Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-10-10

Of Council Bluff ), Miss Allie
Frazier, Mr.. and Mrs. M. Mace,
Grandma SHELTON, Mrs. w. M.
Thomas, Mrs. Wood.
After a song by all, club ad-
iourned to meet the third Sat
urday in October with Mr.. and
Mrs. Green Jones.
e G. Jones, Pres.
Mrs. C. H. Deur, Sec.
Harris Grove Farmers Club
On account of the Harrison
county fair being the last week
in September the Harris Grove
Farmers clab was postponed
and met on Oct. 5, 1912, at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey
Jones. 1t was an ideal day so
every member was present and
Mr.. and Mrs. Jones in their u.s.
ual friendly manner welcomed
all so very cordially that all
were glad to be there. To
make our meeting more pleas
ant we had a goodly number of
visitors among whom we no.
ticed Mr.. and Mrs. j. D. Jones,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Doty, Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Greene, Mr..
and Mrs. E. G Jones, Mr.. and
Mrs. Bernard Jones, all of the
Union club; Rev. Crewdson and
wife, MIR. and Mrs. Walter Ro-
den and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Oscar Doty and family, Mrs.
Reel and children. Mrs. Leslie
Beebee and children, Mrs.
Stuart and children, Clyde
Jones, George Wright, Elmer
Peterson, Mr.. and Mrs. Her
man Jones and daughter, Lulu
Hatcher, Ethel Thomas and
Pearl Stuart.
At 1870 the club was called
to order by the president and
opened with a musical selection
by Mildred Gowens.
Then the minutes of the Au-
gust meeting were read and
approved with the exception of
few slight mistakes that had
been made in the printing
when it said white sweet clover,
when it should have read vel
low sweet clover.
Reading of selections was
next called for and Mr.. Go
wens, Mrs. Weatherly and Mrs
selvy responded with we'll Sc
lected articles which were wei
discussed until our hostess IN
vited us into a splendid dinner
where we ate and visited anc
enjoyed good music for nearly
two hours.
At 2::3O the club again assem-
bled and opened with music by
Oscar Doty on the violin anc
his little daughter at the piano
which certainly made fine mu
sic that all enjoyed. Their
Mildred Gowens, Lois Reel anc
Ethel Doty each played a piano
Isolo. Then Mr.. Gowens read
POEM that was good. Mrs
Jones next read a selection tha'
brought out much discussion
Questions were next discuss
ed and the question in regard
to schools was decided in the
affirmative.
I'd Dues. Would it not bt
beneficial for our health oul
good looks, our tempers ard oul
pocketbcoks if we had a re
form in eating and live by
daily menu?
Ans. The housewife SHOULD
so plan meals that there may
be a variety from day to day
and at the same time make
them plain and simple and con
tanning all the properties fol
the use of the body.
Sd Dues. Who is responsible
for the high price Of living
This was much discussed a:
some seemed to blame the mid.
die men while others contend
it is the shortage but all agreed
that supply and demand have
much to do with it for everyone
knows that beef, cattle anc
hogs are scarcer than for many
years, not only in this, but
many other localities fer the
dry seasons of the last two
wears made summer feed sc
scarce that people sold off their
stock and too, the great in
crease in population makes sc
much larger demand. We can.
not set a machine to work tc
manufacture our provisions as