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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-24
A b IIoslorools,
NJ Murray,
Jonathan Holeton.

Members of Board of Supervisors.
The following is a statement of the
amount of money in the several banks
and in the treasurer's safe, all Of which
was presented at the office of the treas
urer and was counted by the members
OF the boardof supervisors
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-24

For Sale-A span of good
mules, and several work horses.
If Aaron Carpenter.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-24
FOR SALE

FOR SALE
a good thoroughbred
Poland China boar, one
and one-half years of age.
Phone Black IS.
c. F. Greeley.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-24
SA.F3TozEA
Sears the nIhsKind You Have Always Byugt
''ss e lssxHzzzs5zI

Mr.. and Mrs. Clint Weather
ly and Marion Sales returned
from Appanoose county last
evening, where they have been
visiting for some days. They
report good sleighing in that
section.
Mrs. A. Alstrand is the guest
of Council Bluffs friends this
week.
Mrs. j. j. Amen and Mrs. Ed
Boles were the guests of Mrs.
S. O. Goodman in Council Bluffs
yesterday and today.
Prof. Kinney and wife, of
Woodbine, are the happy pa
rents of a daughter, born to
them yesterday.
G. r. Berry and Alice Berry,
both of Missouri Valley, were
granted a license in Council
Bluffs yesterday, to wed.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-24

I. j. Hennessey received a
message this afternoon from
Mrs. Cunningham of Shelby,
Iowa, stating that she would
arrive this evening to take
charge of the remains of her
mother, Mrs. Davis.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-24

Karl Rice was the guest Of
Magnolia friends Sunday.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-24

Earl Chase, of Modale, was a
pleasant visitor today.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-24

Master Mechanic Pratt is in
Omaha on company business
today.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-24

Frank and Lou Goodrich are
painting the interior of the
Burbank building occupied by
Ed Bradley. This will make
the place light and harmonic
with the decorations.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-24
Wednesday Jan %

Mrs. N. Gansemer is able to
BE- up after a weeks serious sick
ness.
A. G. Brown has so far recoy-
cred as to be able ocome down
town.
J. Smith is the guest of Oma-
ha friends today.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-24

Ii In order 10
q II d j 9 this
great and rap
IDLY growing
business to the
oest possible
advantage, we
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-24

Will Gingrich, of Sioux City,
who lost his leg here last
August, is in town today, visit
ing DR.. Colt. Will is very
proud to be able to walk on his
new leg, which he uses with
perfect ease and facility. Con-
CALCULATIONS.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-24
Proceedings of the Board OF
Supervisors
Auditor Harrison Count V

1Nt1T1ItUI 1fHrTIS'1H OUtII1t V.
We, The undersigned members of the
board of supervisors of Harrison coun-
sty, Iowa. hereby certify that we have
carefully examined the boaks and ac-
county of E f Ogden, treasurer, and
find them correct as shown above; we
have also checked and Cancelled the
warrants paid and the receipts for all
Disbursements akd find them correct as
siin.v1l alll.Nc
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-24

Mrs. Prewitt and Miss Park
er, Of st. Joseph, Missouri,
came in last night for a few
weeks visit with their brother,
A. L. Parker, of this city. Mr..
Parker had not seen his sisters
for six or seven years.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-24

We acknowledge a pleasant
call today from Dick Wohlers.
He was accompanied by Jacob
Brent, of Norfolk, Neb., who
has been his guest for a week.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-24

The Ladies Aid and C. E., of
the Christian church will hold
a social on Feb. 14th, 1907.
Particulars later.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-24

List Of claims passed on by the board
Of supervisors Of Harrison ccuntye
Iowa, at their last meeting of Jan. I, 8.
and 10. 1907, and made part of the
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-24

Percy Daniels has issued in-
vitations for a dancing party
at Fountains hail Saturday
evening.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-24

P. J. Fegan returned from
Texas last night, where he had
been looking at land with an
idea Of buying.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-07-24
SOMEWHAT OF A REFLECTION
Naive Comment of Debutante That
Amused Hostess.

