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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-01-07

Will Finch gives notice to every
body in Betzville that the party that
stole his Belgian lap-dog is known to
him, and that unless the dog is re-
turned before next Wednesday noon
he will offer SIS reward for any infor-
nation leading to the Identification of
the thief.
Will is all broken up over the loss
of the dog. He paid dollar for 1t
to passing tramp who swore he had
stolen the pup, or he couldn't afford
to sell it for the price. The tramp
said the pup was Belgian lap-dog,
and to prove it offered to let Will see
1t lap up milk, If Will would furnish
the milk. He said he had just re-
turned from a pedestrian tour of Mex
leo, passing through Belgium on his
way to Betzville. Will sort of sug
gested that a lap-dog wasn't one that
laps, but one that is small enough to
sit in a lap, and the tramp fell right
in with the notion. He told Will that
was what made the Belgian lap-dogs
SO valuable, they were both kinds Of
lappers.
Will doesn't often spend money,
and when he does he likes to get his
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-01-07
F u Ii
John w. Harding
Copyright. 1908. by G. W. DilIins-
ham Co.

She sighed, took seat opposite to
him Mt the table and with great ear
nestness started in to question him.
"Jimsy," she began, tell me honest.
ly-why doesn't Joe get on?"
II really don't know" he averred
I'm afraid you do" Emma insisted
Honest. l don't. I've been so busy
getting along myself that l haven't
paid much attention to any one else
He paused and gazed up at the cell
ing. engrossed in thought
You know. Emma" he went on sud
denly, turning toward her. this get
ting along business is a funny game.
Such lot depends on what man
means when he gets along. Some get
along when they have got lot of
money. some when they have a wife
and home and bunch of kids. some
when they are able to pick pockets
and fool the coppers. Getting along
and why you do or why you don't de.
ponds good deal on where you want
to get"
"And you, JimsyY she questioned
"Have you been getting along?"
ooh. yes. l guess so. amt got a
whole lot to kick about perhaps lit
tie less, maybe little more. than Joe.
But the great idea is not to get sore.
Joe's all right. Maybe he's just being
prepared for better living. When it
comes he'll appreciate it MORE
Somehow don't seem to under.
stand him as used to-" she confessed
There's been change that worries
me-that worries me greatly"
Three sharp rings of the bell put an
end to further conversation, and she
rose. disappointed. and pushed the but
ton.
That's mothers ring" she said
please help me to bring some chairs
from the parlor We can't go there be
cause everything's covered up and ir
disorder. They're papering the room
| shouldn't wonder if Captain VIII
liams were with them. He takes
mamma and Beth out in his new auto
and has brought them around here
quite frequently of late"
Does he ever take you for ride?"
''He asks me to go. but I won't"
"Why not?"
That's Just what 80 tell. There
is something abou; nm that |.
repulsive-he looks o strange
| ly. And then l know i, how he ha!
treated Joe. and
"And what?''
81 don't like him-thats ALL"
"That'ss enough. it seems to me
| After all. l guess he figures all to til,
bad with decent women"
mamma and Beth like him.
"Well. your mother never did shin
up to me more'n the law allowed an,
as for Beth. she's nice enough girl
| but her education hurts her, l think"
"Hush. Here they are"
And the little woman hurried int
the hall to oren the door for them.
(To be continued.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-01-07
FOUGHT FARMING
BATTLE ALONE.
Went Into Wilderness and
Made a Ten Strike.
Ole MARTINS HEROIC STORY

Miles From Any Human Being, He
Broke the Land With a Hand Guilt
vator and Won With His Nerve and
Brains-Ole's Experience With Potato
Growing.
This is the story of a farmer who
won because he had nerve and under.
standing enough to sit down on his
land and fight it out to finish, a
farmer who had never heard of the
word discoura cement and whose only
definition of failure was that it meant
try again little harder" also it is
the tale of IL man who farmed as much
with his head as he did with his hands,
and he did an enormous amount Of
work with those latter.
His name-not that it matters par
ago he drifted into these United States
from Sweden. where he had been farm
ing in rocky and exhausted land for
fifteen years. Six months after his
arrival at New York he was in Alaska,
and six months after that he had a few
acres of land on the Kenai peninsula
Then he began to farm. There were
no neighbors-not then, at least, for it
was not until later that a taciturn
Scot sat down short distance away
and began to farm on his own ac-
count.
Had No Dogs or Horses.
The location was three and half
miles north Of the new town of Sew
ard. and there was no railroad; also
there were no horses and at first not
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-01-07
BETZVHIE TALES
Will Finch and the Belgian Lapdog
IH>By Ellis Darker BuHefI
WY Author of"Pi9s is Pigs Etc. wv
By PETER NEWELL


