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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24
Traer News Notes.

special TO IlmeS- Ike puDllCan.
Traer Feb. 24.-E. Lebr, of E!beron
who bought the Loop property OF six
acres east of Traer. is moving to take
charge of the property. He makes a
business of raising fancy pigeons and
will devote most Of his time to that in
dustry.
Joe Kusdus, a former Traerite but
more recently farmer near Hudson,
has moved into Hudson and after
March 1 will assume charge Of the
electric light plant. He has rented
his farm to Henry Kerner for $3.50 per
acre.
The Weise farm OF 100 acres. near
Gla dbrook. which Link Elliott offered
for sale at auction last Saturday was
not sold. The highest bid was $2O0.5o
but as Mr.. Elliott paid 5000 he would
; not let it go. He later sold an option
for one year on the place to Mr.. jerks,
Of Garwin. at s2O5 per acre.
Mr. and Mrs. John Elliott, near town.
have q new daughter.
One OF Henry Staker's young horses
stepped on a nail and died of blood
poison.
l.. " Kuchynka, OF Clutter, has sold
the Squire Wilson farm which he
bought two years ago at 500 to James
Podhajsky and James Stayskal for
$12o5O.
Charlie Snow has rented the Council
farm of 10 acres. southwest of Amity
church. for one year at $3.50 per acre.
II. A. Clough, ten miles southwest
Of Traer, will ultimately locate in To-
ledo Last week he purchased the
George Smith property in the south
east part Of town. paying therefor
$2.45O. including residence and three
lots.
Mr. and Mrs Harry Adair. north OF
town, have a new daughter.
Henry d. Woodling. a former resi-
dent of Traer. died at his home in
Kansas City recently of acute indiges-
ton
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24
[ eelsLAruRE APPEARS TO HAVE
euNGLEp PAVING ASSESS.
MENT PLANS.
OWNERS OF LOTS ALREADY
PAVED IN OPEN REBELLION
New Law to Compel Lot Owners With.
in 500 Feet Of Street to Be Improved
Would BE Compelled to Fay For Part
Of Nsishbors Paving After Paying
Full Assessment For His Own.
Special to Times. Republican.


Mason City, Feb. e4.-Uness sonc-
one can quickly interpret the paving
law, relating to assessment, as passed
by the thirty-ffth general assembly,
cities during this summer, ald those
cities which have let contracts or are
proposing to let. will get into serious
difficulty when it comes to making tho
assessment. City engineers. city at
tcrneys, special attorneys representing
large paving manufacturers, are all at
a loss to know just what was the n
tent of tho legislature when the law
was made. The enactment reads as
follows:
whenever, after January, 1914, any
city or town council, including the
council OF cities acting under speci&!
charter levies any special assessment
for street Improvement as provided by
section 792 Of the code and amend
mcnrs thereto and supplementary
thereof, the same shall be- made. In &C
cordance with the provisions OF sec
tion 792-a Of the supplement to the
code 1907, and shall be limited to the
amount to be assessed against private
property. against all lots and parcels
Of land according to area. SO as to in
clude one half of the privat-l:s owned
property between the streets
improved and the next street,
whether such privately owned prop
erty abut upon such street or not.
but in no case shall privatel, owned
property situated more than 500 feet
from the street so improved be SO as
sessed. In case of Improvement upon
any alley, such assessment shall be
confined according to area to privately
owned property within the block or
blocks improved and if not plated
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24

when It 10 natural to expect that they
everywhere else . fewmfw en- cmfwao
will be hard to please. and 40 every
where else few complainers can cause
q great deal more trouble than can be
fixed up by ten times as many who
do no grumbling. The hospital facil-
tiles are crowded all the time and many
OF the veterans who are not Ill at all
have more or less difficulty getting
around, so it is taking more and more
work to care for them. Soon 1t will
be practically only hospital"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24
BENNETT MAKES REPORT.

