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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-09-10
Rural School Township Picnics.

Twelve big rural school picnics will
be held in our county next week, Sept.
1873 Wewill promise you a:good time,
rain or shine, SO we want you all to
come out. We want you to meet your
new teacher if you have one; we want
you to greet your old teacher if you are
lucky enough to get her back; we want
you to shake hands with your neighbors
and friends; and we want to meet you
all, teachers, directors. patrons and
pupils.
This year the new vocational sub
jects; domestic science and manual
training must be introduced into all
of our schools, and we want to talk
over our plans with you. Prof. R. X.
Farrar, of Ames, will talk to you on
Agriculture and Manual Training, and
l shall explain cur plans for Domestic
Science.
Following is our schedule for the
week:
Monday jamestown Oak Dale5.
Wednesday Albion Nichols) Vernon Sp gs. I
Thursday New Oregon Paris
Friday Howard Center Saratoga
Saturday Howard 10 Alton
Each township will have picnic din
ner. Mr.. Farrar and myself will be
with those in the first column at 10 a.
M, and those in the second column at
2 p. m. Games and atlethic stunts
will be held the half day we are not
there. If there are any changes in the
schedule, notice will be sent your
teacher.
This promises to be the best year we
have had. We have the best corps of
teachers and we want you to under
stand their work and to help to make
it the most successful year for the
pupils. Don't forget the date and the
place of the picnic in your township.
County Superintendent,
Howard County.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-09-10
S1.OO PER YEAR
The Best in Marble and Granite Monu-
ments at a Reasonable Price.

If you wanted pair of shoes made
to your order you wouldn't place your
order at shoe store unless the mer-
chant had a practical and competent
shoemaker and knew when you were
getting sheep skin or calf. It is the
quality of the leather that makes the
shoe wear.
Why shouldn't you use the same
judgment in placing your order for a
Monument or Cemetery work as in
buying pair of shoes.
My many years in the monument
business and as a workman enables me
to distinguish the difference in the ma
terial and workmanship in a monument
that many who are in the business can
not. have madc study of the differ
ent kinds of GRANTEES and the different
workmanship, so am able to tell when
an inferior grade is used.
If you buy monument of Barre or
Quincy or any of the better grades of
me, nothing but the kind of granite
your work calls for goes in the work.
No substitutes go here. My stock is
complete and you will find many new
and beautiful designs here in the differ.
ent kinds of granite, and the price will
surprise you when you come to look at
them. 1t would be to our mutual in
terest for you to call and look them
over at the first opportunity, If not
convenient for you to call, write or
phone me and 1 will call on you. Why
not save agents commission, as en-,
ploy no agents. Now is the time to
place your order for this fall or spring
as there is certain to be raise March
1st, 1916. The monuments.I have were
bought before the raise in prices May
1st, 1915, so am able to give you good
work at low prices.
l have the monuments, you have the
money. Your loved one needs monu-
ment, need the money, so lets get
together and see what we can do.
CLAUDE WEATHERFORD
South OF Court House,
3-4t Cresco, Iowa.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-09-10
Selling Hogs at Half Price.

w. j. Webster recently sold one of
his big type Poland Chinas to E. w.
Kresher, breeder, of Vinton, Iowa,
for SIS, and few days ago received q
letter from Mr.. Kresher stating that
he had sold the animal at an auction
sale for $167.5O. Will says he isn't q
bit sore because Kresher more than
doubled his money, that it just goes to
show the quality of stock he is breed
ing and selling. Our Howard County
swine raisers should not let such stock
leave the county.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-09-10
cREsco HOWARD COUNTY, IOWA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER
The Story.