but there didn't seem to be any way
in which he could get value received
for the dollar he had spent for the
lap-dog.
Then, just when he had reached the
lowest depths of worry, Uncle Ashod
Clute suggested something that
cheered Will up again and made him
as happy as of yore, and the next
thing we knew Will was packing his
goods in boxes and laying in time
tables. And the funny thing, so he
said, was that he hadn't thought of
1t before. So he packed his belong
1ngs, and had them shipped to the
Junction, and bought new suitcase,
and bought ticket to Salt Lake City.
In talking it over with us he said he
saw plainly enough that no one lap
could ever be big enough to hold that
Belgian lap-hound, even IS it was
now, and there was no telling when
it would stop growing, so the only
thing to do was to secure an extern
sible lap, on the principle of a sec
tional bookcase, that could be added
to from time to time TO meet reuuire-
ments. He said he was going to Utah
and become a Mormon, and that right
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-01-07
Chicago Working Woman's Home.

A whole family can keep itself in
health by the use of DR.. Ca.dwell's
Syrup Pepsin, because it is a laxative
that works mildly and surely, and some
members of the family is almost always
in need Of such a remedy. DR.. Luella
Underhill, medical superintendent of
the Working Woman's Home of Chica-
go writes that she gives nothing but
DIR. CaldWell's Syrup Pepsin. 1t is an
solutely guaranteed to do what we
claim, and if you want to try it before
buying, send your address. for free
sample tottle to Pepsin Syrup Co, ll9
Caldwell Bldg, Monticello, III. 1t is
sold by all druggists at soc and 81 ii
bottle.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-01-07

even a dog, SO supplies had to be
packed in. y man who has never
carried sixty to a hundred pounds on
his back over rough, unbroken coun-
try can only imagine that. Ground
had to be broken and cleared. Then it
had to be prepared for sowing, and
the old metbods of Sweden and the
United States even We're useless. Mar
tin began With potatoes and failed.
His results were watery caricatures
OF the potato of commerce. He had
got his seeds from Seattle. and he
tried again and failed again. Then he
began to farm with his head. He pro-
ceedcd to educate his potatoes and
teach them to grow respectfully. This
could only be done by growing and re-
seeding. Soon he had real potatoes
and began to sell them.
Cultivation was Il problem, for with
out tools it was difficult. Martin solv-
ed this problem. however, in his own
patient way. He built himself hand
machine aud pushed it himself with
rrodi@ous labor. Later. when he had
secured IL dog team, he broke them to
haul the cultivator 1t was Il severe
task. for he was alone. There was no
hired man-jllst Ole himself and the
dogs.
Decided on Garden Truck.
Finding himself so close to a grow
| ing community. Martin saw that in
garden produce there would be Il mar
ket. and he set to put some seven
acres under cultivation. In nearly all
! his work he had trouble with his seeds.
| Those from the States would not grow
well in soil where there were 40
| inches of rainfall in a year. and so he
lad to educate his turnips. his cauli-
| Ibwcr, carrots. cabbages and the rest
to grow in damp soil.
! The government maintains expert
mcnt stations, but these were and are
/ too few; also they are only experiment
! stations, and the real work must be
done by the real farmer. Martin went
| through it all. and he built his log
| house. barn and outbuildings. He cuts
his hay-tons of it-by hand and ricks
/ it alone He finds time for flowers.
and these are his amusements. He
built an incubator and is raising chick
ems and is housing them in log
house equipped with stove. Every
bit of work on the place-every last
tap--has been done by this farmer sin
gle handed He has combined the
work OF the experiment stations and
the farm. and to him is due the sue
cess of farming on the Kenai. Now
| the railroad has come to him. and he
can ship his products in to Seward.
even across the sound to Cordova and
| Valdez. and lie is well to do.
Fought Twenty Hours Day.
Bot the trials and the fight of those
early days, when he was wrestling
twenty hours of summer day and
eight hours Of winter twilight with
A rough. semiarctic country, pushing a
| clumsy, homemade cultivator by hand
I and smiling cheerfully, will not soon
fade. nor will the days when eighteen
hours of yellow sunlight brought the
seeds rushing to the surface and ma.
tured them in five weeks. Those were
the moments when he saw the things
the future held. And he's not goilss
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-01-07

to sell out and go back to Sweden.
He's going to stick on the job It's
his home now. and he sees the time
in ten years-no. fve-when he will
have farmer neighbors all about him
and the rich soil will be working for
the men who can conquer it.
Up in the Tanana valley and in the
Copper river and the Susitna. too,
farmers are following the track of Ole
Martin. the man who farmed and made
it go through-alone.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-01-07
Lack of Judgment.

