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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-03-15
copyrisht. 1909. By Amsriesa Prsss
S Association.

~ NE Of the most important priE
ciples Of breeding 10 the law
W that like produces like. Thii
means that. other things be-
ing equal. an animal will tend to pro.
duce offspring like itself. Coupled
with this is the law of variation.
which means the tendency Of animals
to differ from each other and from
their parents. No two animals are
alike. and It Ii q good thing that this
10 90. since otherwise there could b.
no Improvement.
Like PRODUCES Like.
Keeping these two laws in mind, the
chief means Of improving live stock
must be BY selection. The variation
In the young animals gives the basis
for this selection. The progeny Of
two parents will differ both ways
from the parents-that Il. some vill
be poorer and some better. In gen
eral. the number Of poorer ones will
be about equal 70 the number oe the
better ones. Thus In nature little
Improvement Il made, % both che
poorer and better animals are used for
breeders. With domestic animals
man steps 10 and eliminates the poor
er half or more. allowing only few
Of the best to reproduce themselves.
According to the law Of like produces
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-03-15
TRAIN RlCES NIlN SkONSuDE
ENGINEER HEARS RUMBLE AND
OPENS THRoTrLE WIDE.
Avalanche Strikes Within 10 rest,
suryino Track 20 Feet
Deep.

Vancouver, March "a Canadian
Pacific passenger train had asthrilling
race with gigantic snowslide Just
east Of Field on the western slope
Of the Rockies. The engineer opened
the throttle and the train dashed
down grade. escaping by only . few
feet.
+ The train was the westbound OK.
press No. 81. The engineer heard
plainly the thunder Of the avalanche
booming down the mountainside. He
opened the throttle and the race be-
tween the train and the 9snowslide
was on
The last car had Just got by steep
point when the slide struck the rails
not 10 feet behind. An enormous
mass Of packed snow and ice. carry
Ing big tree trunks, covered the rails
to q depth of 20 feet.
Only 20 bodies have been Srecov-
cred from the debris Of Saturday
mornings accident on the Canadian
Pacific near ROBBERS Pass at the sum-
nit Of the Selkirks. Eight hundred
men are clearing the track. On &C.
count of the danger Of slides they
work only during daylight. The rails
in many places are buried to depth
Of 80 feet.
1t has been established that no one
directly in the path Of the avalanche
escaped alive. The Official list Of vic
Tins is placed at 81. despite reports
from Winnipeg that it was 90.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-03-15
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
Tho khd Yss Have Always Bsught
s' ss.ss y: Of Ah4ZSSse

For mild easy action of the bowels,
single dose of Doan's Regulets is en-
ough. Treatment cures habitual con-
stipation. Is cents box. Ask your
druggists for them.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-03-15

little form that once had nestled there
fondly.
She read his purpose and shrieked.
Mrs. Harris. Beth and Captain VII.
sliams were Just entering. and they
rushed In with the maid.
Brooks turned to escape as Emma. al-
most hysterical with horror and fear.
uttered scream after scream. He ran
right into Williams, who recognized
him at once and dealt him a smashing
blow that sent him to the door. Then
the captain grasped the half stunned
man and. pulling him to his feet. held
him while he inquired what had hap.
pened.
Emma. Gained BY her mother and
sister, trcmblinGly explained. VII
Hams looked It his prisoner, undecided
what to do. Brooks did not open his
mouth. The captain walked him out
on the landing and. threatening to kill
him II he ever dared to modest Emma
again. threw him down the stairs.
ITO be cOntinued3
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-03-15

sure to result in decreased size. vigof
md breeding powers. The safest plan
for the ordinary breeder to follow b
to let 1t alone.
The surest method Of improving the
pure bred herd is by line breeding.
This. in its simplest form. Is the use
Of line Of sires Of similar type and
breeding on the females OF the herd.
Line breeding results in rapid improve
ment and the production Of q uniform
lot Of offspring.
Some Mistaken Ideas.
There are a number Of mistaken
IDEAS In regard to breeding which are
more or less widely believed. One OF
the most common OF these Is the be-
lief In teleRony. or the influence of q
particular sire on subsequent offspring
from smother sire. A study Of the
scientific side of breeding shows that
this cannot be %. as 4 is impossible
for any particular male 30 to affect
the female that future offspring BY a.
other sire viii be affected.
TIE END
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-03-15
Saved A Soldiers Life.

