Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-10

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lights and power to several towns be-
tween Belmond and Iowa Falls, and
franchises have been secured in sew
eral.
The Atlantic Commercial club has
under way the project of paving the
road from Atlantic to the cemetery, q
distance of about half mile from the
city limits, at a cost of $4,000. The
work will be done by popular sub
scription and a committee has been
named to have charge of securing the
money.
Walter Schaffer, young man living
with his father on farm about five
miles from Ossian, was instantly
killed. They had started feed mill
and Walter came in to see it, when the
belt few up and caught him by the
neck, throwing him to the floor, break
ing his neck and killing him almost
instantly.
Mrs. Randolph, of Garretson. s. D..
suffered a fractured arm and severe
bruises. VIM. McHone, years old.
was badly cut about the head and a
baby of Mrs. McHone was thrown ten
feet from the car when an automobile
in which they were riding collided
with another car two miles north Of
LIE Mars.
Caught in Huron, s. D., where he
was found to be suffering with q frac-
tured ankle, Albert Strieff. convict
who recently escaped from road
camp at Cherokee, has been returned.
Chicken and hog thieves are busy
in LIE Mars. Many farmers have been
victimized. Efforts are being made to
land the culprits.
c. A. Patch, of the Security National
bank, is father Of plan being urged
by Sioux City merchants for the adop-
ton of Monday instead of Saturday as
q weekly pay day. Monday, 90 the
dullest day of the week at the banks
and stores, is far preferable to Satur-
day, when the rush of the week 10 1T
its height, bankers urge.
Unconscious for ten days and with
an even chance for recovery. Clarence
Bsbinger, Q rural mail carrier Of Des
Moines. lies in a critical condition at
the Iowa Lutheran hospital from the
effects Of an automobile accident. He
was thrown from q bicycle when the
automobile struck the wheel. He 10
suffering from conclusion Of the
brain.
A windstorm Of cyclonic character
visited Waucoma and vicinity, and did
damage to the extent Of $4,000. It
demolished the Catholic church. tore
the roof from the sisters school. I'M
rooted barns. destroyed outbutldings
and uprootsd trees. The church car
ried insurance for $1,000; the loss 10
estimated Ut $4,000. No one was I'm
jured.
Adaza, when the cattle belonging to
the c. J. Martin estate were sold at . |
total OF $4,000. Balatum. the Iowa
state fair prize bull. alone brought
$1,40o. and 1e-nonths-old heifer sold
for $500. The average price for al the
cattle was $s4. Over sixty buyers
from distant states and even Canada
attended the sale.
Lew Reeve. Of Hampton, has left for
Montgomery, Ala, where he will be
engaged % assistant manager Of
3 ,700-acre stock farm. The ranch was
formerly given over to the raising Of
cotton, but lately has been used for
regular farming purposes. The rails
ing of pure bred Hereford cattle and
Duroc Jersey swine will be a new
feature on the ranch.
Judge Hubert Utterback continues
to wage relentless warfare upon hard
cider in the Des Moines district court.
Seventeen merchants were enjoined
from selling apple juice at their re-
spective places Of business. The Judge
has been more lenient in his dealings
with near-beer dispensers, and denied
against five concerns
which had sold Bevstone and Puritan.
Frank Bahr. of Iowa Falls. narrowly
escaped electrocution while wiring .
house. Whether the accident was due
to short" or to some defect in run
ming the service wires IL unknown.
Mr. Bahr was knocked from the step
ladder on which he was working and
the thumb and foreAnEer Of the right
hand badly burned. His right side
was paralyxed for . time. The wire
carried 1900 volts.
Some valuable poultry reached
Usage when . coop containing four
hens and . rooster was delivered to
DR.. n. A. Hansen BY the Wells-Targo
Express company. The shipment was
made From En1lanA and applvnA 1n |
good condition. We are not informed
% to the value OF the quintet. but the
express charges were $50, which
would indicate that they are NO ordi-
nary birds.
Charles Whitehead, ~ years old, one
Of the prominent farmers in the VI
cinity Of New Sharon, drained . bottle