Past and present of Allamakee county, Iowa. A record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement, Vol. I, Part 10

Author: Hancock, Ellery M; S.J. Clarke Publishing Company
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: Chicago : The S. J. Clarke publishing company
Number of Pages: 582


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It was not until the year of Mr. Barnard's death, in 1898, that mining leases were made with Geo. S. Finney that began to promise a development of the mine. Numerous test pits had been dug, and all looked promising .. Several shipments of ore had been made for practical tryout in the furnace, and these were continued from time to time, with promising results. The lease to Mr. Fin- ney was "for the purpose of boring and mining for iron and other minerals for the period of twenty years from May 1, 1899. Second party to pay ten cents per ton royalty for all iron mined, and pay for annually 10,000 tons as a minimum output, whether mined or not. Lessee shall have the sole and exclusive option to purchase said premises at any time before the first day of May, 1901, at or for the sum of $20,000, less the amount of royalty already paid at time of pur- chase." In April, 1900, Mr. Finney assigned his lease and option to George A. Nehrhood, and the Waukon Iron Company was organized and incorporated, with D. J. Murphy, president ; C. H. Earle, vice president ; Geo. A. Nehrhood, secre- tary, and S. H. Eddy, treasurer, who with M. K. Norton comprised the board of directors. The capital stock of the company was $50,000, which was increased to $500,000 in June of the following year. Mr. Nehrhood transferred the lease and option to this corporation, and a plant was erected for the reduction of the ore as stated by Mr. Orr in his chapter on the geology of the region.


The transportation question was one of the greatest problems to be solved, but in 1902 a promoter of interurban railroads appeared and incorporated "The Iowa Hematite Railway Company," with the plausible purpose of connecting Lansing and Waukon with other points, and furnishing transportation of ore to Waukon or down the Village Creek valley to the Mississippi river. The incorpo- rators were William Ingram, president, and Lewis W. Beard, secretary-treasurer; with a capital first placed at $25,000 but later increased to $250,000, with an authorization for an increase to $1,500,000. Franchises were obtained of the towns and of the county, but the scheme did not materialize.


John M. Barthell died in March, 1902, and his two sons, M. J. and B. F., became the owners of the property by transfer from the other heirs, and they in October, 1906, executed a deed of the premises to the Waukon Iron Company for the consideration originally named, $20,000. In 1907 the Missouri Iron Com- pany with unlimited capital and experience to utilize it obtained control of the property, with the gratifying result as told by Mr. Erwin in his paper.


In this connection it is appropriate to give a brief sketch of Mr. Charles Barnard, who was instrumental in bringing this mine to the attention of the public. Born on the Isle of Wight, and on the farm later occupied by Queen Victoria's summer residence, when a year and a half old he was brought to America by his parents, Thomas and Mary Barnard, who settled on Wheeling


A FOSSIL SPONG, RECEPTACULITES OWENII


From a horizon about 40 feet below top of Galena limestone. Another horizon where this species is found abundantly lies about 10 to 25 feet above the bottom of the Galona.


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GASTEROPODS FROM GALENA LIMESTONE


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island, in the Ohio river. Here he learned the rudiments of fruit growing, his father starting a nursery, and when he was about fifteen they moved to Belmont county, Ohio, and ran a market garden for the city of Wheeling. In 1865 he came to Iowa and settled at Waukon, where he engaged in the nursery business which he carried on very successfully until the close of a busy life. He was a practical man and wanted to see all our natural resources utilized. It was at his insistence that L. W. Hersey united with him in building, of stone from local quarries, the double store on the east side of Allamakee street, in 1867. Two years later the upper story was finished off for a public hall, and Barnard Hall was for years the hall of the town. Mr. Barnard had two great desires: one the building of a local railroad, which he helped very materially to accomplish ; and the other the development of the iron mine, which he began to see hope for previous to his death.


CHAPTER IX


AGRICULTURE AND MANUFACTURES


Allamakee county is classed as one of the finest agricultural regions, because of the fertility of its soil and the diversity of its physical features. Although considerable of its area is uncultivable because of its bluffs, a large part of this formation is suitable for stock ranges, and the valleys between are extremely fertile. In the earlier years the principal crop was wheat, the continued growing of which so impoverished the prairie soil that it was gradually discontinued, and greater attention paid to other grains, stock-raising and the dairy; and this diversity of products introduced a new area of prosperity for the farming com- munity.


