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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-08-15

C. H. Deur came near having
a serious fire this morning
when gasoline beneath the
stove became ignited. The
wall paper was badly scorched
but the fire was extinguished
before any great amount Of
damage had been done.
Mrs. Ell Frazier left this
morning for Missouri for q
visit with friends.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-08-15

Chas. Robinson will leave for
Boone, Iowa, tomorrow where
he has accepted a position with
the C. & N. w., in that city
If he likes it there he will move
to that city.
H. E. Fancher Of Crane
Juction Colo, was here today
renewing old acquaintance
He is on his way to Cleveland,
Ohio.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-08-15

Missouri Valley seems to be
having its share of troubles the
past few weeks.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-08-15
Roy carpenter had a narrow

Roy carpenter had a narrow
escape during the storm last
evening. He was driving q
FORD car back from Modale
when q large limb was blown
from a tree through the top of
the machine. He had to walk
about a quarter of a mile after
an axe and chop it lose. He
said he didn't have to use much
gasoline from California juno
tion to this city.
Mrs. Alex Moore of Dunlap
was operated on yesterday in 8
hospital in Council Bluffs and
is now reported to be getting
along as we'll as can be expect
ed under the circumstances.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-08-15

Mrs. Under Of Omaha took
dinner with Mr.. and Mrs. H.
Hargens today.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-08-01
Hanpv Gloomer.

At times the "Cheer-up!" idiot II
absolutely cruel, for his philosophy
and smiles and laughter would rob the
chronic gloomer, generally a woman
of her greatest and supreme happiness;
In life. You all know her, the woman
of both sexes who is never really hap
py unless she is comfortably misera-l
BILE. Without her the patent medi1
cines companies would have to go out.
of existence in bankruptcy and IT her,
rheumatism leaves her for a time she
is in agony of mind until 1t returns.,
Hers is the dark side of life. She has
eyes only for the unpleasant and the.
painful. She cannot smile without
cracking her lips and a surgical OPP
Grafton would be necessary in order
to get a laugh out Of her. She Is al
ways the poor lone "critter'' of the
Mrs. Gummidge type and the tear
plant is always worked over time.
She is forever expecting the worst to
happen and she is keenly disappoint-,
ed If 1t doesn't.-Grit.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-08-01
EFFECT OF GRASS ON TREES
Experiments Made In England Seem
to Have Shown That It 10
Injurious.

At the Woburn experimental fruit
farm a long inquiry has ben conduct
ed into the effect Of grass on trees,
and the experiments which have been
carried out form the substance of the
thirteenth report of the farm, which
has just been issued.
1t has been shown that the general
result of grassing the ground, either
by sowing seed or replacing the turf
after the trees have been planted, Is
the arrestntion of all healthy growth
and the absolute stunting Of the
tree.
A light and unhealthy character i'm
parted to the leaves is n of the first
noticeable results of the action Of
grass upon trees. With trees that are
feeling the full effect of grass the
fruits are found to be small and Ill
developed.
The variations in soil temperature
are less when the ground is grassed.
and this alone would be- favorable to
the growth Of trees; but this good in
fuence is outweighed by the dele
FERROUS effects.-London Daily Mail.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-08-01

to get 1t for you and is in a position
to do so through his dealings, and ac-
quaintance with eastern breeders, and
his better knowledge of horses, and
their values. He is in a position to be
of great service to you, and to save
you a considerable sum of money.
From now on, let us see to it, that
every colt born on the farm is sired by
a good, sound, pure-bred stallion; and
from the best brood mare that we can
afford to own. Let us be sure the
youngster Is well fed and cared for
during the first winter, and right along
until he is fully matured, always bear
ing in mind that the stunted colt never
makes a full sized horse.
In short, If the farmers will pay
o attention to breeding their mares
to the very best stallion that they can
secure, instead of to the cheapest, or
the most convenient bne, as many Of
them now do, and If they will take
proper care of their brood mares and
colts, they shall find that this is the
most profitable stroke of business that
they can put into effect on their
farms.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-08-01

