Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette

Wednesday, December 01, 1909

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Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, The (Newspaper) - December 1, 1909, Cedar Rapids, Iowa THF. CEDAR RAPIDS EVENING J3ECEMBERJU-1509. ELEVEN O TRY e-AZETTE. CLASSIFIED RATES. 5 cents a line each Insertion, S aver- age words to the line. Estimate cost and send remittance with order. WANTED by all round dry man, wash man, or engineer and wash man. marker or sorter. Am capable to take charge of plant; had 12. experience; would also work as engineer In steam plant; carry license. Address F. O. Boehmc, 1014 Bth St.. Eloux City, Jo. o to try Sprlngvlllc Salt Tonic Brlek for horses, best digester und conditioner made; and Sprlng- vllle Poultry Tonic, will Increase quantity of eggs and keep poultry healthy.' IS. feeds, for- one cent. For Feed'Co, Cedar Rap- Ids. Itma. i f o to know'that we tan all.kinds of hides and fura far robes, coutj. and mittens. Tho very best work for tho lowest prices. Call and seo us. We will please you. Ohaman Effron Co., Cedar Rap- Ids. Iowa. buy. sell or exchange Daw or second hand furniture, sloven, etc., at the Cedar Rapids Furnlturu Co, 117 N. lit st. Phone 280. K' WANTED Men's good second hand clothing and shoes. Will pay for s-ilts IS and up. Write 216 So. 1st st. of all kinds at Avr. Feed Burn, Friday, Doc. 24. Harry Gill. zll rash, furniture, stoves, etc. Highest price. Rush. Tel. 1050. a-i bookkeeper or stenographer. B. S.. care. Gazette. furnlturu and stoves. Highest cash prices. Phnna 1881. and roomers at 415 So. 6th st. w. bo WANTED HELP. Wanted Clothing Sales- men at once. Apply from 9 to 10 a. m. Thursday morning. Oscar Solomon active hustling young lady or gentleman in each com- munity to look after renewals and solicit new subscribers for The Ga- zette on a mutual profit sharing basis that will provide an Income durlnu the entire year. Parties who are present subscribers to The f3a- zette or members of their families will be given prefcrece and applica- tions must be endorsed by their postmaster or some responsible bus- iness man In their locality and such persons will not be required to fur- nish bond. Very prompt applications must be made to secure one of these situations. Address I. W. Scott. Cir- culation Manager, Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. x once, young man for onr boys' department; must be neat and some experience as salesman preferred; opportunity; perma- nent position. Winner's, Golden Eagle 1 mall clerks. Com- mencement salary 1800. Spring ex- aminations everywhere. Candidates prepared free. Franklin Institute, Dept. 94 H., Rochester, N. Y. carpenters on new C. R. I P. freight house. Come ready for work Tuesday morning. A. Horn- mllef. superintendent. b man who can do mechanical drawing; state age, ex- perience and salary wanted. Address box 562. city. 1 good all around blnck- Permanent place for right man. Addresa Frank Loufek. Mt. Auburn, Iowa. c grocery men. delivery men and salesladies. Must furnish recommendations. The Fair. at stono quarry, op- posite tho Packing house. per day. J. J. Snouffer, Jr. "x agent "for Decorah, Cresco and. -West- Union. Enterprise Tea Co. 1 Lady or gentleman partner for show company. Address A.'B., Gazette. room, east side, walking distance. Address F. R.. care Gazette. 1 WANTED Experienced wash man experienced driver at Modol Laundry. 1 nt once. Steady work. Markerfs Laundry, 410 S. 12th st x to learn the millinery trade. Apply Lymon Bros Co. x girl. Apply fore- noons, 1743 1st nve. east. bright salesladies for crockery dept. Dnmour's. l second hand safe. Call at 307 1st ave. I for Montezunio, Iowa. M. Ford, contractor. x at tho Cornlcopla club, '827 4th ave. c boys at the Mont- rose hotel. x 427 1st ave. ?OR SALE REAL ESTATE. FOR Close In Bo; Zd st. w., 6 rooms, halt and bath, hot- oiyl cold water, cistern, cellar.fmtVner lot 60x70. Hodgea FOR Valley, the Home of Alfalfa. No short or "frost caught" crops In the Pcrrls Valey. You taku nu chances. You know Just what your harvest will be. We havo cut 7 crops of alfalfa since last April, and we am still cutting. We are soiling our hay f. o. b. cars Pcrrls for ton; from 8 to 11 toni per acre. Figure out the from an aero and seo If you can afford ot npend uny more cold win- tors In Iowa. Developed alfalfa ranches from to 1400 per acre. Undeveloped alfalfa lands from J60 to J100 per acre. For further in- formation address Harford Jor- dan, Pcrrls, California. FOR acre Linn county farm, six miles from Coggon. 