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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-15

A l. Talbert who has been sick for
Q week IS reported better today.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-15
NO. 3s

Sheriff SHELTON was in the Valley to.
day "n his way home from Ciarinda.
where he had been with y patient.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-15

quietly went to work and secured the
removal of Ellis aud he himself made
postmaster, which moved the office to
Sixth street, which WAS victory for
Whiskey Row.
The excitement was great, snd petit
tton and counter petition were sent to
Washington CITY. and Frank Palmer,
the congressman from this district,
had his hands fullof petitions, until 1t
became almost q national contest. but
at last Dogtown was the winner. and
the office was removed to its old quar-.
ters in the Ellis Bros. store, on lower
Erie street.
In time it fell to j II Crnwder, who
In 1871, became the postmaster, and
for about fourteen years he served the
public faithfully in tlat position, max
ing one of the best officers our city over
had, but in time he tired of his job; In.
fact he began to grow permaturely old
under the care of duty. anff, no doubt.
the sprinkle of gray hair in his head is
attributed to care and worry in that
office. 1t Is one of the peculiar things
connected with the pu,lic that parties
who never receive letter, have no
correspondence. nor cannot reasonably
sxpect letter, are the most persistent
In calling for mail, aud not receiving
any, think the post master, for some
.fess0n. fails to deliver the mail. Queer
isn't It?
When J II Crowder resigned, $. l.
Perkley WAS appointed, but only held
1t for about one year. as old Grover
Cleveland became president and Thos,
O Csrlls'e bee the recipient of the
Office.
When Mr. Cleveland visited our CITY
Postmaster Carlisle called on him aud
In the conversation which ensued, MI
Carlisle informed him that he was the
man appointed to the Mo Valley post
office by him and when asked If he
was holding it down. Mr. Carlisle said
ayes, you bet am with both feet"
AT the close of Csr,isle's term the
administration had changed again, and
Capt. j ID Brown became the heir to
'he Office. The next change brought
Mr. Cleveland hack tothe white house
and ] K Me- rsvrep became postmast-
or, and then he gave way to Dan J Ad.
.nm, who is our present efficient post
msster. Just what the next change
will be is question for the future.
In giving the changes In the, officer!
Of postmasters of this citS lt.js ONLY
necessary to remark that ttsa. a.6fice ha'
never changed materially in. location
from the first in 1868 TO-, the presen
time, but has been Oh Erie street. ant
always between Third and Fifth streets
and in all probability will be continued
n ar the present location, as this Il
near the canter of the city. The post
Office of this city has become one OF
the most important offices in this coun
~, and ought tn have agovernmen
building for its reception.
| Henry II VsnBrunt of Council
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-15

The funds derived from the w r q
ball Saturday night will be devoted to
to the relief fund of the society.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-15
Trial Commences.

The Blinkiron murder case
was commenced in Harrington Neb.
yesterday. A great deal of interest is
being manifested IN the case as hot.
sides of the case haze ample funds
ana the case promises to be most
bitterly contested ono. During an
alteration with young Blinkiron. who
previous to few years sgo was resi-
dent of this city. Harris, who previous
to the affair published newspaper in
one OF the inland towns Of Nebraska.
deliberately shot and killed Blinkiron.
PUBLIC opinion is about equally divid-
60 ON the case and intense interest is
being manifested as the case progress
SOS. Harris appeared in court yester-
day afternoon and after reading the
tnforma lion In which he is charged
with having committed murder in the
drst degree he entered q plea of not
guilty. The physician who made the
post mortem examination upon the
body of Rlinktron has died since the
preliminary hearing.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-15

Miss Ida McElroy viii arrive in. the
Valley tomorrow, on her way to Provo
Utah., where she will take charge Of
9 millinery establishment.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-15

Bnlietius were posted in the differ
ent depart nents ut the sho ps this
forenoon stating the scheduie OF work
ing hours would be changed commenc-
ing tomorrow morning By the new
schedule the working hours for the
day shift will be from 7until Pam
aud from 1 to s pm.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-15

Miss Ida Gates who has been
quito sick at the home Of Mrs w
"a Smith in Cslifornia Junction,
is reported better today.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-15

Miss Clara Davis is on the sick list.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-15

Mrs Lon Davis is iii and con-
fined to her bed.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-15
Items From The Tim es
Twenty Years
Ago Today.

