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finance. He is thought to be more familiar
 with world conditions than any other man
 of his age, and he Is only 35 now. He has
 been brought into personal touch with
 financial, business and political life in
 many parts of the world He was under
 30 years of age when he drafted the nego-
 tiations which. if they had been perfected,
 would have brought to China $50,ooo,o0o se- cured in the United States for the purpose of perfecting the monetary system Of that country. These negotiations were abrupt ly ended because the dynasty of China was expelled and the republic organized. MT. Straight is satisfied that after the war there will be established new world re- lations, revolutionary in some of their aspects. He believes it to be vital if the United States is to seize and hold the opportunities that will be offered it. that our tariff system be so changed as to fla ciltate the seizing of these opportuni- | ties
 | That also is the view taken by John Hays Hammond. He, too, like MT Straight has been brought in close per- sonal touch with business and financial l life fin Russia, Africa and Great Britain and is also familiar with conditions In South America. He speaking for the flu ture, insists that 1t Is vital, at least after the war is ended. that the tariff laws of | the United States be rewritten and so drafted as to stand upon sound economic principles.
 The occasional remarks that have been publicly made by James A. Farrell. pres- dent of the United States Steel corpora | tion are often spoken of here as having
 been of inestimable value to our business | life MT. Farrell is qualified as perhaps no
 other American now is to speak of our
 trade relations with other lands. It was l under his guidance that the wonderfully
 compact and well perfected organization
 called the foreign sales department of the United States Steel corporation was built I up. It was under his eye and by his di- 1 rection that the exports of this corpora 1 tion's products increased by leaps and bounds after the year 1904. He has some times been called the greatest of Ameri- |! can salesmen and as a salesman he knows 1 thoroughly every commercial nation of the globe. He spoke at Philadelphia with even | greater emphasis than he has employed upon other occasions, confident that our | domestic business is rapidly gaining and pointing out the manner in which we may 1 first of all secure the commercial pres | tige with Latin American countries. SC | far as trade relations are concerned | which heretofore Great Britain and. tt some extent. Germany have enjoyed. Ad- | dresses of this kind all delivered within a few days indicate what the leaders oi American financial and business life are now doing or trying to do.
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Indiana Mans Kidney
 Troubles Disappear

After suffering many months from kidney trouble" writes w. R. Fox of Noblesville, Ind. and after having tried many remedies and prescriptions l purchased a box of Foley Kidney Pills. They not only did me more good than any other remedy I had ever used. but they positively set my kidneys right. Other members of my family have used same with similar results"
 From every state in the union come unsolicited letters telling of satisfac- tory results from Foley Kidney Pills. When the kidneys become clogged up. get sluggish. and filter and strain out of the blood only part of the poisonous waste matter. the balance remains and |circulates through the system. uric acid forms. and swollen. painful joints and muscles are the result.
 Foley Kidney Pills cleanse and tone up the kidneys. so that backache. rheu- matism. sore muscles, aching joints. annoying bladder disorders and irregu- |iarities soon disappsar. Sold every where
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-07
Recent Utterances of Lead ing Men Show How Con-
 diti0ns Are Improving,
STRAIGHT EXAMPLE
 NATIONS YOUNG MEN
Only B Years Old and Yet He Has Negotiated Some of the Worlds Greatest Financial
 Transactions
Rx HOLLAND

New York May 6.--(Special)-Early Ill the year 1t was occasionally reported ps
 those whose information was excellent that Canada might approach the Amer fcan money market with intent to negoti- ate a loan of as much as $l00 GOO, GOO. Can- ada was informed that in view of the at ttude of the administration at Washing ton toward propositions for floating III the United States loans issued by bellig- erent nations, 1t would be impracticable to place a Canadian loan in this country
 But those who are wise in matters of
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Mississippi Undertakers Elect Officers

Jackson. Miss, May 6.-(SpeciaL) The Mississippi Undertakers' association elected officers this afternoon, follow ing an executive session. and adjourned to meet next April in Biloxi. The of fcers elected were Lyman Bradford of Biloxi, president; J. B. Wilson of Greenwood, vice president; H. c. Smith of Meridian, secretarytreasurer. The delegates to the meeting were well en- tertained in Jackson. being shown every possible courtesy, and expressed themselves as delighted with their cfarU
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orio Tennessee river Q plant greater he The Muscle s pro enc Muscle Shoals % W gen
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Treating Him Royalty

