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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-01-11

With the new year why not
turn over a new leaf and plan
to make your advertising one
of the main features of your
business? When a customer
comes into your store you put
forth your best efforts to inter-
est them in your liEes and yet
when you write an ad you will
just throw something together
to fill the space. Keep in mind
that when you advertise you
are talking to several hundred
people all at once but talking to
them just as surely as though
they were lined up in front of
YOUR counters and giving you
their rapt attention while you
explain the merits of the goods
you had on sale and the ex-
ceptionally prices at that time.
Write your ad just as thoue h
you were talking to those peo-
pie and you will be surprised /: t
the results.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-01-11

son of Burlington Ia, her
70 -mer pastor, officiating End
bra Rose Hill cemetery.
logan, la, ;, Jan. 9-Excep-
ting 165 acres, held by the law
lof adverse possession, all of
1.-THE land southwest and mort tn
|of the Soldier river in Clay and
Cincinnati townships, in Henri
son county belongs in Netras
ka, according to a recan' eel
sion just handed d ar by
Judge Troup at R'ai'- The
land affected embr ore
than 1000 acres Tn ase
originated over the title go
acres south and west ne he
neander line of the U ted
states survey in Iowa cas- of
the present channel of the Mis-
souri, river.
George Coulthard, defend. t,
If California Junction, rur-
chased fractional section "a in
Iowa and by the law of accre
tion claimed all between him
and the Missouri river to thu
southwest, a distance of from
me and a half to two miles
Between Mr.. Coulthard and til
Missouri river the Iowa Land
company, by virtue Of grants
from the government, by pay
ling taxes in Nebraska for
many years, and by an alleged
cutoff in 1857, claimed the
land.
FINDINGS OF COURT
The court at Blair held that
there was a cutoff, that the
Missouri river ran along the
north boundary of section 81 in
Iowa at a time of the cutoff,
that the boundary line betwe en-
1.-THE two states was and is in
1.-The middle of the abandoned
river bed, that none of the
land now claimed by the Iowa
Land company was ever in
Iowa or embraced within Iowa
surveys, but on the contrary,
was surveyed, plated and con-
veyed to the Iowa Land COM
pany by the government as a
Dart of Nebraska territory;
that the Nebraska courts have
Jurisdiction over the land in
controversy; that were it not
for the defendant setting up
and establishing adverse pos.
session, the land company
would be entitled to all of the
land, 480 acres, according to
the grant from the government.
An appeal will be taken. If
the decision is sustained by the
h CHER courts, the cutoff with
its accretion will extend from
tn Missouri river east of the
Soldier river, which is alleged
to have run down the channel
of he abandoned bed of the
Missouri river Immediately af-
ter the cutoff occurred.
Sanford H. Cochran, of Lo.
gan, appeared for the land
company and j. S Dewell of
Mo. Valley, for Mr.. Coulthard
|-Wor d Herald.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-01-11
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Died

Edna Lovelady Weed died at
the home OF her parents east
of this CITY, Tuesday on Jan.
9th at 10:40 a. m. after an
illness Of ID months, aged 81
yrs. 2 weeks and 5 days.
Miss Edna Weed was born
near Magnolia, and has been a
resident of this county all her
life, living just east of town
with her parents for the past
five years. Besides a mother
and father, she leaves four
brothers and two sisters to
mourn her death, all but one
brother being at her bedside at
time of her death.
For the past Ia months she
has been a constant sufferer
18th stomach trouble which
finally caused her death.
The funeral will be held from
he Presbyterian Church Fri
Law at IL a. m. Rev. Hutchin-
son of Burlington Ia, her
70 -mer pastor, officiating End
bra Rose Hill cemetery.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-01-11

This paper is planning sever
al special features for the COM
ing spring and summer so keep
your subscription paid up so and
there will be no danger of miss
ing any Of them.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-01-11

