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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-11-14
Large Flour Mill Burns

Dunlap, Ia, Nov. 9. The
large Touring mill located here,
known as the Rodgers Touring
mill was totally destroyed by
fire early this morning, entail
ing a loss of between $4,000
and $4,000.
The fire was discovered about
3 o'clock this morning when it
had already gained a big start,
and in less than an hour the
building was in ruins.
There was not great amount
of grain or flour in the mill. In
a separate building nearby was
stored a large quantity of flour.
This building was not even
damaged.
The mill was owned by Simon
Rodgers of Dunlap, who has
operated the property for the
past ten years. Mr.. Rodgers
resides near the mill property.
He has not announced his inten-
tions in relation to rebuilding
the mill. 1t provided a market
for a large territory and will be
a severe loss to the town should
it not be re. established.
1t is understood the mill was
pretty we'll insured, though no
figures on the amount could be
secured.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-11-14
Change in Time Card

The G. & N. w. will put in a
new time card tomorrow, lSun-
day. morning, November 10th.
No. IL that now goes east at
$40 a. M, will go east at 1925
and will be a through train,
making very few stops. No.
II which gets here now at
1852 p. M, will get here at
1886 p. M, from the east, and
will be a fast train, making
very few stops. A new train,
known as the Mo. Valley and
Des Moines local, will be put
on, and it will leave here for
the east at $50 in the morning
and will return at 1915 q. M
Is minutes after midnight.
This train will do all the local
work between Mo. Valley and
Ames. This is about the worst
train service for the people of
the west side of the county ever
put in service. People coming
down on the Sioux City morn
ing train and wanting to go
east will have to wait until
1880, and returning from Lo-
gan will have to wait until mid
night. 1t will now take two
days to go from the west side
of the county to Logan anil re-
turn. Surely this card wont
last long.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-11-14
School Notes

Yesterday afternoon the high
school was Delightfully."- enter
tanned by Miss Murry with an
impersonation of Silas Mariner.
She gave a program lasting
about one hour and twenty
minutes. The tenth grade
finished the study of Silas
Mariner about two weeks ago
and Miss MUIR, s work was
especially interesting to them.
To those pupils who had not
read this most excellent piece
of fiction, her work will be
valuable in giving them inter-
est. Each pupil contributed
five cents toward this enter
tainment and we have a small
balance left in the treasury.
Under special arrangements
valuable work came at a
nominal sum. Some visitors
were present.
The superintendent reports
increased interest and enthusi-
asm on the part of teachers
since the Southwestern Associa-
tion. 1t did them good to see
what others were doing and
helped them to appreciate thei.
own work and environment.
The preliminary debate for
the selection of teams for the
triangular and state debate will
be held in Missouri Valley Nov.
%, 1907. The Missouri Valley
high school is now a member of
the Iowa High School Debating
League.
At the last meeting of the
Board of Education they placed
q set Of the new International
Encyclopedia in the high school
library. This is the best en-
cyclopedia published and is
highly appreciated by the high
school pupils. It is safe to say
that this work has been con-
suited at least ten times every
day since placed in the library.
Over fifty volumes aside from
this work have been placed in
the library this year, and this
with money raised by the
school.
The teachers will continue
the study of the Recitation
at their next meeting Monday
evening. The work done by
the teachers of our schools
looking toward growth and
better service, is worthy of
mention. They have a current
literature club, a class for the
study Of English, and an
! organization for the study Of
Education.
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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-11-14
MISSOURI VALLEY TIMES
HARRIS & HOYLE, Editors
Weekly Established July 3, '6s
Daily Established April !, '91
Weekly sl.5o a Year; Daily 15c
per week.
Wickham Takes Ditch Bond

