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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-17
visitor one day last

Bluffs visitor one day last
week.
Mr.. Pain sawed wood for N.
G. Boynton, with a buzz saw, a
couple of days the past week.
The farmers, who are in the
habit OF putting up ice, are
waiting for colder weather and
thicker ice.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-17

Mrs. DeVore and mother,
Mrs. Carr, are expected home
this evening from Hot Springs,
South Dakota.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-17

city heat and electric light.
Enquire at the Times office.
jl6
Judge Mcpherson will be in
Council Bluffs on Monday, Jan.
2Sth, to hold a session Of the
United States court to hear the
suit of Harry 3. Hammond, of
Missouri Valley against George
j. Gumb and Others. liquor deal
ers of this city, in which she
seeks to recover $12,750 dam
ages for the alleged sale of
liquor to her husband, who it is
said was run down and killed
by a train while intoxicated. -
The suit was transferred to the
federal court on motion of the
defendants. Hammond was
killed in the local yards several
months ago. He was an en-
ploye of the lower dredge.
The Catholic ladies Sewing
Society will meet with Mrs.
Withrow Friday at 2 p. m.
Secretary.
For Rent.
An so acre farm, one mile
north of Calhoun. Good inn
provements.
Carl schou,
J-N Mo. Valley, Box 736.
Travel on the railroads is re-
ported as light at the present
time. Most of the people took
advantage of the holiday rates
and this is betWeen-times.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-17

Clarence Stevens was in town
yesterday from his farm near
Loveland. He is feeling good
since leaving the store and be-
lieves that farming is the only
vocation in this world for
health. He is right.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-17

Fred Burbank, of Spokane, is
in the Valley visiting friends.
He was called to Iowa by the
death of his mother.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-17

Colonel Young was a Logan
passenger this morning.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-17
c. H. Deur is in Omaha today


on business.
%. G. Jones, Jr., was a pleas.
ant caller today, and renewed
his subscription to the Times
for another year. He has ia
ken the Times regularly
ever since July 3rd, 1868.
Dan. Woodward, the black
smith, came in from the Will
low Creek dredge yesterday,
where he had been engaged in
repairing some of the mac h.
merry.
Mrs. w. A. Donaho is report
ed as some better today.
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. D. Cody died at the family
home this morning. The re-
mains will be buried tomorrow
at 10 a. m.
Geo. Beagle is having his ice
house filled. The ice is twelve
inches thick and of the highest
grade, being perfectly clear and
free from bubbles. He is get
ting his supply below the round
house.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-17
For Rent

Nicely furnished room, with
city heat and electric light.
Enquire at the Times office.
il6
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-17

Col. F. L. Davis is at the
county seat today on court
business.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-17

Frank Lumley, of Omaha, is
in the Valley calling on friends.
He will go TO Woodbine this
evening.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-17

Evangelist Jones, of Lincoln,
arrived yesterday afternoon
and conducted the services last
evening at the Methodist
church. The members Of the
Danish M. E. church have
united with Rev. Williams to
make the revival one of great
Interest.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-17
T. j. Hennessey Is pre-
pared to do uphclsterIn9 Of
all kinds. If

Francis Chambers was
pleasant caller today.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-17

Rev. Schollert will visit rela-
tives and friends in Blair for a
faw davis
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-17

A. B. Hosbrook was a Mon
DAMN passenger this morning,
where he will attend to some
county business.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-17

Mrs. w. j. Burke was an
Omaha passenger this morning,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-17
For Rent.

An so acre farm, one mile
north of Calhoun. Good inn
provements.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-17
Plenty of blacksmith coal
on hand now as Newton's
Lumber and Coal Office.

At the meeting of the city
council last evening Tom Gil
more was appointed assessor,
vice Van Patten, resigned.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-20
Christmas Every Day.

Christianity should make every day in
the year sort of Christmas day. This
time of love and gladness and good will
was never meant to be confined to one
brief festival. This burying of old
grudges and reconciling of estranged
friends, this comforting of the sad and
gladdening the hearts Of the poor, and
sharing our plenty with those in need, are
some of Christianity's everyday duties,
Do not lower the standard when the
tventy-ffth of December is over. Do moi
90 back to the old selfish, narrow, unsat'
isfactory way of living. Let this Christ
mas be a prophecy of what the New Xeal
is to be, a time of gladness and good Will
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-20
Christmas Cards.

