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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-12

Christian church decided yester-
day to serve lunch at the fair
grounds during the fair, where
all may find something to eat.
Mrs. George Davidson was
operated On at the Boughtcn
hospital yesterday, She is rest
ing we'll and VIII be out in a
few days.
The Missionary Society of
the Presbyterian church will
meet Friday afternoon, Sept.
IL, at 3 o'clock, at the home of
Mrs. d. d. Armstrong.
Mrs. j. H. Beveridge, Sec.
Knee pants for boys, both
regular and knickerbocl<er, at
Carlisle's.
Ross Mclaughlin, who mas
been in the Office of Attorney j.
s. Dewell for tho past SIX
months, has resigned his posi-
ton and will enter the Office Of
the Clerk of Courts at Logan,
as deputy clerk. He will begin
work the LIST of October, taking
the place of Paul Roadifer, who
will go to Lincoln, Nebraska, to
resume his law studies. Ross
no doubt will gather consider
able information from his work
in the clerks office that will
help him in his chosen profess
sion, that of law.
The Bell people are today
connecting up their lines with
the Independent Company of
this city, a fact that is highly
pleasing to the business men of
the city in general.
Fred Brown, the real estate
man, today purchased the Dr.
McGavren property on East
Erie street, adjoining his home
on the west. Mr.. Brown evil
IDENTIFY thinks wellof the future
Of Missouri Valley, in the way
of owning real estate.
There will be a social dance
at Fountains hall Friday even
ing, Sept. 18th. Music will be
furnished by the Italian Or
chestra, who have given such
good satisfaction in the city
before. sig
George S. Green is playing
with an orchestra in Woodbine
during the street fair.
s oe ishowing of cotton and
WOOL blankets for Friday and
Saturday CT this week.
sid Henry Dickman.
Miss Mary sahn who has
been in the Valley severa
months visiting relatives anc
friends, left for her home ir
Los Angeles, Cal, today.
Quite a number of people
who had produce on exhibition
at the Interstate fair at Siou,
City, will bring their exhibit.
to Missouri Valley for the fail
next week. Worth Brothers Of
Mondamin, had 800 plates o
fruits at that fair and hav'
promised to bring considerable
of it here. Indications point tt
a large display of all kinds o
produce, and there will also b.
a big exhibition of stock.
The city council will NEE
this evening at the council
room in adjourned session.
For Sale.
Sixty acres of good land nea
California junction, we'll i'm
proved, only $50 per acre. ID
acres on the Willow, we'll i'm
proved, at $3.50 per acre. Ais
80 acres on the Allen Cree
ditch, 5 miles from Mo. Valley
at only $4,000 per acre.
|s-12 Aaron Carpenter.
! $50 =
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-12
T. j. Hennessey Is pre-
pared to do upholsterIn8 Of
all kinds. If
Jensen, the Tailor

Remember we have a button
machine, so you can bring in
your cloth and have your but
tons made.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-12

Oysters any style at Deserts
Cafe. Look over his list.
SID
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-12

In the railroad fight in Ere
mont, where the closing of a
street was the bone of conten-
ton, the city council and the
officials have agreed to settle
on a cash basis.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-12

A special showing of ladies,
misses and children's cloaks
and furs, on Friday and Satur-
day, September 18th and 18th.
This line is very large and
worthy of your attention.
sl4 Henry Dickman.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-12

Tomorrow is the big racing:
day at the Interstate fair at
Sioux City. Dan Patch and
Cresceus will be the attractions.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-12

We acknowledge the receipt
of valuable California papers
from 10. HI. Courtier. Thanks.
Howdy, 10. D. M. II.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-12

Your boy never wore a better
school shoe than one "kick-
proof Try a pair.
B. w. Carlisle.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-12

Mrs. John huntsinger is in
Magnolia, the guest of her
parents.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-12
Lunch During the Fair

The Ladies Aid of the
Christian church decided yester-
day to serve lunch at the fair
grounds during the fair, where
all may find something to eat.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-12