But little can be said of manufactures, as this branch of industry has not been properly fostered, owing largely to inadequate transportation facilities. Our streams afford many fine water powers, which were early utilized for milling purposes until the failure of the once staple crop, wheat. Statistics are meagre as to present manufacturing plants in this county ; the state census of 1905, the latest authority available, being silent on this point. With the establishment of immense dams for the creation and dissemination of electric power, and the facility and cheapness with which this power can be applied, it would seem to be only a question of time and transportation when a new source of wealth may be properly developed, and manufactures established which will support a largely increased population. In 1875, when the flouring mills and woolen mills were in operation, the value of our manufactures was given at $745,072; while in 1895 the output had dwindled to $307,542.


The question of the decreased population throughout the state during the past twenty years has received considerable attention of late. In Allamakee county this has been quite marked since 1880 when our population reached its height, as shown by the annexed table :


1849


277


1869


16.766


1850


777


1870


17,868


1851


1,300


1873


18,304


1852


2,000


1875 19.168


1854


4,266


1880


19,791


1856


7.709


1885


18,335


1859


10,843


1890


17,907


1860


12,237


1895


17,981


1863


13,465.


1900


. 18,71 I


1865


13,957


1905


18,222


1867


16,003


1910


17,328


107


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One explanation of this decrease may be read in the following comparisons :


Year 1880


1905


Number of farms in the county


2,44I


2,241


Number of acres in farms.


345,795


371,985


Value of farms and buildings


$5,836,445


$1I,600,777


Value of farm implements.


334,126


459,907


It is noticeable that while the number of farms decreased by 200 in the twenty- five years, their acreage increased over 26,000, and their value almost doubled; indicating that of the large families in the earlier years very many of the sons have found new homes in the farther west, while those remaining have increased their holdings.


The following tables are suggestive also, showing among other things the decrease in wheat and the great increase in other crops and livestock :


Improved


Wheat, Bushels.


Corn, Bushels.


Oats, Bushels.


Barley, Bushels. 22,315


Potatoes, Bushels.


Apples, Value.


1875


134,767


946,089


906,620


443,129


134,119


1880


535,674


1,510,394


628,387


177,377


. ...


1885.


162,782


272,242


1,179,885


886,405


.....


166,862


. .......


1890


104,836


1,590,217


1,440,377


197,891


. .....


1895.


190,385


51,255


920,526


1,386,530


166,490


81,215


$ 7,527


1905.


208,065


19,05 I


1,760,078


1,266,299


342,655


162,509


22,380


Horses and Mules,


Cattle,


Swine,


Sheep,


Poultry and Eggs, Value.


Year.


No.


Value.


No.


Value.


No.


Value.


No. Value.


1875. . . 7,610


19,652


19,770


. . . .


7,372


1880. . . 7,921


16,408


22,939


4,055


1895. ..


12,29I


$348,884


30,195


$390,278


43,135


$254,227


3.683


$ 9,269


$ 67,119


1905. .


. .


10,470


637,978


45,685


668,062


44,269


244,675


5,731


19,528


153,733


The dairy products of the county as given by the state census were $300,146 in 1895, and $329,295 in 1905.


AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY


Agreeable to a notice signed by Geo. C. Shattuck, John Raymond, D. H. Gilbert, John A. Townsend, Thos. A. Minard and Robert Isted, a meeting was held at Waukon, on the 7th day of June, 1853, of which John Raymond was president and Joel Baker, secretary, and which resulted in the formation of the "Allamakee County Agricultural and Mechanical Society." The first officers of the society were :


President-John A. Wakefield.


Vice Presidents-Robert Isted, John Laughlin, Wm. C. Thompson.


Recording Secretary-J. J. Shaw.


Corresponding Secretary-John Haney, Jr.


Treasurer-A. J. Hersey.


...


Year.


Lands.


UPPER IOWA POWER COMPANY-PLANT NO. 2


..


UPPER IOWA POWER COMPANY-DAM AND POWER PLANT DESTROYED MARCH 24, 1907


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The original roll showed a membership of eighteen persons, as follows:


John Raymond, John S. Clark, Robert Isted, M. B. Lyons, John A. Wake- field, Reuben Smith, C. W. Cutler, Absalom Thornburg, L. S. Pratt, M. Lash- man. G. C. Shattuck, D. H. Gilbert, J. M. Cushing, Ezra Reed, A. J. Hersey, Scott Shattuck, Austin Smith, John Haney, Jr.


