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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-02-11

farmers in this county have attended
some OF his previous sales and pur-
chased sows and it is the opinion OF
all that his stock is of the best. His
offering this year is in the pink of con
dition and all in perfect health. being
cholera immune and vacclnated with
the simultaneous method. Parties
from a distance attending this sale
will be entertained at the Central no,
tel in Dunlap as his guests. Col. H.
S. Duncan Will cry this sale. Parties
interested in high grade Poland Chinas
should write for catalogue and look
over the Offering.
Jensen's Sale.
One of the good sales advertised in
this issue is that of G. NJ. Jensen,
which will be held on his place just
west of Denison on Tuesday, Febru.
airy Oath. Mr.. Jensen has rented his
farm and moved to Denison and will
dispose of his property. Here is a
sale that the farmers can hardly afford
to miss as all of his stuff is first class.
1t will be noticed that he is Offering .
head of horses, consisting of pair OF
bay geldings, and years old; / bay
mare coming years old; / bay geld
ing coming years old; full blooded
Percheron brown mare and her com,
ing year old colt. Here is chance
to buy some horses of the desirable
kind. The bay geldings are a well
matched work team, gentle and kind
disposition, and there are no better
in the country. The coming year
old pair are the making of as good an
all around team as you would care to
look for The brood mare is second to
none and her colt. sired by Jupiter,
will show for itself Remember that
this grand mare is bred back to the
same stallion. Mr.. Jensen is selling
Is head of cattle, among which are
some extra fine mich COWS. The cat
tie are all in good shape. Farmers
who are in need of brood sOWs will do
we'll to attend this sale as 30 head of
Duroc Jersey bred sows will be sold.
These sows were bred to farrow the
middle of April. With the exception
of the pedigrees these sows are just as
good as those sold at the thoroughbred
sales for fancy prices Another at
ITdCLlOu VI ILLS Sale ID IuC 6OOu hl1-
chinery. This machinery is all first
class and has not been in use over
three years. Mr.. Jensen has not load
ed up with lot of useless machinery,
but it will be noticed that he has on
ly that which is necessary. Some of
this machinery was purchased last
year before he knew he would quit
farming. Here is a first class sale
and one well worth attending. Be
sure to read his announcement on an
other page and remember the date
Tuesday, February oath.
Sale Of John Fritz.
On page 9 of this issue of the Re-
view will be found the sale advertise
ment of John Fritz. Mr.. Fritz has sold
his farm, 6 miles northeast of Denison,
and will hold big public sale on
Thursday, February 26th. He is Of
fering 6 head of good horses, consist
ing of l black team, mare and geld
ing; bay mare; black mare; two
year old colt, and l black gelding. A
feature of this sale is the ~ head Of
cattle and as will be seen by his an
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-02-11
VERDICT AGAINST B. CHAMPION
CONTINUED on page eight

ing $4,000 cash and the other one 81
900, and in addition one of the boys
purchased house and lot in Vail for
S11OO for the use of his parents dur
ing their natural life, the boys at the
time agreeing to support their par.
ents as long as they lived. AS part
of the arrangement made at the time,
there was paid out of the money re-
ceived by Mr.. and Mrs. CHAMPION $500
to each of the other children, some of
them, in addition, receiving other prop
erty. located in Vail. The parents new
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-02-11

Newton Wilson is holding public
sale on Thursday, February 18th, on
the farm known as the Sprecher farm
in Section 81, East Boyer township, 8
miles southeast of Denison, on the
Manila road. While the sale is not
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-30
Sounds Note of Altruism in
His Farewell Address at
the Association.
MAYOR M. F.
v O E E
Expresses Hope That Coun-
try Soon Will Have Fed
eral Prohibition.