Have you tried the "Dike''
Household Remedies? A treat
ment for every ailment. Money
back if not satisfactory.
If J. d. Brown & Son.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-01-11
Notice of Probate OF Will
District Court in and for Har.
rison Coun'y
State OF In~a,
Harrison County SIS

ris,n Couny
State of Inw;,,
Harrison County %
70 all whom it may concern:
Whereas, On the iash day Of
January A D., 1912, a paper
purportiDg to be the last Will
and Testament of Leonidas Fl.
Caalfant, late of said county.
d eceased, was fled in my office.
and was by me opened and
re 4d; and the 18th day Of Janu-
ary 1912, 8 o'clock a M, at
p nnted and fixed by the
court IS the time when the
same will come before the
court, at the January term
thereof then to be held, for
final proof and probate, as the
duly executed last Will and
Testament OF the said Leonid as
H. Caalfant, deceased, a. which
time all persons interested may
appear ard ow cause wbv
the same shoul not be admit
ted to probate.
Dated This 9th day Of Janu-
airy, 1912.
A W. Blackburn.
CferR-
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Start he pev wear riuhs
Phone It8 and order YOUR coal.
Our guarantee oces with eaCi,
al every lead. Quantity, qaai.
lty and service.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-01-11

Hugh Cooke renurned to Ar.
apahoe Nebr., yesterday after
q few weeks visit in this city
with friends.
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A w. Blackburn.
C,erk.

Hav. you ever ted t1at
Nva' Cherry c 'o' - rp or
your d? Dry 6 ,<lson
say ii is great.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-01-11

To complain of destiny is only to eS
pose our own feebleness of soul--Mas
terlincE.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-01-11

j. B. Gump of Logan is re.
ported very sick at his home in
Logan.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-01-11
Deputy Sheriff Milliman was
in this city today on business.
Roy Mason was a Logan
passenger today.
Box Supper

Box Supper
A Box supper will be given
by the schools of Cincinnati
township at the town hall in
California Junct. Friday even
ing, Jan. IL.
Mrs. Ed Adams visited
friends in Omaha today.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-01-11

In room 6, Ord Ward the fol.
lowing pupils received average
marks of IS per cent or above:
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Sweet potatoes, Turnfps,
Cabbage, Rutabagas, Car.
rOts and Parsnips at
Gtlmore's. II
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-01-11

D. C. Forde returned to his
home from Chicago, yesterday,
where he sold 2 cars of fat
steers averaging 1855 at $685.
per hundred.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-01-11

The Missionary Society
which was to be held at Mrs.
CANDLES has been postponed
until next week.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-01-11

Missouri VALLEY TIMES
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teopaths, Sixth st.
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222 Red; Office, 1926 Red. Thir
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of Ontario, Canada. Phor
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Wednesday Jan 10
o. E. Evans vas an Omaha
passenger this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. r. Pike went
to Carroll Iowa to attend the
poultry show in that city.
The Missionary Society
which was to be held at Mrs.
CANDLES has been postponed
until next week.
j. B. Gump of Logan is re-
ported very sick at his home in
Logan.
Hugh Cooke renurned to Ar
apahoe Nebr., yesterday after
q few weeks visit in this city
with friends.
This paper is planning sever
al special features for the COM
ing spring and summer so keep
vOur suhscrintion Maid I'M 81 and
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Drs. Can VI, q Gamble, o.
teopaths. Sixth st.
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Drs Tam lie, 4 ramisiea,
Pnys,c,4,s al Surgeons.
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w. g. F,nl ~. Physician an
Surgeon. PnDnes: Res,denc,
222 Red; Office, 1926 Red. Thir,
and Erie, Mo. Walt ", Iowa.
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Wednesday Jan 10

Mr.. and Mrs. Z. r. Pike went
to Carroll Iowa to attend the
poultry show in that city.
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Mo Va !. u, iiiess
Physician IN e.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-13
no En- RAL
5HRM(Ny0rE!SS