Facing death from shot and shell in
A. Stone, of Kemp, Tex. than facing
ton. 81 contracted stubborn cold''
s Re Ts rtas hae sntp IS :. eoass
dies for many years. Ny weight ran
down to 100 pounds. Then l began to
use DR.. Kings New Discovery, which
completely cured me. now weigh i7s
pounds For Coughs, Colds. LaGrip-
pc, Asthma, Hemorrhage, Hoarseness.
Group, Whooping Cough ard lung
trouble, its supreme. Soc. and SLIGO.
Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by P.
A, Clemmer. r
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-03-15
SEER AND MAN HELD.
Couple Suspected Theft Of eaby's
Body In Montana.

Great Falls, March S.-Alice Lock.
er. % years old. employed in local
laundry. and Edward Locker, rs. sup
posed to be her husband, are prison
srs in the local Jail, held in connection
with the mysterious grave robbery
three month ago which resulted In
the disappearance Of the body Of the
infant grandson OF w. g. Conrad, one
Of Montana's most prominent bankers.
The charge is completely in the theft.
The missing body has not been re-
covered. The officers held the theory
that many are implicated in the case
and are still working on clues that
have been picked up. The story to
date reads not unlike that Of the fam.
GUS Cudahy case.
fairfield Conrad. the father. re-
ceived . letter some time ago advising
him that by calling on the writer he
would receive information as to the
whereabouts OF the stolen body. He
called and found Mrs. Locker. She
proved an expert at card reading and
told him enough to convince him that
she was either strong on the mystery
Of the cards or knew much more about
the robbery than she cared to admit.
The worried father went to see her
several times and finally was told that
he would receive letter which would
tell him how he might regain the body
ON the payment Of $1,000.
!. The letter came and he was directed
/ to drive on the Sand Coulee road with
! lantern so fastened to the dashboard
Of his buggy that It would shine full
in his face.
A deputy sheriff who resemble
Hartfield Conrad. was chosen to take
his place for that night drive.
All directions were followed, ex-
cept that . number Of ohncers followed
In the wake Of the carriage Two men
fully armed met the carriage ct the
appointed place. One peered into the
deputy's face.
You're not Harfield Conrad" he
said. The other looked and after .
searching glance, held up his gun and
ordered the deputy to drive on in .
hurry. "or you'll get your head blown
on"
The other officers came up quickly.
but found no traces Of the pair nor
were the bloodhounds which were put
on the trail any more successful.
The robbery of the grave took place
In the night Of Nov. - at Highland
cemetery. The Dissertation Of the
grave and the theft of the child's body
were discovered when party went to
the cemetary to attend burial.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-03-15
Home Course
In Live Stock
Farming
XVIII. Principles Of
Breeding.
By c. v. GREGORY,

Author Of Home Course In Modsxr
Asrieulturs." "r1skinS r1opey en-
the Farm" Etc.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-03-15

i these gOOO parents. but nero t00 INV
Of variation comes In again. causing
some Of the offspring TO be better and
some poorer than the parents. In thls
case. however, the poorer animals will
be considerably better than the Door
ones Of the preceding generation and
the good ones will be better than the
best Of the previous year. Again the
poorer animals are discarded and the
| better ones saved. In this way the
tandard Of excellence 10 Improved
from year to year.
To accomplish much. improvement
BY selection must be guided by q man
who has 4 definite ideal in mind. He
must know exactly the kind OF anil
NAL be Is working for and should se-
lect his breeding stock with this type
1 In mind. 10 this way IL developed
4 strain Of animals that are very
much alike in all their characteristics.
Though they still tend to vary, these
variations are not 20 marked al for.
merry. and more uniform lot Of ami.
mails results. This uniformity II due
In large part to the fact that each
parent has behind II . long line OF an.
cestors Of similar type. An animal
does not get all Ito characteristics
from its parents. Part Of them come
from the grandparents. part from tl1e
great -gTa ndparents and part from more
remote ancestors. Clearly. then, ths
more nearly all these ancestors resem.
bic certain fixed type the more uul
form the offspring will be- II 10 large
" BY continued select1on that ali the
improved breeds OF domestic animals
have been developed. II u this ability
to produce uniformly good Offspring
that makes pure breds 20 much more
valuable than animals OF common
breeding.
The tendency Of IN animal to resem.
BILE some OF its remote ancestors more
closely than its immediate parents q
called reversion or atayism. Thus. &C.
casionally calf Of . hornless breed
will show horns. or pig Of . cestain
breed will show color that u not
found in the breed today. Reversion
cannot be guarded against. The best
that can be done Is to prevent the NE.
OF reverted animals A. breeders.
Mutstions.
Any race Of living things, whethert u
be animals or plants, will occasionally
produce mutation. or. ~ It u COM.
monty called. sport" This 10 M In.
dividual differing to marked extent
from the general type OF the race d
( Il - ,vua
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-03-15