60 acres un- der cultivation, balance oak and wal- nut tlmbur. Almost a new cat of buildliiRx, built three years ago; good well and stream running within 40 rods of farm. This farm Is a bargain at SFO. Come In and let us show It to you. E. T. McShano Son, 201- 202-203 Security bldg. b FOR few choice farms In southern B. Dak., Improved and unimproved: 160 acres Improved. J3C. ICO acres fenced, 113. C40 acres }27. SOO acres Improved 125. For full particulars nnd larger list address W. J. Walt. Marlon. la. X FOR Iowa farms: 100 acres 2 miles from cood town. VI- mlle from school. 150 a. under balance of 10 a. taken up by Brass, buildings and 7 n. of grove. Fine neighborhood and first class In every respect. You can buy this farm for J65 per acre. Hedges Co. nwf FOR SALE Thoroughly modern house, east end, 6 rooms, reception room, cemented cellar with 3 roomi. 40 foot lot to alley. 1500 cash, 122.50 u month. Don't rent when you can get a home like thU at that pike and on such terms. Hedges Co. s w f FOR room cottage, not far out, west Hide, city water, toilet ami wash stand, piped for furnace, gas nnd KO-S stove, cellar under wholo, birch finish nnd iiuartersaweil Oenrgla pine floors, lot 39x140. Price (200 cash, balance monthly. Co. s m w FOR acre farm near Walker, Iowa. Linn Co. Surface gently rolling. 45 n. In cultivation. 10 room house with bath. Bam, granary and otht-r outbuildings. 3 acres fruit of all kinds. You can havo this now for >75 per acre. Hedges Co., FOR elegant 10V, acres must be sold before Jan, 1; has new C room house, good barn and chicken house, good well and abundance of young fruit. Owner leaving the city. Price reduced to Bolton Co. b FOR very good garden on Mt. Vermin ave.. hn.i now t! room house, new barn and Rood well. Let us Jshow you this 'at once. Then make nn offer. Any reasonable offer will be accepted. Dolton Co. b FOR SALEFlnn 1st ave. w. property. 8 rooms (4 bod bath, pas, elec- tricity, cemented cellar, furnace, at- tic, corner lot. paving paid; easy terms. Hedges Sc Co. s m w FOR room cottage, 2d St. w., well, gas In kitchen, good barn, large chicken house, full depth lot. Non- resident says Jl.OOO. You should see this. Hedges Co. s m w FOR splendid 4 acre tract, 620 ft. frontage on the boulevard. Must be sold. Price and terms rea- sonable. Will exchange. Bolton Co. b FOR lot not far from ucver ave. and 14th st., 60x75 for S1.57G: room for two houses. In- vestors, Bee this. Hedges Co. n w f FOR building, 12x16 ft., Just completed for garage; can bo easily moved to nny location. Prlco J75. Geo. T. Hedges Co. w f s FOR lot with two mod- ern houses, one 6 rooms, the other 11 rooms, and large attic. J. A. Holtmaii, 209 5th ave. west. wsx FOR and lots, per month, J. T. Llddle Estate, 210 2d nve, x FOR SALE FOR class cafe. One of the best known In tho city. Has been a money maker. Everything first class. Price Owner has other business. Would taku land In ex- change. J. S. Anderson Son. 1 FOR newspapers In bun- dles, from C cents up. The bcjt thing to put under carpets. lino chicken coops and many other uses. Buy them at The Oarctte office. z. FOR 40 h. p. S passenger touring car In 1st class condition. Cost Will sell for (850. Ad- dregs A. J.. care Gazette. z FOR feet of lumber and 60 cords of dry wood at (4.50 per cord. C. R. Mach. Supply Co. n FOR lee, boxes and elec- tric motor for sewing machine. Mrs, A. C. Sinclair, SOO 3d ave. 1 FOR SALE (400 Packard piano, cheap; owner leaving city. 726 E ave. w. b FOR harness and wag- on; also 3-year-old colt. 844 s. 14th st. 1 FOR tots on (1 per week. J. T. Llddle estate. z FOR SALE Ico box and household furniture. Call 823 4th ave. x FOR furniture. 