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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-07-11

In looking over our big draft stall
ions, don 'tforget to see Christovald, a
1900 roadster with great speed and
strength, backed up by some of the
good Morgan blood. They are at
Whites barn every day of the week
and at home evenings. Our old Gus
toners are our best customers
M. P LYDON, Owner.
JOHN STREINZ. Manager
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-07-11
Tow Mill To Be Operated

will be in Cresco to again take
charge of the tow mill and will open it
for business as soon as the crop is
ready to mark ct and will pay the high
est market price for straw.
E. O. WHITE.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-07-11
I. o. o. F. Installation.

The regular semi annual installation
of the Cresco Lodge No. 269, l. 0. 0
F., was held in their hall on Monday
night of July 3rd, and the following
named officers were installed:
Noble Grand-J. A. Cutting.
Vice Grand-E. j. Taft.
Secretary--Geo. r. Story.
Treasurer-H. w. Young.
Chaplain-A. P. Curtis.
Warden-H. E. Morgan.
Conductor-C. c. Brown.
r. S. of N. Oh. A. Brown.
L. S. Of N. G.-S. A. Hamilton.
r. S. of V. G.-L. E. Grabau.
L. S. of V. G.-Wm. Patterson.
R. S. So. W. Clark.
L. S. S.-Geo. E. Story.
Inside Guardian--A. B. Converse.
Outside Guardian-L. E. Emmons.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-07-11
BowerY Dance.

There will be bowery dance on Fri
day evening of this week, the l4th, at
the bowery near the county!line bridge.
Come one, come all.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-07-11
SCHLEY.

Once more we hear the hum of the
grain harvester. The grain is reported
Of good quality.
All of our people took off the Fourth,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-07-11
ALPHA WENTWORTH.
Hello |

Wagner has moved to Henderson's
Barber Shop. Clothes cleaned while
you wait French cleaning a specially.
Under the Family Theater.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-07-11
Hollow Building Blocks.

have about 800 or 800 Mason City
hollow building blocks that l will sell
for just what they cost me. South of
Arlington Hotel.
ALPHA WENTWORTH.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-07-11
ONLY ONE.
The Record in Cresco Is an Unique
One,

II the reader has .'bad back" or
any kidney i'll and is looking for re-
lief and cure, better depend on The
only remedy endorsed by people you
know. Doan's Kidney Pills relieve
quickly-cure permanently. Greco
cilzens testify. to this. Here is a
case Of it:
A p Mosher, Market Street,
CrescO. Iowa. says; :Fur a number of
years suffered from kidney ard bIad-
der complaint. There was too ire
quent action OF the kidney secre,ions,
specially at night or when
caught cold also had a
severe pain through my loins, and my
back was so weak that | could
not stoop or st ,aigh,en None of the
III dies helped me until | procured
Doan's Kidney Pills from the Fergen
ID. ug Co /, n short time they regu-
lated the passages OF the kidney Sc
c"etions and -t"pred the burning SEN
s"ion. n fact made ma feel better in
ev .ry way (From statement given
Nov Z. 1902
A LASTING CURE.
Ga July 10. 1898 Mr.. Nlosher said
81 am now seventy -One years old and
since | WAS cured nv DOan's Kidney
Pills have enjoyed the best of health.
| arain recommend this remedy to
all sufferers Of kidney complaint"
For Sale by all Dealers. Price SO
cents Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo,
New York, Sole Agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-07-11

If you want a farm loan at a low rate
If interest, see American Loan Il Trust
Company. CrescO, la.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-07-11

The" Howard county, Iowa. Twin
CITY Club will have their annual picnic
at Minnehaha Park. Minneapolis, Sat-
urdav July 18th. All Howard county
people are cordially invited to come
and renew old times. Basket dinner
at 6 O'Clock, come early and spend the
afternoon and evening.
| Everyone who attended the 4th of
Jnly celebration at Plymouth Rock ex-
press themselves as highly pleased
with the hospitality accorded them and
the efforts made to entertain them.
Especially were the dancers pleased
with the elegant dancing floor in the
bowery and the music furnished by
Norton's orchestra.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. P. Feuling of St.
Paul and little daughter Helen came
Saturday for visit with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Fish and daughter
Miss Mabel They leave for New
Hampton to-day for visit with Mr..
Feuling's parents, after which Mr..
Feuling will return to st. Paul. his
wife returning to Cresco for longer
visit.
It will he welcome news to our
people to learn that the E. O.eWhite
family will again become residents of
our town. Mr.. White having resigned
his position with the Flax Fibre Co. at
Winona, Mimi, and will return to take
charge of the Cresco Tow Mill. Mr..
White, in addition to the tow mill work
will also in all probability engage in
business in Cresco. having bargained
for one of the established business
industries of the town. Mr.. White
and family expect to move to Cresco
early in September.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-09-27

