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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-07-19
CROP FIRE I'M HARRISON.

Woodhine, July ie. Prof. G.
w. llammans, county corn leader,
was inspecting gardens. corn
fields, drying pans here and else
where Yesterday. He says corn
looks fine over Harrison county,
that Woodblne and Logan lead in
the excellence of gardens, and
that Beebeeiown, Missouri Valley
and Dunlap are doing fine work
in canning. The winner i'm the
garden contest here will be given
u round trip to the state fair. The
boys in The acre corn contest are
reported making a good showing
and large yield will be produced
by the young corn growers.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-07-19

Mrs NJ O'Connor visited today
With Mrs C.. w. McGavrcn at the
Clarkson hospital i'm omaha. She
found her getting along very
nicely.
Attorney Ambrose Burke made
a business trip This morning TO
Council Bluffs.
Mrs. James Gciger is spending
IA few days With relatives i'm Pts
@ah.
\ daughter MAS porn yesterday
tu Mr.. and Mrs. John Doyle oil
Nicola. Mrs. Doyle is a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. p. r.. Mullen OF
this city.
ID. l.. ferndon of Crcsskill, N.
j.. is spending the day at the
Harry Newton home. Mr.. Fern
don and Jess Newton worked to-
ertlier in he same department al
aShngton Tor years, but Mr.
iernden is NOW auditor of tho
American Telegraph and Tele-
phone Co
Mrs. Millic Reel is here from
Omaha Tor a several days visit
With her niece, Mrs. j. W. f.
Owens.
Mrs. Ed RAINIER of Logan was
the over night guest of Miss
oiladSS Mlieeler
Mr. and Mrs. G.. O. Emge and
children arc spending the week
end With friends and relatives i'm
Omaha
Mrs James Evans left This aft
.rrnoon for Albion, Nch., TO visit
her sister. who is sllll very i'll.
'Immie Bul.kcll. who has
been assisting Worm Brown dur
Ing his Stay in Bklir With The
skaiin2 pavilion, has resigned his
position and Will remain i'm Blair.
He WAS here today calling ON
home folks.
Mrs. j. + Rredv and children,
Who have been making an extend
ed visit with the formers par
cnls. Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. McDon-
aid. in Melrose, left This afternoon
for their home in Fremont
Mrs H. w. Glover returned
home this afternoon from a two
weeks visit in Parker. S. ID. She
reports The crops up there look
ing fine since the last rain.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-07-19
FRIDAY


Miss Elliff has returned to the
Valley after a short visit in Mon
DAMN
w. A. Smith, A. I. Bucholtz
and Mr.. Gerhard took the Red
and Black Cross degree in COM
mandery last evening in Council
Bluffs.
Mrs. j. OLeary and daughter.
Miss Mable, of Council Bluffs.
We're Valley visitors today.
Official markers of the King of
Trails passed through the Valley
today painting yellow bands on all
of our electroliers. They We're
marking this famous route
through from Galveston. Ten. to
Winnipeg, Canada. In the sum
mer they work north and in the
winter they will work south to
San Antonio, Tex
Ed StueNe of OrSon was oprr-
ated upon today in the Mercy hos
pital in Council Bluffs by prs
konigmacher and Bellingcr. He
rallied nicely and is doing as Well
as can be expected.
Dell Myers returned this morn
ing from Chicago. where he has
been in the Officers training
camp at TT. sheridan. He says
that about 500 young men under
25 years of age, have been dis
missed from the Officers training
camps, but are still subject to
draft.
Henry Hanson of Modale was
here this morning on business.
Mrs. C. w. Harris and daugh-
ter, Miss Mae. have returned to-
Harlan after a several days visit
at the home of Mrs. II. II Fisher.
A. T. Bucholtz has sold his
Ford car to Albert Chambers.
DR.. Lawrence Drain returned
home this afternoon from Allan
tic, Ia, where he has been look
ing up a location for dental par
Tor. He was very we'll pleased
with that city and expects to 10
cate there in about a month.
Mrs. Harwood Demmon and
son, who have been the guests of
the A. N. Fountain home the past
few days, left this afternoon for
their home in Eagle Grove.
Mrs. Harry Brown returned TO
Norfolk this afternoon after a
brief visit with home folks.
Mrs. Robert Cassidy and chill
dren of Carroll are visiting al the
homes of Mrs. lnez Fry. Mrs. Ed
Smith and Alvin Fry.
Mrs. Frank Doiy of MaXburg.
Ia, is visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Wilson Doty i'm Willow
Park. Frank and Wilson Doty
spent the day in Lincoln yester-
day visiting Mrs. Blanchard.
The DR.. r. ID. McFNoy family
will leave on an auto "trip Thurs
day morning for Park Rapids.
Mimi, where they will enjoy a
three weeks outing, camping and
fishing. During their absence DR..
Lawrence Drain will have charge
of DR.. McEvoy 5 dental parlors
and will look after his many pa
irons.
E. B. Purcell was a passenger
this morning to Battle Creek, Ia
Mrs. t. P. WEIGH. who has been
spending the past year in the
Valley with her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. j. r. Mclaughlin. will leave
soon for Columbus. o., where she
will join her husband in their
new home.
Mrs. Neva Alcott Huntington
of Plattsville, Wis, arrived this
morning for visit With the Hans
Larson family and other old
friends.
-Or
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-07-19
MISSING PREACHER NOT YET
FOUND.

