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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-12-20
MANY PITFALLS
AWAIT MAN
Big Swindling Deals Whereby One
May FaII-"Get Rich Quick
WaIIingford" Stories.
TRADE LAND FOR MERCHANDISE
Southern Firm Furnishes Real Estate
Men Stocks Of Merchandise to be
Used in Trades.

The many methods of separating a
man from his cash are so numerous
that it would be hard to enumerate
them all in short article. The
Get Rich Quick Wallingford" stories
are not so much overdrawn as one
would think, if you knew all that was
going on around you.
The methods used by the real estate
agent who has something to exchange
for your equity is we'll illustrated in
the following:
There is firm in St. Louis that
makes up stocks of goods in $4,000 in
voices. The name of the firm that car
ries on this line of business will not
be given, as we do not propose to fur
Their their business methods by free
advertising, but you can find them out
if you are DESTROYS of going into the
business.
Every real estate dealer has these
invoices sent to them. The invoice
shows out alright, but the value of the
goods is multiplied by four. These in
voices can be purchased for $500 less
in real money. The man who intends
to engage in this kind. of business, ad-
vertises that he has $4,000 stock Of
new goods to exchange for an equity
in almost anything. 1t is usually in
cheap Dakota, Nebraska or western
lands. Eventually he finds man who
has the equity and the deal is ne
gotiated. The owner of the invoice
of course endeavors to get the fellow
with the equity to pay him $500 down.
If the deal is good he will take less,
but sticks for his proposition as long
as he can. He often makes it work
and the deal is made.
BY a little close figuring you will
notice that the real man has paid
nothing for his equity in the property
traded for. 1t has cost him nothing
but little smooth work. With this
equity now that cost him nothing, he
is ready to do business. He will trade
it for any Legitimate stock, no matter
of what kind or what it costs. If the
one equity is not enough, he will trade
two or DIS many as a man wants.
Eventually the deal is made and the
real estate man has secured stock
of goods that cost him nothing but
the time and labor of making the deal.
The next proposition is to sell the
stock, which he proceeds to do at any
old price, because every dollar he gets
out of it is velvet"
1t is only few months ago that a
certain party in Manson tried to work
one of these deals on l. E. Long &
company. They offered to take two
autoes in the trade, and they of
course would have had to pay the diff
ference, which would have been $500.
If they had been the right kind OF
suckers they would have bit and the
party would have gotten his two ma
chimes for 500. If anyone flashes this
kind of proposition to you, tell him
that while there is a sucker born ev-
cry minute" you are wise" to the
DEAL
Such deals may be legitimate, but
the fact is they border very close to
being prohibited by the United States
mails, if they are looked into closely.
Jefferson Bee.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-12-20
Open Christmas Sunday.

The city carriers will be at their
old. places on Christmas Sunday, and
all classes of mail will be delivered to
those who call at the carrier windows
between 9 and 10 a. m. The carriers
have volunteered their extra service
in order that Denison people will get
their Christmas gifts on time.
Gail Carey, substitute city carrier.
will assist during the holiday rush.
He will serve route I, the business
district, the three regular carriers div
iding the resident district among
them.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-12-20
Lake Ice Season ope MS.
(E. H. Martin, in Tribune.)

Clear Lake. Dec. I'D H. Culver"
has commenced getting out ice on the
lake. 1t is now only ten inches thick,
but it can be quickly handled and goes
into pounds rapidly. There are good
many orders for ice coming to Clear
Lake and this season will be a busy
one. The company is well equipped
for handling ice.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-12-20

Total value ...... :. 1888, 99l ,154
The estimated value of
soil products, 1910, was 362,470,79:
George NJ. Chapel,
Section Director.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-12-20

John Tobbe was up from Dow City
Monday transacting business. While
in the city he made the Review Office
a pleasant call and advanced his sub
scriptiOn for another year.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-26
SHOULD NOT BE OVERLOOKED

