Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-01-01
IOWA NEWS BRIEFS

Waterloo factories are booming and
tho belief there is general that the
business slump is over.
Mike Larkin of Waukon has pur-
chased the 160-acre Withorn farm in
Jefferson township for $4,000.
Henry Monser,' resident of DEL
vein for several years, took his own
life in a rooming house. Dependency
is the supposed cause. of his rash act.
Women of LIE Mars have organized
"goodfellow" committee to see that
no children or worthy poor families
shall suffer hunger during the cold
weather:
The Plymouth county board OF sup
ervisors has received petition of con-
sent to operate saloons in that county.
The vets claim they have 305 names
to the good.
New buildings costing 100000 we're
erected at Spirit Lake during the past
year. Forty-eight new residences and
many business buildings. church edi-
fees, etc, were built.
Waukon's lady basketball team de-
feated Valdez college girls IA to ..
The Waukon boys team went down to
defeat at the hands of the Valdez col
lege boys team % to II.
The Scandinavian federation Of
Sioux City has Joined in the crusade
against pool halls. Sunday closing
and II o'clock ut night on week days
is the slogan they have adopted.
The German college gymnasium at
Dubuque, built At . cost of $4,000.
has Just been dedicated. The building
was made possible by the gift Of Mrs.
Nettie Fowler Mccormick. Of Chicago.
A crusade has been inaugurated at
Sioux City against gambling and boot
logging. Policeman Edward G. Becker
has been appointed head Of the squad
to investigate the alleged "joints" in
the city.
George w. Adams, in public state
ment, asserts that the Atlantic. North
ern & Southern railroad will be re-
iuyenated the first OF the year. 1t is
probable that gasoline motor cars will
be used.
The unemployed list in Sioux City
Is q big one, according to the charity
bureau. more than 5000 men are
looking for work of any sort in Sioux
CITY," is the statement made by that
institution.
Gene Caldwell. of Creston, placed q
revolver at his breast and pulled the
trigger, following a quarrel with his
sweetheart, Miss Gladys Emerson. The
bullet struck . rib and was diverted.
He probably will live.
Charlotte, the 3-year-old daughter
of Orvis Coon of Des Moines, chOked
to death after swallowing . pin. A
/ physician was called Immediately
after the accident, but the child was
dead before he arrived.
The annual report Of County Engin-
Ger J. G. Kerrigan Of Primghar to the
Stste Highway commission shows that
during the year seventy miles OF road
was graded BY tractors and $50 new
culverts and bridges put in.
4 Ed Broquist, Is years old, was found
crushed to death by the shafting in .
manhole at the Des Moines Water
company's station. He leaves . wife
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water company four months.
The saloon petition Of consent cir
culated in Denison since December
has been filed with the county audi
tor. 1t purports to have seventy-four
per cent of the voters who partici-
+, pated at the last general election.
! The electrical fixtures installed in
the new St. Patrick's church at Wau-
kon add greatly to the beauty Of the
interior and represent an outlay OF
nearly one thousand dollars. the ex-
pense of which will be borne by the
local X. of c.
The park system of Cedar Rapids
+, received a fine addition from heirs OF
. the late Isaac H. Staver. His widow
and her daughters presented q tract
of 81 acres to the city for public re-.
creation grounds. The land is valued
at $500 an acre.
/! Washington county has expended
$21,126.45 on permanent road grading
this year, under direction OF the board
: of supervisors. improvements covered
1889 lineal feet. Earth to the amount
OF 62,2lO yards was moved at cost
of 1873 cents per yard.
Z, jerks Holston, who farms the w.
n. Remington farm, claims the bum
per crop in the vicinity of Mondamin.
He harvested 10000 bushels from $50
acres. This land is a part of the
swamp tract that was reclaimed by
ditching a few years ago.
I,.yV A1,n
contest for county treasurer of Sioux
county over G. L. Van De Steeg. re-
publican, who appeared to have won
by three votes on the face OF the first
returns. Dethmers has a plurality OF
IL. He ran on the progressive ticket.
Twenty-Five thousand dollars was
placed in the hands Of $50 persons in
Keokuk. Almost Immediately the
money went into circulation through
the merchants of the city. The KeOkuk