$50 Cayuse Charley met his fate
at the hands of a posse?" Yep" an
swered Three-tinger Sam. What was
the trouble?" His immejt difficulty
was lack of Judgment as to speed.
He helped himself to horse. but
didn't pick one that was fast enough
to keep ahead of the party as went
after him"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-01-07
Insurance..

Before placing your insurance see me
for terms. Can save you money and
write it correctly Nothing but first
class companies. E. M. Stockman.
Office over City Rest Room. N. L.
phone, office No. 4, residence No. 4l2
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-01-07
P A / ID / n
Novelized rom
Eugene Walters
Great Play ~
CHAPTER ".

TAHERE was knock. the un-
latched door opened, and James
Smith walked in.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-01-07
Auction.

If you are going to have a sale see
me for terms. E. M. Stock man, Auc-
tioneer. Office over City Rest Room.
Office phone No A. Residence phone
No. 412, Northern Iowa. Cresco, la.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-01-07
ALMOST A DISTURBANCE.

The tall individual with the frayed
newspaper in his hand approached the
pudgy little man in the wilted collar.
MY friend. you look intelligent.
Tell me which is correct-flee or f1y?"
The little man mopped off the pers-
Diration and glared pitchforks. cav,
go on! What do you think l know
about fleas and flies? Go to some
natural history museum. beau"
Pardon me, but you do not under
stand. l said fee or fly"
Il know what you said Do you
think am an insect factory?"
mo, no. my friend! T.
Then what do you want to ask me
about fleas and flies for?"
Il only thought that you could en-
tighten me. You have an intelligent
face and"
AN intelligent face? And that's
the reason l LOOK like l study bugs,
Ell? On your way before bat you on
the beak."
And then the pudgy little man
mopped his collar and wondered
whether the tall chap was lunatic.
RECIPROCITY.
"Get-even' spirit rules the world;
The brick of retribution's hurled
With prompt sure aim throughout the
land.
Held back by no forgiving hand.
Get back at him." is working rule
In modern life's hard business school,
And each one has the warning pat,
you strike my dog, I'll hit your cat"
The principle Is right enough,
And yet it makes the walking rough;
For how much better 1t would be
II we could rights of others see
AS clearly as we do our wrongs,
And sometimes answer taunts with
songs,
And now and then be glad we lack
Ungenerous chance Of getting back"
And what difference 1t would make
II all as eager were to take
The chance of paying favors so,
| And pass them on wherer we go;
II well as foe. we paid our friend,
And rules and maxims would amend,
So this read first upon lifes log:
you stroke my cat, I'll pat your dog"
True to Principle.
"Why don't you want the singer
who was so highly recommended for
your concerto"
Because, sir, her advertisements
said she had such liluid tones, and
this is a dry town. sir"
Bisbee daily review., 1910-10-26
Dividing a Long Sermon.

Dr. Samuel Buell. of the last half of the eighteenth century. who used to preach two or three hours. like Isaac Barrows. was ingenious in detaining his congregation. On one occasion. aft CT preaching nearly two hours-as long as he could feel secure in the presence of all his hearers--he remarked that he was done preaching to sinners and that they were at liberty to go. the rest of his discourse would be ad- dressed to good people.
 A gentleman who once went to hear him stated that when the hourglass was nearly ready to be turned sec ond time from the commencement of his sermon he said, much to the relief of the person who related it, "Once more" Afte. going on some eight ol ten minutes longer he said, 'To con clude." and after another about equal interval he said, Lastly"
 The gentleman added that he expect ed every moment to hear him say "Ev erlastingly."
Bisbee daily review., 1910-10-26
Tn. symboli.m Didn'. Appeal.