June 23d at a meeting of the directors it was voted that there be a county fair at Waukon on the 13th of November. At this fair Ezra Reed and G. C. Shattuck took premiums on sheep. Robert Isted, John M. Cushing, and Shat- tuck, took premiums on swine. Patrick Keenan, John Raymond, D. H. Gilbert, Robert Isted, and Abraham Bush, took premiums on cattle. Jehial Johnson, J. B. Cutler, Moses Shaft, G. C. Shattuck, took premiums on vegetables. L. Ab- bott took premium on wheat. Moses Shaft on corn. John A. Wakefield on best ten acres of corn. Benjamin Beard, L. Abbott, Mrs. L. T. Woodcock, Mrs. J. A. Townsend, Mrs. J. M. Cushing, and Mrs. Prescott, took premiums on house- hold products. This was the first agricultural fair ever held in the county, and for those early days was a grand success, although held on the open prairie.


The society continued to hold occasional fairs with more or less success, for years. At a meeting held in Waukon January 8, 1868, the society was reorgan- ized as the "Allamakee County Agricultural Society," under which title it still exists. At the time of reorganization John Haney, Jr., became president, John Plank, Sr., vice president, D. W. Adams, secretary, and Charles Paulk, treasurer. A tract of seventeen acres adjoining the town of Waukon on the north, was purchased for fair grounds, enclosed with an eight-foot tight board fence. and a half mile race course laid out and graded, at a total cost of $2,129.48, and nearly all paid for by the ensuing fair that fall. Exhibition buildings, grand stands, and other improvements were made from time to time, and the fairs were very generally successful until recent years, when all county fairs were largely given over to the amusement features.


A few years ago the society sold its grounds to the city of Waukon. which has its waterworks plant located thereon, and devoted the proceeds to the con- struction of a new and larger grand stand and other improvements, and clearing off of incumbrance. It reserved the use of the grounds for fairs and other exhibitions, and its later exhibits have met with better financial results, a renewed interest being manifested through the county. Its forty-fifth annual fair is to be held in this year, 1913. The present officers of the society are:


President-B. O. Swebakken.


Vice President-Otto Helming.


Secretary-George S. Hall.


Treasurer-T. B. Stock.


Directors-Center, Ole Rema; Fairview, J. J. Broderick; Franklin, Floyd Clark; French Creek, Andy Laughlin; Hanover, Tom O'Brien; Iowa, Fred Meyer ; Jefferson, Tom Mullaney; Lafayette, James Mooney; Lansing, Lou Hirth; Linton, J. C. Campbell; Ludlow, A. S. Pieper; Makee, E. W. Goody- koontz; Paint Creek, H. A. Hendrickson; Post, C. P. Bachtell; Taylor, O. H. Monserud ; Union City, Ben Hartley ; Union Prairie, John T. Baxter ; Waterloo. Ben Schwartzhoff ; Makee, J. C. Beedy, honorary member.


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FARMERS INSTITUTE


Of greater practical benefit than the fairs, to the farming community, has been the Farmers' Short Course held annually for the past three winters at Waukon, under the auspices of the Allamakee Farmers' Institute, with instructors from the State College at Ames. These courses have attracted a large attend- ance from all over the county, and aroused much enthusiasm in regard to improvement of agricultural conditions. The officers of the Farmers' Institute for the current year are :


President- C. G. Helming.


Treasurer-D. D. Ronan.


Secretary-A. G. Meiners. Assistant Secretary-B. C. Opfer.


Vice Presidents-Center, Fred Ericson ; Fairview, Anton Wachter ; Frank- lin, Gordon Clark; French Creek, Andrew Laughlin ; Hanover, Oscar Jacobson ; Iowa, Thomas Reburn; Jefferson, James Barlow; Lafayette, Leslie Gruber ; Lansing, Thomas Teeling; Linton, Muryl Hefner; Ludlow, John Simmons ; Makee, Adam Herman; Paint Creek, I. I. Satrang; Post, E. R. Smith ; Taylor, Bernard Houlihan ; Union City, Alfred Meiners; Union Prairie, J. P. O'Neill, Jr .; Waterloo, John Hermanson.


