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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-01-20
AN ORDINANCE

to repeal Article II, w, XII and XIV OF
Section 2, and Section 4, of Ordinance
number 4, concerning the Waterworks
Department of the City of Cresco,
Iowa, and Establishing watar rates.
rules and regulations and penalties for
government of water takers, licensed
plumbers, and others, land enacting
substitutes for said sections relating to
water rates and rules land regulations
concerning the waterworks depart
ment of said City Of Cresco, Iowa.
Be it ordained by the City Council
of the City of Cresco, Howard county,
Iowa:
Section |. That Articles II, ~, XII
and XIV Of Section 2, and of section 4
Of ordinance number 4 OF. said city Of
Cresco, Iowa, be and the same are
acted in lieu thereof:
Section 2. Article II. All rents,
except for building purposes, shall be
paid quarterly on the first day of Jan
uary, April, July and October in each
year. Rents and rates for building
purposes will be payable on demand.
When water is measured by meter, the
bills must be paid quarterly, and the
| amount of water used will determine
the amount to be paid. If the rent is
not paid within thirty days after the
same becomes due, the water will be
| shut off.
Section 2. Article w. The water
| will not be turned into any house or
service pipe except upon the written
order of the water works committee, or
their duly authorized agent; and plumb
ers are strictly prohibited from turn
ing the water into any service pipe ex-
cept upon such written order. A fee
of one dollar will be charged for turn
ing the water into any sewer pipe.
This rule shall not be construed to pre-.
vent any plumber admitting water to
test pipes. No water shall be turned
into any pipe to supply any person who
is owing the city for any water prev
iously furnished such person.
Section 2 Article XII. Every per-
son taking water supplied through the
water system of the city of Cresco,
Iowa. shall permit the Water Works
Committee, or their duly authorized
agent, at all hours of the day or night,
to enter their premises or buildings to
examine the lpipes and fixtures, and
must at all times frankly and without
concealment answer all questions put
to them relative to the water consump-
ton.
Section 9 Article XIV. Hose for
sprinkling yards. gardens and streets,
or washing windows or sidewalks, shall
be used only from the first day of April
to the first day of November, and then
only between the hours of six and
eight o'clock p. M; and if allowed to
run at other hours will be cut off with
out previous notice; and such use of
water must be confined to the fair ap-
plications for those purposes without
excessive or unreasonable use, and to
the premises of the party served. This
rule shall not apply to the use of water
furnished through and measured by
meters. Water furnished through and
measured by meters shall be furnished
with the privilege of use at all times.
under such regulations as may be
adopted by the city council.
Section 4. The following annual
water rates and rents are hereby ad-
opted, viz:
Rarhar shops frat chair g. 90
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-01-20

Cheaper Buck Wheat at Kellow's.
10 pound bag IS cents.
"a pound bag 80 cents.
100 pound bag $500.
For Sale.
Two Short Horn bulls, both reds and
fully guaranteed, will be sold cheap.
TONI MARSHALL.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-01-20

Norwegian Synod Luthe ran.
Next Sunday, Jan. 22, services in
the English language at 7:3O p. m.
Sunday school every Sunday at 10
o'clock a. m. LAURITZ LARSEN.
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London to finance a steam navigation
company to carry the inland trade. and
this made the beginning of our present
prosperous merchant marine.
"Since the visit of Mr.. Root, it seems
as though this country and ours are
much more closely drawn together. All
South America felt honored by that visit.
and it is creating a wave of enthusiasm
for everything relating to our powerful
friend and neighbOr to the north. Not
among the least pleasures of the coming
winter will be to meet those American
statesmen whose names are so familiar
to us in South America
Sonora Suarez has been quite occupied
since coming to Washington getting her
home in readiness for the winter and
placing her little ones at school During
the residence in Mexico she and the min
lister collected many interesting curios
and these are being placed In order in the
legation at 11O4 Vermont avenue. This
home, though rather unpretentious look
ing from the exterior has large, comfort
able rooms, and the drawing rooms on
the second floor are of especially generous
dimensions. The offices are to be on the
second floor. The Chilean legation has
in it's first secretary diplomat who is a
ranking member Of the South American
corps in point of services. This Is Senior
Alberto Joachim. who has been In Wash
ington nearly ten years, and since the
sudden demise of Senior Cruz has acted
as charge d'affaires.
