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office wish to thank those who so kind
ly remembered them Christmas.
/ The Walsh Construction company
entertained number of their friends
. at 5 o'clock dinner Friday evening.
Those who have never visited their
camp can scarcely appreciate the
greatness and the Importance of the
work this company are doing. The
camp is located about two and half
miles from Manila. 1t looks like a
little city by itself. AS we stepped
out of the cold into the office equipped
with all the modern conveniences we
forgot we We're two and half miles
out in the country. We felt we We're
in some city Office with business life
| throbbing all around us. In the other
end of the car was the reception
room fitted with not only comforts
but luxuries. The papers, books and
magazines on the library table all
gave evidence of men who were not
only interested in their own work,
but also that of the outside world. Out
OF this reception room the door open:
| ed onto a platform that led to the
dining car. We had heard a great
deal OF the bountiful table set with
good things that they enjoyed in their
camp life, but were not prepared for
such feast as we partook of that
evening. 1t would pay any one to go
out and see what it means to build
railroad by modern methods. BY
one who was there.
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Held over from last week.
Mrs. Fred Rickers spent a few
hours at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Robert Hannah Saturday at benson
| F. N. Olry visited our schools on
Monday, December 23d.
Lorenzo Stubbe made business
trip to West Side Monday.
Henry Brandt, of Arcadia, visited
at the home of Mrs. Mary last Satur'
day.
Miss Winifred Higgins spent her
Christmas vacation at her home at
Grand Junction.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Dozark and
children and his mother spent last
Sunday at the Theo. Bundt home III
Carroll county. .,
Mr. and Mrs. julius Dresser left
Tuesday morning for Millard, Neb., to
attend the funeral of daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Sohl. Mrs Sohl
is sister of Julius Dresser, and
their Christmas was a sad one.
Mr.. and Mrs. julius Jams were
Denison visitors last Monday.
Fred Rickers and son, Louis, called
at the Herman Dresser home last
Wednesday,
Miss Margaret Steinhauer was mar
ried at 8 o'clock Christmas morning
at the Lutheran church in Arcadia to
a young man from Council Bluffs.
Mr.. and Mrs VIM. Kock have been
visiting their many friends in and
around Jackson township the past
week.
George Kock spent few days with
his brother at Lanesboro last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carsten christensen,
of Nebraska, were visiting with rela.
tives in Jackson township and vicin.
ity last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Dobler visit
ed at the Sykes home in Northwest
Jackson Saturday.
John and George Kock and Miss
Mary Dettbarn spent Sunday with the
VIM Kock family near Lanesboro.
Mrs. Hans Lamp called at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. J. Jams, Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Buck and
son, Gilmore. were Sunday visitors at
the Rickers home.
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| Herman Sievers returned to his
home at Mapleton Saturday after his
Christmas visit with his brother
Fred, near Charter Oak.
Miss Marie Eich came from Car
roll, Neb., last week to spend the holi
days with her parents west of Char
ter Oak.
Oscar Samuelsen went to Sioux City
Saturday to visit his wife in the hos
pital at that place. She is expected
home soon.
The Misses Agnes McGrath and
Jessie Winans visited at the Nc
Grath home in Schleswig over Sun
day.
Mrs. T. j. Muenster, of Ricketts,,
visited friends in Charter Oak Mon
day
Mrs. Harry Heiden. of Denson, was
weekend visitor at the d. A. Holmes
home in Charter Oak, returning to
her home Monday.
A freight train wreck on the Mil
Waukee near Mapleton Sunday shut
out all travel for twenty-four hours.
A dancing party was given at the
KunZe home near Charter Oak Tues
day evening.
Mrs. Ed Probasco returned Satur
day from a weeks visit at the Crakes
home near Manila.
Mrs. Oscar Nelson held an auction
at her place on the farm near Berne
Thursday and disposed of all her
farm goods. Mrs. Nelson has pur-
chased property in Charter Oak and
will move to town as soon as possible.
She has purchased the H. c. Jones
property. and Mr.. Jones contemplates
moving onto a farm in the spring.
J. G. Citizens has moved his stock
of jewelry to the Waterhouse drug
store and will occupy the north side
of the building. 1t is not known who
will occupy the building he vacated.
Mrs. VIM. Wherry, of Sioux City,
was an over-Sunday visitor at the
Thomas Thomson home.
Word from Prof Carl Wendt a.
the Edgewater( Colo) sanitarium,
tells us that he is improving III
health and expects soon to be able
to resume his school work at the Han
over parochial school.