The Christmas card as we know it has
an origin easily traceable, and it is doubt
less at least sixty years since the first
was designed. The artist who claimed
to be its originator and who was, at any
rate the first to see it's possibilities was
w. G. T. Dobson, r. A., who, when quite
a young man, in 1874, was prompted at
Christmas to make a little sketch sym
bolc of the seasons joys and festivities
and to send it to a friend. 1t seemed
to give great pleasure, and the next year
Mr.. Dobson determined to follow up, the
idea on larger scale, and by having his
card photographed was enabled to send
copies to twenty-five or thirty friends
The delight with which they were received
was so great that Mr.. Dobson was quick
to perceive that he had found out a new
pleasure for Christmas.-New York Mail
and Express.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-20
At the snanirh Court.

Christmas in Spain begins with the
midnight mass, when the king and queen
mother, accompanied by the grandees Of
the court, magnifcently attired, go in
state procession to the chapel royal Of
the palace in Madrid. On Christmas
morning the king and court again attend
mass in state, after which the day is
spent in merrymaking. In the afternoon
the alteration of the manger takes place,
when a representation of the scene In
Bethlehem is unveiled in the great hall OF
the palace. There is also a Christmas
tree, from which Alfonso distributes gifts.
Throughout the ensuing twelve days the
court is all benevolence and gayety, and
every great institution in Madrid shares
in the royal almsgiving. The festival
closes Jan. 6.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-20
Santa Claus Letters.

Hereafter and until the close Of the
first day of January, 1908, postmasters
are directed to deliver all letters ar
irving at their respective postoflees
addressed plainly and Enthusiastically
to Santa Claus" without any other
terms of expression identifying the
person for whom such letters are in
tended, to any regularly organized
charitable society in the city or town
of address, to be used exclusively for
charitable purposes.
In the event that claims be made by
more than one society for letters so
addressed, such letters will be equally
divided, according to number, between
or among the societies making such
claim.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-20
BALLINGER'SREPORT
.LANl COMMISSIONER MAKES
HIS ANNUAL REPORT.
Working Hard to Restrain Frauds in
Public Land states-2 100000 Acres
Restored to Entry and 100000 Re-
leased From Observation-Disclosures
Nearly Ten Million Dollars.

The report of the commissioner sen,
eral of the land office. r. S. BalIinger.
for the fiscal year ended June 80. 1907.
is made public. 1t shows that subse-
quent to March 4 more than 1000 600
acrs Of public lands, previously held
under blanket orders of suspension,
were restored to entry Nearly 10000
600 acres were released from with
drawal in the same period of time.
The most strenuous effort" says
the commissioner general, lis being
made with the force at my command
to restrain unlawful and fraudulent
practices in the public land states, ana
to secure evidence to prosecute those
guilty of violation of the land laws.
The field force is totally inadequate in
number to report all such offenders;
hence the gross offenders are more
particularly sought for
The report condemns as obsolete and
absurd some of the existing land laws.
in particular the act OF March 3, 1893,
governing the patenting of coal lands.
Title having passed, the government
possesses no guaranty that as a public
utility the coal can be made available
to supply the market; on the contrary,
these lands have almost uniformly
passed into the hands of spectators
or large combinations controlling the
output or the transportation, so that
the consumer is at the mercy of both
in the greater portion of the west"
said the report The inducements for
much Of the crime and fraud commit
ted under the present system can be
prevented by separation of the right
to mine from the title to the soil.
The report shows the total cash re-
ceipts for the year from the disposition
of public lands to have been $9,547, 273.
Miscellaneous receipts, including sales
of Indian lands, were $2,005 ,904; a
grand total of $11 ,553, 1T, representing
an increase of $3,963654 in the total
receipts over the preceding year, or
52.3 per cent.
The total area of the land disposed
Of during the year was 90, 997 1856 acres,
an increase over 1906 of 1,556,379
acres
There are now 159 national forests
formerly called forest reserves) GRE
ated by presidential proclamatiOns, en-
bracing 150,831, 665 acres. The total in
crease in the area Of the national for
ests since the last annual report is Az
S32,242 acres,
The report concludes with this data
of future opening Of Indian lands to
settlement, already provided for by
congress: COlville reservation, Wash
ington, about 100000 acres will be
opened in a year or two; Flathead res
ervation, Montana, about 1000. OO0'
acres will be opened in 1908; Yakima
reservation, Washington about 1,145.-
600 acres, time for opening not yet
nxed; BlackfoOt reservation, Montana,
about 100000 acres, may be opened in
1908; Occur d'Alene reservation, Ida
no, $4,000 acres, probably be opened
in the fall of 1908; Rosebud reserva1
ton, South Dakota, about 1896, 900
acres, will be opened in 1908; Lemhi
reservation, Idaho, about GA 900 acres.
will be opened in 1908.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-20
Mine Horrors Of Half Century.

