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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-09-21
Disappointment,

On meeting MIR. Ellis Jones
on last Saturday evening, he
said to US: Would you believe
me when tell you that Fred
A.Heath was as full as a tick to
day." We could hardly believe
the report, although we know
Mr.. Jones to be a man of strict
Integrity and truth, but Fred
Heath is an unquestioned tenn
perance character, and now to
learn that Fred was "full' stag
gered our faith in humanity, but
on further investigation we
learned that f. ed attended the
Union Farmers Club, that met
with Mrs. G. w. McGavren and
Son, in st. John, last Saturday,
and from the amount of good
things he ate, he must have
been full" We gave it up,
and admit that Fred was full.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-09-21

tack the vital organs, causing catarrll of
the bladder, or the kidneys themselves
brc;:l. down and waste away cell by cell.
Iladder troubles almost always result
FROM arrangement of the kidneys and
Il cure is obtained quickest by proper
treatment of the kidneys. If you are feel
in,, badly YOU can make no mistake by
taking Or kilmcr's Swamp-Ro0t, the
great kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
1t corrccts inability to hold urine and
scalAing pain i'll passing it, and over
CONES; that unpleasant necessity of being
compelled to 90 often through, the day.
and 10 get up many times during the
night. The mild and the extraordinary
effect Of Swamp Root is soon realized.
1t stand, the highest for its wonderful
cures Of the most Distressing cases.
Swallp-Root is pleasant TO take and is
sold by all druggists i'll fifty-cent and
one-dollar size bottles. You may have a
sample bottle of this wonderful new dis
coverv and book that tells all about it,
both sent free by mail. Address, DIR. Kill
mer & Co., Binghamton, n. y. When
writing mention reading this generous
offer i'll this paper. Don't make amy
mistake, but remember the name, Swamp
Root, DIR. Kilmers Swamp Root, and the
address, Biugllanton, N. v, on every
bottle.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-09-21
jacent farm lands. The {

jacent farm lands. The cx-
perience of last week shows
that the Missouri has little or
nothing to do with the matter.
1t is surface water which does
the damage, as opponents of
the ditch system are finding
out. The project to dig artifi-
cial channels is designed to get
rid of the water as fast as pos
sible. If property owners are
convinced that bitches will help
the drainage, nine out of ten
will give the plan their sup
port.
A similar problem has been
worked out in the Platte valley
of Nebraska, and many bitches
have been cut through that ter
ritory in the last five years.
The lowlands there receive the
mois' ure from extensive areas
of hills and prairie, as do tie
Missouri river bottoms, and UNI
less farms are protected from
overflow, the raising of crops is
a hazardous employment. Arti-
fetal drainage has been found
to work we'll along the Platte,
as evidenced by the multiplied
ton of bitches now in progress,
and the same results are pre-
dicted for the level tracts boYd-
ering the Missouri.
All drainage schemes rest on
a single principle that Of pro-
viding a short route and the
greatest possible rate of fall
for water in its course, to facil-
! itate its passage. Allen creek,
Willow creek and the Boyer
river pursue winding channels
}, and make a very gradual de-
! scent. 1t is proposed to dig
; straight bitches and divert the
water into them, which would
carry it to the Missouri from
: three to four times as fast as
it now flows. The Boyer cut
off, as it is called, emptying
into the Missouri, northwest of
} Honey creek, is already in OPP
!; GRAFTON. 1t was partly exca-
! waited and then the water was
turned in to do the rest by
erosion.
The fight for artificial draipal
age in Pottawattamie, Harrison
!, ond Monnna counties has re-
celved attention in all parts of
: the slate, especially in other
: river counties. If it succeeds.
it will doubtless mean the be-
ginning of ditch construction
along the entire Missouri river
border of the state and the re-
claiming of many hundred
thousand acres of fertile land.
j Wick Brothers sold their
store in Gretna last week and
gave possession today.
Mrs. Sheehey left for her
home in st. Louis this after
noon after a visit with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis
Fitzgibbon of Calhoun.
The big barn of Sidney Pitt,
in Union township, was struck
by lightning and burned to the
ground Friday night.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-09-21