Sam Passman went to Chicago last
Wednesday evening to buy stock for
the store in Charter Oak.
Richard Nash visited relatives in
Kingsley over Christmas. He return
ed Saturday, accompanied by his
brother who will visit in Charter Oak.
Mrs. J. A. Mains and daughter.
Miss Grace. were Sioux City shoppers
Thursday.
Dr. Roy Probasco, of Akron, visit,
ed at the parental home in Charter
Oak last week.
The Misses Grace Mains and Fac
Coin went to Danbury Tuesday for a
short visit in the home of Rev. Cath
cart.
Chris Hoefer spent the holidays at
home in Charter Oak. He is located
in Harlan at present.
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(Held over from last week.
Mrs. B. c. Jacobsen and daughter
Alma, went to Danbury Saturday for
a few days visit with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas Milligan were
Friday and Saturday guests in the
Clayton Romans home
Miss Ethel Sturges visited friends
in Ute over Sunday
John kortmann was a business Wis
itor in Sioux City Friday.
Mrs. G. w. Holmes returned last
Wednesday from her visit with rela
tives at Laurel, Neb She was accom-
panied by her granddaughter, Miss
Jessie Stucar, who will visit in Char
ter Oak for some time
Miss Elsie Thompson went to Deni
son Friday to visit friends.
Mrs. B. l.. Wright visited friends
in Ute Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lou Perry returned
Sunday afternoon from visit at the
Antrim home in Omaha
Mrs. G. Brown and daughter, Miss
Florence, of Ute, visited friends in
the Oak Saturday.
DR.. Thomas Thomson, of Charter
Oak, spent Sunday in Manila, the
guest of DIR. Coin.
The Misses Mcmahon, of Manila,
returned to Charter Oak Sunday to
take up their school work near here
Mr. and Mrs N. c. Thompson went
to Denison last Thursday to visit their
friends there.
Adam Hoffard and daughter, Miss
Edith, were Denison visitors Saturday
between trains.
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(Held over from last week.
Mrs. c. L. Duffy, of Carterville
called in Manila between trains on
her way to Coon Rapids.
Thelma Dyson has gone to Logan
to visit with Rev. Cables family dur
ing the holidays.
Mrs. Mattel is on the sick list.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Blair welcomed
to their home boy Wednesday.
Paul Clapp, an experienced cleo.
trician from Ames college, has been
here doing some extra work on the
switchboard at the Manila telephone
Office
Mr.. and Mrs. John Walker are ex-
pecting to leave soon for England
where they will spend from one to
three years. Their neighbors and
friends regret to see them go but
at the same time are glad they can
take such a delightful trip as this
will likely be.
Mr.. and Mrs. Goddard and Mrs. R.
C. Saunders spent the day Monday in
DenisOn.
Robert McCone, Jr., who came here
with his bride last Tuesday morning,
started Monday for their new home
near Redlands, S. d.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Kastner, who
have been visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs Robert McCone, ST., return.
ed Monday to their home at Redlands,
S. d.
Bert Vennink, who has been home
for Christmas, returned to Morning.
side Monday, where he is attending
school.
Robert and Morris Flint left for
Ames Monday, where they will avail
themselves of the opportunity which
the Ames college short course at
fords.
Mr. and Mrs Max Baer, from Chi
cage, visited Christmas at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. w
Barber.
Alden Sykes returned to Ames Mon
day to resume his studies at the col
lege.
Jud Packard, who is teaching in
the Iowa City college, was home on
Christmas day calling on friends.
Geo. Flint and little son, George
are visiting in Minnesota.
Miss Cora Slagg, from Conton, S
D., is visiting friends and relatives
during the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pete Sievers returned
Monday to their home in West Side
after brief visit with Mr.. and Mrs
Will White.
ChaS. Schram was up from DeS
Moines to spend Christmas at the pa
rental home.
Mr.. and Mrs. BOmsad, of Dedham,
are visiting at the N. P. Bliven home.
Mrs. Dawson and daughter, Marie,
and son, John, took Christmas dinner
with Mrs. Dawson's brother, J. W..
Rundlett. at Vail.
Lee Wier, of Van Meter, spent
Christmas with his mother, Mrs. NJ.
