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World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1909-07-29
HE CRESsET
NORwoODMo NO.
LOCAL LORE

The Ed. was at Norwood on
last Monday az q witness In trial
before Judge Druton.
There was q large turnout q,
3O'clock meeting at the Arbor,
the Ed. preached On Heritics
being licensed in the Presby,er.
ian Church. AS a loss in Chris.
tianity and gain IN inHdellty,
We trust and are confident
that, our friends viii 70. think
hard Of Us for not putting any
slang or slang phrases in our
paper and for standing stars in
the place of those words. For
those words ere MT argument.
TIL Ed. and wife were invited
to take dinner with Mr.. George
Finley ard wife Tuesday they
accepted the invitation and was
treated 10 one 81 the finest din.
ne anu among other ,hirgs
they had q fine lot OF roasting
ears the first OF the season.
After dinner Mr. Finley took the
Ed. to look II, hi. crops which
are fine. Mr.. Finley has corn
that will brig aim one nu Aarel
hu. TO the acre
The Cciory mill has moved
to tie albert . nelson
place and a1v ono wantiu. Lum.
Der can e ,ary Oak dill. IN sions
in lumhee hat thay may order
from q it. down. AIRY thing
Under siytac1 fee. is one dollar
per hundred AZ the mil all over
that in length "i!l be mere. You
can lear. your order. v...h the
foreman of Inc Colony F Y. L. S.
Garrett or nv-ell Albert Donel. |
con ard il will be { lea.
A.nert DoneIson. !
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1909-07-29
OMA NEWS,
b. Forgetmenot.

Kind Editor Of the CREssET,
! will try TO write q few items
for our wonderful little paper
the WORLDS CREssET.
J " STEPHENS of Vera Cruz
spent Saturday night and Sun,
at -ir, Rockwoods,
Mr.. Elliott aud wife visited
Mr.. Winfield Vn,ctI's Sun.
Mr.. Zieher end vito open
Sunday at Mr.. John Smiths,
Mr. and Mrs, Ell Stephens
are having 3 protrsct.d visit in
Ozark Go, visiting their daughter
Mrs. Brown.
Oscar Sisco Is on the sick list,
this week.
Ethel Rock rcad snd her Urcle
Bruce spent SIT. night ard Sun.
at Mr.. Sisco's.
HayinG IS about oil done In this
part OF t:ie .oULt1y,
Mrs. J. T. Broaius and dau. |
.hser Via * Appleton City No.
ere expec ed down on q visit
sccn.
The Vaughn girls spent Sun |
evening :. Mr.. E:zcnepergcrs,
listening .. the phonograph. J
Harrison McIato,h csd Jobni
Vaughn ere intending 70 60 awayi
r1es Gay. !
Minnie Smith entertained |
"ollie Z!eber Last Sat. night and
Sunday.
Alice Miller vas 9 pleasant
'uest ct MIR. Slsco's Sun.
AZ this ID al for this time will |
lose. !
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1909-07-29

The Ed. is an agent for the
belleville separator and theJumbo
engine, THE BEST that is made
we knew what we are TALKING
about, we have been running thd
engine now for four years. W4
will sell you one or both of th(
engine or separator and also TIL
hay bailer unsurpassed call and
see US, or write us. Now ia thu
time to buy: Come let us ,el
you to the worth Of your mou :
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1909-07-29

place and any one wanting Lam
Der can get any Oak dimensions.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1909-07-29

sreab many more IaUUr SAVING
machines as every man would
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1909-07-29

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Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-14
DEMAND IS HEAVY
FOR BANQUET SEATS
HUNDREDS WILL GREET HENEY
FRIDAY EVENING
Good Government Love Feast Bids
Fair to Be One Of Notable
Gatherings of Los
Angeles

