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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10
California Junction Items.
Rain, Rain, The same old thing

California Junction Items.
Rain, Rain, The same old thing.
Mrs Il T. Farnsworlh returned to her
home in CTesco, Ia, Monday, after a
tiye weeks visit with her parents, MIR
and Mrs J A ConlthArd Miss Flor
ence Coulthard accompanied her home
and will spend the remainder of the
summer.
The w CT l. of this place were en-
tertained by Mrs Livingston in Mo
Valley Tuesday.
Mrs J $ Sproul, Sr, is in Mo Valley
helping her daughter, Mrs + r Briggs,
take care of her children, who are sick
with the measles
Miss Ethelyn Evans returned from
Sioux City Monday after a two weeks
visit with her aunt, Mrs w Il Lock
hart.
Mr. Niles Parker, our station agent,
attended the ball in Mo Valley July
4th.
| Most of our people celebrated in Mo
| Valley.
Robert Becker is improving all the
time and his recovery is certain.
Miss Mcclure, who has been nursing
Mrs Anna Webb, returned to Mo Val
ley Monday.
There will be an ice cream social
Saturday evening, July IL, If the
weather is favorable, given by the
Presbyterian, NJ f, Baptist and w {
T U ladies' Everybody invited.
u. G.. Rathbone, whom Hanna
succeeded in having released from
Jail in Cuba after his conviction
for postal irregularities, has been
instructed by the Ohio boss not to
talk too much, to wait patiently
for the senate investigation of his
contract and to stay out of Wash
lington. While in the capital Rath-
bone was much sought after by
newspaper men in the hope that
he would tell something of what
he knows regarding General
Woods administration of Cuban
affairs. He admits having val
liable information, documentary
and otherwise, but will not make
any of it public, and it is believed
his reticence is dictated by SEN
ator Hannah.
Miss A. d. Bennett of London
has attained the honor of equal
to the thirteenth wrangler" at
Cambridge this year. Miss Ben
nett is Clifton student. The
Significance of the success that
has been attained by Miss Ben
nett in mathematical study will
be appreciated if it is borne in
mind that there are only about
as many hundreds of women stu
dents as there are thousands of
men at the university.
A Utrecht correspondent tells
this story of the way ex-P President
Paul Kruger spends his nights:
He retires at 8 p. m. but gets up
at l q. NJ, "dons a dressing gown
and pair of slippers and sits
down to read his bible, smoke and
drink tea. The teapot is set over
a little spirit lamp and he brews
it strong. And thus he sits from
l until 3 o'clock, reading and COM
menting aloud on the bible texts.
At 3 O'clock he returns to his bed
to finish the nights rest until S,
when he rises for fresh days la
bors."
When Carnegie was an employee
of the Pennsylvania railroad in
Pittsburg long years ago, one of
his friends was conductor named
John Powers. The millionaire
learned recently of Powers where
abouts and circumstances and has
given him a pension of $50 a
month Tho 4mo old f.;anda Lal
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10

Tufts college recently conferred
the honorary degree of master of
arts upon Miss Sarah l.. Arnold,
dean of the new Simmons college
in Boston. Formerly Miss Arnold
was supervisor of the Boston
public schools.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10

It pays to go to Gilmore 4
Emge's with your cash trade. tt
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10

DIR. Brooke HEREFORD, who is
seriously ill in London, before
entering the ministry was in the
insurance business, and says the
lesson Of his business experience
was very useful to him in learn
ms how best to deal with men.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10
j. S. DEWELL,
ATTORNEY AT Law.
Office upstairs, Opera House
Block.
MISSOURI VALLEY. iowa.

