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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-07-20

Harrison County, Iowa, ac-
cor ling to Government Crop
Report for 1904, shows the fol
lows productions:
Winter Wheat, APO bushel.
Spring Wheat, 2sO,s90 bushel
Corn, 1855, $50 bushel.
Oats, 1885, bushel.
Rye, 1860 bushel.
Barley, 3l,S0O bushel.
Potatoes, 169,400 bushel.
Tame Hay, 24,57O tons.
Wild Hay saved, 20, 100 tons.
What the crop yield for 1905
will be can not yet be determine
ed, but from present prospect it
is reasonable to presume that it
will largely exceed that of 1904.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-07-20

The supreme court decision
on the ditch cases makes every.
body in thie city happy. II
now looks like the bitches
would soon be dug.
Miss Eleanor Fensler left for
Danville, ILL.,, this afternoon.
While away she will visit
Washington, D. c., New York
City, and other points of inter-
est in the East. She will be
absent all summer.
w. u. Parr arrived from The
Dalls, Oregon, this afternoon.
He will be in the Valley for a
few days. He thinks that
Oregon is u great country.
The barn and granery on the
Phil Kirlin farm was burned
Wednesday night with all the
farm machinery etc they con-
tanned. Mr.. Kirlin thinks the
fire was started by tramps.
AS Il corn day this can't be
beat. The prospects for an i'm
mense corn crop is simply
grand.
A. r. Davis, of Wayne, Neb.,
was in the Valley yesterday,
the guest of DIR. Gamble.
Kirt Kelsey is quite sick
since his return from Califor-
MIA.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-07-20
A Big Land Deal.

Geo. p. Shiller, of Contra
City, Neb., this week purchas.
ed the ]. j. Kennedy farm Of
5l2 acres near Calhoun, paying
for the same $50 per acre. In
the deal Mr.. Kennedy takes q
two thousand and eighty acre
ranch in Nebraska with 200
head of cattle on the same
This is one of the largest land
deals ever made in the county
and was made through the real
estate agency of j. P. Martin.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-07-20
Hughle Fitch Shot.

Hughie, the seven year old
son of L. L. Fitch, who lives
near Crisp, was accidently shot
Monday morning by his elder
brother, Albert with a % cali
Der revolver which had been
borrowed of a neighbor to shoot
rats with. The little fellow
found the gun and was playing
with it when his brother tried
to take it from him, the weapon
being discharged in the attempt
The bullet entered the right
side and passed through the
liver, but it has not vet been
determined whether it passed
through the intestines. The
little victim suffered very sew.
erely Monday night and Tues
day until late in the night
when he seemed to improve,
the report late Thursday morn.
ing being quite favorable. Oh.
server.
The boy mentioned above is
a nephew of c. D. Fitch, the
barber in this city.
c. L. Kelsey reports the lar.
gest days business in the histo.
ry of his office, Lawson day.
His press dispatches alone, for
the day amounted to $4,000
Mr.. c. F. Fox, District Supt., OF
Des Moines, was here all day
soliciting the press matter, and
brought with him an extra tel
egraph operator from Council
Bluffs. A corps of Press Re.
porters kept their typewriters
humming for several hours get.
ting Mr.. Lawsons speech ready
for distribution to the various
large newspapers of the Eastern
and Middle States.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-07-20
Chau,augun Clases.


The Chautauaua at Missouri
Valley which really closed last
Sunday, was the best thing
that has ever been held in the
county in the way of entertain
ment and instruction. All it's
work was good and for good.
The lectures were first class
and elevating in every sense.
The sermon by DR.. Cadman, on
Sunday morning was as fine as
anything we ever heard. His
lecture i'm the afternoon on the
puritan" was very good. This
Chautauqua should be repeated
next year.
Interest in it has grown and
with the greater interest
there has been an increased at
tendance. While it may not
have been a great financial sue
cess it has been a success in
other and really better ways.
The general trend of lectures
and sermons was for a better
and purer civic life, at least
for an exposure of graft" and
corruption in public office. Folk
on the first day sounded the
key note and Bryan and the
Others expanded it into a grand
chorus which should be main
tanned until corruption, graft"
and such evils as afflict the
body polite, debasing and in
oculating it with the germ of
destruction, be banished and
branded so effectually that the
boodler and CRATER will be
known outcasts in every com
munity in the land where they
have done their nefarious work.
Logan people have been we'll
represented every day at the
Chautauqua. Let it be repeat
ed next year and it will have a
paying patronage. observer.
Ed Reed and mother and
daughter leave for the eastern
part of the state Monday for a
six weeks visit. Rush Lahman
will be manager of the base
ball club during Mr.. Reeds
absence.
Mrs. VIM. Quick and Miss
Clara Eyer returned to Nc
Clelland after a visit with Mrs.
Stobehn.
The marriage of Chris Lor-
enzen and Miss Muriel Blair
occurred in Ida Grove the first
of July.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-07-20
The marriage of Chris Lor-
enzen and Miss Muriel Blair
occurred in Ida Grove the first
of July.
House and Lot for Sale.