proved horse for farm use, many
farmers actually trying to do this by
breeding the same mare to a Percheron
stallion this season, to q Clydesdale
the next, to a jackass the next, and SO
on indefinitely. 1t is high time to
abandon the foolish policy Of indis-
criminate horse breeding.
Let us see how we can improve on
this method. First you must select
one OF the draft breeds. l will not
attempt to tell you which one it should
be. That should be governed by your
own. liking. Let us Arst consider the
brood mare. Farmers often expect,
and wrongly so, hat a ten or twelve
hundred pound mare mated with a ton
stallion will produce a high class draft
colt. Violent crosses Of this sort
should not be made. Breed like to
like" and like will be produced with
a fair degree of certainty. The nearer
the mare approximates the sire In
blood. in type, in conformation, and
in temperament, the better will be the
outcome of their mating. An extra
good sire does not necessarily offset
all the weak points of the mare. No
matter how fine may be the sires used,
1t Is slow uphill disappointing work
to build up a fine stock of horses from
understood ~mixed-bred poorly formed
mares. 1t is an insult to the sire to
mate him with such mares. and his
opportunity for great good ia. ruined
thereby. Stations have come to US
from abroad that have made great rec
Ords among mares of their own breed
and type at home. Here they are
mated hopelessly with unsuitable
mares, and their breed has often been
wrongly blamed for their failure. The
brood mare, to produce typical draft
stock, must herself be Of draft type,
that is, low down, wide, roomy, COM
pact, strong in muscle, with good fiat,
clean, finty bone, free from undue
co~arseness, especially good In legs,
joints and feet, well set hooks, reason.
ably long sloping pasterns and good
large well shaped hoof. II you can
possibly afford 1t, and are sure that
you will take proper care of her and
her colts, by all ean have a pure
bred mare. But II you won't take good
care of them you had better leave that
part of the business to those who will.
We should have more pure-bred
mares in our northwest. The Interna.
tional exposition has proven, time and
again, that ours can raise as good q
draft horse as any other country on
earth. Then why should we be send.
ing thousands of dollars to Europe
every year for stations.
Now with regard to tho stallion that
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-08-01

you should use, of course he must be
pure-bred, No man is SO rich, nor yet
SO poor, that he can afford to use a
grade or scrub stallion, any more than,
that no man is so good, o yet so bad,
that he can afford to hang himself. Re-
member that simply being pure-bred,
or imported, or both, is not sufficient.
You must have quality, individual
merit; with square, true, free perfect,
snappy action. Avoid the high, up
standing, shabby sided fellow. Look
well to the limbs and feet, always re-
membering the old saying, "No legs,
no horse" or, "Of what use is the
buggy without the wheels" In
choosing such a horse excessive weight
is not Of major Importance. The av-
erage grade farm mare need not neces-
sarily be mated with a ton stallion.
There are so many windy importers
blowing about their ton stations, that
many are led to believe that a stall
lion Weighing less than a ton is too
small. This is not SO. Many OF our
very best stations weigh around 1900
pounds when in fair condition. But
many a poor innocent buyer has paid
a very large price for three or four
hundred pounds Of fat, which very
soon melted away; better buy your
fat in a butcher shop. Neither does 1t
follow by any means that because an
exorbitant price is asked, or given, for
q stallion, that the horse is necessarily
,o1,,oLJo avn TIL ro,,rh tho 6iSh0n.
esty of the seller, or the Ignorance OF
the buyer, a third or fourth rate stall
lion is often sold for double the price
of a first class one. For instance, l
remember only a few years ago a Ger
tain firm peddled a stallion. through
Griggs county trying to sell him to a
company of farmers for $4,000. Fall
ing in this, after spending four or five
hundred dollars, they struck out for
e pastures, and greener farm
ers, and finally sold him to a party for
$1,000. He was dear at that. l wish,
right here, to warn all the prospective
stallion buyers against this system.
In the first place 1t is necessarily very
expensive. And in the second place
good stations are v peddled to
be sold. They always sell readily at
their own farm. l would advise a pros
pective stallion buyer to go to some
nearby breeder Of the breed which he
contemplates buying, to n who has a
reputation for honesty and square
dealing, and for having sold good re-
liable horses in the past, even though
such a mai should not have just what
! you are looking for. He will be glad
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-08-01
Painle Dentistry.