The success of Harold Bell Wright S
novel; ''The Shepherd of the Hills"
made into play by its author in col
Elaboration with Fishery w. Reynolds
has proven just as big on the stage last
year as, in book form, it does in the
book stores.
The story of the play is based on a
somewhat dramatic plot of mystery.
An unknown comes into the Ozark
mountains and because of his clerical
bearing and readiness to ofticiate for
the regular pastor of the mountaineers,
portion of his disguise is penetrated.
The mountaineers who live so much to
themselves are willing to let the man
live the life Of prartial recluse. He
makes friends with one family and vol
unteers..for the place of shepherd. In this
guise:he attepmts to expiate the wrong
doing of his son, who several years
previously had come into the mountains
and wronged one of the young women.
Her father has vowed deadly vengeance
on the betrayer of his daughter, but he
has disappeared, leaving no trace of
his whereabouts. 1t is generally sup
posed that he is dead. The good shep-
herd wins the love and respect of the
mountaineers, though at one time his
life is endangered by lawless band of
mountaineers who suspect he is rev.
nue. officer.
There are many dramatic episodes in
the play, but its strength lies in the
unfolding and development of its char
acters. The shepherd is most i'm
pressive figure, mentally and physi-
cally. The young woman who is the
heroine of the story is untrammelled by
the conventions of the town and had
good red blood in her veins. With the
aid of the shepherd she polishes her
mind so that she becomes young
woman of culture and refinement. Then
there is the young mountaineer, whose
love is honest and sincere and who
downs the champion bully and strong
man of the mountains in a marvellous
contest of strength and endurance.
Then there is the uncanny youth, who
wanders like will-o' -the-wisp across
the mountains and is the means of
finally bringing happiness to the shep-
herd and restoring the good name of
the mountaineer's family.
There is much atmosphere OF the
hills pervading the play. And in max
ing the production, Messrs. Gaskill and
MacVitty, the producers, it is said,
have supplied some beautiful and real
istic stage pictures.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-09-10
Valdez College, Decorah, Iowa.
;OURSE OF STUDY

COURSE OF STUDY
l. Common English. Course One Year
2. Teachers Review Course Three
Months.
3. Teachers Preparatory Course in
the Common Branches One Year.
4. Elective Course.
5. Commercial Course Six Months.
6. Shorthand and Typewriting Course
Six Months.
Z. Complete Combined Commercial
and Shorthand and Typewriting
Course One Year.
8. Partial Combined Commercial and
Shorthand and Typewriting
Course Nine or Ten Mouths.
9. Two-Year Business-Shorthand
Course Two Years.
10. Penmanship Course.
Valdez College comprises the follow
ing schools:
Valdez Business College,
Valdez Normal School,
Valdez Shorthand School
This triple combination of education
al facilities offers unusual opportuni-
ties for the poor boy and girl who may
be desirous of obtaining an education
that will prove to be an asset in real
life.
Valdez College is chartered by the
State of Iowa, and it offers to it's pat
rons the highest standard of efficiency.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-09-10
For Sale.

Yellow canary singers. Enquire at
this office
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-09-10
Band Concert at DEBORAH Next Sunday

The Decorah Band will give a free
concert in the city park at Decorah
next Sunday afternoon and evening,
weather permitting. The people of
Decorah invite the people of Cresco to
be their guests on that date and enjoy
the music with them.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-09-10
Adventist Church Notice.

The live subjects lectured on during
the revival meetings at the tent are
now being continued at the regular
services. You are invited to the Satur-
day 2 p. m. services and Sunday 7:3O p.
m. Subject 1.-The Parable of the Ten
Virgins" Everyone welcome. 81
PASTOR E. w. WOLFE.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-09-10
OBITUARY
Ohmacht.

Christina Ohmacht, nee Grotzka
was born July IL, 1884, in Loitz
Pommerian, Germany, and died ii
the hope of eternal life in Cresco, 10
wa, Sept. 4, 1915, aged 81 years,
month and % days.
Sister Ohmacht grew to woman.
hood in the land of her nativity, and
in the year 1860 she came to the U
S., settling in harrington, Ill. The
same year she united in marriage
with John Ohmacht who preceded he1
in death Is years ago.
To this union were born eight chill
dren, five of whom are left to mourn
the loss of mother They are as fol-
lows: VIM. Ohmacht, Danvers, MINI.
Mrs. Emma Frank, Chicago, I'LL.
Sam Ohmacht, Oak Park, Mimi; Mrs
Ida Burnickel and John Ohmacht OF
Cresco, Iowa; also three step-chil-
dren. She also leaves twenty grand
children and many other relatives and
friends.
Shortly after coming to the United
States Sister Ohmacht experienced a
change of heart, being converted un-
der the preaching of Bishop Esher.
For over IS years she loved and
served her Savior and improved every
opportunity of testifying to what God
had done for her.
She rests from her labors and her
works do follow her.
Funeral services were held in the
German Lutheran church Monday af-
ternoon conducted by Rev. Pless and
Rev. Scholer and burial was at Oak!
lawn.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to return our sincere thanks
to the friends and neighbors for their
assistance during the last illness of our
mother, and for sympathy, assistance
and the beautiful flowers after her
death. THE CHILDREN.
LUNDAK.
Victoria Hron was born in Bohemia
in 1884. She was married there to
Joseph Lundak in 1858 and in 1867 they
immigrated to this country, settling in
Howard county near where Protivin is
now located. She passed away Aug.
10Th at the homeJof her son John in
New Oregon, at the age Of 81 years,
months and 6 days. She leaves to
mourn her loss, her husband and son,
the only other child of this union dying
in infancy.
The funeral was held Aug. 10Th, con-
Quoted by Charles Pergler and the re-
mains laid at rest in New Oregon ceme
terry.
CARD OF THANKS.
We desire to express our sincere
thanks to our friends and neighbors,
for their assistance during the illness
and after the death of our wife and
mother, and for the beautiful flowers.
Joseph Lundak and family
Cheyenne record., 1915-10-07

