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UK" Sji fM fl3£$v W 'w IK: I* (c-l it's. 1 XXXVII MANY MATTERS OF PUBLIC ••:••'.• TEREST DISCUSSED BY CITY FATHERS *ji* The dty council met Monday oven itij as j.ar adjournment with tin members all present. The fir.it mniatt brought before thit body was in relation to tho iav Ing of Franklin street. A petition wus preaentcJ by' Joseph' Hutchinson signed 'by all the projerty owner •alctfi the street where the proposed street improvement is to \ie made, which reads as follows: To the Honorable Council of Man •, Chester, Iowa: .We, the muler hue,I owners ul Franklin street ^between Clara Ave nue and Butler street, realizing that saii street needs improving in some permanent way, would recommend thai said street lie improved by putt ing in curbs and gubters and ^ovei ing said street with 9 inch to one foot rock and crushed rock, or such material as is obtainable withii hauling distance east of the city. The top two inches to bo sarco and crushed rock, all being thoroughl rolled and put in, in the best manner possible, this, we believe, will make a. good permanent road the cost o! which we agree to have assessed up to the 3iid property owners and waive the «riglit of notice of publica tion pf necessity which the law might require. This we do so that worl can begin immediately. In the event, of the Council being fully satisfied this will not make a good road. ant. all that is re'quired' in accordant* with |ie value of-said property an size of the.cKy, then, we would pro Dose the same tw inch top, a ce men* bottom sufficient to make a permanent road and agree to the same waivers and terms as before stated. C:' The council also decided to pavi the alley running between 13. Clark'. dry goods store and August Miller's !bar,ben shop with cement instead "'ol' brick, and the resolution of necessity a therefor, will probably be changes is so that this can be done. The clerk was ordered to prepare plan. •rar,l specifications for said improve ment and to advertise for bids for work and materials on same. The committee on ordinances were instructed to prepare an ordinanci establishing a grade on West Union street. The grade book shows this, grade to be established, but there i. apparently no ordinance establishing the grade. Another matter which came up ffc "the consideration of the council wds v, the advisability of passing an ordi nance for.the regulation of traffic on the streets of the city. The ordi nances on this subject passed toy tlu ^Dubuque and Waterloo city councils wefij read and an'ordinance ajong thl line will undoubtedly in the near fu ture receive the consideration of the council. i 1'hey also discussed the advisabi ity of an ordinance witlv the object of having uniform-lights on all th streets in the business district, the intention being to have ail lights that are put in, in the business dis trict conform to those now ordered (for that purpose. The contract .and bond of William Jewell for erecting curbs and gutters on Maim and Union streets was ap proved toy the conncil. CLiFFORD MATTHEWS. Clifford Matthews, son of Mr. and Mrs. William) Matthews, died at the home of his parents in this city on Thursday evening, August 3, 1911, af ter an. illness of only a few hour3 duration at the age of two years and seven month£. Clifford was a bright and winsome little fellow and a fav iiv: orite with all who knew him.- The funeral services were held from 4 he home Sunday afternoon, Rev. J. F, fc.j Moore of the First Congregational ^-church officiating. -Interment was made in the Manchester cemetery. Among these from out of town in attendance at the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Strickland of Cedar Rapids, parents of Mrs. Matthews, Bert Matthews of Chicago and Jay Matthews of Monticeljo. The sym pathy of the community it extended to Mr. and. Mrs. Matthews. v.,:v v,,• IN- FRANKLIN STRUT PAVING DISCUSSED Probable That Resolution of Neces city for Franklin Street IM provement Will Be Amended. .V If the "Council see fit to make the Improvement out of rock and crushes rock or such material obta'toajule east of %e city, the uudersigners wm g«* Be t^samc on the^4me:|^^idUipna/ wai vers' as'staLqrf-.