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Tho In'taiiment Plan in Marriage.
Prom n. kon,a, Guy Journal.

This seems TO be the age Of inStAlIm,nt, On.
can buy almost anything on the deferred nay.
men' plan, and now Justice Mike Ross ha, mad.
poSsibl. 10 get married on the lnstallrent nIAn
Persons possessing marriage license may com,
10 MIN aud he will marry them aud retain the Ger
tincste untn the 50 fee watch he charge, 1, ,,,t
Yesterday poorly dressed negro woman S,epn.d
into the telephone exchange at the county copr,
house and asked for Justice Ross She WAS told
that he could be found In his once, but she SaJd
he was not there and that she wished 10 leave
some money for him.
She gave the operator 30 cents and s,n,.,n.d
tha' he hsd married her and that she was 20 nav
20 cents al time and must pay aim 50 bef,r, sb,
ooulo hsVe her certificate She gave the nam.
Delaware streets The re,ords .ho.-.1 80
SADIE Anderson was married to W NJ King. Dec
~, 1901 'S'
The sun., 1902-03-09
No, So Necessary a, lie Thought.


From the Phladdphd Ti'nc
II WAS the late Henry Dlssions habit 10 nh"
periodical tours Of inspection through his sa~
factory. on one OF these rounds 81 inNesiish''on'
suddenly hAilins With his manager near sohs
line Of workmon and directing his attention 10
M ynu see - over there's calling the I'm.
ployec by name Il want him discharged
The manager demonstrated Nltn aim. n.y.
that man l. the most Sk,iful mechinist on our pay
Io!' ! think you are making srea' mis'ase'
Mr. DiSStol." ,
Il knows said Nr. DIsston. his nechAnleS'
SKIN II not In question. but the man has boaNea
ia public place tAat Harry D.ssion cannot run
this factory without his brains and when any I'm
pioyce OF mine has that estimate OF ne capanltles
as TO think no man can M his place, bis us'fulheS
here II at an end. ! iusiu upon his dlsn sni>Sal
The sun., 1902-03-09
Where Not Even Man Is Vile,


FispIAY. OHIO. Feu .s-Ten miles sou'hwea
OF Findlsy lies the peaceful little hamlet Of Noun,
Cory. II is modern Utopia OF righteousness
seventy eve houses compose the Village. and sevea
OF them arc occupied hy preachers Of the sospe.
No saloons are there. In winter the residents
swap yarns by the side Of the friendly stove Ia
th~ corner grocery. and Ia summer they white
hickory slcGs and out their initials 10 the soft pine
OF the store boxes.
There is Mayor, but no hrhwlers are ever
brought b, tore him, and his chief Abors are iaose
of a notary Or uniting two souls whose .I'e' nats
flowed ors into the course Of the oih,f Drafs
Ago theT- was calaooOse but now the Ali j. IVA
a. village pouad. -.
just now there are revivAls In the three cA"f'aes
Of the village and four nails and private ho'n's
The entire town has got religion. lhe p"ee
Stunned by the sinful and worldly.
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a whist party and awarded prizes to participants
The action was taken at meeting Of the Board
OF Trustees of the church Wednesday night SiI
other members were srrsgned for card playing.
but wero pardoned after promising not TO reptss
the offence. Mr.. Brewer was Woe President Of
the Board OF pS9steas. a deacon and assistant
superntendent(6f the Sunday school. HIS wife
was . tssoherfnfhe Sunday school and treasures
OF the MlsSiorA4 Society.
The sun., 1902-03-09
behind the Bar for Nearly Thirty wears but
Has Never Tasted Liquor.

