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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-11-13
Farm for Sale.

offer for sale my farm of 240 acres,
located in Howard county, Iowa. This
farm is mile south of the Maple Leaf
Creamery and store, 5 miles east of
Acme Lowther), miles, east and 4
miles north of Elma, II miles from
school. The entire farm can be put
under cultivation and is completely
fenced, being divided into Z different
pieces. Stable room for 100 head OF
cattle. Ia head of horses. Hay loft is
2Ox6O feet and % feet high. Barn con-
tains granary with 1000 bushels ca,
pacity. 16x34 silo with cement roof.
Machine shed 24x36 with granary for
1000 bushels. Double corn crib 24x30,
hog house 1920. wood house. l2xl6.
The residence on the farm is 1924
and 14x2O, l6 feet high; l2x2O, 10 feet
high; and contains II rooms. Cellar
under entire house. Two wells, SO
feet, windmill, cistern, cement water.
ing tanks for cattle, so bearing fruit
trees, and IL acres of good timber
with pasture.
This farm is in the best of condition,
located in a German settlement. Can
be bought at reasonable price and on
easy payments.
Land was worked this year by the
owners family.
For further information inquire of
the owner. ]. H. BARTELS,
Elma. Iowa.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-11-13
SUNK IN SEA ENGAGE MENT
British Cruiser Good Hope Goes Down
With All on Board.

London, Nov. lit was the British
cruiser Good Hope, Rear Admiral Sir
Christopher Cradock's flagship, that
foundered after being set on fire by
shells from German warships in the
naval battle that took place off the
Chilean coast last Sunday.
The British cruiser Monmouth.
which the Germans said they had
sunk, was damaged and it is possible
that she is the warship which was
reported to be ashore on the coast of
Chile. So far as is known none Of
the Good Hopes crew survived.
The British cruiser Glasgow, which
was with the Good Hope and Mon
mouth, put up fight against the two
German cruisers Leipzig and Dresden
and when her bigger sisters were put
cat OF ac.tc. managed . escape.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-11-13
NOTICE IN PROBATE.
To Whom 1t May Concern

You and each of you are hereby notified
to appear at the Court House in CresCo,
November A. d. 1914, at 2o'clock p. M, to at
tend the probate of an instrument purp port
ing to be the last VIII and Testament of
cnnnt~ lows deceaseJ ar Which tims anS
place you will appear and show cause. ii
any, why said VIII should not be admitted
to probate.
In Testimony Whereof, have hereunto
subscribed my name and aft xed the seal OF
the District court this 9th day of Oct. 1914.
(SEAL) F. G. BLANDIN,
1913 Clerk of District Court,
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-11-13
LARGE PENRosE PLURALITY
245, 533 Votes Ahead Of Clifford Pinchot
for Senate.

Philadelphia. Nov. 6.-The plurality
of Boies Penrose, Republican, for re
election to the United States senate
probably will be more than quarter
Of million.
Returns received from all but a
small number of districts in the state
give him a plurality of 245,53 over
Clifford Pinchot, the Progressive can
didate, who has a lead of only nc
votes over A. Mitchell Palmer, the
Democratic candidate.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-11-13
Enemy Holds Ground
at Three Points.
TEuToNS MAKE FINAL
ATTEMPT IN FLANDERS
Fresh Troops and New Guns
in Battle at Dixnnude.