'sssAsS $500 ssssss " s'ssssssssssN 1900
might never zee you again. I paid
you In full for my freedom. Why
have you come TO trouble met Go.
please. and leave me in peace"
All right" he said sorrowfuily. II
will go. Goodby. Emma.
With bowed head he went toward
the door. stopped and turned to her
with outstretched arms. pleading In
his eyes.
Emma, one kiss-my pardon and
absolution before I die"
''No; oh, nor
She retreated, shuddeSing. terrified.
He followed her. desgerate. resolved
to take BY force what she would not
give to feel once more II his arms tbs
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-03-15
100000 loss IN MINNEAPOLIS.
One Man Seriously injured ~ Jump
Ina 80 Feet.

Ing % Feet.
Minneapolis. March S.-Jumping so
feet down . blazing elevator shaft
Elmer Bruckhardt. chauffeur. was
seriously burned and otherwise injur-
ed in q $780, 900 fire which almost com.
pletely Quilted four floors and the base
ment Of the Northwest School Supply
building.
Flames. supposed to have original.
ed from the explosion Of partially
filled can Of gasoline in the garage
Of the Royal Automobile Company on
the third floor Of the structure, spread
rapidly. by way Of the elevator shaft
to every floor. The building is the
property Of T. b. Walker.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-08
DAIRY FARM ON WHEELS.
Great Western Equips Train for Tour
Of Lines.

Fort Dodge, Dec s.-Following q
NIGHT meeting at Oelwein, = fully
equipped train of seven coaches. con-
sisting of a diner. sleeper, three lecture
coaches and baggage car arralgiied
as a model dairy barn, will start Jan. 3
over the Great Western lines in Iowa
to spread the gospel of the dairy COW
Prof. Hugh Van Pelt Will be in
charge Of the train and will have with
him & corps of the most competent
dairy men in the state, who will lecture
to the farmers who assemble in the
lecture coaches when the train makes
{. stop along the line.
In the baggage car which will be
fitted up with the latest III cattle
stalls and dairy COW accommodations
and, mind you. good dairy COW
can have the hest of accommodations.
and it's this one fact that Professor
ing TO impress upon the farmers of
Iowa The car Will contain several
OF the famous dairy cows who proud
ly carried off the prizes at the Water
LOO meeting of the State Dairy Associa-
ton. They will be of different breeds,
the best OF their kind, and will prove
by their records that their owners
could afford to keep them in the pala-
tial rooms Of the st. Regis and still
make money.
Professor Van Pelt is now making
arrangements with the towns along
the line which desire the train to stop
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-08

onions at time. the farmer receives 20
per cent OF the retail price; when he
buys q barrel the. farmer receives %
per cent So, in case Of oranges when
the purchase Is by the dozen the grow
er receives 20 per cent of the consum-
er's price, whereas, when the purchase
is by the box the grower gets So per
cent. The rule seems to be. the small
err the retail quantity the smaller the
farmers share of the consumers price.
Production per acre is beginning to
overtake increase of people. declares
the secretary of agriculture, in discuss
ing one of the features of his report
The evidence is very plain that the
yields per acre Of our crops are now IN
creasing, and if the facts were assemb-
led in detail for the states, it would be
found that the percentage Of increase IN
yield OF many OF them Is greater than
the percentage normal increase Of pop
ulation--that is. the increase OF births
over deaths in the old native element"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-08