MINE Horrors OF HALF Century.
YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, July II, 1902, 112
dead.
Auderlues. Belgium, March Il, 1892,
200 dead.
Nanaimo, Vancouver, May 4, 1887,
ITO dead.
Lund, England, Feb. 10, 1857, 1879
dead.
Dour, Belgium, No. 10, 1888, 121
dead
Berlin, Germany, Aug. 10, 1893, 81
dead.
Rhondda Valley, Wales, Feb. IS.
1887, 80 dead.
Mems, Belgium, March 5, 1885, 81
dead.
Braznell mine, near Brownsville,
Pa, Dec. "a, 1889, 80 dead.
Ebbw Valley, Wales, May "a, 1901,
80 dead.
Harwick, Pa, Jan. %, 1904, 1879
dead.
Hanna, Wyo., June 80, 1903, 200
dead.
Pas de Calais, France, March 10,
1906, over 1000 dead.
Cananea, Mex, June 1, 1906, 100
dead.
Naomi mine, Belle Vernon, Pa, Dec.
1, 1907, "a dead.
Pocahontas mine, Virginia, 1884, 3O7
dead.
Newburg, w. Va, 1886, 80 dead.
Red Ash, w. Va, March 6, 1900, As
dead.
Berryburg mine, Harbor county, W.
Va, Nav. 2, 1900, Is dead.
MOnongah mine, Monongah, w. Va,
Dec. 6, 1907, 400 dead.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-20
CHRISTMAS LONG AGO.
Come sing a hale heigh-o

Come sing a hale heigh-o
For the Christmas long ago,
When the old log cabin homed us
From the night of binding snow,
And the rarest joy held reign,
And the chimney roared amain,
With the freight like beacon
Through the frosty window pane.
All the revel and the din
From without and from within,
The blend of distant sleigh bells
With the pink ng violin
The mufled shrieks and cries
Then the glowing cheeks and eyes
The driving storms of greetings,
Gusts of kisses and surprise.
Sing in again the mirth
OF the circle, round the hearth,
With the rustic Sinbad telling US
The strangest tales on earth
And the minstrel bard we knew,
With his 'Love-li-er so true"
Likewise his Young House-k yarpenter,'
And Lowed Henry" too!
And forgetting meier a thing,
Lift a gladder voice and sing
Of the dancers in the kitchen
Clean from start to pigeon wing =
Sing the glory and the glee
And the JOY and jubilee
The twirling form-the quickened
breath
The sigh of ecstasy.
But eyes that, smile alone
Back into our happy own
The leaping pulse-the laughing blood
The trembling undertone!
Ho! paid us off once more,
With our feet upon the floor,
But our heads and hearts in heaven,
As they were in days of yore.
james Whitcomb Riley, in the Interior.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-20

On that Christmas night God honored
motherhood. The angels on their wings
might have brought an infant Saviour to
Bethlehem without Mary's being there at
all. But, mo- motherhood for all time
was to be consecrated, and one of the
tenderest relations was to be the maternal
relation, and one of the sweetest words,
mother" In all ages God has hOnored
good motherhood. In a great audience,
most of whom were Christians l asked
that all those who had been blessed with
Christian mothers arise, and almost the
entire assembly stood up. Don't you see
how important it is that all motherhood
be crated?-Talmage.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-20
JOHN R4YNoRsGHRlsrnAs
n SS'aS6SasE zzg5yS5sssss
NEVGOE ELIZABETH AYRES

