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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-11-25
MT. VERNON KENsINGToN

The Mt. Vernon Kensington met
with Mrs. Bruce Orr Nov. IL.
AS the roads were bad, and also
very cold that day, not every member
was present. The afternoon was
spent in helping the hostess tie q
comfort. At 4:3O Mrs. Orr served
a delicious two course luncheon.
Visitors for the afternoon were
Mrs. Ellen j., Orr and Miss Maude
Hack, just recently returned home
from California, Mrs. Roy Brownell
and daughter, Mrs. John Shealy and
children.
AS our next meeting would have
come on Thanksgiving day we decided
to wait another week and the place
to be decided on later.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-11-25

Lost:-A brown suit case, on Lin
coin Highway, between Council
Bluffs and Woodbine. Return Go
this office. Reward. pN26
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-11-25

For sale:-Young geese for Thanks
giving. Either alive or dressed.
Mrs. Robert Deal. Phone 23F13.
cN24
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-11-25

For sale:-one red sow, weight
about 375 lbs, or will exchange for
smaller one to -butcher.-G. s. Tidd,
621 N. 9Th St., Phone 29s w. N22tf
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-11-25

For Sale:-Good dry hard wood, stove
lengths.-Mason & moorehouse.
Phone 462. N22tf
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-11-25
ROBT. w. HARVEY
TIE Ha r.! Store
Missouri Valley, Iowa

For Rent:-House to party buying
my furniture, about $400. See E.
N. Mcfarland, phone 627 W, Sun
days only. cN-1O-tf
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-11-25
For sale:-one Ford sedan: 1nqui1s
Of 6. w. Burbank. cN27'

For Sale:-so head Of fine healthy
shoats, viii average $50 lbs. w.
u. Stokes. Phone 12F4. MT
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-11-25

For sale:-Purebred Duroc Jersey
male hogs. Roy d Duncan. Phone
1874. pN27
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-11-25

For Sale:-Duroc male hogs. Tho
real big type that please the farm
er S45 and so each. Just few
choice ones, so act quick il you
want one. Pedigrees furnished.
H. Hansen, Jr. Phone 14F4. Mo.
dale, Iowa. N19-h
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-11-25

For Sale:-Six room house, modern
except water. Immediate possess
sion. Inquire at Times office. pN27
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-11-25
TIMES WANT ADS

Lost:-A pearl ring in Tiffany sett-
ing. Reward. Phone 483. cN27
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-11-25

Wanted: Secondhand piano in good
condition. Phone 1913 w. N27
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-11-25

For Rent:-Two furnished rooms in
4. modern house. Close in. Suitable
for two or four persons. Phone
2M-J.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-11-25

For Choice Holstein cows and
heifers. Fresh in Nov. Also one
bull. Phone 22F11. L. A. Long
man. cNa0
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-11-25

For sale:-Two pure bred Hamp-
shire bears. These are extra nice
pigs and are priced to sell. Sum
set Slope Farms. Phone 10F11.
cN17tf
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-11-18

temporary resident of the county:
Kate B. Miles was granted a refund
of tax on $4,000 valuation for the year
1919, this being an error in assess
ment of buildings on lots in the city
Of Bookings.
c. W. Davis was granted a remit
lance of Ike for the year 1919 On
property in the city of B%rookings for
the reason of his being in the service
of the United States.
Fred S. Miner was granted a re-
mittance from taxes for the year 1919
on a valuation of 5000, this being an
error in assessment.
Rufus Ames was granted a remit
lance from taxes for the year 1919,
for the reason of his being in the ser
vice of the United States.
The board adjourned as a board of
county commissioners and ~reconvened
as a drainage board.
The drainage petitioned for by J.
II. Johnson and others for s~traighten
ing the bends and deepening the Sioux
river was withdrawn, a written re.
quest being fIed, signed by II. |.
Stearns as chairman, and Geo. G.. Rude,
as secretary of this drainage project.
A petition was receil ed and ordered
filed as follows:
To the Honorable Board OF County
Commissioners of the County of Brook
ings, in the State of South Dakota:
We, the undersigned taxpayers and
owners of land which will be affected
by the Sioux valley drainage PROPOSE
ton now before your honorable board.
respectfully protest against any
further proceedings or the mourning
of any further expense in said drain
age matter for the following reasons:
That since the presentation of petit
tiOns for said drainage proposition.
values of farm products are greatly
decreased in value, that it will be a
hardship and almost, and in some
cases entirely impossible for owners
of land to meet the payments which
would be required, that market is
falling on both labor and material.
and in all probability construction Of
said drainage system could be made
at some future time at a considerable
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-11-18

