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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-07-01
The A. III. Horton Co.

Our demand for Poultry, Eggs,
Veal and Ranch Butter is still in
creasing and we must increase our
supply, and want regular shippers
from among the farmers who can
make liberal and regular consign-
ments. We will buy your products
and pay you top prices and make
prompt remittance, or you can con-
sign to be sold for your account,
when we will sell at the best prices
obtainable, deduct our commission,
10 per cent, and the transportation
charges and remit balance promptly.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-07-01
THE POULTRY
The Poultry Market.

lions and the outlook for poultry, etc.,
we would state:
Poultry is coming in fairly well for
this season of the year. Prices are
holding up owing to the fact that the
eastern poultry market is nearly
cleaned up, which turns an exception
ally heavy demand upon the local
poultry. These conditions will prob
ably continue for a matter of ten
days, at least until a second sailing
of the Alaska steamships which re-
quire an enormous amount, of poultry
both for storage and in supplies for
the country.
The farmers or poultry raisers are
making a mistake if they do not get
their poultry in in that time, as they
must expect the market to drop as
soon as the heavy demand for Alaska
ceases. Regarding prices of poultry
the general buying price for the week
previous will in all probability con-
tinue for week or ten days. Spring
chickens, 20 cents per pound; hens,
Is cents; old ducks, IA cents; spring
ducks, II cents; live turkeys, 20 cents.
These are the prices that the dealers
all seem willing to pay, net, f. o. b.
Seattle.
Don't write asking for prices, and
then not getting reply wait three
or four, or ten days, before you ship,
or you will miss the best part of the
remaining season, as poultry will
never be as high again until next
spring, is the price offered for the
next ten days. So, if you have any
on hand ship it now. If you haven't
confidence enough in your dealer to
ship him without writing for quota
ton, write him, but do it right away,
and when you get a reply, send the
stuff.
The market on local ranch eggs has
advanced materially in the last few
days. Twenty-Five to % cents is the
present buying price with the heavy
dealers.
Ranch butter has never brought as
much money for several years as it
is now bringing. 1t sells regularly
to the heavy dealers at 10 to Fl cents
according to quality, while year ago
it was almost impossible to receive
as high as Is cents.
While veal is, of course, coming in
more rapidly than it has for some
time, the market still continues good,
selling in some cases as high as 1917
cents for fancy veal. Other grades
in proportion to their quality. Some
cases as low as 5 to cents.
We find that one of the greatest
mistakes that the shippers in general
throughout the northwest will persist
in making is that they will ship their
fruit to a fruit man and instead of
making another freight bill and send
ing their poultry to a poultry man,
they will send it on the shipping bill.
The commission man has no quarters
for poultry and must sell it to the
poultry man or the market. And, of
course, he must have his commission.
The poultry man will pay him no more
than what he can buy the same grade
of goods from some other party. The
shipper has consequently lost the en-
tire commission. If he had made two
freight bills, the difference in cost of
shipping would have been from Is to
25. The commission mans commits
sion on the poultry will run from 1
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-07-01
A FEW DON'TS.
(By F. S. Barzee.)

Don't set eggs from inbred, weak
or run down stock, unless you want
an excuse lor denouncing the poultry
business
Don't neglect your incubator while
it is doing the work of dozen or
more hens.
Don't let the bulb of the thermome-
ter touch the eggs in the incubator.
You will get fooled if you do, because
occasionally it will be against an in
fertile egg, which, or course, is not
as warm as the egg with live chick
in it.
Don't throw away the infertile eggs
you test out, they are fine feed (when
boiled hard) for the young chicks.
Don't risk a cheap thermometer in
the egg chamber of your incubator;
it might cost you the price of several
good ones.
Don't allow the temperature to run
too high during incubation unless you
want to raise runts and cripples.
Don't be deceived by the mongrel
breeders; better let the other fellow
experiment with that kind of stock.
Don't be afraid to let the eggs cool
just before you turn them; emulate
the old hen in this, and you will make
no mistake
Don't send your poultry to market
in poor condition; it tends to lessen
values.
Don't feed the chicks too soon after
Matching; it disturbs digestion and
leg weakness.
Don't neglect to clean the brooders
regularly; it is only moments work
but is worth several hours wages to
the health and growth of the chicks
Don't fail to keep a record of your
expense and profits and compare with
other industries of equal investments +;
you will profit by it.
There are great many more
"don'ts" that could be profitably con-
sidered by many of us poultry raisers,
and many things we do that should
be spelled don't" but fearing we are
crowding valuable space we will leave
them for some future time.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-07-01

