Pocahontas Democrat (Newspaper) - August 29, 1907, Pocahontas, Iowa AUGUSt 29,1907. 2t> Narrow N. and family drove to L. H. Howe home who had been a few days in On the return trip home In the when about two miles one of the bolts which holds to and this let the double trees drop omo the heels of one of the the team became and started to run at a lively rate of speed and Mr. Conzemius was unable to hold them with the breiten them on the W. P. Jensen was coming home from Rolte and happened to be on the road not ahead of the and back and them coming on whipped his team into a run but could not get out of the The runaway struck hiff breaking off the back of the and when they stumbled and Mr. got out and secured the horses by the while Mrs. and the children got put of the Mr. Jensen had no in stopping team found that no one was although his buggy was badly demolished and had to be by the side as one wheel was completely A bolt was then secured and the tongue fastened into the surrey and Mr. Jensen hitched his team to it and the runaway was led where all concerned arrived in due time without further mishap and very thankful that line Survey Across the for Spirit and electric Ime in last Friday evening and remained here till un their profile The distance from Port ' Dodge to Pocahontas is just They came into the county from on the section line between sections 12 and 13 in Lizard line west two and one half then going north three and one half miles on the half section till they came to the south end of Lizard lake in Lake then went west two miles on half section line acid north two a oa halt section turning west again on section S and 17 In Laice following that line west till they reached the Kock Island right of that Into Po then north on East then north on the half section line till one half mile north of the court they again turned west till the Rock island right of Was when that followed short till the section line was reached between 25 and 2 In then straight north into Prom Havelock the line runs along the half line through 26i 23, 11 and 2, when it reaches the county and the line will turn east for a mile somewhere between that point and so to reach that then straight Into line vyas run straight north from the court house the half section line till near the of John Potter east of the change was made to run making the tura west near It will lake the engineers about ten days to the survey to Spirit By running through it will give Pocahontas good connections with the Makinc special gives this regarding the facture of denatured in re Iply to letters from farmers and others of small means who might be inter ested in the manufacture of the pro to of the In ternal Revenue Bureau there are signs of a great awakening o interest in the of denatured aleo Letters are pouring in from farmers and those of ask for information amend ed the revised the methods of manufacture and the last amended the law as to make it feasible for farmers and those to manu denatured the law amended it was not practical for any but large plants to engage in the Tije new regulations have prepared by the Internal Revenue are and are calculated to encourage the manufacture iOf alcohol at small The say that judging by the number of inquiries they are many amali plants will be impression Is strong country that denatured alcohol can be made profitably from waste Thie internal revenue officials say while this Is true in the practical value of waste products for this purpose has yet to be It is not yet fully tested In nearly all denatured hoi is manufactured from beets and from present much of the denatured alcohol produced in this country is made In the Peoria internal revenue by the big distilling companies Until lately tlie impression among revenue has been that the making of by individual farmers would be but but they admit that so many inquiries are In now by reason of the promulgation of mora liberal regulations that they may have to reverse their A prominent official today expressed the belief that a good deal would be done by farmers in ths manufacture of denatured alcohol through his Mr. and Mrs. Thomas having lived hire for a number of He a fireman on the Illinois Central out of several gave up railroading about years ago when he went out He was who was a leader in Union and besides being a foreman in the was president of the federation at the town of where he lost his formerly Miss of this and three small children depending upon he leaves to his tragic father and Mr. and of this three Michael and and seven John Howe Of Nellie and Estate transfers are furnished Pocahontas Loan and Trust under the First National Thos P White to John C ht of ne qr 11-01-31 County the third son of Mrs. J. is laid up with a the accident occurring is the were returning to home east of Wednesday One of the horses started kicking kicked in the breaking the boy's leg as He was taken into the Anderson home and Dr. Wallace was who set the bone and the boy is now getting along as well as could be C. 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Fraser has from North and will leave with his family for that city in the near In connection with some parties out will organize a banking Mr. having had considerable in the banking business will be right in line for the He and his estimable wife will be greatly missed in Mr. has held quite a number of positions in the township rand town during the time he has lived in 'The Rock Island were in town a short time Wednesday forenoon and made the town council a proposition to put in a crossing over the track six feet south of the which was turned We understand that the injunction obtained by the company sometime ago preventing the town from establishing a crossing north of the depot was annulled by Judge Bailie few days From present indications one is led to believe that railroad company has come to the conclusion that the citizens of Palmer intend to have a crossing where it is the most convenient for the public and are also aware that but attention is paid to the tactics which the com. pany have resorted to affair Starrett threatened the lives of his wife child evening and became so demonstrative that she had to appeal to the for ' information was filed against him but before the marshal could get the bird had and has not been seen If he comes back arrangements made so that he will bother the people of this town for a couple of years at Levi Dean left Monday for a visit at their old home at This will be the first time they have seen their old stamping grounds since they left there in 1873. is down in the southwestern part of to Louisville by rail drop down the river in a see nothing familiar but the limestone A letter waa received Sunday by Mr. and Thomas