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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-01-20
New Postmasters for Iowa Towns

New Postmasters for Iowa Towns.
Washington. Jan. 20. Postmasters
have been appointed as follows: Les
lie, Clark county, Horace G. STILL
vice E. X. Mcpherson. resigned: Mas
sillon, Cedar county. Thomas Bright.
vice Joseph I. Hinx. resigned; Wins
low, Blackhawkt county Thomas All
Jordan. vice N. p. Cartwright, resign
ed .ssseEs f.sS s5
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-01-20

Thirty Bills Introduced in House. Z
| Members Of the house proved Tues.
day that they have not been idle dur
ing the four, days recess of the leg
islature. An accumulation of bills
! drafted during the vacation was pre-
scented In the house. Thirty measures
Of varied Importance were introduced
and assigned to committees.
HammiiI viii Present School Bills.
The school bills of the legislature
have been placed in the hands Of Sen.
ator Hammill who will present them
He will present bill to abolish the
school treasurers and also q bill to
permit pupils to attend schools in
districts other than their own.
Dates Set n or Tsaehsrs' Meet.
November 2. and 4 have been sci
by the executive committee of the
Iowa State Teachers association fol-
the annual convention at the Coli
scum in Des Moines In 1911.
Much Floor Space Taken. 4.
Z Secretary A. r. Sale Of the lowe
Retail Hardware Dealers association
has written to the convention commit
tee Of the Commercial club that three
fourths Of the floor fpace for the big
hardware show, Feb. l1-25, had been
sold. pa
Cattle Breeders Meet II February.
Breeders Of Aberdeen-Angus cattle
will meet In Des Moines on Feb. !
and 3, tho datesvof the annual conven'
ton Of the Iowa State Aberdeen-An
gnss Cattle nrse ssoeiatiap
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-01-20
that contain materials for correspond
ence and with baskets for sewing and
for holding wells. hosiery, collars and
sneckties. M
IS 40 g,.g. ~ w ~ ~ y 50
P0INTLEss HATPINs.

Fig. ]. Structure of the New Hatpin-
Fig. e. The Holder-Fig. 8. Manner Of Ar
ranging in Hat.
The enterprise., 1911-03-09
He Had His Oil Bought

One of our customers had a gallon
OF harness Oil left from last year but
he said 1T would stay in the barn as
long as we continued to oil harness
at the present prices. The oilings of
his harness cost him SIPS. He
figures that the days work of wash
ing and oiling is worth $500. We
have told you repeatedly that you
could not compete with us. Repair
ing Neatly Done. Oiling prices from
75c to S1.50. Capacity, ten sets per
day. b. II. Koke.
The enterprise., 1911-03-09
For Sale Or Will Trade For Stock

One nine room house, large base
ment. Two lots. Barn. plastered
chicken house, wood and. .coal house.
Good water, wind mill and tank.
Nice lawn with plum trees bearing
fruit, besides straw berries, currants,
gooseberries and young apple trees
doing finely. A large garden patch
Here is a bargain. Inquire Of Mrs.
VII. Ebaugh, Malta, Montana.
The enterprise., 1911-03-09
DO YOU KNOW

that possibly the title to your rea
estate is not good. Even a warranty
deed maybe delusion and your law
yer will tell you so. There are
many poor titles iu Valley County
and yours may be one of them.
Don't buy a law suit-know that
your title is good before you pay
over your money. Our records are
complete in all respects, and we turn
out all work promptly, neatly and
accurately.
Insist on getting an abstract of
title with the property.
Valley County Abstracting Co.,
R. F.. Johnson, Prop,
Glasgow, Montana
The enterprise., 1911-03-09
TAKEN UP.

One roam gelding, weight about 900
pounds. Owner can get same by des-
cribing brands at this office, also
name Of party in possessio Of ami
NAL.
The enterprise., 1911-03-09

Hay For Sale:-I have hay for sale,
Wilfrid Primeau, Malta, Montana.
A full line of tobacco, cigars and
pipes at The Bon Ton.
The enterprise., 1911-03-09
$4,000 REWARD EACH

Lost, strayed or. stolen, three
year Old flllies. l gray, 1 white, 1
sandy white. Branded 2P on right
thigh. j. II. Prosser, Chinook, Mont.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-12-15
FOR REGULATION
OF RAILROADS
President Sends to Congress
Securities Commission Report
NOT FOR FEDERAL CONTROL
Report Would Prohibit Ownership of q
Competing Roads Stock, but Does
Not Favor the Issuing of
Bonds Below Par.