jammed his finger Softly She laid the sleep
ing baby in its crib in the bedroom. and then
turned to her husband + Is your finger
much sore2" asked Sophie sympathcti-
cally.
Nav" grunted Billie suilenly. Once
Sophie would have felt hurt, now she
simply ignored his surly mood
1T looks sore, said Sophie :" And I'm
going to wash it and put on sweet oil and
tie it up clean
Aw, dom bother yourself, returned
l3iiiie ungraciousiy.
" No bother, assured Sophie, and began
to dress his bruised finger. Does it now
feel better2
Uh-huh grunted Billie aairmativcly,
and his voice was no longer gruff.
Then Sophie went back to her work, and
as the dishes began to rattle, the baby
awoke and whimpered; and though it hurt
Sophie to hear Louie's plaintve voice, she
knew that he was not really suffering.
Billie idgeted in his chair as the baby
to complain Finally he said.
Sophie, your Kid needs tendin', don't
he2
"To run every time Louie wants me is
foolish, replied Sophie calmly from the
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laughin' marriage is = turriblc
lottery
AS Ma paused for breath at the end ol
this monologue two big tears slipped un-
checked down Sophie's pale cheeks.
Land o. Goshen Sophie, here I've been
a-blabbin' away unthinkin', and you amt
afeelin' right about somethin' yourself, =
cried Ma contritely. "I don't want to med
die, but what's wrong7"
Not much, j guess" returned Sophie,
trying to smile. "Marbe It's only what YOU
call in English the blues But I'm sorry for
Opal and for Jeddie, too; and it may all come
right with them yet Opal may be saved the
trouble Of marrying where she should not;
and now she can teach school just as you
planned
My sentiments exactly,v cried Ma, de-
lighted.
was younger than Opal is now when I
married, and / might have waited longer,
then might have known more how TO bring
up Louie aud how to get along better with
Billie. Now I can't call myself ANYTHING
but failure at being married." confessed
Sophie
Failure land, no, Sophie" dissented
Ma, you've made a splendid success of it.
Look how Billie scrapes his feet every time
afore entcrin' the house, and combs his hair
afore every blessed meal, and waits on table
like born duke; and you taught him all
that he'd never do onothin' for me.
I've been a-woryin' for fear BiIlie's
been a-workin' off some of his natural cranki-
ness on you. And you needn't tell me a
word about it, Sophie, unless you think /
ran help you. But don't be afraid I'll take
Billie's part--l'yc done too much Of that all
lis life"
! guess maybe / should tell you how
unhappy everything Is, said Sophie slowly,
for by myself / can do nothing--and It
rows worse. don't mean to complain,
md | know that | myself must be mostly
0 blame, but something is wrong with
Billie
Don't be afraid to tell me freely, Sophie,
nd I'll be as shut-mouthed as the best
wen our own Pa Flickinger shall never
now it, promised Ma earnestly.
always thought" said Sophie "when
heard other married women talking as if
was Joke that husbands and wives kept
n caring for eachT.iber after they was
laTied, that they didn't care in the first
lace. But what those women said comes
ack often now and scares me. Does Billie
nd me grow farther and farther apart; /;
7cs all the happy times quite fade aways
it just for courting and honeymoon that {
e feelings on both sides are kind and {
lppy2 Oh, | can't help but feel that ]
I've lailedln
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your attention to old Mr. Billie that the
hull sum and substance Of his eantankerous
actions he's jealous
But like that never heard even in the
Old Country asserted Sophie And
when Billie says your baby to me the first
time, had awful strange feelings; and now
it is often that kid or your kide"
That proves il, Z stated Ma cmphati-
cally. +" It's the baby a-stickin out of Bill,
all right, all right But land sakes sophie
don't cry about that II Billie is spoilt it's
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ricd. But, land fellcr that's in loved
promise to be white-robed angel, he that
besnizzled."
"But am ashamed to pray all the time
about this trouble" went on Sophie. for |
can't help but think it's my fault because
Billie's SO changed, and can't see that my
prayers do one bit Of good on this subject .
Cause your prayers are too valuable to
be throwed away on Billie, !" said Ma dryv.
You're givin' your very soul TO Billie, and
he's payin' you back with miltiness. I'd
like to cuff him right now. Still, it, a natu-
raj thing for woman to pray when there's
trouble about her man or child and some
times it seems as if that's about all there is
left to do. But, Sophie lots Of US is prayin'
to the Lord for help when il we'd only use
the common sense he's already give us, we
could help ourselves. fI'd took the tuck
out of Billie more frequent when he was
a-growin' up, instead Of prayin for him 50
much, it'd "a been better for our Billie
But / always let my feelin's git ahead of me
with that boy. Mebbe you Ne never noticed
it, Sophie but he's my favorite child my
first boy"
II know. Billie is first with me, too.
But, oh, he's so changed, sighed his wife.
"No, Sophie returned his mother
thoughtfully, Billie amt changed. It's
hard thing for me to say, but there's one
side Of our boy that you never knowed till
you married him. Billie was a spoilt baby,
and he was always neaner n tunket at home
If he couIdn' have his own way
But he does have everything his own
way everything" repeated Billie's wife
eagerly Yet things are not right And
don't think | would complain like this TO
anybody else. For a long time couldn't
have told even you; but at last / want it
out more than care for my
foolish pride
Marriage is turrible lottery, Sophie,
IS | try to impress on the folks at home
who're tryin' to rush into it afore their eyes
ire open. But you amt the one that's
allied.
But haven't been able to keep Bilhcs
owe and respect in little things, claimed
sophie Everyday life is getting SO cheap
md common with US. And while | don't
ay cross things yet, like Billie does to me-
think en-.
Its Billie that's a-stirrin' up ha 'sh
eehn'i, the ornery inp"
But Billie is good in the big things"
ophie hastened to say. "He works so hard
nd provides everything; only he's so queer
= his talk sometimes just plain cross, /
ant call it no better. Inever know what to
ypect, and all since Ludwig was born.
lille is surely growing away from me
ON nc, confessed Sophie with desperate
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az ffatherl And know strength II be give
me 10 tackle Jed and Opal later, cause
Providence always has us by the hand even
live do forgit IT Sojest honey Billie up, and
then report. And Ma went happily
home.
sophie, who was one Of those wise women
who pondered her path and established her
ways, was anxious 10 set things right And