Hank Bali has gone To Missouri on
q business trip
DIR Robert McGavren has returned
from his Ohio trip.
X T McTwigan has charge of Car
Isle Bros sewing machine wagon.
Hank Warner Is on the eastern mar
kets buying spring goods.
d NJ Harris has purchased the resi-.
dence property on Fifth street. owned
by Mrs Elliott and Will occupy the
same soon.
1t is reported on the streets that
Fred kreder will soon commence the
erection of brick block on his proper
ty on Second street.
a move has been started 10 extend
Erie street west to the Fair Grounds
HC Warner has sold his residence
property to & NJ Miles.
John Schultz has purchase: The
Phillips lots on Seventh street and .;,t
soon erect q residence thereon.
Bump & Smith have finished making
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-15

EFF James is trsnsacttinR buslii.
n,ss in Omaha today.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-15

Henry II VsnBr Of Council
Bluffs was in the city yesterday after
noon He came up to look after mat
ters connected with his extensive real
estate interests near this place.
Miss Lula Williams gnes to Long
Pine tomorrow, where she accepts the
position as cashier in the F e s. NJ v
eating house.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-15
JS Dewellis inDes Moines tods
looking after legal bushes.

Mr. and Mrs Frank Sheldon
departed this morning for their
home in Willow Lake Neb., after
. short visit in this city with Mr.
and Mrs A A Heath and family.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-15

VIM Neutind is attending to bust
ness matters in Omaha this afternoon
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-15

John Humphry and son, Of Garrett.
Indiana, who have been In the Vall+ '
the guests Of Mr. and Mrs w II With.
row, left for their home today.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-15

Mrs b 81 Thurber il in Blair
paying relatives and friends Q
brief visit.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-15
Tuesday, March Is.
A Carpenter made business
trip to Little Sioux today.
Mr.. Vim Fsgan departed this
morning for Walnut where she
goes to pay relatives and friends .
short visit. 49,. .f@
J 81 South was an Omaha bust
ness visitor today,

ness visitor today.
The Democratic city csaucuses
were held last night, and ell we're
we'll attended, the following ticket
wss nominated: ~
Councilman lst ward, L N Good
rich.
Councilman End ward. F W
Myers.
Councilman srd ward Ed Bred
II.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-15
70 DPtax Oua elaDeu xEs IN fvtaY HONE N TIE ceUnTM

] NJ Templeton, of Council Blaffs, is
in the Valley the guest Of his dsught-
or, Mrs W H Campbell.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-15

Bump & Smith have finished making
extensive Improvements on their store
building.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-15

r.-...s.-.,..s. .s.s<3sssss.sssl sl.;as1
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-15

Mr. John Palmer and wife will re-.
main on the Palmer farm this year.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-15

John Schultz has puryhast-: the
Phillips lots on Seventh street and .;,t
soon erect residence thereon.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-15

The Crescent Cornett band will enter.
tain the Loveland Cornett Band 81
the city hall and the Hough Hotel
Ff,ds3 pifh< O. Ceeecspt, Iews.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-15
Miss Flora Shiley visited Miss Matte
White in Logan yesterday evening.

James Yates of Logan. is in the city
looking after business matters today.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-15

Lee H,ley, of Council Bluffs. was q
visitor.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-15

Mrsnd Mrs Nell Jones are rejoicing
over the arrival Of fine daughter
Born March 4, 1900.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-03-15

Mr. Hsldeman was able to be out Q
little Sunday. He is gaining strength
slowly but we hope surely.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-04-18
BIG SWEEP OF STORM.
It RACES All Over the Middle Western
Country.

