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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-04-21
Best Cough Medicine for Children

When you buy a cough medi-
cine for small children you want
one in which you can place inn
plicit confidence. You want
one that not only relieves but
cures. You want one that is
.unquestionably harmless. You
want one that is pleasant to
take. Chamberlains cough rem
edy meets all of these condi-
tions. There is nothing SO good
for the coughs and colds Incl
dent to childhood. 1t is also a
certain preventive and cure for
Group, and there is no danger
whatever from whooping cough
when it is given. 1t has been
used in many epidemics of that
disease with perfect success.
For sale by
a30c Elliott & Harvey.
Jessie Riley is sick with tor
silitis.
II. Christensen was a pass
enger to Logan this afternoon.
S. Brown returned from
Omaha this afternoon, where
he accompanied his wife yester-
day. Mrs. Brown did not re-
turn home today as she was
forced to stay there in care of
a specialist.
Jno. Young, of Cal. junction,
is in the city attending to bust
ness matters.
Mrs. John Zahner went to
Council Bluffs this morning.
]. A. Lister is in the Bluffs
today.
j. D. Evans and wife returned
to their home in York, Neb.,
this morning after a pleasant
visit among friends at the home
of their son, |. r. Evans.
j. G. Milliman of Logan was
in the city on business yester-
day.
Jack Whitmer of Omaha is in
the city visiting among his
friends.
Almor Stern of Logan trans
acted business in this city to-
day.
Mrs. e. w. VanHousen went
to Newport, Neb., this after
noon, where she will visit
among her friends for the next
few days.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-04-21
Serious Accident.

Tie little 4 year old daughter Of
j. R. Blunt met with a peculiar
ard serious accident yesterday.
Tie little one was swinging in a
rope swing, and had a stick in
her mouth. When the swing
swung down, the little girl lean
&c forward, the end of the stick
in her mouth struck the ground
the end she had in her mouth
running down her throat, tear
ing the flesh in a terrible man
ner. Medical aid was summon
ed as soon as possible, but the
little one came near bleeding to
death before the blood could be
stopped. She is doing as we'll
as could be expected under the
circumstances, today.
Miss Opal Goodman returned
to Omaha this afternoon after
a pleasant visit at the home of
Miss Edith Amen.
DR.. DeVore was called to
Cal junction this afternoon on
professional work.
c. Crissman of Colfax is in
the city today on business.
1t is proposed at the Worlds
Fair to have a thorough test of
Goals and lignites of the United
States to determine their full
Value and the most economic
m ethod of their utilization.
Mrs. L. Brown left for Omaha
this morning where she will
visit among her friends and rel
atives for some time.
]. D. Alexander went to the
Bluffs this morning.
NJ. P. Haley went to Modale
this morning to look after his
land interests there.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-04-21
Sciatic Rheumatism Cured.

~ have been subject tosciatic
rheumatism for years." says E.
H. Waldron, of Wilton. junction,
Iowa. "My joints were stiff
and gave me much pain and dis
comfort. My joints would crack
when | Strengthened up. | used
Chamberlain's pain balm and
have been thoroughly cured.
Have not had a pain or ache
from the old trouble for many
months. 1t is certainly a most
wonderful liniment." For sale
by Elliott & Harvey. assoc
Miss May Anders, who has
been visiting at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Sniff, left
for Iowa City this morning to
resume her studies.
A. G. Brown is in Logan to-
day,
Deputy Sheriff Berry was in
the city between trains on his
way from Modale to Logan. He
had in custody Henry Tiller of
Modale,w will be taken before
the insane commission. Tiller
is in a very serious condition, as
he is deaf and dumb and
thought to be insane.
Mrs. Geo. Norton has been
quite sick for some time past,
and was taken to the Gasson
hospital today.
DR.. w. o. Henry, of Omaha,
will be in the Valley tomorrow
to perform several operations
at the Gasson hospital in thi
citV
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-04-21
Broke His Collar Bone

