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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-04-06
VOSS BUYS BIG
SIOUX CITY FARM
/ c. |. Voss OF DENlSoN, NEGOTIATING
FOR PROPERTY OWNED BY CAPTAIN
BARLOW. OF ENGLAND.
SUM NAMED ABOUT $4,000


Sioux City Journal: Most Sioux
Cityans hive known more or less Of
the Barlow ranch, located ten miles
east Of Sioux City, in Woodbury. and
Floyd townships. Its sale by Capt.
A <. Barlow. Of Essex. Eng, to
G. 1. Voss. Of Denison. To-. for i
consideration Of about $3.50. 600 is just
being completed. negotiations had
been going on for several weeks
through the real estate firms Of Lewis
Bros. & McFaul, representing Capt
Barlow, and E. E. Selmser, represents
ing Mr.. voss.
Tie tract cold to Mr.. voss com.
prises 1,75s acres, being the balance
Of the {, S,OOO-acre ranch Capt. Barlow
purchased through John Peirce in 1880.
It was raw prairie land when Capt.
Barlow came into possession Of il,
and the consideration was about
$25, 600. In-the last twenty years
!. $50 acres have been sold in emsll
tracts Of eighty and 100 acres. and
altogether the prices at which the
various sales have realized totals close
to the $500, COO mark.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-04-06
WATER PROBLEM
IS SOLVED.
PLAN ADOPTED BY LAST COUNCIL MOST
FEASIBLE ONE YET Presented uyEx.
RAUsTlBlE SUPPLY Of WATER.
A GROUP OF FOUR WELLS
Two of Them Practically conpIe,el Il Tweaiy-
Seven Feet. Al Electric Punp VIII
be Used.

Mayor Rollins' administration is
entitled to the credit Of solaing the
water problem for Denison. For
several ye rs it has been recognised
By the city authorities that provision
should be made FIR increasing the
water supply to meet the demands for
private use and for protection against
fire. During this time many plans
have been suggested. but tnone seemedi
feasible until the present plan. adopt
ed by the last council, was decidsd
upon. This plan involved the aiakiug
Of . group Of four wells. about one
block east Of the. wells now In nse.
IL was contended that enough water
would be secured to supply the de-
mands for years to come. Accord
inRly. contract was let and the re-
suit 80 far proves the wisdom Of the
plan. Up to this time two wells,
each six and one-half feet in diametsr,
have been dug, one Of them twenty
seven feet in depth and the other
about twenty. three feet. II probably
will not be necessary to 60 any deeper,
for the supply of water at the present
depth is practically inexhaustible.
and greater than was even anticipated.
The water apparently comes from all
directions and 30 rapidly as to fill the
wells for number Of feet in an in :
credibly short time. It is estimated
that the supply in each we'll is not
less than one hundred gallons per
minute, and remarkable thing is
that pumping the water from one we'll
scarcely reduces the depth Of water ia
the other. There is no doubt thst
when the four wells are completed the
supply will be such as to answer all
purposes for many years to come.
The water is pumped by. means of
electricity and carried through pipes
to the main leading to the sta d pipe.
Denison 10 peculiarly fortunate in.
having the best kind Of water. fur
nished at . minimum cost, while
other cities are paying out millions
of dollars for their water supply.
Los Angeles has bonded the city for
twenty millions Of dollars to bring
water distance of more than one
hundred miles. Other cities are
paying similar amounts and not secur-
ing as good quality Of water as,
Denison will have when the wells are
completed Ut practically nominal
cost. We predict the present council
will hurry the Improvement to
speedy completion.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-04-06
The OLD ADJOURNS
The new CONVENES
DENlSot CITY COUNCIL WINDS Up YEARS
BUSINESS AND ADJOURNS NEW CoUN-
Gil SWORN IN.
H'-MAYOR ROLLINS GETS GAINED
layer Lab Takes Oaih Of O6ce i Rr..enc,
I fBsth Css.c1s an His Aged Father.
Old Oifcers Re-Appsiatel.