The board on motion adjourned to
800 O'clock a. m. Friday, November
y, 1920.
The board net as per adjournment,
with Commissioners H~alvorsOn, Kid.
man and Tollefson present.
The following resolution was then
submitted;
WHEREAS. The funds of the county
are exhausted: Be it resolved, that all
road and bridge work being done by
the county, be stopped on this date.
On roll call all members of the board
voted aye.
The application of l.. W. Sutton for
q refund of $500 road poll tax charged
against him for the year 1919 was on
motion granted for the reason of over
age of so years,
The application of Z. Prentice for a
refund of road poll tax for the year
1916 was on motion granted for the
reason of being over age, amount of
same being $500.
The application of C. w. Bumann
for an abatement of road and school
poll tax for the year 1919 was on mo-
ton granted. Bumann being only a
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-11-18

qRent your o O
through a Rooms For
Rent" ad and keep the
~dis6guring placard out
Of your front window.
qThe newspaper ad is
digni6ed, sends you
numerous applicants
from which to choose,
and does not detract
from the exclusiveness
Of your home.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-11-18

saving, that it has been suggested
and is probable that state and fed
eral aid will be granted to construct
and maintain a drainage for the en-
tire Sioux valley.
Wherefore, we respectfully pray
that the said project be abandoned
and all proceedings and expenditure
hereunder cease.
Signed by II. |. Stearns and 105
others.
The board designated the Both day
of November, 1920, at 100 O'Clock D.
m, as the time for a hearing on the
Volga township drainage ditch No. 2.
The board on motion adjourned 10
November 80, 1920.
II. c. HalvOrsOn,
Chairman of the County Board.
Attest: John Alton, County Auditor.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-11-18

Ada E. White, gravel used on
road 1890
G. ID. Kendall, mdse. ......... 26.79
Fred Sampson, road work. 49,. 147. 90
Brookings City, light, water
and phone, September ...... $3.50
J. +. Anderson Lbr. Co. coal
for poor $40
J. T. Soderstrom, survey Volga
ditch No. , 27.S0
Geo. f. Hoch, voting booth. 1925
Farmers Coop. Co., coal for
Peterson 1866
Farmers Coop. Co, supplies
for Smith 1880
Haywood Hardware Co, sup
pies QUO
GullicksOn Sisters, board and
care of Mrs. CASTOR ........ 10000
Magnus Hope, road work. ..... 23.l0
Robert Matheney, work on sur
vey VOlga ditch No. 2........ 800
Geo. Hepner, work on survey
NoISd ulJcn no. : ....,..... 3VV
II. D. Woodland, supplies. 63.O5
Morris Paterson, repairs ..... 11.55
r. II. Barte.t, supplies ........ 244f
j. w. Blanch, road work...... POGO
O. Austin, repairs ............ 200
F. c. NELL, repairs ........... 49,
Geo. Schmidt, road work 1900
. 4 J. Willis. expense AZ
+. II. Mead, work on Story
ditch 500
VIM. Mckee, heIp at court house 2o.oD
Clyde Tidball, medicine for poor 800
L. H. Murdick, road work..... $3.50
Thos. kldman, services on Vol
gat ditch No. l ..........,.. 900
Thos. kidman, services on Vol
"a uIlch NO : ..'......... 1V.3V
Thos. Kidman, commissioners
III IhiISuSC '''''''' -c''O
r. o. Tollefson, services on Vol
Sd ultch NO. Z ............ sou
r. o. Tollefson, services coun-
ty commissioners ........... 1850
r. o. Tollefson, services on Vol
ga ditch No. 2 ............ $50
Register Publishing Co, pub
fishing notices ............ 51.2S
Register Publishing Co, pub
fishing notices and proceed
ings 83.49
Alfred T. Horton, publishing
Winsor ditch notice ........ SIS
II. c.. Halvorson. services on
Volga ditch No. / ........... 900
II. c. Halvorson, services coun-
ty board 1900
II. c. Halvorson. services Volga
ditch No. 2 $50
E. F, Gust, bridge work. ...... 6441O
Standard Oil Co, supplies. 124i0
l.. p. Ammons, grain for county
farm 1885
C. e. Pike, repairs at county
farm ON
Mons peterson, epairs at co.
i"ihi Io.oo
WIN DiooN'eNii'n 'eiiieh' cur
o''
DeacohesS fiospi'al' poaru II
care N's. m''neS $500 i'''oo
I. II. Atkinson PaVins CO., paw
"s oou'' mus ''o''@
{. II. Atkinson Paving Co., paw
ing at court mouse ''' i'o'9f
D = 49, oo
iIes ro0
Farmers COUP Co., cuiVerts' l'242.72
"A II. Stoli' services on board
F.. OF e. h Mi11er. service. on board 300
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-11-18