Nell Jones was out driving
Sunday evening, when his team
ran away, throwing him out
of the buggy, breaking his
collar bone. DR.. McGavren was
called and reduced the fracture.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-04-21
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The ditch meeting held in the
Council Room, in this city today
was attended by the members
of the boards of Supervisors OF
Harrison, Pottawattamie, and
Monona counties. The questions
raised by the new drainage law
was thoroughly discussed in Its
different phases. The meeting
was called that the boards of
supervisors of the different
counties could work in unison
in the ditch matter, and to give
all an opportunity to express
theirlviews on the new law.
The meeting was attended by
q large number of our citizens,
and quite a number from the
surrounding country. The dis
cussion by different members of
the meeting were lucid and to
the point, and a general under
standing was reached as to the
method of procedure in all
ditch matters.
The meeting will, no donbt,
be of great benefit to the board
of supervisors Of the diff'ernt
counties interested, as all gain
ed a vas5 amount of valuable
information as to the points of
the New Ditch Law, just passed
by the Iowa State Legislature.
Messrs. Brown & Co, who
have the contract for the Will
low and Allen Creek bitches
were unable to be present, but
the understanding is that they
are ready to go ahead with their
contracts and finish the bitches
thrugh to completion as fast as
possible. Much good will result
from the meeting.
DR.. G. w. McGavren reports
a SON born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Cunningham yesterday.
August Johnsonwent to Sioux
City today on a short business
trip.
M. s. Ellis, of the firm of
Ellis & Brown, is in Modale in
voicing the stock of Bourn &
Bourn, lately purchased by
.Chas. House.
Ed. Boise went to Omaha this
morning.
Mrs. A. Carpenter was among
the passengers to Omaha this
morning.
Lars Larson, who has been an
employe of the shops in this
city for the past seven years,
left this morning for Norfolk,
where he will make his home.
Gus johnson, a former resi-
dent of the Valley but now of
Sioux City, returned to his home
this morning after a few days
visit with his family.
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Harrison CO Medical Society

At a called meeting Of the
Harrison County Medical Soci-
ETY. held this afternoo in the
Masonic Hall, in this city, DR..
c. Wood, Of Logan, was eleted
a delegat to the blouse of Del
egates" soon to convene at Des
Moines; and DR.. Colwell, of Lit
tie Sioux, was elected Alternate
delegate.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-04-21
N, E. Church Is Be Enlarged.

N, E. Church t. Be Enlarged.
The modern methods of
church work require the main
tainance of so many different
departments that a church is no
longer an audience room but a
work shop, so tospeak, with var
ious rooms for headquarters for
the various classes and organ
izations. The work of the in
stitutional church as now being
developed in the Methodist de-
nominations of this city is an
instance. 1t is being organized
into a series of working factors:
The Epworth League, the Jun
Tor League, the Brotherhood Of
st. Paul, the Knights of St.
Paul, the Ladies' Aid, the sew
eral Mission societies, the Sun
day school, ETC., each requiring
halls suited to it's needs. To
meet these conditions it is
found necessary to greatly
change and enlarge the present
church building. To this end
|plans have been drawn for an
addition to the east of the or
iginal structure, IS feet deep
north and south, and extending
Sd feet east, two stories high,
with a IL foot porch extending
SO feet east along the north
side of the new structure.
The new part will contain
Sunday school rooms, kitchen,
toilet rooms, choir rooms, ETC.,
o, the first floor. The second
floor will contain a primary
Sunday school room and a boys
room, 35X40 feet, with bath
rooms, etc, also a new steam
heating plant for the entire
structure.
This will make the M. %.
church in Missouri Valley one
o. the finest moral workshops
in western Iowa and with the
present spirit of progress now
in evidence there, will develop
the work of this church in this
community into a broader field
of usefulness than has hitherto
been thought practicable in any
local denomination. Subscip-
lions ranging from 81 ,OUU down
have already been pledged for
the work.
Such are the plans as recon-
mended by the Quarterly Con-
ference to be talked over by a
meeting of the congregation in
the near future and it is to be
hoped for the general good Of
the town and community that
they will be adopted and re-
allied upon before the close of
this conference year. Daily
News.
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a;;yat Neaasa: Ann.yef.nry !,