1618 4th ave. Phone 1002 blue. c FOR new IL P. gas engine. Call 212 4th ave. x FOR tested milch cow, In- qulro' 1532 B ave. c. FOR base burner. Call C22 3rd ave. w. FOR small horso cheap. 1430 B ave. a. FOR RENT FOB 609 3d av FOR ave., 9 bath, gas and electricity, furnace, very dcslrabla location, (26. 1561 C ave., 0 rooms, bath, gas and electricity, barn, chicken yard, (25, 1636 B ave., first floor, 8 rooms, bath, gas and electricity, furnace, 122. Gco. T. Hedges Co. FOR feet of floor space suitable- for offices or manufactur- ing, over New Process Laundry Co., 116-llfi N, 3d st. All In one room or will arrange to suit tenants. New Process Laundry Co. w s z FOR farm, in south- western Colorado, fine climate, big crops and good prices. Also fruit 'tracts far sale. J. M. Denning-, caro The Denning Wire Fence Co. z FOR D ave, large rooms and bath; hard wood flnlnlt. oak floor, steam beat with two places, electric light and gas. quire 1700 D avenue. z FOR good 12-room rooming and boarding house, close- In, cheap for the winter to the right party. F. C. Mally Co. z FOR RENT 2 modern furnished rooms, gentlemen preferred. Phone 693 blue, or call 820 6th ave. FOR 6-room cottage. 4th ave. nnd 7th st. west. Inquire Mary M. Reed, 615 8. 6th St. west b VOR rclte of offices In tho Jim block: also two offices In the Central block. z FOR furnished rooms for llsht housekeeping, modern. 672 2d ave. west. x FOR lump coal best In tho market. New phone 137 black. F. II. Juckott. x FOR light house- keeping rooms. 218 A ave. e. w th s FOR RENT Furnished rooms for light housekeeping. 322 I) uve. w. wed sat tues FOR building with trackage. Tel. 1138 blue. z FOR cleKant rooms fur- nished, modern. 1063 5th ave. FOR room. 619 4lh ave. z FOR room. mod. 3d nv LOST AND FOUND hound; black, white and brown. Return to Honda's Meat Market. man that will do your ce- ment work at reasonable prices. AH work guaranteed, J. F. White, Now phono 1823 black. zx evening, n lady's fur neck piece. Owner can have namn by paying for this ad. and caning nt 213 N. 4th st. w. MISCELLANEOUS LOTS FOR SALE BOLT ON CO. IF YOU ARE THINKINIJ of moving be sura to call and see our Inrga list of desirable east and west mod- ern bouses and Oats. Bolton Co. x THE IDEAL DTE dye. clean, repair and press all ladles' and tents' wearing appareL 420 lat ave. Phones 1699 and SO L-3. xz THt- [MORTUARY RLCORR, Miss Lettie Wolff. Miss Lettie Wolff, daughter of Mr. nnd Sim. P. A. Wolff, sr.. died last evening at 10 o'clock, after a long and lingering Illness. Arrangements for the funeral will be announced later. Mr. and Mrs. Metcalf Bereaved. ..Cyrus Oscar. Infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Metcalf, Jr.. died this morning at Them will be private funeral from the family residence. 617 First avenue, tomorrow, Thursday, at 2 p. m. Death of Barney Gordon. Barney Gordon, 222 C avenue, died nt Mercy hospital at 8 o'clock last night. The funeral will be held at tho Immaculate Conception church at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. Rev. Father Toomey officiating. Interment will be made In the Mt. Calvary cemetery. Died at Sutherland. A. G. Davis, chief clerk railway mall service, received a telegram this morn- Ing announcing tha death of Mrs. Davis' mother. Mrs. J. W. Drake at Sutherland, Iowa. Mrs. Drake had many friends In this city and near Tip- ton where sho once resided. 8hn was sixty-five years old and had been an Invalid for several months. Her daughter was at Sutherland at the tlmo of her mother's death, having been called thcro about n week ago. Mr. Davis accompanied his wife on the journey and returned but a few days oirn. The many friends of Mrs. Drake will deeply mourn her death, for sho was always a kindly cheer- ful friend. Mr. Lockwood to Speak. Rev. E. J. Lockwood will address thn Mid-day club at the Y. M. C. A. to- morrow on "What A general discussion will follow. Luncheon will bo served, as usual, and all men are Invited. Mrs. N. E. Capron of Marshalltot-n haa sued the owners of tho Ellis phar- macy at Waterloo-for S10.000 damages for the alleged sale of liquor-to her husband. Families -wanting a