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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-07-10
Proceedings Of the Board Of Super.
ViSOTS.

The Board of Supervisors Of Howard
county, Iowa, met in regular adjourn.
ed session, in the office of the County
Auditor at O'Clock p. m. Monday.
June 20, 1914, with Supervisors C. H.
Wallace, J. F. ;Pecinovsky and J. v.
Con way and E. A. Hoopman, County
Auditor and Clerk of the Board pres
ent.
The meeting was called to order by
Chas. H. Wallace, Chairman of the
Board.
On motion the following resolution
was adopted.
Whereas, w. L. Richards, County
Engir eer, has estimated the work done
by Chambers & Dobson on the 20 #.
slab bridge S rods west tof S t4corn-
er of sw of section II 98-l1. at $91s.
Therefore. be it resolved by the
Board of Supervisors, that the Auditor
be and is hereby instructed to issue
a warrant on the bridge fund to Cham
bers & Dobson for $7S0.30, being IS
per cent of said estimate.
On motion the following resolution
was adopted. -,
Whereas, W. L. Richards, County
Engineer, has made final estimate on
the 4x8 #. concrete slab bridge built
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-07-10
|. 0. 0. F. Installation.

= On Monday evening. Cresco Lodge /.
O! O. F. held public installation of
officers attended. despite the intense
heat, by a large number of Odd Fellows
and Rebekahs.
z A., P. Curtis, D D. G. NJ, was
installing officer, assisted by J. A.
Cutting as D. D. Grand Marshall, and
a suite consisting of C.. C. Brown,
Arthur Livingston, Ward Curtis and S.
A. Converse. The following new
officers were duly installed, after which
ice cream was served and a social time
enjoyed by all.
N. G.-H. E. Morgan.
V. G.-L. E. Emmons.
Secretary-Geo. R. Story.
Z Treasurer-H. w. Young.
- Warden-Fred Mitchell.
Conductor-J. C. Nichols.
R. S. N. &C. d. Taylor.
L. S. N. G.-Will Mitchell.
r. S. ST.. E. Strawn.
L. S. Sired DAVIS.
r. S. V. CIV. II. Miller.
L, V. G.-E. ]. Taft.
Chaplain-L. G. krumm.
I.G w. H. Tillson.
o. G.-Linus Curtis.
N. A. Black burn, Lawyer, Office over
Fields furniture store.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-07-10

In addition to the prizes given, the
contestants not prize winners were
paid cash commissions which totaled a
tidy little sum. '....."
Did the contest pay US? Yes. We
added 753 NEW SUBSCRIBERS to
our list, which when the contest
commenced was 1865 300 larger than
that of our nearest competitor in the
county. We are now printing 200
PLAIN DEALERS each week-THE
LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY
WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN NORTH
EASTERN IOWA. The advertisers of
the County are invited to call on US
any press day and count the big pile of
PLAIN DEALERs-we are mighty proud
of the lis- liss-ssyl jIVite investigation.
Adver tisers who spend their money
70 get results instead of doing some
one personal favor, cannot overlook
the PLAIN DEALER and its complete
covering of Howard County and the
west part of Winneshiek County. To
indicate how thoroughly our field is
covered, we now send 258 PLAIN DEAL
ERs to the Elma post Office, l60 to
Lime Springs, SO to Ridgexay, II to
J onair, 48 to Protivin; and every other
y,ost office in the county, Riceville,
sChester, Saratoga and Acme, show
-correspondingly large lists which we
.-Will be pleased to show advertisers.
tOn the eight rural routes from Cresco,
with 655 heads of families listed, We
send 545 PLAIN DEALERS, on one route
sending 100 where only SO heads of
families are listed. Is new names
were added to our Cresco postofice list
:alone, list already SO large that at
the beginning lof the contest many of
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-07-10
For Sale,

