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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-08-01
John weighton, repairs
wooden bridges, McGaffin

wooden bridges, McGaffin
uistrlcL ............ 367 30
On motion claims were allowed as
follows:
Natl Office Supply Co., sup
plies for Clerk $500; for
Recorder $3.50 SO
Zion Office Supply Co., sup
plies for Treasurer $3.50;
for Recorder $2.75... 8 IS
On motion claims were allowed
ON the Road fund as follows:
-. b. Smith, grading in Ext
ra Township from M. v.
Fund 800. Road Fund
1914 Ala 90
D. b. Smith, grading i'm vio-
la Township from M. v.
Fund sos. Road Fund
$27O 37s 90
%. p. Smith, grading in Cam
eron township from M. "
Fund $72 ............. 70 90
p. p. Smith, grading in Lin
coin township from NJ v.
Fund s10s. Road Fund
$19s sos 90
-. b. Smith, grading in Mel
vile township from M. v.
Fund $1OS. Road Fund
YAVo GlO w
The payment of bounties for skins
of Wild Animals was approved as
| follows:
A. G. Wells, two cub wolves 90
Jens R. Hansen, one adult
wolf ......,. ......... 5 90
On motion the S. G. Hunter Iron
| Works We're allowed an advance of
$4,000 on estimate on material for
Bridges, on 1912 contract.
| On motion Board adjourned to
meet again at one O'Clock p. M.
One O'Clock p. m.-Board met pur-
suant to adjournment Members all
present.
On motion claims were allowed
as follows:
Burroughs Adding Machine
Co., adding machine ter
Treasurer's Office ....325 90
Prick Drug Co., medicine for
| County home Is; telephone
| calls $1.95 ...... 10
R. G. Spencer & Co., printing
| for County Superintendent 95
r. G. Spencer & Co., printing
| for Sheriff S........... Z 90
R: c. Spencer & Co., printing
Board Proceedings ~. 70 OF
H. j. Hoogellakker, printing
Board Proceedings -. 70 %
H. j. Hooenakkger, printing
for County Superintendent "a AS
II. j. Hoogenakker, supplies
for Treasurer ... 26 so
H. j. Hoogenakker, supplies
for Clerk ... 18 90
d. D. Sampson, ditching to
| turn water from road, Vio-
la township . 3 90
D. D. Sampson, session work
$1,000; committee work
| $1,000; mileage 1886 81 SIS
e. F. Johnson, session work
| $1,000; committee work
$500; mileage $11.5O.. $3.50
Sam'l McGaffin, session work
| $500; committee work
| $500; mileage $780,. % 40
On motion the Auditor was or
dered to issue a warrant on the
County Fund for one hundred (10O)
dollars in favor of the Christian
Home of Council Bluffs, Iowa, in
consideration of their adoption of
the four King children.
On motion the Board adjourned
to meet. Sept. 8, 1912.
OTTO WHITAKER.
County Auditor
SAMUEL McGAFFIN,
Chairman, Board of Supervi-
sors. Audubon County
i M.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-08-01

The NNials OF A Traveller
81 am a travelling salesman"
writes E. E. Youngs, E. Berkshire,
Vermont, land was often troubled
with constipation and indigestion
until l began to use DR.. Kings New
Life Pills, which l have found an
excellent remedy" For all stomach
liver or kidney troubles there is
nothing better. Only 25 cents at
All Druggists
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-08-01

In the toilette cleanse and wa!tei
the teeth, remove tartar and proven.
decay. TO disintect the [ 10Th, destroy
disease germs, and purif " cae breath
To keep artificial teeth and hridsewo.'!i
clean and odorless. To remove nicotine
from the teeth and purify she oreht--
after smoking. 70 eradicate perspira-
ton odors by sponge bathing.
AS a medicinal agent for local
treatment of feminine ills where pelvic
catarrh, inflammation and liberation
exist, nothing equals hot douches OF
Paxtine. For ten years the Lydia q.
Pinkham Med. Co. has been regularly
advising their patients to use it because
of it's extraordinary cleansing, healing
and germicidal power. For this pur-
pose alone Paxtine is worth its weight
in gold. Also for nasal catarrh, sore
throat, inflamed eyes, cuts and wounds.
All druggists, IS and so cents q box.
Trial box and testimony OF 81
| women free on request.
THE PAxTON TOILET CO., Bosroa. MASS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
STRONG UNDERWOOD SENTIMENT

