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Letters from the PEOPLE

msdsatsay sails II 10 c for s1oo. he cues.
uon v saksd; How much does he
maker Je& oo-ao moro. no lees.
Proof: Inventory before either trans-
action shows one horss worth 20
Nething else. Inventory after both deals
Shove: Cash mo and mo less ~,
sQuailinG - gain. One 10 apt % Asurs
this out Ai6ers0uy. II hs had made
mere. thea he would have mere thar
M a1tsr oonetudanG the last deal. !
hoDs thee tve invsntesiss WIN clear III,
uattsr W. J.T.
0oseeseeWn. oonn.
TOoolaV.
- ~ 0n1R q ~ DR01n9 Wesil:
On wAak ~ "a June u. lo7. FAM
J. II.
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sVbsWOs ~ - uVO
In general. but
there are plenty Of
notable specific in
stances In which
II 10 not true.
Some kinds OF
tak are extremely
expensive. The q.
pert who knows
all about his sub
ject charges about
what he likes for
his talk on that
subject. Another
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oluo's BOOM TOWN.

AYT0N ns nsen from the western with the energy Of young
giant pringng cut Of cold BATH According to despstch
to ~ ~ TIE tota loss Of 100000 will be wiped out
b record time Twenty thousand wagon loads Of mud and debris
s ben hauled svsy Sanitary regulation be- admirable
~ there actually Len sickness than before TIE flood Carpenters
81 ldss 1t work y ousands Houses and business blocks
~ spraens up bigger and bstsr Than the old. new million
SH hetd 70 b started Merchants doing business from
19 70 ds esu sssr than Il this time last year. Nobody
- taksa advantage Of the dsas~ to 70 bankrupt.
Admire to lively Dsyuians Who "nevsr ay die" be also
psd ea IL nation Inst makes possible such quick recovery Not
Subscriptions and gfh mensyAsss only for the moment
ut Il generous szsnoa q credit it, gigantic network Of bust.
~ aevsh 10 swiftly travelling Of interest and co.
Wson Every Dayton merchant Of good reputation he's received
aong fsvon from the houses Of which buyss That tell,
~ sorry
In IL very different srroauns stricken. Msns must slowly
~ Ses yss lnping beck 10 Ne charity and aid Any CON-
nH IN trouble hs,sshs jump into the gene agsin the in
stant II has got IL wind
All askt w rv~. orabb~s and sappen gos.
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Joys Of the Unjust.

a n n. NORA DLATCH DE r0RnsT. sditH
N Of the new journal Of the wooso's
Political Usioa, said ths othsr day:
'-TAsss can b % tastics fos woman TN she
ssts ~ vets. MAJ. having ths vote himself and
rsfusans II 10 woman. Il unjust. You know ths
.to,y about ths tust 80 he unj,sti IT. vsy
applicable here.
.Ths ssiu fsrb siils ea he Just end ths
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LEAVE SUCH FOLLY TO THE MEN.

IWVHE JAPANESE sns and having military drills every
nshA hghA IN our Villages" declares ardent
voter from CslxoenA "They al under oath to the
Japanese and day ven wake up find army in
midst. They . 10 he nation"
thu y the best they do earnestly beg the women TO
ksp sway from he alien question Heny II male fools who ought
know bss lend Of whom d slsuhng around for
japanese plots Last week japanese guns bg from New
Jassy hills ready blow up TIE powder WORKS This week Sandy
Heck ought 10 sight japanese ~srshps
Such SHY talk the les 10 b condemned bscsuse most
people ars TOO sensible 10 heed We are great
enlightened But lave ast ssaShd pont where such
prejudice s ding 70 ~ be- ru ssar Of many aspects
thst petty and psrsond.
few days ago white ssnog1phsr in Q Government
Office Washington objected not without to being obliged
to take dcson from negro whose breath msed Of whiskey
She have found bstsr luck with good many white bresth
But the whskey s cooi Shs gives herself away by
adding in her written complaint
worked q AasksknnsA wooay-haded negro.
ia Sak Asman bsisg would b stisA ssdns bis
existence WouA thsn. oe q Southern father
lisdnguishsd officer during he civil my
a gTssAsN nnnnsmest
And there T. Black sdn and WOOL were wone than the
vAisksy.
In ts Wy TIE CAsnh woman after her flight pat
ete selieude, down to bes acs in postscript
6ek tAsy havs h y buy me piece ot property IN the
.seds Of hoet md .evs b. Soon TIE nshbon objsH to
Mss and wua ~ tss property amoH nothing
my ssAssA u hsSsns. 10.
In fact understand These Japs ere clever business fc
Lem VITA ak for thrift and notion Of composition Therefore
~ nsnscs % Tie naou. They will shoot all Take
- sway tm
We sssas quite snsss Of th sort q argument from the
- a. ~ women won't - prove their new-clsimed capacity
90 sns byoud baek fence let tsm hts the opposite
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The Melting Pa

