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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-10

In all newspapers you will
notice articles written from
different towns and cities in
the west stating that they are
without fuel and should a bad
storm come on much suffering
would result. The state legis-
latures have been requested to
take some notice of the meth
ods of the railroad companies
and try to enact some legisla-
ton to remedy the existing
evil. While the railroads may
be doing all they can to move
freight, it is hardly probable
that they are doing their ut
most with regard to moving
coal; it is certainly a concerted
action OF the corporations to
force the people into line in the
legislative halls. In other
words, they are trying to show
their power. The railroads
have not been hurt any by the
new rate law and other needed
legislation, but they have been
benefited thereby, and while
many pecpie are discussing the
advisabii:Sy II centralizing our
government, it will be the only
way to get uniform legislation,
to have congress pass a national
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-10
Thirty Years a Postmaster.

For thirty years postmaster
of Jobes, Jas.S. Jobes, for whom,
the station was named, died at|
his home, a few days since, at
the ripe old age Of 81 years
He operated the postoffice in
his home until the rural route
displaced it. He came to Iowa
in 1864. -Nonpareil.
We remember the deceased
in the ''long ago" when he loca-
ted out on the prairie a short
distance east of Indian Grove,
in Audubon county, Iowa, when
his nearest neighbor was about
S miles, and when the winters
in Iowa generally commenced
in November and ended in April
and the mails were carried on
horseback and arrived semi-oc-
casionally, when postmasters
received a commission on the
receipts of the Office, and we
suppose his income from the Of
flee, was not large. He lived to
see the country near him set
tied up by a prosperous people,
the mails delivered at your door
and the "pony express" give
way to the palace car, and now
he sinks to rest, leaving his
country to enjoy the improve
ment his energy aud industry
helped to create. His death has
removed another one of the
links that binds us to the early
days in Iowa when life was
hardly worth the living.
d. M. H.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-10

away that power from the chief
executive of the state. Of
course a governor should have
certain powers, at the same
time in case of releasing Grim
inals, it would seem better to
have the case thoroughly in
vestigated by a board.
Cato Sells, of Vinton, we'll
known politician, has disposed
of his Iowa interests and will
move to Texas, where he has
acquired considerable property.
His intended departure from
this state has brought forth
many expressions of regret
from his political friends and
others.
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Governor Sheldon, Of Ne
braska, gave the railroads a
hard roast in his inaugural
speech. He is of the opinion
that there should be a terminal
tax imposed on the roads so
that they could be forced to
pay municipal taxes. AS it
now is the towns and cities do
not receive any tax from the
railroads at all. Governor
Sheldon also thinks that the
railroads should be ashamed of
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-10

had been signed between the
two nations before this battle
was fought, but that was before
the discovery of the telegraph
or telephone. Ninety-two years
has marked a mighty change,
in the worlds history, not only
in war, but also in transmitting
news, which if it had been
known in 1915, the battle of
New Orleans need not have oc-
Cured, the life of General Pack
ingham spared, and his 5000
men need not have died.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-10

The state legisla u Of I,
will no doubt take up the ques-
tion of a two cent fare at the
coming session. The railroads
would be better off should such
a law be passed, for it would
eliminate excursions and half
fare permits and enable the
trainmen to keep in better
touch with the published rates.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-10

themselves for not paying their
other taxes without protesting.
The Burlington and Union
Pacific now owe the state some
thing like 81, 100000 and some
legislation no doubt will be
enacted to remedy that evil.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-10

The newly elected governor
of Colorado was inaugurated in
q church, as he is a regularly
ordained minister of the Meth
odist church. It is safe to say
that the reception was quiet
and orderly.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-10

New Jersey is not the only
state where anarchists are bred
and reared. The man who
threw the bomb in Philadel-
phia the other day hailed from
Iowa. It's a good thing that he
was killed at the time he threw
the bomb and thus saved the
hangman the job, yet it is a
terrible fact to know that an
innocent man should pay for
the folly of an anarchist.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-10


Just 90 years ago today Gen.
Andrew Jackson administered
to Gen. Packingham, at New
Orleans, a most disasterous de-
feat, which caused Old England
to regard the American soldier
as "some on a scrap" The loss
to England in killed and wound
ed was 5000, while Uncle
Sans loss was only z killed and
6 wounded. The popularity of
this wonderful battle was the
fact that the treaty of peace
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-10