From present indications prepara-
tions for the banquet 20 the precinct
workers and city Cfficials-eleCt at
Levy's Friday night will have to be
enlarged. so rapidly are the tickets
being sold 1t was planned at first to
limit the tickets to 500 but there have
been so many requests to date and
there are likely to be so many more
that arrangements will be made for
1000 if that number is deemed suffi-
cient TO accommodate all who wish to
hear Francis j. Heney speak and greet
the newly elected Good Government
officials.
Mr.. Heney will have to travel all
the way from Arizona, where he now
is, i'm order to be present at the ban
quet. He telegraphed Meyer Lissner,
president of the Good Government or
ganization, that he will be here on the
dot and will be ready TO congratulate
Los Angeles on her superb victory and
explain in a measure what forces were
at work to defeat good government III
San Francisco Several Of the can
didates will speak, although the def
mite program has not yet been out
lined.
Mayor Alexander will sit at the left
of the toastmaster and Mr.. Heney at
the right. The mayor probably viii
be one of the speakers and will thank
the workers for their invaluable aid in
the campaign.
owing to some misunderstanding the
date for the dinner was announced as
Thursday. 1t will be Friday night at
o'clock at Levy's cafe in the ban.
uuet room.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-14
COLORADO FUEL AND IRON
COMPANY IN GOOD SHAPE
Reappraisement of Big Iron and
Steel Properties Show Assets
of $1oo,556,476.o6

DENVER, Dec. 13.-A reappraise-
ment of the property Of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron company, announced
today. places the assets of that COM
pany, which was threatened with
bankruptcy a few years ago, at $780,
556, 47GO6.
The total liabilities are given at
$S1, PAS, ,147.66, showing a balance Of
Sla30S, ,32740.
The new appraisement Of the COM
pauy was ordered through the eTecu-
tive committee by John ID. Rockefeller.
Last year the annual statement hltd
by the company with the secretary of
state of Colorado showed its Liabilities
We're I'm bad shape, and it was evident
either some large interest would nave
to come to the rescue Of the company
or that Its business should be IN
creased to the point where it would
Wipe out the threatening danger.
The threatened bankruptcy of Few
years ago was due to an apparent eH-
haustion of its iron ore supply, but
it is now announced a supply Of 90
100000 tons has been developed, SUI
fcieut to run the big Pueblo mills at
full capacity for fifty years at least.
The development of valuable coal
and coke properties is also announced
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-14
POLY ADDITION IS
SUBJECT TO DELAY
HEATING PROBLEM PROVES
SERIOUS OBSTACLE
High Schools Of City May Be Over
crowded as Result When
the February Term
Opens

Los Angeles high schools may be
uneomfortably crowded when the new
classes enter in February because of
the non-completion of the addition to
the Polytechnic high school. This
work is now being held up because of
a failure by the building committee of
the school board to decide upon the
proper heating system for the new
building. The heating system question
was brought up at the meeting of the
school board last night, but action was
deferred until Thursday night. when
a special executive meeting will be
held.
-Four heating systems are possible
hot air tWopipe steam, hot water
and stoves. The last named probably
will not be considered at all. The city
health department has recommended
that the two-pipe steam system be
installed. but there is some objection
to this, as it will necessitate an entire
change of plans and specifications and
a consequent loss of time in the build
ing work The matter will be threshed
out at the special meeting and work
will then be allowed to proceed as rap
idly as possible in order to eliminate, if
possible. the possibility of overcrowd-
ing in the high schools in February.
In order To give the Los Angeles
high school class in civil engineering
some practical instruction, the school
board ordered that the surveying de-
partment of the Los Angeles h gh
school be instructed to survey and fix
the boundaries of the lots recently
purchased from c. F. Shilling. The
appointment Of V. J. Rowan as sur
veyor was rescinded by the board.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-14
BACKUS SAYS MUSHET
CHARGE IS TRIVIAL
COMPLAINT AGAINST LOCAL
COMPANY NOT UPHELD
Inspector Koebg Also Declares That
Work on Engine House Ha
Been Very Well
Done

