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Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20
Council Bluffs
Marrying Parson
Hunts for Work
Rev. Henry De Long Has Eye to Busi-
ness, but He is Put Under
Regulation.

Rev. Henry DeLong, probation officer Of
the juvenile division OF the district court
has had a new sign placed near the en-
trance to his office i'm the county court
house II reads Rev. Henry DeLong
Probation officer and Marrying Parson."
The sign is ornate and must have cost Mr..
DeLong the fees Of several marriages. II
is placed in a conspicuous position and does
not fail to attract attention.
Despite the fact that the business of the
juvenile court has been transferred since
the new law went into effect to the super
Tor court, Mr. DeLong holds on to his office
In the county court house and makes no
secret OF the fact that he is there for
competition In the marrying business with
the two justices OF the peace who have Of
fices In the basement Of the same building.
While as yet he has not advertised trad
ing stamps as an inducement for couples
seeking to get married to patronize him,
Mr.. DeJonE offers free marriage certifi-
Gates in the shape of colored parchments,
He rarely misses an opportunity to impress
this upon any couple he sees seeking the
office Of the clerk of the district court
Mr.. DeLong through long experience has
developed veritable Sherlock Holmes nose
In scenting couples who visit the court
house on marriage intent.
Once he scents his quarry Mr.. DeLong
trails 1t straight into the office Of the
clerk and waits by while the license is is
sued, but Harry b. Brown, clerk OF the
district court and official dispenser OF mar
riage licenses objects to this method of
solicitation on the part Of the probation
officer and orders have been issued by
him that MIR. DeLong must henceforth con-
fine his soliciting to the corridors of the
building and outside the office Of the clerk.
This official ediot from the clerks office
went into effect yesterday.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20
Another BobS Up
for Russell Com
Claimant at Fresno, Cal, Claims to
Be Son of Dead Capitalist
and Seeks Estate.

FRESNO, Cal, March 1s.-Another
claimant to the S75O,0OO estate left by Dan
el Russell OF Merose, Mass, appeared to-
day when H. Johnson OF this place made
affidavit before a notary that his real
name was Daniel Blake Russell, son OF the
capitalist. johnson said he was not aware
that his father was wealthy until he
read Of the search for heirs.
He declared that all his knowledge of
the town of Melrose came from his early
life and he described the house In which
he lived az situated on a knoll and facing
on Trenton street"
Johnson is the Second California claim
ant to the Russell name and estate. A
few days ago the Melrose police received
letter from San Francisco written in be-
half of an alleged Daniel Blake Russell,
which protested that, while he did not care
for the money, this particular Daniel did
not wish to see any imposter get It,
The San Francisco police have not To-
Gated the writer, nor have the police OF
several other cities who have been on the
lookout for the real Daniel Blake Russell
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, March 1S.-It ls
not believed that the claimant to the title
Of Daniel Blake Russell who has turned
up on the Pacific coast will figure in the
trial that has now reached its closing
hours in the probate court here.
This trial has been in progress since Oo-
tober The claimant is a resident Of Dick
inson, N. D., who says he is the almost
forgotten son of Daniel Russell of Mel
rose Mass. who died three years ago,
leaving an estate valued at $75O,0OO. The
Pacific coast claimant was made known
through letter which the chief of police
Of Melrose received Tuesday. Attorneys
for the estate said today that similar let
ters had been received from different parts
OF. the country since the case gained no
toriety.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20
Invents Triplane AirshIp,

SHENANDOAH Ia, March 1s-(Special }
M. Russell Cole OF this city, has been
conducting experiments with a model of
a triplane airship which he has invented,
and Il is almost certain that his efforts
will prove fruitful.
The planes of the airship are situated
one above the other, and the propeller,
which, on the model, is only one foot long,
develops sufficient power to lift II pounds
of dead weight A machine constructed
along the lines of the model and of suffi-
cient size to carry a man, would necessitate
planes about "a feet in length, which are
considerably shorter than the planes of
most other machines being used today.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20
Caucus at Iowa City.

