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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-26
SOUND SENSE from JIM HILL
is OPPOSED TO six.FooT CHAN.
MEL FOR RIVER.
Archbishop Ireland and Gov. John
Burke Among the
Speakers.

ST. Paul, April 19.-James j. Hill,
empire builder and railway magnate,
was the principal speaker at the open
ing Of the new st. Paul hotel.
Surrounded by men prominent in
every active walk of life, Mr.. Hill dis
cussed the problem Of transportation
in the Northwest, with special appli-
cation to the Twin Cities. He criti-
cized the plan OF constructing a six
foot channel in the Mississippi river
from the Twin Cities to st. Louis. say
ing that less than 20-foot boat was
beaten by box car every day in the
week. He referred to ST. Louis, where
a 10 to 12-foot channel from st. Louis
to New Orleans is the regular order,
asserting that even under such condi-
tions, less than 1 per cent of the
was carried by water.
III we could get IA nor 18-foot
channel it might do some good, but
you might as we'll lath and plaster
the river as to dig six-foot channel.
built some boats on Lake Superior
and they were the largest boats on
the lake. They carried 5000 tons.
Soon found that for $28 day more,
could run boats that carried 10000
tons. A box car will beat any ten.
foot channel on earth. but when you
get fifteen-foot channel. the boxcar
is out Of the running.
Speaking again Of the waterways
questions. he said that deepening the
channel to 20 feet made Duluth the
largest seaport in the world and yet
the largest part of the lake business
q the freight there is handled by rail.
Governor Eberhart talked of the ad-
vantage St. Paul and Minneapolis
hold in a commercial way and said
that the Twin Cities were the key 10
the commercial situation in the North
west.
The program Of addresses was as
follows:
Observation-Disclosures Butler.
1.-THE Growing Northwest"
J. Hill.
1.-The Business League, Promoters Of
the New Saint Paul."-Paul Doty.
"The State of Minnesota. COVER
nor Eberhart.
"The Future. Archbishop Ireland.
'The Sister City and the New Saint
Paul"-Mayor James c. Haynes.
1.-THE Press and the New Saint
Paul"-George Thompson.
"The Railroads and the New Saint
Paul"-Howard Elliott.
North Dakota and the New Saint
Paul. Governor John Burke.
1.-The City and the New Saint Paul."
The Mayor of st. Paul.
"The Management of the New Saint
Paul."-Henry D. Laughlin.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-26
Notice to Stockholders

of the Northern Iowa Telephone Co.,
of Cresco, Iowa. There will be a
meeting of the stockholders of the
Northern Iowa Telephone Co. at its
Office on Monday, May 2, 1910, at 2
O'Clock D. m. for the purpose of elect
ing two directors for three years each
and secretary for one year.
G r. STORY, Secretary.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-26

successor has not yet been chosen,
All that Miss Spiers would say in re.
gard to the matter was:
you can simply say that l thought
it best to resume my duties at the war
department"
For ten years prior to April l., when
she became Mrs. Taft's secretary,
Miss Spiers was in the Office of the
surgeon general Of the army. to which
she will return. She Is native OF
Halifax county, North Carolina.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-26


Twill nothing COCK.
convince you?" excitedly. III lie should
offer me Il bride 10 kill this story
would you acknowledge then that he
crook"
"Why. yes. OF course ! would.
Twill you let me print that story IN
ms own way and promise not to IN
terferey"
..Yes. hut the GIRL Nolan reminded
him-"how do you think she'll feel II
you print that story
But brand was not 10 be swerved
from his purpose.
iii can't he helped. I've got TO 20
on. Somehow you know the Thought
comes to me thar perhaps it all may
turn out for !he best
well. l hope SO" commented the
newspaper owner. but. man alive. THIS
story -Uu"-
He was forced TO cease abruptly. FOR
Judge Rartelmy aud Ed Dupuy entered
the drawing room and drew near.
(To be continued.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-26