In his address at tho annual y. M.
C. y. banquet last night, President
elect NJ. A. Brannon OF The Idaho uni
versity emphasized the Importance of
character in life. The address was
practically his farewell to the Grand
Forks y. NJ. G.. A.. and 1t sounded tho
notes of optimism and altrusim--thc
notes which have made DIR. Erannan
successful as an educator and beloved
as n man.
Mayor NJ. F. Murphy. who was CALI
ed on to speak. expressed the regret
with which Grand Forks residents
learned thai DR.. Brannon WIS to
leave.
Wants Federal Prohibition.
Mayor Murphy also came out open
~ In favor OF "a federal prohibition
law.
North Dakota. has many advaut-
ages" he said, and n of them is
its prohibition. We were one of the
first states to take such a step.
II feel that it will not be long be-
fore all of the states take the am
step. l hope l shall live to sec the
day when this fair country of ours
will adopt a federal prohibition law"
Following Mayor Murphy's address.
the reports OF the Y. M. c. a. secre-
taries were presented and five direc-
tors were elected. The directors
chosen we're: S. Torgerson. w. II.
Brown. ]. S. Hatcher. F. .. Thorson
and W. A. Collins.
Dr. Brannon opened his address
with a hurried description OF Idaho
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-30
CONFESSION
Of "ShAKEDOWNS''
IContinued from Page IL

IContinued from Page IL
Clifford, Flanagan and Turner all adj
mitted they got theirs"
A transaction that was to permit
Mayme Lacey to move over from Min
neapolis, she said, netted the four
$500, Of which she admitted she got
$l25.
Afraid OF Wolf.
II raj afraid Wolff was setting a
trap for u.s." she said at one point in
her testimony. 81 talked to Turner
alone, and he was to tell me what
Flanagan said. He came to my home
later and told me that all that Won
had said was, true: that he had talked
with the chief. and 1t was all right.
He said. however. that he didn't like
the looks Of things. and would take
money only from me or Nina Clifford;
that he wouldn't take any from
Wolff" ~.
The witness declared the graft ring
held q meeting the night after F1ana.
gan was made chief.
Accused Men Gain Confidence.
An air of confidence is coming over
Flanagan and Turner as the case pro.
crosses.
During the first day of the trial both
sat stolidly most of the time. Occas-
ionally they would lean over and CON-
fer with their attorneys. Flanagan
has taken the initiative in this re-
spect, and always conducts whatever
conferences are considered advisable.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-30

Of the Y. NJ. G.. A.. Is there a single
man who will consent to this? that
these material things are after all the
essential things Of, life. Is it my bust
ness to give my life to that entirely?
1t is very important that we recog-
nize the peril Of letting these things
occupy our attention and our interest
to the exclusion of heart. In other
words. we ought to have a clear I'M
Outstanding every day of this great
burden, of this great call.
I'VE ought to try every day to have
some great and high thought. which
we can find by communing with a
great work of literature, with the
masters of music, with a fine bit Of
art or with some big personality. II
is the call away from self to h finer
things of life which is the real bur-
den of our lives. We are not to be
content with selves, with the consid.
Grafton Of the machinery. We should
grasp this opportunity for doing
things. for really becoming God-like.
The Y. NJ. c. A. takes us away from
the machinery Of life to the thought
of that which the machinery is to
serve.
"And as I go out. after twenty years
in your midst. to that great state Of
Idaho, my thoughts will not be adj
m~inlStratiVe alone. but that we mlSnt
have a splendid group of young men
and women in that state working
hand in hand SO that all schools are
one and not separate. segregated
units. that our work will have that
great a%ltruietic note--every man for
one. one man for ALL"
The reports of the secretaries
showed great improvement in the Y.
NJ. c. A. work during the past year;
The total receipts for 1919 from all
sources were 5 S,440.2O while the dis
bursements were S~s.631.16, leaving a
deficit Of s19O.96.
G. G. Carpenter presented the re-
port of the physical department and
j. r. Crazy read the report of the
boys department work.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-30