Amer Keck, bridge work. 24.00
Edwin II. Haahr, surveying. 1850
VI. Mulcahy, road work. ....... 67.63
Henry Thygeson, bridge work. 267.00
J. Sievert, road work ........ 24O0
Jas. Barrett. road work ..... 10 90
Lester Sloan. road work. ...... 41.25
f. p. Loken, road work. ....... $3.50
Lewis B. Smith, bridge work.. 1900
Sigrud Haugen, bridge work.. 1900
VIM. ID. Longwood, bridge work 1900
Arthur Greenwood, road work. 500
Clifford Peterson, road work. 26.40
II. O. Nettum, road work. ..... $685.
Fred Killing, expense corr club 2S3.66
Y. r. Welch, postage and phone 11.20
Mabel X. Trooien, postage. 5000
II. ). Johnson, postage. ....... 500
Y. r. Welch, postage.......... 1000
Mabel X. Trooien, postage. 1900
Lis Atkins, work in auditors
Office Observation-Disclosures. 1870
L. II. BilliCk, postage ......... 500
John Alton, postage .......... 2O.OO
\ J. Willis, postage .......... 5000
Y. X. WEIGH, postage ......... It's
Il
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-11-18

The man with a scheme is more
likely to be hungry than the man with
a spade.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-10

editor would copy that off and send il
back. Meantime the neat sum of money
paid in by the client to become mem
ber' of the Press Bureau was pocketed
Needless to say the criticisms were abso-
lutey worthless.
Although this concern guaranteed to sell
stories and songs for it's clients IL was found
by the postal authorities that not a single
one was ever sold except to the lima ginary
magazines of the concern itself. The prices
paid for them ranged from rs cents to s4
OF course the fact was carefully concealed
that these magazines" had any connection
whatever with the Press Bureau.
In addition. there was a book publishing
firm and also a music house which were
nothing more than fifteen dollar week
clerks with desk and typewriter each. To
carry out this elaborate fake and keep
all of the fraudulent or imaginary concerns
separate in the minds of the poor, deluded
client enormous quantities OF stationery and
pamphlets were printed each month. and il
took the time of a small army of clerks to
prevent this stuff from getting mixed up
and the wrong letter or pamphlet going out
TO a client.
The persons who fell" for this scheme
and their name was legion--were never al
lowed to drop until they had been MIXED to
the last drop. They were followed up first
from one angle and then from another and
led to think that they were dealing with
entirely separate concerns
This man and his wife were making /,
great deal OF money. The Department did
not ascertain just how much but IL was
many thousands a year. They occupied a
whole building on corner in the business
section.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-10

