The Des Moines Register from Des Moines, Iowa • Page 22

Till: RIXilSTEU AM) LIUDUIt: SUNDAY MORNING. JANUARY 29. 1011. Biggest Teeth Ever, in Iowa Vaudeville Aids Reforming Convicts IIV MM MMHMUt HTIIX. VY.flT MAMMON.

Jan Iowa baa aiialiud new dMli imn. In 'lld heieio'oie rfeemid unworthy ierio at." a i. 1 I t- i air I Inai.t lows, hsa w.rk'd out rf.l Mist Ik pla.ved Ha name far In Mk van nf Jliilliillllh states l'h In Ilia ial 'i f(a-rt leader In iana In.illo. Tiili Daw honor ha rwm Ihrmiah ll i. lutaill BV-- a 4f FT rf 1 S-M.

pra rcfotlll IliUO lui imo well preserved wars the soft tlaa i. of Ihls larsa animal liwt tl wolves an near fad on t'ia flnah It lay. 1i. akrlelon Is tnilsy mount. III the I'atarahiirg niuaauiii.

Alt alephanta. ancient and hindem. lav, a vety remsrkahia a) tain of loot i di-velnpinent and auo eaainii-. ihs ma nf Ih t'loth Jsa.t found will h. tills ordinary nianimal hare auliiea, premolar and nmlara, the a-pi ant has only moiaia and In.

laora, I latter hrlug mo'lllrd iii the mka In upper ia sfnt In the ovr jaw. A i.inip'cia uf molar nun.l-, twenty-four, thers Km al to ea9h ha Jaw. Iliieer. ther Is never mora, ti an one, Wliolly, or two psullly. In plweaivi una In each half Jaw at any given tlma The fliat sd or milk leh la aha-t at age of yeura, the arnd at the ihir.

as tha fourth at from lo S. Iha tid'. ij 11 li 11 II tha Iowa piiltrntary by Warden Wider Without qiiaaHon I''' frmii( g.w,d ac UL UUUlJj; iff rS-'. toropliled by any turn iMiiHit for nnniv. He bcf triti'ti fif atata h.tiN tonfiiied III the I I I ii -1 1 1 ii Hon ha com from Introduction of sii entirely new firm of educational entertainment 1 oriiiacly It was the riietmn to ur I lis In pr ad vaudeville troupe, an4 thus i about while tie stain lau dunnn ths remaindar of tt.e animaia me, up ic tns age of Kl or ir.

yean More intereatlug perhapa la the mode cf dental sucraaaloii Ka t'olh Inatead S. rf f- I I I'" vi i 1 I tMi 'Hit III TTrmT-a -sssssBasaTBSBmf-SBSmaM fcnp the luiieiiiaiit HP-IO. wllirtn, Ilia SlltMiMo't amount e-t fur Itial pi. m- Tla it h'rr, being li.il for Mi'h hoUdar, tiM nn even the tret of I'm oorea, an 4 cotieniatlr Hi 'VemedV Irem" were usually 111" all flul ires "slap ailrk artist" bm1 "hevy villain" ware doomed in grace Ilia penitentiary's lny no by Ilia new nf reform enh-r 'WhMi eprrad among Ilia aaie wsrda wttii unbelievable rapidity Till' ordar was Is Ilia effect (list If sufficient fund voiild be rained lyreum course of nigh rlsaa, rafmed ei.lari.liiinaol I II dlspla- Ing lla predecewaor by iewUg i.j Irom benaslli. the rae when a i-n an milk tooth la displace by Ihs partm.

nent aet, moves Into Ms ple by grad il crowding from tilnd forsard. Thu an molar, ex-'. the ht. whan It pecoiiio much worn and nmre sr le ii.elaaa crowded out at ths front Prt of the jaw. pilor to (he hairy mainmirtn there lived In tills section of the cnutitry two otiir ha arranged end given.