Charles Martin OF Clarion
county, Pennsylvania, is in the
Valley the guest Of his nephew,
J. G. Martin and family.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-12

Quite a delegation of Mis-
souri, Valley people will go to
Woodbine this evening to at
tend the carnival.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-12
FOE SALE 0Es EXCHANGE
Eoui' su!ay DloWs, Two
gang aud two single, Is ex-
change fcf- Wcrk or fOr sale
cheap. Bennett, Miller Ho-
TEL Missouri Valley. sa2

A B. Ashton, the photo
gra pher, returned this morning
from a three weeks vacation
trip in Nebraska.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-12

Mrs. Olga Quick OF McClel-
land, is in the Valley the guest
of relatives.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-12

Sixty acres of good land near
California junction, we'll inn
proved, only $50 per acre. 144
acres on the Willow, we'll i'm
proved, at $3.50 per acre. Also
80 acres on the Allen Creek
ditch, 5 miles from Mo. Valley,
at only $4,000 per acre.
ls-12 Aaron Carpenter.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-12

Word was received in the
Valley today 10 the effect that
Alex Mooea will undergo an
operation foi' appendicitis ia
Omaha SATURDAY..
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-12

Mrs. G. strobehn has started
home from California, where
she had been visiting for some
time past.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-12

The Bell people are today
connecting up their lines with
the Independent Company of
this city, a fact that is highly
pleasing to the business men of
the city in general.
The oasis., 1907-09-21

rich. As it is now, there are only 5000 foreigners who own real estate in the valley of the Nile.
 AMONG THE FARMERS
 1 wish could show you the farmers of Egypt as they live here in the Delta. They have one of the garden spots of the globe to cultivate, and the rich mud of which their land is composed is from thirty to sixty feet deep. It rests on the bed rock of the desert, and has been brought down, through the ages, from the highlands of Abyssinia by the River Nile. The Nile is bringing more every year, and the land, if carefully handled, needs practically no fertilization. As it is now it is yielding two or three crops every twelve months, and is seldom idle. Under the old system of basin irrigation the farms lay fallow during the hot months of the summer, but the canals and dams which have of late been con- structed enable much of the country to have water all the year round, and as soon as one crop is harvested another is planted.
 THE CITIES OF THE DELTA
 The whole of the Delta is one big farm dotted with farm villages and little farm cities. There are mud towns every where, and there are half dozen agri- cultural centers Of considerable size out side the big cities of Alexandria and Cairo. Take for instance Tanta, where am at this writing It has 57,000 people, and is supported by the farmers. It is a cotton market, and it has great fair, now and then, to which the people come from all over Egypt to buy and sell. A little to the east of it is Zagazig, which has more than 10000 people, and further north, upon the each branch of the Nile, is Mansura, another cotton market, with a rich farming district about it.
 Damietta and Rosetta, at the two mouths of the Nile, are also big places,
The oasis., 1907-09-21

which lies about half way between Cairo and Alexandria, and midway between the two branches into which the Nile divides below Cairo, and flows from there down into the Mediterranean Sea 1 am in a region where the tourist sell dom stops, and of which the guide books make little account. 1 refer to the Del ta, that great fan of land which begins at Cairo, and in radius of about 1C0 miles reaches the Mediterranean Sea at Alexandria and Port Said.
 The Delta Is the heart of Egypt It contains the bulk of the population It has the most land, the richest soil and the biggest crops. It is more thickly settled than any other part of the world, and it yields more to the acre than any other region on earth. It's farm lands are worth more than those of any other country, and they bring in greater pro- duct. The average yield for all Egypt nets profit of $35 per acre, and that of lower Egypt amounts to much more. Some lands yield so much that they are renting for $50 per acre, and there are instances where $l00 per acre is paid Such lands bring two or three crops 8 year, and those who rent them know what they are doing. The renting value of the lands of Egypt in 1899 was over $ll0,00O,000, and the selling values of the best lands now range all the way from $200 to 5000 per acre.
 see in today's newspapers an adver- tisement of the Egyptian Lands Com pany, announcing an issue of $2,500, 900 worth of stock. The syndicate says in its prospectus that it expects to buy f5000 acres of land at "the low rate of $200 per acre." and that by spending $l50,000 it can make that land worth $400 per acre within three years. Some of this land is now worth from $250 to $500 per acre, and it is renting for $20 per acre per annum. The tract lies fifty miles north of Cairo and is planted in
The oasis., 1907-09-21
cotton, wheat and barley.
EGYPT BELONGS To EGYPrIANs.


