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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-11-23


at the Good Roads convention in
Logan yesterday, Hon. j. X. McGsv-
rem, Hon. j. E. Kirkwood, of Missouri
Valley. d. w. Smith, of Douglas Twp,
and j. z. Adams, of Little Sioux, were
appointed delegates to attend the dis
trict meeting in Council Bluffs in De-
cember.
TIE DAILY TIMES is compelled to
apologize to its readers. Our adver
Using has increased so much in the
last two weeks that we have but little
room for reading matter. Commencing
next Monday We will have seven col.
umns more space for reading matter.
The Presbyterian ladies will not
make canvass for fancy work do
nations this year, but will gladly re-
cteve any thing in that line which
friends will contribute.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-11-23

T. Roberts is confined to his room
by illness.
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COMING TO
MISSOURI VALLEY, iowa,
MONDAY, November 9Th, 1899.
AAAtHAAAAAAM
Prof. J. w. chapek,
The Expert Optlclan of Omaha, Nebraska will ha N
missouri Valley for short time and NAV be CON.
suited at
DIR. CHAPMAN'S OFFICE.
Prof Chapek comes highly recommended az an az
pert in his profession and prepared examine and
correct any errors Of refraction known to science
Many have already been benefited this vicinity in
the past by his perfect system in lenses


Logan, Iowa, Nov. l6. SO.
10 whom it may concern:
l have had Prof. Chapek of Omaha.
90 work for my family and patrons for
the last IL months and have found
him always capable, gentlemanly and
honest, 80 far as my experiences with
MN goes his word is good. [ found
long ago that in the matter of fittinu
glasses and correcting errors of refrac.
ton that the cheapest as well az the
best way is to have competent ner.
son attend to it, The pack peddlar is
an expensive and dangerous luxury
Very respectfully,
j. KNOWLES. NJ. ID.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-11-23

- Woodbine, Iowa, Oct. IL, 1896.
10 whom it may concern:
This 10 to certify that Prof. w. j..
Chapek has done all our work for the
past two years and can frankly say the
same has been very satisfactory. He
has also done large amount of work
among the best people of our towe
and community and have never heard
q VOID OF complaint and most heartily
recommend bin as most competent
and painstaking oculist,
GEO. II, KIRLER,
President WOOdbine Saving Bank.
Woodbine, Ia, Oct. /, 1895
To whom 1t may concern:
This is to certify that l have been
acquainted with the bearer hereof, MIR.
j. w. Chapek, of Omaha, Neb. for the
past two years, who has, from time to
time visited our town in pursuit of
his profession and that l heard his
patrons express themselves as being
highly pleased with treatment received
from him. have also had work done
BY him and found the same very salts
factory.
LEWIS HAAS,
Cashier Woodbine Saving Bank
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-11-23

DR.. s. F. Devore, Office and
residence same as used by DR..
Montgomery. Phone numbers:
Office, 80. Residence, SO. tt
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-11-23

B.a.t Turkey. with cranberry sauoe
Roast Chicken with dre,aing
Roast Pork with brown gravy
Iron County register., 1899-12-14
III !. !. | ! T. /. c A /; /;
HOW TO SPLIT sTovEwooD.

been dying, and the farmer who owns
ten or more acres of hardwood timber
finds that the dead trees accumulate in
spite of the fact that the quantity of
fuel is larger each year as the quality
deteriOratee. Some farmers were wise
and sold off the varieties that were sub
ject to decay and avoided loss from
this source. Others, however, were in
hopes that they would be able to use
the diseased trees for fuel before they
became worthless. Here is where they
made a mistake. And this is why we
see so many old dead trees in the
woods. These are in some cases so rot
ten around the outside close to the
bark, the sap wood, that it requires
some skill to split block into stove
wood without breaking good many
sticks in two. The illustration shows
how one successful wood cutter does
the work and it seems to be very sim
pie. At the block is split through the
center, making two halves. The lines
running from the outside to the heart
are whers it should be again split to
make slabs like b. The cross marks on
end of slab tell their own story. In
splitting off the outside slab from b
always strike far enough toward the
heart to get a section of sound timber
with it. If you fail to do this it will
break like C, and much of the block will
be wasted.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Iron County register., 1899-12-14