of his life to a distinguished limp In
his right leg. that he had done all that
was expected of him. He developed
an ecstatic devotion to the captain,
impossible for any human heart ade-
quately to return. He followed Sab
ron like shadow and when he could
not follow him, took his place on a
chair in the window, there to sit, his
sharp profile against the light, his
pointed ears forward, watching for the
uniform he knew and admired extrav-
agantly.
Pitchoune was a thoroughbred, and
every muscle and fiber showed it,
every hair and point asserted it, and
he loved as only thoroughbreds can.
You may say what you like about mon
grel attachments, the thoroughbred in
all cases reserves his brilliancy for
crises.
Sabron, who had only seen Miss
Redmond twice and thought about her
countless times, never quite forgave
his friend for the illness that kept him
from the chateau. There was in Sab
ron's mind, much as he loved Pit
choune. the feeling that If he had gone
that night
There was never another invitation!
"Voyons, mon cher" his colonel
had said to him kindly the next time
he met him, what stupidity have you
been guilty of at the Chateau d'Escli.
gnac?'
Poor Sabron blushed and shrugged
his shoulders.
81 assure you." said the colonel,
that I did you harm there without
knowing it. Madame d'Esclignac, who
interest and sympathy. who your very
sick friend could be. AS no one was
very sick according to my knowledge
told her so. She seemed triumphant
and saw at once that I had put you
in the wrong"
1t would have been simple to have
explained to the colonel, but Sabron,
reticent and reserved, did not choose
to do so. He made very insufficient
excuse, and the colonel, as well as the
Elarquise. thought i'll of him: He
learned later. with chagrin, that his
friends were gone from the Midi
Rooted to the spot himself by his du.
ties, he could not follow them. Mean.
while Pitchoune thrived, grew, cheered
his loneliness. jumped over stick,
learned a trick or two from Brunei and
a great many fascinating wiles and
ways, no doubt inherited from his
mother. He had sense of humor
truly Irish. power of devotion that
we desigr ate as canine no doubt be.
cause no member of the human race
has ever deserved it.
Cheyenne record., 1915-10-07
COULDN'T BLAME THE GIRL
Business Delay a Trifiins Matter &c
Fair Malden Who Had Misiaid
Articies Of Apparel.

The twenty-year-old daughter of the
president of one bank, director of two
others and a railroad or two stood be-
fore her dressing table in a brown
study. Meanwhile
Three men, each one of whom want
ed to make loan Of a hundred thou
sand dollars, paced the floor.
Her father sat inwardly fuming In
the auto while hundred business let
ters remained unread.
Twenty clerks paused until the work
OF day could be given out.
Six cylinders, accomplishing moth
ing, buzzed on.
-Four servants, leaving their morn
ing's routine, rushed aimlessly about.
And the girl called: ooh, papa. it
isn't my fault. / cannot find my
gloves!"-Life.
Cheyenne record., 1915-10-07

Then Madame d'Esclignac knew that
she was beaten and that she owed
something and was ready to pay. The
chauffeur got upon his seat and she
asked suavely:
Won't you let US take you home.
Monsieur sabron?"
He thanked them. He was walking
and had not finished his exercise.
AT all events" she pursued. NOW
that your excuse is no longer a good
one. you will come this week to din
ner. will you not?"
He would. OF course. and watched
the yellow motor drive away in the
autumn sunlight. wishing rather less
for the order from the minister Of war
to change his quarters than he had
before.
Cheyenne record., 1915-10-07

