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i'111 nil rmn i, PLYMOUTH ROCK IS HOME AGAIN Christmas week with home folks, sr Hugh Runkles of Logan is spend ing a few days with relatives these .s.parts. xft Charlie Mickcy Sr. had the niisfor Kj tune to have one of his work horses ft.:get it? leg broken the other day by|por mbeing Kicked by another horse the omnia' .d to be killed. Mrs «. harlote Piercy and children •m Harold and Ilazel, spent Sunday at the David Piercy home. -he thermometer was 14 below this :®i M.wifluy jiiorning. v»j, Mrs. Spencer was buried in Cal •0 houii cemetery Sunday. .•••••ia was buried ui Calhoun ceinr'.../ ,ust Fridpy. Automobile Fees Must be Paid Before January 1, 1921, or $1.00 per Month Penalty is Added Automobile license fees must be paid before January 1, 1921, to pre vent the addition of $1.00 per month penalty County treasurers all over Iowa re port that requests for application even rollectcd the first of next years I paid any time during the month to prevent the penalty. Tins is not, the case. On January 1st if the fee is not paid $1.00 penalty is added. Ev ery additional month that Ihe fee is neglected an additional dollar is ad ded to the penalty. Motor vehicle feus for 1921 must be paid before January 1. On New: Yeara Day .$1.00 is added to every fee as a penalty, and an additional dollar each month thereafter till the fee is paid. PAY UP NOTICE m^ey" $S\ S^i. ,Vs ^vxiW»/ & soV^iV' Off and on, for ovor 200 years the Plymouth Hock has been mm-roved back and forth. Not far, 'tis true, but moved. So on the .. oth anniversary of the landing of the pilgrims, it waB movi.»cl once «p.%~-re. This time It went hack to its original resting place. The lit ©Si® fellow In front or the rock is William S. Brewster, descendant, in ninth generation, of Elder Brewster of Mayflower faiuo. S CALHOUN ITEMS :t». Plenty of snow for good sleighing and many are improving it, hauling •wood and corn. vw Mr. and Mrs. John Donnelson and son Morris, spent Sunday in Neola with Mrs. Donnclson's father and •-sister. 5.1. Dell Pruitt and family of Council' Bluffs moved in one of the tenant houses on the Harry Fitzgibtyjnj farm and wil work for mm this win ter. Calhoun school closed Friday for a two weeks vacation. Geneva and Ellen Runkles of Hol :Stein, Io., came home to spend the For Rent:--A once.—S. ITEMS Miss Luiu fa lean dosed her school last week for the Christmas vaca tion and is spending the week with home folks. Mr. and Mrs. John Ashcraft spent I Christmas at Woodbine with Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Ashcraft's mother.' Miss Lela and Vera Stecn came home from Esse:: last Friday and spent Christmas with home folks, re turning Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Freymuller and family spent Christmas with Mrs. Freymu'lcr's parents. Henry Unmask was in Logan on business Monday. Joe Steen and family and Marion Pate spent Sunday Logan. Mr. and Mrs. Henry unrpnek spent Sunday at the Will Unmade home. Mr. Johnson was laid away in the Magnolia cemetery Tuesday. •J— Wrummi'lliFTTTi* 111 aW N" N t4"\•* f.sV^5 TIMES WANT ADS For Sale:—About 50 tons of wild hay at $10 per ton in the stack, at the John Ryan farm east of town. Walter Powell, R. 3. pJ12 Lost:—A small package Has own ers name on it. Reward. Phone 133. sD31 Lost:—A pair of double lens gold rimmed glasses in case. Mrs. Jos. Johnson. Phone 24SW. cD30 R. Williams. eDIStf For Sale:—A good soft coal stove. Doty & Peterson. cJ3 Sale:—Choice barn. Apply to phone 25F21, ley. Farm for Sale:—120 or 140 acres, fine stock farm. Price reasonable and easy terms.—J. S. Dewell. tf For Sale:—One used White Rotary Sewing Machine, with or without electric motor. Phone 213. S-4-tf For Rent:—Furnished room in mod ern home. Phone ai8. cJ5 Found:—A package on Lincoln High way, between this city and Logan. ,, Owner may have same by paying blanks are coming in and some have: j. +, .. ^e8S" I Wanted:—Gentlemen roomers. Tele phone 319 J. cJ3 Many automobile owners are under the misapprehension that fees while1 they become due January 1, may be £or On account of the unusual conditions ,1, late of said County. All per of the money marnet, we are sacn- sons indebted to said estate will firing our goods c\ery day to get Therefore, we are asking all of our K. and L. of S. Regular meeting of the K. and L. of S., T.. urday, January 1st, at 8 p. m. sharp. After the regular busi- is no 4 Sak,_Good wi|(, at ?8.00 per ton. Mrs. Phono 246. make ness. there will be an fashioned :Poot social for the members only. D31 C. II. Neitzsch. cJ3 DR. s. F. DeVORE Otfice in Martin building TKI.RPRON2? 