Spencer News (Newspaper) - April 19, 1910, Spencer, Iowa FOR 40 YEARS THE NEWS has been boosting for Spen cer and Clay It pays to advertise in THE THE NEWS Prints the kind l news you would carn tn have your wife and family rend prints it Buy a farm and locate near FORTIETH YEAR APRIL 19 1910 NUMBER 16 THE WAR HAS ENDED Telephone Matters Came to a Close Last Friday WILL MANAGE NEW COMPANY AGED MAN DEAD Patrons Enjoying Rural Service are To be Allowed to Purchase Their Lines For some time negotiations have been on foot looking to the uniting of the telephone interests of this The first plan proposed was to merge the three companies into one The stockholders of the Citizens Company to take half the stock in the new company and the stockholders the Northern Bural to With the exception long distance lines this would put the ownership and control of all the telephone interests in Clay county in the hands of its and the stock being scattered among a number of no one stockholder would take ad vantage of the After the value of properties had been agreed and most of the details including an understanding that the present manager of the Northern Rural should act as man ager of the new the repre of the Northern Rural Company said they could not get all their large stockholders to consent to this The majority stockhold ers of the Northern Rural Company then made a proposition to sell their holdings for a lump sum stipulating that in case of sale the debts of the two companies should be refunded and these stockholders relieved from personal To refund the debts of the old companies and take over this stock required a larger amount of ready casli than the stock holders of the Citizens Company cared to spare from their other busi It was finally agreed that the Western Electric Company should furnish half the funds and take half the stock and the deal closed with this We are informed that no plans have been perfected as to the future of the allied we have it from some of their leading that as to rural lines they do not consider it necessary for a farmer to pay per year for telephone Plans will be de vised whereby the farmers on each line may purchase their line on reasonable terms and afterwards se cure the same service by the payment of a per year switching The service on all three lines will be continued until the first of September when the business will be conducted in the rooms now oc by the Citizens Company in the McAllister Charles aged nearly 02 passed away Monday April at the home of his Lucy in Huntsley came down from Asliton two months ago ex to remain all summer but a serious stomach trouble developed which caused his The re mains were taken today to where funeral services will be held and interment Deceased leaves live Mesdames of Greenville Edward and Harry of Ashton Samuel of Henry Pres of and a of Lincoln No Outlet Secured INCREASE CORN YIELD Leading Corn Raiser of Iowa Gives Good Pointers BUILDING UP THE SOIL VERY IMPORTANT He Details the Various Persued to Secure Biggest Yield Processes the The Boards of Supervisors of Clay and Dickinson county met last Wednesday on the county line in Lake in an endeavor to settle the method of procuring an outlet for a proposed drainage ditch which is badly needed in that vicini Engineer Barber was present and looked the ground over thorough ly but could give them no encourage ment more than that the outlet could be secured by the expenditure of a large amount of A large acreage of the land is owned by non residents and it is a difficult matter to get them to look at this matter in the proper The members of the Boards decided to defer further action for the REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Sixty This Year Thomas of the state university at Iowa was in Milford last He drove out to the Lakeside Laboratory to see that everything will be in readiness for the The professor will be here more or less now until the formal opening in lie tells us that this year about sixty students will be at the Lakeside which will be about all that the present quarters will The Lakeside is destined to become one of the groat tions of the John of head of the Iowa Seed Corn Growers associa in a letter to The de scribes his methods of improving the corn yield of He speaks as follows In the place you must build up the soil if it has been cropped for a number of years If you wish to ex good Next is preparation of the soil that is one thing you can not take everybodys advice What will apply to my locality will not do in the central part of the The farmers themselves must study the condition of the soil in the locality in which they live to make a success of Then comes the seed and I ask you as a do not plant an ear that does not test at least four strong root which is important in order to get a stalk with an ear Another thing it seems to me good to do is cut down the width of plant er and not have as many kernels per Then comes Now some think it is well to cultivate deep the second Now my experience has been it is not necessary to culti vate deep at any and do not ridge the corn too much leave it as near level as you One thing you must not forget 1 do not leave the Meld at night when you are plowing before harrow ing what you have plowed during the Moines Adams Ki I hus S R nhf ne qr KSO L Becket D K sgle to Luke lot i I ilk Col Ad Spencer Burwinkle H to Ahmed Sero nhf and Sub and Rachel K widow to Howard 35 Capstick and wf to II M per acre L Clay County land Co to Wm II Mincer Cordray Delia widow to Wm part Sub Marsh Alonzo wf to Floy N ehf lots 2 blk Sub Lots Dickens Soash W P wf to Daniel ehf Sub Verharen Charlotte B widow to A II lots blk 9 St P Ry S A BIG INSTITUTION Straight Brothers Plant Visited by News Reporter FIVE MEN ARE GIVEN EMPLOYMENT All Machinery in the Factory is the Latest Labor and Time Saving Models C M MAKE A FINE SHOWING i Political Report