$50 acres 81 miles east of Cresco,
known as the VIM Goocher farm. For
particulars enquire of the Luers Land
Co., or o. w. Clark, Cresco, la. 46t2
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-07-10

the contestants working in Cresco for
new subscribers complained that "most
everybody is taking the PLAIN DEAL
Err"
The interest manifested in the con.
test was remarkable. 1t is not often
that such a large field of contestants
remain actively at work until the close,
but we believe that everyone felt salts.
fled that the contest was strictly ION
the square" and that the prizes would
20 to those who did the most work,
and this gave encouragement to the
contestants and kept them at work
until the polls closed. To the earnest
work of the contestants is mainly due
the success of the contest, and we wish
to assure each one of them that the
PLAIN DEALER 10 deeply appreciative
of the result of their efforts.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-07-10
CRESCO STATE BANK

under the
Howard h
of made Auditor of State
bills and evidences of debt discounted
this $685. 4S7
Gold IN
subsidiary 698945
Drafts, rCasht snotds
Total eo silver
Overdr 1923 as
of
Total assets w ........... . .... 1885, 5s5
LIABILITIES
Amount o. capital stock ..... 100000
subject to check 9S656s
demand deposits
Amount
Total deposits -.
Surplus 10000
Other deducting 56364O
Total liabilities 49,. ........ 465 $685. 65
Stateo of ow Howard County-ss.
Henry W. Young 1Cer, of bank
of exhibited portion of its
John Farnsworth, President.
Henry Young,
W. Youngth of Wbraham,
Notary
Atested by A. Fansworth, Directors
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-07-10
MISS BlCLEY WINS THE AUTO.
The Plain Dealer Auto Contest Adds 753
New Subscribers to List.

The PLAIN DEALERS big auto contest
closed last Friday night promptly at
nire o'clock. when the judges took
charge of the ballot box and conveyed
it to the Cresco Unio Savings Bank
when two adding machines helped
make quick work of the count, which
was completed in . little over an hour,
when the judges announced the fol-
lowing results and prize winners:
5 ... H... n;okv;rf M I tE~ 4
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-07-10
VulCdnizinQ.

= I have installed an up to date vulcan.
izing outfit in Whalen & Hansen's gar.
age and will do all kinds of work. All
work guaranteed. JAMES NICHOLS.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-07-10
Piano Recital.

On Monday, July 18th, at 8:15 p. NJ,
the boys in Miss Lauraine Mead's class
will give their third annual recital, at
which time the following program will
be given:
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-07-10
Help! Help!!

We need money. Please pay your
account at once at $50 , ...
r. J. BALDwIN's.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-07-10

1 wish to thank my many friends
whose generous support helped me to
win the car in the Plain Dealer contest.
l wish also to thank the Plain Dealer
people for their kind treatment and to
congratulate them on the success of
their contest which was conducted IN
such q fair manner as to give satisfac-
tion to every one. MAUD BIGLEY.
I wish to thank all my friends who
so kindly assisted me in the Plain
Dealer contest. STELLA FLEMING.
I received the diamond ring Tuesday.
1t was very nice and l thank you very
much for it. EDNA MAURER.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-07-10
PROGRAM.

Grand Valse de Concert (2pianos handsl
Don Graf, Lester Smith, John Patterson,
LOyOla Glass, n
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-07-10

The minutes read ando motto approved.
Board adjourned to O'Clock Tuesday July 1914
@# Courty Auditor
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-03-27
Mcdaniel Wins Court Decision

Ned Mcdaniel was declared to be
the legally appointed secretary of the
state election board, by District Judge
w, r. Taylor who directed that a
writ of mandamus be issued command
ing Ben F. Riley to surrender to Nc
Daniel the office together with the
books and paraphernalia of the office.
Judge Taylor, in granting the writ
gave to Riley fifteen days in which to
appeal from the courts decision, and
counsel for Riley stated to the court
that the appeal would be perfected
within the stipulated time.
Judge Taylor said that the policy of
courts in all states was to declare a
law constitutional rather than uncon.
stitutional when the courts were in
doubt and that he would follow the
precedent in the case at bar, although
he personally thought that the legis.
lature was encroaching upon the exec
utive branch of the state government
by enacting statute which abolished
an Office appointive by the governor
and substituting an office the incum
bent of which would be named by one
of the legislative bodies creating the
office.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-03-27