Not long ago New Yorker,
we'll known for his convivial ha-
dts, sent a b,x of candy to girl
uptown and wrote on his card the
hackneyed sentiment, Sweets to
the sweet The next day he re-
ceived a brief acknowledgment
which read: "T'anks to tho tank. :"
Bisbee daily review., 1902-12-07

, thriving town after the ice man is sun struck
 Naco, Sonora, is full of 'dobes, and come to speak of Mexican currency l. is assuredly funny. They won't take American dollar which does not con tain as much silver as 'dobe will al most buy house and lot.
 If Naco ever gets a concession from that Monte Carlo scheme she will be the hottest sporting center in all America, and there is no plausible reason why it cannot be done.
 Naco was full of Bisbeeites yester- day. Just what the Bisbeeites were full of is not known. E. G. Ord came over in his military ulster, and did a small business on large scale. B. J. O'Reilly quit the flats Friday morning and went as far east as you can go without swimming. He will visit New York and Boston and return by way of Michigan. Frank Bauer, the lead Ing butcher was exhibiting a whole cold storage full of undressed chick. ems. Just as we called on Robinson, the popular barber, husky French man jumped on to a kid in the tail bring establishment next door and yol would have thought the Huachucas were falling on the house. As we rushed in to get parting glimpse of the kid we found him underneath, but he was doing all kinds of business as the other fellows eye testified. The next morning there were thirteen mer in that little doye-tailed house known as the Naco jail when we arrived Seven were turned out Thursday and kicked because they were fired out before breakfast. Hereafter Judge Greaves will furnish each man with a meal ticket, a plug of tobacco and an American dollar when he fires him out of the sacred precincts of the Naco re- formatory.
 Last Friday the water works broke down in Naco and everybody had an excuse for absorbing Jolly Juice.
 Uncle Hall, who owns the wild pigs, has been on the sick. list for a few days.
 Jeff Long, who rode not too wisely but too swiftly into barb wire fence about a month ago, is able to hobble around. Jeff got beautifully cut up along with his horse and will never permit any more familiarities on the part of Mexican wire fence.
 Humboldt Ward, general yardmas- ter, is in Naco on a little vacation, while his son looks after his duties in the big camp. Mir. Ward is one of the most experienced railroad men in Mexico, but must come over and call on our Uncle Samuel occasionally.
 Parties from Cananea agree that ia Dor conditions in that camp are not very favorable and great many Americans are being laid of
 Billy Blankenship was up to Naco from Cananea Friday. He brought such a fierce cold with him that the customs authorities charged him $1 .65 to bring it across the line.
 Charley Birdno and E. F. Buss came to Bisbee from Naco Friday night and go to Douglas today. They are trav- cling in an overland schooner and will probably drift into Mexico before they return.
Bisbee daily review., 1902-12-07
NAco

There is something about Naco you are bound to like. There is a broad. delightful style about the streets and free, generous style about the peo- pie that looks good to the visitor. Then in a few short steps you are in another realm, distinguished for a diff ferent language and customs, and the change is refreshing There is much speculation of course in regard to the treatment Naco will receive at the hands of the Colorado and Arizona in the event of that railroad building south. Now since the Southern Pa cific owns the Naco and Cananea line, just what object she would have in circling away from Naco and throwing away a part of her road is hard to understand. Besides this the Mexican government has shown it's hand in favor of the little border city and the prospects are that Naco will be .
Bisbee daily review., 1902-12-07

Earl Layton has about five of the swiftest hounds in Arizona. They are thoroughbred windsplitters. and make the festive jack rabbit climb a rain bow in approved fashion.
 On our way home we found a car of crude oil floating down the creek from the Beer Garden to Sullivan Mesa.
 We also ascertained that there was a lucky accident at the South Bisbee, nobody scratched. That MT. Dwight of the Bisbee West was in Naco on business in the interest of his com pany
 That the telegraph office at Dor Louis has been moved about a quar-
Bisbee daily review., 1902-12-07

ter of mile east, set down on a con- modious platform and combines all the essential features of a telegraph office, express and freight room, res taurant, bunk house and some other things that there is little telegraph box at the Calumet and Pittsburg sid ing with stove pipe sticking out of the window.
 That little house has been built at Don Luis for the use of the men who are building the bottling works at that place That the Naco train makes better time past the depot than anywhere else, and that little Sister Naco has all kinds of good friends in 3isbee. regardless of what has been said.
Bisbee daily review., 1902-12-07
The Gold Treasure