A Chicago dispatch says; The
whole west and southwest, including
the states of Colorado, Wyoming, Ne
braska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Hi
nois, Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky, are
expert encing a series of rain and snow
storms accompanied by temperature
ranging from fifteen to thirty degrees
below the normal, with heavy frosts
over large section of the wheat belt.
At Denver this morning the Their
mometer registered 8 above, and at
Dodge City, Kas., Is above.
According to the United States
weather bureau the storms are a con-
tinuation of the recent cloudbursts
which caused the Austin, Texas, dis
aster and the swollen streams reported
all over the west.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-04-18

GRASS AND COTTON.

pilates of the soil, agriculturally weak,
and therefore financially and indus
trially weak. The great rivers, from
the James to the Mississippi, have car
ried down and buried at their mouths
forever hundreds of millions of dol
lars worth of the silt that can meyer
be restored. The thousands OF aban-
doned farms of New Englandhave lost,
their profitableness, but the grass has
retained the soil. The south has spent
it's interest, and it's principal lies faith
oms deep at the outlets of its rivers.
The succession of cotton after cotton,
then cotton again, without rotation or
rest or a year in grass to interlace the
soil and hold it ogether-even a SOW
ing of rye would have tied it down
AGAINST the water rains-has baked 1t
in summer and fumed it away in win
ter. Slipping down through Georgia
from the mountains to the sea on
train. the traveller sees no more pathet-
ic spectacle than these feshless wastes,
spread out like anatomical specimens
upon the surface of the slopes, every
nerve or vein outlined by tiny rivu-
let, all gradually concentrating into
rills, gaining force and volume in the
descent, walloping and smashing with
the soft, oily gurgle Of silt-laden water,
carrying down to the sea the priceless
patrimony of the farmers. These
naked old fields, these sad old fields OF
the Appalachian and Piedmont slopes
it takes the richest ammoniates to
galvanize some life under these cribs
of DEATH"
Some northern communities, with
their amending succession of wheat,
have perpetrated similar folly. The
farmers of the Genesee valley are buy
ing back in poverty and travail the fer
tility they wasted. But they called
halt long ago, and grassland clover, and
meadows and diaries have begun the
work of rehabilitation.
The more intelligent cotton-growers
have terraced their lands. Some OF
these old fields have been seeded to
Bermuda grass, but many have been
abandoned to the volunteer growth OF
pines. which seem to be in the south
a special provision OF nature to stitch
together and cicatrize the wounds in
ficted by the rapaeity Of man.
The grasses on these now eroded
hillsides and the lover Piedmont
slopes, the farmers could have eaten
their cake and kept it. There would
not have been prodigal wealth result
ing from cotton in ante-bellum years,
but slavery would not have been so
fostered. With grass instead OF cot
ton there might have been no civil
war.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-04-18

Grass means hay and beef, butter
and cheese. Cotton means cash, says
southern paper. Of late it means
also cotton seed meal, oil, cottolene.
bulls, beef and milk. Grass means an
an agriculture reverent of Mother
Earth, fields preserved from the tooth
of time, well-filled granaries, good
country living, with butter and cream,
and all that these imply; freedom from
mortgage, and sleek horses and cattle
and handsome turnouts (Kentuckyl
Cotton means quilted hillsides, stale
living out of stores, weather beaten
rigs, cotton-plowing mule of "looped
and Widowed raggedness. Georgia
or north Florida.)
The discovery of the uses of cotton
seed has nearly doubled the value Of
the cotton crop; still there is little
abatement of the piteous slaughter or
the soil. Grass binds all together and
holds it in it's kindly embrace, feeding
upon the soil, it is true, but without
robbery, and often, through the le-
gumes, restoring more than it takes.
Cotton issnot a soil-destroyer, and II
the seed and foliage are carefully re-
turned to the ground there is little
soil depletion. But the outlying OF
the earth through the gnawlng rains
and pulverizing frosts where there Is
no protecting blanket of grass-thls IS
the deplorable feature. Then, too
there is an indefnable something OF
permanence, of BODYBUILDING, OF
thrift. in the regions that are founded
on grass which is less noticeable where
one staple swallows in its Unsuitable
nav all labor and all thought; be that
staple cotton or wheat or sugar cane.
In statistics at our command it has
been difficult to find statements show
ing both exports and imports of cotton
growing sections. One of these was
of Mobile, in the year 1858.
Mobile exported that year 23O,62l
bales. of cotton, worth s28, 228, 708 Her
imports included nearly everything
needed on the plantation, or in the
house from S1O5, 52O worth Of bagging
to SAG, 400 worth of -four, and footing
up s2,676,6 26. This leaves 9 balance Of
s25, 662, O82 on the export or credit side
of the ledger. No wonder the south
was infatuated with cotton in those
days.
But no millions Of favorable balance
could recompense for the .eroded hill
sides. or the noble rivers of Alabama
r,l5sa;no bankful and red with the
blood of ruined fields. There ID the
respect pgSp that makes calamity Of 50 long
life. This is what makes the south
today, after century of wastage OF
the nitrogen, the potash ard the phos-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-04-18
BAD CONDUCT OF SOLDIERS.
Many Outrageous Crimes Are Committed
In the Philippines.