Comfort for the cows means better
profit for the dairyman.
Most Of the ills of pigs may be avoid
ed by sensible care of feed.
Hogging of corn may be practiced
with profit on many farms.
In the fall the bees demand as
much attention as in the spring.
Clover may be made into good ST.
lage and may be mixed with corn in
the silo
Cooperative buying of feeding stuffs
is feature in nearly all cow-testing
associations.
Green food or vegetable food is lust
as necessary to the fowls as grain or
meat rations.
The Virginia station found that ST.
lage fed heifers finished out better
than dry fed heifers.
Do not prune your trees until the
sap has gone out of them and then
prune very sparingly.
Cress may be started from seed or
by planting root cuttings secured from
cress beds near home.
Exercise is of vital Importance to
the health of the fowl and to the prop
er assimilation of food.
Cut alfalfa or clover leaves in the
mash are rich in protein and therefore
are good producing foods.
Wheat bran, oats, corn, barley and
linseed meal make good variety Of
grain foods for fattening lambs.
No part Of farm work is so thor
oughly misunderstood and neglected
as the raising and selling OF fruit.
No small fruit plantation is like,v
to be profitable if located far from
a market or convenient shipping
point.
There is distinct advantage to
both the producer and the buyer Of
selling rich cream from the farm
rather than a thin one.
The present summer resulted in a
great deal of damaged hay, SO that hay
OF good market grade will not be es-
pecially plentiful this year
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-13

tracts of land, frequently several nun
bred acres in extent, are being plant
ed to pecan trees and later sold to
outside investors. For several years
the demand for nurserygrown trees
has been far beyond the supply, lead
ing nurserymen booking orders for
their entire output from six to eight
months before the planting season.
Most Unusual interest is being mani,
tested in pecan culture and invest
ments, which are large for an indus
try that is still in its infancy, are be-
ing made in spite Of the fact that very
few pecan orchards are as yet of suf-
ficient age to have been in bearing
long enough to furnish reliable data
upon which to make safe estimates as
to the probable yields of given va
riety at any stated age in particular
localities Observations, accurate in
themselves, on the bearing records OF
single trees here and there are ire
quently taken as the basis for estl-
mates as to the probable yield OF an
entire orchard of the same variety or
varieties, but as 1t usually develops
that the trees making these records
have grown under conditions OF ex-
ceptionally favorable environment, the
fallacy of such calculations is at once
apparent. To be at all trustworthy,
estimates as to future yields must be
based on the average records of
great number of trees under normal
conditions rather than of single trees
which are conspicuous because OF
their normal production
An erroneous impression to the
effect that the pecan has no serious
enemies in the way or insect pests or
fungous diseases and that 1t is not
affected by drought, freezing temper
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-13

pail spray pump, costing from So to
81, will probably be found most salts
factory 1t should be provided with
about Is feet of 3-S-inch high-pressure
hose and a type of nozzle furnishing a
cone-shaped spray of not too wide an
angle. A nozzle with a very small
aperture should not be used, because
the spray produced is too fine to wet
properly the hair and skin of the ami
mails without consuming an unneces-
sary amount of time.
In spraying animals the work should
be done with great thoroughness. The
animal to be sprayed should be Sc
curely tied to post, or, better still.
to one of the posts of a board or rail
fence or in fence corner, where it
can not circle about to avoid the treat
ment. Every portion of the body
should be thoroughly treated, special
attention being given to the head,
dewlap, brisket, inside of elbows, In
side of thighs and TANKS. the tail,
and the depressions at the base of the
tail. An animal can not be satisfac-
torily sprayed unless it is restrained
by tying or some other means, and
results can not be obtained unless the
hair and skin are thoroughly wetted.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-13

from Washington to Southern Cali
fornia, but pecan growing has not be-
come an important industry west of
the Rocky Mountains.
The evident age of not uncommon
large trees near the Gulf coast indi-
Gates that the planting Of pecans in
the southern states east and south of
the area of the natural range of the
species has been in progress for more
than a century. The planting of
orchards In those states began with
seeding trees about 20 years after
the civil war. During the early nine
ties grated and budded trees of
named varieties appeared in sufficient
numbers SO that few orchards of
such trees were then planted, but
compare lively few orchards of either
seeding or grated trees were planted
previous to 1900. Since that time,
especially during the past five years,
the planting of pecan orchards in the
southern states has been taking place
at a rapidly accelerating rate.
In Southern Mississippi, Southern
Alabama, Central and Southern
Georgia and Northern Florida, large
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-13

