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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-02-08
DEATH OF
MRS. c. L. SHERWIN
Remains Will Be Sent to
Missouri Valley for
Interrnent

Interment
Mrs. Marcia Sherwin, wife Of
G. L. Sherwin, died at the fam
lily home, 1904 Avenue D, at
$50 o'clock Friday afternoon,
after a three months illness
with paralysis. The deceased
was 81 years of age, and was
born in Cavendish, Vt. She
had been a resident of Council
Bluffs for five years. Resides
her husband, one son, r. G.
jSherwin of Council Bluffs, and
three grandsons survive.
A short funeral service will
be held from the home at $3.50
O'Clock Sunday morning, Rev.
j. M. Williams officiating, after
which the remains will be ship
ped at 1890 in the afternoon to
Missouri Valley for interment.
A service will be held in Mis-
souri, Valley at 2 p. m.-Non-
pareil
BE sure and attend the O. S.
Larson great bred Sow Sale,
Friday Feb. 18th.
In room 6, 3rd Ward the fol-
lowing named pupils received
average marks of IS per cent
or above, for January:
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-02-08
Big Contest of X. L. of S.
Now on.

The K. L. of s. lodge voted
Saturday night to start a con-
test. One side will be known
as the blues and the other side
known at the Reds. j. b.
Orme, Deputy, furnishes blue
and red applications cards, also
blue and red buttons for all
workers to wear. Mrs. Lizzie
Casey was chosen as captian of
the blues and D. j. Kennedy
captain of reds. Both captains
will give notice at once to all
members which side they are
chosen on. This contest closes
the LIST Saturday night in April
and the side that secures the
smallest number Of members
will entertain the winning side
Master Mechanic S. C. Ora
ham went to Norfolk Nebr., to-
day on company business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Richard
son SIR. celebrated their fiffv-
fifth wedding anniversary to-
day and most of their children
and grand children were pre-
sent to help them celebrate the
occasion.
| The coal situation is some-
what relieved today. Deur and
Newton received a few cars of
soft and hard coal.
Don't use harsh physics.
The reaction weakens the bow
els, leads to chronic constlpa-
ton. Get Doan's Regulets
They operate easily, tone the
stomach, cure constipation.
f29
Guy Everett, who is conduct
or on the Wall Lake train,
which runs via Mondamin. left
this city at 9::20 Saturday
morning and arrived home Sun
day evening at 1920 via Deni-
son on account of heavy snow
drifts between Nondamin and
We'll Lake. He should have
arrived home Saturday evening
| at 5 o'clock.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-02-08

Harold Culavin returned to
Omaha today to resume his
training for his coming match
with Peter Fromm OF Harlan.
The C. & G. w. had several
trains over the C. & N. w.
tracks from Carroll to Council
Bluffs today.
DR.. Heise reports the birth
of a s pound girl to Mr.. and
Mrs. Earnest Salyers.
DR.. DeVore reports the birth
of a daughter to Mr.. and Mrs
John Steen of Colhoun.
Frames are being built at
the Newton lumber yards fol
a new house, which is to he
built on the Spencer farm east
of this city by H. Tolsman.
Re sure and attend the O. S
Larson great bred Sow Sale
Friday Feb. 10Th.
Miss May Chambers is inn
proving rapidly. She has beer
very sick the past month, her
nurse returned home today.
Harry Newton now has
plenty of hard and soft coal
He received a couple of cars
this morning.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-02-08
The Sound Sleep Of
Good Health

Is not for those suffering from kidney
ailments and irregularities. The
prompt use Of Foley Kidney Pills will
dispel backache and rheumatism. heal
and strenthen sore, weak and ailins
kidneys, restore normal action, and
with it health and strength. lIrs. M
F. SALISBURY, Sterling, III, says: 80
suffered great pain in my back and kid
neys, could not sleep at night, anc
could not raise my hands overmy head
But two bottles of Foley Kidney Pill.
cured me-"
f29 Robt. W. Harvey.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-02-08

Ray Beckley is reported as
doing fine after his operation
for appendicitis at the Heise
hospital one week ago.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-02-08

