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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-02-15

Woodbine Chronicle: "The
daily papers Tuesday published
the news of the arrest of |. D.
Hull, at his ranch near Mirage,
Neb., on charges connected with
the demonstrating by soldiers
widows of land in western Ne
braslla under the kincade Act,
!, a year or SO ago. At that time
MIR. Hull, who for many years
has been a resident of this town,
acted as a locator for home
steaders, and acted under a ru-
ling then in force in the Interi-
or Department which allowed
the widows of soldiers to
homestead land and be required
to rema.,s upon it before prov
ing up. The reports in the dali
les are decidly misleading in
some respects. and ME-. Hull in
forms us that he has no doubt
of being able to clear himself of
the charges, and his trip home
this week was for the purpose
iof securing papers and authori-
ties under which he acted. lie
has been a highly respected cit
lzen Of our town for many years
and his friends wish him COM
plete success in his endeavor to
satisfy the government that he
has not been guilty of any mis-
demeanor. The government is
very active at present in its eff
/ fort to punish the big cattlemen
of the west who have attemp-
ted to convert a large part of
the public domain to their own
use Mr.. Hull has not been
connected in any way as an
awnar with these mon, and we
trus. will not be compelled to
suffer for their acts. His long
and honorable career as one of
| or citizens will make it diff
cult for our people to believe
that he has Intentionally done
wrong"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-02-15

ceive their pay in sums not exc
ceeding 80 per cent of the en-
gineer's monthly estimates on
work done. The firms having
the ditch operations in charge
are required to push the con-
struction with all possible dis
patch. The drainage board re-
serves the right to give ten
days notice for fastening the
work, and on failure of the con-
tractors to comply, the engin-
may take possession of all
no!s ard machinery, carry on
The undertaking himself and
tax the expense. including the
"o~~oss fees in case of litiga-
ton. to be deducted from the
/: ,ntract price. AS an alterna-
vs., the board NAV declare the
contract void and relet the work
to other bidders.
While the board did not form
lily axtend the time of the con-
ra-.s beyond the dates origin-
lily fixed for completion of the
work, a provision in the agree
nent says that an additional
period shall be allowed for de-
ay due to injunctions. AS four
ind one half months have been
ost on account of the suits
brought by r. A. Brown & Co.,
he contractors will be entitled
0 that much extra time.
When bids were made last
September, the specifications
jailed for section No. 4 to be
inished August l of this year,
No. 3 by September and Nos.
| and 2 by November l.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-02-15
AnnOlI.lC cement
Illinois Central nv

The Illinois Central maintains double
daily service, and operates the best Oh
trains, with dining cars, buffet library
cars, chair cars and sleeping cars, from
Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati and Lou
isvillc south to New Orleans The best
road for reaching the winter tourist
resorts of the Snllh nAluliun
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Tanner to Speak in Iowa.

Marshalltown, Ia, Feb. 8
The annual encampment of the
Iowa Grand Army of the Re
public will be held June 5, 6
and Z. Commander-in Chief
Tanner has promised to be pre-
sent. The encampment will be
held at Boone.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-02-15
RETAINS THE CHECKS.
Joint Board Takes No Chance
OF Imperfect Bond.
Will Hold Contractors Guar.
antes as precaution.
Hearing OH Assessment Bene=
fits May Be April 25.
Board May Ask For Alterna=
tive Bids on Bond Issue at
S and 6 Per Cent.