RON The Ctn0n1GN rgtrtf.
lSnfANAfoiGs Feb. p 1t developed la chance
conversation 10 day that Harm Moran who has
been In the liquor business isrc since is7t ltsi
batSecper Tor ais ncle Aad later IN his saloon.
has never tast-d liquor IN MS NE. lie says he
doesn't know why hr refrAined from tasting IL
Nhen handling intoticants for many years
but u Is TACT that Ee docs not know the taste Of
slcohonc liquors. MorAn's record il believed -
De noepuopA among men IN hls bsainuR
The sun., 1902-03-09
whl,,.Pia,inr sinner, Cas-, IN,

From ihs 81. Lou, Globe Democrat
TArLoRvTLIr Ill.. Feb. 2T-Mr and Mr, F,,,.
Brewer have been expelled from memberhln Al
s>pes' church Of tsh eiv bssaass tAsy gave
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side.
Speaking generally, might add: Prao-
tioally the only operation in the making
of a watch that our machines at Waltham
do not perform Is the drilling Of the jewels.
We buy the jewels ready cut, and the holes
in them vary TO such sn extent that we
have to make pivots to ft the holes,
But the time Ia coming when we will
havo a machine there for drilling the jewels
and then we will start watch in one ma
chine and. generally speaking, not a hand
will touch it until Il is turned out Of the
last machine, completed watch.
But the trouble We have to contend
with is our inability TO make our machines
fast enough We make them all ourselves
now, and the machine shop is five years
behind the designs.
Up to date. have devised $50 machines
for the making Of parts Of watches. l
may be wrong, but think this is "A greater
number OF machines than all the other
mechanicians in this country combined
have devised.
For a long tine we used to patent my
machines, but few years ago we gave
that up. We found that the expense OF
pstenting was practically useless one,
since the machines couldn't very well be
initiated and they wouldn't be Of much use
outside of Wsltham IL they were initiated
II our machine shop ever catches up with
my designers, III have work enough for II
to keep going for another five years.
Ten years ago the output at Waltham was
100 watches day. and this required the
employment Of 5000 hands. To-day
through the use Of Mr.. Church's machines
and their tools, the output Is AGO watches
day. and the number Of hands has been
increased by only 200.
Those now employed get q much higher
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-10-23
NO. Is. !

with the investigation of Pugsley,
Reiff and billiards official work,
but go on with the good work till
all the guilty ones are finished, or
till all are proven innocent.
1t these so-called rascals SO
maliciously robbed the county,
what was our auditor, B F Huff,
doing all THIS time? Was it pos.
sible that Mr. Huff did not know
what was going on, or was he paid
to keep still? In either case he is
an unsafe man to trust in office.
If we will lay aside all prejudices
and look at this matter honestly
there is none but what can see
that if the old board did rob the
people Mr. Huff knew it all the
time, then why should three men
be punished and one worshipped.
If these men did maliciously rob
the people they ought all to pay
the penalty without respect to
person. We do not wish to wrong
any person, nor do we say that
any of these men are guilty or in
nocent, but if part of them stole,
they were all implicated in the
same deal.
Why should the people of this
county be asked to support part
of the gang and ignore the rest?
1t seems to us that where there are
objections to parties the way to do
is to get men who are not mixed
up in the deal. There is- not the
least doubt but that if Henry
Fitzgibbon and Eugene Selleck
are elected that they will faith-
fully perform every duty incurred
upon them. These men are high
Iy respected citizens and no one
has any reason to think that they
will favor either side, a thing that
cannot honestly be said of Gill
more and Hall for they were nom
mated by the Logan gang of poll
ticians. While these men may be
honest at heart they are owned
by the men who first selected
them to fill the vacancies and sec
ond secured the democratic nom.
ination and third the republican
endorsement.
What this county needs at this
time is an entirely new set of
officers, none Of which are in any
way connected with the political
scandals now afoat. This it what
you will get If you elect the in
dependent ticket.
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fer at this time to the cause of the
dissatisfaction now existing in the
county, not only with the demo-
Gratis, but with conservative men
of all parties, and this feeling cul.
minated in the nomination of an
Independent. All the democratic
candidates except Mr.. Childs, de.
clined the nomination, and the In.
dependent ticket now has full
set of candidates with that excep.
tion. This course was preferable
to running democratic and indie.
pendent ticket both, as two tickets
would only divide the vote against
the SLogan Gang" This is a non.
partisan ticket, made up of some
of the very best men of the coun-
ty, and free of all connection with
the conditions that have, for some
time, distracted the minds of the
people of the county, and the cleo
tion of this Independent Ticket is
the only way to remove the cause
of this unfortunate strife, aud will
put men in power who are free of
all taint of corruption, and will be
able to discharge their duty to the
people without fear or favor, and
will retire the present set Of Off
GERS, who, to say the least, are not
free from suspicion of corrupt ac-
tions. BY the election of these
new men, spirit of harmony and
good will willbe secured, sectio-
nal strife will be calmed, party
spirit will be forgotten, and the
best interests of the tax payer be
subserved. Can these happy re-
suits be secured by the reelection
of these officers mixed up in the
present unfortunate county mud
die? We fear not. Let us all go
in for a general house cleaning.
Let every candidate named by
the late democratic convention de-
cline, and then unite heartily on
the Independent ticket and victo-
ry will come to the people.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-10-23
Vote the Independent Ticket.
{ (Mondamin Enterprise. rep)