 Perhaps the most prominent proper ties before the mining public today is the Gold Treasure in the San Jose mountains about eight miles from Naco in Mexico. MT. R. V. Daniels kindly offered to take the Review man to the ground, but after walking around the corner of the block and looking at the snow up in that imme- diate locality. the reporter dug up case of temporary rheumatism and de clined. This district is of peculiar in terest, being checked by old Spanish trai1s and dotted with ancient Jesuit marks. Mr. Daniels had little per. plexing experience in those hills few months ago. He traced up an ancient trail to where some work had been done on a ledge or deposit of pecu- liar slaty character. He naturally as suned that it carried valuable min erals. He sent a sample to Assayer Clark and the certificate read as fol lows: Gold none. silver none. mud 100 per cent" and to this day MT. D. is wondering what those old timers were mining that slate for. The Gold Treasure is known in Mexico as "the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-02

water can no longer dissolve the car
Donate of lime and this. together with
the chalk formed. is thrown down.
About one-tenth part clear lime water
is used. Boiling will soften and rid the
water temporary hardness; but this
issa more tedious process than usuing
the lime.
GREEN PEA SOUP.
J. S. writes: Kindly insert in your
household column a good recipe to make
pea soup from the regular green soup
pea2
One pint of shelled peas, covered with
cold water and cooked until tender;
then rubbed through q fine sieve with
the water in which they were boiled.
Scald three half pints of milk in double
boiler. Rub two level tablespoonful Of
butter and three of -four to a smooth
paste and add to the milk and stir until
it is thick and smooth: then add the
peas, season to taste with salt and pep
per and one cup of cream. Let boil a
few minutes, then serve. Half the peas
may be reserved whole and added to the
soup at the last, with the thickening,
etc. a sprig of fresh mint improves
this soup for many, especially if the
peas are a little old.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-02
RAILROAD NEWS
Money For Building the Orient
is Promised.
StilweH Has Convinced His
English Lords.
PHILADELPHIA ALSO.
Eastern Capitalists Say StilWell
Can Have Plenty Of Cash.
Orient Party Returns From
Tour of Mexico.
PHILADELPHIA ALSO.

Kansas City Mo. April 1.-The Eng
fish members of the Kansas City. Mex
eco G. Orient finance committee have
told Mr.. Stilwen that he need not 90
elsewhere for money to build his road
said w. ID. Black of Philadelphia, who
returned yesterday morning from trip
to Mexico with President Stilwen and
party. Mr.. Black and his friends were
heavily interested in the Kansas City.
Pittsburg & Gulf
IT shall put my own money into the
Orient road and shall recommend 10 my
friends that they do the same SAID
Mr.. Black when asked if the Philadel-
phia people who were behind MI SUI
well when he built the Pittsburg & Gulf
would also back his present projects.
President Stiiwell and party arrived
in a special car on the ROCK 1stane
from Iel Paso Yesterday morning. With
him were the Right Hon. Lord Monsoon
chairman of the finance committee
Walter Chimney. vice chairman OF the
finance committee Harold Arbutnnot,
member of the finance committee; Al
sxander Charles Boyd, member of the
mining board; w. W. Sylvester, wee
president; ". D. Black and 2. H.
Shau6er. The English members of the
party left this morning for New York
and sail from there April 10. Mr. Black
viii return east tonight
Mr. Black says the road viii be in
operation from Kansas City to Port
Stilwen in two years. He says the mem
bers of the party which went to Mexico
with Mr. Stilwell had all of their favor
a BILE impressions concerning the project
confirmed; that it was shown that Pres
ident Diaz and the Mexican authorities
We're willing to aid Mr.. Stilwen in every
way. and that II was the consensus OF
opinion after the trip that the road
should have been built 40 years ago.
we met General Manager Miller of the
offered the best advantages Of any new
project with which he was familiar, and
that ii should have been built forty years
ago. said Mr.. Black. Vice President
also met in Mexico. said practically
the same thing The Chihuahua & Paclnc,
already in operation and which arrange
ments are being made to take over by the
pected in the way of business from the
line in Mexico. One freight train q day
over the Chihuahua & Pacific would pay
its fixed charges Its traffic will bear a
ness-Ore-tOgether with lumber, awaits
the whole line in Mexico There is a large
demand for lumber at good prices
Mr.. Black said it was the opinion Of all
President StilWeII that he had greatly UNI
derestimated the advantages offered by his
project He said several of them had IN
creased their personal subscriptions and
friends invest in the road. He expressed
the belief that either one of certain Of
the English members of the party could
easily secure the entire amount needed
for the enterprise without the need of
others.
IT consider the Kansas City, Mexico &
Orient as certain as anything that is not
already done can be-" said Mr. Black.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-02
time is NEAR.
Kansas Text Book Board to
Adopt School Books.
New Contracts Are to Be
Awarded May 6.
BOYCOTT DIDN'T WORK
Publishers Learned Kansas Can
Produce Own Books.
Now They Are Ready to Fight
For the Business.
DIDN'T WORK

