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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-01-01
CLEAyER-TRENT.

Married, at the Christian parson-
age, at Mo. Valley, Wednesday,, De-
cember "a, 1919, at 4 o'clock. p. M,
Mr.. Voyd Edward Cleaver and Miss
Nina Pearl Trent, both young people
of Mo. Valley, Rev. Edgar Price of
the Christian church, officiating.
The groom is the eldest son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Almond Cleaver, of Mis-
souri, Valley, was raised in this vicini-
ty, and is prosperous and indus
trious farmer. and will do his part in
the domestic affairs of life.
The bride is the youngest daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Trent, of Ell
dorado, Kansas. She spent the most
of her life in Oklahoma, coming here
some three years ago, and has made
her home here since that time, and
has large circle Of friends, and is
capable of presiding over the home
prepared for her.
/. The bride was dressed in gown of
white satin and georgette crepe and
/ was attended by her sister, Helen,
who wore gown Of green silk and
georgette crepe.
! The groom was attired in suit of
dark blue. Clark Hodges acted as
best man.
! After the wedding they returned to
/ the country home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Glen Hairsine. where a seven o'clock
dinner was served them.
| On Thursday evening, Dec. rs, a
reception was held for them at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Almond Cleav.
err, for about one hundred relatives
and friends. They were entertained
with music on the piano the first par
of the evening, and the remainder o.
the evening was spent in dancing, af
ter which dainty repast was served
by the hostess, assisted by the Misses
Blanche and Mildred Cleayer,- Heller
Trent and Mary Smith.
. Mr.. and Mrs. Cleaver received man,
useful and beautiful presents.
After luncheon the bride thanke,
the guests in her pleasing way. TIL
!. guests then wished the happy youn
, couple a pleasant and prosperous voy
: age through life and departed fo
e their respective homes.
= They will be at home to their man
friends on a farm near Californi
s Jet. after Jan. Is, 1920.
n One who was there.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-01-01
USUAL TERMS.
Finken & McCrickard
Proprietors.
Natural Cloth.

In tropical South America the inner
bark of species of tree yields an ex-
.ellent cloth, the ibers of which are
interviewer much as if the fabric came
from loom. All that is necessary is
to wash and beat out the cellular stuff
from the interstices and. when dried,
It is light, flexible and altogether suit
able for making up into garments.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-01-01
Bird Rebuked.

Marguerite was accustomed to being
told by her mother to keep still when
any grown-up person present was
speaking. One day her mother was
telling something interesting when q
canary in the room commenced sing
ing at its loudest. Marguerite climbed
upon a chair to the cage and shaking
her finger at the bird said in COM
manding tone. "You keep still! Don't
you hear my mamma falking?.s
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-01-01
REGULAR IOWA APPETITE.


Lysander, a husky farm hand, was
telling his troubles to neighbor, and
among other things said that the wife
of the farmer who employed him was
"too burned close for any use"
"This very mornin," said he, "she
said to me, .Lysander, do you know
how many pancakes you have ct this
morning?' said, No, Ma'am,
amt counted them Well she says,
that last one you ct was the twenty
sixth
can it made me so dod gasted mad
just up from the table and went t.
work without my breakfast"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-01-01
African Piorie..

The historian Herodotus, $500 years
ago, described the African pigmies
which he located near the source Of
the Nile. Herodotus, for once, told
the truth, for it is in that region that
modern explorers have found them.
Stanley described them as having huge
stomachs and short legs and as "leap-
ing about like grasshoppers." One
specimen he saw was fuil-grown
young woman, three inches short Of
three feet in height, but perfectly
formed and Of a clustering sickness
of body. with absurliy large eyes"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-01-01
THINKoGRApHs.