X
Though all their plans are Yet tenta-
tive, Senior and Sonora Suarez are Of hos
pitable inclination, genial disposition and
abundantly provided with material with
which to carry out their social plans.
They have always been associated with
the most exalted society of their own
and other countries and the sonora has
resided in Valparaiso all her life until
four years ago. when her husband was
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FOL. JOHN S. MOSBY
~ Was One of the Most
Daring Spirits That Fought
on Either Side in the Civil
War-He Tells in His Article
How He Came to Take UP
the Work That Has Given
Him a Peculiar Place in Civil
War History, That OF a
partisan" Leader-He Also
Describes How He Rode
With a Handful of Men
Within the Union Lines Be-
fore Washington and Took
AWAY With Him as a Pris-
oner of War Brig. Gen.
E. H. Stoughton, in Com
mand of the Union Forces in
Front of the National Capital
THAT Is Generally Held to
Be Col. Mosby's Most Bril-
liant Exploit-But He Sue
cessfully Executed Many
Other Daring Tricks.
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toni. to the falls Of the upper Potomac.
and thence as far west as Harpers Ferry
"a distance of 100 miles in a straight
line). This was long line to defend,
and before 1 went there 1t had not been
closely guarded.
I began on the picket lines. My at
lacks were generally in the night time,
and usually the surprise compensated
for the disparity in numbers They would
be repeated the next and often during the
same night at a different point. and this
created vastly exaggerated idea of my
force. Some conception may be formed
OF the alarm 1t produced from fact
stated by Gen. Hooker, commanding the
Army OF the Potomac, that in the spring
OF 1865 the planks on Chain bridge were
taken up every night to keep me out of
Washington. AT that time I could not
muster over twenty men. A small force
moving with celebrity and threatening
many points on a line can neutraIize a
hundred times its own number. The line
must be stronger at every point than
the attacking force. else it Is broken
At that time Hooker asked that the
cavalry division belonging to the de-
lenses OF Washington be sent to the front
to reinforce Pleasonton when he crossed
me Rappahannock to engage Stuart in
the great cavalry combat of June g. at
Brandy Station, Va. 1t was refused on
the ground that it was necessary to keep
1t where 1T was in order to protect the
communication between the army and
Washington. few days before that
fight We struck the railroad within two
miles OF this cavalry camp, and cap
tured and burned a train of supplies go
ing UP to Pleasonton. The 1900 men
who came after me could not run any
faster than the twenty with me- We
vanished like the children of the mist
and the major general who pursued re-
ported that We had been annhiIated But
within less than a week / pulled myself
together again, crossed the Potomac
about twelve miles above Washington
and captured the cavalry camp near SEN
eca, Nd
I recur now to the time when | first
arrived in the country which became the
theater Of the partisan war which 1 car
ried on until the surrender at Appomat-
tox. As / have said, the line of out
posts belonging to the defenses of Wash
ington formed the arc of circle ex-
tending from the upper to the lower Po-
tomac. The troops had been having an
easy, lazy life, which was described in
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the stereotyped message sent every night
to the northern press, All quiet along
the Potomac"
saw that here was a bountiful har-
vest to be gathered, and that the reapers
were few. / gave constant employment
to the Union troops, and they no longer
led life of drowsy Incidence. pro-
cured some guides who knew every path
of the country, and with the aid OF
friendly citizens found out where every
picket was posted.
A certain major general came after me
with a division of cavalry and a battery
of artillery. After Smelling the woods in
every direction as to be sure of my ex-
termination, and destroying many bats
and owls. he took off as prisoners all the
old men he could find. He had the idea
that / was a myth and that these old
farmers were the raiders. One old man
appealed to his crutch to show the physl-
cal impossibility of his being guerrilla
But the major general was lneXoraDie
He returned with his prizes to camp out
| was there almost as soon as he was
In the month of February. 1867, Brig.
Cen E. H. Stoughton was in command Of
the troops in front of Washington. with
his headquarters at Fairfax Court House.