Nonparell, Feb. ll.-ln ap-
proving guaranty bonds to COW
er ditch digging operation; by
the Western Dredging company
of Omaha and Pollard, Golf &
Co., of Champaign, I'LL. the
joint drainage board of Potta-
wattamie and Harrison counties
yesterday took the precaution
to retain the contracts with
those firms signed on Friday
and the certified checks for
$4,000 each which they filed
with their bids last September.
This was done becau sc the bond
ing company had nor delegated
anyone in Council Bluffs to act
with authority to bind it.
The board spent the whole
forenoon waiting on the agent
Iof the surety concern to come
back from Omaha. waither he
had gone the day before to get
his credentials. While across
the river, he discovered that
the power Of alto ney he pos
sessed was good only in Neb-
raska, and not i'm Iowa. He
telegraphed to his Headquarters
in the ast, and q Wire message
came in reply authorizing Q
Council Bluffs firm TO sion the
bonds. The rne ssage said that
the written power of attorney
would follow.
RETAIN ALL DOC uMENTs.
On receipt Of this word the
drainage body approved the
bonds, but decided rot to sur
rendered either duplicate con-
tracts or certified checks until
the documentary certificate
from the bonding company ar
rlves. If anything should 20
wrong in the meantime, the
board will have everything in
Its possession, even to the tele-
gram from the bonding COM
pany. The bonds, which will
be permanently retained until
completion and approval of the
ditch woecs, are for these
amounts: Western Dredging
company. S21, 800; Pollard, Gofr
& Co, s1o,532.
Adjournment was taken BIZ
the joint board until April "a
at 2 p. NJ, without assessment
of benefits. This part OF the
program was left to the two
county auditors, who will send
out the required notices. The
date of the hearing will prob
ably be April 25,
A resolution was pa, ;sed prior
to adjournment fixing the com
pensation of newspapers at 3
rate not TO exceed as cents pel
square for publishing ofic ia
notices Of the hearing on the re
port of the commissioners ap
pointed to assess benefits. Thi,
rate is to include two publica-
tions.
MAY ASK ALTERNATIVE BIDS.
In relation to the details q
the $230,O0O bond issue which
is to be made for carrying out
the ditch project the members
of the board may deci6e to ask
for separate bids on the alter
native basis of 5 and 6 per cent
Most of the supervisors are d
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-02-15
- "a 81 n q II 7 "a.
a-s th. y The Kind YeD Haze Always Bong
', :: lz11z1zzzzW
Try to Smile,

- w oanhsos
When the flame of hope dies low
Tcy to smile.
When the winds Of trouble blow
Try to smile.
When there's sadness in the
heart,
When from Love you're far
apart,
When the tears of sorrow start
Try to smile.
It's an easy thing to give
Just a smile.
And so blessed toreceive-
Just a smile
How it lights one on the way,
How it turns night into day.
How it chases care away
Just a smile.
Manson Democrat.
MRS. R. Newton is reported
better this morning.
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New ORLEANS, YiCksburQ,
GulfpOrt, Miss, Hammond, La

Marei Gras at New Orleans Feb. 27
'0G, Gullport is a Mexican Cali Coast
resort havie@ the rev ilnc Great
Southern hotel Regular ccan1stcam
ship sailings from New srlclms fol
Mexico, Central America. Panama
West Indies and Europe Send or cal
for descriptive matter ill regard to tho
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METHOD OF PAYMENT.

The only point of division
that developed was on the
question whether the contracts
should specify payment for the
hitch work in cash or bonds
County Attorney Hess of Pot
tawattamie pointed out tina,
che bids accepted by the con
tractors gave the drainage
board it's option of paying by
either method, or both. anc
that it was not necessary to say
in advance which mode should
oe followed. County Attorney
Fallon of Harrison agreed with
him, but c. w. Kellogg of Mis-
souri, Valley, representing Pol
ard, Golf & Co, declared the
bidders had a right t. know
now which form of payment t.
expect, so that they could lay
sheir plans accordingly.
The matter was fought out
among the attorneys, the super
visors taking little part in thu
discussion. The idea of Messrs
less and Fallon ultimately pre-
Jailed. but the sentiment was
expressed on all hands that
lash would undoubtedly be
oaid, as the bonds are expected
to sell at a premium.
A resolution was passed
authorizing Chairman ii. c..
Brandes of the joint body,
Chairman Allen Bulls of Potta-
wattamie, and Chairman John
Hall Of Harrison county to
sign the contracts.
TERMS FOR THE WORK.
Below are the terms on
which the work will be done:
Section No. / (Willow creek
Earth to be moved, 647,688
cubic yards; price yer yard, q
cents; contract price, $48, 576.60.
Section No. 2 (Allen creek j.
Earth to be moved, 61,673
cubic yards; price per yard, u
cents; contractprice, SAP, 125.47.
Section No 8 upper Boyer
cutoff Earth to be moved,
217,507 cubic yards; price per
yard, 81 cents; contract price,
$11, 1892.
Section No. q Clover Boyer
cut-off) Earth to be moved
lO6,97G cubic yards; price pei
yard, 10a cents; contract price
Sill 1882.
The length OF the various
sections is as follows: No. 1,
1856 miles; No. 2, 1851 miles
Nos. 3 and a combined, 5.6s
miles.
The quantities of earth fol
1.-THE two Boyer cutoff sections
are subject to reduction, as the
report of the original survey
included some items twice.
This will cut down the cost OF
the work from the contract
figures to some extent.
TO PUSH CONSTRUCTION.
1t is stated in the instrument
that the contractors shall re
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-02-15