1t isn't what you know, but what
you do, that gets you the persim-
mons.
When man don't care for ex-
penses, that may be taken as an indi-
cation that someone else is paying
them.
If you can't say anything good
about the dead, the chances are you
say nothing, and it might be good
idea to treat the living that way.
Pooling the people may be as diff
cult as Abraham Lincoln animated,
but many find it is easier and more
profitable than regular Work.
A cave man might not have been
hen-pecked, but there were dinosaurs
and such like to keep him home at
night.
People are kind to the dead, and
when booze kills man some other
reason is usually set forth in his
death notice.
After man has done his best, he
has a right to get sore if someone
complains because it isn't better.
A man with fertile imagination
can read patent medicine ad and de
velop lot of alarming symptoms.
If you wait ten years before going
back to the old home town, you will
land there a total stranger.
If you are curious to know what is
] the matter with your trenchant type
writer, interview the agent of another
make.
After persuing an armful of mail
that comes twice a day, and after
CHANGING at the lurid headlines of the
daily papers, and then reading ovel
about hundred exchange papers
and then going out and getting ar
earful on the street corner, we have {
suspicion there must be some kind Of
strike going on somewhere.
Men who run around at night.
know a lot of news, but won't tell it
The horrible example may do other!
some good, but he isn't much of .
, help to himself.
You may have observed that it il
the liquor interests which find tn
most fault with prohibition.
. We all want place in the sun oc
!, casionally; but it is not necessary t
9 own the place; it should be free to al
Borrowing trouble is also FOOLS
because of the ease with which a
= adequate supply can be acquired i
other ways.
The days are here when the farme
. hasn't much to do in the morning BIT
get up and wait for daylight.
A man who admits that he doesn
know much probably is the kind WI
will eventually learn a great deal ar
a be very useful.
It Smoking makes man nervous. ar
n then he smokes to soothe his nerve
being contrary cuss and hard
le understand.
,e The man who expects to get
& something by next winter, or ne.
spring, or next summer or next ia
a never. gets anywhere. ~
While the Ratchet is frequent
id buried, it is never planted very dee
There are other tests of wisdol
but the man who knows when he h
l. enough has learned something in tt
n world
What's your idea of dangero
no combination How about a one-ey
v man with a jag and driving an aut
mobile?
Economy probably will help y
NJ more than luck, regardless Of the fl
f. that some men stumble on to gt
IN mines.
ut A man uses up so much patier
III. fishing that he rarely has an adequ;
,e- supply when central gives him
wrong number.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-01-01
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Production of Scent.

No substance that refuses to dis
solve in water has an odor. It is the
actual substance itself. floating in par
ticles in the air, as in the case of light
and sound. The damper thing is the
more powerful the odor it gives off. "A
pleasant proof of the fact can be had
by walking In garden after rain 1t
is the vapor CT q liquid that smells
and not the liquid in the mass itself.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-01-01
The Laborer and His Hire.

Billy had been running errands for
his mother, and to show her appre-
citation she offered him a penny. Billy
looked disguised and, glancing into
her face, he exclaimed: "Oh, be q
sport. ma, and pay me what it's
worth p
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-01-01
V. S. BROWN MAKING GOOD.

From the Keystone Triangle News
we learn that Vern Brown, formerly
of this city. is now the leading sales
man of the Denver office of that COM
pany. A contest is going on among
the statesmen, and at.last reports Mr..
Brown was heading the list Of all the
statesmen. in the United States. His
territory is Colorado, New Mexico,
part of South Dakota and the west
ern part of Nebraska.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-01-01

Drs. Tamisiea operated today on
Cecil Jones, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Herman Jones, for the removal Of
nevis.
Miss Eva Gordon has accepted a
position in the office of the Valley
Poultry Co.
Modale is now enjoying electric
lights, the Iowa Service Co. having
completed the connection on Satur-
day.
The December number of the De-
lineator has just been received at the
Fair Store.
DIR. DeVore reports the birth of a
seven pound girl TO Mr.. and Mrs.
John w. Harvey.
Misses Dele Allen and Alice Hub
bard, of Logan, spent the weekend at
Henry Basch's home.
Mrs. John Christman returned to
her home in Omaha today, after
spending Sunday here with friends.
Everett Stewart of Manning is the
guest of relatives and friends here
for a few days.
Chas. c. Williams, who lives on the
j. N. Iitzgibbon farm, was called to
Kentucky Sunday, by the illness of a
relative.
Sheriff M. D. Meyers has purchased
the VIM. Smith farm, south of Love
land, and will move onto the same
early in the year. Mr.. Smith will
move to Mo. Valley.
Miles Finley of Norfolk was the
over Sunday guest of friends here.
Take little time and dig small
ditch in the gutter in front of your
place of business, and give this sur
plus water chance to escape.
Miss Bernice Bird entertained a
number of her young friends at her
country home, Saturday evening. A
fine time was enjoyed by all present
Mrs. Winn Satterlee and son, of
Chadron,. are the guests of the M
O'Connor home.
Mr. and Mrs. Lighted of Gothen-
berg, Neb, are here for few days
the guests of the Ed Gill home.
Henry Spires left this morning fol
Rochester, Mimi, where he will take
treatments for the next few weeks.
Rev. James Sanaker departed thi.
morning for Minneapolis, where hi
goes to attend the Danish conference
Foote'S Garage reports the sale o
Buick roadster to Floyd Hardy.
Mrs. O. Walton is spending the da.
: at Omaha
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Bentley return
ed this morning from a holiday visi
q at Huron, S. D.
q Darrell Mason and family are NOV
: ing up from Omaha today. They vii
occupy the Larson house on Mort
. Seventh street.
The Misses Carrie and Matte Har
. son are Omaha visitors today.
m Mason & Morehouse report the sal
)" of Dodge touring car to Carl Jone.
w. H. Dean and family of Norfoll
and /. NJ. Warrick and family Z
g Blair, returned to. their homes yestel
n day, after a few days visit at I'll
Is Chas. Dean home.
y Mr.. and Mrs. E. R. Brotherton {
California Jet, are visiting friends ,
: Washington Springs, 8. D., this wee
- Miss Emma Basch has returned
!. college in Council Bluffs, after spen,
Il ing Xmas at home, and Miss Euni'
Kelly also enrolled in the Boyles Co
lege this morning.
William Smith of Loveland hi
purchased the Hayward property {
= North Second street, and will mo-
= here the latter part of the week.
- Mt. Vernon Kensington met wi
= Mrs. Frank Divelbess, Thursday a
e ternoon, Dec. II. The afternoon w
spent tying comforters for the he
Itess. A lovely lunch was serve
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-01-01