The report Js circulated that Powell move to Linn Grove and resign the office of county supervisor from this in Lincoln township got wise to this move and are pushing Sam They claim it is Lincolns turn to furnish the candidate and are groom ing Bell for the Guess there is no doubt but Bell is a good man as he is holding about all the offices the people of that township can force on Dont know of any one over in Clay that is losing any sleep for fear that the office of supervisor will be forced upon Buys Restaurant A deal was made last Friday night whereby Frank Wing becomes own er and proprietor of the By field restaurant furniture and Possession j was given Monday Frank is an experienced restaurant and hotel man and has many warm friends here who will be glad to learn that he has again decided to Baptist Warren pastor at large of the Baptist churches of has been conducting meetings at the Free Baptist church in this city during the past ten These meetings are being well attended and the interest has been Smith is a pleasing and speaker and is doing much to get the church in shape to call a He has been making a canvas in re lation to salary for a new pastor and is meeting with good Plans are being formulated to place one of the strongest and ablest Baptist preachers in the state as pastor of the The meetings will con for some little time and a cordial invitation is extended to every one to attend make Estherville his All But That High School Notes The best the Senior The Senior Play It will be pub next Just keep in mind that Track Meet It is not very far The High School students had two good treats last Monday morning an English who has devoted the later years of his life to missionary work in Southeast gave the High School students a twenty minutes talk on the manners and customs of the African The second treat came on Wednesday afternoon when who lectured in the Congregational church the same even drew some very pretty word pictures upon the ruins and culture of after he dwelt at length upon the beauties of A Manual class has been started which holds session from to on Wednesdays and Thursdays at the city It is taught by Superintendent and the class is yet they are making very enthusiastic You Can Catch Em Court Notes Judge Bailie convened HIP District Court Wednesday and disposed of a number of minor Charlotte Pickering was con as executrix of the estate of Nathan Sophia Struck was allowed the sum of for support for one year from the estate of her Jacob Garvin was allowed from the estate and a claim of Samantha Garvin for was Hammand was appointed guardian for the Archie A new trial in the case of Anderson vs the Board of sors was refused and the amount decided by the jury ordered The case of Poole vs Martha Poole was In the matter of the incorporation of the court examined the petition and granted the request of the duly qualified The commissioners appointed to conduct an election were Henry Robinson and They were ordered to at once give notice of an election to be held to vote on the incorporation and also act as clerks and judges at said Barringer and children Beulah and left Monday for their new home in Mon Tuesday morning Clarence Reec shipped his goods and stock for Mon Reeds sunny greetings at the Farmers Elevator will be greatly of has taken Reeds Cyrus J Tripp and left Monday night for a visit in North Dakota and and Barringer and family are enjoying a visit irom their The creamery building is by an addition to make the handling of cream an easier Harrie who was fortunate in getting one of the early numbers in the government laud drawing last has gone to Aberdeen to on his Chris Whit ford visit ed their south of Graettinger called by an accident t their The little girl put her hand through a crack in to feed a young colt when the mare viciously bit lacerating the ilesh on the back of the hand and It is thought that hand can be Saturday was Methodist preacher day in Not less than Methodist preachers or supply preach ers were on our among them being of and of Sunday missionary exchange of pul pits took place all over the of preach ed at this place and Walk er preached in Bratt went to Fenton Satur He will supply the Methodist pulpit there for a few The ladies of the Catholic church held a sale of fancy articles Saturday One of the big manufacturing in of our city is Straight Brothers brick and tile In and capacity it compares favor ably with any like factory In the Upon entering the grounds one comes to seven big all built according to the latest and most approved Five of them are thirty feet in the other two twenty six The average capacity is brick or assorted of A com plete drainage system around and under the kilns carries off any moisture that may an elec kiln elevator carries the tile from the dry bouse into the kilns or can be reversed to empty the The main dry house is feel I wide and four stories in The drying process consists of steam pipes under the placed twelve indies On the Moor is a dining room for the laborers which is a corner and is much Steam pro elevators convey the tile to the various whose holding capacity is A second dry bouse is ILO feet VI feel wide and also I stories About kilns of tile ciin be stored in the dry Steam power is used one horse engine pulls pumps water and runs Die dynamo of Hie electric light A ponderous engine of Illi horse power is Hie main power used in from tin engines ret urns to a and is used ibis saving able t hue in Two Inn Morse power boilers eal nn hundreds of tons of every of New Division of tin Prudential Insurance Company and agent of Ks were in the to at tend a business meeting of the field men of this sect ion work under the management of Agency while paid the Spencer organisation several com stating that in proportion ate combined results it led en tire covers fourteen different After the meeting the agents and their families