IOWA FALLS, Ia, March a.
(speeial)-At one OF the Iargsst caucuses
ever held in the city, last evening. Mayor
b. r.. Bryson was unanimously re-nomin-
ated for mayor for a third term w s.
Walker was also the unanimous choice OF
the caucus for a second term as treasurer
and the present assessor, Eugene Fitzeer-
ald' ST., defeated r. A. Feist for assessor
by vote Of S15 to 81. NJ. NJ. Kiekells was
nominated by acclamation for park com.
missioner for six years ana q. K. HOap
re-hominated for commissioner for two
years. w. v. shipley was reelected com.
mitteeman Tor two years. In the Fourth
ward, G. L. Gade was re-nomlnated 10,
councilman and ]. L. Harrington In the
First. In the Third ward, DIR. b. f. Purcell
defeated A. b. Baxter by a majority Of
four votes. In the Second. T. A. Fayant
was nominated This viii give the city
council Of three new and three old mem.
bers as follows: Harrington, Wright. Pur-
cell, Gade, Baxter and Fayant.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20
Construction Work Nearly Done,

IVVUTTV UUW01
The construction work, which has been
in progress in the Northwestern railroad
yards for about a year. is now practically
completed. It is expected that the end Of
the month will see the completion of the
building operations, when the Gindele
Construction companys gang will 20 to
Chicago. At present only force of about
thirty men is being employed. AS soon as
the contractors machinery and equipment
Is out Of the way the work OF putting the
yards into normal condition will be begun.
The section gang is at present putting in
a number Of new switches and track to the
new ice houses. The entire yard system,
1t is said, is to be remodeled. The fine
weather this month has enabled the work
to be pushed with greater rapidity than
had been expected.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20
RenI nntnte Trnnafer..

These transfers were reported to The
Bee March IS, by the Pottawattamie
County Abstract company Of Council
Bluffs:
Albert b. Smith and wife to David
d. Smith, nwk mex Of 34-77-l3, wd. s 3, ,OOC
Edna j. Lindkugel and husband to
John T. Jones. lot . OF Aud's subd.
Of mex nwA, 1S-7b-4O, wd........,.... 4.1OC
Phillip Kampf ct al to Emil and
Joseph f. Staub, y int, In 81 swh
mex of 21-77-39, wd,..................... 1900
Mary Powers to Mary L. Madden,
subd. in Council Bluffs, IA, wd.... 800
NJ NoEg and wife to Frank b. Hud-
son, lot 0, in block 2, in Evans
Bridge Add. to Council Biufts, Ia,
W. H. Wood and wife to George n.
Mayne, lots 4, Z, II, 13 and Is, In
block g. in Galesburg Add. to Coun-
ell Bluffs Ia, qcd cd.....,.......,..... 80
E. w Davenport, assignee TO Flor
ence r. Everest, lot %, In block IS,
in Railroad Add. to Council Bluffs,
Ia, qcd ..'......'..'.''.ss.'.'s..
-
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20
Triangle Debate TonIeht.

GR1NNELL, Ia, March 1S-Tomorrow
night the fifth annual debate Of the Iowa
Triangular Debating league, which includes
Grinnell college. Iowa State college and
Drake university will be held at Grinnell,
Ames and Des Moines. The question to be
debated is Resolved, That Congress Should
Enact an Income Tax Law, Constitutio-
nality Conceded" The Ames-Grinnell teams
will debate here the Drake-GrinnelI teams
will debate at Des Moines and the Ames
Drake team will debate at Ames.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20

40 per cent but quite a number only showed
s per cent Six kernels were taken from
each car. Some OF the corn tried was
picked before the frost, but It did not make
any better showing than that picked from
the same field after the frost
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20
Denison DemOCratiC Ticket.

DENISON, Ia, March 1S.-(Special. 1.-THE
democrats Of Denison nave put up a strong
ticket for the election Of March 8 The
nominees are as follows; Mayor, o. M.
Crtswell; assessor, Ralph Cassaday; treas
urer w. A. Lamborn; councilmen-at-large.
J. T. Haugh and Herman Grill; councilman,
First ward, g. F. Mccullough; Second
ward, P. ]. Dsgers, and Third ward, Peter
Atzen.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20
Iowa News Notes.