UnGer certain circumstances, eSpe-
elally where dairying is combined
with beet making, there is consider
able advantage in securing early ma
turity or baby beef" This problem
has received much attention in most
of our central west states and some
OF the northern states.
The amount of feed required for a
given gain is less in young than in
old animals and this fact often makes
It desirable to begin forcing the ami
mails from an early age. Scrubs do
not mature SO early as well-bred cat
tie, and only the latter should be
chosen for the production OF baby
beef"
The best plan for securing early
maturity is to have the calves come
In the fall. They may then be fed
on skim milk and grain until the pas
lures are green in the spring, when
they should be turned to pasture with
daily grain ration When the pas
ture gets short in the fall the calves
may be taken up and forced on hay
and grain to the age of 16 or II
months
The farmer who raises and fattens
mature steers has to furnish pasture
for his cows, the yearlings, the two
year-olds, and often the three-year-old
steers. He waits for three years from
the time the calf is born until he real
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-13
IMPORTANCE OF PECAN.
One of Best Money-Producing
Trees in United States.
No Other Agricultural or horticultural
Product Attracting More Atten-
ton CIR Being More Widely
Exploited in South.
lRx G. A. REEn1


The pecan is one of the most i'm
portant Of the nut-bearing trees grown
In the United States, and within the
area thought to be adapted to its cul-
ture no other agricultural or horti-
cultural product which has appeared
during recent years is attracting
greater attention or being so widely
exploited.
1t was not found by the early
botanists nearer the Atlantic coast
than Western Alabama in the south
and Central Tennessee and Kentucky
in the north, but with the progress of
agriculture in the south the species
has been carried eastward and widely
distributed with apparent success over
the Eastern Gulf and South Atlantic
states. 1t has also been sparingly in
troduced into many of the northern
states, including Ohio, Michigan, New
York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Della
ware, New Jersey, and to slight ex-
tent into the lower New England
states. In the west 1t has received
but little attention. A few planted
trees may be found bere and there
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-13

where it may be wet with rain, as in
a tree, or where it may gather mois-
ture from damp grain or the breath
of animals
There are several methods of stor-
ing. One of these is to make rack
of electric weld woven wire. Wire
of this kind nailed to 2x4's makes a
very serviceable rack. Another
scheme is to drive nails slanting
through strips of inch board, and then
nail these strips onto some solid sun
port, such as post The ears are
then impaIed upon the upward slant
ing nails. A third method is to use
binding Irvine, making loop about
each ear. and putting is to 20 ears
on string. These strings may be
hung from rafters or other overhead
supports. The latter is probably the
most practicable and handiest of the
three methods suggested here. ANY
OF them, however. allow free circi-
latlon of air about the corn. When
! dry the corn should be left hanging.
if 1t is in a place where it cannot
| gather moisture.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-13

atures, or high winds has become pre-
valent among a considerable portion
of prospective commercial and
amateur planters. No agricultural
product is without it's natural enc
mics and other obstacles that must be
overcome. When any plant is brought
under cultivation and large contigu-
GUS areas are planted, the opportuni-
ties for the development and spread
of the insects and diseases attacking
it are greatly increased. The pecan
is no exception to this rule, and in
due time many serious enemies to it
must be expected to appear.
Long continued rains at the bios
soming time which interfere with pol
lination, late spring frosts which kill
the buds or destroy the young nutlets.
sudden drops of temperature in winter
during which immature late growth
may be severely frozen back, storms
of such intensity as to blow the nuts
off. and droughts during the late sum-
mer months just as the nuts are
maturing are inevitable obstacles
which must be taken into consider
alton.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-13