"XX/HA1 D'. a. Lev. @ y. ''' IN. 1'a''ar
"Tin." answered the psiss pupu.
Right. And wat prOduet Do W ct from
eco&landf"
wed and oasussai."
"whst from walssfs
"fruu."
Iron Il mined 10 waiss. but We DO not IL
mort u IN Amsnca. In answering thsss quss-
tious you must rsmsmbss thas I a only sstins
what fhh country sss Inn IL various parts Il
0ssst Britain. Nov. what DO ws Ct eson Ire.
isndr'
"Anss,ca.sr;. -Csvplsnd Piaia Dsalss.
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4 70 prstuer. more
IN graceful. more
= Y attractive 0na-
mer wrap could BE-
found than this one
II taxes the most BE-
coming lines. Il drApes
the figure With con:
Summsate greco ana
withsl It 10 sEninently
simple 1t requires
only two seams. The
trimming consists q :
q ribbon or bend
which can be easily
sewed on and. whlA
It 10 the smarteet po1y
sible garment for, O..
ternoon and eveniD0
occasions, Il ittsrs1y
can be made IN
3iffy." In the l1vsIs
tration. broc . q w
crepe II trimmed NIX
velvet ribbon and ~
lined with messah rae.
but wraps OF the KIND
are made Of pSalA
charmeuse. crepe -
Chine and every proer
ty material that ~
soft and oAn ~.
draped attractivSst
For Innings are used
the soft silks and
chiffon cloth, for II 10
neatness Of finish and
attractiveness OF col0s
that are desired. net
weight. A very beau.
tiful effect. quite dtf-
ferent from this one.
could be obtained BY
the use Of plain white
crepe do Chine, white
satin ribbon and lin
ing Of lowered silk In
bright colors.
For the medium siss
the coat will require
2is yards Of material
~, IL yards ", with
"a yards Of ribbon "
inches wido and lh
yards 90 inches Wide.
Pattern No. 1H6o
In cut IN three sizes,
small ~ or SO. medium
Is or 70. large u or
~ inches bust meas.
"re.
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The Days Good Stories

unjust . clergyman once ~.
Not . bit Of IT, . panshionsr rstorfsi,
The unjust have al the closed motor cars a,1
umbrella. "-washinston Star.
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BEWARE

When selecting . beautiful woman
for . wife bswArs Of imiataons-IAp.
ptneote's.
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1AU Aaw ~ ~ vsaassh D. Lyman Abbott neck md heels
- q ~ psass soasy bseauss a editorials In the Outlook
Moed, Deat ~sssoetA"
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Speech Is Cheap Sometimes
1hses Line Bstueea Too Muek and Too LMs.

By Clarence L. Cullen.

CepshsAt. 1915. b Ths Pres Puhlb.
,S"ALK 10 cheap" 10 an ancient.
homely saying. lake . good
. many accepted maxims. II 10
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It EVENING WORLD MAY MAN-ON FASHION
street.
mail receipt OK ten coin ~
-. 5Attsrn ordered
specify
rsa.~ r letter postage hurry
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The Stories Of
nous Novels
By Albert Payson Terhune

IA
BIG ship Pacific The Pacific Australia Her
- passengers . family
This family consisted
daughter With
rather than deeda
second the
getting people into trouble Altogether somewhat unpomsing
family. t.e W. j
disabled Osborn The carrying their h
There the for
behind with
uninhabd
which
were in despair MIST
o..s~ 49, unexpected safety theirs h~
vs.. . Leadership they Get making island homo
a
A. the uAe him
Infested waters and rescued This
Tom proved himself . nuisance and
rseusssa
and started to
windy day they sighted vessel the distance
But
reality meet OF canoes hed with armed on
Maserman
sokade and had had
But the
the attack the tub empty There chance reaching
In safety. swarming
assana
horribly
Ready made dash for the we'll He reached hed bucket and started
the skade Just reached
old mortany wounded Il
masses
shot canister ripped through the black rank. The
rode a while bomsarding
IN. nev Al the fleeing :avsses boat
.. ..s. The ship which the fusives
before had seen their signal but because
out
once with relief expedition reaching the island barely
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The nout Of
The eava0es.