The state legislature will
convene Monday, January IA,
and some of the politicians are
already on the ground looking
up some of the matters in
which they are interested.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-10
A Year of Big Crops

Secretary Wilson in review
ing the work of his department
says: The economic revolution
in the art and science of agri-
culture continued during 1906,
with tremendous results on the
national prosperity. The value.
of crops continues to rush for
ward beyond comprehension;
crops are straining the freight
carrying ability of the railroads;
and the farmer, alive to the i'm
portance of the place that he
occupies in the nation, offers
this yearly account of himself
to the people.
The farm products of the
year have a farm value of very
nearly $6,800,000,O00, nearly
$500, 100000 above the value Of
1905, and exceeding by more
than $2,0O0,0OO,OOO the figures
for the last census.
Corn remains by far the
most valuable crop, estimated
at 81, 100000. Next comes
the cotton crop, which, includ-
ing seed, should be worth to the
growers nearly $64O, 100000.
The value of hay, which is third
in order, approaches $600,OOO,-
600. Wheat, the fourth crop,
may be worth $450,O0O,O 600;
oats, $3O0,OOO,OOO; potatoes,
$3.50, 100000. Barley, with a
value of $65,000,000 shows a
gain of 21 per cent in produc-
tion in the last seven years.
The tobacco crop will be worth
about S55,O0O,O00. A remark
able development is that of the
sugar beet, now the ninth crop
in value. The production in
1906 is placed at 345,000 long
tons, valued at S34,O0O,0O0.
Seven years ago the value of
this crop was S7,O0O,OOO. The
value of all kinds of sugar,
syrup and molasses aggregates
SIS, 100000.
For 1906 the agricultural ex-
ports exceeded similar imports
by $433, 100000, while products
of all other industries secured
a balance in our favor Of only
$85, 100000. During the last
seventeen years the exports of
the farmer have exceeded the
agricultural imports by $6,00O,-
100000, while all other pro-
ducts find themselves at the
end of the same period with a
total on the debtor side amount
ing to 459,O00,O00.
If real estate, domestic ami
mails, other livestock, imple-
ments and machinery are in
cluded, the farmers capital has
increased since the census valu-
alton by probably $4,000, ,O0O,0 600
the present valuation being
probably $28,000,000,000.
The January term of the
Harrison county district court
convened at Logan yesterday
with Judge o. D. Wheeler Of
Council Bluffs on the bench.
The grand jury will be drawn
this afternoon and the petit
jury will assemble Monday. An
equity assignment was made
yesterday by the judge. The
bar docket consists of 261 cases,
apportioned as follows: Law
1l3, equity 88, probate 49,
criminal IL.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-10
GAIN OF FIFTY PER CENT
Unprecedented Increase in
the Circulation of Iowa's
Leading Daily News
Paper

0U0l
The growth of circulation of
The Daily Nonpareil, of Coun-
Gil Bluffs, Iowa, during the
year 1906 has been subject of
considerable comment among
the newspaper publishers of
the west. Since the announce
ment was made of the addition
of an evening edition of that
paper, the total circulation of
The Daily Nonpareil has in
creased so per cent. The
Evening Nonpareil was started
on May l, 1906, and was an ur-
qualified success from the first
issue. Up to that time Coun-
Gil Bluffs had no evening paper,
and while the publishers of the
Nonpareil were frequently
urged to start an evening edi-
tion, they preferred to wait un-
til they had thoroughly covered
the morning field. That The
Morning Nonpareil was doing
this at the time The Evening
Ncnpareil was started there
can be no doubt, and when on
May LIST of last year the first
edition of the evening paper
appeared, it opened to The
Nonpareil an entirely new field
of activity. Thousands of peo-
pie, and particularly people liv.
ing in the country, who could
not get the morning paper on
the day of publication are now
receiving the evening paper
with the first rural free deliv-
cry on the following day, thus
getting the markets of the pre-
ceding. The establishment of
the evening edition was a splen-
did business stroke on the part
of the publishers of The Non
pareil, and the excellence Of
of both publications is fully
recognized and appreciated by
the people of western Iowa.
If you are not already taking
the Evening or the Morning
Nonpareil, send to the pub
fishers for sample copies.
The fast mail No. Is, struck
a team and wagon at Grand
junction, Iowa, this forenoon,
killing the horses, and destroy
ing the vehicle. The driver had
his leg broken in the mix-up
Engineer Valentine was pull
ing the train at the time of the
accident.
Mrs. d. w. Pratt has been
confined to her room for a week
by sickness.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-10
Grand Jurors