You may think you are an excep-
ton to the rule, but the facts are that
if you learn anything for sure the
knowledge will come from jolts, and
hard ones, too.
Perhaps your idea of Liberty is
little at fault. Liberty is really not
the right to raise hell. 1t is the right
to do as you please without Interior
ing with the rights and comforts and
property of others.
Why pay 10 for a 50 silk shirt and
then cover it all uD with a coat and
vest except about nickel's worth?
The continued long string of di-~
vorces indicate rotteness somewhere
that is appalling. Not iii courts, nor
in the laws. but in worthless corrupt
and degraded CUSTOMS of living and
lack of ideals that would shame
tribe of Hottentcts.
1t is sometimes good idea to take
the punishment when the shoe pinches
you.
A marriage license was issued in
Omaha Thursday, to J. Bruce Purcell
and Pearl j. Messer, both of this city.
At most concerts the audience acts
as though it were there as a matter
of painfu! duty.
Every drinker thinks that he is q
moderate drinkcr; at least everyone
who still thinks.
The fact that women are tender
hearted also helps many agents III
making living that way.
| Denmark wants to borrow 100000,
OOG crowns. Most fellows who had
only one crown have been hunting tall
timber of late years, including Mr.,
Hohenzolle,n, who thought he was in
partnership with Diety. and we don'5
see what anybody wants with such q
job lot as all that. Must be some
thing rotten in Denmark.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-01-01
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

Baker, Wayne.
Dwger, "A.
johnson, Chas.
Sullivan, Mrs. Carrine.
T. :. Finley, Postmaster
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-01-01
MAKING IT. TENDER.

The sweet young thing was being
shown through the locomotive works.
"What is that thing?" she asked,
pointing with her dainty parasol.
"'fhat," said the guide, "is an en-
CINE boiler
She was an up-to-date young lady
and at once became Interested "And
why do they boil engines ?" she in
quired again.
T"To make the engine tender" po-
litely replied the resourceful guide.
Below we print a few want ads
gathered from the pages of our
friends:
Wanted-House in country by cou-
pie with no children until October
Robert keever.
For Sale-Two highly bred cats.
AT home evenings Il. w. Pridgen.
Wanted-Man to work in dog ken
mel; $12 week; sleep in or OUT.
l., Granger.
For Sale-About 100 year-old
chickens-Tom Anderson
For Sale-Dining room set, bed,
box spring, mattress, buggy, ETC.
George Kinard.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-01-01
IN sHoRT-oNE GALLON.