ws.s could not land boat WORD the had been
Australia
expedition
he had BEEN =
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Chesapeake Bag. the second name
along the Atlantic coast and the latter
name on Long Island Sound, but no
matter by what name it Is the same
little. oily fish, a relative of the ell
wife and tastes no better.
1t requires about 5000 fish to make
IA or Is gallons of oil and one ton
of scrap and when it Is stated that
ono factory in one season handled
IS. 900, 900 fish 1t is evident that the
entire catch must not only run into
billions but that the production of oil
at As cents to so cents a gallon and
scrap at S33 to S34 ton amounts to
a large sum.
AS a matter of fact the menhaden
products rivals the output of oysters
in value, and that Is saying good
deal for the bivalve has long been
considered one of the best financial
propositions of the Atlantic coast.
For a considerable percentage of
the men employed in the industry
there is work throughout the entire
wear for the moment the fishing sea-
son closes a month or two Is put in
at the factories cleaning up and
strengthening up. Then many MEN are
mt TO work on the vessels. giving
them thorough painting and by the
time this is done the boats are ready
to go to the 1hipyards for oyerhauling
of boilers and machinery as we'll as
painting below the waterline. BY the
first of February the Southern feet
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die Of December. The report shows
the following receipts and disburse-
ments: Receipts for the month, ST.
1871. Disbursements for the same
period, $1.223.74.
| The social committee, Vernon R..
Mckay, stated that fellowship feed
! for new members will be given in the
association rooms, December IT, at 6
O'clock
A masquerade will be held in the
association rooms New Years night.
The social committee of the Young
Women's Christian Association have
been invited to cooperate in making
the masquerade pleasing success.
] 1t has been decided to hold a mock
wedding in January.
The Paxias club presented petition
to the board asking for the use of
room %, association building, to be
| used by the members as club room.
1t was signed by sixteen of the boys
and approved by Ben d. Chapman.
boys secretary Leslie H. Vaughan,
president of the PaXias club, made a
graceful oral plea to the board in sup
port of the petition. The matter was
| referred to a committee.
A vote of thanks was ordered to
be spread on the books to l.. A. Ham
i'll, H. w. Huiskamp and H. C. Brown
who made it possible for the improve
ments on the electric sign and the
furniture and electric fixtures in the
lobby.
The board voted the usual s,bscrip-
ton to the Y. M. c. A. state work with
headquarters at Des Moines.
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is ready and 1t is not many days be-
fore some of the off shore pilots bring
in the glad tidings that the men
haden have been sighted as they make
their way from the Gulf northward to
the cooler waters.
About the latter part of the month
the fish are reported off Cape Henry,
a couple weeks later off Cape Hen
lopen and two or three weeks later
off Nantucket shoals so that by April
the sea Ashing season is in full blast
from the coast of Florida to Long
Island Sound and "all hands and the
cook" are alert to get their toll.
II there ever was an Industry which
can be compared to hunting for a
needle in haystack ii is menhaden
fishing. 1t is striking example of
what skill. knowledge al keen eyes
will accomplish for the catcher of the
oil fish must possess all three of these
attributes else he will not be sue
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named receive few cents bonus in
addition to small wages. BY this
means of operating the fish factory
owners are assured that their vessels
will always be busy and that the
catch will be as great as possible.
From the crows nest" the skipper
directs the course of the vessel. his
commands being relayed by a deck
hand to the pilot house and In re-
Spouse to "Starboard your wheel" and
Port your wheel" the course Is
steered.
When school of fish has been
sighted the vessel is run to within
500 to 500 yards and stopped. 1T Is
the clang of the bell in the engine
room to signal the vessel to stop that
arouses the crew of c0-odd darkies
who constitute Inc purse boat crew
that their work is at hand and they
nimbly spring to their stations.
First over the rail goes a small
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OVERRULES MOTION
TO REMOVE CASE
Judge Hamilton Refuses to Take Ham
mer Case Out of Lee County
Jurisdiction.

Judge Hamilton this afternoon at
Fort Madison, oyerruled the motion
for change of venue presented by
attorneys for Fred Hammer, the
Franklin marshal. In making his ruI-
ing Judge Hamilton said that he did
not believe there was any reason for
the case being taken to another coun-
ty. Deputy County Attorney Weber
handled the states side of the con.
troversy.
The Hammer case will be the first
jury case to be tried at the January
term at Fort Madison. The delay In
trial at this term is granted because
only twenty jurymen out of the
ninety drawn are at Fort Madison for
service.
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cessful.
Every fishing vessel. steamer. gaso-
line boat or sailing craft carries a
crows nest" and there. SO or co
feet above the deck sits the lookout
ever alert to pick out school by
the slight rifles on the water. There
is never any certainty as to the num-
her of fish that MAJ be in a school for
some of the largest schools swim deep
with only few near the surface while
some of the mall schools are almost
wholly near the surface. 1t is almost
as exciting a sport as playing blind
mans buff when one is the blind"
man.
AS 9 general rule the captain and
his mate are the lookoutsmen as they
usually work on shares. as does the
engineer and his assistant. The skip
per generally works entirely upon a
commission basis. receiving 10 cents
per 1000 fish taken while the others
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Homemade Cedar Chest,

