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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-05-04
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
Specially Conducted
HOMESEEkERS EXCURSION
In Through Tourist sleepers
To New Orleans
the South
MONDAY. MAY 18TH, 1905.
ONLY S22. 86
FOR THE ROUND TRIP

The Illinois Central will sell tickets
from Logan to New Orleans and return
at the above very low rate, limited to
twenty-one days for return, and good
for stop overs in both directions at
nearly all points south Of the Ohio
river. Tourist sleepers have been char
tered which will leave Ft. Dodge at
3:O5 p. M, Monday, May 18th, 1905,
and make the trip through to New
Orleans, returning to Chicago ..at 2:3O
p. IN. May oath. The rate per double
berth in these sleepers will be $4,000,
which covers use of berth from starting
point back to Chicago Applications
for reservations in these sleepers, ac-
sompanied by draft for $1,000, should
be sent to j. F. Merry, Asst. Genl
Pass. Agent, l. c. r. r., Dubuque.
Iowa. on or before May lOth-th e
earlier the better
This Excursion will be run special
from Centralia, Illinois, to New Or
leans and back to Chicago on sched-
ule arranged SO as to give compre-
hensive idea of the advantages and
possibilities of the country along the
line of the Illinois Central and Yazoo
& Mississippi Valley Railroads. Going,
stops will be made at Memphis, Green
vile, Vicksburg, Natchez and Baton
Rouge. Nearly three days will be
spent at New Orleans, and returning
stops will be made at Hammond, Rose
land, McComb City, Crystal Springs,
Jackson, Miss, Greenwood. Ridgeland,
Canton. Granada and Memphis.
May is fine time to visit the South.
Crops will be we'll advanced and will
offer undisputable evidence as to the
fertility Of the soil. The only proper
way to judge the possibilities of u
country for a home or investment is to
visit it, and this exceptionally low rate
and specially planned schedule affords
an opportunity that should: be en-
braced by every one who is looking for
a new home or a land investment. AS
this will be a a.strictly business trip for
Home-Seekers and Land Investors, it
will be for men only.
Address the undersigned for copy
of flyer giving complete schedule,
itinerar, and full particulars, and the
Program of Farmers Convention to
be held at New Orleans May Goth.
J.F. MERRY,
Asst. Genl. Pass. Agent, l. c. R.R
Dubuque, Iowa.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-05-04
ONE DOLLAR JUDGMENT.

The jury in the Bridgman VS.
Williams, ct al, today brought
in a judgment for plaintiff for
one dollar and cost. 1t won't
be very hard to make up the
amount of the judgment among
the members and friends of the
M. E. church. It is.hoped that
this will put a quietus on all
this kind of cases.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-05-04

There has been no funeral of
a resident of Logan, either old
or young, from Nov. IA, 1904,
until April Is, 1905; not a death
within the corporate limits of a
resident from Mrs. NIB. Stern's
death until that of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frazer's babe on Monday.
There were two interments dur
ing that time in the cemetery
Mrs. lvens of South Dakota and
Mrs: c. S. Page of Des Moines.
Observer.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-05-04
C0EUMN.

Following are the losses set
tied by the Hawkeye Insurance
Co. of Des Moines, Iowa, this
week:
c. r. Smith, executor,4 miles
north of Logan, dwelling and
household goods total, and dam
age to wood house, $1303.7O.
ii. Testroet, jewelryman of
Persia, total amount of his
claim, $47l.32.
|. o. O. F. lodge No. 4Sl, full
amount of their policy $500.
A. A. Green, Missouri Valley
two small stacks of hay that
burned in the field SIS.
MIR. Smith says, according to
his best memory, this is $500
more on their dwelling and con-
tents than County Mutual car
ried in the policy he had cam
celled in January, 1904, when
he had their Hawkeye policy
written, which amount he can
now use to good advantage in
replacing their dwelling and
contents.
You may think it is strange
the Hawkeye did not have more
than these two small policies in
Persia; but it is mostly a farm
company, making farm proper
ty a SPECIALITY, not caring
very much for MAIN STREET
TOWN risks.
Losses promptly paid, large
or small, as cheerfully as we
take your premium is OUR
MOTTO.
If you wish to get out of the
company you are now in and
get into the OLD RELIABLE
HAWKEYE, drop me a line
and l will call and figure with
you.
L. L. SAMPLE,
Representative,
Phone 108. Woodbine, Iowa
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-05-04
Nine Carload 81 Ties.

