Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-10-29

amount ever paid by any railroad COM
t'any in The world tor the construction
of line OF similar length In this
piece Of road there are S5 tunnels the
longest being more tian 5000 feet
through solid rock The company OK
poets that within five years after the
completion of the road, which is now
being rushed through Idaho and NASH
ington to the sound, the traffic will be-
50 large 1t win he necessary to double
track tho line in order TO handle the
volume of business. The line will hi
sect the Palouse and part of the Big
Bend wheat belts which sent more than
,400o0000 bushels OF grain to market
lin 1907.
Back IN the twenties, when the trans
portaton of goods was almost entirely
BY wagon, a DR. Buck, who for many
years afterWard was the military store
Keeper at Washington, vas In charge
or nlltary stores enroute to army
posts In the southwest In East Ten
ressce much difficulty was experienced
Iy reason of the rough roads. Or.
Buck overhauled the outfit. and, aban-
donIng the wagon bodies. long boards
were set directly on the aXles, or hung
below; and the stores were loaded In
such manner that there were no fur
ther delays from brcakdowns. and tho
stores safely reached their destination
There are something over 5000 vssri-
Ties of orchids recognized and described
by the authorities in the botanical
gardens of Rio de .Janerio. A very
large portion of this list of plants is
or no value from any standpoint. Some
varlt1es are very common, while
great many of them are rare enough
to command from Sic to $50 In Brazil
Other varities are very rare and the
value of specimens is mostly fixed by
what collectors Will pay for them.
varying greatly from time to time
Probably threefourths of the orchid
exporting business, In value, is In less
IMAM u dozen varieties of the plant
Power generated at Niagara Falls Is
to be distributed all over Canada. Bids
haze been asked on 10000 tons of
structural steel for the Canadian gov
crnment. The steel Is to be used for
towers which will support the cables
used In transporting the current. AL
ready power generated at Niagara Is
being sent distance of more than 1875
miles. and 1t is the intention of the
Canadian government to increase this
distance, says the Scientific American.
Towns In every direction about Mag
IRA Will be supplied.
Ernest p. Bicknell, who has served as
superintendent of the Chicago bureau
of charities since 1895 went to Wash
inston d. c.. the other day to assume
his new duties as national director of
the American Red Cross This great
philanthropic agency has been reor-
gained into three departments, over
which Mr.. Bicknell will have executive
supervision. They are the departments
OF war, relief. foreign relief and do
nestle relief.
The total estimate for the New York
department OF public charities for 1909.
AS submitted by Commissioners Robert
w. Hebb.'rd, is IS. Ill .297.69. an increase
over the appropriation for 1908 of ST42-
855.1S The chief increases are for sal
cries OF attendants and other employees
II. the big hospitals maintained by the
CITY. Wages have been so low that
the city has had great difficulty in
maintaining an efficient force
The Rev. Gertrude Won Petzold, pas
tor of the Free Christian church, of
Leicester, Eng. has accepted a call to
the pastorate OF the Unitarian church
of Streator, III. She is the first woman
preacher appointed to any church In
England Miss Won Petzold, who Is g.
years old. WAS born in Prussia She
spent four years I'm Edinburg university
and three years at oxford, and was or
datned In 1904.
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a way to keep shoe laces tied Is to
make O bow In the ordinary way. then
insert buttonhoole underneath the
center OF the bow and draw one loop
and one end through (underneath),
thus turning the bow practically uo-
6iuc down Or draw one loop through
.he other ana pull the answering"
sud. 50 That the loops are knotted.
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hefe Is laiilehlalloh IN Verona for
consumed from rooftrce to celarage by
IRE. ana the OCCUPATION of the guides
VINO conducted people thither and the
rlcefohe VINO solemnly showed them
I,'let balcony IS lrrevocably gone,
oioiis WITH me building of romantic
elsd reverend tradition
$3.50, >---- -
W soiiictnihs hke ~ per cent IN four
years IN thc cost OF rood, clothing and
oehef hecs ss;ify supplies Milk is 10
per eenl higher meat q per cent.
cheese 10 per cent, on - per cent, The
Iiicc OF rlce Is doubled. Rents follow
the upward trend.
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Jilnge Roperisoil, OF Chandler, stopped
niue ht"Sboy ~ the Denver conven-
.ion ana asked FOR an { oklahoma paper.
W mere IS oklahoina asked another
hsWspoy WHO stood hy I don't know
NHeie ~ y, answered the hi'St hopeful.
out ~ where all THIS convention came
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Professor Gus!lclrno lferrero. a noted
italian student of Roman history. will
tome to America III the fall and w.ll
deliver series of lectures on Roman
history before the Lowell Institute OF
al al,