Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-03-21

that he would sever his connection
with the church by the latter part OF
May.
The Rev. John Bambord, pastor of
the Westminster Presbyterian church
at Des Moines, has received call
to the assistant pastorship CT the
Second Presbyterian church of Chi
cago. ,.
The total enrolment of the Uni
versity of Iowa to date is 1926, an
increase of nearly 200 over the same
period last year, and representing a
Is per cent increase in freshman
classes.
Fred Shuman of Mason City, in
dicted on charge of assault to com.
NIT murder, was sentenced to six
months in Jail after pleading guilty.
Shuman hit James Sullivan with an
iron bar.
The Northern Iowa Power Co. is
rushing to completion its 10000 aux
ilitary steam plant. Early in March
the company expects TO be sending
electric power to Gilmore City, Rolfe,
Laurens and Havelock.
With the last note of the conclud-
ing number of program from a
symphony orchestra still swelling
through the Sioux City First Baptist
church, J. X. Hurd, a player of tho
clarinet, fell dead from his chair.
A committee from the Business
Mems association is cooperating
with the board of trustees in Usage.
The committee is DESTROYS of urging
campaign for $4,000 to build new
school at the Cedar Valley seminary.
Joseph Bremerman of Pontiac, ILL.,.
is visiting his brother, J. w. Bremen
man, and his niece, Mrs. Clinton
Crouch of Boone. It has been fifty
six years since the brothers met, al
though they lived only 300 miles
apart
George P. serauer & Son are
building an elevator at Arlington.
They are now engaged in wrecking
both the Hewett and Bingham ele-
vators, and will build new structure
with capacity of $4,000 bushels on
the site.
The Frank White Holstein-F riesian
cattle sale held at Hampton is said
to have been one of the largest stock
sales ever held in Iowa. The average
price for the hundred head listed was
5000 an animal, and a mich COW
brought $42O.
Charles S. Stabler, after twenty
six years of continuous service, has
resigned his position with the Chi
cago & Great Western Railway Co.,
and after March l will remove from
Clarion to his l9O-acre~ farm near
Charles City.
Miss Anna Booth, graduate of
Chicago university. Stout institute
and the Illinois Woman's college, has
been added to the faculty of Iowa
State college at Ames. She takes an
assistant professorship in domestic
art and interior decoration.
On a forgery charge Mrs. Anna
Michaels was fined $500 and costs by
Judge Clark at Mason City. She
pleaded guilty of drawing a check
on a Duluth bank and securing the
money. The fine was paid by rela-
lives and she was released.
G. H. Lee of Clarion has brought
suit against the lighting plant, which
ne holds responsible for the accident
when the plant blew up and did con.
siderable damage to his house. Lock-
wood & Son, agents for the company,
are also named as defendants.
Although Waterloo as city is on
The water wagon, there have been
many arrests for drunkenness and
some have told the officers that they
procured their liquor at local places.
This has moved the chief of police to
start crusade against bootleggers.
Two women of the Lake City Mon
lay club are working on their course
n domestic economy to be given the
irst week Of March. The course will
'e given under the direction Of the
extension department at Ames. The
proceeds will be given to the city IL
,rary book fund.-
A northbound way train for Cres-
on crashed into the way car of a
'reight bound for Villisca, setting
ire to the car of the Creston train.
Engineer c. B. Hefin and Fireman
,. r. Lynch of this city jumped from
heir train just before the locomotive
struck and escaped injury.
Rex Peterson of Abba, the 49,
1ear-old son of James Peterson, is
lowering between life and death as
! result of bullet passing through
lis lungs. He was out hunting with
lis father and brother, and while
through some brush his rifle
vas accidentally discharged.
Fifteen farmers and their families
AVE procured a train Of twenty
reight cars and will leave Cedar
Falls the first of next month for
points in Canada, where they will en-
rage in farming. Last fall large
lumber of farmers from that vicin-
ty visited points in Canada and