Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-07-23


into ditch and through a barbed
wire fence. The driver and two others
in the car escaped injury. klenk was
learning how to drive new car.
A young son of Mr.. and Mrs. O..
Bolenbaugh, of Vinton, underwent an
operation for appendicitis at one Of
the hospitals in Cedar Rapids. He was
on the operating table for an hour, and
within half an hour after the operation
was able to talk to his father. He will
soon be in his normal condition.
Patrons Of the Iowa Bankers asso-
citation have been urged to select their
seed corn at once in case they have
any of last years crop remaining
over The planting of the Iowa crop
requires a million and half bushels
of seed corn and there is danger OF
lack of seed corn to plant next years
crop.
Gust Olsen was drowned in deep
hole in Dry Run, just west OF Decorah.
He had gone to the stream to swim
and got into this deep hole and could
net get out He was subject to cpl
LEIPZIG fits and it is supposed that he
was taken with one of these fits when
he went into the water and could not
help himself.
The second volume OF the Ayrian.
the official year book of the Mount
Ayr high school, has been issued. The
book was edited by Harry Spurrier
and managed by Maurice White, both
members of the editing class, the jun
ior class. The book costs annually
about $780, The hood was dedicated
to Supt. w. H. Fasold.
Several priests prominent in the
Dubuque diocese, with local laymen
who formerly attended Dubuque col
lege, met at Dubuque at the home o..
Rev. T. w. Drumm and formed
branch of the Dubuque college alumni
association. A permanent organization,
to include a number of towns in this
vicinity, will be formed.
The school board at Eellerton has
awarded the contract for the erection
of the new 100000 school building to
F. X. White, of E1dora. The heating
and plumbing will be put in separate.
Work on the new building will be be-
gun at once and it is hoped to have 1t
completed by January 1. The old
building will be sold at auction.
The Missouri river, during the heavy
rains of this spring and summer, has
swallowed up 60 acres of fine farm
land with a big crop of wheat on it,
owned by Halec Weldon, farmer OF
near Mondamin. He has lost $4,000.
Buildings on the P. l.. Camel and
Stewart farms are threatened and are
being moved back from the river.
The heavy rains in Monroe county
have ruined many crops and down.
pour that overlooked the small streams
and made travel almost impossible.
fell Wind blew down tree limbs, but
did not damage property to any great
extent The corn in many sections IS
swamped and small grain cut and
ready to thresh out has been ruined.
A Cadillac car, belonging to Roy
Wertz, of Iowa City, caught fire this
side of West Liberty. A large quaint
ity of gas was released from the cylin-
ders when the spark Jared loose.
The gas Immediately famed up, ignit-
ing the entire front of the car. The
flame was extinguished, but not until
considerable damage had been done.
The first of next month will be the
tenth anniversary of the opening OF
Carnegie public library at Shenandoah
and since that time the number OF
books in the library has increased
from 1850 to 1874. According to the
figures prepared by Miss Berdena Jay,
the librarian, the number of books Cir
culated during the last year was 49,
34S.
Plans are being hade in Sioux City
to revive the old English games. The
Sons of st. George will organize an
athletic club, the playing Of cricket
and soccer games to be the main feat
ure. 1t is the purpose to play not only
the old English games, but all the
popular sports, such as swimming,
wrestling, rowing, racing and box
ing.
The school census for Monticello
has been completed by H. S. Lee, the
truant officer for the school district
of Monticello, and the returns show
that there are 422 girls and 42S boys
of school age. OF this number there
are 211 girls and 222 boys under 16
years of age and therefore will be
compelled under the law to attend
school for at least six months of the
year.
The water works bonds for 100000
carried in the recent election at Sid
ney, la. The city water supply will
be gotten from the Tolen Springs flour
mill, east of Sidney. The extension
of the water mains was the other issue
decided. The women over Il years
old were allowed to vote, and the final
count showed a majority of sixty-two
from the men and Lightweight votes
majority from the women, making .
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