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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-11-03
DAN SAMPSON
FOR SUPERVISOR

Was born in Wisconsin, and
after obtaining a good common
school education started for Iowa.
In the early seventies he bought
land in good old Audubon county
where he has been hammering
away ever since on the same farm
he now resides on. The transfer
nation from the native prairie at
$7 per acre to the beautiful coun-
try home worth $135 per acre is
here depicted. Full of energy
and good judgment, administering
the Golden Rule in all transac
tions with his fellow man, with
always good word for the un-
fortunate, cheering them on to
better times, showing conscien-
tious Christian spirit in his neigh
borhood or wherever met, we con-
slider Mr.. Sampson who is asking
your support for Supervisor whose
term commences January l, 1912,
the right man for the place.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-11-03
OTTO WHITAKER
FOR AUDITOR

Mr.. Witthauer was born in Penn.
sylvania and came to Iowa while
quite young. His parents were
German, having landed in this
country three years before Otto
was born. They removed to Iowa
from their Pennsylvania home in
1865 and settled in Guthrie coun-
ty, where he applied himself and
obtained a good education. He
commenced to teach in early man.
hood and became SO proficient in
Mathematics that his expertness
as an accountant attracted the at
tention of the late Cap. Stuart,
who, always on the lookout for
extra good men, employed Mr..
Witthauer in 1880 to look after
his grain business at Montelth,
where Mr.. Witthaner remained
one year. The Stuart interest and
business being larger at Extra, he
was transferred there. He re-
mained with Cap. Stuart for four
years, when his party learning of
his skill as an accountant and
bookkeeper, selected him as it's
candidate for Recorder, and he
was elected by a good majority
and filed the Office to the eminent
satisfaction of all. Having passed
through a strenuous business ca
reer and filled all, or nearly all,
the municipal and school offices,
makes him one of the best, if not
the best posted men in the county.
Mr.. Witthauer is RICH IN THE
KNOWLEDGE that Audubon county
needs especially at this time.
Then, while his location is the
south part of the county, part
that for years has had NO REPRE-
sENTATIoN, surely his candidacy
should be considered by ALL FAIR
MINDED MEN. His genial spirit
prlngs Iorth a good word for all
mankind; his great popularity
demands his services all over the
territory south, where he is best
known. His excellent business
qualification is sought after by
merchants in invoicing, and farm
ers during sales, and everywhere
where expert knowledge is reauir.
ed. Voters Witthauers
election to the office of Auditor of
Audubon county means much to
YOU. Your cross in the square
before his name will elect him;
THE BEST MAN FOR THE PLACE since
the days of that much respected
Tom Walker. We all honored
Tom for lis great business ability
and integrity, aud in case of the
election of Mr.. Witthauer we shall
see everything in county matters
on business basis again.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-11-03
RALPH D. HAWKS
FOR RECORDER

The subject of this article was
born in 1875 at Atlantic, Iowa.
After graduating from Atlantic
High School and Atlantic Business
College he served for two years as
bookkeeper and stenograpber for
the Experimental Station at Ames
under James Wilson, at present
our Secretary of Agriculture. In
'96 he was engaged in insurance
business at Atlantic and ir that
fall acted as Court Reporter at
October term of court in Audubon
county under Judge w. 1. Smith,
during the absence Of his regular
reporter. He then entered the
law Office of 1. L. Stated, at Extra,
and in '9S was married to Ollie
M. Walker, daughter of Hon. VIM.
Walker, at one time Representa-,
tive from Audubon county, and
has resided at Extra ever since, ex-
cept for two years absence at
Chicago and Muscatine where he
was engaged in business. On &C
count of his being an expert short
hand writer and typist Mr.. Hawks
work has been largely of a legal
and court nature, which has IA
miliarized him with legal forms
and requirements, and especially
fitted him for court house work.
He is a deserving young man of
good family with a good record
and unusual ability and will serve
the people of Audubon county as
Recorder correctly and with
credit TO himself and his party.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-11-03
CAN A BRONCO READ
%If Not, Then what=
Stopped The Devils Horses

