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Samuel S. Buxton and Mary A. Skinner Dec. 16, 1852
John M. Taylor and Elizabeth Lucas Dec. 16, 1852
Allison Jeffries and Hannah Myers Dec. 19, 1852
Henry Miller and Harriet Jeffries Dec. 19, 1852
C. B. Moses and Catherine Sutherland Dec. 23, 1852
John Mitchell and Harriet Street. Dec. 25, 1852
William Haddock and Sarah Cornwall. Dec. 25, 1852
James Wilson and Cynthia M. Silsbee Jan. 1, 1853
James Curren and Martha Jane Bennight. Jan. 7, 1853
Andrew Soper and Sarah Brundage. Jan. 19, 1853
Ross Porter and Sarah Jane Brown Jan. 20, 1853
O. G. Randall and Fidelia Eastman Feb. 2. 1853
Joseph Merritt, Jr., and Rebecca Merrit March , 1853
John Byers and Mary E. Graham. March 27, 1853
James Olmstead and Lucy G. Hannah April 12, 1853
Thomas Silsby and Susanna Conaly April 21, 1853
Abram Miller and Caroline Freeman May 7, 1853
Jacob Lamb and Mary Jane Easterly May 8, 1853
Joseph Gerard and Rebecca Coleman June 16, 1853
David Kenison and Emily Sheffield. . June 20, 1853
William Gillilan and Martha Parsons. .July 17, 1853
Isaac N. Plummer and Mary E. Strode. July 20, 1853
Timothy Soper and Adelia Maria Starkweather Aug. 3, 1853
Jos. M. Miller and Mary Jane Strawn. Aug. 6, 1853
Jesse E. Barnhill and Ellen Sutherland . Aug. 19, 1853
William Frees and Lydia Rafferty Aug. 25, 1853
Edward O'Bryan and Catherine O'Conner Aug. , 1853
Elias G. Miller and Nancy Strawn Aug. 27, 1853
A. B. Kendig and Sarah Porter .Sept. 7, 1853
Frederick Dumont and Delia Hakes Sept. 4, 1853
Thomas Sinkey and Emily Hildreth . Sept. 11, 1853
P. M. Baker and Amelia Joslin. . Sept. 14, 1853
John A. Fields and Sarah J. Squires Sept. 16, 1853
Petty M. Smith and Ellen Hall. . Sept. 17, 1853
William Hindman and Sarah Jane Kyle. Sept. 12, 1853
Jacob Easterly and Mary Ann Newman Sept. 25, 1853
Benjamin Lake and Minam Finch. Oct. 9, 1853
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James Kirkpatrick and Jane Barclay .. Oct. 16, 1853
Abraham Straight and Mary Jane Younger .Oct. 12, 1853
Francis M. Hostetter and Julia Ann Bradley . Oct. 13, 1853
H. R. Long and Barbara Ann Cronkhite. Nov. 2, 1853
Thos. Head and Nancy Glum. Nov. , 1853
Aaron Tracewell and Louemma Green Nov. 22, 1853
John McGowan and Mary Courtney Nov. 30, 1853
M. J. Hindman and Elizabeth Kyle. Dec. 6, 1853
John P. Choppa and Nancy McBee. Dec. 28, 1853 .
John Belknap and O. E. Gates Samuel Barnhall and Martha Rodman
Jan. 1, 1854
Cornelius Ingram and Sarah Ann Brown .Jan. 3, 1854
Jan. 12, 1854
Isaac V. D. Lewis and Mary Ann White
. Jan. , 1854
Wm. F. Mayer and Nancy Jane Graft
Jan. 31, 1854
Bratna W. Curtis and Phoebe E. Fay.
Feb. 9, 1854
Sanford Lucas and Rosanna Tahn.
Feb. 15, 1854
E. K. Johnson and Louisa M. Randall
Feb. 16, 1854
John B. McQueen and Hildah S. Bissell.