when Billie came home the next evening
from the factory, she noticed that be had
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only on thr. outside; he's gotta good heart
He thinks The world and all Of Ludwig and
YOU, too; Jest let an accident happen to
eiSher Of you, and you'd see. It's over the
little things in life that Billie falls down" ,
But don't care less for Billie since
Louie; feel mose"
Course you do, Sophie, responded
Ma; and anybody but born gumpd
know it, But men are curious critters. they
don't appear to care much about bein'
babied, butnot livin' one but wants obe the
huh thing Besides, men hss to hustle out
in the world for livin', and the5 ought to
take comfort and be humored in their own
homes. And, Sophie life ain t got no ralish
for real man unless he can donineer over
somebody Billie jest misses your notice,
and it comes in the first place from his
thinkin so much OF you And I'll bet ii YOU
was to act cold to Ludwig that he'd blame
you for that, too-such is the curious but
outlandish outfit that man calls his feelins.
There comes light to me already from
what you say, Mamma Eliekinger, said
Sophie. Il may yet strsighten things
out. !"
=" It's the easiest thing in the world to run
"A cantankerous man II youv got the right
receipt, assured Ma And don't be too
worried, Sophie, about tindin' out the disa-
greeable side OF Billie, cause you've knowed
his best side Aud many time Bilies sur
prised me BY actin ike human bein
should and YOU done it,
Not even my own mother could be bet
ter to me in everything that really counted,
testified sophie.
II know, responded Ma, 1 always
had large hope for Bill, well KNOWN his
good heart And you've gotta encourage
has angel side and overlook what ain quite
SO pretty. Forgive seventy fines seven, it
says Somew heres. And il kinder tickles me
TO think o d great siN-looter like our Billie
oein' Jealous OF his own little baby.
sophie who was by this time smiling at
her mother-in-sw's remarks SAID, ' al
ready see chat have taken things too much
20 heart Oh, il won I be hard to get on the
,o0a side OF Billie, bat l was always too
proud 10 do il before
And you'd probably a saw through
BiIlies iooiishness about the bdbv in time
l hadn put you on 20 10, Ms told her
Bat a stitch IL Anle saves deal of disa-
Tccab.C scrougin' ss Pa q say
And Z q try not 90 feel 50 hurt prom
scd Sophie, il things do 80 iiaieasone
gam.
That righi. sophie. Qne ol thc hFst
ssson, ans aVoniAr ought io learn is so Stop
WIN 0u her ieelins tsiui healthy. And
aaslied itIts g The hardest rs oecrio6k
here IS. but you can do g.
And iIi speak @ Opal anout how She s
nou.d ,c-ch scboo. and Use her education.
n0 ? 't t1lk to leidic about fernie So TO g
c.p y9u out. Mamma Fiickinger prom p
SD sophic gratefully coming back 10 Ma Il
-aullcs
lcs'cus. fo Betsy sophie I'd plum q
|rsct What Z vas uornin about Why.
m 50 iickloa because YOU and Billie a.e
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marching into the bedroom, took the baby
out o5 his crib lit makes me feel kinder
funny to hear him cry" he apologized TO
Sophie "And It's hard lines for sL1!h: q little
feller TO have to lay all alone by hisself in the
dark" .
Dark don't hurt none. laughed Sophie.
v No, but he don't know H. Got kinder
tired of your crib, didn't you. old fclIer9v
Billie asked his small son. Your daddy'll
rock YOU to sleep, seein' your little mas
busy" Then he added admonishingIy to
sophie; You don't want TO git into the
the habit Of neglectin' Louie" And Billie
rocked bis baby, and even SAM to him in a
great, rambling bass voice
Now III take him, offered Sophie,
when her work was done, cause you're
tired.
lie amt doin' no harm where he is.
said Billie And little later when Sophie
wanted to pat the baby to bed, Billie OBJ
jecfed kinder ike TO rock the little
tyke, he admitted
" But it spoiis babies to tend en- 30
much, protested sophie ~
Z Not my baby. said her husband fondIy.
But il YOU think il S Louies bedtime, back
he goes to his crib he conceded. seeing
that Sophie began to look worried. Thiss
was very gracious for Billie, and just likes
his old self that had always been ready "a.
do what Sophie thought was best.
II never saw q little feller grow ike
ourn, informed Billie proudly, after.
Sophie had put the baby to bed. And
I've been a-thinkin' some lately that weS
ought to be putin away little money
every month to educate Louie with. FA
don't want our little feller to grow up Ike y
his dad i
In the dim light Of another warm sum
mer evening, Sophie was hanging her dish.
pans on the back porch and singing a.
Polish song, when Ma Flickinger. across
the intervening gardens, addressed the
following words to her.
Did you DO as told youS"
Sure ! did, responded Sophie
" Is it workin Z" inquired Ma eagerly.
Splendid" declared Sophie. Billie Isl
ocking Ludwig tosIeep this minute. Every
hing IS alreadya ittlsed to only more.
Ma returned to her own Kitchen. and
here Pa Flickinger found her few minutes
ater chopping salad and CRYING softly by
he uncertain light Of small, sr Nv kero-
enc lamp. %
Is it onions that's aiIin' you-or paat
or asked Pa iocuiarly.
Its what not snapped Ma. Besides,
aint a-cy-in -or il / be, she added.
iping her eyes on a clean corner Of her
ingy kitchen apron, it's for joy.
" iows that? inquired Pa, mysti6ed.
Q cry for Joy was not much Of an oceupa-
on in the Flickinger family
Its jest women 5 dom s-n0thin' thatd
trust a man, returned Ma gently It's
'methin good about sophie and Billie, but
promised not to tell
Another tooth for Louies" Pa wanted
know
Land, no laughed Ma WouIH
'dy cry for joy over somethin Young
.c's bound 70 have2
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Women git me, remarked Pa in
personally continually a-blubbeTin' over
Not biubberin, Pa, corrected Ma.
with subSiding sni7.
Wei, next-dOor neighbor TO ri
>ooSs hSe women want bright
women don't need to be bright. Pa
.si7-leo ms vie thoushtiully. cmBhasizinv
heF FemAFss with energetic thuds 81 the
eaoPpeF- when they II good ike SOphie
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kitchen leave him cry a little then he
stops
That's about right. responded Billie
good-naturedly. IS he took up the evening
paper. Bui Ashabcl Ludwig kept on CIV
ing Suddenly Billie dropped his paper and
said' Meboe that KIDS got something
reslr ailin him
Ne. he Just fussy. Sophie told him.
But though her husband tired to read
agSin, hc soon threw down the paper and,
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ARRTAGE IS a turrible
lottery !" sighed Ma
Flickinger, as she and
her husband sat alone
on the back porch III
the warm summer twi-
light after a hard days
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-10
BECK TUNNEL JUNGLE
SAM COMPROMISE
Litigation Is Settled on Thurs
day by Friendly
Agreement.