tween Stats to 10 inches as to size Of
sheep kept. A 12-foot rack will accom-
modate about IL sheep on 4 side. L,
bottom boards placed entirely under
and nailed securely to the bottom of the
rack; J. center bottom board placed on
top and tapping onto the other two Q
y. This leaves a shoulder Of one inch
against which the sheep can gnaw ear
corn or roots of any kind. The body OF
the rack should be two feet inside
The wings should meet within about six
inches.
Mr.. Oviatt thinks that the arrange
ment in Fig. ? will be an improvement
on that shown in Fig. 1. the cut is not
properly made. however. The slat (A)
should be under the boards (B), and
nailed firmly to posts CO.. These re-
main firm and rigid. The hinges should
be on top, so that the wide boards CD)
can turn up and rest on 3, B, out of the
way when one wants to clean out the
rack. Otherwise the wings are the
same as in Fig. 1.-Ohio Farmer.
Iron County register., 1899-12-14
DRIVING TO THE LEFT.
A Curious Canadian Custom Which
Screly Puzzles the American
HOrsemen.

Though l knew from experience
that keeping to the left was the rule
of the road in England" observed a
well-known horseman TO Star re-
porter, Il did not know that rule
prevailed in Canada until / took a
short drive on the outskirts of To-
ronto. / have been a horseman for
many years and L know the rules
of the road pretty well, but [ had
considerable difficulty to keep out OF
trouble there, L assure you.
"a friend loaned me nice turn
out which had a rather free stopper
in the harness. At the first turnout
l naturally turned to the right in
passing. The man l met was pretty
well fixed also in the way of horse
and the first thing l knew we came
together in splash-bang style, the re-
suit of it being that l lost wheel
and got pitched out into the road.
/ supposed, of course, that he would
turn to the right and he supposed for
similar reasons, for he thought from
the kind of a horse that l was driv-
ing that / knew what | was about,
that / would turn tc the left. Mutual
explanations followed, but I was the
loser in the transaction. for l felt
obliged to have the mishap fixed at
my expense.
"An American driving in Canada is
as a consequence in one continued
worry, for it matters not how clever
one is with the reins, it is extremely
hard to unlearn the rule which obtains
in this country of keeping to the
right. The Canadians have an argu-
ment to prove that they are right in
the matter and that keeping to the
left is much safer in the way of pre-
venting collisions on the road. but /
could not understand it, and three
days later I had similar trouble hap
pen in Quebec, though in that case
it was the other team that got the
worst of it. Still il was just as an
moving to me, though not as expen-
sive. 1t is the same thing with foot
passengers and bicycles, and the
American wheelmen have a hard time
in consequence of it, collisions being
frequent and in some instances very
The Canadians may be
right about it, but just the same no
American can ever get it in his head
that they are. The Can
adian drive from the right side of the
team, as we do, ;tud the whip socket
is on the right.
Iron County register., 1899-12-14
IMPROVED ROTATION.
New Applications OF n Doctrine the
Value of Which Has Been
known for a Long Time.

1t was doubtless early in mans ex-
perience In farming that he learned
that some rotation of crops, rather
than growing the same successfully
on the land where it had previously
Eeen grown, was necessary. But there
have come new applications of the doc
trine of rotation since it is known that
some crops are actually renovating to
the soil and that there is the greatest
advantages in alternating clover and
other leguminous crops with the
grains which are very exhaustinve of
fertility. Under the usual rotation the
land only comes to clover seeding
every fourth year, and in that time
one hoed crop, one small spring grain
crop and one winter grain, wheat or
barley have been taken from it, which
with but one year in clover for hay
or pasture completes the rotation.
But neither spring small grains nor
winter grains give the profit they
once did. If one of these can be left
out, the clover seeding and growth
of clover will come every third year
instead of every fourth. Or if it is de-
sired to keep up the four-year system,
the grain may be seeded with timothy
as well as with clover, and kept
second year in grass, which if the first
year was mown ought to be generally
pastured the second season. But this
requires that the land should be more
heavily manured as the second year
of grass, which is the third spring
after clover seed has been sown, the
bulk of the clover will have run out.
The timothy roots will produce
good crop the third season. better
probably than the second years crop.
but it will be less advantage to the
land for subsequent crops after it has
been plOwed again.
There is still shorter rotation than
this sometimes practiced where farm
ers are exceedingly enthusiastic in
potato growing. That is to plant po-
tatoes ON a clover sod, get the crop off
carly, fit the land and sow it with
wheat or rye in the fall, seeding heav-
lily with clover seed in the spring.
or else sow the clover seed with spring
grain sown then. This clover is made
to grow as large as possible the first
season, though care is taken to cut
II uONu Dc uuuS0F
of its heading and seeding. When the
midsummer has been dry, followed by
wet weather as autumn comes on,
spring-sown clover will sometimes cut
ton of dried hay per acre, and if
left long enough will go to seed. All
that does do so will die the following
winter. 1t should be cut as soon as
heads begin to show, and then a fair
growth may be expected the following
spring. AS the field is to be plowed
for potatoes again the next spring,
there is not time to allow the clover to
grow very large and yet fit the land
for a good seed bed. This plan works
well for a few years. It's drawbacks
are that one years growth of clover
does not keep up the soil fertility,
and that if potatoes are thus largely
planted they must have a good deal
of mineral fertilizers, which are more
costly than manuring with clover
American Cultivator.
Iron County register., 1899-12-14
OCCULT INFORMATION.
She Told Him What He Wanted to
Know and He Couldn't Make
a Sneak.