The sic nounoemam made an Inetanlaneou tilt atm la of elaphauts commmuy known Ita namilartty lielug msniraatrxi nf numar. Iha Imnerlal and foiunuiian eieiwam mm offers nf state ward to snbwrtb It it. er- litan neasts they ware and different from oilw In much ths owns way per the fund. Thla. wa encouragamanl of Ilia dght kJnrl and wtian one of Ihs ward, teeard along Ilia flag end gallerf rail ah a subscription blank tha man In alluj less-at If maiiiirvi Mlmill llllrt V4KO Itichm.

rails dlie'ered an Individual prl.la and Xswrr pHuWhat rrn.nl.Wi on, If not lir lurgpnt lfhnt'B tooth vtf anxious arn to alffn thalr tisnmaw hsps ss tiie Afrlctn and Indian lennant of today, the chief difference being In the structure of the tooth. KemeJns of thea earlier forms have been found In gravel had tn tha weatern part of Io during pant few years. With the lived a speclee of elephant like animal known as tiie maetodon. Iowa milvemlly hsa but recenlly com into posaeaalon of an iinmense Jaw of ona nf Iheaw laat named. It 1" a lower Jaw nil sat down onpnaiia Ihs aiiount as .1.1, Ml tn dnnala.

Whan tl'S Hat Milt. lliiaJlf eotmu4 II waa laaj-na.) that tha IOWA CITf, Jan. 3-The re- sisit was innrs than anourii to Iy lor cent unearthing of an unusually large elephant tooth by John Mill of Pent eon, full lyraxim rnurss of ins Tirai oiass. And ftilB daaira In alvs tmr Ihs fund araa aaldant smonsT ths (irafla and A ha. given rl-e to considerable and Is nowln excellent condition.

A pho csiintlfle and popular illscusslon rela rnstida whs thrtr irta with no Miiast or ttifliMoes. tograph of It Is lierewKn enown. its so-tual length la about thirty-two tnche. A sulendld colleotlon of these prehis Aa sll Importsn svanta wlil-h orrirr I 'i Iniviea, while the length from cmwii to end of Uie root fangs lnriea. Ths toolh beloni In a apeoies of els-phant known sa Elepliss I'lVnu-enlua, and has tha common name of hairy ale-pliant or hairy mammoth, due to the fact tl at the atiamul was rover ad by a heavy thlrk coat of long hair.

Thla fact gives a clue to die rigorous climate of the time In shich the animal lived and for ahoe cold winters It was well protected. The halrv elephant, though long sines extinct, pernlnted until comparatively recent tlmea. Indeed an entire cariaas of one wss found In 1W froien In the mass of Ice in the wilds of northern Liberia kahiiul Imn han snd slsris wain ias on tive to certain hugs baa it a which ones lived In this section of tiie country, and at a time, no doubt, before we have any evidence that man bsd yet mads hi. sppesrancs on ths American continent sji4 balnM Biihllr pmparly tlirmigll dif-fran ohsnmi. so dl4 tla nna of aiyoaum naurss In rarh ths tiawa wrltara of 1lia stt, wiiS svs Ilia toric msmmallen remains Is being g-ith-ered together In the geological museum of Uie rolversltjr of Iowa No pejus are spared In giving every specimen recognition In standard scientific pulslcatlon.

Ths lione are sll carefully preserved Thla tooth, takes from ths Demaon, fafli fmrl pulillrlty. AW. Jnurnallalii Cook up ths aiilijw with viimr. It waa hiti saw and rate hv. I To and inn and are pawed In the museum properly gsavsl pit.

Is one of the largest of which thers la any record In acientlfle lltera-turs. It measure In length slong the grinding eurfsie JO Inches and In width labeled and credited to tnetr rmtiers. 1t wss dalHVtnd and both aldas Imluliiad fa sluasst of words without awaitliuT auialla or rasiilts. lt Wardon flsivtara hasdad not lha antl or The Drainage of Wall Lake is Criticised snthuautat AflT an anli-ndad rnrrs-Spondanc and carefullf waluhln. rnasa-urlrut snd bslsnrtnir tha marl! of aavsral ortaniisffnna.

cnnlnvK wara alrnod snd ths first ntimhsr annottrx ad to chorua 3- for snyone opposed to drainage to appear AMES, Jan. A. II. lvlon, "'MOTflKR WflRATOM. TRISOif EVANGEUST, AND COIfTRTi IX THE 8TRTPES.

