Ben Davis, the Maynard base ballplayer has signed with, the Cedar

; Rapids team for 1905.

Seven prisoners were taken to Ana-, mosa from Manchester last week, hav-

ing been sentenced by the districtcourt.

Independence elected Charles Her-rick mayor, by a majority of eight.He is the first republican mayor intwenty-five years.

The roads are not passable, not evenJackassable, and if we would travelthem, we surely must gravel them.Greeley Home-Press.

The business men of Oelwein are

making preparations for a big Fourthof July celebration. A “HarvestHome, ’ ’ for the display of farm pro-ducts is to be a feature.

An Oelwein schoolboy has the recordof not missing a day in eight years,and has not been tardy. This willmake a continual attendance of 1140days, and is surely worthy of amedal.

We always knew that John Fellowsmarketed large numbers of eggs, butwere surprised yesterday to see hisbook which showed that during thepast two weeks his egg sales amount-ed to 129.15. This is from about 500White Leghorn liens. Riceville Recor-der.

Spring is Here

Out at Ruthven this state asuit has been brought against thattown for $5,000 damages, the result ofa fall on a cement sidewalk. Thewalk was in perfect condition exceptfor the smooth finished surface of thecement. The outcome of the case willattract much interest.

If a Hottentot taught a Hottentot totTo tot ere the tot could totter,

Ought the Hottentot totTo be taught to say “aught”

Or *

* naught?’ ’ or what ought to betaught her?

Or—If to hoot and toot a Hottentot totBe taught by a Hottentot tooter,Should the tootter get hot if the Hot-

¦ tentot totHoot and toot at the Hottentot tutor?

Mr. F. C. Leonard, representing theB. & B. Buggy company of Marshall,Mich., departed Tuesday with hisfamily for Decorah, lowa, where hehas been ordered by his house to es-tablish his headquarters. Mr. Leonardhad been a resident of Dubuque forthe past two years, during which timehe has made many w’arm friends whowill learn with regret of his departure.He is a genial, wliolesouled man andheld in the highest regard by all whoknow him. He has a very interesting

family, and Mrs. Leonard is a reflnedand accomplished lady.—DubuqueTimes.

Railroad Agitation at West Unioqm .

President Jack Dwyer, of thtf fol-mercial Club, haslowing committee to gfos., concern-and confer with Cftf the Waterloo,ing the Northern RailwayCedar F^'er to West Union; Mayorfrorn w. J. Ainsworth. Joe H. Neff,

* #"B. Thomas, W. A. Magner, and* J. M. Lisher. Lon Cass, the general

manager is now in the east but upon

his return about April first it is ex-

pected that the committee will meethim.—Argo.

N EIGHBORHOOD NEWSINTERESTING ITEMS OF NEWS

JL GLEANED FROM THE PRESSOF NEIGHBORING COUNTIES± A A ± A A

Population Fell Off.Assessor F. H. Soli has completed

the census of the town of Elkader andfinds our total population to be 1,225,a falling off of about 100 from thecensus of 1900 when we had 1,321. Oneof the reasons for tlie falling off is thefact that the state census does notinclude inmates of the asylum which,the national census did. Another isthe removal of men who were employ-ed in 1900 in the construction of themany handsome business structuresof which the town is proud.—Argus.

Boy Atacked By Buffalo Cow,Gala Burgess, little son of T. N.

Burgess who owns a large buffaloranch near Luana, was fright/gullybruised and nearly killed by a buffalocow which had with it a ijctle calfwhich the youngster want**! to see.As he entered the euelosuo the cowmade for the bov, pitched lim in theair and after rolling him ground in arough manner knocked hi»i against afence where the horns could jot reachhim. Screams attracted the Attentionof the father who saved the b«y fromdeath.

A few pretty sure signs of spring:An automobile ventured out tillweek ;

if you do not pay the first jalf ofyour taxes pretty soon you’J haveto pay penalty; the April meting ofthe board of supervisors wil! beignnext Monday, April 8; eggs ae onlyone and one-twelfth cents 'apiece ;

you can get all the old fshionedhorse radish you want; ore fourth of1905 has passed into histoy, theowlet hoots a startled cry; h 0 aver-age maiden’s fancy lightly /urns to

thoughts of new shirt waist, in fact

spring’s feathery verdur* is every-

where in evidence.—WaCfly Inde-pendence.