CHAPTER X


POLITICS


In considering the politics of the county we should take a look at the early political conditions in the state. The tradition that "Iowa was settled by emi- grants from New England" is but partly true. The predominance of the southern element up to the middle fifties has been fairly well established, made up chiefly of sons of Virginia and their sons from Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri. This accounts for the system of county government by commissioners, at first, instead of the New England town meeting plan; and it is responsible for the county judge plan prevailing from 1851 to 1860, which became intolerable for its autocratic power.


The influx of settlers from the south by way of the Ohio river and through Missouri came about chiefly through the fact that the Iowa region, from 1821 to 1834, while a part of the unorganized territory of the United States, was looked after by army officers and Indian agents who were largely of southern nativity and predilections. Numerous instances bear out this theory. Col. Zachary Taylor, stationed at Fort Crawford, was a Virginian, and Lieut. Jeffer- son Davis, with him, a Kentuckian. Lieut. Albert M. Lea, Iowa explorer, was a North Carolinian; and one of his chief aids was Capt. Nathan Boone, youngest son of Daniel Boone. Gen. E. B. Gaines, another Virginian. Gen. Henry Atkinson, after whom was named Fort Atkinson in Winneshiek county, a North Carolinian. And Lieuts. Simon B. Buckner, Henry Heth, A. Buford, and Alex. W. Reynolds, stationed here at times, and Robert E. Lee in the southern part of the state, all became general officers in the Confederate army. Their reports attracted pioneers from their own states.


The mining regions at Galena and all southwestern Wisconsin were largely occupied by men from Kentucky and Tennessee, many of whom returned to their native states for the winters. Robert Lucas, first territorial Governor, was a native of Virginia, as was also Gen. Joseph M. Street, the Indian agent at Fort Crawford. In the first territorial legislature in 1838, there were twenty south- erners and five New Englanders, the remainder being from intermediate states. In the state legislature of 1854 were twenty-six southerners to thirteen New Englanders. In the constitutional conventions of 1844, '46, and even in '57, the delegates from south of Mason and Dixon's line considerably outnumbered those from New England. Rev. D. D. Lowrey, Allamakee's first preacher, was a Kentuckian.


Of course not nearly all of the settlers from the south were committed to the southern institution ; many doubtless had emigrated to escape from regions


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of human bondage. In 1846 Iowa was admitted as the first free state west of the Mississippi. And in the early fifties the prairie schooner was getting in its work across the northern part of Illinois and Wisconsin, and the tide from New England flowed so abundantly that in 1860 occurred the change of county gov- ernment from one man power to that of the township system, resulting in the county board of supervisors.


It seems, however, that the township system did not continue in general favor with the people of the state. Objections were made that the body was unwieldy and expensive, and that the thinly populated townships, wielded an undue proportion of power in the board compared with their actual voting strength, and in 1871, the system was so modified as to vest the powers of the former board in a body to be composed of three or five supervisors. From the time of this law going into effect, the affairs of this county have been under the control of a board of supervisors consisting of three members.


In 1854 James W. Grimes was elected Governor, indicating a revolution in the political control of the state; and at the same time James Harlan was sent to the United States senate. From this time down to the present day the line of republican governors is unbroken except by the election by small majorities of Gov. Horace Boies, in 1889 and 1891.


From the time of its organization Allamakee county has fluctuated in its political faith, though for the first forty years it was generally counted in the democratic column, where it was found in over two-thirds of the elections for state officials. But in presidential years, with a full vote and the greater princi- ples at stake, it nearly always showed its allegiance to the republican party, the only exceptions being in the 1864 Mcclellan campaign and the three Cleveland campaigns. The 1912 election was no exception to the rule, as less than one-half of the Roosevelt vote would have given the county to Taft instead of Wilson.


In this connection the following tables will be found of value for reference :


VOTE FOR PRESIDENT


Year.


Republican.


Vote.


Democratic.


Vote.


Rep.


Dem.


1852.


Scott (Whig)


1.12


Pierce


123


19


. ..


1856. Fremont


630


Buchanan


500


130


...


1860.


Lincoln


1,185


Douglas


1,151


34


.. .


1864.


Lincoln 1,146


McClellan


1,331


1868.


Grant


1,543


Seymour


1,403


140


1872.


Grant


1,455


Greeley


1,384


71


. . .


1876.


Hayes


1,709


Tilden


1,646


63


. ..


1880 .* Garfield


1,838


Hancock


1,53I


307


. . .


1884.


Blaine


1,731


Cleveland


2,023


120


1892.