Wickham Takes Ditch Bond
The bonds of the Pigeon
Greek drainage district, which
the w. R. Compton Bond and
Mortgage company of Macon,
Mo, declined to accept, will be
taken by E. A. Wickham, who
had the contract for the con-
struction of the ditch. At the
session of the Board of Super
visors yesterday Mr.. Wickham
announced his willingness to
take the bonds at par value,
plus accrued interest. The.
bonds amount to $4,000 and
the Compton company, when it
was awarded them, offered a
premium of $573 95. The
Security Savings Bank and
Trust company of Toledo, o.,
which had submitted a bid on
the bonds, was offered them
when the Compton company
notified the county auditor that
it could not accept them, but
the former company, ina letter
received yesterday by Auditor
Cheyne, stated that owing to
the present financial situation
it was not in the market now
for drainage district bonds.
The board was greatly gratified
at Mr.. Wickham taking the
bonds at par under the circum-
stances.
The auditor was instructed to
transfer $4,000 from the poor
fund, in which there was a
balance of S., ,665 on October l..
to the general fund.
The hearing on the petition
of the Grand Army posts of the
towns in the eastern portion of
the county for the removal of
G. H. Norton from the position
Of member Of the Soldiers
Relief commission was post
poned until December q. Bee.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-11-14

The big bridge that connects
Brooklyn with New York can
always furnish enough excite
1ment during the rush hours to
keep the crowds in good humor.
The other evening the lady
with the punch held the stage.
Her victim was a masher who
first tried the hypnotic iniu-
ence; this failing he approached
the young woman and said,
"Ah there, you little bunch of
sweetness!" That was all.
This was what she did to him:
First, she landed on his right
eye, jarring him slightly. Then
she walloped him on the end of
the nose, crossing on his jaw.
He was going by then and a
rip in the middle put him down
altogether. He had no sym
pathizers he didn't get even a
sponge. But when he came to
he was assisted down the stairs
by several men propulsion be-
ing exerted upon the fullness
of his neither hab;liments. So
he progressed to the station
house. AS the young woman
who had performed the few
physical culture stunts failed
to appear against him, he was
discharged with a lecture.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-11-14
The supervisors of Pottawat-
tamie county received notice
Yesterday from the w. r..

The supervisors of Pottawat-
tamie county received notice
yesterday from the w. r.
Compton Bond Company, of
Macon, Missouri, that on advice
of its attorney it would decline
to accept $4,000 bonds of Pig
con Creek drainage district.
The communication from the
company stated that it's attor-
ney would not approve the pro-
ceedings of the board of super
visors in that the proceedings
failed to show the sufficiency
of the petition asking the es-
tablishment of the drainage
district. The company's at
torney, it stated, also found
other Irregularities.
Discussion at the board meet
ing showed that the drainage
district had been established
under the old law, which pro-
vided that on a petition signed
by 100 residents of the county
the board was required to es-
tablish the drainage district
sought. The law did not re-
quire the board to pass upon
the sufficiency of the petition.
1t was decided to offer the
bonds to some of the other
firms which bid for them at the
time they were given to the
Compton Bond Company under
its bid.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-11-14

Heretofore, the horse thieves,
who have been raiding north
Nebraska for the past three
years, have been satisfied to
steal only one team at a time.
This fall they have become
bolder and are taking two.
Some day a farmers posse
Will catch them far from
town,
They'll lead them to a nearby
bridge
And let the coroner cut 'em
down. .-Ex.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-11-14
At the Court House

Mrs. Florence Smith got a
divorce from Chas. Smith on
the grounds of cruelty, in
human treatment and drunken
ness.
Theodore Creager was grant,
ed a divorce from Cozette
Creager on the grounds of
desertion.
Louis Winning was granted a
divorce from Cora Alice Win
ming.
Cora McCoid was granted a
divorce from James T. McCoid
as prayed.
The case of Morrow VS.. Fayl-
or Bros. of Mondamin, is being
tried as we go to press.
in the case of Adolf Rogers
VS. D. j. Smith for commission
of $120 on a realestate deal the
jury decided in favor of
plaintiff.
In the commission case of j.
A. Dean and Son VS.. A. C.
House the jury rendered their
decision in favor of the defend
ant.
So many of the jurymen were
excused that Judge Thornell
had to order 20 more names to
the regular panel.
The grand jury adjourned
last week. They found five
true bills or in other words in
dicted five people, O. L. and
Allen Jones, brothers, of Cres-
cent, were indicted for burglary.
The sheriff brought them here.
They gave bonds of $500 each
for their appearance for trial.
They are indicted for breaking
into the G. & y. w. shops and
taking metals. L ,an Gazette.
President Roosevelt yester-
day said to members of the
committee on paper of the
American Newspaper Pub
lisher's association that he will
recommend to congress the
abolition of the tariff on press
paper, wood pulp and the wood
that goes into the manufacture
of paper; also that he will
make a recommendation to the
Department of Justice that it
take immediate steps to ascer-
tain whether the anti-trust
laws are being disobeyed by the
manufactures of paper. 1t is
certainly to be hoped that
some action will be taken on
this matter and that the price
of print paper be reduced. In
the past year it has been about
25 per cent higher than at any
time previous.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-11-14