: The revival services that
have been conducted at thu
Church of Christ in Logan by
B. Franklin Hall of Woodbine !,
'closed on Sunday evening
They were quite successful IS
1 forty-five were added to the
church membership. On Tues
day evening Mr.. Hall gave an
entertainment of an elocution-
airy character, which has been
reported as exceedingly good
and we'll attended. Observer.
Nearly thirty thousand old
soldiers have died within the
last six months. 1t will not be
long until all of the gallant
survivors Of the Civil War will
have been laid to rest under
green mounds, but the memory
of their gallant desds will live
forever in the memory of a
grateful people. Manson Dem
ocrat.
L G. Windsor, of Fremont,
is in the Valley organizing :;
oage of Homesteaders.
Harry Newton is rcported
better today.
Dr.. and Mrs. Warren will en-
terrain few friends at whis
this evening".
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-02-15

the opinion that 5 per cent will
be large enough to float the
bonds at a good premium. Mo-
mona county built one ditch at
a cost of S2l,O00 and collected
$40 premium on the sale of it's
/ 5 per cent securities.
That there will be a strong
demand for the ditch bonds is
indicated by the fact that Aud
itor Cheyne has been getting
inquiries every day of late from
individuals and firms that may
invest in them. Communities
lions of this sort have been
coming in at intervals for the
last eight months. The in
quirers are widely scattered, as
MI. Cheyne has had letters
from Ohio, New York, Chicago,
Minneapolis. Kansas City, St.
Louis and other diversified
points.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-02-15

1t would be a god thing if
the system below was adopted
in Mo. Valley. We saw a team
allowed to stand in the cold the
other day in this city from 10
O'clock in the m3rning until
1880 that night without feed
OF water.
In an effort to break up the
custom of allowing horses to
remain tied for hours upon the
streets of Council Bluffs, the
police department will in the
future, after a reasonable
length of time has elasped, take
charge of all animals found
standing and place them in a
livery barn at the owners ex-
pense. Farmers have been in
the habit OF coming to the city,
tieing their teams to a conven-
lent post and after entering a
saloon, forget all about the an
imals. AS a result cases have
been known where as many as
twelve hours have elapsed be-
fore the owner decided to go
home. During this time the
horses were without food OF
water and in most instances not
even blanketed. Luckily the
weather has not been very Sc
we're, otherwise the suffering
in these cases would have beer
greatly augmented. -Nonpar-
ell.
Woodbine Twiner:: 1--WE arc
having a little fun with some OF
the old soldiers this week. They
may be called upon as witness
es in land fraud cases out at
Chadron, OF some other place,
next May. If the Government
fail to furnish transportation,
and the cold boys" have to
march, it will be too bad. Just
think of L. Gates, 7. ?. Kellogg
DR.. Giddings, Charley C'eve-
land, Williams, Uriah Clark, N.
NIGEL and others shou|dering
knapsacks, and rations for per
hap5 a 200 mile march. II
would be too lad. and we hope
it may be avoided. But if the
boys get marching orders, you
may bet they will get there
someway."
Man is the only creature that
knows he will die. Yet he is
the only creature that laughs.
He is the only creature that
manifests joy in his existence.
It is hard tounderstand. Every
rational man knows that he has
no mortgage on tomorrow. It
is not his. lie may never see
it; he may die before dark.
Few let the dark shadow Of
this interchangeable fact fall
athwart their path. They laugh
and ere gay, even when their
heads are grayed for the grave.
They hasten to a future OF
which the wisest have as shad.
owy knowledge as the fool
This future is forever, and is
said to be influenced for etern-
jty by our conduct here. Yet
this is nearly the only fact
that man is careless about. II
is a mystery. Mapleton Press
We see it reported that ar
Indiana hen stole her nest in ar
abandoned wheat stack, and
every fowl that strolled by the
nest laid an egg in it. Wher
the old hen marched proudly
up to the farm hou e with hel
family she was followed by two
juvenile turkeys, five chicks, ar
infant guinea and two ducklins
and seemed reasonably proud
of the variety she had achieved
which is a good illustration OF
the fix the republican party Of
Iowa is in today. Joe Trigg.
q AsToGTA.
asars tho .--!ss Kind You Have Always BouGi
siru .s NE LLrlz-z
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Hot Springs, Ark. F;efida