'Charlie." sorrowfully sighed the young lady in the parlor of the con crete house on Washington avenue, ''it is nearly F o'clock
 "Yes. Belinda" was the breathing response of her poetical companion. who was sitting on the sofa beside her. ''the minute hand is drawing closer to the hour hand. and when the time of midnight is cbimed the two hands will be even as one. Oh. dar- ling Belinda" he continued as he lit orally simulated the action of the min ute hand. may not the coming to- gether of those two hands be sym boiical of usy'
 She broke away and stood firmly on her feet No. Charles Henry Smith, she retorted angriiy, those two hands will remain as one but a single sec ond. and then the minute hand will divorce itself and go on its way alone No. Mir. Smith. a minute hand that doesn't stick isn't the kind of sym bolism waDtm-Chicago News.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-10-26
OFFICERS SAY HOLD UP STORY \ DREAM

A dispatch from Douglas Saturday stated thnee burglaries and one hold up occurred there Saturday morning. put later investigation disclosed the fact that the disnatch was greatly exaggerated. One of the places en tered was a jewelry and clothing store and it was said in the dispatch that $500 worth of goods had been stolen However, the value of the loot is far less than this amount. Deputy Sh'er. iff Will White yesterday received a description of the goods which in cludes half dozen suits of clothes half dozen pair of trousers half dog CT oyercoat, 29 watches, 36 baby rings and minor articles all of a cheap value.
 The man who was supposed t6 have been held up was John Gardin CT. He told the officers that he was awakened and found three men in the room, one of them stuck a revolver to his face. The authorities at Doug las say Gardiner admitted he dream sd this story and told of it while drunk.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-10-26
DENTAL SOCIETY

PHOENIX, Oct. 26.-Arrangements are being perfected for the holding in Phoenix during the week of the territorial fair of the annual meeting |of the Arizona Dental society, at
 which time it is expected that the leading dentists of the territory will be in attendance. The days designat- ed as those for the holding of the meeting are Wednesday, Thursday
 and Friday. November 9, 10 and II. Be sides the election of officers and
 as usually comes before the society
 upon the occasion of its annual meet ing. there will be a number of inter. esting papers and clinics. The meet. ing will probably be held in the of fees of Dr. John A. Lentz, the presi-
 dent of the society. Among the papers to be read is one by Dr. H. H. Wilson on the sub iect of Education" while Dr. Simms of others are engaged in the prep aration of papers promising to be equally as interesting.
 The Phoenix Dental society is plan n.ng to tender the visiting dentists a reception such as they have never be. fore had, besides a smoker, will
 probably hold a banquet and theateI party.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-10-26
WRONG KIND OF
 SkUNKS ARE KILLED

PHOENIX, Octt. 26.-Young Jesse
 Wetmore, who is engaged in dry
 farming at Rillito. reports case of
 rabies in a dog from the bite of a common skunk. When the dog first showed signs of sickness he used the usual remedies on him, but as the animal continued to grow worse he
 was advised to chain him up and watch results. This he did and at the end of ten days he was obliged to
 kill the poor brute. Although severe ly fastened the dog frothed at the mouth, snapped and bit at everything within reach. Although considered a valuable animal Mir. Wetmore consid- cred it best to destroy it, as there was no probability of 1t recovering from the attack.
 Such cases are unusual in which hydrophobia has been transmitted through the bite of common skunk although such things are said to have loSS0AAcu DStoit. AES AAltiS II. .uIOpuD- bia skunk, Of which Arizona has her Hull share, are known to be death ly dangerous If afflicted with rabies they will bit under almost all con.
 ditions.
 When the law was passed by the last legislature placing a bounty oi one dollar on skunk skalps, the hy. drophobia skunk was the one it had
 in mind, but as the law did not SC specify. skunks good, bad and ind.f ferent were killed by the thousands
 as a matter of financial preservation
 county supervisors were obliged to
 adopt restrictive measures which put an end to the indiscriminate slaughter
 of these very useful animals. On an iexamination of the thousand skins Iupon which Pima county paid the
 bounty, not more than one in fifty were of the prescribed kind. On re iconvening of the legislature this law should be repealed, for while the skunk is occasionally dangerous animal their use in the destruction oi vernin is almost incalculable.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-10-26
cuMPAs LACKS WATER

