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I* :1s W*m fry motktr, Mm WUUua Taolwn r. Saturday tu comroli- «T thla etty. lit Mom the county Cooking at the Table Made Practical by Electric and Alcohol-Heated Devices wW certahdy payjiny^ woman to make special visit to^our store ttMte practical cooking devices that will lighten the burden el WfMng tad coabie her to serve a meal in such an attractive way as la Mtotf MB sore wholesome. Lit a Cspiala to you how Manning-Bowman percolators make the btttcoflM bow you can prepare many articles of food in the chafing dtob rig&t oo the dining-room table. Ask to Me the electric toaster that makes crisp, delicious toast and Mm you from working over a red-hot stove. There tre others of these household utilities for use with electricity, aieotiol, or gas and coal range that will delight you with their usefulness tad beauty. The name Manning-Bowman speaks for the quality. A LARGE SHIPMENT OF MANNING-BOWMAN GOODS JUST RECEIVED NOW ON DISPLAY. PRICES ARE RIGHT. Mr. Hellerud Just returned from Chicago where he selected this season's line of practical gifts Read what another Iowa man telegraphed us after his inspection of his purchase. Western Union Telegram RECEIVED AT A1 SCSF NL COLL DANTEL HATES CO.. ?'w» ingp '4 •Iomii and ordered take® to Wood* ward lor traatmapt* 1 Mrs. T«uk«n MA ak I bur* thla moral n» accompanied •on to tha Woodward Institution. "Yaur tattefaetien it Hallarud'a Suaoaaa* h«r that the bride will appreciate. Everything In our stocks are new and up to the minute in design, Tou are welcome at ARE N*EVER SATISFIED UVTII, YOl* ARE PI.KASED. MONEY Chowchilla. Caifornia irrigated land will make it for you under our plan of improvement and cropping. •\Ve sell you your land and contract to farm it for five years dividing the crop returns equally. 1918 Nov. 23. a. m. 6. 16. Chowchilla, Calif.. Nov. 22 10 North Dearborn Street, Chicago. 111. I have inspected^your proposition and lands at Chowchilla, Cali fornia, and can say Qta.t it is far l«etter than represented by your rep resentatives. From inquiries made here I have found that the federal loan department is loaning one hundred and twenty-five dollar* per sere on Improved land here and have placed a valuation of three hundred and fifty dollars on land In alfalfa. I am well satisfied and hare accepted forty acres. C. A. WOOLl'M. (Mr. Woolum Uvea at Packwood, Iowa DANIEL HAYES CO., Chicago, A. T. STATA, Representative. Over 29 West Main. Quick Changes in Temperature Can Be Expected TO BE PREPARED BY HAVING A SUP PLY OF COAL IN THE BIN TO MEET THE S E N A N E S A E •WEATHER MAN" MAKES AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, IS THE PART OF GOOD JUDGMENT. WE HAVE THE COAL-ALL GRADES —AND THE EQUIPMENT TO MAKE PROMPT DELIVERY ON YOUR ORDER. Loads Weighed Over City Scales. Nelson Coal Company PHONES 1000-^68 si "fJd 3» ,-^L "VmiZ^kini SUPERVISORS LET BRIDEEjMCT FORTY-FOUR JOBS AWARDED TO FOUR CONTRACTING FIRMS FOR (97,973. ELEVEN FIRMS SUBMIT ESTIMATE8 ON WORK F. B. Ingsrsdll, of This City, Gsta Largest Contract, Amounting to $22, 012—Marion, Dss Moinst snd Amss Contractor* Ars Awarded Share of Work—List of Bids snd Bidder*. 7 County bridge contracts for this year, covering forty-four Jobs, mostly, to Malvern for burial, eulvert* scattered thruout the county, were let by the board cf supervisors Saturday afternoon to four contracting' Arms, at a total cost oi 757.973. Tho bids were lower than hive been made for similar work in other counties this' year. The work was divided Into tour groups. A. P. MuAsen, of Marlon, Was award ed the contract for the work in Mar lon, Vienna, LeUrand and Cfreencastie townships, for $8,852. Alexander & Higbee, of LK-d Moines, got the worK in .Nlurrictta. Bangor, L.iseomb ant lowa towrushiys, for $12,3ii. Colt liros., of Ames, were given the jobs In Allnerva township, including a sixty toot pony truss