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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-11-18
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The winter term Of school will open
Monday, Nov 23rd. in District No. 5
with Miss Hattie Mscumber of Man
lila, as teacher
George Foley sold thirty head Of
steers to Fred Rickers Thursday of
last week and traded five short horn
COWS in the deal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris. Brotherson and
son, and Miss Marguerite Rickers went
to West Side Saturday to do some
shopping.
Ralph Hannah is erecting fine
new set OF farm buildings on his
farm.
Nh. Adam Lukhard is reported as
very i'll at this time. His many
iriensd sincerely hope for his speedy
recovery.
Miss Hazel Leise opened the Win
ter term i'll District No. a Monday OF
this week with a large enrolment of
pupils. Miss Leise ought to be al
lowed more wages as the school is as
large as three OF the smaller ones
combined.
VIM. Rickers purchased several
head OF cattle from Reimer Weber
Wednesday.
J. Fl. JAMS and Fred Rickers motor.
ed to Wall Lake and Lake View Fri.
day.
Mrs. Fred Rickers and son, Louis,
were Wall Lake visitors Saturday
The lake has been seined several
times during the past week but ii
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10 VIII be OF interest to many Val
llleDas 70 learn OF the wedding Of Miss
IVA Norton, a former Vail Sirl, anC
Mt. EDWARD Doyle, OF Davenport, the
ceremony taking place ON November
alil III our Lady OF Lourde's church Al
8ettendaHt, Iowa, Rev. a. Schott Of
ficiayins, They viii make their home
on INC groom farm near beitehdorl
Where ne mas comfortable home ioi
ms oFlde' VINO rs admirably if1ed 10
pc q AoAehahef ana Aeipmate. me
Wei Wishes o. hef many Eall FRIENDS
so W4IA aet 10 het ne" nome.
-Glss Myitle ALBERT spent SUNDAY
win heF ioi&s III benson.
MISS Nsgiha mes OF Afthur' mas
beelt spending tAe past couple OF
%eeAss mere wien Aef grandparents
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Miss b. Illusion WAS Il guest for a
few days last week in the Thos. Tarpy
home Al West Side
II. Sindt has purchased the w. VII
rotA residence in ilcnison. Mr. WI
roth has rented farm near Vail and
viii move on to it in the spring.
Mr. Dan Carey, OF Portsmouth, WHO
was visiting here at the home OF his
cousin, Mrs. George Friday, last week
had the misfortune while III VaiTTT
had the misfortune TO slip and fall
last Wednesday evening. breaking n
bone in his ankle. A doctor was call
cd and reduced the fracture and made
him as comfortable IS possible under
the circumstances. His father came
over Thursday morning from Ports,
mouth in his automobile and look
him home.
|. J. Keane was an early Monday
morning passenger 10 nenson on bus
mess.
Miss Nell Harrington. who has been
taking a course in dressmaking in
Carroll for the past three months, re-
turned home last week
John Knowles. Jr. was in Denison
Monday on business
Miss Sadie Smith spent part of
last week with her parents in Audu-
bon.
Leonard Dieter spent Sunday night
With friends in Carroll
Mr.. kranl and wife, OF Denison,
were guests in the T.. Seaebart home
last week
John Cowlham, OF Dow City. visited
here last week at the homo of his sis
Lor. Mrs T. Wnlf.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-11-18

