Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-01-21

! Of free SWater. The state executive
council, has refused to order the lake
bed drained. The opposition to its
drainage was general, as people are
beginning to realize that the remain
ing lakes of the S tate should be saved
! for pleasure resorts and as nesting
places for, water fowl.
The teachers minimum wage law
is having a peculiar effect in some
Localities. Heretofore, many teachers
had taught only in the winter, when
wages were higher. Now it has been
discovered that teachers are willing
to conduct school in spring and fall,
Ebut they are giving up their positions
for the winter term, because the
wages are no higher than in the fall.
Judges at the show of the Iowa
Corn and Small Grain Growers asso-
citation recently held at Ames declar-
ed that the bushel of large white oats
exhibited by S. III. Stamm of Orillia
was one Of the most perfect samples
ever shown in Iowa. Mr. Stamm,
who has been farming only one year,
was awarded the sweepstakes on large
white oats. 5i. ii.
Athletic managers from every col
lege in Iowa will meet at Iowa City
, on Feb. 16, the date Of the Chicago
/ Iowa basketball game, to arrange
4 spring schedules. n State baseball and
track dates for the coming season will
be settled at that time. The manag-
ers will be guests of the Iowa athletic
management at the basketball game,
/ in the evening; 4. 1t 5. Is 4l,,
. Yeggmen blew the safe in tho gen.
eral store of Boyd & lessen at Mel
bourne, wrecked the strong box but
failed to. blow open the money chest,
in which there were 500 in currency
and several checks. The county's
bloodhounds were unable to pick up
the trail. 81 Z Il ~ Vi g;-sa l.s
4 The report of the treasurer Of the
i Henry County Farmers Mutual 1nsur-
ance company, shows the farm losses
in that county for the last year were
4 heavier than ever before in the his
tory Of the organization. The total
4 losses for the year reached $14,625.79.
Leland Cox, through his father, AL.
len Cox, has brought suit in the Dali
las county district court for damages
OF. $4,000 against the Shorthill Steel
4 & Iron Works company Of Perry for
injuries received in fall from der
rick. s5.55. asfzH Nm +
Mrs. Amelia Kilker, widow IS
years old, hanged herself at her home
in LIE Mars. She was found by q
daughter, who had been away from
the house for a. few moments. De-
/ spondency over money matters and
poor health was ascribed as the cause.
After being connected with the Win
field Beacon for nineteen years as part
owner, editor and publisher, John Stin-
son has retired, the firm name chang
ling from Hinkle & Stinson to Hinkle
& Son, who will continue the publica-
ton. 3E% " IN 5, d Nj. Nj
The county board Of. Black Hawk
county is planning for new, county
home, to be erected this year; at q
4 cost Of about $4,000. The board hopes
to be able to care for the county's In
durable insane after b the additional
room is provided. - - 4,
Walter Repass, son Of a prominent
!, family at Dexter was found dtad in
4 the back room Of the Stanley drug
store In that city, where he was a
\ clerk. IA dose OF 5carbolic acid, taken
4 by mistake, was responsible for his
I, death. gs5t b. al .l.s
John F. .McC Call, sentenced two years
8 ago at Iowa City for the larceny OF
Il 5000 from ith ex Salvation Army, used
\ to- elope to- Chicago 1 and paroled last
= summer, Ii las been again 81 arrested
: charged with seeking to renew atten
] lions to the girl with whom he eloped
y S9O o. b. COPYRIGHT, former state sen.
iEator, Isl a candidate for district Judge
a to succeed Judge franklin c. Platt
I who will retire. For the last thirty
Il five years Mr. COPYRIGHT has been 9
A practicing attorney first in Butler and
d then IN Black Hawk county.
II New dormitories, housing $50 WON.
= en- will be- built at Grinnell college and
will be ready for occupancy before the
7 college year comm ences in Septem
I Der Of this year. The new buildings
! will. cost at least $150,000. w n 3
! At q special election held at Perry,
Il the people voted almost unanimously
4 to issue bonds in the sum Of $4,000
{. for the rebuilding Of the?present water
works plant and the extension OF
4 mains. Il Z 4! 5sl5 4. III IA S8
| Street cars at Oskaloosa are again
running on the regular schedule for
i the first time since suspension of op.
\ Grafton occasioned by the strike OF
carmen and power house employees
4 last October.
The next annual convention Of the
4 Central Commercial Teachers associ
alton will be held at Waterloo May z
8. The association embraces nine
middle western states; and 200 dele
gates are expected. ll5 2 81.
In order toSprotect her and aid her
4 In making arrests while on duty at
night on the streets and in dance
halls, Mrs. Martha Scott, police ma
iron at Waterloo, has been granted
a permit to carry q revolver. s5S 3
! Louis Wendt, who came to Iowa
City two months ago from Germany
was fatally injured when an automo-
bile struck his motorcycle on a cul-
vert west of that city M
The new German Evangelical Dea-
coness hospital and home at MARSHALL
town built during the last summer at
a cost of SIS, 900 has just been dedi-
Gated at services held at the Metho-
dict church TX IL rs 55s Il $5
| C.. G. Myre, an old resident and
prominent farmer living near Forest
City, was instantly killed when the
car he was driving turned turtle on
the outskirts Of town. #
/ Capt. Thomas Peel, Is years old,
I,truant officer at Burlington, and a
veteran riverman, fell off terrace
at his home, breaking his neck and
dying instantly.
A farmers institute will be held at
yx1;11;o,,cburo Toh ~ Isl Tho first daV