ESTHERVILLE-Mis Olive NewvilIe and
Earl McIalwain were married here yester.
day by Rev. John Sutton, pastor OF Free
Methodist church.
ESTHERV1LLE-Har d. Skinner and
Mabel Waggoner we're married here by
Rev Ben Franklin of the Baptist church
They will reside here.
ALGONA--Grant Benschoter, well known
farmer living near here, today committed
suicide by hanging himself. III health Is
supposed to be the cause for the act
CRBSTON-F. B. Dyar Of this place mar
keted seven young hogs this week at the
local market that averaged l54O They
brought the fancy price OF 10 cents per
pound.
ROSSVILLE-Dale Waltz, aged years
the son of Frank r. Waltz was almost
Instantly killed today at his home near
here. He had tied a rope over q hsrvy
beam intending to make a swing. The
beam was dislodged and FELL crushing his
chest
ESTHERVILLE-The EstherviIe Com
mercial club has elected the following
officers for the coming year: L. L. BinE-
ham, president; r. w. Converse treas
urer, and probably A. ]. Rhodes for sec
retary, although Mr. Rhodes doesn't want
1t another year.
LAKE CITY-Editor Harvey Ingham of
the Des Moines Register and Leader has
been secured to deliver the commencement
address for the class of 1910 on June p
Editor Ingham is one OF the best lecturers
in the state and a record breaking at
tendance Is expected.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20

ALLIANCE. Neb., Iarch 1S-(spsclal
Telegram )-At special election held here
today the initiative and referendum was
put up for adoption and was defeated by
a majority Of $50, thereby insuring the
election OF the present mayor. f. w. Har-
ris, who represents the high license policy.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20
aead corn Tentn pnnr

LAKE c1TY. Ia, March ls-(speeiaI.)- y
a. Hakes has completed mis- first test OF
seed corn. The result was certainly aston
ishinR. The test was made OF nearly three
hundred ears and the highest test was
a per cent. The lowest was ZERO. A large
mAjOFity Of the ears tested showed about
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20
Or. W, 10, HaiIev

IOWA FALLS, Ia, March ls-
(speoial')-Dr. W. ID. BaIiey, one OF the
oldest residents OF Hardin county, died at
the home OF his brother. DIR, ]. e. Bailey,
in this city Wednesday night. Mr.. Bailey
was seventy-seven years old and had been
a resident OF the county fifty years.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20
West Point Competitive Examination.

LAKE CITY, Ia, March 19.-(Special.)-
Hon. Frank p Woods, congressman from
this, the Tenth district, announces that a
competitive examination for entrance to
West Point military academy and the An
napolis Naval academy will be held at
Fort Dodge, May IA. under the supervision
Of Colonel William r. Chantland.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20
WIDOW NOW is HOUSEKEEPER
Ruling of supreme Court in PeEE W.
PEGS Brings Peculiar
Condition.

LOGAN. Ia, March s.-Cspecial the
celebrated case PegE against Pegg, invol-
Wing the title and rights to S25, 900 or more
OF real estate In the west part Of Harrison
county. takes on additional interest by
the recent ruling OF the supreme court Of
Iowa which, in effect. permits the de-
posed widow 20 bring an action in the dis
trict court to recover for services during
the period OF marriage contract.
In 1885 Margaret Asher and ELIAS w.
Pegg Of Clay township Of Harrison county,
entered into the following contract;
LOGAN, Ia, July II, 1SS5.-The under
agreement and contract: Elias W. Pegs
this day takes Margaret Asher to be his
legal wife and agrees to live with her as
such. Margaret Asher this day takes Elias
w. Pegg to be her legal husband and
agrees to live with him as such during life.
ELIAS w. PEGG,
MARGARET ASHER.
Witness-J. c. Crombie.
After living as husband and wife twenty.
one years, Mr.. Pegg died without will
and then trouble began over the ownership
Of the property accumulated during the
time in which the two had lived as hus-
band and wife.
The courts held the contract did not
constitute a marriage contract, that Mar
garet Asher Pegg was none other than a
housekeeper for Elias w. Pegg. Painfully
accepting the decisions of the courts, the
widow will now bring an action to re-
cover for twenty-one years OF service as
a housekeeper to the amount of $1O,5OO
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20
stoTs BottIed ROCK 1eer

A delicious and sparkling tonic. now
ready. Phone your order for a case.
Prompt delivery guaranteed. Charles
storz. Phone Webster 1860; Ind, B-l26L
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20
A Life Sentences

Of suffering with throat and lung trouble
is quickly communted by DR.. Kings New
Discovery 5oc and $1.Oo. For sale by
Beaton Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20
FALLS DEAD FIGHTING FIRE
Hugh Brown of JUlesburE Expires
from ExertiOn of Saving Prop
erty from FIamea

JULEsBURG, Colo. March 1s-CSpeoiaI
Telegram )-Hugh Brown, owner OF a big
hotel here and a large land owner, fell dead
this afternoon, overcome by heat while
fighting a prairie fire at his ranch three
miles from the city.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-20
bCouncil Bluffs
minor Mention