 Such estates as the above do not often come into the market. The most of Egypt is in small farms, and there are thousands here of one acre or less. The cultiyable land, all told, covers only a little over 6,000,000 acres.
 Indeed it is not right to think of Egypt as owned by foreigners. Six-sevenths of all the farms belong to the Egyptians, and there are more than 100000 native land owners, The most of the holdings are small, and over l,000,000 acres are in tracts of from five to twenty acres each. Many are even less than an acre in size. The number of proprietors is increasing every year, and the fellahs now seem crazy to possess land of their own. It used to be that the Khedive had enormous estates. but when the British government took possession some of the khedivial lands came to them. They have been divided and have been sold on long time and easy payments, the lands going to the fellahs. Many who then bought these lands have paid for them out of their crops, and all are
The oasis., 1907-09-21

productive capacity, and in the population it will support. The data for such parallel is right at hand in recently published let. ter by Frank Carpenter, the we'll known correspondent and descrip- tive writer, who is visiting Egypt at the present time, and whose in- teresting and valuable communi- cations are running in the Los An geles Times. In order to draw the parallel 1 have no hesitation in making these excerpts from one of MT. Carpenters articles in the is- sue of The Times dated August 18th:
The oasis., 1907-09-21
GUAYMAs, SONORA, MEXICO, September 1st, 1907.

CtpttnD6I lSI, HUI.
 We got away from Alamos early Friday morning, and enjoyed a very delightful drive over the road to Navajoa. Instead of the stage the mode of conveyance was "car- ruaje particular" (private carriage), which had been engaged by Mir. Moreno, our legal friend, with whom we shared the vehicle and the expense. The team, consisting of four mules harnessed abreast, was in good condition. the road good, and down grade over a great CT part of the distance. so we made much better time than in the dragging trip going up to Alam mos by the stage. The driver had no soto (whipper), and feeling that he could not do the work justice, at the end of league he resigned the reins to Tracy, and officiated him. self as soto all the way to Alamos. 1t was nuts" for the boy, who piled his whip, and chirruped, whistled and yelled at the team, in the most approved fashion, with the acting soto running alongside at times, flashing the beasts with another whip, at other times riding on the box, plying likewise the whip, and yelling all the time at the top of his bent. It was a whole lot of fan for the passengers, as we'll as for the volunteer cochero and his impromptu soto.
 We reached Navajoa in the mid dle of the afternoon, and remain ing there until the following morn ing we had considerable time to look around and size up the town and its environments. The place, which has population of about two thousand, is in the upper part of the delta of the Mayo river, an other rich and fertile region. A railway divisional terminal and junction point, surrounded by a great area of the most fertile land in the world, the importance, con- sequence, and population of the place cannot fail to experience great increase.
 Yesterday we made the trip from Navajoa through to this point over the new railway, covering in day a distance which had taken more than week going down Gas we came through without stopping). But as the train passed over all that vast stretch of land, embrac- ing millions of acres level as floor, including the Yaqui iand Mayo deltas, and the littoral connecting them, 1t was natural reflection to draw parallel between the region we were traversing and the delta of the Nile, region which was the granary of the ancient world" known from the dawn of history as richest and most fertile of all the earth, and has sustained through more than forty centuries redun- dant and teeming population. The time is not far distant when this great region, now opened by the Hartman railway operations, will rival the delta of the Nile in its
The oasis., 1907-09-21
MERICA'S EGYPT.

Returning From Aiamos "The Oasis" Editor Visits Again the Deltas of the Yaqui and Mayo Rivers. and finds in Them a Parallel to the Delta of the Nile.
The oasis., 1907-09-21
THE NILE DELTA.