and a thlrty-two-foot I-beam bridge for $H,7S6, and F. II. lngersoll, city, was awarded the worn .In Timber Cretk, asMngton, Jeffer son, .Logan and Eden townships, for $22,012. The Ingersoll contract in eludes an eijhteen-foot span to be placed across a branch of the North liuif ot the county, with julis listed. Further Division Made. age cost for all the jo'us is J23.46 per (^mjjhters. "Mrs. $31,242 for group one, and $25,114 for, group two. The contract price for group one is $ol,3S0 and for group two this year Is the smallest for a°mt years. The board of supervisors pur- posely kept down the number because of the prevailing high cost of labor, and material. This year amount to only one-third or last ear-^ 8 tc of North Skunk river, F. B. Ingersoll. The first honor team was composed of the following players: Sutherland, Xashua, right forward Timmerman, Sheffield, left forward Le Valley, Cedar Falls, center Shearer, Cedar Falls, right guard L. Belber, Rein beck, left guard. The second team follows: Hansen, Cedar Falls, rignt forward Whitehill,-Marshalltown, left forward A. Rust, Sheffield, center: Scoles, Sheffield, right guard Brandes, Cedar Falte, left guard. FARM LAND AT $300. lowa Brings Big Township, 'Realty Price in Trade. Harry Graves, living two and one half mile« northeast of Albion, has traded his farm of ninety-seven acres to Frank Bowers, of west of Conrad, for the Bowers farm. The latter place is well improved and has a new modern house. The Graves farm was priced at $300 and the Bowers farm at about $335 in the transaction. Graves paid J200 an acre for the Iowa town ship farm Ave years agoi. The 160-acre farm of Homer Heish man, one and one-half miles north east of Albion, has been sold to Martin Graham, the consideration being $275 an acre. Mr. Hetshman bought the farm three years ago from F. 3. Houghton, paying $200 an gcre. ST. ANTHONY WOMAN DEAD, Mrs. Elizabeth Gannon Is Victim of Heart Disease. Mrs. Elizabeth Gannon, an early res ident of this city,| who lived for many years In St. Anthony and its vicinity died at her home there at 2:20 Sunday morning of heart disease, following an illness of two weeks. Mrs. Gannon was the widow of Thomas Garihon a well-known St. Anthony farmer, who died Jan. 19, 1913. Mrs. Gannon, whose maiden name was Kearns, was born In Ireland, May 9, 18S6. She was married to Mr. Oan non In' Ireland in 1862 and the next year they came to America and set tled In St. Louis. They moved to thla city In 1873 but after living here JHf- Si 26 '-'I It was found, on opening the bidi, however, that the successful bidders vtrc- preparei to cover certain work at a lower figure than other bidders I and that by grouping the work into tor in ar.d around Meta. iu^-divisioiis more satisfactory figures could be secured. clever. Cole Brothers, nine and lngei- .4* ysara mat te a ten* north of St. jfntlxmr. In 1M* thar Ktt ths farm and wsat to Hn ii» ths town. Mrs. Oannon waa ths mothsr of sewn children, of whom flw survive her. They are Mrs. W. J. Dunn, Miss Winnie Oannon and James B. Oannon. of Ht. Anthony: John K. Oannon. Have lock, Neb., and T. H. Oannon, Ameri can Fall, Utah. A daughter Mrs. Hugh H. Dunn died In thla city Aug. 20. 1915 iind a son William died eleven years ago. MONTGOMERY VETERAN DEAD. Strietufs of Throat Cauass Death of J. A. MoCurdy at Hama. John A. McCurdy, who entered ths soldiers' home from Elliott, Montgom ery county Dec. 20. 1915, died at 9:1s Sunday morning at the home hospital of stricture of the threat. Mr. Mc Curdy was p. native of Pennsylvania where he waa bom Dec. !8, 1828. Re enlisted In Company A, Twenty-second Wisconsin Infantry, Aug. 1861. a* Kaclne, Wis., and was discharged Nov. 25, 18«2, at Lexington. Ky. Mr. Mc Curdy was a widower and la survived only by d'.9t«n» relative*. The body wA shipped this morning OLD SETTLER8 ELECTION. 