Washington.-President Taft sub
mitted to the Congress, with a letter
urging it's adoption, the report of the
Hadley railroad securities commission.
The commission consists of President
Arthur T. Hadley of Yale University,
chairman; Frederick N. Judson of st.
Louis, Frederick Strauss of New York
City, Walter L. Fisheri the present
secretary of the interior, and B. H.
Meyer, a member of the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
The commission in investigating
this important subject did not confine
it's inquiries to railroading in Ameri-
ca, but included the entire European
field. The report recommends that the
Interstate Commerce Commission be
given the power to investigate all f.
nancial transactions of the railroads
and that penalties be provided for any
failure of the railroad officers or direc-
tors to make full disclosures. 1t op-
poses the enactment of a law that
shall require specific approval in adj
vance of the amount and purpose of
stock and bond issues and recon-
mends that no new body be created to
oversee security issues.
1t is further recommended that full
publicity shall be given by railroads is
suing new securities. To attain this
end the roads shall furnish to the In
terstate Commerce Commission at spe-
Gifted dates a statement of all financial
transactions that have taken place in
the periods covered by the report. The
railroads shall also be obliged to fur
nish to stockholders facts in regard to
financial transactions for the fiscal
year, in a form approved by the Inter
state Commerce Commission.
The report favors giving to the In
terstate Commerce Commission broad
powers and adequate means for deter
mining the physical valuation of rail-
roads when, in the judgment OF the
commission, the matter is of sufficient
Importance to justify action. And fur
Their notes the necessity for protection
the railroads from the action of a state
commission in interfering with their
fixing of interstate traffic rates, and
discusses the conflicts of jurisdiction
between federal and state authorities.
1t says, however, that the time is not
yet ripe for a sudden and quasi-com-
pulsory'' transfer of control of secur-
ity issues by interstate railroads from
the states to the federal government,
though there may in time be neces-
STATED a larger degree of federal
control OF even federal incorpora-
ton.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-12-15

were Gods first temples" is found in
the arches and vaulted roofs of Gothic
church architecture, revered tokens OF
the bending arches Of intertwined
boughs. The Yuletide custom of deck
ing our churches and our homes with
boughs, wreaths and garlands finds its
antecedence in heather s~anctuaries.
The spirit Of Christmas Is most
magnanimously manifested in York,
England, where they carry mistletoe
boughs to the high altar Of the cathe-
dral and proclaim "a public and uni
versal liberty, pardon and freedom to
all sorts of inferior and wicked peo-
ple." They suspend 1t under the chan
eel arch and bear 1t to the city gates,
toward the four quarters of heaven.
In the varied nomenclature of the
word "mistletoe," according to the ma
tionalities concerned, do we discover
the magical virtues with which the
weird plant is invested. DR.. Johnson
says the word is derived from mistion,
state of being mingled, tod or toe
bush. In German it Is mistel, mixed,
and Saxon tan danish tiene, Dutch
teene), twig, sprig. In Armorican,
Welsh and Irish it Is all zach, or its
equivalent for all heal; and Pliny
calls it omnia sanans, a term Of SINH
lar import.
In upper Germany on Christmas
morning they go about knocking on
each others doors, shouting "Gut hyl,"
the synonym for the Druid name. In
Brittany it is the herb de la Croix,
which heals fevers and gives strength
for wrestling. At the time of George
/. it was called lignum sancta crucls-
wood of the holy cross-so highly
were it's medicinal properties es-
teemed.
Hung about the neck 1t renders
witches powerless. 1t is used in
houses to drive out evil spirits. 1t is
an amulet against poisons, and the in
habitants of Elgin and Moray keep 1t
as charms. Throughout Britannia 1t
had a place assigned to it in every
kitchen, and a young man was deem
ed to have the right to kiss any lassie
caught beneath the cherished branch,
| plucking off a berry with each kiss.
If a maid we're not kissed under the
mistletoe it was a sign that she would
not marry during the ensuing year, a
tradition still prevailing. Even Mr.
| Pickwick awaited himself of the pleas
ant privilege despite his oft-quoted In
junction. To dream Of mistletoe pre-
sages wealth, and in the language OF
flowers it signifies: I surmount al
| difficulties.
The Cymric, Celtic, Gaelic, Teutonit
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-12-15
WRONGS IN THE
SCHOOL SYSTEM
Committee of State Board De-
cIares Parents Are Deceived.
GIVE TESTS IN SPELLING
investigation Shows that High School
Graduates Are Not Proficient In
Rudimentary Subjects People
Have Right to Expect.

