Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20

typhoid fever. Mr.. orvis is a prominent
attorney.
IOGAN-Though the supervisors Of Har-
rison county have examined many plans
Of building as shown by a number OF hlgh
grade architects Of Omaha and pes Molnes
and other places. vet the plan for the new
court house for Harrison county has not yet
been agreed upon.
AFTON-Thc high school held its pre-
limirsry oratorlcal contest last night and
selected as its representatives. TO the Corn
Ing contest in March Miss Grace Butler
OF the humorous class. Sidney kellog OF
the oratorical class and Etha Pollock OF
the dramatic class.
LOGAN-AdhmF Bros. sustained q loss OF
S3.25 by burglars, who gained access TO the
store through the rear window last night.
But one Of the two money drawers was
touched. The undisturbed one had valuable
papers and bills OF high denomination.
Aside from the 1925 In small change moth
Ing was missing
TOLEDO-Arrangements are being made
for the annual oratorical contests In which
the colleges OF the state will participate.
Eight colleges viii have contestants. They
Lsander Clark, foledO; Tabor college,
Tabor; Penn OskRloosa; Cornell Mount
Vernon, and Upper Iowa, Fayette.
IDA GROVE-After selling 5000 worth Of
horses off his place near here two weeks
ago, A. B. Bell, the big stockman, y%ester,,
implements and has 5000 worth Of fine
stock left on the ranch besides all the fat
STOCK ana l,VU TONS OF nay. Bell mas IenltQ
the big s0o-acre ranch to A.. r. Wright OF
Onawa, who will move here March l.
MASON CITY,. II. Brown, president of
the Farmers Grain Dealers association,
and proposed candidate for state railroad
commissioner, arrived home from the east
today. He stated emphatically that he Will
not be a candidate for the office of railroad
commissioner He said he was not present
at the convention at Des Moines recently
when he was endorsed for n place on the
commission.
nGAN Tn4v,oNIo, nraoocdtpge uyorn In
stituted here today by County Attorney
Smith to restrain George +. Smiley, i. w.
Brown and G.. S. Osborn, druggists OF Mis-
souri, Valley, IN the sale of liquor, and tho
prosecution Of George Jones, w. f.. Ma
lorey and John Hhaner ard their employees
for maintaining a nuisanee at missouri
give the five men caught In the act OF
gambling by Mayor Amen and three police
officers the first of the week.
FORT DODGE-The unusually cold winter
In this locality has enabled the Fort Dodge
ice companies to secure 10000 tons OF ice
from the Des Moines river. This is the
river at this place. 1t is not only plentiful
this year, but of exceptional fine quality.
FORT DODGE-The Ackley district Of the
Young Peoples alliance OF the German
Evangelical church gathers,in this city Fri
day for Its annual. convention, between
seventy-fiye and 100 delegates attending
The sessions will begin in Zion Evangelical
church Friday evening and close in that
church Sunday evening, sessions occupying
morning, afternoon and evening IN the
Interim. h district includes about a
dozen counties and the alliance is one of
the strongest departments of this denomina-
ton.
FORT D~ODGE-The annual inspection OF
the militia company ana band located In
this city-G Of the Fifty sixth regiment
and the official regimental band-was
marked by an unusual feature Wednesday
night. Inspecting Officer Mcconnell an
%nounced that the attendance FOR drill on
that night of a full company, seventy-two
men. Ra We Fort Dodge the record of having
the largest company mustered in Iowa in
/ times of peace. He also inferred that the
company VIII receive a rating of excellent
= in his report.
) IDA GROVE-County Auditor Warner has
? issue a call for a county good roads mass
r meeting to be held at the court house
Saturday. He invited Governor Carroll tC
. be present and make an address, but the
E governor will be unable to be present
Frank P. Ciarkson, S. L. Frisbie, Pete
Lund, Il. S. Heilman, w. J. Anderson and
r Julius Rohwer as delegates to the STATE
3 good roads convention from Ida Grove. Tn
lua Grove delegation favors state legisla
: tion. and state appropriations for good
roads.
company, manufacturing the Three {
q Cooper, Incorporated In this city today witt
i a capitalization of SO. 900. ]. A. Pease 1
r f. q. Walker, treasurer. The latter tw,
incorporators are the joint inventors of tn
new cooker.
IDA GfNON E-feV. william N. rates
= pastor of the Ida Grove Church of God an
formerly president of FIndlay college b
Ohio, delivered two sermons in reply t
II the book The Calling OF Dan Mathews.
DR. Yates sent written invitations to tn
editors and to a large number of non
Y church going men to come ana hear hir
and the church was packed. Rev. MI
Heron of the Omaha Theological seminar
a attended and pronounced 1t a mastery de
Tense of the Christian church and the Chris
tan ministry.
C~RESTON-A novel suit has been filed /
the district court here for The March term
e in which Mrs. E.. Brown brings actio
s against her husband, w. f. Brown, 10
= Judgment In the sum of $50. She claim
before her marriage to Brown q FEY
months ago she was the possessor of tw
It notes, one for $500 and interest and tn
4 other for $500 and interest, both secure
by mortgages. She casually remarked abou
them to Brown before her marriage, an
he suggested she let him collect the notes
as he could attend to the matter bette
than she could. and the notes were trans
+ ferred to his name. She now claims on
y note for $500 was collected March l. lSO
q and that the other will be collected Marc
/, 1910, and that neither Of them has bee
paid over to her. She now asks the coui
to render her a judgment for the amour
IN set forth.