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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-11-30
COUNTIES HELD NOT LIABLE
Persons Injured by Defective
Roads Cannot Recover.

Des Moines, Ia, Nov. 20.
"There is no provision of sta
tute which enjoins upon the
counties of the state the duty
of keeping in repair ordinary
roadways," says the state SUI
preme court, in affirming the
case of Mary L. Wilson against
Wapello county. She brought
suit for damages for the death
of her husband in a runaway
accident, which she claimed
was due to a defective road and
bridge The supreme court fur
Their declared that the duty of
keeping roads in repair devol-
YES upon the township trustees.
There is no rule OF decisions
recognizing any such duty on
the part OF the county or de-
claring for county liability in
case Of damages arising out of
an alleged defective roadway
condition. In all cases of this
character" continues the court
"the liability must be predica-
ted upon the neglect Of an inn
posed duty. 1t may be here re-
marked that even in bridge
cases the rule in force in this
state is opposed to the weight
OF common law authority, and
we have perslste.ntly refused
to extend the operation of such
rules beyond that class of cases
which involves in all strictness
a claim for damages arising
out of defective bridges, con-
struction or want of repairs
amounting to negligence"
The verdictof the lower court
was against Mrs. Wilson, and
she sought to have itset aside on
the ground that she had chal-
lenged every property owner
and taxpayer on the jury as
having a financial interest in
the outcome of the case. The
supreme court holds that she
had an unqualified right to
change the trial to an adjoining
but failing in that, had
no further right to challenge
taxpayers for cause for serving
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-11-30

lis slleefnilSe IN Indiana.
Three hundred thousand bush
els OF corn is now being husled
within 80 miles of Chicago on
land that three years was UNI
der water. Thi is the resulted
| a practical lesson in farming as
taught by Illinois farmers. 1t
is the story of Illinois energy
transplanted in Indiana soil and
the reclamation o { a great
( swamp.
Ga 5000 acres Of a $4,000
acre tract in the kanlsalScc
1 marsh the yield is from 20 to SO
/ bushels to the acre of as fine
corn as has ever been produced
in this county. The other sec
tions of the biz tract will soon
become as valuable for ag,ricul-
tural Purposes. This phenom-
email accomplishment is the re-
suit of drainage operations that
have been carried on in the face
Of a bitter legal fight against
the natives of the swamp and
which has figured in five courts
in the state of Indiana. Today
a man may take steam launch
and travel 40 miles through
bitches and laterals created by
the Illinois farmers. On this
work Sl5O,OO0 has been spent.
One dredge alone has cut it's
way IL miles since last Februa-
~.
This land three years ago was
sold to the Illinois farmers at
s2l per acre. At that time it
brought an annual rental of so
cents an acre. 1t now brings
over SIS rental and is worth
from $40 to $500 an acre, and
none OF 1T for sale at the latter
figures.
This is the first year since
drainage has commenced that
there has been a real test of
what the land would produce.
Of the $4,000 acres owned by
the Illinois farmers, drainage
has already brought under sue
cessful cultivation $4,000 acres.
One 5000 acre tract has been
divided into l3 farms, on each
OF which there has been built a
set of modern eight-room dwell
ing, barns and capacious corn
cribs, the capacity of the latter
having this year been doubled
to meet the wonderful size of
the crop. All of these buildings
are set on concrete or brick
foundations, and the ceilings
plastered and papered, and hav-
ing water in them. All these
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-11-30

Yes, Mi-o-na cures all forms
of stomach trouble. Elliott &
Harvey gives guarantee with
every SOC box.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-11-30

are located in five townships in
Laport and Porter Counties.
Under the influence of this
great Improvement the little
town of LaCross has been built
up and is fast improving. The
first move of the Illinois men
was to build a school house, for
which a half acre of land was
set apart. From this town
farms of about 300 acres each
are managed by Geo. G. Cook, a
progressive farmer. There is
now building on this farm two
elevators with a capacity of 65,-
600 o bushels of corn. Chicago
Tribune.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-11-30
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RR
Passenger Trains LeavlnG Rode,

WEST BOUND.
No. daily Through Passenger 80. GAL am
No. 5-Daily Through Passenger. -. 500 pm
No. 3i-Daily Local Passenger ...... SOP pm
No. 9l-Except Sunday, Local FRI. :3G pm
EAST BOUND.
No. a-Daily Through Passcnser.... ESQ pm
No. daily Through Passenger =. $50 am
No. 32-Daily Local Passenger ....... 9:25 pm
No. 9-Daily Local Freight. ........ 7:O6 am
Nos. l,s, 5 and will stop on signal for pass
engcrs holding tickets for points beyond Omaha
or for Minneapolis. st. Paul or Chicago. Nos.
81 and ~ run between Council Bluffs and IT.
Dodge only.
Nos. ], S, 81, 2, 4, and 80 run between Oman.
and ct. Paul.
THOMAS J. COCHRAN, Ag.nt.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-11-30
) cial for Colorado SPRINGS