Earned More Under 2-cent Fare
Railroads in Oklahoma, except the
Santa Fe, increased earning on pas
senger traffic under the two-cent fare,
over the three-cent rate, according to
figures prepared by the railroads and
submitted by the Oklahoma commits
sion before Special Examiner Edgar
Watkins of the interstate commerce
commission, who is conducting hear.
ing in which the states of Arkansas,
Missouri and Oklahoma are trying to
get the commission to inaugurate the
interstate two-cent fare on railroads
operating in these states. Figures
compiled on passenger traffic of the
Santa Fe during four months in 1913
show that the revenue was decreased
$8,773.58.
For comparison, the Oklahoma com.
mission has prepared figures from re-
ports received by the railroads OF
passenger traffic under the two-cent
and three-cent fares for different Pc
RODS. From November 16, 1907, at the
beginning of statehood, to June 30,
1910, is taken as the first period, when
the two-cent rate first applied. From
1910 to 1913, is the second period, or
when the three-cent rate was again re-
sumed by the railroads, and from July
3, 1918, to November. inclusive is the
third period, in which the two.cent
rate was again in force.
According to the figures submitted
by the Oklahoma commission the to-
tai passenger earnings of the Santa
Fe, Rock Island, Frisco and Katy in all
the states west of the Mississippi and
east of Colorado and north of Texas
for the year ending June 80, 1907,
when all these roads were charging
three cents a mile. amounted to $780,
641,214. Three years later for the
year ending June 80, 1910, these same
roads covering the same territory. at
the two-cent rate, showed earnings
amounting to $47,5S9, 696, or a gain
under the two-cent rate of $794S,755.
The earnings of these roads during
five months in 1913 during which time
the two-cent fare was in force amount
to 31,261, 300 and for the same five
months in 1912 when they operated
under the threecent fare, amounted
to $31, 195,SS3, or a gain under the
two-cent rate of $65,416. This in
cludes the state of Oklahoma. In Ok.
lahoma, strictly state business, for
1913, since the two-cent fare went into
effect, the earnings were $2,5S6,915;
for tho same months in 1912, under
the three-cent fare, was $2,473, 100, a
gain of $113,SO6 under the two-cent
fare.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-03-27
NEW TEACHER FOR FARM WOMEN
Oklahoma City Girl Appointed to
Carry On Demonstration Work.

Miss Emma Chandler o. Oklahoma
City has been selected by the United
States department of agriculture to
take charge of the women's demon
stration work in the state of Okla
homa. Miss Chandler will have
charge of all of the county demonstra-
tors organizing and teaching them the
demonstration work.
Miss Chambers work will be to or
ganize, demonstrate and teach in
every county in the state which has
made an appropriation for maintain
ing a demonstration. A four days
school of instruction was held
in February, headed by Miss Chand'
Ter. On account of not being engaged
during the entire year she, will act
as demonstration in Oklahoma county
portion of the time.
The department of agriculture has
also employed talented negro WON
an to demonstrate and teach house
hold duties and canning among the
negro girls in three or four counties,
thus giving the negroes an equal op-
portunity to improve their time In
the city as well as on the farm
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-03-27
PRACTICAL GOCD ROADS WORK
PICK AND SHOVEL BETTER THAN
VOLUMES OF THEORY.
Five Hundred Lawton Men Spend a
Day on the Roads and the
Women Serve Lunch.

Five hundred Lawton citizens turned
out one day recently and spent ten
hours in working the roads leading
into the city. The date had been char
acterized as county good roads day
and the roadwork was general. Sew
eral miles of good roads into the city
were completed, 1876 teams being used.
The women of the city furnished lunch
for the workers at the noon hour.
Much preliminary work had been done
by the farmers of the school district
and within the last sixty days more
road building has been done in Co.
manche county than in all previous
time since the county was established.
The good roads movement has been
continually agitated and the long peri
cd of almost impossible roads at
Christmas time awakened both farm
ers and merchants to the necessity of
improving the highways. A great days
work was accomplished. The move
ment had been fostered by the Lawton
chamber of commerce.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-03-27
No Work By Contract.

Working state convicts on the pub
lie roads in any way by which their
labor is to be paid by the contractor
doing the work, no matter whether
the latter does not make cent profit,
is unconstitutional, according to an
opinion from Attorney General West
to Sidney Suggs, state highway COM
missioner
In many parts of the state road dis
tricts have been formed and voted
bonds for funds to improve the roads.
1t was the purpose to work state con-
victs on the roads where the coun-
ty made application for the and
complied with several necessary con-
ditions upon which the convicts could
be secured. The constitution clearly
prohibits use of convicts that in
any sense is equivalent to their be.
ing placed at the disposal of a con.
tractor.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-03-27
SHOULD BUILD DAMS IN RAVIAEs
Superintendent Buchanan Tells How
to Conserve the Rainfall.