A charming hostess of one of the
big houses" as they are called by
those who are welcomed into them,
has the added beauty of premature
white hair That which seems to her
contemporaries an added charm may
appear to the crudely young a mark
of decline, at least so it, appears in
one instance of which the hostess her.
self tells with enjoyment
The lady is a connoisseur of an
tiques. At one of her teas debutante
rich with the glow of youth, but sadly
constrained with her sense of novelty,
was handed a cup of tea; the cup
was beautifully blue and wonderfully
old. The hostess desiring to light
en- the strain on her youthful guest
by pleasant diverting remark, said:
THAT little cup is a hundred and fif-
ty years old"
oh" came the debutante's high
strained toes: How careful you
must be to have kept it so long!"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-07-24
scALY ERUPTION ON BODY.
Doctors and Remedies FruitIess-Suf.
fered 10 Years - Completely
Cured by Cuticura.

Small sores appeared on each of
my lower limbs and shortly afterwards
they became so sore that 1 could
scarcely walk. The sores began to
heal, but small scaly eruptions APP
peared.. The itching was SO severe
that would scratch the sores until the
blood began to flow. After suffered
thus about ten years made renewed
effort to effect a cure. The eruptions
by this time had appeared on every
part of my body except my face and
hands. The best doctor in my native
county and many remedies gave no
relief. All this was fruitless. Finally
my hair began to fall out and l was
rapidly becoming bald. A few months
after, having used almost everything
else. l thought 1 would try Cuticura
Ointment and Cuticura Soap. After
using three boxes l was completely
cured, and my hair was restored, after
fourteen years of suffering and an ex-
penditure of at least $50 or $50 in vain
ly endeavoring to find cure B.
Hiram Mattingly, vermillion, 8. Oak,
Aug. IS, 1906"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-07-24
MAN AND HIS WAYS.
Fertile. Brain, Has Evolved, q New
Style Of Cradle.

Al new cradle has been invented
and by q man. Which latter state
ment is dednndancy-for no up-to-
date woman would really ever think
OF inventing, anything so pernicious to-
her infants welfare. Has she not be-
come enlightened to the dreadful ills
Of that time-hOnored institution OF
our ancestors? Dare she imperil the
intellect that is to sway the TWEEN.
tieth century by untimely Juggling"
in its embryo stage? Poor modern
babe! When COLES gripes assail, it
may not know the luxury of steady
tramp swung across fathers Shout
der-strange to say, men do not jeer
at this dictum of the new mother.
hood-much less will it experience the
bliss of being lulled to rest in a
wooden-slatted cradle or fluffy bassi-
net, Swayed by the foot of a WON
drous being who swings and croons,
swings and croons, till baby woes are
merged in blessed sleep. It's maker
claims that sideways rocking is, in
deed, injurious to babykins, but to his
eyes, not his brain. Therefore has he
constructed cradle that swings
lengthwise. and Is shaped like boatI
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-07-24
WESTERN MEN IN NEW YORK.
Brains of Mountain and Prairie in De
mand in the. Financial Center.

Ever since the early days, when D.
0. Mills, ]. B. Haggin and James R.
Keene 'emigrated" from California to
new York, the metropolis has been
drawing largely on the west and south
for its supply of men who do things"
heodore P. Shonts, both a southerner
and westerner, who has undertaken to
solve New York's great transit prob
lem, is the latest importation in re-
spouse to the call of the east.
The promptness with which Thos F.
Ryan, of Virginia, turned the Equit-
able Life Assurance Society over to
its policyholders, who now elect a ma
Jority of it's Board of Directors, and
Invested himself of the control of the
stock which he bought from Jas H.
Hyde, and the success of the new
management of the Society under the
direction of President Paul Morton,
have created demand for the strong
men of the south and west that is
greater than ever. before. Under the
Morton management the Equitable has
made better showing than any other
insurance company. in the way of i'm
proved methods, economies and in
creased returns to policyholders
E. H. Gary, head of the greatest cor
poration in the world-the u 8. Steel
Co.-John W. Gates, Henry c. Frick
Norman B. Ream, VIM. H. Moore and
Daniel G. Reid are other westerners
who are among the biggest men in
New York.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-07-24
DODDER IN CLOVER A PEST
WHICH Is TO BE DREADED
The Farmer Should Look but When Purchasing
Seed-By Prof d. FinIayson. F. 1. S.