Oscar w undivided the enthusiastic Alabama first
 
 
 enduring
 With the rule requiring twothids of the convention nominate aspan Age-IIerad firmly believes ultimately.
 MT newspapers horsea Means committee,
  political been in training for the nominations the track surprise; dead conspicuous anything therefore but dark Underwood
  be surprise he nominated the third ballot reasonable he will The presidential was F All the the  recognize Oscar Underwood O
 being logical candidate wood comments himself honor in question He emphaticay the for he is the logical canddaeogca because his acknowledged of the tariff issue in harmonizng of the party.
 He has distinguished himself above ship Other candidates with all their qualifications right were not for the T Now there ifs" well balanced private patriotic Americans His liking dem
 
 The democratic party has in all It's appreciation the coun Means committed He growing rapidly now this right the @ of June With the Underwood east and west will him. All sections his ability victory
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
No Rockefeller Incorporation

The House has rejected the Senate's proposed Rockefeller corporation bill, and it is dead The corporation was to be $1Oo,OO0, ,OOO affair, ostensibly devoted to charity distribution. The original bill was withdrawn and it was believed the new bill had met all ob- jections. But it had not, for the House concluded there were still dangers hidden in it.
 MT. Rockefeller can secure bill from almost any state, and in the ab- sence of a bill he can give away his vast wealth as MT. Carnegie has done and is doing, and as MT. Morgan is doing.
 A corporation of immense and per haps increasing wealth, licensed by the federal government with almost unrestriGed power might in the hands of some men become a dangerous
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
A Free show for Many

The way in which the people learn of the presence of an airship over head with such promptness is matter worthy of note" said an observant man last night.
 This afternoon I started for stroll out through Norwood. As turned inro Twonty-fourth street from Eighth ave- nue I noticed a party of small boys gazing heavenward and one of them ex- citodly cried, Look, mister. at the air ship Sure enough there was q ship high overhead. All down the street, as far as l could see. people had come out on the sidewalk and were watching the aeronaut as he clrcled like a great bird and made his course towards Prat; City. In the distance the thing ap- peared as large crane flying high. Every afternoon the people turn out down town to see the ship make its over the city trip. Field glasses arc brought into play. l looked through a very strong glass Thursday. The air ship looked like gilded chariot, with it's wheels revolving in the reflect ed light of the sun, for there were ligh clouds in the sky
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
NATURES DELIGHTS

By John Keats. O Maker of sweet poets, dear delight Of this fair world and all it's gentle divers; Spangler of clouds, halo of crystal rivers, Mir gler of leaves, and dew, and tumblins
 streams:
 Closer of lovely eyes to lovely dreams; Lover of loneliness and wandering. Of upcast eye and tender pondering! Thee must praise above all other glories That smile on us to tell delightful stories; For what has made the sage or poet write, But the fair paradise of natures light? In the calm grandeur of a sober line We see the waving of the mountain pine And when a tale is beautifully staid,> We feel the safety of hawthorn glade; When it is moving on luxurious wings, The soul Is lost in pleasant smotherings Fair dewy roses brush against our faces And Towering laurels spring from dia-
 mond vases; Oerhead we see the jasmine and sweet
 brier
 And gloomy grapes laughing from green
 attire:
 While at our feet the voice of crysta
 bubbles
 Charms us at once away from all oul
 troubles;
 So that we feel uplifted from the world Walking upon the white clouds wreathe' and curled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
Icebergs and LifebOats