in the area of hostilities-in Silesia,
in East Prussia and in Alsace-forces
of the entente allies were on German
soil and for the first time since the
outbreak Of hostilities conditions
seemed to presage, in the opinion of
British military observers, reversal
of the roles of the contending coun-
tries.
Three points stand out in the latest
news Of the great war. In Flanders,
the Germans, undaunted by past fail
ures to break through to the Straits
of Dover, have launched their expect
ed new attack, regarded by the allies
as their supreme effort.
In Russian Poland the immense
armies of the Russian emperor are
pushing forward with surprising
speed, threatening the Germans on
home soil.
From Toxic comes the report that a
Japanese army may be sent to The
west to take it's part with the British,
French and Belgians in the struggles
on the battlefields of Europe.
Week May See Change.
Military observers agree the war has
entered on a crucial stage and that
the next week will mark definite
turn in the course of events. In
French opinion the Germans must ell
Their win their way to the English
channel or fall back. For that reason
particular interest attached to the Off
cial French statement, which indicated
the beginning of the onslaught for
which the Germans have been pre-
pairing during the lull of the last few
days.
Fresh troops and new guns from the
Krupp works have been rushed to the
line of battle from Dixmude south
ward across the French border to Ar
ras. The Germans have struck their
first blows at Dixmude and in the
region of Ypres and the French war
Office announces that their attacks
have been repulsed.
Slow progress for the allies along
the greater part of the line from Dix
nude to the Lys is claimed by the
French. Over the remainder of the
disputed territory, across France, the
situation has not changed materially.
although the French report that new
German attacks in Alsace have been
checked.
Menace On the East.
Up to the present Germany has been
fighting. generally speaking, in the ter
ritory of her enemies, but now she
would appear to be more or less seri-
ously menaced from the east by the
victorious armies of Grand Duke Mich
olas, the Russian commander-in-chief
in the field, the advance guards OF
which are reported as having crossed
the Silesian frontier. The Russians
also have crossed the East Prussian
frontier, which also was the site OF
brief Russian invasion in the early
stages of the war. London considers
the latest development the most I'M
portant of the campaign up to the
present. The French for some time
have held their positions in Alsace.
Reports of German retirement
from Belgium have been revived In
connection with the Russian advances
in the eastern area of the war, but il
is mere speculation to say that Ger
many will be obliged to retire from
Belgium, or even cease her offensive
in this region. In any event German
retirement from Belgium probably
would be slow, as the Teutonic troops
have made the entire country behind
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-11-13
ST. Paul Aay,

st. Paul. Nov. 10-Hay-Choice tim.
othy, $14.5O; No. l timothy, $4,000
1875; No l clover mixed, $9.50G
1925: No. l mixed, different grasses,
$a.00@9.75; No. mixed, timothy and
wild. s9.05alo.25; choice upland,
s12.75. No. upland, 81 00G 11.5o;
No. / midland. 500 80: No. l al
falta, sTi.c0C I4.5.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-11-13
Minneapolis Grain.

Minneapolis. Nov. 10. - Wheat -
Dec, s115s; May. s1.21. Cash close
on track: No. / hard, $1.19; No l
Northern, $1.157s Oils; to arrive,
S1.15k@1.1S; No. 2 Northern, $1.121a
oils; No. 8 wheat, S1.O7G114. Corn
No. 8 yellow. 61@70c Oats-No.
white, 421a q 43c. Flax - $l.4512 @
LATE.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-11-13

Chicago, Nov. 7.-Complete unoffi'
cial returns from the entire state
show that Senator Sherman was re-
elected to the senate by plurality OF
1891 over Roger Sullivan, former ma
tional Democratic committeeman. al
though Sullivan has not yet conceded
his defeat.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-11-13
South St. Paul Live Stock.

South st. Paul. Nov. 10.-Cattle-
Steers, $5.OO@S.75; COWS and heifers,
$4.6O@725; calves. $4.0O@9.50; stock
ers and feeders, $4.75@6.5O. Hogs
$7.OO@710. Sheep-Lambs, 5000
s.25; wethers, $5.25@6.25; ewes, $500
Oslo.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-11-13
Senator Thomas Reelected.

Denver, Nov. 7-Republican State
Chairman Stewart conceded the cleo
ton of United States Senator Charles
S. Thomas, Democrat, over Hubert
Work. Republican, by at least 1000
plurality.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-11-13
CHICAGO Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Nov. 1O.-Wheat - Dec,
$1.17; May, $1.23A @1.23N. Corn
Dec, 695sc; May, 72%c. Oats-Dec.,
497kc; May, 53kc Pork-Jan., $3.50;
May, $685.. Butter - Creameries
321ac. Eggs - 1S@27c. Poultry -
Springs, 13c; fowls, 111s @13c.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-11-13
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Nov. 10.-Wheat-On track
and to arrive, No. hard, $1.19k;
No. Northern, $1.1S1s; No. 2 North.
err, $1.15h.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-16
g q AvELETTE
BY Nitsah
MECCA.