] ldlcatl0ns at the close Of the
days session of the Nation
onclave of the Brotherhood
-!nerican Woman, are that
Paul delegates will be selec-
q from Iowa, and that j. S.
aaser, of Colorado Springs
i be elected Grand Foreman,
- the headquarters will be
eged from Des Moines to
al0rado SPRINGS.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-11-30

on the jury. Such challenges
are uniformly upheld in cases
against municipalities, because
it is possible to go out in the
county and get other jurors,
but unless a change of venue is
taken to another county, tax
payers may serve on juries in
cases against counties in which
they reside.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-11-30
day Nov "a

The chicken fanciers OF the
E yer Valley will hold theil
frs annual exhibition at Dun
LAP December, 26, q, q, and
% A big list Of prizes is Of
fsred to chicken raisers.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-11-30

DR.. Gasson was on the street
today the first time for four
weeks.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-11-30

Glaud Burkett cam down To
IT, Valley yesterday to spend
Sunday with his family.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-11-30

enry Sparks bought a z4v
az farm from w. A. Goshorn
to y. one half mile east of
b 5eetown, paying $4,000 for
IT, zane.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-11-30

arm for Sale My farm Of
acres four miles west Of
! odbine, for sale. Good
ind and Improvements. For
y and terms apply to L. y.
idsen, Woodbine, Iowa.
Jan.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-11-30
Heating stovesa at McGavrens.
Duroc Jersey.

have for sale male and fe-
male Duroc Jersey hogs. Breed
ing and quality equal to the
best. q B RYAN,
Route 2 Nicola, Ia, 3 IL miles
south east of Bebetown. Bell
telephone R al If
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-11-30
One of the trlplets born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew j. Ander-
son several months ago in this
city died this morning.
Corn Judging Contest

Edgecomb & Duer are offer
ing $40 for the best six ears of
corn grown in Harrison or Pot
tawattimie county, delivered at
the Valley Mills on before Dect
9Th 1905. Prof. P. G. Holden.
OF the agricultural college will
judge the corn and award the
prizes Dec. 18th, at the Horti-
cultural meeting in this city.
Prof. Holden will also deliver
his lecture on seed corn at that
time in this city. The prizes
will be So for LIST, Sc for second
Sd for Sd, So for 18th. Every
farmer should compete for one
of these prizes and be present
at corn Judging contest and
hear the lecture by Prof. Hold
en- at the New Theater. The
samples of corn should be tied
together with their own husks
in punches of two to three ears.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-11-30
Claud Burkett and wife will
be the guests of Council Bluffs
and Omaha friends tomorrow.

Judge Green yesterday dis
missed the disbarment proceed
ings against Attorney Thomas
Arthur and taxed the costs to
Attorney George Egan, who
filed the charges.
The Columbus journal., 1905-06-07
GUESTS FOR ROYAL WEDDING
Visiting Princes and Prlncesses Dine
Win Emperor William.

Berlin, Juno 5.-All tho visiting
princes and priEccsscs diIcd with En-
pcror William and Empress Augusta
Victoria In honor OF the Duchess &c.
ella and the Crown Prince Frederick
william. who are u be married to-
morrow. Altogether 2HO persons were
present at the dinner and included
among the guests were cabinet minis
tcrs. generals and admirals. Duchess
Cecilia made Il remarkable personal
impression on the guests. Shc was
animated. cordial and unaffected. En-
pcror William took Grand Duchess
Anastasia to the table and by his at.
tcntion to her quito disprOy"d the
stories of discord between them.
Al tho conclusion of the dinner.
Duchess Cccialia called for two
glasses of champagne and handed
them to two pages who bore her train
There were no tOasts. The GinIcr
ended as II torchlight procession OF
students with flags and music came
down Untcr den Linden. The royal
party went out on bahony. where
the duchess and crown prince stood
In o brilliant light so that tho march.
ers could sec them.
Fivo hundred persons were either
overcome by the heat Saturday on in.
jured In tho crowds which came TO
view the entrance of tho Duchess Cc.
ella into Berlin. Thirty.six Of thcla
are IN serious condition.
The Columbus journal., 1905-06-07
Our psighboring Towns and Villages
Crestoll.