do you remember what II was that
first brought us lO4ptile
"ies; that story about Judge Hartel.
my. aud ii was a good one. aud you We
followed 1t up with a lot OF good ones
since. Why. Wheeler. there amt a
man In tie country that eau work ~
series like you can. Hut. do sou
know, TM beginnln. To inlnk mat the
Judge Is not all D.h Mind you. ! ~
not forgetting Old scores. but n"
seated himSelf-''did yuU ever THINK III
it. perhaps we haven't all the facts Ut
that affair! Some things have nap
p-ned Are you sure That hes so All
fired wrnuy!"
.Mr Nnlnl,. the haif hasn't been told
about Judge B;lrteImy:" cried Strand.
Well. this IS getting to be Il pretty
serious affair. We cant be too sure
about our facts.
''Alr \ulun. Judge Rartelny Is no,
only Il dishonest Judge. but ne seems
to nave IL destructive lutiueuce oil
every one near MN. He's corrupt anO
corrupting. not oniy III ms puDllc but
in his private lite
Wasn't wasn't it his daughter iha'
you were engaged to-"
"Yes. 1t was. AMI hes using her just
rs he did her moi her before npr.
you amaze me. What do you
meant
Brand took deep breath.
why. be surrounded her mother
with machine politicians and shady
fnanciers and crooked lawyers. He
sent her to the state capital when he
wanted to be senator. but II wnS i'm.
possible; TO Washington when he want
ed to be minister to France. and she
failed, and again when be wanted to
be Judge. and she succeeded. aud when
she found out that he was using his
judicial office to steal and that she had
only been a lobbyist for his rotten
schemes
.WeIl?"
"Wcli. it killed her. Mr.. Nolan. and
now he's using his daughter In the
same way. He's filling his house with
corporation jackHls like Dupuv. he
ing on your wife and daughter He
hates me. but he would let her marry
me to have his enemy in the family
and make him silent"
why don't you go TO the girl and
tell her." suggested the newspaper
owner.
"About her mother and why she
died:"
well. perhaps not. But ! hope you
won't follow the RarteImy story any
further I'll be just rs we'll pleased
1--WE got 10 follow it. Mr.. Nolan.
can't stop" CALCULATED Brand. i've
got the goods on him now. I've got a
story that will drive him of the bench
when we print it,"
'What?" half rising.
True: every word of it, Brand
paced nervously across the room.
"For Gods sake. Wheeler. don't 60
off at half cock" cried Nolan.
"Half cock! Why. ! tell you I've got
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-26

the facts. I've
been working on
it for months"
Now. listen to
me. Y ou' re Il
young man. In
spite of " ha t
you say about
him l know that
In his public life
he's mighty we'll
thought Of by
some of the most
prominent men
in this city. and"
-wea kly-"we
IL they believe In
him | don't-SPe
-Vhy"-
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-26
Senator Nelson's Niece Marries.

New York, April 10. - Miss Adele
Nelson, daughter of John Nelson,
member of the firm of Fields & Nor
ris, of Chicago, and niece of Senator
Knute Nelson, of Minnesota, was mar
ried to George Abbott Harum, Chi
cagO salesman.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-26

ROBERTS, Wisconsin State Veterinarian l9c6-7-s
Do you want Live Stock Paper whole year FREE!
Do you the best Veterinary Book published cloth
bound and fully illustrated, FREE?
Do you want FREE the veterinary advice of Dr. David
Roberts, State Veterinarian of Wisconsin, l906-7-8?
About these free offers and Dr. David Roberts Veterinary
Medicines, ask
For Sale by Edward T. Lomas Druggist, Cresco
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-26
Eruit Lost In Iowa.

Dubuque. Iowa, Apr. 19.-With snow
and the mercury dropping to ~, fruit
throughout this section has unques.
tionably been destroyed.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-26
Iessa lanes, Home Saved!

Chicago, April 19.-Three Nlilwau-
kee boys, aged Is. armed with bowie
knives and revolvers, bound for the
home of the late Jesse James in Mis-
souri,, were arrested by the police.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-26
h0Lt.ISTER.S
Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets
ABusy Medicine Tor Busy People.

VUIVCN NC11V"CU v'VV1s
Appetite for Constipation, Indigestion, Liver
and Kidney troubles, Pimples, Eczema, Impure
Blood, Bad Breath. Sluggish Bowels, Headache
and Backache. Its Rocky Mou atain Tea in tab
let form. % cents n box. Genuiue made by
HoLLIsrER DRts COMPANY, Madison, Wis.
GOLDEN NUGGETS FoR SAtk0W PEQplE
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-26
MRS. rAFr,s SECRETARY QUITS.