For the past month have been trav- ellfng through the farms of the Nile val ley. have visited many parts of the Delta, and have takena run through the narrow strip which borders the river for several hundred miles above Cairo. I am writing these notes at Tanta, city
The oasis., 1907-09-21
Whole No. 749


 Rosetta branch of the Nile, not far from Lake Edku, is also large. There are a number of towns ranging in size from 5000 to 10000, and the whole country is peppered with mud villages. The people do not i've on their farms, but in towns. They go out to work in the morning and come back home in the night. They usually bring their cattle in with them, and never allow them to graze at will in the field.
 The whole country is cut up by canals. There are large waterways running along the branches of the Nile, and smaller ones connecting with them, to such an extent that the whole country is bound, as it were, in lacework little streams from which the water can be let in and out. The draining of the land is quite as important as watering, and the system of irrigation is perfect, insomuch that it brings the Nile to every part of the country.
 THE AMERICAN EGYPT
 Includes the deltas of the Yaqui and Mayo rivers in Sonora, and of the Fuerte, in the state of Sinaloa, together with the littoral connecting the three valleys. The latter is narrow strip of land, about thirty miles in width, lying between the mountains and the coast of the Gulf of California, and consists mainly of a rich alluvium, the wash from the mountains above. Taken altogether the area describ- ed includes more than four million acres of land, (about two- thirds the area of the Nile delta and embracing the same general charact- eristics of soil, climate and pro- ductions. In the waters of the three rivers named are an ample supply for all purposes of irrigation that may be needed for many years to come; and when the land shall be occupied in its entirety the mountain cafions whence come these rivers will supply many available reservoir sites for con- servation of the surplus waters of the flood seasons to supplement the normal flow at other times. Of all that
 VAST AREA
 at least one eighth (550000 acres) is the property of single develop ment corporation-the Richardson Construction Company-whose ex- tensive holdings and canal were described in these columns at the outset of the journey of which this is one of series of descriptive arr ticles. As stated at that time the corporation named has projected an extensive series of irrigation works, part of which has been completed and is in operation al- ready. Many thousand acres of land are available at the present moment, and within another year many thousand more will be brought under irrigation by the canal extension now in course of construction. The policy of the company will be to dispose of their lands to actual cultivators as rap- idly as possible, and scheme of colonization is being matured which will bring to their ownership large numbers of practical culti- vators, who will develop to the ut most capacity the latent resources of the marvously fertile region. Traversed by great trunk line of railway, and close to series of good harbors upon the shore of the deep sea, the vast and varied produc- tions of the great region will reach
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-01-26
As To Delinquent taxpayers

\ statement was published recently
both III city paper much read in this
community and local newspaper that
is widely circulated, which we think is
calculated to give misleading and un-
favorable impression OF Cecil county
and its citizens. The statement was to
the effect that the county has about
5000 delinquent taxpayers. Such a rep
reSentatlOn certainly is not to the ad-
aVntage OF the county, and furthermore
IS not true one OF our condition.
There may be probably close to 5000
taxpayers who have not paid into the
pubic treasury the taxes for 1906, but
it is not right by any means to call them
dellnquentS, as in reality they are not
III arrears in the true sense The law
requires that notices be sent to such
taxpayers after the first OF the year,
but they are given until April to set
tie them with interest from Septem-
Der l. 1t is optional with the taxpayer
to pay on or before April 1, as he
pleases, il he is willing to pay the in
tercst, and the county cannot collect
the bills till then and taxes cannot be
said to be delinquent until the county
has the right to collect them and when
April I comes around the great mass
OF these taxes will have been paid and
the county will profit by the 3 I-2 per
cent interest paid thereon.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-01-26
Coroner Investigates Baby's Death