before the board. Von do not nev-d to call anyone's alien Hecretary StaJe Kxeiutive Council: In Tiie Uvs and Inaplrsllon fnr a ha i tat man Inirlug ths rouras lurh Clisulsuqua tlon "to the fan that this Wall lake Raa-ister and Leader of lec. uu, mom naaii a laiiirlhv article by you In re hood and rfsrht llvln(. Thay srrllis bt celehilliea aa Dr. Ilohart Parker Miles, lertiira, "Tallow Iilpa;" Hylvoalsr In, gard to what you caH the "facts lu ths not the noted Wall lake in Hc count).

There are several other Wall lakes In Iowa belde those mentioned above, snd damoiiatrstor, "IJahlnliujr snd Tooth- plrka;" Maud Ilslllnnton Booth, Ic. tura. tha hunters of Iowa sre well aware case" In defense of tne state council's action relstlvs to the draining of Wail lake In Wright county. In reiply to that article allow me to tviint nut to rou that your letter Is abun rrlnon lleforina;" Edmund Vhiics which ona vou want drained Cuoke, rerltsl; Kred Illli. humorist; I have recanted enough facts to show that your "on possible conclusion that Thomas Mdlary.

lecture, "Mlanlon of Mirth." H. W. Ottllllan, wit; Bkldkret's to attend church for fear of being burned cut by fires thus started." and that you "came near losing several thousand dollars' worth of bulkilngs" by a fire started by a hunlrr, I believe to be untrue. I have hunted ever lnce I was big enough to throw a ehotgun to my ahoulder, and. when a boy, with men that had poached In England, yet I have never heard a hunter even ugest setting fire to any grasa or brush to drive out game, regardless of how far that gras or bruah was from any man' building or danger of the fires spreading to other fields.

I have known of one case, and heard of several others, where farmers hsd stock shot, but not by a man hunting with a shotgun, but by small boys shooting at marks and birds with a rifle Now. every hunter deeply regrets such accidents, and doe not adversely criticise a farmer for. putting up "no hunting" notices, when such accidents have oc the lake Is a menace 10 public neaitn anil for a nant of the year at least, an Hunssrlan orchestra; Ned Woodman, cf anplatiM 1'iat mua hsv smoarj irmtltuda to hasvan. It wss a naw "door of )lht" openad to ths sln-bllnd'd. snd avail ths lonr-tlnwra" and Ufa-man TOlcad thalr apprarlallon by amUas snd nnddln haaila.

Mrs, norsncs Maybrlrk. hoe voles Ms Imirtiad tlis TeHinivs, sympailiallo rots In count leaa AmarVsn sudlawas, wss tha first nunkliar snd It was Inner aMcaa In svr way. Her Isutura, "Tlia Blory of My Life." iiiifoUlad hr axparl-ncaa of twrjvo yasiif Iniprlnottmant In sn EnirMali oaosl Inallltitlon smt hr re-oitsl atldtad tha dnaaat attantloti. Dtir-1 ar thla number, which was alran In ths fianltantlsry's rhsiwl, tha atala ward a sk-ilbltad alsn uf uilabohRvlor or sasrlomanly rxtiertrd, Ilia ronrlurt nf tha InrruitM wsa srannad rloarlr sjt thla firm ntartalnmant, hut no IirasWi of diflMns fjorurrarj and thalr fsiilllaas condtn't was commmvtad upon frraly and spprovad hy avrn thoaa who had dnuhted ths wlrdum of ths pjan, dant proof that )oo and the executive council are the ones that ar prejudiced and misinformed In regard to Wall lake and lake dralnwe In Iowa in general. rlple of ChrM's tesnhlngs Indelibly impressed on the hearer.