The Blacksmiths of county
met at the Merchant Hotel in
this city, Sunday, Feb. a. Thu
following were present:
Geo. H. Wilson, Woodb!ne.
Ira Bendcn, Z"
w. C. Austin, q
Short Bros, Mo. Valley.
Mike Kirlin, {"
Ralph Purviarce +"
A. %. Smith, Dunlap.
German Bros. /"
/. S. Garner !"
Billie Frazier, Logan.
Jake Smith I"
Mr.. Neuland {"
They will meet again at Mo
Valley, Feb. 25, 1912.
j. II. Wilson,
Sec Pro. tenn.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-02-08

Arthur O'Connor of Iowa
City is home for a few days
visit with his parents Mr.. and
Mrs. M. O'Connor.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-02-08

Miss Anna Abrams returned
to her home in Chicago last
evening after a few days visit
in this city with relatives.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-02-08

Be sure and attend the O. s.
Larson great bred Sow Sale,
Friday Feb. 10Th.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-02-08
Mrs. T. Foss is quite i'll at
iaer home on Fourth street.

Mrs. S. C. Graham left for
Chicago last evening for a few
days visit with friends and rel
atives.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-06
Daysey Mayme and Her Folks
By Frances L. Garytde

the bills, and felt that this gave INN
the right to complain.
You don't Love your children"
sobbed his wife, the fountain of her
Mother Love boiling over, "or Won
would be Glad to see those Little Marks
made on the Piano by your Only Sons
Precious Hands.
IF you had the Tender Heart of
Mother you wouldn't want to Drive him
away from His Home to eat a mouthfnI
of candy. You would Rejoice that it is
the wings of Mercury that are broken
and not his darling Head.
You don't Love your Only daugb-
ter the fount of Mother Love BURSTING
all bounds, cor you would be glad In
see that she Enjoys her home bv dron-
ping her Chewing gum on the Garnet
Many a Father"-it seemed as if her
tears could not let her continue
whose Daughter is Married and Gone
Far Away, or who Lies Cold in the
Tomb. would be Glad to Find Chewing
Gum on his parlor Carpet"
Then she sobbed so wildly at the
picture she had drawn of a Desolate
Father looking in grief at carpet with
no chewing gum plastered on 1t, that
| Lysander John put on his hat and left
the house.
YOU" was the last reproach he heard
as he slammed the door, ARE not a
! Mother!"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-06
VERY CAUTIOUS.

A clerk was sent to call on Mr.. C,
the meanest rich man in the town, to
try and induce him to purchase a
burial plot in the new cemetery. In
half an hour he was back again.
Couldn't get him." asked the man
ager.
that the plots were fine ones; but he
said that if he bought one he might not
get the value of his money in the end
why" said the manager, there's no
fear of that. The man will die some
day, won't he?"
Yes" said the clerk; but he says
he might be lost at sea-.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-06
ASK HER HER REASONS.

Dear MISS FalTTaN.
| am Il years old and have been
keeping company with girl 20 years
old for three years. | have pro-
posed to her, but she refused. From
her actions l judge she refused on
account of financial affairs. l am
receiving $500 per annum with
prospects of an increase.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-06
MAY MEAN LOVE.
Dear Miss Fairfax:

Dear Miss Fairfax:
am seventeen years of age and
deeply in love with a young man
six years my senior.
At times this gentleman shows
that he loves me. but at other times
he hardly talks to me.
HEARTBROKEN.
When a man is silent when with
woman it usually means that he feel!
that their friendship is based on soliC
grounds He doesn't have to be ENTER
tanning" He likes her and thinks sh,
likes him just as he is. If I were you
| should regard that silent companion
snip as a very high compliment.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-06
MOTHER LOVE.
THERE is no limit to the number OF
delicate, refined, perfectly lady

NIlLhE 10 llO 4lLllII " Tire uuIllueI VI
delicate, refined, perfectly lady
like ways in which a woman may
rebuke her husband
sigh, the sigh of recent tears and
a refusal to tell why she shed them; a
Wistful. ar-away look when the hus-
band is present, and. above all else.
the look of martyr, will make the
gentlest of husbands feel as if he struck
a knife into his wife's heart and twist
ed it around.
Mrs. Lysander John Appleton has
her favorite way of telling her husband
he is brute, as have all women.
You" she will say in a tone of thin
~ yelled contempt, are not moth
er!"
And Lysander John will realize that,
not being a mother, he lacks all the
finer perceptions, is incapable of UNI
selfish devotion. devoid of sympathy,
and, in brief, IS a brute.
Chauncey Devere had scratched the
new piano. The day before he had
broken a window light in the parlor
and the day before he had knocked the
wings off Mercury. Candy stuck to the
best parlor chairs. And, as a proof
that there was a daughter in the house
there were wads of chewing gum plas
tered on the parlor carpet.
Lysander John complained. He paid
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-06
EMMA FRANCES AT LoEws AMERICAN TAEArER, NEW YORK.