as he saw it IN his recent trip through
the state. He also,spoke of the Idaho
university, of which he is to become
president.
Twenty Years Progress.
He said in part:
"As l stand on the threshold of this
new call, after twenty years in Grand
Forks, / stop and look back. Twenty
wears ago, I sec the Y. NJ. G. a. OF
Grand Forks, small. struggling In
basement quarters. remember how
meager wac the equipment, how snAati
and humble was the situation. But
that association had some Of the o
vigorous and enthusiastic workers
have ever known. But however small
its equipment. it had a gymnasium. a
limited reading room. a very insignll1-
cant educational department. That
was the Y. NJ. c. A. Of twenty years
ago-the pioneer; the prlmitive y. NJ.
C. A. of Grand Forks. But it's work.
as everywhere, was for men. 1t had
a corps of workers who were char
acterized by a sincerity Of purpose, q
strong desire to do good.
When l came to Grand Forks in
the spring Of 1894, I saw a city sit
ting in sack cloth and ashes. hope
never to find such a city again. l re-
member it was after the awful cpl
demic Of typhoid fever. after the NV.
full siege Of suffering and the death OF
So many. What a terrible harvest 1t
was. what a terrible tribute to pay.
~" Was Big Function.
In that epidemic, what was the
function OF the Y. NJ. c. A.? The
officers gave themselves to the great
work Of nursing. they made OF the as
ISOLATION quarters a hospital and they
oven rented vacant rooms and store
buildings and turned them into nos
pitfalls. They did a noble service. Thal
was the work Of the Y. NJ. G.. A. OF
twenty years ago
"Rut with the growth Of Grand
Forks and the accumulation of inter
ests we are familiar with this plant,
its excellent corps Of officers. it's Splen-
did directorate and its great equip
lncnt.
"As We look at what We have, there
comes that great Gala call clear
and strong. that splendid call To sci.
vice. 1t makes no dlerence how IL
comes or when. 1t is that call OF ser
vice away from self to others. 1t IS
The spirit Of altruism. And really
that is the spirit hat should rharac-'
terize our every movement.
I'm these days, 1t m to me- that
7 have a great many friends. During
all this time, there are certain things
forced in upon me. But, as I think
of how We sit with friends for ten "r
fifteen minutes and as ] analyze our
conversation. I ask: What is the
meaning of it?' 1t simply Is of the
machinery. a measuring Of the things
material.
Not All Material.
LAS we sit here. under the banner
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-30
COMPLETE DETAILS Of CORN
and CLOVER PROGRAM
CONTINUED From Page ~

this year. The beef cattle section will
De IN charge OF Frank Sanford OF Val
ley City. N. D.. J. E. Eastgate. A. v.
Lindberg and q. A. Mcfarland.
At $3.50 Joseph E. Wing will deliver
a lecture on Making the Farm Pay"
and in the evening he will deliver his
famous lecture. 'In Foreign Fields"
MIR Wing is probably the best known
authority in the United States or all
falfa. as he has made it a study for
a great many years nd has visited ev-
cry portion of the United States and
many foreign countries in gathering
information.
Silos and Si1asc.
The lecture period on Friday morn
ing from 9 until 10 o'clock, will be
devoted to silos and silage, with ]. E.
Dorman, HI. Wilson II Anton Christ
in charge. MIR. Wilson ana Mr.. Christ
are residents Of Leal. Barnes county.
N. D.. who have built {. number OF
cement silos and nave been feeding
successfully from them the past year.
From 10 o'clock until noon the class
work in beef cattle M potatoes will
continue.
Thu afternoon section OF the con-
vention will be held at the new city
abattoir, where the grade Shorthorn
steer which has been furnished by II.
T. kingman of Hillsboro, and which
will be on exhibition all week at the
auditorium, will be slaughtered In the
presence of city and state officials and
those In attendance at the convention.
1t is planned also at this time to
slaughter other animals under the d.
rection of o. d. Center Of the Better
Farming association, who will have
entire charge Of h program during
the week. -s,
Session fol. Women.
At $3.50 in the auditorium Miss Min
ME Nelson. county superintendent of
Barnes county, will address the con-
ivention on 1.-THE Other Side Of Coun-
try Life" At 8 o'clock p. m. Mrs.
Hattie Moore-Mitchell of Drake uni
vcrsity. Des Moines. Iowa, will deliver
an address at the auditorium, taking
as her subject 'Thrce Times Three
Makes Nine" Mrs. Mitchell is a wo-
man of wonderful personality. and
puts her entire time in. institute work
throughout the west. During the vim
ter Mrs. Mitchell is in demand as a.
speaker before state associations and
winter institutes.
Women of the Farm.
The Saturday morning session Will
be devoted entirely to the interests Of
the women on the farm and in the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-30
POsTOI1TCE WILL REOPEN.
One of Old landmarks Along Bound:
airy line to Resume.

