Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-05-22

to succeed Prof. O. r. Ewing, who has
resigned to practice in Indianapolis
Ind. Prof. Goodrich is from Avoka
MINI.
The Iowa Short Line railroad, run.
ning between Council Bluffs and i
Treynor was thrown completely out OF /
commission when District INSPECTOR
Welch of the interstate commerc@l
commission condemned it's singled
engine. -...
Burglars during the storm at Dea
Moines entered the Kiyits dry cleaning
establishment and Got away Mthlk
twenty suits Of men q clothing, valued
atn $500. They falso tapped the cash,
driver and secuted - but did not try
stosopen the safe. -
Work on paving the streets of Wes(
Union hass been bagun ,uuder the Gu.
tractors. Sweeney Bros. ;. Of RSed6burg.(
Wis. The men are ,;wofkihx iihree
4 gangs the graders: those directing ths}
putting in Of the ndr6ine aud. those
doing actual paving.
- A -cepnty field meet..aqpen to high
SCHOOL, students and smemkers Of yural.
Y. NC: A.: groups,s will, be- held In Sac
City under the spsnices Of the county
Y. M. c. A. A cup has been offered tot
1.-THE team winning. the meet, and otheri
awards will be made -; ~ j.. I
Z; While riding a. disc harrow. Jsaat
Norton, sageis4 q prominent farmer
sQf pear Malvern. slddenlY was. strick-
aen!plind: He sunhitched. hia horses and.
waited several hours until t.his SON
arrived, Surgeons, have been. ,unable
TO diagnQsei the case; !. ~ !, syH,i
Mr.. Hiram Joslin passed peacefuNy
away at the homo .of,his son. James L..
IN Anamosa. in the :9Qths year 4of his
age. His strength had been gradually
failing for long time and his death
was not an unlooked-for event. Mr.,
J0slln was a native of Ohio. -,
While riding disc harrow, John
The 6-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John S. Matlach, of Council Bluffs,
was seriously injured when the father
threw him from their automobile, to
prevent him being burned by the
flames that enveloped the radiator.
The annual squirrel hunt at Early
resulted in the capture Of 5,O66 striped
squirrels, 2,S79 gray squirrels, 81
gophers, l32 crows and six wolves.
The losing side in the hunt served a
banquet to the winners who scored
$40 points ahead of their opponents.
Little Frances Day of Sidney was
the victim Of quite a serious accident
recently. While coasting on roller
skates, down a steep hill near her
nome, she collided with little friend,
causing Frances to fall upon the CO.
ment walk, cutting cash in the back
Of her head
Sheriff Shores, Fred Petit, clerk Of
courts; W. H. Brunn, and Mrs. AL Fra.
lick, nave been summoned from Wat>i
erloo to Cheyenne, Wyo., to testify in
the divorce case Of Mrs. Fralick
against her husband. a former meat
market proprietor of Waterloo. Fed-A
eral subpoenas were issued. y
John w. Hospers. county attorney
OF Sioux county. died at his home In ,
Orange City after several months
sickness with cancer. He was COM,
paratiyely young man. and was popu. :.
lar throughout the county. During
his sickness his law partner. p. d. Van
Oosterhout. has been acting county sat,@
tOrney. -r'+ ~r.'r 2"T =
Barnes City is figuring on enlareinr
her high school district under tie con, :
solidation law by taking in two sub
districts In ,Poweshiek =, county NJ and
three in Mahaska, At present one sub.
district in, Poweshiek county belongs .,
to that district by former consolida-S
ton. twill require a vote Of the dis.
tricts involved. 7 %F+'!r;E
e" valuable stallion owned by George
Hancock. farmer living near Rogers.
Vile. was badly burned in a fire which
destroyed stable where he was kept.
The animal had been saturated with
coal oil and oil had been scattered ON
the walls of the stable. No clue has
been discovered which would lead to
the apprehension of the guilty party.
Because the Keokuk & Western rail-,
road refused to operate two trains 4
day over it's line. the commercial clubs
OF Shenandoah. College Springs, Clar.
india and other towns. have started an
action to compel the Burlington rail.
road to sell this branch on the ground
that the road is exercising monopoly
in southern Iowa, to the detriment Of
public service.
c. w. Bays, editor Of the Woodbine
Twiner. while in the anteroom of the
Odd Fellows hall. tainted and in fall.
ing hit the back Of his, head on some
projection. cutting a deep cash which
required several stitches In closing up.
Mr. Bays was unconscious for some {
time following the injury. mir. Bays <
is unable to be at the office and it was
said at his home that it. would be, sew
eral days before he would be able to
resume his editorial labors. :. a"
AS result of the conference held at
Ames the work in combating hog
cholera will commence at once in Clay
county. The college win start of the
work by directing the preliminary sur
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