Can q bronco read? Sure thing.
Read the proof.
The Dentist (that's Doc) and the
Devil Chats me) had couple of them
and used to flap in the air at the end
of the lines, as that little span of grays
whirled us over to Elkhorn land Kim
ballton each Tuesday.
They'd travel like news of "a scandal,
those two broncs, and would cut cor
ners like Ty Cobb making q three
Dagger out Of q single. OF course
they d stay in the road all right be.
cause il was fenced all the way, land
they we're as leary of wire fence as
our pioneers used to be of a lightning
rod agent) but they had taken post
graduate course in the art of finding
all the ruts and rocks on the highway.
About the funniest thing about them
was some kind of a wireless telegra-
ply" they made use of between them
selves. They would be trotting lei
surely along when one would suddenly
concoct some sort of deviltry. Then
he'd turn squarely about inside his
collar, you've seen them do that,
they all do it) take look at us over
the dash board to be sure and get us
by surprise. 1t didn't matter how
fast they were going, whenever they
conceived such a notion, they reverse
in their straps and buckles, and trot
backwards, long enough to see whe-
ther we were alert or mapping. After
such an operation, they'd swing back
again and one would say "Shall we
do it?" And the other would wire back
"Sure, Give 'em shock, they need it. ,
Then they'd bump into fence post,
jump ditch or hit up a ninety mile
clip before you could say Jack Robin
son. When we'd recover they'd
stretch their necks. look us straight in
the eyes and gives US the merry haw!
haw! haw!-regular horse laugh, so to
speak.
One bright June morning Docky
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-11-03
WALTER CREES
FOR SHERIFF

Walter Crees, the Democratic
candidate for Sheriff, was raised to
manhood on a farm near Hamlin.
His party, two years ago, without
knowledge on his part put his name
on their ticket, and so popular was
the move that Mr.. Crees was elect
ed without much work on his part.
lie was thorough farmer and not
seeking the office, but it was plain
ly the office seeking the man. His
careful control of the Office In all
its details since his incumbency
are very satisfactory to his friends
and having served one term with
out complaint, he asks your kind
consideration of his case when at
the polls next Tuesday.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-11-03
Ed F. JOHNSON
FOR SUPERVISOR

Not often can we find men of
the Ed. r. Johnson stripe willing
to place themselves in the politi-
cal arena to be shot at by his enc
mics should he have them. Mr..
johnson is one of Audubon coun-
ty's most successful farmers, and
has made his means by strict
application to business methods.
His practices with neighbors en-
deared him to all. His honesty
and integrity are admired by
friend and foe. Mr.. johnson is
a candidate for Supervisor whose
term is to commence January 1st
next. There is little question Of
his election.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-11-03
MARSHALL SMITH
FOR SHERIFF

The Audubon Republican says:
"The Office of Sheriff Snnder our
present laws Is one of much i'm
portanee, and should be filled by
man fitted for the place. We
can assure the Republican voters
of this county that Marshall o.
Smith, the candidate on our ticket,
would make a Sheriff who would
look after the work of that de-
partment of the county govern
ment with ability and discretion.
He was fairly nominated at the
Republican Primary and should
receive hearty support at the
polls"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-11-03
THE SITUATION
And What Ought to Be Done at the
Approaching Election