The terrace waA deserted and leaves
from the vines strewed It with red and
golden specters. Pitchoune raced after
them. for the wind started them flying.
and he rolled his tawny little body
over and over in the rustling leaves.
Then q rabbit, which before the ar
rival of Sabron had been sitting COM
fortably on the terrace stones. scut-
tied away like mad, and Pitchoune,
somewhat hindered by his limp. tore
after It.
The deserted chateau, the fact that
there was nothing in his military life
beyond the routine to interest him
now in Tarascon, made Sabron eagerly
look forward to . change, and he
waited for letters from the minister of
war which would send him to a new
post.
The following day after his visit to
the chateau he took walk, Pitchoune
at his heels, and stood aside in the
highroad to let yellow motor pass
him. but the yellow motor at that mo-
ment drew up to the side of the road
while the chauffeur got out to adjust
some portion of the mechanism. Some
one leaned from the yellow motor win
dow and Sabron came forward to
speak to the Marquise d'Esclignac
and another lady by her side.
"How do you do, Monsieur? Do you
remember us?"
(Had he ever forgotten them?) He
regretted so very much not having
been able to dine with them In the
spring.
And your sick friend?" asked
Madame d'Esclignac keenly, did he
recover?"
YES" said Sabron, and Miss Red.
mond. who leaned forward, smiled at
him and extended her pretty hand
Sabron opened the motor door.
What a darling dog!" Miss Red
mond cried. What bewitching face
he has! He's an Irish terrier, isn't
he?"
Sabron called Pitchoune, who di.
verted his attention from the chauf-
Cheyenne record., 1915-10-07
MAMKlND'S DEBT TO BIRDS
Work Done by Winged Carriers Of
Seeds Is as General Thing
Underestimated.

Now and then we see thriving bit
Of grass or Towering plant perched
IN some impossible niche, high in a
wall or chimney. Sometimes the wind
kas carried the seed there and with
tho help of little dust and some rain.
the seed has found sufficient encour-
agement to sprout
But 1t ts not so often the wind as 1t
is the birds. who have deposited the
seed. Sometimes 1t has dropped from
their beaks In flight, but more aften 1t
has passed undigested through the in
testihes and falls well fertilized to
sprout. This is especially true In dry
seasons, when tho birds swallow less
grit and so the seeds swallowed are
not 80 readily ground up.
II 1t were not for the birds our
Christmas supply OF mistletoe and
holly would be very scarce. as in the
case OF the parasite mistletoe especial
~, the seeds from the berries would
eaxsiy. without birds help. find their
Cheyenne record., 1915-10-07

feur to come and be hauled up by the
collar and presented. Sabron shook
off his reticence.
Let me make a confession" he
said with courteous bow. This is
my very sick friend Pitchoune was
at the point Of death the night of your
dinner and l was just leaving the
house when l realized that the help
less little chap could not weather the
breeze without me. He had been run
over by bicycle and he needed some
very special care"
Miss Redmond's hand was on Pit
choune's head between his pointed
ears. She looked sympathetic She
looked amused. She smiled.
1T was question Of life and DEATH
wasn't it?" she said eagerly to Sabron.
Really, 1t was just that" answered
the young officer, not knowing how
significant the words were to the two
ladies'.
Cheyenne record., 1915-10-07
CHAPTER v.
The Golden Autumn.

Sabron longed for change with au-
tumn, when the falling leaves made
the roads golden roundabout the Cha
teau d'Esclignac. He thought he
would like to 60 away. He rode his
horse one day up to the property of
the hard-hearted unforgiving lady and,
finding the gate open, rode through
the grounds up to the terrace. Seeing
no one, he sat in his saddle looking
over the golden country to the Rhone
and the castle Of the good King Rene.
where the autumn mists were like BAN
ners floating from towers.
There was a solitary beauty around
the lovely place that spoke to the
young officer with sweet melancholy.
He fancied that Miss Redmond must
often have looked out from one of the
windows, and he wondered which one.
Cheyenne record., 1915-10-07
Cost Of Living In Wartime,

Data published in the Statistische
Korrespondenz are figured out to indi.
cato the price Of wheat in Berlin. at
the end Of August, was Ok per cent
above the July 81 price. and that the
advance was 16A per cent at the end
OF September and 26h at the end OF
October. Rye had advanced 11h per
cent In August, Fix per cent In Sep
tember and 30h per cent in October
In England the Economists Index
number" shows the average price OF
cereals to have risen from 579 at the
end of July to 65h at the end Of Oc
tober, anc to 6s.3 at the end Of No
vember.-New York Post.
Cheyenne record., 1915-10-07
Useful In His Day.