172 ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE™*" Notice is Hereby Given to All Per sons interested: That on the 24th day of December A. D. 1920, the undersigned was ap pointed by the District Court of Har rison County, Administrator of the estate of Joseph S. Kirkland, deceas- payment to the undersigned r.nd those having claims against the same W1n customers to settle their account in authenticated, to said Court for al full on or before January 1st. lowance D30 M. GILMORE. present them, legally Dated December 24th, 1920. W. M. JONES, D30-J G-13. Administrator. FOOT BALL PLAYERS NOTICE ,, All the members of the Town JtTKMSTITCHING and PECOTINGj°Yn fi! ""T v-,i All those having bills against the "Work done at the Singer Sewing team are requested to present them Machtro fice. Cotton jds, luc per Mr. Owen. D30 yd .. ^iiC per yd. Phone 3GJ. D23 tf. Ba]1 Team are sted to turn equipment to Missouri Valley housefi possesion at ghe?" "No. she asked me to be her *beat woman.'" alfalfa hay in J. A. Bennett, 3, Missouri Val pJ17 For Sale:—Thompson's strain Pure Bred Barred Plymouth Rock cocker els, $2.50 each. Thos. P. Gilniore, Missouri Valley, R. F. D. 2, cSi For Sale:—Good dry hard wood, stove lengths. $11.0i for triple wagon box. Anderson Bros. Phone 44F5 J)D31 For Sale:—Cobs. Leave orders at Brundige hardware store. pJ15. J?or Sale:—Maple dresser $15. Iron bed and springs $10j Music cabi net $7. Library electric lamp S4 Phone 289J. cD3i For Sale:—Good split oak posts. Mason & Morehouse. Phone 462. 14-tf. For Sale:—Two pure bred Hamp shire boars. These are extra nice pigs and are priced to sell. Sun set Slope Farms. Phone 10F11. cN17tf j. j. Times. R. C. LAHMAN, FnpiMK SAM'L HOLMES, City DAILY TIMES $5.00 per year in ihe count?. $6.00 per year outside the WEEKLY TIMES $2.00 per year in the county. $2.50 per year outside the county. THE FilNNT HEN a Strange. "There's one thing I can't under stand about these spirit communica tions," remarked Mr. Brown as In finished reading the accouat of a highly successful seance. "What's that, John, dear?" asked his wife. "Why, you never hear of a departed soul having gone any other place ccpt straight to heaven." Only One Obstacle. Her Suitor—You surprise me! I did not think you would Interpose any ob jection to my marriage to your daugh ter. Why, I thought you liked mel Her Father—I do, my boy. But there is one thing insuperable in the way. "What in the world—" "My daughter doesn't like you.*— Stray Stories. ».c.?v He Has Our Sympathy, "So Helen Strongmind is to be mar riurl to Mr. YVurrn?" "Not exactly. Helen says he Is to be nia.-ried to her." "Oh, yes, of course. She's asked yon to be her bridesmaid, hasnt Absurdities in Attire. "I must say," remarked the derisive person, "that a man looks ludicrous la the clothes his wife goes out and buy* for him." "Maybe," replied Mr. Growcher. "But not any more ludicrous in my opinion, than his wife does in the clothes she goes out and buys for self." That's Different ISSS8K1 Redd—Thought you told me that was a ten-horsepower 'automobile at yours? Greene—So I did. "Well, I can't believe It" "Why not?" "Because, I noticed it took only one horse to pull it back home today!" Wlfpl Misunderstanding. llfttftSlI "Poor old Smyth got into trouble with his wife by a memorandum she found in his pocket from the mechanic who repaired his machine at the of fice." "How could she resent that?" "The memorandum was for supply ing his typewriter with a new dog." NO OLD 8HOE8 "Did you throw any old ahsas at the bride?" "No. Didn't have a pair that I felt I could afford to threw away nowadays." Something Lacking. I've pencils, pens and paper white, Erauers and a quart of Ink. What a RTon.t poem I now mirht Could I but contrive to think. tr Try a TIMES Want Ad r''-' Improved by Travel. "There is a great deal of Improve went to he derived from travel." "There Is," replied Farmer Corn tossel. "When I was to town and took lunch nt a restaurant, I was surprised to fee how a little bit of travel had Improved the price of a head of l#t tuce."' The Brain and the 8tomach. "Wouldn't that woman give yon your dinner for sawln' up