Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04
Iowa

and after a year of post graduate work at
Chicago university will take his doctors
degree at Illinois State university in June.
CRBSTON-Will Arnold, living ear Hope
Vile, jumped. from his bed one night re
Gently. smashed a window from one of
the rooms I'm the house while asleep and
left the house and was found later by his
wife standing in the middle of the road
fast asleep, One OF his feet was badly cut
scratched and bruised.
IDA GROVE-At the annual meeting of
the Ida Grove Commercial club julius
Clark vice president, James Easton treas
urer and Frank p. Clarkson secretary.
The club has forty-two members and 500
surplus. The town is making a bid for
small factories and offers them free sites
and other inducements.
MARSHALLTOWN-At a meeting of the
directors of the Iowa Telephone a~ssocla-
ton, held in this city last night, the option
on the Cummings property, where the new
Independent telephone company's exchange
is to be built, was closed. A central build
ing to cost S17,600. is to be begun within
ten days and the work Of laying condults
for the wire Is to be started within two
weeks.
IDA GROVE-Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Baker OF Blaine township, one of the most
prominent and most respected pioneer Ida
county couples, celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary. They came TO Ida
county in 1875 from Dubuque and for thirty
AAlS navy lNtu III nv Oid VII
stead they first settled upon. MIR. Baker
served throughout the Civil war with the
Twenty-first Iowa and was in the Siege
OF Vicksburg.
thority that Alton Junction is to be made
a summer resort this summer and that the
Great 5 Western Railroad company Is back
landowner and capitalist. has already
bought up much land about the Junction
and is building a large artificial lake, ant
his daughter, Mrs. Bates. has let the con.
tract for a ten-room hotel. The lumber ID
on the way and work will begin at once.
WEBSTER CITY-o. ]. Henderson, Law
partner Of A. N. Boeye in this city, hai
been given a place on the State college
faculty at Ames, which will take a hall
day OF his time each week. He has beer
selected to deliver lectures on law, takine
the place of former State Superintendent
r. @. Barrett. who died a month ago. The
scope of his work takes In elementary law
laws applying to drainage, mortgages anC
other similar phases of legal work which
especially appeal to the rural class.
BoONE-Mrs. p. J. Hurley of this city
has received word from Ireland telling
Of the death Of her uncle the Most Rev,
Clogher, who passed away March 3 al the
Episcopal residence in Monaghan. Three
and a half years ago the deceased was
first taken III and his health failed from
that time. He was for sixteen years at.
tached to the staff OF the Maynooth col.
lege and during that period three genera.
lions OF students passed through his hand
and are today scattered over the known
world.
CRESTON-The annua reunion OF the
Fffty-first Iowa regiment of the Iowa Ma
tional Guard will be held in this city Apri
26. This order has Just been issued from
~regimental headquarters and arrangements
are under way by the local officers to In.
sure a fine time. The officers OF the army
of the Philippines are; Captain w. F. Keat,
ing, commander, Oskaloosa; ]. w. Cope.
land. vice commander, Des Moines; Johr
N. Mccoy, corresponding secretary, Oska.
loosa; ]. C. Anderson, adjutant. CouncI
Bluffs; Captain w. F. Ohlschlager, pay.
master, Creston.