Nobody mentions the sea serpent
any more" remarked the reminiscent
person.
"Yes," replied Mr.. Growcher, "and
I must confess miss him. The sea
serpent was one of our most useful
animals"
"But they say he never existed"
II don't care whether he existed or
not. He provided conversation about
the ocean that did not threaten inter-
national misunderstanding of any
kind"
Cheyenne record., 1915-10-07
A DOCTORS EXPERIENCE
Medicine Not Needed In This Case.

It is hard to convince some people
that coffee does them an injury! They
lay their bad feelings to almost every
cause but the true and unsuspected
one.
But the doctor knows. His wide ex-
perience has proven to him that, to
some systems, coffee is an insidious
poison that undermines the health.
Ask him If coffee is a cause of con-
stipation, stomach and nervous trou-
bles.
Il have been a coffee drinker all my
life, and when taken sick two years
ago with nervous prostration, the doc
tor said that my nervous system was
give up coffee.
Il got SO weak and shaky could
not work, and reading an advertise
ment of Postum asked my grocer If
he had any of it. He said, Yes and
that he used 1t in his family and it
was all it claimed to be.
so quit coffee and commenced to
use Postum steadily, and in about two
weeks 1 could sleep better and get up
in the morning feeling fresh. In about
two months l began to gain flesh. I
weighed only LAG pounds when COM
menced on Postum and now I weigh
167. and feel better than I did at 20
years of age.
Il am working every day and sleep
well at night. My two children were
coffee drinkers, but they have not
drank any since Postum came into the
house, and are far more healthy than
they were BEFORE" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Postum comes in two forms:
Postum Cereal-the original form
must be well boiled. 15c and 25c pack
ages.
Instant Postum-a soluble powder
dissolves quickly in cup of hot wa
ter, and, with cream and sugar, makes
q delicious beverage Instantly. 30c
and Soc tins.
Both kinds are equally delicious and
cost about the same per cup.
There's . Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocers.
Cheyenne record., 1915-10-07
influences Of the Moon,

The many and erratic motions of the
moon are so intricate that space here
is not enough for their technical ex-
PLANTATION. The most important of the
influences Of the moon is in its caus-
ing the ocean tides by its powerful
magnetic attraction. and 1t is an in
f1uence that Is best understood in its
effect by the mass Of the people. The
old superstition in regard to planting
and sowing. and in doing many other
things at certain time of the
moon" still fostered by few of the
almanacs and believed in by many.
was long ago made obsolete by the
development Of science and general In.
telligence.
Cheyenne record., 1915-10-07
Last a Iona Time.

Mrs. Murphy's husband was extreme.
ly i'll, SO she called the doctor and
then anxiously inquired as to the suf-
ferer's state.
II am sorry to say, madam" replied
the doctor gravely, that your husband
is dying by inches"
"Well, DOCTOR" said Mrs. Murphy,
with an air of resignation, ivan good
thing is my poor husband is six feet
three in his socks, so he'll last some
time yet"
Cheyenne record., 1915-10-07
Worth While Quotation.

The pleasure that we take in beauti-
full nature Is essentially capricious. It
comes sometimes when we least look
for 1t, and sometimes, when we expect
it most certainly, 1t leaves US to cape
joylessly for days together. We may
have passed place Thousand times
and one, and on the thousand and sec.
ond 1t will be transfigured, and stand
forth in a certain splendor Of reality
Cheyenne record., 1915-10-07
lmpedimenta.

cannot call riches better than the
baggage of virtue; the Roman word is
better, impedimenta; for as tie bag
gage is to an army, SO is riches to vir
tue; 1t cannot be spared nor left be
hind, but 1t hindereth the march: yea
and the care of it sometimes loseth o,
disturbeth the victory; of great riches
there is no real use, except 1t be in the
distribution: the rest is but conceit.-
Bacon.
Cheyenne record., 1915-10-07
PREMATURE BADNESS
Due to Dandruff and Irritation, Pre-.
vented by cutieura.

The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal. Daily
shampoos with Cuticura Soap and
occasional applications of Cuticura
Ointment gently rubbed into the
scalp skin will do much to promote
hair-growing conditions. II
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. KY,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.