(Mondamin Enterprise rep.)
All through this present cam
paign the Enterprise has oareful-
ly avoided everything that could
be constructed into disrespect for
any person or his views. 1t is
true that we have taken a stand in
the political situation which is
the privilege and duty of every
citizen of this country, and al
though we may differ from some
of our readers yet we shall not
say one word that we do not be-
lieve is true.
1t seems to US that as party
lines have been broken and the
leadership of a few SO ardentIy
established that it is high time to
break away from the o.called
ranks of both parties, who have
willfully robbed us of the right to
vote a straight party ticket and
for the men of our choice and to
exercise our rights as independ-
ent voters. There is now an in
dependent ticket in the field COM
posed of men who are not owned
by either side, but who if elected
will administer county affairs
with equal rights to all and spe-
cial privileges to none, and men
who will not be bought or sold. II
there were no axes to grind the
Logan gang would not have
worked so diligently to see that
their men and them alone should
be nominated.
Why was it that these reform
ers would not give the people a
chance to vote for any person ex-
cept Gilmore e. Hall? The fac,
in the matter is that they were
afraid that if an impartial ex.
animation of county affairs were
made that some things would
come to light which they are try.
ing to cover up. Would it not be
wise to elect men who are owned
by nobody and who will not stor
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-10-23
Lime Talks Right.
(Woodbinc Ohroniclc)

The republican county conven-
tion met according to call at Mis-
souri, Valley Tuesday and pro-
ceedel to carry out the will of it's
bosses in the expected manner.
Huff for auditor, Garrison for
clerk, and Harvey for recorder,
were all renominated by an al
most unanimous vote; but Traver,
for county attorney, was left off
the ticket and Lloyd Fallon of
Logan substituted. Hall and Gill
more we're endorsed for county
supervisors, and 30 the work that
has been going on to secure con-
troll of both democratic and re-
publican conventions by few in
terested men of both parties, who
desire to dictate to the 10000 peo-
pie of Harrison county in political
matters, was finally and SUCCESS
fully contaminated. On the same
date an independent ticket was
filed by petition with the auditor,
bearing the following nominations
Auditor, Fred Cromie, of Wood
bine, democrat.
Clerk, L M Adams, of Logan,
republican.
Recorder, / w Evans, Of Wash.
ington township, democrat.
Attorney, no nomination made.
Supervisors, A u Selleck of
Boyer township, and Henry Fitz-
gibbon of Calhoun, both republi-
can.
This latter ticket comes about
as near being non-partison, in
dependant ticket as it is possible
to make it. 1t is right in line
with what The Chronicle has been
advocating for weeks past that
is, the nomination of full set of
officers who are not under the
control of bosses, or who have not
been mixed up in any way with
the nasty political mess that has
been foisted upon the people of
the county. All the nominees
are capable men, and men whom
we believe can be trusted to pro-
perly safeguard the interests Of
the county; hence the independent
ticket shall have the hearty sup
pors of this paper. While things
political are in sadly mixed con.
dition in this county, we feel
reasonably sure that the indepen.
dent ticket can be elected if every
man who objects to being led up
to the polls by party bosses, and
who wants to see men in Office
upon whom can be cast no shadow
of subsection to rings of any kind
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-10-23
Democratic Duty.

