The Alton Democrat from Alton, Iowa • Page 3

"isfe- et THE DEMOCRAT, SAURDAY, APRIL 6, 1 912 The Cartercar The car with a thousand'speeds--one lever control-- I will climb a fifty per cent grade. Metz "Twenty-two" Water Cooled for $495 Four cylinder motor, valves'and all running- parts closed and dust pro tiff. Chains enclosed in casesTunningr in oil. We haye.taken the agency for tliese cars. When you are thinking of buying a- car this season let us demonstrate these cars to you: S.J.

Van IRewe of IHospers Mrs. John Hyink visited relatives at City on of last week. Jake l)e Vries and wife were the guests of Boyclen friends over Sunday. Rugs--all kinds and sizes at prices to fit all purses at B. Klein's.

45tf Mrs. Jos. Pohlen Sr. went to Sioux -City Tuesday to enter St. Joseph's "hospital for an operation.

John Smith and wife loft Monday for Sioux Center -where they will "visit 'friends for a few days. H. Hilbeliuk returned, from Parma Idaho Sahn-ripv last after an absence 'n the west of s-everal weeks. A. Lincoln of Alton was here "Wednesday to spend the day at the "Slagle office with Peter and Herman.

Nick Huist ami Gerrit -Taloemeii- of Alton.were in Hospers Wednesday to deal with W. P. Gerst and purchased from him twenty-three What 25c Will Buy We have reduced our expense -by doing the work bur- solves and by doing so we can 'sell you Groceries, Dry Goods, Clothing, Ladles and Gents Furnishings at prices that are right. Look over this list. Compare price for price, quaiity for quality then note the difference.

Bars Beat 'Km All Bars AVild Jap Rose Bars Trilby Soap 25c Boxes Matches 25c Packages Yeast Foam 25c Plugs Navy Tobacco. 25c Plugs Star Tobacco 25c. Plugs Big Four Tobacco. 25c Pkg Buck Horn Pkgs Top Oats 25c Pkgs Tbaeties a Pkgs Celluloid Starch 25c a PUgs Paps Starch 3 Pkgs Crackers 25c '4 Pounds Ginger Snaps 25c Cans Milk 2 Cans Lewis Lye 2 Cans Pears 25c 2 Cans 25c 3 Boxes Mustard Sardines 25c 'J, Cans K. C.

Powder 2fc 35c Buttons 25c 35c Stick 25c Shoes marked with yellow tags are still going at a Big Discount a you can't a to miss. Our spring a and Caps are now on display. -Big Line of Boys Suits at 1D12 prices. As we have said before we are here to please you, not. myself.

but Mvs. Woertink as well, and to make" your shopping pleasant and profitable as well. In addition to this give you 4 pnr cent cash checks either for cash or eggs. So when in 'Hospers give us a call, whether your purchase be large or small. We are hero to please.

Yours truly, H. H. Woertink Hospers Save the Cash Checks head of the famous Gerstdale Poland Chinas. Baas Vander Aa'rde and family of D.opn came Saturday for a week's visit -with Hospers relatives and friends. Henry Pronk of Leota, was the guest of the Wesselink, Vanden Karnp and Wierda families over Sunday.

Miss Freda Verschoor for Sioux City Thursday to assume her duties at the Davidson Bros, department Mrs. and children and Miss were at Sheldon -Wednesday loV a visit with friends. The Hospers meat market has been in the hands of Lew Bynes this week and he has given same a nifty and tasty appearance. Housecleaning time has arrived and you willMieed some new window shades and lace curtains. See B.

J. Klein before you buy. 45tf Prof. Rundall and Winnie and' Hilbelink spent Wednesday at the Sadie Hilbelink school, the guests of the teacher. John Vanden Berg of Orange "City waa here Wednesday to iritervew his Republican friends and get them i for the primaries.

How about that new Easter suit? Get a suit that will fit you and is made according to the latest fashion by having your measure taken at B. J. Klein's. 45ti Will Kluiu, brother of Joe Klein, who is also in the employ of the Button Elevatoiv company has been transferred from Nemaha to Inwood Iowa. The change is a promotion.