One prisoner said: "I had to corns to the penitentiary to know the vslus of ths lycaum eourse." And many of ths stats wards confess they hsd never viewed a lycaum timber psfors entering thla Institution. Klnee tlte beginning of these entertainments there has been a marked Improvement in tie mental and moral tone of the ward e1denre undlavutable that tha future of these now wall-bound men hall be better and truer In ths full eenes of Ixineat endeavor to "llvs within the law." lows may well be proud of tha new distinction. It Is the first full lycaum rouree ever given behind prison walla and Is a wonderful step forward In panel progress and toward ths prevention and actual ouleance'' Is not only absurd, but decidedly untrue. that Urns, snaraT, brains and tillMy ran produi's and cn only mak pur an Ideal cltlsanahlp. Tliera ar thre ramarlrsbls facta rs vealed In this naw field of uplift; flrat, ths biltlsllvs.

foraslalit huslnaaa ability naoasasTf to build, lth no prac)nt. a new Institution of Irimun endeavor to "make a mail understand himself' by examples placed wttMn his Mkht; aax-ond. ths spirit of tha stats wards to alvs (InsJicIs ssaistarca to help tiiarnseiva Uis rat at mental dsrktieM; and. third. His rneuft.

It ran be stated with of question that tlrls sntertsln-mant featurs is hy far ths greatest educational and rrpllftlnc reform that has ss yet bean tried. Every number has, for a fundamental keynote, an appea.1 which thrills ths besver and leaves some prln- cartoonlrt; Keokuk Concert company, a linear, whlallar and reader: "Capt." Jack Crawford. "Ths Cowboy Osmbls Concert compsny; Kverett Kainp, reader; Your quotation from tns law in reswru In regard to your "certsln questions to lake dralnsge are correci, ana no hantcr will, nwke any. objections to that law nnleHS the law 1 Interpreted too llb-ersllv bv those who wlah to ess the arising out of the case," tne presence of that lake does not depreciate the vidua of the farm surrounding It and does not levy an annual tribute upon all the resident for the pleasure and profit Ur. JlTiry Cisrk.

Hall;" Lorenzo Kwli'k. Illuatrator; Kftsworth Plumatasil, character actor In recital; Dr. II. W. Sears, lecture; Jueeffy, magi state as devoid of lakes as a desert.

You are probably aware, or ai icaai vu. of chlsen, not residents of the actual cian; Skovgart), Danish vlollniat.and ovar a score of others have given nunrbnrs that to he, that there ia rowing xnar. nana community. Who would not rather have more to ths beauty ana turacn run the gamut of human thought and some men A curred. However, there are of a country than lake.

Wisconsin and hi. farm adjoining a body of water, es- cure for crime. every number has contained tne ineen- who prohibit hunting out of peclally when that body of water could pura naTii ifcl Minnesota point with pride to their numerous lakes. Yet, in Iowa with Its few about eixm sir neas. 1 met such a man with very little expense be made even I WHS weeks ago.

With a companion, fv a summer resort? The presence 01 mat lake Increases the value of the surround lakes of any slxe such persons as you, rtar. drnlnase of the few lakes and THE ALARM hunting ducks several miles ing properly. Every hunter that visi's iwwii.a of water, that you call Calvin Brockett, a Polk County Pioneer mnhi. thai could be made, beautiful with far leas expense tnn It would take Wall lake for a few days' hunt spends at least 110 In that vicinity. And what doe he take out? Possibly a little game that certainly does not belong to anyone A person Informed us where there was a good pond that usually had ducks on It.

He said the farmer did not usually allow hunting, but. If we went and asked him. It would be all right. We did ss suggested, even gave our names and told ho we were. Now, there were hundreds the pioneer of Polk county, a good up Into the houses, requiring the Inmates BV V.

AXORKWS. to seek lilguer ground until finally the of ducks on that pond. Several flocks The roll call of pioneers of Polk County hehsT renidly decimated by the Grest to drain them. You have quoted at length from Lngl-neer Wilson's report A to the lake containing a heavy growth of flags, rushes and wild rice, his statement are correct. Obviously, that Is one of the rtronT points In favor of Uie retention of the lake.

