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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-16
LAND DEAL INVOLVES $4,000
is Largest Eyer Taking
Place in Butler County.

Special to Times Republican.
Allison, Feb. 16.-A recent land deal
involving $4,000, was the largest ever
transacted in Butler county. A price
of 500 per acre was received by ].
w. Piper for his fine quarter section
near Bristow, by E. e. Cline, who in
turn sold his farm to Mr.. Piper.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-16
Vice President Becomes Cashier.

VJG0 FT68tVSUI 0SV0tIISS 0doIt01s
Special to rles-Rcpubltcan.
Keokuk, Feb. 16.-At a meeting of
stockholders of the Keokuk Savings
Bank, held yesterday, the resignation
Of Frank W. Davis as vice president,
was accepted and he was elected as
cashier to succeed A. j. Matthias, whose
death occurred few days ago. Mr.,
Matthias funeral was held Monday aft
erpoon.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-16
E. F. HAWK,
SANITARY PLUMBING
1875 West Main.
Phone "a.
STUNNING TIME

PLUMBING TIME
zones to all families who have up-to-
{ date ideas for the welfare of their
homes and families. We accept all
contracts for installation as well as all
/ calls for repairs.
WORK GUARANTEED
and nrices moderate Remember the
address when It Is up to you to need
the plumbers services.
BUCHANAN. EoueHToN co.
!, phone t42.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-16
OH 0P
At All Times

@ regards services in Plumbing work
whether 1t be q new job or merely re-
pairs. And the work we do is thorough
and always satisfactory, while the
prices we charge are satisfactory too
There il no time wasted by us, as we
employ skilled workmen only. who
know their business thoroughly and
use only the best materials In order
to ensure the most satisfactory results.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-25
Ant Hills and Flies.

A recent traveller in central Africa
describes an Interesting use of the soil
of ant hills. 1t appears that it makes
excellent bricks. of which houses are
built The natives tread il with water
into Il doughlike substance. which is
shaped in rough wooden moldS 1t is
then dried in the sun aud afterward
baked in native kilnS. The same sub
stance is found to make excellent ten
mis- courts 1t is mixed with waite,
into Il thick paste. spread on the
ground and smoothPd over with the
hands. The same traveller tells us how
the natives in the neighborhood OF
Lake Nyassa esteem a species of fly
as an excellent article of diet. 1t is
known as the "kungu" and appears t0
be peculiar to the lake. At certain sea
SOILS Of the year these flies appear IL
enormous numbers and are sometimes
blown in myriads over the land. II
this happens near village the natives
come out eagerly to gather them up
They make them into what they con
slider delicious OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Standard
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-25

The next witness was hard listed.
resolute yeoman with a bristling CHR.
beard.
"AIr. Gigson." said the attorney for
the defense. ARE you acquainted with
the reputation of this man for truth
and veracity in the neighborhood I'm
which he lives?'
II reckon am" replied the witness
81 will ask you to state what it is
well, sir. his reputation fur vrassity
well. that's diff'runt Some says hi
does and some says he don't
Witness" interposed the judge. "de
you know the meaning of 'veracityT"
81 reckon do
What do you understand by the
word?"
The witness twirled his hat in his
fingers few moments without reply
ing. Then he looked up defiantly.
81 refuse to answer that question
judge" he said, Ion the ground that Il
might discriminate me!"-Chicago Trib
uDp
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-25

