Algona Upper Des Moines (Newspaper) - January 31, 1917, Algona, Iowa THE UPPER DES 42nd YEAR THE YEAR JANUARY VOL 31 WAY DOWN IN DIXIE Algona Couple Spending Winter in the Interesting Account of Incidents Oc curring on Their Long Journey to New By Here we are in and comfort ably located son Lees home at New North We left home January 9 but owing to the zig zag character of our and the numerous stops we did not reach this place till fifteen days Our trunk was tumbled off so many times like the old deacons one boss it looks as though it had been to the mill and My better twothirds stood the journey and very much enjoyed our var ied experience on the especially the scenery along the Aside from visiting relatives and my principal object in coming to this region is for the accumulation of use ful At Des Moines I called at the Reg ister where Harvey fell upon my while in unison wo wept bitter tears of anguish over our gub Gardner was quite but did not even refer to the Burt held during the representative campaign of After going to the I found that the legislature was not in ses as it had adjourned in honor of our I a cou ple of times at the senate where numerous wise solons were casting bewitching smiles at their and asked to see Senator Henry Clay I was informed that when I was in he was and that when I was out he was I think some one must have told him that I wanted to borrow ten When the joint inaugural session was about to Art Corey kindly placed our wraps in his private room and as he did so I as I thought of his first appointment to his position Bully for Stitz As we started to en ter the hall a burly official said to Say you old what do you want After telling him that I wanted to pull the leg of the Timotheus for a couple of admission I asked who he where he came and how much he weighed when he was He informed me that he was Grans who used to run a hotel at but now was chief doorkeeper for the house and that he remembered me as being the one who shot him full of holes with the Advance while he was I told him I hardly recognized be cause his official smile was so very different from the one he used to wear while he of coal dall was shoveling two tons per day into the Dur one We got our tickets and were seated near our two their wives and Irene While the governor was delivering his he looked directly at me with admir ing evidently mistaking me for either or George In glancing at the talent in the I concluded that the ability of our senator and representative was as great as that of their then After three days of sightseeing and visiting rel we left in a snow Our passage over the Rock Island was as we stopped off whenever we The appear ance of the numerous college build ings at Grinnell is in striking contrast with the ruins of the original build which I saw just after the cy clone of The growth of the state university along the same line at Iowa City has been The old capitol where I attended the law school under Chancellor Ham monds although over shadowed by much more pretentious still remains the most clas sic building of the At Maren the old home of Joe the atmosphere seemed charged with a bull moose As the train rolled past I stretched my neck to see if I could catch a glimpse of the cabin where Lewis Smith was ped in the witer of We saw at Victor the building where Harold Quarton first conceived the idea of being deputy German consul while lambasting the Dutch dur ing his first term of I went in the city which bears his the old home of poor old Col onel George who was mur dured by the river toughs on the 4th 01 July Even at this late date the old building stands near the on the amid weird surround Our stay at Moline was with our former nearest A Bergsten It is needless to say that we met with hearty welcome and generous hospitality with these Our side trip took us to the place of my where a lew years ago I had numerous uncles and aunts and cousins all with a single have passed I sadly realized that I had returned to the land of the rather than to the land of the The old family burying established by my grandfather in contains about sixty One of his great granddaughters represents the only blood in that region and as she will be buried the last has been made in the family Our visit was mostly with my mothers second While there we went to see the old court where my father sat on th jury several times when Lincoln trie one side of the The spot wher my parents were married is jus across the street from this old land The next side trip was t in that where othe relatives are The land over which we journied ranges i price from to per acre The best class of farmers claim tha at the former price they can gener ally make a good percentage on thei At the dirty old depot at Danville where the beef steak was so toug that one could not stick his fork i the we took passage on the Bi Four for Log cabins irregular shaped farms and rail fenc es came in view along the W saw men with knots in their whisker husking their corn in the Whil the train was waiting at Greensburg every passenger observed truly wonderful That was a tree fifteen feet high and four in growing on the top of tin courthouse 110 feet above the It has been growing there for forty getting its nourish ment from the sediment between the The snow and rain moistening the sediment has kept the tree grow ing during this long South ern papers made their when we arrived at where we boarded the Chesapeake Ohi which soon crossed the river tc the land made famous by Danie The name was called at the first had a familiar sound in my Then i dawned upon me that it was the placi from which whiskey circulars havi frequently been sent to the preachers as well as to myself and many others After reaching Ashland I felt th Kentucky blood in my veins coursing its way with increased as thought of the event when my grand father eloped with his by taking her behind him on horseback a distance of fifty miles through in that to have the ceremony Had he no