lin Denison at the home Of her sister
Mrs. Frank Hanss.
Thos. Fitzsibbons was a county
seat business visitor Monday.
Miss Mary Byrncs came down from
Deniscn Saturday evening and spent
Sunday With Vail friends.
Dr. Lynch ana Mr. Kuhi. OF Temple.
ton. and Miss Alys Kane and Miss
Signal, OF Manning, motorcd 10 Vail
with friends.
f. Mrs. Watson spent last week with
/ relatives in benson.
! Mrs W, A. Humme and children
! and Miss Bowers, OF Bowling. Iowa,
are here for a visit al the II. Chap
man home
Rev. Jas. Murphy was calling in
Deniscn Thursday.
Nike Gihlin was a Denison passcn-
ger Tuesday.
Maurice O'Connor and sons, John
and Charles spent Saturday in Oma-
la
Miss Agnes Breen. Of Denison, was
the guest OF Vail relatives Sunday.
Mrs Darling spent last week With
relatives at Deloit.
Misses Ruth and Gladys Clements,
OF Carroll. spent Sunday in Vail with
relatives.
Mrs. Adolph tst2c and daughter.
Mayme, We're visitors Tuesday in Den
ison.
Mrs. Franl; Sheridan and daughter
Violet, and her nephew. Willie ByrncS.
have been visiting for the past week
at Wilbur. Ncbr. with her brother.
Chas Smutney and VIE.
Mrs }. MiIburn spent Tuesday in
Carroll
Maurice O'Connor was attending
court in penison last week.
Chas E'itzSimmons. Of Logan spent |
the first OF last week in Vail with his |
tat her and other relatives.
Mrs. }. Powers and daughter. Ae- i
res, were Denison visitors Tuesday. |
Joe Byrnes. Of Carroll, was in Vail !
on business Tuesday OF last week.
Mrs. W. r. Manor and son, Enos.
were in Denson on business Friday.
Or. and Mrs. j. NJ. Young spent ,
Wedne saay in jefferson.
Mrs p Brcgan and daughter, Mae. !
were visitors here the first OF last
week with relatives.
Ino. Hickey was a Denison passen-
ger Saturday.
Mrs B. Olsen was visiting in Den
son Thursday.
W. II. Stratemeycr, Of Carroll WAS
? business visitor III our village Thurs
lay
Miss Mary Gallagher was home from
Dunlap and spent Sunday with her
parents.
Y. W. Franchise, OF Carroll. was q
VAN business caller the first OF last
week
Mrs. G. E. Dingman was a Denison
visitor Monday.
T. Harrington, owing to illness has
taken a lay-oft for a few days and
Harold Quirk is filing his place ~
the Cooperative store until he is
a BILE to take his place again.
Mrs. Hans Arfi and Mr.. krens, o!
Mitchell, S. D., visited several DAYS
asst week here at the G G. Wood
ZONE.
J. p. Conner and son. RAYMOND. OF
Eenison. were social and business
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visitors in Vail and vicinity one day
last week.
About fifteen little friends of Earl
! Beck rendered HIM surprise party
\ Tuesday after school! All had q good
| time
/ Mr. Lamisl.in. of Chicago. was in
I Vail few days last week on business.
Mi. and Mrs. NJ. L. Houihan and
1 son were over Sunday visitors in Den
I son.
Miss Beuah White was a visitor
I in Denison the first OF last week
Dr. ,Jno Thompson. OF Onawa, Wis
tied here the first Of last week with
his folks.
A Thanksgiving Ball will be held
here i'll the opera house Nov. 2G. A
cordial invitation is extended TO all.
l.. Barton spent Sunday Wit! Den
ison friends
Mrs. j. 2. Walsh, who has been Sc
riously III for some time. is getting
along nicely now, a fact her many
friends viii be pleased to learn
Nj. G. A. Wier and Miss Crssman.
OF Missouri Valley, We're recent visit
ors Al the Clark White home east OF
town.
Chas. shatto spent Sunday with
Arion friends.
r. J. Lawlel. Of Brcda. was here
en- busint SIS last week.
Mrs. Hird, OF Manila was "a Vail
business visitor last week
Sears McHcnry was down from
Denison Friday.
Mr.. and MS. Ed. Palmer, OF Wall
Lake. spent couple of days here
last week with friends.
Earl and Mart Lynch spent Friday
in Carroll with the home folks.
Mrs Buck and Mrs Secley, of Al
ice Rundlet and II. G. E,yiaon homes
Tor the past Week.
Mrs. Hans Laken,an and children
visited Il couple CT days last week
With relatives III Arcadia
Clay McKeane, OF Winner, S. d.,
has been spending the past ten days
with Vail friends.
Frank Barton and son. Lornc. spent
a few days las, week in Omaha on
business.
John Dieter and son, Ed. motored
10 Denison Saturday on business.
Miss Helen TrcXel, OF Denison. was
an over Sunday guest at the J. w.
3undlet home.
Bert Jenkins and family spent
Tuesday visiting her folks in Denison. !
VIM. Enenback spent q couple OF |
lays the first OF las, week in Omaha
III business.
Miss Florence Gibbons spent Satur-
lay with DeniSon friends.
Mrs. J. Il. Brockelsby visited with
'arrol! friends the first OF last week. /
f. breckenridge. OF Manila was
.he CUES, OF Vail friends Sunday.
Jas. Byrnes was in Denison on bus
ness Thursday.
Miss Stella Hickey returned home
Thursday from a few days spent at
he Thos. Mccarthy home in Demison.
Delos Nook, of Boyer, was shopping
Il Vail Thursday
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. "a.
lark was frightened on Tuesday.
tov 10, by the advent OF daughter.
Mr.. Schumacher, OF Carroll. was cal
ing on friends here last Thursday.
Mr.. Murphy. OF Dunlap. spent sun |
lay in and around Vail.
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seems that tho fishermen have not
been very successful in the number
OF fish they have secured.
Nh and Mrs. Frank and Mr.. and
Mrs. S. j. JAMS We're pleasant callers
at the julius JAMS home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. f. Meyer have
been making trips to West Side ev
cry few days recently to have MIR
Meyers hand treated. 1t is improv-
ing nicely now.
Quite a number of farmers have
finished cribbing as the past week
has been ideal weather for huskins
Mr.. and Mrs. Zimmerman and Miss
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Hattie Macumber. of Manila, antoed
to Jackson township Saturday morn
ing AMI called OH friends.
Raymond Rickers visited with his
cousin. Roy Rickers. south OF West
Side Thursday.
Frank Dozark sold span of horses
to an eastern horse buyer last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred hickers and chill
dren enjoyed q pleasant call at the
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Dettbarn.
Sunday.
John c. Dose lett Monday for Dem
ison where he will serve as petit
Juror.
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The Illustration Of the parade The owners and Lincoln
population Practically the town. from the groees delivery
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02

