Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-12
WlNDFALL FOR mrs. CARVER
Salvation Army Worker Unexpectedly
ReOsiv" Bsqusst Of 5000
BIDS FOR NEW BUILDING At Ants COLLEGE
Odd Fellows May Decide 60 Maiatsin
Separate Homes for The AGED ana
the Little ones Dependent
on the order.
CFrom a stan Correspondent }

(From a stan Correspondent.)
DES MONIES, Aug. ll-(speclal) "A 5000
bequest has dropped into the lap Of a
Rinsgold county girl who was least ex-
pecting II. Miss Ethel McKibben, who
came to Des Moines some years ago and
is now Mrs. Wesley Carver, IL engaged In
Salvation army work here and has just
had placed to her credit In one OF the
local banks the sum OF 5000, Her mother,
Mrs, Minerva McKibben, died when Ethel
was yeare old. For several years she has
been engaged in Salvation army work in
this city. She Ia a charming young woman
and some weeks ago fell in love and mar
ried Lieutenant Wesley Carver, also Sal
walton army worker In the settling up
OF the McKibben estate in RinKgold county
recently the Des Moines heir to the estate
was discovered Some farm land was sold
and the sale gave Mrs. Carver credit OF
5000.
Bids Tor Agricultural Hall.
Bids for the erection OF the t250,0Oo agri-
cultural hall at the state Agricultural coll
lege at Ames we're opened at Ames yester-
day and referred TO a committee. The low
est bidder was r. w. Schleuter OF Chicago.
who bid s225.oo0. Charles weltL & Son Of
this city bid SOS. .62i. The building is to be
age tax and the limit which the state
legislature has placed on the building is
$780, 400.
Farmers Charge SwindIe.
Alexander Mullen. John Cannon and
Hugh Cannon. farmers from valeria, Ia,
have started suit in the Polk county dis.
trict court against Reishus- Renur Land
company Of Grand Rapids. MINI. in which
cha hat hA u
has swindled them out of their farms and
some town property IN Polk county.
Insurance Men Heard.
Charles A. Benkert and George II. Ben
kert solicitors OF the American Life In.
| surance company were yesterday given a
| hearing before Auditor Of State Carroll or
| the charge of misrepresentation to mer
living near watkins, la. The hearing 1,
| the first under the law giving the auditor
| authority to revoke an agents license.
VIII begin New Depsrture.
Prof. George L. Mckay OF the State Col.
lege of Agriculture will shortly begin a
| new departure in college extension work
| He has appointed Mr. Guthrie. a graduate
of the school. to the work. He will begtr
this summer and will work continuously
! among the farmers OF the state, going from
one farm to another. He will test the
milk cows to ascertain how profitable they
are. The feed given the cows win b,
measured and valued and the value OF the
milk secured from the cows taken and the
farmer informed OF the profit
| Fair Race OmciaIs.
/ Secretary John c. Simpson of the Depart
| ment of Agriculture today announced tn,
officials for the state fair races as follows
Starter, o. p. Updegraff, Topeka, Kan
clerk. f. A. Phillips, Maquoketa; Judges
Farley Sheldon, Ames; L. II. Pickard
Harlan Reed Kendall and A. l.. Denil
Waterloo; Hal Gill. Garden Grove.
/ Would Have Two Homes
B~cause the old people and the children
| cannot set along we'll together, IL is likel,
| that the Odd Fellows of Iowa will builc
the home for the aged at some other poin
than at Mason City. An attempt has beer
made TO maintain the old folks and children
| together, but without success. The ten
dency of the old people is to wish to checl
| the boisterous noise OF the youngsters anc
the tendency OF, the youngsters is to romy
and play. which is recognised as helm,
necessary for their growth and Welfare
A committee Of the grand lodge / nov
| investigating the matter and will visit {
| $4,000 club house, which a wealthy Clinton
Ia, Odd Fellow maintains at Cammanche
near Clinton, and which he is willing (,
sell at very low price The matter will
be decided at the grand lodge meeting a
| Dubuque, in october. Creston, Colfax
osksloosa. sigourney and Centerville al
want the location Of the new home.
Interurban Company Completed.
The organization OF a company to bull
| an interurban railway from Boone to Web
| ster City, connecting with the line iron
| pes Moines to Boone, has been completes
and the new company will spend abou
$4,000 in building and equipping the line
The company is to be known as the Boone
Webster City Interurban Railway com
pany The president Is r. f. Hughes, VIII
built the Davenport, Rock Island q North
western and the Ozark & Cherokee rail
road. John c. Regan of Des Molnes I
vice president, John s. Crooks. who Sc
cured the right-of-way for the Newton 4
Northwestern, is secretary. and J. II. Her
man, cashier of the First National ban
of Boone, is treasurer.
JUDGE MULLINS QUASHES Writ