. Feb. 19, 1854
Alexander Long and Lucinda Stingley Feb. 21, 1854
G. W. Stevens and Christina Slife.
.Feb. 24, 1854
John Marselle and Hannah Todd. Feb. 26, 1854
A. E. White and Elizabeth A. Clein. March 26, 1854
Henry A. Newman and Mary Barker March 28, 1854
L. D. Smith and Eliza H. Overly Robert McGinty and Mary Clark
April 6, 1854
John Tabor and Margaret Barton
April 14, 1854
Adam Knight and Mary Jane Tompkins April 16, 1854
E. H. Evans and Philena Brundage. April 18, 1854
Joseph Morgen and Jemima Jane Spencer April 23, 1854
Lewis Ainsworth and Persis Bartholemew April 24, 1854
Lucius B. Irish and Maria Jane Brown. April 24, 1854
Jacob Bowen and Savalla Ann Brown. May 2, 1854
William T. Shaw and Helen A. Crane. May 4, 1854
H. W. Roberts and Lydia Vanvoltenburg May 7, 1854
Ogden Horton and Emily Green May 12. 1854
Peter Vanvoltenberg and Lydia Holt. May 15, 1854
Adam J. Kramer and Elisabeth A. Ristine. May 15, 1854
John S. Warrington and Mary Jane Taylor May 28, 1854
William Smothers and Elizabeth Clymer June 8, 1854
John M. Potter and Eliza Jane Torrence. .June 22, 1854
William Southench and Eleanor Warrington .June 22, 1854 James Orr and Mary Murry June 29, 1854
William Milton and Hester Ann Richardson June 29, 1854 Riley Terniliger and Mary Adelia Benedict. July 3, 1854
Henry Benscotee and Sarah Ann Smothers July 27, 1854
John W. Arnold and N. C. Miller July 30, 1854
John Helmic and Mary Jane Byers . July 30, 1854
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Jeremiah E. Friend and Algetha N. Hall. . Aug. 13, 1854
Daniel Moyer and Pansy Spade. Aug. 26, 1854
M. O. Felton and Anna M. Krouse. Aug. 29, 1854
Guiles J. Hakes and Phoebe Jane Rundall Aug. 31, 1854
A. W. Barker and Almira Dodge. . Sept. 1, 1854
Alexander Hillis and Louisa F. Arnold . Sept. 17, 1854
John Giblu and Martha Jane Peasly Sept. 20, 1854
William H. Hoffman and Emeline Gumbaugh Sept. 21, 1854
John Holmes and Clarissa Lain. Sept. 28, 1854
Leonard Gee and Lucinda Hutton. . Oct. 2, 1854
Geo. Sturdevant and Mary Louisa Espy Oct. 3, 1854
Thomas Robinson and Esther Waite Oct. 11, 1854
William Raines and Nancy Maria Benton
Oct. 26, 1854
Alexander G. Beardsley and Augusta Bartholemew
Oct. 30, 1854
William Ainsworth and Maria Ingram
Nov. 2, 1854
Frederick Boody and Magdaline Echer.
Nov. 5, 1854
Samuel M. Miller and Martha Jane Arnold. Nov. 12, 1854
James McGargill and Catherine Lavery Nov. 15, 1854
F. M. Sacrest and Mary A. Mershon Nov. 16, 1854
Edwin M. Hamilton and Louisa C. Harbaugh Nov. 18, 1854
Ambrose Hill and Catherine Bodenhoffer Nov. 19, 1854
Unison D. Vaughn and Nancy N. Countryman Nov. 20, 1854
Jedediah Ferris and Mary Page Nov. 22, 1854
William Kelly and Eliza McBee Nov. 26, 1854
Luther Abbe and Clarissa Smith
Dec. 2, 1854
Isaac Orcutt and Emily Downer. Dec. 6, 1854
Mead Vaughn and Alvira Rountree . Dec. 10, 1854
Francis McBride and Ann Maria McNan. Dec. 20, 1854
Geo. E. Reyner and Hannah L. Mackrill Dec. 24, 1854
Lafayette Scott and Martha V. Brown Dec. 28, 1854
John Byerly and Felicia Alspach Dec. 30, 1854
EARLY DAIRYING.
The following short sketch from the pen of H. D. Sherman, written for this history, will give the reader an accurate idea of the origin and development of the dairy industry in Jones county. Mr. Sherman was the pioneer dairyman of Jones county and erected the first creamery in the county. Our pioneer was also one of the first state dairy commissioners in Iowa. Mr. Sherman is now a resi- dent of Cedar Rapids, though he still retains a commendable interest in the progress of the dairy industry in Jones county .- EDITOR.
"I came to Jones county from Elgin, Illinois in 1859. During the winter of 1859 and 1860, and also in the winter of 1860-61, I taught school at Anamosa. In 1861 I located at Monticello and taught school until 1870.