H. B. Killing, foreman; Ed
Atherton ST., Pat 10y Jr., E. G.
Beaman, e. Dougal, John Pen
rod, E. F. Caldwell, 7. A. Mas
sic, clerk of grand jury.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-10

The ballot boxes used in the
|e,.ection Of mayor of New York
several years ago have been
lost, presumably mislaid. Now
when McClellan has a suit on
hand to GUST him from the
chief Office in thas city. the
ballot boxes are not at hand to
show that he attained his po-
sition through fraud. It has not
as yet been decided what they
will do, but perhaps they can
manufacture some substitute in
time to get him out before his
term OF office expires by limita-
tion.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-10

law, which will give out justice
to all. The state laws are all
right as far as they go, but in
the case of the meat inspection
and rate laws, the state legisla-
lures made a failure and it was
up to the national government
to take hold.
The Omaha Bee has the fol-
loving to say with regard TO
passes in Nebraska: "Passen-
ger travel in and out of Lincoln
does not seem to be impaired
by the abolition of the free
pass list, but the familiar faces
Of the free pass brigade are not
so conspicuously numerous.
There is no danger, however,
that the work of the legislature
will not go on just as we'll with
out the usual throngs of dis
reputable onhangers and boost
ers." There may be some of the
same kind of people in Iowa
who will not be able to run to
the state capital for lobbying
purposes either.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-10
p Year; Daily 15c
week.

newspaper and
tnen have been cut
be list, old railroad
as conductors and.
no have been in the
years, feel the new
than the former.
ers of the Nebraska
ling division of the
ern formerly had an
5 for themselves and
Food on the N. & W.,
Galena divisions, MAX
|sible for them to take
trips east, but this
passes are only good
. & w. division.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-10

The recent sickness of p. II
hartman was said to be due
o the worry over legislative in
luiries. He had better take it
quietly now for the people will
soen demand rigid examinations
|of all corporations. E: P. Rip
ley, of the Santa Fe is now tell
Ing about railroad rates but so
far he has kept up in health.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-10

Mrs. Rachel Pugsley died at
her home in this city Saturday
morning after a short illness
withpneumonia. She was buried
from the Church of Christ in
this city Monday afternoon at 2
o'clock, Rev. B. F. Hall, her
pastor, conducting the service.
Mrs. Pugsley was born in Ath-
ems county, Ohio, in 1921 and
came to this county in 1856, be-,
ing one Of the pioneers of this
section. She was the mother
of eight children. of whom Mr..
George Pugsley, Mr.. Marcellus
Pugsley, Mrs. w. H. DeCou and
Miss Frances Pugsley all reside
in Wood'oine. One son, Charles,
resides in Florida. Mrs. Pugs-
ley was a woman of exemplary
Christian character, beloved by
all who knew her. She had ex-
perienced the hardships peculiar
to our early settlers and reared
a family all Of whom have had
their share in developing this
country from a wilderness to
its present advanced condition.
Thus another of our old pio-
neers passes to her reward and
her memory will long be cher
ished by the people of this vi
cinity.-Woodbine Chronicle.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-10

In the pardoning of criminals
from the Nebraska penitentiary
one can see the necessity for a
board Of pardons, thus taking
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-10
Gibson-Goss