A special committee of the council
composed of Wren, Clampitt and Lyon
spent the entire day yesterday consid-
ering charges made against the +. o.
Engstrum company by City Auditor
Mushet.
Mr.. Mushet charged that Engstrum,
in building the new concrete engine
house at Fifth and Los tngeles streets
had not followed specifications and
that the work was not what the city
is paying for
He showed that, while the specifica-
tions call for one part cement to two
of gravel and three of rock, the con-
tractor was mixing about two and
half of gravel and two and half OF
rock.
Building Inspector Backus declared
the work was all right, that he had no
exact knowledge of the material put
i'm the mixer, except the reports from
his Inspector, but that 1t stood the
strain required.
Inspector Adolph KOebig, jr., VINO
has been employed to watch the mix
ing of the ingredients, declared that
Mushets statement that the propor-
tions called for by the specifications
had not been followed exactly was, IN
a measure correct, but that 1T was I'M
possible to do so and do good work
He said that some of the graVel car
ried a larger percentage OF rock anu
when gravel running high in rock was
delivered the required proportions OF
rock was not used because the amount
of fine gravel would not fill the voids.
Mr.. Backus declared that 1t was I'M
possible to follow specifications tor
concrete exactly because the materials
did not come graded, and that some
judgment had to be used to mix the
concrete properly.
The committee will report today.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-14
Municipal Affairs
MAYOR RETURNS TO
FACE SERIOUS WORK
IMPORTANT APPOINTMENTS
MUST BE MADE
Much Guessing Apparent as to Per-
sonne of Public Utilities
Commission and
other Boards

Mayor Alexander will return to his
Office today after a visit of a few days
with his son at Redlands and when he
sits down to his big mahogany table
he will find several knotty problems
confronting him.
Who are TO be the three public utility
commissioners? By a big vote, the
people decided last Tuesday that
Dromgold's corporation public utility
ordinance should be superseded by one
that could do some good and three
good men must he picked for this
new commission. This will be one of
the most important commissions in the
city and the matter of their selection
is one of much care. They must be
named soon for they will have to make
a report in February.
Who will be the police commissioner
to succeed j. j. Andrews, councilman
elect? Every one is guessing but it is
doubtful if even the mayor has fully
made up his mind on this important
subject.
Who will be the fire commissioner to
succeed Martin Betkousk, councilman
elect? More guessing has been done
on this but the mayor keeps his own
counsel and will not announce his ap-
pointment until he is ready.
Prof c. f. Locke of Polytechnic high
school is the one whose name is men
toned most often for the place on the
park commission left vacant by the
election of Richmond Plant to the
council, but the mayor has not yet
signifled that Locke is his choice.
The mayor also must begin to con-
slider who he will appoint to the board
of public works to succeed President
A. A. Hubbard, whose term expires
January
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-14
MONTHLY ELECTION
HABIT CONTINUED
HOLLYWOOD ANNEXATION TO
COME UP JAN. "a
Bairdstown, Eagle Rock, Tropieo and
San Rafael Heights Also
Knocking on City's
Doors

The Los Angeles habit of holding
some kind Of an election at least once
a month is not to be broken, for the
consolidation election with Hollywood
is to be held Monday, January "a. 1t
looked for a time, when the bond
election was changed TO February,
that there would be no January cleo
ton, but this is changed in an ordi-
nance the city attorney will present to
the council at it's meeting today.
The petition asking that consolida-
ton election be called was verified last
night, and today the council probably
will pass the ordinance.
Encouraged by the success of the
Hollywood petitioners, about twenty
delegates, representing a number of
sections TO the east and north of Los
Angeles, held a meeting in the city at
torney's Office yesterday morning to
prepare plans for anneXing a large ter
ritOry and about $1,000 population.
The delegates We're from Belvedere,
Rose Hill, East Hollywood, Bairds-
town. Hermon, Arroyo Seco, New
York valley, Eagle Rock valley and
Annandale valley. In addition to thNe
places. the proposed lines include Grif-
fifth Park, Tropico and San Rafael
Heights. a committee was appointed
at the meeting yesterday to present
the proposition to the directors of the
chamber of commerce when they meet
Wednesday afternoon.
The petitioners declare they viii not
ask the city for any water until the
owens river is brought to Los Angeles,
but they want the privilege of having
their streets improved under city spec
ifications and by Nrooman act pro-
CeedingS.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-14
TO RETURN FOR TRIAL IF
NEGROES KEPT OFF JURY
Judge Indicted for FeIonious Assault
on Contemporary Says He De-
sres Only Fair Treatment