they are in Jail are frequent. Indeed the
price of protection of the gullible public from
frauds of this kind is eternal vigilance bv
the postal inspectors They cannot relax
their efforts for a moment. There are too
many persons who know exactly how to
work all schemes Of this sort waiting around
TO take advantage of the slightest let up in
the detectives activities or loophole in the
law.
The character of the defrauding schemes
is almost as varied as human existence. Just
now the most popular form of fraud is i'm
the selling of oil stocks that are worthless,
but glance through the records of the
Post Office Department during the last year
shows that new ideas are occurring to these
get rich quick takers all the time.
The stock game is an old one and is COM
paratively simple, since 1t merely consists
in using the mails to induce persons to pur-
chase stock in properties whose value is en-
tirely ictional or nearly so.
Another class of mail schemes that are
always going on in one form or another is
the foreign lotteries. Strictly speaking
these are not frauds i'm the ordinarily ac-
cepted sense of that word. In many foreign
countries lotteries are legalzed, but IL is
against the law of the United States to con-
duct q lottery through the mails, and when
ever the postal inspectors find out that a
fOftitn iotttiy ~ corresponding WITH persons
In this country all outgoing mail to that en-
tcrprise Is held up at the various ports
IL Is difficult. however 70 prevent the use
of the mails entirely by foreign lotteries
They are conducted through agents and as
soon as these agents find that they have
been denied the use OF the American mails
they change their names or appoint sub
agents and begin all over again. Most OF the
lotteries are in European countries but there
are also some conducted In the Latin Ameri-
can republics
Another favorite scheme is to use the
mails to Organize" fake societies and
leagues, most frequently among women and
to obtain money in this manner under false
pretences. In recent years, also, quite a
business has grown up in selling all sorts
OF mongrel animals at fancy prices after
advertising that they are highly bred and
pedigreed
The department few months ago issued
fraud order against a man who Lived in a
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-10
Putting Frost to Work

A interesting application OF tine freex-
~ ing system in shaft sinking is ex-
hibited in the Washington colery In
England. When the shaft had been sunk a
short distance, II was found that a layer OF
quicksand eighty feet in depth must be
penetrated. To prevent the wet sand from
flowing into the shaft II was frozen solid
A circular row of holes. forming a ring
over twenty feet in diameter. was made
round the shaft, and by means OF metal
pipes freezing mixture or brine of chloride
Of sodium, was caused to circulate In the
holes This had the effect of freezing the
sand in a circular wall round the shaft as
hard as rock.
On the removal of the soft sand In the
centre the frozen wall remained intact p~o
tectng the workmen from the quicksand
behind IT.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-10
Postoffice Inspectors Experience Their Busiest
Days in Fighting Get Rich Quick Schemes
Public Gullible as Ever Despite Exposes

IN oUBTLEss it is Just as true now as
in Lincoln's time that you cannot
fool all the people all the time, but
IL 10 likewise still a fact that part of the
people are willing to be fooled all the time
perhaps even that all of the people may
be fooled part of the time.
There probably never has been a time in
the history of this country when more in
genious. varied and promising get rich quick
or wildcat financial schemes have been Of
fered to the unsuspecting public than at
present.
II the gentlemen--and ladies'. too--who set
out to separate the people from their hard
earned or otherwise obtained cash by means
Of cunningly disguised frauds should devote
the same amount of time, energy and brains
that they have recently been devoting to
these practices to legitimate business opera
tons they ought TO get rich almost as
quickly and keep out of Jail or the hands
CT the vigilant post Office inspectors at the
same time. Why some persons have always
and will continue to prefer using their capa-
BILE brains to make money dishonesty in
stead of honestly has troubled the minds of
psychologists these many generations and
will be moot question doubtless for many
years to come
Busy Ever Since the War
Since the end Of the war these clever
schemers have been unusually busy Within
the last few months the number of COM
plants that have been received by the Post
Office Departments inspectors against per-
sons and concerns which have been using
the mails to defraud or to attempt to de-
fraud-which is the same thing in the eyes
Of the postal laws--has noticeably increased
The little army Of postal inspectors. who
are among the best detectives. is buster right
now than IL has been for many months
Not since the early days of the war when
these men We're up to their neck in work
to prevent German agents from using the
Post Office Department for their own fell
purposes, has there been such q call upon
their services.
The solicitor of the Post Office Depart
ment and his assistants and the post office
inspectors pride themselves upon the fact
that within recent years the public has been
protected against the continuance for any
length of time OF frauds Of this nature. So
efficient and relentless has the department
been In running down and denying the mails
to persons and concerns that seek to make
money by false representations that a great
many OF them cease operations the moment
they know the inspectors are on their trail
Another thing that has tended to discourage
these gentlemen is the fact that the EVIL
dence which must be collected 10 Justify the
issuance Of fraud order by the Postmaster
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-10
Uncle Sam Turns Greatest Radio Station Over to France
Built in Stress Of War, It Was First to Be Heard
Around World---Far Surpasses Ger
many's Wanted Achievement