You hardly ever pick up an issue
of a poultry journal but what you
read of the necessity of pure water
and plenty of it for fowls at all times.
In spite of this persistence on the
part of experienced poultry men
throughout the country to impress the
Importance of this matter on every
one concerned, one would be greatly
surprised to note how little attention
is paid to it. Dirty drinking vessels
harbor disease and too much care
cannot be given to keeping them
clean and sweet and fresh water often
supplied. Store this fact away in your
mental note book and place it to-
gether with the items which are a
necessity for the successful growing
of healthy poultry.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-07-01

One of our subscribers, who Is a sue
cessful poultry RAISER asked our
travelling representative if he had
noted how many poultrymen gave
young chicks cold water to drink. In
this connection he called his attention
to the fact that no farmer would think
of giving a young calf cold milk, and
for the same reason why should cold
water be given young chicks which
are so much more delicate. With this
thought in mind our representative
"kept his eyes open" and by observa-
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-19

Dickman's millinery opening
last Friday and Saturday was
certainly a big success. All
Saturday afternoon and even
ing the store was crowded with
visitors and customers and the
line of hats displayed were
thoroughly inspected. Many
orders were taken and the trim
mers were kept very busy. Mr..
Dickman also had a heavy
trade in coats and skirts, hav-
ing put in a large line for the
ladies to look over. His goods
this year are all up.to-date and
the people are finding out they
can get goods without having
to go out of the city. They
have a big line of cloaks for
stock use and also for the line
that Mr.. Huffstutter will take
out on the road. The cloalls
for the road have now gone.
and new goods will keep ar
irving every day, which it
would pay you to see.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-19
The Danish government has /
$4,000 crowns for deco

The Danish government has
voted $4,000 crowns for deco
rating the stations of the state
railways artistically. The sum
is not large, but the experi-
ment of using these stations as
a medium Of popular artistic
culture, will be watched with
interest elsewhere. A. new
periodical specially devoted to
the cause of beautifying Ger
many, suggests that the
government of that country
should follow the example of
Denmark on a larger scale.
The writer admits that paint
ilngs would hardly be in place
in the railway stations of a
large city, where everybody is
in a hurry, and where time
tables and advertisements take
up too much room; but he
thinks they would do much
good in similar places, where
they would be sure of apprecia-
ton by the rural folk. The
Northwestern railroad could
find an object lesson in the
above article for certainly some
of their depots are not very
artistic.
Walter WelIman, the Chicago
Record employe, has started
for the United States, having
given up his trip to the north
pole this fall. This will be
quite a disappointment to the
public who thought sure he
would bring home some souvc-
Mrs from the Pole. Anyway
the Chicago paper got consider
able advertising.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-19
An Aster Reception