Tine stories of the great sea tragedy told by it's survivors do not greatly add to the information of the public. The big ship was driving along in the night at the rate of about 23 knots an hour, never stacking even on the ground of greatest danger because her officers were endeavoring to make a record trip. All accounts agree that she struck the berg at or nearly at full speed.
 All too agree that all on board would have been saved if there had been on board enough life boats. The Titanic carried all that the law re- quired, or about one-third of the num- Der needed The confusion on board was not great or controlling, and three hours elapsed before the ship broke in two and went to the bottom. Sixteen life boats and two collapsible boats could carry about one-third of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
General Grant.s Funeral

"The funeral of Maj. Gen. Frederick D.
 Grant, which has just taken place with
 imposing military honors. recalls the ob-
 seauies of his father in the summer of
 1885," said we'll known citizen.
 Gen. U. S. Grant had been an ex-
 President eight years, but he was still
 the hero of the north. He was the first American honored with the rank of full general.
 When he was elected President he had to resign from the army, but few years
 before he oied he was, by an act of Con- gress, placed on the retired list with the rank of general on full pay. Aside from the military pageant his funeral was sig nificant in its patriotic effect. General Hancock, in command of the department of the east. rode at the head of the pro- cession and among his aides was Gen.
 Fitzhugh Lee and other distinguished Con federates. Joseph Is. Johnston, who was in Portland, Ore, at the time of Grants death, hurried across the continent to
 act as one of Grants pallbearers. The scene at the grave in which generals who fought on opposite sides clasped hands and embraced each other was one long to
 be remembered. General Grant was all ways magnanimous and never knew what it was to have any but kind feelings for | southern people. Bitterness had been pass inS away for some time. but Grants flu
 neral was the occasion for bringing north
 and south closer together than ever. "Gen. Fred Grant resembed his father
 both in appearance and in temperament. It was my privilege to be thrown with
 him intimately during the Spanish-Amer- ican war, and I have had a high regard for him ever since. Peace to his ashes!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
Electoral Votes This Year

Whether the number of electoral votes this year should be 490 or 532 is still burning question. It ap- pears that precisely similar question arose in 1882, 1852, 1872 and 1892, and in each instance the electoral vote was based on the new apportion- ment.
 The attorney general of New York has written an opinion to the effect that his state is entitled to 45 cleo toral votes, rather than 39, and New York will elect 45, unless Congress otherwise directs, and it is not be- lieved there will be any such action. MT. Trimble, the clerk of the House of Representatives, bases the electoral vote in recent publication on the new apportionment.
 As things are going the democrats will stand by the new apportionment while the standpatters will cling to the old one. Attorney General Wick ersham is not supported by section 132 of the revised statutes, for that
 section says the number of electors shall be equal to the number of Sena- tors and Representative when the President and Vice President come into office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
UNDERWOOD THE LOGICAL MAN

From the Columbus (Ga) Ledger. The Augusta Chronicle asks these timely questions:
 Shall the people of Georgia vote against Underwood because he Is not southern
 man. having been carried by his parents, when a child, to Minnesota, where he re-
 nained short while during childhood? Shall the people of Georgia vote against Urderwod because he is a southern man. having been born in Kentucky, educated in Virginia and lived in Alabama all dur ips his active manhod. on the ground that it is unwise to nominate southern man for President, regardless of his strength as a, candidate. or his fitness for the off, fice?"
 We have asked these two questions be- cause the progressive press of the state has attacked the democratic tariff re- former and floor leader of the House, and ace urging the people of Georgia to vote against him, both because he is northern
 man and southern man. It is evident
 that consistency is not a cardinal principle
 in the political creed of the ''progres-
 sives."
 However, tariff tax reduction on food
 and clothing of the American people is
 cardinal principle of democracy-and
 that will be it's battle song during the fall
 campaign. It is Underwood who has re-
 vitalized the old democratic doctrine. He
 has made it living issue; known and
 understood in every cottage where clothes
 are worn, and around every table where food must be bought with the wages oi
 labor.
 IL is not the Underwood people who arc choosing the twill O the wisp' and beat ing the air with glittering generalities They know what they want. It's cheaper food. cheaper clothing and cheaper tools to work with. And they know who is their real champion; staying on the jot every day and every hour. laboring to re-
 duce the heavy taxes which protected | wealth Is daily collecting on the neces- saries of life. And they know 1t in every | hamlet and home, north. south, east and west
 | Underwood is the logical candidate oi
 national democracy. He is sure to be in. dorsed in Georgia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
The Park Concerts

