Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-06-17

tim OF high tension transmission
line from Des Moines to Oskaloosa
and intervening and surrounding
towns The plans, If carried out, will
provide power to all towns in the ter
ritory to be covered and will involve
an expenditure on the part Of the
company Of 100000. 1t is proposed
to run the line from Des Moines
through Prairie City, Monroe, Otlsy.
Pella, Knoxville, Leighton, Pleasant
vile and Oskaloosa.
\ In an effort to make permanent the
order enacted several years ago by
the postmaster general, allowing Sun
day as day OF rest for postal EN-.
ployes. ministers OF Des Moines will
circulate petition among their con-
gregations asking that the Iowa dele
cation in congress oppose the bill
which gives the postmaster the right
to designate what day of the week his
employees should have. Postal clerks
contend that they will be deprived OF
their day OF rest altogether If the
bill Is passed. s> .si. - % &;
+ Frank p. Clarkson has sold the
Pioneer at Ida Grove to John H. Moist,
of Alliance, Neb. Mr.. Moist recently
sold his half interest In the Times at
Alliance. He has had newspaper ex-
perience, at Cody, Wyo., Columbus
and Delaware, Ohio. Mr.. Clarkson
sells the paper for $4,000, possession
given at once. Mr.. Clarkson has suf-
fered for some years from rheumatism
and finds he must seek a milder eli.
mate. q @ ,,7S Il n MI; tss# :. H
4 II young alligator fourteen inches
In length and very much alive was
taken captive recently on; the banks
of the Beaver creek near Parkers-
burg. The alligator was lying on the
banks OF the stream enjoying the
noon day sun and basking in the be-
lief that there midst the wilds OF the
5primeval jungle he was safe. 4 The
reptile was taken to Waterloo and
placed upon exhibition. WIN IN s.ll
When George Pierce, chief of police
at Sioux City, exploded a charge Of
dynamite to blow down the totterfng
walls of the Grain Exchange building
burned recently with a loss Of $780,
600, a piece Of steel q foot square and
an incn thick went through q window
in "a barber, shop across the street and
narrowly missing five BARRIERS who
were at work, buried itself in the wall
behind them. ;1s5 $5:5 h. \ u .t
The Flessner farm of ITS acres near
Pomeroy known to the older settlers
as the Antons' farm, was sold recent
~ by George and James >Bragington
Of Manson, to- Carl A. Carlson for
5000 per acre. The Bragingtons have
owned this farm two years, during
which time they have realized an ad-
vance OF SO, 900. They bought at $40
per acre. ;45:s iS b AZ.
The division OF agriculture at Iowa
state college sends its men 2"back to
1.-THE farm or the 1o9 seniors who
receive their diplomas this week,
four-fifths OF them will engage at once
in $practical farming. Some men will
teach OF work for a few years, but
as soon as they have capital enough
will begin, farming for themselves. 3.
Superintendent Rummell of the
Marathon schools, and one OF his Ru-
pills reenacted the well known scene
| from the t.'Hoosier Schoolmas
wherein the big scholar attempts to
lick the schoolmaster, just before the
Eclose OF the school year. The row
was In the primitive way, with tooth
and fang and fist. 5 5s.. .s
4 The town Of Royal narrowly escap.
ed destruction when the gasoline en-
! gine supply pipe in the blacksmith
shop OF H. Rasmussen exploded, seri-
ously endangering the lumber yards
Of the Royal Lumber company ada.
cent. y isf.ie@' IA !. + II a
.2siii M s H. Homer sold his eighty acre
farm near Wightman one day last
week, to G.. w. Evans and E. -. Hug
gins, for an advance of fifteen dollars
per acre over what he paid for It q
year ago. :5 I'M II Y 81 :l;s
Construction work on Delhi's new
Catholic church was started last
week. The building will stand in the
southwestern part OF town and will
be ninety feet in length, costing com
pleted about $4,000. Ne { "a "a /, 3$3;
Farmers in the vicinity of Mt..Ayr
who last year struck 1t rich on wheat
are losing out this year. The Hes
sian fly has invaded the fields and
hundreds OF acres will not make half
a crop. III @j t5y III ~ L L. sa K
3s G. F. Wright, Of Fort Dodge senior
class, mining engineer, at Ames. has
accepted az position as assistant
chemist for the Iowa experiment sta.
ton. \, III III a 4: f III, tax, st5s
lDes Moines Is overrun with dope
fends, according 4 to statements OF
resident druggists who assert that re-
quests for cocaine and herein are on
the increase. i5ts. 4.
Adj. Gen. Guy 3. Logan has sent
out orders to- 200 infantry officers Of
the state instructing them to attend
the camp OF instructions to be held
at Camp Dodge June 22 to 25. !
A Spencer, Ind, paper tells OF the
successful staging of a play written
by Ray D. Penney, son Of Albert Pen
ney Of Stacyyille, Iowa, which speaks,
very well for the author. asj Egt +,
s A camping party came to a sad end
when Mrs George Atwood, wife of q
former hotel man of Cedar Rapids,
was killed two miles south of Vinton
when an auto turned turtle. s,s.ysss%
q DR.. c. A. Steward, a speaker OF An
ti-Catholic subjects. was arrested in
LeMars for disturbing the peace. He
was tried and sentenced to pay fine
of $50 and serve fifteen days in jail.
He went to Jail. al y. js:, n. =.
Z, Harvey Haines, recluse. who lived
at Montezuma, left property valued
in the neighborhood Of $4,000. The
state gets an inheritance tax amount
ing to between 5000 and $1,000 from
the estate. ,E5s,. ~ag5 ~
\ Vivian, the little two-year-old daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. John Smith OF
Davenport, died as the result OF a fall