3. cubic yard. imt Alden and families, several days County Engineer H. O. Hickok had ,ast estimated the cost of tho Tvork, with I ^jr and Mrs. Joseph Lowry and profit and overhead, n'. $56,256, or, babj a mother vjsiltK RocJc arrlved .live i„^, west of town. outlay. .]bert 1ea But three large struv. ures ar^ Tuesday on buslnesa. eluded in this years building pro0rim. lDf» U'fi/lnafl These are in Minerva and Logan town ships. The largest, the sixty-foot truss to span Minerva creek, and the ihirty-two foot I-beam bridge to span braftch of Linn creek, are to be constructed by Cole Bros, and the. eiehteen-foot epan across the brancn WHITEHILL GETS MENTION. Local Basket Tosser Placed on Second Honor Five. Nelson Whitehill, captain of the Marshalltown high school basketball team, has been honored by sports writers in attendance at the invitation tournament at Cedar Falls with a piace on the second honor quintet at left forward. Commenting on the selection the sports writers said. '•Whitehill, of Marshalltown, gets the other forward position because of his ability at shooting basKete and good teamwork." ExtmjHm Head Robert Harper Re-eUcted to County Association. Robert Harper, of Marietta, was re elected president of the Marshall County Old Settlers' Association at a meeting held at the Iowa Savings Bank Saturday afternoon. Other offi cer* chosen were Robert N. Holt, vtca president: J. C. Holtingsworth, secre tary and \V. H. Arney. treasurer. W M. McAfee was selected chairman ot the program committee and Robert N. Holt chairman of the grounds com mittee. They are expected to choose the oth?r members of their respec tive committees. A meeting is to bu held April when plans for the an nual reunion and picnic will be made. HOLD ANNUAL MEETING. 0 ii Local ''Post Travelers' Protective As sociation Banquets. SKunk river in Uogan township. The first annual meeting- of Post P. Eleven contracting tlrms submitted Travelers- Protective Association, of bids, there being no extreme margin thWs city, was held Saturday^evening in tne high and low figures. The worK at the rilgrim Hotel, with ttft mem was divided into t*o groups, group »ers present. A one covering the north half of tl» I flowed by a short program or countv. with twenty-tl r. culverts speeches, with H. B. Beatty. and bridges, and group two the south of the ,kM. acting as toastnwstcr. The twt'iiij -one principal speaker was (.Tins Hohde. of banquet was served Waterloo. Speeches also were made by George W. Huntley, of Waterloo, state prertident of the association and Lieu'. I. MerricK. of Eldora. of the aviation branch of the American army* who recounted his experiences as an avla- News of Gilman. As a result of the separation of, work. Munsen, v.ill build seven bridges week from Dixon. Neb., and are stay and culverts,' Alexander & Higbeo. j„p J. M. Paul and family arrived last at soil, seventeen. Tnil^ east of town. •, The average cost of concrete work iav:d McKee. of Dcs Moines and in group one is $23.10 per cubic yard, daughter. Mrs. John Doonan, of Monte and of group two, J23.M. The aver- the Alexander Reld home until Ti,sy can move to their own home four zum!t were guests of Mr. McKee-s Paul and Mrs. daughter, who had been visiting ^ew ,jay8 at the home of Mr. Ixiwry's Mrs. Margaret Lowry, re- turne to $26,593. night. Few Large Structures. l^ackey. of Hound up. Mont., The number %I bridgec to be built their home at Ames Monday jjonday at the Thomas McGiew home ljewis imcox and family, of Shell here this week and will {he Colbourne piace t3 three miles H. Austin were at and Hart land. Minn., Mon- A. F. Urbine left Wednesday for Hurbank, Cal., where he will join his .vile who is visiting the H. A. Vrbine and Mrs. J. W. Van Orsdel families. Mrs. Roy Hovernagle. of this place, and her mother, Mrs. Mary Bruce, of Grinnell, who visited relatives at be built by Wayne. Okla.. two weeks, arrhed home last week Wednesday, Mrs. R. F. Richardson left Monday for