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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-20
CORPORATIONS PAY BIG SUMS
Attorney General Collected in Fees
$4,000 More That Expenses

Des Moines-Attorney General BY.
ers collected fees from various cor.
porations never before sought totaling
$2l,545 within the past two years
which exceeded the cost of conduc-
ting his office by over $4,000. In 9th.
er words the attorney generals Office
not only paiu all expenses. but clear
ed $4,000 for the state, so the report
OF Mr.. Byers, as presented to the
committees on retrenchent and re-
form, today, indicates.
These fees came from corporations
VINO had not paid up according to law.
NO attempt had been made to collect
them before and hence the money thus
realized is velvet" for the state.
During the two years this office has.
with the assistance of the secretary Of
state, forced the collection of the fol.
lowing fees: Omaha and Council
Bluffs Street Railway company, filing
fees. s15,015; Kettle River Quarry
company, filing fees, $515; the Sper
ry-Hutchinson company, filing fees,
$l,O15; Omaha Bridge and Terminal
company 9o,uuV; making total cOllec'
tions, $21,545.
Total salaries paid in the office. In
Guiding all clerical help for the same
time amounts to $4,000, in round
numbers. or to be exact. $17,74O.96.
There is pending and unsettled the
following: Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe Ry Co., filing fee, $25O.O15; Cudahy
Packing Co, filing fee. $120,15; Chi
cago Great Western Ry Co.. $1O5,000:
Chicago New York & Boston Refriger-
ator company. $1,5l5; Great Northern
Railway company, 100000; the Pull.
man company, 100000; the Swift
Refrigerator company, s5,O15; Union
Pacific Railway company. 100000.
and several others which we have
not as yet fully Investigated.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-20

was brandin' one Of our yearlin's;
that's what his business was"
Sagebrush suggested in addition,
Perhaps you mean that brandin' other
folks cattle is the regular business Of
the Lazy X outfit"
Anything with hide an no mark is
Lazy X to you ALL growled Show
Low.
you're goin' strong on reg'lar pro-
ceedin's, see." said Buck to Sage
brush. "You amt sheriff nv this here
county, are your"
That's jest It, Somebody's got to
act sooner or later, an if there amt
no regular law we'll go back to the old
times an make our own"
The Sweetwater outfit assented
unanimously to Sagebrush's declara-
ton of freedom from outlaw rule in
the county.
you're a fine lot to set up as law
abidin' citizens" sneered Buck.
"Workin' fer man that had to hop
the country to keep clear Of the rope"
interjected Peruna, who, heartened up
by the advent of Mckee, began pour
Ing oil on a smoldering fire.
Sagebrush turned savagely upon him.
sThat'll do fer you"
Echo walked hastily to Sagebrush's
side. She felt her presence might help
to avoid the outbreak which she saw
could not long be avoided.
| Peruna had lost control of tongue
and discretion by this time.
you'll never see him back in this
section agin. You all know where he
is-'cross the line in old Mexico. Why,
she's fxin' to make cleanup now
an sell out an join him!"
Sagebrush reached for his gun, but
Echo restrained him.
YOU he cried.
Buck turned angrily ON Peruna
"You keep yer mouth shetw he shout
ed.
Peruna subsidized at his boss com
mand, mumbling, .There amt no fe
male can pull the forelock over my
| eyes,"
"Take carer warningly called Buck
Peruna fired up again regardless O
consequences. why, see through
her game! She's glad to get rid of hin
SOS she can play up to her ranch boss
Handsome Charley there"
j Buck had to act instantly to pre-
serve his supremacy over his men.
/ Before any of the Sweetwater outfi
could reach Perunas side or pull gul
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-20
ara squafe tbs deal, Buck Mckee"

"Itl sqttafe tbs deal, Buck Mckee"
the Lazy X outfit. Seeing it was use
less to argue will, her. he said, Come
on, boys"
Ere they had ridden out Of sight
Echo sank exhausted on the seat by
the fire. She buried her face in her
hands and sobbed.
Polly played the role of comforter.
'Don't mind 'em," she said. Better
come to the ranch with me. You're all
tuckered out You've been runnin' this
ranch fer month like man."
Jpn take your advice, Polly, and ride
home. Tell dad want him. will your
To be continued)
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-20
Short-Horns for Sale.

