Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-07-01

tses, If allowed to have monopoly,
to deliver high class milk for. 5 or 6
cents a quart. His plan would be to
eliminate the duplication Of deliveries
necessary where thirty-fye milkmen
are serving patrons.
Emory Faatz, aged 26, a driver for
the Wells-Fargo Express company, who.
two months ago disappeared from
Dubuque with 500 silver dollars and
5000 in collections, was dragged from
beneath a bed in his fathers house
and placed under arrest. The officers
had a tip that, he had returned to
town.
In token OF his services as profess
sor in the University Of Iowa college
for twenty-five years, the former stu
dents Of Dean James r.. Guthrie pre-
scented him with beautiful loving
cup. The presentation speech was Civ
en- by DR.. R. E. Conif Of Sioux City
at a banquet in Dean Guthrie's honor,
held at Iowa City.
Owing to the continued drought
early in the season and the ravages OF
the Hessian fly the small grain crop
in Ringgold county will be reduced
greatly. Many prophesy the smallest
yield OF wheat In the history OF the
county. If &
Adel celebrated road drag day in a
manner which will do credit to the
town and the participants. The COM.
mercial club awarded cash prizes to
the amount of SIS and nineteen con
~testants arrived in town on road
drags. III "A
Judge Emlin McClai Of Iowa City,
one Of the most prominent lawyers
of the state, was elected dean of the.
law department OF Iowa State Univer.
sity at a meeting OF the state board
Of education. He succeeds Henry w.
Dunn. who resigned recently.
In the tournament of the Maple Val
ley Firemen's association at Ida Grove,
Sac City and Holstein tied for first
place in the sporting events. Ida
Grove was a p%oorAthird. Twelve uni
formed departments and six banda
took part in the parade.
Work on the new Masonic temple at
Fort Dodge that will cost about $780,
900! has been started. The new tenn
pie is to be one OF the best in north
ernSIowa. It will be devoted exclusive
" to the use OF the Masons and mem:
beers OF the Eastern Star.
Fire at Oskaloosa destroyed the
storage warehouse of the Schee Auto
company and the Garner Implement
company with a loss OF 81, 900. The
.Hawkeye Lumber company and the N.
q N Star bottling works were dam
aged.
Guy Fuller, q livery driver, was ia
tally injured and Mrs. H. s. Scott, M.
w. Scott and Miss Lester Steel seri-
sously injured whe4sa an Illinois Central
passenger crashed into an auto five
blocks from the station at Plainfeld.
J. "A. tByerss OF Marion was arrested
at Cedar Rapids BY q Pinkertont de-
tectiYe on the charged having cash
ed worthless checks at Ottumwa. BY
ers$ formerly wal "a farmer near Cen.
trail City. H
The; request OF an eastern CONNER
,cial organization and also one in Iowa
that the Keokuk,s industrial ~associa-
ton send resolutions4to its congress-
men against the proposed antitrust
regulation was turned down fatly.
The salary OF Emlin McClain, who
has been made dean of the law de-
partment OF the state university has
been fixed at 5000 . year. He &c.
turned from California to the univer'
sity at j salary Of $4,000. & \,
An injunction is sought by fifty tar
payers Of the city OF Knoxville to pre-.
vent the issue OF $4,000 worth; OF
bonds to erect a new high school. The
bonds were voted at q special election
recently.
The cornerstone of the new Luther
an church at Greene was laid with ap.
propriate ceremony, and was attended
by a large crowd. 1t Is hoped that
the church will be completed BY early
fall. 43 IL Ii
Lloyd Brown. aged 10, and his sis.
ter Marion, aged s, collided with 9
street car ON Jefferson hill at Ottum.
wa. while coasting on a bicycle and
both were painfully injured.
The president OF the Iowa Retail
Shoe Dealers association has announc-
ed that the annual convention OF the
association will be held in Cedar Rap
ids July z to g..
B%loodhounds were put on a trail OF
Joy riders who took from a garage at
Mason City the automobile OF H. T.
Giles and ran It about the city all
night and abandoned it.
William Snyder, former grocer At
Green Mountain, attempted suicide at
Marshalltowp by cutting his throat
with a razor. He Is in q critical con-
Judge Hamiltona at Fort Des Moines
has pronounced the death sentence on
NJ NJ. O'Donnell. Motion for q new
trial was overruled. The prisoner is
in Jail following conviction for the
murder Of his wife.
Eclipsing all previous records Linn
county in the farm investigation tour
conducted by the Iowa State college,
turned out with a crowd of 100 autos
and over 500 people. f
James W. Jones OF Hedrick, Iowa;
shipped in 355 head OF white Angora
goats from, Deming, New Mexico, and
will use them in clearing his farm.
The board Of trustees at Mount
Vernon elected the Rev. Thomas Mich
olson Of New York as president of
Cornell college to succeed James p.
Harlan, resigned. Mr.. Nicholson was
formerly professor of philosophy at
Cornell and later president OF Dakota.
Wesleyan university. He is now cor
responding secretary OF the board OF
education Of the Methodist church.
Bert Doane OF near Shenandoah cut
twenty-four tons OF. alfalfa from six
acres. c. F. McClanahan bought 1t
at SO per ton, Think Of $40 per acre
from the first cutting and two more
cut e!hgs to follow. s;
G.% While running beside the Great