done I might not now be pencil ling this communication for the press The scenes along the route were pic and Coons with and dilapidated houses were much in evidence to furnish a variety to those Owing to the grea number of through which we the lights burned continually on the While the mountain ranges do not equal the Rockies in yet I observed that one sta tion was 1451 feet above sea level All through Virginia we saw no de cent farming land until we came with in fifty miles of As we drew nearer the old rebel capital we noticed men plowing and stock graz ing for the first time in that region In the city we got a good view of Jeff Davis confederate white We had intended to spend several days in the vicinity of but the descending rain caused us to cut short our stay at that place and hasten southward along the coast to New Our first ferry ride was over the bay from Newport News to I had supposed that in ten minutes we could imagine my surprise when told that the distance was sixteen On the I took a drink from a bub bling and then observed the notice above For colored people My thoughts if audibly would be improper it a Sunday school As I nave good reasons for fearing the our ride southward over the leads of bays and filled my jeing with The longest wood en bridge in the over seven we crossed on the Albemarle When we could see no land n any and the train seemed I thought of all the good deeds I had ever I couldnt remember but and one of them was of doubtful virtue and the other was even I wanted to get out and for I fancied we were cros sing the After I have fully investigated conditions I shall take pleasure in giving my impres sions in a communication to your KEITHS AT MONROVIA Keith and Wife Enjoy Auto Trip to San Diego While Spending the Winter in the January Gentle men We are still at which is a beautiful little city of in the San Gabriel at the base of the Sierra Madre I am enclosing a leaflet which will ex plain better than I We are hav ing lots of rain here Every thing is green fields of grain look ing These rains are much wel by the We have en joyed our stay in Monrovia very Next we expect to locate in Long The Wads worths are Until further no tice please send my paper to Long general We have taken many auto which is the only way to see Califor We drove to San going down the coast which was a most beautiful We returned the in land which took us through where the Goddards are Found them well and hap The exposition was exhibits and beautiful groups and SWEDISH LUTHERAN CHURCH Next February regu lar services at the Bancroft church morning and Gospel for the Johns Confir mation class Saturday at at the BREEDERS ORGANIZE This Vicinity is Becoming Headquarters For Stock Kossuth County Pure Bred Stock Breeders Association Started and Officers The first meeting of the Kossuth County Pure Bred Stock Breeders Association was held under the aus of the Algona Commercial Clul at their office and reception room in the New Algona Wednesday January On the made up o about 40 of the leading stock men o Kossuth chose Hutch ins temporary chairman and E Clayton temporary The forenoon session of the meet ing was devoted to a discussion of th advisability of forming such an asso as was in order tc advance the live stock interests o Kossuth county and call attention to the fine stock produced by our farm from more distant territory than is now reached by our breeders Prominent among those who in the discussion were Judge B Henry Matern Cruise am Hugh Motion to organize was made by L Matern and unanimously carried A committee to nominate officers for the was chos consisting of B Quarton and Before adjournment for mo tion was made that the breeders o the different breeds get together anc choose a representative from each o the breeds to represent his breed on a board of The meeting adjourned for lunch aj the expense of the Algona Commer cial as their Shortly after the noon hour the meeting was called to order and the following officers of the association selected by the nominating commit were elected President A Vice President Hutch The fol lowing breeders were chosen by the meeting to represent their respective breeds of stock on the first board oi directors of the association Cattle Hutchins Keen Frank Thorpe John Hoppe Ab Will Christensen Peter Christensen Short Huber Red My ron Hogs Poland Henry Steus sey Moad Chester George Steil Kading Duroc Hugh Ran Horses James Britt English Matern Clydes Henry Lichter Reason Sheep On Ray McCorkle and Mawdsley were chosen to act with he President and Secretary as a com on articles of incorporation and bylaws for the to be presented at the next The meeting adjourned after motion was to meet at the same place at 10 February 1917 to complete the organization and take up ts TO HAVE AGENT BUYS SHORTHORNS Slater Buys Pure Bred Heifers of Frank Reibhoff to Start Short Horn who will move to his ine farm west of town about the first if expects to raise Shorthorn attle and Poland China and the day purchased of Frank Reib the well known Shorthorn er of Union six fine two yearold pure bred Shorthorn Reibhoff has established a wide for his herd of and recently bought a bull to head his herd at that is aid to be of any animal of hat breed in the Slat r has also recently bought some of red pure bred Poland China and will start his breeding oper with the best stock to be who has been on the Slater place will probably hold a sale in He is a first lass farmer and stock and it is loped that he will stay in this vicin Slater will rent or sell his ine Algona residence WEDDED WEDNESDAY liss Adele Reilly Became Bride of William Both of Whitte Extended Wedding A very pretty wedding took place t 9 oclock last Wednesday morning t Michaels church in Whitte when Miss Adele Reilly became tie bride of William After lie ceremony a reception was held at he home of the brides nd Lawrence by rela ives and a number of These oung people are very popular in and vicinity and their unites two