1usV YsSSH'tsu &WUsTNs sVs -
Last night was d notable
occasion In the history of the
Presbyterian church Of this
city. Before eight o'clock the
iparlors were filled with $50
bright, expectant ladies and
gentlemen, all friends of Rev.
John MacAllister and his
estimable wife. Palms and
flowers were artistically ar
ranged, lending to the scene, a
marked refinement.
To the strains of the wedding
march, Mr.. and Mrs. MacAllis-
ter were ushered in, wholly
surprised and, it is suspected,
Slightly embarrassed. The ladies
in charge had accomplished
their loving task so adroitly
and SO secretly, that the groom
and bride of April II, 1879,
were taken totally unawares.
DR.. Colt had been chosen to
make the presentation. He
said in part:
"Mr. and Mrs. MacAllister:
When the sun arose this morn
ing and filled our beautiful
valley with floods of golden
sunshine, it signalled the TWEEN
ty-ifth anniversary Of your
marriage. No doubt, as the
hours passed, you frequently
paused, and in memory, re-
verified to the happy day when
you stood, the courageous has
band, beside the trusting bride,
both eager to begin anew life's
enrolling work.
"Your friends in the congre-
cation and the city were UNI
willing to permit this silver
anniversary to pass unremem-
.bered by US. We desired to
signalize, to emphasize it, to
make it a red-letter day yea,
more, to record it a golden day
In the memories of us all.
About five years since, you
both began your ministrations
among us. Both in the public
and in the tenderer services of
the home, you have shown your
answering purpose, to counsel,
to encourage, to inspire and to
uplift. So we wish, by these
tokens, to reveal to you our
loyalty, our respect, our affec-
ton and our confidence. What
a jewel in life's lexicon, in the
worlds vocabulary, is the word
confidence faith. How very
precious when fully accepted.
How exalted, when modestly
merited.
eve confidently trust, in this
spirit you will accept these
gifts. May their presence in
their daily uses, inspire you to
greater efforts to help the.
needy and soothe the discour-
aged in life's great battle. May
your lives continue to abound
ia cheerful yesterdays and
hopeful tomorrows. Be as
sured that these silver tokens
have a value far transcending
sixteen to one, that it is five
thousand to one, that every
atom of the precious metal not
only represents the loving
wishes of the donors, but the
affectionate goodwill of every
lnhabitant, young and adult,
comprising our five thousand
citizens"
When DIR. Colt concluded,
Mr.. P. d. Robinson stepped for
ward and in behalf of the
mems Club in a few appropri-
ate and gracefully earnest
words, representing the eighty
members Immediately inter
ested, presented the groom
with an elegant oak and leather
arm chair.
Mr.. and Mrs. MacAllister
We're so overcome by their emo
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-04-21

tbs improvements csntsm,
plated. The landholders now
fully realize the necessity of
drainage and are almost unani-
nous in favor of completing
the improvements just as soon
as possible, which will add
thousands of bushels of grain
to the total yield of these coun-
ties Nonpariel.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-04-21


F. D. shoenberg of Cleveland
has purchased for $35, 900 what
is said to be the largest and
most powerful auto ever built,
and with a party of friends
will tour the country from
Cleveland eastward. The ma
chine can accommodate twenty
eight passengers. It has a 600
horse power engine, is provided
with every known convenience
and is said to be as easily man
aged as an average touring car.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-04-21