Harrison


1,832


Cleveland


1,956


124


1896.


McKinley


2,472


Bryan


,897


575


...


1900.


McKinley


2,660


Bryan


1,850


810


. . .


1904.


Roosevelt


2,609


Parker


1,571


1,038


...


1908.


Taft


2,521


Bryan


1,725


796


...


1912.+ Taft


1,296


Wilson


1,767


. ....


498


*Weaver (Greenback), 332.


+Roosevelt ( Progressive), 1,273.


. .


274


1888.


Harrison


1,903


Cleveland


2,005


185


Plurality.


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VOTE FOR GOVERNOR


Plurality.


Year. Republican. Vote.


Democratic. Vote.


Rep.


Dem.


1850. J. L. Thompson ( Whig) ... 27


Stephen Hempstead 30


3


1854. Jas. W. Grimes (Whig) 299


Curtis Bates 197


102


. .


1857. Ralph P. Lowe. 543


Ben M. Samuels. .. 574


3I


I859. S. J. Kirkwood. 743


A. C. Dodge. 1,025


. .


SECRETARY OF STATE


Year.


Republican.


Vote.


Democratic. Vote.


Rep.


Dem.


1856 .* Elijah Sells


414


George Snyder


359


85


. ..


I858. Elijah Sells 660


Samuel Douglas 789


J. M. Corse. 1,137


16


. ..


I862. James Wright 792


R. H. Sylvester 1,047


255


[866. Ed Wright


1,2II


L. G. Van Anda. 1,212


31


David Hammer


1,413


136


..


Chas. Doerr


1,256


58


. ..


1872. Josiah T. Young. 1,455


E. A. Guilbert 1,430


25


. . .


I874. Josiah T. Young. 1,229


David Morgant 1.100


J. H. Stubenrauch. 1,932


21


93


18So.+ J. A. T. Hull. 1,839


A. B. Keith.


1,522


317


. ..


1882.§ J. A. T. Hull.


1,235


T. O. Walker 1,488


253


1884. Frank D. Jackson


1,73I


1886. Frank D. Jackson.


1,783


Cato Sells


1,934


.....


151


. .


1871.


C. C. Carpenter


1,257


Joseph C. Knapp. 1,363


106


1873-


C. C. Carpenter.


1,049


J. G. Vale* 1,536


487


1875.


S. J. Kirkwood 1,833


Shephard Leffler 2,157


324


1877.


John H. Gear. 1,547


John P. Irish ** 1,540


7


. .


1879.


John H. Gear.


1,795


2II


...


1881.


Buren R. Sherman. 1,355


L. G. Kinnet 1,258


97


. .


1883.


Buren R. Sherman


1,564


L. G. Kinne+ 1,786


222


1885.


Wm. Larrabee


1,514


Chas. Whiting&


2,018


...


. .


314


I889.


Jos. Hutchinson


1,704


Horace Boies 1,987


....


. .


423


1893.


Frank D. Jackson


1,97I


Horace Boies 1,900


71


...


1895.


F. M. Drake.


2,122


W. I. Babb


1,754


368


. . .


1897.


Leslie M. Shaw 2,174


F. E. White.


1,763


4II


..


I899.


Leslie M. Shaw 2,251


F. E. White.


1,799


452


. ..


I90I.


A. B. Cummins. 2,206


T. J. Phillips 1,549


657


...


1903. A. B. Cummins. 2,338


J. B. Sullivan 1,682


656


...


1906. A. B. Cummins 2,215


Claude R. Porter. 1,863


352


1908. B. F. Carroll.


2,349


Fred E. White .. 1,654


695


. . .


1910. B. F. Carroll. 2,176


Claude R. Porter .. 1,684


492


. .


1912. Geo. W. Clarke.


1,922


Edward G. Dunn .. 1,741


18I


. ..


*Anti-Monopoly.


+Greenback vote, 254.


** Greenback vote, 109.


1


**** Greenback vote, 206.


#Greenback vote, 183. § Fusion.


....


35


1863.


Wm. M. Stone.


997


J. M. Tuttle. . 1,343


.....


346


1865.


Wm. M. Stone.


1,004


Thos. H. Benton. . 1,270


.....


266


1867.


Samuel Merrill


1,216


Chas. Mason 1,307


91


1869. Samuel Merrill 1,485


Geo. Gillaspie 1,435


50


282


I861. S. J. Kirkwood


955


Wni. H. Merritt. 990


..