There are some important points
OF fact and circumstance which Capt
Potter fails to state in his contribn-
ton this morning on the Cairo &
Thebes-Louisyille & Nashville mat
ter. and which ought to be stated
lest the public be misled. Among
these Us the fact that the stock held
by the Cairo G. Thebes promoters
was signed over to the L. & N. PEG
pie upon certain conditions. and IL
may be presumed that If these con.
dltions were violated the stock as.
signment was not valid.
Another important fact is, or 1t
claimed to be, that under the law OIL
Illinois directors may not be remov-
ed before their terms have expired,
and therefore the attempt to remove
those directors OF the Cairo & Thebes
who insisted upon a carrying out OF
the contract made with the l.. & n
as condition Of assigning thei
stock. was OF no effect.
However, those are all questions
for the courts to determine. Tit
people of Cairo have reason to feel
that the action taken in their behalf
is right, and whatever the courts
may decide probably will be satisfae-
tory to them.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-26

crude petroleum in marshes and on
streams and ponds. The oil Is found
effective in killing off the wigglers,
which develop into mosquitoes, and
in destroying larvae. Montclar's
health department Is conducting q
particularly active campaign of ex,
termination. The department has
announced that it will enforce the
laws on the subject very strictly. One
law relates to stagnant water. 1t
provides that as such pools propa-
gate mosquitoes the owners of the
property on which they are allowed
to remain must pay fine of $40 for
every day the pools are allowed to
exist. The meadows east and south
of Newark, about Bayonne and ex-
tending southwark along The Atlantic
coast are gradually being drained
and in some localities are being filled
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-26
A SERIOUS SITUATION.

That Is an awful story which Ia.
been told by VIM. ]. Burns and his
detective force, and by McManigal
who claims to have been engaged
with others in the destruction o..
life and property under the direction
of high union labor officials. The
story is too awful to believe without
incontrovertible proof, when men
like John ]. Mcnamara, who have
stood high in the communities where
they are known, are involved; and II
Is too awful also to permit us to ig.
more, or contemptuously belittle, the
evidence thus far presented. The
most we can be reasonably expected
to do is to await developments, before
passing judgment finally, and In the
meantime keep cool.
II is not open to question that the
great mass OF men who are bound
together in the various unions
throughout the country do not ap,
prove OF murderous methods to pro.
mote their cause, and generally speak
Ing they have the sympathy of the
public In the efforts to advance them
selves and their fellows. This bein g
true It is matter for regret that
some OF the local bodies in the large
cities are INDUCING in heated resolu-
tions, denouncing the proceedings
against Mcnamara ct al, as a police
frame-up, etc. Such conclusion il
hardly permissible in view Of the
gravity of the case in all its aspects
and in view of what has been pre-
scented; and the violent dennnciations
OF the authorities may do unionism
generally more harm than good In
the public mind.
The Chicago Tribune, one of the
cleanest and most conservative pa,
pers In the country, concludes an edi
torial comment on the subject as fol-
lows.
y
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-26

IF this evidence S even approx
nately true the situation is the
srayest union labor has ever faced.
Fhe people of the United States will
lot submit to such methods. Grant
ng great inequalities of fortune ami
much social Injustice, conditions are
fery far from justifying resort to the
desperate remedies OF treason and
oloodshed. If they are resorted to
hey will result not in the intimida,
ion of the public, but in the drastic
of all organizations
which connive at them.
1.-THE great mass of union men IRE
law abiding citizens, credit to tae
country, and a great source of its
strength and prosperity. The pro-
gressiye betterment Of these citizens
ought to be and is the concern OF the
nation. But it is these men who
must be first to set their faces
against the violence and criminality
oracticed by vicious or misguided
men the union ranks. If it should
be proved that the Times building
was destroyed in a labor plot, the
will prove to be far more
lurtful to the cause Of union labor
han to the recalcitrant enemies.
This must be plain to union men, who
Is a class can have no sympathy with
such outrages. But it also should
% plain that the abolition of vio-
ence must not be left TO external
agencies, but should be put down
rom within"
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-26
s: s;s''' s:'.l ':'' .i * LNaaAma.e.

Bode, pointed out that the distances
OF the several planets from the sun
seemed to follow remarkable arith.
metical law, the figures marking the
distances forming thus a regular
scale. The only exception TO this
law was between Jupiter and Mars,
and here the gap was twice as large
as 1t ought to be, according to the
scale. 1t was natural to suppose that
4 planet had once filled the place in
the scale and then for some reason
dropped out. And so in 1900 the as
tronomers of Europe agreed to hunt
for traces of a broken-up planet in
this gap. Here they found the aster-
ODDS, or minor planets, numbering
now about $40. Whether they are
really fragments of broken-up
planet Is not proved, but it certainly
has that appearance.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-26

in, thus reducing the breeding sea.
Thousands Of gallons OF crude oil will
be spread on the streams penetrating
the Jersey meadows during the sum,
mer. Altogether the next few months
will be very trying for the folks be-
longing to the Culex family. Experts
assert that only by intelligent and
vigorous campaigns carried on for at
least ten years can real relief be eff
fected. The suggestion has been
made that the so called fly catching
bird that eats both flies and mosqui-
toes be imported into the state in
large numbers. 1t is believed that il
the multiplication of these birds was
encouraged in sections troubled by
mosquitoes the nuisance would be
materially decreased. The state
health department is investigating
the practicability OF the scheme.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-26
ANNIVERSARY OF
KING JAMES, BIBLE
President Taft's Letter.