captor, pats him on the back when ne enters her
cage jumps upon his shoulders or snatehes on
his hat as a mischievous boy would do She has
real sense of humor and enjoys a game OF
solitaire football a swing on the trapeze with
the same zest if she were tossing about the
head of defeated antagonist or swinging from
the branch Of the tallest tree of her native
haunts
In nothing is she quite human as in her
erdeavor to reach the other girl behind mirror
"a study in animal inquistiyeness worthy of the
most deliberate and most careful watching. This
and other Of her tricks have been told by letter
to the managers here, and soon We the great
public are to have the opportunity of judging
of her merits as a fascinator and general en-
tertainer.
The chief cause Of Professor Gamers belief
that the young maid will live long and prosper in
her new home is on account of his care of her
food Heretofore, the only specimens of the
gorilla family that have been Gagged have died
because of too sudden change Of diet. Wher
Algot LANCE was in the wilds Of Doubtful
BrazilD he was tempted % by the man eaters
among whom he had found his temporary home
with the baked palms OF some Of their captured
enemies Possibly the same repugnsnce existed
in the mind Of Miss Dinah for the bread and
other hostile "eats" with which she has been
fed during her five months and more of captivity
But, by careful eoaxing, patient watching aud By
skilful alienation between bread and meat and
other luxuries of the jungle, her lord and master
has succeeded in weaving her from her former
fondness for plantsins and mangoes and getting
her to so relish the good things Of his own table
that she is looking forward to liberal supply
Of chop suey and ice cream soda soon after her
arrival on Broadway. She has already taken
real liking to roasts and ragouts. OF ham she
is particularly fond, and enjoys chicken and
bacon with the best OF her betters SO far, only
solitary dishes have been put before the lady;
whether she will take kindly to eight course
table dhote remains 10 be seen. OF one thing
Professor Garner is certan-she is not yege
TARTAN so that neither Bernarr MaeFadden nor
any of the other pure food experts need hope
to have Miss Dinahs face and form adjoining
the cover Of his Magazine Of Health and Beauty"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02
HIDDEN VIRTUES.

Apropos of the discussion on George W. Per
kns and the Harvester Trust, Representative
Quinn said:
"If George W. is to be believed, his trust is of
a goodness such as is scarcely seen on this poor
earth of ours. The trust, like old Wash White,
undoubtedly has hidden virtues.
"Old Washington White and young Calhoun
Clay entered you know, dancing competition.
But age was against WASH and his boots, pair
of cowhides six or seven sizes too large, were
against him, too. The prize was awarded to the
younger man.
"'Look-a-yere, Misto Empire Uncle Wash
crowled, 'whaffor yo' give de prize toe him.?
"'Kase he done mo- beats n yo' done
"'Go long, man, said Uncle Wash. i done
Loo o. steps in desc yere big boots what 20
never see.'"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02

