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The Colorado statesman., 1908-08-08
National Conversations.

II you see three men standing to-
gether on the sidewalk in any given
country, you can guess the subject
of their con, ersation. In Germany it
is the army: in Russia the bu-
reaucracy; in France. women; in the
United States, business; in England,
sport and in Turkey, nothing at ALL
La Derniere Heure. Brussels.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-08-08
Still Vac ant.

He was a dude of the would-be
masher type and, tripping down the
aisle of the parlor car, he dropped into
seat beside pretty girl
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. this seat
with you, miss?" he queried
With disdainful look, she replied
in tone redolent with sarcasm: NO,
sir; nobody yeti
The Colorado statesman., 1908-08-08
Nightineales Under a Ban.

1t is said that no nightingales sins
In Havering, England. Legend has
it that the singing of the birds dis
turbed the devotions of Edward the
Confessor when at his Havering pal
ace, and he therefore placed them
under ban from which they have
never recovered
The Colorado statesman., 1908-08-08

If Your Feet Ache or Burn
get n 25c package of Aliens Foot-Ease. 1t gives
quick relief. Two million packages sold yearly.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-08-08

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens the gums reduces I'm
fammation allays pain cures wind collie 25c bottle.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-08-08

Even drunken man doesn't care to
be held up by footpad.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-11-05
The supervisors of Pottawat-
annie and Harrison counties

- 49, =
tamie and Harrison counties
met in adjourned session yes
terday in this city as a joint
drainage board to consider sew
eral matters, action On which
had been deferred at the meet
ing held in Missouri Valley last
week.
The report Of Engineer Seth
Dean upon the petition of land
owners north Of the Boyer,
asking for an extension of the
ditch about q mile in that di-
rection was received and adopt
ed. 1t recommended the con-
struction Of the ditch, the cost
he estimated at S12,062.27.
The cost of maintenance, how
ever, Engineer Dean reported,
would be reduced by construct
ing this ditch in connection
with another proposed exten-
sion.
The board decided to estab-
lish the new drainage district,
which will be known as the
Boyer cutoff No. 8. The ditch
will be constructed without the
dam as contemplated in the Or
iginal plans. Work ON the ex-
tension will probably not be be-
gun before next spring.
November 20 was the date
set for hearing objections to the
proposed extension.
Several land owners along
the Boyer cutoff No. l COM
planned to the board that the
evees were not of suffic lent
height and that in consequence
the water had overfiowed their
land leaving behind it a deposit
of silt. Complaint was also
made that the outlet was not
completed as provided in the
plans and specifications. The
board announced that it would
investigate both matters com
1plained Of. Council Bluffs Bee.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-11-05
The Chicago Stock Show

The international Live Stock
Exposition held this year from
November % to December 10,
is the supreme court of the
years prize winners, justly
styled the show of champions,
the show within whose portals
the bluest blood of the bovine,
ovine and porcine families
struggles for supremacy, the
exposition whose educational
value cannot be overestimated.
Here the foremost breeders,
who by constant study, mutual
contact, observation and conf
parison, have succeeded in pro-
ducing the best, are giving the
world the benefit of their labors.
Here the breeder and feeder
are shown by actual block dem
onstration by what methods
their work can be made more
profitable, and the kind of ami
mails the butcher wishes them
to supply. These and the
many other object lessons that
can only be learned by a visit
to this great expositi,a make a
visit to the "Ints la5ional' a
paying invest ut J. I'd part of
the training q very progress
sive farmer, feeder and breeder.
The fact of his having at
tended a previous show does
not signify, for new problems
are being solved here each year
each year sees the work and
achievements of the previous
shows surpassed and at each
successive exposition new stand
ards of excellence are brought
to the attention of the public.
Let the live stock interests get
behind this triumphant success
let them center upon this lead
ing live stock exposition as the
pride of American enterprises
and let their patriotism force
them to offer encouragement
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-11-05
The Onawa Sentinel says:

