Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-03-01


court furnished upon request directed
to the clerk will be made by attaches
Of his once and the legal fee chars-
ed therefor converted to the state
treasury.
7. H. Grub. deputy in Colonel
Bousquet's ONCE. retires March l. It
is likely the deputyship will be abol-
ished. converting $1,000 per year 3D.
ditional to the treasury.
Find Gold Coins Near Ruins.
Members Of the fire department
found 800 in gold coins in the CHAIR.
ed ruins Of the upper part Of the resi-.
dence Of Charles Landin, 1904 Twelfth
street. The flames started in the at
tic and were Of unknown origin. Be.
fore the fire department arrived the
roof had been totally destroyed. Sew
eral gold coins, along with SO bill.
were hidden in the attic. All OF the
gold was recovered, but the paper bill
could not be found.
Reprimand and Suspension.
A public reprimand and thirty
days suspension without pay is the
punishment meted out by the city
council to James Morgan. secretary
Of the health department for taking
pay for fumigation work done ct night
and on Sundays. City Physician Losh
was given a reprimand for failing to
report to Superintendent Hamery that
the health officers were charging for
fumigation work.
After Big Estate.
Rev. D. F. Mulvihill. pastor Of St.
Johns Catholic church, has left Des
Moines for Mexico for the purpose Of
proving up on immense mining claims
in the province Of Sonora among the
mountain fastenessness Of the north.
west portion Of the country, left by .
man of similar name whom he be-
lieves to be an uncle. The estate 10
valued approximately at 100000.
Corporation Business Active.
Corporation papers filed with secre-
tary of state. Farmers Savings bank.
Craig, $4,000; Brooks Telephone line,
Buena Vista county, $1,000; Fairfield
Gas and Electric company, $4,000;
Ralston Savings bank, increase to
$4,000; Farmers Mutual Fire and
Lightning association OF osceola coun.
": renewal; Schell Furniture COM
pany. Keokuk. $125,o0o, renewal.
Methodists VIII Build New Church.
The North Des Moines. Methodist
church and parsonage have been sold
by the congregation to the Seven Day
Adventists for q consideration Of 49,.
900. A new site for Methodist
church has been purchased by the
Methodists at the corner Of Eighth
and Washington for $1,000 and new
church will be built this summer ut
q cost Of $4,000.
Thorntons Married sixty-seven Years.
On February z, Mr.. and Mrs. John
NJ. Thornton, celebrated the sixty-sev
enth anniversary of their marriage,
which took place in Dundes, Canada.
almost three-quarters of a century
ago. Mr.. and Mrs. Thornton. who
have reached the ages Of So and 81,
hold the record for Des Moines and
probably for Iowa. for length of mar
ried life.
Thos. Hairless Dies Of Pneumonia.
Thomas Hairless, prominent citi'
zen Of Waukee, is dead. He was ~
years old and was unmarried at the
time OF his death. He lived with a
widowed sister on farm two miles
west of Norwalk for the last fifty
years. The cause of his death was
pneumonia.
Hamery Speaks In Chicago.
AS the principal speaker before the
Illinois vigilance committee in Chica'
20, Supt. John L Hamery of the Des
Moines department of public safety
told the watchdogs of the white slave
trafic in Chicago how Des Moines
wiped out the "red light district"
ST. Patriek's Day.
The Ancient Order Of Hibernians
and auxiliary will give large enter
tainment on the evening of March
IL in honor of st. Patrick's day. The
entertainment will be held in Shrine
temple and the principal address VIII
be given by John ]. Halloran.
Engineer Named for Des Motnes River
United States Assistant Engineer
A. o. Rouse of Sterling. ILL.,, has been
appointed by the war department to
take charge Of the Des Moines river
from Keokuk to above Des Moines to
improve the river for navigation. He
will have twenty-five men.
Mrs. Mckay Chosen.
Preparations for the national con
yention OF the Ladies Of the G. A. H.,
in Des Moines in June, are already
In progress and Mrs. w. N. Mckay
has been appointed as chairman OF q
committee on general arrangements
for the gathering.
Dr. Yokum. to Talk.
mr. T Yokum Of New York city. one