ROANOKE, Va, Dec. 13.-If assur-
ance is given him that he will have
fair trial and that negroes will not be
drawn on the jury, Judge Samuel w.
Williams, attorney general-elect OF
Virginia, will return to Welch, w.
Va, to answer to charge of felo-
nious assault on former Judge Saun-
ders of the supreme court of West
Virginia.
Judge Williams struck his fellow
jurist with an nkWeu during quar-
rel i'm a courtroom at Welch several
months ago. He has been indicted.
After a conference with his counsel,
Judge Williams returned to his home
at WyetheNile, determined, it is said,
to resist extradition If the report he
would suffer bodily harm at the hands
of the people of Welch, if he returned
there, is confirmed.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-14
JUDGE BEN B. LINDSEY
CHARGED WITH LIBEL
Noted Denver PhiIanthropist and Mag
azine Writer Is Sued for
$4,000 Damages

DENVER, Dec. 13-W. G. smith, for
mer speaker of the Colorado house of
representatives, today brought suit for
$4,000 damages each against Judge Ben
l.. Lindsey of Denver and Harvey H.
O'Higgins a magazine writer.
Smith alleges defamation of character
i'm a series Of articles now running un-
der the heading of THE Beast and the
jungle" in an eastern magazine.
The articles, which claim to be a
history of inside politics in Denver Tor
the last few years. were prepared by
O'Higgins, the material being obtained
from Judge Lindsey.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-14
TUG RESCUES BARKENTINE
FROM DANGEROUS POSITION

VICTORIA, b. c., Dec. 13-The
lumber laden barkentine Benicia,
which was in distress south of Cape
Flattery and for which the gravest
fears were felt, has been picked up
by the tug Tyee and is being towed
to Port Townsend.
The Benicia reports sighting guam
titles of wreckage twenty-three miles
southwest of Cape Flattery, including
a mast painted red and having tangled
rigging.
The yawl-rigged 24-footer Olympic
which left here eight days ago for
San Francisco, and returned with her
mizzenmast carried away after bat
tling with heavy gales, headed for
Cape Flattery. The yacht had her
owner, w. Ashe of Lethebridge, ani
wife, and II. Glenville and wife of
Lethebridge on board.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-14
APPLY FOR INJUNCTION
AGAINST BRICKLAYERS
Contractors Ask That Laborers on
Strike Be Restrained from In
terfering with Work

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 13-Application
was made today to Judge Smith Nc
Pherson of the federal district court
by ]. c. Robinson & Son, contractors,
for an injunction to restrain the Brick
layers and Masons' International union
Of ST. Louis from interfering with
bricklayers at work on the 100000
Roman Catholic cathedral now in
process of construction here.
The plaintiffs say they are under
contract with Archbishop Glennon to
complete the cathedral by November
Is, 1910, and that the defendants have
agreed to work for 55 cents an hour,
but that on June ! a demand was maGe
for 20 cents an hour. The company
refused to pay it and the men struck.
Since that time, it is alleged the men
have picketed the neighborhood and
have done many acts of violence.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-14
ONE KILLED, SEVERAL HURT
IN WRECK OF WORK TRAIN
Grade of Railroad coIlapses, Engine
Drops Five Feet and Cars Are
Piled in Tangled Mass