The Onawa Sentinel says
again the good old gumbo of
Monona county Qowa), has per-
formed a stunt that will make
the surrounding country sit up
and take notes. Of all the va
rious vegetables, grains, and
crosses, berries, ETC., the Mon
ona county soil produces in SUI
perior quality and abundance.
Frank Hawkins reports as an
experiment this year that he
raised a bushel of penuts-of
the large California, three joint
ed kind "a half dozen make a
pocket full. Monona county
against the world with a down
hill pull"
Monona county is all o. K. on
peanuts, but when you wish to
see real, rich, productive gum
bo soil, come down to Harrison
county, where we raise every
thing that can be raised in this
latitude, and then raise a good
crop of Irish potatoes on the
loose wire that falls to the
ground around the fields. Talk
about peanuts! they are not in
with potatoes, not much.
About The County Ticket
A telephone message from
Logan at 3 o'clock this after
noon states that Blackburn has
about 431 majority, Owens 724
majority and Smith, for attor-
ney about 323. Other figures
were given as follows. Atkins
200 or 300, Pitt 500 or 600,
Rock about 1000, Kellogg 600
or 700, and Brainard 500. AS
far as estimated Taft carried
the county by 500. In the race
for supervisor between James
and Zahner the vote is record
ed as close, but the returns
have not come into Logan suffi-
GENTLY to give any more re-
suits today.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-11-05
Raw Lungs.

When the lungs are sore and
infamed, the germs of pneu-
monia and consumption find
Judgement and multiply. Foley's
Honey and Tar kills the cough
germs, cures the most obstinate
racking cough, heals the lungs,
and prevents serious results.
The genuine is in the yellow
package. j. d. Brown & Son.
n-30
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-11-05
The Rubicon Is Crossed.

llAS NuUlNOll 10 SIOSSSUs
Well, the election is a work
of the past, and while many are
sorry, yet many are just as hap
py over the result. AS to our
feeling on the subject, we feel
perfectly satisfied. Ifthe cleo
tion of w. H. Taft is to be for
the advantage of the people of
this country, we will rejoice at
the result, and if it proves a
misfortune, we can truly say:
"T'was not / who did il"
That it does not require the
Presidency to make William j.
Bryan great, is certainly true.
Hestands the peerof any Amer
ican citizen, and his name will
live on the page of history as
long as time shall endure and
grow brighter and brighter as
time rolls on, long after his ira
ducers have been forgotten.
We will not, in all human pro-
bility, live to see another Presi-
denJial election, as we are now
living on borrowed time, and for
that reason, we the more regret
the defeat of Mr.. Bryan, [but
the will of the American voter
has been expressed in a constitu-
tional manner, and that settles s
it for another four years. Mr..
Taft will be as good a President
for the Democracy as for the
Republican-he cannot injure
one without hurting the other,
and whether his administration
is a success or a failure depends
upon the future, therefore let
us wait and hope, giving appro-
val to every good act and contin-
uing to condemn the bad.
d. M. H.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-11-05

expects to put in a big vote
election day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Day
called on her mother Mrs. Price
Tuesday.
Our old hens have gone on a
strike. Now eggs are % cents
it seems as though they won't
lay. Maybe Sleepy Hollow can
tell me what to do.
How thick the candidates are
now. Every one of them is
awfully tickled to see you.
John Mccullough has NOV 4.
into the Beckwith hoa :
and when [ called IN
him, | found things in apple
pie order Tor winter.
l don't like fall and winter
as we'll as spring and summer
then everything is growing.
Now everything is dead and
by and by III have to keep cut
ing wood to keep warm. But
then we can take a rest and do
more visiting.
| hear quite a number of
folks are betting on election. l
can always tell which one is to
be elected after the election
better than before. Somebody
will loose, but it won't be me.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-11-05
Silerclifie Arrested Again