^oi-V^'ij. fcroui the talk^of-Vhe council it i:, understood that' they will concedc to the wishes of the property owners as expressed in the petition and puv ing consisting of a five or six inch concrete base with a top dressing ol rock covered with sarco or asphalt binder will be used instead of lhi brick as provided in jthe resolution of necessity. While no action was taken last night on the matter, the council adjourned until this (Tues day) evening for the purpose oi making the neccstary amendment to the resolution of necessity so as to allow this to be done. I I0.VTKIIK1) AL' I'OHT OR. ICC AT 1 MAVNHKHTKITT IOWA, AS GEORGE W. MILLER. George W. Miller died at .the iiome of his wife's mother, .Mrs. Am os Richardson in this/city Tuesday afternoon, August 1, 1911, at the age,of ,57 years, after an illness of several months duration wi'.h heart disease. Mr. Miller was born in Keene, New Hampshire, and came to this county with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Miller, fifty-six years ago and located in Union township. He was a student of Lenox college and at the. age of twenty-one went to Buffalo and entered the service of the Now York Central llailroad Com pany, with which company he was associated for thirty years. iuffnlo he went to Florida engaged in orange culture. May lie1- removed to this city tiie advice off" since lived .ic-m,. Mo was married in this city~~-JTI,,,. 3, 1SS1, to Miss Addie M. Richard •on, who together with his brother, E, G., of Omaha, Nebraska, and two listers, Effio T. an-.1 Bertha Miller, 'oth living at Marion, Towa, sur vive him.1 The funeral was held from the "Jiehardsan. home Thursday after loon and interment made in Oak 'and cemetery.^ RRANK ASSMUS COME FISHER MA'N. Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Assmus lave returned from Independence, where they have been spending a week with relatives and friends. The "ish in the Wapsie are considerably ess numerous now thani befor Mr. Assmus' visit, if the storks told 'y Frank are to be relied upon. The following from the Independence bulletin Journal may offer some ex planation for the stories toeing cir ulated by Mr. Assm.us. "Air. and Mrs. Frank B. Assmus. Manchester, came the first of the week for a seveml-days' vacation, to spent with relatives here. Mr. Vssinus intends to put in much Yesterday a delegation from straw erry Point, consisting of Hon. By ron Newberry, K. W. Kirfgsfey and H. A. Granger, came here and con 'erred with the people of this place the interest of a proposed autoinc. )ile higiiwayi from West Union Manchester, by way of Strawberry 'oint. A meeting was held at tin jfi'icc of Smith & Strickland, and ho subject wasi discussed informally 'or some time. It was generally conceded that am ulmirable automobile road could be located between this city by Straw berry Point, by following the high way which runs north from this city '.hrough Delaware and Honey Cree: townships, along or near the east line the west tier of sections in those townships, until it intersects with the Old Mission Highway near the coun ty Jine. thence by way of the Old Mission Highway to Strawberry Point On motion George Barr was se lected as chairman cf a local com mittee to help promote the propos ed enterprise, and, was given the power to select two associates. He named as his associates Messrs J. M. Jones and Joseph Strickland. This ives us a good booster committee at the Manchester end of the pike. DAIRY CITY CREAMERY COM PANY ELECTS OFFICERS. Last Monday evening the stock holders of the Dairy City Creamery Co. held their annual meeting in the company's office in this city, and elected, the following board of directors for the enuing year'i: W. H. Norris, M. F. LeRoy, E. M. Carr, A. J. Andrews and L. Andrews. Immediately after the adjournment of the stockholders' meeting the newly elected board held its first meeting and elected the followin officers for the coming year: E. M. .Carr, president A. J. And rews,.vice president and manager: L. Andrews, secretary, and M. F. LeRoy, treasurer. JOMPA-NY GOES INTO CAMP. Company of this city left for Vin ton," Iowa, Monday to attend the an nual encampment of the Fifty-third regiment, Iowa National Guard. The encampment will last for nine days and the local company will be giv en a taste of real army life. Governor Carroll will be present for a day during the encaninment. —Mrs. George Newman, who has been visiting with relatives in New York, is expected home this week. —Mrs. Webster and children of Oelwein are visiting in this city at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gile: Bloodsworth. —Mr. and Mrs. W. B. .Coltman of Independence were over Sunday vis^ itors with relatives and friends in this city guests at the home of the latter'st