Just before Christmas, last year, a
darkey entered the postoffice- at
Townsville, Ca, which is a dry town
in dry state.
"Boss," he said to the-clerk in the
money order window, will you please
sh, make out 70 me an order ter Jack
sonville?
"For how much? ?" as he drew . a
blank to him and poised his, pen.
"Fo foah quahts, sub, please" said
the darkey.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-01-01

Evidence is required in court, al
though suspicion is sufficient to con-
vict on the outside.
When man is hungry he is in no
mood to reduce the high cost of 'iv-
ing.
Smart looking young men in form
fitting clothes come around quite Of
ten to tell we older chaps how to run
our business with more efficiency; but
somehow we don't seem to learn much.
Guess we are hopeless lot and be-
yond redemption.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-01-01
Public Sale
Tuesday, Jan. 6, 1920.

-
Pee Lunch at ii 80 Sharp Sale Starts at 1890
Eleven head. Of mules and horses-one team of
nulesag VT. about $500; team of black mules
4 2 and yrs old; black horse age 5, VT. 1100
buckskin horse, age q VT. 1850; bay mare. agcr7
w.t. l00O one bay mare, age w.t. 1900; one bay horse
age 9 w.t. 1850; one bay bald face horse broke age a.
W.T. 1900; one black COLT age g. w.t. HOO
sixty-eight head of high grade cattle-4 head of
mich cows, corning fresh soon is head Of steers
81 head Of hefers; 10 head of last spring Calves
pedigrced Shorthorn bull, years old
135 head of hogs-Seven head of old sows, bred to
farlow in March to pedgreed Duroc boar, and 90
young sows bred to farow in March; 35 head of fall
pigs, the balance good thrifty stock hogs.
Farm Machinery John Deere binder. nearly
new; Deerng binder; Saterly gang pillow: 49,
inch Emerson suSy; 17-nch suky; Moline ganlS
pillow; l4-nch walking pillow; New Century riding
cultivator;1 Jenny Lind cultivation; New Departure
cultivation; Dam mower; / Deerng mower; one
Mccormick mowers John Deere disc; wagon; /
wagon and rack; 2 3secton halrows; / broadcast
seeder with grass attachment; bobsled; hay rake
Moline planters 2lole corn shelter; 3-lorse
Fairbank engine 2-lorse John Deere engine; / Ia
associated air cooled engine; sets of work harness;
set of single harness; riding lister; galvanized hog
selffeeder; top buggy; Queen incubator, 25O egg;
l30foot Sampson windmill; heating stoves washing
machine; glass cupboard; hard coal burner;
De Laval cream SEPARATOR No - about $500 bushels
of con about 100 bushels of barley 200 bushels OATS
other articles too numerous to mention
USUAL TERMS
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-01-01

Below we print a few want ads
gathered from the pages of our
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-09-23
ROckvale News
Mrs. John X Evans was Canon
City visitor Monday

Mrs. John X Evans was a Canon
City visitor Monday.
The local team defeated the Wal
senburg ball team 6-4 Batteries
Fox and Skies; zubaIl and Muir.
Dave urquhart is in from his pros
pect at Bassick.
George Lewis was here the fore
part of the week visiting relatives.
Charles Nash is now employed at
Sopris with the Colorado Supply
Company.
An athletic and football club is be-
ing formed by the young people.
" Simon of Florence was in town
Monday.
The judges and clerks in Precinct
No. 25. Ward l were Mrs. G. NJ. Phil
lips, Mrs. r. L. Easton, Emma John
son, Mrs. A. E. Goodhead and Mrs.
William Smith. Ward flames Will.
iiams, Theodore Champeau, Miss
Grace Payne, Miss Mabel Ketto and
Mrs. F. Dyer. The vote was very
light.
Hazel Powell and Bud Phillips re.
turned from Crested Butte Sunday.
Mrs. L. L. Job was in Pueblo Sat
urday to visit her son, Frank, who Is
patient at Minnequa Hospital.
The local schools have the follow
ing teachers employed: Mioses Cece-
lila Job. Martha Lloyd, Thelma John,
Hazel Aldrich, NJ. Goss, Antoinette
vezzetti. Mary veigher, Maude Angel.
Mrs. Claire Reed and C. C. Wright.
principal. Enrolled. $50.
Mr.. and Mrs. A J. BateH of Flor.
ence were business visitors Thurs.
day.
The only Coal Creek player was
Fox in Sundays game, and not four
of the players.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-09-23
1880 Visit
Pen in 1920

