Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-08-06

Two mad dog patients, thoroughly
cured by the Pasteur treatment in the
University of Iowa meteorological la
boratory, at Iowa City, have left for
their home in Des Moines. The iowa
surgeons still have five more patients,
all OF whom are doing we'll, under the
Pasteur treatment. None will have
hydrophobia, it is believed.
Three times has the consolidated
school district of Randolph tried to
vote bonds for new school building
to care for the consolidated school
which was voted on the town and each
time the bonds were defeated first on
a proposition to issue $4,000. second
100000, third, $4,000. The town now
talks of reverting back to the old sin
gle school plan.
A sickening slide down the slate
roof, rope that did not hold, and
Robert Lentz of Fl. Dodge fell forty
five feet from the top Of the high
school building to the ground, frac-
turing the base of his skull, his left
cheek bone and left elbow. and break
ing both bones of his left forearm. His
left leg was so badly bruised that it
was thought for time that it was
also fractured.
Deputy Fish and Came Warden A. C..
Babcock and force of men have COM
pleted the new building for the use Of
the fish rescue work just below the
bridge at Sabula. The building is 1Sx
SO feet and is equipped with storage
tanks for the care of fish and also has
an Office in one corner. The rescue
work will begin as soon as the water
gets low enough to cause the small
holes to dry up.
A $4,000 loss is alleged to have re-
suited from the fire which badly dam
aged the stock Of the Colt Hat COM
pany, 315 Pearl street. at Sioux City.
OF this loss $4,000 damage was SUI
fered by the stock and the remainder
by the building, which is owned by
Lewis Bros. and w. F. Grandy. The
losses are covered. Crossed wires are
believed to have been responsible for
the fire. George S. Colt, president of
the concern, is in the east on pur-
chasing trip.
Petitions for sewers in outlying dis
tricts were approved at the regular
meeting Of the city council at Water
loo, and contracts for constructing
two new sewers were awarded. Petit
ton and waivers for sewers on Sum-
NIT avenue were received and the
contract for the work was awarded
to John Nelson. The contract price
was y cents for 1O-inch sewer and
so cents for 12-inch. The Dearborn
Construction company was awarded
the contract for constructing sewers
in Rosehill addition. The contract
price was 81 per lineal foot.
Col. E. r. Bennett, of the Iowa Ma
tional Guard, was in Red Oak for the
purpose of marking out the grounds
on which the state encampment was
to have been held this year. After go
Ing out with Capt, Lloyd Ross and in
specting the grounds he found they
were in such a condition on account of
the wet weather, that it will not do to
hold the encampment here. Pools of
water are standing all over the ground
which it had been planned to use and
they could not possibly be dried out
by August 8, the date for the opening
Of the camp.
Three persons were seriously or
injured and many bruised
n an accident at tent show at Chart
on. when a section of seats fell, pre- |
,ipitating 400 people into a jumbled
leap of humanity and lumber. Mrs
John Conner Suffered dislocated hip. |
Mrs. c w. Carder a dislocated Shout
Ter, and Mrs. Morgan Lewis dislo-
lated ankle. A baby carriage in which
! child was sleeping was smashed into
,plinters at the seat occupied by Bert |
Starr, but the baby was uninjured. The |
soft ground was responsible for the
accident. The show went on in fifteen
minutes.