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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-05-23
Fire at Loveland

Loveland, Ia, May 25.-A
great calamity swept over our
town between 3 o'clock and 5
Tuesday morning. A flash Of
lightning set fire to- Mr..
Keeney's store, then their
dwelling, and the M. E. church
burned. By very hard work
the citizens, both men and
women, were able to save H. j.
Moss store and Mrs. E. Cop
lands residence.
The Loveland people want to
thank the young |. c. Ry., boys
who assisted, especially Mr..
Bowen and Chas. Perkins, who
sat on the roof of H. j. Moss
store, while flames swept all
around, as the crowd handed up
bucket after bucket of water.
Every effort was first put
forth to save Rev. E. M.
Keeney's store and residence,
when James N. Hutchison dis
covered H. j. Moss shed, at
tached to his store, had caught
fire first time, then the above
two men, Ora Bowen and Chas.
Perkins, made their way to the
roof. Every man, woman and
child present assisted pumping
and filling buckets of water,
who were not assisting in carry
ing out the Moss stock of goods
i'll case the building could not
be saved. 1t caught four times
but by good management and
hard efforts from 3 to 5 o'clock,
they knew the danger of fire
spreading any further was over,
though all three foundations
are still smoking and smolder-
ing at II o'clock this a. m.
1t would be impossible to
mention all who made extra
ordinary heroic efforts, but the
home people are especially
grateful to the strangers en-
ployed at |. C. Trestle and on
section, who so loyalty assisted.
There is small insurance, COM
paratively on all three build
ings. 1t certainly is a serious
personal loss to Mr.. Keeney,
also to our little village, as the
three largest and most attrac-
tive buildings in town were
those destroyed.
Mr.. Keenev saved a great
deal of their furniture from the
home by setting same out in
the pouring rain, but every
thing was lost in the store; no
one seriously hurt, though a
few fell, bruising themselves
and are lame. Mrs. Keeney,
who is an unusually quiet, COM
posed person, became so excited
she would have been burned by
her repeated efforts to re-enter
their home, after there was no
hope of saving anything else,
| if it had not been for the
prompt action Of our new DR..
Benawa, who caught and
rescued her just in time.
The hard wind blowing from
the southeast caused a hard
fight to save our town, but the
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heavy, drenching rain which
soon came and increased, was a
great help and on the whole we
have much to be thankful for.
M. G.. B.
Indian Funeral in Southern
Arizona.

l had been stopping for sew
al months in Colorado River
valley, some 5 miles west of
Yoma, Arizona, where l find
about seventy-fi five per cent, of
the population Mexican and In
dian: not only in Yuma, but in
the entire Valley. The Yuma
Indians are prehistoric here,
having their tribal head quar-
ters where the city of Yuma
now stands. When the country
was first explored by white
men, Copsh Indians belonged
over the line in old Mexico, but
they are nearly always in hard
luck at their colony, some forty
miles south of the line, some
times starving to death in their
camps, so great many of them
drift over to our side and work
for the ranchers who are glad
to have them, as it's almost inn
possible for white men to work
in the sun during the haying
season in Arizona.
The Indians practice crema-
tion in a crude way, burning all
their dead. On Sturday, May
4, we were awakend by a great
commotion at an Indian camp.
a half mile north of us, and
finding it impossible to sleep,
on account of the noise, we went
to the camp to see what was up.
We found that a boy, two years
old had died and they were an
chanting the death song, 70 keep
the evil spirits away. One Of
the Indians had worked for Mr..
Spalding, and spoke English
pretty we'll, so we asked him
when they would hold the
funeral services? He said at
at sun up. 1t was then 2 a. m.
At day light next morning we
returned and found all things. in
readiness; they had cleared off
a small circle in the brush wood
about one hundred yards from
camp, and filled with dry mos
quite wood, a crib about S feet
square, filling the crib with lit
tie dry pieces of green wood,
over this was spread bright COL
ored blankets, then came the
lndians.from the camp, in single
file, the medicine man carrying
the body of the dead. The
squaws seated themselves on
the ground around the circle.
with the men standing around
the funeral pyre. It was really
an impressive right, and | took
off my hat to them, all right.