Daily Sleeping Car without change
Chicago to Hot Springs, with conncc-
tions at Memphis from Cincinnati and
Louisville
Through Dixie Flyer Sleeping Car
Line ST Louis to Jacksonville via Nash
VILE Chattanonpa and Atlanta
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-02-15

Did you see the moon hide its
face last night? The eclipse be
gan at 1857 a. M, and ended at
4::37 a. M. A little too late, OF
rather too early for observation
of this beautiful phenomena for
an editor who always retires at
an early hour and never rises
before the sun.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-02-15

Bob Fitzsimmons and his
wife broke up religious meet
ing at Estherville by passing
through the town. Everybody
left the church and went to the
depot. They figured that they
could commune with their Gre
ator most any day but Bob
might not go through that way
again soon. They say Bob
was never before encircled by
an admiring audience with so
many hymn books and Bibles
under their arms. Alton Dem
ocrat.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-02-15
E7ayana via H,.w Orleans

Havana Cuba, is best reached via
the Illinois Central through servicc tc
New Orleans and tic new ocean liner,
twin SCrcW nlllets en- knot
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-02-15
TO START IN MARCH.

M. Shirley of Omaha signed
he contract for the Western
Dredging company and T.
doohey of Fort Wayne, Ind,
or Pollard, Golf & Co. The
CORNER concern expects to have
,hree dredges on the ground
within two or three weeks. One
# them is at Joliet, one in Ohio
md the third at Chicago. All
| ire said to be new machines.
l'ney will be put to work on all
.hree sections of Il e ditch
awarded to the Western Dredg-
ing company, one machine to
,e used on each division. Pol
lard, Golf & Co. have a dredge
a. Champaign, Ill.,, which will
De shipped here at once. The
members of both firms say they
will be ready to make an early
tart in March.
The board was ready to APP
prove the bonds of the two COM
.oanies, but the agent for the
;urety concern which signed
hem forgot to affix his seal on
ne document. He will have
he paper properly authenticat-
d for presentation this MORN
ng. The bond in either case
5 for one-fourth the amount to
e paid in cutting the several
itches.
DISCUSS BOND ISSUE,
Some discussion took place
IN the details of the bond issue.
mounting to $4,000, which
will be needed to pay for every
'art of the drainage undertake
ng. The rate of interest will
probably be d. or 5 per cent,
out if the contractors are called
lpon to take them 6 per cent
must be paid under the law.
The bonds will run from five to
fifteen years, one-tenth Of the
otal issue to be paid off each
year of the intervening time.
The denominations will be fix
ed small enough SO that the
.esidents of the drainage dis
riot may invest in them.
The next step in the ditch
Undertaking is to set a time for
learing complaints on the as
easements made against prop
erty in the drainage district.
The board will probably do this
,oday. Property owners will
rave the choice of paying in
The entire assessments before
bonds are issued or paying an
annual ditch tax thereafter
With interest added.
Seth Dean of Glenwood, con-
struction engineer for the drain
age system, was allowed 1925
out of the fist ditch money to
be ,iInctod in Ha "rison county
and $225 from assessments
levied in POttaWat TAME conn.
ty. This will be his first item
of remuneration.
| w. II. Killpack. employed as
special council for the drainage
board at the hearing in the SUI.
preme court, was allowed sos. &C
for his,services and expenses,
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The Cuban SpGCiaI"

a fast Weekly Limited Steamship trair
is run latter Dec 26, every Tuesday
fiom Chicago and ST Louis direct To TIC
boat side Send for C1lllnn literature
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-02-15

An Iowa man went to Cali
iornia and was delighted with
the fruit, flowers and sunshine
and the next day the flowers,
fruit and sunshine, were still
beautiful. TIE third day he
enjoyed the sunshine, fruit and
flowers. After he had been
there six months he was heard
to eXclaim to himself: "Fruit,
flowers and sunshine; flowers,
fruit and sunshine; sunshine
fruit and flowers. Oh lord!,
but wish that | was back in
Iowa where they had corn, cat
tie and hogs, and other substan-
tial blessings" Logan Gazette.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-02-15
s S Prince Arthur

leaving New Orleans every Wednesday
at 4 90 p m and arriving IL Havana at
sunrise Friday lnorninn.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-02-15