The retiring city officials held q
!Mef ting Monday morning at which
time the city business for the past
year was cleaned up, the retiring
officers paid their salaries and the
new msyor and council sworn in.
Tho affairs Of the city are thus turned
oyer to the new administration and
they are now in possession and meet
ing 80 ! board Of review. Financially,
Tor the first time in years. the old
council retires with the city finances
on the right side Of the ledger the
treasurer's report showing thst there
is no overdraft. none Of the different
funds being overdrawn. The old MEM
bers Of the council and tine retiring
mayor are to be congratulated upon
this fact. Two years ago the over
dFAft was $500 and three years ago
it was practically $1,000. In most
instances the city is in better condition
than it has been for years. the side
walks, crossings. streets and alleys
are all in fairly good shape. the san
itary condition 10 equal to most towns
OF Denison's size, aud the moral tone
OF the city good. While the old
council may not have been able to
please all and msy have done some
work that was unnecessary and left
undone some that vas necessary. 1t is
generally conceded that the council
had the best interests of the city at
heart atIall times, and did what i i
|iitaajudgment wasi thought best for all
l-chf csrnsd. Tho administration 81
Mayor Rollins has been as good as the
city ever had, he has devoted much
time and gave the city affairs great
deal of thought and turns the office Of
Mayor over TO his successor with the
assurance Of having done his duty as
best he knew.
Just before the old council adjourn
ed surprise was perpetrated upon
the retiring mayor when Chas. Bull
lock came into the room and on be-
half Of old appointive officers ana
few most intimate friends presented
Mayor Rollins with fine gold
headed cane There were goodly
number Of spectators present. and in,
presenting the cane Mr.. Bullock said:
It'gives me much pleasure to meet
with you on this occaslon. for ! know
you are here for laudable purpose,
We arr here to do honor to 6ur.
retirinG mayor who has served the
city faithfully and we'll and with
credit to himself and friends.
Ny mind carries me back many
years ago when freckeled face
country boy reared near the pure and
rippling waters Of the East Bower
made HE appearance in Denison,
standing on the street corners close
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-04-06
Sud Death Il Bower.

On Sunday morning occurred the
sad death Of Mrs. Peter Wulf at
Boyer. Iowa Mrs Wulf complained
of not feeling we'll on Sunday the
week before. and in few days she
came down with the measles, but
from all Indications she was getting
along nicely. until Saturday night
when she grew rapidly worse. A
doctor was summoned and all that
loving hands could possibly do was
done for her, but all to no avail. for
at twelve-thirty o'clock Sunday
morning her spirit took its flight to
the Better World. She was ! noble
woman. her first thoughts always be-
ing for her husband and, children.
She Was kind hearted, friendly to all,
and always ready and willing to do
fher part.
Emily a. Darling was born In
Crawford county, December 2s, 1857.
being the third child Of Albro Darling
and wife. and died April 8, 1910. aged
"a years, months and days.
On February 20. 1894, she was
married to Peter .. Wult. To this
union were BON FIVE children, the
oldest dying in infancy. Those left
to mourn the mother 9 loss are Nellie,
Minnie, Elmer and James. She also
leaves father, mother. five brothers.
Robert Of Deolit, Harry, Ed, Tom
and Earl at home, and five sisters.
Mrs. Saul Louden of Castana, Mrs.
Andrew Svantz Of Boyer, Mrs. Chas
Dean of Herring, Mrs. Julius
Schram Of Early and Myrtle'a At home.
A short service was held at the
house On tuesday morning and funer-
al services at the Presbyt ter ian church
In Vail. in charge of Rev. Hostetler.
The rernains were laid to rest in the
Vail cemetery. The floral. tribute
was beautiful.
The Review extends its heartfelt
sympathy to the bereaved ones.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-04-06
COURT AGAIN
IN SESSION
THE SNELLBAKER WILL CASE OCCUPIES
SOME ATTENTION. QUESTION As TO
LEGAL DRAWING or SANE.
HASSAN MURDER CASE TO LIGHT
Cont Orders Record Corrected. he Ca,e
Now Before Supreme Csut. 1hies viii
Case Posapsaed.

The district court is again ia ses-
sion after an adj djournment over several
days last week. Judge Church re-
turned on Monday afternoon and found
the jury awaiting him.
The Thies will case which was se {
for trial on Monday. was postponed
one week on account of the sickness
OF one of the attorneys for the con-
testants.
The Snellbaker will case was naxt
in ORDER and on Tuesday morning the
trial commenced and was continued
over until today. There were hut
few witnesses called az the contest
narrowed duwn to one question. and
that was whether the will was legally
executed. The testimony offered by
the proponents consisted Of the de-,
positions of Mr.. and Mrs W. A.
McHenry. Traffer Walker and.
Rachael Nixon, the wife Of the pro-
ponant. On the part of the COM
testants. M. E. Jones and Mrs.
Woodruff testified. After the test.
imony was offered motion was
made BY the contestant, asking the
court to deny the probate Of the
will because the evidence was not
sufficient to show its legal execution.
The case was elaborately argued and
taken under advisement by the court.
The prepayment Of the will is une Al
mon Nixon, 9 resident Of Ohio. and
il, no way related to Miss Snelibaker.
| the deceased. Tue bulk Of the estate.
according 70 the provisions of she
will, goes to vi Nixon and his SIS
ter. 3 woman residing ia Kansas.
The contestant, William Henry Har-
rison Snellbaker. is the Youngest
brother Of the deceased. He is now
man upwards of sixty years of age.
having been q soldier IN the Civil.
War. The deceased was his legal
guardian during his boyhood years.
and as such had control Of small
estate which he owned. The question
involved in the contest is largely .
& e "a =.
legal one. and will probably be 30
treated by both court and counsel.
The case Of the Arion State Bank
We First congregational church Of
Arion. Iowa. e. P. Wiag. L. c. But
Ter. M. B. Nelson and Henry W.
Dodge was tried before the Court
this afternoon. After the evidence
was introduced the Court rendered
Judgment in favor of the plaintiff for
the amount of the not. in the neigh
borhood Of $sl2 90 costs and attorney 8.
fees. sl.
The case OF the State OF Iowa vs.
Joseph and Solomon Hassan came to
light again on Tuesday BY 4 motion
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-04-06