They then placed the body of
the dead child on the blankets,
and when all was ready, they
touched a match to the W ood,
and camly watched it burn
when the body was fully con-
sumed the squaws carried water
and poured on the ashes. and
the funeral was over.
Harvey Kirkland.
Sleepy Hollow Items
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-05-23
MISSOURI VALLEY TIMES
HARRIS & HoYLE, Editors
Weekly Established July 3, 'eS
Daily Established April l, '91
Weekly $3.50 a Year; Daily 15c
per week.

Council Proceedings.
Council Room, Mo. Valley,
Iowa, 5-16, '07. Adjourned
session of the Council was called
to order at 8 o'clock p M.
Officer present: w. H. With
row, Mayor; Frank Tamisiea,
Clerk; G. w. Kellogg, City
Attorney, and Geo. Butcher,
Marshal.
Councilnen present: I'll
Watkins, j. L. Tamisiea. j. B.
Leet, T. M. Gilmore, Geo. H.
Williams and Geo. L. Colver.
A petition of w. D. Shelton
ct al, asking the Council to
order the construction of
cement cutters along the west
side of blocks four a. fifteen
Q5) and nineteen 19) in said
city; the petitioners agreeing
to pay the costs Of construction
Of a curb along the sides of
their several lots in said blocks,
where said cutters are built,
was presented and read.
Moved by Gilmore and
seconded by Tamisiea that
action on said petition be de-
ferred until the next meeting
of the Council, and the city
attorney be instructed to pre-
pare a proper resolution order
ing cement cutters and curbs
along the west side of blocks
No. a. fifteen l5) and nine
teen Q9) and along the east
sides of blocks No. five o.
fourteen Q4) and twenty (20)
in said city.
Motion carried.
A petition of I. j. Hennessey
ct al, asking for a change of
grade on St. Clair street, be-
tween Sixth and Seventh
streets in said city, and also
waving all claims for damages
by reason of said proposed
change; the grade proposed to
be in accordance with the grade
stakes recently set by j. S.
Wattles, engineer.
Moved by Gilmore and
seconded by Tamisiea that an
ordinance entitled can Ordi-
nance to establish street grade
on st. Clair street between 9Th
and Seventh street in the city
of Missouri Valley, Iowa." be
read the first time, Carried.
The ordinance was read TIE
first time.
Moved by Gilmore and
seconded by Colver that the
rules be suspended and said
ordinance be read the second
time. Carried.
Roll call resulted as follows,
to-wit:
Williams voted yea, Gilmore,
yea; Watkins, yea; Tamisiea,
yea; Leet, yea; Colver, yea.
Said ordinance was read the
second time.
Moved by Tamisiea and
seconded by Gilmore that the
rules be suspended and said
ordinance be read for the third
time and placed upon its final
passage.
Roll call resulted as follows,
to-wit::
Williams voted yea, Tamlsiea
voted yea, Leet voted yea,
Colver voted yea. Watkins
voted yea and Gilmore voted
yea.
Moved by Tamisiea and
seconded by Gilmore that the
ordinance be adopted and the
title agreed to as read.
Roll call resulted as follows,
to-wit::
Leet voted yea, Gilmore
voted yea, Watkins voted No,
Colver voted yea, Tamisiea
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Joint Board Has Session.
r. r. Pollard of the Pollard

Joint Board Has Session.
r. r. Pollard of the Pollard
& Campbell company, which
has been assigned the contract
for the construction of the re-
nainder of the Boyer creek
drainage ditch No. 2, informed
the Harrison-P Pottawattamie
county drainage board yester-
day that they would begin the
digging again in about thirty
days. The work of remodelling
the machinery is now in pro-
gress.
The notice of the assignment
of the Boyer No. 2 contract by
the Western Dredging company
of Omaha to the Pollard &
Campbell company, which is
also digging the Allen creek
ditch, was formally given to
the drainage board for the first
time this morning.