Wayne (Neb.) Times: The
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. T. S.
Goss, four miles north of town,
was the scene of a pretty home
wedding last Monday evening
when their daughter, Miss
Alma Blanche Goss, became the
bride Of Mr.. Earl Gibson, Of
Omaha. The house was pref
tily decorated with holly and
and Christmas greens, bouquets
of white carnations being
placed throughout the rooms.
The ceremony was performed
by Rev. T. C. Osborne, of the
Presbyterian church, in the
parlor under a canopy Of holly,
evergreen and wedding bells
and was witnessed by relatives
only. The bride was becoming
ly gowned in white japanese
Grape silk trimmed with valen-
ciennes and baby Irish lace and
carried a bouquet of white car
nations. She wore a diamond
brooch, the gift of the groom's
mother. Wilma Goss attended
her sister as flower girl. After
the ceremony an. informal re-
ception was held after which a
collation. was served. Among
the guests present were Fred
Goss, of Winside, Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander, Of Canada, Mr.. and
Mrs Heagney and Mrs. John
Ford, Of Missouri Valley, Ia.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-01-10

e we are having this
spring-like weather, the
hts at the so-called win
sorts are experiencing
uncomfortable weather.
ne places in the South the
lometer is almost as low
nj Iowa. However, a good
how storm would be of bene-
Fit to the business houses in
general. Every winter is in
complete without a month or
Fix weeks of cold weather, and
now helps in a way.
The Shah, of Persia is dead
gain. That is, he has been
eported as dead this time. In
he far East people have a hard
to die unless they live in
sussia.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-19
FRIDAY, JULY Io, 1907.

PATENTED HoLR-"The queerest
patent?" said an attorney to a Min
neapolis Journal reporter. "Well, the
queerest patent know Of was the pa
tent of a hole.
"An old farmer out st. Louis way
patented a hole, and what is more ne
made a lot Of money on 1t. Now
though, 1t isn't worth the paper It Is
written on.
This farmer one morning in the dim
past went to wind his big silver tur-
nip and found the key stuck full Of
dirt. He tried to dig the dirt out with
a pin. No go.
"'Consarn ye,' he said, I'll fix ye.'
And he drilled a hole in the key,
and with a single breath blew out ev-
cry bit Of the dirt
He patented that hole. He built
factory bought millions OF keys and
made noles for them. His plant turn
ed out 27,5O0 holes a day.
I'm fact, all the world used the far
mer's watchkeys which were the only
kind that would keep clean, and the
old fellow got rich.
THAT, Of course, was in the dim
past. The holefactory Is only running
ON half time now for few persons To-Day
use any save the stem winding or key
less watch" h."-Philadelphia Record.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-19
JUDICIAL POPULARITY.
As One of the Jurists of Montana
Acted In Court.

As One Of the Jurists Of Montana
Acted In Court.
In "The Fight Of the Copper Kings"
by C. P..Connolly in McClures is pic
tured the prodigious fight between F.
Augustus Heinze and the Amalgama-
ted Copper company, and the pictur-
esque campaign of 1900, when Clark,
by the aid Of Heinze, was elected to
the senate. The great legal battle
over the Butte Hill is also portrayed
and the personal factors described.
Among the latter was a certain Judge
Clancy.
At one time, writes Connolly, the
supreme court issued a supervisory
writ directing Judge Clancy to make
a certain order In a case, either grant
ing or refusing right to Amalgama-
ted, so that the matter might be finally
determined in the higher tribunal.
When this was brought to the judges s
attention he announced that he would
take the matter under advisement.
The judge had taken other matters
under advisement and they had never
been heard of afterward. 1t was one
way of allowing Heinze ample time to
extract valuable ore bodies from dis
puted ground.
Under the decision Of the supreme
court we are entitled to an immediate
ORDER" said L. o. Evans, the Amalga-
mated attorney who presented the
matter in court.
well, 1 am not going to give it to
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-19
RIVAL OF THE DIAMOND.
Remarkable New Gem Recently Dis.
covered.