“Big Seven" Associate Meeting.Tne seventh annual ©ting of the

“Big Seven” Education Associationwill be held in Char 8 City, Fridayevening and Saturity April 14 and15. The sessions w; b® held in thehigh school bu“*n 8 The “BigSeven” is one of‘e and impor-tant educational¦ Bsoc iatious of lowa.The territory c 1 by it compri.

es the seve/K

R°* Fayette,

Chickasawwmer ’ Floyd,

Cerro Go•

Mitchell4ie agsooiation are,

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officers Sauderß> WeßtV-!^’Prudent, F. J. Conley, NewHampton-, Secretary. Clara M. Dal-ey CliAlies City; Chairman <om-

.Arrangements, Fredeie,|“\ttes, rnarles City.Scl*' 1

Aher a Manufacturing Plant.A plan \o bring to New Hampton &

manufacturing plant of considerablemagnitude « being talked of amon& anumber of o»r citizens. Itcontempla-tes the of a 40 acre tract oflaud near one \f the railroads runningthrough here, lotting it and sellingthe lots in the elort to raise the nece**sary bonus. Fm» SB,OOO tocan be raised and fcqh investor willreceive a lot worth ai Uiat pj mygfor it. The ieda is a oue aidhas been successfully jn oth*towns. In Genoa, 111., yearago a building was built as

New Cure For Cancer.All surface cancers are now know

to be curable, by Bucklen’s ArnicaSalve. Jas. Walters, of Duffield, Va.,writes: “Ihad a cancer on my lip foryears, that seemed incurable, tillBucklen's Arnica Salve healed it,and now it is perfectly well.” Guar-anteed cure for cuts and burns. 25c atWangler Bros, drug store.

Confessed Train Wrecker Indicted.Serick von Ketchlin, who confessed

to wrecking the Chicago Rock Island& Pacific Rocky Mountain limitedtrain near Homestead March 21, wasindicted for murder in the first degreeby the jury at Marengo. The indict-ment for murder resulted from thedeath ofA 1 Hotchkiss, engineer of thewrecked train.

Great Western Extension.Announcement, claimed to be

official, lias been made that the GreatWestern will build a line from Arispe,lowa, through Crestou, Greenfield andGuthrie Center to Carroll and thenceto Sioux City. It is claimed that thesurvey has been made and the terminalsand the greater part of the right ofway secured between Arispe andCarroll. It is presumed that the ob-ject is to tap the Sioux City busi-ness and incidently secure the grainand live stock products of north-western lowa and the Dakotas, whichnow go to Chicago, for Kansas City.

A Good Decision.“An lowa judge in a decision ren-

dered holds that a mortgage given onunplanted crops is void. If this de-cision is good it would seem to applyto the increase of a herd of mortgagedcows or a fioek of sheep as well, thetheory being apparently that a thingmust exist before it can be encum-bered. Joe Trigg.

Some more of that damnable “pre-ferred claim” deal, where one partygets in for a debt before the springplowing is done, to be due in thefall. Let the money lender, hotelman, lumber dealer and land ownertake iiis chances with the grocer, theblacksmith and the editor. Landowners have gobbied up the land forspeculation purposes and get priorityof landlord liens that cut out every!legitimate tradesman and business iman until he himself gets 'the “first!dig.” Let them take their chancesin lowa with everybody else in collect-ing their debts. If the crop “don’treach around” let them stand theirshare of the loss and farm their landthemselves or sell it to some whowill. Landlordism is the curse oflowa today. It is putting in a raceof renters who are serfs so far astheir crops are concerned. Downwith this legislation of “preferredcreditors.” The lawyer is the onlyman who can get in besides the land-lord although the doctors have triedawlul iiaru to make their claims pre-ferred ones also. That lowa judgedecided that a mortgage on prospectswas a “blue sky” proposition and hisdecision is just. Too many men liveon “prospects” anyhow.—Britt Tri-hnne.

Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy the Best andMost Popular.

“Mothers buy it for croupy children,nnnJWl men buy it for severe

and elderly peopla buy it forl® * ’’«»y Moore Bros., Eldon,uuoa more of Chamber-kind

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K medicine8 the best that can be pnx~, rwi i fnP

coughs and colds, whether H be achild or an adult that is afflicted, italways cures and cures quickly. Soldby Engbertson’s Pharmacy.