Logan, July 12.-l;sixty-five or
more men OF Logan and its vicin-
ity went to California junction
and searched south OF the Blair
bridge for the Rev. G.. G.. Payton,
missing from LOGAN since July ! /.
A large number searched the
pastures and fields north of Lo-
gan yesterday afternoon, but
both searching parties returned
last night without information as
to the whereabouts of the min
lister.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-07-19
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
signature s;.s; 's: 3, lm4zzzz1
vlvE Ia FAT NURSE!

Nurses of Chicago who are
plumpcr than they like,
And who banker for the service,
but are fearful of the hike,
Are after Uncle Sammy to relieve
their dreadful fix
And are urging him to train EN-
to perfect thirty-six,
For the soldiers like the slen-
der:
The willowy and tender,
And not The human butter-ball,
no matter of what gender.
these chunky heroines
are possibly correct
About the soldiers preference we
anyhow suspect
That a nurse is always welcome,
even though she ought to
bant;
Who can do lot Of kindly stunts
a skinny beauty can't.
When boy is full Of bullets
We think that as a rule it's
Unlikely he's particular in pick
ing out his pullets.
Heavyweights may add a lot of
tonnage to the boats
To carry nurses over where the
Red Cross banner floats,
And the conservation maniacs
may for this reason win
Their feverish attack upon the
good old double chin.
But as for us, by golly!
When we are melancholy
We want a roly-poly nurse that's
big and fat and jolly!
-World-He
-o
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-07-19
Red CROSS NOTES.

MIR Ross Thompson, local rep
reSentatiNe Of California Perfume
Co, is giving ten per cent of all
her sales during the month of
July to the local branch of the
Red Gross.
The teielSah lodge donated the
contents of their penny box.
which amounted 10 $ll.OO.
Mrs. j. b Barrett was i'm Coun-
en- Bluffs yesterday on Red Cross
business.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-07-19
Children Crv
FOR FLETCHER'S
G a s 7 . RIA
Try The Times Awhile.