"Prior to 1863, all the butter produced in the county was received at the stores, and the same price was paid for all grades. In 1863 I began buying butter on the streets of Monticello for cash, paying according to the grade or quality,
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and with the assistance of a boy, I handled a large per cent of the butter and eggs produced in the northern half of the county.
"At that time the energies of the farmers were devoted to grain raising, especially to the raising of wheat. But the time came when the substance in the soil that produced wheat, was exhausted. And then came the vermin and de- stroyed what wheat did grow. Farmers began to look for other sources of profit.
"I continued in the business of buying butter, eggs and poultry. As the business increased, in 1874, I took as partner Mr. H. F. Pierce. In the fall of 1875 we built Diamond Creamery, the first in the county. The first milk was received at the creamery in the spring of 1876. In order to start the creamery, we were obliged to send to Illinois for a churn. When the churn arrived at the depot it was the talk of the town, and the remark was made, 'I guess Sherman is going to churn all the milk in the county.' It was a sixty gallon box churn.
"When we built the creamery we did not have the pledge or assurance of a single dairy, but by June of that year we had all the milk we could handle. The capacity of the creamery was ten thousand pounds of milk a day. The next year we increased the capacity. The milk was delivered at the creamery direct from the dairy morning and night in warm weather and once a day in cold weather. The cream was obtained by the temperature system. We first set the milk in large tin pans surrounded by water and we afterward changed and used the deep setting or shotgun can. All the creameries we built and operated were on the full milk plan. We never gathered cream from the farmers. Neither had we any cream separators. They were not in use, and in fact the cream separator had not been invented at the time we began the creamery business.
"The first separator I ever saw was on exhibition at the international dairy fair in New York city in 1878. It was a little bit of a thing about as big as a gallon jug.
"In 1874 we began selling the most of our butter to Simpson, McIntyre and Company of Boston, Massachusetts, and when we began the creamery business we sold the most of our product to the same firm. In 1879, we sold to Simpson, McIntyre & Co., a half interest in the creamery business, and from that time, the Boston firm had the sale and disposal of all the products of the creameries.
"The Diamond was the first creamery in the west to pack butter in tin cans, large quantities of which were sold to the United States government. The brand of butter in an early date became known all over the world and estab- lished for itself a reputation for fine butter. We built and operated creameries in the townships of Wayne, Scotch Grove, Castle Grove and Richland, and we had three in Linn county. In all of these creameries the cream was churned and the butter delivered at the home creamery at Monticello. At the time I sold my interest in 1884, we were operating ten or twelve creameries. At the Interna- tional Dairy Fair, held in New York city in 1878, the Diamond Creamery was awarded sweepstakes prize for the best butter made at any time or place, and also received first prize for Iowa Creamery. Again in December, 1879, at the Dairy Fair in New York, Diamond was awarded the two first prizes for keeping quali- ties for butter made in June and September ; also for butter salted with Higgins' Eureka Salt.
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"For the first ten or fifteen years that I shipped butter to the eastern mar- kets, I was obliged to suffer a depreciation or discrepancy of two or three dol- lars a hundred, in price on the same quality of butter compared with eastern, because it was from the west. But the time came when we swept that distinction out of existence, and Jones county in an early day did her full share to bring credit and honor to the dairy industry of the state of Iowa.
"It is a fact worthy of note, that at the exhibits at Philadelphia in 1876, and also at the dairy fairs in New York city in 1878-79, in all of the universal cases when butter east and west could compete, in every individual case, the first prize came west of Chicago, and the fact was fully established that good butter could be produced in the west."
ODDS AND ENDS.
M. E. APPOINTMENTS BY CONFERENCE IN 1874.
Anamosa, J. B. Casebeer ; Wyoming, H. H. Green; Johnson, W. N. Chaffee; Langworthy, C. A. Hawn; Monticello, Thomas Thompson; Monmouth, W. B. Milner; Cascade, supplied by C. F. Bentley ; Maquoketa, G. R. Manning.
PETIT JURORS, DECEMBER, . 1867.
Cass, O. B. Doyle ; Clay, John Palmer ; Fairview, T. E. Belknap, Chas. Lewis; Greenfield, J. W. Arnold, H. D. Keller; Hale, Philip Bramer, Jasper Dalby; Jackson, Isaac Hay; Madison, David H. Sherrill; Monticello, Joseph Clark; Rome, Jonathan Easterly; Richland, Otis Whittemore; Scotch Grove, John E Lovejoy; Wayne, Joseph Garrett; Washington, B. H. Leonard; Wyoming, O. J. Bill, E. M. Franks.