Hereafter the shop men will
not work on Saturday after
moons, the new ruling going
into effect today. This will
make only eight hours a day
with Saturday afternoons off.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-11-14
Steam Passenger Coach

The Rock Island railroad peo-
pie are considerably interested
in a self-propelling steam pas
senger coach, the first to be
operated in the United States,
which is to be put in service
the coming week on some one
of the branches of the Rock Is
land road. The car has made
a trial trip from Chicago to
Joliet and retu rn and a speed
of 80 to SIS miles was main
tained over a part of the route.
The claim is made by its build
ers that it will net a saving of
$4,000 a year compared with
the cost of operating a locomo-
tive
'1n God We Trust" does not
appear on the new $40 gold
pieces. the design for which
was selected by the president.
This is the first time in thirty
four years that there has been
such an omission. The new
gold piece was designed by the
late Augustus Saint Gaudens at
the special request of President
Roosevelt and personally ap-
proved by the latter.
The Chapman case against
"The Boys" department store
at Denison, is on trial today at
Logan. This is the case where
in Mrs. Chapman was killed at
her home at Pisgah by the
explosion of gasoline. Mr..
Chapman brought suit against
the department store at Deni-
son for $4,000 damages in
consequence.
H. C. Champlin and Cap. j.
D. Brown returned from South
Dakota last night, where they
had been hunting for a week.
Mrs. Champlin, who has been
the guest of Mrs. DR.. Colt, will
return to Chicago with her hus-
band on Sunday evening.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-11-14
Talk This Over

the other day a young man
working at a trade which
brought him a dollar an hour,
or ten dollars a day. He is
twenty-five years old and when
he left the high school at the
age of sixteen his parents did
not consider it disgraceful to
have him become a worker with
his hands. He is a tile setter
and a good one. His services
are always in demand ata wage
which places him not only
above want, but enables him to
have all the comforts of life;
and if he cares to save his earn
ings he can possess a compe-
tence in few years.
There has never been a period
when the rewards of mechanic
al skill were so great as at pres
enc; never a time when there
was such a demand for crafts
men. Yet of the hundreds of
boys who are graduated from
the high schools Excluding
those who enter college) how.
many learn mechanical trades?
In our town we can recall only
two or three in the past ten
years, and like conditions obtain
in other Iowa towns.
Why is this? Are boys lazier
and more worthless than they
were a generation ago? EN-
phatically, no.
We are taxing rich and poor
to give the children of every
community a high school educa-
tion. We have preached the
Importance of this so-called
higher learning until we have
persuaded the masses that a
certificate Of graduation from a
town school is sufficient to carry
the graduate through life.
People who take the trouble to
read, think and observe, know
better; but hundreds of parents
have the conviction that a boy
who has been graduated from a
high school has an education
which will enable him to
succeed in life without working
with his hands; and all along
this has developed an impress
sion that a man with a trade
belongs to the lower strata of
society. How false and fallaci-
Gus these theories are all en-
lightened people are fully
aware; but how to eradicate
them is a problem that is diff
cult of solution.
Strange as it may seem,
people with slender means and
little education are the most
reluctant to encourage their
boys to become skilled crafts
men. Ask the wife of a laborer
what trade her son intends to
learn when he leaves school,
and the chances are that she
viii resent the question. She
will reply that the boy will be
sent to school until he gets a
good education and then it will
not be necessary for him to
learn a trade. ''How will he
earn a livingw you ask. ooh,
that will be easy; a man who
has an education doesn't have
to work hard" And you will
find it useless to say any more.
The average young man who
has a trade is earning big
wages and need never know
want if he will lay aside some
thing for the future. The
average young man who has a
high school education and no
trade is earning from seven to
twelve dollars a week-if he
works and spending every
cent of it. Jesus was a carpen-
ter, but many who profess to
be his followers are ashamed to
have their boys learn to drive
nails.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-11-14