Try The Times While.
Miss Vannie Dessert arrived
home this evening from Omaha
for two weeks vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Compton.
who have been the guests of the
lalter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
). McGavren, departed this morn
ing for San Francisco, from
where they expect to sail i'm few
days for Russia. On their jour
ney they will visit Honolulu, To-
No, Pekin, Moskow, Russia, after
which they will go to Tiflis, in
southern Russia: They expect to
be gone seven years before re-
turning to the United States.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. G.. Vincent
have as their guest for few
days, Mr. H. ID. Myndham from
Kansas City, Mo.
he dance given by George and
Oscar House last evening at their
nome west of town was decided
success. Abou. fifty copies
We're present and a splendid time
was enjoyed.
Yesterday Mrs. N. b. Sspafard
accompanied the members of the
Bird club of her Sunday school
class to the r. A. Heath farm.
whore they enjoyed a picnic. A
line time was reported.
M. Chiffon of Mondamin was i'm
The city today transacting bust
ness.
James Houghton and FLOYD
Hardy of Go. came up from
Glenwood last evening for a brief
visit with home folks. They will
return TO Glenwood this evening.
William Houghton and Fred
Dlckman have gone to Billings.
Mont, where they will work for a
few months.
The Iowa National guard is
called into federal service tomor-
row. These young men are the
cream of the country and it is to
be hoped that peace will be de-
clared before they see actual
service in France, but if such is
not the case and these boys are
put IN the trenches, the Germans
VIII know they have been up
against something when they get
going. The Sammies, as the AM
erlcan soldiers are affectionately
called in Europe, will give good
account of themselves in battle.
Here's hoping all the boys will
come back safe and sound and
that, through their efforts, the
world is made safe for democ-
racy.n
The Brown garage reports the
sale OF a Buick of Joe Kelley and
a Chevrolet to Ross Thompson.
A still alarm called Chief KEN
per OF the fire department to the
Valley Tire and Repair Co. this
afternoon, where the found the
building filled with smoke due to
a smouldering fire under the
floor A hole was quickly cut in
the, floor and the chemicals soon
had the blaze out with scarcely
any damage.
Miss Vcrda Wyatt returned to
her home in Pisgah today after a
weeks visit in the city with Miss
Geneva Blackburn.
Miss Geneva Blackburn left this
evening for an extended visit with
friends in Onawa.
DR.. and Mrs. C. A. Heise enter
tanned yesterday as their guests
DR.. Cooper and daughter, Regina.
of Modale, Mrs. Pagan of Adair
and Mrs. Welch of Des Moines.
DR.. Cooper expects to leave Sun
day with the Iowa National guard
for the Mexican border.
Carl and Ellen Heise are spend
ing few days in the country with
Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Long.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-07-19
REED TAKEN AT cpapRoN.

+. Reed, wanted for The alleged
.oliensc of Wife dcseriion. is re-
ported i'm custody of the Officers
at l.lladron, Neb., ana Sheriff
Myers viii return with him to-
morrow.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-07-19
CARD CASES.

The Times has just added a
line of neat card cases which will
be given with each order of cali
ing or business cards. These
cases are imitation leather and
are very neat and attractive.
Give us your order for your grad
uating cards and receive a case
free. ~
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-07-19
CARD OF THANKS.

TO the many friends who as
sisted in amy way, we offer our
heartfelt thanks.
MRS. l.. j. SpRACKLIN
AND CHILDREN.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-07-19
THE ROCKIES LAMENT.

No more ham and eggs or grape
fruit
When the bugle blows for
Chow;
No more apple pie or dumplings,
For we are i'm the army now,
And they feed Us beans for break
And at noon we have 'cm. too,
And at night they fill our tummics
With good old army stew.
No more fixes, beer or hiehballs
When we have an awful thirst
III you're thinking of cnlisting,
Best get used to water first.
For the lids ON tight all over
And the drilling makes us war m
But we can't cool Off With liquor
Cause. we wear the uniform.
No more shirts of silk or satin:
We all wear the O. ID. stuff.
No more night shirts or pajamas
For our pants are good enough
No more feather ticks or pillows,
But we're glad to thank the
That We've got a cot and blanket
When we might have just a
board.
For they feed US beans for break
fast
And at noon we have Them, too,
And al night they fill our tummies
With a good old army stew.
But, by jings, We'll lick the kaiser
(When the scrgeanis teach US
how,
For, hang him! he's the reason
We are i'm the army now.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-07-19
We PRINTER is MAD. HAPPY.

a KISS he prlnTcd ON her lips,
The job caused some clalion,
"lFor'' she said, continue please,
1t boosts my circlaiion!
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-07-19

Want to Sell? Use The Time
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-07-19

And at noon we have EN-, too,
And at night they fill our tummics
With good old army stew.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-25
NAL ROSES POEM
WAS STUDIED AND COMMENDED
BY SCHOOL PUPILS.