At this time, owing to the dis
satisfaction with the action of the
late democratic county convention,
and the fact that a nonpartisan In
dependent ticket has been selected,
is it not the duty of every demo-
crat in Harrison county to rally to
the support of the Independent
ticket? 1t is not necessary to re-
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-10-23
A Typical South Afican Store

y II Larson of Bay Villa, Sundays
River, Cape Colony, conducts store
typical of South Africa, at which can
be purchased anything from the pro-
verbal needle to All anchor" This
store is situated In valley nine miles
from the nearest railway station and
about twenty-five miles from the near
est town. Mr. Larson says: 81 am
favored with the custom of farmers
within radius of thirty miles, to
many of whom have supplied Cham
berlain's remedies. All testify to their
value in household where doctors
advice Is almost out of the question.
Within one mile of my store the pop
ulation is perhaps sixty. OF these,
within the past twelve months, no less
than fourteen have been absolutely
cured by Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy. This must surely be q record"
For sale by Elliott Il Harvey. o3l
Don't be surprised if you see
democrats and republicans who
have in past years fought each
other politically with all the fire
of partisan hatred, hobnobbing to-
gether in the friendliest manner.
The truly independent idea is
growing rapidly and party boss
ism is causing strange friendships
in county politics. Both of the
old parties will this fall receive
shaking up that will leave every
body guessing at future party
lines in Harrison, and now is sure
ly the time for the people who do
not live by politics entirely to
assertl themselves and elect men
who will be unprejudiced servants
of the whole people. Woodbine
Chronicle.
Mrs Mary Sinclaire returned
home today after several days
visit with Council Bluffs relatives.
She was accompanied by Mrs O E
Beswiek, who will remain here as
her guest for few days.
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will go straight about their busi-
ness to the polls and vote as their
conscience dictates.
No doubt the fight will be warm
and the party lash will be swung
with vigor; but as it is SO badly
split and divided that the average
voter can not discern whether it is
the democratic or republican
strands that hit him, we do not
believe it's sting willbe so terrible
as of yore, and look to see great
Independent wave sweep over the
voters of old Harrison that will
land men of the people, and for
the people, in Office next month.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-10-23

Mrs Theresa Belcher of Long
Beach, Cal, will arrive in the city
tomorrow. She expects to re-
main here several days visiting
her sister, Mrs E F James.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-10-23

gentleman somewhere IN this
lumber pile?
SOME Of GlLMORE'S Of.
FICIAL RECORD
April 1902.
He votes to repudiate
the contract with Robert q.
Drake and Standard Bridge
Company and Immediately en-
ters into contract with them not
to contest in any manner ANY of
the warrants issued to them un-
der the contract he just voted
to repudiate.
He swears that the legal
Indebtedness of the county is
about $45OOO.OO and at thesame
time votes to issue bonds in sum
OF $50, 100000 to take up same.
He instructs the Treas
urer not to pay ANY warrants
while he swears at least $45OOO
of them are LEGAL and MUST be
PAID and at the same time there
is money in treasurer's hands to
pay same.
June.
He still refuses to allow
the treasurer to pay legal war;
rants and county funds idle in
the banks Warrants are draw
ing 6 per cent.
He enters into secret
compact with John Hall to abol-
ish the Supervisor districts Ito
assist in his reelection) and does
not let the other member Mr..
Kelley know anything about
such proposition.
He wholly ignores the
county attorney and enters in
to contract with two private
firms to do all the county busi-
ness and places no limit on the
fees to be charged by them.
August.
He still refuses to allow
the Treasurer to pay legal
bridge warrants though thou
sandsof dollars of county bridge
tax lie idle in the banks.
September 10th.
He now swears that ALL
warrants issued prior to April
LIST 1902 are illegal and fraud
ulent and asks an injunction
against the county Treasurer
and stops payment on the very
Warrents he swore were legal
and must be paid. (These war
rents are still drawing 6 per
cent?
He allows the Auditors
office to draw $24O0.00 salary
per year instead of S1800.00 as
the salary was prior to 1900.
He attends court at Glen
wood in State VS. Pugsley in adj
vance Of time case is set for
trial knowing that Pugsley is
sick in bed and trial case not to
be had and yet charges his full
per diem and mileage therefor.
October.
In June he secretly plott-
ed to abolish the Supervisor dis
tricts and now in October he
seeks and accepts a nomination
under a resolution demanding
a return to said district system.
In all these proceedings
John Hall sits dumb (as he is)
and calculates "Me too."
If this is a good thing for
the county why is it that he
never discovered it during his
previous eleven years in office.
A WORD to THE PURLIC
It has been proclaimed by the
Auditor, Frank Huff, and his
chief sl1nnOrters that this is q
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Hall sell to Robert z. Drake
some 10000 feet of lumber at
$500 to $500 a thousand less
than any dealer in Harrison
county could buy the same kind
and in the same transaction
bind the County not to contest
the S23, ,36S.82 warrants which
Gilmore sWears were fraud
ulent. Can't you see a colored
gentleman somewhere in this
lumber pile?
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-10-23

