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New-York tribune., 1910-10-02
TIA City New-=A City Wonderful
Letters from Purchasers
who invested their money
in this section in 1905;
New YORK. Aug. 2. 100.

New York. Aug y. 1910.
Dear sir-Your letter Of August 10th. n
reference 70 lots which 7 purchased at the
auction sale OF the Hunts Point Realty
Company, Is at hand You ask me II am
satisfied with the purchase. and whether
the returns have been I'D 70 my ezpeeta-
tons I am pleased TO furnish you with
the following statement IN connection
with this purchase.
7 bought the lots in June. 1913 and sold
them in January. 1903. ! sold al an ad-
vance Of p per cent, and realized a net
proAt. after deducting all commissions
taxes. interests, etc. Of 81 per cent. on my
investment
lam still interested in Hunts Point sec
ton and would Ike you 20 send ne
booklet for the next sale Yours very
,r1,lv- ALBERT e WHEELER
Van Nest. Bronx. Aug uth, 1910
Dear sir-r made goo IN six months
from my purchase on May 18th. 1sos. You
may send booklet Yours truly.
c. SCHAUs.
New York. s-is-10
Dear Sir-I take pleasure in replying TO
yours OF the 10th and TO say, that Just be-
fore purchased the lots at Hunts Point.
7 was undecided whether TO buy P r.
Stocks or put the cash in real estate
am glad now that decided on the latter.
for when I see the progress the building
operations have made IN this section since
I made the purchase I have nothing 70
regret.
I shall be pleased 20 receive a booklet
of the next sale taking place on October
I1th. 1910. ! am. yours very truly.
BERNARD H EIDEL-
New York. Aug. II. 1910
Dear Sir-In reply 70 your recent letter.
am very glad to state that ny expert
enca in the Hunts Point section has been
extremely profitable
On Nav 2. 1905 bought az auction two
lots for s. 800 paving 50 per cent. or s--5'',
cash. and in less than eight months sold
them for $1,000. making profit OF SS.ioo
or in other words made close 20 30 per
cent on nv original investment
have bought other property n ms
section. and have every reason 20 con-
gra+r1Iata myself on the ultimate success
of all nv purchases. Yours truly,
JAMES 2. MEEHAS.
New-York tribune., 1910-10-02
REAL ESTATE Foa SALE OR TO LET
COUNTRY PROPERTY.

FOR sALE-FARM. i2s ACRES. DUTCHEss
county. near station and creamery; u room
house with water, barns etc, furniture tools
ana crops s. eco. +. G. AVER Maple Hill
Farrn Rlllinvx
New-York tribune., 1910-10-02
BoRoUGH OF nKooKLYN.

THE MOST PERFECT HOUSES EVER BUILT
for two families. excellent neighborhood, rent
from apartment paws carrying charges and
gives owner refined home free For par
tteuiars address WESrWOOD REALTY CO.
ISs Fiatbush ave. brooklyn
A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR REALTY
Corporation or builder. s. lots; Sutter ave.
block 10 Chestnut st. elevated station. $50 0s0:
terms eSrs cash. NJ JACOBS. III Christopher
ave Brooklyp
New-York tribune., 1910-10-02

Owner of beautiful y
location on Jersey Coast,
able neighbor the hn1'
larger, covered with nile,
among delightful eeuht'
sewer. water and ali cits
ticularly choice plot. an, an
an attractive house WI
traciive. NEIGHbohs l
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-12-29
PERSONAL.