Rftnchester, Wyo., to help care for sick members of the family of her sis ter, Mrs. F. C. Walker. Will Ammons .of Newton, came Sat urday and Is a guest of his sister. Mrs. W. H. Austin and family. J. G. Etzel. of Oswego. I1L, visited his father, Charles Etzel Friday. Emmett Thomas of Los Angeles, ar rived Friday. He has been employed in a government shipyard. He and Mrs. Thomas will remain in Gilman' and he will be employed by F. R. Ens minger. Ixla Stover, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Stover, is seriously 111 of heart trouble and complications. I. A. Paul and family moved to town Monday and are now living In their property recently purchased of Dr. D. Graves. The ladies of the Twentieth bentury Club entertained their husbands and friends to the number of fifty Satur day evening at the G. -F. Stansberry home. A musical program was given after which the. remainder of the even ing was spent with contests. A two course luncheon was served. Mrs. J. A. Stansberr and son Curtis arrived home from Bloorafleld Tuesday morning, where they had been visiting the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Guernsey. t»M Dinon items. AAnA MlRS ivoii.il -Guuiuiei 1, Rubenbauer and Mrs. A. A. Wolken were In Marshalltown Wednesday. Rev. H. P. Dahl and A. F. Frelboth were in Cedar Rapids 'Monday and Tuesday on business. A. O. Medhus was elected school director for next year at the election Monday. Carl Atkins, the new elevfPtor man aged, has moved into T. G. Wolken's property in the south part of town and will take charge of the elevator an soon as he is relieved at Ferguson. William G-ummert, John KhU«, W. R. Llppencott, H. Baasch, 8. H._Hagen Charles Nuese and Clarence wollten were in Marshalltown Thursday. Three emigrants unloaded at Dillon this week. They were Floyd ©parks, from Newburg, who went on the Doud place west of town. C. H. Ratcllff and J. O. Ferguson, from New Sharon, who went to the Millhiser place north west of town. ''r Card of Thanks. •. We wish to thank our friends and neighbors and Marshall Oil for their kindness and beautiful flowers during our recent bereavement. Mrs. Charles Fisher and children. Burgess Plumbing and HeaUpg pany. Phone 1843. Com .Sr:"5?. iittfi i'i fihth'tk •Tii'lii-i Iml Owhwrf Box RtcorJb ForSkip meat to Watting/on D. C. to The local exemption board that has been waiting and hoplnc for ordeni to close its business and office expects that such an order now will ba re ceived soon. Instructions have come to.procure* lumber with which to case th« records and flic* for shipment to Wushlngton. These Instructions arc as explicit aa all thincs the war de partment uaualy "brdera done. Exact directions ure given for the way In which tho tiling cases aru to be crated and they a$e to tee crated In no other way. The board Is wondering when var ious departments of the government will cease issuing instructions and re quests for Information regarding men In the draft from this county, in order to procure this Information the board has been compelled from timo to time to unseal Its records and dU out tlie data. When the ihemners of the exemption board get a receipt for Its cases of records from a railroad com pany and Anally gets 1h«*m off their hands and are able actually to go out of buslncc» they will feel Inclined to celobate their discharge from the Job. Local Boy in Reconstruction Work. Among twenty young people from low a now engaged in Friends' recon struction work in Km nee is Oliver J. Cope, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Cope, 1914 West Main street. He sailed for France early last October and proba bly will be gone at least one year and perhaps longer if the need requires. Mr. Cope is now working at the 'An glo-American Friends' Maternity hos pital at Chalons in the Marne region. Twenty-flve other young Friejjds are working at this place w-hlch Is one of the leading Friends' hospitals