Soren Brown says he has
lot of Spring pullets that art
laying every day. That would
bea good breed of hens to raise
Rush C. Lahman will leave
tomorrow morning for Iowa
City, to resume his studies ir
the Iowa State University. He
finishes his four years course in
June next.
Marian, Gerda, Wilma Coad,
Blanche Chase, Lillian and Ma
RE Morris, are the guests of
Miss Nellie and Christa South,
today, en- route to Belmont Col
lege, Tennessee.
Henry Earnest, of RiverSioux,
was a Valley visitor today.
c. A. Berry, of Rathburn,
Idaho, who has been visiting
friends in Mondamin, returned
to his home today.
j. 2. Adams of Little Sioux,
was in the Valley this morning
on business.
c. r. Bachelor goes to Can
ada tomorrow evening with a
party of land seekers.
Mrs. D. w. Stevens is the
guest of Omaha friends today.
Mrs. Walter Davis and daugh-
ter of Spokane were in the Val
ley yesterday the guests of DR..
and Mrs. Giddings. They were
on their way home from Vienna
Austria, where the daughter
has been for two years taking a
course in music.
Miss Mable Stevens was the
guest of relatives in the Valley
VIM Reese was the guest of !,
)nawa friends Sunday.
Mrs. j. H. Butler is an Oma-|
Ia visitor today.
Wedding notices are out an
bouncing the marriage of
Charles S. Brown of Logan to
Mrs. Alice Mckinney, of La
Grange township Wednesday
'vening Sept. Goth, at the home
# 7. A. Curtin in Logan.
H. w. Clover returned Sat-
lrday from his western trip.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-09-21

Ts!.s Rc!,ckal, k1eetinS

! Last Saturday night was the
Irregular meeting of Lillian lodge
No. y, d. Of Il. At the usual
hour the neJm5ers began to ar
rive, ard soon the hall was we'll
filled with members all anxious
to jo n in the work of the Or
Ger. Six candidates rode the
goat in fine style without an ac-
cident. After work was COM
,p}eted, ell adjourned to the BAN
i.quet room where the ladies had
prepared a splendid supper, to
which all did ample justice.
After supper a short time was
spent in social visiting, and
then adjourned, all feeling we'll
pleased with the meeting, fee
ling that it was a good thing to
be there.
Willie Byford and Warren
Hardy, of Council Bluffs, were
the Sunday guests of the j. H.
Amons family.
DR.. White, of Logan, was al
Valley visitor today.
Banker Examiner Bostwick.
was in the Valley today on bu- [
siness.
Miss Gretchen Nash, daugh-l
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Nash, of \
Audubon, who has been the
guest of Mrs. C. C. Lahman and
Mrs Emma Russell, left tfor her
home in Audubon this morning.
Mrs. John Dewell, of Magno-
liza, was in the Valley Sunday,
the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Dan Ford.
tragedy Sharpnack of Mo-
dale was Valley visitor this
Supervisor Hosbrook went to
Council Bluffs this afternoon in
order to be on hand early to-
morning at the lettingi
Of the ditch contracts. +
VIM Reese the shoe man is in |,
Omaha today on business.
w. H. Adams found a ladies
watch on the street Saturday
md instead of putting it in his
pocket, he hunted the owner up s
md returned it to her. She
vas lucky the watch was found {
~ Mr.. Adams an honest man Is
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-09-21
EXPIRES AT NOON
Time Limit for Drainage Ditch
Bids Ends Today
Proposals Must Be In kands Of
Of County Auditors
Many Firms Have Representa-.
tives In the City
Joint Beard to Meet Tomorrow to
Open Bids and Award the
Contracts
Nonpareil, Sep. 10:

Nonparell, Sep. IL:
Bids for construction work
on the union ditch system for
Pottawattamie and Harrison
counties must be on file in the
office of Auditor Cheyne at the
court house in Council Bluffs
or with Auditor Atkins of Har-
rison county at Logan by noon
today. The joint supervisors
board for the two counties will
assemble here tomorrow to
open them. A large number
of contractors firms already
have representatives on the
ground and it is probable that
a dozen or more bids will be
filed. Most of them will be
presented to the auditor here.
The drainage district is divided
into four sections and the con-
tract will be awarded separate
ly for each.
The list of contractors or
their agents who will probably
have bids in for consideration
lby the joint board includes
these: Brown & Co., Washing
ton, Ind; Foohey & Son, Fort
Wayne, Ind; Lewis, Vim
cenncs, Ind; I. ]. Nolan, repre-
senting the National Drainage
company, Chicago; Canton
Bridge company, Canton, o.;
i. G. Underwood, Omaha; G. c.
Berkey, Elkhart, Ind; G. I.
Bray, st. Louis; j. w. Hoover,
Kansas City; c. G. White &
Co., New York; William Wheel
er & Co., Des Moines; w. D.
Lowell, Minneapolis.
MAY NOT BID.
Whether p. A. Wickham
John P. Weaver or other loca
contractors will submit bids i:
selves. w. A. Smith g. Co. o1
Missouri Valley was one of the
successful bidders when con-
tracts were awarded under the
old law, afterwards declared
unconstitutional. Contractor
Smith did the only work that
has ever been performed on
the joint system, which was
that on the Boyer cutoff. Con-
tractor Wickham had the Pig.
con creek ditch contract, an
Independent undertaking, at
tina same time, but it fell
through because of the defec-
tive statute.
The situation has been COM
plicated by the announcement
that Brown & Co., the firm
which held the contract for
two sections of the ditch work
under the old law, will claim
that it is entitled to preference
now under it's former bid. A
representative of this company
has warned other contractors
that if they accept the contract
they will do so at the peril of a
lawsuit. Brown & Co. bases it's
present claims on the facts that
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-09-21

10 Hug of Omaha was the
guest of the George Gaver
family in this city yesterday.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-09-21

]. s. McGavern and wife re-
turned Saturday from a two
weeks trip to Colorado. They
visited all the principal places
of interest in the state while
gone.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-09-21

Col. Davis is in Omaha today
on land business.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-09-21

DR.. Colt who is looking after
the man who was found near
Crescent Saturday afternoon
and brought to the hospital in
this city, says he has so far re-
covered as to tell his name
which is Luke O'Neal. The man
was seen in the Valley Friday
evening, He does not know or
will not tell anything about
how the accident happened to
him.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-09-21

Thomas Berry and sons,
George and Fred are in tie
Valley today the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Millim an.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-09-21

W. A. Robinson the land man
Of Mondamin was q Valley Wis
itor today.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-09-21
Monday Sci, is

Attorney Kellogg is in 0nawa
today on legal business.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-09-21

VIM Reese the shoe man is in
Omaha today on business.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-09-21

Pat Fox of LeMars was j.
his sister, Mrs. M. Carver.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-09-21

Soren Brown says he has a
lot of Spring pullets that are
laying every day. That would
be a good breed of hens to raise.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-09-21

N. c. Wilson of Raglin town
ship was a Valley visitor today.
He says the corn in his part of
country is blown down in bad
shape.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-09-21

Mr.. and Mrs. j. D. Willis
of Huron S. D. are in the VAL
ley the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. Beagle. Mrs. Willis is a
sister of Mr.. Beagle.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-09-21
The Cause of Many
Sudden Deaths.

There is disease prevailing i'll this
country most dangerous because SO decep- |
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-09-21

Mrs. sheehey left for her
home in st. Louis this after
noon after a visit with her par
ents, MIR. and Mrs. Dennis
Fitzgibbon of Calhoun.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-09-21

Willie Byford and Warren
Hardy, of Council Bluffs, were
the Sunday guests of the j. II.
Amons family.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-09-21

IS because SO decep-
tive. Many sudden
deaths are caused
by it-lleart dis.
ease, pneumonia,
heart failure or
apoplexy are often
the result of kid.
ney disease. If
kidney trouble is
Observation-Disclosures
neutrality-suspicious.
ed blood will at
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-09-21

The big barn of Sidney Pitt,
in Union township, was struck
by lightning and burned to the
ground Friday night.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-09-21

Supervisor Hosbrook went to
Council Bluffs this afternoon in
order to be on hand early to-
morrow morning at the letting
of the ditch contracts.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-09-21
DR.. White, of Logan, was a
visitor today.

Banker Examiner Bostwick.
was in the Valley today on bu-
siness.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-09-21

Wick Brothers sold their
store in Gretna last week and
gave possession today.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-09-21

tragedy Sharpnack of Mo
dale was a Valley visitor this
morning.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-09-21

Mrs. John Dewell, of Magno-
liza, was in the Valley Sunday,
the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Dan Ford.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-02
FIRES INTO TWO CROWDS.
Boys Cheek Hit-Man's Pursuers
FIee-F0ur Shots an H.