By the time the contracts for the
state school books are awarded on May
6. every member of the school book
commission expects to have enough
sample books to start a book store.
Nearly every day they receive a new
bundle from some publisher who wants
the contract for publishing one or more
of the state school books for the next
five years. D. o. McCray says his house
IS getting so full of sample school books
that he will have to move out into the
street if the flood keeps up. He expects
to hold rummage sale after the con-
tracts are let to clear his house of the
books so that he viii have room to live
in it. He thinks he has a kick coming,
too, because he has to carry the books
home. He. lives a block beyond where
the express companies deliver packages
so he has to carry the books home him
self. Every time he goes home he takes
an armful of books with him.
Every other member of the commits
sion is receiving books in the same way
Publishing houses all over the United
States are competing for the contracts
They are sending not only books but
personal representatives of their firm S
as we'll, to explain the merits of their
books.
When the first contracts were let five
years ago only a few firms competed,
and the commission had only a limited
supply from which to select The book
trust had fought the state uniformity
law, and it argued that If it boyeotted
the state the books selected would prove
unsa tisfactOry and the law would fall
into disrepute. But the law was one of
the most successful and popular meas
ures ever adopted in the state and it
has proven a great success. The boycott
by eastern publishers made little diff
ference to Kansas. Kansas has authors
of her own who are capable of produc-
ing good school books, and she also has
publishing houses to make them. G. d.
Rathbun, of Ottawa, is in Topeka to-
day to interest some of the members of
the commission in a new spelling book
he has compiled.
It is claim ed that there is an immense
profit in the school book contracts. It
is estimated that the state spends to eX-
coed a half million dollars a year for
school books, and in five years this sum
would amount to two and a half mil
lions 1t is asserted that a conservative
estimate of the profit on school books
is 20 per cent and if this is correct the
profits on all the books for the five years
will be more than 100000.
The following table shows the books
to be adopted by the commission. the
price for each fixed by law, the estima-
ted number used each year. and the es-
timated amount that viii be spent for
oech annually
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-02
MAY LOSE COACH SHOPS.
Missouri Pacific at Fort Scott May Be
Iaken to Arkansas.

Fort Scott, kan, April 1T is rumor-
ed that the Missouri Pacific coach shop,
located here, viii be moved to Barring
Cross. Arkansas.
Superintendent A. II. Webb Of the
road was in the city and was approach
ed on the matter. He said that if the
shops or any part Of them are to be re-
moved he does not know of it, He feels
certain that if the coach department is
moved to Barring Cross, Ark, as rumOr
has 1T, the car shops Will be enlarged
TO the same extent and that it viii make
no difference in the number Of men en-
ployed>at the plan.
The Importance Of the coach shops
here is unlimited by the officials. 1t
is asserted by them that there are not
fifteen coaches a year repaired here
Mr. Webb's private car and a few of
the coaches that run on the branches
through this city, it is declared, are all
that have ever been repaired in Fort
Scott, and but very few men have been
employed on them. The only difference,
it is said, is that an uphOlsterer or two
and few fine painters would be let out
or transferred to Barring Cross and
their places would nearly all be taken
by new men in the freight car shops.
None of the foremen or others who
would be supposed to know whether or
not the company has decided to move
the coach shops will say they have
heard OF such an intention. Mr.. Webb
says that ii it is to be moved he has no
knowledge of it. He knows that shops
with all the modern capacity for taking
care Of coaches and rebuilding them
have been opened at Barring Cross. but
he does not see why the company should
want to carry its coaches from way up
in this country down there for repairs.
1t is the theory Of some of the local
representatives of the company here
that the dismissal Of so many of the
men from the shops at this time is sim
ply the annual retrenchment The
freight business Of all the western lines
is always duh in the spring and early
summer months They are granger lines
and depend upon the grain crops largely
TO make business For this reason, it
is said, business is particularly dull at
this time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-02
BoDYs DAILY FuEL SUPPLY.