While the city will not make an ap- propriation to the open air music fund tbis summer, it is understood that It VIII enlarge the bandstand in Capitol park and provide seats and lights for the concerts said a man who takes an interest in civic matters.
 What is needed Is a concert pavilion Tn Capitol park with seating capacity Of at least 2O00 so that showers would not cause the programme to be called off. As we have had so much rain during this spring. we will probably have very dry suramer. But next year the city should by all means build pavilion.
 "rhe la6ies of the Music Study club. whc raised the money to pay for the band concerts, will need a fund of s5oo0 or s60Oo in order to carry out plans that are in view. Daily concerts for Ii weeks by a band of 25 men would cost something like SGooO, and daily concerts by band are being considered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
The Iron Market

Matthew Addy & Co, fin their Cincin- natl circular this week, say:
 Iron is looking up these days. Tho market is active and steady. In every part of the country there have. been large sales at advanced prices. In the cast and south there has perhaps been more doing than in the middle west, but no one has any real grounds for com |hlaint.
 "One of the best features of the sit uation is the increasing demand for prompt shipments. Consumers need what they have bought. Not since the panic began has the iron trade seemed to have been on such a solid footing as today-stocks In furnace yards every where decreased and in many cases wiped out altogether, order books com fortably filled and new orders coming along regularly at higher prices than prevailed 30 days ago, and melters busy; these are conditions that make a cheerful outlook. They are in exact contradiction to the conditions that pre- vailed a year ago. Since then the iron trade has made an immense advance.
 "The week Just closing has been good all around. It has been marked by large orders and large inquiries. The only serious thing in the situation is the diff flculty in securing coal and coke"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
Farm and Coal Lands

All land values are steadily rising. This is so in every part of the United States. Worn out farm lands, both in the north and the south, that were a few years ago supposed to be we'll nigh worthless will now sell for S25 to $50 an acre, and fertile lands that used to be considered high at $100 an acre are now worth from $200 to $250 an acre.
 The advanced methods in agricul- ture have had much to do with the rising values in rural sections. In few departments of human endeavor has applied chemistry been more profitable than in agriculture. Inn proved railroad facilities have con stituted a decided factor in the en- hancement of values. And good roads have done great deal for the farmer; have done more perhaps than any one thing. Along with applied chemistry in farming have come more business like methods. The farmer in order to get out of the land all there is in it, so to speak, should be well educated and should be as good business man as the merchant or banker. This com bination of talents on the farm will eventually come to be the rule.
 The enhancement of mineral values is more marked even than the increase in farm values. Here in Alabama nearly all of the good ore land is owned by the large corporations. The corporations also own the greater part of the coal lands. The recent sale of the Birmingham Coal and Iron com pany to the Woodward Iron company, at what would have been considered a very high price few years ago, is regarded as a great bargain on the Woodward side, and in looking back five years from now today's price will be considered "absurdly low"
 The Adler interests paid price for the Corona Coal and Iron company's properties that would have been con sidered big five years ago. But men familiar with mineral values consider the Adlers extremely lucky in acquir- ing the company at the price they did. It is reasonable to say that the Corona company could be sold in less than three years from now at double what the Adlers paid for it; and the best of it for the Birmingham district is that all the large capital going into coal lands means new development and buster activities among coal op- orators. The coal trade is not only profitable this year, but the outlook is for increasing prosperity in the near future.
 This country is entering upon a boom which will probably be unparal- leled in the history of the business world, and then great deal of capital that has been waiting for investment will find it's way to Alabama within the next 12 months Millions upon millions will pour into the Birming- ham district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20

