Show A UNITED ORDER t communistic colonies as an a rule hive hav proved a failure but there la Is one to in this country which to Is a notable exception according to a statement of mr H W sanders of dubuque iowa la in the washington niton post the gentl gentleman says ft to Is located at homestead and ana vicinity iowa and has been in RUG ful operation for fifty one years yeam the colonists started with acres ot of unbroken prairie land but have naw over acres cultivated land they have seven little towns and village hlll and live in comfortable stone or br brick rek bull buildings dings they axe are of dutch origin and arft arb known as Amanna the society homestead mr sanders ier W their principal cl city ty and it is a charm ing little place of red houses and ehn shaded streets on entering it one to transported from the united states into holland at one step almost hem these people live contented and work unceasingly the year round the cooperative plan is carried out in ever every sense and no one colonist Is better ox off than his brothers or st sisters aters as the case may be whether he come came in with thousands of dollars or whether he came in without a penny makes not a particle of difference it if a member cares to withdraw he is given just what he put in on joining up to a few years ago only dutch was taught in their schools but now the young people are learning english fhe the los angeles times appropriately places over the following paragraph the caption A voice from the Tor tomb db the proposed mediation of the pope between the united states and spain appears to have galvanized the corpse of the A P A A local paper states that prominent members of the association cia tion are furious at the slig suggestion and that most of them profess to believe the idea is a church plot the people of the united states oppose mediation in this matter on the part of any european power if such mediation were acceptable at all there would probably be no particular objection to the pope who Is is an n intelligent and kindly old gentleman possessing a larger fund of good common sense than the average monarch ch why the efforts of the pope in the ote interest of peace should be more objectionable to americans than simular efforts from some secular ruler is in not apparent to the logical mind under the facetious heading 10 lo dot the fathers practice the san ban tun cisco call says A father who shot five times at a man who had grossly insulted his daughter was promptly released by the police jit judge idge which ws wao well however there to Is a feeling that any father under such circumstances ought to do a little better sho shooting shooing oUng |