From the Pittsburg Post.
 Who is that man you are wining and dining? He doesn't look as if he were accustomed to society,""
 q don't suppose he is He Is a burglar, or something of that sort
 And your entertain such man?'
 Certainly. You see, my husband 10 young lawyer and this Is his first case"
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tion both of whom addressed a convention which fas held last week at Philadelphia, have in common spoken with encourage
 ment of the business situation. While they were speaking the reports from the clearing house associations of the United States were furnishing excellent proof that they spoke with accuracy. None of them made mention of the somewhat vague and
 yet stupendous problems which are to alise after the war Is ended. Even the monthly review which was issued on May l by the National City bank leaves this subject in doubt. The circular reports that
 the belligerent nations of Europe have
 already negotiatN war loans which are
 in the aggregate s9, 300 000,000. These loans
 were negotiated for the purpose of se-
 curing bunds with which to pay the ex-
 penees of the war Should be war be pro-
 longed-as those who are competent to
 judge say that 1t will be-then these war
 loans are likely to amount to three or
 four times the sum now officially stated
 as the amount realized up to the present
 time
 nishes abundant food for conjecture or
 thought for the great leaders of finance in this country. Some business men are afraid that we may have a period char acterized by very great imitation in which turk the seeds of danger.
 Men of Great Ability
 Those who have recently spoken in Ok lahoma, Philadelphia and elsewhere are men whose abilities command the high est respect among men of affairs in this city. While a good many persons have disagreed with the Secretary of Com | merce, Mir Redfield, in some of the views he has expressed publicly, nevertheless there is frequnt commit about the ab ;.nt. fol, fo1r moi | ican business life and of the perfect sin ccrity with which he argues from his point of view. Mir Redfied was one o1 the first to predict some months ago tha' | the visible trade balance of the United States for the calendar year was likely tt | be $1,500 0OO,OO0. Many thought he wal over sanguine, but there are few who now disagree with his estimate. No ont | finds fault with the statement he made at Philadelphia that our visible trade bal ance for the fiscal year which ends or
 June 3 will be at least $1, ,0O0, GOO 900. or al most twice as much as in any previou! l fiscal year.
 l MT Redfield, however, still faithful tt | his ideals, defends the tariff law recent,
 adopted by Congress and in that respec differs with other speakers. These other' neither attack nor defend that tariff, bu 1 have spoken with earnestness of the neet some time in the near future Tor tn' United States to perfect truly economic | tariff law This thought was emphasized | by MT. Straight in his Muskogee address and his line of argument was somewha similar to the strongly suggested state ment which was recently made by c. w l Barron in his book, ''The Audaciou' | War"
 | MT. Straight is one of the younger gen
 eration who has achieved greatly II
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Elusive

From the Times -Picayune- Maud-Don't you think there are just as good fish in the sea as ever were caught?
 Mark-I don't know. But they are
 smarter, anyway.
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Safety First

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 F5e-I love you she-F Finei Hut 'sfor goodness sake don [ you
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FOrtescue.--Queen of the "Tark."
Continued from page y

were held July Of the same year and
the preaching was done by a Rev.
Dodd. Among those who helped to
organize this church we're the follow.
Ing: A. Is. welton and wife, Amanda
Shepherd, Permelia Morris, I. II.
Jones, Rich Oldham, Oliver Bush, ST.
]. @. Ilinkle and wife became mem.
bers Of this organization In isJ7. The
church was closed during the war.
In 1872 the edifice was destroyed by
lire, and the present brick structure
was built one mile north OF Fortescue
In 1873. This church Is now In a reg.
ular circuit OF the NJ. T.. church,
South, aid the Rev. o c. Lockar,
has this charge, who Ills his regu.
lar monthly appointment. His pre-.
decessor was Rev Capp.
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The Hits Orchard.