a pile of wood?" asked Meandering Mike. "Yes," answered Plodding Pete. "But: I called the deal off. As soon ns I looked at the woodpile I lost my appetite." Heroic Measures. Wife—I'd ten times sooner stay at home than go on a visit to the Borems. Huh—Then why are you going? Wife—It's the only way. If I don't they will visit us. His Only Protection. "I told Brown your cure for snoring, but he refused to try It." "Why?" "He says tf he were to cure himself his wife would make him go to church With her." Its Class. "He was about to fold her to hit manly breast when her father came In." "That is what you might call folding slip." That's So. Freddy—Pa, this paper writes abbot directors "watering stockl" What does It mean? Pa—The directors water the stock to soak the investors, sonny.—Blighty, London. -,-, RftCKlNQ CH/UR IS INDORSED French Authorities Deotare Great American "InetltatlonP to Be MiytotogloaUr Oerreet Nobody who has atadled the rocktaf chair win bo surprised to hear, that the IVwnch Academy of Science hai declared It the moat hygienic of all •eat* Instead of a mere American fad. It is, as the academy says, physiologi cally cwweL The trouble with It Is that It la net always psychologically correct Its baneful effects are not on the rocker, bat on the beholder. It la an all-around joy only when it Is not rocked. Mew England ladles used to test a new neighbor by getting her to alt In a rocking chair. If she could re sist rocking she was of the elect This simple test of the nerves has made or marred a great many newcomers' pop ularity. The advantage of the rocking chair la that It puts the body in perfect balance. The skull la kept in the prop er position. But oscillation does not add to the benefit It is good to find an invention which has been maligned because of misuse Indorsed by the scientists. Let these gentlemen nexl And something good to say about silk hata. PROVED TRUE TO HER WORD Pair Autolst Had 0aid She Would B« Back Promptly, and It Was Even More So. I On one of my first excursions in our new car, writes a correspondent, 1 stopped at the grocery with my car parked with the back toward the store door. I gave my order and told the clerk that I would be back to get my things in a very few minutes. As I stepped into the car, my best "beau" came down the street, and anxious to show him how well I could drive, I hurriedly threw Into gear. I raced the engine and let the clutch out to get a quick pickup. It proved to be a wonderful one, as I bad thrown Into reverse and found myself in the doorway of the grocery store. I had gone over the curbing and all, breaking the window as I bumped Into the store. The grocer hurried out, and when he saw who It was, "Well," he said, "you have proved yourself a woman of your word, but it will cost you the price of a new show window." THAT LEGACY HELPED SOME Of Course Newspaper Man Really Had Done Well, but Not Entire ly by Hie Own Effort* "When I see a ragged man," said the chairman, virtuously, "I say to my self there goes one of life's wasters. There goes a man who has refused to make the most of his gifts. There is no excuse for poverty, gentlemen. Ev eryone should rise—" "HearI Heart" cried his hearers. "Everyone," exclaimed the chair man, "may carve out a good position for himself if he wishes." "Perhaps you are right," interposed a member. "Only today I meta news paper man who told me that 20 years ago he came to Chicago with exactly 95 In his pocket He Is now worth $40,000 and he owes this entirely to hi* own ability and energy, combined with good health and a high code of ethics, and to the fact that his uncle recently died and left him $39,995."— Chicago News. Innocent'Accomplices. 9PBSW M' Don't you know lfs wrong to fish on Sunday?" asked the pious old gen tleman. "Yes, sir," replied the freckled ur chin. "Then why are you doing it?" "Because," replied the urchin, with a grin, as he held up a catch that any angler might have envied, "the blamed fish don't know it."—-Birmingham Age Herald. Oratorical Finesse. "We are going to pick Out the finest speaker In the town to Introduce you to the audience," said the chairman of the committee on arrangements. "Don't do that," protested Senator Sorghum. "I need the benefit of con trast. I don't want to go to extremes, but If I had to make the. choice, I'd rather be Introduced by a silver tongued orator than by a man nho stutters." Betrayal. "Mayme's parrot gave her away so the other evening that she want ed to wring its neck. It sang out: •Jnst one more, Harry.