/ have some young stock of both sex :
es; also cows, all recorded animals.
The young cattle are sired by First
choice, a $1,000 bull, weighing 220O
pounds, and one of the finest animals
in Winneshiek county. Will sell them
right and it will pay you to look, over
my herd if you want to get some extra
good Short Horns. Write or Phone
PETER T. HoyEY, R. F. D. 6, Cresco.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-20
No Liquor on Trains

No Liquor on Trains
No more may dining cars on Iowa
trains sell intoxicating liquors. The
house of representatives passed the
senate bill prohibiting drinking on
trains and in the opinion of attorneys
in the legislature the act puts quiet.
us to the sale of liquor in dining cars
for consumption while on the train
John Sullivan sought to have the
law amended to give members of the
train crew the power to act as officers
and arrest offenders, but this was lost
and they are only permitted to eject
Offenders from the train and call upon
local officers to take them into Gus
tody.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-20
Swept Over NIAGARA.

This terrible calamity often happens
because careless boatman ignores the
rivers notwithstanding ripples and
faster currents Natures warnings are
kind. That dull pain or ache in the
back warns you the Kidneys need at
tention if you would escape fatal mala-
dies -Dropsy, Diabetes or Bright's dis
ease. Take Electric Bitters at once
and see Backache fly and all your best
feelings return. "After long suffering
from weak kidneys and lame back, one
81. 90 bottle wholly cured me, y writes
]. r. Blankenship, of Belk, Tenn. Only
Soc at P. A. Clemmer's. T
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-20

Constipation causes headache, naus-
ca, dizziness, languor, heart palpitation.
Drastic physics grippe, sicken, weaken
the bowels and don't cure. Doap's
Regulets act gently and cure constipa
ton. 25c. Ask your druggist.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-20

to resent the insult Buck was on top OF
him. With blow full in the mouth he
knocked him sprawling. Echo had
seized Sagebrush's hand, preventing
lin from firing. The other men moved
as IL to kick Peruna as he lay pros
trate.
"Let him alone. He's goin' to ask the
lady's pardon" snarled Buck. covering
him with gun.
mo. I'll be- he began.
Buck bent over him. speaking in a
low tone, tensely and quickly "Quick!
i don't want to have to kill you. Don't
you see what I'm playin' fer?"
"He amt fit to live!" shouted Show
Low.
Buck turned on the cowboy. 1t was
his fight, and he was going to handle
| it in his own fashion
"Lemme handle this case" he inter-
rupted. "There hain't no man can trav-
ell in my outfit an insult woman You
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-20
For Sale or Rent.

Our store building and fixtures in
Schley. Enquire of MALEK BROS.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-20
Signing Bills.

Governor Carol spent most of Sat.
urday examining and signing bills
which were passed during the closing
day Of the legislative session. Secre
tary c. c. Nye, was busy verifying
the many code references and COM
pairing the copies with the original
bills. From the governors office the
bills go to the secretary of state.
where copies are made and the ar
rahgements for publication of the new
measures are completed.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-20

ASK ueT pdTuOii-
right smart"
Peruna strug-
gled to his feet.
Buck command
ed:
"Down on yer
knees"
A glance at
Buck showed Pc
runa how deadly
in earnest he
was. Reluctant
ly he sank to his
knees.
II didn't mean
what l said. l
hope yon will ex-
cuse me,'' The
whined.
THAT'S enough.
Now git up. Pull
yer freight
Buck ordered.
"No!" inter
posed Sagebrush.
The COW boys
seized Peruna.
Buck saw that
| his huff at boss.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-20

'Had dyspepsia or Indigestion for
years. No appetite, and what did eat
distressed me terribly. Burdock Blood
Bitters cured mel. II. Walker,
Sunbury, Ohio.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-20

Don't let the baby suffer from ecze-
ma, sores or any itching of the skin.
Doan's Ointment gives instant relief,
cures quickly. Perfectly safe for chill
.dren. All druggists sell it.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-20

The senate refused to concur in the
house amendments to the Peterson
bill amending the primary election
law. In the house the Lee bill was
attached after the enacting clause.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-20
swift Bill Modified