father, B. J. Lawman. SECO.VU-CIASS MATT«U. from and Last upon .. has OL* ho time fishing in company with 'lis brother-in-law, J. T. Harnett, vho is also enjoying a vhcation rom his drug store duties. The plan fi for Mr. Assmus to catch the ish and for J. T. to assume three :ourths of the credit therefor and to frame up the more scientific fish stories to he circulated among their nany friends." MANCHESTER AND WEST UNION .AUTOMOBILE ROAD. SiKsS' AN AUTO MAN MAKES INQUIRY. Hopkinton, Iowa, Aug. 4, 1911. Editors of Democrat: I am at a loss to know why my neighbors should say that they have to pay to drag roads for a few of us auto men. Will you in the next issue of your paper kindly print the new roadi drag law? Al so what becomes of the state license fees paid by the owners of automo biles* Can money be used to build roads, or must it be used for drag ging roads'' Can trustees be made to, keej) roads, especially main roads, in fair shape' What is the penalty for failing to drag roads at all? Yours for good roads, J. A. Shover. Chapter 70, of the acts of the last general assembly, provides for the dragging of public highways. The -chapter is entirely too long for publi ition in its entirety, but its provi sions, briefly stated, are as follows: It is the duty of township trus tees to divide their several -town ships into permanent road-draggin .listricts and designate from time to time what districts shall toe dragged which must include all mail routes and all main traveled roads. It is also the duty of the trustees to ap point a superintendent of dragging whose duties are all specifically enumerated by statute. It is further made the duty of :ownsliip trustees to annually levy one mill tax for road dragging pur Kses, which shall be expended only .'or the purpose of dragging town ship roads. Town and city councils are aine :able to the law the same as town ahip trustees, and are required to .{e-ep the main traveled streets of the several municipalities of the itate dragged as required by law. Any one violating any of the -provi sions of this statute, or neglecting •o perform any of the duties which it imposes, shall upon a first con viction he fined not less than $10.00, aor more than $25.00, and for each jubsequent conviction shall be fined lot less than $25.00 nor, more than 150.00. Eighty five per cent of all ii :enso fees is divided equally be tween the several counties of the state, or rather between the several •ownships of the state, for each iounty is apportioned a share of he fund in the same ratio as the nember of townships within its bor (eys bie.fr|^o the total number of ownsfilps':1n the state. When such apportionment has been liade, the county treasurer shall, ipon receipt "of the money, forthwith liarge himself therewith, and cred it the same to a fund to be desig nated as "county motor vehicle road fund." And said funds shall bo xpended for the following purposes inly: The crowning, draining, drag ging. graveling or macadamizing oi public highways outside of the lim ts of cities and towns, and for the iiiilding of permanent culverts on iucli highway. 1 MRS. G. W. FAIRCHILDS. Mrs. G. AV. Fairchilds.died at her home at Everett, Washington, Tliur '.ay.j August lird, 1911. Mrs. Fair hilds had been in ill health for sev eral weeks, but her Manchester friends did not know that her illnesr was critical until a short time be fore her death. The deceased is sur vived by vher husband and two adopt daughters, Edith and Edna. Mr. and Mrs. Fairchilds made thi." city their home for a great manj fearrf and while in Manchester form ed numerous friends who sincerely ret the passing of this estiinabl? lady. The remains are expected to arrive here on Thursday and will be tak en to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cal vin Yoran. Mr. Fairchilds and .Misses Edna and Edith will accom yany the body to this city. The fun ral arrangements have not, as yet, been made. "QUAS"-MONTI RAILROAD TALK. Ru.