More visitors probably have been
through the state penltentiary here
during the last three months than In
any similar period in the history of
The institution. Most of the visitors
the prison during the summer have
been. tourists and they represented
nearly every state in the Union. The
chief clerk at the prison asserted this
morning that fully 1000 people had
paid admissions this year to make an
inspection of the institution. and that
the prison library had been a big ben
efic.ary in consequence. Two thou
sand visitors he said. passed
through the prison gates during the
month OF August. and 1900 In July.
Another thousand visitors were here
between the first OF the year and the
coming of the summer months.
Visitors going through the institu-
tion are required to pay fee OF rs
cents. which goes for the support Of
the prison library and reading room
1t may be OF interest to the public
to know that there are on the shelves
Of the penitentiary library more than
5000 well selected books. The read.
ing room contains many CT the best
known magazines and newspapers Of
.he country. which makel available to
The prisoners most OF the current
news and literature Of the country.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-09-23
Bassick Items

William McCu Tough of Boneyard
Park and L. Bell took load of pota-
toes to Canon City Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs William Cutting moved
to the Isaac McCully place last week.
Joe Susman and son returned TO
Boneyard park from the Matt Slono-
witch place at the foot OF Oak Creek
grade with binder Sunday.
William H. Morris Of Ten Mile Park
had the misfortune to fall out OF the
back OF the buggy and mreak his leg
near the hip. He was on his way to
Sunday school with his wife and
daughter, and something went wrong
with the harness. and the horse
jumped and threw hi mout.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Martin and
children went to Canon City Tuesday.
Mrs. Martin will stay in town with
the baby as it is quite i'll.
Mrs. Mildred Ferbrashe spent the
day with Mrs. w. S. Seymour at the
Bassick postoffice last Wednesday.
James Martin. wife and two chill
dren Left Saturday for Alamosa John
Dabney took them to Canon City.
AL Griffin is helping L. r. Webster
with his grain cutting.
Mrs. A. Fear is visiting her mother.
Mrs. John Hoggatt
V. e. Tuttle caught Two coyotes that
were helping themselves to the neigh
bors' chickens.
Mrs. C. E. Griffin returned home
Tuesday after a weeks visit with
friends in Canon City.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-09-23
Penrose Items

Clyde Hainline was business Wis
itor at the county seat Tuesday.
The ]. C. Magruder family motored
to Fort Collins last Sunday. They
eft dwin there as he is planning on
getting an agricultural education. The
rest of the family returned wednes.
day.
Mrs. William Gordon Kerry left
last week for Illinois where she will
superintend the building of some i'm
provements on her farm property.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. White and Mr.
ing in the Victor neighborhood Sun.
day.
Mrs. George Blount returned to he-
home in Georgia sunday after a visi;
with hef mother, Mrs. ID. E. Mitchell
and family.
neighborhood has been having a time
with tonsilitis the past week. His
throat was in such condition as to re-
quire two operations. He is now i'm
proving rapidly.
A. Hannah this week purchased the
10-acre tract known as the Cargo al
falfa tract southeast of town. The
deal was made through the Olmsted
agency.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. Snider and son
Foster spent last week at their 800.
acre ranch southeast OF Pueblo. Mr..
Snider reports good crops and fine
pasture on the dry ranches this year
Key and Rose Armstrong. son and
daughter of R. Armstrong, are staying
with Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Armstrong
and attending school here.
School truck No. is again making
its morning call for the school chill.
dren.
Mr.. Carmichael is making some i'm
provementsso son his 20-acre tract.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-09-23
Pyrolite News
Florence Citizen.

Mrs. Capella and Mrs. John Petty
were Canon City visitors on Wednes-
day.
Mr.. Salisbury and family of Chand-
ler were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Westerman Sunday last
Miss Marie Wall of Florence was
the guest of Mrs t. A. Mccormick
last Wednesday.
Ernest Clark and wife, who spent
the past few months on the Western
slope, have returned to the camp.
Tom Mccormick, accompanied by
Miss Anna and Josephine Fox, spent
Monday evening at the home of his
parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. westerman. Mrs.
John Petty and Miss Margaret Sny-
der were Florence visitors Saturda,
evening.
Supt. Bryson and sister. Mrs. NJ.
Altman of Murray, N. c., motored to
Chandler Sunday evening, where they
were the guests of Supt Thompson
and wife.
There were many present at the
dance held in the school hall Satur-
day night last. Those present
from Florence were Mr.. and Mrs. w.
G. Banks. Mis- Mabel Graves and T. A..
Mccormick, Jr.
Mrs. NJ. Altman and daughter Ruby,
of Murray, N. c., who for the past
week were guests Of her brother,
Supt. Bryson, returned to their home
in North Carolina last Wednesday.