As predicted by The Tribune and after
two weeks OF continual sparrinG back
and forth. the directors of the Uncle
Sam Consolidated and Beck Tunnc! COM
psnies Thursday afternoon came TO an
amicabe settlement OF the litigation now
pending. The trouble arose several
months ago when the Uncle Sam man
aGement followed the ore body, from
which 1t had taken about three years
dividends, up 10 Its eastern boundary
line and into the Beck Tunnel ground.
the latter securing an injunction pro-
hiblting further mining until the owner
ship Of the orc was determined.
Title TO the ore was claimed by the
Uncle Sam on apex considera tions. The
10 the southeast when II crossed over the
line. and II was developed for width Of
about sixty feet on the line. BY the
terms OF the agreement the Uncle Sam
company relinomishes it's right to follow
the ore 10 the south into the Beck Tun-
mel ground from point l25 feet north
Of the Uncle Sam southeast corner but
il secures the right To mine the ore north
~ this point for width of 200 feet in
the Beck Tunnel territory.
The agreement In other words. con
right to mine the ore in Beck Tunnel
ground In the following described block
of territory: Beginning at point on the
Uncle Sam eastern boundary line ~;
corner; thence in an casterly direction
Tor COO fee, in a line parallel with the
projection OF the southern line Of tho
Uncle Sam: thence northerlv parallel wit'
the eastern Uncle Sam boundary 10 the
north end Of Beck Tunnel. thence alonI
the Beck Tunnel line westerly 10 the
Uncle Sam ground
There is every reason to expect, said
President John Dern Of the Uncle Sam
company. that the Beck Tunnel will Sc
cure large tonnage from its share oi
this ore body. for every indica ton Is
that the ore will continue a long dis
tance In the ground relinquished by the
Uncle Sam And the Uncle Sam expects
Ia secure another liberal tonnage in Its
block of Beck Tunnel ground above men
toned The Uncle Sam also gets 10 use
without cost the new tunnel workings
of the Beck Tunnel for extracting its
portion OF the ore.
The compromise places both compa
nies i'm possession Of very rich and eN
tensive body OF silver ore, the real ex-
tent of which is not yet fully determined
But better than that it stops wha
promised to be expensive litigation fo
both organizations.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-10
UTAH METALS WILL
ISSUE NEW BONDS
Bingham Central and Standard
Bonds Will Be Retired
When Due.

