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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-07-22
Government by the Unfit.

: Barker, publisher of the Republican
North Idaho "News," found himself
cut off by Batting, receiver of the gov
eminent land office at Occur d, Alene
from all advertising. Batting is
nephew of U. S. Senator Hepburn, ane
holds office under Ballinger. Barker
inquired from Batting wis his paper
was cut off, and Batting answered in
letter of which the following senten
ces, CLEANED from Golfers Weekly,
are taken:
Naturally, under republican adj
ministration such notices go toJthe re-
publican papers.
IL had on different occasions con-
suited with both editors and given them
to understand, or intended that should
understand, that the arrangement (dl-
viding the notices equally between two
republican papers) would continue only
SO long as they continued to conduct
their papers properly in accordance
with republican principles.
sat the time of the hearing OF the
case against the Washington Power
company, the Spokesman Review pub
lished an editorial in which the good
faith of Secretary Ballinger, Senator
H, and myself was questioned in con-
nection with the case. This same edi-
tor,al was nrinted verbatim, believe)
by your paper.
cat the time of the contest in the
house of repl esentatives against
Speaker Cannon, you published an ed
itorial attacking Cannon and also our
representative, Homer.
If. however, in the future conduct
of your paper these political acrobatics
are eliminated, l will be glad to recon-
slider the matter and extend to you the
full consideration to which you may be
entitled
Barker's offense was in daring to be
insurgent. A bride in the form OF
government advertising is offered him
on condition of his silence from criti-
cism.
The .Ballinger crew does not hesitate
to employ the power of government to
defeat freedom of the press. ltadoes
not scruple at corruption such as this.
Of course Batting should be thrown
out of his office. But he will be left
there, because he is Hey burns nephew,
Hepburn and Ballinger are in the same
muck, and the Guggenheims and John
Hays Hammond have made Taft blind
to Ballinger's faults. Telegraph Her
aid.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-07-22

cost of high living as James
J.. Hill puts 1t, is subject
which just now is engrossing
the attention Of the entire patton. The
cost of the necessaries of life has been
steadily increasing since 1895. The
symptoms have been viewed with tn
creasing alarm by nearly all classes.
Within the last year the matter has
reached an acute stage. The average
increase in the cost Of necessities from
Jan. 1. 1909. to Jan. l. 1910, was III
per cent. The increase over July l.
1896. was 81 per cent.
The wage and salary earners In the
cities have seen the dread line" grad
ually drawing closer. The margin be-
tween income and expenses. narrow at
best. has shrunk to the vanishing
point. All this while newspapers have
been shouting prosperity. forgetful Of
the old maxim that 1.-The real prospect
ty of nation is the citizens margin
of saving
Whatever the cause of this increase
in the cost of necessities and comforts,
there are but two ways in which the
citizen as an individual can meet it
The first Is to increase his income,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-07-22
HOW'S This!

we offer One hundred Dollars Reward for
any care of Cutar'h that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY & 90 Toledo. o.
We. the undersigned. have known F j,
'heney f"r the last Is years aud believe him
perfe.ly honorable IN all business ira ns:c, ions
aud financially able to carry on any obi CATIONS
made by his firm.
WALDING KINNAN u MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, o. -
Halls Catarrh Cure is Internationally acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of
the system Testimonials sent free. Prtc. 75c
ger boIte. Sold by Al Druggists.
rake Halls Family pins for constipation.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-07-22
Happy Homes.

Unhappiness and poverty in families
is often due to constant - iness. Dis
ease usually starts some~ hpre in the
stomach or intestines, ana if you will
take remedy like DR.. Caldwell's Syr-
up Pepsin at the first approach of
chronic constipation, indigestion, liver
trouble, sick headache, etc, you are
very sure not to have a serious disease.
The remedy is absolutely guaranteed
to do what is claimed and, if you
want to try it before buying, send your
address for free sample bottle to
Pepsin Syrup Co., 1l9 Caldwell Bldg,
Monticello, Ill. 1t is sold by all drug
gists at soc and 81 bottle.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-07-22
Find Valuable Pearls.

