Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-04-02
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Leean Observer Gives Some
Timely Advice to Hcwlers
Against the Bio bitches

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Against the Big bitches
In last weeks issue of the
Mondamin Enterprise the ed
j: itor of that paper puts up a
long calamity howl about the
selfish spirit displayed by the
citizens of Missouri Valley in
wanting the drainage ditch all
to themselves. He calls on the
citizens of his community to
exert every effort in their pow
er to prevent the construction
OF the bitches on that account.
In this weeks issue of the Lc-
gan Observer John C. McCabe.
one of the best posted men in
the county on drainage laws,
gives the following timely adj
vice to the Mondamin Enter
prise and other papers in Har-
rlson county whose editors,
either through ignorance or
jealousy of Missouri Valley, are
opposing the bitches on the
ground they are purely a Mis-
souri, Valley affair. Mr.. Nc
Cabe's article follows:
If Bro. Wonder had spent a
little time in the study of Sec
ton 1862, he might not have
been so ready to charge Mis-
souri, Valley with selfishness or
''work for self alone" The
petition that was acted on was
signed by one hundred legal
resident voters, asking for the
formation of a drainage dis
trict of parts of Harrison and
Pottawattamie counties, does
not bar other parts of Harrison
county from presenting similar
petitions and thus forming
other drainage districts. Such
a petition was presented for
that part of the county in the
vicinity of Mondamin, but the
bond that should accompany
such petition has not been filed
with the auditor. There has
been certain paper by which
several parties agree to pay
certain amounts. Such a paper
is not recognized by the law.
Let the proper statutory bond
be filed with the auditor.
If the good people of Monda-
min and vicinity will comply
J with Section 1911 and file the
bond required by it, they will
find that they have the same
rights to drainage that the
} people of Missouri Valley and
vicinity have. It is time that
such sectional divisions and
local jealousies as that mani
tested in the Enterprises article
should be relegated to the rear.
1t is time now to cut loose from
the sectionalism of the past,
which has clogged the progress
of this county and prevented
the development that should
have been made. Let the resi-
dents of that part of the county
lying north and west of the
Soldier, get a move on them
selves for drainage, comply
with the law as it is, not as the
Wiseacres would have it, then
the drainage district will be
established and the work may
be carried on just as rapidly as
that of the Missouri Valley
district. There is no ground
for protest. Missouri Valley
has gone to work the right way
to obtain that which has been
needed for these many years,
and if Bro. Wonder and the
Gland owners" and "every citi-
zen" of his vicinity will do like
wise, they will find no opposi-
ton, no protests, no discrimina-
ton whatever. Let us have
peace! Let as many drainage
districts as may be necessary
be formed. Let all the low
lands be drained, protected and
reclaimed.
What the Enterprise means
by it's article is not quite
clear. Did Bro. Wonder think
that Commissioner McGavren's
authority was co-extensive with
: the county or all the land that
needed drainage therein? Nc
Gavren was appointed as COM
missioner only for that district,
the limits of which was set
forth in the petition. He has
done his work. If other dis
. trictS are petitiOned for. other