Get large pine packing box. SIinge
on the lid and putty up the cracks if
there are any, but 1t is better to get
one without cracks. Purchase bot
tie of cedar oil from the druggist and
paint the inside of the box with this,
being sure that the oil soaks into all
crevices. Use the oil plentifully, and
when thoroughly dry line the box
with cambria. Cover the outside with
any preferred material. The cedar
oil will retain its odor for years, and
is as much disliked by moths as the
cedar wood itself.
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Louis sterne Brings Action Over an
Alleged Breach of Contract
With Powder
Company.
CASES ARE SETTLED
Actions Involving Power Company
and Railroad Are Settled and
Dismissed at Plain.
titfs Cost.

The case of Louis Sterne against the
e. |. Du Pont de Nemours Powder
company on an alleged breach of con.
tract was begun In the district court
this afternoon before Judge Bank.
The Jury which had been excused
from Saturday reported and the at
torneys for both sides began the
task of selecting twelve men TO hear
the case
The alleged action is said to have
taken place sometime In the summer
of 1906. Mr.. Sterne Is represented by
Hollingsworth and Blood and the de-
PENDANT company is represented by
John e. Craig.
Judgment was entered today by de-
fault against the defendant In the
case of the Excelsior Stove and Manu-
featuring company against G. M. Glib
son and ]. r. Meredith. The amount
allowed is s255.S6 with interest.
The case of Samuel West against
the Mississippi River Power Co., was
dismissed at plaintiffs cost.
The action brought by the Missis-
sippi Power Company against George
West, ct al, was dismissed at the
plaintiffs cost.
In the cases of the C. B. & @. Ry. Co.
VS.. the Mississippi River Power Co.,
The Old Colony Trust Company,
Samuel West ,et al, and a similar
case with John j. Crimmins Sr., as an
other defendant, entries were made
dismissing the cases. In the first case
the award made by the plaintiff to the
sheriff in the amount of $3.50 is order
ed paid to the defendants by the sher-
if.
These cases are matters which grew
out of the water power condemnation
proceedings and the securing OF a
right Of way for the railroad
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hangs Its slivery, g1itterlng contents
over the hold. Then the third man
makes fast the slack of the dump"
line and as the engine lowers the net
1t overturns and the Ash rattle like
hail on the floor of tho hold. One
"scaup" every 80 seconds is considered
to be quick work and that means that
the fish are taken oil. board at the
rate of close to 1000 per minute.
There is never any certainty OF the
number OF fish that may be caught at
one time for the schools may run
from 5000 to one million and while
the latter catches ere few there are
numerous instances Of catches OF 6oo,-
900; indeed. one steamer captain on
the Chesapeake Bay in 1919 caught
5000 900 fish in one week. Twice in
that period he brought In his vesssi
laden to capacity. which Is 100000
fish. and on both occasions he caught
all of his fish out OF two schools.
The standing order to tho fishermen
is to come in about sundown" there
fore II there are only a few Thousand
fish in the hold when darkness settles
the steamers make their way to the
factories. This Is due largely to th<
poor keeping qualities of the men,
haden for, being SO oily, they rapidly
Fdecompose when the weather Is warm
! and in decomposing they lose much OF
\ their value as scrap.
Therefore as soon as vessel 10
loaded or at shutdown the fleet makes
it's way to the factory and when tied
up the work of unloading begins. Tho
steamers are unloaded with an endless
chain bucket in chute. pretty much
! like grain is handled. Tho big chute
or elevator Is lowered into the hold
and dozen or more men pitch-fork
the fish into its mouth.
The elevator raises the FISH to tho
4 very top OF the factory and they are
automatically dumped into box
which holds almost an even LOCO
4 nsh. When the box is full man
pulls lever which opens the bottom
! Of the box and at the same time reg
isters on an Indicator. AS the fish
4 drop from the box they fall on a
bucket carrier which conveys them to
the big steam cookers which nave
capacity of several thousand each.
After 80 minutes of cooking the ish
are run into the presses and squeezed
until they are mashed out OF all re-
sem blance to fish. 1t is at this point
S~N'N
the ..sh become what is known as
scrap.
The oil is boiled and chemically
treated and pumped into tanks where
it Is permitted to settle until ready to
be drawn into barrels and so on the
market.
4 The fish scrap is run from the
presses into long iron cylinders in
which there ,e Is of steam pipes.
called ds"efs. and after being thor
oughly heated and dried out, is run
through other cylinders and twisted by
big screw like arms until it has cooled.
after which it is carried to the store
house where 1t is bagged. In the
handling of the scrap mechanical con-
veyors are employed and not until 1t
reaches the storehouse is 1t touched
by human hands and then only to BE-
bagged.
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Government Engineer on River Work
May Meet With consression-
al Committee.
Here.
FEW PLANS ARE MADE
inter City Bridge Officers, However,
viii Facilitate investigation
of the Local
Project.