There is practically no other i'm
purity found in any of our cultivated
ciovers that occasions the same fear
as that which accompanies the pres
ence of the much-dreaded pest, dod-
der. Glover dodder is leafless para
site plant, deriving all the nourish-
ment necessary for its growth from
the clover stem round which 1t cllngs
and turns The seeds of dodder germ
mate IN the soil in the ordinary way,
giving rise to slender, leaf1ess,
thread-like shoot, which rotates round
and round. Should the shoot fail to
reach or touch a clover plant, it (the
dodder) quickly withers and dies;
should it succeed in gaining hold of
clover plant, the twining round the
stem Immediately begins, and at the
points of close attachment roots or
suckers penetrate the epidermis and
push their way into the conducting
tissues Of the plant, as may be seen
in the magnified section of the clover
stem encircled by dodder. The free
end of the dodder increases in length,
embraces other branches and extends
to adjoining clover plants, and thus
the work of stangulation, sure and
deadly, rapidly goes on. In examin-
ing samples of clover seed for dodder
even an experienced observer may be
deceived. The seeds are grey or
light brown in color, with a slightly
pitted surface, much smaller in size
than the clover. In many instances
particles of dried soil, rounded by at
triton and the movement of the seed
in handling, so closely resemble the
seeds of dodder that at first
glance one is filled with dismay,
and it is only on pressing the
suspected dodder seed with a knife
blade or spatula, when it crumbles
into dust, that the examiner is
treasured as to the purity of the
sample. The farmer may be perfectly
satisfied with the appearance Of the
clover seed he intends purchasing, al
so with the guarantee of freedom from
weeds, but there is still one thing of
vital Importance. Are the seeds alive?
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-07-24

I double-dare you-to stomp in your
sundown!"
in 'a-'twfnkfing -the'lovefy~white sail
or hat was trampled in the dust, and
a blue ribbon lay beside It.
Jimmy! But won't Aunt Mat skin
you for that? Dare you to roll over
in the road!'
The words were scarcely out of his
mouth before little white figure was
kicking and tumbling in the middle of
the. street and Jack was think Ing as
actively as his legs were working. He
was relieving the pent-up feelings of
all the weeks that had gone by since
his first realization of the fact that
he was not as other boys of his age.
He had thirsted for a fight, but this
was even better, and he gave a final
roll as he saw team drive past.
You're sight" James remarked
coolly, when Jack Strengthened up.
"Want:to dare me some more ?u..~~'
No, thank you-nof any more for
to-day-but what Aunt Matswill do to
you when she sees you win be q
plenty"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-07-24
A SMALL SECRET.
Couldn't Understand the Taste O
His Customers.

Two men were discussing the var.
ious. food products now being supplied
in such variety and abundance.
One, grocer. said, Il Frequently try
package or so Of any certain article
before offering it to my trade, and in
that way sometimes form a different
idea than my customers have.
For instance, thought l would try
some Postum Food Coffee, to see what
reason there was for such call for it.
At breakfast didn't like it and supper
proved the same, so I naturally con-
cluded that my taste was different
from that of the customers who bought
it right along.
"a day or two after, waited on a
lady who was buying a Csc package
and told her couldn't understand how
one could fancy the taste of Postum.
7 know just what is the matter,
she said, you put the coffee boiler on
the stove for just fifteen minutes. and
tten minutes Of that time it simmered,
and perhaps five minutes it boiled;
now if you will have it left to boil full
| fifteen minutes after it commences to
boil, you will find delicious, Java-like
beverage, rich in food value of gluten
| and phosphates. so choice that you
! will never abandon it, particularly
when you see the great gain in health
Well, I took another trial and sure
enough ! joined the Postum army for
good, and life seems worth living since
/ have gotten rid of my old time stom-
ach and kidney troubles"
Postum is no sort of medicine. but
pure liquid food, and this, together
with a relief from coffee worked the
/ change. There's Reason"
Read 'aThe Road to Wellville." h
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-07-24
SAVED FROM DREAD FATE
Kind Woman's Assistance Meant
Much to This Tramp.