| Fremont, Neb., May "A
fire broke out il the North
weston supply yards, just east
of the city limits, this after
noon and spread to some large
piles of ties before it was dis
covered. Owing to the strong
south wind it was a hard blaze
to control and all that could be
done was to keep it from
spreading. About nine car
loads of ties were burned. The
fire is supposed to have caught
from a passenger engine which
was passing.
F. L. Davis is in Mondamin,
today on real estate business.
Mrs. H. B. Cox end Miss
Dora Reel are in Council Bluffs
today the guests of friends.
Ellis Jones is in Omaha to-
day looking up the stock
market.
Mrs. Kate Ling, who has
been in the Valley for two
weeks, the guest of her father,
j. D. Tamisiea, left for her
home in st. Louis this morning.
j. F. Stow is in Omaha on
business today.
Streets In Deniscn Being Worked
with Split Log Dag.
The street committee of the
council has been doing some
good work lately on the streets.
The King method of dragging
is being used and the results so
far obtained are more than
satisfactory. Denison Bulletin.
c. U. Myers, of Modale, was
in the Valley this morning on
on his way to Omaha on a goods
buying trip.
r. L. Graham who has a
string of horses training on the
race track at the fair grou nds
says the track is in fine condi-
dition. Among the horses he
is training is Impression with a
record of 2::14a. He las also
four colts by Lockart, 2:OS4.
Mr.. Graham is glad to show the
horses to any of our citizens
who are interested in fine horse
flesh.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-05-04
Harmful Kindness.

Marion Register: An Iowa
father of a worthless son, who
spends his time in bed or as a
wandrer, weary loafer on the
streets, wants to know what is
the best thing to do about it?
Be heroic, pater. You have
been too kind. You have let
him do as he pleased. Now
make him please you. You have
the authority and the right.
Exercise it and sometime he'll
call YOU "blessed
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-05-04

1t is encouraging to see by
the daily papers that the sa-
looms were closed in almost all
of the large cities Of Missouri
last Sunday. In Iowa towns
like Sioux City and Council
Bluffs the officials claim they
cannot be closed. 1t simply
shows that they don't want to
close them. Less boy play in
law enforcement in all places
will cause greater respect for
the law. Bootlegging, drug
store liquor selling, etc. are not
necessary evils that must ex-
ist under our present laws, but
can be easily prevented when
officials and people do their
whole duty to society. OBJ
server.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-05-04
ToDAY's DolNGs IN LOGAN
Items cf Interest From the Ccun.
ty Seat.

| 0Ouks
Logan, Ia, May 3.-(Special,
At the Harrison county district
court in the matter of Ella
Bridgeman against Rev. j. M
Williams, C. P. Brandriff and
George w. Norton the jury,
after being out all night, came
in this morning with a verdict
in favor of the plaintiff in the
sum of 81.
This morning Attorney John
P. Organ Of Council Bluffs ap-
peared in the matter of Sarah
3. Gilmore against the Illinois
Central Railroad company. A
petition asking for a change to
a federal court was overruled.
The plaintiff in this matter
claims $1,000 for damages to
her real estate suffered from
the railroad.
The matter of ]. S. Lightell
against Silas Williamson ct al
is now on trial. This is not a
jury case. All petit jurors have
been discharged for this term.
j. E. Adams, of Woodbine's
real estate firm of Adams &
Mills, is in Logan today.
Attorney H. c. Wills, of Nor
DAMN, is a Logan visitor today.
Attorney George W. Egan
will deliver an address before a
meeting of the Knights of Col
umbus at Fort Dodge on Sur
day, May Z.
j. w. Gardner is the new
manager of the local lumber
office of the H. A. Quinn Lum-
ber company, having succeeded
Blair Kenyon, who has returned
to WOOdbine.
Karl Benedict, of Dunlap, is
in Logan today on business.
Deputy County Sheriff O. o.
Rock is moving his family over
from Little Sioux. They will
reside in Logan in the future.
Mrs. Nancy Berkeley, of
Woodbine, was visiting the
family of her son, |. N. Berk-
ley, in Logan Tuesday.
Mrs. H. j. Farlow was shop
ping in Omaha yesterday.
Miss Grace Bartholomew, of
Pisgah, is visiting friends and
relatives here this week.
Charles A. Harvey was in
Omaha on business yesterday.
Adolph Murray, of Little
Sioux, is in Logan today.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-05-04