You ought to he aware of the fact tliet no wild fowl will breed on an opfn body of water. The statement In regard to the depth came In while we were talking to mm. But he refused to allow us to go and entire population, of the town removea lo Mr. RrockeU's land as temporary camping ground, the river having risen over twenty fet and flooded the valley en. temperate lu habit, by Inheritance ristocratlc In Ideals, but In taste; a man of good mind, quick i-tm-palhle, kind hearted and generally cheerful, lie had a keen sense of huitn)r.

loved a wltly or ehunient speech snd i'-aay felt a lively Interest In pollticK shoot a few of those ducks. There was Jtraimr. On the of the present month, In hunnella, soother fall under the stroke of hi rinthlex iMtid, Calvin dtmrkctt, at tho age of years 1 men 111 no stock In the field and tiie pond wai A rush of feet In the quiet. treet And the sense of a sudden stir; Then hrlek on shriek, as of crowds who seek The blood of a murderer. Some horrible riot has broken out! Hark, hark, to the clamor all about! The tumults grow, tossing to and fro Till the whole air ehuddereth; And the timid quail, and the brave turn pale.

At the thought of Impending death. Uuhjt, bar tlis doors on Uie mob's mad rulel- Why, it' only our Johnny, home from school i -Puck for mile tn aldlh. Among those see--Ing the refuse were Ur. Hull. Lewis Tod- nearly a half mile from hla house, now, thla man wanted to know what business Uie slate had to sell a license to hunt, and days, one of the four oldest mem hiinler.

t. K. Hrown and other. When keeping himself well Informed as to pn that lives near the lake. You like to belittle the tola! value of the "big round dollar" paid by the hunter as "only a drop In the bucket" compared to the taxes paid by farmer and business men.

Let me call your attention to the fact that the taJieit paid hy ihe men who wish to see that lake drained Is "only a drop in the bucket" compared to the "big round dollars" paid by the hunters for a license that diyes not even give them the legal right to hunt anywhere without first getting permission, and we won't mention the other taxes those hunters pay. Your statement that hunters often start lire and that "In the prairie parts of Uie state there are times when farmers of the lake-five feet at Its deepest part. beta left of the stenllnir group who lln affslra; waa elortad Justice of and yet, furnish no place 011 which to and that It was then "within a root or the lowest place of the wall," is untrue. peace and other town.hlp office. hunt.

When the state does nave a piacs turned their liarks to etuilern home, iwllii all their ties of youth, convfort and consanguinity, slowly, patiently wended of a slaveholder, he was a whig, aholM llonlst and republican. During the Kan where a man can hunt without permission, you desire to see even that place hiken away from lilm. tlielr way across the wild, trackless west srn prairies to hullil a new home, rcrpilr sas free soil agitation hla farm was n) About two months ajo uie isae, was low that it would have to rise three feet to bring the water to the foot of the wall, and then at least three feet more Now you are perfectly wining ior me substation on the "underground railroad' lo Canada for the colored people. Ing persevering toll, hardship and privation, of widen, the re.eiit gemtration can liava no conception. To them la lo bring tho surface to tne tow place in hunters to buy licenses, and you suggest that a part of that money be used ever due most linnorahle mention, for CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE.

scarcely dare to leave home long enough the wall. Yet there was at that tune over flv feet of water in the deepeet part of the lake. There Is considerable difference between a maximum depth of eleven feet BUILDS REVOLUTIONARY BOX MACHINE araa they wfio htld the cornerstones and foundation of all the country's hlxtory ajtd prosperity. OLD U. S.

SUPREME COURT PRACTITIONER and a maximum of six feet as reported by Mr, Wilson. It 1 true that a great many fish were Btr. BrocJostt was born on a plantation about forty mllea north of Nashville on the flood ulisided, had floated away to the gulf of Mexico, leaving nothing hut the public well etandlng In the center of the river channel. Mr. Hrnekelt at once began Improving his laud and building a home.

A man of energy and enterprise, he soon became a potent factor In the progress of the community. He named his farm "Valley View," from the extended view of the river valley In all directions. In due time he received a government patent for the land signed by President James Hu-thman. In that farm borne wllti Its contentment, happkuees and good c.heer were born eight children, with no disposition ever to leave rt, who, with the two brought from IllhHif, grew 10 nutturtty, married and reai-ed families, with the exception of onw rtaiurhter, Mary, who aJwayti lived with her fiuher. To Mr.