ELIZABETH AYRES

He carried his merry mood home with
him and the moment he entered the door
his family felt the difference.
He could not keep his secret until morn
ing, though he told it only to his wife.
Here are some little things for you
and the children, Alice" he said when
they were alone, dropping the packages
carelessly on the table. She looked up
with eyes alight, and with an expression
which told him he had done well, but she,
being a woman of wisdom, made no COM
ment to remind him of past events.
When John Raynor fell asleep that
Christmas eve. through his mind was jig.
ging and jingling the merry old refrain
christmas comes but once year,
Let us all be of good cheer"
Toledo Blade.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-20
siseIow pleads Guilty.

Denver, Col, Dec. 16.-Kempt "
BigeloW, the young clerk who mailed
dynamite bombs to several leading
citizens of Denver about two months
ago, in the hope of securing rewards
by giving warning before any harm
was done, pleaded guilty in the Grim
inal court to charges of assault to
Kill Governor Henry A. Buchtel, Law
renee Phipps and Charles B. Kountze
and of a confidence game.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-20

"You know what dey gwine give vol
for Chris'mus?"
mo; / amt studied bout it yit!"
"Beaver-hat."
"My, my"
Long tail coat"
Tell de truth J"
"Standin' collar"
"Lawd bless us! !"
"Biled shirt. kid gloves, en- a gold-hea'
walkin' stickW
"De Lawd save us!" exclaimed tn
nrospective heir to all the above gifts
"Has 1 got ter go ter preachin' de gospil
in nv ole ageP'-Atlanta Constitution.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-20
KIDNAPERs ARE NAnsED.

Abductors of Little Wulff Girl Are
Under Arrest.
kankakee, ILL.,, Dec. 16.-LittIe Lii
Ian Wulff, who was kidnapped in Chi
cago recently, was recovered FIVE
miles south of Momence, 10 miles east
OF here. A man and woman who were
her captors, were arrested.
N. S. Birmingham, who with his
wife, kidnapped year old Lillian
Wuln, has confessed that he was mar
ried in Kansas City in 1901 and that
in that year they kidnapped Ella Hates
in Kansas City, and that the girl is
now in retreat in Dubuque. Iowa.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-20
Democrats Feel ennd.

Members of the democratic national
committee were among the most in.
terested of the readers of the an.
nouncement that President Roosevelt
had reiterated his determination not to
accept another nomination for the
presidency, and while most of them
were reserved in their comment, it
was evident that they saw in it a
favorable omen for their party.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-20
Economy 81 Euel.

Admiral Evans, commanding, has is
sued the last general orders for the
start of the cruise and it's first stage
to Trinidad. Economy of coal con-
sumption is urged by Admiral Evans
upon every ships crew. One of the
most valuable pieces of information
the transfer of ships to the Pacific is
expected to develop has to do with
the amount of fuel consumed. A 10
knot speed is to be maintained
throughout the voyage, and orders
have been issued that only steam
enough to carry that speed economic
ally shall be kept in the boilers. Any
change of distance or interval in the
fleet formation, the orders direct, shall
be corrected slowly and economic.
ally"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-20
Anti-Japanese Report Denied.

With regard to the report that all
Japanese servants on board the YES
sells Of the Battle-Ground fleet have
been transferred to other ships that
are to be left behind, it was stated on
board the flagship Connecticut today
that only those Japanese stewards and
mess attendants whose enlistments ex-
pired prior to July l next have been
replaced by American sailors recently
trained for the work.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-20
BRILLIANT NAVAL BALL.

Farewell Party in Honor of Admiral
Bob Evans.
Old Point Comfort, Va, Dec IA
a brilliant naval and military ball was
given at the Hotel Chamberlain last
Friday in honor of Admiral Evans and
the other officers of the 16 battleships
which sailed Monday on their notable
cruise to the Pacific ocean. The re-
ception and dance in the gaily deco
rated ballroom closed a day given
over almost entirely to social func-
tons
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-20
ImpIement Works Start

Racine, Wis:-As evidence that the
financial situation here has improved
the Case Plow company has resumed
work at its plant, employing 400 men
and running 10 hours a day. The
Mitchell-Lewis Wagon company will
also start its plant, employing 1900
men.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-20
The Spirit of Giving.