MONTICELLO MARKETS, JUNE 20, 1867.
Gold
$ 1.30
Beans
3.00
Flour
13.00
Butter
.IO
Spring wheat.
1.25
Cheese
.15
Oats
.45
Lard
.08
Corn, ear
.70
Live hogs $3.50 to $4.00
Rye
.65
Cattle
4.00 to
5.50
Barley
.60 Wood, per cord 4.00 to 5.00
Potatoes
1.25
Wool .20 to
-40
WYOMING MARKETS, OCTOBER 1, 1909.
Flour
$ 6.40 Lard
.15
Corn
.75 Barley
.45
Potatoes
.60 Oats
$ .35 to
.40
Butter, dairy
.27
Hogs
7.00 to
7.25
Butter, creamery
32 Cattle 4.00 to
7.00
Eggs
.25
Wood, cord 5.00 to 6.00
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ABSTRACT OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY, 1867.
Acres of land, 353,740, value. $2,510,212.00
Town property .
295,389.00
Meat cattle, 15,782, value
221,098.00
Horses, 7,293, value.
369,332.00
Mules and Asses, 133, value
10,890.00
Sheep, 22,044, value
44,199.00
Swine, 23,338, value.
48,222.00
Vehicles, 2,534, value
84,675.00
Merchandise
113,262.00
Moneys and credits
172,352.00
Taxable household goods
1,590.00
Corporation stock
40.00
Farming utensils
10,687.00
Other taxable property
34,605.00
Total personal
1,143,298.00
Total property
$3,970,118.00
SCHOOL CENSUS, AND SCHOOL FUND APPORTIONMENT, APRIL, 1867.
Anamosa
598 children
Castle Grove
.262 children
Clay
393 children
Cass
254 children
Fairview
ยท497 children
Greenfield
386 children
Hale
316 children
Jackson
329 children
Monticello
.784 children
Madison
.274 children
Oxford
303 children
Rome
408 children
Richland
323 children
Scotch Grove
356 children
Washington
420 children
Wayne
330 children
Wyoming
576 children
Total children
.6,809
Total sum apportioned, $5,991.92 or 88 cents per scholar.
STATUS OF AIR SHIP NAVIGATION IN AUGUST, 1909.
Ere another decade shall have passed, navigation by means of an air ship, no doubt will have been successfully accomplished, and will no longer be an experiment. In the development of this means of transportation, it will be
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interesting to know just what stage was reached in 1909. The people of Iowa are giving the matter more or less attention from the fact that Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright who have been leaders this year in aerial flights, were for- merly residents of this state. On July 25, 1909, Monsieur Louis Bleriot in his monoplane made a successful flight across the English Channel between Calais and Dover a distance of twenty-one miles in twenty-three minutes. This fact was given considerable attention as an accomplishment and fixed public atten- tion throughout the civilized world upon the air ship as a practical passenger conveyance to a degree which no other event in the history of aeronautics has succeeded in doing.
On the same day the Wright brothers' aeroplane, driven by Orville Wright, and carrying a passenger, made a world's record for duration of flight by a heavier- than-air machine carrying a driver and passenger. The Wright aeroplane flew one hour, twelve minutes and forty seconds, beating the time made under similar conditions by his brother Wilbur Wright, in France, in August, 1908. Wilbur Wright, in France, in January, 1909, without a passenger, remained in the air two hours, eighteen minutes and thirty seconds, and covered a distance of about seventy miles.
The Outlook in the edition of August 7, 1909, gives a general description of the air ships of the present day, which we give herewith as a means of preserving for readers of the future, the information being interesting reading at this date.