The lady, who tells fortunes and goes into
frances had been visited by the idle young
person with an inquiring mind.
''I don't want to know anything about
family affairs nor how to beat the stock mar
ket," he said, cheeringly.- Il am great
thing about the Chinese emperor for a long
time thought I'd call around and see how
he's getting along. I've been waiting good
while for some news from Peking or Hong
Kong or thereabouts, and I thought you
might help me out; Asia's big distance
away" he added, doubtfully. Maybe you
don't make such long jumps as Asia
ooh, yes," she answered, and, passing her
hand over her brow, she shut her eyes and
proceeded. 4 see a young man with slant
ing eyes and cue. Something tells me that
it is the Chinese emperor. A man is run
ming away from him so fast that papers are
dropping out of his pockets and falling in all
directions. The man who runs is a life in
surance agent. A lady appears. She also
has slanting eyes. 1t is the empress dow
ager. She catches the young man in the act
of taking drink out of large bottle. She
notes that there are bottles of every size and
shape scattered about the apartment. SO,
she exclaims, Indignantly, this is the way
you pass your time-drinking and carous-
ing!' Empress dowager,' he answers, you
do me wrong. 1t is true that l drink. But
there is no carousal fluid in any of these bot
ties 'Nonsense!' she exclaims, why, then,
have them about?' Because he answered,
Those bottles are full of antido+cs.' The en-
press frowns and exclaims in a whisper:
That explains it!' Then she turns and
leaves the palace without another word.''
That's first rate" said the young man,
as he reached for his hat and arose to go.
said: Zone dollar, please. ."-Washington
Star
Iron County register., 1899-12-14

1t is certain that any crop will ex-
naust the soil in time, whether of grain,
grass or fruit. On some farms may be
seen orchards of apple trees over half a
century old. Every year these trees
have produced fruit, and in return have
received nothing in the form of fer
tilizer 1t is estimated that an ordinary
apple crop removes from an acre of soil
about so pounds of nitrogen, 40 pounds
of phosphoric acid and IS pounds of
potash. When clover is grown in the
orchard the land is benefited by having
its proportion Of nitrogen increased.
but it will gain nothing in mineral mat
ter. The land devoted to apples should
receive fertilizer or manure every year,
and when there is heavy crop of ap-
pies in sight the fruit should be thinned
out in the early stages of growth
Rrral World.
Iron County register., 1899-12-14
Progress in Horse breeding.

A man need not be very old to re-
member when a 1,400 or 1.500 pound
horse was a heavy draft horse, or a
three-minute trotter !; speedy road
ster. Times have changed, however,
and the heavy draft horse must weigh
800 to 500 pounds more and the road
ster 60 a good many seconds faster
to be classed as good ones ot their
kind 1t takes a better horse to be
a good one nowadays than it did ten
or twenty or thirty years ago. The
ideals of those days will not serve.
The breeder must aim to get the kind
that ranks high to-day, and this is the
only kind that is going to pay for his
oats Neutrality-suspicious. Stockman.
Iron County register., 1899-12-14
DAIRY AND STOCK.