stating that their eldest had been kilted In a mine accident at a week ago Aug. 13. The meager as stated It stated tbat he was working in a mine and was assisting in doing some in the solid He had juat lighted several fuses and had started to run for the when some staging which he was passing gave away precipitating him to the stone floor 42 feet He struck on his head receiving a from which he died without recovering The letter that seven been gent out but on account of the strike none of them were received Murphy was we'll known 000 E Everett F sw qr and e hf of nw qr sec 22-92-33 q c W MorSe and Cora E his wife to A Havelock w A Bunch and wife to J P ne qr and e hf of sec 11-92-34 w Town Lot Edward It 8 bile 9 sub diy out It 5 Laurens w d J G to John W se qr and s hf of ne 22-90-:i4 w Williams and husband to M of of seo 4-92-31 E Norton and husband to Ida E lots and 13 Laurens A Stevens and husband to John ne qr of q c d 0 Toy and wife to John F ne qr of nw qr sec 2t)-90 q c D P McCaffrey to John P iv hf of sw qr of se qr 26-90-34 qc d E Kay and wife to John P ne qr of sec 26-90-34 q J and wife to John P e hf of nw qr 20-90-34 q G Yenerich and ehf of nw qr sec 20 qc D McEwen to Rt. Rev. J plat of ground 264x330 near ne corner Of lot 21, auditor's plat in sec 4-92-31 and wife to Ida E n hf lot 8. block in sub div 4, Laurens w G Reed and wife to Braley all of out lot H and part of out Laurens w Gehrig to John lot 20 of auditor's plat of sec 31-92-32 w al to J F e hf of sw qr and sw qr of qr sec 18-80-32 w Walter S Adams and wife toL A It 6 19 w d LA and wife to W lot 10 and s 4 feet It 11 McCaum and wife se qr sec 16-90-34 q M Crenshaw to Thos qr sec 31-92-31 land contract Elsie widow of Henry J to John H Anna Bowman Kate George H LenaM Henry P Jesse Prank Block and Mary children and surviving heirs at law of Henry J Block und i of hf of ne qr sec 10-9Q-31 q c d H and wife to Annie John W. Bowman her Katie Thos Reinholtz her Lena M Thos her George Block Lizzie his Henry and Mary of i w 2, and nw qr sec 11 90-31-q=cd....,..'.;... 2000' average daily temperature of the past week was 3 to 4 degrees the and sunshine was generally above the Light to heavy showers occurred on Monday in the northern but in the larger part of the state the weather was fair and In portions of the western districts rain is needed for the growing and the soil for the it was a very good week for farm and not detri the Good progress has been made in stacking threshing small and a good has been made in fall Reports indicate generally light yield and weight of Winter and spring wheat and barley are fair yield and Corn has made fairly good advancement though the were for growth which Is desired for the belated portion of the are in good and the meadows show a tine growth of after In Pure Bred is an article taken from the Wallace's Parmer on the subject of in cattle which is worth consideration by every cattle situation In which a good v of the breeders of Scotland now find themselves should carry with It a wholesome lesson to the pure bred cattle breeders of the United A number of years ago when tuberculosis increased amo ig Scottish to such an extent that the ln the country warned tile breeders of the danger the latter did just as many American breeders are doing al the present poked fun at the veterinarians and accused them of to make jobs for and laughed at that might in time become so to place their breeding herds in When the value of the tuberculin test as a diagnostic agent for the presence of tuberculosis was demonstrated and some foreign countries insisted that animals shipped in to them from Scotland should be subject to the the breeders instead of taking this as a warning aad cleaning up their herds to study methods of evading the test. Among other things they discovered that by dooing with laudanum animals test was to a great extent They also discovered that by applying the test a of times at intervals of a month or so the animals finally became immune to it for a period of two three Instead of meeting tlie squarely and cleaning out their herds until they were healthy the Scottish breeders adopted dishonest methods of the disease from the parties to whom they were Such a course always means and the Scottish breeders now have it in Their most valuable market I in recent years been the There has been a very strong demand for Scotch from that country during the past and the breeders there have been willing to pay longer prices than the breeders of any Instead of exercising great care to send high animals to Argentine some of tlie Scotch breeders undertook to cover up the disease by doping their animals with laudanum or them Immune by repeated injections of the Argentine government discovered some of them in- act of using laudanum on animals which were undergoing the test and arrested Government agents also discovered that some of the breeders were rendering their animals Immune in the way stated and as result it is stated that Argentine will shortly require a three quarantine That Scotch sent there will be put in quarantine for a period of three after which the test will be This will put a the marketing of animals which have been doctored and will also put the Scottish breeders to greatly increased expense all animals sent to the is high time for American cattle breeders to recognize the danger which is coming to them from spread of The danger Jis Increasing every year and unless steps are soon take hold of the matter in a thoroughly positive and practical way it will not be a great while until some of our American breeders finds themselves in same situation as the Scotch breeders are The tuberculin be to indicate the presence of the The thing for the up-to-date breeder to do is to apply It to his herd as soon as possible and follow the cOurse outlined in an editorial on this subject a few It will no longer do at this It has too Word to Fellow Workers are closing a mOst excellent year In bur A better year than many of us We are desirous that every member and friend of the church come to gether in a grand rally day before the close of the conference year and appoint Sept. 1st, for this purpose Lewis of Sioux City will be with US and preach both and teven We want to shape up the work clear up all outstanding and arrange to build sheds and a new walk in front of Don fail to come up lo the help of the Let uf make it a glorious Your ' your your school Prescription at will make you money whether or not you deal with - - - - 8 1-2 - - - - white - - 1-2 dark - 7 - - - - - - - - - - - 14 and complete line of staple and fancy meat and right Just a new line of outing etc. will buy all good Dutches and Wealthy market on 24 S. 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