Mad Roses clever poem, For Mo-
ther," published in the Herald Tues
day, January 8, 1917, was made the
subject of study by Glass A pupils of
the Eighth Grade. Grant School last
week.
Students were requested by their
teacher, Miss Rebecca Erwin to bring
copies of the poem to school After
making a study of thought and verse
construction, pupils of the school
wrote Mr. Rose congratulating him
upon the work.
Monday, Miss Erwin, received the
following letter from Nal Rose, an
'swering the letters of the pupils:
Oskaloosa, Ia, Jan. 10, 1917. Miss
Rebecca Erwin. My dear friend: This
is my first opportunity to have some
letters written since last week, when
II received that bunch of delightful let
tiers from the Grant school Pupils, in
regard to my present poem entitled,
For Mother"
/ am most grateful to you for the
exceptional favor or having my poem
discussed in class. Had known it was
going to be, would have endeavored
to improve it, so that it would be a
better constructive lessons, as there is
considerable difference between the
ordinary newspaper style, and what
would be generally accepted in school
/ thank you very much, and | hope
you will care to use much more of my
work in this or any other way
II is surely an interesting bunch of
letters and have read and re-read
them all. Many of them are well COM
posed and | was particularly pleased
with the excellent penmanship. Each
letter seems to have some distinctive
thought or feature entirely different
from the others, and in all, they form
group of messages of appreciation
well worth possessing, and I will long
continue to prize them highly.
| am sending to the principal of
Grant School some post cards contain
ing my IOWA" poem, and with the
request that they be given out TO the
class.
Thanking you again, and with best
wishes for continued success in your
work, | am, Very sincerely yours
Nal Rose.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-25
REPORT MADE ON
THE EXTENSION
TOTAL RECEIPTS THUS FAR
HAVE BEEN $1,2s4, s22.52.
AND NEARLY ALL EXPENDED
There is $4,000 on Hand, and Work
Under Way Will Cost $4,000
to Complete Original Plans
For Improvement

Des Moines, Jan. 23.--According to
the report submitted to the senate
by the state executive council in
compliance with resolution passed
by the senate asking a detailed ac-
counting of the finances of capitol
extension, the special tax for the ex-
tension has brought into the fund
$1,106,749!5S. Rents, sales and 9TH
or sources OF income have contribut-
ed $127,57294, making the total re.
ccipts $f,234, 322.52.
The amount already actually paid
out for the purchase of grounds i'm
provements, etc, totals Steps 19O3.
The amount yet to be paid out,
including estimates on the purchase
of grounds contemplated in tho
original plans and for improve
ments already undertaken amounts
to $131 ,630.47. i@
The fund has $2S, 164.25 cash on
hand ta.
The report is taken from more
extended report already prepared By.
State Accountant f. Fl. Paul which
viii be submitted to the committee
on retrenchment and reform.
A bill forbidding county bond issues
for roads and bridges was introduced
today by Gray.
MY bill is the issue upon which the
whole highway fight will CENTER" said
Gray.
So called progressive road commit
tees will fight the bill to the last ditch
on the floor of the house.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-25
HOG BRINGS $3.50
FORTY HEAD AVERAGE $50 AT
THE G. c. COX SALE.

The public sale of big type Poland
China hogs, held by G. c. Cox at his
home near Lakonta, on Thursday,
January Is, was we'll attended and
resulted satisfactorily to all concern
ed. Forty head were sold for $2,4O000
making an aveage of $50 per head.
The tCp-notch sold to Archie White.
hurst, of Buckley, Iowa, for $3.50. An
other brought $117.50 and a third So
The list of purchasers is as fol.
lows:
Archie Whitehurst, Buckley, $3.50.
2 John Moore, Bussey, $77.50.
3 Frank Gay, Beacon, $3.50.
4 w. J. Black, Lakonta, $500.
5 John Moore, Bussey, $3.50.
6 Chef Although, Dudley, $3.50.
Z Joe Casper, Lakonta, $4,000.
8 Ed Rroads, Lakonta, $1,000.
9 Ed Rhoads, Lakonta, $4,000.
10 Ed Rroads, Lakonta, $4,000.
II C. H. Wharton, Beacon, $3.50.
IL DR.. B. G. Williams, OskaloOsa,
$11750. " 49,
IL Geo. Ruby, Lacey, SSO.OO.
IA G. F. Black, Lakonta, $47.50.
Is John Pickeral Eddyville, $4,000.
16 Wright Bros. Rose Hill, $3.50.
II |. NJ. Reed, Oskaloosa, $67.50.
IL J. E. Mehary, Tolona, III ), $4,000.
10 c. w. Phillips, New Sharon, $3.50
20 Frank Enoch, Beacon, $4,000.
% ]. G. Rowe, Grinnell, $4,000.
90 c. G. Gay, Beacon, $47.50. ..
"a H. L. Pickeral, Eddyville, $3.50.
25 G. F. Black, Lakonta, $4,000.
&c Frank Flanders, EddyVille, $4,000.
p ]. NJ. Covey & Son, Beacon $42.5O.
% ]. H. Rowe, Grinnell, $4,000.
20 Joe Casper, Lakonta, $4,000.
80 Willis Hoyt, Beacon, $47.50.
81 J. NJ. Covey & Son, Beacon, S47.50.
90 John Flanders, Eddyville, $4,000.
SO |. ]. Conrad, Melbourne, $6259.
"a John Flanders, Eddyville, $4,000.
SO Walter Mather, Bussey, $4,000.
81 DR.. B. G. Williams, Oskaloosa'
$3.50.
SO A. S. Andrews, Cedar, $77.5O
80 Dick Van Reese, Dudley, $500.
AZ Ed Rroads, Lakonta, 1920
AZ C. Fl. Wharton, Bacon, $3.50,
A G. f. Black. Lakonta, $4,000.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-25
THE W0MANs CLUB.
ANNUAL LUNCHEON PROVES TO
BE GREAT TREAT.