"If the farmers of Oklahoma instead
of allowing the annual rainfall to flow
away unchecked, would build dams in
the ravines, creek and rive.' bottoms,
conserving the water supply for evap-
Grafton during the months Of late
spring and summer the hot winds OF
the state would lose their destructive
power" declared G.. V. Buchanan, su
perintendent of the schools of Okla
homa City, in an address at the Uni
versity of Oklahoma.
"This may appear to be radical
and even visionary scheme" explained
Superintendent Buchanan, but be
lieve that in time the people of Okla
homa will turn to this plan as the
only practical means of combating
the efforts of the drouth which has
played havoc with crops in the past
few years"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-03-27
HOPE IN DEMOCRACY
Welfare Of Nation Dependent on
Party's Wisdom.
To the Individual Voter Is Committed
the Privilege Of Service, and the
Responsibility Is onerous,
but Great.

Should the Democracy fail to meas
ure up to the height of the present
opportunity, the next experiment in
government In these United States
will be venture in Socialism. This
is the last chance for the open game
as American political traditions un-
derstand It; If we fail, the mass-play
of centralized government, sitting
initiative, hardening and crystallizing
the social structure and depriving the
individual of the keenest joys Of self
direction will be all that will be left.
While the Democracy fights, with the
Joy of the strong In the hour of con-
fiict, it should not forget that for gov
eminent as Jefferson understood 1t
this is the last stand.
In this hour we ought to stop to re-
member Just where our ultimate
strength lies. 1t is not In the wis
dom of our leaders. though the repub-
lie yields to none in appreciation OF
the invaluable services of Wilson, Mar
shall, Clark, Bryan, Underwood and
other great Democrats Of the pres
ent hour But when we assume the
actual burden Of government. with the
inevitable heartburnings, jealousies
and Misunderstanding that arise In.
the conduct of affairs, the exceptional
powers Of the few cannot save US.
The future Of the Democracy turns
on the extent to which the great fun
damental principles Of the party are
really grasped by the minds and hon
ored In the hearts Of the great mass
Of Democrats Of the rank and file. No
passing mistakes of leadership can
wreck q party bound by a common
faith. What is really to be tested in
the coming days is not the exception
al capacity of few picked men; 1t
is the extent to which the millions
of Democrats in this broad land really
love and honor Democratic princi-
pies
The Democracy proposes to proceed
to equaIize opportunity made unequal
by those laws and regulations that
have administered the government to
help the privileged few make money
The difficulty of the task is clearly
recognized. Democrats entertain no
illusions as to it's pertIs and com
plexities. Nothing dies SO hard as a
well-rooted abuse. The task Is one to
demand all of principle, patience, pa
triotism and homeIy sense that we can
command
- One reflection cannot but sober the
Democrat who looks with eyes unafraid
upon his country's future. Notwith-
standing the great popular indorse-
ment of the Democratic proposals, the
Democratic party Is the sole resource
of those doctrines, and that spirit,
in the might of which all the glories Of
our early history were won. There
are four parties in the field-and three
of them are Socialistic.
The Socialism of Gary and Prick.
with their demand that the govern
ment take over the regulation Of all
industries and the fixing of all prices,
differs only in detail from that Of
Debs-St. Louis Republic.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-03-27

THE Democratic party in Tennessee
is by no means hopeless" remarked A
B. Craig of Nashville, internal revenue
collector and former state treasurer at
the Willard. There Is strongly de-
fined feeling among some Of the lead
ing Democrats of the state that the
party will not only have good chance
to win, but will win by an old-time
Democratic majority. The Democrats
win be helped in Tennessee by the
splendid administration Of President
Wilson. have never known such uni
versal approval as has been given to
the president. "-Washington Post.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-03-27
c!marron leases Valuable.

According to a report made by R.
L. Lunsford to the school land COM
mission, there is to the credit OF the
state $S6S7.55 as the net receipts on
oil royalties from the Cimarron river
bed. This covers the time from De-
cemher to February, inclusive. The
gross production of oil was SAB
barrels. In royalties this amounted
to $9,1S0.30, and there was an ex.
pense of s492.75 sustained by the state
for advertising and minor charges,
This is from the Cimarron river alone,
and comes from three companies.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-03-27
rrlbut. to Good LEADERSHIP.