In the Sunday school teachers ex.
perlence the only kind of a dentist
she had ever known was a man who
pulled or repaired teeth, so when the
nice little girl in her class said her
father was a dentist the teacher con
cluded TO p%atronize him. She knew his
address and called one day with
nerves braced for treatment of an un.
sOund tooth. She was shown into a
small Workshop. whose sides were
lined with big grandfather clocks.
"Den1ist?' the man exclaimed.
Great Scott, no; I'm a clock member.
but | know how the kid came to make
the mistake. People in this trade al
ways call the fellow who makes a spe-
cialty CT tinkering with grandfather
clocks q dentist. The wheels of most
grandfather clocks Of American man.
ufacture are made of wood, and when
the clock stops the wornout teeth
have to be removed from the wheel
and sound teeth put in. So | really
DO work with teeth and deserve the
name Of DENTIST
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-08-01
Has Violin 200 Years Old.

Pottsville, Pa.-Since a violin 100
years old was sold recently for $50, 900
at Lancaster, friends of Mrs. James
3. Steel, daughter of Thomas Will.
Jams, a retired Reading Railway pas.
senger conductor Of this place, have
endeavored to persuade her to dis.
pose of an instrument owned by her
late husband, which is claimed to
have even more value.
This instrument is 200 years old,
twice the age of that which brought
so fabulous a price, and it was Dur.
chased in South America. The in.
scription, plainly legible on the int.
rior Of the instrument, bears out the
age Of the violin, which has a re.
markable tone: "Joannors Baptista
Guaraguini Placentinus Fecit Medic,
lani, 1712."
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-08-01
Winter Profit From Hena.

A hen will turn grass into green
backs If she has the right kind of
backing on the part Of her owner. She
Will turn corn into gold If too much is
not expected of her and If she is not
given too much corn to convert into
the yellow metal This is a growing
industry, and people are going into and
out OF 1t as the years go by. Men and
women are seeking their level, and
they find 1t soone or later. Some
have to quit the business to find this
level, but in the meantime others will
double the capacity of the business.
No costly machinery is needed in
carrying on the poultry business, and
there arc no shares of stock that need
watering. The hen is the machine,
and she needs but little water, and
that should be fresh.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-08-01
Remedy for Quick Temper.

Nothing is so disastrous as losing
ones temper. When you feel so tow
ering, raging mad that you want to
fight some one, take yourself by your
collar or forelock and conduct your
self to a place of quiet s%eclusion.
There endeavor to discover within
your head some few grains of sound
sense upon which to dwell long and
thoughtfully. What's the good of los
ing ones temper? Lots of times YOU
hand people u~ndeserved rebukes, and
then 1t is a tremendous nuisance try
ing to forget how unkind you have
been.
Be patient. Be patient with the
faults of others and be patient with
your own. Take care Of your health.
your morals, and your spiritual self.
Be above the sharp .retort Of the
thoughtless.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-08-01
Bound to Have a Ride.

With a party Of Chicago friends.
George AIDE was motoring from hta
country home, H%azelden. to Kentland.
Indiana, and while passing through
a dense woods the party Of braves was
held up by a lone woman. After sue
ceeding in halting the car, the high
waywoman announced, in broad Hoos-
Ter accent, her intention of taking
merely a ride. II amt goin' to harm
nobody, but I've made up my mind to
have a ride in II of these here
things" she said, after seating herself
in the tonneau. When AIDE recovered
his composure, he pulled out the throt1
tie and away they went.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-08-01
IMPROVE OUR HCRSES
Any Farmer Can Raise Good
Draft Horses If He viii.
Stallion Must Have Quality, Individual
Merit, With Square, True, Free,
Perfect, Snappy Action
Avoid the S-rub.
BY DONALD CAMPBELL. Hannaford.
N. d.

