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OFFICIAL PAPER OF CITY AND COUNTY PLUCK, PROGRESS, PERSEVERANCE AND PATRIOTISM IN POLITICS PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS

VOL LIII. NO. 70. CRESCO, HOWARD COUNTY, IOW^RIDAY. APRIL 26. 1912 $1.50 PER YEAR

DELAVAL C R E A M S E P A R A T O R

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The Best Investment Any Cow Owner Can Hake

That's what nearly a million and a half of cow owners the world over have found the De Laval cream

separator to be.

A De Lftval farm separator costs from $35 to $160— according to capacity. It saves butter fat and produces a

cream of superior quality over any setting system or any other •eparator every time it is used—twice a day—730 times a year.

It involvci far less labor than any setting system, and runs easier, has greater capacity and lasts from two to ten times longer

than any other separator.

That's how a De Lava! separator saves at least its cost the first year, and frequently in • few months, and then goes right along saving

your money year after year.

We have an arrangement whereby you can make a partial Easiest payment at time of purchase, to turn;'

and pay the balance on such easiest toi liberal terms that your ma- wash, skims chine will more than aave the cleanest its cost while lasts the longest you are paying for it.

SOONER OR LATER YOU WILL BUY A

DE LAVAL

McHUOH & LUSSON CRESCO

High School Notes

Harley Gill was sick the fore part of the week.

Work on the orations has begun and the Seniors consequently are very busy.

There will be no school Friday on ac­count of the Big Five Teachers' Meet­ing.

The diadactics class, having finished their text book, are now taking a series of teats.

Several pupils in the higher algebra class failed and will be obliged to take the same subject next year.

Riceviile High School plays base ball with Cresco to-day (Friday) and our bjya go to Le Roy, Saturday.

• Fifty new folding chairs have been furnished for the school; they will come handy for the various programs.

Owing to the continued Illness of Miss Brown, the Latin and Grammar classes received no grades this six weeks.

The Roberto Society gave a program Thursday afternoon; this closed the programs of the different societies for the year.

BASE BALL.

The second game of the season was played on Friday last with Decorah on the grounds. Both teams made a pre­sentable appearance on their way to the grounds, but it did not take long after the game started to show both •ideB up.

Our boys went to bat first and batted Baker, the Decorah pitcher, pretty b*rd,; leading off with three long out­field hits. The inning ended with the •core of 3 to 0 in our favor. The Becond inning was uneventful, but in the third two more runs were brought in with two more long hits. The fourth inning brought in four runs, and two more long hits. This made the score 9 to 0 in our favor. From this time on the game was poor, both sides play­ing loose, Decorah bringing in two runs. The game finally closing 14 to 9 in our favor.

As in the previous game, Patterson was in the box and Plopper behind the bat. Patterson is going to make good and he pitched a good game even, though he had a sore arm; Decorah getting only six hits off him, while our men pulled off about fifteen hits fairly knocking Baker out of the box. ""Owing to the wetness of the diamond,

the outfield did not play as good as usual. This affected the entire team with the result that Patterson did not have the right kind of support.

M. E. Church Notes. The second sermon on the different

vocations of life will be taken next Sunday morning entitled "What the Bible says to. Doctors." The subject of the evening sermon will be "Feed­ing on Ashes." If you enjoy good music and singing you will enjoy these services.

The Sunday school is looking for you. It is being brought up to date in every department. There is a class for ev­eryone. The Epworth League is ex­tending an invitation -to every young person who is without a church home. They are making great (plans for the future. Gome and go with us and we will try to help you.

Coffee! Coffee! I You need not send away for your

coffee and pay a big price for it when you can buy coffee from the F. C. Woellstein Co., for less money and get better coffee. 1 have not put the price ot coffee up. Come and see me and leave your orders for your coffee and I will save you money and sell you bet­ter coffee than you can send tor. I will sell you 5, 10 or 25 pounds of coffee for less than you can get it from a Catalog House. You need not pay for the coffee before you get it.

F. C. WOELLSTEIN Co.

To the Republican Voters of Howard County.

I hereby announce myself as a can­didate for the office of County Auditor, subject to the decision of the Republi­can voters of the county at the Prima­ry election in June, and solicit the aid and support of all my friends.

FRANK PECINOVSKY.

Autos for Big Five. All auto owners who are to assist in

the sight-seeing-tour of Cresco for the visiting teachers, are requested to bring their cars to the M. E. church corner at 11 a. m. instead of at 12 o'­clock o n Saturday o f this week Please note the change of hour.