The fine service the nation has re.
ceived in the past year has been most
distinctively an administrative service,
For, aside from the definitely admins.
trative acts that have served it, the
leadership of legislation has had ad.
ministrative source and direction.
Even jealous legislative spokesman,
even the heads Of opposition groupa
have acknowledged by deed and often
by words the tactful. masterful leader
ship of the Washington
Star.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-03-27
EIIe Petition For SUFFRAGE Law.

John NJ. Hale, chairman of the state
Progressive committee, filed with Sec
rotary of State Ben. f. Harrison
copy of the petition. The measure
proposes to amend the constitution,
and if successful will give the women
in Oklahoma the right of suffrage
equal with other voters. No special
election is called for the measure and
if the petitions are secured within
forty days before the primary in Ag-
gust it may be submitted then, but IL
not then at the general election in No,
vember.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-03-27

This is Leland Shore of Logan
County, Central, Oklahoma, who won
first in the Boys Kafircorn Contest in
1918 with yield of go bu. per acre.
This yield was first determined by
three disinterested neighbours; then
checked by the county agent and then
by the state agent of the farmers CO.
operative demonstration work of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture.
Those who are inclined to doubt such
a yield as this in the drouthy and
chinchbuggy year of 1918 might as
we'll acknowledge the kafircorn.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-03-27
Fall sown Alfalfa

Reports from all over the state tell
of excellent stands from alfalfa sown
in September and October Don't pas
ture it at ALL Give it fair chance.
No matter how much you may need
the feed, it will pay we'll to buy feed
now and let the alfalfa alone. 1t will
make up for it by furnishing an early
cutting this spring.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-03-27
men IN the PUBLIC EYE

Judge Stilwell H. Russell of Ard
more, of the eighth judicial district,
has accepted the commission rendered
him by Governor Lee Cruce as asso-
ciate justice of the Oklahoma Supreme
court, succeeding Justice Robert L.
Williams. He has taken the oath of
office.
Judge Russell has been district
judge in the eighth district, since
statehood and is one of the best-known
members of the judiciary in southern
Oklahoma. He was appointed spe-
cial justice of the supreme court re-
Gently in the state capitol referendum
case and wrote the decision of the
court.
A. Eddleman of Marietta was APP
pointed by the governor to succeed
Judge Russell in this district and took
Office at the time it was vacated by
Russell.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-03-27
Bob Williams Supporters Organize.

Oklahoma City,-The supporters of
Judge Robert l.. Williams for COVER
nor perfected permanent organiza-
ton of THE r. L. Williams Good
Government Club. Rev. Howell
Smith, pastor of the First Christian
church of Thomas, was elected presi-
dent and Ansel carp of Oklahoma
City, secretary According to an an
nouncement from the Williams head
quarters, the club starts out with a
bona fide membership of SOS. Sixty,
eight of the seventy-seven counties in
the state were represented.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-03-27
Wilson's First Year.

The first year of President Will
sons administration has been char
acterized by legislative enactments Of
the first magnitude. Never before in
time of peace has congress woven Tito
the fabric of the law in SO short a
period constructive policies of such
e.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-03-27
Aa. WON countrr,s confidenee.

President Wilson has made such a
success of his administration so far
that l do not see where the Republic
ans expect to get their campaign thun-
DER" said Gov. Locke Craig of North
Carolina at the Raleigh. Governor
Craig came to Washington to attend
a dinner given by Secretary of the
Navy Daniels in honor Of President
and Mrs. Washington Star.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-03-27
Farmers Fiohtino Cholera

Owing to heavy losses from hog
cholera, farmers near Wayne are using
vaccine from the A. and M. college, as
directed by lecturers of the demon
stration train. During the past year,
losses amounted to nearly $4,000 as
a result of death of hogs due to chol-
GRO
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-03-27
stn.nn4h ln Unity.

The "togetherness' of this admhis-
tration has been its dominant charac-
teristic. And only dominating per-
sonality which tat the same time that
1t dominates) does inspire personal
liking and personal trust can achieve
such . result
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-03-27
sorahums Are Successful

Kafrcorn, milo maize and the sweet
sorghums must be considered as the
best silage crops for the southwest.
These crops are drouth-resistant and
more dependable than corn.