Now that Islam has Joined chris.
tendon in a carnival of murder tha
molly city OF Mecca stands out as the
possible center of fanatical holy
war. It is odd how many points OF
resemblance there are between MEG
ca and Jerusalem. One lands at
Jana on the Syrian coast and rides
a Few hours on railroad to Jeru-
salem; one lands at Judah on the
Arabian coast and it is two camel
marches to Mecca. Jerusalem is set
on four hills. Mecca is surrounded
by hills. Jerusalem was a holy city
centuries before 1t became Dayid's
capital, centuries before Solonon's
Temple was built or the Christ cru
Gifted there. So Mecca was a holy
city of desert heathendom many
hundreds of years before Mohammed
DESTROYED its idols and purified its
religion.
Like Jerusalem, Mecca lives upon
pilgrims. It has about $4,000 pop
ulation, or practically the same as
Jerusalem, and all these make their
living by catering to the wants of
the thousands Of pilgrims who come
to the holy shrine. War has stopped
the pilgrims travel and we hear
that Jerusalem is tarving. No doubt
Mecca is suffering the same fate.
But in some characteristics the re-
lsemblance between the Christian and
Moslem cities, cannot be traced.
Jerusalem, thanks to the pietS of
both eastern and western churches,
is comparatively one of the cleanest
cities Of the Orient In Its morals. al
though the dirtiest but two so far as
physical things are concerned. Meg
ca is the dirtiest city of all the East,
both physically and morally. It's
only rival, indeed, is another holy
city-Benares, in India. The UNI
speakable moral degradation OF Mec-
ca is q continual subject of discus
sion in the Moslem world, and by
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-16
ConntY REPRESENTATION.


II the idea advanced in some quar-
tiers that every county in the state
should have state senator, fair rep
resentation will require that several
OF the counties have two or more
senator's That world make very
large state senate numerically. The
wisdom OF such movement is ques-
toned. AS the states population has
increased very rapidly but not uni
formly the best students of the ques-
ton Of redistricting the state will
doubtless favor a few more senators
and such changes in the districts as
will best equalize the population
represented.
There should be material change
In the representation in the House OF
Delegates. Populous counties are en-
titled to greater representation than
they have now. For instance, Harri-
son county with population OF
fortySeight thousand persons Is en-
titled to more members OF the House
OF Delegates than Marion county
whose population Is but forty-two
thousand. AS 1t is now Harrison
county has two members and Marion
county three.
Harrison county based on popula-
ton certainly is entitled to larger
representation than Marion is. !!
Marion's representation is permitted
to remain at three Harrison county's
should be made four.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-16

work Of the fourth year Of the high
school OF the teachers, seventy-six
per cent are holding their present
positions for the first time. OF the
remainder eighteen per cent are
teaching their second session in their
first school. and only nineteen per
cent have stayed more than two years
in the same place.
The Alabama survey was an at
tempt to provide a definite back
ground on facts on which to base a
campaign for improvement. The con-
trolling purpose OF the investigation
was not to establish an opinion or
theory. but to find out the truth. The
survey Was not made by outside spec
iaAsts imported for the occasion, but
by regular officials Of the state edu-
cation department, who selected three
typical counties and personally Wis
fled the schools. The results will be
used for definite Improvement In the
schools OF the state.
THE conditions found are by no
means peculiar to Alabama" declares
DR.. Claxton. United States Commits
sioner Of Education. "They can be
duplicated anywhere. In Tennessee
a few years ago. for instance, inquiry
revealed that in several counties the
cost Of the county jail was greater
than the total cost Of all the school
houses in the county, and in more
than half the counties Of the state the
cost Of court houses and Jail to-
gether was greater than that of all
the school houses, while in a majority
of the counties the average annual
salary OF the teacher was less than
the cost OF feeding prisoner in Jail.
This Alabama survey is conspicu-
Gus because 1t is carefully drawn
picture OF the traditional public in
difference to the problem Of adequate
support for schools in rural commun-
tiles. We still spend much more for
luxuries-even harmful luxuries-
than we do for education. Until a
community spends at least as much
for education as 1t does for any one
OF the material necessities Of life
food. clothing, and shelter-it Is not
doing IT'S full duty"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-16
TIE Guilty person.