Don't be surprised if you have an at­tack of rheumatism this spring. Just rub the affected part parts freely with Chamberlain's Liniment and it will soon disappear. Sold by Fred Lowry.

You Do This Any Other Plow?

on *HE Emerson is the qply plow ever built on which a child, can lift a 200-lb. weight with her foot.l That is the proof of control in the!^

EMERSON FOOT-LIFT GANG Write for Our Free Book and let us showl

you what this means. You will never use I any other sulky or gang when you find out I how easily you or your boy can control anl

Emerson. It*s all foot control. No other I plow has the balance and the purchase I

of the Emerson. We have put the I I weight on the front wheels, close to the f

team, where It belongs. The friction Is carried on lubricated, dust-proof bearings. Strongest and most sub-stantial plow made. The Emer­

son has the advantage of all in weight. It is 90 to

100 Lbs. lighter Draft Than Others The way It carries the logd makes light work for the horses.

Every gang equipped with 2000-mile magazine wheel bo* and axles. ' You ought to know all about it. Our book is fuU of gang-plow sense.

Don't wait Send for it today. Also ask about the famous New Standard Wide-cut Mowers.

Hay for sale. S. A. CONVERSE.

Special post cards at Taylor's Studio.

Early seed potatoes for sale at Zbor-nik Bros.

Miss Tomina Johnson was up from Ridgeway Tuesday. '

Mrs. Fred Leffler was down from Bonair Wednesday.

Miss Nettie Mcintosh came up from Decorah Wednesday.

Mrs, Roy Nash and children visited in Bonair, Wednesday.

Mrs. Hallet and little son came up from Ridgeway Tuesday.

Mrs. Ben Offen and son were down from Bonair, Wednesday.

Miss Sadie Thomas was down from Lime Springs Wednesday.

Miss Ruesink came down from Lime Springs Tuesday afternoon.

Roy White left yesterday to do some surveying at Fairfeld, Iowa.

N. A. Blackburn, Lawyer; office opposite the National Bank.

J. J. Lowry returned Tuesday from a trip to West Concord, Minn.

Mrs. Harley Sanborn of Lime Springs was a Cresco caller Wednesday.

Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Davis were down from Lime SpringB Tuesday.

For Rent—A seven room house. En­quire of J. W. Wentworth, Cresco.

Mra. J. C. Young and children re­turned from Ft. Atkinson Tuesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Lockie, of Mclntire, at­tended tha funeral of Alex. Hutton.

Mrs. John Mathews and little son of Bonair were Cresco callers Tuesday.

Corn and Tame Hay for sale. En­quire of R. S. Caward, Cresco.

Car of good corn on track this week. F. C. WOEIXSTEIN Co.

Mrs. J. H. Jones went to Lime Springs, Wednesday, for a short visit.

A good Velie top buggy for sale. Thills and tongue. Phone 361, Cresco.

Mrs. Art Howland was down from Lime Springs between trains Tuesday.

GIKL WANTED—For housework in small family. Enquire at this office.

Hay for Sale.—Write or phoae Her­mann Kull, R. F. D. No. 7, Cresco, la.

Mrs. A. J. Cray and daughter were down from Lime Springs, Wednesday.

Mrs. A. Arnecon and daughters *of York, were Cresco shoppers W ednes-day.

Mrs. J. C. Beil and little son went to Austin Tuesday for a visit with rela­tives.

For Sale—A surrey in first class shape and but Blightly used. Enquire at this office.

Mrs. Lizzie Jones went to Chester Wednesday, to viBit her little grandson Donald Jones.

Martha Johnson left for Forestburg, S. D., Thursday to spend the summer with relatives.

Miss Martha Croxton came down from Bonair Wednesday for a visit with relatives.

Mrs. H. W. Schleuter returned Tues­day from a visit with her mother at Apple River, 111.

Mrs. A. Bronner and daughter, Mrs. , C. Worthwein were down from

Chester Tuesday.

Miss Matilda Schueller returned to Austin Tuesday, after a visit at the Will Wiest home.

Special invitation to graduates and school children to call and see samples at Taylor's Studio.

For Sale—Short-horn bull, three, years old, eligible to registry. Enquire of John Greenhalgh.

If you want a tarm loan at alow rate of interest, see American Loan A Trust Companv. Cresco. Ia.

Girl or woman wanted for general housework. Enquire of J. E. Doolittle or 'Phone EaBt .Vernon 1.