Urockett anil his helpmate, were born ten children, five soiu ami five daughter, of whom, now living are tauder and Ml Item, farmer In townalilp; oi hmdo an atlorney in rfi Moines-. Iwery traveling salesman (or StiKk'lwkers; Anna, wife of James PA3AM0NA, Jan. M-Paxadena, famed for It beauty and li. climate, is now to be famous for Its Industrial accomplishment, it has remained for Pasadena ha Cumberland rlwer rimllli county, frozen last winter, but if the enemies of the lake will leave that earth wall alone (Tsnn. Jfo was of JSngHah ancestry, being ELDORA, Jan.

In central Iowa know about or knows of Judge John Porter of this city. He has and one of Its cltlxcns, Arthur J. Hodge, and there Is a "Don't Destroy" sign there, too-therc will be eufftVient water In the lake so that it will not freeze solid over been a fixture In the political, legal, formerly of Indianola, to revolu-t'oiilw the box making Industry, On fn-lglit alone, the accomplishment of this a great area, if have a normal rain fall this scar. ofelna will Install them In a factory at t.ilcago. A floor space 3O0 hy 600 feet will be required to accommodate the machinery In working condition, and a lubber yard Boo feet square will be provided.

In the course of a day'a work, tha factory will eat up feet of lumber and with a view to providing the supjly at a moderate cost the enrpora-tloiilhas purchased a lumber mill. A woo( pulp mill In Wisconsin" has also breiil-pcuieil to supply the material with whicl to run the factory. It. Iliiggles, who la now In Pasadena k-epreneiiting the promoters of the projet. will go east with the machine, ai-i-lsilln setting It up and will superintend is work.

social, business and strenuous Hfs of Eldora, of Hardin county and of the peiiiiful revolution will save millions-much of It to the orange growers who much Interest among the great men who compose the makeup of the greatest law-deciding body In the world, and few of his friends and acquaintances here or In Iowa realized that he was for a longer perlodthan any other attorney privileged and licensed to argue before that high court. Judge Porter was horn In Washington county, Pennsylvania, In JS28, and on tne 28th day of next April will 1m eighty-three years of age. Todrfy he is hale and hearty and getting ready to proni.it some great Irrigation and town file TI10 claim that the damage to cropx from blackbirds, amountB to from oue-ihlrd to one-fourth of the crop la too last year ent frfUKi mrn of too boxes each 10 the breakfast taJilea of the east. silly and absurd to require comment Seventeen different marvels of me There were very few blackbirds at the lake the past year, and, even If there had been many, the good they would have chanism, one nf which Is a. complete mill and mrpenter shop, and all of which are linked together by travelers and tables, state of Iowa for a period of over fifty year.

Now comae the Interesting news Item from a Washington, D. C. rorre-spondent that Judge Porter enjoys the honor or distinction of being the oldest practitioner, In point of years of service before the supreme court of the States. Tha Judge was admitted to practice before that august tribunal In 1SS3, and last week was in Washington City to argue a case of his own before tl'-' supremo court He was an object of done In the destruction of worms and In H. Panama.

Riuuiclls; Allre. wife of will-lam Power; near Adelphl: Tamsy gfi to mHKe up mis gioni ion woon pulp box and packing case machine propositions out in idano. 11 nen im, men ere getting ready to cut out husl- fcu sects would have far exceeded the value of the few ears of corn tliey might have (anted to dry rot. Any farmer knows toajWMWpl I I widow, of Runnells, and Mary. Mrs.

Brockott 'ed Aug. J. ISM. Thirl v-two lies? or have retired altogether from whlnii now stiiini.1 on ine tioor 01 tne Reliance Machine works at T'non ami Pehiey street It will he shipped to Chi that if there are any blackbirds about the active Mrlfe and work of their life- ft I gnuidcblldren and foriy-llve great grand-children survive the parents. they will leave the lake or swamp, or crops.