This article would not be complete
without giving some liberal space to
the great Jonathan apple orchard OF
ITO acres, located Just short distance
north Of Fortescue, and Is one OF the
conspicuous commercial arteries OF
that place. II Is a part OF the chain
OF orchards, owned by the George
lIiiz Company, OF indianapolis,
Indiana, who at that place have one OF
the largest cold storage plants IN the
great middle states, and Is among the
great exporters OF apples Of the
country.
This orchard Is under the manage.
ment Of &. T.. lIitl, who has hardly
reached his one and q half.score years,
and q man Of remarkable executive
ability, vim and vigor. lie knows an
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Property For Sale

consisting Of one corner lot In incest
part OF town. six'room house, two GOOD
cisterns with pumps, brick arch cays.
OIL Kinds Of fruit. For Particular
inquire OF RossRT SAALLwooD,
Oregon, No.
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sent over the Fortescue wire was that
oil John G. Hinkle to +. c. DUNCAN,
al Oregon.
While we had much data In our D..
brary pertaining to Fortescue, We are
especially indebted to J. Il. Hender.
son, the station agent; r. c. Brown.
lee cashier OF the bank; Bailey N.
Beesley, j. W. Hill, Chas. Craig, John
c. Hinkle, for additional information.
and to Uncle Fritz Walter for data as
TO the early mail routes. Also to
Hon. II. r. Alkire.
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apple from Il lemon, and knows every
feature Of packing anu how TO put his
product In shape TO command the best
market price. His equipment I'm
every details perfect, and the business
Is made q business, In It's entirety
Every tree Is as carefully cared for
and watched as the mother watches
and cares for her little one. Guilty..
alton, pruning, thinning out. no sprig
Is allowed to be overloaded: Il Is
allowed TO produce but one apple
HIS complete water works system en-.
ables him to irrigate his trees at the
proper time, and his monster spraying
outfit enables him to make war OF
determination on the apple pests,
which he does four and live times each
year. While the SESTiNEL's repres.
enta'ive was there his employers were
at this work for the fifth time.
When the picking season arrives,
Mr. Hitz brings to his place q large
force OF experienced apple pickers from
Arkansas, and these lie houses and
feeds on his premises, They are ex.
perts In their line, and every apple Is
carefully handled, and all inferior ones
are put aside, and classified, and
downs and mulilated ones are shipped
for cider and vinegar purposes. The
best are carefully packed In his own
made barrels, bringing experienced
coopers TO put up his barrels.
His cooperage building is 32x 4s feet
and under this roof In addition to his
cooperage, Is . dining room, kitchen, |
sleeping apartments In the second |
story. His force Of coopers are now at |
work making the barrels. Every con.
venience for the comfort OF his EN-.
ployers Is amply provided for. His
dining room has table capacity for
"a persons at one setting, and his
sleeping apartments for like mum.
Der. While, this Is not all his EN-.
ployes, he provides for the additional
number In other buildings on his
premises as to sleeping, while the eat.
Ing Is done In sqsds Of "a at q time.
At his busiest time he has from 60 to
Is men In his employ.
All his coopersge stuff IL shipped In
To "knock down" condition, and he
aas In many carloads Of this already on
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W blossom As the rose. Many OF those
VINO are Tue makers Of this section
so,,h go ~. wv. "o'ne", VINO nave come
and na,,oa.s 'o . VI 'ne oes, Schools
lion .nS 80 ~, s .e pen VI euucA
,as.,on" "s .snen 'onV'Ao'e pro-
Tbay a. sa.,. as ,' COURSES.
one ,nd ,n" 49, my "ne" 'ney see
,,a ...I,.' liz" ~" W Iuuse oeeI cat
.na ~ v, ". 'e'. ., VI planning
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Its Elevator,

John II Lynds, Of White Cloud
Kansas, who was Interested IN chain
OF elevators In various parts Of Kan,
sas and Nebraska, realized the impor.
lance OF Fortescue as Q grain center
and after Investigation lie concluded
TO put up an elevator, and about the
year 1900 he erected and put Into CD.
Grafton one OF the most complete Gle.
yators In this section Of the state.
While II Is was not as large as some
OF those IN Chicago, st. Louis or Kan.
sas City, It was OF 30 900 bushels ca
pacity, and Its equipment IS com plete.
On December 10, 1906, this elevator
and important factor In the business
interests OF Fortescue was totally de-
stroyed by fire, entailing . loss OF full.
ly si5, 900, whichwss partly covered by
Insurance. Mr.. Lynds at once took
steps to rebuild, and the present
splendid structure was rebuilt dur.
Ing the spring and summer Of 1907.
In June, 1914, John +. Iden, q well.to-
do farmer, In the big Lake" section,
purchased the elevator from Mr..
Lynds, and operated 1t successfully
until June OF this year-l9l5, when he
sold to j. W. Hill, who Is the owner,
and handles vast quantities Of the
grain OF that section. Its capacity Is
The same, and equipment every way
equal TO the original structure.
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Some Notes.