box or barret of fine'apples jeanmtt any variety, from our stock, fry ordering through their grocer. Larfomorclno-Orupo Co. GOLDSTEIN'S Junk will pay for i mixed rags 60c a cwt. Stove plates and .mixed Iron from J7 to'19 a ton. 828 A avi1. E. LAWLER BROKERAGE COMPANY- Insurance: loans, on Room 16, second floor Jim block. TYPEWRITERS. ALL Carmody, 107 N. .Phone Wt. MONET-to loan on farms, 6 per cent. L M. Proton Co.. 222 lat are. x MONET-TO LOAN'on anything. Amer- ican Loan Co, 117 V4 1st ave. LOANS on chattels. W. S. Moulton. (01-2 Security H. C. rtlNO. lawyer. Kbnball CUT RATE SHIPPING. CUT RATES on household goods to Pacific coast, and other points. Su- perior service at reduced rates. Tha Boyd Transfer Co., Minneapolis, Minn SEPERATION OF ROADS ANNOUNCED By Associated Presx. New York, Dec. Is seml-Offl- clally stated this nftsrnoon that no- Rotlattons for the separation of the Rork Island and HI. Louis and San Francisco systems has been satisfac- torily .concluded. MUDGE HEADS ROCK ISLAND. New York, Dec. V. Mudgo has been elected president Of (he Rock Isl- and road. B. F. Yoakum Resigns, Benjamin F. Yoakum. chairman of the executive committee of the Rock Island, nnd his associates resigned from the directorate. B. L. Wlrtchell will become president of the St. Louis and San Francisco. GOVERNOR FAVORS NARROWER ROADS Executive Would Return Unused .'Por- tions to Farmers, Thus Vastly In- creasing Iowa.Farm Area. Special to The Gazette.' DCS Mnlnes, lown. Dec. Cunoll, before tflS slaTe convention or Implement an mi- dress In. which hvtoasnslrong. ground In favor of making of, Iowa narrower nnd hack to the fanners the unused 'portions of the' land. This, It Is would amount to many thousands of acres and would greatly Increase the farm area of the state. STEAMER NUECES ASHORE; WIRELESS CALLS AID By Associated Press. New York. Dec. steamer Nueces Is ashore off tho French reef of the Florida coast. A call for assist- ance wairresponded to .by tho govern- ment tug Osccola. v.r FORTY-ONE DEATHS IN CITY DURING NOVEMBER Death Rate Considerably Larger Than During Preceding Cases of Contagious Die-' Reported. There were forty-ono deaths In Ce- dar Rapids during the month of No- vember, as shown by the monthly re- port of Health Officer A. Tlusty. Them were six deaths on the 23rd. the great- est number In one day from natural causes In many years, of the deaths reported seven were due to heart fail- ure, two to accident, one to suicide, two to pneumonls, two to diphtheria, one to typhoid fever and one to tu- berculosis. Five coses of contagious disease were reported during the month, three of diphtheria nnd two of scarlet fever. Forty-six rooms weru fumigated.during the month and four school rooms. The deaths ware t follows: Nov. 1, Anna Soi'.ko; S3 years. 'Nov.. 1. William Mlrter, 67 y Nov. 1. Ella Clmprlch, 31 Nov. 2. Joel Campbell. GO years. Nov. 4, Daisy May Palmer. 27 years. Nov. G. Anthony Etisflre, 45 years, Nov. C, Margaret Burke, 2 years. Nov. John J. Powers, 72 years. Nov. Raymond Usber, t years. -Noy.. S, C. L. years.' .Nov. Rohimes. 42 years. Nov. 11. Joseph Lange. S6 years. Nov. 11, Agnes Field, 64 years. Nov. 12, Ellen Hunter. 73 years. Nov. 13, Ellen Chamberlain, 75 years. Nov. 1.1. Infant, Fregllgus. 1 day. Nqv. Mrs. .Llla .Mlddleton. ,-.26 years. Nov. IS, Infant Nov..15, John Nov. 16. Wm. L. Moore; years. Nov. 19, Martha 'Si _ Douglass, 72 years. Nov. 10, Mrs. Luclle Duntop. 19 years. Nov. 20, Nellie ElenpraVVTalbot, 46 "years.- Nov. 21. Marie years. Martha Amapoker, 63 Nov. 21. Emily Mildred Arney, .4 months. Nov. 22, Alice Panetlcky. 1 yjar. Nov. 22. Jennie Lee Grow. 33.years. Nov. 22. Weltha M. Stlnrie. BSjyeors. Nov. 23, John Mnchula.- 55 years. Nov. 23. Infant. i Josephine f A. .Shanaban. 0 Elmer I. JcisJea.. 34" NO.V. 23, Frank Janko, 28 years. Nov.- M, C. P. S5-jrcars. Nov. 25, John SI Nov. 25, Robt. Mlllrr. 2 months. Nov. 26, Mary years. Nov. 27, Stephen Dunbar, 74 years. Nov. 29, Baby drudy. Infant, Nov. 29, Laura E. IxmtvM years. Total number of 'deaths tor the month. 