SHerCliiie Arrested Again
Des Moines, Ia, Oct. 81.
The Des Moines police depart
ment has received word to the
effect that Sherman Morris,
alias Frank Shercliffe, has been
arrested at Knoxville, Tenn.
He escaped after a sentence for
murder in Colorado and visited
his wife here a short time ago.
"It must be a mistake. [ do
not believe Frank has been
caught. He is too shrewd for
a thing like that. | shall not
believe it is him."
Mrs. Frank Shercliffe, wife
of the alleged bandit fugitive
under arrest at Knoxville,
Tenn. declared today she be-
lieved it was not her husband
held by Tennessee authorities.
There is little doubt, howev-
er, but that the man arrested
at Knoxville is Shercliffe. St.
Paul authorities are expected
here en- route for their man.
Shercliffe says he will not re-
sist extradition to st. Paul, but
refuses to go to Colorado, where
he is under sentence for muir
der.
Manufactures of railroad
equipment, and, indeed. all ia
any way interested in the oper-
alton of the railroads, are de-
voting much attention to the
rapid manner in which the sur
plus supplies of freight cars
are being diminished, says 6
dispatch from Chicago. The
former sees in it evidence that
it will not be long before the
railroads again are in the mar
ket for additional equipment
On April 29th last there were
reported by the car service as
sociation 413,338 idle cars or
the various lines. By October
Ia, that number had been re-
duced to 100000.
We moved. We are settling
and with it all have not broker
a bit Of furniture. The office
towel fell over but fortunately
did not break, being the only
serious mishap of the operation
Our machines are slightly out
of adjustment but that will b,
remedied shortly. Our new
home is delightful, or will b.
when we get time to sweep out
and wash the windows. Ou,
new home edition is necessaril,
postponed, but we hope to ge
out a special issue on some da,,
soon and show you all in prin
how we look "at home -Littl
Sioux Hustler.
, Has any one approached 20,
: today, II told you so" Well
) the thing is about over with
: except those who have bet
hung up on doubtful states. 4
! well known politician in Oman
) states that he has never known
!, SO much betting as was done
t this year, especially on Nebras
-Ika.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-11-05
Harris Grove Farmers Club

Harris Grove Farmers Club
The October meeting of the
III. G. F. G. was held Oct. 81 at
'Bonny View" the pleasant
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. F. r.
2Beebee. Owing to the late ar
rival Of the members the club
was not called to order until af-
8ter dinner. At 1:45 the club
was called to order by the vice
q president and listened to the
reading of the minutes, whic h
were approved. Interesting
selections were read by the
{ following:
Creating an opportunity"
EMr. Beebee.
Permanent hog PASTURE
'|Mr. Longman.
"The man who loses his vote"
q Mrs. Longman.
Questions were then taken
lup and answered as follows:s
Calves raised from COWS
producing a large percentage
|of butter fat are more apt to
be better butter producers than
Others.
p Laid over until next meet
ing.
Decided that a man should
figure the price of corn when
)he puts his cattle in the feed
lot.
{ Questions for next meeting.
lis there any way to prevent
lcistern water from smelling
bad? Referred to Mrs. Fem
sler.
R-How can we have good
roads with the material at
hand? Referred to Mr.. Has
kins.
3Do the farmers of Harrison
County take as much interest
lin the county fair as they
should, and could it not be
made more of a success? Re-
|ferred to Mrs. Orr.
Committee on questions for
next meeting, Mrs. Weatherly
IMr. Selvy and Mr.. Fensler.
Visitors present: Mr.. and
MRS. +. H. Beebee and children
fMr. and Mrs. A. Beebee and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie
|Beebee and son, Mrs. John Hui.
and son, Miss Scripps, Miss
Hack, Mr.. Straus and Rev. Car.
ley. On motion club adjourned
20 meet with Mr.. and Mrs
|G. w. Weatherly, Nov. %, 'O8
B. A. Divelbess, V.P.
Mrs. Geo. Weatherly, Sec
-lpro tenn
Mrs. Guy Smith left last
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-11-05
Says Diners Serve Game.

Says Diners Serve Game.
Harry Barmeier, deputy state
game warden with headquart-
ers in Dubuque, was in the city
yesterday al sernoon and swore
out information in Justice j. K.
Cooper's court against the Chi
cago & Northwestern Railway
company and secured a search
warrant from the court with
power to serve the same on
board the dining cars of the
company.
Mr.. Barmeier claims that the
company serves on its tables
game which is out of season at
this time of year. He claims
that this action is illegal and
says he will fight the case
through the courts. Mr.. Bar
meier left last night in persu-
ance Of his declaration to serve
the search warrant on board
Northwestern dining cars
Nonpareil.
There has been exhibited
from time to time, in this
country, and that far too often
a maudlin and uncalled for
sympathy for criminals Of GER
tain class. If a man commits
some common crime, like lar
ceny or burglary, but little
notice is taken of the affair.
Let a man, however, commit a
murder, in which a woman is
in some way involved, or any
matter of a sensational nature
be connected Herewith, at
once a wave of unreasoning
sympathy sweeps over the land
The newspapers are filled with
it. The criminal is represent
ed as the victim of moral in
sanity. He is more sinned
against than SHINING. He is
undeserving of punishment, he
becomes a hero in his own esti.
nation and a martyr in the
eyes of his maudlin sympath.
izers. Court and juries are
condemned because they have
found him guilty, and COVER
nors are cursed if they will not
commute his sentence or par
don him entirely.-Ex.
Affirmed By Supreme Court,
LeMars Sentinel: A deci
sion was handed down on Fri.
day by the supreme court o,
Iowa in a case which excited
considerable interest and ex
citement some two or thre,
years ago in this part of Ply
mouth county. The case wa
that of Rose Byrne against tn
Independent school district o
Struble. Along in the schoo
year of 1905-06 Miss Byrne wa
a teacher in the Struble publ,
schools, where she had taugh
for several years, and was dis
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-11-05
Beebeetown Items.