The Council Bluffs offios OF shs
Omaha nee IL ~ is Scott street..
Both phones -.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-21
CURRENT EVENT AND CIVIL
SERVICE

The first district federation of clubs
is wide awake to needs of civil service
reforms this year, and that the club
women of Blackfoot are on the alert
is proven by the public meeting they
expect to hold in the Methodist
church. Mrs. Standrod of Pocatello
the pioneer civil service woman of
the state will be present. and those
who know how thoroughly she has
the subject in hand are ready to say
those who remain away will miss a
profitable discussion of one of the
most important political issues of .le
day. True. we are just now deluged
with Cannonism, and Ballingerism
and Pinchotism, and few other isms,
but these isms will soon be adjusted
and the civil service cause taken up
with renewed energy and eagerness
to have bill passed in the next leg
islature, that Idaho. with suffrage
may be in the front ranks.
We are unable to announce the ex-
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-21
DOINGS OF THE
CITY FATHERS
Councilman Curtis Resigns
From the City Council
States He Cannot Hold
Two Positions at Once.

On Tuesday evening the council
let contract to F. w. Kiefer and
j. H. Farrell for placing the names
of the streets on the corners, and also
for numbering the houses. The street
names are to be placed on posts at
the corners, except in places where
buildings form the corner. The house
numbers are to be of aluminium, and
the contractors will collect 25 cents
from each house numbered, and no.
body is permitted to get his own num-
bers and put them on, for the reason
that the contractors have a rather
complicated task to make up the Or
der to supply the particular figures
needed, and it would make loss and
confusion If others were placing num-
bers too. If anybody wishes any
thing different from the aluminium
figures 1T would be in order for them
to confer with the contractors at once
and make such special arrangements
as would be mutually agreeable.
Franchise for Water Company
The committee appointed to con-
slider the application of the water
company for extension of their con-
tract or franchise to twenty years,
reported little progress. They fet
that the city should receive some con-
sideration for granting such fran
chise, and thought the water com
pany should furnish water for fight
ing fire, and for flushing the sewer
free of cost Some thought the water
for sprinkling should be placed in
the free list or the amount reduced
from the present price of SIS a
The water company proposed rate
of $65 a month for one sprinkler and
$35 each for additional sprinklers
that might be put on. They argued,
their attorney, Geo. F. Gagon
that they propose making improve
ments amounting to S. 1000 or more,
to give better service for fighting
fires, and that the monthly payment
of $1.25 per hydrant for the first
twenty hydrants, and 81 each for
additional ones would give them only |
about six per cent on the investment
made for that purpose. That new
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-21
BIG JUBILEE
AT GROVELAND
Married Folks Meet Friday,
Children Saturday, January
2S and 29---Young People
Saturday Evening---Every-
thing Bounteous and Free.

On Friday and Saturday, Jan. %
and 29th, the peop.e of Groveland
will have another one of their an
nual jubilees, the program for mar
ried people beginning at one O'Clock
sharp, Friday, and the banquet will
be at five. A good musical and liter
ary program will occupy two hours
or more, and then a bevy of maids
and matrons will set the tables and
serve while others enjoy the feast.
All are invited to attend, and
especially the old settlers and the
people who have just moved into the
community, for it is designed to be
a day of friendship, of reviewing the
past and getting acquainted for the
future. There is no demonstration of
politics nor religion in these big jubi-
less, and but for the committees and
SUB committees assigned to the act
ual work OF carrying it out, it is just
what the participants make it and
all are to feel free to participate full
ly and freely.
Everybody is permitted to take
something good to eat and leave it
with the committee but this is not
required. There are always some who
cannot do this for perfectly proper
reasons and there are others who.
out of their bounty. take more than
enough, and everybody is feasted
Childrens Day
On Saturday afternoon at the same
hours the children have their day |
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-21
BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENT

After five years of service with
Marcus Blenkle in his Bridge street
shop | have severed my connection
with that firm and purchased an in
terest in the Brick shop on Idaho
street, where | will be pleased to
meet ali my old customers. We are
prepared to do all kinds of plow
work, horse shoeing, general repair
ing and wagon work.
Peter Anderson,
31-1 Anderson & Heilig
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-21
METHODIST CHICKEN AGAIN

The Methodist cooks are going to
give another chicken dinner lest they
forget how to prepare 1t from wait
ing too long-nothing like keeping in
practice you know, and incidentally,
there will be charge of thity-fiv
cents for the privilege of eating as
much of this good chicken and other
equally toothsome foods, because
there is shortage of cash over at
the Methodist church. Who ever
heard of a church that did not need
cash anyway? Come around to the
V. |. s. rooms next Wednesday, Jan.
26th, sample the chicken, and dis
count the price If 1t is not up to the
Methodist mark.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-21
FARMERS
TRAIN COMING
Lecture at Commercial Club
and Demonstration at the
Depot Monday, January
"a, at 10 A. M.