-norcd That C. A. N. May Be Ex tended From Coggon, West. There is a rumor floating) around to the ei'iti that Quasqueton and Monti are destined to at last get a railroad and that within the neai future. It will be remembered the C., A. N. road, which runs iweer. Ananiosa. and Coggon, jjradfd to some distance west Coggon. It is said if certain condi tions aie complied with, there will be a railroad line running through Monti by November 1 next, one con dition being the giving of so much land in Monti. It is supposed that the line would run from Monti to Quasqueton and then to Itowley» From there it would run in a north westerly direction ta Waterloo.! The "Can" road between Anamosa and Coggon is said to be doing a good business and we can see no reason why an extension would not add just so much to the receipts. The "Can"' road is the line put in by the Kienes, of Dubuque, who are said to be the men behind the present rumored movement to extend the line. It has an old railroad man as general jnafiager in the person of J. L. Kel sey of Anamosa, an individual who Knows the railroad business from A to Z, and who has a faculty of winning friends for any road for which he may ,be working.—Indepen dence Bulletin Journal. that be was of D. F. GROVE & CO. SUCCEEDS BURTON CLARK. It has been generally known for some time past that Burton Clark de sired to retire from the mercantile business, and that he hadi contracted to sell to some one, but not until few days ago were the napies of the purchasers made public. D. F. Grove & Cos are Mr. Clark's successors, and the senior member of the new firm is one of the best known business men in the county. He came here 25 years ago to enter the employ of Goodell & Cattron. i-Ie remained with that firm for 5 years, then spent 10 years with Riddell Bros, and D. F. Riddell and for the past) 10 years *ha§ been in the em ploy of -Mr. Clark. No man could spend a quarter of a century in the employ of three such dry goods houses unless, he was honest, capable and courteous. With those who are personally, acquainted with Mr: Grove it goes without paying that he possesses all of these qualifications. We predict that Mr. Grove, with his large experience and extensive acquaintance will enjoy a continu ance of the successful business con ducted by the gentleman whom he succeeds. Mr. Clark has no thought of leav ing Manchester. He is just com pleting one of the toest dwelling houses in. town, and proposes to en joy it with his family for a year1 at least free from the cares of the dry goods business. After that time there is no telling what business he may engage in. It is safe, however to say that he will remain here in Manchester and succeed in anything he undertakes. UNION MEETING. Clifton Keagy will speak on "Tlr .Men and Religion Forward Move ment" at the union meeting to be held in the Presbyterian church on next Sabbath evening. Mr. Keagy has) just come from the conference at Silver Bay, New York, where plans ffor this ork have been- dis cussed by the leaders of the move ment. The brotherhood' of the 'Epis copal, Baptist, Congregational, Di ciples, Lutheran,^ Methodist, United Presbyterian, United Brethren and Presbyterian denominations the In ternational S. S. Association, th?1 Gideons and the International Y. M. C. A. are federated in this move1 nient.-oTlie men of Manchester are urged to hear this address. WOODMAN RICNIC POSTPONED. Owing to a conflict of dates with ither attractions, the Woodman, pic nic which was to have been held on \ugust 22nd, has been postponed ur« iKSeptemtoer 12th. This is a wise nove on the part of the mana^eis c.f lie affair. The picnic is liound to •e a howling success, if not in con flict with other entertainments... XDVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STREET IMPROVEMENT. Sealed bids will be received at he office of the City Clerk of the Jity of Manchester, Iowa, ujitil tso Vclock p. m., on the 28th day of Au ust, 1911, for furnishing labor, and material l'or street improvement on hat part of the alley between Main md Delaware streets, commencing on che east line of Franklin street, •ast along said alley to the west ino of Madison street, in the city of Manchester, by grading and paving the same. Said paving shall be con structed of Portland cement and iand, all of which paving shall be lone in accordance with plans and ipecificatious on file in the office of lie City Clerk, which plans and speci ications are by reference thereto made a part of this advertisement. All bids will be given per square /ard and must be accompanied, in a separate envelope, by a certified check payable to the order of th City Treas urer, in the sum of Fifty dollars (•$50.00), as security that the bidder will enter into a contract with the city for the construction of the con empiated street improvement and will give bonds in the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00). The fol lowing is an approinixate estima'.e jf the work to be done, to-wit: 585 quare yards of paving