A good 5 room house, 2 clos.
cts, | pantry, cellar, cisterll
city water. Will sell cheap, OF
trade on farm. Write, or cal
on Andrew P. Peterson,
628, North 18th street,
.jy29 Mo, Valley, la.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-07-20
cA8roEIA.
Bear. tho n1he Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature a lexHAzZsza<

The Northwestern is having a
new roof put on the depot.
We have it from headquarters
that this corporation will build
a new depot at this station in
2O04. Woodbine Twiner.
Mrs. E. A. Bramon, of Rock
Island, ILL.,, arrived in the city
yerterday, and will visit here
for a short time with relatives
and friends.
During the storm yesterday
evening, a hail stone fell in M.
ID. Bramon's yard, on north 9Th
street, that measured 8 inches
in circumference.
Geo. Gumb is painting his
saloon building. Zach Taylor
is doing the work.
The hail last night broke a
plate glass window in the Van
Hosen home on Crown Hill.
The hail broke a window in
w. d. Skeletons harness shop
last night.
William Reese returned from
South Dakota last night, where
he has been on land business.
P. E. Robinson returned from
Grand Rapids, Mich, last night,
where he had been to attend
the funeral of his brother.
j. w. Hatcher and Harriet
w. Smith, both of this city,
were married in Council Bluffs
yesterday.
M. |. lverson, of Beebeetown,
telephoned this morning that
they had a fine rain over in
that country last night, but no
hail.
Miss Carrie Carter went to
Council Bluffs this afternoon
for a weeks visit with her
uncle, Ed Colenso.
Mrs. jeanette Price, of Oma-
ha, is here for a visit with rel
atives.
Leslie Jones, son of Harry
Jones, is visiting his aunt, Mrs.
Sara Goodwin, south of town.
Mrs. j. H. Ammons, living
in the west part of town, found
a piece of hail after the storm
last night that measured 81
inches in circumference and 8
inches through.
Mrs. John Colenso went to
Council Bluffs this afternoon,
where she will spend several
days with her daughter, Mrs.
Ed Colenso.
R. w. Conner, of Hamburg,
was a Valley visitor yesterday
the guest OF DR.. Gamble.
r. E. Hoyle left for Beatrice,
Neb., this afternoon where he
goes for a ten days vacation.
Mrs. Roy Bixby and Mrs.
Tom Farnsworth returned to
their home in Council Bluffs
this afternoon after a visit here
with Mrs. Geo. Kellogg.
C. F. Bachelor was a Sioux
City visitor today.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-07-20

The band concert on the
street Wednesday evening was
enjoyed b. everybody, and
many have spoken to US about
it saying what a nice thing it
would be if these concerts
could be given about two even
ings a week. A little effort
put forth would enable mo ley
enough to be raised to have two
street concerts each week.
Talk it up.
Father Hummert, the Catho-
lie priest at Earring, got so in.
terested in watching the Fourth
of-July parade that he forgot
he had q lighted fire cracker il
his hand until it went off, tax.
ing a part Of three fingers with
it. Woodbine Chronicle.
Henry Wacker and Sons have
made another contract with the
county to care for county pau
pers for another year. The con
tract was closed Monday at the
adjourned session of the board.
-Woodbine Chrnnicle.
W. H. Fensler is in Logan to-
day on business.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-07-20


Miss Myrtle Smith Of Coun-
Gil Bluffs spent a few days here
with her friend Miss Nancy
Marshall.
Miss Effie Petit has been
here for the last thr ,e weeks
visiting her brother BILLY Pet
tit. She leaves this afte moon
for her home in South Omaha.
Guy Cox, of this city, and
Sam DeCou, of Woodbine, leave
for the west next Sunday morn
ing. They will visit Denver,
Salt Lake City, and other wes-
tern cities and then go on to
Washington, where Guy will To-
cate for the practice of the law
profession.
Marshall Butcher is in oma-
ha today on city business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Down
were the guests Of Mrs. VIM.
Krauskopf yesterday.
0A0ToRfA:.
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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-07-20