A settlement has been effect
| ed with the Featherstore
Foundry and Iron company,
which furnished the machine
for the Western Dredging COM
pany. This dredge did very
unsatisfactory work. The Pol
lard company keeps such of the
machinery as it can use and is
now fitting up the dredge boat
with a view to proceeding with
the contract.
The drainage board took up
the matter of the assignment
of the contract, recognizing it
and extending the time on both
Boyer No. / and No. 2 until De-
cember 81, 1907, that being the
time given the Western Dredg-
ing company in which to COM
plete the contract or forfeit the
additional bond in the sum of
100000, which was exacted as
a condition of it's keeping the
contract. The assignment of
the contract does not release
the original contractors from
their obligation assumed when
the agreement was entered
into.
Seth Dean, the engineer
supervising the construction of
the Harrison-Pot Pottawattamie
drainage bitches reported to
the board that both the Allen
creek and the Willow creek
dredges are making good pro-
gress, the Willow creek boat
now being a considerable dist
ance south Of the railway
tracks. The time for the COM
pletion of these bitches was ex-
tended another month, until
June 20, when the next meet
ing of the joint board will be
held in Council Bluffs.
When the Pollard & Camp
bell company gets the dredge
going on Boyer cutoff No. 2
! the work on all branches will
be progressing satisfactorily,
and while there is no certainty
as to when the jobs will be
completed, the board will be
satisfied with the fact that the
machines are all going as fast
as possible.
The board adjourned to June
20. Nonpareil.
Motor Car Rights
Fixed by Courts
The law Of the roads as to
automobiles was enunciated for
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nance Regulating and Restrain
ing and Prohibiting the Run
ming at Large of Dogs Within
the Limits of the City of Mis-
souri, Valley, Iowa. be read
the first time. Carried.
Said ordinance was read the
first time.
Moved by Watkins and
seconded by Tamisiea that the
rules be suspended and said
ordinance be read the second
time. Carried.
Roll call resulted as follows,
to-wit.
Watkins voted yea, Tamisie a
voted yea, Leet voted yea,
Williams voted yea. Gilmore
voted yea, Cclver voted yea.
Ordinance was read tie
second time.
Moved by Williams and
seconded by Colver that the
rules be suspended and said
ordinance be read the third
time and placed upon it's final
passage.
Roll call resulted as follows,
to-wit.
Williams voted yea, Gilmore
voted yea, Colver voted yea,
Watkins voted yea, Tamisiea
voted yea, Leet voted yea.
Ordinance read the third
time.
Moved by Tamisiea and
seconded by Williams that the
ordinance be adopted and the
title agreed to as read.
Moved by Gilmore and
seconded by Leet that the
ordinance as read be amended
by making the license one
@1.00) dollar on each male dog,
and two $4,000 dollars on each
female dog.
Roll call on the amendment
resulted as follows, to-wit::
Watkins voted yea, Williams
voted yea, Tamisiea voted yea,
Gilmore voted yea, Leet voted
yea, Colver voted yea.
Roll call on original motion
resulted as follows, to-wit::
Williams voted yea, Tamisiea
voted yea, Watkins voted yea,
Gilmore voted yea, Leet voted
yea, Colver voted yea.
Ordinance declared adopted.
Bids for contract cement
work for the ensuing year were
opened and read, and were as
follows, to-wit::
John Christman's Curb
four inches in thickness, three
of sand to one of cement, per
lineal foot 15cts.
Sidewalk, nine cents per
square foot, four inches ir
thickness, six of sand to one Of
cement for bottom, two to one
of cement.
Cutters, Six to one at bottom
two to one at top, four inches
thick, per square foot l5cts.
Crossings, six inches in thick.
ness, bottom course six parts
sand to one of cement; toI
course one inch thick, two parts
sand of one Of cement, pei
square foot 15cts.
Blunt Bros. Bid.-To furnish
all material and construct all
cutters, crossings and curbs at
49, cents per foot.