AS election day draws near, the out
come seems to be falling into graver
doubt. If one may judge by appear
ance, The voters are doing more quiet
thinking than on similar occasions in
the past. AS a matter of fact there
is, of course, rather more to think
about than usual, owing to the confus-
Led state, into which county, state and
national politics have fallen. But the
noticeable feature of the present stu
alton is the clear determination of the
majority of voters to act on their
OWN JUDGMENT, rather than to take
their orders from the MEN HIGHER UP.
1t is owing to this that the Con-
gressional campaign is still extremely
doubtful. If all the district were like
Audubon county Walter /. Smiths
case would indeed be desperate, as the
opposition within his own party is
both strong and determined. Voters,
who hold principles above politics, are
finding it hard to support Mr.. Smith,
and there is thus powerful incentive
to the average Republican to go tenn
porarily astray.
On the other hand, the death of
Senator Dolliver is tending to hold all
Republicans Steadfastly in line in sup
porting the party nominees for the
State Senate and House, since Demo
cratic success at this point might
mean a Democratic United States
Senator from Republican Iowa.
AS regards county politics, new
view is gaining headway which at
taches less weight to the party tag,
that a man is wearing, and more to
the matter of ability and fitness for
the position he seeks. 1t is absurd,
when one thinks of it, to employ
man for a position of responsibility
because of his POLITICAL BELIEF. The
private employer who would follow
such a course would be adjudged in
sane with promptness and dispatch.
Yet these public offices require as high
degree of technical Skill and involve
as great responsibility, as any pri-
vate position in the entire county.
The proper consideration is the
man. The POLITICAL PULL and the
OILY TONGUE should be RULED OUT
of the evidence. Integrity and ability
count. The candidacy of Otto Witt
hauer for Auditor, for instance, or of
Howard Kittell for Treasurer, demand
pretty serious consideration, notwith-
standing one is a Democrat and the
other Republican, since both are
men OF special training and ability of
the PRECISE KIND thatTHEsE OFFICES
REQUIRE. Each could stand on his
merits in competitive test, and each
is the precise type of man that the
hardest headed private employer
would select for such position.
And so all along the line, the first
consideration is the CANDIDATE HIM
SELF, rather than the TICKET HIS
NAME is ON. Professional politicians
should be consigned to oblivian, since
they are not business men and are out
of sympathy with the program of put
ting the county's BUSINESS AFFAIRS
UPON A REAL BUSINESS BASIS. This
has become clear within the past two
or three weeks. About the only
chance the public has of having it's
business managed asably and econom-
ically as the average private business
is to LAY THE POLITICIANS ON THE
SHELF and secure BUSINESS MEN to
manage it instead.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-11-03
DESIRABLE HOME
Are You Looking For A Pleasantly
Located Farm In Good Locality.
Fair Buildings, Land Laws Fine.

For Sale-One OF the finest little
farm homes in Audubon County.
Right up to the city limits of Extra.
Fair house and good barn, wind
mill and we'll, all fenced. Not the
largest but one of the finest or
chards in Iowa, uowin it's prime.
1t you have little money and want
to buy a home enquire about this
one. Also have a nice little four
room cottage with one and half
acres of land with it. ALSO a pref
ty fair house with quarter block of
land with it all in city limits, cheap.
Ask the Journal about it.
sis,.{
Witthauer should not be forgot
ten on Election Day.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-11-03

Republican Ticket
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-11-03

Put a cross opposite the ma me of
Otto Witthaner for Auditor. You
will never regret it.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-11-03
7. NJ. RASMUSSEN
FOR ATTORNEY

To The Voters of Audubon Co.:
Business has prevented my per-
sonal solicitation of your vote for
County Attorney at the coming
election. | want to assure you,
however, that any favor extended
me at the polls, will be very much
appreciated. Yours very truly,
L. M. RASMUSSEN,
Extra, Iowa.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-09-10
Prosneets For Chestnut Crop.

There is a splendid prospect for a
good chestnut crop in this section Of
the country at the present time and II
it natures properly and without blight
We shah have the best crop that has
been known for years. The trees are
exceptionally heavy with the nuts and
with the first killing frost they will
begin to fall. The hazelnut prospect
is equally as good as that OF chestnuts
and like the chestnut, they will not be
ready for gathering until after the
heavy frost.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-09-10
TO BETTER POSTAL
DELIVERY SERVICE
Postmaster General Asks People of
Cities to Cooperate With Him
Plan to Eliminate Delays.

Postmaster General Hitchcock is
using every endeavor TO deliver the
greatest amount of mail in the short
est possible time by carriers in every
city in the United States which has
free delivery. In a few days. Post
master Henshaw will send to every
householder in Martinsburg the fol.
ing circular letter with a view to in.
creasing the efficiency of the carrier
service in this city
by direction of the Postoffice De-
partment the attention of patrons is
invited to the advantages of providing
facilities for the receipt of their mail
by erecting conveniently accessible
boxes or cutting suitable slots in their
doors. Such action would enable the
postmaster to give a prompter and
better delivery service with the means
at his disposal since the carriers can
cover much more territory in less time
if not compelled to wait for an answer
to their ring. Private receptacles for
mail are also great convenience to
the householder. obvia: ing the neces-
sity of responding to the carriers call
at inconvenient moments and permit
ting the safe delivery of mail in the
absence of members OF the household.
They also prevent the occasional
necessity of carriers proceeding on
his route without delivering mail be,
cause of failure to answer his ring
whiting a reasonable time, and enable
him to make deliveries to patrons hv.
| ing on or near the end of the route at
an earlier hour.
ut has been shown by actual ex-
perience that the benefits derived by
patrons of city delivery from the use
of such receptacles far outweigh the
small expense involved AS this Office
! is interested in furnishing the best
possible service at least expense, your
compliance with the foregoing sugges
tons will be much appreciated"
1t is estimated that the saving OF
half minute at each house in this
city would mean the extension of the
free delivery system and more fire.
quent service,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-09-10
Lieute nant Nelly.