Miss Mary spiers Returns to Post In
War Department.
Washington, April 10. Having
served seventeen days as private Sec
rotary to Mrs. Taft, mistress of the
White House, Miss Mary cambridge
Spiers has resigned, and resumed her
duties in the war department. Her
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-26

A Paradoxical Position.
"What is your chauffeur doing I'M
der your automobile?"
"He is overlooking the machine"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-26
LOOK BUSY.

Look busy as you rush along.
That is the proper dope.
Don't amble calmly with the thronGj
Adopt jerky lope,
Ignore the signs of rising wrath,
Consider life a fray
And elbow people from your path
In energetic way.
Beat Father Time into q pulp.
He hasn't any friends.
Consume your luncheon at gulD
And talk OF dividends.
Act always like man who has
A lot of vim and go,
And people will describe you -
A human DYNAMO.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-04-26
CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VII.
BRAND and Nolan came out
| n of the library after their
go smoke and were surprised to
lSEaj1 find Judge Bnrtelmy ana l)u-
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1910-04-01


tuberculosis germs Roads Of the fu-
ture IN great centers Of population
will be practically dustless, and the
bitumiuous and other binders which
win be used in the construction Of
such roads will not only minimize the
danger Of disease 10y reducing the dust
nuisance. but they are in measure
Possessed of antiseptic properties.
There is no phase Of life in the coun-
rrv. social or economic, which is not
afrectcd by good roads. There is a
direct relation between improved high
WAYS ana the value Of land, the at
tendance of children at school. the
health Of the community and every
thing else that tends TO make life in
the country efficient And this. in turn
affects the people in the cities who
live on the country products. II is
a task-the maintenance If good roads
which affects every erson in the
country. no matter where he lives or
what his profession.
Road building is aE art based upon a
science. In this age of specialists II
almost surpasses belief that the Amer
lean people. So practical in all other
lines Of endeavor, should permit their
golden millions 70 be frittered away
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1910-04-01
III EnIth b. Rank; Robbed.

Because he had lost faith in the
banks. the prediction often made TO
Samuel Chatham, who lived alone IN
a lonely spot about two miles west
Of Nassawango Meeting house in Wor-
cester county, Nd, that he would DC
robbed OF his lifetime savings, came
true when robbers entered the house
while the old man was asleep and Sc
cured a sum Of money estimated 81
from $500 to $4,000 in gold coin and
currency.
II has been known for many years
that the old man kept thousan g 2.
dollars In the house. and only iast
week his brother, c. W Chatham
drove ont TO the hut and tried to per
suade him to place the money in some
bank for safe keeping, but he refused
10 part with his wealth.
Mr.. Chatham made his money in the
timber business and for several year.
was a money lender. but for the past
four or 1--WE years he became imbueu
with the idea that those whom he had
loaned money to were trying TO beat
him out OF It. and he called all his
loans in. boarding It away in an old
trunk. The trunk was found In a
thicket near Chatham's home.
In the money stolen was $2lOO IN
gold coin, mostly $50 pieces.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1910-04-01

Sand-clay roads are made of those
two materials. and in some parts OF the
south are held TO be. for particular re-
gions at least, more practicable than
macadam This construction is now
being introduced in the sand bill coun-
try Of Kansas. where the sandy roads
have hindered agricultural develop
ment by imposing great difficulty on
the transportation of farm products.
Garden City, which is in the sandy
country, solved the transportation
problem by building a sand-clay road
through the hills south Of that city
Before this road was built farmers had
to haul their grain more than twenty
five miles by a roundabout way in or
der to reach a market that is only ten
or twelve miles distant The property
owners Of Hutchinson and McPhersou
counties are now considering the open
ing Of a big territory that has been
handicapped by heavy sand hill roads
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1910-04-01
GOOD ROADS
MEAN PROGRESS,
They Tend to Increase the Value
of Property.
WILL LOWER COST OF LIVING

Farm Lands Viii Be Settled More
Rapidly, More Good Crops Will Be
Raised, and the Consumer Will Re
eeive Supplies at Smaller Prices.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1910-04-01
~ s,Mr RoAp MAcApAMIzED.