were entertained by and Compton ati six oclock All present had a delightful time and went home feeling more determined than ever to live up to the companies watch word for Greatest increased Individual A Sad Case Edwin a Swede who came to this city from country about seven years was before the insane com mission last Two years ago he bud long spell of sickness and bad ap not been right in bis mind since that Of late bis actions were of such a nature that became alarmed and when lie dis played violent symptoms Thursday they notified the Upon the advice of a physician Mr was taken to the county home until his physical condition will warrant his being taken to should such a course be found lie was always a young man and the is a month keeping opera t of tin latest make t lie from I to argir up to fin and Hie the in A few days ago a gentleman who was buying a ticket asked if God did not make the Milwaukee rail Fonda wanted to know what he meant by asking him such a Didnt he make all creeping things the fellow Lots in Griffins 2d Addition for or Suck 8tf A deputy fish who was in the city left the impression that carp and bullheads could not be caught before May In order to settle this matter the News wrote to State Fish and Game Warden of Cedar who replied that there was no closed season on these Go after them boys but dont catch any catfish or Joseph pastor of the Methodist Church in and Miss Ada Norton were united in marriage Friday evening immediately upon the arrival of the bride from The ceremony was per formed by Bond at his home and and Yates left at once for The bride is a pre possessing young lady and has the ap of one who will soon be come accustomed to her new sur The bridegroom is one of the numerous young pastors who are corning to America and making The News takes great pleasure in con gratulating and Joseph AND VICINITY and Rosacker and and Simington and children were callers at the Rhinehart home Sunday Last Saturday evening several of John Monks friends called on her Sunday being her Everyone had a good and John Klein and daugh ter called at Parkers Clarence was an Emmets burg visitor and and daugh called on Rhine harts Wednesday Clarence Binkley and Jessie Monu called at the John Klein home Wed Miss Bessie Anna Rhine hart and and Claxton and were visitors at Will Sunday A son was born to and Brinkley on April Rosacker shipped to Chicago one car of hogs and two of cattle Saturday Barber departed last Friday for a visit with relatives at Kanka Tomato Plants For Sale Early Minnesota Old phone 152 od For Bale Single Comb Brown for 15 or 85 per Citizens phone 154 pd SAM JONES FOR SALE Foundation hot air furnace nearly few bushels of choice homegrown timothy farm platform for hauling baled hay nearly new 2 good one near ly new 1 set of nearly 14tf machines ll In being made by inch can he made number decreases Greatly lii Cornwall is receiving much encouragement in his cam for reelection as Supreme Court Many of the prom inent men of the knowing oil his ability and satisfactory are promising support in no uncertain Cornwall is receiving letters daily from all over w hicli contain words of encouragement The work of reporter re quires man to he possessed of linn legal ability and no man in I he stain of Iowa is belter in respect than Northeast Freeman 2UUO for each up to and Deluding Hi 7ono fourteen rich is a days run and about sixteen The next point of interest is the clay Here one finds a steam shovel at It is ill nipped with an engine which does the work of One movement swings tin another does the digging and a third regulates the depth of the shovel into the clay which is loaded into cars and run on a track to a large clay shed when will run the factory for a A 24 inch belt conveys the clay from here to the There is very little waste in manu for a machine is constant ly in operation cutting up defective the clay being returned at once to the The brick are of good quality and are what are known as automatic hand The factory was started 8 years ago by Wilson of They conducted the busi ness one year when it was purchased by Straight Brothers who enlarged the plant and the present Pearson was placed in The average shipments have been 130 cars a exclusive of a large local wagon Pearson is ably assisted in the management by John overseer of Charles kiln man and James office When asked about tilling Pearson simply grinned and pointed to the empty supply With a day shift of 40 men and 15 working nights they cannot keep up with C Tripp and of were making calls in this vicinity last Rossiter up the car penter work at Broadies Satur The Simington place is being im proved by the addition of a kitchen to the The place is occupied by Ule Vernon of Lake was a visitor at the Rouse home Sunday M Hanna and were Spencer visitors Dubois and at tended the at Ander sons in Ruthven Thursday Madsen and Estabrook were Ruthven visitors Saturday James Hansens children are sick with the mumps this The Meeting The Stockholders meeting of the Farmers Elevator Company held at the Court house Saturday afternoon was presided over by The minutes of the meeting in January were read and Manager Anderson read his report of the business transacted which shows company to be in good the total profits since July having been On motion LaBrant was appointed collector for the company to collect the accounts due for Wood and children have returned from a visit at Min Davis returned to Webb Wed after having visited her and of are spending a few days at the Coleman Misses Ella Grace Jones and Alice Elliott were at Hartley Peter Johnson is spending a few days at Decker attended a miss meeting at Spencer Monday night of last Miss Ida Fisher was home from Hartley over Fell is spending a tew days with his family at Cedar Miss Nellie Wohlenberg was at Spencer Paine and returned Friday from a trip of Sioux preached in the church Wed