of the best fam ies in that At present bey are making an extended wed ing trip and will visit various points i Wisconsin and They irill live on the Fandel farm just rest of Whittemore and will be at ome to their many friends upon their Meeting Called at February Enough Names Secured to Organ ize The required number of names and a substantial surplus has been secur ed to organize a County Improvement Association and get a county The work has been progressing rap idly since the meeting held at the Court House January 18 and the com that was appointed at that time has been working The date of the organization meet ing has been set for February 7 at one oclock at Burt and it is expected that a large number will be Every man who signed up for the County Agent should be present at this meeting to assist in the organi and election of It will be a very interesting and instructive meeting from start to GOES TO WASHINGTON Fay Hopkins Received Appointment in War Report Next Fay son of County Super visor and Hopkins of this has received an appointment in the bureau of insular affairs at the War Department at Fay has been at Cedar Rapids during the past two employed as stenographer and bookkeeper for the New England Factories He will leave home next Wednesday and will report for duty ary Fay is a steady and this following a civ il service is gratifying to his many WILL VISIT CUBA and French and and McDonald and Daughter Left and French and and McDonald and daugh of Burt made up a party and left Saturday evening for an extended trip They expect to travel only during daylight and will see the coun try through which their trip takes They stop at Chicago and From there they will go to Jacksonville and Key Flori da and then to On their return they will stop at Mobile and New PLUM CREEK SOCIETY Interesting Meetings Being Held in School Meeting in District February The Plum Creek Literary and De bating Society held their regular ses sion in the McEnroe school house last Thursday Miss Kathleen the gave a most cordial welcome to the society and furnished a programme that did cre dit to the school and the The That Farming is of More Benefit to the World Than was decided by two votes for the affirmative and one for the The next meeting will be held in the Central school District 5 next Thursday ary The question for debate We are Living Too A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY Calkins of Water Former Kossuth Lady and Adopted Son the Son of Windy OneTime Well Known Resident of A terrible tragedy occurred at Wat last week Monday when Craig Calkins and her old adopted son met It appears that her act was due to a broken caused by the inhuman actions of her Her relatives knew nothing of the trouble and it appears that Calkins had threatened to leave and had taken his clothing to a having told Calkins that when the divorce was granted that he would marry another No reason is assigned for his Af ter leaving the home Monday morn ing and telling Calkins these she became despondent and Several years ago and Calkins lost their only Later they adopted a boy to fill his On Monday eve Calkins called the hotel where Calkins was stopping and asked him if he had changed his to which he answered that he had It was probably then that Calkins planned the The cloth ing of herself and little son was laid out and the gas turned on at the stove which was not About eight oclock Calkins tried to call the house but could get no He called at a neighbors and they went to the house finding the two bodies in the dining near the kitchen A note was left by Calk ins for her in which she said I hate to do cannot help I would not have taken but I think that it would be cruel to leave him to suffer alone through Just tell my relatives that I died praying to God to take me home to my angel Calkins was a sister to King of Algona and a daughter of Dena Yeager of Des but formerly of Kossuth She leaves two other Paul and Hockenberry of Des and a George Yeager of Whit The physicians declared that she was not but that the deed was the result of a broken and King attended the funeral at Waterloo last The de ceased lady had many friends and acquaintances in this having been born and raised near the Palo Alto county who extend Sym pathy to the bereaved Craig was a son of Win dy for a number of years a wellknown resident of Algona in the They moved to Spen after leaving Algona and the el der man has since NEW BANK AT SWEA To Be Capitalized at Selling at All Sold Swea City Herald Up to Tuesday between 90 and 100 persons in this neighborhood had agreed to take shares in the proposed new Citizens Savings Bank of Swea Some thing like of the proposed capital stock had been dis posed while the promoters state that enough more has been promised to complete the The subscribers are taking from one to 10 shares apiece at per A meeting of the subscribers has been called to take place at the opera house next week at which time a board of seven directors will bu chosen and the work of organizing the institution Interested it has been giv en have secured a lease on the old First National Bank now oc by Vaux as a real estate The new bank will be located temporarily in that building until per manent quarters are either leased or BOHANONS MUSINGS Sage of Crystal Palace Has Chance to Think While in the Takes Some Shots at Algona But Says He Believes in Kos suth County and TEACHERS EXAMS Fifteen Appeared Before Shir ley Last Week at Court Nearly All Try to Raise Fifteen applicants appeared at the court room last Thursday and Friday and wrote the teachers examination under Superin tendent All but two of the applicants wrote in order to raise their grades in certain The applicants were Elizabeth Sanf Dora Swea City Julia De Neva Rose Lone Rock Loota Tillie Burt Laura Sexton Theresa Lela Algona Ethel Ledyard Ruth Ger mania Mary Irvington Anna Titonka and Hattie SUCCESSFUL SHOW Lu Verne People Break Record in At tendance and Exhibits at Colt and Calf Des