by men who for the most part know
little or nothing about either the sci
ence or the art of road building. There
are today more than 1000 petty road
officials in the United States, each and
all receiving compensation.
Very few Of these men devote more
than a fraction Of their time TO road
work. because their interests lie else
where and their compensation is too
small to enable them to devote their
entire time TO the work. 1t is not sur
prising that a century and quarter
of this kind Of supervision has result
ed i'm the present chaotic condition Of
our public roads. The reforms that
should take place will provide com
paratively small body Of trained. com
petent road builders devoting their en-
tire time 10 continuous road work.
Not only must the roads be built by
trained men. but they must be kept
in repair.
The road building era has already
begun. Already great strides have
been made in recent years toward
bringing about these needed reforms
in the road laws and administration
in providing more adequate revenues
and in devislng methods Of construc-
ton and maintenance adapted to the
requirements u modern tratic.-Logan
W. Page in Worlds Work.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1910-04-01

crease per acre within the zone Of in
huence Of an improved road would be
from 50 to 50 per acre. As there are
about SJ0,OOOOOO acres of farm lands
improved aud unimproved in the Unit
ed States the possibilities of aggre-
gate increase in value are enormous.
These figures constitute conclusive
evidence Of the immensely Of traffic on
the common roads. They do more
they give food FOR reelection as to
where the cumulative losses in wear
and tear of wagons, harness and
teams. due to poor roads. will land us
on the debit side. Nobody can ever
Approximately estimate this drain. but
everybody must know it is in terms Of
millions.
The loss in dollars is serious enough
for grave concern. but when the ad-
ditionaI charge is made that bad roads
are a menace to our institutions, our
health and our educational develop
meut It constitutes an indictment Of
such gravity as 10 demand paramount
consideration. Hundreds Of millions
Of fertile acres remain untitled while
the insanitary and unwholesome city
fenements are crowded with human
beings whose standard Of living must
result IN their mental moral and phys
zeal decay.
It IS not generally realized that our
2. 155O00 miles of road constitute
great source OF disease. BY means OF
dust disease germs enter the human
system. This is particularly true Of
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1910-04-01
Woman killed; Army oHoer Hurt.

Woman Killed; Army officer Hurt.
Mrs. Herbert ]. Slocum. wife OF
Major Slocun. of the Seventh cavalry
was killed. and Major General Franl'
lin Bell. chief of staf of the army
was injured in a collision between
their automobile and a trolley car at
washington. General Bell sustained q
fractured rib a scalp wound and was
severely shaken up.
General Bell had come over from
Fort Myer in his automobile and had
picked Mrs Slocum uD at the WON
ing apartment, where she was yisitiI
with her sister. Mrs. H. L. Green. The
accident occurred at Wisconsin ave
nue. and Garfield street The automo
bile was coming down Garfield stree
and ran directly in front OF a south
Sound electric car.
The automobile was completely de
mulished. Mrs. Slocum was thrown
about twenty feet, striking on the
curbing. anu General Bell was thrown
about the same distance. Mrs. Slocum
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1910-04-01

was stin breathing when passersoy
came TO her assistance. She was car
ried in a trolley car to little PARK Al
Wisconsin avenue and Volta place
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1910-04-01

