Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-18

The plan Of building a memorial.
building at Bancroft, Ia, where, eight
cen years ago, the Brotherhood Of
American Yeomen was organized, has
been sanctioned by the board of d..
rectors of the society. Citizens OF
Bancroft will subscribe one-third of
$4,000 which will be invested in the
memorial building. No assessment
will be made upbn the Yeomen, but
the board and others will secure the
remaining two-thirds of the amount
needed by donations from members
of the order. II f.. L
The trial of the case Of the state
VS.. w. H. Bastain, publisher of the
Union Advocate, a labor paper at
Sioux City, who recently was indicted
by the grand jury on charge of GRIM
inally libellingl John C. Kelly, pub
Usher OF the Sioux City, Tribune, came
to sudden. close when Mr.. Bastain
withdrew his plea OF not guilty and
entered one Of guilty. Mr.. Bastain
publicly apologized to Mr.. Kelly in
the court room for the series of at
tacks made upon him in the Advocate.
p. A. 1mler, government inspector
in the bureau Of animal industry, de-
partment of agriculture, has been
searching Scott county for evidence
against manufacturers of serum for.
treatment Of hog cholera, who have
violated the federal law prohibiting
the sale of serum without license.
Prosecutions, will result from the in
yestigation, as there is no doubt as to
violations. ;..,.s Ri. 4
There is a good deal OF excitement
in the southwestern part of Humboldt
county over the report that gold has
been found on the farm of Rolf Han
son, one mile west of Thor, by we'll
drillers. There were two layers of
the metal, one about one hundred and
fifty feet below the surface in hard
rock formation and the other in black
sand. ~, 25!!s III. Ej Is a. x
The Page county board Of supervis-
ors have established the East Nish-
nabotna drainage ditch. This ditch
begins at Shenandoah and extends
southwest to Riverton. Its purpose
is to straighten the Nishnabotna river
to prebent overflow. The length of the
ditch is eleven miles and the estimat-
ed cost $SS,5O0 AS@
Sugar beets will not be grown in the
vicinity of Estherville the coming sea-
son. The beet sugar factory does not
desire to contract for them. The quail
! ity the last two seasons has been ex-
cellent but 1t has been a losing prop
osition to the company NM
The new Hotel Woods at Iowa Falls
was opened with all informal recep-
ton. It is one Of the finest improve
ments ever made in that city 1t rep
resents an investment OF 100000, and
will take front rank among the, hotels
Of the West. s 4.
Sheriff Albert D. Larson of Waukon
captured Melvin Clark at Waukon
Junction. Clarke was wanted for al
legged completely in the robbery OF a
bank at Du Page, ILL.,, in which the
assistant cashier of the bank was
shot. Is: A. TX 4 y ..3
Calhoun county's beautiful new
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|pletion and the superintendent of the
work says that it will be ready to
turn over to the county by April 1.
The contract cost Of the building is
slo2,600. n
G. Durant Jones, former mayor OF
Perry, and candidate for governor on
the prohibition ticket two years ago,
together with his wife, will donate
$4,000 to build a hospital for the
treatment of tuberculosis at ,Pendra
Road, India. & w. stss.s 3 ss5s a
The board of supervisors Of Bremen
county have let the contract for four
new bridges to be built this summer.
Two Of the bridges are to be; eighty
feet in length, one fifty and one forty,
material to be steel with concrete
abutments and floors. 800
Frank Batert, ex-manager of the
Moore Lumber company at Dalton,
was sentenced in district court by
Judge William Hutchinson to six
months in the county Jail afer plead
ing guilty to obtaining money under
false pretenses.
Bi-weekly meetings of the Iowa
City Ministers union will be held un-
til June, with a paper at each meet
ing by one of the ministers. The pro-
gramme takes up religious questions
and church problems from the stand
point of the pastor. .{.s
Garbage disposal for the city Of
Boone has been taken up by the fed
Grated women's clubs Of that city.
They have presented the matter to
the council and that body is investi-
eating with the expectation of taking
a practical hand in the business.
The winter meeting OF the Western
Iowa Editorial & association will be
held at Council Bluffs Feb. 20. A
program of consid erable interest has
been prepared. The Council Bluffs
Commercial club will aid in entertain
ing the visiting editors.
At a meeting of the board of the
First United Evangelical church OF
Marshalltown it was decided to build
a new church to cost $4,000. The
present church was built in 1883, and
is no longer suitable to the needs of
the district. g.,u.. dr.
Supt. E. c. Meredith OF the Boone
schools saw high school boy smok-
ing cigarette on corner of a bust
ness street after school and took him
to the court OF a justice of the peace.
The boy was fined $3.50 and costs.
Almost the entire business section
of the town Of Harvey, Ia, ten miles
east of Knoxville, was destroyed by
fire. which originated through the ex.
plosion Of gasoline lighting plant.
Those who suffered most serious loss
are: Harvey National bank; DR.. Pas
co. who lost his drug store and fix
lures; the Deepest general store. the
Crook restaurant and the Harvey Coal
company. ~
Mayor w. Fl. Merner, a member of