The fat hogs should be put into the
pork barrel before they eat more value
of corn than they are worth.
Feed all the stock at the same time
each day. Regularity is of vital i'm
portance in the caring for animals OF
any kind.
The care of stock is now the chief
duty on most farms. 1t is well to
keep mich cows warm and comfort
able, but this shcslld not imply a want
of plenty of fresh air.
In cold DAYS the cracks in the stable
floor may cause great suffering. The
animals cannot be comfortable with
cold currents flowing all around them.
Both the roof and the floor of the
stable should be made tight.
Good butter pays a larger net profit
than anything else made on the farm
But no dirty or slow. poor-idea proc
ess will turn out butter that is denom-
mated good" by experts of the day.
Next to the best will not pay half so
well as the best.
The experience of all stock owners
and veterinary surgeons agree that
cattle need an abundant supply of
fresh air to keep them in health; and
recent experience in testing cattle for
n close stables suffer far more from
this disease than those in well-venti-
ated apartments.-Farm Journal.
Iron County register., 1899-12-14

This rack combines the wings of the
folding rack with the manger-room of
the old rack. and is described as follows:
The wings (A) in Fig. 1 hang on
hinges OBJ. and may be tipped up and
stand perpendicular on the outside of
the rack. These wings are made of two
wide boards. the wider the better. TIE
posts (C) of 2X4 stuff. on the outside Of
the rack, but they can be used either ous
or in d, base board inches wide; +.
top board inches wide; f, Stats, about
3 inches wide; G, space between Z
and d, IL to IA inches: H, space be-
Iron County register., 1899-12-14
How to Winter Farm stock.

The most important point in win
tering farm stock is to see to it that
at the beginning the stock is thrifty.
and not so old that it will be more apt
to depreciate than to increase in price
by keeping through. Stock young
enough not to have made its full
growth pays best to keep of all. It
is far better to kill or sell in fall the
stock that has passed its best than
TO try to winter it. If it is kept over
the food it eats will be wasted. If
the cost of food fed to stock that gains
nothing from it was spent in better
feeding of young and thrifty stock
it would make stock keeping in win
Yer always profitable, instead of be-
ing as now the cause of greater loss
than gain.-American Cultivator.
Iron County register., 1899-12-14
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A GOOD SHEEP RACK.
Combines the Wings of the Folding
Rack with the Manager Room
of She Old Rack.

The time is nearly at hand when sheet
will have to be taken in ana feeding
begun. Perhaps no other thing con-
nccted with the latter has been dis
cussed more than the rack to feed in.
Mr.. L. w. Oviatt, of Ray county, Mich.
after many years experience contrived
the rack shown in the illustration.
which, he thinks, prevents waste o.
feed and damage to fleece, more COM
pletely than any other yet devised.
Iron County register., 1899-12-14
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO, .
Il TCAS (ynIrNrY | p

Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of F. j. Cheney
& Co., doing business in the city of Toledo
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum of One Hundred Dol
lars for each and every case of catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of Halls Catarrh
Cure. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. d.
1856. A. W. GLEASON,
lSeal] Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Send for testimonials
free. F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Iron County register., 1899-12-14
ABOUT CUTTING WOOD.
How One Successful Farmer Has
Robbed This Work of Many
DisagreenbIe Featurese.

Every farmer who plans to do large
seasons work cannot overlook the i'm
portance of having his years supply
of fuel on hand and ready for use not
later than April 1. With some it is not
.ery hard task. for in many localities
where timber is scarce coal is largely
used for heating and oil for cooking
purposes. During the past ten years a
number of different kinds of trees havt
Iron County register., 1899-12-14
Solid Trains to Northern Michigan

The Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul Rail-
way is now running solid trains of palace
sleeping cars, dining cars (serving meals a
la cartel and frst-class day coaches,
ton, Hancock and other points in the Cop
per Country without change of cars, with
direct connection for Marquette, Negaunee,
Ishpeming, ETC., and passengers from the
East, South and Southwest will find this a
most desirable route.
All coupon ticket agents sell tickets via
the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail-
Iron County register., 1899-12-14
Winter in the South.