D. H. Clark of Omaha has
been here this week looking
after the little flock of children
he brought here over a year
ago and secured homes for. He
reports the children in good
hands and all doing we'll, which
reflects we'll on those who took
the little ones into their keep
ing. Dunlap Reporter.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-05-04

Council Bluffs is making big
arrangements for their Market
day celebration May 18th and
10Th. They expect to have ten
thousand people in Council
Bluffs on those two days from
the outside country.
We believe if we had a policy
in the Equitable we would
"cash it in" about as soon as
possible. If the row the officers
OF that company have got into
don't wreck the concern it will
be a wonder.
Richard L. Metcalf, who has
made the editorial page of the
Omaha World Herald for so
many years, goes to Mr.. Bry-
ans Commoner next week. As
a thought-builder he has no
equal in Nebraska, and the
World-Herald will find it a hard
job to secure a man who can
fill his place.
Mrs. ]. H. Amons went 10
L.veland today for a few days
visit with her brother, A. H.
Jones.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-05-04
Council Meeting.

COnnCil MeetinG.
The city council met in regu
lar session last evening at eight
O'Clock, Mayor James presiding
Present Clerk Withrow, City
Marshal Butcher and all the
councilmen.
Minutes o f the preceding
meeting were read and APP
proved.
Moved and seconded that the
costs in the case entitled Basil
Fox VS.. The Board of Review of
the city of Missouri Valley,
amounting to $12.95, be paid,
and the clerk was authorized to
draw a warrant on the city
funds for the same. Carried
Moved and seconded that the
matter of license for operating
a merry-go-round by Alva Gift
ford of Boone, who requested a
reduced rate for a week, be re-
ferred to the mayor to make
the best arrangements possi-
BILE. (Motion withdrawn.)
Moved and seconded that the
license for operating the merry
go-round be made $1S for a
week. Carried.
Moved and seconded that the
balance of SO due on the elec-
trio light bill for March, 1905,
be allowed. Carried.
Moved and seconded that the
bills as read be allowed. Car
ried. (Will appear tomorrow.)
The report of the water COM
missioner was read, and upon
motion, duly seconded, the same
was approved.
The report of the city treas
urer was read and upon motion,
duly seconded, was approved.
The report of the street COM
missioner was read and upon
motion, duly seconded, was ap-
proved.
Moved that lights from Erie
to Huron on Noble street be
maintained as at present and
that two lights be placed, one
at the point of Erie street
where the sidewalk runs north
to Huron through the fair
ground park and the other at
the point where said sidewalk
reaches sidewalk on north side
of Huron. Carried.
Moved and seconded that the
matter of adjusting lights at
Sixth and Ninth streets, where
the c. & N. w. crosses said
streets, was referred to chair
man of Police and Light COM
mittee with power to act. Car
ried.'
Moved and seconded that the
matter of changing width Of
sidewalk from 6 feet to 8 feet
on north side of Ontario street
from Fifth to Sixth streets be
referred to city attorney, and
that he be requested to draft
an ordinance in conformity with
same. Carried.
Rosenbaum, chairman Public
Buildings and Grounds, report
ed that the heavy weights at
tached to the front doors at
city building were gradually
pounding the walls of the front
of the building outward, and it
was moved and seconded that
the committee have same rod
ded and repaired at once.
Carried.
Moved and seconded that the
ordinance locating curb lines
and fixing grades for same he
read for the second time. Car
ried.
Moved and seconded that the
ordinance accepting, establish
ing and laying out and fixing
the width of that part of Ninth
street from Erie street north to
the north end of said Ninth
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-05-04
Wednesday May 3