Three extraordinary pearls were
found by clam fishermen in the Misss-
sipi river between Prairie du Chen
and Lansing. They We're 80 grain
white drop, "a grain pink barouqLe
and 40 grain white globe. j. H.
Peacock, local buyer, paid over ST.
900 for the gems These are the first
large finds in the Mississippi river this
season -Egin Echo
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-07-22
The Smart Man.

Grimkie "a residept) -Blysterre,
who lives next door to me, is the most
stupid specimen Of humanity have
ever seen, and yet every one in town
speaks of him as The Smart Man"
Greenleaf "a stranger)-Why is
that?
Grimkie--He's the proprietor of a
mustard plaster factory.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-07-22

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to the 100000 people who are doing
nonproductive work and to the 4G.OOO.-
600 people who do not work at all.
And because the changed ratio of sup
ply and demand are enabling the farm
er to make a profit where before he
worked at q loss there is great cutlery
over the high cost Of living. This out
cry will not change things in the least.
Neither will boycotts nor anti-meat 30
cieties.
There is only one remedy, reversal
Of the tide Of population. The abnor-
NAL growth of cities must be checked.
Farming must be restored to its proper
place in the Industrial world. In the
succeeding articles we shall note some
Of the forces that are bringing this
about.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-07-22
$4,000 to Polite Pair,

Boston.-The devotion of nurse
and the politeness Of bank clerk
were found to have been rewarded
when the will of Mrs. Annie Preston
Lincoln was filed for probate
Mrs. Lincoln died recently, leaving
large estate. To Mrs. Mollie X. Nc
lsaacs, a nurse in the family for some
years, was left 100000
Otto Zerrahn. clerk in the State
Steel Trust company, gets $4,000 he
cause of his politeness and kindness
IN business dealings"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-07-22
Gettinu Ready.

Ives-Young Loaffler, who is going
to marry Smiths daughter, isn't an
Industrious fellow.
Beers-No, he isn't industrious. and
Smith evidently realizes, the fact and
Is preparing for the inevitable result.
lves-What do you mean by that !?
Reers-Why. l mean that Smith is
charging his house to make room for
he young man.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-07-22

.HE high cost Of living. or the
cost of high living" as James
j. Hill puts 1t, is subject
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-07-22
Fortune zeMnq

Does not take into consideration the essential
ans happiness yyoinany health.
The woman who nesects her health is nesectng the
very foundation of all good fortune. For without health
love loses its ,lstre and gold is but dross.
Womaly health when lost impaired may generally be
reclaimed by of Dr. Pierce's Favore Prescription.
This Prosecution has, for oyer no years.
been curing delicate, weak, pain wracked
women, by the hundreds of thousands
and this too in the privacy of their homes
without their haYin4 to submit to indeli-
cate questiOnin9s and 0ffensIveIy repuG.
nlnf examinations.
Sick women ar. invited DR.. Perco by letter free
All correspondence held sacredy confidential Address
Medical Association, r. " Pierce, NJ. d. President. Buff
Dr. PlERCE's GREAT FAMILY DoCroR Book, The Peep
Medical Adviser, newly revised npto-date editionl00O
Plain Engs hosts OF delicate questions which every
ought to about. Sent ree in plain wrapper ANY
q mailing only. in CLOTH bin
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-07-22
BACK
TO THE
FARM"

,>AN>~
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-21

AATMONLA-Fuil strength. largo bot
ties. A household necessity. 60
Buy II in the basement for. -. ~
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-21