2 wire fence around 5000 to 5000 acres have
been made from one Of these giants and that was
only the first step toward using its huge carcass
The second item of its produce consisted OF 65C
OOe shingles, enough to cover the roofs Of seventy
TO eighty houses. Finally there remained hun
dreds Of cords of frewood, which no one could
use because Of the prohibitive expense of cartng
"Huge as the sequoias are, their size is scarce
lv so wonderful as their age. tree that has
lived 500 years is still in its early youth; one
that has rounded out / 600 summers and winters
IS only I'm full maturity; and old age, the three
score and ten of the sequoias, does not come for
II to IS centuries. How old the oldest trees
may be is not yet certain but during our two
seasons Of field work, in 1911 and 1912, we
counted the rings of 10 that were over 1000
wears old. Of three that were over 5000 years,
and Of one that was 1910 years.
an the days Of the Trojan war and the exodus
of the Hebrews from Egypt this oldest tree was
a sturdy sapling, with stiff, prickly foliage like
that Of a cedar, but far more compressed 1t
was doubtless a graceful sharply conical tree 20
to 80 feet high with dense horizontal branches,
the lower ones of which swept the ground like
the younger trees of to-day; the ancient sequola
and the clump of trees Of similar age, which
grew close to it, must have been charming
adornment Of the landscape. By the time OF
Marathon the trees had lost the hard, sharp
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02

DIRTY wears ago one of the chief sdmira
tiors Of the average boy Paul Du
Chaillu. who used 10 conduct personal
tours Of investigation through his African
iunges-in the parlors of some of his special
New York friends Those of us who were
privileged to listen to him and sec through his
ewes the beasts that made his books so vastly
superior TO all others were particularly impressed
with everything he said about his friend the
gorilla: Not even Kipling in his best vein OF
Jungle talk has been able to make up forget our
earlier glee in the stories Of the little bearded
Frenchman, who took his gorillas so seriously
and with such dignity.
Tomorrow. or next week, next month, we
arc to have at the Bronx Zoo real living eX-
ample Of the gorilla famly-a lady Of engaging
manners and possessed Of a cheerful smile and
any number Of playful advertisements. Dinah
10 the lady's name, and, to judge from the &C
counts Of her keeper and finder, her life with as
will be long and happy. Now and again mem
Der Of the gorilla family has been advertised rs
coming here to us for our consideration, but al
ways with the cautionary preliminary suggestions
Those who desire to this gorilla should try
TO do so before the change in diet and tempera-
ture drives the animal to sudden death" This
was the fate Of the only one that has been seen
in America in 19ll-snd he lasted only five days
in captivity.
Dinah is to be different" Her finder,
Richard L. Garner, delegated by the zoo authori-
ties TO catch and bring his best specimen, has had
long and interesting service in the haunts Of
this. the largest and ugliest Of the great apes.
For over twenty years he has kept gorillss OIL
his premises in Fcrnan Paz, of the French
Congo territory, and in the chief centres OF
gorilla populations and can speak with authority
as no other living man can speak, about the
habits and mental faculties. etc. Of the animal
whose second cousin, once removed, died on our
hands, in such short order after reaching our
land Of liberty.
Originally, Dinah had playmate young
boy gorilla, some eight or nine months OF age.
who was so persistent a fighter he so contnu-
ously charged against the sides Of his cage or
against anything else he sa&-tha he was very
properly aud appropriately nsmed Don Qui1ote,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02

morose sullenness of her tribe. When she was
first captured she showed her bringing up by
fighting like a tiger and doing everything in her
power to make her own life as miserable as that
of her keeper Emulatng Mrs. Pankhurst ana
our own Reba in her resentment against any
feeding not of her own choosing, she tore about
in the most un-Christian manner. But hye
months of kindness has changed all this She
has become docile and kindly disposed to her
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02

whose "hstoric capers he zealously emulated'
Don, however, was a fral little waif at best, and
soon departed this life, longing for his jungle
freedom.
Dinah is Of far different stuff. She is a
rolicking rowdy and loves a good rough house.
She is as fat as pig and eats like gourmand.
She is nearly three years old and is as handsome
as young lady Of her years and condition Is
CAPABLE Of being. She has Of the stocal,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02
A RELIGIOUS MOTIVE.