]. w. Deals Bid. For curbs
21cts per square foot. Fo,
crossings, 16cts per square foot
For cutters, 15cts per square
foot. For sidewalks, lOcts pei
square foot. Materials used,
to be mixed as specified ir
specifications as written by city
engineer for work done during
the year 1905 and 'O6; perform
all of the necessary labor anc
furnish all material, using
cement known as corn brand
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-02
THE MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER

to preserve the public security. order health, morality and justice We hereby pledge our names in support of said league" The motion was unauimously carried.
 During the signing of the namer Dr. Stakeiy and Mir. Holloway made a few additional remarks relative to the se- riousness of the subject and of the pledge to which those present were signing their names.
 Upon motion of M. M. Sweat 1t was decided to appoint a committee of i've of which the temporary chairman should be a member, to formulate a plan for the organization of the league anJ to secure additional signatures to the agreement previously adopted; further that this committee should report to q future meeting. Chairman Lassilr thereupon appointed Messrs. Sweatt Ellis Miles and Holloway. Cpon mo- tion by MT. Davidson, Paul Di. was ap pointed temporary secretary of the league.
 Upon motion by MT. J. L. Holloway the meeting voted to ask that the news papers print the following card, so that readers of the paper could sign the printed card and return to the secre- tary Mr Dix and become members Of the league:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-02
50. BY RETRENCHING
NOTICE SERVED. ABOLIsHING LAND
 AND INDUSTRIAL~ OFFICE.
Dispensed With-Only Main Omce Open At
 Present.

Local representatives of the South ern Railway have been notified of the abolishment of the Land and Indus trial Department In Atlanta. This Is due to the necessity for curtailing ex- penses.
 With the closing of the office in At 1anta 1t is further understood that w. L. Henderson. Southern Agent of this department, Is ordered to Washington and that the ten men employed io the Atlanta oflce will be dispensed with.
 This means that the South will lose one of the important factors for sever al years past In building up the in- dustrial South. and that a payroll of between $500 and s2.oeo month will be cut of.
 Some time ago the Southern was compelled to abolish the offices Mfr. Henderson had established in Mobile. Montgomery New Orleans and Chatta- nooga This left only the main Southern office open. Now this will be abolished.
 The Southern office in Atlanta has mad ten men employed in various po- sitions. all of them paying over s100 a month. Among these were travelling industrial representatives. who brought parties interested in inddstrth devel- opment in contact with property own CTS, and in the past ten years the ofilce has been the means or many large manufacturing plants being To- cated in this section.
 M. V. Richards, with headquarters in Washington, is at the head of this big department of the Southern. and 1t is understood that Mir. Henderson will report for duty to the main office but that other employees will cease their connection with the southern Railawy on January !.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-02
 LAW ANDORDER LEAGUE MEETS Arrange For Permanent Organization. ENTHUSIASTIC SPEECHES MADE win See That Majesty of the Law
 Is Upheld. Osntiment Expressed by Speakers Was y<Aat Every statac on the Books should Be strictly En-
 forced or Repealed.

A Law and Order League for Mont- gomery County was organized yester- day afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in the rooms of the Y. M. c. A. L.. L.. Lassiter was made chairman of the first meeting. There were speeches by sev- eral prominent citizens, and commit tee of five appointed to formulate a plan of permanent organization and secure additional signatures to the agreement signed by those present.
 The regular mems meeting of the Association was curtailed on account of the advance meeting of the Law and Order League. Paul Dix read a few verses from the 18th chapter of St. Mark, after which several hymns were sung. The meeting was then turned over to l.. l.. Lassiter. chair man of the executive committee of the movement.
 MT. Lassiter took the chair and stated the objects for which the meet ing had been called. He said, in part. that recent agitations in the city had given rise to the question that the present laws on the statute books are not enforced by the officials and that the purpose of the meeting was to see that these laws were enforced: to do all within the organizations power 10 see that such laws are rigidly en. forced: and to this end to study the best course to pursue
 The Majesty of the Law,
 After stating the object of the meet : ing. Mir. Lassiter called upon Arm,s- sSaa z; own to give the meeting a con or the line to be pursued. He fSlr called upon a lawyer SO as to e meeting a conception of the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-02
NOTES or PINE LEVEL.