suits. Though l dance twice a day, I
practice every morning to keep myself
in trim, and the woman who wants to
keep her figure-while, of course, she
doesn't have to devote as much time
to it as | do-has got to be just as
systematic. The reason why actresses,
as rule have better figures than
women in private life is that they
take more pains about it. They can't
afford to let themselves go"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-06
Advice to the Lovelorn
NO! BY ALL MEANS NO!
By Beatrice Fan7a,
Dear Miss Fairfax:

Dear Miss Fairfax:
l am girl of twenty and am
keeping company with young man
five years my senior l merely like
him. ] know he would provide for
me and be kind. Do you think it
would be fair to marry him?
ANXIOUSLY.
There is more to welded life than
bread and butter If that is all you
want, why marry for what your own
two hands can earn? There is love
and all the Joys of work and sacrifice
that go with it. In justice to this
man, refuse him, and don't make your
refusal an undecisive one.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-06
Every Woman Can Have Shapely Figure With a
Little Care, Says Emma Francis
BY Margaret Hubbard Aver.

.lT TEALTHY. I'm too healthy!
II Anybody would be who had
to DO that every day" painted
Miss Emma Francis, as she came
bounding off the stage of LoeN S Amer
lean theater, followed by her small
Arabs, with their shaggy black shucks
Of hair waving in the wind.
But YOU wouldn't expect every wom-
an to do stunts like yours for her
health, would you?" ! asked. agasp at
the mental picture of some Of our fat
friends and lethargic ladies' doing hand
springs for daily physical culture" as
it's well called
Well, no; but they could do it if
they practiced, and began when they
were children; and there wouldn't be
half as many aches and pains in the
world nor half as many grouches if
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-06
A Good Figure.

Il don't say that every woman must
be an athlete. Heavens, no; that would
drive us all out of business. Lots Of
women are not really fitted to do diff
cult exercises or gymnastics, but all of
them could keep their figures shapely If
they would only take the trouble
why, ! know an old lady almost so
who has the figure of a girl of 49,
and she can get up any minute and do
the finest kind of a Highland fling or
a fancy dance. She doesn't do it be-
cause, she says, it isn't dignified; but
she exercises for three quarters of an
hour every morning and then rubs her
self down with alcohol, just as a dancer
or gymnast does.
Her skin is fine and white and clear,
because she perspires freely, and think
| if she goes on this way she'll live for
ever and not look any older"
"How would you advise a beginner
some woman who has let her figure
| go and who wants to begin exercising,
but hasn't got too much time to spare ."
Miss Francis was asked.
Not too much time; that's what they
] az soy NAAS tiiiNNtltu Win 4 comic
note of despair "A woman who
weighs 25o pounds generally wants to
| lose a hundred of il within a week.
! Wen, it can't be done. so there. Any
thing that will reduce you too quickly
| is bound to be harmful. and as for
| building up a lot of relaxed and fiabby
muscles, why 1t takes a long time but
that is usually the condition in which
the average woman finds herhelr when
she realizes that she has let her figure
| go as it is called.
Dancing Exercise.
But about those exercises. She
mustn't expect to do too much |
should begin with fifteen minutes ex-
ercising three times day. The first
! five minutes before breakfast in the
morning, the second five when she is
| changing her clothes either for dim
ner or before she goes out. and unless
| she is too tired. another five or ten
minutes work before going to bed
It's perfectly useless to exercise in
| tight clothing. that ought TO be un-
| derstood from the very beginning
| And a woman shouldn't exercise after
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-06
Russian Dance.