"A missionary's first duty is to learn to think
black said Bishop Nsphtali Luceoek in mis-
sionary Sunday address in Helena. until he
learns to think black learns to think, that is,
as his dusky converts do-he will accomplish lit
tie. for he won't understand his flock.
"He won't understand, for example, man like
Ali. Ali, fat lazy rascal, was converted from
the Mahometan faith to Christianity. A Ma
hometsn, you know, drink no alcoholic bev-
erages.
well, Mr.. Goodies, Ais missionary, came on
the new convert one evening in the market place
drunk
"'Why, ALL he said reprOaehfuy why, Ali
what religion have you just prcfessed"
"'Samc religion msssa's,' Ali answered
Plenty rum drink"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02

ground, had assumed graceful, rounded ap-
pearance. Then, for centuries, through the days
of Rome, the Dark Ages, and all the growth OF
European civilization, the ancient giants pre-
served the same appearance, strong and sohd'
but with strangely attractive approaehabie
quality.
"Tbe method of the umbermen in cutting the
trees furnishes a smooth, sawed surface over
half the area of the stump. Before the lumber
men attack one Of the giants they build plat
form about it feet or more above the GROUND
and high enough to be clear of the most harlng
portion of the trunk. On this two men STAND
and chop out huge chips sometimes is inches long
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02

Regular Climatic Cycles of
5000 Years ShOWn by
Ring Reading.

which has been traced back five hundred years
shows "a thirty-three year cycle in the last two
hundred years twenty-one year cycle recurring
over n period Of four hundred years and an
eleven wear cycle covering q similar period" Inc
last. il is stated, shows marked relation 70 the
recurrence Of sun spots, or the "sun spot curve
a relation that is also seen in even more striK-
ing form in the tree growth Of Northern Germany
il out Of the mountains.
II the conclusions reached regarding the Sc
ouoias are correct Professor Huntington, believes
that "they may perhaps furnish key to the pre-
Columbian chronology Of America Apparently
the Southwest has been first relatively inhsbitabic
and then relatively uninhabitable during perioos
lasting hundreds of years. The dates Of lheSe
roriods are ascertainable from ancient trees Each
nropitious period has probably been a time OF
expanding culture and comparatively dense popu-
lation. while the unpropitous periods have been
times OF invasion, disaster and depopuiauoh'
Archaeological study has begun to dihercntiate
periods of this sort, but has been unable to date
or correlate them. II the evidence OF climate DC
considered together with that Of archaeology we
NAV perhaps at length be able to overcome the
absence Of written documents so far As to con
struct fairly ineligible record Of the history
Of our ancient predecessors
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02

lines of youth and were thoroughly mature. Inc
lower branches had disappeared up TO height
Of 100 feet or more; the giant trunks were
disclosed as bare, reddish columns covered with
soft bark 6 to ~ inches in thickness the upper
branches had acquired slightly dropping aspect
and the SHINY foliage far removed from the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02

days they pull the great saw back and FORTH
soaking it literally in grease to make 1t slip
easily. and driving wedges behind it in order to
prevent the weight of the tree from resting on
the saw. Finally, when the trunk is almost cut
through, more wedgng is done, and the helpless
trunk topples over with thud and a stupendous
cracking of branches that can be heard Tor
mile. The sawn surface exposes the rings oil
growth, so that all one has to do is to measure
them, providing the cutting has taken place re-
Gently"
The methods of counting and verifying the
rings one of which forms each year, is too elabo-
rate to be described in the present space II IS
sufficient to say that careful averages were taken
from some hundreds Of trees and that the climatic
curve of California prepared along the same
lines as the curve of Western Asia from the year
1900 b. c. down to the present day.
RINGS SHARPLY DEFINED DIE TO DIFFER
ENCE OF TEMPERATURE.
ain preparing the growth of trees and the rain
fall over long periods of time," writes Professor
Douglass in describing the work among the Ari-
IONA pnes sit is essential that the date of forma-
ton of any individual ring shall be certain. There
Is little danger that two rings will coalesce, Tor
the cold winters at an elevation of seven thousand
feet cause the seasonal growth to be sharply de-
fined The mean temperature of 20 degrees Fahr-
euheit in January is so different from that OF
IS degrees Fahrenheit in July that the ring OF
one year is nearly always clearly separated from
that of the next. Nevertheless the rings may be
so thin that they cannot easily be distinguished
and seem to merge into one, but microscope
examination usually shows indications of soft
white ring as well as of hard red ring for each
wear As a rule, therefore, each annual ring is
extremely we'll marked and there is no doubt as
10 its purely annual seasonal character"
The accuracy Of the ring formation as a guide
to the rainfall during the year since records OF
the latter have been kept is as high as from ~
TO so per cent, and, as Professor Douglass CLAIMS
this accuracy probably extends over centuries.
As the tree grows older the rings become fixed
and hardened so that the markings for the years
at the time Of Christ almost as clearly Defined
and as easy to read as the rings for the twentieth
century.
The deductions made to climate from the
methods of these two professors show interesting
climatic cycles and striking similarity between
the fluctuations Of Western Asia and those OF
California The ring record at Flagstaff, Ariz',