"The air ships of the present day may be divided into two general classes- the dirigible or lighter-than-air machine, and the aeroplane or heavier-than-air machine ; aeroplanes are again classified in two types-the biplane and the mono- plane. Count Zeppelin, of Germany, is perfecting the dirigible, Bleriot the monoplane and the Wright Brothers the biplane. In sea terms, the dirigible may be roughly compared to the sub-marine boat, the monoplane to the sloop and the biplane to the schooner. The dirigible is not a flying machine in any sense, although that term may be applied more reasonably to the aeroplane. The Zeppelin dirigible, or air ship floats in the air, supported by from a dozen to twenty air and gas tight apartments filled with hydrogen, which is lighter than air, just as the sub-marine floats in the water supported by water and air-tight compartments, filled with atmosphere, which is lighter than water; it is moved forward by rapidly revolving propellers, which act upon the surrounding air just as the sub-marine's propellers act upon the surrounding water. It is a veritable air ship. The aeroplane, on the contrary, flies as the boy's kite flies; the kite will not rise of itself, nor will it stay aloft if the kite string is cut; it flies only when the boy pulls it against the resisting air which presses upon its surfaces. So the aeroplane will not rise of itself; it must get a start by rolling down an incline, when the revolving propellers begin to push its great double or single surface against the air as the boy's kite-string pulls the kite against the resisting air. When the motor stops, the aeroplane falls as the kite falls when the string is cut. To start it again somebody or some mechanical contrivance must run with it, as the boy runs with his kite before playing out the string which con- nects his motor arm with the flying toy.
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"The advantages of the air ship over the aeroplane as a practical convey- ance are thus seen at a glance. In their present stage of development the aero- plane of the Wright or Bleriot type is the more picturesque and romantic, the air ship of the Zeppelin school is the more utilitarian, although it would be folly to assert what may or may not be accomplished in the future in the develop- ment of the aeroplane along utilitarian lines. Flying in an air ship today is like swimming without a life preserver-a graceful and adventurous accom- plishment.
"Aerial navigation is no longer a matter of mere speculation, like the ques- tion of the habitability of the planet Mars; the air is actually being navigated. There remain now only the amplification of methods and machinery already demonstrated to be practicable."
THE NORTH POLE.
After centuries of speculation, and decades of effort, the most northern point of Mother Earth has been reached, and to America comes the glory of the achievement. Early in September, 1909, the announcement was made that Dr. Frederick A. Cook, of Brooklyn, accompanied by two Eskimos, had on April 21, 1908, stood, in the midst of a waste of ice, at the point where all directions are south, where latitude reaches a maximum, where longitude vanishes, where the magnetic needle is reversed, and the North Star is in the zenith. Five days later, another message thrilled the world that Commander Robert E. Peary had also reached this coveted point of the earth's surface on April 6, 1909, after twenty-three years of effort. A controversy at once arose, principally on the part of Peary who claimed that Cook's story should not be taken too seriously, and this controversy continues to grow, with Dr. Cook the popular favorite. This discovery is the most important geographical event of years.
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IN 1868.
The Republican county convention was held in the schoolhouse at Wyoming, August 22. 1868. John McKean called the convention to order and John Tasker was elected chairman and T. E. Booth, secretary. The committee on creden- tials consisted of Robert Dott, M. M. Moulton and J. A. Bronson. On per- manent organization, Major S. S. Farwell, J. D. Walworth and Emerson Brown. Adjourned.
On assembling of the convention the credentials committee reported the following townships and delegates :
Cass .- Carso Crane, Lyman Guilford and E. M. Condit.
Castle Grove .- William M. Starr.
Clay .- John Russell, M. C. Walters, J. McDaniel, N. B. Noyes, E. E. Brown. Fairview .- H. C. Metcalf, J. D. Walworth, E. B. Alderman, G. D. McKay, C. L. Niles, J. L. Myers, Robert Dott, T. E. Booth, C. H. Lull, John McKean, Chauncey French, E. M. Harvey, W. M. Skinner.
Greenfield .- Samuel Shields, J. B. J. Porter, Isaac H. Ford, F. H. Myrick. Hale .- A. J. Dalby, J. H. Evans, D. Garrison.
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Jackson .- H. H. Monroe, S. E. Bills, D. B. Bills.
Madison .- A. G. Pangburn, D. H. Sherrill, Robert Somerby, J. Bender, M. O. Felton.
Monticello .- Major S. S. Farwell, S. M. Yoran, G. D. Bradley, M. M. Moul- ton, James Davidson, S. R. Howard, M. W. Herrick, H. H. Starks, A. H. Mar- vin, Colonel J. O. Duer.
Oxford .- A. A. Reilly, G. W. Lathrop, H. S. Rising.
Richland .- J. R. Stillman, J. E. Harkness, Cyrus Whittemore.
Rome .- E. White, D. E. Rummel, Thomas Easterly. C. Hazlett, J. Stewart, Charles Klise.
Scotch Grove .- J. S. Fuller, S. H. Clark, Adam Sutherland, John Filson, J. E. Holmes, M. Blodgett.