There was a considerable body also at
Centerville, and a cavalry brigade was
encamped on the pike leading from that
place to Fairfax Court House. under COM
mand of Col. Percy Wyndham. Slough
ton was a West Point officer, and had
served with distinction under Mcclellan
on the Peninsula. Wyndham was an
Englishman serving as colonel of the LIST
New Jersey Cavalry. The year before he
had started up the Shenandoah valley to
bag Ashby, but the performance did not
come up to the manifesto; In their first
encounter Ashby bagged him.
He was now given a chance to redeem
his reputation. My attacks on his lines
had been incessant and very annoying.
He struck blindly around like the Cy-
clops in his cave, but nobody was hurt
The methodical tactics he had learned in
European wars were of no more to
him than a suit of armor of the middle
ages. My men would dart down on his
outposts like a hawk on its prey; but
when Wyndham came up in solid column
the partisans had gone. In his veXation
he sent me word that 1 was horsethief:
to which / replied that all the horses
had stolen had had riders. and the riders
had had sahers and pistols.
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ing. In some manner he had heard the
alarm and had slipped out through the
back way into the garden in his night
clothes. His wife met my men like a
loness at the door. The other details
did their work rapidly and soon collect
ed at our rendezvous in the courtyard
a large number of prisoners and fine
steeds The prisoners seemed to be ut
terly dumfounded.
About this time Joe Nelson rode up to
me with prisoner who said he belonged
to the guard of Gen. Stoughton's head
quarters, and with a party of five or
six I Immediately went there. We dis
mounted and with a loud rap on the
front door awoke the inmates. An upper
window was raised and some one called
out: who is there?" The answer was:
1--WE have dispatch for Gen. Slough
ton"
An officer Oieut. Prentiss) came to the
front door to get it, l caught hold of his
shirt and whispered my name in his ear
and told him to lead me to the generals
ROOM Resistance was useless, and he
did so.
A light was struck and before us lay
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the village. If there had been the least
concert among them they could easily
have driven us out, but, although we re-
manned there an hour, not shot was
fired; as soon our presence became
known each man tried to save himself.
Stoughton did not delay a moment, for
he had no idea how few of US there
We're. \ couple of men had been LETT
to hold our horses while we were in the
house. One of these, George Whitescar-
yer. surrounded and captured guard OF
six men sleeping in a tent. Stoughton
horses all stood at the door as We came
out with saddles and brides on. Lieut..
Prent'ss started. but soon parted COM
pany with us. We could not see where
he went
When [ got to the court yard L found
all my different squads collected there
with their prisoners and spoils. No sign
of resistance had been shown. The prls-
oners outnumbered us three or four to
one, and each was mounted and leading
a horse. The cavalcade started in an OPP
posite direction from where We intended
to go, in order to deceive our pursuers.
After going a few hundred yards We
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other countries, are not prominent in
public affairs nor do they seek to partci-
pate in the serious pursuits which tradi-
ton assigns to men. But We are none the
less devoted to our native country and
proud of it's history and achievements.
Chile has fascinating history and lovers
of romance will find much to arouse at
tention In the story Of the Incas and
their stubborn resistance against the
Spanish invaders in the sixteenth century
While nominally what Is now the RepuD-
lie of Chile passed under Spanish domi-
nation in 1880. and heroic Araucanians
Valdivia, and even as late as the last
half of the eighteenth century, they held
the country to the south.
''Chile formed it's first national gov
eminent September 10, 1919. to rule the
country during the captivity of the Span
ish king, who was held by Napoleon.
From that date the national purpose 10
cut away from the mother country De-
came quite apparent, though there were
discouraging delays and many defeats
and all the heart burnings and disap-
pointments which seem part OF the his
tory of every nation in achieving It's IN
dependence.
1.-THE hero whom Argentina has recently
been honoring in the centenary or It's
independence, San Martin. Is honored by
us for his timely aid in the final and sue
cessful struggle which ended IN 1918.
Since the adoption Of constitution, We
have entered on the era or prosperity
which is now so marked q part OF our
history.
Recently the improvement of the num-
berless fine harbors Of our long seaboard
has occupied much public attention.