What a scoring from the Demo-
cratic press the Grafton Sentinel will
get for publishing the following item
based on actual records containing
figures that do not lie:
'The effect that the present de-
preston in the coal business has had
upon the mines in this section OF
West Virginia is evidenced by the
reports OF the total coal shipments
on this division. With conditions
normal, the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road handles from 1,100 to 1900 cars
per day. At present the daily ship
rents do not average more than
500 to 700 cars. This difference of
not less than 500 cars per day is
startling and serious enough to at
tract general attention"
The Sentinel can easily come back
at that press by stating that not it
but thcse responsible for the condi-
tons noted in the above item are
! really to blame. The one who tells
about calamity is not the one to
blame but the one who made the
calamity is the guilty person.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-16
Money for the Rural schools.

One farmer with cheap automo-
bile has more invested In that one
piece of mechanism than the average
rural community as a whole has In
Its school pant; and the owner of the
auto frequently spends as much on
the upkeep of his one car as the
community spends for the total main
tenance of the school, including the
teachers salary. This is one of a
number of significant comparisons
brought out by the Hon. w. F. Fea-
gin, state superintendent OF education
for Alabama, in a survey reported to
the United States Bureau of Educa-
ton.
To illustrate further the plight of
the schools, Superintendent Feasin
shows dilapidated rural school in
contract with handsomely con-
structed Jail In the same county, cost
ing severa thousand dollars. "This
JAIL" he says, has sanitary drinking
fountains, shower baths, clean floors,
plenty of light, good ventilation, and
Is otherwise attractive. Could a per-
son from the district in which this
school is located be blamed for pre-
ferring the jail?"
Naturally country schools make
little appeal either to pupils or teach
ers, under existing conditions, Pupils
drop out and teachers move. Out OF
5,423 pupils entering the first grade
in the schools inspected in the Ala
bama survey only sixty completed the
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-16
Just read what Calico did.
ny accident. entireley, once.

One chilly September morn n ~.
year 1908, man with 4 high ta .ns
neao and q protruding nose. rested
" snapely foot on the brass raiI
OF Neapolitan tavern and allow " "
pul surely drank four fingers Cha
nau broad hand) of Seersucker,s
Kentucky grape juice. : = = = +
!, FINALLY there were but two drops
Heck" sighed the drinker ~
Italian. and raised the elass ssoin
to his face. s q an
y, There was then but one drop
The subject of our narrative AGAIN
raised the glass. and then It WAS
quite empty. = was
II surely can't be all gone be
sala, and hopefully raised It to the
Hgnt with the bottom facing his line
OF. vision. Through this imnro S is.,e
t tsa pointing through the window of
s lug tavern; the man with the glass
suddenly saw eight mountain ran eas
iake and poker game on The
BY gosh. I've Invented the te,e-
scope cried the great Calico FIR
~ was he. Two weeks later he eava
MS invention to the world ''e''
Editors note: This story 4. ~.
= a. pa1c advertisements written by
rloribund Beezer, secretary Of the
Seersucker Kentucky Grape Juice
Company. usee
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-16
The Sunday Telegram,

announcement of the purpose Il
publish the Sunday Telegram has
been received by the people Of the
community with heartiest expressions
OF approval and warmest assurances
OF cooperation and support are be,
ing freely promised. The community
agrees that the time is at hand fol
and they are glad that such news.
paper will make It's advent within the
next two weeks.
The publishers of the Sunday Tele-
gram assure the public that the Sun.
day Telegram will measure up fully
to the opportunity and give its read
ers the best OF every thing to be had
The Sunday Telegram will win and
hold such enviable reputation as the
Daily Telegram now has.
The announcement that the Sunday
Telegram is to be published has
aroused wide interest not only here
but throughout the state and as fol.
lows the Telegram reproduces an
editorial by the Fairmont Times,
which the Telegram very deeply
appreciates on accoutn Of its kindly
expressions and praises:
The announcement Just made that
the management of the Clarksburs
Telegram. having convinced Itself
that Its field is ripe for a Sunday edi-
ton, is to begin publishing seven days
q week, is significant and Interesting
For a number Of years the Telegram
has been diligently laboring in its
field until 1t has become a power in
the community. That iss latest ven
ture is to be welcomed by profit max
ing returns goes, almost, without
saying.
The Times has enyer agreed with
the Telegram on politics In fact, il
is likely that we have locked horns
more with our Clarksburg neighbor
than any other opposition paper. But
We have always admired and ENJOYED
the news columns Of our neighbor
Practically isnce its first issue, the
Telegram has been boosting Clarks-
burg and Clarksburgers, and to the
subscriber who takes no other adily
Clarksburg is the greatest and finest
city in the world. No condition has
ever arisen that caused the Telegram
to assume critical position to the
detriment Of the welfare of the ely. It
can be truthfully said that Clarksburg
is bigger and greater as much on ac-
count Of the loyal service It has re-
ceived from the Telegram as from any
other cause. AS booster the paper
has. no superior in the state.
The Times will Join with the people
of clarksburg in welcoming the new
Sunday edition. feeling sure that n
will be as excellent in every particu-
lar as are the daily editions from the
same Office.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-16
Momarl Snffrage Camnnien,