below the level of the desk beside him
while he raises one of the Dingley
rates. tguratively speaking. from the
floor TO the ceiling in Illustration of
what be charges Senator Aldrich's
committee with having done. Let Sen
ator Gailinger. Smoot or Aldrich in
terrupt him. and he will stilfen. bend
forward as far as his desk will let
him and then. extending his arm full
length, shake his fist i'll the senator's
face while breathing words of defiance
i close second to Senator La Toilette
in dramatic delivery is Senator Cum
minis of Iowa. The Iowan is not as
strenuous in his delivery, but he has
hating method of speaking his words.
usually stopping them in the middle.
which. coupled with a high pitched
tense voice and certain grace of ges-
ture, also rubS him of some effective
ness in public speaking. Furthermore,
the lowan is not quite as thorough on
facts and figures as Senator La Fol-
lette. but is as good as any when it
comes to stating otfhand the funda
mental principles of tariff revision. As
he becomes more and more at home in
the senate he improves.
AS a basis for display of oratory
Senator Beveridge offndiana, who is
noted for this accomplishment, has
been lost in the tariff debate. He has
taken the subject as q plain. matter
of fact business proposition and re-
Trained from displaying his powers of
language. Instead, the senator has
taken a new angle. After somebody
else has let go of a high flown para
graph he will rise in his seat, reduc>
the proposition to plain English and
remark, That is my understanding
of it."
The senator who has progressed far
thest along the lines of real oratorical
and debating ability is Senator Dollivcr
of Iowa. He has shown himself well
able to take care of himself in Il rough
and tumble debate. He is master of
invectiye. with an explosive delivery
that sounds like an exhaust pipe en-
pbaSiZing every revolution of u drivin.
wheel. Not only has lie deal of in
formation on tap at all times. but he
has an unfailing wit and knowledge
OF the men with whom he is dealing.
He knows their weak points and when
cornered can usually wiggIe out by q
deity turned bit of sarcasm. accom-
panied with smile and nCdding OF
the head that reminds one of big
Newfoundland dog that has just scare
& poodle into nervous prostration by
barking ut him.
Senator Gore. the blind senator from
Oklahoma, has a style Of oratory al
his own. TIE usually starts with his
right hand OH his left hip. under his
cOattail. and he will alternate from
right to left of him about twice q min
ute. thus bringing his full face int
the range of everybody in the sena :,
cha mber frequently. Sometimes ht
will alternate this mannerism b.,
grasping his desk with his right hand
but he never fails to place his lei
hand on his left pistol pocket" HI:
voice is shriil and ringing. and he ha:
yet to be admonished Tor not speaking
loud enough.-Washingto Cor New
York Post
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-25
sea cucumber has a fiattened body. 1t

sea cucumber has fattened body 1t
occasionally moves at Il snaiTS pace
over the mud or sand, digging its
petals or arms into the sludge for food.
to obtain which it swallows Il fair FRO
portion of mud. 1t has power to sting
and so keeps away its enemies.
The sea lily so exactly resembles the
common lily that it is difficult to real
ize that it is an animal and belongs
to the starfish family. 1t has stalk
two feet long, with a disk for a body
The tentacles close round the disk
which has mouth. and completes the
deceptive likeness. They are the old
est fern of animal life on earth. and
their fossils are called ''stone lilies"
These creatures were believed to be
plants. ana many pople still refuse tC
believe otherwiSe-London Standard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-25
A Grand Family Medicine.

t gives me pleasure to speak a
good word for Electric Bitters, y
writes Frank Conlan of No. 43G
Houston street, New York. Its q
grand family medicine for dyspepsia
and liver complications; while for
lame back and weak kidneys it can
not be too highly recommended. y
Electric Bitters regulate the digestive
functions, purify the blood, and I'M
part renewed vigor and vitality to the
weak and debilitated of both sexes
Sold under guarantee at all drug
.gists. SO cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-25
EACH HAS A STYLE
Varieties OF Senatorial OratOry
Numerous as Senators
Themselves.
SPEAKING ON fHE TARIFF
Dolliver of Iowa, However, Consitl
cred the Real Silver TOngued
Article OF Upper House.

Ihere are as many styles of orator.
in the United States senate as there
are senators who declaim in that body
this tariff debate.
Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island
himself has made one "set" speech
since the tariff discussion began, but
IL did not SAVIOR of the oratorical. He
is too full of facts and figures. too IN
tent on the short cut" to give vent to
a rClndcd sentence which has been
FURNISHED so as to be worthy of preser-
Fafion as an oratorical gem. Aside
Dom his language, Senator Aldrich has
a peculiar style, equally his own. of
getting rio Of what he has to say. He
has SO grown into the. habit Of knitting
his broWs that one Of his friends who
sat In the senate gallery the other day
remarked, "Aldrich is rapidly losing
his good locks" This faculty of frouu
ing. combined with what Representative
Bennet OF New York has caused to De
known in Washington as Albany tao
tics" of deoate, is among the main
characteristics of Senator Aldrich's
style. ',Albany tactics" translated.
MEANS "Never say anything you can't
take back or deny" Senator Aldrich
Is ,lard to tie down.
When somebody else is speaking and
says something with which the SEN
ator is in hearty accord he will nod
his head vigorously. On the other
hand. if he does not agree with the re
marks of the speaker he will wag his
head sideways, which is the signal for
all the Aldrich camp to so into action
One of the really funny things of the
tariff session is the effort OF Senator
Smoot of Utah to copy all of Senator
Aldrich'S manneriSmS. He will lose
his temper in debate and be as over.
bearing as Senator Aldrich If opportti-
nifty offers, and he will wag his head in
unison with Senator Aldrich. always
taking care. however, to see first which
way. Aldrich is wacgiuC
La Toilette for High Tragedy.
For high tragedy the senate looks
unanimously to Senator La Toilette of
Wisconsin. In the course of his long
speeches he will touch every chord of
the human emotions. He needs wide
range of floor space on which to enact
bodily what his mind is thinking and
his voice is saying. He will stand
erect and then sink his upper body
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-25