From Photo Taken When She Was an Eng
fish Society Belle.
of the butterfly existence she had been
leading. Upon her return home she
at once entered the Swanley agricul-
tural college at Kent and at the conclu-
sion of her course amazed her former
fashionable friends by becoming man
ager of a dairy farm After time
she became working manager of an
other farm in Kent, where she took
active charge Of all the work, grain
growing, vegetable gardening, and live
stock. She went direct from that farm
to the Canadian west, to a ranch OF
800 acres near the Canadian Pacific
railway, and now all English society
is interested in watching her career.
Not man is employed on Miss Mays
entire farm. Her only companion and
helper is a Canadian girl of eighteen
go back to society again? Not for
worlds" declares this former London
favorite. Il would rather pillow than
go to the opera. | would rather plant
corn than attend pink tea and
much prefer currying my horses to ar
raging myself in an evening gown
What's butterfly society life in damp
and foggy England compared to real
life in bright sunshine and bracing
cold?" Miss Mays success had made
her views on agriculture much sought
after, especially among the English
immigrants.
Although this little English woman
has sacrificed conventional feminine
garb and has given UP social life COM
pletely, she has lost none of the charm
that made her leader in British So
ciety circles. Her everyday costume
consists Of stout leather boots and
leather puttees, riding breeches of
heavy blue serge, a mans shirt, and
a short khaki coat. When she desires
to really dress up for special occa-
sions. she wears a soft collar and tie,
and a peanut smock of navy blue den
i'm, which comes to her knees and Is
loosely belted around her waist. She
is delightfully."- picturesque and her
happy carefree laugh is sure cure for
the blues.
i love the freedom of the life and
the highness of things here on the
western prairies," she said. recently
In England one is bound by conven-
lions, as ones fields are grit, with
hedges. Here l can do as / choose.
would not go back to stay under any
consideration"
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-13

ICES on his investment, and only one
fourth of his herd are COWS producing
calves. If the farmer will produce
baby beef he can fill his pasture to
the full limit with COWS producing
calves, and he will realize on the
calves twelve months from the date
of their birth
Capital is turned annually instead
Of once in every three years. The
farmers grain will produce from so
to 100 per cent. more pounds Of
baby beef" than it will of beef from
mature steer, and for the past three
years the baby beef animal has sold
for as high prices per hundred as has
the average steer.
A very sensible farmer in Ohio
started his young son in the cattle
business by giving him money to buy
calf. This was two years ago and
by trading and occasionally giving
little boot" the boy is now the pos
SCISSOR of five calves ranging in age
from five months to ten months. He
says the bunch is worth easily 800
His father says the boy is natural
born cattle feeder, and that he has
set his mark at owning 100 head Of
cattle within the next five years.
Other farmers may encourage their
sons to remain on the farm by fol
lowing the same course the Ohio man
has done.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-13
RECEIVERS RING FROM RIVER
Man Uses cIstern Cleaner to Draw
Diamond From Deep Water at
ConnervilIe, Ind.

Lawrenceburg, Ind.-Jack Kauter, a
cistern cleaner of Connersville, re,
covered a diamond ring belonging to
George w. Won Fange, an automobile
salesman, from the bottom of the
OHIO river with his cistern cleaning
device.
Mr.. Won Fange was the guest of Fred
Wuest, and was riding on the Ohio
river In a motorboat. In taking some
matches from his pocket his diamond
ring. valued at $3.50, slipped from his
niger and disappeared into ten feet
of water.
BANTER, after three hours of work,
got the ring into the large tin can
OF MS machine and brought 1t to
shore He obtained liberal reward
for his work.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-12-13
HApplEsT GIRL IN WORLD
Young Woman In Canada Declares
She Would Rather PIow Than
Go to the Opera.

Montreal THE happiest girl in all
the world That is the distinction
claimed by Miss Jack May slender
bit of femininity, who owns and op.
crates farm in the wilds of Canada.
Not many years ago Miss May, who is
the daughter Of Admiral May, Of the
British navy, was friily, frothy So
ciety belle, to whom the theater, balls
and card parties represented all that
was worth living for. When the Boer
war broke out and, along with scores
of other aristocratic young English
women, she went to the front as nurse,
her eyes we're opened to the smallness