(By DONALD CAMPBELL. Hannaford.
N. d.
For hundreds of years horse breed.
ers" in this country and in Europe
have been hard at work trying to i'm.
prove the draft horse" For a long
time they made slow progress, owing
to the fact that the fundamental prin.
ciple of breeding vas not as we'll I'm.
derstood as it is at the present time.
Those of US who have attended the In.
ternational exposition at Chicago,
since its beginning, can see very plain.
ly that great improvement has been
made in all the draft breeds within
the past ten years.
1t Is both encouraging and highly
pleasing for us to note that the home
bred horses" shown there compare
importers a find in Europe. ooh,
but" you say, its the big breeders
that are doing all that" How can a
poor farmer hope to do anything like
them?" Let us see. Do you know
that nearly all the grand ~Percherons
raised in France are raised by com
paratively poor men who are small
farmers? Not big ones like we have
here today. Do you know that prac-
tlcally ell the Clydesdales raised in
Scotland are raised by men who do
not even own the few acres on which
they live? The champion Clydesdale
mare at the last International vas
bred in Illinois, and owned by a ten
ant farmer of that state. The cham
pion Percheron mare was bred and
owned in Iowa. Yes, the big or the
small northwestern farmer car raise
good draft horses If he will; but be-
cause there has been little or no con-
centrated effort or properly planned
and we'll directed scheme Of breeding
on the farm, he can never do it by
following the methods of the average
farmer. These are not scientific. 1t
has been a hit or a miss business, and
we are still seeking to produce an i'm.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-08-01

quietly become "Pittsburg'' in the
tenth. The former, to which America
has now officially reverted, is the orig
inal spelling. When General Forbes
captured Fort Duquesne in 1853, he re-
named it Pittsburgh in honor of the
great English inspirer of victory. In
1874 Arthur Lee described the place
in language which seems strange to
those who know 'the smoky city" Of
today: pittsburgh is inhabited al
most entirely by Scots and Irish, who
live in paltry log houses. There are in
the town four attorneys, two doctors
and not a priest of any persuasion, nor
church or chapel, so that they are
likely to be damned without the bene-
fit of clergy. The place, l believe, will
never be very considerable"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-08-01
A Profitable Indian, Acr.

w. A. Quick OF Howard county, In.
diana, sold s138 worth of produce from
one acre during a recent season. The
items were: Eighty bushels OF pota-
toes, $44; 80 bushels damson plums,
$48; 200 dozen ears sweet corn, s12:
four loads of pumpkins, 81; six bush.
els grapes, 50; tomatoes, 81; cabbage.
81; Is bushels apples, $3.50; five bush
els cherries, IS; gooseberries, 81:
pears, 81; raspberries, $3.50; musk
and watermelons, IS. Besides the
above, a family of two Used all that
was needed during the 9
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-08-01
Who Wants Our Share3
'Mong other things,
We do not sigh
For buttermiIk
And rhubarb pie.
Religious Nut CRACKING.

The Sunday before Michaelmas day
saw, until recent times, a curious Gus
tom at Observation-Disclosures. The
parishioners attended In force at the
parish church, armed with nuts, which
they cracked and ate throughout the
service, says the London Chronicle.
Nut cracking" however, was not Pc
culiar to Kingston. Goldsmith makes
his Vicar of Wakefield say of his
pensioners: "They kept up the
Christmas carol. SEN true love knots
on Valentine morning, ate pancakes
at Shrovetide,. showed their wit on
the first of April, and religiously
cracked nuts on Michaelmas eve,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-08-01
Take Too Much Room.

The promise that the hoop skirt
was on the way again with the coming
appears to have been q lit
tie premature, If not altogether a false
alarm. This is a good thing. The
country Is more crowded now than it
was when the hoop skirt was here be-
lore, and 1t may not be so easy ia
tnen to find .'oom for 1t. Still, II it
SHOULD return 1t would be necessary to
get out Of the way
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-08-01
Momen's Ee,uahle LIZA Wac.

"on:.a's E.!"ahle L..a vvot
Miss Garcia Woerischoeffer, who
died recently In New Yors, had
worked to learn from her own obser-
walton something of the pains and
troubles of working people. Through
the civil service examination she be-
came special inspector of labor under
the bureau OF industries. She had
spent much of her own money to aid
the u of the foreign immigrant,
and at the time OF her death was In
speeding camps and small communi-
ties OF alien laborers.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-08-01
Enjoyed the judges Lunch.