Mrs. W. D. Harter of LeRoy visited with her husband who is a patient at Mercy hospital, Tuesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Dinger were over from Lowther Tuesday to attend the funeral of Alex. Hutton.

Mrs. J. M. Clynch returned yester­day to her home in Waucoma after a visit at the V. Croatt home.

Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Jones and son P a u l l e f t T h u r s d a y a f t e r n o o n f o r Cedar Rapids for a few days.

Mrs. Frank McLaughlin returned to her home at Dubuque Tuesday, after a visit at the Orvine McHugh home.

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Emerson-Brantlngham Gov

ROCKFORD. ILL. Fool-lilt

Plows ai Standard

Mowers

Woods, Schneider & Herold, Cresco, la.

Iowa Gold Mine Seed Corn for sale— $3.00 per bushel.

W. H. WOELLSTEIN.

FOR SALE—Yearling Short-horn bull eligible to registry. Phone Rumsey 11.

A. E. FULLER, Rt. 6, Cresco.

For Sale—Timothy seed with some clover in it, but free from foul seed, $13 per cwt. Geo. Lybert.

In order to clean out my Evergreen stock I offer special inducements from April 29tb till sold. L. E. GRABAU.

SEED CORN—Iowa Gold Mine seed corn at $3.00 per bushell

W. H. vV OELLSTEIN.

Girl wanted to do general housework. Good wages paid to right person. Phone 136. ROBT. THOMSON.

Your chicks will thrive and grow if you will feed them Sherman's Little Chick Feed, for sale by ZborniK Bros.

For absolutely correct standard time, consult my Regulator—"right on the dot." W. O. SWENSON, The Jeweler.

Mrs. Willis Farnsworth and little son Raymond went to Bonair Tuesday for a visit with her aunt, Mrs. Wm. Fenske.

Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Thompson, of Minneapolis, spent several days at the I. J. Booth home, enfi'ute from Chicago.

E. H. Ransom, of Janesville, Wis., was a Cresco business visitor this week, returning home Wednesday evening.

Mrs. Daniels and Mrs. Frank Lim­beck returned yesterday to their home at West Union, after a visit with Cres­co relatives,

Lewis and Charley Bronner were called home from Bluffton on account of the illness of their father, Mr. Michael Bronner.

Mrs. W. H. Alleman will continue the work done by Mrs. Cady in all lines. Residence at C. W. Farns­worth 'B. Phone 219.

After 2 p. m., Thursday, May 9th, is the day to see Dr. Weber, the eye and ear doctor who cures at the Stroth-er House. Examination free.

FOR SALE—My nearly new house with barn. Enquire of O. W. Clark, Cresco, Ia., or write Ralph Clark 190 North 17th St., Portland, Oregon.

On Friday and Saturday of this week, April 26th and 27th, I will pre­sent each purchasing customer of the Big Five with a beautiful souvenir.

Reinforced concrete and frame build­ing, concrete silos, barns, dwellings, etc. Drawings, plans and estimates.

T. E. Killoren, Austin, Minn.

LOST—An end gate for Clark buggy, between Cresco and Goocher's farm. Finder please phone North Orleans, 7

W. IV. HOWARD.

A most beautiful line of belt and collar pins of every description at from 25c up, at

W. O. SWENSON'S, The Jeweler.

Joshua Page, who has been absent for a couple of years residing at various places in Vermont and Massachusetts, arrived yesterday for a visit with Cresco friends.

M. M. Graf, Ed Boe and Will John­son came up from Calmar, Tuesday, to attend the W. O. W. camp, the two latter coming up to take the Morning degree in that order.

Get your watch, clock and jewelry repair work done by me. All work guaranteed and prices right, at Clem-mer's Drug Store.

ROY GREENHALGH.

The largest and most complete line of hand bags, bead and mesh bags, barretts and back combs in the city. Prices most reasonable.

W. O. SWENSON, The Leader.

Fair aud fresh as the Easter lily Will your complexion be If you'll think (bedtimes) to drink A cup of Rocky Mountain Tea.

—Fred Lowry.

I meet all competition in price, qual­ity, style and tasty selection. My stock cannot be equalled. Call and be convinced.

W. O. SWENSON, The Leader.

The swellest designs, largest and best selected assortment of lockets and chains, necklaces and pierceless ear drops, most reasonable in price, at

W. O. SWENSON'S, The Jeweler.

Have you seen the beautiful new line of Melrose hand painted, enameled jewelry at W. O. Swenson's? Worth your while to look over this elegant, right-up-to-date assortment. Popular prices.