Swift Bill Modified
After numerous ups and downs the
Swift bill providing a penalty for fail.
ure upon the part of railroad com
pany to comply with the order of the
railroad commission, passed the sen
ate. 1t has been modified consider
ably since it left the house of repre-
sentatives, and in its present form
the penalty does not begin to run i'm
mediately If an appeal is taken and
the Judge of the court holds that II
is in good faith and RENTS the penal
ty
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-20

Don't Want Hospital Closed
Members Of the house of represen-
tatives are not of the opinion that
the state should close the hospital for
inebriates at Knoxville, and defeated
the Dabney bill making such provi.
sion.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-20

For the second time during the SEES
sion the lower house refused to
change the method of taxing real es.
tate mortgages and defeated the Calk-
ms bill providing for the deduction of
the value of the mortgage from the
assessment against the real estate
and assessing the mortgage to the
holder in the county where the land
is located.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-20

Never can tell when you'll mash a
finger or suffer cut, bruise, burn or
scald. Be prepared. DIR. Thomas
Electric Oil instantly relieves the pain,
quickly cures the wound.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-20

Senate Approves Gypsum Mine Bill.
The much-discussed gypsum mining
bill. which has failed to pass in legis-
latures for ten years or more, was
sanctioned by the senate after having
been amended SO as to provide that
the examining board shall consist Of
a coal miner, a coal operator, a gyp-
sum miner, gypsum operator and an
engineer The bill extends the laws
regarding coal mine inspection SO as
to cover the gypsum mines Of the
state, most of which are located in
Webster county.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-20

Assumption of Risk Bill
The house passed the Clarkson as.
sumption of the risk bill and the
labor unions are happy. BY its
terms the employee is given a de.
cided advantage in fighting damage
cases against his employer.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-20

Salary Is Increased.
Upon second trial Senator Allen of
Pocahontas secured the passage of
his bill raising the salary of the sup
erintendent of public instruction from
$4,000 to $4,000 This puts the salary
on the basis with other state officers.
The bill came up before the senate
upon a reconsideration.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-29
D1scoURAG1KG SMALL STOCKHOLDERS

A corporation tax law which exempts bond
holders and falls exclusively on stockholders
creates arbitrary and inequitable distinctions. if
the aim OF such legislation IS to reach income
from personally. 1t IS doubly oppressive to the
stockholders il il compels them 10 surrender .
per cent Of the sum available for dividends. and
10 see deducted in addition from the dividend
fund per cent of the interest paid on bonds
in excess Of the paid-up capital stock of the cor
poration- The stakeholder is singled out as he
one owner Of corporation securities on whose in
come the government levies in the guise of ex-
else direct personally tax. The tax is to fan
en the smallest as well as on the largest holder
OF stocks. there being no exemption Of q
minimum Of income, as is common IN most forms
OF the income tax. The policy Of the proposed
special tax law. offered as an amendment 10 the
Senate draft Of the tariff bil is therefore highly
adverse 10 one kind OF personally investments
IL cannot help discouraging the acquisition OF
small stockhoidings and the wider Distribution
OF the ownership Of great corporate enterprises.
Apart from the inequality Of the proposed ex-
Sase TAX en- corporations it will operate to check
movement OF great economic importance-tbe
dispersal Of corporate holdings One of the eff
fects Ct the panic of 1907 was TO force the sale
Of large blocks Of high class securities owned by
persons or syndicates longer able to carry
them Ihose stocks were purchased, TO q con-
siderable extent, by small investors. as was
shown by the remarkable increase between No
Tember, 1907, and November 1905. in the num-
Der OF shareholders in high class railroad corn
panies- The Pennsylvania Railroad Connany.
fer example, has now more shareholders bv d
per cent than 1t had in 1907, g large majority Of
them owning less than 90 shares OF stock apiace.
To put tax OF 2 per cent on the dividend re-
turns or these small purchasers of railroad
stocks and to compel them IN many cases to sur
render out of The dividend fund per cent mora
on the Interest paid on portion of the COM
pany's bonded Indebtedness will undoubtedIv
cause them TO consider shifting their stock hold
ipgs 70 other and non-taxable forms Of person
atty They have little nothing 20 fear from
the imposition hereafter of an income fax wifi,
q LIBERAL minimum Of exemption. They would.
therefore, have a strong inducement to curtajl
stock Investments and throw their stock back
OF tie market.
Our industrial system viii be the less sound
as ownership Of great enterprises is concentrated
se the hands Of fewer individuals. 4 wide dis
New-York tribune., 1909-06-29
PRINCE BTELOW TO RETJRE.