4L dUtornrar P. -Lin vine U transacting today. of Iowa City was' vis- iting In town yesterday with friends. A. W. Minor left this morning to at- tend tho' stock ahow that Is being held In Chicago this week. A. E. Dunbar pf. Center Point and E. O. Dunbar of Austin, Minn., were vis- itors In the city yesterday. Joseph Popelka was- In Waterloo yesterday attending a meeting .of the Association of Master Plumbers. Prayer Netting. District 62, .cottage prayer meeting, will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock at the home of Mrs. A'. B. Everett. Sinclair Memorial. services preparatory to com- munion at Sinclair Memorial church am RrowlnR In Interest. At each ser- vice there are some who come for- ward and take a stand for tho Chris- tian life. Second Christian Church, The sermon tonlRht at the Second Christian church will be on the sub- Lord's and the- Ordi- nance of the Supper." Sermoli on Baptism tomorrow night.' tho min- ister, F. E. Smith, preaching. At St. Paul's Church. The topic of the sermon at Bt. Paul's church this evening wlU lie: "Can One He Sure That Hi! Is n Christian? If Ho. Mrs. C. a. Wntklns will have charge of special music.. The meeting last night, was well attended- Far Joint Meeting. Tho plans" for the Joint meeting of Pioneer and Cereal City councils. Na- tional Union, tomorrow, nvcnlng, when a large delegation will como from Iowa City, have been completed. There will Initiation, followed by refreshments. Mr. Hsskell, Custodian. This afternoon Postmaster W. O. Haskell received tils appointment 0.1 custodian of the 'federal building, of which former Postmaster Boyd haa been custodian up to this time. Mr. Boyd was anxious to remain In the position until thn building was com- pleted, and Mr. Haskell had no objec- tion. Rev. Morse Is "Absent." Rev. H. II. Morse, tho erstwhile pastor of Bethany Congregational church, "has went." Thcther the rev- erend has gone tn stay Is n mooted question In Time Check. Some say ho has; others say he hasn't. There Is a very large contingent of his ac- quaintances who will express the unanimous hope that so long as he Is Kiine he will stay Rone. Some of friends say he will be back In two weeks. .Meanwhile the court will prob- ably have a hearing In the somewhat famous Injunction case. Had Foot Badly Injured. Shortly nfter 10 o'clock this fore- nixm Henry Woods, u fireman at the Cnrmody. machine shops, had his right foot cut and crushed badly. He. was assisting In the operation of the steel clipping machine nnd a large pleceiof 'the-rlhrt thnt ha-d-been cut off, weighing nbout a hundred Hew and struck him on the top of the foot Just above the toes. He was taken In one of the Carmody wagons to the office of Dr. Rlstlne who dressed the wounded member and he was then taken to his home at North Sev- enth street west. For Selling Mortgaged Property. In Justice Sloan's court yesterday afternoon Joseph Stodoln pleaded guilty to the charge of disposing of mortgaged property and was sen- tenced to seven days' Imprisonment In the county Jail. Stodola, who Is n comparative stranger In the city and Is not connected In any way with the local families of that name, purchased a bicycle from Stepanek Vomlracck. upon which ho made n payment and gave a chattel mortgage on the wheel for the remainder, which was to be paid In Installments. A couple, of ago he sold the bicycle for (5 and was preparing to leave the city. At Central Park Churoh. Three meetings of special Interest will be held In the chapel of the Cen- tral Park .church Wednesday, Thurs- day and Friday evening, preparatory to the communion service next Sdb- hath. An" opportunity will be given nt the- close of each service to meet the session with a view of uniting with thn church on confession of. faith. Over one hundred were present last Wednesday evening and the mooting was the best of Its kind, ever held -in tho church. Twenty-six haw already united with this church and fnany more expect to unite this week1.' You are Invited. We meet at In Honor of Mr. .Fry. A birthday surprise that wafl entire- ly a surprise was given' In'honor of J, W. Fry last evening by thirty "friends. and neighbors. Their arrival was un- expected even by Mrs. Fry, as she was not In the secret. The party took tho home, 1224 Sixth avenuo east, by storm and spent n. Jolly evening. A second surprise cnme to Mr.