For the very latest, swellest and most up-to-date line of watches and jewelry, go to W. O. Swenson, The Leader. The largest assortment and finest line in town. Prices most reas' onable.

Everyone is now taking a thorough laxative Spring remedy. Clean and clear your blood and system with Hoi lister's Rocky Mountain Tea, greatest Spring purifier and cleanser. 35c., Tea or Tablets.—Fred Lowry.

I extend to every member of the Big Five a most cordial invitation to visit my store during their sojourn in our city. Beautiful souvenirs will be given to purchasing customers. W. O. SWENSON, The Leading Jeweler,

FOR SALE—A good, eight-room house and three lots; goodcellar, cistern, well, woodshed, barn and other buildings; located in west part of town. Cheap if taken soon. Enquire of

D. BALDNER, Cresco, Iowa*

A8* a Spring blood purifier, Btomach cleanser, blood regulator, Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea is recognized the greatest, surest, best. You need it now. 'Twon't seem like Spring till you take it. 35c., Tea or Tabs.-Fred Lowry

Visiting Teachers of the Big Five, desiring their watches or jewelry re­paired while in our city, can have same promptly and properly done and finish­ed before they leave town. Have made special preparations. All work strictly first-class and guaranteed.

W. O. SWENSON, The Jeweler.

C. A. Walsh of Ottumwa, for sever 1 years the Iowa member of the Demo­cratic National Committee, and the reputed representative of the Hearst interests in Iowa, was a Cresco visitor yesterday in the interests of Champ Clark's candidacy for the presidency. While Speaker Clark has many friends and no enemies in this county, we be­lieve the general • sentiment of the county is favorable to Mr. Wilson's candidacy.

G. A. Meyer of this city announces himself as democratic candidate for representative in congress from this district before the June primaries. Mr. Meyer has proven himself to be a fear­less fighter for what ever principle he might favor. He has been in public service in local and county affairs for some time and has been a faithful worker in that service. One thing is certain he will put up a fight for the position.—Calmar Courier.

W. D. Harter has been having quite serious time with a broken knee cap, which he injured several weeks ago on his farm in Oak Dale. He does not know just how it happend, but first noticed the sensation of stepping in a hole each iime he walked It proved that the cap was cracked nearly across the middle. Dr. Smith came down from Adams Monday and assisted Dr. Hart in putting the knee in a plaster cast and yesterday he was taken to the Cresco hospital to have the bone wired. He will probably be laid up several months which is mighty] hard luck for a farmer just at the beginning of the season.—Le Roy Independent.

Peter Marcy died suddenly in the vil-liage of Bluffton Wednesday, April 17, 1912. He was in the store in apparent good health, joking with several men there. He stepped behind the counter for something and suddenly dropped dead. He was 65 years of age and came to this country shortly after the war.-Decorah Journal.

Caucuses. FOREST CITY.

There will be a Democratic caucus held in the town hall Monday evening, April 29th, from 7 to 8 o'clock for the purpose of electing two delegates to attend the democratic county conven­tion at Cresco May 4, 1912.

D. E. HORTON, Precinct Committeeman.

CRESCO. The Democrats of Cresco will meet

in caucus Friday evening May 3rd, at 8 o'clock, in the Court House hall to elect delegates to the county conven­tion on May 4th, as provided in the call made by the county chairman.

Precinct Committeemen.

BAKlN6-POWDCr Absolutely Pur<

To have pure and wholesome food, be sure that your baking powder is made from cream of tartar and not from alum.

The Label wiil guldeyeu

Royal is the only baking powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar

He Alum Me Lime Pheephmtem

Taft Wins in Iowa Convention. By a vote of 761 to 720 the republi­

cans of the state, in convention at Cedar Rapids, on Wednesday instructed four delegates at large for Taft, giv­ing him 16 of the 26 delegates from Iowa, endorsing his leadership of the party, and refused to endorse the res­olutions offered by the minority ex­pressing confidence in the progressive-ness of Roosevelt and endorsing Cum­mins for the presidency.

Taft was also a winner in the New Hampshire primaries, and the state convention on Wednesday held by the Republicans of Rhode Island instructed the ten delegates of that state for Taft.

For Sale at a Bargain 1 My Restaurant, Stock and Fixtures

(known as Palm Cafe) consisting of Fountain, cigar and candy cases, candy and tobacco, cupboards, counters, stools, chairs, tables and kitchen fur-niture, and other things too numerous to mention.