Wayne .- J. C. Ramsey, P. G. Bonewitz, J. G. Dawson, A. Nash, Joseph Gaut, J. Cameron, A. Aitchison.
Wyoming .- F. T. Woodyard, S. Coburn, J. T. Miller, Thomas Green, John Tasker, D. L. Blakeslee, J. A. Bronson, S. Hamilton.
Following the adoption of the report, Mr. J. C. Dietz was nominated by a unanimous ballot for the office of county clerk.
. On the vote for recorder Lieutenant Richard McDaniel received sixty-five votes and Morgan Bumgardner eighteen, and on motion of Mr. Bronson the nomination of Mr. McDaniel was made unanimous.
The county central committee was appointed as follows: J. C. Dietz, John E. Lovejoy, William H. Holmes, P. G. Bonewitz, M. M. Moulton.
JONES COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY.
The Jones County Medical Society was organized at Anamosa, September 30, 1903. The meeting was called to order by Dr. G. E. Crawford, of Cedar Rapids, councillor of the State Medical Society for the fifth district. A con- stitution and by-laws were adopted in conformity to the requirements of the state society.
The officers elected were: president, W. R. Brock of Olin; vice-president, T. C. Gorman of Anamosa; secretary, Harry W. Sigworth of Anamosa; treas- urer, L. K. Bobo of Oxford Junction ; delegate to the state meeting, A. G. Hejinian of Anamosa; board of censors : F. W. Port of Olin, George Inglis and W. W. Hunter of Monticello.
The county society meets semi-annually at which the necessary business is transacted, and a program of papers and clinics is carried out. The physicians derive much valuable assistance by these conferences on medical topics of local and general interest.
The present officers are: president, L. K. Bobo of Oxford Junction; vice- president. J. G. Thomas of Monticello; secretary and treasurer, J. E. King of Anamosa; board of censors, Aileen B. Corbit of Wyoming, W. B. Brock of Olin and W. W. Hunter of Monticello; delegate to the state society, L. K. Bobo of Oxford Junction.
All of the physicians of Jones county, with only a few exceptions are mem- bers of the county society. The board of supervisors of the county has at different
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times contracted with the county medical society for medical aid for the poor of the county. The present county medical society is not the first of the kind or name organized in the county. In casually looking through the files of The Anamosa Eureka, we find that a similar society was organized prior to 1875, and that regular meetings were held as now by the present society.
Among the names of the members of this former society we find: Dr. L. J. Adair, Dr. W. W. Stoddard, Dr. Carlisle, Dr. Alden, Dr. Phillips, Dr. Johnson, Dr. Hurst, Dr. Paul, Dr. M. H. Calkins and Dr. Joslin. Dr. Alden was presi- dent in 1875 and Dr. Hurst, secretary. The members of the present medical society of 1909 are : W. B. Brock, J. A. White and F. W. Port of Olin; B. H. Chamberlain, Aileen B. Corbit and R. H. Spence of Wyoming; E. H. Knittle of Onslow ; J. G. Weinland of Martelle; J. M. Young and T. B. Kent of Center Junction ; J. E. King, H. W. Sigworth, F. B. Sigworth, T. C. Gorman, F. S. Druet, A. G. Hejinian of Anamosa; L. K. Bobo and J. E. Davies of Oxford Junc- tion ; W. W. Hunter, George Inglis, J. E. Gilmore, F. Puleston, W. A. Mirick, J. G. Thomas, T. M. Redmond, Louis G. Stuhler of Monticello.
THE JONES COUNTY FARMERS' INSTITUTE.
It is perfectly natural in an agricultural community that the tillers of the soil and the raisers of stock, "the hewers of wood and the drawers of water," should organize for mutual benefit; that the farmers should meet, compare notes on methods as well as on ways and means, and thereby enrich their storehouse of useful information. The earliest inhabitants and the best citizens of Jones county have been farmers, with the natural instinct to earn their bread by the sweat of their brows ; to raise corn to feed hogs to buy more land to raise more corn to feed more hogs to buy more land, etc. But added to the natural instinct to till the soil, was another element, namely, the desire to keep abreast of the best informa- tion obtainable, for the care of stock, the treatment of the soil, the building of good roads, the development of the dairy industry, the conservation of the for- est, the retention of moisture in the soil, how to interest the boys on the farm, the happiness of home life and country home entertainment, and kindred topics.
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