Charles H. Markham, president Of
the Gulf Refining company and the
Gulf Pipe Line company, was elected
In New York city to the presidency
Of the Illinois Central Railroad COM
pany, to succeed James T. Harahan.
A short, squarely-built man who q
years ago was a cabin boy on a great
lakes schooner, has just returned to
America for a vacation. He Is Buck
nam Pasha, vice-admiral of the Otto
man navy and chief naval adviser to
the sultan.
Paul Eve Stevenson, forty-one years
old, author and yachtsman, is dead at
his apartments in the Hotel Belmont,
New York, of pneumonia, after an ill
ness of only few hours. He was one
of the participants in the ocean yacht
race for the German emperors cup in
1905, making the peri GUS voyage from
Sandy Hook to the Lizard on bo~rd
the yawl Ailsa.
BY the terms of the will of Robert
Buist, the wealthy Philadelphia seed
man, Roberta B. DeJanon, his grand
child, who disappeared with a hotel
waiter last December and was found
In Chicago, is given in trust the bulk
Of his estate, valued at 100000.
Mai. Gen. Leonard A. Wood. chief
Of staff of the United States army, In
an address at a banquet Of the Burn
side post, G. A. r., in Washington
characterized the socalled war scare
as SILLY"
Queen Mary's ACCOMPLISHMENT Is ex-
pected in March. This will be the
first birth at Buckingham palace in 81
years.
Associate Justice Edward Douglass
White of the Supreme court Of the
United States became ninth chief JUS
tice of that august body when the oath
of allegiance was administered by AS
sociate Justice Harlan. The public
ceremony of the installation was sim
pie, the oath being taken in the sec,u-
sion of the roting room of the justices.
Prof B. C. Buffum has developed in
the Big Horn valley, Wyoming, a new
cattle-fe eding grain b. crossing Rus
sian spelt with American wheat. He
calls it emmer.
John T. Mcnamara, secretary and
treasurer of the American Dressed
Beef and Provision company, died at
the home of his father in Kansas City,
Mo. He as born in Kansas City thir.
ty years ago.
Mrs. r. r. Brown, sister Of Gen.
Stirling Price. former governor of
Missouri, died at her home in West
Seattle Of blood poisoning resulting
from a scratch on her hand from a
splinter Of wood four days ago.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-12-29
Des Moines News Notes.

At the meeting of the state board
Of agriculture, Secretary John Simp-
son was reelected for another year.
That the factory and farm be
brought closer together and the prof
its of the middlemen be saved to low
or prices to the ultimate consumer
was urged by A. B. Judson, of Bal.
four, master Of the state grange at
the annual meeting in Des Moines.
He declared that there, would be less
complaint about the high cost of liv-
ing II farmers and factory workers
could cooperate along practical lines.
Fire destroyed a portion of the
stock In the grocery store at sos West
Eighth street. owned by Mrs. H. LIE
wien.
Union workers Of Des Moines have
been asked to contribute money to-
ward the aid of the $4,000 garment
workers Of Chicago. who are out on
strike.
The w. c. T. u. women of Des
Moines will present a large flag to
the Hubbell school building. The w.
c. T. U. has been making a numbe:
Of such gifts to the schools OF the
city.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-12-29
Farms Must Have Good Young PeopI

Farms Must Have Good Young People
Speaking before the Prairie club,
Hon. Henry Wallace, president of the
National Conservation congress-, de-
clared that the prosperity of the
state depends on having the right
people on the farms of Iowa and that
the city and town people must work
toward that end.
President Wallace praised the work
being done by the agricultural col.
lege at Ames, but said that Iowa, in
its system of education, is far behind
the other states of the north.
He declared himself in favor OF an
agricultural course in the State
Teachers college to train teachers
for disseminating agricultural knowl-
edge in the rural and high schools.
He would have this teaching done at
a special agricultural summer school
for teachers held at Ames.
He wants, as part of the system
of agricultural teaching, a system OF
secondary agricultural schools which
supply the needs Of the boys and girls
from the rural schools.
The paper and discussion were
preceded by dinner of twenty eight
covers. Included in the guest list
were Prof. c. F. Curtiss of Ames and
Judge J. c. Cook Of Cedar Rapids.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-12-29
GENERAL NEWS.

Fire in the factory district Of Gin
cinnati caused damage estimated at
100000, the death of a fireman and
boy and the injury of six firemen.
When the fire was finally brought I'M
der control ten firms had been burned
out and eight large buildings de-
stroyed.
Fifteen policemen and IL firemen
lost their lives in a spectacular fire
which wiped out the five-story brick
structure occupied by the leather deal
er, D. Friedlander. at Philadelphia.
More than a score OF other tiremen
were taken to hospitals.
The supply Oh SAILED and unskilled
labor on the Panama canal at present
Is In excess of the demand, except in
the case of boilermakers. This situa-
ton has caused the isthmian-canal
commission to Issue a warning.
Senator Burrows. chairman OF the
COMMITTEES on privileges and elections,
presented to the national senate The
report of the investigation of charges
of bribery made IN connection with
the election OF Senator Lorimer. The
conclusion reached by the commit
tee follows: That, in their opinion.
the title Of MIR. Loriner 20 seat in
The senate las not been shown 10 be
invalid by thu US. or employment Of
corrupt methods or practises.
Because his youthful bride OF five
weeks objected to walking with him
barefooted in the dew-covered grass
before sunrise, Ernest Hockst.der,
seventy-four years old. wealthy con-
tractor, has started suit at Pough-
keepsie, N. Y, for separation.
Freddie Welsh. the lightweight
champion of England, successfully de-
Tended his title against Jem Driscoll.
The English ieatherweight king, at
Cardiff, Wales, being awarded the bat
tie in the tenth round on foul. Dris-
coll deliberately butted his more
hardy adversary.
Desiring to see Santa Claus and tell
him that he wanted an air rife, Fred.
die Lauren, eight years old. secreted
himself In a doghouse in the rear of
his home at Trenton, N j. for three
lays, ard was found in the little struc.
lure badly frozen. II. may be neces
sary to amputate 10th legs.
Reports from Port Limon. Costa
RIGA, that as result of terrific
earthquake an island in the Illopango
lagoon. in the interior of Salvador
had disappeared, with the drowning OF
MANY women and children is without
foundation. Only a slight earthquake
occurred.
Each of the -four dreadnoughts-
the Utah, the Florida. the Wyoming
and he Arkansas-in process oil
building for the United States navy
advanced about 5 rer cent toward
the finishing point In November. the
navy department at Washington an
pounces.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-12-29
swope Esta,. ESCAPES War.