E. Wier.
The girls at the Manila telephone
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BOYER VALLEY TIME TABLE
ILLINOIS CENTRAL

ILLINOIS CENTRAL
GOING EAST
No. s" Chicago Express ..... 1902 p m
No. ~ Chicago Limited 80. 1887 p m
No. 32 Omaha, TT. Dodge :. 6:22 p m
GOING WEST
No. II Omaha, City & c. 3. SAB a m
No. ~ Fast Mail ........... 1925 m
No. 81 TT. Dodge & Omaha .. 900 m
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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-01-12

fortune and feel II. and he would let her
do so for an instant before he put n
away In the safety deposit vaults %
await opportunity for its investment
She looked at II long and long. lying
there In the lap Of her black gown. she
could not grasp the amount. though the
old priest. leaning forward. with the
enthusiasm of boy shining once more
after SO many years, in his hollow eyes.
said over and over:
Look at II, my child! Feel Il! It's
fifty thousand. dollars! And It's all
yoursr'
She patted IL. tenderly and affection
ately, with a soft and reminiscent caress.
30 that the priest knew that Il was not
for anything that package Of money
might hold for her in a material way,
then or afterward. but rather for what
II gave back for a moment to her desc
lated heart. And the priest was glad Of
that. and thereafter silent. He had had
MS doubts. He would feel better when
the money had passed out Of his hands.
and he sometimes questioned whether IL
would ever do good in any ones hands.
But he had a sense OF humor. too. Q
grim sense in this instance. when he
thought Of certain political and financial
circles, even IL he did dust his thin
hands carefully with his spotiess hand
kerchief when he laid the money down.
Annie's eyes had filed with the ready
tears that welled to their sweeping, black
lashes. and trembled there as she raised
! her eyes to him.
All, father" she said. he was %, 90
good to me. always-and so kind, And
see how thoughtful he waste leave me
all this! Oh, Jimmy, my poor JimmyT
And she rocked forward like an old
woman. and wept-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-01-12
A STRUGGLE WITH A WIFE.
How strindberg's Unhappy Mar
rInge CoIored His Work.

The extremely unhappy married life
OF August Strindberg is commented upon
by Clayton Hamilton in the Bookman.
AT the age. OF twenty-six," he says.
"Strindberg fell in love with the woman
who was to exert a deeper influence upon
Els work than any other factor In his
life experience. She was already married.
but she obtained a divorce and married
Strindberg- For a time their welded
life was happy. and the poet in this
single sunny period OF his experience
poured forth an amazing number and
variety Of literary works conceived In
the romantic mood. But a little later
his marriage began to be disrupted by
d!ssensions, and the domestic life be-
came increasingly unbearable to both
parties as the years proceeded Held
together by their children. they endured
life of torture until finally. after six
teen years. they abandoned the hopeless
struggle and were divorced.
This tragic experience has colored all
the later work OF Strindberg. He had
begun by conceiving life as war. and he
now discovered in his own case that love-
which Is the origin and essence Of life
Is also war-a year long. lifelong battle
without an interrupting truce. Hence
ne conceived love as only the diverse of
two-sided passion. Of which the IN
evitable reverse Is hatred. Other poets
have made the same discovery. Com
pare, for instancC. Mr.. Kipling's harrow
Ing lines: 7 axe you. GRIMM there - .
An Gawd. | love you So"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-01-12

From Uncle Renus M,gazsne
For the first time in nearly fifty years
there is promise that the South is to
have an opportunity to vote its actual
beliefs; or perhaps Il would be clearer to
say that the various individuals who
make up the voting population Of the
south may cast their ballots in line with
their beliefs.
-Four years ago. in this magazine We
endeavored TO analyze political conditions
IN the South and to point out that a
break in the solid South would be a
splendid tonic. There is no doubt that
the name Republican has kept many
Southern men out Of the party so desig-
mated. but now there is TO be offered
the national Progressive party. which
instead of being fettered by traditions
will come in its formative period. The
platform Is as yet unwritten. but that it
will be broad enough for the narrowest
Is an assurance that may safely be Of
fered.
Is the South forever to be led by that
blind man, Tradition? The pressing vital
issues Of to-day are not to be met by a
discussion OF the battle of Chickamauga-
The South has to-day problems that
loom as large as heretofore has that OF
the negro-a problem which has now
been left, by common consent to the
South for solving. The South is growing
TO giant proportions is her agriculture.
her industries and her commerce. She
must look on the economic side as well
as the sentimental
The South needs two parties. No man
will say that two parties are not prefer
able TO one party divided into bitter fac
tions. The young men of the South have
a right 10 hear issues discussed instead
of listening to personal abuse and Will
fication
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Nv JOHN w. HOLCOMBE.