Of sending messages half the distance ac-
complished by the Lafayette"
The advance American engineers had over
the Germans in radio Is remarkable, in view
OF the fact that Germany's scientists are of
worldwide fame, and it is logical to suppose
that this new station is the latest thing in
German radio telegraphy However, naval
officials have announced that upon a com
parison of the communication system as in
stalled upon the German ships it was found
that the United States Navy was far in ad-
vance of them In radio communication.
There are many lasting monuments to
American engineering skill left on the soil
OF France, but the greatest of these is the
Lafayette radio station, and what the United
States Navy can build abroad can be built at
home, and with possible improvements. The
American navy has repeatedly demonstrated
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-10
Gigantic Lafayette Plant at Bordeaux Stands
as Monument to Engineering Proficiency
of the United States Navy
By RUSSELL B. MOON. U. S. N.

vicinity of Bordeaux France, and the work
started. The most expert mechanics were
called upon to erect this station. The steel
construction of the towers required the SER
vices of the most skilled practice of the
structural steel industry
Work Halted by Armistice.
While this work was going steadily for
ward the armistice came and work was
temporarily discontinued But France, see
ing the advantage of such powerful means
OF communication, desired to have this sta
ton completed. 1t was 20 per cent com
pleted at the date of the armstice and after
arrangements We're made with France the
work was resumed, and to-day the most
powerful station in the world stands com
plete, monument to naval ingenuity and
efficiency.
This station is seven times more powerful
than the famous Effel Tower. and it was
recently announced by the French officials
that message from this station had passed
around the world in seventh of
second. 1t Is estimated that words travel at
the same speed as light rays from the sun,
or speed of about $4,000 miles a second
the greatest speed known to science. New
York can be picked up in one-fftieth of
second and message buzzed across the At
lantic at the rate of 10000 words an hour
When this. station is placed in full commits
sion there will be four shifts of operators
having sending capacity of 100000 words
every twenty-four hours.
This great station was turned over to
France at cost in the name of Lafayette by
the United States Government. This will
make Bordeaux the greatest radio centre in
the world and enable France to communi-
cate with her most distant colonies and that
at speed which annihilates time. being as
fast and convenient as would an actual con-
versation between two persons in closed
room. Ships can be communicated with in
the seven seas. though at great distances
they would be unable to reply, owing to their
lack of apparatus of like power.
Aircraft in all corners of the globe can be
directed by this great station, and with like
station in China and other distant points, the
news of the world could be flashed from pole
70 pole in matter of seconds
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-10

Wildcat Finance Foushng onRecord Scale New Guses


at Oil
sad thar small investors Liberty Bonds selling
% va we're ,na charged with the mails deud the gue
from of States
agents naIeted Every
@se ana 10000 alleged
produced barrels
Federal
ceeded $500 '
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-10
Cost Estimated at 100000.

This plant cost in the vicinity of $400000
according to the original bid of private
concern. but it is thought that this was
lowered considerably
The station has been in operation several
weeks with American engineers working
for the United States Navy and in con
junction with the French, under the com
mand of United States naval officer,
making the tests which were required in
the agreement between the two Govern
ments. These tests covered a period of
thirty days, during which time every ship
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-10

five pins placed in q vertical position These
pins automatically TT into the perforations
forming the words which are sent through
the air.
1t was through this powerful station that
the results of the Olympic Games were
flashed to the world, and the French Cow
eminent will open this plant as regular
unit in the French wireless service the latter
part Of October.
German Station Outclassed.
great station comes the announcement from
Germany that on September 80 the powerful
radio station at Nauen was officially opened,
President Ebert officiating. Not being ia
miliar with the particulars we merely sur
mise that this station under construc-