and 260 square yards of excavation. When said street improvement a 'ontracted for has been completed and iccepted by the City Council, tue cost and expense of such street im provement shall be assessed against-, the property abutting ou the part of alley so .improved. In accordance with the law governing such assess ments the city will issue assessment certificates in payment thereof draw ing 0 per cent, interest, except that one-lialf the cost and expense of sr.id alley improvement at spaces opposite alleys intersecting but not cross'ng and at spaces opposite property ov. n ed by the City of Manchester, Iov a, and any deficiencies where the spec ial assessments which may be levied ngainst any lot shall be insufficient to pay tiie cost of the improvement shall be paid from the city improve ment fund, by warrants issued to the contractor on said fund. Said assess ment certificates and warrants si.all be accepted by the contractor in fait pay for all work done under his contract. Work to begin on said street im provement on or before September 4, 1911, and to be eompletde on or be for September 2:ird, 1911. The successful bidder shall enter in to a contract with said city for the furnishing of labor and material to construct such street improvement as herein provided, which contract s' all contain a provision that contra tor shall guarantee the improvement to remain in good repair for the term of one year from and after the date of acceptance by the City. Tiie right is reserved by the city to reject any and all bids. Proposals received will be acted upon by the CitJy Council at a meeting to be 1 eld at the Council chamber on the "Sth day of August. 1911, at eight o'clock p. m. Dated. August 8th, 1911. T. WILSON, M. F. LE ROY, City Clerk. Mayor. 96w2 imm '^tr% MANCHESTER IOWA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST M, I 111 I THE LOCAL NEWS OF THE WEEK WHAT MANCHESTER PEOPLE 'ARE DOING AT HOME AND ABROAD. REVIEW AND FORECAST OF EVENTS Item* of a Personal and General Nature Picked Up About "2 Town. —Mrs. Fred Porteous is visiting witjr her parents at Fredericksburg. -|Mrs. B. R. Murray visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Mc Carthy at Waterloo last week. —rMiss Florence Riddell of Straw berry Point is a Manchestet visitor, guest at the home of Mr.-and Mrs. Chaj-les Peterson. —John Latimer departed Monday evening for Shoshone, Idaho, where he will visit for several wgjeks with relatives and friends. •—C. Putnam of Elkader has a string of horses at the fair grounds in-this city which he is preparing for the fall racing season. —Mr. and Mrs. Marshalll Sweeney of-Osage were over Sunday visitors in this city guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Lepley. —W. H. Ward of Ryan has pur chased the Hockaday Lumber Com pany's office and has moved it to his lot on West Main street. —FJloyd Arnold and Harry Scott horri were guests of friends at Wa terloo! Sunday, making the trip over land in the former's automobile. —Frank Cosgrove of Bisby, Arizo na,'arrived here Saturday! evening for oj: week's visit at the home of his mother, Mrs. K. E. Cosgrove. —Mr. and Mrs. James Penny oi Pipestone, Minnesota, are expected here tomorrow for a two week's vis it at the home of Mrs. Thos. Healy. —Dr. and Mrs. Lota White of Los Angeles, California, were visiting relatives and friends in this city Sun day, gue3ts at the J. L. White home. —Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Goen and Mr: and Mrs. E. J. Schacherer visited with friends at Oelwein Sunday, mak ing the' trip overland in the former's autpjBpJjile. t._« —Clifford Keagy of' Silver Bay, New York, is visiting relatives and riends in this city, a guest at the lome of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Keagy. -Mr. and Sirs. W. F. Evams and laughter. Miss Zazle, and Miss, Ab ate Howard went to Omaha, Nebras ka, Monday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Evans. —Former County Auditor R^y Dav is and wife of Littleport were over Sunday guests of relatives am. friends in this city. —Alex Sheldon of Seneca, South Dakota, arrived in the city last week for a visit with relatives and friends, a guest at the home of hip sister, Mrs. George ClCmana. —Mr. and Mrs. Harry Barber and children of Clarion are guests at the home of Mrs. Barber's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Scott. —Misses Anna and Lucy True oi Des Moines are expected here next week for a visit with friends in this city and1 will