Especial Trenton Correspondence.)
Declaring that the people Of the
State are being deceived and children
In the public schools are not receiv-
ing the training in fundamentals
which the parents have a right to
expect, John P. Murray and Melvin
Rice, members Of the Advisory Com
mittee, have submitted a report to the
State Board of Education, following
their inspection of the State normal
schools at Trenton and Monclair.
Mr.. Murray and Mr.. Rice hold that
there Is something so radically wrong
with the public school system as to
demand immediate and positive action
to bring about greater thoroughness
in the teaching of the essentials Of
education. In their report to the State
board they tell Of visits to the two
normal schools, in which they gave
tests in spelling, history, geography
and arithmetic. The report gives
samples of the questions asked and,
according to the two members, they
vere of a very simple nature.
After telling Of the miserable results
obtained, the report continues: "Our
Investigation would indicate that even
high school graduates are not profici-
ent in these subjects. 1t would seem,
therefore, that parents are being de
:eived and that children have not the
training in fundamentals which we all
have a right to expect. That there is
something radically wrong is evident.
Probably the. children are overloaded.
A thorough training in reading, writ
Ing, spelling and simple arithmetic is
Of far more importance than a super
hcial knowledge in those and a dozen
Dther subjects.
1--WE are not professional educators
and we may not understand the edu.
cation of the young. AS business men.
however, we can judge of results, and
such results as we have seen are SO
unsatisfactory that we insist that
something must be done to bring about
more thoroughness in essentials.
There is one suggestion that we
ean and do make. If in the selection
Of local boards care is exercised to
obtain members who have the ability
10 give tests in reading, writing, spell
Ing and arithmetic, and courage to in
form the public Of the results, and
when unsatisfactory p call to a cunt
The superintendent, principals and
teachers, marked improvement In
thoroughness and efficiency in oul
school system would result"
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-12-15
Election Expense on, county.

A peremptory writ Of mandamus
was granted by the Supreme Court
compelling the Essex County Board
Of Freeholders to pay the expenses OF
The last general election. The de-
cision was given in the case Of Fred
erick Jurgens, of Orange, against the
county collector and county auditor.
The Court decided that the Geran
law does not affect the provisions OF
the general election act of 1898, com
pelling the county and not the NUM-
cipality to stand the expenses of cleo
tons. There was a controversy in the
Jurgens case as to whether he should
be paid by the municipality or the
county. A test case was made, as
similar situations prevailed all over
the State.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-12-15
One Kind Of Emptiness.

Two hunters had beaten" the trail
along the marshes or Long Island for
three days with an unusually small
bag resulting. The food supply had
run out much ahead Of scheduled
time; far worse, the liquid ammuni-
ton" had been exhausted In the early
stages of the hunt.
After following the coast vainly for
three hours, looking for some sign Of
habitation. they spied al empty house
on the beach.
Go in and look 1t over BILL" said
one.
He did SO, returning In a moment
empty4handed.
"Anything in there7" asked his
companion, expectantly.
Nope" replied his running mate,
with a profound sigh-"nothing but
two empty bottles full of water
Everybody's Magazine.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-12-15
DISTRIBUTING CHRISTMAS GIFTS.

Last year we bought a large. nat
clothes basket, draped it with white
cheese cloth, and trimmed it with
holly, and then filled 1t with u
Christmas packages for the family.
We went into the room one at .
time and deposited our gifts, and when
the pile was completed, spread a large
sheet of holly crepe paper on top.
We sat around the dining room
table with the basket in the center;
and the youngest member of the fam
lily took the gifts fropnssthe basket
Only one package was presented at a
time and the recipient opened It and
all saw and admired it before passing
on to the next.
We had original verses and apt quo
tations written on many OF the bum
dies which the distributor read aloud
and all enjoyed the fun.-House-
keeper.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-12-15
- CENEVIEVE HAzELRIGG

