Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-29

the Oldest school board secretaries in point
Of service are conceding the record TO S.
Block OF this county; For the last thirty.
of. the school board of Ackley. Another
secretary with a long record of service is
L. b. DeSeelhorst, who has served thirty
years as secretary Of the Palermo township
school board in Grundy county,
LOGAN-A closing program of the winter
term of the Logan schools was given yes
terday afternoon In the assembly rooms.
In addition to the musical features OF the
afternoon program the juniors gave a
dramatization of the Continental congress.
In the evening the high school gave a
musical and literary program at the opera
house Both entertainments won for pupils
and teachers many worthy compliments.
MASON CITY-Harry Heuerman OF Bel
mond was held to the grand jury on a
charge of criminal assault at the close of
his preliminary examination. which was
held In this city today. He Is charged
with assaulting Laura Parish at ThoBton.
His employer, Samuel s. Sherman, editor
OF the Thornton Enterprise, who was also
arrested on a charge of aiding Heuerman.
has not been given his preliminary ex-
animation yet.
JEWELL JUNCTION-The annual spring
shoot OF the Jewell Junction Gun club was
five entries. William wettlesf Of Nichols
OF a possible 400. o. N. Ford of Central
Randall was third. w. s. Hoon of Jewell
broke ass. George MsxweIl Of Hastings,
Neb., was second and Fred Gilbert of
Storm Lake was third.
IOWA FALLs-The last span Of the new
steel bridge of the st. Paul g. Des Moines
road was swung into place this week and
the contractors, the Des Moines Bridge
company, will soon turn the structure over
to the road. In putting this bridge into
commission the Des Moines Short Line will
have an independent ~trackase from the
state capital to Mason City and will make
the road independent of the Illinois Cen
trail, whose terminals the Des Moines road
has been using since the Short Line was
first started.
IOWA FAILS-At the annual meeting
of the hook and ladder company OF the
local fire department held last evening.
the following officers were elected for the
coming year: Foreman, c. A. Dryson; as
sistant foreman. e. HgcWright; car mana
ger. James CumminRsitsecretary and treas
urer, w. II. Hall; fire police, Jack Abrams
and Glenn Bliss. room committeeman, Lew
Nelson; Chemical men. Guy Couenhoven
and Glen Taylor; members of the depart
ment insurance board, c. A. Wright and
George Sherwood.
DEN1SON-The bank building at Dow
City came near burning down and would
have but for the fortunate entrance into
the building of the assistant cashier. Mr..
Virgins. The bank had closed at usual
time and left in proper condition. About
I o'clock, the assistant cashier found he
needed something and entered the front
door. He found the contents of a large
waste basket near the bookkeeper's desk
flaming high. He rushed for water and
put the fire out. How the basket caught
fire no one knows.
PRESCOTT-A. q. Booth OF Prescott Is
finishing his twenty-eighth consecutive
year as secretary of the school board, and
besides this office he has held that OF
town treasurer ever since Prescott was in
airy 9 and found on Marchl2 Is, after being
buried for seventy-five days. When found
COLFAX-James Kelly, a prominent and
wealthy farmer and breeder of fine horses,
residing five miles north of Colfax. was
seriously and perhaps Fatally injured here
last night by being dragged for five blocks
under his buggy when his team became
frightened and ran away.