Langdon. Jan. 30.--Elkwood post
office. one of the old land marks along
the boundary line which dates back
to the first organization of Cavalier
county some thirty years ago, is to
he re-opened. AT least that is what
a number Of the older settlers hope
to accomplish. II will be recalled
that the office was discontinued about
two months g when the family Of
the late w. H. Row moved into Lang
don. The great distance between Elk
wood and neighboring post offices
makes the present mail service very
announcement. 1t Is learned that the
the new postmaster may be Z. w.
Mcbride
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-30

home. At . o'clock Miss Nelson viii
deliver an address or 1.-THE Farm
Girl" At 10 o'clock Mrs. Clark Kelly
Of Devils Lake will speak on '"Tried
Farm Conveniences," and at II o'clock
Mrs. Mitchell will close the weeks
Farmer and His Wife. Looked Back"
Miss NJ. Beatrice Johnstone, the coun-
superintendent Of Grand Forks
county, will have charge Of the pro-
gram Friday afternoon and evening at
the auditorium and Saturday morning.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-30
FRIDAY, U 80, 1919.

would not ripsn fruit north o. the
sxtrena southern edge OF the Aegean
- and has . climate much like thrf
Of southern California-vith less liz
Tke first peaches were tender ass
naval. oranRe. This Chinese variety -
hardy Is . northern apple.
such q history gives Q notion o.
mans power to remake The fruit pro.
ducinx mart of the world to suit him
SELF. But think Sf the two and TWEEN
ty centuries consumed in the process.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-30
BRYAN COMPLETES TREATY.

Washington, Jan. 30.-Secretary
Bryan and .Joquin Calvo. the Costa
Rican minister. agreed today upon
the United States and COSTA Rica
agree to investigate fer the leave Of
year. all questions arising be-
tween the two countries which IN
not be adjusted through diplomacy.
This is the eleventh Of the peace
treaties agreed to by Bryan and the
diplomatic representatives of foreign
powers. and have already been
signed.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-30
THE sNoW.LoyINc PEACH.

THE 6NOW.LOvlNG PEACH.
An American naturalist two years
ago broughtsto this country some seed
lings Of a peach tree which he found
growing In Tibet, ut IN elevation OF
$500 feet above seaslevel. It p ex-
pected that this tree can be trusted to
bear fruit in New England clear up to
the Canadian border.
II these hopes are realized. the
peach tree will have undergone q q
Vicious transformation. When first
brought to Europe, about three CEN
turtles before the Christian era. It
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-06-16

cradle cases Of far-reaching effect
on both criminal and civil docket A
few Of the noted lawyers, who have
figured in the making of Arkansas
law, have been such men from this
county as Hon. G.. r. Breckenridge,
Hon. NJ. l.. Bell, Senator x. w. John
son, Hon. A. G. Rogers, Hon. Met l..
Jones. Hon John A. wilkins, Hon. w.
r. Grace, Hon. King White, and Hon.
N. r. White. At the present time
there are about fifty lawyers in the
county, most of them residing in
Pine Bluff, where there are three JUS
tice courts, and the county, circuit
and chancery courts. The incumbents
in the county offices at this time are:
Hon. A. B. Grace, circuit Judge Hon.
John M. Elliott, chancery Judge; Hon.
Thomas Parham, prosecuting attor4
ney; Hon. Mason Philpot. county
Judge; Mr. Edgar Brewster, sheriff;
Mr.. John King, assessor; Mr.. Curtin
Nichol, county clerk; and Mr. G. Il.
Lytle, circuit clerk.
The newspapers OF the county, ali
ways published by very virile and
fair-minded editors, have been instrul
mental In achieving big things for
this section, and shaping the public
opinion, to the advancement of The
interests of the county journalistic
endeavors were made shortly after the
war, but the daily papers did not start
until about thirty years ago. The two
leading papers of the county are The
Pine Bluff Graphic and the Pine Bluff
Commercial. In addition to these,
there are the Union Standard in Pine
Bluff and the Press-Eagle. both week
lies. The former is published under
the auspices Of the unions. There are
several other small dailies in the
county, but their circulation Is much
more limited than those referred to-
The newspapers have been vehement
champions of whatever was felt to
be of assistance in the progress of
the county, and have constituted the
best advertising mediums OF .Jeffer-
prospective citizens.
| So much can be assumed from the
| foregoing relative to the county's
! progress in other lines, in the ex-
tension OF church influence and
church work, the increase Of retail
trade, and the general building up
of towns, that we are warranted in
| dispensing with further comment on
the historical epsidoes, in the realiza-
ton that Jefferson County has attain
ed remarkable point in it's progress
where the possibility OF accomplish
ing many more things Is obvious.
jefferson County Lands and Products.
There is no part of this country that
offers more alluring prospects to the
lContin.lnd IN paro ~
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-06-16