II. a Austin was called home last
Thursday, In consequence Of which
Mr.. Osman Ia no longer In charge Of
tho barber shop. and took hts depar.
ture the following day. Mr.. Austin
attended to ths barber work himself
until Tue sday Of this week. when
NJ. Wright Of Milford arrived and is
now In charge the shop. Mr.. Wright
intends to move hts family here a.
soon - he can lind suitable residence
In which tO live. Mr.. Austin left
again Wednesday evening for Iowa
where he Ia operating q shooting gal.
lsry.
WIN. Wenk 10 having hts store build.
Ing reshinRled this week. .Jef. Lohr
has the contract for the work.
The Annual Convention Of ifthDis.
trict Union Christian Endenvor Con.
tion will os held June iG.isth.
j. !. Lake IL nearly through his
work ~ deputy assessor for Crcston
township. He says the valuation Of
personal property In thu township is
about e5.OOO.O more than II was last
year.
John Lawrence return to Creston
the first Of tha week with hts bride
andhas gone to housekeeping IN the
residence he purchased from Mr.
uotchkiss.
The Columbus journal., 1905-06-07
District A and Vicinity.

A sucGessful term oS nine months
school closed last Friday and the
school board met immediatsly after
close Of school. The house has been
kept In good sanitary condition dur.
ing th.:!entire term aud not withstand.
ing the continued wet weather and no
walks IN the school yard, the board
found the room and tts furniture ~
neat AMI clean "a . new pin. all Of
which was gratifying to q high
degree. Sam Rector OF Columbus wns
the Teacher and the term his init.
iatory.
Miss Kruger. Young daughter Of
Henry Kruger who. until about 10
years ago owned and lived In the
farm now occupied BY John Dishner
IL here on q visit among her relatives.
Mr.. Kruger 10 . brother.in.law to
Henry Engel and now lives In East.
ern Illinois.
Otto Heiden. . young farmer Of
Bismark lost valuable horse Tues.
day Of last week. while driving TOGO.
lumbus with load Of hay. The. horse
suddenly became paralized when near
W. T. Ernsts and died soon after be.
ing taken out Of the harness. He had
owned the team about q month.
for which he paid $780,
During Q trip over the township the
middle Of last week, the writer oh.
served that . destructive hail had Wis.
tied the western part OF the town.
ship. imme diatsly east Of Oconee. The
storm occurred the latter part Of NAV
and cut all small grain to the ground
In a strip about miles wide. Corn
IN many places. planted three weeks
was yet living In water aud mud.
Saturday afternoon II was observed
that the breeze from the southeast
caused the sand In the cOrnRel,ls on
the bottom land to blow In places
where corn was 3 inches high cutting
and damaging the leaves to a large
extent. some farmers were In the field
cultivating strips 70 or 30 rows u part
in order to arrest the blowing sand
and succeeded admirably.
Mrs. Sybaoh who lives on Fred
Strenger's farm has q patch of the
hest potatoes We have seen they were
In bloom Monday.
Winter wheat headed out last Satur.
day and In some fields person might
look the second tino to tell whether
II was wheat or rye.
Henry and Fred Hoppe aud Clar.
ence Broklesby oil Of Riohland were
driving out this way Sunday and
called In few moments 1T Home
Farm,
The Columbus journal., 1905-06-07
Rural Carriers Meet.
(MOnday's Daily.

The Rural Mail carriers of Platte
county met yesterday at Platte Center
and according to the report OF II. B.
Reed. carrier for Route 3. Columbus.
It was an enthusiastic and sucet ssful
meeting. All the rural carriers of the
county were present but three. The
following named officers were elected
for the ensuing year. II. Il. Reed. Co.
lumbus. president; John 4. English.
Humphrey. vice president; Mrs. Rose
Kenyon. Monroe. Secretary; John
Drie. Platte Center. treasurer. Geo.
Hall Oolumbusyand Mrs. Rose Kenyon.
Monroe; delegates to state meeting.
The Columbus journal., 1905-06-07
Hugo Task.