1t is understood that the plan OF Taking
care of the Bingham Central and Bng'
ham Standard bonds by tho officials OF
the Utah Metals company Is pretty wei!
rounded out. Tho outstanding bonds To-
tai about $3.50, o0O and arc due within the
next few weeks. The Utah Metals com
pany will issue s35o.000 i'm new bonds,
running for five years and convertible
into Utah Metals stock within n given
period nj 81 per share.
These new bonds will be protected by
an the properties and assets Of the Utah
Metals company, which include the for
mer Bingham Central and Standard
properties An are now within the Utah
Metals boundary lines and control, con-
sistnG of one OF the largest acreages OF
the Bingham mining camp. The $40
acres are being made even more attrac-
tive By the extension of the long drain
and operating tunnel from The Tooele side
Into the heart OF tho Bingham camp. by
the extensive development Of wnter
power rights and by tho development of
ores and the existence of valuable tim
ber holdings.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-10
SILVER SHIELD COMPANY
RECEIVES TEST RESULTS

General Manager Harry s. Joseph
Thursday received from the United
States Smelling, Refining and Mining
company the results Of the test run made
on the low grade zinc ores OF his SILVER
Shield property. He is now figuring with
the United States company TO ascertain
II the Huff clecirostatic process OF sep
aration at Midvale Will afford n CONNER
clal margin to each side, by which a
large tonnage of the Silver Shield rock
may become availab bic.
The crude ore tested ran as follows;
03 ounce gold ; ounces silver, 30 per
cent lead. 0.T3 per cent copper. i6 per
cent zinc, 0 per cent iron and % per cent
silica.
The concentrates ran: Of ounce gold
l0.5 ounces silver. 25.3 per cent LEAD IL
per cent copper CA per cent zinc. q per
cent iron and IL per cent silica
The middlings ran: 0-O6 ounce gold,
G.5 ounces silver. 4.A per cent lead, 10
per cent zinc. 3 per cent silica and :
per cent copper
The Importance Of this test lies in the
fact that the Silver Shield management
hopes 10 make this lowgrade tonnage
available so as TO continue development
work without being forced TO levy as
sessmentg