Town Has Reminders of Past GIol

Town Has Reminders of Past Glories, l Pine Level, Dec. 1.--(Special. )-To the wayfarer Pine Level appears striking misnomer, but when one stu dies the topography of the country ne will see that 1t lies on a watershed :. To the north and east. wild. broken scenery greets ths eye. to the south and west a stretch If fairly level land. l It has been stated tha. ;'rbaably tbe person who named the town had wearisome climb erom .ne of thrsc gulches on the east anu gaining the l level suggested the ns ne. There are traces of departed glories. ! In the old school bald ,g we read the ambition that stirred the bnsti,s os its founders who were citizens of Pine Level fifty years nso. In client ian- guage if tells that cdaaation was a foremosti thought.
 Near the central square Is an ante- bellum home now in ruins, picture or extreme dilapidation. The owners of the property long since have made their homes in a distant city. The deep-toned Baptist bell" has story to tell. It was cast when bell metal was pure and unalloyed---a relic of the civil war. Once 1t swung to and fro in a distant college tower. into cannon. Having failed of its purpose, 1t lay in some old stoTtaway place in the city, until 1t was pur- chased several years ago by the Bap- tist denomination here. On a still day It's tones may be heard several miles.
 The business interests of the town are looking up in the mercantile line. Messrs. Meredith and Collins opened store on the north side of town last week.
 The ginnery at this place has done good business this season. but from the way the cotton lies in bales around the gin house they have no use for 1t. Everybody seems to be doing well, and fully contented to wait for the ad- vance in the market.
 MT and Mrs. Frank Battle enter tained Thomas and VIII Edwards of Union Springs, and Tom Gray of this place in sumptuous dinner. These gentlemen came out to enjoy an all day hunt. but the rain broke up that part of the pleasure.
 The home of Mir. and Mrs. Thomas Young was opened to friends Thanks giving Day, and though the rain did not cease a full share of pleasure was experienced.
 The school at this place observed the day by short program rendered by the pupils.
 MT. and Mrs. Hale windon, with their two lovely daughters. Misses Ge- nie and Johnnie Windom, entertained. Their guests were; Rev. and Mrs. Alonzo Emfinger. Messrs. Thomas and Grady Terry. MT. Albert Jones, Mir. Abedne Dick. MT. Lee Dick. Miss Lily Zuber. Mrs. S. F. Crawrod and Miss Minnie Woodson Crawford.
 Dr. Norman Broach has been called to Atlanta to the bedside of his wife, who was taken suddenly i'll. =
 Mir. Abedne Dick of Montgomery is visiting his son, MT. Will Dick. of this place.
 Mr Lee Dick and family of Tallas- see are visiting his brother. MT. Will Dick.
 Prof. William Ozier and MT. Louis Head of China Grove spen' Sunday here.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-02
PUT AWAY PicKL Es
Mathematician Figures Out the FO
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 Question.
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 AnOhio man writes:
 q am a teacher of mathematics and for fifteen years prior to four years aRo. I either took a lunch composed of cold sandwiches, pickles, etc, to school or hurried home and quickly ate d hot dinner.
 .The result was went to my after noon work feeling heavy. dull of brain and generally out of sorts. Finally l learned about GrapeNuts. and began to use it for my noon- day lunch.
 "From the first experienced a great change for the better. The heavy. un- pleasant feeling and sour stomach caused by the former diet disappeared. The drowsy languor and disinelination to work soon gave way to brightness and vim in my afternoon work. a feeling entirely new to me.
 "Mv brain responded promptly to tho reouirements put upon 1t, and what is of more importance. the results have been lasting and more satisfactory, the longer have used Grape-Nuts as a food.
 weak stomach accompanied by sick headaches nearly all her life. She Is Invariably relieved of these when she sticks to Grape Nuts. either eaten dry or with milk. Her stomach has grad ually grown stronger and her head aches less frequent since she began to eat Crane Nuts" There's a Reason" Name given by Postum Co.. Battle Creek, Mich. Read Che booklet, The Road to Wellville." in pkgs-