The Woman Suffrage Association
OF West Virginia will ask the next
Legislature through petition to sub
init an amendment to the constitution
of the state giving women the right
to vote.
The association has adopted a. plan
that will prove itself most effective
in obtaining public sentiment on this
question. Doubtless every voter in
the state will be asked to sign his
name to the petition. He will also
be asked whether he favors woman
suffrage and whether he would vote
for the ratification of the amend
nent.
The petition, Of course, will con-
tain the names OF those who want
such an amendment submitted and
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-16
Going Backward.

From the prohibition standpoint
the recent election on the liquor
question in Ohio was step back
ward.
81 Not only was the proposed state
wide prohibition amendment defeated
It is pointed out, but the Rose county
local option law was replaced by
"home rule which gives to the city
and municipality the power of CON
troll Of the liquor traffic instead of the
county as heretofore.
In the recent election an additional
number of wet counties voted dry but
under the new law voted in, the
cities can force saloons upon them.
This is q step backward from the
dry" idea and is victory for the
saloons as Ohio cities are the strong
holds Of the saloons.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-11-16
Foot.nnd.Month nisesn =.

Governor Hatfield and State Com.
missioner OF Agriculture Williams
quickly acted in establishing quar-.
antine against the foot-and-moutt
disease among live stock. Whether
the disease actually exists In this
state need not bring the action of the
governor and commissioner into ques-
ton. The fact that it existed in other
states and was quite prevalent In
some sections. Of the country justified
the governor and commissioner in
proclaiming and establishing a quar-
antine.
As most West yirginians are not
familiar with this rare disease, they
may not fully appreciate the import
ance OF the alton taken by the state
authorities against its introduction
and spread in this state. The dis
ease is carried easily. and 1t spreads
rapidly. Infection OF stock pens
stock yards and cattle cars causes
the disease to be easily carried. Thus
can 1t be brought from one state to
another, thus spreading quickly, II
not checked by quarantine and dis
infection. 1t is not enough to prevent
shipments OF cattle into the state
from infected districts but careful
disinfection is equally imperative
Commissioner Williams's announced
measures in this respect meet the
latter situation and they wisely cover
required action where diseased live
stock itself is found in the state.
Farmers may themselves readily
detect the disease and II they do they
will save money by proceeding in
every possible way to exterminate it.
although the killing of cattle thus
affected may seem loss to them at
first. An ounce of prevention is
worth pound of cure.
The foot-and-mouth disease had
not prevailed in the United States
since 1870 until recently discovered
in some sections. Its last introduce
tion into this country previous to the
present was from Canada by means
of cattle that had come from England.
To gain an idea of its destructiveness
one need only recall that about
twenty years ago the farms Of Ger
many were swept with this cattle
plague at loss of S40,000,000.
The disease is described as follows:
Beginning with sudden fever, the
foot-and-mouth disease soon reveals
itself through the formation of blis-
ters on the tongue and in the mouth
and nostrils, and on other parts of
the body where the skin is thin, es-
pecially on the tender parts of the
feet. The immediate effect is that the
animal has difficulty in feeding and
develops lameness. The disease can
be transmitted to most domestic ami
mails, horses seeming to be the least
susceptible, while sheep, goats or
swine are its chief victims.
The isolation. of all diseased ami
mails and the distinction of all places
and substances through which the
infection may be carried are neces-
sarily local measures.