1t was . huge task, to undertake
the cure OF such bad case OF kidney
disease. az that OF G. +. Collier. Of
Cherokee. hut Electric Bitters did
II. lie writes: MY Kidneys were m
far gone. ! could not sit on chair
without cushion; and suffered from
dreadful baokache, headache. and do.
preston. In Electric BitterS. how.
ever. ] found cure. aud by them was
restored to perfect health l recon.
mend this great tonic medicine to all
with weak kidneys. liver or stomac h.
Guaranteed by CEas. Dsck druggist
price 90 cents.
The Columbus journal., 1905-06-07
Calumet
Baking
Powder
Noalth-
/; y Economy <
Show Train Wrecked,

AtChson. Kan. Juno "a special
train Of twcnty.scvCn cars. carrying n
carnival company which gives street
shows. was wrecked In the Santa Fe
yards hero whilo en- route from st.
Joseph to Topeka. A car in the train
jumped tho track and tipped over
three other cars. The following mem.
bcrs of tho company wcrc injured:
Henry witt. back hurt; Harry Trcctcr.
hip injured. ear cut: Jack Osborn.
nose broken, back hurt: Chester W.
Estes Of Louisiana. Mo. badly cut
about tho head. back hurt.
The Columbus journal., 1905-06-07
Cardinal for Aruentina.

Rome. June Tho Tribuna says
that the numerous bishops from Ar.
gCntina who are now In Rome for tho
eucharist congress have accomplished 4
their secret mission Of claiming from
Pope rus II cardinal for Argentina u
one Is named for rraail. The Tribuna
says the mission was successful and
that III" Consistory fixed for this
month has been postponed To- Novcm.
Der, when. Brazilian being made a
cardinal, tho archbishop OF BucnOs
AyrCs will be raised to tho purple.
The Columbus journal., 1905-06-07
Bermuda pushjuu Onions,

London. Juno 6--rhc hotels and
restaurants OF London are being sup
piled FREQ Of charge with onions fresh
from bermuda. The reason for this
Is thnt the Ncrmudan board Of agri.
culture Is anxious that tho virtues Of
this particular colonial product should
be recognized and appreciated In
England as thoroughly as they have
been In America.
The Columbus journal., 1905-06-07
Baseball Results Yesterday.

American Lcaguc--St. Louis. .: Dc.
trOit. 0. Chicago, 2: Cleveland. I
(siXtccn inninrs). National League
Cincinnati. ST: st Louis, IL. Chica
30. "a: Pittsburg. So. Western
Denver, l5: Dcs Mo!nes. g..
Colorado Springs. .: Omaha. .. Sioux
CITY. +: St Joseph. I.
The Columbus journal., 1905-06-07

DR.. J. W. Terry. Optiosn.
The Columbus journal., 1905-06-07
Weaver keeps Up the FIuht,

Philadelphia. June 5.-Mayor Wesv.
or appealed to tho citizens to conccn.
tratc their energies IN the cause Of
honest government and stated that
II has always been his belief that a
city should control and operate It's
public works. Rolla Dance. secretary
Of the city's civil service board. was
removed from office by order of the
mayOr
The Columbus journal., 1905-06-07

Miss Nellie Gaunt--At tho ZOO liked
I'll" monkey house best. Mrs. Ellie
Gaunt- Don't say monkey house."
child; 1t sounds 80 common. Please
call II the "apinry." Cleveland Leader
The Columbus journal., 1905-06-07
Better.

wilkins You've never worked q day
IN your life, have you? Bilkins--NO,
but I've worked lots Of people.-De-
trOit Free IrcsS
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-12-13
ROO jEvELT AND The
LUMBER INDUSTRY

The New York Maritime Register has
very interesting Washington letter
on the land frauds and the relation of
the Keep Commission, of which AS
sistant Secretary of the Treasury Keep
is at the head, in investigating the mat
ter. Speaking of the commercial phase
of the situation, the Register says:
The shipping industry is deeply, if
not palpably, concerned in action to be
expected in the December Congress
looking towards the fostering of timber
for use in shipping directly and for
furniture lumber and the numberless
sorts of cargoes that result from
forest preservation. THE forest policy
of the Government" President Roose-
Welt has said, lis just now a subject of
vivid interest to the people of the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-12-13
CANNES ARE
SLAUGHTERED
Kaimuki Owners Lose
Pets BY Shot and
Poison.