- and 'Mrs, Fry when they were presented with a flnn rocking chair. Their pleasure In receiving this token of esteem atoned for tho embarassmcnt caused by the Invasion, of uninvited guests. After an evening which was a complete so- cial success tho friends served re- freshments which they had thought- fully provided. Old BridoTis Sold. The Iron and steel In the old Six- teenth avenue bridge, which Is so rot- ten and bad tbat It Is not longer lit for bridge purposes. In the opinion of every engineer with whom the city council has conferred, waa this. morn- ing sold to the Commercial Iron and Machinery company of Chicago for (10.50 per ton. The bridge contractors will take the old bridge down, under their contract, and deliver It to the, buyers on the west bank of the river. It Is estimated that there Is about 125 tons of material In tho bridge. An ordinance prohibiting Sunday theatrical performances, and providing a maximum penalty of 1100 for any violation, was passed to Its second reading and laid over under tho rules. For Stealing Chickens. The 'poilrb arc In possession of ex- proof that William Wells, one of the men who was fined In .police court this morning for drunkenness. Is responsible for some of the numerous thefts of poultry that have occurred In the city ot late and a warrant will .be Issued for his arrest on that charge. Last night Wells sold three chickens at a railroad grading camp above tho Rock Island yards, and haa refused to state where he secured them. Three of the men from 'the camp came to the station this forenoon .and .Identified Wells the man who sold them the fowls, and the police are In possession of other evidence that be stole, them. The three hens are at the police sta- tion, and anyone who -has had chickens stolen within the past few days should call at the station and Identify them U possible. OFFER HUGE AMOUNTS FOR HEAVY-WEIGHT MILL By Associated Press. New York, Dec. Orancy of San Francisco made' three proposi- tions for the Jeffries-Johnson- fight, the best one being SO per cent of the gross 'receipts with n i-iiar- reserving thw picture rights. John Olcason of San Francisco of- fered reserving all rights to the picture proceeds. Hugh D. Mclntosh of Australia of- fered Oto each to meet In Amer- ica, each In England or France, each In Australia. E. M. Rlckard of Ely, Nov., offered and two-thirds of tho picture recoipts. Thomas J. MrCarpy of Los Angeles offered all receipts ot the housf> and half the picture sales, or a purse of and half the picture receipts. BIGMONOfiAIL FOR INTERURBAN FIRST DEVICE OF ITS KIND IN t CEDAR RAPIDS. Extensive Improvements Being In- stalled at -Company's Power House, Including Monorail, New Tracks, Coal Crusher, Spacious Boiler Room and Concrete Ash Pit. Tho first monorail operated by elec- tric motors In this city Is now under construction at tho Intcrurban power house: This, however. Is only one of the big Improvements that the com- pany Is putting in at that placo where workmen will be busy for several months building new tracks, a modern coal crusher, spacious boiler room, big concrete null and coal pit. Installing boilers, and putting In dressing rooms where the employes of the pow- er house' will be provided with the most modern conveniences, consisting of shower baths, clothes lockers, bath tubs, and n fine, placo to change their clothes, Thn most Interesting, however, Is the new monorail for carrying coal nnd ashes. This device Is the drat of Its kind In the city and when put Into operation, It will attract much atten- tion. The rail Is built of steel. Is COO feet long and stands 32 feet above the ground. On this will run a steel bas- ket capable of up a ton of coal or asht-s at one time. The whole will be operated by electric and ono man will be able to ojienitc the machinery- The monorail runs from tho side tracks to an ash and coal pit built ot anil a rail- road track will run beneath Ihe steel network of HIP new devlof. When coal will 'm- delivered to thii power house