be guests at the home of Miss Minnie Hahesy. —Mrs. George Snyder has as her guests, Mrs. Sevilla Snyder of Cali fornia and Mrs. Lida Boardman of Chicago. The ladies will remain here about two weeks. —Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Denton and children arrived In the city Monday from Clear Lake, where rs. Den ton and children have spent the summer. —Miss Loise Runkle of Lisbon, Iowa, „was the guest of Miss Belle Armlsteadi during the past week. Mlsi Runkle and Miss Armistead' were schoolmates at Cornell college^ —Mr. and Mrs. Jay Barker were called to. Cedar Rapids Monday on account-of the Illness ..of Jesse- Bar ker's youngest daughter, Miss Mere, who has a severe attack of spinal menengitls. —County Clerk Grahami issued marriage licenses during the past week to H. O. Hull and Charlotte Flannagan Fred Cole and Flor ence Davis Glen D. Thompson and Edna G. Saunders. —Rev. J. F. Black and family have returned from an outing at the lakes in Minnesota. Rev. Black is'high In praise of th6 fishing ill the Minneso ta lakes this season and he generous ly remembered several of his Manchester friends with fish of his# own catch. They were delicious. —Attention is called to Theodore Shelly's new undertaking advertise ment in another column. Mr. Shelly say^ that he has come to Manches ter to make his home here, and he invites the public to call at his place of business and give him a chance to get acquainted. —There will be a Harvest Home picnic at Ryan Wednesday, August 16. A ball game between Cascade and Monticello will be one of the features of the "day. Rev. John O'Don nell of Monti will be the orator of the day. A grand ball will be held in the evening, music by Kuney's harp orchestra. The Coggon brass band will furnish music during the day. .-.5 v^: ,.v ... v' —I. L. Walter^ of Waterloo was Manchester visitor Monday. —Rev. P. 11. Ryan of Luwler was a Manchester visitor Monday. —E. W. Williams was a Cailar Rapids business vi or Sunday. —W. H. Ward of Ryan was an ov er Sunday visitor with friends in this city. —Hon. E. C. Perkins of Delhi was a Manchester business visitor Tues day. —Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Gildner are the proud parents of a ten pouni baby boy. —The City Charity Circle will meet with Mrs. Thos. Given Friday, August 11. —Mrs. J. L. Kelsey and daugh ter, Miss Eunice, were Anamosa vis itors last week. —The Wapsie Valley Fair will be held at Central City, September 5th, fith, 7th. and 8th. —Mrs: Fred Kibes'- visited with her daughter, Mrs W. A. Abbott, at Lamont last week. —Helen and Henry Pierce are vis iting with .their sister, Mrs. Cecil Adagns, at Danbury. —Special communication of Man chester Lodge, No. 105, A. F. & A. Friday evening of this week. —Mrs. E. B. Bolander is visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Jones at Kewanee, Illinois. —Mrs. Victor Morgan of Seattle, Washington^ arrived in the city last week for a visit with relatives. —Ben Smith of Minneapolis, Min nesota, visited in this city last week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. Smith. —Mr. and Mrs. Milton" Waugh/ of Chicago are visiting at the home oi che former's parents, Mr. and -Mrs. David Waugh. -Mrs. A. E. House of Delhi is in the Methodist hospital at Chi •jagoJ where she is receiving treat ment for the removal of catarac.s from her eyes. —Mrs. Helen K. Brock and laughter, Miss Lois, returned to their home at Marshalitown. Monday afternoon, concluding a visit in this dty at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. ff. Hedlund. —J. S. Spaulding, a highly re spected pioneer resident of this couul cy died at his home in Delaware on \loiiday. The funeral will be held .'rom his late home Wednesday af ternoon. WEATHER CROP BULLETIN. With very nearly normal tcmpcCa* ture and frequent showers over the larger part of the state, late, crops generally show an Improvement ov er last week. The rainfall was cop ious to heavy over 'lie eastern and Jxtreme southwestern counties, anO in those sections the improvement, especially in late corn and potatoes, is well- marked, while. In other dis tricts where the showers were light to' moderate the improvement was slight or the crops barely held' theii awn. The rains, however, came too late over the western two-thirds o.N the state to be of much benefit to early corn, which has been badlj damaged by the drought and will not produce more than half of a crop. Ex cept in the eastern counties late corn has been in a- critical