Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-09-24
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IOWA
NEWS !

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#NEWsYS ITEMS GATHERED FROM
ALL PARTS OF 4 The STATE.
When the Keokuk school board dis
5cussed. the introduction Of folk dane
Ing into the schools, they struck a
#snag. DR.. A. B. Hughes, president OF
the board, said :g$i'I saw 1900 school
pupils in folk dances at Buffalo" one
member wanted to know if folk dane 1
ing was the tango under an assumea
name When assured it was not, he
voted Say e",: after which the board
unanimously granted the request.
Charles Henry, an 11-year-old boy,
who recently was brought to Knox
vile. by, Arthur Crouch from the
Crouch Orphans home near Chick
\ asha; Okla, and who, with four others
& from the home, has been visiting with
1 the j. G. McIntire family, disappeared
SaSfew days ago. a valuable horse be-
longing to Harry Crouch, a nephew
& Of the boys benefactor, also disap-
3peared. III 81 } 5F
"A settlement has been reached at
4 Fort Dodge after a fve.year contest
4 over the will OF the late Isaac Car
moe. Morningside College. Sioux
s City, win get $4,000. Garmoe. in his
will, requested that his widow leave
#fsbmething to the college, and she, at
q her death left it $25, 000s besides an
add tional $4,000 to the Methodist
Church in Fort bod e. Il
The annual session OF the Desl
u Moines Christian conference met last
week at Truro The Rev.5L. p, Fol-
q lansbee IS president, and the Rev. G..
b w. Mel Donald of Lake City was named
secretary. Among the guests Of the
q difference were the Rev. J. +. Bur
nett Of Dayton, D, and the Rev. G. G..
Nelson sof Gresham, Neb.
Arrangement s have been completed
Il whereby autoists will attend to the
4 marking Of the Red Ball route in the
vicinity Of Keokuk, which city will
Il be one Of the controls OF the north
d and south highway. which will cover
If IS 1 miles a red bali on atE5white
\ band. with red arrows at the turns are
4 the official marks. s3 VI 5 IL E.s
The Kelley Canning company at
59ssWaverly closed down its factory for
this year with q pack Of 5000 cases
NJ Of corn Of twenty four cans each, a
total OF 100000 cans. This is about
one-third an average crop. s The acre.
age this year was only half that OF
last year and the dry weather affected
( the crop. s 4 g.s G @ n;
j3;ss The first shipment Of machinery
for the Shorthill Steel & Iron works,
recently located in Perry. has arrived.
II Managers say the plant will be in op.
Grafton within few days. The fac
tory formerly was at Marshalltown.
YfIts removal to Perry means the add:
ton Of about 200 families to that
* city. IBID N 81, VI. u,
Y 3i The Alpine Building company has
zflled articles Of inc orporat ton at Iowa
& Falls. The, new is formed
\ BY members Of Alpine lodge. knights
OF Pythias, with the ultimate object
Of building a Pythian temple, or per.
manent lodge home The incorpora-
& tors have contracted for lot.
Government experts believe a fish.
way will not be needed in the Keokuk
Il dam. J. w. Murphy, editor Of the
Burlin gton Post, has been worrying
y over the. possible loss of fish life BY
81 the dam. The fish commission at
ssWashingt sent an expert to Keokuk
u to study the matter N Y IL "a {. NJ,
s;iS :ii$3 Mr.. and Mrs. J.. H. Dachen bach Of
Charlton observed their fiftieth we'd
ding anniversary last week. The cou.
pie moved to Iowa from Morrison,
y ILL.,, in 1866, and located on a farm in
NJ Pleasant township, Lucas county.
5ss The town of Fontanelle has let the
contract for the construction Of a
81 lighting system. A transmission line
sto$ Greenfield will be built and light
fsand power current will be Z. brought
( from that town. f5;.s 4. ISL
Edward Glaze, of Harlan, was kill
ed, and John Lawrence nearly lost his
life trying to rescue Glaze, when
both men were overcome by gas in a
B well at Kirkman. Glaze leaves a
GU family. 9E VIII 2, & IA
Z BY action Of the supervisors OF Ger.
Sro Gordo county bounty of ten cents
will be paid for crows. These birds,
many complain, destroy young birds
- and the eggs Of birds. y. s5.. &
The Methodist church people ~
Monticello have raised $4,000 to be
used in the purchase of a pipe organ.
This includes gift of $3.50 from An.
#ss drew Carnegie. s.
s$i Orient held its eighth annual
II. Pumpkin Days" last week. This has
grown into one of the most popular
street carnivals in southern Iowa.
5 5t3 Dale Howard, 16 years old, was in.
Hs$ stantly killed at Dubuque when he
y touched a live wire at the plant OF
u the Crown Dairy company.
Barns on the farm of Patrick Kirk,
IN, ten miles south of Mason City, we're
/ destroyed by fire. The loss exceeded
$4,000. Il ss
The first man in Dubuque to feel
the weight Of the laws hand under
the new "guntoting statute has been
sentenced to four months in Jail. He
is Charles Mowrey, who is alleged to
IN have pulled" the weapon on a bar
+ { tender who elected him for disturb
ing customers in the saloon.
II Jerry Sullivan now of New York has
written letter to Secretary Nc
I Adoo in behalf of Des Moines getting
the revenue office, but Collector Muir
ply wants the office to stay in Du
buque and 1t is clear Des Mofnes has
I an uphill fight.
A survey Is being made for pro
posed new electric line from Des
ss& Moines to Indianola. According to re
ports given out at the offices of the
I company, the survey is nearly com
plete and the company will be ready
soon 10 make definite announcement
of its plans concerning the new line
80. The 40 ct or Rnildars of Inua wil