Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-10
The shipping Of walnut logs at Ham

The shipping Of walnut logs at Ham
burg continues daily, the demand is
getting stronger and the traffic is as
Stunning large proportions. Parties
bought about 100000 feet from John
and Jones Finnell and their sisters on
the old homestead. The price ranges
according to the size of the trees from
$25 to $50 thousand feet. One tree.
forty-three inches in diameter, scaled
out $11O worth Of lumber.
A. L. Anderson, 80 years old, dem
fist of Bossett. Neb., was found dead
in his bed at the Acme hotel at Sioux
City. A rubber tube extended from
his mouth to an open gas jet and q
razor lay on the bed at his side. An
derson left note asking that his body
be sent to the medical department OF
Iowa university. No motive was in
dictated in notes and letters found
upon the body.
Benton county land continues to in
crease in value as Mr.. Milton He'll has
sold his eighty-acre farm in Jackson
township to his brother, p. w. He'll.
of Jesup, for $257.50 an acre. Forty
one years ago this land was pur-
chased by the father for $25 an acre.
The land is well improved. Milton
He'll will retire from active work and
will locate in Garrison. Possession
will be given in March.
At meeting Of the Fl. Dodge auto
show committee the date for the fifth
annual affair of the organization was
set for February 20 to March next
year. Because Of the fact that there
is no building in Fl. Dodge large
enough for the show, it had almost
been given up when the Fort Dodge
line suggested that the new warehouse
they are now building might be used.
Their proposal has been accepted and
two floors of the structure will be
used.
When the workmen were tearing
out the letter cases in the legislative
post-office at the state house, to re-
model the room for Office purposes,
they found, hidden away behind the
cases a number Of letters and cards
which had lain there undiscovered for
more than a score Of years. Most of
the old letters and cards found were
mailed in 1886 and 1888. The resur-
rected mail was turned over to the
Des Moines post-office authorities and
efforts will be made to deliver it.
On the testimony Of DR.. G. H. Sum-
ner, secretary Of the state board Of
health, that a veterinary surgeon is
not qualified to treat sickness in the
human family, DR.. E. E. Bean of Win
terset has been convicted of practic-
ing medicine without license. The
state official was called into the case
to show that Bean had no license to
practice. Bean had determined to
fight the case until he saw the state
records. He then entered . plea Of
guilty and took his medicine. He was
fined.
The Fairfield Public Service COM
pany which furnishes the city gas and
electricity has a new local manager in
the person of Ralph s. Torrance, of
Chicago. Mr.. Hugh L. Stephenson who
has been manager of the company's
business there for several years will
be given charge of the promotion work
and will look after the company's in
terests in several nearby towns. Ba-
tavia and Birmingham are asking
power for electric lights and other
nearby towns are also inQuiring about
the probable cost, etc.
The town Of Struble furnished a
sensation that is still as much OF
mystery as ever and the talk Of that
little burg. Mrs. Lillian Lewis. who is
an invalid, makes her home with a
sister, Mrs. Will Back. When Mrs.
Back returned from trip down town
she found Mrs. Lewis lying on the
floor unconscious. When Mrs. Lewis
revived she stated that short, stout
man had entered the house and de-
manded money. He took $27 from two
purses and some jewelry and attempt
ed to chloroform MIS-. Lewis.
The grand cham pionship in the
Percheron mare class at the Panama
Pacific exposition has been awarded
to Maple Grove Snow, a 2-year-old
filly owned by Iowa State college.
Maple Grove Snow was purchased for
the college last March from j. o. Sing
master of keota, by Prof. w. H. Pew.
Of the animal husbandry department.
Dean c. F. Curtis in a telegram from
the exposition states that the Iowa
horse exhibitors have been very sue
cessful there. He announces especially
keen competition in the Percheron
mare class.
There is going to be more seed corn
next spring throughout northern Iowa
than there has been for years, and it