on q government claim tn Geneva
township. which place >thsy improved
and lived on until the year 1883. when
they moved to what was then Mott
township. was later the mile track
property. and stil more recently has
been plated - Harrimar's addition to
Hampton. This purchase consisted OF
21O acres, and here the family lived for
many years and it was on this place
that Mr.. Wheeler died about twenty
flve years ago.
Soon after the death OF her husband
Mrs Wheeler disposed OF the farm and
purchased the residence property.
where she resided until her death. Her
health had been falling for two or more
years.
Three daughters and one son are left
TO mourn the loss Of kind and indul-
gent mother-Mrs. G. E. Phelps. OF
Spencer; Mary Wheeler. Of Hampton:
William Wheeler. Of Melvin. ILL.,. and
Mrs. J. L. James. OF Lake City. Mimi
The first three named were here at the
time of her death and for some time
previous. and were privileged to minis
ter to her last few wants and desires.
1nterment was made in the Hampton
cemetery.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-08
CLUB WOMEN TO AID GIRLS.
Plan to Help Young Women to Secure
faachino Education.

Independence, Dec. S.-Members OF
the Ladies' Literary Club OF 1ndepend-
ence have originated scholarship
plan which is meeting with favor not
only among the club women but also
among the non-club women In the
state. Members Of the third district
convention Of women's clubs have en-
dorsed the plan by which the district
will give at least $1,000 toward sup
plying permanent fund to be loaned
to worthy young women in aiding them
to get an education at the Iowa State
Teachers College.
The local club is to donate 81 per
member and other clubs Of the district
have signified their willingness to aid
the cause in the same manner.
At the recent meeting Of the COM
mittee in charge composed Of Miss
Harriet Lake Of independence. Mrs. j.
c. jackson OF Iowa Falls, and Mrs. Et-
ia Agnew Of Fairbank. Mrs. Agnew
was named as chairman. Other dis
tricts are taking up the movement. The
plan which probably will be adopted is
to loan young women the money which
they are to return when they begin to
earn salaries. This plan is followed In
Colorado with great success. 1t 10 said
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-08
PASSING OF J. 3. ROMANS
Demse of Prominent Oenison Man
Who Followed Bryan and Free Silver
Into Democratic Party and Was Can
didate for Congress.

Special to Times Republican
Denison, Dec. So. 3. Romans died
at his home in this city yesterday.
Mr.. Romans was the pioneer hardware
and implement dealer Of the county
and very successful.
After being many years a prominent
republican he followed Bryan and free
silver into the democratic party and
was honored with the nomination for
portans positions in party councils. He
was a sonin-law OF H. c. Laub, who
died here two weeks ago. His second
VIE was Mrs. Christine Snyder Of
Creston, al one time president OF the
Iowa Woman's Relief Corps.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-08
nxwo OF sroaM LAKE.
County Farm otsssard Resigns -
Boat Aeeident-Tax Sale, Etc.

County Farm 0to<Hoeo resigns
Beat Aeeidsnt-Tax Sale, Etc.
Special to Times-Republican.
Storm Lake, Dec. 81. M. Jones'
who has been steward OF the county
farm for the past ten years. has severea
his connection with the farm and VIII
remove at once to Manchester. where
ne will engage in the automobile pasi-
ness with Two Of his sons. The sons.
who have been attending the Storm
Lake high school for some time. owned
a nice boat, which they sold recently.
reparatory to removing. On Tuesday
they took some Of their friends. MIS-.
q. r. Skeels and Miss May 0iddle. ana
another party, on a goodby spin on
their boat. Presently the boat went
thru an air hole, into twelve feet OF
water. The members Of the party man.
aked to save themselves by clinging
to the boat until help came, but Mrs.
Skeels was SO exhausted when assist.
ance arrived she lay limp on the Ice
FOR some time She Is the wife OF our
sheriff. elect.
Mrs. Byron e. whealen died here
Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Whealen hac
been sick some time, but her ailmen.
was not generally supposed to he serl-
Gus and her death was a shock to the
community She and her family had
lived at Storm Lake about three years
Her husband. a son and daughter
survive her.
At the treasurer's sale for delinquent
taxes, Monday, ninety eight descrip-
lions were offered and all were taken.
Eight descriptions were for drainage
taxes, one for s1.1O5.77. The entire
amount footed $4.227ss. There were
three times as many descriptions sold
this year as last year, and fourteen
times as much money was involved.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-08
sHEARER REFUSED NEW TRIAL.
Court Pronouness Sentence in Accord
anee With Jury's Findinos.