A team Of horses struggling along
q mud road ia the endeavor TO draw
half a load affords a striking object
lesson Of road improvement when com
pared to "a team drawing a heavily
loaded wagon at a comfortable uot
along a stone surfaced road. This $50
lated example must be multiplied by
100000 in order 10 obtain the cumu-
lative effect of bad roads upon trathc
in the United States. Not less than
S25OOOOOOO is the useless tribute an
nually levied upon the people Of the
United States by its bad roads.
In 1886 a widespread inquiry made
by the office of public roads indicated
that the average cost Of hauling on
roads in the United States was .
cents per ton per mile. In 1906 the
bureau of statistics ascertained from
its $500 county correspondents that
the average cost per ton per mile was
about % cents and the average lenglh
OF haul "a miles.
The high cost of hauling is not the
only burden which the American
people are carrying by reason of their
bad roads In traverSing region or
country isolated from markets by rea-
son Of bad roads one is struck by the
wastes of untitled land and by the
lack Of variety IN the products. This
is a condition more frequently due TO
lack Of adequate transportation facili-
ties than TO lack Of industry and intel
lgence Of the inhabitants.
The point may be illustrated by as
euming a series of concentric circles
10 be drawn about a market town or
railroad station. constituting zones OF
production in all Of which the roads
are uniformly bad. Within the first
zone all products can be delivered to
market at profit Within the second
zone certain products must be elimi-
mated because of the length Of haul.
MIX. small fruits and certain kinds
of vegetables requiring quick delivery
and careful transportation might be
cited as examples.
In the third zone still other products
must be eliminated because Of the
prohibitive cost Of hauling. The
Fourth zone will include only those
products which can be held until the
roads are passable and then hauled
long distances and sold at profit.
Beyond this zone the land must be
left unproducuve or utilized for graz
ing and timber.
Every Improvement fin the roads
leading from this market widens these
zones. makes unproductive land pro-
ductive and enables the farmer to ex-
ercise a wider discretion in determin-
ing the character of his crops. The
prosperity of the individual farmer be-
comes far greater. the traffic Of the
railroad increases the consumer re-
ceives better supplies at lower prices.
and thus the beneficial effects continue
IN an ever widening circle.
While # is impossible to assign an
arbitrary percentage or amount TO rep
resent the increase in land values by
reason Of road improvement, it is gen
orally believed that the average in
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1910-04-01
rwenty.one Autos Burned.

Twenty-one automobile We're burn
ed and eighteen damaged in fire ct
Brokaw Brothers automobile garage
at Plainheld, n j. The total loss Is
estimated al between $4,000 and $lo0-
600. almost entirely on the machines.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1910-04-01

A good roads convention is Away.
a helpful institution. but there are
great many people who would do wei
to spend more time in making road
instead Of attending conventions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-09
COBURN AS A HUMORIST.
Makes Lucid Reply to Chicago Crop
Killing Story.

Secretary Coburn of the state board
of agriculture does not believe that the
gophers are eating up the Kansas
wheat crop. and he says so in his own
peculiar and lucid style of expression.
The Chicago Examiner grain editor
got word from some Kansas source
that the gophers were eating up fifty
per cent Of the Kansas wheat in its
December state of development and he
wrote to ask Mr.. Coburn his opinion
of the matter. Mr. Coburn's charac-
teristic reply is printed in the Exam
liner as follows:
Reports of floods and devastation
of Kansas winter wheat areas by cat
fish and gophers are gross exaggera-
tions-malicious and mendacious The
fact is that no rains have fallen for
several days, and the state fish and
game warden declares that his wards
have been in their corrals every night !;
that If any depredations have been
committed they were by an inconsider-
able band of renegade canvas-back
terrapins, who claim that our damp
climate disagrees with them
Grain gamblers and their hired
killers have never worked the gopher
and catfish racket before, and it looks
rather appalling. Kansas never fails
to raise wheat crop, however, as is
shown by her 1,231,2S2,000 bushels in
the past two decades, but we never
work much at it in Decembe and our
No. red never grows well in stand
ing water. June, and not December is
the time to ring us up about wheat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-09
TRADE HAS DOUBLED.
Effect of New Tariff Law on Com
merce With Philippines.

Washington, Dec. s.-That the
Payne-AIdrich tariff law has tended
to increase the trade between the
United States and the Philippines is
exemplifed by figures compiled by the
bureau of statistics. Permitting an in
terchange, free of duty, of practically
all articles passing between this coun-
try and the islands, trade between the
United States and the Philippines has
practically doubled.
The total value of imports from the
islands for the first fifteen months
operation of the new law amounted to
241a million dollars against IL IL mil
lion for the fifteen months preceding
it's enactmen Exports to the islands
for the 5 months since the new tariff
has been in effect were valued at 3N
million dollars against II u million for
the previous Is months.
Philippine official reports for the
first quarter of the calendar year show
that merchandise from the United
States formed 1926 per cent of the
total imports against 1913 per cent in
the corresponding quarter of last year,
the figures in each case being exclu-
sive of imports by supply officers of
the army navy and insular and rail-
way entries.