Many millions of dollars have been APP
pIopriated for this purpose and We are
steadily achieving what is most desired
by our statesmen, the ideal Of possessing
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LEONO ORREGO SUAREZ WIFE OF THE MINISTER FROM CHILE

of the world. But Of this vast total th.
United States receives but 270.OOo tons,
while England. Germany and France pur-
chase annually more than 1o00pOOn tons
One OF the interesting developments OF
the winter viii be the effort of American
public men to strengthen the bonds of
trade between the prosperous countries of
South America and the -nited States
and Chile ranks very high i'm the list OF
powerful and rapidly improving Latin
American republics.
Elihu Root when Secretary OF State, 90.
tablished the precedent OF showering spe-
cial honor on the Latin ENJOYS. Before
his time they politically counted but lit
tie. Now it is entirely the popular thing
to extend special attention to all the
Latins.
In appearance Sonora Suarez is stately
and affable. At present she has but
slight familiarity with the English lam
guage. Her country people are proud of
the pure Castilian habitually employed,
and which shows less inroads of Indian
dialects than other South American
states She speaks French fiuently but
her knowledge OF English has been mere
ly bookish with little opportunity to
practice in a conversational way. She
is now diligently reading with a teacher
and hopes TO master enough to receive
her American visitors I'm the early winter.
Both Senior and Sonora Suarez are taller
than the average Latins who come to
Washington, but II seems that Chile.
which boasts of a variety of climate in
its long seaboard, possesses taller men
and more athletic-looking women than
the neighboring states. Senior Suarez is
above average height. even for an Amer
lean He has the calm. pale face of the
scholar and the genial manner of the
cosmopolitan. lie speaks English fairly
well, and. like Ills wife. is taking every
opportunity to strengthen his gocabulaSEs
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CHE Is a Late Conner to
- the Diplomatic Set and
Arrived in Washington Dur
ing the Past Week is
Young and Attractive, and
Comes of an Illustrious Fam
lily of Santiago de Chile, Her
Brother Having Until Last
Month Been Premier of the
Chilean Cabinet-There Are
Three Children in the Family
and All Will Be Entered in
Washington Schools.
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villa. They passed the entire summer
In and about New York and have come
TO Washington with a previous expert
ence OF American ways gained In the
largest and most active of American
cities. Senior Suarez was serving in the
Mexican capital when he was transferred
to Washington. and all his previous dip
lomatic training had been obtained at the
capital Of his own country. where he had
been, since his early manhood, connected
with the foreign office.
Sonora Suarez feels all the interest
which the South American experiences in
coming for the first time to the capital
OF the greatest nation in the western
world. Chileans in particular regard
washington with interest, for 1t is the
residence Of Fighting Bob" and the cen
connected with the downfall of the pow
erful dictator, Balmaceda, and the shoot
ing OF the American seaman from the
cruiser Baltimore But the memory of
those troublous days is now only of his
tor1cal Significance and the interest felt
In Admiral Bob Evans is that of any
stranger for a hero and a mighty fighter.
still President Taft must not feel ag-
grteved II he hears that the small son
OF Senior Suarez would rather see Ad-
miral Evans than himself.
"All South Americans" remarked
Senora Suarez. ARE more or less familiar
with Washington. just as I rejoice to
know that the average Washingtonian
knows something Of my country. The
excellent publications issued by the Bu-
reau of American Republics show oul
fine public buildings and give much in
terestfng Information about our natural
resources. In my country we have il
Illustrated journals which likewise portray
for US the beauties of America and tell
of the wonderful development. Women
Of tho Latin race in Chile, as well as in
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OF cavalry, comm anded by COL talter-
ward generaD j. E. B. Stuart we joined
Stuart at Bunker Hill, small village
on the pike leading from Winchester, va
where Gen. Joseph f. Johnston, COM
manding the Confederate forces in the
Shenandoah valley, had his headquarters,
to Martinsburg, W. Va, where Patterson,
commanding the Union troops In the val
ley, with his army was lying. Stuart
was watching Patterson.
In a few days Patterson advanced and
took possession of our camp. and our
regiment retired toward Winchester.
Here 1 took my first lessons in war.