Coroner Ricketts, Nelson was called
to Fair Hill on Wednesday to invcstj-
gate the death Of negro baby. After
looking into the matter, Coroner Mel
son gave a certificate OF death from
natruaI causes, as there were no sus-
plc1ous circumstances connected with
the case. investigation disclosed the
following factS:-The baby was the six
months old daughter of Mary Estella
Morgan, 10 years old daughter OF Mary
Morgan, who lives on the Mcdaniel
larm, west of Fair Hill, tenantcd bv
Haincs c. Harlan, with whom she lived
at the time the child was born. The
mother OF the infant now lives at Ken
nett Square, having left it in the care
of its grandmother when she went to
her present home On the day of its
death, the grandmother left the little
baby in charge OF her two small child
rem, the eldest of which was Daisy, 10
years old, while she went to the store.
During the grandmother absence.
Daisy went to neighbors to get some
milk for the baby, and when she came
back found the little one dead
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-01-26
COLORED WOMAN
DIES SUDDENLY
In The Office OF DR.. w. Arthur
MitcheII-FinaI Settlement OF
Partridge Estate Will Result

Sarah McCabc, an aged colored wo-
man, OF Elkton, died suddenly from
heart failure Wednesday evening in the
office of DR.. H. Arthur Mitchell, where
she had gone for medicine to get re-
lief from an attack OF what she sup
posed was Indigestion.
Sarah was one OF the most respected
colored people i'll the community and
was considered good representative
OF the old time members OF her race
who enjoyed and deserved the conf
dence and esteem of the families with
whom they were connected She was
the widow of Moses McCabc. an old
pensioncr, who died several years ago
By her death the final distribution OF
the Partridge estate can be MADE. IN
der the will OF Miss Jane II. Partridge
Sarah McCabe, who was faithful and
trusted servant in the Partridge family,
was LETT a life time annuity OF 5000 to
be paid in scmi-annual instruments, and
a fund OF 10000 was SET apart To be in
vested to secure the payment OF this
annuity. Mr.. W. II. Mackall is the
trustee. Miss Partridge's will pro
vided for specific legacics to the
amount OF $4,000 to relatives, upon
which distributions to the extent OF 90
per cent. have been made This fund
Of 10000 is now released and together
with some accumulated interest will be
applied in settlement OF the 10 per
cent remaining to be paid and the case
taken out OF the Orphans Court.
Among the lcgatccs is Trinity Parish,
to whom Miss Partridge bequeathed
81 600, OF which amount the Parish has
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-01-26
UNIVERSITY
PROSPECTS BEI HIT

\ meeting of citizens interested in
ohtoiinno = roursr oi I-nivcrsitv En-
tension lectures i,r Ell,rnn was held
!, tho School Commits si,nnrs. office last
Tuesday cvrninn Wilson Cordon
v.,s chIsen rhairnan and Prof + r
Evans secretary Mr. Paul ( AdLin,
general rcrrcsrntat;yr of thc I'nivrr
sitv Extension Snrict,. nf Ph;1odclnh;,
was nrrsent and ni,i1r haro;,,, oave an
outline and svnnnsis ni tht Gbicrt and
work OF the Societv The nrrnose NJ
the mcctino was to pct the sense nj
those interested and Determine Il il is
feasible to hold \ coursc ni Icrtnrrs
this wear After = iul1 and free discus
sion of thc different nhascs az The n,,as-
tion to he considered o,;ta an onco,r-
aging start was made Af,er bn,r;n,
from Mr. Adkins what lectures and
courses were available il was dccided
that if the nroiect corld he carried ort
course OF lectures on the Characters
in Shakespcarc" nv Mr. Ior;s II WI
kjnson was thc onIv one tb9t cor,d he
undertaken thc cost ~ thn o,bors hel
inc nrohibitive Mr. W;Il.;,sn, ,,.os
the ccturer last season and ;s ,nry
pleasantly remembered nv n,any M:
ton;ans ne hovi,u m,do tLo ,,,ns. ,,I'.
sbIe ont of an nnintnrest;,o snh;oct
He is A man of much cn,trre and ~
fnement. and = gentleman IN o,.ar,
sense oi tha uo.l ',(,,,.Ii y, N..ly
I,d;ns n.an o"aaL mD.u .''i''''I''ce o' zen
,"..tS ""S appointed |" look INTO the