At- the meeting of the new council on last Monday evening Joe Klein was reelected clerk. Mayor Jungers up to date has not appointed, his marshal! and street commissioner. Nic Ludowese's boys-have a way of their own to get a they want. They fixed last year's corn planter which was a which the boys did not' like, so that a new one will be necessary this spring. Art Vanden Brink i us 'that he seeded about ten acres of after.a.hasty bfenkfast'in Dean's bachelor quarters; the three gentlemen shouldered their "guns and en- ioyed hunting along the banks of the Floyd a couple of hours and brought doxvu one goose and nine ducks.

Three young men by the names of Roseina, Doornbosch and Boer ar-1 rived Friday from Aduard, Grbnin- 1 gen, Netherlands to make their fortunes in the new world. At the present they are staying at the H. Rosema home Chough all three of them expect to engage in farm work as soon as the spring wark i D. Tuinstra died at his home near Newkirk early Monday morning alter being sick only a few days with lung fever. Deceased was forty years of age and he leaves a widow and four children.

The funeral services were held from the Newkirk churc'h on Wednesday and interment was made in the Newkirk. cemetery. Hospers 'friends have cards, announcing the marriage' of John B. Stevenson and Miss Allie Sheel which on Tuesday Mach 2 6th. Miss formerly was one of Hospers popular young ladies and mo red to Sorum, S.

to live on a claim. Mr. Stevenson is the cashier of the bank at Sornm and a very popular and fine young man. Joe Brandenburg. returned Sunday from the west where he spent, the past four months.

He accompanied the: Belig family to Stuttgart Arkansas and later visited -at' Willowdale Kansas and York Nebraska. At Willowdaie Joe was in the employ of Uncle Sam for a while; as carrirer on a star mail He expects to work for the Western Union Telegraph company at his old job of lineman for the coming season. The road drag law which was published in the Democrat of March 23d provides for a payment of 50 cents per mile for eack mile traveled back and forth, with a'drag." Road superintendents are finding cents per mile enough and. farme'-'-' not willing to do the work at price. Mr.

Dolphin informed: us that iri his district this rate was increased to 7 0 cents per mile and some be increased to- Sl.n.ft per mile. The Hospers tile factory has installed an electrifi tamping machine which will be used iii the making of ceihont blocks. I is necessaryi for the making of blocks.to 'use a mixture that is quite dry and. it-needs great deal of tamping a first 'class block. As 'a rule the tamping by hand is not satisfactory.

The ma.chine just installed works ejght powerful tampers up and down with great rapidity and when a block so tamped is taken out of the mold it is wet on ail sides showing that the moisture lias been driven clear through the mixture by the powerful tamper and this is as it should be. The Hospers tile factory is going into the cement silo business and this machine will be used for tamping the blocks. wheat on Tuesday. ports that the soil Mr. Brink re- is in excellent i a i that prospects so far are bright for the farmer.

Beware of Ointments For Catarrh That Contain as mercury will surely Destroy :t.he sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney Toledo, contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system.

In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the' genuine. It is ta.ken internally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney Co. Testimonials free.

Sold by Druggists. Price 75c per bottle Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Bet the Best The best motorcycle on the market today is the Indian Motocycle Four H. P. Single Cylinder 'Seven H.

P. Twin Cylinder $200 $250 Roman Verschoor Agent Hospers There are no local regulations relating to life insurance in China, Amt-rican companies being entirely under the jurisdiction of the American consular and court officials and subject to American I'lHs 10ml To Had Habit Things never look bright to one with "the blues." Ten to one the trouble is a. sluggish liver, filling the system with bilious poison, that Dr. King's New i Pills would ex- OH Monday evening Mrs. Sam Brink suffered a severe a i i spell and for a time conditions were serious.

At thfi present writing the patient is entirely recovered though I stiff from the of the attack. I Mrs. Leo i a and her sister i Miss A a Lecnm went to Sioux City Tuesday to meet their mother who i from Burling lown for a woek's visit. Miss A a who has been visiting in Hospers, expects to return with her mother to a i Iowa. Few Hospers people know that Miss Btsrtha Dykst.erhuis, the clerk at Klein's store is an artist, but she is.

This week one of her best pieces, a pen and ink sketch, called "Just Arrived" is exhibited in the Klein window among the a i white fem- i i lingerie. Harko Boersma, one of the pioneers o'f'thifi section, who has been i filling all winter, is recovering and at the present, writing is doing nicely. The many friends of the old gentle- a hope that he a regain i former strength nnd be able to enjoy i and its comforts for a years to come. We wish to announce to the Hospers people we have taken the agency for the Humphrey Steam Dye Works of Sioux City. We are now prepared to have your cleaning done i by the steam process, the bo.sl, ever.