A certain lady, noted for her kind
heart and open hand. was approached
not long ago by man who, with
tragic air, began:
"A man, madam, is often forced by
the whip of hunger to many things
from which his very soul shrinks-
and so it is with me at this time. I'm.
less, madam, in the name of pity, you
give me assistance, l will be com
PEELED to do something which 1 never
before have done, which would
greatly dislike to do"
Much impressed, the lady made
haste to place in his hand a fiye-dol-
lar bill. AS the man pocketed it
with profuse thanks, she inquired:
And what is the dreadful thing
have kept you from doing, my poor
MANI"
Work" was the brief and mourn.
full reply.-Harper's Weekly.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-07-24

Made Money in sheep.-A sheepman
of North Dakota is reported as follows
in his experience with sheep, and Ii it
can be done there it can be accom-
plished here also with like good man
agement: Three years ago he put
$4,000 into 1929 sheep. For two
years the wool paid little more than
the running expenses of the under
taking, says the Dakota Farmer, but
the flock increased rapidly, and this
alone proved a good profit. Last year
the wool brought $1,000 more than the
expenses, and to this he added s., 900
for mutton sold. The total value Of
the sheep at the present time, plus
the profit on wool and mutton.
amounts to s12,400, or net profit of
$1,000 on $4,000 investment for three
years. Judging from the talk we hear
among the farmers of the Dakotas,
there is going to be a whole lot more
of this kind of thing done during the
coming years. and not far distant ones,
either"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-07-24
THE STORY OF a WfscoNsiN
MAN IN WEsTERN CANADA.
Three Years Ago Worth Only $1,000.
To-Day ls Worth $4,000.

The following is cory of letter,
of which the Agents of the Canadian
Government throughout the United
States receive similar ones many
times during the year:
Cayley, Alta, Dec z, 1906.
Agent Canadian Government,
WATERFOWL, S. D.
Dear Sir:
Your letter dated Nov 9th at hand
and was very glad to hear from you.
! see that you are still at work per-
suading people to move into the Cana
dian Northwest. / must tell you that
1 owe you many thanks for persuading
me to come out here, am only sorry
that l wasn't persuaded sooner, and
there is still plenty of good chances
for many more right at the present
time / hope that you will be able to
induce more to make start out to
this part of the country.
Now / must tell you what I have
accomplished since came out here
and it won't be three years till the 1st
of July shall shortly receive my
patent for my homestead, the home
stead cost me $1,000 in all, to-day it is
worth $4,000 per acre, but it is not for
sale. Then a year ago last May I
bought 800 acres at 800 per acre and
sold this fall for $1,000 per acre and
cleared profit of 81, 10000 How is
that for the Northwest I now have
$50 acres of land and all paid for, rs
head of horses, 30 head of cattle. y
pigs, 2 sheep and about $50 chickens
and other poultry, and all new ma
ehinery and everything is paid for.
We also bought s lots i'm Calgary and
in High River. We gave s470 for
the Is lots and they are paid for. At
present consider myself worth sT3,-
100000. and when I left Wisconsin less
than three years ago I had about
100000 This year tnreshed little.
over 1000 bushels of grain, have
about one thousand bushels of fine
potatoes and about five hundred Busii-
els, Of turnips.. Mrs.. BeisiegeiI sold
about 5000 worth of garden truck and
poultry this fall. Now there, are lots
of others in this community who did
as well as did, in the same lengtfl Of
time.
The family and myself are all we'll
at this writing and hope this letter
will find you the same.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) PHILIP BEISIEGEL,
Cayley, Alta, Canada.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-07-24