something or many things of equal i'm
portapce are purposely withheld.
"A divorce examiner, whose duty II
would be among other things to prose-
cute those witnesses who commit per-
| Jury, would be of material assistance III
getting at the facts.
Section Ill of the civil code pro-
vides that Divorces must be denied
upon showing of connivance, collusion
conformation, recrimination, limitation
and lapse of time
TWO SIDES TO STORY
"It is said that there are always two
sides to a story; and general observa-
| tion of mankind appears also to be that
there are usually two sides to divorce
cases. The first, second and third para
graphs of the proposed rule are de-
voted to providing a system for hear
ing from both sides in default divorce
cases. The first paragraph provides
| for the presence of the defendant In
court when ne has been personally
served within the county of Los Ange-
| les with a copy of the complaint and
summons, except in those cases where
| his health would be seriously injured
by being compelled to appear and tes-
| tify: the second paragraph provides
for the taking of his deposition when
his whereabouts are known, upon in
terrogatories prepared by the attorney
for plaintiff, and Observation-Disclosures
prepared by the court after hearing the
other evidence in the case; and the
third paragraph provides for the con-
tinuance of the case for periods not
exceeding one year in all for further
hearing in those cases where the where
abouts of the defendant is unknown at
the time of the trial.
There are many meritorious actions
for divorce; and where the case is
properly made out according to the law
a. Judge is derelict in his duty, and
violates his oath of office, II he know
ingly and willfully denies decreei put
there are many cases brought where the
plaintiff knows full we'll that II the
defendant should give his testimony no
decree should be granted. 1t is not un-
likely that the so-called meritorious
actions for divorce would be materially
reduced in number If the defenses or
connivance collusion and recrimina-
tion could be gone into as they should
be.
DECREE DENIED
mot long ago a man sued his wire
for a divorce on statutory grounds. the
case was satisfactorily proven; but the
defendant as clearly proved tnat the
plaintiff had carefully planned the time
at which and the manner IN Wnicn ms
wife was to be seduced. He had given
the seducer letter of introduction TO
his wife on the occasion Of his first
visit to her, and on subsequent VISITS
had Furnished him with candy and now
ers ana books and liquors to be given
10 the wife. There could be put one
result SO far as the court was con-
cerned-the decree was denied.
1T frequently happens that where a
husband and wife are not living to-
gether harmoniously, they agree that
the husband shall desert the wire TOT
a period of one year, and then the wire
shall apply for a divorce. and the nus
band will not contest. That consul
tutes collusion: and where proven,
either directly or indirectly, no decree
OF divorce should be granted.
but the greater cause for the denial
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-21

of DEGREES is when the defense of re-
elimination is established. A suit for
divorce is an equitable proceeding.
One of the great maXims of equity is
that he who comes into equity must
come with clean hands. If a litigant
asks for equity he must show that he
himself is without fault In default
cases, where the plaintiff and his wit
nesses only are heard, no fault is ever
admitted on the part of the plaintin.
There are no exceptions, at least not
until after the defendant is heard
THE proposed rule to which refer
ence has been made was actually in
effect in the superior court of this
county for the last two weeks After
1t was abandoned. 1t was stated on first
class authority that during the time IL
was in operation the experience of one
reputable Los Angeles attorney was
that three prospective and would-be
Divorces, upon being informed that the
testimony of the defendant would be
required, decided that it would be i'm
possible for them to secure decree In
this county, and concluded that the
climate of Reno, New, would greatly
improve their general health. The ques-
ton presents itself that If that was the
experience of but one reputable attor-
nev in the short space of two weeks,
what might be the evidence of the pro-
fessional divorce lawyers of this city
regarding the matter?
GOOD GROUNDS
Generally speaking, good causes for
divorce are at least alleged in the COM
plaint: but sometimes it happens that
either through lack of real grounds and
a desire to state only the truth, or be-
cause of the belief that any ground Will
suffice. an absurd and ridiculous reason
is urged for resuming Single blessed
ness In a complaint now on lille IN
the superior court of this county, with
the case yet to be tried, the plalntlH
charges his wife with extreme cIuei'ys
in that she is a constant reader OF
trashy novels, and that she has tre-
ouentlv told him that he was not her
ideal of a husband'-all of which mas
caused him grieVouS mental sufferlng'
wherefore, he asks for decree dlssoiV-
ing the bonds of matrimony In amour
er case the husband sued the Wlre TOT
a divorce on the ground OF desertioh;
on the trial it developed that ne hau
actually left her; and ne pleauea Jusal-
fication of the act, because, as ne tes-
titled. she had said that he looked IKE
.. longshoreman and a grocer's clerk,
for the reason that he had brought
home on the front seat of his automo-
bile some canned goods which were not
done up in wrapping paper. In her
answer she set UP the defense OF JuStl-
fication, and testified that in the pres
ence of Invited guests at their home
the plaintiff had picked his teeth very
forcibly, had cleaned his finger nails,
and sat cross-legged, and used what
she termed bad grammar
$50 much has been said and written
Of late regarding the states interest IN
the divorce business that it is almost
an imposition to direct attention TO
that phase of the matter; but WIN .ne
Shameful sis practice of advertising for
divorce business, and the unblushing
and almost licensed perjury which is
freauently free resorted to, It certainly be-
hooves the general public to take some
interest. and the courts to look some
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-21
DIVORCE PERJURY
ALMOST LICENSED
Jurist Declares Not One Case in
Five Tried Without False
Testimony
SPEAKS TO FEDERATION CLUB
Reno Climate Found to Agree
with Attorneys Clients
Under New Rule