Kansas City, Md, Dec. 22-Felix
Swope Of Midway. KY. nephew of the
murdered Col. Thomas H. 3wope, is
said to have received s60,070 in set
Element of his claim to lis incle's
estate. He has agreed to drop his
plan to sue for a share of the wealth.
In his will the uncle left Felix S23,200,
of which $4,000 was a specific leg
acy and the remainder from the
residuary estate. Each Of the other
nephews and tie nieces was left
about $4,000.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-12-29
Milwaukee Sued for Killing Men.

Damage suits aggregatIng $11,999
have been filed in the district court
against. the Milwaukee railroad by
James F. Novington of Give, la. The
plaintiff is the father of Francis Nov
niger, 5-year-old boy who was in
stantly killed on the morning of Nov.
8. when he fell underneath the COM
pany's turntable. One suit of $1,999
was brought by the boys father. The
other for $4,000 was brought by the
lads estate of which William Wilson
is the administrator.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-12-29
FAIR BOARD RULES
adopt stringent Measures to Pro-
tect Visitors to Exposition
WILL INSIST ON FAIR PRICES
Scale of Prices Will Be Fixed and
Edible Sellers Must Adhere
Strictly to Schedule, or Be
Expelled from Grounds.

Des Moines, Dec. 24.-There will
be no more overcharge for meals, ed
ibles and soft drinks at the state
fairs ii the state fair board has its
way about 1t.
Action was taken at the fair board
meeting, which will absolutely pro-
tect the patrons of the fair from ex-
tortion and from being deceived by
"barkers" calling one price and wait
ers charging another.
The board unanimously decided to
cancel all concession contracts now
in existence. 1t will make an en-
.irely new contract which the con-
cesSionaire must sign before he Is
permitted to do business on the fair
grounds.
Among the most important features
of the new contract will be found q
provision that
The fair board places a maximum
price on all meals which are served
on the grounds.
These price lists must be posted in
a conspicuous place in front of the
conc ession tent.
Each concession will be given
number, corresponding to the number
of his contract, which number must
also be posted in a conspicuous place
in the shop.
A card will be posted directing pa
irons who are overcharged to re-take
the number of the concession and re-
por; to the superintendent.
All cases OF overcharge will be
cause for expulsion of the offending
party from the fair grounds.
Pop, lemonade and other common
articles of sale will have their prices
fixed by the board.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-12-29
Mrs. McHenry Passes Away.

Mrs. Lucia Achsah McHenry, wife
of Judge William H. McHenry of the
Polk county district court, one OF the
most prominent club members and
church workers in Des Moines, died
at the family residence, 29O1 Rut-
land avenue.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-12-29
Would Pay Salary.

Regular sala.y instead of a per d.
EN- will be recommended by Govern.
or Carroll for the parole board in
his message to the general assembly
this winter. 1t is also said that the
governor will also recommend that
the law be changed SO as to divide
the state in three districts and place
one member of the board in each
district.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-12-29
rhreshermen VIII Meet March "a.

Secretary Gels Botsiord OF the Com
merc.al club announced that the
State Threshermens' association has
fixed the dates for its annual conven.
ton and that 1t will be held in Des
Moines at the Coliseum on March ii.
10 and 16.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-12-29
presldentlal Postmasters.

Washington, Dec. 22.-President
Taft sent to the senate the nomina.
tions of several postmasters.. The list
Includes John T. Clyne, Joliet, ILL.,:
Henry e. Blair. Waukesha, Wis, and
James A. Pritchard. Racine. Wis.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-12-29
La the Meanwhile.