Soldiers Home Quartermaster Gives
Account Of Care Of Veterans.
Special to Times-Republican.
Des iMoines, Feb. 24.-H. ]. Bennett,
formerly and for long in the office Of
the state executive council. while here
visiting the board of control the other
day gave good account of the work Of
the Iowa Soldiers Home, Of which he
has now long been the quartermaster.
I'VE have about 1000 persons to feed
each day." he said, (which includes the
help at the home. In summer time the
number will run much lower. But
everything has been running smoothly
at the home and there is little cause
for complaint. OF course the veterans
Of the home are getting to that age
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24
into blocks for not more than $50 feet
from such improved alley"
Whore Law Works Hardship.

WU06O Law "0TN8 U0600UtVs
Where the suggestion has been
made to property owners that do not
abut upon the street but would come
within the 800 feet limit. anG where
property owners now have paved
street and paid for it, but would come
within the 500 feet limit providing his
ncighbor wanted to pave, there is open
rebellion manifest and they make the
public declaration that the law that
would permit such an assessment
would be unfair and unjust. and some
of them make the further declaration
that they viii! fight the proposition to
the last ditch. On this account and
on other accounts, city councils and
commissioners everywhere in the state,
will hesitate long time before they
will proceed along such uncertain.
lines.
Contractors Hesitate.
And then 1t Is stated by contractors
that they can not afford to place rea-
sonablc bids on work that is So much
in doubt unless the city stands spon-
sor. The old law. which is made a
part of the new law, had certain
method OF procedure. but left the rla:-
ter of paving intersections to the dis
cretion of the council. In most cities
of the state an Improvement luna, Sc
cured by small tax levy, was main
tanned to take care Of intersection
paving but in some cities the cost OF
Intersection paving was distributed
along the block abutting. The old law
read:
Section 7s2-a-When any city or
town council or board Of public works
levies any special assessment for any
public improvement against any lot
or tract of land. such special assess
ment shall be in proportion to the spe-
cial benefits conferred upon the prop
erty thereby and not in excess of such
benefits. Such assessment shall not!
exceed 20 per centum OF the actual
value of the lot or tract at the time
Of the levy and the last proceeding as
sessment roll shall be taken as prima
facie evidence of such va'ue."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24
BOTH OF THESE WOMEN d
OWE HEALTH TO PERUVA

Mrs. o. d. Robinson. No. 50 q.
Felix ST.. Brooklyn. N. Y. writes: II
have taken Peruna ana 1t did me more
good than all my two years treat
ment by special physicians. I can
really say that I feel like another
person. No more swollen feet and
limbs. No more bloating Of the ab.
domen. No more shortness Of breath.
No more stiff and sore joints"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24
Conrad News Notes.

Special to Times Republican.
Conrad, Feb. 24.-Miss Hope De-
trick was on the sick list last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Stevens have
a new baby girl at their home, born
Sunday morning.
The city officials started the new
engine Saturday and now we are using
water from the new well.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24
\ MRS. o.D.RoBINsoN.
Sick Headache Relieved.

Miss Nettie e. Bogardus. r. F. d.
81. Westtield. N. Y. writes: II have
been q great sufferer from sick head
aches. but am now entirely free from
that trouble. + have not felt SO we'll
in ten years as I do now.
II would recommend Peruna and
Manalin TO all sufferers"
Read Miss Bogardus' testimonial
over again. You will note that she
says she has been great sufferer
from sick headache. Well. there Is
nothing peculiar about that. Thou
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24

Another Paradox.
It's q strange fact that man can DO
used best a. tool when he 10 dull
Boston Transcript
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24
Nice Distinction.

LAwyer-"Do you mean to tell mo
that the plaintiff was drunk" Wit
ness-"Well, no: but you couldn't call
him ostentatiously sober.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-03-05
:, - AADA mill O1A|DAAZO possible prices
SNYDER-MILLER MFG. co.