That not one infive divorce suits are
free of perjury, was the statement
made by Judge F. w. Houser yester-
day in an address before the marriage
and divorce commission and the Fed
Grafton club.
Judge Houser did not mince words in
his arraignment of the divorce evils,
and he was especially stern in dealing
with perjury, which, he declares, per-
meates all of the actions brought to
sever marital bonds. He said in part:
at is a hard thing to say, but much
more difficult thing to believe. that
in divorce cases not one in five is
free from perjury; and while the falsl-
fication may or MAY not be vital to the
cause the deplorable fact remains that
a majority of the people care nothing
for the civil oath, so long as there is
no prosecution, no conviction and no
penalty imposed. People seem to have
reached the conclusion that the means
Justify the ends; and If they believe
that they are right they apparently
salve their conscience Qf they have
any with the thought that through
them and their sacrifice of principle
justice will prevail.
CODE ON PERJURY
"Section 11S of the penal code de-
fines perjury as follows:
Every person who, having taken
an oath that he will testify, declare,
depose or certify truly before any COM
petent tribunal, officer or person in
any of the cases in wich such an
oath may by law be administered,
wilfully and contrary to such oath,
states as true any material matter
which he knows to be false, is guilty of
perjury
''ft should not be understood, nor is It
intended that the impression should
nreyail, that in every civil case that is
tried perjury is committed. In the ma
iority Of cases there is room for honest
differences on statements of facts or
of opinions; and the mere fact that
Syitnesses do not agree should cause no
particular comment. That Is the gen.
eral rule; but sometimes it happens
that there is no possibility of divergent
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-21
EIGHT GAMBLERS CAUGHT
IN CHINATOWN RAID FINED

Eight gamblers, who were arrested in
a raid Thursday night by Sergeant Sc
bastian and a squad of Chinatown pa
trolmen in several gambling houses in
that district, were fined yesterday by
Police Judge Williams. The proprie-
tors of the games were fined $100 each
and the players fined from $40 to $25
each. Six persons who were released
on bail failed to appear in court yes
terday morning and their bail money
was declared forfeited.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-21
JUMPS 1s STORIES TO
PREMEDITATED DEATH
Thousands See Body of Greek
HurtIe from Call Building
Tower to Sidewalk

SAN FRANCISCO, May 2O.-In view
of thousands of persons at the corner
of Market and Third streets today
Nicholas Lichankis, a Greek, leaped
from the eighteenth floor of the Claus
Spreckels building to land on the street
nearly 200 feet below. His body was a
shapeless mass.
Iichankis entered the office Of the
superintendent of the building, and on
some pretext secured the key to the
tower. Ascending to the roof, he was
not again seen until his body came
hurtling through the air past the Win
dows of the many offices IN the struc-
ture, including those of the Morning
Call.
The sidewalk was thronged with pc
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-21