Memphis, Tenn. and former head If
the Milburn Wagon company of Toll
edo, Ohio, who has been visiting rela-
tiVes here, is missing and the police
ere endcayorinS to locate him. Mil
burn suffered stroke of paralysis re-
Gently which affected his eyes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-25
Animals That Bloom.

Anemones, sponges. the sea cucum-
bers and certain other growths which
bloom and apparently behave in all re-
spects like plants are really animals.
The petals of the anemone. resem-
bling those of chrysanthemum. are
really tentacles to catch food and put
it into the hollow tube which forms
the stomach. where it is digested. The
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1909-01-15
A Sermon In Rhyme.

There amt no use Of worryin' +; it does
no good to fret. This fear Of what the
future has amt helped man one viii,
yet: The fellef who can cut it out for
now and for all time, is worth million
dollars though he may not have dime.
Diseases kill a lot of folks an wars take
lots. Of men, while big disasters wipe
'em out, oh, ev'ry now an then. But,
-hough each year they're fatal to a
great big mighty host, it's my belief
hat worry's got them beat-it kills the
most. You're only here little while,
my friend, 80 what's the use of lettin'
worry get your goat an with it raise
he duce? What if old trouble gets you
down an soaks you in the eye? You'll
find that he can't keep you there-you'Il
let up by an by. The flowers that
you knew last year, the birds that used
o sing: may now be gone but they'll
return to greet you in the spring.
There amt no good in worryin', of
that, friend, there's no doubt. So grit
your teeth an wear a grin an cut that
frettin' out.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1909-01-15
Raster in Hard Luck.

Minneapolis, Minn., Jan; l1.-Will.
lam Kaster of Max, N. D., arrived at
police headquarters Saturday night
with tale of being robbed twice in as
many days. He was given lodging in
the Jail over night and an effort will be
made to locate friends in his home
town, and send for assistance. =.
Raster sold his farm near Max, on
Tuesday: md started with $500 on hi.
person to visit a sister in Indiana, leav-
ing the remainder Of the money he had
received for his farm, in bank. He
arrived in Minot on Friday and says te
was drugged and robbed of $780, Lea1 !
ing Mipot Friday he arrived in; Mime
apolis early Saturday morning with
about $50 out of His original $soo: a. d
was .'touched'' for the remainder: of
his ''wad" by::a friend he made in! a
saloon on First street south. ~.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1909-01-15
Diversified Farming.

!" Kenmare News: l.. Sanders. liv-
ing nine miles straight: north of here,
is strong believer that dairy cows are
money makers. He is, a progressive
farmer, not depending on the tickle
dame Of fortune, but through business
and pluck. About May. lst last year he
started with eleven cows which COM
menced TO- dwindle :down to four by
October 1st. During that time he sold
1891 pounds Of butter, for: which he
received s374.59 cash; besides u ing
about 800 pounds for:f family use..' They
were just grade cows. partly from a
registered Red Poll BULL: the expense
wastoniy pasture along the lake and
Liter four quarts of oats and bran
mix ID with q little millet for each COW i.
Diversified farming does, pay. r.,
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1909-01-15
HOW TITS DONE IN. idaho.
frank McAipine Writes The Tribune from
Salmon, lda., and. Tells How Butter Is
Handled There Under State Law.

