight. and the temperature was
very low.
Eighty three Degrees Below.
Passing through a valley between
Ellesmere Land and Grinnell Land
from the head of Flagler bay. in cross
ing to the Pacific slopes. the tempera-
ture fell to SO degrees r. below zero.
In Bal ford many musk oxen were
secured. and, though the winter frost
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-10-22

lAAUR M CI)NkE4,
of that time she still insisted that he
adopt it and he did, giving her per-
mission to come and see it.
Mrs. McConkey claims that for a
time she was allowed to see her little
four-year-old baby and then she was
hindered in every way possible and
everything was done to keep people
from knowing that it was hers and
tried Furthermore to keep the child
from knowing that she was its mother.
This touched the mothers heart and
was more than she could stand.
Il stood many a night outside the
home of Mr.. Horn and watched them
through the windows fondling my
baby. 1t was more than l could stand.
l stole it. know that it is against
the law, but | had to have my baby
back again. said Mrs. McConkey, in
the office of her attorneys in Des
Moines.
Some weeks ago the mother ap-
peared at the Horn home and sue
ceeded in rersuad,ng them to let her
take the child out to drug store for
some ice cream. She failed to return
until brought back from Missouri on a
rcquisition issued by Governor B. F.
Carroll and the facts have been laid
before the grand jury. J. W. Balm
the stepfather OF Mrs. McConkey, has
gone on her bond. He is wealthy
farmer of Kansas, being worth a quar-
ter Of million Mrs. McConkey's
mother has also been charged with
assisting in the kidnapping and is out
on bond.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-10-22
MISS JANET WORDEIN

MISS JANET WORDEN.
breeding places, not only for tubercu-
losis, but for all other kinds of dis
ease.
If there are sick in the family the
nurse attends them, sets things at
right in the home, puts the children
through a tub of hot water and soap,
the great sanitary agencies; cooks
palatable and wholesome food for the
afflicted and is a ministering angel
generally. They know no race, creed
or color. At first it is frequently the
case that the visiting nurses have diff
ficulty in gaining admittance to the
homes, but as soon as they are once
admitted this prejudice disappears and
soon there are so many requests for
'teir visits that more nurses must be
employed, and many a life is saved
by their efforts and many hopeless
one is inspired to new efforts.
Miss Worden of Ottumwa has her
Office in the Y. w. G. A. building,
where she has telephones and other
conveniences. She formerly worked
for two years in New York city and
later in Newark, N. j., and graduated
from the Philadelphia hospital in 1900
Her sister is doing similar work in
Duluth, MINI.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-10-22

was at it's lowest, there was little wind.
and with an abundance of fresh meat
and also fat for fuel the life in the
snow house proved fairly comfortable.
The ice in Eureka and hansen
sounds proved fairly smooth and long
marches were made. With an abun-
dance of game-musk oxen. bears and
hares-we found it quite unnecessary
TO use the supplies taken from Green
were left along Heiberg island for the
return.
Willing Savage Hands.
Thus we managed to keep in game
trails and in excellent fighting trim to
the end of known lands. Camping in
the chill of the frowning cliffs of the
norlhernmost coast (Svartevog,. we
louked out over he heavy ice of the
polar seas through eyes which had
been hardened to the worst of polar
| environments.
There was at hand an abundance Of
supplies. with willing savage hands
and a superabundance of brute force
in overted pelts. but for a greater GER
lainly of action over the unknown re-
;iuns beyond resolved to reduce the
force to the smallest numbers con-
sistent with the execution of the prob
lem in hand.
We had Travelled nearly 400 miles in
twenty-eight days. There remained a
| line of $40 miles of unknowable troll
bic TO be overcome before our goal
could be reached For this final tas9
able device to ease this hard lot; but,
in addition to a rduced party. l now
definitely resolved to simplify the en-
tire equipment. AT Svartevog big
cache was made. In this cache fresh
meat. todnu. pemmican and much 9th
err food. together with all discarded
articles of equipment. were left.
| In the northward advance every
factor of the dog train had been care
fully watched and studied to provide
perfect working force for the final
reach over the polar sea. Etnkishuk
and Ahwelah. two young Eskimos
each twenty years old. had been chosti
as best fitted to be my sole compah
ions in the long run Of destiny. Twen
ty-siX dogs were picked. and upon two
sleds were loaded all our needs for q
stay Of eighty days.
All For Progress.
To have increased this party would
not have enabled us to carry supplies
for Il greater number of days. The
sleds might have been loaded more
heavily. but this would reduce the i'm
portant progress of the first days.
With the character of ice which we
had before us advance stations were
impossible a large expedition and :
heavy equipment seemed imprudent
We must win or lose in prolonged
effort at high pressure. and therefore
absolute control and ease OF adapta
bility to a changing environment must
be assured.
1t is impossible to adequately con
troll the complex human temperam enl
of unknown men in the polar wilder
ness. but the two Eskimo boys coulC
be trusted to follow to the limit Of my
, own endeavors. and our sleds were
burdened only with absolute necessi
ties.
Cutting Down Weight.
Because of the Importance of ligh1
and efficient equipment much care was
taken to eliminate every ounce Of
weight. The sleds were made of hick
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-10-22
Its A Top Notch Doer.