Major G. NJ. Hoffman of Rock Is.
land, the government engineer in
charge of this section of the river
work. may meet in Keokuk next Mon
day with the subcommittee of the
interstate commerce committee which
ground in regard to the Inter City
bridge.
This is the hope of the Inter City
bridge officers. as expressed today. II
Major Hoffman can come to meet the
committee he can explain to them the
departments attitude and can be of
service to the congressional commit
tee with its investigations, 1t is be-
lieved.
The committee will arrive in Keo.
kuk on Monday morning and will
leave that evening, c. r. Joy said this
noon Except to make their investi-
cations here as easy as possible and
to render every aid possible, the In
dustrial Association and the Inter
City Bridge company officers are
making no further plans. A public
hearing will not be needed, according
to Major AGamson who writes that
he has every data at hand.
Congressman Kennedy has written
to Mr.. Joy that he will let him know
if anything more can be done re
to facilitate the work of the commit.
tee.
The Keokuk bridge boosters are
planning to do everything possible to
facilitate the work of the committee
Aside from that no other plans are
being made. Tt is likely that few
of the influential men may meet the
members of the committee at lunch
but even this phase of the matter has
not been decided upon.
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yawl In which there X but one man,
the Striker" and as he rows rapidly
toward the far side of the fish the
darkies lower the purse boats from
the davits, jump In. seize the oars and
row to the near side of the fish. thus
putting the fish between the boats.
In the meantime the striker" has
carefully noted the direction in which
the fish are moving and he heads
them of. turning them toward the
purse boats, 1t requires consider
able knowledge of the habits of men
haden to drive them. Sometimes the
school declines to be driven and
rushes past the striker" in spite OF
his splashing with his oars. Again
the school dives deep, changes Its
course ahl escapes.
AS general rule, however. the
striker" Is successful and as soon as
he sees the fish turn he shouts to
the purse boats and they separate,
each boat paying out net until the
| boats are 600 feet to 900 feet apart
with their net 90 feet to 25 feet deep.
Then the two boats draw togethe
until they have completed circle
AROUND INC HSn.
Again comes a bit of delicate work
| for although the FISH may be encom
| passed they are by no means caught
and often the fish get away by diving
under the net. The moment the boats
are together the crow begins to haul
the purse lines which draw together
the bottom etee of the net. just like
a purse, and once the net is purset
there is n escape for the fish.
Occasionally the fishermen Will cap
4 ture a school of blue fish that have
been feeding on the manhaden and
IL they do they al once try to un-
purse the net for the blue FISH are
/ fighters and ii only takes a few min.
utes for them TO render useless a net
4 that costs several hundred dollars.
In this connection 1t is worth while
4 to note that the menhoden fishermen
/ rarelsJa atch any food FISH in the!,
nets; indeed, they do not get enough
4 TO give the crew enough fish to eat
and this is becaure most food fish
will not swim near school of men
/ haden. The blue fish does. however
because 1t feeds on the menhaden
But tho menhaden fisherman does
not want the blue fish. at least not In
any number. for it does more damage
than 1t is worth.
4 When the net has been pursed the
steamer is signaled and 1t comes UT
TO the net The upper. or float edge
of the net is made fast to the steam.
er's rail while the crew, taking in the
slack of the net, work the fish into 8
pocket. To get the fish from the ne
to the steamers llold a huge dip net
called a "scaup" is used. This net II
not unlike the ordinary crab dip ne
but many times larger and holds abou
! /, 900 fish. ] -equires three men anc
a donkey engine TO work II. on
man holds the long wooden handlt
and directs the ct unto the poke
in the net. a second man, with line
guides the net as he hauis 1t through
the fish until it IS filed. "Ho- is
AWAY" sings out the skipper ant
the big net swings into the air TO tn
chugging OF the donkey engine an