Rich man Ito beggar)-Not a cent!
Rene mber that you will have your
reward in heaven.
Beggar-Will Then lend me five
dollars now and will pay 1t back
then. I'll drop 1t down the chute.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-12-29
Outdoor Life In Norway.

Many Norwegian families from the
cities spend two months ont of each
SUMMER in the mountains CT alcng the
picturesque fields. Portable cottages
are feature of this outdoor life.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-12-29
MnrtalIx Shot hx Wife.

Lafayette, Ind, Dec. 22.-Alva Stew
ard and his wife quarreled at their
home and in At of rage the wife fired
three shots at her husband, one of the
bullets inflicting mortal wound Mrs.
Steward has been arrested.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-12-29
Cupid Strong in Both Ways.

The biennial report of Secretary
Sumner of the Iowa state board of
health will show the following stat
istics relative to the marriages, d.
vorces and births in Polk county dur
ing the two years ending June 80,
1910: Marriages, 3,036: divorces,
COT; births. 1888.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-12-29
cosson Appoints winterset Lawyer

George Cosson, attorney general
elect, has appointed Attorney C. K
Robins of Winterset, assistant at.
torney general. The appointment be.
comes effective Jan. 8, 1911, when the
new state administrations begin. At
torney Robbins will take up the work
now being done by Assistant Attorn.
ey General John Fletcher, who is to
be moved up peg to the position
now occupied by Assistant Attorney
General Charles w. Lyon. Nelson ].
Lee, of Estherville, has been appoint
ed special counsel.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-12-29
Borden and Wife to Penttentiarv.

A. M. Borden, convicted of running
a disorderly house, was taken to the
Fort Madison penitentiary by deputy
sheriffs to serve an indeterminate
period of five years. His wife, who
was convicted of the same offense,
was taken to the reformatory at Ana
mosa.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-12-29
Soldiers Hold Memorial.

Memorial services for the eleven
memEers who died during the year
just passed were held by Croker
post No. IL, Grand Army of the Re
public in the Odd Fellows temple,
the members OF the Croker relief
corps attending.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-12-29
Burns Towns Business Section.

Springfield. ILL.,, Dec. 22..-The en-
tire business section of New Berlin,
Is miles southwest of this city. is
doomed from a fire which started
in the j. w. Garrett livery stable. In
the livery stable 20 horses persisted
The loss Is S75,000
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-12-29
Big Prizes for Poultry.


More than $1,000 in prizes will be
paid successful exhibitors in the an
nual show Of the Iowa State Poultry
association to be held at the colise
UNI in Des Moines IRON Jan. 6 to L.,
1911.
In conjunction with the show OF
poultry, the Iowa Pet Stock associa.
ton is planning for big exhibition.
The entries for the show close on
the night of Dec. 81 and already sew.
eral hundred people have entered
poultry which they expect to show
The merchants OF Des Moines have
donated to the show and nearly all
the prizes are given by them.
The dog fanciers of the city have
made arrangements to bring some of
the best and most famous dogs OF
the state and middle west to the
show. The newly organized Greater
Des Moines Kennel club has taken
an active interest in the show.
The officers of the poultry associa,
ton are: ]. A. Pease of Fort Dodge
president; K. Fl. Guthrie of Des
Moines, secretary, and Fred Town
send of Abba, treasurer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-12-29
COST or STATE INSTITUTIONS
Shown in Biennial Report Filed by
State Treasurer Morrow Is
<3,72o,612.87.

Des Moines, Dec. 24.--Disburse-
ments OF the general revenue from
the various general appropriation ac-
counts for the biennial period end
ing June 80 amounted to $4,07S, 989.S0,
according to the biennial report OF
State Treasurer Morrow.
The report shows that the net cost
Of the fifteen state Institutions under
the board of control was $3,720,612.S7.
the most expensive being the insane
hospital at independence. These
same institutions have on hand, as
unexpended balances of their appro-
priations total Of 1882. The
cost of the state institutions for the
biennial period was as follows:
Penitentiary at Anamosa 2l5,806.57
Insane hospital, Cherokee 424,342.33
Insane hos, Clarinda - 361,744.45
School for the Deaf,
Council Bluffs - ---- 126.5S9.34
Soldiers Orphans home.
Davenport $500 - 16O.o64.OS
Boys Industrial school,
Eldora --------------- 155.27S.15
Penitentiary at Fort
Madison ---- 1900 17O,9OO.Os
Feeble Minded institution
Glenwood $3.50 1850 45s.225.os
Insane hospital, indie
pendence 1850 $500 495,65O.42
Hospital for Inebriates,
Knoxville -------- --- S1,454.S4
Soldiers home, Marshall
town -------- -------- s29,O9s.4s
Girls Industrial school,
Mitchellville ---- -- 109,614.96
Insane hospital, Mount
Pleasant ------- ---- 4s3,O91.43
College for the Blind,
vinton -------- 1855 63,S1466
State Sanatorium, Iowa
City ----------- ---- 133,94S.16
Total ------ 720, 612.S7
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-12-29
s,oo ooo 1 en- bv crIpnI.