The rates are very reasonable and we pay the i Land tin Is. 4 1 I Drs. Ncvlns nnd Wild of LeMnrs canio Saturday to spent! a with i Dr. Disan. At four in the morning, pel.

Try them. Let the better feelings e.ntl "the joy of bines." Rev. John O'Reilly went to Sioux City Wednesday on N. A. Fink went to'Chicago Wednesday with a consignment of stock.

Phil Mihinaugh of Watertown, was here last-week for a brief visit with relatives. W. A. Smith' and family visited his brother Marshall and family at In wood over Sunday. Ray Kaskie, who has been running a hotel at Hudson, S.

is'here this week visiting ie home folks. Fred Heisig, one of Sioux township's substantial tillers of the soil, went to Rock Rapids Monday on business matters. Mrs. Freeland Corwin of Sioux Falls, S. was here) last week, the guebt of her husbands parents Mr.

and Mrs. H. Corwih. H. H.

Pember, one ot our druggists, was visiting mother- and friends at Akron over Sunday, returning home Monday. Mrs. C. Putnam of Sheldon, mother of Mrs. Len Culver, who has been the guest, of-her daughter for several returned home Monday.

Stoep and wife went to Orange City Wednesday of last week to attend the funeral of his uncle, T. Vander wJip buried on Thursday. Hector Bratt went to Miniota; Minm, Tuesday to look up a business location and in he finds a suitable place, i move at an early date. Chas. N.

the ex- editor -Hulfc Index, was in town the', first of the week to attend the mauiniQth closing out.sale of the Leader Bust for stomach, liver nnd kidneys. 25c. McWilliams Bros. Block Silos We ar, now prepared to make blocks for building cement. Kilos.

These silos cost little or no more and will outlast a wood silo several times. This'silo is built, ro- onforced and the wires for re- enforcing are not visible. We are again nisi king tile and ha.ve a large quantity of a tile on hand. We ex-, peel, to turn out a large amount or tile this year as we are going to priccs that will move them. We steam cure all our goods and t.hoy are therefore superior to any in the country.

We have th'p most nptodate a i for the of cement blocks, and a the beiist. ('omc nnd sec ua before yon buy. Hospers Cement Tile Go. enjoying a weed's spring 1 'vacation and some of the teachers are enjoying their vacation, with their hprae folks. The school begin Monday.

Mrs, R. C. children of Inwopa came 'last. Saturday for a visit with, her parents Mr. and.

Mrs. Sam Bellesfield arid, other relatives, returning home AYe'clnesday Sir. and Mrs. I. Guernsey and granddaughter, who have been the guests of their, son J.

J. Guernsey the past week, returned to their home at Bloomfield Iowa Monday. Meiert Grootes', who has been at- i a veterinary school in Chicago, returned home one day last week and will remain i fall when he will return and complete the course. The, town council postponed meeting till Friday evening out of due respect to the retiring mayor, W. C.

Leonard, who was at. Monoua Iowa attending the funeral of his "brother- in-law, Doctor Renshaw. Dr. Leslie Renshaw of Monona Iowa died last Sunday and Dr. W.

Renshaw and wife, C. Leonard nnd wife and Mrs. H. K. Hastings left Monday to attend the a which was held on Tuesday.

A baby boy was born' to Mr. and Mrs. Torn Garrison Monday. Mother and son are reported as doing well and Tom is delighted i the thought, that he will soon, have an assistant in liis a business. Peter Jr.

contemplates the erection, of a cottago in the west part of town this spring, which i be 2 4 2 8 with a basement, and other modern conveniences, which will be a fine i a part of town. A. B. Cook 1 of Alton was a business visitor here Monday. It looked natural to see our old friend and neighbor perambulating our thoroughfares a a i Come again, the latch string hangs on the outside, pull and walk in.

Otto Smil.li, who lias for the past eight, years boen wielding the hammer and saw in the wagon shop of H. and Son, is now con- i to his with a trouble a i i such a condition that no hopes "are entertained for his recovery. old reliable Foppe Pioneer Store hold four days display Hale in Hall this which was well I attended, considering the fact of the, competition of the closing out sale of tlio 'Leader. Store. The people of this i this i 1 that they are reliable and their motto is-to please their patrons and give them a square deal, which they have demonstrated to their many patronsjn the past.