DOuGLAS, Oct. z5. - tSpecial) -
 A. Martinet, one of the prominent citizens of Cumpas, Sonora, was in the city today, returning from Fl Paso where he had been after two sons who have been attending the Agricultural college at Juarez. The boys are being taken home for a va cation after an absence of ten months. They left this afternoon for Cumpas.
 Mir. Martinet owns a Touring mill at Cumpas and has resided there for twenty years. He stated today that crops in the Cumpas country were not very good because of a continued drought when water was needed for irrigation. However, Mir. Martinet said that he has enough wheat Tn his mill to keep it going until the coming of the new wheat crop next year.
 The people of Cumpas are looking forward with much anxiety to the time when the railroad will be com. pleted to that town from Nocozari but no encouragement has been re gently received as to when this ex pected benefit will be realized.
 The Transvaal company is con- tinuing work. but the mineral indus try in that section is very quiet. as a whole.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-10-26
DIRECTORS COMING

A number of the directors of the Calumet & Arizona Mining company
 are expected to arrive in Bisbee dur. ing the next few days. Some of them may get in tomorrow. Tn the party will be Thomas F. Cole, Mir. Condon, Capt. Thomas Hoatson. Sec retary Campbell and others. It is not known whether President Briggs will be among the visitors.
 During the past three months the c. & A. properties and those of the Superior X Pittsburg have been un. Ger examination by ]. s. Douglas or this city and Dr. L. D. Ricketts. and it has been surmized that this examination had to do with any prop osition for consolidating these in- terests that might be under consid- eration.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-10-26
H. csm. Down Liaht.

A Chicago board of trade man who was not iE the habit of attending church was tsz.sg walk one Sunday morning. and cn coming to a church at the regular hour of service he de cided to go in. As he entered the au- ditorium in which the pews were ad- justed ugon a sloping floor an usher stepped forward and. wishing to con- suit him as to location before con ducting hiEn tc sitting. politely in quired:
 Would you like to come down pret- ty wellT'
 Mistaking tne incuiry to be an ap- peal for money, the board of trade man began to tumble through his pockets as he drawie1:
 'Td like to. but I'm not prepared to come down very heavy, as 15 cents is all have with me."-Harper's Mag aZine.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-10-26
BOWLING RECORD

DOUGLAS. Oct. 9. - (SpeeiaD =
 The second week of the Y NJ. c. A. four-men team bowling tournament has closed. and naturally the sep aration between the winners and the losers has widened, but it is yet too early to say that those who are be- hind can not come up from the lower half of the list and hustle or dis place the present leaders. Some one bowler 'may improve enough to do this, or some other bowler may fall down" in one or two matches and give a chance to another team. The standing of the teams in the tournament today is c. & A.. 6-2; c. o. No. 2, 6-2: c. 0. Store. 5-3: South western Transportation, 5-3; Shop Sharks, A: City. A: c. Q. No. |; 3-5; Freighters. 3-5; Orrison's Odds. 2-6; c. & A. Giants. 2-6.
 Tonight Orrison's Odls and the Transportation teams will meet in the first game of the third week of the tournament.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-10-26
SHERMAN IS 55

UTICA N. Y, Oct. 24.-Many let ters and telegrams of congratulation arrived at the home of Vice -Presiden, Sherman ia this, city today to remind him of the fact tha: this is his fifty. fifth birthday anniversary. The Vice President was born in Utica in 1855 and this city has always been his home, with the exception of the time that he has spent in the national cap ital in attendance upon the sessions of congress. of which body he has been a member almost continuously for the past twenty-five years.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-10-26
STATE BOOSTERS

PHOENIX, Oct. 24.-(Special)- )--In- terest has been aroused in the sug-
 gestion for the formation of a state
 boosting organization. Already the
 Phmoenix Board of Trade has been advised of the appointment of many delegates. Mir H. B. Tailor of Tue
 son will read paper on the Value |of State Organization" MT. F. F.
 Towle of Globe has been invited to talk on Advertising Methods" and
 MT. E. P. Gripdell of Douglas has
 been called upon for a paper on the Representation for Arizona on the Pacific Coast, or Atlantic Coast" All of these gentlemen are promin- ently connected with development
 work and will be able to speak with authority. Other subjects and other speakers are 10 be on the program. The meeting will be held on Thurs. day, November the 10th, (not 19tth as a previous notice read) at the
 Board of Trade building at 10 am. Dr. J. F. Foss, president of the
 Phoenix Board of Trade will occupy the chair.