the number on board, and the rest went to their doom because of insuf- ficient laws in this country and Great Britain.
 The vessel received>a glancing blow on the starboard side, ripping open so many compartments that the bulk head and water tight door system be- came useless. The water tight doors were promptly closed as soon as the ice berg was sighted, and the pumps were set at work. The glancing blow sealed the fate of the ship and it led perhaps at the very last moment to ar explosion of the boilers.
 The speed mania over the shorter ice-beset passage, and the lack of life boats were the causes of the terrible loss of life. There is no such thing as an unsuitable ship, and there never will be. Ships should therefore be compelled in the season of floating ice to follow the longer southerly route. Few icebergs float down to the fortieth parallel. The Titanic went down on the fiftieth. And then there is the life boat problem. It should he settled and if should he settled right.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Large BulIding Operations

"It is a conservative estimate that the money to be expended in the erec- ton of buildings in the city of Birming ham this year will be between s1o,o00.- coo and Sf5,o0o,000." said a prominent capitalist and developer.
 with two big hotels-the Roden and the Tutwiler. two or three small ho- tels, four or five handsome apartment houses, the Wells theatre, the Graves building on Third avenue. and several other large mercantile buildings. to say nothing of one or two now office buildings, besides the American Trust and the Young Mems Christian associa- ton and the Young Women's Christian association will easily bring the total up to s10.0oo,Ooo."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
THE TITANIC

A shattered ship. world-mourned. dot
 rest
 Beneath Atlantic's wave; Though deemed of all the mightiesb Is now the ocean grave Of men who sought heroic death That cherished ones might live, And others. braver yet who stayed, Their lives unasked to give. In all her pride she spurned the deep, Upon her maiden trip; Her cost, her size. her luxuries,
 Her name on every lip. But Fate drew from the frozen north And windy wastes of snow An isle of death, a monster grim That wrought stupendous woe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 All the world loves lover, but he loves himself a heap sight more. A man knows he has very sweet tenn per not to have it any uglier than 1t is. It's easy enough for a girl to love a man if everybody tries to keep her from it.
 No woman ever got to be so old that she forgot how beautifully she danced when she was girl.
 If people couldn't wasteVheir money on foolish things they'd waste 1t just as much on sensible things.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
A HINDRANCE. Though not afraid To plunge in debt, Alas, he could No credit get.
A .RIsING" YOUNG MAN.

A "RISING' YOUNG MAN.
 Last summer a Cherryvale boy came home on visit from Kansas City. He was dressed in the latest fashion. His purple hose of sheerest silk matched a tie of the same royal hue, which afforded a. fitting resting place for 8 big, round topaz tie pin as large as a belt buckle. His white flannel shirt was immaculate and on dark days he had a modish gray and black diagonal stripe suit cut in the extremest fashion. A big gold monogram hung from his watch fob He always broke a 8 bill to pay for coke and showed other evidences of wealth and prosperity. He only visited his little old home burg about a week and In that time had told all his friends about a po- stion he had with a big Kansas City wholesale house. Last week Cherryvae
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-20
Overshadowing TrngedIe.

"The tense strain of the fearful acei- dent to the Titanic and the slow comin F
 news from the survivors completely eclipsed the state convention as a cen ter of interest here in Birmingham |" said politician.
 T was surprised to find that the measuring of lances by Messrs. Jesse Stallings and Perry Thomas was not even mentioned, and yet it was one of the most striking feature of the gath er;ng. And in my Judgment the gem tlepan from Barbour made the gentle man from Jefferson pause to consider things, to draw it mildly. "I suppose 1t has been overlooked tha t Sunday night was the anniversary of Lincoln's assassination and as he lived Q
 hours after being fatally wounded, the sinking or final plunge of the Titanic Monday was remarkably coincidental.
 all in all."