Beebeetown Items.
There was a large attendance
at church Sunday evening last.
Several young people from Har-
ris Grove were present.
Several people from this vi
cinity, attended a party given
at Henry Poors, Thursday eve
ming last.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Ehlert at
tended church at Harris Grove,
last Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sheahan, and
Miss Carrier, were in Missouri
Valley, last Saturday.
Miss Nellie Mckinney return
ed to F. H. Beebee's Sunday.
Fred McElroy returned home
from Onawa last week.
Entertainment, box supper,
candy booth, ETC., at the Bee
beetown school house, Friday
evening, November 9Th.
Mr.. Arthur Ward and bride,
arrived home Tuesday last.
Earl McElroy is husking corn
for the Bateman boys.
Mr.. Orlan Strauss, of Logan,
visited at L. j. Boebee's Sunday
last.
Miss Jennie Beebee was in
Logan, last Wednesday.
Charles Meinke is working
for HI. l.. Hansen this week.
Miss Bessie McElroy finished
her fall tenn of school at Lin
wood, last Friday.
James O'Neill, of Crisp, at
tended church here last Sunday
evening.
Roy Duncan has lately re-
covered from an attack of la
grippe.
Phil fletcher visited at A. L.
Burbidges, last Sunday.
The Harris Grove Farmers
Club, met at F. F. Beebee's last
Saturday.
Fred Welburn is husking corn
for John Sheahan. -
Elmdale Items
Frank Steen and wife are
moving back to his fathers
farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison ex.
poets to be home soon. Beer
gone about 2 months.
1t is curious that down at To
peka, Kan. they had snow foul
inches deep and we didn't have
any. Can't be that we arr
going to be in the banana belt
This misty rainy weather
will stop shuckers for a few
days.
Mr.. Cofman on Mrs. Newtons
place has built a new barn.
Mr.. Logan Crawford ha
good health out near Basset
Neb. He sleeps some
times till IL in the morning.
Daniel Cole has got home
again from Kansas.
John Jones and family ex
pect to live in Co. Bluffs mex
wear. We will be sorry to Sc
them 60.
Called on Rev. Douglas. HI
lis getting better slowly. HI
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-11-05

by attending, thus making it
possible to continue this splen-
did work and to make it the
worlds greatest live stock ex-
position in every sense of the
word.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-11-05


The statements made in the
daily papers a few days ago
regarding the death Of A. i.
Wheeler of Corning from pois-
ming, seems untrue. Mr..
II heeler received a package
labeled ''Foley's Honey and
Tar" and took some of it for a
cough and was taken danger
ously i'll, but has so far recdN-
cred as to be around the office.
This is the gentleman who was
in Missouri Valley for a short
time last spring during the
closing out of the Anderson
stock of goods. Strychnine
was found in the package sent
and an investigation has been
commeneed to ferret out the
guilty party if possible.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-11-05

charged by the school board
following some trouble in the
schools. Miss Byrne held 3
contract to teach which had not
expired and sued for salary to
the amount of $500. She W's,ts
her case in the district court
before Judge Mould and the
supreme court last week affirm
ed the decision on an appeal
taken by the defendants.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-11-05

Mrs. Guy Smith left last
evening for MINER, III. where
she will visit relatives for a few
weeks.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-12
A BEAUTIFUL DREAM.