the year 1900 or earlier. A neighboi'
of his. was Michael LeBonn, also,
probably a Frenchman, who lived
some miles below the site of Pine
Bluff. 1t is not known definitely
when Francis Varsier or Antoine Bar
raque came here, but it is certain that
the latter resided at New Gascony in
1884, and was an esteemed and influ-
entail parsonage in the community in
which he lived, and that the former
was born in 1856 and died in the
county in 1886, after having resided
close to Barraque for. several years.
Another prominent citizen to whom
allusion has been made was Creed
Taylor who settled near New Cas-
cony in 1917. He was native of
Kentucky, who came 20 this state
when but seventeen years of age. He
had been directed here on some
business enterprise by his father, and
was sufficiently we'll pleased with
prospects here to remain in the coun-
ty for seventy years, leading a very
active and useful life, and figuring
conspicuously in the growth of the
county. He died in 1887 at New Gas
cony. One of the distinctions that
was conferred upon him was that of
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-06-16

serving as the first sheriff. he holding
the nineteenth centuries. Then such
men of French or Spanish descent
that position in 1880.
AS has been suggested before, the
settlement of the county previous to
1870 was sporadic, but there were set =
Elements that We're somewhat in the
nature of the older Southern states.
where immense plantations flourish
ed, and the landowner, open-hearted
and hospitable, dwelt in lordly style.
Many of the old plantations are still
intact, but, on the other hand, there
is much evidence of the submission
to that economic law that seems to
pronounce the supremacy of the small
farm. This situation, too. is occasion
ed directly by the growing desire of
the negroes, of whom there are a
great number in this county to oper-
ate their own little places 1t is
difficult to say which system is bet
ter;l one can only remark that the
county is producing more than former
ly, and lands are correspondingly be-
coming more expensive.
1t is unnecessary to elaborate much
further on the historical events that
transpired in the early days in Jeffer-
SON county,. chiefly because the
tc1Nnty, enjoyed such a long period of
;ffanaNi1ft and proved the haven FOR
sd many "a aggressive y souls that it's
progress has been mint erEnpted, ex-
.cept dariiigi tie par i'd VIXEN 1fle] coun-
try asts FORM ctions,
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-06-16

this part of the country, it was not
nearly so directly affected as when in
the throes of the later uncivil con-
flict. At the time of the Mexican war
in 1876, there was large enrolment
from Jefferson county, and Captain
John c. Roane led a company into
active service. A much greater num-
Der participated in the Civil war, and
four companies were recruited from
the county, becoming members of the
First Arkansas infantry, that saw
service in several decisive battles of
the war. A branch of the state mill
tia, comprised of jefferson county
men, and known as the Jefferson
County Guards, rendered signal SER
vice for the Confederacy. A lively
engagement took place in Pine be-
fore and after it had been seized by
the Federals under General Powell
Clayton. General Marmaduke di-
rected the Confederates, but his at
tack was Intellectual. Jefferson
county suffered severely from the
ravages of the war, but recovered
as quickly as any other part Of the
South that had witnessed the invasion
of hostile troops.
Among other things, the war was
deterrent to the extension of rail
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-06-16

such manufacturing plants, to erect a
large convention and city hall, to i'm
prove the parks, to continuously in
crease the educational facilities, to
erect several public buildings, have
built magnificent union station, and
encourage every worthy occupation
and pursuit. All Of these things will
have been accomplished within the
next two or three years, as nothing
can now deter the promoters of the
plans, since those practically consti.
tute all the people Of the city.
Thus the future of Pine Bluff is
very apparently, bright one. 1t has
long passed the stage of that type o.
agricultural city whose prosperity is
determinable by the amount of rain
fall that comes during certain sea
son. While it is great market fol
the products of the farm, the natura
resources, location, and the other MA
terial elements conducive to such will
as we'll, soon make of 1t, as in a large
measure it. is already, conspicuous
railroad, lumber, live stock, manuiac
turing and industrial center OF tn,
Southwest.
Early Development.
Much of the history of the first set