Brashear, Mo-. Dec. 22.--Cal @. Cor.
nell. cripple since childhood. who
anassed fortune estimated at $780,.
600, was buried at Brashear. He was
| 10 years old.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-12-29
Postoffice is Robbed.

The post office at Fort Des Moines
station was broken into and STAMPS
to the value of s2SS.37 stolen. No
money or other articles of value
were secured by the robbers.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-12-29
Aged Farmer Is Dead.

Stephen Harvey. aged rs, died AT
his farm home five miles east OF Des
Moines. He lad lived on the same
arm for fifty-two years, and had
been a resident of the county since
1848. Ohio was his birthplace.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-12-29
Dean Of Women Resigns Position.

Mrs. Ethel Morris, dean of women
at Drake university, has rendered her
resignation according to a statement
from President Hill NJ. Bell. Mrs.
Morris leaves Drake to join her hus-
land, the Rev. c. H. Morris of Mar
shalltown.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-12-29
Lay Last Stone.

Stone work at the city hall has
been completed. The workmen have
commenced on the roof, which they
expect to have completed by Jan. /.
After that time the interior finishing
will be completed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-12-29
Maevicar offered Chicago Job.

Councilman John MacVicar has
been offered the position of commits
sioner general OF the Internationa
Municipal Congress and Exhibition
TO be held In Chicago from Sept. 1,
to 80, 1911.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-07-12
Tailed Establishment

Natives of southern Arabia believe
that Christians wear hats only to hide
their horns. Formerly the continent
Of Europe clung to the conviction that
the Englishman's neither garments con-
cealed tail. So late as the reign of
Edward VI, according to Bale, ian
Englyshman cannot travayle In anoth-
er land by way Of marchandyse or
any other honest occupyinge, but 1t is
most contumeliously thrown into his
tethe that all Englyshmen have tails"
The belief probably arose from the
legend of the "Kentish Longtails. Z"
The people of either Canterbury or
Strood (for the legend varies) Knocked
at Beckett as he rode by on an ass
and cut off the ass tail. Wherefore
they and their descendants were cursed
with tails thenceforth. At least so
said testers Of other countries, and the
slander eventually reacted upon Eng
land In general. Another version sub
stitutes st. Augustine and Dorsetshire.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-07-12
Gold as a Cure,

Cold of a certain intensity produces
not only hunger. but, as it has been
proved, health as well. Raoul Pictet,
the famous Swiss chemist, was max
ing experiments on a degree of cold
considerably lower than any which
occurs naturally, and he found that
at temperatures between 10 and l5O
below zero no covering of any kind
would keep cold out, or, more exactly,
would keep warmth in. There is moth
ing surprising about that The sur
prise is in the result. NJ. Pictet is a
gentleman who has suffered greatly
from indigestion. After an exposure
of several minutes to the cold which
he had produced he experienced a sen
sation of hunger which he has de-
scribed as ravenous. When he had
eaten he experienced none of the tor
lures of his ailment, and when he had
alternately frozen and eaten three oil
four times he found himself entirely
cured-London Telegraph
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-07-12
.HxmnoIoaioaI Ineptituds.

The story Of u minister who held q
religious meeting In a penitentiary and
aroused the ire of the inmates by an
nouncing as a hymn that one begin
ming THE dying thief rejoiced to see'
is equaled by the tale of a local
preacher whose church got in debt not
long ago. A congregational meeting
was held for the purpose Of extricating
1t, and the chairman of the board Of
deacons, or whatever the financial body
was, got up and stated the situation
and ended by calling for a special col
lection to make up the deficit.
81 suggest that we sing hymn" one
Of the members of the church sug-
gested.
This idea was carried out, and the
number of the song was announced. A
smile overspread many faces, however,
when they reached the line, when we
asunder part it gives us inward pain"
Nevertheless the ''sundering' process
was most successful and wasn't partic-
ularly painful either.-Louisvile Cou-
rier-Journal.