*" "She needn't have minded that Everybody knows she's engaged." Tes, but her fiance's name la 5 A 8hort Drive. "They tell me this moonshine stuff will drive a man cr&zy." "It hasn't much drlvln' to do," an swered Oncle Bill Bottletop. "Any man who, drinks moonshine is foolish to etart with." Advertising good returns on the money invested 34* Try a TIMES Want Ad All Suits arid Over coats that sold up to $45.00 LOT 1 AT I iv urn 1 IS Unbiased. She hadn't been particularly inter ested In the fight for woman suffrage through the years of her useful life, bat had devoted herself loyally to domestic pnrmlta In the service of her employer. However, when in formed that women were to have foil rights to vote, she announced: "Well rm going to read up on all the men whe are trying to be elected and find out all about 'em and who'* the best man before I vote for him— but it ain't goln' to be no Republi can."—-Indianapolis News. WW Rural Carriers Examination There will be an examination held at Council Bluffs and Avoca on Jan. ,22, 1921, to fill the position of rural (carrier at Avoca, Carson, Loveland, Macedonia, Neola, Walnut and Wes ton. ,, V' JOINT INSTALLATION The Order of Eastern Star,, the A. F. and A. M., No. 232, and the R. A. M, will hold a joint installation of officers on Monday evening, January 3, at 7:30 sharp NOTICE' I will not be responsible for any debts made by my wife, Cynthis Fitch. pD30. Harold Fitch. WOOD FOR SALE Good hard wood for range, heater or furnace Phone us what you want. Mason & Morehouse. -Phone 462. Men's and |Young Men's* Suits and Overcoats In Two (2) Big Lots These groups of Suits and Overcoats repre sent materials and workmanship of the high est grade. All the newest models for men and young men. Sizes 34 to 44. FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY Pta! sist Vijf? 43 AND See Our Window Display Today 1 Katie Burbank, Sec. D14-tf. ,t 'i WATCH PARTY The young people of the Christian church will have a Watch Party- in the church basemept, Friday even ing, December 31. AMERICAN LEGION Pay your Legion dues before Jan uary 1. .. D29 J. G. Zuver, Post Finance Officer. ,.••• *\i-- RE1FENRATH BROTHERS Walsh & DR. H. PHILLIPS Office over Shafer'y Drug PHONE 368. PR. H. L. ROBERTS OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN Office In GHmore Office Apart ments ad A DR. E. .E. LUSK Physician and Surgeon. Glasses Fitted. ..Hours 10 to 11 a. m., 1 to 3 and,. 7 to 9 p. m. Old Coit Office. Phone 104. Conversation is a valuable thing save it. It wouldn't be so bad, at that, to work in the movies and get a good galaxy for kissing Norma Talmadge. Sale of ""Apt t'-i Watch this space for many bargains THE FAIR mm, efil 0 ur Profit Shooting Sale Still Goes On if All Suits Md Over coats that sold up to $65.00 LOT 3 mm at i, "V1 'H Mm Missouri Valley The Home of "Society Brand" Clothes Make your selection now. .. "The Home of Good Furniture" vf Iowa 'Jk. The great number of customers who took advantage of our price reduction sale last week proves be yond a doubt the confidence placed in our fair dealings. The opportunity "7* iH sU Jr "k +o save dollars on your furnituure pu-cha&es a .id every dollar saved is a iorral earned. Ouru prices are lowor now than they will be any timf- next season. Do not over look our of fer of $25.00 worth of vecoros free with every plionagraph old row. \"3 nnimr-ri-inrrtrrnr-r ir mm ni in nimnrn tiiI nin mum fiii mwmi Chambers have moved to the office form erly occupied by Dr. Bowen. Phone 645. .... 1 WALSH & CHAMBERS Missouri Valley. Iowa -Jri 1 Try a Times Want Ad. CROUP The quick gasping cough of croup is something that every mother dreads. It comes in the dead of night when medical assistance is hard to obtain. That is why Glessco has been a house hold article in millions of homes for forty years. It gives immediate re lief. In fact Glessco is the only prep aration which can give relief from croup in fifteen minutes without vom iting. Careful mothers everywhere depend on Glessco. It does not upset the deli cate child's stomach, and carries the offending substances right out of the system. All druggists sell Glessco in 56c bot tles. It is worth ten times as much in time of need. GDr.<p></p>LESSCODrake's Try a TIMES Want Ad