Aman, who appeared to be one of
the unemployed, entered unobserved
the chamber OF one OF the judges in
the Four Courts, Dublin, ireland, the
other day, and helped himself to the
lunch which had been prepared for
the judge. While he was pouring out
a cup of tea he vas discovered by the
attendant in charge, who had him re.
moved and went to look for a police
man. In the meantime the man es.
caped.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-08-01
Penalty Of Human Folly.

The efforts now to W. the chest
nut trees emphasizes natures revenge
for the needless slaughter Of the
birds. Bird conservation Is one Of the
important factors in forestry, but If
destroys the natural means of tree de-
lenses, 1t follows that men are left to
their own inadequate devices to re-
pair the blunder, in this case worse
than a crime.-Baltimore American.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-08-01
Better Not to Take a Chance.

A California woman 1903 years of age
baked a cake in celebration Of her
birthday. 1t may be all right, but the
eyesight is not so good at such an
age, and the old lady might have used
some of her "rheumatiz' medicine for
the fiavoring extracts.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-08-01
Same Here.

We are tolerant, but we refuse to
take seriously the political, artistic or
literary opinions OF a man h car
ries a lighted cigar into q closed car.
F. P. A. in New York Mail.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-08-01
Lots OF EN- eft.

How'd we like New York;"
Didn't like it. Wouldn't have gone
only 1 read that the taxicab robbers
had been arrested"
Hadn't they?"
NAV, the driver OF the first tan
rode in robbed me-"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-08-01
Parisiennes Learn to BOY

The fair Partisan has taken up q
new pursuit. Boxing among women is
becoming fashionable in the French
capital. Several we'll known society
women who belong to fencing clubs
have introduced teachers of the manly
art, and are becoming experts in the
use Of their fists.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-08-01
Good Roada Hint.

"Of course We are opposed to ma.
cnlne methods In elections" WELL"
replied Farmer Corntossel, Il must ad.
nit that I'd like to see the steam
roller took out O. politics an put back
where 1t belongs in the road.makin'
bu.inaaA"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-08-01
Leave Il to Her!

Mother-"I really think you'd be
happier If you married a man who had
less money" Daughter-"Don't worry,
mother; he will have less in a very
short time."-Boston Transcript.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-08-01
The Nature Of tho AssembIaas.

The Nature Of the Ao~60Fnb1a00.
Il understand you folks had q lovely
family reunion"
WELL" replied Mr.. Crosslots;
that's what 1t started out to be. but
ONE of them got to talk our rich
relations owe and the occasion re-
solved itself into an indignation meet
ing"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-08-01
Heroes Found In Daily Life.

The world has no room for towards.
We must all be ready somehow to
toll, to suffer, to die. And yours is
the less noble because no drum
beats before you when you go out
into your daily battlefields, and no
crowds shout about your coming when
you return from your daily victory or
defeat.-R. L. Stevenson.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-08-01
Black Snow Falls In Aims.

Rain is not always sparkling water,
nor is snow invariably white. Black
snow which has recently been falling
in an Alpine valley is a very rare
meteorological freak.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-08-01

Saw No Future for Pittsburq.
pittsburgh" of the ninth edition of
the "Encyclonaedia britannica" had
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-08-01

Turn From Tea to Rubber.
The Island of Ceylon has quit the
wholesale production of tea and is
planting rubber instead, because the
latter is found to be more profitable.
Williams news., 1912-04-27
The Danger After Grip

lies often in rundown system. Weakness, nervousness, lack of ap- petite, energy and ambition, with disordered liver and kidneys often follow an attack of this wrctched disease, The greatest need then is Electric Bitters, the glorious tonic, blood purifier and regulator of stom- ach, liver and kidneys. Thousands have proved that they wonderfully strengthen the nerves, build up the system and restore to health and good spirits after an attack of grip. If suffering, try them. Only soc. Sold and perfect satisfaction guaran- teed by all druggists.