A very beautiful reception
is held at the home of Mrs.
&C. Hills Saturday afternoon,
tween the hours of three and.
(. Mrs. Rockwell and Mrs.
lls were the hostesses. They
ire assisted by Mesdames
LIhman, Dewell, Scfulmeister
Y Miss Mckay.
che house had been trans
fmed into a bower of beauty
the profuse decoration Of
'Ners in all their rich colors.
THE south parlor was hand
mely decorated in the shades
t purple. From the curtains
Id chandelier were draped
Istoons Of purple ribbon and.
rms. Purple and white asters
lade this room a restful place
which to linger with our
lends. The north parlor was
Iry snowy with splendid large
luets of pink asters. From
.rious mirrors were reflected
e astels in redoubled glory.
Ink shades added a dainty
uch to this room where the
tests were received.
! The orchestra added greatly
the afternoons pleasure.
icy were seated in the east
an, which had been gaily
immed in yellow. Golden
low and ferns formed the
,ekgrolnd for the low boquets
Snasturt iums and marigolds.
his was one of the most at
active rooms.
Mesdames Lahman and
ewell presided at the coffee
IN in the dining room, which
as in green and white. From
|e walls We're suspended
imerous boquet holders filled.
it'll white asters and joined BY
zen ribbons. From thy
landelier to the four corners
the tables were draped green
obons and in the center was
immense boquet of the white
tiers. A dainty two course
1cheon was served by Misses
T pkins, Littler, McGavren and
Zee.
About ninety ladies enjoyed
E afternoon, which was one of
| e most brilliant entertain
Gnts Of the season.
She ladies who assisted the
IS were served a dainty
ncheon at six o'clock.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-19
Room for Improvement


From appearances for the
.st three Sundays, the congre-
J lions at the Christian church
I this city, were too large for
lie building and it will be
Iscessary in the near future, to
'llarge or rebuild. When this
done it should be in proper
in to the necessities of the
aggregation and the demands
the age and city. The 10.
zion is a good one and a nice
would add much to the
w and the congregation who
cts there.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-19

Since the new law has gone
into effect, regarding the
truant law, covering school chill
dren under the age of 16 years,
there has been some mis-under-
standing in the matter. Marshal
Butcher of this city was APP
pointed to act in the capacity
of truant officer and on com
plant from teachers that chill
dren are out of school, he is
authorized to investigate the
matter and ascertain the rea-
son for their non-attendance,
and has been giving the matter
attention. Mr.. Butcher aims
to lay before the children and
their parents the reason for
his investigation and it would
seem a good thing for parents
to assist him as much as posi-
bic. He has no other aim than
that Of seeing that the truant
law is enforced according to or
ders from his superior officer.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-19

We notice in the Blair Pilot
a card of thanks from j. F.
White, republican nominee for
treasurer of Washington Coun-
ty, Nebr., thanking those wfo
so generously supported him in
the primaries, and helped him
roll up a majority of 243. This
is a pretty good majority and
there is every indication that
Mr.. White will be elected this
fall.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-19

Well this is just the kind of
weather needed for the matur-
ing of the corn. 1t is also O.
X for the farmers who have
hay to put up. Quite a num-
Der Of them finished last week,
but there is still considerable to
put in the stack.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-19

TO the Kidneys,
but now modern
science proves that
nearly all diseases
have their beginning
in the disorder OF.
these most important
organs.
The kidneys filter
and purify the blood
that is their work.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-19

Miss Verona Pratt will leave
lis evening to resume her
ldies in the Downer College
Milwaukee.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-19

1t would require sixteen
teachers to fill the vacancies
now existing in the Harrison
county schools, according to
the records IN the county sup
erintendent' office. The schools
are all rural and are offering
good wages, none of them be-
ing less than $35 while some are
paying as high as $40.
Special examinations have
been held with a view of OBJ
tain'ng more teachers but they
are not we'll attended.
Johnny Bender returned
from Woodbine, Sunday morn
ing where he had been playing
cornet in an orchestra during
the carnival.
George Knowles, of Council
loLQllo, 10 III GIS GlIGy quay {,
shaking hands with friends.
County Auditor Atkins was
in the Valley this morning be-
tween trains, enroute to Onawa
on business.
Mrs. A. b. Porter, of Council
Bluffs, was the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. f. M. South over Sun
day.
Mrs. Charles Nelson Of
Boone, is il tl.= Valley for a
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. George
'Gaver.
Mrs. Agnes Wallace of
Minneapolis, will arrive in the
city this evening, for a visit
with the George Richardson
family
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-19