in France. Later the personnel of this hospital will be moved 4o the Verdun region where the medical units will concentrate their efforts, first at Brlx an on the Meuse and later at a large hospital In Thurmont. which will fin ally be turned over to the French peo ple. Mr. Cope was an undergraduate at Penn College, Oskaloosa. when he went into the work. LeGrand Items. E. H. Sharp and family have moved to their farm near Newburg. Glenn McCnrl has accepted a posi tion with the Farmers' elevator at Albion. Rev. J. Wright Is attending thej "biblical short course" at Penn college, at Oskaloosa, this week. Iver Twedt and Ivan Harrison have both returned home after being dls-! charged from the nrm.v. Charles Johnson is In Chicago vis iting his brother and family. District Court Adjourns. The January term of the district was adjourned Saturday afternoon. The March term of court will convene .March IT. Tho calender for the March term is not above the average in size. Local Weather Record. The range of temperature Sunday was 43 and 24, compared with 39 and 24 Saturday an8 39 and 10 a year ago Sunday. At 7 this mornlm? the tem- become the 'J'111 Bmuin the cor In*' it, gtii(«n4 «ltk IT «t tuf «ttiidk)r Mor»- Mr*. Brewer tmiM OlVtm, A decree of Alvoroa «u granted Saturday In the district oourt to Mrs. Kate Brewer, terminating ths litiga tion growing out'of the original di vorce petition tiled against F. W. Brewer. ASX FOR «nd GET\ Horllck's TIm Original Malted Mik cn&Mn OUTATIONI OCCIDENT FLOUR PURITAN FLOUR •fing dominant 1„ Ainele form, nd«tree*, strvicc with practicaUy no cost 5,10 410 E. Nevada St. OLSON'S SPECIAL APPPLE8 Wlnesaps, none bet ter for eating. PICNIC HAM— Morrell'a lows Pride. 5 to 7 lbs. per lb, 32c EXTRACT— Burnett's are fine, a trial will convince you. Bottle 39c AMMONIA— Harrla brand la strong and economi cal to use. Per bottle 35c LIQUID VENEER— House cleaning time Is here. Large size bottle 45c Our assortment of tens 1s very complete. Rlchlleau, Cameo and Ar cadia Brands, include Japan, gunpoowder, Oolong, Young Hyson and English breakfast. Fish We carry a big assort ment of salt fish. Butter Plenty of fresh country butter, per CA^ pound OUC Eggj Strictly fresh O per dozen OwC Pies A good assortment of gallon fruits for plea. Loganberries, apricots, peaches, apples, cher ries and blackberries. DILL PICKLES,, per dozen A roof that anyone can lay right. Because or 15 Certain-teed factories. choice. Everybody lenows about teed. It is used for building* ofcevery size and type— ,n. for factories, warehouse* garages, «tore», hotel* ,4'' office buildings, farm IwUdings, round hou»e», etc. not jof Cmtain.t~d Pato-VanM-Roofing and IItlaUd BmUmt & i. 'i IT VT^ 1 1 111' WW*- «t UVkMf tfUltfc ft *. Boueuaa, Bo«t)i reurth aueat mp CHILDREN well- ft adultf respoiid readily to Spinal Adjust- •ee the Chlrem'aetle talka -T-II. every Wednesday. Schwietert & Bleji. CHIROPRAOTORt 1 Over 214 K. Main St Ofdee Ptone 170. Ree. Oreen 19S7 ,42c CERCSOTA ,42c FLOUR APPLES— Fancy Ben Davis for cooking. BACON— Swift's Dixie squares augard cured, per lb. 40c PRESERVES—" Arcadia brand, rasp berry and strawber ry, large Jar 39c PENN MARR SYRUP— la without doubt the best, 10 lb. pall $1.70 SORGHUM— Pure article, a few gallon left to go at per pound 10c WINGOLD FLOUR No skill-and help except your own are needed to lay Certain-teed right-all materials required and full directions for laying are packed in centerof roll. tm it so easy "j to lay, so economieaj and fo*^ efficient and durable, it i8/irc ferred for practically evenrkmd,^p|| of building, large ortmall. Momgg§ than one-tourtn of all the rolr j„ roofing used throughout thftf-\f world comes from the 'Csrtstfh^^^ teed Certain-teed effected by acids, fumes or according to thickiMi«% Certain**—*Product* Corporation •. Officn ud WtrdiMHN tm Prinelp^ Cltias o* Aanrfct ii has *V Certain S: "M'W Cor. 2nd Ave. and'Boone