The following letter from President
Taft was read to the meeting:
Il desire to express my deep in.
terest in the recognition which is be.
ing taken in this country ,of so not.
able an event as the three nundredth
anniversary of the King James Yer.
Sion of the English Bible.
THE publication of the Version OF
the Holy Scriptures in the year 1911
associates it with the early colonies
cf the English people upon this
continent. 1t became at once the
Bible OF our American forefathefs.
Its classic English has given shape
10 American literature. Its spirit has
Influenced American ideals in life,
and laws and government.
81 trust that this celebration may
continue and deepen the influence OF
the Bible upon the people of this
Republic.
VIM. Fl. TAFT"
Greetings From King George.
King George V of Great Britain,
sent a special message. 1t was read
by the British ambassador The King
said.
Il rejoice that America and En-
gland should join in commemorating
the publication, 300 years ago, of that
version OF the Holy Scriptures which
has SO long held its own among En-
glish-speaking peoples.
Its circulation in our homes has
done more perhaps than anything
else on earth to promote among old
and young the moral and religious
welfare on either side of the Atlantic.
The version which bears King
James name Is 50 clearly interviewer
in the history of the British and
American life that 1t Ia right we
should thank God for 1t together.
Il congratulate the president and
people Of the United States upon
their share in this, our common heri-
.tage."
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-26


Trenton, ". j., April 25-Whole-
sale slaughter of the Culex family,
including the infantile wiggers, Is
beginning throughout the state Of
New Jersey. No mercy will be
shown in this war. No prisoners will
be taken alive, for Culex. be it
known, is the family cognomen of
the mosquito tribes that infest many
parts of New Jersey and other states
as well. Wigglers are the progeny
OF the mosquitoes in an immature
stage. The state board of health is
working in conjunction with the var
ious local boards TO decrease as
much as possible the multiplication
of the buzzlng pests propagated in
the marshes, meadows and swamps.
The state authorities recommend ex-
tension Of the practice of spreading
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-26
GET A CLEAR VIEW
BY n. r. Potter.

Let us see. The C. & T. r. r.
Co. was chartered for $4,000 CAPT
tai. The road cost nearly two mil
lions. The disparity between the
two sums looks considerable. How
was the road built on such small
capital? II furthermore appears that
the original holders OF the sic, 900
stock never paid a dollar for it,
whereas the L. & N. paid for It in
the construction OF the road nearly
S2,000,000. The c. & T. was a
shadow company. investing nothing
in the road. The L. & N. was the
real company, furnishing the money
and building the road. To which
really, in equity, belonged the CAPT
tai stock? The L. G. n. claimed and
got it, the c. & T. stockholders turn
ing. it over amicably, recognizing the
right Of the former to 1t, or to con
troll and possession of it.
When the transfer was made those
who held positions In the c. & T. as
directors by virtue of ownership of
stock lost claims on those positions,
and they We're filled by the new
stockholders. The new board of d.
5rectors proceeded to lease the 70 "a
to the Iron Mountain r. R. Co. To
effect this lease it was necessary to
ignore or abrogate an agreement
stipulated by the old board, that the
c. & T. road should be open for use
on equal terms to the Iron Moutain.
the Cotton Belt and the Frisco com
pany. Regardless of changes in the
membership of the$boarG of direct
ors, the board had the right to re.
woke the agreement If the other par.
ty to it agreed to this, and thus it
was revoked.
Now come former members Of the
C. & T. directory. who lost their
places in the board by losing posses
sion and control of stock in the com.
pany, and complain of the abroga-
ton OF the agreement referred to,
and of the leasing of the road to the
Iron Mountain Co. Their talk indl-
Gates that If the road mad been leas-
ed to the Frisco company they would
have been satisfied, and they fall
back upon the city council, through
their attorneys, to declare the lease
void, because the c. e T. franchise
ordinance stipulated that any road
then reaching Cairo or having terml.
nails here should not pc given
lease of the C. & T.
This action was not consistent
with the agreement, the abrogation
of which was the original and only
complaint Of the old directors not
personal to themselves. This per.
sonal complaint was, that they were
dropped from the board of the c..
& T. directors and new board or
ganized without being given notice
that such action was contemplated,
or Of the meeting of stockholders at
which this was done. This com
plant the public can have but little
IL any interest in.
But the agreement provided that
the Iron Mountain, the Cotton Belt
and the Frisco should have use Of
the new road on equal terms, or
what was understood to be tanta
mount to this. If the Iron Noun
tain road had terminals. in other
words terminated, at Cairo, why was
1t provided in the agreement re,
ferred to and abrogateG that the l.
NJ. Co. should have use Of the G. &
T. road on equal terms with any 9th
er company, especially when 1t was
provided in the franchise ordinance
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-26