The Brotherhood American Yeomen will initiate a class of seventeen members next Wednesday evening. The degree team of Hartley will be present and exemplify the secret work. A bannuet will follow at the Warren hotel. A pleasant time is anticipated by the membership of that order. Mrs.

C. H. Young and children, who have been visiting her brother at Camanche Iowa, who is a pastor of the at that place returned home Frid-'v last week, after an abse'nce ot two weeks. The parson looks more cheerful since her return and is a confirmed believer in the scriptural statement, That it is not good for man to be alone. The Womans Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist church held their annual thank offering last Sabbarh morning.

Mrs. Campbell, who was to address the meeting, failed to appear, and the pastor Rev. C. H. Young was substituted.

The collection for missions was $51.00 for the year which speaks well for the earnest endeavors and-the untiring efforts of ladies. William Tuynman and wife, who have been visiting tlieir old borne in Holland the past six months, returned home last Saturday, looking hale and hearty and their looks indicate that they were well cared for by their friends in the fatherland. It is needless to say they were glad to return to their loved ones this side of the briny deep. A good time and a pleasant voyage was reported. Frank McQueen, who has been associated with J.

Werkhoven the past few years in drilling wells, recently purchased the machine of Mr. Werkhoven and will operate it this season. Mr. McQueen is no novice at the business having several years experience in that line of He is a first class workman and everyway reliable, we hope he will succeed in bis venture beyond his most sanguine expectations. The board of education met last Monday and employed the following corps of teachers for the next school term with the following named salaries: C.

A. Pierce of Council Bluffs, iowa- superintendent, Miss Inez McLean, $70; Miss Lalia Seitsinger, $65; Miss Lona Norris, Miss Anita Randolph, 1 domestic science department, $75; Miss Bridget Reilly, Miss Margaret Rielly, Miss Wanda G. Spencer, $50; Miss Floy $50; Miss Anna Heisig, Miss Marie Grootes, Miss Fae Walpole of Storm Lake, $55. R. R.

the retiring superintendent who has held the position the past year and whose services have been very, acceptable to all the patrons of the schooS, declined the position as he contemplates moving to Colorado Springs, where he will engage in the practice of'law. Mr. Riley has been a capable and.ef- ficient superintendent and has rendered excellent service to the school, and the school board keenly regrets that circumstances make it necessary for him to sever his connection with he educational interest of Rock Valley. He has also endeared himself to the patrons of the school-by his gentlemanly demeanor and wise and faithful management of the sacred trust committed to him during his administration. A class of twelve students will graduate -this spring, two boys and ten girls.

We have a school that our citizens can point to with unusual pride and our school board is doing everything possible to further its interests. The Monday edition of the Sioux City Tribune contained a sensational blood curdling and exaggerated account of the finding of two bottles containing nitroglycerine and other, yeggmaii paraphernalia in Rock Valley last Saturday which created great' Excursion Fares. Via the North Western Line To North Pacific Coast Attractive round trip excursion rates are in effect daily June 1st to September' 30th, 19l2, to Puget Sound points. Return limit October 31st. 1912.

Go one and return another. Special convention will be in effect at various times during the summer months. Liberal stopovers on going and return trip. Yellowstone Park may be included as aside'trip North Pacific Coast To California -Round trip tickets will be on sale daily June 1st to Septerri- ber 30th, 1912; return limit October Slsti 1912. These tickets cover a most interesting tour of the West.

California and the Puget Sound country are. at their best during the summer months and excursion fares provide for trips covering the most attractive sections of the'West. Special convention fares will be in effect at various times during the- summer months. Details of your Summer Trip furnished upon request A. P.

Blackman, Agent, Alton Iowa G. H. MacRac, General Passenger Agent, St. PauS, Minn. A week's vacation in the public schools commencing April 1st.

Miss Alice Pierce returned to Mitchell to her school Saturday. roads are getting dry enough to begin using buggies and au'tos. Have you a hobby to ride, if so what is it, is it well broke to ride? April commenced without any a i and a very winterish appearance. The Ladies Aid of the Congregational church meets with Mrs. Wideman this week- Most of the teachers and some of the scholars improved the vacation by visiting.

