Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-10-30

| been no killing frost, and the corn Is
practically all safe now The yield Is
estimated to be considerable above the
average. Some OF the farmers are
preparing to begin to husk their corn
In the near future.
Mrs. Lois Randall. with the aid OF
her children. grandchildren and great
grandchildren. celebrated her lois
birthday at her home in Bloomfield A
picnic dinner was enjoyed by those
who assisted in the celebration. Mrs.
Randall has lived In Bloomfield more
than halt century, coming there In
1861.
W. r. KoelI OF Hampton has made
. SUCCESS in growing the evergreen or
everbearing strawberry. lie Is ship
ping large quantities Of luscious ber-
ries almost daily to towns H. this pOr-
ton of the state, and at good prices.
The farmers III The vicinity Ut
Greene have much to he Thankful for
He has about five acres set out 10 dif-
1ereht varieties Ut these berries, and
even this late Ia the SEASON. vines are
IN blossom.
John reehler ~ PUioski. came to
Fairfield t. confer with Sheriff Camp
bell relative To- mis- car Which was
wrecked old settlers day. The sheriff
mas located the three school boys who
had the car but the owhEr is ehdeavOr.
Ing to get a settlement The other two
lads who had lh'. Morley car have also
been located
Walter Cook. native Ut Pennsyl.
vania. where he Was horn IN 1882.
coming to Dubuque county with his
parcbts IN 1885. passed away at tbs
bone Ut his daughter. ann Mrs. Sam
uel Elmer. resident ut Dubuque for
eighty-one years. a native Of Germany.
where She was LLrD III 1896 answered
sc last call.
The largest feeding barn on the Jor-
dan farm near Sutherland was struck
by lightning and destroyed r c. and
T. p Jordan were both In Minnesota
1T the time OF the fire. The farm was
settled by the Jordans ia the early '7Os
and was the only grain market for the
nelghbOrs for years. as Mr.. Jordan
was a large feeder.
A tax Of $4,000 has been voted IN
BIackhawk county for the erection OF
= suitable memorial to all soldiers OF
war records and relics. A committee
consisting Of members from the g. A.
X. posts Of Cedar Falls. Waterloo and
La Porte City mas been appointed to
select q site for the new building. Both
Cedar Falls and Waterloo are after
the hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Urice celebrated
their fiftieth or golden wedding ami
versary ut vinton. They were mar
ried in Washington county. this state.
which Ia the birthplace Of Mrs Urtce.
After their marriage they returned to
Benton county by wagon To jackson
township. which was Mr.. UriCes home.
They nave been bonored citizens Ut
benton county ever since. for the past
several years being residents Ut Via
ton.
After shooting more than one hun
dred squirrels. hunters ~ the vicinity
Ut Rock Creek threw the game on the
ground ana left It there ~ decay
Deputy Game Warden 1ierney " Clin-
OF the stream. came across the big
pile ~ dead squirrels n the woods
They mad been lying there several
days. apparently. and we're spoiled.
He counted the bodies binding l13 tD
the pile.
The small son Of T. C Williamson
Ut Sheldon was bit and badly injured
by passing automobile The hoy was
playing On the street when the car
came up The boy started to run across
the street and the driver turned out
to let them by. The Williamson boy
stopped. turned back. and then started
ahead again and by that time the car
which was being driven quite slowly
by party from RemseD. struck the
boy. knocking him to the brick pave
nent and causing bad conclusion of
the brain.
The explosion OF five gallon can
OF cyliuder oil in the repair depart
mebt OF the Crawford Bros. AutOma-
bile company at Woodward caused the
loss Of twelve automobiles. The total
loss will aggregate about $4,000. with
only partial insurance. A humber of
other buildings In the vicinity were
damaged and for time the entire
west side OF the business district was
threatened
A. J. Hillman. former Grand juno
ton hoy. has been promoted to gen
eral freight and passenger agent for
the c.. M & st p. railroad. with head
quarters at Seattle. Wash. Mr. Hill
man began as helper at the North
western freight house To Grand juno
ton ard by the various steps OF oper-
ator. agent. chief clerk and division
passenger agent has worked up to this
uew position Of eminence IN the rail-
road world.
Joe Crandall Of Centerville. who was
found lying on the interurban track
as the car rounded curve twenty feet
from him. Is thought to be recovering
At the hOSnital He haa a fractured