Sometimes the letter G Is written, or,
rather. printed. with sort Of tail undo :
1t called the ''cediiia." In early Eng
lish. about the fifteenth century, Their"
was a form OF the letter 4. the last let
ter Of the alphabet. which resembled
closely then fashionable and Aarias,
form of the letter II. n rounded form
Of the r, called "R rotunda." TO dis
tingush the u from Il rotunda n SINAI
tail was added to the u. which In time
came to be printed as {. Hence CO.
diila means simply little Zed' (Zez).
Louisville Courier Journal
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-26

Mrs. Towseis-l found out the other
Gay that my husband had been sittin |,
10 at another little game with some OF
his old friends. But really couldn't
say as much as meant TO say becaus>
Just as soon us | began to scold h
handed me this necklace. Mrs. Peak,
LET me see 1t, please have quite ..
personal interest In 1t, you know. Ny
husband helped pay for it.--Clevelant.
Plain Dealer.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-26
LEGAL DECISIONS

Action For Advance Rent.-An un.
usual landlord and tenant case IS
that of Harvey V. Weisbaum, 113 Pa
eific Reporter, 656. In February, 1903
plaintiffs entered into contract
whereby they leased from defendants
certain rooms in San Francisco. The
lease contained clause that If the
premises be destroyed by fire or act
of God the contract should be at an
end. At the time the lease was made
defendants were paid the first years
rental, $1,000, and thereafter the
lessees entered into possession OF
the premises. On April Is, 1906, the
memorable date when San Francisco
was overthrown by terrible earth
quake, these premises We're among
the many destroyed by fire. Plain
tiffs then brought this action to re-
cover OF defendants the amount OF
rent paid in advance. The supreme
court of California holds that since
the destruction of the premises was
unforeseen and without the fault OF
either party they each must suffer,
and, being equally innocent, the law
will not interfere to aid the lessee in
case where he has not taken the
precaution to provide in the con
tract for the contingency. Since no
provision was inserted in the lease
as to the recovery OF the advance rent
In case the premises were destroyed,
the rights of the parties must rest
upEn the contract as they made 1t.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-26
UNCLE WALT THE POET PHILOSOPHER

cheerfuly
said that should swat the flies a the
buzzng, harmless things
THE SWATTiNG broke their backs
Ana &C
slashed ana little flies voice
within seemed to Take
the night passing
"Why don't WHY don't
festive
that they have singerines and heey
don't the friend
Because Its business
thinks you encent dub hear the
spiked club helpless This year viii not swat ar
slap the flies or do them HARM andwhe I'm honng
.sssss:.a :" .is LOasA1na&os-
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-26
MsndeIssohn,s Visit to Scotland.

After the musical season In Eng.
land was over he went to Scotland.
stopping at the Hebrides. where he
was inspired with the first conception
OF his overture called "Fihgars Cave"
and at AbbQtsford. Here be Was dis
gusted enough after travelling eighty
miles to be put off with half hours
Indifferent conversation" with Sir
Walter. Not even Melrose Abbey
consoled him. I'VE cursed great men.
ourselves and the whole world" were
his words.--Dole. Famous Compos-
ers."
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-26
rINECARDCAlR0 ELECTRIC NJ