diametrically opposite statements, but
one conclusion can be reached, and that
Is that one witness or the other has
sworn falsely.
EXAMPLE NEEDED
eff the laws governing perjury were
more rigid, and the litigants, and the
attorneys, and the district attorneys,
and the judges were more strenuous in
seeing that the laws were enforced In
that regard, some real good might be
accomplished. Even as the laws are,
If there were not one or two prosecu-
tions for perjury, but fifty or one hun
dred prosecutions in close proximity,
the effect would probably be whole
some. AS 1t is, perjury is committed
on a wholesale basis, and no one ap-
parently pays any particular attention
to the fact. The result Is, especially In
divorce cases, that the court is hood
winked constantly and is practically
helpless. So far as arriving at the
truth is concerned, where men fear
neither God nor the laws, the case is
we'll nigh hopeless.
Some time ago a new rule was pro-
posed by one of the judges of the su-
perior court of this county, which, IL
carried into effect. might have had
some beneficial results in the way of
getting at the facts in divorce actions.
The first paragraph of that rule is gem
eral in is nature and applies to both
default and contested cases of divorce.
1t provides as follows:
"'In actions for divorce all witnesses
'except~ the witness testifying and the
parties to the action shall be excluded
from the courtroom
WEAK WITNESSES
"There is a natural influence which
one person has over another In the
various affairs of life. The influence
which a strong minded assertiVe per-
son exerts over another of a less posi-
tive nature Is undoubtedly very great.
If that rule were enforced the part OIL
it lust quoted would make very little
difference to those witnesses who had
been coached either by the litigants or
by unprincipled attorneys, except SO far
as the witnesses might fear that those
witnesses who had preceded them had
failed to stand pat and that unless
the truth werestold some unpleasant re-
suits might possibly follow; but as to
those witnesses who are simply weak
and who depend upon what some other
witness of more positive nature mas
stated in their presence while on the
witness stand, the erect would prop,
ably be that the weak witness would
be compelled to rely upon himself and
his own views.
COURT IMPOSED ON
But by far the greater portion of
the proposed rule applies to default
divorce cases, and the litigants in those
cases are probably as great, If not
greater, offenders against the law regu
lating, to perjury, than are the liti-
gants in the contested cases. When it
is considered that in at least eight out
of ten in default cases an interlocutory
decree of divorce is granted, and that
in contested cases an interlocutory de-
cree is granted in about one out of
four. it is plain that in the default
cases the court is usually imposed upon
by the litigants and their witnesses, in
that either something of vital import
ance is Intentionally misstated or that
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-21
STATE BUILDING LEAGUE
WILL ASSEMBLE TODAY

Delegates to the State League of
Building and Loan associations con-
vention will assemble at 2 o'clock this
afternoon for the opening meeting of
the convention in the chamber of COM
merce committee room. This evening
there will be a banquet at Hotel Hay
ward, followed by the reading of
number of papers.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-21

destrians, but the man passed over
their heads and struck the street about
ten feet from the passers by, exactly
in front of the main entrance of the
building.
Evidence that he had contemplated
suicide was shown by card found on
his person giving his name and stating
that he was born in Greece in 1866, and
a certificate from an undertaking firm
showing that he had deposited SIS to be
used for funeral expenses in case of
his death.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-21
NEGRO Y. M. c. A. GIVES DRAMA

A representative gathering of the
colored population assembled in the
quarters of the negro Young Mems
Christian association at S31 San Pedro
street last evening and witnessed the
play of "Christophe" as portrayed by
eleven members of the association, as
sisted by several women. "Christophe"
is a drama dealing with the freeing
of the colored people in Hayti and
those that participated in the perform
ance were well drilled for their resp9c-
tive DartS
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-21

what toward the welfare of the state
and examine carefully into the merits
of each case which is presented
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-21
~~
Arrowhead

Pure mountain air cures asthma; and
the hot mud, steam and mineral water
baths do all the rest
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-21

views, and where witnesses swear to
diametrically opposite statements, but
one conclusion can be reached, and that
is that one witness or the other has
sworn falsely.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-21
Harnburger's Cafe

is a delightfully."- different"
place. Delicious sculsine and
perfect service combine to
produce the acme of comfort.