Walking up to a crowd Of boys who were
playing last night at 44th-st and 9th-ave a
young exclaimed
Here you boys See whether you are good
pickpockets or mott"
Holding his hands his hips, the young man
showed So bill sticking from an upper waist
coat pocket and a 81 bill from a lower waist
coat pocket AS the boys approached he re-
moved his hands from his hips and revealed a
belt holding two revolvers
The boys when the stranger took aim with
one of the weapons and fired. The bullet caused
no injury. Again he fired. This time the bullet
grazed the cheek Of John Fredericks of No 403
West 44th-st.. who running. Fredericks is
fifteen years old.
Dodging diagonally to the east side of
9th-ave.. the man ran north, with a crowd at his
heels. AT 4Sth-st. he turned west, and into a
crowd of girls playing IN front of No. 400
There he stopped and faced about levelling both
revolvers at the crowd He stood still a mo-
ment and then fired with deliberate aim The
bullet HE nobody. but the pursuers turned and
fed. as did the girls Pointing one of his
weapons at the ground, the man fired into the
pavement Then he bolted into No 400
The police came but could find no trace Of the
They thought delirium tre1nens caused
hts acts,
New-York tribune., 1905-02-02
LOSSES OF OKU'S ARMY.
Only Forty Deaths from Sickness
Since Campmgn Began.

General O1us Headquarters, Jan. 29--Japa-
nese field surgeons ana field hospitals have ac-
complished triumph, according to statistics
obtained from the chief surgeon of General
Oku's army. There have been in the entire
army, since the landing May 9. only forty
deaths from disease.
The figures show that up to December 1 there
were treated "a 642 cases OF disease OF these
forty resulted fatally. 1S,57S patients recovered
$500 were sent to Japan. and the remainder
undergoing treatment when the figures
were compiled 1t is believed that these fig
ures are unequalled in the history of warfare
There were only 1913 cases of typhoid and 342
of dysentery, while OF beri beri there were 500.
The other cases of disease were not serious
The casualties in General Oku's army from
May TO December 10 were as follows
Killed, officers, 210; men, 4,917; wounded, Of
fcers, 743; men, 20337; missing, officers 4; men,
402. Sixteen per cent of the wounded died 10
per cent recovered in the field and 65 per cent
were sent to Japan. Eighty-fve per cent of the
wounds were inflicted by rife shots, per cent
by artillery and per cent by cold steel. The
largest percentage Of recoveries was in the
cases of chest wounds. Most of the recoveres
were due to the small calibre of the rife bull
let's
The percentages of the other Japanese armies
are believed TO be about the same.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-02
PRINCE MTRSKY RESIGNS
". Bouigan, Reactionary, Er-
pectet. to Succeed Him.

st. Petersburg, Feb. 1.-The retirement OF the
Minister of the Interior, Prince Sviatopolk-Mir-
sky, officially announced this morning. Ill
health being assigned the reason. NJ. Dur
novo, former Minister of Posts and Telegraphs.
becomes acting Minister of the Interior. NJ.
Bouligan. fcrmer Governor General Of Moscow,
seems most likely to be the Princes successor.
There is also rumor that Emperor Nicholas
has offered the portfolio to NJ. Witte President
of the Council of Ministers.
Prince Sviatopoll1- Mrslly's desire to retire had
been known for weeks. but the manner in which
it was announced unusual the retirement
of a Minister being generally accompanied by an
imperial rescrpt. For this reason the form of
the announcement is popularity accepted as
reprimand. Among the extreme reactionaries
and even among some of the more moderate
conservatives, Prince Sviatopolk- -Mirsky has
been blamed for having from the outset of his
term encouraged the liberal aspirations which
brought the present storm about the head OF
the government.
An official proclamation conveys the heartfelt
sympathies of the Emperor. the Empress and
the Empress Dowager to the families of those
killed in the street fighting of January %. They
have placed $4,000 at the disposal of Gov
ernor General Trepof for the aid of the families
of the sufferers.
The preliminary official report of the attack
made on the British Consul General, Mr. Muir
ray. and Pro-ConsuI Mucukain at Warsaw, says
that the consuls were in crowd in street
while it being cleared. the pro-consul re-
Ceiving cut on the forehead, but whether
from a Cossack sabre or a club in the hands
of one of the rioters has not yet been definitely
established The consuls were not attacked
since the action of the Cossacks was not espe-
cially directed against them,
New-York tribune., 1905-02-02
CLADO TESTIFIES.
Russian officers Insist on Presence
of Torpedo Boats.