The people Of Logan have
occasion to feel proud of the
members of the Logan Dram
attic company for the improve
ments in the Logan Park. Last
year they had a walk put dag
onally across the Park, and a
few days ago they had 10 seats
distributed in the Park under
the trees. These improve
ments go a long way in making
the Park take on city manners
and appearances. The posteri-
ty Of Logan will bless these
young people in after years
for these improvements. We
next need a fountain in the
Park and the Gazette will give
SIS as a starter to get one .-Lo-
gan Gazette.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-07-20
DRAlnAGE Law GOOD
Undualifiedly Sustained BY SUI.
preme Court
Decide Appeals In Wright and
Beuna Vista Cases
Judges Bishop and Weaver 81
the Same Mind
Opinions Coincide on constitu.
tlonality Of Statute--AffeCts
Numerous bitches In
State.


State.
Des Moines, Ia, July 49,
Iowa's new drainage ditch law,
enacted by the last session of
sEe state legislature, was today
unqualifiedly sustained by the
supreme court in two opinions
covering three appeals, which
had been made upon the ground
that the law was unconstitu-
tional. The opinions were per-
haps the most important hand
ed down by the court in some
time. Numerous large drain
age projects were waiting upon
the action of the court.
One of the opinions was writ
ten by Judge Bishop in the case
of Sisson VS.. Board of Super
visors of Buena Vista county.
1t consists of thirty typewrit-
ten pages and reverses the low
er court rulings of Judge
Bailey. The second opinion
was written by Judge Weaver
in the certiorari proceedings Of
Ross VS. Board of Supervisors of
Wright county. 1t was also
lengthy and fully conceded
with Bishops opinion, uphold
ing the constituticnality of the
law.
In the Buena Vista case an
injunction suit was originally
filed to restrain supervisors
from constructing drainage
bitches on ground that tn e
statute was in direct contra
vention of the constitution and
was consequently void; that the
title was defective in not ex-
pressing the subject matter;
that the legislature had at
tempted to eliminate the diff
ference between private and
public lands; that the appeal
provided for the property own
ers affected deprived them of
the right of trial by jury; that
an assessment greater than the
benefit of abutting property
was permitted; that it enabled
the board of supervisors to use
the credit of the entire county
for the benefit of a particular
community.
Judge Bailey in the district
curt granted a temporary in
junction, granting in part the
prayer of the plaintiffs. Both
sides appealed.
Judge Bishop in his opinion
goes into detail in the various
provisions of the law, quoting
them and explaining each. He
states that the statute in all
points in controversy, is in per-
feet accord with the constitu-
tion. In conclusion he states:
"It is our conclusion upon the
whole case that there is made
to appear no violation of the
constitution in any respect.
The injunction should not have
been granted and the lower
court should have dismissed
the petition entire"
Miss MYRTLE Smith of COun.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-07-20
Aboutmllk.

AUSuSNu1uAs
/ have been asked why it is
that cream came to the top of
the milk. Now, the gravity of
cream is greater than milk, so
why should it float? A. Your
difficulty in understanding the
rising of cream upon milk,
and its separation in a separa-
tor, is due to your statement
that the specific gravity of
cream is greater than that of
milk; this is not the case. Milk
is heavier than water, its speci-
fic gravity ranging from 1.029
to 1.O34 at 60 deg. F. A quart
of water weighs 2 pounds 1888
ounces. Aquart of milk weighs
2 pounds 2.38 ounces on the av-
erage; if it contains a larger
per cent of butter fat it will
weigh less, and if less butter
fat it will weigh more. Since
fat is lighter than water the
more fat it contains the less
the milk weighs, unless the
lime and other solids which
are heavier than water are also
in greater proportion. So also,
milk is heavier after the fat
has been removed. Skim milk
has a specific gravity from
1.O33 to l.O37. Cream, there
fore, comes to the top of milk
which is set away in quiet, be-
cause the cream is lighter than
the rest of the milk. Butter
also, after it is worked, floats
!, in water or milk. Our figures
are taken from a government
report on the subject and may
be received as reliable. Scien-
ltific American.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-07-20
E,a.dale lteas