1 'NSsN's
Fortescue has no i3'story, concrete ed
store bulldogs, because they have tie
customary superstition pertaining to
the Is. Neither are these buildings
finished In marble and brass, witt,
tile floors, but are all modest frame
buildings, which cover much ground,
and they handle . large amount Of
merchandise and implements. the TO.
tai carloads received during 1914 be.
Ing u, the total tonnage being 0Oo,.
900 pounds.
Bailey NJ. Beesley, who put up the
trst business house In Fortescue, was
born New Years day, 1854, In the
state OF North Carolina and came to
Holt county In 1863. He attended
the Oregon school under the princi.
palship OF Prof. W. +. Drake and III.
ram Hershberger, and at one time be,
came the owner OF considerable land
In and about fortescue. lie still
owns II acres on the south OF Fortes.
cue, His wife was Margaret, daugh.
ter OF Elisha Minton, whom he MAJ.
ried In 1876, and have two children-a
son and daughter, and they have
jointly o children. Mr.. Beesley taught
school for few terms and at one
time taught the old Gordon school.
Mrs. Beesley has been q constant read.
or Of THE SENTINEL since It's birth In
1865.
Jacob Book, who laid out the first
town plat, Is now living In Mound
City, and was born In Pennsylvania,
May II, 1888.
DR.. John II. Minton, who laid out
the second town plat, was born In
that section and was the son Of Hen.
ry Minton, one Of the early.day set.
tiers OF that section, He died May 8, |
1905, at the age Of 4s years. His wild.
ow survives and is . daughter of Judge
A. W, VsnCamp, and teacher OF the
Fortescue school.
On the opening Of the depot for
business, telegraphic communics.
lion with the outside world was es.
tsblished, and the people were In
touch with Affairs by the electric
wire. The first private message to be
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1915-07-16

point perhaps, but they never dreamed
That within a quarter " century
they would SEE the changes and do
Nelopments that have and are now
taking place They never thought
that they woul see that section de.
reloped into tie great wheat belt OF
Holt county. Had you told these gen.
tlemen In 1883 when Fortescue be.
came q railroad station along the
banks OF the Tark that IL would be an
electric lighted town, have an eleva.
tor that would handle the second
largest amount OF grain In the county,
ana have bank with $4,000 capita
they would have suspicioned the
dreamer as NJ subject for an insane
asylum, but the section has been for.
tunate In having such men Is the Van
Camps, the Mintons, Alkires, Slater,
Hinkles, lden, Dukes, Brnkers, Craigs,
Howard, Stuarts, RAmsays, Romines,
Beesley, Rhodes, Leases, Hines, Jack.
sons, Wake, Loukemper, Adkin.
SONS, Malt'ns, Courtney, Blevins,
and Others, who have ever
had faith In the place, and
they have been puslers In making
Fortescue a commercial point OF much
Importance. The business interests
have SO grown that many OF
the substantial business men
and farmers saw the need
OF having banking facilities, SO
on Saturday, June 20, 1914, Q bank or.
ganization with $4,000 capital was Of. |
fected by electing A, W, VanCamp Is
John Il. Slater, Vice. presi-
dent; these two gentlemen with r. G. |
Brownlee, George II. Minton,J. T.. Al
kire, Geo. v. Hinkle and John f. Iden
the board OF directors. |
r. O. Brownlee Is the cashier. Mr..
Brownlee came from Horton, Kansas,
Ind has proven . most valuable &C..
luisition to the citizenship Of Fortss.
,ue. He Is most agreeable gentle.
nan, and has won his way into the
,ssrts Of oil the people up that way,
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hand, and Is now being put into sbap,
ready to receive the fruit-the famous
Jonathan apple.
As soon as car load Is u lcked 1 I is
shipped direct TO their cold storag.
plant at indianapolis, and are finally
disposed Of. The firm Is large export.
ers Of apples, and 1t Is does an i'm.
mense annual business.
In addition to being a specialist In
the growing Of apples, Mr., Uitz las
. fondness for the pure bred Red Jer.
sey Duroc hogs, and has, We believe.
one OF the finest hog houses the re-.
porter has ever seen: II Is PAX y feet
kept In the highest and mos, perfect
sanitary condition, and lie certainly
has some line specimens in this line
Ills breeding pens are 80 separated and
arranged tina, the mother can care for
her offspring without An, danger from
annoyance by others.
Ills barn Is 40 x 40 fee, and IA a,
every way an other model building
Ills place Is completely eou,nn,d
with all necessary buildings imnls.
men,s and machinery. necessary N,
Its economic management,
IIe has a comn,.,. go, -
system, the water being supnlIed hv
q never failing well 90 fee, deem An
engine pumps the water into n large
water tower, from which the water is
supplied to every building and his
orchard Is irrigated,
Mr.. Hitz has l72 acres IN his nlac.
and was formerly the Dr. John n
Minton farm. lie raises his own
feed, and does his own feed grinding
In fact Il Is almost AZ nea, ihs selt'
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County Court.