i.
81 what Il known ~ the Allen
and WillsW sreek bitches work
will be commenced at once.
The contract for the eonstruc-
ton Of these two bitches was
given to r. A. Brown 4 Co. of
Washington, Ind, some months
ago, and dredges are nov being
built for that purpose.
ALLEN AND WILLOW CREEKS.
The Allen creek ditch will
head in Raglan township and
continue in a southerly direc-
ltion.
The Willow creek ditch has
its source in Calhoun township
and both bitches meet near the
south line of Harrison county
and continue for a distance of
five miles in Pottawattamie
county emptying into the Boyer
river.
The Allen creek ditch will be
twelve feet in width and the
Willow creek ditch fourteen
feet, both seven feet in depth.
1t is estimated that these i'm
provements will reclaim $4,000
acres of land, at a cost of $780,
1904.
SOLDIER RIVER.
Another important improve
ment is the contemplated
Strengthening of the Soldier
river, on which a commission
has favorably reported to the
board of supervisors of Harri-
son county. What is known as
the Soldier river drainage basin,
near the mouth of the Soldier
river, consists of about 100000
acres of land5and much of this
is subject to overflow in wet
seasons, by reason of the many
windings of this stream near
it's mouth. The survey for the
Soldier ditch commences near
Orson and continues in a south
westerly direction, emptying
into the Missouri river nearly
twenty miles above the mouth
of the old channel as it row
runs.
The length of this ditch will
be six and six-tenths miles,
and the estimated cost $685.
520.63. The new channel will
be forty feet wide at the bot
tom and ten feet in depth. The
east and west Soldier are two
new bitches that will empty
into the old Nelson creek ditch.
The approximate cost of these
two lateral bitches is $25, 900.
The average width of these two
bitches is nine feet at the bot
tom, and seven feet deep.
The extending and deepening
of the Nelson ditch is another
improvement that will be made
at a cost of $7,636.44. The
width of this ditch at the bot
tom to be fifteen feet, depth
seven feet.
STRENGTHENING THE BOYER.
Another proposed improve
mani %ho+ hoe boo,, rooo,,, ,,oov,d
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possible for the continuation of
the work of retaining thous-
ands of acres of the most fer
tile and productive agricultural
lands of the state. The past
two wet seasons have made the
problem a serious one and has
demonstrated the necessity of
drainage canals to prevent the
overflow of these lands.
bitches NOW PLANNED.
In the four counties above
named there is now under con-
struction or has been surveyed
and recommended for construc-
ton over seventy-fve miles of
drainage canals in the Missouri
river bottom, with an estimate
that these improvement will re-
claim over 100000 acres of land
now subject to overflow in the
drainage district at a cost of
over $525, 900, or an average of
about $3.50 per acre. These
canals are to be an average
width of from forty to sixty
five feet and an average depth
| of ten feet.
The largest of these canals is
to be the Woodbury. Monona
and Monona Harrison, forty
miles in length. This canal has
| its source at the mouth of
Wolf creek in Woodbury. coun-
| ty and continues in a south
westerly direction emptying
into the Missouri river at a
point four and one-half miles
south of the ona-Harrison
county line. Thirteen and one
half miles of this great enter
prise, what is known as the
Woodbury-M ditch, was
completed last summer.
WOODBURY. MONONA DITCH.
The length of the Woodbury.
Monona ditch in Woodbury.
county is four miles and in Mo-
mona county nine and one-half
miles. The width of the ditch
is forty-five feet at the top and
twenty-six feet at the bottom;
depth, eight feet, estimated
number of acres it will drain,
$4,000; cost of ditch, $4,000;
average cost per acre for land
drained, 1925.
The proposed Monona-Harri-
son ditch, which has been or
dered by the board of super
visors of the two counties, will
continue from the mouth of the
Woodbury. Monona ditch and
will have a length of twenty
two miles in Monona county.
The average width will be
sixty feet; depth, ten feet; es-
timated number of acres it will
drain, $4,000; estimated cost,
$225,000 in Monona county;
estimated cost per acre for land
benefited, $4.05. This also in
cludes the cost of the cutting
out of what is known as the
gumbo rapids in the Sioux
river.
IN HARRISON COUNTY.
The Monona-Harrison ditch
in Harrison county will be four
and one-half miles in length,
passing under the old Sioux
City & Pacific railroad at the
first bridge north of the Little
Sioux bridge and continuing in
a southwesterly direction, emp
tying into the Missouri river.
This ditch in Harrison county
will be forty-five feet wide at
the bottom and ten feet in
depth. 1t is estimated the
number Of acres reclaimed by
this ditch in Harrison county
will be 5000, at a cost of $50,-
600.
It is in Harrison county that
the largest amount of ditch
construction will be done and
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-04-21

Merchants, what do you think
of this? Bradstreet says that
of the business men who went
into bankruptcy or otherwise
failed last year, "a per cent did
not patronize the printer for
advertising. It is positive proof
that the successful business
man must advertise. It has
been the rule for many years
and many of the most success
full men of the large cities do
not hesitate to acknowledge
this Dunlap Reporter.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-04-21

Fred Feight and Frank kits
went fishing this morning.
They met with very good sue
cess, provided that they would
count their fish instead of
weighing them.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-04-21
STRENGTHENING THE BOYER.

