Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-08

ing prominently mentioned here and else
where over the state as a possible candi-
date for state superintendent at the re-
publican primaries, two years hence.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in the act Of
crawling through a fence while hunting,
Wilbur G.. Ferguson, a farmer of near Al
gOna, accidentally shot and killed himself,
Il is presumed the hammer caught on one
Of the wires and discharged the she'll, the
contents of which literally tore Ferguson's
head off.
MARsHALJTowN-Plans for the second
annual short course Of Instruction In gram
growing. animal h%usbandry and domestic
science, under the auspices of the extern
sion department Of the Iowa state college,
Will be held in this city during the week
Of February y to %. A corn show will be
one of the features of the course.
MARsHALLTowN-An educational con-
ference, to which Invitations have been
sent to ali Of the school teachers and school
directors and officers of the county is to
be held In this city on Saturday, December
IL. State Superintendent of Public Iustruc-
ton John +. Riggs of Des Moines and Prof.
s. II. Clark of the chair of public speaking
OF Chicago university will be the principal
speakers.
CRESToN-The Adams county corn
show recently held at Corning was a com
plete success, financially and along edu-
cational lines as well. There were $50 en-
tries. The farmer who won the honor OF
exhibiting his samples at the National
Corn show was Walter Jones. Last spring
Mr.. Jones paid 1873 for Ito ears OF fancy
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we'll spent.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS college, at
Mount Pleasant, which for thirty-five years
has been affiliated with Iowa Wesleyan
university at the same place, will move TO
Warrenton, Mo. With the proposed move
ment 1t is announced that a contest will
probably result over whether or not the
college will retain an endowment fund Of
SSO,OC which was given to 1t when II was
established. G. W.. Marquardt OF Des
Moines gave $4,000 Of this amount and he
Is making strpnnOua ObfaCtiOn to the coll
lege moving to Missouri.
CRESTON-Mayor J. w. Stiffler of Muir
ray has made a statement regarding the
riot at that place between citizens and
the Bulgarian railroad iaborers, a few
weeks ago, in which he claims the Off
cial conduct of officers on that occasion
has Deen unduly criticised. He states that
the searching party Of citizens did not fire
q shot during the search Of the car for
suspected stolen goods, nor did they use
fire arms at the depot in making the ar
rest of the six Bulgarians who were at
tempting to send a message to the foreman
at this place about the trouble. He says
they were assailed by deadly weapons in
the depot fight, but the officers only used
such force as was necessary to arrest
dangerous and armed men.
WEBSTER CITY-One of the largest
sales of blooded cattle to be held in Iowa
this year will occur Tuesday, December 10,
at f. A. Edwards Bluff View farm, east
of this city. Fifty finely bred animals VIII
be sold. All are Shorthorns and are said
by judges who have seen them to be the
best lot Of Shorthorns to be sold this
season in the west. For twenty-five years
Bluff View farm has been noted as a
famous Shorthorn breeding farm and dur
ing all this time 1t has been under the per-
sonal management of Mr.. Edwards. This
years sale is the fourteenth annual auc-
ton and will be cried by four auctioneers,
Colonies George Bellows, A. p. Mason. NJ
L.. Mccullough and c. w. Marvel. OF the
lot offered forty-two are cows. The Bluff
View sale is the largest blooded cattle sale
In this part Of the state and is eagerly
looked forward to each year by fanciers Of
stock. The Bluff View herd is of the Scotch
and Cruickshank Shorthorn strain, the
most priced strains in this breed.