anes WITH Jurys Findinos-
Mason City. Dec. s.-The motion for
q new trial was overruled and the YER
dict OF the jury sending John A.
Shearer to the penitentiary for life
was made the formal sentence OF Judge
Kelley late yesterday after brief time
lad been spent in argument OF the
motion by the counsel for the defendant
and the county attorney
Shearer IN response to the courts
invitation for any word he might have
showing any legal reason why sentence
should not be pronounced. rose to his
feet. His speech was stammering and
disconnected. He said he was the most
innocent man that ever left that court
house.
He said there were scores Of wit
nesses whose affidavits he could pro-
Guce proving his whereabouts on July
16
Il am here, said the prisoner" as
Christ was between two thieves and
am as innocent"
Ee talked of Harry Parsons and OF
his story which he said was untrue,
intimated that II had been frightened
out of him by the officers and that
Parsons would not meet an officer on
the street if he could help 1t, Later
after the court had announced his rul-
ing. Shearer made another attempt to
talk but was called down by his at
torney.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-08
lau. eiri aus. R.ilre.d.

Plymouth, Dec. 8. = A number OF
people from this place left for s.. Paul
to appear as witnesses in the federal
court, in suit bi ought by Miss Flor
cree Bastow, formerly Of Mason City,
who wants $4,000 from the Milwaukee
railroad for alleged injuries received
when a passenger train on the Milwau-
kee ran into q Rock Island train at
Plymouth Junction on Christmas eve
last. Among these who went from here
are Miss Julia Straka. Mr.. and Mrs. P.
W. Towne, Mr.. and Mrs. C, L. Towne.
Mr.. and Mrs w. s Holcomb. c..
Towne, Albert and Lee Cummings and
John Dorsey.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-08
DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL
ottumwa Judge Rules Against Anti.
TRADING Stamp Law,

Ottunwa, Dec. S.-Judge Echel-
berger. in the district court OF Wapel-
10 county. yesterday declared the Iowa
antitra ding stamp law to be uncon-
sttutional and discharged n. Fried
man, merchant Of Ottumwa. who
was using the Sperry & Hutchinson
green trading stamps, and who was in
dicted at the instigation Of certain
competitors In deciding the case the
judge stated that he knew no law that
could prevent q business man from
taking UP less expensive and more
effective advertising plan than the ore
he was using as Mr.. Friedman had
done, and further said: Il am COM
PEELED, after exhaustive and able ar
guments Of attorneys and a careful ex-
animation of the authority cited, to
hold that the law on which this pros
ecution is based conflicts with both
state and federal constitutions"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-08
VITAL QUESTION At ISSUE De.
TWEEN SALOON MEN AND
CIVIC LEAGUE.
MEANWHILE BOTH SIDES
CLAIM THE VICTORY
Liqusr Interests Claim, to Have Seeur-
Cd Sixty Per Cent Of Voters on Psti.
ton, While Civic League Asserts 200
Will NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Favors Sa-
loon License.
special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Fort Dodge, Dec. S.--Will Fort Dodge
so dry? This question both the sa-
loon men and members of the Fort
Dodge Civic League, their opponents,
are asking Meanwhile each is claim
ing the victory. The saloon men say
they will file their petitions Tuesday,
on which they have secured sixty per
cent OF the voters at the last election.
The civic league officers declare that
when the petition comes to canvass
by the county board of supervisors they
will present 200 Withdrawals from the
petition. or nearly twenty per cent Of
the voting population of the city.
Tuesday will mark the close of a bit
ter fight for and against liquor.
Threats of boycott are said to have
been made by both sides. II Fort
Dodge goes like the rest of Webster
county has, the saloons will be wiped
out. for no petitions of consent for sa-
looms in the other towns in the county
were presented yesterday. the Anal day
of filing This indicates defeat for the
"wets" in the county.
One Of the interesting phases of the
campaign is the stand taken by DR.. F.
E Drake, rector OF 81. Marks Episcopal
church and dean of the Sioux City do
cese He has come out for the saloons
and is said to have preached a sermon
advocating the licensing of saloons
Residence in prohibition territory, he
says. has shown him that prohibition
does not prohibit
Against his arguments, advocates OF
prohibition declare the Cosson la"
compels the county attorney and sheriff
to enforce the liquor laws and provides
impeachment if they do not