The Maple Valley Firemen's AS
sociation met at Battle Creek on
Wednesday last for the purpose of
selecting place for hulding the 1917
tournament. and after.a spirited con-
test Lake City was selected % the
1910 meeting place. Editor notch
kiss says the citizens of Lake City
will make good and with good
weather the town will make red
spot with dent in it the size Of
Haley comet.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-04-06
Cs,Iese Nstes.

COlle$G N0le4.
Mr. Osterlund Of Vail called at th,
college last Tuesday in the interestl
Of his son.
Mr. Merton Thomas Of Dow Cit,
called on his sister last Thursday and
took supper at the dormitory.
Our teacher Of orato1y, Miss
Brackney, gave some readings last
Thursday evening at the reception
given BY the Odd Fellows.
On Friday last Mr.. Webb Of
Cherokee. cousin Of Mrs. Van Ness.
called at the college. He was on his
way to Carroll to relieve an agent Of
the American Express Co. for . bad
mistake the Carroll man made in
transmitting large package Of
money.
Mre. and Miss Kleespie spent Sat-
urday. April 2nd. in Omaha.
Mr. Earl Chase will be out of
school for . week. He was called
to take his brother from Buck Grove
to the hospital in Rochester, MINI.
Miss Marion Hays was called to
her home in Manning on account Of
the serious illenss Of an aunt. She
left on Monday afternoon. the Atm, but
hopes to be back in week.
This week the students will enjoy
the pleasures Of examination. 40 this
is the regular week Of examinations
in all departments
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| kssSoAuB 0vSAtos AIGIle
did the casual observer know Of the
metal thar was within him. But as
he advanced in years and became a
citizen of our town his neighbors soon
began to see his ability and learn his
worth As q result they elected him
to the highest and most honorable
Office IN the gift of the people Of
Denison, that of Mayor. Now tnat
he has served the people we'll and his
term OF office having expired ! few
OF his sppreciative friends and those
officers VINO have served under him
have assembled here to congratulate
him on the past and bid him au
revau but not farewell. .Truth
crushed to earth will rise again. for
We expect in the future still better
things in store for him
And now Mr.. Rollins with these
few Introductory remarks l want to
say to you, your friends here as
sembled have delegated me to present
to you token Of their love. friend
ship and respect not only to yourself
personally, but for the very able and
impartial manner 10 which you have
conducted ylur Office. Therefore l
have the honor and pleasure to pr ut
to you this beautiful gold headed
cane as token Of kind regards
hope you will accept it. not for
it's intrinsic value. but the senti
ment it represents. And although
you may not have much use for it at
present, as the years roll by and the
footprints Of time make it servicable
to lean on it Tor support. may it ever
remind you Of your friends OF today =
Mr.. Rollins was tax en- entirely by
surprise and feelingly responded in a
few thoughtful words. showing his
great appreciation Of the token pre-
isented him.
New O6cess Sworn IL.
With the adjournment Of the old
city council the new one came in and
Mayor Laub having already taken the
oath of Office, Immediately gave the
oath to the newly elected council.
Those present and taking the oath
we're A.C. Greene. alderman for First
Ward F. J, E9gsrs, Second Ward /;
g. r. French. Third YARD, aud j n
Haugh aud Chas. Chrestenee alder.
men at large. y$,s.
Alfred Wright was elected clerk,
receiving the full vote Of the council
The council Immediately gor down to
business and one of it's first acts was
to pass an ordinance raising the SAL
aries of city martha'l from s55 to $65,
of city water collector from$55 to S65
and the street commission from 81. 90
per day to So so.
At the meeting Monday evening
Mayor Laub made his appointments
as follows:
MARSHALL, A. G. Weeks.
Deputy Marshall and Water Col.
lector. N. j. Burke.
Night Watch. ]. y. Mcclellan.
Street Commissioner. Geo Davis.
City Physician, DR.. W. T. Wright
The council elected i. v. Walker
for City Solicitor and DR.. w. 7.
Wright as health officer.
The standing committees for the
wear are as follova.
Streets and Alleys Haugh. French.
Eggers.
Water and Sewer Eggers. Greene,
Christensen.
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Philip Baker left on Saturday
evening for Chicago, where he will
visit his sister. Florence, who is at
tending school in Chicago.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-04-06
We are in receipt Of : letter tod,

