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To recoipts as follows to March 7, a FLORA BULLOCK.
Balance due from last re
p0rt $ 85 22 There are highways and byways lead
Membership due........! 171.50 ing out from the Old Town to the corn
For extermination of mos- fie,d8 antl orchards, and when once tho
quitoes 10.00 fever of exploration has seizayou.you
For extermination of cat- can hardly stop until you have found
orpillar neste 21.60 the road to the west, the north and tho
V 8291.32 south" 0e blessed thing is that the
U Association total receipts for ex- river doe8 not run on section lines, so
peneee 8291-32 that the roads, perforce, wind around as
Disbursement? 212.91 best thoycan. Oat past trim farm
Balance for general expenses .... 78 41 houses set in the midst of orchards they
By disbursements as follows: lead J'0"' but though jou travel far, you
n , r, ... can still look back and see the red walls
Park Committee. ... ,-.,,, ... ... . ,
of the Old Town and the white tower of
t Destroying caterpillar the institute for the blind, moat nrumi-
nests 8 00 nentofall. Oneroid that I know takes
Plants, shrubs, canna and vm, nIlt t fhft nn,(hm,,v ,:,,
care of lots 43.50 north and west line until you reach the
525 river timber. Then comes a high bluir
Humane Committee. above the timber, and a view of tho
Four memberships S. P. mighty old river far to the north and
C. A 1200 away around the curve to the south.
Co3t of gas tank 28.08 It is said to be the best view in that
Spraying stagnant ponds region. The story of the war between
to kill mosquito larvae. . 29.11 the river and the land is written plainly
Audubon bird chart9 pre- there. Out in midstream is a consider -
sented by T. I. A. to able island covered with a grceii growth
public school, Summit; which jou take to be giase; but you are
public school, East Sum- told that it is only swamp willowp.
mil; public library .3.90 The island just an old sandbarlooks
Humane 6ign, ccr. Bridge as firm as the banks of the stream.
St. and Morris avenue. . 1.50 Then on the Iowa side is a great area of
7102 bottom land, backed up by bluffs, hazy
. , . in the distance. You stand on one side
Association expenses. , . .. ,, ,, . .
' and know that the o!d river goes around
J- Stationery, stamps, etc...$ 152:) just about as it wills in that wide valley.
Printing 2050 Now it Hows on this side, close to the
Painting T. I. A. waste Nebraska bluffs, but the old chtnnelis
cans 050 on the Iowa side, and some times there
Changing T. I. A. sani- are whiBpers, "Ihe river is going back
tary cart 8 00 to the old channel," as if it were a be-
Tiansfir to plow account . 29.50 ing of spiteful, revengeful purpose.
8 85.79 Then the railroad people hold conBulta-
: tions and thj old steamboat goes
To'al 8212.91 "thump-thump," riprapping along the
Association balance 78.11 eastern side near Nebraska City to pro-
tect the. approaches to the big bridge.
Association total receiptd A turn to the west on the road brings
for general expenses. . . . $291 32 you out on a section line, and then you
BNOW PLOW ACCOUST. 8ra 'I""6 With th(3 WOrKI 8Ba'D- For
a mile or so there is rather uninterest
To March 7, 1899. jng country, and little timber. But a
Balance from last year S 3350 turn to the south brings you back to
Received during the year.. 90.00 the forest land, the home of the family
Transfer from association 0f trea planters. Mr. Joy Morton has a
account 2950 yellow and white house high on a wood-
" $'9 00 ea hiji looking rather neighborless and
lonesome. Nearer the city he has laid
Total recoipts 8159 00 out a tine wide driveway, with two rows
Disbursements 2900 0f thrifty trees-a Morton tree always
grows on each side. It leads up to a
Snow plow balance on Bylvan retreat, but there is as yet no
hand 8130 00 house among the trees. In a field by
Disbursements for snow plow: thi8 road, far away apparently from any
May 6. 1899, plow soow.. 8 14.00 8toDy jetge is a great gray rock, on
January 15, 1900, repairing which.it is said, the Indians poundtd
plows 150 their corn into meal.
-J. 00 you can get back to town on a good
bicycle road one of the few down
Total 8 29 00 am0ng the Otoe hills-which brings
Snow plow balance... 8130 (X) you past Arbor Lodge and throuch the
. , , city park. Arbor Lodge always im-
To in I snow i) ow re
,.r presses me as a place that has grown up
C0,ptB tloJ.W wUh the co.jntry Tfaero is nothiD
Committee ox Reports. mushroomy about it. Even the two
rows of beautiful thrifty peonies, be-
"Senator Plumtree would be a goad tween which you ride on an early June
running mate for Bryan," said Mullins day "P to the square yellow and white
to Perkasie. the Morton colors house, look as if
"What's his capacity?" they were at home in some grandmoth-
"Two hundred and eighty six words a ere garden, for all the studied stateli-
minute." Town Topice. ness ot the trees that flank the paved
driveway. The Arbor Lodge orchard is
. , , , o nt eo young as some, but it has a well
Do you get your Courier regularly? nCQ Nofth of tfae
Pease compare address. 11 incorrect. house a a den8e of cedar8 .,
f please send right address to Courier IookB BB it Mr. Morton B9Cret, inlended
I oflice. Do this this week. to be prepared in case there should be a
sudden demand for an extra supply of
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Ladies'
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Suits
Half Price.
We are greu'ly overstocked on ladi
reudy-to-wear suits.
It is our policy never to carry a lot
of roady made garments from unu
season to another.
Wo nro detcrmincc' to dispose of
every one of theso suits, and to do
if ii tiH.
While they last you cun tako your
choico at cxacUy halt prico.
Think of it. $0 suits for $20;
$."IO suits for $15: $20 suits Tor
$IO; $15 suits fur $7.5(, etc.
etc.
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the only upright piano that in volume un J quality of tone is
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THE HIGH 6HADE MRITUEW8 PIANO . . ..
the only first-class piano manufactured ard marketed by a
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Chicago and return Sll -10,
Denver and return 818 25.
Colorado Springs and return $1S 83.
Pueblo and return SI9 00.
Glen wood Sprinss and return S.T0-"
Salt Lik-and Crden and return 32.00.
Hot Spr ng-, S D.. ard return 317.50.
Custer, S D.. and return 31S.9'.
Deadvvood, S D., and return $21 JJO.
Speartir.b, S. D., and return 82X00.
SheridHn, Wyi., and return c27.S.".
St. I'auLt MiDDeapoli? and return 81 1.150
Dulutb. Minn., and return S1SX0.
Ka-otn, Minn , and lefurn $1205
Wastki. Minn., and rrturn 81-.05.
Super.or. Wis., and return $IS CO.
Tickets on sale July 25 to 27; limit July 2
Tickets on sale June
. 2 1st., limited to
return Oct. 31st.
City Ticket Office
jGor. lOtn and O Streets.
Telephone 23.
Burlington D.'pot
lsO2)7th St 1,etween PanJ Q-S
Telephons 25.
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LrYV I Llo"" files are kept in fire proof builclim-s.
1 "That musician has a leonine mane." Christmas trees growing in the ground,
"Exactly; the lion never uses a comb
or brush." (Continued on Pago 9.)
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