The announcement Of the impending retire
ment Of the German Chancellor does not con
f1ict with that of last week, that he would
remain in office and that the ReichStag would
not be dissolved. The earlier statement obvi-
ously applied TO the work of reoISanzing the
fiscal affairs of the empire. The government
proposals had just been rejected by the Reichs-
tag, and it was cOnjectured that in the face
of defeat the Chancellor would either resign
or dissolve the Reichstag. Last weeks decIa-
ration intended to correct that suppOsition.
It meant not that Prince Bulow would remain
Chancellor for life or that the Reichstag would
necessarily be kept in Office for fits whole con-
stitutional term, but simply that there would
be no resignation and no dissolution until the
financial problem had been solved. Yester-
days declaration was supplementary 10 aud
harmonious with that, to the effect that the
Chancellor would retire from office as soon as
the financial bills had been disposed of OF
course, he intends 10 force them through the
Reichstag if possible II that is at last real
lied by him and by the Emperor to be i'm
possible. he will resign and leave the tangled
web TO some successor.
The adoption Of the government proposals
would presumably be advantageous to the nation.
larger revenue is necessary and it could be
derived from the sources named in the bills
with probably less Hardship and difficulty than
AAoAsdHs OtueTsN u ne trouble Is InaL the Splrlt
or faction is again rampant in the Reichstag;
all the more rampant and mischievous because
of its recent suppression by the bloc The bloc
having been demolished, partisanship is more
intense and more selfish than before n state
of affairs not good either for the nation or
for the parties themselves.
This latter point was emphasized by the
Chancellor in a recent speech In the Reichstag,
in which he declared that in spite of Conser-
vative and Agrarian opposition the government
would persist in its efforts TO enact the
financial bills Addressing himself directly to
the Conservatives, who have given the govern
ment the most trouble, he warned them that
temporary victory was often the forerunner
Of defeat, and that ii they persisted in battling
the government and in resisting the Just de-
mands of the people they would dig their own
political graves. That warning has been strik-
lngy emphasized by great popular demonstra-
uonS against the Conservatives and Agrarians
who it is pointed out, have received more
iaVors from the government than any one else
and yet are now most unwilling to make any
sacrifice for the good of the government and
the empire. There can be little doubt that IL
general election were held now or in the
near future those parties would suffer ser-
ously at the polls. Nor it be doubted that
Prince Bulow is right in his contention that
his policy of organizing a government bloc
New-York tribune., 1909-06-29
CHANGES AT OXFORD.

Lord Curzon of KedleSton may become known
not only as n great educational and social re-
former. but also as the maker of an epoch in
the history of England'S oldest university, and
even in the public life and government of Eng
land itself AS chancellor of the University OF
Oxford he has applied himself with character
istic zeal, tact and information 10 the practical
reorganization of that venerable seat of learning,
so as to put It into more perfect harmony with
the spirit and the needs of the age and 10 fulfil
his own recent declaration that II is no Sleepy
Hollow which is druGged with the spell Of its
Gown enChantment or which spends It's time in
browsing on the memories OF the past In this
undertaking he bids fair 10 succeed where others
have been bafflC1 by what seemed insupeTable
obstacles. His proposition. for example 10 omit
Greek from the requisites for matrlcuation.
would a few years ago have been abruptly DIS
carded. Now. made by him. it IS received with
COmplacence and respect, IL not with enthusi-
asm. as an inevitable and desirable reform.
Still more striking and vastly more important
is his scheme for popuarizng the university. so
as 10 make 1t easily and naturally accessible
to persons of moderate means and inconspicuous
social rank. The proposal is favorably received
and will presumably soon be put into effect
So much for social and educational reform
and for an epoch in oxford history. But II may
mark epoch in British history as well. For
centuries England has been governed by what
Mr.. Gladstone called the classes in distinction
from the masses, and the two great universities
particularly Oxford-have trained them for
the work oxford has been almost as much n
training school for the Cabinet. Parliament and
diplomacy as Sandhurst has been for the British
army. What English politics and public life
have been must very largely be credited to the
great institutions on the Isis and the Cam.
Speaking on this subject a few days ago, Lord
CurzOn said: Oxford is indeed part of the life
"of the nation. She has written her mark upon
every age, and every age in return has written
'Its mark upon her. Here statesmen have been
"nurtured, and perhaps n good many who were
mot statesmen. Here kings have reigned
'theologianS and schoolmen have cOntended, re-
formers have even been burned at the stake.
"and those great ideas have sprung into being
(which, radiating from this centre have gone
abroad and have shaken the world
Now we are to see what changes will be effect
ed in the training of statesmen at oxford and in
the sending forth of those realm-wide and world
wide influences. We are to see whether the
university will cease to perform, at least so
largely, the function of supplying statesmen to
British public life, or will do so even more
largely, and will supply a different sort Of men
statesmen from the common people as well as
from the aristocracy. The reasonable expecta-
ton is that the latter will be the case and that
will enjoy an enhancement OF culture and intel
lectual dignity, to the substantial profit OF the
public life of the kingdom
New-York tribune., 1909-06-29
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
LFrom The Tribune Bureau.

