Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-01
4 Retrospective View.
BY D. NJ. HARRIs.1

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The Business Of the "Harrisonisn'
having Increased to such an extent
tha,,s.1.., ...,....n s....
Se. 'e.es. 4us''o's ooSsme neces-
sary' snd the court house, as we called
u, although not necessary. for county
purw,bes: having bean corr,ataa ,ua
r.nt.d 80 nor,h ha,s =, 49, a.. . ~
~ ~ ii, AA's" "s' ~ s1'e "Is' MOOR
s'ta's ohcs anu "oved ~.
About that time . Mr.. Sweet of
Wisconsin, came to the. Valley and
commenced the nnhl;cation of
..,,.,:...- ~ 80 80.
p .,.,,;.s.p Payer calsea Ine Juror.
th uo H...;!.le = ivI svMy tMyHsnls nHt on
ss nnlssH S ~ ~. M s - ~. 5olnt.
rsn.,r in that ,nlscs ann tor .o,se .;s n.S
the "Hx,risunian hsSi M on n,ss ts"S
hut ri ma = Mr. Rohinso mn srnm ' Nsh'
rsska. hroueht in a ANAL n 1aS ise oD-
inc in matarial. hrsina ana e1 ,h iHvs,
there Mar vsnGs I,.cE IN . +. hi,.a tha.a .y'
terprise it soon Sfiickered 1 nnt uo Sna
c,rcmmstanca which ovasraos " h;,, o 'ue
can never foroas tn aS;snr ,. nam VIC ..'s
to Modaia he and nsnsS M III. "
eonciuded fo tava : rsca aoaM sA w
road ,Shen Rfhfnsoh,s sn 49,, ss"n we
a; OH Hr,sciian fhron;nns St ttl. s.Iack
fra fence crhsh;n.. ~. u' ~. ass.ns!
o9herwfsn sfnmn;nS h;m "0Ha' an0
hrnnrhr dow" IN H.. ..a;, ~ no was
risd On = 3 r.tcs,a, w -, :. III SUI S Sar.
fhine that m.Gs ~, ~ ~, n.o uole. One
minds Mas The fact that ,rs %sa on our
"a from ~. con,;nva H' sh,,sa au sun .sl-
demncrati" cs nd,dat ua fa Soa as.'. VI eae
ca ana asthanuh. sss1,}r ~ Y SaMn.5 oas
hM ss vo Hsd ;, ss.. ,,. wy Peass'
"5airisnnisGs s,,Ia ord ~. 'a ~,
~ -e..,n &c. "a jig, epu WI uluu
,.m ~ k.tHsd H., sHvseu "nsn We con
~ IT.. "a ~. -. -. 40. no en u..o .voAeu up
w = ~ 10y y vi c'ie s.Ie.cnel ~
na' LA m;GSs p h tau'v-ne eesSgyea Ell
N w aeM 99"es .1": $50 :. ne had been
oroagnt IN before We wrote up ms
psuigeee, We won!a hsFe suspended
she 3o9 Antal 20 eltner eot wen OF was
44Rnslte0 W aus last festing place. ne
hnaiiy recovered. except one OF MS
eyes Wnlcn never got entireiy well,
S"a ne 9ot MS revenge OF US oy leaving
CONSIDERABLY IN our debt for material
mss'd IN Ms once. we had c0ns0la-
non even 70 tnis, % ne had !eIt sever
al NJ MS rePu9Iean fflenHp q RQla the
Jack WITH no CAFE seed IN TIE same.
r'nr ROBINSON, ne iett TOT dunlap,
from there no went TO Little Sioux
ANA from there We lost sight OF him
out suppose seversi men OF that place
ele" remember nis departure mingled
Win regret: tnankIli u was no worse
rue Great Wesy, h,e little Slonx paper:
Eqlea' bonner, ana his friends paid
tlners! e4penses-Inaa 1917 US MAST
paper. Hut few can now remember
TINS man Rnd those who can are sorry
they ever knew MN:
me y el4r9n feopie oegan TO
Meke arrangements 10 ouiid 9 church
eathce. ana stalgeo SUBSCRIPTION pa
per, ana TO fsc'lltate the matter they
se'ected ] II AuveF, Milton l1erfy aug
NJ Harris as committee on build.
ing ana afrsngement. we soon secuF.
"a anont Twelve hNnarea dollars. IS
sposerlpti9n, ana aesired 70 increase
that sum tye hundred dollars, but the
the msiority Of the ne commistss ' 70 let
the contract 10 ) y Znver, and when
We Ir,ed 70 coilect the snoscription we
i 1nnnG our finances larger IN s1nscrip.
tlon tnan cssn on mana: ana TINS Tor
ced us to borrow, from q bank
N Conngll .i'"hs. ann siFer IsntewinR
re ncts several times; We finally paid
help Of the ladies. who held socials,
festivals mite society and continual
begging process, to meet the demand.
The compilation of this gave us two
buildings (Methodist aud Preshyter-
ianl and AEON after tho Catholics
hnilt in the vest paft at town.
It would be impossible IN this short
history, and MOST Of it from memory,
to report every thing that transported
in this growing city, for II we wrote 9
full account of everything the town
itself wo'lld not contain the books.
put We Will Try TO record many or the
leading actions ofthe early period SO
i; to !s If %sns s %s ss Which ct s's w.s
grest interest at that early day.
The ladies' of that period concluded
q public library would be good for the
public. and % COMMENCED t4 raise
ssy q in nen s, esssnin R pubic SIC
DANCES, the proceeds to go toward So
curing library. From this nucleus
aFeN mp 0Ar present large lihFsry
aud which has just been turned over
En- the cry ~ y public library. What
"A"nme. the honor
ever II IL VI msy L. 49,, -. NJ v.uav
belongs 70 INC tsuloe ~ Mo
Tor its Origin arEsHccoss. had haan
Iho y ~ =. ns..S;, md rne
completed 10 Councn . nlums ,,,s Hz ,i,h.
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