Miss Efie Bates, of Logan,
is in the Valley a guest at the
Abe Daniels home, and will
also visit at the George Fry
residence.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-19

The funeral of L. Llndberg
on Sunday afternoon, preached
by Rev. Hutchinson of the
Christian church, was largely
attended by friends and mem
.bers of the social orders to
which he belonged. Burial in
Rose Hill cemetery.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-19

iJ's.ilS Hilo liiOuSllp SuiC JlG
would bring home some souve-
Mrs from the Pole. Anyway
TIE Chicago paper got consider
able advertising.
Sensible to the Last.
Because Of the restraining or
der order granted by Judge
Munger in federal court to pre-
vent the railway commission
promulgating the new grain
rate shedule Gov. Sheldon to-
day declared himself in favor
OF a constitutional amendment
taking from the federal courts
the right to enJoin officials from
the enforcement of state law.
He said: "The courts have
abused the privilege Of mime
ton enough to justify such ac-
ton, said the governor.) Too
many state laws have been tied
up by the interference of fcder-
al courts. / do not believe the
of the constitution ever
contemplated such a use of in
junction in the hands Of the
federal courts"
A news item from Waterloo
states that the greater portion
of the business of the Septem-
Der term of court will be actions
for divorce. Already thirty
suits of this kind have
been filed, and the time for
filing does not expire until to-
night.
William Mainland of Salt
Lake City: Mining in Nevada
has had a setback, and as a
result there has been a boom in
the business of extracting ores
in Utah. Our miners have
turned their attention mostly
to silver lead, which has proven
very profitable. In Nevada the
wildcat ventures have not
PANIED out very we'll and the
business in that state has got
ten down to the more conserva-
tive basis. The place is getting
more civilized, so civilized in
fact that fine new office build
ings have been erected in what
a little while ago was CON
sldered the desert. The old
camp life that used to prevail
twenty Or thirty years ago,
when q man did very much as
he pleased, and if he did too
much got the vigilance com
mittee to advise him that it was
best for him to make tracks to
another diggings, has passed
In the recent Nevada
craze towns were filled with adj
venturous characters, but the
old life of the old days was
never resumed. In Utah there
has been no chance for it to
grow. My state and the west
generally have long since
passed out of their infancy.
Attorney General Byers
states that suits will be filed
against the Western Union and
Postal Telegraph companies
and a large number of other
corporations of the state, de-
claring that the corporations
are negligent about filing their
articles of Incorporation. One
hundred dollars per day is the
amount forfeited for failing to
comply With the law.
Drake University will be very
largely attended this year. The
fall term opens Immediately.
Students can matriculate at
any lime during the year. The
University will dedicate its new
$4,000 library building this
fall. $4,000 has been raised
to be used as an endowment to
support the library. The city
and state Libraries are also open
to the student. Drake will
have no difficulty to maintain
its present leading position
among the non-state schools.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-19

Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Carter
will move into the Harris prop
erty next to the Times office.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-19

Messrs VIM. and Bruce Orr
were passengers to Omaha this
morning.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-19

There was a fair crowd on
The streets Saturday afternoon
and the merchants report trad.
ing as very brisk. During the
fair this week the merchants
no doubt will have good trade.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-19
Monday Sep is

j. S. McGavren arrived from
Black Duck, Minnesota, yester-
day, where he had been for the
past month or six weeks on
business.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-19

