Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-05-30

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Petitions win be circulated at Ciln-
ton asking for a special election on a
bond issue ,opulchase site and build
and equip a modern high school in
Clinton.
The Davenport city council desig-
mated the thirty-one saloons which
will be obliged to close July l in
compliance with the law passed at
the last session of tho legislature.
Another thirty-one will be closed next
wear and like number the year fol-
lowing, to bring the city under the
Moon law.
Missing from Cedar Falls for more
than twenty-three years, William E.
Croak will be declared legally dead it
he does not appear on or before Sep
TENDER Is, 1913. His wife, Mary j.
Croak, filed petition for administra-
ton of his estate. Croak left there
for the west and has not since been
heard from.
JESUS Renitherias was fatally shot
at Keokuk when Officers Lafeber and
Conn fired to brighten a crowd Of
Mexicans who attacked them while
they were trying to arrest him. The
Mexican was wanted for a minor
theft. The policemen say the shoot
ing was accidental and are exoner-
ated of any blame.
Master Robert McCollister, the s.
year-old son of jeff McCollister, is
dead of infantile paralysis at the fam
lily home in the village Of Lone Tree.
The child was ill but two days. The
house has been quarantined, as physi-
clans fear that the germs Of the dread
disease may cause an epidemic, It all
precautions are not taken.
Moses Craig, one Of the pioneer and
we'll known farmers Of Ida Grove,
was mortally injured while leading q
horse. The animal became frightened
at a passing motorcycle and ran
away, dragging him for 200 feet. Be-
sides bruises he received conclusion
of the brain, and has been in coma
tose condition since the accident.
"Arizona Joe" is the name of a
brand new circus organized in Cresco
by Cresco boys. The Wheeler boys
first ran a moving picture show in
Cresco and prospered. Last year they
covered the country with a travelling
moving picture show. Now the new
wild west show is making its open
ing bow to the public in Cresco.
Buffalo Bill" Cody has drafted an
Iowa State college dairy graduate to
superintend the creamery on his big
ranch at Cody, Wyo. NJ. B. Newburg-
er Of St. Joseph, Mo-, gets 1900 the
first year from the famous Snowman.
The twelve senior dairymen, all Of
whom have landed good jobs, will be
scattered far and wide over the Uni
ted States and Canada.
William Sunday settled the ques-
ton of coming to Des Moines when
committee waited upon him, by refus-
ing to consider the proposition. A
committee of Omaha people presented
q similar request at the same time
and received like refusal. Condi-
lions in the two towns were similar.
with part of the churches opposing
the coming Of the evangelist.
Because he opened mail belonging
to his cousin, who is i'll in = hospital,
Andreas Yaskoutas has been bound to
the federal grand jury At Sioux City
by Commissioner Wakefield, on
charge Of opening mail addressed to
another without permission. Andreas
said it was his overweening desire to
learn news Of the Balkan Wal. that
caused him to open the epktle.
Margaret Wynee, aged Is, an In
mate Sof the county home near Mt.
Pleasant, fell from the second story !
window and landed on . fence picket
which was broken of. Her throat
was 30 badly lacerated that she can
not recover. She is thought to have
lain on the ground for several hours
before being discovered. The victim
came 10 the home from Winfield about
two years ago.
When they turned around to wave
ut some girls on the shore, Neal Car
michael, 10 years old, and Thornwall
Anderson, Is, of Marshalltown, over
turned the canoe they were in and
were thrown into the Iowa river.
Carmichael could swim and reached
shore, but Anderson not being
swimmer, grabbed for the overturned
boat and was carried down stream.
He was rescued half mile below by
another boating party.
Not convinced that Pearl Metcalf,
the 17-year-old girl who disappeared
in her night clothes from her home
at Holly Springs a week ago, is dead.
friends of her family were in Sioux
City seeking a possible hiding place.
Although the prints Of her bare feet
led to the belief that she had gone
directly to the banks Of West Fork
creek, the fact that her body cannot
be found has induced many to aban-
don the original suicide theory.
v. L. Hansen Of Monticello has =
gang of men at work building . new
dam ACROSS the Maouoketa river ut