Twentieth Infantry, First Lieuten
ant Harry NJ. Nelly, appointed to the
military academy in 1897 and now an
Instructor there.
Twenty-frst Infantry, Lieut.. Col
George s. Young, appointed a second
lieutenant in 1875 Capt. Walter G.
Sweeney, who served as private with
the First West Virginia volunteers
In the war with Spain and was made
a second lieutenant in the army in
1899.
Twenty-th I'd Infantry, Capt Harry
A. Eaton, who started his military
career in the West Virginia volunteers
In the war with Spain and was com
missioned a lieutenant in the army
In 1898; Capt. William Fl. Waldron,
who served with the West Virginia
volun GERS in the war with Spain and
was commission a second lieutenant
In the army in 1899.
Thirt,eth Infantry, Second Lieuten-
ant Delos c. Emmons, appointed to
The military academy in 1905.
Philippine Scouts, Capt John H.
Neff, who enlisted as a private in 1896,
First Lieutenant Julius G. LeSage,
who enlisted as a private in 1855.
FIRST Lieu, enant William J. Ayres,
who enlisted as private in 1894.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-09-10
Mrs. Bitner Dead.
WILL RETURN Mr.. FRENCH
VIII Succeed j. J. Driscoil Who Will
Go Back to Conneilsville.

1t is reported that Mr.. c. l.. French
formerly trainmaster of the Cumber-
land divion of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, who was promoted to super
intendent of the Connellsville division
when President Willard assumed
charge will be promoted to superin-
tendent OF the Cumberland division.
Superintendent J. J. Driscoll, who
came as superintendent to the Cum
berland division from Connellsville
will be retired to the Connensville
division and given his old position.
AS the Western Maryland will have
Mr.. F.. L. Brendel. a former Connells-
Vile Division man in charge of the ex-
tension at Connellsville the Baltimore
ad Ohio wants man familiar with
the conditions to cope with him.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-09-10
COWS PolSoNE Ed.
Mr.. J. Frank Thompson Lost Two
Valuable Animals Saturday.

Some miscreant poisoned two val
uable cows for Mr.. J. Frank Thomp-
son Saturday evening. The cows were
pasturing in the quarry field near the
old fair ground, which is not strictly
an enclosed field. When a boy went
for the cows Saturday evening both
were too sick to be driven home. DR..
Langford was sent out to see after
them about $50 o'clock and found
them frothing at the mouth, the sub
sance being greenish in color, .ndicat-
ing the presence Of paris green or
strychnine. He returned to town for
the proper remedies and when he got
back to the field the cows were dead.
A certain fellow is said to have
made threats that he would poison
any cows he found at large down that
way. 1t wont be good for him if this
cowardly act can be rightfully loid at
his door
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-09-10
PLANS FoR ELKINs.
It Is Reported That Family Will Visit
Rome in Octoher

Rome in October.
Paris. Sep. 5.-According to the &c
lair. the marriage of Miss Katherine
Elkins to the Duke Of the Abruzzi will
take place in February The King OF
Italy. according TO the same authority
will receive the Elkins family in
Rome in October, after which the
forthcoming marriage viii be an
nouncad.
Mss Elkins will be created a Prin-
cess. The only opponents of the mar
riage were Dowager Queen Margueri-
ia and the Duchess OF Aosta. The for
mer queen yielded to the Kings strong
pressure and wrote to the Duke of the
Abruzzi on August Is hat she would
be happy to have the marriage take
place
She also wrote to Miss Elk.ns in
reply to long letter the latter had
written impioring her for her support
and protection. The Duchess OF Aos-
will probably undertake another
journey to Africa. in order not to take
part in the wedding, which she still
opposes.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-09-10
COSTLY FIRE ON
SUNDAY AVERTED
Blaze In Basement of South Queen
Street Residence Kept Fire Boys
Busy-origin Is Mystery.