The July term Of our county court
was held last week, and II disposed OF
the following business, adjourning on
Thursday:
J. NJ. Roland filed his receipt for
800 to the credit Of the special road
and bridge fund, for the grading OF
the road leading east from the Rulo
ferry, Ia township 81, range 10, and
the court ordered an appropriation Of
go from the same fund, to aid In
such work, and Mr.. Roland was
named to superintend the work.
G. Il. Wright Was allowed . war
rant for els for six wolf scalps.
Coroner II. II. Miller was allowed
cost bill for 81 %, on holding inquest
on body OF William Fries.
Circuit Clerk Ed. Durham filed re.
port OF IL cost bills, amounting to
sJ7l.l5, as follows:
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Down at the Depot.

business at the Interurban railroad
station has been quite active during
The month OF June, and Agent Nor,
gan and his active crew Of helpers
have been as busy as bees.
The total tonnage handled during
June was '7i,iO9 pounds, equivalent
TO % car loads. In addition to this,
had the express handled been loaded
In minimum car, It would lave re.
quired two cars to bring It to this
station During the month In car.
load lots II
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The Passing and Coming.

In the passing Of those sturdy pio-
neers who have paved the way for the
development Of this section, they
left an equally industrious and Q deter
mined set Of sons, who had the
faith Of their fathers, and to these
came the task Of growth and develop.
ment, and they have made good In
every essential, and have builded
well and strong, for they have
brought 1t out Of . wilderness, and
made It bring forth much fruit. and
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and he Is one so constituted As to
grow more popular with the advance
OF time. Prior to his coming among
US lie Was assistant cashier In the
Bank OF Horton. Mr.. Brownlee Is
ably assisted by his good wife.
The list Of stockholders Is omposed
OF the following; the shares being sloo
each:
o. G. Jones, Everest, Kansas, 2
shares.
c. II. Sautter, Horton, Kansas, 2
shares.
II. c. Bro"nlee, Horton, Kansas, ~
shares.
c. w Craig, Fortescue, 3 shares
Joseph Loukemper, Fortescue, I
share.
Is. o. Atkinson, Fortescue, | share.
W. NJ. Courtney, Fortescue, | share.
j. u Martin, Fortescue, / share.
John y. lden, Fortescue, o shares.
W. Eben Smith, Mound City, 4
shares.
A. w. NanCamp, Fortescue, o
J. l.. Minton, Fortescue, o shares. |
q. u. Minton, Fortescue, o shares.
B' L. Hinkle, Fortescue, 1 share.
j. G. liinkle, fortescue, | share.
ID. +. Romine, Fortescue, . shares.
j. A. Williams, Fortescue, 2 shares.
A. W. Wake, Fortescue, | share.
Sallie Orwick, Fortescue, . shares. |
Jas. A. Duke, Fortescue, 8 shares. |
Geo. V. Hinkle, Fortescue, | share. /
John Il Slater, Fortescue, . shares.
Geo. W. Iiinkle, Fortescue, 2shares. |
j. q. Melvin. Mound City, I share. |
j. u Alkire, Fortescue, . shares.
j. T.. Blevins, Fortescue, I share.
Tie bank opened for business July
u, 1914, IN the business house former.
y occupied by John =. Iden. LISA
faihe structure, and II Is contemplate.
d to erect a substantial brick struc.
ure In the near future.
Tie banks first deposition was the
yearold daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
D. u tiiamp) Mlnton, and the first
heck drawn on the bank WAS signed
y John lden, and Was for the pay.
tent Of grain.
Its FIRST statement vas made IN DC.
ober, 1914, and It's deposits amounte ed .
0 tiJ,i?3. Prior to the establishing ,
the Bank OF Fortescue, all the
inking business OF this section was
one through tie banks Of Bigelow,
|ound City, Forest City, Craig and
RECON.