There is desolation in the homes
| of the Kaimuki doggie ones, there is
red wrath in the eye of the said
fanciers of CANNES who abide nearby
where the Waialae Road trolley-car
goeth no further.
It's getting so that man can't keep
a dog UP that way for love or money!
1t was bad enough several months
ago. To-day the condition of things
is infinitely worse.
Along about last July, the Kaimuki
avenues were haunted by several Grip
pied dogs which crawled around with
their headquarters limp and useless.
Investigation revealed a bullet-wound
in every case. Among the victims of
some miscreant's spite were three or
four good animals, which even if not
of any great intrinsic value, were
somebody's pets.
brutes told their woes on the morn
ing car and if the party who fired the
shots could have been discovered, he
would then and there haze been
taught a Statutory lesson.
In course of time Kaimuki was re-
logged and once again the yap-yap Of
the small dog and the deep bass bark
of the large dog were heard in the
land.
Two weeks ago something was MOTTO
ed to be wrong with certain dogs. They
down and die. A trick entirely foreign
to the nature of any healthy dog.
A great Dane dallied with a plump
section of strychnined steak and only
the conscientious work of horse doc
tor saved his life. A fox-terrier found
a bone in his masters yard and after
eating the meat went and hid the bone
against a rainy day, like the frugal
little doggie that he was Then he
went and hid himself and wasn't dis
covered by the family until a week
later. He hid too close to the house.
In all seven dogs have recently gone
to the dogs heaven via the poison
route and once again is the district
dedogpopulated.
Again are the owners of dear, dead,
the poisoner when his Identity shall
have been discovered.
Once more do the crew of the
Waialae Road car listen to narrowing
tales of canine woe, as they pilot the
Mountain Scenery Express" to and
| from the Pawaa switch
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-12-13

United States in general. The forest
reserves themselves are of extreme
value. They powerfully affect the use
and disposal of the public lands They
are created for lumbermen, transporta-
ton companies, ship-builders and COM
mercial Interests in general
The President condemned the patent
ing of forest lands by the Government
to certain greedy claimants whose
only interest in the forest is Temporal
ry,' he said: who are anxious to reap
what they. have not sown and then
move away, leaving desolation behind
them
Touching on the difficulty of busy de-
part1nent heads detecting cases Of
fraud where subordinates are interest
ed in keeping them quite, the Register
says further;
No official of a Department who
wants to support his ultimate superb
or, the President, in exposing corrup-
ton, should hesitate TO carry know
ledge of it to some capable and willing
Investigator whom the law entrusts
with the care of the nations welfare
But who shall this be? The President
so. Intervening superiors may be
either the guilty themselves. or so (in-
nocently) friendly towards the culprits
that, between preoccupation and BIAS,
no sufficient notice will be taken of any
still small voice Of a lowly subordinate.
How many months or years was it be-
fore a Secretary could be induced to
credit his ears and indict a United
States Senator and two representatives
in Congress for land frauds? The ex-
istence of the Keep Commission is
the testimony of the President that a
collateral investigating body is needed
even in matters Of mere Department
routine. AS the Keep Commission
summons to its aid Department clerks,
so, it is said, the Public Lands Commit
tee of Congress might have detailed to
it, for special service" some clerk to
help it in ascertaiping what remedial
legislation is necessary in disposing of
the public land wealth of the nation
to the nations best advantage. The
House Pension Affairs Committee has
similar detail
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-12-13
THE SALVATION|STS'
CHRISTMAS TREE
The Salvation Army has issued the
following letter to the public:

The Salvation Army has issued the
following letter to the public:
December 6, 1905
Dear Friend: In accordance with our
usual custom we are arranging for
some special relief work at Christmas
time and desire to bring the cheer and
blessing of the season into the hearts
and lives of those who otherwise would
not enjoy any of its blessings.
We are having q Christmas tree for
about two hundred newsboys and poor
children, giving each child suitable
present, together with fruit and candy,
and will also do what we can to help
anyone who otherwise would be neg
lected, and would be glad to have such
cases brought to our attention.
Last year our Christmas effort was
very successful, and was greatly appre-
ciated by those we helped This year
we hope to make it even a greater sue
such assistance as your means will al
low The money contributed will be
used for the above mentioned purpose,
and anything left over will be applied
to meet the needs of our local work
here in the city.
Thanking you for past favors. and
assuring you that all money received
will be used to the greatest advan-
tage in helping the needy of our city.
[ am, respectfully yours.
3. HAYNES. Ensign.
Make checks payable to B. Haynes
or if desired, notify us by mail and we
will call for your contribution.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-12-13
A PROMINENT PUBLISHER EN-
DORSES CHAMBERLAIN COUGH
REMEDY.

Mr.. Leon c. Streeter. proprietor of
the Worcester, Cape Colony. Standard,
says: For the past seven years. or
since we have been in South Africa.
Chamberiain's Cough Remedy has al
ways been kept in our household My
wife has found it to be invaluable with
the children and croupy symptoms have
disappeared with astonishing but pleas
ing rapidity under it's influence" For
sale by Benson, Smith & Co, Ltd,
agents for Hawaii.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-12-13

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