BELLINGHANI, Wash, Dec. 13-L.
B. Lomone of Everett was killed, L.
Diome was fatally injured and half a
dozen italian laboreTs were seriously
hurt in a wreck Of Great Northern
work train three miles east Of Sedro-
Woolley, on the RockpJrt branch, late
Yesterday. The engine, caboose and
several fiat ears were piled in a tangled
heap.
The grade collapsed beneath the loco
motive and it dropped about five feet.
The fiat cars and o.Loose piled on top
of it. The steel in the nat cars was
thrust forward aus the train stopped,
completely Wreckiug the eaboose.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-14
GENERAL EXPENSE FUND
WILL GET ANOTHER JOLT

The poor old. depleted general ex-
pense fund will get another jolt to-
day when the council will have TO
scrape around in the corners of the
deficit and dig up $30225 to pay the
assessment on two lots. owned by the
school department, for the opening and
widening of Illinois street.
These lots are part of the Temple
street school property, and the state
law has decreed that school property
cannot be arbitrarily assessed for pub
lie improvements. The school depart
ment has the privilege of paying these
assessments if it so desires, but the
school board has emphatically declared
it does not so desire, so the councll
must furnish the money from the gen.
eral tax fund.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-14
Noted PhIIanthroplst Dies

GAINESVILLE. Ohio Dec. 13.-Gen.
J. s. Easement, railroad constructor,
philanthropist and a trustee of Lake
Erie college, died here today. Gen.
Caesment, a veteran of the Civil War,
laid the original rails Of the Big Four
and the Lake Shore roads, built the
Union Pacific railroad as far as Chey-
enne, constructed the Nickel Plate
from Cleveland to Buffalo and built
a railroad line in Costa Rica for the
government a few years ago.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-14
FATHER OF GRAIN
BINDER is DEAD
NOTED INVENTOR PASSES
AWAY IN WISCONSIN
LEAVES MARRIED DAUGHTER IN
LOS ANGELES
Left Here Only Two Weeks Ago
After Visit to Mrs. Norman
w. Church of Thir-
tieth Street

A telegram received last evening by
Mrs. Norman w. Church, 915 West
Thirtieth street, Los Angeles, tells Of
the death of her father, Charles B.
wilmington. inventor Of the first auto
matte grain binder, and known as the
father OF the grain binding industry,
at his summer residence in GAINESVILLE,
Wis, Sunday night Wilmington was
visiting his daughter at her home in
West Thirtieth street two weeks ago
when he was forced to leave because
of his rapidly failing health. 1t is be
lieved the journey to the coast and
the high altitude attained in crossing
the mountains had aggravated the
malady from which he died sunday
night.
Mr.. wilmington was 70 years old
He was born in Middlebury now
Akron, Ohio, in 1880, and settled in
GAINESVILLE sixty-twc years ago. In
1859 he sailed around the Horn from
New York to Australia where he land
ed during the gold craze and received
his start in life.
Mr.. wilmington began to experiment
in the early COS along the line of an
improved grain-binder. In 1870 he Oh
tanned a patent for an invcntion which
has revolutionized the agricultural III
dustry. In 1874 he sold the patent to
CYRUS H. Mccormick of Chicago. From
this time until 1894 he was associated
in business with the McCormicks and
he did special experimental work for
the Mccormick interests in his shop
at GAINESVILLE in the ten years follow
ing.
Mr.. wilmington invented many i'm
provements in the Remington fire.
arms. He sold several valuable CAM
era inventions and in connection with
the Mccormick Harvesting Machine
company of Chicago he drew tremen-
dous royalties from his harvesting
inventions.
He left widow and three daugh-
ters The daughters are Mrs. Herman
e. Dick Of Chicago, Mrs. Norman W.
Church of Los Angeles and Mrs Harry
r. Martyn of London, England.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-14
SAYS NEWSPAPER OFFICE
WRECKED TO STOP STORY
Police Adopt Theory Unpublished
"Write-Up" of Domestic Trou-
bIes Led to Explosion