This step consists of bending the
knees, bringing the body to a squat
ting position, hopping on one foot, the
knees still bent and kicking with the
other foot then reversing the posi-
ton bringing the extended foot back
under the body and stretching out the
other leg. Then alternating. hopping
first on one foot and then on the
other.
ANY exercise that doesn't strain
the muscles and that isn't continued
after one is overtired is good. whether
it is walking or swimming, dancing or
caliSthenics.
The trouble with most women is,
though. that they will only work for
about a week, ana then give up be-
cause they don't feel the immediate re-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-06
l.. X. X. K.

A love like yours deserves better re-
turns. Ask her if she refused you be-
cause of your limited income. If that
were her reason. and she refuses to be
persuaded to wait for brighter days. she
doesn't love you. l am almost con-
WINGED that this is the real obstacle. In
that event she has not been just to
you in accepting your attentions for
three years, and you must try to for
get her.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-06

she is really very tired, but sometimes
chair and exercising the upper part of
her body if her legs and feet are
weary from over-much standing. But
if she is depressed, unhappy and loggy
dancing exercises are the best things
in the world for her. They viii re-
fresh and invigorate her
Most women know enough about
dancing to be able to practice without
any further instruction, or they can go
to the theater and watch a good
dancer and come back and initiate
her. All that is good for the figure,
What the average woman needs is
limbering up Her muscles are either
so undeveloped that she can hardly
use them or they are so tight that she
is muscle bound.
"All exercises consist in contracting
parts of the body You have to use
your will power just as much as force.
The best exercises are those that
strengthen the back and waist muscles,
forward and backward bend of the
body. swinging the body forward, bend
ing at the waist, and twisting it from
side to side.
"One of the most difficult steps l do
is the Russian dance step, which eXer-
cises every muscle of the lower part of
the body; this is very easy for me to
do because | am trained to it. But
while doing that step, | accomplish al
most every gymnasuc movement prac-
ticed to develop the legs and knees and
waist
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-06

women would keep In good physical
condition by exercising" nodded the
pretty little dancer emphatically
I'm never i'll she went on, care
fully knocking three times on a piece
of wood, but then, besides my regular
work at the theater, I practice every
day. ! think I'm a pretty good speci-
men. don't YOU"
And. looking at Miss Francis with a
critical eye l quite agreed with her.
Her figure is slight, but well rounded
and the muscles are not over developed
as in the case of so many acrobatic
dancers. Her face, too, is round and
full and shows no trace of fatigue, but
glows with mischief and good humor
"Since you really want me to give a
lot of advice Miss Francis was urged
to say. tell the women not to sit back
and let fat and age creep upon them
It's not necessary; and Just think how
stupid it is to let the best thing you've
got-a good healthy body-go to ruin
just because you are too lazy to eXer-
else If,
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-01-25
IRRIGATION NEW IN SPAIN
Government Starts Work on Plans
Calling for Expenditure Of $685.
0OO-Ten Branches to Canal.

During the four months from June
to September practically no rain falls
in the province of Andalusia, Spain.
AS a result large area of fertile soil
which should be highly productive Is
almost idle, the frequency of droughts
and the small annual rainfall discour.
aging agriculture.
To remedy this condition the gov
ernment has started work on irriga-
ton plans calling for the expenditure
of sS,156,O00. Work has already
been begun on long irrigation canal
which will ultimately have ten
branches, the aggregate length of the
main artery and branches being 1853
miles. The main canal will have a
length of So miles and will be com.
pleted in six years.
The project has been brought to
the attention of American firms inter.
ested in this work, with the idea that
they may secure concessions on con-
ditions similar to those under which
irrigation has been provided for arid
sections in the United States. 1t is
suggested that a responsible syndicate
could acquire rights for the installa-
ton of electric power plants for in
dustrial purposes, to utilize the tre-
mendous power of the water gates.
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-01-25
Broomfield Items.

A large number of Broomfeld
people attended the stock show.
w. P. Burgess, rural mail Car
rier on Route No. l, has pur-
chased a new mail wagon.
Mr.. and Mrs. AL Legult and lit
tie daughter, and Messrs. Joe
and Victor Legault returned Sun
from Alberta, Canada. They re-
port the weather there 60 degrees
below zero.
DR.. Parker of Denver, state
Sunday school organizer, visited
the Broomfield Sunday school
last Sunday morning. DR.. Parker
preached a very fine sermon.
Mrs. J. f. Church will give a
musical at her home Friday
evening, Feb. End. 25c admission
will be charged. Everyone is cor
daily invited to attend.
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-01-25
MERITS OF COCHIN VARIETY
Excellent Producers of Eggs in Win
ter and Young Chickens Are
Fairly Good on the Table.