An ugly FIRE Sunday morning a
1920 o'clock in the basement of a
brick house on South Queen street
owned by Mr.. Paul Little, of Pittsburs
and occupied by a Mr.. Baker, a travel
ing salesman for a Washington firm
called out the Ryneai boys and Hose
Cos. No. 2 and 3, and for a while
threatened to prove exceedingly don
gerous.
The blaze started in the basement
of the house, where a quantity of emp
ty boxes filed with excelsior was
stored, and only the promptness of
the fire boys prevented the entire
property from going up in smoke.
BY hard work the firemen succeeded
in combining the fire to the lower story
although that portion of the building
was entirely wrecked
The loss to Mr. Little will be about
$500. covered by insurance, while the
loss to Mr.. Baker will probably be
several hundred dollars more, his
furniture being somewhat damaged by
smoke and water.
The origin of the blaze is mystery
as there was no fire in the lower por
ton of the house for some time pre-
vious to the time the blaze was dis
covered.
The necessary repairs to the build
ing will be made by Mr.. Little as soor
as the insurance is adjusted,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-09-10
Badly Burned BY Electricity

D. Singer Geiserp of Waynesboro,
district president of the P. o. s. of
A., endeavored to pun away an cleo
trio light wire which had crossed a
high tension trolley wire carrying g.
200 volts. In some way the wire
Jumped into his hand and the cur
rent caused the muscles to close. He
was thrown down, but remained con-
sclous as the electricity flowed
through his body, John r Lashley,
proprietor of the Washington hotel,
grabbed a dry board and with it
jerked the wire from Mr.. Geiser's
hand, which was badly burned.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-09-10
KILLS WIFE AND HIMSELF.
Children Witness Doube Shooting Az
ter Quarrel Over Money.

Wheeling, w. Va, Sept. 5-Theo-
dore Miner, aged 80, drew his pay late
Saturday afternoon at the mill where
he is employed as roller and in ten
minutes after he arrived home he and
his wife were dead
The couple quarreled about the di-
vision of the money in the pay envel-
ope, and while the three young chill
dren looked on Miner whipped out a
.S2-caliber revolver, and after shooting
his wife in the temple, turned the
weapon on himself and fired a bullet
into his chin.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-09-10
SEEK COAL ON PACIFIC.
Cruisers West Virginia and Maryland
Are to Make Tests.

Washington, Sept. 2.-The armored
cruisers West Virginia and Maryland
now at Mare Island, have been Sc
lected to make thorough tests of Pa
clic Coast coal with the view OF find
ing a coal mine On that coast which
will be satisfactory for use in the
navy.
In order to compare the efficiency OF
the Western coal with the Pocahontas
coal. mined in West Virginia, now
used in the navy, the West Virginia
probably will be provided with the
West Virginia coal and the Maryland
with the Pacific product
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-09-10
Mr.. Rateman Promoted.

Mr.. ohm l.. Bateman. of this city,
who was appointed about two months
ago to clerkship in the census bu-
reau In Washington. has been spend.
ing the past few days with his family
here. Mr.. Bateman was recently pro-
NOTED to the position of chief of one
OF the sub divisions in the ce lsus Of
fee, and is now the "boss" of IA
clerks, a job which he handles with
his usual grace and aplomb.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-09-10
KILLS HIMSELF ON TRAIN.
Man crazed BY Drink Puts Bullet
Through His Head.

The passengers on the Bahomore
and Ohio train No II were shocked
Saturday night by two pistol reports
from the rear of the car, and an inves-
tigaton found the body of man NAM
ed Raber He shot himself through
the head and was dead when the train
men reached him.
Raber boarded the train at Fair.
mont His body was taken from the
train at Warrington, near which place
he is said to have resided.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-09-10

GINA but appointed to the army from
Wyoming after serving in the war
with Spain as a volunteer.
Ninth Infantry, First Lieutenant
William A. Castle, born in West Vir-
ginia but appointed to the army from
Ohio IN 1901 after serving in the war
with Spain with Ohio volunteers; Sec
ond Lieutenant John A. jenkins, ap-
pointed to the military academy in
1905; Second Lieutenant John t. Har-
rls. appointed to the military academy
in 1908.