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 13.-That the eX-
plosion which wrecked the office of a
weekly publication and damaged the
residence of a contributor to the paper,
Saturday night, was intended as a
halt to a "story" not yet published,
was the theory adopted by the police
today.
George c. Dyer proprietor of the
weekly, gave to the police the name
of a man whose martial affairs were
written up" some time ago and de-
clared his belief this person was at
least cognizant Of the explosion.
Harry b. WandeH, whose home was
attacked, told the officers he had moth
ing to do with the publication referred
to by Dyer.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-14
MAKES PERTINENT QUERIES
ON FIRST STREET TUNNEL
City Engineer Would Like to Know
Whether to Provide for Railways
and What They'll Pay

Before an estimate of the cost Of
constructing a tunnel in First street.
from Broadway to Fremont street,
can be made by the city engineer he
wants some questions answered. Octo-
Der 10 the council instructed the engi-
neer to prepare. an estimate Of the cost
but he finds several difficulties in the
way and these he suggests TO the
council in a report which will be sub
mitted today
He wants to know whether to plan
a tunnel for pedestrians and team use
or whether he shall include accommo-
dations for the street railways, either
by concentrating all the traffic in one
large tunnel, a plan he does not ap-
prove, or by building separate tun-
nels for the street cars. If the street
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-14
COUNCIL GETTING BUSY ON
SAN PEDRO ST. WIDENING

The board of public works will pre-
sent resolution to the council today
for adoption authorizing it to advertise
for sale the buildings on San Pedro
street, between Fifth and Also streets,
that jut out over the new street lines.
AS soon as these buildings are dis
posed of the work of opening and
widening San Pedro street between
these two points will begin in earnest,
and an improvement that has been in
progress for eight years or more will
be somewhere near completion.
Now that the courts have given ju
risdiction to the city in the widening
case the property owners affected are
anxious to have the work done as
soon as possible, and are making life
miserable for the members of the board
of public works. They want every ef-
fort put forth to hasten the work.
-
The Angels grill has excellent serv-
T. Ennrtl and SnrinR.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-14
HOTEL ARRIVALS

Walter r. Bracher, postmaster and
banker of Las Vegas, NeV.; Miss Blare
True, agent of the Indian reservation
at Banning, Cal, and George A. Dixon,
business manager of the San Francisco
Argonaut, were arrivals at the Hotel
Hollenbeck yesterday
w. L. Hamilton and Mrs. Grahme
Hamilton of London, England, are
guests of the Hotel Alexandria this
week.
W. II. Hawkins, a prominent mer-
chant of Las Vegas, New, and chair
man of the Nevada board of supervis-
ors, is a guest at the Nadeau hotel.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-14
Bridge Plans Completed

The city engineer has prepared
plans and ordinances for the construc-
ton of a bridge at Avenue Fifty-two,
and will present the ordinance of in
tention to the council today for pas
sage. This bridge is to be constructed
Jointly by the city and the property
owners of the Highland Glen tract
under the cash provisions of the Vroo-
man act. The bridge will be small
and inexpensive. The estimated cost
is $500. The council must transfer
$3.50 which it hasn't got from the gem
eral expense fund, which has been
depleted, TO the engineers fund to
cover the cost of the city's portion of
the bridge.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-14
Liberals Win in Spain

MADRID, Dec. 13.-Late returns
from the municipal elections held
through the country yesterday indicate
the Liberals and Republicans every
where We're successful. In this city
the Liberals elected twenty-eight of
their candidates and the Republicans
13. At Barcelona the Radicals tr-
umphed, electing nineteen out of a
total of twenty-three candidates. There
was considerable rioting at Bill
bao Barcelona and Malaga, and
number of people were killed.