Atwood says he began spring blowing
last week. and II not interfered with by
rain will begin sowing his spring crop
next week. That's certainly going some.
Word has been received by relatives
at this place that Mrs. Jacob vercler
of Opportunity. has returned home from
Rochester. Mimi, where she had been
receiving medical attention. Mrs Yer
cler is rapidly recovering from the effect
of the operations which she underwent
r. ]. Baxter was in from his home
eight miles north of this city last Sat-
urday transacting business with our
merchants. In speaking of the COM
ing second annual Horse Show. Mr. Bax-
ter stated he would be on hand with
some Of the fine animals he brought
with him from Kansas last year. His
team Of spotted Shetland ponies will
also be entered In the parade
Money to loan. M L. Ayers m5-tf
The Miller Hardware e. Implement Co.
report two car loads OF John beers and
Emerson plows and disc harrows on the
way, which will make 10 cars of these
goods in the last five years for Grange
Vile. These plows must be immensely
popular in this locality and must do
splendid work to be in such demand
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-03-05

For dining room furniture. see A. "
Overman.
| G. R. Westminster was In town this
week from his present home near Clear
water.
Mrs. Frank A Tamblyn returned last
week from visit with relatives in
Portland.
Do your washing with electricity at 8
cents per hour. Grangeville Electric
Light & Power Co.
WANTED-I want rs or 80 bushels Of
Little Club wheat. suitable for seed
FEN BATTY. 10 If
Hot Point Electric Irons guaranteed
10 years. $3.50. Grangeville Electric
Light & Power Co.
Peter Brockenour is in town from his
South Fork ranch attending to business
and laying in supplies.
Frank E. Wyatt, the Salmon river cat
tleman. is In the city this week attend
ing to business matters
+. z. Taylor and Edward c. Smith
were county seat visitors last week from
the Whitebird country.
ID. J. Edmenson and L R. Wisner
came over last week from the Caribel
country on county seat business
Have you Little Club or Red Chaff
seed wheat for sale? Would like sam
pies and price. WALTER HICKERSON
George Troeh. c. NJ. Gill and t. A.
Long will each ship a carload of hogs
to Portland next Tuesday and viii ac-
company the shipment
q. n Wysong. Henry wysong and
R. II. Russell were In the city last
week from the Pasco country looking
into real estate values with view to
investing.
Nels Swanson last week traded 120
acres Of timber Land south of town to
J. M. Olson for the brick building ad-
joining the Cash Grocery and Bakery
where Mr. Olson conducted his furni-
ture store.
Mrs. Mary Tilley came up from Low
iston last week and has been visiting
with friends and attending to business
matters Mrs Tilley expects to move
back here and take charge Of her farm
in few weeks.
J. M. Olson went out to the ranch
seven miles west Of town this week to
begin spring work. Mr.. Olson, who has
been In the furniture business here for
several years. says he is glad to once
more get back to nature.
Mr.. and Mrs. Saxby Boles were In |
the city last week visiting with friends
Saxby has been appointed deputy as
SCISSOR for his section of the country |
md will make a good one.
j. B. Leeper was in town Monday
rom his home at Clearwater When
he Globe reporter saw him he was
carrying a tax receipt in one hand
Ind a grievous crabtree cudgel in the
,ther Not desiring to furnish the
principal feature in funeral notice
he news gatherer did not follow up
the lead.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-03-05