The Tribune is in receipt Of a letter
from our former townsman, Frank
McAlpine, dated at Salmon, Ida., Jan.
4th, in which he says. Il noticed your
talk on the butter,an egg, question in
a recent issue of The Tribune, which
according to my way of thinking, was
about correct. The merchants always
pay the same price for poof butter
that they. do for the pure, clean and
choice article. Here the name of every
man or woman selling butter has to b.
printed on wrapper that goes with
the butter, or in which it is wrapped.
and then if it is returned to the mer-
chant, the latter. in turn, retu1ns it to
the maker, who is compelled under the
state law to refund to the merchant,
the price he received from the mer-
chant for the Objectionable stuff
Frank incloses with his letter a
sample of the wrapping paper useo
with the printed card of the maker OF
the butter, which the state law O.
Idaho demands every maker and seller
of the butter to use on the butter hey
put on the market, the following being
q copy of the card that the maker must
have printed on the paper used by him
as wr.pper:
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1909-01-15
Bill Bell Playing Farmer.

The following letter received . few
days ago by The Tribune from our old
friend and former townsman, Will Bell,
will be of interest to his many friends
in and about this city:
Batavia, N. Y, Jan. z, 1909.
T. B. Hurry. Editor Tribune:
" Friend Tom:-As I promised to drop
you few lines after we became set
tied, will now proceed to do 80, wishing
yourself and family, as well as all my
old friends in Bowbells and the sur
rounding country a Happy New Year.
Mrs. Bell, and myself are enjoying
excellent health at present and are
living on farm one mile from Bata-
via, town of 1900 population, the
the centre of nice, farming country.
We are thirty-seven miles from Buffalo.
We are having an open winter here.
no snow to speak of as yet, and our
proximity to a good town, always alive
With business, makes fehere pleasant
and appear well worth living.
Will write you more at length later
;or and tell you how things are going
with US. Yours as ever, WM. BELL.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1909-01-15
l6---OUNCES----16
Choice Dairy Bntter
FRANK ,McALP1NE,
maker
SALMON. - IDAHO.

Frank says these wrappers, of a
solid oiled tissue paper, and the card
printed thereon, costs the farmer. or
butter maker $3.50. for 500 or 81 for
100. There: is never complaint heard
In his part Of Idaho about; bad butter
and. he: thinks this: law should be
enacted by every state: as IT: protects
the maker Of ''honest butter.,''1:as we'll
as the merchant and the consumer.
Regarding the price Of the article in
Salmon and adjacent. country, Frank
says: Butter has heeh..so cents per
pound ever since. ! came, here and eggs
have been;a high as SO per dozen this
winter. 2 He adds that. himself and
family are4well pleased with the Idaho
country, or r'at:least that part Of it.'ia
which they live; that Salmon:is live
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1909-01-15
Postal Savings Banks

Washington, D. C, Jan. ll.-Sena-
or P. ]. McCumber of North Dakota
has Fl ed in the senate an important
amendment to the bill to establish
postal savings banks. The important
features of the amendment are as
follows: The postal deposits shall be
placed in national or state banks in the
immediate vicinity of the place where
he funds are received. That they
will draw interest at the rate of 24 per
cent per annum, and that where it is
not practicable to deposit in the coun-
ties, states or. territories where they
are received they may be deposited at
nearby banks, or invested in state,
territorial, county or municipal bonds.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1909-01-15
n. D. Land Must Advance.

Grand Forks Herald:-W. NJ. Cook, q
prosperous Wells county farmer, is en-
thusiastic over prospects in this state.
From what he has seen and experience
ed he is' positive that North Da>ots
land is one of the best investments on
earth today. He says that one of two
things must happen: either Iowa and
come down, or else North Dakota Land
must 90 up. There is too much differ.
ence considering that laud here Will
produce as much as land there. Ten
years ago land in Iowa was about $50
an acre and nov the same land Cannot
oe bought for less than $1eO. Mr.. took
is of the opinion that land here cannot
help but snow proportionare increase
in the same length of time.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1909-01-15