Cochins have certainly the merit of
laying well in winter due probably to
their profuse feathering, which pre-
vents undue evaporation of heat.
Young chickens are fairly good on the
table, but when older they cannot be
regarded as even passable in that re-
spect The flesh is at all times very
yellow, and more largely developed
on the thighs than the breast This
Is due to the fact that Cochins are not
flyers: they have only small wings.
whilst very large ones would be need
ed to support such heavy frame.
The weight which Cochins attain is
very good indeed Adult cocks range
from twelve to fifteen pounds, hens
eight to eleven pounds, and cockerels
and pullets two to three pounds less.
They are very hardy, and can stand
almost any place and soil, but they
do best on short, level grass, for the
foot feather is broken and spoiled
when on long grass or rough ground.
The partridge Cochin possesses a
great variety and brilliancy of color,
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-01-25
FARM NOTES.

Cheap seed is often the most ex-
pensive.
Always plant the best seed you can
get for every crop.
Soils destitute of humus and nitro
gen are impotent to produce clover.
The deepest mudhole and steepest
hill measure the real distance to
market
Turn up little of the subsoil, 1t
will increase the water-holding ca
pacity Of the ground.
Many Of the irregularities in the
health of the farm stock can be
traced to injudicious feeding.
On every farm, where the soil and
climatic conditions are favorable,
corn should be grown for fodder pur-
poses.
Let the neighbors do what they
will. keep matches away from your
straw pile Roughage is too scarce
this season to use for a bonfire.
Humus was intended by nature to
create and conserve the fertility of
the soil for the production of the ne.
cessities to conserve the human race.
In feeding values silage compares
lavorably with other crops, although
this will vary with the kind of stock
and grain ration with which 1t Is
used
The best results are usually OBJ
tanned from the work that is system.
atized and most carefully planned
This is not always the hardest work
on the farm.
If care is taken to keep the sur.
face of the silage level, two and one
half inches removed daily will be
sufficient to keep the silage from de-
caying.
Many farmers now pasture their
corn fields, which is the most eco
nomical method of harvesting the
crop, and under favorable conditions,
he most profitable.
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-01-25
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WINTER CARE OF CHICKENS
Breeders and Promising PuIIets Sep
arated From Utility Stock-Warm
Meal Fed at Noon.

November / finds me busy looking
to my houses, the window sashes, etc,
spreading dry earth in the pens, so
that my pets may be comfortable dur
ing the winter. By this time | have
culled and arranged my stock for the
winter so that | have birds of about
the same age, together with my breed
ers and promising pullets, separated
from my utility stock, the cockerels,
Of course, by themselves, says
writer in the Orange Judd Farmer.
The morning meal, thrown in the lit
ter, for the utility pullets is made up
OF wheat one ounce, oats and barley
one-fourth ounce each. Three Moons
OF each week they are fed one ounce
OF green cut bone each, and the re-
naming noon a mash of one.half
chopped feed, oats and corn, and one
half bran at the rate of one ounce
each. dry weight The evening meal
consists of one-haif ounce each of
wheat, cracked corn and barley, ex-
cept In extreme cold weather, when
nothing but cracked corn is fed.
hhic blluS anu DIeeulub pen lc-
males get for breakfast one-half ounce
each of wheat, corn and oats; at noon,
raw vegetables; at night, one-half
ounce each of corn and oats, again
substituting corn In very cold wealth.
er. These fowls get one ounce of
green cut bone once week, and all
stock get raw cabbage and mangels
every day. The ration for the utility
stock | consider a forcing ration; in
the two winters | have used 1t | have
obtained little more than dozen
eggs each during December, January
and February. March is usually a
banner month for eggs. The mash is
not good one, but is the best | can
use at moons with the short time at
my disposal. Noon is the time wish
my birds to have warm meal
l keep down vermin by whitewash-
Ing twice year, giving the birds road
dust for a bath, and putting tobacco
stems in the nests. The male birds |
dust frequently with good louise
powder. My plan of feeding | realize
Is not Ideal, 1t Is criticised by local
poultrymen, but l give 1t, as it may
be Of use to someone else.