Farm loans. A. F. Parker.
To get the news-Get the Globe.
For farm loans see G. M Butler
Sites, Idaho.
For Sale One bedroom set See A
". overman.
Before the fire see A. +. Parker fol
fire insurance.
Steam Rolled Feed. digester tankage
for hog feeding. Norwood Warehouse
Company.
Iron with electricity at cents per
hour. Grangeville Electric Light &
Power Co.
For Sales head young draft mares,
some in foaL Cheap for cash. Inquire
Of Holz & Son loft
Byron's Troubadours, the popular
musical troupe. will be In Grangeville on
Thursday. March 2Sth.
Mrs. George Briscoe Is very sick with
typhoid fever at her home two miles
north Of town.
Do your washing with electricity at 8
cents per hour. Grangeville Electric
Light & Power Co
Hancock carries q fine line of mould
ings to select from and will frame your
picture while you wait.
F. NJ. Ftazzell this week rented the
d. w. Mattox residence property In the
northwest part OF town.
FRESH COW FOR sALE-Have a No.
fresh COW for sale. Inquire of e. w.
Mattox. Grangeville. or o. J. johnson.
Sites. Idaho. 13-tf
bright little daughter arrived last
Friday night to brighten the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gotxinger. All are
doing well
Frank Taylor IL in the city from
The White Bird country visiting with
his family and attending to some bust
ness matters.
Hal Brown. the stockman. was in the
city last Saturday from his ranch ON
the Salmon river. Hal il stin buying.
feeding and shipping cattle
e. w. Aattox went to Sites this
week and arranged with J. M. Winfield
to come up and make some changes in
his residence property In this city.
N L. Ayers Ii now doing valiant SER
wee In connection with the George M.
Reed real estate and loan company.
having taken up the work last week.
e. w. Oliver was called to Waila
Waiia ON account Of the sickness Of
MRS. Oliver. who we understand viii be
taken to Hot Lake. Oregon. for her
health.
LoST-Between John Powelrs ranch |
ana Grangeville. Brown alligator purse |
containing broken ring. etc Return to |
Globe office or cal. Farmers III, Pacif-
ic phone. II 1
!. n. Roberts is In the city from Spok
ane in the interest of the Union Stock
yards at that place. Mr.. Roberts is a |
peasant gentleman and as his enter |
prise Is one In which this section is |
deeply Interested, he is meeting with |
good encouragement.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-08-20
FOR OLD CUMBERLAND ROAD.
Bill In Congress For Its Extension In
Four States as Pledged.

Bill In Congress For Its Extension In
Four States as Pledged.
The National Highway association
in calling attention to bill of Repre-
sentative Barnhart of Indiana for the
extension of the old Cumberland road
throws some light Oh the history OF
that highway
When in 1902 OHIO was admitted
to the Union" it says in recent
statement, the general government
gave it's written pledge that one-twen-
tieth of the net proceeds from the sale
Of AL public lands situated within the
state would be applied by congress to
the building of a national road from
tidewater on the Atlantic to and
were entered into by the government
with Indiana, Illinois and Missouri
upon their admission to tire Union
Subsequently the government sold the
public lands thus reserved and piedg
ed to the purpose of building of roads
and appropriated the proceeds to the
building of the Cumberland road in
Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia
Only Il small part of the money was
spent in any Of the public land states,
and none of it reached Missouri.
Representative Rarnhart's bin calls
for an appropriation of S5,O00.O00 for
continuing the construction and pro
riding for the maintenance of the
Cumberland road in those states.
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois are each to
get $1.O00,000 and Missouri SS2.0O0.0O0.
The bill a-thorizes the president to ap-
point three national highway commits
sioners to have full charge of con-
struction. repairs and maintenance of
the road. They arc to serve three years
and receive $4,000 salary each. The
road follows the route Of the National
Old Trails road and is Il part of the
10000 miles of national highways pro
pssed. The Cumberland road does not
touch Mr. Barnhart's district. but he
realizes. as Lincoln did, that no public
Improvement is so local as to be of no
general benefit"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-08-20
STAGELAND IN NEW YORK.
One Spot on Broadway the Mecca OF
Ali the Actor Folks.

One Spot on Broadway the Mecca OF
Ali the Actor Folks.
New York to IA actor means Broad
way and FortySecUnd street always
There is no place iii America like it
perhaps not ia the world Set in the
midst of Il city. tie theatrical district
Is IL city in itself with dcIizeIis. Gus
toms and even Il i;:nguage peculiarly
It's own Its frontiers .Itisft TO be
sure and they are invisible 5uI they
are as real and definite as stone walls
could make them \ block too far III
any direction and you are i'll the realms
OF business. society or boarding house,
but across the unseen boundary line
and presto. you are in actor land
Crowds OF carefully dressed people
saunte: up and down. stopping half a
dozen times in each block to gossip or
exchange enthusiastic greetings. The
men are clean shaven, with hard
Sharp cut faces. which somehow look
unfinished without makeup The wo-
men are consciously striking. whether
they are pretty or not. and their
clothes show absolute genius for ac-
centing every prettincss they have.
All Of them emphasize their individu-
ality. They have a constant air Of
feeling themselves observed and wish
ing toieave Il lasting Impression An
uutsider--o or "nonprofessionar' : looks
oddly neutral and ineffective beside
them. like a man In ordinary street
attire on a stage.
After all. it is more of a village than
a city. Everybody knows everybody
else. personally. by reputation or
through mutual friends. 1t is close
knit fraternity, this order of grease
paint. and beneath all the rivalry and
envy and insincerity there is a warm
and vital bond of comradeship.-Fr From
Anne. Actress" by Juliet G. Sager.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-08-20
VICTOR HUGO IN EXILE.
And the Attic Room In Which He
Wrote His Masterpiece.