If you please, to follow the plow or cultivator to pick up worm and llrocke't wan the true tie or time, Judge Porter Is at his hardest work, and despite the advancing, years which have fast crawled upon his lease of life, he Is as young and active ambitious as he was fiftv yeare ao. cago IWO nionilis HPIier. wnr-ra II win he Installed In an enormous factory building that has iwn ertirted to accomnio-dtitc It, and will he promptly put in use by Hie Illinois llawhiile Hox company to beetles. I have askeu a itumner or men who have been to the lake, If they had i-. jf I fry jj ever heard any complaint from farmers revolutionise the box making inaumry of the Htatee, 1 car the laae, snout ini uidcauuus u-ttroving the crops, and the answer Is om.

The InvenUon real meaning cannui ob piratically no. The real trpuble Is, we hut Si l' '5 'ir well realised, by the average person, lave not enougn Diros 111 me uniieu some Idea may be gained In regard to 1 4 efl the great service it win renunr wo-n I stated that raw tuuilier and sheets nnln hoard are fed Into tne ma if I I chine from opposite ends, carried through 1 the maae of rollers he miners and saws for a of two hundred ronved. creased, sawed, mailed together when as a struggling lawyer he fir.vt commenced to visit the city of Wabli-Ington and the supreme court. He came to Iowa when the state was young and located firFt In Cerro flonlo county and in 18f4 practiced law at Mason City. He was elected to the district bench and for a long time was one of the district Judges of the northern Iowa district.

He has had a personal acquaintance with all of the presidents from Millard Fillmore down to Roosevelt. He la' the personal friend and acquaintance of some of the greatest financiers of Hi nation and for nuiny yearn wan'the confidential friend and business adviser of John I. Rlair. He knew Vice President Schuyler Colfax in Indiana and his wife was related to the aisllngulshed. official.

He has held many positions of trust and honor In this city, hating leu Slate. Head the reports of tne bureau of agriculture In regard to the enormous quantities of worms and bugs eaten by a single Wtd In a day. Yoit will tlnd that thinking men are trying lo- secure the lavage of laws that will nfire adequately protect the birds and their lieitlng places. I would suggest that you read "Haeful Birds and Their lYotectloit," by Mr. Kd-vard Howe "arbusli.

ornithologist of tiie Massachusetts state board of agriculture. I defy you or "Engineer Wilson" to lihow tnat "In its present condition. Wall ake Is certainly a meuare t'l the. public lies.lt li and a detriment 10 the surrounding country." There are only two farmers and delivered to another macinnc mat 1 earner. Mtiotner tiltat nails the rf the seven Hi generation dlrnut from John Brookott, born hi Kngland In 1619.

srtio nmne to Boston with Reverend John Davenport and Theophllu Kaston In the aaiLhig whip Hector In JfUIT. lie was a man of education, active lu business, and had much to do with the early work of the colonies of Miumwvhusott and t'on-rteotlout Jle wan a civil engineer, surveyed and estalillshed Uie boundaries and lines of New Haven Green, and the grounds of Tale university aa they exist today. Of his early ethlldhood Mr. Brockett rotalned pleasing memories, the liest of Irhlrh was being toted about the (ilanla-Hon In a icottoniplckllig banket, hy an old kind-hearted colored "mammy." When tie wn ten years old, his psrents removed to White county, Illinois, and a few years later, to Kfflngham county, In the spring of 3S1R, with his wife, two small ohlhlron, and such household good as oould Dot be dlapensad with In a new unsettled' country, came by team lo Polk Bounty. The Ktate of Iowa, and Fort 1 es JWolnes were then but two years old.

lr. 1. Hull, father of Congreefnian Hull, an enterprising ninn, had come from Ohto to l''nrt Pes Moines with intent to make It hi permanent abiding place. He looked over the town whtoh was largely In the Jiands of land speculator. mid for sale, selected the site now occupied hy the Kirkwood house, on which to build' a home, but when the price de-mnndci was thirty dollars, he declared it wn.a an extortion lie would "0 somewhere and start a town of ills own.

lie went down the Ies Moines river about tcii'iiiilfs, purcliaurd a larse tract of land along the ea-it 'hunk. In the eouthcatt corner of amp township, laid a town, built store', dwellings and shop: built two rope ferric across the river to catch the vast emigration then moving westward slid divert It from Mi fort: built flathiwts to carry farm products flown the river to market, end boosted hi towu as a rh al to the fort, to which, he nave notice on day, at one of the largest banquets held In the county, that the little town up at Kaccoon Korka. wlWi her two hundred people. motl ohlldren, must look out. as his town of ne hundred and eeventyflve.