Patterson had no cavalry except a bat
talon of regulars, and we had no artil
lery; so he contented himself with throw
ing an occas -onal she'll at us. and We
got out of the way of them as fast we
could. One day we were lying down In a
large open field holding our horses when
d battery suddenly appeared upon a hill
about a mile off and opened on US. / saw
a shell burst within few yards OF Capt.
Jones, who cool1y ordered us to mount
and fall into line. / do not think l was
so much frightened at any time after
that. Later, Stuart sent one company Of
cavalry down toward Charles Town. W.
Va, to observe Patterson, who had NOV
ed in that direction, and with the re-
ma nder of his regiment started for
Manassas and took part in that battle.
/ served also with Stuart on the PENN
sula and in the Antietam campaign.
When the year 1853 arrived Fredericks-
burg had been fought and the two armies
Lees and the Army of the Potomac),
in winter quarters, were confronting each
other on the Rappahannock. Both sides
sought rest; the pickets on the opposite
banks of the river had ceased firing and
gone to swapping coffee and tobacco.
The cavalry had been sent to the rear to
forage. But quiet to quick bosoms Is a
hell" / did not want to rust away my
life in camp, and so / asked Stuart (now
universally recognized as the Confeder-
acy greatest cavalry leader to give me
county, the second Virginia county on
the Potomac above Washington. where
I thought l could make things lively dur
ing the winter months. Always full of
enterprise. Stuart readily assented, and
1 started off on my career as a partisan.
At the time l had no idea of organizing
an independent command but expected
TO return TO Stuart when the campaign
opened in the spring. 1 was Indifferent
TO rank, and would have been as con-
tented to be a lieutenant as a colonel
was somewhat familiar with the
country where / began operations, hav-
ing picketed there the year before. The
lines of the troops attached to the de-
lenses OF Washington extended from
about Occoquan, on the lower Potomac,
through Centerville. in Fairfax county
Ghe Virginia county opposite Washing
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building at least by sight. The children
are also tireless sightseers, and the lew
days they spent here before their schooi
duties began were devoted to going
through the parks and public gardens:
AS the Chileans are among number OF
newcomers to the corps they lace puss
winter. There are two new ampa ssaoors
from the Latin countries, the MEXICAN
and Brazilian, and almost complete up
heaval in the representauons OF othef
countries of South America. Inc Argeh-
tine Republic. Colombia, Peru and Ecua-
dor all have ministers who VIII make
their first bow to President 1ait on New
Year day. This means more than usual
activity Tor the Iatins, for in addition to
the courtesy shown the diplomatic set as
a whole they have a separate circle OF
their own and amenities In which they
alone participate. But the vista opens
only pleasant anticipations for Sonora
Suarez Her husbands mission to Mex
leo last winter included representing
his country also at the Cuban capital,
and she found great enjoyment in Ha-
vana and met many Americans whom she
will see again this winter. She visited
all the more important of the islands OF
the Caribbean sea and has gathered many
interesting pictures and souvenirs OF her
travels.
X
Chileans have seemingly felt little ag-
grieved that the United States is such a
poor customer. and this was the keynote
of many able speeches delivered at va
rious times by the late Senior Anibal
Cruz. Senior Suarez will no doubt take up
this theme, and those who favor the ma
tional subsidy of a merchant marine will
find strong advocate I'm the new envoy
Sonora SuareZ. coming of family which
helped to uphold the prosperity of Chile,
is particularly proud of its great foreign
commence. which i'm 1907 represented one
thirtieth part Of the total marine effort
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Leaving Hunter to come on with my
men and prisoners. I galloped on ahead
with George Slater and once more got on
the pike at Groveton. This was the very
spot where, the year before, Fitz John
Porter had made his disastrous assault
on Jackson, during the second battle OF
Bull Run. From this hill / had view
of the pike seven miles back to Center
willie. No enemy was in pursuit ] was
safe. Just then Hunter appeared and the
sun rose. 1t seemed to me that il never
shone with such splendor before
] turned over my prisoners TO Stuart at
Culpeper Court House. He was much
delighted by what / had done as l was.
and published a general order announc-
ing it to the cavalry. in which he said
that it was "a feat unparalleled in the
war;"
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