Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-27
Iowa News Notes.

CRESToN -. John Vernon. wealthy
farmer about bb years of age living near
Pleasantyille. committed suicide Wednes-
ives about fifteen feet. Several years ago
njurng M f his spne ana Il Is SSSuSSt tSa
from this trouble his brain had become
affeeted. He leaves widow and several
children.
CREsTON--In accordance with q gem
eral order issued from the Chicago offices
spring track work on the roadbed OF the
| Burlington out of this city will be COM
menced Immediately, In addition TO the
regular gangs number of special gangs
Will be put TO work between this city
not be as heavy as 1t was this time last
year. Owing to weather conditions the
roadbed is In good shape.
HARLAN-fhe prohibitionists of Shelby
county Will meet for their annual con-
vention at the court house In this city
next Monday for the purpose OF electing a
delegates to the state prohibition conven-
ton to be held in Des Moines in June C.
Durant Jones, state chairman, will be
present and address the convention. j.
@. Carter of Irwin is county chairman.
KIRKMAN-Two factions have nomi-
mated candidates for the city offices to be
elected next Monday. The peoples named
Farchildsi treasurer, James Gregersen;
assessor. E. p. Greve; for councilmen, A.
". Barton, N, Nelson. p. G. Howell. D. G,
Mcdowell and +. p Marshall. The citi-
zens' faction endorsed e. B. Fairchild for
mayor and James Gregersen for treasurer
and named M. H. Woods for assessor, with
John Miles, John DeKlOtz Joseph craney.
Ernest Roper and f. p. Marshall as their
candidates for aldermen.
LoGAN-Bids will be received by the
auditor OF Harrison county for the con-
struotion of the Upper Boyer river ditch.
The bids must be filed on or before noon
Of April s. The ditch has been divided
into four sections. No 1 will be 21O1s
feet long; estimated cubic yards, 27s,6s
No: 2. s44s2 feet long; IS estimated cubic
timated cubic Yards, 56s,4ls No. 4, & $50
| feet long. Work on section four will con-
sist Of removing dams and other obstrue-
tionB in the river Work will be with
floating dredges; completion June /, 1911.
.CREsToN-The best seed corn found
since the Burlington seed corn special
started on its trip was encountered Thurs
Burlington out Of this city. Al Greenfield
! Prof. Holden and his party We're met at
the city and into the surrounding country,
| Corn tested at this point showed so pCf
cent fit for planting and at Massena a
bigger per cent than this was found to be
| good, one farmer showing seed corn which
was perfect He had followed out the In
| structions Of the agricultural school and
had succeeded In selecting enough per-
feet seed 20 plant over 200 acres.
CRESTON-Henry I. Little, a timer
and lightning rod man living at Knox
Vile, had an extremely narrow escape
wiring a big barn belonging 30 Charles
S. Aldrich, a farmer living near KnoS-
Vile He had the copper cable extending
TO the ground on each side. A number OF
young colts were loose in the barnyard
cable and disiodged Little from his po-
sition, hurting him head first down the
steep slantins roof. He managed TO re-
feet firmly in a stout tin gutter at the
edge or the barn and save himself from
ssoing over, distance OF twenty or thirty
feet to the ground.