The misconduct of American SOL
diers in the Philippines is unpleasant
reading for Americans at home. Gen.
Otis does not appear to have complete
control over his men, and discipline
is accordingly lax. Two hundred and
fifty soldiers have been sent home 10
serve sentences in military prisons
Many murders have been reported
and outrages upon the natives are
daily offeuse. When the Filipino gen
eral, del Pillar, was shot some OF our
soldiers stripped his body, robbed IL
of every valuable, even wrenching the
rings off of the fingers, and lett IL
naked by the roadside. There 1t lay
unburied for two days. No wonder
the natives hate the sight of Ameri-
cans and the stars and strips, as sneV
did the yellow flag Of spaln'-Ne"
York Verdict
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-04-18
CREATED A SENSATION.
More Republican Extravaganza Comes to
Light.

The Washington correspondent OF
the Atlanta Journal writes: The At
lanta Journal recently mentioned the
reckless manner in which the admin
istration was spending the peoples
money in providing special jobs and
pleasure trips for favorites under the
head of commissions" The expense
account just submitted to congress
from the commissioner general to the
Paris exposition has created ire
mendous sensation here. Senator
Jones has introduced resolution de-
handing an investigation. The ac-
count amounts to S24O, 633.5l for the
fiscal year. Office furniture alone cost
nearly $4,000, travelling expenses $780,
900, and $4,000 is charged to ''miscel-
lany'' without any accounting.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-04-18
SPREAD OF SMALLPOX.
The Country Is Saturated With the
Disease.

ne GOunTy 10 odlui dlcu WIN NV
Disease.
The growth in the number OF cases
of smallpox in the last week should
cause the state health officials to eX-
ercise the utmose energy in stamping
out the disease in Tennessee. Last
week, according TO official reports
Tennessee was the third State in the
union as to number of cases.
Louisiana came first with over 1000
cases, Texas next with over 800 cases
and Tennessee third with 400 cases.
Every state in the union is affected
The health department says; 1.-The
list shows that smallpox is not con-
fined to any one or two states, but that
the country is saturated with the dis
ease"
Smallpox is not disease that dies
of itself. 1t is only by the strlctest
quarantine and maintenance or SAM
tary methods that it can be eradlcateu
from communitY.-NashVIlle Amerl-
can
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-04-18
Hin OATS NEVER FREEZE.
HOW A WILCOX FARMER
MAKES HIS CROP SURE.
He Has Not Lost a Crop in
Fifteen Years. Does No
Deep Seeding.

"Mr. George F. Nasworthy of Will
cox county is an ideal farmer" said a
y visitor to the city yesterday, "and his
q methods are we'll worthy of emulation.
He has been farming nearly all his
life, and being of scientific turn has
81 discovered many valuable facts upon
d which he bases his success in agricult-
ure, and it is needless to say he has
4 won success and made money.
HE cultivateS about 300 acres of
land seven miles south of Rochelle and
studies his soil like a geologist. He
knows what every acre in his fields is
best adapted for how it should be
treated, what fertilizers are best suit
ed for that particular acre, and he new
er fails in crops
"One fact in particular he stresses
mat every farmer should know, and
mat Is how to plants oats so they will
never be killed by freezes. Mr.. Mas
worthy says if planted shallow they
WIN not be killed once IN two decades.
Every one knows, he continued that
vas take root very near the surface.
Il 'ney be planted deep they have to
st0w 70 the top of the ground before
10y SEND out any roots. AS soon as
'A0 sprout reaches the'surface the tap
0O' from which it grew rots off. This
ooiS '0 II an invalid plant and should
~ 0@'ch 1t in this condition it is
o,Sy certain to be killed. On the
baa ~. nand' II they be planted with a
ro.. VI small plow they put out their
a~ '.u'@l or growing roots at the start
hae 1 are vigorous and healthy from the
4nnlng' and will endure the hardest
rao oSle' onat come in Georgia. He has
80 49, " me oat crop for sixteen con-
Secutive years.
The following is a resume of his
~Op last year Eight acres of cottons
- "H'cA ne raised seven bales of sea
r-L cotton; 260 acres of corn, which
d. o0uced 1920 bushels in spite of
b,Vu'A; 1000 pounds of meat, of which
N SUD 10000 pounds, which averaged
lo.S 5'aIS pound; sold 600 pounds of
~, @'u at 10 cents; made 400 bushels
b"eeI potatoes, 500 bushels oats, five
sar 'elS syrup, 300 bushels peanuts,
,a.. eu nifty bushels field peas, and has
/ vi enough to supply his table from
previous year.-Macon Telegraph.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-04-18
THE WAY THE MONEY WENT.
BIG SUITS POCKETED BY THE
FAVORED FEW.
What the Spanish War Cost the
People of the United States.
500, 900, 900 Gone Astray.

