Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-27

DIR Gasson was in attendance at
last nights meeting Of the Omaha
Medical Society.
Miss Nellie Deur, who has been
visiting in Lake View with her
brothers, John and Gene, for sew
eral days past returned, to her
homo in this city this afternoon.
The First Baptist Sunday
school on Sixth street and the
Growers Park Baptist Sunday
school on South Ninth street. un.
der the supervision of Rev. Camp
bell aud Mrs L N Goodrich. are
having a grand picnic this after
noon at Growers Park on the
Goodrich place. About 200 child
rem all alfred IN their pretty
summer dresses, with hammocks.
swings, ice cream aud lemonade
are having the jolliest time out.
Several engineers connected
with the Engineer Corps of the
9 L. NV, are busy this week es-
tablisLing the lines, etc, for tho
new tracks that will connect the
Updike elevator with the North
Western maiu liue.
g W Egan was registered at
the Miller last night.
Miss Rae Miles went to Lin
coin today. She will remain in
that city un.ii Saturday the guest
of relatives and acquaintances.
The local police yesterday even.
ing arrested two hoboes who
answered in nearly every parti-
cular the description of two
tramps who held up man in the
North-W Western yards at Council
Bluffs Monday night. Detective
Weir was telephoned for and ar
rived here on one of the late trains
last night After seeing the two
prisoners and subjecting them to
a severe questioning he decided
they were not the pair wanted and
requested their release from GUS
tody.
Work sinking the piles for the
foundation of the new Updike
elevator will be commenced in a
Very short time. With favorable
weather the excavations will be
completed by Saturday. Two cars
loaded with apparatus for sinking
the piling arrived today and is
being put in readiness to COM
mence work at the earliest pos
sible date.
Good Roads or Bad Roads.
EDITOR TIMES: As the road ques.
ton is now one Of the chief topics
OF the day, we desire to offer q few
remarks on the subject, having to
drive on the roads considerable We
can safely say that good roads are
lacking in st. John township
Such state of facts should not
exist. The tax payers arc assess-
cd a good, big road tax, and besides
this we get the largest railroad tax
OF any township in Harrison Co.,
and have plenty of the most i'm
proved road machinery, but with
all this, there is not mile of good
road in the township, and will not
be until the present primitive sys-
tenn of road working is abolished.
In these progressive times, other
new methods more modern
would be better. We think the
plan OF consolidating the whole
township in 10 one district: then
let the township trustees hire a
practical road man to do the work.
The farmers and business men
should bring the matter before the
trustees and urge upon them their
duty to the tax payers, and see that
the roads are put in better shape,
either by the old plan, or some-
thing better.
We would like to see the lead
ing business men and farmers and
all others, take hold of the Road
question aud work together dill
gently until something is accom-
plished in this matter.
Yours for Good Roads.
TRAVELLER.
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