i ~
kpst sn~ aara due 10 isave Sesous a, =,
,A'~ lns nofsh on Uom IA srniN Az
every ~ 'ninUsos from d .. M. 80 Il b, m.
toinx nortn. on Wnin.lt ~ livery Ia min An
rsT =. m IA lp:6S D m
PODtar 81. Line hoihuos Ave. ear 80 !,
~. norSn on holhrook- II hb7; B;S7; o,A1; sh
III N xrd or tns ~ mo minutes eycry or /,
unMi lo:42 sEdli p. m. $500 4
Hoing west on Twnnty-Etghth 81, III go,
6a8. 8A: 8:<5 and 7.ot .. M. and On sssne n,ir
utica every nournnri 1904 and li:84 IN N.
Fopiar 81. carr due 70 pass 81. M6Yy'apYe h
70 minutes AfteraeAving Second 81
Belt Line Owl Cars ,,' % q T ,,.,a
20; i:so M; Eso =. M; no !. M: &c 4
6M '3sT n TI 49, N
North on Comm croi2l--is y. -. L =, Z /
m .. m. 4. m. . D. IN,
h0it ana owl CARS are due 10 pan W.
IhiTty-fourth 81 ID ntnrtes snsa lssvsn
cec nd ~ ~
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-26
Elusive Eyeglass Case.

II can't seem to be able to find my
eyeglass case" said visitor at the
Wolcott. Il have just lost the sixth
case | have bought or begged since
came to New YORK." The clerk threw
open drawer filled with articles OF
the kind mentioned and the visitor
was able to Identify three OF them an
his. The lot In the drawer had been
garnered in three days.-New York
Sun.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-26

He was fiatterer, but clumsy one.
Noting that the girl Of his heart pos
sessed beautiful teeth that shone likn
ivory, he ventured to pass aacompli.
ment.
Dearest" he whispered. leaning over
the music rack, your teeth are Like
piano keys"
Freezing him with a,n Icy glance, she,
turned on her heel Chicago News.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-26

under which the road was built that
it must not pass into the control of
any road having its terminal, or hay
ing terminals, at Cairo?
TIE foregoing is thrown out mere
iy to clear away the mists from the
controversy over the c. x T. R. r.
or to aid in doing this. II may fur
nish pointers to some that will en-.
able clearer study of the matter
than has hitherto been given it by
them
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-26
He Didn't Push.

There are some queer men In this
world Near Bristol, England, few
weeks ago, a tall chimney OF factory
tumbled down In gale Of wind. and
yet the owner Of the factory had q
boy thirteen years old arrested for
pushing 1t over to spite him. 1t was
sworn in court that the combined
strength of 500 men would have been
required.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-26
Rlo. n chin..

Many persons fancy that the entire
Chinese people depend on rice as tho
main article of diet, but there are mil
Lions In central and north China thu:
have neyer tasted rice, and to othe.
millions It Is more Of . luxury thar,
wheat.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-26
A New Way Out.

A New Yorker has novel nuisance
suppresser The family in the next
house were classically musical. They
played the violin and the piano at all
hours He purchased self-playing
piano and an armful Of rag.time rolls.
He played only when they did In
two weeks they sublet the house and
moved away.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-26
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

Cairo Alexander County, illinois,
Population 13,147.
Mayor. GEORGE PARSONS.
Clerk. II. A. HATCHER.
Treasurer, FRANK B. ARM.
STRONG.
city Attorney, HUNTER BIRD.
Comptroller, ERNHET WORKMAN.
Magistrate. ANDREW WIITCAsy.
Chief Of Police, J. @. COWELL.
alexander County, Population 27,4e1,
County Judge, w. s. DEWEY.
County Clerk, JESSE Il. MILLER,
Circuit Clerk. ALFRED BROWN.
Sheriff. A. s. FRASER.
States Attorney. ALEX M.WILsOf
County Superintendent Of School,
MRS FANNIE p. HACKER. gl{
Assessor and Treasurer, W.D. LIP.
PITT.
Coroner. DR., JAS. M'MANUs.
66ard Of County Commissioners,
j. j. JENNELLE Chairman.
G.. " NEFF.
DR. EDWIN CAUSE.
b.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-26
. Why. ProfesaorI

A Harvard professor has discov-
cred that womans waist 10 increasing
In size. Soon some learned person
WIN be making the remarkable obser.
walton that mans arm Is growing In
length.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-26

II man will take hard'boiled
egg. thin ham sandwich. and a
badly fractured glass Of lean lemon
ade out on the lawn and sit down on
a rustic bench-if there is one, he
will come close to making q noise
similar to the average picnic.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-26
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average number OF complete and
and perfect copies Of The Cairo
Bulletin printed daily and Sun
day during the year $780,. .2287
Average number of complete and
perfect copies of The Cairs
Bulletin printed daily and Sun
day during the month OF
March, 1911 .................254s