and Morse traditions all emphasize
the exercising, as we'll as the amatory
propensities of the waxen spray. The
Scandinavians have 1t ~consecrated to
Freya, or Freyja-"from whom flows
every blessing, the winning smile, the
melting kiss" She is the Venus Oh
the Morse pantheon, the goddess OF
love, Of peace, Joy, laughter, fruitful
ness, bringing increase ITO field and
STALL" and also the tutelary deity pre-
siding over nuptials and child birth.
A popular myth relates how Baldur,
the wisest and noblest of the gods, 10
a victim Of the inveterate hatred OF
Loki, the Satan Of the Eddas. The
demon is bent on the destruction OF
the prominently good god, 80 he and
his emissaries begin their persecu-
lions by throwing missiles Of all de-
scriptions at Baldur, all OF when
prove harmless. since the deity Is I'M
der the protection of his mother, Frey
ia. In desperation Loki, disguised as
an old woman, is admitted to the
celestial. abode Of Freyja, who limo
Gently betrays the fact that all things
had taken an oath TO protect Baldur
excepting the mistletoe, which, being
a parasite, was too feeble to harm.
In secret Joy the demon hastens back
to Baldur, on the way f~ashioning an
arrow of mistletoe, which soon pierces
the heart Of the divinity. After a &C.
journ In Hell-or Hades-the peace
full abode of the dead, the Saviour 10
restored to life, and OF his resurrec-
ton he ~consecrates the mistletoe uc
Freyja-all Of which enshrouds divine
truths In image and symbol.
AstrologicalIy Venus governs the
mistletoe, as well as the lips. and all
the tender demonstrations Of Love, so
let us aver propitiate the b%enignant
goddess and
Hang up Loves mistletoe over the
earth,
And let us kiss under it all the year
round"
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-12-15
Personal

Cardinal Farley was a. as
titular pastor Of thee Dominican
Church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva
in Rome.
The Nobel peace prize for this year
has been divided between T. M. G. AS
ser, minister of state and a member
of the Council of State Of the Neither
lands, and DR.. Friend, editor OF the
Vienna newspaper, Friendswarte.
Thomas A. Edison, during the
course of an interview in which he
criticised C~arnegie's list of great men,
said that dime novels were his favor
lite reading, because they requiring
no thinking.
1t was announced at Philadelphia
that George V. Massey, general coun-
sci Of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany, would retire January 1; his con-
nection with the corporation began in
1876.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-12-15
FOrei6n

Five persons we're killed and eight
injured in a collision outside the Paris
terminus of the Northern Railroad.
The King of Sweden distributed the
Nobel prizes in Stockholm; Nine.
Curie of Paris, was n OF the rec1pl-
ents.
M. Deroca, the French vice-consul at
Panama. was drowned while bathing
at Colon.
The Mexican Congress Is going to
investigate the killing of revolution
airy prisoners by the Maderists and
Federal forces.
The magnificent pavilion in the Dur
bar camp in Delhi, India, in which
the mper was to be received by
the princess on his arrival there. was
burned.
"Che" Gomez and eight OF his par
tisans were lynched at Rincon Anton
10 for seditious acts against the gov
eminent of Mexico.
~Isinglass, the famous stallion, which
held the record as a winner on the
turf of $3.50, 900, died at Newmarket,
England, at the age Of 81 years.
Heinrich Crosse, a German mer-
chant marine captain, was arrested at
Portsmouth, England, on the charge
of being a spy.
Constantinople newspapers state
that the government has decided to ex-
pei 5000 Italian residents from Smyr-
ma Cellipoli and the Dardanelles. Off
cial notices have been posted in Symr-
ma ordering the Italians to leave with
in a week.
The oasis outside Tripoli was oc-
cupied by the Italians after a prolong-
ed fight with 10000 troops in the in
vading army and 5000 on the Moslem
side; several hundreds were killed;
the battle was considered decisive for
the possession of the country.
vesuvius is again in eruption and is
sending up large quantities OF mud.
The villages of Resina and Tore Gel
Greco are menaced.
M. Lepine, the Paris project OF po-
lice, was badly beaten for the nomina-
ton of senator, N. Morel, a reputy and
straight party man, receiving 81 votes
to Lepine's Z.
French Deputies attacked the Under
Secretary of State for Fine Arts be.
cause Of the theft of the "Mona Lisa"
Heads of the Chinese Republic
movement decided to float a bond IS
sue Of TO- 0 900 taels.
WV
The Porte decided to expel Italians
from the GaIlipoli peninsula, on the
western side of the Dardanelles, and
from Smyrna.
The Chancellor Of the Empire
stated to the Reichtag the German
case in the Morocco question; an
anti-British demonstration followed
his speech.
Prince Chun, father of China's In
FAINT Emperor, resigned the Regency
The Imperial Mint in st. Petersburg
was wrecked. Two employees were
killed and 40 injured by an explosioH
of gas in the. gold testing department
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-12-15
General