Theodore and Melviri Johnson and Peter Toft have returned from Humboldt Iowa College. The Cable Bros, are still herding cuttle in the corn stalks and expect to until the first of May. Sirs. Prisbie fell on the ice Saturday and sprained her a so she cannot walk help. Miss Florence Cable does not improve of the rheumatism so 'that she can walk without crutches.

The 'ground covered with snow Sunday morning, Rafter 'two springlike days i the snow all gone. George Beadle and O. K. Toft attended the good" roads at Orange City and learned some good things. Mrs.

T. Knight is not improving as her friends had hoped she would, per Saturday evening that was quite a success. Frank Bellwood has bought out Sloats restaurant to join with his own and have a more extensive business. Mules are getting to be favorite teams with the farmers. The Cable Bros, have just bought two work teams of mules and several" more excitement among our Citizens.

The facts are these: While Leo and John Frembgen and Willie Buffington 'playing the railroad yards iast Saturday afternoon near the coal she'd, they picked up a bottle which they thought contained a small rtu.TiiUty of whiskey, but which to be nitroglycerine. Leo Frembgen threw the bottle against the coal shed and a deafening report followed, svhich report was hoard for quite a distance and the boys received a bad scare, which made them turn pale clear back to the uttermost parts of the earth, and they were slightly injured by i a and a few splinters were knocked off the end of the coal shod. An t.ion by Marshall McElroy and Dep Marshall H. R. Shipman was made and they thirty-four fuses with caps which contained six ounces of the explosive i which they took to a nearby t'irM mart buried.

It is the opinion of a since the discoven- a yeggmen have been in the i the avowed intention of i a safe blowing stunt in one of our banks and were only frustrated i plans by the. vigilence of our Oney He is a terror to the Knights of the Road, as many suspicious characters have boen seen in town and made their at the depot till the i a of the morning passenger, when they were requested to by a obliging official. teams of mules that are nearly old enough to break. Mules seem less liable to accidents or. sickness than horses.

Mrs. B. Jones' daughters gave her a surprise party Wednesday on' her birthday anniversary, which was- attended by many of The hog market is about one dol- la.r per hundred higher than it was two months ago, a good stock-to keep on the farm for profit." S. P. Hartzell shipped two cars of fat cattle and two cars of hogs to Chicago the first of the week, and C.

LaBar shipped two cars of hogs to Sioux City. Miss Mabel Moore, a teacher' in the school at Whiting Iowa, is.vis- iting her aunt, Mrs. H. H. Cable, this week.

She has Ho be back to her school duties in a The fields will soon be dry enough- to begin putting in grain. Have you good, pure seeds, without a supply of weed seed, such grain as you will be proud to harvest? Cultivate ail the birds that are bur friends. They eat the bugs, worms and insects of all kinds, and they eat a good many of thV weed, seeds, thus befriending the farmers. Don't be a pessimist and imagine everything is different from what it- ought to be. That the soil is.

not right, that the crops are wrong, that a i the poorest part, of the, country, that we better move somewhere'else, that we are' never satisfied unless we something to grumble at. Why not make the' best of everything with which we are' surrounded, bring all the happiness into lives that is possible and make the most of our farms that can- be made. In case of rheumatism relief from pain makes sleep and rest possible. This may be obtained by applying Chamberlain's Liniment. For sale by McWilliams Bros.

Public Sales Cried! DUTCH- -ENGLISH- Years of success recommends my work. Van Zyl, Auctioneer, Hospers Office at Van Zyl Hyink's Implement Sheldon Marble Works Sheldon Iowa Imbton Moving picture show hero Saturday night. A Thackery Sumlaycd at. Palrvicw. S.

D. fieri. i was called lionio by the sickness of his father. Mr. and Mrs.

Blntvehard of Canton arc visiting Hudson friends. Next, school i -begin a i a a week's vacation. The. W. H.

C. hivil ii sale a a We Carry the Largest Stock In Northwest Iowa Have just received three carloads of Berry, Quincy and St. Cloud Granite--the finest in the world--and two more carloads on the road. Our prices are very reasonable, our stock the largest, and it is to your advantage to come to Sheldon and see We employ- no agents and save you the middleman's profit. Sheldon Marble Works Sheldon Iowa.