Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-09-03
prohibition will not be adopted as

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platform plank in the next presi-
Dental campaign, according to w. j.
| Bryan, who was interviewed at Des
Moines. Mr.. Bryan said prohibition
should not be a national issue of the
leading parties until three-fourths OF
the states have gone dry.
Farmers residing along the road
will make proposition to the board
OF supervisors Of Muscatine county
Offering to furnish men and teams for
the work at half price if the county
will agree to gravel the Muscatine-
Coneyille road for distance Of two
miles out from the city limits.
Des Moines factories have received
an order for $6,0OO,0O0 worth OF
shrapnel shells to be turned out in
the next 20 months for the allied ar
mics. S. E. Anderson, a foundry man
has gone east to procure machinery
with which to fill the order. 1t will
require 600 men working in three
eight-hour shifts.
From vital statistics compiled by
the county clerk it is shown that in
the past year there were 500 births
recorded in Plymouth county, 271
males and 23S females. This is the
largest ever reported in the county in
one year. There were 1876 marriage
licenses issued and ten divorces
granted during the year.
Notwithstanding the fact that rain
made it impossible to hold the har-
ness race, there was a good attend
ance at the Lyon county fair, there
being fully 5000 persons on the
grounds one of the days. The crowd
was entertined with the free attrac-
tons, three running races and an ex-
hibition of bronco busting.
County Attorney Swanson has dis
missed the suit against the mayor and
a councilman of the town of Nicola,
who were charged by citizens of
Nicola with intoxication and malfeas-
ance in office. The suit was dropped
when the two officials resigned their
office rather than stand trial. George
Beardsley has been elected mayor of
Nicola.
Another name has been stricken
from the ever lessening list of old
settlers near Estherville, and another
of the very few men who settled in
this country on government land in
the early days has passed away.
Torger Martinson died at his home in
Estherville after a lingering illness
of two years. Death came suddenly
and Unexpectedly from heart failure.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. D. Kloppenburg, ST.,
were seriously hurt, and their chauf-
fer, w. T. Adolph, sustained minor in
juries when their auto hit a hog be-
tween Hartley and Paullina, and was
overturned. Mr.. Kloppenburg has a
broken arm and fractured ribs while
his wife is believed to be injured in
ternally. Both victims are advanced
in years. The hog disappeared, and
its ownership has not been estab-
lished.
The large farm house on the C. NJ.
Kreger farm, four miles southeast Of
Griswold, burned to the ground, to-
gether with all the contents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Kreger were in. town and were
notified by telephone by neighbors.
In few minutes fully seventy-five
automobiles loaded with men were at
the Kreger farm, but nothing could be
done but to save the surrounding
buildings. The house was insured for
$4,000 and the contents for $500.
Albert, little son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter Frederick of Portsmouth, was
painfully burned when he got hold of
a bottle of muriatic acid used by his
parents in testing cream. Just how
much he swallowed cannot be deter
mined but his throat and mouth were
frightfully burned, as was also his
chest, his clothing being burned as
if by fire, where the liquid spilled
upon it. He was hurried across the
street to the drug store and DR.. Weir
called, the druggist in the meantime
giving milk and oil as antidotes.
The first new steel barge of flo
tilla now in course of construction
at Keokuk for solving the freight
traffic by operating series of barges,
is rapidly nearing completion. The
barge now being built is all steel and
has a carrying capacity Of 1,400 tons
and a minimum draft of three and a
half feet. 1t is said to be equipped
with a weather-proof, wireless tele-
graph outfit. The barge is further
reported to be equipped with wireless
telegraph permitting the main office
to be continually in touch with the
captains.
In beginning the school year and
its work at Ames, a new plan will be
used this year. Heretofore the gen
eral teachers meetings have been
held on Saturday preceding the open
ing of school. This year, Superin-
tendent Hicks plan provides for CIV
ing Monday, September 6, over to
meetings and conferences for both
high school teachers and elementary