..


188


1864. James Wright 1,1.47


J. H. Wallace. 1,335


I868. Ed Wright 1,549


1870. Ed Wright


1,314


1876. Josiah T. Young 1,953


1878. J. A. T. Hull. 1.712


E. M. Farnsworth. 1,80;


Jas. Dooley 2,010


..


279


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Wm. Larrabee 1,627


T. J. Anderson 1,941


283


I891.


H. C. Wheeler


1,762


Horace Boies 2,185


504


1887.


H. H. Trimble 1,584


Plurality.


I29


1860. Elijah Sells I,I53


. .


17I


116


PAST AND PRESENT OF ALLAMAKEE COUNTY


1888. Frank D. Jackson 1,903


W. Mellenry ..... 2,024


121


1890. WV. M. McFarland. 1,788


W. H. Chamberlain 2,067


... 279


1892. W. M. McFarland 1,817


J. H. McConlogue. 1,966


.. . 149


1894. W. M. McFarland. 2,136


H. L. Carr 1.913


582 . . .


1898. Geo. L. Dobson.


2,287


C. R. Porter 1,430


857


. . .


1900.


Wm. B. Martin. 2,645


2,187


Richard Burke 1,596


591


. .


1904. Wm. B. Martin. 2,578


Chas. A. Dickson. 1,592


986


. ..


1906


Wm. C. Hayward. 2,305


J. S. McLuen 1.626


679


. .


1908. Wm. C. Hayward.


2,367


Julius Ruge 1,019


748


. .


1910. Wm. C. Hayward.


2,073


A. J. Anders. 1,537


536


. ..


1912. W'm. S. Allen.


1,910


Chas. B. Murtagh. 1,702


208


. . .


*First record found.


+Anti-Monopoly.


+Greenback vote, 334. §Greenback vote. 303.


The first record we find of a formal organization in this county of the fol- lowers of a designated political faith bears date, December 10, 1853, when the following notice was circulated :


To the Democratic Voters of Allamakee County:


FELLOW CITIZENS: You are hereby notified that a meeting will be held at Waukon on Saturday, Dec. 24, 1853, for the purpose of taking into considera- tion the propriety of an immediate organization of the democratic party in our county. Also for the further purpose of appointing delegates to the state con- vention, etc.


W. C. THOMPSON, JAS. W. FLINT, M. B. LYONS, Committee.


At this meeting Edward Eells was chosen chairman and C. J. White, secre- tary, and it was


"Resolved, That the democrats of the county of Allamakee ought to and hereby do organize themselves into a regular political party, according to the time-hon- ored usages of the same, both in the state and nation, and as an auxiliary thereto."


The central committee consisted of Archa Whaley, Reuben Sencebaugh, Wm. H. Morrison, Edward Eells and A. J. Hersey.


The township committees were :


Union City-Geo. Spence, Wm. Dennison, G. W. Carver. Lansing-Richard Luckins. A. J. Tillotson, Jas. P. Hughes. Lafayette-W. C. Thompson, R. Ottman, O. S. Conkey. Makee-C. Paulk. T. Minard, Aug. Hersey. Union Prairie-J. E. S. Morgan, Loren Eells, George Merrill. Ludlow-E. Reed, Luther Howes, Henry Beaver.


Jefferson-W. F. Ross, Henry Coffman, H. Burgess. Paint Creek-Andrew Mitchell, Thos. Anderson, Geo. Watkins. Taylor-David Harper, Michael Dignan, Otto Langfield. Linton-Allen Scott. L. W. Hays, Henry Johnson. Franklin-John Brisco, Austin Smith, John S. Clark. Post-James Arnold, Reuben Smith.


Horatio F. Dale .. 1.755


381 . ..


1896. Geo. L. Dobson.


2,495


S. B. Crane. 1,847


798


...


1902. Wm. B. Martin.


117


PAST AND PRESENT OF ALLAMAKEE COUNTY


Wm. H. Morrison, S. A. Tupper and J. W. Flint were appointed delegates to the state convention.


The convention thereupon "resolved" to authorize the central committee to fix the ratio of representation; "that we have undiminished confidence in the administration of the general government, and will continue to give our undi- vided support ;" the state government "merits our approbation and continued confidence ;" our senators, "for their uniform attachment to democratic principles, are entitled to the cordial support of every true democrat," and the "gratitude, influence and support of every true friend of western interest."




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