A press dispatch from Washington
says: 1t is believed that more than
800, 900 of government money has
gone astray actually and in prospect,
and has found its way into the pockets
of favored contractors and other corpor-
ate or trust interests during and since
the war with Spain. The enormous
steal made possible by unnecessary ex-
penditures by the government, was
practicable in several ways, and in the
purchase of subsistence stores for the
army, equipment, the GOLFERS for the
navy, the transports for the army,
by the charters of vessels, the rent
ing of lands and in dozen or more
different transactions.
The first of these great scandals was
the beef contracts. The second, the
scandal growing out of the purchase
of several GOLFERS, as in the case of the
Merrimac. The third was in the pur--
chase of transports for the Atlantic
coast war. These cost the government.
in round numbers $S,OOO000 and S.
600, 900 for repairs, total of ST., 900, 600.
The fourth was in the chartering of
army transports. The total amount
paid for this service was approximately
S., 900, 900, and the amount for repairs
was nearly s., 100000.
The fifth opportunity was in the
purchase of clothing for the army.
The sixth was the naming of depos-
itories for government money, as in
the case of the City National Bank of
New York, the North American Trust
Company in Cuba and others, whereby
vast sums of money were unnecessari-
paid out by the government.
And lastly it is proposed to give the
ship owners 100000 annually
through the ship subsidy bill.
Theitemized account of those trans
actions is as follows:
Beef contracts and other
substance ........s 5000, 900
Golfers .................. 100000
Purchase of. transports, fer
army. ....... ..... 5000, 600
Army ............ 5000 900
Clothing contracts, army LOCO, 900
Nanipulations of money in
Subsidized ship owners
+ prospective for 10 years. 100000
Stolen from Porto Rico TO
be returned) ......... 100000
Total. ............. sll2 500, coo
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-04-18

w. H. Shipman, Beardsley, Minn.'
under oath, says he suffered fronldys-
pepsia for twenty-five years. Doctors
and dieting gave but little relief FL
nally he used Kodol Dyspepsia cure
and now eats what he likes as mucn as
he wants, and he feel like a dew man.
1t digests what you eat.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-04-18
ParasOIs and Umbrellas.

Just arr4ved-too late fer opening
lovely line; big assortment of fam
cy parasols in great variety of styles.
Will sell 33k per cent. less than
elsewhere. Don't buy until you see
them. We are selling nice black
gloria, natural handles, steel rods in
ladies and gents, 26 inch, worth 85c
to 81 for only Acc as long as they
last.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-04-18
/ aides NeCkWear.

Will show the most exquisite ere
atoms in the way Of dainty neck tlx-
mos of the most delicate fabrics.
S1ring fashion sheets justify their
most liberal use. csc up. See them
Skirts.
Bic line of wool, silk, mohair,
pique, crash, skirts in New styles,
price never as low. Nice crash
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-04-18
The Latest New Bug.

The assassin bug is the latest ter
ror. 1t is an immense mosquito ana
bed bug combined, and flies into
house and does bloody work
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-04-18

musllns, piques, long cloth, ETC., in
great variety. We are selling an SIC
quality white India lawn for sc yd;
a beautiful white pique worth 1910
to l5c for only &c yd; nice quail
ity white dimity well worth l25c for
only &c yd, Extra special One
lot fine sheer India lawns, about 600
yards, in lengths to Is yards, most
of them worth 25c, SOC and 35c yd,
go at 15c yard as long as they last.