WGuLSSuuJ M0y y
Major and Mrs. Connolly
left California last night fol
this city where they will spene
several weeks the guest Of
their daughter, Mrs. C. w
McGavren, arriving the fist of
next week.
Charles Sweet, of Fremont t
Neb., was in the Valley yester.
day visiting old friends. He
was a conductor out of the Val.
ley on the old S. c. & P. in 1882
A gentleman visiting in the
city Monday evening, lost q
letter containing his passes
baggage checks etc. He put q
five line notice in the Daily
Times yesterday evening, and
in half an hour after the paper
was on the street his letter was
returned to the Times office.
The gentleman got his passes,
gave the boy who found the
letter a dollar and went awav
feeling that advertising pays. -
Bert Fackler and Harry
Xii ieringham leave for Fscan-
aba, Michigan, this evening to
work in the C. & N. w. yards
at that place. They have been
night switchmen in the yards
here.
Harry Newton moved into
the Leon Smith home on Fourth
street today.
Henry Hargens is painting,
and otherwise improving his
tenement houses on Superior
street.
Council Bluffs is overrun by
rats, and the Nonpareil is adver-
tising for rat catchers.
r. Newton put up a new
smoke stack at his planning mill
yesterday, and will be able to
start up the mill next Monday.
The property valuation of
Council Bluffs is reported to be
one million dollars less this year
than last year. The newspaper
boys on the Nonpareil are hold
ing out on the assessor.
Mrs. Thomas Berkly, of Wood
bine, was in the Valley today,
the guest Of Mrs. G. P. Smiley.
She was on her way to Tacoma,
Washington, where she goes to
make her home with her daugh-
ter.
Charley Harry, of Logan, was
a Valley visitor this morning.
Mrs. Schandelmyer and son, Of
Boone, are in the Valley, the
guests of j. D. Tamisiea and
family.
Charles Woodruff, of Dodge,
Nebraska, was in the Valley last
night. the guest Of Frank Tig-
Ter. He went on to Duluth, on
the morning train.
The Illinois Central has an
nounced a big Sunday excur-
sion for May 20 from Waterloo
and intermediate points to Fort
Dodge to Omaha to allow resi-
dents Of these towns to visit
Omaha and see a growing city
and to incidently witness a ball
game between Sioux City and
Omaha.
Mrs. John Denton, of Norfolk
is in the Valley the guest of
Mrs. ]. N. Fitzgibbon.
Mrs. w. H. Fensler is the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Axtell
in Omaha.
Sam Nelson who has been in
the yards here for 25 years
started for. Norway Sunday
evening. Upon reaching Chi
cago he.discovered that he had
forgotten some deeds to pro-
perty in Norway that was nee
essary for him to have, so he
returned to the Valley last
NIGHT.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-05-04

proceed to decide as to the city
tapping. Carried.
Moved and seconded to ad-
journ to Thursday night, May
q, '05.
w. H. Withrow, Clerk.
McFarlan and Smead, of
Omaha, are looking over the
ditch prospects west of town
this afternoon.
The c. & N. w. Ry. Co. has
an agent in the Valley today
figuring with the hot water
heat company for putting heat
into the depot.
Humboldt Independent: Why
should we not support a state
marshal law in the interest of
temperance in Iowa? 1t is as
with everything else, a great
graft for the marshals. We
knew couple of marshals, OR
state constables under a law of
this kind in Massachusetts, star
ting in as poor men and in FIVE
years buying brown stone fronts
at Roxbury Heights just out of
Boston. A state marshal law
is great old graft. Let's have
it.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-06-22
SAFETY, NOT SPEED, WANTED

Speaking of the new records for speed made
BY the celebrated fast trains of the Pennsyl
vania and New York Central roads between New
York and Chicago the Indianapolis News says:
What we need in this country is safety
more than speed. 1t ought to be matter
of little pride with railroads that they can
send certain train over stretch of hun
dreds of miles at less than mile minute,
compared with how they can send all trains
regularly in safety. Is not the appearance
somewhat crude of boasting of swift runs like
this while our yearly record of people killed
and MANNED and property destroyed amounts
to more than that of all the other railroads
in the world? One of our great and best
equipped trunk lines on it's main track, ran
q regular, high-speed passenger train into a
freight that was carrying dynamite, killing
and wounding many people. Another, no
long, long time ago, slaughtered score of
young men within the confines of this town.
We may say what we will and boast as loudly
as we please about runs" they are nothing
compared with safety.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-06-22
TRANSFORMATION OF QUAKER CITY

The municipal affairs O. Philadelphia continue
to attract attention throughout the country. The
power of public awakening to secure reforms
receives general recognition. The Star of San
Francisco holds that the social boycott did more
than anything else to bring the councmen who
had voted for the gas steal to their senses. The
Buffalo Evening Times tells how Philadelphia
suffers from the influence Of political clubs:
These clubs under the thin disguise of
party, had become mere agencies of extorton.
Employees of the municipal government were
compelled to join them and contribute to
them on pain of dismissal. Pretending to
promote the principles of the republican
party, they had become finally mere machine
combinations for municipal brigandage 1t
is conceded that voluntary association is the
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-06-22
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP

The discussion of municipal ownership has
become all the more earnest since the visit to
this country of James Darympe, the Glasgow
expert who made several pessimistic references to
American politics. The Chicago Tribune, which is
opposed to the purchase of the Chicago traction
system by the city, exults in the fact that Mr..
Dalrymple, although brought to Chicago by Mayor
Dunno had the courage to state his true con-
vctons although they were utterly opposed to
cago had expected The Chicago Evening Ameri-
can takes issue with Mr. Dalrymple
American politics is corrupt. Politicians as
class, are men who seek Office that they may
draw salaries for little work or that they may
enrich themselves by betraying those that
elect them But the work confided to politi-
clans hitherto has been that in which the
people take but vague and indefinite inter-
est--the collection of taxes the punishment
and guarding of criminals, the execution of
public works paid out of the public purse,
where robbery is felt by no one in particular.
Don't imagine that such state of affairs
would exist under municipal ownership and
government ownership. On the contrary, in
stead of dishonest politicians destroying pub
lie ownership public ownership would destroy
dishonest politics and dishonest politicians.
Municipal ownership and national ownership
would compel the people to take real and
constant interest in politics. Everybody
knows that the minute the people really watch
the politicians, and have an interest in what
they do political dishonesty ends
If Mr. Dalrymple would remain in this
country for few weeks and devote his time
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-06-22
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ILL-TREATMENT OF CHINESE

The recent outrage by United States officials
who ill-treated Chinese students who had arrived
III Boston harbor from England, is being widely
discussed in the press. Secretary Taft, speaking
at the eighty-frst commencement of Miami uni
versity, Oxford O., said A
Is it just that for the purpose of exclud-
ing or preventing perhaps 100 Chinese coolies
from slipping into this country against the
law we should subject an equal number of
Chinese merchants and students of high char
acter to an examination Of such an inquisito-
rial, humiliating, insulting and physically un-
comfortable character as to discourage alto
gether the coming of merchants and students?
One of the great commercial prizes of the
world is the trade with 300,000,000 Chinese.
Ought we to throw away the advantage which
we have by reason of Chinese natural friend
ship for us and continue to enforce an I'M
justly severe law, and thus create in the Chi
nese mind a disposition to boycott American
trade and drive our merchants from Chinese
shores simply because we are afraid that we
may for the time lose the approval of certain
unreasonable and extremely popular leaders
of California and other coast states? Does
the question not answer itself? Is it not the
duty OF members of congress and of the exec
utive to disregard the unreasonable demands
of portion of the community deeply preju-
diced on this subject in the far west and in
sist on extending justice and courtesy to a peo-
pie from whom we deriving and are like
ly to derive such immense benefit in the way
Of international trade?
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-06-22

life of political development and evolution
without which the attainment of high public
ends would be almost out of the question
But these clubs, to which men were driven
by fear or, attracted by cupidity, were little
else than conspiracies One Of them in the
Nineteenth ward, which is called the Anti
Golden club, was organized chiefly for the
purpose of Systematically corrupting the
young democrats of the ward with Offices and
jobs under the city government in order to
change its political complexion. Anti Golden,
forsooth! It's machine organizer and patron
cared as little and knew as little about Cob
den or his principles as about the procession
Of the equinoxes. But the title was a use
full blind for deceiying the public, while the
club served as an instrument of municipal
brigandage. Thanks to Mayor Weaver, not
only is the character of these clubs thorough
~ exposed, but they are made impotent for
evil with the rest of the apparatus of an in
famous machine 8
The Outlook, referring to the same evil, APP
proves of the mayors order instructing office
holders to sever their connection with political
clubs, membership in which has been compulsory
on the part of all holding or desiring places in
the public service:
This order will not only cripple these
clubs which have been important part of
the machine" but it will remove impor-
tant source of revenue, as they have been
the means whereby the ofice-hOlders have
been assessed for political purposes. The
second order strikes at the padded assessors y
list evil. 1t requires the police to report on all
names assessed from their residences, and
then to go out of the boarding house business,
so that they will no longer have. an excuse
for registering considerable list of names
from their houses