Men are queer ducks, there is
no question about it. For ex-
ample, wouldn't there be a roar,
when they went home to their
meals, if they had to climb upon
a high stool in front Of a table
on which there was no cloth.
and eat their meals in this fash
ion. Yet the majority of men,
when they go to a restaurant to
eat, will pick out the highest
stool and the feed board with
no cloth on it in preference toa
comfortable chair and a cloth
covered table. A man will bor-
row a chew of tobacco and most
of them will set their teeth in
to the plug right over where
some other men have gnawed
off chew. But offer him a
piece of pie at home from which
his wife or one of the children
has taken a bite and he would
holler his head off. At home he
will not drink out of a cup from
which some one of the family
has been drinking. Just call
him into the back stall of a liv-
cry stable, pull out a bottle half
way down his throat to get a
good swig after half a dozen
fellows have had the neck of
the same bottle in their mouths
and he will call you a fine fell
low. Yes. man is a queer duck.
Mullen Tribune.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-11-14
The Granger Is King

Marvin Hughitt, president of
the Chicago & Northwestern,
says: Farmers are receiving
higher prices for their grain
than for great many years.
The crop is shorter in some Sec
tions, but the increase in prices,
from 10 to 20 per cent, more
than compensates for the short
age. In Iowa alone the crops
this year will yield s1,00O,OO0,-
600, and of this immense sum
$500,0OO,0O0 will be for the
corn crop alone. The Chicago
& Northwestern railroad one
day recently handled more farm
products than in any day in the
history of the line"
"October will prove the larg-
est month in the history of the
Rock Island, where the figures
are tabulated," said President
B. L. Winchell of that line. 81
have never seen a more insist
ent demand for cars"
The wheat crop of Kansas
this year will amount to U.s.
100000 bushels, as compared
with 94.O0O.OOO a wear ago. ac-
cording to statistics obtained
from Mr.. WinshelPs office, but
the price for the cereal is one
third higher. Traffic officials
of the Hartman lines, the
Union Pacific, the Southern
Pacific and the Oregon Short
Line also talked optimistically.
The rubberneck wagon, filled
with sightseers. was approach
ing st. Luke's hospital. A
white-haired woman stood in
the grounds and near her a
man was using a lawn mower.
"There," sad the barker,
with a SWING of his arm toward
the hospital, "is st. Luke's hos
pital, one of the most noted in
the metropolis. The white
haired lady is one of the
nurses, and there you see St.
Luke himself cutting the.
grass"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-11-14

The country's corn yield for
1907 is 1858, 10000 bushels.
That is a pretty good founda-
tion of yellow, too.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-11-14

Mrs. Sniff and Miss Allie
Boner were the guests Of Oma-
ha friends yesterday.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1907-11-14

The morning papers chronicle
the death of H. D. Harle, secre-
tary and general manager of
the Harle-Ha Drug Company.
Mr.. Harle was stricken with
apoplexy about six o'clock last
evening at his office and died
almost Immediately. Mr.. Harle
was a leading member of the
commercial club of Council
Bluffs, and was also a member
of the Elks there.
The machinist's union are
getting out some large bills
advertising their annual ball
which will be given on Wednes-
day evening, November 9th.
This is the next big attraction
in the way of a ball.
The Sioux City Journal says
that the Northwestern instead
of reducing its freight house
force in Omaha, has added to
it. The road has 14O men
working in its freight house
Gre ws in that city.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-25
SEEKING ALLY AGAINST
MENICAN AtGRISSiON