we are IN receipt OF . letter today
from j. B. Bill Of Woonsocket. s.
D.. who formerly resided at Buck
Grove telling Us Of the marriage of
his SOD, j. w. Bill. ITO Miss Clara
Fisher Of Washington Springs, S. D..
on March Goth.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-04-06

Mra. G. y. Smith left this morning
for 2 few days vieit with friends in
Omaha.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-04-06
10 Sold in Tracts.


to cut the ranch up into small tracts
and dispose Of them in the same man.
ner as was dore With the | ,O0O-acre
McNamara farm on the Perry creek
road and later thS Percy Marsh fsrs
Of I .000 acres. It means several more
families are to be added to,the county Z
Population, while the lard itself will
receive better cultivation and conse-
quently better yield of products.
In 1873 few Englishmen came
direct to Sioux CRY from Great
Britisn. They were men of means
and more OF less experienced in agri-
culture under British me,hods. Capts,
Bsyley and BurminQham. both of
whom, with Capt. Barlow, had won
titles in the British army. were among
the number. Others from Great
Britain followed in the seven succeed
ing years, until in 1880 the English
colony in Woodbury. and Plymouth
counties numbered about $50
Was 10 be Duke-Lefd.
Bayley and Birmingham were
captivated with their new surroundings
and were responsible for the arrival
in 1880 Of Capt. Barlow and family.
It has been the purpose Of Capt..
Barlow, before be left England, to
establish here an English estate on
the system prevailing ct home. with
himself % the duke e-lord Of the manor.
On the large purchase made through
John Peirce he built ten tenement
houses. and Ut the same time Barlow
hall, thirty-room solid brick struc-
ture with slate roof, was constructed
In the ten years the landlord lived
there many Of the best people Of
Sioux City. ~ we'll as acqusintances
from abroad. were entertained. The
large house, with i's spacious dance
hal'. was seldom without invited
guests and the host and hostess were
tireless in their efforts at making
every guest feel the cordial welcome.
It was the genuine English hospitality
and captivated the lucky visitors.
Gave . d Disgust
Capt. Barlow began his English
system Of tenantry % soon ss he was
established ct Barlow ranch. The
tenants, retainers and servants were
subjected to the rigid rules OF land
lord supervision prevailing in England
and it did not work. The young
Englishmen, whom he secured from
abroad. we're speedily Americanized
and could not be held TO farm labor.
The captain finally tried American
tenants. but even they did not take
kindly to the English way of managing
= ranch, and after ten years Of an
earnest effort to introduce Briiish
landlordism il the United States, he
gave up in disgust and returned to
his old home at Essex. where he now
lives and where he is officially
knowr as the esquire Of his villsee.
Soon after the captain located at
Barlow hall q sensation was created
by the theft Of the family silver
plate and furs. 1t was estimated at
the time the loss figured $50. 900,
ami the best detectives in the
country worked on the case for
The Globe-republican., 1910-02-24

The latest instance Of errors II
spelling by class qualifying for ad
mittance to leading western univer
sity Is widely interpreted by the press
- an evidence of insufficient training
"a that important element by aca.
denies and high schools. we think q
little study Of the showing may greatly
diminish the force Of the this opinion.
The university in question is Of size
that makes $50 moderate estimate of
those seeking to qualify In the fresh
man class. To such a class list OF
100 words was submitted as a test OF
spelling The list of errors shows II
words mispelled 80 times, or an aver.
age OF 2h times to each word, says
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. But II
there were $50 students spelling 100
words this would indicate percent
age OF error to all the words spelled
Dy all OF the students of one-tenth oil
one per cent. OF course, this calcula
ton as to the proportion Of students
who were weak in spelling is guess.
work until we know exactly how many
students took the test and how many
made more than one error. But con.
sidering that the student who was Sc
gifted in that line as to spell "accessi
Die" "axsesible" probably was the on,
who spelled municipal" "munisipple,'
and glacier" "glashear," 1t indicate.
mat the percentage of those who are
weak is not over s to 10 per cent. o.
he whole.
The Globe-republican., 1910-02-24
Power of Example.