In I hut havo not '.he hop- per bottom to dump the coal automat- ally Into the tit, the nti-el basket of the monorail will descend down to the car, pIckliiR UT> one tun at ,i time and It :nto the ;ilr.. Three 'no- tors are re'imnf; to operate the bas- ket, one m itor sending It along the rail, 'another loverlng r.n-1 pulling It up, and-Mtlll another in1 tiic huire steel shovel to pick tip the material. The basket will be used exclusively to carry the ashes and cinders from the boilers. A carriage will be built above the pit. running continually, and carrying the ashes Into another pit from which It will be picked up by the monorail basket, dumped Into rail- road can1, and then taken away to be used as ballast on the road. Work on the monorail has clrendy begun, concrete foundations for the steel structure have liee.i completed, and the structure bus already taken on the appearance of a steel bridge. The steel basket has also arrived, but not been put l.iitotluT n- yet. New Boiler Room. A new boiler room 70x79 feet nnd p-.ic story high will also be built. This structure will be of brick, nnd will contain a buscmt'iit 20x70 feet, part of nhlch will bn used as si dressing nnd wash room for tho employes. This room will contain shower baths, clothes lockers and bath tubn, thus making the power house nn Ideal place to work In: The company will aban- don live of. the old boilers. Two 500- horsepower Edgemoore boilers are now on their way here, and when tho new boiler room will be completed, the company will operate altogether live big boilers. Immediately adjoining tho new boiler room stands the foundation for the ash and coal pit, built-of concrete nnd steel.. This pit which descends sixteen below the boiler room door will contain ,n huge coal crusher, In case heavy lump coal Is the only thlni? ob- tainable. The crusher will have a ca- pacity of fifty tons an hour, and will be constructed so to work In con- nection with the monorail carriage and the carriage built In the pit to carry the ashes from and the coal to tho bnllers. The coal crusher will be a very valuable asset to the power house, for In'Case there Is trouble In obtain- ing, small lump coal, heavy lump soft coal can be crushed .and burned with .very little extra effort on account of the' lobntlon of the crusher. Together with 'the huge smoke stack already completed, the Improvements at thn power house arc about the most extensive In the city. Although the work on the monorail, boiler room, and other construction has been going on for several months, the company does not expect to complete the Job before the latter part of April. There had been some trouble tn obtaining stecl.and the progress of the work was delayed considerably, on this account. The work of Installing the machinery In the pit requires careful mechanical skill, nnd as It will not be possible for the men to work In severely cold weather, they expect to be delayed In their progress very much this winter. SEE EARLY MOVE TO PROBE SCRAP ON CONSERVATION REVOLUTION WILL BE INTRODUCED FOP OF_WHOLE AFFAIR Interfiled Members of Congress glneer Program to Insure Investiga- tion of Forest Service and ham Has Become o) Million Dollar Fund for Graft qulry? By J. C. Welliver. Wellington. Dec. recetv-, ed In Washington from o) congress who have been taking an ac. tlve Interest In tlio conservation con- troversy. Indicate that an early move; will bn the Introduction of a resolution for an Investigation of the whole af- fair by a special committee of the pen- ale. The committee will probably named In the'resolution, In order tc make sure that It not lie turned over to some committee out of sym- pathy with the sort of Investigation that Is wanted. The people who-are, engineering this program want-to be sum of .an vestlgntlon which shall both the forest service and the Cun- ningham claims. They fear that a. per- functory Investigation may be made, perhaps behind closed of thn forest service, against which nobody In connection with the Cunningham land may be overlooked entirely. Seek to Prevent Whitewash. In order to prevent this, special pro- cautions arc gotnc to be