Paris Feb. 1.-The international commission in
curing into the Dogger Bank affair continued its
sessions to-day Lieutenant Ellis, of the Russian
batteship Alexander III, testified to seeing a tor
pedo boat among the British trawlers in the North
Sea He said he first saw a torpedo boat two
miles off, steaming swiftly toward the squadron
on a course to intercept the flagship AS the tor
pedo boat advanced searchlights made her plainly
visible and heavy CannOnade opened on her.
The torpedo boat, the witness continued. was evi-
IDENTIFY damaged drew OFF to starboard and disap-
peared.
Lieutenant Schremtchenko torpedo officer of the
Russian battleship Borodino, gave similar testi-
mony to seeing two torpedo boats. He said:
One was on the port side and was fifteen cable
lengths away. 1 could not have been mistaken,
being torpedo officer / distinguished its long.
boats made me take careful look at the attack
snokestacks and was of the general type Of tor
pedo boats usually attached to squadrons.
The lieutenant also described the torpedo boat
which he said he had seen to starboard. She was
about the size and general appearance as
the boat first seem Both torpedo boats withdrew
under terrific fire.
Counsel for Great Britain severely cross-ex-
amined the Russian officers. who stuck TO their
testimony.
the torpedo boats and the fishermen the trawl-
ers did not them, saying that the decks of
the trawlers were seven feet above water and
those of the warships forty-two. The captain
caused amusement when British agent asked him
if ordinary boats not sometimes mistaken
for torpedo boats. Captain Clado replied
An English admiral once said, when you see
torpedo boats advancing, fire hrst and inquire
about their nationality afterward."
Captain Clado later testified that he did not see
the torpedo boats sink. He thought the torpedo
boat the starboard side sank. The other the
captain added. was less damaged. He ig-
nOrant TO the ultimate fate of the torpedo
boats.
Captain CIado said the version of the North Sea
chs nlai IN 10 fI,a
''NoVOe Vremya' erroneous
New-York tribune., 1905-02-02
THE BATTLE ON THE HUN.
ARMIES IN OLD LINES.
Fighting Cea8eS-Cold Brings In
tense .Sufering to Woaa,ded.

Russian Headquarters Huan Mountain. Feb. l.
The FIVE days battle on the Hun River has
yielded no palpable result both sides practically
maintaining their former positions. though 1t Is
true that at heavy cost the Russians succeeded
in driving the Japanese out of their advanced
positions and repeng their flanking column.
The Russian cavalry proved extremely efficient.
There is again lull in the campaign and it is
possible that military operations will be sus-
pended until the end of February.
The engagement, which will probably be
known as the battle of Hun River, was fought
on a seemingly unending plain, which is hfpken
only by southern amethyst mountains around
Yentai The bright glare of the sun, reflected
from a dazzling expanse of snow, was painful TO
the eyes, and it was with difficulty that one
could follow here and there black streaks mark
ing the Russian columns wavering skirmsh
lines dashing against what resembled dull gray
rocks. but which in reality were the villages OF
Lidiatoun and Tanlepu and the extensive ham,
let of Sandepas, Fashioned by Chinese defences
and conv erted by the Japanese into veritabe
fortresses surrounded with wire entanglementS
and earthworks Exposed to the intense cold of
a Manchurian winter, the mounds of earth had
become like granite and as impenetrable as the
steel sides of modern batteship
For FIVE days Russian soldiers hurled them
selves against the defences and field artillery
pounded them until the frosty air reverberated
with the thunder of cannon. the din of burst
ing shells and the rattle of musketry, but neither
steel pointed shell nickel bullet availed
against the frozen earthworks. The gunners
actually wept with despair at the impotence of
the attack Mortar batteries came UP in the
hope of demolishing the Notifications. Night and
day a stream of shells poured against the
earthworks, but it had very little effect.
The men seemed Indifferent to hunger cold
of arctic intensity Their fingers. hands and feet
were benumbed while stinging snow and dust
blinded them. The slightest wound caused ex-
cruciating pain. War blood sooner eXuded
from lacerated flesh than 1t began to freeze.
The wounded could not be left exposed. and #
they did not receive attention within an hour
they died
The surgeons, their assistants and nurses were
almost powerless in the bandaging Of wounds,
for they were obliged to wear leather gloves or
mittens in order to resist the cold. The men
seemed to be living again the horrors of the
winter campaign of 1872 against the Turks.
Everything that could be done done, but
man was powerless in the face of nature, which
heaped tortures upon the troops and defeated
the we'll thought out plan of the commander.