The annual gastronomic event OF
the Oskaloosa Woman's club took
place Saturday at the Y. NJ. C. A.
building.
| Mrs. c. l.. Farmhouse and her able
assistants served a delicious luncheon
to about one hundred members and a
few fearless husbands who wisely
took advantage of the opportunity TO
partake of an excellent menu and
hear an able woman speak on topic
Of universal interest,
NE Paresident Of Hn clrh, Mrs.
Richard Hull, called upon Pres. David
M. Edwards to give the Invocation.
Mrs. B. o. Jerrel, chairman of the
entertainment committee, had secured
Miss Clara M. Baily, teacher of his
tory in the State University at Iowa
City, as the speaker of the occasion.
Missing her connection at Grinnell
she was advised that Montezuma was
nearer than Grinnell to Oskaloosa,
and therefore it would be better to
take a train from Grinnell to Monte
yuma and thus shorten the necessary
auto trip.
When introduced by Mrs. Hull, the
speaker said that she had discovered
that it was possible for a train TO
travel at the rate of five or six miles
an hour.
The European War and Some of
the Problems to Follow" was the sub
ject Of Miss Bailey's address. She had
prepared map illustrating her sub
ject which was lost somewhere on the
circuitous journey from Iowa City TO
Oskaloosa, but the word painting was
so clear her audience had no difficulty
in seeing the geographical bones O.
contention. So she reviewed the his
tory of the small sections included in
the two narrow strips running from
north to south, one between France
and Germany, including Holland, Bel
GUM, Alsace-L orraine and Switzer-
land, the other between Germany and
Russia containing Poland, Austria
Hungary, the Balkan state and Tur-
key, and pointed out how these had
from the beginning of history been
pivotal points, the present situation,
by the concrete information given. be-
came very vivid. She Enlightened out
the tangle of ideas which the daily
perusal of many items of war news
is likely to produce in the readers
mind. Withal the subject was set forth
in a thoroughly neutral manner and
it is only a broad mind which can do
this.
When it was known that the speak
er might be late in arriving, Mrs.
Cournyer had generously consented TO
fill the time with a few readings and
happy ending to the program was Civ
en- when Mrs. Cournyer was called for
and as always, delighted the audience
with several selection, Mrs. Fred
Smith accompanying most acceptably
oil the piano in one number.
And thus another successful event
on the club calendar is now a memory
instead of an anticipation.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-01-25
THIEVES ARE BUSY
HONE, CORN, POTATOES AND
APPLES ARE STOLEN.

Joe Crookham was robbed of a
quantity of honey last week. Just how
much he cannot state as the goods mad
not been weighed, but the thieves
took about all there was III sight. The
robbery was complete. The property
was taken from the new place on Fiji
teenth avenue east, and no one being
on the premises, the thieves had their
own way. They might have worked in
the day time, unmolested, but the in
dications are the trick was turned dur
ing the night time. Anyhow, the burg
lars got away with nice lot of honey
and a quantity of cribbed corn.
AL Powell, out southeast of town,
suffers the loss of about thirty bush
els of potatoes, several barrels of ap-
pies and quantity of cured meat,
canned goods and pantry stores. Mr..
and Mrs. Powell had been at Center
vile at the bed side of a daughter
and through an absence of several
days the fires were kept up in the
home by nearby neighbor who at
tended to the other work, stock feed
ing and chores about the place. Upon
return last week Mrs. Powell discov-
cred her loss upon entering her pan
/ try and upon looking into the cellar
the complete work of the robber was
disclosed. Although the intruders had
the whole house to themselves nothing
other than provisions was taken and
to all appearances not disturbed The
] loss will be between two and three
hundred dollars.