The best equipped and best quality of any Restaurant in N. E. Iowa. A money-maker for the right man. For more particulars, enquire of Byron Mabon, Northfield, Minn.; E. M. Stock­man, Cresco, la.; or G. T. Watros, Cresco, Iowa.

Congregational Church. D. T. Robertson Ph. D., Minister.

10:45 a. m.—Subject: "A Time of Crises.''

7:30 p. m.—S ubject of lecture: "American Ideal."

Come out and hear the discussion of a live problem. It is free and will do you good.

The ladies of the M. E. church will serve supper in the dining room of the church, Friday, April 26th, to the gen­eral public and the teachers who are attending the Big ;*"ive, from 5 o'clock till all are served Following is the

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Meat Loaf Cream Potatoes Corn, Brown and White Bread

Pickles Jelly Cheese Cake , C o f f e e T e a

Water Powy Project for Cresco There is an enterprise under contem­

plation up in Bluffton twp., that, if completed, will be about the most im­portant in the county and very valu­able. A niile\ r so northwest of the village the Up|~ r Iowa river makes a wide detour to V ie north, then south­east and west around a bluff, a dis­tance of five or six miles, and at the point of roturn is only about thirty-three rods from the point where it flows north. John Mara of Cresco has secured all of the property rights of that section, including the river, and it is proposed to bore a hole through the bluff ten feet in diameter. This will secure a fall ot thirty-two feet, making the best water power on the river without question. One cannot easily comprehend the full amount of power thus Becured. An ample Bupply of water rushing through a ten foot tunnel with a fall of about a foot to the rod would be simply wonderful. It would, of course, be an expensive un­dertaking to build such a tunnel; so. likewise, would be the building of a dam of sufficient strength to withstand the floods. The tunnel, once completed would need nothing in the way of re­pairs. The stone taken out of the bluff would be valuable for building purposes and the tunnel would be a property that would easily find sale.

Nothing yet has been done but V . Mara says as soon as a competent en­gineer can be secured to survey the property plans and estimates will be drawn. At present there is an engi­neer in the Philippines working for the government who will return to the states in the near future and he will be secured if possible. When completed this would give ample power by elec­tricity for our sister town of Cresco. The time is not very far distant when every power, or nearly every one of the powers of the Upper Iowa river will be harnessed and turning the wheels of industry. This enterprise will be watched.—Decorah Republican.

New Meat Market J at Goettel'8 old stand. Market Street. Meats delivered. 'Phone 421.

ALBL & HALL.

To Rural Route Patrons and Town­ship Trustees.

I am in receipt of a letter from Ass't. Postmaster General DeGraw stating that the road conditions on the Routes out of this office are bad and improve­ments must be made at once; the De­partment is not concerned in elaborate road improvements, but does insist upon the roads being kept in good re­pair and upon the regular use of the road drag.

Referring to this he writes: "Present the matter in the strongest and most positive way to the patrons and road officials, informing them that improve­ments must be made as soon as practi­cable."

"If. after a reasonable time, the im­provements have not been made, nor started, you will report the fact to this office, in order that action may be taken looking to the discontinuance of the service."

I realize that the farmers can ill

afford to spare time from their field work at thiB season of the year, but we do not want to lose one of our routes and if proper effort is made, men can be found to do this work. This has been proven in Bome of the townships where good work has been done at the right time. Paris town­ship in particular, is deserving of great credit for the workmanlike man­ner in which the roads have been dragged.

It will be necessary for the Rural patrons and the township officers to work together on the road dragging. Contracts should be made with men who Will comply with the law and the work should begin at once as I must report by May 15th the condition of the roads and the number of miles of Rural Routes in each township which have not been dragged.

The Department is in earnest on the road question and I a'k your co-oper­ation in improving conditions that I may send in a favorable report on each township. Respectfully,

C. C. BURGESS, P. M.

Seed Corn for Sale Minnesota grown, high test, and will

mature in this locality. AT THE ALLIANCE.'

Why Don't You C O M E I N ?

Yes, that's the question, why don't you come in and have those Photos taken? It's been quite a while since you had your picture taken, and we are sure your friends and relatives would appreciate one of the many new styles and mounts we are showing.

The practice of having your picture taken at frequent intervals is a commendable one, as in many cases it is the only link that keeps you in touch with loved ones far away.

We have had snch marked success in the past in taking Artistic and Natural Photo­graphs, that we are positive we can thorough­ly satisfy you, too, and when you see the high quality and modest price of our work, you'll have no doubt in your mind that this is the studio to have your pictures taken.

W—d—v—c—in ? C. D. TAYLOR,

Cresco, Iowa

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