Don't give only where you expect a
return or wonder whether you will be
sunposed to buy something for A., B. or
g. The spirit of Christmas lies in the
loving and the giving-never in the re-
oaivipF
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-20
The origin of Christmas Greens.

At the Saturnalia, the heather protS-
type of Christmas. it was the homan
custom to decorate the house with ever
greens. This was done to give the WOOD
land spirits a refuge from the cold.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-20
CLAIMS TAFT WINNER
THE CHICAGO AMERICAN SAYS
NOMINATION IS SURE.
A Large Number Of States Have A.
ready Declared for Him-Has 25s
Votes out of 4ss to NOmlnate-Tag-
CART Thinks It viii be Fairbanks
Day Names Hughes Of New York.
Nc Chieago examiner SAYS:

The Chicago Examiner says;
Secretary William H. Taft can al
most read his title clear to the repub-
lican nomination for president, if the
forecasts of the political leaders are
reliable. Dispatches to the Examiner
from the leaders of II states and one
territory have declared for Taft.
The states that have declared for
the presidents political executor are
Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, North
and South Carolina, Texas, Virginia,
Massachusetts, Arizona, Maryland,
Alabama and Florida. OF course, the
declarations have only been by com
mitteemen and other leaders, and
there is many a slip between the
prophecy and the fulfilment.
The prophecies, however, give Secre-
tary Taft 256 votes in a convention
that will take 489 to nominate Grant
ing that he will also get the 46 votes
of his own state, Ohio, he will have
302, and further granting that now
that he has killed the Cortelyou boom
the president can carry the other
southern states of Georgia, Tennessee
and Mississippi-with 70 votes-for
his favorite, when, then Mr.. Taft will
have 972, or only 1T less than he
needs.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-20
TuIare shoe Faetory Rurns.

The Tulare shoe factory, one Of the
largest in New Orleans. was totally
destroyed by fire recently.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-20
Tagsart Picks Fairbanks.

Thomas Taggart, chairman of the
democratic national committee, de
cleares the belief that Charles W.
Fairbanks will be the choice of the
Chicago convention for presidential
nominee on the republican ticket,
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-20
ChaneeIIor Day for 4uahee.

Declaring that ''calm, statesmanlike
men" were wanted in the White
House, Chancellor James R. Day of
Syracuse university, the guest of
honor Saturday night at the seventh
annual dinner of the New York chap
ter of the American Institute of Bank
ing, came out for Governor Hughes for
president. The declaration of Mr.. Day
was greeted with rounds of applause.
In his speech Chancellor Day dis
cussed and deplored attacks made
upon corporate interests and upon
banks. He said that committees had
usurped the place of the constitution
of the United States and that they
were in effect nothing more. than
star chamber sessions"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-20

A just complaint is an accommoda-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-05-18
LICENSE NOTICE

Notice is hereby given to the citi-
gems OF the Town OF Indiana Harbor
North Township, Lake County Indiana.
Ihat the undersigned is a male inhahi-
tant, more than twenty (2l9 wears
or age, a resident of said Town and
Township and not in the habit of he
coming intoxicated: that he has been
a continuous resident of said Township
for more than ninety DAYS last past.
that he will apply TO the Board of
County Commissioners OF Lake County.
state Of Indiana. at their June Term,
1907, for a license to sell Intoxicating
liquors IN less quantities than a quart
at time and permit the same to be
drank on the premises where sold /;
that he VIII also ask permission TO sell
tobacco. soft drinks and lunch in con-
nection herewith; and that the prem
ises where he desires to sell said in
toxicating liquors is described as fol-
lows, to-wit:
The ground floor front room of a
two story frame building situated on
Lot 1, Block 70. in fractional sections
10 and p, Township 81 North, Range
3, West of the Second Principals Merid-
Ian in Indiana Harbor. Said room is
OF triangular shape, glass front, door
trance on Grapevine Street. bar on
east side Of room. dining room in rear.
Signed, w. H BORNS