The latest way to bury a
friend is 20 fill a large box half
full of cement and then lay the
friend in and fill the box.
When the cement hardens
knock the boards off and set
the block up for a monument.
Alton Democrat.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-02-15

ten a Kappa Sig party IN Lin
coin this evening, chaperoned
by her mother.
Miss Katie May DeVore re-
turned to her home in Aurelia
last night after five weeks visit
in this city with her brother,
DR.. DeVore.
The necessary wardrobe for
presentation at court in London
is no small matter. a simple
dress will cost anything from
$500 to $3.50, not including lace
which may be a family heirloom
above price. The debutante's
bouquet may include $500
worth Of costly orchids and hot
house blooms. AS to gloves,
the regulation twenty-four but
ton court gloves will cost S. or
$40 pair at least in q Bond
street store, and for shoes, the
price is S25 a pair. 1t is en-
barrassing to find that almost
every detail OF ones attire is
laid down by law and has en-
dured for centuries.
II. H. Dickman, the dry
goods man, is in Omaha today
on business.
Harry Boies has been APP
pointed weigher of mails be
tween Missouri Valley and
Long Pine.
Ed Bradley, the clothing
man, is in Omaha today on
business.
Guy Smith and the lecturer
who appeared last night at the
New Theatre are relatives and
were school boys together.
Geo. Beagle has finished put
ting up his ice for the summer.
He didn't propose to take any
chances on IL inch ice, so he
put upwhat he could get.
Mrs. Jessie Ettinger, of Om-
aha, returned to her home this
morning after a visit with her
daughter, Mrs. l.. N. Goodrich.
The editor returned Tuesday
morning from Seattle, Wash
ington, where he spent a couple
of weeks visiting with his broth
err, D. I. Child. He had pleas
ant visits with several of the
old-time Dunlap citizens, all Of
whom are prospecting. Ray Fox
and Owen Mcdonald, who went
to Seattle the first of January,
have each secured good posi-
tions and express themselves
as delighted with Seattle. The
missis seems to be glad we
have returned, though we must
admit that The Herald was as
well if not better edited during
our absence than isus'ial under
our supervision. Dunlap Her.
aid.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-02-15

Miss Verona Pratt will at
ten Kappa Sig party in Lin
coin this evening, chaperoned
by her mother.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-02-15

q AsToGTA
Bears the 10 Kind You Have Always Bapes
s's, !. t~.H1z2zszzx
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-02-15

Harry Newton is rcported
better today.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-02-15

L G. Windsor, of Fremont
is in the Valley organizing (;
oage of Homesteaders.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-02-15

Dr.. and Mrs. Warren will en-
terrain a few friends at whis
this evening.
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MAY ASK ALTERNATIVE BIDS.

In relation to the details Of
the $230,O00 bond issue which
is to be made for carrying out
the ditch project the members
of the board may deci6e to ask
for seperate bids on the alter
native basis of S and 6 per cent.
Most OF the supervisors are of
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-02-15

Miss Katie May DeVore re-
turned to her home in Aurelia
last night after five weeks visit
in this city with her brother,
DR.. DeVore.
Woodruff County news., 1906-06-28
Fourth Annual Contest.

The fourth annual contest for the Johnson loving cup too place at the State University at Fayetteville. Dr. Johnson acted as master of cer- emonies, and Dan K. Saddler of the Garland and Otha Wolf of the Peri clean Literary Societies were speak CTS. Although the contest was open to all literary societies the Mathetian was not represented. MT. Wolf's subject was 'Stonewall Jackson" ," and MT. Saddler's "The French Rev olution." The judges were Col Van deventer, Judge Humphreys and MT. Palmer, who decided in favor of MT. Saddler, of the Garland. The win ming contestant has his name and the year engraved on the cup, and it Is kept by his society until the next year and then contested for again. The Pericleans have held it two years, and this is the sec ond time for the Garlands.
Woodruff County news., 1906-06-28
New Depot at ParauouId.

Superintendent of Bridge and Building J. s. Berry and Vice Super intendent c. J. Moore of the Cotton Belt Route were at Paragould recent ly with the blue prints of the pro- posed handsome new passenger sta tion for Paragould. They have em- ployed local labor to unload twenty cars of brick, six cars of crushed rock and other building material which is now on the road The new depot will be of brick, with a stone floor and concrete foundation, and will consist of a ladies' retiring room, gents smoking room, ladies' and gents waiting rooms, express, tele- graph and othe roffices. It will be one of the most modern structures in the state. Actual work will be started just as soon as the building material is received.