CON6TCus
Kunsite, a newly discovered pre-
cious stone, is declared to be a gem
which has but one rival, the diamond.
1t was found by two Frenchmen In
1903 while they were prospecting In
San Diego county, California, and was
named for Prof. George F. Kunz, the
celebrated mineralogist, the most ex-
pert authority on gems In the United
States.
Several deposits Of kunsite have been
uncovered since the original discovery,
but they are unimportant. The "Pala
CHIEF mine, situated a mile and half
from the town Of Pala, has produced
the finest specimens known, many OF
the gems when cut selling for a thou
sand dollars and more says the Tech
nical World Magazine.
Kunsfte Is found in a formation Of
decomposed granite (pegmatite),
which Is in turn found in the granite
and gabbro rocks. Often the gem crys-
tails will form the larger part Of a
rock mass. Almost invariably the
crystals are found in pockets, and are
companioned by crystals Of lapidolite
and amblygonite, and in many in
stances tourmaline crystals also. The
hardness of kunsite is nearly as great
as that Of the diamond. 1t is Of double
refraction, with marked double color.
Viewed transversely, the crystals are
either colorless or family tinged with
pink, but longitudinally they show a
lilac color
The wonderful quality Of fluorescence
found in no other gem but kunsite
gives it a unique distinction, and
places it in a class by itself. When
kunsite Is exposed to an oscillating
current obtained from a large Helm
holtz machine, it glows a brilliant or
ange, losing for a time its rare lilac
color, and resembling a glowing coal
without heat for forty-five minutes
after removal from the current. II
rays or radium preparations, kunsite
becomes phosphorescent and remains so
for some time. Immediately after ex-
posure Of X-rays, it will, If placed by
itself in the dark, photograph itself
upon a piece Of sensitized paper.
Owing to the immense size Of the
crystals in the natural state, these
lovely gems can be cut into every
form and shape, and run from one to
one hundred and one carats.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-07-19
The Egyptians, fond Of large things
and big dimensions, made other big
tonnopa vessels in ancient times

The Egyptians, fond Of large things
and big dimensions, made other big
tonnage vessels in ancient times.
Ptolemy (Philopator) would have ap-
preciated the Baltic. He was fond Of
building big boats. One Of these Is
said to have been 42O feet long, 81 feet
broad, and 72 feet deep from the high
est point Of the stern.
This vessel had four rudders, OF
what some would call steering oars, as
they were not fastened, each 45 feet
long. She carried 1000 rowers, be-
sides 5000 marines, large body of
servants under her decks, and stores
and provisions. Her oars were 81 feet
long, and the handles were weighted
with lead. There were 1000 rowers on
a side, and it Is supposed that these
were divided into five banks.
That this extraordinary vessel ever
put to sea Is doubted, but that she was
launched and used at times, IL only
for display, several historians are
agreed.
Another ship" the Thalamegus,
built for one of the Ptolemies, is said
to have been 300 feet long, 40 feet
broad, and go feet deep. This was a
far more magnificent vessel than any
previous one. An Alexandrian histor-
ian, Catlixenus, in describing her,
speaks of her having colonnades, mar
BILE stairs, and gardens.
Another great vessel, historical by
reason Of it's size, is one built by
Hero, King of Syr&cuse. Her dimen-
sions are estimated to be large from
the description Of her cargo, and the
number of her decks and houses.
She is supposed to have been
sheathed with lead, and accomplished
at least one successful trip. A full de-
scription Of this vessel, would read
somewhat like that Of one Of our Long
Island Sound or Hudson river steam
boats.
She had three entrances, the lowest
leading to the hold, the second to the
eating rooms, and the third was ap-
propriated to the soldiers. There were
thirty rooms, each having four couches,
for the soldiers; there were fifteen
couches in the sailors supper-room,
and there were three more cabins, each
having three couches. The floors Of all
these rooms were laid in stone mosaic
work There was also a temple Of cy-
press, inland with ivory, and dedicated
to Venus. The mainmast was compos-
ed of a single tree, and the vessel
carried four wooden and eight iron
anchors.
AS a freight carrier, she would rival
the largest Of our ocean tramps. 1t is
recorded that one or two Of the launch
es belonging to her would carry about
eighty tons. This vessel is said to
have carried 900 measures Of corn,
$1,000 jars of Sicilian salt fish, 10000
talents weight Of wool, and Of other
cargo 10000 talents, in addition to the
provision for the crew."
These are the notably big vessels of
ancient times, but the supposition Is
that as rulers, whether king or peo-
pie, were as emulous in those days as
these, other big craft were also built.
From the foregoing description the
thought is suggested that the first de-
signers of our own river steamboats,
may have heard Of the Egyptian and
Syracusan vessels and taken a hint
from them in building floating palaces.