Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-05-23


ton ever conditions. The city il
practically without fire protection.
M. J. Jordon & Son held biz
cattle sale at Creston when $50 hea'
went through the sale ring. Some O.
the cows brough, as high as SIS, AM
steers sold all the way from SAT t.
S57.
The new $4,000 home of Council
Bluffs aerie, No. 104, Fraternal Or
der of Eagles, was formally opened
and dedicated at q public reception
and ball which was held at Council
Bluffs.
The Evangelicals at meeting hell
decided to erect $4,000 church IL
the north part of Mason City. Al
architect was employed to get ou
the work at once. In addition to tn,
church an eight-room parsonage will
be erected.
The next national convention Of
Gospel Missions of America may b.
held in Cedar Rapids in the opinion
Of Rev. Frank X. Ward, superinten
dent of Sunshine Mission, who goes
to New York to extend the invitation
to meet there next year.
A total Of $26, 796 has been raised
for new Y. w. c. A. building in 9
campaign now on at Fort Dodge. A
big thermometer, on q business
block keeps people informed of the
amount secured. II is hoped to get
$4,000 for the new structure.
Lester Anderson, 5-year-old son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Anderson of Fl
Dodge, had his left foot cut of wher
he was run over by street car while
on his way to school. The boy was
taken TO a nearby hospital, where
part # the leg was arnputated.
G. H. Shannon, wanted at Charles
City on charges of obtaining money
falsely at Marble Rock, where he is
alleged to have made out a sight
draft on the Fairbanks Morris COM
pany, obtained the money and left
town, walked into the sheriff's Office
and gave himself up.
Story City is enjoying the biggest
building boom in its history. The
contract for a new sanitarium and an
old peoples home have been let and
bids have been asked for an auditori-
UNI and q hotel. These will soon be
awarded. Twenty new residences will
be completed this year.
Though heavy bolt of lightning
struck and shattered a tree near the
T. c. Case home in Logan and
knocked down the horse being driven
by A. NJ. Adams, and shocked
both Mr.. Adams and his son, w. D.
Adams, who were under the tree, the
horse and men escaped serious in
jury.
Additional appointments to Iowa
postmastersships were made as
follows: DEBORAH, Fred Bierman;
Delta, George w. Benaler; Jewell,
Carl Bentson; Tacoma, Christian Con-
rad; Lake Mills, J. B. Conley; Rich
land, Edward E. Swank; Wesley,
William Wallace Finn; Winterset,
Arthur Goshorn.
Members of St. Paul's Episcopal
church of Council Bluffs adopted reso-
lutions instructing delegates to the
diocesan convention at Burlington to
vote for delegates to the national
convention favoring the dropping of
the word Protestant" from the
present name of their church. No
substitute is suggested.
Owing to the reelection Of Super
intendent E. w. Goetsch Of the Bed
ford public schools, it is claimed a
walkout of the teachers of the
schools is likely to occur. Discord
has been growing for several years
between the superintendent and the
teachers and the pupils seem to be in
hearty sympathy with the teachers.
Henry Stansberry, aged 80 years,
Of Mondamin, Iowa, and Mrs. Mar
garet E. Briggs, GO years old, of
Missouri Valley, IowA, were united
in marriage in Council Bluffs, JUS
tice w. c. Joseph officiating. Mr..
Stansberry is blacksmith. Both
bride and groom told the justice that
it was their third trip to the altar.
News was received in Mason City
TO the effect that Judge John B. Gle
land, former judge of that district,
had been killed in an automobile ac-
cident near Portland, Ore. He was
q resident of Usage when he was
elected to the bench and served from
1887 to the close of 1893. He succeeded
Judge Ruddick who had just retired
from the bench.
Buildings wrecked and damaged by
the recent tornado at Woodbine are
being rebuilt, repaired, or. have been
so repaired that in a short time the
destructive effects of the tornado will
not be noticeable. The three story
Mathews & King opera and imple-
ment house, practically demolished
by the storm, will be completed in the
next thirty days.
y large flock of pelicans have been
making their home at the west end
IF Clear Lake near tho cand bor for