6SeSS0 vvAASSO = AASvS 4O0AASAH O1
course couldn't. "Old Biddy
has laid SO eggs and is setting
on them to hatch them all out.
Old Biddy made a long nest
in the hay NOV then commenc-
ed to fill it up. After filling it
up with 60 eggs she set to work
to hatch some chickens. She
got some quite we'll along and
some not so far. Wife had to
spoil her calculations.
Fred Hughs says his barley
will do to cut about Thursday.
1t is a good crop and will bring
Fred lots of money.
Raspberries are almost gone.
They have been a middling
crop and a good price.
| attended the Chautauqua
Sunday to hear Rev. Cadman,
and must say that he is a fine
speaker and gave two excellent
discourses.
/ have had some more exper-
fence in bee ology. By-and-by
am going to keep bees right
or not at all. Mine swarm
from l to 2 day. They will
get so weak swarming so that
they can't make any honey.
Fred Hughs has had a hoeing
bee to clear out his corn. He
wants to get rid of the wild
sunfowers.
About that cockleburr setting
out after being out in the sun
a half day it will kill it as dead
as a door nail.
| have been catching quite a
number of rats in a trap. By
the-by / got one by his toes,
they came off and he went
away. He must have told the
rest for guess they have all
left.
presume Rev. j. M. Will
liams and others will go up
Pixies Peak as they are living
at Manatou. I'll have to tell
of my experience going up the
hill maybe in my next.
Uncle Ed Benton had a party
Tuesday evening. Had ice
cream and lots of good things.
Some from Calhoun were
down to Sunday School last
Sunday.
All Darling thinks the Cum
berland raspberries beats all
the others. Well guess | will
have to try them.
Mrs. Crumm picked three
and a half crates of raspberries
Monday on H. w. Clovers field
in about three eighths of a day.
Now if anyone can beat that
/ will have to see what | can
do.
It looks like dry-hot weather
has set in. Later. l guess l
will take that all back for
Thursday night was one of
those big rain storms. The
rain came down in perfect
floods.
Daniel Cole had his road
that he fills up every year with
straw, hay, brush and dirt
washed away. He has that ex-
perience every year.
Mr.. Hinkley led the prayer
meeting last Wednesday night.
There was a good attendance.
Mr.. Hollister will lead it next
Wednesday night and next
Sunday at a p. m. he breaches
at the school house.
The people Of Logan have
Occasion to feel proud of the
members of the Logan Dram
attic company for the improve
ments in the Logan Park. Last
year they had a walk put dag
0nollv ocrocc tho porL ond q
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-07-20
Missouri R!yef Within q Mia Of
SsQdatts

Missouri R!yef Nlthia q MIA Of
sscdatt
Pride Of Modalc!
The usual overflow Of the
Missouri river filled the tribut-
airy streams and adjacent low
grounds until the waters came
within mile of our town, COW
ering hundreds of acres of
titled soil, destroying a part of
the crops thereon. The high
waters rapidly receded, begin
ming Saturday and now every
thing is resuming it's normal
condition.
i Following is a list of farmers
and amount each lost, as near
as we have been able to learn
up to the present time: VIM.
Jobe, 20 acres corn, l acre po-
tatoes; Gus Palmer, 20 acres
corr; John Mcintosh, Is acres
corn; Press Mcintosh, Is acres
Germ; Warren Caywood, GO acres
corn, 6 acres oats, 2 acres po-
tatoes, 6 acres cane; Tom Da-
Wis, 20 acres corn, 2 acres pota-
toes, 2 acres beans. H. II. Boyd
and Tom Hodson lost every
thing but their onions. II. H.
Coburn, Wild Ritchison and Lu
Mcintosh lost the big end of
iheir crop, Geo. Olinger a few
srcs of corn and about so acres
potatoes.
In the above is a total loss of
between $50 and 400 acres of
corn. The boys had made the
effort Of their lives for a big
crop and they had the best
crop they ever had raised.
/ j. S. McGavren moved his
family out onto the farm today
for the summer.
About a week ago Bennett
got out his sprinkling wagon
and made one trip. That after
noon it commenced raining and
has been at it ever since. 1t
looks as if the sprinkling wagon
and the clerk of the weather
had combine, as the sprinkler
draws pay by the season, not
for actual work performed.
IWoodbine Twiner.
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The cost of the Dennison
trial has been certified up to
County Auditor Atkins from
Montgomery county, and the
amount is fixed at $1,623.2O.
There is also $129 which the
state has moved to be re-taxed,
as this is an amount of expense
caused by Dennison summon
ing witnesses that he did not
use. We understand that coun-
ty attorney Fallon was assured
that the Civic Federation and
the Diamond Association would
stand this expense, but it will
remain to be seen what they
will do about it.-Logan Nu-
|cleus.
AboutN1llk.
! have been asked why it is
that cream came to the top of
the milk. Now, the gravity of
cream is greater than milk, SO
why should it float? A. Your
difficulty in understanding the
rising of cream upon milk,
and it's separation in a separa-
tor, is due to your statement
that the specific gravity of
cream ic creator than that of
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-07-20
Notice to Contractors.