actual count, was growing fast and it really did worry the fort people 1rab: It caught Mr. Urockett. and with hla brother-in-law. Klley Howard, he orned a general merchandise store, and Joined the activities of the embrj-o city. Being by experience a farmer, or In snuthurn rlance, a n1 pad with tiie richness, of ilie Iowa l.iairi.

oti ha had psnxcl over, and hav. jug nnore fa't'i in It Irian, In at olice pitrrrird a IhiiiI claun of Jsjto-aMverly. viittu Die store Msv. wheit a big flood rWitisj at.ant.V, cietpiiig birfloni. with corkelraw nails that won I mill out.

and another that lays them alde copletl. at the rat. of every that live anywhere nwr Uie lake, and it la certain thai they lae never claimed ills' i A eW "sW J. 1 i I jr 5 Uie lake to be a menace to iieaiui. ''vor' hulMtng the machine and two mora like it, the Reliance Maohine works in Chicago.

An order for the machine. came to tha Hellenes works about ten months ago Arthur J. Hodge, the designer, was given an idea of the sort of mechanical contrivance the eastern corporation had In mind The promoterB wanted a machine Jna, would make a light i substantial box from materials that ore useless for any other purpose. Tey knew it ih, hnlMlnir of an 'Immense piece Again, a number of small collages Iwive ln built 011 the east snore the last two years and If Wall lake was a "stinking lake" and a "menace to as you 4 If I i jf 1 1 vk -''V, ft i A. i w' I claim, people would not be building there You state that no one ohjecting to drainage appeared at heai'ng before I I 'F' the board.

You previously state "remon mayor several times and was the mam promoter and real builder of the Iowa ft Dakota rail war, which was later absorbed by the Chicago Northwestern. Several years ago Judge Porter, with his eon, W. S. Porter, at one time owner and builder of the Eldora Electrio LlRht company, went to Boise, Idaho, and engaged In some extensive Irrigation contracts. They undertook a big piece of work for the Mlnlndoka irrigation UK.h and have had a great deal of trouble wit the Vnlted States government In getting the matter aettled.

This causes Judge Porter to spend much time at Washington, D. in arguments before the supreme court, and it Is the hope of his many friends In thl part of the tate that he may successfully terminate his last argument and receive his Just dues for work done by him for Uncle Sain. After his strenuous work at Washington. strances were numerously sgned by m.chnlem. The na i -A af is 1 rvravinuslv done work for fte corpora came tion, and consequently the to Pasadena H.

B. Ruggles. a mechanical fpvereer was sent here to watci the s-tresa 01 fcate re the work and see that the ult turn was suit of Mr. Ho.tge'a deslsning 1 1 1 1 i i i If it fcnonth Ike bl hunHera and their friends at Estle Orove, Iowa Falls, Handall. Alden, Duws, Hold-field ami other more or leai distant towns." Was that not sufficLnt? You and the executive council would raUier believe the absurd claims, that you are pleased to call evidence, put forth by a few men wnho possilily wish to romplste their "fractional than listen to the wishes of thmisands from he surrounding country.

Even If jour lotice of heading was nuhhuhed In the Clarion for four wek. it probaHy was not made any too- conspicuous. Again, the toon Of ycli' iter sufficient evi- It 'Ad bis almost Useless what the promoters needed. Nine sun the, dcelv'ner started to and notwithstanding fe Tact nrked Porter n-palred at once to his winter home at Winter Haven, where, among the wairin climate and relaUves and friends hi will r.st and ecu; rat 9 I that he if setbacks aa. under 4ivorabl coinllttin's.

1 I finished machine and It wa V-. on or hi 1 lav Whe aaaaaaaaaaBai as spa it I were )'' ol f'UItlN i ga I fureloii that ordered iii.lltioi's. and It wa lavs. Whe "i jefs ol UsvtoI Hods -et up taken nia- for more rautfus "Uigglu tn west JLOGB JOHN Pol." at tn the spi of r-ra..