The regular statement is
sued from the office Of the
state auditor Saturday, shows
that the banks OF Iowa on Au-
gust %, contained S209,441,-
248.94, an increase Of $7,lS7,-
|S64.62 since April 10, 1907.
Last year the September report
showed an li. Ease Of about
100000 due to depositors.
Mrs. Charles Fensler will
leave this afternoon for Peonia,
Colorado, where she will spend
the winter with her sister.
The town of Magnolia has
organized a commercial club
for the betterment of trade
conditions.
Mrs. A. L. Aldridge attended
the nj. %. conference in Council
Bluffs Saturday and Sunday.
Advertised letter list for the
week ending Sept. 16, 1907:
Adams, Alfred
Brashear, Arthur
Douglas. Mrs. f. M.
Hartford, A. j.
Rasketson, Andy
Reynolds, G. III.
Speer, Mrs. Mail
Turner, L. l..
Sam G. Marshall, a store
house lal5orer, was unloading a
cylinder cap this morning,
which weighed about so pounds,
when it fell and struck him on
the middle OF right great toe,
cutting it painfully. Mr.. Mar
shall will be laid up for two or
three weeks.
j. f. Hagertv Of Nicola, Iowa,
will begin work at Osborne's
drug store tomorrow morning.
Mrs. e. w. Stevens received
la Geographic dispatch today
calling her to Pennsylvania on
account Of the serious sickness
lof an aunt, and left on the 6:45
evening train for Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Il. t. Noyes and daugh-
ter Miss Helen, left for Spokane
Washington, on.Saturday even
ing last, after spending some
weeks here, guest of herdaugh-
ter, Mrs. Geo. A. Kellogg.
George P. Smiley, druggist Of
this city, the best judge of
drugs, notions, and. fine chick
ems in the west, went up to the
Sioux City fair, and was on the
look out for something rare and
soon came across a sharper who
had a Texas green lizard which
he called a%chumeleon, of chan
ging c%oloros. George bit like a
hungry bass, and is now in a
wonderment to learn which is
the greenest, the Texas lizard
or himself.
License was issued at Logan,
on Saturday last, for the mar
riage of Mrs. Viola Palmer and
Mr.. Osker A. Underwood. Mrs.
Palmer is the daugh ter of Dr..
II. McGavren, deceased, and
his resided here all her life.
Messrs VIM. and Bruce Orr
were passengers to Omaha this
morning.
Sayde Briggs came in for ar
over Sunday visit with her par
ents. She is teaching near
California T~,,no%;nn
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-19
Pioneer Crescent City Relic

W. S. Swanson, of this city,
has a treasured newspaper relic
in the shape of a copy of the
Crescent City Oracle issued.
September II, 1857, SO years
ago yesterday. 1t is made in
the form characteristic of the
newspapers of that day, with a
miscellaneous story occupying
most of the first page. A mum
Der of Council Bluffs advertise
ments appear in its columns,
and there are also many adver-
tisements of firms in Nebraska
towns, which is referred to as
Nebraska Territory, that being
ten year before the admission
of Nebraska as g state. Most
of the names of Council Bluffs
people are those of persons
long since dead, but one adver-
tisement of an agricultural inn
plement firms includes a testi-
moniai from S. G.. Underwood
chat he has used the reaper and
mower which the firm was
boosting, and that it filled the
bill, he having cut 80 acres in
five days with it. Reel & Dut-
row, the latter still living, have
a column advertisement. The
steam mill of Williams Meme
ray 4 johnson occupies space
IN the issue and every page is
reminiscent of former business
men of this vicinity.
Among the pioneer settlers
of Crescent still living and
known to Mr.. Swanson are III.
a. Terry, still a resident of
Crescent; Solomon McMullen,
now living in retirement on his
farm near Crescent; G.. G.. Nc
lntosh, dealer in general mer-
chandise at Crescent; Michael
Goodwin now residing in this
city; Reuben Dunkle, living on
a farm near Crescent; William
Dachtler, a feed dealer on Up
per Broadway. Nonpareil.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-19

The Omaha Bee states that
Northwestern road has recent
ly equipped all the trains on its
Sioux City division with the
fine Glass D engines, which are
said to be the fastess class of
locomotives ever turned out.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-19

Vic Tamisiea was an Omaha
passenger this morning.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-19

j. W. Myers returned to his
at Des Moines this after
noon after a visit with relatives
in the Valley.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-09-19

Elizabeth Coulthard of Cali
Irnia, spent Sunday in the
.dley, the guest of Miss Ada
eagle.