A graphic description of a visit to
Victor Hugo in Guernsey and of his
quaint home there is given by the late
Sir William Butler in his autobogra-
ply:
.Of the many curious things to be
seen In Hanteyile house the masters
sleeping room was the strangest. He
had built it on the roof between two
great blocks of chimneys. You as
cended to his workshop bedroom by
stairs which somewhat resembled a
ladder. Quite half of the room was
glass. and the view frou it was mag
Eiticent The isles of Jethou and Sark
were in the middle distance. and be-
yond lay many mile of the Norman
coast. Alderney lay to the north, and
beyond it one saw the glistening win.
doWs of the triple lighthouses of the
Casquet rocks and still more to the
right the high ridges overlooking Cher
bourg. The bed was small camp
bedstead. with Il table OH one side OF
1t and u small desk chest of drawers
on the other, with pens. ink and paper
always within reach.
Near the bed stood small stove.
which he lighted himself every morn
ing and on which he prepared his cafe
au lait: then work began ut the large
table which stood in the glass alcove
a few feet from the foot of the bed
This work went on till it was time t.
dress and descend to dejeuner in the
room on the ground floor already de
scribed As the sheets of writing pa
per We're finished they were number
ed and dropped on the floor. to be
picked up. arranged and put away In
the drawer desk at the end of the
mornings labor He called the writ
ing table his carpenters bench and
the leaves which fell from it his shaw
ings
ut was at this table and in this airy
attic that most of the great work OF
his later life was done. Here were
written Les AIiserables.' Les Traveil
teurs de In Mer' and many volumes oi
EOptry
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-08-20


POORLY CONSTRUCTED ONES.
has developed the conclusion among
experts that substantial. we'll built
roads suffer less than those whicl, are
unsubstantial and poorly constructed
Mixed automobile and horse traffic is
more damaging to bituminous snrfaees
than the same volume Of automobile
traffic. He said nonskidding devices
prevent damage from side slip. but
have a shearing or grinding effect Oh
the road and are damaging. especially
to earthen. gravel and water bound
broken stone roads.
The suction of the automobile tires
prevents the binder from settling back
when wet. the stones lose their sup.
port and become dislodged AS every
piece acts as key to those surround.
ing 1t. the displacement of the surface
Professor Easily said. proceeds at an
accelerated rate. Stones in the lower
course then suffer a like displacement
While the damage at first appears to
be confined to the surface. III reality
it is not. for with the failure of the
surface the road is no longer water
tight The subgrade. or support, then
Is loosened and depressions result.
Stone roads adapted to mixed traffic.
must have well compacted subgrades.
the speaker said. They must be well
rolled to secure close interlocking of
the stone and must be thick enough to
distribute the wheels loads over so
large ;tn area of the subgrade that the
intensity of pressure thereon will. not
exceed its supporting capacity
Maintenance cost Of wafer bound
broken stone road has increased great.
~ since 1907. the professor said In
New York this increase has been from
about $500 to $1,000 mile per year
In Massachusetts, it has been from.
Sl2o 10 1875. but Professor Easily said
that since the roads have been put iA
condition for automobile traffic the
cost of maintenance should be much
less.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1914-08-20
South African Lame Sickness.

An investigation of the South Afri
can disease known us lainziekte. or
lame sickness. suggests that 1t is due
to a special plant poison that Is gen
Grated under abnormal eopditions in
grasses or other plants that are nor
mally harmless. Its development seems
to be associated with unusual weather
and soil experiences. of which summer
drought is important. Through such
conditions whiting would favor the for.
nation Of the poison. and this gives
explanation for the common belief that
the disease results from eating wilted
rlHntS