Another proposed improve
ment that has been recommends
ed, but not yet acted upon, is
the Strengthening of the Boyer
river commencing at a point
just south Of Logan and contin-
uing down the valley along the
line of the Northwestern rail-
road to the south line of
Harrison county. This improve
ment would shorten the chan
mel of the Boyer from twenty
miles, as it now runs, to eleven
miles. The estimated number
of acres of land it would drain,
now subject to overflow, is
9, 800, at an estimated cost of
$97, 900.
100000 IN HARRISON COUNTY.
Of the drainage improve
ments contemplated in the
Missouri river valley nearly
100000 will be spent in
Harrison county alone. All the
drainage bitches as above de-
scribed have been passed upon
by the board Of supervisors of
the different counties, except
the Boyer valley ditch, and
now that the defects in the old
law have been remedied by the
passage of new law it will be
but short time before work will
commence on all these big inn
provements.
No lands in the state of Iowa
are more highly productive
than than this valley land that,
for the past two seasons, has
raised nothln ing on account Of
overflow and one good crop will
more than pay the expense of
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-04-21

SACK, Imported Registered
French Coach, PerChefCn,
English Shire and Clydes-
dale Stations, will make the
season 1904 at my stable
back Of Valley Bank, Mo
Valley, iowa
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-04-21

Claus Greve is in Logan to-
day.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-04-21
KEW DRAINAGE WORK.
Something q Bitches to be Ding
This Year.
Immense Undertaking In the MIS-
souri, Valley.
will Reclaim Thousands ST Acres
Of Land.
Farmers Of Woodbury., Monena,
Harrison and POttawattamle
Counties are Pleased.

One of the most important
acts of the state legislature in
years for the western tier of
counties, Woodbury., Monona,
Harrison and Pottawattamie,
was the passage of the new
drainage bill which makes it
possible for the continuation of
the work of retaining thous-
ands of acres of the most fer
tile and productive agricultural
lands of the state. The past
two wet seasons have made the
problem a serious one and has
demonstrated the necessity of
drainage canals to prevent the
overflow of these lands.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-08-28

essentially and the as bad as
men-is number 81" Mr. Sparrow up from behind,
the roof He carrying piece Of yellow fluff part OF
lamp shade, far could judge Move yourself ne said
whats the of sitting there in the rain Il went out just
replied Mrs. Sparrow; Il could not have been
gone, couple of minutes.
when I back "Oh get indoors" said Mr. Spar
row. talk about there I'm telling you continued
Mrs Sparrow, eff you would only listen There isn't any door,
house, Isn't any" Mr. Sparrow, holding
rim of the spout turned himself opsyurvey and
vyed the From where standing behind the laurel
bushes could nothing but his back He stood again look
ing Wha you done with the house?
Can't my back" 81 amt done nothing with it. As
keep telling you had only just Oh, bother where
had gone Where's the darned house gone That's what
know. They looked another astonish
expressed in the attitude of bird told by the
sparrow They whispered wickedy together
The them that by force cunning they might
perhaps obtain possession Of one Of the other nests.
But all the other occupied, and gentle Jenny
Swallow with the children about her,
trihd with Mr. Sparrow called Number put his
head the door, then returned the water spout Lady
live there he explained Mrs. Sparrow. There
while mot what call classy street., commented
Sparrow II" for this terrible tired feeling Of
mine" said Mr. Sparrow, blame if wouldn't build house
my own Perhaps said Mrs Sparrow Il have heard said
little bit of work. and then does good All
about in the air nowadays said Mr.. Sparrow
at don't do everybody "And it don't
nothing, neither, snapped Mrs Sparrow. II don't
forget I'm lady, butwe any who could
things himself why did marry retorted Mr. Spar
They flew away together, quarreling
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which belonged recognized it. 1t had of the
brush with which the girl breaks the china ornaments in
drawngroom. At an other time should have been glad to
him flying with the whole thing handle included But
felt the theft of feather added injury Mrs Spar
chped with delight the sight of the gaudy monsroslty
Having the house cheap they going spend their small
of energy internal decoration That their idea
clearly Liberty Interior She looked like Cockney
than country onehad been and bred Regent
street, doubt
There much justice in this world, said to myself,
there's be introduced this businsshat
is if find ladder did find ladder and fortunately
long enough Mr. and Mrs Sparrow when arrived
possibly the hunt for cheap photo frames and japanese fans
did make mess removed the house neatly into
wiped the clear of every of it. had
back the ladder when Mrs Sparrow returned with
pink wool in her mouth That her idea OF color
scheme pink and Recks blue side by side She
dropped her wool and the and tried to under
stand things Number number number where the blaze