Far a Weak Digestion.No medicine can replace food but

Chamberlain’s Stomach and LiverTablets will help you to digest yourfood. It is not the quantity of food‘taken that gives strength and vicor

Cream

Baking PowderUsed in Millions of Homes.40 Years the Standard. APure Cream of Tartar Pow-der. Superior to every otherknown. Makes finest cakeand pastry, light, flaky bis-cuit, delicious griddle cakes—palatable and wholesome.

Pr.ceßak.no Note-Avoidbakingpowdersmadefroraalum. They look like pure powders,

Powder Co„ and may raise the cake, but alumChicago. is a poison and no one can eat food

mixed with it without injury to health.

CLOVERThe Wallace Farmer and The Homestead bothurge farmers to use a large amount of clovereach year. It keeps the farm up and is veryprofitable. We have a fine lot of high qualityclover seed, and prices are not so high as youexpect them to be. Be sure to get a good sup-ply from us before seeding time.

Clover Seeds. Grain Cleaning.We also have Alsyke Clover,Alfalfa Clover, White Clover,and Crimson Clover. All re-liable seeds that will producea good crop. Our stock isso complete that you can getjust what you want just whenyou want it.

We do |wery fine work withour cleaning machinery atthe elevator. Let us furnishyour seed oats, seed barley,seed flax and buckwheat. Orwe will clean yours for youand do it as it should be done.Our equipment is extra fine.

Dwarf Essex Rape SeedIs a profitable crop to use for feed. Wefurnish the seed and it is inexpensiveand satisfactory.

N. H. Adams & Son,DECORAH, IOWA.

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Special Homeseekers Rates to pointsin the west and south west via the C.M. & St. P. R’ y. Tickets on saleApril 4 and 18, 1905. Limited to re-turn to 21 days from date of sale.

$5<.05 to Los Angeles, Calif, and re-turn via the C. M. & St. P. R’y.Account Head Camp Woodmen of theWorld. Tickets on sale April 10, 11,12. 13, 14, 1905. Final return limitninety days from date of sale. Forfurther information and choice ofroutes see S. V. Poter, Agent.

SALTGRANULATED or FINE BAR.REL SALT is a DEAD LOADon the market, and the manu-facturers have cut prices 10cto make it move.

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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENTNotice of the Appointment of an Executor

°f the estate of Charles IludolDh deceased.notice is uereoy Riven that the subscriber° dulya PP°* n hKI Executor of the es-

CHARLES RUDOLPH.late of Deoorah Township, in the County ofWinneshiek, Btate of lowa, deceased, testateand has taken upon himself that trust by *iv-ng bonds as the law direct*. All persons hav-ing demands upon the estate of the said de-ceased are required to exhibit the same; andpc non ß indebted to the said estate are calledupon to make payment to io-t

GUSTAV NOECKER Executor;C, 8. BOICE, Attorney.

D ated at Decorah, lowa, March 6th, 19(6.

Notice in Probate.TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN;

You and each of you are hereby notified toappear at the Court House in the city ofDe-cora*l in Winneshiek County, lowa, on theBth day of May.. A. D., 19fti, at 1:30 o’clock P.M., to utend the probate ofan instrumentpurporting to be the last will and testameut

of ISABEL BERGAN,rU> of Madison Township, In Wlnneshelk

deceased, at which time andappear and show cause, Ifany,why side will should not be admitted to prol

anHK^iBtmony whereof Ihave hereunto sub-and a£Bxed the seal of saidoffice, tliß 27th day of March 1906.

ia . 8. E. BRICKNER,Clerk District Court.

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A Building Year for lowa.This is to be a building year for the

state of lowa. Fully a million dol-lars willbe expended on the state’s

institutions. Of this half a millionwillbe expended by the board of con-trol. It has $125,000 available for the

proposed asylum for inebriates atKnoxville; $55,000 for the asylum for

feeble minded at Glenwood; $120,000

for improvements at the Cherokee and

Clarinda hospitals for insane; SIOO,OOOfor improvements at the penitentiariesand about SIOO,OOO for improvements

at Davenport, Eldora, Marshalltown

and Mitcliellville. The capitol im-provement commission at Des Moines isexpending a quarter of a million andimprovements under way or in con-templation at the state university andthe state agricultural college willcost $700,000. lowa has certainly

made liberal provision for her educa-

tional institutions and the caro of de-

fective or dependent classes. —Sabula

Gazette.About Rheumatism.