Washington. Sept 2f.-lhe under
lying cause for the action OF Guate-
msla In trying to influence Honduras
In the selection OF president in the
coming election is said to be- Prcsi-
dent Cabrera's desire tn Insure an ally
10 strengthen his position against
Mexico. which government he fears is
likely To pursue its efforts TO secure
the punishment of GuHtcualan Off
cials charged with participation in the
assassination Of a former president in
Mexico CITY.
Reports OF Guatemala's activity Ia
Honduras politics have FASTENED Go q
conclusion the negotiations toward as
sembling the peace conference IN
Washington next November.
with the recent signature OF the
Central American peace protocol both
the United States and Mexico believe
the danger OF an outbreak is averted.
The protocol binds the parties 90 it 20
refrain from any movement thal
might disturb the status quo and
thus endangcr the success uf the pro-
iected conference. and a. officials here
feel that any attempt by Guatemala
10 Interfere with tMe internal affairs
OF another sovereign state would Dc in
violation 20 that protocol % is NOT
doubted here that the movement tn
favor Of Rnnilia Will be- 80 within
the bounds ~ prnpriciy
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-25
FOR NEW
YORK SURFACE ROADS

New York. Sept 24.-Federal Judge
Lacome today appointed Adrian Jolen
and Douglas Robinson receivers for
the New York City Railway company
on the joint application of creditors
and officials of the company.
The New York City railway Is one
of the numerous corporations formed
in the various mergers of traction and
subway lines in this city. The City
Railway company guarantees certain
dividends on Metropolitan Street rail-
way stocks. These dividends amount
to about $3,640.000 per year, and it
is estimated that the street railways
have fallen $2,000.000 a year short Of
the earnings required to pay the divi
dends. Ever since the consolidation
of the surface, elevated and subway
lines of this city under the name Of
the Interborough-M Metropolitan COM
pany it has been understood the sub
way and elevated lines were more than
holding their own, but that the sur
face lines operated by the Metropoli-
tan marlborough company were not
earning their fixed charges and divi-
dends.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-25
THRILLING EXPERIENCE OF
SHIPWRECKED SAILORS

New York, Sept. 24.-The story of
the wreck of the American bark Prus-
sia on the bleak Staten island, off the
coast of Terra del Fuego, Is thrilling.
Six of the crew have been landed here
by a steamer from Montevideo, four
perished, and three of the seaman are
stranded at Puntas Arenas, Patagonia.
The Prussia sailed from Norfolk
with a cargo of coal for San Fran
cisco on a cold and stormy night in
June the bark went ashore and broke
up, Eleven men reached the strip
OF sand bordering the islond, the high
cliffs barring escape inland. Two OF
the men tried to cross the mountains.
one of these froze to death, and the
other returned to the party with his
feet badly frost bitten. A boat was
laboriously built from the wreckage
and in this three men reached New
Years island, thirty miles distant.
The suffering men left behind on the
windswept beach were afterward
taken off, two of Them dying as d
result Of their terrible experience be-
fore reaching land.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-25
JURY SECURED
IN BORAH
CASE
GOVERNMENT CHARGES
WHOLESALE CONSPIRACY
Former Governor Frank Steu-
nenburg, Victim of ASSaSSin'S
Bomb, Accused of Planning
to Loot Public Domain,

Boise. Sept 2i.-The task of en-
paneling the jury 10 try Senator Bo-
rah, charged with timber land frauds.
WAS completed in the United states
court this morning.
The government accepted only men
who declared that the senator's exalt-
ed position would not deter them from
dealing out exact and equal justice as
betweerr-him and the government Of
the United states.
The opening address to the jury on
behalf Of the United states was made
at the afternoon session by MI. Burch,
of Detroit. special representative Of
the attorney general Of the United
states. He dwelt at length on the de-
tails OF the charges as set forth In the
fndictments-tha Of conspiracy 20 de-
fraud the government out OF timber
lands by inducing persons 10 make
false entries-and asserted that the
prosecution was without malice. but
the law should be carrier out without
fear or favor to the end that no guilty
man should escape. Mr. Burch de-
clared that former Governor Frank
steunenberg was one Of the leading
members ~ the conspiracy. and had
opanly stated that he was interested In
obtaining timber lands by causing 9TH
ers to enter claims for his benefit He
Induced others 20 go in with him
one Of those approached being the
pregent governor Of Idaho. Frank X.
Gooding Mr Burch admitted that no
reflection could be cast on Governor
GoodIng as the governor had declined
TO 60 into the deal.