Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-11-04

Of 1913, according to DR.. K. W. Stoud-
er, veterinarian OF the agricultural ex-
tension department, Iowa State col
lege. The farmers this year have
done exceptionally we'll in %cooperat-
ing with the authorities of the expert
ment station in ~endeavoring to keep
down the loss and the results show
that they have been amply repaid.
Several thousand Shriners repre-
senting Iowa and the adjacent states
attended the fall ceremonial and well
come to DR.. Frederick R.%Smith, i'm.
perial potentate of North America,
held in Des Moines.. 1t was a day OF
fun, frolic and mirth for the mobiles
Of the Mystic Shrine, and the cere-
nlonial was without a doubt the larg-
est and most successful In the his
tory OF Iowa Shrinedom.
Among the eight candidates that
are taking the civil service examina-
ton for the position Of rural route
carrier from Imogene to fill the va
cancy caused by the death OF Mike
Dempsey, are a husband and wife mi
a father and son. MI. and Mrs. G..
]. Cassel are competing for the Of
fee and Edward and Clarence Small
ey, a father and son, are also taking
the same examination.
The Poland China sale Of A. Kool
& Son nea Cordova which was held
last week proved successful. Forty
head of hogs were sold at an average
price Of $50 per head. Part of these
were a year old and the remainder
spring pigs. One litter of four
10 months old pigs sold for 1927. One
Of these was bought by M. shivers &
Son of Knoxville for even $780, t
The Rev. C. l.. Baxter, superintend-
ent of the Council Bluffs district OF
the Des Moines conference Of the
Methodist church, founder of the
Iowa Welfare league, with %headQuar.
tiers in Des Moines, and one Of the
best known men in the Methodist min
istry in Iowa, died at the Des Moines
Methodist hospital recently. His
death was due to pneumonia. q
In the year of 1891, three brothers,
Peter, Henry and William Chase.
we're brought to Page county. from
central Iowa. William was adopted
by Mr.. and Mrs. 8. P: Dressell OF
College Springs and the other two
boys were placed with farmers near
Clarinda. William has never seen or
heard from his brothers since that
time and would now like to find them.
Sixty dollars an acre from this
years alfalfa crop is the remarkable
record made by William Bankston OF
near Tabor. He has cut and sold
from his tract a total yield Of five
and one-half tons of hay per acre.
which he sold from the field for $40
. ton.
Penn college at oskaloosa is $4,000
richer because Of the probating OF
the will of Mrs. Martha Taley, a'pio-
neer Quaker who died at Bangor,
Marshall county. In her will, made
rs years age, she left a farm Of 24O
acres to the college and 1t is worth
$42,0 600. r.
DR.. E. F. Lowry of Ottumwa, sec.
rotary and treasurer Of the Interstate
Swine Breeders Protective %associa-
ton, says that another meeting Of the
association has been arranged for next
winter. He also said that the, loss
from hog cholera this year will be
enormous.
The new Lutheran Evangelical
church at Greene was dedicated re-
Gently, mixed services being held. IN
the morning they were conducted IN
r~~r.nn ~~l Sr- A. n nuoninv y In Eng.
lish. The new structure Is modern
in every particular and has a seat
ing capacity of 500. g
The Glenwood Canning factory sea
ron just closed has been the most
successful since it was started. The
output for the year was 100000 cans.
Besides using the product OF 40 acres
of tomatoes Of its own it bought 16,-
900 bushels from farmers.
Alleging that Mrs. B. Miasavage
carried a butcher knife with her to
bed every night, with the intention
of killing him at a convenient op.
portunity, John Miasavage has Med
suit, for a divorce at Sioux City.
MI. and Mrs. Walsh Roundym, pio.
neers OF Dunlap, held a real old fash
toned family reunion there last week.
Eleven children, A grandchildren and
u great.grandchildren, 127 descend
ants in all, were In attendance.
Death came with but little warning
to W E. Smelling, an old time at.
torney of the city Of Marshalltown
and vice president Of the Fidelity
Savings bank Of that city. Mr.. Shell
ing died Of heart diseases.
Webster City probably can show
the best financial record of any city
of it's size in the West. With the
exception Of a small amount OF short
time fire house and sewer bonds Its
total Indebtedness 10 but $4,000 :
Infantile paralysis has made Its ap-
pearance in the vicinity of Ida Grove
and fear of an epidemic is felt. Sever
al deaths have occurred and q number
of children are afflicted with the
dread disease. t,-.r-,
Arthur Reynolds, president Of the
Des Moines National bank, can be
governor of the Chicago district fed
eral reserve bank at a salary OF about
$4,000 year If he will take the job.
At least 10000 bushels Of apples
will be picked, packed and sold from
Greyheath orchard, e a Bonaparte.
the property of J.. S. Moore
James Robinson of Vail was SEN
fenced to three years in the state
~penitentiary at Fort Madison. Robin
son eloped with the wife Of Ed Pen
dleton, a farmer living near Akron, a
year ago. The woman pleaded guilty
and served six months in the county
jail. -
A four weeks stand for a threshing
crew on one farm is unusual in Iowa.
A crew just finished thresh1ng the
$50 acres of wheat on the farm OF G.
E. Kick, near Glidden, and they
we're four weeks on the job. The
wheat averaged % bushels to tho
acre. S' ~ -|, ~