Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-10-17
I. j. Davidson Of Dubuque. steam

work at lama, was beaten ana fODp2u
at the ''hobo' camp in the east yards
of the Norlhwes tern. He is said to
have been intcx icated, and he will be
held to the grand jury to testify as to
getting liquor at the joint.
Former State Senator c. A. Car
penter is dead at his home in Co.
lumbus Junction, at the age Of 81
years, following an illness Of typhoid
fever and malarial fever. He was
one of the leading attorneys of that
part of the state and for many years
has been prominent in political cir
cles.
Two important business changes
took place in McGregor. Anton
Huebsch, owner and editor of the
North Iowa Times, the Oldest demo-
cratic paper in Clayton county, sue
ceeds L. N. Kramer as postmaster and
Ernest A. Bergman, manager OF the
Central mea, market, succeeds George
Dickerson as proprietor of Hotel Zim-
norman.
In order to obviate eye strain the
East Waterloo schools are using yell
low paper and the pupils IN the West
Waterloo schools are using light
brown paper exclusively. All copy
paper; scratch paper, spelling books
and marking paper now used in these
schools are in the chosen colors, which
absorb the light instead of rejecting
- 1ubs<o noror rJ1oc
Charles Van Lenihan, derrick engi-
neer, working at the starch WORDS,
was painfully injured when the der
rick upset and both of his arms were
broken. The bones in the elbow of
his left arm were broken and the wrist
Of his right arm was broken. He was
riding on the derrick car, being pulled
up by a switch engine. Van Lehman
had the brakes set on the car, but as
the engine rounded curve the derrick
car tipped over. ..... H..
Word has been received by the au-
thorities at Cedar Rapids that Joseph
Beran, en- route to Cedar Rapids from
Russia, is being held by the immigra-
ton authorities at Halifax, Nova
Scotia, on the ground that he will be-
come public charge if allowed to en-
ter the United States. Beran is a
brother of Mrs. L. E. Gilman of Cedar
Rapids. An effort is being made to
convince the authorities tina, Beran is
entitled to admission.
Fred Thompson, young man who
was arrested at Mason City on
charge of white slavery under the
Mann law, pleaded guilty to the
charge when arraigned in the United
States court at Cedar Rapids. .Thomp-
son is addicted to the morphine habit,
and is of the opinion that term in
the federal penitentiary will cure
him of the habit. He was arrested for
taking a young girl from Omaha to
Mason City for immoral purposes.
The new First Christian church at
Cedar Rapids, costing $4,000, one of
the handsomest church edifices in the
state, was dedicated. The dedicatory
sermon was delivered by Rev. Walter
M. White, the pastor. At noon men,
bers Of the congregation entertained
out of town guests with q dinner pre-
pared in the kitchens of the new
church. In the afternoon came the
dedication ceremonies, attended by
many prominent ministers. Mayor
Louis Roth delivered an address in be-
half of the city.
Chris Tschantz of Lowell township
is having serious trouble. Some
months ago he sold cattle for shipment
to Kansas City. When the required
tests were made, it developed that his
herd was badly infected with tubercu-
losis. DR.. Russell of Anamosa took
the tests and put some Of the stock in
quarantine. Soon after Tschantz
broke the quarantine by letting the
animals mingle with other herds. DR..
Russell and the state veterinarian Wis
tied Tschantz's place and found the
above condition. .'
President Schmid, of the street car
company at Des Moines appeared be-
fore the city council and rejected the
franchise which Mayor Hanna has
been working on for months. The
state supreme court held some time
ago the company had no rights to the
streets and gave them two years TO
get new ranchise or get out.
Schmidt says the proposed franchise
is all in favor of the city and bitterly
objects to the company giving the city
the RICH, to buy the plant after a few
years. On top Of this rejection is a
general clamor that the franchise
gives the company too high valua-
ion.
The largest verdict for a personal
injury ever given by Jury in the dis
riot court at Marshalltown was
awarded to Miles Kelleher, an old
iowa Central engineer. The reward
vas $14,5OO. The accident happened
n 1908, when side rod broke, knock
ng off a part of the engine cab and
njuring the engineer. Negligence
lue to not having motive power in
shape was the plaintiffs chief allega-
ion. In October, 1911, a jury award