Notice is hereby given that
sealed bids will be received by
Harve Jones. secretary of Fair
view school district, Lagrange
township, at his home, until
Thursday. July 20, 1905, for the
construction of a school house.
Plans and specifications can be
seen at c. H. Deur's office, Mo.
Valley. The school directors
reserve the right to reject any
or all bids.
CHAs. RouRRE,
w. H. ADAMS,
July 20. W. A. SELvY,
Directors.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-07-20

]. S. Wattles is in Fremont
on business today.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-11-22

Verify things are going wrong In
Zion. Following the inexcusable eff
froDtery OF the American party In
winning victory, the Deseret News
and Truth are engaged in a wild
and woody encounter over Truths
claim that the news supported the
Democratic ticket. Now comes Susa
Young Gates 10 Truth with an article
she says the News refused to print
and tells the why and wherefore Of
the whole business in such a way as
is calculated to leave no doubt ~
Last but not least, Mel 5. Bell, of
Logan, went Democratic in the re-
cent election. What are we coming
to. anyway?
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-11-22
Notice Of Annual Meeting.

Notice is hereby given, that the
annual meeting of the landowners of
the Logan and Richmond Irrigation
district will be held on Monday, Dec
ember 4, 1905, at IL o'clock a. m. in
the court house, Logan, Utah, for the
purpose Of hearing the annual report
of the secretary and treasurer, levying
a tax to defray the expenses of the
company for one year and transacting
any other business that may properly
come before the meeting.
LARS G. PETERSON,
Secretary.
Dated at Logan, Noy. y, 1905.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-11-22
THAT SHORT CUT.

For the last twenty years Logan
has wanted" the o. S. l.. TO run its
line to the city straight across the
valley from Cache Junction, but how
badly has the town wanted it? Bad
enough to ask the o. S. l.. officials il
they would make the cut? Bad
enough to find out what inducements
were necessary to make the cut? Bad
enough to meet any request OF the o..
s. l.. otlicialsy Bad enough to retail
ate in an effective manner If the re-
quest were refused? NO, THRICE
NO. Then the city has not wanted
this straight cut very much, has it?
DO they really want this cut now?
There's much talk about 1t, but in
case of necessity are the people OF Lo-
gan ready aud willing to meet any
possible emergency as the Wellsville
and Hyrum people have met theirs?
The people OF the valley must realize
the fact that wanting" railroads,
factories or any other developments
will not bring them: they must real
lie that money or its equivalent is
about the only thing that talks ef-
fectively in this age BY the expehdi-
ture of considerable energy and a lit
tie money at this time in various ways
this valley eau be made to pay an in
terest on the investment hundred
fold the valley can be put in the line
of progress. II the people really
WANT this valley TO grow and are
willing to pay the price as they
must when other wants are graft
fed, then this valley will grow-not
till then.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-11-22

a mining company has but vague
idea as to what purpose the money, 50
realized by the company, will be appli-
ed, his thoughts being directed to the
investment side Of the proposition, and
not to the practical results looked for
in mine development: and he does not
realize that. with many Others, he is
in a cooperative enterprise.
A more general realization OF this
fact would be of untold benefit to the
company involved, rs then every stock
holder would exert every effort to in
duce friends and acquaintances to join
with him in providing funds for the
thorough exploitation and equipment
OF the property in which he is inter-
ested, and every member Of the COM
pany would be a committees OF one to
further the interests Of the corpora
ton, whose success depends as much
upon its ability to fully develop its
holdings as it does upon the real and
intrinsic value of its property.
If every stakeholder felt that he was
as much member of mining com
pany as is its president, and would
work for The best interest Of the same
with equal zeal and honest effort.
there would be more successes to be
recorded in the annals of mining his
tory in west"