Inc secretary OIL ASIlCulIulO w
clared that cold-storage raises the
cost of living.
The per capita circulation Of the
United States is s34.34, according to a
statement issued by the Treasury De-
partment.
Mrs. Carrie Summuck slipped and
fell with her infant boy into a scald-
ing hot bath, in New York. The child
died.
Governors of seven Western states
and a large party arrived in New
York for the purpose of calling atten-
ton to the possibilities of their sec
ton Of the country.
The Mcnamara ways and means de-
fence committee met in Washington,
but reached no decision as to what
report it will make in the case Of the
convicted men.
The will of Eugene F. Ware. the
Kansas poet, provides that the entire
estate, estimated at $4,000 {, be dis
posed of within ten years. Only mem
bers of the family are beneficiaries.
Two hundred human skeletons were
discovered on the farm of Enos Hayes,
near Elizabethtown, Ohio. 1t is be-
lieved the place was an Indian bury
ing ground or the scene of a battle.
Alexander P. Hamilton, supposed to
be a pauper, died in the %poorhouse OF
Canadian County, Oklahoma. More
than $40, 900 was found hidden In the
stock of his wooden leg.
A demonstration of Thomas Edi-
sons new storage-battery for uses in
submarine-boats, which, it is claimed,
will enable those aboard to live for a
hundred days under water, was made
before 200 sailors of the navy at the
Edison Laboratory in Orange, N. J.
Many speakers of note, including
Champ Clark, Governor Woodrow,
Wilson, Andrew d. White and Presi-
dent Jacob Gould Schurman, addressed
a mass meeting that filed Carnegie
Hall, New York, in the interest of the
movement to compel Russia's better
observance of the passport rights of
American Jews.
Running fights between American
troops and Moros continue in the vi
cinity of Jolo in the Philippines. The
Moros have lost 20 killed and many
were captured. There were no fatal
ties among the Americans.
Commissioner Edwards estimated
that the warm weather had saved New
York City $780, 900 in the cost OF re
moving the last snowfall.
Six men were killed and five injured
In a triple collision between freight
and express trains on the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad near Manor, Pa; TWEEN
ty horses were also killed.
The First Church of Christ, Scien-
list, of East Orange, N. j., has severed
relations with the Mother Church.
After eight years Of lodging the
Chicago meat-packers were placed on
trial on criminal charges.
The body of Joseph Shortlidge, who
founded Maplewood Institute, at Con-
cordville, Pa, in 1860, was found in a
stream near his school.
Governor Dix, Of New York, has
COMMITTED the sentence Of Mrs. Ellen
E. r. Peck, "The Confidence Queen
81 years old, who has been serving
time in Auburn.
W. J. Burns told q correspondent he
believed Samuel Gompers knew OF the
guilt Of the McNamaras.
Governor and Mrs. Dix gave q pub
lie reception to the visiting western
r~oyernors at Albany.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-12-15
Put Councilman on Rack.

Councilman Joseph Dallas appeared
before Squire Rush, of Ocean City, at
Sea Isle City, accused of being direct
" concerned in a city contract for
street work, and receiving compensa-
ton therefor. Dallas waived a hear
ing and furnished 800 bail for the
action of the Grand Jury.
The charges against Dallas were
made by George H. Brooks, OF Sea
Isle. In his complaint he swore that
on September Is last the Council
passed a motion providing for the de-
preston of the grade on Lands ave
nue, and that Dallas received compen-
sation from the city for it
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-12-15
DAUGHTER TO SPANS KING.
Queen Victoria Gives Birth to a Fifth
chiId-Three Others Living.
Madrid.-Queen Victoria of Spain
gave birth to a daughter this
morning.

This is the fifth child born to Queen
Victoria, the fourth being still-born.
King Alfonso and Princess Victoria
Eugenia (Ena) of Battenberg were
married on May 81, 1906. Their first
child, Prince Alfonso, Prince of the
Asturias, was born on May 10, 1907.
The other children are Prince Jaime
and Princess Beatrice.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-12-15
Sporting

Walter Camp, r., Of Yale, gained
more ground by straight rushing from
serimmage this year than any other
back at New Haven.
Aviator Provost, with a passenger
in his monoplane at Courcy. France.
established an altitude record for two
persons of 9,84 feet, making the ascent
in So minutes.
The fact that the minor baseball
leagues intend to reduce salaries of
players in future has alarmed men,
bers of the profession who firmly be-
lieve that in the course Of time the
magnates Of the majors, the National
and the American, will adopt a similar
nn1icv.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-12-15
Mrs. Edison Leads Voters

Under the leadership of Mrs. Thorn
as A. Edison, wife of the famous in
yentor, the women of West Orange
for The second time went to the polls
to vote for an appropriation of $780,
600 to replace the present st. Marks
School building, which is said to be
unsanitary.
The first balloting took place on
November IA, but rain kept the larger
part of the suffragette population at
home, and the appropriation was lost.
The Board of Education consented to
another election.