sound of a muffled kick and howl
came from James room.
Jacks mother stood a moment in
thought, then said: Jackie, dear
! suppose you go back and talk to your
| little cousin, and then you can help
him dressS toe, and come on to the
pavilion with him. If you persuade
James to get up and come right on,
mother will buy you beautiful new
( book"
Jack faced obediently about, and
when his back was well turned, he
made wry face which would have
curdled the blood of Coop, for he
had overheard his Aunt Jennie say,
admiringly:
Now, isn't Jackie the sweetest
thing! don't see how it will be pos
sible for James to persist in his
naughtiness after he sees him."
Jack felt very doubtful about his
mission, for he knew that James did
not approve of himself or his mother,
but the unusually smart raiment with
which he had been decked out made
him wildly reckless, and he longed for
something to break the monotony Of
his perfect propriety, and even felt
equal to the fisticuff which he half
expected. If James should get the
best of him, as he was altogether like
ly to do, still there would be the salts
faction of wearing tumbled clothes in
consequence, and oh, sweet hope, per-
haps in the melee the blue ribbon
would be loosened and fall from his
hair!
James lay sprawled out in the mid
die of the bed, with his feet propped
up on the pillows, neat array of holi-i
day garments lying on a char by the
bed.
They Sent. me. back said Jack, "to
help you put on your little clothes"
Shoot" cried James. 'T guess pa
pail see me through this thing!"
With bounce he landed on the floor,
and snatched from the wall a long
discarded Astrakhan cap.
Come on, little gal-boy!" he called.
I'll take care of you, and We'll go
right on to the pavilion and hear the
Oduu pay
"Oh, jamie, you wouldn't ever?"
painted Jack, as he raced along at
James heels, and watched the pink
nightshirt fiooping.
"Oh, you come on, little frill-
breeches!" was all the answer he re-
ceived, and then Jack made a grab for
James, just as the gate changed behind
them. He planted one small fist
plump in the back of his cousins neck
and then they both stopped and squar-
ed off. James gave Jack another of
those puzzled looks, and then dropped
his fists. Il couldn't bear to hurt
little thing like you!" he said, and
then he had to dodge Jacks fist
again. Say jack" he said, as a sud-
den thought struck him, Il dare you
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-07-24

Will the response to the terminating
test be quick and healthy? What is
the percentage of terminating seeds
in the sample?
In testing the terminating capacity
of seeds in a modern seed laboratory
there. are many different elaborate and
expensive contrivances in use where!
by the supply of moisture, air and
heat are under perfect control. In
one, the media employed may be por-
GUS tiles, and the anxious enquirer
after truth may be told that this is
the best method" others have the
same to say of using sterilized sand
In pans, moistened felt, blotting-pa-
per, flannel, etc. These many and
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-07-24
a SQUARE Deal.

A certain peasant supplied q baker
with three pounds of butter daily, and
after some time the baker noticed
that the butter never weighed three
pounds. At last he summoned him.
"Have you no scales at homer" the
Judge asked. YES" said the peasant.
Have you weights?" Yes, but I
never weigh butter with Them
Why Because. since the baker
buys my butter. buy his bread, and
as I always buy three pounds 1t (
time. weigh the butter with the
bread" He was acquitted. -Siarcx.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-07-24
M anIike.

Breathless. they stood at last upon
the towering Adirondack peak.
There she said angrily, I'VE have
climbed all this distance to admire
the beauties of nature, and we left
the glass at home"
TRANQUILITY smiling, he shifted the
lunch basket to the other arm
Never mind, DEAR" he said 1T
won't hurt us, just this once, to drink
out of the bottle
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-07-24

This is done by the multiplication Of
pure seeds by pure seeds capable of
termination, thus: If sample is 95
per cent. pure and germin ates 80 per
cent, the cultural worth to the farm
er would be -1O0-76 per cent.
real value. A sample of such germi-
mating power and purity is not at all
uncommon. What is the true inter-
probation from the farmers point Of
view? 1t means that every 100 pounds
of such seed contains "a pounds Of
rubbish. Though the purchaser has
the privilege of paying for the rub
bish the same price as he does for
good seed, he may, on the other hand,
have something to be thankful for If
the impurities present are mechanical.
such as soil, sand, chaff, broken bits,
ETC., rather than the seeds Of living
and dangerous weeds.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-07-24

range, in separate patches of 100. This
simple method ought to be employed
by every farmer purchasing clover
seeds, sufficiently early so that he may
know the result before sowing, the in.
formation thus gained preventing
loss and disappointment later on. A
good sample of clover seed, when
sown as described. will begin to
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-07-24

evening of the third day one half to-
three-fourths, or even more, will have
commenced to terminate.
The real value of any sample OF
seed cannot be gagged on it's face
value, or appearance only; but if the
terminating capacity and the purity
are also known the real value or cul.
tural worth can be easily arrived at
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-07-24

The Bad Dispositioned Sow-The
bad dispositioned SOW is not the one
that should be- bred from. This dis
position sometimes is an obstacle in
the way Of the thriftiness Of the pigs.
Not infrequently It results in the SOW
killing some OF her pigs.