Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-12-04
CONVENTION Of
IMPLEMENT men
Three Hundred Attend Sessions
Held al Des MoInes
EXHIBIT IS ONE OF FEATURES

EXHIBIT IS ONE Of FEATURES
Displays Placed by Manufacturers in
CoIiseum-Forty Prisoners Freed by
Parole--Discuss Standard Grading
Of Corn.
Des Aoines. Dec. 3-About 100 i'm
plement and vehicle dealers from all
sections OF Iowa are here for the
eighteenth annual convention OF the
Iowa Implement Dealers association.
The exhibition, which is being held in
the main auditorium OF the Coliseum,
is one of the largest and most elab-
crate in the history OF the state asso-
citation.
]. r. Vaughn Of Waterloo, president
of the association, called the first ses-
sion of the 1913 convention to order
in the drill hall OF the Coliseum. Tho
president and secretary submitted
their annual reports. Professor C. H.
Weller, president of the Iowa Admen's
eooOSAutiOu, gave Oh oQuiG oh A0-
vevtising as an Implement Of Trade
Government Ownership.
Smith Brookhart. q lawyer of Wash.
ingtou, Ia. was in consultation with
Clifford Thorne and others ON the mat
ter Of state meeting for the govern
ment ownership of railroads. or rather
to organize and make an Investigation
Of the subject with view to prepar
ing statistics as to what Is being ac-
complished throughout the world. He
has recently had correspondence with
persons tu Washington and reports
that the sentiment is growing for gov
ernment ownership and control. The
Iowa senators are making study OF
the subject and several of the Iowa
members Of congress are ready to
take il up.
Forty Prisoners Freed by Parole.
Forty paroles have been issued to
inmates Of the two state penal institu.
tions, the board OF parole announced.
Ten additional cases have been re-
ferred to the governor with the rec.
eMnendatioM that he release the men.
! AN of the men who had been at tha
prison camp at Anes were released.
The names OF the paroled prisoners
were withheld by the board in keeping
with the boards effort to protect pa
rolled prisoners as much as possible
! from public curiosity or scorn.
Agreement for Sale Of Plant.
Mayor Hanna announced that the
attorneys for the city and for the Des
Moines Water company are prepared
to submit to the federal court the
agreement entered into for the pur-
, chase Of the plant by the city at val
uation of $2,3o2,522. After the court
order IL made. thv city and water com
pany will attempt to settle between
themselves the value Of the improve
nsats made since April !. 1912. The
court retains jurisdiction In the case
until this agreement is reached
Drinking Owners Of Autos Warned.
Booze fighters" possessing auto
mobiles should be careful The secrG.
tary Of state has announced his inten.
tion to revoke Immediately automobile
licenses Of anyone complained of az
udNluk uIltou dn uuSSIu)CAlO WhA9W ~
toxicated. The secretary Of state re-
csived an appeal from woman asking
that her husbands license be revoked
to prevent his driving 1t while intoxi-
Gated. On similar complaint Last
week Secretary Allen revoked IL
cease.
oskaloosa Strike.
COMMISSIONER Urick Of the state la.
Dor bureau has received word that the
street car company At Oskaloosa is
preparing to resume operation OF the
cars. but whether with the old force or
a new one is not yet known. The state
executive council ordered paid the bill
] Of the 0skaloosa pagers for publishing
| the report OF the Is bitrati0n board in
full IL is known the workmen are
willing 60 to work and so notified
the officials OF the company
Oalrymen Sued on Sale Of Cattle.
Judgment for $4,000 against Wilcox
& Stubbs, dairymen, is sought by D.
w. McFadden, who is engaged In a
similar business at Winterset. Judge
Ayres of the district court is hearing
the case McFadden asserts he pur-
chased nineteen head of cattle from
the defendants. some OF which are SUI.
4 fering from tuberculosis. He says
that Wilcox 4 Stubbs represented that
the cattle had withstood the tubsrcu.
lin test successfully.
piscuss Standard Gradings Of Corn.
Twenty-Five members Of the West
ern Grain Dealers association are in
Des Moines discussing tentative laws
} FOR the enforcement Of the new stand
ardized corn grad'ngs adopted recent.
ly by the government. There is now
no law to enforce the gradings as es-
tablished bv the government experts,
and the grain men fear that unless
some legislation is enacted the grad.
inss will be laced under the pure
food and drug division.
~ s-nrove3 Sale Of Fort Dodge Line.
Il Judge Mcpherson of the federal
court has entered an order approving
the sale of the old Fort Dodge, Des
,o;nes and Southern railroad to the
Old Colony Trust company. The road
was sold for s4,1O0,0O0 by George F.,
Henry. special master in chancery.
al Woman Elected Mayor.
$ Troutdale. Ore, Dec. 2.-Mrs. Clara
IJa Tnurelle LARSON daughter of a