There are fow diseases that inflictmore torture than rheumatism andthere is probably no disease for whichsuch a varied and useless lot ofremedies havo been suggested. Tosay that it can be cured is, thereforea bold statement to make, but Cham-berlain's Pain Balm, which eujoysa n extensive sale, has met with greatsuccess in the treatment of this di-seases. One application of Pain Balmwill relieve the pain, and hundredsof suffers have testified to permanentcures by its use. Why suffer when

Pain Balm affords such quick relief

and costs but a trifle? For salo by

Eugbertson’s Pharmacy.

a bonus to a shoe factory to locatethere. Tho factory started wit* 75

employes and has been in successful

operation ever since, employing nowmore than 200 people.—Tribune.

Attempted Suicide.Mrs. Aivley, whose home is in Fay-

ette but who has been separated from

her husband for various reasons, at-

tempted to take her life by taking

poison, but was frustrated by the

timely arrival of medical aid, and will

recover.Mrs. Aivley lias been tho sole sup-

port of her two sons, aged 5 and 7

years, by working out. It so happens

that the oldest child was at Fayette,

and the youngest with his mother,

who had been working in Oelwein.She went to Fayette Thursday, taking

the youngest child with her, to visit

her son. Upon her arrival, she learnedhe had been abducted, and taken to

Minnesota. She returned to OelweinThursday evening, heart-broken, des-

pondent, and tired of life, and was

determined to end her existence. The

unfortunate woman is now couvaloscing at tho home of a kind lady, andit is to be hoped that the one who

took her child, will be brought to

justice.

Plana to Get Rich.

are often frustrated by sudden break-down, duo to dyspepsia or constipa-tion. Brace up and take Dr. King s

New Life Pills. Thov tako out thomaterials which are clogging yourenergios, and givo you a new Btart.Cure headache and dizziness too.

At Waugler Bros., drug store; guar-anteed.

> the system, but the amount di-eted and assimilated. If troubledi»h a weak digestion, don’t fail toin* these Tablets a trial. Thous-use2j?ve been beuefltted by theirsale 1 * 1 jsf or,ly cost a quarter. For

Engbertson’s Pharmacy.

Special City Election!To the Elect.

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Whereas’, the City of Decorah, Iowa:and 721 ofvccordance with Sections 730twenty-five Code of lowa, a petition oflive wards, ifty owners of each of thebeen filed in of Decorah, lowa, bussion to a yoteivwe, asking for the submis-speclal city eletr 'ectors oi said city, at apose by me not ; tlbe called for such pur-quest lon of gmij to n April 34th, 1006, thecompany or prl4 J 7 Hedges, or suchorganize, a franc tlon

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operate a gas wt. l maintain andWith all the '* Ji lc’UyofDeoowhtern, trenches, P 1 rnatna fll-ery, apparatus bui^,for a term of twenty or wor £ g

Whereas, by »aldU*p. an<fu orK8 ’

of lowa, the Mayor l,bor£ihe “»d Codeed, upon the filing andsuch question to a v<r * Sn, to siramit

Now Therefore, nI, F. W. Daubajy, MJS the dfled thatcorah, by authority me vested of I)©.name and appoint Md th# 24th w<3byApril, lUOS, as thelion, at which said Jon the followln,question will be subnA to v<>u* Uf tbesaid electors of the ofto-wlt:

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••Shall the city co-y* ' h ® city of De-corah, lowa, authorl Hedges, or suchcompany or as he mayorganize, to erect. irlQ ind operate, inthe city of Decorahworks, withall the necessary mains, filters,trenches, pipes, dn/“;“®r*». machineryapparatus and ““Id Works,for a term of twenll>

The polling plm*©*,” Sutton In thedifferent Wards, if ““

to-wlt-for the First WaA .Hotel; for theSecond Ward at 92lnP*l»y,8office; for the 'lhlAt ** city Hall-for the Fourth W.f?"**' House, No. 2;for the Fifth Wa WMI Town

‘ nflleeleeUonvoting1 preeluets shallof the same1 members as at tc*1

. 52*7 Election, ofMarch 27th,

Given under*ua » **ie 41th day of

Attest, F. M. HfLltyderk.

I The Annual Spring Ex= 11 hibit of “Ben Bear Fine §| Clothing” §gy WillCommence ========== |j|

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