The season approaches when ones
thoughts turn toward place where the in
conveniences of a Northern winter may be
escaped. No section of this country offers
such ideal spots as the Gulf Coast on the
line of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad
between Mobile and New Orleans. 1t pos
sesses mild climate, pure air, even temper
ature and facilities for hunting and fishing
enjoyed by no other section. Accommoda-
tions for visitors are first-class, and can be
R. K. is the only line by which it can be
reached in through cars from Northern
cities. Through car schedules to all points
in Florida by this line are also perfect.
Write for folders, ETC., to Geo. B. Horner,
D. p. A, St. Louis. Mo.
Iron County register., 1899-12-14
Evidence.

Friend-I guess your father knows as
much about raisin' cattle as anybody?
Farmers Son-1 guess he does. Why, one
of our cows has just had two-headed calf
Puck
Iron County register., 1899-12-14

Cyclist-"I'm run down., doctor" Fa-
cetious Doctor-"Well, you've run down
good many people in your time, SO it only
tit for tat"-Fun.
Iron County register., 1899-12-14

Sometimes marriage ought to be defined
as the art by which two people manage to
live together and yet apart.-Puck.
Iron County register., 1899-12-14

The Best Prescription for ChiIls
and Fever is a bottle of GROVES TAsTELEss
CHILL Tonic. tits simply iron and quinine in
atasteless form. No cure-no pay. Price Soc
Iron County register., 1899-12-14

A man should be ashamed to swear before
men as well as before women.-AtchisoD
Globe
Iron County register., 1899-12-14
THE MARKETS.

Most men begin to save after they have
spent all.-Ram's Horn.
Iron County register., 1899-12-14

7 am entirely cured of hemorrhage of
lungs by Piso's Cure for Consumption
Louisa Lindaman, Bethany, Mo-, Jan. 8, "a.
Iron County register., 1899-12-14

Pleasant, Wholesome, Speedy, for coughs
is Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
Iron County register., 1899-12-14

It depends on your point of view whether
you consider him the best man or the worst
man who wins in prize fght.-Chicago
Chronicle.
Iron County register., 1899-12-14
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-11-09
Watching the Money Markets.

Washington, Nov. S.-Treasury officials
are watching the course of the money
market in New York. but it is understood
that no steps are contemplated at this
time to relieve the strngency in rates
which exists in some quarters. Officials
are disposed to think the excessive
charges for money are made largely by
banks to customers who desire it for use
in speculative ventures and that for ordi !.
nary business the financial institutions
are able to accommodate their clients at
the legal rates of interest. Secretary
Gage, tonight, said that he did not con
slider anv eXigency existed warranting
action by the government There was no
great accumulation of money in the
treasury and the outgo of government
moneys was running pretty even with
receipts. The secretary said he knew
nothing of the statement current in Wall
street, today. that there was to be a con.
ference between himself and well known
bankers of the metropolis to consider the
money question, nor was there any basis
for the report that the government was
to purchase large amount of bonds. The
secretary was in communication by tele-
phone, today. with a prominent banking
house in New York, the officials of which
informed him that they had enough funds
to meet the wants of their regular Gus
toners at ordinary rates of interest.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-11-09
MARCONl LEAVES US.
Admits That He Has Sold American nights Tor
Mis- wireless Telegraphy.

New York. Nov. S.-Guglielmo Marconi
the exponent of wireless telegraphy
sailed for Southampton. today. on the
American Line steamship st. Paul. Speak
of his work in this country, Mr.. Marcon
said: My work here has been very sue
cessful. The United States government
did not ask me to come here and make
the tests. l came here to report the
yacht races, and when l got here the
government said: Come, give US a
show
When asked for the truth of the rumor
that he had sold the American rights fo-
the wireless telegraphy to the Mackay
Bennett Gable Co., Mr.. Marconi said ne
had sold the rights but could not at this
time make public the name of the com
pany.
Speaking of his future movements, Mr..
Marconi said: My assistants and the in
Struments have already started for Africa
and in a short time | shall join Them
George G. Ward first vice president of
the Commercial Cable Co, said, this
afternoon. that he was certain that his
company had not bought the Marconi
system. Il cannot See, he said, what
use we coulo make of it if we had it. The
system. l should think, would be very
valuable Tor ships or lighthouses or short
distance reporting. but it could not help
us. Our methods of sending messages are
so different mat We could not utilize
Marconi's scheme at all