The news comes down from Port
land, and must, therefore, be of ire
proachable verify, that the whole Of
Clatsop beach is to be transformed in
to a sort of Eden, a dreamland of
modern delight and happy indulgence,
a premier resort for the pleasure seek
ing world, in which Messrs Hill and
Hartman have blended their power
and purpose, along with other con-
spicuous people; and that when the
scheme is fulfilled there will be moth
ing between Nome and National City
to compare with it for scope and
magni6cence.
Good for us!.
Astoria's interest in this develop
ment can hardly be measured just
now but will probably come within
the range of computation as the work
unfolds and then it will be found that
it means an immense deal for this
place; as this must be the distributing
point for the hundreds of thousands
of summer visitors and the enormous
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-12
SPOTLIGHT MANIA.

Mr.. Bryan's mania for the spot
light is being gratiied to the full
these days; but as of old the central
figure will gradually recede to the up
stage-rear-exit and fade dismally
while the refulgent beam OF the 81.
will find the real and correct focus
and fall where it belongs. For the
moment he is enjoying the recurrence
of an epheremal popularity that will
FRAGILE out early in November and
leave the "idol' in proper shape for
the dust and desuetude OF another
four years; it cannot fail to issue this
way; it never has; and the coclusion
is foregone because there is less this
time to bolster the idea OF his cleo
ton than ever before; he has no new
hold on the American public thought
and interest; nor even so strong
grasp as he held eight years ago; he
is simply reversionary candidate,
logical. because he was the only
available man in his party or parties.
As to Mr. Taft getting in the glare
OF the calcium, we don't give a hang
if we never hear Of him until the
evening of November End next, and
then only to the effect that he has
been elected to the PRESIDENCY; in the
meantime the country, knowing the
man and all he stands for, may safely
go about its business and eschew the
radiance that emanates from the
Bryan camp, for it is but the immater-
ial glow Of the mock-fire from the
woods" toward which he is headed
and Fastening.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-12
THE PROMISING FUTURE.

5ignor, now wecl spcaka true
Som theengs dat gon' garprisa you.
Baycause YOU have not ondrastood
Italian Eeopla vera GOOD.
All, you weell see wat eet shall be
Eef you wecll lCcs'cn now 10 me.
Zen all dees fina bigga land,
Where evratheeng Get ees so giant
An all men ces1 s'pose' 10 be
Wan lika mother, equal free,
Dere ees wan mosta noble race
Dat should be put cen highest place,
Baycause dey play sooch biggn part
Zen evra beez' ness. ezra art.
For max" SO younga land like dees
To be da greata theeng Get ecs.
Bayhold, da grand Italian racel
Com, see wat pride ees cen my face.
All, vera nanny. NANNY year
We been so0ch lcetla peopla here,
But now all dat ces gon' be change
You theenk dat wat | say ees strange
All. yes, but true! Eth? How know?
Big, visa man he tai me so.
You laugh. | s'pose you theenk dat he
Dat tai all dcesa news to me
Ees like mysdr. Italian.
Not so; he ecsa 'Merican.
An he ees vera reech an swal
| weesh dat you could hear heem tai
Wat granda theengs ees gona be
For poor Italians like me,
Dat Uecll be wise an boost da game"
By helpin' Meester W'ats-hees-name--
You know, dat bigga fatta gent
OATS gon' be 'lecta president.
All. vera NANNY. nanny year
We been sooch leetla peopla here,
But now we look you in da face
Bayhold da grand Italian race!
IT. A. Daily in Catholic Standard an
Times.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-12
SOUNDS LIKE BUSINESS.


Portland is to spend many millions
OF money in excavating for a harbor
and when she is through will have lC
or twelve million square feet more
than she has at present She will
need ii all, considering the little she
has now; and we hope she will not
spend the money in vain We have
40 or SO square miles OF the com
modify down here we should be glad
to have her consider as resource in
this line, if she will but use it. She
can handle the business even at an
even 100 miles away
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-09-12

"Yes." said Mrs. Malaprop, my bo.
is doing first rate at school. l sent
him to one o them alimentary schools
and his teacher says he's doing fine
He's FIRST class sculler, they tell me.
and is head of his class in gastrononly
knows bis letters by sight and can
spell one @ these deformed spelle;'s
down to Washington"
Whats he going to be when be
grows up"
''He wants to be an undertaken, and
I'm declined to humor him. SO I've toSl
the confesscr to pay special intention
to the dead languages" said the proud
mother-Hsrper's Weekly.