IFrom The Tribune Bureau.l
Washington. June 2S-AIrs. Walter Mclean, wife
Of Captain Mclean L. S. N entertained at
luncheon at the Chevy Chase Club to-day in honor
Of Mrs. Beekman Winthrop. wife of the Assistant
Secretary of the Navy Others in the party We're
Mrs j. Franklin Bell, wife Of General Bell: Mrs.
r H. c. Leutze, wife of Rear Admiral Leutze:
Mrs. Newton E. Mason. wife of Rear Admiral Ma
son; Mrs. John Ross Martin. wife Of Pay Director
Martin; Mrs. William Barrett Ridgely. Mrs W. ].
Pettus, Mrs. Frank w Coe and Mrs Bohn.
Miss Cannon. daughter of the Speaker OF the
House. accompanied by Miss Gillette OF Indiana
left Washington this morning for New York They
will sail tomorrow Europe. spend the sum
motoring the Continent with party OF
friends.
Mrs Frank L. Denny and Miss Esther Denny
left Washington this morning for New York. on
their way to Beaver Lake. in the Adirondacks.
where they will spend the summer. Colonel Denny
will Join them there in August Mr. and Mrs. Will
tam c. Denny will join shem in New York and
accompany them 10 Beaver Lake
Captain and Mrs Elvin r. Heiberg and Miss
CaryI Crawford. daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs Joseph
Crawford will probably Join the Washington col
ony at Beaver Lake this summer.
Representative Herbert Parsons returned TO
Washington this evening from Lenox where he
spent the week end with Mrs. Parsons at their
country place, stoEeover Farm.
General and Mrs. o. z. Wood have closed their
apartment here and gone 10 Deer Island n. Y. for
the season.
Or. and Mrs Thomas NJ. ChataTd VIII 4eaVe
Washington in the morning for White Sulphur
Springs. where they have cottage. and Will re-
main until late the fall.
General James A Buchanan L. s A, has bought
the house at No. 22l0 Massachusetts avenue and
will take possession In the fall the return OF his
daughter Miss Helen Buchanan. from Europe,
where she is spending the summer with a party OF
friends
Mrs. George Pullman. OF Chicago. who has occu-
pied apartments at the Arlington Hotel for the
last two or three years, will make Washington her
permanent winter home IN the future. and work on
IA handsome home she viii erect in Sheridan Circle
will begin this week.
Mrs Nicholas Anderson has gone 10 Bar Har-
Dor. where she will join the Washington contin-
gent spending the summer there
Miss Marion Lsutze. daughter OF Rear Admiral
and Mrs. E II. c. Leutze. entertained company
OF young people at n launch party on the Potomac
this evening.
Mrs Annie X. Bond. sister OF Captain W. X
Doores. Of the coast artillery corps. and DR. Her
man A. Heiny. OF Wihamsport, Penn, were mar
ried at noon to-day by the Rev Robert NJ Moore
After a wedding breakfast at the home OF the
brides aunt Mrs Henry Hurt. Or. and Mrs Heiny
left Washington for Los Angeles. Cal. where they
will make their home.