t. According to a press dispatch. from
New York, one will be able in the near
future to travel across the Atlantic in
an airship, the passenger carrying
capacity of which will be-. as great as
that of the biggest steamship afloat.
Within a year airships Of that kind
will be actually plying between New
York and London, according to the
plans now being worked by Lewis
Nixon, who designed the warships
Oregon, Indiana and Massachusetts,.
= The first of the series Of airships
will be a comparatively small affair,
700 feet in length and 80 feet in its
greatest breadth. But the larger
vessels will have a length of 800 feet
and will be capable Of carrying $500
passengers, including the crew, as we'll
as fuel, provisions. ETC., necessary for
the trip. And, incidentally, the trip
across the ocean will consume fraction
more than two days.
..~- TO COST MILLIONS
Thurlow Weed Barnes, the president
of the "Aerial Navigation Company"
which is financing the new venture in
aetonautics, said this evening that he
exf ected the first of the great airships
to be launched within the next twelve
months. :~ : :~': ''* =:
He said that: there. were fifteen
directors in the company, each of
whom is power in the financial world.
And it is very obvious that nothing less
than the: biggest sort of: financiers.
could undertake 30 stupendous an enter
prise, as the smallest of the airships-
the one which is to be ZOO feet in.
len9th-is to cost not less than $1,oo0,-
O0Q. :~ -.
The construction Of the .airships will
involve four principals which have
never been used in combination in any
other airship ever constructed. These
principals are compactness, inasmuch
as even the passenger carrying part of
the ship will be within its body instead
ofmsrely attachedto il in basket7form;; ];
secondly buoyaacy: will be- secured by
indAtlng with: hydrogen, or other
lighter-than-air gas, not only the part
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1909-01-15
Bro. Ware Invests Surplus,

Columbus, N. D., Jan. l0.-1t has
just become known here that Editor
Paul S. Ware of the Flaxton Times has
become sole owner of the Columbus
telephone exchange including its rural
lines aid connections The system
was transferred to Mr.. Ware several
days ago but for reasons not stated the
deal has been kept quiet. Mr.. Ware
was here today and admitted the truth
of the re port and at d that in The
early spring the lines would be very
much extended and otherwise improved
pleased over the deal as they believe
the, improvements which have long
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1909-01-15

business town, and one has to but half
try and he is assured Of good living
tnere. 4. . ...
!: The Tribune thinks that the time is
not far. off when every state will have
in force just such q law as now govern
the sale of butter in Idaho, and when
that time arrives it: will be better far
f5r all concerned in the manufacture,
sale and consumption of the article.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1909-01-15
AIRSHlP A HALF MILE LONG
Will Gross the Atlantic Ocean in Two Days. 1t Is
= Said and Will Carry From $500 to
/. 49,. 5000 Passengers.

Of the body Of the ship. but. even the
followed out furniture and the pro.
pellers, which thus also become
lighter than air and will float if tossed
overheard above the clouds.
!; HUGE SUCTION PRoPELLERs.
The third principle is that of the aer.
oplanes, one of which will protrude on
each side Of the body of the ship. This
will add to the buoyancy given by the
gas, the skimming power which sustains
the. heavier-than~air ship. And, finally,
the fourth unique principle is that OF
helicopters, or propellers on the sides
pf the ship, which when run horizontal.
", raise the ship to any required height.
Ian be turned on swivel to vertical
position to propel the ship. In connec.
zion with the aeroplanes it is interest
ing fact that they will serve on the
large type of machine as promenade
decks for the passengers.
The front propeller serves not only
the purpose of drawing the ship for
ward. by creating vacuum of air into
which the ship is sucked. but by the
terrific speed of its revolutions it also
acts as setof to currents of air, and
will. moreover, keep rain and snow
from touching the ship.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1909-01-15
FUND NOW 100000
United States Leeds, With $500, 600
Sent for Earthquake Sufferers
Of Sicily and CaIabria.

A dispatch of the 10th inst. from
Rome, gives the following sums ex-
pressed in American equivalents as
having been received in Italy from the
various countries from the date Of the
earthqua up to the date given, and
from which it will be seen that the
United States, as is ever and always
the case, leads the whole wide World In
the mapnificence of its beneyolence:
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1909-01-15
Gronna Pleased With Work.

. Washington, D. c., Jan. 11>-Repre-
sentative Gronna returned from the
Panama canal Zone tolay, looking hale
and hearty. He expressed himself as
much; pleased with the progress and
character cf the WORK in the isthmus
a. d says" that his views are shAr-d by
every member Of. the con yress canal
delegation that made the trip.