The reasons for limiting a President
of the United States to one term,
whether of four or six years, have been
ably presented in the Senate, TO the
effect that the efforts of the incumbent
and his supporters to elect him a Sec
ond time are a prolific source of po-
litical corruption and Generalization oil
public business. including misuse of the
power of appointment. solicitation OF aid
from wealthy interests with the hope
of favor in return, collection and ex-
penditure of huge campaign funds, in
fiuencing of legislation by the use of
patronage, packing of nominating con-
ventions, coercion of officers and en-
ployes of the government and of cor
porations in their exercise OF the suf-
frage. The effects upon the President
are said to be degrading. distracting his
attention from the duties Of his office,
converting him from the head of the
nation to the chief of a party. and fore
ing him upon the stumD as a partisan
campaigner, to the great impairment OF
his official dignity.
These evils seem to me not at all
inherent in the office or the conditions
which properly surround it. or in a
second term, but morbid growths from
our system of selecting candidates. To-
morrow the electors appointed at the
general election November last, will
assemble in their several State CAPT.
tails, record their votes for President and
Vice President, and certify the same to
Congress, to be opened and counted In
the presence of the two Houses on the
second Wednesday in February. Need
less to say the electors have had no
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New York. Jan. 1l.-FashionabIy gown
I'd men and women, many of them we'll
known in social and financial circles,
are calling at the Forty-seventh
Street police station in an attempt
to identify more than s250OO0 worth
of jewelry. gems. and valuable ar
ticles of wearing apparel stolen from
their homes by the six prisoners, one of
them a woman. arrested in a Forty-sec-
ond Street pawnshop. The six prisoners
are believed to be the entire band of
robbers that have been operating in the
fashionable homes on the west side of
Upper Manhattan. Among those caught
in the police net are George Carr. a
criminal Of many aliases and a long
record, and his wife, Kitty Carr. These
two are believed to be the brains of the
combination. the bulk of the loot and
burglars tools being found in their
apartment
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term rule also ought to be left to the
people without constitutional restriction.
This question has as yet received little
general discussion, but is properly q sub
ject for party platforms as a means of
testing public opinion.
The fault is in our system of nominat-
ing candidates and conducting campaigns.
and thither ought the efforts of reformers
to be directed. Party organizations are
purely voluntary. and their nominating
conventions altogether Irresponsible. The
will OF the people has but a remote in
fiuence over them, and they present can
didates who may be or may not be the
choice of a majority even of their own
party. The candidates then spend la
borious months, each striving to prove
himself acceptable to his own party and
then to win enough support from other
parties TO insure his election. The per-
sonal element is exaggerated. abuse and
Misrepresentation are rife, money is COL
lected obviously and expended Injurious
ly, excitement prevails, business suffers,
issues OF principle and policy are neglect
ed. II the President be a candidate. he is
charged with using the Federal patron
age and all the powers of his office to
secure his nomination and further his
election.
For nearly twenty years two powerful
and interesting personalities have DOM
mated the imagination of large elements
Of the American people, and when either
of them is before the electorate as a can
didate, for high Office 1t is almost inpossi-
BILE to secure discussion of any political
proposal save with reference to his per-
sonality. The effect of this limitation
upon our political life has not been happy.
Passionate feeling has been aroused at a
time when cool reason was most neces-
sary. and blind personal advocacy or
blind personal antagonism has taken the
place of statesmanlike examination of
principles.
Would Correct Abuses.
Under the correct system there would
be none OF all this. There will be no need
of 1t and no opportunity for 1t. The can
didate would not be in evidence until the
last act of the drama. but his way would
be prepared by statesmen and publicists
proclaimihg party purposes and expound-
ing party doctrine through conventions,
the press and public speeches. The peo-
pie would then select by the best means
that can be devised a body of men whom
they know or can know all about to act
as their grand committee In naming the
President, under such instruction as IT
may be possible to give by "A popular pref
erence vote.
1t is objected that the Electoral Collage
would be subjected to severe pressure ana
violent solicitation, and might be cor
rupted or purchased outright. This is
only to say that electors are men. Men
are mortal and fallible. and 1t Is freely
admitted that no human instrument is
perfect. But as We cannot resort to a
OF angels. We must employ
the best human agency to be obtained.
Here the Judgment of the fathers is
sound:
TT was desirable that the sense Of