condition, but with a continuance of showers or a ?ood soaking rain will make a fair yield. Pastures and late potatoes hav' improved in many sections, but mucl more rain is needed. Thrashing from shock has been completed in many localities and a start has been made with fall plowing in sections where there has been sufficient rain to soft en the ground. The week closed with heavy rains in the central counties. Following is a summary of reports from crop correspondents of the ser-. vice August 1st. The condition of corn is unusually variable, sections of the state as shown by estimmates ranging from 25 to 105 per cent, and the final output of this crop depends upon future weather conditions. Esti mates of conditions are as follows: Corn, 69 per cent potatoes, 34 past ures, 38 apples. 7S grapes, 74. On August 1, 1910, corn was rated at 90.5 per cent and on July 1,1911, at 102 per cent. The average condition on August 1st for the past ten years is 85 per cent Thrashing returns andi estimates show the following average yield of harvested crors: Winter wheat, 21 spring wheat. 14 oats. 24 barley, 22 rye, 17 bushels, per acre. These figures are subject to change upon receipt of final re turns, but if they are sustained this state will have over 9, 000,000 bushel of wheat of good quality, and about 110,000,000 bushels of oats of fair quality. CARD OF THANKS. We desire to' express our sinceri thanks to the many kind friends for their sympathy, beautiful floral of ferings and for their kind assistance in our sad bereavement. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Matthews. Dr. Wilbert Shallenberge r, Chicago. Illinois. Dear Sir: I had piles for years. Suffered a great deal from them and at times they were very bad and I used differ ent remedies hut they did not cure I consulted Dr. Shallenborger, the Chicago specialist, and it is a miracle how he curetl me without using the knife. I will be pleased to answer any questions. It h.?s been two years since I took treatment aiul I am ab solutely well. Yours truly, Frank Kinkade, Mansoh, Iowa. jCil'Wi1" Democrat. 1 -lb- 4 ,»ts W^jjjWJ)? ij vWi H. 4 ^£.rV Comfort Vudor PORCH SHADES For Beautifying Chairs, Tablet Picture Framn Chandeliers Sewing Machine* Pianos Hardwood Floors Silver and Plated Warm Etc., Etc., Etc. V^f? Vudor Porch Shades "k Sells Cedarine Furniture Polish. DUST EVERY DAY WITH mmmm The Art of Sleeping. Slumber commences at tho extremi ties. beginning with the feet and legs. That is- why it is always necessary to ke«p the feet warm.—Family Doctor. Women and Humor. The man who tries to be funnjr it generally a bore, but a woman can ha funny without trying by Just running (or a street car.—Somervllle Journal. Upstairs and downstairs, in A BIG DISCOUNT BM 01 Gasoline and Oil Stoves This is the time of the year when you need a gasoline or oil stove in your kitchen, It will save you money on fuel right now and aidd to your comfort and convenience.- Right when you need one the most we come forward with an offer to SAVE YOU MONEY We have reduced the price on this standard household necessity and until further notice every purchaser will receive a big discount from regular prices. Hutchinson & Atwater PPBP ^s.° vA*3p? $ fcreffW J»f ,:i*% The Kind that Will Serve You Best They will do more than just keep out the sun. They will allow perfect ventilation, stand all con ditions of the weather, and will last indefinitely. This is the one kind that will fulfill all these require ments and more—and there .is but one kind. Yon See Out Vudor Porch Shades are made of handsomely stain ed wood—.light, tough", nearly unbreakable—and are bound with strongest seine twiire, which is un- affected by rain or sun. Tlri'y retain their shape and appearance for years. The ordinary shades are composed of narrow strips that won't stand any sort of wind or rain, and are held together with weak, cotton-like strands. Besides, that kind hasn't any room for air to enter, or for you to look out. We sltqll be pleased to show you our complete stock ol Vudor Porch Shades any time you request It This won't necessitate that you buy, though you'll probably decide that way yourself. BROWN, The Furniture Man CHEER ,. *-v kitchen, room, den, parlor, dining room and kitchen, there's for LIQUID1 a big daily use moisten an ordinary with it—that's all. Makes the furniture by removing dust, dirt, scratches and by rei ish, all in the one ah v-vj.8 VENEER. 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