Man needs a certain amount of food
to run his body. just as an eagine needs
coal, water, oil and repairs. Starch is
by far the most in portant part OF mans
diet this coal being about four times
the required quantity of .soil and re-
pairs" Starchy foods should be dex-
trinized, however. as they overwork the
stomach. The easiest, most appetizing
and best way to secure the necessary
starch is through the use of that thor
oughly' cooked cereal, Toasted Wheat
Flakes. 1t makes an ideal starch-dex-
trinized food-ideal in that it gives the
amount of energy required: ideal be-
cause being delicately sweetened with
Malt Honey. it tempts the palate; ideal
because it furnishes the starch dextrin-
lied for rapid and easy assimila ton,
thus saving the stomach this work.
Genuine packages show the Battle
Creek Sanitarium.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-02
Inquiries Answered.

Mrs. A. T. writes: Could you please
tell me if there is any way of softening
water in a freshly plastered cistern
SOFTENING WATER
If the hardness of the water is only
temporary and due to the lime in the
fresh plaster you can adopt the plan
used by engineers who wish to soften
the supply of water used by a town.
This is done by adding lime water to
the water in the cistern. The object be-
ing to rid the water Of the excess OF
carbon dioxide which holds the carbon
ate of lime. present in the water. in
solution The lime combines with the
carbon dioxide to form chalk and the
carbon dioxide being removed from the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-02
HARD CURE FOR OBESITY.

A London physician has fitted up a gym
nasium where women afflicted with obesity
combat the evil by a series Of somersaults
padded floor. This is perhaps the most VIC
lent measure yet adopted by women IN
their attempt to reduce flesh
It is so severe that very few American
doctors will recommend it, especially for
stout women Gentle and continued ex-
ercise is the best method for getting rid of
flesh, the time being increased each day.
The new game ping-pong is a capital way
IL fies En''n 10 s'a''a''s ss' III u SUI p'1S
Simple methods are always best in these
matters he said, land the game Is an
enjoyable one and is not hurtfui in any
way. The reduction method Of somersault-
ing would on the other hand. be extremely
those inclined to fairness.
Reduction should be attempted only
under the advice Of a physician, except in
the case of a person who thoroughly UNI
derstands the dangers Of overriding. Most
people who are afflicted with stoutness be-
tray heart weakness in their GREATNESS
ness after a slight exertion. To such any
over-amount of exercise is especially bad.
Il have known a woman to use dumb
bells each morning who made herself very
ill., She got out of a warm bath and in a
hour, INDUCING in various leading exer-
cises- She contracted a muscular rheu-
matte affection in her legs and arms that
laid her up for several weeks
Those who are not accustomed to eSer-
else freely-and women tending to cOrpu-
lency never are-should begin with gen
tie form. increased systematically each day
and persevered in. Besides this they must
conform their diet to the rules that gov
ern such cases. Exercise will not do ev-
erything. Take for instance the attend
ants in Turkish baths. They exercise con-
stantlv and violently all day in an over
heated atmosphere, but many OF them
grow stout
TT is quite true that many persons, wo-
men in particular. who do not eat much,
gain flesh. But the woman who grows
heavy generally eats far too much and too
often. Many women never go out to shop
without INDUCING in a restaurant luncheon
and when they reach home they will prob
ably have tea or cakes or some other re-
freshment-
Eating is largely a question of habit
and while I should not advise any woman
to diet herself with a view to increasing
her weight it is quite safe to advise All
women to eat less if they wish to become
thinner. There are any number of peo-
ole today who eat but two meals a day.
They are much healthier. happier and live
lier mentally and physically than those
who eat four times a day.