1T amt pretty kind world for a
poor old Swede woman like me- said
Christine. But sometimes ids pretty
good world anyways. vas at place
yesterday we're de lady always make
me iron all afternoon und den send
me home mitout my supper. So yester.
day | tolt her how kind you vas to me,
und how you tell me set down and rest
till supper get ready, und git me
money for de street car SO | don't
have to walk home ven been so tired,
und all about you. So ven put. away
de irons yesterday dot lady she say
to me, Set down und have something
to eat pretty soon, Christine; you not
be in de vay.' Dots because l tell her
about you, ma'am. l t'ink lots of peo-
pies be gooder if dey know about some
body else bein' good. Newark News.
The Globe-republican., 1910-02-24

A dispatch from Detroit states tha
a farmer from the northwest went to I
firm In that city and ordered 80 auto
mobiles to be shipped at once te
friends who had given him their orders
when he started for the east. The
machines, 1t is said, are all of higE
grade, some Of them beiug of the IS,
900 class. and the aggregate cost Of
the lot approximating 100000 The
poyment was almost wholly In cash
This is one of the items that show thu
change rapidly coming over the farm
ing industry.
The Globe-republican., 1910-02-24
SOME REASON IN OBJECTION
Scottish XIII Doubtless Reasonable
and Convenient Garment, But Not
for All Occasions.

AT dinner at Claridge's, the
smartest hotel in London said, with
no little pride Chicagoan, 4 sat be-
side young Rhinelander Stewart,
Anita Stewards brother, you know,
Anita Stewart married Don Miguel Of
Braganza.
Il joked Rhinelander bit on the
kilt that he wore at his sisters Scot
tish wedding. He took my joking in
good part. He said the kilt was a fine,
conventional dress, and till recently
he had thought 1t suitable everywhere
and for all purposes"
Recently, though, he suggested that
the house servants in Tulloch castle
should wear as livery the Stewart kilt;
but the major domo objected.
Now said Mr.. Stewart, what is
your objection"
'Aweel, sir the major domo an
swered, a man Gamma clean upstairs
windows in kilt, moo, can he?"-Ex-
change.
The Globe-republican., 1910-02-24

Whatever else may be said about Ia,
policy pursued In Korea by Japan
which has taken the hermit nation
under its wing, there will be no dissent
as to the wisdom of providing good
roads. Such highways are convent
ences which Korea has never know
until now, and the fact furnishes ont
explanation Of the slow development
Of that country. Public roads ar,
among the first essentials to civiliza
ton, and without them any land, NJ
matter how blessed with natural ad
vantages, must lag behind the process
sion.
The Globe-republican., 1910-02-24
CHOOSING THE LESSER EVIL
Sanmy's Experience Advised Him Of
Wisdom of Selecting His Own
Punishment.

In Sammy Small's neighborhood
there lived family of boys who were
irresistibly charming to Sammy, but
not to Sammy's mother. In fact
Sammy's mother forbade him ever to
go over to play with those boys again,
and threatened punishment should he
disobey her.
But one day Sammy disappeared.
and his mother made inquiries. She
learned that Sammy was over playing
with the Irresistible boys again. Ac-
cordingly when Sammy returned from
his visit he found his mother looking
very stern, and with a remarkably
square, forbidding lap which suggest
ed spanking.
Sammy was promptly taken to task
and stood for moment looking thor.
oughly miserable, Suddenly he bright.
ened up, and started to leave the room.
Here, sir! Where are you going?"
demanded his mother.
II guess" answered Sammy, hold.
ing steadfastly on his way. "I'll go
and shut myself up in the Closet
Hamilton Pope Gait, in Woman's
Home Companion.
The Globe-republican., 1910-02-24
Unexpected Recommend alton.

One day, when Lord Thurlow was
very busy at his home in Ormond
street, a poor curate applied to him
for a living then vacant.
Don't trouble me-" said the chan
cellor, turning upon him with a frown-
ing brow. Don't you see | am busy
and can't listen to you?-what duke or
lord recommended you?"
The poor curate lifted up his eyes
and, with detection, said he had no
lord to recommend him but the Lord
of Hosts.
1.-THE Lord of Hosts!" replied the
chancellor, the Lord of Hosts,-I be-
lieve | have had recommendation
from most lords, but do not recollect
one from him before; SO, do you hear,
young man, you shall have the living"