Great deeds compel regard. The
world crowns its doors. That's why the
American people have crowned DIR.
Kings New Discovery the King of
Throat and Lung remedies Every at
ON is health force. 1t kills germs,
and colds and la grippe vanishes. 1t
heals cough-racked membranes and
coughing stops. Sore. infamed bron-
chial tubes and lungs are cured and
hemorrhages cease. DR. Geo. More,
Rack Jack. N. c., writes sit cured me
of lung trouble. pronounced hopeless by
all docto g " SOC and 81 90 Trial bottle
free. Guaranteed by P. A. Clemmer. F
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-10-22

life and hope into the dwellings OF
the poor Speaking of the poor, she
told the newspaper men of Des Moines
that she was surprised that more I'M
fortunates did not commit suicide to
get away from their misery.
Such squalor, such filth, such mis-
cry, you cannot imagine the condi-
lions to which humanity can sink and
without a ray of hope seemingly en-
tering their lives, it is wonder that
more of them do not commit suicide"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-10-22
NO GHOSTS, SAYS AGED SEXTON
After Forty-two Years Digging Graves
John F. Hogan Declares They
Do Not Exist.

John F. Hogan Declares They
Do Not Exist.
After forty-two years experience
digging graves at all hours of the day
and night, John F. Hogan, sexton of
ST. Ambrose Catholic church in Des
Moines, says there are no ghosts, at
least not in graveyards, and it seems
likely if they are anywhere they would
be there.
81 don't believe there are any ghosts.
If there are it looks like / would have
seen at least one during the forty-two
years j have been sexton of this Gene
terry" said Hogan, and his argument
seemed to carry weight. 81 have dug
graves at all hours of the day and
night, even at midnight and l never
saw anything white or that looked like
a spirit and don't believe there are
any such things. ! never heard of any
one else being SEXTON as long as
have, and | don't intend to quit now,
either"
Hogan is broad shouldered, deep
chested man and some think possibly
this may in a measure explain why he
has never seen ghost 1t would be a
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-10-22
Chance for Plain Dealer Readers.

In order to test the Plain Dealer S
great circulation and it's superior adj
vertising value we have made arrange
ments with P. A. Clemmer, the popu-
ular druggist to offer one of the best
selling medicines at half price to any
one who will cut out the following cou-
pom and present it at his store:
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-10-22
COUPON.

This coupon entities the no der to
one SOC package of DR.. Towards
specific for the cure of constipation
and dyspepsia at half price Csc. l
will refund the money to any dis
satisfied customer.
P. A. CLEMMER.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-10-22
P. A. CLEMMER
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS.

DIR. Towards specific for the cure of
constipation and dyspepsia is not an
unknown remedy. 1t has made many
remarkable cures right here in Cresco,
and so positive is Druggist r. A. Glenn
mer of its great superiority in cur
ing dyspepsia, constipation, sick head
ache and liver troubles that he will, in
addition to selling it at half price, re-
fund the mony to anyone whom it does
not cure.
If you cannot call at his store, cut
out this coupon and mail it with Is
cents, and SO cent box of the specific
will be sent you by mail. charges paid.
LOW FARES TO LwAukEE VIA
CHICAGO. MiLW ,uKEE &
ST. PAUL ~.
For the National Dairy Show, October
14-24. One and one-half fare for the
round trip to Milwaukee from stations
on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway. Minimum Excursion Fare,
$500. Dates Of sale, October ID, Is,
16, Is, 10 and 20. Return limit. to
reach starting point on or before Octo-
Der &C. Additional information from
nearest Ticket Agent, Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul Railway, or from
Mr.. F. A. Miller, General Passenger
Agent, Chicago. 2-4l
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-10-22
DOESN'T BLAME THE SUICIDES

Miss Eva Booth Is Surprised That
More Unfortunates Do Not Jump
Into the River and End 1t All.
Dressed in rags, just as she appeared
when working in the slums of London,
Eva Booth was introduced to a Des
Moines audience by Senator A. b.
Cummins and for more than an hour
held her audience spellbound while
she told them OF the work of bringi1 g
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-10-22
se4s9e|s4s.sas
! conquest
By Dr.. FREDERICK A. Cook

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