The Farmers Demonstration Train
sent out by the Oregon Short Line,
for the purpose of showing modern
methods in orchard heating and pota-
to culture will be in Blackfoot Mon
day, Jan. Oath at 10 a. m. The dem
onstrations will be given at the depot
and the lecture at the Commercial
club rooms.
All the farmers are to be the guests
of the Blackfoot Commercial club and
the Oregon Short Line on Monday
the oath of January to study potato
culture and orchard heating, as ex-
planned by the following letter.
January 4, 1910.
To Publishers.
On January goth, 1910, the Ore
gon Short Line company will start
special Farmers Demonstration
Train" from Salt Lake City for a
series of lectures and demonstrations
at important points along the Oregon
Short Line on the subjects of Orchard
Heating and Potato Culture. The
train will carry the following equip
ment.
l Baggage car with implements for
demonstration purposes.
2 Composite cars.
Large coaches for lecture pur-
poses.
Two lectures will be given at each
point, each specializing on one of the
two subjects mentioned.
The itinerary for the run from
Salt Lake to Marysville, Idaho, and
return to Pocatello will be as follows:
Leave Salt Lake City 500 a. H.
January goth.
Arrive at Pennington 1000 a. III.
January goth. (Lecture at the de-
pot)
Arrive at Layton 1900 a. M, Jan.
goth. (Lecture at the depot.)
Arrive at Ogden 200 p. M, Jan.
goth. Lecture at the depot.)
Arrive at Brigham 500 p. m. Jan.
goth. (Lecture at Commercial club
Arrive at Malad 1000 a. m. Jan.
21st. Uecture at the depot.)
Arrive at Garland, 200 p. m. Jan.
21st. (Lecture at the depot.)
Arrive at Collinston 400 p. m. Jan.
21st. (Lecture at the depot.)
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-21
THE WEST LOOKED
AT IN CHICAGO
observations of Idahoans at
the Land Show---Eastern-
ers Became Rubbernecks
Causes of "Land-Hunger"

The National Land Show held in
the Coliseum in Chicago in Nov. 1909.
was a revelation and an education to
the people of Chicago and of the east.
While many states had creditable
exhibits; there were ostriches and Or
anges from California, Navajo Indians
from Arizona weaving blankets AID
making silver ornaments, national
forestry and mining exhibits, relief
maps OF entire rail road systems with
towns and ranches in miniature and
trains in motion, canned music and
Mexican band to entertain, yet, SO
marvellous in quantity, size, quality
and uniformity were the exhibits of
apples and fruits from the northwest,
that many forgot everything else and
called it the apple show
That the show was a success was
shown by the constantly increasing
crowds in attendance and the fact
that In towns many miles away from
Chicago, everyone talked of the Land
Show and the wonderful apples and
potatoes
one man, superintendent of
schools in neighboring city, said he
1ldnt dare to go rvr fear he would
become dissatisfied with his job and
moreover he wished the distinction
Of being the only, man in the city who
lad not attended the Land Show.
Some doubling ones could not be-
ieve that such fine apples grew in the
and OF the coyote and sage brush
,ut no one could suggest any other
)lace, outside the great northwest,
where such perfect fruit, so large, so
fragrant, so delicious, could be pur-
hased, even if the exhibitors wish
ID to deceive. AS a last subterfuge
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-21
ANNOUNCEMENT

The Blackfoot Steam Laundry
wishes to announce that after the
first of February they will do strict
ly cash business, delivering packages
only on payment of the charges due
on them.
Coupon books will be furnished to
those wishing to use them, and 10
per cent discount given to purchasers
of the coupon books. 3O-3
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-21

rent Event club would like 1t the
evening of January 31st but have
been unable to learn If this meets
the approval of Mrs. Standrod. The
public, both men and women, are
asked to keep the meeting In mind
and listen for am announcement Of
the exact date on which 1t will be
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-01-21

II you want money quick,
get it from Parkinson Realty
b Investment Co. We have
plenty on low rates Of interest
and can let you have it as
soon as the papers are signed.
Parkinson Realty e Inevst-