Moines Valley News The Lu Verne Colt and Calf Show last week was the best ever and was The corn show was fine and showed much advancement over that of former The calves and colts shows attracted a good The bakery exhibit was un the best yet A arge crowd was present Friday and Saturday was the best the streets being lined with cars and The officers of the associa ion can well feel proud of the show hey put on this BUYS HALF INTEREST Clifford Dehnert Becomes Partner in New Way Tire Factory With Clifford Dehnert purchased a half in the New Way tire fac ory of Armstrong last week for which he paid Arm trong had a very successful year in his business and was unable to fill ill orders The new firm s arranging to handle the increased for the coming season and his economical automobile tire will e more popular than Tin PRINCESS PAT Enchanting music anil an unusually bright book and lyrics according to the critics elsewhere accounts for the immense success that is being enjoy ed by the latest Victor ry Blossom musical play The Prin cess Pat which comes to the Call opera house February straight fro mits run of over six months at the Cort New That interesting and humor hooks and lyrics and entrancing music can be created by Blossom and Herbert is best proven by their earlier combined achievements which include Mdlle and The Donna two operas in which Scheff starred and The Red Mill a vehicle that was valuable to Montgomery and The story of The Princess Pat is built around the endeavor of the Princess cli Mon taldo noe Patrice other wise known as to win back the warm affection 01 her Italian husband who latterly lias shown signs of in difference toward his vivacious young Irish That the witty and re sourceful little witli the assist ance of Bob Darrow a good natured chap of the adventurer works out her designs lo a happy conclu sion in only accomplisher after all the parties involved have experienced some A pretty love ro mance in which Grace Holbrook and young Tony figures lend an additional interest to Blossoms Of the and there are twenty that Herbert composed for this opera it can be safely said that they are equals of any he lias supplied to his many er successful operas or coine A few of the hits are Two Laughing Irish Love is Best of I Wish I was an Island in an Ocean of Make Him All for In a Little World for Neapolitan Love and The Shoes of Hus band Number Important in the cast are Dorothy Charles Mey Lou Ethey Nelson Stanley Victoria Gau Augustus Buell and Elmer A large chorus comprised of real singers and a special orches under the direction of Whitney completes the organiza January Des have just finished a hearty break fast that would be good enough for our esteemed Senator Henry I have read the The governor thinks a great deal of him as a law I am feeling splendid myself and only wish that I had you all here to enjoy the sights with The river is full of playing tag with each other which makes it very interesting to look Everything is so full of you can feel the spring creeping The sun is shining so warm and What a beautiful world we live in It is a pity that we cannot live two or three hundred years arid keep young like Spencer and Alonzo No doubt the Colonel i would agree with me on There j never was a design without a design 1 er and why should we not believe in a i good and loving God who is the de i signer of this beautiful I j love churches and I think they are essential to civilization and good gov believe in the great You dont have to walk in an art gallery to see beautiful pic Just walk down the streets of Washington and Baltimore and can see the touch of the artists hand j everywhere you but dont stand and look too long while crossing the because chances that you will be knocked into eternity by some or something without your i I will have some funny things to tell my friends when I get It is alright to visit big cities but give me a small city to live 1 love It has done a great deal for me and I have shown my apprecia tion for I have spent all I have made to build up our A great many have made their money in Al gona and have gone to live in a warm er climate and after a few hundred years they may get too warm and wish they were back with Some of them thought so little of Algona that they would not give their inter est in a piece of property for the City Park which would have been named after a great and good You all know whom I refer I am not mak ing any speeches on the streets or taking up any collections to make my self popular at the expense of Although I am out of active I am going to live in Algona and co i in the future what I have done in the j I arn going to do all that I can j to boost Kossuth county and our dear j little I I have been talking with quite a few moneyed men who will visit Iowa sometime during the summer and look the situation Money is very cheap out here and it may be to their interest to invest in our I hope the Courier and Upper Des Moines will not get tired of waiting on me for the I owe I will be home With best wishes to I beg to re Yours very METHODIST Regular services in the Methodist church next In the morning the pastor will preach on Working Out What God Works The ev ening service will be devoted to and a program of sacred music will be by tho choir and male FOR HOGS Butterfield Sells Carload of Fat Hogs to FrankI For Record the well known Irv ington farmer and made the record last week when he received per hundred for a carload of fat hogs to be shipped to the Chicago John FrankI bought the which are to be delivered at Irving ton this week for This is said to be the highest price ever paid in Kossuth county for fat and was about fifty cents above the regu lar market at the time of The carload of hogs which will be deliver ed by Butterfield this week are pure bred Poland Chinas and are last springs Butterfield and his son have for a number of years made the breeding of Poland Chinas a study and their herd now furnishes hogs of that breed