Mrs A South and Mrs Henry
Kreder will leave Friday fora
visit to friends and relatives in
Adair and nearly points.
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esty, and all opposed to them
represent dishonesty and bood-
lerism. AS this issue has been
made by them, a brief investi-
cation and statement of affairs
in the Auditors office is peril
nent. 1t will be remembered
by the people, as he is we'll
known to all parties in any way
familiar with county affairs that
it is claimed that the extrava-
gence, or as the supporters of
Huff, Hall and Gilmore claim,
the corruption and stealing by
the old board of Supervisors
occurred during the years 1899,
1900 and 1901, and the greater
part of such extravaganza, steal
ing, corruption as they may see
fit to call it occurred during the
years 1900 and 1901, and during
all of these years Frank Huff
stood by without making any
complaint so far as the PUBLIC
has ever learned. It's charged
by his opponents, and properly
so, that if this extravaganza or
stealing was going on during
the three years and all of which
time he stood as Auditor and
clerk of the Supervisors, he must
have known it, of if he did not
find it out during said years, he
is certainly incompetent and too
ignorant to longer retain the of
flee, and as one of his apologists
puts it: che is not a bright man"
But what do the records of the
office show as to Mr.. Huff du-
ring these same years. Under
the law of Iowa, Section 479 of
the Code, the total compensa-
tion of the County Auditor in
any one year in counties having
less than $4,000 population, shall
not exceed 81, 200. In the years
prior to 1901, as shown by the
census, Harrison County had
less than 25,000 population, and
the Auditor could not receive
more than Sl,200.OO per year.
Under the Code of 1897, the
Board OF Supervisors was au-
thorized to allow a deputy in
the several county offices at a
not exceeding 100000 per
year. Deputies in Harrison Co.
have for years been paid $4,000
per month as shown by the re-
cords, and Huff himself received
this amount while acting as dep
uty Auditor, and this amount is
received by the deputy clerk
and deputy Treasurer, and none
of them prior to the year 1900
received any more, and none re-
ceive more now except deputy
who is a cousin of the
County Auditor. But we find
that in January 1900, at a time
as Auditor Huff and his
henchmen now claim, the steal
ing by the Board had fairly COM
the salary of the depu-
ty was raised from 100000 to
$4,000 per year, or to the ex-
treme limit allowed by law, and
Huff drawing the full limit al
lowed by law as Auditor. The
Federal census being taken in
1900 and reported January 1901
showing Harrison County, Iowa
with a population exceeding
$4,000, the auditor was then al
lowed by law to draw an addi-
tional amount, and we find at
once that in January 1901, Huff
began drawing $1,500.O0 per
year, and his deputy continued
to draw 100000 per year, ma
king S2,400.00 per annum in all
allowed to the Auditor and his
deputy, whereas, only 81, 10000
had been allowed prior to 1900,
and while at the same time the
salary or compensation of other
.ao,1ntu oHcars. ,.araainad Of tho