taken, nnd a. fight Is likely to be started at the very outset of session. It will be very frankly charged. If occasion arises, that the Investigation tx to be turned Into u whltrwaHh, and that the attack on tho land office Is to be directed ngalnst tho forest service Instead. That Is just what the friends of conservation fear, and Intend to prevent If they can. One of the mutters, It Is stated, which will be called up In coso of an Inquiry, will bu the expenditure of thn million-dollar fund which the last con- gress provided for prosecuting laml frauds In the west. Congress provided this fund on request of Secretary Oar- fleld. It became available July 1 lunt. It IM aliened at the Interior department that n bin force of clnrkii hove been placed on the roll and charged against this fund, and that some salaries have, been raised very handsomely: but that not vvry much real effort to grab snifters has been financed from tho special fund. A recent statement, Inlil before a public man who was making prelimin- ary Inquiries, was that no less than seventy-eight clerks In the Interior de- partment, at (900 to Jl.SOO ami per- haps higher, have been put on the roll and charged against this groft-hunt- InB appropriation. It Is also nllcRcd. that these clerks have nothing In par- ticular to do with the special business of that appropriation. The salary of the chief of Held cer- vlce. Harry Schwartz, has been raised from to as a result of this appropriation, so that Mr. Schwartz gets more pay than his superior officer, the assistant commissioner of the gen- eral land office, and only (500 less than the commissioner. ALLEGE IWA ROADS FAVOR STANDARD OIL Molnes. Iowa. Dec. case of alleged discrimination by Iowa railroads In favor of the Standard Oil company came the attention of tho railroad commission. The Hnwkrya Oil company of Mason City and Water- loo complains that the Northwestern and Milwaukee railroads refuse to ac- cept less than carload shipments on more than three days a week at Mason City, while they do accept them every day at Dubuque, where the Standard Oil company has a plant. LATHAM BREAKS WORLD'S RECORD Mniirmelon, France, Doc. 1. Bot- tling iiK'.iinst a wind of nearly forty miles an hour, Herbert Latham, tho aeronaut, attained a height today of 1.600 feet, beatlns the official world's record. OSCAR SOLOMON QUITS ACTIVEJJSINESS LIFE Pioneer Clothier of the City to Retire After Thirty-Eight Years. After a successful business career In Cedar Rapids, extending over thirty- eight years, Oscar Solomon, the pio- neer clothier of the city. Is to retlro from active business life. Ho opened his first store In Brown's hotel (now Gorman's European) and nfter nvo years rcmovet! to his present location. First avenue and Second street, where he has been continuously and success- fully engaged In business. The other merchants still In active trade, who were here at his coining, are George C. Unman, Henry Churchill, A. C. Taylor, and possibly one or two oth- ers. Mr. Solomon has ns a matter of course seen the city built In almost Its entirety, nnd has always taken n keen Interest In municipal progress and de- velopment. AH a citizen he has had no superior, nnd It will be a pleasure, to of Tho Gazette to know that ho will remain a resident of Cedar Rapids. His business methods huvo commended him to the public, nnd he has been given confidence and respect by all In return for his frank and courteous manner as a merchant and an a man. His retirement Is made solely for his personal convenience and for tho gratification of tho wishes of his family. He has earned something of a vacation. Families wanting a box or barret of fine, apples can get any variety from our stock by ordering through their grocer. LaKomorclno-Orupe Co. Xmas Presents for Men at the New Cigar Store First Door East oE the 5 and 10 Cent Store. Thli itore offers hearty welcome to everyone. It Invites espec- ially every Christmas shopper to take advantage of the assort- ment and prices before our stock Is sold short. Come in, inspect and compare the quality and prices ot our goods before buying elsewhere. RANNEY SCELLAR ;